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By MIKE FORD
mford@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS Holiday
traditions sometimes include
residential exuberance over
how many Christmas lights
can fit on a house.
Televisions Tim Taylor
of Home Improvement
had his home so lit up that
the display helped an incom-
ing plane find the runway in
inclement weather. Prior to
the shows 1995 Christmas
episode, Twas the Flight
before Christmas, Clark
Grisold beat Taylor to the
punch in the 1989 clas-
sic, National Lampoons
Christmas Vacation.
One local resident says her
home seems similar this time
of year as she has nicknamed
her home the Griswold
House.
The Heiing home at 501
E. Third St. is ablaze for the
holidays each night thanks to
the enthusiastic efforts of the
familys three sons. Eighteen-
year-old Logan spearheads
the effort with the help of his
15-year-old brother, Austin,
and 10-year-old Noah. Their
mother, Deann, and father,
Larry, have let the boys do
whatever they want concern-
ing project details.
Last year, our 18-year-
old drew up a diagram of
how he wanted to decorate.
He put up a multitude of
lights and figures. Then, after
Christmas, we went out and
bought more, Deann said.
I love seeing the three of
them out there working on it
together; they did this all on
their own. I dont even know
how many lights we have but
we had to put in a special fuse
box just for the lights because
we were blowing fuses right
and left.
Logan says so far so good
this year. As for next year,
who knows?
So far this year, no blown
fuses, but when we add more
displays next year, who
knows if well need more,
he said.
The annual project is
extensive enough that plan-
ning is needed.
I usually start drawing
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Dena Martz photo
The Heiing home on East Third is hard to miss. The three Heiing brothers make sure
the home is festive.
Family compares home
to Hollywoods brightest
Stacy Taff photo
Emma Prine, 5, and her brother Chase, 3, tell Santa what they want for Christmas.
They are the children of Matt and Sarah Prine.
Claus refects on visiting Delphos
By MIKE FORD
NORTH POLE Taking
a break from his arduous
work preparing for Christmas
Eve, Santa Claus granted The
Delphos Herald an exclusive
interview earlier this week.
Speaking via satellite phone
from his Arctic cottage, the
man of the hour reflected
on his recent appearances in
Delphos.
In addition to visitations
throughout the month, Kris
Kringle was in town for the
annual Christmastide kick-
start on Dec. 2.
I really enjoy visit-
ing Delphos for Hometown
Christmas they treat me
like gold. I absolutely love
my time there. That nice
girl at the chamber of com-
merce does such a fantastic
job putting that together with
the Kiwanis club, he said.
When I round the corner
onto Main Street in the horse-
drawn carriage, all I hear is
every child calling my name
Santa! Santa!. It makes
me feel like a rock star. I
wave at every one of them
and it makes me feel so warm
inside to visit with them.
Santa has had a wide range
of experiences with local
children and fielded varying
requests from them.
They want everything
from ponies to Playstations
and X-Boxes. One little guy
said he wanted a 4-wheeler
but I think he was asking for
that on behalf of his dad,
he explained. Another one,
who was about 3 or 4 years
old, came in with his mom
and dad. He climbed up on
my lap and he said he wanted
a shotgun. I looked up at
his dad and said soooooo,
Dad wants a shotgun? and
he mumbled a well, yeah; ya
know in response.
The big guy said some
children are star-struck when
they find themselves on his
lap they get too nervous to
tell him what they want.
When that happens, I tell
them now, unless you tell me
at least one thing, Santa will
bring you clothes. Thats
when they usually find some-
thing to tell me they want
because kids definitely dont
want clothes for Christmas,
he said.
Santa has also had some
very emotional experiences
in Delphos.
The most heart-wrench-
ing request was when a fam-
ily came in mom and dad
with five kids and the little
one in the middle crawled up
on my lap and looked at me
with the most serious expres-
sion on his face. He said all
he wanted for Christmas was
a Christmas tree. I could have
cried right there in front of
him but I can easily give that
family a tree and then some,
he said.
At this years Hometown
Christmas, a 4-year old was
struck by a vehicle on his
way to see the man in the big
red suit. He wasnt seriously
injured but was taken to the
hospital as a precaution. The
local fire department made
sure he got to see Santa before
the ambulance left town.
I felt bad that a child was
hurt coming to see me but I
was glad to go see him inside
the ambulance when the fire
department came and got me.
I greeted him, told him to
get well and gave him some
candy and a coloring book. I
Track Santa tonight
at noradsanta.org
By MIKE FORD
Each year on Christmas
Eve, the North American
Aerospace Defense Command
tracks Santa Clauss annual
global trek for online posting
in real time.
Father Christmas believes
the United States and
Canadian governments track
his movements each year
because the Federal Aviation
Administration lacks jurisdic-
tion to make him file a flight
plan.
I know they do it for safe-
ty reasons and I know they use
an array of global positioning
satellites but Im not quite
certain how it all works. I
think the Central Intelligence
Agency has a spy among my
elves who sneaks Rudy the
tracking device every year in
a treat because theres noth-
ing stuck to the bottom of my
sleigh, Claus said.
The great bearded one
admitted North Pole Security
has conducted extensive
interviews without conclusive
proof of espionage. However,
he confessed to mastermind-
ing similar activities with
gratitude for being out of the
governments reach.
Some of those portly
guys in red suits you see at
shopping malls work for me.
Theyre out there gathering
intelligence for my elves so
they know what toys are in
demand. Of course, this is
in addition to the letters we
process from children around
the world, he said.
According to NORAD,
Claus follows a different path
each year. He is estimated to
rack up approximately 75.5
million miles at 650 miles
per second. However, he
tends to dodge the question
whenever asked for details.
Conveniently, he was inter-
rupted at this point in the
interview.
Excuse me, my iPhone
is ringing. Hello? Yes, dear.
Yes, dear. I know dear. Yes,
dear. Ill pick it up on my
way. I love you, too; good-
bye. Sorry about that. That
was Mrs. Claus. She wants
me to stop for milk and cook-
ies on my way home, he
said.
I think
the Central
Intelligence
Agency has a
spy among my
elves who sneaks
Rudy the tracking
device every year
in a treat because
theres nothing
stuck to the bot-
tom of my sleigh.
Santa
Logan, 18, Austin, 15, and Logan, 10, make sure the
Heiing home is not overlooked at Christmas.
Photo submitted
See HEIING, page 12 See SANTA, page 12
Photo submitted
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Fifth-grade members of St. Johns Junior Catholic Daughters of America passed
out giant candy bars decorated as snowmen to several departments at St. Ritas
Medical Center. The girls earned money by working at the Optimist Bingo then
decorated more than 50 candy bar snowmen and passed them out to the patients on
the Oncology, Pediatric and Orthopedic floors, as well as to volunteers. The JCDA
members pictured are Taylor Zuber, Gabby Lehmkuhle, Halle Hays, Alli McClurg,
Makayla Herron, Skye Stevenson and Hayleigh Bacome.
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Merry Christmas to all!
Its Christmas Eve and Im
on my way to Toledo to pick
up Cameron. After six long
years, he will finally spend a
Christmas at home.
I dont even really have
any expectations. It will just
be good to have him home.
Plans have already
changed for today. The in-
laws have colds and are not
up to company. We dont
want colds so well speaker-
phone call tonight and wish
them a merry Christmas.
We really dont have a lot
planned. Sometimes its just
nice to go with the flow and
see what happens.
I hope the holiday is
everything you want it to be.
Christmas brings up memo-
ries. We all have them the
year we got just what we
wanted and perhaps the one
we didnt. Its funny how your
Christmas wishes change over
the years according to what it
going on in your life.
I dont remember ever
being really disappointed at
Christmas. The only time I
didnt have a good Christmas
was my own fault. I was
about 10 or so and I found
the Christmas stash. I saw all
my presents so there were no
surprises on Christmas morn.
I NEVER did that again. Im
still known as The Snoop,
though. Ya snoop once and
youre labeled for life.
As a parent, there are
a few Christmases that
stand out. For example:
one year I insisted I could
put Camerons new tricycle
together. I didnt need my
fathers help. I was a big
girl now. Well, somehow
the front wheel got on back-
ward. How did that hap-
pen? Anyway, dad came to
the rescue; we tore it apart,
assembled it correctly and
it took its rightful place of
honor in front of the tree so
it was the first thing he saw
when he came into the living
room. He was stoked.
Christmas day will be quite
similar to those in the past.
Well get up early, open pres-
ents and then a few friends
will stop by for more presents
and brunch. A mimosa or two
and Ill be ready to start on
dinner. Ive got something
special planned. Its not com-
plicated, there just a few key
things that have to happen at
the right time.
After dinner, Im going
to sit around and reflect on
the wonderful day. Just begin
with family will make it so.
on the
other Hand
by nancy spencer
Bernice C. VanOsdale,
passed away Thursday, Dec.
22, 2011, at Canterbury
Nursing & Rehabilitation
Center.
Born in Ottoville,
VanOsdale graduated from
Central High School. She
worked with Magnavox for
30 years, retiring in 1980. She
was a member of American
Legion Post #82 Auxiliary, and
St. Vincent dePaul Catholic
Church. She enjoyed dancing,
playing cards and spending
time with her family.
Surviving are her husband,
William T. VanOsdale of Fort
Wayne; son, Jon R. (Nancy)
Didier of Angola, Ind.; daugh-
ter, Linda S. (Buddy) (Didier)
Schoenherr of Fort Wayne;
12 grandchildren, numer-
ous great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren; sis-
ter, Lucille Gilliom of Fort
Wayne; and many nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death
by first husband, Robert K.
Didier; parents, Charles
M. and Lulu Bentley; son,
Kenneth R. Didier; brothers,
Earl and Dewey Bentley; sis-
ters, Rosemary Galland and
Ruth Edwards.
Mass of Christian Burial
begins at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday
at St. Vincent dePaul Catholic
Church, with calling one hour
prior, Monsignor John M.
Kuzmich officiating. Burial
in Catholic Cemetery, Fort
Wayne.
Friends may also call at
from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
Monday at D.O. McComb and
Sons Lakeside Park Funeral
Home, 1140 Lake Avenue,
with a rosary at 4 p.m.
Memorials may be made
to the Allen County Heart
Association or Southern Care
Hospice.
To sign the online guest
book, go to www.mccom-
bandsons.com.
Bernice C.
Vanosdale
April 12, 1929
Dec. 23, 2010
William H.
Strayer, 82,
of Delphos,
died at 11:54
a.m. Friday at his daughter
Marie Honigfords home in
Delphos.
He was born April 12,
1929, in Delphos to Henry and
Matilda (Wiechart) Strayer,
who are deceased.
On June 2, 1956, he mar-
ried Mary Lou Krendl, who
died Sept. 8, 2010.
Survivors include four
children, Elizabeth Beth
(Brad Scott) Maxwell of West
Liberty, William Strayer and
Marie (Dennis) Strayer of
Delphos and Marcia (Bryan)
Boyd of Defiance; two grand-
children, Kelli Maxwell and
Nathan Boyd; a sister, Vera
Carolina Loetz of Delphos;
and brother-in-law, John M.
Jack (Mary A.) Krendl of
Delphos.
He was preceded in death
by a sister, Helen Ernst Koch.
Mr. Strayer was a member
of the St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church in Delphos
and was a 1947 Jefferson High
School graduate, where he had
been freshman class president,
basketball captain and junior
Sgt. at Arms his junior year,
was a member of the Varsity
D club all four years, played
football and a lifeguard with
Roger Miller at the Delphos
Municipal Swimming Pool.
His senior year, he was King
of the Carnival.
He went on to serve in the
Marines in the Korean War, of
which he was a member of the
Chosen Few as one of the
few survivors of the Chosin
Reservoir Battle in Korea.
He attended Northwestern
Business School in Lima and
retired as an accountant with
Teledyne-Ohio Steel Foundry
in Lima with 34 years of ser-
vice.
will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday
at St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church, the Rev.
Jacob Gordon officiating.
Burial will be in Hartford
Cemetery near Spencerville.
Friends may call from
3-8 p.m. Monday and after
9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Thomas
E. Bayliff Funeral Home,
Spencerville, where a parish
wake will begin at 3 p.m.
Monday.
Memorials are to the church
or St. Ritas Hospice.
William H. strayer
June 26, 1942-Dec. 21, 2011
Virginia A. Ginny Meyer,
69, of Delphos died at 1:10
p.m. Wednesday at St. Ritas
Medical Center, surrounded
by her loving family.
She was born June 26,
1942, at the Allen County
home of her parents, William
and Agnes (Hickey) Kimmet,
who preceded her in death.
On Aug. 4, 1962, she mar-
ried Paul Meyer, who survives
in Delphos.
Other survivors include son
Paul Andrew (Cheryl) Meyer
of Anna; daughters Lisa
(Steven) Heitmeyer of King
George, Va., Kelly (Jeffrey)
Pratt of Lima and Danielle
Eley of Delphos; brothers
Donald (Ginny) and George
(Jan) Kimmet of Ottoville
and Daniel (Barb) Kimmet
of Spencerville; and grand-
children Nicole and Kimberly
Heitmeyer, Meghan and
Christopher Meyer, Nicholas
Pratt, Sydney Eley and Kaitlyn
Pratt.
She was also preceded
in death by granddaughter,
Tristan Eley; and grandson,
Carter Pratt.
Mrs. Meyer was a home-
maker who raised her children
and went to work for Vancrest
Healthcare Center in Delphos.
She was a member at St.
John the Evangelist Catholic
Church and a 1960 graduate
of its high school. She was a
devoted mother and grand-
mother who enjoyed sewing
and quilting, reading, garden-
ing and canning the fruits of
her labor.
begins at 11 a.m. Tuesday
at St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church, the Rev.
Melvin Verhoff officiat-
ing. Burial will follow in
Resurrection Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4-8
p.m. Monday at Harter and
Schier Funeral Home, where
a parish wake starts at 7:30
p.m.
Memorials are to Delphos
Public Library.
Virginia A. Meyer
FLeMinG, Helen Louise,
81, of Rockford, Mass of
Christian Burial will be held
at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at
St. Teresa Catholic Church,
Rockford, the Rev. Ken
Alt officiating. Burial will
be in Willshire Cemetery,
Willshire. Friends may call
from 2-8 p.m. Monday at
Ketcham-Ripley Funeral
Home, Rockford. Memorials
may be directed to State of
the Heart Hospice, Coldwater,
or to the Cancer Association
of Mercer County, Celina.
Condolences may be left at
ketchamripley.com.
its finally here
Kim Jong IIs last gift to
NKorea: loads of fish
By eriC tALMADGe
the Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea
The people of North Koreas
capital have received a special
gift from recently deceased
leader Kim Jong Il: loads and
loads of fish.
North Koreas state-run
Korean Central News Agency
has reported that Kim was
concerned about the supply
of fish in Pyongyang, and had
looked into the matter the day
before he died. North Korea
announced Monday that he
died of a massive heart attack
on Dec. 17.
The report, issued late
Friday, said Kims young
son and heir, Kim Jong Un,
took all necessary measures
to truck fresh fish to the capi-
tal city in time and supply the
fish to the citizens, even in
the mourning period.
North Korea is in official
mourning until after Kims
funeral Dec. 28-29.
North Korean media have
been flowing with eulogies
for Kim Jong Il, who ruled
the country for 17 years after
the death of his father, North
Koreas national founder and
eternal President Kim Il Sung.
Both Kims were the object of
intense personality cults.
With Kim Jong Un poised
to extend the Kim fam-
ily dynasty into an additional
generation, North Korea is
quickly building the mythol-
ogy by emphasizing his
bloodline and the Kim fam-
ily legacy, from its roots as
revolutionaries fighting the
Japanese to their spiritual role
as protectors of the North
Korean people.
The state media has broad-
cast constant scenes of pub-
lic mourning, with women
and children wailing, soldiers
bowing before Kims smiling
portrait and senior officials
lining up to view his body,
which is on display in a glass
case at the same funeral palace
where his fathers embalmed
remains are on view.
North Korea has also
claimed Kims death gener-
ated a series of spectacular
natural phenomena, creat-
ing a mysterious glow atop
a revered mountain, cracking
a sheet of ice on a lake with
a loud roar and inspiring a
crane to circle a statue of
the nations founder before
perching in a tree and droop-
ing its head in sorrow.
The reports have stressed
how the North Korean peo-
ple are deeply indebted to
the largesse of their leaders,
despite the deepening politi-
cal isolation and economic
hardship they have faced in
recent years, including severe
famines and shortages of
electricity, food and other
necessities.
