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Kasich reveals plan

Lawmakers to
Upfront
Ohio 309 work

begins Monday
The first operation to
affect traffic related to a
safety upgrade project on
Ohio 309 (Elida Road) from
Eastown Road to Robb
Avenue will begin Monday.
Traffic will be restricted
to one lane in the eastbound
direction. The eastbound curb
lane from Eastown Road to
Robb Avenue will be closed.
Eastbound traffic will have
one-lane of travel plus a
two-way, left-turn lane.
Traffic in the westbound
direction will be unaffected at
this time. Westbound traffic
will have two lanes of travel
and a two-way, left-turn lane.
The lane closure will
allow crews to begin
marking the locations of
drainage structures in the
eastbound curb lane and
to begin work to widen
the roadway. The restric-
tion is anticipated to remain
in place until mid-June.
Some traffic delays could
result as traffic enters into the
work zone. Access to all busi-
nesses will be maintained.
DAAG sets
watercolor class
The Delphos Area
Art Guild will sponsor
a 3-hour creative water-
color class at 9 a.m. on
Saturday above the Delphos
Museum of Postal History
in the 2nd Floor Gallery.
The instructor will be Pat
Rayman, a well-known art-
ist and educator from Ohio
City. Some paints and sup-
plies will be provided.
The class is open to mem-
bers as well as nonmembers;
high school students may
also attend. Pre-register at
419-692-0034 or reply on the
Facebook page at Delphos
Area Art Guild’s events.
There is a cost
for the class.
review budget
COLUMBUS (AP) —
Lawmakers today were
expected to get their first
opportunity to question Gov.
John Kasich’s administration
about his sweeping $55.5 bil-
lion budget plan, which aims
to fill an estimated $8.6 bil-
lion shortfall with a mix of
program overhauls and spend-
ing cuts.
A House committee hear-
ing on the budget comes a day
after the governor released a
plan that would make deep
cuts to state funding for local
governments and calls for five
state prisons to be sold. The
discussions will help shape
Photos submitted
how average Ohioans’ wal-
FFA week full of sweet kisses lets could be affected.
The new Republican gov-
The Delphos FFA Chapter recently celebrated FFA Week. Jefferson High School ernor said he sees “an oppor-
Custodian Jeff Caputo, above, was chosen by a monetary vote of the student body to tunity to bring improvement
liplock with a pig. Samantha Vermule holds the little porker while Caputo puckers to people’s lives.”
up. Below: Caputo got revenge when the monies raised exceeded the chapter’s goal “Let’s fight like cats and
and FFA Vice President Colin Barclay received a pie in the face. All monies collected dogs. That’s what this is
will be donated to local charities. about. The budget is about
philosophy. We can fight,”
Kasich told an audience of
about 820 state lawmakers,
Cabinet officers and other
members of the public at a
Tuesday evening town hall
meeting on his spending
plan.
Budget director Tim Keen,
who was to appear at today’s
hearing, said the budget bill’s
language would be ready in
10 to 14 days.
It was unclear how
Kasich’s budget team filled
the shortfall, which has
loomed for months and was
a central theme of his 2010
race against then-Gov. Ted
Strickland, a Democrat.
According to administra-
tion figures, general revenue
funding would grow from
$50.8 billion to $55.5 bil-
lion over the two-year budget
cycle. Spending in all funds
would fall from $120.3 bil-
Kasich’s budget plan was the
local government fund, which
is in line for a 33 percent cut
in general revenue, from $1.3
billion to $865 million.
His budget would expand
school choice vouchers and
give parents, students and
teachers ways to take over
failing schools. It would fun-
nel Medicaid recipients into
a more coordinated style of
health care.
“This budget is loaded
with one reform after anoth-
er,” Kasich said at an earlier
media briefing. “It is, I would
guess, the most reform-ori-
ented budget in modern Ohio
history.”
For that reason, he and
his Cabinet resisted direct
comparisons to the current
state budget. Their proposal
is based on new assumptions
about how business-like flex-
ibility could help in areas
ranging from public educa-
tion and economic develop-
ment to government health
care to crime reduction.
Among cost-cutting mea-
sures in the governor’s plan is
a proposal to sell five prisons
to private operators to avoid
mass closures and raise $200
million that was covered in
the last state budget with fed-
eral stimulus funds.
Two of the five prisons
already are privately run,
although the state owns the
buildings. Under Ohio law,
private operators have to
deliver a 5 percent savings
over similar, public facilities
— which the state estimates
will mean $9.3 million over
the two-year budget cycle.
Kasich emphasized that
his proposal would free cities
and counties from cumber-
some regulations and that if
collective bargaining changes
are successful in the GOP-led

Sports lion in Strickland’s last bud- Legislature, city and county

Kramer to retire from

Final summer
sports sign-up set
Jennings maintenance
Final registration for
youth baseball/softball is
set for 9-11 a.m. Saturday
at the Delphos Municipal
Building on Canal Street. BY NANCY SPENCER
Fees are payable at that nspencer@delpho-
time. A parent or guardian sherald.com
must sign the registration form.
Boys wishing to play in the
7/8-year-old Junior Baseball; FORT JENNINGS —
9- to 12-year-old Minor/City Thirty people have expressed
leagues; and 13- to 15-year-old interest in the Fort Jennings
Pony League must sign up. Village maintenance supervi-
Any 9/10-year-old with sor position which will be
a birth date between May 1, vacated by Paul Kramer on
2000, and April 30, 2002, May 31.
Fort Jennings Village
must bring a birth certifi-
cate or other proof of age. Council used an executive
Girls who attended grades session during Tuesday’s
2-11 during the 2010-11 school regular monthly meeting to
year are eligible for softball. discuss the process for filling
Those wishing to play must Kramer’s job.
sign up on these dates because Kramer has been with the
no late registration is allowed. village for 13 1/2 years and
Children eligible for the announced his official retire-
Knothole League include boys ment in January.
ages 5-6 and girls who attend- Mayor Jim Smith said he
ed kindergarten or first grade
would like to have someone
during the current school year. hired for the position at the
There is no fee but a registra-
tion form must be completed. May meeting.
In his report, Kramer
told council the discharge
Forecast process at the wastewater
Mostly sunny lagoons was completed with
turning partly testing at normal levels. He
cloudy Thursday said the tests on samples
with high in mid sent to the Environmental
60s. See page 2.
Protection Agency should be
back soon.
Index He said catch basins in
the village will be cleaned on
Obituaries 2 April 5. Council had approved
State/Local 3 the work last year at approxi-
Politics 4 mately $12 per basin with
Community 5 nearly 100 in the village.
Council heard from Fort
Sports 6 money from online advertising
Business 7 Jennings Park Board President
Classifieds 8 Jerry Siefker.
TV 9 “The recreation building
World News 10 had about a foot of water dur-
ing the last flood. We had to
power wash the floor to get
the mud and muck out and
then this last weekend, we
went in and cleaned every-
thing,” Siefker said. ”A few
cupboard doors swelled up
and those will have to be
replaced. The park itself has
a lot of debris from the flood-
ing. We have a tentative park
cleanup set. We will announce
that at a later date.”
Siefker informed the park
board he only saw five of the
25 picnic tables that were in
the park prior to the flood-
ing.
“We are going to look at
moving them in the winter so
we don’t have to worry about
it during the off-season,”
Siefker said.
Smith suggested perhaps
they could be chained to the
asphalt.
The mayor complimented
Siefker on the park board’s
assistance during the recent
flooding.
“We really want to thank
the park board for all their
help; it was really appreci-
ated,” Smith said.
Smith added that the new
Fifth Street storm sewer sys-
tem worked well during the
recent storms.
“We didn’t have much
standing water, if any, in many
of the areas we did before the
project was completed,” he
said. “I’m really pleased with
how well that has alleviated
our problem in that area.”
Upcoming park board
events include the Grand
Prize Party on July 23 at
The Fort for the FJ Park
$10 Grand Giveaway. All
paid entries will be put in
a ticket drum and at 8 p.m.,
one entry will be drawn. If
the entry-holder is present,
they will receive $2,500. If
they are not present, they
will receive $1,250. If the
$1,250 is awarded, a new
entry will be drawn every
half hour, receiving $250, if
present.
The student-seller of the
grand prize entry will receive
$50 and top sellers in three
brackets will win $250 for
first place, $100 for second
place and $50 for third place.
Entry sellers of weekly Pick 3
winners will receive $5.
Proceeds from the fund-
raiser will support park
upkeep and projects.
Siefker added the new web
site should be up and running
in five weeks. Mayor Smith
asked that the Bicentennial
Committee be allowed to use
a page for updates on plans
for the celebration in July
2012. Siefker said he needed
pictures from the committee
to use on the homepage and
would talk to committee sec-
retary Judy Wieging.
Police Chief Ethel Vaughn
said the barking dog problem
might soon come to an end.
The owners of the trouble-
some canines are expected
to relocate at the end of the
month.
She is working with the
school’s mothers’ club on
the Easter Egg Hunt for vil-
lage youth. She asked to use
the old high school gymna-
sium again this year, saying
it worked well last year. The
hunt is set for April 23.
The next meeting will
begin at 7:30 p.m. April 20 in
the library.
get to $119.5 billion.
Among the hardest hit in See BUDGET, page 3
Highlights of Gov. John Kasich’s budget
By The Associated Press
Proposals made by Ohio Gov. John Kasich in his two-year
budget plan, which now faces approval by the Legislature:
HIGHER EDUCATION
— Continue 3.5 percent tuition-increase cap for public colleges
and universities
— Require universities to present plans to move to three-year
bachelor’s degrees
— Require university faculty to teach an extra class every
other year
— Allow universities, schools and local governments to
employ single prime contracts on construction jobs
— Proposes giving universities more autonomy in exchange
for less state funding, including exempting them from union-
friendly state rules on construction projects.
K-12 EDUCATION
— Double number of scholarships to allow students in under-
performing public schools to attend private schools
— Lift cap on number of community schools, which receive
state funding but are privately operated
— Provide bonuses to high-performing teachers, streamline
dismissal process for poor-performing ones
— Allow teachers or parents to take over troubled, poor-
performing schools
ECONOMY
— Transfer the state’s liquor sales business to provide a per-
manent revenue stream to the new JobsOhio, which will provide
grants to fuel business growth.
— Retain cut to personal income tax that went into effective
in January
MEDICAID
— Create a single point-of-care coordination
— Adjust nursing home funding formula
— Adjust state reimbursement rates for nursing and home
health services, elder day care, assisted living, and other pro-
grams
— Establish a maximum pay rate for nutritional products
NATURAL RESOURCES
— Allow oil and gas leases at state parks
PRISONS
— Sell five prisons to private operators, requiring 5-percent
cost savings
— Offer early retirement incentives to employees of two facili-
ties
— Close four prison camps adjacent to London, Ross, Toledo
and Trumbull
— The most volatile or sensitive inmates, including maximum-
security prisoners, would continue to be overseen by the state.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
— Allow universities, local governments and schools to raise
— Give county commissions authority to centralize transporta-
tion, maintenance, printing and other services
— Encourage municipalities to share fire, police and ambu-
lance services and to pool health care
— Allow public notices to be posted on a new statewide web
site rather than in newspapers
Source: Ohio governor’s office.
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For The Record

