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Delphos, Ohio The school board also noted its support of Ohio Educational Service Centers. According to Interim Superintendent Sukup, Governor John Kasich has proposed cuts to ESCs. The state government wants to drastically cut the county education service center and then funds would come out of the school districts pocket when services are used, Sukup said. This would quickly eat up any additional funds a district would receive with Kasichs new budget. Delphos City Schools will dismiss classes at 1:30 p.m. on March 27 for Easter break. St. Johns students will also be dismissed at 1:30 p.m on March 26 but will be in the classroom on March 28 with a 1:30 p.m. dismissal. Volunteers for the spring sports season were approved. Damon Ulm and Joel Brown will help with track and Clay Erman, Rusty Thompson, Jordan Jettinghoff, Jeff Stockwell and Todd Teman will help with baseball. School board members made plans to help provide breakfast for highschoolers taking the OGT math test on Tuesday. All five school board members flipped pancakes for the cause.

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St. Johns juniors selling mulch
St. Johns High School junior class is selling mulch to help fund the post-prom event. Triple cut premium black hardwood mulch and double-cut red cypress mulch are $4.50 a bag and need to be ordered by March 25. One bag covers two cubic feet. Mulch will be available for pick up between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on April 20 in the school parking lot. Delivery is free with a purchase of 10 bags or more. Contact any St. Johns junior or call Jerry and Jeana Burgei at 419-6951695 or Kevin and Denise Buettner at 419-339-3437.

City schools OKs Vantage contract

BY NANCY SPENCER nspencer@delphosherald.com DELPHOS Vantage Career Center will continue to accept Jefferson students following the Delphos City Schools Board of Education approval of a five-year contract with the vocational school. The price tag for the school for students to attend Vantage varies each year with Vantage providing a perpupil cost. The cost for the 2012-13 school year is $74,907 at $2,675.25 per student with 28 students attending. Payments are made in February and May. Treasurer Brad Rostorfer said approval of the contract guarantees Jefferson students positions in programs at Vantage. We have never had a problem getting one of our students into a program they are interested in, Rostorfer said. The contract just shows their good faith to take our students who choose to go and we will pay for them. The board approved the Delphos Public Librarys 2013 Budget with $575,900 in appropriations. The Delphos City Schools Board of Education member Michael Wulfhorst Library Board of Trustees will flips pancakes Tuesday morning for Jefferson High School Students tak- approve the budget at todays meeting the math portion of the OGT. (Delphos Herald/Nancy Spencer) ing.

Tickets on sale for Boatmans Breakaway dinner

The Delphos Canal Commission is still accepting reservations for its annual Boatmans Breakaway benefit dinner at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday at the K of C hall. The cost is $25 per person. Reservations are required and may be made by contacting Marilyn Wagner at 419-692-4496.

Schmenk wants to paint his way to Cancun, Mexico

bins, barns and homes and will also powerwash structures. Homes built prior to 1978 will need extra care due KALIDA Kalida alum Connor to lead concerns. Schmenk will be busy this Cancun is just a place spring and summer; he a lot of college kids want has earned a position with to go, Schmenk asked. College Works Painting What Im really excited while a freshman at The about is the money Ill Ohio State University in make toward my tuition. Columbus. If hes busy Schmenk, the son enough, he will also earn of Craig and Linda an all-expense-paid 4-day Schmenk, is studying stay in Cancun. biomedical sciences and Schmenk is canvasshopes to become an intering the area looking for nist in a hospital. residents who need paintSchmenk cant do this ing done. If he generby himself; hell need ates $80,000 in painting to hire local help. Call jobs, he will be headed to 419-615-7347 if you have Schmenk Cancun. some spare time to help him Schmenk painted for Ottoville reach his goal and give yourself some alum Scott Pohlman last year and is spending money. Applicants need to an intern this year. be 18 years of age. Schmenk will perform any exteriCall 888-450-9675 or 419-615or painting on farm machinery, grain 7347 for a free estimate. BY NANCY SPENCER nspencer@delphosherald.com

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St. Johns, Ottoville selling respective pre-sale tickets The St. Johns and Ottoville athletic departments are selling tickets for their regional finals and state semifinals, respectively, this week. St. Johns is selling tickets for its Division IV Regional final (7:30 p.m. Friday vs. Troy Christian) at Kettering Fairmont from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. today and Thursday, 7-8 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday in the high school office. All children regardless of age must have a ticket. All pre-sale tix are $6; all those at the gate are $8. Ottoville is continuing to selling its pre-sale tickets for the Division IV state semifinals at The Schott versus Fort Loramie (3 p.m. Friday) during normal high school office hours through Thursday afternoon. Tickets are $8; there is a limit of six per family.

FCCLA teams qualify for state

The Jefferson FCCLA Chapter Service Project Team competed at Regional Rally on March 2 at Vantage Career Center. They received a gold rating and will compete at the FCCLA State Leadership Conference in April. The team includes, from left, Kristina Claypool, Jennifer Ditto and Sara Zalar. (Submitted photos)

Fair discussion sparks poll

BY ED GEBERT DHI Correspondent

VAN WERT When the Van Wert County Fair Board held its public meeting on Saturday, a familiar topic was featured grandstand entertainment at the fair. Driving the discussion was local resident Deb Venderley, who has been collecting funds to bring in popular musicians at the fair. She told the board she has donations totaling $12,000 already and hopes to get to $20,000 in an effort to secure popular entertainment for a grandstand show. Venderley asked for permission to continue to seek donations and to receive proposals from a Lima-based firm for possible acts. As part of that firms conJefferson FCA hosting tract, marketing of the show would be accomplished through barter of show Dodgeball tournament tickets, with 298 tickets requested for promotional purposes. The Jefferson Fellowship The board told Venderley that they would meet shortly after Saturdays of Christian Athletes is public meeting to talk about the matter and take official action. The decision hosting their 3rd annual left Venderley admittedly disappointed. Dodgeball Tournament 6 They told me to go ahead and pursue sponsors, she said. But they think p.m. Saturday in the high they can get the advertising cheaper. They think they can do that cheaper. school gymnasium. It is Personally, I dont think they can but if they think they can, then great! But open to all high school students from any school. See FAIR, page 2

The FCCLA National Programs in Action Team competed at Regional Rally and received a silver rating and will compete at the FCCLA State Leadership Conference in April. The team includes Tori Schleeter, left, and Viktoria Brunswick.

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Applying for Obamas health care plan not easy

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Associated Press you apply online. Thats just the first part of the process, which lets you know if you qualify for financial help. The government asks to see what youre making because Obamas Affordable Care Act is means-tested, with lowerincome people getting the most generous help to pay premiums. Once youre finished with the money part, actually picking a health plan will require additional steps, plus a basic understanding of insurance jargon. And its a mandate, not a suggestion. The law says virtually all Americans must carry health insurance starting next year, although most will just keep the coverage they now have through their jobs, Medicare or Medicaid. Some are concerned that a lot of uninsured people will be overwhelmed and simply give up. This lengthy draft application will take a considerable amount of time to fill out and will be difficult for many people to be able to complete, said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, an advocacy group supporting the health care law. It does not get you to the selection of a plan. When you combine those two processes, it is enormously time consuming and complex, added Pollack. Hes calling for the government to simplify the form and, more important, for an army of counselors to help uninsured people navigate the new system. Its unclear who would pay for these navigators. Drafts of the paper application and a 60-page description of the online version were quietly posted online by the Health and Human Services Department, seeking feedback from industry and consumer groups. Those materials, along with a recent HHS

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WASHINGTON Applying for benefits under President Barack Obamas health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes. The governments draft application runs 15 pages for a three-person family. An outline of the online ver2 sion has 21 steps, some with addi3 tional questions. 4 Seven months before the Oct. 1 5 start of enrollment season for millions 6-8 of uninsured Americans, the idea that 9 getting health insurance could be as 10 easy as shopping online at Amazon 11 or Travelocity is starting to look like wishful thinking. 12 At least three major federal agencies, including the IRS, will scrutinize your application. Checking your identity, income and citizenship is supposed to happen in real time, if

presentation to insurers, run counter to the vision of simplicity promoted by administration officials. We are not just signing up for a dating service here, said Sam Karp, a vice president of the California HealthCare Foundation, who nonetheless gives the administration high marks for distilling it all into a workable form. Karp was part of an independent group that separately designed a model application. The government estimates its online application will take a half hour to complete, on average. If you need a break, or have to gather supporting documents, you can save your work and come back later. The paper application is estimated to take an average of 45 minutes. The new coverage starts next Jan. 1. Uninsured people will apply through new state-based markets, also called exchanges.

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Man convicted in deadly Craigslist plot in Ohio

BY THOMAS J. SHEERAN The Associated Press AKRON A self-styled street preacher accused of teaming up with a high school student in a deadly plot to lure men with Craigslist job offers and then rob them was found guilty Tuesday of aggravated murder and could face the death penalty. A jury in Akron returned the verdict in the case against Richard Beasley, who was charged with killing two men from Ohio and one from Norfolk, Va. A man from South Carolina was shot but survived and testified about running for his life and hiding in the woods, scared he would bleed to death. Family members of the victims hugged and wiped away tears as the verdict was read. Beasley, who also was convicted of aggravated robbery, kidnapping and attempted murder in wounding the lone survivor, slumped in his wheelchair, which he uses because of back problems. His mother leaned over and sobbed in the hushed courtroom. The jury that convicted Beasley will return March 20 to consider whether to recommend the death penalty for him. Prosecutors, who had asked jurors to use common sense and return a guilty verdict, labeled the 53-year-old Beasley the triggerman in the 2011 plot with a student he mentored. The 16-yearold student, Brogan Rafferty, was convicted and sentenced last year to life in prison without the chance of parole. Prosecutor Jonathan Baumoel told jurors there was no reasonable doubt that Beasley plotted the killings, and he presented three possible theories

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for aggravated murder planning the crimes, done with a kidnapping or done with a robbery. He said there was prior calculation and design, a component of the death penalty aggravated murder charge. He was the mastermind behind this plot, Baumoel said. Prosecutors said the victims, all down on their luck and with few family ties that might highlight their disappearances, were lured with offers of farmhand jobs. One man was killed near Akron, and the others were shot at a southeast Ohio farm during bogus job interviews. The slain men were Ralph Geiger, 56, of Akron; David Pauley, 51, of Norfolk, Va.; and Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon. The survivor, Scott Davis, testified that he heard the click of a gun as he walked in front of Beasley at the reputed job site. Davis, who was shot in an arm, knocked the weapon aside. I spun around, testified Davis, who told a harrowing story of running through the woods and hiding for seven hours. I was worried about bleeding to death. Prosecutors said it was a miracle that Davis, who also was the star witness at Raffertys trial, survived the encounter with Beasley in Noble County, 60 miles east of Columbus. Only by the grace of God did he escape with his life, Baumoel told the jury. It was Davis escape on Nov. 6, 2011, that led authorities to find Pauleys body in the same area where Davis was shot. Geigers body also was found in Noble County. Kerns body was found in a shallow grave near an Akron-area shopping mall.

Donald A. Schweller Timothy Junior Jan. 12, 1938-March 9, Rigdon

2013 Donald A. Schweller, 75, died March 9 at the Gardens of Paulding. He was born Jan. 12, 1938, in Ottoville to Julian and Regina (Hilvers) Schweller, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 30, 1961, he married Norma Jean Jeannie Haunhorst, who survives. He is also survived by a son, Todd Schweller of Paulding; two daughters, Lisa Clinton of Paulding, and Amy (David) Bleke, Fort Wayne; two brothers, John Schweller of Delphos, and Henry (Jeanette) Schweller of Ottoville; two sisters, Marie Ernst of Ridgecrest, Calif., and Francis Grothouse of Delphos; and six grandchildren, Lyndi and Julia Clinton, Claire and Jack Schweller, Grace Wirts and Seth Bleke. He is also preceded in death by two brothers, Walter and Charles; and a sister, Anna Allersmeyer. Mr. Schweller was owner/ operator of Schweller Electric; a member of Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, Paulding; and the Paulding Eagles 2405 and V.F.W. Post 587. Mass of Christian Burial was held today at Divine Mercy Catholic Church, Paulding. Burial will follow in Paulding Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Masses; Paulding High School Music; or Community Health Professionals of Paulding/ Hospice. Online condolences may be sent to www.denherderfh. com.

(Continued from page 1) I dont think theyll get the [same] exposure. According to Venderley, she is going to continue to raise funds and to speak with the Lima-based company about possible bands but she thinks the board will try to do things their own way.

I guess I dont have a definite answer until we go back for the next meeting on the 20th, she replied. Im a little disappointed but if thats what they choose to do, thats what they choose to do. The Times Bulletin is conducting an informal poll about the genre desired for fair enter-

tainment. Choose between country and classic rock by going the home page at www. timesbulletin.com and scrolling down the right column to find the poll. Votes will be taken for one week, and the results will be announced in both the print and online editions of the The Delphos Herald.

