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Battling the COVID pandemic
By Nancy Kline
Sentinel Correspondent
OTTAWA – The Ottawa
K of C was a busy place last
Saturday as over 600 Put-
nam County residents came
for appointments to receive
their Covid-19 Vaccines.
This is the second Covid-19
Vaccine clinic held in the
county hosted by the Put-
nam County Health Depart-
ment. The first clinic was
also at the Ottawa K of C
on January 20. Both clinics
were for residents 80 and
older.Before each clinic, vol-
unteers scheduled appoint-
ments for qualifying res-
idents. They also have a
waiting list in case someone
cancels.
“Our first two clinics held
January 20th and most re-
cently on Saturday, January
30th, allowed for us to vac-
cinate nearly 1000 people
in their upper 70’s and old-
er, with Saturday’s numbers
reaching over 600,” stated
Kim Rieman, Health Com-
missioner of the Putnam
County Health Department.
“The clinics were very busy,
and all spots were filled with
those anxious to receive their
vaccine. We know there are
many, many more who want
the vaccine and we are pro-
viding clinics as quickly
as we can after we receive
our weekly shipment.” The
health department is notified
with the amount of vaccine
in the next shipment and then
immediately begins planning
how to disperse the vaccine
within the next week. The
shipment for this week is
much less than received pre-
viously, therefore the clinic
will not be as busy. “We do
appreciate all of the help and
support of the volunteers and
agencies who help with the
clinics. We are blessed to
have such a caring commu-
nity,” said Joan Kline, from
the Putnam County Health
Department ➤See CliNiCS/A2
County residents
line up for vaccine
clinics
During the county’s second COVID clinic for residents aged 80 and above, over
600 residents received vaccinations against the pandemic. (photo submitted)
Rash of identity theft
cases reported
in county, stateBy Steven Coburn-Griffis
PUTNAM COUNTY — Already reeling under hard-
ships incurred due to the COVID pandemic, Ohio residents
and municipalities are increasingly aware of danger from a
new quarter: identity theft.
Reports of fraudulent unemployment claims have been
on the rise since the pandemic decimated the American
workforce 10 months ago. More often than not, these
claims aren’t the consequence of individuals working to
game the system on a case by case basis. Rather, they’re
a concerted effort on the part of criminal groups submit-
ting claims unbeknownst to the workers in whose name the
claims are made.
A report authored by Betty Lin-Fisher and published by
the Akron Beacon Journal on Sunday asserts hundreds of
thousands of Ohio residents are the victims of unemploy-
ment fraud. And Putnam County isn’t immune.
For some, as with three individuals employed by the Vil-
lage of Ottawa, these incidents of identity theft are caught
early.Barbara Hermiller, clerk-treasurer with the village, re-
ports the first such incident occurred in June of last year.
The village received notice of a claim reportedly made by
an employee who works in an ancillary capacity for the
village. Then, in January, the village received two more
such notices, both for employees still actively employed
by the village.
As a consequence of Hermiller’s intervention, these
claims were quickly flagged as fraudulent, and the em-
ployees in question — whose names are withheld to pro-
tect their personal well-being — took steps to protect their
financial security.
For others, however, the claims came — and come —
as a complete surprise, and Sheriff Brian Siefker reports a
significant rise in reports of such incidents of identity theft
to his office in recent weeks.
This new up-tick in reports comes logically and with
good reason. Beginning in January, the Ohio Department
of Job and Family Services began issuing 1099-G forms to
those it believes received unemployment payments. These
forms, necessary for tax purposes, are just now reaching
individuals, many of whom never applied for unemploy-
ment coverage.
Illustrating the scope of these fraudulent claims, the
ODJFS site now features a web page —
➤See ideNtity theFt/A2
Continental Mayor delivers State of Village Address
By Becky leader
Sentinel Correspondent
CONTINENTAL— Mayor Matt
Miller gave his annual “State of the Vil-
lage Address” during the Continental
Village Council’s regular meeting on
January 26, as he reviewed the village’s
accomplishments over the past year.
“In 2020, the village continued to
make headway on many of the suc-
cesses that had been implemented
over the last several years,” Miller pro-
claimed. “While I know we have much
room for improvement in many areas,
I also know that perseverance was the
one word that I kept coming back to
while gathering my thoughts.”
The village completed numerous
infrastructure projects, including the
constant monitoring and maintenance
of its water treatment facilities as well
as some much needed street repair and
resurfacing projects on several streets.
