March 11, 2015

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Commisioners pass lodging tax hikeBY NANCY SPENCER

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LIMA — Guests staying at hotels and motels in Allen County will pay a few dollars more after April 1.

Commissioners passed two res-olutions Tuesday in time to meet the March 15 deadline set forth by state legislature. The first res-olution increased the county lodg-ing tax by three percent and the second rolled the existing county lodging tax back from three per-cent to 1 3/4 percent, netting an effective increase of 1 3/4 per-cent. The proceeds will be used for repairs and improvements to the Lima Civic Center, a coun-ty-owned property and a market-ing position to promote county properties.

Commissioner Cory Noonan said the measure was not taken lightly by him or his fellow com-missioners.

“We spent a great deal of time looking at all the angles of this and we decided if we meet the

needs of the Civic Center, in turn, that will bring people to Allen County,” Noonan said. “The mar-keting person will be critical to bringing that all together.”

Noonan said a lot of “T”s still needed crossed and “I’s dotted.

“We will draft memorandums of understanding making the intent clear and all the entities, including the commissioners, the Civic Center, the Lima/Allen County Visitor and Convention Bureau, the Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association and the fairgrounds will have a representative on a committee to further the success of the county,” Noonan said.

The tax increase will generate approximately $300,000 a year.

Civic Center Executive Director Cindy Wood said there is a capital plan for the facility with a soft estimate of $3.9 million which includes upgrades to the HVAC system and technology for the Crouse Performance Hall and the Exhibit Hall and bringing the facility into the 21st century.Allen County Commissioner Cory Noonan explains the commissioners’ stand on a lodging tax increase

during one of many recent meetings on the topic. County Administrator Becky Saine listens. (DHI Media file photo)

The Delphos Ladies Club presented the Thrift Shop with a donation recently. Club members Therese Klaus, left, and Paulette Honigford, right, present Executive Director Becky Strayer with a donation for the Food Pantry. Klaus said the group decided to disband in February. Members have worked for 10 years fundraising for their Angel Fund — a fund used to help cancer patients with groceries and medical travel expenses — by taking in $1 donations at an annual craft show. The club was originally the Lioness Club, which dissolved some years ago. (Photo submitted)

Delphos Ladies Club gives final donation

United Way focusing on health, education

BY STEPHANIE GROVESDHI Media Staff Writer

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LIMA - In the United States, 50,000 people will die from colon cancer this next year. The most common symptom for colon cancer is no symptom.

In observance of Colorectal Cancer Awareness month, healthcare practitioners are educating the general public on prevention, early detection and treatment of the third lead-ing cause of cancer death in America.

Until recently, the most effec-tive screening test for colorec-tal cancer has been a procedure called a colonoscopy, an outpa-tient procedure that includes a bowel cleaning prep at home, sedation and a 30-60-minute examination of the rectum and colon with colonoscope which has a small video camera in the tip allowing detection of changes or abnormalities in the colon.

For the obvious reasons, there are not too many people who would look forward to the procedure. Now, there’s a non-evasive DNA stool test called Cologuard which is 92-percent effective for spotting colon cancer and 94-percent effective at detecting early-stage cancers (I, II)

when they’re most curable.St. Rita Medical Center’s Gastroenterologist

Richard Capone MD, FACG is co-chair of Northwest Ohio Colorectal Cancer Awareness Coalition, a group striving to decrease the disease’s incidence and mortality in the area, increase colon cancer screening rates in Allen,

Hardin and Putnam counties and improve the quality of life for all colorectal cancer survivors.

“Cologuard is a non-evasive screening test that measures abnormal DNA in the stool, a test which should be done every three years,” Capone said. “It’s a test Medicare will pay for. If an individual does not have insurance, the test costs around $599.

“In Allen County, we have diagnosed 90-100 people each year through screenings; how-ever, we are only screening 60 percent of those who should be screened,” Capone affirmed. “Over the past 10 years, we have

seen a 3-percent decrease in death rates attributed to colorectal cancer.”

Capone said the cancer is preventable by performing a colonoscopy every 10 years and removing any polyps prior to them becoming cancerous. The cancer is curable if found early.

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LIMA — The governing board of the Allen County Red Cross has decided to end the funding rela-tionship between the Red Cross and the United Way of Greater Lima. Effective June 30, the United Way will no longer provide fund-ing for the following Red Cross programs: Service to the Armed Forces, Blood Services and Health and Safety Services.

United Way of Greater Lima President and CEO Phil Hayne said the organi-zation began the process of looking “through the lens” of the community and strate-gic investing 2 1/2 years ago. He said the organization was inclusive inviting new part-ners and were transparent with established partners informing them changes in funding may occur.

Area counties see jump in unemployment rate

BY ED GEBERTDHI Media Editor

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COLUMBUS — Coming off a long-time low in the county unemployment rate in December, the January 2015 county rate showed a big jump from 3.9 percent to January’s 5.2 percent in Van Wert County.

The increase of more than a full percentage point was not out of place in the Civilian Labor Force Estimates released Tuesday through the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. That report showed increases in the jobless rate in all 88 Ohio counties.

Rates jumped all around the area, including a move from 4.6 percent to 6.1 percent in Allen County, a one and a half point increase in Paulding County from 4.3 to 5.8 percent, a jump in Putnam County from 3.6 percent to 5.2 percent, Auglaize County’s move from 3.5 to 4.7 percent, and state-best Mercer County even saw a rise from 3.0 percent in December to 4.2 percent in January.

Much of big jumps in rates can be attributed to end of the year statistical adjustments. The labor force numbers in Van Wert County saw an increase in the total labor force increase from 13,900 to 14,400. The number of workers on the job also rose from 13,400 to 13,600, and the number listed as unemployed increased from 500 in December to 800 in the Janauary report.

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The Delphos Ministerial Association is offering its annual Lenten Lunch Program on Thursdays through March 26 at Trinity United Methodist Church.

This year’s theme is “The Parables of Lent.” Each week, the Lenten series will look at life sit-uations everyone faces.

The Rev Ron Lumm to speak on “The Good Samaritan” on Thursday.

Lunch will follow. A goodwill offering of $3.50 is suggested.

All are welcome to these programs.

Lumm to lead Lenten Lunch

From now through March 21, Curves of Delphos at 1875 E. Fifth St. will par-ticipate in the 17th annual Curves Food Drive to col-lect non-perishable food to benefit both The Delphos Inter-Faith Thrift Shop and St. Vincent DePaul.

Curves is inviting non-members and mem-bers to take part in the food drive. Curves will be a local drop- off place for any com-munity residents to drop off food which greatly benefits local families in need.

17th annual Curves Food Drive kicks off

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Alice t. Youngpeter

Aug. 6, 1936-March 10, 2015

DELPHOS — Alice T. Youngpeter, 78, of Delphos passed away on Tuesday at Lima Memorial Hospital with her daughter by her side.

She was born in Ottoville on Aug. 6, 1936, to William and Clara (Merschman) Landwehr.

On Jan. 15, 1955, she was united in marriage to James W. Youngpeter, who passed away on Jan. 29, 1998.

She is survived by three children, Karen Sue (Steve) Burwell of Lima, Kenneth W. (Mickey) of Bell, Florida, and Robert J. (Helen) Youngpeter of Delphos; her brother, Norbert Landwehr; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents; and two sisters, Leona C. Fisher and Helen L. Fleming.

Alice was a member of Delphos St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and the VFW post 3035 Lady’s Auxiliary. She enjoyed crocheting, playing cards and putting together jig saw puz-zles. Alice felt completely at home in the assisted living at Vancrest. She truly enjoyed every aspect of her three years there.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery following the Mass.

Visitation will be held from 2-8 p.m. Thursday with a par-ish wake at 7:30 p.m. with an Auxiliary service at 7 p.m. at Harter and Schier memori-al chapel. Donations can be made to Vancrest Healthcare activities department.

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Jeremy s. Kent

Aug. 17, 1983-March 9, 2015

DELPHOS — Jeremy S. Kent, 31, of Delphos passed away at his residence on Monday.

He was born on Aug. 17, 1983, in Van Wert to Reo Savage and Laura (Kent) Savage.

He is survived by his par-ents; four children, Jeremy Jr., Kylie, Aubrey Rose and Jesse, all of Delphos; sib-lings, Rachel Kent, Lillian Savage, Wes Thomson, Lance Thomson, Timothy Aguirre, Tom Myers and Tiana Myers; and paternal grandfather, Elmer Kent.

Jeremy was a member of the Delphos Wesleyan Church and attended the First Assembly of God Church in Delphos. He was an amazing young man with many talents. He was a true family man who dearly loved his children. He was eager to spend time with his family.

His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Harter and Schier Funeral Home with a private burial held at a later date. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flow-ers, donations can be made to the family.

To leave condolences, please visit harterandschier.com.

ST. RITA’SA girl was born March 6

to Molly and Dan Hemker of Delphos.

A boy was born March 9 to Lynette and Cory Haehn of Delphos.

one Year AgoThe YMCA of Van Wert County is cel-

ebrating its 100-year anniversary. That cel-ebration officially began on Monday with a ribbon-cutting with the Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce. The YMCA of Van Wert County was incorporated in 1914, when John Strandler left one-third of his estate for a structure and the remainder in an endowment fund to be used to establish a local YMCA.

25 Years Ago – 1990Catholic Ladies of Columbia distributed

benefit tickets to members at a recent meeting. The tickets are for a cash drawing June 5 at a potluck dinner. A card party is scheduled for March 20 at Knights of Columbus Hall. Jenna Rose Kleman and Leona Berelsman are chair-ladies. Committee will include Mildred Korb, Donna Reinemeyer, Norma Wittler, Estella Suever, Melinda Klaus, Elizabeth Kundert, Lucille Bowden, Bea Fischer, Alice Hoehn, Caroline Gallmeier, Rose Weber, Thelma Brinkman and Margaret Bellman.

The St. John’s Blue Jays find themselves in a position that not many people expected early in the season. They extended their perfect 1990 performance to 16 straight wins Friday night with an 82-73 victory over Crestview and claimed the Division IV Elida District championship. Steve Jettinghoff led St. John’s with 24 points on 10 of 15 shooting and was the game’s leading rebounder with 9.

Jefferson senior Chris Renner, who aver-aged 17.5 points, was selected for the All-Northwest Conference boys basketball team. Senior Jon Boggs and junior Don Rice of Jefferson were honorable mention. Also named to the all-conference team was senior Todd Kroeger of Spencerville

50 Years Ago – 1965The Delphos Kiwanis Club met Tuesday

evening to discuss a number of projects. One of the projects was the card party-bake sale that will be held April 20 at the Franklin School. The second project was the approval of the programs for the Kiwanis Club spon-sored Travel and Adventure series for 1965-66

season.A sidewalk café and artists scenes will

set the stage for Phi Delta Sorority’s annu-al style show and card party scheduled for March 20 in the Franklin School auditorium. Mrs. Robert Hanshumaker will serve as com-mentator for this year’s trip into “Spring in Paris.” Apparel shown will be from the fol-lowing local stores: Betty Jane Shop, Penn’s Shoes and Jack and Jill Shop, Wannemacher’s Jewelry Store, Koesters Jewelry Store and Lion Clothing Store.

Don McGue and Chuck Rader of Ronnie and Gene’s Marathon basketball squad, teamed up to score 44 points, 22 each, in the 96-73 win over the First Church of God team in Lima Tournament play Wednesday night. Three other members of the local team scored in the double figures, Gip Pohlman contribut-ed 13 points, and Ted Keysor and Larry Miller each had 14.

75 Years Ago – 1940The O’Herrs, the Walshes, the McKowens,

the McMahons, the Reddingtons, the O’Neills, etc., all ardent “wearers of the green” will bask in the local limelight with the approach of the feast of St. Patrick, the patron of the Irish on March 17. And so that persons with no Irish strain in their blood may have a part in this all-important celebration, the Irish of St. John’s parish are giving an entertainment in the school auditorium Sunday night.

An exhibit of unusual interest is now on display in the Adult Department of the Van Wert Brumback Library. Twenty-five Indian portraits drawn by David C. Miller of Van Wert are attracting much attention. Miller spent three months this past year in South Dakota and Montana on Indian reservations, drawing portraits. One is of White Bull who claims he killed General Custer.

There was a large and appreciative audi-ence at the presentation of the Lenten cantata, “The Darkest Hour,” given Sunday afternoon by the Lima Choral Art Choir at the Delphos Presbyterian Church. Delphos members of the choir are Mary Jane Meads and Walter Moenter.

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Today is Wednesday, March 11, the 70th day of 2015. There are 295 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On March 11, 1865, during the Civil

War, Union forces under General William T. Sherman occupied Fayetteville, North Carolina.

On this date:In 1861, the Constitution of the

Confederate States of America was adopted by the Confederate Congress in Montgomery, Alabama.

In 1888, the Blizzard of ‘88, also known as the “Great White Hurricane,” began inundat-ing the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.

In 1915, during World War I, Britain enact-ed a sweeping, long-distance blockade aimed at disrupting trade to and from German ports.

In 1935, the Bank of Canada began oper-ations, issuing its first series of bank notes.

In 1942, as Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia. (MacArthur, who subsequently vowed, “I shall return,” kept that promise more than 2½ years later.)

In 1955, Sir Alexander Fleming, the dis-coverer of penicillin, died in London at age 73.

In 1965, “I Lost It at the Movies,” a col-lection of film criticism by Pauline Kael, was first published by Little, Brown and Co.

In 1977, more than 130 hostages held in Washington D.C. by Hanafi Muslims were freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations.

In 1993, Janet Reno was unanimously con-firmed by the Senate to be attorney general.

In 2004, ten bombs exploded in quick suc-cession across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people in an attack

linked to al-Qaida-inspired militants.In 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and

resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeast-ern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and severely damaging the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station.

In 2012, sixteen Afghan villagers — most-ly women and children — were shot dead as they slept by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who later pleaded guilty and was sen-tenced to life in prison without parole.

Ten years ago: A judge, court reporter and sheriff’s deputy were shot to death at an Atlanta courthouse; Brian Nichols, who killed them as well as a federal agent, surrendered a day later at the apartment of Ashley Smith, a woman he’d taken hostage. (Nichols was later convict-ed of murder and sentenced to life in prison.)