Japan nuclear emergency OBITUARY The Delphos

workers to return to plant
By ERIC TALMADGE
and SHINO YUASA
The Associated Press
FUKUSHIMA, Japan —
Emergency workers forced to
retreat from a tsunami-stricken
Japanese nuclear power plant
when radiation levels soared
prepared to return today night
after emissions dropped to
safer levels.
The pullback cost precious
time in the fight to prevent
a nuclear meltdown, further
escalating a crisis spawned by
last week’s devastating earth-
quake and tsunami that pul-
verized Japan’s northeastern
coast and likely killed more
than 10,000 people.
It was unclear what hap-
pened in the Fukushima Dai-
ichi nuclear plant’s overheat-
ing reactors after late morn-
ing, when the workers stopped
pumping in seawater trying to
cool their fuel rods. Officials
gave only sparse information
about the reactors.
But conditions at the plant
appeared to be worsening.
Patrol seizes 188 pounds of BC Bud marijuana
A man from Colorado is
facing felony drug charges
after Ohio State Highway
Patrol troopers seized 188
pounds of BC Bud marijuana,
valued at nearly $1 million,
during a traffic stop yesterday
in Lorain County.
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White steam-like clouds drift-
ed up from one reactor which,
the government said, likely
emitted the burst of radiation
that led to the workers’ with-
drawal. The plant’s operator
reported a fire at another reac-
tor for the second time in two
days.
At one point, national
broadcaster NHK showed
military helicopters lifting
off to survey radiation levels
above the complex, prepar-
ing to dump water onto the
most troubled reactors in a
desperate effort to cool them
down. The defense ministry
said those flights were a drill.
Later, it said it had decided
against making an airborne
drop because of the high radi-
ation levels.
Officials are facing increas-
ing criticism over poor com-
munication and coordination.
“The anxiety and anger
being felt by people in
Fukushima have reached a
boiling point,” the governor
of Fukushima prefecture,
Yuhei Sato, fumed in an inter-
GMC Yukon for a marked
lanes violation, eastbound
on the Ohio Turnpike, near
milepost 143, at approxi-
mately 9:57 a.m. on Tuesday.
Troopers observed criminal
indicators and a Patrol drug-
sniffing canine alerted to the
vehicle. A probable cause
view with NHK. He criticized
preparations for an evacuation
if conditions worsen and said
centers already housing peo-
ple moved from nearby the
plant do not have enough hot
meals and basic necessities.
The nuclear crisis has
triggered international alarm
and partly overshadowed
the human tragedy caused
by Friday’s 9.0-magnitude
earthquake and the subse-
quent tsunami, a blast of
black seawater that pulver-
ized Japan’s northeastern
coastline. The quake was
one of the strongest recorded
in history.
Millions of people strug-
gled for a fifth day with lit-
tle food, water or heat, and
already chilly temperatures
turned to snow in many areas.
Police say more than 452,000
people are staying in tempo-
rary shelters, often sleeping
on the floor in school gym-
nasiums.
Nearly 3,700 people are
officially listed as dead, but
officials believe the toll will
search revealed four U-Haul
boxes, containing 188 pounds
of compressed BC Bud mari-
juana.
The driver, John Davis,
51, of Denver Colo., was
charged with possession of
marijuana and aggravated
trafficking of marijuana,
bothsecond-degree felonies.
The suspect was incarcer-
ated in the Lorain County
Jail. If convicted, he could
face up to 16 years in prison
and a $30,000 fine.
BC Bud marijuana is one
of the most potent strains
of cannabis, which is usu-
ally cultivated in British
Columbia. It has a THC con-
tent of 30 percent as com-
pared to only four percent in
traditional marijuana.
climb over 10,000 since sev-
eral thousand more are listed
as missing.
In an extremely rare address
to the nation, Emperor Akihito
expressed condolences and
urged Japan not to give up.
“It is important that each
of us shares the difficult days
that lie ahead,” said Akihito,
77, a figure deeply respected
across the country. “I pray
that we will all take care of
each other and overcome this
tragedy.”
He also expressed his wor-
ries over the nuclear crisis,
saying: “With the help of
those involved I hope things
will not get worse.”
Since the quake and wave
hit, authorities have been
struggling to avert an envi-
ronmental catastrophe at the
Fukushima Dai-ichi complex,
140 miles (220 kilometers)
north of Tokyo. The tsunami
knocked out the backup die-
sel generators needed to keep
nuclear fuel cool at the plant’s
six reactors, setting off the
atomic crisis.
TODAY
IN HISTORY
By The Associated Press
Today is Wednesday,
March 16, the 75th day of
2011. There are 290 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 16, 1802,
President Thomas Jefferson
signed a measure authorizing
the establishment of the U.S.
Military Academy at West
Point, N.Y.
On this date:
In 1751, James Madison,
fourth president of the United
States, was born in Port
Conway, Va.
In 1850, Nathaniel
Hawthorne’s novel “The
Scarlet Letter” was first pub-
lished.
In 1926, rocket science pio-
neer Robert H. Goddard suc-
cessfully tested the first liq-
uid-fueled rocket, in Auburn,
Mass.
In 1968, during the Vietnam
War, the My Lai (mee ly)
Massacre of Vietnamese civil-
ians was carried out by U.S.
Army troops; estimates of the
death toll vary between 347
and 504.
In 1971, former Republican
presidential candidate Thomas
E. Dewey, 68, died in Bal
Harbour, Fla.; American
actress Bebe Daniels, 70, died
in London.
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2011
Gary L. Bockey, 56, of
Delphos, died at 10:20
a.m. Tuesday at Vancrest
Healthcare Center.
He was born Aug. 12,
1954, in Lima to Charles and
Mary Lou (Mueller) Bockey;
his mother preceded him in
death and his father survives
in Delphos
Survivors also include a
son, Jesse Stocklin of Florida;
three sisters, Marilyn Rahrig
of Delphos, Diana (Ralph)
Edwards of Florida and Laurie
(Mark) Hamilton of Elida; a
brother, Randy Bockey of
Brunswick, Ga.; a grand-
daughter, Taylor Stocklin; and
nieces and nephews Melisa,
Jackie, Crystal, David, Kayla,
Josh, Matt, Kyle and Amber.
He was also preceded in
death by a brother, Charles
Bockey Jr.; a sister, Linda
Bockey; and a nephew, Ryan
Bockey.
Mr. Bockey was a truck
driver, enjoyed sports and was
a Penn State fan. He was a
member of the Eagles.
A prayer service will be
held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday
at Harter and Schier Funeral
Home, the Rev. Melvin
Verhoff officiating.
Friends may call from 1-5 p.m.
Saturday at the funeral home.
Burial will be at a later
date.
Preferred memorials are to
St. Rita’s Hospice or donor’s
choice.
FUNERAL
WILSON, Ella “Louise,”
79, of Delphos, funeral services
will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday
at Harter and Schier Funeral
Home, the Rev. Wayne Prater
officiating. Burial will follow
in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-8
p.m. today and one hour prior
to services Thursday at the
funeral home.
LOCAL PRICES
Corn: $6.14
Wheat: $5.68
Beans: $12.52
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WEATHER
Delphos weather
High temperature Tuesday
in Delphos was 46 degrees,
low was 30. Rainfall was
recorded at .45 inch. High a
year ago today was 58, low
was 32. Record high for today
is 77, set in 1945. Record low
is 8, set in 1941.
WEATHER FORECAST
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TONIGHT: Mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
THURSDAY: Mostly
sunny in the morning becom-
ing partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid 60s. South winds 10
to 15 mph becoming south-
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afternoon.
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Elida eyeing
House Bill 136
BY STACY TAFF
staff@delphosherald.com
ELIDA — The Elida Local
Schools Board of Education
met in regular session Tuesday
night to discuss recent legisla-
tion and other issues within
the district.
One topic creating buzz in
the educational community,
House Bill 136, which would
take a percentage of a public
school district’s state funding
to provide tuition for individ-
ual students to attend private
school. In other words, public
schools would be paying for
their own students to leave.
“The first part of April
we’ll see a flurry of activ-
ity on all of these bills,” said
Superintendent Don Diglia.
“There seems to be a general
agreement that this House Bill
136 will cause a great deal of
concern and I wholeheartedly
agree. The biggest concern
I think is the way it’s being
sold, as a possible opportunity
for taxpayer savings. But this
is a voucher program, and
soon there will be so many of
them and you’ll see all these
schools-for-profit popping up
overnight. People will transfer
to these schools, the schools
will take their money and
they’ll stay active for prob-
ably six months. Next thing
you know the kids will end up
back here and the whole thing
will have been an unsuccess-
ful period of academic prep.
“A long-range negative of
this would be with a lot of
schools that are struggling,”
Diglia continued. “They’re
struggling and all of a sudden
these kids go to the schools-
for-profit and there are fewer
kids left. Then what happens
if that district has to pass a
levy? Not only will they have
to pay for those kids to go to
private school, but also for
the ones who are left and still
STATE/LOCAL
Budget
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leaders would have even more
flexibility with their budgets.
“This entire state has to
learn to do business differ-
ently,” Kasich said.
As private operations,
the prisons that are sold will
generate between $400,000
to more than $1 million a
year in new tax revenues for
municipalities, and casinos
being built in four cities will
soon begin paying local taxes,
Kasich said.
Opponents called Kasich’s
proposed cuts to local govern-
ments a back-door tax increase
and “a wicked shell game.”
“Under his proposal,
local governments will have
Photos submitted no other options but to cut
Landeck students enjoy hands-on science services and lay off work-
ers or raise taxes to keep
Erika Illig from Fort Amanda Specialties recently visited Landeck Elementary fire stations, hospitals and
School and presented a SESA (Science Enhancement for Science Advancement) pro- libraries open,” AFL-CIO
gram. She did hands on presentations about weather and the states of matter. Above President Tim Burga said in
left: Kendall Schrader, left, Jenna Rode and Kaytlyn Sevitz experience what a cloud a statement. “And his priva-
would feel like. Below: Presenter Erika Illig and students Nicholas Curth and Jaina tization schemes will saddle
Bloom demonstrate the concept of evaporation. future generations of Ohioans
with budget shortfalls and
increased costs for services
with lower quality.”
Keen said the goal of the
new budget is to position Ohio
for competition with other
states and countries. He said
the administration used not
just the traditional state bank
account — called the general
fund — to make its calcula-
tions but all funds Ohio gets
from state and federal dollars,
fees and other sources.
The method was seen par-
ticularly in education fund-
ing. A look at general fund
spending showed increases in
both state aid to K-12 schools
(up $212 million over the
biennium) and state aid to
public colleges and universi-
ties (up $91 million over the
biennium). However, when
all funds are considered, K-12
schools would see cuts of 6.1
percent in the budget’s first
year and 4.7 percent in its
second year.
Delphos City Schools
Superintendent Jeff Price is
optimistic but reserved.
“At the first pass of the
governor’s proposed budget,
we have reason for guarded
optimism in K-12 education.
You will hear that we have an
increase in funding and that
is true on the foundation but
keep in mind that the last bud-
get was filled in with stimulus
dollars or that would have
been a 10-15-percent reduc-
tion two years ago,” Price
said. “Well, we are seeing
that reduction now. Overall,
our budget will be decreased
by about 11 percent when you
consider foundation (state)
payments and stimulus mon-
ies we have received the past
two years. We had, however,
prepared for reduction of all
stimulus monies and a 10-per-
cent reduction in foundation
as worse case scenario.”
Kasich said his team of
policy advisers has actually
increased state aid to educa-
tion, to maintain Medicaid
coverage for most Ohio resi-
dents while achieving $4.3
billion in savings over two
years and to keep an $800
million cut in the personal
income tax that went into
effect in January.
“We were able to do a
number of things because we
set very high priorities for the
operation of this government,”
Kasich said. “Our Cabinet
directors were all asked to
go inside of their budgets and
find either a 10- or a 15-per-
cent cut in the operation of
their budget without damag-
ing their clients.”
Kasich also supports a
cap of 3.5 percent on tuition
increases, creating three-year
bachelor’s degree programs
and increasing teaching loads
for faculty by one new course
every two years.

