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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Vol. 145 No. 56
DELPHOS
HERALD
The
75 daily Delphos, Ohio
Telling The Tri-Countys Story Since 1869
Guardians tops weekend box
office, p4
Blue Jay volleyballers net 2nd win
of season, p6
Upfront
Sports
Forecast
Obituaries 2
State/Local 3
Announcements 4
Community 5
Sports 6-7
Classifieds 8
Comics and Puzzles 9
Index
www.delphosherald.com
The Delphos Jefferson
High School Choir mem-
bers are selling mums.
The flowers come in a
10-inch pot with 15-16-inch
foliage and are $10 each.
Colors available are yellow,
red, purple, white and bronze.
Orders and money due by
Sept. 8. Pick up is from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Sept. 26 at the high
school garage. To order, contact
a choir student or call the high
school at 419-695-1786 and
ask for Director Tammy Wirth.
This is a fundraiser for the
students so that they can partici-
pate in extra-curricular musical
experiences throughout the year.
First Financial Bank
will host the 29th annual
Delphos Canal Days Arts
and Craft Show Sept. 19
and 20 during the Delphos
Canal Days Festival.
Anyone interested in exhib-
iting should contact any of the
associates at First Financial
Bank at 419-695-8110.
Judy Tolhurst from Lady
Bug Creations will hold
demonstration on Saturday.
All items and exhibi-
tors are welcome.
BY ED GEBERT
DHI Media Editor
news@delphosherald.com
VAN WERT As county officials continue to work
through details related to changes with the dog warden
position, a caution has already been extended to Van
Wert County residents If you have a dog, make sure
you have dog tags.
Tag enforcement, tag checks, something were going
to work toward is making sure people have those tags,
warned Van Wert County Sheriff Tom Riggenbach.
Its a contract with the public that were going to
start enforcing, stated Commissioner Todd Wolfrum.
He also noted that those who have been buying dog tags
as required will get the next years tag for one dollar
off this time around.
Part of the stressed enforcement effort is for those
people who have complied year after year, buying dog
tags and supporting the enforcement of animal laws
through having a dog warden in the county. Upcoming
changes in the dog warden position are not yet finalized
but the new arrangement will certainly add additional
expense for the county. Official are hoping to recoup
some of those funds by getting full cooperation from
dog owners and from fines levied against violators.
County officials warn:
Dont forget dog tags
Choir selling
10-inch mums
Bank to host
annual art show
Dash for Derek set for
Sept. 27
The Dash for Derek
5-K Walk/Run is set for 9
a.m. Sept. 27 at Lincolnview
Elementary School, 15945
Middle Point Road.
Derek Sellers is a sweet
and quiet 9-year-young
little boy currently living
with Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy, the most com-
mon fatal genetic disorder
diagnosed in childhood
(approximately 1 in every
3,500 live male births),
resulting in progressive loss
of strength caused by a muta-
tion in the gene that encodes
Dystrophin; because it is
absent, muscle cells are eas-
ily damaged and this weak-
ness leads to serious medical
issues, particularly heart and
lungs. DMD can be passed
from parent to child but
around 35 percent of cases
are due to random spontane-
ous mutation. Treatments
may help slow its progress
but there is currently no cure.
There are five race cat-
egories (ages 3-years-young
on up); register online at
www.parentprojectmd.org/
Derek or pick up a form at
the VW YMCA, Cooper
Farms or Middle Point
Firehouse Pizza. All pro-
ceeds go to Parent Project
Muscular Dystrophy; for
more info about DMD or
to find opportunities to
contribute to PPMD, go
to EndDuchenne.org
Elida
Summit
shows
need
for levy
BY CYNTHIA YAHNA
DHI Media Correspondent
news@delphosherald.com
ELIDA Elida School
Treasuer Joel Parker outlined
the school funding system at the
annual financial summit Friday
and the importance of passing
the 5.90-mill levy that will be
on the ballot Nov. 4.
The Elida schools are
receiving $1.6 million less than
they should. For fiscal year
2014, we should be getting
$1.6 million, based on student
enrollment and on our tax base
according to the state formula.
