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The ELPHOS ERALD D Telling The Tri-County’s Story Since 1869H 50¢ daily www.delphosherald.com Tuesday, augusT 16, 2011 Delphos, Ohio Upfront Elwer continues success at state fair BY STACY TAFF Exhibitor in the Skillathon, [email protected] too. I didn’t make the top “My goals for this three overall but I did get DELPHOS — As he gears year are the top champion of my age division. up to compete in the Allen The Skillathon is the inter- County Junior Fair, 11-year- prizes for my class view part where they ask you old Troy Elwer of Delphos and showman- questions about the animal can look to a recent victory you show.” to bolster his confidence. ship. This year is Elwer’s father says that Earlier this month at the Ohio also my first year while winning trophies is def- State Fair, Elwer took home initely a good thing, it’s far Reserve Grand Champion showing a steer, from being the most impor- Barrow for his hog, which so I’d really like tant. Price was sold to Bob Evans and “During the Skillathon, the Farm Bureau Federation to win in my class they’ll be asked questions Price to resign for a grand sum of $20,000. with that, too.” about the internal parts and “Not all of the money went different cuts of meat for that from city schools to Troy, only about $6,000, — Troy Elwer animal, along with a lot of Delphos City Schools which is still a pretty big other things,” he said. “They Superintendent Jeff Price has chunk,” Elwer’s father, Scott, factor that together with the confirmed he is leaving his said. “The rest of it went to Elwer has had a pretty good showmanship and class for position. the Youth Reserve Program run. the scoring and Troy has Price has accepted a to be put towards scholar- “I’ve won fourth over- been ‘Outstanding’ for all position with Ohio Hi- ships, skillathons and what- all, third in my class and three years that he’s shown Point Career Center in ever else they need it for.” then this year Reserve Grand at state fair. That shows my Bellefontaine. School board Having competed at the Champion,” he said. “I was members there are expected Troy Elwer state fair only three years, named an Outstanding Market See ELWER, page 3 to approve his contract Wednesday. Delphos City Schools City planning Elida Road, Board of Education could meet as early as Thursday to accept Price’s resignation Gressel Drive projects and address other personnel BY NANCY SPENCER Sewer Replacement Fund. The issues. [email protected] ordinance was requested to meet initial project costs. Canal Days DELPHOS — The city is The Erie Street project is slat- considering a road resurfac- ed to begin in mid-September to include ing and widening project for and the Menke at the end of this Elida Avenue and a Gressel month. Both projects are sched- Purse Bingo Drive water line loop project uled for Nov. 1 completion. During the 2011 Canal for 2012. A reversal of a $50,000 Days celebration, a Purse Delphos City Council advance in 2010 from the Bingo will be offered heard on first reading legis- Wastewater Treatment Plant’s from 3-5 p.m. on Sept. lation to apply for grants Solar Panel Fund back to the 17 in the social tent. through the Ohio Public Works Sewer Fund was also passed. Tickets are $20 and Commission State Capital This effort was sought because each participant will get 20 Improvement and/or Local the solar project is complete. chances to win 20 designer Transportation Improvement No new information was purses during the two-hour for the projects. available on the aggregate bingo. The designer purses The Elida Avenue work energy issue on the Nov. 8 will range from $50 to is expected to cost $210,000 General Election ballot. The $400. The last game will with the city’s 20 percent share program will allow Delphos be a coverall for the best of being $42,000. This does not residents and small businesses Stacy Taff photos the best designer purses. include approximately $25,000 to secure a three percent cost Tickets can be pur- for engineering. reduction on the transmission Summer days chased at the Delphos The Gressel Drive work is portion of electric bills. Area Chamber of expected to cost $125,000 with Council President Bob Ulm for profit, fun Commerce office. the city’s share being 35 per- will contact Ohio Consumers’ Drinks will be available cent, or $43,740. Engineering Council to learn exactly what Many students have with a purchase of drink costs were not discussed. portion of an electric bill is part-time or summer jobs tickets under the social tent. Safety Service Director transmission so councilmen to fill the days before Greg Berquist will prepare and can answer citizens’ ques- school starts. Above: submit funding applications to tions. Entrepreneurs Leah the OPWC for the two projects If approved by voters, the Hodgson, left, Brook Sports after the measures are approved decrease would go into effect Hodgson, Meghan Ream on third reading in September. in January 2012. The city and and Maggie Ream sell St. John’s The filing deadline is Sept. county will also each receive woven bracelets Monday 30 and grants are awarded in a one-time $5 payment from afternoon in a driveway on Athletic Boosters February. the program for all affected Canal Street for 25 cents. On emergency reading, meters. If council goes directly The quartet enjoys making set meetings, council passed a lien against the with First Energy, the city the bracelets and decided property located at 209 E. Fifth would see $10 each for all their endeavor could bring film reviews St. for the utility delinquency affected meters. them some extra pocket St. John’s Athletic in the amount of $850.63. The The program is slated for money. Right: Tammy Boosters monthly business property is up for sheriff’s sale a three-year timeline and is Monta pushes 3-year- meetings will be held at 7 on Sept. 7. renewable. Residents and old Keaton Monta on the p.m. on Thursday, Sept. On third reading, council businesses may opt out of the swings at Garfield Park. 15, Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Dec. passed legislation advancing program if they wish. 15, Jan. 19, Feb. 16, March $50,000 from the Sewer Fund Council’s first September 15, April 19 and May 17 to the Erie Street Sanitation meeting has been rescheduled in the Little Theater. Sewer Fund and $40,000 from to 7 p.m. Sept. 6 due to the The boosters are once the Sewer Fund to the Menke Labor Day holiday. again sponsoring football films each Thursday during the football season beginning at 8 p.m. in the Little Theater. Gunfire in Syrian coastal All are invited to watch a replay of the previous week’s city; 35 dead in 4 days game and hear Coach Todd Schulte analyze the game By ZEINA KARAM agency said army units began and give a scouting report The Associated Press withdrawing from Deir el- on next week’s opponent. Zour today after clearing Football films starts BEIRUT — Heavy the city of “armed terrorist Sept. 1 and follow each machine-gun fire erupted gangs” in an operation that game throughout the across the besieged Syrian lasted several days. Syrian remainder of the season. city of Latakia today as the journalists on a government- death toll rose to 35 from a organized trip to the city saw Forecast military assault now in its armored personnel carriers Mostly sunny fourth day, residents and and other military vehicles on Wednesday activists said. their way out. with high President Bashar Assad Syrian troops seized con- in mid 80s. has dramatically escalated trol of the eastern flashpoint See page 2. the crackdown on a 5-month- city last Wednesday after old uprising since the start of shelling it and carrying out a the holy month of Ramadan. string of arrests. Index Despite broad international In Latakia, most of the condemnation, the regime shooting today was in the Obituaries 2 Nancy Spencer photo State/Local 3 has unleashed tanks, ground city’s impoverished districts Politics 4 troops and snipers in an of al-Ramel, al-Shaab and Ein Community 5 Delphos Parks Inc. donates to Up to the Challenge attempt to retake control in Tamra. Al-Ramel is home to Delphos Parks Inc. recently made a $500 donation to Up to the Challenge, a local rebellious areas. a crowded Palestinian refu- Sports 6-7 Assad has launched mili- gee camp where many low- Classifieds 8 group that provides a non-competitive alternative to Special Olympics. Delphos Parks Inc. President Dan Grothouse, left, and board member Barb Kline, right, present tary operations in Latakia, income Syrians also live. TV 9 the opposition stronghold “They are arresting people World News 10 the check to Up to the Challenge founders Sherry Fetzer, second from left, and Amy Hale during an event at the Delphos Municipal Swimming Pool. Delphos Parks Inc. of Hama, the central city of all the time, they took most garners sponsors for banners placed on the fence around the Little League diamond Homs, as well as the eastern of my friends,” said a resi- at Stadium Park. city of Deir el-Zour. The state-run SANA news See SYRIA, page 2 2

2 – The Herald Tuesday, August 16, 2011 www.delphosherald.com For The Record Thieves pull off Rembrandt OBITUARIES The Delphos

HeraldVol. 142 No. 54 theft in low-tech crime Nancy Spencer, editor By THOMAS WATKINS The Rembrandt drawing, tunity and not an operation Ray Geary, general manager The Associated Press taken Saturday night, was carried at the command of a Delphos Herald Inc. valued at $250,000 and was mysterious underworld mas- Don Hemple, advertising manager LOS ANGELES — It being exhibited as part of a termind with a private art col- Tiffany Brantley, wasn’t some bold theft car- private display in the Ritz- lection, as is often depicted in circulation manager ried out by burglars breaking Carlton Hotel in the upmarket movies. into a heavily-fortified muse- seaside community of Marina “Hollywood would love The Daily Herald (USPS 1525 um with high-tech alarms to del Rey. us to believe there are paint- 8000) is published daily except Sundays and Holidays. swipe a masterpiece. It was The sketch was being dis- ings being ordered stolen,” By carrier in Delphos and a low-tech caper involving a played on an easel or wooden he said. “We have yet to find area towns, or by rural motor distraction, an accomplice or stand and was apparently not that.” route where available $2.09 per two and a small sketch — an fastened down in any way, Artworks tend to surface week. By mail in Allen, Van 11- by 6-inch drawing. Whitmore said. either very quickly after they Wert, or Putnam County, $105 What was remarkable was He described the theft as are stolen or else disappear per year. Outside these counties the signature on the artwork: well-executed, “but not exe- into the underworld where Carolyn Zita Charles E. Bockey $119 per year. Rembrandt. cuted well enough to get away they are traded between crim- Kundert Entered in the post office The 17th century sketch with,” adding that investiga- inals at a fraction of their Sept. 11, 1925 in Delphos, Ohio 45833 as April 2, 1951-Aug. 5, 2011 Periodicals, postage paid at was snatched over the week- tors had several strong leads value for drugs and other Aug. 14, 2011 Carolyn Zita Kundert, Delphos, Ohio. end from a private art display and that detectives were look- illicit materials, Marinello No mail subscriptions will at a luxury California hotel ing at video surveillance from said. 60, of Carrolton, Texas, died Friday. Charles E. be accepted in towns or villages while a curator was momen- the hotel. Ritz-Carlton spokeswom- Bockey Sr., 85, of Delphos, where The Daily Herald paper tarily distracted by someone The sketch, called “The an Vivian Deuschl said she She was born April 2, 1951, in Lima to Joseph Edward died at 10:48 p.m. Sunday at carriers or motor routes provide who seemed interested in Judgment,” was completed could not comment because Vancrest Healthcare Center. daily home delivery for $2.09 buying another piece. around 1655 and is signed on the theft was a police matter. and Mary Zita (McFague) per week. Kundert. who preceded her He was born Sept. 11, 1925, “When the curator turned the back by the Dutch mas- The drawing was part of in Delphos to Emmett and 405 North Main St. in death. TELEPHONE 695-0015 back to the Rembrandt, it ter. Rembrandt von Rijn is an exhibit at the hotel spon- Emma (Warnecke) Bockey. was gone,” Los Angeles widely regarded as one of the sored by the Linearis Institute Survivors include eight Office Hours brothers and sisters, Maryanne On Sept. 9, 1950, he mar- 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. County sheriff’s spokes- finest painters in European based in the San Francisco ried Mary Lou Mueller, who POSTMASTER: man Steve Whitmore said. art history and his worldwide Bay area community of Weber of Xenia, Joanne Erb of Hudson, Fla., Christopher K. died on July 20, 2010. Send address changes It was not clear whether the name recognition has made Hercules. Messages left Survivors include son to THE DAILY HERALD, person talking to the curator his work a common target for Monday weren’t returned. Kundert of Manistee, Mich., Patricia Will of New Port Randy Bockey of Georgia; 405 N. Main St. was connected to the theft, thieves. The stolen sketch was daughters Marilyn Rahrig Delphos, Ohio 45833 though Whitmore said a team “Rembrandt is a name drawn with a quill pen and Richey, Fla., Noreen Runyan of Marysville, Joseph John of Delphos, Diana (Ralph) of at least two people was that criminals know or depicts what appears to be Edwards of Florida and Laurie involved. should know,” said Chris a court scene with a man Kundert and Shellie Kundert of Delphos and Cynthia Phillips (Mark) Hamilton of Elida; sis- Police are investigating Marinello, executive director prostrating himself before a ter Jeanette (Cy) Miller of FUNERAL and using one appropriately of the London-based Art Loss judge. of Marysville; uncle and aunt Fran and Norma McFague of North Carolina; brother Mike KOHORST, Carl S., 85, low-tech method: a sketch Register, an international Marinello said the art- (Berta) Bockey of Delphos; of