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The Community Post Serving Our Communities Since 1896 Thursday, April 28, 2016 50 cents See Page 8B Minster inducts five into athletic HOF By BRIAN SMITH Staff Writer MINSTER — The athletes and coaches honored at Sat- urday night’s Minster Athletic Booster Hall of Fame induc- tion dinner hailed from differ- ent eras. They played different sports. Their roads to success varied as much as a junior high track coach who started with- out knowing how any facet of the sport worked — only to win 95 percent of her meets she coached over the next four de- cades — to athletes who made their feats look effortless, des- tined. But after a night celebrating the accomplishments of Erica Meyer Leighton, Marianne “An event like this “People ask why “She said, ‘I yell “How do you thank Voskuhl, Ben Ernst, Ron Boeke because I care. and David Heuker, the com- allows me to look I act so goofy. (your parents) for a mon links between the induct- back and at the time Concussions. I had When I stop yelling, childhood and a life ees became clearer. Common you don’t realize 10 a game. By God’s that’s when you you wouldn’t trade lines of attitude, hard work, should be worried.’ humility and graciousness ran what a good team grace, I could run for anything?” through each of their stories. you have. We didn’t and I could catch.” Well, she must’ve Hundreds packed into the realize we were as cared a lot. — Ben Ernst — Ron Boeke — Erica ––––––––––––––– good as we were.” See HOF Page 6B - David Heuker Meyer Leighton Staff photo/Bob Blindauer Seen here is the damage to the home on Garfield Street in Minster’s first fatal fire in recent memory. Former Army interrogator Nick Garmann recollects his experiences of three tours of Iraq in his presenta- tion to the Minster Service Club, April 20. Luthman remembered Garmann reflects as caring person of faith on nine years as an By BOB BLINDAUER AND BRIAN SMITH She will be missed.” Army interrogator Staff Writers Rose recalled Janet’s activity in many prayer By BOB BLINDAUER groups and other activities at St. Augustine. She Staff Writer MINSTER — Janet Luthman will be also recollected how Janet and her late missed by her family, her friends and by husband Don would pick up her mother- Nicholas Garmann gave nine years of service to Minster. in-law for dinners. this country in the U.S. Army. Today he studies for Friends and family remembered Lu- Janet’s sister Verene Kramer of Osgood Bachelor of Science at Wright State University with a thman as a kind, active, giving person af- said her sister was “a very loving, fun sis- major in civil engineering. ter Luthman died in Minster’s first fatal ter, ... a good influence, and she had great Not so long ago, however, he did three tours of fire in recent memory in the early hours faith. She lived a good life. I’ll miss her Iraq. of Saturday morning after a fire started greatly. Her family was very close. Her Last Wednesday, he spoke to the Minster Service in the basement of her North Garfield Luthman grandchildren are going to miss their Club, giving members a basic idea of his time in ser- Street brick ranch-style home. ‘Nanna.’” vice. Frank Garfield, neighbor on her Gar- Verene also remembered her sister as “very Garmann joined the Army at the end of 2004, did field Street block, said, “Janet was always active, giving and there for people..” his basic training at Ft. Sill, OK. His first assignment always busy, ... and busy with her family.” Minster Police Chief Dale Dues said he and was in Hawaii at Ft. Schafter, which would be consid- In his estimation the 78-year old former bank other long-time fire department members can- ered some pretty good duty. teller at the Osgood State Bank was a good neigh- not remember another fatal fire in Minster in He enlisted as a military intelligence collector, bor as well as a good person in the community. which is to say he was an interrogator, gathering in- Her sister-in-law Rose Luthman remembered telligence from human sources or “humint,” and col- her as “a really kind person, a really good person. ––––––––––––––– See LUTHMAN Page 2A ––––––––––––––– See GARMANN, Page 2A www.minstercommunitypost.com Page 2A The Community Post Thursday, April 28, 2016 Minster school board mulls long-term projections By BOB BLINDAUER tion to cost- deadlines the board would Education’s Office for Child Tech Applications Instructor Staff Writer effectively need to meet for the income tax Nutrition, which had complet- Emily Funk on the Career Con- do anything. renewal levy on the November ed its review of the elementary nections program they had been MINSTER — Monday eve- Board mem- 2016 ballot. school cafeteria. working on with freshmen and ning’s Minster School