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In other news, it was
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“We’re beginning to move
the records from the old dun-
geon at the old high school
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so the move has begun,” said
business director Mark Miller.
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high school is being changed.
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pretty good design and we’re
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The board proclaimed
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The resignation of School
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POLITICS “The only joy in the world is to begin.”
— Cesare Pavese (CHAY’-zah-ray pah-VAY’-zay), Italian novelist (1908-1950)
Obama defends
IT WAS NEWS THEN nuclear energy
One Year Ago WASHINGTON (AP)
• Local artist Ruth Ann Sturgill recently received a surreal — President Barack Obama
validation of her talent as a painter while participating in “Art on Tuesday defended the use
at the Arnold,” a painting competition held during the Arnold of nuclear energy despite the
Sports Festival expo earlier this month in Columbus. Arnold calamity in Japan where a nucle-
Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone referred to her portrait ar power plant leaked radiation
of a competition fencer as “very good.” in the wake of a devastating
earthquake and tsunami.
25 Years Ago — 1986 The president told Pittsburgh
• No St. John’s wrestler will be going for a Class A state television station KDKA that
all energy sources have their
championship after three who won their first matches lost in downsides but that the U.S.
the semifinals Friday night. The three will go into consolation
— which gets 20 percent of its
round where the highest anyone can finish is third. The three electricity from nuclear power
are Steve Adams, Mark Wegesin and Randy Stemen. — needs to look at the full
• Continental will mark the first of three centennial week- array of them.
ends today and Sunday. Films, displays and videos on the The president said facilities
Nickle Plate, Cloverleaf and Interurban railroads will be open in the U.S. are closely moni-
Sunday at the Continental High School gym, cafeteria and
auditorium.
tored and built to withstand
earthquakes, even though noth-
• Ottoville and Fort Jennings Girl Scouts recently held ing’s failsafe. Proponents of
their annual recognition breakfast at Fort Jennings Elementary nuclear power fear their efforts
School. The breakfast was part of the celebration of National to win over the public to the
Girl Scout Week March 9-15 and 74 years of Girl Scouting in safety of their industry have
America. The breakfast was planned and coordinated by Girl been dealt a tremendous blow
Scout leaders of Ottoville and Fort Jennings. Judy Miehls was by the disaster in Japan.
head cook for the breakfast. “I think it is very important
to make sure that we are doing
50 Years Ago — 1961 everything we can to insure
• The buzzards of Hinckley Ridge, punctual as the swallows the safety and effectiveness of
of Capistrano, came home to their summer roost yesterday. the nuclear facilities that we
have,” the president said in a
The flock of about 75 turkey buzzards was reported winging
second TV interview Tuesday,
in on schedule from unknown southern winter quarters, just as
it has every March 15 for more than 150 years. with KOAT in Albuquerque,
N.M.
• A family night was held Monday by the congregation of
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church under the sponsor- “We’ve got to budget for
it. I’ve already instructed our
ship of the American Lutheran Church of the local church. A nuclear regulatory agency to
carry-in dinner was served at 6 p.m. with the tables decorated make sure that we take lessons
in keeping with the Lenten season. The principal speaker for learned from what’s happen-
the evening was Easter Straker of WIMA radio and televi- ing in Japan and that we are
sion. constantly upgrading how we
• Two Delphos young men, Robert Holden and Michael approach our nuclear safety in
Wulfahorst, will be ordained in the Catholic Church’s Holy this country,” he said.
Order of Subdiaconate on March 18 in St. Peter and Paul The president said he’s
Catholic Church in Norwood, Ohio. Holden is the son of Mr. been assured that any radiation
and Mrs. John Holden, and Wulfhorst is the son of Mr. and release from the Fukushima
Mrs. Hubert J. Wulfhorst. Dai-ichi nuclear plant along
Japan’s northeastern coast
75 Years Ago — 1936 would dissipate before reach-
• Members of the Delphos city council and other city offi- ing the U.S.
cials went to Wapakoneta and Columbus Grove Monday to In Japan the crisis was spi-
secure information concerning municipal light plant projects raling as a fire broke out at a
under the WPA in those places. Those who made the trip reactor a day after the plant
were President of Council William Corns, Councilmen Syl emitted a burst of radiation.
Baumgarte, Frank Peiffer, Dolt Swihart, William Scherger, The government ordered peo-
Ed. Cordell; City Solicitor C. E. Marsh and Service Director ple living within 20 miles of
the plant to seal themselves
A. E. Weger.
indoors to avoid exposure.
• Shamrocks would be much in evidence in Delphos tomor-
row. The St. Elizabeth’s Benevolent Society will assist in At the White House Tuesday,
spokesman Jay Carney said that
providing these tokens of St. Patrick’s Day. They will give
a shamrock to each person who makes a contribution to their unlike some other countries the
U.S. was not recommending
annual St. Patrick’s Day collection.
that American citizens leave
• A good representation of members of Delphos Aerie, No. Tokyo over radiation concerns.
471, Fraternal Order of Eagles, was in attendance at a district Carney said that U.S. officials
initiation and St. Patrick’s Day entertainment held at Lima have determined Americans in
Sunday afternoon and evening. Following the initiation, an Japan should follow the same
exhibition drill contest was held, with Delphos, Van Wert and guidance Japan is giving to its
Wapakoneta competing. Delphos was adjudged winner with a own citizens.
total of 38 points out of a possible 45. Nonetheless, Austria said it
is moving its embassy from
Tokyo to Osaka and France
recommended that its citizens
Moderately confused leave the Japanese capital.
The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo
has told Americans to avoid
traveling to Japan.
Meanwhile more U.S.
military crews were exposed
to radiation Tuesday as the
Pentagon ramped up relief
flights over the reeling coun-
try.
The Defense Department
said the Navy started giving
anti-radiation pills to some of
those exposed, and Americans
on two military bases south of
Tokyo were advised to stay
indoors as much as possible.
With more aid for victims
on the way, the U.S. Navy said
it was redirecting three ships
to work in the Sea of Japan on
the country’s west coast rather
than risk the hazards of radia-
tion and the debris field in the
waters off the east coast.
Sensitive air monitoring
equipment on the aircraft car-
rier USS George Washington
detected low levels of radioac-
tivity from the Fukushima Dai-
ichi nuclear power plant as the
carrier sat pier-side at Yokosuka,
south of Tokyo, Cmdr. Jeff
Davis, a spokesman for the U.S.
7th Fleet, said Tuesday.
Petraeus supports
Afghanistan drawdown
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The top U.S. commander in
Afghanistan insists the mili-
tary can boost Afghan securi-
ty forces to fight the Taliban,
begin a troop drawdown this
summer and fulfill President
Barack Obama’s goal of a
long-term partnership with
the Kabul government.
Facing a skeptical Congress
and a war-weary public,
Army Gen. David Petraeus
is trying to build support for
the continued and costly U.S.
involvement in Afghanistan,
telling lawmakers the con-
flict is turning around despite
concerns about the viability
of President Hamid Karzai’s
government and the dedica-
tion of neighboring Pakistan
to root out terrorism.
His first day of Capitol
Hill testimony Tuesday came
as a new Washington Post-
ABC poll found that nearly
two-thirds of Americans con-
sider the war no longer worth
fighting. He acknowledged
the growing opposition.
“I think it is understand-
able that the American people
could be frustrated that we’ve
been at this for 10 years and,
you know, we haven’t won
yet,” he said.
Sen. Susan Collins,
R-Maine, said the Afghans
— and by extension the
American people — may
Fed says economic recovery on firmer footing
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The Federal Reserve offered
its most optimistic view of the
U.S. economy since the reces-
sion ended, even as Japan’s
nuclear crisis stoked new wor-
ries around the globe.
The economic recovery is
on “firmer footing” and the
jobs market is “improving
gradually,” the Fed declared
in its statement released at
the conclusion of its meeting
Tuesday.
That’s a more upbeat tone
from its previous meeting on
Jan. 26, when Fed policymakers
said the rate of economic activ-
ity was “insufficient” to bring
about “significant improve-
ment” in the job market.
The Fed also downplayed
inflation risks. And it dropped
the phrase “disappointing-
ly slow” in describing the
progress made lowering the
nation’s unemployment rate.
That’s a reflection of a near-
ly full percentage point drop
in just three months — the
sharpest decline in unemploy-
ment since 1983.
The Fed on Tuesday, in
a unanimous decision, said
it was maintaining the pace
of its $600 billion Treasury
bond-purchase program to
help the economy grow more
strongly and to lower unem-
ployment, which now stands
at 8.9 percent.
Official defends new consumer bureau against GOP
WASHINGTON (AP)
— The Obama administra-
tion official assembling the
new federal agency oversee-
ing credit cards, mortgages
and other financial products
is rebuffing banking industry
claims that the agency is too
powerful and lacks account-
ability.
Elizabeth Warren, who is
putting together the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau,
is also giving little ground
against Republicans who say
she’s played an inappropriate
role as federal agencies and
states try pressuring big U.S.
banks to overhaul how they
modify mortgages and handle
foreclosures.
The Harvard law profes-
sor and longtime consumer
advocate was testifying today
before members of the House
Financial Services Committee.
Top Republicans on the panel
and their business allies have
complained that the bureau
— which opens its doors July
21 — has unfettered power
to clamp down on finan-
cial instruments it considers
unfair.
“Americans are looking
for an honest marketplace,”
Warren said in her prepared
testimony, adding, “Today,
few of us seriously believe
that we have the market-
place that American families
deserve.”
The bureau was created by
the financial markets overhaul
law enacted last summer by
find it difficult to reconcile
the Obama administration’s
objectives.
“On the one hand, we hear
the president — and Gen.
Petraeus has repeated it today
— that we’re going to start
withdrawing our troops this
summer in order to under-
score the urgency and under-
mine the Taliban narrative
that we’re going to be there
forever,” Collins told Petraeus
and Michele Flournoy, the
undersecretary of defense for
policy. “On the other hand,
both of you have said how
important it is that ... we do
need a long-term relationship.
I would just suggest that I
think that’s part of the confu-
sion that we see reflected in
the polls about exactly what is
our long-term strategy.”
Petraeus said he didn’t see
the objectives as “mutually
exclusive strands of logic.”
“I think ... it’s appropriate
to talk about getting the job
done,” he said. “I think it’s
also appropriate to talk about
the commencement of tran-
sition ... while even beyond
that, discussing the initiation
of discussions on a strategic
partnership with our Afghan
partner.”
Defense Secretary Robert
Gates said last week while vis-
iting Kabul that a U.S. delega-
tion would begin discussions
The Fed made no mention
of Japan’s crisis, which caused
stocks to plunge earlier in the
day. But the more positive
outlook from the Fed helped
Wall Street recover from a
rough start. The Dow Jones
industrial average ended the
day 137 points down, after
falling by as much as 297
points in morning trading.
“Finally, the Fed is giving
us a more upbeat outlook. It
is not the all-clear signal. But
the Fed is much more positive
in terms of the sustainabil-
ity of the economic recovery
going forward,” said econo-
mist Chris Rupkey at Bank of
Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.
Rupkey and other econo-
mists viewed that as signal
that the Fed won’t embark on
a third round of stimulative
bond buying when the current
program ends in June.
The Fed’s bond-buying
program would help the U.S.
economy withstand widening
economic risks from home and
abroad. It is intended to lower
loan rates and boost stock
prices. Those forces should
spur Americans to spend more
and companies to hire more.
The Fed said higher prices
for energy and other com-
modities are increasing infla-
tion. But it predicted that
the pickup in prices will be
“transitory.” That’s consis-
President Barack Obama and
congressional Democrats.
Republicans say the law
gives the agency too much
power because its money
comes from the self-financed
Federal Reserve without
any congressional controls;
because by law it can regulate
products it considers “unfair,
deceptive or abusive,” terms
they consider too vague; and
because it is headed by a sin-
gle, presidentially appointed
director, and not a bipartisan,
multi-member commission
like some other agencies.
Financial Services
Chairman Spencer Bachus,
R-Ala., earlier this month
called the bureau “perhaps the
single most powerful agen-
cy ever created by an act of
Congress.”
Bachus was preparing to
introduce a bill with Rep.
Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.
Va., that would replace the
director with a five-person
commission with members
from both political parties,
according to a document
obtained by The Associated
Press.
Hoping to restrict its
power, the House voted
earlier this year to limit the
bureau’s budget to $80 mil-
lion this year, well below the
$143 million Obama wants.
The Democratic-run Senate
and Obama are unlikely to
accept that reduction.
In her statement, Warren
said oversight is “deep-
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this week with the Afghan
government on sketching out
a relationship that would last
beyond 2014, the target date
for ending U.S. and NATO
combat. In her testimony
Tuesday, Flournoy offered
no details but said the U.S.
interest lies in providing lon-
ger-term training to Afghan
forces.
“We are in the process
of discussing what kind of
parameters should outline
that partnership,” she said. “I
should also add, it goes far
beyond the military domain,
to look at how we can support
further development of gover-
nance, economic development
and so forth.”
She said this would not
involve any permanent U.S.
military bases in Afghanistan.
Petraeus said much of the
Taliban’s battlefield momen-
tum has been halted, putting
the U.S. on course to begin
pulling out troops in July and
shifting security responsibility
to the Afghans.
“The momentum achieved
by the Taliban in Afghanistan
since 2005 has been arrested
in much of the country and
reversed in a number of impor-
tant areas,” Petraeus said.
“However, while the security
progress achieved over the
past year is significant, it is
also fragile and reversible.”
tent with the assessment Fed
Chairman Ben Bernanke gave
to Congress earlier this month.
The Fed said it will keep close
tabs on inflation trends.
Despite the Fed’s more
optimistic outlook, the list of
potential risks to the economy
has grown since the Fed’s last
meeting.
Japan is the world’s third-
largest economy, so the earth-
quake and ensuing nuclear cri-
sis there are certain to affect
the global economy.
Oil price have spiked
since January, rising as inves-
tors worry that unrest in the
Middle East and Africa could
hurt global supply. Oil prices
have dipped in recent days
and are now hovering around
$97 a barrel. Still, gasoline
prices have stayed high and
now average $3.57 a gallon
nationwide.
Investors also are con-
cerned that Europe’s debt cri-
sis could linger.
For the United States, the
threats have the potential to
slow the U.S. economy, or
stoke inflation. Or both.
Higher energy prices have
some economists lowering
their growth forecasts for the
first three months of the year.
They said high energy prices
will slow consumer spend-
ing, which accounts for 70
percent of economic activity.
ly important” and said the
bureau is answerable to law-
makers and the courts.
“As is true with respect
to all other federal agencies,
Congress has the last word on
CFPB rulemaking,” she said,
using the bureau’s acronym.
“If Congress is unhappy with
a rule, it can overturn it.”
She also said creation of
the bureau increased account-
ability because the law gave it
powers that previously were
spread among seven agen-
cies.
“The tangle of seven agen-
cies failed to create effective
rules and left gaping holes in
oversight,” she said.
Obama is not expected to
nominate Warren as director
because she seems too contro-
versial to be approved by the
Senate. He could appoint her
to the job during a congressio-
nal recess — which would not
require Senate approval but
would give her the job only
through 2012.
Warren, who championed
the agency before it was cre-
ated, has also run afoul of
Republicans following reports
that she has been advising
federal agencies and state
attorneys general pursuing big
banks. Earlier this month, the
government officials gave five
large banks a list of demands
that would curb their ability to
start certain foreclosures and
make it easier for struggling
homeowners to modify their
mortgages.
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
TODAY
6 p.m. — Shepherds of
Christ Associates meet in the
St. John’s Chapel.
6:30 p.m. — Delphos
Kiwanis Club, Eagles Lodge,
1600 E. Fifth St.
7 p.m. — Bingo at St.
John’s Little Theatre.
7:30 p.m. — Hope Lodge
214 Free and Accepted
Masons, Masonic Temple,
North Main Street.
Sons of the American
Legion meet at the Delphos
Legion hall.
The Ottoville Board of
Education meets in the ele-
mentary building.
THURSDAY
9-11 a.m. — The Delphos
Canal Commission Annex
Museum, 241 N. Main St., is
open.
11:30 a.m. — Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff Street.
5:30 p.m. — The Delphos
Canal Commission meets at
the museum, 241 N. Main St.
5-7 p.m. — The Interfaith
Thrift Shop is open for shop-
ping.
7 p.m. — Spencerville
Local Schools Board of
Education meets.
St. John’s Athletic Boosters
meet in the Little Theatre.
7:30 p.m. — Delphos
Chapter 26 Order of the
Eastern Star meets at the
Masonic Temple on North
Main Street.
Delphos VFW Auxiliary
meets at the VFW Hall, 213
W. Fourth St.
Please notify the Delphos
Herald at 419-695-0015 if
there are any corrections
or additions to the Coming
Events column.
Verena collecting puzzle
pieces from family
BY LOVINA EICHER
First of all I want to
thank all the readers who
took time to compliment and
encourage daughter Verena
on her column last week.
She appreciated all the kind
words. I was glad for a break
in writing with the flu bug
hitting our house.
Everyone is
healthy and back
to school now and
we hope it will stay
like that, although
Verena still has
days when she
can’t go to school.
May God grant
her better health
in the future. She
is excited to begin
receiving back the pieces of
a puzzle. Jacob and Emma’s
two daughters Elizabeth
and Emma sent out puzzle
pieces to family and friends.
Everyone will send their
puzzle piece back to Verena
with a card, letter of encour-
agement or whatever they
prefer. It will be interesting
and something for her to
look forward to. She likes to
write and read so this will be
a great treat for her. A big
thanks to her cousins who
took the time and money to
distribute each puzzle piece.
Saturday evening we had
a surprise visit from Uncle
Joe and Aunt Betty. They
were staying at a nearby
hotel in honor of their 41st
anniversary which is today.
They had plans to also stop
by and visit sisters Susan,
Verena and Emma and her
family.
The Amish youth (16 and
older) are once again giving
their annual spring program
at the community center.
The proceeds will go to the
cost of the building and to
a few widows in our com-
munity that need some work
done. We plan to attend the
program this coming week-
end. They sing songs and
act out short plays. It lasts a
couple of hours. They have
COMMUNITY
the guests all stand up and
join along in the singing
halfway though. There are
32 youth from our church
and surrounding communi-
ties and they work on this
for weeks ahead. Each actor
introduces themselves and
where they are from.
The clocks have jumped
an hour ahead
again. It was still
dark at 7 a.m.
when the children
headed out for
school. We were
enjoying the day-
light when they
were leaving so
now we start all
over again. Every
morning there
will be a little
more daylight than before.
When it was daylight earlier
in the morning, the boys hur-
ried around quicker. They
got dressed, ate breakfast
and went outside to play bas-
ketball until the bus came.
Loretta, 10, and Joseph,
8, were excited to receive
new Bibles recently. My
husband Joe told the boys to
come help do the chores one
evening. Joseph came down
the stairs and said, “Mom, I
was reading my new Bible.”
He said, “I just skipped the
words I didn’t know and
just read the ones I knew.” It
was touching to me that he
was in the bedroom trying to
read his Bible when he could
have been outside playing.
Do we take enough time to
teach God’s words to these
dear innocent children? As a
mother of eight life gets very
busy but it is moments like
this that make the work and
worry worth the effort.
Kevin, 5, still spends most
of his afternoons outside
with Buddy the new puppy.
When Kevin bends down to
pick up something Buddy
will grab off his hat and run.
The chase begins until Kevin
retrieves his hat. Needless to
say, Kevin has several holes
in his hats but Buddy keeps
him entertained.
Eagles Auxiliary to host
District God, Flag and
Country program
Jacob, Emma, and fam- The Delphos Eagles prizes remain unclaimed.
ily stopped in on their way Auxiliary 471 meeting was Hot Seat winners were Kathy
home from church yester- held with 21 members in Siefker, Diana May and Nita
day. We told them to stay for attendance. Falke. Special awards went
supper. We had grilled steak, Chelsey Jackson and Ann to Chelsey Jackson, Irma Kill
mashed potatoes, gravy, let- Rice were initiated as new and Bernie Hasenkamp. Jean
tuce salad, cheese, pickles,
hot peppers, hard-boiled
members. Bonnie Boggs,
Marsha Carpenter, Nancy
Mengerink won the 3 months
attendance prize.
eggs and ice cream on the
menu.
Kimmet and Barbara Meyer
rejoined the auxiliary.
The Northwest Zone
Conference will be in
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State preview Klausing grabs 2nd-