Leader Kim Jong Il is
always with us as we have
respected Comrade Kim Jong
Un identical to him, KCNA
quoted Song Hye Yong, a
42-year-old woman, as say-
ing as she carried a bag full
of fish in her hand.
The report also quoted Kim
Jong Hwa, a saleswoman at a
grocery in the central district
of the city, as saying she was
deeply touched by leader Kim
Jong Ils gift of fish to the
people.
All of citizens are deeply
moved by his deep care, she
said.
Palace: Prince Philip
given heart stent
By CAssAnDrA
VinoGrAD
the Associated Press
LONDON Queen
Elizabeth IIs husband has
undergone treatment for a
blocked coronary artery,
British royal officials said
Friday.
Buckingham Palace said
Prince Philip, 90, was taken
from Sandringham, the
queens sprawling estate in
rural Norfolk, to the cardiac
unit at Papworth Hospital in
Cambridge earlier Friday for
precautionary tests after
suffering chest pains.
The palace refused to con-
firm if Philip had suffered a
heart attack, saying only that
tests at the hospital showed a
blocked coronary artery was
causing Philips discomfort.
This was treated success-
fully by the minimally inva-
sive procedure of coronary
stenting, the palace said in
a statement. Prince Philip
will remain in hospital under
observation for a short peri-
od.
Doctors said Philip could
have suffered a heart attack,
but without more information
it was impossible to know
for sure.
Coronary stenting is stan-
dard procedure both to fend
off a heart attack or save a
patient already in the midst of
one, said Dr. Allan Schwartz,
chief of cardiology at New
York-Presbyterian, Columbia
University Medical Center.
It is a big spectrum, theres
no way of knowing what
applies to him, Schwartz
said. Saying youre taken to
the hospital with chest pain
is like saying youre taken to
the hospital with a gunshot
wound. It could be a grazing
shot thats not significant or
it could be something thats
serious. Either way with the
right treatment, youre O.K.
Schwartz said Philips trim
figure and athleticism bode
well for his recovery.
Dr. Jonathan Tobis, direc-
tor of interventional cardiol-
ogy at UCLA, said coronary
stenting is much less invasive
than surgery because it is typ-
ically done through a catheter
method, inserting a balloon
down a blocked artery, blow-
ing it up to open the blockage,
then putting in a stent to keep
the artery wall open.
Tobis said that any proce-
dure carries risks, but advanc-
es in coronary medicine over
the past 30 years means
the procedure can be done
remarkably safely even in
people in their 90s.
Nowadays, patients typi-
cally go home the next day,
Tobis said.
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Today is Saturday, Dec. 24,
the 358th day of 2011. There
are seven days left in the year.
This is Christmas Eve.
todays Highlight in
History:
On Dec. 24, 1814, the War
of 1812 officially ended as
the United States and Britain
signed the Treaty of Ghent.
on this date:
In 1524, Portuguese navi-
gator Vasco da Gama who
had discovered a sea route
around Africa to India died
in Cochin, India.
In 1809, legendary
American frontiersman
Christopher Kit Carson was
born in Madison County, Ky.
In 1851, fire devastated
the Library of Congress in
Washington, D.C., destroying
about 35,000 volumes.
In 1865, several veterans
of the Confederate Army
formed a private social club in
Pulaski, Tenn., called the Ku
Klux Klan.
In 1871, Giuseppe Verdis
opera Aida had its world
premiere in Cairo, Egypt.
In 1943, President Franklin
D. Roosevelt appointed
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
supreme commander of Allied
forces in Europe as part of
Operation Overlord.
In 1951, Gian Carlo
Menottis Amahl and the
Night Visitors, the first opera
written specifically for televi-
sion, was first broadcast by
NBC-TV.
In 1961, the Houston
Oilers won the second
American Football League
Championship Game, defeat-
ing the San Diego Chargers,
10-3.
In 1968, the Apollo 8
astronauts, orbiting the moon,
read passages from the Old
Testament Book of Genesis
during a Christmas Eve tele-
cast.
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My memories of our first
Christmas together as husband
and wife are very special. I
remember sitting on the living
room couch in our apartment
looking out the window as
flakes of snow were falling.
The night was illumined by
the neighborhood Christmas
lights and the fresh blanket of
white that was covering every
available surface. The Winter
Wonderland of 1967 was so
inviting that we decided to
take a walk.
We held hands as we took
our stroll on the snow covered
sidewalks and enjoyed the
gift of simply being with one
another. We had only been
married for a few weeks and
each day was an opportunity
to share the joy of experienc-
ing life together. We were so
in love! What a gift to love
another person so much that
it hurts and yet feels so good.
I couldnt wait for Janie
to open the Christmas gifts I
had bought for her. I wanted
to buy her something special
so I got her a winter coat with
a leopard looking collar. The
matching leopard purse and
leopard high heeled shoes
made the ensemble complete.
It was more than I could
afford, but I knew she would
look great. As I think back, I
realize how impractical those
gifts were. I mean it wasnt
like we were in high soci-
ety. I was working as a part
time regular at Krogers
making $3.00 an hour.
Our first Christmas togeth-
er was very special, but each
Christmas since has also been
a gift from God. Tomorrow
will be the 44th Christmas
that Janie and I have shared.
Well be attending church at
Delphos First Assembly of
God where we pastor. Well
sing Christmas carols as
we worship God and thank
Him for the gift of Jesus. Ill
preach a sermon about how
The Word Became Flesh
and hope that others will dis-
cover the gift of salvation and
eternal life.
Sometime in the after-
noon Michael, Kylee, Fisher,
John, Hope, Elias, Audrey,
Jesse, Brian, Chrissy, Jaynah,
Johnny, and Jamey will all
be with us. Well enjoy the
special Christmas meal of
turkey and all the trimmings
that Janie has prepared. After
dinner, I plan to read the
Christmas story from Lukes
Gospel before we share our
gifts. Were blessed to be
able to give gifts to all of
our family; including our
Yorkies, Little Champ and
Lady. There will be lots of
packages to open and lots
of pictures taken to help us
remember the special gift of
being together at Christmas.
Let me encourage you to
give a couple of Christmas
gifts that will last forever.
The first is the gift of good
memories they are price-
less.
Spend time making mem-
ories with the people that you
love.
Theres another gift that
will last and thats a Godly
heritage. It will bless you and
yours for generations. Be an
example of true Christianity.
Thats the kind of gift that
will last.
Love God and love people
today; dont wait
They were going to be all
they wanted to be, tomorrow.
None would be braver or
kinder than they, tomorrow.
A friend who was troubled
and wearied they knew,
Would be glad for a lift
and he needed it too,
And on him they would
call and see what they could
do, tomorrow.
Each morning they stacked
up the letters theyd write,
tomorrow.
And thought of the folks
that they would fill with
delight, tomorrow.
The greatest of people,
they just might have been.
The world would have
opened its heart to them,
But, in fact, they passed on
and faded from view
And all that they left when
their living was through
Was a mountain of things
that they intended to do,
tomorrow.
Dont be one of those
kind of people that some day
youre going to do some-
thing, and some day youre
going to love somebody, and
some day youre going to
give something to someone,
and some day youre going to
help someone.
Make a memory, spend
time with people you love,
and remember why we cel-
ebrate Christmas. Over 2,000
years ago there was a special
star shining over Bethlehem.
A baby was born that would
forever change the world.
Emmanuel God with us.
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STATE/LOCAL
BRIEFS
Those Were
The Days
Pastor Dan Eaton
Christmas
Gifts
Dena Martz photo
Stockwells first-grade class at Franklin Elementary
Students in Julane Stockwells first-grade class at Franklin Elementary School include, front from left, Peyton
Schmitt, Spencer Ladd, Lilly Smith, Destiny Dominguez, Coby Anspach, Aubriegh Foust and Tanner Jones; center,
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back, Abigail Morray, Sonya Roeder, Eli Coil, Rylynn Marquiss, Samantha Braun, Damon Gibson and Stockwell.
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1941 fruitcake
sells for $525
CINCINNATI (AP) A
1941 fruitcake has sold for
$525 to an Arizona man in an
online auction and the money
will be used to benefit the
homeless in southwest Ohio.
Elite Estate Group sold
the cake in an auction on its
website that ended Thursday
night. Company owner Larry
Chaney said the man who
bought the cake asked that
his name not be released.
I believe he probably
bought it as an investment,
said Chaney, adding that he
doubts anyone would eat a
70-year-old fruitcake even
though it was vacuum packed
and contained rum that prob-
ably helped preserve it.
The plan initially was to
auction off the cake locally,
but Chaney said publicity
about it resulted in calls from
all over the country and from
Great Britain, Japan and
Australia. A day after the
auction ended, people still
were making offers, some
of $1,000 or more, Chaney
said.
The cake was made and
sold in 1941 by The Kroger
Co. in the Cincinnati area,
Chaney said. It was returned
to a Kroger store in 1971
with a note saying it was one
of six purchased by the man
who signed the note. The
signature appears to be that
of an E.F. Helbling.
The note said the cake
traveled thousands of miles
during its 30 years of life
and was subjected to all
types of climatic conditions
and shocks. The note said
the cakes owner was mov-
ing again and wanted to
return it to its original owner,
Kroger.
The Kroger store appar-
ently didnt want the cake,
and store manager Frank
Bates took it home. Bates,
now 86, kept the cake until
recently when his son was
helping him get rid of some
things and gave the cake to
Chaney.
The $525 will go to a
church outreach program
that provides food and other
items for homeless people in
Clermont County.
Were very glad that the
proceeds are going to help
a great cause, said Keith
Dailey, spokesman for the
Cincinnati-based Kroger Co.
From Sen. Sherrod Brown

This holiday season,
Ohioans will receive scores
of giftsfrom Great Lakes
beer to Cincinnati chili
but many of the
parcels probably
wont be dropped
off by their local
postal carrier.
The United
States Postal
Service (USPS)
the second-larg-
est employer in
the United States
and one autho-
rized by the U.S.
Constitutionis
governed by rules
that limit its finan-
cial viability. To address a
growing deficit, more than
120 post offices and 10
mail processing centers in
Ohio have been slated for
possible closure because
of financial challenges.
These closures could
prove costly for middle-
class families in our state,
resulting in job losses and
deteriorated service. That
is why I fought for a mora-
torium on all postal facility
closures until May 2012.
With this additional time,
Congress can modernize
the rules and usher in the
next era of the USPS.
Private delivery com-
panies perform an impor-
tant service. But the Post
Office should be able to
compete for all the parcel
business, too. Thats why
Im fighting to pass the
Postal Service Protection
Act, legislation that would
help bring the USPS back
to fiscal solvency.
First, it would deal with
the USPSs fiscal challeng-
es. This bill would address
a broken pension system
which currently costs the
USPS more than $5 billion
every year. Right now, the
Postal Service must pre-
fund 75 years of future
retiree health care
benefits in just
10 years. With
this legislation,
we can address
immediate fiscal
problems fac-
ing the USPS
by overhauling
the USPS retiree
benefit require-
ments.
Second, it
would allow
the Post Office
to innovate. By
easing current financial
constraints on the agen-
cy, the USPS would have
additional avenues to earn
incomelike shipping
beer or issuing a state
fishing licensethat can
put the Postal Service
back on the road to fiscal
health.
The legislation would
also protect a six-day deliv-
erypreserving Saturday
delivery and maintaining
current standards for first-
class mail delivery. This
is vitally important for
seniors and patients who
depend on timely delivery
of life-saving prescription
medications.
With any postal reform
legislation Congress
considers, we must take
into account what affect
these decisions will have
on Americas recovering
economy. What would
inaction mean for Ohio
families?
Postal workersmany
of them veterans, women,
and rural residentsdo
more than deliver holi-
day cards and news from
home. They also watch
out for elderly neighbors,
and help build a sense
of community. Since
1775, the USPS has kept
Americans connected with
one another and the rest of
the world.
Our state ranks eighth
in the nation for the num-
ber of USPS employees
including letter carriers
and sorterswho help
Ohioans cash checks,
obtain passports, and oper-
ate small businesses. We
must help the USPS, a
self-supporting govern-
ment entity, adapt to the
challenges of the 21st cen-
tury.
A robust Post Office
means that small busi-
nesses and non-profits
have reliable and afford-
able means to conduct
their business. It means
that the shopping centers
and small businesses in
urban areaswhich, in
many cases, are anchored
by the presence of a post
officecan continue to
thrive. It also ensures that
seniors can receive their
mail-order prescriptions
and Social Security checks
without delay.
The motto of the Post
Office: neither snow, nor
rain, nor heat, nor gloom
of night dates back to
antiquity. The Greek let-
ter carriers likely faced
unleashed dogsthough
not email. Yet Im confi-
dent that we can and must
overcome the challenges
faced by the USPS. This is
our promise to our neigh-
borhood postal worker,
our neighbors, and our
communities.
The next era of the postal service
Sen. Sherrod
Brown
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POLITICS
One Year Ago
St. Johns High School Student Council held a
money stall over a nine day period to raise money
for the Delphos Community Christmas Project. The stall
raised $1,800. Student Council President Sarah Shrider
made a check presentation to Delphos Community
Christmas Project Bob Mosier.
25 Years Ago 1986
When a young St. Johns team went against the
experience Paulding wrestlers Tuesday night the results
were not surprising. Paulding won 52-12. St. Johns
won three matches and forfeited three. They lost three
matches by pins. The Blue Jays forfeited the 105 and
119-pound classes because they had no one at that
weight. They forfeited the 185-pound class when senior
state-qualifier Randy Stemen did not make weight.
Delphos Chapter 26, Order of Eastern Star, held a
regular meeting Thursday evening in Masonic Temple
with Worthy Matron Mary Ellen Stewart in charge.
Marking the Christmas season the members sang carols
and were entertained by Robin Stewart, Helen Lewis and
Martha Meeker with a Christmas story.
Work on the new Pizza Hut Restaurant, East Fifth
Street, is proceeding on schedule with completion
expected mid-February, according to Phil Rudolph,
president of Mid-Continental Properties Inc. of Lima,
builders and owners of the restaurant. Kruse expects the
restaurant to open for business in early March.
50 Years Ago 1961
Members of Girl Scout Troop No. 86, entertained
at the Van Rue Geriatric Center and at the Van Wert
County Home this week with Christmas carols. Girls
taking part in the caroling were Jane Powell, Ruth
Ann Feathers, Carol Armstrong, Maxine Foust, Jill
Ditto, Barbara Gunter, Karen Fox, Candace Line, Linda
Fletcher, Christine Barnes, Kathleen Freund and Diane
Alguire.
The Jefferson Wildcats made a game of it for the
first half, but Crestviews over-all balance was too much
for them as the Knights romped in the second half to a
63-40 victory here Friday night. Jim Dorman, playing
his usual poised game, led all scorers with 19, and Ed
Jackson was right behind him with 14.
The members of the Jay-C-Dels met Thursday eve-
ning in the home of Mrs. Jerry Backus on Scott Street.
Following the business session games were enjoyed with
prizes going to Linda King, Betty Swick and Pat Dunlap.
The next meeting of the group will be on Jan. 18 at the
home of Mary Mesker on South Clay Street.
75 Years Ago 1936
The Altmans received a very Merry Christmas
present. A daughter, Ida Jeannine Jeannie Altman
was born to Matthew and Valeria (Thines) Altman of
Franklin Street in Delphos.
Delphos people are being invited to visit the
Brumback Library at Van Wert to view a collection of
illuminated manuscripts loaned to the organization by
Otto F. Ege, of the Cleveland School Art. In comment-
ing on the display Mary T. Hardy, librarian, said: In the
exhibit there are 19 examples of these early books rang-
ing in date from a Franco-English fragment of 1400 to
a Sanskrit legend of 1750, and includes two sheets from
the Moslem Koran done in the early 18th century.
The members of the Jennings Local No. 108 of the
Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union effected
organization by choosing the following officers for the
coming year: George Frazier, president; John H. Rupert,
vice president; and M. M. Burnett, secretary-treasurer.
A most enjoyable and entertaining Christmas
program and party were given at the Methodist church
Wednesday by the Primary Department of the Methodist
Church School. A large number of people were in atten-
dance. Mrs. Ralph Mericle and Mrs. S. A. Smith were in
charge of the arrangements.
Plans Of the
Pennsylvania R.R.
