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The ELPHOS ERALD D Telling The Tri-County’s Story Since 1869H 50¢ daily www.delphosherald.com Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Delphos, Ohio Upfront I&K expected to close, 125 jobs on line DELPHOS — With a Representative Laura Liras ed over the following four addition for its frozen foods. a group of investors led by Season pool large warehousing and dis- would only say the company decades. By 1999, the company served Ramex, Inc., purchased the tribution operation, handling is “evaluating” but was not Over the years, different 4,000 grocers in six states. company and its sales offic- tickets pre-sale the various food products of more specific. brands have been added to Over its lifetime, the es. It announced that year more than 180 brands, I&K I&K Distributors, named the local company’s brand- company began distributing that Countryside Foods, starts Monday Distributors is expected to for James Illig and Ronald ing. Yoders continued to national brand and proprie- LLC, had taken over but, like Pre-sale season tickets close over the next several Klausing, started in 1966 be its most widely-known tary products such as Yoplait, Chef Solutions, kept Illig and for the Delphos Municipal months. with the purchase of a salad brand but I&K also produced Hellmann’s, Stouffer’s and Klausing’s presence in the Swimming Pool will be sold The company was recently business Ralph Yoder found- Reno’s pizzas, Bernea Farms Nestle’s. It also had sales name. at the Municipal Building, purchased by Lipari Foods, ed in 1945. The company and Copperwood Kitchens offices in locations around By 2008, the company 608 N. Canal St., Delphos, Inc., and according to anony- specialized in manufactur- products. the Midwest from Columbus, distributed more than 4,500 during regular business hours mous sources at I&K, told ing and distributing potato Reno’s was introduced in Cincinnati and Cleveland SKUs and up to 50,000 cases (8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) from employees to expect to lose and macaroni salads to 75 1974 and was in 23 states by to Indianapolis, Detroit and each day with even more dur- Monday through May 25. a major contract in mid-July. Delphos-area customers with 1980. In 1979, the company three other cities. ing peak season. The com- May 26, 27 and 28 This could spur a large round just one company truck. added a 9,000-square-foot In the late 1990s, Chef pany had a product line that they will be sold at the of layoffs and workers are By 1972, I&K had moved refrigerated storage and dis- Solutions, Inc. made I&K a included refrigerated dairy, pool during pool hours expected to be phased out to Gressel Drive and had tribution center. It had also division and at one point, the deli, bakery, meat and gro- (weather permitting). entirely by the end of sum- expanded to eight delivery added 14 refrigerated trucks production and distribution cery items sold to some Presale prices are: mer or early autumn. This trucks. Since its initial days and merged with Delphos were separated and owned 4,200 customers from an Single $60 means the possible loss of of 4-6 stock-keeping units Frozen Specialties in 1982. by different companies based 84,000-square-foot distribu- Family $170 approximately 125 jobs in being delivered, warehouse The bigger I&K broke ground far outside of “America’s tion center with two miles of Over 55 $50 Delphos. So far, Lipari Foods operations greatly expand- on its 10,000-square-foot Friendliest City.” In 2007, conveyors. Regular Prices effec- tive May 29, 2012: Single $80 Family $195 Over 55 $70 Delphos stuck Applications can be obtained at the Municipal Building or on the city’s website at www.cityofdel- with eyesores phos.com. Applications can BY MIKE FORD Delphos Safety Service be mailed in but have to be mford@delpho- Director Greg Berquist says received no later than May sherald.com the city has not been quiet 24 in order to get the pre- about the vacant property. sale rates. The City is not DELPHOS — In 2006, “I don’t bark unless I can responsible for any applica- Cintas Corporation of bite. I bark about the grass tions that are not received. Cincinnati purchased Van and bushes because that’s To purchase a family Dyne Crotty, which main- an eyesore I can bite about pass, applicants must bring tained a local facility. Not but if she says she didn’t or attach a copy of their 2011 long after the acquisition, hear about it, maybe she’s federal income tax form to the Delphos location was not in that pecking order show proof of dependents. closed. For several years because we’ve had several Checks are to be made pay- since, the building and complaints and have had able to “City of Delphos.” the fencing surrounding it several conversations with The pool season is have fallen victim to wear Cintas regarding the condi- May 26 (Memorial Day and tear. Though part of tion of their property,” he weekend) thru Aug. 22. the heavily-rusted fence is said. Pool hours are from noon caving in and there is rust “From the city’s point of to 8 p.m. The