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The ELPHOS ERALD D Telling The Tri-County’s Story Since 1869H 50¢ daily www.delphosherald.com Thursday, May 3, 2012 Delphos, Ohio
Upfront Police seek man Redmond turns 100 who used stolen “You don’t ever credit card give up. You keep going whether you feel bad or not.”
— Charlene Redmond
BY NANCY SPENCER [email protected] DELPHOS — The Van Wert Police Department is looking for an unidentified DELPHOS — Few in Nancy Spencer photo the population will obtain Caucasian male in his 50s or St. John’s Elementary School second-grade teacher 60s, above, who used a stolen Charlene Redmond’s status. credit card at local gas stations. She turned 100 years old Kathy Holdgreve helps Austin Giesege with an assignment. Detective Joseph Motycka Wednesday. Holdgreve is a Toledo Catholic Dioceses Golden Apple says the suspect committed The Vancrest Assisted Award recipient. a purse-snatching during the Living resident attributes her morning hours of April 25. longevity to good living. “The credit card was stolen “I’m not sure why I’m still from the reservoir; the victim here,” she said Wednesday Holdgreve wins was out jogging and he got during her birthday celebra- under her car, then came out tion with friends and family and stole her purse,” he said. at Vancrest. “I guess it’s good The man toured local gas living and the fact the good ‘Golden Apple’ stations and more, even stop- Lord doesn’t want me yet. BY NANCY SPENCER A portion of Gerow’s sub- ping for some fast food. That’s another key; you have [email protected] mission reads: “Between 10:18 a.m. and to have a good partnership “Mrs. Holdgreve has 11:23 a.m., he used the card with God.” DELPHOS — St. John’s a manner that lets the chil- at both Speedway gas sta- Redmond is also not one Elementary School sec- dren know that she cares tions, Neidecken’s Carryout, ond-grade teacher Kathy about them. However, they Taco Bell, The Point Marathon to complain. “You don’t ever give up. Holdgreve knew she want- also know that they need to and Chief Supermarket ed to be a teacher since listen and respect her. She in Delphos,” he said. You keep going whether you feel bad or not,” she said. she attended Fort Jennings is an excellent role model If anyone has information Elementary. for our children She shows regarding the identity of this The centenarian Nancy Spencer photos declined a motorcycle ride “When I was in the fourth our children how to be good suspect or the vehicle he may Delphos resident Charlene Redmond celebrated her grade, I had a teacher who Christians, good students and have used, call the Van Wert Wednesday. “I was going to do it and 100th birthday Wednesday. really inspired me,” she said. overall good human beings.” Police Department at 419- “After that, I always said I Holdgreve said she enjoys 238-2462 or Crime Stopper then when I got out there, I Redmond was a trip to Israel “I want to see the rest of in the spring of 1985. my grandchildren graduate wanted to be a teacher.” teaching at St. John’s. 419-238- STOP (7867). didn’t think I could get my The 36-year veteran teach- “I love teaching in a leg up high enough to get Redmond has seen many high school,” she said. “I also er says her rewards are mea- Catholic setting. There are so Texting ban bill on,” Redmond said with a cultural and technological hope I keep feeling as good sured in her students’ smiles. many special things we can smile. changes throughout her life- as I do now.” On Tuesday, Holdgreve was do. It’s important to me and heads to Senate Throughout a century of time. So far, she is unim- She smiled as the DJ intro- rewarded for her dedication neat to be able to bring my COLUMBUS (AP) — living, Redmond says the pressed. duced one of Redmond’s by the Catholic Diocese of faith in to the classroom ever Ohio lawmakers are poised greatest moments in her life “Things move too fast. favorites: “South of the Toledo with one of seven day,” she said. to vote on a bill that aims to were when her children were Too much is changing,” she Border” by Gene Autry. annual Golden Apple awards. Holdgreve is reaching the keep cellphones, iPads or other born. She has three daughters: said. “I think living was bet- Following the festivities “This came as a total sur- point where many might con- electronic devices out of the Dolores “Pete” Emans, Mary ter in my days with the things at Vancrest, Redmond was prise to me,” Holdgreve said. sider retiring. However, she hands of teen drivers when Alice Hayer and Deborah we were doing. We didn’t treated to dinner at Cabo’s “There are so many others has no plans to do so. they are behind the wheel. McDougall. She also has have all this technology and by her family. Facebook who deserve it. We have a “I love working with the The Senate is scheduled numerous grandchildren and we were fine.” posts show Redmond wear- wonderful staff here and the kids and I truly enjoy teach- to vote on the measure today, great-grandchildren. There are