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75 daily
Upfront
K of C, Squires
to collect food
Each Friday during Lent,
the Knights of Columbus
and Columbian Squires will
accept non-perishable food
at the K of C hall during the
fish fries beginning Friday.
Collections will
be distributed to the
local food pantries.
St. Davids
celebration
March 7
Gomer Congregational
Church will host the
annual St. Davids Day
Celebration March 7 with
dinner and a bazaar.
Chicken and steak dinners, including mashed potatoes, green beans, homemade
noodles, salad homemade
bread and desserts, will
be served at 4:30 p.m.
Tickets are $8 for
adults and $4 for children
in advance and $8.50 for
adults and $4.50, respectively, at the door. Tickets
can be ordered by calling 419-642-2681.
A musical program
including several area choirs
and the Gomer Choir will
perform at 7:30 p.m.
The program is
free of charge.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Vol. 145 No. 175
Delphos, Ohio
Vantage partner in regional grant

Information submitted
VAN WERT Vantage Career

Center will receive grant funding to
help plan a program that will assist
adults 22 years and older in earning their high school diploma, while
completing an industry credential.
The goal of this project is to provide a template of services to reduce
barriers, to help those seeking a high
school diploma and occupation skills.
Five regional grants were awarded in
Ohio, and Vantage is a partner in the
Northwest Ohio region.
The collaborative will be launched
July 1, 2015. This collaborative supports the State of Ohios effort to
improve the workforce delivery system in Ohio. Local career centers
include: Apollo Career Center, Four
County Career Center, and Penta
Career Center. The latter will coor-
dinate the grant and serve as fiscal

agent for $500,000. Other participating educational institutions include
Northwest State Community College
and Rhodes State Community
College.
Together these institutions will
plan a comprehensive system to serve
Northwest Ohio adults. Assistance
from local Ohio Means Jobs centers, chambers of commerce and

economic development agencies will
be included. Participation with local
business and industry partners will
be critical to the success of this initiative. Participants will be reaching out to employers in their area
to determine immediate and future
workforce needs and to design curriculum around those needs to deliver

certified and credentialed workers.
The grant funds available are for
the planning phase of the pilot program, and participants are asked to
develop a plan to sustain the service after it is implemented. Vantage
will continue to address the needs
of area adults in Paulding, Van
Wert, Putnam, and Mercer counties
during the implementation phase of
this project through its current training programs. Adult Basic Literacy
Education (ABLE) services will continue at Vantage in partnership with
Apollo Career Center, which offers
adults the opportunity to build literacy skills. In addition, Vantage will
also provide credential testing at its
Assessment Center.
Ottoville adds
online learning
coordinator
BY NANCY SPENCER
DHI Media Editor
nspencer@delphosherald.com
Sports
Jefferson announces
schedule change, tourney game ticket sales
Jefferson Athletic
Department has announced
a basketball schedule
change and tournament ticket sales.
Its home varsity boys
basketball game with Fort
Jennings postponed
from Saturday was
rescheduled for Feb. 26.
The junior varsity contest will begin at 6 p.m.
They will begin Division
III Sectional tournament
action at 8 p.m. March 6 at
St. Marys Memorial High
School against the winner
of Coldwater/HopewellLoudon. Tickets are
available at the Jefferson
Administration building
until noon March 6.
St. Johns seeking head
JV volleyball coach
Delphos St. Johns
is looking for a Head
Junior Varsity volleyball
coach. If interested, please
email Athletic Director
Todd Schulte at schulte@delphosstjohns.org
Forecast
Mostly cloudy
with a chance of
snow showers.
Highs 5 to 10
above. Wind chills
15 below to 25
below zero. Partly
cloudy tonight.
Lows around 5
below. Wind chills
10-20 below zero.
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Agribusiness
Community
Sports
Classifieds
Comics and Puzzles
World News
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Participants freeze, run ashes off

Delphos resident Ed Ezzelle receives ashes from Tony Coci, who is serving his pastoral internship at St. Johns,
during Wednesdays Run Your Ashes Off 5K. A little over 100 people braved the cold on Ash Wednesday to
begin Lent with prayer and almsgiving. After a brief service led by the Delphos Ministerial Association at the
St. Johns Annex, participants had the option to go outdoors to run or walk the 5K; most did. The money raised
during the free event goes to St. Vincent DePaul. (DHI Media/Erin Cox)
Jennings students do
well at science fair
OTTOVILLE An online
learning coordinator position
will be added to the teaching ranks at Ottoville Schools
next year. Denny Mumaw was
approved by the board of education Wednesday to fill that
position.
Mumaw is currently at
Miller City-New Cleveland
and will retire at the end of
this school year with 36 years
of service. He will assume
the new job at Ottoville for
the 2015-16 school year. He
was granted a one-year limited
contract.
Bringing on Denny will
allow us to offer more courses for our students, including
credit recovery for those who
need it and advanced courses
for juniors and seniors who
are on track as far as credits go but have several study
halls, Superintendent Scott
Mangas said. We dont have
the staff to provide the additional courses but hiring Mr.
Mumaw will allow us to offer
those extras as well as the
needed courses.
See OTTOVILLE, page
BY STEPHANIE GROVES
DHI Media Staff Writer
sgroves@delphosherald.com
FORT JENNINGS Fort Jennings School Board members
congratulated the students who participated in the Putnam
County Science fair recently and commended Makenna Ricker
on receiving a perfect score as well as the nine other students
who received a superior rating Wednesday night.
Students receiving superior marks included: Derek
Luersman, Lindsey Sellman, Mackenna Stechschulte, Natalie
Morman, Tyler Kahle, Alex Wieging, Adam Noriega, Abby
Grone and Kyle Norbeck.
Putnam County Parents Against Common Core Lincoln
Bramlage and Virginia Mack spoke with board members about
their opposition to Common Core Standards and presented a
packet of information to members for their review.
Pandoras superintendents newsletter laments the time
lost and cost of Common Core testing, Bramlage said.
Mack told council members the test questions have psychological testing deeply embedded in the questions and the
information derived from the testing will be shared/sold to
third-party entities.
The tests are psychologically damaging and used for data
aggregation, Mack said.
Board members accepted and/or approved these items
during the meeting:
Real estate tax advances of $120,000 on Jan. 27 and
$100,000 on Feb. 10;
A donation of $346 from the Vantage Fire Ring Raffle to
classes of 2015 and 2016;
The amounts and rates as determined by the Budget
Commission and authorizing the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the county auditor; and
See SCIENCE, page 11
Robins braving the frigid temps
Many robins have come out of hiding to brave the frigid temperatures. Reader Valerie Parent caught this rather plump robin in her back yard. Contrary to popular
belief, robins do not always fly south for the winter. According to birdsleuth.org
from the Cornell Lab of Orinthology, they hide among the trees. Food, not the temperatures, determine if they seek warmer climates. (Submitted photo)
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FROM THE ARCHIVES

One Year Ago
County winners in the Americanism
contest sponsored by the American
Legion were honored Saturday evening at the past presidents and past
commanders banquet. Honored were
Michael Kroeger, sophomore from St.
Johns High School; Garrett Thompson,
junior from Jefferson High School; and
Bryan Kimmet, senior at St. Johns.
The county winners will now go on to
district.
25 Years Ago 1990
Jim Feathers of Delphos, has been
named a member of the 1989 Ohio State
Trapshooting Team. He was selected
from more than 3,000 qualifiers and is
ranked ninth in the state. Trapshooting
is similar to skeet shooting. In both
sports, contestants shoot clay targets
that have been hurled into the air from
traps.
Pins were the order of business when
St. Johns wrestlers wrapped up their
regular season with a 46-22 win over
Spencerville Saturday at Spencerville.
Recording pins for St. Johns were Josh
Dickman, Shawn Kimmet, Mike Kramer,
Kevin Wieging, Ryan Kimmet and Mike
Martin. Nate Wannemacher won 11-1
and heavyweight Travis Schulte won by
forfeit.
Elida Future Farmers of America
members Chris Kovacek and Steve
Holiday placed fourth in the District 4
public speaking contest held at Convoy
Crestview High School. Each received
a gold rating and will receive awards at
officer training in April. Kovacek participated in the extemporaneous contest.
Holiday was in the FFA creed contest.
It was St. Johns Lady Blue Jays 76,
Mendon-Union 22. The Jays, behind
5-6 sophomore Nancy Wrasmans gamehigh 23 points, obliterated a poor-shooting Pirate squad by 54 points to complete their regular season with a 4-1
6overall record and a 2-7 league mark.
Junior Chris Hughes added 15 while
freshman Jennifer Altenburger contributed 12 points for St. Johns.
Wesleyan Women International
approved a $100 donation toward
rebuilding a Wesleyan church in St.
Croix at a recent meeting. The meeting was held at the home of Lula
Rigdon. Kathy Gengler gave devotions.
Stephanie Alford read a letter from missionaries in Peru. Chris Hammond read
a letter from a missionary nurse in Haiti.
50 Years Ago 1965
Recreation Board members Roger
Miller and Vernon Kill were elected by
the board to be members of the Tennis
Association. Don Patthoff, representing
the Tennis Association, had requested
the board at its February meeting to
choose two members to act on behalf
of the recreation board and to become
members of the Tennis Association.
Floyd Hiegel showed colored motion
pictures at the meeting of the Delphos
Rotary Club at NuMaudes Restaurant
Wednesday. The pictures shown were
taken in Hawaii. The speaker was introduced by Vince Metzner, who was
substituting for Steve Dickman, program chairman. President John Shenk
announced at the next meeting there will
be an observance of the 60th anniversary
of Rotary International. Rotary, the first
service club to be organized, was started
Feb. 23, 1905, in Chicago.
Junior Mothers Club of the Child
Conservation League met Tuesday evening with Mrs. Kenneth Looser, who
was assisted by Mrs. Ted Hanf, as

co-hostesses. Two new members, Mrs.
Robert Bruns and Mrs. Joseph Mesker,
were taken into the group during the
meeting. A panel discussion on Time
For Music, was the evenings program
with Mrs. Al Odenweller, Mrs. Robert
Arnzen and Mrs. Edward Zalar serving
as panelists.
75 Years Ago 1940
Endeavoring to raise funds to pay
for their new suits, the Blue and Gold
of St. Johns will play an extra game in
the local school auditorium next Sunday
afternoon. Fremont St. Josephs have
been selected to oppose the local cagers.
If St. Johns wins from Fremont, they
will have defeated every Catholic team
they played this year. Drake and Young,
popular with local fans, will referee the
games here Sunday.
A large representation of Delphos
people will attend a dinner and program which is being given Tuesday
evening by the Riverside Grange at
Morris Chapel Church. Included in
the group will be members of the
Delphos Kiwanis Civic clubs and
their ladies. An invitation is also
being extended to all local business
men and their wives.
The bids for the furnishing of materials for the Delphos proposed public
restrooms, which will be built under
a WPA project, were opened Monday
afternoon in council chambers. The
members of the Delphos Board of
Control: Mayor W. D. Swihart, Service
Director A. E. Weger, Safety Director
Dr. G. K. Miller and City Auditor Frank
M. Irick; president Lyman Strong, a
Lima architect in charge of the project
and a number of bidders were present.
FUNERALS
LAMMERS, Albert B. Abe Lammers, 91, of rural
Spencerville, Mass of Christian burial will be at 1 p.m. today
in the St. Patrick Church, Father Stephen J. Blum officiating.
Burial will follow in the Spencerville Cemetery. Military rites
will be conducted at the Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home
prior to the funeral services by the Spencerville Veterans.
Friends may call after 11:30 a.m. today. Memorials may be
made to his church or to Houses for Haiti. Condolences may
be sent to tbayliff@woh.rr.com.
MYERS, Randall W. Randy Myers, 60, of rural
Spencerville, memorial services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday
in the Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home in Spencerville with
the Rev. David W. Howell officiating. The family will receive
friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials

may be made to the American Heart Association or to the Ross
Heart Center at Ohio State University. Condolences may be
sent to tbayliff@woh.rr.com.
JETTINGHOFF, Paul F., 96, of Newton, North Carolina,
Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday
at St. Josephs Catholic Church in Newton. Father Jim Collins
will officiate. Memorials may be made to St. Josephs Catholic
Church, 720 West 13th St., Newton, NC 28658 or a charity
of ones choice. Condolences may be sent to the Jettinghoff
family at www.willisreynoldsfh.com. Willis-Reynolds Funeral
Home & Crematory in Newton is honored to be serving the
Jettinghoff family.
TODAY IN HISTORY
Associated Press
Today is Thursday, Feb. 19, the 50th
day of 2015. There are 315 days left in
the year. This is the Lunar New Year of
the Goat.
Todays Highlight in History:
On Feb. 19, 1945, Operation
Detachment began during World War
II as some 30,000 U.S. Marines began
landing on Iwo Jima, where they commenced a successful month-long battle to seize control of the island from
Japanese forces.
On this date:
In 1473, astronomer Nicolaus
Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland.
In 1881, Kansas prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
In 1915, during World War I, British
and French warships launched their initial attack on Ottoman forces in the
Dardanelles, a strait in northwestern
Turkey. (The Gallipoli Campaign that
followed proved disastrous for the
Allies.)
In 1934, a blizzard began inundating the northeastern United States,
with the heaviest snowfall occurring in
Connecticut and Massachusetts.
In 1942, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066,
clearing the way for the U.S. military to
relocate and intern Japanese-Americans
during World War II.
In 1959, an agreement was signed
by Britain, Turkey and Greece granting
Cyprus its independence.
In 1963, The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan was first published by
W.W. Norton & Co.

In 1976, calling the issuing of
Executive Order 9066 a sad day in
American history, President Gerald R.
Ford issued a proclamation confirming
that the order had been terminated with
the formal cessation of hostilities of
World War II.
In 1984, the Winter Olympics closed
in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
In 1985, the British soap opera
EastEnders debuted on BBC
Television.
In 1997, Deng Xiaoping, the last of
Chinas major Communist revolutionaries, died at age 92.
In 2008, an ailing Fidel Castro
resigned the Cuban presidency after
nearly a half-century in power; his
brother Raul was later named to succeed
him.
Ten years ago: Eight suicide bombers struck in quick succession in Iraq
in a wave of attacks that killed dozens.
Former Presidents George H.W. Bush
and Bill Clinton visited a Thai fishing
village that had been devastated by
the December 2004 tsunami. The USS
Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf
class of attack subs, was commissioned
at Groton, Connecticut.
Five years ago: In a televised 13-minute statement, golfer Tiger Woods
admitted infidelity and acknowledged
receiving therapy. The FBI concluded
that Army scientist Bruce Ivins acted
alone in the 2001 anthrax mailings that
killed five people, and formally closed
the case. Pope Benedict XVI approved
sainthood for Mother Mary MacKillop,
Taxes
Due!
April 1
5,
2015
who became Australias first saint.

One year ago: President Barack
Obama, in Mexico for a North American
summit, urged Ukraine to avoid violence against peaceful protesters or face
consequences; shortly after Obamas
remarks, Ukrainian President Viktor
Yanukovychs office said he and opposition leaders had agreed on a truce. On
Day 13 of the Sochi Games, Norway
won the first Olympic mixed relay in
biathlon and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen
became the most decorated Winter
Olympian ever with 13 medals. Ted
Ligety won the giant slalom, becoming the first American man to win two
Olympic gold medals in Alpine skiing.
Todays Birthdays: Singer Smokey
Robinson is 75. Actress Carlin Glynn
is 75. Former Sony Corp. Chairman
Howard Stringer is 73. Singer Lou
Christie is 72. Actor Michael Nader is
70. Rock musician Tony Iommi (Black
Sabbath, Heaven and Hell) is 67. Actor
Stephen Nichols is 64. Author Amy
Tan is 63. Actor Jeff Daniels is 60.
Rock singer-musician Dave Wakeling
is 59. Talk show host Lorianne Crook
is 58. Actor Ray Winstone is 58.
Actor Leslie David Baker (TV: The
Office) is 57. NFL Commissioner
Roger Goodell is 56. Britains Prince
Andrew is 55. Tennis Hall-of-Famer
Hana Mandlikova is 53. Singer Seal
is 52. Actress Jessica Tuck is 52.
Country musician Ralph McCauley
(Wild Horses) is 51. Rock musician
Jon Fishman (Phish) is 50. Actress
Justine Bateman is 49. Actor Benicio
Del Toro is 48. Actress Bellamy
Young is 45. Rock musician Daniel Adair is 40. Pop
singer-actress Haylie Duff is
30. Christian rock musician
Seth Morrison (Skillet) is 27.
Actress Victoria Justice is 22.
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OBITUARY The Delphos

Herald
Nancy Spencer, editor
Ray Geary,
general manager
Delphos Herald, Inc.
Lori Goodwin Silette,
circulation manager
Richard J.
Richardson
June 30, 1945-Feb. 17, 2015
DELPHOS Richard J.
Richardson Sr., 69, of Delphos
passed away on Tuesday at
his home surrounded by his
family.
He was born on June 30,
1945, in Delphos to Walter
and
Dorothy
(Dunlap)
Richardson. Both preceded
him in death.
He was united in marriage
to Helen L. Jewell on June
10, 1967. She survives in
Delphos.
He is also survived by
two sons, Richard (Michelle)
Richardson Jr. and Robert
Bob (Lisa Harshman)
Richardson, both of Delphos;
a daughter, Dianna (Murray)
MacGregor of Salt Lake City,
Utah; two brothers, William
Richardson of Delphos
and Frank Richardson of
LaGrange, Indiana; one sister,
Shirley (Duane) Kimmey of
Middle Point; 20 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded
in death by his sister, Clara
Jane; one brother, Charles L.
Richardson; and three infant
brothers.
Richard
worked
at
Fruehauf Manufacturing for
27 years then worked at I
and K for 12 years. He was
a member of First Assembly
of God Church and a lifetime member of the Delphos
Eagles #471. He was a sports
fanatic. He loved to cheer on
the Cleveland Browns and
Ohio State. He enjoyed camping and playing softball. He
and his wife spent endless
hours driving around on their
golf cart.
Funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m. Monday at
Harter and Schier Funeral
Home. Pastor Dan Eaton will
officiate. Burial will follow in
Salem Mennonite Cemetery
in Elida. Family and friends
may call from 1-3 and 6-8
p.m. Sunday at the funeral
home.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the family.
To leave condolences
please go to www.harterandschier.com.
To view funeral service
online, please visit www.harterandschier.com at the time
of the service.
(Password: webcast9)
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WEATHER
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-County
Associated Press
TODAY: Mostly cloudy

with a 50 percent chance of
snow showers. Highs 5 to 10
above. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph. Wind chills 15 below
to 25 below zero.
TONIGHT: Very cold.
Partly cloudy through midnight then clearing. Lows
around 5 below. West winds
5 to 15 mph. Wind chills 10
below to 20 below zero.
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny in
the morning then becoming
partly cloudy. Highs around
15. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
Wind chills 5 below to 15
below zero in the morning.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Cloudy
snow. Not as cold. Lows 10
to 15. South winds 10 to 15
mph. Wind chills zero to 10
above zero.
SATURDAY: Snow likely
in the morning. Then rain or
snow likely in the afternoon.
Light snow accumulations
possible. Highs in the lower
30s. Chance of rain or snow
60 percent.
SATURDAY
NIGHT:
Widespread snow. Heavy
snow accumulations possible.
Lows in the mid 20s. Chance
of snow 80 percent.
SUNDAY: Partly cloudy
snow showers. Highs in the
upper 20s.
Lori Kaye Ball
SUNDAY
NIGHT
THROUGH
MONDAY
NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows
VAN WERT Lori Kaye
zero to 5 above. Highs around
Ball, 51, of Van Wert died
15.
Wednesday in her home.
Funeral arrangement are
incomplete at the Thomas
E. Bayliff Funeral Home in
Spencerville.
LOCAL
GRAINS
Wheat
Corn
Soybeans
$5.13
$3.64
$9.94
CHICKEN FRY
Saturday
February 28, 2015
6:00pm-11:00pm
At: Ft. Jennings American Legion
10
All you can eat Chicken
Cost
per
person
Includes side dishes Beverages available

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Carry-outs
available at 4:00 - Cost $8.00
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Sponsored
by the Ft. Jennings American Legion Post 715
LOTTERY
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These Ohio lotteries were
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Estimated jackpot: $100
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Powerball
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Rolling Cash 5
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Estimated
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STATE/LOCAL
Putnam County Educational

Kalida FFA selling Service Center receives grant
BRIEFS
INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
KALIDA The Kalida
FFA Chapter will again host
a Strawberry Sale to raise
money for leadership conferences, contest registrations
and other chapter activities.
These strawberries are
picked fresh in Plant City,
Florida, and shipped directly
to Kalida High School. These
strawberries are known to be
some of the best strawberries
in the country. Strawberries
will be sold for $25 for a flat
of 8 quarts and $14 for a half
flat of 4 quarts. Orders can be
placedwith any FFA member
or by calling the high school.
Orders will be taken for strawberries from now until Feb. 27
with delivery happening the
week of March 16.
Registration
open for Mental
Health First Aid
INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
LIMA Similar to First
Aid and CPR, Mental Health
First Aid teaches individuals
how to help those experiencing mental health challenges
or crises.
Mental Health First Aid:
adult and youth courses will
be facilitated in Lima during
two separate eight-hour trainings. The National Council
for Behavioral Health certified the Partnership for
Violence Free Families to
provide Mental Health First
Aid courses to prepare their
communities with the knowledge and skills to help individuals.
Participants completing
the sessions will be accredited
as Mental Health First Aiders.
To register, go to www.
mhfa.care. For questions
call PVFF at 419-549-8530,
ext. 4. Registration fee for
the Mental Health First Aid
Course is $20.
Mental Health First
Aid: Adults 8 a.m.5 p.m.
Saturday, PVFF, 309 W. High
St., Lima
Mental Health First Aid:
Youth 8 a.m.5 p.m. Feb.
27, United Way, Conference
Room, 616 S. Collett St., Lima
Super PAC launching