opening is on the building, as well as view, it’s an eyesore and it’s dependent on air tempera- some brick and paint dam- right there on Main Street, so Staff photos ture (>70 degrees), water age, a Cintas representative that’s a concern. The mayor temperature (>67 degrees) says the building’s condi- and I do everything we can Busy Bee Self Storage includes a large hole on its Canal Street property that the city and weather conditions. tion is a matter of opinion. to talk to people and push has fought owner Edger Van Autreve over. Because it was a safety hazard, the city was General Admission $5 “I’m not the real estate ideas; we attend economic able to take action but the fine was minimal and the property remains in a condition that Reissued passes $5 administrator for the com- development summits but it may not inspire community pride. Swimming lessons pany. I’m the spokesperson isn’t the city’s responsibil- Berquist could do more than $40 a session but I know we keep up our ity to sell commercial prop- bark because it was a safety Pool parties $125 vacant properties. We main- erties.” hazard and, therefore, vio- Evening Swim (6 tain them,” said representa- Cintas contracts with a lated a city ordinance. As p.m. to close) $2 tive Heather Maley. local lawn care company to a result of the city’s action, There are no refunds/ When asked to elaborate cut the grass and trim the Van Autreve piled concrete rain passes. on the extent of what it bushes at its local vacant blocks inside the hole. At Children age 2 and means to “maintain” such property, which a represen- this time, there is no safety under are admitted free properties, she replied “we tative of the Allen County issue with the external con- and Little Swimmers are check on them periodically. Auditor’s office said has a dition of the former Van required for children who We hire vendors and con- market value of $222,400. Dyne Crotty building, so are not toilet trained. tractors to maintain them When asked if the prop- it’s unlikely the city will — to make any necessary erty is a tax write-off for take Cintas to court as it did repairs. I’m not aware about Cintas, Maley said she did with Van Autreve. Sports the fence and I didn’t know not know. “It’s a very difficult pro- TODAY there is rust on the building; The City of Delphos has cess to get a building con- Baseball (5 p.m.): Ada I know it’s a brick building. had experience in fighting demned. You have to have at Fort Jennings; L-B at I have pictures of it and it over commercial property a structural engineer come Columbus Grove. doesn’t appear to be in dis- concerns. Busy Bee Self in and cite the individual Softball (5 p.m.): repair but the fence might Storage on Canal Street into court, spend thousands Ottoville at LCC; Columbus be something we need to is owned by Edger Van of dollars only to have the Grove at Kalida (PCL). look into. Autreve. The property has court fine them $50 and send Track and Field: Elida “Nobody else has any what one may describe them on their way. This is at Shawnee, 4:30 p.m. complaints about the build- as a large sinkhole some- what happened before, so THURSDAY ing, including the city. I what filled in with concrete we’ve been through this and Baseball (5 p.m.): would think that if the city blocks and other debris. Van it wasn’t worth it. The city The former Van Dyne Crotty building in Delphos has Jefferson at Ada (NWC); had an issue with Cintas’ Autreve said he would like didn’t get a good return on rust spots on the building and throughout the fencing, Wayne Trace at St. John’s; maintenance of the build- to remove the debris and fill its investment,” he said. which is caving in at one location. Because the property is Kalida at Ottoville (PCL); ing, they would bring it it in at some point but he “We have periodically not a safety concern, it does not violate any local ordinance Spencerville at Allen East to our attention before the doesn’t know when. At one and the city would not benefit from taking legal action on (NWC); Lincolnview at paper (would).” time, it was wide open and See EYESORES, page 14 the matter. Columbus Grove (NWC). Softball (5 p.m.): Jefferson at Ada (NWC); Ottoville at P-G (PCL); Spencerville at Allen East (NWC); Jennings Envirothon Teams qualify for state Lincolnview at Col. Grove (NWC); Lima Senior at Elida. Track and Field: L’view/ CV at Spencerville, 4:30 p.m. Tennis: WBL at UNOH. Forecast Partly cloudy Thursday with high in upper 80s. See page 2.