still a few things ing a sombrero and smil- students are great. That’s what ing. I love seeing children after a Senate transportation Another highlight for Redmond would like to do. ing. makes the award special.” get excited about learning,” committee made a series of Another aspect of the she said. “I don’t know that changes that include loosen- award that makes Holdgreve there’s anything else I really ing a proposed statewide proud is the nomination came want to do.” texting ban on adult drivers. from a parent of two of her The Golden Apple Award Minors could have students. was established by the Jack hands-free, GPS navigation “Beth Gerow, one of my and Rhodora Donahue Family devices. But they couldn’t moms, is the one who nomi- Foundation of Pittsburgh in use other devices unless nated me,” Holdgreve said. 1992 to honor Catholic educa- there’s an emergency. “It’s not just a matter of tors. It was expanded to include The bill would make texting submitting a name. She had the Dioceses of Youngstown with hand-held devices a sec- to write an essay on why I and Toledo. Each honoree ondary offense for adults. That should be a Golden Apple receives a Golden Apple keep- means drivers could be ticket- recipient.” sake and pin. ed for typing emails or instant messages only if they were pulled over for another offense, 15M of world’s babies such as running a red light. CWU World are born prematurely By LAURAN It’s a problem for the Friendship Day NEERGAARD U.S., too, where half a mil- Church Women United will The Associated Press lion babies are born too meet at 1:30 p.m. Friday at soon. That’s about 1 in 8 St. Peter Lutheran Church to WASHINGTON — About U.S. births, a higher rate than observe World Friendship Day. 15 million premature babies in Europe, Canada, Australia Tea and cookies will follow. are born every year — more or Japan — and even worse than 1 in 10 of the world’s than rates in a number of less Index births and a bigger problem developed countries, too, the Obituaries 2 than previously believed, report found. State/Local 3 according to the first country- But the starkest differ- Politics 4 by-country estimates of this ence between rich and poorer Ashby photo Community 5 obstetric epidemic. countries: Survival. Sports 6-7 The startling toll: 1.1 mil- “Being born too soon is Farm 8 St. John’s to present ‘Snoopy!!! The Musical’ lion of these fragile newborns an unrecognized killer,” said Classifieds 10 St. John’s High School will present “Snoopy!!! The Musical” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday die as a result, and even those Dr. Joy Lawn of Save the TV 11 and Friday and at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Robert A. Arnzen gymnasium. Tickets are who survive can suffer life- Children, who co-authored World News 12 available from any cast member or through the high school office at 419-692-5371. long disabilities. the report with the March The musical is a tribute to Peanuts’ most celebrated Beagle. The story centers around Most of the world’s pree- of Dimes, World Health snippets of various members of the Peanuts gang and how Snoopy has impacted their mies are born in Africa and Organization and a coalition lives. Asia, says the report released Wednesday. See BABIES, page 2 YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER OUTLOOK SUEVER’S FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Cloudy with Partly cloudy Partly a 40-50 with a 30 cloudy with TOWN HOUSE percent percent a chance of SUEVER TRIO chance of chance of showers and showers and showers and 3 thun- ITEM thunder- thunderstorms. Highs in derstorms. Highs 15” PIZZA Mon.-Tues.-Wed. storms. Highs in the lower the upper 70s. Lows in in the mid 70s. W/DIPPING 80s. Lows around 60. the mid 50s. SAUCE SPECIAL Lows in the lower 50s. 6 BREADSTICKS $ 15” up to 5 items 2 LITER OF POP $12 18 EXTENDED Cloudy Monday with a 40 percent chance of 944 E. Fifth St. showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Lows in 419-692-2202 FORECAST the lower 50s. 2
2 – The Herald Thursday, May 2, 2012 www.delphosherald.com For The Record Girl with deformed face WEATHER FUNERAL The Delphos Delphos weather BECKMAN, Herman H., 87, of Delphos, Mass of Herald High temperature Christian Burial will begin at Vol. 142 No. 242 learns to navigate world Wednesday in Delphos was 11 a.m. Friday at St. John the Nancy Spencer, editor 84 degrees, low was 61. High Evangelist Catholic Church, Ray Geary, general manager By MARTHA IRVINE and even after, in the inten- option. But on a child so a year ago today was 53, low the Rev. Melvin Verhoff Delphos Herald, Inc. The Associated Press sive care unit. young, it would have to be was 42. Record high for today officiating. Burial will be Don Hemple, “It was kind of strange redone, over and over. It was is 87, set in 2001. Record low in Resurrection Cemetery. advertising manager WINNETKA, Ill. — What sometimes, with the doctors, better, doctors said, to wait is 27, set in 2005. Friends