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Council keeps full roster — for nowBY NANCY SPENCER

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DELPHOS — The roster of Delphos City Council will remain full — for now. Councilman-at-Large Joe Martz and Council President Dan Hirn told council Monday they will stay in their positions either until someone shows interest or they resign.

Mayor Michael Gallmeier had spoken to the Allen County Board of Elections about the pair’s upcoming vacancies and learned that since no one ran for either seat in the November election, Martz and Hirn retained their seats until they resign or pass away.

“It was quite surprising,”

Mayor Gallmeier said. “We learned that there at people in office that haven’t run on a ballot in years.”

Martz and Hirn said they didn’t want to the leave council in an awkward position and will

stay on for now and revisit their decisions on a yearly basis.

“We’re going to play it by ear,” they said.

Council dispatched with sev-eral items very quickly by rehir-ing Marsha Mueller as council clerk and Sherryl George as dep-uty clerk.

New committee assignments were also approved with Mark Clement a president pro-tem; Andrew Dailey as chair of the Legislative Committee with Tom Grothous and Mark Clement also on board; Grothous as chair of Public Properties with Josh Gillespie and Del Kemper; Gillespie as chair of the Finance Committee with all coun-cil members serving as well; Grothous chair of Economic

Development with Clement and Jim Fortener; Fortener chair of Safety Services with Daley and Martz; Martz chair of City Utilities with Gillespie and Dailey; Kemper chair of Thoroughfares with Fortener

and Clement; and Clement chair of Parks and Rec with Kemper and Martz.

Council heard on second reading an ordinance for a pur-chase agreement with the suc-cessful bidder for the purchase and installation of sand filter tanks at the Delphos Municipal Swimming Pool.

“We will have definitive num-bers for this project at the next meeting,” Safety Service Director Shane Coleman said.

Parks and Rec Superintendent Craig Mansfield told council at December’s meeting the existing tanks were installed in April 1970 and in 1985, they were inspected for the last time.

Sr. Immacolata, SCC

BY NANCY SPENCERDHI Media Editor

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DELPHOS — Sr. Immacolata Scarogni, SCC, has found herself happy to be wherever she has landed in her ser-vice to God and His people. St. John the Baptist Parish in Landeck is no different.

“They welcomed me with open arms and I feel the same,” Sr. Immacolata said. “Landeck is a small parish but it has a huge heart.”

Since she arrived in September, she has found everyone to be helpful and kind, making for a smooth transition to her new home.

Franklin, Landeck lead county on test scoresBY NANCY SPENCER


DELPHOS — Franklin and Landeck Elementary Principal Mark Fuerst had wondered at times what allowed other schools to test so well on state exams. Now other school administrators in Allen County are seeking him out.

Students at the local public elementaries topped other schools in the county in six of the seven testing categories last year, placing third behind Allen East and Bluffton in fifth-grade science.

In third-grade math, students scored an 89.9 percent passage rate with Bluffton at 88.6 and Allen East at 88.2. In fourth-grade math, local students scored a 96.4 with Spencerville the closest at 89.6. In fifth-grade math,

students tallied at 91.8 percent with Allen East at 89.9 and Spencerville 86.6. In fourth-grade language arts, 92.8 percent of Jefferson students passed compared to Spencerville at 88.1 and Bluffton at 86.5. In fifth-grade language arts, Allen East came in at 87.8 percent, Shawnee was at 87.5 and Jefferson at 89.4. Fourth-grade social studies was the most impressive with 97.6 percent of Jefferson students passing compared to 90.6 at Bluffton and 88.5 at Allen East.

“We’ve always done OK but always came in behind Shawnee and Bluffton. We’ve always held our own and been an equal but never top dog,” Fuerst said. “Now we are the envy of the county and principals are calling me to see what we are doing.”

Fuerst lays the success at the feet of the students, teachers and parents.

“It’s a collective effort,” he said. “Everyone has to work together to have such a successful outcome. The kids work hard and are well-behaved and that is fostered at home.”

This was also the first year testing was done online.“We had a handful teachers who just grabbed it and ran

with it,” Fuerst said. “They worked really hard and made sure everything ran smoothly.”

Fuerst said the entire elementary staff at the city schools works together, sharing their success stories and just talking to each other.

“They share what has worked for them and what hasn’t and the teachers at Landeck and Franklin get along very well and work well together,” he added.

City fixing faulty hydrantsCity workers Gary Teman, left, and Brad Trentman work on a fire hydrant at the corner of Madison Street and Lima Avenue Tuesday morning. A handful of hydrants in town still need repaired but the crew is making headway, according to Maintenance Superintendent Todd Haunhorst. “We started out with nearly 30 hydrants that needed work and now we are down to just a few,” he said. “The hydrants are older and no one has the parts in stock so it takes about five weeks to get them.” Problems were found with the hydrants when Fire and Rescue personnel per-formed testing in the fall. Fire Chief Kevin Streets said his trucks carry 1,000 feet of hose so a hydrant can always be reached for firefighting. (DHI Media/Nancy Spencer)

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Tickets for Friday’s St. John’s boys varsity basketball game at Minster and Saturday’s game at Shawnee will be sold in the high school office from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and Thursday.

Adults are $6 and students are $4. All tickets will be $6 at the door.

There will be an American Red Cross Blood Drive from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Delphos Eagles.

Donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health.

Call 1-800-Red-Cross, or go to red-crossblood.org, sponsor code “eaglesdel” to schedule a blood donation appointment.

The Lima Symphony Orchestra will present Baroque by Candlelight at 4 p.m. Jan. 17 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Delphos.

Trinity United Methodist Church in Lima will also host the LSO’s Baroque by Candlelight at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and can be purchased at limasym-phonyorchestra.com or call 419-222-5701.

10 Years Ago – 2006The call of letters and

matching numbers will fill the air with shouts of “bingo” at the Ottoville parish center Sunday. The Immaculate Conception Youth and Catholic Youth Organization basketball teams will hold their annual Bingo Sunday fund raiser. “The money will help defray the cost of ref-eree equipment and reg-istration and certification fees,” said Coordinator of Youth Ministry Renee Kelch.

Rotary President Rev. Dave Howell welcomed Michael Domin of Delphos to the Rotary Club. Domin, a commercial loan officer for Fifth Third Bank of Lima, joins the growing membership and plans to lend his energy to the club’s Music in the Park series set for the summer of 2006.

Off to a 1-3 start under new coach Doug Etgen, the St. John’s boys bas-ketball team seeks to get the 2006 portion of its schedule on a winning note in hosting Marion Local Friday in a Midwest Athletic Conference game. However, to do so, Etgen stresses the need for bet-

ter passing from his troops who are averaging 18.8 turnovers per game.

25 Years Ago – 1991The Blue Jays raced out

to a 27-8 lead at the end of one period and continued to pour it on as they defeated the Minster Wildcats 81-45 Friday night at Delphos. Brent Grothaus erupted for eight in the final period, including a rare five-point play as he hit a three, was fouled after the shot, and hit both ends of the one-and-one. He also hit anoth-er three and finished with 16.

Bob Grothouse, owner of Delpha Chevrolet, pre-sented Marilyn Ricker of Fort Jennings with keys to a new pink Grand Prix provided to her by Mary Kay Cosmetics. Ricker has been a sales director with Mary Kay for eight years and works all over the country. She said a new car is provided to her every two years if she meets performance level requirements. This is the second car she has received through Delpha Chevrolet.

Fort Jennings defeat-ed the Patrick Henry Patriots Friday night at

Patrick Henry 81-63. The Musketeers are 7-2 for the season while the Patriots are 4-4. Eric Schroeder and Troy Wieging led the Musketeers with 23 and 22 points, respective-ly. Todd Broecker pulled down eight rebounds and Nate Schroeder grabbed seven to lead the rebound-ing.

50 Years Ago – 1966By unanimous vote

Tuesday night, Fort Jennings Village Council chose George Hellman as president for this year. Thomas Smith held the office last year. Council appointed Richard Warnecke as marshal for a six-month probation-ary period. Warnecke will work with the present mar-shal Elmer Wittler.

Delphos Past Chiefs Association of the Pythian Sisters met Tuesday eve-ning in the home of Bertha Buchanan with Cleo Wolph serving as assistant hostess. The meeting was called to order by the president, Laura Truesdale. Mildred Rozelle and Truesdale pre-sented the 1966 program to those present.

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VAN WERT — Van Wert County Prosecuting Attorney Charles F. Kennedy has released the following report of office activities for the month of December 2015. The cases of seven individuals were pre-sented to the Dec. 4, 2015, Grand Jury. Those 7 individuals were charged with a total of eight criminal law violations including: tampering with evidence, failure to comply with order or signal of police officer, domestic violence, aggravated rob-bery, possession of drugs, aggravated pos-session of drugs, burglary, and failure to register as a sex offender. The Grand Jury indicted all seven individuals.

Prosecutors attended 21 pretrial con-ferences, six probation violation hearings, 2 sentencing hearings, 6 bond violation / treatment in lieu violation hearings, one motion hearing, three judicial release hear-ings, three change of plea hearings and seven final hearings on delinquent real estate tax cases. Prosecutors also attend-ed numerous Juvenile Court hearings and attended two initial appearance hearings in

the Van Wert Municipal Court. There were no jury trials during the month.

In addition, Prosecutor Kennedy answered one zoning question from Ridge Township. He met with the county com-missioners and Van Wert Mayor-Elect Jerry Mazur regarding economic develop-ment issues. He met with county commis-sioners, Van Wert County Auditor Nancy Dixo, and City Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming regarding an issue raised by the property manager of Van Wert Town Center. Kennedy also met with represen-tatives of Jackson, Hoaglin and Pleasant townships regarding health insurance reim-bursement issues. Kennedy also provid-ed legislative updates dealing with “ban the box” (questions employers can’t ask prospective employees) and the use of Motor Vehicle Fuel Excise Tax to all townships. Kennedy and other prosecutors also answered numerous questions posed by officers and detectives from the sher-iff’s department and the Van Wert Police Department on pending cases and on-going investigations.

Van Wert County Prosecuting Attorney Kennedy releases December report

Dale Richard Fairfax

1937 - 2016INDIANAPOLIS — Dale

Richard Fairfax was born in Akron, the last son of three – (James and Bill) to Walter and Leah Fairfax, all of whom proceed him in death.

Dale’s family moved to Delphos, where Walter worked as a mechanical engineer on the railroad. There, Dale devel-oped rheumatic fever in his elementary years and was bed-ridden for two years. With a private tutor that came to his home, Dale developed a passion for books, history and everything mechanical (especially cars of the era, steam locomotives and track roadsters).

Dale’s mechanical knowledge led him to the doors of General Motors Institute (GMI), in Flint, Michigan, graduating with a BS in mechanical engineering. This was the beginning of his career with GM and where he would meet the love of his life, Dorothy, his wife of 57 years. They started a family having three children – Julie, Becky and Jeff – and lived in their fairy tale home on “Dale” Avenue until Dale was transferred to Indianapolis.

After moving to Indianapolis, Dale’s dream as a 16-year-old – owning a ’32 Ford Coupe with a flat head engine – came to fruition after many years of restoration. Dale and his ’32 were acknowledged by many car venues and peers. He then restored his ’53 Ford truck with a Lincoln motor – again, another work of art! Dale became a true master mechanic and machinist. People in the vintage car circle across the country would consult with him and hire him to produce automotive parts for their specific needs. His extensive knowledge of the automotive industry, (especially Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company) steam locomotives, and track roadster racing resulted in numerous published articles and co-authoring of published books. Dale was a member of the Flint Gear Grinders, Indy Idlers, and Winchester Old Timers.

Dale also had another love and that was for the many furry cats – of all colors, size and breed – that mysteriously found their way to he and Dorothy’s door and never left; however, there is one that had a special spot in Dale’s heart: ELZIE.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of service at noon on Saturday at Shirley Brothers Fishers-Castleton Chapel, 9900 Allisonville Road.

Dale is survived by his wife, Dorothy; daughters and son, Julie Heckart (Brian), Becky Hancock (Mark) and Jeff Fairfax (Jacqueline); and five grandchildren, Ashley, Scotty, Caroline, Benjamin and Ali.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Indianapolis.

Wheat $4.34Corn $3.78Soybeans $8.35

Twin boys were born Dec. 2 at St. Rita’s Medical Center to Jennifer Carson and Christopher Ritchie of Delphos.