Five years ago: A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency. In an address at Tel Aviv University, Vice President Joe Biden said “good faith negotiations” could recognize Israeli security needs and the Palestinian goal for a viable state. Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as Chile’s new president on a day when the country was peppered with a dozen significant aftershocks from a February earthquake. Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen died in suburban Los Angeles at age 69.

One year ago: In an extraordinary public accusation, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., declared the CIA had interfered with and then tried to intimidate a congressional investiga-tion into the agency’s possible use of torture in terror probes during the Bush administra-tion. Swedish Radio reporter Nils Horner was shot dead in Kabul, Afghanistan, in an attack claimed by a Taliban splinter group. Dallas Seavey ran a blistering pace and took the lead just hours before the finish to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

BUrDen, Billy D., 89, of Jefferson, Georgia, and for-merly of Spencerville, visita-tion will be held at the Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home in Spencerville from 4-8 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be held at Hartford Christian Church, Spencerville, at 11 a.m. Saturday with Pastor Robert King officiating. Burial will follow at Hartford Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to [email protected].

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CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland man who authori-ties say is a leader of Ohio’s fastest growing criminal gang has been sentenced to serve at least 99 years in prison.

A Cuyahoga County jury last month found Heartless Felons leader Julius Webster guilty of 11 of the 17 charges filed against him in con-nection with a slaying in Cleveland and a robbery in Canton.

On Tuesday following an hour-long hearing, a judge sentenced the 29-year-old Webster to 99 years to life in prison. Webster declined to make a statement.

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Vantage Career Center recently hosted the first round of Region 16 Business Professionals of America (BPA) skills contests. Fifty students from the Vantage business programs - Interactive Media, Medical Office Management and Network Systems - competed in a variety of differ-ent contests including PC Security, Java Programming, Medical Office Procedures, Computer Modeling, Computer Animation, Network Design, Advanced Office Systems and Procedures, Administrative Support and Parliamentary Procedures.

This year, 33 students earned the right to advance to the state compe-tition held in Columbus in the spring.

Several Network Systems students participated in events this year. Senior Mathew Niemeyer (Ottoville) took top honors in the Java Programming, while senior Marty Kessler (Paulding) placed second.

A team of seniors – Zach Crider (Parkway), Seth Luginbill (Van Wert), Alex Miller (Delphos Jefferson) and Matthew Schrader (Delphos Jefferson) - placed first in the Network Design Team event, while a team of four juniors – Christian Lintermoot (Lincolnview), Cory Miller (Lincolnview), Justin Moenter (St. John’s) and Sam Wright (Crestview) took first place in the Computer Animation competition.

Senior Rex Wilson (Fort Jennings) placed first in the Computer Modeling contest.

Junior Kenneth Pinks-Liebert (Parkway) placed first in the PC Servicing and Troubleshooting con-test and his classmate Christian Laukhuf (Kalida) placed third.

Senior Dmitry Billingsley (Continental) placed third in the Computer Security competition.

A combined group of juniors from all three business programs – Jon Krouse (Crestview), Jordan Jacomet

(St. John’s), Dakota Sensabaugh (Antwerp), Alexis Forester (Crestview), Alexa Longberry (Fort Jennings) and Madison Smith (Van Wert) – took first place honors in the Parliamentary Procedures contest.

Senior Emily Pastor (Paulding) took second place in the Integrated Office Applications contest.

Interactive Media senior Chelsea Gephart (Crestview) took top hon-ors in the individual Presentation Management contest.

Her classmates, Katelyn Johnson (Paulding) and Keatyn Hamilton (Delphos Jefferson) placed first and second respectively in the Digital Publishing contest, which was a pilot event this year.

The Medical Office Management program was well-represented in the winner’s circle. Senior Courtnie Laney (Wayne Trace) placed first in the Advanced Word Processing Skills contest.

Junior Angel Kline (Lincolnview)

placed first in the Advanced Office Systems and Procedures contest.

Jill Ross, a senior from Wayne Trace, took top honors in the Advanced Spreadsheet Applications event.

First place honors also went to junior Alexis Doster (Continental) in the Medical Office Procedures contest and senior Danielle Dasher (Lincolnview) in the Legal Office Procedures event.

The Administrative Support team of seniors Julia Balser (Antwerp), Britny Miller (Wayne Trace), Kaytlynn Puckett (Paulding) and Hannah Smith (Van Wert) also brought home top honors.

Senior Mayleen Plescher (St. John’s) was the first place winner in the Extemporaneous Speech contest.

Students who qualified for the state contest will compete Thursday and Friday in Columbus. Congratulations and good luck to all student compet-itors!

Vantage has 33 students who have earned the right to advance to state competition in the Business Professionals of America skills contest this week. (Submitted photo)

Trustees discuss police agreement

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MARION TOWNSHIP — The Marion Township trustees held their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday with the following members present: Jerry Gilden, Joseph Youngpeter and Howard Violet.

The purpose of the meeting was to pay bills and conduct ongoing business. The min-utes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read.

The trustees then reviewed the bills and gave approval for 13 checks totaling $8,437.12.

Road Foreman Elwer gave the trustees the striping pro-gram for 2015 with recom-mendations on striping that should be done, which they signed, and he will forward to the County Engineer’s office.

He also talked about a zon-ing issue on Billymack Road.

Fiscal Officer Kimmet gave the trustees the Fund Status and Bank Reconciliation Reports from Feb. 28 to review and sign.

He gave the trustees copies of a letter from ISO.

He read two letters from PERSO advising the township both claims have be closed.

He had the annual BOMV forms, which are required by the insurance company, to be reviewed and signed so they could be sent in.

He also advised Elwer that OTARMA is offering the Safety Grant Program again this year.

Police Chief Vermillion asked the trustees if they had anything that needed questioned or changed on the Mutual Aid Agreement with City of Lima’s Police Department he gave them to review. There were a few things he questioned and asked to be changed and the trust-ees told him if he was okay with the contract, he should go ahead with it.

Trustee Violet made a motion to hire Doug Vermillion to fill the part-time job in the road and maintenance depart-ment, which was seconded by Trustee Youngpeter and passed unanimously.

There being no further business a motion by Trustee Youngpeter to adjourn was seconded by Trustee Violet and passed unanimously.

Hite announces legislation to protect children from meningitis


COLUMBUS – Senator Cliff Hite (R–Findlay) announced the introduction of new legislation on Tuesday regarding immunizations against meningitis.

Senate Bill 121 will require the Ohio Department of Health to prescribe a schedule for immunizations against bac-terial meningitis. The Center for Disease Control currently recommends the vaccination to all students at ages 11 or 12, with a booster at age 16.

“Meningitis can quick-ly strike young victims and result in multiple amputa-tions or death within hours,” Hite said. “Sadly, my family learned through tragedy that the best treatment for menin-gitis is often prevention.”

The bill comes as a fol-low-up to last year’s Senate Bill 275, which created a state-wide Meningitis Awareness Day, set for March 9. Senator Hite’s niece, Tess Whitson, passed away within hours of contracting the disease.

“I am continuing my com-mitment to Tess and other victims by introducing this bill. If we can prevent even one death with the passage of this bill, we will have made a difference,” Hite said.

Senator Hite introduced the bill while speaking to the Immunization Advocacy Network of Ohio today, a group of vaccination advo-cates from around the state. They have previously sup-ported the addition of men-ingitis to the list of required vaccinations for students.

For more informa-tion on Senate Bill 275 and Meningitis Awareness Day, please visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=nriWLUAyw18.

Putnam farmer directs funds to Musketeer Athletic Boosters


FORT JENNINGS — Musketeer Athletic Boosters has received a $2,500 donation from Putnam County farmer Ron Kloeppel and America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. The donation will help the organization improve the athletic facilities at Fort Jennings High School. They will repair the nets that protect the

surrounding homes and cars, improve their baseball diamond, and upgrade their track facilities so the track and field team can practice at school.

“Our school district is very small,” said Treasurer Mark Grone. “So a donation like this means so much to the entire community.”

For five years, America’s Farmers Grow Communities has collaborated with farmers to donate over $16.5 mil-

lion to over 7,300 community organi-zations across rural America. This year winning farmers will direct another $3.3 million to nonprofits to help fight rural hunger, purchase life-saving fire and EMS equipment, support ag youth leadership programs, buy much needed classroom resources and so much more.

Participating in the $2,500 America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation presentation to Fort Jennings Musketeer Athletic Boosters is, from left, Scott Buckland (Monsanto), Ken Kloeppel, Booster Treasurer Mark Grone, Booster President Amy Beining, winning farmer Ron Kloeppel, Sue Kloeppel and Denise and Bob Kloeppel. (Submitted photo)

Kasich calls for unity

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich said there was something stuck in his craw Tuesday that he just had to get out: We are all part of the same American team.

During a visit to a work-force panel meeting, the Republican governor inter-jected his plea for a more uni-fied nation after a Democrat began thanking him for her role on the panel but first she noted that they were not of the same political ideology.

“We got to get out of the psyche that we’re not all on the same god darn team in this country, in this state,” Kasich said. “It’s like, you know, you say this, I gotta say that. It’s just trash. And it’s wrecking our country.”

Kasich is considering a 2016 presidential bid.

The governor told mem-bers of his Executive Workforce Board about a recent encounter he had with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, who he said greeted him with a hug, a kiss and told him it was great seeing him. He said that made some of his nearby GOP colleagues’ jaws drop.

Kasich said if such division continues, “this is going to do the country in.”

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Report shows potential impact of high court case on Ohioans

COLUMBUS (AP) — A new federal report shows that nearly 197,000 Ohioans could lose about $576 million in health insurance subsidies this year in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows the potential impact of the case. It threatens the future of President Barack Obama’s health care law in some three dozen states, including Ohio.

Health overhaul oppo-nents argue that subsidies are illegal in states where the fed-eral government took charge of sign-ups.

Federal health officials say 84 percent of Ohioans enrolled in the marketplace — or 196,846 residents —

qualified for an average tax credit of $244 per month.

According to the report, 234,341 Ohioans selected

health plans or were automat-ically re-enrolled in coverage as of Feb. 22.

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Elida FFA recently held its 61st annual parent-member banquet at the Old Barn Out Back at which President Jar-ed Blymyer, left, presented an honorary chapter degree to former Elida FFA member Eric Martin. Martin has assist-ed the Elida group by participating in the Community Day/Member Auction and helping with other various projects. The Outdoor Power Team was recognized for placing third in the FFA District 4 contest, which was held at the Cory Rawson High School. Team members included Robert Wortman, Travis Watkins and Jared Blymyer. Retiring Of-ficer Plaques were given to Andrew Troyer, Hailey Skeins, Adam Purdy, Grace Martin, Hayley Wagner and Clark Et-zler. (Submitted photos)

Elida FFA Vice-president Travis Watkins, right, welcomes our guest speaker Jim Bowsher from Wapakoneta. Bowsh-er spoke on setting priorities in life and preserving Amer-ican Heritage. Receiving top awards at the banquet were Star Chapter Farmer Travis Watkins, Star Greenhand Owen Anderson and Star Agribusiness Person Jared Bly-myer. The State Cooperative Education Team was recog-nized for placing 4th in the state contest. Team members included Emily Siefker, A.J. Siefker and Riley Overholt. The top three fruit sale winners included first place Latay-veyia Massey, second place Oliver Fessler and third place Austin Bloom.

The 2014 Agricultural Engineering Team was recognized for their fifth-place finish in the state finals last September. Team members were, from left, Clark Etzler, Jared Bly-myer, Travis Watkins and Hayley Wagner. Those receiving awards for public speaking contest included Adam Purdy, Chance Brown, Kennedy Gray and Owen Anderson. Mem-bers receiving awards for Allen County Fair Projects in-clude Travis Watkins for showing the Reserve Champion Market Lamb, Andrew Troyer for Outstanding Woodwork-ing and FFA Shop Sweepstake Awards Hayley Wagner for Outstanding Skills Panel and A.J. Siefker for outstanding Electrical Project.

Members receiving recognition for State and American FFA Degrees include, from left, Oliver Fessler, Trenton Long, A.J. Siefker and Brent Sevitz. The 2014 American FFA Degree Recipient was Trenton Long who received his American Degrees at the National FFA Convention in Lou-isville, Kentucky last fall. 2015 State FFA Degree Recipi-ents Oliver Fessler, A.J. Siefker and Brent Sevitz will re-ceive their degrees in April at the State FFA Convention in Columbus. Jared Blymyer was recognized for his 1st place Turf grass Proficiency placing at the District 4 evaluation and Clark Etzler placed second with his FFA Treasurer’s Book out of 35 schools.

Ohio State Lima chorale to spend spring break touring, performing


LIMA — The Ohio State University at Lima Chorale will perform four con-certs at various locations in northwest and western Ohio during spring break week March 16-20. This group of 45 student singers will per-form secular and non-secu-lar works during the five-day tour that also includes a trip to Nashville.

“This tour is an opportu-nity for the students to expe-rience the excitement and opportunities of a city like Nashville in terms of enter-tainment, museums and musi-cal productions,” said Dr. Matthew Young, director of choral activities. “But just as importantly, the students will grow as a musical ensemble through multiple performanc-es and share the hard work they have done all around the state.”

The tour kicks off with the on-campus Spring Choral Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Martha W. Farmer Theatre for the Performing Arts. The chorale will be at Perrysburg High School from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday.

At 7 p.m. Monday, they will perform at the Wesley United Methodist Church in Bryan. The final performance will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kettering-Fairmont High School in Kettering. All the evening performances are free and open to the public.

“We are singing at several high schools that do not typ-ically host University level choirs,” said Young. “These concerts will expose high school students to options for pursuing a college education and also to opportunities for participating in music while they seek their degrees. I think this is particularly evi-dent with our ensembles, as the majority of the students who sing in our choirs are not pursuing a career in music, yet are still able to and inter-ested in participating in choir during their college careers.”

The Chorale singers will stay with host families during the first leg of their trip. The group will visit Nashville for two days and return to campus March 20. Non-singing tour stops include the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton and the Parthenon art museum in Nashville.

