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Relay team offers taco dinner

Franklin Elementary Relay Team will hold a taco dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jan. 29 at Franklin Elementary. Dinners are carry-out only. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased by either contacting Shelly Kroeger at 419-692-2409, Joyce Wiechart at 419-303-2443 or at the Franklin office. Proceeds go to the Relay for Life: Franklin Elementary Team.

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Cordray named chief financial watchdog

By DANIEL WAGNER The Associated Press with no permanent director, it defines as larger particithe bureau had authority to pants in their markets. In June, the agency sought supervise only big banks. Senate Republicans had public comments on a provowed to block Cordrays posal to supervise major debt nomination until the agencys collectors, credit reporting bureaus, check structure was cashers, issuers changed to allow of prepaid debt closer congrescards and debtsional oversight. relief compaBut Obama took advantage of the nies. The comcongressional ment period break to install has ended, and Cordray, a forthe agency is mer Democratic reviewing the attorney general responses. Its of Ohio. not clear how Cordray said long the review he would immewill take. Cordray diately begin Once the comworking to expand our pro- ments have been reviewed, gram to non-banks, which is the proposal must be revised, an area we havent been able subjected to further public to touch up until now. comment and then approved That change will likely by the White House. This start within weeks. Agency could take months or years. officials who are supervising If the agencys proposal is big banks have already been approved, it will be able trained to examine non-bank to send inspectors to credit financial firms. bureaus and others that meet Still, some areas of con- the large participant definisumer finance will remain tion. Heres a guide to the powoutside the bureaus reach. Aside from payday, mort- ers that the CFPB now holds gage and student loan com- over different categories of panies, the consumer pro- companies: Non-bank mortgage tection bureau can supervise only non-bank companies lenders and servicers: These companies have been subject to existing laws and rules, but the agency was unable to supervise them without a permanent director. With Cordrays appointment, the CFPB can have officials monitor mortgage lenders and servicers. That might discourage any from using robo-signers to foreclose on borrowers without doing the required paperwork. That practice became widespread over the past decade, and no federal agency was responsible for cracking down. Payday lenders: Companies that make short-term loans to borrowers with weak credit already are governed by federal laws such as the Truth in Lending Act. But theres been no federal oversight to make sure they comply. The CFPB can now send examiners to payday firms it suspects of illegal or abusive practices. The agency wants to make sure they disclose the full cost of a loan upfront so consumers can make an informed choice. Private student lenders: CFPB examiners have gained the authority to examine these companies. The

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Delphos, Ohio federal government has been cracking down on for-profit education companies whose graduates cant find jobs and have little chance of repayment. The CFPB can now require these lenders to follow existing rules and write new ones intended to guarantee that they lend fairly. Prepaid debit card companies, credit bureaus, money-transfer companies, check cashers, debt relief services: These companies are subject to federal laws. But theyve faced little oversight in the past. The CFPB proposed in June identifying major participants in these markets to make sure theyre following the rules. Its unclear when that proposal might take effect. Big banks: Banks already are overseen by the bureau, so nothing much will change as a result of Cordrays appointment. Since its creation, the agency has been placing full-time examiners in the nations biggest banks to enforce laws and rules. It can require them to file regular reports, monitor risks they might pose to consumers and write new rules.

WASHINGTON With its first chief now in place, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will start enforcing rules aimed at reining in abusive mortgage servicers, student lenders and payday-loan companies. It will be months, though, before the agency can police other areas of consumer finance, such as debt collection and credit-reporting bureaus. President Barack Obama used a congressional recess appointment Wednesday to install Richard Cordray to lead the consumer finance watchdog. The bureau was A group is trying to created in July as part of the determine if there is enough 2010 overhaul of the nations interest in the reprint of The financial regulations. History of Ottoville 1845The idea behind the new 2011 by Rita Turnwald. agency was to prevent finanIf interested in getting a cial companies, such as mortbook, print name, address, telephone number and send to gage servicers, from exploitOttoville Village Office, 150 ing consumers. Such comPark Dr., Box 488, Ottoville panies, facing scant federal oversight, committed some OH 45876; or call the office at 419-453-3636; Ron Miller of the worst consumer abuses before the financial crisis. at 419-453-3149; or Doris In the past, only banks Honigford at 419-453-3243. were subject to examination by federal financial regulators. And until now,

History book reprint considered

City to pick up Christmas trees

Friday is the last day the City of Delphos will pick up live Christmas trees. Residents can place them at the street.

Martial Arts tourney Sunday There is a Martial Arts tournament a fundraiser for the Ottawa Red Cross starting at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at O-G High School. It is open to all students in Karate, Tae Kwan Do and other fighting arts; cost is $25 for one or all events. Team competition (fighting/kata/weapons kata) is also available for all schools at an extra cost of $30. For more info, contact Mike Maag at 419-296-9931. TODAY Girls Basketball (6 p.m.): Ada at Jefferson (NWC); St. Johns at New Knoxville (MAC); Kalida at Ottoville (PCL); Elida at St. Marys (WBL); Kenton at Van Wert (WBL). Wrestling (6 p.m.): WBL Quad at Elida; Trimeet at Van Wert. Co-Ed Swimming and Diving: Van Wert and LCC at Wapak, 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY Boys Basketball (6 p.m.): Jefferson at Ada (NWC); Crestview at Ottoville; Lincolnview at Columbus Grove (NWC); Spencerville at Allen East (NWC); St. Marys at Elida (WBL); Van Wert at Kenton (WBL); New Knoxville at St. Johns (MAC), 6:30 p.m. Wrestling: Columbus Grove at Woodmore Classic, TBA Partly cloudy Friday with high in upper 40s. See page 2.

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IRS kicks off 2012 tax season with deadline extended to April 17
Submitted by the IRS WASHINGTON The Internal Revenue Service today opened the 2012 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 17 to file their tax returns. The IRS encourages taxpayers to e-file as it is the best way to ensure accurate tax returns and get faster refunds. The IRS also announced a number of improvements to help make this tax season easy for taxpayers. This includes new navigation features and helpful information on IRS. gov and a new pilot to allow taxpayers to use interactive video to get help with tax issues. At the IRS, were working hard to make the process of filing your taxes as

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Rep. Wachtmann clarifies heartbeat bill confusion

By ANN SANNER The Associated Press COLUMBUS The sponsor of an Ohio bill that would impose the nations most stringent abortion limit has taken responsibility for some confusion over proposed changes to the measure that caused hearings on the bill to be suspended last month. A Dec. 15 letter written by state Rep. Lynn Wachtmann sheds new light on the sudden hold that was put on the divisive legislation dubbed the heartbeat bill. The measure cleared the Ohio House in June. Backers had believed it was headed toward passage in the Senate before the holiday break. In the letter obtained by The Associated Press, Wachtmann told the Senates leader that miscommunication with his office resulted in the revisions reaching only the vice chairman of the Senates health committee, and not the chairman who was conducting the hearings. I would like to take full detectable fetal heartbeat responsibility for the confu- sometimes as early as six sion that has recently ensued weeks into pregnancy. with respect to the amendSupporters of the Ohio ments offered for this bill, and measure hope to provoke a I apologize for any inconve- legal challenge and overturn nience, wrote Wachtmann, the U.S. Supreme Courts a Napoleon 1973 Roe v. Republican. Wade ruling AP obtained that legala copy of his ized abortion letter through a in the United public records States. The request. ruling upheld S e n a t e a womans President Tom right to an Niehaus halted abortion until hearings on the the fetus is bill on the last viable outside scheduled day the womb, of the 2011 legusually at 22 islative session, to 24 weeks. Wachtmann saying lawmakers needed more Wachtmann time to weigh the roughly said in an interview the pur20 amendments proposed by pose of his letter was to set bill supporters. Niehaus, a the record straight about New Richmond Republican, where the suggested amendhad said the eleventh hour ments originated. changes to the bill were creMy understanding was ating uncertainty about an that somebody was taking the already contentious issue. amendments over to the chairThe heartbeat bill would mans office, but that didnt outlaw abortions at the first get done, Wachtmann said Tuesday. Im not going to play games over who should have done it or didnt do it, so I just take responsibility for it because its my bill. Niehaus said Wednesday he appreciates Wachtmanns explanation, though it doesnt change his plans to have the Senate health committee review the amendments and recommend what to do next with the bill. The reason I suspended the hearings is that there was confusion, Niehaus told the AP. It really didnt make any difference to me why there was confusion. The fact is there was confusion. And so I said OK, lets take a timeout, lets get it straightened out and then we can move forward from there. The heartbeat bill had been stalled in the GOP-led Senate for months, until initial hearings got under way in the beginning of December. The fate of the heartbeat measure remains unclear. Niehaus said it is too early to predict when hearings would start again.

The students at Fort Jennings Elementary School participate in an after-school program called F.O.R.T. Adventure. This program is sponsored by Safe Schools, Healthy Students Program made possible through the Putnam County Education Service Center. Students in grades 1-4 made crafts, cooked international foods and learned Spanish. They also made five blankets as a part of their community service project this year. They then donated these blankets to individuals at The Meadows of Kalida and Vancrest Healthcare Center of Delphos. The blankets will be enjoyed by the residents and will keep them warm this winter. Above: Gabby Martz, Sarah Gasser and Ellie Lindeman work on a craft project.

quick and easy as possible, said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. Providing quality service is one of our top priorities. It not only reduces the burden on taxpayers, but also helps in filing an accurate return right from the start. Taxpayers will have until April 17 to file their 2011 tax returns and pay any tax due because April 15 falls on a Sunday, and Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls this year on Monday, April 16. According to federal law, District of Columbia holidays impact tax deadlines in the same way that federal holidays do; therefore, all taxpayers will have two extra days to file this year. Taxpayers requestSee IRS, page 2

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Gov. John Kasich, an abortion opponent, has not indicated whether he would sign the bill. Wachtmanns letter also contained legal background about the revisions from David Forte, a law professor at Cleveland State University who helped write the heartbeat measure. Forte said the revisions were born out of conversations he had with senators, who he said wanted to strengthen the legislation. Some suggested revisions would align the bill with other abortion measures and court rulings. One adjustment clarifies that a physician should use appropriate means of detecting the heartbeat, not a specific test. Physicians would be required to note the method, date and time of the test, and results on the womans medical records. Asked whether the office mix-up caused the Senate leader to suspend hearings, Wachtmann said, In the end, Im not 100 percent sure. But I wanted to clarify what happened and why it happened.

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Man faces criminal trespassing charge Home burglarized At 9:19 a.m. on Tuesday, Young. A few moments later Delphos police were called to officers located Young in the while resident on a residence in the 800 block 700 block of South Main Street vacation of Skinner Street regarding a and perdisturbance. The caller stated that a male, who did not live or belong there, was trying to forcibly enter the residence. Police arrived in the area, however, the suspect male had already left. A female at the residence explained she had recently separated from her husband and moved into this alternate location with one of her family members. She stated her estranged husband had arrived at the location and tried to force his way inside. Police identified the suspect male as 33-year-old Delphos resident Joshua E. formed a traffic stop on him. Young was taken into custody for criminal trespassYoung ing and transported to the Van Wert County Jail. Youngs parole officer was notified of his most recent arrest and additional charges may be filed in regards to a parole violation.

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At 11:53 a.m. on Tuesday, Delphos police were called to a residence in the 200 block of West Fifth Street regarding a burglary. The male complainant advised he had left his residence for approximately two weeks over the Christmas holiday. When he returned, he found that someone had forcibly entered the residence and stolen a large TV. The case was turned over to detectives for follow up.

Items taken from home

Vehicles egged

Prescription pills missing

At 11:24 p.m. on Tuesday, Delphos Police were called to the 700 block of Suthoff Street in reference to a burglary complaint at a residence in that area. Upon officers arrival, the victim stated someone had gained entry into the residence and taken items from inside.

At 5:03 p.m. on Wednesday, Delphos Police were called to the 500 block of West Cleveland Street in reference to a criminal damaging complaint. Upon officers arrival, the victim stated that someone had thrown eggs onto vehicles parked at the residence.

At 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Delphos Police were contacted by a resident of the 300 block of West Sixth Street in reference to a theft complaint. Upon officers speaking with the victim, it was found that sometime on Sunday, someone had taken prescription pills from inside the residence.

VAN WERT COUNTY COURT NEWS

Nine individuals appeared before judge Charles Steele in Van Wert County Common Plase Court Wednesday: Two Van Wert men who admitted to stealing from an elderly Van Wert County woman were sentenced Wednesday. John V. Snavely and Michael A. Wooten were each placed on three years of community control for fifthdegree felony theft from an elderly person. According to testimony, the pair agreed to do some repair work in the womans home while she was hospitalized, but never performed the work. Snavely and Wooten will have to make $301 in restitution by June 1. Each man was given a 30-day jail term, along with another 30-day term to be scheduled later, 200 hours of community service and fees and court costs. Snavely received a sixmonth prison sentence that was deferred pending the successful completion of community control. Wootens deferred prison sentence is for 12 months. A Marion woman who was involved in a home invasion robbery and assault more than four years ago was back in court on Wednesday. Elizabeth Wyatt was part of a group who committed the robbery at the home of an elderly Wren man. She knocked on the mans door on the evening of Dec. 18, 2007, asking to use the phone. When she was let in, two male accomplices stormed in also. One beat the victim with brass knuckles while Wyatt and the other man ransacked the house, taking $1,700 worth of cash and property. She was granted judicial release after serving 2 1/2 years of incarceration and was then sent to the WORTH Center in Lima for rehabilitation a little over a year ago. Wyatt was arrested on a parole violation for testing positive for drugs on Dec. 15. She was placed on three years of community control, was given another 30-day jail sentence, and was ordered to attend in-house rehabilitation at Foundations in Marion. A four-year prison sentence was further deferred pending the successful completion of community control. A man arrested for drunkenly walking into a strange home was sent to the WORTH Center and was given community control time. Donald Sharp pleaded guilty to attempted burglary, but stressed that he had no intention of burglarizing or entering that home. Judge Charles D. Steele pointed out that Sharp has a record dating back to 1982 with a significant history of alcohol and substance abuse issues. Sharp must also perform 200 hours of community service, serve 30 days in jail, complete a substance abuse treatment program, and pay fees and court costs. A 12-month prison sentence was deferred pending the successful completion of community control. Kelli Duvall, 31,