Van Wert, funeral ser- artist putting together a com- database of stolen artworks. ist thieves most commonly Derry, N.H.; many nieces and nephews and special lifelong grandchildren Melisa, Jackie, vices will begin at 10 a.m. posite drawing of the suspect “When they come across one, target is Picasso because of Crystal, David, Matt, Kyle, Thursday at Alspach-Gearhart based on witness accounts. It they see dollar signs.” the volume of the Spanish friends and her beloved cat, Tucker. Kayla, Josh, Amber and Funeral Home & Crematory, will be released at the end of Marinello said the theft painter’s work and his name Jesse; and great-grandchildren Van Wert, the Revs. Jay the week. was likely a crime of oppor- recognition. Ms. Kundert was a loyal sister and friend and will be Paige, Bailey, Quintin, Austin, Nesselroad and Paul Miller greatly remembered for her Elijah, Isabella, Taylor, Alex, officiating. Burial will be in Letter: Hacking ’widely discussed’ at UK tabloid generosity and great sense Madie and Taylor. Woodland Cemetery, Van of humor. She enjoyed the He was preceded in death Wert, with military grave- LONDON (AP) — conference, until explicit refer- James Murdoch.” special times she spent with by sons Charles Jr. and Gary side rites conducted. Friends Convicted phone hacker Clive ence to it was banned by the He also said Myler and her friends and was an avid Bockey; daughter Linda may call from 2-4 p.m. and Goodman warned more than editor.” Crone would give evidence reader. Bockey; sisters Betty Beining, 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the four years ago that illegal The names of those involved to the lawmakers next month. Memorial contributions Mary Jane Plescher, Shirley funeral home. Preferred eavesdropping was widely have been obscured in the let- Committee member Tom can be made to: Carrollton Bockey, Marjorie Bockey; memorials are to the used at the News of the World ter. The Guardian newspaper, Watson said “it is likely we Humane Society, P.O. Box brothers Ralph and Donald Delphos Veterans of Foreign and its senior journalists had which first published the corre- will take Murdoch back.” 117091, Carrollton TX 75011 Bockey; and grandson Ryan Wars Post 3035 or Special approved the practice, accord- spondence, said this was done “There seems to be a ques- or Genesis Women’s Shelter, Bockey. Olympics. Condolences may ing to a letter published by by police, who are investigating tion as to whether James www.genesisshelter.org. Mr. Bockey was a United be expressed at alspachgear- British lawmakers today. wrongdoing at the newspaper. Murdoch himself misled the States Army veteran of World hart.com. Goodman claims in the The letter is among a batch committee,” Watson said. “We War II who worked for New letter addressed to the human of documents published by the have not reached a conclusion Delphos Manufacturing for resource director at the Sunday House of Commons’ culture, on that.” LOTTERY more than 40 years. He also WEATHER newspaper’s parent company media and sport committee. Whittingdale said there CLEVELAND (AP) — farmed and worked as a car- that phone hacking was carried Ahead of the publication, are no plans to recall Rupert These Ohio lotteries were penter on the side. He was a life Delphos weather out with “the full knowledge members committee said they Murdoch, who gave evidence drawn Monday: member of the Spencerville High temperature Monday and support” of the paper’s were likely to recall James to the committee alongside his VFW post, Delphos Knights in Delphos was 78 degrees, leadership. Murdoch to answer more ques- son on July 19. Classic Lotto of Columbus and St. John low was 60. High a year ago The claim is particularly tions about phone hacking at the Police are investigating 10-16-24-26-38-41 the Baptist Catholic Church, today was 79, low was 63. damning because both News of News of the World. Murdoch, claims the News of the World Estimated jackpot: $41.6 Landeck. He was also a Record high for today is 95, the World and parent company who runs the European division illegally accessed cell phone million Marion Township trustee. He set in 1988. Record low is 47, News International have long of his father Rupert’s media messages and bribed police to Mega Millions loved a good game of cards set in 1979. insisted that Goodman — who empire, testified last month that get information on celebrities, Estimated jackpot: $24 and a bowl of popcorn. WEATHER FORECAST was fired, convicted and jailed he was unaware of evidence of politicians and crime victims. million Mass of Christian burial Tri-County for his role in the scandal — widespread phone hacking at News International said Pick 3 Evening begins at 11 a.m. Thursday at The Associated Press was the only reporter involved the newspaper. Tuesday it is “cooperating 7-8-4 St. John the Baptist Catholic in intercepting voicemail mes- His testimony was disput- fully” with the police investi- Pick 4 Evening Church, the Rev. Jacob Gordon TONIGHT: Mostly clear. sages. ed two days later by former gation. 5-0-3-3 will officiate, with military Lows in the upper 50s. Light “Independently OwnedGoodman’s and letter, Operated” addressed News of the World editor Colin “We recognize the serious- Powerball rites by the Spencerville and variable winds becom- to Daniel Cloke and dated Myler and ex-company lawyer ness of materials disclosed to Estimated jackpot: $25 VFW. ing south up to 5 mph after March 2, 2007, directly contra- Tom Crone. the police and Parliament and million Burial will be at a later midnight. dicts that. Members of the Culture, are committed to working in Rolling Cash 5 date. WEDNESDAY: Mostly Goodman said he was act- Media and Sport commit- a constructive and open way 05-06-17-26-38 Friends may call from 4-8 sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. ing with the backing of senior tee said they have not man- with all the relevant authori- Estimated jackpot: p.m. Wednesday at Harter and Southwest winds around 10 journalists, that other staff at aged to reconcile the contra- ties,” it said in a statement $100,000 Schier Funeral Home, where mph. the News of the World were dictions between those state- Tuesday?. Ten OH Evening the parish wake begins at 7:30 WEDNESDAY NIGHT: also hacking phones, and that ments. Committee Chief John Rupert Murdoch’s News 04-05-17-19-21-22-26-33- p.m. Partly cloudy with a 30 per- “this practice was widely dis- Whittingdale said it “may wish Corp. shut down the 168-year- 45-48-50-52-54-55-57-62-63- Memorials are to the fam- cent chance of showers and cussed in the daily editorial to put further questions to old newspaper last month. 74-75-80 ily. thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds Rise in Iraqi C-sections worries doctors Syria around 10 mph. TRASH TALK BAGHDAD (AP) — general, say doctors’ greed is (Continued from page 1) Thursday on the rights situ- EXTENDED FORECAST Allen County Refuse provides THURSDAY: Partly garbage and recycle collection in Cesarean sections have often behind the decision for ation in Syria, the council jumped in Iraq in recent years the surgery. At private hos- who fled to a nearby, safer president said. cloudy with a 30 percent Delphos. chance of showers and The Allen County portion of — accounting for 79 percent pitals, C-sections cost two to area on Monday. He said The London-based Syrian Delphos is collected on Thurs- of births at private hospitals three times as much as vaginal many people who fled al- Observatory for Human Thunderstorms. Highs in days, with residents placing — worrying health officials births. Ramel were later arrested Rights, which has a network the mid 80s. Northwest winds garbage containers on the curb who say doctors are pushing “When I accompany my in Ein Tamra. “Nowhere is of people on the ground, around 10 mph. Wednesday evening. safe,” he added, speaking on said at least 17 people The Van Wert County portion women into unnecessary sur- own patients to private hos- of Delphos is collected on Friday, geries with potentially serious pitals, I see disastrous things condition of anonymity for were killed Monday, six of TODAY IN HISTORY with residents placing garbage consequences in order to make there,” said gynecologist Ulfat fear of reprisals. them in Latakia. The Local more money. al-Nakkash, the general direc- The U.N. agency that Coordination Committees, By The Associated Press containers at the curb on Thurs- Today is Tuesday, Aug. 16, day evening. The rise in C-sections is tor of Alwiyah Maternity aids Palestinian refugees another activist group, said a the 228th day of 2011. There “Independently Owned and Operated” Recycle is collected this primarily due to private hospi- hospital in Baghdad. “The says more than 5,000 refu- 22-year-old Palestinian moth- Thursday and Friday. Recycle are 137 days left in the year. tals, where patients pay out of gang-like medical staff there gees have fled the camp since er of two died today. Today’s Highlight in containers should also be placed Assad’s forces began shelling The deaths bring the total at the curb. pocket, and it’s already having fight each other over patients History: If a holiday falls during the repercussions for women and to do C-sections and get the the city in an operation that of people who have died in On Aug. 16, 1861, week, collection is pushed back Iraq’s overburdened health money.” started Saturday. Latakia since Saturday to President Abraham Lincoln a day. For example, the week of care system. The rate of C-sections in The regime insists its more than 35. issued Proclamation 86, Memorial Day, collection in Allen Doctors report longer Iraq has climbed from 18 per- crackdown is aimed at root- The other deaths Monday which prohibited the states of County will be Friday and in Van medical stays for women who cent in 2008 to 32 percent in ing out terrorists fomenting took place in Homs and Houla the Union from engaging in Wert County it will be Saturday. undergo Cesareans, more 2010. That’s on par with the unrest in the country. But in central Syria, when security commercial trade with states Big item collection is held various human rights groups forces opened fire on protest- from 8 a.m.-noon the first Sat- women needing blood transfu- U.S. rate of about 30 per- that were in rebellion — i.e., urday of each month in the sions and suffering from infec- cent, but far higher than the have accused Syrian troops ers. A man who had been shot the Confederacy. parking lot across from the city tions, and babies with serious global average of 15 percent, of firing on largely unarmed earlier in Deir el-Zour died of On this date: building. Participants need to breathing problems. according to the World Health protesters and say more than his wounds today, according In 1777, American forces show proof of residency like a Although C-sections can Organization. 1,800 civilians have been to the Observatory. won the Revolutionary War city utility bill. save lives when they are Private hospitals handled killed since the uprising Turkey’s Foreign Minister Battle of Bennington. See the full schedule at necessary, Adel Muhsen, the about 10 percent of births in erupted in mid-March. Ahmet Davutoglu called In 1812, Detroit fell to cityofdelphos.com. Health Ministry’s inspector 2010, Muhsen said. But as SANA said today that Monday on Syria to imme- British and Indian forces in the War of 1812. “Independently Owned and Operated” Iraq’s economy improves and troops were pursuing “armed diately end the bloodshed more people opt for private terrorists” from al-Ramel, and threatened unspecified In 1858, a telegraphed • Bathtubs hospitals, the rate of C-sections arresting a number of gunmen “steps” if it fails to do so. message from Britain’s Queen and dismantling explosives “If the operations do not Victoria to President James • Bathtub is expected to climb. Buchanan was transmitted Liners Even public hospitals, and mines they had planted. end, there would be nothing over the recently laid trans- • Shower which are virtually free to After months of deadlock, more to discuss about steps that Atlantic cable. patients, have been opening the Security Council finally would be taken,” Davutoglu Bases & In 1920, Ray Chapman of private wings where a slightly responded to the escalating said, without elaborating. the Cleveland Indians was Liners better level of service is avail- violence in Syria on Aug. 3, Turkey, a former close ally struck in the head by a pitch • Wall able — for a price. Officials say condemning President Bashar of Syria, has been increasing- thrown by Carl Mays of the “Independently Owned and Operated” Surrounds women there are also encour- Assad’s forces for attack- ly frustrated with Damascus’ New York Yankees; Chapman 419-227-3882 “Independently Owned and Operated” aged to have C-sections. ing civilians and committing crackdown. Davutoglu traveled died the following morning. • Exclusive Almost 26 percent of Iraqi human rights violations in a to Syria last week and urged www.midwest-rebath.com Tile women giving birth at public statement approved by all 15 Assad to end the bloodshed. Patterns hospitals do so via C-section, council nations. But Turkey, Syria’s neighbor LOCAL PRICES • Full according to the 2010 health U.N. human rights chief and important trade partner, Corn: $7.37 report for the Iraqi Health Navi Pillay plans to brief has not joined the U.S. and Wheat: $6.98 “Independently Owned and Operated” Remodel Ministry. the U.N. 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STATE/LOCAL St. Joseph’s Parish Festival kiddie tractor pull winners

The St. Joseph’s Parish Festival, played host to a sanc- Photos submitted In the 7-8-year-old division, Derek Weyrauch, center, tioned kiddie tractor pull. In the 3-4-year-old division, In the 5-6-year-old division, Christina Hubert, center, placed first; Gage Stone, left, placed second; and Austin Calvin Menke, center, was first; Isaac Heitman, left, was first place; Bruce Gasser, left, second place; and Ciera Ricker, third. second; and Landon Belanger was third. Rupert, third.