Aiden Matthew Ritchie was 6 pounds, 5 ounces and 18 1/4 inches long. Kolby Joseph Ritchie was 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19 1/2 inch-es long.

They were welcomed by big sisters Skyelar and Savannah.

Grandparents are Terri Carson of Delphos and Michael and Barbara Ritchie of Lima.

ST. RITA’SA boy was born Jan. 1 to

Brittany Croft and Andrew Honigford of Middle Point.

A boy was born Jan. 1 to Paige Fischbach and Michael Belanger of Venedocia.

A girl was born Jan. 3 to Jeanie and Patrick Redmon of Delphos.

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DHI Media Staff Reports

LIMA — The Lima-Allen County Safe Community Coalition reports there were no fatal traffic crash-es on Allen County road-ways during the month of December.

During 2015, there were a total of eight fatal crashes and eight fatalities. In 2014, during the same 12-month

period, there were nine fatal crashes and nine fatalities.

Four of the 2015 fatali-ties were motorcycle crash-es with no helmet in use and three had safety belts in use, including child restraints.

Four of the deaths occurred on state/federal highways, two on county roads and one each on city streets and township roads.

Of the nine fatal crashes, two involved known use of alcohol/drugs and one was unknown if alcohol/drugs were in use.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, each traffic fatality has a compre-hensive cost of $5,377,365. Total comprehensive costs for 2015 Allen County fatal crashes is $43,018,920.

Allen County sees eight fatal crashes in 2015

BY ED GEBERTDHI Media Editor

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VAN WERT — Ohio State Highway Patrol activity in Van Wert County in 2015 increased except in one important category — there was one fewer traffic fatality last year over 2014 figures. That information was recently released by the OSHP.

Three fatal crashes were reported in the county by the Highway Patrol in 2015, compared to four in Van Wert County in 2014. Across Ohio though, the number of deadly crashes were up by almost five per-cent in 2015. Electronic message signs on highways across the state show 1,054 died during 2015 on the state’s roadways. That

number is 56 higher than in 2014.In the region, fatalities decreased by

one in 2015 in Allen County (Indiana) and Defiance County, and increased by one in Mercer County and in Paulding County. The yearly total was down by two in Hancock County and down by three in Hardin County.

In Van Wert County, the OSHP made 5,867 traffic enforcement stops last year, up from 2014’s 4,359 stops made. Non-enforcement activity was listed in 8,884 reports, up slightly over 2014. Also in the 2015 report, the Highway Patrol inves-tigated a total of 324 crashes within Van Wert County, made 103 OVI enforcement stops, 118 for driving under suspension, 1,236 for seat belt enforcement, 1,712 stops for commercial vehicle enforcement, issued 84 misdemeanor summons, seven misdemeanor warrants, and filed charges for 50 drug violations.

VW Highway Patrol busy in 2015Fatalities decrease in Van Wert County

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2016 State of the City AddressIt is my honor and privilege, as Mayor,

to give the 2016 State of the City. This is required by Ohio Revised Code 733.41 and is given at the first council meeting of the New Year. The City continues to be very careful with our spending, as we continue to see cuts in Local Government Funding and new laws coming from the State which affect our finances.

Our Safety Services saw a lot of chang-es in personnel in 2015, but continued to provide the best services possible for the citizens of Delphos.

In the Police Department, the resignation of Kyle Fittro resulted in a promotion of Marc Slate to chief. Two more promotions were Ryan Kimmet to assistant chief and Tom Klinger to sergeant. They also hired two new officers, Ted Clevenger and Roger Brown. This past year officers responded to 4,168 calls for service, made 444 sep-arate arrests and took 583 separate writ-ten reports. They conducted countywide “Active Shooter” training with all officers in Allen County and participated in two campaigns for driving safety (Click It or Ticket and Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.) Donations of over $10,000 were received and greatly appreciated.

Many positive changes have taken place in the Fire and Rescue Department. In July, 12 intermittent employees were added to lower overtime and lessen mutual aid calls. Mutual aid calls went from 14 in the first six months to zero. They have also been able to

cut response time from 12-15 minutes to 2-4 minutes. Current runs and calls for service total 1,252. With a two-year grant from AFG totaling over $350,000 we will be hiring three firefighter/ EMT, bring-ing our department back to six full time firefighter/EMT and a Chief. Donations and grants for the depart-ment totaled around $400,000.

The Parks and Recreation Department continued to provide Delphos with great recreation programs and beautiful parks. Lighting on the north side of the football field and a new scoreboard were paid for by several non-profit groups. Forty-eight games were played on the field this year. Over 15,000 swimmers used the pool this year even with the cold and wet weather that we had. The Delphos Rotary continues their Music in the Park and the Kiwanis expanded the July 4th celebration to three days.

Our Maintenance Department saw a new superintendent, Harry Hodgson, and two new employees, Brad Trentman and John Clark, to replace employees who moved

to other positions. They continue to work hard on maintenance of water, sewer and street issues. They repaired 19 water-line breaks, more than 14 sewer and catch basin repairs and used 4,100 gallons of tar and 31 tons of cold patch for streets and alleys. They plowed snow on four occasions and salted streets 14 times using 175 tons of salt. When time allowed, they also had to do OUPS calls, replace signs, change lights and paint crosswalks. Their job is never-ending.

The water department saw a 75-percent change in staff-

ing in 2015. At the end of 2014, Todd Haunhorst became superintendent. Larry Lindeman and Butch Lucas retired in 2015 and were replaced with Brad Coil, John Brenneman and Jason Michel. They contin-ue to get caught up on maintenance issues around the plant. The sludge basin was cleaned out, the north and south clarifiers were cleaned and they changed out over 75 leaking or dead water meters. The plant produced almost 298 million gallons of water and the largest day was July 27 when a water leak caused them to have to produce

almost 1.2 million gallons.In the wastewater department, most of

2015 was spent trying to keep the current technology working and trying to meet our permits, while planning, designing and the construction of new infrastructure for a 1-year demo period. This new technol-ogy was reviewed extensively and was chosen to replace the failing membranes in the plant. I want to thank Todd and his department for all their hard work; while this seemed to have taken a long time to complete, I believe we did the right thing by involving everyone to make a sound decision for the City of Delphos.

City Council also saw changes in their members: Andy Knueve became the law director after Clayton Osting resigned; the Republican Party Committee replaced the Council-at-Large seat with Tom Grothous and the 1st-ward seat with Andy Daley. Council has passed 50 pieces of legislation, has a temporary budget in place for 2016 and will be working to approve a permanent budget by the March 31 deadline. Council and the administration will continue to work diligently to serve the citizens of Delphos.

I’d like to thank all the City employees and elected officials for all of their hard work and dedication to the City of Delphos. We look forward to serving the citizens of Delphos in 2016.

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LIMA — The Ohio State University at Lima is now accepting nominations for the Ohio State Lima Alumni Hall of Fame.

The award recognizes individuals who have attended The Ohio State University at Lima and gone on to be lead-ers in the community who are also regarded as advocates for Ohio State Lima.

Nominations may be made by anyone. Nominations must include a completed nomination form, which is avail-able online at Lima.OSU.edu/alumni/hall-of-fame.html, and may include resumes and letters of support to enhance the nomination. Consideration will be given to at least the following criteria:

· Nominees need to have spent a minimum of one aca-demic quarter successfully enrolled at Ohio State Lima and subsequently have earned a degree from the University.

· Nominees must have graduated from The Ohio State University at least twenty (20) years prior to their nomi-nation.

· Nominees must be an advocate for the University and regarded as a community leader with a sustained pro-fessional recognition and/or involvement in community activity.

· Nominees must be regarded as persons of excellent character.

Current members of the Hall of Fame include Dr. Ann Baker, Dr. G. Gilbert Cloyd, Daniel G. Bucher, Brook E. Elrod, Kevin Haver, Dr. Susan L. Hubbell, Linda L. Lehman, Jed E. Metzger, Dr. Jan L. Osborn, Edward J. Rohrbaugh and Robert Simmons.

The successful nominee, nominator and endorsers will be invited to an induction presentation at the Ohio State Lima Advocates Spring Luncheon.

For information, contact the Ohio State Lima Office of Advancement at (419) 995-8671 or visit Lima.OSU.edu/alumni/hall-of-fame.html. Completed nominations and let-ters of support must be received by Lesley Fry at [email protected] by Jan. 31 to be considered for induction into the Hall of Fame for the current academic year. Only the names of the honoree will be made public.

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BLUFFTON — Bluffton University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), an educational program for retirees, is offering several courses beginning Jan. 18.

Registration and, if appli-cable, course fees are due at the time of registration. Jan. 18 is the deadline to register. To register, or for more infor-mation, contact Janet “JP” Schumacher, ILR director, at 419-358-3346 or [email protected].

Winter courses are:BYOL: Bring Your Own

Laptop Tech Camp1-3 p.m., Jan. 20-22, $50Learn new techniques to

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Walking Away the Winter Blues

12:30-1:30 p.m., Mondays and Thursdays from Jan. 18-March 21

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session of Mondays at the Movies there will be an ILR Lunch Bunch gathering. All are invited to come and enjoy the fellowship. You do not need to be signed up for the Monday course.

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Coffee Colloquium9:30-11:15 a.m., Feb. 3,

10, 17, 24 and March 2 and 9, $25

Have a mid-morning break and fellowship as you lis-ten to six weeks of dynamic speakers who will challenge, intrigue and inspire you with a variety of topics.

Watercolor Painting1:30-3 p.m., March 2, 9,

16 and 23, $50This course will explore

the different watercolor tech-niques and how to incor-porate them into paintings. Watercolor paper, paints and brushes will be provided.

History Seminar10-11:30 a.m. and 1-3

p.m., March 30, $25The morning and after-

noon sessions will feature two ILR historians.

Down Memory Lane, $501:30-3:30 p.m., Jan. 28

and Feb. 4, 11 and 18In this class, you will have

access to technology that will help you save your slides and photos on a digital flash drive. Organize, separate and create a time line for your own “Memory Lane.”

March Mini-Escape Trips

8:30 a.m. to approxi-mately 3:30 p.m., March 3, 10 and 17, $15 per trip

March 3: Armstrong Air and Space Museum and the Temple of Tolerance

March 10: Toledo Museum of Art

March 17: Architecture Tour: Buildings in the Midst

Winter classes available to retirees

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Get Your Children InterestedIn NewspapersHow do you help parents get a child interested in look-ing at a newspaper? Keep in mind that it’s a kid’s job to have fun.

Here are a few ideas to share with the readers of our paper.

n Select a news story or a comic strip and cut the panels or paragraphs apart. Help your child arrange the panels or paragraphs in logical order.

n Read a brief editorial or column together. Have the child underline facts with a blue pen and opinions with a red pen.

n Have your child choose a headline and turn it into a question. Have the child read the article to see if it answers

the question.

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TODAY9 a.m. - noon — Putnam County Museum is open, 202 E.

Main St., Kalida.10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — The Delphos Museum of Postal History,

339 N. Main St., is open.11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301

Suthoff St.Noon — Rotary Club meets at The Grind.6 p.m. — Shepherds of Christ Associates meet in the St.

John’s Chapel.6:30 p.m. — Delphos Kiwanis Club meets at the Eagles

Lodge, 1600 E. Fifth St.7 p.m. — Bingo at St. John’s Little Theatre.Delphos Civil Service Commission meets at Municipal

Building.7:30 p.m. — Hope Lodge 214 Free and Accepted Masons,

Masonic Temple, North Main Street.9 p.m. — Fort Jennings Lions Club meets at the Outpost

Restaurant.

THURSDAY9-11 a.m. — The Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241

N. Main St., is open.10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — The Delphos Museum of Postal History,

339 N. Main St., is open.11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301

Suthoff St.3-7 p.m. — The Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping.7 p.m. — Delphos Emergency Medical Service meeting, EMS

building, Second Street.7:30 p.m. — Delphos Chapter 23, Order of Eastern Star, meets

at the Masonic Temple, North Main Street.

FRIDAY7:30 a.m. — Delphos Optimist Club, A&W Drive-In, 924 E.

Fifth St.10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — The Delphos Museum of Postal History,

339 N. Main St., is open.11 a.m.-4 p.m. — Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping.11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301

Suthoff St.

SATURDAY8:30-11:30 a.m. — St. John’s High School recycle, enter on

East First Street.9 a.m. - noon — Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping.St. Vincent dePaul Society, located at the east edge of the St.