Wildcats face loaded Lady Warriors team All-Ohio honors The Associated Press Ridge Acad.; Rachel Borowske and
By JIM METCALFE head coach; and they are com- ranked team in the nation in Jefferson and All-Ohio sec- Kaitlyn Kish, Kirtland; Brooke Rayokovich

jmetcalfe@delpho-
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Canal Winchester Harvest
Prep broke through last sea-
son, winning its first state
title in its first appearance in
the Division IV Final Four
since the school was formed
in 1986.
They finished ranked first
in Ohio by MaxPreps.
Now the Lady Warriors are
trying to accomplish another
first: a repeat.
Having all five starters
back from last season’s 27-1
edition was a good place to
start.
“With all five back, added
to that most of our key bench
players also returned, and the
expectations were immense.
It was a challenge to be ready
every game of a challenging
schedule this season,” Harvest
coach Dave Dennis Sr. noted.
“We had to keep the girls
motivated and driven to get
better; we couldn’t let them
rest on their laurels but keep
improving. We have managed
to do that and I am proud of
the girls for that; it would
have been easy to think they
had it made.
“These girls get along so
well on and off the court.
Where I think experience
helped this year was the cer-
tainty, each girl knowing
where the others were going
to be in a particular circum-
stance or play. They know
the system; it’s the same one I
have run in my three years as
fortable in knowing where we
want to trap or who to get
the ball to in a certain place
or time and where they like
it. These girls have played
together a long time and they
understand the ins and outs of
the game, the roles they are
asked to play and what they
can and cannot do.
“I think we have a little
bit of everything on the floor.
We have the size and strength
inside in Shicole (Watts)
at 6-1 and Jaren (Francis)
at 5-11 and we have good
overall athleticism, speed and
quickness; our bigs move
very well. We want to pres-
sure full-court man-to-man
and trap at certain times. We
want to get up and down the
floor and the girls all have the
green light to push the ball
and shoot. I feel we have six
guards and they can all pene-
trate and shoot the 3; we aver-
age around 74 points a game
and give up 38. We have
three Division I prospects in
Shicole, Chelsea (McKnight)
and Ayrealle (Beavers), so
the talent is there.”
Watts earned Division IV
All-Ohio Player of the Year
honors for the second straight
year, while Francis is a third-
teamer and McKnight honor-
able mention.
The team knew it had
arrived when they rallied in
last year’s regional finals
against Waterford after trail-
ing the entire game, finally
winning in overtime; when
they knocked off the fourth-
a Philadelphia invitation-only
tourney in January; and came
from 18 points down against
Fort Loramie in the state
semifinals to win the game.
They then knocked off state-
power Berlin Hiland 45-41 in
the finals.
“That showed a lot of char-
acter from this team and this
bunch of girls. We learned
about never giving up, no mat-
ter the situation, that they can
dig deeper than they thought
possible,” Dennis noted. “We
never lost our poise or com-
posure. This team continues
to surprise me. We continue
to pick up our intensity as the
season has gone on — our
schedule challenges us. We
scored 50 points in a quarter
this year in a 119-35 drubbing
of Gahanna Christian in the
district semifinals. My philos-
ophy has been to play hard,
play smart and play together
and that has been the keys to
the last three years.”
Starters for the Warriors in
their 3-guard lineup include
Shicole Watts (6-1 senior
forward, 13.9 points per
game), Chelsea McKnight
(5-8 senior, guard 12.5 coun-
ters), Jaren Francis (5-11
junior guard, 11.6 markers),
Ayrealle Beavers (5-9 senior
guard, 9.7 markers) and Jared
Francis (5-11 junior forward,
5.3 markers).
Dennis, last year’s Division
IV Coach of the Year and cur-
rently sporting a 73-6 mark, is
not taking anything for grant-
ed as his Warriors prepare for
ond-teamer Kristin Klausing
at 8 p.m. Thursday night in
the state semifinals at Value
City Arena.
“Klausing is a special play-
er with her skill set: shoot the
3, penetrate, handle the ball,
run the break; the University
of Findlay is getting a good
one. Add to that she is left-
handed and that presents a
different problem; players are
used to right-handers,” Dennis
added. “(Bridget) Culp is also
a concern with her being left-
handed as well and able to
jump the way she does. They
have the complementary play-
ers to go with those two, like
(Kennedy) Boggs. They have
good quickness and speed
— their guards are similar
to a team like (Columbus)
Africentric — and present
their challenges to us, espe-
cially their ability to shoot the
3 and handle the ball.
“We are confident in our
ability to handle pressure; we
like to be pressed, in fact.
We like our guards ability to
handle the basketball when
pressed; we don’t have a lot
of turnovers, around 11 a
game, despite being an up-
tempo team. We just have to
play with intensity on both
ends of the floor. We have
to take advantage of our size
inside and make them guard
us all over the court. We also
simply need to play good
defense, see if we can force
some turnovers and limit
them to one contested shot
when they get shots.”
Jefferson senior Kristin and
Klausing garnered second-
team Division IV honors in Paul; Lacey Kessler, Mount Blanchard
the All-Ohio girls basketball Riverdale;
voting, based on the recom- Bre McVey, Plymouth; Tayler Tackett,
mendations of a media
panel, Tuesday.
Her averaged 17.9
points per game for the
23-2 Lady Wildcats.
She will lead the
Wildcats, making their
first effort in the state
semifinals, against
Player of the Year
Shicole Watts, third-
teamer Jaren Francis
and honorable-men- Klausing
tion Chelsea McKnight
and Canal Winchester Harvest 21.2; Breanna Butler, Oak Hill, 5-7, jr., 18.7;
Prep Thursday night.
Ottoville senior Tasha sr.,
Kaufman earned special men- soph., 20.9; Kaysie Brittenham, Millbury
tion and Minster senior Delani Lake, 5-9, sr., 19.3.
Wolf was honorable
mention.
In Division III, Kendra
Brunswick and Holly
Brunswick from Fort
Recovery were honor-
able mention.
DIVISION IV
FIRST TEAM: Shicole
Watts, Canal Winchester
Harvest Prep, 6-foor-1, senior,
14.0; Lizzy Nau, Caldwell,
5-11, sr., 17.2; Kayla Linkous,
Kaufman
New Madison Tri-Village,
5-11, jr., 23.7; Jenna Burdette,
Reedsville Eastern, 5-8, fresh.,
16.4; Deana Lewis, Cuyahoga Hts., 5-9,
jr., 14.6; Teneil Krebs, Bucyrus Wynford,
5-9, sr., 19.2; Paige Klaric, Warren JFK,
5-2, sr., 23.7.
Player of the year: Shicole Watts,
Canal Winchester Harvest Prep.
Coaches of the year: Tina
Yates, Shadyside; Craig Hamilton,
Newcomerstown; Seth Newlove,
Arlington.
SECOND TEAM: Kim Barker,
Waterford, 5-11, sr., 11.5; Brenna Kurilec,
Mount Gilead Christian, 5-11, sr., 20.4;
McKenzie Miller, Berlin Hiland, 5-10,
jr., 17.0; Kelsey Holloway, Shadyside,
5-8, sr., 13.0; Brittany Williams, Cin.
Summit Country Day, 5-10, sr., 16.0;
Carly Stock, Cuyahoga Hts.; Jenny
Velotta and Kellie McDonald, Newbury;
Audrey Badovick, Norwalk St.
Morgan Keeterle, Holgate; Jo
Ellen Fickel, Haviland Wayne Trace;
Greenwich South Central;
Randa Payne, Mansfield St.
Peter’s; Delanie Wolf, Minster;
Kati Varian, East Canton; Taylor
Ward, Sebring; Taylor Stanley,
McDonald; Aleysha Gregory,
Rittman; Taylor Ketler, Dalton;
Ashley Harrison, Columbiana
Crestview; Clarissa Perkins,
Leetonia; Ashley Moore,
Lowellville.
DIVISION III
FIRST TEAM: Raven
Ferguson, Cols. Africentric,
5-foot-11, sr., 19.5 points per
game; Heidi Hines, Barnesville,
5-11, sr., 20.9; Ally Malott,
Middletown Madison, 6-3, sr.,
Meghann Wright, Burton Berkshire, 5-10,
14.0; Caitie Craft, Findlay Lib.-Benton,
5-8, jr., 21.1; Hannah Plybon, Orrville, 5-9,
Players of the year: Raven
Ferguson, Cols. Africentric;
Ally Malott, Middletown
Madison.
Coaches of the year:
Doug Hale, Oak Hill; Jack
Billing, Anna.
SECOND TEAM: Lakin
Caudill, Oak Hill, 5-10, jr.,
10.9; Kayla Mohr, Marion
Elgin, 5-9, sr., 18.3; Jordan
Kimes, Galion Northmor, 6-1,
sr., 18.4; Jessica Kinney,
Martins Ferry, 5-8, soph., 22.5;
Megan Fogt, Anna, 6-0, sr.,
13.9; Lauren Langenderfer,
Metamora Evergreen, 5-8, jr.,
20.9; Brooke Tabaka, Akron
Manchester, 5-7, sr., 15.7; Brittany
Layton, Gates Mills Gilmour Acad., 6-2,
sr., 12.5; Emily Taylor, Elyria Cath., 5-6,
sr., 10.0.
THIRD TEAM: Enri Small, Cols.
School For Girls, 5-8, sr., 15.0; Lyndsey
DeRoads, Milford Ctr. Fairbanks, 5-8,
sr., 17.1; Sarah Bardall, Sugarcreek
Garaway, 5-11, sr., 11.6; Shelby Sheets,
Fayetteville-Perry, 5-11, sr., 22.8; Nikki
Elswick, Ironton, 5-11, sr. 20.6; Whitney
Daugherty, Albany Alexander, 5-4, sr.,
17.0; Brittany Swingle, Crooksville, 6-1,
sr., 17.0; Erica Cramer, Attica Seneca
East, 5-8, sr., 16.2; Megan McKean,
West Salem Northwestern, 5-6, soph.,
15.1; Ashley Shuster, Elyria Cath., 6-0,