for Sen. Portman's
'16 re-election
COLUMBUS (AP) A
super PAC capable of raising
unlimited donations is being
launched to help Republican U.S.
Sen. Rob Portman as his Ohio
race for re-election heats up.
Barry Bennett is serving
as campaign manager for the
Fighting for Ohio Fund. He
says it aims to raise $5 million
to $10 million for Portman
independently from his campaign committee.
Its contributions and
expenditures must be publicly disclosed. Paperwork was
being filed Wednesday.
The move comes as former Gov. Ted Stricklands
self-imposed deadline nears
for announcing whether hell
enter the race. Thirty-yearold Cincinnati city councilman P.G. Sittenfeld is already
seeking the Democratic nomination.
INFORMATION SUBMITTED
The Ohio Mental Health and
Addiction Services has awarded the
Putnam County Educational Service
Center a competitive 2014-15 Prevention
and Wellness Grant.
This $100,000 initiative provides
funding for the training of an additional 50 PAX Pre-school through second
grade classrooms in Putnam County as
well as on-going classroom support to
PAX classrooms through trained PAX
Partners (coaches). Data analysis will be
provided by the Center for Assessment
and Evaluation Services, BGSU.
On Dec. 3, 14 teachers from
Columbus Grove, Continental, Glandorf,
Ottawa, Leipsic and the Putnam County
Educational Service Center received
training and materials for classroom
implementation. A second training will
be available on March 25 and open to
teachers, support personnel in the nine
local districts and licensed pre-school
teachers.
The PAX Good Behavior Game
(Embry, 2002) is a series of strategies implemented by classroom teachers that build brain health in children.
These strategies come in the form of

specific classroom practices based on
the light behaviorism principles of the
Good Behavior Game, backed by over
thirty years of continuous longitudinal
study by Johns Hopkins, with the addition of the implementation of five evidenced-based kernels (Embry & Biglan,
2011) and four research-based cues
(Embry, Flannery, Vazsonyi, Powell, &
Atha, 1996). The result is a behavioral
vaccine, a recipe packed with researchbased components interwoven perfectly
and packaged in a manner that teachers
can carry out every day as a part of
their daily activities that have resounding effects on their classrooms and the
futures of their students.
The strategies have become greatly
sought after in the elementary schools,
as they are not an additional curriculum,
but a system for teachers to carry out
daily tasks with the class such as reading
a story, taking a spelling test or walking
to the drinking fountain in soft team
competitions that increase students
self-regulation, decrease impulsivity
and delay gratification in a manner that
produces powerful and lasting outcomes
both in the classroom and throughout
their lives.
When implemented during the developmental stages of grade school, the
PAX Good Behavior Game has significant long-term outcomes. Students in
classes incorporating PAX/GBG showed
a reduction in symptoms of ADHD,
ODD, and PTSD.
In a longitudinal study, the program
also demonstrated long-term mental
health benefits including: a 50-percent
drop in drug dependence in males, a
68-percent drop in smoking in males,
a 35-percent drop in alcohol abuse in
all students, and a 50-percent drop in
suicidal thoughts in females (Kellam et
al., 2011).
Introducing the evidenced-based kernels and utilizing the cues dramatically
impacts the brain chemistry of students
that provide a lifetime of increased
self-regulation and delayed gratification
that promotes the peace, health, happiness and productivity of all.
For additional information about
the PAX Good Behavior Game please
contact Dr. Jan Osborn (josborn@
pm.noacsc.org), Superintendent or Pat
Smith (psmith@pm.noacsc.org), Lead
Facilitator at the Putnam County ESC.
234,507 people in Ohio signed up

for coverage through Marketplace
On Sunday, the second year of Open Enrollment came
to a close with 234,507 Ohio consumers selecting a plan or
being automatically reenrolled in quality, affordable coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Nationwide,
about 11.4 million Americans selected Marketplace plans or
were automatically re-enrolled, including about 8.6 million
people in the states that use the HealthCare.gov platform
(such as Ohio), and about 2.8 million in the State Based
Marketplaces based on those states preliminary data.
We had a strong open enrollment. About 11.4 million
Americans signed up or were automatically re-enrolled in
affordable, quality coverage nationwide since November
15, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell said. And in the
final day, more new consumers signed up for health coverage than on any other day this Open Enrollment or last.
In the 37 states using HealthCare.gov, nearly 8 in 10 consumers had the option of getting covered for as little as
$100 a month or less with financial assistance that lowered the cost of their monthly premium. The Affordable
Care Act is now an important part of the everyday lives
of millions of Americans. They finally have the financial
and health security that comes with affordable health

coverage. They now can fill prescriptions and take their
children to the doctor. Some no longer have to choose
between paying for health care and paying their utility
bill. While we have more work to do, the numbers tell
the story, and the story is clear. The Affordable Care Act
is working, and families, businesses, and taxpayers are
all better off as a result.
Five Facts about Open Enrollment in Ohio:
At the end of Open Enrollment on Sunday, 234,507 Ohio
consumers had selected a plan or were automatically re-enrolled.
2.84 percent of Ohio consumers who were signed up as of
Jan. 30 qualify for an average tax credit of $247 per month
through the Marketplace.
In Ohio, consumers could choose from 16 issuers in the
Marketplace in 2015 up from 12 in 2014.
Ohio consumers could choose from an average of 54
health plans in their county for 2015 coverage up from 30
in 2014.
75 percent of Ohio Marketplace enrollees as of December
2014 could have obtained coverage for $100 or less after any
applicable tax credits in 2015.
Tri-Moraine Audubon Society plans

upcoming program and field trip
INFORMATION
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LIMA Tri-Moraine
Audubon Society will feature Garden Medicine at 7:30
p.m. March 3 in the meeting
room of OSU-Limas Visitor
and Student Services Center,
3900 Campus Drive.
Many culinary herbs
such as thyme, oregano, rosemary and lavender
which are grown for flavor,
color or scent also have
known medicinal uses. Dr.
Vicki Motz, Department of
Biological and Allied Health
Sciences at Ohio Northern
University, will discuss some
of these medicinal properties and the plant constituents responsible for them.
Participants will learn how
to make herbal mouthwashes, teas, bug repellants and
salves from common herbs
found in most gardens.
Samples will be available
to try and recipes will be
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VAN WERT The YWCA will host its second annual Cabin Fever Basket Bingo on March 7, at the Van
Wert County Council on Aging. The doors will open at
8 a.m. with an early bird game beginning at 9 a.m.
The cost is $15 presale for 20 games of bingo while
tickets purchased at the door will cost $20. Tickets can
be purchased from the YWCA and from any YWCA
Board member.
The baskets and totes available will be filled with
gifts and prizes from local vendors. A prize valued
at $200 will be awarded during the early bird game.
For more information about this event please call the
YWCA at 419-238-6639.
The YWCA is a United Way and Van Wert County
Foundation funded agency.
provided.
Teaching at ONU since
2008, Dr. Motz has worked
to raise herbal awareness
and make the university a
center for herbal education.
With David Kinder, she
developed a medicinal herb
course and planted four campus medicinal herb gardens
which are open to the public
and offer tours. She is a
Master Gardener, a member of the Extension Service
educators group and is on the
Board of the Ohio Academy
of Science.
Take the Mumaugh Road
entrance to the campus. Its
the first building to the left
(first left turn). The program
is free and open to the public.
Tri-Moraine Audubon
Societys Saturday, March 28
field trip will be to Killdeer
Plains Wildlife Area in
Wyandot and Marion counties. This trip provides an
opportunity for both experi-
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Trippers may stay as late
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ArtSpace/
Lima to host
art invitational
INFORMATION
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LIMA ArtSpace/Lima
will host the 27th Annual
Kewpee High School Art
Invitational from Feb. 27
to April 11. The exhibition, which will feature
cash awards, includes
works in various categories, including sculpture,
photography,
painting,
digital media, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, jewelry and drawing. The Kewpee Exhibit
is generously sponsored
by Kewpee Restaurants of
Lima.
Artists from 21 area
high schools will be exhibiting their work. A total of
104 pieces will be in the
exhibit.
Jurors for the exhibit are Gregg Luginbuhl
(Bluffton University) and
Melissa Eddings (Ohio
Northern University).
An opening reception
will be held from 6:308:30 p.m. Feb. 27. Awards
will be presented at 7:30
p.m.
ArtSpace/Lima is a notfor-profit arts organization
with a mission to promote
the arts in northwest Ohio
and to provide artists with
a venue to present and
sell their work. ArtSpace/
Lima is supported in part
by a generous grant from
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For further information
about the 27th Annual
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please call Bill Sullivan,
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AGRIBUSINESS
Marestail causes problems for soybean production

BY JAMES HOORMAN
Putnam County Extension Ag Educator
news@dlephosherald.com
Marestail has quickly established itself as
the number one problem weed in soybean
production. Marestail (Conyza canadensis) is
a native annual plant belonging to the aster
family. A mature plant is upright and generally three to five feet tall. The main stem is
ridged and covered with long white hairs.
Narrow leaves about three to four inches
long alternate around the stem giving the
plant a cylindrical or columnar-like appearance. Large number of seeds (200,000) will
develop and become windborne and spread
to other locations. Seeds will emerge from
late summer into fall and from late March
through June.
Young plants will remain in a low-growing
rosette stage through late April, followed by
stem elongation (bolting) and growth to an
upright mature plant. Plants that emerge the
previous fall will start bolting earlier than
spring-emerging plants. See identification
pictures of marestail at various growth stages:
www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/erica.htm.
Why has marestail so quickly become a
problem weed? It is very well adaptive to
the soybean cropping environment. First,

marestail seeds only germinate on or near
the soil surface. Most of our soybeans are
planted into cornstalks without any tillage
so weed seeds have an ideal environment for
germination and early growth. Tillage would
bury the seeds and prevent germination and
emergence the first year but if tillage is done
again, the seeds reemerge. Most marestail
seeds only survive about two to four years
in the soil. Second, most of the farmers
plant Roundup Ready (glyphosate) Soybeans,
which has encouraged them to heavily rely
on an herbicide program that controls weeds
after soybean planting.
Burndown programs often do not eliminate all of the large weeds and farmers rely
on later application of glyphosate to control
these weeds. The control problem occurs
because glyphosate is not effective on marestail plants that have already bolted and
produced elongating stems higher than six
inches. In addition, many marestail populations have become glyphosate resistant and
resistant to ALS inhibitor herbicides (Classic
and First Rate).
To control marestail, use fall herbicide
treatments to control emerged plants. For fall
applications, use 2,4-D as the base herbicide
to control marestail, and combine it with one

of the following to ensure control of other
winter weeds: glyphosate; dicamba (or premix - Brash, WeedMaster, Outlaw, Rifle);
Basis; Express; a low rate of Canopy/Cloak
EX or DF; or metribuzin. Do not overspend
on fall treatments. Keep the cost of herbicides
in the $6 to $15 range.
Apply effective burndown herbicides in
spring. Do not plant into existing stands of
marestail. Start weedfree at the time of planting by using one of the following preplant
herbicide treatments, applied when marestail
plants are still in the rosette stage. Use
2,4-D ester plus glyphosate (1.5 lb ae/A) plus
Saflufenacil product (Sharpen or Verdict plus
MSO (1% v/v).
Include residual herbicides with the burndown treatment for residual control of marestail until the soybean leaf canopy develops.
Residual herbicides include Valor, Valor XLT,
Envive, Enlite, Fierce, or Gangster, Authority
First, Sonic, Authority XL, Authority
Broadleaf, Authority Assist, Authorit Maxx,
or Spartan. Metribuzin products include Metri
DF, Tricor, etc (at least 8 oz/A, and preferably 10 to 12 oz/A), but do not exceed
recommended rate for soil type per the label.
Add metribuzin to other metribuzin-con-
taining products to bring total metribuzin

rate to 0.38 to 0.5 lbs ai/A. Products here
include: Boundary/Ledger, Canopy/Cloak DF,
Intimidator, Matador, Authority MTZ.
Thus, if the marestail weed is not controlled
early, there is no herbicide option a farmer
may use that will effectively control it later in
the crop season, resulting in reduced soybean
yields. The herbicide 2,4-D is probably the
most effective, however, farmers are reluctant
to use 2,4-D because in order to prevent crop
injury they have to wait at least seven days
before they can plant soybeans. LibertyLink
soybeans are the most effective tool for management of herbicide-resistant marestail, especially in fields with high marestail populations.
Use Liberty (29 to 36 oz/A) or Liberty plus a
metribuzin-containing herbicide.
Herbicide programs must consist of a
spring burndown to ensure soybean fields are
free of marestail by planting time and residual
pre-emergent herbicides to ensure marestail
control for another six to eight weeks. The
extension publication, Control of Marestail in
No-till Soybeans, provides specific information on herbicide selection, timing and rates.
This fact sheet may be found at the following
site: agcrops.osu.edu/specialists/weeds/marestail/marestailfact09_000.pdf.
Ohio Senate OKs