Spencerville, was given 90 days of electronically-monitored house arrest and 30 days in jail as part of three years of community control. Duvall had previously pleaded guilty to illegal cultivation of marijuana. She had been arrested for helping to grow 87 marijuana plants along Hartsock Road near Willshire. Duvall must also complete a psychological and a substance abuse treatment program, perform 200 hours of community service, pay fees and court costs, and turn over her drivers license for six months. A nine-month prison sentence was deferred pending the successful completion of community control. A Van Wert man was ordered held on a $100,000 bond after he was accused of violating his surety bond. Elmico Crisp was arrested last week for aggravated menacing. Action on that charge is pending, but Assistant County Prosecutor Martin Burchfield asked Steele for a significant cash bond due to the probability of Crisps guilt. A hearing on the bond violation will be scheduled in the near future. Jennifer Burk was ordered held without bond after she admitted to violating her bond agreement by not reporting to the probation office in nearly two weeks and for consuming marijuana, cocaine, and the illicit designer drug nicknamed jewelry cleaner. She was out on bond pending a fourth-degree felony charge of trespassing in a place of habitation. Klarissa Mendoza wiped tears away from her face as she apologized for violating her community control. Mendoza admitted to using heroin and to being arrested for solicitation in Montgomery County. Steele sentenced Mendoza to serve the rest of her current sentence 105 days in the Van Wert County Jail. A pair of nine-month concurrent 419-692-2388 prison sentences were deferred 419-692-2388 88 1875 Fifth St. St. E. 419-692-2388 pending the successful compleDelphos E. Fifth St. h419-692-2388 St. 1875 tion of community control. Delphos 1875 E. 1875 E. Fifth St. Fifth St. Dylan Redding, 20, pleadDelphos Delphos ed guilty to theft, a felony of the fifth degree. Redding was charged with taking a motor vehicle license plate on Nov. 1. Sentencing was set for Feb. 15. s Complete locations. See club for details. Some restrictions apply. Free trial offer is good for one week. Not redeemable for cash. 2012 Curves International, Inc.
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ing an extension will have until Oct. 15 to file their 2011 tax returns. The IRS expects to receive more than 144 million individual tax returns this year, with most of those being filed by the April 17 deadline. The IRS will begin accepting e-file and Free File returns on Jan. 17. Additional details about e-file and Free File will be announced later this month. IRS Free File provides options for free brandname tax software or online fillable forms plus free electronic filing. Everyone can use Free File to prepare a federal tax return. Taxpayers who make $57,000 or less can choose from approximately 20 commercial software providers. Theres no income limit for Free File Fillable Forms, the electronic version of IRS paper forms, which also includes free e-filing. The IRS also reminds paid tax return preparers they must have and include a Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) on all returns they prepare. All PTINs must be renewed for 2012. Tax return preparers can obtain or renew PTINs online Assistance options The IRS continues to focus on taxpayer service. The best way for taxpayers to get answers to their questions is by visiting the IRS website at IRS.gov. The IRS has updated the front page of the IRS website to make it easier for taxpayers to get key forms, information and file tax returns. The front page also has links to taxpayer-friendly videos on the IRS YouTube channel. More improvements are planned for IRS.gov in the months ahead. Last year, the IRS unveiled IRS2Go, its first smartphone application that lets taxpayers check on the status of their tax refund and obtain helpful tax information. The IRS reminds Apple users that they can download the free IRS2Go application by visiting the Apple App Store and Android users can visit the Android Marketplace to download the free IRS2Go app. Individuals making $50,000 or less can use the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program for free tax preparation and, in many cases, free electronic filing. Individuals age 60 and older can take advantage of free tax counseling and basic income tax preparation through Tax Counseling for the Elderly. Information on these programs can be found at IRS.gov. For tax law questions or account inquiries, taxpayers can also call our toll-free number (7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time) or visit a taxpayer assistance center, the locations of which are listed on IRS.gov. Virtual service The IRS has begun a new pilot program where taxpayers can get assistance through twoway video conferencing. The IRS is conducting a limited roll out of this new video conferencing technology at 10 IRS offices and two other sites, and may expand to further sites in the future. A list of locations is available on IRS.gov. Check for a refund Once taxpayers file their federal return, they can track the status of their refunds by using the Wheres My Refund? tool, which taxpayers can get to using the IRS2Go phone app or from the front page of www.IRS.gov. By providing their Taxpayer Identification Numbers, filing status, and the exact whole dollar amount of their anticipated refund taxpayers can generally get information about their refund 72 hours after the IRS acknowledges receipt of their e-filed returns, or three to four weeks after mailing a paper return.

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July 9, 1913-Jan. 4, 2012 Homer L. Baumgartner, 98, of Delphos, died at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at The Meadows of Kalida. He was born July 9, 1913, in Pandora to William and Catherine (Nusbaum) Baumgartner. On June 4, 1936, he married H. Jeanette Huser, who died on Feb. 25, 2011. He had been married for nearly 75 years to the love of his life. Survivors include a son, Robert Bob (Carol) Baumgartner of Delphos; four daughters, Sharon (David) Moore of Columbus, JoAnn (Larry) Troyer of Continental, Janice (John) Fruend of Fort Jennings and Mary (Peter) Hofmann of Elida; 14 grandchildren, Jan Dye, Terry (Joan) Moore, John (Sarah) Moore, Kim (Terry) Moran, Randy Troyer, Becky (Mike) Burke, Laura Kohls, Kris Troyer, David (Kelly) Freund, Deb Tenwalde, James (Joy) Baumgartner, Daniel (Diane) Baumgartner, Lisa (Jerry) Cowan and Nicole (Daniel) Rodriguez; and 34 great grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by four brothers, Elmer, Ivan, Reno and Harley Baumgartner; and two sisters, Alta VanMeter and Alma Brinkman. Mr. Baumgartner retired from AC & Y Railroad after 34 years as a brakeman and conductor. He was instrumental in attempting to form the Bluffton Western Railroad, which was the abandoned portion of the western end of the AC & Y Railroad. He was a member of the Grace Mennonite Church of Pandora for 28 years prior to becoming a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Delphos, where he was a member for the past 70 years. He was a member of the United Methodist Men and Adult Sunday School Class. He assisted with the Red Cross Blood Bank, was active in PTA Carnivals, helped clean the Miami-Erie Canal and assisted in the building of The Marguerite, a 67-foot canal boat replica. He was extremely interested in community projects. He was a member of the United Transportation Union since 1941, was a union steward negotiator for the AC & Y Railroad, a member of Akron, Canton and Youngstown Historical Society and a national associate member of the Smithsonian Institute. In his younger years, Baumgartner played football, basketball and semi-pro baseball. He was a sports fan, especially Delphos high school sports, Cleveland Indians and Ohio State Buckeyes. He enjoyed fishing in Michigan and Rice Lake in Canada. He hunted until the age of 88. He and Jeanette loved to travel and were proud to have visited all 50 states. He dearly loved his wife and family. He was known for his sense of humor, love for children, his carpentry work and as a railroad historian. At the age of 94, he authored and published Rambling Along the AC & Y Railroad with Homer Baumgartner. The book is registered in the Library of Congress. Funeral services will begin at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church, the Revs. John Medaugh and Dave Howell officiating. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Friday and 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Harter and Schier Funeral Home; and also one hour prior to the service Sunday at the church. Preferred memorials are to the Trinity United Methodist Church Eternal Flower Fund, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or the American Cancer Society.

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Scholars of the Day

St. Johns Scholar of the Day is Jessica Odenweller. Congratulations Jessica! Jeffersons Scholar of the Day is Phillip Frye. Congratulations Phillip!

Students can pick up their awards in their school offices.

High temperature Wednesday was 35 degrees, low was 18. High a year ago today was 27, low was 14. Record high for today is 60, set in 1939. Record low is -14, set in 1924. WEATHER FORECAST Tri-county Associated Press TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. FRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. SATURDAY NIGHTSUNDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 30s. MONDAY, MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Highs around 40. Lows around 30. TUESDAY, TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 40s. Lows in the lower 30s. Corn: Wheat: Beans:

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2011 sparked a time for renewal in Ohio

Members of the Senate Majority helped in sparking job creation and economic growth
creators are finding a welcomed home in Ohio. The InvestOhio program, which I helped to craft, encourages entrepreneurship statewide by offering a 10 percent tax credit to Ohioans who make a two-year investment in a small business with less than By Senator Keith Faber $50 million in assets or $10 million in sales. Also, a new The past 12 months saw job retention tax credit passed Ohio forge a new path toward by the Senate in February economic expansion and is now available to compagrowth. From the onset of nies that are being lured away the 129th General Assembly, by other states. Under the Senate Republicans intro- plan, companies who choose duced a slate of policy pro- to stay in Ohio are able to posals fixed on apply for credbringing real its after agreerelief to the ing to invest a states residents minimum of $25 while also overmillion in our hauling the way state while also in which govretaining at least ernment oper1,000 employees ates. Thanks here. to a series of Also underresponsible and way is a renewed balanced reform effort to ease the measures, Ohio tax burden felt is beginning to by so many of Faber realize many of our families. the possibilities that The most recent state lay ahead. operating budget was highWe knew from the start lighted by a series of meathat job creation would need sures aimed at putting more to be the centerpiece of any money in the pockets of hardtrue and lasting recovery and working Ohioans. Republican that is what led to the ground- lawmakers approved more breaking JobsOhio initiative. than $800 million in property Proposed by Governor Kasich, tax relief for our residents, as the private-public partnership well as a 4.2-percent income to attract business and spark tax reduction that had prejob creation received biparti- viously been halted by the san support from the legisla- Strickland administration ture and is already having an two years ago. Perhaps most impact across the state. Thus significantly, the budget bill far, the program has been finally did away with the jobinvolved in over 240 business crushing estate tax that has projects and has allowed for been driving family-owned more than 82,000 jobs to be farms and businesses out either retained or created. In of Ohio for four decades. I our area alone, JobsOhio has know that by freeing ourbeen responsible for 560 new selves from the constraints of jobs and has retained nearly high taxes, the coming years 3,000 existing, at-risk posi- will see local proprietors and tions. families experiencing greater In all, Ohios unemploy- financial stability and more ment rate dropped from 9.6 reliable security. percent to 8.5 percent in Any foundation for future the past year and more than prosperity would be incom45,000 new jobs took root plete without evaluating throughout our state. Most the way in which governimportantly, 69,000 unem- ment operates. For too long, ployed Ohioans from a year state government has been a ago are now back at work and bureaucratic mess that misusI look forward to seeing that es your tax dollars and somenumber rise in the coming times works against the best months. interests of our local comIn addition to growing our munities. Senate Republicans workforce, Ohio reopened its recognized this problem and doors to business in 2011. wasted no time in proposThanks to a number of ing bold initiatives geared innovative tax reforms, job toward creating a more effi-

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with higher efficiency compact fluorescent or LED bulbs will save money and energy. A professional energy auditor with dedicated assessment tools and the knowledge of how to use them will in all likelihood carry out a more comprehensive assessment than you can do yourself. Thorough assessments often use equipment such as blower doors, which measure the extent of leaks in the building envelope, and infrared cameras, which reveal hard-to-detect areas of air infiltration and missing insulation. If you are concerned about enlisting a for-profit firm that upsells its own energy efficiency upgrade services based on a free energy audit, check with your utility to see whether it offers unbiased, independent energy audit services (which it may do for free or for a nominal cost). The assessor from your utility may be able to recommend window and door replacement companies, heating and cooling specialists and other vendors nearby that do reputable work to make your home is not only energy efficient but warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. Dear EarthTalk: Whats the story with Echinacea? Many herb teas contain it, and many people swear by it as a cold remedy. But Ive also seen headlines saying that the herb has no medicinal value whatsoever. Can you set the record straight? Arlene Hixson, Portland, ME Echinacea, also known as purple coneflower, has gained popularity in recent years as a nutritional supplement that proponents believe is helpful in staving off the common cold and shortening its duration. But given the variation between dosages and formulationssuch herbs are not regulated as medical drugs by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and so makers have little incentive to standardizeits hard to get definitive answers as to Echinaceas effectiveness. Historically, Native Americans relied on the root of Echinacea to numb toothache pain and treat dyspepsia as well as snake, insect and spider bites. While some modern day folks rely on Echinacea just based on this anecdotal evidence, scientific studies have verified that the herb can be effective. To wit, a 2008 University of Connecticut review of 14 different clinical trials of Echinacea use found that taking the supplement reduced the chances of getting a cold by 31 percent, and helped people get over cold and flu symptoms a day and a half earlier than those who didnt take it. Researchers initially thought Echinaceas effectiveness was due to its immune-boosting traits, but they now believe instead that the herb works more as an anti-inflammatory agent. A 2009 University of British Columbia study found that typical commercially available Echinacea preparations are effective in reducing the bodys production of inflammatory proteins in human bronchial cells. In laymans terms, this means that Echinacea can help lessen the annoying symptoms of common colds, the flu and other respiratory ailments. Furthermore, the study found that Echinacea is just as effective in reducing bronchial inflammation whether it is consumed before or after a viral infection sets in, indicating that taking moderate doses on a regular basis during cold season can help prevent some bronchial irritation if and when cold symptoms begin. Interestingly, though, a 2010 study of 719 participants in Wisconsin focusing on illness duration and severity found that the duration of the common cold could be shortened by taking a pill of some sort, whether Echinacea or a placebo with no active ingredients. But this study merely underscored the importance of psychological factors in fighting illness and did not say that Echinacea isnt effective. Given the lack of FDA oversight of herbs, different formulations may contain vastly different amounts of Echinacea. A 2004 evaluation of 19 different Echinacea brands by the non-profit Consumers Union and published in Consumer Reports found that the amount of Echinacea actually present in supplements varied considerably from brand to brandand even in some cases from bottle to bottle of the same brand. The magazine recommended a few brands as best picks, including Spring Valley, Origin and Sundown, all which featured high concentrations of Echinacea and reliable dosage amounts from pill to pill. EarthTalk is written and edited by Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss and is a registered trademark of E - The Environmental Magazine (www. emagazine.com). Send questions to: earthtalk@ emagazine.com.

cient government. Last year saw the passage of legislation that will now require the state Auditor to conduct performance audits of various state agencies. The added oversight tool will help to ensure that public funds are being used in a manner that is both effective and worthwhile in handling interests of the state. Comprehensive regulatory reform also became a reality in 2011. As chairman of the Regulatory Reform Task Force in 2008, I led a bipartisan panel in reviewing and evaluating the countless regulations that businesses must deal with in order to operate in our state. We found that Ohios regulatory landscape was saturated with duplicative rules, bureaucratic red tape, and too many wasteful processes that inhibited the ability for businesses to prosper. Our recommendations for reform have finally been enacted into law. I am pleased to report that these changes are already making a welcomed impact throughout our state and businesses now have the ability to operate more freely. With every new year comes new opportunities, and my colleagues and I remain determined in building on the successes of 2011. Recovery is no simple task and a great deal of work remains at all levels of government. However, I am quite confident that bright days are ahead for Ohio and that 2012 will be a time of continuing progress. As always, please do not hesitate to contact my office if you have questions or concerns about any of the matters we are considering at the Statehouse. I can be reached by phone at 614-466-7584, by e-mail at SD12@senate. state.oh.us or by writing me at State Senator Keith Faber, Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio 43215. I look forward to hearing from you. Senator Faber represents Ohios 12th Senate District which includes Allen, Champaign, Mercer, Preble, and Shelby Counties, as well as portions of Auglaize and Darke Counties. He currently serves as President Pro Tempore of the Ohio Senate.

