April 29, 2015

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Vol. 145 No. 224
Delphos, Ohio
Delphos Herald to publish two days per week

Emphasis will be
on expanding
digital coverage
DELPHOS The Delphos

Herald will change frequency of
home delivery to two days per
week as it reorganizes operations
to emphasize online news. Print
Upfront
Registration
set for free
ABLE classes
Adult Basic and Literacy
Education (ABLE) classes are
offered through Vantage Career
Center. Many adults attend
ABLE classes to refresh basic
skills in reading, writing and
math, improve skills needed
for employment or further
education, or prepare for the
GED exam to obtain a high
school equivalency diploma.
ABLE classes are offered at
convenient times and locations
throughout the Vantage service
area, including Delphos, Van
Wert, Paulding and Celina.
The next registration date
for new students is Monday.
In Van Wert, registration
will be held at Vantage Career
Center, 818 N. Franklin St. from
9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. or
from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Regular
classes meet on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at the same times.
Delphos classes are located at the Public Library, 309
W. Second St. Class times
are 1-4 p.m. Monday and
Wednesday. Orientation is the
first Monday of the month.
Paulding classes are held at
the Paulding County Ohio Means
Jobs Center, 252 Dooley Dr.,
Suite B. Students may register
at the next orientation session
from noon to 3 p.m. Monday.
In Celina, classes are located at the Mercer County Ohio
Means Jobs Center, 220 W.
Livingston St. New students
may register from 9 a.m. until
noon on Monday. Classes in
Celina meet on Tuesday and
Thursday from 9a.m. to noon.
For additional information
regarding registration for ABLE/
GED classes, cost of the new
GED exam or participation in
the $80 Ohio voucher program
for first-time test-takers, please
contact the ABLE Coordinator at
419-238-5411 or 1-800-686-3944
ext. 2075; or visit the ABLE/
GED link on the Vantage Career
Center Adult Education website
at: www.vantagecareercenter.com
Forecast
Partly cloudy
today with
a 20 percent
chance of
showers.
Highs in
the lower
60s. Mostly cloudy with
a 40 percent chance of
Showers. Lows in the
mid 40s. See page 2.
Index
Obituaries
2
State/Local
3
The Next Generation
4
Community
5
Sports
6-7
Classifieds
8
Comics and Puzzles
9
Senior Lifestyle
10-13
World news
14
subscribers will receive the print

version for home delivery on
Wednesdays and Saturdays starting on Wednesday, May 6. The
Wednesday and Saturday editions
will feature increased local news
and sports. The newspaper will be
available for single-copy purchase
on Wednesdays and Saturdays as
well.
The new publishing schedule will
include separate Saturday products
for both the Delphos Herald and

the Van Wert Times Bulletin and a
re-launched total market coverage
product called The Dart, which was
formerly known as the Community
Connection. The Dart will be published on Saturday as well. A new
digital online e-newsletter, which
is free to subscribers, will be distributed daily and the newspapers
website, www.delphosherald.com,
will be updated on a daily basis.
The Delphos Heralds digital format

will enable 24/7 access for readers
on desktop computers, tablets and
mobile devices.
The Delphos Herald has made a
significant investment in expanding
its digital and mobile portfolio of
products. As it has since 1869, the
company intends to continue community journalism for its hometown
community.
Current prepaid subscribers
monies will be adjusted from the

five-day per week newspaper to the
two-day per week newspaper without any loss of monies per issues.
The Delphos Herald will offer
more in-depth local coverage in its
print version and breaking news,
video, e-newsletters and daily obituaries, as well as an e-edition for
subscribers on its website.
Delphos looking at
EMS-based service
from Fire and Rescue
BY NANCY SPENCER
DHI Media Editor
nspencer@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS Delphos administration and the fire department are exploring a change in standard operating procedure
at the fire department.
Fire Chief Kevin Streets was the featured speaker at a
Delphos City Safety Committee meeting Monday called by
Chairman Jim Fortener.
We have three firefighters laid off and we are having problems with coverage, Streets began. Recruitment is becoming
more difficult. We realize the city doesnt have $300,000
for three firefighters so I am proposing we use intermittent
employees to help us out and the cost will be lower to the city
and well have the coverage our citizens expect and deserve.
The department currently is a fire-based operation with
full-time firefighters manning the station and part-paid EMTs
on a per-call basis.
Our mutual aid calls to American Township have been
extremely high, Streets said. We only have three so far this
year because of what we are doing.
Committee member Joe Martz asked how there would be a
savings with more people on the payroll.
These would all be part-time people who only work up to
29 hours a week, Streets said. They will be fully trained and
they will be called to man the station when we are called out.
They wont go out unless there is a second run.
Streets said the extra manpower will also cut down
response time.
We dont have to wait on someone to get to the station; we
can just jump in an ambulance and go, Streets said.
The 2015 Fire and Rescue budget was approved at $343,311
and includes the proposed intermittent employees. The budge
is $16,000 less than 2014.
Martz was also concerned if the department could find the
personnel to fit its needs and how much it will cost to outfit
them.
We just put a little push out there for this and Ive already
got 12 applications, Streets said. I also have four part-time
firefighters who are willing to go to EMT training. They will
all sign a contract saying that if they dont stay with us for at
least two years, theyll have to pay us back for the training.
Ive already got money in my budget for new turnout gear and
we have some that can be used by the new guys. It lasts for
10 years.
Local 686 Union President Roy Hoehn also spoke to the
committee.
See EMS, page 14
Eric Siebeneck signs posters at the merchandise table during the Chicago premiere of
The Walkers Among Us documentary on Saturday. (Photo submitted)
Kalida artist collaborates on

Walking Dead documentary
BY ANNE COBURNGRIFFIS
DHI Media Editor
news@delphosherald.com
KALIDA First it
was a black-and-white
comic book series, then a
gory-iously colorful television series loosely-based
on the comic. Since 2003,
The Walking Dead has
grown in popularity among
would-be survivors of a
zombie apocalypse, sci-fi/
horror fans and even critics.
Putnam County Engineer Recker

resigns amid ethics violations
BY NANCY KLINE
DHI Media Staff Writer
PUTNAM COUNTY Even though
he is being forced to resign by the Ohio
Ethics Commission, Putnam County Engineer
Terrance Recker said he feels he can hold his
head high as he ends his position as Putnam
County Engineer.
Recker is resigning after being found guilty
of ethics violations.
Allegations were filed in 2013 against
Recker, stating that while serving as county
engineer he used his position to secure contracts and other things of value for family
members, in violation of ethics laws.
Following an investigation, Recker reached
a settlement agreement with the Ohio Ethics
Commission on April 6 that stated specifically
that he had hired his son Troy Recker on June
2, 1981, and his son Kelly Recker on June 4,
1984. Both became full-time employees in
1988.
Recker was found guilty of giving his
sons pay raises and advancements in their
position which, according to the Ohio Ethics
Commission, is against the law. The Ohio
Revised Code states no public official shall
knowingly authorize or employ or influence of
the public officials office to secure authoriza-
Putnam County Engineer Terrence

Recker has agreed to resign after being
found guilty of ethics violations. (Putnam
Sentinel/Nancy Kline)
tion of any public contract in which the public
official, a member of the public officials family
or any of the public officials business associates has an interest.
See RECKER, page 14
The Walking Dead is

so popular, in fact, that
a documentary about the
AMC television series
premiered on Saturday in
Woodbridge, Illinois, a
suburb of Chicago. Along
with Walking Dead cast
members, fans of the
series, directors and writers, a graphic artist from
Kalida strolled the red carpet outside the Hollywood
Boulevard Cinema to view
The Walkers Among Us
on the big screen.
Eric Siebeneck picked
up director Cris Machts

first documentary, a film
about Star Wars, in 2008.
He liked the piece so much
that he sent the director a
message. The two communicated off and on during
the succeeding years.
Then two years ago, when
Siebeneck was in Chicago
on a family vacation, he
found out that Macht was
also going to be working on
a project in the Windy City.
The two met up for a beer.
See DEAD, page 14
Business owner speaking out

on proposed street closing
BY NANCY KLINE
OTTOVILLE Jeff Basinger, owner of Bee Line Inc.,
a trucking company, plans to oppose a proposed street
closing in Ottoville during Mondays Village Council
meeting.
Basinger said his trucking firm has been located on
Dollar Street for 20 years. He said he received a letter
from the village with a proposed ordinance to close Dollar
Street. The reason given was to allow the neighboring
business, Main Street Deli, to build an outside deck reaching out onto the street.
The new owner of the business bought it 1 1/2 years
ago and knew where Dollar Street was located when he
bought it, Basinger said. It is my opinion that his is not
a viable reason to shut down a street that is needed by the
largest trucking company in Putnam County.
He said there are several reasons this would negatively impact
his business and other businesses with this street address.
Bee Line Inc has business contracts with Honda,
DEVA, DANA and P&G, all who recognize 101 Dollar
Street as our legal address, he said. To have to change
this would be a major problem.
Basinger said all of Bee Lines over 200 vendors recognize 101 Dollar Street as the physical address of the
business and over the past 12 years Bee Line has listed 101
Dollar Street as their address.
See STREET, page 14
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OBITUARY
FROM THE ARCHIVES

one Year Ago
The Jefferson Middle School FCCLA
Chapter Service Portfolio team consisting of Samantha Kehres, Jason Ditto
and Jennifer Ditto received a gold rating
at FCCLA State Leadership Conference
Thursday. As the top scorer, they have
qualified to compete at the National
FCCLA Leadership Conference July
4-11 in San Antonio, Texas.
25 Years Ago 1990
Jeff Martin of Delphos received the
best of show and first place for a photo
of a caterpillar during the 1990 Johnny
Appleseed Park District nature photography contest. Martin won in the specific nature category. In second place was
Brenda Roberts, with Paula Millhoff
and Martin tying for third place.
Mike Gable, son of Melvin and June
Gable of Delphos, was the winner of the
third annual high school conservation
essay contest of the Allen Soil & Water
Conservation District. Gable, a sophomore at St. Johns High School, won the
contest competition competing against
14 of the county school districts.
Dana Martin of Fort Jennings took
first place in the Black Swamp Rifle/
Pistol Club Wednesday pistol league.
Fred Moreo of Delphos took second
and J.R. Schnipke placed third. The
Thursday match was cancelled because

adjacent fields were being prepared for
spring planting.
Today is Wednesday,
April 29, the 119th day of
2015. There are 246 days
left in the year.
Todays Highlights in
History:
On April 29, 1945,
during World War II,
American soldiers liberated the Dachau (DAHkhow)
concentration
camp. Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun inside his
Fuhrerbunker and designated Adm. Karl Doenitz
(DUHR-nihtz) president.
On this date:
In 1429, Joan of Arc
entered the besieged city
of Orleans to lead a French
victory over the English.
In 1798, Joseph Haydns
oratorio The Creation
was rehearsed in Vienna,
Austria, before an invited
audience.
In 1861, the Maryland
House of Delegates voted
53-13
against
seceding from the Union. In
Montgomery, Alabama,
President Jefferson Davis
asked the Confederate
Congress for the authority
to wage war.
In 1913, Swedish-born
engineer Gideon Sundback
of Hoboken, New Jersey,
received a U.S. patent for
a separable fastener
later known as the zipper.
In 1946, 28 former
Japanese officials went on
trial in Tokyo as war criminals; seven ended up being
sentenced to death.
In 1957, the SM-1,
the first military nuclear
power plant, was dedicated
at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
75 Years Ago 1940

A meeting of the managers of the
Delphos softball teams, or their representatives, and the softball commission
will be held Tuesday evening in the
council rooms at the city building. Five
Delphos business men have agreed to
serve on the softball commission. They
are Melvin Westrich, Harold Fosnaught,
Russell Critchett, Dr. R. N. Stippich and
Dr. L. W. Kohlhorst.
In an impressive service held
Sunday night, Rev. Mark L. Andrews
was installed as pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Delphos by the
Presbyterians of Lima. Following the
service, members of the congregation
met with the new pastor. At that time,
Rev. Andrews was presented with a
desk chair and lamp. E. W. Bell made
the presentation speech.
The Delphos Merchants won their
practice game at Ottoville Sunday afternoon by a score of 8-7. Clair Ditto
started on the mound for Delphos and
allowed four hits in the six innings he
pitched. Howdy Ditto, who hurled the
final three frames, gave up six hits. A.
Saunders and Leis were the Ottoville
pitchers.
50 Years Ago 1965