A brand new six-inch service line was
installed on North Third Street, which
also included the addition of a new hy-
drant to an area of town that didn’t have
one. “I am pleased with how the main-
tenance department was able to bring a
solution beyond just fixing the old line,
but instead replacing it with a bigger,
more sufficient line to our residents in
that area,” Miller stated.
➤See CoNtiNeNtal/A2
PCHH to hold virtual Run for the Roses
By Nancy Kline
Sentinel Correspondent
news@putnamsentinel
PUTNAM COUNTY — This year’s
“Run for the Roses” hosted by Putnam
County Homecare and Hospice offers
a different setting for their 24th annual
fundraiser. Participants are invited to stay
home and participate via a Facebook Live
event on Saturday, February 13.
“We had to adjust because of the
pandemic,” said Kendra Kuhlman,
marketing director for Putnam Coun-
ty Homecare and Hospice. “There
will not be an in-person event.” The
fundraiser still includes a reverse raf-
fle, 50/50 drawing and silent auction.
Kuhlman said their agency has had to
shift how they operate but not what
they do during this past year. “We have
continued to provide hospice care to
our patients and their families,” she
said. “The state may have shut down
this past year, but hospice care never
does.” Kuhlman said they knew they
had to do the same thing and move
forward with their fundraising to make
sure their patients do not go without.
The silent auction will begin online
this Friday, February 5. This year’s si-
lent auction features 65 items. Includ-
ed on the list are numerous gift bas-
kets, air fryer, orb water fountain, gas
fire table, patio cooler and OSU fire
ring. You must register to bid. You can
go the Putnam County Homecare and
Hospice Facebook site for instruction
to register. The bidding will end during
the live event at 10 p.m.
“Our community is awesome with
donations,” Kuhlman said. “We’re
lucky to live here.” ➤See RoSeS/A2
Items donated to PCHH for this year’s Run for the Roses fundraiser.
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By PRISCILLA KADOLPH
Progress editorTim Copsey, the Director
of the Paulding County Eco-
nomic Development, cele-
brates his first year in office.
When Copsey started in the
office he had high aspira-
tions for the county. He came
ready to work on day one and
one year later that has not
changed.Some of his major accom-
plishments are establishing
the “Realtor Round Table”,
building a bridge between the
schools and local business-
es and establishing a weekly
email blast.The weekly email blast is
an informative email sent to
local buisnesses and media.
It includes information such
as job opportunities, new
business ventures or oppor-
tunity, available properties
for businesses and updates
on members of the Paulding
County Economic Develop-
ment board.While the email blast may
sound like a simple concept;
establishing an email and
sending it - it is far from it.
It has been proven to reach
more residents than whom it
is originally sent to; he states,
“management will get my
email and forward it to their
employees so more eyes see it
than I really even know.”His initiatives for building
relationships between the
high schools in the county
and business owners are a
work in progress but are defi-
nitely gaining momentum.
In March he is anticipating
launching virtual tours of all
participating factories and/
or businesses in county. High
school students will have the
ability to access all virtual
tours on the PECD website.
Hosting virtual tours on the
website is an innovative way
to circumvent the restirictions
COVID regulations have im-
plemented for all businesses.
Copsey has also met with
the student coucils from each
of the county high schools.
He was well received not only
by the students, but also by
the superintendents and the
staff at each school. He is im-
pressed with how highly mo-
tivated and enthusiastic the
class officers are to work to-
gether. He stated, “[they] have
fabulous thoughts and brain-
stroms; thre are great leaders
coming through.”He also understands the
necessity of in-depth discus-
sions so that information can
be disiminated equally. He
has orchestrated the collab-
orative effort of Ohio Means
Jobs (Paulding and Defiance
Photo submitted by Jim Bowers
See COPSEY, page 6A
Paulding County Carnegie
Library system opens their
doors to the public on Mon-
day, Feb. 1, 2021. Curbside
services will still be offered
to those who are not comfort-
able coming into the library.
They will be limiting their
hours after reopening but are
hoping that they can slowly
return to what we knew as
normal.PCCL branches will be
open Monday and Thursday
11 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday 10
a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday 10
a.m. – 1 p.m. and closed on
Sundays. Library hours may
be adjusted due to staff avail-
ability.All customers age two and
above are required to wear
masks.Social Distancing will ap-
ply at all locations.Library materials will con-
tinue to be returned to the
outside drop boxes.Library materials will be
available in person or curb-
side.Meeting rooms are unavail-
able to the public at this time.
