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50 daily Delphos, Ohio

Telling The Tri-Countys Story Since 1869

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Wildcat cagers sweep Chatt

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Upfront

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Obituaries 2

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Entertainment 4

Community 5

Sports 6-8

Classifieds 10

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A look back at 2013Each year, The Herald

takes a look back at the sto-ries and photos of the year.Here is the third of four 2013wrapups.

JULYJuly 1Ohio Gov. John Kasich

signed the states $62 bil-lion state spending plan intolaw Sunday after vetoingan attempt by legislatorsto block his administrationfrom expanding Medicaid toadditional low-income resi-dents but left in place anew requirement that doc-tors inform pregnant womenseeking abortions of any fetal

heartbeat. In an evening cer-emony at the Statehouse, theRepublican governor praisedthe two-year operating bud-get that kicks in today forcontinuing his efforts toimprove Ohios economythrough an income-tax cut,business incentives and newways of funding education.

July 3Delphos City Council

will face some tough deci-sions in the coming monthsafter approving the prelimi-nary 2014 Budget presentedby Auditor Tom Jettinghoff,which includes $2.7 millionin revenues to cover $3.4million in expenditures. Thepreliminary budget mustbe filed with the county byJuly 15. Finance CommitteeChair Joe Martz asked thatcity administration prepare

the fund breakdowns in

preparation for a committeemeeting in early August.July 5With last years late-June

storm putting a damper onthe 2012 Fourth of July fes-tivities, the Delphos Kiwanisknew this years celebra-tion could only be better.Record crowds and a sold-out chicken BBQ were morethan enough confirmationthat indeed, the 2013 eventwas a huge success.

July 8With five weeks of the

2013 pool season under herbelt, Delphos MunicipalSwimming Pool Manager

Lois McLennan can see whata difference the weathermakes. McLennan said lastyear at this time it was in the100s and we were packedand this year, the tempera-tures are cooler and wevehad the threat of rain everyday for weeks, so attendanceis a little down from last yearat this time. The pool aver-ages 200 visitors per day and400-500 trips down the slide.The busiest day of the seasonso far was June 23 with 485guests. The guards at the topof the slide stairs ticked off1,906 trips down the struc-ture. The second-busiest daywas June 22 with 400 guestsand 1,183 trips down theslide.

July 10Doug Westrick, Ottawa,

will fill the open JeffersonMiddle School princi-pal opening. The DelphosCity Schools Board ofEducation chose Westrickfrom a field of 24 appli-cants, eight of whom wereinterviewed. Middle schoolteachers Larry Lindeman,Kay Gossman and TammyWirth were on the commit-tee as well. Westrick was

most recently assistant highschool principal at BryanCity Schools and had beendean of students of SwantonMiddle School.

July 13Fifty-five years of

serving in the church andDelphos community ledto Dr. Earl Morris receiv-ing The Footprint Awardat Trinity United MethodistChurch. Morris said it was asurprise and he didnt thinkhe deserved an award forthe activities he had doneand helped with because it

was a committee or a groupwho did the work with him.Trinity United MethodistChurch created TheFootprint Award to recog-nize service and dedication,the Rev. Dave Howell said.

July 17Resers Fine Foods Inc.

announced its plans to closethe Delphos facility on Sept.18. The decision will leave104 people without jobs andnearly a $1 million hole inthe citys utilities collections.Reser Risk ManagementDirector Linda Stock saidthe decision was based oneconomics at the specific

location. She said this wasa difficult decision for thecompany to make and thecompany values the contri-bution the Delphos team hasmade.

Auditor Tom Jettinghoffpresented a picture of thecitys ending budget forDec. 31, 2014, on Monday.Working with his own figuresand those of Safety ServiceDirector Greg Berquist,Jettinghoffs tallies for 2014

came in at a $266,000 short-fall compared to prelimi-nary figures of $700,000 inthe red. The figures did notinclude carryover or grantrevenue. Jettinghoff letcouncil know he felt somemeasure on the ballot wouldbe required to address the2014 budget shortfall andbeyond. City administrationwill continue to work with

the budget to find cuts tobring it in line. This newscame on the heels of councillearning Reser Fine Foodsat 1600 Gressel Drive willleave Delphos on Sept. 18.The food-processing plantuses nearly $400,000 in utili-ties and 104 employees willlose their jobs.

July 22One of the men wanted

in connection with the July10 home-invasion-stylerobbery in the 400 blockof South Canal Street inDelphos was arrested onan active warrant by Limapolice Saturday morning.

Andrew J. Miller, 27, ofFort Jennings was the pas-senger in a vehicle policestopped for a routine traf-fic stop. Miller was takeninto custody and turnedover to Delphos officers ashort time later. Miller wastransported to the Van WertCounty Jail and is beingheld without bond on therobbery charge.

Spencerville bids Hatfield adieu

BY CYNTHIA YAHNAHerald Correspondent

news@delphosherald.com

SPENCERVILLE SpencervilleSchool District said goodbye toSuperintendent Joel Hatfield at a

reception held Sunday afternoon atthe K-12 building where colleagues,friends, family and school boardmembers wished Hatfield a fond fare-well and good luck on his retirement.

Building new schools, maintainingthe operation through state budget

cuts in a slow economy and makingstudents competitive on a nationallevel are significant tasks Hatfieldtackled during his time as the superin-tendent of Spencerville Schools.

Hatfield said the biggest challengecame from outside his buildings.The hardest thing was dealing with

policies with the state and federal gov-ernment, many of which were not in thebest interests of the students, he said.

Hatfield, who began as a middleschool social studies teacher in thedistrict in Fall 1978, coached middleschool and varsity football and mid-dle school and varsity girls basket-ball. He became high school principal

in 1991 and then went to the positionof superintendent in 1999.

His accomplishments during hiscoaching time include middle schoolfootball NWC championship in 1984;middle school girls basketball NWC

championships in 1986 and 1988 andtournament champs in 1988; varsi-ty girls basketball district runners-up1989-90 and 1990-91; NWC runners-up1990-91; and sectional champs 1990-91.

Hatfields biggest and most notice-able accomplishment at Spencervillewas overseeing the building of thenew K-12 facility. For the more thanfour years of planning, designing,implementation, building and move-in, Hatfield was involved 24/7.School board members said his atten-tion to detail and insistence for qual-ity workmanship afforded the schoola beautiful facility.

His daily on-site direction keptmistakes to a minimum, scheduleson time and the project under bud-

get. Even after the move in January2007, his constant attention to thefew issues we had rectified and maderight which will benefit this districtfor years to come, they said.

While his leadership role in theschool is his greatest personal accom-plishment, his has fond memories ofhis climb up the ladder and a particu-larly humbling experience.

Fellow superintendent Don Diglia, left, who is retiring from the ElidaSchool District this school year, congratulated Joel Hatfield on 35 1/2years with Spencerville. (Delphos Herald/Cynthia Yahna)

Hatfield received a picture of theschool built during his tenure assuperintendent at Spencerville. Thephotos was signed by well-wishers.

See HATFIELD, page 12

Crowds filled the tennis courts for the Kiwanis Fourth of July activities. Recordcrowds and sold-out chicken dinners marked a hugely successful event. (Herald filephoto)

Logan Koester gives it all hes got during the kiddie tractor pull at the annualOttoville Parish Festival. (Herald file photo) See WRAPUP, page 12

Allen County office ofHomeland Security andEmergency Managementwill test the 48 county com-munity warning sirens atnoon on Wednesday.

In the event of an actualemergency, the sirens arean indication persons inthe affected area shouldgo indoors and tune tolocal news media for addi-tional information andinstructions on emergencyactions to be taken.

County to test

warning sirens

Colder today.Mostlycloudy thismorningthen becom-ing partlycloudy. A20 percent chance of snowafter midnight. Highs inthe lower 20s and lows15 to 20. See page 2.

16 die in suicidebombing atrailway station insouthern Russia

MOSCOW (AP) Asuicide bomber struck abusy railway station insouthern Russia on Sunday,killing at least 15 otherpeople and wounding scoresmore, officials said, in astark reminder of the threatRussia is facing as it pre-pares to host FebruarysOlympics in Sochi.

No one immediatelyclaimed responsibility forthe bombing in Volgograd,but it came several monthsafter Chechen rebel leaderDoku Umarov called fornew attacks against civiliantargets in Russia, includ-ing the Sochi Games.

Suicide bombingshave rocked Russia foryears, but many have beencontained to the NorthCaucasus, the center ofan insurgency seeking anIslamist state in the region.

The bombing highlightsthe daunting security chal-lenge Russia will face infulfilling its pledge to makethe Sochi Games the safestOlympics in history. Thegovernment has deployedtens of thousands of soldiers,police and other security per-sonnel to protect the games.

Jefferson boys gamerescheduled

Jeffersons boys basket-ball will be making up itspreviously postponed gamewith Kalida on Jan. 17. TheJV game will begin at 6 p.m.

