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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Executive order
to help Ohio
farmers with
drought
COLUMBUS (AP)
Governor John Kasich has
signed an executive order
he says will help farmers
affected financially by Ohios
recent drought conditions.
The order signed
Wednesday instructs state
agencies to help farmers
seeking federal assistance on
loans. That includes emer-
gency low-interest loans for
crop losses, relief payments
for non-insurable losses
and temporary deferral pay-
ments on federal loans.
The order also gives
farmers permission to cut
hay for livestock from land
set aside for conservation.
The state Department
of Agriculture says most
of the state is in a moder-
ate drought, with northwest
and west central portions
in a severe drought.
Canal Days
seeking Oldest
Farmer
The Canal Days
Committee would like the
public to canvas the country-
side for the Oldest Farmer
in the Delphos Area.
Farming is an important
part of our lives and very
few times do we recognize
that side of our commu-
nity Canal Days Event
Coordinator Diane Sterling
said. We all know farm-
ers. They are our friends,
neighbors and they deserve
to be recognized.
The theme for this years
Canal Days Toast to the
city is Little Town, BIG
Country. Theres nothing
more country than farming.
To enter someone for the
Oldest Farmer contest, sub-
mit their name, address and
phone number and a short
essay of 50 words or less to
Delphos Canal Days Oldest
Farmer Contest, 310 N. Main
St., Delphos OH 45833.
Please include the name and
telephone number of the per-
son submitting the entry and
the farmers name, address,
phone number, their age,
number of years that person
has been farming and approx-
imately how many acres
they farm around Delphos.
The entry dead-
line is Aug. 31.
The winner will be
invited to The Toast to the
City on Sept. 13 and will
also be the Grand Marshal
of the 2012 Canal Days
parade on Sept. 16.
Fishbein back in court
By Ed Gebert
Times Bulletin editor
egebert@timesbulletin.com
The former CEO of I &
K Distributing in Delphos
entered a guilty plea to the
latest charge filed against
him. Robert Fishbein, 49,
Lima, admitted to violating
a civil protection order and
was immediately sentenced
to a 180-day jail term. That
sentence will be served con-
currently with the three-year
prison sentence he was given
in March. He was sentenced
this spring on charges of
intimidation of a witness and
telephone harassment for
harassing a female former
employee of I & K.
Fishbein has shown a ten-
dency to violate or attempt to
violate court orders during his
case. At one point during a
court hearing he was ordered
not to make any phone calls
without proper supervision,
but was spotted minutes later
in the lobby of the Van Wert
County Courthouse making a
cell phone call. Fishbein was
fired from I & K in the days
following that incident.
One of three persons sen-
tenced in a home invasion rob-
bery and assault in December
of 2007 was granted judi-
cial release on Wednesday.
Former Van Wert resident
Eric Zinsmaster, 35, was
ordered held in jail until he
can be sent to the WORTH
Center in Lima as part of five
years of communithy control.
He served four years of a
six year sentence. Zinsmaster
must also serve an additional
30 days in jail, perform 200
hours of community service
and pay fees and court costs.
Zinsmaster and two accom-
plices were charged in con-
nection with the incident at
the home of then 79-year-old
John Patton at Pattons home
in Wren. According to testi-
mony, when a female accom-
plice asked Patton to use the
phone, Zinsmaster and anoth-
er man rushed into the home.
While Zinsmaster assaulted
Patton with brass knuckles,
the other two searched the
house for valuables. The trio
left with about $1,700 in cash
and property. While the other
two were captured in the
ensuing weeks, Zinsmaster
fled the state, remaining on
the run until being captured
by authorities in Oklahoma
more than six months later.
Also on Wednedsay,
Cyle Black, 25, Van Wert,
was granted judicial release
from prison. Judge Charles
D. Steele modified Blacks
sentence to six months in the
WORTH Center as a part
of three years of communi-
ty control. Black must also
complete a substance abuse
treatment program, perform
200 hours of community ser-
vice, and pay fees and court
costs. The remaining portion
Robert Fishbein pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating
a civil protective order.
File photo
See COURT, page 2
Wetzelland 2012 revs up for weekend
By Ed Gebert
Times Bulletin editor
egebert@timesbulletin.com
VAN WERT Even if
area residents forget its time
for Wetzelland, the roar of
motorcycles through the area
is bound to jog their mem-
ory. This weekend, the roar
returns when the 26th annual
event takes place on the 100-
acre plot near its namesake in
northern Van Wert County.
No one really knows how
many people attend the swap
meet and party each year
but todays crowds dwarf
the 200 or so people who
showed up for the first event
back in when Ronald Reagan
was president. The bikes start
their yearly rumble today
and the riders make their
presence known with more
than just noise and exhaust
fumes. Area stores and res-
taurants are especially busy
with riders looking to cool
off, relax and stock up for
the evening. In the process,
the area profits through the
sales during the long week-
end.
The area also benefits
from the partys proceeds
which are turned over to a
large number of local chari-
table organizations. Wetzel
Motorcyle Clubs Tony Krick
noted much of the proceeds
from last years event were
handed out near the begin-
ning of this year. The checks
presented in one evening
totaled around $36,000.
In the 26 years we have
been around, we are in the
neighborhood of a quarter
of a million dollars if not a
little more, Krick said. Our
favorite charities are youth-
oriented: 4-H, youth basket-
ball, the toy run, that kind of
thing. If it wasnt for kids,
none of us would be here.
Thats why we support the
kids.
Entertainment is always
a big part of Wetzelland.
Many big-name groups and
performers have played
the annual party, including
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ted Nugent,
George Thorogood and the
Destroyers, 38 Special and
Foreigner. This years per-
formers will feature the re-
formed Brownsville Station
with Van Wert native Henry
H-bomb Weck. Blues-rock
guitarist and vocalist Jonny
Lang will headline the
Saturday bill. Lang, who
burst on the music scene as
a teenager in the 1990s, is a
Grammy Award winner who
has toured with the Rolling
Stones, B.B. King, Aerosmith,
Jeff Beck and Sting.
Also playing tonight will
be the bands Shockwave and
The Gunz. Other bands play-
ing both Friday and Saturday
night are party regulars
The Dogz, Burnt River Band,
and Coman Sproles and the
Celtic Bluze.
Admission prices are the
same as last year at $40 per
ticket, which includes tent
camping space and motor-
cycle parking. An additional
$20 will be charged to come
in today. Car parking is $10
per space while RV parking
onsite is $200. A photo ID is
required to get in.
Being fenced in, we have
to conserve space, Krick
pointed out. We have to con-
serve space to get everybody
in.
After last years 25th anni-
versary celebration, Krick
said that things are a little
more relaxed this year, but
security would still be main-
taining order. There will be
no glass bottles allowed again
this year but the recent break
in the weather will allow par-
ty-goers to have campfires
on site.
I do believe we are safe
with campfires as long as
they are tended. Unattended
fires will be put out, Krick
said. Weve gotten enough
rain that we feel safe to go
ahead and allow campfires
because most of our guests
rely on that to cook.
After all these years, the
Wetzel Motorcycle Club
knows what to expect at the
party and they have prepared
well for the weekend. Some
things remain consistent, like
the motorcycle giveaway
which Krick called a stan-
dard. The music, the food,
the party atmosphere and so
much more will be contin-
ued.
Were still going to keep
doing what we do, Krick
said. We just want to thank
everybody for supporting us.
We know all our charities
thank everyone for support-
ing us because we support
them.
Jonny Lang will be the featured performer Saturday
night at Wetzelland 2012. The 26th annual swap meet and
party is on tap for the weekend, beginning today on the
100-acre lot near Wetzel. Brownsville Station will headline
the Friday entertainment.
File photo
2011 Canal Days Committee Chair Tony Wehri, left, and
Mayor Michael Gallmeier raise a glass to Delphos at last
years Toast.
2012 Toast to the City
tickets available now
Canal Days 6th annual
Toast to the City is sched-
uled for Sept. 13. This open-
to-thepublic event is going
country with a theme of
Little Town, BIG Country.
The cost is $30 per person
or $250 for a table of eight.
Reservations can be made
by contacting the Delphos
Chamber of Commerce before
Sept. 1.
The Toast will host a vari-
ety of local cuisine, wine and
specialty beers. Registration
for the Toast will begin at 5
p.m. and the program begins
at 6 p.m. with Rick Miller
hosting the affair. Mayor
Michael Gallmeier; Howard
Violet, speaker for the farm-
ing community; and the 2012
Canal Days chairman, Dana
Steinbrenner, will be the
guest speakers reminiscing
about growing up in a rural
area such as Delphos.
Entertainment for the eve-
ning will begin at 7 p.m. with
Delphos own local country
band the Six Strings featur-
ing Mark Wurst, Jenna Wurst
and Tom McKee.
Seating for the Toast will
be limited to 500. Call the
chamber at 419-695-1771.
The Van Wert County
Agricultural Society has
announced today that entries
for the 2012 Van Wert
County Fair will close on
Wednesday.
This includes all general
entries, livestock entries,
senior fair entries (must be
brought to the fair office)
and Junior Fair entries (must
be made online at vanwert-
countyfair.com.)
The office is currently
open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday
and from 9 a.m. to noon
on Saturdays and selling
tickets for the Grandstand
Shows as well as the
season, membership and
junior fair tickets. In order
to vote for fair directors,
voters must have a mem-
bership ticket and be
a resident of Van Wert
County.
Camping permits may be
picked up in the fair office
starting Aug. 15.
Fair entries close Wednesday
Photo submitted
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Sharon M. Bruskotter
Delphos weather
Aug. 7, 1941-July 24, 2012
Sharon M. Bruskotter, 70,
of Van Wert died Tuesday,
July 25, 2012 at her resi-
dence.
She was born Aug. 7, 1941
in Lima to the late Leander
and Lena (Ricker) Bruskotter.
She is survived by two
brothers, Leonard (Leona)
Bruskotter and Donald (Carol)
Bruskotter of Ft. Jennings; a
sister, Audrey (Don) Weber of
Estes Park, Colo.; and many
nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in
death by a brother and sis-
ter-in-law, Doyle and Ruth
Bruskotter.
Ms. Bruskotter was a mas-
sage therapist with Community
Health Professionals in Van
Wert. After graduating from
Fort Jennings High School, she
entered the Ursula Convent in
1961 where she was a mem-
ber of the community for 23
years, during which she taught
in numerous catholic schools.
Later in her career, she devot-
ed her practice of massage
therapy to the comfort and
care of hospice patients. She
was a member of St. Mary
of The Assumption Catholic
Church in Van Wert.
A Mass of Christian Burial
will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday
at St. Joseph Catholic Church,
Fort Jennings with the Rev.
Joseph Przybysz officiat-
ing. Burial will follow in the
church cemetery.
Visitation will be from
2-8 p.m. Friday at Love-
Heitmeyer Funeral Home,
Jackson Township (at the cor-
ner of St. Rts. 224 & 634) and
one hour prior to the mass at
church on Saturday.
Memorials may be made
to Community Health
Professionals (Noahs Fund).
Condolences can be
expressed at: www.lovefuner-
alhome.com.
High temperature
Wednesday in Delphos was
91 degrees, low was 64. High
a year ago today was 87, low
was 64. Record high for today
is 99, set in 1956. Record low
is 50, set in 1977.
A boy, Will Anthony, was
born July 23 in Grafton to
Craig and Amanda Recker.
He was welcomed home by
big brother, John.
Grandparents are Tony and
Kelly Recker of Fort Jennings
and Dave and Cindy Erhart of
Kalida.
Gr e a t - g r a n d p a r e n t s
are Phyllis Burkholder of
Columbus Grove, Pat Recker
of Delphos and John and Ruth
Smith Kalida.
Electronics
missing from
unlocked vehicle
Governor com-
mutes lobsters
lunch sentence
By The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, July
26, the 208th day of 2012.
There are 158 days left in the
year.
Todays Highlights in
History:
On July 26, 1952,
Argentinas first lady, Eva
Peron, died in Buenos Aires
at age 33. King Farouk I of
Egypt abdicated in the wake
of a coup led by Gamal Abdel
Nasser.
On this date:
In 1775, Benjamin Franklin
became Americas first post-
master general.
In 1788, New York became
the 11th state to ratify the U.S.
Constitution.
In 1908, U.S. Attorney
General Charles J. Bonaparte
ordered creation of a force of
special agents that was a fore-
runner of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
In 1912, the Edison Studios
production What Happened
to Mary, one of the first, if
not very first, movie serials,
was released with Mary Fuller
in the title role.
In 1947, President Harry S.
Truman signed the National
Security Act, which estab-
lished the National Military
Establishment (later renamed
the Department of Defense).
In 1953, Fidel Castro began
his revolt against Fulgencio
Batista (fool-HEN-see-oh
bah-TEES-tah) with an unsuc-
cessful attack on an army bar-
racks in eastern Cuba. (Castro
ousted Batista in 1959.)
In 1962, the pilot episode
of The French Chef starring
Julia Child aired on WGBH-
TV in Boston.
In 1971, Apollo 15 was
launched from Cape Kennedy
on Americas fourth manned
mission to the moon.
Photographer Diane Arbus
died in New York at age 48.
In 1990, President George
H.W. Bush signed the
Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990.
In 1992, singer Mary Wells
died in Los Angeles at age
49.
US jobless claims drop
by 35,000 to 353,000
By PAUL WISEMAN
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON The
number of Americans apply-
ing for unemployment benefits
dropped by 35,000 last week, a
figure that may have been dis-
torted by seasonal factors.
The Labor Department said
today applications fell to a
seasonally adjusted 353,000.
Thats down from a revised
388,000 the previous week and
the biggest drop since February
2010.
The four-week average, a
less volatile measure, declined
8,750 to 367,250. Thats the
lowest level since the end of
March.
Applications surged two
weeks ago, reversing a big
drop the previous week. But
economists caution that the
government struggles every
July to account for temporary
summer shutdowns in the auto
industry. The adjustments have
been unusually difficult this
year because some automakers
skipped their shutdowns in the
face of stronger sales, resulting
in fewer temporary layoffs.
Ford this year shut down for
one week instead of its usual
two. And Chrysler kept most
plants running, says economist
Robert Kavcic at BMO Capital
Markets.
Unemployment benefit
applications are a measure of
the pace of layoffs. When appli-
cations consistently fall below
375,000, it typically suggests
hiring is strong enough to pull
the unemployment rate down.
Weekly claims are averag-
ing 374,000 this year, down
from 409,000 last year, notes
Steven Wood, chief economist
at Insight Economics. But he
adds that the job market is
definitely not robust. Just
over 6 million Americans are
receiving some type of unem-
ployment aid, down from 7.6
million a year ago.
The job market has slumped
over the past three months.
Employers added an average
of just 75,000 jobs a month
from April through June, down
from a healthy 226,000 the first
three months of the year.
The unemployment rate
stayed at 8.2 percent in June.
The broader economy has
also weakened from the start
of the year.
Retail sales fell in June for
the third straight month, bad
news for a country that gets
two-thirds of its economic
output from consumer spend-
ing. Manufacturing activ-
ity shrank in June for the first
time in three years, according
to a closely watched survey
from the Institute of Supply
Management.
And the housing market,
which has started to recovery
this year, lost some momen-
tum in June. The Commerce
Department reported
Wednesday that new-home
sales fell 8 percent last month
from May, the biggest drop
since February 2011.
Economists are predicting
growth slowed in the April-
June quarter to an annual pace
of just 1.5 percent, down from
the tepid 1.9 percent annual
pace in the first three months
of the year. Growth of 1.5 per-
cent is consistent with less than
50,000 new jobs a month.
The government issues its
first estimate for second-quar-
ter growth on Friday.
Court
Employee
reports threat
Police probe
home burglary
Corn: $8.30
Wheat: $8.93
Beans: $16.82
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-county
Associated Press
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy.
Chance of showers and thun-
derstorms in the evening.
Then slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms overnight.
Lows in the upper 60s. West
winds around 10 mph. Chance
of precipitation 30 percent.
FRIDAY: Partly cloudy
with a 40 percent chance of
showers and storms. Highs in
the mid 80s. Northwest winds
around 10 mph.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
Northwest winds around 10
mph.
SATURDAY: Partly
cloudy in the morning then
clearing. Highs in the mid 80s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
SATURDAY NIGHT-
SUNDAY: Mostly clear.
Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in
the mid 80s.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly
clear with a 20 percent chance
of showers and storms. Lows
in the mid 60s.
MONDAY: Partly cloudy
with a 30 percent chance of
showers and storms. Highs in
the mid 80s.
On Wednesday at 7:29
a.m., Delphos Police were
called to the 500 block of
West First Street in reference
to a theft complaint.
Upon officers arrival, the
victim stated someone gained
entry into their unlocked vehi-
cle and had taken electronic
equipment from inside the
vehicle.
STONINGTON, Conn.
(AP) A 15-pound lobster
facing a sentence of lunch
has received a pardon from
Connecticuts governor.
The Day of New London
reports Gov. Dannel P. Malloy
was visiting tourist attractions
in southeastern Connecticut
when he issued the impromptu
pardon at Abbotts Lobster
in the Rough restaurant in
Noank.
The governor then released
the crustacean into the Mystic
River.
The move came a day
after a Niantic man bought
a 17-pound lobster at a
Waterford restaurant and
released it back into Long
Island Sound.
Randy Fiveash, the states
tourism director, compared
the governors action to the
presidents annual pardon of a
turkey on Thanksgiving.
Malloy has been visiting
tourist spots across the state
after launching a two-year,
$27 million campaign earlier
this year to promote the indus-
try.
LOS ANGELES (AP)
A judge on Wednesday inter-
vened in the turmoil roiling
the Jackson family, appoint-
ing the son of Tito Jackson to
serve as temporary guardian of
Michael Jacksons children in
the absence of the family matri-
arch and amid a feud over the
pop superstars estate.
Superior Court Judge
Mitchell Beckloff temporarily
suspended Katherine Jackson
as the childrens guardian
because she was in Arizona and
hadnt spoken with them in sev-
eral days. He appointed Tito Joe
TJ Jackson to serve as tempo-
rary guardian with the ability to
control the hilltop home where
the children live and to take on
other supervision duties.
Katherine Jackson told ABC
News that she was hurt by the
court ruling and it was based
on a bunch of lies.
I am devastated that while
Ive been away, that my chil-
dren, my grandchildren, have
been taken away from me, and
Im coming home to see about
that, also, she said reading
from a prepared statement.
She denied the suggestion
made in court and in court fil-
ings to support TJ Jacksons
appointment that she was being
held against her will.
I am here today to let every-
body know that I am fine and I
am here with my children, and
my children would never do a
thing to me like that, holding
me against my will, she said
while her children Randy, Janet
and Rebbie were seated next to
her. Its very stupid for people
to think that.
Beckloff said there was no
evidence that Katherine Jackson
had done anything wrong but
instead it appeared she was
being prevented from fulfilling
her role as guardian through
the intentional acts of third
parties. He didnt elaborate but
made the decision after read-
ing court filings in which TJ
Jackson expressed concern that
Katherine Jackson was being
prevented from returning
He cited a Monday inci-
dent in which Janet, Randy and
Jermaine Jackson arrived at the
childrens home and told them
they could speak with their
grandmother but had to leave
with them.
This was odd and disturb-
ing to me and (the children) and
heightened our concern that our
grandmother was being prohib-
ited from returning home, TJ
Jackson wrote in a sworn state-
ment. The incident turned into a
confrontation between two male
adults at the house and sheriffs
officials say it remains an ongo-
ing battery investigation.
Beckloff listened as attorneys
described Katherine Jacksons
demeanor as unusual on phone
calls placed to the children hours
before the hearing.
Judge appoints temp guardian for Jackson children
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of Blacks two concurrent
nine-month prison terms were
deferred pending the successful
completion of community con-
trol. He had been sentenced on
a pair of felony drug trafficking
counts.
A Lima man was given a
12-month prison sentence for
having weapons while under
disability. Antrae Pinn, 27,
was sentenced for the fourth-
degree felony. He is awaiting
sentencing in an Allen County
court on similar charges.
Emily Lacy, 19, Van Wert,
was placed on three years of
community control on a pair
of drug trafficking counts.
Lacy must also serve 30 days
in jail, and another 30 days
either in jail or on electroni-
cally monitored house arrest,
as well complete a substance
abuse treatment program, give
up her drivers license for six
months and pay fees and court
costs. A nine-month prison sen-
tence was deferred pending the
successful completion of com-
munity control.
Michael Speakman, 20,
Van Wert, was place on com-
munity control for three years
on a felony charge of theft.
Speakman was charged for tak-
ing two checks from a rela-
tive and using them to pay for
expenses. He was ordered to
make restitution in the amount
of $80 as well as serve 30 days
in jail and 30 days on electroni-
cally monitored house arrest,
perform 200 hours of com-
munity service, and pay fees
and court costs. A nine-month
prison sentence was deferred
pending the successful comple-
tion of community control.
Ryan Schaadt, 27, Van
Wert, admitted to violating the
terms of his treatment program
by possessing drugs and being
unsuccessfully terminated from
the Salvation Army rehabilita-
tion program in Fort Wayne.
Steele resentenced Schaadt to
three years of community con-
trol and ordered him sent to the
WORTH Center for up to six
months. A nine-month prison
term was deferred pending the
successful completion of com-
munity control.
A 33-year-old Dayton man
pleaded guilty to fifth-degree
felony theft. David Detrick
was charged with a theft from
Rural King of between $1,000-
$7,000 on Nov. 30, 2011. Two
similar charges were dropped
in exchange for Detricks guilty
plea. He will be sentenced on
Sept. 4 in Van Wert County,
but after Wednesdays hearing
he was sent to Adams County,
Indiana where he faces similar
charges.
McCauley M.J. Potts
Swann, 20, Defiance, pleaded
guilty to vandalism, a felony
of the fifth degree. On March
24, Potts Swann deliberately
punched the hood of a Van
Wert Police Department cruiser
and dented the hood. As part of
the plea agreement, he will have
to pay $225 restitution to the
police department.
Brandon Baldwin, 19,
Van Wert, pleaded guilty to
fifth-degree felony aggravated
possession of drugs and was
granted treatment in lieu of
conviction. Baldwin will have
one year to complete a treat-
ment program in order to have
the charge withdrawn. He also
agreed to forfeit the $690 cash
that was recovered during
Baldwins arrest.
Joshua Burnett, 34, Van
Wert, pleaded guilty to a
reduced charge of misdemean-
or assault. The assault charge
was originally a second-degree
felony. A misdemeanor domes-
tic violence charge was dropped
in the plea agreement. Burnett
will be sentenced on Aug. 8.
A Coldwater couple each
pleaded guilty to fourth-degree
felony possession of heroin
charges on Wednesday. Janice
Fetters, 39, and Daniel Fetters,
37, were each released on bond.
A pretrial hearing for Janice
was set for Aug. 1, and a similar
hearing for Daniel was sched-
uled for Aug. 8.
Kristin Wilkin, 36, Decatur,
Ind., pleaded not guilty to pos-
session of drugs, a felony of the
fifth degree. She was released
on bond with a pretrial hearing
set for Aug. 8.
Kari Johnson, 29, Ottawa,
pled not guilty to theft of drugs,
a felony of the fourth degree.
She was released on bond with
a pretrial hearing set for Aug.
1.
George Tromblay, 47, Van
Wert, agreed to waive his right
to a speedy trial and have his
trial date pushed back from
August to late this year.
ABBOTT, George D., 66,
of rural Nevada, funeral ser-
vices begin at 11 a.m. Friday at
the Nevada United Methodist
Church. The Revs Matt
Garrabrant, Brian Spangler,
Carl Angel and Rex King will
officiate. Burial will take place
at a later date. Visitations will
be from 2-8 p.m. today at the
Lucas-Batton Funeral Home
in Upper Sandusky with a
Masonic Memorial service at
8 p.m. and for an hour before
the service at the church on
Friday. Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to the
Pheasants Forever-Wyandot
County Chapter and can be
sent to Lucas-Batton, 476
S. Sandusky Ave. Upper
Sandusky, Ohio 43351.
On Tuesday at 11:35 p.m.,
Delphos Police were called
to the 900 block of East Fifth
Street in reference to a threat