John’s High School parking lot, is open.Cloverdale recycle at village park.10 a.m. to 2 p.m. — The Delphos Museum of Postal History,

339 N. Main St., is open.12:15 p.m. — Testing of warning sirens by Delphos Fire and

Rescue.

Students in Chris Elwer’s kindergarten class at St. John’s Elementary School include, front from left, Victoria Walpole, Josh Young, Jr., Boe Friedrich, Connor Goedde and Bridgette Rice; center, Kate Hemker, Ella Martz, Olivia Ricker, Amyah Swick and Morgan Weimerskirch; and back, Caleb Schwinnen, Dylan Kantner, Brody Horton, Braden Lindeman, Ruger Neeley and Elwer. (DHI Media/Steven Coburn-Griffis)

Elwer’s kindergarten class at St. John’s Elementary

PET CORNER

The Humane Society of Allen County has many pets waiting for adoption. Each comes with a spay or neuter, first shots and a heart-worm test. Call 419-991-1775.

The following pets are available for adoption through The Van Wert Animal Protective League:

CatsF, 3 years, Calico, named Momma CatF, 1 year, black and brown, shots, spayed,

name Sweetie PieKittensM, F, 6 weeks, yellow, tigerM, F, black, yellow tiger, yellow and

white, gray and whiteM, F, 6 months, black and gray, mix col-

ors, black, black and white

DogsBlack Lab mix, F, 7 years, fixed, medi-

um, named BuffyFor more information on these pets, or

if you need to find a home for your pet, contact The Animal Protective League from 9-5 weekdays at 419-749-2976. If you are looking for a pet not listed, call to be put on a waiting list in case something becomes available. Donations or corre-spondence can be sent to PO Box 321, Van Wert OH 45891.

Comet is approximately 3 months old. Who could resist such cute ears? He is possibly a Basenji/Lab mix. Comet is very sweet and full of puppy energy.

Pixie is a sweet, loving little kitty. She loves to be petted and loved on. She is playful and fun. Pixie is approximately 6 months old.

Jan. 7Kathy Britt

Kiaden TrentmanSamantha Kraft

Jan. 8Logan Kortokrax

Nikki ConleyKelsey BerelsmanShellie Kundert

Connie Blue

Jan. 9Barry Eickholt

Alexander MillerKristy Siefker

Brooke BrinkmanSheena Eickholt

Jan. 7-9THURSDAY: Sue Vasquez, Doris Brotherwood, Eloise

Shumaker, Sharon Wannemacher, Patti Thompson and Carol Grothouse.

FRIDAY: Dianna Mullen, Doris Brotherwood, Anita Lindeman, Gwen Rohrbacher and Judy Pohlman.

SATURDAY: Sandy Hahn, Valeta Ditto, Nora Schulte and Norma Ditto.

THRIFT SHOP HOURS: 3-7 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday.

To volunteer, contact Volunteer Coordinator Barb Haggard at the Thrift Shop at 419-692-2942 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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Delphos FFA duo competes at state

Delphos FFA members Emily Buettner, left, and Sophia Wilson recently participated in the State Job Interview Contest. The job interview contest places students in a job interview-like setting, requiring them to fill out a job application, go through an interview, and write a follow-up letter. Buettner placed 10th overall and Wilson placed eighth. (Submitted photo)

From the Vantage Point

Van Wert County Sheriff Tom Riggenbach, Putnam County Sheriff Michael Chandle, and Paulding County Sheriff Jason Landers recently visited Vantage Career Center to talk to students about safe driving, especially as winter approaches. Pictured with their sheriff are Student Ambassadors Mikayla Ryan (Van Wert), Zach Chamberlin (Kalida), and Brenna Baker (Wayne Trace). Special thanks to all the county sheriffs. (Submitted photo)

Sheriffs visit Vantage to share safety message


DELPHOS — The Delphos Jefferson Show Choir and Choir, in coordi-nation with Jefferson High School PAWS program, per-formed Christmas carols and distributed student-made Christmas cards to those in attendance at Vancrest Healthcare Center.

A goal of the PAWS pro-

gram is to have students con-tribute and collaborate with the community. The PAWS program welcomes any sug-gestions for how PAWS can become more active in the community. PAWS is also always in need for volunteers to bring in snacks for pro-gram sessions.

PAWS is a place for stu-dents to complete work, play board games, interact with

teachers, and receive tutor-ing. The program runs every Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4 and is currently averag-ing 20-25 attendees per ses-sion.

For any suggestions or to volunteer for snacks, contact Chad Brinkman or Elaine Rode at 419-695-1786, ext. 401.


BLUFFTON — Dozens of scholar-ships will be awarded to incoming Bluffton University students who participate in the Presidential Scholarship Competition at 8:45 a.m. on Jan. 23.

Two students who participate will receive a full tuition scholarship, valued at more than $105,000 over four years. The recipients are chosen based on an essay written during the competition, overall grade point average and standardized test score.

All competition participants receive at least

an additional $1,000 annual scholarship for attending this prestigious event. The top 20 participants earn a $3,000 scholarship, and the next 30 finishers will receive a $2,000 schol-arship. The awards will be added to all other Bluffton scholarships the students receives.

Eligibility requirements:• Current high school senior;• Cumulative grade point average of 3.5 on

a 4.0 scale;• Composite score of at least 25 on the

ACT or 1130 on the SAT; and• Officially admitted to Bluffton

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High school students can earn full-tuition scholarships

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SportsHave whistle, will travel ... for a job!

This column will be getting back to normal — my nor-mal, that is — after two weeks of the Holiday spirit.

That includes the annual day after the final regular-season games of the National Football League sea-son, Black Monday.

Even the stock market took a blow on this day, perhaps a harbinger of things to come!

Sometimes, I really wonder if some of these franchises know what they are doing or are they just sticking their index finger up and judging the way the winds blow while collecting their millions from the massive TV deals?

For example, the Cleveland Browns are once again look-ing for a new head man and coaching staff after firing Mike Pettine.

They have even brought in a baseball guy, Paul DePodesta, to be the new chief strategy officer.

In some ways, with the way analytics is taking over every game — and apparently he is a big believer in that futuristic model of how to build a franchise on the field — it might be the way to go for the Browns.

After all, the recent history tells us the current course — or several current courses — have not gone well.

That being the case, it might not be a bad idea to try this way; they can’t do any worse, can they?

At the same time, it’s still about performance, blocking and tackling and executing a game plan play after play.

It is very similar to baseball: it’s all about execution — whether laying down a sacrifice bunt, hitting the ball the oppo-site way, turning the double play, etc.

As Pete Rose said in a recent interview, his hitting philoso-phy was “see ball, hit ball,”, not whether the pitcher had a good 2-strike curveball.

I just don’t see the smarts behind hiring and firing a coach every two years and seemingly starting over, only to see it last for two more years and repeating the process.

Are they going to turn over the roster again to meet the needs of a new coach — with a new system on both sides of the ball — or are they going to bring in a coach to make do with what’s there and build from there?

Just like in Philadelphia, replacing the “future-looking” up-tempo, rapid-fire offense of Chip Kelly: are they going to bring in a similar-philosophy coach or have a different approach and remake the roster in his image and likeness?

Or has the game changed so much that it doesn’t really matter, that everybody runs pretty much the same basic stuff, the only thing differences being the tempo and play-calling?

Let’s face it: everybody has a 3-4 package on defense and a 4-3 scheme as well.

Everybody can run the spread and go no-huddle as well.Is Pettine, Kelly, Tom Coughlin or any of the other three

guys a bad coach? No.I don’t feel so bad for either of them because sports is the

ultimate recycling center: coaches that are fired end up being hired somewhere else and many times have success, where before, they had failure.

There is something to be said about the likes of the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers, who have a game plan they follow every year — hey, it works, so why change it? — and always seems to be right there year after year.

Even in a down year, they seemingly find a way.Whatever you think about Bill Belichick/Robert Kraft — I

know what one of my Pigskin Pickers, Erin Cox, thinks about them cheaters!! — or Mike Tomlin/the Rooney Family, they let their plan have a chance to work and more often than not, it does.

Maybe that is why Belichick is the longest-tenured coach in the NFL right now and the Steelers have only had three coach-es since the mid-1970s.

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Metcalfe’s Musings

See MUSINGS, page 7

Weekly Athletic Schedule

DHI Media Staff ReportsFor Remainder of Week of Jan. 4-9

TODAY==============WrestlingRiverdale at Columbus Grove,

6 p.m.===========THURSDAYGirls BasketballJefferson at Crestview (NWC),

6 p.m.Fort Jennings at Miller City

(PCL), 6 p.m.Ottoville at Continental (PCL),

6 p.m.Spencerville at Ada (NWC), 6

p.m.Lincolnview at Bluffton (NWC),

6 p.m.LCC at Columbus Grove, 6 p.m.Van Wert at Shawnee (WBL)

6 p.m.Fort Recovery at Parkway

(MAC), 6 p.m.Ottawa-Glandorf at Celina

(WBL), 6 p.m.Leipsic at North Baltimore

(BVC), 6 p.m.PG at Vanlue (BVC), 6 p.m.Minster at St. John’s (MAC),

7 p.m.Boys BasketballFairview at Wayne Trace (GMC),

6 p.m.==========FRIDAYGirls BasketballWayne Trace at Fairview (GMC),

6 p.m.Boys BasketballCrestview at Jefferson (NWC),

6 p.m.Fort Jennings at Kalida (PCL),

6 p.m.Ada at Spencerville (NWC), 6

p.m.Bluffton at Lincolnview (NWC),

6 p.m.Columbus Grove at LCC, 6 p.m.Shawnee at Van Wert (WBL),

6 p.m.Celina at Ottawa-Glandorf

(WBL), 6 p.m.Continental at Miller City (PCL),

6 p.m.Arlington at PG (BVC), 6 p.m.St. John’s at Minster (MAC),

6:30 p.m.Parkway at Fort Recovery

(MAC), 6:30 p.m.===========SATURDAYGirls BasketballAllen East at Kalida, noonSpencerville at St. John’s, 1 p.m.Lincolnview at Van Wert, 1 p.m.Fort Jennings at Pandora-Gilboa

(PCL), 1 p.m.Liberty-Benton at Miller City,

1 p.m.Leipsic at Columbus Grove

(PCL), 1 p.m.Boys BasketballSt. John’s at Shawnee, 6 p.m.Jefferson at Wayne Trace, 6 p.m.Bluffton at Fort Jennings, 6 p.m.Ottoville at Pandora-Gilboa

(PCL), 6 p.m.

Bath at Spencerville, 6 p.m.Lincolnview at Miller City, 6

p.m.Tinora at Kalida, 6 p.m.Leipsic at Columbus Grove

(PCL), 6 p.m.Marion Local at Van Wert, 6 p.m.Arlington at Crestview, 6 p.m.Ottawa-Glandorf at Findlay, 6

p.m.Ayersville at Continental, 6 p.m.Perry at Parkway, 6:30 p.m.WrestlingSt. John’s, Jefferson, Lincolnview

and Spencerville at Lima Senior Spartan Invitational, 9 a.m.

Columbus Grove in Bulldog Invitational at Milton-Union, 10 a.m.

Klear’s late trey buries Jeffcats

BY JOHN PARENTDHI Media Sports [email protected]

MIDDLE POINT — Kalida grabbed 18 offen-sive rebounds and forced 29 Lincolnview turnovers in a 55-23 win outside Middle Point on Tuesday night.

The Lady Cats (8-5) turned those extra posses-sions into 23 second-chance points, offsetting a 39 percent (22-for-56) shooting effort, as seniors Allison Recker and Kylie Osterhage combined for 29 points and 14 rebounds in the win.

“Allie and Kylie aren’t the tallest girls but they’re athlet-ic,” Kalida head coach Adam Huber said. “We hold our own inside most of the time but we said tonight, especial-ly, had to be a focus, whether

it was getting into the post - because we actually did have a size advantage - or it was crashing the offensive glass.”

Kalida’s senior post tan-dem worked particularly well together as the second quarter began. Recker found Osterhage for a bucket inside, then, on the next possession, Osterhage fed Recker in the post for a hoop. After a Lancer turnover gave it back to Kalida, Osterhage missed a 3-pointer, but Recker was there to clean up the mess, putting home the rebound. She scored 9 second-quarter points as Kalida built a 30-11 halftime margin.