Elida has a higher tax base and
so the states formula assumes
that we should be able to raise
money easier, Parker said.
Elida Local Schools has
had three recent failed levy
attempts.
Yeah, weve got a great tax
base but it doesnt do any good
if you cant get a levy passed,
Parker said.
Elida continues to trim opera-
tional costs, saving over $1,508,940
over the last four years.
The cost to educate young
people is significant and those
costs continue to rise, Parker
said. Most of the revenues
available are fixed and inflex-
ible but the cost continually
rises. Many of the rising costs
are out of the control for the
local school boards.
Ottoville Park
Carnival
highlights
3-day weekend
Above: The rings were flying in the
Childrens Tent during the Ottoville
Park Carnival Saturday in hopes
of winning a 2-liter of soda. Right:
An Ottoville firefighter passes
out candy during the parade on
Sunday. Look for a photo gallery
of the parade at delphosherald.
com. (DHI Media/Steven Coburn-
Griffis)
Lincolnview won the Varsity Division of the Van Wert County Fairs Cheerleading Show held Saturday. Holgate High School took
second; Wayne Trace third; Van Wert fourth; and Crestview fifth. Participants also included St. Johns. In the Junior High Division,
Spencerville was first, Lincolnview second, Patrick Henry third, Crestview fourth and Van Wert was fifth. Little Leaders Division
saw Lancer Spirits - Gold in first, Riverdale Midgets in second and Lancer Spirits - Blue in third. Van Wert All Stars won the Mini
All Star Division and Junior All Star Division with Flip Tuck Flyers in second in both divisions. In the Senior All Star Division, Flip
Tuck Flyers took first and Van Wert All Stars were second. (DHI Media/Dena Martz)
See ELIDA, page 3
Lincolnview wins Varsity Division at Van Wert County Fair
See TAGS, page 3
Bonifas collecting fair awards
Jennelle Bonifas
won English
S h o wma n s h i p
and placed sec-
ond in Western
Showmanshi p.
She also took
third place in
horse Black inc.
and first place in
poultry. Also in
poultry, she won
Champion Bantam
Breeding Pen.
Look for more
Van Wert County
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OBITUARIES
Trivia
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Delphos Recreation Center
939 E. Fifth, Delphos 419-692-2695
www.delphosbowlingalley.com
After the Game
Bowling Special!
1 Hour bowling per lane & shoe rental
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Junior Bowler Registration
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ST. RITAS
A girl was born Aug. 28 to
Michelle Slaven and Zacharias
Bailey of Spencerville.
A girl was born Aug. 29
to Erika George and Chad
Fischbach of Delphos.
Twin boys were born
Aug. 29 to Julia and Brandon
Depaoli of Elida.
The Delphos Canal
Commission would like to
thank everyone who patron-
ized our Lincoln Highway
garage sale, anyone who
donated items to be sold and
the volunteers who helped us.
We want to emphasize that
we do not sell any of our
artifacts.
We are now accepting
donated items to be sold at
next years sale.
We also welcome any vol-
unteers.
Barb Seffernick
Dorothy Hoffman
Marilyn Wagner
Corn $ 3.45
Wheat $5.45
Soybeans $13.62
Richard Brabant
July 3, 1932
Aug. 29, 2014
CELINA Richard
Brabant, 82, of Celina, passed
away Friday at Celina Manor.
He was born July 3, 1932,
to Sylvester and Marcile
(Rayman) Brabant at home in
Delphos. They preceded him
in death.
On Dec. 1, 1956, he was
united in marriage to Marilyn
(Etgen) Brabant of Delphos.
They had been married for 57
years.
He is also survived by two
sons, Richard E. Brabant, and
Roger D. Brabant, both of
Celina.
He was also preceded in
death by four sisters, Florence
Metcalf, Betty Hawk, Dorothy
Martin and Shelva Scoonover.
Richard served in the
United States Army from
1949-1952. He was a veteran
of the Korean War earning a
Korean Service Medal with
six bronze service stars. He
also received a United Nations
Service Medal and was hon-
ored with a Purple Heart. He
was a Senior Staff Sergeant
serving on the 73rd Heavy
Tank Battalion.
