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DELPHOS
The
50¢ daily
Upfront
13th annual
Curves Food
Drive kicks off
This month, Curves
gyms in the Delphos area
will participate in the 13th
annual Curves Food Drive
to collect non-perishable
food and cash donations to
benefit area food banks.
In addition to the food
and monetary donations that
each gym collects, Curves
International is offering gyms
the opportunity to win cash
prizes for their local food
banks. Prizes will be awarded
to clubs with the most food
collected, clubs who beat
their 2010 donation level
by the largest amount and
to two randomly-selected
clubs drawn from all the
clubs who enter the contest.
Ohio Kiwanis governor,
The Delphos Curves helps
support the local food pan-
tries at the Interfaith Thrift
Shop and St. Vincent de Paul.
first lady visit Delphos
Curves clubs have
donated more than 61 mil-
lion pounds of food in the
U.S. and Canada since 2004.
Spaghetti supper
set Saturday
Hope Lodge 214 and
Delphos Chapter 26 Order
of Eastern Star will offer
the annual Spaghetti Dinner
from 4-6:30 p.m. Saturday
at the Masonic Temple
at 403 1/2 N. Main St.
Tickets are available at the
door or can be purchased at
Gilden Insurance Agency.
Sports
Bearcat Relays Friday
Spencerville High
School is hosting the
35th Spencerville Bearcat
Relays Friday starting at
4:15 p.m. The eight high
schools with boys and girls
teams competing are Ada,
Columbus Grove, Cory-
Rawson, Crestview, St.
John’s, Marion Local, St.
Henry and Spencerville. All
running events are relays;
all field events are team
events. Last year’s win-
ners were the Marion Local
girls and the Spencerville
boys. Admission is $5 for
adults and $3 for students.
Friday’s schedule
Baseball (5 p.m.):
St. John’s at Columbus
Grove; Wapakoneta
at Elida (WBL).
Softball (5 p.m.):
Antwerp at Jefferson; St.
Henry at Spencerville;
Lincolnview at Continental;
Elida at Wapakoneta
(WBL); Kalida at
Miller City (PCL).
Track and Field: St.
John’s and Columbus Grove
at Bearcat Relays, 4:15 p.m.
Tennis: Elida at
Wapakoneta (WBL),
4:30 p.m.
Forecast
Mostly
cloudy Friday
with 80 per-
cent chance
of showers,
storms. High
in mid 50s. See page 2.
Index
Obituaries 2 cited for violations and fined
State/Local 3 $33,000, argues that the law
Politics 4 overwhelmingly approved by
Community 5 voters in 2006 is unconstitu-
Sports 6-7
Farm 8-9
Classifieds 10
Television 11
World briefs 12
Lady Wildcats lose
heartbreaker, p6
HERALD
Telling The Tri-County’s Story Since 1869
Thursday, april 7, 2011 Delphos, Ohio
7.4 quake hits
off Japan coast
TOKYO (AP) — Japan was rattled by a strong
aftershock and tsunami warning tonight nearly a
month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami
flattened the northeastern coast.
The Japan meteorological agency issued a tsu-
nami warning for a wave of up to 6 feet (two
meters). The warning was issued for a coastal area
already torn apart by last month’s tsunami, which is
believed to have killed some 25,000 people and has
sparked an ongoing crisis at a nuclear power plant.
Officials say today’s aftershock was a 7.4-mag-
nitude and hit 25 miles (40 kilometers) under the
water and off the coast of Miyagi prefecture. The
quake that preceded last month’s tsunami was a
9.0-magnitude.
Buildings as far away as Tokyo shook for about
a minute.
In Ichinoseki, inland from Japan’s eastern coast,
buildings shook violently, knocking items from
shelves and toppling furniture, but there was no heavy
damage to the buildings themselves. Immediately
after the quake, all power was cut. The city went
Nancy Spencer photos
dark, but cars drove around normally and people
assembled in the streets despite the late hour.
Kiwanis Ohio Gov. John DeVilbiss, left, Delphos Kiwanis Club President Mark Miller, First lady U.S. Geological Survey gave the preliminary
Wanda DeVilbiss and Kiwanis charter member Bob Schmit talk after Wednesday’s meeting. magnitude as 7.4 and it struck off the eastern coast
60 miles (100 kilometers) from Sendai and 90 miles
(140 kilometers) from Fukushima. It was about 215
miles (345 kilometers) from Tokyo.
The depth was 25 miles (40 kilometers).
Shallower quakes tend to be more destructive.
Hundreds of aftershocks have shaken the north-
east region devastated by the March 11 earthquake,
but few have been stronger than 7.0.
A Pacific Tsunami Warning Center evaluation
of the quake said an oceanwide tsunami was not
expected.
Researchers
BY NANCY SPENCER nities.” are unable to communicate. How
nspencer@delphosherald.com The Kiwanis motto is “Serving frightening that can be for a child
the Children of the World.” The to not know anyone who is taking
DELPHOS — Kiwanis Ohio 2011 “First Family” project mirrors care of them and the emergency
find superbug
Gov. John DeVilbiss and First that motto. First Lady DeVilbiss personnel don’t even know their
Lady Wanda DeVilbiss visited outlined this year’s project, “Safe name,” she said.
Delphos on Wednesday to speak Pediatric Transport.” Funds can also be used to
at a Delphos Kiwanis Club meet- “This project encompasses purchase comfort bears for chil-
gene in New
ing and install new members. everything from emergency trans- dren to hold while they are being
Gov. DeVilbiss congratulated port to the car seat in a grand- treated.
the local club on its playground mother’s vehicle,” First Lady The Kiwanis leaders said there
Delhi water
equipment installation efforts. DeVilbiss explained. “We have are numerous ways the local clubs
“You have left your mark on access to funds for everything can impact their communities.
Delphos,” DeVilbiss said. from pedi-mate child restraints “The work you do is appre-
He also stressed the need to for ambulances not equipped for ciated and gets more people
reach out to other communities the transport of children to CHAD involved,” they said. “You make
By MARIA
without Kiwanis. stickers for car seats. You just the world a better place when you
CHENG
“I come from a small town, have to apply for them and/or meet the needs of your commu-
The Associated “We know that
too,” he said. “I understand the match them.” nity and make it a better place.”
challenges of a small club and CHAD stickers can be New members inducted on Press such bacteria
LONDON — A with genes are in
getting new members. You guys placed on car seats and contain Wednesday include Cammy
are doing great but you can do the child’s information such as Miller, Janet Metzger, Barb
better. Talk to people. Get them name, address and medical infor- Mesker, Gary Levitt, Cindy deadly superbug the atmosphere
was found in about
water everywhere. This
involved in your projects and mation. Langenkamp, Shanna Holland
soon they will be involved in “There are many cases where a and Dave Casemire. Absent were a quarter of
samples taken from is a waste of time.
Kiwanis. Start satellite clubs in child may be involved in an acci- Eric Gunter, Jessica Stocklin and
drinking supplies
the smaller surrounding commu- dent and the adults in the vehicle Ryan Carder.
and puddles on The study is
the streets of New creating a scare
Delhi, according to
a new study. that India is a
Experts say it’s
the latest proof that
dangerous
the new drug-resis- country to
tant bacteria, known
as NDM-1, named
visit. We are
for New Delhi, is condemning it.”
widely circulating
in the environment
— V.M. Katoch,
— and could poten- director-general, Indian
tially spread to the
Council of Medical
rest of the world. Research
The superbug
can only be treated
with a couple of
highly toxic and expensive antibiotics. Since it
was first identified in 2008, it has popped up in a
New Delphos Kiwanis Club members inducted by Gov. John DeVilbiss include, from left, Cindy number of countries, including the United States,
Langenkamp, Barb Mesker, Shanna Holland, Janet Metzger, Gary Levitt, Dave Casemire and Australia, Britain, Canada and Sweden.
Cammy Miller. See SUPERBUG, page 2
Ohio high court to hear challenge to smoking ban
By JoANNE VIVIANO lower court’s ruling that decide how their indoor air is to defend its anti-smoking
The Associated Press tossed the violations and used, just as potential patrons laws.
said the state health depart- “Local taverns are have a right to freely enter The state Department of
COLUMBUS — The Ohio ment exceeded its authority not public property, or exit.” Health continues to believe
Supreme Court has agreed to by holding Zeno’s respon- Smoking is prohibited in the law is constitutional and
hear a challenge brought by a sible for the actions of its and owners of these most indoor public places will continue to enforce the
bar owner against the state’s
ban against smoking in work-
patrons.
Handling the case for
properties have under the ban, which went
into effect in 2007. Penalties
ban that Ohioans wanted and
approved, said spokeswoman
places, a court spokesman Zeno’s is the 1851 Center for a right to decide for proprietors violating the Jen House.
said Wednesday.
The owner of Zeno’s
Constitutional Law, which
argues that the ban denies how their indoor ban range from a warning
letter for a first violation to
She said the ban “protects
Ohio’s workers and Ohioans
Victorian Village, a tav- bar owners’ property rights air is used, just as fines of $100 to $2,500 for from exposure to dangerous
ern in Columbus that was and that the methods used to subsequent violations. Fines secondhand smoke.”
enforce the ban exceed the potential patrons can be doubled for intention- “Secondhand smoke has
authority of state health offi- have a right to al violations. a negative impact on health
cials and go against the ban’s Justices will start their from the very minute you
language. freely enter or exit.” review of the measure by come into contact with it,”
tional. “Irrespective of what one obtaining lower court records she said.
The 10th District Court thinks of the merits of this — Center for and taking additional filings Groups opposed to the ban
of Appeals in Columbus law, it was never intended to Constitutional Law Executive in the case over the next few include the Ohio Licensed
Director Maurice Thompson
has upheld enforcement of result in the indiscriminate months, court spokesman Beverage Association and
the law, saying there was imposition of $5,000 cita- Bret Crow said. the Buckeye Liquor Permit
overwhelming evidence that tions on innocent business Lisa Peterson Hackley, a Holders Association, where
Zeno’s owners had inten- owners,” center Executive taverns are not public prop- spokeswoman for Attorney an official has said it’s
tionally violated the ban. Director Maurice Thompson erty, and owners of these General Mike DeWine, killing small businesses in
That decision reversed a said in a statement. “Local properties have a right to said the state will continue Ohio.
2 – The Herald
Libyan rebels say NATO
airstrikes hit their forces
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT
The Associated Press
AJDABIYA, Libya —
Rebel fighters claimed NATO
airstrikes blasted their forces
today in another apparent
mistake that sharply escalated
anger about coordination with
the military alliance in efforts
to cripple Libyan forces. At
least two rebels were killed
and more than a dozen injured,
a doctor said.
The attack — near the front
lines outside the eastern oil
port of Brega — would be
the second accidental NATO
strike against rebel forces in
less than a week and brought
cries of outrage from fighters
struggling against Moammar
Gadhafi’s larger and more
experienced military.
“Down, down with
NATO,” shouted one fighter
as dozens of rebel vehicles
raced eastward from the front
Superbug
(Continued from page 1)
Most of those infections
were in people who had
recently traveled to or had
medical procedures in India,
Pakistan or Bangladesh.
“This is not a problem that
is looming in the future ...
there are people dying today
from infections that can’t be
treated,” said David Heymann,
chairman of Britain’s Health
Protection Agency. He was
not linked to the research.
Last fall, British scientists
analyzed more than 200 water
samples from central New
Delhi, including public tap
water and water that collect-
ed in the streets. They found
the superbug gene in two of
the drinking water samples
VAN WERT COUNTY COURT NEWS
The following individuals
appeared Wednesday before
Judge Charles Steele in Van
Wert County Common Pleas
Court:
Jeremy R. Neeley, 23,
Van Wert, entered a not
guilty plea to two counts of
rape, both counts are felonies
of the first degree, and has
a specification of a life sen-
tence on each count. The two
incidents involved a victim
that was less than 10 years of
age and took place sometime
between Jan. 1 and March 2.
Neeley was ordered held
on a $100,000 cash bond with
a pretrial hearing to be held
on 8 a.m. April 28.
Stephanie Fannon, 31,
Van Wert, entered not guilty
pleas to a multiple count
indictment of drug charges.
Fannon was charged with
one count of possession of
heroin, a felony of the sec-
ond degree; possession of
cocaine, a felony of the fifth
degree; aggravated posses-
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toward the rebel-held city of
Ajbadiya.
Later, hundreds of cars
poured out of Ajbadiya
toward the de facto rebel capi-
tal Benghazi amid fears that
pro-Gadhafi forces could use
the disarray among rebel units
to advance.
In Brussels, a NATO offi-
cial said the alliance will look
into the latest rebel claims but
he had no immediate informa-
tion. The officials spoke on
condition of anonymity under
standing regulations. NATO
also dismissed Libyan claims
that British warplanes struck
the country’s largest oil field,
saying the attacks were carried
out by government forces.
NATO last week took con-
trol over the international air-
strikes that began March 19
as a U.S.-led mission. The
airstrikes thwarted Gadhafi’s
efforts to crush the rebellion
in the North African nation he
and 51 of the street samples.
Researchers found the super-
bug in 11 different types of
bacteria, including those that
cause dysentery and cholera.
As a comparison, the scien-
tists also took 70 water sam-
ples from a water treatment
center in Cardiff, Britain. No
superbug genes were found
in any of those. The research
was paid for by the European
Union and was published
online today in the journal
Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Mark Toleman, a senior
research fellow at Cardiff
University and one of the
study authors, said the super-
bug was being spread through
New Delhi’s water supply,
but that experts didn’t know
how many people were being
sion of drugs, a felony of
the fifth degree; aggravated
possession of drugs, a felony
of the fifth degree; posses-
sion of drugs, a felony of the
fifth degree; and possession
of drugs, a felony of the fifth
degree.
Fannon was apprehended
by the Van Wert City Police
Department during a traffic
stop on March 26, at which
time she was found to have
drugs in her vehicle and on
her person.
Judge Steele set bond at
$150,000 cash with a ten per-
cent privilege and scheduled
a pretrial hearing for 8 a.m.
April 28.
Dennis McGinnis, 28,
Lima, entered a not guilty
plea to two counts of theft,
both counts being felonies of
the fifth degree.
McGinnis was indicted for
the theft of four laptop com-
puters from the Van Wert
Super Walmart on Jan. 20
and 29.
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has ruled for more than four
decades, but the rebels remain
outnumbered and outgunned
and have had difficulty push-
ing into government-held ter-
ritory even with air support.
A rebel commander,
Ayman Abdul-Karim, said he
saw airstrikes hit tanks and a
rebel convoy, which includ-
ed a passenger bus carrying
fighters toward Brega. He and
other rebels described doz-
ens killed or wounded, but a
precise casualty toll was not
immediately known.
A doctor at Ajbadiya
Hospital, Hakim al-Abeidi,
said at least two people were
killed and 16 injured, some
with serious burns. Other
rebel leaders said other casu-
alties were left in the field in
the chaos to flee the area.
The small medical facility
was overwhelmed. One rebel
sat in a hallway, wrapping
gauze around his injured leg.
sickened by it. He guessed Wert Municipal Court on the
about a half million people in charge.
New Delhi are now carrying
the superbug gene naturally in
their gut bacteria.
Indian officials called the
study “unsupported” and denied
the NDM-1 superbug was a
public health threat. They cited a Delphos police were called to
random sample of nearly 2,000 the 400 block of East Third
women in a New Delhi hospi- Street in reference to a dog
tal which they said showed no complaint.
proof of the dangerous bug.
“We know that such bacte- the complainant stated that a
ria with genes are in the atmo- neighbor’s two pit bulls had
sphere everywhere,” said V.M. come onto the complainant’s
Katoch, director-general of property and attacked their
the Indian Council of Medical dog that was chained up in
Research. “This is a waste of their yard.
time,” he said. “The study is
creating a scare that India is a Warden was contacted and
dangerous country to visit. We the case was transferred
are condemning it.”
McGinnis is presently
being held in the Mercer
County Jail for thefts from
the Celina Walmart. He also
has charges for theft from the
Ottawa Walmart.
Judge Steele ordered
that McGinnis be held on
a $25,000 cash bond and
scheduled a pretrial hearing
for 8 a.m. April 28.
Kori Glossett, 19, Van
Wert, entered a plea of not
guilty to one count of forgery,
a felony of the fifth degree.
Glossett was released on
a $5,000 unsecured personal
surety bond with a pretrial
hearing scheduled for 8 a.m.
April 28.
Teresa Wood, 39, Van
Wert, entered a not guilty
plea to an indictment charg-
ing her with one count of
receiving stolen property and
two counts of forgery, all
three counts being felonies of
the fifth degree.
Wood was released on a
$5,000 unsecured personal
surety bond with a pretrial
hearing scheduled for 8 a.m.
April 28.
Adrian Mileto, 27, Van
Wert, entered a not guilty plea
to an indictment charging her
with domestic violence, a fel-
ony of the third degree.
Mileto was ordered held
on a $10,000 cash bond along
with a $5,000 unsecured per-
sonal surety bond.
A pretrial hearing has
been scheduled for 8 a.m.
April 28.
OBITUARIES
Diane Mericle
Diane Mericle, 52, of Fort
Jennings, died on Wednesday
at her residence.
Arrangements are incom-
plete at Harter and Schier
Funeral Home.
POLICE
REPORT
Man faces
domestic
violence charge
At 6:18 p.m. on Wednesday,
Delphos Police were called to
the 300 block of West Fifth
Street in reference to a domes-
tic dispute.
Upon officers’ arrival,
the victim stated that Brian
Bradley, 22, of Delphos, had
caused or threatened to cause
physical harm to a family or
household member.
As a result, Bradley was
arrested on charges of domes-
tic violence and was transport-
ed to the Van Wert County
Jail. He will appear in Van
Resident reports
dog attacked
At 6:08 p.m. on Wednesday,
Upon officers’ arrival,
The Allen County Dog
to that agency for possible
charges.
Accident leads
to warrant arrest
At 7:26 p.m. on Tuesday
while investigating a motor
vehicle accident at the inter-
section of West Fifth Street
and North State Street,
Delphos police came into con-
tact with Kenneth Janka, 51,
of Cloverdale, at which time
it was found that Janka had
an outstanding warrant for his
arrest issued out of Van Wert
County.
As a result, Janka was
arrested on the warrant and
transported to the Van Wert
County Jail.
Business reports
theft
At 3:04 p.m. on Wednesday,
Delphos police were called to
a business in the 200 block of
South Main Street in reference
to a theft complaint.
Upon officers’ arrival, the
business stated that a subject
known to the business had
taken items from the business
without paying for them.
The case is still under
investigation.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
— Following yesterday’s
release of a budget pro-
posal that would dismantle
Medicare and leave the door
open for raising the retire-
ment age on Social Security
to age 69 or higher, U.S. Sen.
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) held
a news conference call today
to outline new legislation
he is introducing that would
require Members of Congress
to “walk in the same shoes”
as working Americans.
Brown’s bill, the Shared
Retirement Sacrifice Act
of 2011, would amend
the Federal Employees
Retirement System (FERS)
and Civil Service Retirement
System (CSRS) to directly
tie the Social Security retire-
ment age to current and future
Members of Congress’ access
to their federal retirement
benefits. On the call, Brown
released a county-by-county
estimate showing the num-
ber of Ohio senior citizens
that receive Social Security
benefits.
“Raising the Social
Security retirement age might
sound fair to politicians who
come to work every day in
a suit and tie, but it’s a non-
starter for working Ohioans
who stand on their feet all
day long in a restaurant or on
a factory floor,” Brown said.
“Social Security is under
attack by those who falsely
think it adds to the federal
deficit. These same politicians
want to give extra tax cuts to
the wealthiest two percent of
Americans and tax breaks for
big corporations and Big Oil
while dismantling Medicare.
It’s time for Washington poli-
ticians to make the same sac-
rifices that they’re proposing
for millions of Americans.”
“That’s why I’m introduc-
ing legislation that would
require Members of Congress
to ‘walk in the same shoes’ as
working Americans by tying
their pension and retirement
benefits to the Social Security
retirement age. If these politi-
cians want to ask Americans
to continue working into their
late 60s and early 70s before
receiving critical retirement
benefits, there’s no reason
why they shouldn’t have to
