Van Wert YMCA offers New Year challenge, p3 Lady Jays fall to Indians, p6 THE DELPHOSTelling The Tri-County’s Story Since 1869HERALD 50¢ daily TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2010 Delphos, Ohio Retired teachers enjoy holiday breakfast Social Security goes paperless on May 1 WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Department’s assis- Before too long, the govern- tant fiscal secretary. ment check will no longer be “Even though we have in the mail. done a good job of encourag- Officials have settled on ing people to switch over, we Upfront the dates when millions of still are making 120 million people will no longer be able payments by mail for Social to get their Social Security Security every year and Santa here on and other benefit checks by another 15 million annually mail. for veterans and other types Wednesday New recipients of benefits of benefits,” Gregg said. Santa will be in will have to accept paperless Every year, the govern- Delphos on Wednesday. payments starting on May 1 ment has to process about He will hear children’s of next year, three months 600,000 claims for lost or wishes from 6-7 p.m. at his later than first proposed. stolen checks. Social Security house beside the Delphos Those already on Social will save $1 billion over the Area Chamber of Commerce Security will have until next decade from phasing out on North Main Street. March 1, 2013 to make the paper checks, he said. switch to direct deposits or a The final rules, scheduled No change to debit card. to be unveiled today, are very Jefferson High School More than 58 million similar to the proposal the refuse pick-up played host to a holiday retirees, disabled people and government put forward in Since the Christmas and breakfast for retired surviving family members June. New Year’s Day holidays fall teachers today. Above: receive Social Security or But in response to public on Saturdays this year, there Foreign language teachers Supplemental Security ben- comments, the government will be no changes in the pick- Dorothy Tate, left, Spanish, efits. Already eight out of 10 has decided to allow people up schedules for residents of and Terri Wiechart, people getting federal ben- who are 90 and over and are the City of Delphos. French, chat over a cup of efits receive those payments still getting Social Security The Allen County portion coffee. electronically, officials say. benefit checks to continue of the city will be picked up Left: Former science The switch to electronic to receive their benefits the on Thursday and the Van Wert teacher Dave Wittington, payments will eliminate the same way. The government County side Friday. left, and history, social problem of lost or stolen estimates there are 275,000 studies and current events checks and also the prob- people who fall into that cat- teacher Jim Morris discuss lems faced by people dis- egory. NHS offers sports. placed from their homes who For people who do not gift-wrapping have to worry about getting have accounts at a bank or Nancy Spencer photos their checks mailed to them, Jefferson National Honor said Richard L. Gregg, the See PAPERLESS, page 2 Society members will offer a gift-wrapping service from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday Tobacco cessation Christmas project, food pantry get lift at the Delphos Eagles Lodge. Donations will be col- lected for a local food pantry. ‘Dear Me’ campaign Sports encourages Ohioans TODAY to write self-reflective Boys Basketball (6 p.m.): Jefferson at Ottoville; Fort Jennings at Crestview; letters about smoking Elida at Coldwater; Van Wert at Paulding. Girls Basketball (6 p.m.): New Knoxville at Spencerville; Columbus Grove at Kalida (PCL). Wrestling: Columbus Photos submitted Grove at Paulding, 6 p.m. Studio 320 raised more than $400 to go to the Delphos Community Christmas Swimming and Project. Sue Vasquez, third from right, accepts the money from the women at Studio Diving: St. Marys at LIMA — If you wrote Ohioans free of charge. 320, including owner Maxine Brooks, left, Amy Mercer, Sarah Crawford, Holly Elida (WBL), 5:30 p.m.; a letter to yourself about The Quit Line and Schwinnen and Jordan Schneider. Studio 320 sends a special thanks to all their clients Coldwater and Versailles smoking, what would Ohio.QuitLogix.org are who donated. at Van Wert, 6 p.m. you say? We are inviting designed for people who WEDNESDAY smokers in the area to do are ready to quit using just that. tobacco and who want to Wrestling: Lincolnview at The Tobacco Free make sure they have the Huron Invitational, 10 a.m. Coalition of Allen and support and the motiva- THURSDAY Auglaize Counties is tion to stay tobacco-free. Boys Basketball teaming up with the Ohio Callers/Web