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Delphos native Andy
Wieging will end his colle-
giate marching band career
in grand fashion when he
takes the field at the BCS
Championship Game on
Monday as a senior in the
University of Notre Dame
Marching Band.
Representing the Fighting
Irish has allowed Wieging
to play at iconic stadiums
and venues such as Yankee
Stadium, Soldier Field, the
Alamo and Dublin, Ireland,
to name a few.
As a member of the
band, he has also performed
with the classic rock band
Chicago and cult favor-
ite OK GO, having also
appeared in a music video
with them.
Although the marching
season is coming to a close,
Wieging will remain active
musically as a member of
the band for the schools
hockey team and will tour
throughout Europe with the
Notre Dame Symphonic
Band this spring.
Wieging began marching
in the band for St. Johns in
eighth grade under the direc-
tion of Jan Hare.
He is the son of Bob
and Lorraine Wieging and
grandson of Jean Best and
Alfreda Wieging.
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
DELPHOS HERALD
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Telling The Tri-Countys Story Since 1869
2012 among hottest years on
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High school basketball
standings, p6
Upfront
Obituaries 2
State/Local 3
Politics 4
Community 5
Sports 6-7
Farm 7
Classifieds 8
TV 9
World News 10
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Wieging to end collegiate marching band
career at BCS Championship Game
Delphos native Andy Wieging, center, performs with the Notre Dame Marching
Band. (Submitted photos)
Wieging
The 2012 Canal Days Committee recently
doled out proceeds from last years event.
Participating in the presentation are, front
from left, Ruth Ann Wittler from the Museum
of Postal History, $500; Pam Hickey from
St. Johns Schools, $1,000; and Cindy Ditto,
Delphos Community Christmas Project - $500;
row two, new Canal Days Core Committee
member Derek Sterling presents Don Neumeier
from the Delphos Stadium Club with $13,000
as Jim Fischer from the Kiwanis Club accepts
$2,452 from Canal Days Core Committee
member Michael Mesker; and back, Dave
Clark from the Delphos Police Department,
$1,000; Dave Ricker and Greg Gossman
from Jefferson Athletic Boosters, $1,000; Lou
Hohman from the Delphos Canal Commission
Museum, $1,000; and Jamey Wisher from
the Delphos Fire Department, $1,000. The
Delphos Boy Scouts also received $1,000 and
$6,000 was spent on the new disc golf course
at Leisure Park. Money was also given to the
Delphos FFA to build barricades and some was
set aside to turn a trailer into a ticket booth for
future festivals. (Submitted photo)
Canal Days Committee
distributes festival proceeds
Rockford murder
suspect captured
BY ED GEBERT
Times Bulletin Editor
FORT WAYNE The
manhunt for the suspected
killer of a Rockford woman
is over. Daniel Charles
Martin, 40, was apprehended
Wednesday morning in Fort
Wayne when deputy marshals
and Mercer County detec-
tives raided the home where
Martin was staying. Aside
from Martin, law enforce-
ment agents found an AK-47
assault rifle in the home.
Thankfully, we dont have
a lot of experience tracking
fugitives outside of Mercer
County, especially in a case
like this that is so serious
involving a homicide, stated
a relieved Mercer County
Sheriff Jeff Grey. The U.S.
Marshal service was very
helpful, jumped right in when
we asked for help. They have
some unique capabilities that
they were able to bring to the
table and they stayed with us
every step of the way. Without
their help, wed probably still
be looking for Mr. Martin.
Thankfully, we were able
to make an arrest. No one
was hurt during the arrest.
Now well bring Martin back
to Ohio so he can face the
charges.
Martin was sought in
connection with the Nov. 8
shooting death of 26-year-
old Melinda Shinn in the
Rockford trailer home she
shared with Martin.
According to a release,
investigators had been track-
ing Martin for several days.
He is currently being held
in the Allen County (Indiana)
Jail. It is not known if he
will fight extradition. If he
does, it could take up to 60
days to bring him back to
face charges. If not, he could
be brought back to Mercer
County as early as today.
This fugitive investi-
gation was one of our top
priorities and we immedi-
ately added Martin to our
most-wanted Dangerous
Dozen list, stated Northern
District of Ohio Assistant
Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal
Andrew Deserto. Thanks
to the great teamwork with
the Mercer County Sheriffs
Office and the U.S. Marshals
in Fort Wayne, we were able
to safely bring this danger-
ous fugitive into custody
and remove another deadly
weapon from the hands of a
criminal.
Back in November, the
U.S. Marshal Service posted
a $2,500 reward for infor-
mation leading to Martins
arrest. No word was given
Wednesday as to whether or
not that money would be
awarded as no information
was released on how Martin
was located. He was known
to have family in Fort Wayne
and his 1998 Ford Explorer
was found abandoned in that
city within hours of the dis-
covery of the murder.
Shinns body was discov-
ered around 10:45 a.m. on
Nov. 8 in the trailer she and
Martin had shared for at least
two years on North Street in
Rockford. Rockford Police
Chief Paul May made the
discovery and performed an
initial investigation before
requesting the Mercer
County Sheriffs Office take
over. According to Grey, the
victims 9-year-old son was
present in the mobile home
at the time of the shooting,
but was unharmed.
Reports noted that the
couple had been arguing
throughout the night of Nov.
7 and in the early morning
hours of Nov. 8. Few details
in the case have been released
pending Martins capture.
Martin
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Its Girl Scout cookie time.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program
is the largest girl-run business
in the world and it empowers
girls with the strength, abili-
ties and drive theyll need to
become accomplished women
who benefit themselves, their
family and the world.
Beginning Friday, girls in
western Ohio will begin tak-
ing Girl Scout cookie orders.
A total of six cookies are
offered: Thin Mints, Samoas,
Tagalongs, Trefoils, Do-Si-Dos
and Savannah Smiles; for $3.50
a box.
There are also two new
additions to the product line:
Double Dutch and Tagalongs
snack bars. Theyre packed with
wholesome ingredients like
hearty rolled oats, crispy cereal
flakes and chewy granola. For
just a touch of decadence, theres
the right amount of chocolaty-
smooth coatinga dip for the
bottom and a drizzle for the top.
The snack bars are individually
wrapped in packages of five and
are $4 a box.
Former business
owner dies
Former Delphos busi-
ness owner Robert E.
Swick, 87, of Defiance and
formerly of Delphos, died
Wednesday at Parkview North
Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Mr. Swick was co-owner
of Swick and Sons and then
became owner of the Vanilla
Hut in Defiance for 12 years.
He was a member of St. John
the Evangelist Catholic Church
in Defiance and a former mem-
ber of St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church in Delphos.
He was also a 4th Degree K
of C and an auxiliary police
officer for the City of Delphos
Read the full obitu-
ary on page 2.
City to pick up
Christmas trees
The City of Delphos
Recreation Department will
pick up Christmas trees
on Friday and Monday.
Residents are asked
to have trees at curb.
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For The Record
OBITUARIES
FUNERAL
LOTTERY
VAN WERT COUNTY COURT NEWS
LOCAL PRICES
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The Delphos
Herald
Vol. 143 No. 150
Nancy Spencer, editor
Ray Geary, general manager
Delphos Herald, Inc.
Don Hemple,
advertising manager
Tiffany Brantley,
circulation manager
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and Holidays.
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BALDAUF, Patricia Ann,
76, of Van Wert. Funeral ser-
vices will be held at 2 p.m.
on Saturday at Harter and
Schier Funeral Home, with
Reverend Paul Miller officiat-
ing. Burial will follow in St.
Johns Cemetery. Family and
friends may call from 10-2
p.m. Saturday at Harter and
Schier Funeral Home.
Gary Knott, 56, of Van
Wert, died Wednesday from
injuries suffered in an auto
accident in Indiana.
Arrangements are incom-
plete at Harter and Schier
Funeral Home.
Gary Knott
Delphos weather
Fred L. Merricle Robert E. Swick
High temperature
Wednesday in Delphos was
20 degrees, low was 10. High
a year ago today was 24, low
was 15. Record high for today
is 60, set in 1950. Record low
is -2, set in 1996.
Fred L. Merricle, 56, of
Spencerville, died at 10:30
a.m. Wednesday, January 2,
2013 in the Emergency Dept.
of St. Ritas Medical Center.
Funeral arrangements are
incomplete at the Thomas
E. Bayliff Funeral Home in
Spencerville, where friends
may call from 2-4 and 6-8
p.m. Friday and 10-11 a.m. on
Saturday.
Funeral services will be at
11 a.m. on Saturday.
Aug. 23, 1925
Jan. 2, 2013
Robert E. Swick, 87, of
Defiance and formerly of
Delphos, passed away at
Parkview North Hospital in
Fort Wayne at 11:15 a.m.
Wednesday morning.
He was born on Aug. 23,
1925 in Delphos to Clarence
and Leona (Molter) Swick,
who preceded him in death.
He was united in marriage
to Rosemary Hemker on May
17, 1947, who survives in
Defiance.
Survivors also include his
children, Cynthia Cindy
(Don) Fischer of Maumee and
Candyce Candy (Paul) Hawk
of Defiance; a sister, Margaret
Geise of Delphos; brothers,
William Bill (Marie) Swick
of Delphos and Jim (Barbara)
Swick of Lima; five grand-
children, Eric (Nikki) Fischer,
Brad (Jennie) Fischer, Annette
Urbanski, Heath (Kelli) Hawk
and Major Jerrod (Jennifer)
Hawk; and 10 great grand-
children.
He was preceded in death
by a brother Tom Swick and a
sister Helen Clark.
Mr. Swick was co-own-
er of Swick and Sons and
then became owner of the
Vanilla Hut in Defiance for
12 years. He was a mem-
ber of St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church in Defiance
and a former member of St.
John the Evangelist Catholic
Church in Delphos. He was
also a 4th Degree K of C, an
auxiliary police officer for the
City of Delphos and a member
of the Disabled Veterans in
Defiance. He enjoyed boat-
ing, woodworking and loved
spending time with his grand-
children.
Mass of Christian Burial
will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday
at St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church in Delphos,
the Rev. Todd Dominique
officiating. Burial will follow
in Resurrection Cemetery in
Delphos, with Military Grave
Rites by the Delphos Veterans
Council and a 4th Degree K of
C service.
Visitation will be from 2-8
p.m. on Friday at Harter and
Schier Funeral Home with a
parish wake at 7:30 p.m.
Memorial contributions
can be made to St. Judes
Childrens Research Hospital.
Sandy Hook kids face
1st classes since shooting
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-county
The Associated Press
TONIGHT: Mostly
cloudy through midnight then
becoming partly cloudy. Lows
around 15. West winds 15 to
20 mph. Wind chills 1 below
to 9 above zero.
FRIDAY: Mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid
20s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30
mph. Wind chills 2 below to 8
above zero.
FRIDAY NIGHT:
Mostly clear. Lows around 15.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
EXTENDED FORECAST
SATURDAY: Mostly
sunny in the morning, then
partly cloudy with a 20 per-
cent chance of snow showers
in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 30s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
SATURDAY NIGHT:
Cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
SUNDAY: Cloudy. Highs
in the lower 30s.
SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY: Partly cloudy.
Lows around 20. Highs in the
mid 30s.
By PAT EATON-ROBB
and DAVE COLLINS
MONROE, Conn. The
Newtown schools superinten-
dent says preparations have
been made for a normal day,
yet it will likely be anything
but that when classes resume
for Sandy Hook Elementary
School students for the first
time since a gunman killed 20
of their classmates.
With their original school
still being treated as a crime
scene, the students will begin
attending classes at a refur-
bished school in the neigh-
boring town of Monroe today.
Law enforcement officers
have been guarding the new
school, and by the reckon-
ing of police, it is the safest
school in America.
St i l l , Newt own
Superintendent Janet
Robinson said officials will
do their best to make the stu-
dents feel at ease.
We will go to our regular
schedule, she said. We will
be doing a normal day.
On Wednesday, the stu-
dents and their families were
welcomed at an open house
at their new school, which
was formerly the Chalk Hill
Middle School in Monroe but
renamed as the Sandy Hook
Elementary School. Students
received gift boxes with
toys inside and shared joyful
reunions with teachers.
One father, Vinny Alvarez,
took a moment to thank his
third-grade daughters teach-
er, Courtney Martin, who
protected the class from a
rampaging gunman by lock-
ing her classroom door and
keeping the children in a cor-
ner.
Everybody there thanked
her in their own way, he
said.
The gunman, Adam
Lanza, also killed his mother
at the home they shared in
Newtown before driving to
the school, where he slaugh-
tered 20 children and six edu-
cators, including the schools
principal. Lanza fatally shot
himself as police arrived.
Police havent released any
details about a motive.
Numerous police officers
on Wednesday guarded the
outside of the Monroe school,
which is about 7 miles from
the old school, and told
reporters to stay away.
I think right now it has
to be the safest school in
America, Monroe police Lt.
Keith White said.
Teachers attended staff
meetings at the new school
on Wednesday morning and
were visited by Gov. Dannel
P. Malloy before the open
house, White said.
Robinson said Chalk Hill
School has been transformed
into a cheerful place for the
surviving students to resume
normal school routines. She
said mental health counselors
continue to be available for
anyone who needs them.
During the open house,
Alvarez said his 8-year-old
daughter also got to pick out
a stuffed animal to take home
from the school library.
Im not worried about her
going back, he said of his
daughter Cynthia. The fear
kind of kicks back in a little
bit, but were very excited for
her and we got to see many,
many kids today. The atmo-
sphere was very cheerful.
Several signs welcoming
the Sandy Hook students to
their new school were posted
along the road leading to the
school in a rural, mostly resi-
dential neighborhood. One
said Welcome Sandy Hook
Elementary Kids, while a
similar sign added You are
in our prayers.
Teams of workers, many of
them volunteers, prepared the
Chalk Hill school with fresh
paint and new furniture and
even raised bathroom floors
so the smaller elementary
school students can reach the
toilets. The students desks,
backpacks and other belong-
ings that were left behind
following the shooting were
taken to the new school to
make them feel at home.
CLEVELAND (AP)
These Ohio lotteries were
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Pick 3 Evening
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Pick 3 Midday
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I think right now
it has to be the
safest school in
America.
Monroe police
Lt. Keith White
The following individu-
als appeared Wednesday
before Judge Charles Steele
in Van Wert County Court of
Common Pleas:
Change of Plea
Nicole Raines, 32, Van
Wert entered a plea of guilty
to trafficking in drugs, a
felony of the fourth degree,
including a specification
that she used a 1997 Dodge
Caravan in the commission of
the offense. A second count
for the same offense was dis-
missed for her plea.
The court ordered a pre-
sentence investigation and set
her sentencing for Feb. 13.
Sentencings
James Sylvia, 46, Van
Wert was sentenced for a
charge of assault, a misde-
meanor of the first degree.
He received one year
community control, 30 days
jail, 100 hours community
service, anger management
assessment and treatment,
substance abuse assessment
and treatment and he was
ordered to pay court costs
and partial appointed counsel
fees. A 180-days jail term and
$1,000 fine were deferred
pending completion of com-
munity control.
Christopher L. Blue, 33,
Van Wert was sentenced on
a change of possession of
heroin, a felony of the fifth
degree.