St. Johns selling ticketsThe St. Johns Athletic

Department is selling boysbasketball tickets for itsFriday home game versusColdwater (6:30 p.m. JVstart) $6 adults and $4students pre-sale and atLCC Sunday (1 p.m. JV) adults $5 and students $4pre-sale 7-7:30 p.m. todayin the high school office.

All tickets at thegate will be $6.

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CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) Residents of this facilityfor people with Alzheimers disease toss around a yellow balland laugh under a cascade with their caregivers, in a swimmingpool ringed by palm trees and wind chimes. Susanna Kuratli,

once a painter of delicate oils, swims a lap and smiles.Watching is her husband, Ulrich, who has a heart-rendingdecision: to leave his wife of 41 years in this facility 9,000kilometers (5,600 miles) from home, or to bring her back toSwitzerland.

Their homeland treats the elderly as well as any nationon Earth, but Ulrich Kuratli says the care here in northernThailand is not only less expensive but more personal. InSwitzerland, You have a cold, old lady who gives you pillsand tells you to go to bed, he says.

Kuratli and his family have given themselves six monthsto decide while the retired software developer lives alongsidehis 65-year-old wife in Baan Kamlangchay Home forCare from the Heart. Patients live in individual houses withina Thai community, are taken to local markets, temples andrestaurants, and receive personal around-the-clock care. Themonthly $3,800 cost is a third of what basic institutional carewould come to in Switzerland.

Kuratli is not yet sure how hell care for Susanna, who usedto produce a popular annual calendar of her paintings. But hes

leaning toward keeping her in Thailand.Sometimes I am jealous. My wife wont take my handbut when her Thai carer takes it, she is calm. She seems to behappy, he says. When she sees me she starts to cry. Maybeshe remembers how we were and understands, but can no lon-ger find the words.

Relatives in Western nations are increasingly confrontingKuratlis dilemma as the number of Alzheimers patients andcosts rise, and the supply of qualified nurses and facilitiesstruggles to keep up. Faraway countries are offering cheaper,and to some minds better, care for those suffering from theirreversible loss of memory.

The nascent trend is unnerving to some experts who sayuprooting people with Alzheimers will add to their senseof displacement and anxiety, though others say quality ofcare is more important than location. Theres also some gen-eral uneasiness over the idea of sending ailing elderly peopleabroad: The German press has branded it gerontologicalcolonialism.

Germany is already sending several thousand sufferers,

as well as the aged and otherwise ill, to Eastern Europe,Spain, Greece and Ukraine. Patients are even moving fromSwitzerland, which was ranked No. 1 in health care for theelderly this year in an index compiled by the elderly advocacygroup HelpAge International and the U.N. Population Fund.

The Philippines is offering Americans care for $1,500 to$3,500 a month, well below U.S. rates. About 100 Americansare currently seeking care in the Philippines, says J.J. Reyes,who is planning a retirement community near Manila.

Facilities in Thailand also are preparing to attract moreAlzheimers sufferers. In Chiang Mai, a pleasant city ringed bymountains, Baan Kamlangchay will be followed by a $10 mil-lion, holiday-like home scheduled to open before mid-2014.Also on the way is a small Alzheimers unit within a retirementcommunity set on the grounds of a former four-star resort.

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December surge propelled healthcare sign-ups through the govern-ments rehabilitated website pastthe 1 million mark, the Obamaadministration said Sunday,reflecting new vigor for the prob-lem-plagued federal insurancemarket.

Combined with numbers forstate-run markets due in January,that should put total enrollment inthe new private insurance plansunder President Barack Obamashealth law at about 2 millionpeople through the end of theyear, independent experts said.

That would be about two-thirds of the administrationsoriginal goal of signing up 3.3million by Dec. 31, a significantimprovement given the technicalproblems that crippled the federalmarket during much of the fall.The overall goal remains to enroll7 million people by March 31.

It looks like current enroll-ment is around 2 milliondespite all the issues, said DanMendelson, CEO of AvalereHealth, a market analysis firm.It was a very impressive show-ing for December.

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Leakage Recognition and ResponseHow to recognize a gas leak:1. A distinctive (gas) odor rotten egg smell.2. A shrill blowing or hissing sound.3. Dirt being blown or thrown into the air.4. Water being blown into the air at a pond, creek orriver.5. Fire apparently coming from the ground or burning above the ground.6. Patches or brown vegetation in a green grassy area on

or near the pipeline right-of-way.7. Dry spot on moist field.8. Bubbles appearing on the surface of water.

If you suspect a natural gas leak please call 1-877-246-5100. This is our 24 hour a day emergency number. Ifyou smell gas in your home leave immediately and go to aneighbors house to call.

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WEATHER FORECASTTri-county

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TODAY: Mostly cloudy inthe morning then becomingpartly cloudy. Colder. Highsin the lower 20s. Northwestwinds 5 to 10 mph shifting tothe southwest in the afternoon.

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudythrough midnight. Then cloudywith a 20 percent chance ofsnow after midnight. Lows 15to 20. West winds 5 to 15 mph.Wind chills zero to 10 abovezero.

TUESDAY: Partly cloudy.Highs in the lower 20s. Westwinds 10 to 15 mph. Windchills zero to 10 above zero.

TUESDAY NIGHT:Mostly cloudy through mid-night then becoming cloudy.A 40 percent chance of snow.Lows 15 to 20. West windsaround 10 mph shifting to thenorth after midnight.

NEW YEARS DAY:Cloudy with a 40 percentchance of snow. Highs in themid 20s.

WEDNESDAY NIGHTAND THURSDAY: Snowlikely. Moderate snow accu-mulations possible. Lows 15to 20. Highs in the lower 20s.Chance of snow 60 percent.

THURSDAY NIGHT:Mostly cloudy with a 20 per-cent chance of snow showers.Lows 5 to 10 above.

FRIDAY AND FRIDAYNIGHT: Partly cloudy. Highs15 to 20. Lows 5 to 10 above.

DALEY,Rita Jane (Bertling),94, of Lima, Mass of ChristianBurial will begin at 11 a.m. todayat St. Rose Catholic Church,Lima, Fr. David Ross officiating.Burial will follow in GethsemaniCemetery. Memorial contributionsmay be made to St. Rose School

or to her family. Condolencesmay be expressed at www.siferd-oriansfuneralhome.com.

NEUMEIER, Robert R.,of Delphos, memorial servicewill be held at 3 p.m. today atHarter and Schier Funeral Home,Father Chris Bohnsack offi-ciating. Friends may call fromnoon-3 p.m. today at the funeralhome. Memorial contributionsmay be made to the AlzheimersAssociation.

KLOPFENSTEIN, RonaldL., 75, a celebration of his lifewill begin at 11 a.m. today at St.Paul United Methodist Church,Elida, Rev. Paul Scannell officiat-ing. A luncheon will immediatelyfollow the service at the church

fellowship hall with burial to fol-low at Pearl Cemetery, Sidney.Visitation will be for one hourprior to services at the church.Memorials may be made to theHope Lodge at the ClevelandClinic or the St. Ritas OncologyDepartment. Online condolencesmay be shared at www.strayerfu-neralhome.com.

One Year AgoA breakfast was recently held by the

seventh- and eighth-grade classes ofthe Fort Jennings St. Joseph CatholicChurch. Proceeds from the breakfastwere split between the NET team andthe Fort Jennings Fire Department. A$525.25 check was presented to FiremenJim Gerdeman and Nathan Meyer bystudents Vanessa Wallenhorst, MarissaKrietemeyer, Abby Von Sossan, HaleyWittler, Michael Fields and Sam Vetter.Dave Wieging was the winner of the 50/50raffle.

25 Years Ago 1988The Experiment in International

Living, a non-profit internation-al education and citizen exchangeorganization, has a new representa-tive, Mary Jo Sartorius, to serve theDelphos area. Sartorius will visitschools and communities aroundDelphos to make video presenta-tions and answer questions aboutThe Experiments Summer Abroadopportunities.

Fort Recovery downed Ottoville53-49 Tuesday night in boys basket-ball at Fort Recovery. Terry Trenkampof Ottoville led all scorers with 19points. He also had 18 rebounds.Tony Grote added 14 points. The BigGreen held a 34-30 rebounding edge.Ottoville, now 4-5, had 14 turnoversto Fort Recoverys eight.

Scott Noonan, a senior at St.Johns High School, was honoredrecently by the Lima Exchange Club

as the Outstanding Student of theMonth. Noonan is the son of Tomand Linda Noonan of Delphos. Hereceived a plaque from the ExchangeClub and is eligible to compete fora cash scholarship with the othermonthly winners from area sc hools.

50 Years Ago 1963John Wellman of Delphos was

re-elected president of the GermanMutual Insurance Company Fridayat the annual policy holders meet-ing held at the Marion Townshiphouse. Other officers named wereAlbert Krietemeyer, Fort Jennings,vice president; Everett Buettner,treasurer; and Robert Schmit, gen-eral secretary.