One Year Ago Delphos Jefferson Band students who participated in band and solo ensemble contests at St. Marys High School in January included Destiny Thompson, Paige Miller, Kelsey Goodwin, Logan Kimmet, Elizabeth Thompson, Libby Spring, Katie Riordan, Kecia Kramer, Kelli Kramer, Samantha Thitoff, Seth Wollenhaupt, Cassidy Bevington, Brandon Bigalow, Emma Wurst and Tony Wiechart. 25 Years Ago 1988 Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary announced winners of the God, Flag and Country Oratory Program. Winners were Peggy Hetrick, daughter of James and Diane Hetrick; Laura Knippen, daughter of Carl and Janet Knippen; and Traci Illyes, daughter of Ron and Rhonda Illyes. The three will advance to district competition to be held April 10 at Delphos Eagles clubrooms, North Main Street. Delphos chapter of Ohio Young Farmers and Young Farm Wives won nine awards at the recent state conference for Ohio Young Farmers and Young Farm Wives. Winners were Jim Miller, conservation and corn yield award; Martha Miller, Young Farm Wife Award for Northwest Ohio; Helen Pohlman, community service award; Chuck Hempfling for dairy; Joel Gerdemann for soybean efficience; Charles Pohlman for swine and soybean yields; Mike Pohlman for community service and Mike Miller, area chapter award. The sell-out crowd at Fridays Division IV regional tournament were treated to a heartstopping barn burner of a game between the states No. 1 ranked team, the Kalida Wildcats, and the Fort Recovery Indians. Kalida came through with some clutch foul shooting in the final stanza to claim their 25th victory with no defeats by a 64-61 count. 50 Years Ago 1963 Gail Young and his son, Keith, both of Spencerville, will open an electrical appliance store in Delphos Friday at 207 W. Second Street. It will be a branch of the Village Electric Store in Spencerville owned and operated by

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the Youngs. For the present, Jerry Picker of Delphos TV Sales and Service at that same address will manage the branch store. Over 250 Delphos and area residents were in attendance at the benefit style show and card party held Tuesday evening in the Franklin Elementary School auditorium. The affair was put on by the members of Phi Delta Sorority to raise funds for its boot and shoe project. Mrs. Howard Sadler served as commentator for the evening and music was furnished by Janet Scherger. Fred Dray, son of Harold Dray of Delphos, has been practicing baseball with the varsity team at Ohio State University for the past seven weeks. Although he will not make the trip to Florida with the squad over spring vacation, he will continue to pitch for the team during the spring quarter. Dray is a second year student in the college of engineering at OSU. 75 Years Ago 1938 Soldiers of the German regular army marched into a nazified Austria today, to consummate one of the most amazing political coups in modern history. Their thick-soled field boots treaded the roads of a foreign country for the first time since 1918. The green-gray uniformed fighters of Germany came at the invitation of a new Austrian Nazi government. A special council meeting will be held Monday night for the purpose of considering legislation regarding the construction of a swimming pool, municipal stadium and public comfort station. Plans for the special meeting grew out of a meeting held Wednesday night. At that time a number of citizens met with city officials and WPA officials to discuss the possibilities of Delphos presenting the three projects for approval by the federal government. Vera Fair, popular Jefferson High senior, was elected Friday afternoon as Jeffersons candidate for the honor of being Queen Jubilee during the annual Van Wert Peony Festival in June. The Jefferson School sends a candidate for Peony Queen each year by invitation. It is the only independent school outside of Van Wert that is accorded that honor.

Martha E. Bear

Martha E. Bear, 90, of Elida, died today at Vancrest Healthcare Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Harter and Schier Funeral Home.

Oct. 7, 1957 - March 10, 2013 Timothy Junior Rigdon, 55, of rural Spencerville, died early Sunday morning following a four wheeler accident on Kill Road, south of Landeck in Allen County. He was born Oct. 7, 1957 in Lima to Billy Junior and Clara Marguerite Gay Rigdon, who preceded him in death. Mr. Rigdon is survived by his very special friend of 19 years, Dawn L. Cummans, with whom he lived. Also surviving are his children; Jessica Jo Rigdon and Rochelle Reana (Dennis) Turner, both of Lima and Amanda Louise Rigdon and Timothy Riley Rigdon, both of Spencerville; 4 siblings, Mike Rigdon, Jeff (Debbie) Rigdon, Theresa Downard and Mark Rigdon, all of Lima; 4 grandchildren, Brooke Brown of Lima, Trey Rigdon of Tenn., Starla Turner and Caleb Turner, both of Lima. An infant sister Lori Ann Rigdon preceded him in death. Tim had attended Spencerville Schools, was employed at AWC Trucking Company of Delphos and had also worked at Ohio Decorative Products in Spencerville. He enjoyed NASCAR, fishing, camping and his four wheeler. Funeral services will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home in Spencerville with Rev. Andrew J. Atkins officiating. Burial will be at a later date in the West Union Cemetery, north of Spencerville. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Memorials may be made to the family.

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A girl, Evelyn Rose, was born Feb. 27 at Cedar Park Medical Center in Austin, Texas, to Andy and Kathryn Siefker of Austin. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19 inches long. Grandparents include Ken and Vicki Siefker of Delphos and John and Jeannie Best of Abilene, Texas. Great-grandparents are Mary Siefker of Delphos, Gladys Best of Abilene and Bob Wilmeth of San Antonio, Texas. ST. RITAS A boy was born March 12 to Tessa and Andrew Wehri of Fort Jennings.

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High temperature Tuesday in Delphos was 37 degrees, low was 32. Snowfall was recorded at just under 1/4inch. High a year ago today was 64, low was 46. Record high for today is 74, set in 1990. Record low is -7, set in 1948. WEATHER FORECAST Tri-county The Associated Press

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Aug. 7, 1948March 8, 2013 Mark Hennon Crider, 64, died March 8, 2013, at St. Ritas Medical Center. He was born Aug. 7, 1948, in Celina to Clarence and Rosalie Crider, who preceded him in death. He married twice, and is survived by two children, John Crider of Spencerville and Leah Crider of North Carolina; three grandchildren; and brother, Clair Crider of Venedocia. Mr. Crider served in the military in Vietnam and returned to work at the downtown Shell service station. He was best known as the longtime proprietor of Marks Marathon service station in Shawnee. After retiring from fixing cars, he traveled around the country and then retired outside Spencerville with his dogs and his motorcycle. Services were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Chiles Laman Funeral and Cremation Services Shawnee Chapel on Shawnee Road, the Rev. Bryan Bucher officiating. Burial was at Wright Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the family. Condolences may be expressed at chiles-lamanfh. com

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Delphos Police were dispatched to an accident at the intersection of Fifth Street and Fort Jennings Road on Monday at 3:58 p.m. A car driven by Renee A. Burgei was stopped in traffic southbound on Fort Jennings Road at Fifth St. for a red light. When the light changed to green, Burgei waited on the vehicle in front of her to proceed through the intersection. The driver of the vehicle behind her driven by Dylan C. Klima, proceeded ahead striking the back end of the Burgei SUV. The Burgei vehicle sustained minor damage to the rear center part of the bumper area and the Klima vehicles damages were in the front center area of the bumper. Klima was cited for ACDA or assured clear distance ahead.

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Panel OKs 70 mph rural interstate limit

By JULIE CARR SMYTH The Associated Press COLUMBUS Ohio senators are speeding forward on a measure that would increase Ohios speed limit to 70 mph. The higher limit on nonurban interstate highways passed a key committee vote Tuesday. Raising the limit would bring the transportation-heavy state in line with all but 16 other states that limit non-truck drivers in rural areas to 65 mph or less. The legislation still requires a full Senate vote and a sign-off by the House. The 65 mph limit for cars and other light vehicles is prevalent in New England and remains the rural rule in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and a few other states, according to data compiled by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Hawaiis highest posted limit is 60 mph. Most states with higher limits allow non-truck drivers to go 70 mph or 75 mph, according to institute data. Utah allows drivers in certain regions to go as fast as 80 mph, and 85 mph is allowed in areas of Texas. The Ohio proposal, which passed the committee 7-2, would set the maximum speed limit for interstate freeway outerbelts in urban areas at 65 mph and on freeways in congested areas at 55 mph. The state Senate Transportation Committee revised the legislation Monday also to include a new guarantee that 90 percent of proceeds from a $1.5 billion Ohio Turnpike bond sale proposed by Republican Gov. John Kasich go to northern Ohio. That was done through language that limits spending on those funds to road and bridge projects within 75 miles of the Turnpike. The updated measure also calls for freezing toll rates for local E-ZPass users through 2023 on trips of 30 miles or less. It does not cap tolls for other motorists. The toll freeze on shortrange trips and the funding guarantee for northern Ohio were part of the original turnpike proposal laid out by Kasich, but the administration had backed off both citing concern that placing too many restrictions on the spending of the money would diminish the value of the financial deal. Attempts to add both provisions in the budgetwriting Ohio House Finance Committee were rejected. State transportation officials have also said the funding guarantee for northern Ohio will make it difficult to spend all the proceeds north of U.S. 30 and a mandate could keep vital projects in other regions of the state from getting funded. Northern Ohio communities have countered that they have paid a higher proportion of the tolls on the Turnpike and are dependent on the 241-mile toll road that cuts runs across northern Ohio from Pennsylvania to Indiana. The bond deal was pitched by Kasich as a way to address a looming $1.6 billion hole in the state transportation budget.

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Chamber celebrates business membership milestones

The Delphos Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated the anniversary milestones of members during the annual dinner on Saturday. Representatives of businesses observing milestones are, from left, Cindy Metzger and Janet Metzger, Delphos Kiwanis, 50 years; Marthanne Lehmann, Lehmann Furniture, 65 years; Cindy Bertling, U.S. Metalcraft, 50 years; Barb Coil, German Mutual, 150 years; and Gina Wiley, The Dancer by Gina, 20 years; and back, Scott Moenter, United Equity, 30 years; Doris Neumeier, The Union Bank Company, 120 years; Denny Elwer, German Mutual; Paul Sadler and Randy Hines, Delphos Eagles Aerie 471, 110 years; and Brad Rostorfer, Delphos City Schools, 145 years.

Ohio crash cautionary tale for families with teens Marion Township Trustees
BY BETH J. HARPAZ The Associated Press died in Indiana last week, and four died in a California crash last month. But one aspect of the Ohio story may be especially compelling to parents involved in the usual battles with teens about where theyre going, who theyre with, and when theyre coming home: Some of the kids misled their parents as to their whereabouts. The father of one of the dead said the teenagers were coming home from a sleepover at a friends house, but the mother of another boy killed said that her son and his best friend had lied about staying over at each others homes that evening. She said she thinks they went to a party. If only he had listened, said Lisa Williamson, mother of 14-year-old Brandon Murray. Its an age-old thing for teens to tell their folks theyre going to do one thing and theyre doing another, said Daniel Flannery, a psychologist who teaches at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He even admits that his own children, while very good kids and excellent students, sometimes do things they know we wont approve of and they mislead us. And he notes that like most parents of teens, hes gotten his share of calls from other parents asking, Is my son at your house? But while teenagers lying to parents is nothing new, the deadly outcome in this case is drawing attention. Any time a tragedy like this occurs, while you dont want to go overboard on the sensationalism, it is a teachable moment. It has to be, said Flannery, who also runs Case Westerns Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education. Emily Cappo, a mom in suburban Westchester, N.Y., who writes a blog about raising three sons at OhBoyMom.com, says shes just starting to deal with teen issues among her older boys peers. All these high school parties are going on now, she said. And parents really dont know whats going on. You dont want to think that your own child is involved in it. Older parents may think it was worse before the era of cell phones, because if your kid was out of touch, you had no way to reach them. But Cappo thinks cell phones may give a false sense of security that you can contact your kid at any time. That probably contributes to things like this happening. The Marion Township Trustees held their regular scheduled meeting on Monday at the Marion Township Office with the following members present: Howard Violet and Jerry Gilden. The purpose of the meeting was to pay bills and conduct ongoing business. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read. The Trustees then reviewed the bills and gave approval for 16 checks totaling $7,878.32. Fiscal Officer Kimmet gave the Trustees the Fund Status and Bank Reconciliation Reports from Feb. 28 for their review and signature. He gave them a letter for the Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission regarding a Public Hearing on April 11. He read a letter from the Community Development Block Grant which the Trustees decline. He had the necessary paper work that needed signed to file the BMOVs required by the Insurance Company. Trustee Gilden made a motion to allow the Fiscal Officer to individually create and send files to the Union Bank for direct deposit of employees payroll which was seconded by Trustee Violet and passed unanimously. There being no further business a motion to adjourn by Trustee Gilden was seconded by Trustee Violet and passed unanimously.

Other representatives of businesses celebrating anniversaries with the chamber include, front from left, Amy Zalar and Niki DuVall, Community Health Professionals, 20 years; Cheryl Stocke, Flowers on Fifth, 5 years; and Becky Strayer, Interfaith Thrift Shop, 35 years; and back, Rick Miller, Kilpatrick-Miller Group Consultants, 25 years; Andy Mox, Recharge Enterprises, 25 years; Pat Patton, Delphos Discount Drugs, 10 years; Andy North, Edward Jones, 25 years; and Gina Moody, Northwest Physical Therapy.

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Ohio Governor John Kasich talks to members of the Vantage Ed Gee team (from left) Kurt Hoersten (Delphos Jefferson), Aaron Contreraz (Paulding) (back), Chazz Hahn (Paulding), Scott Pohlman (Delphos Jefferson), Jacob Blair (Paulding), Dominic Ardner (Delphos Jefferson), and Michael Miracle (Parkway). Governor John Kasich attended the 2013 Ohio ACTE Student Showcase on March 7 in the Statehouse Atrium. He stopped at the Vantage display and spoke to several members of the Ed Gee project team. Also stopping by were Representative Tony Burkley and Lynn Wachtmann and Senator Cliff Hite. Ed Gee is a metal sculpture the students designed and fabricated to represent all 16 career technical programs Vantage has to offer high school students. His permanent home will be in the large display case at the new student entrance. Ed Gee was unveiled at the Vantage Grand Open House on Feb. 25. This project was selected as one of 30 projects to be on display at the Ohio Statehouse. Seven members of the junior Industrial Mechanics class and their teacher, Kevin Van Oss, worked on the project with local artist (and Vantage alum), Connie Boley since early fall. Team leader, Dominic Ardner from Delphos Jefferson said, Working on the Ed Gee project taught me responsibility, teamwork, and leadership. We used everything that we learn in Industrial Mechanics to build Ed Gee welding, electricity, milling, fabricating and even CAD with the new Torchmate. It was pretty cool that the Governor stopped at our display too. I watched these students become a cohesive unit throughout the Ed Gee project. They had to work under a timeline and they met often to make sure they were on track. These guys had to learn how to compromise and also be open to ideas from other team members, said their teacher, Kevin Van Oss. Parkway junior Michael Miracle summed it up best when he said, We are very thankful for the opportunity and the experience of taking Ed Gee on his first road trip to the Statehouse and having the Governor stop at our display. It was awesome! Gov. Kasich spent about half hour at the showcase, talking to students and viewing their displays. He also addressed the 150 students, teachers and guests in attendance. The purpose of the Showcase was to show legislators and lawmakers the projects and programs that students work on through career technical education and the value of CTE to Ohios students and economy. The timing of the Showcase was set to coincide with State budget process as lawmakers review the governors proposed budget, which includes a new education funding formula that will impact career technical education.