Klausing earns Student of MonthDerek Klausing, a sophomore at St. John’s High School, was honored by the Delphos Optimist Club as the Student of the Month. Klausing received a certifi-cate and a silver collector coin for his award. He is the son of John and Nancy Klausing. St. John’s Principal Adam Lee assisted in the presentation. (Submitted photo)

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VAN WERT — 4-H is the largest youth develop-ment organization in the country, with over 6 mil-lion youth participating across the country. The 4-H program was started in 1902 by A.B. Graham in Springfield, Ohio. Graham started clubs for youth so they could “learn by doing” which to this day is the 4-H slogan; youth learn by actively participating in educational experienc-es and projects. Today, the 4-H program is operated in every county in Ohio by Ohio State University Extension and has nearly 216,000 members partici-pating across the state.

In Van Wert County and all across the country, 4-H’ers are still actively

following the slogan of learn by doing to devel-op themselves into caring, contributing citizens and working to follow the 4-H motto of “To Make the Best Better.”

Who is involved in Van Wert County 4-H?

Van Wert County has over 500 active 4-H mem-bers involved in 26 com-munity clubs through-out the county. There are around 100 dedicated adult volunteers who work to provide support for clubs, programs and activities. Community clubs partici-pate in community service projects, clinics, field trips, social events, and fundrais-ers throughout the year. Other opportunities include project judging, 4-H Camp, state and national events, and exhibiting at the Van Wert County Fair.

Who can join 4-H and what will I do?

Youth who are age 5 and in Kindergarten as of January 1st, 2015 are eligible to join 4-H as a Cloverbud member. Cloverbuds partic-ipate in community clubs and non-competitive activ-ities exploring a variety of fun, hands-on interest areas. Youth who are age 8 and in 3rd grade as of January 1st can join 4-H as project members. Project members participate in club activities, select 4-H proj-ects that interest them, go through project judging, and can exhibit their projects at the Van Wert County Fair. Youth age out of 4-H the year they turn 19. Youth are eligible to join 4-H in the county they reside in, if you wish to join 4-H in a differ-ent county then where you reside, you should contact the Extension Office of the program you wish to join for more information on eli-gibility.

How do I join 4-H?The first step in joining

4-H is to find a communi-ty club near your home or school. There are 26 com-munity clubs throughout the county; experience 4-H with a friend and invite them to join with you. Contact the Van Wert County OSU Extension Office at 419-238-1214 today for help in locating the right club for you or visit us on the web at http://vanwert.osu.edu for more club information.

When should I sign up?You can join 4-H at any

time! But, join by the March 16, 2015 to take advan-tage of all the opportunities throughout the year. First year families and members are given a month of extra time to get their paperwork in past the deadline to help them make the joining pro-cess a little easier! So if you are still looking to join in 2015, it is NOT too late!

What are these projects I keep hearing about?

Members who are age 8 and in the third grade are considered project mem-bers and must enroll and complete a minimum of one project each year. There are over 200 4-H projects a member can choose from. Can’t find a project that interests you out of those 200? You can create your own personalized project by taking the self-deter-mined project.

Projects cover a wide range of topic areas. Excluding livestock proj-ect, examples of popular projects include: photogra-phy, small engines, natural resource projects such as fishing, foods, rockets, cre-ative writing, and shooting sports such as archery.

Youth can discover all the projects available through the Ohio 4-H Family Guide. These are available through a community club or you can pick one up at the Van Wert County OSU Extension Office or online at www.ohio4h.org. Also, you can visit Project Central online at http://projectcen-tral.ohio4h.org to browse projects. Project Central allows you to filter projects by interest areas and skill levels. You can also read reviews from others who have taken the project.

Want to learn more?The 4-H program is

part of the Ohio State University Extension ser-vices. For more information on the 4-H program and how to get involved, con-tact the Van Wert County OSU Extension office at 419-238-1214. The office is located at 1055 S Washington St in Van Wert at the fairgrounds. You can also find more information on their website vanwert.osu.edu or follow Van Wert County 4-H on Facebook at facebook.com/vanwert4h.

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New cow supplies cream for homemade treat

BY LOVINA EICHER

March! This year is going way too fast for me!

Daughter Verena and I just came in from milking our new cow, Bessie, and doing the out-side chores. Son Joseph usually takes care of feed-ing the horses. I left the school chil-dren sleep later this morning so there wasn’t enough time. We are getting plen-ty of milk from Bessie.

I haven’t milked a cow since I was married almost 22 years ago. It was fun to milk a cow again but not something I want to do daily. The boys have been milking Bessie at night. Until Joseph gets faster at it, Verena and I usually milk her in the mornings. I can feel my arms aren’t used to it anymore.

When I was seven years old I started helping to milk our cows at home. Every morning and evening we had 12 to 14 cows we milked by hand. When Joe and I were married my parents gave us a milk cow, but Joe always milked her as I was always busy with the little children. Now our chil-dren aren’t so little anymore; this makes a person sometimes wish time would slow down.

Friday evening quite a few people attended the birthday party for niece Salome at the community building. Our family attended and so did Timothy and Mose. Guests played basketball and vol-leyball and also other games. Some of us sat and visited after supper. The communi-ty building is a nice, big place to have such an event in the cold winter months.

Joe’s sister Christine, Jake and nine children came here for the night after the birthday supper. They were here until Saturday afternoon.

Saturday morning for breakfast we had biscuits, sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, cheese, hot peppers, coffee, milk, grape juice, and rhubarb juice.

For the noon meal Joe and Mose grilled ham and hot wings. Jake and his sons froze ice cream. Christine mixed the ingredients for the ice cream. We used the cream off of our cow’s milk. It sure makes so much

better tasting ice cream. I also made a pasta casserole to have with the grilled meat and ice cream.

The forenoon was spent playing games. Verena also had some friends over so there were plen-ty of people to play games.

Matthew (Jake and Christine’s son) and son Kevin had a hard time going to sleep Friday eve-ning. They were so excited about being able to spend the night together.

Daughter Susan took Edwin and

Rosetta (Jake and Christine’s two young-est children) for a pony ride with Tiger, our pony. Matthew and Kevin also went along. It was a cold ride but they dressed warm and enjoyed it! Daughter Lovina and Jake’s daughter Miriam also went along for the pony ride.

Kevin went to bed before dark Saturday evening and slept until the next morning. He was very tired from a long day and not sleeping much Friday evening.

Sunday we spent the day at home. Our afternoon visitors were nephews Jacob Jr. and Benjamin, and niece Emma, and her special friend Menno. Timothy and Mose were here for the day as well. The boys froze another batch of ice cream.

Our children like my new ice cream recipe a lot better. I’ll share it with you this week. God’s blessings to all!

Homemade Ice Cream6 cups cream6 eggs3 1/2 cups sugar6 teaspoons vanilla1 teaspoon salt1 or 2 boxes of instant vanilla puddingMix all ingredients together until smooth.

Freeze in your ice cream freezer according to directions.

Lovina Eicher is an Old Order Amish writ-er, cook, wife and mother of eight. Formerly writing as The Amish Cook, Eicher inherit-ed that column from her mother, Elizabeth Coblentz, who wrote from 1991 to 2002. Readers can contact Eicher at PO Box 1689, South Holland, IL 60473 (please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for a reply) or at LovinasAmishKitchen@MennoMedia.

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Browns land receiver Hartline hours before free agency opens

By TOM WITHERSAssociated Press

CLEVELAND — Brian Hartline’s outlook wasn’t exactly positive before he visited the Browns as a free agent.

“To be frank, I didn’t expect a whole lot,” the wide receiver said.

That quickly changed when he walked through the team’s remodeled facilities, met Cleveland coach Mike Pettine and heard the plan to turn around a team that was in the playoff mix last season before collapsing.

Hartline liked what he saw and heard.

“It just felt right,” he said. “At some point, your gut is just kind of there and it was one place that I was definitely interested in being.”

A dependable pass catch-er for six seasons in Miami,

Hartline signed a 2-year, $6 million contract on Tuesday with the Browns, giving the team a rangy target to help offset the indefinite loss of Josh Gordon.

It’s a homecoming for Hartline. The 28-year-old grew up in Canton, played at Ohio State and is very familiar with the Browns’ sto-ried and stained tradi-tion. Hartline knows about the losing seasons, quarterback controversies, the playoff drought. All he can do is try to make them memories.

“I guess there is a point where the past is the past,” he said. “It doesn’t really matter. It’s all about seeing the future and where things are going. I’m not going to choose a place based off of where they’ve been. It’s obvi-ously important to have a

good track record. But to me, I believed in the vision in Cleveland.”

Hartline’s signing became official a few hours before the opening of free agency. With more than $40 million

of salary cap space, the Browns figure to be aggressive but coach Mike Pettine cautioned the team will not overpay, sticking to a “right

player, right price” policy.The Browns have press-

ing needs, including on their defensive line if Jabaal Sheard and Ahtyba Rubin — two starters last season — sign elsewhere. Cleveland would also like to re-sign versatile cornerback Buster Skrine, who is drawing interest from several teams including the New York Jets.

49ers Patrick Willis retiring after injury-shortened season

By JANIE McCAULEAssociated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker Patrick Willis will retire after his 2014 season was cut short by a toe injury that required surgery.

The 49ers made the announcement Tuesday, the first day of the NFL’s new season.

San Francisco is losing its defensive captain and locker room leader, the play-er who often addressed the team before games with inspirational pep talks.

“Some of the greatest memories in the history of our franchise have come from his passion, dedication and sac-rifice,” CEO Jed York said. “Patrick epitomizes everything you could ever want in a San Francisco 49er. What he brought to this team goes much further than his athletic abilities. His leadership and infectious love for the game helped propel this team. I consider myself very lucky to have grown up around some of the greatest players in the history of this franchise and Patrick has certainly secured his place among that elite group of men. As a member of our family, Patrick holds a special place in our hearts, and we look forward to supporting him as he moves on from his playing career.”

Willis and friend NaVorro Bowman had made up one of the best 1-2 line-backer punches in the NFL until both missed time last year, the entire sea-son for Bowman as he recovered from reconstructive knee surgery.

The 30-year-old Willis was sidelined with a strained muscle in his left big toe. He was placed on the season-ending injured reserve Nov. 11 after getting hurt in the third quarter at St. Louis on Oct. 13.

Late Monday, Willis posted on social media a message that hinted at his farewell from football and included a series of references to bible verses.

“Today is my Future, Past, and Present all in one,” he wrote. “It’s big-ger than me, it always has been and it always will be…I thank you guys for everything, it has been an absolute pleasure….I look forward to the contin-uation of my journey… I feel full with something that needs to be out, and i just want to share it! Success is only as beautiful as our Consistency! My life is based On a True Concept! I know I’m not the only one!”

Willis had missed six games in his career before this latest injury sidelined him for the final 10 games of 2014 for

San Francisco, which struggled to an 8-8 finish without him and missed the playoffs for the first time in four years.

“Nothing but respect for Mr @PatrickWillis52 We been thru a lot together,” free agent wide receiver Michael Crabtree wrote on Twitter.

The NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2007 after being drafted 11th overall out of Mississippi, Willis started 112 games and had 950 tackles with 20.5 sacks in eight sea-sons. Willis also had eight

interceptions — two returned for touch-downs — 16 forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries and 53 passes defensed.

As word spread Monday that Willis was contemplating retirement, his for-mer teammates and opponents took to Twitter in tribute to No. 52.

“Still have a chipped tooth from @PatrickWillis52 knocking me out. Congrats on a GREAT career man! Not a nicer guy out there!” quarterback Matt Leinart wrote.

“Without a doubt the great-est man/leader/friend/teammate @PatrickWillis52 my hero!” wrote for-mer teammate and running back Marcus Lattimore, forced out of the game by his own knee injuries last year.

Bengals reach agreement with A.J. Hawk, offer Still a deal

BY JOE KAYAssociated Press

CINCINNATI — The Bengals solid-ified their linebacker position by agree-ing to a two-year deal with free agent A.J. Hawk and tendering an offer to Emmanuel Lamur on Tuesday.

They also offered a one-year deal to defensive tackle Devon Still, whose daughter is fighting cancer. Still will have to decide whether to stay in Cincinnati while his 4-year-old daughter, Leah, is treat-ed on the East Coast.

Hawk, a nine-year veteran, grew up in Ohio and attended Ohio State. He visited the Bengals as free agency started on Tuesday, and agent Mike McCartney tweeted that they’d reached agreement on a two-year deal. The Bengals didn’t confirm the agreement.

Linebacker was one of Cincinnati’s pri-orities for improving in the offseason. Rey Maualuga agreed to a three-year deal last week, avoiding free agency. Vontaze Burfict missed most of last season with concussions and torn knee cartilage and had two knee

operations, leaving his status uncertain.Lamur is a restricted free agent who can

negotiate with other teams, but the Bengals can match any offer. Lamur moved into a starter’s role last season, when Burfict and Maualuga missed significant time with injuries. He ranked third on the team with 90 tackles, intercepted two passes and knocked down seven throws.

The Bengals also tendered cornerback Chris Lewis-Harris, the Bengals retained their rights to the third-year player. He played in 10 games over the past two seasons, mostly on special teams.

Still played in 12 games last season and had 19 tackles without a sack or inter-ception. He flew back to Philadelphia to visit his daughter whenever possible. By offering Still a one-year deal rather than making a tender offer, the tackle has more flexibility in choosing his future.

The Bengals said Still is considering the one-year offer “based upon what is happening with his family.”

Leah Still was diagnosed with pediat-ric cancer and had a tumor removed from her abdomen.

Jays move on to Districts with dominant win over Leipsic

BY LARRY HEIINGDHI Media [email protected]

DELPHOS — Sometimes a loss in sports can be a good thing. In Delphos St. John’s case, it was back to back losses to Marion Local and Lincolnview that forced the Blue Jays to re-evaluate their confidence.

Since suffering those set-backs last month, St. John’s offense has come alive to win six straight games including capturing the sectional title at Van Wert last weekend.

Standing in St. John’s way was the Leipsic Vikings that knocked off defending state champion, Crestview, to advance to the district tour-nament at Elida but the Blue Jays didn’t falter and took a 63-41 victory.