Over 200 Delphos and area resi-dents attended the Phi Delta Sororityholiday charity ball Saturday nightat the Knights of Columbus clubrooms. Music for the dance wasfurnished by Tommy Ross and hisorchestra. Proceeds from the galaevent go toward the sororitys civicproject of furnishing shoes and bootsfor school-age children of needyfamilies in Delphos.

Columbus Grove won the cham-pionship decision over Pandora-Gilboa in the high school holidaytournament finals Saturday night atBluffton College gym. In a thrill-packed squeaker, the Bulldogs edgedpast the Rockets 38-37 in overtimeplay. In overtime action Steve Baxterfor Grove scored a foul shot and

Mike Allen hit from the field to sendGrove ahead 38-35. As the clockmoved past the five-second mark,P-Gs Ed Diller sank a field goal toend the game at 38-37.

75 Years Ago 1938In preparation for the New Years

Eve Ball, members of the CYO deco-ration committee, headed by OliverSever, met at St. Johns auditoriumWednesday evening in order to beginthe decorating. Sever was assistedby his committee members, PaulBaumgarte and Laverne Kemper, aswell as other members of the CYO.

A Christmas dinner-dance for theemployees of the Lima division ofthe Lima Telephone and TelegraphCompany was held Wednesday eve-ning at the Barr Hotel in Lima.Present from the Delphos officewere A. E. Davis, R. M. Wilkins,Mrs. Marshall McGinnis, Mrs. O.M. Arnold, Ladonna Lockhart,Marguerite Moenter and Agnes andHelen Boecker.

The members of the CharityWorkers Club met Wednesday eve-ning at the home of Mrs. Carl Noltefor their annual holiday party. Mrs.C. A. Bergfeld received high honorsin a game; Mrs. Nolte, second; Mrs.John A. Metzner, third; and Mrs.Frank Kavermann was consoled. Intwo weeks, Mayme Dolt will enter-tain the club at the home of hersister, Mrs. F. E. Moore, West SixthStreet.

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Today is Monday, Dec. 30, the 364th day of2013. There is one day left in the year.Todays Highlight in History:On Dec. 30, 1813, British troops burned

Buffalo, N.Y., during the War of 1812.On this date:In 1853, the United States and Mexico

signed a treaty under which the U.S. agreedto buy some 45,000 square miles of land fromMexico for $10 million in a deal known as theGadsden Purchase.

In 1860, 10 days after South Carolina seced-ed from the Union, the state militia seized theUnited States Arsenal in Charleston.

In 1903, about 600 people died when firebroke out at the recently opened IroquoisTheater in Chicago.

In 1922, Vladimir I. Lenin proclaimed theestablishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist

Republics.In 1936, the United Auto Workers unionstaged its first sit-down strike at the GeneralMotors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint, Mich.(The strike lasted until Feb. 11, 1937.)

In 1940, Californias first freeway, theArroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angelesand Pasadena, was officially opened by Gov.Culbert L. Olson.

In 1948, the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me,Kate opened on Broadway.

In 1965, Ferdinand Marcos was inauguratedfor his first term as president of the Philippines.

In 1972, the United States halted its heavybombing of North Vietnam.

In 1993, Israel and the Vatican agreed torecognize each other. Hollywood agent IrvingSwifty Lazar died in Beverly Hills, Calif. atage 86.

In 1994, a gunman walked into a pair ofsuburban Boston abortion clinics and openedfire, killing two employees. (John C. SalviIII was later convicted of murder; he died inprison, an apparent suicide.)

In 2006, Iraqis awoke to news that SaddamHussein had been hanged; victims of his threedecades of autocratic rule took to the streets tocelebrate.

Ten years ago: The Bush administrationannounced it was banning the sale of ephedra,and urged consumers to immediately stopusing the herbal stimulant linked to 155 deathsand dozens of heart attacks and strokes. AuthorJohn Gregory Dunne died in New York City

at age 71.Five years ago: A defiant Illinois Gov.

Rod Blagojevich named former state AttorneyGeneral Roland Burris to Barack ObamasSenate seat, a surprise move that put the gover-nors opponents in the uncomfortable positionof trying to block his choice from becom-ing the Senates only black member. (Burriswas sworn in as a U.S. senator the followingmonth.) Israeli aircraft kept up a relentlessstring of attacks on Hamas-ruled Gaza, smash-ing a government complex, security instal-lations and the home of a top militant com-mander. Russian President Dmitry Medvedevsigned a law extending presidential terms fromfour years to six.

One year ago: Recalling the shooting ram-page that killed 20 first graders in Connecticutas the worst day of his presidency, PresidentBarack Obama, in an interview on NBCsMeet the Press, pledged to put his full

weight behind legislation aimed at preventinggun violence. A bus crashed on an icy Oregonhighway, killing nine passengers and injuringalmost 40 on Interstate 84 east of Pendleton.

Todays Birthdays: Actor Joseph Bologna is79. Actor Russ Tamblyn is 79. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Sandy Koufax is 78. Actor Jack Rileyis 78. Folk singer Noel Paul Stookey is 76. TVdirector James Burrows is 73. Actor Fred Wardis 71. Singer-musician Michael Nesmith is71. Actress Concetta Tomei is 68. Singer PattiSmith is 67. Rock singer-musician Jeff Lynneis 66. TV personality Meredith Vieira is 60.Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph is 58. Actress PatriciaKalember is 57. Country singer Suzy Boggussis 57. Today show co-host Matt Lauer is56. Actress-comedian Tracey Ullman is 54.Rock musician Rob Hotchkiss is 53. Radio-TV commentator Sean Hannity is 52. SprinterBen Johnson is 52. Actor George Newbern is50. Singer Jay Kay (Jamiroquai) is 44. Rockmusician Byron McMackin (Pennywise) is 44.Actress Meredith Monroe is 44. Actor DanielSunjata is 42. Actress Maureen Flannigan is41. Actor Jason Behr is 40. Golfer Tiger Woodsis 38. TV personality-boxer Laila Ali is 36.Actress Lucy Punch is 36. Singer-actor TyreseGibson is 35. Actress Eliza Dushku is 33. Rockmusician Tim Lopez (Plain White Ts) is 33.Actress Kristin Kreuk is 31. Folk-rock singer-musician Wesley Schultz (The Lumineers) is31. NBA player LeBron James is 29. Pop-rocksinger Ellie Goulding is 27. Pop-rock musicianJamie Follese (Hot Chelle Rae) is 22.

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Top Ohio Republicans facedown intraparty critics

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Conservative restlessnesswithin their own party poseschallenges to three Republicanstars in the battleground stateof Ohio, where House SpeakerJohn Boehner, Sen. RobPortman and Gov. John Kasichall have riled up the right.

Kasich upset some by push-ing for certain tax increasesand embracing Medicaidexpansion under PresidentBarack Obamas health careoverhaul; Boehner is clashingwith conservative groups overthe fed-eral bud-get; andPortman

f a c e sbacklashf r o ms o c i a lconservatives over his about-face in favor of gay marriage.

Whether the GOP trio canhold Republicans together hassweeping political implica-tions, given Ohios role asa swing state and the threemens own national profiles.Kasich and Portman havebeen floated as presidential-ticket contenders, whileBoehner seeks to hang onto one of Washingtons mostpowerful jobs.

Some party dissidents feel

betrayed, seeing an orches-trated effort to court supportamong the roughly 20 per-cent of unaffiliated voters inOhios middle. Kasich couldface a primary challenge in2014 and lose some conser-vatives to a Libertarian candi-date in November. People arelining up to oppose Boehnerin the district he has heldmore than two decades, whiletheres talk of recruiting a pri-mary challenger for Portmanin 2016.

The Republican Partyneeds to know what it standsfor, said Tom Zawistowski,a leader in the Ohio tea party

movement. Were not goingto let them slide.Given the current volatil-

ity and uncertainty in U.S.politics, what happens withthe three leaders in Ohio,often seen as a political bell-wether, could serve as a bea-con of national interest, saidBarbara Trish, an associatepolitical science professor atIowas Grinnell College whostudies political parties.

Veteran Ohio GOP con-sultant Mark Weaver saiddivision over strict adherenceto philosophy and winningelections isnt unique to stateRepublicans, that its similarto one were seeing around thecountry. Like the Democrats,the Republican Party hassome natural tension insideit, but given the horrific per-formance of Barack Obama,were going to be united inbringing America back fromthe Obama policies.

Republican Secretaryof State Jon Husted saidBoehner, Portman and Kasichface a classic political con-flict: whether to follow, orlead, public opinion.

These guys have beenpretty successful in their ownright; theyre pretty smartpolitically. Theyre trying to

skate, as Wayne Gretzky says,to where the pucks going tobe, not necessarily where thepuck is, Husted said. That

path is not always clear.Ohio consultant Curt

Steiner places Portman inthe leader category. TheCincinnati native stunnedconservative backers inMarch when he announcedhis support for same-sex mar-riage, after his son Will cameout as gay.