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BY LOVINA EICHER 4:50 a.m. My husband Joe didnt have to work today, so we were able to sleep later than usual. I get up as daughter Elizabeth is awake and packing her lunch for work. 5:15 a.m. Elizabeth leaves for work, Joe gets up to check on the coal-stove while I fix us a pot of coffee. 6 a.m. I wake up the rest of the children. They want coffee soup for breakfast while they get dressed for school. Seems this hour always goes fast. Usually someone cant find their shoe or someone else has forgotten to do their homework so that it is rush, rush to get ready for the bus. Joe is outside cutting a quarter off the 1,740 pounds of beef we dressed Friday night. The boys go outside to help push the pony wagon that Joe put the beef on down to the basement where we will cut up the beef. It is nice to have walk-out doors so that they can pull the wagon up to the table. The quarters of beef are heavy so just lifting them from the wagon to the table was hard enough. 7 a.m. The bus comes and the children are off to school. Daughter Susan doesnt have to babysit today so I will be glad for her help. We get some more tables set up in the basement and get everything ready to cut up all that beef. 8 a.m. Sister Emma and her daughter Elizabeth arrive to help us. 8: 15 We have breakfast which is Egg Dutch, bacon, toast, cheese, sliced tomatoes, coffee, and juice. 9 a.m. We are ready to start on the beef. Joe cuts out the steaks while the rest of us working on cutting up strips of hamburger for the grinder. We also cut the meat into small chunks which I will process later. Noon Emmas son Steven comes off the bus here from school. 1 p.m. We finally take a break and eat grilled cheese for lunch. I also fixed some rare beef for us all. 1:45 p.m. We are almost finished with the second quarter. It takes a lot of time to trim all the bones and cut all that meat. I am also slicing some of the steaks. 3:30 p.m. The rest of the children are home from school. 4 p.m. Jacob and his children come over to help. Our friend Dan also comes in and gives us a lift. It helps that he keeps our knives sharpened too. Working around the bones the knives get dull fast. 5 p.m. Daughter Elizabeth is home from work. She is working 10 hour days which gets tiresome. Elizabeths friend Timothy also comes to help with the beef. Things are moving faster with so many people helping with cuts of meat. The boys go outside to do the chores. Elizabeth makes supper for everyone.

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Geise scores 37 to pace Jays to Regional finals

By JIM METCALFE jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com KETTERING Jackson Center was looking to take another step to get back into the state finals Tuesday night in the Division IV Kettering Fairmont Regional semifinals. St. Johns put up a roadblock in the name of senior Curtis Geise, who exploded for a career-high 37 to pace the Blue Jays to a 62-53 victory. It feels great to be a step away. Its not a 1-person team; everybody is contributing, Geise said. Others are setting screens for me to get me open and finding me with good passes. Its fun how were doing this. St. Johns coach Aaron Elwer concurred. Coaches always talk about great team chemistry but this team has achieved it. No one cares who gets the credit; its all about winning, he explained. I dont think Ive ever had a team quite like this; its fun to see how they prepare theyve worked so hard starting last spring, through the summer, the fall and now and take the game plans we give them and execute them well. Its a lot of fun. The Blue Jays (20-5) advance to take on Troy Christian (25-2; finished ranked 9th in the final AP poll), who knocked off top-ranked and previouslyunbeaten New Madison Tri-Village (26-1) 48-43 in overtime in the second game Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Friday with a trip to state on the line. Perhaps the Tigers (225) showed their experience at being at the regional level last winter in the early going, with senior Alex Meyer scoring 10 of his team-high 28 (3 bombs) in the first period. His two free throws with 1.5 seconds to go gave the Tigers a 14-11 edge. Whatever nerves the Jays may have been feeling were gone in the second stanza. Their man-to-man defense kept the guard-oriented Tigers on the perimeter and not getting many open looks. On the other end, their drib-

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By STEVEN WINE The Associated Press MIAMI Gio Gonzalez gave Team USA its best start yet and David Wright provided a big finish. Gonzalez pitched five scoreless innings and the Americans beat Puerto Rico 7-1 in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday night. Wright drove in five runs, the last three with a basesloaded double in the eighth. That prompted chants of U-S-A! U-S-A! from the crowd of 32,872. Obviously the adrenalin gets pumping for this tournament, Wright said. You wear that uniform, you want to go out there and represent your country. Hitting in this lineup is ridiculous. You have some of the best hitters in the game, and it creates some matchup problems. The United States fell behind in all three games in the opening round, but led from the first inning against Puerto Rico. The Americans will play Thursday night against the Dominican Republic, which remained unbeaten in the WBC by rallying past Italy 5-4 on Tuesday. Its a marquee matchup, U.S. manager Joe Torre said. They havent lost. Theyve got some guys having some fun. They have a lot of confidence. But I feel good about my team. Puerto Rico plays Italy in an elimination game Wednesday. If you go inside our clubhouse, everybody is up, manager Edwin Rodriguez said. We lost today. Turn the page. We concentrate on Wednesday. Gonzalez, who grew up in nearby Hialeah, struck out five for the hometown team and departed with a 3-0 lead. He said U.S. pitching coach Greg Maddux helped him keep from getting distracted by the importance of the game and the big crowd. He said to think about fishing or something and take your mind off it, Gonzalez said. Tune it out and think of something real simple. When you get some of the greats of baseball to help you out with your composure and keep your tunnel vision, thats the best you can do. Gonzalez lowered the ERA of the U.S. rotation to 4.00. Gio set the tone early, coming out and absolutely getting us in the dugout quick, Wright said. We didnt have to play too long on defense, and we kept putting runners on base. It was building that momentum, and Gio started it. Gonzalez said he worked well with catcher Joe Mauer and shook him off only once. He was tough, Mauer said. Early on he was trying to find his curveball. After the third inning he pretty much had everything going. Five U.S. relievers combined to allow one run over the final four innings. Wright had an RBI groundout in the third and a run-scoring single in the fifth. Hes 7 for 16 (.438) with 10 RBIs in four games. It makes my job a lot easier when Im hitting behind Ryan Braun and Joe Mauer, Wright said. It seems like every at-bat there were runners in scoring position.

St. Johns senior Curtis Geise leaves one Tiger in the dust and forces Jackson Center senior Eric Ryder to foul Tuesday night in Division IV Regional semifinal action at Kettering Fairmont. Geise erupted for a career-high 37 in the Blue Jays 9-point triumph. (Delphos Herald/Tom Morris) ble-drive attack began to Geise going off for 12 more, make headway against the their biggest lead of the night JC man scheme, with Geise reached 43-27 on a drive by getting untracked with nine junior Eric Clark (10 counpoints. His 3-ball from the ters) at 2:17. Trey Elchert eight wing at 4:23 gave the (17 counters, 3 bombs) hit a Jays the lead for good at long ball just left of the key 18-16 and he scored the last at 1:43 to make the score four markers of the half, 43-30, Jays, to commence the including a transition layin fourth. The Tigers began to let fly with 1:01 to go, for a 26-18 even more in the finale in an halftime bulge. There were no turnovers effort to try and get back in by either team the first half. the game, tossing up 19 shots The Jays ended up with three (making 8, including 4-of-9 for the game, the Tigers two. 3-balls). They also had to Geise was only getting be more aggressive defenstarted as the Jays realized sively and had to foul. Big who their hot hand was and mistake. The Jays, who are went to him more in the third. shooting over 77 percent for With their defense continuing the season, shot even better to hound the Tigers and with this game: 22-of-25 (88%).

With Geise hitting 13-of-14 overall, including 11-12 in the final 6:30, Clark 4-of-4 and senior Ryan Buescher (11 boards) 3-of-4, the Jays were 18-of-20 to hold off the Tigers. The closest they could get was 57-52 on a trey by Meyer with under a minute left. You knew Jackson Center would have too much pride to not make a run; its in their community. Our whole goal all game was to contest every shot and not give them open looks; they hit some tough shots in the fourth, Elwer continued. Curtis is our leader; hes been on varsity for four years and has been in that situation; we want the ball in his hands. As a team, we focus a lot of free throws. Again, these guys have put in a lot of extra time shooting them in practice and that gives them confidence during St. Johns head coach Aaron Elwer and junior Eric games. Geise explained his Clark react to a Tiger timeout in the third. secret. In the nightcap, New Drew Pipenger led all scorers I really dont think about Madison after trailing the with 24 to pace the Patriots. it when I step to the line; entire second half and almost They tracked down 38 off if I did, Id probably miss the entire second period the glass, 15 offensive, as them. Its just going up with rallied to tie the game on an Andrew Willcox added nine. confidence and trusting my inbounds layup by 6-6 senior They ended with 16 errors routine, he added. Thats Tyler Cook (13 markers, and 19 fouls. whats great about this team, 14 boards) with 15.7 ticks Game 1 too; we trust each other left and the Eagles missed a JACKSON CENTER (53) and believe in each other. 3-ball and a last-second putNathan Hensley 0-0-1-1, Drew Sosby 0-1-0-3, Alex Meyer 7-3-5Another key stat was the back to force overtime. 28, Trey Elchert 4-3-0-17, Joey Frye Jays outrebounding their foe Troy Christian bounced 0-0-0-0, Gavin Wildermuth 0-0-034-25 (9-6 offensive). Eric back by outscoring the 0, Nathan Wahrer 0-0-0-0, Tupac Crumes 0-0-0-0, Levi Winner 1-0Ryder led the Tigers with 11, Patriots 9-4 in the extra four 0-2, Eric Ryder 1-0-0-2, Zorn 0-0-0while Geise added seven and minutes, taking the lead for 0, Travis Helmsteter 0-0-0-0. Totals 13-7-6/15-53. senior Seth Bockey six. ST. JOHNS (62) good on a basket from the Andy Grothouse Were not the biggest or key by 6-6 senior Christian Buescher 1-0-3-5, Eric 1-1-2-7, Ryan Clark 3-0-4-10, tallest team but its about a Salazar (10 boards, 8 points) Ryan Koester 0-1-0-3, Curtis Geise 9-2-13-37, Cole Fischbach 0-0-0-0, concerted team effort, Elwer at 2:42 and then hit 7-of-8 Evan Hays 0-0-0-0, Tyler Conley 0-0added. We have all five guys free throws in the final 2:15 0-0, Seth Bockey 0-0-0-0. Totals 14-422/25-62. rebounding; its a great col- to seal the deal. Score by Quarters: lective effort on both ends Troy Christian used a Jackson Ctr. 14 4 12 23 - 53 and on the glass guys may deliberate offense based on St. Johns 11 15 16 20 - 62 Three-point goals: Jackson Center not score but they are doing a lot of drive-and-kick prin- 7-21, St. Johns 4-15. the things you need to win ciples to shoot 14-of-47 from and the results are very the floor, 6-of-25 long range, Game 2 TROY CHRISTIAN (48) satisfying. We have one more for 29.8 percent and 14-ofMatthew Coots 0-0-0-0, Holden game to win to get to state 17 singles (82.4%). Grant Varvel 1-0-2-4, Aaron Horn 0-0-0-0, Thomas 3-1-1-10, Logan and it doesnt matter who it Zawadzki led the way with Spencer 0-0-0-0, Nathan Kirkpatrick George is; theyre both going to be 20 markers (10-of-12 free 0-2-0-6, Christian Salazar 2-1-1-8, tough. trows) and four assists, while Grant Zawadzki 2-2-10-20. Totals 8-614/17-48. Jackson Center ended up Spencer Thomas added 10. NEW MADISON TRI-VILLAGE shooting 20-of-48 from the They grabbed 28 rebounds (43)Matthew Werner 0-0-2-2, Shade field, 7-of-21 downtown, (7 offensive) and added nine Brubaker 0-1-0-3, Kaleb Chowning 0-0-0-0, Kyle Pipenger 6-2-6-24, for 41.7 percent and 6-of-15 miscues and 17 fouls. Colton Linkous 0-0-0-0, Andrew singles (40%). They added New Madison Tri-Village Willcox 0-0-1-1, Tyler Cook 6-0-1-13. 20 fouls. canned 15-of-44 fielders, Totals 12-3-10/21-43. Score by Quarters: The Jays netted 18-of-43 3-of-16 beyond the arc, for Troy Christian 6 15 10 8 (9) - 48 Tri-Village 9 7 8 15 (4) - 43 (4-of-15 long range) for 41.9 34.1 percent and 10-of-21 NM Three-point goals: Troy Christian percent and added 12 fouls. 6-25, New Madison Tri-Village 3-16. freebies (47.6%). Senior

The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX Optioned OF Alex Hassan and RHP Steven Wright to Pawtucket (IL). Reassigned RHP Pedro Beato, 1B/OF Mark Hamilton, OF Jeremy Hazelbaker and OF Juan Carlos Linares to their minorleague camp. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Optioned LHP Chris Dwyer and LHP Justin Marks to Omaha (PCL) and LHP John Lamb to Northwest Arkansas (TL). SEATTLE MARINERS Optioned LHP Anthony Fernandez to Jackson (SL). National League ATLANTA BRAVES Optioned RHP Cory Rasmus to Gwinnett (IL) and RHPs Juan Jaime and Aaron Northcraft to Mississippi (SL). Reassigned LHP Ryan Buchter, LHP Yohan Flande, RHP Gus Schlosser, C

Luis De La Cruz, C Braeden Schlehuber, C Jose Yepez and INF Joe Leonard to their minorleague camp. CINCINNATI REDS Optioned LHP Tony Cingrani and RHP Daniel Corcino to Louisville (IL). Optioned RHPs Kyle Lotzkar and Josh Ravin to Double-A (SL). Optioned RHP Carlos Contreras and OF Yorman Rodriguez to Bakersfield (Calif.). Optioned LHP Ismael Guillon to Dayton (MW). Reassigned RHP Nick Christiani, RHP Chad Rogers, C Nevin Ashley, INF Kristopher Negron and OF Ryan LaMarre to their minor-league camp. LOS ANGELES DODGERS Reassigned INF Brian Barden, INF Omar Luna and OF Jeremy Moore to their minor-league camp. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Optioned LHP Kevin Siegrist to Memphis (PCL). Reassigned LHP Barret Browning and C Cody

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Mauers two-out RBI double scored Braun in the opening inning. The Americans added a run in the third on singles by Brandon Phillips and Braun and Wrights groundout. Adam Jones had a two-run single in the seventh. Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton earned a big cheer from the Miami crowd when he made a running catch at the warning track to rob Martin Maldonado of a two-out, two-RBI hit in the fourth inning. Stanton also ended an 0-for-7 slump when he singled twice and walked. Its one of those things where you dont realize it has only been two games, Stanton said. You can say I was pressing a little bit, but it was seven at-bats and I had good at-bats and put good swings on the ball before. So it wasnt a big deal. But its nice to get them for sure. Braun and Mauer each reached base four times. Puerto Rico starter Mario Santiago allowed three runs in 4 1/3 innings. Angel Pagans drove in Puerto Ricos run in the eighth.