The good about sports ... the sorrowful .. and the bad
We tend to hear all the bad stuff
about what sports has become — and,
alas, there is plenty to bemoan about our
favorite entertainment — but there are
still pockets of positive things, the stuff
that says this is what it’s really all about.
I found this touching story the other
day regarding Rebekah Hitzeman.
She is just “another” girl playing bas-
ketball.
The difference; she was born with
Down’s Syndrome.
She was the manager — heck, even
serving as an assistant coach at one point
— for the team until her coach, Gary
Falkenbach, spoke with the team’s oppo-
nent, Northwestern, and the Ohio High
School Athletic Association about letting
her start the teams’ game, Greenon’s
home finale for the season.
She scored two points and brought
smiles to the faces of her teammates
and coaches, something that they will
remember long after the trophies have
been melted down and the banners eaten
by moths.
His explanation: it was the right thing
to do.
Good for him, the school, Northwestern
and the OHSAA.
It reminded me of a similar event
something like four years ago — it may
have been more; my memory isn’t what
it used to be! — involving a girl on
the junior varsity from Marion Local.
I believe she also had Down’s and the
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idea amongst coaches.
Shame on them.
Everyone knows about the death of
the Fennville (Michigan) High School
player, Wes Leonard, who collapsed after
making a game-winning shot earlier this
month in their regular-season finale.
The team handled it as best they could.
They originally thought about not play-
ing their first district tournament game
but decided, with his parents’ blessing,
to play because their son would have
wanted them to.
Obviously, the team, the school and
the community rallied around this; it even
drew the attention of Tom Izzo, Michigan
State’s head coach, who had a player at
one of his shootouts die in June 2009;
Bo Kimble, whose teammate at Loyola
Marymount, Hank Gaithers, died at a
game 21 years ago; and even New York
Knick Rony Turiaf, who had open-heart
surgery in 2005.
Unfortunately, a potential good story
out of sorrow didn’t happen as Fennville
was eliminated from the Michigan Class
C playoffs by Schoolcraft.
ing a seizure at home after a match.
Speaking of shame, unfortunately,
the beat goes on for the National Football
League and its Players Association.
I had hoped that the powers-that-be
would be able to sit down like grown men
and hammer this deal out after extend-
ing the CBA, or at least make enough
progress to continue on the then-current
course.
I was wrong.
Now, the Players Association is urg-
ing ... hmmm ... expected top draftees
to boycott New York for The National
Holiday, er, NFL Draft in April.
Yuck.
I am not assigning blame to anyone
in particular because, fundamentally, I
really do not know what was and is going
on in negotiations or behind the scenes
— no, I don’t know everything and my
contacts in the commissioner’s office and
the NFLPA have been mum! I need to
cultivate some new anonymous sources!
I just write: a pox on both their houses!
Bring on the Canadian Football League!!
(Dave Boninsegna would like that!)
When you hear about possible anti-trust
lawsuits and such, I don’t believe this is
just posturing; I think they mean it.
Nobody is going to get out of this
skirmish unscathed; I think — I hope I
am wrong because I was ready to domi-
nate my fantasy leagues! — that this will
be very, very ugly and not get done until
the 11th hour before the season starts
Kacee Hockenberry, Haviland Wayne
Trace, 5-6, sr., 15.4; Kristin Klausing,
Delphos Jefferson, 5-7, sr., 17.9; Tina
Brunswick, Arlington, 5-9, sr., 15.1.
THIRD TEAM: Jaren Francis, Canal
Winchester Harvest Prep, 5-11, jr., 13.0;
Janel Olberding, Ft. Loramie, 5-10, sr.,
11.0; Stephanie Recker, Pandora-Gilboa,
6-1, sr., 19.8; McKenzie O’Brian, Mansfield
St.Peter’s, 5-7, soph., 20.3; Presley
Destro, Mogadore, 5-9, sr., 24.8; Macie
Malone, Willoughby Hills Cornerstone
Christian Acad., 5-5, jr., 14.0.
Special Mention
Logan Mattix, Morral Ridgedale;
Melea Smith, Lanc.r Fisher Cath.; Ellie
LeMasters, Bellaire St. John; Heather
Booth, New Matamoras Frontier; Teesha
Bennett, Lockland; Kailey Ketterer, Dayton Carroll;
Miami Val.; Emeri Connery, Reedsville
Eastern; Brooke Drayer, Waterford; Allison Reagan Stofchek, Richwood N. Union;
Flowers, Belpre; Courtney Rowe, Beaver
Eastern; Holly Hempill, Portsmouth Clay;
Kourtni Taylor, No. Ridgeville Lake Ridge
Acad.; Courtney Reese, Willoughby Hills
Cornerstone Chris. Acad.; Hali Butler
and Carissa Johnson, Fairport Harbor
Harding; Kellie McDonald, Newbury;
Tasha Kaufman, Ottoville; Audrey
Metzger, Dalton; Mikyla Tipton, Wellsville; Prescott, Cin. Hills Christian Acad.; Carrie
Sarah Cash, Warren Lordstown; Taylor
Hvisdak and Emily Carlson, Lowellville.
Honorable Mention
Kirsten Dewese, Lancaster Fairfield
Christian Acad.; Haley Kirby, Delaware
Christian; Chelsea McKnight, Canal
Winchester Harvest Prep; Audrey
Rettstaett, Worthington Christian; Tori
Thompson, Cols. Tree of Life Christian;
Stephany Felton, Newcomerstown; Millie
Patchan, New Philadelphia Tuscararawas
Central Cath.; Molly Nash, Zanesville
Rosecrans; Karli Bonar, Shadyside;
Kendra Schlabach, Berlin Hiland; Tara
Dennis, Williamsburg; Jenna Erwin,
S. Charleston Southeastern; Kelsey
Funderburgh, N. Lewisburg Triad;
Ashley Oren, Springfield Emmanuel
Christian; Ricci Snell, Cin. Country Day;
Emily Brown, Waterford; Abbie Walls,
Bainbridge Paint Valley; Brenna Holter,
Reedsville Eastern; Chandra Canaday,
Crown City South Gallia; Jenn Arnzen,
Portsmouth Notre Dame; Rachel Staker,
Beaver Eastern; Katie Little, Manchester;
Martha Thompson, North Ridgeville Lake
sr., 12.8; Alexis Guy, Shaker Hts. Laurel
School, 5-8, jr., 22.5.
Special Mention
Alex Kuhn, Woodsfield Monroe
Cent.l; Karlie Collins, Zanesville West
Muskingum; Kara Gerbus, Hamilton
Badin; Kirsten Grant, Georgetown;
Kendra Justice, Minford; Whitney Bear,
Lucasville Val.; Brooke Monnolly, Andover
Pymatuning Val.; Mercedes Hudson,
Beachwood; Lauren Abendroth, Tol.
Ottawa Hills; Veronica Wonderly, Fostoria;
Sarah Bonar, Kinsman Badger; Courtney
Powell, Youngst. Ursuline; Tara Schaffter,
Smithville; Destiny Prusky, Newton Falls;
Jenn Moore, Jeromesville Hillsdale.
Honorable Mention
Ashley Milligan, Carroll Bloom-
Ashley Ohler, Mount Gilead;
Jenna Ruble, Amanda-Clearcreek;
Jordy Ute, Marion Elgin; Sami Schott,
Sarahsville Shenandoah; Morgan
Liedtke, Beverly Fort Frye; Kayla Tedrick,
West Lafayette Ridgewood; Madison
Richards, Cadiz Harrison Cent.; Paige
Ricketts, Zoarville Tuscarawas Val.;
Casey Carter, Georgetown; Chelsea
Farrell, Middletown Fenwick; Morgan
Watkins, Anna; Lisa Weber, Dayton
Christian; Taylor Hale, Oak Hill; Amanda
Ruffner, Chesapeake; Brooke Marcum,
Bidwell River Val.; Morgan Grinstead,
Albany Alexander; Sierra Sigman and
Erin Dailey, Chillicothe Zane Trace;
Tori Leader, Portsmouth West; Shaylin
McDaniels, Peebles; Abbey Deckard
and Kelsey Dugger, Gates Mills Gilmour
Acad.; Taylor Ratliff, Columbia Station
Columbia; Krystal Pearson, Beachwood;
Lindsay Thomas, Rocky River Luth.
West; Kayla Jackson, Oberlin; Nicole
Virostek, Andover Pymatuning Valley;
Kelsey Wyant, Collins Western Reserve;
Alicia Drewes, Archbold; Anna Steffel,
Defiance Tinora; Alyssa Meis, Genoa;
Kendra Brunswick and Holly Brunswick,
Fort Recovery; Hannah Lindesmith,
Canton Central Cath.; Ali Gagne,
Cortland Lakeview; Mckenzi Mocilnikar,
Creston Norwayne; Morgan Van Scoy,
Akron Manchester; Courtney Aldridge,
Leavittsburg LaBrae; Aurielle Irizarry,
Youngst. Ursuline; Alexis VanHorn,
Loudonville.