Richard was a lifetime
member of VFW Post 3035,
Eagles Aerie 471 and the
Disabled Veterans. He was
also a member of St. John the
Evangelist Catholic Church.
Richard retired from Fruehauf
after 42 years as a spray paint-
er.
Funeral services will begin
at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at
Harter and Schier Funeral
Home, with visitation one
hour before. Burial will be at
Resurrection Cemetery with
the Delphos Veterans Council
performing Military Burial
Rites.
Visitation will also be held
from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
today.
Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to The
Alzheimers Foundation.
One Year Ago
After 44 years with the United States Postal Service,
Supervisor Dan Smith is retiring from a job he truly loved.
Smiths career encompasses a multitude of management posi-
tions. Smith and his family have always resided in Delphos.
In 1990, when the supervisor position opened in Delphos, he
took a downgrade to work in town and spend more time with
his family.
25 Years Ago 1989
Jason Ricker shot a 36 to help lead Ottoville to golf wins
over Crestview and Jefferson Wednesday. Ottoville finished
with 178, Crestview 192 and Jefferson 228. Other Ottoville
golfers were Brian Altenburger, 43, Mike Hilvers, 49, Chris
Ricker, 50 and Jodi Ricker, 50.
Putnam County 4-H members have made an impressive
showing at the Ohio State Fair. Among those winning honors
and prizes were Stephanie Vetter of Fort Jennings Ambitious
Js for lounging clothes, Brenda Bockrath of Ottoville Up-To-
Date for her project Explore the Outdoors, for public speaking,
Valerie Devitt of Ottoville and the team of Lori VonLehmden
and Angie Gasser of Fort Jennings.
St. Henry topped St. Johns volleyball team 15-9, 12-15
and 15-8 Tuesday at St. Henry. Nikki Wellmann, Chris
Odenweller, Kristi Klausing and Laura Gordon were 100 per-
cent in serving for St. Johns. Dawn Geises three aces helped
the Blue Jays win the second game.
50 Years Ago 1964
Oil was struck on the P. Shafer farm, five miles north of
Kalida, Friday, by Neil Wallace of San Francisco and Jim
White, Toledo, co-partners in the oil well venture. White
stated that 2,500 acres were leased for wells in the Kalida area.
Another well drilled by Wallace and White on the Shafer farm
in July is now producing from 25 to 50 barrels a day and has
a gas flare nearby relieving the gas pressure.
Delphos Chapter No. 26, Order of the Eastern Star, will
hold a regular meeting at 7:45 p.m. Thursday in the Masonic
Temple. Helen John, worthy matron, will preside. Members
of the refreshment committee are: Mabel Clark, Ada Davey,
Romaine Owens, Betty Hoverman, Marie Tilton, Evelyn
Beerman, Blodwen Davis, Edith Richards, Beryl Monroe,
Blanche Kuhn, Elsie Knowlton, Latalia Jones, Mildred Morris
and Ruth Morris.
Locally, quite a few farmers have gone along with the
National Farmers Organization holding action. But its not
something you can arrive at in a couple of days; its going
to take time, said Carl Gessner, speaking from the NFO
Information Center located on the corner of State and Fifth
streets.
75 Years Ago 1939
Friday morning, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
called the cabinet into emergency session and Parliament is to
meet at noon. Albert Forsters decree announcing Danzigs
union with German Adolph Hitlers response that all affect-
ing the reunion would be effective immediately and Polish
announcements of the bombing of Warsaw and other towns
had come as a complete and horrifying surprise.
The Delphos Raabes journeyed to Middle Point Wednesday
evening for a Van Wert County league contest. The Delphos
team won by a score of 15 to 3. Those playing on the Delphos
team were: Teman, c; Grewe, p; Mohr, lb; Stegeman, 2b;
Seymour, ss; Bryan, 3b; R. Bryan, cf; Rekart, lf; Plescher, rf;
Hageman, rf.
The members of the Ladies Aid Society of the Christian
Church convened at Waterworks Park Wednesday after-
noon for a regular meeting and picnic. Clara Evick read the
Scripture lesson. Mrs. Clifford Pine led the concluding prayer
and Mayme Miller served as song leader.