Briefs Ohio fined for missing Rainfall called 500-year event benchmark for welfare COLUMBUS (AP) — ernment to reduce or waive benchmark by next spring. PORT CLINTON (AP) Federal officials have turned $103 million in fines for 2008 Joel Potts, director of the — Floodwaters have receded down Ohio’s request to waive and 2009, as well as the pen- Ohio Job and Family Services but telltale water lines remain the millions of dollars in alty for 2010, which has not Directors’ Association, says on buildings in a northern penalties that the state faces been determined. The state the fines aren’t the only Ohio city that received about because in 2007 it didn’t meet has not received responses to issue. 6 inches of rain during six a requirement that at least half those requests. “It’s not just important to hours. the families collecting cash Jobs and Family Services avoid the federal penalty, it’s U.S. Geological Survey aid through welfare be work- has supported a renewed important to the people on hydrologist Greg Kolton ing or pursuing employment. effort by caseworkers to help welfare and to (taxpayers) tells the Sandusky Register Federal officials won’t welfare recipients find jobs who view welfare as a tem- that Sunday’s rainfall in Port waive the $32.7 million or training, and department porary assistance program,” Clinton is the sort of event that penalty for that year, The director Michael Colbert has Potts said. “They want people happens once in 500 years. Columbus Dispatch reported urged caseworkers to sanc- retrained and retooled, and Flooding forced a small Saturday. tion recipients who break the that takes an investment.” hospital to move three of its The federal Office of rules. County welfare offices six patients and discharge Family Assistance told the “The economy bears a bur- lost staff and services amid the others. On Monday, a Ohio Department of Job and den to some degree, but the cuts in state aid, but the news- In the 9-10-year-old division, Brad Eickholt, center, watermark was visible about Family Services that while reality is, we have to make it paper said the Ohio budget was first; Christina Gerdeman, left, second; and Derek 10 inches from the ground the state submitted data relat- a priority,” he said. passed this summer restored Luersman, third. on Magruder Hospital’s ed to its poor economy in Less than a quarter of the about $25 million in fund- glass doors. Spokeswoman comparison with the nation, welfare recipients met the ing to help counties meet the Elisabeth Brand says ankle- most of that information federal work requirements work requirement. deep water filled the hospi- wasn’t linked to the work- this spring, but the newspaper “If we keep the focus on tal’s lobby on Sunday. participation rate in 2007, said that rate has improved to meeting the work require- Residents complain that according to the Dispatch. nearly one in three. Colbert ments, we can get there,” Elwer floods occur frequently in Ohio also wants the gov- hopes to meet the federal Potts said. (Continued from page 1) Hog. This year, there are a Port Clinton, 35 miles east few prizes he has his eye on. of Toledo. Mayor Debbie I that he’s gaining knowl- “My goals for this year Hymore-Tester says projects The Manhattan Transfer at NPAC Sept. 17 edge, which is the most are the top prizes for my to improve the storm and important thing to us. Sure, The jazz/pop vocal group class and showmanship. This sewer systems should provide it’s great that he’s winning year is also my first year relief. with the second most hon- but the things he’s learned ored album in pop history, are what he’ll use throughout showing a steer, so I’d really City residents’ surpassed only by Michael his life.” like to win in my class with Jackson’s Thriller. The Elwer has also taken priz- that, too,” he said. “I love recyclables to be Manhattan Transfer will be es at past Allen County Fairs, showing. I’ve enjoyed get- at the Niswonger Performing including Reserve Farrow to ting to show my pigs at both Arts Center of Northwest turned into crude Finish and Champion Market the state and county fairs.” AKRON (AP) — Akron Ohio at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. plans to start converting its 17. recycled plastics into synthet- The platinum selling, ic crude oil. world-wide chart topping The 10-year contract quartet, Cheryl Bentyne, Tim with Houston’s Greenstar Hauser, Alan Paul and Janis Recycling was announced Siegel became the first group in the northeast Ohio city to win Grammys simultane- on Monday by Mayor Don ously in both the jazz and Plusquellic. pop categories and earned According to the Akron a provoking 12 Grammy Beacon Journal, the company nominations in 1985 for their will convert a hangar at Akron album Vocalese. To date, Fulton International Airport The Manhattan Transfer has into a facility to process recy- won 10 Grammys and has The Manhattan Transfer been nominated for 17. clables. the Manhattan Transfer is You.” The facility will cost up to Their recent No. 5 Billboard jazz chart album, credited for bringing Brazilian Tickets for the Sept. 17 $8 million and create 45 jobs. music to American radio and concert are available online The system will rely on The Chick Corea Songbook, was inspired by the classic for introducing Bob Marley 24/7 at www.npacvw.org No. 3 through No. 7 plastics and The Wailers to American and at the NPAC box office common in food containers. work of jazz great Chick Corea, who contributed and television. at 10700 State Route 118 Greenstar will form a joint Some famous musicians S., Van Wert; or by phone Troy Elwer showing his award winning hog. venture with a Cleveland plays an original composition entitled “Free Samba” espe- that have worked with the at 419.238.NPAC (6722) company to turn some of the Manhattan Transfer include Tuesday through Friday from recycled plastics into low-sul- cially for the album. 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“Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent — the power to do the right thing the first time.” POLITICS — Elbert Hubbard, American writer (1856-1915). Obama ditches DC to mingle with voters By ERICA WERNER Monday when he arrives in At the same time, aides Associated Press Minneapolis before heading say that coming off a debt by bus about 40 miles south deal that included deep cuts WASHINGTON — Over to Cannon Falls, Minn., for without raising any taxes, the the next few days the coun- his first town hall event. president is braced to hear try will get a glimpse of a It’s an official White complaints from disaffected President Barack Obama House tour, not a campaign Democrats tired of his com- rarely seen in recent months swing, but it’s also the first promises with Republicans, — the one who engages with bus trip Obama has embarked and from a public gener- voters, not lawmakers, and on since he toured the coun- ally sick of dysfunctional kicks back in Midwestern din- try seeking the presidency. Washington. ers, not just the Oval Office. And with the 2012 cam- After his event in Cannon The president set out paign already under way the Falls, around midday, Obama Monday for a three-day bus trip will surely take on a cam- drives south into Iowa tour through Minnesota, paign feel at times, especially where he holds another town Iowa and Illinois that will when Obama visits Iowa just hall Monday afternoon in give him a chance to hear after voters there have con- Decorah. Today, the presi- directly from the public in ducted the first test vote of dent holds what the White a region that helped launch the GOP presidential primary, House is billing as a “rural Fed court host him to the White House in selecting Michele Bachmann economic forum” in Peosta, IT WAS NEWS THEN 2008, and where Republican in the Iowa straw poll. Iowa, near the Illinois bor- to wiener war presidential hopefuls are now En route to Minnesota, der, where he’ll be joined by battling it out. It comes after White House spokesman One Year Ago CHICAGO (AP) — The Agriculture Secretary Tom the president spent much of Jay Carney said Obama’s • Tests are in and water from Miami-Erie Canal in nation’s largest hot dog mak- Vilsack to announce some Delphos and near Spencerville tested for blue-green algae ers argued about the meaning the summer holed up in the trip was “unrelated” to the nation’s capital enmeshed in surge by Bachmann, the initiatives for rural areas. at .15 parts per billion and .13 parts per billion respec- of “100 percent pure beef” and He’ll wrap up Wednesday tively. Levels of concern are 20 parts per billion and above. the merits of ketchup Monday bitterly partisan negotiations Republican lawmaker from on the debt crisis that cratered that state. Carney defended with town hall meetings in Delphos Water Superintendent Tim Williams said he was in a lawsuit over advertising his approval ratings and those the campaign-style bus trip Atkinson in northwestern pleased with the results. claims stemming from their Illinois, and then in nearby years of dog-eat-dog competi- of Congress amid a faltering as a normal part of “doing economy and high unemploy- what presidents do” — get- Alpha, Ill., before returning 25 Years Ago — 1986 tion. to Washington. On Thursday Attorneys for Sara Lee ment. ting out in the country and • Although life in Ronde, Denmark is different than in Eager to get out of talking with people about he flies with his fam- Delphos, Myrna and Leo Christensen enjoyed their 15-day Corp., which makes Ball Park ily to Martha’s Vineyard in franks, and Kraft Foods Inc., Washington, Obama even the economy and his ideas to visit with their son, Allan, and his family of Defiance Trail. appeared more casual even help it. The president faces Massachusetts for his annual Accompany them were Petra Hard, Allen’s grandmother, which makes Oscar Mayer, summer vacation. superimposed giant hot dogs as he left, ditching his suit no primary challenge within and his brother, Dan, who served as translator. They were and tie for a sports coat and his party. The bus tour itinerary honored last week with a party of 73 given by Terri’s par- on a courtroom screen as they takes Obama through three delivered opening remarks in khakis. Obama is unlikely to ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sroufe. The president will get a engage any of his potential states he won in 2008 but • A nip in the morning air made the golfers pace a bit a case that could clarify how where he now needs to shore far companies can go when chance to absorb the pub- GOP rivals by name, aides perkier as the ladies took the course at the Delphos County lic’s anger and try his best said, but he’s already indicat- up his standing. In Iowa, Club on Tuesday. Winners for the first flight were low boasting about their products. Obama returns to a state that “There’s never been any- to respond as he holds five ed plans to draw sharp con- gross, a three-way split, Lois Grone, Lou Ann Wiltsie and town hall events in three trasts between his ideas on the handed him a key victory Ruth Bruskotter. Low net, Margie Morris. thing of this scope . . . in the entire history of hot dogs,” days. In between he’ll drive economy and the Republican over Democratic rival Hillary • The 10th annual Jefferson junior high and fresh- long stretches on farmland approach, which the presi- Rodham Clinton in 2008 but man cheerleading camp was held at the Jefferson Middle Sara Lee’s attorney, Richard Leighton, said about what the and rural highways, likely dent recently dismissed as a where Republicans have now School this week. Jefferson High School varsity basketball making unscheduled stops “bill of goods” that amounts been blanketing the state in and football cheerleaders were instructors for the two-day company says is Kraft’s false and deceptive ad campaign here and there at local eat- to little more than slashing preparation for its first-in-the- camp. Cheerleading squads from Jefferson, St. John’s and eries and other gathering spending on vital programs nation caucuses, attacking the Lincolnview attended the camp. that claimed Oscar Mayer wieners were the best-tasting places. It begins midmorning like education and Medicare. president at every turn. 50 Years Ago — 1961 franks. • East Germany tightened its stranglehold on East Berlin U.S. Magistrate Judge Perry says his jobs record in Texas is a big plus Morton Denlow, who will today and reduced to three the number of points at which By THOMAS with excessive restrictions. As he campaigns, Romney West Berliners could pass through to the East. The order decide if either company broke false advertising laws, BEAUMONT Taken together, Perry’s is spending more time talk- by the East German Interior Ministry was put into effect Associated Press comments about his own ing about his decades in the just after midnight. It banned entry to all but a few vehicles couldn’t resist a note of levity as he cast his eyes at the attor- credentials and the policy business world, including his as Communist troops squeezed the 17 million residents of Texas Gov. Rick Perry proposal were an effort to time as an executive at Bain East German into a pocket of almost total isolation from neys and proclaimed, “Let the wiener wars begin.” contended Monday he has establish him as the strongest Capital, a venture capital firm the West. the best economic record and Republican able to challenge he founded, than his record • There were 203 teenagers registered at the last record The legal dog fight began when Sara Lee filed a lawsuit executive experience in gov- Obama on the economy — as governor. He’s trying to hop sponsored by the Middle Point Lions Club at the ernment of any Republican and lay claim to Romney’s sell himself as the strongest Arlo Pollock farm, near Middle Point. This was the third in 2009, singling out Oscar Mayer ads that brag its dogs presidential candidate, con- mantle of the jobs candidate. candidate on the economy but hop sponsored by the Middle Point Lions. The Midnight trasting his credentials with That effort comes in ear- has been criticized by former Lancers, a teenage band from Spencerville, made a guest beat Ball Park franks in a national taste test. Leighton those of his top two rivals, nest just days after Perry Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman for appearance and were enthusiastically received. Mitt Romney and Michele entered the GOP field and as Massachusetts’ ranking 47th • Winners of the races Saturday night at the Delphos argued the tests were deeply flawed and gave as an exam- Bachmann. the race comes into sharper in terms of job growth, while Go-Kart Track in single engine were: Carl Kehres, fast “I respect all the other focus. Utah ranked No. 1. heat; Ronald Baver, slow heat; Bob Van