The Vikings jumped out to an early 6-0 lead on buck-ets by Matt Schroeder, Gavin Cupp and Putnam County League first teamer Jordan Brown. After a scoreless first 2 minutes of the contest, the Jays finally got on the board as Andy Grothouse dished to Austin Heiing for the basket. Leipsic hit their first four shots of the opening quarter to open up a 8-2 lead.

After a jumper by Grothouse, the newly-insert-ed Tim Kreeger grabbed an offensive rebound and his put back cut the Viking’s lead

to two. A triple by Grant Schroeder extended the Leipsic lead briefly before St. John’s caught the Vikings with 1:35 remaining on a

pair of charity tosses by Alex Odenweller. The Jays contin-ued their 9-0 run on a spec-tacular assist by Grouthouse around the Leipsic defense to

Kreeger for two and Heiing bounced off the Viking defense for a 17-13 lead.

Leipsic pulled within one as Matt Schroeder nailed a 3-pointer to open the sec-ond quarter. Grothouse and Kreeger hooked up again fol-lowed by Odenweller’s first triple of the night from in front of the Leipsic bench. Evan Hays found Grothouse open in the paint for the 6-footer as the Jays led 24-17 forcing Viking coach Scott Maag to call a time out with 3:39 remaining in the half. Odenweller hit his second trey of the quarter to open up a 10 point lead for the Jays. Hays found a streaking Odenweller for his 10th point of the second stanza before the halftime buzzer sent both teams to the locker room with a Jays holding a 33-19 lead.

“It took a while for us get going but we used good ball movement to exploit Leipsic’s zone defense in the second quarter,” explained St. John’s coach Aaron Elwer. “Our coaching staff preaches defend first and then rebound second. Leipsic has three players over 6 foot 4 inches and they killed us on the board early but we started using our physicality to take over the game in the second quarter.”

St. John’s Alex Odenweller shoots a 2-pointer during Tues-day night’s game against Leipsic. Odenweller led the scor-ing with 20 points in the 63-41 win for the Blue Jays. (DHI Media/Kenny Poling)

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See BROWNS, page 8

Columbus Grove’s Bryce Sharrits takes a shot over Mill-er City’s Jared Snyder during tournament action Tuesday evening. (DHI Media/Kenny Poling)

Grove leads big early, holds off Miller City

BY JIM COXDHI Media [email protected]

ELIDA — Columbus Grove’s lock-down first-half defense proved to be the difference in Tuesday night’s Division IV district semifinal, as the Bulldogs escaped with a 51-41 win over Miller City. Grove is now 17-7 and will play Delphos St. John’s (17-6) Friday night for the district title. The Blue Jays dispatched Leipsic 63-41 in Tuesday’s first game. Miller City’s season ends at 17-6.

“I thought our one-on-one defense was excellent tonight, and we did a great job on the weak side boxing out,” said Grove coach Ryan Stechschulte. “We thought if we kept it close (rebounding), we’d have a chance, and we did that.”

Wildcat senior Adam Drummelsmith started the game by swishing a 3-pointer from straightaway. However, the Bulldogs’ Gabe Stechschulte landed a 12-footer, and Jace Darbyshire tripled from the left wing to make it 5-3, Grove, at 5:55.

Miller City wouldn’t lead again.Darbyshire then led a 13-3 run to make it 18-6 with 7:16

remaining in the second quarter. The Putnam County League and Northwest Conference Player of the year already had 12 points at that juncture.

Drummelsmith buried another 3-pointer to end the first half just as he started it, but Columbus Grove led 27-13 at the break. The Wildcats hit only 5 of 21 field goal tries in the first 16 minutes, while the Bulldogs landed 10 of 22. That discrep-ancy would prove to be the difference in the game.

In the third quarter the lead got as big as 18 at 31-13 and 33-15, but Miller City bounced back impressively from there despite never finding the range from the field. It was 37-26 after three and would get a lot closer in the fourth.

A put-back by the Wildcats’ Adam Niese had Miller City within five at 41-36 with 2:26 remaining, but Grove hit 8 of 10 free throws down the stretch to hold off the rally.

“We were happy with the effort we got in the second half,” said Miller City coach Bryan Kuhlman. “It would’ve been real-ly easy for the guys to fold up the tents and go home, but they didn’t do that. We were within (five) points late in the fourth quarter. If the ball bounces our way, it could’ve turned out to totally different.”

For the game as a whole, Grove out-shot Miller City from the field 44 percent (17 of 39) to 26 percent (13 of 50). The Dogs were only 3 for 12 (25 percent) from long range, but that was a tad better than the Cats’ 5 of 22 (23 percent). Neither team was hot from the stripe, Grove shooting 58 percent on 14 of 24, Miller City 53 percent on 10 of 19. The Bulldogs won the boards 36-34. The Wildcats had fewer turnovers, 6-10.

“We started playing a little bit tentative,” said Coach Stechschulte of the Wildcats late rally. “That’s something we need to address before playing a great St. John’s team. But we responded in the end with some great possessions, and we hit some free throws down the stretch.”

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Cubs hit 3 HRs in a row, but Cleveland wins 10-6

BY GARY SCHATZ Associated Press

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The new-look Chicago Cubs are trying to build a team that soon will win a lot of games.

In the meantime, maybe just one victory would be nice.

Jorge Soler, Javier Baez and Kris Bryant hit consec-utive home runs for the Cubs and yet they still became the only winless team in the majors this spring, falling to the Cleveland Indians 10-6 Tuesday.

“If we started like this during the season, we’d prob-ably start to press,” starting pitcher Travis Wood said. “It’s spring and these things will happen. It is better it happens now.”

The Cubs, full of expectations this season under first-year manager Joe Maddon, dropped to 0-6. Milwaukee posted its first exhibition win earlier in the day.

Soler, Baez and Bryant connected in the fourth inning off Trevor Bauer. Baez got his first hit of the spring.

Baez was 0 for 9 before connecting.Welington Castro singled after the three homers.

Castro homered later in the day.“We kind of made fun of him,” Baez said. “He joined

the club, though.”The Cubs made four errors.Michael Bourn had three hits and Tyler Holt, cel-

ebrating his 26th birthday, drove in two runs for the Indians.

“Michael was everywhere,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “He had a nice workout.”

Wood gave up four runs, two of them earned, and seven hits in three innings.

Francona thought Bauer pitched better than the results showed.

“I thought he threw the ball well,” Francona said. “He has been focusing on throwing strikes and working ahead in the count.”

UP NEXTCubs: LHP Jon Lester will make his second start on

Wednesday against Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Indians: RHP Danny Salazar will make his second start against Oakland. RHP Cody Allen, RHP Cody Anderson, LHP Ryan Merritt, LHP Nick Hagadone, RHP Dustin Molleken and RHP Bryan Price will follow Salazar.

STARTING TIME

Cubs: Wood was the victim of some shoddy fielding. Along with the Cubs’ four errors, a fly ball dropped between center fielder Arismendy Alcantara and left fielder Junior Lake.

“I threw the ball well. They got some singles and there were some misplays,” Wood said. “It’s spring and it’s going to happen. Better now than during the season.

Indians: Bauer, who has a spot secured in the rota-tion, cruised through three innings before having three pitches crushed in the fourth.

“Hitters have some fun in spring, too,” Bauer said. “The fourth was probably my best inning. The first three innings I was about 50-50 on first pitch strikes and that’s my focus. I three all strikes in the fourth. The first was a pretty good sinker in. the second was a cutter that he went down and got. The third was a pitch up. I could pitch nine if I had to right now.”

NO STEALSCastillo threw out Bourn and Mike Aviles trying to

steal.Indians pitcher Gavin Floyd may need elbow

surgery againGavin Floyd’s comeback season could be over

before it started.The Indians said the right-hander will be sidelined

for “the foreseeable future” after reinjuring his trouble-some pitching elbow. Floyd, who has made just 14 starts over the past two seasons, reinjured a stress fracture that limited him to just nine starts a year ago with Atlanta.

Cleveland said it is gathering more information on the injury but that Floyd, who had Tommy John surgery in 2013, may need another operation. No timetable has been set for his return.

“It is safe to say that Gavin will miss significant time,” manager Terry Francona said Tuesday. “What we need to do now is support him as he goes on with his career. It was a tough pill for him to swallow, I’ll bet. He had done his rehab so diligently. He came out early and worked so hard.”

Floyd spent 6-plus seasons with the Chicago White Sox before signing with the Braves in 2013. He was 2-2 with a 2.65 ERA last season before fracturing the right olecranon in his elbow on June 19. He had season-end-ing surgery a few days later.

Cleveland signed the 32-year-old as a free agent in December and penciled him into its starting rotation. The Indians knew there were risks involved in bringing in Floyd and now the club will have its pitching depth tested.

Lohse, Maldonado lead Brewers past Reds, 5-3PHOENIX (AP) — Kyle Lohse threw

three scoreless innings, Martin Maldonado homered and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 Tuesday for their first win this spring.

The Brewers had been outscored 27-14 in losing their first five exhibition games.

Lohse, projected as the opening day start-er, allowed two hits and struck out four.

Reds starter Johnny Cueto gave up a run and three hits in three innings.

“Spring is a little boring, but it’s what you have to do to get ready for the season,” Cueto, coming off his first 20-win season, said through a translator. “I felt good even though you don’t have a lot of time out there.”

Maldonado, getting plenty of playing time with catcher Jonathan Lucroy still out with a hamstring problem, is hitting .556 for the spring (5 for 9) with a double, a triple and a homer.

“Maldy’s trying to get MVP of the Cactus League,” Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke said. “It’s always nice to win a game, although we still got sloppy on a couple of plays. But it was better and we had some good offense.”

Shane Peterson had a two-run homer and Jason Rogers got three hits for Milwaukee.

The Reds scored all their runs in the ninth

off reliever Tyler Cravy.STARTING TIMEReds: Cueto gave up his first run in

five innings this spring, allowing singles to Scooter Gennett and Jean Segura to start the first. But he retired nine of the final 11 hitters, getting Brewers cleanup man Aramis Ramirez to foul out to first twice.

“It’s good face the veterans because they take a lot of pitches and let you throw and throw, which is good for me,” Cueto said.

Brewers: Lohse had a little mechanical issue with his delivery but the results were good. He struck out Brayan Pena and Todd Frazier to end the first and Brennan Boesch to end his outing in the third with runners on first and third.

“I was coming out of my delivery a little bit, but I was able to figure it out by the third inning,” said Lohse, who has allowed one earned run with seven strikeouts in 5 2-3 innings. “We’re down here to learn how to consistently deliver the ball. It doesn’t matter to me who I’m facing.”

TRAINER’S ROOMBrewers: Milwaukee expects 1B Adam

Lind to make his first Cactus League appear-

ance Thursday against Colorado. He has been slowed by lower back stiffness. He has battled back problems for the past four years. … C Jonathan Lucroy will play in minor league games on Thursday and Friday with an eye toward a Cactus League game as the next step.

PUT IT ON THE VISABrewers closer Francisco Rodriguez has

received approval for a visa in his native Venezuela and should join the team within a

few days.The 33-year-old Rodriguez is

used to being a late arrival to camp. Last year, political strife kept him home until a few weeks into camp. And once he arrived, he stepped on a cactus spine in his bare feet to set him back further.

UP NEXTReds: Cincinnati will face the Royals

with LHP Paul Maholm taking his turn in the rotation.

Brewers: Milwaukee and RHP Matt Garza will face the San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale.

Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco sidelined by concussion

Cincinnati Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco is sidelined indefinitely because of a mild

concussion that he suffered when a foul ball hit him on the mask.

Mesoraco was hit on Saturday during a spring training game against Kansas City and was held out of a game the following day. Mesoraco said on Monday that it’s a mild concussion and has left him a little hazy.

He’s being tested daily and is confined to riding a stationary bicycle and walking on a treadmill to stay in shape.

“It is tough for me to sit around but that’s what you have to do,” Mesoraco said. “Right now I want to get back to work and I can’t do it. I did 20 minutes on the bike today. Tomorrow, I’ll walk on the treadmill.”

It’s his third concussion as a professional. The other two came on collisions at home plate. Mesoraco says this one isn’t as bad as the others, which happened in 2010 and 2012. It’s unclear when he’ll be allowed to resume a full range of activities.

“This was different than the first two,” Mesoraco said. “I had more headaches the last time. With this one everything is just hazy.”

He’s considering changing his equipment to protect against another concussion.

“We may try a heavier-grade mask,” Mesoraco added. “We will maybe put some stuff in my helmet.”

Associated PressNASCARSprint Cup Schedule-WinnersThrough March 8Feb. 14 — x-Sprint Unlimited (Matt

Kenseth)Feb. 19 — x-Budweiser Duel 1 (Dale

Earnhardt Jr.)Feb. 19 — x-Budweiser Duel 2

(Jimmie Johnson)Feb. 22 — Daytona 500 (Joey

Logano)March 1 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip

500 (Jimmie Johnson)March 8 — Kobalt 400 (Kevin

Harvick)SUNDAY — CampingWorld.com

500, Avondale, Ariz.March 22 — Auto Club 400, Fontana,

Calif.March 29 — STP 500, Ridgeway, Va.April 11 — Duck Commander 500,

Fort Worth, TexasApril 19 — Food City 500, Bristol,

Tenn.April 25 — Toyota Owners 400,

Richmond, Va.May 3 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala.May 9 — SpongeBob SquarePants

400, Kansas City, Kan.May 15 — x-Sprint Showdown,

Concord, N.C.May 16 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star

Race, Concord, N.C.May 24 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord,

N.C.May 31 — Dover 400, Dover, Del.June 7 — Axalta We Paint Winners

400, Long Pond, Pa.June 14 — Quicken Loans 400,

Brooklyn, Mich.June 28 — Toyota/Save Mart 350,

Sonoma, Calif.July 5 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona

Beach, Fla.July 11 — Quaker State 400, Sparta,

Ky.July 19 — New Hampshire 301,

Loudon, N.H.July 26 — Crown Royal Presents

The Your Hero’s Name Here 400 at The Brickyard, Indianapolis

Aug. 2 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa.

Aug. 9 — Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Aug. 16 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

Aug. 22 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.

Sep. 6 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C.

Sep. 12 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va.

Sep. 20 — MyAFibStory.com 400, Joliet, Ill.

Sep. 27 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.

