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tonight. Highs
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the lower 50s. See page 2.
Monday, October 14, 2013
DELPHOS HERALD
The
50 daily Delphos, Ohio
Telling The Tri-Countys Story Since 1869
Gravity eclipses Phillips at box
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Soccer tournament action,
p6-7
Upfront
Forecast
Obituaries 2
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Announcements 4
Community 5
Sports 6-8
Classifieds 9
TV 10
World News 11
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Supporters bash car for FFA
FFA supporters could bash a car with a sledge hammer or give it a new paint
job for a donation Saturday afternoon. Above: Don Wallen gives the hood of the
car donated by a local junk yard a good whack. The effort raised more than $200
for the chapter. (Delphos Herald/Nancy Spencer)
Sheriff collecting unwanted,
unused prescription drugs
Information submitted
Each day, approximately 2,500 teens use prescription drugs
to get high for the first time, according to the Partnership for
a Drug Free America. Studies show that a majority of the
abused drugs are obtained from family and friends, including
the home medicine cabinet.
In an effort to address this problem, the Van Wert County
Sheriffs Office, in conjunction with the DEA, state and local
law enforcement agencies throughout the United States, will
conduct the seventh National Prescription Drug Take Back
Day on Oct. 26.
The purpose of this National Take Back Day is to provide
a venue for persons who want to dispose of unwanted and
unused prescription drugs.
This initiative addresses vital safety and public health issues.
Last April, Americans turned in 371 tons (over 742,000 pounds)
of prescription drugs at over 5,800 sites operated by the DEA and
its thousands of state and local law enforcement partners. In its six
previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners took in over 2.8
million poundsmore than 1,400 tonsof pills.
There were approximately 5,829 state and local law
enforcement agencies throughout the nation that participated
in the event. All told the American Public has turned in more
than 2,800,678 pounds (1,409 tons) of prescription drugs in the
six National Take Back Days.
This effort has been a huge success in removing potentially
dangerous prescription drugs, particularly controlled substanc-
es, from our nations medicine cabinets.
The Van Wert County Sheriffs Office will accept prescrip-
tion medication at 113 N. Market St. in Van Wert. Prescription
drugs can be dropped off to the Communications Officer in the
lobby of the Sheriffs Office.
zombies invade delphos
More than 60 zombies gathered in Delphos to search for food (brains) on Sunday. A donation of canned goods
for humans got a zombie in the event and all proceeds from a 50-50 drawing and various raffles to benefit the
Delphos Interfaith Thrift Shop. Zombies enjoyed a Zombie Market and made a short video before lurching down
Main Street to Brentilys Steak House for the Zombie After Party. Above: John Langan and Rosanna and Cassady
Bockrath put on their best zombie faces and joined in the fun. (Delphos Herald/Nancy Spencer)
Spending is
stumbling block
to budget deal
BY DONNA CASSATA
WASHINGTON (AP)
Senate Republicans and
Democrats hit an impasse
Sunday over spending in their
last-ditch struggle to avoid an
economy-jarring default in just
four days and end a partial gov-
ernment shutdown thats enter-
ing its third week.
After inconclusive talks
between President Barack
Obama and House Republicans,
Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid, D-Nev., and Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell,
R-Ky., took charge in trying
to end the crises, although a
conversation Sunday afternoon
failed to break the stalemate.
Im optimistic about the
prospects for a positive conclu-
sion to the issues before this
country today, Reid said as
the Senate wrapped up a rare
Sunday session.
The two cagy negotiators are
at loggerheads over Democratic
demands to undo or change
the automatic, across-the-board
spending cuts to domestic and
defense programs that the GOP
see as crucial to reducing the
nations deficit.
McConnell insisted a solu-
tion was readily available in
the proposal from a bipartisan
group of 12 senators, led by
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine,
and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., that
would re-open the government
and fund it at current levels for
six months while raising the
debt limit through Jan. 31.
Its time for Democrat lead-
ers to take yes for an answer,
McConnell said in a statement.
But six Democrats in the
group and a spokesman for
Collins said that while nego-
tiations continued this weekend,
there was no agreement.
The latest snag comes as
350,000 federal workers remain
idle, hundreds of thousands
more work without pay and an
array of government services,
from home loan applications
to environmental inspections,
were on hold on the 13th day of
the shutdown.
See TAKE BACK, page 11
Jefferson FCCLA is sell-
ing Otis Spunkmeyer food
products through Oct. 25.
All products are $16.
Proceeds will benefit FCCLA
and 50 percent will be
donated to the American
Cancer Society. Last year,
FCCLA donated $500 to
cancer research with the
communitys support.
The following prod-
ucts are available: cookie
dough chocolate chip,
triple chocolate chunk, white
chocolate macadamia nut,
peanut butter, carnival, butter
sugar, snickerdoodle, mint
chocolate chunk, oatmeal
raisin, strawberry short-
cake, cranberry oatmeal and
reduced fat chocolate chip.
Other products: Auntie
Annes pretzels, double
chocolate chip brownies,
bake-up brownie rounds,
chocolate-filled croissants,
apple cinnamon coffee cake
and raspberry danish twists.
Contact a Jefferson Middle
School seventh- or eighth-
grade FCCLA member or
advisor Bev Tuttle at btut-
tle@delphoscityschools.org.