Stanley to their minor-league camp. American Association KANSAS CITY T-BONES Signed INF Jairo Perez. LINCOLN SALTDOGS Signed RHP Stayton Thomas. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS Released RHP Andrew Snowdon. SIOUX FA L L S PHEASANTSSigned OF Chandler Laurent. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES Signed RHP Chris Kissock. Atlantic League SUGAR LAND SKEETERS Signed OF Dustin Martin, OF Steve Moss, OF Fernando Perez and RHP Matt Wright. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN S TAT E WARRIORSAssigned G Kent Bazemore and F Malcolm Thomas to Santa Cruz (NBADL). MIAMI HEATSigned

F Juwan Howard to a second 10-day contract. NEW ORLEANS HORNETSSigned F Lou Amundson for the remainder of the season. Released F/C Henry Sims. Womens National Basketball Association NEW YORK LIBERTY Agreed to terms with F Cheryl Ford. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS Agreed to terms with S Rashad Johnson on a 3-year contract. ATLANTA FALCONS Agreed to terms with LT Sam Baker on a 6-year contract. BALTIMORE RAVENS Signed LS Morgan Cox and WR/ KR David Reed to 2-year contracts. BUFFALO BILLSReleased

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The Associated Press NOME, Alaska A 53-yearold former champion won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to become the oldest winner of Alaskas grueling test of endurance. Mitch Seavey and 10 dogs crossed the Nome finish line to cheering crowds at 10:39 p.m. Alaska time Tuesday night. This is for all of the gentlemen of a certain age, he said after crossing the finish line. Seaveys victory in the 1,000mile race came after a dueling sprint against Aliy Zirkle, last years runner-up, along the frozen, wind-whipped Bering Sea coast toward Nome. The pair jostled for the lead, with Zirkle never more than a few miles behind. Also trailing by a dozen or so miles was four-time champion Jeff King. Seavey, who first won the Iditarod in 2004, is the father of last years champion, Dallas Seavey, who at age 25 became the youngest Iditarod winner ever, beating Zirkle to the finish line by one hour. PRO FOOTBALL The NFLs free agent frenzy began Tuesday, with Mike Wallace, Paul Kruger and Dannell Ellerbe among the big names to switch teams for big paychecks. Several other stars, including Nnamdi Asomugha, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Antoine Winfield, are looking for jobs after they were cut in cost-saving moves on a busy opening day of free agency. The Baltimore Ravens are paying the price for winning a Super Bowl. The NFL champions lost two key components of their defense in Kruger and Ellerbe. On Monday, they traded star receiver Anquan Boldin, a key to their title run, to San Francisco the team the Ravens beat 34-31 to win the championship. Kruger went north to division rival Cleveland for a five-year, $40 million deal, while Ellerbe headed south to Miami for $35 million over five years. Wallace, a star receiver for Pittsburgh, joined Ellerbe in choosing the Dolphins. San Francisco also confirmed the trade of backup quarterback Alex Smith to Kansas City, a deal that was known for weeks. Fitzpatrick, the Bills starting quarterback, was released 1 1/2 years after

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getting a six-year, $59 million contract extension. Philadelphia released Asomugha, who two years ago got a 5-year, $60 million contract with $24 million guaranteed when he left Oakland as a free agent. Asomugha was a flop in Philly, often victimized in single coverage. Earlier, Tony Gonzalez changed his mind about retirement and decided to return to the Falcons. The NFLs career leader among tight ends with 1,242 receptions and 103 touchdowns said he was 95 percent certain he would retire after 2012, but the other 5 percent won out. AUSTIN, Texas Robert Griffin III said his surgically repaired right knee is improving and he will be ready to play. Its just a matter of when. The Washington Redskins quarterback was at the Texas Capitol and he told The Associated Press hell be ready to return play when its time. Its doing good, he added of his knee during a brief interview in a Capitol hallway. Griffin won the 2011 Heisman Trophy at Baylor before the Redskins made him the No. 2 overall pick, and he led the team to the NFC East title last season and its first playoff appearance in five years. Coach Mike Shanahan added Monday that Griffins muscles are stronger than expected at this stage following January surgery to repair two knee ligaments. NEW YORK The NFL is investigating the hacking of a phone conversation between general managers Buddy Nix of the Buffalo Bills and Mark Dominik of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The call was taped by the hackers, then posted on Deadspin.com. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy says Tuesday the leagues security and legal teams are looking into Deadspins report. The Bills say they have contacted the league and are also reviewing it with their legal counsel. \ BASEBALL KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan Manny Ramirez said he is starting a new beginning after signing a short-term contract to play with the EDA Rhinos in Taiwans professional baseball league.

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The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 38 23 .623 Brooklyn 38 27 .585 Boston 34 29 .540 Toronto 25 39 .391 Philadelphia 24 39 .381 Southeast Division W L Pct x-Miami 48 14 .774 Atlanta 34 29 .540 Washington 20 42 .323 Orlando 18 47 .277 Charlotte 14 50 .219 Central Division W L Pct Indiana 39 24 .619 Chicago 35 28 .556 Milwaukee 32 30 .516 Detroit 23 43 .348 Cleveland 22 42 .344 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 49 16 .754 Memphis 43 19 .694 Houston 34 30 .531 Dallas 30 33 .476 New Orleans 22 43 .338 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City47 17 .734 Denver 43 22 .662 Utah 33 31 .516 Portland 29 34 .460 Minnesota 22 39 .361 Pacific Division

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GB 2 5 14 1/2 15 GB 14 1/2 28 31 1/2 35 GB 4 6 1/2 17 1/2 17 1/2 GB 4 1/2 14 1/2 18 27 GB 4 1/2 14 17 1/2 23 1/2 L.A. Clippers Golden State L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento W 45 36 34 22 22

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The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L Pittsburgh 27 19 8 New Jersey 26 12 9 N.Y. Rangers 25 13 10 N.Y. Islanders 26 11 12 Philadelphia 27 12 14 Northeast Division GP W L Montreal 26 17 5 Boston 24 17 4 Ottawa 26 13 8 Toronto 27 15 11 Buffalo 27 10 14 Southeast Division GP W L Carolina 25 15 9 Winnipeg 26 13 11 Tampa Bay 26 11 14 Washington 25 10 14 Florida 27 7 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L Chicago 26 21 2 St. Louis 26 14 10 Detroit 26 12 9 Nashville 26 11 9 Columbus 27 10 12 Northwest Division GP W L Vancouver 25 12 7 Minnesota 25 13 10 Edmonton 26 10 11 Colorado 25 10 11 Calgary 24 9 11 Pacific Division

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x-clinched playoff spot Mondays Results Philadelphia 106, Brooklyn 97 San Antonio 105, Oklahoma City 93 Utah 103, Detroit 90 Denver 108, Phoenix 93 Golden State 92, New York 63 Tuesdays Results Cleveland 95, Washington 90 Charlotte 100, Boston 74 L.A. Lakers 106, Orlando 97 Brooklyn 108, New Orleans 98 Miami 98, Atlanta 81 Minnesota 107, San Antonio 83 Dallas 115, Milwaukee 108 Memphis 102, Portland 97 Todays Games Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Indiana, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 8 p.m. Utah at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Chicago at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Detroit at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. New York at Denver, 10:30 p.m. Thursdays Games Dallas at San Antonio, 8 p.m. New York at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Heat streak now 19, top Hawks 98-81

By TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press MIAMI Only a few minutes after the Miami Heats winning streak reached 19 games, Erik Spoelstra laid down the next challenge. And it wasnt to win a 20th straight game. Instead, it was to simply win today. Dwyane Wade scored 23 points and on a night when the stat sheet would suggest a struggle, the Heat rolled once again, extending their winning streak and leading wire-to-wire in beating the Atlanta Hawks 98-81 on Tuesday. Next up: The Heat are in Philadelphia today. Its a privilege for us to get in our cars and hop on a plane and get into Philly at 4 a.m. after this win and do this again tomorrow night, Spoelstra said. Thats the way were going to approach it. No excuses. For about six weeks now, no excuses have been needed not even on nights where things went far from perfectly for the reigning NBA champions. The Heat shot only 43 percent and LeBron James was just 3-for-11 from the field, with the field-goal total matching his lowest from any regular-season game in more than three years. And they won by 17. Lets be honest, guys, said James, who scored 15 points. Were not sitting here and saying this is not something special. This is an unbelievable streak that were
on. Were playing great basketball. Were winning in different phases of the game, were playing different styles, weve won every game, on the road, at home, doubleovertime games, end-of-regulation games, whatever the case may be. Chris Bosh and Mario Chalmers added 14 apiece for the Heat, who matched the fifthlongest streak in NBA history. Only three teams have won at least 20 consecutive games in the same season: the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers (33), the 2007-08 Houston Rockets (22) and the 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks (20). The Washington Capitols also won 20 straight, spanning the end of the 194748 season and the start of the 1948-49 campaign. Ten is enough for me, Bosh said. Twentys cool. Id take it. Josh Smith scored 15 for the Hawks, who got 12 apiece from Al Horford and Jeff Teague. Miami is playing very well right now. You have to give credit where credit is due, Hawks coach Larry Drew said. Coach (Erik) Spoelstra and his staff over there are doing a great job. Their team is really moving the basketball, they are playing together, they are playing at a very high level right now, and theyre really good right now. We just got beat by a really good basketball team. Ray Allen scored 12 and Udonis Haslem grabbed 11 rebounds for the Heat. The crowd was 20,350, a record at AmericanAirlines Arena. Miami now leads San Antonio by 1 1/2 games in the race for the NBAs best record and is atop the Eastern Conference by 9 1/2 games over Indiana and New York, who were both idle Tuesday. The Heat (48-14) have 20 games left, while the Pacers have 19 and the Knicks 21. It was the first game in which the Heat went without trailing since Feb. 14, when they won at Oklahoma City in a surprisingly one-sided NBA Finals rematch. Theyve needed buzzer-beaters and double-overtimes and big rallies to win several times since, often against opponents who wont be headed to the playoffs, teams like Orlando and Cleveland and Sacramento. The Hawks are headed to the postseason barring a most improbable collapse, anyway but this one was never in doubt. Seven Miami players logged more than 3 1/2 minutes of time in the first quarter, all seven of them scored, and the snowball started rolling. James was falling down near the 3-point line on one possession, yet still had the sense to just tap the ball to Wade for a layup that gave Miami an early 17-8 lead. And later, after Haslem missed inside, he got the rebound and fed Allen for a step-back corner 3-pointer that swished. Yes, its going that well for Miami right now. The Hawks closed to 41-40 midway through the second quarter, the third and last time they were within a point. Miami needed just over two minutes to score the next 10 points, the run both starting and ending with 3-pointers from Chalmers, and the margin was 51-40. As if the Heat needed any more help late in the first half, the often-enigmatic Smith gave them a little boost. For no apparent reason, Smith fouled Bosh with 0.1 seconds left until intermission doing so about 80 feet from the Heat basket. Miami was in the bonus, so Bosh took two free throws, made both and the Heat went into the break with a 57-44 lead.

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NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Mondays Results Boston 3, Ottawa 2, SO Los Angeles 3, Calgary 1 Tuesdays Results Vancouver 2, Columbus 1, SO Buffalo 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Carolina 4, Washington 0 Pittsburgh 3, Boston 2 Tampa Bay 3, Florida 2 Winnipeg 5, Toronto 2 St. Louis 4, San Jose 2 Anaheim 2, Minnesota 1 Nashville 4, Dallas 0 Edmonton 4, Colorado 0 Phoenix 5, Los Angeles 2 Todays Games Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Thursdays Games Florida at Boston, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m. Chicago at Columbus, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Phoenix at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

The Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. Marcus Foligno scored twice and backup goalie Jhonas Enroth made 18 of his 32 saves in the third period of the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Enroth, who started because Ryan Miller was sidelined because of a sinus infection, earned his first victory since a 5-1 win over Washington on Nov. 26, 2011. He was 0-9-3 in 16 appearances since then. Folignos first goal made it 1-1 at 5:35 of the second period. His second gave the Sabres a 3-1 lead with 8:12 left in the game. Thomas Vanek also scored for Buffalo (10-14-3). Derek Stepan scored a short-handed goal for the Rangers (13-10-2), who lost for just the second time in seven games. Henrik Lundqvist made 19 saves.
PENGUINS 3, BRUINS 2 PITTSBURGH Brandon Sutter scored twice in the final seven minutes to cap a furious rally as Pittsburgh slipped past Boston. Chris Kunitz started Pittsburghs third-period surge with his 18th goal of the season and Sutter beat Bostons Anton Khudobin twice in less than four minutes, including the game-winner with 2:03 remaining. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 14 shots for the Penguins, who broke loose late against the NHLs best defensive team and won their sixth straight. NHL scoring leader Sidney Crosby had an 8-game point streak snapped. Zdeno Chara and Tyler Seguin scored first-period goals for the Bruins. Khudobin made 31 saves and the Bruins kept Pittsburghs high-

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powered offense in check until the final minutes of a matchup between two of the Eastern Conferences best teams. HURRICANES 4, CAPITALS 0 WASHINGTON Riley Nash scored twice, Joe Corvo put one in off the goaltenders mask and Justin Peters got his second career shutout as surging Carolina beat slumping Washington in the first game of a key home-and-home set. Patrick Dwyer added an emptynet goal and Peters made 26 saves for the Hurricanes, who have won six out of seven and have a 10-point lead over the host Capitals. Washington lost its third straight all by at least a 3-goal margin. Peters, who is sharing duties with Dan Ellis while Cam Ward is out with a knee injury, was on the top of his game. He made a reflex pad save on Marcus Johansson in the second period and later stymied Troy Brouwer on a short-handed breakaway. CANUCKS 2, BLUE JACKETS 1, SO COLUMBUS Mason Raymond scored the only goal in the shootout and seldom-used Roberto Luongo stopped 26 shots through overtime to lead Vancouver past Columbus. Luongo, playing in his second game in 16 days, stopped all three Blue Jackets in the shootout. Jason Garrison had the lone goal before overtime for the Canucks, who had lost four straight (0-2-2). Mark Letestu scored Columbus only regulation goal but the Blue Jackets matched a franchise record by earning a point in an eighth consecutive game (5-0-3). Their 5-game winning streak ended, one short of tying the franchise mark. LIGHTNING 3, PANTHERS 2 SUNRISE, Fla. Steven Stamkos snapped a third-period tie with his NHL-leading 20th goal and Tampa Bay held on to beat Florida despite recording a season-low 13 shots. Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis also scored for the Lightning and Anders Lindback made 37 saves. St. Louis added had two assists for the Lightning, whose previous low for shots this season was 19. Kris Versteeg and Tomas Kopecky had goals for the Panthers. Jacob Markstrom stopped 10 shots in the loss.