President George Roberts
and the directors of the
Pennsylvania road have
returned from their annual
inspection tour over the entire
system of the road. Speaking
of the changes to be made
in the operation of that road,
he said, In the west we will
lengthen our double track and
add to the equipment in vari-
ous ways. We have ordered
6,000 freight cars, which will
be built and delivered during
the coming year.
Delphos Herald,
Oct. 31, 1895
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Two Delphos Boys
in Trouble
Two Delphos boys, Carlos
Findlay and Daine Tilton,
were arrested at Continental
Sunday for serenading, by the
over-officious Marshal whose
name is
Isaac Wallace, charging them
with disturbing the peace. The
boys were given a hearing
before the Mayor, at which
they pleaded not guilty. The
citizens of the town seemed
indignant at the unwarranted
affair, as the Continental boy
who was arrested with Tilton
and Findlay was a highly
respected young man. The
prisoners demanded a jury
trial, after being admitted to
bail in the sum of $100 which
was signed by several promi-
nent citizens, including two
preachers.
The trial came up before
a jury Monday afternoon, the
citizens in sympathy with the
unjustly treated boys, employ-
ing Attorney A.J. McClure to
defend them. The hearing of
some twenty-five witnesses,
required the major part of the
day. After a short deliberation
the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty, and the prison-
ers were discharged. Marshal
Wallace is very much crest-
fallen, and to place him in a
more embarrassing position,
the boys through Attorney
McClure, will bring charges
against the village officials
for false imprisonment. The
above particulars of the case
were obtained from Findlay
and Tilton, who returned
home late yesterday.
Delphos Herald,
Oct. 30, 1895
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A Very
Good Idea
Councilman Kavermans
plan for raising the water
level in the canal has been
acted on to a certain degree.
Workmen yesterday placed
a dam across the level just
south of Wegers factory,
which divides the level in
two parts of about a half mile
each. The big fan pump used
at Fishers stone quarry was
moved to the dam this after-
noon and will be kept running
all day tomorrow to transfer
the water from the upper half
to the lower. When the water
has been transferred, with the
aid of the output from the
well at the mill, a supply will
no doubt be kept which will
be adequate to battle with
any fire.
Delphos Herald,
Oct. 26, 1895
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No More Slates
in Delphos
The action of the Board
of Education in abolishing
the use of slates in all grades
after January 1st, 1896, is an
innovation which has been
under consideration by the
Board for some time. The
main grounds for this action
were on account of sanitary
reasons. The use of sponges
on the slates was the cause of
considerable filth. The simul-
taneous scratching of thirty-
five or forty flinty pencils
in a single school room was
sufficient to jar the nerves of
an iron post.
Then the handling of
slates is very noisy during
class hours. And it was also
a hardship for small children
to carry large slates in cold
and inclement weather to and
from their homes to school.
Paper is now so cheap that its
use instead of slates will be
hailed with delight by teach-
ers and pupils and the action
of the Board will be com-
mended by the patrons of the
school.
Delphos Herald,
Oct. 24, 1895
----------
Two Plucky Women
Willie Hill of Lima and
Joseph Hanes of Chicago,
two tramps, received a good
meal at the home of a widow
in Narrowsville, the other
day, promising to saw some
wood for her. After the meal
was over they started to leave
the yard but were brought
back at the point of a gun in
the hands of the widow, and
said nothing as the woman
and her daughter stood guard
with guns but they sawed
the wood.
Delphos Herald,
Feb. 27, 1896
BOB HOLDGREVE
Window
to the
Past
News from old Delphos
This
and
That
by HELEN
KAVERMAN
Santa Claus has been around
for many, many years. Some of
the stories or legends show Santa
first appearing on Earth 200 or
300 years after the birth of Jesus
Christ in the beloved form of St.
Nicholas. St. Nicholas was a real
person. Nicholas, the only child of
wealthy parents, was born around
280 AD in Asia Minor, or Patara,
now in Turkey. His mother taught
him the Scriptures. Nicholas lost
both parents during an epidemic.
Their estate left him with a great
deal of wealth. Over the years he
became very generous to others,
sharing his wealth for the benefit
of many people in need.
Nicholas was well educated
and did a lot of traveling. During
one of his voyages, he was on a
ship plying the Mediterranean and
a storm came up. Nicholas asked
God to calm the fierce storm. The
weather cleared up and the ship
drifted into the harbor of Myra,
in what is now Turkey. At that
time the elders of the local church
were attempting to elect a new
Bishop. According to legend, one
of the elders received a dream in
which he was told that they should
choose the next person named
Nicholas (which means victory
in Greek), who visited the church.
In walked the nearly ship-wrecked
Nicholas, to thank God for his
survival. To his surprise, he was
elected the Bishop of Myra.
Nicholas was credited with
many miracles and good deeds.
One of these memorable good
deeds reportedly concerned three
young girls from a once wealthy
family. Their father could no lon-
ger afford to give the girls each a
dowry so they could marry. They
secretly agreed to draw lots, the
loser to sell herself into slavery
to provide a dowry for the two
lucky ones. The legend has it that
Nicholas heard of their plight and
made a nighttime visit, dropping
a bag of gold into their windows.
With that they each had a dowry,
saving the one from slavery.
Nicholas became a very popular
Bishop, known for his generosity,
especially to children. Nicholas died
around 345 AD. His death of Dec.
6 became his feast day, which
later evolved into a date of gift
giving. Many of us, especially with
German ancestry, still celebrate St.
Nicks Day. We put our dishes out
on the night of the 5th of December.
When the children awake in the
morning of the 6th, they discover
St. Nick has filled their dishes or
stockings with candy, oranges and
nuts. He often comes to adults too,
if youre good.
The season of the Winter Solstice
was a time for merriment and gift
giving way back in pagan times. As
time went on, most countries con-
tinued to have a special gift giving
at that time. There was Pelznickel
(furry Nicholas) and Frau Holda
in Germany. Sweden adopted St.
Lucia as the Lady of Light on the
Bringer of Light. Legend tells us
she brought food to the country to
feed the children during a terrible
famine. Befana was a legendary
female gift giver to Italian chil-
dren for almost two thousand years.
She was active at Christmas Time
and made her visits on the Twelfth
Night of Christmas, the Epiphany.
Russians had the grandmotherly,
Babouska.
Back in the 16th Century,
Martin Luther declared that St.
Nicholas was robbing the true
meaning of Christmas. As a result
the Christ Child became the gift
giver. Soon in Bavaria the gift
giver became the Clhristkindt. In
Alsace, bordering on Germany,
The Christkindt was sometimes
pictured as a boy angel, the Alsace
Angel. In the Pennsylvania Dutch
Country Christkindle (Christ
Child) was transformed to Kris
Kringle. This name is used by
many even today.
England had Father Christmas
or Sir Christmas. At one time
Oliver Cromwell banned the
excessiveness of the celebrations
associated with the Catholic Saint,
St. Nicholas or Santa Claus and
the winter solstice. This ban lasted
about 20 years. About the same
time Santa Claus was brought to
the new world. The Dutch explor-
ers, led by Henry Hudson, built
their first church on the island
of Manhattan and dedicated it
to Sinter Klas. They began cel-
ebrating the gift giving again.
St. Nicholas returned on Dec.
6 on a white horse, sometimes
accompanied by Black Peter, who
sometimes brought sticks to bad
children. When the British took
control of New Amsterdam they
merged Sinter Klas with Father
Christmas, making the day of cel-
ebration around the winter sol-
stice, which again made Dec. 25
the date of celebration.
In 1809, the writer Washington
Irving created a jolly St. Nicholas
character who appeared in
Knickerbackers History of New
York. Then in 1822 an Episcopal
Priest, named Clement Moore
wrote his famous lighthearted
poem called A Visit From St.
Nicholas. Clement Moore was a
biblical scholar, who could speak
several languages. Much of his
scholarly work has been forgot-
ten but his is best remembered
for his Christmas Poem, which
was published in the Troy Sentinel
and became Twas the Night
Before Christmas. Moore gave
the eight reindeer their names
Now Dasher, now Dancer, now
Prancer and Vixen; On Comet, on
Cupid and Donder and Blitzen!
Rudolph came along later, thanks
to Gene Autry. After Moore wrote
his immortal poem he inspired a
Harpers Weekly cartoonist Thomas
Nast to pick up his pen and draw
the famous Nast Santa Claus, a
plump, lovable gent with a bag of
toys flung on his shoulder.
Then in 1930, a Chicago
Commercial illustrator, Haddon
Sundblom, painted the jolly
and garbed Santa in an adver-
tising campaign for Coca-Cola.
Sundblom painted his last Coca-
Cola Santa during the 1964 sea-
son. It has survived to become the
most famous image of all.
One of my mothers favorite
stories was Yes Virginia, There
is a Santa Claus by Francis P.
Church, editor of the New York
Sun. Its also one of my favorites so
I would like to share it with you.
A little girl by the name of
Virginia OHanlon wrote to the
editor:
Dear Editor,
I am 8 years old. Some of my
little friends say there is no Santa
Claus. Papa says, If you see it in
the Sun its so, Please tell me the
truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia OHanlon
The editor, Francis P. Church
replied:
Virginia your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected
by the skepticism of a skeptical
age. They do not believe except
what they can see. They think that
nothing can be which is not com-
prehensive to their little minds. All
minds, Virginia, whether they be
mens or childrens, are little.
In this great universe of ours
man is a mere insect, an ant. In
his intellect, as compared with
the boundless world about him;
The history of
Santa Claus
as measured by the intelligence
capable of grasping the whole
truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia there is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as
love and generosity and devo-
tion exist, and you know that
they abound and give to your
life its highest beauty and joy.
Alas! How dreary would
be the world if there were
no Santa Claus! It would be
as dreary as if there were no
Virginias. There would be no
childlike faith then, no poetry,
no romance to make tolerable
this existence. We should have
no enjoyment, except in sense
and sight. The eternal light with
which childhood fills the world
be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus!
You might as well not believe
in fairies! You might get your
papa to hire men to watch in all
the chimneys on Christmas Eve
to catch Santa Claus, but even
if you did not see Santa Claus
coming down, what would
that prove? Nobody sees Santa
Claus, but there is no sign that
there is no Santa Claus.
The most real things in the
world are those that neither chil-
dren nor men can see. Did you
ever see fairies dancing on the
lawn? Of course not, but thats
no proof that they are not there.
Nobody can conceive or imagine
all the wonders there are unseen
and unreachable in the world.
You tear apart the babys rattle
and see what makes the noise
inside, there is a veil covering
the unseen world which not the
strongest men that ever lived,
could tear apart. Only faith,
fancy, poetry, love, romance,
can push aside the curtain and
view the picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond.
Is it all real? Ah, Virginia,
in all this world there is nothing
else real and abiding. No Santa
Claus! Thank God! He lives
and lives forever! A thousand
years from now, he will con-
tinue to make glad the heart of
childhood.
This was in 1897, and it
remains a classic, over a cen-
tury later.
Merry Christmas!
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PET CORNER
The Humane Society of Allen County has many pets
waiting for adoption. Each comes with a spay or neuter,
first shots and a heartworm test. Call 419-991-1775.
The following pets are available for adoption through
The Animal Protective League:
Cats
M, 3 years, fixed, tabby, black and white, name Hank and
Ceaser
F, fixed, 6 years, gray tiger, name Pearl
M, 1 year, neutered, dew clawed, shots, white, name
Cotton
Kittens
M, F, 3 months, gray and white face
M, F, 4 months, black and white
M, F, 7 weeks, gray, black and white, white and light
brown
Dogs
Cocker Spaniel, F, 6 years, strawberry blond, shots, name
Ann Marie
Boxer Collie, F, 2 years, than and white, name Molly
Jack Russell, M, 2 years, black and tan, name Butterball
Rat Terrier Shih Tzu, M, 11 years, fixed, shots, tan and
white, name Duke
Pom-Jack Russell, M. 5 years, shots, white, name Spook
For more information on these pets or if you are in need
of finding a home for your pet contact The Animal Protective
League from 9-5 weekdays at 419-749-2976. Donations or
correspondence can be sent to PO Box 321, Van Wert OH
45891.
Copper 5-year-old Basset
Hound mix. He is a very
friendly guy who loves peo-
ple and attention and pre-
fers to be the only dog. He
walks well on a leash, will
sit and come, and is treat
motivated.
Chip is a grey tiger with
white and is a sweet playful
girl who finds herself at the
shelter a second time. Her
owner couldnt take her on
the move. She is cute from
the tip of her tail to her
coral nose.
COMING
EVENTS
TODAY
10 a.m to 2 p.m. Delphos
Postal Museum is open.
12:15 p.m. Testing of
warning sirens by Delphos Fire
and Rescue
1-3 p.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum, 241
N. Main St., is open.
SUNDAY
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MONDAY
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Ottoville
Branch Library is open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite at
Delphos Senior Citizen Center,
301 Suthoff Street.
7 p.m. Ottoville village
council meets at the municipal
building.
Marion Township Trustees
meet at the township house.
7:30 p.m. Delphos Eagles
Aerie 471 meets at the Eagles
Lodge.
TUESDAY
301 Suthoff Street.
6 p.m. Weight Watchers
meets at Trinity United Methodist
Church, 211 E. Third St.
7 p.m. Delphos Area
Simply Quilters meets at the
Delphos Area Chamber of
Commerce, 306 N. Main St.
7:30 p.m. Alcoholics
Anonymous, First Presbyterian
Church, 310 W. Second St.
8:30 p.m. Elida village
council meets at the town hall.
WEDNESDAY
9 a.m. - noon Putnam
County Museum is open, 202 E.
Main St. Kalida.
301 Suthoff Street.
11:45 a.m. Rotary Club
meets at the Eagles Lodge, 1600
E. Fifth St.
6 p.m. Shepherds of Christ
Associates meet in the St. Johns
Chapel.
7 p.m. Bingo at St. Johns
Little Theatre.
THURSDAY
9-11 a.m. The Delphos
301 Suthoff Street.
5-7 p.m. The Interfaith
Thrift Shop is open for shopping.
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Delphos
Optimist Club, A&W Drive-In,
924 E. Fifth St.
301 Suthoff Street.
1-4 p.m. Interfaith Thrift
Store is open for shopping.
SATURDAY
10 a.m to 2 p.m. Delphos
Postal Museum is open.
12:15 p.m. Testing of
warning sirens by Delphos Fire
and Rescue
1-3 p.m. The Delphos
Please notify the Delphos
Herald at 419-695-0015 if there
are any corrections or additions
to the Coming Events column.
DEC. 25
Travis Schimmoeller
Norbert Lindeman
Becky Briggs
Shane Wagoner
Nathan Mosier
DEC. 26
Kevin Moore
Eugene (Marty) Lause
Kevin Wietzel
DEC. 27
Kathleen Siefker
Tony Baldauf
Matt Osting
Drew Stechschulte
Justin Krendl
YOUR NEWSPAPER ... STILL THE BEST
BUY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
In todays world, fifty cents
doesnt buy a heck of a lot
except of course, when it comes
to your newspaper.
For less than the cost of a soda,
you can get word from across town
or across the nation. For less than
the price of a cup of coffee, you can
get your fill of local news, politics,
or whatever else is your cup of
tea. With something new to greet
you each day, from cover to cover,
your newspaper is still the most
streetwise buy in town!
The Delphos Herald
419-695-0015 ext. 122
From the Thrift Shop
BY MARGIE
ROSTORFER
Well darn it the weath-
erperson says we will not be
having a white Christmas this
year. Somehow it just seems
more like Christmas with
some snow on the ground. I
guess I just like it all though
the lights, the trees, the
merry wishes, the music, the
decorations, the time spent
with family and friends. At
any rate, Ive been blessed
this year so I believe Ill
go extra early to church on
Christmas to sit quietly
and reflect about His birth,
His love, and His generosity.
He gave us many gifts but
He truly is the most precious
gift the true reason for the
season.
Speaking of gifts; The
Thrift Shop was recently
blessed with a very wonder-
ful donation from the Arnold
C. Dienstberger Foundation.
Other recent donations have
come from the Edward Jones
company, the Girl Scouts, the
wrestling team, anonymous
citizens and various church
and school organizations
to name a few. These food,
clothing and monetary dona-
tions couldnt have come at
a better time when there
is such great need here in
Delphos. All of your gifts
are so truly appreciated, as
we continue to help strug-
gling families in their time
of need, due to lack of work,
disability or misfortune of
some kind. Please accept our
sincere thanks to all of you
kind-hearted people. If weve
failed to mention you, please
know that your gift was truly
appreciated and that we do
continue to thank God for
your generosity. Another
big thank you goes to Jeff
Moorman for his gift of pol-
ishing and buffing the floors
of the Thrift Shop they
look just beautiful.