FCCLA selling
food products
Delphos Fire and Rescue tackles storage building fire
Delphos Fire and
Rescue were called to a
building fire behind 516
Carolyn Drive at 1:15 p.m.
Saturday. Firefighters
arrived on scene at 1:16
p.m. and quickly brought
the fire under control
and extinguished it. After
investigation, the fire
appeared to have started
in the area of a cabinet
with an electrical junc-
tion box attached under-
neath. Fire damage was
minor; smoke and heat
damages were heavy. The
exact cause remains unde-
termined. The depart-
ment responded with two
engines staffed by full-
time firefighters and 16
part-paid firefighters.
One EMS squad with
three part-paid EMTs
also responded. They
were on scene for approx-
imately 45 minutes and
back on station at 2:30
p.m. (Delphos Herald/
Nancy Spencer)
Finance meeting
set today
The chairman and vice
chairman of the Delphos City
Council Finance Committee
have called for a public
meeting at 7 p.m. today.
The meeting will be
held at the municipal build-
ing, 608 N. Canal St.
See BUDGET, page 11
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FUNERALS
BIRTHS
LOTTERY
WEATHER
FROM THE ARCHIVES
POLICE REPORT
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information, call the editorial
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on this page.
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At approximately
11:20 p.m. Saturday,
Delphos Police were
contacted by a con-
cerned citizen who
advised that there
was a subject inside
a business in the 100
block of East Second
Street who had threat-
ened another person
and had a firearm in
his possession at that
time but had went to a
nearby motor vehicle and had placed the
firearm inside.
The vehicle was checked by officers
at which time they did observe in plain
view a handgun lying on the front seat
of the vehicle. A second firearm was also
later located inside the vehicle.
Officers then went to the business
and located the subject involved. Upon
speaking with him, officers found enough
probable cause to cite Michael Ruce
OCallaghan Jr., 35, of Van Wert on the
charges of operating a motor vehicle
while having his driving privileges sus-
pended and for mishandling a firearm in
a motor vehicle.
OCallaghan was cited into Lima
Municipal Court on
the charges; addi-
tional charges are
pending upon review
of the case by the
Prosecutors Office.
At 7:06 p. m.
Friday, police went
to 708 East Third
Street to serve an
active arrest warrant
on a subject staying at
that location.
Upon offi cers
arrival, they located Andrew Stocklin,
28, of Delphos and took him into cus-
tody on an warrant issued out of Lima
Municipal Court on a failure to appear on
a prior theft charge.
Stocklin was later turned over to depu-
ties from the Allen County Sheriff s
Department.
At 9:38 a.m. Friday, police were called
to a business in the 1000 block of Elida
Avenue in reference to a theft complaint
at the business.
Upon officers arrival, they met with
store employees, who stated that a
female and male subjects had been in the
store for an extended time. Employees
observed the female subject use a pair of
scissors that she brought to the business
with her and attempt to cut off an anti-
theft device on a piece of merchandise.
Upon cutting the device, it activated and
the female dropped the merchandise and
attempted to leave the area.
Charges in the case are pending and
both subjects were given trespassing
notices not to return to the business.
At 1:26 p.m. Tuesday, police were
called to a Delphos City School in
response from the principal that a student
was caught with a prescription belonging
to another.
Upon officers arrival, officers found a
student had been found inside the school
with a prescription that did not belong
to him that he was intending to sell. The
investigation found that a second student
was also allegedly selling prescriptions
that did not belong to the student as well.
The principal stated that he wished
to have charges filed on both students
involved.
The case is still under investigation
and no charges had been filed at time of
news release.
At 7 p.m. Oct.
7, police received a
call from a resident
near the Garfield
Park area on South
Clay Street. The
caller advised three
subjects were cur-
rently in the park
and were in pos-
session of what
appeared to be drugs
and drug abuse
instruments.
Upon officers arrival, they located
the subjects involved. Upon officers
approaching the three subjects, one male
subject was observed throwing items
over a nearby fence. Upon checking the
area, officers found three hypodermic
needles.
As a result, officers took John
McRedmond, 19, of Delphos into custo-
dy. McRedmond was cited into Van Wert
Municipal Court on charges of posses-
sion of drug abuse instruments and was
later released.
No charges were filed on the other two
subjects involved at time of news release.
At 1:40 a.m. Oct. 7, police were called
to the 500 block of West Seventh Street
in reference to a criminal damaging com-
plaint at a residence in that area.
Upon officers arrival, the victim stat-
ed that someone had thrown an object
at the residence and had broken a large
window in the residence.
oCallaghan Jr.
Mcredmond
stocklin
ST. RITAS
A boy was born Oct.
11 to Andrea and Andrew
Mancinotti of Delphos.
WeAtHer ForeCAst
tri-county
Associated Press
toDAY: Mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s. East
winds 5 to 15 mph.
toniGHt: Mostly clear
through midnight then becom-
ing partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 50s. East winds 5 to 10
mph.
tUesDAY: Mostly
cloudy. A 30 percent chance
of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 70s. South
winds 5 to 15 mph.
tUesDAY niGHt:
Showers likely. Lows in the
mid 50s. Southwest winds 10
to 15 mph. Chance of precipi-
tation 60 percent.
WeDnesDAY: Partly
cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 60s.