He was given three years
jail with credit for 67 already
served, an additional 30 days
jail to be served at a later
date, 100 hours communi-
ty service, substance abuse
assessment and treatment,
psychological assessment
and treatment, two years
intensive probation, had his
drivers license suspended for
six months and was ordered
to pay court costs and par-
tial appointed counsel fee.
An 11-month prison term was
deferred pending completion
of community control.
Taylor Agler, 20, Van
Wert, was sentenced on two
charges of trafficking drugs,
each a felony of the fifth
degree, with a specification
that she used a 2006 Ford
Focus in the commission of
the second offense.
She was given three years
jail with work release, 200
hours community service,
substance abuse assessment
and treatment, parenting class,
two years intensive proba-
tion, her drivers license was
suspended for six months,
she was ordered to pay court
costs and partial appointed
counsel fees. Her 30 days in
jail will begin Sunday.
The 2006 Forde Focus
is forfeited to the State of
Ohio.
A nine-months prison term
deferred pending completion
of community control.
Tennessee Waltz singer
Patti Page dies at 85
BY CHRIS TALBOTT
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Unforgettable songs like
Tennessee Waltz and (How
Much Is That) Doggie in the
Window? made Patti Page
the best-selling female singer
of the 1950s and a star who
would spend much of the rest
of her life traveling the world.
When unspecified health
problems finally stopped her
decades of touring, though,
Page wrote a sad-but-resolute
letter to her fans late last year
about the change.
Although I feel I still have
the voice God gave me, physi-
cal impairments are prevent-
ing me from using that voice
as I had for so many years,
Page wrote. It is only He who
knows what the future holds.
Page died on New Years
Day in Encinitas, Calif.,
according to publicist Schatzi
Hageman, ending one of pop
musics most diverse careers.
She was 85 and just five
weeks away from being hon-
ored at the Grammy Awards
with a Lifetime Achievement
Award from The Recording
Academy.
Page achieved several
career milestones in American
pop culture, but shell be
remembered for indelible
hits that crossed the artificial
categorizations of music and
remained atop the charts for
months to reach a truly nation-
al audience.
Tennessee Waltz scored
the rare achievement of reach-
ing No. 1 on the pop, country
and R&B charts simultaneous-
ly and was officially adopted
as one of two official songs
by the state of Tennessee. Its
reach was so powerful, six
other artists reached the charts
the following year with cov-
ers.
Two other hits, I Went To
Your Wedding and Doggie
in the Window, which had
a second life for decades as
a childrens song, each spent
more than two months at
No. 1. Other hits included
Mockin Bird Hill, Hush,
Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and
Allegheny Moon. She
teamed with George Jones
on You Never Looked
That Good When You Were
Mine.
I just loved singing
with Patti and she hit notes
I never dreamed of, Jones
said Wednesday in an email
to The Associated Press. We
cut some songs together and
it was a great time. Shell be
missed by lots of folks and
everybody needs to know how
great she was. Patti was a
wonderful singer with a real
special voice.
So special, Page managed
to maintain her career when
most singers of her genera-
tion and their more innocent
songs were shoved aside by
the swinging hips of Elvis
Presley. Page proved herself
something of a match for the
nascent rock n roll crowd
and its obsession with sex,
continuing to place songs on
the charts into the 1960s.
Page never kept track, but
was told late in life that shed
recorded more than 1,000
songs. Thats not what she
had in her mind growing up as
young Clara Ann Fowler.
I was a kid from Oklahoma
who never wanted to be a sing-
er, but was told I could sing,
she said in a 1999 interview.
And things snowballed.
She was popular in pop
music and country and became
the first singer to have televi-
sion programs on all three
major networks, including
The Patti Page Show on
ABC. In films, Page co-starred
with Burt Lancaster in his
Oscar-winning characteriza-
tion of Elmer Gantry, and
she appeared in Dondi with
David Janssen and in Boys
Night Out with James Garner
and Kim Novak.
She also starred on stage in
the musical comedy Annie
Get Your Gun. Her death
came just a few days after
the conclusion of the run of
Flipside: The Patti Page
Story, an off-Broadway
musical commemorating her
life.
In 1999, after 51 years of
performing, Page won her
first Grammy for traditional
pop vocal performance for
Live at Carnegie Hall The
50th Anniversary Concert.
Page was planning to attend a
special ceremony on Feb. 9 in
Los Angeles where she was to
receive a lifetime achievement
award from The Recording
Academy.
Neil Portnow, the
Academys president and
CEO, said he spoke with Page
and she had been grateful
and excited to receive the
honor. Our industry has lost
a remarkable talent and a true
gift, and our sincere condo-
lences go out to her family,
friends and fans who were
inspired by her work.
Page was born Nov. 8,
1927, in Claremore, Okla. The
family of three boys and eight
girls moved a few years later
to nearby Tulsa.
LATEX PAINT DISPOSAL
DROP-OFF
American Paint Recyclers
419-204-5934
Saturday, January 5
th
8:00 AM - Noon
Delphos Municipal Building
608 N. Canal St.
Next to large item drop-off
ACCEPTED:
Latex, water-based, and acrylic paints
NOT accepted
Oil-based paints, alkyd paints, stains
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Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that asthma
cases in children often correlate to living
close to roads and all the associated pollu-
tion-spewing traffic?
Jake Locklear, San Diego, CA

Living near a roadway certainly does exac-
erbate asthma, especially for kids. To wit, a
recent study by the University of Southern
California (USC)the most comprehensive
by far to date on this topicfound that at least
eight percent of the more than 300,000 cases
of childhood asthma in Los Angeles County
can be attributed to traffic-related pollution
at homes within 250 feet of a busy roadway.
The findings, released in the September 2012
online edition of the peer-reviewed journal,
Environmental Health Perspectives, indicate
that previous research underestimated the
effects of roadway traffic on asthma.
Our findings suggest that there are large
and previously unappreciated public health
consequences of air pollution in Los Angeles
County and probably other metropolitan areas
with large numbers of children living near
major traffic corridors, says Rob McConnell,
one of the lead researchers on the study and
a professor of preventive medicine at USCs
Keck School of Medicine.
These findings confirm our understand-
ing that air pollution not only makes things
worse for people with asthma but can actually
cause asthma to develop in healthy children,
reports Diane Bailey of the Natural Resources
Defense Council (NRDC), a leading environ-
mental non-profit. It is even more sobering
when you consider that 45 million Americans
live within 300 feet of a highway and many of
them are children.
USC researchers note that new laws in
California designed to reduce carbon out-
putimproving fuel efficiency and reducing
vehicle miles by increasing public transit
optionswill also help reduce asthma trig-
gers. Some of the policies designed to reduce
traffic congestion and car usage include offer-
ing housing developers incentives to locate
projects closer to transit stops, thus encourag-
ing use of public transit.
Plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
and combat climate change offer an opportu-
nity to develop win-win strategies that will
maximize the health benefits from reduction
both of greenhouse gases and of air pollutants
that directly harm children, McConnell says.
There is also emerging evidence that
other diseases may be caused or exacerbated
by urban air pollution, including atheroscle-
rosis, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pul-
monary disease (COPD) and neurological
disorders, McConnell adds. Thus, policies
to combat climate change may have near-term
health benefits beyond reducing the burden of
disease due to asthma.
According to NRDCs Bailey, prioritiz-
ing the land directly next to freeways and
other busy roads for commercial rather than
residential use is one way to keep people
at a safer distance from asthma-triggering
pollution. Those who already live near busy
roadways can help mitigate pollution effects
by planting treesfoliage of all kinds is good
at absorbing pollutantsand by filtering their
indoor air to minimize overall exposure. But
given that traffic pollution increases asthma
by some eight percent, says Bailey, we better
do everything we can do reduce that pollution
and minimize exposure to it.

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Court ruling
clears Ohio to
pen Medicaid
contracts
By ANN SANNER
COLUMBUS Ohio is
prepared to move forward
with certain Medicaid con-
tracts after a court ruled in
the states favor in a dispute
over how the contracts were
awarded.
Amerigroup, a company
that claimed it was improp-
erly denied a contract under
what it said was a flawed
process, had sued the states
Department of Job and Family
Services alleging abuse of
discretion in how the state
scored applications.
The companies awarded
contracts will provide health
care services to more than 1.6
million poor and disabled peo-
ple, more than two-thirds of
Ohios Medicaid population.
The remaining Medicaid ben-
eficiaries receive care under
a fee-for-service model, in
which doctors are reimbursed
for each service through pro-
vider agreements with Ohio
Medicaid.
Virginia Beach, Va.-based
Amerigroup was not among
the top five scorers that
were preliminarily awarded
the state contracts in June.
The insurer currently has a
contract in Ohios Medicaid
managed-care program and
has been providing services
to the states beneficiaries
since 2005. Its expected to
lose business with the states
switch to new plans.
In a 2-1 ruling, the
Franklin County Court of
Appeals on Friday affirmed a
lower courts decision, saying
Amerigroup failed to prove
the state abused its discretion
in awarding the contracts.
Differences of interpreta-
tion, or even simple mistakes
by ODJFS are not an abuse
of discretion, the appellate
court said.
The dissenting judge
was Judith French, who was
recently appointed to the
Ohio Supreme Court.
An Amerigroup spokes-
woman said Wednesday the
insurer was disappointed with
the decision and exploring its
legal options. The company
could still appeal the ruling to
the states highest court.
Amerigroup will con-
tinue to coordinate the care
needs for and provide quality
services and support to our
61,000 members in Ohio,
said Maureen McDonnell, the
companys vice president of
public affairs and communi-
cations.
Amerigroups challenge
had blocked state officials
from signing agreements with
the five health plans that were
the highest scorers. Those
insurers are: CareSource;
Paramount Advantage; United
Healthcare Community Plan
of Ohio; Molina Healthcare
of Ohio Inc.; and Buckeye
Community Health Plan.
The contract awards to
the five plans remain pre-
liminary. The managed care
organizations must first pass
an assessment, in which they
must prove to the state that
they will be ready and able to
provide services when enroll-
ment begins in July.
The plans reviews will
start later this month, Ohio
Medicaid Director John
McCarthy said Wednesday.
He said he expects the con-
tracts to be signed at the
end of March. Beneficiaries
would start receiving notifi-
cations about the new plans
in April.
McCarthy has said Fridays
ruling made clear that Ohios
selection process was fair,
transparent, and objective
throughout.
TOLEDO (AP) An
unusually warm winter fol-
lowed by a hot spring and sum-
mer turned 2012 into one of the
hottest years on record across
Ohio.
Cleveland and Columbus
both had their highest average
annual temperatures this past
year while the states other big
cities just missed out on break-
ing their records.
Toledo, Cincinnati and
Dayton still had temperatures
that put 2012 among the five
hottest years theyve posted,
according to the National
Weather Service.
The records should be no
surprise after a year that brought
70-degree temperatures in
March, oppressive heat in June
and July and little snow until the
last few weeks of the year.
It was so warm in February
that organizers of a winter cel-
ebration in Whitehouse near
Toledo had to replace a snow
angel contest with sidewalk
chalking and switch a snow-
ball throwing contest into a
softball toss.
State climatologist Jeffrey
Rogers said more and more
evidence points to climate
change for the higher tempera-
tures. He told The Columbus
Dispatch that the state has had
decades of rising temperatures
since the 1960s, blaming pol-
lutants from power plants, fac-
tories and vehicles.
We admit the climate is
changing; we just dont want to
take the blame for it, he said.
Columbus had an average
temperature of 56.5 degrees, 4
degrees higher than the citys
annual average and just above
the record of 56.3 set in 1998.
Clevelands average of
54.1 degrees also topped its
record of 53.6 set in 1998.
The temperature there hit at
least 90 degrees on 28 days,
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
reported.
Toledo (53.1) and Dayton
(55.3) had their fourth hottest
years and Cincinnati (57.1) had
its fifth warmest.
Unseasonably high temper-
atures made March the warm-
est recorded in the Cleveland
and Cincinnati areas and set
records elsewhere in Ohio.
2012 among hottest years
on record in Ohio cities
Jobless veterans
rescue robbery
victim
Judge rules in
favor of family
in autism suit
Man who killed
burglar shoots
another one
CINCINNATI (AP) A
homeless man and another
who was recently homeless
are being hailed as heroes for
coming to the rescue of a
man who was being robbed in
downtown Cincinnati.
Police said 54-year-old
Gary Wagner was being
attacked at an ATM when two
men came to his aid and wres-
tled him free. One of them
stayed with Wagner while the
other ran after the suspect and
stood in front of his car until
officers arrived.
The Cincinnati Enquirer
reports that both men are mil-
itary veterans who did not
know each other before the
Monday incident. Forty-six-
year-old David Hale just got
off the streets, and 38-year-
old Chad McClain who ran
after the suspect is living at
a shelter.
Wagner said he wants to do
something to help them.
CINCINNATI (AP) A
federal judge has ordered the
state to provide speech ther-
apy and other services to an
autistic Ohio boy pending a
ruling on a lawsuit by his par-
ents seeking more extensive
treatment.
The lawsuit filed by Robert
and Holly Young last month
accused the state of denying
their 2-year-old son federally
mandated treatment.
The Cincinnati Enquirer
reports that U.S. District
Court Judge Michael Barrett
ordered Wednesday that the
state restore some services
that had been terminated.
The couple from
Williamsburg, east of
Cincinnati, accused the state
of discriminating against chil-
dren with autism and their
parents by failing to provide
them with a type of intensive
treatment known as applied
behavioral analysis.
Attorneys for the state say
federal guidelines dont spe-
cifically require states to pro-
vide the treatment.
CLEVELAND (AP)
Authorities say a north-
east Ohio man who fatally
shot a burglar in his home in
November shot another man
who broke into his home this
week.
Police say the latest intrud-
er was shot Monday morn-
ing in Miodrag Burgarcics
house in Cleveland. He was
taken to the hospital with an
arm wound. Burgarcic told
officers he was holding the
burglar at gunpoint and fired
when the suspect tried to hit
him with a lamp.
The (Cleveland) Plain
Dealer reports that Burgarcic
fatally shot a 43-year-old
knife-wielding burglar in the
chest after finding the man in
his home Nov. 21. No charges
were filed.
The prosecutors office
will review the circumstances
of the latest shooting.
Gatorade truck
crash snarls
Columbus traffc
COLUMBUS (AP)
Police in Columbus called in
a snow plow to push Gatorade
bottles off the road after a
tractor-trailer truck crashed on
an interstate ramp and dumped
its load.
Cleanup after the 3 a.m.
crash today on a ramp from
Interstate 270 east to I-71
north continued to snarl traf-
fic well into the morning rush
hour.
Police say the driver lost
control of the vehicle and
crashed into a guard rail. There
were no injuries. The trucks
gas tank was ruptured, but the
leak was quickly plugged.
Columbus is Ohios
state capital (even though
Chillicothe was the first) and
largest city.
2
If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher (1889-1951)
IT WAS NEWS THEN
POLITICS
Moderately confused
KATHLEEN PARKER
Point
of View
One Year Ago
The Delphos Rotary Club recently presented $300 to
two organizations for their assistance with the High School
Seniors Historical Walking Tour held each year in the fall.