Meter, first, fast ple that the hot dogs were pre- sented to participants without candidates in the field but Romney, the former In the interview, Perry feature; Carl Kehres, second, fast feature; Jim Dull, first, there is no one that can stand Massachusetts governor who sidestepped an opportunity to slow feature; Dennis Kehres, second, slow feature; Vince buns or any condiments, such as ketchup. toe-to-toe with us,” Perry told has emphasized his business assail Romney directly, say- Kehres, fast consolation and Mike Coble, slow consola- The Associated Press in an experience, sits atop nation- ing: “Trying to compare the tion. “They were served boiled hot dogs on a white paper interview at the start of his al polls. But he’s now fac- job creation and the numbers first full day campaigning in ing a double-barreled threat of jobs with any other state is 75 Years Ago — 1936 plate,” he told Denlow. As a result, Leighton said, Sara the leadoff caucus state of from Perry, Texas’ longest- just not an apples-to-apples • Plans now being carried out will make the parade of Lee’s hot dogs may well have Iowa. serving governor who for- comparison.” fair week this year an especially interesting and enjoyable tasted too salty or smoky when Perry also offered his first mally entered the GOP race But later, Perry, who has feature. It is planned to include a large number of interest- policy proposal as a candi- Saturday, and Bachmann, the consumed sans buns. worked in government for 27 ing floats, with a smaller number of automobiles. Frank Among other flaws, he date, calling for a six-month Minnesota congresswoman Kurber and A. C. Weger have been making a canvass to moratorium on federal busi- who won a test vote of Iowans years, said being a business went on, was a rule barring executive is not the only way induce merchants to enter floats. anyone who ever worked in a ness regulations that he said that same day. • The second little world series will be played on factory from taking the test. were holding back job growth In the interview, Perry to create jobs. September 1, 2 and 3. Miller’s Opticians have already “You may be excluding nationally. He brought the never directly criticized the “I was in the private sector won the first half playoff and need to win the second half blue-collar workers,” he said. proposal forward just as two even when given oppor- for 13 years after I left the Air series to have full claim to the league championship and the “And they’re big hot-dog eat- President Barack Obama tunities to comment on them Force,” Perry told reporters Apger Trophy. The trophy has been donated by J. Howard ers.” traveled to the Midwest for a directly. Rather, he promot- at the state fair when asked Apger and is now on display in the window of his jewelry Kraft filed a counter- bus tour and speeches on the ed his own job-growth and whether private sector expe- store at Main and Second streets. suit later in 2009, accusing economy. gubernatorial records. rience trumps. “I wasn’t on • The Delphos Eagles band under the direction of William Sara Lee of running ads for The Texan argued that Later, Perry told report- Wall Street. I wasn’t work- G. Point will leave Sunday morning on the Pennsylvania Ball Parks with the tagline the Obama administra- ers during a visit to the Iowa ing at Bain Capital. But the Railroad to attend the National Eagles convention being “America’s Best Franks” based tion’s Labor Department and State Fair: “There’s plenty of principles of the free market, held in Chicago. C. E. Fox will accompany the band as on an award from ChefsBest, Environmental Protection time to look at his four years they work whether you’re in a drum major. The Delphos organization will have a place in a food-judging organization Agency, for instance, have in Massachusetts and my 10 farm field in Iowa or whether the big parade to be staged in the Windy City. based in San Francisco. restrained business growth years in Texas.” you’re on Wall Street.” The other focus of the trial is Kraft’s claim that its Oscar New pecking order in GOP field shifts race for WH Moderately confused Mayer Jumbo Beef Franks are By PHILIP ELLIOTT in Perry, the Texas gover- earlier this year. Social con- “100 percent pure beef.” Sara Associated Press nor who formally entered servatives and the tea party Lee says the claim is untrue, the race only Saturday, and haven’t warmed to his can- that it cast aspersions on Ball DES MOINES, Iowa — Bachmann, the Minnesota didacy, and he has left some Park franks and damaged their Suddenly facing two serious congresswoman who won the economic conservatives and sales. rivals, GOP front-runner Mitt Iowa straw poll that same Republicans in the party But Kraft’s attorney, Romney declared on Monday day. establishment underwhelmed. Stephen O’Neil, told the judge his business background sets “It’s a wide-open race,” He’s focused heavily on New the 100 percent beef tag was him apart in the presidential Gov. Terry Branstad declared Hampshire and has down- never intended to suggest race and dismissed the buzz after a five-day stretch that played his campaign in Iowa, there weren’t other ingredi- over emerging challengers as saw every Republican presi- but that may change given that ents — like water, salt and “the political winds of the dential candidate show up in Bachmann and Perry, both of various spices. It was only day.” Rick Perry insisted no his state, where party caucus- whom have support among meant to convey that the meat one could go “toe to toe” with es kick off the GOP nomina- the tea party and Christian that was used was all beef, him, and rising star Michele tion fight next winter. While evangelicals, are competing he said. Bachmann tried to turn her Perry entered the nomina- hard in this state where social That stress was designed to Iowa straw poll victory into tion battle, former Minnesota conservatives dominate. counter lingering impressions gains against both men. Gov. Tim Pawlenty, exited, By Monday, the three that hot dogs contain suspect, In less than a week, the further reshuffling the deck. Republicans with the stron- “mysterious meats,” he added. slow-to-begin race for the Over the next few months, gest chance of winning the And he said it defied common Republican nomination has Romney, Bachmann and nomination fanned out across sense to argue that consum- accelerated and undergone Perry will try to win over a early primary states, all look- ers might take the label as a dramatic shift, essentially GOP electorate angry at the ing for the upper hand just as meaning that the one and only becoming a three-way contest change Obama has brought Obama opened a three-day ingredient was beef. for the chance to challenge and looking for a candidate Midwest bus tour. “If there was nothing but President Barack Obama next who has the right mix of cre- Romney, overshadowed beef, it wouldn’t be a hot year. dentials to beat the incumbent for much of the weekend, re- dog,” he said, “It would be a Romney, who has been Democrat. emerged in Litchfield, N.H., hamburger.” riding high for months while Romney, who lost the and, during a conversation Denlow let slip that, accord- other Republicans have been nomination in 2008, hasn’t with reporters, quickly pro- ing to his own personal tastes, struggling to emerge from been able to unite warring vided a window into how he neither Oscar Mayer nor Ball the pack, now finds himself factions of the GOP elector- would address Perry’s entry Park are top dog. facing two significant foes ate since entering the race into the race. 1

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WAL-MART STORES 49.98 +0.23 6 – The Herald Tuesday, August 16, 2011 www.delphosherald.com SPORTS With advice from Favre, McCoy dazzles for Browns By TOM WITHERS be headed in the same direc- it to Rams quarterback Sam “You can tell he definitely The Associated Press tion. And, they’re counting Bradford. Shurmur knows studied us some,” nose tack- on McCoy to lead the way. it can work and is pleased le B.J. Raji said. “They did BEREA — Colt McCoy Needing to get up to speed with how quickly McCoy some things as far as getting showed up for his postgame on the complex offense dur- has picked it up in training him on the move and rollouts news conference wearing a ing the off-season, McCoy camp. and quick West Coast stuff to T-shirt endorsing a fishing sought advice from a West “He was efficient,” get his confidence up there. tackle company. Coast master. Shurmur said after Monday’s And he did a good job and Maybe best to reel in the Brett Favre practice. “He made the right decisions.” expectations right away. was happy to saw what Raji believes McCoy has After all, McCoy may help. was going all the skills to win as a pro. have a tough time topping his As the on extremely The Browns are counting exhibition debut. league’s labor well. He was on it. Looking poised and com- lockout dragged pretty accu- Notes: RB Montario Hardesty participated in contact drills for the fortable in Cleveland’s new on, McCoy went rate with his first time in more than two weeks. West Coast offense, McCoy to Hattiesburg, throws and The Browns have been taking it outshined Super Bowl star Miss., and spent pretty solid slow with the second-year back, Aaron Rodgers and was near- a few days with with his deci- who is coming back from knee sur- ly flawless as the Browns beat the 3-time NFL sion making. gery. Shurmur wouldn’t commit on the Green Bay Packers 27-17 MVP, who learned the West But again, once you have Hardesty facing the Lions. ... The Browns placed OG Billy Yates on on Saturday night, making Coast system while play- what would be considered a the reserve/retired list. The versatile Cleveland rookie coach Pat ing for Browns’ president solid performance, then it’s 9-year veteran showed up Monday Shurmur a winner in his first Mike Holmgren in Green all about consistency and he and told a surprised Shurmur he was NFL preseason game. Bay. McCoy gleaned all he was right back on the stick done. Yates started three games last McCoy completed 9-of- could from the-retired-at-the- this morning, getting better at season. He does not count towards 10 passes for 135 yards, one moment Favre, who won a some things.” the club’s 90-man roster limit. ... Safety T.J. Ward didn’t practice touchdown and compiled a Super Bowl with Holmgren McCoy will get a chance 152.1 passer’s rating — just a because of an issue with his tooth. ... in 1996. to build off his impressive WR Mohamed Massaquoi is finally few points shy of perfection. “Since I couldn’t get debut on Friday, when the out of the walking boot. Massaquoi The Browns, who have spent coached, it was a great oppor- Browns host Detroit. hasn’t practiced because of a leg the past decade in a frustrat- tunity to pick the brain of a After dissecting the injury but he’s getting closer. ... LBs ing search for a franchise guy who played in the system Packers, who were with- Scott Fujita (thigh), Chris Gocong quarterback to lead them back for 20 years,” McCoy said (neck), TE Ben Watson and S Usama out star cornerback Charles Young didn’t practice. ... Former to respectability, are hoping through a team spokesman. Woodson and are currently McCoy, may finally answer Packers’ general manager Ron Wolf “It was a chance for me to get thin in the secondary, McCoy visited Holmgren. ... The Browns their prayers. a lot of questions answered. was careful not to make too have been awarded defensive back He’s off to a nice start. We worked on footwork, pro- much of his strong game. He Brett Johnson off waivers from the “Pretty good,” McCoy gressions, reads and things also made sure he spread the Seattle Seahawks. The club is thin humbly said in assessing his like that. It was definitely a in the secondary with rookie safety Photo submitted praise around to his team- Eric Hagg scheduled for knee sur- performance. “We under- positive trip.” mates. St. John’s Alumni Cross Country Race stand we have a long way gery Monday. Johnson was signed McCoy is expected to As for his progress dur- as an undrafted free agent by Buffalo 2011 graduate Jason Michel looks for the finish line to go.” offer more on the Favre visit ing the game, McCoy showed last season. He also spent time with during the St. John’s annual alumni cross country race No doubt. But for the first today. he’s able to make the Xs and Philadelphia and St. Louis but was which was held on Friday. The following alumni that time in ages, the Browns, who Shurmur was encouraged Os in Shurmur’s playbook released before the start of the regu- also competed in the race were Steve Hellman, 1985; have just one playoff appear- by McCoy’s first outing in lar season. He was signed to the spring to life. Bills’ practice squad on Dec. 22 and Scott Hellman, ’91; Jeff Bockey, ’95; Chad Rode, ’97; ance since 1999 and lost at the passer friendly system the McCoy certainly made least 10 games in seven of spent the rest of the season there. The Mark Bockey, ’97, Tim Ricker, 2004; and Colin Byrne, first-year coach brought from a strong impression on the 6-1, 194-pound Johnson played in ’09, the race winner with a time of 19:37. the last eight seasons, seem to St. Louis, where he taught Packers. college at California. Marcos Ambrose wins at Watkins Glen Local Roundup By JOHN KEKIS challenge for the win on the final lap. T-Birds capture girls tennis opener The Associated Press The race ended with a caution as David Contini Memorial ELIDA — Elida’s girls ten- Reutimann and David Ragan crashed LIMA — Lima Central nis team hosted Lima Central WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Marcos violently entering the second turn, with Catholic received 74s from Josh Catholic on the hard courts of Ambrose missed his daughter’s first day Ragan slamming head-on into the guard of school. She probably won’t mind. from the pole at Watkins Glen, led the rail and Reutimann’s car bouncing hard Klaus and Austin Goodridge the Dennis Schwinnen Courts field to the green flag for the final two to wrap up the 7-team Rob Monday afternoon. The snakebitten Ambrose, deprived off the barrier and sliding upside down more than once of a NASCAR victory, laps. But Keselowski, racing with a bro- across the track. Contini Memorial Monday at The Lady Thunderbirds ken left ankle and trying for his second Hawthorne Hills. grabbed all three singles match- beat Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch Ambrose was on a conservative on a 2-lap dash to the checkered flag straight win and third of the season, dove pit strategy all day despite threaten- The Thunderbirds amassed es to take a 3-2 victory. from third to the lead entering the first a 306 to outdistance runner- Victors for the Lady Monday to win the rain-delayed Sprint ing weather — the race was postponed Cup race at Watkins Glen International. turn with Ambrose also streaking past by rain Sunday and more was in the up Elida’s 332, Bath’s 348, Bulldogs were the doubles Busch. Shawnee’s 354, Wapakoneta’s units: first doubles Robin It was his first victory in 105 starts in forecast. He passed Truex for third on NASCAR’s top series and atoned for a “Those guys didn’t care to give me turn one, a 90-degree right-hander, of 361, Allen East’s 362 and Klaus and Erin Kesler over any room,” said Busch, who finished Spencerville’s 430. Jennifer Huffman and Emily slip-up a year ago on the road course at lap 73 and moved up to the bumper of Sonoma, when he stalled his car under second to brother Kurt here in Saturday’s Keselowski. Evan Wilker and Tim Levers Janowski and the second Nationwide race. “There’s only one cor- added 79s for the victors. caution while leading with six laps to go Ambrose then outbraked Keselowski doubles of Lauren Greely and ner you’ve got to make and as soon as Leading the second-place and finished sixth. going into the first turn on lap 76 and set Hailey Hurst over Clare Ucat you make it through that corner and can Bulldogs were Mike Lawler and Allison Hullinger. “I’ve tried for 2 1/2 years,” Ambrose his sights on Busch. He moved within with an 80 and Ian Haidle and said. “We’re going to onward and upward keep everybody behind, it’s smooth sail- three car lengths on lap 80 as the two LCC’s winners were Janina ing from there.” Trent Cutlip with 81s. Bradshaw 6-3, 6-7, 7-5 over from here. It’s a proud day.” encountered lapped traffic and closed to Matt Holt shot a 77 and Ambrose has won all three Nationwide Ambrose then closed on Keselowski Busch’s back bumper in the chicane with Monica Tieu at first singles; in the chicane after zooming through the Ethan Hall an 84 for Bath, with Paige Collins 6-1, 6-3 over races he’s entered at Watkins Glen; in eight laps to go. Kyle Miller notching 81 and three Cup starts here, he’s notched one high-speed esses and passed him for the Ambrose got the chance he wanted Abby Orians at second singles; lead before the final lap. Tyler Rambin 90 for the Tribe. and Kacey Bradshaw 6-0, 6-0 second and two thirds, including an when Menard, running 14th, blew a tire B. Crew netted an 86 for the impressive drive from last to third in “I wanted to win,” said Keselowski, and crashed on lap 86, bringing out the over Katelyn Shook at the third who has the first wild card for the Chase Redskins and J. Apple 89, with spot. 2008. final caution. Lucas Herrmann shooting an 83 Finally pulling into Victory Lane was and moved up four spots in the standings That set up the frantic dash to the fin- Elida is in the Napoleon to 14th. “We had a shot at it and that’s all and Clay Plaugher 86 for the Invitational 9:30 a.m. Friday. a feeling like no other. ish of what turned into a 92-lap race and Mustangs. “This is almost surreal,” the affable you can ask as a driver.” ---- Busch finished third, and Martin spoiled the day for Kyle Busch, who led Rick Brunswick was the top Toledo St. John’s wins Australian said in his No. 9 Ford for 49 laps. He was in the catbird seat for 18 Bearcat with a 99 and James Richard Petty Motorsports after crossing Truex Jr. and Joey Logano rounded out Lake Flyer Invitational the top five. straight circuits when Menard crashed. Schaad had a 106. MAUMEE — Toeldo the finish line. Spencerville is in a Northwest Kevin Harvick was sixth, followed “The last couple of laps I was getting St. John’s best second-place Ambrose signed a multi-year deal away from him (Ambrose),” said Busch, Conference quad match today with struggling RPM a year ago to drive by defending race winner Juan Pablo Woodmore by 17 strikes to Montoya, AJ Allmendinger, Jeff Burton who moved into a tie with Carl Edwards at Allen East (Colonial) and grab the 16-team Lake Flyer the No. 9 this season. That capped a at Shawnee (Shawnee Country and Jimmie Johnson. for the top spot in the standings. “The last Boys Golf Invitational at tumultuous summer in which he opted thing I wanted to see was a caution — Club) 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Maumee Monday. to leave the No. 47 at JTG Daugherty Kurt Busch, who won at Sonoma in Elida is in the Kalida Topher Garzony’s medalist- June, crashed early and finished 38th. He knew it was going to come down to one Racing at the end of 2010 with one year corner and I messed up.” Invitational (Country Acres) 9 winning 74 led the victors. left on his contract, even though he knew wasn’t alone: Denny Hamlin, who entered a.m. Wednesday. Kalida ended up fifth with a the day 11th in points, also crashed and Hamlin brought out the third caution he was taking a big risk in difficult eco- of the race on lap 67 when he zoomed at ----- 341, with Cody Mathew card- nomic times. finished 36th; 5-time Watkins Glen win- Defiance grabs Lady ing an 82. ner Tony Stewart, who ran up front all high speed straight through the first turn “There were days, weeks when I was and slammed head-on into the tire barrier Lancer Invitational Kalida hosts its own invi- anxious,” Ambrose said. “There were race, was taken out on the final lap in VAN WERT — The tational 9 a.m. Wednesday at the chicane and finished 27th; and Paul that borders the paved runout area. times I was sitting around the boardroom Hamlin, who started at the rear of the Defiance girls golf team out- Country Acres. table and there was nobody else there. Menard, also in the hunt for a spot in the Team Results: Chase, brought out the race-changing field after a crash in qualifying and was distanced eight other units to Tol. St. John’s 315: Topher Garzony But you’ve got to roll the dice some- grab the Lincolnview Lady 74, Denny Brown 77, Dominic Restivo 79, caution when he crashed on the 86th lap all the way up to 11th, was not injured. Austin Gardner 85, Luke Campbell 90. times.” lancer Invitational Monday at and finished 32nd. But the stoppage jumbled the running Woodmore 332: Ty Burner 76, Matt It was Ford’s first victory at Watkins order as Jeff Gordon gave up the lead to Hickory Sticks Golf Course in Zatko 83, Billy Blausey 85, Mikki Bauer Glen since Geoff Bodine won here in The top 10 drivers in the standings Van Wert. 88, Devin Fisher 89. and the two drivers with the most victo- pit for the final time, giving Kyle Busch Fremont Ross 333: Clay Schwartz 78, 1996 and the 15th different winner in the lead again with Keselowski alongside The Lady Bulldogs carded a Brandon Hoelzer 79, Albert Baumann 88, Cup races this year. ries in 11th to 20th place earn spots for 369, with Wayne Trace next at Michael Hall 88, Brandon Weilker 93. the 10-race Chase. him in the front row and Ambrose and Genoa 340: Andrew Goeckerman 82, Busch, trying to win a second time Montoya in the third row. 394, St. Henry “A” and Celina Trevor McLear 83, Taylor Darling 86, Keselowski never got the chance to at 425, host Lincolnview 431, Chris Chapinski 89, Riley Swartzmiller 99. St. Henry “B” 436, Crestview Kalida 341: Cody Mathew 82, 461, Parkway 463 and Ada Austin Horstman 84, Eric Kahle 86, Sports Briefs 490. Neil Recker 89, Zach Erhart 94. Fremont St. Joe’s 344: Connor Dudley The Associated Press behind 30-40. pus looking into claims that more NHL Alex Keesbury of Fairview 83, Brett Michael 84, Joe Steinle 87, BASEBALL He smacked a ball high into than a dozen former or current foot- COLEMAN, Alberta — Aaron Burns 90, Aaron Staib 92. (no team score) medaled with Lake 354: Nate Yeager 78, Ian NEW YORK — UCLA pitcher the stands, earning a point penalty ball players received gifts and ser- Winnipeg Jets center Rick Rypien an 83. Johnson 89, Jake Materni 91, Cole Brossia Gerrit Cole was among 22 out of 23 which gave the game and a 2-0 lead vices from convicted Ponzi schemer was found dead in his home Monday, Lincolnview visits Minster 96, Casey Conine 98. first-round draft picks beating the in the set to Kohlschreiber, who later Nevin Shapiro, his attorney said. nine months after he took a leave of Liberty-Benton 355: Brad Hoehne 86, deadline to sign, with the top selec- closed it out with an ace. Shapiro has told the NCAA he absence to deal with an undisclosed 4 p.m. Wednesday. Jared Neiling 87, Andrew Kotey 90, Nick tion in June’s amateur draft agreeing COLLEGE FOOTBALL provided players with the use of a personal matter. Team Results: Curto 92, Rob Rucki 98. St. Henry “A” 425: Morgan late Monday night to a minor-league COLLEGE STATION, Texas — yacht and other favors, added his An official with the Royal Van Buren 362: Jimmy Irving 86, contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates Stay or go? Texas A&M plans to attorney, Maria Elena Perez. Shapiro Canadian Mounted Police called Breigtigam 96, Taylor Koesters 107, Mitchell Bayer 91, Erik Glass 92, Mac Megan Brockman 107, Emily Albers 115, Williams 93, Zach Hiris 100. that includes an $8 million signing take a while before making a deci- and Perez have been talking with the Rypien’s death sudden but not sus- Nora Dorner 117. Bellevue 365: Justin Schoen 85, Lucas bonus. sion on its conference affiliation. NCAA about the matter for a couple picious. Rypien, a cousin of Super Celina 425: Kailee Ross 100, Megan Rospert 92, Dylan Dewitt 92, Jake Smith Only 10 first-round picks — and School President R. Bowen of months and provided documenta- Bowl MVP quarterback Mark Stetler 106, Erica Bishop 106, Camille 96, Dylan Sabo 112. just one among the first nine players Loftin offered his first detailed com- tion, she said. Rypien, was 27. Smith 113, Baylee Casto 129. Arlington 369: Dexter Wilson 88, selected — had agreements with one ments on the Aggies’ rather public NFL Rypien is the second active NHL Lincolnview 431: Kaitlyn Brant 94, Tyler Starr 90, Alex Steinman 91, Jake Amanda Kocab 104, Macey Ashbaugh hour left before the midnight dead- interest in joining the Southeastern PITTSFORD, N.Y. — The player found dead this offseason. Garlock 100, Sam Yates 101. line. By the end of the night, the only Conference — a move that almost Buffalo Bills ran out of time and Former New York Rangers enforcer 110, Holly Diller 123. Liberty Center 370: Cody Knapp 78, St. Henry “B” 436: Haley Hogenkamp Tyler Davis 83, Cody Weichers 101, Tyler first-round pick without a deal was surely would set off another round patience in waiting for linebacker Derek Boogaard died in May due to 103, Hannah Clune 107, Kelly Siefring Lange 108, Zach Johnston 114. right-hander Tyler Beede, taken by of conference realignment. Aaron Maybin to develop before an accidental mix of alcohol and the 111, Shannon Huelskamp 115. Tinora 376: Michael Overmier 82, Toronto with the 21st pick. He said there is no timetable for being left with little choice but to painkiller oxycodone. Crestview 461: Leigh Taylor 91, Quinten Lambert 95, Nate Olsen 98, Reid TENNIS any decision and any realignment by waive the former first-round pick. The 5-11, 190-pound Rypien Marcy Saylor 109, Brooke Nofer 124, Renollet 101, Alec Frank 104. MASON— Andy Roddick lost Texas A&M will take place after a In two short years, Maybin went signed a $700,000, 1-year deal with Morgan McClure 137. Cardinal Stritch 387: Derek Scott 93, Parkway 463: Cierra Coffman 101, to Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7 (5), 7-5, “lengthy” process. He acknowledged from promising pass-rusher to the Winnipeg last month after spending Cody Clayton 97, Ben Hahn 98, Shane 6-1 in the first round of the Western that Texas A&M had approached the Bills’ latest first-round bust in a parts of six seasons with Vancouver. Jennifer Schatzer 105, Amy Roth 119, Goetz 99, Alex Demory 101. Breene Brazle 138. Swanton 408: Colin O’Riordon 96, & Southern Open. SEC, which has won the past five move made a little over three weeks TRACK AND FIELD Ada 490: Kenzie Shaw 93, Zoe Laird Graydon Weaver 98, Rocky Robinson The 11th-seeded Roddick already BCS championships in football but into training camp. Former American 100-meter 120, Quinn High 134, Suzy Young 143. 105, Jacob Brehmer 109, Kyle Dockery had received a warning from the on Sunday reaffirmed its 12-school Selected 11th overall in the 2009 champion Michael Rodgers tested 117. chair umpire for flinging his racket membership while leaving the door draft out of Penn State, Maybin positive for a stimulant found in an ----- Carey 422: Corbin Bair 104, Lincoln to the court after losing the second open to expansion. failed to register a sack or break energy drink and could be ineligible LCC bests Elida in Stansberry 104, Grant Wentling 104, Zach set when he double-faulted in the MIAMI — NCAA investigators into the team’s starting lineup in 27 for the world track championships Boies 110, Zach Baker 117. second game of the third set to fall visited the University of Miami cam- career games. later this month. www.delphosherald.com Tuesday, August 16, 2011 The Herald — 7 Jim Thome bolsters Hall case with HR No. 600 MLB By NOAH TRISTER Ruth reached No. 600 in first major-league win by working The Associated Press American League a 1-2-3 eighth inning and Brandon National League East Division The Associated Press 6,921 at-bats. Thome needed League, a former Blue Jay, earned his East Division W L Pct GB 8,167. 