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Saturday, August 10, 2013DELPHOS HERALDThe

50 daily Delphos, Ohio

Telling The Tri-Countys Story Since 1869

Alaska the Beautiful, page 5

Fort Jennings golf preview, p6

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Obituaries 2State/Local 3Opinion 4Community 5Sports 6-7Classifieds 8TV 9World News 10

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Partly cloudytoday withhighs in thelower 80s.Mostly clear.Lows in theupper 50s. See page 2.

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Park Carnivalseeking paradeentries

Parade entries are beingaccepted for the annual

Ottoville Park Carnivalparade at 1 p.m. Sept. 1.To receive an entry

form or for additionalinformation, contact TinaWeber at 419-453-3087or [email protected].

Community Unity willcollect school suppliesfor its annual distribu-tion through Aug. 18.

Supplies are distributed tofamilies from both DelphosCity and St. Johns schools.

Collection barrels arearound the community.

Distribution of supplieswill be Aug. 21 and 22.

The school supply listincludes: Fisckars scis-sors (student metal blade),Crayola markers (eightcount) and crayons (24count), No. 2 lead pencils,blue or black ink pens (nogel), red pens and pencils,yellow highlighters, erasers,glue sticks, Elmers glue,spiral notebooks (wide- andcollege-ruled), loose note-book paper (wide-rule), bot-tom pocket folders, one- and

two-inch three-ring binders,stretchy book covers (large/jumbo) and boxes of tissues.

Cash donationsare also accepted.

CommunityUnity collectingschool supplies

Festival starts with cake decorating, corn hole

Incoming MarbletownMayor Bev Cross-McNealtakes her oath of office fromDelphos Mayor MichaelGallmeier Friday eveningprior to the Kids CakeDecorating Contest. Cross-McNeal and fellow contend-er Paula Rodriguez raisedmore than $1,500 with eachdollar a vote.

More than 30 children participated in the Kids Cake Decorating Contest Friday inMarble Hall at Delphos Wesleyan Church. (Delphos Herald/Nancy Spencer)

Damon Coil, left, and Jerimy Siefker square off in cornhole Friday evening during Marbleton Festival events.

BY NANCY SPENCERHerald Editor

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MARBLETOWN It was gummy frogs and corn holein Marbletown Friday as Marbletown Festival events gotunderway.

More than 60 people packed Marble Hall at DelphosWesleyan Church for the swearing-in of Mayor Bev Cross-McNeal by Delphos Mayor Michael Gallmeier.

As soon as the oath was taken, 30-plus children garbed inchef aprons and hats slathered cakes with icing and placedcarefully-chosen decorations in the Kids Cake DecoratingContest.

Children could choose from an assortment of gummy can-dies and of course, frogs, the official Marbletown amphibian.

After the last crumb of cake was gone, 30 pairs of cornhole players battled for the top two spots in the annual CornHole Competition. Chad German and Brian Gossard tookfirst place and Donny Rice and Damon Coil second.

A full slate of events is planned today, including kidsgames at 10:30 a.m., the frog-jumping contest at 11:30 a.m.,fire truck rides and inflatables, the parade at 1 p.m., the dedi-

cation of the new flag pole and Roger Crowe Memorial Treeand more.

Fort Wayne Community Band at park Sunday

The Fort Wayne Community Concert Band is the first Delphos Rotary ClubMusic in the Park Series offering for August. The band will perform at 6 p.m.Sunday in the Hanser Pavilion at Stadium Park. In 1979, Dr. William Schlacks,then director of instrumental music at IPFW, was the creative person behind theformation of the Fort Wayne Area Community Band. He brought great insight intoforming an organization that would bring a new sense of culture and entertainmentto the Fort Wayne Area. The band is dedicated to bringing the highest level of musi-cal performance through a variety of genre. Food and refreshments will be servedbeginning at 5:30 p.m. (Submitted photo)

Medical alert device scambecoming more prevalent

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VAN WERT Severalpeople in Van Wert Countyhave received unsolicitedphone calls recently offeringfree medical alert devices.According to Ohio AttorneyGeneral Mike DeWine,

more than 200 Ohioans havereported such phone calls tohis office so far this year around 40 percent werereported last month alone.

In a release, DeWine stat-ed that those responding tothe calls risk losing money orjeopardizing personal infor-mation.

These calls have beencirculating throughout thecountry and were seeingmore Ohioans filing com-plaints, DeWine said. Themost important thing toremember is not to respondto suspicious calls in anyway. Dont give out yourcredit card number or bankaccount information anddont press any buttons. Justhang up.

Typically, the call is aprerecorded message sayingthe consumer is eligible fora free medical alert systemor that someone bought analert device for the con-sumer. The message mayask the consumer to pressone to schedule the deliv-ery or press another buttonto decline. Consumers whorespond to the calls may be

connected to a live repre-sentative who likely will askfor a bank account number,credit card number, or otherpersonal information. Later,consumers may receivecharges for the free sys-tem.

Another unsolicited callgoing around is a Medicare

card scam in which callersclaim to represent Medicareand say the consumer needsa new Medicare card. Thecaller asks for the consum-ers bank account informa-tion or Social Security num-ber to process and fulfillthe new card. In reality, thecaller does not representMedicare.

Scammers often try totake advantage of whatsin the news, and with theupcoming health care changesinvolving the Affordable CareAct, these kinds of scamsmay become more common,DeWine said.

The Ohio AttorneyGenerals Office offers sev-eral tips so that consumerscan protect themselves. First,never give out personal infor-mation over the phone. Dontrespond to suspicious calls.Even if the caller says youcan press a button to opt out,dont follow the instructions.By pressing a button, youindicate that you have anactive phone number, whichmay lead to more calls.

See SCAM, page 10

Musketeers edgeBulldogs in golf

KALIDA The FortJennings golfers edgedColumbus Grove 196-198Friday at Country Acres.

Nate German shot a 47for the victors, Ryan Rau48, Luke Luebrecht 49, Sam

Vetter 52, Alex Sealts 53and Collin Wieging 59.The Bulldogs Brandon

Hoffman was the medal-ist with a 44, followed byLogan Dillers 50, CodyWoods 52, Logan Hardeman52 and Noah Oglesbee 63.

The Musketeers arein the Tee-Off Classic 9a.m. Monday, Grove inthe Colonial Invitational9 a.m. Tuesday.

SJ scrimmage changesSt. Johns football coach

Todd Schulte announced thefollowing scrimmage chang-es: Van Buren movedfrom a 10 a.m. start Aug. 16to 5:30 p.m.; Celina Aug.23 to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 22.

CYO VB RegistrationAny girls in grade 4-6

wishing to participate in theFall CYO volleyball pro-gram must register 6 p.m.($49; will take about anhour). Please bring a par-ent; shirt fee is $12.50.

Emily Dittoreceived her awardfor designing thisyears MarbletownFestival T-shirts.C o m m i t t e eTreasurer JimKnebel presentsher the check.

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One Year AgoAllen County Agricultural Society mem-

bers honored the 2012 Hall of Fame inductee,Charles Chuck Faulder, and saw this yearsAllen County Fair Royal Court crowned dur-ing the annual fair press dinner Thursday at

the fairgrounds. The court includes PrincessEmily Green of the Bunny Boosters 4H Club;Queen Sierra Amstutz of the BeaverdamBunch 4H Club; King Max McAdoo of theBunny Boosters and Harrod Lively 4H clubs;and Princess Michelle Hines of the Paws toPals 4H Club.

25 Years Ago 1988The Cloverdale Community Club has

named three honor citizens for the annualcarnival Aug. 13. Honor citizens are Herband Josie Bockrath, town residents, and VestaSpitnale, country. Spitnale and her late hus-band Ross sold cotton candy at fairs andsocials. Herb Bockrath was town clerk for14 years, past community club treasurer ofthe Catholic Knights of Ohio branch 120of Cloverdale and a member of the KalidaKnights of Columbus. Vesta Bockrath is a

member of the CK of O. the Altar RosarySociety, VFS of Ottoville and the CloverdaleGarden Club.

Nancy Grothouse of Delphos recently grad-uated from the University of Dayton with amaster of science degree in education, major-ing in school counseling. Nancy, the daugh-ter of Louis and Shirley Etzkorn, currentlyteaches elementary music at LincolnviewLocal Schools.

The Ottoville Senior Citizens Social held ashort business session and card party recentlyat the VFW social rooms. Pinochle win-ners were Valeria Siefker, high, and BeatriceStepleton, second. Euchre winners wereHerbert Bockrath, first, and Helen Fischer,second.

50 Years Ago 1963Members of the Womens Society of World

Service of the Evangelical United BrethrenChurch and several guests met in the socialrooms of the church Thursday afternoon. The

meeting was opened by President Mrs. M. C.Maloney, followed with prayer by Mrs. JohnGruber. Cora Link, program chairman for theday, introduced her niece, Mrs. Melvin Berryof Elida, who was the speaker.

Mrs. Harry Thomas entertained the Once-

A-Month Pinochle Club in her home at LimaMonday evening. First prize was awarded toMrs. Henry Boecker, second to Mrs. DickBeggs and low to Mrs. Jerome Altenburger.Mrs. James Trenkamp received the travelingprize.