The Rev. David Howell, representing the Delphos Postal
Museum, and Ed Ulrich, representing the Delphos Canal
Commission, accepted checks from Rotarian JoAn Smith.
25 Years Ago 1988
Jefferson Wildcat Head Coach Frank Minnig had to be
pleased with his teams four-quarter effort in last Saturday
nights 82-71 win over the Ottoville Big Green, but he had
to be overwhelmingly surprised with their first period play.
Grabbing the opening tipoff and taking only 3 seconds to get
their first two points, Jefferson never looked back. Leading
scorers for Jefferson were Jason Hayson 19 and Mike Minnig
with 18.
Elizabeth Rene Kill, daughter of Tim and Joyce
Rose Kill of Delphos, was born at 7:57 p.m. January 3. She
became the Delphoss 1988 New Years Baby and the recipi-
ent of many gifts from Delphos merchants. Waiting to greet
Elizabeth Rene when she comes home within the next
several days will be Angela and Hope, 11; Erik, 10; and
Ryan, 9.
If the Wapakoneta boys basketball team felt it had been
victim of theft, it had good reason. St. Johns turned three
fourth-quarter steals into easy baskets enroute to a come-
from-behind 79-76 victory Saturday night at Wapakoneta.
Joining Mike Williams in double figures, 25, was Doug Etgen
with 18.

50 Years Ago 1963
An article written recently by one of the mem-
bers of the teaching staff at St. Johns School, Sister
M. Azeveda, S. N.D., appeared in the last issue of the
Catholic School, accompanied by a picture of three St.
Johns students. Entitled Seed Mosaics, the students were
pictured with their creative art designs. The three girls
participating were Jean Helmkamp, Kristen Birkmeier and
Jane Wannemaker.
A former Delphos jurist, who is serving as Lucas County
Common Pleas Court judge, was recently toasted by fellow
attorneys and friends. Judge John M. McCabe was the guest
of honor at a luncheon honoring his 30 years on the bench in
Lucas County. He was reared on a farm in Van Wert County
and attended high school in Delphos.
Mrs. Albert Laudick was hostess to the members of the
Charity Workers Club and one guest, Mrs. Francis Walterick,
Wednesday evening in her home on State Street. Games of
five-hundred were played with high honors going to Mrs.
John Metzner Sr., and the traveling prizes to Mrs. Metzner
and Mrs. Walterick.
75 Years Ago 1938
The Delphos Recreation cagers annexed a hard fought
victory Sunday afternoon from the highly touted Company
E quintet of Kenton in a game played at the Kenton
Armory. When the smoke of the battle cleared the local club
had inflicted a 43-20 defeat, the second of the year, on the
Kenton basketeers and incidentally broke a winning streak of
twelve straight games.
Preparations are being made for a band concert which
will be given Jan. 13 at Jefferson auditorium under the aus-
pices of the Jefferson High School junior and senior bands.
The proceeds of the concert will be used to purchase a new
Sousaphone.
The members of the Faith-Hope Class of the United
Brethren Church held a regular meeting and a watch party at
the church on New Years Eve. Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Clapper
were guests. The devotionals were led by Rev. Wesley
Mullenhour, pastor of the church.
By DONNA CASSATA
WASHINGTON
Congress is ushering in the
new and the old dozens of
eager freshmen determined
to change Washington and
the harsh reality of another
stretch of bitterly divided
government.
The 113th Congress will
convene today at the consti-
tutionally required time of
noon for pomp, pageantry
and politics as newly elected
members of the House and
Senate are sworn in and the
speaker of the Republican-
controlled House is chosen.
The traditions come against
the backdrop of a mean sea-
son that closed out an angry
election year.
A deal to avert the fis-
cal cliff of big tax increases
and spending cuts split the
parties in New Years Day
votes, and the Houses fail-
ure to vote on a Superstorm
Sandy aid package before
adjournment prompted GOP
recriminations against the
leadership.
Theres a lot of hangover
obviously from the last few
weeks of this session into
the new one, which always
makes a fresh start a lot
harder, Rep. Kevin Brady,
R-Texas, said.
For all the change of the
next Congress, the new boss-
es are the same as the old
bosses.
President Barack Obama
secured a second term in
the November elections, and
Democrats tightened their
grip on the Senate for a 55-45
edge in the new two-year
Congress, ensuring that Sen.
Harry Reid, D-Nev., will
remain in charge. Republicans
maintained their majority in
the House but will have a
smaller advantage, 235-199.
Former Democratic Rep.
Jesse Jackson Jr.s Illinois
seat is the one vacancy.
Speaker John Boehner,
R-Ohio, has faced a bruis-
ing few weeks with his frac-
tious GOP caucus but seemed
poised to win another term
as speaker. He mollified
angry Republicans from New
York and New Jersey on
Wednesday with the promise
of a vote Friday on $9 bil-
lion of the storm relief pack-
age and another vote on the
remaining $51 billion on Jan.
15.
The GOP members quickly
abandoned their chatter about
voting against the speaker.
The new Congress still
faces the ideological disputes
that plagued the dysfunction-
al 112th Congress, one of
the least productive in more
than 60 years. Tea partyers
within the Republican ranks
insist on fiscal discipline in
the face of growing deficits
and have pressed for deep
cuts in spending as part of
a reduced role for the fed-
eral government. Democrats
envision a government with
enough resources to help the
less fortunate and press for
the wealthiest to pay more
in taxes.
We can only hope for
more help, said Sen. Joe
Manchin, D-W.Va., who was
re-elected in November. Any
time you have new mem-
bers arriving you have that
expectation of bringing fresh
ideas and kind of a vitality
that is needed. We hope that
theyre coming eager to work
hard and make some difficult
decisions and put the country
first and not be bogged down
ideologically.
The next two months
will be crucial, with tough
economic issues looming.
Congress put off for just eight
weeks automatic spending
cuts to defense and domes-
tic programs that were due
to begin with the new year.
The question of raising the
nations borrowing author-
ity also must be decided.
Another round of ugly nego-
tiations between Obama and
Congress is not far off.
By ANDREW TAYLOR
WASHINGTON
Onward to the next fiscal cri-
sis. Actually, several of them,
potentially. The New Years
Day deal averting the fiscal
cliff lays the groundwork for
more combustible struggles
in Washington over taxes,
spending and debt in the next
few months.
President Barack Obamas
victory on taxes this week was
the second, grudging round
of piecemeal successes in as
many years in chipping away
at the nations mountainous
deficits. Despite the length
and intensity of the debate, the
deal to raise the top income
tax rate on families earning
over $450,000 a year about
1 percent of households
and including only $12 billion
in spending cuts turned out to
be a relatively easy vote for
many. This was particularly
so because the alternative was
to raise taxes on everyone.
But in banking $620 bil-
lion in higher taxes over the
coming decade from wealth-
ier earners, Obama and his
Republican rivals have barely
touched deficits still expected
to be in the $650 billion range
by the end of his second term.
And those back-of-the-enve-
lope calculations assume poli-
cymakers can find more than
$1 trillion over 10 years to
replace automatic across-the-
board spending cuts known as
a sequester.
They didnt do any of
the tough stuff, said Erskine
Bowles, chairman of Obamas
2010 deficit commission.
Weve taken two steps now,
but those two steps combined
arent enough to put our fiscal
house in order.
In 2011, the government
adopted tighter caps on day-
to-day operating budgets of
the Pentagon and other cabi-
net agencies to save $1.1 tril-
lion over 10 years.
The measure passed
Tuesday and signed
Wednesday by Obama pre-
vents middle-class taxes from
going up while raising rates
on higher incomes. It also
blocks severe across-the-board
spending cuts for two months,
extends unemployment ben-
efits for the long-term jobless
for a year, stops a 27 percent
cut in Medicare fees paid to
doctors and prevents a pos-
sible doubling of milk prices.
The alternative was going
over the cliff, an economy-
punching half-trillion-dollar
combination of sweeping tax
increases and spending cuts.
Despite the deal, the govern-
ment partially went over with
the expiration of a two-year cut
in Social Security payroll taxes
of two percentage points.
Action inside a dysfunction-
al Washington now only comes
with binding deadlines. So, nat-
urally, this weeks hard-fought
bargain sets up another crisis
in two months, when painful
across-the-board spending cuts
to the Pentagon and domestic
programs are set to kick in
and the government runs out
of the ability to juggle its $16.4
trillion debt without having to
borrow more money.
Unless Congress increases
or allows Obama to increase
that borrowing cap, the gov-
ernment risks a first-ever
default on U.S. obligations.
Republicans will use this as an
opportunity to leverage more
spending cuts from Obama,
just like they did in the sum-
mer of 2011.
House Speaker John
Boehner, R-Ohio, vows that
any increase in the debt limit
which needs to be enact-
ed by Congress by the end
of February or sometime in
March must be accom-
panied by an equal amount
in cuts to federal spending.
That puts him on yet another
collision course with Obama,
who has vowed anew that he
wont let haggling over spend-
ing cuts complicate the debate
over the debt limit.
The cliff compromise rep-
resented the first time since
1990 that Republicans con-
doned a tax increase. That
has whipped up a fury among
tea party conservatives and
increased the pressure on
Boehner to adopt a hard line
in coming confrontations over
the borrowing cap and the
spending cuts that won only
a two-month reprieve in this
weeks deal.
WASHINGTON The
new year began not with a
cannonball off the fiscal cliff
but with an outbreak of con-
spiratorial cynicism.
This time its Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, whose
fall and concussion, followed
by a blood clot between her
brain and skull, have prompted
an embarrassment of theories.
The gist: That woman will do
anything to avoid testifying
about Benghazi.
Several commentators on
the right opined via Twitter
and TV, those most deadly
hosts for the piranha of rumor
and innuendo, that Clinton was
faking her concussion to duck
out on her appearance before
congressional committees
investigating the attack on the
U.S. diplomatic compound in
Libya that killed Ambassador
Christopher Stevens and three
other Americans.
An independent report
published last month placed
substantial responsibil-
ity on the State Department.
Not only was security at the
Benghazi compound weak,
relying heavily on local forc-
es with conflicting loyalties,
but requests for additional
security apparently had been
ignored or denied.
The sentiment that Clinton
might not wish to testify is not
without reason. It is hard to
imagine the agony of know-
ing that ones lack of vigi-
lance may have contributed
to four deaths. But the attacks
on Clinton during her illness,
essentially attacks on her
character, have been cruel and
unfair. What must the world
think of us?
Clinton, who fainted as a
result of dehydration brought
on by a stomach virus, hit her
head and suffered a concus-
sion, after which a blood clot
was discovered. She had to
be hospitalized while blood-
thinning medications were
administered and monitored.
Although her critics backed
off once the clot was reported,
initial responses ranged from
Shes faking to demands for
proof of her concussion.
One writer demanded
her medical records. John
Bolton, former ambassador
to the United Nations, called
Clintons affliction a diplo-
matic illness to avoid testify-
ing about Benghazi. Later he
suggested that details were
skimpy in an effort to protect
her potential 2016 presidential
run.
I think its the too-cute-by-
half approach thats reflected
in the absence of transparency
thats going to end up dam-
aging her and damaging her
credibility, he said on Fox
News.
Again, Clinton may well
prefer to miss her day before
the firing squad, but it is
unlikely that medical doctors
or a hospital would assist a
secretary of state or any-
one in concocting a fake
affliction.
Besides, you cant have it
every which way. Immediately
after the Benghazi attacks,
Clinton took full responsibil-
ity for the events and was
accused by Republicans of
falling on her sword to protect
President Obama.
Now that shes temporar-
ily indisposed and unable to
elaborate on her admitted
responsibility, those same
critics insist shes trying to
avoid taking personal respon-
sibility.
The viciousness of the pun-
dit class is disheartening and
disgusting. And these days
everyones a pundit. Got an
opinion? Why, step right up
to the microphone. If youre
good TV, you too can be a
contributor.
Out in the hinterlands,
where Americans consume
news that suits their politi-
cal proclivities, opinions are
formed on the basis of what-
he-said. Reputations and lives
are ruined on the tines of
pitchforks glimmering in the
light of torch-bearing mobs.
And those are just the news
shows.
One doesnt have to be a
fan of Hillary Clinton, though
a Bloomberg poll says that
two-thirds of Americans are,
to feel tainted by the relish
with which she and many
other have been attacked
unfairly and disproportion-
ately. Susan Rice, who was
Obamas favorite to replace
Clinton as secretary of state,
comes to mind.
But this isnt a problem only
for women or Democrats. The
rush to character assassination
seems to be our only biparti-
san imperative and is a blight
on our political system. In this
brooding age of superstition
and portent, every misspoken
word is a lie, every human
error a hanging offense.
This is not to suggest that
we be naive or credulous, but
that we seek some balance in
our approach to discovery. At
the moment, we seem to be
ricocheting between hysteria
and delusion.
Eventually, Clinton will
have to step forward and take
her medicine. She is slated
to appear before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee in
mid-January, though the date
hasnt been set. The nation
clearly needs answers on what
happened in Benghazi, and
no doubt Clinton will provide
them.
This is not blind faith in a
favored politician, but respect
for a process that relies on
accepted rules of order. We
owe our representative to the
world which is to say, our-
selves at least this much.

Kathleen Parkers email
address is kathleenparker@
washpost.com.
WASHINGTON
Under intense pressure from
angry Republicans, House
Speaker John Boehner agreed
Wednesday to a vote this week
on aid for Superstorm Sandy
recovery.
The speaker will schedule a
vote Friday for $9 billion for the
national flood insurance pro-
gram and another on Jan. 15
for a remaining $51 billion in
the package, Republican Rep.
Peter King of New York said
after emerging from a meeting
with Boehner and GOP law-
makers from New York and
New Jersey. The votes will be
taken by the new Congress that
will be sworn in Thursday.
King left the session with
Boehner without the anger that
led him to rip into the speaker
Tuesday night.
It was a very positive
meeting, King said, adding
that Boehner, R-Ohio, assured
the lawmakers present that the
money from the two House
votes would roughly equal the
$60 billion package of aid that
passed the Senate.
Since the votes will be
taken in the new Congress,
the Senate also will have to
approve the legislation. If the
House, as expected, approves
the $9 billion flood insurance
proposal, the Senate plans
to move quickly in hopes of
approving the aid on a voice
vote Friday. The flood insur-
ance money will help pay for
claims by home and business
owners with coverage.
Sandy was the most
costly natural disaster since
Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and
one of the worst storms ever in
the Northeast.
Getting critical aid to the
victims of Hurricane Sandy
should be the first priority in
the new Congress, and that
was reaffirmed today with
members of the New York
and New Jersey delegations,
Boehner said in a joint state-
ment with House Majority
Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.
Congress ushering in new
members with old divide
Plots and clots
Cliff averted, its on to the next fiscal crisis
Boehner agrees
to Sandy aid
vote Friday
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9-11 a.m. The Delphos
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241 N. Main St., is open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite at
Delphos Senior Citizen Center,
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5-7 p.m. The Interfaith
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Church.
7 p.m. Delphos Emergency
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Thrift Store is open for shop-
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St. Johns High School parking
lot, is open.
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and Rescue
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Little Theatre.