to an employee at a business
in that area.
victim stated that two sub-
jects came into the business
and threatened harm to the
employee.
On Wednesday at 1:45
p.m., Delphos Police were
called to the 200 block of
Holland Avenue in reference
to a burglary at a residence in
that area.
victim stated someone had
gained entry to the residence
and had taken items from
inside.
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Dear EarthTalk: Has an alternative to air
conditioning to keep rooms cool been invented
that is significantly cheaper and/or that uses
significantly less energy than traditional air
conditioning?
Ashutosh Saxena, Allahabad, India
Unfortunately the modern day air condition-
er, with its constantly cycling, energy-hogging
compressor and environmentally unfriendly
chemical coolant, still reigns supreme through-
out the worldand increasingly so in rap-
idly developing countries like India and China
where possession of air conditioning connotes
middle class status. And while the chlorofluo-
rocarbon coolant widely used in air condition-
ers through the 1980s was phased out because
its emissions were causing damage to the
globes protective ozone layer, the chemicals
that replaced it worldwide, and which are now
in use in hundreds of millions of air condition-
ers, are some 2,100 times stronger as green-
house gases than carbon dioxide. We may have
saved the ozone layer, butwhoops!there
goes the climate.
Just because people arent using them much
doesnt mean there arent some good alterna-
tives. The best known is an evaporative cooler
(AKA swamp cooler). Better for hot, dry cli-
mates, these electrified units cool outdoor air
through evaporation and then blow it inside.
They make for a nice alternative to traditional
air conditioners, using about a quarter of the
energy overall. They are also quicker and
cheaper to install, and can be moved around
to different rooms as needed. But swamp cool-
ers can require a lot of maintenance and may
not keep the interior space as cool as some
AC-hungry inhabitants might like.
Apartment/condo and commercial/indus-
trial buildings might consider augmenting their
existing roof-top air conditioning systems with
the cooling power of ice. California-based
Ice Energy makes and sells the Ice Bear sys-
tem, essentially a large thermal storage tank
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demand for energy is lower and then doles
out ice water into the air conditioning system
during the day to efficiently deliver cooling
when its needed. Since the air conditioners
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country are starting to encourage its use by
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Stanford University has been utilizing
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campus cooling bill. If such technology could
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Of course, lets not forget that a small
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The race has been on in the air condition-
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Meanwhile, global warming itself will beget
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only exacerbate an already dire situation, espe-
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artificial cooling just like weve enjoyed in the
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Miss Ohio and Miss America
co-host pageant at Niswonger
On Friday, the 2012
Miss West Central Ohio
Scholarship Pageant will
be held at the
Niswonger
Performing Arts
Center in Van
Wert. co-hosted
by the 2012 Miss
Ohio, Elissa
McCracken
and 2009 Miss
America, Katie
Stam, This
pageant crowns
two young
women who
advance to the
Miss Ohio 2013
Pageant. The show
begins at 7:30 p.m.
Hailing from Ada,
McCracken, 20, was the
2011 Miss West Central
Ohio winner. Moments
after being selected Miss
Ohio, McCracken shared her
excitement about winning
the title I am really look-
ing forward to my duties
this year, traveling, meeting
new people and getting the
word out about my plat-
form which is Stop Cyber
Bullying! I am excited to
spread my message and
represent this program to
the best of my ability.
As Miss Ohio,
McCracken received
a $10,000 scholarship
sponsored by Newman
Technology. For the tal-
ent portion of competition,
McCracken dazzled the
crowd with her
dynamic piano
arrangement
to Cumana.
McCracken will
represent the
State of Ohio
at the Miss
America Pageant
on Jan. 12, 2013
in Las Vegas.
McCracken is a
fourth-year phar-
macy student at
Ohio Northern
University in Ada.
Co-host 2009
Miss America,
Stam, 26, is a
motivational
speaker and
author originally
from Seymour,
Ind., and who
currently resides
in Indianapolis
with her hus-
band, Brian Irk.
She is a member
of the Board of
Directors for
Ovarcoming
Together; an
organization dedicated
to bringing awareness to
ovarian cancer. She is
also the Vice President
of Brand Awareness
at Australian Gold.
The Miss West Central
Scholarship Pageant
awards two crowns which
advance onto the Miss
Ohio 2013 Pageant along
with over $75,000 in cash
awards and scholarships
presented. The contest
is open to all area young
women age 17-24 from
Auglaize, Van Wert,
Allen, Hardin, Mercer,
Defiance, Paulding,
Hardin, Shelby, Marion
and Putnam counties.
Kim Hohmans Dance
Works of Van Wert and The
Dance Centre of Wapakoneta
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show. Other guest appear-
ances include
Adam Calvert,
from MTVS
Taking The
Stage and area
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Hernandez,
Colin Stephens
and John
Townsend.
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COLUMBUS (AP) The
Ohio Supreme Court wont
reconsider its ruling declaring
Ohios smoking ban constitu-
tional.
The high court on Wednesday
denied a request by a Columbus
tavern owner to revisit the May
decision on the ban.
Justices ruled unanimous-
ly on the question, rejecting
claims by Richard Allen and
his business, Bartec Inc., that
the smoking ban was supposed
to be enforced against smok-
ers, not business.
Allens tavern, also known
as Zenos Victorian Village,
was cited 10 times between
July 2007 and September 2009
for violations of the ban and
faced fines of $33,000.
On behalf of Bartec and
Allen, the 1851 Center for
Constitutional Law claimed
the fines were an illegal tak-
ing of property, violating the
states legitimate police pow-
ers. The centers argument
was rejected.
Ohio high court
stands by
smoking ban
COLUMBUS (AP)
Management at the Ohio News
Network has announced it will
cease operations at the end of
August following a 15-year
run.
The Columbus Dispatch
reports the 24-hour statewide
network is shutting down Aug.
31. ONN president and general
manager Tom Griesdorn said
changing consumer habits left
no viable business model for
the organization, which covers
news from around the state.
The paper reports the deci-
sion will not affect ONNs
radio operations.
ONN launched in 1997
and is owned by The Dispatch
Printing Company. It also owns
The Dispatch and WBNS-TV.
Dispatch to end
Ohio News Net.
CINCINNATI (AP) An
Ohio mother says she is out-
raged that one of her daugh-
ters received no jail time after
pleading guilty to reckless
homicide for fatally stabbing
the other daughter.
The mother, Cassie Young,
and other family members
stormed out of the Cincinnati
courtroom Tuesday after
Kelly Neal, 39, was sentenced
to three years of probation
in the death of Neals sister,
Cassie Asher, on Jan. 30, The
Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
Shes a murderer, Cassie
Young, 58, said after the sen-
tencing. She said she wanted
her daughter to go to jail just
like anybody else would.
Neals telephone number
was not immediately avail-
able. Her attorney did not
immediately return a call seek-
ing comment Wednesday.
A Hamilton County grand
jury had indicted Neal on a
murder charge three months
after the slaying, but assis-
tant county prosecutor Gus
Leon said the only evidence
authorities had was Neals
statement, which he said was
corroborated by the scene at
Neals home.
Asher, 34, was living in
Neals home. Neal told police
that after the two argued,
Asher returned hours later
and began choking her in the
kitchen. Neal then picked up
a knife and stabbed her sister
in the chest. Neither of the
sisters realized the seriousness
of the stabbing at first, but
Neal called 911, and her sister
called their mother.
I heard Cassie hit the
floor over the phone, Young
said. That was the last thing
I heard.
Prosecutors allowed Neal
to plead guilty to the lesser
charge, which carries a maxi-
mum sentence of three years.
Under Ohios castle doc-
trine, the law presumes resi-
dents are acting in self-defense
when using deadly force to
protect themselves against
intruders in their homes.
Leon said that what Neal
did was a bad thing, a tragic
thing that she will have to
live with, but he said he tried
to do the just thing and makes
no apology for the decision.
Young said the sentence
was not right.
Its not fair to me, she
said. Its not fair to Cassie.
Woman kills her sister,
gets no jail sentence
One brave deed makes no hero.
John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and essayist (1807-1892)
IT WAS NEWS THEN
POLITICS
Moderately confused
One Year Ago
Relay for Life Committee members learned Monday eve-
ning the total for the 2011 event is just $1,897.38 shy of the
$80,000 goal. Teams can continue to turn in money at First
Federal Bank until Aug. 30 so it can be postmarked by Aug.
31 to the American Cancer Society. Relay chair Sue Apple
thanked everyone for their hard work on this years event.
25 Years Ago 1987
Joann Pimpas announced that she and other members of
her family are planning to reopen the Golden Nugget, 229 W.
Fifth St., and resume the former name, Top Chalet. The restau-
rant will be under management of her and her daughter, Paula,
assisted by Nick, Penny and John Pimpas.
Katherine Gordon, a member of the Ottoville Senior
Citizens Social Club, was recently selected as the 1987
Outstanding Senior Citizen of Putnam County. She has for-
merly served on the Putnam County Board of Health, Putnam
Council council on aging, in addition to helping with the food
pantry and blood bank.
Abracadabra was not the magic word this week at the
Delphos Public Library. Instead, magician Robert Wegesin
was using the words reading is fun! to make his magic work
for an audience of approximately 100 smiling and laughing
children and several adults. The magic show Thursday and a
party and awards assembly Friday marked the end of the sum-
mer reading program at the library.
50 Years Ago 1962
A call for establishing facilities for the aged in Delphos
was made Wednesday by Rev. Don R. Yocom, pastor of
Trinity Methodist Church. Rev. Yocom spoke to the Delphos
Rotary Club on a project which already has the backing of the
Delphos Optimist Club. The Optinists have made the establish-
ment of such a home a major project for the year.
Members of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs Judges
Guild of Region 2 met Wednesday in the home of Mrs. Bennno
Miller, South Cass Street, for the groups July session. Mrs. E.
L. Staup was the speaker. Flower arrangements were exhibited
by Mrs. Staup, Mrs. P. R. Marshall, Mrs. Carl Bibler and Mrs.
Miller.
Walter Fairfax of Delphos, an engine house foreman in
the A C & Y Railroad, built a one-inch scale American type
4-4-0 model live steam engine. Fairfax is a member of the
Mid-central Live Steamers Club which is affiliated with the
Brotherhood of Live Steamers of the United States. The Club
will hold a meeting here at the A C & Y yards Saturday and
Sunday.
75 Years Ago 1937
The huge smokestack of the old electric power plant on
South Canal Street dropped at about 9:30 Monday morning
without ceremony. Can you remember when the stack was
erected? The work was started in July 1914. At that time
it was rated as one of the largest in the state of Ohio. The
stack was erected by the Delphos Electric Light and Power
Company which later became the Northwestern Power and
Light Company. In later years the Ohio Power Company took
over the property.
Ruth Good of Delphos, was elected president of the U. B.
Christian Endeavor societies of the Van Wert district. Officers
were named at a rally held at Wren Sunday evening. The
Delphos U. S. Church received the award for having the most
points. This is the third time the local church has received such
an award.
C. Fredric Faye, originator of the Radio Neighbors Fresh
Air Fund, is making a special appeal to Delphos people to
provide funds and transportation so that Delphos children may
enjoy the weekly outings which are sponsored by the Radio
Neighbor Fund. It is announced that the next outing will be
held Thursday with the Lima police and firemen sponsoring
the trip.
WASHINGTON (AP)
Remember the term hanging
chads?
Few could forget the week-
slong hubbub over vote-count-
ing in Florida in 2000 that led
to a recount, a Supreme Court
ruling and a national debate
about the veracity of the sys-
tem by which voters cast their
ballots.
But 12 years later, the sys-
tem hasnt been improved
to make voting procedures
fail-proof, according to a
state-by-state report released
Wednesday.
Almost half of states use
voting systems for overseas
and military voters that could
be susceptible to hackers,
says the report by Rutgers
Law School and two good-
governance groups: Common
Cause Education Fund and the
Verified Voting Foundation.
Dozens of states lack proper
contingency plans, audit pro-
cedures or voting machines
that produce backup paper
records in case something
goes wrong.
Colorado, Delaware,
Kansas, Louisiana, Miss-
issippi and South Carolina
are least prepared to catch
problems and protect voter
enfranchisement, the study
showed. Minnesota, New
Hampshire, Ohio, Vermont
and Wisconsin are in the best
shape.
Twenty-four states let
overseas and military voters
return their ballots through
electronic means such as
the Internet, email or fax
that could fall victim to hack-
ers or infringe on the right
to a secret ballot. When the
District of Columbia experi-
mented with an online voting
system in 2010, hackers broke
in and changed votes to fic-
tional characters.
People understand
cyber security threats,
said Susannah Goodman
of Common Cause. They
understand you dont send
an email with your Social
Security number as the sub-
ject line.
And yet, Goodman said,
states are asking people to
send in emails with the sub-
ject line Heres my ballot.
In 16 states, at least some
polling places are using elec-
tronic voting machines
largely put in place to elimi-
nate the hanging-chad issue
of 2000 that dont produce
a paper record as a backup.
That means theres no inde-
pendent way to verify the vot-
ers intention if the machine
malfunctions or a recount is
necessary.
Dozens of other states lack
proper contingency plans in
case electronic machines fail,
or audit procedures to make
sure ballots dont disappear or
emerge out of thin air.
With Election Day less
than four months out, theres
little states can do to cor-
rect the problems before Nov.
6. But the reports authors
said many states are already
moving to ensure their voting
systems have as little vulner-
ability as possible.
No states are moving to
buy new paperless voting
systems, and many states are
replacing aging equipment
with more verifiable systems.
More states also are making
audits part of their standard
postelection routine.
By ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Democrats pushed a year-
long extension of tax cuts
for all but the highest-earn-
ing Americans through the
Senate on Wednesday, giving
President Barack Obama and
his party a significant politi-
cal victory on a measure that
is fated to go no further in
Congress.
Senators approved the
Democratic bill by a near
party-line 51-48 vote, with
Vice President Joe Biden pre-
siding over the chamber in
case his vote was needed to
break a tie. Minutes earlier,
lawmakers voted 54-45 to kill
a rival Republican package
that would have included the
best-off in the tax reductions.
The $250 billion
Democratic measure would
extend tax cuts in 2013 for
millions of Americans that
otherwise would expire in
January. But it would deny
those reductions to the earn-
ings of individuals exceed-
ing $200,000 yearly and of
couples surpassing $250,000.
With control of the White
House and Congress at stake
in elections less than four
months off, passage of the
Democratic bill aligned the
Senate with Obamas tax-
cutting vision. Obama has
made tax fairness which
includes tax increases on the
rich an overarching theme
of his re-election campaign,
and rejection of the measure
would have been an embar-
rassment for the president
and Senate Democrats.
The vote also served as
a counterpoint to the GOP-
run House, which next week
will approve tax cuts nearly
identical to the $405 billion
Republican plan the Senate
rejected Wednesday. And
it lets Democrats argue that
only the GOP stands in the
way of tax cuts for millions
of Americans.
With the Senates vote,
the House Republicans are
now the only people left in
Washington holding hostage
the middle-class tax cuts for
98 percent of Americans and
nearly every small business
owner, Obama said in a writ-
ten statement after the vote.
House Speaker John
Boehner, R-Ohio, restated his
plan for next weeks vote, cit-
ing the Democratic measures
tax boosts on higher earn-
ers. Republicans say those
increases sap money from
business owners who would
otherwise create jobs, which
Democrats say is overblown.
The House will vote next
week to stop that tax hike,
and until the Senate does the
same, the threat to our econo-
my remains, Boehner said in
a written statement.
Congress nonpartisan
Joint Committee on Taxation
has said just 3.5 percent
of taxpayers with business
income filing individual
returns would be exposed to
higher taxes next year under
the Democratic bill. But such
taxpayers account for 53
percent of reported business
income on those returns.
Wednesdays Senate vote
also highlighted how both
parties see the tax issue as
a winning one: Democrats
because they think it makes
the GOP look like defend-
ers of the rich, Republicans
because they think it shows
Democrats dont care about
businesses.
It took just minutes for
Democratic Senate campaign
officials to send emails say-
ing that Sen. Dean Heller,
R-Nev., was holding tax
relief for the middle-class
hostage by demanding more
millionaire tax breaks. GOP
Senate campaign operatives
sent out similar emails, with
one saying Sen. Jon Tester,
D-Mont., had voted to raise
taxes on Montana farmers,
ranchers & small business
owners.
Tester and Heller are in
tight re-election contests this
November.
The two parties have been
dueling over taxes all year.
Few expect any real prog-
ress until after the November
elections on preventing the
tax cuts or averting deep bud-
get cuts in January triggered
by the failure of lawmakers to
compromise last year on debt
reduction.
By JULIE PACE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON Days
after the mass shootings in
Colorado, guns shifted to the
forefront of the presidential
campaign as President Barack
Obama and Republican can-
didate Mitt Romney engaged
in their most extensive dis-
cussions on the issue since the
tragedy.
Obama, in a speech to
an African-American group
Wednesday in New Orleans,
embraced some degree of
additional restrictions on
guns. He acknowledged that
not enough had been done to
prevent weapons from get-
ting into the hands of crimi-
nals and pledged to work with
lawmakers from both parties
to move forward on the mat-
ter.
Romney said in a televi-
sion interview that changing
the nations laws would not
prevent gun-related tragedies.
But he mistakenly said many
weapons used by the shooting
suspect in Aurora, Colo., were
obtained illegally, despite the
fact that authorities allege
that the firearms used to kill
12 people and injure dozens
more were purchased legally.
Neither candidate strayed
significantly in their remarks
Wednesday from their previ-
ously held positions on gun
violence. But their pointed
comments revived a debate
if perhaps only briefly that
has steadily faded to the back-
ground in national politics and
been virtually non-existent in
the 2012 campaign.
The White House in par-
ticular has faced fresh ques-
tions since the shootings
about whether Obama, a
strong supporter of gun con-
trol as a senator from Illinois,
would make an election-year
push for stricter measures.
Following last years kill-
ing of six people and the
wounding of Rep. Gabrielle
Giffords in Arizona, Obama
called for steps to keep those
irresponsible, law-breaking
few from getting their hands
on a gun in the first place.
But he has advanced no legis-
lative proposals since then.
The White House blames
the lack of legislation in part
on congressional opposition
and says Obama has used his
executive powers to strength-
en some gun control mea-
sures.
Its been more than a
decade since gun control
advocates had a realistic hope
of getting the type of legisla-
tion they seek, despite pre-
dictions that each shocking
outburst of violence would
lead to action.
Duri ng remarks
Wednesday night to the
National Urban League,
Obama acknowledged a
national pattern of calling for
tougher gun restrictions in the
wake of violent crimes but
not following through.
Too often, those efforts
are defeated by politics and
by lobbying and eventually
by the pull of our collective
attention elsewhere, he said.
Obama called for stepped-
up background checks for peo-
ple who want to purchase guns
and restrictions to keep men-
tally imbalanced individuals
from buying weapons. Those
steps, he said, shouldnt be
controversial. They should be
common sense.
Still, Obama is unlikely to
make a robust push for new
gun control legislation while
mired in a deadlocked cam-
paign centered squarely on
the economy.
Romney was pressed on
gun control during an inter-
view with NBC News in
London, where he is attending
the Olympics and kicking off
a three-country foreign trip.
The presumptive Republican
nominee said changing laws
wont make all bad things
go away.
Romney was asked about
his tenure as Massachusetts
governor, when he signed a
bill that banned some assault-
style weapons like the type the
Colorado shooter is alleged
to have used. At the time,
Romney described such guns
as instruments of destruc-
tion with the sole purpose
of hunting down and killing
people.
By LAURAN
NEERGAARD
AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON The
AIDS epidemic increasingly
is a female one, and women
are making the case at the
worlds largest AIDS meet-
ing that curbing it will require
focusing on poverty and vio-
lence, not just pregnancy and
pills.
Already, women make up
half of the worlds HIV infec-
tions, and adolescent girls
are at particular risk in the
hardest-hit parts of the world,
UNICEF Deputy Executive
Director Geeta Rao Gupta
told the International AIDS
Conference.
Some 4.8 million people
ages 15 to 24 are living with
HIV, and two-thirds are
female. Sexual violence and
conditions of poverty that fre-
quently lead to girls leaving
school and marrying in their
teens often to much older
men for economic security
are chief risks in developing
countries, she said.
These adolescent girls
and young women, our sis-
ters and daughters, represent
an unfinished agenda in the
AIDS response, Rao Gupta
said.
She echoed what has
become a recurring theme of
the meeting since Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton
declared Monday that gender
equity would be crucial to
protecting women.
Women need and deserve
a voice in the decisions that
affect their lives, Clinton
said.
Their stories suggest too
few do.
Hellen Amuge of Uganda
showed scars on her arm
and chest left when rebels
in one of that countrys wars
attacked and raped her. When
eventually she was diagnosed
with HIV, Amuge said her
husband abandoned her and
their seven children.
Im taking my drugs,
thats why you see me healthy
like this, she said. But while
pills are free through inter-
nationally financed AIDS
programs, she described how
people in her rural area must
travel 50 miles to the near-
est clinic for their monthly
supply. Getting money for
transport is a problem.
In South Sudan, Evelyn
Letio Unzi Boki said, Men
dont accept to go for test-
ing, and their often younger,
uneducated wives, dependent
on them for economic sur-
vival, have no recourse.
Women dont have voic-
es, she said.
Even in the U.S., infections
increasingly are concentrated
in poor communities. Here, 1
in 4 people living with HIV is
female and most are African-
American or Hispanic.
The Affordable Care Act
is expected to improve treat-
ment for many uninsured
Americans with HIV, but a
number of states say they
may not expand Medicaid
services, one key part of that
law. A report from the 30
for 30 Campaign, a womens
coalition, found those are
states with high numbers of
HIV-infected women.
Globally, the women with
HIV who get the most atten-
tion are pregnant, since one
of the United Nations chief
goals is nearly eliminating
mother-to-child transmission
of HIV. The number of babies
born with HIV has been drop-
ping steadily for several years
as more HIV-infected women
receive AIDS drugs during
pregnancy and while theyre
nursing 57 percent of them
last year, according to the
United Nations.
Senate OKs tax-cut bill
in partisan showdown
Gun violence shifts to forefront of campaign
AIDS summit: Experts call for balanced focus
Overseas voting
still vulnerable
to hackers in
24 US states
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Eat your vegetables in this
hearty pasta salad and serve
the fruit cobbler after your
meal with ice cream.
Vegetable Pasta Salad
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup white balsamic or
white vinegar
4 teaspoons McCormick
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Seasoning
4 cups assorted vegetables,
such as broccoli florets, bell
pepper strips, sliced carrots,
snow peas and cherry toma-
toes
8 ounces penne pasta,
cooked and drained
8 ounces fresh mozzarel-
la cheese, cut into bite-size
chunks
Mix oil, vinegar and
Seasoning in large bowl until
well blended. Add vegetables,
pasta and cheese; toss to coat
well. Serve immediately or
refrigerate until ready to serve.
Makes 8 (1 cup) servings.