“They killed us on the offensive glass tonight; they killed us,” Lincolnview head coach Dan Williamson said. “Recker is a beast down there; we just couldn’t box

her out.”Lincolnview (4-6) played

a 2-3 zone for most of the evening, and kept the Lady Cats on the perimeter, for the most part. While Kalida was struggling from long range, connecting on just 7 of 29 3-point tries in the game, the Lady Cats were usually first to the loose ball.

“We played out defense about as well as you can play a zone, but we just couldn’t rebound,” Williamson said. “We tried to go man a couple times, but they beat us on dribble penetration and got wide-open shots, so we had to stay in it (the zone) as much as we could and just hope we could get enough rebounds that it would offset, but we didn’t.”

Kalida went ahead 7-0 before Kayla Schimmoeller

put Lincolnview on the board with a free throw. Schimmoeller then added a baseline jumper to pull the Lancers to with 7-3, but Brittany Kahle’s 3-pointer extended the Lady Cat lead before Recker’s free throw made it 11-3 after one quar-ter.

The Lancers were outre-bounded 10-3 in that period and had six turnovers against only four shot attempts.

“They’re a very good team; six seniors - that’s a huge advantage,” Williamson said.

While the Lady Cats pulled away in the second half, Huber wasn’t thrilled with the efficiency of his team’s offense.

BY JIM METCALFEDHI Media Sports Editor

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DELPHOS — Miller City senior Elizabeth Klear buried a 3-ball from the left wing with under three seconds left Tuesday night and a des-peration 3/4-court heave by Jefferson sophomore Macy Wallace was well short as the visiting Lady Wildcats seized a 52-51 non-league girls bas-ketball tussle inside Jefferson High School gymnasium.

The host Lady Wildcats (8-5) led 34-27 to commence the fourth but the guest Wildcats (7-5) scored eight of the first nine markers of the canto to get within 36-35 on a 3-point play by Jenelle Kuhlman (12 markers, 5 boards, 3 thefts) at 5:15. A big 4-point play — 3-ball-and-harm from the left cor-ner by Wallace (13 markers — 1o-of-13 at the line — 3 assists) — stopped the bleed-ing and the Red and White built a 45-37 edge on her two foul shots at 2:41.

Back came the guests behind Klear and Cassie Niese (10 points, 6 boards, 3 assists before fouling out

at 20.5 ticks) with six points each in the quarter. A Klear triple from the right corner at 28 ticks tied the score at 49 but Wallace was fouled at 20.5 ticks. Wallace — whose Wildcats were 16-of-23 at the line before then but went through a spell of 2-of-8 when trying to secure the game — hit two for a 2-point lead. Miller City then brought the ball downcourt but it got loose, with a wild scramble following without possession. Kuhlman final-ly got control on the right wing, swung it to Megan Niese at the top of the key, who then swung it to Klear on the left wing; her wide-open shot sliced through the net for a 1-point lead, with Jefferson calling time at 1.9 ticks. Having to go the length of the court proved insur-mountable as Wallace’s long try fell short.

With both teams struggling in the early going against each other’s full-court pres-sure schemes: Jefferson in a 2-2-1 dropping into a zone of some kind and Miller City’s 1-2-2 trap dropping into half-court man; they combined for 13 turnovers (8 by the Blue

and Gold guests — 25 for the game). They shot better — 4-of-10 versus 1-of-12 by the Red and White (14-of-40 total, 5-of-12 beyond the arc, for 35%). Two Wallace foul shots at 1:20 made it 9-6 in favor of Miller City.

Both units continued to struggle with turnovers, though the guests had 10 to six for the hosts (19 total). Getting more aggressive going to the basket — shoot-ing 5-of-10 from the field and 7-of-8 at the line, led by six from Jessica Pimpas (8 points, 4 rebounds) — and getting Tiffany Welty to pick up her third foul — they took a 23-17 halftime bulge on a drive to the rim by Tori Black at 1:26.

The hosts maintained the lead throughout the third period even as they had issues with Miller City’s 2-3 zone defense — despite Welty and Christina Berger both picking up their fourth fouls — as both pulled off their press. MacKenzie Hammons (9 markers — 3 treys) drilled a pair of trios to help keep them in front and Devyn Carder’s triple midway through gave them the game’s biggest mar-

gin of 29-19. When Sarah Miller (7 counters, 5 boards, 5 steals) hit a runner in the lane at 4.1 ticks, the hosts led 34-27.

“It came down to them making one more play at the end. It was as up-and-down a game, just like our whole sea-son,” Jefferson mentor Dave Hoffman said. “We made poor decisions with the ball too often. We had moments when we were aggressive and attacking the basket — as we like to do — in the second period and had success offen-sively but their zone affected us and we became too pas-sive. We missed easy shots early and foul shots late that could have put it away.”

Miller City finished 20-of-45 shooting the ball (5-of-17 from 3-land) for 44.4 percent; 7-of-15 singles (46.7%); with 33 caroms (10 offensive) as Megan Warnimont added seven; and with 21 fouls.

“It was a survival game, no doubt. We had 18 turn-overs the first half because we made poor decisions but we kept talking to the girls about hanging around and battling, giving ourselves a chance and maintaining our poise,” Miller City head coach Chris Rump explained. “We dug in and fought back. In the last few minutes, I felt we made good decisions about our shots — we weren’t hur-rying them — and when and whom to foul. Even the shot at the end was poised: we got Liz the ball and she did her footwork was perfect.

Jefferson totaled 18-of-25 at the line (72%); 26 rebounds (4 offensive) as Taylor Stroh (3 steals) led with 10; and 17 fouls.

Miller City won the junior varsity contest 32-25.

Paige Wenzinger led the visitors with eight, while Alli McClurg topped all scorers with 15 for the Jeffcats.

Jefferson sophomore Sarah Miller heads the basket despite the defense of Miller City senior Jenelle Kuhlman during the first period of Tuesday’s non-league girls hardwood encounter at Jefferson. (DHI Media/Jim Metcalfe)

Kalida punishes undersized Lady Lancers

See TREY, page 8

See KALIDA, page 8

Jays use turnovers to pound PanthersBY NICK JOHNSON


PAULDING — The St. John’s Lady Blue Jays travelled to The Jungle at Paulding High School to take on the win-less but scrappy Paulding Lady Panthers on Tuesday night in girls non-confer-ence basketball action.

The Lady Panthers (0-11) were doomed by 23 turnovers as the Lady Blue Jays picked up the 61-34 victory.

The Lady Panthers got a 3-pointer from Allison Arend around the 5-min-ute mark of the first period which was answered by a trey from Madilynn Schulte to push the Lady Jays’ lead to 8-5.

Paulding tied the game up at 9-9 with a layup from Skyler McCullough and a jumper from Audrey Manz at the 6:18 mark in the second quarter which forced a St. John’s timeout. The Lady Jays went on a 21-5 run to end the first half, getting the run started with 3-point plays from Sydney Fischbach and Hayleigh Bacome.

Paulding got a layup from Faith Vogel to bring the score to 26-14 before Fischbach drained four foul shots to give the Lady Blue Jays a 30-14 lead at half.

The Lady Panthers wouldn’t go away without a fight to start the second half as Arend knock down a jumper and Townley drained a foul shot to cut the St. John’s lead to 35-18.

With the score 39-20, the Blue Jays called a timeout with 2:49 left in the third quarter. Coming out of the time-out, Vodel connected on a 3-point play and later tacked on a layup to cut the Lady Blue Jays’ lead to 40-25. St. John’s countered with a jumper from Lexie Hays and Paulding got an easy Townley layup to cut the lead to 42-27.

St. John’s (7-4) went on a 13-0 run to end the third quarter and start the four period as Schulte and Taylor Zuber both connected on 3-pointers to extend their lead to 55-27. Paulding ended the run with a foul shot from Samantha Meggison and then a layup from Townley to bring the score to 55-30.

The Lady Panthers got two foul shots from Kaylen Hale to end the game.

The Lady Jays were led by Schulte with a game-high 17 points and Fischbach chipped in with 12 points.

Paulding was led by 12 points from Townley and 11 from Vogel.

St. John’s outrebounded Paulding 24-23 and forced 24 turnovers, while the Lady Panthers forced just five.

“We know coming in that this team was going to be hungry and we know they play very hard. I thought our kids did a great job early matching their intensity; we made a couple runs that I thought were key. We didn’t give up a lot of offensive rebounds early in the game. I thought we missed some easy shots early but we did play well in tran-sition today,” said Delphos St. John’s coach Dan Grothouse.

“They did a really nice job of pres-suring the ball and they have a couple of girls that did a good job of putting pres-sure on our ballhandlers which made things really hard of us. There is no quit in these girls; even when they get down, they will battle and we are making prog-ress through our season. We are going to get better and we are really young, so we are looking forward to the future,” said Paulding coach Mark Rhodes.

St. John’s 61Bacome 3-9 2-4 8, Zuber 1-2 1-4 4, Schulte

6-13 3-3 17, Vorst 2-2 0-0 5, R Pohlman 0-4 1-2 1, Csukker 1-2 0-0 2, Geise 2-4 2-4 6, Hayes 2-6 2-2 6, Fischbach 3-6 6-6 12. Total 20-48 17-25 61. Rebounds 24 Hayes/Fischbach 5. Turnovers 5.

Paulding 34Vodel 5-6 1-1 11, Arend 1-6 1-2 4, Hale 0-0

2-2 2, Meiggson 1-2 1-2 3, Manz 1-2 0 2, Arellano 0-2 0 0, Pessefall 0-1 0 0, McCullough 0-2 0-1 0, Townley 5-7 2-4 12. Total 13-27 7-12 34. Rebounds Townley 7. Turnovers 24

Three-pointers: SJ, Schulte 2, Zuber, Vorst; Paulding, Arend.

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Zac Hayes 596, Kevin Kill 650, Terry Johns 580, Rick Schuck 570, John Jones 669, John Allen 593, Bob White 565, Dan Grice 695, Joe Geise 672, Dave Ste-men 618, Bill Stemen 577, David Newman 602, Tyler Rice 610, Dean Bowersock 571, Mike Rice 593, Alex VanMetre 589, Bruce VanMetre 696, Ryan Winget 585, Todd Merricle 708, Matt Metcalfe 566.

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Bob White 555, Jerry Looser 653, Jim Thorbin 590, Dylan Twin-ing 618, Jimmy Ebeling 631, Erin Deal 558, Brian Sharp 589, Ryan Prine 571, Dale Riepenhoff 627, Dan Kleman 562, Taylor Booth 623, Zach Fischer 551, Terence Keaser 659, Chandler Stevens 764, Dave Moenter 613, Shane Stabler 703, Kyle Early 607, Ja-son Mahlie 761, Lee Schimmoller 598, Matt Hamilton 557, Steve Richards 554, Rob Shaeffer 570, Butch Prine Jr. 633, Don Rice 657, Sean Hulihan 567, Shawn Allemeier 689, Bruce VanMetre 683, Phil Austin 695, Frank Miller 697, Joe Geise 675, Charlie Loza-no 643, John Jones 725

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I will tell you the truth, if I were the Browns — as a Cowboys’ fan, I wish they followed this plan but Dr./Mr./Professor Jerry Jones will NEVER admit … you know what! — I would hire a Steelers’ or Patriots’ guy and bring in some other personnel from both organizations.

Again, the NFL is a great copycat league and if success is what you want, bring in successful people.

========Which team will end up

in Los Angeles: the St. Louis Rams, San Diego Chargers or the Oakland/Los Angeles/Anaheim/Alameda County/Oakland Raaaaiders?

To me, I’m old school — the Rams should never have left LA to begin with but that isn’t the question.

Since moolah talks, Rams’ owner Stan Kroenke has probably the deepest pockets and probably has the inside track as a solo.

By all reports, the Raiders

and Chargers are trying to work together to share a sta-dium.

That might be interest-ing because the teams really don’t like each other and their fan bases are totally opposite.

For example, when the Steelers played in San Diego on a Monday night this year, you’d have thought Pittsburgh was the home team with their Terrible Towels.

Think that would have happened before Raider Nation? Heh heh heh!

What I don’t like is that

football fans in all four cit-ies will be held hostage to city/county authorities kiss-ing … — well, you know what! — to try and lure these franchises away or keep them with sweetheart deals for bil-lionaire owners to make even more moolah and force fans to pay exorbitant prices just to have the right to maybe get a lavishly-priced season ticket and pay an arm and a leg for a hot dog and a brew or two!