We encourage patrons to
limit their visit to one hour or
less.Public Computers will be
available with a time limit.Children under 10 must be
accompanied by a responsible
adult.Access to the Genealogy
Center will be available by
appointment.Telephone reference is
available 419-399-2032 or by
calling any library location.
If you have any questions
or want to discuss our reopen-
ing, please feel free to give
me a call.NOTICE: Here is the up-
PCCL locations reopen this week
See LIBRARY, page 3A
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Sunday.Photo submitted by Shannon DeWaard
Covid vaccine update from PC Hospital
Paulding County had 256 first dose
COVID-19 vaccines administered
last week. The Health Department
and Paulding County Hospital hope-
fully will be scheduling and admin-
istering another 200+ doses of the
vaccine this week.We have received calls form sev-
eral residents of the county who are
not happy that they haven’t received
a call for their appointment yet. The
Health Department and Hospital are
working their way down the wait lists
as we try to get the vaccine to those
requesting it. As we get the vaccine in
we will call the next person on the list
to get them scheduled. Current wait
time could be up to 6 weeks, based
on current allotment of the vaccine. If our allotment would
improve in the coming weeks wait times will decrease. If our
allotment is unfavorable the wait times will get longer. The
demand for the vaccine today outweighs the supply of it.
We appreciate everyone’s patience as we try to accomplish
this colossal task.
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whittle the week down to two days for students. (Photo submitted)
Information submittedDELPHOS — An excit-ing change is coming to Delphos Senior Citizens. Starting March 1, the center will launch a new automat-ed check-in system that all visitors and volunteers will use upon entering the build-ing. The system is called MySeniorCenter. It was pur-chased with funding from the State of Ohio Coronavirus Relief Funds.Designed specifically for senior centers, the sys-tem is keytag based, mean-ing visitors can simply swipe their keytag across a digi-tal scanner to check in. An easy-to-navigate touchscreen will also allow them to quick-
ly register for activities of their choosing.Three major benefitsAccording to Alice Curth, Director of Delphos Senior Citizens, this advanced func-tionality will improve the center’s performance in three key areas: registration, sched-uling and reporting.“For starters, it’s a vastly more efficient accountability tool,” said Curth. “When we were open, we usually had more than 135 people coming in and out of our doors each week, and they all need to be registered. Right now staff uses paper and pencil, but soon we can track them by computer.”The system will also be used on each of their trans-
portation vehicles to track cli-ents who ride the vans. The chore program will be using the system as well.The automated check-in sys-tem will also provide the cen-ter with detailed demographic information on the people using its services. This will help the center with the scheduling and reporting of activities.“By telling us the ages, backgrounds, and even the economic status of our vis-itors, MySeniorCenter will help us schedule —and fund — activities that are more in line with their preferenc-es,” explained Curth. “It’s all about serving our people better.”
Senior center to install advanced check-in system
The automated MySeniorCenter will improve the Delphos Senior Citizen Center’s regis-
tration, scheduling, and reporting capabilities. (Photo submitted)
See SENIOR, page 2
Jennings Lions donate to water rescue boatThe Fort Jennings Lions Club recently donated $5,000 to the Fort Jennings Fire Department for its water rescue boat.
Lions Club President Alex Maag, right, presents a big check to Fort Jennings Fire Chief Josh Warnecke. Read more about
the water rescue boat and what it will mean to the fire department in Wednesday’s Herald. (Photo submitted)
BY JIM LANGHAMDHI Media [email protected] WERT COUNTY – Bursts of heavy snow squalls and strong, gusty winds ushered in the coldest air of the sea-son Thursday evening and into the night. Temperatures that fell into the middle teens in some areas were predicted not to recover above the high teens and low 20’s over the day Friday.
Fresh snow ushered in Thursday evening and early Friday have been predicted by National Weather Service officials to cause blowing and drifting snow that could cause problems on rural roads over the next couple of days. In the meantime, fall-ing temperatures are continued to expand across the Midwest early into next week.Earlier, National Weather Service officials had predicted that Thursday’s system would begin as a mixture of snow and rain and then eventually turn into snow as cold air fed into the system. However, the precipitation started with a burst of snow and remained as such, blown around by swirling winds as the Arctic air moved toward the local area later in the evening on Thursday.
Coldest air of the season on the way
See COLD, page 2
The Jefferson Schools Band will host its first-ever one-day Mattress Fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 20 at the Delphos Eagles.Thirty different mattress styles will be on display in all sizes for customers to try, priced below retail.