Peach Blueberry Cobbler
Filling:
2 cups fresh or frozen
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1/3 to cup sugar
4 teaspoons quick-cooking
tapioca
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 cup fresh or frozen blue-
berries
Ground nutmeg
Dumplings:
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking
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1 teaspoon grated lemon
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Sprinkle with nutmeg; set
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SPORTS
Mount Nittany not done
erupting after NCAA decision
If anyone thought the Penn State/
Jerry Sandusky scandal was over and
done with after the release of the scath-
ing Louis Freeh report and the sub-
sequent punishment and it most
definitely IS a punishment! handed
down by the NCAA earlier this week,
it seems that is not the case.
Personally, I think they got what
they deserved. We cannot condone what
was done here anywhere! Covering up
these crimes for the sake of public
relations makes the real victims dou-
ble-victims and its unthinkable.
In all truth, if this had happened at
Ohio State, I would say the same thing.
The Jim Tressel affair is a burp com-
pared to this.
I have found unsurprisingly
that not everyone is happy with the
way Penn State and its board of trust-
ees handled its end of the bargain in
regards to the heavy fine, bowl-game
bans and severe scholarship reductions
that the college football powers-that-be
gave to the Happy (it might now be
Sad) Valley faithful.
Ive been keeping an eye and ear
on the fallout after the decision by the
NCAA was handed down.
I saw the gasped responses of many
of the students attending the university.
I suppose Id have done the same thing
had this been done to Ohio State or any
fandom would have done had this been
their beloved Whose It University.
Then I have watched the response
of certain groups like Penn Staters for
a Responsible Stewardship (a number
of former players and other alumni)
and they are more than a little peeved
at what they termed the caving that
the PSU administration did in the face
of the $60 million fine it has to be
given to an organization not affiliated
with the institution the 4-year bowl
ban (I assume that will start in 2012)
and the reduction of 20 scholarships
per year in a coming 4-year window
(I assume starting in the coming off-
season this winter; its too late to start
it now because of the scholarships
already handed out for this fall). That
means that the Nittany Lions roster will
be capped at 65 scholarships per year
for those four years it starts.
Plus, PSU must forfeit all wins from
1998 on, thus taking Joe Paterno from
the top spot in coaching wins.
PSRS feels that the NCAA over-
stepped its bounds by interfering in
what they term a criminal investiga-
tion that the NCAA is not a court
or law enforcement entity and does not
have that kind of power and how the
administration agreed not to fight it.
The PSRS also claims that the report
on which the decision was based was
nothing but an opinion piece and was
not based on a lot of evidence it
was more of a lawyer advising a cli-
ent because Mr. Freeh did not have
subpoena power, nor did he interview
people like JoePa. I really wonder if
this was the best way to go about it by
PSU.
All agree that what Sandusky did
and the later coverup of the crimes
were despicable acts and they should
be punished severely. I believe to this
day that what killed Joe Paterno was
not as much the lung cancer but the
broken heart he had for not doing more,
though I have no personal knowledge.
We all know people who died of
a broken heart but that was not the
cause.
In defense of the administration,
they really had their hands tied. If they
try and fight the decision, it will be
seen for public relations purposes
and in the court of public opinion
as if they are condoning what
Sandusky and the then-administration
and coach Joe Paterno did (or did not
do) in the years after 1998. After all,
they commissioned this report.
If they caved in and agreed not
to respond, as they did, then they
are open to attacks that they should
have defended themselves in a way not
endorsing or understating the crimes
committed, as well as defending cur-
rent players who had nothing to do
with it.
Perhaps the NCAA also had its
hands tied: if they dont come down on
PSU with both feet, they will be seen
as being soft on crime, especially after
what has gone down before the last few
seasons. If they come down this harsh-
ly, then they are termed dictators.
I heard one suggestion that PSU
not be able to play a home game for a
certain amount of time, like two years.
I think there is some merit in that.
Some even suggested the death pen-
alty for multiple years football is
TOO big and needs to be cut down to
size, for example. I think that is true
(about football and sports in general)
but also a bit overboard, though with
the reductions and bans, this might be
the practical result.
Darned if you do and darned if you
dont.
This does bother me: some play-
ers that were not even in grade school
when the first crimes were commit-
ted are now being punished. As well,
the fines will come from the athletic
department and other sports will be
affected.
There might not be a way around
this, though if there is, smarter people
than me need to figure it out. Can you
nail the people that should be nailed
without punishing the innocent?
The fact that they can now transfer
anywhere and not have to sit out a year
might not be much; after all, how read-
ily could they blend in and get up to
snuff when camps open in less than two
weeks, as well as go through the short-
ened recruiting process and all that it
entails as far as making arrangements
and deciding where to go?
After all, these kids WANTED to
play for JoePa and Penn State!
We dont know how many will actu-
ally take the offer and move, at least
for now.
The PSRS also claims this decision
gives the NCAA more power and will
actually result in more such scandals
and wonders how much it really has to
do with football.
I have read more than a few blog-
gers and posters including many
PSU alumni that term the PSRS as,
well, this is a family newspaper.
More than a few agree with PSRS.
In the end, methinks there will be
lawsuits and countersuits trying to
address some of these issues who
really should have done this type of
report, what kind of scope and power,
etc.
As that immortal American phi-
losopher, Yogi Berra, would observe:
it aint over til its over.
JIM METCALFE
Metcalfes
Musings
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
NEW ORLEANS
The Hornets, Suns and
Timberwolves have agreed to
a multiplayer trade send-
ing 7-foot center Robin
Lopez and forward Hakim
Warrick from Phoenix
to New Orleans, while
moving forward Wesley
Johnson and a first-round
draft pick from Minnesota
to Phoenix, a person famil-
iar with the deal said.
The person told The
Associated Press about the
trade on condition of ano-
nymity Wednesday because it
has not been announced pend-
ing the completion of some
routine logistical matters.
The deal also sends guard
Jerome Dyson and retiring
center Brad Millers $5.1
million contract from New
Orleans to Minnesota, allow-
ing the Timberwolves to clear
space under the NBAs sal-
ary cap as they pursue free
agents. Minnesota also
will receive two sec-
ond-round draft picks
from New Orleans,
while the Hornets will
receive cash.
The acquisition of
Lopez fills a need at
center for the Hornets,
who traded away
Emeka Okafor and let
Chris Kaman go in free
agency.
While the Hornets were
able to draft 6-11 Kentucky
star Anthony Davis first over-
all in last months draft, Davis
is expected to play often at
power forward because his
slender build could leave him
at a defensive disadvantage in
1-on-1 matchups against some
of the leagues more power-
ful centers such as Dwight
Howard or Andrew Bynum.
The Hornets also have
7-footer Jason Smith on the
roster and while he has filled
in at center well when called
upon, he has been primarily a
reserve power forward during
his career.
New Orleans now has
made two trades to acquire
new frontcourt players,
having also dealt forward
Gustavo Ayon to Orlando
for 6-10 sharpshooter Ryan
Anderson, a perimeter threat
who can space out an oppos-
ing defense.
Lopez Lopez has been an
off-and-on starter in the NBA
and was a reserve for all 64
games in which he appeared
last season, averaging 5.4
points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.7
blocks in 14 minutes a game.
Warrick, a former Syracuse
standout now entering his
eighth season, started periodi-
cally in Memphis early in his
career, but played a reserve
role the past two seasons in
Phoenix. For his career, he
has averaged 9.5 points and
4.1 rebounds in 20.4 minutes.
The 6-7 Johnson is enter-
ing his third season in the
NBA out of Syracuse. He has
averaged 7.7 points and 2.9
rebounds in 24.6 minutes in
his young career.
Cavaliers acquire PG Pargo from
Grizzlies
CLEVELAND The Cavaliers
acquired point guard Jeremy Pargo,
a second-round draft pick in 2014, and
cash considerations from the Grizzlies
in exchange for guard-forward D.J.
Kennedy on Wednesday.
Pargo, 26, played in 44 games
with Memphis last season, averaging
2.9 points and 1.3 assists in 9.7 min-
utes. In 2010-11, Pargo played in the
Israel Premier League and averaged
10 points, 3.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists
in 27.1 minutes.
Kennedy appeared in two games
for the Cavaliers last season and aver-
aged six points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5
assists.
Suns re-sign G Shannon Brown
PHOENIX The Phoenix Suns
have re-signed guard Shannon Brown.
The contract is for two years with
the second year partially guaranteed.
Brown averaged 11 points and 2.7
rebounds in a career-high 23.7 minutes
per game last season. He appeared in
59 games, 19 as a starter.
He came to the Suns as a free
agent in 2011, signing a one-year
deal.
Shooting guard is a position of need
for the Suns. The team has worked
out a 3-team trade that would send
Minnesota guard Wesley Johnson and
a first-round draft pick to the Suns.
Mavericks sign 2nd-round pick
Bernard James
DALLAS The Dallas Mavericks
have announced the signing of former
Florida State center and Air Force vet-
eran Bernard James.
Terms of the deal wont be dis-
closed.
James served six years in the Air
Force, attaining the rank of staff ser-
geant and serving three tours in Iraq,
Afghanistan and Qatar.
Wolves finalize signing of
Russian guard Shved
MINNEAPOLIS The latest
European addition to the Minnesota
Timberwolves will be able to use a
deep backcourt to ease his transition
to the NBA.
Alexey Shved, a 23-year-old
Russian, was signed as a 6-5 shoot-
ing guard thats capable of moving to
point guard.
Shved will play for the Russian
national team in the London Olympics
next week.
Jazz agree to terms with guard
Randy Foye
SALT LAKE CITY The Utah
Jazz have agreed to terms of a con-
tract with guard Randy Foye.
General manager Kevin OConnor
announced the deal, which was pend-
ing the outcome of a physical. Terms
were not released.
Foye has averaged 11.6 points,
3.2 assists and 2.4 rebounds in a six-
year career that has included stints
with Minnesota, Washington and the
Los Angeles Clippers.
Foye played in 65 games with
the Clippers last season, starting 48.
He averaged 11.0 points, 2.2 assists
and 2.1 rebounds while helping the
Clippers to the second round of the
playoffs, where they were swept by the
San Antonio Spurs.
NBA ROUNDUP
If you are a college foot-
ball coach in need of a player
or two, Penn States misfor-
tune could turn out to
be your teams lucky
strike.
Theres a blue-and-
white plate special
going on right now
in Happy Valley, and
coaches from all over the coun-
try are looking at the Nittany
Lions roster like a menu
even though a hoard of Penn
State players have pledged to
stick with the school through
the tough times.
Illinois coaches were in
State College, Pa., to recruit
on Wednesday. Arizona coach
Rich Rodriguez told reporters
his staff has talked with a cou-
ple of Nittany Lions. Baylor
coach Art Briles has said his
staff was contacted by at least
one Penn State player.
Preseason practice starts at
Penn State on Aug. 6. The
next two weeks could be the
most difficult of Bill OBriens
coaching career as he tries to
keep his team together.
NCAA sanctions will keep
the Nittany Lions out of a
bowl game for the rest of these
players careers, and college
sports governing body is
allowing any of them to trans-
fer to another school and get
on the field right away.
The only restriction is they
cannot practice or play with
Penn State this year and still
play for another school this
season.
Players can transfer and be
eligible for next season any
time before the start of fall
practice in 2013, but OBrien
should know what he has to
work with in 2012 on Aug. 6.
And he got some good news
on Wednesday.
At least 13 players listed as
first-stringers on the preseason
depth chart affirmed their com-
mitment to staying in Happy
Valley, including senior quar-
terback Matt McGloin.
We want to let the nation
know that were proud of
who we are, senior fullback
Michael Zordich said, flanked
by his fellow players early
Wednesday morning. Were
the true Penn Staters, and were
going to stick together through
this. Were going to see this
thing through, and were going
to do everything we can for the
university. We know its not
going to be easy, but we know
what were made of.
Neither Zordich nor senior
linebacker Michael Mauti
both sons of former Penn State
players mentioned former
assistant coach Jerry Sandusky
by name during the impromptu
news conference, where they
didnt take any questions after
reading a statement.
We take this as an opportu-
nity to create our own legacy,
Mauti said. This program was
not built by one man and its
sure as hell not going to get
torn down by one man. This
program was built on every
alumni, every single player
that came before us, built on
their backs.
The Nittany Lions cant
play in a bowl game until the
2016 season after an unprece-
dented child sex abuse scandal
that shattered the programs
image as a place where suc-
cess with honor was the rule.
The scholarship reductions
theyll receive could make it
difficult for OBrien to field a
competitive squad during the
next few seasons.
On Twitter, McGloin called
the NCAA penalties extreme-
ly harsh.
I am a Nittany Lion and
will remain one, he tweeted. I
believe in the core values I have
learned in this program. It is
not Nittany Lion Football. It is
Nittany Lion family.
Along with Mauti,
Zordich, McGloin
and Morris, players
listed as first-team-
ers who attended
Wednesday included
wide receiver Allen Robinson;
offensive linemen Donovan
Smith, Matt Stankiewitch,
John Urschel and Adam Gress;
tight end Kyle Carter; defen-
sive linemen DaQuan Jones
and Pete Massaro; and corner-
back Adrian Amos.
That group includes six
seniors, three juniors, two
sophomores and two redshirt
freshmen.
On Wednesday night,
incoming freshman quar-
terback Steven Bench from
Georgia joined the committed,
tweeting: I have decided to
stay at Penn State. I promise
this team is special and will
SHOCK THE WORLD over
the next 4 years.
Penn State spokesman Jeff
Nelson said other players had
committed to return but were
unable to attend Wednesday
because of classes or intern-
ships.
But some players will weigh
whether to transfer, with other
schools wooing them. The
biggest name is running back
Silas Redd, who rushed for
1,241 yards as a sophomore
last season. Redd has yet to
reveal his plans.
Illinois spokesman Kent
Brown confirmed that a group
of assistant coaches traveled to
State College on Wednesday to
talk to some Nittany Lions play-
ers. Brown said Illini athletic
director Mike Thomas informed
Penn State of the trip and that it
came after Nittany Lions play-
ers contacted the Illini.
Cornerback Stephon Morris,
who attended Wednesdays
news conference, tweeted:
We have chosen to stay at
PSU & other opposing coach-
es are outside our apartment.
Was that the intentions of
the NCAA. He added the
hashtags LeaveUsAlone and
WeAre.
There probably wont be
a parade of opposing coach-
es showing up on the Penn
State campus over the next
week or so. Most will take a
slightly more subtle approach
and players can take five offi-
cial recruiting visits to other
schools, just as they did when
they were being recruited out
of high school.
But it wont be surpris-
ing to see some enemy colors
around Happy Valley.
OBrien told ESPN on
Wednesday that while oppos-
ing coaches needed only to
email or fax the compliance
department to receive clear-
ance to speak to players, he
believed there was a protocol
they should follow. OBrien
cited Central Floridas George
OLeary, Syracuses Doug
Marrone and Iowas Kirk
Ferentz as having reached out
to him first.
Marrone and OBrien are
close friends from the time they
spent working on OLearys
staff at Georgia Tech.
Its been less than two
weeks since an investigation
by former FBI director Louis
Freeh concluded former coach
Joe Paterno and other high-
ranking university officials
covered up abuse allegations
involving Sandusky, who
awaits sentencing on charges
he abused 10 boys, some of
them in team facilities.
Sanctions give PSU oppo-
nents chance to cherry pick
MLB CAPSULES
AL
SEATTLE (AP) Pinch-hitter
Jayson Nix lined a three-run double
off reliever Shawn Kelley in the eighth
inning, and New York rallied for a 5-2
victory over Seattle on Wednesday to
complete a 2-5 West Coast trip.
Nixs liner scored Derek Jeter,
Robinson Cano and Mark Teixeira. It
was Nixs first hit in eight at-bats during
the Yankees trip.
Jeter homered in the first inning,
his eighth of the season, off Hisashi
Iwakuma.
Lucas Luetge (1-1) loaded the
bases and was relieved by Kelley.
Nix is 2 for 3 this season as a
pinch hitter.
David Phelps (2-3) threw 1 1-3
innings of relief and struck out two to
get the victory. Rafael Soriano pitched
the ninth for his 26th save in 28
chances.
WHITE SOX 8, TWINS 2
CHICAGO (AP) Dayan Viciedo
homered and drove in four runs, and
Chicago completed the three-game
sweep.
Viciedo hit a two-run single in the
second inning and added a two-run
homer in the fourth, finishing with three
hits. Alex Rios homered for the White
Sox, who have won 10 of their last 11
home games.
Jake Peavy (8-7) allowed two runs
one earned and six hits in six
innings with six strikeouts and two
walks.
Kevin Youkilis left the game in the
fourth inning due to a sprained left
ankle. He had an RBI single in the third
before being lifted for a pinch-hitter.
Nick Blackburn (4-6) gave up a
season-high eight runs and 10 hits in 4
1-3 innings as the Twins fell a season-
worst 18 games below .500.
ANGELS 11, ROYALS 6
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Jered
Weaver won his seventh straight start
to tie a career-best, and Mike Trout
and Torii Hunter homered for Los
Angeles.
The Angels won the rubber game
of the three-game series without slug-
ger Albert Pujols, who missed his
second game of the season because
of a bruised right elbow.
Weaver (13-1) threw 101 pitches
over five innings, allowing two runs
and three hits while his AL-leading
ERA rose from 2.20 to 2.27 because
of Billy Butlers two-run homer in the
fifth, his 20th.
Royals right-hander Luke Hochevar
(6-9) was ejected in the fourth inning
by plate umpire Bob Davidson after
hitting Trout immediately following a
homer by Bobby Wilson that gave the
Angels an 8-0 lead.
Trouts homer was his 16th.
Hunters was his 11th.
TIGERS 5, INDIANS 3
CLEVELAND (AP) Max
Scherzer allowed two runs over seven
innings to win his fourth straight deci-
sion and Detroit beat Cleveland for
only the second time in eight games
this season.
Quintin Berry had three hits and
drove in two runs to help Scherzer (10-
5) win for the first time in four career
starts at Progressive Field.
Scherzer, whose only mistake
came on Casey Kotchmans two-run
homer in the third, held the Indians to
three hits and struck out eight.
Jose Valverde gave up Travis
Hafners one-out homer in the ninth
before recording his 19th save in 23
chances.
The Tigers, who have won 14 of
17, remained tied for first in the AL
Central with Chicago, while the third-
place Indians fell four games out.
Derek Lowe (8-9) allowed five runs
in six innings, but wasnt helped by
shortstop Asdrubal Cabreras throw-
ing errors on consecutive plays that
allowed two runs in the second.
RAYS 10, ORIOLES 1
BALTIMORE (AP) David Price
allowed one run over seven innings
to earn his major league-leading 14th
victory and Ryan Roberts homered
and scored three runs in his Tampa
Bay debut.
Desmond Jennings homered on
the games first pitch to spark a five-
run first inning, Roberts connected with
a man on in the third and rookie Jose
Lobaton added a three-run drive in the
fifth for a 10-1 lead.
Price (14-4) gave up seven hits,
struck out 10 and walked none. The
left-hander has won a career-high six
straight decisions (over his last seven
starts) and is 9-1 in 11 starts since
May 20.
Lobaton finished with three hits
and four RBIs, both career highs.
The 10 runs were more than the light-
hitting Rays totaled in their previous
four games.
RANGERS 5, RED SOX 3
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)
Derek Holland struck out seven and
pitched into the eighth inning and
Texas took advantage of a couple of
wild throws by Josh Beckett to score
the go-ahead run.
Elvis Andrus was hit on the left
forearm by a pitch to reach with one
out in the seventh. He got to third on
a single by Adrian Beltre and scored
to break a 3-all tie when Beckett (5-9)
threw a wild pitch that bounced several
feet wide of the plate.
Holland (7-5) allowed three runs
and five hits in 7 2-3 innings, and came
out of the game soon after a stretch
when he retired 20 of 22 batters.
Nelson Cruz led off the eighth
with his 13th homer, to greet Red Sox
reliever Matt Albers.
While retiring 20 of 22 batters,
Holland gave up solo homers to Will
Middlebrooks and Dustin Pedroia.
Beckett allowed nine hits and
walked two in his seven innings.
ATHLETICS 16, BLUE JAYS 0
TORONTO (AP) Coco Crisp hit
two home runs and Yoenis Cespedes
had two RBI doubles to lead Oakland to
a season-high seventh straight wins.
It was the most-lopsided shutout
loss ever for Toronto. Things got so
out of hand that the Blue Jays used
catcher Jeff Mathis to pitch the ninth
inning, and he gave up two runs on an
RBI double by Brandon Hicks and an
RBI single by Brandon Moss.
Chris Carter homered and drove
in three runs. He drew a bases-loaded
walk from Ricky Romero during an
eight-run second inning as Oakland
improved to 16-2 in July.
A.J. Griffin (3-0) gave up three hits
in six innings. The rookie struck out
nine in winning his third straight start
and leaving with a 2.25 ERA.
NL
PITTSBURGH (AP) Kevin
Correia won his career-best fifth
straight start and Garrett Jones hit a
tiebreaking double to lead Pittsburgh
over Chicago 3-2 on Wednesday.
Correia (8-6) gave up two runs
and four hits in six innings, helping
Pittsburgh avoid a sweep at home.
Jones drove in the go-ahead run
with a two-out double in the sixth. Neil
Walker and Michael McKenry homered
for Pittsburgh.
Ryan Dempster (5-5) allowed three
runs and five hits in six innings with
six strikeouts and no walks. His ERA,
which had been a major league-leading
2.11, rose to 2.25.
Relievers Jared Hughes, Jason
Grilli and Joel Hanrahan followed
Correia with one scoreless inning each.
Hanrahan recorded his 29th save in 32
chances.
NATIONALS 5, METS 2
NEW YORK (AP) Stephen
Strasburg struck out 11 in seven
innings, Michael Morse and Danny
Espinosa hit consecutive homers and
Washington completed a sweep of
free-falling New York.
Adam LaRoche hit a two-run
homer for a second straight day, and
Espinosa doubled and scored on one
of the Mets two errors in the Nationals
fifth straight win. The team with the
NLs best record (58-39) has won
seven of 10.
Strasburg (11-4) gave up four hits
in matching his career best for innings,
done seven times.
Ike Davis homered for New York
in the finale of an 0-6 homestand. The
Mets 1-11 slide after the All-Star break
is approaching their record for futility
to start the second half. The only team
worse in club history was its first. The
1962 Mets won just one of their first 15
See MLB, page 7
SPORTS
Mount Nittany not done
erupting after NCAA decision
If anyone thought the Penn State/
Jerry Sandusky scandal was over and
done with after the release of the scath-
ing Louis Freeh report and the sub-
sequent punishment and it most
definitely IS a punishment! handed
down by the NCAA earlier this week,
it seems that is not the case.
Personally, I think they got what
they deserved. We cannot condone what
was done here anywhere! Covering up
these crimes for the sake of public
relations makes the real victims dou-
ble-victims and its unthinkable.
In all truth, if this had happened at
Ohio State, I would say the same thing.
The Jim Tressel affair is a burp com-
pared to this.
I have found unsurprisingly
that not everyone is happy with the
way Penn State and its board of trust-
ees handled its end of the bargain in
regards to the heavy fine, bowl-game
bans and severe scholarship reductions
that the college football powers-that-be
gave to the Happy (it might now be
Sad) Valley faithful.
Ive been keeping an eye and ear
on the fallout after the decision by the
NCAA was handed down.
I saw the gasped responses of many
of the students attending the university.
I suppose Id have done the same thing
had this been done to Ohio State or any
fandom would have done had this been
their beloved Whose It University.
Then I have watched the response
of certain groups like Penn Staters for
a Responsible Stewardship (a number
of former players and other alumni)
and they are more than a little peeved
at what they termed the caving that
the PSU administration did in the face
of the $60 million fine it has to be
given to an organization not affiliated
with the institution the 4-year bowl
ban (I assume that will start in 2012)
and the reduction of 20 scholarships
per year in a coming 4-year window
(I assume starting in the coming off-
season this winter; its too late to start
it now because of the scholarships
already handed out for this fall). That
means that the Nittany Lions roster will
be capped at 65 scholarships per year
for those four years it starts.
Plus, PSU must forfeit all wins from
1998 on, thus taking Joe Paterno from
the top spot in coaching wins.
PSRS feels that the NCAA over-
stepped its bounds by interfering in
what they term a criminal investiga-
tion that the NCAA is not a court
or law enforcement entity and does not
have that kind of power and how the
administration agreed not to fight it.
The PSRS also claims that the report
on which the decision was based was
nothing but an opinion piece and was
not based on a lot of evidence it
was more of a lawyer advising a cli-
ent because Mr. Freeh did not have
subpoena power, nor did he interview
people like JoePa. I really wonder if
this was the best way to go about it by
PSU.
All agree that what Sandusky did
and the later coverup of the crimes
were despicable acts and they should
be punished severely. I believe to this
day that what killed Joe Paterno was
not as much the lung cancer but the
broken heart he had for not doing more,
though I have no personal knowledge.
We all know people who died of
a broken heart but that was not the
cause.
In defense of the administration,
they really had their hands tied. If they
try and fight the decision, it will be
seen for public relations purposes
and in the court of public opinion
as if they are condoning what
Sandusky and the then-administration
and coach Joe Paterno did (or did not
do) in the years after 1998. After all,
they commissioned this report.
If they caved in and agreed not
to respond, as they did, then they
are open to attacks that they should