Andrea Steman
Stump
DELPHOS Andrea
Steman Stump, age 39, passed
away at a friends home in
Delphos on Sept. 1, 2014.
Arrangements are incomplete
at Harter and Schier Funeral
Home.
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-County
Associated Press
TODAY: Cloudy with
showers and thunderstorms
likely in the morning. Then
mostly sunny with a slight
chance of showers in the after-
noon. Highs around 80. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
TONIGHT: Mostly clear.
Cooler. Lows in the upper
50s. West winds around 5
mph shifting to the southwest
after midnight.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower
80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
Mostly clear through mid-
night then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the lower 70s.
FRIDAY: Partly cloudy
with a 30 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the upper 80s.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly
cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of showers and thun-
derstorms. Lows in the mid
60s.
LOTTERY
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LOCAL GRAINS
IRS identifies 5 easy ways
to spot suspicious calls
INFORMATION SUBMITTED
WASHINGTON The Internal Revenue
Service issued a consumer alert today pro-
viding taxpayers with additional tips to pro-
tect themselves from telephone scam artists
calling and pretending to be with the IRS.
These callers may demand money or may
say you have a refund due and try to trick
you into sharing private information. These
con artists can sound convincing when they
call. They may know a lot about you, and
they usually alter the caller ID to make it
look like the IRS is calling. They use fake
names and bogus IRS identification badge
numbers. If you dont answer, they often
leave an urgent callback request.
These telephone scams are being seen
in every part of the country, and we urge
people not to be deceived by these threaten-
ing phone calls, IRS Commissioner John
Koskinen said. We have formal processes
in place for people with tax issues. The IRS
respects taxpayer rights, and these angry,
shake-down calls are not how we do busi-
ness.
The IRS reminds people that they can
know pretty easily when a supposed IRS
caller is a fake. Here are five things the
scammers often do but the IRS will not do.
Any one of these five things is a tell-tale sign
of a scam. The IRS will never:
Call you about taxes you owe without
first mailing you an official notice.
Demand that you pay taxes without
giving you the opportunity to question or
appeal the amount they say you owe.
Require you to use a specific payment
method for your taxes, such as a prepaid
debit card.
Ask for credit or debit card numbers
over the phone.
Threaten to bring in local police or
other law-enforcement groups to have you
arrested for not paying.
If you get a phone call from someone
claiming to be from the IRS and asking for
money, heres what you should do:
If you know you owe taxes or think
you might owe, call the IRS at 1-800-829-
1040. The IRS workers can help you with a
payment issue.
If you know you dont owe taxes
or have no reason to believe that you do,
report the incident to the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) at
1.800.366.4484 or at www.tigta.gov.
If youve been targeted by this scam,
also contact the Federal Trade Commission
and use their FTC Complaint Assistant at
FTC.gov. Please add IRS Telephone Scam
to the comments of your complaint.
Remember, too, the IRS does not use
email, text messages or any social media to
discuss your personal tax issue. For more
information on reporting tax scams, go to
www.irs.gov and type scam in the search
box.
Victim identified after boat sinks at Indian lake
LAKEVIEW (AP) Authorities
have identified a man who died after
a boat carrying nine people sank in
a western Ohio lake.
A coroner says the victim
was 22-year-old Joshua Keith of
Bellefontaine.
The Ohio Department of Natural
Resources says no one on the boat
was wearing a life jacket when it
began sinking on Indian Lake just
around midnight Sunday.
State watercraft officers say
crews from area fire departments
were able to pull the eight people
from the water. The victims body
was recovered after about a two-
hour search.
CLEVELAND (AP)
These Ohio lotteries were
drawn Monday:
Classic Lotto
0 3 - 2 3 - 2 8 - 3 0 - 4 3 - 4 6 ,
Kicker: 7-8-5-3-4-2
Estimated jackpot: $4.3
million
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $25
million
Pick 3 Evening
6-9-4
Pick 3 Midday
5-0-9
Pick 4 Evening
6-5-1-1
Pick 4 Midday
4-9-3-4
Pick 5 Evening
6-7-8-6-3
Pick 5 Midday
2-8-3-3-2
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $100
million
Rolling Cash 5
04-28-32-36-38
Estimated jackpot:
$110,000
Answers to Fridays questions:
The original title of Neil Diamonds 1966 hit sing
Cherry, Cherry was Money, Money. Diamond was
talked into changing the title and lyrics to make them
more romantic and teen friendly.