make the same sacrifices as
well,” Brown continued.
Currently, Members of
Congress can begin col-
lecting pensions as early
as age 50, while working
Americans cannot collect
full Social Security benefits
until age 66. According to
the Congressional Research
Service (CRS), retirement
with an immediate, full pen-
sion is available to Members
of Congress covered under
FERS at age 62 or older with
at least five years of fed-
eral service; at age 50 or
older with at least 20 years
of service; and at any age
to Members with at least 25
years of service. For Members
covered by CSRS, retirement
from the March 11 earth- about 1.25 million barrels per
quake and tsunami, what day,” says Toufiq Siddiqi, a
could its energy mix look
like? Would it be able to
researcher with the nonprofit
East-West Institute. He adds
SAT., APRIL 9
sion is available to Members
provide all of its power in
with an immediate, full pen- other ways?
— Richard Miller, New
that at the current price of
oil per barrel (roughly $100),
switching out nuclear for oil
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age 60 or older with 10 years York, NY would cost Japan upwards of 10am-1pm
of service in Congress, or age $46 billion per year. “Further,
62 with five years of civilian Most experts agree that it would take almost a decade
federal service, including ser- Japan would be hard pressed to build enough new oil, coal
vice in Congress. to close all of its 54 nuclear or natural gas-fired power
Brown strongly opposes reactors anytime soon, espe- plants to provide the equiv-
Sarka
raising the retirement age cially given that these plants alent amount of electricity,
for Social Security due to provide over a third of the
the high number of Ohioans nation’s electricity supply and
and tens of billions of dollars
per year would be required to
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POLITICS “Verba movent, exempla trahunt.” (Words move people, examples lead them.)
Obama aims at
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Iowa, NH, Nev.
DEAR EDITOR: WASHINGTON (AP) —
Most people who know me know I have been donating Even without a Democratic
blood for 53 years and I have a total of 215 pints donated so challenger, President Barack
far. Obama is planning an aggres-
I stopped for a short time because I had tumors on my sive role in early primary
bladder that had to be removed. When I completed the last of states. His operatives are
my follow-up treatments, I asked if would be OK if I donated already moving in, organizing
blood again. They said it would so I called the Red Cross in volunteers and raising money
Fort Wayne and set up my appointment to donate the next to answer Republican attacks
week at the Eagles. and do what they can to weak-
I was glad to be able to give blood and help people in need en the GOP’s strongest chal-
again. It has always been very important to me to be able to lengers.
help save lives. With the election 19
This next pint will be 27 gallons for me. I only hope that I months away, Obama’s cam-
will be around to give a lot more. paign could keep a low profile
My son and sister are also blood donors. while Republicans pummel
Paul H. Feathers Sr. each other. But he won’t be
content to watch passively as
his potential rivals duke it out.
Three of the earliest-voting
IT WAS NEWS THEN states — Iowa, New Hampshire
and Nevada — will also be
strongly contested in the fall
One Year Ago of 2012. Likely Republican
• St. John Grade School has been celebrating Music in candidates already are assail-
Education Month. Students from Ohio Northern’s music pro- ing Obama there, and his aides
gram performed for the students. A choral group sang and the say they can’t wait months to
steel drum ensemble played. respond.
“Issues are going to be
25 Years Ago — 1986 joined there, statements are
• One hundred forty-six people attended the Delphos going to be made, points are
Chamber of Commerce dinner-dance Saturday at St. John’s going to be raised,” top Obama
Annex. Among those attending were Mel Westrich of Westrich adviser David Axelrod said in
Furniture and Appliance and Lee Calvelage of Tri-County an interview. “It behooves us
Plumbing, Heating and Hardware. to make sure that facts are well
• The nineteenth annual Chemistry Bowl sponsored by represented.”
Northwestern Central Ohio section of American Chemical “One can’t be passive
Society was held Saturday at Findlay College. St. John’s beat here,” Axelrod said.
Findlay 80 to 70 in the first round in sudden death play-off, Democratic insiders say
said Paul Wiechart, advisor. St. John’s chemistry bowl cham- there’s another reason for
Obama’s team to engage in
pionship team members are Scott Knebel, Dave Vasquez, Ben early primary states, includ-
Fisher and Craig Geise.
ing South Carolina, which the
• St. Rita’s Medical Center recently honored volunteers. president has little chance of
Among those honored were Clara Mae Miller of Delphos,
winning in the general elec-
200, 400 and 500-hour awards; Juanita Nihiser of Delphos, tion: By strategically stir-
400 and 500 hours and Audrey Hahn, Spencerville, 5,000 and
ring the pot, his backers may
5,500 hours of service. manage to undermine those
Republicans seen as most like-
50 Years Ago — 1961 ly to give him a tough fight
• Delphos Aerie No. 471 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles next year.
and the Eagles Auxiliary will hold the first past presidents and Democrats note that Senate
past madame presidents banquet in the history of the local Majority Leader Harry Reid
aerie April 16 in the dining room of the local lodge, according of Nevada drew a relatively
to Ralph Koenig, who is in charge of arrangements. weak Republican challeng-
John Blockberger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence er last year, Sharron Angle,
Blockberger of Delphos, will sing on Easter’s Parade on after his organization ran a
Lima WIMA television at 1 p.m. April 8. Blockberger will virtual campaign against Sue
sing “Asleep in the Deep” and “I Walked Today Where Jesus Lowden, who was considered
Walked.” He will be accompanied by Ann Dienstberger, the stronger GOP contender.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dienstberger, Fort Jennings Angle beat Lowden in the
Road. Republican primary, then lost
narrowly to Reid.
Dr. Darrell F. Linder of Lima, will deliver the main
address at the 1961 Spring Conference of the Ohio Child The president may have to
be more subtle than that, but
Conservation League to be held April 22 at Wapakoneta
Blume High School. Mrs. Robert Foust of Delphos, West independent groups not con-
District president, will be providing over the day-long activi- nected to his campaign won’t
ties which are scheduled to begin with a coffee hour at 9 have to.
a.m. Democratic officials say
the Obama campaign efforts
are extraordinary, especially
75 Years Ago — 1936 so early and for a president
• Marguerite Stigall and James Mueller will reign as king
with no party challenger. The
and queen of the Junior-Senior prom, May 2, in Jefferson strategy reflects Democrats’
auditorium. The seniors and faculty will be honored by the
belief that Obama can again
junior class with a banquet at the Phelan Hotel, after which
raise huge sums of money,
will follow the crowning of the May Queen in the school giving his operatives the luxu-
auditorium. ry of starting now and compet-
• Gramm Motors continues to send trucks to far distant ing, somewhat mischievously
points. Some interesting shipments were made from the local perhaps, in states where the
plant Tuesday morning. These included a truck to Salonika, spotlight ordinarily would fall
Greece; two trucks to Redan, Sumatra, and two to Rebato, on on Republicans alone.
the island of Malta. Shipments of three new models before the Indeed, Obama and his aides
end of the present week will be three to Oslo, Norway; two to already have taken potshots
Rotterdam, Holland; and one to Martinique. at potentially strong challeng-
• Clive Wirt, one of the Delphos supervisors of the WPA ers, extolling them in ways
recreation activities, is sponsoring a number of games for the likely to displease partisan
grades and high school at St. John’s School. A marble tour- Republicans. The president,
nament for grade pupils is being planned for net week. Mr. with a twinkle in his eye, likes
to tell voters that former Utah
Wirt is also constructing two ping pong tables which are to be
Gov. Jon Huntsman served the
placed in the basement at St. John’s School.
administration admirably as
U.S. ambassador to China.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Democratic National
Committee officials acknowl-
edge that they recently urged
The Delphos Herald welcomes letters to the editor. Letters Massachusetts to push its
should be no more than 400 words. The newspaper reserves Democratic and Republican
the right to edit content for length, clarity and grammar. Letters primaries, now scheduled
concerning private matters will not be published. for March 6, to a later date.
Failure to supply a full name, home address and daytime Republicans say Democrats
phone number will slow the verification process and delay pub- want to hurt Romney by let-
lication. ting less friendly, more con-
Letters can be mailed to The Delphos Herald, 405 N. Main servative states influence the
St., Delphos, Ohio 45833, faxed to 419-692-7704 or e-mailed primary season’s early stages.
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ymous letters will not be printed. DNC request.
— Latin proverb
Gadhafi asks Obama
to end air strikes
MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — stalemate battles in Libya,
Libyan leader Moammar
Gadhafi appealed directly
to President Barack Obama
on Wednesday to end what
Gadhafi called “an unjust
war.” He also wished Obama
good luck in his bid for re-
election next year.
“You are a man who has
enough courage to annul a
wrong and mistaken action,”
Gadhafi wrote in a rambling,
three-page letter to Obama
obtained by The Associated
Press on Wednesday. “I am
sure that you are able to
shoulder the responsibility for
that.”
The White House con-
firmed the letter, but top offi-
cials shrugged it off.
“I don’t think there is
any mystery about what is
expected from Mr. Gadhafi at
this time,” Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton said,
repeating U.S. and NATO
demands that Gadhafi’s forc-
es pull back and cease attacks.
She also renewed a demand
that Gadhafi step down from
power and leave the country.
“There needs to be a cease-
fire, his forces need to with-
draw from the cities that they
have forcibly taken at great
violence and human cost,”
she said. “There needs to be
a decision made about his
departure from power and ...
GOP prepares extension, shutdown looms
By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — “It’s going to require a
Republicans battling with
President Barack Obama over
budget cuts plan to hold a
House vote Thursday on one-
week legislation to avoid a
government shutdown, despite
opposition from the White
House and Senate Democrats
pressing for a longer-term
solution.
The party leaders debated
as the clock ticked toward
a midnight Friday dead-
line. Even a brief shutdown
could affect a wide range of
Americans, from troops fight-
ing abroad to tourists plan-
ning trips to national parks.
The move by House
Speaker John Boehner,
R-Ohio, to advance the interim
budget measure angered his
Democratic negotiating coun-
terparts and came after slow-
er-than-hoped White House
talks Wednesday night. The
president said Republicans
need to display more urgen-
cy, while Boehner said honest
differences remain.
Thursday’s GOP measure
would combine a full-year
Pentagon budget with a big
slice of cuts to domestic pro-
grams as the price to keep
the government running.
Democrats and the White
House oppose the idea, pre-
White House: shutdown will delay troop pay
By RICHARD LARDNER
and JIM KUHNHENN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The
Obama administration warned
Wednesday that a federal shut-
down would undermine the
economic recovery, delay pay
to U.S. troops fighting in three
wars, slow the processing of
tax returns and limit small busi-
ness loans and government-
backed mortgages during peak
home buying season.
The dire message, deliv-
ered two days before the fed-
eral government’s spending
authority expires, appeared
aimed at jolting congressio-
nal Republicans into a bud-
get compromise. Billions of
dollars apart, congressional
negotiators were working to
strike a deal by Friday to avert
a shutdown by setting spend-
ing limits through the end of
September. The last such shut-
down took place 15 years ago
and lasted 21 days.
President Barack Obama
telephoned House Speaker
John Boehner on Wednesday,
and Boehner’s office said
the speaker told Obama he
was hopeful a deal could be
reached.
As the talks continued, the
White House sought to put
the prospect of a shutdown in
his departure from Libya.”
Rebels and pro-govern-
ment forces waged nearly
while a former U.S. law-
maker made an unendorsed
private trip to Tripoli to try
to convince Gadhafi to step
down. An Obama administra-
tion envoy continued meet-
ing with Libyan opposition
figures in the rebel-held city
of Benghazi, with no decision
on whether to increase U.S.
help for the rebels seeking
Gadhafi’s ouster.
The rebels, aided by U.N.-
authorized airstrikes intend-
ed to protect civilians from
Gadhafi’s forces, have main-
tained control of much of the
eastern half of Libya since
early in the uprising, while
Gadhafi has clung to much
of the west. Gadhafi has been
putting out feelers for a cease-
fire, but he refuses to step
down.
Neither government forces
nor the rebels have made any
serious gains in recent days
and the conflict has shifted
to smaller objectives on both
sides such as control of the
key oil port of Brega, where
fighting has flared on the out-
skirts.
In the letter, Gadhafi
implored Obama to stop the
NATO-led air campaign,
which he called an “unjust
war against a small people of
a developing country.”
“To serving world peace
ferring to focus on the broad-
er legislation and not forfeit
leverage.
sufficient sense of urgency,”
Obama said, “to complete a
deal and get it passed and
avert a shutdown.”
Obama emerged before
reporters to declare his dif-
ferences with the House
Republicans were narrowing
but both sides were still stuck
in an impasse.
“I thought the meetings
were frank, they were con-
structive, and what they did
was narrow the issues and
clarify the issues that are still
outstanding,” Obama said. “I
remain confident that if we’re
serious about getting some-
thing done, we should be able
to complete a deal and get it
passed and avert a shutdown.
But it’s going to require a suf-
ficient sense of urgency from
all parties involved.“
After the late-night White
House session, Boehner said:
“We did have a productive
conversation this evening. We
do have some honest differ-
ences, but I do think we made
some progress. ... There’s an
attempt on both sides to con-
tinue to work together to try
to resolve this.”
Boehner’s move appeared
aimed at shifting political
blame if a shutdown occurs,
but the announcement of
terms people would care about,
warning even that the beloved
National Cherry Blossom
Festival Parade in the nation’s
capital would be wiped out.
The Smithsonian Institution
and national parks around the
country would also be closed.
A shutdown would come
at an especially busy time for
the Smithsonian. The Cherry
Blossom Festival, which con-
cludes this weekend, draws
many tourists to an area near
the museums. The Smithsonian
counts about 3 million vis-
its each April and has already
sold 23,000 IMAX movie and
lunch combos to school groups
for the month.
Under long-standing fed-
eral rules, agencies would not
be affected that provide for
U.S. national security, dis-
pense most types of federal
benefit payments, offer inpa-
tient medical care or outpa-
tient emergency care, ensure
the safe use of food and drugs,
manage air traffic, protect and
monitor borders and coast-
lines, guard prisoners, con-
duct criminal investigations
and law enforcement, oversee
power distribution and oversee
banks.
Mail deliveries would
continue in the event of a
shutdown. U.S. postal opera-
tions are not subsidized by tax
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... Friendship between our
peoples ... and for the sake of
economic, and security coop-
eration against terror, you are
in a position to keep Nato
(NATO) off the Libyan affair
for good,” Gadhafi wrote in
the letter.
“I am sure that you are
able to shoulder the responsi-
bility for that.”
Neither White House press
secretary Jay Carney nor
State Department spokesman
Mark Toner would discuss
the details of the letter.
Gadhafi told Obama that
a democratic society could
not be built through the use
of missiles and aircraft. He
also repeated his claim that
the rebels seeking his ouster
are members of the al-Qaida
terrorist network.
Addressing Obama as
“our son” and “excellency,”
Gadhafi said that his country
had been hurt more “mor-
ally” than “physically” by the
NATO campaign.
The letter, composed in
formal but stilted English,
includes numerous spelling
and grammatical errors.
“Our dear son, Excellency,
Baraka Hussein Abu ouma-
ma, your intervention is
the name of the U.S.A. is a
must, so that Nato (NATO)
would withdraw finally from
the Libyan affair,” Gadhafi
wrote. “Libya should be left
to Libyans within the African
union frame.”
Thursday’s vote angered
Democrats who felt talks
were progressing.
Democrats also said pri-
vately that the White House
was infuriated after Rep. Jeb
Hensarling, R-Texas — the
No. 4 House Republican —
accused Obama of leaving the
talks to focus on his reelection
campaign in official appear-
ances in Pennsylvania and
New York City.
Obama had already ruled
out the weeklong measure
Republicans intend to push
through the House, and Senate
Democrats have labeled it a
non-starter. Republican offi-
cials said the details of the bill
could yet change. But pas-
sage of any interim measure
is designed to place the onus
on the Democratic-controlled
Senate to act if a shutdown is
to be avoided.
At issue is legislation
needed to keep the day-to-day
operations of federal agen-
cies going through the Sept.
30 end of the budget year. A
Democratic-led Congress failed
to complete the must-pass
spending bills last year, set-
ting the stage for Republicans
assuming power in the House
in January to pass a measure
with $61 billion in cuts that
even some GOP appropria-
tors saw as unworkable. It was
rejected in the Democratic-
controlled Senate.
dollars.
According to the shutdown
scenario described by the
administration, the government
would have to significantly cut
staffing across the executive
branch, including workers at
the White House and civil-
ian employees at the Defense
Department; close to 800,000
workers would be affected.
Congress and the federal court
system will also be subject to
a shutdown.
At the Pentagon, defense
officials were finalizing plans
that would lay out how the
department would deal with
a shutdown. But they already
have acknowledged that U.S.
military troops — including
those in war zones — would
receive one week’s pay instead
of two in their next paycheck if
the government were to close.
Military personnel at home
and abroad would continue to
earn pay, but they wouldn’t
get paychecks until there was
a budget agreement and gov-
ernment operations resumed.
Col. Dave Lapan, a
Pentagon spokesman, said that
the Pentagon would be open on
Monday and would be staffed.
He said decisions on which
Defense Department employ-
ees must report to work would
depend on their jobs, rather
than where they were based.
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LOCAL ROUNDUP
Jays fall to Thunderbirds
LIMA — Because of typi-
cal spring weather, the St.
John’s baseball team has had
five of its first six games can-
celed or postponed, so they
went into Wednesday’s non-
league affair at Lima Central
Catholic behind of their
hoped-for development.
Despite the fact they
turned four double plays, Kyle
O’Dowd outdueled senior
Austin Vogt for a 4-2 victory
for the Thunderbirds.
“I felt we played a good
game for only the second
time we have had live action
in two weeks. You have to
give credit to LCC; they did a
nice job of situational hitting
tonight,” Blue Jay coach Dan
Metzger noted. “They would
get the leadoff guy on an push
him around to score; in a low-
scoring game, that is what you
need to do. Right now, we just
need to play game and start to
develop somne consistency in
the batting order.”
LCC (3-2) got the first
run in the top of the first
against Vogt (6 innings, 6
hits, 4 runs, 3 earned) on a
Trevor Kottenbrock single
and singles by Austin Stolly
and Mike Snider.
“I felt Austin threw well
for his first outing of the sea-
son. We was around the strike
zone all night and did a good
job of getting ahead of batters
early; he had 63 pitches, 47
for strikes, and 18 of the 24
batters he faced, he started out
with a strike,” Metzger said.
The Jays (1-1) got a man
on in the second — Vogt via
a walk against O’Dowd (7
IPs, 6 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned,
1 walk, 4 Ks) — but LCC
turned a double play to end
the threat.
The Jays got two aboard in
the third on a pair of singles
(Austin Reindel, forced at
second by Andrew Metzger,
and Tanner Calvelage) but to
no avail.
The Thunderbirds went up
2-0 in the third on a hit batter
(Sam Huffman), a single and
a sacrifice fly to center by
Stolly.
The Jays once again got
two aboard in the fourth (hits
by Jordan Leininger and Ryan
Edelbrock) but again were
shut out.
O’Dowd’s leadoff 2-bag-