Explorers Post 007 returned Sunday
afternoon from a weekend trip to
Lockborne Air Base, Columbus. The
post is sponsored by the Delphos
Kiwanis Club. Boys attending were
Harry Flanagan, Drew Shenk, Bill
Wiesenberg, Dick Hayes, Bob Burger,
Chris Kundert and Jeff Moorman. Gene
Hayes is Kiwanis co-chairman of the
boys and girls committee and is the
immediate past president.
Do-Pass-Os will dance to the calling
of Wade Snow May 1 at the K of P Hall
in Delphos. Newly-elected officers of
the group are: presidents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Calvelage; vice presidents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Miller; secretary-treasurer, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Warnecke; and
reporters, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Miller.
Ottovilles Future Farmers of
America will hold their annual ParentSon banquet April 29 with Dan Parrish,
state FFA treasurer, as the banquet
speaker. Ron Hilvers of Ottoville,
vice president, will give the welcome
and Keith Heitmeyer, president of the
Ottoville Chapter, will introduce the
guests. Roger Ruen will crown Ann
TODAY IN HISTORY
Associated Press
Knippen FFA Queen for 1965.
In 1968, the counterculture musical Hair opened

on Broadway following limited engagements
off-Broadway.
In 1974, President
Richard
M.
Nixon
announced he was releasing edited transcripts of
some secretly made White
House tape recordings
related to Watergate.
In
1983,
Harold
Washington was sworn in
as the first black mayor of
Chicago.
In 1992, rioting resulting in 55 deaths erupted
in Los Angeles after a jury
in Simi Valley, California,
acquitted four Los Angeles
police officers of almost
all state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney
King.
In
1993,
Britains
Queen
Elizabeth
II
announced that for the first
time, Buckingham Palace
would be opened to tourists to help raise money
for repairs at fire-damaged
Windsor Castle.
In
2011,
Britains
Prince William and Kate
Middleton were married
in an opulent ceremony
at Londons Westminster
Abbey.
Te n
years
ago:
Insurgents unleashed a
series of car bombings
and other attacks across
Iraq, killing at least 41
people, including three
U.S. soldiers. NASA
again delayed the first
space shuttle launch since
the Columbia disaster,
worrying that ice falling
off fuel tank could doom
Discovery.
WEBB
County judge rejects new

Ohio rules on traffic cameras
TOLEDO (AP) A judge in northwest Ohio has made the
latest ruling rejecting the states new restrictions on traffic camera
enforcement.
Lucas County Judge Dean Mandros followed up his March 22
preliminary injunction against the law with a ruling Monday that
it violates home-rule powers given to local governments under
Ohios constitution. The Blade newspaper of Toledo reports
that Mandros said restrictions such as requiring a police officers
presence when cameras are in use are, in his words, an unconstitutional exercise of legislative power.
He said that the requirement would force communities to
divert precious and limited police resources from other important tasks and incur costs such as officer overtime. Mandros
called it arbitrary, unreasonable, and not rationally related to any
legitimate government purpose.
What it means for Toledo is that home rule is alive and well
in Toledo, said Adam Loukx, the citys law director.
Judges in Montgomery and Summit counties have made
similar rulings, allowing police in Dayton and Akron to continue
using camera systems to cite red-light and speeding violations
without the new requirements that also include safety studies and
public relations campaigns.
The Ohio attorney generals office says it is appealing the
rulings against the law passed late last year.
We will appeal this ruling as well, spokesman Dan Tierney
said.
The Ohio Supreme Court has twice upheld automated camera
enforcement, which draws criticism from opponents who say it
runs over motorists rights and is mainly used to raise revenue.
Legislators had said the law they passed allowed cameras, but just
added requirements for their use.
Local governments say camera use makes streets safer and
stretch police resources.
Legislators are taking another shot at cameras with a proposal
to reduce local government fund subsidies for cities for collecting
fines from camera use.
Toledo Mayor Paul Hicks-Hudson is trying to rally other mayors
against the legislation, saying in a letter that its a punitive measure
against cities simply for protecting their constitutional rights.
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Mary Catherine
(Weichart) Kemper
March 4, 1930-Aprili 26,
2015
OTTOVILLE - Mary
Kemper, 85, of Ottoville
died 11:45 a.m. Sunday at
Vancrest Assisted Living of
Delphos.
She was born March
4, 1930, in Fort Jennings
to Alex and Florence
(Horstman) Weichart, who
preceded her in death.
On July 28, 1951, she
married Henry J. Kemper,
who died June 10, 1980.
Mary is survived by her
two sons, Henry Joe (Ruth)
Kemper and David (Judy)
Kemper both of Ottoville;
seven daughters, Jan (Bill)
VonLehmden of Ottoville,
Patty Romes of Ottawa,
Rita (Larry) Kreinbrink of
Leipsic, Diane (Tom) Verhoff
of Kalida, Marcia (Dave)
Herring of Leipsic, Karen
(Ron) Bonifas of Landeck
and Beth (Jeff) Clay of Fort
Jennings; 25 grandchildren
and 24 great-grandchildren;
a sister, Edna Wurth of
Kalida; six in-laws, Arnold
(Norma) Kemper, Isadore
(Leona) Kemper, Theresa
(Jim) Kramer, Agnes (Don)
Ostendorf, Lucille Lammers
and Ruth (Larry) Johnson.
She was also preceded in death by a grandchild, Wesley Bonifas; two
great-grandchildren: Blake
and Blaine Romes; a brother,
Norman (Helen) Weichart;
a nephew, Gary Weichart;
and 15 in-laws, Leo and
Angela Kemper, Lawrence
Kemper, Joe and Eileen
Kemper, Alphonse Kemper,
John Kemper, Richard
Wurth, Alex and Frances
Muzechuck, Amelia and
Frank Burdg, Bob Lammers,
Elmer Wittler and Alice
Kemper.
Mary was a member of
Immaculate
Conception
Catholic Church, Ottoville
and its Altar Rosary Society,
Ottoville VFW Ladies
Auxiliary and the Ottoville
Mutual Telephone Company
Board. Mary formerly
worked as a cook at Sarah
Jane Nursing Home. She had
a lifetime love for children
and enjoyed babysitting.
Mary resided the last three
years at Vancest of Delphos
Assisted Living.
Mass of Christian Burial
will begin 10:30 a.m.
Thursday at Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church,
Ottoville, the Rev. Jerome
Schetter officiating. Burial
will follow in St. Marys
Cemetery, Ottoville.
Visitation will be from
6-8 p.m. today and 2-8
p.m. Wednesday at LoveHeitmeyer Funeral Home,
Jackson Township, where a
scripture service will be held
at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorials may be given
to VanCrest, Hearts of
Ohio Hospice, Immaculate
Conception Cemetery, or
Kidney Services of West
Central Ohio.
Condolences may be
expressed to: www.lovefuneralhome.com.
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BIRTHS
ST. RITAS
A girl was born April
26 to Maria and Brenden
Mitchell of Delphos.
A boy was born April 27
to Julie and David Eickholt
of Fort Jennings.
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STATE/LOCAL
OSU Extension seeks input from residents

Information submitted
VAN WERT What will residents of Van

Wert County be wanting and needing in the
next 20 years? OSU Extension is hoping to
hear from county residents.
The Ohio State University Extension is
one of Ohios great resources with more than
600 faculty and staff and over 30,000 volunteers, serving as the front door to the immense
knowledge, expertise and resources of The
Ohio State University. In 2014, Ohio State
University celebrated the 100th year anniversary of the Smith Lever Act of 1914 which
created agricultural experiment stations and
a cooperative extension service for not only

Ohio State University but more than 70 other
land-grant universities in the United States.
By celebrating the 100-year anniversary of
one of the nations great legislative acts has
provided an excellent opportunity to recognize the historical accomplishments, and to
envision the exciting accomplishments that
will enable celebrating the next 100th years.
A significant component of Ohios celebration in 2014 was a year-long process
focused on the future. The primary work
was centered on futuring asking questions
about and envisioning the long term future of
OSU Extension as well as the role Extension
should play in shaping and positively impacting Ohio and Ohio residents. The goal of the
futuring was to engage broad participation
across the state to identity the most important
emerging issues and potential challenges likely to confront all Ohioans by the year 2035
and how the Extension might best meet those
challenges in the years ahead.
More than 500 people contributed
upwards of 1,200 ideas through a participatory approach which engaged a wide array
of stakeholders both internal and external
to OSU in discussions about the future. The
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Landeck Community Committee member Catherine Heitz, left, presents a $1,000 check to Landeck Elementary
School teachers Christina Grothaus, second from left, Kathy Rostorfer, Brenda Gallmeier, Damon Ulm and Sue
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classrooms. Smart Boards will be demonstrated at a later date. The remainder of the proceeds from the Pork
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Flying Squirrels take first at engineering showcase

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teams, The Flying Squirrels,

placed first in the Best
Engineering and Innovation category out of 35 teams from the
Columbus and Lima campuses.
In the Best Performance division,
Team Ward made it to the final
round of 15 at the competition.
Both teams were chosen from
nine teams in Limas first-year
engineering courses to compete
Two teams of first year engineering students at The Ohio

State University at Lima competed in the Engineering Education
Innovation Centers Advanced
Energy Vehicle (AEV) Showcase
on Mon., April 20, 2015, on the
Columbus campus.
One of Ohio State-Limas
in the showcase. University-wide,

nearly 400 teams of students from
first-year sections competed to
enter the showcase. Each team
consisted of 3-4 students.
The goal of the project is to
develop a vehicle that minimizes
the amount of energy used, runs
autonomously and is aesthetically
pleasing. This year, students were
tasked with creating an AEV that
would be used at Jurassic Park as

part of a monorail transportation
system that moves visitors safely via a green, energy-efficient
and cost-effective system. Lima
students were able to test their
vehicles on a track that was set
up in the Physics Lab. The teams
developed their projects with two
categories in mind: best-performing and best-engineered vehicle.
Students on the Flying

Squirrels team include Jacob
Yahl,
Spencerville;
Peter
Seffernick, Celina; and Ryan
Svenson, North Lewisburg. Team
members on Team Ward were
William Metzger, Troy; Alex
Teffenhardt, Ottawa; Ryan Greve,
Wapakoneta; and Drew Netts, St.
Paris.
From the Vantage Point
Vantage SkillsUSA Medal Winners include, from left, Brandon Kimmet (Ottoville), Chris
Bauer (Paulding), Cole Ketchum (Parkway), Jeremiah Dealey (Crestview), and Nick
Grote (Ottoville). (Photo submitted)
St. Johns Elementary second-graders recently submitted poster designs for the
Allen County Engineers Poster Contest. The winners received various games as
prizes. Kierstin Jackson, front left, received first place, Isaiah Freewalt won second place and Kennedy Sterling placed third. They are shown with Allen County
Engineers Scott Little, back left, and Ron Meyer. (Submitted photo)
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DELPHOS Pathfinders of
Delphos held a meeting on April
22 at the Delphos Coons Club.
After attendance was taken,
Marie Mueller did a Health
Report on Why should I stay
Active. Then Rebecca Violet
did a Safety Report on Nature
Safety.
With getting our projects
together we are now starting into
demonstrations. First to give a
demonstrations was Sophia
Wilson, Lucy Bonifas, Jordan
Miller, Derek Jewell, and Avery
Mercer.
Next we discussed our Service
Project: Making Flower Pellets at
6 p.m. Thursday at the Delphos
Area Art Guild if you are able to
make it, if it is not completed we
will meet again on May 7 same
time and place.
It is that time of year again to
start selling our Chicken BBQ
dinner tickets. If you are interested in selling or buying tickets
please let Sue Hempfling know. It
is from 3:30-7 p.m. June 9 at the
Van Wert County Fairgrounds.
Tickets are $8.50.
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Vantage students medal in

SkillsUSA State competition
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VAN WERT The past few weeks have
been incredibly busy for Vantage students
competing in SkillsUSA. A big shout goes
out to all the competitors: Cole Ketchum
(Parkway) who placed second in the CNC
Turning contest, the senior Industrial
Mechanics team of Nick Grote (Ottoville) and
Jeremiah Dealey (Crestview) who took second
place in the Mechatronics contest, and to the
senior Electricity team of Brandon Kimmet
(Ottoville) and Chris Bauer (Paulding) who
Honor Roll
Ottoville High School
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Seniors
All As
Anna Bendele, Chelsey
Boecker, Megan Lambert,
Haley
Landwehr
and
Elizabeth Luersman.
Honor roll
Joel Beining, Morgan
Beining, Colin Bendele, Kyle
Bendele, Austin Honigford,
Ryan
Kimmet,
Brandt
Landin, Annie Lindeman,
Wesley Markward, Trent
Miller, Tyler Roby, Robyn
Turnwald, Joseph Van Oss,
Courtney Von Sossan and
Lyndsey Wannemacher.
Juniors
All As
Alena Horstman and
Nicole Kramer.
Honor Roll
Erica Brickner, Jennifer
Burgei, Madalyn Herman,
MaKayla Hoersten, Jasmine
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placed second in Robotics and Automation.