have defended themselves in a way not
endorsing or understating the crimes
committed, as well as defending cur-
rent players who had nothing to do
with it.
Perhaps the NCAA also had its
hands tied: if they dont come down on
PSU with both feet, they will be seen
as being soft on crime, especially after
what has gone down before the last few
seasons. If they come down this harsh-
ly, then they are termed dictators.
I heard one suggestion that PSU
not be able to play a home game for a
certain amount of time, like two years.
I think there is some merit in that.
Some even suggested the death pen-
alty for multiple years football is
TOO big and needs to be cut down to
size, for example. I think that is true
(about football and sports in general)
but also a bit overboard, though with
the reductions and bans, this might be
the practical result.
Darned if you do and darned if you
dont.
This does bother me: some play-
ers that were not even in grade school
when the first crimes were commit-
ted are now being punished. As well,
the fines will come from the athletic
department and other sports will be
affected.
There might not be a way around
this, though if there is, smarter people
than me need to figure it out. Can you
nail the people that should be nailed
without punishing the innocent?
The fact that they can now transfer
anywhere and not have to sit out a year
might not be much; after all, how read-
ily could they blend in and get up to
snuff when camps open in less than two
weeks, as well as go through the short-
ened recruiting process and all that it
entails as far as making arrangements
and deciding where to go?
After all, these kids WANTED to
play for JoePa and Penn State!
We dont know how many will actu-
ally take the offer and move, at least
for now.
The PSRS also claims this decision
gives the NCAA more power and will
actually result in more such scandals
and wonders how much it really has to
do with football.
I have read more than a few blog-
gers and posters including many
PSU alumni that term the PSRS as,
well, this is a family newspaper.
More than a few agree with PSRS.
In the end, methinks there will be
lawsuits and countersuits trying to
address some of these issues who
really should have done this type of
report, what kind of scope and power,
etc.
As that immortal American phi-
losopher, Yogi Berra, would observe:
it aint over til its over.
JIM METCALFE
Metcalfes
Musings
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
NEW ORLEANS
The Hornets, Suns and
Timberwolves have agreed to
a multiplayer trade send-
ing 7-foot center Robin
Lopez and forward Hakim
Warrick from Phoenix
to New Orleans, while
moving forward Wesley
Johnson and a first-round
draft pick from Minnesota
to Phoenix, a person famil-
iar with the deal said.
The person told The
Associated Press about the
trade on condition of ano-
nymity Wednesday because it
has not been announced pend-
ing the completion of some
routine logistical matters.
The deal also sends guard
Jerome Dyson and retiring
center Brad Millers $5.1
million contract from New
Orleans to Minnesota, allow-
ing the Timberwolves to clear
space under the NBAs sal-
ary cap as they pursue free
agents. Minnesota also
will receive two sec-
ond-round draft picks
from New Orleans,
while the Hornets will
receive cash.
The acquisition of
Lopez fills a need at
center for the Hornets,
who traded away
Emeka Okafor and let
Chris Kaman go in free
agency.
While the Hornets were
able to draft 6-11 Kentucky
star Anthony Davis first over-
all in last months draft, Davis
is expected to play often at
power forward because his
slender build could leave him
at a defensive disadvantage in
1-on-1 matchups against some
of the leagues more power-
ful centers such as Dwight
Howard or Andrew Bynum.
The Hornets also have
7-footer Jason Smith on the
roster and while he has filled
in at center well when called
upon, he has been primarily a
reserve power forward during
his career.
New Orleans now has
made two trades to acquire
new frontcourt players,
having also dealt forward
Gustavo Ayon to Orlando
for 6-10 sharpshooter Ryan
Anderson, a perimeter threat
who can space out an oppos-
ing defense.
Lopez Lopez has been an
off-and-on starter in the NBA
and was a reserve for all 64
games in which he appeared
last season, averaging 5.4
points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.7
blocks in 14 minutes a game.
Warrick, a former Syracuse
standout now entering his
eighth season, started periodi-
cally in Memphis early in his
career, but played a reserve
role the past two seasons in
Phoenix. For his career, he
has averaged 9.5 points and
4.1 rebounds in 20.4 minutes.
The 6-7 Johnson is enter-
ing his third season in the
NBA out of Syracuse. He has
averaged 7.7 points and 2.9
rebounds in 24.6 minutes in
his young career.
Cavaliers acquire PG Pargo from
Grizzlies
CLEVELAND The Cavaliers
acquired point guard Jeremy Pargo,
a second-round draft pick in 2014, and
cash considerations from the Grizzlies
in exchange for guard-forward D.J.
Kennedy on Wednesday.
Pargo, 26, played in 44 games
with Memphis last season, averaging
2.9 points and 1.3 assists in 9.7 min-
utes. In 2010-11, Pargo played in the
Israel Premier League and averaged
10 points, 3.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists
in 27.1 minutes.
Kennedy appeared in two games
for the Cavaliers last season and aver-
aged six points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5
assists.
Suns re-sign G Shannon Brown
PHOENIX The Phoenix Suns
have re-signed guard Shannon Brown.
The contract is for two years with
the second year partially guaranteed.
Brown averaged 11 points and 2.7
rebounds in a career-high 23.7 minutes
per game last season. He appeared in
59 games, 19 as a starter.
He came to the Suns as a free
agent in 2011, signing a one-year
deal.
Shooting guard is a position of need
for the Suns. The team has worked
out a 3-team trade that would send
Minnesota guard Wesley Johnson and
a first-round draft pick to the Suns.
Mavericks sign 2nd-round pick
Bernard James
DALLAS The Dallas Mavericks
have announced the signing of former
Florida State center and Air Force vet-
eran Bernard James.
Terms of the deal wont be dis-
closed.
James served six years in the Air
Force, attaining the rank of staff ser-
geant and serving three tours in Iraq,
Afghanistan and Qatar.
Wolves finalize signing of
Russian guard Shved
MINNEAPOLIS The latest
European addition to the Minnesota
Timberwolves will be able to use a
deep backcourt to ease his transition
to the NBA.
Alexey Shved, a 23-year-old
Russian, was signed as a 6-5 shoot-
ing guard thats capable of moving to
point guard.
Shved will play for the Russian
national team in the London Olympics
next week.
Jazz agree to terms with guard
Randy Foye
SALT LAKE CITY The Utah
Jazz have agreed to terms of a con-
tract with guard Randy Foye.
General manager Kevin OConnor
announced the deal, which was pend-
ing the outcome of a physical. Terms
were not released.
Foye has averaged 11.6 points,
3.2 assists and 2.4 rebounds in a six-
year career that has included stints
with Minnesota, Washington and the
Los Angeles Clippers.
Foye played in 65 games with
the Clippers last season, starting 48.
He averaged 11.0 points, 2.2 assists
and 2.1 rebounds while helping the
Clippers to the second round of the
playoffs, where they were swept by the
San Antonio Spurs.
NBA ROUNDUP
If you are a college foot-
ball coach in need of a player
or two, Penn States misfor-
tune could turn out to
be your teams lucky
strike.
Theres a blue-and-
white plate special
going on right now
in Happy Valley, and
coaches from all over the coun-
try are looking at the Nittany
Lions roster like a menu
even though a hoard of Penn
State players have pledged to
stick with the school through
the tough times.
Illinois coaches were in
State College, Pa., to recruit
on Wednesday. Arizona coach
Rich Rodriguez told reporters
his staff has talked with a cou-
ple of Nittany Lions. Baylor
coach Art Briles has said his
staff was contacted by at least
one Penn State player.
Preseason practice starts at
Penn State on Aug. 6. The
next two weeks could be the
most difficult of Bill OBriens
coaching career as he tries to
keep his team together.
NCAA sanctions will keep
the Nittany Lions out of a
bowl game for the rest of these
players careers, and college
sports governing body is
allowing any of them to trans-
fer to another school and get
on the field right away.
The only restriction is they
cannot practice or play with
Penn State this year and still
play for another school this
season.
Players can transfer and be
eligible for next season any
time before the start of fall
practice in 2013, but OBrien
should know what he has to
work with in 2012 on Aug. 6.
And he got some good news
on Wednesday.
At least 13 players listed as
first-stringers on the preseason
depth chart affirmed their com-
mitment to staying in Happy
Valley, including senior quar-
terback Matt McGloin.
We want to let the nation
know that were proud of
who we are, senior fullback
Michael Zordich said, flanked
by his fellow players early
Wednesday morning. Were
the true Penn Staters, and were
going to stick together through
this. Were going to see this
thing through, and were going
to do everything we can for the
university. We know its not
going to be easy, but we know
what were made of.
Neither Zordich nor senior
linebacker Michael Mauti
both sons of former Penn State
players mentioned former
assistant coach Jerry Sandusky
by name during the impromptu
news conference, where they
didnt take any questions after
reading a statement.
We take this as an opportu-
nity to create our own legacy,
Mauti said. This program was
not built by one man and its
sure as hell not going to get
torn down by one man. This
program was built on every
alumni, every single player
that came before us, built on
their backs.
The Nittany Lions cant
play in a bowl game until the
2016 season after an unprece-
dented child sex abuse scandal
that shattered the programs
image as a place where suc-
cess with honor was the rule.
The scholarship reductions
theyll receive could make it
difficult for OBrien to field a
competitive squad during the
next few seasons.
On Twitter, McGloin called
the NCAA penalties extreme-
ly harsh.
I am a Nittany Lion and
will remain one, he tweeted. I
believe in the core values I have
learned in this program. It is
not Nittany Lion Football. It is
Nittany Lion family.
Along with Mauti,
Zordich, McGloin
and Morris, players
listed as first-team-
ers who attended
Wednesday included
wide receiver Allen Robinson;
offensive linemen Donovan
Smith, Matt Stankiewitch,
John Urschel and Adam Gress;
tight end Kyle Carter; defen-
sive linemen DaQuan Jones
and Pete Massaro; and corner-
back Adrian Amos.
That group includes six
seniors, three juniors, two
sophomores and two redshirt
freshmen.
On Wednesday night,
incoming freshman quar-
terback Steven Bench from
Georgia joined the committed,
tweeting: I have decided to
stay at Penn State. I promise
this team is special and will
SHOCK THE WORLD over
the next 4 years.
Penn State spokesman Jeff
Nelson said other players had
committed to return but were
unable to attend Wednesday
because of classes or intern-
ships.
But some players will weigh
whether to transfer, with other
schools wooing them. The
biggest name is running back
Silas Redd, who rushed for
1,241 yards as a sophomore
last season. Redd has yet to
reveal his plans.
Illinois spokesman Kent
Brown confirmed that a group
of assistant coaches traveled to
State College on Wednesday to
talk to some Nittany Lions play-
ers. Brown said Illini athletic
director Mike Thomas informed
Penn State of the trip and that it
came after Nittany Lions play-
ers contacted the Illini.
Cornerback Stephon Morris,
who attended Wednesdays
news conference, tweeted:
We have chosen to stay at
PSU & other opposing coach-
es are outside our apartment.
Was that the intentions of
the NCAA. He added the
hashtags LeaveUsAlone and
WeAre.
There probably wont be
a parade of opposing coach-
es showing up on the Penn
State campus over the next
week or so. Most will take a
slightly more subtle approach
and players can take five offi-
cial recruiting visits to other
schools, just as they did when
they were being recruited out
of high school.
But it wont be surpris-
ing to see some enemy colors
around Happy Valley.
OBrien told ESPN on
Wednesday that while oppos-
ing coaches needed only to
email or fax the compliance
department to receive clear-
ance to speak to players, he
believed there was a protocol
they should follow. OBrien
cited Central Floridas George
OLeary, Syracuses Doug
Marrone and Iowas Kirk
Ferentz as having reached out
to him first.
Marrone and OBrien are
close friends from the time they
spent working on OLearys
staff at Georgia Tech.
Its been less than two
weeks since an investigation
by former FBI director Louis
Freeh concluded former coach
Joe Paterno and other high-
ranking university officials
covered up abuse allegations
involving Sandusky, who
awaits sentencing on charges
he abused 10 boys, some of
them in team facilities.
Sanctions give PSU oppo-
nents chance to cherry pick
MLB CAPSULES
AL
SEATTLE (AP) Pinch-hitter
Jayson Nix lined a three-run double
off reliever Shawn Kelley in the eighth
inning, and New York rallied for a 5-2
victory over Seattle on Wednesday to
complete a 2-5 West Coast trip.
Nixs liner scored Derek Jeter,
Robinson Cano and Mark Teixeira. It
was Nixs first hit in eight at-bats during
the Yankees trip.
Jeter homered in the first inning,
his eighth of the season, off Hisashi
Iwakuma.
Lucas Luetge (1-1) loaded the
bases and was relieved by Kelley.
Nix is 2 for 3 this season as a
pinch hitter.
David Phelps (2-3) threw 1 1-3
innings of relief and struck out two to
get the victory. Rafael Soriano pitched
the ninth for his 26th save in 28
chances.
WHITE SOX 8, TWINS 2
CHICAGO (AP) Dayan Viciedo
homered and drove in four runs, and
Chicago completed the three-game
sweep.
Viciedo hit a two-run single in the
second inning and added a two-run
homer in the fourth, finishing with three
hits. Alex Rios homered for the White
Sox, who have won 10 of their last 11
home games.
Jake Peavy (8-7) allowed two runs
one earned and six hits in six
innings with six strikeouts and two
walks.
Kevin Youkilis left the game in the
fourth inning due to a sprained left
ankle. He had an RBI single in the third
before being lifted for a pinch-hitter.
Nick Blackburn (4-6) gave up a
season-high eight runs and 10 hits in 4
1-3 innings as the Twins fell a season-
worst 18 games below .500.
ANGELS 11, ROYALS 6
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Jered
Weaver won his seventh straight start
to tie a career-best, and Mike Trout
and Torii Hunter homered for Los
Angeles.
The Angels won the rubber game
of the three-game series without slug-
ger Albert Pujols, who missed his
second game of the season because
of a bruised right elbow.
Weaver (13-1) threw 101 pitches
over five innings, allowing two runs
and three hits while his AL-leading
ERA rose from 2.20 to 2.27 because
of Billy Butlers two-run homer in the
fifth, his 20th.
Royals right-hander Luke Hochevar
(6-9) was ejected in the fourth inning
by plate umpire Bob Davidson after
hitting Trout immediately following a
homer by Bobby Wilson that gave the
Angels an 8-0 lead.
Trouts homer was his 16th.
Hunters was his 11th.
TIGERS 5, INDIANS 3
CLEVELAND (AP) Max
Scherzer allowed two runs over seven
innings to win his fourth straight deci-
sion and Detroit beat Cleveland for
only the second time in eight games
this season.
Quintin Berry had three hits and
drove in two runs to help Scherzer (10-
5) win for the first time in four career
starts at Progressive Field.
Scherzer, whose only mistake
came on Casey Kotchmans two-run
homer in the third, held the Indians to
three hits and struck out eight.
Jose Valverde gave up Travis
Hafners one-out homer in the ninth
before recording his 19th save in 23
chances.
The Tigers, who have won 14 of
17, remained tied for first in the AL
Central with Chicago, while the third-
place Indians fell four games out.
Derek Lowe (8-9) allowed five runs
in six innings, but wasnt helped by
shortstop Asdrubal Cabreras throw-
ing errors on consecutive plays that
allowed two runs in the second.
RAYS 10, ORIOLES 1
BALTIMORE (AP) David Price
allowed one run over seven innings
to earn his major league-leading 14th
victory and Ryan Roberts homered
and scored three runs in his Tampa
Bay debut.
Desmond Jennings homered on
the games first pitch to spark a five-
run first inning, Roberts connected with
a man on in the third and rookie Jose
Lobaton added a three-run drive in the
fifth for a 10-1 lead.
Price (14-4) gave up seven hits,
struck out 10 and walked none. The
left-hander has won a career-high six
straight decisions (over his last seven
starts) and is 9-1 in 11 starts since
May 20.
Lobaton finished with three hits
and four RBIs, both career highs.
The 10 runs were more than the light-
hitting Rays totaled in their previous
four games.
RANGERS 5, RED SOX 3
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)
Derek Holland struck out seven and
pitched into the eighth inning and
Texas took advantage of a couple of
wild throws by Josh Beckett to score
the go-ahead run.
Elvis Andrus was hit on the left
forearm by a pitch to reach with one
out in the seventh. He got to third on
a single by Adrian Beltre and scored
to break a 3-all tie when Beckett (5-9)
threw a wild pitch that bounced several
feet wide of the plate.
Holland (7-5) allowed three runs
and five hits in 7 2-3 innings, and came
out of the game soon after a stretch
when he retired 20 of 22 batters.
Nelson Cruz led off the eighth
with his 13th homer, to greet Red Sox
reliever Matt Albers.
While retiring 20 of 22 batters,
Holland gave up solo homers to Will
Middlebrooks and Dustin Pedroia.
Beckett allowed nine hits and
walked two in his seven innings.
ATHLETICS 16, BLUE JAYS 0
TORONTO (AP) Coco Crisp hit
two home runs and Yoenis Cespedes
had two RBI doubles to lead Oakland to
a season-high seventh straight wins.
It was the most-lopsided shutout
loss ever for Toronto. Things got so
out of hand that the Blue Jays used
catcher Jeff Mathis to pitch the ninth
inning, and he gave up two runs on an
RBI double by Brandon Hicks and an
RBI single by Brandon Moss.
Chris Carter homered and drove
in three runs. He drew a bases-loaded
walk from Ricky Romero during an
eight-run second inning as Oakland
improved to 16-2 in July.
A.J. Griffin (3-0) gave up three hits
in six innings. The rookie struck out
nine in winning his third straight start
and leaving with a 2.25 ERA.
NL
PITTSBURGH (AP) Kevin
Correia won his career-best fifth
straight start and Garrett Jones hit a
tiebreaking double to lead Pittsburgh
over Chicago 3-2 on Wednesday.
Correia (8-6) gave up two runs
and four hits in six innings, helping
Pittsburgh avoid a sweep at home.
Jones drove in the go-ahead run
with a two-out double in the sixth. Neil
Walker and Michael McKenry homered
for Pittsburgh.
Ryan Dempster (5-5) allowed three
runs and five hits in six innings with
six strikeouts and no walks. His ERA,
which had been a major league-leading
2.11, rose to 2.25.
Relievers Jared Hughes, Jason
Grilli and Joel Hanrahan followed
Correia with one scoreless inning each.
Hanrahan recorded his 29th save in 32
chances.
NATIONALS 5, METS 2
NEW YORK (AP) Stephen
Strasburg struck out 11 in seven
innings, Michael Morse and Danny
Espinosa hit consecutive homers and
Washington completed a sweep of
free-falling New York.
Adam LaRoche hit a two-run
homer for a second straight day, and
Espinosa doubled and scored on one
of the Mets two errors in the Nationals
fifth straight win. The team with the
NLs best record (58-39) has won
seven of 10.
Strasburg (11-4) gave up four hits
in matching his career best for innings,
done seven times.
Ike Davis homered for New York
in the finale of an 0-6 homestand. The
Mets 1-11 slide after the All-Star break
is approaching their record for futility
to start the second half. The only team
worse in club history was its first. The
1962 Mets won just one of their first 15
See MLB, page 7
AGRIBUSINESS
Heat, drought make for more flavorful produce
By DINESH RAMDE
MILWAUKEE Chef Dan Jacobs
expected his recent batch of jalapeqo pop-
pers to be tame because peppers grown at
this time of the year are generally mild. But
he quickly discovered that his spicy appe-
tizer carried an unexpected fire.
Wow, those things are no joke. They
are hot, said Jacobs, the top chef at Roots
Restaurant and Cellar in Milwaukee. At this
time of year, they shouldnt be this hot. But
the warm weather, the no rain, thats going
to cause that.
Temperatures above 100 degrees and
droughtlike conditions have baked parts
of the upper Midwest for weeks, taking a
severe toll on corn and soybeans. But the
heat brought an expected benefit for pep-
pers and other crops: Their flavors became
unusually concentrated, producing some of
the most potent-tasting produce in years.
In peppers, that means the difference
between a lightly tingling tongue and heav-
ily watery eyes. The effect comes from
alkaloids, the substance that binds to heat
receptors on the tongue.
Peppers really like hot weather, said
Irwin Goldman, a horticulture professor
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
When its dry and hot outside, youll get a
higher concentration of alkaloids.
The same phenomenon also happens in
onions, garlic and certain fruits, he said.
Scientists say a peppers hotness is gen-
erally determined by genetics, although
environment can play a role. Long hot days
cause peppers to produce more capsaicin,
the specific alkaloid that delivers the spicy
kick.
The absence of water also has an effect.
The higher a vegetables water content, the
larger and juicier it is, but the more diluted
the flavor.
Farmers say theyve noticed a taste dif-
ference in several of their crops over the past
month or so. Cindy Chapman, who raises
corn, beets and other vegetables, said she
noticed that the radishes she harvested ear-
lier in the year were especially flavorful.
They were much hotter, really sharp,
said Chapman, a farmer in East Troy. Some
people wont eat them when theyre that
sharp, and then there are other people who
love the stronger flavor.
This kind of weather can also cause
melons to be especially sweet, said Jim
Nienhuis, who also teaches horticulture at
UW-Madison. Cantaloupes originated in the
Middle East, and watermelons came from
the deserts of Africa, so theyve been thriv-
ing.
Hot, dry conditions result in higher rates
of photosynthesis, leading to higher concen-
trations of fruit sugars, he said in an email.
Bruce Sherman, executive chef at the
North Pond Restaurant in Chicago, has
noticed. His restaurant gets its fruits and
vegetables from farms in Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan and Wisconsin, and his recent
batches of cantaloupes and cucumbers have
been exceptionally sweet.
Sherman said he might use cantaloupe
in a melon gazpacho or a cucumber-melon-
corn salad.
We might not dress it as heavily if the
integral flavor is better by itself, he said.
He said he hadnt gotten any unusually
spicy peppers yet, although one supplier told
him that her jalapeqos and Serrano peppers
were twice as hot as usual.
While fruits and vegetables with lower
water concentrations can have a sharpened
taste, theyll also generally be less juicy.
David Witte, a West Bend farmer, said that
could be good or bad.
One person might like that theres more
flavor but less juice, and the person next to
him might like a tomato that you cut into and
see the juice come out, he said.
The current phenomenon will only last as
long as weather in the Midwest remains hot
and dry. The heat wave has already moder-
ated in some places, and rain could serve to
reduce the flavor concentrations.
Some cooks might take advantage of that
brief window to hoard hot peppers for five-
alarm chili or extra-spicy salsa. But Jacobs
said he didnt plan to offer any special dishes
with his fiery jalapeqos, grown in Grafton.
If anything, the extra potency means he
has to go out of his way to make sure his
dishes stay consistent.
I think wed just be more careful how
we use them in salsa or sauce. We might use
one instead of three, he said. The ones that
are super-spicy are no joke. They will rip
you apart.
As drought, heat show importance of Risk Management
Programs, ASA calls on House to pass Farm Bill
ST. LOUIS As wors-
ening drought conditions
continue to envelop more
than half of the United
States, the American
Soybean Association (ASA)
is pointing to the Farm Bill
currently stalled and await-
ing debate by the full House
of Representatives as an
essential means of ensur-
ing the continued cover-
age of American farmland
through crop insurance and
risk management, as well
as disaster assistance pro-
grams.
As conditions deterio-
rate throughout much of
rural America and the out-
look for farmers becomes
bleaker and bleaker, we
are reminded that farming
is subject to so many ele-
ments and risks outside of
the farmers control. This
further emphasizes the need
for programs to help farm-
ers manage risks in order to
stay viable and plant next
year, said ASA President
Steve Wellman, a soybean
farmer from Syracuse,
Neb.
Currently, 85 percent
of soybean acres in the
United States are covered
by crop insurance, how-
ever Wellman says that it
should not be misconstrued
as a profit center for farm-
ers. Just as when hom-
eowners insurance replaces
valuables following a flood
or a fire, crop insurance
only covers farmers in the
event of a significant loss,
he said. These policies
often have deductibles or
loss levels at 25 percent or
more. They arent there to
turn a profit; they exist to
help farmers survive and
keep farming.
Wellman added that the
current conditions point
directly to the benefits pro-
vided by revenue-based
risk management programs.
Revenue-based risk man-
agement tools that comple-
ment crop insurance ensure
that farmers who suffer a
crop lossand accompany-
ing revenue lossreceive
the assistance they need
to remain viable, he said.
In contrast, a target price-
based program would pro-
vide no assistance to farm-
ers affected by the drought
since it would activate only
if prices are low and then
only on actual production.
For these reasons and
countless others, Wellman
said, ASA calls on Speaker
Boehner and House leader-
ship to schedule floor time
to consider and pass a farm
bill so that it can be con-
ferenced with the Senate
and a new farm bill can be
enacted this year.
Additionally, Wellman,
who is also a cow-calf
producer, noted the impor-
tance of the bills disas-
ter assistance provisions to
American livestock produc-
ers, who are tied closely
to soybean farmers. Our
colleagues in the livestock
industry, who depend on
soybeans as a steady source
of protein-rich feed, are fac-
ing an extremely difficult
challenge, he said. The
disaster assistance provi-
sions in the farm bill will
provide these key soy allies
with the disaster assistance
they need this year.
The policies that
the House and Senate
Agriculture Committees
worked to include in the
farm bill will help farm-
ers deal with the drought,
the heat and the galaxy of
other real-world risks that
agriculture faces, added
Wellman. It is imperative
that the House acts immedi-
ately on the farm bill so that
these programs can con-
tinue to benefit American
agriculture.
ASA represents U.S. soy-
bean farmers on domestic
and international issues of
importance to the soybean
industry. ASAs advocacy
efforts are made possible
through voluntary member-
ship by more than 21,000
farmers in 31 states where
soybeans are grown.
Peppers really like hot
weather. When its dry
and hot outside, youll
get a higher concentra-
tion of alkaloids.
Irwin Goldman,
horticulture professor,
University of Wisconsin-Madison