may call from 2-4 and Tiffany Brantley, if you knew, even before some of whom I think really, until her teen years. circulation manager WEATHER FORECAST 6-8 p.m. today at Harter and your child was born, that she really questioned why we had And as her parents dis- Schier Funeral Home, where wouldn’t look like everyone this baby,” says Eric Beatty, covered, Clara was quite able Tri-county The Daily Herald (USPS 1525 Associated Press a parish wake service will be 8000) is published daily else? Clara’s dad. to cope, sometimes better held at 7:30 p.m. Memorial except Sundays, Tuesdays and Clara Beatty’s parents The next few years would than they. Even today, Janet contributions may be made Holidays. knew. be so challenging that the Beatty is astounded at how TONIGHT: Mostly clear in the evening. Then partly to the charity of the donor’s By carrier in Delphos and They were living in family moved back to the well her youngest daughter choice. area towns, or by rural motor Belgium at the time, a decade United States, both for family navigates the world. cloudy with a 30 percent route where available $1.48 per ago. Prenatal screening was support and to seek medical “Even when she was little, chance of showers and thun- week. By mail in Allen, Van extensive, probably more care at Chicago’s Children’s you could look at her and derstorms overnight. Lows in Philippines puts Wert, or Putnam County, $97 than would have been done Memorial Hospital and other people would say there’s an the mid 60s. Southwest winds per year. Outside these counties in the United States. institutions. There were old soul in there,” she says. 10 to 20 mph. up wall to block $110 per year. FRIDAY: Partly cloudy in Entered in the post office Those tests determined breathing and feeding issues. “She just had these big eyes in Delphos, Ohio 45833 as that baby Clara, their third The family had 24-hour nurs- and you could see her taking the morning then becoming view of slums mostly cloudy. A 50 percent Periodicals, postage paid at child, was likely to be a per- ing care for the first three everything in.” MANILA, Philippines Delphos, Ohio. fectly normal kid inside. But years of Clara’s life because Certainly, there are times chance of showers and thun- derstorms. Highs in the lower (AP) — Delegates attending No mail subscriptions will be even in the womb, doctors she vomited so frequently. when Clara gets frustrated. accepted in towns or villages 80s. Southwest winds 10 to an international conference in could see severe facial defor- They were lucky, they Now 9 years old and fin- the Philippines capital may where The Daily Herald paper 15 mph. mities — droopy eyes, under- realized, to have that kind ishing the fourth grade, she not see what they came to carriers or motor routes provide FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly developed cheekbones and a of help. looks forward to the day a discuss: abject poverty. daily home delivery for $1.48 cloudy with a 40 percent tiny jaw. It meant she’d need Still, it took a toll on few years from now when her A makeshift, temporary per week. chance of showers and thun- 405 North Main St. a tube in her neck to help her Clara’s parents, especially skull will have grown enough wall has been erected across a derstorms. Lows around 60. TELEPHONE 695-0015 breathe after birth. The lack her mom. Janet Beatty just for cosmetic surgery. It won’t bridge on a road from the air- Office Hours of an outer ear and restricted wanted her daughter to be “fix” things, but likely will West winds 5 to 10 mph shift- port to downtown Manila that ing to the northwest over- 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ear canals also would mean OK physically, to not be con- help her blend more — and hides a sprawling slum along POSTMASTER: she’d have hearing aids by stantly worried that she might possibly help her get rid of night. a garbage-strewn creek. S A T U R D A Y , Send address changes the time she was 6 months stop breathing, or choke. She the breathing tube. Presidential spokesman to THE DAILY HERALD, old. wanted her daughter to have “I want to try to make SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly Ricky Carandang defended 405 N. Main St. In Belgium, it was unusual the happy childhood that myself as much like the other cloudy with a 30 percent the wall’s installation, saying Delphos, Ohio 45833 for babies to be born with her other two children had kids, so that I can stop hav- chance of showers and thun- today “any country will do a Treacher Collins syndrome, had — free from the physi- ing everyone asking me ques- derstorms. Highs in the upper little fixing up before a guest Scholars of the Day caused by a genetic mutation. cal challenges and, yes, free tions,” Clara says, “because it 70s. Lows in the mid 50s. comes.” Parents almost always opted from the constant stares of gets so annoying.” SUNDAY: Partly cloudy He expressed hope that to abort, doctors said. strangers when they were out