E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: There are a number of companies out there now doing energy audits for the home, after which they try to sell you attic insulation and other products and services. Is this just a scam or would it be wise for me to look into this? Bill Richards., New York, NY For the most part, companies offering energy audits are reputable and legitimate and will help you both save money and reduce your carbon footprint if you follow their advice in regard to upgrading things like insulation, windows and appliances. A home energy assessment, also known as a home energy audit, is the first step to assess how much energy your home consumes and to evaluate what measures you can take to make your home more energy efficient, reports the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). An assessment will show you problems that may, when corrected, save you significant amounts of money over time. During the assessment, you can pinpoint where your house is losing energy, adds DOE. Energy assessments also determine the efficiency of your homes heating and cooling systems [and] may also show you ways to conserve hot water and electricity.

Chilean navy finds solo US sailor in South Pacific

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) A day after activating his emergency beacon, an 84-year-old American making his seventh attempt to sail alone around the tip of South America was found by the Chilean navy. Thomas Louis Corogin was found tired but alive Wednesday on his 32-foot sailboat more than 520 miles south of Easter Island. The boats mast had broken far from land in the South Pacific. A lawyer who runs a small marina in Port Clinton, Ohio, Corogin set sail from Easter Island on Dec. 27. He activated his emergency beacon on Tuesday morning, prompting the navy to send out an Orion search and rescue plane, which searched a vast expanse of ocean. The plane had to return to Easter Island and refuel before going out again and spotting the tiny boat, Captain Jorge Bastias, the navys top spokesman, told The Associated Press. It was stranded in relatively stable weather, but with ocean swells of about 15 feet. The Navy then arranged for a Japanese merchant ship, the White Kingdom, to rescue the sailor. The ship was about 250 nautical miles away when it joined the search and was expected to reach him Wednesday night, local time, Bastias said. A frigate with a helicopter and medical team will then pick him up and take him to the mainland in Valparaiso, probably on Saturday, the navy said. The broken mast wasnt Corogins only mishap during this adventure he had sent an email saying he was briefly hospitalized in Ecuador with a cut to his

LIMA As there are a number of worthwhile causes and important civic projects which could benefit from the donated use of some portion of the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center facilities for the purpose of fundraising efforts and because the VMCC would benefit in terms of community goodwill from being involved in some charitable causes through the year, the VMCC Board of Trustees approved the following guidelines for use of facilities by 501 3 organizations.

VMCCC announces process for charitable use of facility

Requests will be accepted annually every January for the upcoming year or until all allocations are used annually provided organizations submit requested information. Any usage of VMCC staff or systems such as sound or A/V are not included or can be negotiated separately. Usage allocation will be limited annually to: (2) weekday uses of any or all sections of the Exhibit Hall (Sunday through Thursday) Up to (6) meeting room uses (2) City Club weekday usages (Sunday through Thursday). Requests should include the following information: Organization Name and type (501c3); please include a copy of 501 3 designation. Date and purpose of event Groups or organizations are requested to provide adequate volunteers to assist in room set-up and clean-up; how will organization meet this requirement? Does purpose of event align with purpose of VMCC?

leg, said a friend and fellow sailor, Jack Majszak. Tom is the most unique person Ive ever met, said Majszak, who invited Corogin to lecture to his Modern Sailing School and Club in Sausalito, Calif., last year after meeting with him in the Panama Canal. Majszak described Corogin as an experienced sailor and storyteller he even wrote a spy novel, Agape who felt comfortable on his Westsail32, a boat known for its stability more than its speed. He should be fine, its a very stable boat, Majszak said. The 15-foot swells shouldnt be too bad as long as they dont come too quickly. If he battens up the hatches and goes down below the boat will bob like a cork and he should be fine. As long as hes not seriously hurt, thats the key.

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CANTON (AP) A peregrine falcon, a species classified as threatened in Ohio, has been found dead in downtown Canton. State wildlife official Damon Greer tells The Repository the carcass discovered along a street on Wednesday may be that of a bird that fathered falcon chicks in the city for nearly a decade. Greer says peregrine falcons usually die when theyre killed by one of their own. He says Maverick was growing old, so it was time for the bird to be replaced by another mating male. The falcons may live up to 15 years.

Companies offering energy audits are generally reputable and legitimate and will help you both save money and reduce your carbon footprint if you follow their advice. Pictured: A home energy auditor inspects a hot water heater. You can conduct your own energy audit if you know where to look for air leaks (drafts), water waste and other key areas of a homes inefficiencies. The DOEs energysavers.gov website has guidelines to help homeowners conduct their own do-it-yourself home energy assessments. For instance, DOE recommends that homeowners make a list of obvious air leaks, such as through gaps along baseboards or at the edges of flooring and at wall and ceiling junctures. The potential energy savings from reducing drafts in a home can be as high as 30 percent per year, reports DOE. (The DOE website also provides information on other ways to save money and resources through less obvious things such as outdoor landscaping. It also posts guidelines for energy-efficient designing and remodeling.) You should also check the filters on heating and cooling equipment to see if they need to be changed so as to keep your furnace and air conditioners functioning at maximum efficiency. And if these or other appliances over 15 years old consider replacing them with newer models that meet federal EnergyStar efficiency criteria. Also, swapping out older incandescent bulbs in light fixtures

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POLITICS

Thursday, January 5, 2012

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It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own. Herbert Samuel, English political leader (1870-1963)

Big oil chief takes on Obama over pipeline

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON The oil industrys top lobbyist warned the Obama administration Wednesday to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline or face huge political consequences in an election year. Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, said it would be a huge mistake for President Barack Obama to reject the 1,700-mile, Canada-to-Texas pipeline. Obama faces a Feb. 21 deadline to decide whether the $7 billion pipeline is in the national interest. Clearly, the Keystone XL pipeline is in the national interest, Gerard said at the trade associations annual State of American Energy event. A determination to decide anything less than that I believe will have huge political consequences. Gerard said the oil group has teamed up with at least 15 unions to support the pipeline, which would create thousands of jobs. We will stand shoulder to shoulder with labor unions that have backed the pipeline, including the Teamsters and the AFL-CIOs Building and Construction Trades Department, Gerard said. Over the next 60 days, they will not be silent, he said. Environmental advocates, already disappointed with Obamas failure to achieve climate change legislation and his decision to delay new smog standards, have made it clear that approval of the pipeline would dampen their enthusiasm in his bid for reelection. Some liberal donors even threatened to cut off funds to Obamas re-election campaign to protest the project, which opponents say would transport dirty oil that requires huge amounts of energy to extract. If he rejects the pipeline, Obama risks losing support from organized labor, a key part of the Democratic base, for thwarting jobs. Obama appeared to have skirted what some dubbed the Keystone conundrum in November when the State Department announced it was postponing a decision on the pipeline until after this years election. Officials said they needed extra time to study routes that avoid an environmentally sensitive area of

DEAR EDITOR: The selection of Kay Ahten as the Tri-County Woman of the Year was a very deserving choice. I wish to give this additional recognition to her as being the best of art teachers in Ottoville Local Schools for many years. Her teaching knowledge, style and methods have had a very positive effect on the lives of many Ottoville students that were in her art class Robert A. Bruns, retired Ottoville superintendent

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

GOP hopefuls race for money

One Year Ago State-tested Nursing Assistant Ashley Halker at The Meadows of Kalida Legacy Lane memory care unit, has received the Hummingbird Award. The Hummingbird Award is given quarterly by Trilogy Health Services, owner of The Meadows of Kalida, for staff members who exhibit high standards of care. 25 Years Ago 1987 Candi Osborn, director of Delphos Senior Citizens Center, announced the center and the city of Delphos have been approved through Toledo Seagate to act as distributors of government food commodities to residents of Delphos who qualify. Signup will be Jan. 19 at the center, 301 E. Suthoff St. Airman Mark J. Buettner, son of Bonnie L. Buettner of Delphos, has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. During the six weeks of training he studied the Air Force mission, organization and customs and received special training in human relations. Poor shooting by the Wildcats proved to be their undoing as Jefferson fell to the Big Green Saturday at Ottoville 70-52. Hitting only 20 of 73 shots from the field for 27 percent, Jefferson was unable to keep pace with Ottoville. The loss drops Jefferson to 2-7 on the season, and 3-32 against Ottoville since 1959. 50 Years Ago 1962 The first shoot in the roving shoot to be sponsored by four Northwestern Ohio sportsmens clubs will be held Jan. 7 at the Delphos Open Range Gun Club. The Delphos Open Range Gun Club will host the event the first Sunday of each month, Delphos Sportsmen, Inc., the second Sunday, the Paulding group the third Sunday and the Leipsic club the fourth Sunday. Bob Whittington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whittington of Delphos, is a member of the Capital University Fighting Lutherans basketball team, according to a release from the university. The 6-3 sophomore moved up to the varsity squad this year after lettering with the freshman team last season. Mrs. Syl Mueller welcomed the members of the Ideal Recreation Club to her home on North Jefferson Street Thursday afternoon with bridge games forming the afternoons entertainment. At the conclusion of the games, first and traveling prizes were awarded to Mrs. N. J. Schmit and Mrs. Syl Hotz received the second prize. 75 Years Ago 1937 An opportunity to secure business training will be given Delphos people as a result of the establishment of an Emergency School for Business Training in this city under the Works Progress Administration. Eldon Ebbeskotte and Norman F. Hershey have been placed in charge of the school. Minus their regular center, Paul Jettinghoff, who is out of the game on account of injuries and their sub center, Ditto, who has been on the sick list, St. Johns High Varsity took a drubbing at Lima Friday night, 29-18, their first loss in ten starts this season. Mrs. William Alspach, West Third Street, opened her home to the members of the Womens Bible Class of the Methodist church Friday evening. Visitors were Rev. Joseph Richards, Mrs. Frank Render and daughter, Betty June, Mrs. C. F. Miller and Florence Rice. Mrs. Walter Rupert, who acted as chairman in the absence of the president and vice president, gave a reading entitled Pessimist.

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WASHINGTON (AP) As they try to derail Mitt Romneys presidential campaign, his challengers face an urgent task: raising enough cash to compete. The campaign for the GOP nomination is moving into states that are more dependent on TV advertising, and nobody has yet been able to match the former Massachusetts governors financial operation. Rick Santorum, riding a wave of momentum, nearly won Iowas caucuses on a shoestring but has no national fundraising network. Newt Gingrich vows to go after Romney in New Hampshire, but if history is any guide, he lacks the cash to do it. And Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a prolific fundraiser, still might be a threat but the Iowa results showed his support has waned. Romneys campaign has spent more than $17 million since January, while Gingrich and Santorum have each spent less than one-sixth of that. Santorum, who finished just eight votes behind Romney in Tuesdays caucuses, has seen a surge of online donations, enough to cripple his campaigns website shortly after the Iowa results were announced. Santorum aides reported raising $1 million Wednesday alone, and campaign manager Mike Biundo has said the campaigns fundraising pace has tripled over the last week. But with five days to go before the New Hampshire primary, its unclear how Santorum, Gingrich and Perry can compete financially with Romney in New England and beyond. An Associated Press review of federal campaign-finance data reveals a stark contrast between Romney and most of the GOPs remaining candidates. Romney has a national donor network thats raised more than $32 million during the first nine months of 2011, the most recent data available. Other candidates are more limited. Santorum received many of his contributions from Pennsylvania and Florida. Much of Perrys money including outside groups came from Texas. Ron Paul, with $12 million, has been financially competitive, but his libertarian views limit his appeal to GOP primary voters.

Pentagon to unveil spending cuts plan

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON The Obama administration is rewriting its defense strategy to absorb hundreds of billions of dollars in defense budget cuts while scaling back the longstanding Pentagon goal of being ready to fight two wars simultaneously. Underscoring the political dimension of Washingtons debate over defense savings, President Barack Obama planned to make a rare appearance at the Pentagon today to outline the new strategy. The administration says tighter budgets are a must but will not come at the cost of sapping the strength of a military in transition after a decade at war. In a presidential election year the strategy gives Obama a rhetorical tool to defend his Pentagon budgetcutting choices. Republican contenders for the White House already have criticized Obama on a wide range of national security issues, including missile defense, Iran and planned reductions in ground forces. Obama also wants the new strategy to mark a turning point in his stewardship of defense policy, which has been burdened throughout his presidency by the wars he inherited and their drag on the budget. The strategy, to be outlined at a news conference also attended by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the Joint Chiefs chairman, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, is not expected to radically alter defense priorities. It may set the stage, however, for expected cutbacks in Europe and big weapons programs. It also will move the U.S. further from its longstanding goal of being able to successfully fight two major regional wars like the 1991 Gulf War to evict Iraqi forces from Kuwait or a prospective ground war in Korea at the same time. This takes into account a bigger focus on immediate threats like cyber warfare and terrorism. The administration and Congress already are trimming defense spending to reflect the closeout of the Iraq war and the drawdown in Afghanistan. The massive $662 billion defense budget planned for next year is $27 billion less than Obama wanted and $43 billion less than Congress gave the Pentagon this year. White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said Wednesday that Obama was closely involved in the defense strategy review, meeting six times since September with top defense officials, including Panetta and Dempsey. Vietor said the review established priorities to ensure that defense spending reductions

Nebraska that supplies water to eight states. The affected area stretches just 65 miles through the Sandhills region of northern Nebraska, but the concerns were serious enough that the states governor and senators opposed the project until the pipeline was moved. While the pipeline has not been a focus of the GOP race for president, Gerard said the issue has the potential to become a major factor in the general election. Its already an election issue in the presidential race and is likely to be a focus of several U.S. Senate races, Gerard said, calling the pipeline the largest shovelready project in the country. The pipeline, proposed by Calgary-based TransCanada, would carry oil derived from tar sands in western Canada to refineries in Texas, passing through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. TransCanada says the pipeline could create as many as 20,000 jobs over two years, a figure opponents say is inflated. A State Department report last summer said the pipeline would create up to 6,000 jobs during construction.