ger in the fourth score LCC’s
third run after a fielder’s
choice (Billy Taflinger) and a
sacrifice fly to right by Dylan
Fisher.
The Jays wasted
Calvelage’s 2-out double in
the fifth.
The Jays got two in the top
of the sixth: Tyler Bergfeld
getting on via an error and
Leininger going long distance
to left center to get them with-
in 3-2.
However, Snider got aboard
via an error in the home half,
stole second, advanced to
third on a sacrifice and scored
on another error.
“I felt we played good
defense tonight; we had two
errors in the sixth that cost us
a run but we turned the four
double plays to get us out of
trouble. We also had a couple
of nice catches in the outfield,”
Metzger added. “We hit the
ball better today than we did
in our game Thursday, which
is a good sign. However, a lot
of them were right at people.
We just need more at-bats
against live pitching right now
and I feel the hits will start
coming.”
The Jays got pinch-hitter
Troy Warnecke aboard (hit by
pitch) and Ryan Densel bunt-
ed him to second. However,
O’Dowd fanned the next two
batters to end the game.
The Jays visit Columbus
Grove 5 p.m. Friday.
ST. JOHN’S (2)
ab-r-h-rbi
Tanner Calvelage cf 4-0-2-0, Curtis
Geise 3b 4-0-0-0, Tyler Bergfeld ss
3-1-0-0, Jordan Leininger 1b 3-1-2-2,
Austin Vogt p 2-0-0-0, Ryan Edelbrock
2b 3-0-1-0, Austin Reindel c 3-0-1-
0, Andrew Metzger rf 2-0-0-0, Troy
Warnecke ph 0-0-0-0, Ryan Densel lf
2-0-0-0. Totals 26-2-6-2.
LIMA CENTRAL CATHOLIC (4)
ab-r-h-rbi
Trevor Kottenbrock cf 3-1-2-0,
Austin Stolly ss 2-0-1-1, Mike Snider c
3-1-2-1, Cody McCullough 3b 2-0-0-0,
Kyle O’Dowd p 3-1-1-1, Billy Taflinger
dh 3-0-0-0, Travis Clark 1b 0-0-0-0,
Dylan Fisher 2b 1-0-0-1, Joey Levers
lf 2-0-0-0, Sam Huffman rf 0-1-0-0.
Totals 19-4-6-4.
Score by Innings:
St. John’s 0 0 0 000 2-2
Lima CC 1 0 1 101 x-4
E: Bergfeld, Leininger, Snider,
Stolly; DP: St. John’s 4, Lima Central
Catholic 1; LOB: St. John’s 6, Lima
Central Catholic 2; 2B: Calvelage,
O’Dowd; HR: Leininger; Sac: Densel,
McCullough; SF: Stolly, Fisher; SB:
Bergfeld, Snider.
IP H R ER BB SO
ST. JOHN’S
Vogt (L, 0-1) 6 6 4 3 0 0
LIMA CENTRAL CATHOLIC
O’Dowd (W) 7 6 2 1 1 4
HBP: Huffman 2 (by Vogt 2),
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Warnecke (by O’Dowd).
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Crestview drops close
one to Ft. Jennings
Times Bulletin staff report
FORT JENNINGS -
Crestview lost a baseball
heart-breaker for the second
night in a row when they
traveled to Fort Jennings on
Wednesday night and fell to
the Musketeers 4-3 on a run
in the home half of the sixth
inning.
Jared Hallfeldt started on
the hill for the Knights but
he had to leave early on after
tweaking a muscle in his leg.
Ft. Jennings brought the sticks
out early against Hallfeldt as
they scored three runs off him
before his early departure.
Steven Rickard came on and
threw four solid innings to
hold the Muskies where they
were at, giving the team a
chance to battle back into the
contest.
It was one big blow that
knotted the game up. In the
third inning, Matt Holden
delivered a 3-run home run to
make it 3-3 and set up another
exciting finish.
In the bottom of the sixth,
Kole Rolsten took the hill for
Crestview. Ryan Schuerman
walked with one out and was
immediately sacrificed over
to second by Austin Norbeck.
Leadoff hitter Brad Trentman
then delivered a soft line-drive
single that scored Schuerman.
Ft. Jennings took the
Knights in order in the sev-
enth to secure the win.
“We just haven’t helped
ourselves,” said Crestview
coach Jim Wharton. “The
last two games, we’ve had
18 strikeouts, seven of those
have been looking. You lose
the 1-run games and those are
tough on the psyche a little
bit. Defensively, we were
solid. We had a couple of
miscues but they didn’t lead
to any runs.”
Crestview falls to 3-2 on the
season, while the Musketeers
are 3-1.
Jennings is at Leipsic
tonight.
Crestview 003 000 0-3
Ft. Jennings 3 0 0 0 0 1 x - 4
WP: Nick Verhoff; LP: Kole
Rolsten.
----
Miller City tags Big
Green in PCL baseball
OTTOVILLE — Miller
City’s young baseball team
had been struggling so far in
2011.
That stopped — at least
for a game — as the Wildcats
handed host Ottoville an 11-2
loss in a Putnam County
League contest.
Cody Dukes led the
Wildcats’ (2-5) 11-hit
attack with three and Brent
Riepenhoff added two. Six
Big Green errors helped that
cause as the visitors scored
five times each in the fifth and
seventh innings.
Ross Kaufman pitched
a 5-hitter for the Blue and
Gold.
The Big Green are sched-
uled to be off until they host
Continental Monday.
Miller City 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 - 11 11 2 helped the Reds catch up and
Ottoville 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 6 pull away. Nelson Figueroa
Honigford. 2B: Derek Griggs (MC), (0-1) had one of the five
WP: Ross Kaufman; LP: Matt
Cody DeLong (OV).
----
Lady Knights
suffocate Lady ’Dawgs
CONVOY — Madison more in the sixth.
Preston scattered five Elida
hits and Crestview’s soft-
ball unit pounded the Lady
Bulldogs 10-0 in five struck
innings in non-league action three hits in seven innings to
Wednesday at the Crestview lead the San Francisco Giants
Athletic Complex.
Hamrick had three runs
batted in for the hosts, with struck 8-1 lead after seven. The Freak
Mackenzie Richard (2 hits) ular except Nick Hundley, who
two and Danica Hicks (3 hits) hit a solo homer in the third,
and Angie Pierce (solo home his first.
run) one each.
Elida (1-2) visits Stauffer (0-1) in the fifth, two
Wapakoneta Friday.
Elida 000 00- 051
Crestview 0 4 3 0 3 - 10 9 0
WP; Madison Preston; LP: Aryae
Brown (0-1). 2B: Jordan Haidle (E),
Danica Hicks (CV), Mackenzie Richard
(CV). 3B: Hammrick (CV). HR: Angie
Pierce (CV).
----
Bulldogs grab
OTCA Tournament win
OAK HARBOR — Elida
boys tennis team downed
Oak Harbor 4-1 in a Ohio
Tennis Coaches Association
Team Tournament contest
Wednesday at Oak Harbor.
The Bulldogs got wins at
second singles (Arwin Sayoto
over Eli Boldt 6-4, 6-1), third
singles (Corbin Ellison over
Nick Shay 6-2, 6-0), first dou-
bles (Nick Fraley and Cody
Sanderson 6-1, 6-0 over Brock
Goetz and Tony DeCesare)
See ROUNDUP, page 7
SPORTS
Miller City sneaks by Lady Jeffcats
By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delpho-
sherald.com
MILLER CITY — to go with the ball but that
Jefferson looked on the verge
of garnering its first fast-pitch
softball contest of the 2011
season on a windy and chilly
Wednesday night at Miller
City, scoring a run in the top
of the seventh to go up a run.
Just like that, the host
Wildcats took it
away by scoring two
times in the bottom
of the seventh frame
to escape with a 7-6
non-conference vic-
tory.
The Lady Jeffcats
(0-4) had taken a 6-5 lead in
the top of the seventh against
Miller City starter and winner
Marissa Schroeder (7 frames,
8 hits, 6 runs, 2 earned, 2
bases-on-balls, 8 strikeouts;
127 pitches, 85 strikes).
Sophomore Taylor Branham
(3-fr-4, 2 runs batted in)
got an infield hit to deep
short and classmate Corrine
Metzger bunted up fresh-
man pinch-runner Hannah
Sensibaugh to second. Senior
Chelsey Fischer (2-for-3) sin-
gled to right center, putting
Sensibaugh at third. Fischer
swiped second. Sophomore
Fallon Van Dyke hit back to
the pitcher, who went to first;
Sensibaugh beat the relay
throw home for that 1-run
edge.
However, Kara
Vennekotter led off the
Miller City (4-1) half with
a free pass against Branham
(6-plus innings, 9 hits, 7
runs, 4 earned, 3 walks, 5
Ks; 97 pitches, 60 strikes).
Toni Steffan (2-for-4, 2 runs
scored) followed with a dou-
ble to deep right center, fol-
lowed by a first-pitch 2-bag-
ger off the fence in center by
Alison Lammers (2-for-4, 3
runs batted in) to plate both
runners and end the game.
“We’re disappointed in
the loss but not in the effort.
We have improved a lot over
the past week,” Jefferson
coach Dave Wollenhaupt
noted. “Overall, we had a
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NL
CINCINNATI — Brandon
Phillips and Paul Janish had
three hits apiece and the Reds
overcame a 4-run deficit
and remained the NL’s only
unbeaten team with
a 12-4 victory over
Houston.
The Reds are
5-0 for the first time
since 1990, when
they won their last World
Series championship.
Edinson Volquez (1-0)
overcame another lousy
beginning.
The Astros committed a
season-high five errors that
errors that undercut the fast
start. The Reds scored five
runs in the third, aided by
back-to-back errors, and four
Giants 8, Padres 4
SAN DIEGO — Tim Lincecum
out 13 and held the San
Diego Padres to one run and
to an 8-4 win Wednesday night.
Lincecum (1-1) left with an
out every San Diego reg-
The Giants chased Tim
batters after he allowed Aubrey
Huff’s RBI double to left cen-
ter. Stauffer allowed four runs
and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings,
walked two and struck out one.
Marlins 7, Nationals 4
MIAMI — John Buck hit a
bases-loaded triple and Florida
came from behind to win for the
second night in a row, this time
erasing a 4-run deficit.
Buck missed a grand slam by
inches in the fifth and settled for
a triple that tied the game. Chris
Coghlan had three doubles and
a single and scored three times
for the Marlins; Omar Infante
put them ahead to stay with an
RBI single in the sixth off Chad
Gaudin (0-1).
Washington’s Ian Desmond,
who entered the game 0 for 13,
had four hits and two RBIs.
Brian Sanches (1-0) pitched
a perfect sixth.
Phillies 10, Mets 7
PHILADELPHIA — Ryan
Howard tied a career high with
four hits and fell a triple short of
the cycle, Ben Francisco also
solid game. We had a couple
of defensive breakdowns — I
wouldn’t call them errors —
where we weren’t sure where
will come, especially as we
get more games in. We were
aggressive at the plate for the
most part. Taylor was solid
but Miller City just hit the
ball hard, especially later in
the game when they timed
her up.”
Miller City coach
Jim Leis figured his
team woke up.
“We had another
game like this where
it took us a while to
get into the game; that
was our loss. We’ve
had a couple of blowouts and
one other see-saw game,”
he explained. “As we got
through our lineup a couple
of times, we finally got our
timing down at the plate. We
hit a couple of balls hard that
they caught.”
The Red and White jumped
on Schroeder for three tallies
in the top of the first. Senior
Paige Ricker was plunked
to lead it off. An error on
a grounder hit by junior
Samantha Thitoff left both
runners safe. Alex Rostorfer
bounced to short but Thitoff
beat the throw to second to
load the bases. However, she
was hurt on the play and
helped off (she returned in
the second inning). Junior
Cassidy Bevington forced
Ricker at home. Branham
delivered a 2-run double
down the right-field line
that scored freshman pinch-
runner Makayla Binkley
(for Thitoff) and Rostorfer.
Metzger then bounced out to
second to plate Bevington for
a 3-0 lead.
Miller City wasted Sara
Schroeder’s 1-out double and
a 2-out wild pitch to leave her
stranded on third.
The visitors went up 4-0 in
the second. With one down,
Ricker walked and took third
on a double to the left-cen-
ter gap by Thitoff. Rostorfer
popped up on the infield but
the ball was dropped; Thitoff
was caught between second
MLB CAPSULES
homered and the Phillies beat
the Mets after wasting a 7-0
lead.
Placido Polanco had three
hits and three RBIs, including
a go-ahead single in the fifth,
helping the 4-time NL East
champions overcome a rough
start by Joe Blanton to improve
to 4-1.
Angel Pagan hit
a 2-run homer for
the Mets, who got a
second straight poor
outing from Mike
Pelfrey. Pelfrey last-
ed just 2-plus innings, allowing
seven runs — six earned — and
eight hits. Blaine Boyer (0-1) got
the loss.
Antonio Bastardo (1-0)
pitched 1 2/3 innings of score-
less relief. Jose Contreras
worked the ninth for his first
save.
Rockies 7, Dodgers 5
DENVER — Todd Helton
and Troy Tulowitzki homered
in leading Colorado past Los
Angeles for a 2-game sweep.
Jason Hammel (1-0) was the
beneficiary of the pop in the mid-
dle of Colorado’s lineup, picking
up the win despite allowing two
home runs in five innings and
falling behind 4-2 in the third.
Helton’s 3-run homer off
Chad Billingsley (1-1) gave
Colorado a 5-4 lead in the third.
Diamondbacks 6, Cubs 4
CHICAGO — Chris Young
drove in two runs, scored twice
and made a pair of nice catch-
es in center field for Arizona.
Arizona ended its 8-game losing
streak against the Cubs.
Armando Galarraga (1-0)
won in his first career NL start,
giving up five hits and four
runs in 7 1/3 innings. J.J. Putz
pitched a perfect ninth for his
second save.
Alfonso Soriano hit his third
homer of the season and Aramis
Ramirez hit his second for
Chicago. Ryan Dempster (0-2)
gave up five runs — four earned
— and 10 hits in seven innings.
He struck out seven and didn’t
walk a batter.
Pirates 3, Cardinals 1
ST. LOUIS — Kevin Correia
and two relievers combined to
slow St. Louis, Neil Walker hit
his second home run and the
surprising Pittsburgh Pirates
beat the Cardinals.
The Pirates won their sec-
ond road series of the season:
2-of-3 from St. Louis and the
Cubs. Last year, Pittsburgh was
a majors-worst 17-64 on the
road on the way to a 57-105
record overall.
Chris Carpenter (0-1) allowed
one earned run in six innings but
left trailing 2-0 and lost to the
Pirates for only the second time
in 13 career decisions.
Correia (2-0) allowed five
and third and tagged out
at second but that allowed
Ricker to come home for that
4-run edge.
The host Wildcats got that
back in the home half on
a leadoff double to left by
Steffan and a run-scoring hit
to right center by Lammers,
with her taking second on
the throw home. Samantha
Michel got aboard via an
error but Branham whiffed
the next two batters to end
the damage.
The Red and White got
that back in the third. With
one gone, Metzger got on
via an error, went to third on
Fischer’s shot down the right-
field line (she stole second)
and scored on Van Dyke’s
blooper to right. Junior Kecia
Kramer loaded the bases as M.
Schroeder fielded her come-
backer and looked Fischer
back to third but the visitors
could not add to their lead at
that time.
Miller City saw the next
inning end in a twin-killing.
With one down in the
Delphos fourth, Bevington
got aboard as her shot hit
off the pitcher and bounced
past shortstop Lammers for a
hit. An error on an attempted
pickoff play put her at sec-
ond and she went to third
on Branham’s knock to right.
Sensibaugh swiped a base but
the Wildcats stranded both
runners, two of nine for the
night.
That would be the last
Delphos threat until the sev-
enth.
Meantime, Miller City
got three in the fifth, put-
ting together one hit (an
S. Schroeder 2-run single
to score Taylor Niese and
Jennifer Leis, who both got
on via errors) and a sacrifice
fly by Jessica Leis (plating M.
Schroeder, who had walked)
to make it 5-4.
“We were solid at the plate
in the first three innings. The
fourth through sixth wasn’t
so much we got complacent
but we weren’t quite the
same and then the seventh,
we got the hunger back,”
Wollenhaupt added. “We’re
hits in seven innings.
Brewers 5, Braves 4
MILWAUKEE — Prince
Fielder drove in his first three
runs this season and scored two
more to lead the Brewers.
Fielder had been hitless in
11 at-bats when he singled in
two runs with the bases loaded
in the first against Mike Minor
(0-1).
Marco Estrada (1-0) earned
his first major league victory. He
was called up from the minors
earlier in the day to fill in while
Zack Greinke is on the disabled
list.
AL
CLEVELAND — Asdrubal
Cabrera had four RBIs, Shin-
Soo Choo hit a 2-run homer
and the Cleveland Indians kept
the built-to-win Boston Red Sox
winless on Wednesday night
with an 8-4 victory that dropped
one of baseball’s big spenders
to 0-5.
The Red Sox are off to their
worst start in 15 years and look
nothing like the team many fore-
cast to be the last one standing
in October. Boston hasn’t start-
ed this poorly since 1996; after
finishing this series today, the
Sox head home to face the rival
New York Yankees on Friday
and what could be angry fans in
Fenway Park.
Reliever Rafael Perez (1-0)
worked 1 1/3 perfect innings
for the Indians, who have won
three straight. Cabrera hit a
3-run homer off reliever Dan
Wheeler to cap a strange sixth
inning, when mistakes on the
mound and in the field cost the
Red Sox four runs. Matt LaPorta
also homered.
Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1)
took the loss.
Angels 5, Rays 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —
The winless Tampa Bay Rays
lost again when Dan Haren and
the Los Angeles Angels shut
down the AL East champions.
The Rays fell to 0-5. In four
of those games, they finished
with exactly one run and four
hits. Rookie Jeremy Hellickson
(0-1) lost despite striking out 10
in 5 2/3 innings.
Haren (1-0) scattered four
hits over 7 2/3 innings and
struck out six.
Rangers 7, Mariners 3
ARLINGTON, Texas — Mitch
Moreland hit a tie-breaking dou-
ble off Cy Young winner Felix
Hernandez and Texas remained
unbeaten.
The AL champion Rangers
are 6-0 for the first time since
1996, when they set a team
record by winning their first
seven games. Moreland’s go-
ahead hit in the seventh inning
made a winner of C.J. Wilson
(1-0).
Hernandez (1-1) allowed four
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starting to show what we can
do on a more consistent basis.
Despite the loss, this is an
effort we can build on. We
have our first league contest
tomorrow; it’s a big game to
see how well we respond.”
The hosts tied it in the
sixth, getting a 1-out single
by Michel, a stolen base
and a 2-out knock to center
by Jennifer Leis that plat-
ed Michel. A hit batter (M.
Schroeder) and a walk to S.
Schroeder loaded the sacks
but Jessica Leis flied out deep
to centerfielder Van Dyke to
leave it a 5-all tie.
“Marissa kept us in the
game when we were strug-
gling,” Leis added. “We
learned a lot about calling
pitches tonight. We went
more to her off-speed stuff the
second and third time through
the lineup and she kept them
off-balance.”
Both teams are home
tonight in league contests:
Jefferson versus LCC (NWC)
and Miller City against
Ottoville (PCL).
JEFFERSON (6)
ab-r-h-rbi
Paige Ricker 3b 2-1-0-0, Samantha
Thitoff ss 4-0-1-0, Makayla Binkley pr/
ss 0-1-0-0, Alex Rostorfer lf 4-1-0-0,
Cassidy Bevington c 4-1-1-0, Taylor
Branham p 4-0-3-2, Hannah Sensibaugh
cr 0-1-0-0, Corrine Metzger 2b 3-1-0-1,
Chelsey Fischer 1b 3-0-2-0, Fallon Van
Dyke cf 3-0-1-2, Kecia Kramer rf 3-0-0-
0. Totals 30-6-8-5.
MILLER CITY (7)
ab-r-h-rbi
Marissa Schroeder p 2-1-0-0, Sara
Schroeder cf 3-0-2-2, Jessica Leis 3b
3-0-1-1, Kara Vennekotter lf 3-1-0-0,
Toni Steffan c 4-2-2-0, Alison Lammers
ss 4-0-2-3, Samantha Michel rf/2b 3-1-
1-0, Taylor Niese 1b 3-0-0-0, Elizabeth
Schimmoeller pr 0-1-0-0, Olivia Rump
2b 1-0-0-0, Jennifer Leis rf 2-1-1-1.
Totals 28-7-9-7.
Score by Innings:
Jefferson 3 1 1 000 1-6
Miller City 0 1 0 031 2-7
No outs in seventh when winning
run scored
E: Thitoff 2, Rump 2, Metzger, Van
Dyke, Steffan, Lammers; DP: Jefferson
1; LOB: Jefferson 9, Miller City 8;
2B: Steffan 2, Thitoff, Branham, ;S.
Schroeder, Lammers; SB: Fischer 2,
Sensibaugh, Van Dyke, Michel; Sac:
Metzger; SF: Jess Leis.
IP H R ER BB SO
JEFFERSON
Branham (L, 0-4) 6 9 7 4 3 5
MILLER CITY
M. Schroeder (W) 7 8 6 2 2 8
Branham pitched to 3 batters in
seventh
WP: Branham; HBP: Ricker (by
M. Schroeder), M. Schroeder (by
Branham); PB: Bevington.
runs, two of them unearned, in
seven innings. He struck out six
and walked three.
Tigers 7, Orioles 3
BALTIMORE — Alex Avila
homered and had a career-high
five RBIs to back an effective
pitching performance by Justin
Verlander as the Detroit Tigers
ended the Baltimore Orioles’
unbeaten run.
Miguel Cabrera and Victor
Martinez also connected for the
Tigers, who became the first
team this season to score more
than one run against Baltimore.
Derrek Lee hit his first homer
with the Orioles and Vladimir
Guerrero got his first RBI. But
Baltimore came up short in a bid
to match the franchise-record
5-0 start of the 1970 squad
that went on to win the World
Series.
Verlander (1-0) gave up
three runs and four hits in eight
innings, striking out nine. He
is 6-0 with a 2.64 ERA in eight
career starts against Baltimore,
including 4-0 at Camden Yards.
Brad Bergesen (0-1) allowed
two earned runs and five hits in
3 2/3 innings.
White Sox 10, Royals 7, 12
innings
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Carlos Quentin and the White
Sox pulled off a 2-out rally in
the ninth inning against All-Star
closer Joakim Soria, then Brent
Morel hit a go-ahead 2-run single
in the 12th off Sean O’Sullivan
(0-1).
The energetic Royals were in
position to improve to 5-1 after
Soria retired the first two batters
in the ninth with a 6-3 lead. But
Alex Rios and Paul Konerko hit
RBI singles and Quentin’s 2-run
double capped a 4-run come-
back for a 7-6 edge.
Kansas City tied it on Kila
Ka’aihue’s RBI double off Matt
Thornton, setting up the Royals’
third straight extra-inning game.
Winner Chris Sale (1-0) went
two innings, giving up one hit
and striking out two.
Blue Jays 5, Athletics 3
TORONTO — Travis Snider
hit a 3-run home run, Yunel
Escobar had three hits before
leaving with an injury and the
Toronto Blue Jays beat the
Oakland Athletics.
Jesse Litsch (1-0) pitched 6
1/3 for his first win since July 20
and Jon Rauch got two outs for
his first save as the Blue Jays
won for the eighth time in 11
games against the Athletics.
Starting for the first time since
Aug. 1, 2010, Litsch allowed
three runs and six hits, walked
two and struck out a career-high
seven. Litsch missed the end of
last season after undergoing hip
surgery.
Toronto chased starter Dallas
Braden (0-1) in the eighth.
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NBA NBA CAPSULES