Seems like 2016 isn’t much different than 2015, eh?

Lady Knights shoot lights out vs. PiratesBY JIM METCALFE

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CONTINENTAL — Continental’s girls basketball team had to pick its poison Monday night versus Crestview.

The Lady Pirates either had to deal with the Lady Knight inside game led by 5-10 senior Emily Bauer or hope the Knights weren’t shooting well from the outside.

In the end, they had to deal with both as the Knights ran off with a 74-41 non-league rout in Don Huber Memorial Gymnasium, aka The Pirates’ Cove inside Continental High School.

The Lady Knights (6-3) canned a stellar 30-of-53 from the floor, 6-of-16 beyond the arc, for 56.6 percent.

The Lady Pirates (1-10) started out in a 2-3 zone to deny the inside game but Lady Knight (6-3) sophomore Paige Motycka (3 triples in the first period, 21 markers for the game; 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals) helped shoot them out of that. The visitors scored the first five points — with the Pirates scoring a foul shot by Amber Logan (16 counters, 4 boards) at 5:32 — and shot 7-of-11 from the field to build an 18-3 lead on a tran-sition basket by Brady Guest (10 mark-ers, 3 thefts) at 44 ticks. When Logan — who scored all five Pirate points in the stanza — hit a short jumper at 20 ticks,

that made the scoreboard 18-5.Continental shot 2-of-11 in the period

(15-of-43 overall, 2-of-6 downtown, for 34.9%).

The Knights’ man-to-man defense began to assert itself more in the second period, forcing 10 turnovers (17 for the game, 14 on steals). With Bauer (7 markers) and Guest (6) taking control inside — thanks to the Pirates eventu-ally switching to man — and adding six offensive boards, they canned 11-of-19 in the stanza to zoom to a 42-7 edge on a jumper from the right elbow by Leslie Skelton at 35 ticks. The Pirates, whose only other basket of the quarter came from Alivia Homier (6 points, 4 assists, 3 burglaries) at 4:20, got a layin by Jaylen Armey at 11 ticks to make it a 42-9 halftime scoreboard.

The Pirates had more success in the third period, downing 7-of-12 shots, while Crestview was 6-of-11. Bauer added five points for the Knights and Logan counted nine for the home team. Crestview’s biggest lead was 36 — three times — and it never sank below 30, which was at 57-27 when the Pirates’ Ashley Mansfield (7 markers) hit a 3-ball from the left wing at 16 ticks.

The benches emptied in the final period as the Knights’ lead was between 31 and 37.

Crestview won the board battle 35-20 (14-9) as Ally McCoy had five.

The Knights finished 8-of-15 at the line (53.3%) and committed 11 fouls and 11 turnovers.

The Pirates ended up 9-of-13 from the stripe (69.2%) and totaled 14 fouls.

The hosts won the junior varsity tus-sle 40-26, led by the 12 of Riley Fenter.

Both units return to the court Thursday in league play: Crestview versus Jefferson at home (NWC) and Continental hosting Ottoville (PCL); both starting with the JV game at 6 p.m.

VARSITYCRESTVIEW (74)Lyvia Black 2-2-8, Leslie Skelton 2-0-4,

Hannah Bowen 1-1-3, Alyssa Gent 0-0-0, Claire Zaleski 1-0-2, Ally McCoy 4-0-8, Ashley Dealey 0-0-0, Emily Bauer 5-4-14, Paige Motycka 9-1-22, Brady Guest 5-0-10, Avery McCoy 1-0-3. Totals 24-6-8/15-74.

CONTINENTAL (41)Paige Lawhorn 2-0-4, Alivia Homier 2-2-6,

Jaylen Armey 1-0-2, Blair Tegenkamp 2-0-4, Jade Zachrich 0-0-0, Alex Quigley 1-0-2, Amber Logan 6-3-16, Ashley Mansfield 1-4-7, Madison Sharp 0-0-0, Jessica Stauffer 0-0-0, Brooke Bradford 0-0-0. Totals 13-2-9/13-41.

Score by Quarters:Crestview 18 24 15 17 - 74Continental 5 4 18 14 - 41Three-point goals: Crestview, Motycka 3,

Black 2, Avery McCoy; Continental, Logan, Mansfield.

—————JUNIOR VARSITYCRESTVIEW (26)Ashley Dealey 1-1-3, Alyssa Gent 0-1-1,

Avery McCoy 2-4-9, Emma Bowen 0-0-0, Lizzie Bowen 1-0-2, Codi Miller 3-2-8, Olivia Skelton 0-0-0. Totals 7-1-9/18-26.

T-Birds roll over archrival Jays


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LIMA — The annual Sunday-afternoon boys bas-ketball archrivalry between St. John’s and Lima Central Catholic stepped back in time to honor teams from the 1948-49 seasons.

The units were wear-ing uniforms from that era, including the Blue Jays honoring the 1949 Class B State title winners and the Thunderbirds wearing the gear of the Lima St. Rose Cardinals from 1948 that beat the Jays four times that sea-son.

They even honored two members of the Cardinals — Joe Lauer and Tom Williams — and later the Jays’ high-scoring John Giesken from that unit.

Flash forward to Sunday, when the high-flying T-Birds did the same to the Jays, using stellar defense to force 27 turnovers and lead-ing to a 68-35 rout inside LCC’s Msgr. Edward C. Herr Gymnasium.

The T-Birds (10-0) used a trapping 3/4-court press and sticky man-to-man in the half court to force nine errors and turned many of them into points, including slams by Dontez Walton (20 markers, 9 rebounds, 6 steals, 3 assists, 2 blocks) and Tre Cobbs (14 markers, 5 steals despite foul trouble in the first half). They canned 8-of-14 shots and 5-of-6 foul shots (13-of-18 for the game for 72.2%), with Cobbs dropping in eight

points, in scoring the first 16 points of this contest. The Jays finally scored on a tough inside basket by 6-8 junior Tim Kreeger (11 points, 7 caroms) at 3:16. When Josh Dixon (12 points, 6 rebounds, 5 dimes) drove for a transi-tion basket at 5.4 ticks, LCC led 22-4.

“There is just no way to simulate that type of length, quickness and athleticism in practice. You try to do dif-ferent drills to at least give your kids some kind of prep for their chaotic defense but our youngsters had their eyes opened today to a great team,” St. John’s head coach Aaron Elwer explained. “We were hoping to have the kind of start LCC had but the exact opposite happened. We weren’t trying to slow it down; we wanted to take the first good shot that was avail-able to us but their defense was too much. We tried to shore up some things at the half but it was frustrating. We told the kids after the game that this is something we have to learn from. We’ll meet tomorrow and begin trying to work on things that were exposed.”

LCC head coach Frank Kill was pleased with his team’s start and play through-out.

“I was so pleased with the way we came out with ener-gy; a lot of these kids don’t even realize what a rivalry this game really is but the people in the stands do. I was glad we started and played so well for them,” Kill added. “We have such great team

chemistry on this unit and I’m pretty comfortable with 1 through 7. I’d still like to develop a little more bench and there are things we need to shore up but this might be the best our press has worked for the entire game all season. What’s nice is these guys wanted to reward those on the end of the bench that work just as hard getting ready for a game. That’s also part of our team chemistry; they care so much for each other.”

The youthful Jays still struggled against the tangible assets of the hosts in the sec-ond period, handing it over eight more times. Along with six offensive rebounds, the T-Birds — despite Cobbs and Thomas Williams picking up their third fouls at 3:08 and 1:14 — could overcome 6-of-19 shooting and still grow its lead. By the time Walton drained a 3-ball from the right wing at 4.1 ticks, that lead rested at 40-18.

The Jays were 5-of-14 shooting the first half.

The T-Birds only forced five miscues in the third peri-od but picked up their shoot-ing — 7-of-13, including 4-of-7 long range — and the Jays could only manage 2-of-12 (11-of-39 overall, 4-of-19 downtown, for 28.2%). When Ethan O’Connor (10 counters) delivered a 3-point-er out of the left corner at the 3.1-second mark, that lead had mushroomed to 61-24.

Both teams went deep into their benches in the fourth period as the Jays outscored their foe 11-7.

St. John’s finished shoot-

ing 9-of-16 at the line (56.3%); outrebounding their hosts 38-31 (10-9 offensive) as Jared Wurst (4 points), Owen Rode and Jesse Ditto added four each; and with 15 fouls. Robby Saine was sec-ond-high scorer with a pair of triples.

LCC totaled 24-of-60 from the floor (7-of-22 trios) for 40 percent; and with eight turnovers and 19 fouls.

In junior varsity action, LCC won 45-24.

Anthony Venturella led all scorers with 12 for the hosts.

Connor Hulihan scored six for the Jays.

Both teams are back in action Friday: the Jays at Minster (6:30 p.m.) and LCC at home vs. Columbus Grove.

VARSITYST. JOHN’S (35)Robby Saine 2-0-6, Tim Kreeger

4-3-11, Jared Wurst 1-2-4, Ryan Hellman 0-0-0, Josh Warnecke 1-0-2, Owen Rode 1-0-2, Owen Baldauf 1-0-3, Tyler Ledyard 0-1-1, Collin Will 1-0-3, Grant Csukker 0-0-0, Richard Cocuzza 0-2-2, Jesse Ditto 0-1-1, Connor Hulihan 0-0-0. Totals 7-4-9/16-35.

LIMA CENTRAL CATHOLIC (68)

Tre Cobbs 4-5-14, Anthony Venturella 0-0-0, Matthew Cecala 0-0-0, Nick Taflinger 2-1-7, Jamison Bradley 2-1-5, Gavin Sargent 0-0-0, Josh Dixon 4-4-12, Ethan O’Connor 4-0-10, Brendan Stolly 0-0-0, Dantez Walton 8-2-20, Stephen Taflinger 0-0-0, Thomas Williams 0-0-0, Mark Janowski 0-0-0, Raoul Samaroo 0-0-0, Darius Hairston 0-0-0. Totals 17-7-13/18-68.

Score by Quarters:St. John’s 4 14 6 11 - 35Lima CC 22 18 21 7 - 68Three-point goals: St. John’s,

Saine 2, Baldauf, Will; Lima Central Catholic, N. Taflinger 2, Walton 2, O’Connor 2, Cobbs.

=======JUNIOR VARSITYST. JOHN’S (24)Lucas Metcalfe 0-0-0, Jacob

Hellman 1-0-2, Matthew Miller 1-0-2, Tyler Ruda 0-0-0, Griffin Hamilton 0-0-0, Connor Hulihan 3-0-6, James Garrett 2-0-4, Grant Csukker 0-1-1, Ben Mohler 0-0-0, Hunter Bonifas 1-3-5, Troy Elwer 2-0-4. Totals 10-0-4/10-24.


Matthew Cecala 2-0-4, Brendan Stolly 3-2-8, Darius Hairston 3-0-6, Raoul Samaroo 0-0-0, Jon Garlock 1-1-3, Connor Bowker 1-0-2, Mark Janowski 3-0-7, Anthony Venturella 3-6-12, Stephen Taflinger 1-0-3. Totals 15-2-9/13-45.

Score by Quarters:St. John’s 2 9 7 6 - 24Lima CC 10 10 14 11 - 45Three-point goals: St. John’s,

none; Lima Central Catholic, Janowski, Taflinger.

St. John’s sophomore point guard Collin Will looks for a screen in the back-court from Tim Kreeger to try and free himself up versus the pressure of LCC’s Dontez Walton Sunday afternoon at LCC. (DHI Media/Jim Metcalfe)

Grove uses balance to defeat Lady Green

By Charlie WarnimontDHI Media Correspondent

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COLUMBUS GROVE — Columbus Grove is a team that opponents will find hard to defend.

The Lady Bulldogs have two good inside players with the guards to complement the bigs or vice-versa.

When teams attempt to take one of those facets away, the Bulldogs have been fortunate to have the other aspect of their game step up.

Ottoville faced that problem Saturday as they faced Columbus Grove in a key Putnam County League matchup.

Early the Big Green tried to limit the touches for the Bulldogs inside. Columbus Grove’s guards stepped up and knocked down six 3-pointers in the opening half that helped the Bulldogs to an early lead on their way to a 56-34 win over the Big Green.

Columbus Grove improved to 3-0 in the PCL and 10-1 overall, while the Big Green dropped to 2-1 in the league and 10-2 overall.