Oct. 4 — AAA 400, Dover, Del.Oct. 10 — Bank of America 500,

Concord, N.C.Oct. 18 — Hollywood Casino 400,

Kansas City, Kan.Oct. 25 — Alabama 500, Talladega,

Ala.Nov. 1 — Goody’s Fast Pain Relief

500, Ridgeway, Va.Nov. 8 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth,

TexasNov. 15 — Quicken Loans Race for

Heroes 500, Avondale, Ariz.Nov. 22 — Ford EcoBoost 400,

Homestead, Fla.x-non-points race———LeadersPoints1, Kevin Harvick, 134. 2, Dale

Earnhardt Jr., 125. 3, Joey Logano, 123. 4, Martin Truex Jr., 118. 5, AJ Allmendinger, 100. 6, Kasey Kahne, 92. 7, Jimmie Johnson, 91. 8, Denny Hamlin, 87. 9, Casey Mears, 87. 10, Matt Kenseth, 85.

11, Greg Biffle, 84. 12, Ryan Newman, 82. 13, Paul Menard, 82. 14, Clint Bowyer, 81. 15, Aric Almirola, 80. 16, Brad Keselowski, 77. 17, David Gilliland, 77. 18, Sam Hornish Jr., 75. 19, David Ragan, 75. 20, Danica Patrick, 68.

Money1, Joey Logano, $1,997,044. 2, Kevin

Harvick, $1,913,240. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $1,255,880. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $1,097,769. 5, Denny Hamlin, $979,418. 6, Jeff Gordon, $916,473. 7, Martin Truex Jr., $908,193. 8, Matt Kenseth, $878,373. 9, Casey Mears, $760,164. 10, Clint Bowyer, $734,564.

11, Ryan Newman, $725,053. 12, Greg Biffle, $688,077. 13, Aric Almirola, $672,573. 14, Brad Keselowski, $671,228. 15, AJ Allmendinger, $663,784. 16, Kyle Larson, $662,569. 17, Austin Dillon, $658,991. 18, Kasey Kahne, $644,140. 19, Trevor Bayne, $640,510. 20, Jamie McMurray, $626,813.

——————-——————XFINITYSchedule-WinnersThrough March 7Feb. 21 — Alert Today Florida 300

(Ryan Reed)Feb. 28 — Hisense 250 (Kevin

Harvick)March 7 — Boyd Gaming 300 (Austin

Dillon)SATURDAY — Axalta Faster.

Tougher. Brighter. 200, Avondale, Ariz.March 21 — Drive4Clots.com 300,

Fontana, Calif.April 10 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 300,

Fort Worth, TexasApril 18 — Bristol 300, Bristol, Tenn.April 24 — ToyotaCare 250,

Richmond, Va.May 2 — Winn-Dixie 300, Talladega,

Ala.May 17 — Iowa 250, Newton, IowaMay 23 — Hisense 300, Concord,

N.C.May 30 — Buckle Up 200, Dover,

Del.June 13 — Michigan 250, Brooklyn,

Mich.June 20 — Chicagoland 300, Joliet,

Ill.July 4 — Subway Firecracker 250,

Daytona Beach, Fla.July 10 — Kentucky 300, Sparta, Ky.July 18 — Sta-Green 200, Loudon,

N.H.July 25 — Lilly Diabetes 250,

IndianapolisAug. 1 — U.S. Cellular 250, Newton,

IowaAug. 8 — Zippo 200, Watkins Glen,

N.Y.Aug. 15 — Mid-Ohio 200, Lexington,

OhioAug. 21 — Food City 300, Bristol,

Tenn.Aug. 29 — Road America 200,

Plymouth, Wis.Sep. 5 — VFW Sport Clips Help a

Hero 200, Darlington, S.C.Sep. 11 — Virginia 529 College

Savings 250, Richmond, Va.Sep. 19 — Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast

300, Joliet, Ill.Sep. 26 — VisitMyrtleBeach.com

300, Sparta, Ky.Oct. 3 — Dover 200, Dover, Del.Oct. 9 — Drive for the Cure 300,

Concord, N.C.Oct. 17 — Kansas Lottery 300,

Kansas City, Kan.Nov. 7 — O’Reilly Auto Parts

Challenge, Fort Worth, TexasNov. 14 — Arizona 200, Avondale,

Ariz.Nov. 21 — Ford EcoBoost 300,

Homestead, Fla.——LeadersPoints1. Ty Dillon, 119. 2. Chris Buescher,

113. 3. Ryan Reed, 104. 4. Darrell Wallace Jr., 103. 5. Chase Elliott, 95. 6. Regan Smith, 86. 7. Brendan Gaughan, 86. 8. David Starr, 83. 9. Elliott Sadler, 82. 10. Ross Chastain, 81. 11. Jeremy Clements, 75. 12. Dakoda Armstrong, 71. 13. Daniel Suarez, 70. 14. J.J. Yeley, 70. 15. Landon Cassill, 64. 16. Eric McClure, 64. 17. Brian Scott, 62. 18. Blake Koch, 55. 19. Ryan Sieg, 50. 20. Joey Gase, 43. 21. Cale Conley, 42. 22. Mario Gosselin, 41. 23. Jeffrey Earnhardt, 40. 24. Mike Harmon, 40. 25. Chris Cockrum, 38. 26. Derek White, 38. 27. Brennan Poole, 35. 28. Harrison Rhodes, 28. 29. Josh Reaume, 27. 30. Mike Bliss, 24. 31. Jamie Dick, 20. 32. Derrike Cope, 19. 33. Carl Long, 13. 34. Jimmy Weller, 11. 35. Morgan Shepherd, 11. 36. Justin Marks, 10. 37. Scott Lagasse Jr., 7. 38. Dexter Bean, 4. 39. Jeff Green, 4.

Money1. Ryan Reed, $181,201; 2.

Austin Dillon, $174,746; 3. Ty Dillon, $151,674; 4. Chris Buescher, $147,145; 5. Regan Smith, $136,550; 6. Chase Elliott, $127,785; 7. Darrell Wallace Jr., $122,260; 8. David Starr, $117,936; 9. Brendan Gaughan, $115,836; 10. Ross Chastain, $112,876; 11. Dakoda Armstrong, $109,371; 12. Elliott Sadler, $109,349; 13. Jeremy Clements, $108,435; 14. Erik Jones, $107,723; 15. J.J. Yeley, $107,229; 16. Eric McClure, $106,963; 17. Landon Cassill, $106,862; 18. Brian Scott, $105,971; 19. Blake Koch, $105,899; 20. Cale Conley, $105,078; 21. Joey Gase, $104,641; 22. Daniel Suarez, $103,697; 23. Ryan Sieg, $99,649; 24. Mike Harmon, $96,018; 25. John Wes Townley, $93,562; 26. Mario Gosselin, $85,752; 27. Aric Almirola, $83,047; 28. Dale Earnhardt Jr., $80,116; 29. Kyle Larson, $79,859; 30. Jeffrey Earnhardt, $78,748; 31. Derek White, $78,270; 32. Chris Cockrum, $78,192; 33. Ryan Blaney, $71,438; 34. Brad Keselowski, $64,245; 35. Josh Reaume, $61,850; 36. Justin Marks, $55,846; 37. Kevin Harvick, $54,649; 38. Kyle Busch, $52,690; 39. Mike Wallace, $52,595; 40. Chad Boat, $51,856; 41. Scott Lagasse Jr., $50,706; 42. Harrison Rhodes, $48,559; 43. Cody Ware, $47,682; 44. Joey Logano, $46,130; 45. Derrike Cope, $46,120; 46. Mike Bliss, $42,897; 47. Dexter Bean, $41,500; 48. Denny Hamlin, $40,351; 49. Brennan Poole, $32,346; 50. Carl Long, $28,688.

NASCAR StandingsBearcats to battle Flyers in Wapak District finals

By JIM METCALFEDHI Media Sports Editor

[email protected]

WAPAKONETA — One quarter.That was the key stretch in the

Spencerville versus Perry boys basket-ball contest Tuesday night in the second Wapakoneta Division IV District semi-final.

The Bearcats owned the third peri-od 14-1 to open up a 15-point lead to start the fourth and withstood a furious Commodore rally for a 63-58 victory.

Spencerville (16-5), seeded second, advances to take on top seed Marion Local (who ousted New Bremen 54-51 earlier) at 7 p.m. Friday.

The Black Attack led 32-30 to com-mence the third period and upped the man-to-man defensive intensity, so much so they held the Commodores without a made field goal (12 tries) and forced six turnovers (14 for the game). In fact, the only point was a free toss by Xavier Monford (11 markers, 7 boards) at 2:13. On the other end, the Bearcats hit 5-of-11 shooting, led by seven markers from Dakota Prichard (2 treys). In fact, his 3-pointer from the right wing with 27 ticks showing put the Bearcats up 46-31.

“The only thing we talked about at the half was defense and rebounding; I didn’t feel we did either as well as we should,” Spencerville coach Kevin Sensabaugh said. “We didn’t talk about Xs and Os but about those things. We have taken on more of a defensive iden-tity thanks to guys like Damien (Corso). Early on, we were trying to find a role

for him and it eventually turned out to be guarding the opponent’s best player. The others have picked up on that.”

Perry turned up its own defensive heat in the fourth period — forcing four early turnovers — and got eight points from the foul-plagued Jakoby Lane-Harvey (14 points, 4 assists) and Plummie Gardner (11 counters) with six to chip away at the deficit. They also were forced to put Spencerville on the foul line 21 times,

with the victors making 13 in the stanza (17-of-27 for the game for 63.0%). Perry — with Lane-Harvey and Brandon Neal (7 boards) both fouling out — got as close as five three times, the last at 60-55 on a drive by Orion Monford at 34 ticks. However, Spencerville hit enough free throws to off-set Perry’s 10-of-21 shoot-ing and move on.

Spencerville’s Dakota Prichard (31) and Damien Corso battle with Perry’s Xavier Monford for the ball during District boys basketball action Tuesday at Wapak. (Kajon Graphics)

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Tuesday MerchantMar. 3, 2015

Ace Hardware 124-16Lears Martial Arts 121-22Pitsenbarger Supply 116-19R C Connections 114-27To Legit 2 Split 73-44Bowlers over 200

David Newman 290-247-266, Jeff Lawrence 246-204, John Al-len 216, Dan Grice 248-270, Bob White 232, Shane Schimmoller 246-245, Bruce Kraft 204, Rick Schuck 234, Mike Hughes 212, Kyle Carver 210, Desteni Lear 206-256-207, Dean Bowersock 226, Mike Rice 237-240, Shane Lear 245-237-246, Bruce VanMe-tre 246-227-236.Bowlers over 550

George Cunningham 551, David Newman 803, Jeff Law-rence 645, John Allen 582, Dan Grice 709, Bob White 620, Shane Schimmoller 690, Bruce Kraft 585, Rick Schuck 564, Mike Hughes 578, Desteni Lear 669, Dean Bowersock 587, Mike Rice 668, Shane Lear 728, Bruce Van-Metre 709.

Wednesday IndustrialMar. 4, 2015

John Deere 22-2Wilhelm Racing 18-6D & D Grain 16-8Rustic Cafe 14-10Topp Chalet 14-10Heather Marie Photo 12-12K-M Tire 8-16Buckeye Painting 8-16Cabo 4-20Fusion Graphic 4-20Men over 200

Frank Miller 222-224-201, Dave Miller 203, John Allen 210-212, John Jones 257, Matt Ham-ilton 215, Taylor Booth 234, Ryan Robey 235, Matt Hoffman 243-230, Mike Rice 218-207, Ryan Prine 202-206, Bruce Moorman 202, Dan Kleman 235-223-259,

Don Rice 258-247-208, Lenny Hubert 279, Shawn Allemeier 224-218-209, Bruce VanMetre 257-201, Phil Austin 229-278-277, Steve Richards 214, Rob Shaeffer 256-249, Butch Prine Jr. 270-204, Terence Keaser 215-237, Justin Starn 245-220, Chan-dler Stevens 228-268-224, Brent Miller 202-247, Brian Sharp 233-234-211, Kyle Early 209-247-222, Dave Moenter 228-244, Randy Fischbach 202, Brent Jones 224, Jason Mahlie 279-212, Shane Schimmoller 202-245, Toby James 246-246, Justin Rahrig 217, Daniel Uncapher 231, Har-old Beckner 236, Duane Kohorst 205, Bob White 204, Eathan Ad-ams 210, Sean Hulihan 236-230, Kyle Profit 246-300-201, Terry Trentman 211-289.Men over 550

Frank MIller 647, Dave Miller 558, John Allen 611, John Jones 626, Matt Hamilton 582, Taylor Booth 617, Ryan Robey 590, Matt Hoffman 627, Mike Rice 614, Dan Kleman 717, Don Rice 713, Len-ny Hubert 669, Shawn Allemeier 651, Bruce VanMetre 658, Phil Austin 784, Steve Richards 574, Rob Shaeffer 690, Butch Prine Jr. 668, Terence Keaser 635, Justin Starn 659, Chandler Ste-vens 720, Brent Miller 639, Brian Sharp 678, Kyle Early 678, Dave Moenter 668, Brent Jones 620, Jason Mahlie 689, Shane Schim-moller 612, Toby James 684, Jus-tin Rahrig 567, Harold Beckner 570, Sean Hulihan 654, Kyle Prof-it 747, Terry Trentman 671.

Thursday NationalMar. 5, 2015

K-M Tire 28-4Mushroom Graphics 20-12Old Mill Campgrounds 20-12Westrich 18-14D R C Big Dogs 15-17VFW 14-18

Wannemachers 14-18Evans Construction 14-18First Federal 13-19S & K’s Landeck Tavern 4-28Men over 200

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Carl Beck 571, Jeff Milligan 636, Ted Wells 646, Brad Thorn-burgh 691, Frank Miller 583, Chuck Verhoff 589, Dave Mill-er 598, Dick Mowery 566, Mike Rice 631, Lenny Klaus 619, Dave Moenter 685, Neil Mahlie 624, Mike Hughes 584, Jason Mah-lie 673, Ryan Miller 632, Warren Mason 576, Dan Mason 626, Jeff Lawrence 570, Nate Lawrence 598, John Jones 603, Jerry Meri-cle 569, John Allen 631, Dan Rice 669, Doug Milligan Jr. 675, Ray Geary 636, Jerry Kraft 600, Brian Schaadt 623, Seth Schaadt 560, Neil Korte 571, Bruce VanMe-tre 675, Lenny Hubert 716, Don Rice 753, Sean Hulihan 682, Rob Ruda 671, Scott Scalf 707.