The Associated Press Phoenix 38 40 .487 17 The Associated Press Trevor Ariza, acquired by the Smith scored 23 points, seven Wednesday at Golden State.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Golden State
L.A. Clippers
35
31
44
48
.443 20 1/2
.392 24 1/2 MIAMI — John Salmons Hornets from Houston in an off-
season trade, scored 19 for a
after Dallas tied it at 94 with
2:51 left. Kenyon Martin added
George Hill scored 12 of his
19 points during the third quarter,
W L Pct GB Sacramento 23 55 .295 32 scored 17 points, Luc Richard second straight game and tied a 18 as the Nuggets won for the when the Spurs outscored the
y-Boston
x-New York
54 23 .701
40 38 .513
—
14 1/2 x-clinched playoff spot
Mbah a Moute added 14 season high with six steals. seventh time in eight games. The Kings by 20 in their best offensive
x-Philadelphia 40 39 .506 15 y-clinched division points and 12 rebounds and Jarrett Jack added 19 points, NBA’s highest-scoring team also quarter of the season.
while seventh-year pro Emeka cracked 100 after going a sea- Tyreke Evans led the Kings
New Jersey 24 54 .308 30 1/2 z-clinched conference the Milwaukee Bucks beat Okafor, who’s never been to son-worst three straight games in with 16 points and rookie
Toronto 21 57 .269
Southeast Division
33 1/2 ——— the Miami Heat 90-85 on the playoffs, added 11 points to double figures. DeMarcus Cousins added 15
W L Pct GB
Wednesday’s Results
Orlando 111, Charlotte 102, OT Wednesday night, even help rookie coach Monty Playing without Jason Kidd or points and 10 rebounds.
y-Miami
x-Orlando
54 24 .692
50 29 .633
—
4 1/2 Indiana 136, Washington 112 while being officially Williams get there with a far
shorter wait.
Tyson Chandler, the Mavericks
lost their fourth straight, and
Cavaliers 104, Raptors 96
TORONTO — J.J. Hickson
x-Atlanta 44 34 .564 10 New York 97, Philadelphia 92 eliminated from post- Kevin Martin scored 21 ninth in a row against Western scored 28 points to lead Cleveland
Charlotte 32 46 .410 22 Cleveland 104, Toronto 96
Detroit 116, New Jersey 109
season contention. for Houston, which is now Conference playoff teams. They past Toronto.
Washington 21 57 .269
Central Division
33
Phoenix 108, Minnesota 98 The loss knocked on the brink of elimination. are 8-9 since an 18-1 spurt that Jerryd Bayless scored 28
Pacers 136, Wizards put them in contention for the top points for the Raptors (21-57),
W L Pct GB New Orleans 101, Houston 93 Miami (54-24) a half- 112 overall seed. who have four games left in their
y-Chicago
x-Indiana
57 20 .740
36 43 .456
—
22
Oklahoma City 112, L.A. Clippers game back of Boston INDIANAPOLIS — Magic 111, Bobcats 102 disappointing season. DeMar
Milwaukee 32 46 .410 25 1/2
108
Milwaukee 90, Miami 85 in the race for the No. Danny Granger scored 25 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Gilbert DeRozan added 19 points, while
Detroit 27 51 .346 30 1/2 San Antonio 124, Sacramento 92 2 seed in the Eastern points, and Indiana clinched
a playoff spot for the first
Arenas scored 25 points and
Orlando overcame Quentin
Reggie Evans had a season-
high 15 points and grabbed 13
Cleveland 17 61 .218 40 1/2 Denver 104, Dallas 96 Conference. time since 2006. Richardson’s ejection and Dwight rebounds. Sonny Weems finished
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Golden State 95, L.A. Lakers 87
Today’s Games
Carlos Delfino’s The Pacers needed a Howard’s 18th technical foul to with 17 points.
Southwest Division
Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m. 3-pointer with 24 sec- win and a Charlotte loss
to Orlando to clinch a spot
eliminate the Bobcats from play-
off contention.
Baron Davis added 19 points
for the Cavs (17-61), while
onds left helped seal
W L Pct GB
z-San Antonio 60 19 .759 — Portland at Utah, 10:30 p.m. in the postseason. As the Jameer Nelson atoned for two Ramon Sessions chipped in with
x-Dallas 53 25 .679 6 1/2 Friday’s Games it for the Bucks, who Pacers’ game ended, the Orlando- turnovers in the closing seconds 15, Ryan Hollins finished with 14
x-New Orleans 45 33 .577 14 1/2
Memphis 44 34 .564 15 1/2
Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m.
New York at New Jersey, 7 p.m. got 14 points from Corey Charlotte game was in overtime, of regulation by hitting a jump- and Alonzo Gee added 10.
Houston 41 38 .519 19 Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Maggette. Milwaukee was and the Conseco Fieldhouse staff
put the game on the Jumbotron.
er and banking in a 3-pointer
in Orlando’s 12-2 run to open
Pistons 116, Nets 109
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. —
Northwest Division Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m. eliminated from playoff Many fans stayed to cheer to the the extra period. Brandon Bass Richard Hamilton scored 25
contention during the game,
W L Pct GB Chicago at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
y-Oklahoma City 52 26 .667 — Magic on to a 111-102 win. added 19 points for the Magic, points and Rodney Stuckey
Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
x-Denver 48 30 .615 4 Charlotte at Miami, 7:30 p.m. thanks to Indiana’s win over Paul George scored a career-
high 23 points and Darren
who secured their fourth con-
secutive 50-win season.
added 22 to lead Detroit.
Brook Lopez scored a career-
x-Portland
Utah
45 33 .577
37 41 .474
7
15
Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m. Washington. Collison added 15 points and Gerald Henderson scored high 39 points for New Jersey,
Minnesota 17 62 .215 35 1/2
Phoenix at New Orleans, 8 p.m. LeBron James scored 11 assists for the Pacers, who a career-high 32 points for the which was without star Deron
Pacific Division Denver at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. 29 points for Miami, which posted their second-highest point Bobcats. Williams. The point guard was
W L Pct
y-L.A. Lakers 55 23 .705
GB
— L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10 p.m. played without injured guard total of the season.
Jordan Crawford scored 29
Knicks 97, 76ers 92
PHILADELPHIA — Carmelo
out with an injured right wrist.
Lopez nearly made up for his
Dwyane Wade, the NBA’s