Other contestants included Carpentry
junior Bradley Rice (Fort Jennings) who
placed fourth in the Cabinetmaking contest
and Health Technology junior Bianka Robach
(Continental) who competed in the Nurse
Assisting contest, Derek Schroeder (Kalida),
who placed 10th in the CNC Milling contest,
Corey Booher (Parkway), who placed fifth in
the Collision Repair Technology contest, and
Tyler Foust (Delphos Jefferson) who placed
15th in the Automotive Service Technology
contest.
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Jones, Carly Kortokrax,

Isaiah Miller, Nathaniel
Ricker, Brendon Schnipke
and Rudy Wenzlick.
Sophmores
All As
Maizee
Brinkman,
Madison Knodell, Brooke
Mangas, Alexis Thorbahn
and Rebecca Violet.
Honor roll
Michaela Byrne, Emitt
German, Bryce Hoehn, Alicia
Honigford, Cody Kemper,
Eric Von Sossan and Thomas
Waldick.
Freshmen
All As
Megan Burgei, Abigail
Hilvers, Emily Landin,
Bethany Maag, MaKayla
Miller, Brittany Schleeter,
Brendan Siefker
Honor roll
McKenna Byrne, April
Horstman, Katlyn Kelch,
Cassandra Kemper, Derek
Kemper, Jonathan Knippen,
Karie Ladd, Bridget Landin,
Kara Landin, Julia Langhals,
Zane
Martin,
Amber
Miller, Joshua Sarka, Andy
Schimmoeller,
Madicyn
Schnipke, Lindsay Schweller,

Brendon Stoner and Nicole
Williams.
Eighth grade
All As
Cameron
Calvelage,
Ethan Geise, Haley Hoersten,
Kasey Knippen and Quinley
Schlagbaum.
Honor roll
Madison
Averesch,
Hunter Boecker, Kambrie
Edelbrock, Olivia Gamble,
Brynlee Hanneman, Ashley
Herman, Dylan Kemper,
Zachary Knippen, Jonah
Mansfield, Chaz Spencer and
Carson Stoner.
Seventh grade
All As
Kylee Hoersten, Trevor
Horstman, Elijah Knodell,
Ashlee Landin, Halle Landin,
Brendan Niemeyer and Evan
Turnwald.
Honor Roll
Taylor Beining, Dylan
Byrne, Andrew Fisher, Nolan
German, Zachary Herman,
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BY LOVINA EICHER
Delphos Senior
Citizens Center
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
TODAY
9 a.m. - noon Putnam
County Museum is open, 202 E.
Main St. Kalida.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The
Delphos Museum of Postal
History, 339 N. Main St., is open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite at
Delphos Senior Citizen Center,
301 Suthoff St.
Noon Rotary Club meets
at The Grind.
6 p.m. Shepherds of Christ
Associates meet in the St. Johns
Chapel.
7 p.m. Bingo at St. Johns
Little Theatre.
THURSDAY
9-11 a.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
301 Suthoff St.
3-7 p.m. The Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for shopping.
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Delphos
Optimist Club, A&W Drive-In,
924 E. Fifth St.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Interfaith
301 Suthoff St.
SATURDAY
9 a.m.-noon Interfaith
St. Vincent dePaul Society,
located at the east edge of the St.
Johns High School parking lot,
is open.
If we thought spring weather was here

to stay, we were wrong. Today the temperature is in the mid-30s, and we are having snow flurries all morning. The wind is
so cold.
All is quiet here
at the Eichers.
Everyone is gone
for the day. I did
the morning work,
mopped the floors
and am folding
laundry. Im hoping to make butter
yet before the girls
get home from
work. Susan wants
to bake sugar
cookies
when
she comes home.
These
cookies
have buttermilk as one of the ingredients,
so I thought Id make butter so we have
some.
Susans last day at the RV factory is
Friday. She wants to take cookies to work
to treat her co-workers. On Monday she
will start working for nephew Emanul. He
has a woodworking shop and has quite a
few employees.
Lovina and Kevin were really excited on Saturday. Daughter Susans friend
Mose bought them each a little baby duck.
They named them Donald and Daisy and
have had so much fun taking care of them.
They keep them in a box in front of the
coal stove in the basement. I hardly ever
hear them. They arent as noisy as the
little chicks that we have had in the house
already. This is the first time we have had
ducks, so the children are eager to see how
they will be for pets when they get older.
Once the weather warms up they can move
them out to the barn.
Congratulations to nephew Levi and
Barbara! We received an invitation to their
May 14 wedding. Levi is sister Leah and
Pauls son. I will be a cook at their wedding. They would like the cooks to wear
royal blue dresses. It looks like I will get
another new dress.
I really need to get to my sewing. Son
Benjamin could use more work pants. I
have several cut out for him but need to
sew them. Once I get started it wont take
long. Pants are easy to put together and
sew.
Everything has been so busy this spring
that my husband Joe hasnt had much time
for fishing. Son Benjamin went fishing
Friday evening with Mose and two of his
brothers. Saturday evening Benjamin and
Joseph went fishing for a few hours
after the work was
done for the day.
T i m o t h y
( d a u g h t e r
Elizabeths friend)
bought a bigger
place and is in the
process of selling his. He has a
bigger and newer
house and more
acreage on the new
place. He has some
woods on the property, and a river
runs behind it. We want to help him move
once hes ready.
DELPHOS A recent blood drive held at the Knights of

Columbus hall netted 59 units.
Those reaching milestone donations included: Mary Massa
five gallons; Chuck Shumaker 17 gallons; and James
Gable 19 gallons.
Canteen workers were Dianna Ireland, Eloise Shumaker,
Rita Wrasman, Sandy Talboon, Judy Williams and Marilyn
Sickels.
The next blood drive at the K of C hall is set for June 3.
April 29
Raymond Steven Zenz
Jim Hammons
Happy
Birthday
April 30
Samantha Vermule
Rachel Pohlman
Robin Hodgson
Jody Pfoff
Breanne Carder
Emily Ostendorf
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SATURDAY: Patti Thompson, Norma VonderEmbse, Joyce
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two baby ducks to the household, their
first experience with ducklings. (Submitted
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SPORTS
Bearcats win wild one Mikesell fans 11 as St. Henry downs Jays
versus Musketeers
By JIM METCALFE
DHI Media Sports Editor
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
FORT JENNINGS You

couldnt have asked for a better afternoon to play baseball
than Tuesdays brilliant and warm weather brought to wear.
That didnt mean it
wasnt a wild game
between Fort Jennings
and Spencerville at
Fort Jennings Village
Park.
The
visiting
Bearcats amassed 17 hits, 10
bases-on-balls and three hit
batters to pound the
Musketeers 21-8 in
non-league action.
It began in the top
of the first frame as
the Bearcats (8-8) send
11 batters to the dish,
chasing Musketeer
starter Alex Sealts
after nine of them and two
outs. They compiled two hits,
both for runs batted in: a single by Mitchell Youngpeter
that plated leadoff man Jaret
Montenery (hit by pitch) and
a double by Thad Ringwald
(Youngpeter). They added a
sacrifice fly by Luke Carpenter
(Ringwald) and four walks
one with the bases loaded
to David Wisher that scored
Nick Freewalt and a 2-base
error on a Montenery fly ball
that greeted reliever Connor
Stechschulte that plated Brady
Becker, Nolan and Wisher for
a 7-0 edge.
The Musketeers (3-12)
responded with five of their
own sending 10 to the dish
in the home half against
starter Freewalt. They had four
hits, including a 2-run double
by Austin Kehres (Connor
Stechschulte and Sam Vetter)
that made it 7-5 and run-scoring knocks by Brandon
Wehri (Kyle Hellman) and
Stechschulte (Mark Metzger).
An error in between allowed
Wehri to come home.
The Black Attack added
three more in the top of the
second on two walks (Freewalt
and Carpenter), a wild pitch
and three hits: RBI singles by
Becker (Freewalt) and Justin
Thierry (Becker). A Nolan
sac fly scored Carpenter for a
10-5 advantage.
Spencerville made it 11-5
in the upper fourth on a leadoff double to center by Becker,
a fielders-choice grounder to
third that saw Kehres catch
Becker too far off second for
the first out, a stolen base and
two wild pitches.
The visitors made it 12-5 in
the top of the fifth on a leadoff
single by Red Wood, a single
by Youngpeter, a forceout at
second by Ringwald and a sac
fly to right by Freewalt.
The Orange and Black
got three back in the home
half against reliever Nolan.
With one out, Ryan Hoersten
beat out an infield hit to the
hole at short and moved up
on a groundout by Austin
Luebrecht.
Back-to-back
errors on a Luke Trentman
pop-up and a Hellman grounder scored Hoersten and put
runners on the corners. After
a Hellman steal, Metzger
slapped a 2-run double to
left center for a 12-8 deficit.
However, he was picked off
base by Nolan for the third