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Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
MONDAY
301 Suthoff Street.
7 p.m. Delphos City
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Delphos Parks and Recreation
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Washington Township trust-
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7:30 p.m. Spencerville
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Delphos Eagles Auxiliary
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Fifth St.
8 p.m. The Veterans of
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11:30 a.m. Mealsite
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Center, 301 Suthoff Street.
6:30 p.m. Delphos
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1600 E. Fifth St.
7:30 p.m. Ottoville
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JAN. 4
Ryan Trentman
Lauren Ladd
Kitchen
Press
Kitchen
Press
Kitchen
Press
Serve up these
recipes for a tasty
Mexican cuisine.
Sirloin, Pepper and
Onion Skillet
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 boneless beef sirloin
steak, 3/4-inch thick (about
1 pound), cut into 4 pieces
1 large onion, sliced
(about 1 cup)
2 medium red and/or
green peppers, cut into
2-inch-long strips (about
3 cups)
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon red wine
vinegar or balsamic vin-
egar
1 can golden mushroom
soup
1/2 cup water
1 cup shredded Cheddar
Jack cheese or Cheddar
cheese (4 ounces)
Heat 1 tablespoon oil
in a 10-inch skillet over
medium-high heat. Add
the beef and cook until
its well browned on both
sides. Remove the beef
from the skillet. Pour off
any fat. Reduce the heat to
medium. Heat the remain-
ing oil in the skillet. Add
the onion and peppers and
cook for 3 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Add the gar-
lic and cook until the vege-
tables are tender-crisp, stir-
ring often. Add the vinegar
to the skillet and cook and
stir for 1 minute. Stir in the
soup and water and heat to
a boil. Return the beef to
the skillet. Reduce the heat
to low. Cover and cook the
beef for 2 minutes or until
desired doneness. Sprinkle
with the cheese.

Black Bean Dip
1 tablespoon vegetable
oil
1 large onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 can (15 ounces) black
beans, drained
1/2 cup thick and
chunky salsa
1 can (4 ounces)
chopped mild or hot chili
peppers, well drained
1 tablespoon lime juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pep-
per
1/8 teaspoon hot pepper
sauce
Tortilla chips
Sour cream
Heat oil in medium skil-
let over medium-high heat.
Add onion and garlic. Cook
and stir 3 minutes or until
onion is tender. Transfer
onion and garlic to food
processor. Add beans,
salsa, chilies, lime juice,
salt, black pepper and hot
pepper sauce; process until
almost smooth, scraping
side of bowl occasionally.
Cover; refrigerate 2 hours
to allow flavors to blend.
Top with sour cream and
serve with tortilla chips.
Garnish, if desired. Makes
3 cups.
If you enjoyed these
recipes, made changes or
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Barclays first-grade class at Landeck Elementary
Students in Sue Barclays first-grade class at Landeck Elementary include, front from left, Troy Pseekos, Tara Radabaugh, Brady DuVall,
Blaine Martin, Abbi Hageman, Alyvia Lindeman, Casey Flanagan, Mady Teman and Eowyn Shirey; and back, Johnna Higbie, Lauren French,
Payton Plescher, Logan Britton, Isaac Gallmeier, Alonnah Sellers, Avery Rahrig, Noelle Prine, Emily Rode, Morgan Schuck and Barclay.
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SPORTS
Northwest Ohio Boys Basketball
Standings 2012-2013
League All Games
Through Jan. 2
BLANCHARD VALLEY
CONFERENCE
Arlington 2-0 8-0
Vanlue 2-0 7-0
Leipsic 1-0 6-1
Liberty-Benton 1-0 5-1
McComb 1-1 3-5
Pandora-Gilboa 1-1 2-6
Van Buren 1-1 1-6
Cory-Rawson 0-2 3-5
Hardin-Northern 0-2 1-7
Arcadia 0-2 0-8
MIDWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Versailles 2-0 6-0
St. Henry 1-0 8-1
St. Johns 1-0 5-2
New Bremen 1-1 6-2
Marion Local 0-0 3-1
Coldwater 0-0 2-3
Fort Recovery 0-1 7-1
Minster 0-1 5-2
New Knoxville 0-1 4-3
Parkway 0-1 1-7
NORTHWEST CENTRAL
CONFERENCE
Lima Temple Chris. 2-0 6-3
Upper Scioto Val. 2-0 5-2
Fairbanks 1-0 3-4
Waynesfield-Gosh. 1-0 3-4
Perry 0-1 2-5
Riverside 0-1 0-7
Marion Catholic 0-2 1-8
Ridgemont 0-2 1-8
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Lima Central Cath. 3-0 9-1
Paulding 2-0 6-2
Spencerville 1-0 4-3
Crestview 1-1 7-1
Lincolnview 1-1 3-6
Columbus Grove 0-1 4-3
Ada 0-1 3-5
Jefferson 0-1 2-6
Allen East 0-1 1-6
Bluffton 0-2 3-5
PUTNAM COUNTY LEAGUE
Leipsic 2-0 6-1
Kalida 1-0 3-5
Miller City 1-1 5-3
Continental 0-0 4-4
Ottoville 0-1 4-6
Fort Jennings 0-1 1-9
THREE RIVERS ATHLETIC
CONFERENCE
Tol. Cent. Cath. 2-0 5-0
Tol. Whitmer 3-1 7-1
Tol. St. Johns Jes. 3-1 8-3
Findlay 2-1 5-2
Lima Senior 2-1 4-3
Fremont Ross 2-2 5-2
Oregon Clay 0-4 0-6
Tol.St.Francis DeS. 0-4 0-7
WESTERN BUCKEYE LEAGUE
Bath 1-0 7-2
Kenton 1-0 7-2
Ottawa-Glandorf 1-0 6-1
Elida 1-0 6-2
Van Wert 1-0 5-2
Wapakoneta 0-1 5-4
Defiance 0-1 3-3
St. Marys 0-1 2-5
Celina 0-1 1-6
Shawnee 0-1 1-6
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Girls
BLANCHARD VALLEY
CONFERENCE
McComb 3-0 8-1
Arlington 2-1 5-2
Arcadia 2-1 6-3
Leipsic 2-1 6-3
Liberty-Benton 2-1 5-3
Van Buren 2-1 3-6
Cory-Rawson 0-3 5-7
Vanlue 0-3 4-6
Hardin-Northern 0-3 0-8
MIDWEST ATHLETIC
CONFERENCE
Versailles 3-0 10-1
Fort Recovery 2-0 8-1
Marion Local 1-1 7-2
New Knoxville 1-1 6-3
St. Johns 1-1 5-3
Coldwater 1-1 5-4
New Bremen 1-1 6-5
Minster 1-2 6-4
St. Henry 0-2 6-4
Parkway 0-2 3-7
NORTHWEST CENTRAL
CONFERENCE
Upper Scioto Valley 2-0 5-2
Waynesfield-Goshen 2-0 5-3
Perry 1-1 3-8
Fairbanks 1-1 1-6
Ridgemont 0-1 0-8
Marion Catholic 0-1 0-10
Riverside 0-2 1-10
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Crestview 3-0 9-1
Bluffton 3-0 7-2
Lincolnview 2-1 8-2
Ada 2-1 6-4
Allen East 2-1 5-4
Lima CC 1-2 4-5
Jefferson 1-2 4-7
Spencerville 1-2 1-8
Paulding 0-3 4-6
PUTNAM COUNTY LEAGUE
Leipsic 3-0 6-3
Kalida 2-0 6-2
Ottoville 1-0 9-0
Continental 1-0 7-2
Fort Jennings 0-2 4-6
Miller City 0-3 0-9
THREE RIVERS ATHLETIC
CONFERENCE
Tol. Notre Dame Acad. 4-0 7-3
Findlay 4-1 7-2
Tol. Cent. Cath. 4-1 6-3
Lima Senior 3-2 6-4
Tol. Whitmer 3-2 6-3
Oregon Clay 1-4 3-8
Toledo St. Ursula 0-4 3-5
Fremont Ross 0-5 2-7
WESTERN BUCKEYE
LEAGUE
Bath 3-0 8-2
Shawnee 3-0 5-4
Celina 2-1 8-2
Elida 2-1 6-4
Wapakoneta 2-1 5-5
Kenton 1-2 6-4
Ottawa-Glandorf 1-2 4-5
St. Marys 1-2 2-6
Van Wert 0-3 3-6
Defiance 0-3 0-7
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
STANDINGS
Of bowls and firings and changes, oh my!
The College Football Bowl Season
it deserves all capital letters because
it is almost like a prehistoric era of
time, it takes so long! is winding
down.
In actuality, I dont mind the number
of games you can pick and choose
which ones you watch and generally
they have been good games if you
have a sponsor, a reasonable number of
people in the seats and a network will-
ing to carry them on TV for those of us
who cannot go for such tawdry things
like a job, families, etc.
An aside here but I was perusing
some forums and one person suggested
that if we were real fans of our teams,
wed go to the games live no matter
the expense or we should be happy
to only rely on next-day coverage. I
did respond to this person with a mes-
sage such as what was he smoking
or how rich he must be or some such
words. (This is why I call it Metcalfes
Musings because you never know what
will jar something, even as I write these
columns!)
Anyway, the only real beef I have
with the present bowl system as it is
constructed is that there are games
that simply should not be played after
Jan. 1. We have the New Years Day
games, the Sugar Bowl, the Fiesta and
Cotton bowls and then the National
Championship, all pretty good match-
ups of teams with solid records and
importance.
Tell me, why do we have the BBVA
Compass Bowl with two 6-6 teams,
or the GoDaddy.com Bowl with ...
Arkansas State ... between the Cotton
and BCS National Title game?
Those games which are not part
of the BCS format should be prior
to Jan. 1.
Lets hope the new playoff format
will address some of these issues.
Again, this is no slight to the teams
playing in those games the players
and coaches on those teams work hard,
too, and have done what they needed to
to qualify for a bowl. I just think these
are head-scratchers as to why they are
considered, in essence, more important
than the far-more established bowls.
The annual Black Monday of
the National Football League season
was even more ferocious. Seven head
coaches got axed but you get the feel-
ing they all really knew it was going
to happen.
We still dont really know for sure
about some others: I for one wonder
about Dallas.
I know some are sighing, here he
goes again, but I think this situation
mirrors a lot of others in the NFL. How
many fans of others teams can fill-in-
the-blank here.
Jerry Jones has promised changes
in the off-season; I hope one of those
changes is firing himself as everything-
but-owner, as well as his son, Steven,
as whatever-he-is.
Supposedly, both are well-respected
by the players but the results of the past
two decades suggest it aint there.
Yes, you are going to respect the guy
that signs your big-time checks and his
son but do the players really respect
them as football guys?
Again, the results and former
coach Jimmy Johnson suggest the
answer is NO.
Every year, the Cowboys are listed
as one of the most talented teams in the
NFL and every year, well, they havent
won a Super Bowl since Bootlegger
Boy Barry Switzer and pal of the
owner picked up Johnsons third
Lombardi Trophy in 1996.
I know a lot of fans of our teams in
Ohio can commiserate or could.
As I wrote before, especially about
Andy Reid, dont weep for these men.
They will turn out just fine; they are
too good of coaches to not land on their
feet somewhere.
Still, I dont understand this need to
purge every two years.
Take the Browns, for instance.
I understand that they have a new
owner and he has a right to do as he
pleases by bringing in those he is com-
fortable with. Still, does he do this for
every business he buys?
Plus, professional football is just a
little bit different because of how tough
it can be to put a good product on the
field. Pat Shurmur has had the Browns
going in the right direction in my
humble opinion but they dont have
the depth of some other teams to over-
come the injuries that inevitably hap-
pen.
That team was so close to having
things go their way; heck, they were
still in the playoff hunt as of two weeks
ago.
Now, you are going to what bring
in a new regime to establish their sys-
tem, blow up what you had started and
in two years, need to find another new
coach because this one didnt work?
Im not assuming that this wont
work stuff happens but I think
football fans can look back at his-
tory and see that this pattern generally
always ends in disaster. As I wrote last
week about the Steelers and could
write about the Patriots, among oth-
ers there is something crucial about
stability and consistency to building
winners over the long haul.
Its not perfect, by any means, but
we have the pleasure of hindsight to see
that it generally does work.
Are you going to draft another
quarterback number one, for example,
because Weeden didnt get you into
the playoffs?
The Bengals may actually have
stumbled on this fact: owner Mike
Brown stayed the course with Coach
Marvin Lewis a couple of years ago
and has been rewarded with back-to-
back playoff berths for the first time in
franchise history.
Whod have ever thunk that owner
Mike Brown was willing to pull back
and allow his people more freedom
and that is paying off?
I think Daniel Snyder in our nations
capital has also learned that lesson: let
your football people do their jobs because
thats what you hired them to do.
JIM METCALFE
Metcalfes
Musings
[email protected]
Delphos Tri-County
Wrestlers open season
SIDNEY The Delphos
Tri-County Wrestling Club
started its regular season
recently with a big bang at
Sidney High School.
With 46 wrestlers partici-
pating for the club, 19 of
them new to the sport, they
brought home 11 first-place
finishes, 13 second place, 13
third place and nine fourth.
Bringing home three pins
on the day were: newcomer
Landen Grothaus, as well as
Cody Bailey, Gabe Steyer
and Conner Anspach.
With 2 pins were: Aiden
Lanteigne, Joshua Ringwald,
Colin Bailey, Cody Bockey,
Brady Welker, Kane Plescher
and Trent Vonderwell.
And one pin: newcom-
ers Blaine Maloney, Ty
Rudasill, Garrett Trentman,
Coby Anspach, Jay Goetz
and Braden Lewis, along with
Austin Giesige, Tyler Herron,
Mason Vonderwell, Avery
Schulte, Isaiah Bretz, Dominic
Estrada, Kole McKee, Ean
Boecker, Justin Weiging and
August Wurst.
First place went to: Aiden
Lanteigne, Cody Bailey,
Nathan Ditto, Landen
Grothaus, Tyler Herron, Colin
Bailey, Gabe Steyer, Brady
Welker, Kane Plescher, Jay
Goetz and Conner Anspach.
Second-place finishers
were: Blaine Maloney, Keilik
Cross, Joshua Ringwald,
Austin Giesige, Logan
Dickman, Mason Vonderwell,
Eli Zehender, Cody Bockey,
Braden Lewis, Dominic
Estrada, Ean Boecker, Trent
Vonderwell and Justin
Weiging.
Third went to: Ty Rudasill,
JJ Murphy, Royce Kill, Garrett
Trentman, Troy Pseekos,
Coby Anspach, Clayton
Paddubny, Cole Binkley,
Avery Schulte, Brady Zalar,
Isaiah Bretz, Kole McKee
and August Wurst.
And bringing home a
fourth-place ribbon were:
Grady Holdgreve, Alex
Gerow, Caden Wright, Jacob
McConnahea, Isaac Cross,
Ben McKee, Jason Seekings,
Chase Bailey and John
Pseekos.
The club got 42 total pins
on the day!
Next action is Sunday at
Ottawa-Glandorf High School.
Wrestling starts at 1 p.m.
The clubs home tourna-
ment is scheduled for Jan. 20
at St. Johns.