I think history will showthat he was ahead of thecurve, said Steiner, whohelped run Portmans firstcongressional campaign.

T h ef o r m e rW h i t eH o u s e

b u d g e tchief wasan advis-er and

shortlisted potential runningmate in Mitt Romneys 2012presidential campaign, andSteiner believes Portman willcontinue to build his reputa-tion as a thoughtful leader onmeat-and-potatoes issues thatpeople focus on the most.

But some conservativesare distrustful now.

Rob Portmans going topay a price. He was wrong,said Zawistowski, of PortageCounty in northeast Ohio.

Kasichs critics suspect he

has one eye on 2014 andanother on 2016. He hasdrawn favorable nationalattention including pub-licly from Obama for hispush to make Medicaid avail-able to more low-incomeOhioans, and for some inno-vative tax and spendingproposals. A big re-electionvictory in November wouldalmost certainly put him inplay for his partys nationalticket.

Talk of GOP dissidencedoesnt much faze Kasich.

I dont think anythingabout it, Kasich told report-ers recently. Im not inter-

ested in all the political you know, if Im interestedin anything about politics, Ill

read Politico.Democrats say that while

leading Republicans might betrying to appeal to a wider

audience with words, theiractions are still for the richand against womens healthand other issues.

Weve seen it time andtime again, said Jerid Kurtz,Ohio Democratic Partyspokesman. While theymay be changing their lan-guage, their actions are justas destructive to the middleclass as ever.

Any GOP challengers tothe Ohio trio face an uphillbattle; perhaps the steepest isin the 8th House District thatBoehner, of West Chester, hascarried by large margins sincehis first win in 1990.

Its going to be one ofthose David and Goliathfights, said Ann Becker,who leads the Cincinnati teaparty, an umbrella for south-west Ohio groups.

Regional groups recent-ly held a forum with pos-sible opponents for Boehner,who this month expressedexasperation in Washingtonwith conservative groupshe felt were pushing HouseRepublicans to oppose bipar-tisan budget efforts.

One announced primarychallenger, Troy teacher J.D.Winteregg, hopes to attracthelp from Boehner critics

outside of Ohio.Boehner is a fundraisingjuggernaut, he said. Youcant expect to competeunless you can raise fundsfrom outside the state. Butthis race has a national narra-tive. Its a national race.

Veteran conservative activ-ist Lori Viars, of Republican-dominated southwest Ohio,said she sees conservatives splitinto three groups: those whowill vote for the lesser of twoevils next November, thosewho will make a protest vote,and those who will stay home.

That one is frankly mybiggest concern, she said,

worrying that lackluster turn-out could hurt Republicansoverall.

Drugs remain mostcommon charges in 2013

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news@delphosherald.com

VAN WERT The number of cases inVan Wert County Court of Common Pleasdeclined in 2013, but one thing remainedthe same the most prevalent chargesagain this year were drug charges.

Approximately two of every five casesthrough the court this year was for drugcharges. Drugs were number one for theyear by a very large margin. There were67 drug defendants who were heard inCommon Pleas Court. The second-high-est number was for burglary or breakingand entering with just 26 cases.

Oddly, the statistics are actually goodnews. In 2012, there were 228 cases inthe court with 128 being charges fordrugs. That works out the 56 percent. The

second largest total last year was for theftwith a mere 30 cases.The statistics,which were released by

the court on Thursday, do not tell thewhole story of the effects of drugs on Van

Wert County. Defense attorneys, pros-ecutors, law enforcement and defendants

have admitted that many other cases havedrugs as the root cause. For instance,it has been determined that cases liketheft, burglary, robbery, tampering withevidence and receiving stolen propertyare likely committed to obtain money topurchase drugs.

Overall, the caseload is very similarto 2011 when 162 Common Pleas Courtcases went through in the system. Thatyear, 49 of the 162 were drug cases, orabout 30 percent.

The most common cases in 2013, afterdrug cases, were burglary and break-ing and entering, sex offenses, theft andassault. There is one murder cases thatwas filed in 2013 against Tammy Menke.There were no murder cases in Van WertCounty in 2012, and only one was filed

in 2011, that against Shawn Jones for themurder of his grandmother.The 2014 court calendar will begin

after the Van Wert Grand Jury meets forthe first time of the year on Friday.

Vouchers canhelp with higherGED test fee

CLEVELAND (AP) Ohioans without high schooldiplomas will have to pay morenext year to take a test for anequivalency certificate but canreceive vouchers toward that

expense if they get career coun-seling beforehand at certain sites.The GED test in Ohio is

expected to cost $120 in January triple the current cost withthe switch from a paper test to acomputerized version.

Test-takers can get $80 invouchers toward that cost ifthey first meet with a counselorat one of Ohios 91 career-tech-nical district sites, The PlainDealer in Cleveland reported.The program was allotted $4million in the state budget.

A lot of people take the GEDbecause they want a better job,Ohio Department of Educationspokesman John Charlton said.

If they are getting counselingto help with a resume and learnabout jobs, it helps.

The American Council onEducation, which administersthe GED, decided the testshould reflect college-readi-ness standards.

Widow says Move Overlaw for drivers good step

TOLEDO (AP) A new law requiring drivers in Ohioto slow down and shift lanes if possible for construction andmaintenance vehicles is a good start, said the widow of a roadcrew worker killed two years ago on the Ohio Turnpike.

The Move Over Law that took effect means drivers willneed to approach construction and maintenance with the samecaution as emergency vehicles on the roadside.

Gov. John Kasich recently signed the measure.The law will apply when motorists approach construction,

maintenance and public utilities commission vehicles parkedon the side of the road with their alert lights turned on.

If drivers cant move over because of traffic or safety issues,they should slow down until passing a road crew.

Violators will receive warnings instead of citations over thenext three months. After that, they could be cited with a minormisdemeanor Penalties could increase if the driver has hadmultiple infractions within a year.

The directors of the state Department of Transportation andthe Ohio Turnpike have said the measure would boost safetyfor roadway workers.

The Department of Transportation says motorists havehad more than 600 collisions with its vehicles and equipmentsince 2008. In one case last April, a 27-year-old employee waskilled.

Amy Fletcher, whose husband was killed in February 2012on the turnpike, told The (Toledo) Blade it was hard to know if

the law could have prevented the fatal crash.There are many things that need to be done, she said.

Driver attention is one of the most important issues to keepthem safe out there. It doesnt matter how many flashing lights,cones, barrels, or miles of warning you give drivers, if thedriver isnt paying attention, the risk still exists. There is moreto be done to respect workers.

New state law on puppy mills to take effect WednesdayCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Regulations

meant to crack down on puppy mills inOhio will require licenses for breeders andclean cages for dogs.

The licensing requirements that takeeffect with the new year mean dog breed-ers who produce at least nine litters and atleast 60 dogs in a year will need to get a

state license.Those who buy from breeders and se ll topet stores must also get a license.

Ohio has had a reputation of being softon oversight of large dog breeding opera-tions.

The legislation regulating puppy millshas been seven years in the making andwas approved more than a year ago, TheColumbus Dispatch reported.

But because rules about care, cagingand other standards had to go through alegislative process, the Ohio Departmentof Agriculture set the licensing deadlinefor Jan. 1.

How many breeders will be licensedisnt known yet.

About 300 people have identified them-selves as high-volume breeders in a survey,

said Erica Hawkins, a spokeswoman forthe department of agriculture

The department has about 100 licenseapplications in progress and has completed13, she said.

The law sets standards for housing andcare of puppies and dogs. Those includemaking sure kennels are clean, properly

ventilated and have temperature controls.It also regulates how much space thedogs have and requires shelter from weath-er.

Background checks and insurance alsowill be required for breeders. They alsomust have a relationship with a veterinar-ian who can provide care for the animals.

The department of agriculture has hiredfour inspectors, a supervisor and staff tooversee the program, Hawkins said.

It also opened an office in Millersburgin Holmes County, which is home to manydog breeders.

The Ohio Association of Animal Ownersbacked the law as it was debated in the leg-islature and said it long believed that dogbreeding should be overseen by the statesagriculture department.

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Hobbit, Frozen leadbox office to record year

LOS ANGELES (AP) Over the bustlingpost-Christmas weekend, Peter Jacksons TheHobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continued tolead the box office, landing in the No. 1 slot for thethird weekend in a row.

The Warner Bros. prequel earned $30 million,

bringing the domestic gross to $190.3 million,according to studio estimates on Sunday.

Disneys animated adventure, Frozen, tookthe No. 2 position, earning $28.9 million over theweekend and $248.4 million domestically after sixweeks at the multiplex.

Frozen probably had the best release dateof the year because they positioned themselves tocompletely dominate the family film marketplaceover the holidays, said box-office analyst PaulDergarabedian of Rentrak. To be No. 2 in its sixthweek is a total reflection of that.

