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DELPHOS
The
50¢ daily
Upfront
Hog roast benefit
set for Tippie
A benefit will begin
at 3 p.m. today at the
Landeck Foresters hall
for Travis Tippie.
Tippie is suffering from
liver cancer and needs assis-
tance with medical bills.
A hog roast will cost $5
at the door and raffles and a
50/50 drawing will be held.
A DJ will be set
up under a tent.
Wind assoc. to
meet Monday
An organizational
meeting of the Southern
Van Wert County Wind
Association will be held
from 7-9 p.m. Monday at
Vantage Vocational School.
The purpose of the asso-
ciation is to help farmers,
landowners and neighboring
house owners to better under-
stand a wind lease contract,
to negotiate the best pos-
sible lease, to know about
amendments to leases and
to decide if a lease is in the
landowner’s best interest.
Ron Schumn will talk
about his experience with the
wind association in north-
ern Van Wert County and
southern Paulding County.
One goal of an association
will be to get legal counsel
who are familiar with wind
leases so landowners will
have a better understanding
of what they are signing.
For more informa-
tion, call Catherine Heitz
at 419-692-9753 or e-mail
melkate@watch tv.net.
Landeck sets
pork chop dinner
A Landeck Community
Dinner is set for 4-7 p.m.
Monday at the Landeck
Foresters Hall (for-
merly the CK of O).
Items on the menu include
a boneless, grilled pork
chop, baked potato, apple-
sauce, cole slaw and roll.
For delivery, call
419-692-4101.
Sports
TODAY
Baseball: Bath at Jefferson by looking at someone; you
(DH), noon; Perry at Fort
Jennings (DH), noon;
Lincolnview at Wayne Trace still out there and people are
(DH), noon; Ottawa-Glandorf infected every day. People
at Columbus Grove (DH),
noon; Waynesfield-Goshen
at Spencerville (DH), 2
p.m.; Crestview at Kalida,
2 p.m.; Van Wert and
Napoleon at Elida, 2 p.m.
Softball: Lincolnview
at Waynesfield-Goshen
(DH), noon; Elida at
Perrysburg, noon; Leipsic
at Ottoville (PCL), 2 p.m.
Track and Field:
Fort Jennings at Anna
Invitational, 9 a.m.; Elida
at Ehresman Memorial
Invitational (Bath), 10 a.m.
Forecast
Sunday high in
mid 80s with
showers, storms
after midnight
into Monday.
Low in mid 60s.
Index
Obituaries 2 federal closure in 15 years.
State/Local 3 Obama hailed the deal as
Politics 4 “the biggest annual spending
Community 5 cut in history.” House Speaker
Sports 6-7
Classifieds 8 the next decade it would cut
Television 9 government spending by $500
World briefs 10
Delphos woman missing 19 days
Family hoping for best; fear worst
Devon Schoffner, 18, and his grandmother, Eileen Suever, look through an album of
family photos Friday afternoon. They are anxiously awaiting news on Devon’s mother,
Shelly Schoffner, whom they haven’t heard from since March 21.
BY NANCY SPENCER
nspencer@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS — It has been
19 days since anyone has
heard from Shelly Schoffner,
the 42-year-old Delphos
mother of two who was last
HIV still a serious risk
BY MIKE FORD
mford@delphosherald.com
LIMA — Nearly 20 years
ago, Los Angeles Lakers star
“Magic” Johnson called a
press conference announcing
he had contracted HIV, the
virus that causes AIDS. For
several years thereafter, the
sexually-transmitted disease
came with an automatic death
sentence.
Allen County Health
Department HIV Counselor
Jodi Willeke says this is no
longer the case but the dis-
ease should still be taken seri-
ously. Unfortunately, most
young people don’t fear it
enough.
“It’s important to be test-
ed for HIV. You can’t tell
don’t know whether or not
your partner has HIV. It’s
need to be personally respon-
sible. People need to protect
themselves,” she said. “You
make choices and if you
chose to have unprotected
sex, you’re putting yourself
out there for whatever disease
your partner may have.”
As with other reckless
behavior, Willeke says the
‘Historic’ deal reached to
avoid government shutdown
By DAVID ESPO
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — new era of divided govern-
Perilously close to a govern-
ment shutdown, President
Barack Obama and congres-
sional leaders reached a histor-
ic agreement late Friday night
to cut about $38 billion in fed-
eral spending and avert the first
John Boehner said that over
billion, and won an ovation
from his rank and file —tea
party adherents among them.
“This is historic, what
we’ve done,” agreed Senate
Telling The Tri-County’s Story Since 1869
Saturday, april 9, 2011
seen in Kentucky on March
21.
Her son, Devon Schoffner,
18, and his grandmother,
Eileen Suever, are waiting
desperately for news — at
this point — any news.
“We know it doesn’t look
promiscuous tend to think
they are immune.
“They think it won’t hap-
pen to them. They don’t take
it seriously until it comes
close to home by someone
they know getting infected
or hearing about it being
around them. I had four stu-
dents in two days come in
for testing because there was
a rumor going around their
high school that a large per-
centage of the student body
was HIV-positive. That
wasn’t true but it was only
then that it became a concern
— it came close to home. It’s
too bad but, like with most
of us, we don’t think it can
happen to us; and this is all
ages — not just teenagers,”
Willeke said.
Since HIV/AIDS came
on the national radar, medi-
cal treatment has made great
strides. Though good news,
this has had an unintended
consequence.
“We don’t hear about HIV
as much; we don’t hear about
HIV deaths as much and it’s
because of the medicine.
People are living a lot longer
with AIDS and we’re find-
ing the younger generation
doesn’t think AIDS is a prob-
lem but it continues to spread.
Majority Leader Harry Reid,
D-Nev., the third man involved
in negotiations that ratified a
ment.
They announced the agree-
ment less than an hour before
government funding was due to
run out. The shutdown would
have closed national parks, tax-
season help lines and other
popular services, though the
military would have stayed on
duty and other essential efforts
such as air traffic control would
have continued in effect.
On side issues — “riders,”
the negotiators called them —
the Democrats and the White
House rebuffed numerous
Republican attempts to curtail
the reach of the Environmental
Protection Agency and side-
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good that it’s been so long
since anyone’s heard from
her,” Suever said. “We’ve
had a lot of people calling
with rumors and terrible
things they’ve heard but not
really any news from the peo-
ple we want to hear from —
People are infected every day
but we’re able to keep them
alive a lot longer,” she said.
“HIV is a long-term
infection that can be held at
bay for a while. When I first
started this job in 1992, we
gave people a life expectan-
cy of 5-10 years but we’re
not doing that anymore
because of the medications.
As long as they take them
properly and the medica-
tions work for the respec-
tive patient, we are seeing
a long survival rate with
AIDS diagnosis now.”
The health department
recently released its 2010
report, indicating eight HIV-
positive cases that year.
People shouldn’t think the
single-digit number means
odds are in their favor to roll
the dice.
“Some people may think
eight isn’t very many in light
of the county’s population
but that’s only the cases we
know about. There are a lot of
people who don’t get tested
because they don’t want to
know. They don’t want to
know, yet they don’t change
their behavior to prevent con-
tracting a sexually-transmit-
ted disease or spreading one
to others,” she said.
tracked their demand to deny
federal funds to Planned
Parenthood.
Anti-abortion lawmakers
succeeded in winning a provi-
sion to ban the use of federal or
local government funds to pay
for abortions in the District of
Columbia.
Lawmakers raced to pass an
interim measure to prevent a
shutdown, however brief, and
keep the federal machinery
running for the next several
days. The Senate acted within
minutes. The House worked
past midnight, so the federal
government was to be tech-
nically unfunded for a short
period of time, but there would
be little — if any — practical
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Shelly or the Kentucky State
Police.”
Shelly Schoffner is 5 foot,
4 inches tall and weighs 113
pounds. She has brown hair
and brown eyes. She has sev-
eral tattoos, including a blue
Eeyore on her left upper arm
with a tribal band below it.
She has a bear on her right
upper arm with a tribal band
below it. She also has dream
catchers on both her calves.
She has another son, Kiel
Martin, 24, five grandchil-
dren and a great-grandchild.
According to a press
release from Kentucky offi-
cials, Schoffner’s boyfriend,
Lima native Jeff Green, told
troopers he last saw Schoffner
southbound on Interstate
75 in Kentucky in a blue
Nissan 4-by-4 pickup with
an unknown registration. She
had texted him she didn’t
love him anymore and was
leaving him. He said she was
with a man named Richie
or another man named Vern.
The couple had recently been
staying with Green’s son in
the Big Hill Road area of
Berea, Ky.
“He has changed his story
to us several times,” Schoffner
said. “I’m not saying he did
anything to my mom. He’s
on a lot of medication and he
may be confused. Someone
just needs to check things out
a little more. They don’t seem
really concerned because
she’s an adult. It’s very frus-
trating.”
Obstetrician and Gynecologist Dr. Bill Scherger and his
wife Lori, dropped by St. John’s High School Friday after-
noon to have “the talk” with students.
Schergers offer ‘the talk’
BY STACY TAFF
staff@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS — Since the
1960’s, music and television
have gone from hinting ten-
tatively at sex to shouting it
directly and without shame.
In such a world, a lot of
pressure is put on parents to
prepare their children for the
temptations and dangers of
sex before marriage.
Dr. Bill Scherger, an
obstetrician and gynecolo-
gist in Lima, and his wife
Lori present a program
titled “Relationships and
Consequences” that educates
teens about the consequences
of premarital sex in a focused,
amusing and often blunt way.
“Does anyone know what
the leading date-rape drug is
today?” Dr. Scherger asked,
while presenting the program
at his alma mater on Friday.
“It’s alcohol. Girls, you think
he’s trying to get you drunk
to make you a better per-
son? No. He’s trying to get
you drunk to get down your
pants. Alcohol significant-
ly raises the risk of sexual
assault. Studies show that one
in every four college age girls
have been or will be sexually
assaulted.”
“It’s not their fault,”
Scherger’s wife added. “They
just don’t understand how
guys think. Guys can com-
partmentalize their bodies
and minds and hearts. Girls
can’t. Their minds and bodies
Delphos, Ohio
Schoffner said his mother
would have no reason to run
away or not contact her family.
“If she didn’t want to be
in Kentucky, she could have
just come home. She has
an apartment here and her
grandchildren are here,” he
said. “She loved her kids and
she loved her grandchildren
and she had a new great-
grandchild who was born in
January.”
Shelly’s parents, Curt and
Kathy Martin of Elida, are
also worried.
“This is not like Shelly,”
her father said Friday.
The Martins have been
keeping up with news on
their daughter’s disappear-
ance through their grandson.
“He reported her missing
and he’s been in contact with
the state police in Kentucky,”
Martin said. “We haven’t
gotten a lot of information
from down there.”
Suever said her daughter-
in-law is quiet and doesn’t
like big crowds. She enjoys
reading romance novels
and spending time with her
grandchildren. She said she
and her grandson need some
answers.
“It has been very hard on
us but Devon and I are here
for each other,” she said.
“We want the best but we’ll
deal with whatever happens.
We just want to know what
happened to her. We want her
to come home — one way or
the other.”
Stacy Taff photo
“... Guys can
compartmental-
ize their bodies
and minds and
hearts. Girls can’t.
Their minds and
bodies and hearts
are all intricately
woven together.
Guys will give
love to get sex,
girls will give sex
to get love.”
and hearts are all intricately
woven together. Guys will
give love to get sex, girls will
give sex to get love.”
According to the Schergers,
there are ways to avoid the
consequences of bad deci-
sions.
“You have to realize that
guys are visual and they’re
affected by the way you dress
and act,” Scherger said. “If
you dress immodestly and
flirt for attention, you’ll get
it. But guys don’t take flirts
home to mother. You can’t
love or be loved until you
learn to love yourself. And if
you don’t respect your body,
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Trips I’ll Skip
It seems that many conversations that I
have with friends and family recently have
revolved around everyone’s plans for sum-
mer get-aways.
I’m 99 percent sure of my vacation plans,
but my curiosity was peaked when I had
heard of a relative that went on a “ecological
vacation” to Central America, where they
learned about preserving nature, foraged for
food in the forests and slept in trees.
I began to wonder if instead of lounging on
some beautiful beach in Florida, should I seek
out an adventurous vacation where I would
learn about my deep inner self and widen my
perspective of the world around me?
After much touring the Internet and deep
reflection, I have come across a collection of
vacations I would never, never, never take,
but offer them to you as perhaps a future
choice of your get-away summer vacation.
Each of these vacations listed here had rec-
ommendations from “Everyday Joes” like
ourselves that has taken these trips and cher-
ished each and every moment of them.
• Adventure Vacations to the
North or South Pole
Take part in a visit to the poles or a three-
day visit to the Ice Station Borneo. You can
take a hot air balloon for a ride over the North
Pole or participate in Arctic skydiving or
snowmobiling. Yes, I would love to see the
beauty of the Poles, but I hate being cold,
especially super sub-zero cold with icicles
dangling from places they shouldn’t be. So I
guess if they could give me the tour in a warm
bus with cushioned and heated seats and with
a restroom, I’d be all for gazing through the
tinted windows at the beauty around me.
• Whitewater rafting along side
crocodiles in Africa
The charming nickname of the river you
would be on is called “Highway to Hell.”
Enough said.
• Running with the bulls in
Pamplona, Spain
Spain is a beautiful country I’ve been
told, and I understand this provides a super
adrenaline rush. But I think I can get the same
adrenaline rush from a big bowl of rocky road
ice cream.
• Yacht racing
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race boats from France to Brazil. The sailing
wouldn’t be bad. I think I would enjoy that,
but the little note at the bottom of the page
says that due to strong storms in the region,
10 percent of the participants are usually
thrown overboard at some time during the
trip. Hmmmm, I think I will pass.
• Mountain climbing in Switzerland.
Again, the beauty of the area would be
enticing. But falling rocks, extreme changes
in weather, sleeping in little tents hooked to
the side of a mountain thousands of feet in the
air somehow doesn’t fit my bill for a relaxing
retreat.
• Rodeo training in Wyoming
Besides the threat of whiplash, sore
behinds, the possibility of being gored,
smashed or kicked by a big ol’ bull or horse,
sprained muscles and broken bones, I think
this sounds like all kinds fun, don’t you?
• Covert operations training
You will be taken to a secret training base
where a hand-picked group of Green Berets
and contract mercenaries from the world’s
toughest special operations units will teach
you all the actual skills needed to become a
spy. You will learn how to run through barri-
cades, detect booby traps, drive evasively etc,
etc. Then one of your group is “kidnapped”
and you get to battle it out in simulated war
fare with paint ball guns. It says this vacation
is for someone who loves “loud noises.”
I thought vacations were meant to get you
away from loud noises and annoying people!