WeDnesDAY niGHt:
Partly cloudy with a 20 per-
cent chance of showers. Lows
in the mid 40s.
tHUrsDAY: Partly
cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
tHUrsDAY niGHt
tHroUGH FriDAY
niGHt: Partly cloudy. Lows
in the lower 40s. Highs in the
upper 50s.
sAtUrDAY AnD
sAtUrDAY niGHt: Mostly
clear. Highs in the upper 50s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
sUnDAY: Partly cloudy
with a 30 percent chance of
rain showers. Highs in the
mid 50s.
CLEVELAND (AP)
These Ohio lotteries were
drawn Sunday:
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $29
million
Pick 3 Evening
2-2-9
Pick 3 Midday
3-6-0
Pick 4 Evening
3-5-6-9
Pick 4 Midday
6-4-2-5
Pick 5 Evening
4-1-8-9-7
Pick 5 Midday
4-5-8-1-9
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $156
million
Rolling Cash 5
02-21-23-33-34
Estimated jackpot:
$120,000
PoHLMAn, Earl H.,
81, of Delphos, Mass
of Christian burial will
be at 11 a.m. today at
St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church, the Rev.
Dave Reinhart officiating.
Burial will be at St. Johns
Cemet er y. Memor i al
contributions may be
made to the Alzheimers
Association or St. Johns
Parish Foundation.
osBorn, Kristi K.,
38, of Anna, funeral ser-
vices are scheduled to
begin at 10:30 a.m. today
at Schlosser Funeral Home
& Cremation Services,
Wapakonet a, Past or
Andrew Atkins officiat-
ing. Burial will follow at
Pearl Cemetery, Sidney.
In lieu of flowers, memo-
rial contributions may
be directed to the family
for their childrens edu-
cation. Condolences may
be expressed at www.
schlosserfuneralhome.com.
one Year Ago
The Delphos Herald selects an annual News Carrier
of the Year in conjunction with International Newspaper
Carrier Day. This years honored carrier is Mitchelle
Bradley. Mitchelle, 13, is the son of Lindsey and Kaye
Bradley.
25 Years Ago 1988
Construction on the new shopping center, East Towne
Plaza, on Elida Avenue east of Delphos is scheduled
to begin within the next 30 days. Major tenants Chief
Supermarket, Vals Department and Rite Aid Drug are
scheduled to open in early spring.
Jefferson freshman football team improved its record
to 6-0 with a 22-16 win over Paulding Wednesday at
Stadium Park. The Wildcats opened scoring with Mark
Ridgeways touchdown and two-point conversion by
Max Wisher and repeated the same in the second quar-
ter. Wishers interception with two minutes to play set
the stage for Jeffersons winning touchdown. Behind the
blocking of Doug Haunhorst and Mike Ahten, Wisher
went over for the winning score.
Formal dedication ceremonies will be held at half-
time of the Spencerville football game Friday night for
the new improvements to the Memorial Field complex.
The ceremony will be a re-dedication service. Memorial
Field was proposed and constructed as a permanent
memorial to the communitys servicemen after the end
of World War II.
50 Years Ago 1963
The Cinder Sniffers of Cincinnati, members of the
national Brotherhood of Live Steamers BLS, gave
three of their engines a run over the tracks of the Mid-
Central Chapter of the BLS behind the Akron-Canton-
Youngstown RR yards in Delphos recently. ACY engine
house foreman W. P. Fairfax, who constructed the 450-
foot track two years ago, also ran his three home-built
steamers.
Dr. J. Manning Potts, editor of the magazine The
Upper Room, announced a meditation written by Mrs.
Dorothy Ferres Yocum, wife of the local pastor of
Trinity Methodist Church, has been accepted for pub-
lication. The interdenominational devotional guide has
a worldwide circulation. The meditation will appear in
the Nov. 26 issue.
The ladies branch of the Catholic Knights of America
held a meeting Friday evening in the Knights of
Columbus club rooms. Following the session, cards
were played with the prize being awarded to Bertha
Schmelzer. Marcella Grothouse received the door award.
75 Years Ago 1938
Twenty-seven of the altar boys who are in the grades
at St. Johns enjoyed an outing at Dr. J. L. Sassens
property on South Bredeick Street Wednesday. Ball
games as well as other games were enjoyed and the
outing was climaxed with a wiener roast. Father James
Nett, who is in charge of the acolytes this year, related
some of his interesting experiences while in Palestine.
The members of the W.B.A. Junior organization met
Wednesday evening at the home of Patty Wells, South
Jefferson Street. In three contests, Mona Lou Bardo and
Joan Nixon were awarded the honors while the door
award went to Betty Knepper. In two weeks, the girls
will hold a masquerade party at the home of Joan Nixon,
North Jefferson Street.
The Columbus Day card party and dance held in the
K of C rooms Wednesday evening by the members of
the local council of the Knights of Columbus was well
attended. In five-hundred, Mrs. Carl Nolte and John A.
Metzner were high and Mrs. Otto Stallkamp, Jr., and
John Barheide second. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Youngpeter
received high honors in pinochle and Mrs. Ed. Miller
and Cyril Hickey were second high.
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Booths, Crafts,
Country Store
&
Treasure Island
OCT 19 & 20
101st Annual
Chicken & Beef
Dinners
*Dinner tickets may be purchased by calling the high school
office at 419-692-5371 or
grade school office at 419-692-8561.
Tickets also available in the grade school hallway
the days of the event.
Childrens Festival
Wednesday, Oct. 16
11:45-2:30 pm
Everyone Welcome!