“They have very good players, a good team. They are not going to lose a lot of games,” Ottoville coach Dave Kleman said. “They have the inside players and we kind of tried to take those away, then they hit six threes in the first half. We didn’t cover that very well and then they were able to get the ball inside. They just have everything they need.”

Ottoville played well early taking a 6-2 lead behind four points from Bridget Landin on the inside. That’s when the Bulldogs started to find its shooting eye as the next 15 points they scored were in multiples of three.

Senior guard Kyrah Yinger started the streak with a pair of 3-pointers that gave the Bulldogs their first lead at 8-6. Junior Macy McCluer gave the Bulldogs a 14-12 lead at the end of the first quarter with a pair of 3-pointers. Sophomore Alexis Thorbahn kept Ottoville close with five points, which included a 3-pointer.

C.J. Kemper tied the game for Ottoville to start the second quarter with two free throws. Columbus Grove started to break the game open with an 8-0 run as Lyne’a Diller converted a 3-point play that was followed by a Jade Clement jumper and a Brooke Hoffman 3-pointer that had Grove leading 22-14 with 6:01 left in the half.

“We shot well,” Columbus Grove coach Brian Schroeder said. “Sometimes that’s the way it goes with two really good teams. Usually the team that makes less mistakes and hits shots wins. The first half, McCluer hit a couple of big threes, Kyrah Yinger hit some big shots. You play harder and with a little more confidence when your shots are going in.”

Thorbahn halted the Bulldog run with a putback before McCluer quickly answered with her third 3-pointer of the half. After another Thorbahn basket for Ottoville, the Bulldogs fin-ished the quarter with a 6-0 run as Paige Bellman scored down low and Yinger a basket and two free throws.

Columbus Grove kept that run going into the third quarter as Bellman and Hoffman scored making it 35-20. The Big Green didn’t go away as they went on a 9-0 run to make it 35-29. Clement ended the run with a 3-pointer and Bellman had an inside basket that had the Bulldogs leading 40-29 after three.

The Bulldogs opened the final quarter with a 9-2 run that gave them a 49-31 lead and control of the game.

Yinger led the Bulldogs with 15 points, while Diller had 13 points and blocked five shots.

See GROVE, page 8

MusingsSee KNIGHTS, page 8


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Lady Jays stymie MusketeersBY JIM METCALFE

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DELPHOS — One might have expected Saturday after-noon’s girls basketball clash between St. John’s and Fort Jennings to be somewhat of a struggle as the first game of the post-holiday part of the 2015-16 slate.

There was some of that for both teams as they combined for 52 total turnovers (29 for the Lady Musketeers).

However, the Lady Blue Jays were in sound shooting form — hitting 54.5 percent of their attempts from the floor — and playing their usual solid defense as they banished the Musketeers 44-24 inside Robert A. Arnzen Gymnasium.

The Jays (6-4) canned 18-of-33 shots (including 2-of-10 downtown) and held the Musketeers (1-10) to 30.3 percent shooting (10-of-33, 2-of-8 long range).

“Both teams had to deal with any rust there was but our defense was excellent for the most part. We gave up a few drives and some offen-sive rebounds but basically, we did what we set out to do,” St. John’s head coach Dan J. Grothouse said. “They had several girls that are very aggressive and they are ath-letic overall, so we needed

to stay in front of them and make things very uncomfort-able for them offensively. Offensively, we had moments when we got the ball down the floor and moved it very well to get open looks. We got to the line more and that has been a point of emphasis, not settling for the 3-pointer all the time.”

The only double-dig-it scorer for the Orange and Black was sophomore Vanessa Wallenhorst with 10.

“We have struggled with turnovers all season; part of it is going to fast and trying to make things happen. We don’t make the pass or we bounce the ball off our feet far too many times,” Jennings coach Rhonda Liebrecht explained. “We tried to cre-ate turnovers defensively and we did that with some suc-cess but gave it back even more when we did. Overall, though, they outplayed us. They had more fire, spark, desire than we did from the start.”

The turnovers came early and often as the Musketeers committed 11 in the opening period (out of 17 possessions) versus the hosts’ man-to-man half-court scheme and the Jays eight (15 possessions) against the guests’ 1-2-2 full-court and half-court match-up zones, with man mixed in. The shots they both did

get — a combined 13, with the Jays making four and the Musketeers three — were reasonably successful. After a brief 2-2 tie, the Jays took the lead for good on a basket by Lexie Hays (6 markers, 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals) at the 5-minute mark. Their lead reached 9-2 on a basket by Schulte at the halfway point but the visitors made a 4-0 mini-run: a pair of deuces by Jessie Young (4 markers, 3 thefts), the last at 48 ticks on a putback; to make it 9-6 at the end of one.

The Musketeers had start-er Haley Wittler (3 boards, 2 steals) on the bench with her second foul at 3:37.

The Musketeers continued to strugtgle with turnovers — as well as two fouls to Wallenhorst (5:53), Kylie Jettinghoff (4:58) and Lillian Wisner (3:45) — in the sec-ond stanza (8), while the Jays cut theirs in half (4). Thus, the latter began to grow its lead at a faster pace, shooting 5-of-11 and grabbing a 24-9 spread on a 3-ball from the right corner by Schulte at 1:04. The Musketeers, who canned 2-of-9, made it 24-11 on a putback by Jettinghoff (6 rebounds) at 30 ticks.

The turnovers became less of an issue in the third (a combined 10), so the shoot-ing was the story: the Jays with 6-of-10 versus 1-of-7 by

the visitors, their sole made basket at 5:00 on a 3-point play by Wallenhorst. Schulte (5 points) and Hays (4) led the Blue and Gold and when Schulte drove to the rim at 1:16, they had the game’s biggest lead to that point of 37-15.

In the finale, the Jays held the game’s biggest advantage — 42-19 — on a Schulte duo late and the coaches emptied their benches.

Fort Jennings netted 2-of-7 foul shots (28.6%); secured 23 caroms (13 offensive) as Wisner added four; and totaled 14 fouls.

St. John’s totaled 6-of-14 from charity (42.9%); nabbed 23 off the glass (8 offensive) as Schulte added four; and amassed 10 fouls. Hayleigh Bacome dished four assists and added four steals.

FORT JENNINGS (24)Kasidy Klausing 0-0-0, Makenna

Ricker 0-0-0, Jessie Young 2-0-4, Abby Von Sossan 2-0-5, Erin Eickholt 0-0-0, Vanessa Wallenhorst 4-1-10, Haley Wittler 1-0-2, Lillian Wisner 0-0-0, Kylie Jettinghoff 1-1-3. Totals 8-2-2/7-24.

ST. JOHN’S (44)Hayleigh Bacome 2-1-5, Taylor

Zuber 1-0-2, Madilynn Schulte 4-5-14, Betty Vorst 2-0-4, Rachel Pohlman 1-0-2, Ellie Csukker 0-0-0, Jessica Geise 1-0-2, Lexi Hays 3-0-6, Sydney Fischbach 2-0-4, Hannah Bockey 2-0-5. Totals 16-2-6/14-44.

Score by Quarters:Ft. Jennings 6 5 4 9 - 24St. John’s 9 15 13 7 - 44Three-point goals: Fort Jennings,

Von Sossan, Wallenhorst; St. John’s, Schulte, Bockey.

St. John’s freshman Hayleigh Bacome looks for the drive against the defense of Fort Jennings’ junior Erin Eickholt during the first half of Saturday’s girls basketball tussle inside Arnzen Gymnasium. (DHI Media/Jim Metcalfe)

LCC stays unbeaten at expense of Cougars


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LIMA — Van Wert need-ed to stay with high-powered Lima Central Catholic from the start of their boys basket-ball encounter Saturday night inside LCC’s Msgr. E.C. Herr Gymnasium.

That didn’t happen for the Cougars.

Eight turnovers in the first period, part of a 14-2 start, put them behind the 8-ball en route to a 72-40 Thunderbird rout.

That start in the first 4:35 allowed the Thunderbirds (9-0) to get into their lethal transition game on their way to taking a 20-7 lead at the end of eight minutes.

The Thunderbirds unleashed a balanced attack with four players in double digits: Tre Cobbs with 17 (3 bombs), Nick Taflinger (2 trios) and Dantez Walton — headed to Northern Kentucky — with 13 each and Josh Nixon 10.

That quartet paced a solid shooting night — 28-of-51 overall (54.9%), including 8-of-15 from 3-point land (53.3%).

They also helped harass the Cougars (1-7) into 16-of-57 shooting from the field (28.1%), including 5-of-16 beyond the arc (31.3%).

Despite the eight early miscues, they only commit-ted four more the rest of the contest.

The T-Birds continued to build a lead fueled by defense and transition looks and amassed a 41-19 halftime bulge.

LCC didn’t let up after the halftime break as they counted their first six shots of the third — four from long

range — in opening a 57-23 edge. They finished 6-of-11 to the Cougars’ 4-of-17 as the scoreboard read 57-25 at the end of three.

Both coaches emptied their benches in the fourth.

LCC outshot the Cougars at the foul line 8-of-11 (72.7%) to 3-of-11 (27.3%) and only turned it over four times.

The Cougs won the board battle 35-32.

VARSITYVAN WERT (40)Jacoby Kelly 2-0-5, Collin Smith

2-0-4, Gavin Ferckel 0-0-0, Josh Braun 3-0-6, Ryan Keber 0-0-0, Nick Gutierrez 0-0-0, Ryan McCracken 4-0-11, Dylan Lautzenheiser 0-1-1, Davis Munroe 2-1-5, Austin Sudduth 0-1-1, Matthew Reichert 1-0-2, Gavin Cross 2-0-5. Totals 11-5-3/11-40.


Tre Cobbs 6-2-17, Anthony Venturella 0-0-0, Nick Taflinger 5-1-13, Jamison Bradley 1-2-4, Gavin Sargent 0-0-0, Josh Dixon 4-1-10, Ethan O’Connor 2-0-4, Dantez Walton 5-2-13, Stephen Taflinger 2-0-5, Thomas Williams 3-0-6, Mark Janowski 0-0-0, Raoul Samaroo 0-0-0. Totals 20-8-8/11-72.

Score by Quarters:Van Wert 7 12 9 12 - 40Lima CC 20 21 16 15 - 72Three-point goals: Van Wert,

McCracken 3, Kelly, Cross; Lima Central Catholic, Cobbs 3, N. Taflinger 2, Dixon, Walton, S. Taflinger.

————————-JUNIOR VARSITYVAN WERT (38)Brice Klausing 4-0-12, Nate

Place 2-3-7, Thane Cowan 3-1-7, Jon Lee 0-0-0, Blake Henry 4-0-10, Lawson Blackmore 1-0-2, Matt Reichert 0-0-0, Drew Bagley 0-0-0. Totals 8-6-4/8-38.


Matthew Cecala 2-0-5, Brendan Stolly 1-0-2, Darius Hairston 1-0-3, Raoul Samaroo 2-0-4, Connor Bowker 0-0-0,Mark Janowski 5-0-11, Anthony Venturella 0-0-0, Stephen Taflinger 4-0-11 . Totals 9-6-0/7-36.

Score by Quarters:Van Wert 18 8 8 4 - 38Lima CC 9 14 10 3 - 36Three-point goals: Van Wert,

Klausing 4, Henry 2; Lima Central Catholic, Taflinger 3, Cecala, Hairston, Janowski.

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McCluer finished with nine points, while Clement and Hoffman, five assists, both had seven points.

“Talent makes you look smart as a coach,” Schroeder said. “When you have girls that can score at the rim and you have girls that can shoot outside. These seniors have worked their butt off the last couple of years and put in the time. It’s rewarding as a coach to see them go out and play out so well. This is a deep talented squad and it’s really fun coaching them.

“We knew this was going to be a

big game. This was our second big test in the PCL and anytime you talk about winning a PCL championship, you talk about Ottoville, Kalida and Leipsic. Those are the teams you have to beat and I’m just happy for our team. Ottoville’s a great team, we just hit a few more shots than they did.”

Landin led the Big Green with 10 points and Thorbahn chipped in with nine.

“We just didn’t execute. We didn’t get the things done I wanted done,” Kleman said. “We, obviously, didn’t do a good enough job in practice to get it into their heads what I wanted done. This is a good learning experience for

them and hopefully this will help us with our deficiencies and help us get better.”