NHL
points and John Wall had 19 Anthony had 31 points and 11 absence but the Nets settled for
No. 3 scorer. points and nine rebounds for rebounds, Amare Stoudemire outside shots against Detroit’s
Washington. scored 18 points and New York zone defense late in the game.
Thunder 112, Clippers 108 Warriors 95, Lakers 87 moved into sixth place in the Stuckey played well in his
The Associated Press GP W L OT Pts GF GA OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin OAKLAND, Calif. — Monta Eastern Conference. return after being benched for
EASTERN CONFERENCE y-San Jose 80 47 24 9 103 242 208 Durant scored 29 points, Ellis scored 26 points, David Lee Toney Douglas bailed out the two games by Detroit coach John
Atlantic Division x-Los Angeles 80 46 28 6 98 217 193 Russell Westbrook added 26 had 22 points and 17 rebounds Knicks after they blew a 19-point Kuester. Stuckey had eight points
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Phoenix 80 42 25 13 97 226 220 and Oklahoma City clinched the and Golden State held on to beat lead and trailed by one late in the for the Pistons during one fourth-
x-Philadelphia 80 46 23 11 103 249 215 Anaheim 80 45 30 5 95 234 233 Northwest Division title. Los Angeles. fourth. Douglas hit the go-ahead quarter stretch, helping them take
x-Pittsburgh 80 47 25 8 102 229 194 Dallas 79 40 28 11 91 217 224 The Thunder won the first divi- Stephen Curry added 20 3-pointer with 1:47 left for a 90-88 a 110-102 advantage.
N.Y. Rangers 80 43 32 5 91 228 193 sion crown for the franchise since points, six rebounds and five advantage, then made two free Suns 108, Timberwolves 98
New Jersey 80 37 38 5 79 169 202 NOTE: Two points for a win, one 2005, when they were known as
N.Y. Islanders 80 30 38 12 72 222 253 assists to help the Warriors build throws with 42 seconds left for a MINNEAPOLIS — Marcin
point for overtime loss. the Seattle SuperSonics, but only a 19-point lead in their third 4-point lead. Gortat scored 20 points and
Northeast Division x-clinched playoff spot
GP W L OT Pts GF GA after fending off a late charge straight victory — all against Andre Iguodala pulled the grabbed 16 rebounds and
y-clinched division from the Clippers. playoff-bound teams. They have Sixers within one with his first Phoenix dropped Minnesota into
y-Boston 80 45 24 11 101 241 191
z-clinched conference Blake Griffin had 35 points
x-Montreal 80 43 30 7 93 210 205
Wednesday’s Results
beaten Dallas, Portland and Los 3-pointer of the game. Anthony last place in the NBA.
Buffalo 80 41 29 10 92 236 222 and 11 rebounds in the second Angeles in perhaps their best delivered with a big-time 3-point- Minnesota has lost 11 con-
Toronto 81 37 33 11 85 217 247 Los Angeles 3, Phoenix 2, SO
Boston 3, N.Y. Islanders 2
visit to his hometown in his NBA stretch of wins all season. er and pounded his chest in cel- secutive games and 22 of its
Ottawa 80 31 39 10 72 188 245 career but missed a key foul shot
Southeast Division New Jersey 4, Toronto 2 Kobe Bryant had 25 points ebration with a 95-91 lead. past 26.
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 5, Florida 2 that helped put the game away and Pau Gasol scored 18 for the Each team has 40 wins and Michael Beasley scored 24
y-Washington 81 48 22 11 107 224 196 Carolina 3, Detroit 0 for Oklahoma City. Lakers, who lost for the second New York holds a half-game lead points and grabbed 11 rebounds
x-Tampa Bay 80 44 25 11 99 237 236 Chicago 4, St. Louis 3, OT Durant hit two free throws at consecutive night to an inferior on the Sixers. for the Timberwolves, who were
Carolina 80 39 30 11 89 228 232 Calgary 6, Edmonton 1 the other end to put the Thunder opponent. Bryant brought the Spurs 124, Kings 92 playing again without the injured
Atlanta 79 33 34 12 78 217 258 Anaheim 6, San Jose 2 up 110-106 with 12 seconds left Lakers within eight points in a SAN ANTONIO — Manu All-Star Kevin Love (groin).
Florida 80 29 39 12 70 192 225 Today’s Games and ice the game, just moments frantic rally in the fourth quarter Ginobili scored 25 points and San With Cleveland’s victory at
WESTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. after he’d missed a foul shot to but all that did was make the final Antonio clinched the No. 1 seed Toronto, the Timberwolves’ 17-62
Central Division Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m. give the Clippers a chance for
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
score seem close. in the Western Conference follow- record put them at the bottom of
Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. the tie. Nuggets 104, Mavericks 96 ing a victory over Sacramento. the league.
y-Detroit 80 46 24 10 102 255 234 Minnesota at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Nashville 80 43 26 11 97 215 191 Hornets 101, Rockets 93 DALLAS — J.R. Smith broke The Spurs improved their Hakim Warrick and Grant Hill
Friday’s Games NEW ORLEANS — Chris Paul a tie in the final minutes with a NBA-best record to 60-19 and each scored 17 points for the
Chicago 80 43 28 9 95 251 219 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
St. Louis 81 37 33 11 85 238 234 had 28 points and 10 assists and layup and immediately followed earned home-court advantage Suns, who had lost six out of
Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. New Orleans clinched a playoff
Columbus 80 34 33 13 81 210 249
Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. with a jumper, lifting Denver past throughout the West playoffs after seven and four straight on the
Northwest Division
Carolina at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
spot. short-handed Dallas. the Los Angeles Lakers lost later road.