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coaches had to explain to the referees
and the opposing coaches what they
were planning to do. When she scored,
everybody cheered and her smile beamed
across the world.
Now that is what high school sports
is all about.
We can only imagine and feel for the and there will be repercussions for years
Fennville players and school — some down the road.
unless you’ve gone through it — but Fans may even openly revolt. Think The Associated Press Continental 47, Tol. Christian 37
imagine what it must have felt like for long-suffering fans in the Queen City, Boys Basketball Houston 63, Minster 55
teams that played Fennville after this? for example, won’t say enough is Division IV
Berlin Hiland 79, Windham 43
Manchester 55, S. Webster 47
McComb 48, Edgerton 38
They had to be divided: they wanted enough? Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 58, Bucyrus McDonald 54, Richmond Hts. 52
to win but secretly, perhaps they were Think the National Basketball Wynford 48 Pitsburg Franklin-Mon. 43, Day. Jefferson 36

BOWLING
I tend to believe that most, if not all, “rooting” for Fennville. Association, the National Hockey League
teams and coaches would agree to do I don’t know. I am only thinking out and Major League Baseball — and their
something like this but sometimes, when loud. players unions — are paying attention?
you read about some of these ridiculous That was the second sports-related Or is this going to be a matter of deja Monday Rec.
Duke’s Sharpening 26-6
Bellmann’s Party Shop
Mark’s Auto Body
34-54
30-58
scores — clearly running it up — I ven- death in 14 months at that school. Nathan vu all over again later this summer, this The Pittsters 21-11 Ladies over 160
ture a guess that this is not a universal Hernandez, a wrestler, died after suffer- winter and beyond? Topp Chalet
Honda of Ottawa
20-12
18-14
Holly Schrader 161, Mary White 166-
168, Janice Kaverman 201-239, Andrea

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NCAA
DAYTON — Jerai Grant scored a
career-best 22 points and fast-starting
Clemson built a double-figure lead and
never backed off in beating Alabama-
Birmingham 70-52 on Tuesday night in
an NCAA tournament “First Four” game
at the University of Dayton Arena.
In a matchup of No. 12 seeds, part
of the expanded tournament’s new
look, the Tigers (22-11) went on a 21-2
run in the first half and never let the big
lead slip away, as they had in several
recent games.
Clemson hurried out after its first
NCAA tournament victory in 14 years to
catch a flight to a second-round game
against fifth-seeded West Virginia (20-
11) on Thursday afternoon in Tampa,
Fla.
Milton Jennings added 11 points
and Tanner Smith and Devin Booker
each had 10 for Clemson.
Jamarr Sanders had 19 and Dexter
Fields 12 for UAB (22-10), regular-sea-
son champions of Conference USA.
UNC Asheville 81, Ark-Little
Rock 77, OT
Matt Dickey led a late run that
forced overtime and J.P. Primm hit
five free throws and had a decisive
steal in the closing seconds, sending
North Carolina-Asheville to a victory
over Arkansas-Little Rock in a dramatic
“First Four” opener.
The Bulldogs (20-13) will play
Pittsburgh, the top seed in the
Southeast, on Thursday in Washington,
D.C.
UNC Asheville pulled it out with a
tournament-worthy performance by its
best player. The Bulldogs led for only
51 seconds in regulation, before Dickey
asserted himself. He scored 14 of their
last 18 points in regulation, including
a 3-pointer with 10.5 seconds to go
that tied it.
Alex Garcia-Mendoza matched his
career high with 21 points for Arkansas-
COLLEGE CAPSULES
Little Rock (19-17). The Trojans played
overtime without Solomon Bozeman,
the Sun Belt player of the year who
fouled out in the final minute of regula-
tion. He finished with 18 points.
NIT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tony
Mitchell, Charvez Davis and Trevor
Releford all scored 12 points to lead
Alabama to a 68-44 victory over
Coastal Carolina on Tuesday night in
the first round of the National Invitation
Tournament.
The top-seeded Crimson Tide (22-
11) built a 20-point lead late in the first
half and never let the short-handed
Chanticleers (28-6) get anything going.
Leading scorer Desmond Holloway was
suspended late in the season for an
eligibility issue and point guard Kierre
Greenwood was also lost in February
to a season-ending knee injury.
Now 17-0 at CoColiseum, Alabama
will host New Mexico in the second
round.
Anthony Raffa and Chad Gray led
Coastal Carolina with 10 points
Oklahoma St 71, Harvard 54
STILLWATER, Okla. — Marshall
Moses had 18 points and eight
rebounds and third-seeded Oklahoma
State had its highest-scoring first half
of the season in a victory over sixth-
seeded Harvard.
Oklahoma State (20-13) scored 41
points in the first half and won a NIT
game for the first time since 1997. The
Cowboys had lost three straight from
2006-08.
Reger Dowell scored 15 points and
Matt Pilgrim added 12.
Kyle Casey led Harvard (23-7) with
13 points, while Ivy League player
of the year Keith Wright scored 10
and hit double figures for the 15th
straight game. Harvard scored its few-
est points since managing 52 in a loss
to Connecticut on Dec. 22.
The Crimson were making their
first NIT appearance after winning at
least share of the Ivy League title for
the first time in school history.
Coll. of Charleston 94, Dayton 84
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Andrew
Goudelock had a career-high 39 points,
including eight 3-pointers, and College
of Charleston beat defending champion
Dayton.
The sixth-seeded Cougars (25-10)
will take on No. 2 seed Cleveland State
in the next round.
Goudelock put on a show in his
final game at Carolina First Arena. His
first 3-pointer gave Charleston the lead
for good, 20-18. The senior hit two 3s
just 3 minutes later that pushed the
lead to 31-21.
Goudelock kept it up after halftime,
adding a 3 and a jumper that gave the
Cougars their largest lead at 73-55.
Chris Wright had 21 points for
Dayton (22-14), which normally would
have been at home as the higher seed
but its arena was being used for the
NCAA tournament’s opening games.
Cleveland State 63, Vermont 60
CLEVELAND — Norris Cole scored
27 points, including the go-ahead bas-
ket with 1:23 remaining, and Cleveland
State beat Vermont.
Cole, the Horizon League player
of the year, took a pass from Aaron
Pogue and drove the lane to score,
breaking a 57-all tie.
Cole hit two free throws with 26.5
seconds left, giving the Vikings (27-8)
a 61-57 lead. Brendan Bald’s 3-pointer
with 11 seconds remaining cut the lead
to one but Cole added two more free
throws with 4.4 seconds to go.
A 3-point attempt by Matt Glass
at the buzzer bounced on the rim four
times before falling off.
Pat Bergmann, who came into the
game averaging 1.1 points, scored 16
to lead Vermont (23-9), the America
East regular-season champion. The
Catamounts played without leading
scorer Evan Fjeld, who missed the
game with an injury.
Fumduckers 7-25 Rode 170, Anita Stewart 229-188-189,
Jennings Mowers & Mopeds 4-28 Sue Karhoff 191-212, Brittany VanMetre
Men over 170 182-181-160, Lisa VanMetre 202-192-
Dylan Wright 172, Dave Sterling 227, Shirley Hoehn 173-176, Tammy
223-211, Dave Hillery 181-170, Shawn Ellerbrock 168-179-227, Missy Boecker
Missouri St. 89, Murray St. 76 Allemeier 193-241-213, Steve Landwehr 162-167, Kelly Hubert 231-203.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Jermaine 171, Kyle Richards 215-235-204, Randy Ladies over 500
Mallett scored a career-high 23 points Ryan 209-186-205, Tim Jartin 224-208- Janice Kaverman 577, Brittany
to lead Missouri State over Murray 217, Scott German 255-256-268, Bruce VanMetre 523, Shirley Hoehn 501,
State. VanMetre 213-228-236, Mike Rode 177- Tammy Ellerbrock 524, Kelly Hubert
Missouri State (26-8), the Missouri 177, Darrell Myers 241-186, Jerry Kraft 591.
Valley Conference regular-season 198-203. Ladies over 600
champion, held a double-digit lead Men over 550 Anita Stewart 606, Lisa VanMetre
through most of the first 10 minutes Darrell Myers 587, Jerry Kraft 563. 621.
of the second half before Murray State Men over 600
(23-9) went on a 14-2 run to cut it to Shawn Allemeier 647, Dave Sterling Tuesday Master
68-66 with 6:09 left. 603, Kyle Richards 654, Randy Ryan Lear’s Martial Arts 14-2
But the Racers, who led only once 600, Tim Martin 649, Bruce VanMetre Beabcoon 10-6
early in the game, were never able 677. Westrich’s 8-8
to go ahead. Mallett guided the third- Men over 700 Delphos Rec. Center 6-10
seeded Bears to a 13-4 run and an Scott German 779. Strayer’s Auto Repair 6-10
81-70 lead with 2:01 remaining. Men over 170
Kyle Weems finished with 14 points Monday Hi Rollers Bruce VanMetre 258-236-228, Dean
for Missouri State and Will Creekmore Agri-Tech 68-20 Bowersock 196-194-184, Shane Lear
added 13. Next up, the Bears will play Adams Automotive 62-26 215-198, Chad Rode 174-170, John
the Miami-Florida Atlantic winner. Picture This 60-28 Klausing 199-198-179, Mike Swick
Ivan Aska led No. 6 seed Murray Dick’s Chicks 56-32 191-189, Tim Strayer 191-198, Travis
State with 16 points and Jewuan Long Studio 320 40-48 Sherrick 214-204-233, Eric Rau 211,
added 15. C.M.S. 34-54 Dave Breaston 233, Jeff Milligan 212-
New Mexico 69, UTEP 57 A&G Cash Reg. 28-60 181-244.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Kendall Ladies over 160 Men over 550
Williams and Drew Gordon scored 18 Brittany VanMetre 206-191, Cheryl Dean Bowersock 574, Shane Lear
points each to help New Mexico beat Gossard 164-175, Carrie German 167, 578, John Klausing 576, Tim Strayer
UTEP. Lisa VanMetre 266-300-213, Lex Martin 557, Dave Breaston 554.
The fourth-seeded Lobos (22-12), 166, Robin Allen 174, Pam Miller 165- Men over 600
playing their first game without injured 167-169, Heather Moenter 181-182, Travis Sherrick 651, Jeff Milligan 637.
senior point guard Dairese Gary, Kelly Hubert 196-173, Marianne Mahlie Men over 700
opened the second half with a 6-0 207-186-190, Judy Landwehr 174-169- Bruce VanMetre 722.
surge to extend their lead to 40-30 with 177, Chris Mahlie 188-213-168, Rita
16:35 left. Wueller 160, Darlene Schulte 167, Doris Wednesday Early Lucky Ten
Later in the half, Phillip McDonald Honigford 175-169, Norma Maag 178, Schrader Realty
hit three consecutive 3-pointers in a 9-2 Jacquie Edwards 167. (Janet Kroeger) 74
run to UNM’s lead to 54-41 with 6:41 Ladies over 500 Miller’s Village Mkt. 50
to go. Randy Culpepper led the fifth- Brittany VanMetre 556, Pam Miller Dancer Logistics 34
seeded Miners (25-10) with 23 points. 501, Kelly Hubert 526, Marianne Mahlie The Fort 34
Fairfield 62, Colorado State 60 583, Judy Landwehr 520, Chris Mahlie Ladies over 160
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Yorel 569, Doris Honigford 502. Doris Honigford 183-208, Fran Schuck
Hawkins scored 17 points and Fairfield’s Ladies over 700 191-166, Robin Allen 170, Lisa VanMetre
defense shut down Colorado State. Lisa VanMetre 779. 246-193-214, Cindy Lange 169, Nikki
Ryan Olander added 12 points and Rice 209-181-205, Sue Odenweller 200.
10 rebounds for Fairfield (25-7). The Tuesday Early Birds Ladies over 500
Stags forced 20 turnovers but had their The Grind 58-30 Doris Honigford 538, Fran Schuck
string of consecutive games holding Chief 48-40 504, Nikki Rice 595.
opponents under 60 points snapped Pin Pals 48-40 Ladies over 600
at 41. Delphos Rec. Center 46-42 Lisa VanMetre 653.
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during BAH. Top right: Michael Trentman of Verizon, Rick Reindel
of Unverferth Manufacturing and Kevin Osting of Bunge talk business.
Bottom right: Cheryl Stocke of Flowers on Fifth and her son, Ryan, enjoy
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April 25th 2:00-4:00 pm
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Spring on in to our
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requirements.
Drs. Bonnie and John Jones, tions, feline liver diseases, small
Sara Smith, DVM