Second-half defense pro-
pels Defiance to 62-46
win over Beavers
By Keisha Holtsberry
Sports information assistant
DEFIANCE The
Bluffton University mens
basketball team fell 62-46
to Defiance College on
Wednesday. The Beavers
slipped to 4-8 overall and 0-5
in the Heartland Collegiate
Athletic Conference, while
Defiance improved to 7-5
overall and 3-2 in the HCAC.
The Beavers had a solid
first half and controlled the
scoreboard for a majority of
the period. Junior Will Pope
(Somerville/Preble Shawnee)
dumped in a layup for the first
tie of the game. Twenty sec-
onds later, junior Josh Johnson
(Ottawa-Glandorf) buried a
triple try, giving the Beavers
the lead. The Yellow Jackets
wasted no time in tying the
game back up less than a min-
ute later. Junior Dustin Kinn
(Alvada/New Riegel) put the
Beavers on top by two at the
15:56 mark but eight seconds
later Defiance again tied the
game.
The Yellow Jackets went
up by three for a few min-
utes before sophomore Ryan
Ebbeskotte (Fort Jennings/
Delphos Jefferson) and Kinn
both converted to put the
Beavers back in the lead. The
visitors stayed in control until
late in the stanza with their
largest lead being five after
a 3-pointer from senior Tyler
Neal (Bluffton). Defiance
used a 10-2 run to take the
lead but Johnson dialed long
distance with 19 seconds left
in the half for a 28-28 tie at
the break.
Defiance wasted no time
taking control to start the
second half. The home team
went up 40-31 at the 16:13
mark and kept the lead for
the entire half, outscoring the
Beavers 34-18 for a 62-46
final score.
The Beavers were led by
Kinn who had 11 points and
11 rebounds for his first career
double-double. Johnson added
nine points from three triples.
Freshman Thayne Recker
(Arlington) pulled down six
rebounds.
Bluffton went 18-of-57
(31.6%) from the field, while
Defiance finished 23-of-50
(46.0%). The Beavers were
4-of-13 (30.8%) from behind
the arc, compared to 6-of-17
(35.3%) for the home team.
A commanding 45-28
Bluffton advantage on the
boards was offset by eight
more turnovers (13-5) and a
miserable 6-of-17 (35.3%)
shooting night at the stripe.
The Yellow Jackets were
10-of-12 (83.3%).
The Beavers jump back
into HCAC action on Saturday
with a trip to Hanover College.
The contest with the Panthers
is slated for 4 p.m. following
the womens matchup.
Bluffton University 46
fgm-fga 3fgm-fga ftm-fta pts
Dustin Kinn 5-14 0-0 1-2 11, Will
Pope 3-5 0-0 1-4 7, Josh Fisher 0-5
0-2 2-6 2, Tyler Neal 2-6 1-3 0-0 5,
Josh Johnson 3-12 3-7 0-0 9, Brock
Homier 0-1 0-0 1-3 1, Billy Taflinger
1-1 0-0 0-0 2, Matt Weisenborn 0-0
0-0 0-0 0, Nate Chambers 1-4 0-1
0-0 2, Ryan Ebbeskotte 1-4 0-0 0-0
2, Dillon Long 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Thayne
Recker 2-5 0-0 1-2 5. Totals 18-57
4-13 6-17 46.
Rebounds: 45/17 off. (Kinn 11).
Assists: 6 (Kinn 3). Steals: 2 (Fisher/
Chambers 1). Blocks: 3 (Recker 2).
Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 14.
Defiance 62
Ryan Hicks 4-10 0-1 1-2 9, Wade
Wooley 0-1 0-0 0-0 0, Mason Roth 4-7
0-1 0-0 8, Travis Schomaeker 4-9 1-5
0-0 9, Logan Wolfrum 7-14 4-6 2-2
20, Bernard Edwards 3-7 1-3 5-6 12,
D.J. Bonds 0-0 0-0 2-2 2, Drew Frizell
0-1 0-1 0-0 0, Jordan Fair 0-0 0-0 0-0
0, Hosie Smith 1-1 0-0 0-0 2, Kent
Tietje 0-0 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-50 6-17
10-12 62.
Rebounds: 28/2 off. (Hicks 5).
Assists: 8 (Hicks 3). Steals: 7 (Roth/
Edwards 2). Blocks: 7 (Edwards 4).
Score by Halves:
Bluffton 28 18 - 46
Defiance 28 34 - 62
Points in the paint-BUMB13 24,DC
20. Points off turnovers-BUMB13
2,DC 13.
2nd chance points-BUMB13 8,DC
3. Fast break points-BUMB13 2,DC
13.
Bench points-BUMB13 12,DC 16.
Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-6
times.
Largest lead-BUMB13 by 5 1st-
05:59, DC by 18 2nd-04:41.
Officials: Steven Skiles, Gary
Spring, Scott Siville
Attendance: 1,046
189th meeting between DC and
Bluffton on the hardwood.
Logan Wolfrum moves to 8th on
DCs all-time points list with 1,542.
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Defiance stays perfect
in HCAC with 54-32
win over Beavers
By Jordan Marbaugh
Sports information assistant
DEFIANCE The
Bluffton University womens
basketball team stumbled
out of the gate and never
recovered as rival Defiance
College dominated round one
of the 2012-13 series with a
54-32 victory. The Beavers
fell to 1-4 in the HCAC and
6-6 overall, while Defiance
improved to 5-0 in HCAC
and 8-4 overall.
Bluffton could not over-
come a cold-shooting first half
after jumping out to an early
lead on a Taylor Whitaker
(Mansfield/Lexington) three.
When Defiance finally found
the range, the Yellow Jackets
put it into overdrive as they
built a commanding 34-9 lead
at the break.
The second half started
with the Beavers going on
a 9-2 run to close the gap to
36-18 with 16 minutes left.
However, Defiance answered
back and held off Blufftons
rally en route to a 54-32
win over the Beavers in the
Weaner Center.
Sophomore Rachel Debord
(Lebanon) led the way offen-
sively with 10 points and she
pulled down five rebounds.
Brooke Ruffer (Stryker)
hauled in seven boards and
added four points. Taylor
Knight (Perrysburg) chipped
in with four boards of her
own.
Bluffton hit just 13-of-
47 from the field (27.7%),
including a paltry 18.2 per-
cent in the opening half (4-of-
22). The Jackets also pounded
the boards, outrebounding the
visitors 48-28.
The Beavers return to
action on Saturday when they
head to Hanover College. The
tip is set for 2 p.m.
Bluffton University 32
Mikayla Coburn 2-5 1-2 0-0 5,
Brooke Ruffer 2-6 0-0 0-0 4, Taylor
Whitaker 1-13 1-9 2-4 5, Taylor Knight
1-6 0-1 1-4 3, Kaitlyn Pennekamp 0-0
0-0 0-0 0, Brenna Kurilec 0-2 0-0 0-0
0, Belicia Cooper 1-1 0-0 0-0 2, Abby
Jerger 1-1 0-0 0-0 2, Rachel DeBord
5-9 0-1 0-0 10, Lauren Hutton 0-0
0-0 0-0 0, Kylee Burkholder 0-3 0-0
1-2 1, Alexis Williams 0-1 0-0 0-0
0. Totals 13-47(27.7%) 2-13(15.4%)
4-10(40%) 32.
Rebounds: 28/9 off. (Ruffer
7). Assists: 6 (Knight 3). Steals:
8 (Debord 3). Blocks: 2 (DeBord/
Buckholder 1). Turnovers: 21. Fouls:
19.
Defiance 54
Hannah Harshman 3-6 0-0 0-0 6,
Kim Comden 7-17 1-4 4-4 19, Rachel
Ciminillo 0-3 0-1 0-0 0, Erica King 1-9
0-4 3-4 5, Megan Zachrich 4-9 0-3 0-0
8, Catey Fix 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Marissa
Kath 1-1 1-1 1-4 4, Ashley Birchmeier
2-4 2-4 0-0 6, Emma Starks 1-1 0-0 0-0
2, Maggie Neanen 0-2 0-0 2-2 2, Kim
Bingley 0-2 0-0 0-0 0, Megan Fields
0-0 0-0 2-3 2. Totals 19-54(35.2%)
4-17(23.5%) 12-17(70.6%) 54.
Rebounds: 48/19 off. (Comden
12). Assists: 17 (King 4). Steals:
8 (Kath 2). Blocks: 8 (Comden 6).
Score by Halves:
Bluffton 9 23 - 32
Defiance 34 20 - 54
Points in the paint-BUWB13 10,DC
20. Points off turnovers-BUWB13
4,DC 18.
2nd chance points-BUWB13 3,DC
13. Fast break points-BUWB13 6,DC
0.
Bench points-BUWB13 15,DC 16.
Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1
time.
Last FG-BUWB13 2nd-00:51, DC
2nd-02:42.
Largest lead-BUWB13 by 3 1st-
19:35, DC by 27 2nd-19:06.
Officials: Bob Wilkerson, Bryce
Heller, Rachael Stackhouse
Attendance: 813
77th all-time meeting between
Defiance and Bluffton.
LOCAL ROUNDUP
MIAMI LeBron James
scored 32 points and finished
one assist shy of a triple-dou-
ble, Dwyane Wade scored 27
and the Miami Heat rallied
both early and late before
beating the Dallas Mavericks
119-109 in overtime on
Wednesday night.
Chris Bosh scored 17
points and Ray Allen added
15 for Miami, which extend-
ed its Eastern Conference-
leading record to 22-8. The
Heat trailed by 12 in the open-
ing minutes and then dug their
way out of a 6-point hole in
the final 3:02 of regulation.
James had 12 rebounds
and nine assists for the Heat,
who wound up going on what
became a 16-3 run late, includ-
ing 7-0 to start overtime.
O.J. Mayo scored 30 and
Dirk Nowitzki still work-
ing his way back from knee
surgery added 19 in 29
minutes for the Mavericks,
who fell to 0-6 in overtime
this season. Vince Carter had
15 points, Chris Kaman scored
14 and Darren Collison fin-
ished with 11.
NETS 110, THUNDER 93
OKLAHOMA CITY Joe Johnson
scored a season-high 33 points,
Deron Williams added 19 points and
13 assists and Brooklyn snapped
Oklahoma Citys 12-game home win-
ning streak in a game featuring the
first ejection of Kevin Durants career.
The Nets squandered a 23-point
lead and allowed Oklahoma City to
tie it at 85 before ripping off a 23-8
run to seize control right back. Durant
was ejected near the end of the surge,
arguing with Danny Crawford after the
referee had already issued a tech-
nical foul against Kendrick Perkins.
Durant scored 27 points and Russell
Westbrook had 26 points and 10
assists for Oklahoma City, which lost
for only the third time at home this
season.
Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo
got a win against the team that fired
him back in 2008.
WARRIORS 115, CLIPPERS 94
OAKLAND, Calif. Stephen
Curry scored 25 of his 31 points in the
first half, David Lee finished with 24
points and 13 rebounds and Golden
State coasted past Los Angeles.
Harrison Barnes had 13 points
and nine rebounds and Curry added
eight assists and six rebounds to pace
Golden States 26-8 spurt to start the
game.
Jamal Crawford scored 24 points
off the bench and Chris Paul had
23 points and six rebounds for the
Clippers, playing with heavy hearts
after learning of the death of owner
Donald Sterlings son earlier in the
day. Starting small forward Caron
Butler also wasnt with Los Angeles
because of personal reasons.
GRIZZLIES 93, CELTICS 83
BOSTON Mike Conley had
23 points and nine assists to help
Memphis send Boston to its fourth
consecutive loss.
Rudy Gay scored 19 points and
ex-Celtic Tony Allen had a season-
high 15 points for Memphis.
Paul Pierce scored 17 for Boston
but had just one basket in the third
quarter and none in the fourth. Rajon
Rondo had 11 points and 10 assists
for the Celtics, who trailed by 18 after
the opening basket of the fourth quar-
ter but closed the gap to 83-78 with
under 5 minutes to play on back-to-
back 3-pointers from Jason Terry.
Boston began fouling and the
Grizzlies made their shots, hitting 8-of-
11 from the line down the stretch.
SPURS 117, BUCKS 110
MILWAUKEE Tim Duncan had
28 points, 13 rebounds and six assists
as San Antonio used torrid first-half
shooting to beat Milwaukee for its
seventh consecutive victory.
Tony Parker added 23 points and
11 assists for the Spurs, who shot 52
percent from the field for the game
and withstood a second-half rally by
the Bucks.
Brandon Jennings paced
Milwaukee with 31 points. Bucks rook-
ie John Henson scored a career-high
20 points and added nine rebounds.
Mike Dunleavy had 19 points.
ROCKETS 104, HORNETS 92
HOUSTON James Harden had
31 points and seven assists to lead
Houston over New Orleans.
When he couldnt find a rhythm
from beyond the arc, Harden took
to the paint, where he scored 16 of
his points. Houston outscored New
Orleans 60-28 in the paint. Harden
has led the Rockets in scoring for 14
straight games he has played.
Omer Asik had 21 points and
eight rebounds and forward Patrick
Patterson scored 13 of his 15 points
in the fourth quarter, adding nine
rebounds in the game.
RAPTORS 102, TRAIL BLAZERS
79
TORONTO Terrence Ross
scored a career-high 26 points,
DeMar DeRozan had 24 and Toronto
snapped an 8-game losing streak
against Portland.
Ed Davis had 19 points and Amir
Johnson 17 in Torontos first victory
over the Trail Blazers since a 116-109
double-overtime win on Jan. 13, 2008.
Ross had a career-best six 3-pointers
as the Raptors won for the eighth
time in nine games and opened their
season-high 6-game homestand in
style, leading by as many as 25.
Rookie Damian Lillard led Portland
with 18 points while LaMarcus Aldridge
had 14 points and 10 rebounds.
PACERS 89, WIZARDS 81
INDIANAPOLIS Paul George
had 29 points and 13 rebounds, D.J.
Augustin scored 18 points and Indiana
beat Washington.
George had 10 points in the first
quarter as the Central Division-leading
Pacers (19-13) led by as many as 17
points against the team with the NBAs
worst record. Roy Hibbert added 13
points for the Pacers. Ian Mahinmi
added nine points and 11 rebounds.
The Wizards (4-26) wouldnt go
away easily, battling back to within
51-49 in the third quarter before the
Pacers pulled away. Jordan Crawford
scored 20 points for Washington.
Kevin Seraphin scored 16, Nene
added 15 points and Bradley Beal
14.
BULLS 96, MAGIC 94
ORLANDO, Fla. Carlos Boozer
had a season-high 31 points and
11 rebounds, Luol Deng scored 23
points and Chicago hung on to beat
Orlando.
Taj Gibson added 21 points and
10 rebounds for the Bulls, who played
without center Joakim Noah. Chicago
was outrebounded 37-34 but exploited
an injury-plagued Magic front court,
outscoring them 42-32 in the paint.