Fans of the popular sci-fi series restored the Star
Wars location the Lars homestead in the Tunisian des-
ert in 2012. The domes white-plaster building served
as Luke Skywalkers boyhood home on Tatoonie, the
planet where he lived with his Uncle Owen and Aunt
Beru Lars. More than $11,000 was raised for the res-
toration on Facebook.
Todays questions:
In how many professional championship title bouts
did boxing great Muhammad Ali fight under his birth
name, Cassius Clay?
In the world of finance, what is the meaning of the
term burgernomics?
Answers in Wednesdays Herald.
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Mrs. Van Wert County contestants sought
INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
PARKER, Colorado The
Mrs. Ohio Pageant is now
accepting applications from
married women to represent
Van Wert County as a state
finalist in the 2015 pageant
being held next May 28-30
at the beautiful Gahanna
Lincoln High School Theater.
Applicants must be at least 18
years old, a resident of Ohio
and U.S. citizen, and married
at the time of the pageant to
be considered.
We are looking for articu-
late, well-rounded, beauti-
ful married women with an
interest in competing, stated
Emily Stark, director the Mrs.
Ohio Pageant. Our state final-
ists represent married women
of all ages, backgrounds and
occupations. Some have chil-
dren, many are involved in
their community, and all of
them are remarkable in their
own way. There is no age
limit, no height requirements
and performing a talent is not
required.
We believe that being a
married woman and juggling
all of lifes responsibilities is
talent enough.
The Mrs. Ohio Pageant
is entering its 39th year of
competition, and the win-
ner will represent Ohio at
the televised Mrs. America
Pageant held in Tucson,
Arizona. For more informa-
tion on the pageant or to
apply, visit the website at
www.mrsOHamerica.com or
contact the Mrs. Ohio office
at 303-593-1199.
Kasich detractors options dwindle as fall arrives
COLUMBUS (AP) So youre
among the half of Ohio voters who
werent planning to vote for John
Kasich. What now?
With the Republican governors
Libertarian and tea party foes side-
lined and his Democratic rivals
campaign disintegrating, pundits and
partisans find themselves wondering
what path non-Kasich supporters will
choose on Election Day. They could
skip over the race between Kasich
and embattled Democratic challenger
Ed FitzGerald, throw their support
behind the longshot third-party ticket,
or just stay home.
After a series of political missteps,
including revelations he lacked a per-
manent drivers license for a decade,
FitzGerald has seen an exodus of
top campaign aides and recently
announced hed be diverting a signifi-
cant chunk of his campaign cash to
Democrats get-out-the-vote efforts.
Generals dont generally go down
on the battlefield, but when they do,
its felt all the way down to the pri-
vates, said University of Cincinnati
political scientist David Niven. This
is going to depress Democratic turn-
out for sure.
At the same time, Kasich has been
a polarizing figure. After winning a
close 2010 race against Democratic
incumbent Ted Strickland, he warned
Statehouse lobbyists to get on the
bus or be run over by it. He signed
into law divisive collective bargain-
ing limits on public worker unions
overturned by 60 percent of Ohio vot-
ers in 2011. Appointees have at times
said Kasichs team bullied them out
of their jobs.
A Quinnipiac
University poll released
in July showed fewer
than half of Ohio voters
48 percent were
ready to vote for Kasich.
That figure represented
a significant advantage
over FitzGerald, whom
only 36 percent of vot-
ers favored even before
his latest troubles. But,
according to that same
poll, 54 percent of Ohio
voters backed Kasich at
this point in his 2010 race
against Strickland, a much more for-
midable and well-funded challenger.
Conservatives who wanted to see
an alternative to Kasich on the Nov. 4
ballot are still likely to show up at the
polls to vote for local issues, predicts
tea party leader Tom Zawistowski,
but theyll probably abstain from
casting a vote for governor.