Routine business was transacted at a meet-ing of the Catholic Ladies of Columbia heldTuesday night in the Knights of Columbusclub rooms. It was decided to hold a social forthe public Aug. 20, with Eleanora Schmersaland Mary Louise Brickman as chairladies.They will be assisted by Flora Heisterman,Philomena Elwer, Teresa Ricker, MagdalineNartker, Mayme Berry, Edith German, AudreyRhinock and Madonna Heyser.

75 Years Ago 1938Raabe Motor Sales defeated Diottos

Wildcats 13 to 11 in the only league kitten-

ball game played here Tuesday night. Eightinnings were required to settle the contest.Spencerville failed to appear for their gamewith Loetz Market at Waterworks Park. TheStar Caf-Coombs game was postponed.

The Morris Chapel Church, east ofDelphos, and the Elida Methodist Churchhad good representations at the Institute heldat Lakeside the past week. Three from theMorris Chapel representation graduated. Theyare Audrey Heidlebaugh, Dorothy Baxter andBetty Humphreys. The Morris Chapel groupreceived a plaque for obedience of the laws ofLakeside and rules of the Institute.

The members of the Phi Delta Sororityheld a swimming paty at Columbus GroveMonday evening. A picnic supper followedthe swimming. In two weeks, the group willhold a steak roast at the Idlewild Club house.

The members are to convene at 6:30 p.m. atthe home of Mrs. Richard C. Mueller, EastFifth Street.

ODOT gives weekly road construction reportInformation submitted

The following is a week-ly report concerning con-struction and maintenancework on state highwayswithin the Ohio Departmentof Transportation District 1,which includes the coun-ties of Allen, Defiance,Hancock, Hardin, Paulding,Putnam, Van Wert andWyandot.

For the most recentinformation concerning theInterstate 75 reconstructionproject through Lima andAllen County, and the safetyupgrade of Ohio 117/309 onLimas east side please visit:www.odotlima75.org

Interstate 75 betweenFourth Street and Ohio 81in Lima will have occasionalnighttime lane restrictionsduring reconstruction of theexisting lanes of pavement,replacement of mainlinebridges and reconstructionof the interchanges. Workbegan in March 2013 andwill continue through fall of

2015. Traffic is maintainedtwo lanes in each directionthe majority of the time. Lanerestrictions generally occurfrom 7 p.m. until 10 a.m. thefollowing morning. All rampentrance and exits are cur-rently available.

All entrance and exitramps at the Fourth Streetinterchange with Interstate75 are now closed. Thesouthbound entrance and exitramps closed Monday, July15 for 60 days for recon-struction. The northboundentrance and exit rampsclosed July 8 until mid Augustfor reconstruction. Traffic is

detoured to the Ohio 65 inter-change then north on Ohio 65(St. Johns Road) to Fourth

Street. Electronic messageboards have been placed onInterstate 75 advising motor-ists to use Ohio 65.

Paving of the new laneson Interstate 75 are underway in the northbound direc-tion outside the barrier wall.Paving will continue northto the Ohio 117/309 inter-change. Traffic on Interstate75 could be affected at times.Motorists are cautioned to

watch for concrete trucksentering and exiting the high-way over the next severalweeks as the operation con-tinues.

Ohio 117/309 is twolanes in each directionwithout a center turn lanefrom just west of the inter-change with Interstate 75to Bowman Road during asafety upgrade project whichwill reconstruct areas of thepavement and install a raisedcurb median in the centerof the roadway. All trafficis currently traveling on thenorth side of the roadwaywhile work takes place on

the south. Only two lanes oftraffic are maintained, onelane in each direction, fromWillard Avenue (Speedway)to the west of the Interstate75 interchange. This part ofthe project will be completedthis fall.

Ohio 81 from just westof Stewart Road to just westof Neubrecht Road east ofLima is one lane in eachdirection in the existing east-bound lanes for pavementreconstruction. All rampmovements are currentlymaintained at the interchangewith Interstate 75.

Allen CountyOhio 696 from one mile

north of Beaverdam to the

Putnam County line willbe restricted to one lanethrough the work zone forsealing of pavement cracks.

Putnam CountyOhio 634 between Fort

Jennings and U.S. 224 isnow open.

Ohio 15 fromVaughnsville to Kalidawill be restricted to one lanethrough the work zone for

pavement repair.Ohio 12 in Columbus

Grove closed March 15 fora sewer replacement. Trafficdetoured onto Ohio 65 andSycamore Street back toOhio 12.

U.S. 224 between Kalidaand the Van Wert Countyline will be restricted to onelane through the work zonefor pavement repair.

Van Wert CountyOhio 66 north of its

intersection with U.S. 30will close Aug. 19 for twodays for a culvert replace-ment. Traffic will be detoured

onto U.S. 224 to U.S. 127, toU.S. 30 back to Ohio 66.

Ohio 66 south of itsintersection with U.S. 30will close Aug. 26 for twodays for a culvert replace-ment. Traffic will be detouredonto U.S. 224 to Ohio 189, toOhio 190 back to Ohio 66.

Ohio 117 near its inter-section with Ohio 116 willclose Sept. 3 for two days fora culvert replacement. Trafficwill be detoured onto Ohio116 to Ohio 81, to Ohio 66,back to Ohio 117.

U.S. 127 three milessouth of Van Wert willclose Tuesday for 45 days

for bridge repair. Traffic isdetoured to Ohio 709 to Ohio118 back to U.S. 127.

LAUF, Pamela Jean, 63,of Middle Point, Mass ofChristian Burial will beginat 11 a.m. Monday at St.John the Evangelist CatholicChurch, the Rev. DaveReinhart officiating. Burialwill follow in ResurrectionCemetery. Visitation willbe from 4 -8 p.m. Sundayat Strayer Funeral Home,where a Parish Wake Servicewill be held at 7:30 p.m.Memorial contributions maybe made to the Middle PointFire Department and EMSand The American CancerSociety. Condolences may beshared at www.strayerfuner-alhome.com.

MARSHALL, Herman,70, of Delphos, Visitationwill be from 2-4 p.m. Sundayat Strayer Funeral Home,1840 E. Fifth St., Delphos.Memorial contributions are

to the benevolence of thefamily. Condolences may beshared at strayerfuneralhome.com.

REED, Anne Reed,57, of Sandusky, Mass ofChristian Burial will begin at9 a.m. today at St. John theEvangelist Catholic Church.Burial will follow in St.Johns Cemetery. Memorialcontributions may be madeto Back to the Wild (4504Bardshar Road, P.O. Box423, Castalia, Ohio 44824).Condolences may be sharedat www.strayerfuneralhome.com

SHINN, Randall B., 62,

of Gibsonburg, funeral ser-vices will be at noon todayat Harter and Schier FuneralHome, with PresidentMichael Bissegger officiat-ing. Burial will follow inCarmen Cemetery in Gomer.Visitation will be from 10a.m.-noon today at the funer-al home. Memorial contribu-tions can be made to any chil-drens cancer fund. To leaveonline condolences for thefamily, visit www.harterand-schier.com.

Corn $5.86

Wheat $6.04Soybeans $13.30

WEATHER FORECASTTri-county

Associated Press

TODAY: Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwestwinds around 10 mph.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwinds around 5 mph.

SUNDAY: Mostly sunny in the morning then becomingpartly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds around 5mph.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear through midnight thenbecoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Light and vari-able winds becoming south up to 5 mph after midnight.

EXTENDED FORECASTMONDAY: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s.MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and

thunderstorms through midnight, then slight chance of show-ers after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of measur-able precipitation 40 percent.

TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: Mostly clear. Highs inthe mid 70s. Lows in the mid 50s.

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Alma Minnig

Alma Minnig, 90, ofDelphos, died Friday andVancrest Healthcare Center.

Arrangements are incom-plete at Harter and Schier

Funeral Home.

Norma B. Recker

Norma B. Recker, 93, ofOttawa died at 5:15 a.m. onFriday at Putnam HeritageAssisted Living, Ottawa.

Arrangement are incom-

plete at Love Funeral Home,Ottawa.

U.S. Postal Service had$740M third-quarter loss

WASHINGTON (AP) The Postal Service has trimmedits losses to $740 million over the last three months by consoli-dating processing facilities, cutting hours for workers and postoffices and reducing workers compensation costs, the agencysaid Friday.

Still, year-to-date, the Postal Service had losses total-ing $3.9 billion, and the agency said that without help fromCongress its financial woes will worsen.

The report for the financial quarter ending June 30 comes asCongress considers proposals to fix the agencys finances. The

agency lost $16 billion last year and is trying to restructure itsretail, delivery and mail-processing operations.Over the first nine months of its fiscal year, the Postal

Service said 104 mail processing facilities were consolidated,career employee work hours were reduced by about 41 millionand operating hours at 7,397 post offices were reduced.

The service wants to end most Saturday and door-to-doormail delivery. It also is seeking to reduce its congressionallymandated $5.6 billion annual payment for future retiree healthbenefits. The agency says ending Saturday mail delivery wouldsave $2 billion each year.

Joe Corbett, the agencys chief financial officer, said in astatement that without comprehensive postal reform legisla-tion signed into law, our hands are tied and we expect multibil-lion dollar annual losses to continue.

The third-quarter loss was far less than its $5.2 billion lossfor the same period last year. Postal officials said its cost-cutting and efficiency moves helped lower losses, along with a$918 million decrease to its workers compensation expensesdue to interest rates.

Shipping and package revenue continued to be a bright spotfor the agency, increasing 8.8 percent compared to the sameperiod last year. That helped operating revenue rise 3.6 percentto $16.2 billion in the third quarter, compared to last yearsthird quarter.