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People
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Where vet is from
Branch of Military
Years Served from to
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Please fill out one form for each veteran.
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PAST & PRESENT
PHOTOS OF PAST & PRESENT
VETERANS WILL BE PUBLISHED
IN OUR SALUTE TO VETERANS
PUBLICATION NOV. 11.
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Surgery Prices
Dogs
Females under 50 pounds $80
Females 50-99 pounds $100
Males up to 99 pounds $50
Cats
Females and males: $50
If you bring in 5 or more cats
at one time, $30 each cat
Vaccinations
DHLPP (dog): $15
Bordetella (dog): $15
FVRC (cat): $15
Leukemia (cat): $15
Rabies (dog and cat): $15
Done every Tuesday and Thursday from
1-2 p.m. only; you can walk-in.
Testing
Heartworm (dog): $20
Leukemia (cat): $20
Microchip: $25 **$16.95 Annual fee**
Adoptions
Dogs: $150.00 and up Cats: Free
All of our animals up for adoption are
spayed/neutered.
Dogs are fully vaccinated, heart
worm tested (if over 6 months old),
microchipped and fea treated.
Cats are vaccinated for FVRC-L,
negative for feline leukemia
and fea treated
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Janet Siefker
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BRIEFS
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Community Health Professionals
602 E. Fifth St., Delphos 419-695-1999
Tue. Oct. 15
5:00 8:00 p.m.
Delphos VFW
Wed. Oct. 16
11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
Trinity United
Methodist, Delphos
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Fort Haven Sr. Apts.
Ft. Jennings
Fri. Oct. 18
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Delphos Discount Drugs
Sat. Oct. 19
8:00 -10:00 a.m.
Gomer Congregational
Church
Mon. Oct. 21
Noon - 3:00 p.m.
Canal Pharmacy,
Spencerville
5:00 -7:00 p.m.
Immanuel United
Methodist Church
Wed. Oct. 23
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
K of C, Delphos
Thu. Oct. 24
10:00 a.m. - Noon
US Bank, Delphos
12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Delphos Senior
Citizens Center
Sat. Oct. 26
8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Delphos Discount Drugs
More than 15K
pheasants to be
released
COLUMBUS (AP)
Ohio will release more than
15,000 ring-necked pheasants
at 27 Ohio public hunting
areas this fall to provide addi-
tional hunting opportunities
The Ohio Department of
Natural Resources says pheas-
ants will be released Friday
and Oct. 25, prior to the small-
game weekends for youth
hunters.
Ohios small game hunting
season begins Nov. 1, with
pheasant releases scheduled
for Oct. 31 and the evening
of Nov. 8. The final release of
the year is set for the evening
of Nov. 27.
Pheasant hunting season
runs from Nov. 1 through Jan.
5.
State officials say the daily
bag limit is two male birds.
No females can be killed.
Statewide pheasant hunting
hours are sunrise to sunset.
Lake Erie algae a threat
to drinking water
TOLEDO (AP) Toxins from blobs of
algae on western Lake Erie are infiltrating
water treatment plants along the shoreline,
forcing cities to spend a lot more money to
make sure their drinking water is safe.
It got so bad last month that one township
told its 2,000 residents not to drink or use the
water coming from their taps.
The cost of testing and treating the water is
adding up quickly the city of Toledo will
spend an extra $1 million this year to combat
the toxins while a neighboring county is con-
sidering a fee increase next year to cover the
added expenses.
Algae blooms during the summer and early
fall have turned the water into a pea soup
color in recent years. The unsightly surface
has scared away tourists, and toxins produced
by the algae have contributed to oxygen-
deprived dead zones where fish cant survive.
The toxins also are a threat to the drinking
water that the lake provides for 11 million
people.
The annual algae blooms have been con-
centrated around the western end of Lake Erie
though a few have spread to the Cleveland
area and have affected water treatment
plants in Toledo and other cities that dot the
waters edge in northern Ohio.
The algae growth is fed by phosphorous
from farm fertilizer runoff and other sources,
leaving behind toxins that can kill animals and
sicken humans.
Tests on drinking water in Carroll
Township, which is just west of Toledo,
showed the amount of toxins had increased so
much in early September that officials decided
to order residents to stop using the water for
two days until they could hook up to another
water supply.
It was believed to be the first time a city
has banned residents from using the water
because of toxins from algae in the lake.
I wasnt sure how dangerous it was,
but we wanted to be cautious, said Henry
Biggert, the townships water plant superin-
tendent.
The townships treatment plant is now
back online, but the water is being filtered
and treated over a longer period to remove the
toxins, he said.
What makes combating these toxins a chal-
lenge for operators of water treatment plants
is that there are no standards on how to handle
the problem or federal guidelines on what is
a safe amount in drinking water. Plus, each
water treatment facility is unique.
Plant operators along the lake in Ohio have
been teaming up to figure out what works
best.
Were out there scrambling around, said
Kelly Frey, Ottawa Countys sanitary engi-
neer. Its just been do the best you can.
The county, he said, tests the water three
times a week while adding a chemical called
activated carbon to absorb the algae before
filtering it. The expense of treating the water
may require an increase in water rates next
year of a couple of dollars a month for the
average family, Frey said.
Toledo prison hit
by rising violence
TOLEDO (AP) Authorities at the state prison in
Toledo have seen inmate violence continuing to rise
despite a series of changes, with four slayings in 13
months.