Post office rules need modernized

shipping beer or issuing a state fishing license that can put the postal service back on the road to fiscal health. The legislation would also protect a six-day delivery preserving Saturday delivery and maintaining current standards for first-class mail delivery. This is vitally important for seniors and patients who depend on timely delivery of life-saving prescription medications. With any postal reform legislation Congress considers, we must take into account what affect these decisions will have on Americas recovering economy. What would inaction mean for Ohio families? Postal workers many of them veterans, women, and rural residents do more than deliver holiday cards and news from home. They also watch out for elderly neighbors, and help build a sense of community. Since 1775, the USPS has kept Americans connected with one another and the rest of the world. Our state ranks eighth in the nation for the number of USPS employees includ-

are surgical. As for Obamas decision to make a personal appearance at the Pentagon, Vietor said, Its a sign of how personally engaged he is in this process and the level of importance he puts in shaping our priorities for the next decade. The notion of sizing and shaping the U.S. military to be able to fight two major regional wars had its origins in efforts by the Pentagon to design a post-Cold War military after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. A decade later senior U.S. officials were questioning the rationale for maintaining a two-war strategy. In June 2001, for example, thenDefense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress the strategy was not working. But a short time later the U.S. was in fact fighting two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq although neither fit strictly the definition of wars against nation-state aggressors. Factors guiding the Obama administrations approach to reducing the defense budget are not limited to warfighting strategy. They also include judgments about how to contain the growing cost of military health care, pay and retirement benefits. The administration is expected to form a commission to study the issue of retirement benefits, possibly led by a prominent retired military officer.

Moderately confused

ize the rules and usher in the next era of the USPS. Private delivery companies This holiday season, perform an important service. Ohioans received scores of But the post office should be gifts from Great Lakes beer able to compete for all the to Cincinnati chili. parcel business, too. However, many of Thats why Im fightthe parcels probably ing to pass the Postal werent dropped off Service Protection by their local postal Act, legislation that carrier. would help bring the The United States USPS back to fiscal Postal Service is solvency. the second-largest First, it would deal employer in the with the USPSs fisBrown United States and cal challenges. This one authorized by bill would address a the U.S. Constitution. It is broken pension system which governed by rules that limit its currently costs the USPS financial viability. To address more than $5 billion every a growing deficit, more than year. Right now, the post120 post offices and 10 mail al service must pre-fund 75 processing centers in Ohio years of future retiree health have been slated for possible care benefits in just 10 years. closure because of financial With this legislation, we can challenges. address immediate fiscal These closures could problems facing the USPS by prove costly for middle-class overhauling the USPS retiree families in our state, resulting benefit requirements. in job losses and deteriorated Second, it would allow the service. That is why I fought post office to innovate. By for a moratorium on all postal easing current financial confacility closures until May straints on the agency, the 2012. With this additional USPS would have additional time, Congress can modern- avenues to earn income, like

BY SENATOR SHERROD BROWN

ing letter carriers and sorters who help Ohioans cash checks, obtain passports, and operate small businesses. We must help the USPS, a selfsupporting government entity, adapt to the challenges of the 21st century. A robust post office means that small businesses and non-profits have reliable and affordable means to conduct their business. It means that the shopping centers and small businesses in urban areas which, in many cases, are anchored by the presence of a post office can continue to thrive. It also ensures that seniors can receive their mail-order prescriptions and Social Security checks without delay. The motto of the post office: neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night dates back to antiquity. The Greek letter carriers likely faced unleashed dogs though not email. Yet Im confident that we can and must overcome the challenges faced by the USPS. This is our promise to our neighborhood postal worker, our neighbors, and our communities.

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THRIFT SHOP WORKERS
JAN. 5-7 THURSDAY: Sue Vasquez, Sandy Hahn, Mary Rigdon, Sandy Rigdon, Sue Wiseman, Sarah Miller and Carlene Gerdeman. FRIDAY: Mary Jane Watkins, Norma Vonderembse, Rene Schrader and Ruth Calvelage. SATURDAY: Ann Schaffner, Joyce Feathers, Julie Fuerst and Martha Etzkorn. REGULAR THRIFT SHOP HOURS: 5-7 p.m. Thursday; 1-4 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m.- noon Saturday. To volunteer, contact Catharine Gerdemann, 419-695-8440; Alice Heidenescher, 419-692-5362; Linda Bockey 419-6927145; or Lorene Jettinghoff, 419-692-7331. If help is needed, contact the Thrift Shop at 419-692-2942 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and leave a message.

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TODAY 5-7 p.m. The Interfaith Thrift Shop is open for shopping. 6:30 p.m. Delphos Ladies Club, Trinity United Methodist Church. 7 p.m. Delphos Emergency Medical Service meeting, EMS building, Second Street. 7:30 p.m. Delphos Chapter 23, Order of Eastern Star, meets at the Masonic Temple, North Main Street. FRIDAY 7:30 a.m. Delphos Optimist Club meets at the A&W Drive-In, 924 E. Fifth St. 11:30 a.m. Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 1-4 p.m. Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping. SATURDAY 9 a.m.-noon Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping. St. Vincent DePaul Society, located at the east edge of the St. Johns High School parking lot, is open. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Delphos Postal Museum is open. 12:15 p.m. Testing of warning sirens by Delphos Fire and Rescue 1-3 p.m. Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241 N. Main St., is open. 7 p.m. Bingo at St. Johns Little Theatre. SUNDAY 1-3 p.m. The Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241 N. Main St., is open. 1-4 p.m. Putnam County Museum is open, 202 E. Main St. Kalida. MONDAY 11:30 a.m. Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 6 p.m. Middle Point Village Council meets 7-9 p.m. The Delphos Canal Commission Annex Museum, 241 N. Main St., will be open. 7 p.m. Marion Township trustees at township house. Middle Point council meets at town hall. 7:30 p.m. Delphos American Legion Auxiliary meets at the post at 415 N. State St. 8 p.m. Delphos City Schools Board of Education meets at the administration office. Delphos Knights of Columbus meet at the K of C hall. TUESDAY 11:30 a.m. Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 6 p.m. Weight Watchers meets at Trinity United Methodist Church, 211 E. Third St. 6:30 p.m. Delphos Lions Club, Eagles Lodge, 1600 E. Fifth St. 7:30 p.m. Ottoville Emergency Medical Service members meet at the municipal building. Ottoville VFW Auxiliary members meet at the hall. Fort Jennings Local School District board members meet at the high school library. Alcoholics Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 310 W. Second St. 8:30 p.m. Elida village council meets at the town hall. WEDNESDAY 9 a.m. - noon Putnam County Museum is open, 202 E. Main St. Kalida. 11:30 a.m. Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. Please notify the Delphos Herald at 419-695-0015 if there are any corrections or additions to the Coming Events column.

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Vancrest would like to thank Rosemary Pohlman, a die-hard volunteer for many years. Pohlman assisted with bingo on Thursdays and Saturdays and would do some sewing if needed. She has been a great friend and a great help to the residents and staff. Vancrest could count on her assistance and she rarely missed a day of volunteering. Pohlman has decided to retire from volunteering and spend time with her family. She will be greatly missed. Above: Pohlman, center, visits with residents Joan Schulte, left, and Helen Rohr.

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The Associated Press AFC Quarterbacks Att Com Yds Brady, NWE 611 401 5235 Schaub, HOU 292 178 2479 Roethlisberger, PIT 513 324 4077 Rivers, SND 582 366 4624 Mat. Moore, MIA 347 210 2497 Hasselbeck, TEN 518 319 3571 Flacco, BAL 542 312 3610 C. Palmer, OAK 328 199 2753 Dalton, CIN 516 300 3398 Fitzpatrick, BUF 569 353 3832 Rushers Att Yds Avg Jones-Drew, JAC 343 1606 4.68 R. Rice, BAL 291 1364 4.69 A. Foster, HOU 278 1224 4.40 McGahee, DEN 249 1199 4.82 Ry. Mathews, SND 222 1091 4.91 Re. Bush, MIA 216 1086 5.03 Benson, CIN 273 1067 3.91 S. Greene, NYJ 253 1054 4.17 Chr. Johnson, TEN 262 1047 4.00 M. Bush, OAK 256 977 3.82 Receivers No Yds Avg Welker, NWE 122 1569 12.9 R.Gronkowski, NWE 90 1327 14.7 B. Marshall, MIA 81 1214 15.0 Bowe, KAN 81 1159 14.3 Hernandez, NWE 79 910 11.5 St. Johnson, BUF 76 1004 13.2 R. Rice, BAL 76 704 9.3 Wayne, IND 75 960 12.8 N.Washington, TEN 74 1023 13.8 M. Wallace, PIT 72 1193 16.6 Punters No Yds LG Lechler, OAK 78 3960 80 Fields, MIA 78 3810 70 Moorman, BUF 72 3472 66 Scifres, SND 47 2234 71 B. Colquitt, DEN 101 4783 66 McAfee, IND 88 4102 64 Koch, BAL 73 3393 63 Mesko, NWE 57 2648 65 D. Colquitt, KAN 89 4084 68 Hartmann, HOU 58 2573 69 Punt Returners No Yds Avg Arenas, KAN 32 410 12.8 Bess, MIA 37 442 11.9 Cribbs, CLE 34 388 11.4 Kerley, NYJ 29 317 10.9 A. Brown, PIT 30 325 10.8 Edelman, NWE 28 300 10.7 Mariani, TEN 46 490 10.7 Br. Tate, CIN 51 543 10.6 Jac. Jones, HOU 49 518 10.6 L. Webb, BAL 30 301 10.0 Kickoff Returners No Yds Avg McKnight, NYJ 34 1073 31.6 R. Goodman, SND 34 936 27.5 A. Brown, PIT 27 737 27.3 Cribbs, CLE 39 974 25.0 C. Gates, MIA 34 843 24.8 Karim, JAC 27 652 24.1 Br. Tate, CIN 42 998 23.8 Mariani, TEN 32 748 23.4 McCluster, KAN 25 557 22.3 Woodhead, NWE 20 437 21.9 Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec R.Gronkowski, NWE 18 1 17 R. Rice, BAL 15 12 3 A. Foster, HOU 12 10 2 Green-Ellis, NWE 11 11 0 Jones-Drew, JAC 11 8 3 Tolbert, SND 10 8 2 Decker, DEN 9 0 8 V. Jackson, SND 9 0 9 Mendenhall, PIT 9 9 0 Welker, NWE 9 0 9 Kicking PAT FG LG Gostkowski, NWE 59-59 28-33 50 Rackers, HOU 39-40 32-38 54 Nugent, CIN 33-34 33-38 49 Janikowski, OAK 36-36 31-35 63 Cundiff, BAL 38-38 28-37 51 Novak, SND 41-42 27-34 53 Bironas, TEN 34-34 29-32 53 D.Carpenter, MIA 26-26 29-34 58 Suisham, PIT 36-36 23-31 51 Folk, NYJ 44-44 19-25 51 -----

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TD 39 15 21 27 16 18 20 13 20 24 Int 12 6 14 20 9 14 12 16 13 23 NFC Quarterbacks A. Rodgers, GBY Brees, NOR Romo, DAL Stafford, DET E. Manning, NYG M. Ryan, ATL Ale. Smith, SNF Cutler, CHI Vick, PHL C. Newton, CAR Rushers M. Turner, ATL L. McCoy, PHL Gore, SNF M. Lynch, SEA S. Jackson, STL B. Wells, ARI Forte, CHI A. Peterson, MIN Murray, DAL DeA.Williams, CAR Receivers R. White, ATL J. Graham, NOR Ca. Johnson, DET Harvin, MIN Sproles, NOR Pettigrew, DET Cruz, NYG Fitzgerald, ARI Colston, NOR T. Gonzalez, ATL Punters A. Lee, SNF Morstead, NOR J. Ryan, SEA Kluwe, MIN Weatherford, NYG Masthay, GBY Zastudil, ARI Koenen, TAM Donn. Jones, STL Podlesh, CHI Punt Returners D. Hester, CHI P. Peterson, ARI Ginn Jr., SNF Cobb, GBY L.Washington, SEA Sproles, NOR Weems, ATL P. Parker, TAM Banks, WAS Sherels, MIN 0Kickoff Returners Cobb, GBY Ginn Jr., SNF Sproles, NOR Stroughter, TAM Pilares, CAR Je. Norwood, STL Logan, DET L.Washington, SEA Dev.Thomas, NYG Att 502 657 522 663 589 566 446 314 423 517 Att 301 273 282 285 260 245 203 208 164 155 No 100 99 96 87 86 83 82 80 80 80 No 78 46 95 77 82 55 87 67 105 89 No 28 44 38 26 41 29 32 23 36 33 Com 343 468 346 421 359 347 274 182 253 310 Yds 1340 1309 1211 1204 1145 1047 997 970 897 836 Yds 1296 1310 1681 967 710 777 1536 1411 1143 875 Yds 4643 5476 4184 5038 4933 4177 3150 2319 3303 4051 Avg 4.45 4.79 4.29 4.22 4.40 4.27 4.91 4.66 5.47 5.39 Avg 13.0 13.2 17.5 11.1 8.3 9.4 18.7 17.6 14.3 10.9 TD 45 46 31 41 29 29 17 13 18 21 Int 6 14 10 16 16 12 5 7 14 17

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LG TD 56 8 70t 12 43 10 60t 4 39 6 76t 6 42 6 31 6 48t 4 44 7 LG TD 99t 9 52t 17 65t 6 52t 5 46 7 55 7 52 3 56t 4 57 7 95t 8 Avg 50.8 48.8 48.2 47.5 47.4 46.6 46.5 46.5 45.9 44.4 LG TD 37 0 25 0 84t 1 53 0 60t 1 72t 1 79t 1 56t 1 79t 1 68t 1 LG TD 107t 1 105t 1 52 0 63 0 77 0 37 0 45 0 49 0 35 0 37 0 Ret Pts 0 108 0 90 0 72 0 66 0 66 0 60 1 54 0 54 0 54 0 54 Pts 143 135 132 129 122 122 121 113 105 101