First-class mail revenue, the Postal Services most profit-able category, declined by 0.9 percent compared to the sameperiod last year. Total mail volume was 37.9 billion pieces,down from 38.3 billion pieces for the third quarter last year.

The Postal Service for years has been wrestling with declin-ing mail volume and a 2006 congressional requirement that itmake advance payments to cover expected health care costs forfuture retirees, something no federal agency does. The agencyexpects to miss a $5.6 billion health care payment next monthat the end of its fiscal year. It defaulted on two similar pay-ments last year.

The pre-funding requirement for future retiree health ben-efits accounts for the brunt of the agencys red ink and under-scores the urgency for Congress to end the mandate, postalofficials say. About $11.1 billion of last years $16 billionagency losses were due to the annual health care payments.

Earlier this year, the agency backpedaled on its plan toend Saturday mail delivery after running into opposition inCongress.

The National Association of Letter Carriers says endingSaturday delivery would hurt small businesses along with ruralresidents and the elderly, who depend more heavily on the mailfor prescription drugs and other goods.

Postal officials also want permission to ship beer, wine andspirits to compete with private shippers such as FedEx, sayingit could bring in as much as $50 million a year. The service alsofavors gradually ending most door-to-door deliveries in favorof curbside and cluster box service to save money.

Congress is beginning to tackle plans to help the PostalService.

A Senate bipartisan proposal would let the agency endSaturday delivery in a year and make changes in how pensionsand retiree health care costs are calculated in an attempt tostabilize the agencys finances.

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On the Banks of Yesteryear ...From the Delphos Canal Commission

This year marks the 100th anniversary ofthe Lincoln Highway, the first coast to coastroad in America. Beginning at Times Squarein New York and ending at Lincoln Park inSan Francisco, it was formally dedicatedOctober 31, 1913, making it Americas firstnational memorial to President AbrahamLincoln, predating the 1922 dedication ofthe Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.,by nine years.

As the first automobile road acrossAmerica, the Lincoln Highway brought greatprosperity to the hundreds of cities, townsand villages along the way. One of thosecities was Delphos. Affectionately knownas The Main Street Across America, theLincoln Highway actually came down MainStreet in Delphos in the early years, cominginto town from the east on 2nd Street beforeturning north on Main Street to Fifth Streetwhere it continued west.

Within a few years, towns like Delphos

began to see increased traffic on their MainStreet as Americans discovered the sense offreedom that comes from driving the openroad. Many of these travelers stopped, sup-porting local businesses. New businessesopened, including confectionaries, restau-rants, motor lodges and gasoline stations. Tocapitalize on the popularity of the highway,many businesses were named after it. InDelphos, we had the Lincoln Highway Dairy,Lincoln Inn, Lincoln Highway Garage andLincoln Highway Candy Kitchen.

Because the state and federal governmentsdid not fund roads, leaving that up to coun-ties and townships, the Lincoln HighwayAssociation solicited companies and indi-viduals for money to operate and to improvethe routes they had chosen. Many businessesdid this because of what they had to gain byincreased car usage but many individualsgave as a tribute to Abraham Lincoln.

There were no road maps so the asso-ciation published a guide which told thedistance to the next town and the amenitiesthey had to offer travelers, such as hotels,restaurants and gasoline. A control centerwas established at each town so the odom-eter could be reset to zero. Delphos has onewhich can be seen on the corner of 5 th andMain at Best One Tire.

A special postcard collection of theLincoln Highway is now on display atthe museum, along with our regular dis-play which includes a Lincoln Highway

Association certificate issued in 1914 toJoseph Jettinghoff, a Lincoln Highway radia-tor emblem which was issued in 1918 to acontributor and an original 1924 LincolnHighway Road Guide which was recentlydonated by Mike Buettner of Lima, presidentof the Ohio Lincoln Highway Association.

The museum is open from 1-3 p.m. everySaturday and Sunday and from 9 a.m. tonoon every Thursday. Please visit soon.

Happy 100th Birthday,Lincoln Highway!

The view from St. Johns Church steeple east.

The fifth annual PutnamCounty Senior Expo isplanned for 8:30 a.m. to 1

p.m. Friday at the GlandorfParish Center, 103 N. MainSt.

Hosts for this annualevent are the Meadowsof Kalida, Leipsic andPutnam Acres, PutnamCounty Council on Aging,Putnam County HomeCare& Hospice, Putnam CountyHealth Department and theOttawa Senior CitizensAssociation.

These organizations havejoined together to show theirsupport for area senior citi-

zens by providing them withan opportunity to learn moreabout matters, such as health

and wellness, safety, insur-ance, finances, housing andassistance programs avail-able.

Free health screenings,such as blood pressurechecks, cholesterol checks,osteoporosis screenings,video ear inspections andso much more will beoffered.

At this time, approximate-ly 50 community organiza-tions are scheduled to partici-pate in the expo.

This years featured speak-

ers will be Dr. Ronald Blackon Can Your Turn YourDisease Off and On? and

Kieu Okuley on the HiddenDangers in Your MedicineCabinet.

The Putnam CountySheriffs Office will be onsite for a Medication DisposalDay.

A free lunch will also beserved from 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m.

For more information onthe Putnam County SeniorExpo, please contact JodiWarnecke at 419-523-4121or Tina Weber at 419-532-2961.

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WILLOUGHBY HILLS (AP) An Ohioman was indicted Friday on charges that heplotted to kill his wife with his teenage foster

daughter, with whom he allegedly was roman-tically involved.Kevin Knoefel, 43, of Willoughby Hills

was indicted by a Lake County grand jury oncounts of conspiracy to commit aggravatedmurder and complicity to aggravated murder.His wife, 41-year-old Lisa Knoefel, was foundstabbed to death in their home in November.

Their foster daughter, Sabrina Zunich, 18,was arrested the night of the slaying and is injail awaiting trial on a murder charge.

Police in Willoughby Hills, east ofCleveland, got a 911 call before dawn Nov.16 from a 13-year-old girl screaming thather sister had a knife and was attacking hermother. Police say they found Zunich in thehouse covered with blood and holding a knife.Her foster mother was found in a first-floorbedroom with fatal stab wounds. Lisa Knoefel

had worked at the Division of Children andFamily Services in Cuyahoga County.Knoefel was arrested Friday by local police

and faces arraignment Monday.He also was charged with six counts of

sexual battery stemming from his role as afoster father three counts stemming from

before Zunich turned 18 on Oct. 27 and threecounts from after her birthday. Court recordsdidnt identify an attorney for him. If con-

victed, he could face life in prison.According to the indictment, Knoefel andZunich discussed different ways to kill LisaKnoefel while she slept. Knoefel suggestedZunich stab his wife between the shoulderblades or around the neck, the indictmentsays, and told the teenager that her fostermother was worth more dead than alive.

The indictment says Knoefel coachedZunich on how to make the killing look like aburglary by rummaging through jewelry andleaving a door partly open. He offered alterna-tive scenarios for the killing, including havingZunich cut herself to make it look like self-defense or, if arrested, by claiming she didntremember what happened or was insane, theindictment says.

Lake County Prosecutor Charles Coulsondeclined to elaborate on the relationship

between Knoefel and Zunich beyond whatwas in the indictment, which detailed sex-ual encounters over an eight-month periodlast year. Coulson also would not commenton whether Zunich had cooperated with theinvestigation targeting her foster father.

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COLUMBUS (AP) Ohioans could register tovote and request an absenteeballot online under a statelegislative proposal.

The measure from Sen.

Frank LaRose also would letOhios elections chief workwith other states to shareinformation to help maintainvoter rolls.

Republican Secretaryof State Jon Husted backsonline voter registration. Hepraised the bills introduc-tion Thursday, saying it willimprove voter access and

save the state money.Husteds 2014 Democratic

challenger also supportsmany of the bills concepts.State Sen. Nina Turner ofCleveland says other updates

to Ohios election processshould be considered, such asElection Day registration.

Online registration waspart of a contentious elec-tion bill in 2011 but was laterrepealed.

Currently, voters canupdate their addresses overthe Internet under changesHusted made last year.

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I hope many of you are going to mosey ondown to Marbletown and see whats going ontoday.

The annual Marbletown Festival will have a

little something for everyone. Be it a little frogjumping or maybe a Marbletown steak. I dontthink you can go wrong.

I think these kinds of things bring peopletogether and make Delphos a better place tolive than many others. A community that comestogether to have fun and remember good timesfrom days past is a nice place to be. We learnfrom history.

Whether you grew up there, are a transplantor come from across town Marbletowns theplace to be today.

The events on the schedule for today aresimple and fun. They will take you back toa much less complicated time when visitingwith neighbors was common and everyoneknew everyone. The front porch was theplace to be after supper and there was alwaysa hand in time of need. The common threadwas people.

We are so busy these days and technologyraces to stay ahead of us. Theres always a fasterway to do everything so more things can bedone. We dont take the time to enjoy a con-versation or get to know each other anymore.

Small talk is tossed around while racing fromone place to the next.

The stories will be flying, so youll have topay attention. There are some very funny talesthat need to be passed along so they are notforgotten.

Many of you know that my father, RogerBriggs, grew up in Marbletown and his father,Earl Briggs, resided there until he entered anursing home in his twilight years.

The Briggs homestead was on the corner ofClay and King streets. It was a small home withrolling floors and a huge yard with apple treesand a bountiful garden.