This one is definitely a no-no.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed my list. I
believe I will just be a shallow, self-centered
vacationer this year. I am going with the
beach in Florida, where I can just relax with
book in hand. I think I can live with the guilt.
But I will be thinking about all those people
on those adventurous vacations and being
every so grateful I’m not with them.
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OBITUARY
Michael A. Ludwig
Aug. 31, 1962 - April 7, 2011
Michael A. Ludwig, 48,
of Convoy died at 2:12
p.m. Thursday at Lutheran
Hospital, Fort Wayne.
He was born Aug. 31,
1962, in Van Wert to William
and Evelyn (Mason) Ludwid,
who survive in Van Wert.
Survivors include his lov-
ing companion, Stephanie
Fennig of Convoy; children
Stephanie (Ken Reinhart)
Ludwig of Decatur, Ind.,
Isaac Ludwig of Grover Hill;
a brother, Jeff Ludwig of
Delphos; a sister, Sue (Daniel)
Jones of Delphos; and grand-
children Alivia, Wesyn, Levi
and Eliza.
Mr. Ludwig currently
worked at B.F. Goodrich
for past 13 years. He pre-
viously worked at Teleflex
Corporation, Van Wert. He
was a member of N.R.A.;
loved his family and friends
and loved to make them
laugh. He also loved to cook.
Funeral services will
begin at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday
at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral
Home & Crematory, Van
Wert, the Rev. Will Haggis
officiating. Burial will be in
Mohr Cemetery Van Wert
County.
Friends may call from 2-8
p.m. Monday at the funeral
home.
Preferred memorials are
to Michael’s Children’s
Education Fund.
Condolences may be
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FUNERALS
MERICLE-KILL, Diana
L. “Dian,” 51, of Delphos,
funeral services will begin
at 11 a.m. Monday at Harter
and Schier Funeral Home, the
Rev. David Howell officiat-
ing. Burial will be in Walnut
Grove Cemetery. Friends may
call from 2-8 p.m. Sunday
and one hour prior to services
Monday at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials are to
the Kimber and Kayla Kill
College Fund.
KEIPPER, Mary J., 88,
of Portsmouth and formerly
of Delphos, Mass of Christian
Burial will begin at 11 a.m.
Saturday at St. John the
Evangelist Catholic Church,
the Rev. Melvin Verhoff
officiating. Burial will be in
Woodland Cemetery in Van
Wert. In lieu of flowers,
memorials are to St. Margaret
Hall, 1960 Madison Road,
Cincinnati OH 45206.
STEVENS, Gretna L., 68,
of Van Wert, funeral services
will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday
at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral
Home & Crematory, Van
Wert. Friends may call from
1-4 p.m. Sunday at the funer-
al home. Preferred memori-
als are to Van Wert Victory
Church.
Delphos City Schools
Week of April 11-15
Monday: Charbroiled hamburger
sandwich, cheese slice, oven potatoes,
fruit, lowfat milk.
Tuesday: Walking taco, lettuce and
cheese or sloppy jo sandwich, corn,
peaches, pretzel rod, lowfat milk.
Wednesday: Franklin - Cheese
pizza, Middle and Senior - Cheese
quesadilla, salsa and sour cream, gar-
den salad, fruit, lowfat milk.
Thursday: Popcorn chicken, bread
and butter, green beans, cinnamon
apples, lowfat milk.
Friday: Toasted cheese sandwich,
tomato soup w/crackers, corn, fruit,
lowfat milk.
St. John’s
Week of April 11-15
Monday: Corn dog or meatball sub,
green beans, salad, applesauce, milk.
Tuesday: Chili/ roll/ crackers or
shredded chicken sandwich, pudding,
salad, peaches, milk.
Wednesday: Italian grilled chicken
sandwich or Sloppy Jo sandwich, corn,
salad, pears, milk.
Thursday: Hamburger sandwich/
pickle and onion or cold meat sand-
wich, assorted fries, salad, cinnamon
apples, milk.
Friday: Macaroni and cheese/ roll
or tuna salad sandwich, peas, salad,
mixed fruit, milk.
Landeck
Week of April 11-15
Monday: Stuffed crust pizza, corn,
fruit, milk.
Tuesday: Spaghetti with meat sauce,
lettuce salad, breadstick, fruit, milk.
Wednesday: Breaded chicken strips,
mashed potatoes and gravy, butter/
Thursday: Chicken noodle soup,
crackers and cheese, carrot sticks, but-
ter/peanut butter bread, fruit, milk.
Friday: Macaroni and cheese, but-
ter/peanut butter bread, green beans,
fruit, milk.
Fort Jennings
Week of April 11-15
Chocolate, white or strawberry milk
served with all meals.
H.S. - Ala Carte - Pretzel and cheese
available every Friday; Salad bar with
fruit and milk for $2.00 available every
Wednesday.
Monday: Spaghetti and meatsauce,
breadstick, green beans, fruit.
Tuesday: Taco, refried beans, corn,
fruit.
Wednesday: Popcorn chicken, peas,
coco bar, fruit.
Thursday: Pizzaburger, carrots,
shape up, fruit.
Friday: Fish sandwich, mixed veg-
etables, cheese slice, cookie, fruit.
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Tuesday: Pizzaburgers, tossed
salad, corn, peaches, milk.
Wednesday: Chicken sandwich, tri
tator, cookie, sherbet, milk.
Thursday: Beef n gravy, mashed
potatoes, butter bread, white cake,
strawberry cup, milk.
Friday: Cheese pizza, chips, green
beans, applesauce, milk.
Lincolnview
Week of April 11-15
Monday: Hamburger/bun, fries,
mixed fruit, milk.
Tuesday: Pizza sub, green bean
casserole, mandarin oranges, milk.
Wednesday: Country fried steak,
mashed potatoes, dinner roll, banana,
milk.
Thursday: Chicken strips, scalloped
potatoes, bread and butter, fruit juice
bar, milk.
Friday: Cheese pizza, peas, peach-
es, milk.
Elida Elementary,
Middle and High School
Week of April 11-15
Daily every student is offered the
choice of four different lunches. These
include the one printed here, pizza
lunch, sandwich lunch or chef salad
lunch.
Monday: Cheesy garlic flatbread with
dipping sauce, broccoli, assorted fruit,
lowfat milk.
Tuesday: French toast with syrup,
sausage, assorted fruit, 100% juice,
lowfat milk.
Wednesday: Cheeseburger w/pickle,
french fries, assorted fruit, lowfat milk.
Thursday: Popcorn chicken, mashed
potatoes, corn, gravy, assorted fruit,
dinner roll, lowfat milk. Elida Elementary
with have Popcorn chicken, seasoned
carrots, assorted fruit, dinner roll and
lowfat milk.
Friday: Real slice cheese pizza,
green beans, assorted fruit, lowfat milk.
Gomer
Week of April 11-15
Monday: Cheesy garlic flatbread with
dipping sauce, broccoli, assorted fruit,
lowfat milk.
Tuesday: French toast with syrup,
sausage, assorted fruit, 100% juice,
lowfat milk.
Wednesday: Cheeseburger w/pickle,
french fries, assorted fruit, lowfat milk.
Thursday: Popcorn chicken, sea-
soned carrots, assorted fruit, dinner roll,
lowfat milk.
Friday: Real slice cheese pizza,
green beans, assorted fruit, lowfat milk.
Spencerville
Week of April 11-15
Monday: Wedge slice cheese pizza,
green beans, peaches, milk.
Tuesday: Grades 5-12: Sweet and
sour chicken bowl, stir fry veggies over
rice, mandarin oranges, fortune cookie,
milk. Grades K-4: Chicken rings, diced
carrots, assorted breads, mandarin
oranges, milk.
Wednesday: French toast sticks w/
syrup, sausage links, warm cinnamon
apples, 100% orange juice, milk.
Thursday: Grades 5-12: Meatball
sub with mozz. cheese, white chick-
en chili, lunch bunch grapes, fun size
Fritos, milk. Grades K-4: Turkey and
cheese sub, carrots and dip, lunch
bunch grapes, ranch goldfish crack-
ers, milk.
Friday: Macaroni and cheese,
California blend, soft pretzel rod, apple-
sauce, milk.
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JUST A
THOUGHT
Today is much more con-
venient than yesterday. And
by yesterday, I mean years
past. Cell phones allow us to
call anyone, anytime, any-
where. Kindles let us read in
direct sunlight. Google can
answer all of our questions
in a minute or two. While I
definitely appreciate many of
these luxuries, I also really
miss one thing - I miss the
mystery. Well, and some of
the work involved with that
mystery.
Yes, it’s nice to know
who’s trying to reach me most
of the time before I answer the
phone. There was also some-
thing fun about not knowing
who was on the other end.
The excitement and antici-
Briefs
Voters to get
ponchos to cover
school gear
MARIETTA (AP) —
Voters in one Ohio county
who show their school pride
at the polls next month will
be asked to cover up with a
poncho.
Elections board members in
southeast Ohio’s Washington
County are asking voters not to
come to polling places on May
3 dressed in clothing that pro-
motes local schools that have
tax measures on the ballot.
Board member Jim Huggins
said at a meeting this week
that the Marietta and Warren
school issues seem to be stir-
ring up intense feelings.
Board director Peggy Byers
tells The Associated Press vot-
ers wearing a shirt or other
attire with a school name will
be given a poncho.
The policy was first reported
by WBNS-TV of Columbus.
State elections officials did not
immediately return a call for
comment on Friday.
Mixin’ it up
With Sara Berelsman
pation of wondering if the
boy I liked was finally call-
ing was heightened by each
ring. Knowing ahead of time
somewhat diminishes that
fervor. Prank calling, a staple
of slumber parties past, is no
more. Those were the days!
It was fun to venture on an
afternoon shopping trip and
check your messages when
you got home. Now we can
answer while we’re trying on
a sweater at Old Navy.
Don’t get me wrong – I
do appreciate the ease with
which I can now break or
make plans, text someone I
don’t feel like talking to, or
simply ignore a person I real-
ly wish would stop calling.
But where’s the fun in that?
Cell phones are just one
way lives have been changed
in recent decades. Another
semi-new invention worth
mentioning is the CD – and
CD player, of course. I love
being able to download any
song my little heart desires
with this glorious entity we
call iTunes. I also recall
with fondness a time when
I’d spend hours in my bed-
room listening to the radio,
patiently waiting for the DJ
to play my new favorite song,
tape recorders set up side by
side so that I could add it to
my new, “Way-Better-Than-
Last-Week’s Mix Tape.” My
mix tapes were an art form. It
was a highly diligent process,
too, as I’d often encounter
interruptions of my dad bang-
ing on the door to, “Turn that
music down!” so that I had
to scrap my current record-
ing process and wait all over
again for the DJ to play my
most-coveted new song. Boy,
did that make me mad.
Now it’s so easy to choose
the songs I want, load them
onto a CD and then press
play. We don’t have to fast
forward or rewind for min-
utes to get to the beginning of
the exact song we want. Sure,
I don’t waste days of my
STATE/LOCAL
life holed up in my bedroom
slaving over a boom box.
But honestly, I kinda liked it.
Okay, who am I kidding? I
loved it. And there was some-
thing to be said about log-
ging in all those long hours
perfecting the ideal, most-
coveted mix tape. It truly was
an endeavor.
Another modern-day mar-
vel is the Internet. I love
the Internet. I may just be
an addict. (Something had to
replace my mix tape obses-
sion.) There was something
slightly romantic, however,
about having to go to the
library and use an actu-
al encyclopedia to write a
paper. Now students can buy
full essays online at the click
of a button! That’s simply
mind-boggling to me. The
Web makes everything just a
finger tap away, from shop-
ping to dating to purchas-
ing a monkey. (For real. Not
that I’ve checked into this.) It
without a doubt makes life so
much easier. But does easier
always mean better?
I think we’d all agree that
our present-day accommoda-
tions are leaps and bound
above the lifestyle we used
to lead. I’ll be the first to say,
though, that I miss some of
the old-school ways. Things
I also enjoy that are, (or are
seemingly becoming, accord-
ing to some people) obso-
lete are newspapers (which I
obviously enjoy), typewriters,
record players and outhouses.
Okay, maybe not outhouses.
Just wanted to throw that in
there. Overall, I love the use-
fulness and efficiency of liv-
ing in this century.
That doesn’t mean I won’t
teach my daughters how to
make the ultimate mix tape.
Sara Berelsman lives in
Delphos with her husband
Andy and their two daugh-
ters. She teaches college
courses and now makes the
ultimate mix CDs.
Ohioans refuse to let
another chair go empty
BY KARA STEELE,
director of
community relations,
Life Connection of Ohio
To kick off April/National
Donate Life Month, several
hundred Ohioans took a seat
to take a stand on the impor-
tance of organ and tissue
donation.
For the first six days of
National Donate Life Month,
Ohio’s organ procurement
organizations hosted 24-hour
Green Chair sit-ins across
the state – in Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton
and Toledo – to increase
awareness about organ and
tissue donation and to encour-
Ohio Department of Veterans Services
launches social media, e-mail contacts
COLUMBUS — The
Ohio Department of Veterans
Services has launched a major
new outreach to find military
veterans through Facebook,
Twitter and e-mail.
The department’s web
site, dvs.ohio.gov, now
offers a link to a Facebook
page containing key mes-
sages of interest to veterans
in Ohio. A Twitter account
offers more frequent, short
updates. Veterans Services is
also offering an e-mail list-
serv sign-up that will provide
a monthly newsletter of items
of interest to Ohio’s veterans
community.
Employing social media
to find veterans is an
essential step in connecting
age people to join the Ohio
Donor Registry. During those
120 hours,
transplant
recipi-
e n t s ,
d o n o r
family
members
and oth-
ers con-
nected to
the cause
rotated in
and out of Steele
the Green
Chair, the star of Donate Life
Ohio’s latest awareness cam-
paign.
The overstuffed Green
Chair’s meaning is two-fold.
When it’s empty, the Green
Chair represents overwhelm-
ing sadness from the loss of
someone who was waiting
for a transplant that never
came. But when someone is
sitting in the Green Chair,
it showcases a transplant
recipient’s second chance at
life. The tagline of the Green
Chair Campaign is “Don’t
let another chair go empty”
because the more people
them to the benefits they
have earned, the department
believes. Ohio has more
than 900,000 military vet-
erans.
“There are a host of ben-
efits available to many vet-
erans, but a lot aren’t even
aware that they’re qualified,”
said Thomas N. Moe, direc-
tor of the Ohio Department
of Veterans Services. “We’re
using the latest in 21st
Century technology to get
the word out to all our veter-
ans that the time they spent
in uniform may have earned
them some very significant
benefits that can help them
now.”
Included in the depart-
ment’s social media package
who register as organ and tis-
sue donors, the fewer empty
chairs there will be.
The timing for the sit-ins
couldn’t have been better.
Last month, the Ohio Donor
Registry exceeded 5 million
donors for the first time since
its inception in 2002. But
even with millions of people
registered, the need contin-
ues to grow. Currently, there
are more than 110,000 people
on the National Transplant
Waiting List, 3,300 of which
are from Ohio. The organ
shortage continues to grow at
a staggering rate, as another
person is added to the waiting
list every 10 minutes. Sadly,
18 chairs go empty every
day in the U.S. because the
demand for organs far out-
weighs the supply. The good
news: One donor can save up
to eight lives and enhance the
lives of 50 more.
For a recap of the Green
Chair sit-ins, become a fan
of Donate Life Ohio on
Facebook. Don’t let another
chair go empty! Register as
an organ and tissue donor at
www.DonateLifeOhio.org.
is a link to the photo site
Flickr, where it posts images
of recent veterans’ ceremo-
nies for viewing and sharing.
Also offered is a YouTube
channel of video from these
events and related content of
general interest or assistance
to veterans.
Veterans of military ser-
vice generally qualify for a
number of federal and state
benefits ranging from com-
pensation for injuries to health
care, educational, home loans
and many others, to include
direct financial assistance in
cases of need. County vet-
erans service offices in each
of Ohio’s counties assist vet-
erans in applying for these
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POLITICS “I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that
one had to explain nothing.”
— Katherine Mansfield, New Zealander author (1888-1923)