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Stamkos scored the winning power-play goal from the right of the net 5:30 into the third. Tampa Bay won for just the second time in nine games but beat the Panthers for the seventh straight time three this season. The reeling Panthers have lost seven out of eight and 14-of-17. BLUES 4, SHARKS 2 ST. LOUIS Rookie Jake Allen made 39 saves, Chris Stewart led a balanced attack with two goals and the St. Louis beat San Jose for the second time in three nights. Brent Burns scored his first in his season debut at forward and Dan Boyle had a late power-play goal for the Sharks, who have lost four in a row and have dropped 10-of-12 to the Blues, including the first round of the playoffs last season. The Blues overcame a two-goal deficit in a 4-3 overtime victory Saturday night in San Jose and clinched this one on Stewarts empty-netter with 1:16 to go. Allen has won six of his first seven career NHL starts, also besting the Sharks in San Jose. DUCKS 2, WILD 1 ST. PAUL, Minn. Luca Sbisa scored the winning goal with 3:04 left in the third period, Jonas Hiller made 30 saves and Anaheim rallied to beat Minnesota. Patrick Maroon also scored for the Ducks, who have won four straight and have earned a point in eight consecutive games. Devin Setoguchi scored for the Wild. Minnesota couldnt put the Ducks away. The Wild got three power plays in the first period and cashed in on the third when Setoguchi scored to make it 1-0. PREDATORS 4, STARS 0 DALLAS Pekka Rinne made 32 saves for his NHL-leading fifth shutout of the season and Shea Weber and Gabriel Bourque scored power-play goals to lift Nashville over Dallas. Despite leading scorer Colin Wilson and top-six forward Patric Hornqvist being out because of upper body injuries, the Predators snapped a 6-game road-losing streak (0-5-1). Nick Spaling and Rich Clune also scored for the Predators;David Legwand and Craig Smith both had two assists. Kari Lehtonen made 17 saves for the Stars. Dallas was shut out for the third time this season. OILERS 4, AVALANCHE 0

DENVER Devan Dubnyk stopped 36 shots for his first shutout in nearly a year and Shawn Horcoff scored a goal in his second straight game since returning from a broken knuckle, helping Edmonton beat Colorado. Sam Gagner, Magnus Paajarvi and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for the Oilers. Dubnyk was in top form even after leaving early Sunday at Chicago with a neck injury following a collision with a teammate. He showed no lingering effects, stopping everything thrown his way for his fifth NHL shutout. Colorado nearly scored on Dubnyk early in the third period but Jan Hejdas goal was disallowed when Gabriel Landeskog was called for goaltender interference. This was Colorados first loss at home since Feb. 11. The Oilers solved Semyon Varlamov, who has been hard to beat at home, where he is 8-3-1. Only Jimmy Howard of Detroit and Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers have more home wins this season with nine each. COYOTES 5, KINGS 2 GLENDALE, Ariz. Mikkel Boedker scored twice and Phoenix took a four-goal lead en route to its second victory in a row and fourth in six games. Shane Doan and Raffi Torres had a goal and assist apiece for the Coyotes, who led 4-0 before Mike Richards and Dustin Brown scored power-play goals for the Kings. Phoenixs Rob Klinkhammer sealed it with his second career NHL goal in two games since he was recalled from Portland of the American Hockey League. Mike Smith, in his 250th NHL game, had 31 saves for Phoenix. Jonathan Quick had 24 for the Kings, who played for the second night in a row. JETS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 2 WINNIPEG, Manitoba Blake Wheeler scored twice and Ondrej Pavelec made 24 saves to lead Winnipeg over Toronto. Nik Antropov, Kyle Wellwood and Evander Kane also scored for the Jets. Dustin Byfuglien had three assists and Antropov added two. Phil Kessel scored both goals for Toronto. The Jets moved into a tie for eighth place in the Eastern Conference with the New York Rangers. Both teams have 28 points.

NOTES: The Hawks lost Teague with 3:08 left in the third quarter after he turned his left ankle. LAKERS 106, MAGIC 97 ORLANDO, Fla. Dwight Howard scored a season-high 39 points, had 16 rebounds and was sent to the free-throw line 39 times by his former team as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Orlando Magic 106-97 on Tuesday night. The victory came in Howards first return to Orlando since his dramafilled offseason trade to the Lakers. He endured a chorus of boos throughout and tied his own NBA record for freethrow attempts.

The majority of them came as the Magic tried to employ an intentional foul strategy. It backfired, though, as the All-Star center hit on 16-of-20 attempts in the second half. The victory was the Lakers fourth straight. MAVERICKS 115, BUCKS 108 MILWAUKEE Vince Carter hit three key 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and scored 23 points off the bench as Dallas won its fourth straight. Dirk Nowitzki added 19 points while O.J. Mayo had 14. Mavericks rookie and former Marquette star Jae Crowder, last years Big East player of the year, was one off his career high with 14 points. Monta Ellis scored 32 points for the Bucks, giving him 20 or more in all six of Milwaukees games this month. Mike Dunleavy added 18 points while J.J. Redick had 17. Larry Sanders had 13 points and 12 rebounds. The Mavericks, who are three games out of the eighth spot in the Western Conference playoff race, matched their longest winning streak of the season and have won 5-of-6. GRIZZLIES 102, TRAIL BLAZERS 97 PORTLAND, Ore. Zach Randolph returned from an ankle injury with 19 points and 10 rebounds and Memphis won its fifth straight game. Marc Gasol had 20 points for the Grizzlies, who have won 13 of their last 14 games and sit in fourth place in the Western Conference. Mike Conley added 14 points and a career-high 15 assists and Memphis matched its season-high with 31 assists overall. LaMarcus Aldridge had 28 points and 10 rebounds for the Blazers, whose playoff hopes are slipping away. Rookie Damian Lillard had 27 points. NETS 108, HORNETS 98 NEW YORK Brook Lopez scored 26 points and had a big dunk over twin brother Robin, Deron Williams added 21 points and 13 assists,and Brooklyn beat New Orleans. Brooklyn squandered a 10-point lead in the third quarter before pulling off some timely baskets in the fourth to hang on for the win, bouncing back from a poor performance in a loss Monday at Philadelphia. Eric Gordon led New Orleans with 24 points. Robin Lopez had 15 points for the Hornets, who played without leading scorer Ryan Anderson because of the flu. TIMBERWOLVES 107, SPURS 83 MINNEAPOLIS Ricky Rubio had his first career triple-double with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists, leading Minnesota over San Antonio. Rubio made 9-of-17 shots and grabbed his 10th board with 9:14 to play in the game, giving his home fans something to cheer about in a long, frustrating season. Alexey Shved broke out of a big slump to score 16 points and J.J. Barea added 17 points for the Wolves, who hit 12 3-pointers. Stephen Jackson had 14 points and Danny Green 10 for the Spurs, who left Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard at home to rest after they throttled Oklahoma City Monday night. BOBCATS 100, CELTICS 74 CHARLOTTE, N.C. Gerald Henderson had a career-high 35 points and Charlotte snapped a 10-game losing streak by beating Boston. Henderson was 11-of-19 from the field and hit all 12 of his foul shots. Ben Gordon scored 17 points and new starting forward Josh McRoberts had his first double-double for Charlotte with 13 points and 10 rebounds. The Bobcats (14-50) doubled last seasons win total and posted their largest margin of victory this season. The Celtics, playing without Paul Pierce, looked like a team that has played nine of its last 11 games on the road. Jeff Green and Jordan Crawford each had 14 points for Boston. CAVALIERS 95, WIZARDS 90 CLEVELAND Dion Waiters scored 20 points, Alonzo Gee added 17 and Cleveland held off a late run to beat Washington. Cleveland played its first game since Kyrie Irving sprained his left shoulder Sunday against Toronto. The All-Star point guard, who watched the game from the bench with his left arm in a sling, could miss the next month and maybe the rest of this season. The Cavaliers are 5-10 without him this season. Cleveland led 90-78 with 4:29 remaining but the Wizards cut the margin to 91-88 with 45 seconds remaining. Waiters, who scored 12 points in the fourth quarter, hit four free throws in the final 13.1 seconds to secure the win.

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Tuesday Merchant March 5, 2013 Delphos Sporting Goods 20-4 Caballeros Tavern 20-4 R C Connections 16-8 Lears Martial Arts 14-10 Topp Chalet 12-12 Unverferth Mfg. 12-12 Kerns Ford 12-12 Ace Hardware 8-16 Adams Automotive 6-18 Men over 200 Don Honigford 208, Brock Parsons 258, Ryan Winget 203, Matt Metcalfe 219-226, Scott Scalf 201-222, Ted Kill 201-202, Dan Stemen 206-246, Dave Stemen 204-214, Bruce Haggard 217, Mark Biedenharn 201-205, Dan Wilhelm 214-235-256, Jason Mahlie 203-269, Zach Sargent 239-229-206, Shawn Allemeier 221-216, Don Rice 258-259-258, Kyle Early 211-215-213, Josh DeVelvis 214, Rod Klinger 206, Pat Mathis 244-233-238, John Allen 238-279, Jeff Lawrence 211, Jason Wagoner 215-208-206, Joe Geise 227-289, Denny Dyke 212-235, John Adams 204, Larry Etzkorn 214-214, Shane Lear 214, Bruce VanMetre 215226, Tony Rahrig 206, Jay Brown 215, Jason Teman 214-268-223, Dan Grice 255-245-290. Men over 550 Brock Parsons 634, Matt Metcalfe 605, Scott Scalf 618, Ted Kill 584, Dan Stemen 628, Bill Stemen 552, Dave Stemen 587, Bruce Haggard 565, Mark Biedenharn 605, David Mahlie 559, Dan Wilhelm 705, Jason Mahlie 669, Zach Sargent 674, Shawn Allemeier 603, Don Rice 775, Kyle Early 639, Josh DeVelvis 568, Pat Mathis 715, John Allen 714, Jeff Lawrence 562, Jason Wagoner 629, Joe Geise 693, Denny Dyke 593, Larry Etzkorn 627, Shane Lear 560, Bruce VanMetre 635, Tony Rahrig 568, Jason Teman 705, Dan Grice 790. Wednesday Industrial March 6, 2013 DRC 13th Frame Lounge 20-4 John Deere 20-4 D & D Grain 16-8 K & M Tire 14-10 Topp Chalet 14-10 Strayers 10-14 Cabos 10-14 Rustic Cafe 8-16 Moes Dougout 8-16 Delphos Restaurant Supply 0-24 Men over 200 Mike Eversole 203-206, Sean Hulihan 213, Dave Jessee 212-207255, Terry Trentman 254-213, Lenny Hubert 251-257, Don Rice 226205, Dale Metzger 237-236, Shawn Allemeier 222-266, Brian Gossard 245-223-216, Duane Kohorst 205-218, Bob White 208, Mike Rice 234, Dale Riepenhoff 209, Kyle Profit 203-244212, Ben Jones 212, Frank Miller 218236-259, Joe Geise 222-246, Charlie Lozano 226, John Allen 215, John Jones 228, Tony Hire 222-248, Shawn Stabler 217-234, Jeff Kreischer 276278-266, Butch Prine Jr. 280-258-225, Clint Harting 224-211, Matt Hamilton 268, Matt Hoffman 206-233-225, Lee Schimmoller 215, Shane Schimmoller 210-268. Men over 550 Mike Eversole 576, Sean Hulihan 597, Dave Jessee 674, Terry Trentman 662, Lenny Hubert 677, Don Rice 631, Dale Metzger 644, Shawn Allemeier 663, Brian Gossard 684, Duane Kohorst 614, Bob White 553, Mike Rice 583, Dale Riepenhoff 608, Kyle Profit 659, Ben Jones 590, Frank MIller 713, Joe Geise 663, Charlie Lozano 552, John Allen 591, John Jones 594, Tony Hire 661, Shawn Stabler 613, Jeff Kreischer 820, Butch Prine Jr. 763, Clint Harting 635, Matt Hamilton 615, Matt Hoffman 664, Lee Schimmoller 574, Shane Schimmoller 644. Thursday National March 7, 2013 K-M Tire 22-2 Westrich 20-4 First Federal 20-4 VFW 14-18-6 C B 97 16-8 Erins Dream Team 10-14 Bowersock Hauling 6-18 D R C Big Dogs 4-20 Wannemachers 2-22 Men over 200 Lenny Klaus 211-203, Derek Gaskill 215-213, Dave Moenter 227-246-203, Randy Fischbach 255-239-231, Jason Mahlie 247-268-279, Dan Kleman 212, Brian Schaadt 202-246, Don Eversole 218-227, Bruce VanMetre 246-236, Lenny Hubert 259-211, Rob Ruda 258-228-244, Kevin Decker 256-208, Travis Hubert 204-203, Sean Hulihan 203, Frank Miller 246-204, Tim Koester 214-240, Ted Wells 255-212, Doug MIlligan Sr. 221-208, Brad Thornburgh 215-204, John Jones 212-247-219, Jerry Mercle 206, Rob Shaeffer 228220, Jason Wagoner 213-215, Jeff Milligan 236-255, Phil Fetzer 236, Ray Geary 224-201, Rick Schuck 246, Tom Schulte 202, Dave Knepper 244-216, Todd Menke 232-219, Dave Miller 203, Dick Mowery 204, Mike Rice 289-218. Men over 550 Lenny Klaus 588, Derek Gaskill 627, Dave Moenter 676, Randy Fischbach 725, Jason Mahlie 794, Brian Schaadt 640, Don Eversole 641, Bruce VanMetre 634, Lenny Hubert 667, Rob Ruda 730, Kevin Decker 650, Travis Hubert 552, Sean Hulihan 568, Frank Miller 632, Tim Koester 646, Ted Wells 647, Doug Milligan Sr. 576, Brad Thornburgh 590, John Jones 678, Rob Shaeffer 615, Jason Wagoner 627, Jeff Milligan 685, Phil Fetzer 574, Ray Geary 599, Rick Schuck 605, Tom Schulte 563, Dave Knepper 606, Todd Menke 620, Dave Miller 579, Tom Pratter 553, Dick Mowery 556, Mike Rice 692.