The neighborhood was full of children andwe could scare up a game of something or other whatever we were in the mood for.

So today, Im just getting back to my roots in Marbletown.

WASHINGTON Themedia-created mommy warshavent just jumped theshark and entered the realmof Sharknado. Wherewomen once debated waysto balance family-and-career-- a hyphenated oxymoron ifever there was one -- theyrenow clashing over whetherhaving babies is really allthat.

To bear children or not that is the only questionleft to those with first-worldproblems.

The scene: A tidy beachwhere a young couple isbasking, carefree. How love-ly. No little ones to intrudeupon the perfect union of twoselves entwined in rapturousindulgence.

This was the cover of arecent Time magazine fea-turing a story titled TheChildfree Life: When havingit all means not having chil-dren. The story explored astartling statistic: One in fiveAmerican women ends herchildbearing years withoutmaternity.

Some of that low fertilityapparently is voluntary. Notethat the title is childfree, notchildless. Increasingly, cou-ples -- and women, specifi-cally -- are deciding againstchildbearing for a varietyof reasons, including theunwelcome prospect thatscenes such as that depictedon the magazine cover mightbecome less frequent. Thepleasure principle seems tobe gaining on the procreative

impulse.Fast on the heels of Times

article came a story from the

Guardian of Britain report-ing research from the LondonSchool of Economics suggest-ing that smart women donthave children. According tothe author of the book TheIntelligence Paradox, mater-nal urges drop by 25 percentwith every extra 15 IQ points.Although he opines that suchwomen are too smart for theirown good, one could alsoinfer that youre dumb if youhave kids.

Yet another story, thisone from the BBC NewsMagazine, plumbed thestretch marks and breasts... like Zeppelins as one

reader put it -- that frequentlyfollow pregnancy and child-birth. The story featured aphotographer who wanted toshow womens bodies as theyreally are after pregnancy.Most do not rebound miracu-lously as celebrity spreadswould have us believe. As ifwe didnt know.

But a young woman con-sidering motherhood mightalso conclude that trading ayoung, fit body for thatisntworth it. Combined, the three

stories seem aimed at dis-couraging, or at least demys-tifying, motherhood.

Where to begin.To the childless, as

opposed to the voluntarilychildfree, the debate aboutwhether to have a child isno doubt painful. But evenamong those who can --and do or dont -- the con-versation is rife with emo-tion. Everyone feels slightlyinsulted. Childless womenfeel that theyre viewed criti-cally for not being mothers.Women who are mothers,whether working or stay-at-home, feel inadequate ormocked by iconic images ofcareer women with babies intheir briefcases.

Really, isnt it time toretire this faux-ma?

Another scene: I am in thedelivery room with my niecemoments after she broughther baby girl into the world.She is sobbing. I feel sosorry for men, she says.They cant have babies.

She was drowning in hor-mones, obviously, but nevermind. Mothers know of whatshe spoke. So do fathers,though perhaps in a lessimmediately physical way.It is the joy that passeth allunderstanding. And, as withlove, you cant explain it tothose who havent experi-enced it. Thats the unspokentruth.

Heres another: Whateverelse we choose to do, creationis what we were meant to do.

Sometimes creation takes

other forms than parenthood.Would we have a SistineChapel if Michelangelo hadbeen distracted by a half-dozen hungry mouths? Onthe other hand, would wehave had Michelangelo ifabortion had been availableto his mother?

Knowledge of my niecesjoy (there is no other word)is the secret code of all par-ents, including adoptive.Mysteriously, the inevitablepain, suffering and sacrificeof parenthood are also partof that joy. What is a rosewithout thorns? Life withoutdeath is imponderably mean-ingless. I would argue thatwithout death, there wouldbe no love.

Indeed, what makes par-enthood so relentlessly amaz-ing -- both the beauty and thebeast of it -- is the possibilityof losing the thing you lovemore than your own heart-beat. Putting someone elsesinterests above ones own isthe alpha and omega of par-enthood.

Every person will find hisor her own way in this con-versation. Parenting surelyisnt for everyone and thosewho choose to be childfreeprobably have made the rightdecision. Then again, itshard to know for certain thatone doesnt want children.Many dont, until they do.

Kathleen Parkers emailaddress is [email protected].

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and

steady dedication of a lifetime.

Adlai Stevenson, politician/diplomat

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DEAR EDITOR:While driving across Indiana-Ohio state line on Sunday,

July 21, I noticed that not one of the giant wind turbines insight was turning. The temperature was almost 90 degrees.Many air conditioners were working hard while no power wasbeing generated by the monstrous wind generators. I drove toVan Wert on Thursday, July 25, and again, every wind turbinein sight was motionless.

Its a good thing the power companies have other sourcesof energy - ones that are consistent, reliable, efficient and

cost-effective.Ive read Iberdrola, the Spanish oil company involved withwind generators in this part of Ohio, has had lots of experiencewith wind generators in Spain. Spain has so invested heavilyin wind generators that some believe the high price of energyis a major factor that caused many companies to leave Spainand locate where energy is less expensive. Some believe thatlosing all of those employers is the reason Spain is havingfinancial problems. According to an article I read recently,the Spanish government either had to raise energy prices by42 percent to consumers or change how they compensateIberdrola and other energy companies. Fortunately for cus-tomers, the government chose not to raise their energy prices.

Do we want 42-percent energy price increases like that forourselves?

My primary disagreement with wind generators is econom-ics. If they are not costly and inefficient, why do they rely onfederal subsidies to survive? Our government is collectingtaxes and borrowing billions from China and others and thenspending funds on expensive and unreliable alternative ener-gy projects. These projects benefit companies like Iberdrolaand a few landowners but the high cost is borne by all of usthrough higher taxes and higher energy prices.

Someday, our kids and grandkids will not only be saddledwith very expensive energy prices, theyll have to repay thatborrowed money.

This is nonsense and should be stopped now.Tom Odenweller

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To have or have not a baby

BY ROB PORTMANUS SENATOR

Earlier this year, a senior Democratin the U.S. Senate said he was con-cerned Obamacare was headed for ahuge train wreck. Every day it seemsthat we are getting a better idea of justwhat that train wreck looks likefewer

full-time jobs, more difficulties for smallbusinesses, higher insurance premiums,and fewer healthcare choices. Just yes-terday, the Ohio Insurance Departmentannounced that health insurance premi-ums in the individual market are expect-ed to increase an average of 41 percentin our state next year. Thats money thatcould be going toward Ohioans retire-ment, groceries, and their childrenshigher education; instead its going tocover President Obamas costly man-dates. And higher costs are only thebeginning of Obamacares impact.

Recently, the Obama administrationsurprised everyone by announcing thatit was delaying by a year a core pillarof Obamacarea provision requiringemployers with more than 50 full-time employees to offer affordablehealth insurance or face a fine. Thatrequirement has had a number of nega-tiveand entirely predictableunin-tended consequences.

First, more and more small business-es are becoming 49ers and 29ers.Some employers have felt they have nochoice but to freeze growth and hiring at49 employees rather than coming underthe onerous requirements of Obamacarewhen they cross the 50 employee thresh-old. Other employers have reduced thehours their employees can work from40 to the less than 30 hours a weekrequired by Obamacare to keep themfrom counting as full-time for the pur-poses of the legislation. Its no surprisethat the underemployment figurethose working part-time but wanting towork full timehas been on the rise,

spiking by a dramatic 300,000 in Junesjobs report.

President Obama decided to postponethe employer mandate that causes theseand other problems until the beginningof 2015. Some have said this was justan effort to avoid the political fall-outuntil after the 2014 midterm election.The decision may make good politicalsense for the President and his party, butfor the millions of Americans who areeither without a job or underemployed,it merely prolongs the economic pain.Employers know the mandate is com-ing, and it will continue to encouragethem to downsize and reduce hours.

More Americans will either lose theirjobs or find it harder to get one, and, ashappened last month, more of the jobsthat will be available are likely to bepart-time jobs that make it harder if notimpossible to make ends meet.

To make matters worse, the partsof Obamacare that were supposed toalleviate some of these problems arefailing. Earlier this summer, Healthand Human Services announced thatkey components of the Small BusinessHealth Options Programor SHOPExchangewill also be delayed until2015. These provisions were supposedto allow employers to provide work-

ers with a set amount of money topurchase insurance in an online mar-ketplace. HHS pointed to operationalchallenges in their decision to delay theprogram. They have given no indicationof how they intend to meet these chal-lenges and get the SHOP exchange upand running.

The individual insurance exchangesrepresent yet another coming challenge.

These exchanges are supposed to comeonline in October. But not unlike theSHOP Exchange, there is no indica-tion that the technology is in place tomake that happen. To make mattersworse, state-run exchanges that are inplacecurrently in sixteen states andthe District of Columbiaare not ableto verify employer insurance or incomeeligibility for substantial federal subsi-dies during the first year of operation.This means that there is no way to verifythat someone who claims a governmentsubsidy actually qualifies, opening theprogram to unintended risks of fraudand waste of taxpayer dollars.

President Obama sold his healthcarereform law by promising it would spurjob growth, allow all of us to keep thehealthcare we have, and reduce the costsof healthcare insurance. Unfortunately,every one of those promises has provenfalse. The legislation is instead becom-ing the train wreck many of us feared.