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Stay out of Tomorrow’s

Horoscope
HI AND LOIS

other’s business
Dear Annie: I am the sec- cook the rest of the week. The
By Bernice Bede Osol
Thursday, March 17, 2011

There are strong indications

that you are likely to be invited to
ond wife of the nicest, most next time you have company, participate in a venture that will be
wonderful man I have ever we suggest you make enough initiated by another during coming
months. If it is successful, and there’s
known. “John” and I have so even hungry people leave a good chance that it will be, you will
been in a happy marriage for food on their plates. Or put share in all the fruits.
seven years. aside the food you need later. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)
-- The cycle you’re presently in
John is friends with “Ruth,” Whatever is on the table is could cause you to become a trifle
a 36-year-old mother of two, fair game.
and her husband. The problem Dear Annie: During most
too indifferent about your duties,
responsibilities or promises. If this
BLONDIE
is their out-of-control 16-year- of the 20 years that my first happens, you’ll find yourself ashamed
and embarrassed.
old daughter, “Bethany.” The wife and I were married, I ARIES (March 21-April 19) --
girl is jealous, manipula- didn’t realize how important You’ll need to be extremely careful
tive and vindictive. She tells it was to demonstrate how not to play favorites and to treat all
your friends equally. If you don’t, you
tales, runs around town at much I appreciated her. When may lose the friendship of a valued
all hours, has wrecked her she suddenly passed away six person.
share of vehicles years ago, I thought TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- If
you’re not careful, you are likely to
and has an excuse of all the times that make some unnecessary changes that
for every problem I had not expressed would sour something good you had
she causes. my love and appre- going, or bring a person in who would
do so.
This would be ciation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
none of my busi- Two years later, -- Don’t fear to question something
ness, except one I met a widow you’re uneasy about, even if it involves
of my friends online. From the the character of another. Get all the
facts, and trust your basic instincts.
BEETLE BAILEY
is the mother of beginning, we start- CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
Bethany’s on- ed and ended our If there are any uncertainties in your
again, off-again meetings with a business transactions, take measures
to protect yourself. To be on the safe
best friend. The hug. After we mar- side, make sure all promises made to
mothers of these ried, we remem- you are put in writing and signed.
girls don’t like each Annie’s Mailbox bered to give each LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Should
it fall to you to make the social
other and have had other a hug and a arrangements for your group, take
a number of verbal confron- kiss whenever either of us care not to invite a couple of friends
tations. Recently, I received left the house. We also held who aren’t compatible with one
another. Pick one or the other, or leave
an emotionally charged call hands and kissed or hugged both out.
from Ruth demanding I end for no reason other than to VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) --
my relationship with my express our love. At age 62, Complications are likely to arise when
you either look to others to perform
friend. Supposedly, I made we could still enjoy a romp in your assignments or leave things to the
certain comments that have bed or just cuddling under the last minute. In either case, you could
hurt Bethany’s feelings, even covers. When they told us a create all kinds of fresh problems for SNUFFY SMITH
yourself.
though Ruth admitted the year ago that she had cancer, LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) --
information may not be true. we were even more affec- Don’t attempt to impose yourself on
The only thing I am guilty tionate, providing comfort to a group or clique in which you know
of is resenting this child. John each other. you won’t be warmly welcomed,
because you’ll only be miserable.
and Ruth’s husband are both We’ve heard others indi- Associate with pals who love you for
great fellows, and I’m afraid cate that they don’t need to tell who you are.
this will harm their relation- their spouses they are loved SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) --
Although your ambitious objectives
ship. Either way, Bethany “because they already know.” are likely to be gratified, you must
will most certainly make How wonderful it would be take care about how you achieve them.
more trouble in the future. for couples to remember how If your tactics are harsh or pushy, it
will be a hollow victory.
Is there anything I can do? they treated their partners SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
-- Aurora during courtship. If they con- 21) -- Being too sensitive or defensive
Dear Aurora: You need tinued to “court” their partner about your ideas or thinking could
cause you to act in an unbecoming
to stay out of this entirely. as long as they live, there manner when challenged. Be HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
While Ruth should not be dic- would be a lot more happy extremely careful how you handle
tating the terms of your other couples. -- Widowed Again yourself.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
friendships, you should not Annie’s Mailbox is written -- There is nothing bad about teaming
be talking about Bethany with by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy up with someone, as long as you
anyone. Your resentment is Sugar, longtime editors of the both share all the risks and expenses
coming through loud and Ann Landers column. Please equally. Make sure neither one of you
ends up with an empty wallet.
clear, and both Ruth and her e-mail your questions to AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
daughter can pick up on it. If anniesmailbox@comcast.net, -- Avoid linking up with someone
necessary, apologize to Ruth or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, who usually fails to appreciate the
merits of team effort, if you want to
for any misunderstanding, but c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 avoid a frustrating time. Go it alone
otherwise, drop the subject. W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, if necessary.
Your husband can deal with Los Angeles, CA 90045. Copyright 2011, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

his own friendships.

Dear Annie: My husband
and I both work full time BORN LOSER
and have three young chil-
dren. I make larger meals on
Sundays so we can eat left-
overs during the week.
I invited my in-laws over
for dinner last Sunday, and
they ate more than I had
ever seen them eat before.
My mother-in-law said they
skipped meals knowing they
were coming over for dinner.
Needless to say, there were
no leftovers, and I was not
happy. I don’t intend to invite FRANK & ERNEST
them too often anymore.
Annie, please remind peo-
ple to be considerate guests.
-- Love My In-Laws, But
Dear Love: Honey, if you
didn’t want your in-laws to
eat the food, you should not
have invited them for dinner.
A gracious hostess does not
expect guests to save left-
overs so you won’t have to
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Japanese plant poses little threat to US — for now

By The Associated Press
It’s a big ocean between northeastern Japan
and the United States and thousands of miles
from the crippled nuclear power plant to much
of Asia.
Experts have said there’s little chance that
radiation from the shattered reactors could pose a
serious threat to the wider world.
“Every mile of ocean it crosses, the more
it disperses,” said Peter Caracappa, a radiation
safety officer and clinical assistant professor of
nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in Troy, N.Y.
However, as crews who were trying to pre-
vent a meltdown abandoned the plant to save
their own lives, questions remained about just
how much radiation levels would rise and where
that toxic material would go.
All along, those at immediate risk were work-
ers inside the plant and the people living closest
to it.
If the water level in fuel storage ponds drops
to the level of the fuel, a worker standing at the
railing looking down on the pool would receive a
lethal dose within seconds, according to a study
by the Millstone nuclear plant in Connecticut.
Such intense radiation can prevent workers
from approaching the reactor or turn their tasks
“into suicide missions,” said David Lochbaum,
a nuclear engineer who heads the nuclear safety
program of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Next in the line of danger would be those who
live within a 20-mile radius. Areas around the
plant have been evacuated for that reason, and the
Japanese government has ordered some 140,000
people in the vicinity to stay indoors.
That should keep them relatively safe in the
short-term, one expert said.
“The odds of someone outside the plant get-
ting an acute injury — sick in the next couple of
weeks — is close to zero,” said John Moulder,
a professor of radiation oncology at the Medical
College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee who studies
the effects of radiation exposure.
But he said the long-term cancer risk for
nearby residents will depend on exposure and
cleanup efforts. The radioactive particles prob-
ably contain materials linked to cancer in high
doses, including cesium and iodine.
Many experts agreed that radiation would
likely dissipate and pose far less danger to people
farther away, especially those in other countries.
For one, radioactive cesium and iodine can
combine with the salt in sea water to become
sodium iodide and cesium chloride, which are
common elements that would readily dilute in
the wide expanse of the Pacific, according to
Steven Reese, director of the Radiation Center at
Oregon State.
Winds in the area are currently blowing
toward the coast because of a winter storm. But
that will change to a brisk wind blowing out to
sea at least through today, he said.
Still, the forecast offered little comfort to
those living in the area — and in nearby countries
such as Russia.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry said it was
monitoring radiation levels and had recorded no
increase.
Many Russians, however, distrust the reas-
surances, perhaps remembering the Chernobyl
disaster 25 years ago and how long it took the
Soviet government to reveal the true dangers of
the radiation.
“The mass media tells us that the wind is
blowing the other way, that radiation poses
no threat. But people are a mess,” Valentina
Chupina, a nanny in Vladivostok, said in a com-
ment posted on the website of the newspaper
Delovoi Peterburg. “They don’t believe that if
something happens we’ll be warned.”
The news portal Lenta said that in addition to
potassium iodide and instruments used to mea-
sure radiation, people in the Far East also were
stocking up on red wine and seaweed, which they
believed would offer protection from radiation.
Even so, many experts here say that this
emergency is still nowhere near the level of
Chernobyl, the worst nuclear disaster in history.
For one, that reactor’s core contained graphite
that caught fire, which blasted radiation high into
the air and into wind currents that carried it long
distances. The Japanese core is metal and con-
tains no graphite, experts said.
The Chernobyl plant also lacked a heavy shell
around the reactor core. And the incident there
happened quickly, with little time to warn nearby
residents.
So far, the radiation released in Japan has not
reached high altitudes, said Kathryn Higley, direc-
tor of the Oregon State University Department of
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics.
“In addition, radioactive material is sticky. It
has a static charge,” she said, so it will stick to the
sides of buildings, and “rain is going to knock it
down.”
As a precaution, the World Meteorological
Organization has activated specialized weather
centers to monitor the situation. Those centers, in
Beijing, Tokyo and Obninsk, Russia, will track
any contaminants.
Japanese officals said that, early today, the
level of radiation at the plant surged to 1,000
millisieverts before coming down to 800 to 600
millisieverts. Still, that was far more than the
average.
Doctors say radiation sickness sets in at 1,000
millisieverts and includes nausea and vomiting.
Damage to blood cells can show up two
to four weeks later, said Dr. Fred Mettler, a
University of New Mexico radiologist and advis-
er to the United Nations on radiation safety. He
led an international study of health effects after
the Chernobyl disaster.