The Blade reports that after the Toledo Correctional
Institutions first homicide last year, staffing was
increased on nights and weekends and a second investi-
gator added. Then another inmate was killed in his cell
this year, and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction added nine officers to the maximum-security
prison.
There have been two more deadly assaults this year,
the latest coming Oct. 6 when Michael Dodson, 38, died
at a hospital after being assaulted in his cell. The Lucas
County coroners office said he died from blunt-force
injuries to his neck and head. Inmate James Oglesby was
killed in August after being attacked by a metal baseball
bat in a recreation area.
Ohio statistics show the four slayings are the most in
the past 13 months of any state prison. Authorities say
there are more fights, too. The prison investigated 136
incidents of inmate-on-inmate violence in 2010-12. The
prison began in 2011 taking in maximum-security pris-
oners from around the state, putting two inmates in each
cell to deal with statewide overcrowding.
State prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said among
the changes at Toledo have been using a merit dorm for
well-behaved inmates isolated from the most violent,
and extra surveillance cameras were installed.
The Blade said a legislatively established commit-
tee that monitors prisons found that inmate-on-inmate
assaults jumped about 113 percent and inmate-on-staff
assaults were up some 74 percent from 2010 to 2012
at the Toledo prison. Watchdog groups have also found
high employee turnover at Toledo.
Guard union officials say the staff additions havent
been enough, and more is needed.
The mood inside the prison is that we need more
staff. We have too many inmates, said Ryan Ochmanek,
a corrections officer and union steward. Were over-
crowded and, with double-bunking, we need more staff.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio said lack
of funding to staff prisons and inmate overcrowding cre-
ate dangerous situations in prisons.
Ohio student loan default
rate among highest
DAYTON (AP) Ohios student loan default rate is among
the 10 highest in the country with nearly 30,000 Ohioans
defaulting on federal loans they were supposed to start repay-
ing in 2010, a newspaper reported.
A total of 29,500 Ohioans are among more than 600,000
former college students defaulting on student loans for the
three-year period, the Dayton Daily News reports. Ohios
default rate over that time increased from 13.2 percent to 16.2
percent, according to new data from the U.S. Department of
Education.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reports that
more than 7 million borrowers are currently in default on a
federal or private student loan, meaning they missed payment
for nine months.
Defaults leave borrowers facing problems that include late
fees, added interests, wage garnishment and court costs.
The consequences of default are so severe, said Lauren
Asher, president of The Institute for College Access and
Success.
She said the debt can follow borrowers for the rest of their
lives, ruining their credit and making it difficult to buy a car
or rent an apartment. It can also limit job prospects and make
it impossible to get federal grants or loans to return to school,
Asher said.
State increasing
penalties for
unemployment fraud
COLUMBUS (AP)
Ohio officials want to send
a clear message with tough
new penalties against
unempl oyment fraud:
Dont do it.
Beginning Oct. 21, the
Ohio Department of Job
and Family Services may
impose fines of up to a
quarter of the total amount
of unemployment bene-
fits an individual collects
through fraud.
If an employers repeat-
ed refusal to provide infor-
mation about an unemploy-
ment compensation claim-
ant results in erroneous
benefits being paid, the
employer could face penal-
ties, too.
Diana exhibit to
conclude public tour
in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI (AP) The
Cincinnati Museum Center
will be the last stop next year
on the public exhibition tour
for an exhibition about the late
Princess Diana.
The exhibit titled Diana:
A Celebration displays her
wedding dress, a tiara, and
some 150 pieces of memo-
rabilia about the famed and
ill-fated Lady Diana Spencer,
killed in a 1997 car crash in
Paris.
The items are on loan
from the Althorp Estate, the
Spencer familys ancestral
home in England. They will
be turned over to Dianas sons
later.
The center will host the
exhibit from Feb 14-Aug. 17.
It includes the ivory silk
dress she wore before a global
audience in her 1981 wedding,
designer gowns and suits,
home movies and photos,
and condolence books signed
by the public. Other items
include childhood toys and a
copy of the special adaptation
of Candle in the Wind sung
by Elton John at her funeral,
signed by him and co-writer
Bernie Taupin.
The exhibit puts into con-
text the things she was able to
accomplish in the short period
of time she lived, said John
Norman, president of the Arts
and Exhibits International,
which organized the exhibi-
tion.
The dress and other memo-
rabilia have been displayed
each July and August at the
Althorp estate.
More than 1 million people
have already seen the touring
exhibit since 2003. Cincinnati
officials are delighted to be the
last to show it, The Cincinnati
Enquirer reports.
Theres a sense of urgency
and excitement around having
those objects on display for
the last time, said Elizabeth
Pierce, the museum centers
vice president for marketing
and communications.
It began display last month
at the Putnam Museum in
Davenport, Iowa, through Jan.
5.
NE Ohio authorities
find 150-plus snakes
in home
STRUTHERS (AP)
Authorities in northeast Ohio
say they have found more than
150 snakes, some poisonous, in
a home.
News media in the
Youngstown area report that a
man faces charges including
child endangering because a
12-year-old child lives in the
home. WFMJ says authorities
went to the home of 46-year-old
Joseph McCollum to check on
him because he had been bitten
by a rattlesnake and didnt get
proper treatment.
WFMJ reports that
McCollum is an operator of The
Boa Store, which sells Boa con-
strictors online.