NHL CAPSULES
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
z-Vancouver 80 52 19 9 113 254 183 Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Calgary 81 41 29 11 93 248 234 Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Minnesota 79 37 34 8 82 198 224 Dallas at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Colorado 79 29 42 8 66 219 278 Minnesota at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Edmonton 80 25 44 11 61 189 262 San Jose at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Pacific Division Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m. The Associated Press ahead of Tampa Bay’s Steven Stoll also had the deciding goal
in the tie-breaker, his ninth in 10
a team-best 80 points.
Capitals 5, Panthers 2

MLB
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Stamkos for the NHL goal- shots during shootouts this season WASHINGTON — Mike Knuble
Corey Perry capped his third scoring title with two games and eighth in a row. Jonathan Quick and Jason Chimera scored power-
career hat trick with his to play. Perry also moved
made 33 saves and stopped Lauri play goals in the first period and
Korpikoski to end the game, improv- Washington won its fourth straight
The Associated Press National League NHL-leading 50th goal dur- into second place on the NHL ing to 10-0 in shootouts and helping to put the Capitals on the brink of
ing a dynamic four-point per- scoring chart with 97 points,
East Division the Kings set a franchise record with clinching the top seed in the Eastern
American League Conference.
46 victories.
formance and the Anaheim behind only Vancouver’s
East Division W L Pct GB Sean Collins, called up over the
W L Pct GB Philadelphia 4 1 .800 — Lee Stempniak and Taylor Pyatt
Ducks kept pace in a tight Daniel Sedin (100).
Florida 3 2 .600 1 scored first period goals for Phoenix weekend because of injuries to
Baltimore 4 1 .800 — several Washington defensemen,
and Ilya Bryzgalov made 31 saves.
Toronto
New York
4
3
1 .800
2 .600
—
1
New York
Atlanta
3
3
2 .600
3 .500 1 1/2
1
playoff race with a 6-2 vic- Ray Emery stopped 22-of- The Coyotes need one more point padded the lead in the second
Boston 0 5 .000 4 Washington 1 4 .200 3 tory over the San Jose Sharks 23 shots before leaving to secure their second straight post-
season berth.
period with his second career NHL
goal. Matt Hendricks made it 4-0 in
Tampa Bay
Central Division
0 5 .000 4 Central Division
W L Pct GB on Wednesday night. midway through the second Oilers 6, Flames 1 the third period and Alex Ovechkin
W L Pct GB Cincinnati 5 0 1.000 — Rookie Cam Fowler, Teemu period with what the Ducks CALGARY, Alberta — Jarome
Iginla scored three goals and added
scored his 301st NHL goal into an
empty net.
Kansas City
Chicago
4
3
2 .667
2 .600
—
1/2
Pittsburgh
Chicago
4
3
2 .667 1 1/2
3 .500 2 1/2 Selanne and Jason Blake also said was a minor injury. He an assist and Calgary routed, a few Ovechkin added two assists, giv-
Cleveland 3 2 .600 1/2 Milwaukee 2 4 .333 3 1/2 scored as Anaheim rebound- was cleared to return but Dan minutes before the Flames were elim-
inated from the Western Conference
ing him eight points in the last four
games. Laich also had two assists
Detroit
Minnesota
2
2
3 .400 1 1/2
3 .400 1 1/2
St. Louis
Houston
2
0
4 .333 3 1/2
5 .000 5 ed from back-to-back losses Ellis wrapped up Anaheim’s playoff race. and Semyon Varlamov made 31
West Division West Division to stay in a seventh-place tie 13th win in 18 games head- With one game left, Calgary is two saves.
David Booth and Mike Santorelli
with Chicago in the Western ing into a season-ending
W L Pct GB W L Pct GB points behind Chicago and Anaheim.
Colorado 3 1 .750 — The Blackhawks and Ducks — tied scored for Florida.
Texas 6 0 1.000 —
Los Angeles 3 3 .500 3 San Diego 3 2 .600 1/2 Conference standings. Both home-and-home series with for seventh in the race for the eight Bruins 3, Islanders 2
BOSTON — Dennis Seidenberg
Seattle
Oakland
2
1
4 .333
4 .200 4 1/2
4 Los Angeles 3
Arizona 2
3 .500
3 .400 1 1/2
1
clubs have 95 points apiece Los Angeles. playoff spots — have clinched tie-
breakers over Calgary. and Gregory Campbell scored in a
——— San Francisco 2 4 .333 2 and two games to go. Dan Boyle and Ben Eager Iginla has 42 goals. Alex Tanguay 78-second span in the second period
and the Boston Bruins moved within
Wednesday’s Results
L.A. Angels 5, Tampa Bay 1
———
Wednesday’s Results The Ducks’ victory elimi- scored for the Sharks. had a goal and two assists, Rene
Bourque and Curtis Glencross also two points of the second playoff spot
Texas 7, Seattle 3 Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 1 nated the Calgary Flames but Blackhawks 4, Blues 3, OT
scored, Mikael Backlund Backlund in the Eastern Conference.
The Bruins, who have clinched
Chicago White Sox 10, Kansas City Arizona 6, Chicago Cubs 4
Colorado 7, L.A. Dodgers 5 the 10th-place Dallas Stars CHICAGO — Jonathan Toews
had three assists and Miikka Kiprusoff
made 22 saves. Kiprusoff tied Mike the Northeast Division title, have 101
7, 12 innings
Cleveland 8, Boston 4 San Francisco 8, San Diego 4 still have a chance with 91 scored at 3:19 of overtime for Chicago,
moving the Blackhawks within two
Vernon’s franchise victory record with points. The Philadelphia Flyers, the
Atlantic Division leaders who were
Detroit 7, Baltimore 3 Philadelphia 10, N.Y. Mets 7
Cincinnati 12, Houston 4
points and a game in hand. points of a clinching a playoff spot in
262.
Magnus Paajarvi scored for idle Wednesday, have 103. Both
Minnesota at New York, ppd., rain
Toronto 5, Oakland 3
Florida 7, Washington 4 Perry all but wrapped up the Western Conference.
Toews beat Ty Conklin on the
Edmonton. With the loss, the Oilers teams have two regular-season
his first Richard Trophy and
Milwaukee 5, Atlanta 4 clinched last place overall in the NHL games left.
Today’s Games Today’s Games short side after taking a long lead for the second consecutive season. Boston is streaking at the right
Boston (Lester 0-0) at Cleveland Houston (Myers 0-0) at Cincinnati burnished his MVP creden- pass from Duncan Keith and rac- Hurricanes 3, Red Wings 0 time with a 6-2-1 record in its last
tials with the biggest night
(Carmona 0-1), 12:05 p.m. (LeCure 0-0), 12:35 p.m. ing in with Blues defenseman Carlo RALEIGH, N.C. — Cam Ward nine games before finishing at home
Oakland (Cahill 0-0) at Toronto Colorado (Rogers 0-0) at Pittsburgh Colaiacovo in close pursuit. made 42 saves for his second shutout against Ottawa on Saturday and at
(R.Romero 1-0), 12:37 p.m. (Maholm 0-0), 1:35 p.m. yet in his remarkable late- Marian Hossa, Tomas Kopecky in a month and Carolina beat Detroit New Jersey on Sunday heading into
Minnesota (Liriano 0-1) at N.Y.
Yankees (A.Burnett 1-0), 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Hanson 0-1) at Milwaukee
(Marcum 0-1), 1:40 p.m.
season scoring binge. He and Nick Leddy scored in the second
period to help the defending Stanley
to remain alive for a playoff spot.
Jeff Skinner and Derek Joslin
the playoffs.
Shawn Thornton also scored for
Tampa Bay (Price 0-1) at Chicago N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-0) at Philadelphia became just the third 50-goal Cup champion Blackhawks erase a scored in the second period and Erik Boston.
White Sox (E.Jackson 1-0), 2:10 p.m. (Halladay 0-0), 3:05 p.m.
Washington (Lannan 1-0) at Florida
scorer in Ducks’ history and 2-goal deficit.
St. Louis’ Chris Stewart scored
Cole added a goal in the third. The
Hurricanes have won 7-of-9 to move
New Yorklost for the fifth time in
six games. Michael Grabner scored
the Western Conference’s
Detroit (Penny 0-1) at Baltimore
(Tillman 0-0), 7:05 p.m. (Jo.Johnson 1-0), 7:10 p.m. midway through the third to set up to 89 points and remain in the hunt his 32nd and 33rd goals for New
Friday’s Games Friday’s Games
Washington (Zimmermann 0-1) at N.Y.
first 50-goal scorer since overtime. T.J. Oshie had a goal and
an assist, and David Backes also
for just their second postseason berth
since they won the 2006 Stanley
York. He leads NHL rookies in goals.
Devils 4, Maple Leafs 2
N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 0-1) at
Boston (Lackey 0-1), 2:05 p.m. Mets (Dickey 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Calgary’s Jarome Iginla in scored for the Blues, who are out of Cup. NEWARK, N.J. — Ilya Kovalchuk
Kansas City (Davies 0-0) at Detroit St. Louis (Westbrook 0-1) at San 2007-08. the playoffs for the second straight
season.
They need some help to get there,
with the clearest path requiring them
scored his 30th goal and added an
assist to lead New Jersey.
Captain Ryan Getzlaf had
(Scherzer 1-0), 3:05 p.m. Francisco (J.Sanchez 0-1), 4:35 p.m.
Colorado (De La Rosa 1-0) at The Blackhawks, 3-3-1 in their to win both of their final two games Mattias Tedenby, Henrik Tallinder
four assists and Bobby Ryan
Oakland (Anderson 0-0) at Minnesota last seven, have two games remain- and Patrik Elias also scored for the
Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 0-0), 7:05 p.m. while the New York Rangers, eighth
(Pavano 0-1), 4:10 p.m. ing with Detroit. Devils in the game that matched two
had three while their linemate
Florida (Nolasco 0-0) at Houston with 91 points, lose one of their last
Texas (Lewis 1-0) at Baltimore (Britton (W.Rodriguez 0-1), 7:05 p.m. Patrick Sharp, Chicago’s leading two. teams that made desperate second-
1-0), 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Shields 0-1) at Chicago
Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 1-0) at Atlanta lit up Sharks goalie Antero goal scorer with 34, returned after Eric Staal added three assists to half playoff runs only to fall short.
Niittymaki, who made 28
(T.Hudson 1-0), 7:35 p.m. missing seven games because of help Carolina beat Detroit for the first Martin Brodeur had 22 saves but
White Sox (Danks 0-1), 8:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 0-0) at an injured left knee. He assisted on time since 2006. had to sweat out the final minutes
Toronto (Drabek 1-0) at L.A. Angels
(E.Santana 0-0), 10:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Wolf 0-1), 8:10 p.m. saves in his first start since Hossa’s goal. Jimmy Howard made 29 saves after Toronto got third-period goals
Jan. 13. Kings 3, Coyotes 2, SO
Cincinnati (T.Wood 1-0) at Arizona for the Central Division champion from Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak to
Cleveland (C.Carrasco 0-1) at Seattle (I.Kennedy 0-0), 9:40 p.m. LOS ANGELES — Kyle Clifford Red Wings, who lost star left winger make it close.
(Vargas 0-0), 10:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 0-1) at San Diego With 19 goals in his last had the tying goal late in the sec- Henrik Zetterberg to a lower-body Kovalchuk extended his string of
---- (Richard 1-0), 10:05 p.m.
14 games, Perry is six goals ond period, Jarret Stoll also scored injury. Zetterberg, who collided with 30-goal NHL seasons to eight when