Index Photos submitted Obituaries 2 Members from Team 1 are Tyler Weideman, Adam Krietemeyer, Ethan Members of Team 2 include Nick Verhoff, Caleb Bankey, Logan Sickels, State/Local 3 Schimmoeller, Jake Young and Morgan Ricker with coach Jeff Jostpille. Jared Hoersten and Jason Berelsman with coach Jeff Jostpille. Politics 4 On April 25, the annual Team 1 from Fort Jennings a 5-person team and are bird- nesting structures, and a presentation by the teams Community 5 Area I Envirothon was held qualified for state by finish- instructed by an expert in habitat characteristics need on the current environmental Sports 6-9 in Fulton County. Fifty-seven ing first out of the 57 teams. the field before the tests are to be identified. The stu- issue, this year dealing with Business 10 teams competed in the day- Team 2 from Fort Jennings given out. Many questions dents rotate to one of the land-use planning. Classifieds 12 long event which involves finished second. This is the are site-specific and involve five testing areas every 20 The state competition TV 13 tests in the five areas of aquat- 15th consecutive year that area characteristics such as minutes. will be held at Deer Creek World News 14 ics, forestry, wildlife, soils Fort Jennings has qualified identifying trees, identify- The top four teams out of State Park this year on June and current environmental for state competition. The ing animal pelts, skulls and each of the five area competi- 11-12. The champion team issues. This year’s theme was teams are coached by Jeff teeth and judging soil char- tions qualify for state compe- will travel to Pennsylvania nonpoint pollution and land Jostpille. acteristics in a pit dug on the tition with the same five areas in August for the Canon use management. The students work as site. Aquatic insect larvae, of testing included as well as National Envirothon. 2
2 – The Herald Wednesday, May 2, 2012 www.delphosherald.com For The Record Taliban kill 7 in WEATHER OBITUARIES The Delphos Delphos weather Herald High temperature Tuesday Vol. 142 No. 241 Afghan capital in Delphos was 69 degrees, Nancy Spencer, editor low was 57. Rainfall was Ray Geary, general manager recorded at .82 inch. High a Delphos Herald Inc. year ago today was 57, low Don Hemple, advertising manager after Obama visit was 44. Record high for today Tiffany Brantley, By AMIR SHAH “We broke the Taliban’s is 89, set in 1959. Record low circulation manager and CHRIS BLAKE momentum. We’ve built strong is 29, set in 2009. The Associated Press Afghan security forces. We The Daily Herald (USPS 1525 devastated al-Qaida’s leader- WEATHER FORECAST 8000) is published daily except Sundays, Tuesdays and KABUL, Afghanistan ship, taking out over 20 of their Tri-county Associated Press Holidays. — The Taliban struck back top 30 leaders,” he said. By carrier in Delphos and less than two hours after But the violence that erupt- area towns, or by rural motor President Barack Obama left ed about 90 minutes after his TONIGHT: Partly cloudy route where available $1.48 per Afghanistan today, targeting a departure was a stark reminder with a 20 percent chance of week. By mail in Allen, Van foreigners’ housing compound of the difficult task still ahead showers and storms. Lows in Wert, or Putnam County, $97 with a suicide car bomb and for Afghan troops as they work the mid 60s. Southwest winds Herman H. Beckman Dorothy L. per year. Outside these counties militants disguised as women to secure their country after 5 to 10 mph. $110 per year. in an assault that killed at least U.S. and other foreign troops THURSDAY: Partly April 2, 1925-April 30, 2012 Altenburger Entered in the post office seven people. end their combat mission fol- cloudy. Highs in the upper Herman H. Beckman, 87, Jan. 26, 1918-April 30, 2012 in Delphos, Ohio 45833 as 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 of Delphos, died at 2 p.m. Periodicals, postage paid at It was the second major lowing nearly a decade at war. Dorothy L. Altenburger, Delphos, Ohio. assault in Kabul in less than The deal signed with Karzai mph becoming 15 to 20 mph Monday at Van Wert County 94, of Ottoville died at 8:34 Hospital. No mail subscriptions will be three weeks and highlighted does not commit the United in the afternoon. a.m. Monday at Vancrest accepted in towns or villages the Taliban’s continued ability States to any specific troop THURSDAY NIGHT: He was born April 2, 1925, Healthcare Center of where The Daily Herald paper to strike in the heavily guarded presence or spending. But it Partly cloudy. A 30 percent in Van Wert County to Joseph Delphos. carriers or motor routes provide capital even when security had does allow the U.S. to potential- chance of showers and storms and Cecelia (Brockhaus) She was born Jan. 26, daily home delivery for $1.48 been tightened for Obama’s ly keep troops in Afghanistan overnight. Lows in the mid Beckman, who preceded him 1918, in Ottoville to Joseph per week. visit and today’s anniversary through 2024 for two specific 60s. Southwest winds 10 to in death. and Theresia (Becker) 405 North Main St. of the killing of al-Qaida leader purposes: continued training 15 mph. On Oct. 11, 1952, he mar- Schlagbaum. TELEPHONE 695-0015 Office Hours Osama bin Laden in neighbor- of Afghan forces and targeted FRIDAY: Partly cloudy in ried Alma E. Gasser, who sur- On Feb. 16, 1946, she the morning then becoming vives in Delphos. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ing Pakistan. operations against al-Qaida. married Hubert S. “Hups” POSTMASTER: Obama arrived at Bagram The United States also mostly cloudy. A 50 percent Survivors also include Altenburger, who died March daughters Marge (Ken) Send address changes Air Field late Tuesday, then promises to seek money from chance of showers and thun- 25, 2006. to THE DAILY HERALD, traveled to Kabul by helicopter Congress every year to support derstorms. Highs in the lower Wolski of Cincinnati, Survivors include three 405 N. Main St. for a meeting with President Afghanistan. 