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Monday, deceMber 29, 2014

A look back at 2014

Delphos, Ohio

Vol. 145 No. 139

War is over

US, NATO end

13 bloody years
in Afganistan

On July 5, more than 150 former band members under the direction of the retired Michael Wark marched
from Jefferson High School to the Warks home to say farewell to their beloved teacher. (DHI Media file
photo)
Editors note: Each year, The Herald
takes a look back at the stories and photos of the year. Here is the third of four
2014 wrapups.
July 2
Two local teens put in a good days
work on Tuesday for the city and
in return, they earned a paycheck.
Brayden Siefker, 15, and Nathan Smith,
17, had been struggling to find work
Siefker due to his age and Smith
due to the economy. The young men
got assistance through the Van Wert
County Youth Bureau, a division of
the county Jobs and Family Services.
Funds for the Summer Employment
Opportunity program come from a
federal grant through Ohio Means
Jobs. Case Manager Aaron Fisher said
the thrust of the initiative is to match
youth from lower-income families
with summer jobs.
July 4
The Kiwanis Club of Delphos put on
its usual offerings and a few new ones
for its annual Fourth of July celebration.
Hundreds flocked to Stadium Park for
duck races, baseball, the fishing derby
and more.
July 7
More than 150 former band members under the instruction of the retired
Michael Wark marched from Jefferson
High School to the Warks home to say
farewell to their beloved teacher.
July 11
The Delphos Area Art Guild (DAAG)
began its Art in the Park series Thursday
evening at Stadium Park where people
of all ages joined teachers in the outdoor
series bringing art in movement, music
and creation.
July 21
Boy Scouts from Delphos Troop 65
earning their Eagle Scout rank included
Clark Etzler, Nicholas Bockey, Anthony
Siefker, Bradley Klausing and Jackson
Donley.
July 31
It took 69 years for Melvin Kloeppel
of rural Delphos to receive the Purple
Heart, which he earned back in World
War II while serving in Germany.
Aug. 1
There are two new faces in St. Johns
Parish: Fathers Ron Schock and Daniel
Johnson are filling associate pastor positions. Schock, 55, found his calling
under the wheels of a semi during a sled
pull at the county fair. He was 23 years
old and was the flag man at the pull at

Forecast

Mostly sunny
this morning
then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs
in the mid 30s.
Mostly clear tonight. Lows
in the lower 20s. See page 2.

Index

Obituaries
State/Local
Entertainment
Community
Sports
Classifieds
Comics and Puzzles

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KABUL,
Afghanistan
(AP) The war in
Afghanistan, fought for 13
bloody years and still raging, came to a formal end
Sunday with a quiet flag-lowering ceremony in Kabul that
marked the transition of the
fighting from U.S.-led combat troops to the countrys
own security forces.
In front of a small, handpicked audience at the headquarters of the NATO mission, the green-and-white
flag of the International
Security Assistance Force
was ceremonially rolled up
and sheathed, and the flag of
the new international mission
called Resolute Support was
hoisted.
U.S. Gen. John Campbell,
commander of ISAF, commemorated the 3,500 international soldiers killed on
Afghan battlefields and
praised the countrys army for
giving him confidence that
they are able to take on the
fight alone.
Resolute
Support
will serve as the bedrock
of an enduring partnership between NATO and
Afghanistan, Campbell told
an audience of Afghan and
international military officers
and officials, as well as diplo-

mats and journalists.

The road before us
remains challenging, but we
will triumph, he added.
Beginning Jan. 1, the new
mission will provide training
and support for Afghanistans
military, with the U.S.
accounting for almost 11,000
of the 13,500 members of the
residual force.
Thanks to the extraordinary sacrifices of our men and
women in uniform, our combat mission in Afghanistan is
ending, and the longest war in
American history is coming
to a responsible conclusion,
U.S. President Barack Obama
said in a statement issued in
Hawaii, where he is on vacation with his family.
Afghan President Ashraf
Ghani, who took office in
September, signed bilateral security agreements with
Washington and NATO allowing the ongoing military presence. The move has led to a
spike in violence, with the
Taliban claiming it as an excuse
to step up operations aimed at
destabilizing his government.
ISAF was set up after
the U.S.-led invasion as an
umbrella for the coalition of
around 50 nations that provided troops and took responsibility for security across the
country. It ends with 2,224
American soldiers killed,
according to an Associated
Press tally.
See WAR, page 10

Search resumes
for missing AirAsia
passenger jet

With high temperatures hovering in the low 80s in mid-July, poolgoers of all ages were having a splashing good time at the Delphos
Swimming Pool. Eight-year-old Blake Kortokrax displays his agility
jumping from one of the diving boards.
Seneca County Fairgrounds.
Johnson, 44, is from Kerala, India, a
southern state on the Malabar Coast. He
grew up going to government schools
and his role models were the local parish
priests at Sun Marys Catholic Church in
Seethathodu, who guided his journey in
the church.
Aug. 4
Elmer Dickman, 85, of Delphos traveled to Dayton on July 19 to participate

Upfront

Herald observes
holiday hours
The Delphos Herald
office will close at noon
on Wednesday and remain
closed Thursday.
The office will open for
regular hours on Friday.

Work on tow
path delayed

Work on the towpath of

the Miami-Erie Canal on the
south end of the Delphos
has been postponed.
Coordinator Lou Hohman
is advising the ground is too
wet for equipment to travel
up and down the path.

in a ceremony to honor Korean War

veterans. While there, Dickman received
the Ambassador for Peace Medal, an
expression of appreciation from the
Korean government to U.S. service men
and women who served in the Korean
conflict. He also received his Korean
War Service Medal.
See WRAPUP, page 10

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) The search for a missing

AirAsia jet carrying 162 people that disappeared more than
24 hours ago on a flight from Indonesia to Singapore resumed
with first light today.
First Admiral Sigit Setiayana, the Naval Aviation Center
commander at the Surabaya air force base, said that 12 navy
ships, five planes, three helicopters and a number of warships
were talking part, along with ships and planes from Singapore
and Malaysia. The Australian Air Force also sent a search
plane.
Setiaya said visibility was good. God willing, we can find
it soon, he told The Associated Press.
AirAsia Flight 8501 vanished in airspace thick with storm
clouds on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore.
Searchers had to fight against heavy rain on Sunday before
work was suspended due to darkness.
The planes disappearance and suspected crash caps an
astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia.
The Malaysia-based carriers loss comes on top of the stillunexplained disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in
March and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July
over Ukraine.
At the Surabaya airport, passengers relatives pored over the
planes manifest, crying and embracing. Nias Adityas, a housewife from Surabaya, was overcome with grief when she found
the name of her husband, Nanang Priowidodo, on the list.
The 43-year-old tour agent had been taking a family of
four on a trip to Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesias Lombok
island, and had been happy to get the work.
He just told me, Praise God, this new year brings a lot of
good fortune, Adityas recalled, holding her grandson tight
while weeping uncontrollably.
See PLANE, page 10

Ohio sets up 24-hour school safety tip line

COLUMBUS (AP) Ohio began
offering an anonymous tip line this
month designed to alert local law
enforcement officials to school safety
issues.
The Ohio Department of Education
says individual schools or districts
representing some 200 buildings
signed up for the free SaferOH tip
line within the first day this month. It
accepts calls or texts 24 hours a day.
Under the program, students and
adults may share information with
school officials and law enforcement
on, for example, threatened mass
shootings or bullying. School safety
analysts may ask for additional information, but the caller can remain
secret or leave contact information
for later follow-up.
The safety of our boys and
girls remains the top priority of

our schools, said Superintendent

Richard A. Ross. The SaferOH tip
line provides another resource for
schools and school districts in their
continuing efforts to provide a safe
and secure educational environment.
In more than eight in 10 violent
incidents in U.S. schools, research
shows someone other than the attacker knew something was taking place
or about to occur but failed to report
it. That can be because they feared
being a snitch or becoming a target
of the bully or attacker.
This tip line is another tool, to fill
the gap in areas where no line exists,
that will allow children, parents and
teachers to contribute to the safety
of their schools, said John Born,
director of the Department of Public
Safety.
Calls or texts to 844-SaferOH

(844-723-3764) are answered by analysts in the Ohio Homeland Securitys

Threat Assessment and Prevention, or
TAP, unit. When action is required,
the unit will immediately forward
information to local school officials,
law enforcement agencies and others.
Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety
Center said tip lines are a positive
and proactive way to support safe
schools.
Public awareness of tip lines can
also provide a deterrent effect that
may preclude acts of crime and violence from occurring by providing an
early warning notice to responsible
adults, linking victims or potential
victims with a network of protective
services to support the safety of all
children and those professionals who
serve them, he said.

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Monday, December 29, 2014

For The Record

Police boss: Less rhetoric,

more dialogue needed
NEW YORK (AP) A day after the
funeral of one of two police officers gunned
down in their patrol car, the citys police
commissioner called Sunday for a lot less
rhetoric and a lot more dialogue to defuse
the tension between police officers and the
population they protect.
Speaking on NBCs Meet The Press,
Commissioner William Bratton said the
pent-up frustrations that have caused people to take to the streets in recent weeks
go far beyond policing policies across the
nation.
This is about the continuing poverty rates,
the continuing growing disparity between the
wealthy and the poor. Its still about unemployment issues. There are so many national
issues that have to be addressed that it isnt
just policing, as I think we all well know,
he said.
Bratton said rank-and-file officers and
much of Americas police leadership feels
under attack, including from the federal
government at the highest levels.
He urged: See us. See the police. See
why they have the anxieties and the perceptions they have.
Bratton also appeared on CBS Face the
Nation, where he defended Mayor Bill de
Blasio, saying it was wrong for hundreds
of police officers to turn their backs to a
video monitor outside a Queens church as de
Blasio spoke at the funeral of Officer Rafael
Ramos.
I certainly dont support that action, he
said. That funeral was held to honor Officer
Ramos. And to bring politics, to bring issues
into that event, I think, was very inappropriate.
He acknowledged, though, that the morale
of officers is low and said their actions
unfortunately reflected the feelings of
some toward the mayor. Some police officers
blame de Blasio for creating an atmosphere
of negativity toward the New York Police
Department in the city after a grand jury
declined to charge an officer in the police
chokehold death of Eric Garner on Staten
Island.
The gesture at Ramos funeral came amid
contentious contract negotiations with the
city. The rank-and-file police union did not

claim credit for the symbolic protest, and

its head, Patrick Lynch, repeatedly dodged
reporters attempts to ask about it after
Ramos funeral.
It was not clear if officers planned to turn
their backs on de Blasio again at the funeral
for Ramos partner. Arrangements for that
service have not yet been announced.
The silent protest was a continuation of
the defiance shown at a hospital after the
officers slayings on Dec. 20, when Lynch
and others turned their backs on de Blasio.
Lynch said the mayor had blood on his
hands.
Bratton said de Blasio was totally supportive of officers and had contributed
hundreds of millions of dollars outside the
departments budget this year, much of it
focused on officer safety enhancements.
After Bratton, former Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani told the CBS program that it was wrong
for officers to turn their backs on de Blasio or to
try to blame him for officers deaths.
But he also said de Blasio should apologize to the police department because he
created an impression with the police that
he was on the side of the protesters.
Say youre sorry, Giuliani urged.
De Blasio stayed out of sight Sunday,
staging no public events and continuing to let
Bratton hold center stage in the week since
the double murder.
The five city police unions will meet with
Bratton this week.
Ramos and his partner, Wenjian Liu, were
shot to death as they sat in their patrol car
in daylight. After the officers deaths, the
gunman, Ismaaiyl Brinsley killed himself.
Police said he was troubled and had shot
and wounded an ex-girlfriend in Baltimore
earlier that day.
In online posts shortly before the attack,
Brinsley referenced the killings of two black
men by white police officers.
Bratton said the department had recently
investigated more than 50 reports of threats
against officers, closing out over half of
them with nine arrests, and had warned
officers to be alert to potential dangers.
More than 20,000 officers attended Ramos
funeral, along with Vice President Joe Biden.