Jameer Nelson, who scored a
season-high 32, missed a leaning
jumper in the closing seconds that
would have tied it, sending Orlando
to its seventh straight loss overall and
fifth in a row at home. Nik Vucevic
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AGRIBUSINESS
Drainage water management
By James J. Hoorman
Assistant Professor
OSU-Extension
Putnam County
Subsurface tile drainage
is an essential water man-
agement practice on many
highly productive fields in the
Midwest. However, nitrate and
phosphorus carried in drainage
water can lead to local water
quality problems and contrib-
ute to eutrophication in Lake
Erie and hypoxia in the Gulf
of Mexico.
Drainage water manage-
ment is a new strategy that
reduces the nitrate and phos-
phorus loads while maintain-
ing adequate drainage for crop
production. The following six
paragraphs with slight revi-
sions and illustrations are
taken directly from a fact
sheet entitled Drainage Water
Management for the Midwest
WQ-44.
Drainage water manage-
ment is the practice of using
a water control structure in
a main, sub-main, or lat-
eral drain to vary the depth
of the drainage outlet. The
water table must rise above
the outlet depth for drainage
to occur. The outlet depth,
as determined by the control
structure, is:
Raised after harvest to
limit drainage outflow and
reduce the delivery of nitrate
to ditches and streams during
the off-season. The outlet is
lowered in early spring and
again in the fall so the drain
can flow freely before field
operations such as planting or
harvest. (Figure 1)
Raised again after plant-
ing and spring field operations
to create a potential to store
water for the crop to use in
Figure 1.The outlet is raised after harvest to reduce soil
nutrient delivery. The outlet is lowered in the spring and
fall before planting and harvesting.
Figure 2. The outlet is raised after planting to poten-
tially store water for crops.
midsummer. (Figure 2)
The practice is only suit-
able on fields that need drain-
age, and is most appropriate
where a pattern drainage sys-
tem (as opposed to a random
system) is installed. The field
should be flat (generally less
than 0.5 percent slope) so that
one control structure can man-
age the water table within 1 to
2 feet. The producer must be
able to manage the drainage
system without affecting adja-
cent landowners. Narrower
drain spacing reduces the risk
of yield loss due to excess
wetness during the growing
season.
The number of control
structures depends on field
topography and the desired
uniformity of water table man-
agement. Flatter fields require
fewer overall structures and
allow each structure to eco-
nomically manage a larger
area. One structure can typi-
cally control at least 10 or 20
acres and each control struc-
ture costs about $1,000. Yield
benefits vary but for Midwest
conditions, long-term crop
yield benefits of up to 5 per-
cent with controlled drainage
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could be expected. There may
be a risk of excessive moisture
in some years, but the risk
can be minimized with proper
management.
Studies have found reduc-
tions in annual nitrate load in
drain flow ranging from about
15 percent to 75 percent,
depending on location, climate,
soil type, and cropping practice.
Nitrate load is reduced by about
the same percentage as drain
flow is reduced, since most
studies have found that drain-
age water management does not
change the nitrate concentration
in the drain flow. In regions
where much of the drainage
takes place during the winter
(such as Illinois, Indiana, and
Ohio), the reduction is likely to
be greater than where most of
the drainage takes place later in
the year.
Farmers should plan to
use the same amount of nitro-
gen fertilizer on their crops
because the soluble nitrate
stored in the root zone will
may be lost when the water is
released before planting. The
phosphorus research is still
being conducted, but in North
Carolina, as much as a 35-50
percent reduction in soluble
phosphorus was found in out-
let water (Evans, Gilliam, and
Skaggs, 1996).
Contact the Putnam County
Soil & Water Conservation
District for information on
cost share and EQIP grants
for installing control structures
on your farm. For more infor-
mation on management or to
see the actual factsheet, visit
extension.purdue.edu/extme-
dia/WQ/WQ-44.pdf
Wednesdays Result
Sugar Bowl
At New Orleans
Louisville 33, Florida 23
Todays Game
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.
Kansas State (11-1)
vs. Oregon (11-1), 8:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
Fridays Game
Cotton Bowl
At Arlington, Texas
Texas A&M (10-2) vs.
Oklahoma (10-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)
FBS BOWL GLANCE
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New York 21 10 .677
Brooklyn 17 15 .531 4 1/2
Philadelphia 15 18 .455 7
Boston 14 17 .452 7
Toronto 12 20 .375 9 1/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 22 8 .733
Atlanta 20 10 .667 2
Orlando 12 20 .375 11
Charlotte 8 23 .258 14 1/2
Washington 4 26 .133 18
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Indiana 19 13 .594
Chicago 17 13 .567 1
Milwaukee 16 14 .533 2
Detroit 12 22 .353 8
Cleveland 7 26 .212 12 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 26 8 .765
Memphis 20 9 .690 3 1/2
Houston 18 14 .563 7
Dallas 13 20 .394 12 1/2
New Orleans 7 25 .219 18
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 24 7 .774
Denver 18 15 .545 7
Portland 16 15 .516 8
Minnesota 14 14 .500 8 1/2
Utah 16 17 .485 9
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 25 8 .758
Golden State 22 10 .688 2 1/2
L.A. Lakers 15 16 .484 9
Sacramento 12 20 .375 12 1/2
Phoenix 12 21 .364 13
Wednesdays Results
Sacramento 97, Cleveland 94
Toronto 102, Portland 79
Indiana 89, Washington 81
Chicago 96, Orlando 94
Memphis 93, Boston 83
Miami 119, Dallas 109, OT
Houston 104, New Orleans 92
Brooklyn 110, Oklahoma City 93
San Antonio 117, Milwaukee 110
Phoenix 95, Philadelphia 89
Utah 106, Minnesota 84
Golden State 115, L.A. Clippers 94
Todays Games
San Antonio at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m.
Fridays Games
Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Brooklyn at Washington, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 8
p.m.
Indiana at Boston, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Miami, 8 p.m.
Houston at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
Utah at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30
p.m.
NBA GLANCE
By BRETT MARTEL
NEW ORLEANS Terell
Floyd and the Louisville
Cardinals gave the embattled
Big East Conference at least
one more triumphant night
in a major bowl and at the
expense of a top team from
the mighty SEC.
Floyd returned an inter-
ception 38 yards for a touch-
down on the first play, dual-
threat quarterback Teddy
Bridgewater directed a hand-
ful of scoring drives and
No. 22 Louisville stunned
the fourth-ranked Gators
33-23 in the Sugar Bowl on
Wednesday night.
I cant speak for the whole
Big East but I can speak for
Louisville and I think this
means a lot for us, Floyd
said. We showed the world
we can play with the best.
The Big East is in a transi-
tional phase and losing some
of its top football programs
in the process. Boise State
has recently backed out of
its Big East commitment and
Louisville has plans to join
the ACC.
Even this year, the Big
East wasnt getting much
respect. Louisville, the league
champion, was a 2-touch-
down underdog in the Sugar
Bowl.
But by the end, the
chant, Charlie, Charlie!
echoed from sections of the
Superdome occupied by red-
clad Cardinals fans. It was
their way of serenading third-
year Louisville coach Charlie
Strong, the former defensive
coordinator for the Gators,
who has elevated Cardinals
football to new heights and
recently turned down a chance
to leave for the top job at
Tennessee.
I look at this performance
tonight and I sometimes won-
der, Why didnt we do this
the whole season, Strong
recalled. We said this at the
beginning: We just take care
of our job and do what were
supposed to do, dont worry
about who were playing.
Shaking off an early hit that
flattened him and knocked
off his helmet, Bridgewater
was 20-of-32 passing for 266
yards and two touchdowns.
Among his throws was a pin-
point, 15-yard timing toss that
DeVante Parker grabbed as
he touched one foot down in
the corner of the end zone.
I looked at what did and
didnt work for quarterbacks
during the regular season,
said Bridgewater, picked as
the games top player. They
faced guys forcing throws ...
and coach tells me, No capes
on your back or S on your
chest; take what the defense
gives you. Thats what I
took. Film study was vital.
His other scoring strike
went to Damian Copeland
from 19 yards one play after
a surprise onside kick by the
Gators backfired. Jeremy
Wright had a short touch-
down run that gave Louisville
(11-2) a 14-0 lead the Gators
couldnt overcome.
Florida (11-2) never trailed
by more than 10 points this
season. The defeat dropped
SEC teams to 3-3 this bowl
season, with Alabama, Texas
A&M and Mississippi still
to play.
We got outcoached and
outplayed, Florida coach
Will Muschamp said. Thats
what I told the football team.
Thats the bottom line.
Gators quarterback Jeff
Driskel, who had thrown only
three interceptions all season,
turned the ball over three
times on two interceptions
both tipped passes and a
fumble. He finished 16-of-29
for 175 yards.
Down 33-10 midway
through the fourth period,
Florida tried to rally. Andre
Debose scored on a 100-yard
kickoff return and Driskel
threw a TD pass to tight end
Kent Taylor with 2:13 left.
But when Louisville defend-
ers piled on Driskel to thwart
the 2-point try, the game was
essentially over.
Florida didnt score until
Caleb Sturgiss 33-yard field
goal early in the second quar-
ter.
The Gators finally got in
the end zone with a trick play
in the closing seconds of the
half. They changed person-
nel as if to kick a field goal
on fourth-and-goal from the
1 but lined up in a bizarre
combination of swinging-gate
and shotgun formations and
handed off to Matt Jones.
The Gators tried to keep
the momentum with a sur-
prise onside kick to open the
third quarter but not only did
Louisville recover, Floridas
Chris Johnson was called for
a personal foul and ejected for
jabbing at Louisvilles Zed
Evans. That gave Louisville
the ball on the Florida 19, from
where Bridgewater needed
one play to find Copeland for
his score.
We game-planned it and
felt good about it, Muschamp
explained of the onside kick
attempt. We wanted to steal
a possession at the start of the
second half.
On the following kickoff,
Evans cut down kick return-
er Loucheiz Purifoy with a
vicious low, high-speed hit
that shook Purifoy up. Soon
after, Driskel was sacked hard
from behind and stripped by
safety Calvin Pryor, ending
another Florida drive with a
turnover.
We had the right attitude,
had the right mindset that we
would go out and beat this
team, Pryor said.
The Cardinals quickly
stung the Gators. Floyd, one of
nearly three dozen Louisville
players from Florida, made
the play.
Driskel was looking for
seldom-targeted Debose,
whod had only two catches
all season.
I threw it behind him,
(he) tried to make a play on
it, tipped it right to the guy,
Driskel said. Unfortunate to
start the game like that.
When Louisvilles offense
got the ball later in the quarter,
the Florida defense, ranked
among the best in the nation
this season, sought to intimi-
date the Cardinals with one
heavy hit after another.
One blow by Jon Bostic
knocked Bridgewaters hel-
met off moments after hed
floated an incomplete pass
down the right sideline. Bostic
was called for a personal foul,
however, which seemed to get
the Cardinals opening drive
rolling. Later, Wright lost his
helmet during a 3-yard gain
and took another heavy hit
before he went down.
Louisville kept coming.
B.J. Butler turned a short
catch into a 23-yard gain
down to the Florida 1. Then
Wright punched it in to give
the Cardinals an early 2-TD
lead over a team that finished
third in the BCS standings,
one spot too low to play for a
national title in Miami.
Louisville upsets Florida
33-23 in Sugar Bowl
(Continued from Page 6)
finished with 20 points and 12
rebounds and Arron Afflalo added
19 points.
KINGS 97, CAVALIERS 94
CLEVELAND Jason Thompson
scored 19 points and DeMarcus
Cousins added 18, leading Sacramento
over Cleveland for its second road win
of the season.
John Salmons 3-pointer from the
corner with 52.9 seconds remaining
gave Sacramento the lead for good,
92-90. The win broke a 7-game losing
streak away from home for the Kings,
without injured starting guards Tyreke
Evans and Marcus Thornton.
Kyrie Irving scored 22 points to
lead Cleveland. Cavaliers center
Anderson Varejao, the leagues lead-
ing rebounder, missed his seventh
straight game with a bruised right
knee.
JAZZ 106, TIMBERWOLVES 84
SALT LAKE CITY Gordon
Hayward scored 17 points, Enes Kanter
had 15 and Utah beat Minnesota to
snap a 3-game losing streak.
Paul Millsap started 7-of-7 for Utah
and finished with 14 points and Jamaal
Tinsley had 12. Tinsley started in place
Mo Williams, who learned earlier in the
day he will be out six weeks after opt-
ing for surgery on his right thumb.
The game marked the return of
Andrei Kirilenko, who played 10 sea-
sons for the Jazz before being allowed
to leave via free agency two years
ago. He finished with 12 points on
4-of-7 shooting.
Alexey Shved and Kevin Love led
Minnesota (14-14) with 13 apiece;
Love added 10 rebounds.
SUNS 95, 76ERS 89
PHOENIX Luis Scola scored 19
of his 21 points in the second half and
Phoenix beat Philadelphia to snap a
6-game losing streak.
Goran Dragic added 20, Shannon
Brown scored 12 and Marcin Gortat
had 11 points and 14 rebounds for
the Suns.
Jrue Holliday had 16 points, 10
rebounds and 10 assists for his sec-
ond career triple-double for the 76ers.
Dorell Wright and Thaddeus Young
had 14 points apiece.
NBA
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Real Estate Transfers
Putnam County
Diane M. Recker,
James T. Recker, Carol
Jean Miller, Kenneth
Miller, Jane C. Bennett
and Russell Scott
Bennett, parcels 3 and
4, Union Township and
Lots 3A, 4A and 5A,
Union Township to Eric
T. Recker and Denise L.
Recker.
Arthur J. Alt Jr. TR and
Ruth M. Alt TR, 4.018
acres Riley Township to
Joseph A. Schwab and
Betsy J. Schwab.
Eugene F. Siefker and
Ruth Siefker, .270 acre,
Sugar Creek Township to
Kevin P. Siefker.
Kevin P. Siefker and
Jennifer S. Siefker,
.156 acre, Sugar Creek
Township to Eugene F.
Siefker and Ruth Siefker.
Carolyn S. Dorn, Larry
E. Dorn, Marilyn J. Olivo,
Mary R. Smith, Robert J.
Smith, Anne C. Smith,
Theresa A. Kingsley,
Ann M. Dunnett, Mark
Dunnett, Judy Hamp and
Todd Hamp, 40.00 acres,
Greensburg Township,
35.402 acres Greensburg
Township and 35.864
acres Greensburg
Township to Norman J.
Kahle.
Gerald L. Stechschulte
and Marilyn J.
Stechschulte, Lot 7A
Hidden Timbers Sub.,
Ottawa, to Stechschulte
Properties LLC.
Sarah J. Boggs, Lot
116, Leipsic, to JP
Morgan Chase Bank.
George E. Vanscoyoc
and Jane Vanscoyoc,
2.009 acres, Van Buren
Township to Kenneth
Hashbarger and Shrya
Hashbarger.
George E. Vanscoyoc
and Jane Vanscoyoc,
2.009 acres, Van Buren
Township to Kenneth
Hashbarger and Shyra
Hashbarger.
George E. Vanscoyoc
and Jane Vanscoyoc, 78.00
acres Van Buren Township
to Randal E. Rader and
Rodney E. Rader.