Reigning box-office champion Hobbit, real-ly contributed to this record box office that we haveat the end of the year, he added. With Hobbitand Frozen, we are talking $450 million at thebox office between those two films alone. Theyare absolutely killing it here at the end of the year.

This year is poised to be a banner one at the box

office, and it is projected to surpass 2012s $10.8billion by nearly 1 percent, making this the highestannual take ever.

Paramount held two slots in the top five overthe weekend, with the comedies Anchorman 2:The Legend Continues, starring Will Farrell, andThe Wolf of Wall Street, featuring LeonardoDiCaprio. Sequel Anchorman 2 came in at No.3 with $20.2 million, and Martin Scorseses darkcomedy, The Wolf of Wall Street, took the No. 5spot, earning $19 million after opening at No. 2 onChristmas Day with $9.15 million.

Some people are calling the performance ofAnchorman a bit of a disappointment, but it willbe a $100 million gross at the end of the day,Dergarabedian said. All of the marketing certainlyraised its profile. It will have a good showing.

Anchorman met studio expectations over theChristmas holiday.

We are thrilled and we feel the movie willplay well in theaters for a while, said Don Harris,president of distribution at Paramount. The firstfilm brought in $84 million, and this one will bewell north of that.

At nearly three hours long, Wolf does nothave as many showings in a day as the rest of thepictures currently in theaters, yet its holding itsown at the multiplex. The movie is very much outthere in terms of content, and thats a good thing,added Harris. Its different than anything else inthe marketplace. I think people are surprised thatits a lot of fun.

At No. 4, Sony Pictures corruption saga,American Hustle, made $19.6 million. David O.Russells entertaining take on the Abscam investi-gation of the 1970s, starring Christian Bale, AmyAdams, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper,

has grossed $60 million domestically and gainedseven Golden Globe nominations.

Oscar hopeful Saving Mr. Banks, Disneysmaking of Mary Poppins story, starring EmmaThompson and Tom Hanks, came in at No. 6,making $14.3 million.

Foxs The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, BenStillers dramatic turn, which he also directed, tookseventh place, earning $13 million. Mitty is afeel-good film and with the combination of ourexcellent exit polls and audience friendly rating atPG-13, I think we are going to play well into theNew Year, said Chris Aronson, president of distri-bution at Twentieth Century Fox. This has beenan incredibly fragmented and healthy marketplaceas were expected to finish with a record year.

And despite lackluster reviews, Keanu Reevesmartial-arts film 47 Ronin managed to slide intothe top 10 at No. 9 with $9.9 million in its openingweekend.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday throughSunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according toRentrak. Where available, latest international num-bers for Friday through Sunday are also included.Final domestic figures will be released today:

1.The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, $30million ($98.3 million international).

2.Frozen, $28.9 million ($50.5 million inter-national).

3.Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,$20.2 million ($8 million international).

4.American Hustle, $19.6 million ($1.7 mil-lion international).

5.The Wolf of Wall Street, $19 million ($6.5million international).

6.Saving Mr. Banks, $14.3 million ($300,000international).

7.The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, $13 mil-lion ($27.2 million international).

8.The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, $10.2million ($9 million international).

9.47 Ronin, $9.9 million ($13.8 million inter-national).

10.Tyler Perrys A Madea Christmas, $7.4

million.Estimated weekend ticket sales Friday through

Sunday at international theaters (excluding theU.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas byHollywood studios, according to Rentrak:

1.The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,$98.3 million.

2.Frozen, $50.5 million.3.The Secret Life of Mitty, $27.2 million.4.Police Story 2013, $18 million.5.47 Ronin, $13.8 million.6.The Physician, $13 million.7.Personal Tailor, $12.5 million.8.Walking With Dinosaurs, $12.3 million.9.The Attorney, $12 million.10.The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, $9

million.

Crystal ball gets gleaming new skinNEW YORK (AP)

Electricians working

atop a New York Cityskyscraper on Fridayinstalled the last of the2,688 crystal trianglesthat give the TimesSquare New Years EveBall its shimmer, includ-ing a panel dreamt upby a 12-year-old formercancer patient.

Each year, the intri-cate Waterford crystalsthat make up the skin ofthe huge orb are replacedwith new pieces of glass.

This years design fea-tures a kaleidoscopic pat-tern that will refract lightin a splash of 16 million

colors as the ball dropsdown a flagpole at thestroke of midnight. Theball is lit from within by32,256 powerful diodes.

One crystal panel

stands out from the rest.It was crafted from a

drawing submitted byCoraliz Martinez, whowas treated for bone can-cer at St. Jude ChildrensResearch Hospital inMemphis, Tenn., in2011.

The girls colored-pencil drawing featureda single rose bloom,which Waterfords mas-ter sculptor, Fred Curtis,traced into the glassand cut with a diamondwheel.

I wanted to get asclose to her design aspossible, he said.

Coraliz, who lives in

Alabama, is now cancer-free, the hospital said.It takes Waterford

craftsmen about a yearto make the crystals usedin the ball, Curtis said.

Bolting them onto theballs metal frame takes

two weeks. That task iscarefully performed bya crew from LandmarkSigns and Electric,a company that alsomaintains the dazzlingelectronic billboards inTimes Square.

Two employees,Nick Bonavita and NickRussomanno, screwedin the final panels asphotographers watchedFriday.

Their hands were redfrom the cold. The crys-tal wedges, fitted in theirmetal frames, lookedheavy. But Bonavita,

who has worked on theball every year since2009, said they haventdropped one yet.

We have a perfectrecord so far, he said.

Activities set up for celebrationNEW YORK (AP) New York

Citys Times Square is getting readyfor New Years Eve.

The square will host millionsTuesday night counting down the lastfew moments of 2013.

Starting Saturday, six Citibikesfrom the citys bike share programwere being installed in Times Square

and connected to 12-volt deep cyclebatteries.New Yorkers and tourists will gen-

erate power by pedaling. That will

help illuminate the famed ball that willdescend New Years Eve.

Each bike will generate an averageof 75 watts an hour. It takes 50,000watts to power the ball, which is lit by30,000 LEDs.

Additionally, a giant paper shredderand a dumpster were install ed in TimesSquare on Saturday to allow visi tors to

destroy bad memories of 2013.The annual event is dubbed GoodRiddance Day.

Justice Sotomayor to helm ball dropNEW YORK (AP)

The countdown tothe new year in TimesSquare is getting somehigh-profile help U.S.Supreme Court JusticeSonia Sotomayor.

The organizers ofthe annual celebration

announced Sunday thatSotomayor will lead thefinal 60-second count-down and push the cer-emonial button to signalthe descent of the TimesSquare New Years Eveball.

Sotomayor was

appointed to the court in2009. She is a native ofthe Bronx.

The giant New YearsEve ball is covered inmore than 2,600 crys-tal triangles and lit fromwithin by more than32,000 lights.

Times Square preparesfor New Years Eve bash

Legal pot sales begin amid uncertainty in Colo.DENVER (AP) A gleaming white Apple store

of weed is how Andy Williams sees his new Denvermarijuana dispensary.

Two floors of pot-growing rooms will have windowsshowing the shopping public how the mind-alteringplant is grown. Shoppers will be able to peruse dryingmarijuana buds and see pot trimmers at work separat-ing the valuable flowers from the less-prized stems andleaves.

Its going to be all white and beautiful, the 45-year-old ex-industrial engineer explains, excitedly gesturingaround what just a few weeks ago was an empty ware-house space that will eventually house 40,000 squarefeet of cannabis strains.

As Colorado prepares to be the first in the nation

to allow recreational pot sales, opening Jan. 1, hopefulretailers like Williams are investing their fortunes intothe legal recreational pot world all for a chance tobuild even bigger ones in a fledgling industry that facesan uncertain future.

Officials in Colorado and Washington, the other statewhere recreational pot goes on sale in mid-2014, as wellas activists, policymakers and governments from aroundthe U.S. and across the world will not be the only oneswatching the experiment unfold.

So too will the U.S. Department of Justice, which fornow is not fighting to shut down the industries.

We are building an impressive showcase for theworld, to show them this is an industry, Williams says,as the scent of marijuana competes with the smell ofsawdust and wet paint in the cavernous store where hehopes to sell pot just like a bottle of wine.

Will it be a showcase for a safe, regulated pot industrythat generates hundreds of millions of dollars each year

and saves money on locking up drug criminals, or onethat will prove, once and for all, that the federal govern-ment has been right to ban pot since 1937?

Cannabis was grown legally in the U.S. for centuries,even by George Washington. After Prohibitions end inthe 1930s, federal authorities turned their sights on pot.The 1936 propaganda film Reefer Madness warnedthe public about a plant capable of turning people intomindless criminals.

Over the years, pot activists and state governmentsmanaged to chip away at the ban, their first big victorycoming in 1996 when California allowed medical mari-juana. Today, 19 other states, including Colorado andWashington, and the District of Columbia have similarlaws.