I believe our healthcare system as awhole needs reform, but it needs reformthat works. It needs patient-centeredreform that actually reduces the esca-lating cost of health care coverage andfocuses on rewarding quality. The recentactions by the Administration only con-firm the problems with Obamacare, andpushing the problems off for anoth-er year isnt going to make it bet-ter. Obamacare should be repealed andreplaced with bipartisan solutions thataddress the high cost and uneven qualityof healthcare. Thats the way to avoidthe train wreck and get our healthcaresystem on track.

The Obamacare train wreck is upon us

U.S. Senator Rob Portman

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The following pets are available for adoption throughThe Van Wert Animal Protective League:CatsM, 3 years, shots, neutered, yellow, black and white,

name Buttercup and RexyM, 3 years, shots, dew-clawed, neutered, black/gray/

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and grayM, F, 6 months, angora, gray stripedM, F, orange, tabbyM. 6 months, gray, tigerDogsBlack Lab, F, 4 years, name LilyRat Terrier, F, 11 years, spayed, name ZayShepherd mix, F, 3 years, black and brown, name BellaLab/Beagle/Dalmation, M, 3 years, fixed, shots, white

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LucyBoxer, M, 1 year, shots, fawn color, name RockyFor more information on these pets or if you are in

need of finding a home for your pet contact The AnimalProtective League from 9-5 weekdays at (419) 749-2976.If you are looking for a pet not listed, call to be puton a waiting list in case something becomes available.Donations or correspondence can be sent to PO Box321, Van Wert, OH 45891.

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11:30a.m. to 2:30p.m.Bob Gray Orchestra Big Band Swing Sound

Tours of t he YMCA newest location atOtterbein St. Marys Life Enrichment Center

The 65 ft. t rackless passenger train,The Freedom Train, is back again this year.

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8:30-11:30 a.m. St.Johns High School recycle,enter on East First Street.

9 a.m. - noon InterfaithThrift Store is open for shop-ping.

St. Vincent dePaul Society,located at the east edge of theSt. Johns High School park-

ing lot, is open.Cloverdale recycle at vil-

lage park.10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Delphos Postal Museum isopen.

12:15 p.m. Testing ofwarning sirens by DelphosFire and Rescue.

1-3 p.m. Delphos CanalCommission Museum, 241 N.Main St., is open.

7 p.m. Bingo at St.Johns Little Theatre.

SUNDAY1-3 p.m. The Delphos

Canal Commission Museum,241 N. Main St., is open.

1-4 p.m. Putnam CountyMuseum is open, 202 E. MainSt. Kalida.

MONDAY11:30 a.m. Mealsite

at Delphos Senior CitizenCenter, 301 Suthoff St.

6 p.m. Middle PointVillage Council meets

6:30 p.m. Shelter fromthe Storm support group meetsin the Delphos Public Librarybasement.

7 p.m. Marion Townshiptrustees at township house.

Middle Point council meetsat town hall.

8 p.m. Delphos City

Schools Board of Educationmeets at the administrationoffice.

Delphos Knights ofColumbus meet at the K ofC hall.

TUESDAY11:30 a.m. Mealsite

at Delphos Senior CitizenCenter, 301 Suthoff St.

7:30 p.m. OttovilleEmergency Medical Servicemembers meet at the munici-pal building.

Ottoville VFW Auxiliarymembers meet at the hall.

Fort Jennings Local SchoolDistrict board members meetat the high school library.

Alcoholics Anonymous,First Presbyterian Church,310 W. Second St.

Elida village council meetsat the town hall.

WEDNESDAY9 a.m. - noon Putnam

County Museum is open, 202E. Main St. Kalida.

11:30 a.m. Mealsiteat Delphos Senior CitizenCenter, 301 Suthoff Street.

Noon Rotary Clubmeets at The Grind.

4 p.m. Delphos PublicLibrary board members meet

at the library conference room.6 p.m. Shepherds ofChrist Associates meet in theSt. Johns Chapel.

7 p.m. Bingo at St.Johns Little Theatre.

St. Johns class of 1948 holds 65th reunionThe St. Johns High School class of 1948 recently held its 65th reunion. Classmates in

attendance were, front from left, Elda (Falke) Cavelage, Mary (Herman) German andJane (Mueller) Reed; and back, Peg (Rekart) Mansfield, Mary Lou (Knebel) Allemeier,Ralph Bonifas, John Metzner, Eugene Youngpeter, Rosie (Heidenescher) Murray, Joan(Williams) Stolly and Carolyn (Ricker) Beck. (Submitted photo)

MPH Tours was at it againwith an incredible expedition

to our nations 49th

State.Seventeen Buckeyes spent9 days exploring and expe-riencing Alaska in a veryadventurous way. From mystandpoint and several whotravelled with me, deliv-ery of mail would seem animpossible task.

But first let me give yousome background beforewe get into the nitty-gritty.Our guides Dwight and Ki,who both came to Alaskaas transplants, (Dwight fromupper Minnesota, and Kifrom Germany) could notdream of living anywhereelse. Dwights family of five

have been residents for over20 years and during that timeframe they spent 5 of thoseyears living in dwellingswith no electricity and norunning water.

Meanwhile, they reliedon wood as the source ofheat and for cooking. Fortwo of those years, theylived in a log cabin in a citythat could only be reachedby plane, where winter tem-peratures would reach -60degrees Fahrenheit. Theother three were in the base-ment of their current home,which they built completelyon their own in the smalltown of Wasilla. Yes, thatsright: Sarah Pa lins Wasilla.

Ki has been in Wasillafor 12 years and shares herhome with two very largedogs while her son and his

family live just an houraway.

These two interesting peo-ple brought aspects of every-day living into everything weexperienced. Their summersare spent as guides. Winterfinds Dwight as a third-gradeteacher and Ki a college pro-fessor of German. But theirenthusiasm and love of theirsurroundings has overpow-ered all the adversities ofliving in such a harsh butgorgeous land.

We traveled by dog sled,air boat, jet boat, monstertruck, off-road 4-wheelers,snow planes, river rafts,kayaks, glass-domed railcars and catamaran sail-ing ships (Since when are15-foot swells classified asa little choppy).

We walked on perma-frost, tundra, glaciers,through glacial rivers,whitewater, gold mines,native Indian villages, ruinsand viewed Mt. McKinley,the tallest peak in NorthAmerica from every angleand vantage point for threedays in a row.

Flying in a 10-passen-ger plane to 4,000 feet andlanding on Eldridge Glacierwas the highlight of every-thing for me. The sun wasso strong at midday of its20-hour cycle that I laidthere on the glacier andalmost took a nap. I madea snow angel for you, Meg,and thanks for the ravenfeather.

Alaska the Beautiful

Jim Dunlap and Gary Levitt capture the mountain ontheir cameras. (Submitted photo)

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

Cosmo and Diesel are female and male Shepherd mixesand are approximately 4 1/2 years old. They are brotherand sister and have been together their entire lives. Theywere returned after being adopted as puppies becausetheir owner did not have time for them anymore. They arevery friendly with people, love to romp around in the yardbut also would be content with just lounging around on thecouch and being your best friends. We would prefer Dieseland Cosmo to be adopted together because they have beentogether their whole lives; they are very well-mannered.We have not tested them with other dogs or children yet,but we do not suspect a problem. They are housebroken,walk well on a leash, and ride well in the car.

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FORT JENNINGS Todd Hoehn seems to be slowlybuilding the numbers for the Fort Jennings boys golf team.

He had nine two years ago and 11 in 2012.This year, he hopes the number 12 (as in total number of

participants) is a lucky one.The 16th-year head coach has only one player to replace due

to graduation a year ago: 4-year varsity player Kurt Warnecke;as well as one senior-to-be who chose to not compete this fall.

That leaves four veteran starters back for another season,led by the most experienced player on the roster and the likelynumber one golfer in his third year, senior Josh Wittler.

The other veteran starters include senior Luke Luebrecht,senior Nate German and junior Nick Von Sossan.

A fifth letterwinner is senior Kaylynn Noriega, the onlyLady Musketeer.

We have good numbers this fall; that should help in pro-

viding challenges for positions, Hoehn said. We have someexperience, depending on their individual improvement duringthe summer. That will determine where our team will go.

The remainder of the roster that Hoehn will look to in hopesof providing solid depth behind the expected first five hassenior Ryan Rau, senior Alex Ketcham, junior Collin Wieging,sophomore Alex Sealts, Griffin Morman, Sam Vetter andJordan Neidert.

We lost a wonderful leader and player in Kurt Warneckebut hopefully, our seniors can lead us in a positive direction,Hoehn added. For us to really be successful, we have to dothe little things, most importantly in the short game, as well asbe consistent.

The Musketeers began their season Aug. 6.

Hoehn has 12 golfers for 16th season for Musketeers

The Fort Jennings golf unit for 2013 has, front from left, Griffin Morman, Sam Vetter, Kaylynn Noriega, JordanNeidert and Alex Sealts. In the back row are Luke Luebrecht, Collin Wieging, Nate German, Ryan Rau, Nick VonSossan and head coach Todd Hoehn. Absent are Josh Wittler and Alex Ketcham. (Delphos Herald/Jim Metcalfe)

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Associated PressWATKINS GLEN, N.Y. Jimmie

Johnson can secure a spot in the Chasefor the Sprint Cup Championship thisweek at Watkins Glen International andhes not even thinking about it.