Adjustable power bases, premium pil-lows, bed frames and mattress protec-tors will be available as well.The brands, including Simmons Beautyrest, Therapedic, Southerland, Intellibed, Innomax and Wellsville, come with full factory warranties
and are made to order. Mattresses are available 2-3 weeks after the fundraiser. Delivery is available. The Jefferson Band benefits from every purchase.For information about the sale, go to: bit.ly/beds4djbands.
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BY KIRSTEN BARNHARTTimes Bulletin News [email protected] WERT – On Friday, the Van Wert County General Health District held their third large-scale COVID-19
vaccination clinic at the Council on Ag-ing. So far, the health department has distributed over 2,000 doses of the vac-cine.“We’ve been doing clinics at the health department almost daily,” said Environmental Health Director Britt
Menchhofer. “There is more space at the Council On Aging, which allows us to have more people in there.”After a person receives the vaccina-tion, they must sit for 15 minutes before leaving to make sure there is no reaction to the vaccine. Utilizing the COA allows for more people to be vaccinated during the day because there is more room for patients to sit and wait until their time is up. Up to 300 people have been sched-uled per day at the COA clinics.“The Council on Aging has been great to work with; they’ve been very helpful and have provided volunteers,” said Menchhofer who noted that the CERT group has also been helpful in di-recting traffic for the large clinic events.Menchhofer said to date, no one has had any adverse reactions to the vaccine in Van Wert County.
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BY JIM LANGHAMNews [email protected]
VAN WERT COUNTY – Ominous weather forecasts of a heavy snowstorm issued by the National Weather Service late last week proved to be fully accurate as seven to 10 inches of snow dropped in a path from Hammond to Van Wert County, Ohio Saturday night and Sunday. A few iso-lated spots reported close to 12 inches of snow by late Sunday afternoon.In the middle of last week, National Weather Service computer models began to pick up hints of several low pressures coming together to form what weather officials commonly call a “panhan-dle hooker,” a strong winter storm that moves northeast out of Texas toward the north-west Great Lakes States, the strongest storms of heavy snow for the local area.
Friday afternoon, weather specialist Rick McCoy pro-nounced the storm a “near certainty.” By Saturday morning, weather officials were speculating five to nine inches of snow for the local area.The snow arrived at ap-proximately 10 p.m. on Sat-urday evening and immedi-ately began dumping one to two inches of snow per hour through much of the night.
Biggest snowstorm of the season buries area on Sunday
DHI MEDIA STAff [email protected] WERT – Ashley McKee, 37, of Van Wert, entered “not guilty” pleas to several felony charges in the Van Wert County Court of Common Pleas on Wednesday.
During Wednesday’s appearance, McKee was arraigned on the following charges: involuntary man-slaughter, a felony of the first degree; corrupting an-other with drugs, a felony of the second degree; traf-ficking fentanyl-related com-pound, a felony of the fifth degree; complicity, a felony of the second degree; and conspiracy, a felony of the third degree.According to a secret indictment filed Jan. 7, 2021, in the Van Wert County Court of Common Pleas, the charges stem from an incident that occurred on Feb. 20, 2020, which resulted in the death of Katie R. Zimmerman.McKee was placed on a surety blond in regard to the arraignment charges but was also sentenced to prison on Wednesday for other charges. She was sentenced for two counts of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer (fleeing and eluding), both felonies of the third degree, and was handed a one-year prison sentence on each count. McKee was given credit for 123 days al-ready served and ordered to pay court costs.A telephone pretrial was set for Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. for the charges she was arraigned on.
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VAN WERT – During Saturday night’s snowstorm that dumped several inches of snow in Van Wert County, a semi jackknifed on U.S. 30 coming up to the 127 overpasses. According to EMA Director Rick McCoy, 100 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled out of the tanks in the embankment. The spilled fuel will have to be cleaned up by hazmat crew. The driver was not injured. The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol handled the crash and was assisted by the Van Wert Fire Department, the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office, Hague Towing, the Van Wert EMA. (Photo courtesy of Rick McCoy)
Jackknifed semi spills 100 gallons of diesel in embankment off U.S. 30
A nurse with the Van Wert County General Health District provides a COVID-19 vaccination to a senior in the community on Friday. (DHI Media/Kirsten Barnhart)
Health Department partners with COA to hold COVID-19 vaccination clinic
Myla Mae Sawmiller, 2, gets ready to launch a snowball she created out of Sunday’s snow. (Photo courtesy of Ali Sawmiller)
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As the Catechism of theCatholic Church observes, “Theinterior penance of the Christiancan be expressed in many andvarious ways. Scripture and theFathers insist above all on threeforms, fasting, prayer, and alms-giving.” (CCC #1434)
As a reminder, the rules of fast-ing and abstinence are as follows:
Catholics in the United States,ages 18 to the day after the 59thbirthday, are obliged to fast onAsh Wednesday and Good Friday.Only one full meal is allowed onthese days, with no eatingbetween meals.