* * *Ottoville 11-40 11-14 34: C.J. Kemper 0-4-4;

M. Knodell 0-0-0; B. Landin 3-4-10; N. Kramer 1-0-2; B. Mangas 2-0-4; A. Miller 1-0-2; A. Honigford 1-1-3; L. Thorbahn 3-2-9.

Columbus Grove 21-43 6-7 56: M. McCluer 3-0-9; K. Yinger 5-2-15; J. Clement 3-0-7; M. Bame 0-0-0; B. Hoffman 2-2-7; G. Schroeder 0-0-0; Malsam 0-0-0; L. Diller 6-1-13; P. Bellman 2-1-5.

Ottoville 12 8 9 5 - 34Columbus Grove 14 17 9 16 - 56Junior Varsity: Ottoville 32-26.Three-point goals: Ottoville 1-12 (Thorbahn

1); Columbus Grove 8-16 (McCluer 3, Yinger 3, Clement 1, Hoffman 1).

Rebounds: Columbus Grove 30, Ottoville 22.Turnovers: Columbus Grove 14, Ottoville 15.

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Both teams are back in league action Thursday, with 6 p.m. JV starts: Jefferson at Crestview (NWC) and Miller City hosting Fort Jennings (PCL).

VARSITYMILLER CITY (52)Cassie Niese 4-2-10, Tiffany

Welty 2-2-6, Amanda Simon 2-0-5, Megan Niese 0-0-0, Christina Berger 3-0-6, Elizabeth 3-0-9, Jenelle Kuhlman 4-3-12, Megan Warnimont 2-0-4. Totals 15-5-7/15-52.

JEFFERSON (51)Taylor Stroh 1-0-2, Macy

Wallace 1-10-13, Mackenzie Hammons 3-0-9, Devyn Carder 3-3-10, Sarah Miller 2-3-7, Tori Black 1-0-2, Jessica Pimpas 3-2-8, Bailey Gorman 0-0-0. Totals 9-5-18/25-51.

Score by Quarters:

Miller City 9 8 10 25 - 52Jefferson 6 17 11 17 - 51Three-point goals: Miller City,

Klear 3, Simon, Kuhlman; Jefferson, Hammons 3, Wallace, Carder.

=========JUNIOR VARSITYMILLER CITY (32)Brittany Kuhlman 2-0-5, Paige

Wenzinger 4-0-8, Ines Martinez 0-0-0, Chloe Lammers 2-0-4, Abby Niese 1-0-3, Martina Mazzola 0-0-0, Alisha Hoffman 3-0-6, Kylie Berner 2-2-6. Totals 12-2-2/6-32.

JEFFERSON (25)Kylie Gossett 0-0-0, Kiya

Wollenhaupt 0-0-0, Alli McClurg 6-3-15, Mikayla Bennett 0-0-0, Ashlin Schimmoeller 1-0-2, Michelle Rode 1-1-3, Haley Smith 0-0-0, Kelsey Berelsman 2-1-5. Totals 10-0-5/12-25.

Score by Quarters:Miller City 10 2 10 10 - 32Jefferson 4 9 8 4 - 25Three-point goals: Miller City,

Kuhlman, Niese; Jefferson, none.


CONTINENTAL (40)Brooke Bradford 2-1-5, Jessica Stauffer 3-1-8, Riley Fenter 5-1-12,

Kaitlyn Alvarado 0-3-3, Madison Sharp 1-3-5, Haley Spangler 1-1-3, Emily Rose 0-0-0, Jaylen Armey 1-0-2, Paige Lawhorn 0-2-2. Totals 11-2-12/24-40.

Score by Quarters:Crestview 5 5 6 10 - 26Continental 16 9 6 9 - 40Three-point goals: Crestview, McCoy; Continental, Stauffer, Fenter.


“We rush too much offen-sively; we take the first shot we have (too often),” Huber said. “We had a great pos-session here at the end of the first half, with probably seven or eight passes and then hit a three. We work on it all the time; we wish they’d slow down a little bit and take a breath.

“We’re hit-or-miss; some days we make ‘em and some days we don’t. Today at least we got to the offensive glass.”

Though the final margin was wide, Williamson saw a team that is improving as it played its second consecu-tive game against full-court pressure.

“We are close on so many plays,” Williamson said. “Our passes are just a little off, or our shots are little rushed, or defensively we’re just a little slow on things, but (the players) are starting to see that. If we can make those

changes and tighten things up on offense, we’ll score a lot more points.

“Our girls are starting to see what it takes to be suc-cessful at the varsity level. I think by the end of the sea-son, we’ll be a strong team and playing good basketball.”

KALIDA (55)Joni Kaufman 0-6 0-0 0, Brittany

Kahle 4-10 0-0 11, Allison Recker 6-9 2-4 14, Kara Siefker 4-7 2-2 11, Kylie Osterhage 6-10 0-0 15, Katelyn Siebeneck 0-5 0-0 0, Hannah Warn 2-4 0-0 4, Taylor Lucke 0-3 0-0 0, Cathy Basinger 0-2 0-0 0; Totals 22-56 4-6 55

LINCOLNVIEW (23)Olivia Gorman 2-8 0-0 5, Maddie

Gorman 3-5 0-0 6, Alena Looser 2-3 0-0 5, Katlyn Wendel 0-1 0-0 0, Kayla Schimmoeller 1-2 1-2 3, Frankie Carey 1-3 0-0 2, Lakin Brant 1-3 0-0 2, Trinity Welch 0-0 0-0 0, Haley Overholt 0-0 0-0 0; Totals 10-25 1-2 23

Kalida 11 19 14 11 - 55Lincolnview 3 8 10 2 - 233-point field goals: Kal 7-29

(Osterhage 3, Kahle 3, Siefker), Lv 2-3 (OGorman, Looser); Rebounds: Kal 31 (Recker 9, Siefker 9), Lv 18 (Schimmoeller 4); Assists: Kal 11 (Kahle 3), Lv 5 (Brant 5); Fouls: Kal 10, Lv 11; Turnovers: Kal 12, Lv 29; Junior varsity: Kalida 39-7

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And there are some very impressive newcomers, as well. British actress Daisy Ridley is terrific as Rey, a spunky junk scavenger on a desert planet who becomes a major player on a much larger stage—and provides young female Star Wars fans a rockin’ role model the likes of which they’ve never had before. Newcomer John Boyega makes a fine leading man as Finn, a stormtrooper who defects when his conscience won’t let him continue to fight for a cause he knows is wrong. Oscar Issac plays Poe Dameron, the cocky

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With composer John Williams’ spectacular, swelling orchestral score once again providing the soundtrack, Star Wars has come roaring and soaring back, a fabulous, bountiful, richly rewarding payoff for anyone who’s been waiting, patiently or otherwise. You’ll cheer, you’ll chuckle, you’ll gasp, you’ll be giddy and you’ll maybe—likely—even shed a tear, or possibly two.

And come next December, when Disney’s eighth installment, Rogue One, hits theaters, you’ll be back in the ticket line again—won’t you?

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“People are counting on us,” veteran smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) growls. “The galaxy is counting on us.”

That pretty much sums up the lofty expectations placed on the movie, as well. The first new Star Wars film in nearly a decade, the seventh in the franchise, and the first since Disney bought the rights from founding father-director-creator George Lucas, it comes cloaked in secrecy and with a mothership of baggage. Diehard fans have been waiting for it for years. Speculation has been building for months. What will J.J. Abrams, the director of two Star Trek movies, bring to it—or do to it? It’s expected to be the biggest box-office moneymaker of the year, if not the decade, and maybe of all time.

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Preparing your kids for college isn’t just about the money you’ve put aside for tuition, room and board. It’s about making deadlines, making the right choices and making sure your teen has the proper life and money skills to make college a success.

Consider a college-plan-ning calendar you and your university-bound student can follow. Here are some sea-sonal activities to consider adding to yours:

WinterNo matter how you’ve

prepared financially for your teen’s college education, kick off the year with a visit to a qualified financial and tax professional. You might also consider paying for a sepa-rate advisory session for your teen so they know how to

handle money before they leave for college. January is also a good month to learn about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as the FAFSA (https://fafsa.ed.gov), as it’s best to fill out the form right after Jan.1 to avoid missing out on available federal and state (https://fafsa.ed.gov/deadlines.htm) aid going into your teen’s freshman year. That first FAFSA fil-ing will give you an idea of what your Effective Family Contribution (EFC) (http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/collegeaid) will be.

Consult trusted friends and family members for their advice on affording college and strategies to secure grants and scholarships. Resources like FinAid.org and Edvisors.com are good resources for ways to afford college, but

it also helps to have face-to-face expertise.

Start evaluating poten-tial schools with your teen. The U.S. Department of Education’s College Affordabili ty and Transparency Center (http://collegecost.ed.gov) features a range of calculators and resources to help you nar-row down school choices with the chance for your teen to secure the most scholar-ships and grants – money that doesn’t have to be paid back.

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son to start talking about summer jobs and internships that will make for a more attractive college application. Internship application peri-ods may be year-round with many deadlines happening in the gall. If you are expecting your teen to contribute some part of their earnings or sav-ings for future college costs, it’s worthwhile to review earning, spending, budgeting, tax and savings fundamen-tals they’ll need to manage money in school.

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and scholarship programs and even take a quick campus tour. The U.S. Department of Education’s scholarship site (https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types/grants-scholarships/finding-scholarships) offers basic guidance in finding such money and local com-panies and organizations – including places where your teen can work or intern – may offer local awards.

If your teen is heading into their senior year, the fall is going to be busy. Get admis-sions test dates and college admissions deadlines down on your calendar as soon as possible. Also budget for college application fees as well as fees for admissions prep tests and the main SAT or ACT tests (more on that below) which may cost well in excess of $50 based on which test – or tests – your teen needs to take.

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college admissions tests, but for students with extra time before graduation, it’s also the season for test prep (http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/test-prep). Higher-scoring stu-dents on such achievement tests generally are in a better position for admissions or certain types of financial aid. High-school sophomores take the PSAT as a primary qual-ification for National Merit Scholarships, but it also gives an early indication of how students may do during their junior year on their ACT or SAT test, whichever they are encouraged to take. Get your student to check directly with the colleges of their choice to see which tests they require.

Finally, the closer your teen gets to freshman year, the more specific the dates on the calendar become. For college-bound seniors, fall is the time for narrowing down college choices after visits, interviews or audi-tions so applications can be sent. Once acceptance letters arrive, it’s time for parents and teens to evaluate finan-cial aid packages.

Bottom line: Creating a college-planning calendar can help you and your teen target desired schools, learn about money management and break down funding obstacles. Set it up as early as possible.

Nathaniel Sillin directs Visa’s financial educa-tion programs. To follow Practical Money Skills on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PracticalMoney.

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(StatePoint) If your 2016 resolution is to spend less and save more, you’re not alone. A quarter of US consumers are making money-saving resolutions, according to Nielsen surveys.