(Continued from Page 7) The Rhinos said the 40-yearold will earn $25,000 a month to appear with the team during this years March-November season. Speaking at a news conference in the Rhinos home town of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan, Ramirez added he felt blessed about the opportunity to play in Taiwan, where he will earn on a fraction of the $20 million-plus he earned at the peak of his career. MIAMI The Miami New Times has rejected a request from Major League Baseball for records that the alternative newspaper obtained for a story that alleges several players received performance-enhancing drugs from a now-closed anti-aging clinic. New Times editor Chuck Strouses response to MLB commissioner Bud Selig appeared on the papers website Tuesday (http://bit.ly/W7VCzk). Strouse cited journalistic ethics and the fact that the newspaper has already posted dozens of records on its website, omitting personal information of people who werent involved in any wrongdoing. The newspaper reported in January that six professional

baseball players, including Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, bought human growth hormone and other PEDs during 200912 from Biogenesis of America LLC. The defunct anti-aging clinic in Coral Cables was operated by Anthony Bosch. Rodriguez has denied the allegations. COLLEGE BASKETBALL LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. Siena fired coach Mitch Buonaguro after an 8-24 record this season that tied the school record for losses. Buonaguro went 35-59 in three seasons with the Saints, never finishing a season with a winning record or in the top half of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The 3-year slide immediately followed the most successful 3-year run in school history. Siena won MAAC titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010 all under coach Fran McCaffery, with Buonaguro his top assistant. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COLUMBUS Two high school football players were scheduled to go to trial on charges they raped a 16-yearold girl after an alcohol-fueled party last summer, in a case that has drawn international attention over allegations more students

should have been charged. The case being heard today in Jefferson County juvenile court in Steubenville has led to questions about the influence of the local football team, a source of a pride in a community that suffered massive job losses with the collapse of the steel industry. Attorneys for MaLik Richmond, 16, and Trent Mays, 17, have denied the charges and are seeking to have the case dismissed. GOLF ST. LOUIS Mark Mihal was having a good opening day on the links when he noticed an unusual depression on the 14th fairway at Annbriar Golf Club in southern Illinois. Remarking to his friends how awkward it would be to have to hit out of it, he went over for a closer look. One step onto the pocked section and the 43-year-old mortgage broker plunged into a sinkhole. He landed 18 feet down with a painful thud and his friends managed to hoist him to safety with a rope after about 20 minutes. But Fridays experience gave Mihal quite a fright, particularly after the recent death of a Florida man whose body hasnt been found since a sinkhole swallowed him and his bedroom.

I feel lucky just to come out of it with a shoulder injury, falling that far and not knowing what I was going to hit, Mihal, from the St. Louis suburb of Creve Coeur, told The Associated Press before heading off to learn whether hell need surgery. It was absolutely crazy. RODMAN FARGO, N.D. Former professional basketball star Dennis Rodman says he plans to return to North Korea to vacation with Kim Jong Un. Rodman met with the authoritarian leader in late February during a visit that was not endorsed by the U.S. State Department. The visit came during a period of tension between the countries over North Koreas nuclear weapons testing. Rodman traveled to Fargo, N.D., over the weekend for a promotional appearance at a local bar. The former Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls star told KVLY-KXJB that he doesnt think Kim wants war and that he considers the leader a friend even though he doesnt condone what he does. Rodman added he plans to return to North Korea in August to vacation with Kim, who is a diehard basketball fan.

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The Associated Press MEN Atlantic Coast Conference At Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. Thursdays First Round Boston College vs. Georgia Tech, Noon; N.C. State vs. Virginia Tech, 2:30 p.m.; Maryland vs. Wake Forest, 7 p.m.; Florida State vs. Clemson, 9:30 p.m. Atlantic 10 Conference At The Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. Thursdays First Round Richmond vs. Charlotte, Noon; Butler vs. Dayton, 2:30 p.m.; Xavier vs. Saint Josephs, 6:30 p.m.; UMass vs. George Washington, 9 p.m. Big East Conference At Madison Square Garden, New York Tuesdays First Round Results Seton Hall 46, South Florida 42, OT; Rutgers 76, DePaul 57 Todays Second Round Providence vs. Cincinnati, Noon; Syracuse vs. Seton Hall, 2:30 p.m.; Villanova vs. St. Johns, 7 p.m.; Notre Dame vs. Rutgers, 9:30 p.m. Thursdays Quarterfinals Georgetown vs. Providence-Cincinnati winner, Noon; Pittsburgh vs. Syracuse Seton Hall winner, 2:30 p.m.; Louisville vs. Villanova-St. Johns winner, 7 p.m.; Marquette vs. Notre DameRutgers winner, 9:30 p.m. Big Sky Conference At Dahlberg Arena, Missoula, Mont. Thursdays First Round Weber State vs. Northern Arizona, 5 p.m.; North Dakota vs. Southern Utah, 7:30 p.m.; Montana State vs. Northern Colorado, 10 p.m. Big Ten Conference At The United Center, Chicago Thursdays First Round Illinois vs. Minnesota, Noon; Michigan vs. Penn State, 2:30 p.m.; Purdue vs. Nebraska, 6:30 p.m.; Iowa vs. Northwestern, 9 p.m. Big 12 Conference At The Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo. Todays First Round West Virginia vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m.; Texas vs. TCU, 9:30 p.m. Thursdays Quarterfinals Oklahoma vs. Iowa State, 12:30 p.m.; Kansas vs. West Virginia-Texas Tech winner, 3 p.m.; Kansas State vs. Texas-TCU winner, 7 p.m.; Oklahoma State vs. Baylor, 9:30 p.m. Big West Conference At The Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif. Thursdays First Round Pacific vs. UC Santa Barbara, 3 p.m.; Cal Poly vs. UC Davis, 5:30 p.m.; Long Beach State vs. Cal State Fullerton, 9 p.m.; UC Irvine vs. Hawaii, 11:30 p.m. Conference USA At BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla. Todays First Round UAB vs. SMU, 4:30 p.m.; Houston vs. Rice, 7 p.m.; Tulane vs. Marshall, 9:30 p.m. Thursdays Quarterfinals Sou. Mississippi vs. UAB-SMU winner, 1 p.m.; UTEP vs. Houston-Rice winner, 3:30 p.m.; Memphis vs. Tulane-Marshall winner, 7 p.m.; E. Carolina vs. Tulsa, 9:30 p.m. Great West Conference (Non-automatic bid) At Emil and Patricia A. Jones Convocation Center, Chicago Thursdays First Round Houston Baptist vs. Utah Valley, 6 p.m. Horizon League Tuesdays Championship Result Valparaiso 62, Wright State 54 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference At MassMutual Center, Springfield, Mass. Mondays Championship Result Iona 60, Manhattan 57 Mid-American Conference Mondays First Round Results Buffalo 74, Central Michigan 72, OT; Eastern Michigan 45, Northern Illinois 44; Miami (Ohio) 63, Bowling Green 52 At Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland Todays Second Round Ball State vs. Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.; Eastern Michigan vs. Miami (Ohio), 9 p.m. Thursdays Third Round Kent State vs. Ball State-Buffalo winner, 6:30 p.m.; Western Michigan vs. Eastern Michigan-Miami (Ohio) winner, 9 p.m. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference At Norfolk Scope, Norfolk, Va. Mondays First Round Results Savannah State 59, Maryland-Eastern Shore 44; Morgan State 61, S.C. State 52 Tuesday Results Bethune-Cookman 89, Coppin State 76; N.C. A&T 65, Florida A&M 54; Delaware State 73, Howard 61 Todays Quarterfinals Norfolk State vs. Bethune-Cookman, 6 p.m.; N.C. Central vs. N.C. A&T, 8 p.m. Thursday Quarterfinals Hampton vs. Delaware State, 6 p.m.; Savannah State vs. Morgan State, 8 p.m. Mountain West Conference At The Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Tuesdays First Round Result Wyoming 85, Nevada 81 Todays Quarterfinals UNLV vs. Air Force, 3 p.m.; Colorado State vs. Fresno State, 5:30 p.m.; New Mexico vs. Wyoming, 9:30 p.m.; San Diego State vs. Boise State, Mid Fridays Semifinals New MexicoWyoming winner vs. San Diego State-Boise State winner, 9 p.m.; UNLV-Air Force winner vs. Colorado State-Fresno State winner, 11:30 p.m. Northeast Conference Tuesdays Championship Result LIU Brooklyn 91, Mount St. Marys 70 Pacific-12 Conference At MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas Todays First Round Stanford vs. Arizona State, 3:06 p.m.; Colorado vs. Oregon State, 5:36 p.m.; Southern Cal vs. Utah, 9:06 p.m.; Washington vs. Washington State, 11:36 p.m. Thursdays Quarterfinals UCLA vs. Stanford-Arizona State winner, 3:06 p.m.; Arizona vs. Colorado-Oregon State winner, 5:36 p.m.; California vs. Southern Cal-Utah winner, 9:06 p.m.; Oregon vs. Washington-Washington State winner, 11:36 p.m. Patriot League Todays Championship Lafayette at Bucknell, 7:30 p.m. Southeastern Conference At Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn. Todays First Round South Carolina vs. Mississippi State, 7:30 p.m.; Texas A&M vs. Auburn, 10 p.m. Thursdays Second Round Georgia vs. LSU, 1 p.m.; Tennessee vs. So.Carolina-Mississippi St. winner, 3:30 p.m.; Arkansas vs. Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m.; Missouri vs. TexasA&M-Auburn winner, 10 p.m. Southern Conference At U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, N.C. Mondays Championship Result Davidson 74, College of Charleston 55 Southland Conference At The Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas Todays First Round Nicholls State vs. McNeese State, 6 p.m.; Sam Houston State vs. Central Arkansas, 8:30 p.m. Thursdays Second Round Southeastern Louisiana vs. Nicholls State-McNeese State winner, 6 p.m.; Oral Roberts vs. Sam Houston State-Central Arkansas winner, 8:30 p.m. Southwestern Athletic Conference At Curtis Culwell Center, Garland, Texas Todays First Round Alabama A&M vs. Grambling State, 9 p.m.

Conference Tournament Glances

Thursdays Games Jackson State vs. Alabama State, 1:30 p.m.; Alcorn State vs. Prairie View, 9 p.m. Summit League At Sioux Falls Arena, Sioux Falls, S.D. Mondays Semifinal Results South Dakota State 72, IPFW 56; North Dakota State 55, Western Illinois 43 Tuesdays Championship Result South Dakota State 73, North Dakota State 67 Sun Belt Conference At Hot Springs Convention Center, Hot Springs, Ark. Mondays Championship Result Western Kentucky 65, Florida International 63 West Coast Conference At Orleans Arena, Las Vegas Mondays Championship Result Gonzaga 65, Saint Marys (Cal) 51 Western Athletic Conference At Orleans Arena, Las Vegas Tuesdays First Round Results Texas State 68, Seattle 56; UTSA 67, San Jose State 49 Thursdays Quarterfinals New Mexico State vs. Idaho, 3 p.m.; Denver vs. Texas State, 5:30 p.m.; Louisiana Tech vs. UTSA, 9 p.m.; Texas-Arlington vs. Utah State, 11:30 p.m. WOMEN Big East Conference At The XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Mondays Semifinal Results Notre Dame 83, Louisville 59; UConn 64, Syracuse 51 Tuesdays Championship Result Notre Dame 61, UConn 59 Big Sky Conference At Dahlberg Arena, Missoula, Mont. Todays First Round Northern Colorado vs. Southern Utah, 5 p.m.; Eastern Washington vs. Montana State, 7:30 p.m.; Idaho State vs. Sacramento State, 10 p.m. Fridays Semifinals Middle remaining seeds, 1 p.m.; Montana vs. lowest-remaining seed, 3:30 p.m. Big 12 Conference At American Airlines Center, Dallas Mondays Championship Result Baylor 75, Iowa State 47 Big West Conference At The Bren Events Center, Irvine, Calif. Tuesdays First Round Results Cal S. Fullerton 54, Long Beach State 48; Cal State Northridge 61, UC Davis 40 Todays Second Round Hawaii vs. Cal St.Fullerton, 9 p.m.; UC Sa. Barbara vs. Cal St.Northridge, 11:30 p.m. At The Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif. Fridays Semifinals Pacific vs. lower-seeded second-round winner, 3 p.m.; Cal Poly vs. higher-seeded second-round winner, 5:30 p.m. Colonial Athletic Association At Show Palace Arena; Upper Marlboro, Md. Thursdays First Round George Mason vs. UNC Wilmington, Noon Conference USA At Tulsa, Okla., Tulsa Convention Center Todays First Round UCF vs. Houston, Noon; UTEP vs. Marshall, 2:30 p.m.; Tulsa vs. Rice, 6 p.m.; Memphis vs. Southern Mississippi, 8:30 p.m. Thursdays Quarterfinals SMU vs. UCF-Houston winner, Noon; UAB vs. UTEP-Marshall winner, 2:30 p.m.; Tulane vs. Tulsa-Rice winner, 6 p.m.; East Carolina vs. Memphis-Southern Mississippi winner, 8:30 p.m. Great West Conference (Non-automatic bid) At The Jones Convocation Center, Chicago Thursdays First Round Chicago State vs. Houston Baptist, 8:30 p.m. Horizon League Mondays First Round Result Valparaiso 67, Illinois-Chicago 57 Todays Quarterfinals Valparaiso at Green Bay, 8 p.m.; Wright State at Detroit, 7 p.m.; Milwaukee at Loyola of Chicago, 8 p.m.; Cleveland State bat Youngstown State, 7 p.m. At Highest-remaining Seed Fridays Semifinals Green Bay-Valparaiso winner vs. Detroit-Wright State winner, TBA; Loyola of Chicago-Milwaukee winner vs. Youngstown State-Cleveland State winner, TBA Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference At MassMutual Center, Springfield, Mass. Mondays Championship Result Marist 72, Iona 48 Mid-American Conference At Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland Todays Second Round Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan, Noon; Buffalo vs. Miami (Ohio), 2:30 p.m. Thursdays Third Round Central Michigan vs. Bowling Green-Western Michigan winner, Noon; Akron vs. Buffalo-Miami (Ohio) winner, 2:30 p.m. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference At Norfolk Scope, Norfolk, Va. Mondays First Round Results S.C. State 50, Savannah State 35; Coppin State 44, N.C. Central 41; Morgan State 56, Maryland-Eastern Shore 49 Tuesday Results Delaware State 55, Bethune-Cookman 44; Norfolk State 72, Florida A&M 55 Todays Quarterfinals Hampton vs. Delaware State, Noon; N.C. A&T vs. Norfolk State, 2:30 p.m. Thursdays Quarterfinals Howard vs. Morgan State, Noon; S.C. State vs. Coppin State, 2:30 p.m. Missouri Valley Conference At The Family Arena, St. Charles, Mo. Thursdays First Round Missouri State vs. Drake, 5:05 p.m.; Evansville vs. Southern Illinois, 8:05 p.m. Mountain West Conference At The Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Tuesdays First Round Result Nevada 80, Air Force 66 Thursdays Quarterfinals San Diego State vs. Nevada, 3 p.m.; UNLV vs. New Mexico, 5:30 p.m.; Fresno State vs. Boise State, 9 p.m.; Wyoming vs. Colorado State, 11:30 p.m. Northeast Conference Todays Semifinals Mount St. Marys at Quinnipiac, 7 p.m.; Saint Francis (Pa.) at Sacred Heart, 7 p.m. Sundays Championship Semifinal winners at higher-seeded team, 5 p.m. Patriot League Mondays Semifinal Results Holy Cross 59, Colgate 38; Navy 60, Bucknell 48 Saturdays Championship Holy Cross at Navy, 6 p.m. Southern Conference At Kimmel Arena, Asheville, N.C. Mondays Championship Result Chattanooga 64, Davidson 63 Southland Conference At The Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas Todays First Round McNeese S. vs. NorthwesternSt., Noon; Cen.Arkansas vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2:30 p.m. Thursdays Second Round Nicholls State vs. McNeese State-Northwestern State winner, Noon; Lamar vs. Central Arkansas-Stephen F. Austin winner, 2:30 p.m. Southwestern Athletic Conference At Curtis Culwell Center, Garland, Texas Tuesdays First Round Results Arkansas-Pine Bluff 50, Alcorn State 46; Grambling State 80, Alabama State 56 Wednesdays Quarterfinals Sou. U. vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 4 p.m.; Texas Sou. vs. Grambling State, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays Quarterfinals MVSU vs. Alabama A&M, 11 a.m.; Prairie View vs. Jackson State, 6:30 p.m. Summit League At Sioux Falls Arena; Sioux Falls, S.D. Mondays Semifinal Results South Dakota State 86, IPFW 59; South Dakota 82, IUPUI 72 Tuesdays Championship Result South Dakota State 56, South Dakota 53 Sun Belt Conference At Hot Springs Convention Center, Hot Springs, Ark. Mondays Championship Result Middle Tennessee 53, UALR 48 West Coast Conference At Orleans Arena, Las Vegas Mondays Championship Result Gonzaga 62, San Diego 50 Western Athletic Conference At Orleans Arena, Las Vegas Tuesdays First Round Results Denver 73, Texas State 63; New Mexico State 76, Texas-Arlington 63 Todays Quarterfinals Idaho vs. San Jose State, 3 p.m.; Utah vs. Denver, 5:30 p.m.; Seattle vs. New Mexico State, 9 p.m.; UTSA vs. Louisiana Tech, 11:30 p.m. Fridays Semifinals Idaho-San Jose State winner vs. UtahDenver winner, 3 p.m.; SeattleNew Mexico State winner vs. UTSA-Louisiana Tech winner, 5:30 p.m.