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Illness or other circumstances might make it necessary foran individual to practice ways of doing penance other than
fasting and abstinence.As a way to continue welcom-
ing the Roman Missal ThirdEdition in the Diocese ofCovington, the Messenger willfeature for its Lent reflectionsthe “Collect” from the Sundaysof Lent. The collect is the prayersaid by the priest after the“Gloria” and before the “Creed.”This prayer is called the “col-lect” because through the invita-tion “Let us pray,” the priestinvites himself and the assem-bly to silently gather theirprayers together and thenunites them to the officialprayer of the Church, theSacred Liturgy.
U.S. Health and Human ServicesDepartment decision tramples onright to free exercise of religion
A statement from the Kentucky BishopsThe Catholic Conference of Kentucky joins our fellow bish-
ops and other religious leaders in expressing our deep concernabout the recent decision of the U. S. Department of Health andHuman Services to require that almost all employers, includingCatholic employers, will be forced to offer their employees’health coverage that includes sterilization, abortion-inducingdrugs, and contraception. Almost all health insurers will beforced to include those “services” in the health policies theywrite. And almost all individuals will be forced to buy that cov-erage as a part of their policies.
In so ruling, the Administration has cast aside the FirstAmendment to the Constitution of the United States, denyingto Catholics our nation’s first and most fundamental freedom,that of religious liberty. And as a result, unless the rule is over-turned, some Catholic employers will be compelled either toviolate their consciences or to drop health coverage for theiremployees (and suffer the penalties for doing so). TheAdministration’s sole concession was to give these institutionsone year to comply.
Nearly 50 years ago, when the U. S. Bishops attending theVatican Council took part in writing and promulgating theCouncil’s “Declaration on Religious Freedom,” they wouldhardly have imagined that these words would be describing ourcurrent situation:
“The further fact is that forms of government still exist under
which, even though freedom of religious worship receives consti-tutional recognition, the powers of government are engaged inthe effort to deter citizens from the profession of religion and tomake life very difficult and dangerous for religious communi-ties.” (DRF, p. 15, 1965)
It saddens us that the Administration is making life difficultfor Catholics and other believers by infringing on their right tothe free exercise of religion.
One way the exercise of religion – religious liberty – takesconcrete form is in institutions established by people of faith tohelp members of society. Whether it is education, health care,social charities, worship or another activity, each activity is anexpression of faith. Each one has a unique quality flowing fromthat basis of faith. To deny that underpinning of faith is tochange the very character of the institution and of the serviceit provides. This ruling by HHS denies this underpinning offaith. It ignores the diverse ways through which faith isexpressed. It forces people to act against their free, consciousdecisions made in the light of faith.
We call upon the Administration to rescind this order, there-by recognizing the right established by the Constitution and inconformity with the teaching found in the “Declaration onReligious Freedom”:
“Government therefore ought indeed to take account of thereligious life of the citizenry and show it favor, since the functionof government is to make provision for the common welfare.
MESSENGERMESSENGERServing the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky since 1926
February 17, 2012
In This Issue
Bishop’s Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Commentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4People and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Shopper’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14News Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Kentucky’s Catholic bishops urge government to honor the Constitution
Lent — Fast, pray, give alms2 Thomas More College
Increases ‘Parochial Promises’
2 World Youth Day 2013
3 Makes plans to attendNational Black Congress
3 You’re invitedYear of Women Religiousopening Mass
3 Official assignments
3 Cathedral Concert Series
6 ‘Super’s Smart Page’
7 Upcoming catechists’ and adult faith formationclasses
7 Immaculée IlibagizaWitness to hope and forgiveness
10 ‘We Choose Life’
11 Squire’s CircleNow forming at MQH parish
CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec
Please see page 16 for the complete statement of the U.S. bish-ops rejecting the Obama Administration’s announcement Feb. 10of a proposed accommodation to the HHS mandate.