Animal control officer
Dave Nelson said the home
in Struthers also had poison-
ous snakes include rattlers and
cobras. The officer from the
Mahoning County dog wardens
office said he had dealt with dan-
gerous snakes before, but not so
many at once.
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Total this year 40.31 34.99
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High: 65 at Evansville
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Sunrise today 7:20 a.m.
Sunset today 5:37 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday 7:21 a.m.
Sunset Tuesday 5:36 p.m.
Moon rises today 3:47 p.m.
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Albuquerque 29 53 Rn 29 50 Pc
Anchorage 20 28 Sn 12 22 Pc
Atlanta 43 68 Su 45 69 Su
Atlantic City 42 61 Su 43 62 Su
Baltimore 42 62 Su 46 65 Su
Billings 18 42 Su 23 47 Pc
Birmingham 49 70 Su 53 75 Su
Boise 24 44 Pc 26 47 Pc
Boston 41 61 Su 47 67 Pc
Bowling Green 49 70 Pc 49 70 Ts
Branson, MO 56 65 Ts 58 69 Ts
Buffalo 46 61 Pc 50 62 Pc
Burlington, VT 28 58 Su 38 60 Su
Charleston, SC 54 71 Su 54 71 Pc
Charleston, WV 38 66 Su 42 69 Su
Charlotte 38 67 Su 43 69 Su
Cheyenne 21 37 Cdy 22 37 Su
Chicago 55 61 Cdy 52 66 Rn
Cincinnati 44 65 Pc 46 70 Pc
Cleveland 45 61 Pc 50 65 Pc
Dallas 64 75 Ts 64 77 Ts
Daytona Beach 64 79 Rn 64 79 Rn
Denver 22 40 Cdy 23 36 Sn
Des Moines 35 58 Pc 41 44 Rn
Detroit 48 58 Rn 50 62 Cdy
El Paso 43 66 Pc 38 58 Su
Fairbanks 11 7 Sn -3 -2 Sn
Fargo, ND 30 44 Pc 26 45 Pc
Flagstaff 21 38 Sn 12 42 Su
Fort Myers 62 83 Pc 62 83 Pc
Grand Rapids 50 59 Pc 46 56 Rn
Green Bay 38 54 Su 37 44 Rn
Honolulu 72 84 Su 72 84 Su
Houston 67 81 Cdy 70 83 Ts
Jackson, MS 53 77 Pc 57 81 Pc
Jacksonville 59 73 Rn 60 72 Pc
Juneau 33 40 Rs 31 36 Rs
Kansas City 43 62 Ts 57 59 Ts
Knoxville 40 68 Su 44 72 Su
Las Vegas 44 60 Su 41 60 Pc
Little Rock 57 73 Cdy 61 75 Ts
Los Angeles 48 65 Su 48 68 Su
Louisville 49 69 Pc 54 75 Su
Memphis 55 73 Pc 58 77 Ts
Miami Beach 70 80 Pc 69 81 Pc
Milwaukee 46 55 Pc 46 53 Rn
Minneapolis 32 50 Su 33 43 Rn
Myrtle Beach,SC 50 70 Su 53 71 Pc
Naples 62 80 Pc 62 85 Pc
Nashville 48 70 Pc 50 75 Su
New Orleans 63 78 Pc 65 80 Pc
NewYork City 43 59 Su 46 67 Su
Norfolk, VA 47 65 Su 48 69 Pc
Oklahoma City 58 70 Ts 60 63 Rn
Omaha 31 57 Cdy 40 40 Rs
Orlando 63 81 Rn 63 82 Pc
Pensacola 58 72 Pc 59 76 Cdy
Philadelphia 40 61 Su 43 65 Su
Phoenix 50 63 Rn 45 67 Su
Pittsburgh 38 62 Su 42 65 Su
Portland, OR 41 51 Rn 44 54 Pc
Portland, ME 35 54 Su 42 58 Pc
Providence 39 63 Su 41 65 Su
Raleigh 39 66 Su 44 67 Pc
Rapid City 24 43 Pc 27 46 Cdy
St. Louis 53 64 Ts 55 72 Ts
Sacramento 39 60 Su 38 62 Pc
Saginaw 32 59 Pc 42 58 Cdy
Salt Lake City 30 37 Pc 28 38 Su
San Antonio 69 79 Cdy 67 81 Ts
San Diego 51 66 Pc 53 70 Su
San Francisco 47 60 Pc 46 62 Pc
San Juan, PR 76 86 Ts 76 84 Ts
Santa Fe 28 43 Rn 26 40 Pc
Savannah 53 71 Su 52 73 Pc
Seattle 42 50 Rn 44 51 Cdy
Sioux Falls, SD 25 52 Pc 31 42 Rs
Spokane 25 47 Cdy 29 48 Cdy
St. Thomas, VI 78 85 Ts 78 86 Ts
Tallahassee 52 75 Pc 50 77 Pc
Tampa 60 83 Pc 60 83 Pc
Tucson 46 59 Rn 36 60 Su
Tulsa 59 70 Ts 62 71 Ts
Washington 42 63 Su 44 65 Su
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Athens 53 67 Su
Baghdad 50 73 Su
Bangkok 81 91 Ts
Beijing 43 54 Cdy
Beirut 57 73 Su
Berlin 42 56 Su
Bermuda 72 76 Cdy
Buenos Aires 63 82 Pc
Cairo 60 78 Su
Cancun 66 81 Pc
Copenhagen 43 50 Pc
Dublin 39 51 Pc
Edmonton 27 38 Pc
Geneva 48 58 Rn
Halifax 41 52 Su
Helsinki 42 47 Rn
Hong Kong 75 81 Ts
Istanbul 47 57 Su
Jerusalem 50 61 Su
Johannesburg 59 79 Su
Kabul 46 64 Pc
London 51 56 Cdy
Madrid 42 63 Rn
Manila 79 88 Ts
Mexico City 52 76 Pc
Montreal 43 57 Pc
Moscow 23 31 Pc
Nairobi 64 79 Ts
Nassau 72 85 Pc
New Delhi 64 86 Su
Oslo 36 41 Pc
Paris 48 52 Cdy
Rio de Janeiro 66 80 Su
Rome 54 68 Rn
Seoul 48 66 Pc
Singapore 77 87 Ts
Stockholm 39 46 Cdy
Sydney 65 81 Ts
Tokyo 56 68 Rn
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Trivia
Answers to Saturdays questions:
The red-light district got its name from an actual lamp
the red oil lamp that hung on the last car of a railroad
trains. These lamps were carried by railroad men to and
from trains and in some cases, they were hung outside the
brothels the men frequented between shifts.