She says it matter-of- with a 20 percent chance of this week’s annual meeting But the Beattys wouldn’t in public. factly — not like she’s hurt showers and storms. Highs in of Asian Development Bank hear of it. It wasn’t any big “Make her normal,” her or damaged by the questions the mid 70s. Board of Governors, which moral statement, they say. mother, Janet Beatty, thought and comments. SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly includes finance ministers “There was just no ques- privately. “I want that normal When people stare, she cloudy with a 40 percent and senior officials from 67 tion,” Janet Beatty says. No kid. I didn’t want people to says, she just “smiles and chance of showers. Lows in member states, will show the wavering, despite the looks stare, and I didn’t want peo- says ‘hi,”’ because that’s the lower 50s. Philippines is open for busi- of disapproval from the medi- ple running away from her.” what her parents have taught MONDAY: Cloudy with a ness. The lending institition, cal staff before she was born Cosmetic surgery was an her to do. 40 percent chance of showers. which is headquartered in Highs in the lower 70s. its own walled compound in St. John’s Scholar of the MONDAY NIGHT: Manila, aims to cut poverty in Day is Garrett US: blind activist wants to leave China Cloudy with a 30 percent the Asia-Pacific region. Nagel. chance of showers. Lows in “We need to show our visi- Congratulations BEIJING (AP) — The phone with Chen and met erode already shaky trust the lower 50s. tors that Metro Manila is order- Garrett! Obama administration’s with his wife, with both between Washington and TUESDAY: Mostly ly. We owe it to ourselves,” diplomatic predicament affirming their desire to Beijing at a time both gov- cloudy. Highs in the upper said metropolital Manila chief Jefferson’s Scholar of the deepened Thursday when leave. ernments are trying to con- 60s. Francis Tolentino. Day is Sidney a blind Chinese legal activ- “They as a family have tain their ever sharper jos- “I see nothing wrong with Claypool. ist who took refuge in the had a change of heart about tling for influence around beautifying our surroundings. Congratulations American Embassy told whether they want to stay the world. His case hov- LOCAL PRICES We are not trying to keep the the U.S. he now wants to in China,” department ered over today’s opening poor out of the picture,” he Sidney! go abroad, rejecting a deal spokeswoman Victoria of two-day talks on global Corn: $6.26 said. Students can pick up their that was supposed to keep Nuland told reporters. political and economic Wheat: $6.05 There was no immediate awards in their school offices. him safely in China. Nuland stopped short of hotspots led by Secretary Beans: $14.65 comment from ADB. Only hours after Chen saying whether Washington of State Hillary Rodham Guangcheng left the would try to reopen nego- Clinton, Treasury Secretary TODAY IN HISTORY embassy for a hospital tiations to get Chen abroad Timothy Geithner and their Babies By The Associated Press checkup and reunion with should Beijing agree. “We Chinese counterparts. (Continued from page 1) without any technology, it’s Today is Thursday, May 3, his family, he began telling need to consult with them Chen remained in fantastic,” says Lawn, who has the 124th day of 2012. There friends and foreign media further to get a better sense the hospital, its grounds of international health experts. watched kangaroo care save are 242 days left in the year. they feel threatened and of what they want to do ringed by a noticeable “And it’s unrecognized in the lives in countries like Malawi, Today’s Highlight in want to go abroad. At first and consider their options,” police presence, making it countries where you could with the highest preterm birth History: taken aback at the reversal, Nuland said. unclear how his exit could have a massive effect in reduc- rate — 18.1 percent. On May 3, 1937, Margaret the State Department said Chen’s still unre- be arranged, and receiving ing these deaths.” Also needed: Antibiotics to Mitchell won the Pulitzer officials spoke twice by solved fate threatens to medical tests. Sophisticated and expensive fight the infections that often Prize for her novel, “Gone A self-taught lawyer, intensive care saves the majori- kill newborns, and antiseptic With the Wind.” COURT NEWS Chen, 40, spent most of the ty of preterm babies in the U.S. cream to prevent umbilical On this date: last seven years in prison and other developed nations, cord infection. In 1791, Poland adopted a The following individu- ing completion of this com- or under house arrest in even the tiniest, most prema- Survival isn’t the only hur- national constitution. als appeared before Judge munity control. what was seen as retribu- ture ones. The risk of death dle. No one knows how many In 1802, Washington, D.C., Charles Steele Wednesday in Justine Jerome, 26, tion by local authorities from prematurity is at least 12 preemies suffer