On a rainy Friday at the storiedroad course in upstate New York thatdelayed Cup practice until late after-noon, injured star Tony Stewart wasforemost on everybodys mind. Stewartbroke both the tibia and fibula in hisright leg on Monday night in a sprint carrace in Iowa, has since undergone two

surgeries and is out indefinitely.Max Papis will drive Stewarts No.14 Chevrolet on Sunday in the Cheez-It355 at The Glen, where Stewart has atrack-record five Cup wins. It will bringStewarts streak of 521 consecutive Cupstarts to an end and its his absence thatgives Johnson the opportunity to be thefirst to lock into the Chase on points.

Its not the way I want to clinch,by any means, with him not being hereat the race track. Its a big loss for oursport, Johnson said. I know that Tonyis feeling bad about being injured andthe effect that it has on his Cup team.Its crazy to think that he wont be aplayer in the Chase.

Stewart was leading with five lapsremaining at Southern Iowa Speedwaywhen a lapped car spun in front of him,causing Stewart to hit that car and flipseveral times. He was taken from thetrack by ambulance.

Like his fellow drivers, Johnson, a5-time Cup champion, expressed hisopinion he didnt like some of thecomments hes seen in the aftermathof the crash. Specifically, those whoquestioned Stewart for racing so much.It was his third crash in a month in thepowerful open-wheel cars.

Its troubled me to see some peoplegiving him a hard time about his deci-sion to race other vehicles, Johnsonexplained. We always praise him forhis contributions to the motor sportsworld and his ability to drive and raceanything. He has done so much for oursport.

I personally praise him for allthat he does for our sport, including

driving sprint cars Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Itsunfortunate that he got hurt. I hate thathes injured but Id be bummed if hedidnt continue to race all during theweek. Thats the Smoke we know andlove.

Stewart-Haas Racing has not namedan interim driver for beyond this week-end and revealed no discharge datehas been decided for the 42-year-oldStewart.

Its going to be a few weeksbefore we even look at that, said GregZipadelli, competition director at SHR.For now, it will be a week-to-week

diagnosis on him.Among the names that have popped

up as candidates is 21-year-old KyleLarson, a rising star in the NationwideSeries who sits sixth in points enteringtodays Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen. Hemight be a bit too young, though.

Hes in a really crucial spot inhis career and (it would be good) notgetting fed to the wolves too soon,Zipadelli added. I would prefer fromthis point on to put one person in thatwe felt was capable of doing a good,solid job and trying to build some chem-istry with the crews and the crew chief.

Theres a lot of those little detailsthat make for a good day on Sundays.The longer you get to work with some-one, the better you get to know them,

the better chance you have of havingsome consistent results. But I dontknow well honestly be able to do that.

The drivers that wed like to put (in theseat) are all racing for a championshipand we need to be respectful of theirposition.

Although Regan Smith is challeng-ing Austin Dillon for the points lead inthe Nationwide Series, Smiths boss atJR Motorsports said he wouldnt hesi-tate giving Smith the chance to drive theNo. 14 if the opportunity arose.

Id be the first to put Regans namein the hat for that kind of opportunity,Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. I understandthat we are racing for a championship. It

would be a challenge. It would also givehim an opportunity to showcase himself and get some guys maybe wanting toput him back in the car full-time on this(Cup) side of the deal. That would begood for him.

At least Smith knows what hed face.He was forced to sub for Earnhardt in theNo. 88 last October in the Chase whenEarnhardt couldnt compete because ofthe effects of two concussions.

Its going to be a great opportunityfor somebody, added Smith, who grewup in Cato, N.Y., a 2-hour drive north ofWatkins Glen. Last year, it happenedso quick there wasnt time to think.There was nothing but a phone call.

I certainly would be open to that.You just cross that bridge and see howthings line up. I think its a lot of hypo-thetical right now. I cant speak to anyof that.

Castroneves OK after stock car crashin Brazil

SAO PAULO IndyCar points leaderHelio Castroneves sustained minor injuriesafter crashing during practice for a stock carrace in Brazil.

The 3-time Indy 500 winner sustainedcuts on his legs and had neck and back painafter the crash Friday in Ribeirao Preto.

He left the wrecked car on his own butwas taken to a medical center in an ambu-lance as a precaution.

Castroneves spokesman, AmericoTeixeira, announced the Penske Racingdriver was doing well, the injuries were notserious and Castroneves was expected tocompete in Sundays race, although clear-ance from doctors would not be given untilmore tests were conducted on his neck andback.

Seeking his first IndyCar title,Castroneves has a 31-point lead over ScottDixon.

Racing an afterthought to

Tony Stewart in Sprint CupOHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCESDIVISION OF WILDLIFEWeekly Fish Ohio Fishing Report!CENTRAL OHIO

Big Darby Creek (Franklin/Madison/Pickaway counties) - Inhot summer weather, creeks and rivers can provide fishing action.Smallmouth bass and rock bass are popular sport fish in thisstream west of Columbus. Casting small crankbaits or plasticsresembling crayfish or shiners can be rewarding; target boulders,shoreline cover, where pools meet riffles and current eddies. Othergame fish present are bluegill, carp, crappie, channel and flatheadcatfish, saugeye and sauger.

Indian Lake (Logan County) - Saugeye are being caught alongthe south bank and around the Moundwood and Dream Bridgeareas; try crankbaits and worm harnesses. Fish shoreline cover,lily pads and any rip-rap on the shore for largemouth bass; tryspinner baits and crankbaits. Bluegill are still being caught aroundlily pads and in the channels; use wax worms, nightcrawlers orcrickets.

NORTHWEST OHIOOxbow Lake (Defiance County) - Located at Oxbow Wildlife

Area, 7 miles northwest of the city of Defiance on Trinity Road,largemouth bass fishing was very good last week. With the newregulations this year, people are taking a number of the smallerfish out of the lake, which should help the age structure in thefuture; just about anything has been effective at catching thesmaller-sized bass. Boats are allowed on the lake and there isa boat ramp available; however, boats are restricted to electricmotors only.

Upper Sandusky Reservoir #2 (Wyandot County) - Located onthe southeast edge of Upper Sandusky on CR 60, channel catfishhave been biting at this 118-acre reservoir; the shoreline consistsof rocks, a wetland shelf and sand beach area. Try fishing at thebeach area and along the east shoreline; shrimp fished on the bot-tom or just off the bottom using slip bobbers usually work best.There is a boat ramp and dock but boats are restricted to electricmotors only. The reservoir closes at 10 p .m.

NORTHEAST OHIOClendening Lake (Harrison County) - Channel catfish have

been biting on chicken livers. Shoreline anglers have been doingwell fishing for them using slip-sinker rigs around rip-rap, woodand weed edges; for larger flathead catfish, try large shad or otherbaitfish around wood cover. Excellent numbers of largemouthbass are also available here; target them with Texas-rigged softplastics around wood, deep weedlines and thick weed mats, orfishing top-waters at low light.

Lake Milton (Mahoning County) - Anglers have been periodi-cally picking up walleye trolling; worm harnesses and shad-stylecrankbaits have been top producers. Bonus channel catfish arecommon; try minnows vertically jigged or deep under a bobber(around 10 feet) for crappie. Good catches of smallmouth basshave also been reported; focus on hard-bottom main-lake areaswith soft plastics, crankbaits, or top-waters to target these scrappyfighters.

Tuscarawas River (Summit/Start counties) - Fishing has beenexcellent here recently, especially from Clinton to Massillon.Common carp, channel catfish, bowfin and bullheads have allbeen biting; hot baits have included cut bait, nightcrawlers andcorn. Target deeper holes and areas downstream of inlets.

SOUTHEAST OHIOMuskingum River (Coshocton/Morgan/Washington counties) -

Catfish anglers should continue to be successful with some qualitycatches. For flathead catfish, try using live suckers, goldfish andsunfish; for channel catfish, stick to the tried-and-true nightcrawl-ers, chicken livers and cut bait from the river. Current eddies atany of the low-head dams and at the mouth of larger tributary

streams have typically been the most productive sites; try lookingfor Flatheads below the McConnelsville Lock and Dam #7 usinglive bait, such as gizzard shad or skipjacks. Past fish in this areahave weighed up to 50 pounds!

Lake Hope (Vinton County) - Fishing should continue to beproductive this week. Bluegill and crappie can be caught this timeof year on minnows and worms fished under a bobber. If yourelooking for bass, try using artificial top-water lures. Channel cat-fish can also be found in this lake, typically up to three pounds; trynightcrawlers, chicken livers or cut bait on the bottom.

SOUTHWEST OHIOActon Lake (Preble County) - Channel catfish are being caught

at this lake in Hueston Woods State Park. Try fishing on the bot-tom using chicken livers or shrimp; the shoreline area between theswimming beach and Sugar Camp area has been the best.

Great Miami River (Miami/Montgomery/Warren counties) -Remember to ask permission before entering private property.Since the water levels are down, now is a great time to wade riversand find holes to come back to later when the rivers are up; all fishlike deep holes this time of year because the water is cooler, thereare concentrations of bait and oxygen levels are better. Catfishare the best bet this time of year. In Miami County, fair numbers

of smallmouth and rock bass are being caught in the early morn-ing and late evening in transition areas where deep and shallowwater meet, especially using soft crayfish and salted tube jigs. Thefishing is slower on the Montgomery County portion but catfishare always hitting in many of the deep holes throughout. Popularspots on the river are the deeper water areas below the low-headdams; anglers can find fish lying in these deeper holes. Anglersare catching channel and flathead catfish using chicken livers,cut bait, earthworms, nightcrawlers or live goldfish, bluegill forflatheads.