FROM THE ARCHIVES

One Year Ago
The Parkway Panthers faced off against the Delphos Jefferson Wildcats in the nightcap of
the opening round of the Chatt Insurance Holiday Tournament in Rockford on Friday night.
Parkway started off hot and took a sizeable lead in the first half but a furious comeback and
last-second three gave the Wildcats the 50-49 victory. Trey Smith led all scorers with 20 points,
while Austin Jettinghoff added 12 for the Wildcats.
25 Years Ago 1989
The fourth-quarter phantom that has haunted the Jefferson girls in the early season was
nowhere to be found Wednesday night. Jefferson took a 35-34 lead into the final quarter over
Miller City. Miller City battled back with Shawnda Kindle hitting the final seven points, including a three-pointer. Jefferson went on to win 55 to 40.
Middle Point Equity Exchange representatives at Countrymark, Inc., shareholders meeting were Wilbur Pollock, Don Richards and Lewis Linton. Countrymark chairman Don
Benschneider, chief executive officer Harry Ditty and other officials reported that total sales
volume increased from 1987 to 1988.
The St. Johns Blue Jay girls hosted the Elida Bulldogs in a non-league contest Wednesday
evening. They were overwhelmed by the Lady Bulldogs 71-33, who now sport an 8-1 overall
record. Leading scorer for St. Johns was Diana Bockey with eight. Sue Klausing and Jenni
Langhals added six points each.
50 Years Ago 1964
John J. Wellmann was re-elected president of the German Mutual Insurance Company at
the companys annual meeting held Saturday at Marion Township House. Elected to serve with
Wellman were vice president, Leo Warnecke; treasurer, Everett Buettner; secretary, Robert
Schmit; director for Van Wert County, Alfred Gerdeman; audit committee from Van Wert
County, Edward Geise; Cloverdale collector, Arnold Fischer; and Landeck collector, Frank
Wrasman.
Delphos will be served by a branch line if a water pipeline from Lake Erie to 21 towns
in northwestern Ohio develops, according to the Ohio Department of Development. The
Department has announced the line can be built for $87.5 million, with Lima, one of the biggest
potential users of water from the system, being the key to the entire project.
Edward Clark was installed as the president of the Kiwanis Club at the annual Ladies Night
banquet held Monday night at the House of Vogts. Other new officers installed were Robert
Schmit, vice president; Gerry Fischer, secretary; and Richard Corron, treasurer.
75 Years Ago 1939
The Knights of Pythias met in regular session Wednesday evening at Castle Hall on West
Second Street. After routine business, over 25 members enjoyed a lunch prepared by the losers
in the pinochle contest held Dec. 13. Harold Heiss was high Wednesday night and the losers
were Alonzo Rice, Lewis Vogt and Ken Clawson. They will be on kitchen duty at the Jan. 10
meeting.
Mrs. A. J. Bodkin, Scott Street, received the members of the Womens Missionary Society
of the Lutheran Church into her home Wednesday afternoon for the monthly session. There was
one guest, Mrs. William Warner. Devotions were given by the Rev. J. G. E. Mitermeier. The
lesson was given by Mrs. Ed. Mox, Sr.
The annual meeting of the German Mutual Insurance Company was held Wednesday afternoon in the C. L. of C. rooms in the Commercial Bank building. John P. Gengler was named
as president of the company. Other officers named were: Henry F. Moenter, treasurer; Paul
King, secretary; William H. Schimmoeller, director of Putnam County for three years; Nicholas
Gengler, collector at Landeck; George Wallenhorst, collector at Fort Jennings; Anthony
Holdgreve, collector at Cloverdale; George Knippen, collector at Ottoville; and Syl. Geise,
auditing committee, Putnam County, three years.

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OBITUARIES

Nancy Spencer, editor

Ray Geary,
general manager
Delphos Herald, Inc.
Lori Goodwin Silette,
circulation manager

Michelle Ann
Mikey Metzger
Jan. 18, 1975Dec. 26, 2014
FORT JENNINGS Michelle Ann Mikey
Metzger, 39, of Fort Jennings
died at 2 p.m. Friday at her
residence.
She was born Jan. 18,
1975, in Lima to Robert
and
Marilyn
(Burgei)
Metzger; they survive in
Fort Jennings.
Also surviving are two
sisters, Jennifer (Chad)
Brinkman of Ottawa and
Nicole Metzger of Delphos;
a brother, Matthew (Emilee)
Metzger of Ottawa; nieces
and nephews, Emma, Carlie,
Rilee and Jack Brinkman,
Jordan, Ethan, Camden,
Bronson and Naivia Metzer;
grandmothers,
Mildred
Metzger of Fort Jennings
and Avonelle Burgei of
Delphos; and many aunts,
uncles and cousins.
She was preceded in
death by grandfathers, Carl
Metzger and John Burgei.
Mikey
worked
at
Brookhill Workshop and
was a resident of Rescare
at Brookhill for five years.
She was a member of St.
Josephs Catholic Church,
Fort Jennings.
A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday
at St. Josephs Catholic
Church, Fort Jennings, with
Fr. Charles Obinwa officiating. Burial will follow in the
church cemetery.
Visitation will be from
2-8 p.m. today at LoveHeitmeyer Funeral Home,
Jackson Township, and one
hour prior to Mass at the
church. There will be a
Scripture service at 7 p.m.
today.
Memorials may be made
to Rescare at Brookhill.
Condolences may be
expressed at: www.lovefuneralhome.com.

Robert P. Drewyore
Jan.17, 1942Dec. 28, 2014
DELPHOS Robert P.
Drewyore, 72, of Delphos
passed away at his residence
at 3:12 a.m. Sunday.
He was born in Lima on Jan.
17, 1942, to Mick and Betty
(Schosker Richards) Drewyore,
who preceded him in death.
He is survived by his
son, Tim (Theresa Metzger)
Drewyore; and daughter, Lisa
(Larry Thomas) Thomas of
Delphos. Other survivors
include his sister, Sharon
(Ernie) Hines; brother, Tim
(Joyce) Drewyore, all of
Delphos; two stepbrothers,
Ronald Richards of Venedocia
and Randy (Peggy) Richards
of Marion, Indiana; two
stepsisters, Sandra (Larry)
Caffro of Maumee and Mary
Jo Miller of Grover Hill;
two grandchildren, Devonn
Thomas and Elijah Drewyore;
and a great-granddaughter,
Valentina Thomas.
Bob served in the United
States Marines and retired
from Eagle Print. He was a
graduate of St. Johns School
and an active member of the
church. Bob enjoyed spending
time with his family and his
dog, China.
A Mass of Christian burial
will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday
at St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church with Father
Ron Schock officiating.
Immediately following the
Mass, the Delphos Veterans
Council will conduct military
rites at the church. Burial will
be in the church cemetery following the services.
Visitation will be from 2-8
p.m. today at Harter and Schier
Funeral Home with a parish
wake beginning at 2 p.m.
Preferred memorials are to
the family.
To leave condolences, please
visit harterandschier.com.

FUNERALS
HONIGFORT, Ralph F., 82, of Kalida, Mass of Christian
Burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michaels
Catholic Church, Kalida, the Revs. Mark Hoying and Elmer
Wurth officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. today at Love-Heitmeyer
Funeral Home, Jackson Twp., where a K of C Rosary will
be held at 7 p.m. Memorials may be given to the charity of
donors choice. Condolences maybe expressed to: www.lovefuneralhome.com.
CALVELAGE, Maneta J., 89, of Delphos, Mass of
Christian Burial will begin at 11 a.m. today at St. John the
Evangelist Catholic Church, the Rev. Daniel Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in St. Johns Cemetery. Memorial
contributions may be made to the Sisters of Notre Dame or
St. Johns Parish Foundation. Condolences may be shared at
www.strayerfuneralhome.com.
MOX, Imogene, of Delphos, service will be at 11 a.m.
today at St. Peter Lutheran Church, with visitation one hour
prior to the service. Burial will take place at Walnut Grove
Cemetery immediately following the service. Memorial contributions may be made to Feed My Starving Children or St.
Peter Lutheran Church. To leave condolences, visit harterandschier.com.
BONIFAS, Ralph F., 84, of Landeck, Mass of Christian
Burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church in Landeck. Father Ron Schock will officiate.
Burial will be in the church cemetery with military grave rites
by the Delphos Veterans Council. Visitation will be from 2-8
p.m. today. There will be a Parish Wake at 7:30 p.m. and a K
of C Service at 7:45 p.m. at Harter and Schier Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Delphos Visiting
Nurses or Wounded Warriors. To leave condolences, please go
to www.harterandschier.com.
EICKHOLT, Joan Jo, 82, of Ottoville, Mass of Christian
Burial will be 10:30 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church, Ottoville, with Father Jerome Schetter officiating. Burial will be at a later date in St. Marys Cemetery,
Ottoville. Memorial contributions may be made to Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church or to St. Marys Cemetery Capital
Improvement Fund. Condolences may be expressed at www.
lovefuneralhome.com.

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WEATHER
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-County
Associated Press
TODAY: Mostly sunny
in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid 30s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
TONIGHT: Mostly clear
through midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 20s. Northeast winds 5
to 10 mph.
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy.
A 20 percent chance of snow
showers in the morning. Highs
in the upper 20s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
TUESDAY
NIGHT:
Partly cloudy through midnight then becoming mostly
clear. Lows 15 to 20. West
winds 5 to 15 mph.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
Clear. Lows around 15.
NEW YEARS DAY:
Mostly sunny. Highs in the
upper 20s.
THURSDAY NIGHT:
Partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 20s.
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy
with a 30 percent chance of
snow. Highs in the mid 30s.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Snow
showers likely. Lows in the
upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

December 31 - 9pm

BIRTHS

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ST. RITAS
A boy was born Dec. 24 to Jill and Jamey Wisher of
Delphos.
A boy was born Dec. 26 to Caitlin and Russ Ott of
Spencerville.
A boy was born Dec. 27 to Ashley Kitchen and Joseph
Estle, Jr., of Delphos.
A boy was born Dec. 28 to Melanie Shobe Wierwille and
Brian Wierwille of Spencerville.

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STATE/LOCAL

Cub Scout boat race winners announced

On Dec. 14, the Delphos Cub Scouts, Pack 42, held their boat races at the Rain Wolf winners were first place, Alex Herron; second place, Jarrett Radler; and
Gutter Regatta. Tigers winners were first place, Kyle Britton; second place, third place, Logan Gossett.
Caden White; and third place, Evan Maye. (Submitted photos)

Bear winners were first place, Logan Britton; second place, Ashton Milligan; Webelos 1 winners were first place, Mark Stemen; second place, Daniel Myers;
and third place, Lucas Clay.
and third place, Damon Gibson.

Webelos 2 winners were first place, Anthony Bodine; second place, Marcus Design winners were first place, Drew Palte; second place, Mark Stemen; and
Freewalt; and third place, Zane Stevenson.
third place, Evan Maye.

Van Wert Civic Theatre

names cast for Rexs Exes
INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
VAN WERT Van
Wert Civic Theatre presents
a hilarious farce, written
by Jessie Jones, Nicholas
Hope and Jamie Wooten,
and directed by Van Werts
own Steve Lane. This is the
sequel to the theatres previous production The Red
Velvet Cake Wars, and, yes,
its set in Texas!
This deliriously funny
Southern-fried farce finds the
Verdeen cousins Gaynelle,
Peaches and Jimmie Wyvette
of Sweetgum, Texas, teetering on the brink of disaster again.
Gaynelle, frustrated and
frazzled from working too
many two-bit jobs, stubbornly refuses to face the fact
shes turning the big 5-0.
In a misguided effort to lift
her cousins spirits, Peaches,
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Box Office: Hobbit

wins, Interview has
strong VOD sales
gift in and of itself, Disneys
distribution Executive Vice
President Dave Hollis said.
The rest of the top five
was populated by holdovers
Night at the Museum: Secret
of the Tomb and Annie
and which earned $20.6
million and $16.6 million,
respectively, in their second
weekend in theaters.
Their opening numbers
didnt really set the world
on fire, but, as we thought,
they would play well over
the Christmas holiday,
Dergarabedian said.
Sonys The Interview
earned $15 million from
online rentals and purchases
through Saturday. The movie
took in $2.8 million from 331
theaters since its opening on
Thursday, and $1.8 million of
that came from the weekend.
Im so grateful that the
movie found its way into theaters, and Im thrilled that
people actually went out and
saw it, said writer, director and star Seth Rogen in a
statement.
We are very pleased with
how it is doing both theatrically where we are seeing
numerous sell-outs across the
country, and online where it
remains at the top of many
charts added Rory Bruer,
Sonys president of worldwide distribution. In just
four days, The Interview
became Sonys most successful online film of all time.
Other weekend debuts
include Paramounts $25
million crime drama The
Gambler, which took seventh place with a middling
$9.3 million from 2,478
theaters. The Weinstein
Companys Big Eyes
earned only $2.97 million
over the weekend from 1,307
screens and $4.4 million
from the four-day. The haul
is a career low for director
Tim Burton compared with
his other wide-release openings.