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Yds LG Avg 3970 68 50.9 2204 64 47.9 4431 77 46.6 3517 60 45.7 3745 62 45.7 2506 71 45.6 3929 66 45.2 3023 65 45.1 4652 65 44.3 3903 70 43.9 Yds 454 699 466 295 464 294 315 210 328 277 Avg 16.2 15.9 12.3 11.3 11.3 10.1 9.8 9.1 9.1 8.4 LG TD 82t 2 99t 4 55t 1 80t 1 37 0 72t 1 42 0 34 0 55 0 5 3

No Yds Avg LG TD 34 941 27.7 108t 1 29 800 27.6 102t 1 40 1089 27.2 92 0 20 540 27.0 78 0 23 590 25.7 101t 1 24 611 25.5 47 0 33 832 25.2 42 0 43 1084 25.2 54 0 25 607 24.3 40 0 Stephens-Howling, ARI 36 857 23.8 37 0 Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec Ret Pts L. McCoy, PHL 20 17 3 0 120 Ca. Johnson, DET 16 0 16 0 96 Jor. Nelson, GBY 15 0 15 0 90 C. Newton, CAR 14 14 0 0 84 M. Lynch, SEA 13 12 1 0 78 A. Peterson, MIN 13 12 1 0 78 Bradshaw, NYG 11 9 2 0 68 J. Graham, NOR 11 0 11 0 66 L. Robinson, DAL 11 0 11 0 66 M. Turner, ATL 11 11 0 0 66 Kicking PAT FG LG Pts Akers, SNF 34-34 44-52 55 166 Kasay, NOR 63-63 28-34 53 147 Crosby, GBY 68-69 24-28 58 140 D. Bailey, DAL 39-39 32-37 51 135 M. Bryant, ATL 45-45 27-29 51 126 Ja. Hanson, DET 54-54 24-29 51 126 Gould, CHI 37-37 28-32 57 121 Gano, WAS 25-26 31-41 59 118 Henery, PHL 46-46 24-27 51 118 Mare, CAR 44-45 22-28 45 110

Tanner Calvelage (5.7 points), Seth Bockey (4.5 points, 4.3 caroms), Ben Warnecke (3.7 points, 2.5 boards), Cody Both St. Johns and Looser (2.5 counters, 2.5 carJefferson will seek to return oms), Andrew Metzger (2.0 points) and Josh Rode to winning ways Friday for a crew averaging night as their boys bas46 points and ceding ketball teams get back 50.5. into their respective Coming off of conference races. two straight losses The Blue Jays (3-3, last week, both on 1-0) host New Knoxville the road: 55-50 to in Midwest Athletic Crestview and 54-45 Conference action, to Van Wert; Elwer while the Wildcats (1-7, knows what hed like 0-1) hit the road to The Clark to see out of his Blue Kennel at Ada High Jays Friday night and School to tussle with the Sunday in their annual getBulldogs. For Blue Jay coach Aaron together with archrival Lima Elwer, the game plan Friday Central Catholic on the road. We need to play with night revolves around one more confidence, Ranger: Lucas Leffel. especially offenHe is one of their sively. For whatever experienced players reason: poor decion an overall young sions with the ball, team this year from poor shot selection, last year. He is a tough a simple lack of matchup: he can go execution; we didnt inside or out and beat play well offensiveyou off the dribble, ly either night last Elwer noted. A lot of week, Elwer added. what they do offensively Obviously, those goes through him; they Rode were two very good want to get him as many touches as possible, wheth- defensive teams, so any miser out of their flex offense, takes you make get magnified. 4-around-1 or any other set. Hopefully, this week of pracThey will run but not as much tice will help us to fine-tune our offense and start to pick it as they used to. Defensively, they use up on that end. Defensively, we have been man-to-man and 1-2-2 and 2-3 zones but there is no consis- relatively good when we play tency as to when they will use with effort and intensity. We any of them. They change it up just have to keep getting better in both of those areas and hope pretty regularly. The Blue Jays use a rotation that our offense will start to of Curtis Geise (12.0 points, 4.3 come around. We are very aware of boards, 2.7 assists per outing), Ryan Buescher (11.5 markers, how skilled LCC is. However, 7.3 caroms, 2.3 blocks), Alex our focus remains on New Clark (8.5 counters, 2.5 boards), Knoxville until Saturday, when

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The Associated Press Wednesdays Result Orange Bowl At Miami West Virginia 70, Clemson

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Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), Noon (ESPN) Sundays Game GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Mondays Game BCS National Championship At New Orleans LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Fridays Game Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 8 p.m. (FOX) Saturdays Game BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala.

The new year has dawned. It already seems an awful lot like the old! The bowl season has been interesting, to say the least. An observation from one, Ohio State vs. Florida; I sure as hecklydarn hope that new Buckeye coach Urban Meyer either takes over the special teams himself or hires a new coordinator. That was an embarrassment. Giving up a 99-yard kickoff return and no one NO ONE touches him. Then allowing a blocked punt for a score. Did the Buckeyes actually do any work on special teams during the month of bowl preparation? Think about it: Ohio States dominated offense actually outscored Floridas undominated offense 17-10. And that is with relatively conservative play-calling. I guess I expected Luke Fickell and his offensive coaches not knowing which ones will be retained by Meyer to let it all hang out, with some new wrinkles that you usually see after a month of bowl prep especially for the hated Gators in their last chance to show Meyer what they can do. Also, I know this has been spoken and written about before but I believe the bowl season is just too darn long. Why are Pittsburgh at 6-6 and SMU at 7-5 playing in THE BBVA Compass Bowl after the Orange owl, etc.? It seems like there are just too many, though I am willing to be persuaded. A bowl game is always a nice carrot for a team to keep playing hard, especially when they dont have a power conference backing them up and guaranteeing them a

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we will look at what LCC assists), Austin Jettinghoff (4.9 counters), Zach Ricker (3.3), brings to the table. That Sunday game tips off Nick Fitch (2.4, 4.1 boards) at 1 p.m. (JV start) at Herr and Dakota Stroh (.3 points) for a group averaging 45.1 Gymnasium. For the Wildcats, taking on points and giving up 55.5. For Smith, the the Bulldogs presents basics have been the a major challenge as focus of this weeks they move forward practices as they come and it begins with off a 26-point loss at Konnor Baker. Coldwater. He is one of the Coldwater was a premier players in good team that caused our area; he had over us a lot of problems 1,000 points by his with their changing junior season last year defenses. We had a lot and he is a load to hanGeorge of turnovers because dle, Jefferson coach of their aggression and Marc Smith began. Throw in the transfer, Steiner, you can somewhat live with and another experienced play- those; those will happen, er in Austin Weber, and they Smith added. What bothered have a tough trio to deal with. me was our unforced turnovers. We had 25 that They surround those night out of 60-plus three with some good possessions and 24 spot-up shooters, like the game before. We both the Robersons cannot afford that, and Cole Simon. especially with our low They wont slow it margin for error. We down they are have gone back over very good in the open the basics this week: floor but they are passing, footwork, indialso skilled enough to vidual drills; to try and be patient in the halfshore that area up. The court, especially with Klinger game hasnt slowed someone like Baker and Steiner. I see no weak- down for them yet and our skill level is being built. nesses from this team. What I did like last Friday Defensively, with their long and lengthy frames, that and hope continues this week gives you problems. They have is our effort; we played with great basketball IQ in either great effort. We outrebounded of the three defenses we have a taller team and that came seen them use: man and 2-3 down to great effort. One of our focuses this week is to and 1-3-1 zones. Nick Dunlap (10.8 points, continue that great work, espe3.6 boards per game) leads cially on the defensive boards. the Cat pack, followed by That is a major key to whether Tony George (8.5 counters, we can be competitive this 4.3 rebounds), Shayn Klinger week and throughout. The Wildcats tip off at 6 (7.4 markers, 3.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists), Ross Thompson p.m. (JV) and the Jays at 6:30 (7.4 points, 10.9 caroms, 2.3 p.m. Friday.

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WTLW replaying 4 games LIMA WTLW TV-44 will broadcast via tape-delay the following high school basketball games on 44.1 and 44.2: Friday - Jefferson at Ada (10:45 p.m.; WTLW 44.1) and St. Henry at Marion Local (11 p.m.; WOSN 44.2); Saturday - Leipsic at Continental (11 p.m.; WOSN 44.3); Sunday - St. Johns at LCC (8 p.m.; WOSN 44.2). -----Bluffton men take down rival Defiance College 73-67 in Founders Hall BLUFFTON The Bluffton University mens basketball team continued its winning ways with an exciting 73-67 victory over the Defiance College Yellow Jackets in the first installment of the newly-minted DoubleDip Wednesdays between Bluffton and Defiance College. The Beavers improved to 8-4 overall and 2-3 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference with their third consecutive win. Defiance dropped to 4-8 on the season and 0-5 in HCAC action. With Defiance surging to a 49-42 lead at the 12:52 mark poised to secure their first HCAC victory of the sea-

son the home team turned the tables thanks to a 7-point spurt capped by a pair of Nate Heckelman (Norwalk) free throws just over two minutes later. Heckelman ignited the rally with an assist to sophomore Dustin Kinn (Alvada/ New Riegel) and steal at the other end. The game was knotted four more times before another Heckelman freebie and a dish to junior Josh Fisher (Rockford/Parkway) put the Beavers up for good (6057) with 4:50 to play. Brent Farley (Lima/Shawnee) converted a stickback and floor general Mychal Hill (London/ Jonathan Alder) hit five free throws down the stretch to salt away Blufftons 73-67 win over the Jackets. BU outscored DC 31-18 over the games final 12:55. Josh Fisher and Heckelman combined to score 12 of Blufftons first 15 points as the Beavers went up 15-12 at the 14:43 mark. Defiance stormed back with seven straight counters sparked by a pair of rookie reserves in Travis Schomaeker and Drew Frizell to take a 20-15 lead less than three minutes later. A Hill triple pulled the home team within two (26-24)

before a 6-2 run by the visitors pushed the lead back to six points. Hill again responded with a deep ball at the 4:01 mark but it took a pair of Will Pope (Camden/Preble Shawnee) chip shots in the final minute to keep Bluffton within three points (38-35) at the break. Fisher opened the second half with a steal and deuce, making it a 1-point game. Defiance countered with a pair of Anthony Brown hoops and a Frizell trifecta as the Yellow Jackets seemed to be in charge, leading 49-42 with 12:55 to play, before Bluffton seized control. Heckelman continued his recent torrid play with a career-high 18 points on 5-of7 from the field and 8-for-10 at the line. He also dished out a game-high five assists and pulled down eight caroms. Hill dropped in 16 points on 3-of-4 from distance and 7-of-10 at the stripe. He also handed out four dimes. Fisher did it at both ends of the floor. He scored 15 points and picked up three steals while holding HCAC Player of the Year candidate Logan Wolfrum to just seven points, 12 below his average and all in the first five minutes of the

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spot in a more major bowl. I guess how many people wonder if the NCAA mens and womens basketball tournaments are too watered down but they keep growing in popularity and getting more exposure. Its why I dont have a problem with, for example, six divisions in football in Ohio. There are how many teams in Ohio? Something like 750 or so, give or take? Lets look at the college game. There are how many divisions? BCS, FBS, Division II, Division III, NAIA, Junior College, etc. Now, does having that many water down the product or does it acknowledge the differences in size, for example? Does that mean there is always good football in all these divisions? No, but there will always be differences in that, no matter what you do. You can only level the playing field so much: there will always be the haves and have-nots based on levels of commitment, facilities, programs, location, etc. The death Tuesday night of Gene Bartow at the age of 81 got me to thinking. He was a great college basketball coach, going 647-353 games over 34 seasons at UCLA, the University of Alabama-Birmingham and four other schools. He was inducted into the National

Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009 amongst many others and UAB renamed its basketball arena in his honor in 1997. It was his time at UCLA that I most remember as a kid yes, I was a kid at one time! and taking over for legendary coach John The Wizard of Westwood Wooden. Bruins fans basically, well, forced him out. Apparently to their taste, he wasnt winning enough and had to go. I guess they are still searching because no one has matched could anyone even begin to? the Wizards legacy. What fools! Bartow was a winner at many schools but the heightened how about ridiculous? expectations of the fans (I suppose its easy enough to do when you are used to it) got the best of what should have been a good situation. Remember, before Wooden got there in 1948, it was a fair program under the likes of Fred W. Cozens, Pierce Caddy Works and Wilbur Johns. Wooden took it to the heights of the college basketball world but didnt win his first title until 1963-64. Bartow only won 52 out of the 61 games he coached at UCLA, followed by Gary Cunningham (50-8 in two years), even the vagabond Larry Brown (42-17) and on and on. They have won only one title under Jim Harrick since the Wizards retirement after winning his 10th title in the 1974-75 season. Bartow went on to UAB, the Blazers, and more or less started their basketball and football program. That is amazing that they really had nothing before then in either sport.

game. Farley chipped in with a game-high 10 rebounds. Pope added eight boards and six points in the victory. Bluffton hit 23-of-51 from the field (45.1 percent), compared to 25-of-57 (43.9 percent) for the Jackets. The Beavers went to the line 16 more times (31-15) and converted 11 more freebies (23-12). Bluffton won the war on the glass (37-30), while both teams committed just nine turnovers. The Beavers continue with HCAC action on Saturday when they welcome Hanover to town. The contest is slated for 3 p.m. in Founders Hall and it will follow the womens game with the Panthers. Mason Roth paced DC with 15 points, five assists and two steals, while Kyle Tietje ended with 12 points and seven boards and Brown added 11 tallies. Defiance fell for the sixth straight time away from the Karl H. Weaner Community Center with the loss and has now dropped 10 of its last 12 contests away from its familiar planks. The Jackets will return home on Saturday in search of their first league victory as they are set to welcome No. 25 Transylvania (11-1, 5-0

HCAC) for a 3 p.m. start.