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and Los Angeles clinched its second Carolina defenseman Bryan Allen he scored at 13:47 of the first with
straight playoff berth. midway through the first period, has New Jersey on a power play.

(Continued from Page 6) Curtis Lambkin lf 3-1-1-0, Fabian Placencia The men (ranked 29th)
and second doubles (Justin
Miller and Dylan McDorman
2b 3-1-0-0, Alex McKinstry dh 4-0-1-0, Ryan
Ekberg 3b 0-0-0-0, Dylan Brammer 3b 4-0-0-0,
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moved to 8-2 with a 7-2 win
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No. 2: Sriram Aranganathan/Jordan
Elida visits Sidney Lehman dh 1-0-1-3, Kopale ss 3-0-0-1, Elliott 2b 4-0-0-0.
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Columbus Grove nor home- Northwestern Ohio
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standing Continental could Justin Binegar 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
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DAYTON — Division I by Carpenter (Krizman), by Thompson (Ashe). Northup.
Singles:
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Umpires: HP: Lucas Howard; 2B: Shannon No. 1: Jamie Hilborn (UNOH) 6-1, 6-3 over
the University of Northwestern Bunger; 3B: Joe Kimbrew. Aide Martinez.
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Tech a pair of losses Wednesday
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AGRIBUSINESS
Farmers to share
breakfast Saturday
Putnam County’s first ever
Farmers’ Share Breakfast will
be held on Saturday at the
Putnam County Extension
office at the ESC building
just north of the YMCA in
Ottawa.
A breakfast of pancakes,
eggs, sausage, danish, orange
juice and coffee will be served
from 8-10 a.m. at a donation
of 50 cents per person. The
50 cents meal cost represents
what the farmers would have
received for producing the
breakfast food.
Everyone, farmer or non-
farmer is welcome to attend.
No reservations are required,
food will be served until it
First-year members compete in State Greenhand Quiz Photos submitted runs out.
Come out and enjoy a great
The Delphos FFA Greenhand Quiz team placed 20th out of 101 teams. Members are quizzed on their knowledge of opportunity to learn more
FFA leaders, history, facts, and other information pertaining to the Agriculture curriculum and the FFA. Team mem- about agriculture in Putnam
bers include, front from left, Gabby Pimpas, Rachel Mahlie, Joe Gorman, Collin Williams and Justin Berelsman; and County. Several local and
back, Tanner Vermule, Caitlyn Landwehr, Lindsay Deuel, Kylie Fritz, Katie Goergens, Chris Martin, Rileigh Stockwell, state elected officials will be
Jason Whittler and Tyler Rice. helping to cook the breakfast.
Food prices have risen
significantly in the United
States and throughout the
world in recent years.
A significant factor in the
price increase has been in
the processing, packaging,
and transportation costs of
getting food from the
farm and onto grocery store
shelves.
The cost of producing
food on the farm has also
risen as farmers have expe-
rienced increases in seed,
fertilizer, pesticides, equip-
ment, fuel, and other inputs.
Livestock producers have hit
especially hard as feed costs
have increased the cost of
producing meat, milk and
eggs.
The breakfast is co-spon-
sored by the OSU Extension
office in Putnam County and
the Putnam County Farm
Bureau.

FFA teams compete in Mercer Co. invitational contests

This spring, three teams have been busy preparing for contests. The Wildlife
Management, Equine Management and General Livestock Judging teams have been
Delphos FFA Ag. Mechanics Team competes practicing for the last several weeks for the State Spring Career Development Events.
Prior to the state contests, teams have several opportunities to compete at various regional
invitational contests. They recently competed at the Mercer County Invitational: the
Recently, the Delphos FFA Ag-Mechanics team went to Sentinel High School where
General Livestock Judging Team placed 16th out of 43. The Wildlife Management Team
they placed 3rd out of 17 teams. The Delphos FFA team consisted of Nathan Miller, Cory
placed 2nd out of 31 teams. The equine management team placed 10th out of 28 teams.
Osting and Luke Wrasman, above. The team had to use various skills like arc welding,
Above: Equine team members include, from left, Samantha Vermule, Kaitlyn Kirk, Julie
acetylene welding, valve grinding, and many more skills. They also had to identify a
Noonan and Jessicca Hammons.
plethora of tools, fasteners, seals, and bearings. The team had to cut tubing, flare tubing,
and bend tubing. The students tested electrical systems and components. They tested
injectors and adjusted injectors in a diesel engine. They used U.S. and metric units to
measure crankshaft endplay and cylinder bore in an engine. They worked on hydraulics
during the contest. The team identified different fuels, filter, lubricants, and coolants.
They identified faulty parts to an engine.

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Elida FFA annual Parent-Member Banquet

Elida FFA recently held it 57th annual Parent-Member

Banquet at the Old Barn Out Back, at which FFA President
Jessica Dunham presented an honorary chapter degree to Rick Retiring Officer plaques were given to the 2010-11 officer team. Seated from left, Jessica Dunham, Keaton
Miller, owner of RAM Fence. Miller has employed many Elida Brenneman and Audrey Fox; and standing, Kory Fletcher, Casey Troyer, Zack Carrier and Zac Siefker.
FFA students during the past 25 years and had worked with the Parliamentary Procedure awards were given to Jessica Foust, Mika Graves, Andy Jahnz, Mitchel Kamin,
agricultural science program through various chapter activities. Trevor Leis, Jaylen McDuffie, Alex Shaw-Roberts, Anthony Siefker, Emily Siefker, Zac Siefker and Isaac
The guest speaker was Donna Krech. The Cooperative Education Troyer.
Team was recognized for placing fourth in the state contest. Team
members were Jessica Foust, Caleb Saunders, Matt Ford and
Jacob Breitigan.

2011 State FFA Degree recipients Theran Carroll, left, Casey Troyer, Adam Troyer
and Zac Siefker were recognized at the banquet. They will receive their degree in May
at the State FFA Convention in Columbus. Ethan Watkins was recognized for receiving
his American Degree last October at the National Convention. Members recognized for
Other awards given at the banquet include Star Chapter Farmer, Zac Siefker, left; District 4 evaluation included Clayton Miller, first place Turfgrass; Caleb Saunders, first
Star Agri-business Person, Jessica Dunham; and Star Greenhand, Anthony Siefker. The place Ag Sales and Service; Casey Troyer, first place Forestry; and Zac Siefker, second
Agricultural Engineering Team was recognized for placing ninth in the state contest. place in Home Improvement and first in Beef Production.
Team members include, Alex Shaw-Roberts, Zac Siefker, Keaton Brenneman and Theran
Carroll. Top fruit salesmen were each given cash awards. They include, Trenton Long,
first place; Emily Siefker, second; and Josh Dawson, third.

Early season sprays for fruit trees

BY GLEN ARNOLD,
OSU-Extension
Putnam County
Early spring is the best
time to apply sprays to con-
trol certain insects, mites, and
diseases on apple, pear and
other fruit trees. Gardeners
who have had problems with
pests and diseases in the past
year should consider applying
early season sprays to prevent
or minimize pest damage this
season.
Certain fruit pests over-
winter on the tree. These
include the eggs of the
European red mite and scale
insects such as San Jose scale
and oyster shell scale. These
can be effectively controlled
with oil.
for 24 hours. Oil can cause
leaf damage under cool tem-
peratures, high humidity, or
wet conditions. The oil also
breaks down on the leaf when
exposed to near freezing tem-
peratures.
A fungicide spray applied
in early April can go a
long way toward eliminat-
ing scab diseases that may
have overwintered on fruit
trees. This is especially true
if you dealt with peach leaf
curl on your peach trees last
summer. Apply the fungi-
cide before the tree leaves
emerge for best results. Be
certain temperatures are in
the mid 60’s or higher at
the time of application. Most
hardware stores carry general
purpose fungicides that work
be partially controlled by the
petal-fall spray but is most
effectively controlled about
2 weeks after petal-fall. In
mid-summer (July), another
insecticide application can
control the second generation
of codling moth as well as
apple maggot.
Gardeners should read the
label for all types of sprays
and closely follow all precau-
tions. A fungicide is gener-
ally required to control apple
scab on susceptible cultivars.
At half inch green (as soon as
green tissue is present) and
at tight cluster, a fungicide
should be applied to most
apple trees. To assure high
quality fruit apply a combina-
tion of an insecticide and fun-
gicide at tight cluster, pink,

Rodney just wanted to

Oils called “dormant oils”
are intended to be used before
the leaf or fruit buds of apple
and pear trees open in the
spring. For northern Ohio this
usually occurs in early April.
Applying dormant oils at this
time can effectively control
scale insects. Most gardeners
need only consider dormant
oil once every five years or so
unless they have a history of
trouble with scale insects.
Some oils are designed for
delayed-dormant applications
and are called Superior or
Supreme oils. Apply all oils
when temperatures are above
45 degrees F and when tem-
peratures are not predicted
to drop below 40 degrees F
well against fruit diseases.
Products containing chloro-
thanol (Ortho’s Garden Max
Disease Control and Daconil
2787 both contain chlorotha-
nol) as the active ingredient
are the best.
An insecticide spray can
be effective at petal fall
against other early pests such
as codling moth, plum curcu-
lio, and leafrollers. Reducing
insects at this time will mini-
mize the number of adults
and offspring present dur-
ing the summer. It will also
reduce the injury to fruit as
they begin to grow.
Codling moth, which is
usually the most serious pest
of home fruit plantings, may
and petal fall. Fungicide may
be applied during bloom but
do not apply an insecticide at
bloom to protect bees.
For more information on
fruit pests, obtain a copy
get back to work and on
from your local Ohio State
University Extension Office
of Bulletin 780, Controlling
with his life.
Diseases and Insects in Home
Fruit Plantings. This bulletin
can be read online at http:// Robotic surgery was the answer.
ohioline.osu.edu/b780/
With a family history of cancer, Rodney believed it was only a matter of
For descriptions of plum
curculio, San Jose scale, leaf- time before it was his turn. Sure enough, like his father and grandfather
hoppers, codling moth, and before him, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. This time, though,
apple maggot, ask for HYG-
Fact Sheets 2043, 2039, 2202, things would be different.
2203 and 2041, respectively
or go on-line and find these At St. Rita’s Medical Center, Rodney discovered minimally invasive
fact sheets at http://ohioline.
robotic surgery. A remarkable new technique, it greatly reduces the risk
osu.edu/
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Friday, April 8, 2011

Dear Annie: I’ve been trived. When I sent a thank- Even though you may not usually
need people around you, in the year
close friends with “Lucy” you e-mail, I was chastised ahead you could join up with certain
since high school. In the past because it wasn’t handwrit- individuals in order to take advantage
few years, I’ve noticed that ten. of what they can offer. This could
she is imitating everything I I think people should be benefit you socially and financially.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
do, and I mean everything. happy their gift was acknowl- -- You’re likely to get a chance
I recently dyed my hair edged. Most etiquette rules to transform not one but three
red, and she did the same, were formed prior to the unproductive situations in your life.
even using the same stylist. invention of electronic mail.
Don’t ignore this chance, because
these conditions come along very
BLONDIE
She bought the same carpet, What is the real difference rarely.
painted her house the same between an e-mail and a TAURUS (April 20-May 20) --
It’s one of those unique times when
color as ours and last year hastily hand-scratched note? several advantageous situations might
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dog. She buys her grandkids Dear B.S.C.: Handwritten different, but they all have beneficial
properties in common.
the same gifts we buy ours. notes are considered more GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- A
I just purchased a personal and show sudden shift in conditions might send
jacket, and when greater effort. some big benefits your way, where
your work or career is concerned. The
Lucy saw it, she E-mail thank-you opportunity might not be recognized
bought the same notes are perfectly or appreciated by your co-workers.
one and flipped fine for those who CANCER (June 21-July 22)
out because she are more casual and -- Although you won’t deliberately
seek out the spotlight, it will focus on
could not get it in don’t mind receiv- you wherever you go. Fortunately, the
the same color. I ing thanks in this impression you make will be gracious,
fun and delightful.
BEETLE BAILEY
know imitation is manner. However, LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --
the sincerest form unless you are still Neither your intuition nor your
of flattery, but this a child, no one compassion will steer you wrong.
is scary. It’s as if should be chastis- Your involvements with others will be
productive as well as influential, and
Lucy is trying to ing you. You have people will follow your lead without
live my life. Annie’s Mailbox difficult relatives, question.
Last week, I dear. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
-- You’re capable of using both the
bought a set of new sheets. Dear Annie: I read the spoken and written word in a dynamic
Lucy stopped by as I was letter from “Burning Up in fashion. When you get serious, what
making the bed and asked Vermont” and laughed out you say or write will produce exactly
what you expect and desire.
her usual questions -- where loud when you said, “And LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- It is
did I buy them, how much now he can take the bus.” an excellent day to devote your ideas,
did they cost, etc. But then Vermont is a very rural efforts and energies to enhancing your
she asked what my husband state. The likelihood of bus material position. Your mind is sharp,
and your financial aspects look more
was like in bed. She con- service where this person favorable than usual. SNUFFY SMITH
fided that her sex life is not lives is remote to none. You SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) --
so good and once thought should have suggested he car- Fresh rays of hope can pierce areas
that have been shrouded in shadows
her husband was having an pool with someone he works lately, allowing you to deal with
affair. I was flabbergasted with, although that might be several areas that have been covered
and finally said it was per- equally difficult. -- B.B. in darkness for far too long.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
sonal and nobody’s busi- Dear B.B.: We admit we 21) -- If you want to take a risky
ness, and I refuse to discuss are not familiar with rural action, this is the right day to do so.
my sex life with anyone. Vermont, and it’s possible Bold, powerful and positive measures
can be taken right now on a secret
Lucy became agitated, “Burning” lives in an area ambition that you’ve been nurturing.
said I should be willing to where there is no bus service. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
answer her question since In which case, we hope car- -- There are more people interested
in your happiness and well-being
we’re good friends and then pooling is a feasible alterna- than you may realize. Don’t hesitate
left in a big huff. I haven’t tive. to discuss your present interests with
seen her since, although she Annie’s Mailbox is writ- people whom you believe can help.
lives down the block. Should ten by Kathy Mitchell and AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
-- Pursue with vigor any meaningful
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
I have answered her? I think Marcy Sugar, longtime edi- objectives or important endeavors in
I need to end the friendship, tors of the Ann Landers which you’re presently involved. It’s
but how? -- Feeling Uneasy column. Please e-mail your a day where success is more readily
achieved when effort is applied.
Dear Uneasy: No one questions to anniesmail- PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)
needs to answer such per- box@comcast.net, or write -- The composition of your thinking
sonal questions. Imitation is to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o and ideas can be inspirational. Even
though you might forget, what you
usually a sign of insecurity Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. say will be remembered and heeded
in one’s own taste. It often Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los by your listeners.
helps to offer to shop with Angeles, CA 90045. Copyright 2011, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

the person and help them

develop their own style.
Lucy, however, seems to be
looking for more than style.
She wants a life upgrade, BORN LOSER
and she’s chosen yours. We
suggest you put gradual lim-
its on the amount of contact
you have. Continue to be
friendly, but find a way to
be busier. When you go out,
alter your schedule so you
have less of a chance of
running into her. And if she
ever asks for help, urge her
to seek professional coun-
seling.
Dear Annie: I have sent
thank-you notes for various FRANK & ERNEST
gifts throughout my life. No
matter what I wrote, at least
one person was unhappy
with it.
One thank-you was fol-
lowed by a reprimand from
an elderly relative, saying I
should have written more.
Another was fussed over by
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Synthetic drugs send thousands to ER