Those in the business were nervous, fearing that fed-eral agents would raid their shops.It was scary, recalls Williams, who along with

his brother borrowed some $630,000 from parents andrelatives to open Medicine Man in 2009. I literally haddreams multiple times a week where I was in prisonand couldnt see my wife or my child. Lot of sleeplessnights.

That same year, the Justice Department told federalprosecutors they should not focus investigative resourceson patients and caregivers complying with state medicalmarijuana laws but the department reserved the rightto step in if there was abuse.

In Colorado, the industry took off. Shops advertisedon billboards and radio. Pot-growing warehouses alongInterstate 70 in Denver grew so big that motorists startedcalling one stretch the Green Zone for its frequentskunky odor of pot.

The city at one point had more marijuana dispensaries

than Starbucks coffee shops, with some neighborhoodscrowded with dispensary sign-wavers and banners offer-ing free joints for new customers. Local officials havesince ratcheted back such in-your-face ads.

But the marijuana movement didnt stop. Voters inColorado and Washington approved recreational potin 2012, sold in part on spending less to lock up drugcriminals and the potential for new tax dollars to fundstate programs.

The votes raised new questions about whether thefederal government would sue to block laws floutingfederal drug law. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooperfamously warned residents not to break out the Cheetosor Goldfish too quickly, and activists predicated a legalshowdown.

That didnt happen. In August, the DOJ said itwouldnt sue so long as the states met an eight-pointstandard that includes keeping pot out of other statesand away from children, criminal cartels and federalproperty.

Colorado law allows adults 21 and older to buy potat state-sanctioned pot retail stories, and state regulationsforbid businesses from advertising in places where chil-dren are likely see their pitches.

Only existing medical dispensaries were allowed toapply for licenses, an effort to prevent another prolifera-tion of pot shops. Only a few dozen shops statewide areexpected to be open for recreational sales on New YearsDay.

Legal pots potential has spawned businesses beyondretail shops. Marijuana-testing companies have poppedup, checking regulated weed for potency and screeningfor harmful molds. Gardening courses charge hundredsto show people how to grow weed at home.

Aerial yoga classtakes workout tonew level

COLUMBUS (AP) During a class at Yoga onHigh, 13 women spent partof the hour tapping theirinner 5-year-olds rather thantheir spiritual selves.

Like youngsters on aplayground, they squealedin delight while swingingin bright-blue hammocks 3feet off the ground, theirlegs stretched in front ofthem.

Following the lead of stu-dio owner Michele Vinbury,the bakers dozen somemore readily than others launched into a move calledan angel flip.

Although initially reluc-tant, 64-year-old BabaaritahClark dared to give it ago, somersaulting forwardwhile tangled in the stretchyfabric.

Wow, that was wild,said Clark, a Columbus resi-dent.

Like Clark, others, too,are gradually discoveringthe adventure and health

benefits of aerial yoga.The exercise, which

began popping up in NewYork in 2006, is just nowmaking its way to centralOhio. It blends traditionalfloor yoga with aerial arts,minus the intimidation.

Moves that might bemore difficult on the ground,Vinbury said, become man-ageable with the support ofhigh-density nylon ham-mocks.

Its playful, she said.Theyre swinging, andtheyre having fun; but thenthey come up against an

edge. I think people are sur-prised at what they can do.When flipping upside

down, she said, participantsenjoy a release of sorts.

Theres no weight on yourhead, your neck and yourereally able to elongate yourspine. Fluids rush through thevertebrae, and its a really nicefeeling for people.

Aerial yoga can also helpunknot muscles, Vinburysaid, and leave the bodyfeeling more integrated.

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Delphos Optimist Club member Kevin Wieging wel-comed the clubs two newest members, Emily Lee, left,and Tara Krendl. Lee is with Superior Federal CreditUnion and Krendl is the executive director of the DelphosArea Chamber of Commerce. Both members receivedtheir membership kits and pins. (Submitted photo)

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A special New Years EveCelebration with Trinityand friends is planned atTrinity Friends Church inVan Wert.

Welcome the New Yearwith great gospel musicand great fellowship. Doorsopen and music startsat 7 p.m. in the TrinityFriends Family Life Center.Everyone is invited to comeand bring a snack to share.

Trinity will be joined bytwo other artists for the eve-ning, Tom Kennerk from

Indiana and Still Blessedfrom Urbana.

Trinity, the host groupfor the evening, has beensharing Gods message insong since 1982. Throughthe years, Trinity has seenits ministry expand from alocal ministry to a region-ally and nationally tour-ing group with concertsthroughout the Midwest,east coast, Florida, Texasand Southern GospelCruises in various port ofthe Caribbean.

Trinity consists of vocal-ists Gary Adams, CherylBurk and Kim Mason. Thegroup is assisted by Stan

Burk and Mark Hartman,who handle the sound

responsibilities.Trinity is currently mak-

ing plans for their 13thannual southern GospelMusic Expo April 3, 4, 5and 6 at the Trinity FriendsChurch Family Life Centerin Van Wert. This free four-day event features approxi-mately 30 southern Gospelrecording artists fromacross the United States.Join Trinity on April 6 forthe Expo finale featuringthe award-winning BoothBrothers.

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Lady Wildcats shoot down Jetsin Chatt championship game

By JIM METCALFEStaff Writer

jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com

ROCKFORD The Jefferson LadyWildcats stymied Fairlawn 56-35 in the titlecontest of the Rockford Chatt InsuranceHoliday Tournament.

The Wildcats were led by the trio ofsenior Katie Goergens the girls all-tour-nament MVP with 16, junior BrookeCulp with 13 and senior Rileigh Stockwell also named to the all-tourney team 12.

The Lady Jets were paced by AudreyFrancis with 21. The Lady Wildcats (4-6)limited the Lady Jets to 12-of-37 shooting(3-of-12 beyond the arc) for 32.4 percentversus their own 20-of-45 (6-of-22 long

range) for 44.4 percent.Were playing better and better.Offensively, were moving the ball well andnot settling for the first shot; were shootingwithin the offense, Jefferson mentor DaveHoffman began. The last five games, wehave really figured out what we have to doto be effective offensively and its showingin the shooting percentages. Were gettingmore contributions, too, especially from ourbench. They are giving us good minutes andplaying well.

Both teams were looking to push thepace from the start but the Jefferson full-court pressure found that more to its liking,forcing nine turnovers (19 for the game).They shot 5-of-12 and when Culp burieda 3-ball from the left wing at 2:21, theWildcats took the lead for good at 11-8. Culp

added a steal/layup-and-1 at 1:43 before afree toss by Francis who scored eight inthe canto at 2.9 ticks put the scoreboardat 14-9, Delphos.

When Francis hit a basket at 6:45 of thesecond period, the Jets were within 17-13.The rest of the quarter belonged to the Redand White. Goergens scored seven in theperiod (2 bombs) and senior Lindsay Deuelcame off the bench for five as they pulledaway. They forced another four turnoversand also ruled the offensive glass with sixextra chances (11 for the game). When Culpput back an offensive rebound with 37 ticksshowing, the Delphos lead was 32-21.

Fairlawns Abbie Roe who scored 20against Lincolnview in Fridays victory butwas held to six by the Jeffcats scored abasket on the first third-period possessionand Francis dropped a deuce at the 6-minutemark to get the Jets within 32-26. However,that was their last hurrah. Goergens netted athird-chance shot at 5:30 and that fueled a

12-3 span to put the Wildcats up 44-29 on aCulp follow-and-1 at 1:54. Francis droppeda 3-pointer from the right wing at 23 secondsto reduce that deficit to 44-32.

Goergens put the Wildcats up 46-32 ontheir third possession of the fourth periodand then Hoffman had his charges take theirtime and force the Jets out of their zone andinto a man defense. When the Jets needed toheat up, they went 1-of-8, while the Wildcatswere 5-of-8 to salt the game away.

Though Francis did score 21, Hoffmanwas pleased with his teams defense.

Shes a great player. We started out inman to try and keep an eye on her; she hurtus early but we did better as the game woreon, Hoffman added. We also used a 1-3-1and that cut down on her penetration to thebasket; she also couldnt create for anyoneelse. We did not want her to beat us.

Fairlawn ended up 8-of-14 at the line

(57.2%); secured 28 boards (9 offensive) asFrancis had nine; and 16 fouls.

Jefferson concluded with 10-of-17 freethrows (58.8%); with 31 boards as Goergenshad seven and Stockwell and senior JasmineMcDougall had four each; and with 13 foulsand 11 turnovers.

Jefferson visits Edgerton 1 p.m. Saturday.In the first game of the day, Lincolnviews

girls held off the host Lady Panthers 48-45 tosecure the consolation contest.

Guiding the Lady Lancers (4-6) wereall-tourney picks in senior Christine Stemenwith 15 and junior Julia Thatcher (4 steals)13.