Iowa hoping for big run through Big Ten tourney

By LUKE MEREDITH The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa Iowa knows that it will need to make a stunning run through the Big Ten tournament to earn an NCAA tournament bid. The Hawkeyes think theyre up for it. Iowas postseason resume is saddled with a weak nonconference schedule and a lack of quality road wins. But the sheer depth of the Big Ten means the Hawkeyes (20-11, 9-9) could drastically improve their profile before the NCAA tournament field is announced on Sunday. Sixth-seeded Iowa opens Big Ten tournament play vs Northwestern on Thursday night. Coach Fran McCaffery said Tuesday there is a good possibility that starting guard Mike Gesell will be back after suffering what he termed a stress reaction in his right foot late last month. For us to have a chance to hold our own destiny, however many games we win, to have people kind of thinking we can get into the (NCAA) tournament depending on how many games we win, its just a fun time of year, Iowa forward Aaron White said. The Hawkeyes turned their season around after a doubleovertime loss at Wisconsin on Feb. 6. They won six of their last eight games to reach the break-even mark in the league for the first time since going 9-7 in 2007, former coach Steve Alfords final year. But like many so-called bubble teams, Iowas resume has its high points and its low points. A .500 record in the toughest league in the country would seem to make the Hawkeyes a lock for the NCAA tournament, especially since Minnesota and Illinois both of whom lost to Iowa are likely in despite 8-10 league marks. But an RPI of 72 and a 2-7 road mark in Big Ten games make the NIT a more likely destination. McCaffery defended his teams resume, pointing to data other than RPI as criteria he hopes the NCAA selection committee will consider. We dont have any bad losses, really, McCaffery said. We have some really
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good wins. Weve been consistent. So I think from that standpoint, Im very happy with what weve done. Iowa might also be uniquely positioned for a run through the league tournament because its bench is about as deep as other team in the league. The Hawkeyes have no trouble playing 10, an asset at a time of year when many benches are shortened. The expected return of Gesell should help the backcourt and the sudden emergence of sophomore forward/center Gabe Olaseni has shored up the frontcourt. Olaseni had 10 blocks in the final two games of the regular season and his awareness on offense has grown tremendously in recent weeks. If youre a 7-man rotation, its going to be hard, McCaffery added. Youre going to slow down in four days. The other thing is, as teams prepare for us, no matter what game you look at, sometimes there are just different guys for us on the floor that are producing. Its been easy for Iowa fans to dream up scenarios that end with the Hawkeyes snapping a 7-year NCAA tournament drought. A third win over Northwestern would likely set up a matchup against Michigan State, a top-10 team the Hawkeyes nearly beat in Iowa City two months ago. An upset over the Spartans could earn Iowa a rematch with 10th-ranked Ohio State, another team the Hawkeyes made a strong run at in January. The prevailing notion among Iowas passionate but postseason-starved fan base is that a run to the Big Ten title game would be enough to get into the NCAA tournament. Unlikely? Absolutely. But the Hawkeyes and their fans are letting themselves indulge in hope a common commodity this time of year. Right now, were just focused on Northwestern, because if we dont beat them we cant go far, Gesell added. We have confidence in ourselves that we can go down (to Chicago) and win this whole thing. Thats how confident we are in our team.

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick. CHICAGO BEARSAgreed to terms with TE Martellus Bennett on a 4-year contract and LT Jermon Bushrod on a 5-year contract. Signed DT Henry Melton to his franchise tender. CINCINNATI BENGALS Signed DE Wallace Gilberry to a contract extension. CLEVELAND BROWNS Agreed to terms with LB Paul Kruger on a 5-year contract. DETROIT LIONSAgreed to terms with S Amari Spievey on a 1-year contract. HOUSTON TEXANS Released WR Kevin Walter. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Agreed to terms with OL Gosder Cherilus, OL Donald Thomas, CB Greg Toler and LB Erik Walden. MINNESOTA VIKINGS Traded WR Percy Harvin to Seattle for 2013 first- and seventh-round draft picks and a 2014 third-round draft pick. Terminated the contract of CB Antoine Winfield. Re-signed T Phil Loadholt. NEW YORK JETS Restructured the contracts of WR Santonio Holmes and CB Antonio Cromartie. Waived NT Sione Pouha.

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By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press WASHINGTON The House is taking up a politically charged bill that would block the Obama administration from waiving any work requirements in the 1996 welfare reform law. House Republicans are using the bill to renew a political fight that started during the presidential campaign. They say President Barack Obama is trying to gut work requirements in the law a claim that is disputed by administration officials. The House is scheduled to vote on the bill today, though it has little chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate. The House passed a similar bill last year that died in the Senate. Last summer, the Obama administration announced it would be willing to grant states waivers of some of the laws requirements but only if governors can show they can accomplish the same welfare-to-work goals using different methods. No state applied for a waiver. The White House said they were deterred in part by inaccurate claims about what the policy involves. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney seized on the issue during the campaign, accusing Obama of gutting welfare reform. The issue became the subject of many campaign ads. The only reason youd need a waiver would be to lessen the work requirement, said Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. The states are free to strengthen them, now. Democrats claim that Republicans are distorting the goal of the waivers. The administration said the waiver program was a response to concerns from state officials that the laws work requirements created bureaucratic hurdles to placing welfare recipients in jobs. Flexibility was requested by governors on both sides of the aisle to allow states to test new, more effective ways to place more people on a path to selfsufficiency, the White House said in a statement Tuesday. The administration is disappointed that the bill includes this unnecessary bar to innovative welfareto-work strategies. The 1996 welfare act created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, provided states with block grants to carry out welfare reform, limited how long families may receive cash benefits and required that 50 percent of families receiving benefits be participating in work activities. Welfare caseloads declined after the law was enacted. In 2012, an average of 4 million people received benefits each month. In a July letter to congressional leaders, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that to qualify for a waiver, governors must show how they will move at least 20 percent more people from welfare to work. States must also show clear progress toward that goal within a year. Republicans contend that the Health and Human Services Department was acting illegally in offering the waivers, saying the welfare law bars the administration from waiving the work requirement. The issue is the precedent, Camp said. It would weaken an integral part of the welfare reform bill. If youre getting federal benefits and your ablebodied you need to work.

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RALEIGH, N.C. Federal investigators have unraveled a massive scheme among dozens of insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers in eastern North Carolina to steal at least $100 million from the government-backed program that insures crops. Authorities say the ongoing investigation is already the largest such ring uncovered in the country. Forty-one defendants have either pleaded guilty or reached plea agreements after profiting from false insurance claims for losses of tobacco, soybeans, wheat and corn. Often, the crops werent damaged at all, with farmers using aliases to sell their written-off harvests for cash. Prosecutors compared the case to busting a drug cartel, where federal investigators used a confidential informant to ensnare a key participant in the sophisticated fraud, who then agreed to implicate others. That first wave of prosecutions led to still more names to investigate. These defendants make it harder on the honest farmer, Assistant U.S. Attorney Banumathi Rangarajan said. The more they lie and steal the more premiums and costs go up for the farmers who play by the rules. The federal crop insurance program was created during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s as a way to keep farmers from going bankrupt because of a bad growing season. The U.S. Department of Agriculture pays about 15 private insurers to sell and manage the policies, but taxpayers are on the hook for most of the losses. Payouts for 2012 have topped $15.6 billion a figure that is still growing as new claims are filed. Bruce A. Babcock, an agricultural economist at Iowa State University, said fraud likely accounts for a small percentage of that total. Theres always fraud in the crop insurance system, but Ive seen nothing to suggest it is pervasive, Babcock said. Eighty percent of the program costs are supported by the federal government. Some people see defrauding taxpayers like cheating on their income taxes. Those prosecuted in North Carolina raked in millions for years without detection until 2005, when prosecutors say USDA auditors used computer software to mine insurance claims data from across the country for outliers. Among the names identified was Robert Carl Stokes, a Wilson crop insurance agent whose clients appeared to have consistently horrible luck. Through prosecuting Stokes and his immediate co-conspirators, authorities were led to dozens of others involved in similar frauds throughout eastern North Carolina, with crooked claims adjusters and tobacco brokers working with multiple insurance agents and their farmer clients. The USDAs Office of Inspector General said the recent string of crop insurance convictions in eastern North Carolina eclipses similar investigations anywhere else in the United States. Our agents have been involved in a remarkable number of successful crop insurance investigations in this district, with substantial monetary penalties and restitution ordered by the court, said Karen Citizen-Wilcox, Special Agent-in-Charge of

the Southeast Region. USDA requires tobacco growers to take out crop insurance ahead of the growing season, but payment on those policies is not due until after the harvest. If the crop is damaged by bad weather or leaf-munching bugs, the farmer is paid the difference between the value of his diminished harvest and the amount of the policy. According to Stokes indictment, the insurance agent recruited farmers to take out large policies and then claim large losses, even as they produced bumper crops. Stokes helped the farmers keep the true value of their harvests secret by selling hidden tobacco through warehouse operators in on the scheme, who agreed to write checks to false recipients to help obscure who was really getting the money.

DEAR BRUCE: My BRUCE WILLIAMS daughter was born with severe physical disabilities. She is 6 years old, and we have been talking seriously about putting money aside for her every month. Do you have any suggestions where we should put this money? We are looking to not only invest in her future care once we are gone, but also to help us take care of her in our later years. -- R.P., via email DEAR R.P.: You have been given a heavy cross to bear, and I sympathize. I think the best place to start is to contact organizations dedicated to the type of physical problems with which your daughter was born. Often, money can be paid to them for a specific period or until you are no longer in the picture, and then they will take care of her in those later years. There are many organizations out there that can help you; its just a matter of finding the right one that can direct you. It would be a wonderful place to begin. I sincerely wish you and your husband well. ** DEAR BRUCE: My 14-year-old son has a bad temper. He apparently got into a fight with a boy at his house and did some damage. Theres no denying that my son did it (too many witnesses), and now they are looking to me to fix the damage. Am I responsible? I dont know how I should handle this. -- Reader, via email DEAR READER: Sometimes it can be tough being a parent, especially to teenagers who really like to test our patience. Kids can make us proud and be our greatest joy, but they also can be our biggest heartache. If you own your home, most likely your homeowners insurance liability coverage will take care of the damage, up to the limits of the policy. If you dont have homeowners insurance, theres no doubt in my mind that the people involved could hold you responsible. Depending on the severity of the damage, they could bring suit against you looking to whatever assets you have to make restitution. Whatever the case is, I would make contact with the family and let them know that you are willing to do what you can. It might go easier on you if they know you are willing to somehow repair the damage.