LOS ANGELES (AP)

Audiences had their pick of
genres during the Christmas
weekend, but despite a host
of fresh arrivals, splashy holiday fare like Unbroken and
Into the Woods proved no
match for The Hobbit: The
Battle of the Five Armies.
The Interview, meanwhile, wowed with $15 million from its over 2 million
online rentals and purchases.
The final installment
in Peter Jacksons trilogy
marched to the top spot
once again with an estimated $41.4 million take across
the weekend ($54.5 including Christmas day earnings),
according to studio estimates
Sunday.
Universals World War II
epic Unbroken took second place with $31.7 million
from the weekend, bringing
its domestic total to $47.3
million from its first four
days in theaters.
Were all thrilled, Nikki
Rocco, Universals president
of domestic distribution said
of the Angelina Jolie-directed
drama. Its a testament to
how great this movie is. Im
so happy that America found
out about it.
Added
Rentraks
senior media analyst Paul
Dergarabedian: The story
of Louis Zamperini really
offered a nice alternative
for moviegoers who werent
looking for a fantasy world,
a musical or a family film.
Disneys musical Into
the Woods, boasting a starpacked cast and a PG rating, came in a close third
with $31 million, and $46.1
million across the four-day
period. It replaced Mamma
Mia as the biggest opening
for a screen adaptation of a
Broadway musical ever.
To be able to take
(Stephen) Sondheim and
(James) Lapines work and
make it available to a mass
audience? Its a great holiday

Amazon-Hachette feud
headlines book news
NEW YORK (AP) Like a serial for the digital age, the book
worlds most dramatic story of 2014 unfolded in installments,
often in real time.
A dispute about e-book revenues between Amazon.com and
Hachette Book Group led to Amazons removing buy buttons,
cutting discounts and reducing orders for works ranging from
J.K. Rowlings latest detective thriller to J.D. Salingers Nine
Stories. The battle lasted for months. Hachette author Stephen
Colbert flipped the bird to Amazon, right on camera. Amazon
suggested that frustrated customers might try buying books elsewhere.
You could call the resolution happy, and open-ended. The two
sides agreed to a multiyear deal in mid-November and Hachette
books were back in full for the holiday season. Amazon and
Hachette each declared itself satisfied.
But its hard to say what has changed. Douglas Preston, a
Hachette author who became a leading Amazon critic, expressed
a common view among writers when he told The Associated Press
recently that the standoff demonstrated that the online retailer
is ruthless and willing to sanction books and hurt authors.
Amazons image may have suffered but it still controls some 40
percent of the market, by the estimate of major New York publishers, and still has a hold on those who say they fear it.
James Patterson, a Hachette author who has donated more than
$1 million to independent sellers and worried that Amazon might
put them out of business, said in a recent interview that he likes
to shop at the Classic Bookshop near his home in Palm Beach,
Florida.

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Ice buckets, breaking the

Internet: A year in pop culture
Associated Press

Back to weddings and in this

DAVID LETTERMAN announces
hell retire in 2015. His replacement year of celebrity knot-tying, nothing is
Just for fun, lets try to picture the is Comedy Central star STEPHEN bigger than the lavish Venice festivities
surrounding the nuptials of
COLBERT, adored by the
year in pop culture, all in one image.
the bachelor who said hed
demographic.
We might begin with a singer oddly younger
never marry again, GEORGE
named Adele Dazeem, belting Let It LETTERMAN quips: I hapCLOONEY, and British
Go from Disneys Frozen. Suddenly pen to know they wanted
human rights lawyer AMAL
a friend would pour a bucket of ice water another guy with glasses.
ALAMUDDIN. Think traffic
over her head. Adele would immediately And now, we know you were
jams of paparazzi on gondotweet the moment on her new iPhone getting antsy for KIMYE
las. This isnt even the only
6, hashtag #icebucketchallenge, while news, so here it is: KIM
Hollywood celebrity wedding
Ellen would pop out and take a group KARDASHIAN and soonin Italy this month NEIL
to-be hubby KANYE WEST
selfie that would #BreaktheInternet.
PATRICK HARRIS, next
Now lets get more serious. Its make the prestigious cover of
years Oscar host, marries
always a challenge to capture a year VOGUE, sparking existential
Clooney
partner DAVID BURTKA. Big
in pop culture, but we try nonetheless. angst among some fashionistech news: The new iPhone 6
Herewith, our annual, highly selective tas. Kardashian tweets that its
arrives, with its larger screen and inevia dream come true!!!
trip down memory lane:
table prestige factor. APPLE also unveils
MAY:
JANUARY:
But the real dream comes when its smartwatch, bringing the features of
PHARRELL WILLIAMS has lots of
reason to be happy this month. After a KIMYE ties the knot at a Renaissance an iPhone to ones arm, and Microsoft
huge 2013, the producer-rapper-singer fortress in Florence, Italy, following (NASDAQ:MSFT) spends $2.5 billion
gets an Oscar nomination for Happy lavish pre-wedding festivities in France. for the company that created the hit
on the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack. ANGELINA JOLIE makes a splash as game Minecraft, popular on mobile
A week later, he wins four Grammys, Maleficent, giving us a new take on phones. Sadly, the world loses deliincluding album and record of the the Disney character thats now more ciously tart-tongued JOAN RIVERS, a
year for producing the funk-electronic superheroine than villainess. Also mak- trailblazer for women in comedy.
OCTOBER:
anthem Get Lucky. Happy, Lucky ing a splash: LAVERNE COX, the openMore life cycle events: KATE
ly transgender actress on Orange is the
the guy certainly picks apt song titles.
New Black, featured on the MIDDLETON appears in public for
FEBRUARY:
the first time since announcing that
cover of Time magazine.
The ground shifts in the
shes expecting her second royal heir.
JUNE:
late-night TV landscape:
Lets turn to sports: Its As for Hollywood royalty, JENNIFER
JIMMY FALLON takes over
WORLD CUP time, and who LAWRENCE, about to make a splash
for JAY LENO and immedisays America doesnt love soc- with the latest Hunger Games installately establishes himself as
cer? People are glued to their ment, speaks out on the hacking scandal
the new king, with a youngTVs, iPads, phones and other that led to nude photos of her intender, fresher vibe perfect for
devices for the U.S. games, ed for her boyfriend being published
next-day YouTube viewing
and a hero is born: TIM on websites. It is not a scandal. It is a
of bits like celebrity lipHOWARD, the U.S. goalie, sex crime, she says.
syncing duels. Kicking off
NOVEMBER:
who even in a 2-1 defeat to
an eventful year in the tech
Fallon
Remember when Ellens selfie
Belgium makes a record-setting
world, FACEBOOK pays a
massive $19 billion for WHATSAPP, 16 saves. He becomes a social media sorta broke the Internet? Well, KIM
the popular mobile messaging service darling on Wikipedia, he briefly KARDASHIAN (yes, her again), aimfavored by teenagers and young adults becomes the Secretary of Defense, edg- ing to do the same, poses nude for
who see Facebook as something bet- ing out Chuck Hagel. And he inspires an Paper magazine, and the focus on her
ter suited to their parents. At New York Internet meme naming all the Things posterior leads to all sorts of talk about
Fashion Week, emerging star LUPITA Tim Howard Could Save. (Example: the year of the booty. Kudos to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, which
NYONGO makes a front-row splash at The dinosaurs from extinction.)
tweets a photo of a strikingly similar
JULY:
Calvin Klein.
A collective Awwwwww ricochets figure from one of its 4000 B.C. statues,
MARCH:
Its OSCAR time, and this years round the world as Britains mediagenic noting that they can BreaktheInternet
show the most-watched in a decade royal couple, WILLIAM and KATE, too. TAYLOR SWIFT, meanwhile, takes
gives us a slew of pop culture moments. release photos of the equally media- a stand, asking SPOTIFY to stop streamIntroducing IDINA MENZEL, JOHN genic PRINCE GEORGE, upon his first ing her music, and setting up an intriguTRAVOLTA mangles her name in epic birthday. Turns out his fashion choices ing standoff between the industrys most
fashion, creating a new star: the one lots of blues, and bib overalls popular artist and its top music streamand only ADELE DAZEEM. Ever the prove as influential as his moms. COX, ing service. On a MUCH more serious
Broadway trouper, Menzel doesnt miss meanwhile, is nominated for an Emmy note, BILL COSBY, once Americas
a beat as she sings the girl-power anthem the first nomination for an openly most beloved TV dad, faces a cascade
Let It Go. NYONGO completes her transgender person. Its also time for of allegations that he drugged and sexurapid ascent to superstardom with a the campy SHARKNADO 2. A shark ally assaulted women decades ago. The
supporting-actress trophy for 12 Years in the New York subway? No big deal. comedians planned return to television
is shelved, and his career suffers perhaps
a Slave, also the years best picture. Manhattanites have seen rats that big.
irreparable damage.
AUGUST:
And speaking of superstars, ELLEN
DECEMBER:
Whoever would have thought a lowly
DEGENERES takes that famous selfie
Suddenly its the only thing anyone in
with a gaggle of em, causing Twitter bucket of ice would become a pop
to crash for 20 minutes and beating culture phenom? Celebs and regular Hollywood is talking about: The devasthe previous champion for retweets, a folks alike take on the ALS Ice Bucket tating SONY hacking scandal. After sevphoto of BARACK and MICHELLE Challenge, generating many millions of eral weeks of embarrassing disclosures
OBAMA. Time for a new phrase in dollars to fight the disease. Epic screams in hacked emails, the focus turns sharply
Hollywood-speak:
CONSCIOUS are heard, but the most entertainingly in mid-December to genuine fear, as
UNCOUPLING, the term used by blood-curdling comes from OPRAH hackers threaten violence and mayhem
GWYNETH PALTROW to describe her WINFREY. And what would August at theaters showing The Interview, the
enlightened split from CHRIS MARTIN. be without a wedding? BRANGELINA Seth Rogen-James Franco film depictOh, and OBAMA pitches his health plan finally ties the knot, at a small ceremony ing the fictional assassination of North
to young people via an unusual platform: on their French estate. A very sad note Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Theater
Zach Galifianakis comic Web series to the month: The death of ROBIN chains pull out, and Sony finally shelves
Between Two Ferns. Some conserva- WILLIAMS, whose manic energy the movie. The fallout is still developgraced screens big and small, leaves a ing, but its clearly a sober ending to
tive commentators call it undignified.
a dramatic year for the entertainment
gaping hole in the cultural landscape.
APRIL:
industry.
SEPTEMBER:
Yet more epic shifts in late-night:

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4. All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor: The years
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empowering, and it showcases bright newcomer Meghan
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5. Bailando, Enrique Iglesias featuring Sean Paul,
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if its the Spanish or English version, Enrique Iglesias
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6. Dont Tell Em, Jeremih featuring YG: The other
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7. Take Me to Church, Hozier: Hoziers humane and
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Me to Church, likely to win the Grammy Award for song
of the year.
8. Day Drinking, Little Big Town: Why dont we do
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9. Turn Down for What, DJ Snake and Lil Jon: Do I
really need to explain why this is so good?
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for writing a song about the medias portrayal of her love
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Rather Be, Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne; i,
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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS

TODAY
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff St.
6:30 p.m. Shelter from
the Storm support group
meets in the Delphos Public
Library basement.
TUESDAY
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.
Alcoholics Anonymous,
First Presbyterian Church,
310 W. Second St.
WEDNESDAY
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
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Damian Conley
Linda Wallace
Michelle Strayer
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DEC. 31
Jim Schroeder
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Brendon Stoner
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Kempers first-grade class at St. Johns