By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR
Associated Press
INDIANOLA, Iowa — Until he tried a mari-
juana look-alike product called “K2,” David
Rozga’s most dubious decision was getting a
Green Bay Packers tattoo on his shoulder.
Then the 18-year-old athlete and band stand-
out got high on the fake pot last June and com-
plained to a friend “that he felt like he was in
hell,” his father said.
Though he had never suffered from depres-
sion, the teenager went home, found a shotgun
and killed himself — one of at least nine U.S.
deaths in the last year that authorities suspect
were caused by synthetic products designed
to mimic marijuana, cocaine and other illegal
drugs.
An Associated Press analysis shows that the
substances are increasingly causing users to fall
seriously ill, with some suffering seizures and
hallucinations.
Available in many head shops for as little
as $10, the synthetic drugs are often packaged
as incense or bath salts, but they do nothing to
perfume the air or soften water.
As more Americans experiment with them,
the results are becoming evident at hospitals: a
sharp spike in the number of users who show up
with problems ranging from labored breathing
and rapid heartbeats to extreme paranoia and
delusions. The symptoms can persist for days.
“These kids weren’t looking for anything
bad to happen,” Mike Rozga said of his son’s
death. “The truth is they didn’t know what they
had gotten themselves into.”
At the request of the AP, the American
Association of Poison Control Centers analyzed
nationwide figures on calls related to syn-
thetic drugs. The findings showed an alarming
increase in the number of people seeking medi-
cal attention.
At least 2,700 people have fallen ill since
January, compared with fewer than 3,200 cases
in all of 2010. At that pace, medical emergen-
cies related to synthetic drugs could go up
nearly fivefold by the end of the year.
“Many of the users describe extreme para-
noia,” said Dr. Mark Ryan, director of the
Louisiana Poison Center. “The recurring theme
is monsters, demons and aliens. A lot of them
had suicidal thoughts.”
The recent surge in activity has not gone
unnoticed by law enforcement and elected offi-
cials.
The Drug Enforcement Administration
recently used emergency powers to outlaw five
chemicals found in synthetic pot, placing them
in the same category as heroin and cocaine.
But manufacturers are quick to adapt, often
cranking out new formulas that are only a single
molecule apart from the illegal ones.
On Wednesday, the Senate’s Caucus on
International Narcotics Control held a hearing
in Washington to discuss curbing the growth of
synthetics.
“This is a whole new method of trafficking,”
testified Joseph T. Ranznazzisi, deputy assistant
administrator in the DEA’s office of diversion
control. “We’ve never experienced this before,
when the product is just on the shelf.”
Rozga implored lawmakers to act swiftly to
prevent more deaths: “We are not doing enough,
and we are not moving quickly enough.”
Recreational drugs created in the laboratory
have been around at least since the middle of the
20th century, when LSD was first studied. But
these latest examples emerged only a few years
ago, starting in Europe.
The products were typically made in China,
India and other Asian nations and soon arrived
in Britain and Germany, according to DEA
spokesman Rusty Payne.
In the United States, fake marijuana was
last year’s big seller, marketed under brands
such as “K2” or “Spice.” This year, the trend
is “bath salts” with names like “Purple Wave”
and “Bliss.”
Besides being cheap and easily obtained,
they do not show up in common drug tests.
Synthetic marijuana typically involves dried
plant material sprayed with one of several
chemical compounds, most of which were cre-
ated by a Clemson University scientist for
research purposes in the 1990s. The compounds
were never tested on humans.
It’s packaged to look like pot, and users typi-
cally smoke it, but experts say the high is more
comparable to cocaine or LSD.
The bath salts are crystalized chemicals that
are snorted, swallowed or smoked. They contain
two powerful stimulants: methylenedioxypy-
rovalerone (or MDPV) and mephedrone, which
mimic cocaine, LSD and methamphetamine.
So far in 2011, poison control centers have
received nearly 1,300 calls about synthetic pot,
compared with 2,874 calls for all of last year,
according to the poison control center data.
Poison calls for bath salts rose at an even
greater rate. The centers took 301 calls in all
of 2010, but had more than 1,400 for the first
three months of 2011. Most of the calls came
from doctors and nurses reporting patients in
emergency rooms.
“The problem is really exploding here,” said
Dr. Elizabeth Scharman, director of the West
Virginia Poison Center. Her state had three
cases of bath-salt poisoning in December.
“We’ve had 131 cases since Jan. 1,” and
one-third of those were within the past two
weeks, she said late last month. A law banning
bath salts and synthetic marijuana was signed
Tuesday by acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.
Physicians generally treat the overdoses with
anti-anxiety medication such as Valium and
Xanax, which ease the frenetic, drug-fueled
activity in the brain and body.
“They cut back on the hallucinations, slow
the heart rate, lower the blood pressure. It can
take large doses. It can take repeated doses,”
Scharman said.
In some patients, symptoms can last for
days.
“One described it as like being on cocaine,
but 10 times worse,” said Anna Rouse Dulaney
of the Carolinas Poison Center in Charlotte,
N.C.

Polygamist sect focus of 2 killings

By MITCH WEISS and RENEE ELDER
Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C. — Police are focused on a small polygamist sect
in suburban North Carolina after two members — a 5-year-old boy
and a 28-year-old woman — have gone missing and are presumed
dead. Authorities believe they were killed by members of the group,
but they haven’t been able to find the bodies, nor have they been able
to locate the suspects for weeks.
Investigators have evidence the boy’s mother, Vania Sisk, and
Peter Moses Jr., “were directly involved in the murder of a juvenile
and an adult,” according to court documents. The pair haven’t been
charged, however.
The investigation began earlier this year when the family of
Antoinetta McKoy, 28, reported her missing. They hadn’t seen her
since early December.
She had moved to North Carolina from Washington, D.C., to
start a new life, a family member said, but soon lost touch. When she
didn’t call on her mother’s birthday, the family knew something was
awry, said Kevin Shields, McKoy’s brother-in-law.
“I’m just hoping they find the body so we can know where to go
from there,“ he told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Investigators believe McKoy had been living with Moses and
Sisk in Durham with a religious sect known as the Black Hebrews.
The group believes it descends directly from the ancient tribes of
Israel, and some of the sects — like the one in Durham — practice
polygamy.
Photos submitted As police were investigating McKoy’s disappearance, they dis-
covered a 5-year-old, Jadon Higganbothan, was missing, too.
Pathfinders 4-H Club open year with officer election Investigators found a former sect member who told them McKoy
and the boy had been killed and provided graphic details of the slay-
Pathfinders of Delphos opened the year with its 4-H Banquet with 23 members present in the Little Theater at ings, court documents said.
St. John’s Elementary School. The group enjoyed covered dishes and pizza, a prize for completed community ser- Police also seized evidence from the sect’s homes in Durham and
vice projects. Members were given their yearly pins and enrollment forms for this year. Officers were elected and later in Teller County, Colorado. Court documents related to those
searches painted a grim snapshot of what happened to the victims.
include, above from left, President Nicole Winhover, Vice President Samantha Bonifas, Secretary Marie Mueller, The former sect member, who was not identified in documents,
Treasurer Cheyanne Bonifas, Reporter Amanda Ewton, Health Officer Ethan Culp, Safety Officer Julie Bonifas, said Moses became “extremely angry” at the boy in October, grabbed
Historian Ashley Hoffman and yearbook, Brice Schulte. The first meeting of the year begins at 7 p.m. today at St. a gun and began pacing around the house. Then Moses called the boy
Peter Lutheran Church. If interested but unable to attend, call Sue Hempfling at 419-236-6429. to the basement, and the former member said he heard “loud music
and the sound of a gunshot,” according to documents.
The ex-member said he saw Moses wrap the body and put it in a
suitcase in the attic. A few days later, when the “body began to stink,”
Moses disposed of the suitcase, the documents said.
The former member told police McKoy was killed in February
after a heated argument over car keys. McKoy ran from the house,
but she was eventually escorted back inside by two women, accord-
ing to court documents.
Once inside, the two women began beating her. Later, Moses
handed Sisk a handgun and told her to shoot McKoy, “which Vania
Sisk did,” according to the documents. Moses and the two women
then buried her at an undisclosed location.

Wisc. voters angry with governor

By TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin voters sent Republican

Gov. Scott Walker a clear message about their unhappiness
with his muscling through a law restricting union rights by
sending a once runaway state Supreme Court race toward a
near-certain recount and filling the governor’s former post
with a Democrat.
While Walker downplayed the significance of Tuesday’s
Members of the Pathfinders of Delphos include, front from left, Karen Cline, Anna Mueller, Lillian Hempfling, elections on Wednesday, saying they were skewed by excep-
Lucy Bonifas, Marie Mueller, Samantha Bonifas, Nicole Winhover, Michaela Hoffman and Ethan Culp; row two, tional turnout in the liberal cities of Madison and Milwaukee,
Holly Krites, Kelly Krites, Amanda Ewton, Cheyanne Bonifas, Hunter Bonifas, Elizabeth Winhover, Colleen Democrats warned they were only a sign of what’s to come.
Schulte, Julie Bonifas, Kelsey Bonifas, Meagan Hempfling, Ashley Hoffman and Kimberly Hoffman; and back, Recall efforts have been launched against 16 state senators
Alex Bonifas and Brice Schulte. Absent were Whitney Bates, Abby Buettner, Alicia Buettner, Madelyn Buettner, from both parties for their support or opposition to the bill
Kurt Hoersten, C.J. Mohr, Maddie Pohlman, Stephanie Pohlman, Kim Schnipke, Rebecca Violet, Sophia Wilson eliminating most public employees’ collective bargaining
and Jacob Youngpeter. rights.
“This continues to add fuel to the tremendous fire of
enthusiasm and passion to recall the Republican senators that

Soldier suspected of killing wife, self was deployed twice

By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE — A Washington state man suspected of
shooting and killing his wife and himself during a police
chase was a combat medic who had twice deployed to
Iraq, the Army said Wednesday.
Sgt. David Franklyn Stewart, 38, deployed with the
82nd Airborne Division for three months in 2007 and for
about a year from late 2008 to late 2009.
Stewart shot and killed himself Tuesday following a
high-speed car chase on Interstate 5 near Olympia. His
wife, Kristy Sampels, was also found dead in the car of
a gunshot wound, and the Thurston County coroner on
Wednesday ruled her death a homicide.
Deputies on Tuesday found the couple’s 5-year-old
son, Jordan Stewart, asphyxiated with a plastic bag at
their home in Spanaway. He had been dead for at least
24 hours, and his body showed bruises that were possibly
from past abuse, Pierce County sheriff’s detective Ed
Troyer said. However, investigators uncovered no prior
reports of abuse involving the boy.
Investigators spent Wednesday trying to piece together
the gruesome events. They said they believed one of the
parents killed the boy but they aren’t certain which one.
Sampels’ 10-year-old daughter was found safe with her
biological father in Redmond, Ore.
At the time of his deployments, Stewart was based
at Fort Bragg, N.C., with the 505th Parachute Infantry
support Scott Walker’s backwards priorities for the state,”
Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman Mike Tate said of the
election results.
Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. He transferred
to Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle in March
2010.
On Facebook pages that appeared to belong to Stewart
and Sampels, they sometimes wrote of the difficulty of
being apart during the deployments and excitement at
being reunited. The Associated Press could not immedi-
ately confirm the authenticity of the pages.
“Little more than 24hrs and im back with my beutiful
wife and children,” Stewart wrote on Sampels’ page on
Dec. 11, 2009. “Life is great!!”
Sampels also wrote occasionally about suffering from
unspecified medical troubles. The Washington State
Patrol initially reported that she appeared emaciated and
that she had not been shot; the coroner’s office later dis-
covered the bullet hole.
The Facebook page appearing to belong to her said she
studied nursing at Central Oregon Community College.
The Army reported that Stewart listed his hometown
as Redmond, Ore. He enlisted in the Army in the summer
of 2006.
The 10-mile chase began just before 6 a.m. Tuesday
when Stewart passed a patrol car. The trooper pursued
the car as spike strips were deployed, shredding the car’s
tires. The driver sped on, later losing control and colliding
with a concrete barrier.
The trooper reported seeing the driver raise a hand
to his head, then heard a shot and saw the driver slump
over.
Answers to Wednesday’s questions:
Controversial major league ballplayer New York
Yankee pitcher David Wells was fined in June 1997 for
playing an inning wearing a battered old baseball cap
that once had belonged to Babe Ruth. Manager Joe Torre
ordered Wells to replace the 1934 cap (which he had
purchased for $35,000 from a collector) with his team-
issued cap.
Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney once co-
owned a film company called Section Eight Productions.
He formed the company in 1999 with director Steven
Soderbergh and closed it in 2006 when he set up Smoke
House Pictures with actor-writer-producer-director Grant
Heslov.
Today’s questions:
What geographic feature in Africa has been described
by Arab poets as “the longest kiss in history?”
How many ants and termites does a giant anteater eat
in a day?
Answers in Friday’s Herald.
Today’s words:
Quadragesimal: consisting of forty
Zootomy: animal anatomy