out.
Spencerville sent 11
more to the dish in the sixth
against third Musketeer hurler
Trentman, scoring five: two
free passes, two hit batters
and four hits, including a 2-run single by
Becker (Youngpeter
and Ringwald) and
RBI knocks by Wood
(Carpenter)
and
Youngpeter (Wisher).
Another run came
home earlier on a wild
pitch (Wood) as the visitors built a 17-8 margin.
The guests had 10 more
bat in the top half
of the seventh,
plating four more.
They had a walk,
four hits, including
an RBI double by
Youngpeter (Wisher)
and after two
errors had allowed
Wood and Youngpeter to
score a run-scoring knock
by Thierry (Freewalt) that
made it 21-8.
Spencerville came ready
to play and we did not,
Musketeer head coach Eric
Schwab observed. They are
a good young team on the rise
and give them all the credit.
Fort
Jennings
visits
Jefferson tonight.
That first inning was
crazy; there were 12 runs
scored by both teams and that
is more than we usually have
in a game, Spencerville head
coach Troy Montenery said.
For us, we kept adding on.
We put the ball in play or
showed a lot of discipline at
the plate; we only struck out
four times. We ran the bases
with aggression and well; I
will take some mistakes there
if they are because of that
attitude. We got a good relief
performance from Nolan
tonight.
Spencerville is at Paulding
Thursday.
SPENCERVILLE (21)
Jaret Montenery cf 2-1-0-0, Red
Wood cf 3-3-2-1, Mitchell Youngpeter
c 6-3-4-3, Thad Ringwald rf 5-2-2-1,
Nick Freewalt p/2b 2-3-0-1, Brady Becker
1b 4-2-3-3, Luke Carpenter 3b 3-2-2-1,
Hunter French pr 0-1-0-0, Justin Thierry
cf 5-0-2-2, Brady Nolan 2b/p 2-1-0-1,
Logan Rex ph 2-0-0-0, David Wisher ss
3-3-2-1. Totals 37-21-17-14.
FORT JENNINGS (8)
Luke Trentman lf/p 3-1-0-0, Kyle
Hellman rf/cf 4-2-0-0, Mark Metzger c
4-1-4-2, Brandon Wehri ss 3-1-1-1, Alex
Sealts p/3b 1-0-0-0, Connor Stechschulte
p 2-1-1-1, Sam Vetter 1b 3-1-0-0, Aaron
Sealts 2b 3-0-0-0, Austin Kehres 3b 2-01-2, Ryan Hoersten ph/lf 2-1-1-0, Zach
Finn cf 0-0-0-0, Austin Luebrecht ph/rf
3-0-0-0, Collin Wieging ph 1-0-0-0. Totals
31-8-8-6.
Score by Innings:
Spencerville 7 3 0 1 1 5 4 - 21
Ft. Jennings 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 8
E: Youngpeter, Freewalt, Becker,
Carpenter, Wisher, Hellman, Hoersten,
Finn; DP: Spencerville 1; LOB:
Spencerville 11, Fort Jennings 9; 2B:
Metzger 3, Youngpeter, Ringwald,
Becker, Kehres; SB: Montenery,
Ringwald, French, Hellman, Wehri; POB:
Metzger (by Freewalt); SF: Freewalt,
Carpenter, Nolan.
IP H R ER BB SO
SPENCERVILLE
Freewalt (W, 2-1)
3.2 6 5 2 2 2
Nolan
3.1 2 3 0 2 3
FORT JENNINGS
Al. Sealts (L, 0-2)
0.2 2 7 4 4 1
Stechschulte
4.1 7 5 5 3 1
Trentman
2.0 8 9 5 3 2
WP: Stechschulte 3; HBP: Montenery
(by Al. Sealts), Wisher (by Trentman),
Carpenter (by Trentman), Vetter (by
Freewalt), Aa. Sealts (by Nolan); BB:
Freewalt 3, Becker 2, Trentman 2,
Ringwald, Carpenter, Thierry, Nolan,
Wisher, Wehri, Stechschulte; PitchesStrikes: Freewalt 83-55, Nolan 69-38;
Al. Sealts 36-14, Stechschulte 70-44,
Trentman 78-38.
By LARRY HEIING
DHI Media Correspondent
ST. HENRY The St. Johns Blue

Jays traveled to Redskin country Tuesday
night for a Midwest Athletic
Conference showdown against St.
Henry.
Ryan Mikesell struck out 11 as
the Redskins scalped St. Johns
7-0.
The pre-game festivities had
the feel of a professional baseball
game as the Redskins wore 2003
throwback uniforms from their
state championship season.
In addition to the beautiful field at the
Wally Post Athletic Complex, St. Henry
had a ceremonial first pitch, a young fanbased national anthem and a bargain price
on peanuts.
Mikesell sent St. Johns down in order
in the first with one strikeout.
Blue Jay starter Eric Vogt retired the
first two batters and appeared to be out
of the inning when St. Johns committed
their first error of the game on a Andrew
Lundvall grounder. Lundvall stole second
base and came home on a single by Derek
Lange as
St. Henry drew first blood. Blue Jay
catcher Buddy Jackson threw out Lange
on a steal attempt for the third out of the
inning.
The St. Johns defense made its second
error in the next inning to put runners on
the corners with only one out. After Vogt
struck out Mitch Dorner, the Jays defense
notched the final out of inning with a
throw-out as second baseman Aaron
Reindel threw out the St. Henry base-run-
Lady Green win pitchers
duel with Jeffcats
OTTOVILLE Jefferson came within a whisker of knocking off Northwest
Conference foe Bluffton Monday night
on the road.
The Lady Wildcats had another chance
to grab a road win on a brilliant Tuesday
afternoon as they headed to Ottoville for
a non-league tussle with the Lady Big
Green.
Alas, for the second game in a row,
they lost a heart-breaker: 3-1.
Courtney Von Sossan outdueled Claire
Thompson in the matchup.
Thompson ceded only three hits but
of the three runs she gave up, none were
earned as the defense committed four miscues behind her.
Von Sossan gave up four hits; the
Green and Gold had one error.
Thompson was riding a 1-0 lead into
the bottom of the sixth inning when the
Lady Big Green put up three runs in the
fateful frame and Von Sossan shut the
guests down in the home seventh to get
the victory.
Jefferson returns to league action this
evening in a makeup game at Spencerville
(postponed from April 20), with first pitch
at 5 p.m.
OTTOVILLE 3, JEFFERSON 1
JEFFERSON (1)
ab r h rbi
Sarah Thitoff 3 0 0 0, Claire Thompson 2 0 0
1, Jessica Pimpas 3 0 1 0, Madison Jettinghoff 3
0 1 0, Kaylin Hartsock 3 0 0 0, Dani Harman 3 0
1 0, Sam Branham 3 0 1 0, Sophia Wilson 2 1 0
0. Totals 25 1 4 1.
OTTOVILLE (3)
ab r h rbi
T. Boecker 3 1 1 0, H. Landwehr 3 0 0 0 A.
Horstman 3 1 2 0, Shayla Rice 3 0 0 0 A. Hilvers
3 1 0 1, M. Brinkman 3 0 0 0, B. Scheeter 3 0 0
0, C. Von Sossan 2 0 0 0, R. Turnwald 2 0 0 0 J.
Burgei 2 0 0 0. Totals 24 3 3 1.
Score by Innings:
Jefferson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1
Ottoville 0 0 0 0 0 3 x - 3
E: Hartsock 2, Rice, Wilson, Scheeter. LOB:
Jefferson 6, Ottoville 3. Sac: Thitoff, Thompson.
SB: Jettinghoff, Wilson, Pimpas, Horstman,
Boecker.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
JEFFERSON
Thompson (L)
6.00 3 3 0 0 7 0
OTTOVILLE
Von Sossan (W)
7.00 4 1 1 1 4
0
PB: Jettinghoff 2, Brinkman. SO: Brinkman 2,
Von Sossan 2, Rice, Wilson, Pimpas, Branham,
Burgei, Scheeter, Landwehr. BB: Wilson.
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Ottoville pounds Spartans in baseball

LIMA Fresh off a riveting 3-2
10-inning triumph over archrival Fort
ner with a bullet to Jackson at the plate.

Meanwhile, Mikesell cruised through
the Blue Jay lineup as he retired all nine
batters he faced in the first three innings
with four punch-outs.
The Redskins added another run in the
third inning after Blake Hoying
walked and came around on a
2-out double by Lundvall to give
St. Henry a 2-0 lead.
St. Johns finally got a
base-runner in the fifth inning as
Vogt slapped a single to center
field. Mikesell went to work with
a strikeout and the St. Henry
defense ended the inning with a
double play to quiet the uprising by the
Jays.
Jackson has been making a lot of
noise at the plate lately with his bat but
he displayed his talents behind in the
plate in the fifth inning. Mitch Stammen
reached with a 1-out single to center and
was thrown out by Jackson attempting
to steal. Josh Osterholt walked and the
Redskins continued to run wild on the
basepaths even though Jackson already
recorded a pair of knockouts in the game.
The St. Johns catcher may have gotten
the Redskins to raise the white flag by
nailing Osterholt with his cannon of an
arm for the third out.
Jorden Boone led off the sixth inning
with a drive to right field that was hauled
in on a nice play by St. Henrys Lundvall.
Other than Vogts hit, this was the first
time that the Jays got the ball in the air to
the outfield so far against Mikesell. The
basketball
standout-turned-pitcher struck out the
next two St. Johns batters to end the
inning.
After a pitching duel for the first 5

innings, the Redskins stampeded with five
runs in the bottom of the inning to put the
game away.
Mikesell faced the minimum of 21 batters in the game and allowing only one hit
along with the 11 Ks. St. Henry (11-4) had
seven hits in the game, including three by
DJ Kunkler with three bunts.
The Jays were playing their sixth road
game in a row and fall to 7-10 on the
season.
St. Johns will face another conference
foe as they return home to Stadium Park
and welcome New Knoxville to town on
Thursday.
Jennings the night before, one might have

expected the Ottoville baseball team to be
a little down when they headed to Lima
Senior Tuesday afternoon for non-league
action.
The Big Green faithful neednt have
worried.
They rebounded quite nicely and
smacked the Spartans 13-2 in five innings.
The Big Green only had five hits but
they were the beneficiaries of five Spartan
errors.
Kyle Bendele tossed a 3-hitter, walking
three and fanning 11.
Ottoville hosts Wayne Trace today.
Trevor Anderson 4 0 1 0, Jake Sevitz 3 1 1

2, Blake Casady 4 0 2 0, Spencer Caudill 1 0 1
1, Chase Wilder 4 1 0 0, William Kleffner 2 0 2
1, Taylor Fickel 3 1 0 0, Tyler Hall 2 0 0 0, Jacob
Hixenbaugh 1 0 0 0, Justin Peake 2 2 0 0, Alex
Lehman 1 1 0 1, *Landon Demoss 0 1 0 0, *Kyle
Kaplan 0 1 0 0. Totals 27 8 7 5.
ELIDA (0)
Austin Morrison 2 0 1 0, Logan Alexander 3
0 0 0, Adam Purdy 3 0 0 0, Travis Watkins 3 0 0
0, Owen Anderson 2 0 0 0, Cam Moore 1 0 0 0,
Derek Snider 2 0 1 0, Patrick Brockert 1 0 0 0,
Jared Blymyer 3 0 0 0, Garrett Brinkman 2 0 1 0,
Josh Bull 2 0 0 0. Totals 24 0 3 0.
Score by Innings:
Shawnee 220 001 3 8
Elida
000 000 0 0
E: Bull, Holcomb. LOB: Shawnee 10, Elida 4.
2B: Kleffner. Sac: Lehman. SB: Lehman, Sevitz.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
SHAWNEE
Sevitz (W)
7.00 3 0 0 1 5 0
ELIDA
Bull (L)
6.00 6 5 4 4 2 0
Watkins
1.00 1 3 3 1 1 0
HBP: Kleffner 2, Lehman, Sevitz, Fickel,
AndersonPB: Alexander. WP: Sevitz, Bull. SO:
Hall, Casady, Fickel, Anderson, Alexander,
Bull, Brinkman. BB: Peake 2, Lehman, Sevitz,
Hixenbaugh, Morrison.
LOCAL ROUNDUP
OTTOVILLE 13, LIMA SENIOR 2 (5 innings)

Ottoville
ab r h rbi bb so lob
N Moorman 2 3 0 1 2 0 3, J Fanning 3 2 2 1 0
1 2, B Boecker 1 2 0 2 1 0 3, J Vanoss 2 1 0 0 2
0 2, T Miller 1 1 1 3 1 0 2, B Schnipke 3 1 1 2 0 0
3, B Seibert 3 1 0 1 1 1 4, J Beining 4 1 1 1 0 1 4,
K Bendele 1 1 0 0 3 1 1. Totals 20 13 5 11 10 4 8.
Lima Senior
Morris 3 0 1 0 0 1 0, Burkholder 2 1 0 0 1
2 1, Shoemaker 3 0 0 0 0 2 2, Collins 2 1 2 1
0 0 0, Lutz 1 0 0 0 1 1 1, McDonald 2 0 0 0 0 1
2, Nuckles 1 0 0 0 1 1 0, Bolden 2 0 0 0 0 2 3,
Wilcutt 2 0 0 0 0 1 3. Totals 18 2 3 1 3 11 5.
Score by Innings:
Ottoville
2 4 0 1 6 - 13 5 1
Lima Senior 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 3 5
OTTOVILLE 1B: Fanning 2, Schnipke,
Beining. 2B: Miller. TB: Fanning 2, Miller 2,
Schnipke, Beining. SF: Boecker 2, Miller. SB:
Boecker 2, Schnipke 2, Fanning, Miller, Beining.
CS: Seibert.
LIMA SENIOR 1B: Collins 2, Morris. TB:
Collins 2, Morris. SB: Burkholder.
PITCHING
IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ottoville
K Bendele (W)
5.0 3 2 2 3 11 0
Lima Senior
Burkholder (L)
2.0 2 6 2 3 0 0
McDonald
2.2 3 7 6 7 3 0
Dudek
0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
HBP: McDonald 2, Burkholder. P-S: Bendele
86-57, Burkholder 59-31, McDonald 83-35,
Dudek 3-3.
Sevitz twirls 3-hit shutout versus Elida