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American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 59 39 .602
Baltimore 51 47 .520 8
Tampa Bay 51 47 .520 8
Boston 49 50 .495 10 1/2
Toronto 48 49 .495 10 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 53 45 .541
Detroit 53 45 .541
Cleveland 49 49 .500 4
Kansas City 41 56 .423 11 1/2
Minnesota 40 58 .408 13
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 58 39 .598
Oakland 53 44 .546 5
Los Angeles 54 45 .545 5
Seattle 43 57 .430 16 1/2
Wednesdays games
Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 2
L.A. Angels 11, Kansas City 6
N.Y. Yankees 5, Seattle 2
Detroit 5, Cleveland 3
Tampa Bay 10, Baltimore 1
Oakland 16, Toronto 0
Texas 5, Boston 3
Todays games
Tampa Bay (Shields 8-6) at Baltimore
(Tillman 2-1), 12:35 p.m.
Oakland (Milone 9-6) at Toronto
(Laffey 2-1), 12:37 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 11-5) at Cleveland
(McAllister 4-2), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Mendoza 4-6) at Seattle
(Vargas 10-7), 10:10 p.m.
Fridays games
Boston (A.Cook 2-3) at N.Y. Yankees
(P.Hughes 9-8), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (J.Parker 7-4) at Baltimore
(Britton 1-0), 7:05 p.m.
Detroit (Porcello 7-5) at Toronto
(Villanueva 5-0), 7:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Sale 11-3) at
Texas (Darvish 11-6), 8:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Tomlin 5-7) at Minnesota
(Diamond 8-4), 8:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Cobb 4-7) at L.A. Angels
(Haren 7-8), 10:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Guthrie 0-1) at Seattle
(Beavan 5-6), 10:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 58 39 .598
Atlanta 54 44 .551 4 1/2
New York 47 51 .480 11 1/2
Miami 45 53 .459 13 1/2
Philadelphia 45 54 .455 14
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cincinnati 58 40 .592
Pittsburgh 55 42 .567 2 1/2
St. Louis 52 46 .531 6
Milwaukee 44 53 .454 13 1/2
Chicago 40 57 .412 17 1/2
Houston 34 65 .343 24 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 55 43 .561
Los Angeles 53 46 .535 2 1/2
Arizona 49 49 .500 6
San Diego 42 58 .420 14
Colorado 37 60 .381 17 1/2
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Wednesdays games
Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 2
Pittsburgh 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Atlanta 7, Miami 1
Philadelphia 7, Milwaukee 6, 10 inn.
San Diego 6, San Francisco 3
Cincinnati 5, Houston 3
St. Louis 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 12 inn.
Colorado 4, Arizona 2
Todays games
L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 10-5) at St.
Louis (Westbrook 8-8), 1:45 p.m.
Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 11-3) at
Houston (Keuchel 1-2), 8:05 p.m.
Washington (E.Jackson 5-6) at
Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-7), 8:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Harvey 0-0) at Arizona
(Miley 11-5), 9:40 p.m.
Fridays games
St. Louis (Lynn 12-4) at Chicago Cubs
(T.Wood 4-5), 2:20 p.m.
San Diego (K.Wells 1-3) at Miami
(Zambrano 5-8), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Hamels 11-4) at Atlanta
(Sheets 2-0), 7:35 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Karstens 3-2) at Houston
(Lyles 2-7), 8:05 p.m.
Washington (Detwiler 5-3) at
Milwaukee (Fiers 3-4), 8:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 5-6) at Colorado
(Friedrich 5-7), 8:40 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Niese 7-4) at Arizona
(Collmenter 2-2), 9:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Undecided) at San
Francisco (M.Cain 10-3), 10:15 p.m.
Major League Soccer
At A Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New York 11 5 5 38 37 29
Spor. Kansas City11 6 4 37 26 19
Houston 9 5 7 34 31 25
D.C. 10 7 3 33 34 27
Chicago 9 7 4 31 22 22
Columbus 7 7 4 25 18 19
Montreal 7 13 3 24 30 42
New England 6 9 5 23 25 25
Philadelphia 6 10 2 20 20 21
Toronto FC 5 11 4 19 24 36
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 13 5 4 43 44 27
Real Salt Lake 12 7 3 39 33 26
Vancouver 9 6 7 34 25 26
Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21
Los Angeles 9 10 3 30 38 35
Chivas USA 6 8 5 23 13 21
Colorado 7 13 1 22 27 30
FC Dallas 5 10 7 22 25 30
Portland 5 11 4 19 19 35
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point
for tie.
Wednesdays games
MLS All-Stars 3, Chelsea 2
Fridays Games
Vancouver at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.
Saturdays games
Houston at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m.
New York at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 8 p.m.
Columbus at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Seattle FC at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Chivas USA at Portland, 11 p.m.
Sundays games
New England at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 3
New York at Houston, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 4
Columbus at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at New England, 7:30
p.m.
Philadelphia at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 5
FC Dallas at Portland, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Seattle FC, 9 p.m.
MLB GLANCE GOLF GLANCE
MLS GLANCE
Pga Tour
Canadian Open
Site: Ancaster, Ontario.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Course: Hamilton Golf and
Country Club (7,101 yards, par
71).
Purse: $5.2 million. Winners
share: $918,000.
Television: Golf Channel
(Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-
11:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-
Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Last year: Sean OHair won at
Shaughnessy in Vancouver, British
Columbia, beating Kris Blanks with
a bogey on the first hole of a
playoff.
Last week: Ernie Els won the
British Open at Royal Lytham &
St. Annes for his second victory in
the event and fourth major cham-
pionship. The 42-year-old South
African made a 15-foot birdie putt
on the final hole to reach 7 under,
and won when Australias Adam
Scott missed a 7-footer on No.
18 for his fourth straight bogey.
... Scott Stallings won the True
South Classic in Mississippi, shoot-
ing 68-64-64-68 to finish at 24
under. Jason Bohn was second,
two strokes back.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
Golf Canada site: http://www.
golfcanada.ca
Lpga Tour/Ladies European