30th save in 34 opportunities. W L Pct GB Boston 73 46 .613 — Jon Rauch (5-4) gave up one run Philadelphia 78 41 .655 — New York 73 46 .613 — DETROIT — When Jim Only seven hitters have on three hits in 2/3 of an inning to take Atlanta 71 51 .582 8 1/2 Tampa Bay 64 55 .538 9 Thome came to the plate, hit more home runs than the the loss. New York 59 62 .488 20 Toronto 61 60 .504 13 needing one home run for burly Thome: Bonds, Hank National League Washington 57 62 .479 21 Baltimore 47 72 .395 26 ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman Florida 56 65 .463 23 Central Division 600, the opposing pitcher Aaron, Ruth, Willie Mays, Central Division W L Pct GB capped a 3-run rally against San W L Pct GB Detroit 64 57 .529 — wasn’t even aware how close Ken Griffey Jr., Rodriguez Francisco closer Brian Wilson in the Milwaukee 71 51 .582 — Cleveland 60 57 .513 2 he was to the milestone. and Sammy Sosa. Thome, of ninth with a 2-run single to lift the St. Louis 65 57 .533 6 Chicago 60 60 .500 3 1/2 Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati 59 62 .488 11 1/2 Minnesota 53 67 .442 10 1/2 Then Thome sent a tower- course, still has time to add Giants on Monday night. Pittsburgh 57 63 .475 13 Kansas City 50 72 .410 14 1/2 ing fly ball over the fence to his total — and bolster Wilson (6-4) couldn’t hold a 4-2 Chicago 54 68 .443 17 West Division lead. He gave up three hits and two Houston 38 84 .311 33 W L Pct GB in left field. The scoreboard his Hall of Fame case even walks in the ninth for his fifth blown West Division Texas 70 52 .574 — flashed a congratulatory mes- more. save in 40 chances. W L Pct GB Los Angeles 65 57 .533 5 Nate Schierholtz snapped a 2-2 Arizona 68 53 .562 — Seattle 53 67 .442 16 sage, rival fans stood and Tigers manager Jim tie with his homer to right in the San Francisco 66 56 .541 2 1/2 Oakland 53 68 .438 16 1/2 applauded and the Minnesota Leyland doesn’t need con- sixth. Mike Fontenot, in the game when Colorado 57 66 .463 12 ——— Twins came out of the dugout vincing. Pablo Sandoval left with a foot injury Los Angeles 55 65 .458 12 1/2 Monday’s Results in the first inning, added an eighth- San Diego 54 69 .439 15 Minnesota 9, Detroit 6 to greet their slugger. “Certainly that’s a Hall of ——— N.Y. Yankees 7, Kansas City 4 inning homer off Tim Hudson. Monday’s Results Baltimore 6, Oakland 2 After reaching No. 600 in Fame achievement,” Leyland The Braves rallied in the Giants’ Atlanta 5, San Francisco 4 Texas 8, L.A. Angels 4 grand style Monday night — added. “Hall of Fame from first return to Atlanta since beating Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 2 Seattle 6, Toronto 5 Thome Atlanta in the 2010 NL division series. Chicago Cubs 4, Houston 3 with two home runs in back- you get a little older, it’s not the get-go. He’s just a Hall of The Braves stretched their lead to five Milwaukee 3, L.A. Dodgers 0 Today’s Games to-back innings during a 9-6 that easy. But to watch him Fame guy and a Hall of Fame games over San Francisco in the NL Colorado 7, Florida 4 Tampa Bay (Shields 11-9) at Boston wild-card race. The Giants began the N.Y. Mets 5, San Diego 4, 10 innings (Lester 11-6), 1:05 p.m., 1st game win over Detroit — Thome get himself motivated and get player.” night two games behind first-place Today’s Games Minnesota (Blackburn 7-9) at Detroit finally earned some apprecia- himself up to be able to do Yankees 7, Royals 4 Arizona in the NL West. Arizona (Collmenter 7-7) at Philadelphia Mets 5, Padres 4, 10 innings (Halladay 15-4), 7:05 p.m. (Verlander 17-5), 7:05 p.m. tion following a pursuit that these things, hopefully a lot KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cincinnati (Leake 10-7) at Washington (Wang Tampa Bay (Niemann 7-4) at Boston SAN DIEGO — Scott Hairston 1-2), 7:05 p.m. (Bedard 4-7), 7:10 p.m., 2nd game seemed to go unnoticed for of our guys can learn a lot.” Jeter drove in three runs, drove in the go-ahead run with a St. Louis (C.Carpenter 8-8) at Pittsburgh Cleveland (Jimenez 1-0) at Chicago White much of the season. This season has been a including two with a go- fielder’s choice with one out in the (Karstens 9-6), 7:05 p.m. Sox (Floyd 10-10), 8:10 p.m. The 40-year-old became ahead triple in the sixth, and 10th inning and New York snapped a San Francisco (J.Sanchez 4-7) at Atlanta N.Y. Yankees (Nova 11-4) at Kansas City struggle for Thome. He’s 5-game losing streak and won for just (Delgado 0-1), 7:10 p.m. (Duffy 3-6), 8:10 p.m. the eighth player to reach the been bothered by injuries to struggling A.J. Burnett final- the fourth time in 15 games. Chicago Cubs (Dempster 10-8) at Houston Lucas Duda and Josh Thole both (Myers 3-12), 8:05 p.m. Baltimore (Matusz 1-4) at Oakland mark; only Babe Ruth did it his toe, oblique and quadri- ly won a game in August for had a homer among their three hits and L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 10-9) at Milwaukee (Moscoso 5-6), 10:05 p.m. in fewer at-bats. ceps. His milestone homer New York. Thole had three RBIs. (Gallardo 13-8), 8:10 p.m. Texas (D.Holland 10-4) at L.A. Angels After the Padres tied the game Florida (Ani.Sanchez 6-6) at Colorado (Chatwood 6-8), 10:05 p.m. Next stop, Cooperstown? was only his 11th of the year Burnett (9-9) scattered 10 (Chacin 9-9), 8:40 p.m. in the eighth on a run-scoring single Toronto (Mills 1-2) at Seattle (Vargas “I don’t know. That’s not in his 185th at-bat and he singles and a walk over 5 2/3 by pinch-hitter Jesus Guzman, the N.Y. Mets (Niese 11-9) at San Diego (Luebke 7-10), 10:10 p.m. 4-6), 10:05 p.m. for me to decide,” Thome admitted on Monday night innings but they only resulted Mets opened the 10th with consecu- Wednesday’s Games tive walks by Jason Pridie and Thole Chicago Cubs (C.Coleman 2-4) at Houston Wednesday’s Games said. “That would be a dream. that he was wondering if it in three runs. The right-hand- against rookie left-hander Josh Spence (Norris 5-8), 2:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 10-10) at Boston It’s pretty special. I don’t was ever going to happen. er had been winless in 13 (0-2). They advanced on a sacrifice and N.Y. Mets (Gee 10-4) at San Diego (Latos (Lackey 11-8), 1:35 p.m. think it’s really hit home. starts in August since signing Pridie scored when Hairston hit a hard 6-11), 6:35 p.m. Baltimore (Simon 3-5) at Oakland It did all right. grounder to shortstop Alberto Gonzalez Arizona (J.Saunders 8-9) at Philadelphia (Cl. (McCarthy 5-6), 3:35 p.m. To be mentioned and have Just as Jeter reached hit a 5-year, $82.5 million deal with the infield in. Gonzalez fielded Lee 12-7), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Pavano 6-9) at Detroit (Penny the Hall of Fame mentioned, with New York, going 0-8 the ball and fell backward. He had no Cincinnati (Cueto 8-5) at Washington 8-9), 7:05 p.m. No. 3,000 in dramatic fash- (Detwiler 1-2), 7:05 p.m. that’s just very, very special. with a 7.18 ERA. play at first but the Padres threw out St. Louis (Lohse 10-7) at Pittsburgh (Maholm Cleveland (Carmona 5-12) at Chicago ion during a 5-hit game last Thole at third. 6-13), 7:05 p.m. White Sox (Buehrle 10-5), 8:10 p.m. That’s just really cool.” month, Thome arrived at his Brett Gardner added a Manny Acosta (1-0) got the San Francisco (Cain 9-9) at Atlanta (Jurrjens N.Y. Yankees (Colon 8-6) at Kansas City Fighting injuries dur- milestone with flair. His 2-run pair of RBIs and Mariano win after pitching the ninth. Jason 12-4), 7:10 p.m. (Chen 7-5), 8:10 p.m. Isringhausen allowed a walk and a L.A. Dodgers (Eovaldi 1-0) at Milwaukee Texas (C.Wilson 11-5) at L.A. Angels ing a frustrating season in homer in the sixth gave him Rivera got his 31st save for single in the 10th before securing his (Greinke 11-4), 8:10 p.m. (E.Santana 9-8), 10:05 p.m. Minnesota, Thome didn’t 599, then he harnessed the the Yankees. seventh save in 11 chances this season Florida (Nolasco 9-8) at Colorado (A.Cook and the 300th of his career. 2-7), 8:40 p.m. Toronto (Morrow 8-7) at Seattle (Beavan receive nearly the amount power again in that pure left- Felipe Paulino (1-5) 3-3), 10:10 p.m. Pirates 6, Cardinals 2 of national publicity that his handed swing, lifting a 2-1 allowed five runs on five PITTSBURGH — Ryan Doumit predecessors who reached walks and eight hits in just went 4-for-4 and hit a tie-breaking pitch from Daniel Schlereth 3-run home run to lift the Pirates to a OHIO MLB TEAM STATS 600 homers did. Even Derek in the seventh over the fence 5 1/3 innings, the erratic per- victory over the Cardinals. Jeter’s accomplishment of in left field. formance running his win- Doumit’s homer in the fourth inning off Jake Westbrook (9-7) snapped a The Associated Press 3,000 hits earlier this season “I wasn’t really aware less streak to six consecutive 1-1 tie and helped Pittsburgh break CINCINNATI REDS dwarfed the attention Thome of it. I knew he was close games. its 3-game losing streak. The switch- BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E received for an accomplish- Rangers 8, Angels 4 hitting catcher matched a career high Alonso .421 .500 19 2 8 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 to 600 but I didn’t know ANAHEIM, Calif. — Nelson Cruz with his sixth 4-hit game. Cozart .324 .324 37 6 12 0 0 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 ment far more rare. if that was going to be the and Mike Napoli hit back-to-back hom- St. Louis, which had won three of Votto .318 .430 443 78 141 28 2 19 72 85 92 6 4 4 There were reasons for one,” Schlereth said. “I’m not ers and Michael Young added a 2-run its last four, fell 5 1/2 games behind Hernandez .298 .358 242 26 72 11 0 11 29 20 34 0 0 1 that, of course. Jeter is one of single during a 6-run fifth inning for Milwaukee in the NL Central. Phillips .285 .333 449 65 128 26 1 11 63 29 56 7 8 4 exactly happy about it but streaking Texas. Xavier Paul, who homered, and Bruce .274 .353 430 68 118 23 2 26 78 52 113 7 5 4 the game’s icons, playing for he’s a great player, and I’m a Ian Kinsler had four hits and scored Neil Walker each had two hits for the Cairo .266 .332 192 30 51 7 2 7 29 16 24 0 2 1 its most famous team — and three runs and Josh Hamilton added an Pirates. James McDonald (8-6) pitched huge fan of his. He did a great RBI double in Texas’ fourth straight Stubbs .252 .324 473 80 119 17 2 15 40 46 158 28 7 1 perhaps on some level, fans 5 2/3 uneven innings to end his 4-start Hanigan .249 .344 213 22 53 5 0 5 26 29 26 0 0 3 thing tonight and ... I felt kind win. Alexi Ogando (12-5) pitched 8-hit winless streak, allowing two runs and became numb to sky-high of awkward, I didn’t know ball into the seventh inning for the six hits while walking two and striking Heisey .249 .307 217 36 54 8 0 12 38 15 60 5 1 2 Rangers (70-52), who have won 9-of- out four. Renteria .245 .307 216 30 53 9 0 4 27 19 47 4 1 12 power numbers after so many whether to clap or what.” 11 while taking a 5-game lead over Los Brewers 3, Dodgers 0 Lewis .242 .330 157 14 38 7 0 3 18 18 32 1 4 1 of Thome’s contemporaries By the time Thome Angeles (65-57) atop the AL West. MILWAUKEE — Randy Wolf Rolen .242 .279 252 31 61 20 2 5 36 10 36 1 0 4 reached 600 before him. Bobby Cassevah (1-1) gave up one tossed eight effective innings and the Sappelt .233 .233 30 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 touched home, Detroit’s run while pitching 2 2/3 innings of Brewers turned a triple play as part of Janish .225 .268 267 20 60 12 1 0 19 13 33 2 2 11 Thome is the fifth play- fans were well aware of the relief for the Angels, who opened a key a superb defensive effort in a victory Frazier .212 .305 52 10 11 3 0 4 9 6 11 0 0 1 er since 2002 to enter that accomplishment and showed 9-game homestand with their fifth loss over the Dodgers. Team Totals .258 .328 4182 570 1078 194 14 139 538 406 893 66 37 68 in six games. Ryan Braun, Jonathan Lucroy ——— club, beginning with Barry their appreciation. The cel- Orioles 6, Athletics 2 and Corey Hart homered for the NL PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Bonds nine years ago. Alex ebration at the plate included OAKLAND, Calif. — Robert Central-leading Brewers, who have Cueto 8 5 1.94 18 18 0 120.1 86 37 26 6 37 78 Rodriguez was the most Andino hit a go-ahead bases-loaded won 17-of-19 and have a 6-game lead Thome’s father, wife and double in the seventh inning and Josh Bray 3 2 2.39 61 0 0 37.2 26 10 10 1 14 33 recent to achieve the mile- over second-place St. Louis. Cordero 4 3 2.49 49 0 23 50.2 33 14 14 5 16 34 children but it didn’t delay Bell added a 2-run single as Baltimore Milwaukee converted four double Ondrusek 4 4 2.63 56 0 0 51.1 44 16 15 4 21 36 stone, last August. the game much. picked up a rare victory on the road. plays and threw out two runners at LeCure 0 1 3.34 29 4 0 59.1 43 23 22 7 19 55 Tommy Hunter (2-2) allowed two home, including one on the triple play. Unlike Bonds and “Obviously when you’re runs over 6 2/3 innings to earn his first In the second, James Loney hit a Arredondo 2 3 3.38 34 0 0 34.2 26 15 13 3 24 31 Rodriguez, Thome has largely on the road, the game has to win with Baltimore. The right-hander, grounder that second baseman Josh Chapman 2 0 3.47 38 0 1 36.1 14 15 14 2 28 56 eluded suspicion of using per- who struck out three and walked one, Wilson grabbed up the middle, flipping Masset 2 5 3.79 60 0 1 57.0 60 25 24 4 27 53 move on,” Thome said. “To had been winless in two starts since the ball out of his glove to shortstop Leake 10 7 3.84 23 20 0 126.2 125 55 54 15 32 93 formance-enhancing drugs. stop there and cherish that being acquired in a trade from Texas Yuniesky Betancourt. Betancourt threw Willis 0 3 4.08 7 7 0 39.2 41 18 18 3 14 28 His country-strong physique moment — in the visiting on July 30. to Prince Fielder at first and Fielder Bailey 7 5 4.43 14 14 0 83.1 86 43 41 11 22 57 Matt Wieters and Mark Reynolds fired home, where George Kottaras Wood 5 5 5.06 17 16 0 94.1 107 53 53 10 34 67 was never chiseled like some park they give you a stand- both homered as the Orioles opened a tagged out Matt Kemp. Arroyo 7 9 5.31 24 24 0 147.1 169 93 87 33 37 86 of the hulking sluggers who ing ovation — is really cool. 10-game trip. Cubs 4, Astros 3 Maloney 0 1 7.20 6 1 0 15.0 24 12 12 4 4 12 proliferated his generation. Throughout the years, there’s Gio Gonzalez (9-11) gave up four HOUSTON — Geovany Soto had Team Totals 59 62 4.07 121 121 25 1094.1 1037 527 495 130 416 836 runs and four hits with three walks for three hits and two RBIs and Kerry ----- “You look at how long he’s been a little bit of heckling the A’s, who lost their fourth straight. Wood earned his first save in over CLEVELAND INDIANS played in the game and when here, through the years, for Mariners 6, Blue Jays 5 a year as the Cubs won for the 12th SEATTLE — Mike Carp and BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E you’re able to do something the good. To watch them time in 15 games with a victory over Hafner .293 .375 256 30 75 14 0 10 46 30 59 0 0 0 Casper Wells hit back-to-back home the Astros. A. Cabrera .292 .351 465 75 136 27 3 20 71 33 87 16 3 13 like that, it’s preparation, tak- stand up and cheer is very, runs in the eighth inning to lead Rodrigo Lopez (4-3) pitched an ing care of yourself,” Twins Seattle’s comeback. effective 5 1/3 innings, allowing two Kipnis .279 .347 68 14 19 4 0 6 11 6 22 2 0 3 very special.” Carp, who also homered in the earned runs and the bullpen held on Donald .278 .316 18 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 manager Ron Gardenhire It was perhaps fitting that third inning, has a 15-game hitting for Chicago. Wood’s last save came on Brantley .270 .323 418 59 113 21 4 7 44 34 72 13 5 2 said. “If you watch him come Thome reached No. 600 in streak and 17 RBIs in August, most in June 29, 2010, against Toronto while Fukudome .262 .281 61 3 16 5 0 0 5 1 14 1 3 1 baseball for the month. It was his first he was with Cleveland but he had LaPorta .243 .297 288 31 70 17 1 10 41 19 70 1 0 7 to the ballpark very early a matchup of AL Central 2-homer game. his club record-tying streak of eight Choo .242 .331 273 32 66 10 2 5 28 32 67 11 4 4 every day and prepare him- rivals. He hit 334 home runs Eric Thames and Adam Lind had straight strikeouts dating back to Aug. Chisenhall .238 .284 101 12 24 7 0 3 7 6 27 0 0 5 self to get his body moti- 2-run homers for Toronto and Brett 