I think it can send a message not
to vote for him, Zawistowski said.
It can send a message that I have no
choice.
He said Kasich and his supporters
have shut out other conservative voic-
es and attacked FitzGerald full-force
because they wanted to win by a land-
slide in order to pave the
way to a White House
bid: The (Republican)
conventions going to be
in Cleveland and theyre
doing everything to make
it a Kasich coronation.
Ba l dwi n- Wa l l a c e
University political sci-
ence professor Barbara
Palmer called that a
stretch.
I dont see Kasich
as the scorched earth
candidate. He tried the
scorched-earth approach
with the unions and it
backfired, and hes smart enough to
learn from that, she said. He seems
to be running what Id call a textbook
campaign.
For Democrats, the main question
is how damaging the waning support
for FitzGerald will be for their down-
ticket candidates.
When asked about residual effects
of FitzGeralds troubles on other
statewide candidates, state Sen. Nina
Turner, the Democratic secretary of
state candidate, said, quoting Winston
Churchill, When youre going
through hell, you keep on going and
thats pretty much what we are doing.
FitzGeralds Aug. 22 decision
to divert money to get-out-the-
vote efforts touted by former
President Bill Clinton as a key to
Ohio Democrats victory in the state
this year could bolster some of the
partys stronger candidates, including
state Reps. John Patrick Carney and
Connie Pillich. They are challenging
Auditor Dave Yost and Treasurer Josh
Mandel, respectively.
Niven said if Kasich wins by a
landslide, FitzGeralds shortcomings
not any Kasich aspirations for the
White House are to blame.
This has been one of the great
unexpected gifts that a candidate has
received, he said. The totality of Ed
FitzGeralds being unable to function
as a candidate, no one could have
predicted that. With Kasich having
won the first time with just 49 per-
cent of the vote, in a quintessential
purple state, and having 60 percent of
Ohioans renounce one of his signa-
ture policies? This was anything but
a slam dunk.
Put-in-Bays
police dept. under
investigation
PUT-IN-BAY (AP)
Allegations of unlawful
arrests and heavy-handed tac-
tics against police in the Lake
Erie island resort town of Put-
in-Bay are being investigated
by a county sheriff and a state
agency.
Numerous complaints
from residents and business
owners on South Bass Island
sparked the investigation into
the police department, said
Ottawa County Sheriff Steve
Levorchick.
While the sheriff would not
reveal details about the inves-
tigation, island residents have
told local media outlets that
police have harassed specific
businesses and used excessive
force in some cases.
Put-in-Bay police Chief
Ric Lampela told The (Toledo)
Blade that he welcomed the
investigation and is confident
his department has done noth-
ing wrong. I do not think
there will be criminal charges
against any officers, he said.
The Put-in-Bay police
department has a small year-
round staff, but hires a number
of seasonal officers to deal
with the busy summer tourist
season.
The island, with a few
hundred year-round residents,
sees its population swell in the
summer, turning the village
of Put-in-Bay into a rowdy
resort town popular with boat-
ers, bachelor parties and col-
lege students. One of the ferry
lines that takes visitors to the
island sells around 10,000
round-trip tickets on summer
weekends.
The sheriff said the police
department investigation,
which is being assisted by
the Ohio Bureau of Criminal
Investigation, began about
two weeks ago and is in the
early stages.
When I kept getting more
allegations of misconduct, I
contacted two other agencies:
BCI and a federal agency,
which has since dropped off,
Levorchick said.
The Sandusky Register
reported that investigators are
reviewing the arrests of three
Put-in-Bay Resort employ-
ees that took place nearly a
year ago. Employees said
they were arrested after they
refused to speak with police
officers out of view of the
hotels security cameras.
Dayton police:
Wedding guest
tries to steal gifts
DAYTON (AP) Police
in Dayton say a wedding guest
tried to make off with checks
and cash for the newlyweds.
Officers were called to
the wedding reception late
Saturday night after workers
noticed that a safe had been
emptied out.