Margaret M. Miller,
2.014 acres Perry
Township, 3.052 acres
Perry Township, 20.0
acres Perry Township,
2.20 acres Perry
Township, Lot 7, Lot 8,
Lot 9, Lot 10, Huntstown,
10.16 acres Perry
Township and parcel
Perry Township, to Terry
L. Warnecke and Janice
M. Warnecke.
Joshua L. Wolke and
Elizabeth S. Meyer nka
Elizabeth S. Wolke,
1.748 acres Greensburg
Township to Matthew J.
Recker.
Mary Lou Schaublin,
1.116 acres Riley
Township to Mark A.
Schaublin.
Mary Lou Schaublin,
27.71 acres Riley
Township and 5.00 acres
Riley Township, to Mark
A. Schaublin.
Harlan L. Kuhn Jr. and
Caroline A. Kuhn, Lot
303, Ottawa, to Fannie
Mae Federal National
Mortgage Association.
Leland G. Meyer
TR and Jean M. Meyer
TR, 1.231 acres Union
Township to Kevin D.
Meyer and Kathryn E.
Meyer.
Brent Robert Spitnale
TR and Robert Spitnale
TR, Lot 105, Lot 110
and Lot 120, Continental,
to Joshua P. Armey and
Jaime J. Armey.
Ronald D. Verhoff, Lot
410, Glandorf, to Eric J.
Kaufman and Tracy L.
Kaufman.
Lyle Croy and
Amee Croy fka Amee
Rosenberger, Lot 451,
Ottawa, to Brad L.
Gerding and Katelyn M.
Gerding.
Patricia J. Meyer TR,
1.158 acres Blanchard
Township to Patricia J.
Meyer.
Patricia J. Meyer LE,
1.158 acres Blanchard
Township, to Steve
Meyer, Mark Meyer,
Gerald Meyer, Tim
Meyer and Gina Place.
Theresa A. Birkemeier,
.9 acre Ottawa Township,
.46 acre Ottawa
Township, .37 acre
Ottawa Township, Lot
286, Lot 347, Glandorf,
parcels (Lot 20, Lot
21, Lot 25, Lot 22, Lot
23) Ottawa Township,
21.780 acres Ottawa
Township, 1.0 acre
Ottawa Township, Lot
1192, Ottawa, 5.453
acres Ottawa Township
and 11.481 acres Ottawa
Township, to TCB LLC.
Timothy L. Recker and
Anna M. Recker, 52.50
acres Union Township
to Putnam County
Community Improvement
Corporation.
Putnam County
Community Improvement
Corporation, 52.50 acres
Union Township, to Kalida
Manufacturing Inc.
Answer to Puzzle
DEAR DOCTOR K: I
started taking oxycodone for
chronic back pain, but now Im
addicted to it. Ive heard there
may be medications that can
help me quit.
DEAR READER:
Oxycodone, like morphine,
codeine and hydrocodone, is
an opioid drug. Opioids are
among the most powerful
painkillers available. They can
also produce a feeling of well-
being and euphoria.
Opioids affect the brain
by attaching themselves to
structures on brain cells
called receptors. The opioid is
like a key and the receptor is
like a lock. When the key fits
into the lock, the brain cell is
affected.
However, opioids are
notorious for producing
withdrawal symptoms that
make it difficult to quit.
Such symptoms include
restlessness, muscle and
bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea,
vomiting, cold flashes with
goose bumps and involuntary
leg movements.
Medications for opioid
addiction can help prevent or
ease withdrawal symptoms
and reduce cravings. There
are two different types:
agonists and antagonists.
Agonists attach to the same
receptors that opioids attach
to, but produce different effects
on brain cells. Methadone and
buprenorphine are the two
agonist medicines used in the
United States:
-- Methadone is the most
frequently used medication for
treating opioid dependence.
When taken as directed,
methadone does not produce
a high.
A single dose of methadone
can ease or prevent opioid
withdrawal symptoms and
alleviate cravings for 24 to
36 hours. It also eliminates
the rush, the feel-good
sensations of opioids. Some
people continue methadone
indefinitely as a way to help
them remain abstinent. This
is known as methadone
maintenance therapy.
In the U.S., methadone
is available only through
specialized clinics. You must
report to the clinic daily to get
your treatment.
-- Buprenorphine is similar
to methadone. It has not been
around nearly as long, and
there are not a lot of studies
comparing it to methadone.
Nevertheless, it appears to
be safer and its withdrawal
symptoms briefer. You do
not need to attend a clinic
to use the drug; doctors in
private practice can prescribe
it. Buprenorphine is most
appropriate for people who
are extremely motivated to
abstain or who have mild
dependence.
Antagonist medicines block
the attachment of opioids to
their receptors. When they are
first used in someone addicted
to opiates, they can produce
withdrawal symptoms, so they
need to be given only in a
closely monitored setting.
-- Naltrexone is FDA-
approved to treat opioid
addiction, but it does not have
a good track record of helping
people stay opioid-free. It
is best used in people who
are highly motivated to get
off opioids and who can be
monitored closely.
-- Naloxone is sometimes
used by doctors for rapid
and ultra-rapid detoxification.
These controversial
techniques shorten the
duration of withdrawal. During
ultra-rapid detox, people are
anesthetized for 24 hours,
sparing them the worst of
withdrawal. Rapid detox can
be dangerous and may not be
effective for treating addiction.
We have more information
on opioid addiction in our
Special Health Report,
Overcoming Addiction.
(Learn more about this report
at AskDoctorK.com, or call
877-649-9457 toll-free to
order it.)
Ask the doctor who
prescribed oxycodone for you
if one of the drugs discussed
above would help to overcome
your addiction. There may be
another drug less addictive
than oxycodone to relieve
back pain.
(Dr. Komaroff is a physician
and professor at Harvard
Medical School. To send
questions, go to AskDoctorK.
com, or write: Ask Doctor
K, 10 Shattuck St., Second
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Dear Sara: I need a paper
towel replacement. Ive used
coupons and taken advantage
of sales, but paper towels are
still too expensive. Id like to
replace them with a really
absorbent cloth. (Back when
I could buy new dishtowels, I
hated how nonabsorbent they
were until they were broken
in.) I guess I would buy a
covered diaper pail or some
such thing to throw them in
until washing. Can you point
me in the right direction? --
Mary, Michigan
Dear Mary: Youll have
to figure out what you like to
use. I place a stack of cheap
washcloths on the kitchen
countertop and use them for
cleaning and drying hands.
You can color code them
for their various uses. For
example, white for cleaning
the kitchen, yellow for hands,
etc. I use microfiber cloths and
paper towels, too. You could
put the cloth rags in a plastic
pail or bin with some bleach
water after you use them, or
simply rinse, wring and hang
them to dry or place them in
a mesh bag hung from a door
knob until laundry time. A small
baby-wipes container can hold
a few folded, and its compact.
The important thing is to not
keep using the same cleaning
rag in your kitchen without
laundering -- it can harbor
bacteria. And dont store damp
used rags for long before
washing them, or theyll stink
and grow moldy. You can use
cloth diapers, T-shirt or towel
scraps as rags, or cut cotton
flannel squares, too. All are
absorbent.
Instead of trying to eliminate
paper towels, simply try to
keep paper towels put away
and not easily accessible. Put
your alternative cloths in their
place and youll automatically
use less, but still have some
paper towels in the house if
you discover a task you prefer
to use them. If you continue
to use paper towels, look
for ones that are higher in
recycled content, or use the
select-a-size rolls.
Another suggestion is to
fold your paper towels for
better absorbency rather than
wadding them or wrapping
them around your hand when
you dry your hands. Heres a
video to watch: mentalfloss.
com/blogs/archives/125491.
As the speaker in the video
suggests, shake your hands
after washing and fold your
paper towel when drying your
hands to use less.
Dear Sara: Musty smell
in carpet? My husband
accidentally tipped over a
three-gallon bucket of water in
the bedroom. It was intended
for the fish tank. Fortunately,
nothing was ruined and the
carpet is drying quickly. Its the
rancid moldy wet-dog smell
thats bothering me. Any idea
how to get rid of it? I hesitate
to put baking soda or vacuum
powder down while it is still
damp. -- C.H., Missouri
Dear C.H.: You really want
the water, padding, flooring
and possibly drywall on the
walls to dry completely within
48 hours or youll have mold.
If you havent already used a
shop vacuum to extract the
water, pulled up the carpet
and used a large fan (this
can take a few days, running
it nonstop), its probably too
late. I would have called a
professional water extraction,
drying and cleaning company.
From what youre describing, it
sounds like you already have a
mildew/mold issue.
(Sara Noel is the owner
of Frugal Village (www.
frugalvillage.com), a website
that offers practical, money-
saving strategies for everyday
living. To send tips, comments
or questions, write to Sara
Noel, c/o Universal Uclick,
1130 Walnut Street, Kansas
City, MO, 64106, or email
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Horoscope
By Bernice Bede Osol
Parents should
have meeting
after will decided
Dear Annie: I am a
22-year-old adoptee. My
grandparents raised me from
6 months old and offcially
adopted me when I was 10.
They have three sons my
biological father and his two
brothers. This is where the
problem lies.
My uncles have never
accepted that their parents
are my parents. They never
refer to me as
their sister and
frequently refer
to my parents as
my grandparents.
Most of these
things I ignore,
but there is one
thing I cannot.
My parents are
in their early 60s,
and the subject of
their death comes
up often. Their
sons have decided
that when our parents die, I
have no say in anything.
Annie, these are the only
parents Ive ever had. I am
legally adopted, so I have a
legal right as well as a given
right. How do I calmly ex-
plain that they are my par-
ents, too? Their Child
Dear Their Child: You
are not going to make your
uncles treat you like a sib-
ling. They see you as their
brothers child. And al-
though your parents are not
that old, it is never too soon
to prepare a will and other
necessary legal documents.
Your parents wishes and
the distribution of their as-
sets are things they get to
decide, and they should dis-
cuss it with a lawyer. They
should also have a family
meeting and make sure that
ALL of their children are
aware of how they want this
to be handled.
Dear Annie: I recently
attended a cocktail party at
the home of a former col-
league from our deaf pro-
gram. The speaker was a
campaign worker for one of
the presidential candidates.
The party hostess made ar-
rangements in advance for a
sign language interpreter.
When the speaker was
done with his presentation,
I waited for my turn to talk
to him. As I got clearance,
I was interrupted by three
hearing female guests who
showed no respect for a deaf
guest while the conversa-
tion took place. I managed
to maintain a professional
attitude by containing my
emotions, but their rudeness
took me by surprise. The
speaker was fully aware of
this, and his facial expres-
sion hinted to me that he
was not pleased by this epi-
sode.
If I were to attend an-
other such event and get the
same treatment, what should
I do? Deaf Professor
Dear Deaf: This type of
situation can occur whether
a guest is deaf or not. People
interrupt, block you from
the conversation and behave
rudely. An alert host would
have interceded, and the
speaker should have made
every effort to be more in-
clusive. He allowed these
women to hijack the conver-
sation. You also could have
enlisted the assis-
tance of the inter-
preter. If you feel
you were treated
poorly solely be-
cause of your deaf-
ness, please dis-
cuss this with your
host at the next
such event.
Dear Annie: The
letter from Heart-
broken Mother,
whose 36-year-
old son is a drug
addict, hit home. That son
couldve been me.
Im glad you told her to
take care of herself frst. I
would also like to mention
that The Salvation Army of-
fers a free, six-month-min-
imum in-patient adult re-
habilitation program. Its a
tough, spiritually based 12-
step program that includes
a full day of hard work and
counseling.
I have seen so many peo-
ple who are hopeless and
helpless renewed to strong,
contributing members of
the community. When one
shows up for intake, they
have to test clean for drugs
and alcohol. Maybe her son
is not ready, but there may
be thousands more who
are reading this column. It
is challenging but literally
lifesaving. The rewards for
those who take the walk and
for the families who take it
with them bring me to tears
every time I witness the
change and hope that come.
Doug
Annies Mailbox
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2013

Some kind of endeavor you
originate or direct
in the year ahead
will have excellent
chances for success.
However, not only
is it important that
you work for a
good cause, in addition, you need to
be extremely selective of those who
assist you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) -- Even if you dont seek it, your
very presence is likely to command
attention. Thus, you need to be extra
careful of your demeanor, because the
impression you make will be lasting.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
-- To achieve an important objective,
you need to proceed in a logical,
methodical manner. If you shoot from
the hip instead, the results are apt to
be quite disappointing.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) --
It behooves you to be as tactful and
pleasant as possible with colleagues.
Being too critical or aggressive could
result in an incident that would have
serious ramifications.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
-- If you are required to handle a
confidential matter for another, treat
it with the respect you would wish
if someone were doing the same for
you. Remember, the buck stops with
you on this one.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- It
would be best to keep a disagreement
with your mate to yourself. Once you
allow outsiders to enter the picture,
complications are likely to occur.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
-- Since your powers of observation
appear to be more acute than ever,
dont focus simply on others
shortcomings while totally ignoring
their good attributes.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
Make sure to handle your resources
as prudently as possible. Take care to
avoid taking on any unnecessary long-
term debt.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Guard
against temptations to rehash an old,
smoldering issue with another whose
point of view differs considerably.
Nothing will be gained except more
strife.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) --
Your frame of mind will affect how
you handle pressure. Take care not
to make everything you do more
complicated than it needs to be.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) --
If youve been feeling financially
squeezed, it might be smart to review
your expenses to see if any can be
eliminated or, at the very least, cut
down.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) --
You can easily get tunnel vision when
immersed in a project, and it could
be one of those times. Flow with the
majoritys view instead of insisting on
things being done your way.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) -- Premature disclosures about
an important objective might be used
against you. Be careful what you say
to whom, and play it close to the vest.

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Answers to Wednesdays questions:
In 1924, an internal inflation valve in the design
of the football made it possible for players to throw
spiral passes.
The first U.S. test of a dry-fuel thermonuclear
hydrogen bomb in 1954 at Bikini Atoll in the
Marshall Islands was code-named Castle Bravo.
Todays questions:
Where in the U.S. is the only statue of George
Washington for which Americas first president
actually posed?
What area code is dialed to telephone someone
board a ship at sea?
Answers in Fridays Herald.
German lesson:
My name is - Mein Name ist - Mine NAH-muh
ist
Nice to meet you Es freut mich - As froit
mish
How are you? - Wie geht`s? - wee gates
Pakistan says US drones kill senior Taliban figure
PESHAWAR, Pakistan Two U.S. drone
strikes on northwest Pakistan killed a senior
Taliban commander who fought American forces
in Afghanistan but had a truce with the Pakistani
military, intelligence officials said Thursday.
The commander, Maulvi Nazir, was among
nine people killed in a missile strike on a house
in the village of Angoor Adda in the South
Waziristan tribal region near the border with
Afghanistan late Wednesday night, five Pakistani
security officials said on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorized to talk to the
media.
At least four people were killed in a separate
drone strike on Thursday morning near Mir Ali,
the main town of the North Waziristan tribal
region.
Americas use of drones against militants
in Pakistan has increased substantially under
President Barack Obama and the program has
killed a number of top militant commanders over
the past year.
But the drone strikes are extremely conten-
tious in Pakistan, seen as an infringement on the
countrys sovereignty. And while the U.S. main-
tains that it targets militants, many Pakistanis
complain that innocent civilians have also been
killed.