OHIO RIVERMeldahl Dam (Clermont County) - Channel catfish and flat-

head catfish are being caught below the dam tail waters using shadand skipjack fished tight on the bottom; the best time to fish is dur-ing the nighttime. The confluence of tributaries and the Ohio Riverhave been producing good catches of flatheads as well; these aregenerally caught using live bait.

By RALPH D. RUSSOAssociated Press

Offense is out of control.Points have never been

more plentiful in collegefootball. If touchdowns couldbe weighed theyd be mea-sured in tons. And yards? Onsome Saturdays, it seems youcould get to the moon andback with all the ground thatgets covered.

Quarterbacks are better

trained than ever before andtheir skills more diverse. Thedays when a QB was a rarecommodity if he could runAND pass are long gone.

Offensive coordinatorsarent afraid to blend erasand philosophies if itll getthem a first down. A littletriple-option here. A littleWest Coast there. A dash ofrun-and-shoot for flavor.

Every Saturday, youreseeing all of football historyin every game, said Chris

B. Brown, the author of TheEssential Smart Footballand the Smart Football blog.

And to top it all off,theyre running plays almostas fast as Usain Bolt can runthe 200.

Outside of Tuscaloosa,Ala., and a few other spotsaround the country, defenseshave become defenseless.

In the early 90s, thedefenses were ahead andMiami was dominatingdefensively. Things kindof evolved, said ArizonaState coach Todd Graham, aformer defensive coordina-

tor. But I will tell you, thelast 10 years, man, its beensteadily, steadily, steadilythe offenses having the edge.The game has changed.

How does a defensivecoach deal with it?

Its hard, UCLA coachJim Mora replied, his eyeswidening and his voice ris-ing. Its crazy.

Mora, a former NFLdefensive coordinator, is one

of the many feeling flum-moxed.

Defensive innovatorshavent been able to coun-ter with Xs and Os. Theyrehoping a different approachin recruiting might help orpossibly doubling down onfundamentals. Something toturn around a trend thatsbeen developing for years.

In 2008, FBS teams aver-aged 27 points per game and371.6 yards. Last year, thosefigures jumped to 29.5 points

per game and 409 yards.Plays per game from scrim-mage have increased from67.7 to 71.5 per team; yardsper play has risen from 5.48to 5.72.

Even in the SoutheasternConference, which boastsof its defensive prowess,the offenses are taking over.SECs teams averaged aleague-record 402.4 yardsper game and 30.4 points, a

bit shy of the record of 31 pergame set in 2010.

And with more SECteams picking up the paceof play these days despitethe protests of Nick Sabanand Bret Bielema dont besurprised if the record bookis rewritten again in 2013.

So what in the name offormer SEC defensive guruJoe Lee Dunn can be doneto shift the balance of powerback the guys on the other

Out-of-control offense leaving teams defenseless

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PITTSFORD, N.Y. Nothing was dull about theway Jason Dufner playedgolf Friday at the PGA

Championship. If anything, itwas historic.Dufner holed out from the

fairway for eagle, rolled in aputt across the green for parand kept making birdies untilhe stood 12 feet away froma shot at the lowest scorein the 153 years of champi-onship golf. One last birdieattempt didnt even get to thehole and Dufner had to settlefor a record-tying round of7-under 63.

Probably the worst puttI hit of the day, which is alittle disappointing, Dufnersaid. But all in all, its a63 and a name on top of theleaderboard, so thats a greatposition to be playing from.

It was the third time in thelast seven years at the PGAChampionship that a playerhad a putt at becoming thefirst player to shoot 62 in amajor. Tiger Woods circledthe hole at Southern Hills in2007. Steve Stricker narrow-ly missed at Atlanta AthleticClub two years ago.

Dufner didnt feel disap-pointed for long.

On a rain-softened OakHill, where pelt-sized div-ots were flying and birdieswere falling, Dufner surgedto a 2-shot lead over Masterschampion Adam Scott, JimFuryk and Matt Kuchar. At9-under 131, Dufner tied the36-hole record at the PGAChampionship he now shareswith six other players.

Dufner was alone at thetop and in the company ofsome big names in history.

His 63 broke the courserecord at Oak Hill held byBen Hogan, Curtis Strangeand Webb Simpson, who shot64 about five hours earli-er. Dufner became the 24thplayer to shoot 63 in a major Greg Norman and VijaySingh, both in the Hall ofFame, did it twice.

And through it all, he

barely cracked a smile.Hes very calm, said

Stricker, who played along-side Dufner. Im sure hewas churning on the inside.He just told me while wewere signing our cards, hewas like, This is a lot for aFriday.

The possibilities were end-less on a day that began withthree hours of a steady rainuntil the sun broke throughand took all the bite out ofOak Hill.

Simpson also had a chanceat 63 until he made a bogeyon the 16th hole of his round.U.S. Open champion Justin

Rose shot 29 on the frontnine to get back into conten-tion. When the second roundfinally ended, 27 playersremained under par this

on a course that is stubbornwhen it comes to par. In fiveprevious majors at Oak Hill,only nine players have fin-ished the tournament in rednumbers. Jack Nicklaus didit twice.

The cut was at 143,the lowest at the PGA

Championship since 2001 atAtlanta Athletic Club.

For all the low scores,Tiger Woods and PhilMickelson were left behind.

Woods couldnt get any-thing going, exchangingbirdies with bogeys during apoor putting round that ledto an even-par 70. He wasat 1-over 141 and 10 shotsback going into the weekend.Woods went to the range withhis swing coach, trying tofind answers. He has onlyone score in the 60s in 14rounds at the majors this year.

Obviously, Im going tohave to put together a really

good weekend, Woods said.This golf course is prettysoft. Its definitely gettable.Got to hit the ball in play andkeep the ball near the hole soI can be aggressive with myputts.

Mickelsons swing appar-ently went missing in thethree weeks since he won theBritish Open. He was all overOak Hill and still managed a34 on the back nine until hiswild shots caught up withhim. Another 71 left him 11shots out of the lead.

Dufner was in primeposition to win the PGAChampionship two years

ago when he had a 4-shotlead with four holes to play,only to be tracked down byKeegan Bradley and thenbeaten in a playoff. Dufnerremarked that day he wouldonly be disappointed if Inever get another chance.

And here he is, in recordfashion.

Dufners popularity hasgrown the last two yearsbecause of his zombie state.He was responsible for thecraze known as Dufneringin April when someone took aphoto of him slumped againsta classroom wall, eyes in adaze, during a charity event

at an elementary school asthe teacher taught childrenhow to relax and concentrate.

But there were nerves, nodoubt, and Dufner showed

them at the very end.A 6-foot birdie putt on the

16th hole put him at 7 underfor the round and his 15-footbirdie putt on the next holegrazed the cup. He followed

with two flawless swings onthe tough 18th hole, whichhad yielded only four birdiesat that point. That left himabout 12 feet below the hole.

And he left it short byabout 18 inches. There evenwas a nervous moment on thetap-in, when the ball came offthe putter weakly and dove inthe right corner of the cup.

Its tough when yourechasing history, Dufneradded. You will be the firstone to do something. I dontthink Ive been the first to doanything in my life. So it wasa little nerve-racking for aFriday. Its usually the pres-sure you might feel towardthe end of the tournament.

That part is still to come.Low scores were available

to anyone. Even after Dufnerfinished his round, K.J. Choihad an 18-foot birdie putton the 16th hole to reach 7under. It narrowly missed andChoi made bogey on the nexthole to end that threat.

Scott is swinging the clubbeautifully and his only flawFriday was not holing enoughbirdie chances when the rainstopped. Even so, he was inthe hunt on the weekend forthe fourth time in the last sixmajors. He will be in the finalgroup with Dufner today.

Henrik Stenson, a runner-up at Muirfield, had a 66and joined Rose at 6-under134, only three shots behind.Stricker and Robert Garriguswere another shot behind.

Dufner is a student of golfhistory and was thrilled topart of it. But while that 63put him in the record book,it doesnt guarantee the tro-phy. Of the 25 previous timesthat someone shot 63 in amajor, only five players wenton to win Nicklaus andJohnny Miller in the U.S.Open, Norman in the BritishOpen and Woods in the PGAChampionship.

Now thats some elitecompany.

Chen reaches US WomensAmateur semifinals

CHARLESTON, S.C. Taiwans Doris Chen beat LaurenDiaz-Yi 4 and 3 on Friday in theU.S. Womens Amateur quarterfi-nals, avenging a blowout loss in thePublic Links final.

In June in the Public Links, Diaz-Yi, from Thousand Oaks, Calif.,routed Chen 10 and 9.

The 20-year-old Chen, a mem-ber of Southern Californias NCAAchampionship team, will face17-year-old Yueer Cindy Feng ofOrlando, Fla., today at the CountryClub of Charleston.

Feng, born in China, beat AnniePark of Levittown, N.Y., 6 and 4.Park won the NCAA individual titlethis year as a freshman at SouthernCalifornia.

In the other quarterfinals,18-year-old Alison Lee of Valencia,Calif., beat Katelyn Sepmoree ofTyler, Texas, 4 and 3; and 19-year-old Emma Talley of Princeton, Ky.,edged Su-Hyun Oh of Australia witha par on the 19th hole.