Senior Sierra Fent named to the all-tourney team was high scorer for theLady Panthers (3-6) with 14 and classmateCami Hellwarth with 10.

St. Johns hold offHartley in shootout

By LARRY HEIINGDHI Correspondent

news@delphosherald.com

NEW PHILADELPHIA Gas stations around town thisweekend were crowded with fans of Delphos sports filling upfor road trips to watch their teams. Both the Jefferson boysand girls basketball teams participated in the Parkway holidaytournament, its wrestlers went to LCC for their holiday tourna-ment while St. Johns wrestlers traveled to Marion. The onlygame in town was the Lady Jays at home against Spencerville.

Meanwhile, across the state of Ohio, the St. Johns boys

basketball team played their second game in as many days atthe Dover-Phila Holiday Shootout. The trip to Ohios Amishcountry was a successful one as the Jays came home with twowins at the shootout after defeating Columbus Bishop Hartley52-46 Saturday.

Once again, Jays head man Aaron Elwer had to squareoff against a coach with local ties. Friday, the Jays defeatedFremont St. Joseph and St. Johns alum Jonathan Will.

Saturdays opponent was Columbus Bishop Hartley coachedby Randy Kortokrax, son of Kalida coach Dick Kortokrax.Randy has been at the helm at Bishop Hartley for 15 years.

Bishop Hartley, like St. Johns, had a late start to the bas-ketball season after the football team made it all the way to thechampionship game, finishing runner-up to Coldwater.

We lost three of our big players to severe football injuries,he said. We have no experienced big guy inside.

Hartley 6-3 junior Jair Wheelright made the first twopoints of the game at the foul line after being fouled follow-ing the opening tip. Andy Grothouse scored his first two of

a game-high 15 to even the score. The weather outside thegym was unseasonable with 50-degree temperature and sunnyskies. Inside the Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School,the rainbows began to appear in the form of 3-point shots.Both teams had a total of 15 treys for the contest and it startedwith Hartleys Drew Onega draining a triple from the corner.Grothouse answered with a triple from the top of the key. Itwas back and forth the rest of the quarter, ending with St.Johns Ryan Koester and Jalen Austin of Hartley trading rain-bows to knot the game at 13.

St. Johns then scored 10 unanswered points continuinginto the second quarter, starting with a pull-up jumper fromGrothouse and ending when Clark Eric found Grothouse insidefor the easy basket and a 10-point lead, 23-13. Onegas drivinglayup and Austins three the Blue Jay lead to five. Later on, ona fake and duck-under, Blue Jay junior Evan Hays banked onein in the paint to make the score 29-23 at the half, Blue Jays.

Grothouse led the first half scoring with nine.As been the case for the Jays in their last three games, they

came out with intense defensive pressure after coach Elwershalftime talk but Hartley also had the same idea. A Moxleyputback-and-1 got them within 31-28, forcing Elwer to calltimeout with 3:21 left in the third. Koester drilled a 3-pointerand Grothouse a free throw but a bucket by Wheelwright and a3 by Adam Rose made it a 2-point St. Johns cushion 35-33 to end the third quarter.

St. Johns Ryan Koester drives by Chris Moxley ofColumbus Bishop Hartley at the Dover-Phila HolidayShootout Saturday. (Delphos Herald/Larry Heiing)

Jefferson senior Rileigh Stockwell powers inside a Fairlawn defenderSaturday night in the girls Chatt Insurance Holiday Tournament title game.(Delphos Herald/Pat Agler)

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Associated Press

CHICAGO Aaron Rodgers fired a48-yard touchdown pass to Randall Cobb inthe final minute and the Green BayPackers beat the Chicago Bears33-28 to capture the NFC Northchampionship.

Back after missing seven gameswith a broken left collarbone,Rodgers found a wide open Cobbon fourth-and-8 at the 48 to wipe

out a 1-point deficit with 38 sec-onds left.

Green Bay will host San Francisco in theplayoffs next weekend.

The Bears had one final drive but JayCutlers deep pass to Alshon Jeffery wasintercepted by Sam Shields on the final play.

That gave the Packers (8-7-1) their third

straight division title and fifth postseasonappearance in a row. It also kept the Bears(8-8) out of the playoffs for the sixth time inseven years.

BRONCOS 34, RAIDERS 14OAKLAND, Calif. Peyton

Manning set the NFL single-seasonrecord for yards passing and threwfour first-half touchdown passes tohelp the Denver Broncos clinch thetop seed in the AFC playoffs with awin over the Oakland Raiders.

Manning needed just one half toadd the yards record to the touch-

down mark he set last week and assure thatthe Broncos (13-3) wont have to leave homeagain until the Super Bowl if they make itthat far. He threw touchdown passes to EricDecker and Knowshon Moreno in the firstquarter and added two to Demaryius Thomas

in the second quarter. He broke Drew Breesrecord of 5,476 yards set in 2011 with a5-yard pass to Thomas with 13 seconds left inthe half to make it 31-0.

That ended Mannings day having com-pleted 25-of-28 passes for 266 yards. Hefinished the season with 5,477 yards and 55touchdown passes.

The Raiders (4-12) ended their 11thstraight non-winning season with six straightlosses and big questions about the future ofsecond-year coach Dennis Allen.

SAINTS 42, BUCCANEERS 17NEW ORLEANS Drew Brees passed

for four touchdowns and ran for another scoreand New Orleans clinched a wild-card spotwith a victory over Tampa Bay.

Ravens eliminated by 34-17 loss to BengalsBy JOE KAY

Associated Press

CINCINNATI Too manyfield goals. Not enough wins.And for the first time in sixyears, no place in the playoffs.

The Ravens arent used toany of this.The defending Super Bowl

champions were eliminated onSunday with a 34-17 loss tothe Cincinnati Bengals, whotook away their AFC Northtitle and pulledaway at the endof a game thatBaltimore need-ed to win.

I n s t e a d ,as the clos-ing minutesticked down,the Ravens (8-8) started gettingready mentally for an unusuallylong offseason.

Not going to the playoffshurts, running back Ray Ricesaid. Im not used to havingthis kind of time on my hands.

None of them are.The Ravens lost their last

two games, denying them achance to make the playoffsfor a sixth straight season. Theycouldnt avoid the Super Bowlslump thats so common.

The Ravens became the15th Super Bowl champ thatfailed to reach the playoffs thefollowing season, the sixth inthe last 12 years. Their run-

ning game fell apart, the offensehad to settle for field goals andthe defense missed Ray Lewisinspiration in the big moments.

Thats it, coach JohnHarbaugh said. That ends it.That stings.

Theyll have a lot of thingsto pick over, starting with theirrecord number of field goals.

All too often this season,the Ravens settled for fieldgoals when they got close tothe goal line. They did it again

on Sunday, manag-ing only three fieldgoals off three ofAndy Daltons fourinterceptions.

Justin Tucker wasgood from 38, 22and 34 yards, givinghim a club record of

38 field goals. The Ravens wereamong the worst in the NFL atgetting touchdowns from inside

the 20-yard line.Its been kind of the storyof our season, getting the ballin position and not being ableto do it, said Joe Flacco, whothrew three interceptions.

Dalton threw for two touch-downs and ran for another asCincinnati (11-5) took advan-tage of the Ravens inabilityto get more points out of hisfour turnovers. The AFC Northchampions are 8-0 at home.

In Cincinnati, theres onlyone thing in mind: win a playoffgame for the first time since

the 1990 season. The Bengalslost opening-round games inHouston each of the last twoseasons, leaving them tied forthe seventh-longest stretch ofplayoff futility in NFL history.

This time, theyll be playing

at home, where theyve scored49, 41, 42, 42 and 34 points intheir last five games.

Most of the focus will beon Dalton, who had two horridgames in the playoffs. He puttogether one of the best sea-sons by a Bengals quarterback,breaking Carson Palmers clubrecords for touchdown passesand yards passing on Sunday.

Dalton threw interceptionson Cincinnatis first two posses-sions, then regrouped. He threwa 53-yard pass to A.J. Green,who got behind a defense thatwent for a fake handoff. MarvinJones made a one-hand, div-ing catch in the end zone for a

16-yard score just before half-time.Daltons 33rd TD pass sur-

passed Palmers club recordfrom 2005. He finished 21-of-36 for 281 yards, breakingPalmers club record for yardspassing in a season with 4,296.

The Ravens took advantageof Shawn Powells 10-yardshanked punt and evenedit 17-all in the third quarter.Flacco threw an 8-yard touch-down pass to Marlon Brownand Rice ran for the 2-pointconversion.

Browns drop finale 20-7, fire coach Chudzinski

By WILL GRAVESAssociated Press

PITTSBURGH Cleveland Brownscoach Rob Chudzinski lasted one season inhis dream job.

Chudzinski was fired Sunday night, hoursafter a 20-7 loss to the archrival Steelers.The Browns didnt exactly provide a ringingendorsement in a lifeless finale at the end ofanother lost season.