Police say about $6,800
was found in unopened wed-
ding cards inside a tuxedo
garment bag belonging to one
of the guests.
A police report says sur-
veillance video showed a man
entering the office and later
walking out with the garment
bag.
The man told police he
didnt know how the items
got in the bag and thought an
employee might have placed
the wedding cards inside.
Hes was being held in jail
on suspicion of felony theft.
Ohio Democrats try
to rally with labor
CINCINNATI (AP) The Democratic lieutenant gov-
ernor candidate said Monday the beleaguered top of the
Ohio ticket isnt throwing in the towel, as candidates tried
to rally base supporters at Labor Day events.
Sharen Neuhardt campaigned at the annual AFL-CIO
Labor Day picnic at Coney Island near Cincinnati, where
thousands flocked around grill pits for large arrays of hot
dogs, bratwurst, chicken and more on a muggy day along
the Ohio River. Gubernatorial nominee Ed FitzGerald
walked in a parade in Cleveland before heading to an
event in Toledo, as the holiday found him trying to regain
his footing after a series of political missteps in an already
uphill race against Republican Gov. John Kasich.
Neuhardt paraphrased Mark Twain as she dismissed
suggestions the race is too far gone with barely two
months left before Election Day.
The reports of our demise are greatly exaggerated,
she said. Were going to run a great campaign, and were
going to be getting out the vote, and for that were going
to be relying on all good Democrats, all the labor folks
here; the people who know whats really at stake.
Labor Day is considered the unofficial start of the
stretch drive to November elections, and she said there is
still time to build Democratic support. FitzGerald, after
disclosures such as that he lacked a permanent drivers
license for years, has seen an exodus of top campaign
staffers and said hell divert significant amounts of cam-
paign funds to Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts.
The voters in Ohio are going to start paying attention
to this race, she said, saying the campaign will contend
that Kasich has never worked for the working people
of this state and will remind them of Kasichs push for
restrictions on public union collective bargaining that
were rejected by voters early in his term.
Kasich and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor issued a statement
Monday recognizing the hardworking men and women
of our state and nation on Labor Day.
A state Republican spokesman said most Ohioans want
to continue the states comeback under Kasich, and that
Republicans will keep working to promote his message
and voter turnout.
With Governor Kasich leading our ticket, the
Democratic ticket imploding, and (President Barack)
Obama at near-record low approval ratings, the outlook
is positive for Republicans, spokesman Chris Schrimpf
said. That being said, we arent taking anything for
granted.
Kasich
Mrs. Ohio Pageant is seeking candidates for Van
Wert County. (Submitted photo)
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Enrollment has remained the same over the
last decade but state aid is almost the same as it
was 10 years ago despite inflation, Parker said.
We at Elida have downsized staff, closed the
Gomer building to try to keep up with reduced
finances.
The facts are, that Elida school districts as
well as all others, must employ at least one
classroom teacher for every 24 pupils, beginning
K-4 through high school. In addition, Ohio law
prohibits reduction in staff because of economic
hardship.
The 5.90-mill levy would generate $2.09 mil-
lion for Elida each year, which Parker said will
go to maintain operations, replace lost revenue
and allow the school financial stability.
Its not very sensational to just say, Hey
we need it to maintain what we are doing right
now, Superintendent Tony Cox said. But that
is just what Elida plans to use the money for.
At the summit, Cox expressed his concerns
over the financial aspect Elida has due to low
funding. Ninety percent of the conversations I
have are about money and I would rather have
90 percent of my conversations about educa-
tion, he said.
Parker hopes the levy will last 7-10 years but
that is very difficult to predict a definite time,
due to the bi-ennium, and with federal funding.
The local businesses benefited when inven-
tory tax went away but less money came to the
schools and the reimbursement from the state
did not last as long as we had hoped, Parker said.
While state legislators continue to wrestle
with issues of equity and fairness in funding
public education, public schools continue to
depend on the support of local taxpayers.
There is no easy solution; however, the
students continue to attend our schools each day
asking and deserving to be educated, he said.
The enrollment has remained the same in the
last decade but state aid is the same as it was 10
years ago, despite inflation. The current statistics
show 94 percent of the schools in Ohio spend
more than Elida in administrative spending per
pupil and 97 percent of those schools spend
more per pupil.