Defiance College 67 Kyle Tietje 5-10 2-2 12, Kevin Tietje 1-2 0-0 2, Mason Roth 5-16 5-6 15, Anthony Brown 4-10 2-2 11, Logan Wolfrum 3-9 0-0 7, Travis Schomaeker 2-3 0-1 5, Brandon Hoke 0-0 0-0 0, Drew Frizell 2-4 0-0 4, Jeff Hugan 2-2 3-4 7, Brandon Ray 1-1 0-0 2, Justin Morris 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-57(43.9%) 12-15(80%) 67. Three-point goals: 5-14/35.7% (Frizell 2-4, Schomaeker 1-1, Wolfrum 1-2, Brown 1-3, Roth 0-4). Rebounds: 30/9 off. (Kyle Tietje 7). Assists: 14 (Roth 5). Steals: 4 (Roth 2). Blocks: 6 (Wolfrum/ Ray 2). Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 21. Bluffton University 73 Brent Farley 4-10 0-1 8, Nick Lee 2-4 2-2 6, Mychal Hill 3-6 7-10 16, Nate Heckelman 5-7 8-10 18, Josh Fisher 5-11 4-4 15, Tyler Neal 0-3 0-0 0, Steve Swick 0-0 0-0 0, Blade Tackett 0-1 0-0 0, Ryan Ebbeskotte 0-0 0-0 0, Dustin Kinn 1-4 2-2 4, Will Pope 3-5 0-2 6. Totals 23-51(45.1%) 23-31(74,2%) 73. Three-point goals: 4-10/40% (Hill 3-4, Fisher 1-2, Neal 0-1, Tackett 0-1, Lee 0-2). Rebounds: 37/12 off. (Farley 10). Assists: 14 (Heckelman 5). Steals: 4 (Fisher 3). Blocks: 5 (Fisher 3). Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 16. Score by Halves: Defiance College 38 29 - 67 Bluffton University 35 38 - 73 Officials: Jeff Spedoske, David Gentile, Michael Brya Attendance: 750

---Defiance pulls away late in first half for 63-53 win over Beavers

BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University womens basketball team outscored Defiance College 36-29 in the second half but the visitors

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held on for a 63-53 win over the Beavers on Wednesday. Bluffton slipped to 2-10 overall and 0-5 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, while Defiance moved to 5-7 on the season and 3-2 in the HCAC. The Beavers opened the scoring with back-to-back jumpers by freshman Brenna Kurilec (Mt. Gilead/Gilead Christian) and sophomore Kylee Burkholder (West Unity/ Hilltop). The Yellow Jackets added two points of their own but those were quickly followed by a layup from Burkholder. At the 14:56 mark, Defiance tied the game before freshman Mikayla Coburn (McGuffey/ Upper Scioto Valley) dropped in a jumper for an 8-6 Bluffton edge. The Beavers opened up a 5-point spread (14-9) before the Yellow Jackets found their stride with a 7-1 spurt for a 16-15 lead on a Kim Bingley layup with 8:00 on the clock. The Beavers quickly retaliated with a Kurilec layup at the 6:54 mark of the first half but the visitors closed the half with an impressive 18-point jag that gave Defiance a commanding 34-17 lead at the break.
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West Virginia drubs Clemson 70-33 in Orange Bowl

By STEVEN WINE The Associated Press MIAMI As the West Virginia Mountaineers celebrated their first Orange Bowl victory, safety Darwin Cook shared a hug with the games mascot, Obie. They had run into each other earlier in the end zone when Cook scored the nights pivotal touchdown, then leaped on the smiling orange. Only after the game did he learn a woman was wearing the Obie outfit. I didnt know you were a girl, he told her. I apologize. The Mountaineers ran over everything in their path Wednesday night, including the Clemson Tigers. Geno Smith tied the record for any bowl game with six touchdown passes and the No. 23-ranked Mountaineers set a bowl scoring record with their high-powered offense by routing No. 14 Clemson 70-33. But it was a defensive player Cook who made the most memorable play by returning a fumble 99 yards for a touchdown to break the game open. Cook collided comically with mascot Obie after scoring one of the Mountaineers five TDs in the second quarter, including three in the final 2:29 for a 49-20 lead. It was the highest-scoring half by a team in a bowl game. Tavon Austin tied a record for any bowl game with four touchdown catches. Smith went 31-for-42 and had 401 yards passing to break Tom Bradys Orange Bowl record. Smith also ran for a score, helping West Virginia break
mark a hoop-and-harm from Stegmaier pulled the Beavers within nine (44-35) and again to 46-37 with 7:51 remaining. Harshman pushed the lead back to 12 points, 49-37, with an old-fashioned 3-point play. The Beavers cut the Yellow Jackets lead to nine three more times but that was as close as Bluffton could get. DC slowed down the game with long possessions en route to the victory. Kurilec finished the scoring with a layup as Defiance capped off their 63-53 victory. Stegmaier led the Beavers with 13 points. Hutton and Kurilec contributed nine and a career-high eight points, respectively. Burkholder led the Beavers with eight rebounds while Coburn pulled down seven. Lewis paced Bluffton with six assists. Bluffton hit 19-of-55 (34.5 percent) from the field, compared to 26-of-64 (40.6 percent) for the visitors. The

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the bowl record for points established six nights earlier when Baylor beat Washington 67-56 in the Alamo Bowl. It was like a virus, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. The Mountaineers (10-3) won in their first Orange Bowl appearance and improved to 3-0 in Bowl Championship Series games. Our guys felt like they werent getting too much credit, West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said. And they wanted to make a statement in this game. Clemson (10-4) lost playing in its first major bowl in 30 years. Despite the drubbing, Swinney added, the wait for a return trip wont be so long. The offensive showcase was the latest in a succession this bowl season and perhaps the last. Defense is expected to dominate in the final BCS game Monday night, when Louisiana State faces Alabama for the national title. West Virginia totaled 589 yards and 31 first downs. Smith was chosen the games outstanding player but gave Austin an assist. He won me an MVP, Smith added. Hes one of the quickest guys Ive ever seen and its just a blessing to have a guy like him on my team. Austin had 11 receptions, scoring on passes of 8, 27, 3 and 37 yards. I do know who the fastest kid on the field was, Holgorsen said. We made a conscious effort to get him the ball a bunch and whenever we got him the ball, he made things happen. Clemson couldnt keep up with the Big East Conference

co-champions, although Andre Ellington did score the games first points on a 68-yard run. First-team AllAmericans Sammy Watkins and Dwayne Allen combined for only seven catches for 87 yards. Amid the flurry of points, defensive back Cook came up with second-longest play in Orange Bowl history. Clemson was on the verge of taking the lead in the second quarter when Ellington ran up the middle and disappeared into a heap at the 1. A teammate signaled touchdown but the ball came loose and Cook grabbed it, then took off with nothing but the end zone in front of him. The potential 14-point swing seemed to deflate the Tigers, who had moved the ball almost at will to that point. The Tigers were doomed when quarterback Tajh Boyd committed turnovers on consecutive Clemson plays. After Smith ran 7 yards on a keeper for a 35-20 lead, Pat Miller intercepted Boyds pass. Smith flipped a 1-yard touchdown pass to Austin and on the next play, a call was overturned, with the replay official determining Boyd had lost a fumble. Alston then ran for a 1-yard touchdown with 4 seconds left in the half.
Bama out to prove its No. 1 in rematch with LSU NEW ORLEANS Alabama receiver Marquis Maze isnt about to concede anything to LSU, not even the kicking game. Sure, the top-ranked Tigers controlled field position with Brad Wings punts when the teams met two months ago in what, back then, was called the game of the century. And those four field goals missed by the No. 2 Crimson Tide have left a stamp on the season. So maybe its OK to admit LSU has an edge in special teams? Maze, who had one of Wings punts sail over his head, isnt buying it. I dont think nobodys better than

us on either side of the ball, he said. Or special teams. Now, the Tide (11-1) has a chance to show it. Both teams arrived in New Orleans on Wednesday with a few more days of hype and preparation ahead of a rematch that will decide the Bowl Championship Series national title and perhaps even which of the two Southeastern Conference Western Division rivals is actually better. Both have something to prove. LSU (13-0), fresh from an SEC championship, would love to show that it doesnt need missed kicks and a goalline interception to beat Bama. Win and theres no doubt whos No. 1. Maze and Alabama arrived in the Big Easy feeling like that 9-6 overtime defeat on Nov. 5 slipped away courtesy of missed opportunities. Now, the Tide gets a mulligan and plans to make the most of its second chance. We did learn a lot from that game, Tide coach Nick Saban said Wednesday, in terms of things that we can do better. Such as: Convert scoring chances. Alabama had only six points off seven trips inside LSUs 35-yard line last time out. Cade Foster missed three long field goals and Jeremy Shelley had one blocked but the failed kicks were preceded by stalled drives. Avoid backfiring gambles. Like Mazes pass on a trick play that LSU safety Eric Reid managed to wrangle from the arms of tight end Michael Williams at the goal line early in the fourth quarter. A replay upheld the interception call but Maze believes it was a catch. Clip the Wing. Wing buried two punts inside the Tide 5 and had a late 73-yarder that sailed over Mazes head. There are surely plenty of other things Saban and his players can pick over. Tide players have had two months to stew over and study that game. Theyve had extra time since Alabama hasnt played since Nov. 26 at Auburn, while LSU dispatched Georgia in the SEC championship game. We just fell short but this time around I feel like everybody absolutely knows everything theyre going to do from watching film, linebacker Donta Hightower said. I feel like weve got a real good game plan so weve just got to go out and execute it. Fellow linebacker Nico Johnson added he watched it a lot after we lost and once more during Auburn week. It was bothering me to see what point of the game that it kind of turned around and what plays caused this and that and just trying to watch that and see what happened. There were a lot of plays that they made. They made some big plays that kind of gave them the momentum and took intensity away from us. That kind of turned the game around. And left plenty of what-ifs for the Tide to ponder.

(Continued from Page 6) Kim Comden scored a tipin bucket to give the Jackets the lead, 18-17, and Megan Zachrich provided a huge block on the other end of the court to protect the lead. The Lady Jackets scored on their next five possessions. Erica King found Zachrich on a back-door cut to score a layup with 5:05 left. Hannah Harshman scored on an open layup the next trip down the court and Comden pushed the lead to 26-17 with back-toback buckets soon after. The Lady Jackets were not finished for the half as Harshman scored another layup to give the Jackets a 28-17 lead. Ashley Birchmeier added two free throws down the stretch, while Comden provided two makes from the charity stripe and a layup with one second left on the clock. DCs defense shut down the Bluffton offense by not allowing a bucket for the last

6:54 of the half and forcing 12 turnovers. The Beavers came out clawing in the second half and once again made their mark on the scoreboard. Junior Lauren Hutton (New Riegel) and Burkholder put up eight points in the first five minutes, with all four assists coming from senior Brittany Lewis (Springfield/Shawnee). At the 15:10 mark, the Beavers cut the Yellow Jackets lead to 10 with a layup by Hutton. The Yellow Jackets stormed back with six points of their own: a Zachrich jumper, a Harshman turn-around in the post and then Harshman gave Defiance a boost with a block, which led to an easy layup in transition by Zachrich to make the score 42-26 in favor of Defiance. Beavers again cut Defiances lead to 10 with back-to-back 3-pointers from senior Brittany Stegmaier (Garfield/Trinity). At the 8:18

NM scientists develop 2012 Putnam County Agronomy drought-tolerant alfalfa Night set Jan. 26
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. With much of the Southwest struggling with drought, many ranchers and dairy farmers are having difficulty finding enough hay for their livestock and making tough choices: pay up to twice as much as last year and ship it in from hundreds of miles away or do without and sell off some of their herd. Farmers, ranchers and scientists say a perfect storm has turned hay into gold this year. The drought reduced forage on the range and led to an increase in demand for hay, including alfalfa and other grass mixes. At the same time, drought and lower water allotments for agriculture reduced the supply and prices skyrocketed. Farmers as far as North Dakota and Minnesota have been feeling the effects. Scientists at New Mexico State University are trying to help by using genetic analysis and traditional plant breeding practices to come up with more drought-tolerant varieties of alfalfa. The research is important because two-thirds of hay produced in the U.S. is grown in drought-prone areas of the Great Plains or the western U.S., said Ian Ray, the professor who runs NMSUs alfalfa breeding and genetics program. Hay is the fourth most valuable crop grown in the United States with sales generating more than $7.5 billion. Its essential to everything from the billion-dollar dairy and beef industries to the wool market and even horse racing. NMSU has been working on developing tougher alfalfa plants for more than three decades. Ray and his team, with help from Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Oklahoma, identified a series of DNA markers on alfalfa chromosomes that they believe play a key role in producing more alfalfa with less water. It took several years to map the alfalfa genome and identify the markers that influence development of the plants shoots and roots during drought. Then a couple of years of breeding were needed to incorporate those characteristics into alfalfa cultivars typically grown by farmers in New Mexico. The work is more precise than classical plant breeding because the scientists were able to introduce only the drought tolerance characteristics they were after. DNA markers just help us do a much better job of uncovering, tracking and selecting for natural genetic variation for drought tolerance, Ray said. The team just wrapped up its harvest of the first test crops grown with less water and the results are promising. All the plants had smaller yields because of the lack of water, but those with droughttolerant DNA markers produced 9 percent to 15 percent more than those without the markers. One of the most promising cultivars being tested has a leafy canopy. More leaves means more nutritional value, Ray said. If what were seeing is real, and it can be demonstrated that we see a yield advantage in multiple environments, then weve got a high forage quality population with enhanced drought resistance, he said. Other universities, the federal government and large corporations like Monsanto Co. have been trying to develop alfalfa varieties that can withstand cold weather, salt-laden irrigation water and various insects and disease. But experts say the NMSU team is at the cutting edge when it comes to research on drought tolerance. Mark McCaslin, president of Forage Genetics International in Nampa, Idaho, and a board member of the National Alfalfa and Forage Alliance, said while drought is common in alfalfa country, this years has been particularly devastating. What happened this year was really a tragedy, so that puts a lot more energy behind this kind of work, he said. Leon Porter, a rancher from central New Mexico, said he had to sell about 140 head because the tufts of grass on his ranch failed to green up this year. Even the native yucca plants wilted and turned brown. Porter and other ranchers are paying more than $300 a ton for hay and alfalfa grass mixes to get their herds through the winter. Last year, it cost about $165 a ton. The more producers that produce hay and the more efficiently they can produce it, the more affordable it makes it for us, he said. Alfalfa farmers across New Mexico have been turning away customers since early fall. Arizona is about out, and a number of dairies in southeastern New Mexico have had to go to the Dakotas to get orders filled. By Glen Arnold, Ag educator OSU Extension, Putnam County The annual Putnam County OSU Extension Agronomy night is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Kalida K of C Hall. Once again, Agronomy Night will have a wide variety of topics presented by Extension specialists and local industry people. Topics for the evening will include Soil Structure and Its Impact on the Absorption or Runoff of Rainfall presented by Mark Scarpitti, soil agronomist with USDA/NRCS. Good soil structure allows crops to grow great root structures and also encourages water infiltration. Wheat Scab Fungicides-Research Trail Results From 2011 will be the second topic for the evening. The presenter will be Pierce Paul, associate professor, OSU/OARDC Department of Plant Pathology. He will be discussing results on the ongoing research at OARDC on head scab fungicides that farmers have needed each of the past two seasons. Andy Michel, assistant professor, OSU/OARDC Department of Entomology will be reporting on Western Bean Cutworm and Other Insect Issues Ohio is Dealing With. The final topic at Agronomy Night will be a report on the Two Year Summary of Cereal Rye & Oilseed Radish Test Plots Results, Presented by Glen Arnold, OSU Extension, and Albert Maag, Putnam County SWCD. The Putnam County Extension and SWCD offices have established 10 cover crop plots involving cereal rye and radishes over the past two years and have yield data from most of the plots indicating there is some crop yield increase from cover crops while also preventing winter soil erosion. There is no cost to attend Agronomy Night thanks to financial support from local agricultural businesses. The program will not completely recertify a farmers license but they can receive more than half their needed credits for a $10 fee. CCA credits are also available for Certified Crop Advisors. BBQ pork, turkey sandwiches and drinks will be provided at the break.