80s. Southwest winds 10 to Jeanette (Al) Baaske of sons, Jack (Barb) Altenburger Delphos, Ohio 45833 Hamid Karzai in which they The attack began with 15 mph. Convoy, Donna (Brian) of Toledo, Randy (Judy) signed an agreement governing a suicide car bomb near the FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly Blake of Grand Forks, N.D., Altenburger of Ottoville and Scholars of the Day the U.S. presence after combat gate of the privately guard- cloudy with a 40 percent chance and Helen (Paul) Dixon Dennis (Debra) Altenburger troops withdraw in 2014. Later, ed compound, which sits off of showers and thunderstorms. of Van Wert; sisters Doris of Delphos; eight grand- back at the base, he was sur- Jalalabad road — one of the Lows in the lower 60s. (Leon) Sager of Glandorf children, Brian (Wendy) rounded by U.S. troops, shak- main thoroughfares out of the SATURDAY: Mostly and Alice Schroeder of Altenburger, Julie (Ben) Kolly, ing every hand. He then gave a city, Interior Ministry spokes- sunny with a 30 percent Leipsic; brother Ben (Mary Jill (Brian) Wenzlick, Renee speech broadcast to Americans man Sediq Sediqi said. chance of showers and storms. Lou) Beckman of Delphos; (Aaron) Burgei, Beth (Greg) back home, before ending his Kabul Deputy Police Highs in the mid 70s. and eight grandchildren and Morscher, Jason Altenburger, lightning visit just before 4:30 Chief Daoud Amin said those SATURDAY NIGHT: five great-grandchildren. Jena (Adam) Rostorfer and a.m. killed in the blast includ- Partly cloudy with a 30 per- He was also preceded in Jonathon Altenburger; nine The U.S. president, who is in ed four people in a station cent chance of showers and death by a sister, Sister Mary great-grandchildren, Emma the midst of a re-election cam- wagon that was driving past thunderstorms. Lows in the Janet. and Hannah Wenzlick, paign, touted the Navy SEAL the area, a passer-by and a mid 50s. Mr. Beckman was a farmer Andrew, Marissa and Tyler St. John’s Scholar of the raid that killed bin Laden a Nepalese security guard. He SUNDAY: Partly cloudy who lived and worked on the Kolly, Kara and Courtney Day is Marie year ago today, noting that the didn’t have the identity of with a 20 percent chance of family farm his entire life. He Burgei, Evan Altenburger and Mueller. was a member of St. John the operation was launched from a the seventh person killed. The showers and storms. Highs in Joshua Morscher; and two sis- Congratulations the lower 70s. Evangelist Catholic Church base in Afghanistan. Interior Ministry said 17 other ters, Phyllis Krouse and Jo Marie! He also said that “the tide people were wounded, many and Knights of Columbus Ann Schlagbaum of Lima. has turned” over the last three Afghan children on their way Council 1362, Delphos. He She was preceded in Jefferson’s Scholar of the THANK YOU enjoyed spending time with years. to school. death by four sisters, Bernie Day is Nathan The Catholic Ladies of his grandchildren and great- (Charles) Heathman, Loretta Pohlman. Columbia Council 40 wishes grandchildren. (Kenneth) Roth, Tillie (Ralph) Congratulations to thank everyone who attend- Mass of Christian Burial Spieles and Marie (Virgil) The Main Street ed the annual card party. will begin at 11 a.m. Friday Kohlrieser; three brothers, Nathan! A special thanks to a local at St. John the Evangelist Vince (Coletta) Schlagbaum, Students can pick up their Ice Cream Parlor financial institute for printing Catholic Church, the Rev. Tony (Gertie) Schlagbaum and awards in their school offices. 107 E. Main Street • Van Wert, OH • 419-238-2722 the tickets, Jane Kroeger for Melvin Verhoff officiating. Ott (Norma) Schlagbaum; and the $25 drawing, to the boys Burial will be in Resurrection brother-in-law, Bob Krouse. from St. John’s High School Cemetery. Mrs. Altenburger retired LOCAL PRICES FREE Wafffle Fries! who moved the tables and Friends may call from as a waitress from Jim’s Receive one (1) FREE Regular Order of Waffle chairs and the five ladies on 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday Restaurant in Delphos. She Corn: $6.43 Fries with any Sandwich Purchase the committee. at Harter and Schier Funeral was a member Immaculate Wheat: $6.33 Must present coupon. Cannot be combined with any other discounts. The proceeds will benefit Home, where a parish wake Conception Catholic Church, Beans: $14.84 Offer expires 5/15/12. local charities. service will be held at 7:30 Ottoville, and was a mem- p.m. ber of its Rosary Altar Chairladies Memorial contributions Society. She was a member LOTTERY C. Allan Runser * Shaun A. Putman may be made to the charity of Dottie Backus and of the Ottoville VFW Ladies CLEVELAND (AP) — the donor’s choice. Attorneys At Law Catherine Hammons Auxiliary. 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