disabilities was incorporated as a city. Van Wert County Common Van Wert, changed her plea for his advocacy against times higher for an African including cerebral palsy, blind- In 1911, Wisconsin Gov. Pleas Court: to guilty on thr charge of forced abortions and other newborn than for a European ness or learning disorders. Francis E. McGovern signed Eric Hernandez, 31, Van domestic violence, a felony official misdeeds. His baby, the report found. That’s why preventing pre- the first U.S. workers’ com- Wert, was charged with fel- of the fourth degree. wife, daughter and moth- Globally, prematurity is term births in the first place is pensation law to withstand ony domestic violence, but Her case was continued er were confined at home not only the leading killer of the ultimate goal, one reason constitutional review. changed his plea to guilty to for sentencing on May 23. with him, enduring beat- newborns but the second-lead- for comparing countries — to In 1933, Nellie T. Ross domestic violence, a misde- She was released on elec- ings, searches and other ing cause of death in children learn why some do better and became the first female direc- meanor of the first degree. tronic house arrest until her mistreatment. under 5. some worse. Previously, the tor of the U.S. Mint. Sentencing was set for May sentencing. His escape from house “These facts should be a groups had estimated that 13 16 after a pre-sentence inves- Antrae Pinn, 27, Lima, arrest to the fortress-like call to action,” United Nations million babies were born pre- tigation is completed. changed his plea to an U.S. Embassy last week Secretary-General Ban maturely each year, based on LOTTERY Jennifer Burk, 21, Van amended charge of attempt- inserted Washington in the Ki-moon wrote in an introduc- regional data. CLEVELAND (AP) — Wert, was sentenced for tres- ed possession of a weapon center of a human rights tion to the report. About 12 percent of U.S. These Ohio lotteries were passing in a habitation, a under disability, a felony of case, always a testy issue Three-quarters of the deaths births are preterm, about the drawn Wednesday: felony of the fourth degree. the fourth degree. He was for Beijing, and at the same could be prevented by spread- same as Wednesday’s report Classic Lotto She received 3 years of originally charged with two time potentially embar- ing some simple, inexpensive estimates in Thailand, Turkey 04-11-15-18-43-48 community control, up to counts of weapons under rassed Chinese leaders that treatments to the neediest coun- and Somalia. In contrast, just Estimated jackpot: $8.69 M 6 months in the WORTH disability, both felonies of the country is unable to tries, the report concludes. For 5.9 percent of births in Japan Mega Millions Center, an additional 30 days the third degree. The state protect its own citizens. example, providing $1 steroid and Sweden are premature. Estimated jackpot: $118 M in jail, 200 hours community reduced the first charge and Chen’s goal, he told U.S. shots during preterm labor has- Experts can’t fully explain Pick 3 Evening service, must get a substance dismissed the second count officials, was to secure the tens development of immature why the U.S. preemie rate is so 1-6-0 abuse assessment and com- in a plea agreement. Case safety of his family and fetal lungs. They’re standard in much worse than similar high- Pick 4 Evening plete treatment, serve 2 years was set for sentencing on remain in China. Under developed countries; wider use income countries. But part 9-7-0-4 of intensive probation and June 13. painstaking arrangements in low-income countries could of the reason must be poor- Powerball pay attorney fees and court He was released on a sure- negotiated over days, he save nearly 400,000 babies a er access to prenatal care for 0 7 - 0 8 - 3 3 - 3 8 - 5 0 , costs. ty bond, but is being held on was to be reunited with his year. uninsured U.S. women, espe- Powerball: 29 She had a prison sentence a holder from Allen County family and relocated out- Even more lives could be cially minority mothers-to-be, Estimated jackpot: $50 M of 9 months deferred pend- for pending charges there. side his home province to saved by teaching “kangaroo said March of Dimes epidemi- Rolling Cash 5 a university town where he care,” in which moms carry ologist Christopher Howson. 05-20-30-33-36 could formally study law. their tiny babies nestled skin- African-American women are Estimated jackpot: But later, in the hospital, to-skin on their bare chests nearly twice as likely as white $497,000 Chen felt abandoned by the for warmth when there are no women to receive late or no Ten OH Evening U.S., finding no embassy incubators. prenatal care, and they have 01-09-21-22-24-26-33-34- staff had stayed behind to “To see babies who are 900 higher rates of preterm birth as 36-44-55-58-60-61-62-68-70- assure his protection. grams (about 2 pounds) survive well, he said. 72-73-74 Thank You! 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