Free farm estate planning and
regulations to tackle
business planning seminar planned Lake Erie pollution
VAN WERT Keister & Baker Law Office of Van Wert

has announced a free farm estate planning and business
planning seminar. The seminar will be held on Tuesday,
March 3, at 7 p.m. at Wassenberg Art Center, 214 S.
Washington Street, Van Wert. Attorneys Stephen Keister
and Aaron Baker will review the trends in estate planning,
especially as it relates to farm scenarios. Topics such as
wills, trusts, LLCs and corporations will be covered, as well
as business succession planning strategies for passing assets
and responsibilities to the next generation. Keister & Baker
Law Office focuses predominately on ag, real estate, estate
planning and business law. Refreshments will be served.
Call (419) 238-2488 to RSVP.
By JOHN SEEWER
Associated Press
TOLEDO -- Ohio lawmakers approved new rules for
farmers and water treatment plant operators that are
designed to reduce the spread of algae blooms in Lake
Erie that last year contaminated the drinking water for
more than 400,000 people.
The state Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved
the legislation that also would move Ohio toward ending
the dumping of dredged sediment in the lake.
The bill, which still needs to clear the House, would
be the legislature's first step toward tackling the algae
since toxins from the blooms left residents around
Toledo and in southeastern Michigan without water for
two days in August. The blooms also have been linked
to oxygen-depleted dead zones in the lake where fish
can't survive.
The measure would stop farmers in most cases from
spreading manure on frozen or wet farm fields while
also setting new rules on dumping material dredged
from harbors and rivers along the lake. Both are thought
to be a source of the phosphorus in Lake Erie that feeds
the algae.
Water plants would also be required to monitor phosphorous levels under the bill.
Both the Ohio Farmers Union and the Ohio
Environmental Council have said the changes are good
first steps, but they also said they were disappointed
that the new rules can expire after five years. They also
argued against provisions that allow farmers to spread
manure on fields in a few instances when the ground is
snow-covered.
Leaders in the legislature and those within Gov. John
Kasich's administration have said one of their top priorities this year will be tackling the toxic algae problem.
"Saving Lake Erie requires a new sense of urgency,"
said Randy Gardner, a Republican from northwestern
Ohio. "We know our task isn't finished today."
Research has shown that farm fertilizer is one of the
main sources of phosphorus in the lake. But how much
is from livestock farmers spreading manure onto frozen
fields isn't clear.
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation had been against
banning farmers from putting manure on frozen fields,
but the organization has changed course and now supports the proposal.
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Colorado mountain snow is bright

spot during drought in West
By DAN ELLIOTT
Associated Press
DENVER -- Snowpack in the mountain valleys where the Colorado River
originates was only a little below normal on Wednesday, marking one of the
few bright spots in an increasingly grim
drought gripping much of the West.
Measurement stations in western
Colorado showed the snowpack at 90
percent of the long-term average.
By contrast, reporting stations in the
Sierra Nevada range in drought-stricken
California showed snowpack at 50 percent or less in early February, the most
recent figures available. Some detected
no snow at all.
Mountain snow in Colorado is closely
monitored because a half-dozen Western
waterways, including the 1,400-mile
Colorado River, start in the area. The river
and its tributaries supply water to millions
of people in seven states and Mexico.
Much of the river comes from mountain snow that accumulates during winter and melts in the spring.
"It's looking pretty dismal over much
of the West, but there are some areas
where we're OK," said Mike Strobel,
manager of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Snow Survey, which uses

about 2,000 reporting stations in the
western U.S. and some in Canada to
measure snow.
Mountain snow depth usually peaks
in early April across the West. However,
it's unlikely many of the hardest-hit
mountains will get enough precipitation
by then to recover, Strobel said.
In the Pacific Northwest, warm temperatures have brought rain instead of
snow, so the mountains aren't accumulating snowpack for the spring runoff, when
farmers and water managers need water
to irrigate crops and refill reservoirs.
Snow accumulation in the Rocky
Mountains in Colorado, Wyoming and
Montana has been relatively good.
Snowpack in the Colorado valleys that
feed the east-flowing South Platte River
were at 102 percent of average.
"Not spectacular, but not miserable,
either," Strobel said.
Even in Colorado, the picture
is mixed. Statewide, including the
Colorado River, the South Platte and
six other basins, the snowpack stands at
78 percent of normal, with the parched
southwest corner at 56 percent.
It would take half again the normal
amount of snowfall between now and
April to bring the statewide snowpack

up to average, said Brian Domonkos,
who supervises the snow survey in
Colorado.
The Colorado River Basin isn't accumulating snow as quickly as it was
earlier in the season, Domonkos said
Wednesday at a meeting of the state
Water Availability Task Force, which
monitors drought conditions.
"It's been pretty dry since about the
beginning of February," he said.
The Colorado update came after calls
for increased multi-state cooperation in
the Colorado River basin due to the
prolonged drought. The basin is home
to 40 million people and 4 million acres
of farmland.
Lake Mead in Nevada is the key measuring point of water in the Colorado
River system, which also includes the
Green, San Juan and Gila rivers and
some 55 dams and diversions. The lake
dropped to historic levels last year after
almost 15 years of regional drought.
Las Vegas, with 2 million residents
and 40 million visitors a year, gets 90
percent of its drinking water from Lake
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consider to be terrorists were shooting our
people from a clandestine spot from afar,
there would be outrage. We are all human
beings.
I wasnt blown away by this movie.
Maybe my research on it
beforehand tarnished my
opinion. I did enjoy the
awareness drawn to PTSD,
although I wish it had been
explored further, and I think
there is something to be
desired as far as character
development is concerned.
I did find the ending to
be incredibly sad. I cried. I
actually sobbed the whole
way home, thinking about
how tragic it all is, how
unfair it is, how war is so
senseless and unnecessary.
The live footage of Kyles
funeral procession was perhaps the most moving thing
Ive seen in a movie. It was
also the first movie Ive been
to when, at the end, the theater was dead silent. I mean, dead silent.
I have an even greater respect for our
veterans after watching American Sniper,
and I feel we dont do nearly enough not
even close to help them and take care
of them. It was eye-opening. It makes me
want to help and do my part, any part I can.
They deserve better. So much better. More
soldiers die from suicide than in combat.
Thats an issue. We need to take PTSD very
seriously, and start appreciating our vets and
giving them the love, care, and gratitude
they so deserve. Maybe you can do your
part, too. Start by watching this movie.
I recently saw American Sniper. I had

read an awful lot about the movie going into
it, and although its not exactly my kind of
movie, its my husbands kind of movie, and
its hard for us to find any movies to agree
on, so I agreed to see this. I was intrigued
anyway, and kind of wanted
to see it.
I tried to go into the
movie without any preconceived notions, though it was
difficult. Id read all the articles detailing Chris Kyles
memoir and the fact that he
had lied several times in it,
somewhat diminishing his
credibility. (If you havent
heard this, research it.) Im
not a fan of war (and I dont
think anyone is) but I do find
it an indescribably noble
act for men and women to
risk their lives to protect
our freedoms. I didnt find
the film to be pro-war, as
some have claimed. I actually found the opposite. I
came away from the movie
feeling as though Eastwood deconstructed
the hero myth and somehow managed to
keep it nonpolitical. If anything, I found
the movie to be anti-war. The focus for me
was on the post-traumatic stress disorder
which affects endless veterans. And again,
though I havent read Kyles book, I kind
of want to now, as Ive heard his narrative
and thoughts differ quite drastically than the
way his character is portrayed in the movie.
Michael Moore came under fire for calling snipers cowards, and to risk the backlash I might get from this, I see his point.
It is not cowardly to risk ones life for his
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problems; and advocates for the rights of these residents.
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Hancock, Hardin, Mercer, Putnam and Van Wert counties.
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JIM METCALFE
SPORTS
Jays, Wildcats, Pirates tune

up for mat tournaments
By JIM METCALFE
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Metcalfes
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By JIM METCALFE
DHI Media Sports Editor
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
Does it seem 14 years since the death of Dale The
Intimidator Earnhardt Sr. during the Daytona 500 doing
the thing he loved; racing fast cars?
I can still remember thinking that he was going to
walk away from it like the tough old bird he was, like he
had been through the car wash and would barely have a
scratch on him.
I and a number of my friends that had been watching
the race couldnt believe the news that he had died from
the wreck. We were calling each other, wondering if we
were seeing things.
Turns out we werent.
Ever since that day, NASCAR has been on a needed
crusade to try and make things better and safer for the
guys and gals that drive the machines that go fast, make
lots of money and hopefully give fans what they wish for.
They are still making tweaks as I suppose they
always will in how they go about their business.
NASCAR has gone through some tougher times in the
process: for example, there are empty seats at racetracks
and the ratings havent been as good as they once were;
and perhaps that was partly due to the efforts to try and
make it safer, along with the economy going into the
doldrums.
In the minds of fans, things maybe werent dull but
they didnt seem as thrilling and competitive as before;
perhaps because of the effort to make it safer, the game
had lost something else that aggression, fearlessness,
whatever you want to term it, which made racing worth
paying good money for and the industrys stars to become
heroes.
Racing officials have altered the way they crown a
champion a few times to address this more or less
accepted but not unanimously and last years more
race-to-win-no-matter-who-gets-hurt format seemed to
bring more of the thrill back into it.
It sure seemed controversy heated up way more last
year than in the past, just what NASCAR clearly wanted.
I guarantee you, they didnt mind the fights, the shoving, the heated comments and arguments that ensued.
That made the latest race on any given Monday fodder
for the company watering hole.
See MUSINGS, page 7
DELPHOS Its about

getting wrestling matches at
this time of year, especially
as the second season nears.
Whether you are loaded
with inexperienced wrestlers,
such as Jefferson and Bluffton,
or have a relatively veteran
crew like St. Johns, getting
good competition is always of
paramount importance.
That was the reason behind
the tri-match held at Robert A.
Arnzen Gymnasium Wednesday
night involving host St. Johns,
Jefferson and Bluffton.
The host Blue Jays defeated the Wildcats 39-30 and
bested the Pirates 37-30.
Jefferson belted Bluffton
45-24.
We each had room for one
more tri-match on our schedules and kind of threw this
together in the middle of last
week. All three of us coaches
got together after weigh-ins
tonight and decided to really
match up and get our guys
good matches, Jays coach
Derek Sterling explained. As
a coach, you dont want to
lose anything, be it a dual or
an invitational; youre always
out for a win. My guys really
focused on this the last couple
of days of practice and wrestled well. Everybody is eyeing the end-of-season tournaments and you still have time
to correct your mistakes and
get better before they start.
One of the more thrilling matches in the Blue Jay/
Wildcat tussle was at 285,
when the Jays Andrew
Shawhan rallied with a
5-point span in the last 15
seconds to force an overtime
and then got a takedown of
Jayden Moore with a mere
4.7 ticks left in OT to get the
12-10 triumph.
Jefferson coach Mike
Wilson pointed to other match-
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St. Johns Brett Vonderwell tries to turn Jeffersons Josh Kroeger for a pinning combination during their 170-pound match Wednesday (top), while the Wildcats Jacob Harvey
turns the tables on the Blue Jays Patrick Stevenson in the 152-pound category. (DHI
Media/Kenny Poling)
es as ones that stood out.