Tour
Evian Masters
Site: Evian-Les-Bains, France.
Course: Evian Masters Golf
Club (6,344 yards, par 72).
share: $$487,500.
(Thursday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Friday,
12:30-2:30 a.m., 6:30-8:30 p.m.;
Saturday, 12:30-2:30 a.m., 1-6
p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Sunday,
6-11 a.m., 1-6 p.m., 9-11:30 p.m.).
Last year: Japans Ai Miyazato
won the event for the second time
in three years, closing with 2-under
70 for a two-stroke victory over
Stacy Lewis.
Last event: South Koreas Na
Yeon Choi won the U.S. Womens
Open on July 8 at Blackwolf Run
in Kohler, Wis., for her first major
title. She finished at 8 under for a
four-stroke victory, closing with a
73 after shooting 65 in the second
round.
Online: http://www.lpga.com
Ladies European Tour site:
http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com
Champions Tour/European
Senior Tour
Senior British Open
Site: Turnberry, Scotland.
Course: Turnberry Resort, Ailsa
Course (7,105 yards, par 70).
Purse: $2 million. Winners
share: $315,000.
Television: ESPN2 (Thursday,
noon-1 p.m.; Friday, noon-2 p.m.,
Sunday, noon-2 p.m.) and ESPN
(Saturday, noon-2 p.m.).
Last year: Russ Cochran won at
Walton Heath, shooting his second
straight 5-under 67 for a two-stroke
victory over Mark Calcavecchia.
Last event: Englands Roger
Chapman won the U.S. Senior
Open on July 15 to join Jack
Nicklaus, Gary Player and Hale
Irwin as the only players to win
the tournament and Senior PGA
Championship in the same season.
Chapman finished at 10 under at
Indianwood in Lake Orion, Mich.,
for a two-stroke victory.
European Senior Tour site:
http://www.europeantour.com
European Tour
Lyoness Open
Site: Atzenbrugg, Austria.
Schedule: Wednesday-Sunday.
Course: Diamond Country Club
(7,386 yards, par 72).
share: $201,810.
(Wednesday, 9 a.m.-noon;
Thursday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30
p.m.; Saturday, 7-11 a.m.).
Last year: Englands Kenneth
Ferrie won the September event,
beating countryman Simon
Wakefield with a birdie on the first
hole of a playoff.
Last week: Ernie Els won the
British Open at Royal Lytham & St.
Annes for his second victory in the
event and fourth major champion-
ship. The 42-year-old South African
made a 15-foot birdie putt on the
final hole to reach 7 under, and
won when Australias Adam Scott
missed a 7-footer on No. 18 for his
fourth straight bogey.
Online: http://www.european-
tour.com
Web.Com Tour
Nationwide Childrens
Hospital Invitational
Site: Columbus
Course: Ohio State University
Golf Club, Scarlet Course (7,455
yards, par 71).
Purse: $800,000. Winners
share: $144,000.
(Thursday-Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m.;
Saturday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Sunday,
7-9 p.m.; Monday, midnight-2 a.m.).
Last year: Former Georgia star
Harris English won as an amateur,
birdieing the final hole for a one-
stroke victory over Kyle Reifers and
amateur John Peterson.
Last event: Doug LaBelle II won
the Utah Championship on July 15,
making a 5-foot par putt on the final
hole for a one-stroke victory.
MLB
games and set a record for losses with
a 40-120 record.
Tyler Clippard, the Nationals fifth
reliever, pitched a perfect ninth for his
18 save in 20 chances.
Jeremy Hefner (1-4) labored
through six innings, giving up six hits
and three runs two earned in his
fourth big league start. Hefner struck
out seven and walked two.
BRAVES 7, MARLINS 1
MIAMI (AP) Juan Francisco
homered and drove in three runs for
Atlanta while the downsizing Marlins
jettisoned yet another star player
by trading Hanley Ramirez to Los
Angeles.
Michael Bourn and Jason Heyward
homered to back Tommy Hanson (11-
5), who pitched around a career-high
seven walks and allowed one run and
three hits in five innings.
Ricky Nolasco (8-9) gave up six
runs and eight hits in 5 1-3 innings,
dropping to 0-2 with a 9.64 ERA against
the Braves this season.
A Marlins Park-record crowd of
36,711 watched the home team steal
seven bases, the most in the major
leagues this season. Jose Reyes and
Donovan Solano each had two stolen
bases as the Marlins were caught
just once.
PHILLIES 7, BREWERS 6, 10
innings
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Jimmy
Rollins hit an RBI single off Francisco
Rodriguez with two outs in the 10th and
Philadelphia rallied in its last at-bat for
the fourth straight day, completing its
first three-game sweep of the season.
The Phillies have won four straight,
including three walkoff wins.
Rollins had the winning hit in
the 12th against San Francisco on
Sunday. The Phillies scored four runs
off Rodriguez in the ninth in a 7-6 win
Monday, and six in the eighth in a 7-6
win Tuesday.
Michael Schwimer (2-1) allowed an
unearned run in the 10th, but earned
the win.
John Mayberry Jr. walked with
one out in the 10th against Rodriguez
(2-6). Eric Kratz followed with a double.
Pinch-hitter Carlos Ruiz hit a sacrifice
fly to tie it. Rollins hit an RBI single.
Ryan Braun hit a tying, two-run
homer in the eighth and Rickie Weeks
also connected but the Brewers, who
lost their sixth straight all on the
road.
PADRES 6, GIANTS 3
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Jesus
Guzman hit two home runs and
Chase Headley had one to hand Tim
Lincecum another setback and San
Diego avoided a three-game sweep.
Will Venable hit a two-run double
to help the Padres chase Lincecum
(4-11) after he allowed five runs in 4
2-3 innings.
Jason Marquis (4-5) gave up
three hits and one earned run in 7
1-3 innings. He struck out eight and
walked one to send the NL West-
leading Giants to only their third loss
in 12 games.
Huston Street extended his score-
less streak to 15 straight innings with a
four-out save, including striking out All-
Star MVP Melky Cabrera with two on
to end the eighth. Street has converted
all 16 save opportunities this season.
Headley homered over the wall in
center in the first to match his career-
high of 12 home runs and give the
Padres a 1-0 lead. It was the sixth
home run allowed in the first inning this
year by Lincecum, tying the mark he
gave up all of last season.
REDS 5, ASTROS 3
HOUSTON (AP) Drew Stubbs
delivered another huge hit in the ninth
inning, a two-out, two-run double that
rallied Cincinnati to its season-high
seventh straight win.
Stubbs came through with the
Reds trailing 3-2. A night earlier, he hit
a two-run homer in the ninth that wiped
out the Astros one-run lead. Both
of Stubbs hits came against former
teammate Francisco Cordero (3-7).
The NL Central leaders sent
Houston to its ninth straight loss, tying
a season worst.
Houston scored three times in the
eighth to take the lead. But pinch hit-
ter Xavier Paul opened the Cincinnati
ninth with a double off Cordero and
pinch-hitter Brandon Phillips drew a
one-out walk.
Stubbs double allowed Paul and
Phillips to score. Jay Bruce added an
insurance run with an RBI single.
Sean Marshall (3-3) got the last
out in the eighth for the win and closer
Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless
ninth for his 19th save.
Cordero has blown both of his
save opportunities since joining the
Astros in a trade from Toronto on
Friday.
CARDINALS 3, DODGERS 2, 12
innings
ST. LOUIS (AP) Rafael Furcal
singled home the winning run with
two outs in the 12th inning and St.
Louis dampened the Dodgers debut of
Hanley Ramirez.
Ramirez tripled on the first pitch
he saw with his new team. The three-
time All-Star infielder, acquired late
Tuesday night from Miami, went 2 for 4
with a walk. He scored once and hit an
RBI single in sixth that made it 2-all.
Lance Berkman, who left a day
earlier with a bruised right knee after
being hit by a pitch, drew a one-out
walk as a pinch-hitter in the 12th from
Jamey Wright (4-3). Matt Carpenter
singled with two outs and Furcal drove
home pinch-runner Joe Kelly.
Fernando Salas (1-3) pitched two
scoreless innings to pick up his first
victory since July 9, 2011, against
Arizona.
Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse went
seven innings and allowed two runs
and seven hits with no walks and four
strikeouts. He drove in a run with a
sacrifice fly.
Dodgers starter Aaron Harang
gave up just two hits and two runs in
7 1-3 innings.
ROCKIES 4, DIAMONDBACKS 2
PHOENIX (AP) Jeff Francis
pitched 6 1-3 strong innings, Wilin
Rosario hit a two-run homer and
Colorado avoided a three-game
sweep.
Dexter Fowler went 3-for-4 with
a triple, stolen base and two runs
scored, and Marco Scutaro added
a two-run double and drove in three
runs for the Rockies, who won for the
second time in eight games.
Francis (3-2) allowed two runs and
five hits, struck out four and walked
one in his longest outing of the sea-
son.
Rafael Betancourt pitched the
ninth for his 17th save.
Jason Kubel and Miguel Montero
homered for the Diamondbacks,
whose overall winning streak ended
at five games while its home streak
ended at eight games.
Arizona starter Trevor Cahill (8-9)
went 6 2-3 innings, allowing four runs,
eight hits and two walks. He struck
out six.
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Each word is $.30 2-5 days
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NEWER FACILITY
419-692-0032
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PROGRAMS
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MULCHING & MULCH
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950 Miscellaneous
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Security Fence
DELPHOS
SELF-STORAGE
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Affordable 2 Locations
Why settle for less?
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Amish Crew
Needing work
Roofing Remodeling
Bathrooms Kitchens
Hog Barns Drywall
Additions Sidewalks
Concrete etc.
FREE ESTIMATES
419-733-9601
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Residential
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Agricultural Needs
All Concrete Work
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419-339-9084
cell 419-233-9460
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BUILDERS
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419-339-9084
cell 419-233-9460
ROOM ADDITIONS
GARAGES SIDING ROOFING
BACKHOE & DUMP TRUCK
SERVICE
950 Car Care
Geise
Transmission, Inc.
419-453-3620
2 miles north of Ottoville
automatic transmission
standard transmission
differentials
transfer case
brakes & tune up
FLANAGANS
CAR CARE
816 E. FIFTH ST. DELPHOS
Ph. 419-692-5801
Mon.-Fri. 8-6, Sat. 8-2
OIL - LUBE FILTER
Only
$
22.95*
*up to 5 quarts oil
950 Construction
Tim Andrews
MASONRY
RESTORATION
Chimney Repair
419-204-4563
AT YOUR
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REGIONAL CARRIER
LOOKING FOR LOCAL
CLASS A CDL DRIVERS
* 2 YRS. EXPERIENCE REQUIRED WITH
TRACTOR/TRAILER COMBINATION
* BULK HOPPER/PNEUMATIC WORK
COMPANY WILL TRAIN
* MUST HAVE GOOD MVR
* F/T NO WEEKENDS, HOME HOLIDAYS,
WITH OPPORTUNITY TO BE HOME
DURING THE WEEK
* P/T WORK ALSO AVAILABLE
* ASSIGNED TRUCKS