It was decided that shortly
after the holidays, we will
start working on our huge
Valentines Day display, so
be sure to stop in and check
that out! Youll find some
very nice items for all your
Valentines Day decorating,
gifting needs and clothing for
that special occasion.
From the ladies who call
for the volunteers, to the
cashiers and baggers, to all the
sorters of the beautiful donat-
ed items, to the organizers of
the toys, to the managers of
each of the departments with-
in, Thrift Shop Co-ordinator
Barb Haggard would like to
say a huge thank you to them
for their countless hours of
hard work. She feels they all
give so unselfishly of their
time to help others in need,
and she is so appreciative of
everything they do.
Delphos is blessed with
kind-hearted, caring people.
She also is so appreciative
of the items that continue to
come in through the donation
window, mailed in donations,
and various other forms of
help.
The Thrift Shop couldnt
do what it does without
everyone working together!
She said she feels so blessed
to know and work with all of
them!
Becky Strayer, social ser-
vices director for the Shop,
re-iterated those comments
and added, that if anyone
was ever missed with a
thank-you, it was certainly
very unintentional, as every
form of help is just so very
much appreciated.
Becky also said that she
commends all of the people
who have ever been involved
with the Thrift Shop down
through the ages for the work
that theyve done in help-
ing to create the great, plea-
surable, and warm shopping
atmosphere all shoppers can
find at the Delphos Thrift
Shop.
Both women have said
theyve overheard shop-
pers say that theyve never
encountered a cleaner, shini-
er, more well-organized thrift
store than the Delphos Thrift
Shop. People from all walks
of life love shopping at the
Delphos store. Antiques, fine
leathers, crystal, china, beau-
tiful jewelry, stunning sweat-
ers, suits, housewares and
toystheres something for
everyone!
The Directors, staff, and
volunteers would like to wish
everyone a blessed, safe, and
joyous Christmas and extend
all their best wishes for a
Happy New Year as well.
Since this is the time of year
when people tend to pon-
der New Years resolutions,
heres a suggestion: vol-
unteer a couple of hours a
month at the Thrift Shop! Let
us know youd like to help by
calling 419-692-2942.
Until the next time, thats
this months report. Have
a blessed Christmas and
invest in Gods word the
return on that investment is
out of this world!
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$1.4M in scholarships
awarded by the OFIC
The Ohio Foundation of
Independent Colleges (OFIC),
through its Ohio Scholars
Program, awarded 865
scholarships statewide to stu-
dents enrolled in its 34 mem-
ber colleges for the 2011-
2012 academic year. The total
value of the scholarships is
more than $1.4 million.
Lance Gerdeman and
Kelli Schimmoeller of Fort
Jennings were among the
recipients.
The Ohio Scholars
Program is funded by 148
corporations and founda-
tions whose contributions
provide scholarships to aca-
demically qualified students
who might otherwise find
the cost of higher education
prohibitive.
All scholarship recipients
are selected based on recom-
mendations from their col-
leges and meet criteria estab-
lished by the donors. These
criteria may include area of
study, academic standing,
geographic region or ethnic-
ity, to name just a few.
SPORTS
By Mallory Kemper
The Delphos Herald
mkemper2011@
hotmail.com

SPENCERVILLE
Minster Wildcats traveled
to Spencerville Friday night
to take on the Bearcats.
Spencerville survived double
overtime, 55-53 to pick up the
non-league win and improve
to 3-3 overall. The Wildcats
fell to 1-4 on the season.
In the second overtime the
game was tied, 53-53. The
Bearcats ran down the clock
to get one last shot
off and they did just
exactly that when Eli
Bowers found Derek
Goecke underneath
for the layin to go
ahead with 3.2 sec-
onds on the clock.
Minster got a shot at the bas-
ket but fell short
Our guys executed very
well on the last play and they
played hard all night, said
Spencerville coach Kevin
Sensabaugh. Minster is a
good basketball team and I
am happy to come away with
the win.
In the first quarter of action
Spencerville took an 11-8 lead
with a three-pointer from Dan
Binkley. The Bearcats had
five turnovers compared to
the Wildcats one turnover in
the first quarter but still had
a slim, 15-12 lead after eight
minutes of play.
Minster quickly ties the
game, 20-20 with back-to-
back treys from Brandon
Hoying. Bowers and Goecke
ended the first half with two
more three-pointers to take a
26-20 lead going into half-
time.
Spencerville held on to
their six-point lead after the
third quarter, 35-29. With
two treys from Niemeyer
and a bucket from Wolf the
Wildcats came back to tie
the game, 38-38 at the 4:50
mark of the fourth quarter.
Niemeyer hit a long three ball
from beyond the arc to give
the Wildcats their first lead of
the night, 45-44 with 2:15 on
the clock.
With 45 seconds left in
regulation Minster had a
chance to win but came up
short to send the action into
overtime.
The Bearcats struck first
with a Goecke bucket but
Niemeyer slipped in a back
door cut to tie the game once
again, 49-49. A nice move
from Goecke put his team
ahead, 51-49 with 1:05 on the
clock, but Devon Poeppelman
drove to the bucket to send the
game into double overtime.
I though defensively
we were really good, only
allowing them 47 points in
regulation, said
S e n s a b a u g h .
Offensively we
struggled at times
but late we went
to the ball screen
offense and that
helped us out.
Eli Bowers led all scores
with 19 points, seven rebounds
and four steals. Derek
Goecke had 15 points and
eight rebounds, Dan Binkley
chipped in with seven points.
We gave ourselves a
couple good chances to get
the lead late but it didnt fall
our way, said Minster coach
Mike Lee. We were 5-of-
11 at the free throw line so
that tells you we werent very
aggressive tonight.
Adam Niemeyer and
Devon Poeppelman led the
Wildcats offense with 18
points each. Brandon Hoying
added eight points.
Minster won the junior
varsity contest in overtime,
51-47.

Spencerville 15 11 9 12 4 4
55
Minster 12 8 9 18 4 2
53

3FG:
E. Bowers-2, Binkley, Cook,
Roberts, Goecke
Niemeyer-3, B. Hoying-2, R.
Hoying

E. Bowers 6-7-19, Goecke 6-2-
15, Binkley 3-0-7, Roberts 2-0-5,
Corso 2-0-4, Cook 1-0-3, McCormick
1-0-2
Niemeyer 7-1-18, Poeppelman
7-2-18, B. Hoying 3-0-8, Wolf 2-0-
4, R. Hoying 1-0-3, Austin Knapke
1-0-2
Bearcats survive double over-
time with win against Minster
BY KIRK DOUGAL
Times Bulletin Publisher
kdougal@
timesbulletin.com
DELPHOS The Jefferson
boys basketball team won the
first quarter on Friday night in
a big way, by 12 points, but
Ottoville chipped away the rest
of the game until the Big Green
came away with a road victory
over the Wildcats, 58-57, in non-
conference action.
Delphos started the game on
fire from the field, hitting all
three of their three-point attempts
in the first quarter as they raced
out to an 18-6 lead over visit-
ing Ottoville. As Delphos coach
Marc Smith said afterwards, that
hot shooting may not have been
exactly what the team needed.
We shot the ball well early,
he said. And sometimes thats
a bit of (false security) because
you kind of rely on your offense
to shoot the ball well all night.
Their defensive game plan was
very good. They extended out on
our guards and we had trouble
in the high post; we had trouble
finishing in the paint when we
did get it there.
For his part, Ottoville coach
Todd Turnwald said the coach-
ing staff had talked to the kids
about the movie, Groundhog
Day, the 1993 film starring Bill
Murray as a man who has to live
a miserable day over and over
until he could break the cycle.
Turnwald said his team had seen
halves like the first most of this
year and they wanted to be able
to stop the repeating sequence
and start fresh.
Thats kind of how its been,
every game kind of that way,
Coach Turnwald said. Besides
one game we would get to within
six or seven and then the sec-
ond half we would get our doors
blown off. Our big thing at half
time - we talked about the movie
- it was time to stop the movie
and put a new one in. I think the
kids liked that. They smiled and
we got after them a little but they
went out in the second half and
played really hard.
The first quarter started with
a 10-0 Jefferson run before
Ottoville could even get on the
board. A Tony George baseline
jumper was followed by treys
from Austin Jettinghoff and Nick
Dunlap before Shayn Klinger
capped off the streak with stop-
and-pop from 12 feet. The Big
Green finally got on the board
at the 2:53 mark when Kevin
Schnipke drop-stepped off the
block for a bucket - something
Delphos would see more and
more of as the night went on - as
the first of his three buckets in the
lane in the quarter.
That score only slowed
the bleeding, however, as the
Wildcats led at the end of the
first break, 18-6.
George cracked the scoreboard
first in the second period with two
free throws and Jefferson showed
a defensive switch that had the
closest man doubling down on
Schnipke every time he received
the ball on the block. However,
that left the Ottoville guards open
for shots. Bryan Hohlbein made
a three-pointer from the top of
the key and then scored on a
runout off a steal. Then it was
Derek Schimmoellers turn to hit
from beyond the arc and Ryan
Honigford converted in transi-
tion to bring the score to 22-16,
Delphos. That was as close as it
would get in the first half, howev-
er, as Ottoville could only close
the gap to six points four times,
including a bucket off the block
by Schnipke as the buzzer sound-
ed for a 29-23 halftime tally.
Jefferson sizzled from the
field in the first half, making 11
of 18 field goal attempts, includ-
ing four of five from beyond the
line. That called for a defensive
adjustment from Ottoville to lag
off on the back side of their zone
to take away the skip pass into
the corner and the wide open
three-point attempts. They also
ratcheted up their defensive pres-
sure on the ball.
The changes worked.
Schnipke started the third period
with another score in the lane
and George hit a 12-foot jumper
from the baseline to keep the
gap the same but then the Big
Green defense began causing
turnovers and converting them
into points. Luke Schimmoeller
hit an 18-footer in the key and
Ryan Honigford finished a fast
break. Luke then nailed a trey
as Ottoville took their first lead
of the game, 32-31, with 6:05
remaining in the third after a 9-2
Big Green run. They made it
11-2 a moment later as Schnipke
scored in the lane off the press
breaker and Coach Smith had to
call timeout to break the momen-
tum. From there on out in the
third, neither team could pull
away and Ottoville led by three,
44-41, as they went into the final
eight minutes.
That gap did not last long.
Jeffersons Ross Thompson had
a steal and runout and George a
putback as the Wildcats retook
the lead in the first 1:31. But the
Big Green showed resiliency after
a timeout with two free throws
from Luke Schimmoeller and a
jump shot from Cory Honigford.
Back and forth was only part
of the story as Ottoville con-
tinually got to every loose ball
and every rebound as the quarter
wore on. Finally, with only a
little more than two minutes left,
Schnipke scored off the block,
Hohlbein grabbed a rebound off
a free throw - something he did
twice in the fourth quarter alone
- and put it back in the bucket
for points. Schnipke finished off
the mini six-point run in the paint
and the score stood at 56-48 with
1:30 left on the clock.
Jeffersons Zach Ricker hit a
three before Derek Schimoeller
hit the first shot of a one-and-one,
only to have Hohlbein grab the
rebound of the second attempt
and keep the possession alive.
If not for only four of nine free
throw shooting in the fourth quar-
ter by Ottoville, the visitors might
have maintained a bigger gap.
But when Jeffersons Ricker stole
an inbounds pass and lay it in for
the home team, the score was at
58-57. There were less than five
seconds left, however, so the Big
Green simply held onto the ball
until the clock ran down.
I think we won this game
on Wednesday morning, said
Coach Turnwald. We had a
late night against Marion Local
(Tuesday) and get home at 11:30
at night and they are back in the
gym at seven in the morning the
next morning. That shows a lot
about those guys. I am proud of
them. This is great for confidence
and it was one we needed, kind
of desperately. But right now our
big thing is we are just trying to
get better every day. Weve kind
of thrown the wins and losses out
the window and just worry about
ourselves.
Coach Smith was as disap-
pointed with the way the game
went as much as with the loss
itself. As demonstration of the
Wildcats lack of intensity, he
pointed to the fact they did not
have a foul in the first half despite
being in man-to-man for almost
the entire time.
We lost our defensive focus
in the second quarter, quite frank-
ly, he said. They came out
of the half and we turned the
basketball over and they were
able to convert it. You have to
give them credit - they beat us to
a lot of balls. Every time there a
ball was loose - loose rebound or
something - they out-worked us
to death. Thats a testament to
how hard their kids were play-
ing. We will study the film and
we will find the answers because
right now we are kind of headed
in a divided direction.
Ottovilles Kevin Schnipke
led all scorers with 18 points and
was helped by Bryan Hohlbein
with 11 and Ryan Honigford
with ten. Honigford also had
eight rebounds to lead the Big
Green. The visitors were 25 of
46 (54.3%) from the field for
the game, including three of 12
(25%) from beyond the arc. They
made only five of 12 from the
free throw line for a 42 percent
clip.
Jefferson was led by Shayn
Klingers 12 points with Nick
Dunlap adding 11 and Tony
George ten. Four players had
three rebounds to led the team.
The Wildcats were 23 of 41
(56.1%) on field goal attempts
with five of nine (55.6%) of those
coming from three-point land.
They made six of eight (75%)
charity tosses.
Ottoville easily won the battle
of the boards, 25-14, however
Jefferson turned the ball over
fewer times, 25-28.
With the win Ottoville goes to
2-4 while Jefferson slips to 1-6.
The Delphos Jefferson junior
varsity also sprinted out to a big
early lead but they held on for the
win, 36-30.
Score by Quarters:
Ottoville 6 17 21 14 - 58
Del. Jefferson 18 11 12 16 - 57
Ottoville - Schnipke 9-0-18,
Hohlbein 4-2-11, R. Honigford 5-0-10,
D. Schimoeller 2-1-6, C. Honigford
2-0-4, L. Schimmoeller 3-2-9, Landin
0-0-0 Totals 25-5-58
Del. Jefferson - Jettinghoff 2-0-6,
Ricker 2-0-5, Klinger 6-0-12, Dunlap
4-1-11, Thompson 3-3-9, George
4-2-10, Fitch 2-0-4 Totals 23-6-57
3Pts. - Ottoville (3) - Hohlbein, D.
Schimmoeller, L. Schimmoeller; Del.
Jefferson (5) - Jettinghoff (2), Ricker,
Dunlap (2)
Ottoville scraps back to win
over Jefferson, 58-57
Jeffersons Nick Dunlap goes for a jump ball.
By Charlie Warnimont
Sentinel Sports Editor
KALIDA Lincolnview
got out to a good start in its
non-league basketball game
against Kalida Friday night.
But the Lancers could not
sustain its early momentum as
a combination of the Wildcats
defensive pressure and inside
presence started to take its
toll in the second quarter.
With the Lancers unable to
handle Kalidas pressure or
inside game it allowed the
Wildcats to take a lead they
were able to grow in downing
the Lancers 54-37.
Kalida is now 4-1 on the
season and Lincolnview is
2-4.
Lincolnview got off to a
good start as a three-pointer
by Sloan Whitaker and two
baskets by Kyle Williams
had them leading 7-3. Kalida
battled back to tie the game
at 9-9 as Tyler Kortokrax
and Paul Utendorf hit the
Wildcats only three-pointers
of the game around a putback
by Williams. Lincolnview
escaped the first quarter
with a 12-9 lead as Clayton
Longstreth grabbed a rebound
and scored before hitting the
first of two free throws.
Kalida took its first lead
of the night two minutes into
the second quarter as Ben
Schroeder grabbed a rebound
and scored making it a one
point game before banking
in a shot from close range
that gave Kalida the lead
for good. Two free throws
by Kevan Unverferth gave
Kalida a 15-12 led before
Longstreth ended the Lancers
scoring drought with a bas-
ket. LIncolnview was unable
to stop the Wildcats momen-
tum through as Kalida scored
three more baskets on the
inside as Schroeder, Drew
Stechschulte and Austin
Horstman all scored easy
baskets after getting assist
passes from Unverferth. Two
of the baskets came as Kalida
was able to break the Lancers
press and get behind their
defenders.