BOWLING

Associated PressFree Agents SigningsNEW YORK — The 119 free agents

who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources:For players with minor league contracts, letter agree-ments for major league contracts are in parentheses:

AMERICAN LEAGUEBALTIMORE (1) — Re-signed Delmon

Young, of, to a $2.25 million, 1-year contract.

BOSTON (7) — Re-signed Koji Uehara, rhp, to an $18 million, 2-year contract; signed Pablo Sandoval, 3b, San Francisco, to a $95 million, 5-year contract; signed Hanley Ramirez, lf, Los Angeles Dodgers, to an $88 million, 4-year contract; signed Justin Masterson, rhp, St. Louis, to a $9.5 million, 1-year contract; re-signed Craig Breslow, lhp, to a $2 million, 1-year con-tract; signed Felipe Paulino, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a minor-league contract ($925,000); signed Humberto Quintero, c, Seattle, to a minor-league contract ($750,000).

CHICAGO (9) — Signed Zach Duke, lhp, Milwaukee, to a $15 million, 3-year contract; signed Adam LaRoche, 1b, Washington, to a $25 million, 2-year con-tract; signed David Robertson, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $46 million, 4-year contract; signed Melky Cabrera, of, Toronto, to a $42 million, 3-year contract; signed Emilio Bonifacio, 2b, Atlanta, to a $4 million, 1-year contract; signed Jesse Crain, rhp, Houston, to a minor-league contract ($2 million); signed Geovany Soto, c, Oakland, to a minor-league con-tract ($1.5 million); signed Brad Penny, rhp, Miami, to a minor-league contract; signed Matt Albers, rhp, Houston, to a minor-league contract ($1.5 million).

CLEVELAND (2) — Signed Gavin Floyd, rhp, Atlanta, to a $4 million, 1-year contract; signed Scott Downs, lhp, Kansas City, to a minor-league contract ($800,000).

DETROIT (4) — Re-signed Victor Martinez, dh, to a $64 million, 4-year contract; signed Tom Gorzelanny, lhp, Milwaukee, to a $1 million, 1-year con-tract; re-signed Joel Hanrahan, rhp, to a minor-league contract ($1 million) and released him; re-signed Joba Chamberlain, rhp, to a $1 million, 1-year contract.

HOUSTON (5) — Signed Luke Gregerson, rhp, Oakland, to an $18.5 million, 4-year contract; signed Pat Neshek, rhp, St. Louis, to a $12.5 million, 2-year contract; signed Jed Lowrie, ss, Oakland, to a $23 million, 3-year con-tract; signed Colby Ramus, of, Toronto, to an $8 million, 1-year contract; signed Joe Thatcher, lhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a minor-league contract ($1 million).

KANSAS CITY (7) — Re-signed Jason Frasor, rhp, to a $1.8 million, 1-year contract; re-signed Luke Hochevar, rhp, to a $10 million, 2-year contract; signed Kendrys Morales, dh, Seattle, to a $17 million, 2-year contract; signed Alex Rios, of, Toronto, to an $11 million, 1-year contract; signed Edinson Volquez, rhp, Pittsburgh, to a $20 million, 2-year contract; signed Franklin Morales, lhp, Colorado, to a minor-league contract ($1.85 million); signed Chris Young, rhp, Seattle, to a $635,000, 1-year contract.

LOS ANGELES (1) — Signed Matt Lindstom, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a minor-league contract ($1 million).

MINNESOTA (3) — Signed Torii Hunter, of, Detroit, to a $10.5 million, 1-year con-tract; signed Ervin Santana, rhp, Atlanta, to a $55 million, 4-year contract; signed Tim Stauffer, rhp, San Diego, to a $2.2 million, 1-year contract.

NEW YORK (7) — Re-signed Chris Young, of, to a $2.5 million, 1-year contract; signed Andrew Miller, lhp, Baltimore, to a $36 million, 4-year con-tract; re-signed Chase Headley, 3b, to a $52 million, 4-year contract; re-signed Chris Capuano, lhp, to a $5 million, 1-year contract; re-signed Stephen Drew, ss, to a $5 million, 1-year contract; signed Scott Baker, rhp, Texas, to a minor-league contract ($1.5 million); signed Jared Burton, rhp, Minnesota, to a minor-league contract ($2 million).

OAKLAND (1) — Signed Billy Butler, 1b, Kansas City, to a $30 million, 3-year contract.

SEATTLE (6) — Signed Nelson Cruz, dh, Baltimore, to a $57 million, 4-year contract; re-signed Endy Chavez, of, to a minor-league contract ($750,000); re-signed Franklin Gutierrez, of, to a minor-league contract; agreed to terms with Rickie Weeks, inf-of, Milwaukee, on a $2 million, 1-year contract; signed Joe Saunders, lhp, Baltimore, to a minor-league contract ($750,000); signed Kevin Correia, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a minor-league contract.

TAMPA BAY (2) — Signed Asdrubal Cabrera, ss, Washington, to a $7.5 mil-lion, 1-year contract; signed Alexi Casilla, inf, Baltimore, to a minor-league contract ($900,000).

TEXAS (6) — Re-signed Colby Lewis, rhp, to a $4 million, 1-year contract; signed Kyuji Fujikawa, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $1.1 million, 1-year contract; signed Ryan Ludwick, of, Cincinnati, to a minor-league contract ($1.75 million); signed Nate Schierholtz, of, Washington, to a minor-league contract ($1.75 mil-lion); signed Jamey Wright, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a minor-league con-tract ($1 million); signed Joe Beimel, lhp, Seattle, to a $600,000, 1-year contract.

TORONTO (4) — Signed Russell Martin, c, Pittsburgh, to an $82 mil-lion, 5-year contract; re-signed Munenori Kawasaki, inf, to a minor-league con-

tract ($825,000); signed Ramon Santiago, ss, Cincinnati, to a minor-league contract ($1.1 mil-lion); signed Johan Santana, lhp, Baltimore, to a minor-league contract ($2.5 million).

___NATIONAL LEAGUEARIZONA (1) — Signed Gerald Laird, c,

Atlanta, to a minor-league contract.ATLANTA (8) — Signed Jim Johnson,

rhp, Detroit, to a $1.6 million, 1-year con-tract; signed Nick Markakis, of, Baltimore, to a $44 million, 4-year contract; signed Alberto Callaspo, 3b, Oakland, to a $3 million, 1-year contract; signed Jason Grilli, rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to an $8 million, 2-year contract; signed A.J. Pierzynski, c, St. Louis, to a $2 million, 1-year contract; signed Kelly Johnson, inf, Baltimore, to a minor-league contract ($1.5 million); signed Jonny Gomes, of, Oakland, to a $4 million, 1-year contract; signed Jose Veras, rhp, Houston, to a minor-league contract ($1.6 million).

CHICAGO (6) — Signed Jason Hammel, rhp, Oakland, to a $20 million, 2-year contract; signed Jon Lester, lhp, Oakland, to a $155 million, 6-year con-tract; signed Jason Motte, rhp, St. Louis, to a $4.5 million, 1-year contract; signed David Ross, c, Boston, to a $5 million, 2-year contract; signed Chris Denorfia, of, Seattle, to a $2.6 million, 1-year con-tract; signed Phil Coke, lhp, Detroit, to a minor-league contract.

CINCINNATI (3) — Signed Paul Maholm, lhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a minor-league contract; signed Burke Badenhop, rhp, Boston, to a $2.5 million, 1-year contract; signed Kevin Gregg, rhp, Miami, to a minor-league contract ($1.5 million).

COLORADO (2) — Signed Nick Hundley, c, Baltimore, to a $6.25 million, 2-year contract; signed Kyle Kendrick, rhp, Philadelphia, to a $5.5 million, 1-year contract.

HOUSTON (1) — Signed Roberto Hernandez, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a minor-league contract ($1.25 million).

LOS ANGELES (4) — Signed Brandon McCarthy, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $48 million, 4-year contract; signed Brett Anderson, lhp, Colorado, to a $10 million, 1-year contract; signed Dustin McGowan, rhp, Toronto, to a $507,500, 1-year contract; signed Mike Adams, rhp, Philadelphia, to a minor-league contract.

MIAMI (4) — Signed Michael Morse, of, San Francisco, to a $16 million, 2-year contract; signed Nick Masset, rhp, Colorado, to a minor-league contract ($1 million); signed Ichiro Suzuki, of, New York Yankees, to a $2 million, 1-year contract; re-signed Reed Johnson, of, to a minor-league contract ($1.25 million).

MILWAUKEE (2) — Signed Neal Cotts, lhp, Texas, to a $3 million, 1-year contract; signed Chris Perez, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers to a minor-league con-tract ($1.5 million).

NEW YORK (1) — Signed Michael Cuddyer, of, Colorado, to a $21 million, 2-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA (2) — Signed Aaron Harang, rhp, Atlanta, to a $5 million, 1-year contract; signed Chad Billingsley, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $1.5 million, 1-year contract.

PITTSBURGH (2) — Signed A.J. Burnett, rhp, Philadelphia, to an $8.5 million, 1-year contract; re-signed Francisco Liriano, lhp, to a $39 million, 3-year contract.

ST. LOUIS (3) — Signed Matt Belisle, rhp, Colorado, to a $3.5 million, 1-year contract; signed Mark Reynolds, 1b, Milwaukee, to a $2 million, 1-year con-tract; signed Carlos Villanueva, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a minor-league con-tract ($2 million).

SAN DIEGO (5) — Signed Clint Barmes, ss, Pittsburgh, to a $1.5 mil-lion, 1-year contract; signed Brandon Morrow, rhp, Toronto, to a $2.5 million, 1-year contract; re-signed Josh Johnson, rhp, to a $1 million, 1-year contract; signed Wil Nieves, c, Philadelphia, to a minor-league contract ($850,000); signed James Shields, rhp, Kansas City, to a $75 million, 4-year contract.

Big trades steal spotlight from free agentsBY BARRY WILNER

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Until the New York Jets landed Darrelle Revis, the first hours of NFL free agency Tuesday looked more like fantasy football.

Trades, anyone?Monster deals sending Jimmy

Graham to Seattle and Sam Bradford to Philadelphia stole the spotlight from free agent signings. That is until mid-eve-ning, when Revis Island returned to the Meadowlands.

The Jets dug into their past to bring back the All-Pro cornerback, according to his agents. Revis goes from the Jets’ archrival Patriots, who he helped win the Super Bowl last month, to his NFL roots.

The deal is for five years and $70 million, with $39 million guaranteed.

New Orleans agreed to send its star tight end to the Seahawks for center Max Unger, with draft picks changing hands. The Saints are to get a first-round pick, while Seattle receives a fourth-rounder.

That stunner was followed by Bradford, the injury-prone quarterback who barely has played the past two years (knee), going to Philadelphia for Nick Foles, who also comes off an inju-

ry-shortened season (collarbone) and is headed to St. Louis. Bradford was the top overall draft pick in 2010.

Foles is the latest starter to depart Philadelphia. He joins two-time All-Pro running back LeSean McCoy, now in Buffalo, and Pro Bowl wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, headed for Kansas City, in going elsewhere.

Philadelphia also added Seahawks starting cornerback Byron Maxwell as a free agent with a six-year deal. And Seattle brought in cornerback Cary Williams, formerly of the Eagles and a 2012 Super Bowl winner with the Ravens.

Baltimore dealt nose tackle Haloti Ngata to Detroit, which is about to lose All-Pro defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh in free agency. Ngata, 31 and a five-time Pro Bowler, is due $8.5 million next season and has a $16 million salary cap figure.

The Bills confirmed acquiring McCoy for linebacker Kiko Alonso; McCoy also signed a contract extension for $40 million over five years.

The Jets also confirmed a previous-ly agreed upon trade, getting receiver Brandon Marshall from Chicago for a fifth-round draft pick. The Jets released WR-KR Percy Harvin, whom they acquired last season from Seattle.

Carolina released DeAngelo Williams, its career rushing leader.

Two retirements also drew attention away from the chase for free agents. Five-time All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis, the heart of San Francisco’s

defense for eight seasons, called it quits. The 2007 Defensive Rookie of the Year is leaving because of recurrent toe and feet injuries.

“In my head, I’m already a Hall of Famer,” Willis said. “I am leaving this with closure,

saying that I am happy today, more happy today than I was the day I was drafted. That says something to me.”

Tennessee quarterback Jake Locker, his four-year pro career ravaged by injuries, also retired, saying he has no “burning desire” to keep playing.

The 49ers lost another mainstay when running back Frank Gore, their career rushing leader, joined the Colts.

Jacksonville, with lots of salary cap room, grabbed tight end Julius Thomas away from Denver among a slew of moves. The Jaguars agreed to deals with defensive end Jared Odrick, right tack-le Jermey Parnell, cornerback Davon House, linebacker Dan Skuta and safety Sergio Brown.

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The second half started slowly for both sides until Blue Jay Tyler Conley’s banker fell in at the 6:36 mark. Leipsic also went to the bank to open their third quarter scor-ing as Cupp connected from inside the lane. The Jays used good movement around the Viking’s defense as Grothouse scored inside and Odenweller hit from outside for another triple.

The aggressive defense by the Jays forced four Viking turnovers early in the half as St. John’s opened up a 42-23 lead. With the Vikings desperately needing points, Matt Schroeder scored 5 straight points for Leipsic before Conley notched an assist to Grothouse as the Jays lead 46-32.

St. John’s opened the final quarter with another 9-0 run on buckets by Kreeger, Grothouse and Odenweller’s fourth 3-pointer of the game. After a pair of freebies by Nate Brecht, Kreeger scored again on his second reverse lay in of the quarter as St. John’s held a comfortable 57-34 lead to coast to the victory.

“Their two big guys were matched up with our two big guys and this opened up opportunities for Odenweller and Grothouse,” commented Elwer.