(Continued on page 16)
Ash Wednesday CollectGrant, O Lord, that we may begin with holy fasting this campaign
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By TIFFANY L. PARKSDaily Reporter Staff Writer
The legislative process is in motion for a bill to increase the speed limit on interstate freeways.House Bill 395, sponsored by Rep. Ron Maag, would raise the speed limit from 65 to 70 miles per hour for all vehicles and adjust the use of the left-hand lane of interstate free-ways.
Maag, R-Lebanon, recently offered sponsor testimony for the proposal before the House Transportation,
Public Safety and Homeland Security committee.“Most neighboring states including Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana and Michigan all have 70 mph speed lim-its,” he said.
“If a person were to travel I-75 from Michigan down to Florida, Ohio is the only state that has a speed limit of less than 70 mph.”Maag said it doesn’t make sense for the state’s maximum speed to be set at 65 mph.“Recently, Utah raised their speed limit to 80 mph on some roads,” he
said, noting that Utah drivers have tended to drive slower or at the same speed than they had before the speed limit increase.“Also, accidents did not increase in Utah either.”If signed into law, HB 395 would raise interstate freeway speed lim-its to 70 mph at all times for all ve-hicles.
Under current law, certain interstate freeways have a speed limit of 55 mph and others have a 65 mph limit.
(See Speed, Page 12)
Proposed legislation would increase Ohio’s interstate speed limit to 70 mph
By RAY HENRYAssociated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — An executive at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity resigned Tues-day over her support to strip Planned Parenthood of funding, but disputed that she was the driving force behind the decision that created a firestorm of criticism last week. Karen Handel, the charity’s vice president for public policy, said in her resignation later she was “deeply dis-appointed by the gross mischaracter-izations of the strategy, its rationale, and her involvement.”
Handel said the discussion to cut funding for Planned Parenthood start-ed before she came to the group last year, and was approved at the highest levels of the charity. However, a per-son with direct knowledge of decision-making at Komen’s headquarters said
Handel was a driving force behind the move.Handel supported a decision Ko-men announced to exclude Planned Parenthood, which provides a range of women’s health care services in-cluding abortions, from future grants for breast-cancer screenings because it was under congressional investiga-tion.
“Neither the decision nor the chang-es themselves were based on anyone’s political beliefs or ideology,” Handel said in the letter. “Rather, both were based on Komen’s mission and how to better serve women, as well as a real-ization of the need to distance Komen from controversy.”Handel said the now-abandoned policy was fully vetted by the Komen organization. Its board did not raise any objections when it was presented with the proposed policy in Novem-ber, Handel said.
Komen Founder and CEO Nancy G. Brinker said she accepted Handel’s resignation and wished her well.“We have made mistakes in how we have handled recent decisions and take full accountability for what has re-sulted, but we cannot take our eye off the ball when it comes to our mission,” Brinker said in a statement. “To do this effectively, we must learn from what we’ve done right, what we’ve done wrong and achieve our goal for the millions of women who rely on us.”Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Andrea Hagelgans declined to com-ment on the resignation.The breast cancer charity cited a probe backed by anti-abortion groups and launched by Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., to determine if Planned Parent-hood improperly spent public money on abortions.
(See Komen, Page 12)
Komen vice president for public policy quits after Planned Parenthood flap
By JESSICA SHAMBAUGHDaily Reporter Staff Writer
Ruling that defense counsel was not ineffective, a 6th Circuit Court of Ap-peals panel recently rejected a former Case Western University employee’s request for a writ of coram nobis. A writ of coram nobis is an order by an appeals court to a lower court to consider facts not on the trial record which might have changed the out-come of the lower court case if those facts had been known at the time of trial.The appeals panel Tuesday affirmed the judgment of the district court for the Northern District of Ohio at Cleve-land, denying Ramani Pilla’s claim of ineffective trial counsel for a case in which she was convicted of supplying false and fraudulent information to the FBI.
“Pilla ... has not shown that (her attorney)’s advice created even a ‘rea-sonable probability’ of prejudice. And thus she cannot show that (his) advice
‘probably ... altered the outcome of the challenged proceeding,’ as required for a writ of coram nobis,” 6th Circuit Judge Raymond Kethledge wrote for the court.Pilla was an assistant professor at Case Western when she told her em-ployer and the FBI that she was re-ceiving hate mail in her office, case summary details. After spending thousands of dollars on the investi-gation, the FBI obtained a confession from Pilla that she had written and de-livered the mail herself.