A three-pointer by Mark
Evans stopped that Kalida
run before both teams saw
their offenses go silent in the
final two minutes of the quar-
ter as just one more point was
scored, that coming on a free
throw by Tyler Kortokrax
with 36 seconds left in the
half.
Lincolnview had to be
feeling good at halftime down
five after a slow offensive
second quarter, however, the
third quarter was not better
for the Lancers as they were
outscored 20-8.
Two free throws by the
Wildcats Schroeder and an
inside basket by Stechschulte
pushed the Kalida lead out
to nine to start the second
half. The Lancers stood
their ground as they were
down 30-23 after a basket
by the Lancers Longstreth
before Kalida went on a 12-2
run to finish the quarter.
Schroeder and Unverferth
both had four points in the
run, while Tyler Kortokrax
and Nathan Kortokrax both
had two points. Whitaker
had the Lancers only points
during the Wildcats outburst
that also saw starting guard
Williams go to the bench
with his fourth foul with 4:53
left in the quarter.
We played a great first
quarter and an average sec-
ond quarter, but we were still
in the game, Lincolnview
coach Rob Welch said. The
key was rebounding and keep-
ing them off the blocks the
first half. The third quarter
comes around and we didnt
do it and Kyle (Williams)
gets into foul trouble. We just
didnt take care of the ball
and we didnt rebound. Its
plain and simple, when you
dont rebound and dont take
care of the ball you are not
going to win too many games.
They kept switching defenses
and our kids didnt recognize
what they were in and thats
something we work on every
day in practice. I think we
got into a panic mode and
didnt take care of the ball as
we tried to do things just too
quick and not take our time
and attack.
Lincolnview had 18 tun-
rovers for the contest, while
Kalida had 15.
Kalida went up 21 points
early in the fourth quar-
ter with a 6-2 run. But the
Wildcats couldnt sustain the
momentum and Lincolnview
was able to take advantage of
some WIidcat errors to come
within 15 points on a basket
by Kade Carey, a free throw
each by Mark Evans and
Carey and two free throws by
Whitaker. But with little time
left and Kalida overcoming
their portion of sloppy play
they were able to hold on for
the win.
We were able to make
that run because we started
attacking again and doing
things right, Welch said.
The first quarter we did a
good job of pressuring their
guards and not letting them
get the ball inside. After that
they were able to get it on and
Third quarter carries Kalida past Lancers
See KALIDA, page 7
By The Associated Press
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX
Named Tim Bogar bench coach,
Bob McClure pitching coach,
Alex Ochoa first base coach and
Jerry Royster third base coach.
Announced hitting coach Dave
Magadan and bullpen coach Gary
Tuck will return.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS
Agreed to terms with OF Ryan
Langerhans, RHP Eric Hurley
and C Robinzon Diaz on minor
league contracts.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS
Acquired LHP Sean Marshall
from the Chicago Cubs for LHP
Travis Wood, OF Dave Sappelt
and INF Ronald Torreyes.
Claimed RHP Josh Judy off
waivers from Cleveland.
W A S H I N G T O N
NATIONALSTraded C Derek
Norris, RHP A.J. Cole, RHP
Brad Peacock, and LHP Tommy
Milone to Oakland for LHP
Gio Gonzalez and RHP Robert
Gilliams.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball
Association
NBAReduced the season-
opening suspensions for Los
Angeles Lakers F Andrew Bynum
and Detroit F Charlie Villanueva
from five to four games.
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS
Waived F Melvin Ely, F Taylor
Griffin, and G Durrell Summers.
Declined to match the offer sheet
made by Memphis for F Dante
Cunningham.
DENVER NUGGETS
Waived G Cory Higgins and F
Michael Ruffin.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
Waived F Walter Sharpe.
MIAMI HEATWaived F
Derrick Byers.
NEW JERSEY NETS
Signed G DeShawn Stevenson.
Waived F Ime Udoka.
FOOTBALL
National Fooball League
NFLFined Cincinnati LB
Dan Skuta $20,000 for an illegal
blindside block and Cincinnati
S Chris Crocker $15,000 for
roughing the passer; Oakland
DB Jerome Boyd $20,000 for an
illegal blindside block; Detroit
DE Cliff Avril and LB Stephen
Tulloch $15,000 apiece for horse
collar tackles; Houston LB Brian
Cushing $10,000 for hitting the
quarterback in the head and neck
area; New York Giants LB Jason
Pierre-Paul $10,000 for an illegal
hit on the quarterback; and New
York Jets WR Santonio Holmes
docked $7,500 for excessive cel-
ebration.
CAROLINA PANTHERS
Placed CB Captain Munnerlyn
on injured reserve. Signed CB
Jonathan Nelson from the prac-
tice squad.
P I T T S B U R G H
STEELERSPlaced CB Curtis
Brown on injured reserve. Signed
RB John Clay from the practice
squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS
Assigned F Jordan Caron to
Providence (AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE
JACKETSAssigned LW Dane
Byers to Springfield (AHL).
TAMPA BAY
LIGHTNINGAssigned D Evan
Oberg to Norfolk (AHL).
OTTAWA SENATORS
Called up F Mike Hoffman from
Binghamton (AHL).
Central Hockey League
ALLEN AMERICANS
Announced D Trevor Ludwig
was assigned to the team by
Syracuse (AHL). Announced D
Scott Langdon was placed on
leave of absence by the league.
BLOOMINGTON BLAZE
Announced F Jason Dale
Abbotsford (AHL).
MISSOURI MAVERICKS
Announced G Charlie Effinger
Chicago (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
LA GALAXYRe-signed D
Sean Franklin, MF Bryan Jordan
and F Adam Cristman.
NEW ENGLAND
REVOLUTIONSigned MF
Clyde Simms.
TENNIS
TENNIS INTEGRITY
UNITSuspended Lucas Renard
six months and fined him $5,000,
after admitting he violated the
sports anti-corruption rules.
COLLEGE
LIBERTY LEAGUE
Named Bob Lowe director of
communications.
MAINESigned mens bas-
ketball coach Ted Woodward to
a contract extension through the
2015 season.
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There were only two pickers
last week.
Dave Boninsegna went 8-4,
4-2 in both the bowl games and
the pros. That means his record
now stands at 127-65 (65-32 and
62-35).
Me, myself and I went 7-5
(3-3, 4-2) to take my overall marks
to 122-70 (61-36 and 61-34).
The GPs mark remains 110-
57 (59-25 college and 61-28
pros).
Charlie Warnimont, sports
editor of our sister publication,
the Putnam County Sentinel,
joins the cast.
Merry Christmas!
Here are the games.
College Bowls: Saturday:
Nevada vs. Southern Mississippi
(Sheraton Hawaii); Monday:
Missouri vs, North Carolina
(AdvoCare V100 Independence);
Tuesday: Western Michigan vs.
Purdue (Little Caesars), Louisville
vs. North Carolina State (Belk);
Wednesday: Toledo vs. Air
Force (Military), California vs.
Texas (Bridgepoint Education
Holiday).
NFL:
N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets;
Philadelphia at Dallas; San
Diego at Detroit; San Francisco
at Seattle; Chicago at Green
Bay; Atlanta at New Orleans
(Monday).
JIM METCALFE
COLLEGE:
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI:
Eagles ranked in the top 25 (21st).
Plus, they are just more balanced
on both sides of the ball.
NORTH CAROLINA: The
Tigers are not quite as explosive
as they were
within Blaine
Gabbert under
center, though
they are still
pretty good
on offense.
However, in
these bowl
games, the
farther away
from the end
of the regular
season they
are, the harder it is to maintain
offensive continuity, especially
in the passing game. The question
is can Mizzou defend the running
game well enough. Tar Heels
should get the nod here.
PURDUE: The MAC has had
great season this bowl season.
However, Boilermakers want to
make a statement heading into
next season about their Big Ten
chances.
NORTH CAROLINA
STATE: Two teams that were
up and down all year, with a
few more ups than downs. It
should be a good one but give the
Wolfpack a slight nod; my trick
elbow says so!
TOLEDO: Falcons bone
offense is tough to handle
when you have a week to pre-
pare. Rockets have had almost a
month; I like their chances to at
least slow it down enough to let
their offense have its way against
the smaller Falcon D.
TEXAS: Longhorns also look-
ing to make a statement heading
in 2012. Golden Bears have been
under the radar much of the sea-
son. This should be a very good
game; I just like Longhorns a
tad more.
PROS:
NEW YORK GIANTS:
Rex Ryan shot his mouth off
again. As that great philosopher,
Gomer Pyle, would exclaim: sur-
prise! Surprise! Surprise! Tom
Coughlins retort: lets just play
football! Both teams coming off
embarrassing performances. Eli
Manning is the difference in this
one.
PHILADELPHIA: This pick
hurts me deeply. However, Dallas
has shot themselves in the ...
foot too many times and they are
paying for their stupidity. The
secondary heck, the defense
cant match up with the speed
of the Eagles offense, especially
with Vick. Who knows who will
actually run the ball for Big D.
This adds up to a further fall for
my Boys (please Jerry, get a GM
in there!!!!!).
SAN DIEGO: Chargers
are playing their best ball
of course, Rivers is lighting it
up since my fantasy seasons are
done! Lions still struggle running
the ball consistently. Stafford gets
beat up as Chargers get huge
Dome win.
SEATTLE: 49ers had huge,
emotional win over Steelers
Monday night. This is a beware
game; can they come back on
a short week and head to The
Twelfth Man? Seahawks are also
playing their best ball on both
sides right now Lynch is a
beast and methinks they get
an upset win.
GREEN BAY: Packers do
have some injury woes on O
line and defense hasnt been up
to what was expected. Still, Da
Bears have whats-his-name at
QB. Even though this is fiercest
rivalry in the NFL and one of
the best in ANY sport Packers
should be very focused after first
loss.
NEW ORLEANS: Drew
Brees in Superdome trying to
break Dan The Mans passing
mark. No problema!
DAVE BONINSEGNA
COLLEGE:
NEVADA:
SOUTHERN MISS: North
Carolina a basketball school.
PURDUE: Have to keep it in
the Big Ten.
LOUISVILLE: Cardinals are
also a basketball school but their
just better at football.
TOLEDO: Stephanie Recker,
a former Player of the Game and
of the Year for zsportslive, goes
to Toledo. I saw
her at Pizza Hut
We d n e s d a y .
Thats enough
for me.
(Editors Note:
hes getting
weirder and
weirder, aint
he folks?!).
T E X A S :
Texas needs a
big game and
they will have a big game.
PROS:
GIANTS: Giants are at home.
No wait, Jets are at home. Giants
need a big game to stay with
Dallas.
DALLAS: Dallas is at home
and Phillys still a question
mark.
DETROIT: It will be an emo-
tional game for Lions. A win gets
them in the playoffs.
SAN FRANCISCO: San Fran
comes off emotional win over
Pittsburgh. They carry the emo-
tion over.
GREEN BAY: Packers should
be mad after first loss.
NEW ORLEANS: MVP Drew
Brees going for Marinos mark.
CHARLIE WARNIMONT
COLLEGE:
Southern Miss - Neither team
loses here as they are spending
the holidays in Hawaii of all plac-
es. The Golden Eagles are having
one of their best seasons ever
and they send departing coach
Larry Fedora, headed to North
Carolina, out with a win.
Missouri - Both teams strug-
gled near the end of the season
and have identical 7-5 records.
Missouri didnt get invited to one
of the bowls the Big 12 confer-
ence is locked into but before
they head to the SEC they will
give the conference another bowl
win.
Purdue - The Big Ten versus
the Mid-American Conference.
Could be an interesting matchup
with the game being played in
Michigan but I think the Big Ten
prevails here, although the MAC
enters the
game 2-0 in
lesser bowl
games this
month.
N o r t h
C a r o l i n a
State -
A n o t h e r
one of these
bowl games
that features
two teams
that were
fortunate to
be invited to a bowl since there
are so many of them. Since the
game is in Charlotte, I will give
the Wolfpack an edge since they
are from the Carolinas.
Toledo - Toledos offense has
put up a lot of offense this season.
The key will be to see if they
can stop Air Forces triple-option
attack. This may be a high-scor-
ing affair but I think Toledos
defense, which gave up 123
points in two November games,
comes up with a key stop late.
California - Texas is back in
a bowl game this season after
missing out last year. They have
a big task in front of them as
must slow down Cal quarterback
Zach Maynard and running back
Isi Sofele. Texas was unable to
slow down Heisman Trophy win-
ner Robert Griffin III during their
game and they will struggle here.
NFL:
Giants - A home game for
both teams, although the New
York Jets are listed as the home
team for the game. The Giants
have a lot to play for as they look
forward to the playoffs and the
Jets are struggling.
Philadelphia - Watched Dallas
blow a lead the other Sunday to
the Giants in the fourth quarter.
Cowboys dont seem to play well
against the good teams and they
will struggle here again.
San Siego - This is a must-
win for Detroit if they hope to
make the playoffs after a 5-0
start. However, San Diego has
captured that December magic
again and puts another dent in the
Lions playoffs hopes.
San Francisco - The 49ers have
to guard against a letdown after a
big Monday night win against
the Steelers. The Seahawks are
playing well at home but San
Francisco has been strong against
the run this season and if they
are able to take that away from
Seattle, this becomes a one-sided
game in favor of San Francisco.
Green Bay - The Packers
bounce back after a shocking loss
to Kansas City. Chicago is hav-
ing quarterback issues and that
doesnt help anyone at this time
of the year.
New Orleans - Drew Brees
and company continue to tune up
for the playoffs.
Metcalfe
Boninsegna
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Close of business Dec. 23, 2011
For week of Dec. 26-30
MONDAY
Girls Basketball
Fort Jennings at Wayne
Trace, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY
Boys Basketball
Fort Jennings at
Lincolnview, 6 p.m.
Shawnee at Ottoville, 6
p.m.
Elida at Lima Senior, 6
p.m.
St. Henry at Kalida, 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Spencerville at St. Johns,
6 p.m.
Fort Recovery at Jefferson
(Middle School), 6 p.m.
Hicksville at Crestview, 6
p.m.
Wrestling
Jefferson at Coldwater,
5:30 p.m.
Swimming and Diving
Van Wert Diving
Invitational, 11 a.m.
WEDNESDAY
Boys Basketball
St. Johns at Crestview, 6
p.m. (ppd. from Dec. 9)
Bath at Columbus Grove,
6 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Ottawa-Glandorf at
Ottoville, 6 p.m.
Elida Vicki Mauk Holiday
Classic, 6 p.m.
Wrestling
St. Johns at Harding
Classic, 8 a.m.
Lincolnview at Toledo St.
John Invitational, 9 a.m.
Elida at Wendys
Invitational, noon
Co-Ed Bowling
Van Wert vs. Versailles
(Fort Recovery - Miracle
Lanes), 10 a.m. (G), 1 p.m.
(B)
THURSDAY
Boys Basketball
Elida at Toledo CC, 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball
McComb at Fort Jennings,
6 p.m.
Lincolnview at Parkway
Holiday Tournament, TBA
Elida Vicki Mauk Holiday
Classic, 6 p.m.
Columbus Grove at Ottawa-
Glandorf, 6 p.m.
Van Wert at (Decatur)
Bellmont, 6 p.m.
Wrestling
St. Johns at Harding
Classic, 8 a.m.
Elida at Wendys
Invitational, 10 a.m.
Van Wert at GMV Holiday
Tournament, noon
Swimming and Diving
Elida and Van Wert at Lima
Holiday Invitational, 11 a.m.
Co-Ed Bowling
Van Wert vs. Wapakoneta
(Speedway Lanes), 10 a.m.
(G), 1 p.m. (B)
FRIDAY
Boys Basketball
St. Johns at Van Wert, 6
p.m.
Jefferson at Coldwater, 6
p.m.
Ottoville at Lincolnview,
6 p.m.
New Knoxville at
Spencerville, 6 p.m.
Ada at Kalida, 6 p.m. (ppd.
from Dec. 2)
Columbus Grove vs.
Ottawa-Glandorf (Stroh
Center, BGSU), 6 p.m.
Miller City at Crestview,
6 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Lincolnview at Parkway
Holiday Tournament, TBA
Wrestling
Spencerville at LCC
Holiday Tournament, 9:30
a.m.
Van Wert at GMV Holiday
Tournament, 11 a.m.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
By Jim Cox
Times Bulletin
Sports Editor
DELPHOS After a big
win over Celina on Thursday,
Delphos St. Johns coach
Aaron Elwer wondered
how his team would bounce
back the next night against
Continental. He neednt have
worried. The Jays bombed
the Pirates 61-35 Friday
night, due mainly to a first
half barrage of three-point-
ers eight of them and
a clinic on the defensive
end. St. Johns is now 4-1,
Continental 2-5.