site users (6 p.m.): St. John’s at Department of Health’s are paired with an experi- Continental; Lima Temple Healthy Ohio Program for enced quit specialist who Christian at Fort Jennings; a multi-media campaign works with the client to Spencerville at Minster; called “Dear Me Nobody set a quit date and design Kalida at Lincolnview. Can Make Me Quit But a quit plan customized to Lima Senior at Me.” It features real their pattern of tobacco Elida, 6:30 p.m. people who smoke writ- use. The process is confi- Girls Basketball: Jefferson ing a letter to themselves dential. at Van Wert, 6 p.m. about their tobacco addic- Callers to the Ohio Wrestling: Spencerville tion and struggle to quit. Tobacco Quit Line are Above: Once again, the and Ottawa-Glandorf After logging on www. five times more like- Delphos FFA and Delphos at St. Marys, 6 p.m. HealthyOhioProgram. ly to successfully quit Young Farmers and Wives Co-Ed Bowling: Van Wert org, visitors can view the smoking than people collected non-perishable vs. Parkway (boys)/St. Marys Dear Me videos, watch a who quit cold turkey. food items and money to (girls) at Parkway, 10 a.m. “Behind the Letter” video 1-800-QUIT-NOW and contribute to the success of that goes into greater Ohio.QuitLogix.org can the Delphos Community detail about the person be used along with other Christmas Project. FFA Forecast interviewed and write cessation programs and officer Lindzi Hoersten, left, Committee Chair Dulton Mostly cloudy their own letter. medications; in fact, ces- “Quitting smoking is sation support along with Moore, Christmas Project Wednesday representative Bob Mosier, with high one of the best things nicotine-replacement someone can do for their therapy, such as the patch, Alexa Geise, Colin Barclay in mid 30s. and Cory Osting participate See page 2. health and a popular New is proven to be one of the in the donation. Year’s resolution,” says most effective “one-two Kathy Luhn, Healthy punches” against tobacco Left: First Federal Bank’s Index People 2020 coordinator. use. Some callers may be Delphos office recently held a Obituaries 2 “This campaign can help eligible for a two-week toy and food drive. Personnel from the bank donated toys, State/Local 3 people successfully quit.” supply of nicotine patches Approximately 22 through the Quit Line and non-perishable food items, Politics 4 percent of Allen County an additional eight weeks soaps and paper products. Community 5 adults 18 and older cur- through their employer The toys were donated to Sports 6-7 rently smoke – 21 percent or health insurance com- the Delphos Community Christmas Project and the Classifieds 8 of men and 22 percent of pany. other items to the Interfaith women. The Ohio Tobacco Quit Thrift Shop pantry. Lisa Television 9 The Ohio Tobacco Quit Line has helped tens of World briefs 10 Hoersten of First Federal Line (1-800- QUIT-NOW) thousands Ohioans take Bank presents a toy to Kenny and Ohio.QuitLogix.org a giant step toward end- Grothous of the Community are tobacco-cessation ing their tobacco use for Christmas Project. resources available to all good. 2 2 – The Herald Tuesday, December 21, 2010 www.delphosherald.com For The Record FUNERAL WEATHER The Delphos Explosive device found LEE, David S., “Dave,” Delphos Weather 60, of rural Spencerville, Herald funeral services will begin at The high temperature Vol. 141 No. 161 10:30 a.m. Thursday at New Monday in Delphos was 27 Nancy Spencer, editor under Rome subway seat and the low was 6 with a trace Hope Christian Center on Ray Geary, general manager By ALESSANDRA RIZZO agencies said the device was that the man appeared to be Baty Road, Pastor Jim Menke of snow. A year ago today, Delphos Herald Inc. The Associated Press found today inside a train opposed to Italy’s military officiating. Burial will be in the high was 30 and the low Don Hemple, advertising manager during a stop at the Rebibbia missions overseas: Italy has Hartford Cemetery, northeast was 26. The record high for Tiffany Brantley, ROME — An explosive station, on the outskirts of troops in Afghanistan. of Spencerville. Friends may today is 66, set in 1967 and circulation manager device was found today under Italian capital. The reports European officials typi- the record low of -17 was set William Kohl, general manager/ call from 6-8 p.m. today and from Eagle Print a subway-car seat in Rome said the area was cleared, cally step up security around 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at Thomas in 1989. and bomb-disposal experts though the station was not the holidays. A Nigerian E. Bayliff Funeral Home and WEATHER FORECAST The Daily Herald (USPS 1525 were examining whether it closed and service not halt- man with explosives taped after 9:30 a.m.