Missing woman’s family hopes for answers since case re-opened Judge says free speech is no
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Since Martha Martinez
Maxwell vanished nearly 20 years ago, her relatives have been
left without answers, without a body to bury, without evidence of
any crime — just their suspicions of a husband they say repeatedly
abused her.
Now that investigators have reopened the missing Texas wom-
an’s 1992 case following her former husband’s weekend arrest
on charges of abducting and torturing another woman, Martinez
Maxwell’s relatives believe they may finally find out what hap-
pened to her.
“It’s been emotional and brings some comfort that justice is
finally taking place ... but I feel bad for the person that had to go
through that,” Martha’s brother, Javier Martinez of Denver, said of
the woman authorities say was recently rescued after being tortured
for two weeks on a rack used for skinning deer.
Jeffrey Allan Maxwell, who divorced his wife in 1995, has
never been charged in Martinez Maxwell’s disappearance. But
since his arrest Saturday, authorities have indicated he’s under
investigation in that case, as well as one involving a woman who
went missing in 2000.
Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said Tuesday that Maxwell
did not yet have an attorney.
Martinez told The Associated Press that his sister wouldn’t
leave Maxwell despite repeated abuse after they married in 1981
because she was afraid he would take their young son.
Then in 1987, Martinez Maxwell disappeared from her Fort
Worth-area home and was found near Ardmore, Okla., her throat
slashed from ear to ear. The severely injured woman told police
that her husband bound her with duct tape, drugged her and sexu-
ally assaulted her, although she said she couldn’t remember details
of the attack that happened after she was drugged.
Martinez said that after his sister’s ordeal, she and her son stayed
in Mexico with their parents for a few months. But after Maxwell
wrote letters saying he was sorry and missed her, she returned to
Texas with their son, although “everybody tried to convince her not
to go back,” Martinez said.
Maxwell had been charged with aggravated assault, but his wife
was no longer cooperating with authorities and a grand jury in Fort
Worth later declined to indict him.
After that, Martinez Maxwell kept in touch with her relatives
by phone and visits, Martinez said, so her parents knew something
was wrong in May 1992 when they received a letter saying she was
leaving her husband. They figured the letter couldn’t have been
hers or that she was forced to write it, Martinez said.
“It was odd because she would have just called us, and where
would she go?” Martinez said. “We got worried and I talked to
Jeff. He said she left, and he hung up on me. I knew then that he
did something to her.”
Martinez said he flew to Texas and filed a missing persons
report. A detective worked hard but could find no evidence,
Martinez said.
Through the years, Martinez said, he lost touch with his sister’s
son, now in his late 20s. But a few years ago, Martinez found his
nephew and re-established the relationship by sharing happy memo-
ries of the young man’s mother. He said he didn’t discuss his suspi-
cions of the young man’s father — until Maxwell’s recent arrest.
“He called me and told me that his dad had been arrested, and he
said, ‘I need you to be honest about what happened to my mom,’”
Martinez said.
The son did not return a phone message from The Associated
Press on Tuesday.
Maxwell, 58, remains jailed in Parker County on two counts of
aggravated sexual assault and one count of aggravated kidnapping
with bond set at $400,000.
defense for urging suicide
FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) — Freedom of speech is no defense
for a former nurse who engaged in “lethal advocacy” when he
encouraged an English man and Canadian woman to kill themselves
after searching for depressed people over the Internet, a Minnesota
judge said in delivering a guilty verdict against the man.
The judge found William Melchert-Dinkel, 48, guilty Tuesday
of two counts of aiding the suicides of Mark Drybrough, 32,
of Coventry, England, who hanged himself in 2005, and Nadia
Kajouji, 18, of Brampton, Ontario, who jumped into a frozen river
in 2008. Melchert-Dinkel declined a jury trial and left his fate to
Rice County District Judge Thomas Neuville.
Melchert-Dinkel’s attorney, Terry Watkins, said the defense was
disappointed with the verdict and planned to appeal. Watkins said
appellate courts will have to answer whether Melchert-Dinkel’s
actions rose to the level of a crime or were protected speech in the
context in which they occurred, given the defense view that the vic-
tims were already predisposed to suicide and his online statements
didn’t sway them.
In his ruling, Neuville stuck mostly to a dispassionate recitation
of the facts in the case. The judge again rejected the defendant’s
argument that his actions amounted to free speech, affirming a
pretrial ruling he issued in November. He also reaffirmed his rejec-
tion of the defense claim that Melchert-Dinkel’s online statements
didn’t sway the victims.
“Melchert-Dinkel was not merely expressing ideas about suicide
The court finds that defendant’s speech imminently incited the vic-
tims to commit suicide, and can be described as ‘lethal advocacy,’
which is analogous to the category of unprotected speech known
as ‘fighting words’ and ‘imminent incitement of lawlessness’,”

Union supporters disrupt Tennessee legislative hearing Neuville wrote.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Troopers forcibly carried out
seven union supporters from the Tennessee’s legislative office
complex on Tuesday after their protest disrupted a Senate
committee hearing.
The disruption occurred after hundreds of labor supporters
gathered for a midday protest near the Capitol to denounce
a bill to strip teachers of their collective bargaining rights.
The seven arrested were among those who stood up during
the hearing and began chants about “union busting” by the
Legislature.
Most demonstrators left the hearing room after a half-
hour, but a small group tried to lock arms to keep from being
removed.
Troopers pulled the holdouts out of the room one by one,
while lawmakers, lobbyists and other observers looked on.
Several fellow protesters shouted: “Shame!”
The protesters, some of whom were dragged to a nearby
conference room, were arrested and faced charges of resisting
arrest and disorderly conduct.
Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey of Blountville in
a statement said he supports the right to protest and assemble
peacefully in Tennessee. But he said the protesters went too
far.
“This General Assembly will not be intimidated by nomad-
ic bands of professional agitators on spring break bent on
disruption,” he said. “We talk through our differences here.
Tennessee is not Wisconsin.”
In Wisconsin, pro-union protesters packed the Statehouse
for weeks trying to stop the Republican governor from push-
ing through laws to curb public employee unions.
Protester Jacob Flowers of Memphis said Ramsey and
other lawmakers just don’t understand the objective, and that
“the people of Wisconsin showed what can happen when
people act in solidarity with one another.”
Regardless of the intentions, Tennessee Highway Patrol
Col. Tracy Trott said such behavior will not be tolerated in
the Legislature.
“We’re going to make sure that the Legislature has an
opportunity to conduct their business in a safe and secure
way,” he later told reporters. “And whatever we have to do to
ensure that we will.”
Sen. Bill Ketron, a Murfreesboro Republican who had at
least three labor-related bills before the committee, agreed.
“It’s part of our constitution to have the right to exercise
your voice and your opinion,” he said. “But there are proper
places to voice that opinion. It was totally inappropriate to
disrupt the business of the state of Tennessee.”
The conference room where the arrested protesters were
held was across the hall from Ketron’s office. As they were
escorted out one by one and onto an elevator, fellow protesters
standing by cheered and continued chanting.
Tamara Henderson of Chattanooga witnessed troopers
handcuff her 25-year-old daughter, Ash-Lee Henderson,
and drag her down the hallway of the Legislative Plaza. She
likened it to “people in Mississippi and Alabama who were
hosed”’ during the Civil Rights Movement.
“That’s how I felt,” said elder Henderson, who became
emotional as she spoke. “Any of you guys got kids? You ever
seen your child in shackles”
Kenneth Brown, 62, of Chattanooga came to support the
teachers and said he was uncertain whether the protest would
have an effect on lawmakers.
After sentencing, which is scheduled for May 4, Watkins said,
his next stop will be the Minnesota Court of Appeals, and the
defense is prepared to appeal to higher courts if necessary. He said
the defense didn’t dispute the facts as the judge laid them out in his
42-page ruling, but disagreed on whether they added up to proof of
guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
“We will carry this as far as judicially allowed,” Watkins said.
Minnesota’s rarely used aiding suicide law carries a maximum
penalty of 15 years in prison and a $30,000 fine. Data from the
Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission show that since
1994, only six people have been sentenced on the charge. One was
sent to prison for four years; the rest received local jail time, proba-
tion or both.
Rice County Attorney Paul Beaumaster said he would seek a
sentence consistent with the earlier cases.
“I think justice was served,” Beaumaster said. “I think it was
a just verdict based on the facts of the case, and convictions were
earned on both counts.”
Prosecutors said Melchert-Dinkel, who lives in the southern
Minnesota city of Faribault, was obsessed with suicide and hanging
and sought out potential victims online. When he found them, pros-
ecutors said, he posed as a female nurse, feigned compassion and
offered step-by-step instructions on how they could kill themselves.
Melchert-Dinkel told police he did it for the “thrill of the chase.” He
acknowledged participating in online chats about suicide with up to
20 people and entering into fake suicide pacts with about 10 people,
five of whom he believed killed themselves.

Crash highlights Chinese gambling
NEW YORK (AP) — At age 75, Mon Ling Ng is hard
of hearing and often lonely — a resident of Manhattan’s
Chinatown who finds a way to fill his days: by gambling.
“I go almost every day; it’s exciting, and I have company,”
said Ng, who takes a bus to a casino hours away.
About 30,000 Chinese New Yorkers per week board dis-
count buses that take them from Chinatown to casinos outside
the city — buses like the one that crashed on a return trip from
a Connecticut casino, killing 15 passengers.
The crash is illuminating how casinos around New York in
many ways treat the city’s Chinese-Americans as their bread
and butter, a population with an ancient gambling tradition that
will reliably hand over money.
“If you run a casino, Chinese business is a major part of
the business,” said Peter Yee, assistant executive director for
behavioral health services at the Hamilton Madison House,
which offers Chinese-language treatment for compulsive gam-
bling. “There’s no other population that is exclusively targeted
by the gambling industry like the Chinese.”
Yee noted that Chinese children grow up seeing some form
of gambling “as part of everyday ritual.”
“We incorporate it in all major celebrations, and it’s for
money — playing cards, dice, pai gow,” he said.
Mohegan Sun, the casino in Uncasville, Conn., from where
the doomed bus was returning last weekend, caters especially
to Chinese-American gamblers; its website has a Chinese-
language section offering gaming and bus promotions. The
casino estimates that a fifth of its business comes from ethnic
Asian clients.
The typical gambling package includes a round-trip bus
ticket, plus cash bonuses subsidized by casinos, some of which
also offer meal coupons.
On any given weekday in New York, about 4,000 seats
are sold on dozens of such buses, and 6,000 on weekends,
Yee said. More than 90 percent of the passengers come from
Chinese communities, drivers told The Associated Press.
Each passenger on the ill-fated bus paid $15 for the 200-
mile round trip to Mohegan Sun, said Matthew Yu, operator of
Sunflower Express, the ticket agency that coordinated sales.
Tsunami killed thousands of birds
HONOLULU (AP) — Thousands of seabirds were killed
when the tsunami generated by last week’s massive earthquake
off Japan flooded Midway, a remote atoll northwest of the main
Hawaiian islands, a federal wildlife official said Tuesday.
At least 1,000 adult and adolescent Laysan albatross were
killed, along with thousands of chicks, said Barry W. Stieglitz,
the project leader for the Hawaiian and Pacific Islands National
Wildlife Refuges.
Many drowned or were buried under debris as waves reach-
ing 5 feet high rolled over the low-lying atoll about four hours
after the magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck Friday.
The white-and-black feathered Laysan albatross is not in
danger of becoming extinct. About 1 million of the birds live
at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge about 1,300 miles
northwest of Honolulu, making it the largest Laysan albatross
colony in the world.
But Stieglitz said the deaths could account for a significant
share of Laysan albatross chicks hatched during the current
season.
“We may see just a slight decline in breeding birds next year,
next year and the year after that,” he said. “There will be a gap
in the breeding population when these birds that would have
grown up this year, would have matured and started breeding
for the first time.”
The waves hit each of the three islands inside the atoll.
Spit Island, about 15 acres, was completely overrun. The
tsunami washed over 60 percent of Eastern Island, an islet of
nearly 370 acres. Waves also covered 20 percent of Sand Island,
the largest of the three at almost 1,200 acres.
Biologists are less sure how many ground-nesting bonin
petrels may have died, because these birds live in underground
burrows and would have been buried in areas covered by waves.
Stieglitz estimated the death toll would reach the thousands.
Since the bonin petrel feed at night, however, Stieglitz said
he was hopeful many were out foraging when the tsunami hit
before dawn.
Stieglitz said many wildlife populations rebound from natu-
ral disasters like this. But he said the tsunamis aren’t helpful to
species facing threats like climate change, a loss of habitat, and
invasive species.
Answers to Tuesday’s questions:
American writer Eugene O’Neill penned the first words
spoken on screen by Greta Garbo: “Give me a whiskey —
ginger ale on the side. And don’t be stingy, baby.” The
words were uttered by Garbo in the 1930 screen version
of O’Neill’s play, “Anna Christine.”
Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Christian Slater, David
Arquette and Bokeem Woodbine played gun-toting ex-
con Elvis impersonators in the 2001 film “3000 Miles to
Graceland.”
Today’s questions:
What is a Cairene?
What was the first official symbol of the U.S. postal
service?
Answers in Thursday’s Herald.
Today’s words:
Ecaudate: without a tail
Wallaroo: a kangaroo
Today’s joke:
Joe had asked Bob to help him out with the deck
after work, so Bob just went straight over to Joe’s place.
When they got to the door, Joe went straight to his wife,
gave her a hug and told her how beautiful she was and
how much he had missed her at work. When it was time
for supper, he complimented his wife on her cooking,
kissed her and told her how much he loved her.
Once they were working on the deck, Bob told Joe
that he was surprised that he fussed so much over his
wife. Joe said that he’d started this about six months
ago, it had revived their marriage, and things couldn’t
be better. Bob thought he’d give it a go. When he got
home, he gave his wife a massive hug, kissed her and
told her that he loved her. His wife burst into tears.
Bob was confused and asked why she was crying.
She said, “This is the worst day of my life. First, little
Billy fell off his bike and twisted his ankle. Then, the
washing machine broke and flooded the basement. And
now, you come home drunk!”
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