The phrase 23-Skiddoo was coined by New Yorks
Finest along 23rd Street in the years before World War I.
At the corner of 23rd Street and Broadway, men used to
stand outside the famous Flatiron Building for free looks at
ladies well-turned ankles. The police dutifully moved the
audience along, thus giving rise the phrase.
Todays questions:
Why is the head groomsman at a wedding called the
best man?
What is the origin of the word nightmare?
Answers in Wednesdays Herald.
(Continued from page 1)
Many parks and monuments remain
closed, drawing a protest at the National
World War II Memorial on Sunday that
included tea party-backed lawmakers who
had unsuccessfully demanded defunding
of Obamas 3-year-old health care law in
exchange for keeping the government open.
Unnerving to world economies is the
prospect of the United States defaulting
on its financial obligations on Thursday
if Congress fails to raise the borrowing
authority above the $16.7 trillion debt limit.
Christine Lagarde, the International
Monetary Funds managing director, spoke
fearfully about the disruption and uncer-
tainty, warning of a risk of tipping, yet
again, into recession after the fitful recov-
ery from 2008. The reaction of world finan-
cial markets and the Dow Jones today will
influence any congressional talks.
Congress is racing the clock to get
a deal done, faced with time-consuming
Senate procedures that could slow legisla-
tion, likely opposition from tea partyers
and certain resistance in the Republican-led
House before a bill gets to Obama.
Politically, Republicans are reeling,
bearing a substantial amount of the blame
for the government shutdown and stale-
mate.
Were in a free-fall as Republicans,
but Democrats are not far behind, said
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in warning
Democrats about seizing on the GOPs
bruised brand as leverage to extract more
concessions.
McConnell and Republicans want to
continue current spending at $986.7 billion
and leave untouched the new round of cuts
in January, commonly known as sequester,
that would reduce the amount to $967 bil-
lion. Democrats want to figure out a way
to undo the reductions, plus a long-term
extension of the debt limit increase and
a short-term spending bill to reopen the
government.
Republicans want to do it with entitle-
ment cuts, said Sen. Chuck Schumer,
D-N.Y. Democrats want to do it with a
mix of mandatory cuts, some entitlements
and revenues. And so how do you over-
come that dilemma? Were not going to
overcome it in the next day or two.
He suggested keeping the government
running through mid-January.
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2
Democrat in the Senate, told reporters the
two sides are roughly $70 billion apart,
the difference between the $1.058 trillion
Senate budget amount and the $988 billion
envisioned by House Budget Committee
Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
We havent picked a number, but clear-
ly we need to negotiate between those two,
Durbin said.
Republicans dismiss the latest request as
Reid moving the goalposts in negotiations
as they were getting closer to resolving the
stalemate that has paralyzed Washington.
They also argue that it is disingenuous
for Democrats to resist any changes in the
3-year-old health care law while trying to
undo the 2011 budget law that put the cuts
on track.
I think the Democrats are on the verge
of being one tick too cute as they see the
House possibly in disarray they now are
overreaching, and I think that what weve
got to do is get this back in the middle of
the road, act like adults, said Sen. Bob
Corker, R-Tenn.
Graham and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.,
said they would not support any deal that
upends the spending limits imposed by the
2011 law, and predicted that their Senate
GOP colleagues would oppose it as well.
Out of play, for now, was the Republican-
led House, where Speaker John Boehner,
R-Ohio, told GOP lawmakers early Saturday
that his talks with the president had ground to
a halt. Obama telephoned House Democratic
leader Nancy Pelosi on Sunday, focusing on
the need for any increase in the debt limit
without concessions.
Also sidelined, at least for now, was
the plan forged by Collins and a bipartisan
coalition to briefly fund the government
and extend the $16.7 trillion debt limit, in
exchange for steps like temporarily delay-
ing the medical device tax that helps fund
the health care law.
Democrats said Collins plan curbed
spending too tightly, and Reid announced
Saturday it was going nowhere.
Collins said Sunday that both Democrats
and Republicans continue to offer ideas and
say they want to be part of the group work-
ing to reopen the government and address
the debt ceiling before Thursdays deadline.