Dufner turns soft dayinto historic one at PGA

The Delphos Bass Club held its most recent tournament on Lake Wawasee. Winnersinclude, from left, Jeremy Tenwalde, first with five fish weighing 10.75 pounds; ChadBuzard, second with five fish weighing 8.74 lbs.; Leroy Miller, third with four fish

weighing 7.92 lbs., also taking Big Bass at 2.97 lbs; and Dave Teman, fourth, with fourfish weighing 7.40 lbs. The rest of the anglers in the tournament were Don Kent, threefish/5.01 lbs.; Craig Myers, 3/4.89; Ed Hines, 2/4.63; Jason Davis, 3/4.40; BedfordMiller 2/4.29; Ryan Kriegel, 2/4.22; Trace Claypool, 2/3.79; Calin Kent, 2/3.52; ColinWestrich, 2/3.20; Denny Claypool, 1/2.92; Kevin Schleeter, 2/2.90; Gary Teman,2/2.70; Jason Ostendorf, 1/2.66; Dave Rahrig, 1/1.97; Carl Tenwalde, 1/1.87; QuincyBrinkman, Brian Davis, Rex Davis, Randy Fischbach, Butch Lucas, Rob Lucas, ChipMoreo, Ron Moreo, Brandon Osting and Kevin Osting. The next tournament is todayon Hamilton Lake. (Photo submitted)

Lake Wawasee Results

Delphos Bass Club

For Week of Aug. 12-18MONDAYBoys Golf

Spencerville, Elida andKalida at Rob Contini MemorialTournament, 8 a.m.

St. Johns, Jefferson, Ottovilleand Fort Jennings at Tee-OffClassic (Fort Jennings host), 9a.m.

Van Wert at Defiance BulldogInvitational (Eagle Rock), 9 a.m.

Girls GolfLincolnview Lady Lancer

Invitational, 10 a.m.Girls Tennis

Van Wert at Greenville, 4 p.m.Lima Central Catholic at

Elida, 4:30 p.m.TUESDAY

Football ScrimmageVan Wert at Wayne Trace, 6

p.m.Boys Golf

St. Johns and ColumbusGrove at Colonial Invitational,9 a.m.

Upper Scioto Valley atSpencerville, 10 a.m.

Crestview at Antwerp, 10 a.m.WEDNESDAY

Boys GolfSt. Johns, Fort Jennings,

Ottoville, Elida and Van Wert atKalida Wildcat Invitational, 9a.m.

Girls GolfLincolnview Tri, 10 a.m.

THURSDAYFootball Scrimmage

Columbus Grove at Liberty-Benton, 6 p.m.

Boys GolfJefferson and Kalida at

Paulding Panther Invitational(Auglaize), 9 a.m.

Ottoville, Fort Jennings,

Columbus Grove and Crestview atLincolnview Lancer Invitational,9 a.m. me

New Bremen at St. Johns(MAC), 10 a.m.

Girls GolfLincolnview at Defiance

Lady Bulldog Invitational (EagleRock), 8:30 a.m.

FRIDAYFootball Scrimmages

Van Buren at St. Johns, 5:30p.m. (changed from 10 a.m.).

Spencerville at Shawnee, 10a.m.

Antwerp and New Bremen atCrestview, 6 p.m.

Boys GolfSt. Johns, Elida, Kalida and

Van Wert at Celina Invitational,8:30 a.m.

Jefferson, Lincolnview andAda at Crestview (NWC), 10 a.m.

Spencerville at ColumbusGrove Tri, 10 a.m.

Girls TennisElida at Napoleon Wildcat

Invitational, 9:30 a.m.SATURDAY

Football ScrimmagesJefferson at Bath, 10 a.m. meVan Wert at Versailles, 10 a.m.Elida at Fort Loramie, TBA

Boys SoccerOttoville at Spencerville, 11

a.m.Lincolnview at Lima Senior,

2 p.m.Girls Soccer

Lincolnview at Lima Senior,noon

Wapakoneta at Ottoville, 6p.m. me

Co-ed Cross CountrySt. Johns, Lincolnview and

Van Wert at OHSAA Early-Season Invitational, 9:30 a.m.

Weekly Athletic Schedule

Washington County - Thestretch of river behind theLafayette Hotel in Marietta isa great site for catching largecatfish; some in the 10- to31-pound range can be caughton bluegill, shad or goldfish.The Devola Dam (on theMuskingum River) has alsobeen a successful site for cat-fishing using cut baits fishedtight-line. Hybrid-striped bassmay also be available to catch;look for scattering schools ofshad indicating feeding fish andcast towards these areas with

jigs, spoons or jerkbaits.LAKE ERIERegulations to Remember:

The daily bag limit for walleyeon Ohio waters of Lake Erieis 6 fish per angler; minimumsize limit is 15 inches. Thedaily bag limit for yellow perchis 30 fish per angler on allOhio waters of Lake Erie. The trout and salmon daily baglimit is 5; minimum size limitis 12 inches. The black bass(largemouth/smallmouth bass)daily bag limit is 5 fish perangler; minimum size limit is14 inches.

Western Basin: Walleyefishing was best around theToledo water intake and WestSister Island, W of North BassIsland and at American Eagleshoal; a hit-or-miss bite hasbeen between North Bass Islandand Gull Island shoal. Trollershave been catching fish onworm harnesses or with diversand spoons; drifters are usingworm harnesses with bottom-bouncers or are casting mayflyrigs. Yellow perch fishingwas best around the Toledowater intake, West Sister Island,SE/E of Kelleys Island and at

Kelleys Island shoal; perch-spreaders with shiners fishednear the bottom produce themost fish. Largemouth bassfishing has been good in har-bors and nearshore areas aroundCatawba and Marblehead.

Central Basin: Walleyefishing has been good aroundthe weather buoy along theCanadian border, in less than20 of water nearshore betweenHuron and Vermilion and 4

miles N of Vermilion trollingcrankbaits and worm harnesses.Excellent fishing was report-ed in 70-73 of water N ofGeneva and in 70-73 of waterNE of Ashtabula; anglers aretrolling dipsy-divers, jet-diversand wire-line with yellow, pink,green and orange spoons. Yellow perch fishing has beengood 6 miles N of Huron, in46 NW of Rocky River (GoldCoast), in 40 NW of GordonPark, in 36-52 NW of FairportHarbor, in 48 N of Geneva andin 50 N of Ashtabula; spread-ers with shiners fished near thebottom produce the most fish.Shore fishing off the Clevelandarea piers has been slow. Smallmouth bass fishing has

been excellent in 10-20 aroundharbor areas in Cleveland,Fairport Harbor, Geneva,Ashtabula and Conneaut;anglers are using nightcrawlers,soft craws, leeches and crank-baits. White Bass fishing hasbeen slow; best spots to try areEast 55th Street and East 72ndStreet piers in Cleveland andthe long pier in Fairport Harbor.On the lake, look for gulls feed-ing on shiners at the surface;the white bass will be below.Anglers are using agitators with

jigs and small spoons. Thewater temperature is 69 degrees

off of Toledo and 70 degreesoff of Cleveland, according to

the nearshore marine forecast.

Anglers are encouraged

to always wear a U.S. Coast

Guard-approved personal flota-tion device while boating.

-Drawings to be held

for Controlled WaterfowlHunting Opportunities

FINDLAY Waterfowl

hunters are invited to participatein special drawings for con-trolled hunting opportunities.

The drawing dates and timesare as follows:

Magee Marsh Wildlife AreaEarly Teal and Goose Hunt -The Magee Marsh 6:30 p.m.Wednesday. Registration is from5-6:20 p.m. at the Magee MarshBeach Parking Lot, 13229 W.State Route 2, Oak Harbor.

Pipe Creek Wildlife AreaEarly Teal and Goose Hunt -Osborn Park 6:30 p.m. Aug. 22Registration is from 5-6:20 p.m.at Osborn Park, 3910 PerkinsAve., Huron.

East Sandusky Bay MetroPark Early Teal and GooseHunt - Osborn Park 6:30 p.m.Aug. 22. Registration is from5-6:20 p.m. at Osborn Park,3910 Perkins Ave., Huron.

Adult participants arerequired to present their cur-rent or previous years OhioWetland Stamp or ResidentHunting License. Youth huntersare required to bring their 2012or 2013 Resident Youth HuntingLicense to be eligible to partici-pate in the drawings.

For more information onOhios wildlife resources, call1-800-WILDLIFE or visit wil-dohio.com on the web.

FISHING REPORT

side of ball?Three areas need to be

addressed: player develop-ment, recruiting/personneland schemes.

PLAYERDEVELOPMENT.

The rise of 7-on-7 football,a scaled-down version of thegame played by high-school-ers during the offseasonwithout linemen, full pads ortackling to the ground hascoincided with improvementsin the passing game.

Its all about the develop-ment of quarterbacks, saidCincinnati coach TommyTuberville, who rose throughthe ranks as a defensiveassistant at Miami and TexasA&M.

When they get to collegecampuses, theyre ready toplay. Johnny Manziel becamethe first freshman to win theHeisman last year but it camejust a few years after TimTebow was the first soph-omore to win it and SamBradford became the second.

While quarterbacks areworking on their games year-round, defensive players aretackling less and less becauseof injury concerns.

The thing I really see incollege football is the missedtackles, said Dunn, who wasone of the most successfuldefensive coordinators in

college football in the 1990sand early 2000s. So manymissed tackles.

The missed tackles standout more than ever beforebecause offenses are forcingdefenses to defend so muchmore of the field, stretchingthem out both vertically andhorizontally.

Dunn expl

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