ELIDA Shawnees Jake Sevitz stifled Elida Tuesday afternoon, tossing a
3-hit shutout as the Indians rolled up an
8-0 Western Buckeye League baseball
triumph at Ed Sandy Memorial Field.
Sevitz walked one and fanned five.
He also helped his cause at the plate
with two runs batted in, while Blake
Casady and Williams Kleffner each had
a pair of hits. Kleffner was also hit by a
pitch twice.
Elida is at Kenton for another WBL
clash Friday.
SHAWNEE 8, ELIDA 0
SHAWNEE (8)
ab r h rbi
St. Johns (0)

ab-r-h-rbi
Austin Heiing cf 3-0-0-0, Seth Linder 3b
3-0-0-0, Jaret Jackson c 3-0-0-0, Eric Vogt
p 3-0-1-0, Jesse Ditto 1b 2-0-0-0, Jacob
Youngpeter 1f 2-0-0-0, Jorden Boone rf 2-0-00, Josh Warnecke ss 2-0-0-0, Aaron Reindel
2b 2-0-0-0. Totals: 21-0-1-0.
St. Henry (7)
ab-r-h-rbi
Mitch Stamman ss 4-0-1-0, Josh Overholt
cf 3-0-0-0, Andrew Lundvall rf 3-2-1-1, Derek
Lange 1b 2-1-1-1, DJ Kunkler 3b 3-1-3-0,
Ryan Mikesell p 2-1-0-0, Austin Clune c 2-10-0, Mitch Dorner 2b 3-0-1-2, Blake Hoying 1f
2-1-0-0. Totals: 24-7-7-4.
Score By Innings:
St. Johns 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)
St. Henry 1-0-1-0-0-5-x-(7)
2B-Lundvall, Kunkler. CS-Stammen (by
Jackson), Osterholt (by Jackson), Lange (by
Jackson) SB- Hoying, Kunkler. Errors: St.
Johns 4, St. Henry 0. DP: St. Henry. LOB: St.
Johns 1, St. Henry 7.
Pitching
ip-h-r-er-bb-so
St. Johns
Vogt (L)
5.1 6 5 2 2 3
Slate
0.2 1 2 1 0 1
St. Henry
Mikesell (W)
7 1 0 0 0 11
BB-Hoying, Mikesell, Clune. Balk-Vogt,
Swift throws 1-hitter

LEIPSIC Kalida southpaw ace
Austin Swift tossed a 1-hitter against
Leipsic Tuesday and moved to 4-0 with
a 10-0 shutout (6 innings) of the Vikings
at Charles L. Bennett Park.
Swift walked three and fanned 14 in
his gem.
Kalida (13-3) visits Cory-Rawson
Thursday, while Leipsic is at Patrick
Henry Friday.
KALIDA 10, LEIPSIC 0 (6 innings)
Score by Innings:
Kalida: 061 201 = (10) (11) 0
Leipsic: 000 000 = 0 1 2
WP: Swift; LP: Selhorst.
Top hitters: Kalida: Brent Hovest 2-3 (RBI),
Trevor Maag 2-3 (2B, 2 RBI), Trent Gerding 1-2
(2 RBI)
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Grove stays unbeaten in PCL softball

COLUMBUS GROVE Columbus
Grove improved to 3-0 in the Putnam
County League (13-5 overall) as the Lady
Bulldogs grabbed a 10-0 5-inning softball
victory over Leipsic Tuesday at home.
Hope Schroeder (9-4) tossed a complete-game 3-hitter for the victors.
Grove visits Jefferson Thursday.
COLUMBUS GROVE 10, LEIPSIC 0 (5 inns)
Score by Innings:
Leipsic
00000-031
Col. Grove 3 0 2 1 4 - 10 10 0
WP: Hope Schroeder (9-4; 5 IPs, 3 hits, 4
BBs, 4 Ks); LP: Steingass (4 2/3 IPs, 10 hits,
10 runs, 8 ER, 3 BB, 2 K). Leading Hitters:
Leipsic: Lopez 1-2, Lammers 1-2, Sickmiller 1-2;
Columbus Grove: Hope Schroeder 2-2 (2B),
Sammi Rosengarten 2-3, Brooke Hoffman 2-3.
Cueto dominates Brewers again, Royals score 6 in 7th to overtake Indians

Reds hit 3 homers in 4-2 win
CINCINNATI (AP)
Johnny Cueto gave up three
hits over eight innings during
his latest dominant performance against the Milwaukee
Brewers, and Brandon Phillips
had a two-run homer Tuesday
night, leading the Cincinnati
Reds to a 4-2 victory over the
worst team in the majors.
Joey Votto and Marlon
Byrd added solo homers off
Kyle Lohse (1-4) as the Reds
clinched the series. Half of
their 10 wins this season have
come against Milwaukee.
The Brewers fell to 4-17,
the worst start by a National
League team in 18 years,
according to STATS. The
1997 Cubs had an identical
record. The 2010 Orioles were
the last team in the majors to
open a season 4-17.
Cueto (2-2) gave up homers to Aramis Ramirez and
Ryan Braun as he got his
sixth straight win over the
Brewers. Hes 9-3 career
against Milwaukee, including
8-0 in 11 career starts at Great

American Ball Park.
Aroldis Chapman retired
the side in the ninth for his
fifth save in as many chances,
leaving the Brewers 1-7 on
the road.
Braun was back in right
field after getting the last two
days off as part of a lineup
shake-up. He hit his second
homer of the season, but it
didnt much matter.
Votto ended an 0-for-15
slump with his seventh homer
of the season.
Lohse had allowed a total
of five homers in his first four
starts.
Phillips hit a two-run
homer to center field in the
fourth, his first of the season.
Phillips first 18 hits were
singles, a streak he snapped
with a double on Monday
night during a 9-6 win over
the Brewers.
Four pitches later, Byrd
gave the Reds their first backto-back homers of the season
and a 4-0 lead.

Ramirez led off the fifth
inning with a homer into the
upper deck in left field, the
Brewers first hit off Cueto.
It was Ramirezs sixth career
homer off Cueto the most
by any batter and the first
homer on the road by the
Brewers this season.
TRAINERS ROOM
Brewers: 2B Scooter Gennett
expects to get the five stitches in his left
hand removed on today. He cut it by the
knuckle on a soap holder in the shower
at PNC Park and went on the 15-day DL
on April 21.
Reds: The club is exploring treatment
options, including surgery, for the damaged ligament in Homer Baileys pitching
elbow. He went on the DL on Monday
and will be sidelined for a significant time.
ON DECK
Brewers: Matt Garza (1-3) makes his
first start against the Reds this season.
He went 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA in three
starts against them last year.
Reds:
Right-hander
Michael
Lorenzen makes his major league debut,
filling in for Bailey. The 23-year-old has a
fastball that comes in at nearly 100 mph.
He also throws a slider and a change-up.
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CLEVELAND (AP) Kendry Morales

three-run homer capped a six-run seventh
inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the
Cleveland Indians 11-5 on Tuesday night.
Kansas Citys big inning came after
Cleveland had taken a 5-3 lead on Brandon
Moss three-run homer in the sixth.
Alcides Escobars two-run double off
Scott Atchison (0-1) tied the game. Escobar
scored the go-ahead run from second on Mike
Moustakas infield hit and Morales later hit
his third homer of the season to dead center
off Bryan Shaw.
Brandon Finnegan (1-0) picked up his first
career win despite allowing Moss home run.
Alex Gordon homered and drove in two
runs for the Royals, who had a season-high
18 hits.
Cleveland manager Terry Francona
met with his team for a pep talk following
Mondays defeat, but the Indians lost for the
eighth time in 11 games. Cleveland (6-13)
has the worst record in the American League
and the worst home mark (1-6) in the majors.
Trevor Bauer, who missed his scheduled start Saturday because of food poisoning, allowed three runs in six innings, but
Clevelands bullpen gave up eight runs over
the final three innings.
Gordons leadoff homer in the second
gave Kansas City the lead. Michael Bourns
two-run single in the bottom of the inning put
Cleveland ahead. Omar Infantes single tied

the game in the fourth before Gordons single
in the sixth put the Royals ahead.
Kansas Citys go-ahead run in the seventh
came after Escobars double tied the game.
Moustakas high chopper was fielded by first
baseman Carlos Santana, but pitcher Mark
Rzepczynski missed the bag covering first.
Escobar kept running and slid home as catcher Brett Hayes failed to hold on to the ball.
Finnegan, who pitched well down the
stretch for the Royals last season after being
called up from the minors, allowed one run
in one inning. Chris Young, Jason Fraser and
Yohan Pino all worked a scoreless inning.
Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie allowed
four runs in five-plus innings.
TRAINERS ROOM
Royals: RHP Greg Holland (right pectoral strain)
could be activated off the DL when he is eligible on
May 3. The two-time All-Star closer threw 15 pitches
off a mound before the game. Holland played catch
Sunday and Monday with no pain.
Indians: Nick Swisher (surgery on both knees)
continued his minor league rehab at Triple-A
Columbus with two hits and two RBIs as the DH
on Tuesday. He could rejoin the Indians next week.
UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Yordano Ventura, who is appealing
his seven-game suspension for his involvement in a
brawl against the White Sox last week, makes his
fifth start of the season.
Indians: RHP Danny Salazar will try to match a
career-high three-game winning streak. He struck
out a career-best 11 and held Detroit to one run in
seven innings on Friday.
MONDAY WRAPUP
Pirates sneak by Lady Wildcats in softball
BLUFFTON Bluffton scored a run in the bottom of the
sixth inning to sneak past Jefferson 3-2 in Northwest onference
softball action Monday afternoon at Bluffton Village Park.
That tally gave the Lady Pirate starter S. Fruchey the win and
handed Jefferson starter Claire Thompson (3-5) the loss.
Both pitchers went the distance. Thompson (6 innings) ceded
three hits and three runs (2 earned), walking four and whiffing
one.
Fruchey (7 IPs) also gave up three hits and a pair of runs (1
earned), walking none and fanning five.
Shayla Rice was 2-for-3 for the visitors.
We played a great game. Claire Thompson threw a good
game and Madison Jettinghoff had some key stops at third base,
Jefferson coach Josiah Stober observed. This was one of the
best defensive ball games we have played all year. We kept the
ball in front of us and made some really good plays. We didnt
hit the ball exceptionally well today but our defense kept us in
the game. We are improving overall as a team.
Jefferson visits Ottoville today.
JEFFERSON (2)
ab r h rbi
Claire Thompson 3 0 0 0, Madison Jettinghoff 3 0 0 0, Jessica Pimpas
3 0 0 0, Shayla Rice 3 1 2 0, Sam Branham 2 1 0 0, Dani Harman 2 0 0 0,
Kylee Haehn 2 0 1 1, Sarah Thitoff 3 0 0 1, Sophia Wilson 3 0 0 0. Totals
24 2 3 2.
BLUFFTON (3)
ab r h rbi
T. Monday 4 1 1 0, M. Willis 4 0 0 0, K. Barry 3 0 0 1, M. Wilson 2 0 0
0, J. Wilson 3 0 0 0, L. Parkins 2 2 1 0, S. Joseph 3 0 0 0, S. Fruchey 2 0 1
1, A. Parkins 0 0 0 1. Totals 23 3 3 3.
Score by Innings:
Jefferson 010 100 0 2
Bluffton 110 001 x 3
E: Thompson 2, A. Parkins 2, S. Wilson, Branham, Willis. LOB: Jefferson
4, Bluffton 8. 2B: Rice, Monday. Sac: Branham, A. Parkins, Fruchey. SBL.
Parkins 2, Fruchey.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
JEFFERSON
Claire Thompson (L, 3-5) 6.0 3 3 2 4 1 0
BLUFFTON
Fruchey (W) 7.00 3 2 1 0 5 0
HBP: Haehn, Harman. SO: Jettinghoff, S. Wilson, Thompson, Pimpas,
Harman, J. Wilson. BB: A. Parkins 2, M. Wilson, L. Parkins.
Ottoville scores in 10th to edge Fort Jennings in PCL