The government provided still frames from a surveillance camera showing Pilla sliding letters under her door, recorded telephone conversa-tions between Pilla and an FBI agent, and copies of a report containing Pil-la’s confession to the FBI. Seeing the evidence of Pilla’s guilt, her attorney, Steven Bell of Steven D. Bell Co. in Brecksville, encouraged her to plead guilty.
(See Mail, Page 12)
6th Circuit denies writ for former university employee who sent herself hate mail
(AP Photo/Brian Chilson)This Oct. 16 photo shows some of an estimated 45,000 people who participated in the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure in Little Rock, Ark., last year. The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity recently announced it is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates in 2012. Karen Handel, Komen’s vice president for public policy, resigned Tuesday over her support to strip Planned Parenthood of funding, but disputed that she was the driving force behind the decision.
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By TIFFANY L. PARKSDaily Reporter Staff Writer
Three Columbus organizations have joined forces to celebrate the city’s bicentennial through music and dance.Jazz Arts Group, BalletMet and WOSU Public Media honor the area’s past, present and future with “Jazz Moves Columbus” at the Capitol The-atre – Riffe Center.
The two-hour program began last week and continues this Wednesday through Feb. 12. It is a spin off of last year’s pairing of Jazz Arts Group and BalletMet.“It was an amazing event,” said Scott Peacock, public relations co-chair of 200Columbus. “It was a great marriage of two outstanding groups in Columbus and there was a nice flow through the event. It is a unique blend of music that nods to the past through the modern day.”
The award-winning production has been revamped to serve as the first
major presentation of the bicenten-nial celebration.The multi-media performances in-corporate music, dance and imagery and are under the leadership of Byron Stripling of the Columbus Jazz Or-chestra, Gerard Charles of BalletMet and Mary Rathke of WOSU.
(See Jazz, Page 12)
Local groups honor Columbus’ bicentennial with jazz production
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By RICK ADAMCZAKDaily Reporter Staff Writer
Franklin County Sheriff Zach Scott knows what it’s like to piece together a homicide investigation and hunt down drug dealers, but now seven months into his new posi-tion he’s also learning first-hand what it’s like to be off the streets and in upper management.Scott was appointed sheriff last summer, succeeding long-time Sheriff Jim Karnes who died following a battle with cancer. Karnes had been sheriff for more than 18 years. Scott said he has started to settle into the role of a top-level manager.“I’m a CEO but I’m a CEO who also happens to be able to put you into jail,” said Scott.Certainly he still is very much involved with law enforce-ment issues on a daily basis, but he’s also had to learn more of the business side of the post, such as dealing with the sheriff’s office’s real estate division which oversees the county’s home foreclosure process.Since the housing market collapse of five years ago the county has had to process thousands of home foreclosures annually.
“The bank goes and gets a judgment and then there’s a court order to sell from the courts. We send out our ap-praiser, who sets the value. The price is set about three weeks prior to the sale,” said Scott. “Usually it’s about a 90-day turnaround from the court order to the sale.”Sheriff’s sales for home foreclosures have been a boon for bargain hunters who usually can buy a property for a lower price, often a significantly lower price, than the pre-vious owner paid.Scott said the office handled an average of 5,000 sher-iff’s sales annually from 2007 through 2010. That number dipped last year to 3,047, he said.Announcements of sheriff’s sales, by law, must be pub-lished in a local newspaper, a practice Scott said he’d like to see continue despite efforts by some legislators to convert this step of “due process” to website postings.“Part of the problem is that not everyone has (the Inter-net). The system works pretty well right now, so why fix it?” said Scott.
(See Scott, Page 12)
Zach Scott settling in to role as ‘CEO’ of Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
“I’m a CEO but I’m a CEO who also happens to be able to put you into jail,” said Franklin County Sheriff Zach Scott. He’s also the man who handles the sales of foreclosed properties in Franklin County, conducting a little more than 3,000 sales last year.
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Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, begins 40 days of preparation, both
of body and of spirit, as Christians walk with Jesus on his jour-
ney to Calvary and share in the joy of his resurrection on
Easter, April 8.
As the Catechism of the
Catholic Church observes, “The
interior penance of the Christian
can be expressed in many and
various ways. Scripture and the
Fathers insist above all on three
forms, fasting, prayer, and alms-
giving.” (CCC #1434)
As a reminder, the rules of fast-
ing and abstinence are as follows:
Catholics in the United States,
ages 18 to the day after the 59th
birthday, are obliged to fast on
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
Only one full meal is allowed on
these days, with no eating
between meals.