LAST YR OUR DRIVERS AVERAGED 47
CENTS PER ALL ODOMETER MILES
INCLUDING SAFETY BONUSES.
EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS:
HEALTH, DENTAL & LIFE INSURANCE
SHORT/LONG TERM DISABILITY
PAID HOLIDAYS & VACATION
401K WITH COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS
COME DRIVE FOR US AND BE PART OF
OUR TEAM.
APPLY IN PERSON AT:
D & D TRUCKING
& SERVICES, INC.
5025 NORTH KILL ROAD,
DELPHOS, OHIO 45833
419-692-0062
or 855-338-7267
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Call 419-695-0015, ext
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Notice
ON STATE RT. 309 - ELIDA
419-339-6800
Fresh Local Produce
Sweet Corn
Squash Peppers
Tomatoes, etc.
040

Services
LAMP REPAIR
Table or floor.
Come to our store.
Hohenbrink TV.
419-695-1229
080

Help Wanted
HIRING DRIVERS
with 5+ years OTR experi-
ence! Our drivers average
42cents per mile & higher!
Home every weekend!
$55,000-$60,000 annually.
Benefits available. 99% no
touch freight! We will treat
you with respect! PLEASE
CALL 419-222-1630
080

Help Wanted
We need you...
at Vancrest
Health Care Center
Housekeeper
position available
Vancrest of Delphos is
a long-term care facility
providing skilled reha-
bilitation services, as-
sisted living, post acute
medical care and more.
We are looking for car-
ing, outgoing, energetic,
HOUSEKEEPER to
join our team. Part time
positions are available,
for all shifts. Check us
out online and stop by to
complete an application.
www.vancrest.com
Vancrest of Delphos
1425 E. Fifth St.
Delphos, OH 45833
IMMEDIATE POSITIONS
for Full-time Drivers. Dedi-
cated Routes/Home daily.
Full benefits including
401K, Dental & Vision,
Paid vacations & Holidays.
CDL Class A required.
2yrs experience. Good
MVR. Call 419-733-0642
or email:
dkramer_mls@aol.com
We are hiring for long term
temporary positions
6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and
4:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. - 2 Shifts
Overtime required
MUST MEET BACKGROUND
AND DRUG TEST
REQUIREMENTS
Packers / Material
Handlers
$8.00 /hour
Visit us in-person between
the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday
Ask us about our
Signing bonus!
Axcess Stafng
707 N. Cable Road
Suite H
Lima, Ohio 45805
567-712-2200
(Behind Walgreens)
Evening appointments available
Ask us about our benet offerings!
Send resumes to:
limaresumes@axcessstafng.com
STAFFING SERVICE
080

Help Wanted
FULL TIME AUTO
BODY REPAIR
TECHNICIAN
WANTED
Minimum of 3 years
auto body experience.
Must have own tools.
Excellent wages.
Monday thru Friday 8-5.
Send resume to PO
Box 306, Ottoville, OH
45876 or see Mark at
Marks Auto Body
24074 US 224 East,
Ottoville.
MECHANIC
Thermo King of Delphos
is looking for a truck
refrigeration technician.
If you have mechanical
training in Auto, Ag,
Heavy Duty,
or Industrial Mechanics,
or are an experienced
mechanic,
and are interested in
learning some new
skills, contact Tom or
Don at Thermo King of
Delphos, or please
E-Mail your resume to
tom@tkofohio.com
OTR SEMI DRIVER
NEEDED
Benefits: Vacation,
Holiday pay, 401k. Home
weekends & most nights.
Call Ulm!s Inc.
419-692-3951
PART-TIME
PARTS
DELIVERY
Thermo King of Delphos
is looking for part-time
parts delivery person.
This position includes
occasional lifting of up to
75 pounds. Contact Tom
or Don at Thermo King
of Delphos, or please
E-Mail your resume to
tom@tkofohio.com
Now hiring
at Vancrest of Delphos
Were looking for out-
going, energetic, caring
RN/LPN to join the
team at our long-term
care facility. Full and
part-time positions
available. Benefits
package available.
Stop by and fill out an
application
For details visit
www.vancrest.com
Vancrest of Delphos
1425 E. Fifth St.
Delphos, OH 45833
VANCREST
Health Care Centers
We need you...
We need you...
at Vancrest
Health Care Center
STNAs
Vancrest of Delphos is
a long-term care facility
providing skilled reha-
bilitation services, as-
sisted living, post acute
medical care and more.
We are looking for car-
ing, outgoing, energetic,
skilled STNAs to join
our team. Full time and
part time positions are
available, for all shifts.
Visit us at Vancrest for
details and application
information.
www.vancrest.com
Vancrest of Delphos
1425 E. Fifth St.
Delphos, OH 45833
120

Financial
IS IT A SCAM? The Del-
phos Herald urges our
readers to contact The
Better Business Bureau,
( 419) 223- 7010 or
1-800-462-0468, before
entering into any agree-
ment involving financing,
business opportunities, or
work at home opportuni-
ties. The BBB will assist
in the investigation of
these businesses. (This
notice provided as a cus-
tomer service by The Del-
phos Herald.)
290

Wanted to Buy
LOOKING FOR a good,
used, self-propelled lawn
mower, under $100. Call
Sandy at 419-692-2720
Raines
Jewelry
Cash for Gold
Scrap Gold, Gold Jewelry,
Silver coins, Silverware,
Pocket Watches, Diamonds.
2330 Shawnee Rd.
Lima
(419) 229-2899
300

Household Goods
LIVING ROOM furniture,
dining room furniture,
8x10 rug, surround sound
system, other household
items. 419-692-0069
340

Garage Sales
1501 S. Bredeick St.
7/27 8am-5pm, 7/28
8am-noon. DOWN-SIZ-
ING SALE, Come See!
Collectibles, nice variety,
aquariums, girls baby-size
3, boys jeans.
404 E. Third Street
Thurs 9-5. Small fridge,
Fuj i camera, ki tchen
items, household items
galore, cosmetics, teen
boy clothes, & much more!
6 FAMILY Garage Sale
2158 Middle Point Wetzel
Rd. Go to Van Del, turn
right, 2 miles North of
Wetzel. Clothes, lots of
misc. Thurs Fri & Sat 10-5
735 W. First, Delphos
Sports collectibles, misc
pictures, clothes, shoes,
OSU jerseys. Friday 8-5,
Saturday 9-3, July 27th &
28th.
COMBINED ESTATE &
Household Sale.
626 Moeni ng & 615
Moening. Thursday, Fri-
day 9am-6pm. Bedding,
mat eri al , cookbooks,
dishes, crafts, clothes,
stove, washer, dryer, sew-
ing machine, lawn mower,
air conditioner, TV, hu -
midifier, exercise equip-
ment, vintage items.
340

Garage Sales
340

Garage Sales
GARAGE SALE
Friday & Saturday 9-5.
659 Leonard Ave., Menke
Meadows. School uni -
forms, sports equipment,
teacher supplies & home
decor.
GARAGE SALES
Thursday, Friday 9am-?
1100, 1150, 1190 Wild-
wood Circle of North St.
Furniture, household, nice
childrens clothes, toys,
home decor, HO Train set,
misc.
GARAGE/MOVING SALE
1240 Joshua Street, off
Carolyn. Baby and toddler
girl NB-2T clothing, toys
and gear, adult clothing,
furniture items, deck/patio
set, other misc. 7/26-7/27,
8am-3pm
PORCH/YARD SALE
627 N. Washington St.
Fri. 27th & Sat. 28th 9-5.
Womens clothing, scrubs,
baby clothes N-3/6mo,
Jumparoo, Playstation 1
with games, nice electric
fireplace, DVDs and more!
501

Misc. for Sale
3-PIECE SOLID oak end
table and cocktail tables
with wicker and glass
-$100 or best offer. (2)
Brass lamps with shades
-$20 pair. (1) Navy blue
playpen -$20. (2) Brass
chandeliers -1 modern
with glass shades, 1 tradi-
tional -$30 each. (1) Musi-
cal baby swing -$7. (1)
Self standing infant play
st at i on - $30. Cal l
419-232-2158 for informa-
tion.
530

Farm Produce
Kings Elida Grown
Blackberries
Call for Pricing
Sold by pints
419-339-1968
550

Pets & Supplies
FREE: 7 week old
Adorable PUPPIES.
Will be medium sized.
Call 419-303-3851 or
419-303-1126
Pet Food
Pet Supplies
Purina Feeds
419-339-6800
On S.R. 309 in Elida
SHIH TZU, Adult male $50
PUPPIES: Malti-poms,
Chihuahuas, Yorkie/Shih
Tzus, Morkie-poos. Soon:
Shih Tzus. Garwicks the
Pet People 419-795-5711.
See them at:
garwicksthepetpeople.com
590

House For Rent
2BR HOUSE with appli-
ances. $500/mo plus se-
curity deposit. No pets.
419-230-8281
600