5 broken by Jason Michaels, who flew Sizemore .237 .304 232 32 55 21 1 10 29 17 75 0 2 1 with Cleveland and 134 with Lawrie had a solo shot. out to begin the ninth. Wood struck out Carrera .236 .284 89 11 21 4 0 0 6 6 17 4 2 1 vated, which we all know as the Chicago White Sox. Tom Wilhelmsen (1-0) earned his the last two batters. Santana .236 .351 394 54 93 23 2 18 59 72 93 4 3 10 Marson .219 .280 146 17 32 7 2 1 9 13 37 2 1 2 Hannahan .214 .301 248 28 53 12 1 5 23 30 63 2 1 5 Team Totals .248 .316 3945 500 978 212 19 108 472 360 898 65 33 79 ——— Transactions PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO The Associated Press Smith and C Austin Hedges. DENVER BRONCOS—Waived LB Derek Huff 1 1 0.51 3 3 0 17.2 13 3 1 0 4 15 BASEBALL WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed Domino. Waived-injured DT Louis Leonard. Smith 2 3 1.71 51 0 0 47.1 37 10 9 1 15 36 American League to Terms with RHP Alex Meyer, 3B Anthony GREEN BAY PACKERS—Waived LB R. Perez 5 2 2.27 53 0 0 47.2 43 18 12 1 12 31 BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Agreed to terms Rendon, OF Brian Goodwin, LHPs Matt Purke, Diyral Briggs. Sipp 6 2 2.68 55 0 0 50.1 31 15 15 7 17 45 with RHP Dylan Bundy and 3B Jason Esposito. Kylin Turnbull and Bryan Harper and OF Bill HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed LS Scott Masterson 9 7 2.69 26 25 0 167.0 150 58 50 5 45 127 CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Announced RHP Burns. Albritton. Pestano 1 1 2.86 48 0 2 44.0 30 14 14 4 16 62 Brian Bruney rejected outright assignment and American Association INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Waived QB Nate C. Perez 2 5 3.30 47 0 25 43.2 34 17 16 4 20 28 elected free agency. FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS— Davis. Jimenez 1 0 3.46 2 2 0 13.0 12 8 5 1 4 13 CLEVELAND INDIANS—Assigned C Eric Released OF John Wagle. MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed LB Marvin Tomlin 12 5 3.97 24 24 0 154.0 140 70 68 20 20 81 Haase and LHP Ryan Merritt to the Arizona GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS—Signed Mitchell. Herrmann 3 0 4.42 26 0 0 38.2 45 22 19 6 12 24 League Indians. Agreed to terms with RHP Dillon OF Nate Bryan. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Released RT Carrasco 8 9 4.62 21 21 0 124.2 130 68 64 15 40 85 Howard and INF Francisco Lindor. GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS—Released Jon Stinchcomb. Carmona 5 12 5.12 23 23 0 137.0 144 89 78 18 42 76 KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms RHPs Frank Abbl, Trent Montgomery and Kyle PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Claimed OT Durbin 2 1 5.87 41 0 0 46.0 55 31 30 5 15 37 with RHPs Kyle Smith, Jake Junis, Christian Gunderson. Signed RHP Jakob Cunningham and Jose Acuna off waivers from Dallas. Waived OT Team Totals 60 57 3.90 117 117 27 1048.2 1017 498 454 106 309 731 Binford and Bryan Brickhouse, 3B Patrick INF German Duran. Joe Toledo. Leonard, SS Jack Lopez and OF Bubba Starling. KANSAS CITY T-BONES—Traded INF SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Waived LB LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Assigned RHP Jimmy Mojica to Wichita for INF Jose O. Duran. Thaddeus Gibson. Michael Clevinger to Orem (Pioneer). Signed LHP Ben Baker. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Waived TE WNBA MINNESOTA TWINS—Traded OF Delmon ST. PAUL SAINTS—Signed INF Donald Jose Cruz and QB Mike Coughlin. Signed CB Young to Detroit for LHP Cole Nelson and a Blunt and C Nate Hammes. Released RHP Kris Ashton Youboty, WR Maurice Price and WR The Associated Press WESTERN CONFERENCE player to be named. Recalled OF Rene Tosoni Edwards. Aundrae Allison. Placed WR Raymond Webber EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB from Rochester (IL). SIOUX FALLS PHEASANTS—Signed C on injured reserve. W L Pct GB Minnesota 18 5 .783 — SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms Matt Powell. Canadian Football League Indiana 17 7 .708 — Phoenix 13 10 .565 5 with LHP Danny Hultzen. Can-Am League EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed WR Connecticut 15 8 .652 1 1/2 San Antonio 13 10 .565 5 TAMPA BAY RAYS—Agreed to terms with NEWARK BEARS—Released INF Juan Dobson Collins and OL Devin Tyler. New York 13 11 .542 4 Seattle 13 11 .542 5 1/2 RHP Taylor Guerrieri, OF Mikie Mahtook, 3B Martinez, RHP Chris Vasami and INF Michael HOCKEY Atlanta 11 12 .478 5 1/2 Los Angeles 9 13 .409 8 1/2 Tyler Goedell and LHP Grayson Garvin. Sanders. Signed RHPs Brian Parker and Pedro USA HOCKEY—Named Don Granato coach Chicago 11 14 .440 6 1/2 Tulsa 1 22 .043 17 TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed OF Rajai Rivera. of the National Team Development Program. Washington 5 16 .238 10 1/2 Davis on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Mike QUEBEC CAPITALES—Sold the contract of National Hockey League McCoy from Las Vegas (PCL). RHP Matthew Rusch to the Boston Red Sox. MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Jeff Monday’s Results Minnesota at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m. National League WORCESTER TORNADOES—Acquired OF Woywitka to a 1-year contract. No games scheduled Indiana at San Antonio, 8 p.m. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to Jacob Fabry from New York (NYS) for cash. SOCCER Today’s Games Seattle at Phoenix, 10 p.m. terms with LHP Andrew Chafin, RHP Anthony Frontier League Major League Soccer Washington at New York, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Meo, C Michael Perez and RHP Archie Bradley. EVANSVILLE OTTERS—Signed 3B Chad LOS ANGELES GALAXY—Signed F CHICAGO CUBS—Recalled LHP Scott Salem and RHP Cory Trudell. Released RHP Robbie Keane. Maine from Iowa (PCL). Assigned OF Garrett Ryne Purcell. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES—Acquired Schlecht to the Arizona League Cubs. GATEWAY GRIZZLIES—Signed OF F Edmundo Zura on loan from Deportivo El CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with Carlton Salters. Released 1B Nick Farnsworth. Nacional (Ecuador). SOCCER RHP Robert Stephenson and LHP Amir Garrett. NORMAL CORNBELTERS—Signed RHP SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Loaned M COLORADO ROCKIES—Selected the con- Matt Click. Miguel Montano to Montreal (NASL). The Associated Press tract of LHP J.C. Romero from Colorado Springs RIVER CITY RASCALS—Signed RHP COLLEGE Major League Soccer NOTE: Three points for victory, one (PCL). Designated RHP Edgar Gonzalez for Preston Vancil. ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE—Named EASTERN CONFERENCE point for tie. assignment. Agreed to terms with LHP Tyler TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS— Jay DeFruscio associate commissioner. Promoted W L T Pts GF GA ——— Anderson. Released RHP Matt Smith. director of compliance Jill Redmond to assistant Columbus 10 7 7 37 27 23 Wednesday’s Games HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with WASHINGTON WILD THINGS—Signed commissioner. Philadelphia 8 5 10 34 29 22 Houston at New England, 7:30 p.m. OF George Springer and RHP Jack Armstrong. RHP Jake Ramsey. Released C Ryan Morrow. SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE—Named New York 6 6 13 31 39 35 Portland at Sporting Kansas City, MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms North American League Sarah Minton communications intern. Houston 7 7 10 31 30 29 8:30 p.m. with RHP Taylor Jungmann, LHP Jed Bradley SAN ANGELO COLTS—Signed C Matt AKRON—Named Pablo Moreira director of Sporting ----- and SS Chris McFarland. Redding and DH Brian Nichols. Traded INF/OF men’s soccer operations. Kansas City 7 7 9 30 32 30 Women’s Professional Soccer NEW YORK METS—Agreed to terms with Clint Stroud to Edinburg for INF C.J. Beatty. BENTLEY—Named Garrett Gillick defen- D.C. 7 6 9 30 33 33 W L T Pts GF GA OF Brandon Nimmo, RHP Logan Verrett, RHP BASKETBALL sive line coach. Toronto FC 4 11 11 23 25 46 y-W.NY 13 2 3 42 40 18 Christian Montgomery, INF Phillip Evans and OF National Basketball Association CINCINNATI—Named Bob Arkeilpane New Eng. 4 11 9 21 23 36 x-Phila. 11 4 3 36 31 18 Bradley Marquez. MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Named Sidney interim director of athletics. Chicago 2 7 14 20 25 32 x-magicJack 9 7 2 28 29 29 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Agreed to Moncrief assistant coach. EAST CAROLINA—Named Jeri Estes assis- WESTERN CONFERENCE x-Boston 5 9 4 19 19 24 terms with RHP Dave Bush on a minor-league Telemach League (Slovenia) tant volleyball coach. W L T Pts GF GA Sky Blue FC 5 9 4 19 24 29 contract and assigned him to Lehigh Valley (IL). UNION OLIMPIJA LJUBLJANA—Signed NOTRE DAME (OHIO)—Named Dr. John P. Los Angeles 13 3 9 48 35 20 Atlanta 1 13 4 7 7 32 Sent OF Domingo Santana to Houston to com- G-F Danny Green. Galovic director of athletics. FC Dallas 12 6 7 43 33 26 NOTE: Three points for victory, one plete an earlier trade. FOOTBALL QUINNIPIAC—Signed men’s hockey coach Seattle 11 5 9 42 35 27 point for tie. PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms National Football League Rand Pecknold to a contract extension through the Colorado 10 6 10 40 37 32 x- clinched playoff berth with RHP Gerrit Cole, OF Josh Bell and RHP BUFFALO BILLS—Waived LB Aaron 2015-16 season. Real Slt Lake 10 6 6 36 30 17 y- clinched conference Clay Holmes. Maybin. TEMPLE—Promoted Eric Roedl to deputy Chivas USA 7 8 9 30 30 26 ——— ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed DE athletic director; Kristen Foley, Larry Dougherty Portland 7 11 5 26 29 37 Playoffs with OF Charlie Tilson and assigned him to the Jonathan Fanene. and Sherryta Freeman to senior associate ath- San Jose 5 9 10 25 26 32 Wednesday’s First Round Cardinals (GCL). CLEVELAND BROWNS—Claimed CB letic directors; Scott Walcoff to associate athletic Vancouver 3 12 9 18 25 40 Boston at magicJack, 7:30 p.m. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms Brett Johnson off waivers from Seattle. Placed director; and Harry Metzinger to assistant athletic with RHPs Joe Ross, Michael Kelly and Burch OL Billy Yates on the reserve/retired list. director 8 – The Herald Tuesday, August 16, 2011 www.delphosherald.com

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Wife feels like unequal Tomorrow’s HI AND LOIS Horoscope partner because By Bernice Bede Osol WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17, 2011 Your prospects for achieving hubby has checkbook greater material success in the next solar cycle look quite encouraging. Dear Annie: “Ed” and I sessions with a speech thera- However, certain endeavors that have been married for six pist, but she’s likely to cringe appeared to be the least promising months. He is a wonderful at the suggestion. Should I might be the very ones that finish the strongest. husband in every way except just give up and continue to LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- one: He refuses to discuss pretend to understand her Although you know a close friend has our financial situation with when we talk on the phone? the information you’ve been seeking, you might be too reluctant to call him me. I know nothing about How do I approach this? -- A or her on it. However, unless you have the mortgage payments, util- Sad Mother someone else to go to, it may be your BLONDIE ity bills or insurance. I don’t Dear Mom: Inarticulate only option. even know Ed’s salary at his speech patterns are best VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Avoid trying to imitate the way high-level government job. I addressed at a young age. At another does something, because you have repeatedly asked him 26, your daughter’s mumbling would be far more effective in doing to sit down with me and talk is completely entrenched and things your own way. However, I’m not sure you have the courage to trust about these matters, but he will require great effort and yourself. says, “Some other constant practice to LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- time,” and it never change. But it can be Certain people with whom you’re involved will have long memories. happens. done if she is moti- Thus, whether you are cooperative or I have a part- vated enough. Don’t uncooperative with them won’t easily time job that does be afraid to risk her be forgotten. Which will you choose? SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- not pay a great anger or embar- Don’t allow multiple responsibilities deal, although I rassment. Someone to intimidate you. However, it will have told Ed I’d needs to tell her she take a strong belief in yourself in order for you to be able to handle several BEETLE BAILEY like to contribute sounds unprofes- critical assignments simultaneously. toward our expens- sional and childish. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. es. He brushed that If she has a good 21) -- Remember, knowledge acquired idea aside, saying friend who would be makes you a more valuable person. But it all depends on your mindset whatever I earn is willing to back you as to whether or not learning will be mine to spend as Annie’s Mailbox up, that may help a rewarding experience, or one that I see fit. I spend convince her that intimidates you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) some of my money on grocer- she needs some assistance. -- Although you’re only likely to put ies and household items, but Dear Annie: I agree with forth nominal effort on matters that it doesn’t matter to Ed. your response to “Mother of should be of personal importance, don’t treat the interests of others in My friends tell me I am the Bride,” whose ex-husband the same manner. lucky to have a husband who threatened not to walk his AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) takes care of all the bills. But daughter down the aisle if she -- Unless you try your best to smooth over conditions that are a bit abrasive, I feel like a kept woman and invited certain relatives. But I you could find yourself in the middle not an equal partner in the think you should have added of a brouhaha. Don’t let your ego get marriage. I have no reason that any father who cannot in the way and stop you from keeping SNUFFY SMITH the peace. to believe Ed is involved in put aside his own desires for PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- anything shady or that we are one day in order to make his The only way your normal channels in debt. What do you suppose daughter happy on her wed- of revenue have a chance of yielding is going on? -- Left in the ding day doesn’t deserve the larger returns than usual is if you can keep your expenses down. However, Dark honor of walking her down this might be difficult for you to do. Dear Left: By keeping the aisle. -- Montreal Mom ARIES (March 21-April 19) you in the dark, Ed controls Dear Montreal: We don’t -- Projects that require tenacity and boldness are the ones that usually the money in your relation- disagree, but it’s not up to us. appeal to you, but for some reason, ship. This is unfair and poten- It was important to the bride this might not be true right now. You tially dangerous. Don’t let that Dad walk her down the could have little staying power. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- him be evasive. Ask him for aisle. She is the only one who Even though you should be focusing a specific date to go over your can decide what emotional on situations where you can derive finances, mark it on the cal- price she is willing to pay for some type of commission, you’re likely to direct all your attention on endar and remind him. Write such a “privilege.” anything but. Get back on track. HAGAR THE HORRIBLE down all your questions so Annie’s Mailbox is written GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- you don’t forget anything. If If you can be more of a listener than by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy a talker, you could learn something he still avoids discussing it Sugar, longtime editors of the that is extremely beneficial -- but this with you or treats you as if Ann Landers column. Please might be more than you can expect of you have no right to know, e-mail your questions to yourself. 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10 – The Herald Tuesday, August 16, 2011 www.delphosherald.com Questions about Indiana stage collapse linger By TOM LoBIANCO erty. Gov. Mitch Daniels said the tragedy has how concert organizers should react when and TOM COYNE “We do have our own requirements with- broken the hearts of the state’s residents. unexpectedly severe weather hits an outdoor Associated Press in the city for temporary structures, and “Our first job is to get back in the business event using a temporary stage, but they do we do have our own permitting require- of living, get back in the business of the state specify that a safety plan should be in place. INDIANAPOLIS — As the Indiana State ments,” said Kate Johnson, spokeswoman fair and back in the business of caring for “You have to figure out what are you Fair reopened after a deadly collapse of a con- for the Indianapolis Department of Code each other,” he said. going to do if some extreme weather event cert stage, questions lingered about the struc- Enforcement. “But in this situation, we don’t Another emerging issue is whether fair comes up and exceeds what you’re designed ture’s safety, why fans weren’t evacuated as have that authority because it’s state-owned organizers responded quickly enough to fore- for? What’s your operational plan? How do a storm moved in and whether anything could property.” casts of an approaching storm, especially you get people out of the way? How do you have been done to prevent the tragedy. The fair reopened Monday with a memori- since a different concert nearby was canceled lower the roof?” said Karl Ruling, the techni- State fair officials have not said whether al service to honor the victims of the collapse. because of the weather. cal standards manager for PLASA, a profes- the stage and rigging were inspected before The fair also canceled two of its top-billed Fair officials said the stage that collapsed sional trade association for businesses that Saturday’s show. Fair spokesman Andy Klotz concerts scheduled for the same stage — a is erected at the start of the fair each year to install equipment for entertainment venues. said initially that the state fire marshal’s Janet Jackson performance on Wednesday provide a framework on which performers “Obviously this is not how they planned office was responsible for inspections, but he and a Lady Antebellum show on Friday. can add their own lights or other features. it,” he said. “But how it ended up being backtracked Monday, saying he wasn’t sure As they investigate, inspectors for the The roof can be raised or lowered based on wrong, I don’t know.” whose job it is. Indiana Occupational Safety and Health the act. Most of the building standards used by the Saturday night’s accident happened when Administration will be looking at the weather Saturday’s accident was at least the fourth entertainment industry require the develop- a wind gust estimated at 60 to 70 mph toppled and any potential structural or design flaws in stage accident since the start of July. Earlier ment of weather-management plans and set the roof and the metal scaffolding holding the stage, among other things, experts said. this month, wind blew over a lighting rig at a guidelines for whether parts of a stage can be lights and other equipment. The stage col- The search for answers in Saturday’s acci- music festival in Tulsa, Okla., and lightning dissembled or broken down. lapsed onto a crowd of concert-goers awaiting dent was almost certain to last for months. toppled a stage under assembly near Quebec Ruling said he would prefer the indus- a show by the country group Sugarland. The administration took nearly five months City. That followed a summer gale that try adopt the PLASA standards and police A spokesman for the Indiana Department to investigate the death of Declan Sullivan, a toppled a stage in July at a music festival in itself, but said it would be acceptable if states of Homeland Security said neither the fire University of Notre Dame student who was Ottawa, Canada, where the band Cheap Trick adopted PLASA standards. He said he’s marshal nor Homeland Security officials con- killed when the hydraulic lift he was using was performing. Three people were hospital- against states writing their own codes, saying duct inspections. And the city does not have to film football practice was toppled by a 53 ized. lawmakers can’t do as good a job as those in the authority to inspect items on state prop- mph wind gust. Industry standards do not spell out exactly the business. Addiction also a brain disorder, not just bad behavior By LAURAN NEERGAARD help her own agency’s work to spur more pri- AP Medical Writer mary care physicians to screen their patients for signs of addiction. NIDA estimates that WASHINGTON — Addiction isn’t just 23 million Americans need treatment for sub- about willpower. It’s a chronic brain disease, stance abuse but only about 2 million get that says a new definition aimed at helping families help. Trying to add compassion to the brain and their doctors better understand the chal- findings, NIDA even has made readings from lenges of treating it. Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey into “Addiction is about a lot more than people Night” a part of meetings where primary care behaving badly,” says Dr. Michael M. Miller of doctors learn about addiction. the American Society for Addiction Medicine. Then there’s the frustration of relapses, Like other chronic conditions such as heart which doctors and families alike need to know disease or diabetes, treating addiction and pre- are common for a chronic disease, Volkow venting relapse is a long-term endeavor, the says. specialists concluded. “You have family members that say, ‘OK, Addiction generally is described by its you’ve been to a detox program, how come behavioral symptoms — the highs, the crav- you’re taking drugs?”’ she says. “The pathol- ings, and the things people will do to achieve ogy in the brain persists for years after you’ve one and avoid the other. The new definition stopped taking the drug.” doesn’t disagree with the standard guide for Just what does happen in the brain? It’s a diagnosis based on those symptoms. complex interplay of emotional, cognitive and But two decades of neuroscience have behavioral networks. uncovered how addiction hijacks different Genetics plays a role, meaning some people Photo submitted parts of the brain, to explain what prompts are more vulnerable to an addiction if they, those behaviors and why they can be so hard say, experiment with drugs as a teenager or Kiwanians start Garfield Park upgrades to overcome. The society’s policy statement, wind up on potent prescription painkillers after A dozen Delphos Kiwanians recently assembled picnic tables at Garfield Park. The published on its Web site, isn’t a new direc- an injury. project is part of a larger plan for the park including removing a pair of concrete pads tion as much as part of an effort to translate Age does, too. The frontal cortex helps put and replacing them with a full-size basketball court and upgrading the playground those findings to primary care doctors and the the brakes on unhealthy behaviors, Volkow equipment. general public. explains. It’s where the brain’s reasoning side “The behavioral problem is a result of brain connects to emotion-related areas. It’s among Australian fake bomb suspect caught in Kentucky dysfunction,” agrees Dr. Nora Volkow, direc- the last neural regions to mature, one reason Neighbor tor of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. that it’s harder for a teenager to withstand peer By BRUCE SCHREINER She welcomed the statement as a way to pressure to experiment with drugs. Associated Press confessed to LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An FBI SWAT team descended on a quiet Louisville suburb to arrest a man authorities say broke into a killing girl family’s home in Australia and chained a fake bomb to a teenage KENNETT, Mo. (AP) — woman’s neck as part of an extortion ploy. A southeast Missouri man Paul “Doug” Peters, 50, faces charges in Australia that include told authorities he suffocated kidnapping and breaking and entering, said Luke Moore of the New a 3-year-old neighbor girl he South Wales Police. Peters’ initial court appearance was set for this found playing at his backyard morning in Louisville and the extradition process will take about swimming pool and then threw two months, authorities said. her body in a floodway ditch, His capture comes nearly two weeks after 18-year-old Madeleine court documents allege. Pulver was attacked in the wealthy Sydney suburb of Mosman. She Shawn Morgan, 43, was was alone studying for exams when a masked man broke into the charged over the weekend with house in the middle of the day, chained a device that looked like a first-degree murder, armed bomb to her and left a note with demands before leaving. criminal action and tamper- Bomb technicians, negotiators and detectives rushed to the ing with evidence in connec- scene. Neighboring homes were evacuated, streets were closed and tion with the disappearance of medical and fire crews waited nearby. Pulver spent 10 terrifying Breeann Rodriguez. hours chained to the device before the bomb squad was able to free The child was last seen her. She was not hurt, and the device was later found to contain no Aug. 6 in front of her home explosives. Australia’s prime minister said the event resembled “a near Senath, a town of about Hollywood script.” 1,500 residents located about Police say a note had been attached to the device, but they 200 miles south of St. Louis in haven’t released details of what it said. southeast Missouri. Her body Moore flew from Sydney to Louisville for the arrest, but would has not been found. not go into detail about what led police to Peters. Authorities said in a prob- “There was a range of pieces of evidence that led us to iden- able cause statement that tify this suspect,” he said at a news conference at FBI offices in Morgan admitted to an agent Louisville. of the Bootheel Drug Task Peters is an Australian citizen but has lived in the U.S., including Force that he grabbed Breeann Kentucky. He’s a father of three who was educated at The Scots and took her inside his home College in Sydney. after finding her standing on The Pulvers were relieved to hear of the arrest. William Pulver, the ladder of his pool. Morgan CEO of an information technology company, described his daugh- said he suffocated her with a ter as “a bright, happy young woman who for reasons we still don’t white plastic trash bag and that understand had her life turned upside down going through this it “felt like it took an hour for dreadful experience.” the girl to die,” according to “These past two weeks have been a very difficult time for us the probable cause statement. and we are hopeful that this development marks the beginning of Morgan told police he then the end of this traumatic ordeal for our family,” William Pulver told tossed the girl’s body in the reporters in Sydney, his wife Belinda at his side. same trash bag he used to suf- The normally tranquil subdivision of La Grange, about 30 miles focate her and threw it over a northeast of Louisville, was taken aback at the sight of armed railing along Missouri 164 and SWAT members descending on their neighborhood. into a floodway ditch. A neighbor who refused to give his name told The Associated He said that when he got Press that his two daughters were at home doing homework when home, he dismantled the bicy- the SWAT team “came in heavy and hard” to the house next door. cle the girl had ridden earlier “We had guys with machine guns in our back yard,” he said. and tossed it in the same water No shots were fired and no sirens sounded, he said. system as the body. A bike He and his wife estimated that Doug Peters had probably spent found in the water system has about six months out of the last two years at the house. They didn’t been identified as belonging to know him or his ex-wife very well but that there were no problems the girl. and they were both congenial. Peters had been involved in various Dunklin County Sheriff Bol businesses, but authorities would not elaborate on what they were. Holder told ABCNews.com that investigators were looking for the girl’s body in a series of ditches in Hornersville, about six miles from Senath. “We’re dragging the ditch- es, have helicopters and dogs Answers to Monday’s questions: out there searching. We’re The eraser met the pencil 220 years after the pencil was making every effort to find That’s SUCCESS. invented. her,” Holder said. The average shopping cart travels 30,000 miles before Morgan was being held being turned into scrap metal. without bond. No attorney was Today’s questions: listed for him in online court Who buys the most kosher food in America? records, and a phone listed What was Daniel Webster’s best-selling book? under his name was discon- Answers in Wednesday’s Herald. nected. A jailer said he couldn’t Today’s words: get a message to Morgan. Gunnel: a small, slimy elongated fish found on both His arraignment was sched- sides of the Atlantic uled for Tuesday in Dunklin Wapperjawed: having crooked jaws County Circuit Court in Kennett.