After Ryan Bueschers
elbow jumper got the Blue
Jays off to a 2-0 lead, the
Pirates Chaz Slattman got
a three-pointer the old way
put-back and free throw
to put Continental ahead
3-2. The visitors would not
lead again.
Delphos promptly went
on a 14-0 run, getting scor-
ing from five different
players Buescher (five
more points on a trey and
a deuce), Curtis Geise (two
free throws), Ben Warnecke
(three on a corner shot), and
Cody Looser (two fielders
via assists from Andrew
Metzger and Buescher). The
Pirates got a free throw from
Clay Bracken to make it 16-4
after one.
Alex Clark removed all
doubt in the second period
by nailing four threes, three
of which came within a one-
minute span, all three hitting
nothing but net. The Jays
also got a pair of downtown-
ers from Metzger in the sec-
ond period. The lead got all
the way up to 38-10 before
Continental scored the last
four points of the period to
make it 38-14 going into the
halftime break.
At that point, the Pirates
had made only three field
goals (in 16 attempts), while
St. Johns was shooting a
red-hot 14 of 26 (54 per-
cent).
With the lead at 40-18
midway through the third
period, Clark scored the
Jays next eight points an
old-style three point play, a
three from the left wing, and
a spectacular reverse layup.
Delphos stretched the lead
by ten points in that quarter
to lead 54-20 after three.
Continental owned the
fourth quarter, 15-7, but it
was way too late.
We really havent shot it
well from the perimeter all
year, said Blue Jay coach
Aaron Elwer. Our percent-
ages from three-point are not
great at this point, so we
want to look to see if we
cant drive and penetrate and
get better opportunities and
get to the hole. But com-
ing home, sometimes you get
more confidence. A couple
go in and it kind of spreads
to the whole team, and, hope-
fully thatll springboard us
offensively as we go on.
They (the Jays) are just
coming into their own, said
Pirate coach Mark Wilson. I
knew walking into this place
that they were going to shoot
the ball well, but we just
didnt defend tonight. Our
kids, until toward the end
of the game, we were just
lax. I think we were scared
of the atmosphere. This is a
pretty tough place to play.
Those kids are aggressive,
and theyre really good.
Were still trying to find our-
selves.
Clark led all scorers with
20, and Buescher added 11
for the home team. Nine play-
ers scored for the Pirates, but
nobody had more than five.
Although the Blue Jays
cooled off a bit in the second
half, they ended up with a
solid night from the field
-- 24 of 52 for 46 percent
with nine of those 24 bas-
kets coming from long range.
The Pirates shot an icy 13
of 49 -- 27 percent. Neither
team was impressive from
the stripe, both hitting 57
percent Delphos on 4 of 7,
Continental on 8 of 14. The
Jays won the boards 27-23,
and the turnovers were even
13 apiece.
Perhaps overlooked
because of the long range
shooting was the defensive
effort of St. Johns. For
four games now our defen-
sive intensity, our effort, our
approach to that end has been
really good, said Elwer.
Give credit to our guys.
Sometimes you worry about
playing back-to-back games.
Our guys handled it really
well. We were ready to play
again and got off to a good
start at the defensive end.
St. Johns (1-3) won the
junior varsity game 45-25.
The Jays were led in scoring
by Eric Clark, Ryan Koester,
and Ben Wrasman with 12,
12, and 10. Tim Vogt had six
for Continental (3-4).
Score by quarters:
St. Johns 16 22 16 7 - 61
Continental 4 10 6 15 - 35
Delphos St. Johns (61)
Buescher 5 0-2 11, Alex Clark
7 1-1 20, Calvelage 4 0-0 8, Geise
0 2-2 2, Bockey 1 0-0 2, Warnecke
3 0-0 7, Looser 2 0-0 4, Metzger 2
0-0 6, Koester 0 1-2 1, Rode 0 0-0
0, Ledyard 0 0-0 0, Eric Clark 0 0-0
0. Totals 24 4-7 61.
Continental (35)
Chaz Slattman 2 1-2 5, Bracken
2 1-2 5, Ordway 1 2-3 4, Bret
Slattman 2 0-0 4, Dockery 1 0-0 2,
Burke 1 2-2 4, Schwarzman 1 0-2 2,
Brandon Scott 1 2-3 4, Dakota Scott
2 0-0 5, Bradford 0 0-0 0. Totals 13
8-14 35.
Three-point field goals: Delphos
St. Johns 9 (Alex Clark 5, Metzger 2,
Buescher, Warnecke), Continental
1 (Dakota Scott).
First half trey barrage carries Jays over Pirates
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the blocks to Schroeder and
when they werent there
they were able to kick it out
to their guards for shots. It
all comes back to playing
defense, rebounding and not
making silly fouls. Despite
the loss we had some good
stretches. Well come back,
work hard in practice and
hopefully win two games
next week and end the year
at .500.
We worked hard the
third quarter to build a nice
lead, then we decided to give
a lot of things away, Kalida
coach Dick Kortokrax said.
I was frustrated with what
we did tonight. The first half
we couldnt get it going, then
we got going in the second
half and we couldnt sustain
it. It was a nice win for us.
We had that spurt in the third
quarter, but when you have
a 20 point lead and your
opponent is shooting more
free throws than you because
we were fouling and turning
the ball over as we were not
playing the ball we are capa-
ble of playing. But this is the
first week I have had all 10
players on the floor because
of injuries and illness and we
havent been able to gel as a
team and play the ball we are
capable of playing. Since we
have all 10 players back now
its something we can work
on in the upcoming weeks.
Schroeder had a double-
double for the Wildcats with
15 points and 10 rebounds.
Unverferth and Tyler
Kortokrax both finished with
10 points for Kalida.
Whitaker had 12 points for
the Lancers and Longstreth
nine.
Lincolnview 15-39 6-15
37
Kalida 20-43 12-20 54:
LV - Leeth 0-0-0; Carey
2-2-6; Williams 3-0-5; Miller
0-0-0; Evans 1-1-4; Staley
0-0-0; Whitaker 4-2-12;
Lonstreth 4-1-9; McCleery
0-0-0; Ludwig 0-0-0; Myers
0-0-0.
Kalida - Utendorf 1-2-
5; Unverferth 3-4-10;
Stechschulte 3-0-6; T.
Kortokrax 3-3-10; Schroeder
6-3-15; Roebke 1-0-2; N.
Kortokrax 1-0-2; Horstman
2-0-4; Mathew 0-0-0;
Langhals 0-0-0.
Three-point goals:
Lincolnview 3-15 (Evans 1,
Whitaker 2); Kalida 2-10 (
Utendorf 1, T. Kortokrax 1).
Rebounds: Lincolnview
18, Kalida 37 (Schroeder
10).
Turnovers: Lincolnview
18, Kalida 15.
Junior Varsity: Kalida
43-19.
Kalida
By The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS Russ
Smith scored 23 points and
No. 4 Louisville overcame a
sleepy start and rallied from
an 8-point deficit in the second
half to beat Western Kentucky
70-60 on Friday night.
Gorgui Dieng had 13 points
and 15 rebounds his fifth
straight double-double
for the Cardinals (12-0) who
remained one of the nations
six unbeaten Division I teams.
Kyle Kuric added 15 points, 12
coming in the first half.
Derrick Gordon and Jamal
Crook had 13 points each for
the Hilltoppers (4-9).
Trailing 50-47 following a
layup by Jamal Crook with
8:49 remaining, Louisville
reeled off 14 straight points,
half from Smith. Western
Kentucky went on a 7-0 run
with Nigel Snipes 3-pointer
making it 61-57 at the 1:14
mark. Western Kentucky would
draw no closer as Louisville
scored its last nine points on
free throws.
NO. 6 BAYLOR 83, WEST
VIRGINIA 81, OT
Pierre Jackson scored eight
consecutive points during regu-
lation and overtime for Baylor
in the Las Vegas Classic cham-
pionship game.
Jackson finished with 23
points while Brady Heslip
added 19 and Quincy Acy had
15.
Baylor (12-0), one of six
unbeatens in Division I, tied
the game at 76 on Jacksons
3-pointer with 18 seconds left
in regulation.
The Bears led 83-78 with
2:02 left in overtime follow-
ing another 3 by Jackson and
field goals by Gary Franklin
and Acy.
Jabarie Hinds 3-pointer
brought the Mountaineers (9-3)
within 83-81, but his shot at the
buzzer fell short of the rim.
Kevin Jones had 28 points
and 17 rebounds for the
Mountaineers while Hinds had
18 points and seven assists and
Darryl Bryant had 16 points.
No. 13 WISCONSIN 79,
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST.
45
MADISON, Wis. Jordan
Taylor scored 17 points to lead
Wisconsin.
Playing for the first time in
more than a week, the Badgers
(11-2) showed no signs of
rust, taking a 20-4 lead in the
games first 8 minutes.
The Delta Devils (1-10)
were able to cut the lead to
11 points twice in the first
half, but Mississippi Valley
State was called for 29 fouls,
with one player fouling out
and three ending the game with
four fouls.
The Badgers were 31 of 44
from the free throw line. Their
season high for attempts com-
ing in was 21.
Paul Crosby and Terrence
Joyner both scored 14 points
for the Delta Devils.
WAGNER 59, NO. 15
PITTSBURGH 54
PITTSBURGH Latif
Rivers scored all 18 of his
points in the second half
including six free throws in the
final minute to lead Wagner
to the upset.
Kenneth Ortiz had 12 points
for the Seahawks (8-3), who
won their first game over a
ranked opponent since knock-
ing off then-No. 15 Alabama
on Nov. 24, 1978.
Pitt (11-2) saw its nine-
game winning streak snapped.
Ashton Gibbs scored 14 points
for the Panthers, who turned it
over 18 times while losing to a
Northeastern Conference oppo-
nent for the first time ever.
The Panthers came in 70-0
all-time against NEC foes, but
struggled against Wagners
pressure and never led over the
games final 33 minutes.
Top 25 Capsules
BY MIKE FORD
DELPHOS Though
Congress never declared war
concerning the nations mili-
tary involvement in Vietnam,
American military personnel
were being sent there around
the time one local lad gradu-
ated from high school.
Bob Kramer, 67, departed
the hallways of St. Johns
High School in 1962. The
following year, he enlisted
in the United States Army to
avoid being drafted. He want-
ed to have some say in what
education Uncle Sam would
grant him and he wanted to
serve outside the infantry.
Kramer attended a con-
struction engineering school
at the Aberdeen Proving
Grounds in Maryland. He
also went to jungle training
in Panama and a two-week
school near Oakland to learn
the Vietnamese language.
Only having been taught the
basic words and handed a
book, he was glad many of
the Vietnamese he worked
with spoke English.
When Kramer volunteered
in 1963, he says there werent
any U.S. ground troops in
Vietnam.
When I went over, there
were no combat units there.
I was with Mac-V (Military
Assistance Command)
and we just supported the
(South) Vietnamese. All the
Americans were with Mac-
V; this was 1963 and there
were only 3,000 Americans
in Vietnam but when I left a
year later, there were 10,000,
he said.
The South Vietnam Army
used old American equip-
ment but had no knowledge
of the machinery or how to
repair it. Therefore, the U.S.
had Kramer on-hand to repair
gear in the field.
I worked on any of their
equipment anything from
generators to trucks, refrig-
eration units, ammo dumps,
water towers you name
it, he said.
Theyd give us orders in
the morning and Id head out.
Then, theyd fly supplies in
to me. I was usually with the
Vietnamese army and if they
were shot at or got mortared,
wed have to defend our-
selves. This was one of the
reasons we never stayed in
the field at night. Id fly out
in the morning from what-
ever American compound I
was at and a couple hours
before dark, Id call in and
theyd send out a helicopter
to take me to whatever com-
pound was closest. Then, at
daybreak, Id go back out and
get to work.
The other reason was that
American presence there
wasnt strong enough to
know what areas were safe
and when.
Whenever we went into
an area, we didnt know how
safe it was; we had no idea
what was there. Later on,
they had infantry units out
there securing areas but when
I was there, Id go somewhere
and, a lot of times, Id be the
only American, he said.
Kramer said the terrain
south of Saigon was flat but
the area to the north was
mountainous. Aside from
napalming brush to build
infrastructure in the high-
lands, Kramers biggest proj-
ect was assembling an air-
field north of Saigon.
We built an airfield up
by Pleiku; part of it was level
enough but we had to blow
up part of a mountain. Wed
blow part of it off and level it,
blow up some more and level
it and keep going until we got
the dimensions they wanted.
When we started building the
airport, there was absolutely
nothing there. We built a lit-
tle over 2 miles of runway,
he said.
On another occasion the
enemy launched an attack at
Ben Hua and Kramer was
involved.
They bombed Ben Hua,
which is north of Saigon. We
hauled bombs up the highway
to load planes. We didnt get
fired on; there was just the
time mortars came into the
airport when we were pulling
bombs in. They didnt get the
airfield but they got the bar-
racks where the men were,
he said.
One highlight of Kramers
time overseas was leaving
Vietnam in search of parts.
My job was more like
being a civilian than being in
the army; it was like being a
civilian contractor. If they had
something the Americans had
given them and it was broke
down, Id go fix it. This stuff
was old and had probably
been in Korea. They didnt
even have books for it and
it was hard to tell them what
I needed, so it was easier to
just go get it myself if the
Americans hadnt brought it
over, he said. So, I went to
Bankok to get parts; I went
to Guam; I went to Australia
for a few days at a time. I
spent a lot of time with the
Australians; they were great
people and a lot of fun.
After Kramer was done
hanging out with guys from
the Australian Air Force and
his tour was over, he came
home and finished his enlist-
ment at Fort Knox, Kentucky,
teaching tank recovery at the
Officer Candidate School.
When that 16-month peri-
od was complete, he got out
of the Army and later started
B&K Trucking with his wife,
Patricia. The couple have
been married for 40 years and
raised two sons together.
Kramer blew up
Vietnamese mountain
Bob Kramer now
Kramer when he served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam.
The insignia of the Military
Assistance Command when
Americans were placed in
Vietnam solely in a support
capacity, working with the
South Vietnam Army.
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Pakistani army rejects
US report on airstrikes
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan
(AP) The Pakistani army on
Friday rejected key findings from
a U.S. investigation into American
airstrikes last month that killed 24
Pakistani soldiers and said the
report was unlikely to repair the
severely damaged relationship
between the two countries.
The investigation details of
which were released Thursday
concluded that mistakes on both
sides led to last months deadly
attack along the border between
Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Pakistan has maintained its troops
did nothing wrong and the attack
was a deliberate act of aggres-
sion.
Pakistan refused to participate
in the investigation, claiming
past U.S. probes into border inci-
dents were biased. It also retali-
ated against the attack by clos-
ing its border to NATO supplies
meant for troops in Afghanistan
and kicking the U.S. out of a
base used to operate American
drones.
Pakistans response, while
not surprising, is likely to worry
Washington since the countrys
support is critical for the Afghan
war. Pakistan not only provides
a key route for supplies, but is
important for peace negotiations
with the Taliban.
Pakistani army spokesman
Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas rejected
the reports claim that Pakistani
troops fired at American and
Afghan forces first, triggering the
incident. He told The Associated
Press in an interview Friday that
Pakistani forces retaliated only
after coalition helicopters started
engagement. He also denied that
Pakistan failed to notify NATO
of the location of the two border
posts that were attacked.
Abbas expressed surprise and
frustration that the U.S. refused to
apologize for the deaths of the sol-
diers, something many Pakistanis
have demanded. He rejected an
American offer to pay compensa-
tion to the victims families, say-
ing the army has its own welfare
system.
Nobody is interested in com-
pensation, he said. It is not in
our military culture to take money
for a fallen soldier. It is abhorred.
We will take care of our own,
Abbas said.
U.S. officials on Thursday
accepted some blame for the inci-
dent and expressed regret for the
deaths, but said their troops acted
with appropriate force in self-
defense because they thought they
were being attacked by Taliban
insurgents.
Brig. Gen. Stephen Clark, an
Air Force special operations offi-
cer who led the investigation, said
in a Pentagon briefing that U.S.
forces did not know that the two
relatively new Pakistani outposts
spare structures constructed
with stacked gray stones had
been set up on the border.