Tandhis The Peter

That Metzger family
by HELEN
KAVERMAN

All families have some

good stories to tell. Some
are funny, some are sad, but
everyone has a story to tell
The Metzger Family of
Delphos and Fort Jennings
has a large three ring binder
of their family history. This
beautiful book, which was
compiled by Kelly Fields,

IT WAS NEWS THEN

contains pictures, birth certifi-
cates, obituaries, newspaper
articles and more.
One Year Ago Milly Metzger, of Fort
• The Delphos Public Library continues to be heavily Jennings is the matriarch
of the family. Her husband,
appreciated in the community for its array of movies, books, Carl, passed away 18 May
children’s programs and other activities and services. To show 2009. The book also features
residents her appreciation in return, Executive Director Nancy the Schneider, Kinast and
Mericle and her staff have planned several special events for Ziegenfelder families.
National Library Week. It all started with Peter
Metzger, who came to America
25 Years Ago — 1986 in 1896. Peter was born 3
• The Rev. Charles Meinecke is the new pastor at the Church September 1851 in Nitzkydorf,
of the Nazarene, 10100 Elida Rd. Rev. Meinecke, who has been Hungary to George Metzger
at the church two weeks, succeeds the Rev. Jon Dodds. This and Veronica Zimmerman
is his first pastoral assignment. He will receive his master of Metzger. They were both born
divinity degree in May from Nazarene Theological Seminary, in Germany.
Kansas City, Mo. Peter was the grandfather of
• Elida eighth grade girls’ basketball team recently com- Carl Metzger and many other
pleted its season with a 17-0 record and won the Western area residents. Peter married
Buckeye League. Team members are Judie Bowman, Amy Eva Rastadter on 12 January
Phillips, Stephanie Wallace, Julie Heil, Angie Lybarger, Becky 1875. Eva was born 29 August
Thomas, Tasha Foust, Missy Myers, Kathy Kunkleman, Cindy 1855 in Austria – Hungary to
Mark, Beth Holmes, Crista Brock, Cindy Baker, Angie Woods, John Rastadter and Katherine
Quincy Dotson and Shelly Warris. Schmadl Rastadter. Her par-
ents were born in Germany
• St. John’s Elementary students who received superior in also.
the District Science Fair held at Ada recently are Teresa Miller, George Metzger, the
Shawn Kimmet and Jennifer Wilcox. Miller also received the father of Peter, moved from
top chemistry award. Miller, Kevin Beckmann and Kimmet will Germany to Austria to avoid
go to state competition April 19 at Ohio Wesleyan University conscription in the Army.
in Delaware. Many young men emigrated
to America years ago for that
50 Years Ago — 1961 same reason.
• A new chapter, Tau of Alpha Delta Omega National Peter later moved from
Sorority, was recently organized here. Charter members include Austria to Hungary when free
Mrs. Gene Buettner, Mrs. Carl Mann, Mrs. Lawrence Spence, land was given to them by
Mrs. Robert Turner, Mrs. Don May, Mrs. Donald Hendrickson, the rulers of Austria. Austria
Mrs. Harold Harpster, Mrs. Calvin Fox, Mrs. Clark Williams, needed a buffer zone, because
Mrs. Lavon LaRue, Mrs. Vernon G. Clevenger, Mrs. Richard the Slaves and the Turks were
Schmelzer, Mrs. William Prine, Mrs. Ray Brandyberry and known as invaders of other
Mrs. James Feathers. countries.
• L. J. Wannemacher, who lives southwest of Ottoville, has In the 1890’s Eva (Rastadter)
retired as manager of the Federal Land Bank Association of Metzger owned a flour mill
Ottawa. Wannemacher’s retirement brought to a close a con- and Peter Metzger was a
tinuous period of 42 years of service during which he was also farmer. They were unhappy in
Nitzkydorf, Hungary because
affiliated with the Federal Land Bank of Louisville. all their boys would have to go
• A new corporation has formed in Delphos to market
into the Army and they didn’t
vehicle safety devices. The Driv-A-Lert Corporation has named want them to go.
George Weisenberger, Ottawa, as president; John Shenk, vice
Kelly Fields, the grand-
president, and Ed Wurst, secretary-treasurer. Other members daughter of Carl and Milly and
of the board include Bernard Kaiser, Jr., Joseph Medsker, Jo
author of the family history
Schlatter and A. N. Gengler. Driv-A-Lert is the brain child gave the following account:
of Kaiser and is distributed through the Hub Motor Sales in “Peter Metzger came to
Syracuse, N.Y. America in the spring of 1896.
He came to Philadelphia and
75 Years Ago — 1936 went with a friend to Georgia.
• Several from Delphos are included among the 22 young He didn’t like Georgia because
men of Van Wert County who were accepted for service in the the land was poor, the peo-
Civilian Conservation Corps. Members of the contingent that ple were unfriendly and the
departed for training at Fort Knox, Ky., included William M. climate was bad. He went
Beckman, Rollie Hittle, Clarence W. Hurley and Joe N. Point back to Philadelphia and took
of Delphos. the Pennsylvania Railroad to
• Five boys and four girls were selected from the senior class Chicago on the way to North
of Jefferson High School to present the play “Three Cornered Dakota. The train passed
through Delphos, Ohio on the
Moon,” after tryouts were held Wednesday before a faculty
way. He saw the big church
committee. The cast includes Jane Morris, Richard Rinehart, of St. John’s and thought how
Yale Gressel, Betty Smith, Tom Simond, Kathryn Haley, Harry
big a Catholic community this
Minteh and Margaret Gudakunst. must be with such an impres-
• A Delphos man had a most unpleasant experience when
sive church. When he got to
he was caught in the tornado which wrecked Tupelo, Miss., Dickinson, North Dakota he
and Gainesville, Ga. Frank Stallkamp returned to Delphos
stayed with a cousin, who had
Wednesday night after spending the winter in Florida. While a ranch. He made hay for his
returning, he stopped off at Gainesville overnight at the Dixie cousin. He took a horse, wagon,
Hunt Hotel. At about 8:30 a.m. Monday he heard the roaring gun and fork and went out on
sound of the tornado and took refuge in the bathroom. The roof the prairie and cut hay until
of the hotel was torn off and all windows blown to pieces. about noon. In the afternoon
he would load up the hay that
he cut the day before when it
Moderately confused was dry. He didn’t like it there
because the weather was too
cold and windy and you had to
have a gun because the Indians
would try to steal the horses or
his equipment. The Indians
were not hostile. So he stayed
there one year and decided to
come back to Delphos. He was
made welcome by the German
Community. He went to the
Commercial Bank and found
out that there was an 80 acre
farm for sale for $300.00. He
took a horse and buggy out to
look at it and thought it was a
good deal.” This farm is still
in the Metzger family, locat-
ed on Road U-20, just north
of Delphos and at the very
southern edge of Jennings
Township. It is the site of the
Metzger Popcorn Company.
Peter returned to the bank and
purchased the farm.
Kelly continues: “In the
autumn of 1896 he returned
to Hungary for his family. He
sold his farm but kept the mill
in case things didn’t work out
in America. He sent his two
oldest boys, Matt and Martin,
who were teenagers ahead to
get the farm ready. A few
months later, in the spring of
Peter and Eva’s family in 1918, front from left, Peter, John, Eva and Emma; and back,
Anna, Martin, Catherine and Mathias
The Old Metzger Farmhouse, with summer kitchen to the right. 1902
1897 the family left Europe farm, he had to go to Ottawa, was printed in the Delphos
and came to Philadelphia and Ohio, the county seat. He Herald. Peter was in a Nursing
then to Delphos to settle on would follow the railroad home in Findlay when he
the farm northeast of Delphos. tracks and it would be quite a died. They brought him back
It took three weeks to cross on journey.” to his house for the funeral.
the boat each way. His wife, Kelly continues: “A cou- Someone would sit up with
Eva, got very sick on the way ple of stories about the war him in the casket with it open
to America and never went have been told. The first was all night.” Kelly mentioned
back to Hungary. They lived when Peter went off to war that John was 23 years old and
in a hotel in Delphos until in Hungary, his mother-in-law that Carl was six months old
the farm was vacated.” Most
of the Metzger children were
born in Europe. Catherine and
John were born in Ohio. After
all the moving the Metzger
families had done to get out
of the wars, Peter had two
sons in the U.S. Army during
World War I. If the war had
lasted another six months, he
would have had another son
in the war.
When the Metzger family
moved to the farm, there was
a house with four rooms –
two up and two down. Shortly
after they moved Peter built
what was known as the liv-
ing room and the boy’s room.
They had a separate building
outside, known as the summer
kitchen. This was common on
many farmsteads. The women
did the cooking and canning
in the summer kitchen to keep
that extra heat out of house.
In 1917, Peter added on the
kitchen and pantry and put in
a basement. Years later, John Peter and Eva (Rastadter) Metzger
Metzger made a bathroom out gave him a prayer book as he when Peter died.
of the pantry. was leaving town for the war.
The history of the farm He kept this prayer book in Children of Peter and
goes back to the 1840’s. Kelly his pocket. One day he could Eva were: Mathias, 1875-
continues: “During the 1840’s, feel the bullets whizzing past 1932 who married Josephine
the United States was in war him and felt fortunate that he Osting, 1879 – 1938; Anna,
with Mexico and they needed was not hit. Later he pulled his 1880 – 1966 who married
soldiers so they had a draft. prayer book out and found a William Stauterman 1874 –
On 11 February 1847, con- bullet had nearly pierced it, sav- 1958; Veronica 1881 – 1970,
gress approved a Bill to com- ing his life. The other war story who married Anthony Hilvers
pensate soldiers who served in was that Peter’s company had 1878 – 1945; Emma M. 1885
the Army during the war with been without food for four days – 1974, who married John
Mexico by giving them land of marching. They came upon F. Osting 1883-1942; Martin
in the Ohio Territory. On 1 a garden, the only edible thing (who died young) 1887 –
July 1851, President Millard being onions. He hated onions, 1925; Peter Metzger, 1894
Filmore signed a deed for the but ate them that day. He always – 1967 who married Anna
farm to James Hillyard, a pri- liked them after that.” C. Hageman 1894 – 1973;
vate in the Ohio Company. He Kelly related another story: Catherine, 1898 – 1997, who
started to develop the land and “Peter liked to drink beer and married Leo J. Allemeier
built a cabin and barn in about would go uptown to the bar 1897-1990 and John Mathias