Catholics in the U.S., from the
age of 14, are obliged to abstain
from meat on Ash Wednesday, the Fridays of Lent and Good
Friday.Illness or other circumstances might make it necessary for
an individual to practice ways of doing penance other than
fasting and abstinence.
As a way to continue welcom-
ing the Roman Missal Third
Edition in the Diocese of
Covington, the Messenger will
feature for its Lent reflections
the “Collect” from the Sundays
of Lent. The collect is the prayer
said by the priest after the
“Gloria” and before the “Creed.”
This prayer is called the “col-
lect” because through the invita-
tion “Let us pray,” the priest
invites himself and the assem-
bly to silently gather their
prayers together and then
unites them to the official
prayer of the Church, the
Sacred Liturgy.
U.S. Health and Human Services
Department decision tramples on
right to free exercise of religion
A statement from the Kentucky Bishops
The Catholic Conference of Kentucky joins our fellow bish-
ops and other religious leaders in expressing our deep concern
about the recent decision of the U. S. Department of Health and
Human Services to require that almost all employers, including
Catholic employers, will be forced to offer their employees’
health coverage that includes sterilization, abortion-inducing
drugs, and contraception. Almost all health insurers will be
forced to include those “services” in the health policies they
write. And almost all individuals will be forced to buy that cov-
erage as a part of their policies.
In so ruling, the Administration has cast aside the First
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, denying
to Catholics our nation’s first and most fundamental freedom,
that of religious liberty. And as a result, unless the rule is over-
turned, some Catholic employers will be compelled either to
violate their consciences or to drop health coverage for their
employees (and suffer the penalties for doing so). The
Administration’s sole concession was to give these institutions
one year to comply.
Nearly 50 years ago, when the U. S. Bishops attending the
Vatican Council took part in writing and promulgating the
Council’s “Declaration on Religious Freedom,” they would
hardly have imagined that these words would be describing our
current situation:
“The further fact is that forms of government still exist under
which, even though freedom of religious worship receives consti-
tutional recognition, the powers of government are engaged in
the effort to deter citizens from the profession of religion and to
make life very difficult and dangerous for religious communi-
ties.” (DRF, p. 15, 1965)
It saddens us that the Administration is making life difficult
for Catholics and other believers by infringing on their right to
the free exercise of religion.
One way the exercise of religion – religious liberty – takes
concrete form is in institutions established by people of faith to
help members of society. Whether it is education, health care,
social charities, worship or another activity, each activity is an
expression of faith. Each one has a unique quality flowing from
that basis of faith. To deny that underpinning of faith is to
change the very character of the institution and of the service
it provides. This ruling by HHS denies this underpinning of
faith. It ignores the diverse ways through which faith is
expressed. It forces people to act against their free, conscious
decisions made in the light of faith.
We call upon the Administration to rescind this order, there-
by recognizing the right established by the Constitution and in
conformity with the teaching found in the “Declaration on
Religious Freedom”:
“Government therefore ought indeed to take account of the
religious life of the citizenry and show it favor, since the function
of government is to make provision for the common welfare.
MESSENGERMESSENGERServing the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky since 1926February 17, 2012
In This Issue
Bishop’s Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Commentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
People and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Shopper’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
News Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Kentucky’s Catholic bishops urge
government to honor the Constitution
Lent — Fast, pray, give alms2 Thomas More College
Increases
‘Parochial Promises’
2 World Youth Day 2013
3 Makes plans to attend
National Black Congress
3 You’re invited
Year of Women Religious
opening Mass
3 Official assignments
3 Cathedral Concert Series
6 ‘Super’s Smart Page’
7 Upcoming catechists’
and adult faith formation
classes
7 Immaculée Ilibagiza
Witness to hope and
forgiveness
10 ‘We Choose Life’
11 Squire’s Circle
Now forming at MQH parish
CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec
Please see page 16 for the complete statement of the U.S. bish-
ops rejecting the Obama Administration’s announcement Feb. 10
of a proposed accommodation to the HHS mandate.
(Continued on page 16)
Ash Wednesday CollectGrant, O Lord, that we may begin with holy fasting this campaign
of Christian service, so that, as we take up battle against spiritual evils,
we may be armed with weapons of self-restraint.
Tim FitzgeraldEditor + Publisher
Editor/General Manager, The Messenger