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The Village of MiddlePoint will receive sealedbids for a Fire Stationand Community SafeRoom Addition for theMiddle Point Fire Depart-ment.Bids will be received inthe office of the Villageof Middle Point at 103 N.Adams St., P.O. Box191, Middle Point, OH45863 until 10:00 am(local time) on February1, 2016 at which timep laced b ids w i l l beopened publ ic ly andread aloud. Bids re-ceived after 10:00 am(local time) will be re-turned unopened.A pre-bid meeting isscheduled for January 6,2016 at 11:30 am (localtime) in the office of theVillage of Middle Point.The pre-bid meeting isnot mandatory but bid-ders are strongly encour-aged to attend.Successful Bidders shallconform to the Ohio'Schedule of PrevailingWages.’Bids must be signed andsubmitted on the separ-ate bidding forms in-cluded with the ContractDocuments, in a sealedenvelope, and shall beaccompanied by either aBid Guaranty Bond inthe amount of 100% ofthe Bid amount or by acertified check, cashier’scheck, or letter of crediton a solvent bank in theamount of not less than10% of the amount ofthe Bid, subject to condi-tions provided in the In-structions to Bidders.The successful Bidderwill be required to fur-nish a satisfactory Per-formance Bond in theamount of 100% of theBid.The Contract Docu-ments are on file for pub-lic inspection at:Revival Design StudioInc. 6425 State Route703 Celina, Ohio 45822Ph: 567-279-9038Village of Middle Point,103 N. Adams St. MiddlePoint, Ohio 45863Ph: 419-968-2006McGraw-Hill – DodgePlan Room Builders Ex-change Columbus, OhioDayton and Toledo, OhioContract Documentsmay be purchased fromthe printer at the cost of$150 from:

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HoroscopesARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, practicality is a big part of your personal-ity, but sometimes think-ing through the reasons to do something over and over can be tedious. Let loose a little bit this week.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21

Taurus, expect to feel pulled in two directions this week. It’s a pivot-al time at work, but in the same measure, you have much going on at home. Think things over carefully.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21

Gemini, you may find your energy levels un-usually low this week, and your productivity may suffer as a result. Maybe someone else can energize you a bit and lend a helping hand.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, you will get to your destination soon enough, but the trip may be a bit of a headache. Patience is essential this week; otherwise, you may give up premature-ly.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23Misinformation is

spreading, so research everything to make in-formed decisions this week, Leo. It may help you avoid an expensive mistake down the line.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22

Virgo, you may have a wonderful time with family or friends this week, even if you are crunched for time. Savor the small moments as they come your way.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, this is a good

week to catch up on pa-perwork, filing or tedious tasks you have let fall by the wayside. Make use of the slow week to re-charge.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, you will be missed as much as you miss another person this week. Wait out this separation a little while longer, keeping in mind that your reunion is on its way.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

Do whatever you need to do to rejuvenate your spirit, Sagittarius. Spend some more time with friends and avoid prolonged solo activities. Soon your motivation will return.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

Capricorn, this may turn out to be a strange week, as you can’t seem to fully focus on any-thing. You may get frus-trated at your inability to concentrate, but that fo-cus will return soon.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, if you be-come too wrapped up in business or personal obligations, take a step back and reevaluate your priorities. Some things need to be rear-ranged.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, you are on a quest this week to find the perfect gift for a friend. This person will appreciate your efforts, and your bond will only grow stronger.


Answers to last Saturday’s questions:Football Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly

is the only quarterback to lead his team to four consecutive Super Bowls and lose all four. His team, the Buffalo Bills, lost the Super Bowl from 1991-94.

The Corvette is named after a naval warship, a small, sleek fast-moving naval warship used in World War II. In earlier centuries when ships were powered by wind, the corvette was a fast three-masted warship.

Today’s questions:George Washington’s 1793 inaugural address

was the shortest ever — just 135 words. Whose was the longest, at 8,445 words?

What were the two sports in which only women par-ticipated in the 2012 Olympics in London?

Answers in Saturday’s Herald.A customer was continually bothering the waiter in

a restaurant at first he’d asked that the air conditioning be turned up because he was too hot, then he asked it be turned down because he was too cold, and so on for about half an hour.

Surprisingly, the waiter was very patient, he walked back and forth and never once got angry. So finally, a second customer asked him why he didn’t throw out the pest.

“Oh, that man I don’t care.” said the waiter with a smile. “We don’t even have an air conditioner.”

Trivia

(Continued from page 2)Mrs. Harry Dunlap

was elected president of Phi Delta Sorority during a meeting held Monday evening in the home of Nadine Van Schoyck. Dunlap succeeds Mrs. Kenneth Miller, 1965 president. An informal initiation of pledges was conducted following the business meeting. Pledges were Mrs. Thomas Groves, Mrs. David Griffis, Mrs. Richard Gengler, Mrs. James Brenneman, and Judy Swallow.

75 Years Ago – 1941St. John’s Blue and

Gold Varsity ended a four-game losing streak at the expense of one of their ancient rivals Sunday afternoon, defeating Lima St. Rose in a contest which was nip and tuck all the way. The final score was 31 to 30. Led by James Plescher, who scored 12 points, three of his field goals being of the long variety, the Blue and Gold again came through with a fine performance.

A most impressive installation service for officers of the Methodist Church School was held Sunday morning at the reg-ular worship service. Dr. George Heizer, pastor of the church, gave a sermon on the topic “New Year and Its Opportunities.” Mary Etta Currey presented Dr. Heizer with a gold book in which were written the names of the new officers for the church school and Epworth League.

Mrs. Ralph Weger was named president of the Altar Society of St. John’s parish at the month-ly meeting conducted at the school Sunday after-noon. Other officers elect-ed are: Mrs. Ed. Trentman, vice president; Mrs. Otto Kavermann, secretary; Mrs. J. W. Clark, treasurer; and Mrs. Arthur Humpert, reporter. The counsellors are Mrs. Henry Moenter, Mrs. A. L. Hemker, Mrs. Ed. Bockey, Mrs. N. J. Schmitt, Mrs. Otto Birkmeier and Mrs. Arthur Mueller.


“The first day I arrived there was a group of people here to welcome me and I’m always getting calls to see if I need anything or if they can help me in any way,” she said. “The response has been heartwarming and they seem happy I’m here.”

The Sisters of Notre Dame have also made her feel welcome.

“I love spending time with them,” she said. “We have formed a great relationship and our charism is quite sim-ilar and we’ve all be called by God to serve and love.”

Sr. Immacolata received her calling in seventh grade. She embraced the joy and love of kids and people in general the sisters exemplified at the school. Her class was watching “Jesus of Nazareth” and when she saw one of the sisters crying during the crucifixion of Jesus and she was so moved, she decided then what she would do with her life.

“My experience with the sisters really opened my eyes to the vocation of loving God’s people,” she said. “I am so honored that God called me to this life. Every day, I am so grateful.”

Her arrival in Landeck was no accident.“Father Dennis Walsh had talked with my community

leadership numerous times over the past three years and he always mentioned me serving in the Toledo Diocese,” she said. “I prayed about it and leadership of the Sisters of Christian Charity prayed about it and we felt this is where God wanted me to be, so here I am.”

As parish manager, she is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the church, including finances, organizing and running committees, keeping traditions, visiting the sick and bringing them Communion and getting people involved.

“We are the body of Christ,” she began. “The whole body has to be active and alive.”

Sr. Immacolata, 47, was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, one of six children, the first to be born in America. She is also the first in her family to give her life to God and the Church. Her easy smile and infec-tious laugh show how happy she is with her life’s calling.

“You take yourself with you wherever God sends you,” she said. “I’ve been happy every place I’ve been but it’s also part of my vows of obedience.”

Her last assignment was with Saint Nicholas-Saint Mary’s School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where she taught sixth, seventh and eighth grade and was a youth minister. While she has a slightly different role in Landeck, she still gets to interact with the children of the parish through religious education classes and preparing Mass servers. On Friday, she will be a visiting teacher in the freshman religion class at St. John’s High School.

“I am really looking forward to going to the school and teaching in that setting,” she said. “I’ve had the mid-dle-school-age children and freshmen aren’t that differ-ent. Many say the children must lead the way. It sparks my vocation to see their vocation live out.”

A teenager with cramps so intense she could not go to school

A 30-year-old whose pelvic pain led to severe emotional distress

An elderly woman who found the simple act of sitting to be unbearable

For more than 25 years Dr. Maurice Chung has treated these women and others for a range of problems, including menstrual pain, sexual pain, bladder control, and organ pro-lapse. He is quietly passionate about dealing with pain in the least invasive way possible.

Avoid Unnecessary Surgery“Pelvic pain is often misdiagnosed as

endometriosis,” Dr. Chung explains. “In fact, endometriosis – an abnormality of the uterus – accounts for only about 20% of all cases.”

Looking at the symptom too narrowly can lead to the wrong treatment. For example, if a single organ such as the uterus is believed to be the culprit, unnecessary surgery can result. But when other issues are involved – such as nerve or muscle damage – even a treatment as drastic as hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus) won’t be effective.

Dr. Chung is committed to helping women avoid unnecessary surgery. “When a woman comes to me with severe pain, I start with the least invasive treatment approach. The vast majority of pelvic pain cases do not require major surgery,” he says.

New Center for Treating Pelvic PainDr. Chung oversees the Van Wert County

Hospital Women’s Center of Excellence for Pelvic Pain, Organ Prolapse and Bladder Control, a comprehensive treatment facility opened in 2015. Visitors to the Center include women at every stage of life, from teenagers to the elderly.

A graduate of Northeastern University College of Pharmacy and Tufts University Medical School, Dr. Chung is board-certified in both OB-GYN and uro-gynecology and has been a certified laparoscopic surgeon since 1995.

‘Pain is not normal’Women may think that symptoms such

as severe menstrual cramps or pressure on the bladder caused by aging are unavoid-able. Or they may be embarrassed to discuss issues like painful intercourse and urinary incontinence. Sometimes, after unsuccessful attempts to treat pelvic pain, women are made to feel the problem is all in their head.

“Women have a tendency to care for fam-ily and loved ones first and may neglect or downplay their own discomfort,” Dr. Chung says. “But pain is not normal. We take all symptoms seriously, and we want our patients to know they are not alone. With proper diag-nosis and treatment, there is a good possibility we can eliminate or significantly reduce pain without drastic measures.”

More Accurate Diagnoses, Less Invasive Treatment for Pelvic Pain

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The following seedling species are available: American Arborvitae, Austrian Pine, Colorado Blue Spruce, Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern White Pine, Norway Spruce, Arrowwood, American Cranberry, Black Chokeberry, Black Walnut, Forsythia, Red Bud, Sawtooth Oak, Sweet Gum and White Flowering Dogwood.

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SYLVANIA — The Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund (NOSF) is accepting applications for the 2016-2017 school year for need-based scholarships for grades Kindergarten through eighth worth up to $1,500 for children to use at a nonpublic school or $500 for home-school expenses. Families need to reside in Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood or Wyandot counties.

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Since 1999, the Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund has awarded a total of $11.4 million in scholarships to 13,400 students, part of that includes $4 mil-lion in matching funds. All funds raised locally by NOSF are matched by the Children’s Scholarship Fund and are used for scholarships in NW Ohio.

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Interested families can find more information about the program and apply online on the NOSF website at www.nosf.org. For more information please contact Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund at (419) 720-7048. Deadline to apply for the 2016-2017 school year is Friday, April 29.

Need-based scholarships are available for private schools and homeschool

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Fuerst also got another bit of good news from the state last year. The school has been taken off the Ohio Improvement Process.

“Very few schools get out of that once they are there,” Fuerst explained. “It’s a lot of extra work for teachers with reporting and paper-work and just a lot of busy work that isn’t very produc-tive. I got the call last school year and when the lady told me we were no longer on the list, it was a huge relief and that time could be spent on preparing our kids for the next level.”

Fuerst said there is a down side to how well his students scored.

“When you are at the top there’s only one place to go,” he said. “Can we main-tain this every year? I don’t know. But we sure are excit-ed that we’re there now.”

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“The life expectancy of these tanks if 30 years and the filter media is no longer via-ble,” Mansfield said. “It has been question-able every year if the system will start up.”

Mansfield said it would take 6-10 weeks to get the materials and two weeks for instal-lation.

Coleman said he would like to have everything in place to start the project as soon as possible in the spring.

The project costs $59,000 and the city did receive $10,000 from the Dienstberger Foundation for the new system.

Council heard on first reading a resolu-tion establishing the policy and intent to sell unneeded, obsolete or unfit property owned by the city on GovDeals.com. The sales fee for the city to sell items on the website is 5 percent with the buyer paying 7.5 percent.

Coucilman Clement asked if Coleman thought that was the best place to sell items and if the local auction house might be a better place to get rid of the equipment, and Councilman Kemper questioned how people would know if the city was selling something.

“Anyone can go on GovDeals.com,” Coleman explained. “We sold a truck to a guy in Columbus last year and another to

someone even closer. I really can’t say if we’d do better at the local auction but anyone who is interested in this type of thing will go to GovDeals.com. It’s every well-known.”

Auditor Tom Jettinghoff provided council with a rundown on the overtime costs to the city for the last quarter of 2015 compaired to the last quarter of 2014 and an overall com-parison of 2015 and 2014. Overtime logged in the last quarter of 2015 was nearly $5,000 less than in 2014 at $30,858 and the overtime overall in 2015 was more than $8,000 less at $122,357.

The Police Department saw the biggest decrease in overtime with $77,731 in 2014 versus $51,696 in 2015. Wastewater saw the biggest increase at $13,801 in 2015 com-pared to $890 in 2014. Coleman said that jump was directly attributed to researching the project at the plant.

“The overtime looks a lot better,” Councilman Fortener said. “I hope we see even less in 2016 with addition of the fulltime firefighters and everything running smoothly at the wastewater treatment plant.”

Council is still working on a perma-nent 2016 Budget. Finance Committee Chair Gillespie will meet with all department heads and the administration to go over individual budgets.