Apts. for Rent
1BR APT for rent, appli-
ances, electric heat, laun-
dry room, No pets.
$425/month, plus deposit,
water included. 320 N.
Jefferson. 419-852-0833.
DELPHOS SENIOR Villas
Independent Senior Living
55+. 1Home opening
soon. Apply now.
263 Elida Road, Delphos.
419-692-0141 or
419-238-6558
FOR RENT
Nice clean 1BR apart -
ment. Stove & refrigerator
included. 1st month plus
deposit. 419-296-5123
FOR RENT or rent to own.
2 Bdrm, 2 bath double
wide located in Southside
community in Delphos.
Call 419-692-3951.
LARGE UPSTAIRS
Apartment, downtown
Delphos. 233-1/2 N. Main.
4BR, Kitchen, 2BA, Dining
area, large rec/living room.
$650/mo. Utilities not in-
cluded. Contact Bruce
419-236-6616
800

House For Sale
19176
VENEDOCIA-EASTERN,
Venedoci a. Beaut i f ul
country 4 bedroom, 1-1/2
bath, oversized 2 car ga-
rage. Updated every -
where. Must see! Only
$89,000. approx. $482.60
per month. 419-586-8220
or chbsinc.com
810

Auto Repairs/
Parts/Acc.
Midwest Ohio
Auto Parts
Specialist
Windshields Installed, New
Lights, Grills, Fenders,Mirrors,
Hoods, Radiators
4893 Dixie Hwy, Lima
1-800-589-6830
840

Mobile Homes
RENT OR Rent to Own. 2
bedroom, 1 bath mobile
home. 419-692-3951.
Automotive CARS
WANTED! PayMax Car
Buyers pays the MAX!
One call gets you TOP
DOLLAR offer on any
year, make or model
car. 1-888-PAYMAX-7
(1-888-729-6297).
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Todays Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Memo ltrs.
4 College stat
7 NYPD fgure
10 -- Wiedersehen
11 Apiece
13 Poi base
14 JAMA readers
15 Hudson Bay tribe
16 Vegas numbers
17 Fort
19 Heavy hydrogen discoverer
20 Drowse off
21 Kind of printer
23 Knitters supply
26 Palette adjunct
28 You dont say!
29 NASA destination
30 Arrive at
34 Olafs toast
36 Lao Tzus way
38 Compete
39 French Legion headgear
41 Jalopy
42 Dagwoods pooch
44 Novelist -- Levin
46 Worm or minnow
47 Wool fats
52 Austen novel
53 Leave out
54 Feel crummy
55 Sock tips
56 Prefx for second
57 Lions prey
58 Come to a halt
59 -- Majesty
60 Paddle cousin
DOWN
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3 In that case (2 wds.)
4 Large-eyed lizard
5 Brass band events
6 More than passed
7 Tight-knit team
8 Decree
9 Bunch of fowers
12 Loaf ends
13 Muss up
18 Anderson Cooper channel
22 Prefx for dynamic
23 Fabric meas.
24 Razor-billed bird
25 Sweater letter
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29 Dots in the Seine
31 Wide st.
32 Hush-hush org.
33 Like cool cats
35 Japanese dogs
37 Silly
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Putnam County
Sharon J. Kidd fka
Sharon J. Ellerbrock,
40.0 acres, Blanchard
Township and Parcels,
Blanchard Township to
Daniel J. Ellerbrock.
Sharon J. Kidd fka
Sharon J. Ellerbrock, 50.0
acres, Ottawa Township,
to Daniel J. Ellerbrock.
Sharon J. Kidd fka
Sharon J. Ellerbrock, 40.0
acres, Ottawa Township
to Daniel J. Ellerbrock.
Sharon J. Kidd fka
Sharon J. Ellerbrock,
6.228 acres, Ottawa
Township to Daniel J.
Ellerbrock.
Mark B. Hilty and
Marjorie B. Hilty, Lot 50
and Lot 51, Columbus
Grove, to Mark B. Hilty
and Marjorie B. Hilty.
Citicorp Trust Bank
FSB, Lot 104, Leipsic, to
Alexander J. Hernandez.
Barbara A. Shalter and
Rex A. Shalter, .68 acre,
Palmer Township to David
L. Hiltner and Donna G.
Hiltner.
Barbara A. Shalter and
Rex A. Shalter, 48.87
acres, Palmer Township
to David L. Hiltner.
David L. Hiltner and
Donna G. Hiltner, 48.87
to David L. Hiltner and
Donna G. Hiltner.
David L. Hiltner and
Donna G. Hiltner, 23.00
to Barbara A. Shalter.
Gerald Vantilbrough LE
and Eileen Vantilbrough
LE, Lot 687 and Lot 688,
Columbus Grove, to Rail
Farms LLC.
William J. Kaverman
and Jeri Lynn Kaverman,
1.00 acre, Jennings
Township to Fenson
Holdings LLC.
Keith E. Ruhe TR,
Dale J. Ruhe TR and
Dolores C. Ruhe TR, Lot
1193, Ottawa, to Leap
Properties LLC.
Keith T. Schulte and
Kathleen T. Schulte, 1.00
acre, Riley Township to
Alton D. Warniment and
Laura A. Warniment.
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FRANK & ERNEST
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By Bernice Bede Osol
Favoritism alien-
ates grandchild
Dear Annie: I am 33 years
old and fed up with how dis-
tant my family is. I am disap-
pointed with my grandpar-
ents for the way they behave.
I grew up around them, but
they moved to Arizona when
I was 19.
I thought we were close,
but it seems we are grow-
ing further apart. Sometimes
they are in our town for sev-
eral weeks, but we only hear
from them once or twice.
One would think
they would set a
better example for
maintaining family
ties. They recently
came back for
three weeks, and
we didnt know
they were in town
until halfway
through their trip.
They took us out
to eat and casually
mentioned that
they are taking my
two aunts and two of the
grandkids to a resort for three
days. We werent invited. In
fact, whenever they are here,
they focus all of their time
and attention on one daughter
and her kids and forget the
rest of us.
My grandparents are
getting older and wont be
around forever. I really want
my daughter to meet all of
her family while she has a
chance. How do I change
this? Is it even worth trying?
Its not really the same if they
call more often only because
I demand it. -- Donny
Dear Donny: You should
talk to your grandparents and
tell them how much you miss
them and how their favoritism
is having a negative impact
on your feelings and their
relationship with your daugh-
ter. Its not a demand. They
cannot change their behavior
if they are unaware of it. It
may take some extra effort
for them to remember this,
and its OK to prompt them
when necessary. Also, dont
hesitate to take the initiative
whenever you want to speak
to them.
Dear Annie: I know this
is a bit out of your league, but
I dont know who else to ask.
My son is a university stu-
dent. His major requires that
he take several math classes.
In every class, the professor
is his worst teacher of the
semester. They dont explain
anything, and they dont give
feedback on tests or quizzes.
As a result, he does poorly.
I thought it was just my
son or that university, but
he now is taking a make-up
math class at our local com-
munity college. He says the
same thing is happening with
the professor there. What is
it about college math profes-
sors that makes them unfeel-
ing, unhelpful and uncaring?
Why cant universities get
them to treat their students
better and be more helpful?
-- Cape Coral, Fla.
Dear Florida: While we
are certain some math profes-
sors do not explain things as
clearly as they could, when
this happens with every pro-
fessor, in every environment,
we have to assume your son
is more than a little math-
challenged. As a college stu-
dent, it is his responsibility
to find a way to understand
the material. Instead of blam-
ing the professors, suggest
to your son that he get some
remedial math assistance. He
should be able to
find a tutor on cam-
pus.
Dear Annie:
Di s a ppoi nt e d
needs to grow up
instead of com-
plaining that she is
now left to buy her
own honeymoon
lingerie because
her bridesmaids
havent offered to
host a shower for
her. Oh, boo-hoo! It
is not mandatory that anyone
host a shower for her.
Perhaps she chose really
expensive bridesmaids dress-
es, shoes, etc., and her atten-
dants are already financially
overextended -- and they are
hosting a bachelorette party.
But rather than focus on the
positive, she prefers to be
upset about the lack of a
shower. Grow up, Bridezilla,
and thank your bridesmaids
for what they are doing for
you. Buy your own honey-
moon lingerie. A wedding
is not about the gifts and the
parties. -- California
Dear California: Yes,
but you are being a bit hard
on the bride. She wasnt
demanding a shower. She
was simply disappointed not
to have one.
Annies Mailbox is written
by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy
Sugar, longtime editors of the
Ann Landers column. Please
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anniesmailbox@comcast.net,
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FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2012
Chances are you may finally get
a chance to make some long-desired
alterations in your life in the coming
year. It will require some effort and
not a little chutzpah, but once you get
rolling, youll be hard to stop.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Victory
will not be denied you if you are
tenacious about finishing whatever
you start. Youll find that youll get
stronger with each endeavor as the
end draws closer.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
-- Youre a better than average
negotiator, so dont hesitate to do
some haggling if you are displeased
with an arrangement that you have
with another. The terms arent carved
in stone.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- If
you know there are certain things that
can be done that will help advance
your financial health, by all means
do them. It does no good to postpone
action once again.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) --
Do your own thing, because youll
perform best in situations where
you have the freedom to act in an
independent manner. If you must
mingle with others, be a leader, not a
follower.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) -- Something is going on behind
the scenes that will end up benefiting
you when it is fully disclosed. You
might get your first inkling of it
today.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) -- If at all possible, try to devote
as much time as you can to a new
endeavor that has recently captured
your fancy. Chances are it will turn
out to be lucky for you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
-- Dont waste your time on goals
of small significance. Instead, focus
your efforts on an objective that could
result in a major accomplishment once
you put your mind to it.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) --
You might even surprise yourself as to
how well you fare when you have total
faith in what you want to accomplish.
With this mindset, dont squander
your energy on small potatoes.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) --
Even if you arent the one to initiate a
wonderful opportunity to do something
important with your friends, your
participation in it will help make the
endeavor a great success.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
-- Dealing with others on a one-on-
one basis is something that comes
naturally to you. Seek out just such
an encounter if an important matter
needs to be discussed.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) --
Free time wont be an issue for you,
and thats as it should be. With a plate
full of things that need tending, your
only problem is which to do first.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
Taking some time to smell the roses
would be a rewarding choice for you.
Spend a few hours resting in a way
that will benefit you both mentally
and physically.
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Inc.
Answers to Wednesdays questions:
The Guinness World Records was a result of a friendly
dispute between Guinness Brewerys managing director
and some friends over which bird is faster, the golden
plover or the red grouse. The beer manufacturer produced
a small book of facts in 1955 that was distributed free to
pubs to settle disputes and sell more brew.
The only U.S. athlete in history to be drafted in four
professional leagues was Baseball Hall of Famer Dave
Winfield. In 1973, he was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks of
the National Basketball Association, the Utah Stars of the
American Basketball Association, the San Diego Padres of
Major League Baseball and the Minnesota Vikings of the
National Football League. He opted to play baseball.
Todays questions:
What creatures skin usually considered a waste
product was used by fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi to
create a glittery cocktail dress?
What country singers very first hit single proclaimed
. . . this dumb blonde aint nobodys fool?
Answers in Fridays Herald.
Todays Words:
Kanaka: a South Sea Islander
Qcepo: a form of parasitic disease
Many drugs
remain legal
after bath
salts ban
WASHINGTON (AP)
People are inventing so many
new ways to get high that law-
makers cant seem to keep up.
Over the past two years, the
U.S. has seen a surge in the
use of synthetic drugs made of
legal chemicals that mimic the
dangerous effects of cocaine,
amphetamines and other illegal
stimulants.
The drugs are often sold at
small, independent stores in mis-
leading packaging that suggests
common household items like
bath salts, incense and plant food.
But the substances inside are
powerful, mind-altering drugs
that have been linked to bizarre
and violent behavior across
the country. Law enforcement
officials refer to the drugs col-
lectively as bath salts, though
they have nothing in common
with the fragrant toiletries used
to moisturize skin.
President Barack Obama
signed a bill into law earlier this
month that bans the sale, produc-
tion and possession of more than
two dozen of the most com-
mon bath salt drugs. But health
professionals say lawmakers
cannot keep pace with bath salt
producers, who constantly adjust
their chemical formulations to
come up with new synthetic
drugs that arent covered by new
laws. Experts who have studied
the problem estimate there are
more than 100 different bath salt
chemicals in circulation.
The moment you start to
regulate one of them, theyll
come out with a variant that
sometimes is even more potent,
said Dr. Nora Volkow, director
of the National Institute on Drug
Abuse.
There are no back alleys or
crack houses in Americas lat-
est drug epidemic. The problem
involves potent substances that
amateur chemists make, package
and sell in stores under brands
like Ivory Wave, Vanilla
Sky and Bliss for as little
as $15. Emergencies related to
the drugs have surged: The
American Association of Poison
Control Centers received more
than 6,100 calls about bath salt
drugs in 2011 up from just
304 the year before and more
than 1,700 calls in the first half
of 2012.
The problem for lawmakers
is that its difficult to crack down
on the drugs. U.S. laws prohibit
the sale or possession of all sub-
stances that mimic illegal drugs,
but only if federal prosecutors
can show that they are intended
for human use. People who make
bath salts and similar drugs work
around this by printing not for
human consumption on virtu-
ally every packet.
Barbara Carreno, a spokes-
woman for the Drug Enforcement
Agency, said the intended use for
bath salts is clear.
Everyone knows these are
drugs to get high, including the
sellers, she said.
Many states have banned
some of the most common bath
salts, which are typically sold
by small businesses like conve-
nience stores, tobacco shops and
adult book stores. For instance,
West Virginia legislators banned
the bath salt drug MDPV last
year, making it a misdemeanor to
sell, buy or possess the synthetic
drug. Conviction means up to six
months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Stephanie Mitchell, assistant
manager of The Den, a tobac-
co and paraphernalia shop in
Morgantown, W.Va., said the
store hasnt sold bath salts in the
six months that shes worked
there. But strung-out users still
come in and ask for them.
Theyre pretty ... cracked
out, I guess would be a good
word, said Mitchell, 21, a stu-
dent at West Virginia University.
Theyre just kind of not all there.
Theyre kind of sketchy people.
Mitchell says she wouldnt
sell bath salts even if she had
them, because its horrible, and
I could get in trouble for it.
Despite the bans, bath salts
producers are constantly tweak-
ing their recipes to come up with
new drugs that arent covered by
local laws. In fact, Mark Ryan,
director of the Louisiana Poison
Center, says there are so many
different drugs out there that its
almost impossible to know what
people have ingested, or how
long the effects will last.
Cocaine is cocaine and meth
is meth. We know what these
things do, he said. But with
these new drugs, every time the
chemist alters the chemical struc-
ture, all bets are off.
31 enjoy trip to Nashville
Information submitted
Thirty-one people from all
over Northwest Ohio and New
York worked their way through
five days of rain in Nashville,
Tenn., July 11-15 but the rain
never dampened their ability to
have fun.
The local travellers relaxed
each of our four nights at the
Gaylord Opryland Hotel after
a full day of sightseeing. They
enjoyed great entertainers in the
hundreds of honky-tonks and
clubs in downtown Music City.
Some even ventured off for
concerts to see James Taylor at
the Bridgestone, while others
attended a Bluegrass Roundup
at the Ryman Auditorium.
Shotgun Red and his fine band
put on a terrific show for all
of us on that beautiful stern
wheeler the General Jackson.
Lunch was big enough to
last through the night.
The sun rose high as we
sat on the upper decks view-
ing the mansions along the
Cumberland River. But see-
ing and listening to Randy
Travis during the Friday night
Grand Old Opry Show was a
big highlight for all of us. The
backstage tour lead us through
the dressing rooms of the stars
and gave us the opportunity to
stand on a piece of the origi-
nal Ryman Auditorium stage
that was inlaid into the modern
stage of the Opry. We even got
to show our pride by forming
O-H-I-O.
Meals at Monells Manor
House, the Pied Piper, and
some good old barbecue attrib-
uted to the fact that as everyone
said they had gained weight
from all the wonderful south-
ern hospitality. The best part
was they said it with a big,
wide grin.
Gary and Fran Levitt were
their escorts for another very
successful trip sponsored by
the Museum of Postal History.
The Levitts said they have no
time to relax because they are
putting the finishing touches
on their next two trips. First
its New York City like it has
never been seen before. These
two New York natives have
all kinds of ideas to entertain
the 54 other passengers going.
There are still seats available
but call today to get all the
information.
All that is needed to reserve
your seat is a deposit of $100
per person to: Museum of
Postal History, PO Box 174,
Delphos OH 45833.
The entire group at the Bridgestone Arena.
The Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.
The group in front of the Pied Piper Restaurant in Nashville accompanied by a stand up of Liberace in what appears to be a Dallas Cheerleaders Outfit.
Gary Levitt, left, Joan Ricker, Jorge Betancourt and Carol Stern give the O-H-I-O.
Photos submitted
By MATTHEW BROWN and JEFF BARNARD
Associated Press
VOLBORG, Mont. Cecil and Delores Kolka thought
they escaped the worst of the Ash Creek Fire when the
390-square-mile blaze spared their home and several pastures
as it ripped through the couples Montana cattle ranch.
But when the family went to round up their livestock they
encountered carnage the charred and bloated bodies of an
estimated 400 cows and calves killed as the fire torched a
series of narrow, thickly forested draws on the nearby Custer
National Forest.
Some surviving animals were burned so badly that their
hides were peeling. The worst off were shot in mercy killings.
Others now limp by on burnt hooves, and less than half the
familys herd remains.
Before we found our cattle we said at least weve got our
homes and are all safe, Delores Kolka said. In truth, we
would have rather lost everything here except our cattle.
Across the West, major wildfires are wreaking havoc this sum-
mer on the regions economically fragile livestock industry. In
areas such as remote Powder River County, Mont., ranchers said
they could be grappling with the devastation for years to come.
Hay is in short supply. Hundreds of miles of fence and
numerous corrals and water tanks must be rebuilt. Thousands
of head of displaced livestock are being shipped to temporary
pastures.
Dead cattle, devastation in
wake of Western fres

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