Odenweller led the Jays offense with 20 points with four 3-pointers and a perfect 6 of 6 from the line. Grothouse finished with 17 points and Kreeger added 11.

St. Johns was deadly inside the arc con-verting 64 percent of 2-point attempts and made 4 of 13 from long range. The Blue Jays made 13 of 18 from the foul line.

Leipsic had a pair a players in double digits as Cupp and Matt Schroeder each scored 10 points. The Jays held Brown to 2 field goals for 4 points.

As a team, the Vikings shot 37 percent from the floor and were 9 of 18 from the charity stripe.

Leipsic dominated the glass early in the contest-grabbing 12 boards in the first half. St. John’s controlled all phases of the game after the first quarter to out rebound the Vikings by 13 (29-16).

Columbus Grove defeated Miller City in the second game of the night and will face Delphos St. John’s at 7 p.m. Friday for the district title.

St. John’s will be selling tickets for the dis-trict finals in the high school office from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Thursday. Also from 7 to 7:30 p.m. this evening and 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday morning.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for stu-dents.

St. John’s will receive a percentage off all presale tickets sold. All tickets at the game are $6 each.

Leipsic (41)Gavin Cupp 4-2-10, Matt Schroeder 4-1-

10, Issaih Lomeli 1-3-5, Grant Schroeder 1-0-3, Ross Mangus 2-0-4, Jordan Brown 2-0-4, Keith Scheckelhoff 0-1-1, Nate Brecht 1-2-4. Totals: 13-2-9/18-41

Delphos St. Johns (63)Andy Grothouse 7-3-17, Evan Hays 0-0-0,

Aaron Reindel 0-0-0, Ryan Hellman 0-0-0, Austin Heiing 3-0-6, Derek Klausing 0-0-0, Tyler Ledyard 0-0-0, Tyler Conley 3-1-7, Alex Odenweller 5-6-20, Jaret Jackson 0-1-1, Robby Saine 0-0-0, Tim Kreeger 5-1-11, Owen Baldauf 0-0-0, Jesse Ditto 0-1-1.

Total: 19-4-13/18-63Score By QuartersLeipsic 13- 6-13- 9- (41) St. Johns 17-16-13-15-(63)Three Point Goals: Leipsic, Matt Schroeder,

Grant Schroeder, St. Johns, Odenweller 4.

Jays


Hartline outlined some of the Browns strengths: a solid defense and offensive line he called, “really well put together, if not top in the league.”

To Hartline, though, the Browns’ big-gest selling point is Pettine.

“He’s a man’s man, straight to the point, loves football, wants to win,” Hartline said. “He was easy to talk to. He’s got an AFC East background so we kind of talked about crossing paths in the past. He was one of the main reasons why I believed in his vision and where

he wants to go and what’s the kind of team he wants to build. He’s a major part in wanting to be here.”

Hartline had consecutive 1,000-yard seasons in 2012 and 2013 for the Dolphins, who released him last month. His production dropped to 474 yards in 2014 but the Browns needed quality depth after Gordon, who led the league in yards receiving in 2013, was suspend-ed one year for multiple violations of the substance abuse policy.

“Brian is an excellent teammate,” Browns general manager Ray Farmer said. “He’s a crafty and savvy player

with very good hands and is a precision route runner. His size, hands and route running make for a good combination and he is going to help us at that posi-tion.”

Hartline said he drew interest from several other teams, including the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots.

His addition could impact the Browns’ plans in the upcoming draft. Cleveland owns a pair of first-round picks and it’s possible the team could use one on a top-flight receiver after passing on players like Sammy Watkins, Mike Evans and Odell Beckham Jr.

Browns


Darbyshire led all scorers with 21 while Stechschulte added 11. Adam Niese and Drummelsmith had 13 and 12 for Miller City.

The game was the high school finale for Wildcat seniors Drummelsmith, Adam Niese, and Jared Snyder.

Score by quarters:Miller City 6 7 13 15 - 41Columbus Grove 16 11 10 14 - 51

Miller City (fg-fga ft-fta tp)Lammers 1-9 1-4 3, Snyder 3-8 1-3

7, Drummelsmith 4-11 0-0 12, Adam Niese 3-13 6-10 13, Max Kuhlman 0-0 0-0 0, Kody Kuhlman 0-4 0-0 0, Jacob Kuhlman 1-3 2-2 4, Mark Kuhlman 0-0 0-0 0, Matt Niese 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 13-50 10-19 41.

Columbus Grove (fg-fga ft-fta tp)

Darbyshire 8-10 3-4 21, Warnecke 0-3 0-0 0, Bogart 0-0 4-7 4, Stechschulte 4-11 3-5 11, Diller 1-3 0-3 2, From 2-7 3-3 8, Clement 0-1 0-0 0, Roney 2-3 1-2 5. Totals 17-39 14-24 51.

3-point field goals: Miller City 5 (Drummelsmith 4, Adam Niese); Columbus Grove 3 (Darbyshire 2, From).

Grove


“When the game gets more helter-skelter, we are real good at that. That is something we know we must get better at,” Sensabaugh added. “However, it’s survive and move on at this point. We know what we face with Marion Local — we don’t match up man-to-man with 6-10 and 6-8 but we’re going to go in there Friday with no fear and let the chips fall where they may.”

Perry got off to the quicker start — leading 7-2 on a Lane-Harvey basket. However, he got in early foul trouble and the Bearcats came back behind the seven points of Damien Corso (17 counters, 9 boards) and took a 14-12 edge on a baseline drive from Zach Goecke (16 counters, 3 assists) at 27 ticks.

Spencerville kept up that trend into the second period, erecting a 23-14 advantage on a 3-ball by Goecke at the 5:30 mark. The Commodores replied to tie the game at 23 on a 4-point play by Jared Poling (17 counters - 5 bombs) at 4:00. There was one more tie at 25 before Spencerville took the lead for good on a Goecke trifecta at 2:30. Mason Nourse (6 assists) hit two tosses at 1:59 and Prichard a putback at 1:18 before Poling downed a 3-ball from the right wing at 1:10 to account for a 32-30 halftime score, Bearcats.

Spencerville finished 20-of-45 shooting, 6-of-18 down-town, for 44.4 percent; with 36 rebounds (13 offensive) as Bailey Croft had a game-high 11; with 18 fouls; and 15 errors.

Perry finished 20-of-55 from the floor, 7-of-19 beyond the arc, for 36.4 percent; 11-of-15 singles (73.3%); and with 25 fouls.

In the opener, that Flyer tandem of the 6-8 Ryan Bruns (21 markers, 8 boards) and the 6-10 Toledo-bound Luke Knapke (10 markers, 13 boards, 6 blocks) was too much for the Cardinals.

The Flyers shot 18-of-43 from the field (3-of-9 3-balls) for 41.9 percent; 15-of-27 at the line (55.6%); seized 40 boards (10 offensive) as Cole Griesdorn added five (6 assists, 6 steals); and amassed 18 turnovers and 18 fouls.

Leading New Bremen were 6-3 Carson Manger with 21 markers (8 boards) and Greg Parker 10.

The Cardinals knocked down 17-of-50 shots (7-of-18 beyond the arc) for 34 percent and 10-of-14 freebies (71.4%); attracted 27 off the glass (6 offensive) as Trey Naylor added six (5 assists, 3 steals); and added 14 turnovers and 21 fouls.

SPENCERVILLE/PERRYPERRY (58)Plummie Gardner 3-3-11, Orion Monford 2-0-4, Jared Poling 6-1-18, Jakoby Lane-

Harvey 6-2-14, Wesley Godfrey 0-0-0, Xavier Monford 3-5-11, John Hairston 0-0-0, Seth Poling 0-0-0, Brandon Neal 0-0-0. Totals 13-7-11-58.

SPENCERVILLE (63)Mason Nourse 1-6-8, David Wisher 0-0-0, Damien Corso 8-0-10, Jacob Meyer

1-2-5, Zach Goecke 4-6-16, Dakota Prichard 3-1-9, Bailey Croft 2-2-6, Griffin Croft 1-0-2. Totals 14-6-17-63.

Score by Quarters:Perry 12 18 1 27 - 58Spencerville 14 18 14 17 - 63Three-point goals: Perry, J. Poling 5, Gardner 2; Spencerville, Goecke 2, Prichard

2, Corso, Meyer.————————-MARION LOCAL/NEW BREMENNEW BREMEN (51)Carson Manger 5-8-21, Ben Schwieterman 1-0-3, Trey Naylor 4-0-8, Greg Parker

4-0-10, Kaelen Reed 0-0-0, Deion Hoehne 1-0-2, Braden Elshoff 1-0-2, Nolan Fox 0-1-1, Alex Britton 1-1-4. Totals 10-7-10-51.

MARION LOCAL (54)Dustin Rethman 2-0-5, Ryan Bruns 7-7-21, Dustin Seitz 3-1-8, Cole Griesdorn

2-0-5, Collin Mescher 0-0-0, Kyle Homan 0-1-1, Luke Knapke 3-4-10, Tyler Mescher 1-2-4. Totals 15-3-15-54.

Score by Quarters:New Bremen 3 15 13 20 - 51Marion Local 14 11 11 18 - 54Three-point goals: New Bremen, Manger 3, Parker 2, Schwieterman, Britton;

Marion Local, Rethman, Seitz, Griesdorn.

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has been a Wee Care Learning Center board member since 1995 and has served as board president, vice presi-dent, and secretary. He also served as the capital campaign chairman resulting in the construction of a new community daycare facility for Van Wert County in 2005. White is active on the First United Methodist Church Finance Committee and Administrative Board. He also led the capital campaign efforts resulting in the construction of a new tennis complex in Van Wert as well as being a member of the Van Wert County Tennis Association where he served on the con-struction committee.

White lives in Van Wert with his wife Jan. They have two grown chil-dren, Kristen and Brad, and one grand-son, Elijah, and are expecting their sec-ond grandchild soon. In his spare time, White enjoys all types of sports, travel, antiques, and movies.

Central Mutual Insurance Company was founded in Van Wert, Ohio in 1876. Today the Central Insurance Companies write more than 328,000 auto, home, and business policies in 18 states with regional offices located in Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, and Van Wert. The Central Insurance Companies’ A.M. Best rating is A (Excellent) and has com-bined assets of over $1 billion.

Central Insurance appoints White to board of directors

White


Niedecken Insurance Agency of Ottoville has earned the distinction of “Presidential Agency Partner” from Western Reserve Group Insurance Company.

Niedecken Insurance Agency, an independent insur-ance agency, has represent-ed Western Reserve Group, a property/casualty insurance company of Wooster, since December 1966.

The designation of “Presidential Agency Partner” is awarded to those agencies which have achieved superior results with Western Reserve Group through sound business practices, professional advice and superior service.

Niedecken Insurance earns ‘Presidential Agency Partner’

Christie calls $225M Exxon Mobil settlement ‘really good’

SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday defended a settlement with Exxon Mobil on a decade-old lawsuit for a fraction of the nearly $9 billion the state had sought for environmental damage, calling the deal “really good.”

The Republican governor said the $225 million settlement is on top of the money the company will have to pay for damage and there is no cap on that amount.

“It’s actually a really good settlement,” Christie said at a town hall meeting in Somerville when an audience member asked about the deal.

He circled back to the question after diverg-ing for a while and said that the decision to settle was up to the attorney general’s office and that he doesn’t interfere with its work.

Democratic lawmakers and environmental-ists have reacted angrily to the settlement, and a New Jersey legislative committee advanced a resolution Monday calling for the deal to be rejected.

Christie said Tuesday that reporting on the settlement for environmental damage caused by the oil company has not been accurate, and he blamed The New York Times, which first

reported the deal last month, for miscasting the story. Eileen Murphy, The Times’ vice presi-dent for corporate communications, said the news organization stands by its reporting.

The state issued a news release last week confirming the settlement and saying Exxon Mobil was also responsible for separate clean-up costs. The state has not detailed what those cleanup costs are.

The litigation goes back to 2004, when New Jersey claimed the Irving, Texas-based company’s refineries in Linden and Bayonne fouled the land and water. The state sought $8.9 billion.

Since then, a judge has ruled that the com-pany was liable for causing a public nuisance. Another judge was expected to rule soon on the exact amount the company would have to pay the state. But lawyers for both sides asked him to wait because a settlement had been reached.

The deal covers not only the two refineries but also 16 other Exxon Mobil sites around New Jersey plus any environmental damage caused by the company’s gasoline stations.

The governor’s critics say he’s giving short shrift to environmental concerns to help fill a budget gap.

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DEAR ABBY: I recently lost my address book in which I kept a copy of your “Keepers” booklet that I had sent away for a few years ago. I love the memorable poems and essays in it. I’d like to replace the booklet if it is avail-able. I read through it so many times and now feel lost without it. I have read your advice for many years. Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. -- PENNY IN EUREKA, MO. DEAR PENNY: I’m glad you enjoyed my “Keepers” booklet, and yes, it is available. It is light reading and contains poems and essays col-lected by my mother that have appeared in this column. So many readers requested reprints on humorous and inspirational items that hold spe-cial meaning for them that Mom decided to com-pile them into a booklet. To order a replacement for yours, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds), to: Dear Abby Keepers Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price. Allow me to share one of the gems that always makes me smile: A MOTHER-IN-LAW’S PRAYER “O, Lord, help me to be glad when my son (or daughter) picks a mate. If he brings home a girl with two heads, let me love both of them equally. And when my son says, ‘Mom, I want to get married,’ forbid that I should blurt out, ‘How far along is she?’