the center of the farm. Hillyard and drink. He would talk of 1900 – 1979, who married
gave the farm to his daughter, the war. People thought he Eugenia Kinast 1900 – 1976.
who married Penrose Herring. was against America, so they
He built a house and barn went to his house with sticks. John later remarried
at the present building site. On 3 May 1918, Peter was Catherine (Wagner) Metzger
Penrose Herring sold the farm going to be white capped, but in 1978. Three of Peter and
to Peter and Eva Metzger in never was. Katie Allemeier Eva’s children died in infancy.
1896. Peter sold the farm (his daughter) hit one of the
to John Metzger in 1922 and men with a stick and left a Stories of the attempted
John sold the farm to his son, mark on his head that was white capping in 1897 were
Carl Metzger in 1979.” there until he died. This was a printed the Delphos Herald in
Peter returned to Hungary separate incident from the first 1901. They will be featured in
once or twice. “When Peter white capping that happened Part II of the Metzger story in
had to pay the taxes on his in 1897 in which the article two weeks.
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Tiger gives the kids a run at the Masters
By DOUG FERGUSON
The Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ga. —
Everyone could hear Tiger
Woods charging on the back
nine of Augusta National,
with tree-rattling cheers after
each of his five birdies as he
made a familiar run up the
leaderboard.
The question is whether
the two youngsters ahead of
him really cared.
Rory McIlroy, the 21-year-
old from Northern Ireland,
had already finished off his
solid round of 3-under 69
Friday at the Masters. That
gave him a two-shot lead
over Jason Day, a 23-year-old
from Australia, who showed
off some of his fearless play
with a 64.
It’s the first time McIlroy
has held the lead in a major
going into the weekend. And
now he’s got Woods only
three shots behind.
The kid didn’t seem too
concerned.
“If you start thinking
about anyone else here, if
you let your mind wander at
all, it can cost you a couple
of shots,” McIlroy said. “I’ll
be focusing on my targets
and focusing on where I want
my ball to go on the greens
and that’s all I can do. I don’t
really care what anyone else
does. I don’t need to know.
“It will be great for the
tournament if he’s up there.
But I’m two shots ahead and
I’m in a better position.”
Besides, the greater mys-
tery might be Woods.
He has teased before in the
17 months since his last win.
Even a year ago at Augusta,
he was two shots back going
into the weekend and never
got any closer. The 14-time
major champion has not been
able to string together two
great rounds since he made
his return from a sex scandal
last year at the Masters.
“I’m just trying to put
myself in the mix come
Sunday,” Woods said. “It’s
irrelevant who’s there. My
whole job is to get myself
there with a chance with
nine holes to go. That’s what
we’ve always done. And I’ve
been successful at it in the
past by doing it that way.”
Manny Ramirez retires rather than face drug ban
By DAVE SKRETTA
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) —
Manny Ramirez walked away
from baseball on Friday after
testing positive for a per-
formance-enhancing drug,
abruptly ending the mercurial
career of one of the most tal-
ented — and tainted — hitters
to ever play the game.
The slumping Tampa
Bay slugger informed Major
League Baseball that he would
retire rather than face a 100-
game suspension. Ramirez
served a 50-game ban for vio-
lating the drug policy in 2009,
and second-time offenders get
double that penalty.
“We were obviously sur-
prised when we found out
about it today, and hurt by what
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If his name on the lea-
derboard means anything,
Saturday might be a time to
find out.
And if the next generation
of players is serious about
becoming a star, the Masters
would be a great place
to prove it.
“I’ve played
two good rounds to
get myself here in
this position,” said
Day, who is making
his Masters debut.
“Obviously, I’m not
going to back down
because I’ve got lack
of experience.”
McIlroy, Day and 22-year-
old Rickie Fowler, who shot
69 and was five shots behind,
played in the same group the
first two rounds and made it
look like child’s play at the
Masters.
All of them were inspired
by Woods winning the ’97
Masters by a record 12 shots
at age 21. Told they were 7,
8 and 9 years old at the time,
Woods bowed his head and
shook his head in disbelief.
“A little older now, I
guess,” he said. “It’s the next
generation. It’s good to see
these guys out here playing
with that much enthusiasm
and that much zest for the
game. And that’s good.”
But it also could present
quite a challenge.
McIlroy was at 10-under
134, the lowest 36-hole score
at the Masters since 2005. He
has tied for third in the last
two majors, although this will
be his first time in the final
group on the weekend at one
of golf’s biggest event.
It looked as though he
might build a big lead going
into the weekend until he
stalled on the back nine, and
now 10 players are within
five shots of the lead on an
Augusta National course
where positions can change
quickly.
K.J. Choi 3-putted for
bogey on the 18th for a 70
and put him tied with Woods
at 7-under 137. Another shot
back was former U.S. Open
champion Geoff Ogilvy, who
overcame a 4-putt double
bogey and a 3-putt bogey on
par 5s for another 69. He was
tied with big-hitting Alvaro
transpired,” said Rays’ vice
president Andrew Friedman,
who signed Ramirez to a $2
million, 1-year contract in the
offseason. “We were cautious-
ly optimistic that he would be
able to be a force for us.”
A person familiar with the
situation confirmed to The
Associated Press the 12-time
All-Star tested positive for a
performance-enhancing drug.
The person spoke on condi-
tion of anonymity because the
nature of Ramirez’s issue with
MLB’s drug policy was not
publicly disclosed.
The commissioner’s office
announced Ramirez’s deci-
sion but provided few details.
“Major League Baseball
recently notified Manny
Ramirez of an issue under
Major League Baseball’s
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Quiros, who had a 73.
Fred Couples, the 51-year-
old wonder at Augusta, some-
how got into the mix, bad
back and all. Couples shot
a 68 and was in the group
at 139 that included former
PGA champion Y.E.
Yang (72), Fowler
and Lee Westwood,
the runner-up at
Augusta last year
who got back into
the mix with a 67.
Experience
never hurts at the
Masters.
“I’m playing my
12th one. I don’t know how
many they are playing but I
don’t think it’s that many,”
Westwood said. “I’ve been
in the situation before, prob-
ably more recently than any-
body around this golf course.
I think it’s a big advantage.”
Then again, Colin
Montgomerie said the same
thing when he was paired
with a 21-year-old Woods in
1997 going into the weekend.
Woods blew him away with
a 65 and was on his way to a
12-shot victory.
It doesn’t figure to be that
easy for McIlroy, even as
easy as he has made it look
over two days.
His swing looked strong
as ever when he pounded a
driver on the fifth hole, leav-
ing him a wedge that he hit to
6 feet for birdie, and another
big tee shot set up a sand
wedge to the back pin on No.
9 to 4 feet. He bounced back
from his lone bogey with a
6-iron into about 10 feet for
eagle on the 13th, though he
missed the putt.
McIlroy never put himself
under much pressure. He was
having so much fun that he
wasn’t even paying attention
to Day, one of his playing
partners, who was slashing
out of the pine straw and
firing at flags, piling up one
birdie after another.
“We had a lot of fun out
there,” McIlroy said. “I didn’t
even realize Jason was going
so good. I saw he was 6 under
on the 15th and thought, ‘This
is going to be a decent round.’
We just fed off each other.
The crowd got behind us.”
McIlroy, Day and Fowler
were quite the group — ages
Joint Drug Prevention and
Treatment Program,” MLB
announced in a statement.
“Ramirez has informed MLB
that he is retiring as an active
player. If Ramirez seeks
reinstatement in the future,
the process under the Drug
Program will be completed.”
The 38-year-old outfielder-
designated hitter left the Rays
earlier this week to attend to
what the team called a family
matter. Manager Joe Maddon
said Thursday that he expect-
ed Ramirez to be available
for Friday night’s game at
Chicago but he never showed
up.
“Of course you’re disap-
pointed,” Maddon said before
the Rays rallied to a 9-7 vic-
tory over the White Sox, their
first win in seven games this
season. “But at the end of the
day, he has to make up his
own mind. It’s a choice he has
to make.”
Ramirez played in only five
games for the Rays, with one
hit in 17 at-bats, and flied out
as a pinch-hitter Wednesday
in his final plate appearance.
He had a strong spring train-
ing, then was excused from
the last exhibition game for
personal reasons.
“It’s unfortunate,” said
Tampa Bay outfielder
Johnny Damon, who helped
the Boston Red Sox end an
86-year championship drought
by winning the 2004 World
Series, in which Ramirez was
the Most Valuable Player.
“I don’t know everything
that’s been brought up. All I
know is he’s a great teammate
and a great player,” Damon
replied when asked about the
steroid allegations. “It’s going
to be sad not seeing Manny
Ramirez ever around a base-
ball field.”
A schoolboy legend on the
streets of New York, Ramirez
was selected 13th overall by
the Cleveland Indians in the
quickly through the minor
leagues, with a youthful exu-
21, 22 and 23. The more
important number was 18
birdies they made. McIlroy’s
only regret was not making
as many putts as he would
have liked.
“I can’t really complain,”
he said. “I’m in the lead
going into the weekend at the
Masters.”
He’s just not in the clear.
Woods made sure of that
with three straight birdies
around the turn — all of them
inside 4 feet — a clutch par
save on the 11th and three
consecutive birdies starting
on the 13th, again all of them
from close range.
“I played myself back
in the tournament,” Woods
added. “I’m three back, and
we’ve got a long way to go.
It’s going to be fun.”
Phil Mickelson has far
more work to do.
The defending champion
played more aggressively but
failed to save par too often
when he missed the green.
Mickelson also failed to bird-
ie the par 5s on the back nine
and had to settle for a 72 that
put him eight shots behind.
“There’s a lot of golf left
in this tournament, and I’m
going to be making a run at
him and the other guys ahead
of me,” Mickelson said.
Asked what gives him con-
fidence he can make a move,
Mickelson replied, “Three
green jackets.”
The cut was at 1-over 145,
matching the lowest ever
at Augusta. Among those