Board bers gener- Board Vice President Kurt In other business, the board juniors and shared examples of meeting spent much of its time ally agreed in Forsthoefel agreed with Heit- appoirved the Tri Star 2.0 reso- student-created work with the considering the long term in its Boeke their discus- brink that any short-term fix lution which would make Min- board. assessment of the Ohio School sion that they should be set aside. They also ster part of the 9-district com- The board also accepted do- Facilities update and the report would have to get the state’s would like to hear more about pact seeking a .915 mill levy. For nations from the Minster Ser- of Garmann Miller in costs share of dollars for any project. differences between the 15- a homeowner that would mean vice Club, St. Augustine’s Mens as well as fixes to the school That share could be 20 percent. year and 20-year proposals as $35 per year for each $100K Choir, the Athletic Club Boost- buildings, particularly the high The short-term fix of $4.7 mil- there is difference in interest of assessed property value. ers and American Legion Post school. lion to renovate the high school rates. Board President Connie There would be no additional 387 with gratitude. Garmann Miller had noted would not qualify for state Meiring asked for additional taxation. The Tri Star building They also recognized Senior in its report that a long-term funding. information to be provided to would be an all inclusive train- Maggie Schmitmeyer as the fix would be good for the next Treasurer Laura Klosterman the members before the next ing location across from the Franklin B. Walter award win- 30 years. Board member John noted that “the 15-year plan school board meeting. Wright State Lake campus. ner from Minster. Heitbrink added that if the is most feasible” and the state Superintendent Brenda The board was given a report The board also noted the economy were to turn bad, it would allow three tries for the Boeke noted that the district from the high school’s Business overall success of the recent would be a long time before district to come up with fund- was in complete compliance Technical Instructor Christa Operation Cats Pride commu- the district would be in a posi- ing. Klosterman later outlined with the Ohio Department of Prenger and Digital Media & nity meeting April 20. “The high level lead- Garmann ership of these organiza- From Page 1A tions are more political and power-driven. They lecting any associated exploit the ideology. documents. Your foot soldiers are go- He then was sent to Ft. ing to be ideological, the Huachuca in Arizona but leadership not necessar- then was deployed after ily,” Garmann noted. three months to Iraq as Recalling al Qaeda an interrogator in 2005- spiritual leaders that he ’06, during the time had talked to, he said, when the hunt was on for “All they cared about was al Qaeda leader Zarqawi. the money and the power He returned stateside that they had.” in 2006. He lamented, “Once He actually had an we pull out they’re going opportunity to have to try to regain control.” breakfast with President Working with Iraqi in- George Bush in 2008. terpreters also demanded He then deployed to the extra care to understand Philippines, collecting if they were truly work- intelligence for opera- ing for us or the other tions planning to support side. Garmann says it the mission there. was difficult to vet them. Staff Photo/Bob Blindauer Following that, Gar- Learning Arabic was not The home of Janet Luthman as seen from the backyard following a fatal fire in the early morning hours of Sat- necessarily an answer as urday, April 23. mann attended the De- fense Institute to learn there are so many differ- Courtney and James Maloney, Liz Arabic. ent Arabic dialects spo- “Any time there’s a Wears, Josh Androsac, Cassandra Afterward, he joined ken. Luthman Garmann spoke about From Page 1A death involved, it Androsac, Christian and Logan up with the Special Forc- Hunt, sisters Verene and Victor es group at Ft. Carson, working with Special takes a toll on fire- Forces who “try to go in their years on the force. Dues has Kramer, Osgood, Joan and Ron Colo., and then deployed fighters, even mo- Buschur, Celina, sister-in-law Vir- back to Iraq as an interro- and form relationships been part of the department for 40 with local militias and years. reso when it’s the ginia Heitkamp, Coldwater. gator. For eight months She was preceded in death by in 2011 he spent back in local people to be their Dues said firefighters searched first fatal fire we’ve surrogates, to try to do the bedroom on the far end of the two brothers Lavern and Florian Iraq as intel support with had.” and an infant sister.

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