“And please, Lord, help me to get through the wedding preparations without a squabble with the ‘other side.’ And drive from my mind the belief that had my child waited awhile, he or she could have done better. “Dear Lord, remind me daily that when I become a grandmother, my children don’t want advice on how to raise their children any more than I did when I was raising mine. “If you will help me to do these things, per-haps my children will find me a joy to be around, and maybe I won’t have to write a ‘Dear Abby’ letter complaining about my children neglecting me. Amen.” DEAR ABBY: I’d like to know why they still call ex-presidents “president”? For example, President Clinton or President Bush. They clear-ly are not president any longer. -- JUST WON-DERING IN EUGENE, ORE. DEAR JUST WONDERING: True. How-ever, this is a courtesy, a gesture of respect ex-tended to individuals for their public service. Included in this category are retired former presidents, senators, governors, mayors and high-ranking military officers. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.COPYRIGHT 2015 UNIVERSAL UCLICK

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Use stretches to warm up before you exercise DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve been running for years and have al-ways stretched before my morning run. Now I hear that I shouldn’t stretch first. Why not? DEAR READER: You should stretch before your run -- but perhaps not the types of stretches you’ve been doing. Static stretches are what most people have traditionally done, both before and after exercise. Static stretch-es involve adopting and holding a position that stretches a muscle or group of muscles. For example, if you stand up straight and hinge forward at the hips, then hold the po-sition with your arms hanging down, that’s an example of a static stretch. The purpose of static stretching is to encourage muscles to relax, which then allows them to be stretched a little lon-ger. Static stretching promotes flexibility. However, experts now believe that stat-ic stretching before

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exercising does not improve athletic per-formance. Indeed, it can actually undercut strength and power, possibly by affecting the ability of the mus-cles to store and swift-ly release energy. Exercises that re-quire explosive mus-cular activity -- like sprinting, or dunking a basketball -- seem to be compromised by static stretches before exercise. So, generally speaking, it’s best to do static stretches after exercise or at a sepa-rate time entirely. The best stretch-es to get you ready for exercise are dy-namic stretches. A dynamic stretch, as the name suggests, in-volves movement as you stretch. Dynamic stretches typically take specific muscles and joints through a full range of motion. They often mimic a sports motion. A golf swing without a club in your hands is an example of a dynamic stretch. Dynamic stretches increase the range of

motion at the joints. They help warm up the body, pumping more blood and oxygen to the muscles. They loosen up the muscles, preparing them for more intense use. I’ll describe three dynamic stretches. You can find photos show-ing the correct form for these exercises on my website, AskDoctorK.com. -- TORSO RO-TATION WITH A REACH. Stand up straight with your feet hip-width apart. Reach toward your left side with your right arm and then toward your right side with your left arm, while shifting your weight with each change of direction. Tap your toes with each shift (your right toe when you reach your right arm, your left toe when you reach your left arm). -- KNEE LIFTS. Stand up straight, bringing your feet to-gether. Lift your right knee and then your left knee, touching both hands to the knee be-ing lifted. -- ARM SWEEPS. Stand up straight with your feet together. As you inhale, sweep your arms out to the sides and up toward the ceil-ing. As you exhale, sweep your arms down to your sides.

Repeat each dy-namic stretch about 10 to 20 times. Re-peat the sequence for about 5 to 8 min-utes. If you’d like, you can always add a sports-specific move-ment to your routine -- a golf or tennis swing, for example. Stretching is as valuable as ever when exercising. It’s just that recent studies of human physiology have taught us that dynamic stretching is better before exercise and static stretching is better after it. (Dr. Komaroff is a physician and pro-fessor at Harvard Medical School. To send questions, go to AskDoctorK.com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Sec-ond Floor, Boston, MA 02115.) C O P Y R I G H T 2014 THE PRESI-DENT AND FEL-LOWS OF HAR-VARD COLLEGE

FOOD & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WORKERSVan Wert County Hospital is in search of dedicated individuals to join our Nutrition Services team and our Environmental Services team. Nutrition responsibilities include food preparation, obtaining meal orders, customer service, cashier, and other various duties. Environmental Services employees take pride in the cleanliness of both patient and non-patient areas of the Hospital and of the Health Center. Individuals perform daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning, as well as maintain supplies to patient and non-patient areas. Additional responsibilities include the disposal of general, biohazard, and hazardous waste. High School graduate or the equivalent, or five years’ of work experience is required. Full range of body motion, some heavy lifting, and extensive periods of standing are typical. Benefits and non-benefits eligible positions available. A generous benefits package including health, dental, prescription, and vision insurance, vacation, sick time, personal days, and pension is available for qualifying positions. Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a resume/application to:

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farm land auctionWednesday, March 18, 2015 – 6:00 p.m.

Middle Point Comm. Bldg. 406 N. Adams St., Middle Point, Ohio

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122 N Washington St., Van Wert, OH 45891Auctioneers: Bob Gamble, CAI, CES, Broker, Dale Butler;

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3 Tracts – 97 Acres Total – Northeast Van Wert CountyThis is prime Van Wert County farm land just north of US Rt. 224 and approx. 8 miles west of Ottoville. 2 tracts in Jackson Township and 1 tract in Hoaglin Township. All farms have good road frontage and access.

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Tract #1: 39 acres located in Section 24 of Jackson Township at the intersection of Hessian Road and Doner Road. Soil type is Hoytville Silty Clay and there are approximately 37 tillable acres.

Terms: 10% down day of auction, closing by April 18thTract #2: 38.13 acres located in Section 24 of Jackson Township at the intersection of Hessian Rd. and Wetzel Rd. Soil type is Hoytville Silty Clay and there are approx. 37 tillable acres. Tract 1 & 2 are contiguous.

Terms: 10% down day of auction, closing by April 18th, 2015. Buyer will have 2015 farming rights.

Tract #3: This will be a combination of Tract #1 & Tract #2 and collective bidding will be used on these 2 tracts. If someone bids on the combination we will then go back to the individual tracts and allow the high bidder to raise their bid. Any questions please call for clarification.


Tract #4: 20 acres located in Section 14 of Hoaglin Township with road frontage on St. Rt. 637. Soil type is Latty Clay and there are approx. 18.5 acres tillable.


Seller: Floyd E. Thatcher Trust and Rosemary Thatcher Trust; Robert Young, Attorney

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015You will prosper due to

the insightful way that you approach your personal and professional life. Offering people assistance will bring you recognition and respect. Your ability to stay focused will contribute to your per-formance, allowing you to get many things done and find satisfaction.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- It’s a good day to begin renovations, invest in proper-ty or make self-improvements. Your financial prospects look promising, and making changes will lead to good re-sults. Romance is highlighted and a celebration is in order.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Do what you do best. A partnership will leave you with uncertain feelings that must be resolved if you want to stay focused on what needs to be done. Listen to what oth-ers have to say.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You’ll end up in the middle of a situation that will help you move into a leader-ship position. Let your ideas be known and you will solve whatever problems exist.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Take on a new adven-ture. Sitting at home will not motivate you to participate in life. Get out and join a group that will bring you in touch with like-minded people.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Avoid rumors and idle chatter if you want to avoid friction. Transportation difficulties are apparent. If something isn’t working, do your best to fix the problem and keep moving forward.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Don’t let your nerves get the better of you today. Being on edge will not help you solve a problem. Emotional turmoil is best dealt with swiftly be-fore it can get out of control.

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Answers to Monday’s questions:

A mobile police book-ing center and jail for disorderly and otherwise law-breaking college students is set up on the beach in Panama City Beach, Florida, every year during the college spring-break season.

Pablo Picasso, with 1,147 of his paintings listed by the Art Loss Register, has had more of his paintings stolen than any other painter.

Today’s questions:What celebrity chef’s

first professional cooking venture was a catering business called The Bag Lady?

What was the first major U.S. brand-name product promoted in an airplane skywriting ad campaign?

Answers in Thursday’s Herald.

Today’s joke:An angry wife was

complaining about her husband spending all his free time in a bar, so one night he took her along with him.

“What’ll you have?” he asked.

“Oh, I don’t know. The same as you I sup-pose,” she replied.

So, the husband ordered a couple of Jack Daniel’s and threw his down in one shot. His wife watched him, then took a sip from her glass and immediately spat it out.

“Yuck, that’s TERRIBLE!” she splut-tered. “I don’t know how you can drink this stuff!”

“Well, there you go,” cried the husband. “And you think I’m out enjoy-ing myself every night!”


America’s Farmers Grow Communities is part of the America’s Farmers initiative. Since 2010, the America’s Farmers campaign and programs have advocated on behalf of farmers and their efforts to meet society’s needs through agricul-ture. Today, consumers are more interested than ever in agriculture and how food is grown. Consider joining the conversation and helping to raise awareness about agriculture. Learn more at FoodDialogues.com.

A sister program in the America’s Farmers effort, Grow Rural Education, is currently in its farmer nomination phase. Farmers interested in supporting math and science education in their communities should visit www.GrowRuralEducation.com from now through April 1 to learn how.

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Capone gave these statistics:• Ninety percent of people develop colon

cancer after the age of 50;• Eighty percent of those diagnosed have

no family history; and• The chance of developing colon cancer

is 1 in 20 or 5 percent.“Developing colorectal cancer at a

younger age usually means it was inherited and those at high risk with a family history of the cancer should start screening at age 40,” he detailed.

According to the Mayo Clinic colon can-cer is cancer of the large intestine (colon), the lower part of the digestive system and rectal cancer is cancer of the last several inches of the colon. Together, they’re often referred to as colorectal cancers.

Most cases of colon cancer begin as small, noncancerous (benign) clumps of

cells called adenomatous polyps and over time some of these polyps become colon cancers.

Polyps may be small and produce few, if any, symptoms. For this reason, doctors recommend regular screening tests to help prevent colon cancer by identifying polyps before they become colon cancer.

An individual’s risk of colon cancer might influence the choice of screening tests. A doctor may recommend more fre-quent colon cancer screening if there are increased risks, including:

• Have a personal history of colon can-cer or precancerous polyps;

• Have a parent, sibling or child who has had colon cancer;

• Carry a gene for a hereditary colon cancer syndrome; and

• Have a history of inflammatory bowel disease, such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease.

“The Fecal Immune Test (FIT) is a lab test used to measure blood coming from the colon,” Capone reported. “Virtual colonos-copies do not pick up small polyps and need to be performed every five years. The patient is also exposed to radiation through the test.”

Capone said smoking and obesity increases the risk for the cancer.

“People should eat a diet high in fresh fruits and multi-colored vegetables, exer-cise and drink in moderation,” he detailed. “Men should not drink more than two drinks per day and women should not have more than one drink per day.”

Capone said taking an aspirin (baby aspirin) everyday is beneficial and that all the things good for the heart are also good for the colon.

For more information, call the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 or St. Rita’s Medical Center at 419-227-3361 or 1-800-232-7762.


“We worked with our partners and volunteers to strategically devise the criteria for the health and education initiatives critical to our community,” Hayne said. “All the programs that were submitted for review were very important and provide valu-able services to the community. The volunteers struggled a great deal to make their recommenda-tions.”

Allen County Red Cross Executive Director David Collins said in November 2014, United Way funding for the Allen County Red Cross was substantially reduced because of the changes in the United Way’s strategy/funding model. At the request of the Red Cross governing board, the United Way of Greater Lima did agree to provide transition funding which resulted in an overall funding reduction of 50 percent rather than 85 percent.

“We have to strengthen our fundraising and engage the community to help ensure the Red Cross has the financial stability necessary to con-tinue to deliver critical services to the community,” Collins said. “We have lost over $100,000 in fund-ing. Already, a lot of supporters have stepped up to bridge the gap.”

Hayne said the Red Cross was offered $20,000

a year for two years for their Disaster Services program, which they could use for any facet of the organization.

“The Red Cross declined the second year of funding,” Hayne said.

“We greatly appreciate the transition funding provided by United Way; it enables us to better respond and position the chapter to the unexpected funding reduction,” Collins said.

Each year, the Allen County Red Cross provides vital help to people throughout Allen County, such as assisting a family following a house fire, provid-ing blood to a patient in need, teaching life-saving first aid or CPR skills or supporting members of the military and their families.

“Although the loss of this funding is significant, we want to be sure that the community understands we will still deliver the same services,” Collins affirmed. “The Red Cross will continue to be there whenever and wherever help is needed and we are grateful for all of the support of people and busi-nesses in our community.”

Hayne said United Way wants to be good stew-ards of the donor’s dollar and support the programs that align with United Way’s criteria.

“For example, Big Brother’s and Big Sister’s is an important mentoring program for kid’s success, as well as the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, who pro-

mote success throughout kid’s lives,” Hayne said. “The YMCA after-school program has 180 middle school-aged kids participating and puts emphasis on that demographic that have been kind of forgot-ten. They are in a critical stage of their lives.”

Hayne said the after-school program is flexible and the programs or activities each of the kids par-ticipate in depends on their needs.

“There’s a reading program, leadership activ-ities and homework help,” Hayne said. “There is staff on hand as well as many volunteers assisting with the program.”

Collins said support from the community is important and the Red Cross is asking people to support them by giving time, donating blood or making a financial contribution.

The United Way of Greater Lima purpose is to measurably improve people’s lives by developing resources and relationship that build a stronger, more vibrant community. The United Way is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on being a positive catalyst for change in Allen County.

To contribute to the Red Cross, visit red-cross.org, text REDCROSS to 90999 or call 1-800-REDCROSS. For more information on the United Way, visit unitedwaylima.org or call 419.227.6341.


The City of Lima and commissioners have also pledged additional monies for work on the center.

Wood also said the next big event at the Civic Center will benefit many food-based businesses in Allen County.

“We have Robert Irvine coming in to do a food show and he’s going to showcase Lakeview Farms and Rudolph Foods, just to name a few, and that will go out across the country,” Wood said. “That’s a huge boost for those companies and it will happen at the Civic Center.”

The first step will be an assessment of the property to a tune of approximately $20-25,000.

Discussions about this proposed tax increase go back as far as April 2014, with representatives from the Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association arguing that a potential 15.75 overall tax for lodgers in Allen County could divert potential hotel traffic away. Delphos Mayor Michael Gallmeier voiced similar concerns, noting that travelers may forgo hotels in Delphos to flock to Van Wert and the county’s 13-percent tax rate for hotel rooms.


The highest county rates in the state were topped by Adams County which hit 11.2 percent, followed by Monroe (11.1), Meigs (10.7), Huron (10.3), Ottawa (10.2) and Pike (10.0 percent).

On the other end of the spec-trum, Mercer and Delaware counties tied with the lowest rate of 4.2 percent, followed by Holmes (4.4), Hancock (4.6), Auglaine and Union counties (4.7 percent), Wyandot (4.8), Franklin (4.9), and Wayne (5.0 percent).

Unemployment in Ohio for January remained steady at 5.1 percent in January. The state reported that with the 25,100 new jobs in January, Ohio has gained back as many jobs as were lost in the recent recession.

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March 11, 2015