We had a lot of young guys
wrestle well and get beat: Josh
Kroeger wrestled well and got
beat (Brett Vonderwell); Lane
Bennett wrestled well and lost
(to Alex Haunhorst), as did
David Grant (Justin Siefker),
Wilson said. Im proud of
those young men in what
they did tonight. The more
matches we can get for our
guys, especially the younger
guys, the better. As a wrestling
coach, we always want to get
better as individuals we
have high expectations for our
guys and look to keep on
improving all the time.
Another thriller that went
the way of the Wildcats came
when Jacob Harvey overcame
a 14-5 third-period deficit in
the 152-pound clash versus
the Jays Patrick Stevenson
with an escape, a takedown
and eventual pin at 5:05.
For Bluffton mentor Jeff
Kleman, a senior-less roster
can always use more mat time.
We are basically all new from

last year; we have one returning
District qualifier, he added. We
have the typical growing pains
and lessons to be learned for a
young and inexperienced team.
For us, that is a lack of continuing
focus; we simply lose it during
matches. It will eventually come
and thats why we accepted the
chance to be in this tri-match;
every match is gold.
See MAT, page 7
Cleveland East Tech removed

from girls basketball tournament
COLUMBUS The Cleveland East
Technical High School girls basketball
team has been removed from the Ohio
High School Athletic Association postseason tournament for violating the regular-season contest limitation regulation,
OHSAA Commissioner Dr. Dan Ross
announced Wednesday.
Leroy Carter, athletic administrator
for East Tech, notified the OHSAA
of the violation on Tuesday. High
School basketball teams are permitted
to play 22 regular-season games. The
Scarabs, which had received the No. 1 seed
in their Division II district tournament and
were receiving votes in the latest Associated
Press state poll, ended the regular season last
Saturday with a 19-4 record, thus playing one
more game than is permitted.
One of the basic regulations for all our
sanctioned sports is how many regular-season
games are permitted, Ross said. This is a
very unfortunate violation when it happens
and the penalty is severe, but our member
schools have said that playing more games
than permitted definitely gives a team a com-
Associated Press
PGA TOUR
NORTHERN TRUST OPEN
Site: Los Angeles.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Course: The Riviera Country Club
(7,349 yards, par 71).
Purse: $6.7 million. Winners share:
$1,206,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Today, 5-8
p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Friday, 2-5 a.m.,
5-8 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2-5
a.m., 1-2:30 p.m., 6:30-9 p.m.; Sunday,
2-5:30 a.m., 1-2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.12:30 a.m.; Monday, 1:30-6 a.m.) and
CBS (Saturday, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, 3-6:30
p.m.).
Last year: Bubba Watson shot 64-64
on the weekend to beat Dustin Johnson
by two strokes. Watson also won the
Masters and WGC-HSBC Champions
last year.
Last week: Brandt Snedeker won the
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for
the second time in three years, beating
Nick Watney by three strokes. Snedeker
finished at 22-under 265 to break his own
scoring record in the tournament.
Notes: Watson, Johnson and
Snedeker are in the field along with
Jimmy Walker, Jordan Spieth, Sergio
Garcia, Bill Haas, Hunter Mahan, Ernie
Els, Fred Couples and Jim Furyk.
Haas won the 2012 tournament. He won
the Humana Challenge last month in La
Quinta. Couples is making his record
33rd start in the event. He won in 1990
and 1992. Wake Forest freshman Will
Zalatoris won the inaugural Northern
Trust Open Collegiate Showcase on
Monday to earn a spot in the field. The
2014 U.S. Junior champion shot 4-under
67. Ben Hogan won three times at the
petitive advantage. We want to thank the East

Tech administration for handling this in a
professional manner and we trust this will not
happen again at the school.
Leonard Jackson, commissioner of athletics for the Cleveland Metropolitan School
District and the Senate Athletic League, of
which East Tech is a member, said the
violation was not done maliciously but
agreed that the regulation and penalty
are clear.
The member schools of our conference are committed to following
OHSAA bylaws and regulations and
East Tech brought this matter forward
as soon as it was discovered, Jackson said.
East Tech will accept the penalty and we
know that the school and all members of our
conference will learn from this situation.
East Tech was to have hosted No. 12 seed
Cleveland Collinwood Saturday in a sectional
semifinal contest. That line on the bracket
will be vacated and Collinwood will advance
to a sectional final at No. 11 seed Ashtabula
Edgewood Feb. 26. East Tech must also
reimburse the officials fees to the Northeast
District Athletic Board for the three officials
who were assigned to work that contest.
Golf Glance
course in a 17-month span, taking the
1947 and 48 Los Angeles Opens and 48
U.S. Open. The Honda Classic is next
week in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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LPGA TOUR/LADIES EUROPEAN
TOUR/AUSTRALIAN
LADIES
PROFESSIONAL GOLF
WOMENS AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Site: Melbourne, Australia.
Course: Royal Melbourne Golf Club
(6,741 yards, par 72).
$180,000.
Television: Golf Channel (TodayFriday, 11:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 1:30-4:30
p.m.; Saturday, 3-6 p.m., 9 p.m.-2 a.m.;
Sunday, 3-6:30 p.m.).
Last year: Australias Karrie Webb
won at Victoria Golf Club for her record
fifth victory in the event. South Koreas
Chella Choi was second, a stroke back.
Last event: South Korean rookie Sei
Young Kim won the Pure Silk-Bahamas
LPGA Classic on Feb. 8 for her first
LPGA Tour title. She birdied the first
hole of a playoff with countrywoman
Sun Young Yoo and Thailands Ariya
Jutanugarn.
Notes: Lydia Ko is making her second start since taking the top spot in
the world ranking. The 17-year-old New
Zealander has five LPGA Tour victories.
Australias Su Oh won the Australian
Ladies Masters on Sunday at Royal
Pines in her second start as a professional. The 18-year-old Oh was second
two weeks ago in the Victorian Open.
Jessica Korda won the 2012 tournament at Royal Melbourne. The Honda
LPGA Thailand is next week, followed
by the HSBC Womens Champions in

Singapore.
Online: http://www.lpga.com
Golf Australia site: http://www.golfaustralia.org.au
Australian Ladies Professional Golf
site: http://www.alpg.com.au
Ladies European Tour site: http://
www.ladieseuropeantour.com
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EUROPEAN TOUR/ASIAN TOUR
INDIAN OPEN
Site: New Delhi.
Course: Delhi Golf Club, Lodhi
Course (6,923 yards, par 71).
$250,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Today, 9
a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Friday, 5-7 a.m., 10:30
a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Saturday, 5:30-9:30 a.m.;
Sunday, 5:30-10 a.m.).
Last event: Bangladeshs Siddikur
Rahman won the Asian Tour event in
December 2013. Indias Anirban Lahiri
and S.S.P. Chawrasia were a stroke
back.
Last week: Australias Andre Dodt
won the Thailand Classic, beating countryman Scott Hend and local favorite
Thongchai Jaidee by a stroke.
Notes: The tournament is part of the
European Tour for the first time. Lahiri,
Chawrasia, Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun
Atwal, Jyoti Randhawa, Rashid Khan
and Shiv Kapur top the Indian contingent. Lahiri won the Malaysian Open two
weeks ago. Randhawa won the national
championship in 2000, 2006 and 2007.
Spains Miguel Angel Jimenez is in the
field. He won a Champions Tour event
last month in Hawaii. The Joburg
Open is next week in South Africa.
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NFL Combine Day 1: The

doctor will see you now
By JIM LITKE
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS
Prospective NFL draftees

dont flinch at benching 225
pounds until exhaustion or
trying to beat their personal
best at the 40-yard dash. They
do dread one sentence: The
doctor will see you now.
The NFL combine began
Wednesday with orthopedic
and medical exams for 320
draft prospects, all of whom
gave blood and were subjected to X-rays and
impact testing to
establish a baseline
for subsequent concussion tests the
night before. Players
were asked to bring
medical records and
information on any
conditions or family
history i.e., a heart
condition that might affect
their ability to play.
During the exams, some
will be reminded of injuries
long ago forgotten, others
about fractures they didnt
know they had. One or two
will learn their path to a pro
career ends in an examination room, because of ailments ranging from undetected heart conditions to joint
injuries beyond repair.
Small wonder young men
who dont fear collisions
with hard-hitting linebackers or fullbacks get nervous
thinking about several hours
being gently poked, probed
and questioned by a battery of
experts, all trying to predict
how well the players will last
in this brutal sport.
A rundown on the days
medical sessions:
THE DOCTOR IS IN
AND IN AND IN:
A group of 15-20 players
enters the first of six orthope-
dic exam rooms in the basement of Lucas Oil Stadium

at 8:30 a.m. Inside each are
orthopedic doctors and head
athletic trainers representing
five or six teams. Nearby is
a portable MRI machine provided by Methodist Hospital.
Each players medical history, with detailed reports on
previous surgeries, is presented to the panel during open
discussion. All information
is shared and there are follow-up questions if necessary
directed by specialists on
shoulder, knee and
foot injuries, etc.
and more X-rays if
requested.
The only thing
proprietary about the
process is the grade
each team gives
every player, said
Dr. Matt Matava,
who runs the medical
operation for the St. Louis
Rams and is president of NFL
Physicians Society.
Each team uses its own
grading scale, generally from
A-F or 1-5. Doctors consider
previous injury history and
current medical condition,
and attempt to make a judgment of each players longevity. An overwhelming majority fall into the C range,
since most have been injured
and operated on at least once.
We might see up to two
dozen As every year, but
thats mostly kickers laughed
Matava, whos working his
15th combine. Otherwise,
theyve got to have remarkable genes and be really, really lucky.
Sessions average 20-30
minutes; each group of players moves on to a second
room for a second orthopedic exam, then repeats it
four more times for the other
groups of teams.
Musings
Think anything will change this year?