baseball
OTTOVILLE Ottoville scored a run in the bottom of the
10th frame to edge archrival Fort Jennings 3-2 in Putnam County
League baseball action Monday at Ottoville.
The Big Green scored with two outs in the last of the 10th to
get the win.
The Musketeers return to action tonight at home versus
Spencerville, while the Big Green host Wayne Trace Wednesday.
Fort Jennings
Hoersten 4 0 0 0 0 1 3, Trentman 4 0 1 0 1 1 0, Metzger 5 1 1 0 0 0 4,
Wehri 4 1 0 0 0 1 2, Sealts 3 0 1 0 1 2 1, Vetter 4 0 2 1 0 1 2, Kehres 4 0
0 0 0 3 4, Stechschulte 4 0 0 0 0 1 2, Luebrecht 1 0 0 0 3 1 0. Totals 33 2
5 1 5 11 11.
Ottoville
N Moorman 4 1 0 0 1 1 4, J Fanning 3 0 0 0 1 1 1, B Boecker 5 2 2 0 0
1 1, J Vanoss 5 0 0 0 0 1 3, B Schnipke 2 0 1 0 1 0 1, T Warnecke 0 0 0 0
1 0 0, T Miller 4 0 0 0 1 1 3, B Seibert 3 0 1 1 2 1 0, J Beining 3 0 1 0 0 0
1, K Bendele 3 0 0 0 1 1 1. Totals 32 3 5 1 8 7 8.
Score by Innings:
Ft. Jennings 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 3
Ottoville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 5 4
FORT JENNINGS 1B: Vetter 2, Trentman, Metzger, Sealts. TB: Vetter
2, Trentman, Metzger, Sealts. SAC: Hoersten. SB: Metzger, Wehri.
OTTOVILLE 1B: Boecker, Schnipke, Seibert, Beining. 3B: Boecker.
TB: Boecker 4, Schnipke, Seibert, Beining. SAC: Fanning, Beining. SB:
Boecker, Schnipke, Warnecke.
PITCHING
IP H R ER BB SO HR
Fort Jennings
Wehri 8.0 4 2 1 6 6 0
Metzger (L) 1.2 1 1 0 2 1 0
Ottoville
J Beining 6.0 4 1 0 4 6 0
N Moorman (W) 4.0 1 1 0 1 5 0
HBP: Metzger, Beining. P-S: Wehri 122-70, Metzger 28-15 WP:
Moorman; Beining 108-57, Moorman 51-32.
Lady Bearcats win in 9th to down Lancers

SPENCERVILLE Spencerville needed nine innings to
down Lincolnview 5-4 in Northwest Conference softball action
Monday at Spencerville.
Spencerville improves to 7-4 (1-2 in the NWC) while
Lincolnview falls to 6-11 (1-3 in the NWC).
The game ended on a walk-off solo home run by Spencerville
freshman shortstop Kara May with two outs in the bottom of the
ninthth inning of a 4-4 tie ball game.
The Lady Bearcats visits Minster tonight, while the Lady
Lancers visit USV Wednesday.
Score by Innings: R H E LOB

Lincolnview 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 4 3 8
Spencerville 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 5 11 5 10
WP: Alex Shumate (5-4; 9 innings pitched, 4 runs-1 earned-4 hits,
9 strikeouts, 5 walks); LP: Makayla Ashbaugh (8 2/3 IPs, 5 R-3 ER-11
H, 4 Ks, o BBs). 2B: Julia Thatcher (L), Alix Hamrick 2 (S), Kara May
(S). HR: Megan Miller (S), Kara May (S).
Ragan to replace Vickers at

MWR for rest of the season
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
David Ragan will move to
Michael Waltrip Racing next
week and finish the season
as the replacement driver for
Brian Vickers.
Ragan has been filling in
at Joe Gibbs Racing for Kyle
Busch since the second week
of the season. Busch is expected to return soon and JGR
has wanted to give 18-yearold development driver Erik
Jones some seat time in a
Sprint Cup car before Busch
comes back.
That frees up Ragan, who
will take over the No. 55
Toyota at Kansas Speedway.
Team co-owner Michael
Waltrip will drive the car
Sunday at Talladega.
Vickers missed the first
two races of the season as he
recovered from heart surgery.
He returned for two races but
was sidelined again in March
with recurring blood clots.
No timetable has been set
for Vickers return.
Life has thrown a lot at
MWR the first part of this racing season but our team has
stood tall and worked through
it, Waltrip said.

He added that the decision
to use Ragan for the rest of
the year was to give the team
and sponsor Aarons some
stability.
Vickers must take blood
thinners and he cant race
while on them because of
the chance of uncontrollable internal bleeding if he
crashed.
Brett Moffitt has driven
six races in place of Vickers
this season. The 22-year-old
is a development driver with
MWR and the team likely
wants to see him in a steady
Truck Series or Xfinity Series
ride rather than rush him into
a Sprint Cup seat. Moffitts
best finish was eighth at
Atlanta in March.
Ragan, meanwhile, has a
fifth-place finish this year in
Buschs car and hell drive it
for a final time this weekend
at Talladega, where he won
in 2013.
Front Row Motorsports
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Mercers pitching keys

Jeffcats NWC baseball win
By JIM METCALFE
DHI Media Sports Editor
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
BLUFFTON Monday afternoon

was a dreary, cloudy day for baseball.
Jeffersons unit didnt mind.
The Wildcats rode a solid start from
Gage Mercer, good defense and a steady
offense to a 9-2 Northwest Conference
victory at Blufftons Village Park.
The visiting Wildcats (6-11, 3-2
NWC) got a 2-spot in the top of the
first against complete-game Pirate starter Matt Bowden. Leadoff batter Jace
Stockwell (3-for-4, HBP, 2 runs, 2 runs
batted in) started with a single and Gaige
Rassman walked. Two wild pitches plated Stockwell and put Rassman at third,
from where he scored on a sacrifice
fly to right by Jacob Pulford for a 2-0
margin.
Bluffton (6-8, 1-4) got those back
against Mercer in the home half with
two down. Austin Bricker singled and
two errors on a pickoff play put him at
third. After Dakota Bricker walked and
swiped second, a wild pitch plated the
former. A rip by Kyle Swank scored D.
Bricker from third for a 2-all tie.
The visitors took the lead for good in
the top of the second. Kurt Wollenhaupt
was hit by a pitch but was erased on
a 5-4-3 double-play grounder. Jacob
Boop walked, Stockwell singled to left
and Rassman got a free pass to load the
bases. Mercer helped his cause with a
sharp 2-run hit up the middle to score
Boop and Stockwell.
Mercer (98 pitches, 61 for strikes) set
down the Pirates in order in the home
half, the start of six in a row.
Nick Fitch was plunked with one
down in the Jefferson third but was
erased on a Wollenhaupt grounder.
Brandan Herron was robbed by a diving
catch in right center from Pirate centerfielder D. Bricker.
With one down in the Delphos fourth,
Stockwell was hit by a pitch and burgled
second. An out later, Mercer worked a
10-pitch base-on-balls but the Wildcats
couldnt score.
A walk to D. Bricker opened the
Bluffton fourth but a Swank line-out to
Stockwell at short doubled him up at
first. Mitchell Ault sharply singled to
left but he was forced for the third out.
Wollenhaupt was safe on a 2-base,
2-out error in the guest fifth and stole
third but remained there.
Bluffton threatened in the home
Jefferson pitcher Gage Mercer helps his cause, following through on his 2-run
single in the second inning Monday at Bluffton. The visiting Wildcats grabbed a
9-2 NWC baseball victory. (DHI Media/Jim Metcalfe)
sixth. James Harrod ripped a hit to left Theyre gaining confidence in what they
and swiped second. An out later, D. are doing.
Bluffton hosts rival Cory-Rawson
Bricker was safe on a dropped pop-up.
However, Mercer bore down and struck today.
Were a young team and weve been
out his sixth and seventh batter to end
up and down. We did answer in the botthe rebellion.
Jefferson broke it open in the visi- tom of the first but then their pitcher settor seventh, batting around. With one tled down, as did Matt, Bluffton coach
gone, Pulford beat out a slow roller to Sam Fruchey acknowledged. We didnt
short and Ryan Bullinger doubled to help ourselves in the seventh defensiveright center. After Fitch was intention- ly. Weve been inconsistent in our ability
ally walked, Wollenhaupt also walked to finish seven innings.
Jefferson hosts Fort Jennings 5 p.m.
to score Pulford. Herron flied out deep
enough to right to plate Bullinger and Wednesday.
move Fitch to third, from where he
JEFFERSON (9)
Jace Stockwell ss 4-2-3-2, Gaige Rassman lf 3-1-0scored on Boops misplayed ground
Gage Mercer p/3b 2-0-1-2, Jacob Pulford 1b 3-1-1-1,
ball; Wollenhaupt was running on the 0,
Ryan Bullinger cf 3-1-1-0, Nick Fitch c 2-1-0-0, Kurt
play and reached third. After Boops Wollenhaupt 3b/2b 2-1-0-1, Brandan Herron dh 3-0-0-1,
thievery put runners at second and third, Brett Mahlie 2b/p 0-0-0-0, Jacob Boop rf 3-2-0-0. Totals
Stockwell slap to left center got both 25-9-6-7.
BLUFFTON (2)
home for a 9-2 edge. Stockwell stole
Brett Rumer ss 3-0-0-0, James Harrod rf 3-0-1-0,
second but was left there.
Austin Bricker 2b 3-1-1-0, Dakota Bricker cf 1-1-0-0,
Reliever Brett Mahlie worked a Kyle Swank dh 3-0-1-1, Tyler McLaughlin 3b 0-0-0-0,
Mitchell Ault 1b 3-0-1-0, Brayden Skilliter lf 3-0-0-0,
2-strikeout seventh to close the game.
Jason Bracy c 3-0-0-0, Matt Bowden p 3-0-0-0. Totals
Gage bulldogged his way through 25-2-4-1.
Score by Innings:
the first two innings and then settled
Jefferson
220 0005-9
down; that is what he does. He began to
Bluffton
200 0000-2
really work his pitches well, Jefferson
E: Mercer, Pulford, Wollenhaupt, A. Bricker,
coach Doug Geary explained. He want- McLaughlin; DP: Jefferson 1, Bluffton 1; LOB: Jefferson
Bluffton 4; 2B: Bullinger; SB: Stockwell 2, Bullinger,
ed to go all seven but we had the oppor- 8,
Wollenhaupt, Boop, Harrod; SF: Pulford, Herron.
tunity to get Brett an inning; Jace was
IP H R ER BB SO
JEFFERSON
warmed up and ready to go just in case.
Mercer (W, 2-2)
6.0 4 2 1 2 7
We played good defense behind our
Mahlie
1.0 0 0 0 0 2
pitchers. At the plate, we added on late;
BLUFFTON
Bowden (L, 2-3) 7.0 6 9 6 7 5
that was good to see. Jacob (Pulford)
WP: Bowden 2, Mercer; HBP: Stockwell (by
isnt the fastest runner but he legged out
Bowden), Fitch (by Bowden), Wollenhaupt (by Bowden);
a hit and that got it started. I like what BB: Rassman 2, D. Bricker 2, Mercer, Bullinger, Fitch
I am seeing from these guys all-around. (intentional), Boop, Wollenhaupt.
Orioles to play White Sox today in closed stadium