1
Christmas Crossword Puzzle
THEME:
HOLIDAY MOVIES
ACROSS
1. Happens in back
6. *Santa Claus is Coming to Town
originally aired on this network
9. Popular white fsh
12. Before Part II
13. Follows soh
14. Put your thinking ___ __
16. Madama Butterfys soli, e.g.
17. a.k.a. Tokyo
18. Not together
19. *Boy whos told, Youll shoot
your eye out, kid
21. *Misft ungulate
23. Actor ___ Holbrook
24. ____ in captivity
25. Western European Union
28. 100 centavos in Mexico
30. Start of basketball game
35. Chunk or lump
37. Rounded protuberance
39. Young eel
40. Ayatollah Khameneis home
41. World in Italian
43. Troubled currency
44. Drinker
46. Thick, messy substances
47. ____ Alda
48. Attitude of admiration
50. Place for mutinous sailor, e.g.
52. Old age, archaic
53. Kids often say this to claim
something
55. But I heard him exclaim, ____
he drove out of sight, Merry Christ-
mas to all ...
57. *This happened on 34th Street
61. Koko or Sampson, e.g.
65. Lobe at back of palate
66. To Kill a Mockingbird author
68. *The _____mare Before Christ-
mas
69. Lively dance
70. Not in good health
71. _____ as a whistle
72. Maiden name indicator
73. Newt in terrestrial stage
74. Laughing predator
DOWN
1. Boxer training
2. For in Spanish
3. Seed cover
4. Type of infection
5. Unfortunate outcome
6. Toward the lee
7. *Like Billy Bobs Santa
8. Laundry, e.g.
9. Chief or top dog
10. October stone
11. Village or hamlet in South
Africa
14. Attendant to Tiger, e.g.
15. ___ degree
20. Part of small intestine
22. Last month
24. Rubs elbows with
25. *Like Bing Crosbys
Christmas
26. Plural of #43 Across
27. Unft or inappropriate
29. Smoke plus fog
31. Type of bargain
32. Immature ovum
33. Like domesticated cat
gone wild
34. Compound leaf of a fern
36. Location of MCL
38. O in B.O.
42. Twig of a willow tree
45. Member of military police
in Britain
49. One thousandth of an inch
51. *His heart was two sizes
too small
54. Misrepresent
56. Poet Dickinson
57. Type of shot to criminal
58. Director Reitman
59. ____ of thumb
60. Medicinal plant
61. Pepper or bombard
62. A Death in the Family
author
63. Conjunction used in com-
paratives
64. Sicilian volcano
67. *Will Ferrell character in
2003
Answer to Puzzle
DEAR DOCTOR K: I am a 31-year-old
woman who was recently diagnosed with
uterine fibroids. I would like to have children
in the future, so Im afraid that treating my
fibroids may affect my fertility.
DEAR READER: Fibroids are non-
cancerous tumors in the uterus. Only about
a quarter of women with fibroids have
symptoms. However, the symptoms can be
severe and can affect day-to-day life. Heavy
bleeding, pelvic pain, having to pass urine
frequently or difficulty passing urine are the
most common symptoms.
Some women who plan to have children
choose not to treat fibroids until afterward.
But for some, the symptoms are too painful or
inconvenient to wait.
If you decide you need treatment, be very
clear with your doctor about your plans to
have children. Some treatments are completely
incompatible with pregnancy.
The only sure-fire way to get rid of fibroids
is with a hysterectomy, or removal of the
uterus. This cures fibroids completely, since it
removes them from your body. But it would
leave you unable to have children. Its a good
choice for women who dont want to have kids
(or more kids), but not for you.
For women who do want to have kids, there
are other treatments. Certain hormone therapies
can help keep your fibroids from growing
bigger and can reduce your symptoms. There
are too many specific hormone treatments
available to mention them here, but your
gynecologist can discuss them with you.
Another option is a surgery that removes
the fibroid tumors in your uterus, but leaves
the healthy tissue of the uterus in place. One
concern with this type of surgery is that it
can weaken the uterus. A uterus weakened by
surgery may not be strong enough to endure
pregnancy. In some cases, a cesarean section
(C-section) may be needed to prevent uterine
damage during delivery.
If your main symptom from fibroids
is bleeding, there is one approved drug,
tranexamic acid, that might help. If your main
symptom is pain, strong doses of non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (called NSAIDs)
may help.
There is a widely used treatment called
uterine artery embolization. This cuts off the
blood supply to the fibroid tumors and causes
them to shrink. Symptoms usually improve.
However, I wouldnt recommend it to someone
who wants to have more kids, as it can reduce
the chances of a successful future pregnancy.
There are other treatments that dont
involve surgery or medicines. Some are
too new to say whether they affect fertility.
Therefore, I would recommend them only to
my patients who dont plan on having children
in the future.
Deciding how to treat your fibroids is
an individual decision based on your age,
symptoms and future childbearing plans. Your
best first step is a frank talk with your doctor.
Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at
Harvard Medical School. Go to his website to
send questions and get additional information:
www.AskDoctorK.com.
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Some treatments for fiboids
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Dr. Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.
Ask
Doctor K
By Gary Clothier
Q: According to your
column, the Big Apple, a
nickname for New York City,
may have come from the
world of horse racing and
later used by musicians who
were headed to the big prize,
the land of opportunity, the
Big Apple. How did New
Orleans become the Big
Easy? -- M.L., Salina, Kan.
A: There is less agreement
on the origin of New Orleans
nickname than New York
Citys. Because of limited
space, I can only share one
with you. The Big Easy
moniker is said to have
started with the citys musical
heritage. Good musicians
could make an easy living in
New Orleans, performing on
the streets, in parks or in the
citys many nightclubs. The
name spread after appearing
in books and movies.
Q: I asked a woman about
a beautiful cross she was
wearing. She said it was a gift,
and had no idea of its name.
Unlike a Christian cross that
has the vertical extended
above the horizontal piece,
this was shaped like a T
with a slightly flared-out base,
and the ends of the horizontal
piece were flared down and
slightly flared upward. Do
you know the name of this
cross? -- R.M., Stuart, Fla.
A: The item is known by
several names, but the cross
of Tau is possibly its most
popular name. In 1215, Pope
Innocent III quoted from
Ezekiel (9:4): God will
know us by the sign of the Tau
marked on our foreheads.
While talking to a group of
friars, St. Francis stretched
out his arms and proclaimed
that their religious habit
(tunic) was the Tau cross. Not
only did the habit reflect the
shape of
this cross;
each friar
became a
walking
crucifix.
POP
QUIZ:
This
actress
was the
epitome
of the girl
next door and the most popular
pinup of World War II. Who is
she? Betty Grable. She entered
the world in St. Louis, Mo.,
on Dec. 18, 1916, and died of
lung cancer in 1973.
Q: Dun is to make
persistent demands for
payment. I have always
assumed it derives from the
firm Dun and Bradstreet,
which is well-known for its
credit reporting. In a novel
set more than a hundred years
ago, one of the characters was
dunned because of failure to
pay a debt. Either the author
is wrong or my assumption
is wrong. Which? -- V.G.,
Alexandria, La.
A: Im afraid its your
assumption. Dun, as in to
demand payment, goes back
to the early 17th century.
The firm
of Dun and
Bradstreet
originated
in 1933.
DID
YOU
KNOW
... actress
Lana
Turner
appeared in
more than 55 films?
Q: I would like to know
more about George Gabby
Hayes. How many films did
he make? Are any of these
films available on DVD? --
K.A., La Verne, Calif.
A: Born in Wellsville,
N.Y., on May 7, 1885, George
Francis Hayes became a
popular actor on radio, film
and television. He left home
at the age of 17 and joined
the circus. He also became
a successful vaudevillian
and retired at the age of 43.
The following year, he lost
everything
in the 1929
stock-
market
crash and
returned to
acting. In
his early
movie days,
he took a
variety of
roles. He
later became the sidekick in
Westerns to such notables
as Hopalong Cassidy, Roy
Rogers, Gene Autry, Wild
Bill Elliott and John Wayne.
He appeared in nearly 200
films, many of which are
available on DVD. In contrast
to his on-screen persona as
a grizzled codger, Hayes
has been described as an
intelligent, well-groomed and
articulate man. He married
Olive Ireland in March 1914;
they remained together until
her death in July 1957; Gabby
Hayes died in February 1969.
The couple had no children.
Q: Whatever became of
actress Sandy Duncan? --
J.J.C., Redondo Beach, Calif.
A: Sandra Kay Duncan
entered the world in
Henderson, Texas, on Feb.
20, 1946. A talented stage
and television actress, she is
also an accomplished singer.
Her most notable physical
trait is her pixie hairdo. She
began acting at an early
age, and has appeared in
many TV series over the
years, including a number of
starring roles. On Broadway,
many consider her to be the
best Peter Pan ever. In 1970,
Time magazine named her
one of the most promising
faces of tomorrow. In the
past years, she appeared in
off-Broadway productions as
well as local theater. Last I
heard, she was living in New
York Citys Upper East Side
with her third husband; they
have two children.
Q: On the TV show
Dancing with the Stars,
every time Jennifer Grey
danced, the camera showed
Jamie Lee Curtis. Whats up
with that? -- R.W., Freeport,
Texas
A: According to the
tabloids, they are good friends.
One reporter pointed out that
Jamie Lee Curtis is a huge fan
of reality-TV shows and has
appeared in the audience on
many occasions.
Send your questions to Mr.
Know-It-All at AskMrKIA@
gmail.com or c/o United
Feature Syndicate, 200
Madison Ave., New York, NY
10016.
All that Dixieland jazz gave way to the Big Easy
Betty Grable
Lana Turner
Gabby Hayes
Ask Mr. Know-it-all
Have you noticed that
almost every new daytime TV
show wants to be a version
of The View? You can
almost hear the pitch sessions
down at Television Central
-- Its totally different: Its
The View with doctors.
Its The View with interior
decorators. Its The View
with politicians. Its The
View meets SportsCenter.
Its The View, but on the
Home Shopping Network.
Its The View with
comedians. Its The View
with celebrity chefs. Its
The View with pawn shop
owners. Its The View for
hoarders. Its The View
hosted by the Kardashians.
Its The View meets
Dancing with the Stars.
Its The View with people
whove been kicked off
Survivor. Its The View
with people talking about
The View that they watched
this morning. Its The
View with interesting women
talking about the topics of the
day. Oh, no, wait, that IS
The View.
Now, I like The View
as much as the next person.
As much as the next person
who watches daytime TV
out of the corner of his eye
while doing household chores
-- chores like dusting the TV,
fluffing the sofa in front of
the TV, oiling the recliner in
front of the TV and washing
my, I mean his, collection
of Snuggies. Is The View
really that good? Or could it
be that I watch because Ive
already seen all the half-hour-
long infomercials they run
that time of day on most of
the other channels? If theres
a slicer/dicer, miracle cleaner,
closet organizer, under-
the-bed storage bag, juicer,
food dryer, egg cooker, herb
chopper, grill, boiler, printer
ink cartridge refiller, push-
up tool, pull-up bar, exercise
ball, bell, belt or video I
dont have, its only because
the item must not be up to
my high shopping-by-phone
standards. And sometimes I
cant meet the call within
the next 10 minutes deadline
because Im on the phone
buying something else.
Do I tune into The View
because I know I can watch it
every day and rarely, if ever,
hear the words glue gun,
quinoa or the reveal?
Somehow
I cant picture Joy Behar
scrapbooking or Barbara
Walters worrying about the
best way to grill hamburgers
in her backyard. She has
important things to worry
about, like who is the most
fascinating person of the year.
This year Steve Jobs won,
beating out the Kardashians.
Tough choice. Like picking
between Charlie Sheen and
Gandhi, its kind of a toss-up.
No, I watch so I can
enjoy the pleasure of a coffee
klatch without having to
let anyone into my not-so-
spotless kitchen. It turns out
that the big problem with all
those miracle cleaners I buy
that promise to remove all
my most disgusting grease
and grime is that they dont
come with a cleaning person.
Apparently I am supposed
to do all the spraying and
scrubbing myself. Now where
would I find the time to watch
all those miracle cleaner
infomercials and order them
if I did my own cleaning? So,
I can see The View, but they
cant see me.
Besides, The View has
much better friends than I do.
Because of the The View
I dont have to invite my
deadbeat neighbors into my
kitchen, neighbors who would
probably want me to make
them some kind of fancy
flavored coffee, like hazelnut
or vanilla or something and
serve them freshly baked
coffee cake. But I dont do
modern coffee. I only know
how to make coffee-flavored
coffee. In a coffee pot Ive
been meaning to clean.
I dont have to comb my
hair to watch The View;
I dont have to get out of
my bathrobe. I dont have to
clean up after anyone when
the shows over. But now that
every show wants to be The
View I have to ask, how
many coffee klatches can one
person watch in a day? My
limit would be about five,
maybe six. I need some time
to refill my ink cartridges,
juice my eggs and organize
my closet.
(Jim Mullens new book,
Now in Paperback, is now
in paperback. You can reach
him at jimmullenbooks.com.)

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Idiot
Dear Annie: Ive begun to develop strong
feelings for one of my managers at work. She
is beautiful both inside and out and fun to be
around. When I am near her, I behave prop-
erly, but inside, my heart is going
pitter-pat.
I want to do the honorable thing
and keep our relationship strictly
professional, but I dont want to
miss an opportunity. There are cer-
tain things she does around me
that come across as flirting, but
its possible I am misreading her.
What should I do? -- Hopelessly
Smitten
Dear Smitten: Is this woman in
a position of authority over you? If
so, any relationship could put her
job in jeopardy, and we recommend
you keep it strictly business until
one of you leaves the company. Otherwise,
the usual caveats apply. Forming personal
relationships at work can be risky because
if things dont work out, you still have to be
around this person every day -- or quit your
job. The choice is yours.
Dear Annie: My roommate, Jennifer,
and I began sharing a one-bedroom apart-
ment a few months ago. The problem is her
behavior when my boyfriend visits. Each time,
I have politely asked whether she minded his
coming over. She replies that its fine with
her. My boyfriend and I would sit in the living
room chatting and watching TV for a couple of
hours. Nothing else. Jennifer would pointedly
sequester herself in the bedroom, and after he
left, she would snidely imply that we should
hang out somewhere else. A couple of times,
she left in a huff during his visit, only to return
later and ignore me for the rest of the night.
My boyfriend is a nice guy, and we take
pains not to show affection in public. He never
stays too long or comes over at odd hours.
Most importantly, he visits less than once a
week.
Annie, am I wrong to feel entitled to visits
from my boyfriend in my own apartment?
Jennifer and I are both new to the area and are
still making friends. I worry that she would
behave the same way if I were to bring other
people over. I want to be sensitive to her pref-
erences, but if she had it her way, Id probably
be unwelcome in my own apartment.
What should I do when her behavior
becomes unacceptable? -- Nine
Months Left on the Lease
Dear Nine Months: Jennifer is not
being particularly accommodating,
but this is a one-bedroom apartment,
and when you have a guest over, she
feels crowded out. It would help if
she periodically entertained friends
as well, but she doesnt, so she reacts
poorly to yours. One solution would
be to invite over a couple of new
people and do something together.
Another is to see your boyfriend at
his place. But you also should discuss
this with Jennifer and ask how you can
alleviate her discomfort when your
boyfriend drops by.
Dear Annie: Aunt Jane wrote about her
rude, unlikable sister-in-law and her like-
wise ill-mannered children. She said she didnt
want to create a problem, but there already is
a problem because nobody will take a stand to
stop this behavior.
Heres my advice: She should talk to her
siblings and make sure her brother passes it
along to his angry wife, saying, Weve put
up with this rude behavior long enough, and
were not going to tolerate it. We expect basic
courtesy from her and her children, and we
wont allow them to belittle people we love in
front of us. When this behavior rears its head
at the next function, you say, We really want
to have a loving family, but we wont put up
with this anymore. If we have to say it again,
you will be asked to leave.
I had to do this, and the people involved
either changed or stopped coming around.
We are better off without them. -- A Former
Aunt Jane
Annies Mailbox is written by Kathy
Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors
of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail
your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.
net, or write to: Annies Mailbox, c/o Creators
Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700,
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AAP St. Marys Corp. is a leader in the design and manufacture of cast
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AAP ST. MARYS CORP.