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Dear Annie: I dont to part of their meal. Dear Annie: Feeling the know how much longer I can handle my daughter and her Void says women dont unfamily living in our home. derstand how sex makes a Five years ago, they came man feel loved and that men here intending to stay a few feel incomplete without it. Well, knowing I cannot make months. My husband is ill, and he love to my husband is pretty is extremely uncomfortable devastating, too. The aging process has having no privacy and being limited to our bedroom meant that sex is no longer for days at a time. I try to pleasurable. Instead, it is horbe kind, but I am still griev- ribly painful. Lubricants do not work. Taking ing the loss of my hormones brings son to cancer. My back cramps and son-in-law doesnt menstruation. I even pretend to was willing to try, make an effort to but hormones also find a place anybrought back my more. And he does uterine fibroids, and not help us around Id rather not have the house or cona hysterectomy if I tribute to the bills. dont have to. And How do I get my husband would them out without have his own probhurting my daughter and grand- Annies Mailbox lems if not for that little blue pill. daughter? I dont Why cant we just grow want to lie to them, but Im beginning to despise my son- old? If all we did was dwell on our sex life, we would be in-law. Losing Hope Dear Losing: In order to constantly upset. My husband have your house to yourself, and I understand this. We hug you will need to find the and kiss and appreciate each strength to put a time limit on other. There is no void when the freeloading. If your son- you love deeply and can acin-law or daughter is work- cept the changes that growing, they should be paying ing old together brings. I am rent, if not in their own place, so blessed to be with a man then in yours. Tell them you who gets that. Still Feeling think it would be healthier for Completely Loved Dear Annie: This is in reall concerned if they found a place of their own, and you sponse to Grandma, with will give them three months the sloppy granddaughter. to move out. Offer to help A co-worker told me what them search. Offer to help she did. After repeated arguthem pack. Offer to take care ments with her sloppy daughof your granddaughter. But ter, she got a big garbage bag be firm about the deadline. and tossed in everything her Let them know that if they daughter neglected to put dont find a place within three away, including shoes, pursmonths, you will start charg- es, dresses, cosmetics and ing them rent and make it electronics. One day her daughter enough so that moving out is an attractive option. Be nice asked, Have you seen my about it, but dont back down. red shoe? Mom said shed Dear Annie: My husband have to pay a finders fee has a frequent customer card to get anything out of the bag. for a local restaurant. Over That was the end of her sloptime, he accumulated a credit py ways. Enlightened of $40. We recently went to this restaurant with another couple. When the bill arrived, my husband took out his card and told the other couple they owed half of the bill, including the tip, and that he would apply his $40 credit to the remainder. I was uncomfortable with this. I felt he should have saved his credit for a time when we were dining alone. What do you think? Embarrassed Dear Embarrassed: If the other couple were close friends or family members, they may not have cared about this. However, a less familiar set of friends might have found it a bit gauche for your husband to flaunt that his bill was going to be $40 less than theirs. So, yes, we agree it would have been better to use the credit when you were alone, unless he intended to use it to treat his friends

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Black smoke from Sistine Chapel: No pope yet

BY NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press VATICAN CITY Black smoke again billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on today, meaning that Catholic cardinals hadnt elected a pope on their second or third rounds of balloting. Cardinals voted twice this morning in the Vaticans famed frescoed chapel following their inaugural vote Tuesday to elect a successor to Benedict XVI, who stunned the Catholic world last month by becoming the first pope in 600 years to resign. The cardinals break for lunch at the Vatican hotel and return for another two rounds of voting this afternoon. The drama with stage sets by Michelangelo and an outcome that is anyones guess is playing out against the backdrop of the turmoil unleashed by Benedicts surprise retirement and the exposure of deep divisions among cardinals that ensued. They must find a pope who can both clean up a corrupt Vatican bureaucracy as well as a pastor who can revive Catholicism in a time of growing secularism. The divisions and the difficulty in finding both attributes in one man, many analysts say, mean that the world should brace for a long conclave or at least one longer than the four ballots it took to elect Benedict in 2005. As they did on Tuesday night, thousands of people braved a chilly rain this morning to watch the 6-foot- (2-meter-) high copper chimney on the chapel roof for the smoke signals telling them whether a new pope has been elected. Nuns recited the rosary, while children splashed in puddles. After the smoke poured out, the crowds began to dissipate though a few hangers-on appeared ready to wait out the afternoon balloting. Unlike the confusion that reigned during the 2005 conclave, the smoke this time around has been clearly black thanks to special smoke flares akin to those used in

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soccer matches or protests that were lit in the chapel ovens to make the burned ballots black. The cardinals spent the night sequestered in the Vaticans Santa Marta hotel, an impersonal modern hotel on the edge of the Vatican gardens. They have no access to television, newspapers, cell phones or computers, and all the hotel staff have taken an oath of secrecy to not reveal anything they see or hear. The actual vote takes place in far more evocative surroundings: the Sistine Chapel frescoed by Michelangelo in the 16th century with scenes of Creation and The Last Judgment.

Catholics look to next pope to improve China ties

BY CHRISTOPHER BODEEN The Associated Press BEIJING Shanghais would-be Catholic bishop has been a virtual prisoner in that citys main seminary for nine months and counting, his penalty for openly challenging Chinas ruling Communist Party by withdrawing from the countrys official bodies that oversee the church. The treatment dealt out to Thaddeus Ma Daqin is the most glaring and high-level example of Chinas heavy-handed control of the church and the challenge that poses for the Roman Catholic Church as cardinals gather to choose a new pope. As the College of Cardinals meets at the Vatican for a second day, the fate of the church in China is receiving scant attention amid bigger concerns over priest shortages, clerical sexual abuse scandals, and giving greater voice to women and laypeople. Yet China will certainly be an issue before the next pontiff, not only because of continuing repression of Catholics in the country, but also because Chinas rising economic and diplomatic status is propelling it ever more quickly toward the center of global affairs. It would be worth it to see Chinas authorities open their minds and lose their fear and distrust of religion, parishioner John Liu said while standing in the weatherbeaten courtyard of Beijings 400-year-old Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. He was hopeful the new pope could help the mend ties with China, but didnt think it could happen quickly: It will take time, he said. At his ordination last July, Ma told the congregation he was withdrawing from Chinas official bodies to focus on his pastoral work, a gesture of independence that enraged religious officials present at Shanghais St. Ignatius

LAFITTE, La. A pipeline fire that was ignited when the pipe was hit by a tug boat pushing an oil barge burned into the early morning hours today in a bayou south of New Orleans. There was still liquid petroleum gas in the 19-mile pipeline and authorities were waiting for it to burn out, Coast Guard Petty Officer Alex Washington said. Coast Guard Ensign Tanner Stiehl said the collision happened Tuesday at about 6 p.m. CDT on Bayou Perot, in a marshy area near where Lafourche and Jefferson parishes meet, about 30 miles south of New Orleans. The tugboat and barge were engulfed in flames, and heavy smoke billowed from the scene. All crew members were able to exit the tug; the captain reportedly suffered second to third-degree degree burns, the Coast Guard said in a news release early today. WWL-TV reported that the tugs captain was transferred to the burn center at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Stiehl said the pipeline, which was in shallow water, is owned by San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron. He said the company has isolated the pipeline from other mains, so only whatever was in the pipeline will be able to burn. Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts, who represents the area, told WWL-TV the fire was in very shallow water, as little as a foot deep, and authorities would not approach the site until the fire had burned itself out. Stiehl identified the 47-foot tug boat as the Shanon E. Settoon. Settoon Towing of Pierre Part, La., lists the tug boat among its vessels on its website. Stiehl said the barge was carrying oil and there have been reports of oil in the water. Washington said authorities would have to wait until daylight to get an idea of how much oil had leaked from the barge. The barge was holding 92,000 gallons of crude oil, the Coast Guard said. The tug boat had 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The Coast Guard said ES&H has been hired to handle the oil spill response. It was not immediately known who owns the 154-foot oil barge. The area is thinly populated and no evacuations have been ordered. We are aggressively responding with our state and local partners to mitigate the fire and prevent any potential impacts from oil that entered the water, Coast Guard Cmdr. Russ Bowen said in a news release. The area is along the northern reaches of Barataria Bay, which was heavily affected by oil from the BP spill in 2010. It is mostly small communities where people often make their living from the sea, either working in the oil and gas industry or as fishermen. The region is criss-crossed by pipelines and wellheads are a common sight in the shallow waters of the bayou and bay shoreline.

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The Cub Scout Scouting for Food initiative netted 600 bags of non-perishable food and other items on Saturday. Scouts collected the bags from residents and then sorted collected items at the St. Vincent dePaul building east of St. Johns parking lot. Above: Boy Scouts Trent Closson, left, Dustin Townsend and Nick Bockey help Cub Scout Anthony Bodine sort donations.

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LA schools settle claims over lewd tasting games

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles school district will pay millions of dollars to settle claims and lawsuits filed by students and families from an elementary school where a third-grade teacher was accused of spoon-feeding children semen in what he called tasting games, lawyers in the cases said Tuesday. District officials did not reveal the total amount of the settlement, but attorney Raymond Boucher, who represents several Miramonte Elementary School students, said each claimant will receive $470,000. District General Counsel David Holmquist said the settlement covers 58 of the 191 claims and lawsuits filed by students and parents against the district after the January 2012 arrest of former third-grade teacher Mark Berndt on 23 charges of lewd behavior spanning five years at Miramonte. A few of the cases involved another Miramonte teacher, Martin Springer, who was charged with lewd acts on a child in a case involving a second-grader that authorities said was fondled in class in 2009. The accusation surfaced after Berndts arrest, Holmquist said. The 58 people involved in the settlement are all students, he said. Prosecutors said in Berndts tasting games he fed students his semen on cookies and by spoon, sometimes blindfolding and photographing them. Berndt, who taught for 32 years at the South Los Angeles school, has pleaded not guilty in the criminal case. Springer has also pleaded not guilty. The allegations against Berndt came to light when a drugstore photo technician noticed dozens of odd

Cathedral. They took him directly from the church to suburban Sheshan seminary for what was at first termed a retreat. In December, they revoked his bishop title, saying he had broken Chinese rules by taking steps to ensure his ordination was acceptable to Rome. The Vatican has refused to accept the move. Retired Pope Benedict XVI made improving relations with Beijing a priority during his eight-year pontificate, writing a historic letter to the Chinese faithful in 2007 in hopes of uniting the divided church under his wing. He created two Hong Kongbased cardinal positions, and appointed a senior Hong Kong archbishop to a top Vatican office giving the church in China a voice in Holy See decision-making. But there was little progress on the ground, with continued detentions of Catholic clergy and stalemates over bishop appointments. A group of Chinese clergy and faithful wrote to Benedict to thank him for his attention, but their letter read more like a tacit acknowledgment of the difficult path ahead. No matter what conflicts and harm occurred, no matter how sad and disappointed we made you feel, you always embraced China and the Catholic Church in China with fatherly love, read the letter, released last week by the Holy See. China and the Vatican have no diplomatic ties, and the ruling Communist Party forced Chinese Catholics to sever ties with the Holy See in the 1950s. The two decades that followed saw churches closed and clergy imprisoned or forced to labor in fields or factories. Others were killed for refusing to renounce their loyalty to Rome. Religious rights werent restored until after Mao Zedongs death in 1976.

The district got a great deal today. Theres not been a single explanation of who knew what when.
Attorney John Manly photos of blindfolded children and reported them to authorities. Investigators said they discovered a plastic spoon in Berndts classroom trash bin that was found to contain traces of semen. Boucher, who represents 13 of the 58 students in the settlement, said proving some of the claims would have been a problem at trial. Some children did not have photographs of themselves eating the cookies laced with a milky white substance, or of being fed spoonfuls of it, he said. In addition, there was no way to prove the substance in photos was semen, he added. Parents also understood that with so many claims, a jury verdict could bankrupt the district, he added. We had to do a balancing act and we understood, if you go that second route and you wind up (with the district) in bankruptcy, these clients will never receive compensation for what theyve been through, Boucher said. Frank Perez, an attorney representing eight students, said parents chose to settle rather than put their children through the emotional upheaval of litigation and to put the case behind them. Other attorneys blasted the settlement amount as paltry and said they would

proceed with their cases. This is lifelong trauma, lawyer Brian Claypool said. Attorney John Manly said the district has not yet explained how the alleged incidents went undetected for so long. The district got a great deal today, he said. Theres not been a single explanation of who knew what when. The case led to a wideranging overhaul of how the nations second-largest school district handles allegations of sexual abuse after it was revealed that previous complaints about Berndts behavior were ignored. It also shined a light on how slowly state officials act to censure teachers and led to a flurry of allegations of teacher-student sex abuse in the district and in other school systems.

BEIRUT Mohammed works at a Beirut supermarket where he waits on customers and carries their groceries home for a small tip that the 14-year-old saves to send later to his family in a village in northeastern Syria. He is among hundreds of thousands of Syrian children who have dropped out of school and fled two years of conflict that have claimed the lives of more than 70,000 people. Aid groups warn that some 2 million children in Syria are facing, among other things, malnutrition, disease, early marriage and severe trauma as a result of the civil war. To mark the second anniversary of the uprising against President Bashar Assad, the Britain-based charity Save the Children released a report today entitled Childhood Under Fire. It says the conflict has left many children traumatized, unable to go to school and struggling to find enough to eat. I have to say I have been shocked and horrified by the stories that Ive heard from the children here in Lebanon who fled from Syria, Justin Forsyth, chief executive of Save the Children, told The Associated Press at the groups offices in Beirut. You never want to hear a child talk about watching their friend killed or their father tortured in front of them or their brother shot through the leg, added Forsyth, who spent several days in Lebanon last week meeting children among the estimated 320,000 Syrian refugees who have fled to the neighboring country. Syrias children will need decades to heal from the trauma, he warned. Similarly, a report issued by UNICEF Tuesday said unrelenting violence, massive population displacement, and damage to infrastructure and essential services caused by the Syrian conflict risk leaving an entire generation of children scarred for life. The report said that in areas where the fighting is most intense, few people have access to fresh water. Also, one in five schools has been destroyed, damaged, or is being used to shelter displaced families. In Aleppo, the center of months of fighting, only 6 percent of children are attending school, the report said.

Answers to Mondays questions: In theatrical slang, skin money is extra pay given to performers when nudity is required on stage. Heavyweight boxing champion John Lewis, who served in the Army, and Oscar-winning actor Lee Marvin, who served in the Marine Corps. both during World War II are buried in adjacent graves in Arlington National Cemetery. Todays questions: What was the name of Calvins private eye alter ego in the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip? A police mug shot of what famous American was used in a computer software ad in Germany? Answers in Thursdays Herald. Todays joke: A man went in to a dentist and said, How much will it cost to have teeth taken out? $90, said the dentist. Thats ridiculous, said the man. I could lose the anesthetic and it would cost $60, the dentist said. Thats still too expensive, said the man. If I dont use any anesthesia, I could knock the price down to $20. Still to much said the man. Well, one of my students can do it for $10, said the dentist Perfect, said the man. Book my wife for next Tuesday.