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Beavers converted 3-of-19 (15.8 percent) from distance, while Defiance was 0-11 from behind the arc. The Beavers knocked down 12-of-18 (66.7 percent) at the line. The Yellow Jackets made 11-of-18 (61.1 percent) at the charity stripe. Defiance turned the ball over 14 times while forcing 17 miscues by the Beavers. The Beavers play Hanover at home on Saturday. The contest is slated to tip at 1 p.m. in Founders Hall. Harshman led all scorers with 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting. She also grabbed nine rebounds. Comden provided 14 points, nine rebounds and two blocks. Six of Comdens nine rebounds came on the offensive glass. Zachrich scored 14 points, grabbed five rebounds and four steals. King dished out nine assists. Rachel Ciminillo collected nine rebounds. The Lady Yellow Jackets will return to action at 1 p.m.

Saturday at home against HCAC opponent Transylvania. The game can be viewed live on the Yellow Jackets Sports Network by visiting www.defianceathletics.com/video/.
Defiance 5-7, 3-2 HCAC Hannah Harshman 9-15 2-2 20, Kim Comden 6-13 2-2 14, Rachel Ciminillo 0-3 2-4 2, Erica King 1-10 3-6 5, Brooke Zachrich 2-5 0-1 4, Ashley Birchmeier 0-2 2-2 2, Emma Starks 0-2 0-0 0, Kim Bingley 1-1 0-0 2, Megan Zachrich 7-13 0-1 14. Totals 26-64 11-18 63. Three-point goals: 0-11/0% (M. Zachrich 0-1, Ciminillo 0-2, King 0-8). Rebounds: 45/16 off. (Harshman/ Comden/Ciminillo 9). Assists: 18 (King 9). Steals: 7 (M. Zachrich 4). Blocks: 5 (Harshman/Comden 2). Turnovers: 14. Fouls: 17. Bluffton 2-10, 0-5 HCAC Lauren Hutton 4-10 1-3 9, Kylee Burkholder 3-6 1-2 7, Alicia Amis 0-3 2-4 2, Brenna Kurilec 4-6 0-0 8, Brittany Lewis 1-6 2-2 4, Francena Tate 1-1 1-2 3, Beth Yoder 0-1 0-0 0, Rachel Daman 1-5 0-0 3, Mikayla Coburn 1-4 2-2 4, Rachel DeBord 0-2 0-0 0, Brittany Stegmaier 4-10 3-3 13, Sharonda Martin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-55 12-18 53. Three-point goals: 3-19/15.8% (Stegmaier 2-7, Daman 1-3, Yoder 0-1, DeBord 0-1, Hutton 0-2, Amis 0-2, Lewis

0-3). Rebounds: 36/10 off. (Burkholder 8). Assists: 15 (Lewis 6). Steals: 5 (Lewis 2). Blocks: 5 (Stegmaier 2). Turnovers: 17. Fouls: 20. Score by Halves Defiance 34 29 - 63 Bluffton 17 36 - 53 Officials: Andrew Hoffman, Lakai Enterline, Brandon Enterline

------Jefferson junior high boys split games The Jefferson 8th-grade boys basketball team improved its record to 4-1 with a 46-43 victory Tuesday over Paulding. Scoring for the Wildcats were: Trey Smith (29), Daulton Hicks (8), Corbin Betz (3), Drew Wannamacher (2), Ryan Goergens (2) and Josh Teman (2). The 7th-graders fell 41-36 to Paulding. Scoring for Jefferson (3-2) were: Jace Stockwell (20), Brandon Herron (5), Cole Arroyo (4), Eli Eddie (4) and Drew Reise (3).

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AAP St. Marys Corp. is a leader in the design and manufacture of cast aluminum wheels for OEM automakers. As a subsidiary of Hitachi Metals America, our reputation for high quality products and customer satisfaction has helped us continue to grow and provide our associates with over 23 years of steady employment. We now have a unique opportunity for a Project Engineer to perform the following duties: Creates detailed specifications and cost justifications for machinery and equipment purchases and capital improvement projects Prepares project budgets, schedules, and documentation and assists in sourcing and negotiating contracts with suppliers Ensures project compliance with relevant building codes, safety rules/regulations, and Company policies/procedures Monitors project from inception through production release; oversees testing, run-off, installation, and advance planning for equipment operation, maintenance, and repair The successful candidate must have excellent organizational skills and at least two years of relevant project engineering experience--preferable in a high-volume manufacturing operation. Proven experience in the use of project management software, CAD tools, blueprints, and schematics is also required. Bachelor degree in a related engineering field, or equivalent, is strongly preferred. In return for your expertise, we offer a competitive starting salary, profit-sharing, and excellent fringe benefits, including medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan with Company matching, paid vacation, paid holidays, and more. If youre looking for a career opportunity with a growing company, please forward your qualifications and salary history to:

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If you like meeting people and building strong customer relationships, this challenging position is for you. Calling on new and existing customers in a established territory, the selected candidate will be selling a variety of print and on-line advertising products. Hourly rate of pay, commission, bonus and mileage reimbursement is part of this part-time position.

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AAP St. Marys Corp. is a leader in the design and manufacture of cast aluminum wheels for OEM automakers. As a subsidiary of Hitachi Metals America, our reputation for high quality products and customer satisfaction has helped us continue to grow and provide our associates with over 23 years of steady employment. We now have unique opportunities for individuals in the following positions: MACHINING ENGINEER Specifies and develops CNC machining processes, equipment and tooling, work flow/layout, operating procedures, and work methods Analyzes results and develops strategies to achieve continuous improvement of quality, utilization, cycle time, and productivity Conducts trials, testing, and time studies, and utilizes FMEA and problemsolving tools to support effective launch of new products Qualifications: Bachelor degree, or equivalent, and five plus years of related process/manufacturing engineering experience with CNC lathes, mills, robotic equipment is required. MACHINING TECHNICIAN Develops, implements, and adjusts CNC programs for high-volume production as well as production trials Monitors equipment/tooling, processes, and procedures and assists in implementing actions to support safety, quality and productivity May train others in set-up, operation, and maintenance of equipment Qualifications: One year of related CNC machining experience-- including programming, SPC, and blueprint reading-- is required; Formal CNC training strongly preferred. In return for your expertise, we offer a competitive starting salary, profit-sharing, and excellent fringe benefits, including medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan with Company matching, paid vacation, paid holidays, and more. If youre looking for a career opportunity with a growing company, please forward your qualifications and salary history to:

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012 Fortuitous times could be in the offing for you socially in the year ahead. There is a good chance that you will form and build a strong new alliance that will be the envy of all your present friends and associates. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You might profit for the moment if you think solely of yourself, but sooner rather than later youll have to pay the price. Making it worse, your selfishness would be exposed in the process. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- It would be best if you handle a problematical development rather than let your counterpart do so. His or her solutions could turn out to be a bit too reckless for you. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -If youre smart, youll refrain from taking measures to even a score with a rival. Instead of being vindictive toward an offender, let the forgiving side of your nature guide your course of action. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Even if its not convenient at the moment for you to do a favor for a pal, find a way to do so anyway. To go out of your way for someone is the true test of friendship. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -First and foremost, be realistic about your financial situation. If you can definitely make a profit on something that is a bit of a gamble, fire your best shot. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Instead of simply ordering someone about, set a good example first so that this person can see youre not asking anything of him or her that you wouldnt do yourself. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -There is an old World War II saying: Loose lips sink ships. Let two friends who have confided in you know that they dont have to worry about any leakage. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Be careful if the ante gets raised in an important undertaking. All concerned parties might suddenly start looking out for their own interests when they find out there is something of real value at stake. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Weigh your gains carefully against what you could stand to lose. Have some second thoughts if the balance is unequal. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- If you are prepared to be self-sufficient, the failure of a counted-on party to take care of an entrusted task wont set you back. Grin and bear it. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -Theres a good chance that you might be called upon to clear up a dispute between two close friends. The only way you wont get into trouble is to let each party see that you are truly impartial. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- That road that leads to success in an important objective is likely to be littered with all kinds of impediments. Be prepared to have an alternative route mapped out.
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Dear Annie: Last day present, even though January, a couple moved his birthday was not for to our town, and their two another six months. When I daughters began attending needed auto repair work in school with my 11-year-old August, Dad said, Thats daughter. The older girl is your Christmas present. He keeps a tally of his the same age as mine, and gifts and shows up at birththey became friends. Throughout the summer, day parties and Christmas the girls played at our house gatherings empty-handed, and theirs, but recently, some and then reminds you, very things have begun to disturb publicly, of what he did for me. Three months ago, the you. We appreciate his gengirls father apparently told erosity, but these gift consolidations feel more the mother to get like business transa job. When she actions with no didnt, he cut off connection to the their cellphone occasion. Are we service. When missing something? that didnt con-- Not Ungrateful vince her to find Dear Not: Dad employment, he has a finite amount cut off their lanto spend on gifts. dline, the cable When he sees that and their Internet you need someservice. The girls thing, he wants to said he told their help, but doesnt mother he wasnt going to pay Annies Mailbox have the means or desire to then for any of these things, and that if she want- purchase an additional gift ed them, shed better pay for your special occasions. for them herself. So far, the He reminds you at the parmother hasnt attempted to ties because he worries you wont remember that he look for work. Ive had both girls over already gave you something. to my house as much as Its a harmless quirk, but if possible so they can use the youd prefer a birthday gift, computer to play games and simply refuse his offers to watch our TV. Last week- repair your car. Dear Annie: Thank you end, both girls began crying, saying their father wouldnt for pointing out to Mad give their mother any money Mom of the Bride that gifts for Christmas, and that he might still be arriving at a plans to cut off the electric- later date. When I married, I ity at the end of the week. The mother told him that if received few gifts before the he did that, she would leave actual wedding, except from those who lived out of town -- without the girls. I feel terribly sorry for and couldnt attend. The rest these children, but dont were brought to the recepknow either of the parents tion or arrived weeks after. very well. Ive considered -- Just My Two Cents going to their home and tellAnnies Mailbox is written ing them what this conflict by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy is doing to their children, Sugar, longtime editors of the but Im not sure what to Ann Landers column. Please say. Is this something to call e-mail your questions to Child Protective Services anniesmailbox@comcast.net, about? My heart is break- or write to: Annies Mailbox, ing to see these two darling c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 little girls scared and crying W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, all the time. -- Distraught Los Angeles, CA 90045. Neighbor Dear Distraught: Kids can live without cable and Internet access, but shutting off the electricity and watching their mother walk out is something else entirely. Of course, unless you knock on their door, you will have no idea what is really going on. Please do not go alone. If the situation is as bad as it seems, anything could happen and you should indeed call the authorities. You also can discuss it with the school counselor, who should be aware of the students home situation. Dear Annie: My son will be graduating in June. His microwave oven needed replacing, so my Dad offered to purchase the microwave, adding, Thats your graduation present. When my brother needed a new tire, Dad bought it, saying, Thats your birth-

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Killing animals to control shelter numbers unpopular

By SUE MANNING Associated Press LOS ANGELES Seven in 10 pet owners say they believe animal shelters should be allowed to euthanize animals, but only when they are too sick to be treated or too aggressive to be adopted. Only a quarter of the people who took part in a recent AP-Petside.com poll said animal shelters should sometimes be allowed to put animals down as a population control measure. Rich Avanzino, president of Alamedabased Maddies Fund, pioneered no-kill in San Francisco in the early 90s through a pact between the open-admission city shelter and the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. We are just a breath away from doing what is right for the animals, Avanzino said. He believes the country can achieve no-kill status by 2015, partly due to corporate giving to animal causes, which totaled about $30 million in 2010 and is expected to reach $70 million by 2015. That money can help with spaying, neutering and outreach, he said. Public attitudes are also changing, with more people saying its unacceptable for pets to languish or die in an animal shelter, Avanzino said. Avanzino pioneered the no-kill concept in San Francisco. Sayres succeeded him and nurtured it, then went to New York and implemented it there in a much bigger way. The model is the same, but instead of two partner agencies like in San Francisco, New York has 155, Sayres said. About 44,000 animals enter New York City shelters each year. Since Sayres has been there, the euthanasia rate has dropped from 74 percent to 27 percent. The ASPCA has also teamed up with 11 communities from Tampa, Fla., to Spokane, Wash., in no-kill efforts, Sayres said. He believes he will see a no-kill nation, at least for dogs, in his lifetime. Cats may take a little longer because of the large feral population, he said. Best Friends Animal Society operates the countrys largest no-kill sanctuary for abandoned and abused animals. The Kanab, Utah, preserve is home to 1,700 dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, horses and wildlife undergoing rehabilitation, said Best Friends director Gregory Castle. More than 800 grass-roots rescue organizations belong to Best Friends No More Homeless Pets Network and are working to make their communities no-kill, Castle said. Attendance at an annual conference for network members has grown from 250 in 2001 to 1,300 last year. The sanctuarys newest venture is a groundbreaking effort involving what Castle believes is the largest public-private partnership ever forged in the no-kill movement. Best Friends is going to operate a shelter for the Department of Animal Services in Los Angeles as an adoption and spay and neuter center, he said. All animals will come from six open-admission Los Angeles city shelters. The euthanasia issue attracted some attention this week when it was reported that a stray cat being held at a West Valley City, Utah, animal shelter survived two trips to the shelters gas chamber. The shelter has stopped trying to kill the cat, named Andrea, and she has been adopted. Shelter officials are investigating why the gassing failed. Gisela Aguila, 51, of Miramar, Fla., believes shelter animals should only be euthanized when there is no chance theyll be adopted for example, if they are extremely ill or aggressive. I dont think shelters should be euthanizing animals to control the population, she said. Shed like to see an end to shelters destroying animals when they run out of room, saying, We are way too civilized of a society to allow this. But Leslie Surprenant, 53, of Saugerties, N.Y., believes shelters should be allowed to control populations. She says no-kill shelters that only accept animals with good prospects for adoption or that turn away animals once the shelter reaches capacity do not solve the problem. That doesnt truly mean no-kill shelters.