St. Johns Elementary School first-grade students in Erin Kempers class include, front from left, Lillian Wreede, Parker Will, Sydney
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Wrestling Results
2014 Lima Central Catholic Holiday
Invitational
Saturdays Team Scores (19): Carey
305, Coldwater 267, Williamsburg
191.5, Wayne Trace 164.5, North Union
164, Ottawa-Glandorf 138, Delphos
Jefferson 132.5, Spencerville 126,
Patrick Henry 121, Greenville 114,
Fostoria 111.5, Paulding 110, Lima
Senior 106, Monroe 100, Defiance 85,
Lehman Cath. 83, Bluffton 61.5, Lima
C.C. 58, Lincolnview 45.
Pool 16 Placers: Four 4-Man Pools
First Place
120: Clemens (WT) pin Johnson (WI)
2:37 126: Goeltzenleuchter (WT) dec.
Uhlenhake (CO) 3-2ot 132: Wyatt
Place (DJ) maj. dec. Meyer (CO) 9-0
138: Seibert (CO) pin
Cline (GR) 3:29 145: Cole
Bellows (SV) dec. Obringer
(CO) 3-1 152: Galvan (FO)
dec. Mack (LS) 5-4 160:
Brodman (CA) dec. Wilson
(MO) 5-4 170: Brown (LCA)
pin Deatrick (PA) 1:29 182:
Tyler Foust (DJ) pin Schmidt
(CO) 3:23 195: Huffman (LCC) dec.
Petersen (PH) 5-1 220: Oflaherty (CA)
dec. Valdez (PA) 5-4 285: Brandon
Bennett (PH) dec. Cadwallader (WI) 5-2.
Third Place
120: Struble (FO) maj. dec. Kincade
(CA) 12-2 126: Alexander Rodriguez
(LV) dec. Russell (LS) 5-2 132: Cody
Dickson (SV) maj. dec. Lefker (WI) 15-5
138: Tebbe (CO) dec. Koch (NU) 5-1
145: Smith (FO) pin Rehus (CA) 2:02
152: Ferguson (CA) pin Ebbeskotte
(O-G) 4:10 160: Beemer (O-G) dec.
Mock (PA) 7-3 170: Bunsold (NU) pin
Nibert (GR) 3:50 182: Mullholand (CA)
dec. Bailey (WI) 4-2 195: Racheter
(CA) dec. Malone (LCA) 5-1 220:
Asher (WT) pin Brandon ODell (SV) 2:09
285: Cox (NU) pin Gibson
(O-G) 2:06.
Fifth Place
120: Turner (MO) pin
Muhlenkamp (CO) 2:25 126:
Arnold (MO) dec. Peyton Ford
(SV) 6-4 132: Whalen (DE)
dec. Cox (NU) 7-5 138: Hossler (FO)
tech. fall David Grant (DJ) 16-0 145:
Eshbaugh (GR) dec. Golden (WI) 7-1
152: Schlater (CO) pin Pignataro (LCC)
INJ 160: Castaneda (DE) maj. dec.
Thornberry (WI) 8-0 170: Davis (WI)
pin Tackett (CA) INJ 182: McNerny
(MO) pin Long (LCA) 4:06 195:
Gettinger (GR) pin Caleb Sutherland
(SV) 2:27 220: Johnson (CA) pin
Gonzales (DE) 1:33 285: Young (MO)
pin Vize (WI) 2:07.
Seventh Place
120: Burk (LS) over Dockery (PA)
forfeit 126: Hinegardner (LCC) maj.
dec. Badial-Luna (BL) 15-4 132:
Balbaugh (O-G) dec. Luke (BL) 6-1
138: Dyer (CA) pin Brewer (WI) 0:51
145: Simmons (LCA) pin Borton (PH)
0:37 152: Salinas-Diaz (DE) dec.
Justus (BL) 7-2 160: Kaiser (CO) pin
Phoneyavong (NU) 0:28 170: Fike
(LS) over Dakota Sutherland (SV) default
182: Thompson (FO) dec. Pletcher
(BL) 7-2 195: Ellison (WI) tech. fall
Brooks (O-G) 17-2 220: Berry (WI) pin
Jaden Dickson (LV) 2:19 285: Ickes
(PH) pin Boes (CA) 0:31.
Ninth Place
120: Siefker (O-G) pin Baxter (WT)
0:18 126: Liest (CA) pin Bilodia (FO)
2:48 132: Breitigam (CA) pin Shank
(PH) 2:38 138: Schultz (WT) pin
Goecke (O-G) 0:55 145: Mault (BL)
pin Churchill (NU) 2:10 152: Laney
(WT) pin Jacob Gibson (LV) 1:45 160:
Tuttle (LS) pin Smith (PH) 0:36 170:
Klosterman (CO) pin Nordyke (CA) 1:09
182: Fustos (GR) pin Meyer (O-G)
0:56 195: Lane Bennett (DJ)
pin Romero (DE) 2:56 220:
Pitts (CA) dec. Hunter (WI) 5-1
285: Schwieterman (CO) pin
Williams (LS) 3:27.
11th Place
120: Ackley (CA), bye 126:
Price (GR), bye 132: Showalter (WT)
pin Elliott (WT) 0:57 138: Jimenez (DE)
pin Staley (BL) 1:49 145: Coressel (DE)
pin Booth (LS) 0:31 152: Rasey (NU)
dec. Pardo (PH) 9-2 160: Chalmers
(GR) pin Branham (DE) 0:49 170:
Haggard (BL) pin Estle (PA) 1:28 182:
Linebaugh (MO) pin Payton (FO) 0:35
195: Freeman (LS) pin Hower (WT)
4:32 220: Bobbie Stevenson (DJ), bye
285: Jayden Moore (DJ), bye.
13th Place
138: Noirot (DE) maj. dec. Mudel (PA)
13-0 145: Brice Metzger (DJ) pin
Jackson (WT) 1:25 152: McDonald
(LCC) dec. Jacob Harvey (DJ) 5-4
160: Puente (OG) pin Basinger (BL) 3:26.
15th Place
138: Green (LS) pin Perez (DE) 4:49
152: Gage Bellows (SV) pin Karn (FO)
0:25 160: Robby King (SV) pin Brough
(FO) 1:59.
Pool 10 - Two pools of 5
First Place
106: Pratt (CA) pin Miller (NU) 0:38
113: Rassman (WT) pin Gerken (PH)
1:00.
Third Place

106: Sigler (CO) maj. dec. Woodring

(PA) 9-0 113: Schlack (CA) dec. Sigler
(CO) 4-0.
Fifth Place
106: Hoffman (O-G) pin Brett Mahlie
(DJ) 3:37 113: Maynard (NU) pin
Palomo (O-G) 0:55.
Seventh Place
106: Lacey (GR) pin Clark (WI) 0:58
113: Andrew Foust (DJ) pin Tobe
(CO) 3:47.
Ninth Place
106: Romick (BL) tech. fall Luke
Bollinger (LV) 17-2 113: Sodders (LS)
pin McGuire (BL) 0:36.
LOCAL WRESTLERS
POOL 16
Semifinals: 126: Goeltzenleuchter
(WT) maj. dec. Alexander
Rodriguez (LV) 13-4; 132:
Wyatt Place (DJ) tech. fall Cody
Dickson (SV) 19-4; 145: Cole
Bellows (SV) pin Rehus (CA)
2:55; 182: Tyler Foust (DJ) pin
Mullholand (CA) 1:02; 220:
Valdez (PA) pin Brandon ODell
(SV) 2:26.
Consolation Semifinals: 126:
Peyton Ford (SV) dec. Hinegardner
(LCC) 6-2; 138: David Grant (DJ) dec.
Brewer (WI) 9-5; 170: Tackett (CA) pin
Dakota Sutherland (SV) INJ; 195: Caleb
Sutherland (SV) pin Ellison (WI) 2:16;
220: Gonzales (DE) dec. Jaden Dickson
(LV) 5-4.
Conso. 9th Semifinals: 152: Jacob
Gibson (LV) pin Rasey (NU) 1:45; Lane
Bennett (DJ) pin Freeman (LS) 0:39;
220: Pitts (CA) over Bobbie Stevenson
(DJ) forfeit; 285: Schwieterman (CO) pin
Jayden Moore (DJ) 1:27.
Conso. 13th Semifinals: 145: Brice
Metzger (DJ), bye; 152: Jacob Harvey
(DJ) dec. Gage Bellows (SV) 7-5; 160:
Puente (OG) tech. fall Robby King (SV)
18-1.
Round 3: 126: Alexander
Rodriguez (LV) pin Liest (CA)
0:25; Peyton Ford (SV), bye;
132: Cody Dickson (SV) pin
Cox (NU) 1:44; Wyatt Place
(DJ) pin Elliott (WT) 1:16; 138:
David Grant (DJ) pin Perez (DE) 3:59;
145: Cole Bellows (SV) pin Booth (LS)
0:43; Rehus (CA) pin Brice Metzger
(DJ) 2:37; 152: Galvan (FO) pin Jacob
Harvey (DJ) 2:26; Jacob Gibson (LV) pin
Gage Bellows (SV) 0:35; 160: Wilson
(MO) pin Robby King (SV) 0:54; 170:
Dakota Sutherland (SV) pin Nordyke
(CA) 0:15; 182: Tyler Foust (DJ) maj.
dec. Linebaugh (MO) 22-8; 195: Caleb
Sutherland (SV), bye; Malone (LCA) pin
Lane Bennett (DJ) 0:44; 220: Bobbie
Stevenson (DJ), bye; Brandon ODell
(SV), bye; Oflaherty (CA) pin Jaden
Dickson (LV) 0:17; 285: Cadwallader (WI)
pin Jayden Moore (DJ) 0:23.
Round 2: 126: Alexander Rodriguez
(LV) pin Peyton Ford (SV) 4:58; 132:
Cody Dickson (SV) pin Shank (PH) 0:44;
Wyatt Place (DJ) pin Balbaugh (O-G)
1:10; 138: Koch (NU) dec. David Grant
(DJ) 9-4; 145: Cole Bellows (SV) pin
Borton (PH) 1:47; Golden (WI) pin Brice
Metzger (DJ) 3:40; 152: Rasey (NU) maj.
dec. Jacob Harvey (DJ) 9-1; SalinasDiaz (DE) pin Jacob Gibson (LV) 3:41;
Ebbeskotte (O-G) pin Gage Bellows (SV)
3:00; 160: Thornberry (WI) pin Robby
King (SV) 2:53; 170: Bunsold (NU) pin
Dakota Sutherland (SV) 3:03; 182: Tyler
Foust (DJ) tech. fall Long (LCA) 15-0;
195: Malone (LCA) pin Caleb Sutherland
(SV) 1:30; Lane Bennett (DJ), bye; 220:
Valdez (PA) pin Bobbie Stevenson (DJ)
INJ; Brandon ODell (SV) pin Pitts (CA)
3:58; Jaden Dickson (LV), bye; 285:
Jayden Moore (DJ), bye.
Round 1: 126: Alexander Rodriguez
(LV), bye; Peyton Ford (SV) pin Liest (CA)
2:47; 132: Cody Dickson (SV),
bye; Wyatt Place (DJ), bye; 138:
David Grant (DJ) pin Staley (BL)
0:46; 145: Cole Bellows (SV),
bye; Churchill (NU) pin Brice
Metzger (DJ) 1:18; 152: Schlater
(CO) pin Jacob Harvey (DJ)
1:37; Salinas-Diaz (DE) pin Gage Bellows
(SV) 0:39; Jacob Gibson (LV) tech. fall
Ebbeskotte (O-G) 17-1; 160: Chalmers
(GR) pin Robby King (SV) 0:31; 170:
Dakota Sutherland (SV), bye; 182: Tyler
Foust (DJ), bye; 195: Caleb Sutherland
(SV) pin Lane Bennett (DJ) 2:41; 220:
Johnson (CA) pin Bobbie Stevenson (DJ)
0:28; Brandon ODell (SV) pin Berry (WI)
1:32; Jaden Dickson (LV), bye; 285: Young
(MO) pin Jayden Moore (DJ) 0:31
2 POOLS OF 5
Round 5: 106: Brett Mahlie (DJ) pin
Luke Bollinger (LV) 0:40; 113: Sigler (CO)
dec. Andrew Foust (DJ) 9-2.
Round 4: 106: Pratt (CA) pin Brett
Mahlie (DJ) 0:24.
Round 3: 106: Pratt (CA) pin Luke
Bollinger (LV) 0:48; Brett Mahlie (DJ) pin
Clark (WI) 1:44; 113: Gerken (PH) dec.
Andrew Foust (DJ) 11-4.
Round 2: 106: Clark (WI) maj. dec.
Luke Bollinger (LV) 16-4; Sigler (CO)
pin Brett Mahlie (DJ) 3:39; 113: Andrew
Foust (DJ) pin Sodders (LS) 0:19.
Round 1: 106: Sigler (CO) pin Luke
Bollinger (LV) 0:22; 113: Palomo (O-G)
maj. dec. Andrew Foust (DJ).