Nazirs killing could cause even more friction
in the already tense relations between Washington
and Islamabad. Pakistan is believed to have
struck a nonaggression pact with Nazir ahead of
its 2009 military operation against militants in
South Waziristan.
Fighters under Nazirs command focused
their attacks on American forces in neighboring
Afghanistan, earning him the enmity of the U.S.
But many in Pakistans military viewed Nazir
and militant chiefs like him as good Taliban,
meaning they focus attacks only on foreign
forces in Afghanistan, keeping domestic peace
by not attacking Pakistani targets.
Nazir outraged many Pakistanis in June when
he announced that he would not allow any polio
vaccinations in territory under his control until
the U.S. stops drone attacks in the region.
Pakistan is one of three countries where polio
is still endemic. Nine workers helping in anti-
polio vaccination campaigns were killed last
month by militant gunmen and the killings this
week of five female teachers and two aid workers
may also have been linked to their work on the
polio campaigns.
Residents in Angoor Adda and Wana, the
biggest town in South Waziristan, said mosque
loudspeakers announced Nazirs death. One resi-
dent, Ajaz Khan, said 5,000 to 10,000 people
attended the funeral of Nazir and six other people
in Angoor Adda.
Ahmed Yar, a resident who attended the
funeral, said Nazirs body was badly burned and
his face unrecognizable.
Reports of individual deaths in such cases are
often difficult to independently verify. Pakistani
and foreign journalists have a hard time traveling
to the remote areas where many of these strikes
occur, and the U.S. rarely comments on its secre-
tive drone program.
Nazir was active in many parts of Afghanistan
and had close ties with Arab members of al-Qai-
da as well as the Afghan Taliban, said Mansur
Mahsud, the head of the Islamabad-based
FATA Research Centre, which studies the tribal
regions.
His death is a great blow to the Afghan
Taliban, he said.
The Taliban is a widely diverse group. The
Afghan Taliban is made up mostly of Afghans
who fight against U.S. and NATO troops. In
Pakistan the group has been divided with some
fighting the Pakistani government because of
its support for the U.S. Other Taliban groups
in Pakistan, such as Nazirs, focus their ener-
gies on fighting American and NATO troops in
Afghanistan but have a truce with the Pakistani
military.
Nazir, who was believed to be about 40
years old, had property in both Pakistan and
Afghanistan. He used to be a member of Hizb-
e-Islami, a militant Islamist group run by former
Afghan prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
The group has thousands of fighters and follow-
ers across the north and east of Afghanistan.
Nazir had survived several assassination
attempts including at least two previous American
drone strikes.
In November, a suicide bomber tried to kill
him as he was arriving at an office where he
used to meet with local residents and hear their
complaints. Nazir and more than a dozen other
people were wounded in the attack, and seven
were killed.
No group claimed responsibility, but suspi-
cion immediately fell on rival militants includ-
ing the head of the Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP),
Hakimullah Mehsud, who had been jockeying
with Nazir for power in South Waziristan. The
TTP is an umbrella group of militants formed
to oust the Pakistani government and install a
hardline Islamist regime. They have been behind
much of the violence tearing apart Pakistan in
recent years.
Nazirs non-aggression pact with the
Pakistani military allowed the army to launch
a massive operation in South Waziristan against
the TTP which displaced more than 800,000
people and drove Hakimullah Mehsud from the
region.
In retaliation for the assassination attempt,
Nazir expelled members of the Hakimullahs
Mehsud tribe from Wana. Nazir was meeting
with supporters to discuss how to deal with the
TTP when the missiles struck on Wednesday
night, said Mehsud from the FATA center.
Nazirs group quickly appointed his close aide
Bawal Khan as a replacement, according to one
of Nazirs commanders. He spoke on condition
of anonymity because he was not authorized to
talk to the media.
But it remains to be seen what the new
leaders policies will be and whether the tension
with the TTP could lead to a power struggle in
the region.
Trouble will follow, said Mehsud.
Google chairman heading to North Korea
Clinton leaves hospital after treatment for clot
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) When
he lands in North Korea, even Googles
executive chairman will likely have to relin-
quish his smartphone, leaving him discon-
nected from the global information network
he helped build.
Eric Schmidt is a staunch advocate of
global Internet access and the power of
Internet connectivity in lifting people out
of poverty and political oppression. This
month, he plans to travel to the country with
the worlds most restrictive Internet policies,
where locals need government permission
to interact with foreigners in person, by
phone or by email and only a tiny portion
of the elite class is connected to the Internet.
But his visit may be a sign of Pyongyangs
growing desire to engage with the outside
world. North Koreas young leader, Kim
Jong Un, talks about using science and tech-
nology to jumpstart the countrys moribund
economy, even if it means turning to experts
from enemy nations for help.
In recent years, North Korea has made
a lot of investment in science and technol-
ogy, not just for military purpose but also
for the industry and practical reasons, said
Lim Eul-chul, a professor at South Koreas
Kyungnam University.
Googles intentions in North Korea are
not clear. Two people familiar with the plans
told The Associated Press that the trip was a
private, humanitarian mission. They asked
not to be named, saying the delegation has
not made the trip public. Schmidt will be
traveling with former New Mexico Gov.
Bill Richardson, a seasoned envoy, and Kun
Tony Namkung, a Korea expert with long
ties to North Korea.
Perhaps the most intriguing part of this
trip is simply the idea of it, Victor Cha, an
Asia expert who traveled to North Korea with
Richardson in 2007, wrote in a blog post for
the Center for Strategic and International
Studies think tank in Washington.
Kim Jong Un clearly has a penchant for
the modern accoutrements of life. If Google
is the first small step in piercing the informa-
tion bubble in Pyongyang, it could be a very
interesting development.
But this trip will probably be less about
opening up North Koreas Internet than about
discussing information technology, Lim said.
North Korea may be more interested in
Google services such as email and mapping,
as well as software development, than in giv-
ing its people Internet access, he said.
Kim Jong Un, who took power a year
ago, has stressed the need to build North
Koreas economy.
In the early 1970s, communist North
Korea had the stronger economy of the two
Koreas. But North Koreas economy stag-
nated in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet
Union as the regime resisted the shift toward
capitalism in the world around it.
BY JOSH LEDERMAN
WASHINGTON Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton was released
from a New York hospital on Wednesday,
three days after doctors discovered a
blood clot in her head.
Clintons medical team advised her
Wednesday evening that she was mak-
ing good progress on all fronts and said
they are confident she will fully recover,
said Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines.
Doctors had been treating Clinton with
blood thinners to dissolve a clot in a vein
that runs through the space between the
brain and the skull behind the right ear.
Shes eager to get back to the office,
Reines said in a statement, adding that the
secretary and her family are grateful for
the excellent care she received at New
York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Reines said details of when Clinton
will return to work will be clarified in the
coming days.
Clinton had been in the hospital since
Sunday, when doctors discovered the
clot on an MRI test during a follow-up
exam stemming from a concussion she
suffered earlier in December. While at
home battling a stomach virus, Clinton
had fainted, fallen and struck her head, a
spokesman said.
Grateful my Mom discharged from
the hospital and is heading home, the
secretarys daughter, Chelsea, wrote on
Twitter. Even more grateful her medi-
cal team (is) confident shell make a full
recovery.
Earlier Wednesday, the State
Department said Clinton had been speak-
ing by telephone with staff in Washington
and reviewing paperwork while in the
hospital.
Shes been quite active on the phone
with all of us, said State Department
spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
Before being released from the hospi-
tal, Clinton was photographed Wednesday
getting into a black van with her husband,
Bill, Chelsea and a security contingent to
be taken elsewhere on the sprawling hos-
pital campus. The last time Clinton had
been seen publicly was on Dec. 7.
Clintons physicians had said Monday
that there was no neurological damage
but that they planned to keep her in the
hospital while they established the proper
dose for the blood thinners. They said
Clinton, 65, had been in good spirits and
was engaging with doctors, family and
aides.
Sidelined by her illness for most of
December, Clinton was absent on Dec.
21 when President Barack Obama nomi-
nated Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to suc-
ceed her when she steps down at the start
of Obamas second term, as had long
been planned. The illness also forced
to cancel scheduled testimony before
Congress about a scathing report into
the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mis-
sion in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four
Americans, although she could still tes-
tify in the future.
She has said that she is open to
going before Congress, Nuland said
Wednesday, while Clinton was still hos-
pitalized. We are working with them
now on their schedule, because theres
also a question of when they are going
to be in.
Clinton had expected to return to
work this week and had already started
to resume regular phone contact with
her foreign counterparts. On Saturday,
the day before the clot was discovered,
Clinton had a half-hour conversation
with Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. envoy
to Syria, in which the two discussed
the state of affairs in that country, her
spokeswoman said.
Also on Saturday, Clinton spoke by
telephone with Qatari Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al
Thani, discussing recent developments
in Syria, Afghanistan and the Palestinian
territories.
The illness has also raised questions
about Clintons political future and how
her health might influence her decision
about whether to run for president in
2016, as prominent Democrats have been
urging her to consider.
Clinton suffered from a blood clot
in 1998, midway through her husbands
second term as president, although that
clot was located in her knee.
NEW DELHI (AP) A group of men accused of raping a
university student for hours on a bus as it drove through Indias
capital were charged today with murder, rape and other crimes
that could bring them the death penalty.
The attack on the 23-year-old woman, who died of severe
internal injuries over the weekend, provoked a debate across
India about the routine mistreatment of females and triggered
daily protests demanding action.
There have been signs of change since the attack. Rapes,
often ignored, have become front-page news, politicians have
called for tougher laws, including the death penalty and chemi-
cal castration for rapists, and the government is examining
wide-scale reforms in the criminal justice systems handling of
sexual assaults. Activists say the tragedy could mark a turning
point for womens rights.
In a nation where court cases often linger for years, the
government set up a special fast-track court Wednesday to
deal with crimes against woman, and that is where the charges
against the five men were filed this evening. The government
said it planned to open four more such courts in the city.
Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan filed a case of rape, tampering
with evidence, kidnapping, murder and other charges against
the men. The charge sheet was not released and he asked for a
closed trial. A hearing was set for Saturday.
The men charged were Ram Singh, the bus driver; his
brother Mukesh Singh, who cleans buses for the same compa-
ny; Pavan Gupta, a fruit vendor; Akshay Singh, a bus washer;
and Vinay Sharma, a fitness trainer. They did not appear in
court. Authorities have said they would push for the death
penalty for the men.
A sixth suspect, listed as a 17-year-old, was expected to be
tried in a juvenile court, where the maximum sentence would
be three years in a reform facility. Police also detained the
owner of the bus on accusations he used false documents to
obtain permits to run the private bus service.
BY ANNA ANDERSEN
REYKJAVIK, Iceland Call her the girl with no name.
A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to
legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem?
Blaer, which means light breeze in Icelandic, is not on a list
approved by the government.
Like a handful of other countries, including Germany and
Denmark, Iceland has official rules about what a baby can be
named. In a country comfortable with a firm state role, most
people dont question the Personal Names Register, a list of
1,712 male names and 1,853 female names that fit Icelandic
grammar and pronunciation rules and that officials maintain
will protect children from embarrassment. Parents can take
from the list or apply to a special committee that has the power
to say yea or nay.
In Blaers case, her mother said she learned the name wasnt
on the register only after the priest who baptized the child later
informed her he had mistakenly allowed it.
I had no idea that the name wasnt on the list, the famous
list of names that you can choose from, said Bjork Eidsdottir,
adding she knew a Blaer whose name was accepted in 1973.
This time, the panel turned it down on the grounds that the
word Blaer takes a masculine article, despite the fact that it
was used for a female character in a novel by Icelands revered
Nobel Prize-winning author Halldor Laxness.
Given names are even more significant in tiny Iceland
that in many other countries: Everyone is listed in the phone
book by their first names. Surnames are based on a parents
given name. Even the president, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, is
addressed simply as Olafur.
Blaer is identified as Stulka or girl on all her
official documents, which has led to years of frustration as she
has had to explain the whole story at the bank, renewing her
passport and dealing with the countrys bureaucracy.
Icelandic girl fights for
right to her own name
Authorities charge 5 in
New Delhi gang rape
Kansas wants sperm
donor pay child support
By JOHN HANNA
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP)
The state of Kansas is trying
to force a man who donated
sperm to a lesbian couple to
pay child support, arguing
that the agreement he and
the women signed releas-
ing him from all parental
duties was invalid because
they didnt go through a
doctor.
Under Kansas law,
a doctors involvement
shields a man from being
held responsible for a child
conceived through artifi-
cial insemination. At least
10 other states have similar
laws, including California,
Illinois and Missouri,
according to the Kansas
Department for Children
and Families.
William Marotta and the
couple he helped have a
daughter didnt go through
a doctor, so the depart-
ment is asking a state court
to hold him responsible
for about $6,000 that the
childs biological mother
received through public
assistance as well as
future child support.
The department also
asked the court to appoint
an attorney to represent the
now 3-year-old girl, inde-
pendently of her mother.
Marotta is asking that
the case be dismissed, argu-
ing that he is not the childs
legal father. A hearing is
set for Tuesday.
Department spokes-
woman Angela de Rocha
said Wednesday that when
a single mother seeks ben-
efits for a child, the depart-
ment routinely tries to
determine the childs pater-
nity and require the father
to make support payments
to lessen the potential cost
to taxpayers.
She argued that the law
regarding artificial insemi-
nation is an incentive for
donors and prospective
mothers to work with a
doctor.
I believe that is the
intent of the law, so that
we dont end up with these
ambiguous situations, she
told The Associated Press.
Marotta, a 46-year-old
Topeka resident, answered
an ad on Craigslist in 2009
from Angela Bauer and
Jennifer Schreiner, a local
couple who said they were
seeking a sperm donor.
After exchanging emails
and meeting, Marotta and
the couple signed an agree-
ment in which the women
agreed to hold him harm-
less financially. It also
said the childs birth cer-
tificate would not list a
father.
But the state agency
argues the agreement isnt
valid, because instead of
working with a doctor,
Marotta agreed to drop off
containers with his sperm at
the couples home, accord-
ing to prepared court docu-
ments the department gave
to the AP late Wednesday.
The women handled
the artificial insemination
themselves using a syringe,
and Schreiner eventually
became pregnant, accord-
ing to the documents. The
couple broke up in 2010,
and last year, Schreiner
received public assistance
from the state to help care
for the girl.
My ex-partner and I
wanted to have a baby,
Schreiner said in a writ-
ten statement to the depart-
ment in January 2012, also
included in the depart-
ments latest filing. We
were a gay couple so we
had a sperm donor.
Marotta told The
Topeka-Capital Journal
that he is a little scared
about where this is going
to go, primarily for finan-
cial reasons. His attorney
didnt return a phone mes-
sage Wednesday from the
AP, and there was no list-
ing for his home phone
number in Topeka.
Phone numbers listed for
Schreiner and Bauer were
either incorrect or out of
service, and Schreiner did
not respond to a message
sent by Facebook.
The department first filed
a petition against Marotta
in Shawnee County District
Court in October, asking
that he be required to reim-
burse the state for the ben-
efits and make future child
support payments.

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