Were going to keep working, offer-
ing our suggestions to the leadership on
both sides of the aisle in an attempt to be
constructive and bring this impasse to an
end. Surely we owe that to the American
people, Collins said.
(Continued from page 1)
In 2011, more than 50 pounds of prescription drugs were
turned over to the Van Wert County Sheriffs Office. In 2012,
84 pounds of prescription drugs were turned over. So far in
2013, more than 80 pounds of prescription drugs has already
been turned over.
The sheriffs office has already started the collection and
Riggenbach also advises citizens they can drop prescription
drugs off at the Van Wert County Sheriffs Office at any time
throughout the year.
Sheriff Riggenbach encourages everyone to turn in prescrip-
tion drugs that are no longer needed or expired. People turning
in prescription drugs are able to do so without any questions
being asked.
Budget Take back
Social Security raise to be among lowest in years
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON For the second straight
year, millions of Social Security recipients,
disabled veterans and federal retirees can
expect historically small increases in their
benefits come January.
Preliminary figures suggest a bene-
fit increase of roughly 1.5 percent, which
would be among the smallest since automatic
increases were adopted in 1975, according to
an analysis by The Associated Press.
Next years raise will be small because
consumer prices, as measured by the govern-
ment, havent gone up much in the past year.
The exact size of the cost-of-living adjust-
ment, or COLA, wont be known until the
Labor Department releases the inflation
report for September. That was supposed
to happen Wednesday, but the report was
delayed indefinitely because of the partial
government shutdown.
The COLA is usually announced in
October to give Social Security and other
benefit programs time to adjust January pay-
ments. The Social Security Administration
has given no indication that raises would be
delayed because of the shutdown, but advo-
cates for seniors said the uncertainty was
unwelcome.
Social Security benefits have continued
during the shutdown.
More than one-fifth of the country is wait-
ing for the news.
Nearly 58 million retirees, disabled work-
ers, spouses and children get Social Security
benefits. The average monthly payment is
$1,162. A 1.5 percent raise would increase the
typical monthly payment by about $17.
The COLA also affects benefits for more
than 3 million disabled veterans, about 2.5
million federal retirees and their survivors,
and more than 8 million people who get
Supplemental Security Income, the disability
program for the poor.
Automatic COLAs were adopted so that
benefits for people on fixed incomes would
keep up with rising prices. Many seniors,
however, complain that the COLA sometimes
falls short, leaving them little wiggle room.
David Waugh of Bethesda, Md., said he
can handle one small COLA but several in
a row make it hard to plan for unexpected
expenses.
Im not one of those folks thats going to
fall into poverty, but it is going to make a dif-
ference in my standard of living as time goes
by, said Waugh, 83, who retired from the
United Nations. I live in a small apartment
and I have an old car, and its going to break
down. And no doubt when it does, Ill have to
fix it or get a new one.
Since 1975, annual Social Security raises
have averaged 4.1 percent. Only six times
have they been less than 2 percent, including
this year, when the increase was 1.7 percent.
There was no COLA in 2010 or 2011 because
inflation was too low.
By law, the cost-of-living adjustment is
based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban
Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-
W, a broad measure of consumer prices
generated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It measures price changes for food, housing,
clothing, transportation, energy, medical care,
recreation and education.
The COLA is calculated by comparing con-
sumer prices in July, August and September
each year to prices in the same three months
from the previous year. If prices go up over the
course of the year, benefits go up, starting with
payments delivered in January.
This year, average prices for July and
August were 1.4 percent higher than they
were a year ago, according to the CPI-W.
Once the September report, the final piece
of the puzzle, is released, the COLA can be
announced officially. If prices continued to
slowly inch up in September, that would put
the COLA at roughly 1.5 percent.
Several economists said there were no
dramatic price swings in September to sig-
nificantly increase or decrease the projected
COLA. That means the projection shouldnt
change by more than a few tenths of a per-
centage point, if at all.
2
133 E. Main St.
Van Wert, Ohio
419-238-1580
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10305 Liberty-Union Rd.
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Van Wert
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a unique sweet experience
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27
th
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at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds,
US Rt. 127 South, Van Wert
All day long both days:
Wagon Rides Apple Butter Cookin'
Fresh Caramel Corn Makin'
Maple Syrup Cookin' Pony Rides
Face Painting Chair Caning
Van Wert County Art Show Kids' Games
Working Model Train Display
Saturday, October 19:
Homestead Donkeys & Petting Zoo
North Gate: Mile Fun Run at 11:30 am
Junior Fair Building Stage:
9 am to 9:30 am Katlyn Wendel
10 am to 11 am Kim's Dance Works
2:30 to 4 pm Nancy & Company
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Friday, October 18 - 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
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Friday, October 18:
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Administration Building: Flu shots
Junior Fair Building Stage:
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Apple Tree Presentation
3:30 pm to 5 pm Trinity
5:30 pm-6:30 pm Pam's School of Dance
6:30 pm-8:30pm Blind Date Band
ALL BUILDINGS OPEN 11 AM TO 9 PM
Van Wert County
Fruit Growers
Carl & Ruth Lape
15102 McCleery Road, Van Wert, OH
419-238-3911
Hosted by the Van Wert County Fruit
Growers Association and the Van Wert
County Agricultural.
Non-Profit Organizations Working To
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2012 Apple Festival dedicated to our spon-
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