1100 McKinley Road
St. Marys, OH 45885
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AAP St. Marys Corp. . is a leader in the design and manufacture of cast alumi-
our reputation for high quality products and customer satisfaction has helped
us continue to grow and provide our associates with over 23 years of steady
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ume manufacturing operation. Proven experience in the use of project manage-
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degree in a related engineering field, or equivalent, is strongly preferred.
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Dancer Logistics, Inc. is
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LOCAL CLASS A CDL
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Raines
Jewelry
Cash for Gold
Scrap Gold, Gold Jewelry,
Silver coins, Silverware,
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2330 Shawnee Rd.
Lima
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300

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BED: NEW QUEEN
pillow-top mattress set,
can deliver $125. Call
(260)267-9079.
501

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CENTRAL BOILER out-
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ing at $4995.00. Up to
$1,000 Rebate, limited
time. (419)358-5342
501

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ENTERTAINMENT CEN-
TER & 32 TV. All in ex-
cellent condition. $350.00
or make offer. Cal l
419-741-7052.
510

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FARM EQUIPMENT
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tractor $150 or best offer.
(419)286-2821.
550

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620

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TRANSFERS
Van Wert County
Henry G. Prybylski,
Gwen S. Prybylski to
Henry G. Prybylski, Gwen
S. Prybylski, portion
of section 20, Ridge
Township (Overholt
subdivision lot 8).
Estate of Douglas
J. Zenz, estate of Doug
Zenz to Heather L. Zenz,
portion of lot 268, Van
Wert subdivision.
James W. Klopfenstein,
Nancy Elaine Klopfenstein
to Mary Helen Ries Living
Trust, portion of section 9,
Liberty Township.
Secretary of Housing
& Urban Development to
Harvest Creek Properties,
portion of section 18,
Tully Township.
Estate of Stanley
J. Workman to Karen
L. Workman, portion
of section 21, Pleasant
Township.
Trina Louth, Trina
Miller, David Michael
Louth, Trina L. Louth,
David M. Louth to Trina
Louth, David Michael
Louth, inlot 4435, Van
Wert.
Village of Middle
Point to Adam R. Clark,
inlot 339, outlot 1,
Middle Point.
Village of Middle
Point to Brian E. Wisener,
Lisa G. Wisener, inlot
340, outlot 1-1, Middle
Point.
Village of Middle
Point to William R.
Culver, Phyllis Ann
Culver, inlot 342, outlot
1-3, Middle Point.
Keith A. Bowen,
Rolisa M. Bowen to
Brian L. Garcia, Shelby
A. Garcia, portion of
section 16, Harrison
Township.
Estate of Ervin M.
Cox to Nancy Jo Cox,
York Township.
Fannie Mae to Chris
Calvelage, Ashley Hars-
hman, portion of section
24, Liberty Township.
Justin D. Brown,
Sheriff Stan D. Owens
to Homesales Inc. of
Delaware, portion of
inlots 305, 306, Delphos.
Estate of Charles J.
Kaverman to Rose M.
Kaverman, inlot 701,
Delphos.
Fannie Mae to Jerry
L. Plummer, portion of
inlot 770, Van Wert.
Estate of Rex E.
Tomlinson to Betty Lou
Tomlinson, portion of
Noel Thomas Miller
Jr. to Drake E. Hughes,
Jerry W. Etzler,
Marcia Etzler to Tina K.
Day, portion of section
33, Tully Township.
Kevin S. Arnold to
Richard A. Gellenbeck,
Tammie R. Gellenbeck,
Pleasant Township.
Craig A. Tuttle, Kerry
L. Tuttle to Craig A.
Tuttle, Kerry L. Tuttle,
portion of lot 256, Van
Wert subdivision.
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WPTA/ABC Grinch Dr. Seuss' Local
WHIO/CBS CSI: Crime Scene The Good Wife CSI: Miami Local
WLIO/NBC Football NFL Football Local Dateline NBC
WOHL/FOX Simpsons Cleveland Fam. Guy Amer. Dad Local
ION Wish Christmas Christmas Mail A Christmas Kiss
Cable Channels
A & E Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds
AMC Rio Bravo El Dorado
ANIM Wildman Wildman Wildman Wildman Wildman Wildman Wildman Wildman Wildman Wildman
BET The Perfect Holiday Reed Reed Reed Popoff BET's Wee
BRAVO Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl.
CMT Fireproof Facing the Giants
CNN CNN Presents Piers Morgan Tonight CNN Newsroom CNN Presents Piers Morgan Tonight
COMEDY Bad Santa Zack and Miri Make Tosh.0
DISC MythBusters MythBusters MythBusters MythBusters MythBusters
DISN ANT Farm Random Charlie & Chocolate Jessie ANT Farm Wizards Wizards
E! Serendipity Kardashian Kourtney and Kim After Lat Chelsea Kourtney and Kim
ESPN NBA Basketball NBA Basketball
ESPN2 College Basketball College Basketball NBA Basketball
FAM The Polar Express Nat'l-Christmas J. Osteen Ed Young
FOOD Cupcake Wars Iron Chef America Iron Chef America Chopped Iron Chef America
FX Kung Fu Panda Kung Fu Panda Two Men Two Men
HGTV Hollywood at Home Homes Hunters House Hunters House Hunters Homes Hunters
HIST Pawn Pawn American Pickers American Pawn To Be Announced Pawn Pawn
LIFE 12 Men of Christmas Dear Santa 12 Men of Christmas
MTV Teen Mom 2 Teen Mom 2 Teen Mom Ridic. Ridic. Ridic. Beavis Beavis
NICK '70s Show '70s Show George George The Nanny Chris Friends Friends Friends Friends
SCI Face Off Face Off Face Off Merlin Merlin
SPIKE 1,000 Ways to Die Ways Die Ways Die Ways Die 1,000 Ways to Die Ways Die Ways Die Ways Die
TBS Shrek the Third Shrek the Third Call Me Claus
TCM Going My Way Make Way for Tomorrow Duck Soup
TLC Cake Boss:Next Cake Boss:Next Cake Boss:Next Cake Boss:Next Cake Boss:Next
TNT Forrest Gump Leverage Journey-Center Leverage
TOON Gumball Looney Chicken Aqua Teen King/Hill Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Robot Chicken
TRAV Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food
TV LAND Roseanne Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond King King King King
USA Elf Elf Indiana Jones
VH1 The Temptations Roll Bounce
WGN How I Met How I Met How I Met How I Met News/Nine Chicago's The Unit Monk
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HBO Dinner for Schmucks Due Date Predators
MAX Little Fo Megamind Lost World-Jurassic Beatdown
SHOW Homeland The Mechanic Faster
Saturday Evening December 24, 2011
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WPTA/ABC The Sound of Music Local
WHIO/CBS Blue Bloods 48 Hours Mystery Local Xmas-Chelsea Local
WLIO/NBC It's-Wonderful Local Christmas Eve Mass
WOHL/FOX Terra Nova Local Hell's Kitchen Daughter Local
ION Monk Monk Psych Psych George George
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A & E Dog Bounty Hunter Dog Bounty Hunter Dog Bounty Hunter Dog Dog Dog Bounty Hunter
AMC American Outlaws Hell on Wheels American Outlaws
ANIM Planet Earth Planet Earth Planet Earth Planet Earth Planet Earth
BET The BET Awards 2011 Master Prchr Kid
BRAVO Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ
CMT Unlikely Angel Fireproof
CNN CNN Presents Piers Morgan Tonight CNN Newsroom CNN Presents Piers Morgan Tonight
COMEDY Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 The Comedy Central Roast The Comedy Central Roast
DISC Sons of Guns Sons of Guns Sons of Guns Sons of Guns Sons of Guns
DISN Good Luck Charlie Shake It Random Austin Austin Shake It Shake It Phineas
E! Evan Almighty Scouted Fashion Chelsea After Lat After Lat
ESPN College Football SportsCenter
ESPN2 NFL PrimeTime SportsCenter SportsCenter SportsCtr Year/Quarterback NBA
FAM Year Without a Santa Home Alone 2 The Santa Clause
FOOD Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Iron Chef America Restaurant: Im.
FX Alvin-Chipmnk Ice Age: Dawn Alvin-Chipmnk
HGTV Celebrity Holiday Design High Low Color Dina's Pa Hunters Hunters Design High Low
HIST Swamp People Swamp People Swamp People Swamp People Swamp People
LIFE Undercover Christmas Diva's Cmas Undercover Christmas
MTV Ridic. Ridic. Ridic. Ridic. Where Is Santa Where Is Santa
NICK Merry Christmas Big Time Rush '70s Show '70s Show Friends Friends Friends Friends
SCI Red Planet The Fifth Element Batman Forever
SPIKE Jaws Jaws
TBS A Christmas Story A Christmas Story A Christmas Story
TCM Miracle-34 St. Margie Auntie Mame
TLC Gypsy Christmas Toddlers & Tiaras Cupcake Cake Boss Gypsy Christmas Toddlers & Tiaras
TNT Forrest Gump War of the Worlds
TOON Shrek Oblongs King/Hill King/Hill Fam. Guy Boondocks Stroker Bleach Bleach
TRAV Christmas Crazy Christmas to Extreme Christmasy Places Crazy for Christmas Christmas to Extreme
TV LAND Roseanne Roseanne Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond King King King
USA NCIS NCIS NCIS NCIS NCIS
VH1 Shall We Dance? Celebrates Soul Top 40 of 2011
WGN Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos 30 Rock Scrubs Scrubs Sunny
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HBO Diary-Rodrick The Blind Side
MAX Air America Strike Back Hereafter Strike Back
SHOW The Company Men The Switch Homeland
Saturday, December 24, 2011 The Herald 11 www.delphosherald.com
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By CONNIE CASS
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Why
do kids believe a chubby guy
in a flying sleigh can deliver
joy across America? Because
their parents do. A whop-
ping 84 percent of grown-
ups were once children who
trusted in Santas magic, and
lots cling to it still.
Things are changing fast
these days, with toddlers
wishing for iPads, grade
schoolers emailing their
Christmas lists and moms
wrestling over bargain toys
at midnight sales. Despite all
the pressures on the rituals of
the season, an AP-GfK poll
confirms that families are
sticking by old St. Nick.
Its important for kids to
have something to believe
in, says great-grandmother
Wanda Smith of Norman,
Okla.
And so they do. Year after
year, Santa Claus survives
the scoffers and the Scrooges
and the 6-year-old play-
ground skeptics. He endures
belittling commercials that
portray him shopping at
Target or taking directions
from an iPhone. He shrugs
off scolds who say his bag-
ful of toys overshadows the
reason for the season.
Two-thirds of parents with
kids under 18 say Santas an
important part of their cel-
ebrations this year. Moms,
especially, have a soft spot
for the man in red 71
percent of them say hes
important, and thats a big
jump from 58 percent just
five years ago.
His overall popularity is
up slightly from an AP-AOL
poll in 2006, before the
recession hit. In these bleaker
times of homes lost to fore-
closure and parents sweating
out their next paychecks, the
poll shows Santa riding high
with families both wealthy
and poor.
Maybe thats because the
big guys always known how
to stretch a dollar to make a
kid smile.
Smith, whose childhood
gifts were mostly handmade
by her mother things like
cookies and knit scarves
remembers that every year
Santa Claus managed to put
one present under the tree
for her to share with her two
brothers (four more siblings
came later).
One year it was a bicycle,
one year we had a sled. One
year we got a puppy his
name was Jack and he was a
border collie, recalls Smith,
now 70.
We didnt have a lot, she
said, but we didnt know it.
Our mother and daddy made
it a wonderful time for us.
In multicultural America,
Father Christmas isnt just
for Christians any more.
Three-fourths of non-Chris-
tian adults say they believed
in Santa when they were
children. And half feel hes
important to their holiday
celebrations now.
Developmental psycholo-
gist Cyndy Scheibe, whos
been interviewing kids about
Santa since 1986, said lots of
Jewish children told her that
Santa Claus was real, even
though he didnt stop at their
houses on Christmas Eve.
And many non-Chris-
tian parents embrace Santa
because they see Christmas
serving as a secular as well
as religious holiday in the
U.S., she said.
Santa Claus is more than
someone who just comes and
gives you a present, its this
whole spirit of giving and
magic that you get to be a
part of and celebrate, said
Scheibe, an associate profes-
sor at Ithaca College in New
York.
Thats what keeps Santa
going over the decades and
across cultures, she said.
That, and theres almost
nothing as much fun as get-
ting to see your kids face so
completely excited.
Scheibe knows firsthand.
She used to climb a ladder to
the roof every Christmas, her
daughter watching, to leave
a key tied to a big red bow,
because they didnt have a
fireplace.
Its not all snowflakes and
mistletoe in Santaland, how-
ever. Even among Christians,
theres tension about how big
a role, if any, a jolly old elf
deserves in the celebration of
Christs birth.
Almost half of Americans
polled said Santa detracts
from the religious signifi-
cance of Christmas more
than he enhances it.
Answers to Fridays questions:
Thailand, in 2008, elected the late
TV chef Samak Sundaravej as prime
minister and then ousted him for host-
ing his cooking show while in office.
He was found guilty of conflict of inter-
est and ordered to resign by Thailands
constitutional court after nine months
in office.
The last letters of Kentucky are the
same as its official U.S. Postal Service
abbreviation KY.
Todays questions:
What is the most popular cookie left
for Santa?
Where was the first Christmas card
created on Dec. 8, 1842?
What is the only Christmas song to
reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts?
What country started the Christmas
gift exchange tradition?
Answers in Tuesdays Herald
Todays words:
Quire: a collection of 24 sheets of
paper the same size
Zumbooruk: a small cannon fired
from the back of a camel
Stacy Taff photo
Santa made an appearance in the parking lot of First
Financial Bank Wednesday evening. Three and a half-year-
old Collin Kimmet, son of Janie and Jason Kimmet, sits on
his lap.
Santa
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asked him what he wanted for
Christmas and he wouldnt
tell me. Thats when I broke
out the trusty old line about
getting clothes for Christmas
and it worked like a charm.
Hes getting a special surprise
this year, so I will keep it a
secret, Santa said.
Claus said he missed
the snow when in town this
year. Tri-County tempera-
tures have been warmer than
Father Christmas is accus-
tomed to.
It has been awfully warm
down there this year. Im
used to the weather here at
the North Pole and when Im
in Delphos and its in the
40s and even low 50s, I am
practically baking inside my
Santa suit. I cant complain
too much, though its a
good way to burn off all those
cookies and other treats I eat
on Christmas Eve, he con-
cluded.
Sights of the season
Dena Martz photo
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out plans of where we want to
put all the lights in October.
Weve already bought more
light displays this year to use
next year. Thats where Dad
comes in he has the credit
card! he joked.
His parents have allowed
Logan and his brothers to deco-
rate without prohibiting them.
We pretty much let them
have their free-for-all because,
Im thinking, theres nothing
better than seeing them out
there doing something togeth-
er; at their ages, there isnt
much they do together. I think
its a little ridiculous, as much
as they have out there, but we
get a lot of comments from
people saying things like oh,
we just love driving by your
house and our kids just love
it. So, it makes people happy.
Isnt that what its all about?
Deann concluded.
Passersby should also note the decorations on the side and to the rear of the Heiing
home.
Heiing
Nancy Spencer photo
This home outside Ottoville is outlined in lights to form the framing for a Nativity scene.
A Christmas tree made of lights can be found on East
Third Street.
Jennings students spread Christmas cheer
Fort Jennings sixth-grade students recently visited Vancrest Healthcare
Center to distribute care packages and fifth-graders went to The Meadows
of Kalida. On Dec. 20, both classes sent to Fort Haven in Fort Jennings. The
student sang Christmas carols and spent time visiting with the residents.
Above: Lexi Hoersten, left, Kayleigh Klir, Hannah Knippen and Madison
Neidert visit Neiderts great-grandmother, Martha Neidert.
Photos submitted
Left: Great-great-
aunt Martha Ricker
enjoys a visit from
Alex Wieging and
Abby Grone. Students
all contributed the
items in the care
packages.
Santa still flying
high in new poll
Christmas Trivia
Photo submitted
Teddy Bear Raffle nets $407
Franklin Elementary School held its annual Teddy
Bear Raffle on Wednesday. Each year, the school raffles
off new stuffed teddy bears and stuffed animals donated
by teachers and parents. The money is then sent to St.
Ritas and Lima Memorial to help them buy teddy bears
for children in the hospital. Above: First-grader Natilie
Altman picks out her teddy bear. This year marked
the 39th year conducting the raffle. The event raised
$407.90.

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