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Big Green battles by Jays in 2 OT

By LARRY HEIING
DHI Media Correspondent
news@delphosherald.com
OTTOVILLE For the second time in a span of five days,
the Ottoville Big Green boys basketball team used a physical
defense at home to defeat a Delphos team.
On Tuesday, the Big Green shut down Jefferson 54-52 and
defeated St. Johns 51-49 in double overtime Saturday night at
L.W. Heckman Gymnasium.
Tied at 43 to begin the second extra four minutes, Austin
Honigford was clutch at the line for Ottoville, connecting on a
pair for the 2-point lead. After a foul shot by Big Green Nick
Moorman, St. Johns Tyler Conley continue to step up with a
drive to pull the Jays within one. Ty Roby took the inbounds at
halfcourt and drove the lane for a 3-point Big Green lead. After
free throws by the Blue Jays Alex Odenweller and Moorman,
Conley fired a pass to Timmy Kreeger to knot the score at 49
with 28 seconds remaining. Honigford remained perfect from
the foul line as his calmly sank a pair of pressure-filled free
throws and the Jays could not answer as time expired.
Coach (Aaron) Elwer and myself have similar coaching
styles as we try to take away the best scorers on the floor,
Ottovile head coach Todd Turnwald commented. Then it comes
down to the third and fourth scorers and Kyle Bendele and Austin
Honigford came through for us tonight. St. Johns shut down
Tyler Roby offensively but his defense was also a big reason
when we came back. This was a big win for our program.
Elwer echoed Turnwalds comments about the game: We held
their top scorers early in the season (Roby and Brandt Landin) to
nine points combined tonight. Give credit to other guys on the
Ottoville team for stepping up and battling back. We had our opportunities to win the game but with some key missed layups and only
8-of-21 from the foul line, we couldnt put the game away.
Tied at 36 to end regulation, St. Johns scored first as Conley
scored on a drive down the left side. Ottoville who suffered a
pair of huge losses as Landin fouled out in regulation and Kyle
Bendele went down with an ankle injury tied the game with
a drive by Colin Bendele and St. Johns Andy Grothouse left the
contest with his fifth foul. Austin Heiing put St. Johns back in the
lead with a putback. C. Bendele answered with a triple for a 41-40
lead. After free throws by both squads, Conley forced a second
overtime with a big offensive rebound and bucket.
The physical contest started as Grothouse drilled a triple
from the corner; as it turned out, that would be their only 3 in
the game. Ottoville went on a 7-0 run highlighted with a triple
by Colin Bendele but St. Johns answered with four straight.
Fouls became a factor early and would be the entire game
as Odenweller was whistled for the second time with 2:37
remaining in the first. Honigford and Kyle Bendele scored the
final buckets of the opening stanza as Ottoville led 11-7.
The Blue Jay defense took over in the second period,
outscoring the Big Green 16-4. Evan Hays was a big reason
why St. Johns defensive pressure took over, helping fuel an
8-0 run and forcing Trunwald to call time after a Grothouse
basket at 4:05. Steals by Grothouse and Aaron Reindel for
layups avgain led to a Turnwald timeout. Kyle Bendele and
Honigford traded baskets with Conley and Odenweller as the
Blue Jays led 23-15 at the half.

Ottovilles Kyle Bendele encounters St. Johns 6-6

twin towers of Tim Kreeger and Tyler Conley during
boys non-league action Saturday night at Heckman
Gymnasium. (DHI Media/Kenny Poling)
The third quarter opened as Landin scored inside for
Ottoville and Grothouse scored on a hoop and foul, followed
by Colin Bendele and Kyle Bendele muscling inside for baskets. Fouls continued to mount as Landin picked up his fourth
and Grothouse his third early in the third. Conley extended
the St. Johns lead to 28-21 with a 15-footer from the left side
but Eric Von Sossan quickly pulled Ottovile back with a triple
from the corner. Odenwellers free throw made it 29-24, Jays.
See JAYS, page 7

Stellar shooting carries Cats by Apaches

By JIM METCALFE
DHI Media Sports Editor
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
RURAL SHERWOOD Jeffersons
boys basketball team had a long ride up
US 127 Saturday night, paying a visit
to Dan English Memorial Gymnasium
to battle Fairview in non-league action.
The Wildcats got back on the winning track after a 3-game losing
streak using supreme shooting to
smack the Apaches 89-54.
Delphos (5-3) canned a stellar 35-of52 shots from the floor including
5-of-11 beyond the arc for 67.3
percent.
They were paced by the doubledouble of junior Trey Smith careerhigh 44 markers, 13 boards (to go with
4 dimes) and sophomore point guard
Jace Stockwell tallied a career-high 23
markers (7 assists, 3 steals). They helped
account for 26 assists for the night, with
sophomore Drew Reiss adding five.
For the second game in a row, Wildcat
coach Marc Smith went with freshman
Brenan Auer in the starting lineup and
brought junior Josh Teman (7 markers,
4 dimes, 3 boards) off the bench.
Our ball movement was excellent and our early defense really got
us off well. We had good chemistry;
we moved Brenan up from JV before

our last game because he had worked

hard for it, Coach Smith noted. Jace,
Drew, Dalton (Hicks), everybody we
had out there played hard. When you
have that, youre pleased as a coach. As
coaches, were nitpickers; a game like
this, Im probably harder on the
kids because Im thinking down
the road when we have tougher
games, while you dont want to
disrespect any team you play.
We have Xs and Os to improve
on we had a lull defensively
at the end of the second and the start of
the third I didnt like but the effort is
where it starts.
The Apaches (2-5) were a not-bad
19-of-42 from the field 4-of-8 beyond
the arc for 45.2 percent.
Erich Wolfrum was the lone doubledigit scorer for the home team with 15.
The visitors also enjoyed a 30-16
edge on the backboards (8-5 offensive).
The hosts had no answer for Smith,
using several different players to defend
him 1-on-1. He got rolling early with a
14-point first period. Stockwell also got
off to a fast start with eight markers as
part of a team 11-of-13 shooting stanza.
However, the Apaches kept within striking distance thanks to 11 counters from
Wolfrum. When Teman dropped a 3
from left of the key with 1.0 ticks on the
clock, Jefferson was up 25-16.

Any hope for the Apaches to stick

around ended in the second period. The
Wildcats used a half-court trap to stymie their foe and the offense continued
virtually unabated. Smith tacked on 11
markers but five others scored at least
two points to help build a lead
of 23 three times. A basket
inside by Wyatt Puffinberger
with 50 ticks showing got the
hosts within 47-26.
Smith continued his assault
in the third period with 10.
However, the hosts would not go away
as Joe Macsay (8 markers) scored six. A
Smith triple from right of the key with
2.1 ticks on the board gave the guests a
61-40 edge.
Jefferson wanted to finish strong and
they did so: Stockwell was on fire with
11 counters in the finale, Smith added
nine and Reiss and Grant Wallace four
each as they canned 12-of-15 in the
canto. They steadily turned the game
into a rout as both teams backups saw
most of the playing time toward the end.
Jefferson ended up shooting 14-of17 from the line (82.4%); and added 17
fouls and 12 turnovers.
Fairview tossed in 12-of-20 free
throws (60%); and totaled 17 fouls and
15 miscues.
See CATS, page 7

Cold shooting dooms LadyCats O-G miserable on Ottoville girls

By JIM METCALFE
DHI Media Sports Editor
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
CONVOY Shooting.
One team shot a reasonable percentage
from the floor Saturday afternoon; the
other did not.
The result was a 48-36 Crestview
non-league girls basketball victory
over visiting Kalida on the Ray Etzler
Gymnasium court inside The Castle of
Crestview High School.
The Lady Knights (7-0) of head man
Greg Rickard canned a comfortable
41.0 percent of their shots (16-of-39,
2-of-14 long range).
Leading the way was the duo of
junior Emily Bauer (3 blocks) with
a double-double: 16 markers, 12
rebounds (despite battling foul trouble); and senior Lyndsey Motycka (5
boards, 3 assists) with 10 counters.
The LadyCats of head coach Adam
Huber (5-3) drained 30.8 percent of
their fielders 12-of-39 (1-of-13 downtown).
Tops in the scoring column were junior Kylie
Osterhage with 12 and senior Jacquelyn Gardner
and junior Brittany Kahle with seven each.
I dont think we shot well even before the
zone. We prepared for it even though they
had yet to play the zone this year, weve played

them four times in the past three years and they

have played it all four times, Kalida coach
Adam Huber said. We just didnt knock them
down. We kept telling the girls to catch the ball
with confidence and shoot but once you miss
a couple, then you lose some confidence. We
played good enough defense but not good
enough to overcome our shooting.
A 14-6 second period gave the hosts
a 23-16 halftime spread.
They have a number of girls that
can hit the 3: Kahle hit five in a game
this year and Osterhage hit six the other
day, so they are capable, Crestview
coach Greg Rickard noted. I really felt
we were reacting quickly on defense
and they didnt get many clean looks.
You worry about rebounding in a
zone but we did a nice job team-wise,
especially our guards. Offensively, we
fell too much in love with the 3s in the
first half; the second half, we got it
inside more.
The first period saw Kalida take
its largest lead of the game at 6-2 on a
basket by Kahle, forcing Crestview head
man Greg Rickard to call timeout at 4:47. That
seemed to settle down the hosts, who slowly
rallied to take a 9-8 edge on a baseline jumper
by Terra Crowle (4 assists) at 41 ticks before
Kalida took a 10-9 edge on a mid-range jumper
by Allison Recker.
See COLD, page 7

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BY CHARLIE
WARNIMONT
DHI Correspondent
news@delphosherald.com
OTTAWA Saturday
afternoon will be one of those
days Ottovilles girls basketball will want to put in the
past quickly.
The Lady Green had trouble getting any part of their
game going against crosscounty rival Ottawa-Glandorf
as Ottoville dropped a 54-20
non-league decision at the
Supreme Court. The Big
Green dropped to 5-3 on
the season, with their second straight loss, while O-G
improved to 6-1.
Ottoville struggled on
offense all afternoon against
the Titans defensive pressure
and defensive they struggled in
not only getting stops, but also
from keeping a smaller O-G
team from grabbing 17 offensive rebounds in the game.
It was just one of those
afternoons, Ottoville coach
Dave Kleman said. They
played really well. They had

a nice game. I cant say to

many good things about our
game. We would do a couple of things, then we would
stop. Its part of our growing
up. Its back to the drawing board and just get
better at what we do.
Despite the lopsided
margin, the two teams
were tied early as the Elissa
Ellerbrock opened the scoring
with a three-pointer for O-G
that was matched by Ottovilles
Alicia Honigford. That field goal
would be the only one Ottoville
hit in the opening quarter and
for a ten minute stretch of the
first half until Annie Lindeman
finally ended the drought with
3:49 left in the half.
Meanwhile, the Titans
ended the first quarter with
a 12-0 run that saw Danielle
Schroeder and Lexi Schroeder
drained three-pointers, while
Anna Bellman and Danielle
Schroeder collected offensive rebounds and scored.
Danielle Schroeder finished
the opening quarter with
seven points as she broke the
3-3 tie with a basket.

O-G continued to pull

away in the second quarter
with a 10-0 run that saw Elissa
Ellerbrock drop in six points,
while Bellman and Kylie
White added field goals
for a 25-3 lead before
Lindeman scored to make
it 25-5. After White and
Lindeman exchanged baskets, the Titans closed out
the first half with a 5-0 run for
a 32-7 halftime lead. White had
three of the points, two coming on a putback, while Elissa
Ellerbrock scored the final basket of the half.
Our defense has gotten better and we wanted our defense
to set the tempo. We talked
about that before the game,
O-G coach Troy Yant said. I
thought the other aspects of
our game played well. We shot
nearly 50 percent for the first
half, so we not only doing a
good job of setting tempo on
defense, but getting the shots
we wanted, but we were a
little more disciplined with our
shots, more relaxed and not
rushing our shots.
See OTTOVILLE, page 7

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Weekly Athletic Schedule

For Week of Dec. 29-Jan. 3
TODAY
Boys Basketball
Jefferson at Chatt Insurance Holiday
Tournament at Parkway, 6:15/8 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Jefferson and Lincolnview at Chatt
Insurance Holiday Tournament at
Parkway, 3/4:45 p.m.
St. Johns at Spencerville, 6 p.m.
Liberty-Benton at Ottawa-Glandorf, 6
p.m.
Leipsic and Continental at Ayersville
Holiday Tournament, 6 p.m.
Wrestling
St. Johns at Marion Harding Classic,
10 a.m.
Elida at Reineke Holiday Tournament,
noon
Bowling
Van Wert vs. Celina at St. Marys
(girls/10 a.m.)
Parkway vs. Versailles at Ottawa (1
p.m. boys)
TUESDAY
Boys Basketball
Jefferson at Chatt Insurance Holiday
Tournament at Parkway, 4:45 p.m.
St. Johns at Van Wert, 6 p.m.
Lincolnview at Fort Jennings, 6 p.m.
Ottoville at Crestview, 6 p.m.
Jackson Center at Columbus Grove,
6 p.m.
Ottawa-Glandorf at Archbold, 6 p.m.
Woodlan (IN) at Wayne Trace, 6 p.m.
Leipsic and Continental at Ayersville
Holiday Tournament, 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Jefferson and Lincolnview at Chatt
Insurance Holiday Tournament at
Parkway, 3 p.m.
Botkins at Spencerville, 6 p.m.
Wrestling
Lincolnview at Bill Urban Memorial
(Toledo SJ Jesuit), 9 a.m.