I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you cheap! if you
think it will.
In fact, I think as the drivers are more used to it and have a
better idea of what to expect, I believe you will see even more
controversy perhaps a few more fights, threats, paybacks,
etc. and NASCAR will be even more pleased as the ratings
go up and those empty seats get replaced with warm bodies.
The only way that will change is if someone really gets
hurt or perish the thought but remember what started this
column even gets killed.
If that were to happen and how many of us fully expect
that to happen one of these days during one of the major races?
After all, they are driving cars meant to go at high speeds with
sometimes bumper-to-bumper traffic, where just a slight mistake can mean disaster, safer gear notwithstanding all bets
are off and NASCAR wont hesitate to make quick changes.
Football has done the same thing with its stated intentions
of making the game safer for its players and has had its share
of controversy in the process.
Lets face it; how many of us have not uttered the famous
or infamous line of put a dress on him when watching
a game and an outrageous penalty has been called because a
defender breathed too hard on a quarterback?
Players have had their share of criticism about the changes,
especially defenders, and I think some of them are very valid.
At the same time, you can only take so much of the danger
out of the game.
You think of this: they have done research on the impact of
some of the hard hits on the bodies of football players, both the
giver and the receiver bigger, stronger, faster but still very
much human and they have been likened to the damage of
a car wreck.
There are many such hits during any given game, some of
them involve the same person, game in and game out.
As I have written before and there is a current lawsuit
involving Pop Warner football in Wisconsin, to go along with
the continuing saga of the NFL and many of its former players
one has to wonder if we are not beginning to see the end of
footballs heyday and its decline.
If each class that comes through a school loses a player or
two because of fear, I fear that drip will inevitably become an
avalanche and we will see it sooner rather than later.
Mat
(Continued from page 6)
The Jays visit Coldwater

at 10 a.m. Saturday to take
on the host Cavaliers and
Versailles in the Midwest
Athletic Conference championship.
Jefferson and Bluffton are
off until Feb. 27 when they
participate in the Division III
Sectionals at LCC.
ST. JOHNS 39, JEFFERSON 30

126: Collin Fischer (S), void.
132: Daniel Lehmkuhle (D), void.
138: Wyatt Place (D), void.
145: Justin Siefker (S) pin David Grant, 1:48.
152: Jacob Harvey (D) pin Patrick Stevenson,
5:05.
160: Evan Mohler (S) pin Cooper Chung, :39.
170: Brett Vonderwell (S) dec. Josh Kroeger
8-4.
182: Alex Haunhorst (S) dec. Lane Bennett 7-3.
195: Wes Buettner (S) pin Tyler Foust, :32.
220: Austin Schulte (S) pin Reid Corzine, 1:51.
285: Andrew Shawhan (S) dec.. Jayden Moore
12-10 (OT).
106: Brett Mahlie (D) pin Cody Wright, 3:14.
113: Andrew Foust (D), void.
120: Double void.
JV
126: Daniel Lehmkuhle dec. Collin Fischer 9-4.
ST. JOHNS 37, BLUFFTON 30
120: Double void.
126: James Badial-Luna (B) pin Collin Fischer,
Like Gordon, other NASCAR

drivers closing in on retirement
Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Bobby
Labonte looks around NASCARs
motorhome lot and sees the makeover
coming.
It was just a few years ago that the
place was devoid of children. The playground was empty. There were no toys
scattered about. Few, if any, sounds of
children echoing across the rows of luxury buses. It was a clear indication how
young the sport had become.
Now, though, there are kids everywhere. To Labonte, that means change is
on the horizon. All those young drivers
have grown up, have families and have
started getting old, at least by NASCAR
standards.
Four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon
has already announced that 2015 will be
his last as a full-time driver and theres
a sense that several others could follow
him out the door.
Were starting to see it cycle
through, Labonte said.
Ten Sprint Cup regulars, including
Gordon, are at least 36 years old heading
into this season. And although salaries
are nearly as good as ever and the cars
and tracks are certainly safer than ever,
there is growing speculation that some
of the elder statesmen are closer to calling it quits than outsiders might think.
The trends already started, former
NASCAR crew chief and team owner
Ray Evernham said. Were not going
to be able to reverse it. A lot of its got
to do with the technology of the cars, the
fact that these kids are coming younger
and younger now. You used to have to
have experience and have that book (of
knowledge). A guy at 50 could still win
races and challenge for championships.
Evernham said thats not the case
anymore.
2:27.
132: Nick Luke (B), void.
138: Double void.
145: Patrick Stevenson (S) pin Nathaniel
Staley, 4:44.
152: Justin Siefker (S) dec. Austin Mault 11-5.
160: Cole Wilson (B) pin Evan Mohler, 1:43.
170: Brett Vonderwell (S) major dec. Dylan
Pletcher 13-1.
182: Alex Haunhorst (S) pin Justin Haggard,
:56.
195: Wes Buettner (S), void.
220: Austin Schulte (S), void.
285: Blake Sampson (B) pin Andrew Shawhan,
2:55.
106: Cody Wright (S) pin Casey McGuire, :48.
113: Ryder Romick (B), void.
JEFFERSON 45, BLUFFTON 24
113: Andrew Foust (D) pin Ryder Romick, 1:27.
120: Double void.
126: James Badial-Luna (B), void.
132: Wyatt Place (D) pin Nick Luke, 3:50.
138: David Grant (D) pin Nathaniel Staley,
4:42.
145: Austin Mault (B) pin Jacob Harvey, 1:37.
152: Cole Wilson (B) pin Cooper Chung, 1:10.
160: Double void.
170: Josh Kroeger (D) dec. Dylan Pletcher 5-2.
182: Lane Bennett (D) pin Justin Haggard,
1:05.
195: Tyler Foust (D), void.
220: Reid Corzine (D), void.
285: Blake Sampson (B) pin Jayden Moore,
1:52.
106: Brett Mahlie (D) pin Casey McGuire, 1:11.
JV
126: Daniel Lehmkuhle (D) dec. James
Mortimer 4-0.
He pointed to technological advancements, most notably the ability for

youngsters to get realistic seat time at
every track in state-of-the-art simulators.
People are getting here faster and
getting here with more experience than
they ever could before, Evernham said.
Its not a trend the drivers are going to
control. Its going to be like Formula
One. At about 35 and I mean probably within the next 10 years youre
going to be looking at guys that are 35,
38 years old as being too old in this
sport.
Joining Gordon in the over-35 category are Greg Biffle (45), 3-time champion Tony Stewart
(43), 2003 champion
Matt Kenseth (42),
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
(40), 6-time champion Jimmie Johnson (39), reigning
champion Kevin Harvick (39), Jamie
McMurray (38), Ryan Newman (37) and
2004 champion Kurt Busch (36).
If you look back at NASCAR and all
the years theyve been here, every eight
or 10 or 12 years, they have a reshuffling
of the people up front, 7-time champion Richard Petty said. That times
come now. Youve got guys 40, 45 years
old, and thats kind of a general age (of
retirement).
Stepping aside might sound easy but
its proven to be difficult.
Petty acknowledged staying longer
than what I should have.
But driving was my life, he added.
I knew I wasnt going to win races but
I didnt want to give up driving the race
car.
For years, Mark Martin talked about
hanging up his helmet, only to keep
coming back for more. Ricky Rudd
walked away after the 2005 season,
saying he was taking a break. He

was mostly gone for one season before
returning to a full-time ride.
Two-time Daytona 500 winner
Michael Waltrip is trying to make his
28th Great American Race.
Shoot, theres not many that, given
the opportunity, wouldnt come back
and run a race or two, Waltrip said.
Most old, retired people dont get in
winning cars. Thats who I am, whether
I like it or not.
Sponsors tend to gravitate to younger
drivers, always looking to land the next
up-and-comer and attract the coveted
18-to-35-year-old audience.
And the youngsters are here, ready
and waiting for a ride.
Kyle Larson landed a fulltime spot with Chip Ganassi
Racing last season. Chase
Elliott, the son of Hall-ofFame driver Bill Elliott, will replace
Gordon at Hendrick Motorsports in
2016. Ryan Blaney, Ty Dillon, Ben
Rhodes and Erik Jones could be next in
line for the top teams.
The day and age is changing and the
kids coming in are incredible, veteran
Joe Nemechek said. So many guys are
good that are coming up.
And behind them could be all those
young kids in the motorhome lot.
The talent pool is whats going to
force this, Evernham added. If youve
got a 35-year-old driving and then
theres a guy thats 21 that you can pay
half the money and hes going twice
as fast youre going to be looking
at that. There are going to be more and
more of these guys coming. Thats just
the evolution of where were headed.
Everybodys talking 40! Theyre not
talking 50. Ten years from now, theyre
going to be talking 35 and hes at the end
of his career.
Play Ball: Champion Giants

begin effort to win in odd year
By BOB BAUM
Associated Press
The Herald 7
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.
The San Francisco Giants roll
in even years, winning the
World Series in 2010, 2012
and 2014.
Enough of that pattern, Giants
manager Bruce Bochy said.
We want to have a lot
of fun in an odd year, he
said while San Francisco
pitchers and catchers reported for spring training on
Wednesday.
Pitchers and catchers also
reported to the Cincinnati
Reds, Cleveland Indians
and Philadelphia Phillies.
The rest of the major-league
teams will get going over the
next few days, half of them in
Arizona, half in Florida.
As usual, pitching should
be San Franciscos strength.
Bochy said hes pretty set on
the five-man rotation that will
open the season.
He didnt name them. But
by eliminating the non-starters he did mention, the
five would be ace Madison
Bumgarner, Matt Cain, Tim
Hudson, Jake Peavy and Tim
Lincecum.
We havent put the order
down exactly but weve got a
pretty good idea of what its
going to be, Bochy said.
He said Ryan Vogelsong
and Yusmeiro Petit would be
long-relievers and spot start-
ers. Vogelsong re-signed with