going home are the last three
major champions — Martin
Kaymer, now in danger of
losing his No. 1 ranking;
Louis Oosthuizen and Graeme
McDowell.
Woods’ 66 was his best
round at Augusta since he
shot 65 in the third round of
2005, which also is the last
time he won the Masters. The
two players in front of him
have only three wins between
them, none in a major.
But that’s the thing with so
many kids. They don’t seem
to care.
“I’m in the field. I’m in
position. I have a chance to
win,” Fowler added. “I think
any place is a good place for
a first win and I would love it
to be here.”
berance and natural charisma
that endeared him to just about
everyone he met.
He broke into the majors
in 1993 and played his first
full season the following year,
when he finished second to the
Royals’ Bob Hamlin in voting
for Rookie of the Year. He
went on to establish himself as
one of the game’s most feared
hitters, adopting a dreadlock
hairdo that seemed to mirror
his happy-go-lucky demeanor
— both on the field and off.
Ramirez signed with the
Red Sox as a free agent in
December 2000, helping the
long-suffering franchise win
the World Series a few years
later, and again in 2007.
“It’s sad, man, to see a play-
er with that much talent and
with an unbelievable career
get him out of the game,” Red
Sox slugger David Ortiz said.
“He got his issues like a lot of
people know but, as a player, I
think he did what he was sup-
posed to.”
The Red Sox wearied of
those issues, though, and trad-
ed him to the Dodgers in July
2008.
The erratic Ramirez
instantly became a fan favor-
ite, with “Mannywood” signs
popping up around town, as
he led Los Angeles to the NL
West title and a sweep of the
Chicago Cubs in the play-
offs. The performance earned
Ramirez a $45 million, 2-year
contract.
All that good will fizzled
the following May, when
Ramirez tested positive for
human chorionic gonadotro-
pin, a banned female fertility
drug often used to help mask
steroid use.
According to a report in
the New York Times later that
summer, Ramirez also tested
positive for performance-
enhancing substances during
MLB’s anonymous survey
testing in 2003.
On Friday came strike
three — unofficially — and
Ramirez decided he was out.
Spencerville relayS
35th Annual Spencerville
Bearcat Relays
Friday’s Results
Girls Team Rankings: St.
John’s 81, Marion Local 78,
Spencerville 71, Columbus
Grove 62, St. Henry 44, Ada 26,
Cory-Rawson 25, Crestview 13.
Boys Team Rankings:
Columbus Grove 86, Marion
Local 75, Spencerville 74,
St. Henry 73, St. John’s 54,
Crestview 33, Ada 23, Cory-
Rawson 12.
Girls 4x1600 Meter Relay:
1. Spencerville 25:02.5 (Alexa
Brown, Tori Hardesty, Cortney
Miller, Claire McConnell 12)
5:35.1: 2. Marion Local 25:31.1;
3. St. Henry 25:49.4; 4. St.
John’s (Emma Boggs, Brooke
Zuber, Megan Joseph, Kelsey
Pohlman) 27:16.0; 5. Cory-
Rawson 28:04.3; 6. Columbus
Grove (Kayla Parlette, Stacy
Hovest, Brooke Schnipke, Jorgi
Schramm) 29:15.4.h 1
Boys 4x1,600 Meter Relay:
1. Spencerville (Nick Davisson,
Keith Lenhart, Joe Wisher, Kevin
Lenhart) 19:52.9; 2. St. Henry
20:02.8; 3. Columbus Grove
(Alex Shafer, Kurt Meyer, Troy
Meyer, Jake Graham) 20:36.5;
4. Marion Local 21:50.1; 5.
Crestview 22:19.9; 6. St. John’s
(Jason Michel, Cole Fischbach,
Jared Knebel, Andy May)
22:22.3.
Girls 4x100 Meter Relay: 1.
St. John’s (Gabrielle Metzner,
Bailey Calvelage, Tiffany Geise,
Samantha Bonifas) 54.06;
2. Columbus Grove (Brooke
Brubaker, Julia Wynn, Nicole
Langhals, Cassie Stechschulte)
54.46; 3. Spencerville
(Mackenzie Miller, Morgan
Pugh, Jackie Bowsher, Shanna
German) 56.38; 4. Ada 57.16;
5. St. Henry 57.54; 6. Crestview
1:00.15.
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay:
1. St. John’s (Chris Will, AJ
Klausing, Joe Haggard, Evan
Burgei) 45.14; 2.Ada 47.22; 3.
Marion Local 47.32; 4. Columbus
Grove (Dakota Fischer, Trent
Kerns, Devin Verhoff, Wade
Heffner) 47.45; 5. Spencerville
(Aaron Hefner, Daniel Binkley,
Niko Molina-Sullivan, Austin
Lotz) 47.57; 6. Cory-Rawson
47.96.
Girls Distance Medley 8-4-
4-16: 1. Spencerville (Cortney
Miller, Alexa Brown, Karri Purdy,
Claire McConnell) 10:46.36;
2. St. Henry 11:13.85; 3. St.
John’s (Emma Boggs, Courtney
Grothouse, Ally Mohler, Brooke
Zuber) 11:26.10; 4. Columbus
Grove (Nikki Ricker, Sydni
Smith, Stacy Hovest, Amber
Herron) 11:28.68; 5. Crestview
11:32.19; 6. Cory-Rawson
11:39.16.
Boys Distance Medley 8-4-
4-16: 1. St. Henry 8:49.68;
2. Columbus Grove (Dane
Stechschulte, Colby Meuleman,
Wade Heffner, Jake Graham)
8:53.84; 3. Spencerville (Derek
Goecke, Tyler Shumate, Lucas
Perkins, Kevin Lenhart) 8:54.45;
4. St. John’s (Mark Boggs,
Jake Hays, Dylan Dancer, Scott
Klausing) 9:26.40; 5. Crestview
9:28.32; 6. Cory-Rawson
9:46.12.
Girls 4x100 Meter Shuttle
Hurdle 4x100 30”: 1. Crestview
1:12.19; 2. St. John’s (Gabrielle
Metzner, Alicia Ankerman,
Morgan Jostpille, Jessica
Hammons) 1:12.70; 3. Ada
1:12.91; 4. Spencerville (Jackie
Bowsher, Ashley Keiber, Ashley
King, Jenna Kahle) 1:13.45; 5.
Marion Local 1:13.96; 6. St.
Henry 1:18.08.
Boys 4x110 Meter Shuttle
Hurdle 4x110 30”: 1. Spencerville
(Aaron Hefner, Anthony Schuh,
Tyler Shumate, Brandon Meyer)
1:06.49; 2. Marion Local
1:08.29; 3. Columbus Grove
(Collin Grothaus, Tyler Wolfe,
Caleb Grothaus, Derek Rieman)
1:10.47; 4. St. Henry 1:12.04; 5.
Cory-Rawson 1:15.91.
Girls 4x400 Meter Relay:
1. Marion Local 4:23.92; 2.
Cory-Rawson 4:34.14; 3. Ada
4:39.82; 4. St. Henry 4:52.60;
5. Columbus Grove (Nicole
Langhals, Sydni Smith, Jessi
Smith, Darrione Selby) 4:56.50:
6. Spencerville (Karri Purdy,
Caitlin Wurst,Ashley King,
Ashley Keiber) 5:00.17.
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay: 1.
Columbus Grove (Wade Heffner,
Derek Rieman, Collin Grothaus,
Colby Meuleman) 3:46.72; 2.
Marion Local 3:52.42; 3. Cory-
Rawson 3:53.11; 4. St. Henry
3:55.29; 5. St. John’s (Jason
Michel, Jared Knebel, David
Lindeman, Cole Fischbach 10
3:58.56; 6.Ada 4:08.54.
Girls 800 Sprint Medley
1-1-2-4: 1. Columbus Grove
(Meghan Schroeder, Emily
Tabler, Julia Wynn, Brooke
Brubaker) 2:01.99; 2. Marion
Local 2:03.86; 3. Spencerville
(Mackenzie Miller, Morgan Pugh,
Shanna German, Jenna Kahle)
2:04.01; 4. St. Henry 2:04.90;
5. Cory-Rawson 2:12.24; 6. St.
John’s (Macy Pier, Madison
Burgei, Amber Cross, Kaylie
Youngpeter) 2:13.79.
Boys 800 Sprint Medley
1-1-2-4: 1. Spencerville (Austin
Lotz, Anthony Schuh, Niko
Molina-Sullivan, Aaron Hefner)
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1:43.44; 2. St. Henry 1:43.91;
3. Crestview 1:44.68; 4. Ada
1:45.94; 5. St. John’s (Tyler
Jettinghoff, Robbie Rudda, Will
Buettner, Cody Looser) 1:46.44;
6. Columbus Grove (Trent
Kerns, Alec Gladwell, Dakota
Fischer,Kurt Meyer 12 1:48.58.
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay: 1.
Spencerville (Cortney Miller,
Alexa Brown, Tori Hardesty,
Claire McConnell) 10:44.73;
2. St. John’s (Emma Boggs,
Brooke Zuber, Megan Joseph,
Courtney Grothouse) 11:26.77;
3. St. Henry 11:32.21; 4. Marion
Local 11:37.72; 5. Cory-Rawson
11:50.16; 6. Columbus Grove
(Nikki Ricker, Kayla Parlette,
Sydni Smith, Amber Herron)
11:54.18.
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay: 1.
St. Henry 8:55.37; 2. St. John’s
(Mark Boggs, Jake Hays, AJ
Klausing, Dylan Dancer)
9:07.00; 3. Marion Local
9:07.62; 4. Columbus Grove
(Dane Stechschulte, Kurt Meyer,
Alex Shafer, Jake Graham)
9:13.87; 5. Spencerville (Kevin
Lenhart, Keith Lenhart, Joe
Wisher, Derek Goecke) 9:17.54;
6. Crestview 9:37.24.
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay: 1.
St. John’s (Gabrielle Metzner,
Bailey Calvelage, Tiffany Geise,
Samantha Bonifas) 1:56.47;
2. Marion Local 1:57.48; 3.
Columbus Grove (Brooke
Brubaker, Cassie Stechschulte,
Emily Tabler, Julia Wynn)
1:57.67; 4. Cory-Rawson 1:59.34;
5. Spencerville (Shanna German,
Morgan Pugh, Jenna Kahle, Karri
Purdy) 2:00.25; 6. St. Henry
2:03.26. Boys 4x200 Meter
Relay: 1. St. John’s (Chris Will,
Joe Haggard, Tyler Jettinghoff,
Evan Burgei) 1:34.88; 2. St.
Henry 1:38.08; 3. Spencerville
(Aaron Hefner, Tyler Shumate,
Austin Lotz, Niko Molina-
Sullivan) 1:40.13; 4. Columbus
Grove (Wade Heffner, Caleb
Grothaus, Derek Rieman, Colby
Meuleman) 1:40.15; 5. Cory-
Rawson 1:40.92; 6. Crestview
1:40.95.
Girls Shot Put Relay 2 per
team: 1. Marion Local 66-0; 2.
St. John’s (Tiffany Recker/Paige
Lucas 63-2 3/4; 3. Spencerville
(Mackenzie Miller/Devan
Hanjora 57-5 1/2); 4. Columbus
Grove (Aubrey Fruchey/Megan
Verhoff 56-5 1/4); 5. St. Henry;
6. Cory-Rawson 54-7 1/2.
Boys Shot Put Relay 3 per
team: 1. Columbus Grove (Josh
Utrup/Parker Schroeder/Trevor
Schroeder 141-5); 2. St. John’s
(Spencer Ginter Mark Boggs/
Alex Schnipke; 3. Crestview
118-2 1/2; 4. Ada 112-4; 5. St.
Henry 111-2 1/2; 6. Marion
Local 109-6.
Girls Discus Relay 2 per
team: 1. Columbus Grove
(Aubrey Fruchey/Cora Diller
192-6); 2. Marion Local 189-
1; 3. Spencerville (Mackenzie
Miller/Elizabeth Griffin 184-1);
4. St. John’s (Tiffany Recker/
Samantha Stose 165-4); 5.
St. Henry 147-11; 6. Cory-
Rawson137-7.
Boys Discus Relay 3 per team:
1. Columbus Grove (Josh Utrup/
Adam Bair/Parker Schroeder
430-10; 2. Spencerville (Lucas
Shumate/Zach Gay/Jamie Kill
351-9; 3. Crestview 329-4;
4. Marion Local 306-1 1/2; 5.
Ada 302-7; 6. St. John’s (Alex
Schnipke/Nate Schroeder/Payton
Curran 296-6.
Girls Long Jump Relay 2 per
team: 1. Columbus Grove (Riley
Eversole/Emily Tabler 28-2 3/;
2. Marion Local 28-3 1/2; 3.
St. John’s (Bailey Calvelage/
Ally Mohler 28-2 1/2); 4. Cory-
Rawson 27-0 3/4; 5. Ada 25-10
3/4; 6. Spencerville (Morgan
Pugh/Kuchefski 25-0.
Boys Long Jump Relay
3 per team: 1. Marion Local
54-9 1/2; 2. Crestview 54-0; 3.
Spencerville (Daniel Binkley/
Niko Molina-Sullivan/Anthony
Schuh 52-4 1/2); 4. St. Henry
50-10 1/2; 5. Ada 50-8; 6.
Columbus Grove (Tyler Wolfe/
Caleb Grothaus/Collin Grothaus
50-7).
Girls High Jump Relay 2 per
team: 1. St. John’s (Tiffany Geise/
Alyssa Faurot 9-10); 2. Ada
9-6; 3. Columbus Grove (Riley
Eversole/Cassie Stechschulte
9-2; 4. St. Henry 9-1; 5. Marion
Local 9-0; 6. Spencerville (Karri
Purdy/Jenna Kahle 8-8).
Boys High Jump Relay 3 per
team: 1. Marion Local 17-4; 2.
Spencerville (Daniel Binkley/
Derek Goecke/Brandon Meyer
16-6); 3. Columbus Grove
(Luke Kohls/Jeff Birkimeier/
Dakota Vogt 16-4); 4. St. John’s
(Joe Haggard/Mark Boggs/AJ
Klausing 15-8.
Girls Pole Vault Relay
2 per team: 1. Marion Local
18-6; 2. Spencerville (Cortney
Miller/Jackie Bowsher 14-6);
3. Courtney Grothouse/Bailey
Calvelage 14-6).
Boys Pole Vault Relay 3
per team: 1. Columbus Grove
(Tyler Wolfe/Collin Grothaus/
Derek Rieman 37-0); 2. Marion
Local 34-0 3. St. Henry 29-6;
4. St. John’s (Chris Will/Isaac
Altenburger/Will Buettner 26-0);
5. Spencerville (Tyler Shumate/
Lucas Shumate/Cole Roberts
22-0).
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Delphos Tri-County Wrestling Club