Parker displayed in his graphs that 83 percent
out of 100 of the schools receive more in state
aid per pupil than Elida.
Until the state creates a new system for
funding schools, local taxpayers in Ohio will
continue to shoulder the responsibility of provid-
ing quality education for our children, Parker
said. This is why it is vitally important to pass
the levy on the Nov. 4 ballot.
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Current plans would call for
the dog wardens duties to
be assigned to the Sheriffs
Office with one of the depu-
ties serving as a full-time
officer and possibly a second
officer being brought in as an
assistant. Former Van Wert
County Dog Warden Rich
Strunkenberg was fired by
the commissioners on July
31 for failing to care for the
animals in the kennel facility
on Bonnewitz Avenue in Van
Wert.
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the County Auditors Office
in the Courthouse and at
selected locations around the
county.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mike Daniel of Troy will observe 40
years of marriage on today.
Mike and the former Jenny Fuerst were married on
Sept. 2, 1974, in Delphos.
To celebrate, the couple will spend a nice day
together.
Mike retired at A.O. Smith in 2007 as a materials
manager.
Jenny retired from the Troy Public Library.
Their son, Kevin Daniel, and his wife, Laura, live
in Wilton, New Hampshire. Their other son, Scott, and
his wife, Erika, live in Williamsburg, Virginia. They
have one granddaughter, Campbell Daniel.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Daniel
Anniversary Guardians of the Galaxy tops
Labor Day, summer box office
LOS ANGELES (AP) The inter-
galactic misfits of Guardians of the
Galaxy are the summers box-office
superheroes.
Marvels cosmic romp topped the
Labor Day box office with a three-
day take of $22 million its third
time in first place since its release five
weeks ago, according to studio estimates
Monday. With North American ticket
sales of more than $280 million so far,
Guardians is also the summers and
the years top-grossing film to date
domestically.
Still, summer box-office totals are
down almost 15 percent from last year,
said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media
analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak.
This is the lowest summer since
2006 in terms of revenue, he said.
Before Guardians, we were sitting
on a 20 percent deficit compared to last
year.
Transformers: Age of Extinction,
which opened in late June, also boosted
the summer box office with $1 billion
in global ticket sales. Maleficent was
another hit, bringing in more than $230
million domestically.
This was never expected to
be a record-breaking summer,
Dergarabedian said, but it maybe came
in under expectations.
The World Cup may have distracted
moviegoers, he said. Also, the death of
Paul Walker caused the seventh install-
ment of Fast & Furious which
might have added around $200 million
to the summer box office to be post-
poned until next year.
Last summer broke box-office records
with the success of Iron Man 3, Star
Trek, The Heat and Despicable
Me 2. Next summer is expected to
make history again with hotly antici-
pated releases including Star Wars,
Avengers: Age of Ultron and Pixars
Inside Out.
Summer of 2014 is a transitional
summer between two record-breaking
years, Dergarabedian said.
The top movies over the lacklus-
ter Labor Day holiday were the same
as the previous weekend. Paramounts
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fol-
lowed Guardians with $15.7 million,
while Warner Bros. young-adult drama,
If I Stay took third place with $11.6
million.
We went out with a whimper,
Dergarabedian said. We wound up a
very exasperating summer on a very
quiet note.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday
through Monday at U.S. and Canadian
theaters, according to Rentrak. Where
available, the latest international num-
bers (through Sunday) are also included.
Final domestic figures will be released
today.
1. Guardians of the Galaxy, $22.2
million ($19.7 million international).
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
$15.7 million ($13 million international).
3. If I Stay, $11.6 million ($4.6 mil-
lion international).
4. Lets Be Cops, $10.5 million
($6.6 million international).
5. As Above, So Below, $10.3 mil-
lion ($1.4 million international).
6. The November Man, $10.2 mil-
lion.
7. When the Game Stands Tall, $8
million.
8. The Giver, $6.9 million.
9. The Hundred-Foot Journey, $6.3
million.
10. The Expendables 3, $4.5 mil-
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