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Student brandishes pellet gun at school, killed by police

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas The parents of an eighth grader who was fatally shot by police inside his South Texas school are demanding to know why officers took lethal action, but police said the boy was brandishing and refused to drop what appeared to be a handgun and that the officers acted correctly. The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun that closely resembled the real thing, police said late Wednesday, several hours after 15-year-old Jaime Gonzalez was repeatedly shot in a hallway at Cummings Middle School in Brownsville. No one else was injured. Why was so much excess force used on a minor? the boys father, Jaime Gonzalez Sr., asked The Associated Press outside the familys home Wednesday night. Three shots. Why not one that would bring him down? His mother, Noralva Gonzalez, showed off a photo on her phone of a beaming Jaime in his drum major uniform standing with his band instructors. Then she flipped through three close-up photos she took of bullet wounds in her sons body, including one in the back of his head. What happened was an injustice, she said angrily. I know that my son wasnt perfect, but he was a great kid. Interim Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez said the teen was pointing the weapon at officers and had plenty of opportunities to lower the gun and listen to the officers orders, and he didnt want to. The chief said his officers had every right to do what they did to protect themselves and other students even though there werent many others in the hallway at the time. Police said officers fired three shots. Shortly before the confrontation, Jaime had walked into a classroom and punched a boy in the nose for no apparent reason, Rodriguez said. Police did not know why he pulled out the weapon,

Officer dies following shootout in Utah

OGDEN, Utah (AP) Gunfire erupted as anti-drug police served a search warrant in an Ogden neighborhood, fatally wounding one officer and injuring five other police and a suspect, authorities said. The shots rang out before 9 p.m. Wednesday as police converged at a residence on Jackson Avenue, police spokesman Lt. Tony Fox said. The six officers were hospitalized along with a suspect, Fox told The Associated Press. Ogden police said in a statement early today that agent Jared Francom died from his wounds following Wednesday nights drug-related shooting. Five police officers from multiple agencies remain hospitalized with serious to critical injuries. No more information on their conditions was released. The sole suspect in the shooting is at a local hospital under guard, with non-life threatening injuries. No names have been released. The shooting occurred as an anti-drug strike team was serving a warrant. The Standard-Examiner in Ogden reported that more police responded upon word of at least one officer shot. Police blocked off the area from 34th Street and Jackson Avenue to 32nd Street and a SWAT team took positions. Authorities have not released information on how the remaining officers and the suspect were shot. The paper said police eventually surrounded the suspect near a backyard shed. The residence was secured after the arrest, and at 9:45 p.m. police announced that there was no longer a threat to the community, the paper said. The team serving the search warrant involved officers from the

but we think it looks like this was a way to bring attention to himself, Rodriguez said. About 20 minutes elapsed between police receiving a call about an armed student and shots being fired, according to police and student accounts. Authorities declined to share what the boy said before he was shot. The shooting happened during first period at the school in Brownsville, a city at Texas southern tip just across the Mexican border. Teachers locked classroom doors and turned off lights, and some frightened students dove under their desks. They could hear police charge down the hallway and shout for Gonzalez to drop the weapon, followed by several shots. Two officers fired three shots, hitting Gonzalez at least twice, police said. David A. Dusenbury, a retired deputy police chief in Long Beach, Calif., who now consults on police tactics, said the officers were probably justified. If the boy were raising the gun as if to fire at someone, then its unfortunate, but the officer certainly would have the right under the law to use deadly force. A recording of police radio traffic posted on KGBT-TVs website indicates that officers responding to the school believed the teen had a handgun. An officer is heard describing the teens clothes and appearance, saying hes holding a handgun, black in color. The officer also said that from the front door, he could see the boy in the schools main office. Less than two minutes later, someone yells over the radio shots fired and emergency crews are asked to respond. About two minutes later, someone asks where the boy was shot, prompting responses that he was shot in the chest and from the back of the head. Administrators said the school would be closed today but students would be able to attend classes at a new elementary school that isnt being used.

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It means there are more animals out on the streets being hit by cars and starving and living in Dumpsters, said Surprenant, who has two dogs and a cat. It does not mean the general population is lower; it just means that theyve opted not to kill. Surprenant believes spaying and neutering is the way to go. In fact, higher rates of spaying and neutering in recent decades have cut the number of abandoned puppies and kittens, which in turn has cut euthanasia rates. Before 1970, about 20 million animals were euthanized each year in this country. In 2011, fewer than 4 million abandoned animals were euthanized. Younger pet owners are most likely to favor no-kill policies, with 79 percent of those under 30 saying shelters should only euthanize animals that are untreatable or too aggressive, compared with 67 percent of those age 50 or over saying that. The poll results are encouraging to leaders of the nations no-kill movement, whod like to see the U.S. become a no-kill nation with homes for every adoptable pet, and euthanasia reserved only for extremely ill or aggressive animals. Any plan will take teamwork between shelters with government contracts that must accept every animal and the no-kill shelters that often only take animals they can help, said Ed Sayres, president and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Wildfires force evacuations

BROWNING, Mont. (AP) Two wildfires raging overnight on Montanas Blackfeet Indian Reservation burned thousands of acres, forced scores to evacuate and destroyed several buildings, officials said early today. Fueled by strong winds, the two blazes started around sundown Wednesday and together had grown to at least 45,000 acres by 4 a.m. MST today. At least 300 people were forced to leave their homes, and officers were working to evacuate additional residents in the fires eastward path. No injuries have been reported. One fire started southeast of Browning around sunset and burned about eight miles east to the community of Blackfoot, tribal spokesman Wayne Smith said. Another blaze erupted around the same time about 10 miles away. A blaze called the Y-fire has scorched at least 30,000 acres and was about 50 percent contained, Smith said. The nearby Boy Fire had burned through about 15,000 acres of grasslands. He didnt have a containment estimate. Its probably the biggest grass fire in reservation history, Smith told The Associated Press. About 200 people have been evacuated from the small community of Boarding School , while another 100 people from two Hutterite communities were evacuated to the Cut Bank Civic Center about 35 miles east of Browning, according to Smith. The Hutterites arrived about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and remained until after 1 a.m., when U.S. Highway 2 reopened, said Jennifer Biegler, Cut Banks parks and recreation director. Volunteers and local officials brought blankets, food, water and coffee for the evacuees. They were hungry and worried and nervous and anxious, Biegler said. We knew there was a fire, but we first heard it was way by Browning. The next thing we knew, it was 14 miles from town. Biegler said the civic center remained on standby in case of more evacuations as the fires continued spread. Local police, fire and EMS crews are everywhere. Responding where they are able to, tweeted Shannon James Augare, a state senator from Browning. Please keep these individuals in your prayers. Blackfeet Law Enforcement Chief Greg Gilham told the Great Falls Tribune that the fires were started by what was believed to be power lines that were blown over by high winds. One fire that burned east of Browning had already been put out.

Arson suspect faces German probe

By GREG RISLING, MICHAEL R. BLOOD and DAVID RISING Associated Press

Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force. The forces website says the unit is made up of officers from the Weber County Sheriffs Office, local police departments and the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency. Four of the officers were taken to nearby McKay-Dee Hospital. Several off-duty doctors and nurses were called in to help with the situation, said hospital spokesman Chris Dallin. Dallin said he was unable to provide information on the officers conditions. Dallin said he didnt know where the suspect was being treated. Police said Francom was a seven-year veteran and is survived by his wife and two young children. Nearby witnesses said they heard three quick pops followed by a two to three minute pause, then lots of gunfire. We came running outside to see what was going on, Janessa Vanderstappen, who lives nearby, told the Deseret News. Officers told us to go back in our house. Vanderstappen said she went back inside, and minutes later heard yelling coming from the backyard. She said she walked onto the back porch to see officers addressing a person hiding in a nearby shed. Theres cops telling him to put your hands up, put your hands up, she said. Mat Weinberger, who lives about a half block from the scene, said he first thought the noise was fireworks. From the porch, he told the Salt Lake Tribune that he could see several police cars parked at a nearby intersection. He also could hear a voice on the police radio shout that an officer was down. He estimated that between 30 to 40 shots were fired during the shootout.

LOS ANGELES The man who allegedly ignited more than 50 fires that terrorized Los Angeles last week is also under investigation in Germany for a house fire near Frankfurt. U.S. investigators also disclosed Wednesday that a search of Harry Burkharts Hollywood apartment turned up news articles about the Los Angeles fires and a series of car blazes in Germany last year. The disclosures came on a day when Burkhart made an awkward first court appearance in Los Angeles, where he appeared dazed with his long hair matted on the front of his face, and alternated between sitting and standing. The ponytailed Burkhart was arrested Monday near the Sunset Strip in a van with Canadian license plates loaded with fire-starting materials, and he has stonewalled investigators while being placed on a suicide watch. His mother, Dorothee Burkhart, appeared disoriented in federal court Tuesday after being arrested on a fraud warrant from Germany, where she referred to Nazis and questioned if her son had died. Their family history remains murky, but documents reveal both mother and son struggled with mental illness. They had a vagabond lifestyle, with addresses at various times in Germany, the U.S. and Canada, and the son holds a German passport but authorities say he was born in Chechnya. Medical records dated March 2010 and submitted in a lengthy dispute over commercial space the mother rented in Vancouver say she suffered from depression, anxiety, severe post traumatic stress disorder and panic attacks. A separate note, also dated March 2010, says Harry Burkhart suffered from autistic spectrum disorder since his childhood, and he has severe anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and is not stable mentally because of increase stress due to fear. His mother said in court Tuesday that he is mentally ill. Harry Burkhart was charged Wednesday with 37 counts of arson as part of a rash of fires that caused more than 2.32 million euros in damage, while his mother was being held without bail after being detained on 19 counts of fraud from Germany, including failing to pay for a 2004 breast-augmentation surgery and pilfering security deposits from renters and landlords.

SALT LAKE CITY A bodybuilder who was shot in the head during a carjacking outside a Nevada casino then drove herself to get help was released from a Salt Lake City hospital just days after the shooting, which authorities said figured in a two-state crime spree. Rattana Keomanivong, operator of the Animal House Training and Nutrition gym in West Wendover, Nev., is a tough woman who earned the title Wendover Strongest during a weightlifting fundraiser last summer, police Sgt. David Wiskerchen said Wednesday. Keomanivong was able to drive herself to the police station after being shot Saturday outside a casino in West Wendover and give a description of her assailants, he said. Wiskerchen cited the womans sheer survivability and added, It was amazing. It was miraculous. The suspects in her shooting and the earlier killing of an elderly Utah couple are being held in a Nevada jail on suspicion of kidnapping, robbery and an attempted murder charge. They will face additional counts in Utah after resolving the Nevada charges. Court officials in Elko, Nev., said prosecutors were preparing formal charges against Logan McFarland, 24, and Angela Atwood, 25, both of Sanpete County, Utah. They were captured Tuesday walking in the desert south of Oasis, Nev. Police said they couldnt discuss the nature of Keomanivongs injury, but a probable cause statement says she had a gunshot wound on the left side of her head. It wasnt clear if the bullet just grazed her head. The woman asked for privacy through West Wendover police, saying she didnt want to talk about it. Keomanivong was released from University Hospital in Salt Lake City Tuesday, officials said. The hospital couldnt provide details of her medical condition. A Facebook page for her gymnasium had patrons praying for her recovery. R you are very courageous, wrote one customer, Deeanna Croasmun. Cant imagine what you have been going through in the last few days. Lots of people are praying for you! No one answered the phones Wednesday at the womans gym, and no listing was found under her maiden or married name. Mike Daniels, a fitness trainer at the gym, earlier told The Salt Lake Tribune that, Shes doing OK. Shes able to talk and move around a little bit. McFarland is held on $52,000 bail. Atwoods bail was set higher Wednesday at $102,000 because her booking statement accuses her of the West Wendover shooting. She was being held for attempted murder, but seemed unable to comprehend that during a video conference from jail Wednesday with Elko Justice and Municipal Court, the Deseret News of Salt Lake City reported. I dont understand whats going on, she cried. McFarland seemed equally surprised by his booking charges, asking a judge, How am I being charged with kidnapping? Authorities said it was related to the botched carjacking. Elko police filed a probable cause statement linking the pair to the killing of a couple in Mount Pleasant, Utah, where authorities say the crime spree started Friday with the killing of LeRoy and Ann Fullwood. Funeral services for the couple were set for Friday at a local Mormon chapel. McFarland has a recent criminal history that includes drug and theft charges, according to the Utah state courts database. He was released Oct. 10 after spending a month in jail for a conviction of theft by receiving stolen property a supply of copper cables. He was supposed to pay a $500 fine in monthly installments. In August, he was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia. That charge was dismissed a month later by prosecutors. Atwood has some minor offenses listed in court records.

Answers to Wednesdays questions: Temperamental tennis star Goran Ivanisevic was forced to withdraw from the Samsung Open in Brighton, England, in 2000 because he ran out of rackets during a match. The hard-serving Croat had smashed three rackets in three separate outbursts and didnt have another with him. The dollar sign was re-created in a six-foot-high floral arrangement that stood alongside Atlas Shrugged author Ayn Rands casket at her 1982 funeral. Rand, who also wrote The Fountainhead, was a fierce champion of capitalism and often wore dollar-sign jewelry. Todays questions: What hobby did fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes pursue after he retired from crime solving? What Asian spice gives American-style prepared mustard its yellow color? Answers in Fridays Herald Todays words: Ancipital: having two edges Hypermnesia: unusually sharp memory