The Delphos Tri-County wrestlers
ended their season with the State
Championships at the Nutter Center
recently in Dayton. With over 2,000
wrestlers ages 4-13 competing on 24
mats at the same time, it can be over-
whelming, to say the least. But these
fine young men, all 48 of them, did a
great job; they represented Delphos
and the Tri-County area well. The
club celebrated its successful season
with a well-deserved awards banquet
at the Delphos Eagles, receiving a
variety of trophies and awards earned
throughout the year. The club coaches
and board would like to congratulate
all the wrestlers on a great season and
is looking forward to seeing every-
one back next year. The club would
also like to thank its many volun-
teers; without their help, it could not
be as successful as it is. Many local
businesses also pitched in and helped
out.

Miami Valley Kids Wrestling Association champions from the Delphos club are: row Photo submitted
1, left to right: Colin Bailey (2 pins), Darius Shurelds (1 pin), Tyler Bratton (2), Isaiah Most Improved wrestlers are Patrick Stevenson, Pete Ankerman, Colin Bailey and
Bretz (2), Braden Greve (2) and Zac Porter (1); and row 2: Cody Bockey (2), Gabe Steyer, Camden Teman.
Brady Welker (2) and Jack Cox.

Winners of the Sportsmanship Award: Wyatt Place, Kane Plescher, Avery Schulte and Ironman Award (5 years) winners: Justin Wieging, Tyler Bratton, Conner Anspach,
Carder Miller. Patrick Stevenson and Trent Vonderwell.