San Francisco, a 1-year, $4
million deal, knowing the
crowded starter situation he
was rejoining.
We talked a little bit about
the situation and he understands it, Bochy said. You
cant have enough depth in
the rotation. Im glad that
Ryan decided to come back
with us and I think its going
to be a workable situation.
They can help
each other out,
maybe give a
guy a start off.
Lincecum
said he has
rediscovered
the mechanics that once made
him among the best in the
game.
My body just started to
kind of click and grasp onto
the things I used to do naturally, he said.
He isnt taking the starting
role for granted.
I feel I have to re-earn my
spot in the rotation, he said.
I didnt really finish off the
year very well last year at all.
That kind of left a drive in me.
I want to get that back and
discover what went wrong.
Cain seems to be fully
recovered from last years
surgeries on his right elbow
and right ankle.
Matt looks great, feels
great, Bochy said. I mean,
really has got a great look
about him. I think hes excited that hes healthy again and
hell be back on the mound.
Hes a big part of the staff.
We need him. We need Matt
to be who he is and stay
healthy this year.
Of the projected starting
five, only the 39-year-old
Hudson wont be ready right
off this spring.
He is still recovering from
surgery to remove bone spurs
from his right
ankle.
Im probably a couple of
weeks behind
where I normally
am,
Hudson said. I had my surgery on the second of January
so I wasnt able to start throwing until the latter part of
January. So just from a throwing standpoint I have a little
ways to go before Im ready to
get in some games. My mindset is just to be ready for the
real games when the season
starts, whether that means me
pitching in one game or four
games this spring.
The team lost two starters
from last years championship squad. Third baseman
Pablo Sandoval signed a fiveyear, $95 million free agent
contract with Boston. Mike
Morse signed a two-year, $16
million deal with Miami.
But those who are returning are a strong bunch, their
manager said.
With this team, I think its
fair to say were pretty well
set, Bochy said. Were in a
good place. Wed like to have a
lot of fun in an odd year. Wed
like to change that up, so well
see if we can do that. I love the
fact that weve had the continuity here with this staff. We have
depth in the rotation. This is a
team with a lot of character.
Sitting in the Scottsdale
Stadium dugout, the manager
reflected only briefly on last
years triumph.
We had a great year last
year, he said. I hope they took
time to enjoy it and savor all of
that, but its time to go to work.
At the Phillies camp in
Clearwater, Florida, manager Ryne Sandberg said Ryan
Howard would be the teams
first baseman, despite the teams
rebuilding efforts and attempts
to trade the declining veteran.
Howard is due a minimum
of $60 million over the next
two years.
Right now hes here to
prepare for the season as one
of the guys, Sandberg said.
If he gets to where hes hitting 30-35 home runs, which
is good home runs for this
day and age of baseball, he
can help us win games this
year. To see him in the spring
and see him prepare and have
him get ready, hes here. Right
now, unless he gets unseated
hes the first baseman.
Browns coach: Manziel in better

place than before program
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS Browns coach
Mike Pettine said Wednesday he
believes quarterback Johnny Manziel is
in a better place since entering a treatment program earlier this month.
Manziel, his family and the team
have not said why he sought help.
Pettine did not provide any additional
details about the reasons, citing privacy
concerns, and that there was no timetable for his return.
But on the first big day of this weeks
NFL scouting combine, Pettine said he
visited the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner last week.
Hes in a much better place now
than when he went in, Pettine said.
Hes very determined to come out of it
in a much better way.
That might be the best possible news
for Cleveland, which has used 22 different starting quarterbacks since the
franchise returned to the league in 1999.
Manziel came to last years combine
with the reputation of a big-time playmaker and a frequent partier, a combina-
tion that scared away some wary teams, replied. It turns out to be a deeper-rootbut Cleveland chose Johnny Football ed thing than we thought.
with the No. 22 overall pick.
Pettine said it was Manziels decision
He looked unprepared and over- to seek help and that he and the team
matched in his first career start, throw- fully support the effort.
ing two interceptions in a 30-0
Manziel is only part of
loss to Cincinnati. The next
the Browns offseason mess.
week at Carolina, Manziel
Leading receiver Josh
injured his hamstring on a
Gordon has been suspendrunning play before halftime.
ed again for violating the
He didnt play again. Manziel
leagues substance-abuse
was fined later by the Browns
policy and will miss the
for missing a medical treatentire 2015 season.
ment before the season finale
NFL officials also are
at Baltimore.
investigating whether genAfter apologizing to
eral manager Ray Farmer
Clevelands fans and his teambroke the rules by sending
mates for being a distraction,
text messages to the Browns
Manziel
he promised to change. Over
sideline during games.
the next couple of days, phoI wasnt thrilled about
tos of Manziel appeared on Instagram, it, Pettine answered when asked about
showing him in a Houston nightclub and his initial reaction to the texts. But Ray
in Aspen, Colorado all before choos- and I have had a very clear conversation
ing to enter treatment.
about it and he apologized not only to
Pettine was asked if the Browns myself but others in the organization.
made a mistake in vetting Manziel.
Pettine added: Were waiting for the
I think we had the same information league to hand down the punishment
everyone else in the league had, he and well accept whatever it is.
8 The Herald
Bluffton University Roundup

Bluffton honors seniors in 24-point
rout of Earlham
BLUFFTON Bluffton University
honored seniors Ryan Ebbeskotte,
Brock Homier and Zach Rumbaugh
Wednesday night, sending them out on
the winning side of a 73-49 contest over
the Earlham College men inside the
Sommer Center.
Ebbeskotte (Delphos/Jefferson)
scored four points and two steals in 19
minutes of action in his finale, while
Rumbaugh scored three in five minutes
and Homier (Continental) did not play.
Thayne Recker (Arlington) scored
career point 1,000 as a Beaver on the
night, compiling another double-double: 24 points, 14 boards.
Earlham College 49
Taylen Alexander 2-0-1-5, Joe
Adams 3-0-0-6, Lajay Kelly 4-0-2-10,
Kamari Hunter 3-0-0-6, Kyle Smith
0-2-0-6, DeAndre Lynch 0-0-0-0,
Elijah Wilson-Thomas 1-0-0-2, Patrick
Hawkins 2-2-0-10, Darius Meiman 1-00-2, Alonzo Genelin 1-0-0-2. Totals
21-50(42%) 4-15(26.7%) 3-5(60%) 49.

Bluffton University 73
Joshua Woodrich 6-2-2-20, Thayne
Recker7-0-10-24, Zach Rumbaugh 0-10-3, Ryan Ebbeskotte 1-0-2-4, Austin
Rohde 2-2-0-10, Dylan Hunsicker
0-0-0-0, Andrew Hunter 1-0-0-2, Billy
Taflinger 4-0-0-8, Trey Elchert 0-0-0-0,
Austin Terrill 0-0-0-0, Andrew Finley
0-0-0-0, Austin Moore 0-0-0-0, Austin
McDonald 1-0-0-2, Adam Hopkins 0-00-0, Josh Carey 0-0-0-0.
Totals 27-64(42.2%) 5-15(33.3%)
14-17(82.4%) 73.
Rebounds: EC 27/7 off. (Adams/
Lynch 6), BU 42/20 off. (Recker
14). Assists: EC 14 (Adams/WilsonThomas 3), BU 16 (Rohde 6). Steals:
EC 3 (Kelly/Lynch/Hawkins 1), BU
11 (Recker 3). Blocked shots: EC 4
(Kelly 3), BU 3 (Finley/Moore/Rhode
1). Turnovers: EC 18, BC 9. Fouls: EC
18, BU 11.
Score by Halves
Earlham College 23 26 - 49 Record:
(1-23, 1-16 HCAC)
Bluffton University 35 38 - 73
Record: (13-11, 9-8 HCAC)

Points
in
the
paint-ECM
28,BUMB15 36. Points off turnovers-ECM 7,BUMB15 24.
2nd chance points-ECM 5,BUMB15
23. Fast break points-ECM 2,BUMB15
8.
Bench
points-ECM
16,BUMB15 12. Score tied0 times. Lead changed-1
time.
Last FG-ECM 2nd01:45, BUMB15 2nd-00:43.
Largest lead-ECM by 2
1st-17:42, BUMB15 by 24 2nd-00:43.
Officials: Patrick Stegeman, Brett
Gearhart, Merlin Nice
Attendance: 500
Lady Beavers bash Earlham

RICHMOND, IND. The Bluffton
University women hit the road to
Richmond, Ind., Wednesday night to
take on Earlham College and came
home riding an 81-59 rout.
Five Lady Beavers hit twin digits:
Kaitlyn Pennekamp with 17, Taylor
Whitaker 16, Macey Sheerer 15,

Kaycee Rowe 13 and Rachel Beining
(Ottoville) 10.
Bluffton University 81
Taylor Whitaker 2-2-6-16, Taylor
Knight 2-0-1-5, Kaitlyn Pennekamp
4-3-0-17, Macey Sheerer 3-0-9-15,
Rachel Beining 5-0-010, Olivia Poole 0-0-0-0,
Vanitra Primus 0-1-0-3,
Abby Jerger 1-0-0-2, Gwen
Downing 0-0-0-0, Jessica
Boggan 0-0-0-0, Kaycee
Rowe 5-1-0-13, Abigail
ODonnell 0-0-0-0, Marina Lyons 0-00-0. Totals 29-58(50%) 7-14(50%)
16-22(72.7%) 81.
Earlham College 59
Hannah Dyer 1-1-0-5, JaLissa Watt
4-0-0-8, Mariah Flynn 0-0-2-2, Hannah
Franklin 5-0-6-16, Shania Feathers
1-0-0-2, Emma Turcotte 0-0-0-0, Lexi
McFarland 2-3-0-13, Kiara Scott 3-0-511, Symrin Greenhow 1-0-0-2, Sophia
Richard 0-0-0-0. Totals 21-60(35%)
4-10(40%) 13-18(72.2%) 59.
Rebounds: BU 47/17 off. (Sheerer
10), EC 26/12 off. (Flynn/Franklin

6). Assists: BU 18 (Knight 8), EC 6
(Franklin/McFarland 2). Steals: BU 13
(Sheerer 4), EC 9 (Scott 4). Blocked
shots: BU 1 (Beining 1), EC 0. Fouls:
BU 18, EC 18. Turnovers: BU 19, EC
16.
Score by Halves
Bluffton University 49 32 - 81
Record: (17-7, 12-5)
Earlham College 24 35 - 59 Record:
(8-16, 5-12)
Points in the paint-BUWB15
38,ECW 16. Points off turnovers-BUWB15 22,ECW 14.
2nd chance points-BUWB15
13,ECW 8. Fast break points-BUWB15
0,ECW 0.
Bench points-BUWB15 18,ECW
26. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0
times.
Last FG-BUWB15 2nd-00:25, ECW
2nd-00:49.
Largest lead-BUWB15 by 35 2nd08:57, ECW None.
Officials: Dan Morgan, Ric Foxen,
John Totty
Jennings Cub Scout Pack holds Pinewood Derby
Fort Jennings Cub Scouts held the annual Pinewood Derby Sunday. Best of Show winners are, from left, Webelos II
Joseph Klir; Webelos I Trent Siefker; Bear Wyatt Brinknman, Wolf Ian Howbert and Tiger Landon Calvelage.
Overall winner is Brayden Hart. (Submitted photos)
Webelos I Den winners include, from left, first place, Andrew Aldrich: second place, Webelos II Den winners are, from left, first place, Cole Steele; second place, Andrew
Brayden Calvelage; and third place, Trent Siefker.
Bowers; and third place, Troy Calvelage.
Bear Den winners include, from left, first place, Brayden Hart; second place, Carson Wolf Den winners are, from left, first place, Ian Howber; second place, Ryan Tumlinson;
and third place, Adam Hoersten.
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some value.
More research is clearly
needed. A larger study might
be able to tease out whether certain groups of people
might be more likely to benefit from spinal injections. All
we know from any randomized trial, even well-done studies like this one, is what the
reaction to the treatment has been for the average patient
in the study. It remains possible that one subgroup of patients in the study -- those with more severe narrowing of
the spinal canal, for example -- might really benefit from
the treatment.
You can also try:
-- Analgesics, such as acetaminophen (Tylenol)
-- Anti-inflammatory medicines, such as ibuprofen
(Advil, Motrin) or naproxen (Aleve)
-- Muscle relaxants
-- Heat
-- Physical therapy or stretching
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resort.
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strengthen my back muscles have kept me nearly completely free of symptoms. That also has been my experience with patients. Very few have needed to consider surgery, and relatively few have received spinal injections of
corticosteroids.
What if that does not remain true and my symptoms
return? And what if all the other treatments Ive mentioned (short of surgery) dont give relief? Would I consider spinal injections of corticosteroids? Yes, I might.
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right decision.
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Ottoville crowns Homecoming King and Queen
Ottoville Homecoming Court consisted of, front row from left to right, Bethany Maag, Joey Miller, Emma Brinkman, Annie Lindeman, Queen Chelsey Boecker, Anna Bendele,
Jasmine Jones and Makayla Byrne; back row from left, Brendan Siefker, Austin Honigford, King Wesley Markward, Colin Bendele, Rudy Wenzlick and Connor Kuhlman.
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Libya to UN Security Council:

Lift arms embargo to fight IS
UNITED NATIONS (AP) Libyas foreign minister on
Wednesday demanded that the U.N. Security Council lift an
arms embargo so his country can fight the Islamic State group
as it establishes a presence in north Africa and moves closer
to Europe.
Foreign Minister Mohammed al Dairi spoke to an emergency session of the council amid regional alarm after the Islamic
State group over the weekend posted a video of the beheadings
of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya.
Al Dairi stressed that Libya is not asking for international
intervention. But he said the international community has a
legal and moral responsibility to lend urgent support and that
the region, including the Mediterranean, is in danger.
If we fail to have arms provided to us, this can only play
into the hands of extremists, he said. He told reporters he
wanted to see the same attention paid the danger in Libya as
has been paid to Iraq and Syria, where a U.S.-led coalition is
battling the Islamic State group.
The foreign minister of neighboring Egypt, Sameh Shoukry,
called for a naval blockade on arms heading to areas of Libya
outside the control of legitimate authorities. He did not rule
out troops on the ground in Libya and said his country was
seeking international support by all means.
Jordan was circulating a draft resolution on the issue to
fellow council members later Wednesday.
US withholding details of
Iran nuke talks from Israel
WASHINGTON (AP)
The Obama administration
said Wednesday it is withholding from Israel some
sensitive details of its nuclear negotiations with Iran
because it is worried that
Israeli government officials
have leaked information to
try to scuttle the talks and
will continue to do so.
In extraordinary admissions that reflect increasingly strained ties between the
U.S. and Israel, the White
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The comments came as
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and Iranian negotiators prepare for a new round of talks
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Netanyahu has angered
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The only bar patron to appear in every episode of the popular 1980s TV sitcom Cheers was
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Rhea Perlman, who played waitress Carla Tortelli.
The first berets worn by members of a U.S. military
unit were maroon. In 1943, during World War II, soldiers in a battalion of the U.S. Armys 509th Parachute
Infantry were given maroon berets when they were
granted honorary membership in the British Parachute
Regiment.
Todays questions:
For what proposed changes in the Statue of
Libertys appearance did the U.S. Congress authorize
$62,000 in 1906?
What famous stoic pro basketball superstar was
ejected from a game for laughing while he was sitting
on the bench?
Answers in Fridays Herald.
Obama: US at war with those

who have perverted Islam
WASHINGTON (AP) Muslims
in the U.S. and around the world have
a responsibility to fight a misconception that terrorist groups like the
Islamic State speak for them, President
Barack Obama said Wednesday in his
most direct remarks yet about any link
between Islam and terrorism.
For weeks, the White House has sidestepped the question of whether deadly
terror attacks in Paris and other Western
cities amount to Islamic extremism,
wary of offending a major world religion or lending credibility to the war on
terror that Obamas predecessor waged.
But as he hosted a White House summit
on countering violent extremism, the
president said some in Muslim communities have bought into the notion that
Islam is incompatible with tolerance and
modern life.
We are not at war with Islam,
Obama said. We are at war with people
who have perverted Islam.
While putting the blame on IS and
similar groups Obama said the mili-
tants masquerade as religious leaders but

are really terrorists the president also
appealed directly to prominent Muslims
to do more to distance themselves from
brutal ideologies. He said all have a duty
to speak up very clearly in opposition
to violence against innocent people.
Just as leaders like myself reject the
notion that terrorists like ISIL genuinely
represent Islam, Muslim leaders need
to do more to discredit the notion that
our nations are determined to suppress
Islam, Obama said.
Issuing such a direct challenge to
Muslims marked a clear departure from
the restrained, cautious language Obama
and his aides have used to describe the
situation in the past.
In the days after last months shootings at a satirical French newspaper that
had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad,
Obama avoided calling the attack an
example of Islamic extremism, and
instead opted for the more generic violent extremism. Recently, the White
House also struggled to explain whether
Ottoville
Mangas also noted that with the increased technology in

students hands such as Chromebooks and iPads, another set
of hands to tackle support will be helpful.
A lot of rural schools are underserved in this area and
Im pleased we are being proactive and offering this to our
students, Board President Kevin Landin added.
Mangas told the board he had interviewed four of the 15
applicants he screened for the instrumental music instructor
position that will be left open by the retiring Warren Bowery.
I would hire any of them so I feel bad for the other three
and hope they find a position, Mangas said. I will be sending
out a letter to the applicant I decide on next week.
A few glitches had to be ironed out this week during state
testing. Mangas said four elementary students were kicked off
the system during testing but the problem was resolved and
those students were able to complete their tests in a timely
manner.
The problem was a programming error and when they
tried to go from question 6 to question 7, the system kicked
them out, Mangas said. It was a state-wide problem so we
were not alone. We were fortunate we had so few this happened to.
In Treasurer Bob Webers report, board members learned
the district will receive $20,835.27 in Casino Tax Payments
for 2015. The figure was approximately $1,300 less than last
and considerably more than the first payment of $9,528.26 in
2013.
On a more sober note, he reported that if Governor John
Kasichs budget remains as is, the district will lose 1 percent
of its state funding or $47,184 in 2016 and $46,713 in 2017.
These are just projections, Weber said. Its manageable
if it stays at 1 percent.
Mangas agreed.
At 1 percent we will be fine, he said. Financially we are
Science
The use of the school kitchen for the

Band Dinner Fundraiser in April.
High School Principal Nicholas
Langhals said Northwest Ohio Area
Computer Cooperative (NOACSC) has
been the districts Internet provider.
We are in the second year of our
three-year contract, he said. Currently
we are at 50 Mb connection and next
year we will be provided 100 Mb connection at the same price.
During the meeting, board members
held a public input session on the re-employment of Shellie Wurst. There was no
opposition to Wursts re-employment.
the U.S. believes the Afghan Taliban to

be a terrorist organization.
The refusal to directly assess any
Islamic role in the terrifying scenes
playing out in Europe, the Mideast and
Africa has drawn criticism from those
who say Obama has prioritized political
correctness over a frank acknowledgement of reality. National security hawks,
in particular, argued that Obamas counterterrorism strategy couldnt possibly
be successful if the president was unable
or unwilling to confront the true nature
of the threat.
White House aides said they were
avoiding associating the attacks with
Islam for the sake of accuracy and
to avoid lending credence to the terrorists own justification for violence a
strict interpretation of Islam. Frustrated
by what they deemed a manufactured
controversy, Obama aides have argued
that a focus on terminology has distracted from more fruitful conversations
about what can actually be done to stop
extremist ideologies from spreading.
stable. If that changes to 15 or 20 percent, well have to look

at things.
The Putnam County Health Consortium will offer Healthy
Testing for teachers on March 23. Four tests will be included
for $179 with the consortium picking up half the tab. Spouses
are also welcome.
In the High School Report, Principal Jon Thorbahn congratulated the Putnam County Science Fair participants
who received Superior, Excellent ratings and awards for
the projects. They include: Superior Haley Hoersten,
Kasey Knippen, Halie Landing, Quinley Schlagbaum, Carson
Stoner, Tyler Birr and Brittany Schleeter; Excellent
Kambrie Edelbrock, Olivia Gamble, Ethan Geise, Brynlee
Hanneman, Ashley Herman, Eli Knodell, Collin Knotts,
Ashlee Landin, Hannah Hoehn, Kyle Looser, Joseph Miller
and Evan Turnwald; and awards: Behavioral Science, Quinley
Schlagbaum; Engineering Kyle Looser; Environmental,
Kasey Knippen; Outstanding Presentation, Tyler Birr;
Outstanding Report, Kambrie Edelbrock; and Outstanding
Team Project, Hannah Hoehn and Ashlee Landin.
Those receiving a Superior qualified for the District
Science Fair in Ada.
Thorbahn also noted several upcoming events:
The Band Steak Dinner will be held on March 1 in the
cafeteria; and
The All-County Band, Choir and Art Show will be hosted by Pandora-Gilboa on March 15.
In other action, the board:
Issued one-year supplemental contracts to Cory Eickholt
and Matt Eickholt to coach junior high boys track; and
Accepted the following donations: $255 for the Vantage
fire pit ring raffle to go to prom expenses; and $50 from the
University of Findlay for a student teacher.
The next school board meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m.
March 18.
Unanimously, board members

approved the band trip to Chicago where
they will perform a concert at the Field
Museum of Natural History. The trip is
slated for Nov. 14, 2015.
Melanie Neidert was approved as
a volunteer cheer assistant dependent
upon completion of proper certifications.
Additionally, the board recommended Daniel Basinger as band and choral
director for one year starting next school
year.
Elementary Principal Matthew Dub
reported that Every Kid Healthy Week
will run March 23-27.
Every elementary student will have
the opportunity to try different healthy

options through the week, Dub said.
Teachers will also have instruction on
healthy diets and habits in classrooms
during that week.
Langhals also addressed the districts
Calamity Days Policy.
We have used five calamity days,
Langhals said. If we have another day
off due to weather, the Monday following Easter will be our make up day.
The Small School District Meeting
has been rescheduled for March 2.
The next board meeting will be held
at 7:30 p.m. on March 18 in the high
school library.
12 The Herald
Honoring our local
CUB SCOUTS
Back Row: Leader Doug Milligan, Webelos 1: Mark Stemen, Daniel Myers, Damon Gibson; Webelos 2 : Zane
Stevenson, Anthony Bodine, Marcus Freewalt, Drew Palte, Kayne Miller, Leader Doug Stemen. Row 3: Leader
Jeremy Stevenson, Bears: Aaron Bockey, Logan Britton, Gaige Horton, Ashton Milligan, Lucas Clay, Leader
Darin Hohman. Row 2: Leader Chris Herron, Wolves: Jacob Keating, Mason Waltmire, Kaden James, Mathew
Roberts, Henry Hohman, Robbie Caskey, Logan Gossett, Jarrett Radler, Alex Herron. Front row: Tigers: TIGERS: Front row, from left: Evan Maye, Kyle Britton, Camden
Jake Hemker, Evan Maye, Camden Gable, Kyle Britton, Lucas Keating Caden White, Fulton Shirey, Leader Gable. Back row: Caden White, Jake Hemker, Lucas Keating, Fulton Shirey. Den Leader Matt Hemker
Jason Freewalt.
WOLVES: Front left to right: Jarrett Radler, Kaden James, Henry Hohman,
Matthew Roberts. Middle row: Mason Waltmire, Jacob Keating, Alex Herron,
Logan Gossett, Robbie Caskey. Back row: Darin Hohman, Jason Freewalt, Chris
Herron.
BEARS: Front row from left: Ashton Milligan, Gaige Horton, Lucas Clay, Logan Britton, Aaron
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WEBELOS I: front row from left: Den Leader Doug Stemen, Damon
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