Elida at Reineke Holiday Tournament,

10 a.m.
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Boys Basketball
St. Johns at Continental, 6 p.m.
Spencerville at Kalida, 6 p.m.
North Baltimore at Leipsic (BVC), 6
p.m.
Hardin Northern at Pandora-Gilboa, 6
p.m.
Girls Basketball
Wayne Trace at Woodlan (IN), 6 p.m.
SATURDAY
Boys Basketball
Lincolnview at Ottoville, 6 p.m.
Lima Temple Christian at Fort Jennings,
6 p.m.
Spencerville at Ada (NWC), 6 p.m.
Lima Senior at Elida, 6 p.m.
Kalida at Ottawa-Glandorf, 6 p.m.
Lima Central Catholic at Van Wert,
6 p.m.
Crestview at Miller City, 6 p.m.
Pandora-Gilboa at Leipsic (PCL), 6
p.m.
Girls Basketball
Coldwater at Kalida, noon
Fort Jennings at McComb, 1 p.m.
Arlington at Ottoville, 1 p.m.
Ottawa-Glandorf at Columbus Grove,
1:30 p.m.
Jefferson at Antwerp, 6 p.m.
Wrestling
Van Wert at Kevin Cleveland Memorial
(Dublin Scioto), 9 a.m.
Swimming
Elida at Port Clinton, 11 a.m.
Bowling
Parkway vs. Ansonia (9:45 a.m.)
and vs. New Bremen (12:30 p.m.) at
Wapaks Astro Lanes (boys)/Parkway vs.
Lima Temple Christian at New Bremen
Speedway Lanes, 9:45 a.m. (girls)

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Miami
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South
W L T Pct PF
y-Indy
11 5 0 .688 458
Houston
9 7 0 .563 372
Jacksonville 3 13 0 .188 249
Tennessee 2 14 0 .125 254
North
W L T Pct PF
x-Cincinnati 10 4 1 .700 348
x-Pittsburgh 10 5 0 .667 409
x-Baltimore 10 6 0 .625 409
Cleveland 7 9 0 .438 299
West
W L T Pct PF
y-Denver 12 4 0 .750 482
Kansas City 9 7 0 .563 353
San Diego 9 7 0 .563 348
Oakland
3 13 0 .188 253
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF
y-Dallas
12 4 0 .750 467
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 474
N.Y. Giants 6 10 0 .375 380
Washington 4 12 0 .250 301
South
W L T Pct PF
y-Carolina 7 8 1 .469 339

PA
313
289
373
401
PA
369
307
412
438
PA
317
351
302
337
PA
354
281
348
452
PA
352
400
400
438
PA
374

N Orleans 7 9 0 .438 401

Atlanta
6 10 0 .375 381
Tampa Bay 2 14 0 .125 277
North
W L T Pct PF
y-GreenBay 12 4 0 .750 486
x-Detroit 11 5 0 .688 321
Minnesota 7 9 0 .438 325
Chicago
5 11 0 .313 319
West
W L T Pct PF
y-Seattle 12 4 0 .750 394
x-Arizona 11 5 0 .688 310
San Fran
8 8 0 .500 306
St. Louis
6 10 0 .375 324
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
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Sundays Results
Indianapolis 27, Tennessee 10
Houston 23, Jacksonville 17
Kansas City 19, San Diego 7
Minnesota 13, Chicago 9
Baltimore 20, Cleveland 10
Dallas 44, Washington 17
N.Y. Jets 37, Miami 24
Buffalo 17, New England 9
Philadelphia 34, N.Y. Giants 26
New Orleans 23, Tampa Bay 20
San Francisco 20, Arizona 17
Seattle 20, St. Louis 6
Denver 47, Oakland 14
Green Bay 30, Detroit 20
Carolina 34, Atlanta 3
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

424
417
410
PA
348
282
343
442
PA
254
299
340
354

NFL Playoff Pairings

Associated Press
Wild Card
Saturday, Jan. 3 and Sunday, Jan. 4
Cincinnati-Pittsburgh loser at Indianapolis
Baltimore at Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner
Arizona at Carolina
Detroit at Dallas
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 10 and Sunday, Jan. 11
TBD at Seattle
TBD at Green Bay
TBD at New England
TBD at Denver

Cold

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Kalida was 4-of-10 shooting in the first. Rickard switched to

a 2-3 zone to start the second and the LadyCats offense turned
frigid. The Knights were quick to find open shooters and the
guests were 2-of-10 from the floor. On the other end, Crowle
drained a 3-ball early in the canto and Crestview never trailed
again. They were 4-of-9 from the field and added 5-of-8 at the
stripe (14-of-21 overall for 66.7%). Their lead reached 23-14
on a short banker by Bauer at 1:30 but Kahle hit a runner from
the right elbow with 1.1 ticks showing to get the Maroon and
White within 23-16.
Kalidas offense could not solve the Crestview zone in the
third period and repeated its 2-of-10 shooting mark from the
second. Crestview ran a patient offense and netted 5-of-8 shots.
When Mackenzie Riggenbach (5 boards) was fouled trying
a near-midcourt 3 with 1.0 on the clock, she hit 2-of-3 free
throws to extend the hosts lead to 35-24.
The closest the LadyCats could get in the fourth was 35-29
on a basket by Osterhage at 5:07. Crestview hit 7-of-8 from
charity to maintain its distance.
Kalida ended up 11-of-15 at the line (73.3%); secured
24 reboards (7 offensive) as Allison Recker had five; and
totaled 13 errors and 18 fouls.
Crestview amassed 34 boards (10 offensive), 17 fouls and
13 miscues.
In junior varsity action, Kalida grabbed a 31-21 triumph.
Sarah Klausing paced the LadyCats with 16.
Hannah Bowen was top scorer for the Lady Knights with
nine.
Both teams return to action after the New Year: Kalida in
hosting Coldwater at noon Saturday; and Crestview in visiting
Hicksville Jan. 5.

VARSITY
KALIDA (36)
Katelyn Siebeneck 0-0-0, Jacquelyn Gardner 2-3-7, Nicole Recker 1-0-2, Joni
Kaufman 0-0-0, Brittany Kahle 3-1-7, Allison Recker 2-0-4, Kylie Osterhage 3-5-12,
Cathy Basinger 1-2-4. Totals 11-1-11-36.
CRESTVIEW (48)
Terra Crowle 2-0-5, Kennis Mercer 0-0-0, Claire Zaleski 0-0-0, Mackenzie
Riggenbach 1-6-8, Paige Motycka 3-2-9, Emily Bauer 5-6-16, Lindsey Motycka 5-0-10,
Megan Hartman 0-0-0, Brady Guest 0-0-0. Totals 14-2-14-48.
Score by Quarters:
Kalida 10 6 8 12 - 36
Crestview 9 14 12 13 - 48
Three-point goals: Kalida, Osterhage; Crestview, Crowle, P. Motycka.

JUNIOR VARSITY
KALIDA (31)
Sarah Klausing 6-4-16, Morgan Knapke 0-0-0, Kara Siefker 0-1-1, Jaylen
Vandemark 0-0-0, Brooke Kimball 3-0-6, Taylor Lucke 1-0-2, Hannah Warn 0-0-0,
Kierstan Siebeneck 1-3-5. Totals 10-1-8/13-31.
CRESTVIEW (21)
Lyvia Black 0-0-0, Alyssa Gent 2-0-5, Ally McCoy 0-0-0, Hannah Bowen 3-1-9,
Ashley Dealey 0-1-1, Maci Baker 3-0-6. Totals 5-3-2/5-21.
Score by Quarters:
Kalida 6 7 5 13 - 31
Crestview 7 4 8 2 - 21
Three-point goals: Kalida, Lucke; Crestview, Bowen 2, Gent.

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Place, Foust win LCC Holiday

wrestling tournament titles
Three Wayne Trace
wrestlers crowned
By LARRY HEIING
DHI Media Correspondent
news@delphosherald.com
LIMA Jeffersons Wyatt Place
and Tyler Foust kept up their strong
early-season showings by winning
individual titles at the Lima Central
Catholic Thunderbird Holiday Wrestling
Tournament held Saturday inside Msgr.
E.C. Herry Gymnasium.
However, the Wayne Trace wrestlers
placed fourth out of 19 teams to pace the
Tri-County areas units.
Carey easily won the team title with
305 points over second-place Coldwater
with 267. Ottawa-Glandorf placed sixth
followed by Delphos Jefferson and
Spencerville. Lincolnview brought up
the rear.
Perhaps the story for this tournament
was who had enough wrestlers to reasonably fill out a lineup as many coaches had to deal with illness or injury.
Ottawa-Glandorfs Nate Hoffman
had the areas best showing in the 106pound featherweights by defeating Brett
Mahlie of Delphos Jefferson for fifth
place.
Wayne Trace crowned its first of three
individual champions at 113 as Marcus
Rassman pinned Patrick Henrys Brock
Gerken in 1:00. Rassman also won the
Most Pins In The Least Time award
for his dominating performance.
The second champion for the Raiders
was George Clemons as he pinned
Kendel Johnson of Williamsburg in 2:37
to win the 120-pound championship.
Wayne Trace head coach George
Clemens remained in his mat side
seat for the third straight championship match as Ruger Goeltzenleuchter
defeated Coldwaters Jay Uhlenhake in
overtime 3-2 to take the 126-pound LCC
title. Goeltzenleuchter was also named
the Thunderbird Most Valuable Wrestler
for the tournament.
I was really happy with our performance as a team, Coach Clemens said.
We were missing five wrestlers due to
the flu or injury and still finished near
the top. Rassman was a nice surprise by
pinning all of his opponents. Ruger and
George looked great and wrestled really
well.
Lincolnviews Alex Rodriquez
defeated Kaleb Russell of Lima Senior
to place third.
We bumped Alex up this week to see
how he would do and other than a tough
loss to Goeltzenleuchter in the semifinals, I thought we wrestled very well,
Lancer coach Curtis Wilson said.
Despite his success this season, Place
came into the LCC tournament unseed-

Jays

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The Big Greens offense

continued to roll in the fourth
quarter as Moorman connected in the lane and Roby
nailed a 3-ball to even the
score at 29. St. Johns went
on a 7-2 spurt with buckets by Grothouse and Heiing
(2). Unfazed, Ottoville came
back with a give-and-go
(Honigford to Landin) and a
triple from the corner with
53 seconds remaining by
Moorman. St. Johns set up
for the final shot but couldnt
convert as the game headed
to overtime.
St. Johns shot 40 percent
from the field, including only
1-of-11 from long range.

Ottoville

As well as the Titans played the first

half, coach Yant was not pleased with
how his team came in the third quarter.
Ottoville scored the first five points
of the third quarter and it possibly could
have been more, but they were only able
to hit 3-of-6 free throw attempts. The
Titans regrouped after a timeout to finish the quarter on an 8-2 run for a 40-14
lead after three quarters.
We knew Ottoville was going to
regroup at halftime. I thought they pretty
well in the third quarter and played us
evenly, Yant said. I thought our girls
held on for that stretch of time when
they were out playing us, then we kind
of got back in the groove. Its hard to

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The reconfigured Wildcat

junior varsity team fell to 4-4
with a 44-17 loss.
Austin Meyer paced the
hosts with 12 and Justin
Smith added 10.
Davion Tyson was high
scorer for the Cats with six.
Jefferson will battle with
Fairlawn at 6:20 p.m. in
Mondays Chatt Insurance

ed. Place made a statement on the mat

for the second straight week, defeating
the number-one seeded Cody Dickerson
of Spencerville in the semifinals 19-4,
then won the 132-pound title with a 9-0
major decision over Andrew Meyer of
Coldwater.
Dickerson finished third with a 15-5
defeat of Wyatt Lefker.
Spencervilles lone champion was
Cole Bellows in the 145-pound division
with a 3-1 decision over Coldwaters
Jordan Obringer.
We only brought eight wrestlers
to the tournament because of injuries
or sickness, commented Spencerville
head coach Zac Clum. I thought we
performed a lot better than last week and
am really happy to get a championship
with Cole.
In the 152-pound bracket, OttawaGlandorfs lost to Cody Ferguson of
Carey to finish in fourth place.
Ottawa-Glandorf had another strong
showing in the next division at 160 as
Dan Beemer defeated Aaron Mock of
Paulding 7-3 to place third.
We have 19 wrestlers on the team
this year and most of them are young
with no experience, said Titan coach

Ottoville landed 49 percent of its attempts, including

five 3-pointers. They didnt
get as many attempts from
the charity line as St. Johns
but made the same amount,
sinking 8-of-11.
Both squads placed
three players in double figures. Ottoville was led by
Honigford with 12 (including
6-of-6 from the line). Kyle
and Colin Bendele each had
10 points.
Grothouse (17), Conley
(13) and Heiing (10) paced
St. Johns.
Turnovers were low considering the pressure defense
as both squads had 10 miscues.
St. Johns held a slight

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Cats

Delphos Jefferson senior Tyler Foust works to pin Brady Mullholand

from Carey in 1:02 in the 182-pound weight class during Saturdays
LCC Holiday meet. (DHI Media/Larry Heiing)

Holiday
Parkway.

advantage on the glass 28-20.