Perfect Attendance: Row 1, left to right: Chase Bailey, Colin Bailey, Mason Vonderwell, Trent Leadership Award winners Brett Vonderwell, Brandon Bockey,
Vonderwell and Timothy Mankey. Row 2: Tyler Bratton, Hunter Bonifas, Brett Vonderwell, Patrick Conner Anspach, Cody Bockey and Nathan Ditto.
Stevenson, Brandon Bockey, Colby Mankey and Augie Wurst.

Todd Sparks Award

— given to an all-around
good wrestler who shows
sportsmanship, leader-
ship and respect to the
Graduate Trophies (12-year-olds): Row 1, left to right: Brett Vonderwell, coaches, referees and their
Rookie of the Year Award: Hunter Bonifas, Jack Cox and Brandon Bockey and Patrick Stevenson. Row 2: Hunter Binkley, Wyatt Place, fellow wrestlers: Hunter
Mason Vonderwell. Not pictured is Drew Siefker. Bradley Rice and Chandler Clarkson. Binkley.
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Tomorrow’s Horoscope
Sunday, April 10, 2011
If you put your mind to it and stick
with it through thick and thin, success
in an enterprise that you personally
create or manage will be in the
offing. Regardless of the endeavor’s
size, the rewards will be huge.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- If you
want to maintain good relationships
with family members, don’t close
your mind to their opinions, needs or
wants. If you’re not concerned about
them, why should they care about
yours?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) --
Something critical to your needs
might not come as easily as you had
anticipated, so don’t take anything
for granted. Seize any opportunity
where you find it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Be
budget-minded, because there will
be no backup funds if you blow
what little you have. If you lack self-
discipline, you could find yourself
broke for much longer than you
think.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
Don’t put yourself in the position
of relying on someone being there
when you need help. He or she may
be more conflicted than you realize,
and not be able to help.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- If you
allow your generosity and time
to be abused, you’ll only have
yourself to blame. Don’t make
more commitments or promises than
you can comfortably handle. Be
practical.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Assess
all financial matters of importance
from every angle. If you don’t, you
could end up kidding yourself into
believing you have more funds and/
or opportunities than actually exist.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- A
partnership arrangement won’t be
of any value if you ally yourself
with someone who can’t offer you
anything that you don’t already have.
Beware of those who only look out
for themselves.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- It’s
likely to be a mistake to try to palm
off on others work that you should be
taking care of personally. Any tasks
that you delegate to others are likely
to be poorly performed, and you’ll be
held responsible.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) --
Speculative elements tend to intrigue
you, so you must be careful what you
get yourself into. Unfortunately, it
isn’t likely that you will fare too well
when risk-taking is a factor.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
-- Just because a friend of yours is
concerned about your welfare doesn’t
necessarily make his or her solutions
correct. Be courteous and listen to all
suggestions, but analyze things for
yourself.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
-- Even if you’re the type of person
who is usually quite diligent and
always does what is expected, today
could be an exception if you’re not in
By Bernice Bede Osol
the right frame of mind.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- If
you finally figure out that most of the
limitations you’re now experiencing
stem from past extravagance, vow
to manage your resources more
carefully and responsibly.
Monday, April 11, 2011
It could prove to be highly
advantageous for you to get more
deeply involved in some kind of club
or organizational activity in the year
ahead. Contacts you’ll establish will
prove to be extremely helpful in more
ways than one.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- It
would only work to your disadvantage
to alienate a partner over a petty
issue. As events unfold later on in the
day, you’ll be glad you stayed in the
good graces of this ally.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) --
Mishandling others will lead to your
undoing, so be careful that you do
not rub anybody the wrong way,
especially over a low-stakes matter.
Be thoughtful at all times.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) --
There’s a good chance you could
encounter someone who is as strong-
willed as you are, so if you feel
yourself being pushed to the wall,
walk away rather than responding in
kind.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
Evaluate people realistically and
handle them appropriately, because
underestimating a competitor would
most assuredly deprive you of what
you hope to achieve.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Attentively
waiting to get all the pertinent
facts will help you avoid reacting
negatively to the ideas of others
before you know what they’re talking
about. Patience is your friend.
HI AND LOIS
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) --
Involvement with the wrong people
could prove to be very expensive for
you. Be wary of anybody who tries
to profit in some manner from your
assets or resources.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Your
evaluations of events or developments
are likely to be more accurate than
those of your companions, but, even
so, don’t come on too strong when
trying to prove a point.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Like
the song says, hang on to your ego. It
could cause you to totally disregard
what you know to be true and spur BLONDIE
you to attempt to do something that
is way over your head. All signs point
to a huge failure.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)
-- Should there be some political
stirrings within your peer group, do
not get involved regardless of how
much you’re pressured to do so.
Whichever side you support will be
the wrong one.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) --
If someone you hold in high regard
disappoints you, chances are it will
be your own fault. This is because
you’re putting far more credence in
his or her abilities than this person
possesses.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Be
careful, because you may not be as BEETLE BAILEY
competent at mental gymnastics as
you think you are. Just because you
have some of the necessary skills,
such as enthusiasm and initiative,
they won’t be enough.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) --
When it comes to your financial or
commercial dealings, the ground on
which you’re standing may not be as
firm as it looks. You could get mired
in mud.
Copyright 2011, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
SNUFFY SMITH
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

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Man stranded in Japanese town since tsunami

By ERIC TALMADGE
The Associated Press
MINAMI SOMA, Japan — The farm-
house sits at the end of a mud-caked, one-lane
road strewn with toppled trees, the decaying
carcasses of dead pigs and large debris depos-
ited by the March 11 tsunami.
Stranded alone inside the unheated, dark
home is 75-year-old Kunio Shiga. He cannot
walk very far and doesn’t know what hap-
pened to his wife.
His neighbors have all left because the area
is 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the crippled
Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant — just
within the zone where authorities have told
everyone to get out because of concerns about
leaking radiation.
No rescuer ever came for him.
When a reporter and two photographers
from The Associated Press arrived at Shiga’s
doorstep Friday, the scared and disoriented
farmer said: “You are the first people I have
spoken to” since the earthquake and tsunami.
“Do you have any food?” he asked. “I will
pay you.”
Shiga gratefully accepted the one-liter
“I’m old and I don’t know
if I could leave here. Who
would take care of me? I
don’t want to go anywhere.
But I don’t have water and
I’m running out of food.”
— 75-year-old Kunio Shiga
bottle of water and sack of 15-20 energy bars
given to him by the AP, which later notified
local police of his situation.
He said he has been running out of sup-
plies and was unable to cook his rice for lack
of electricity and running water. His tradi-
tional, two-story house is intact, although it is
a mess of fallen objects, including a toppled
Buddhist shrine. Temperatures at night in the
region have been cold, but above freezing.
The Odaka neighborhood where he lives
is a ghost town. Neighboring fields are still
inundated from the tsunami. The smell of the
sea is everywhere. The only noise comes from
the pigs foraging for food.
Local police acknowledged they have not
been able to check many neighborhoods
because of radiation concerns.
Radiation from the Fukushima nuclear
plant has fallen in recent days, however, the
police have fanned out inside the evacuation
zone to cover more areas.
On Friday, they were busy searching for
bodies two miles (three kilometers) from
Shiga’s farmhouse.
The AP crew, which had been watching
the police search, later broke away to see if
it could find any residents living inside the
evacuation zone. Some construction workers
directed them to a part of town where some
houses were intact.
The farmhouse where Shiga’s family has
grown vegetables for generations is at the
end of a long mud- and rubble-covered road
blocked by fallen trees and dead and decaying
animals.
The journalists spotted the relatively
undamaged house about 500 meters (yards)
away. Unable to drive on the road because
of the debris, they navigated the rest of the
way on foot, sometimes crawling over large
branches.
Shiga was seen wandering in front of his
house but went inside. The journalists went
to greet him.
He said he spent his lonely days since
the disaster sitting in bed in his dark home
and listening to a battery-powered radio. A
scruffy beard covered his face.
“The tsunami came right up to my door-
step,” he said. “I don’t know what happened
to my wife. She was here, but now she’s
gone.”
Shiga said he was aware of the evacuation
order but could do nothing about it, since he
is barely able to walk past the front gate of
his house. His car is stuck in mud and won’t
start.
Even if authorities can make it to him,
Shiga said he might rather stay.
“I’m old and I don’t know if I could leave
here. Who would take care of me?” he said,
staring blankly through his sliding glass doors
at the mess in his yard. “I don’t want to go
anywhere. But I don’t have water and I’m
running out of food.”

Talk Israel strikes hard in Gaza Deal

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no one else will.”
Saving sex for marriage is
also a way to avoid the more
grisly consequences, the pair
stressed.
“I deliver babies and do
pap smears all day long, so
I see the consequences of
premarital sex,” Dr. Scherger
said. “In the course of five
days, I saw 52 women who
were affected by HPV and
Herpes. Twenty of those
women were affected by
both. One thing they always
say to me is ‘why didn’t
anyone tell me this would
happen? Well, we’re telling
you. This isn’t rare.”
“The only way to avoid
this is to save sex for mar-
riage,” Scherger added.
“We’re talking about sexual
integrity. Resist the tempta-
tion and stand firm in your
convictions. You cannot do
this without God. Prayer
hinders sin and sin hinders
you?”
After two hours of listen-
ing to the Scherger’s talk,
students walked away with
valuable information.
“The most important mes-
sage of the program was to
save sex until marriage,”
Evan Benavidez said.
Another classmate was
struck by the numbers.
“The thing that affected
me the most was the statis-
tics,” Stephanie Adams said.
“The percentage of people
who get STD’s and how con-
doms don’t do very much to
prevent them.”
Alethea Matthews said
the issue of self-respect stuck
with her most.
“I thought the part about
not letting guys use you was
very important,” she said.
“It’s important to wait and
find someone who loves you
for who you are and doesn’t
just want sex.”
impact
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip
(AP) — Israeli aircraft and
tanks pounded Gaza on
Friday, killing seven Hamas
militants and five civilians in
a surge of fighting sparked by
a Palestinian rocket attack on
an Israeli school bus the day
before.
Israel and Gaza’s Hamas
rulers seemed on the brink
of another round of intense
violence, just a little over two
years after a three-week war
in which persistent rocket fire
from Gaza triggered a devas-
tating Israeli military offen-
sive in the territory.
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu said
the attack on the school bus
“crossed a line” and warned
that “whoever tries to harm
and murder children will pay
with their life.”
In Thursday’s attack, Gaza
militants hit a yellow Israeli
strike against a vehicle travel-
ing near Rafah in the southern
Gaza Strip killed three Hamas
militants, including a senior
commander, the group said.
Israel confirmed he strike.
The early morning attack
brought the two-day death toll
from Israel’s ongoing retalia-
tion to 17 Gazans — 10 mili-
tants, a Hamas policeman and
six civilians — amounting to
the bloodiest tally since Israel
and Hamas wrapped up their
three-week-long war more
than two years ago.
The dead Friday included
three civilians killed by Israeli
tank fire and three militants
killed in an airstrike, both
near the southern Gaza town
of Khan Younis. Another mil-
itant was killed in an airstrike
in northern Gaza.
Later, an Israeli tank shell
struck a cemetery east of
Gaza City, killing two civil-
The deal came together
after six grueling weeks
and an outbreak of budget
brinksmanship over the past
few days as the two sides
sought to squeeze every
drop of advantage in private
talks.
“We know the whole
world is watching us today,”
Reid said earlier in a day
that produced incendiary,
campaign style rhetoric as
well as intense negotiation.
Reid, Obama and Boehner
all agreed a shutdown posed
risks to an economy still
recovering from the worst
recession in decades.
But there were disagree-
ments aplenty among the
principal players in an early
test of divided government
— Obama in the White
House, fellow Democrats in
control in the Senate and
a new, tea party-flavored
told whether they had been
deemed essential or would
be temporarily laid off in
the event of a shutdown.
Obama canceled a
scheduled Friday trip to
Indianapolis — and a week-
end family visit to Colonial
Williamsburg in Virginia —
and kept in touch with both
Boehner and Reid.
The standoff began sev-
eral weeks ago, when the
new Republican majority in
the House passed legisla-
tion to cut $61 billion from
federal spending and place
numerous curbs on the gov-
ernment.
In the weeks since, the
two sides have alternately
negotiated and taken time
out to pass interim mea-
sures.
Originally, Republicans
wanted to ban federal funds
for Planned Parenthood, a
health care services provider
that is also the nation’s larg-
est provider of abortions.