Associated Press
BALTIMORE After a
pair of postponements caused
by rioting in Baltimore,
the Orioles and Chicago
White Sox will play today
at Camden Yards in what is
believed to be the first game
without fans in major-league
baseballs 145-season history.
Because of the unsettled
environment in Baltimore,
where rioters burned a drug
store and set police cars
ablaze on Monday night, officials moved the game up five
hours from its original 7:05
p.m. starting time and closed
it to the public.
In addition, Baltimores
Friday-to-Sunday
series
against Tampa Bay was
shifted from Camden Yards
to Tropicana Field in St.
Petersburg, Florida, with the
Orioles remaining the home
team and batting last.
All of the decisions in
Baltimore were driven first by
the desire to insure the safety
of fans, players, umpires and
stadium workers, Baseball
Commissioner Rob Manfred
wrote in an email to The
Associated Press. Only
after we were comfortable
that those concerns had been
addressed did we consider
competitive issues and the
integrity of the schedule.
Although the Orioles
wont be performing in front

of their fans today and will
lose three home games, they
understood the situation and
had no complaints.
Its all about whats best
for the city and the safety of
our people, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said in a
telephone interview with the
AP. The last thing you want
to do is put the fans in harms
way. You have to err on the
side of safety.
The looting and rioting
broke out Monday just hours
after the funeral of Freddie
Gray, a 25-year-old black
man who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in police
custody.
Schools were closed
Tuesday and the mayor
imposed a 10 p.m.-to-5 a.m.
curfew. The announcement of
the unique closed-doors game
came after the Orioles postponed games against Chicago
on Monday and Tuesday.
This was Chicagos only
scheduled visit to Camden
Yards. The first two games
will be made up as part of a
doubleheader on May 28.
The Baseball Hall of
Fame and John Thorn, Major
League Baseballs official
historian, said they did not
think there ever had been
a closed-doors big league
game, although there have
been instances in the minor

leagues.
Since 1987, the lowest
attendance has been 746
when the White Sox hosted
Toronto at Comiskey Park
on April 9, 1997, according
to STATS. The New York
Yankees home game against
the White Sox on Sept. 22,
1966, had a listed attendance
of 413.
And now, the White Sox
are on the verge of performing in front of no one.
By moving their week-
end series with the Rays to

Florida, the Orioles are poised
play 78 games at Camden
Yards and 84 on the road.
Tampa Bay, meanwhile,
will have the distinction of
being the visitor in its own
stadium.
Also
Tuesday,
the
Baltimore Ravens to cancel
an NFL draft party for fans
at M&T Bank Stadium on
Thursday night. The team
said the decision was made
out of respect to the curfew.
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Im sure youve
heard the argument
that if we raise the
minimum wage, the
cost of that raise will
just get passed along
to you, the paying
customer. Youll have
to pay more for your
hamburger,
more
for your clean hotel
room, more for your
convenience at the
convenience store.
I bring this up
because recently, it
was reported that a
television executive
got paid $156 million in 2014. He runs
the company that
owns the Discovery
Channel. Lets call
him David Zaslav.
Lets call him David
Zaslav because thats
his name. And my
question would be,
isnt his salary passed
along to the consumer? Where does that
$156 million come
from, if not from Discoverys advertisers,
who pass along their
rising costs to us?
Why is it OK for
one employee to
pass his salary along
to the consumer, but
not all of them? If
the argument for paying CEOs so well is
that its an incentive,
why is it so good for
CEOs, but not so
good for the rest of
us?
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You obviously havent been to business
school. Because then
you would know
that if the company
didnt pay him so
much, he might quit.
And where on Earth
are they gonna find
somebody else who
would work for $156
million a year, even
if its mostly in stock
options? Oh, yeah -just about anywhere.
Would
David
have quit working
at Discovery Communications, the TV
conglomerate
he
runs, if he only got
paid, say, $75 million a year? Would
he have stomped out
in a snit? Would he
have left for some
other company that
would pay him $156
million? Whoops! I
forgot: There is no
other company that
would pay him $156
million.
Do you think hed
walk away if they
had only offered $35
million a year? Maybe. After all, he does
preside over Shark
Week, and Nik Wallenda walking over
the Grand Canyon
without a net. Show
biz is wacky that way.
But the CEO of Bank
of America, which is
a much, much bigger company than
Discovery,
made
only $14.5 million
last year. The CEO
of Chrysler made
only $38 million. Yet
they bit the bullet
and stayed with their
companies in spite of
the low, low, low pay.
Why, you might
ask, is David getting
paid so much? Im
sure he works hard,
but dont we all? Did
he invent television?
Does he write the
shows? Film them?
Direct them? Did the
guy who runs Bank of
America invent banking? Did the guy who
runs Chrysler invent
the automobile?
Henry Ford actually did invent a car,
and he became fabulously wealthy. You
would hardly call
him a communist.
Yet when other car
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companies were paying their workers a

dollar a day, Ford
raised his workers
pay to $5 a day. Not
only did it keep turnover way down, but
his workers could
suddenly afford to
buy Ford cars.
When the chairman of Starbucks
was on 60 Minutes,
they asked him how
his fast-food company could pay a living
wage to its coffee
pickers, contribute to
its employees health
care costs and chip
in for their college
tuition. His answer
was, basically, Why
do you think a cup of
our coffee costs three
dollars?
This is not communism -- the chairman of Starbucks is
a very wealthy guy
-- and Im not a communist. I think CEOs
should earn as much
as they possibly can;
Id enjoy being fabulously wealthy as
much as the next
guy. But if it makes
sense for the CEO
to be paid well, why
doesnt it make sense
for everyone in the
company to be paid
well -- as much as
possible, rather than
the current trend of
as little as possible?
If the CEO can get
a big raise and stock
options, why cant
everyone?
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tide
should lift all boats,
not just the yachts.
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As the senior population grows

older and wiser, they understand the
realities of aging and have began taking control of their own futures and
by relocating into a Continuing Care
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Rather than staying in their homes,
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and independent and able to take advantage of lifestyle programs. CCRCs
offer social, recreational and educational activities including travel clubs,
garden clubs and health and wellness
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more care and assistance, they stay within the CCRC community and transition through different levels
of care.
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Alzheimers care.
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adaptive programs and amenities to customize each residents experience to attract the ever growing senior population. Senior living communities are also raising the bar by offering wellness programs, which
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(Family Features) As you age, your body goes through many changes, including differences in eyesight
which can negatively affect day-to-day activities.
You may have noticed these differences while trying to read the morning paper or getting dressed for
the day. While this change - also known as presbyopia - is normal (even for individuals who have always
had perfect vision), it can disrupt the lives of those affected. Luckily there are ways to make these vision
changes less noticeable and less impactful on daily life.
Its important for people to understand that what happens between 40 and 50 years old to our eyes
up close is completely normal, said Howard Purcell, O.D. and senior vice president of customer development for Essilor of America, the creators of Varilux lenses, the leading progressive lens solution for
presbyopia patients.
While presbyopia affects most people over the age of 45, more than half of those with it dont receive
adequate correction. In fact, its estimated that by 2020, 2.3 billion people will have this condition and
will require some type of correction.
Understanding the eyes
According to Dr. Purcell, understanding this typical anatomical change in aging eyes is simple. The
lens inside the eye needs to change shape to allow focus on objects, whether they are near or far. This lens
grows throughout human life; but around 40 years of age, it isnt as flexible as it was in younger years.
This is around the time when the common issues associated with presbyopia begin to appear.
Dr. Purcell emphasizes the importance of routine eye exams, not only to evaluate the condition of the
eyes, but to ensure systemic health is on point as well. Your optometrist can determine early warning
signs of hypertension, diabetes and more - just by looking at your eyes.
A progressive approach
While many individuals with deteriorating eyesight turn to bifocals for their vision needs, progressive
lenses may be a better solution. Progressive lenses transition from distance vision to near vision without
the visible line associated with bifocal lenses. The use of high quality progressive lenses has been known
to ease eye strain and provide natural vision correction.
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product and only provider of W.A.V.E. Technology: Wavefront Advanced Vision Enhancement, offers the
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wearer sharpness of vision and smooth viewing transitions at every distance.
It is important to speak to your doctor about your own individual visual needs, and it is equally vital
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Heart health should be a concern for people of all ages, but especially so for men and women over 50.
Thats because, according to the American Heart Association, even men and women who are free of cardiovascular disease at age 50 are at a significant lifetime risk of developing the disease.
But heart disease does not have to be an accepted byproduct of aging. For example, a 2014 study published in the AHA journal Circulation found that maintaining or increasing physical activity after age 65
can improve the hearts well-being and lower risk of heart attack.
In addition to increasing physical activity as they age, older men and women who understand heart
disease and learn to recognize its symptoms have a greater chance of minimizing its affects and lowering
their risk of having a heart attack.
What are the symptoms of heart disease?
Heart disease is a blanket term used to describe a host of conditions, so symptoms vary depending on
each individual condition. The following are some of the more widely known conditions and their symptoms:
Hypertension: Also known as high blood pressure, hypertension is a largely symptomless form of
heart disease. The AHA notes that the idea that hypertension produces symptoms such as difficulty sleeping, facial flushing, nervousness, and sweating is a misconception. Symptoms typically do not alert men
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How to eat after 50

As people age, their dietary needs begin to change. Foods that
were once staples of your diet as a youth may be restricted
once you hit a certain age, while other foods you may have
always avoided may now be necessary to fuel and support a
healthy body.
Eating healthy foods and exercising may not be enough to sustain health, as hormonal changes and other health effects as
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Vitamin D
Both men and women age 50 and up have a reduced ability to
produce vitamin D through exposure to the sun. Extra vitamin D
will be needed from foods and supplements. Everyone over the
age of 50 should take a daily vitamin D supplement of 400 IU
(10 g), according to Canadas Food Guide. Without adequate
vitamin D, bone strength and health can deteriorate because
vitamin D promotes calcium absorption. Vitamin D also has other roles, including helping neuromuscular and immune function
and reducing inflammation.
Friendly fats
People over age 50 should increase their intake of unsaturated fats and reduce consumption of saturated fats. Nutrient-rich
unsaturated fats can guard against heart conditions, protect
against stroke, keep skin supple, and even help men and wom-
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be found in nuts, olives, seeds, and fatty fishes.
Increase protein
According to Christine Gerbstadt, MD, RD, a spokesperson for
the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, as they age, men and
women need more protein in their diets to maintain their muscle mass. The amount of protein needed at a younger age no
longer may be adequate. Look for lean sources of protein from
fish and poultry. Beans are also a low-fat source of protein that
can help fulfill daily protein requirements.
More fiber
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intake is not enough, coupled with a more sedentary lifestyle.
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and vegetables and choose whole fruits over juices. Wholegrain breads and cereals also are good sources of fiber. Dry
beans and lentils can add a fiber boost. Always increase fiber
slowly to determine your tolerance.
Fewer calories
The National Institute on Aging says women over the age of
50 need between 1,600 and 2,000 calories, depending on how
physically active they are. Men need between 2,000 and 2,400
calories per day. With each passing year there is a decrease in
the energy required to maintain body weight, so caloric intake
should be adjusted accordingly.
Dietary recommendations change for

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Tips for grandparents helping to raise children

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Gather important documents. Grandparents should
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in their homes should an emergency arise. These include
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school papers, citizenship papers, and proof of income and
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custody, guardianship or adoption. Options vary depending
on where petitioners live, but lawyers can provide peace
of mind to grandparents concerned about their grandkids
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United States of Aging Survey.
But resistance training can help seniors who fear falling or damaging aging muscles and bones while exercising. For seniors with health issues that might make
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accessible, healthful option that provides both physical
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Resistance training can include using resistance
bands, lifting weights or objects around your home, or using exercise equipment. Some of the exercises included
in aquatics, Pilates, tai chi and yoga are types of resistance training, and those activities have the added bonus of social interaction when done in groups, he says.
Seniors can benefit from any type of resistance training
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Even if a senior has mobility or health issues that
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touch with financial advisors in their areas.