Ottoville improves to 4-2
and takes on Crestview on
Tuesday. St. Johns (4-1)
suffered its first setback of
the season and also plays
Tuesday, traveling to Van
Wert.
The Blue Jays won the
junior varsity contest 35-24,
with Jaret Jackson dropping
in 13 and Jesse Ditto 12.
Ryan Bendele netted six
for the home team.

Varsity
St. Johns (49)
Andy Grothouse 7-2-17, Evan Hays
0-0-0, Aaron Reindel 1-0-2, Austin
Heiing 4-2-10, Tyler Conley 6-1-13, Alex
Odenweller 1-3-5, Robbie Saine 0-0-0,
Tim Kreeger 1-0-2. Totals: 19-1-8/21-49.
Ottoville (51)
Eric Von Sossan 1-0-3, Tyler Roby
2-0-5, Austin Honigford 3-6-12, Brandt

keep your intensity up with such a big

lead, but I thought our girls recovered
after that.
Elissa Ellerbrock and Danielle
Schroeder paced the Titans with 13
points each. White had a double-double
for O-G with 11 points and 12 rebounds,
several of them offensive rebounds.
Lexi Schroeder had 10 points and five
rebounds.
Honigford led the Big Green with
seven points. The Big Green hit only
8-of-34 field goal attempts in the game
(24 percent) as they were 1-of-12 from
three-point range. The Big Green also
were outrebounded 34-14.
Ottoville won the junior varsity game
48-37.
The Big Green are back in action

Tournament

at

VARSITY
JEFFERSON (89)
Jace Stockwell 9-4-23, Drew Reiss
3-0-6, Josh Teman 2-2-7, Brenan
Auer 1-0-3, Trey Smith 17-8-44, Ryan
Goergens 0-0-0, Dalton Hicks 0-0-0,
Grant Wallace 3-0-6, Kurt Wollenhaupt
0-0-0. Totals 30-5-14-89.
FAIRVIEW (54)
Erich Wolfrum 6-1-15, Andy
Robinson 0-0-0, Jarid Schwiefert 1-13, Luke Breininger 0-0-0, Joe Macsay
2-4-8, Matthew Kozumplik 2-4-9, Wyatt

Nick Davis. With a young team, we

made some mistakes that cost us a few
key matches. In a tournament like this,
our coaches can tell them what to do but
its up to the kids how they perform on
the mat.
Foust rolled to his third straight title
of the young season by quickly pinning
Careys Brady Mullholand in 1:02 in the
semifinals and pinned Coldwaters Jake
Schmidt in 3:23 to take the 182 title.
Im very proud of Tyler and Wyatt in
winning their titles, Delphos Jefferson
head man Mike Wilson said. They both
had tough weight classes and dominated
by wrestling very well and smart to
win.
Wayne Traces Braxton Asher
was awarded third place with a pin
of Brandon ODell in the 220-pound
bracket.
The final championship match of
the tournament had Ottawa-Glandorfs
Shaun Gibson drop a match to North
Unions Brandon Cox to place fourth in
the 285-pound bracket.
Most of the local teams will take
an approximately 2-week break before
beginning the 2015 portion of their
slate.

Landin 2-0-4, Nick Moorman 2-2-7, Kyle

Bendele 5-0-10, Collin Bendele 4-0-10.
Totals: 14-5-8/11-51.
Score by Quarters:
St. Johns 7-16- 6- 7 (7) (6) - 49
Ottoville 11- 4 -9-12 (7) (8) - 51
Three-point goals: St. Johns,
Grothouse; Ottovile, C. Bendele 2, Von
Sossan, Roby, Moorman.
Junior Varsity
St. Johns (35)
Owen Rode 1-0-2, Jesse Ditto
6-0-12, Josh Warnecke 1-0-3, Robby
Saine 1-0-2, Tyler Ledyard 0-0-0, Collin
Will 1-0-2, Jaret Jackson 6-0-13, Ryan
Hellman 0-1-1. Totals: 14-2-1/4-35.
Ottoville (24)
Andy Schimoeller 2-0-5, Ryan
Bendele 2-1-6, Emitt German 1-0-2,
Logan Kemper 1-0-2, Keagen Leis 0-00, Brad Boecker 0-4-4, Brendon Siefker
2-0-5. Totals: 5-3-5/6-24.
Score by Quarters:
St. Johns 12- 5 -7 -9 = 35
Ottoville 5- 5 -7 -7 = 24
Three-point goals: St. Johns,
Warnecke,
Jackson;
Ottoville,
Schimoeller, Bendele, Siefker.

Saturday at home with Arlington, while

O-G hosts Liberty-Benton tonight.

***
Ottoville 8-34 3-6 20: B. Landin 1-1-3; N. Kramer
0-0-0; B. Mangas 1-1-3; A. Honigford 3-0-7; A. Thorbahn
0-0-0; C. Von Sossan 0-0-0; K. Landwehr 0-0-0; A.
Lindeman 0-0-0; C. Kemper 1-0-2; Le. Wanemacher
0-1-1; Ly. Wannemacher 0-0-0.
Ottawa-Glandorf 23-54 2-4 54: D. Ellerbrock 0-0-0;
E. Ellerbrock 6-0-13; A. Bellman 2-0-4; E. Basinger 0-00; D. Schroeder 5-1-13; K. Siefker 0-0-0; K. White 5-111; J. Rosselit 1-0-3; L. Schroeder 4-0-10; K. Hempfling
0-0-0; S. Heitmeyer 0-0-0.
Score by Quarters:
Ottoville 3 4 7 6 - 20
Ottawa-Glandorf 15 17 8 14 - 54
Three-point goals: Ottoville 1-12 (A. Honigford 1);
Ottawa-Glandorf 6-12 (E. Ellerbrock 1, D. Schroeder 2,
Rosselit 1, L. Schroeder 2).
Rebounds: Ottoville 14 (Le. Wannemacher 4);
Ottawa-Glandorf 34 (White 12).
Turnovers: Ottoville 20, Ottawa-Glandorf 13.
Junior Varsity: Ottoville 48-37.

Puffinberger 4-0-8, Timmy Timbrock 1-02, Philip Wagner 2-1-5, Kody King 1-1-4,
Lucas Eisel 0-0-0, David Hissong 0-0-0.
Totals 15-4-12-54.
Score by Quarters:
Jefferson 25 22 14 28 - 89
Fairview 16 10 14 14 - 54
Three-point goals: Jefferson, Smith
2, Stockwell, Teman, Auer; Fairview,
Wolfrum 2, Kozumplik, King.
JUNIOR VARSITY
JEFFERSON (17)
Alex Neubert 0-0-0, Caleb Lucas
0-0-0, Trey Gossman 0-0-0, Cole Arroyo
1-1-3, Davion Tyson 2-2-6, Kyle Wreede

0-0-0, Alex Rode 2-0-4, Tyler Bratton

0-0-0, Christian Stemen 0-0-0, Nick Long
1-0-2, Drake Schmitt 0-2-2. Totals 6-05/8-17.
FAIRVIEW (44)
Jacob Eisel 3-0-6, Cole Crites 2-04, David Hissong 0-0-0, Dakota Smith
1-0-2, Justin Smith 4-2-10, Kobe Baker
1-0-2, Austin Meyer 4-2-12, Lucas Eisel
0-0-0, Jake Schoenauer 0-0-0, Riley
Cooper 4-0-8. Totals 17-2-4/9-44.
Score by Quarters:
Jefferson 6 3 2 6 - 17
Fairview 9 16 12 7 - 44
Three-point goals: Jefferson, none;
Fairview, Meyer 2.

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seating, regardless of whether
guests are friends or relatives.
That it was a family dinner is
beside the point. For you to have
made such a scene that you ruined
your hostesss evening was rude,

and you owe her an apology.

DEAR READERS: If you plan
to be out celebrating New Years
Eve on Wednesday and plan to
drink, PLEASE arrange for a
designated driver to transport
you. It could save your life or
someone elses. The American
Automobile Association in some
-- not all -- communities offers a
safe-ride program for members
and nonmembers. To find out
whether its happening in your
community, go online or call your
local branch of the AAA.
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mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact
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What you need to know about prepaid cards

Prepaid cards are no longer just for people
who dont have bank accounts. Theyre the
fastest-growing payment method in the U.S.,
and theyre attracting those who want to
budget their spending. And our new report has
some positive news for consumers: Fees have
declined, and many prepaid cards offer more
features.
Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy
arm of Consumer Reports, has tracked the
prepaid card market for years, and previous
analyses found that checking accounts (which
prepaid cards aim to replace) provided
guaranteed protection, at a lower cost, than
most cards. But this years report on 26 cards
found that some are now more competitive
with checking accounts.
Prepaid cards are often given to teenagers
and the college-bound because parents can
reload them from afar and oversee spending.
Big banks such as Chase and U.S. Bank have
recently joined the ranks of smaller companies
to roll out their own cards. In 2012, about $77
billion was loaded onto prepaid cards in the
U.S., according to the Mercator Advisory
Group.
Prepaid cards often look like debit cards,
with American Express, MasterCard or Visa
logos. They can be used to withdraw cash from
an ATM, pay bills or make purchases online
and in stores. Unlike debit cards, theyre not
linked to traditional bank accounts. But some
cards are still quite expensive, and not all of
them offer the conveniences that consumers
might expect.

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HOW FEES MOUNT

One big knock against the cards are the
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Visa RushCard option, for example, has a
one-time activation fee of $3.95 or $9.95,
depending on the card design, and a monthly
fee of $9.95. But it can get worse. For
example, the NetSpend Prepaid Visa Pay-AsYou-Go card carries a $1 or $2 swipe fee
every time its used to make a purchase. That
can add up. The top cards in our survey do not
charge purchase fees.
Issuers have added features for some cards
that rival those of bank accounts, such as
paper checks. Two-thirds of the cards in our
survey allow the use of ATMs free or for a
reduced fee. Text and email alerts give account
information. When considering a card, check
to make sure your funds will be FDIC-insured.
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Retailer price-matching policies, which
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purchases are ineligible, including clearance
items, those from opened boxes, special
orders and items available for a limited time.
For example, Staples retail stores will match
prices of other walk-in stores, but not those
of online retailers except Staples.com. Sears
wont price-match Internet-only retailers. Just
understanding the policies can be a chore.
Lowes website advises visitors to go to a
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A: Why? I dont know why. But
then, neither do those who should
know why.
The phrase has been around
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According to some sources, the
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MONDAY,
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Monday, December 29, 2014

Persistence and endurance

will help you reach your goals
and set a standard for the
second half of the decade.
Resist the temptation to try to
rush your plans. Slow, steady
progress will bring the results
you are seeking. Be patient and
carefully plan each and every
move you make.
CAPRICORN
(Dec.
22-Jan. 19) -- Take the
word failure out of your
vocabulary. Focus on what you
want, take charge, reach your
destination and ring in the new
year on a high note.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.

19) -- Include loved ones in
your plans. Someone will use
emotional blackmail to get you
to do something. Say whats on
your mind and dont let anyone
impede your progress.

Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS
1 Be overfond
5 Ventilate
8 PIN prompters
12 Movie lioness
13 Freight unit
14 Far East
cuisine
15 Not Dems.
16 Commute
time (2 wds.)
18 Horus dad
20 Frightening
21 JFK posting
22 Clamor
23 Steed
26 Tightened
ones lips
29 Not much (2
wds.)
30 Foxes digs
31 Diner staple
33 Martini base
34 Goose
formations
35 Billie -- King
36 Richer, as
batter
38 Ship bottoms
39 Zodiac
beast
40 Drag race
participant
41 Foundry
output
44 Secret
meetings
47 Verified (2
wds.)
49 Time periods
51 Fuel cartel
52 Smattering
53 Meditation
method
54 Kind of pool
55 Signs off on
56 Mr. Getz

4 Least hard
5 Courtyards
6 Debt memos
7 ER personnel
8 Acropolis
site
9 Explorer -Heyerdahl
10 Molokai
neighbor
11 Your Majesty
17 Inheritors
19 AAA suggestion
22 Sends a bill
collector
23 Witch, to
Shakespeare
24 Tony kin
25 Onion goody
26 Gaze
27 Thrust-andparry sword
28 Gauge
30 Regard as
32 Annapolis
grad
34 Perfume
bottles
35 Milk cows

Saturdays answers
37 Corinths
country
38 Jay successor
40 Gangs of
workers
41 Haze plus
42 Gift-wrapping need
43 Perfect
place

PISCES (Feb. 20-March

20) -- Difficulties while
traveling will prove stressful.
Confiding in a close friend
will help you find a solution
to a relationship problem. DOWN
Remain calm and dont fight 1 Van -Waals force
the inevitable.
2 Dairy-case
ARIES (March 21-April buy
3 Kitchen
19) -- You are on the right meas.
path, so dont let criticism or
disparaging comments upset
you. Your success will be
enough to silence your critics
and give you the edge you need.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) -- Personal and business
associates will be impressed
with your knowledge and
charisma. Beneficial changes
lie ahead. A new partnership
looks promising. End your
day with a little relaxation or
romance.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20) -- You will receive helpful
advice from an elderly friend
or relative. A partnership
needs adjustment if you want
to strengthen your bond before
the end of the year.

Garfield

CANCER (June 21-July

22) -- A lot of issues can be
resolved. Let your thoughts
be known, and dont hesitate
to make a move. People will
gravitate to you once your
intentions are clear.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
-- You are dynamic and funloving, and you will attract
favorable attention if you attend
an event. Someone you meet
will play an important role in
your plans for the coming year.

Born Loser

Hagar the Horrible

Barney Google & Snuffy Smith

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) -- Family members will
be hard to deal with. This is a
great time to get together with
friends or colleagues. Socialize
and have some fun, and mix
business with pleasure to get
ahead.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23) -- Stimulate your senses.
Try something you have
been dreaming about or visit
someplace that intrigues you.
The new perspective you get
from doing something different
will be enlightening.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.

22) -- Let everyone know what
you have to offer. Your coworkers will be impressed with
your suggestions to improve
the workplace. Socializing
with your peers will bring great
results.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) -- Its a good time to
make travel arrangements. The
destination is not as important
as who you will be spending
time with. Strengthen a central
relationship by nurturing it and
making positive plans for the
future.
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Hi and Lois

Marmaduke

The Family Circus By Bil Keane

44 Journey
45 Run
slowly
46 Epic
48 Roswell
crasher
50 -- Andreas Fault

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Monday, December 29, 2014

War

(Continued from page 1)

The mission, which was initially

aimed at toppling the Taliban and rooting out al-Qaida following the Sept.
11, 2001 attacks, peaked at 140,000
troops in 2010. Obama ordered a surge
to drive the insurgents out of strategically important regions, notably in the
southern provinces of Helmand and
Kandahar, where the Taliban had its
capital from 1996 to 2001.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah
Mujahid called Sundays event a
defeat ceremony and said the insurgents fight would continue.
Since the invasion in 2001 until
now, these events have been aimed at
changing public opinion, but we will
fight until there is not one foreign
soldier on Afghan soil and we have
established an Islamic state, he said.
Obama recently expanded the role
of U.S. forces remaining in the coun-

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try, allowing them to extend their

counter-terrorism operations to the
Taliban, as well as al-Qaida, and to
provide ground and air support for
Afghan forces when necessary for at
least the next two years.
In a tacit recognition that international military support is still essential
for Afghan forces, national security
adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar told
the gathered ISAF leaders: We need
your help to build the systems necessary to ensure the long-term sustainability of the critical capabilities of
our forces.
Afghans have mixed feelings
about the drawdown of foreign
troops. With the deteriorating security
situation, many believe the troops are
needed to back up the Afghan effort
to bring peace after more than three
decades of continual war.
At least in the past 13 years we
have seen improvements in our way

of life freedom of speech, democracy, the people generally better off

financially, said 42-year-old shop
keeper Gul Mohammad.
But the soldiers are still needed at
least until our own forces are strong
enough, while our economy strengthens, while our leaders try to form a
government, he said.
NATO Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg has said that Afghanistans
350,000-member security forces are
ready to take on the insurgency alone,
despite complaints by officials that
they lack the necessary assets, such
as air support, medical evacuation
systems and intelligence.
On Sunday, he said that ISAFs
mandate was carried out at great cost
but with great success.
We have made our own nations
safer by denying safe haven to international terrorists. We have made
Afghanistan stronger by building up

Wrapup

Trivia

from scratch strong security forces.

Together we have created the conditions for a better future for millions of
Afghan men, women and children,
he said.
As Afghan forces assume sovereignty, the country is without a
Cabinet three months after Ghanis
inauguration, and economic growth
is near zero due to the reduction of
the international military presence
and other aid. The United States spent
more than $100 million on reconstruction in Afghanistan, on top of the
$1 trillion war.
This year is set to be the deadliest
of the war, according to the United
Nations, which expects civilian
casualties to hit 10,000 for the first
time since the agency began keeping
records in 2008. Most of the deaths
and injuries were caused by Taliban
attacks, the U.N. said.
Two teenage boys were killed late

Saturday in the eastern Wardak province when a rocket was fired near a
childrens volleyball match, an official said. Another five children, ages
11 to 14, were wounded by shrapnel, said the governors spokesman
Attaullah Khogyani. He blamed the
Taliban.
In Kapisa, also in the east, Gov.
Abdul Saboor Wafas office said
eight insurgents were killed Saturday
night in an army counter-insurgency
operation.
This has also been a deadly year
for Afghanistans security forces
army, paramilitary and police with
around 5,000 deaths recorded so far.
Most of those deaths, or around 3,200,
have been police officers, according
to Karl Ake Roghe, the outgoing
head of EUPOL, the European Union
Police Mission in Afghanistan, which
funds and trains a police force of
157,000.

Answers to Fridays questions:

An ear scoop or ear spoon enabled thrifty tailors and
seamstresses of yore to make thread more resilient and
less likely to fray or unravel. It was used to remove his
or her own earwax which was then applied to thread as a
substitute for expensive beeswax.
The late Luciano Pavarotti would not go onstage for a
performance until he found a bent nail somewhere backstage. A stagehand was generally assigned to sprinkle
some bent nails along the superstitious tenors path from
dressing room to stage.
Todays questions:
What does the agouti a ground-dwelling rodent
do thats vital to the survival of Brazil nut trees in remote
South American rain forests?
In the jargon of wine and whiskey businesses, whats
meant by the term angels share?
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A good time was had by all participants during the annual Frog-Jumping Contest during Marbletown
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Aug. 8
The Delphos Senior Citizens Center
hired Alice Curth as its new executive
director effective Aug. 1. Curth settled
in and got busy with re-organizational plans, vehicle inspections, record
checks and promoting what the center
can do for the community.
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Participants
in
the
annual
Marbletown Festival Frog Jumping
Contest blow on their frogs and pound
the ground to get them moving. The
event is a fan fav with the children,
drawing more than 65 to the jump.
Aug. 17
Bond was set at $1 million in Lima
Municipal Court Friday morning for
the Delphos man who is accused of
fatally shooting his estranged wife
in a cornfield off Jones Road, east of
Delphos.
Patrick Coller, 43, faces a murder

charge with a weapons specification in

the death of 42-year-old Gerri Coller.
According to Delphos Police
reports, Coller went to the Delphos
Police Department Thursday evening
and allegedly confessed to killing his
wife in the cornfield earlier in the day.
Officers took him into custody and
then he went with officers to locate
her body. He was reportedly very calm
throughout his contact with officers.
Aug. 22
Kylie Fritz of Delphos Livestock
4-H earned Champion of Senior
Showmanship and clubmate Troy
Elwer was Champion of Junior
Showmanship at the Allen County
Fair. Elwer went on to Showman of
Showman.
Aug. 25
The 2013 Delphos Police Officer
of the Year, Sgt. Greg Foust, 47,
spent 22 years working in a body
shop repairing vehicles and dreaming of becoming a police officer and

On Sept. 24, area fire and rescue personnel tested a low head dam
in the Auglaize River Wednesday evening during water rescue training. Delphos and Fort Jennings fire departments and the Putnam
County Sheriffs Office participated in the evening of drills at one
of two dams behind Fort Jennings Park.

Plane

(Continued from page 1)

Nearly all the passengers

and crew are Indonesians,
who are frequent visitors to
Singapore, particularly on
holidays.
The Airbus A320 took
off Sunday morning from
Indonesias second-largest
city and was about halfway
to Singapore when it vanished
from radar. The jet had been
airborne for about 42 minutes.
There was no distress signal from the twin-engine,
single-aisle plane, said Djoko
Murjatmodjo, Indonesias acting director general of transportation.

The last communication

between the cockpit and air
traffic control was at 6:13
a.m. (23:13 GMT Saturday),
when one of the pilots asked
to avoid clouds by turning left and going higher to
34,000 feet (10,360 meters),
Murjatmodjo said. The jet was
last seen on radar at 6:16 a.m.
and was gone a minute later,
he told reporters.
Indonesia, Singapore and
Malaysia launched a searchand-rescue operation near
Belitung island in the Java Sea,
the area where the airliner lost
contact with the ground.
AirAsia group CEO Tony
Fernandes flew to Surabaya

earning his badge. After his children

grew older, he went after that dream
and in 2006, was a special deputy for
the Van Wert and Allen County sheriffs departments and found full-time
work with the Delphos department
in February 2007. Police Chief Kyle
Fittro said Sgt. Foust was nominated
for consistently engaging in above
the bar performance, professionalism
and hard work.
Sept. 10
Joe Rode stepped down as Delphos
City Schools Board of Education president Monday evening. Rode cited
personal reasons and will remain on
the school board.
Sept. 11
A corn crib on the Gordon Moenter
property at 9874 Shenk Road was
damaged by what Van Wert Emergency
Management Director Rick McCoy is
calling an unconfirmed EF-0 tornado.
Sept. 14
The man accused of shooting his
wife to death in a cornfield east of
Delphos on Aug. 14 would face the
death penalty, according to an indictment filed Thursday. Patrick D. Coller,
43, of Delphos, was indicted on aggravated murder with a felony murder
specification and a gun specification,
and kidnapping with a gun specification. Coller is accused of shooting his
wife, 42-year-old Gerri Coller, in a
corn field on Jones Road.
Sept. 18
Attendance at the annual Canal
Days Toast to the City drew 543
people to the Entertainment Tent and
surrounding area to raise their glass
to Delphos.
Sept. 19
After the cheese dust settled Friday
evening, the Union Bank Co. was
named the winner in the 2014 Delphos
Canal Days Battle of the Businesses.
Union Bank rose to the top out of 20
teams to claim the traveling trophy.
Teams navigated their way through
seven games of little skill requiring no
athletic ability.

and told a news conference

that the focus for now should
be on the search and the families rather than the cause of the
incident.
We have no idea at the
moment what went wrong,
said Fernandes, a Malaysian
businessman who founded the
low-cost carrier in 2001. Lets
not speculate at the moment.
Malaysia-based AirAsia
has a good safety record and
had never lost a plane before.
This is my worst nightmare, Fernandes tweeted.
But Malaysia itself has
already endured a catastrophic year, with 239 people still
missing from Flight 370 and

all 298 people aboard Flight

17 killed when it was shot
down over rebel-held territory
in Ukraine.
AirAsia said Flight 8501
was on its submitted flight plan
but had requested a change
due to weather.
Sunardi, a forecaster at
Indonesias Meteorology and
Geophysics Agency, said dense
storm clouds were detected up
to 13,400 meters (44,000 feet)
in the area at the time.
There could have been
turbulence, lightning and vertical as well as horizontal strong
winds within such clouds,
said Sunardi, who like many
Indonesians uses only one name.