NATO criticized over

Libya campaign
BRUSSELS (AP) —
NATO holds its fire as
Moammar Gadhafi’s forces
advance 100 miles (160 kilo-
meters) into rebel territory. It
then blasts a rebel tank, say-
a lack of human spotters on
the ground — CIA agents in
Libya are said to be gathering
intelligence on the organiza-
tional structure of the rebel
movement rather than coor-
school bus near the border
with a guided anti-tank mis-
sile, injuring the driver and
badly wounding a 16-year-
old boy. Most of the school-
children on the bus had gotten
off shortly before the attack.
Hamas, which had largely
held its fire since Israel’s
last major offensive, claimed
responsibility.
Early today, an Israeli air-
ians, including an 11-year-old
boy, said Palestinian health
official Adham Abu Salmiya.
The military insisted the strike
targeted militants and that it
had no information about any
civilian casualties.
Gaza militants fired some
30 and mortar shells at south-
ern Israel on Friday, causing
no injuries, the Israeli mili-
tary said.
Republican majority in the
House.
“Republican leaders in
the House have only a few
hours left to look in the mir-
ror, snap out of it and real-
ize how positively shame-
ful that would be,” Reid
said at one point, accusing
Republicans of risking a
shutdown to pursue a radi-
cal social agenda.
Federal funds may not
be used to pay for abortions
except in strictly regulated
cases, but supporters of the
ban said cutting off govern-
ment funds for the organiza-
tion — currently about $330
million a year — would
make it harder for it to use
its own money for the same
purpose.
Democrats rejected the

1 dead after shooting

ing it didn’t know the rebels dinating airstrikes — and For much of the day, proposal in private talks.
had any — even though foot- no established network for Reid and Boehner disagreed Officials in both parties said

age of rebels with tanks had
been on YouTube for weeks.
NATO’s leadership of the
Libya campaign is coming
under increasing criticism for
mistakes and ineffectiveness.
Nine difficult days of leading
the air war have brought into
sharp relief the confusion,
ambiguity and constraints of
the alliance’s mission.
The NATO bombing of a
rebel convoy on Thursday, in
which five people died and
at least one rebel tank was
destroyed, appears to have
crystalized the perception —
to outsiders, at least — that
the alliance is running a bum-
bling campaign.
Misfires are not uncom-
mon during air operations.
And in NATO’s defense, poor
visibility from thick clouds
and sandstorms whipped up
by brisk sea breezes has lim-
ited the targets — particular-
ly during the lightning coun-
terattack by Gadhafi forces
early last week. Government
forces pushed about 100 miles
(160 kilometers) eastward
from Gadhafi’s hometown of
Sirte past rebel forward posi-
tions at Bin Jawwad, pushing
the rebels back to Ras Lanuf
and later to Brega, where the
front is now.
Further complicating the
military campaign has been
NATO and the ragtag group
of rebels to communicate.
But as the rebels angrily
accused the alliance of mis-
takes and neglect, NATO’s
frustrated leaders refused
to apologize Friday for the
bombing of the tanks. And
NATO commanders, in turn,
are frustrated that the rebels
see NATO as their proxy air
force, rather than a force to
protect civilians in Libya.
There is significant ambi-
guity about the scope and
objective of the mission.
The U.N. resolution under
which the alliance operates
requires it to protect civilians
from Gadhafi’s forces while
remaining impartial.
Adding to NATO’s woes,
the U.S., which handed off
its leadership role March 31,
halted its combat role this
week. That move is depriv-
ing NATO of certain kinds of
aircraft that could prove use-
ful in some of the close urban
warfare battles between forc-
es loyal to Gadhafi and rebels
bent on his ouster.
NATO acknowledged
Friday that its airstrikes had
hit rebels using tanks to fight
government forces in east-
ern Libya, saying it thought
only Gadhafi regime forc-
es had used heavy armored
vehicles.
aboard submarine
LONDON (AP) — A
British sailor aboard a nucle-
ar-powered submarine appar-
ently shot dead a crew mem-
ber and seriously wounded
another Friday while the ves-
sel was on a goodwill visit
to an English port, officials
said.
The suspect was overpow-
ered by colleagues and visit-
ing dignitaries aboard HMS
Astute and arrested on suspi-
cion of murder.
Police and military offi-
cials said the incident was
not related to terrorism, but
offered few details about
what may have prompted a
sailor to open fire during a
tour of the submarine by local
officials, including the mayor
of Southampton, in southern
England.
Britain’s Press Association
news agency reported the
dead and injured crewmen
were officers, and the suspect
a sentry armed with an SA80
service rifle. Submariners
do not routinely carry load-
ed firearms aboard ships,
but those on sentry duty are
armed.
Southampton city council
leader Royston Smith said
he was in the submarine’s
control room when a man
entered, said something, then
retreated to a corridor. Two
shots rang out before the man
walked back in and opened
fire.
“I decided the best form
of defense at that point was
probably to disarm the chap,”
Smith told the BBC.
Smith said he and others
managed to wrestle the gun
away from the suspect and
subdue him.
Hampshire Police Chief
Superintendent David Thomas
said only that a gun went off
aboard the submarine, “which
resulted in two crew members
being injured.”
“One of these injuries
proved fatal. A man, also a
member of the Royal Navy,
was arrested at the scene
on suspicion of murder,”
Thomas said. “Submarine
security was not breached as
part of this incident and it is
not terrorist-related.”
He said the wounded sail-
or’s injuries were “signifi-
cant,” but his condition was
stable.
The submarine, which
is based in Scotland,
was on a five-day visit to
Southampton.
about what the disagreement
was about.
Reid said there had been an
agreement at a White House
meeting Thursday night to
cut spending by about $38
billion. He said Republicans
also were demanding unspec-
ified cuts in health services
for lower income women
that were unacceptable to
Democrats. “Republicans
want to shut down our
nation’s government because
they want to make it harder
to get cancer screenings,” he
said. “They want to throw
women under the bus.”
Boehner said repeated-
ly that wasn’t the case —
it was spending cuts that
divided two sides.
“Most of the policy issues
have been dealt with, and
the big fight is about spend-
ing,” he said. “When will
the White House and when
will Senate Democrats get
serious about cutting federal
spending.”
By midday Friday, 12
hours before the funding
would run out, most fed-
eral employees had been
Republicans returned earlier
in the week with a proposal
to distribute federal funds
for family planning and
related health services to the
states, rather than directly
to Planned Parenthood and
other organizations.
Democrats said they
rejected that proposal, as
well, and then refused to
agree to allow a separate
Senate vote on the issue
as part of debate over any
compromise bill.
Instead, they launched a
sustained campaign at both
ends of the Capitol to criti-
cize Republicans.
“We’ll not allow them
to use women as pawns,”
said Sen. Patty Murray, a
fourth-term lawmaker from
Washington who doubles
as head of the Democratic
senatorial campaign com-
mittee.
For Congress and Obama
there are even tougher
struggles still ahead — over
a Republican budget that
would remake entire federal
programs, and a vote to raise
the nation’s debt limit.

Teen killed on highway named in father’s memory Answers to Friday’s questions:

WELLFORD, S.C. (AP) —
Aaron Hill knew the road well,
and not just because it was the
route he took to high school
every day. The five-mile
stretch of highway was named
in memory of his father, a sol-
dier killed by a roadside bomb
in Afghanistan in 2008.
But on his way to class
Thursday morning, the
18-year-old senior was killed
when a pickup truck crossed
the center line and smashed
head-on into his car, authori-
ties said.
Now the Hill family — and
many others in this town of
nearly 2,300 — are grieving
again.
“It’s tragic. No one should
have to go through this.
They’ve been through so
much,” said Sheriff Chuck
Wright, a friend of the family.
“It’s just unreal that he died on
the same highway named after
his father.”
The younger Hill was going
to graduate in a few months
and had talked about joining
the military just like his father.
“Even after his father’s
death, he kept a positive atti-
tude. He kept that smile,” the
sheriff said.
The teenager was pro-
nounced dead at the scene
along the section of two-
lane Highway 129 known as
the Sergeant Shawn F. Hill
Memorial Highway. The driver
of the pickup, Michael Blake
White, 27, was taken to the
hospital along with three stu-
dents who had been in Hill’s
car. Their conditions were not
released.
The cause of the crash was
under investigation, and no
immediate charges were filed.
But state officials said White
did not have a valid license,
having lost it nearly a year
ago for too many violations.
He had been issued 14 tickets
since 2003, most of them for
speeding.
White was driving home
after working the overnight
shift at an auto parts factory,
according to his father.
“He really doesn’t remem-
ber it, but he was torn up when
we told him what happened,”
Michael White said. He said
his son was badly hurt and was
in the intensive care unit.
Hill’s friends from
2,200-student Byrnes High
School held hands and cried at
the scene of the accident and
erected a memorial to “A-Rod”
consisting of flowers, candles
and three crosses painted green
and orange, because he was
a University of Miami fan.
Spray-painted on the road was
a heart with the words “RIP
AROD.”
Hundreds of people attend-
ed the funeral three years ago
of Hill’s father, a 37-year-old
member of the Army National
Guard, and state lawmakers
renamed the highway in his
memory months later.
The elder Hill was an all-
region defensive end at Byrnes
High, a longtime football pow-
erhouse that has won nearly a
dozen state titles and has been
nationally ranked. An electri-
cian by trade, he joined the
National Guard in 1996 and
served in Iraq in 2004-05.
The proposed Washington Circumferential Highway
was renamed The Capital Beltway after construction
got underway in the early 1950s. The 64-mile-long
freeway encircles Washington, D.C.
Ludwig van Beethoven’s music serves as the offi-
cial anthem of the European Union. The anthem is
aversion of “Ode to Joy,” the final movement of his
Ninth Symphony.
Today’s questions:
Whose portraits hang on either side of the speaker’s
rostrum in the U.S. House of Representatives?
What animal-loving bestselling writer once landed
in the hospital after being butted and trampled by a
flock of sheep?
Answers in Monday’s Herald.
Today’s words:
Barbaralalia: a speech impediment manifested
when speaking a foreign language
Slowcome: a lazy person