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Baltimore on edge
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On Dec. 2, 1985, the Ethics Commission
issued an advisory opinion interpreting the
Revised Code to prohibit a public official
from hiring a family member. The opinion
was not applied retroactively. However,
the prohibitions outlined continued after
an officials family member was employed.
The settlement agreement includes the
specific dates when the sons received raises or promotions.
It includes five pay raises and a promotion that have been given to Troy Recker
since 1981 and six pay raises and a promotion given to his son Kelly Recker.
Recker agreed to resign the position as
county engineer within 40 days of signing
the agreement. His last official day is May
15.
Julie Korte, chief investigating attorney
with the Ohio Ethics Commission, said
most often an investigation is initiated
when someone files an allegation.
If the person filing the complaint provides supporting evidence for their allegation, the commission will do a special
investigation to determine if there is a
violation, Korte said. She said confidentiality rules do not allow her to reveal who
filed the complaint.
Recker said he became aware of the
allegations in 2013, when officials from
the Ohio Ethics Commission came to his
office and interviewed employees. He then
went to the Ohio Ethics Commission in
Columbus to answer questions.
They asked me why I didnt have an
attorney present, Recker said. I told
them I had nothing to hide.
Recker said the settlement only includes
his agreement to resign as engineer and
does not include any monetary agreement
or anything that affects his sons current
employment.
He said he only became aware of the
Ohio Ethics Commission opinion regarding hiring family members in 1988 when
he hired his daughter. He was informed
by the Putnam County Auditor about the

opinion. As a result, Recker removed his
daughter from the position.
I never received anything else from the
Ohio Ethics Commission regarding raises
and salaries for family members since
then, Recker said.
He said he was audited by the Ohio
Auditors Office every year and they never
raised the ethics violation in their reports.
It would have been better if they had
notified public officials about this opinion, he stated.
Recker said the pay raises his sons
received were standard across-the-board
raises given to all the employees.
He said Troy Recker received the promotion in 2001 after working with the
now-retired road and bridge chairman for
several years.
He basically took over two jobs when
that happened, Recker explained.
He said Kelly Reckers salary increases
were also standard. His promotion at the
county garage in 2009 was the natural
progression of promotions at that location
and was under the recommendation of the
county garage superintendent.
Of course, the final approval comes
back to me, so I am the one who is considered to have made the promotions, he
said.
Recker said he is committed to help the
next Putnam County Engineer, if necessary,
to acclimate this person to the procedures
and policies that are not in place. He said
he is proud of his accomplishments while
serving as engineer, including reducing
the number of bridges with reduced load
limits from 70 to three, overseeing nearly
2,000 miles of roads in the county that
have been either reconstructed, resurfaced
of maintained and securing tens of millions
of grant dollars for Putnam County infrastructure projects.
I am not certain of what the future
holds, he said, but I do know when one
door shuts, God will open another.
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addition to his independent
work, he has done graphics
and programming for companies in Lima and, most
recently, in Findlay.
Ive always had an
8-to-5 job. The projects
I get are a lot of fun and
I enjoy the sci-fi and
comic industry, he said.
However, living in a
major market was never a
goal of mine. Through my
years of working in website design/development,
Ive learned how to network and market myself a
little.
He said much of his
communication with clients is done online. For
this reason, Siebeneck
encourages young people
to go into the arts.
It doesnt matter where
you live, he said. If you
want to go to school for
graphic arts, go for it.
Siebenck is happy to
talk with anyone interested
in a pursuing a career in art
or design. He said the best
place to reach him is during
the monthly Blanchard
River Arts Guild meeting at Ottawas Schroeder
Center for the Arts on the
second Thursday of the
month at 7 p.m.
Kitchen
My rhubarbs are really growing. I am hoping Ill have
some to use in a week or so. Try this rhubarb coffee cake
when your rhubarbs are ready.
Rhubarb Coffee Cake
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups rhubarb, diced
Topping:
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup pecans
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
In a large bowl, cream sugar and shortening. Add egg. Add
dry ingredients alternately with sour cream. Fold in rhubarb.
Spread in greased 9x13-inch pan.
Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at
350 degrees for 4550 minutes.
Lovina Eicher is an Old Order Amish writer, cook, wife
and mother of eight. Formerly writing as The Amish Cook,
Eicher inherited that column from her mother, Elizabeth
Coblentz, who wrote from 1991 to 2002. Readers can contact
Eicher at PO Box 1689, South Holland, IL 60473 (please
include a self-addressed stamped envelope for a reply) or at
LovinasAmishKitchen@MennoMedia.org.
National Guardsmen
take up positions
BALTIMORE (AP)
Baltimore was a city on
edge Tuesday as hundreds
of National Guardsmen
patrolled the streets against
unrest for the first time since
1968, hoping to prevent
another outbreak of rioting.
Marylands governor said
2,000 Guardsmen and 1,000
law officers would be in place
overnight to try to head off a
repeat of the racially charged
violence set off Monday by
the case of Freddie Gray, a
25-year-old black man who
died of a spinal-cord injury under mysterious circumstances while in police custody.
This combined force
will not tolerate violence or
looting, Gov. Larry Hogan
warned.
In a measure of how tense
things were, Baltimore was
under a citywide 10 p.m.-to-5
a.m. emergency curfew. All
public schools were closed.
And the Baltimore Orioles
canceled Tuesday nights
game at Camden Yards and
in what may be a first
in baseballs 145-year history announced that todays
game will be closed to the
public.
The streets were largely
calm all day and into the
evening, with only a few scattered arrests. The real test
was expected after dark.

As the 10 p.m. curfew
went into effect, several hundred protesters remained in
the street in the citys Penn
North section near where a
CVS pharmacy was looted.
Standing shoulder to shoulder, police in helmets and
riot shields began advancing
toward the demonstrators in
an effort to push them back.
Some protesters lay in the
street or hurled bottles toward
the police.
As the hour drew near,
a local pastor used a loudspeaker to urge the demonstrators to go home, saying: Lets show the world,
because the eyes of the world
are on Baltimore right now.
Around the same time and
in a different neighborhood,
Baltimore police tweeted that
they were making arrests in
South Baltimore after people
started attacking officers with
rocks and bricks. At least one
officer was reported injured.
Mondays looting, arson
and rock- and bottle-throwing
by mostly black rioters broke
out just hours after Grays
funeral. It was the worst such
violence in the U.S. since the
unrest that erupted last year
over the death of Michael
Brown, the unarmed black
18-year-old shot by a white
police officer in Ferguson,
Missouri.
Political leaders and residents called the violence
a tragedy for the city and
lamented the damage done
by the rioters to their own
neighborhoods.
I had officers come up to me
and say, I was born and raised
in this city. This makes me cry,
Baltimore Police Commissioner
Anthony Batts said.
Haywood
McMorris,
manager of the wrecked CVS
store, said the destruction
didnt make sense: We work
here, man. This is where we
stand, and this is where people actually make a living.
But the rioting also brought
out a sense of civic pride
and responsibility in many
Baltimore residents, with
hundreds of volunteers turning out to sweep the streets
of glass and other debris with
brooms and trash bags donated by hardware stores.
Blanca
Tapahuasco
brought her three sons, ages
2 to 8, from another part of
the city to help clean up the
brick-and-pavement courtyard outside the looted CVS.
Were helping the neighborhood build back up, she
said. This is an encouragement to them to know the rest
of the city is not just looking
on and wondering what to
do.
Choppers ferry injured in Nepal;

new mudslide hits village
GORKHA, Nepal (AP) Helicopters
crisscrossed the mountains above a
remote district Tuesday near the epicenter
of the weekend earthquake in Nepal that
killed more than 4,600 people, ferrying
the injured and delivering emergency
supplies. Officials said 250 villagers were
feared missing in a new mudslide.
Two helicopters brought in eight
women from Ranachour village, two of
them clutching babies and a third heavily
pregnant.
There are many more injured people
in my village, said Sangita Shrestha,
who was pregnant and visibly downcast
as she got off the helicopter. She was
quickly surrounded by Nepalese soldiers
and policemen and ushered into a waiting
van to be taken to a hospital.
The little town of Gorkha, the districts administrative and trading center,
is being used as a staging post to get rescuers and supplies to those remote communities after Saturdays magnitude-7.8
earthquake.
Not far from the quakes epicenter,
250 people were feared missing after a
mudslide and avalanche on Tuesday, district official Gautam Rimal said.
Heavy snow had been falling near the
village, Ghodatabela, and the ground may
have been loosened by the quake. Rimal
EMS
said officials received initial reports of

the disaster by phone but then lost contact.
The village, about a 12-hour walk
from the nearest town, is along a popular
trekking route, but it was not clear if the
missing included trekkers.
Across central Nepal, including the
capital of Kathmandu, hundreds of thousands of people were still living in the
open without clean water or sanitation
more than three days after the quake. It
rained heavily in the city Tuesday, forcing people to find shelter wherever they
could.
On Tuesday night, French rescuers
freed a man from the ruins of a three-story Kathmandu hotel, one of a cluster near
the main bus station. The man, identified
as Rishi Khanal, was conscious and taken
to a hospital, but no other information
about him was released.
In Gorkha, some women who came
off the helicopters on Tuesday were grimacing and crying in pain and unable to
walk or speak, in agony three days after
being injured in the quake.
Sita Karki winced when soldiers lifted
her. Her broken and swollen legs had
been tied together with crude wisps of
hay twisted into a makeshift splint.
When the earthquake hit, a wall fell

The union is behind an agreement with between the firefighters and the city to have intermittent employees, Hoehn
said. The current system is not working as it should because
of the reduced staffing. We have an obligation to provide the
quickest response time we can to save lives.
Streets agreed.
This will get us to the person quicker and get them to the
hospital quicker, he said. If were already out on a run and
we get a second one, we have problems.
Delphos City Council will hear the legislation on first reading at 7 p.m. on Monday.
Street
on me and knocked me down, she said.

My legs are broken.
After an hour of dark clouds gathering, the wind kicked up in Gorkha and
sheets of rain began to pour down.
Geoff Pinnock of the U.N.s World
Food Program was leading a convoy of
trucks north toward the worst-affected
areas when the rain began to pound, leaving them stuck.
This rain has caused a landslide that
has blocked my trucks. I can maybe get
one truck through and take a risk driving
on the dirt, but I think well have to hold
the materials back to try to get them out
tomorrow by helicopter, he said.
Aid workers who had reached the
edges of the epicenter described entire
villages reduced to rubble.
In some villages, about 90 percent
of the houses have collapsed. Theyre
just flattened, said Rebecca McAteer,
an American physician who rushed to the
quake zone from the distant Nepal hospital where she works.
And yet, the timing of the earthquake
near midday, when most rural people
are working in the fields meant most
villagers were spared injuries when buildings collapsed, she said. So far, police
say they have 373 confirmed deaths in
Gorkha district.

Basinger also said closing
this street would mean Bee
Line would no longer have
access to a building located
on one of their parcels of
land without crossing another
parcel of land.
This limits what can
be done with this building
and the other parcels to the
future, he said.
Basinger acknowledged
Trivia
Answers to Mondays questions:

Every 10 years the entire adult human skeleton is
replaced thanks to a cell renewal process known as remodeling that removes and replaces approximately 10 percent
of an individuals bone mass annually.
In Nigeria, the film industry is referred to as Nollywood.
Its film industry is ranked third in the world after Hollywood
and Bollywood (India).
Todays questions:
What prompted famous orchestra leader Fred Waring
to finance development of the blender that bears his name?
What two National Football League teams have mascots
named for foods associated with their hometowns?
Answers in Thursdays Herald.
Todays joke:
A husband, the owner of a new car, was somewhat
reluctant to allow his wife to drive his prize possession,
even to the supermarket which was a few blocks from the
house.
After she insisted, he finally relented, cautioning her
as she departed, Remember, if you have an accident, the
newspaper will print your age!
that Ottoville Mayor Ron

Miller had visited the site and
looked at it but the issue has
not been resolved.
I feel they should have
come to the other business
owners with the idea before
any ordinance was written,
Basinger said. Now it is
after the fact.
The village council will
be addressing the proposal
during the 7 p.m. Monday
council meeting.
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