Clevelands feeble defeat tosurging Pittsburgh on Sundaydid little to quell speculationChudzinski could be on his wayout. He was.

The Browns (4-12) lost sevenstraight to end the year and 10 outof 11 after a 3-2 start. Not exactly the kindof forward momentum new owner JimmyHaslam was hoping to build.

Still, Chudzinskis players did somethingafter the game they failed to do during it: rallyaround their coach.

Its just absurd to me that a report wouldbe out like that, about a good coach like that,Browns linebacker DQwell Jackson saidlong before the move was made. Its crazyand that (ticked) me off when I heard that.

Perhaps but Cleveland didnt exactly playangry. The Steelers (8-8) scored on theiropening possession and were never reallythreatened while keeping their postseasonhopes alive for a few more hours. Pittsburghshopes of becoming the second team in NFLhistory to make the playoffs after an 0-4 start

ended when San Diego beat Kansas City27-24 in overtime on Sunday evening.

We started 0-4 and things werent look-ing so good and we had one of the worstrecords in football, Steelers quarterback BenRoethlisberger said. Guys continued to fightand never quit.

The Browns might not be able to saythe same after a team littered with five ProBowlers three more than Pittsburgh lost

12 games for the seventh time sincethe franchise was revived in 1999.

You cant put your finger onone thing that happened, Brownssafety T.J. Ward said. There werea bunch of things, a number ofthings that happened. I cant putmy hand on them all right now but

it definitely wasnt just one thing.It was more like everything. Seven of

Clevelands last 10 losses were by a touch-

down or more, most of them in games thatsimply got away from the Browns in the sec-ond half. A quarterback situation that neverreally appeared settled didnt help and neitherdid a defense that sagged at the absolute worsttime.

Sometimes, there are rough years,Cleveland quarterback Jason Campbell said.This year was a different rough year becausethere was still a lot of progress. We were inevery game but we didnt get the results wewanted.

The Browns never do against the Steelers,who own a 26-5 advantage over Clevelandsince 1999.

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Koester opened the final stanza with a big 3-point shot.After Hartley made two free throws, Grothouse scored back-to-back buckets on pull-up jumpers and Conley got a run-out for a 44-35 lead. Onega connected for three and coachKortokrax called timeout with 3:40 left. After a Wheelwrightlayin, Grothouseand Moxley traded singles for a 45-41 scorewith 50 ticks left. Hays calmly sank two free throws and Clarkput the game away by converting both ends of the 1-and-1 fora 6-point lead with 24 seconds left. On Moxleys fifth foul,

Conley was 1-of-2 on his first free throws of the season, fol-lowed by two more freebies by Hays. Onega made the finaltrey at the buzzer.

Grothouse lead the Jays with 15 points and Ryan Koesterwas also in double digits at 11. Columbus Bishop Hartley suf-fered its first loss of the season and were lead by Moxleys 11.

St. Johns will take a record of 4-1 to begin league play athome against Coldwater on Friday.

Columbus Bishop Hartley (46)Jacob Mercier 1-0-3, Evan Feeney 2-0-4, Cameron Ball

1-0-3, Jair Wheelwright 3-2-8, Drew Onega 3-0-8, ChrisMoxley 2-6-11, Adam Rose 1-0-3, Jalen Austin 2-0-6. Totals15-8/11-46.

St.Johns (52)Andy Grothouse 6-2-15, Evan Hays 1-4-6, Eric Clark 2-2-

7, Aaron Hellman 1-0-3, Austin Heiing 0-0-0, Ryan Koester4-1-11, Alex Odenweller 1-0-3, Jake Csukker 0-0-0, TylerConley 2-3-7. Totals 17-11/15-52.

Score by Quarters:Hartley 13-10-10-13 46St. Johns 18-11-6-17 52Three-point goals: Bishop Hartley, Onega 2, Austin 2,

Mercier, Ball, Moxley, Rose; St. Johns, Koester 3, Grothouse,Clark, Hellman, Odenweller.

Rebounds: Bishop Hartley 21, St. Johns 19.

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We had a better effort overalltoday than Friday. I am proud that thegirls responded, Lancer coach DanWilliamson said. Fent was a load for usbut for the most part, we contained her;that was the first goal for our defense.Secondly, we had to contain their guardspenetrating to the basket and we basicallydid that. It came down to effort.

Parkway led 35-30 to commence thefourth but the Lancers defense mix-ing between man and 2-3 zone beganto bother the Panthers, forcing sevenmiscues (21 overall). That helped themchip away at the deficit and they tiedit at 40 on a 3-ball by junior JuliaThatcher (all-tourney team) from left ofthe key at 2:51. Another trifecta, this one

by senior Christine Stemen (all-tourneyteam) from the right corner at 2:10, gavethem the lead for good. After Stemen hit1-of-2 at the line at 1:12, senior CamiHellwarth buried a left-wing bomb at40 seconds, it was 44-43, Lincolnview.Thatcher drained a pair of tosses at36.3 ticks but Hellwarth put back herown miss at 19 seconds, with Hughescalling her final timeout with 18.3 ticksshowing, to get within 46-45. Thatcherwas again fouled at 16.4 and calmlydrained both freebies for a 3-point lead.Hellwarths three with time runningdown was off the mark and freshmanKatlyn Wendel collected the carom forthe Lancers as time expired.

Thatcher exploded for 12 points inthe finale.

Julia is our go-to player when weneed a big basket or a key play. She hitthe free throws to keep us ahead andcame up big in the fourth, Williamsonadded. What was nice today was wehad contributions fro everybody in one

fashion or another. It may not always goin the scorebook but without those littlethings, we dont win.

Parkway made a concerted effort toget the ball inside to Fent and junior TerraWalls from the word go and had mixedsuccess. Lincolnviews man and zonedefenses also had varying success deny-ing them the ball but they got hurt on thedefensive glass; Parkway grabbed fiveoffensive boards in the first period (14for the game). Both teams struggled fromthe field Lincolnview 2-of-10 andParkway 4-of-14 so when Thatcherhit 1-of-2 singles at 1:34, the score stood8-8.

The offenses picked up some in thesecond stanza but not a whole lot. ThePanthers held the lead for a while upto three points twice, the latter with five

minutes left in the period before theBlue and Gold outscored them 6-0 therest of the span, capped by a 10-footbaseline jumper by Stemen with 30 ticksshowing, for a 20-17 edge.

Parkway coach Lynn Hughes re-emphasized getting the ball to Fent in thethird period and her troops responded;she scored 10 of the teams 18 as theBlack and Gold led 35-30 on her layupoff a Ashlynn Henderson (3 assists) lobat 17 seconds.

Lincolnview canned 17-of-40 shots,5-of-10 downtown, for 42.5 percentand 9-of-15 charity throws (60%). Theynabbed 21 boards (5 offensive) as juniorHannah McCleery (5 assists) had five andfinished with 14 errors and 10 fouls. Theyplay Kalida Jan. 7.

Parkway downed 20-of-49 shots(3-of-9 triples) for 40.8 percent and2-of-5 at the line (40%). They procured36 caroms as Fent had nine and fresh-man Sarah Gehron (3 steals) five. JuniorKayle Heckler added three assist. They

totaled 18 fouls and will play at VersaillesThursday.

FAIRLAWN (35)Brittany Hughes 0-0-0, Kelsey Oates

1-0-3, Abbie Roe 2-2-6, Olivia Tyler0-0-0, Audrey Francis 7-5-21, AllisonWatkins 0-0-0, Cheyenne Driskell 1-0-2, Mollie Roe 0-0-0, Madison Guinther0-0-0, Kaitlynn Morrison 0-0-0, MeganDudgeon 0-0-0. Totals 9-3-8/14-35.

JEFFERSON (56)Heather Pohlman 0-0-0, Brooke Culp

5-2-13, Lindsay Deuel 2-0-5, KatieGoergens 6-1-16, Rileigh Stockwell 3-6-12, Gabby Pimpas 2-0-5, Shelby Koenig0-0-0, Jasmine McDougall 1-1-3. ToriBlack 1-0-2, Jessica Pimpas 0-0-0. Totals14-6-10/17-56.

Score by Quarters:Fairlawn 9 13 10 3 - 35

Jefferson 14 18 12 12 - 56Three-point goals: Fairlawn Francis

2, Oates; Jefferson, Goergens 3, Culp,Deuel, G. Pimpas.

LINCOLNVIEW (48)Ashton Bowersock 2-0-4, Claire

Clay 2-0-4, Katlyn Wendel 2-2-6, KatieMcClure 0-0-0, Julia Thatcher 3-5-13, Hannah McCleery 3-0-6, ChristineStemen 5-2-15, Grace Gorman 0-0-0.Totals 12-5-9/15-48.

PARKWAY (45)Cami Hellwarth 4-1-10, Sarah Gehron

4-0-9, Zoey Pond 0-0-0, Tori Rutledge0-0-0, Kayle Heckler 2-0-5, LydiaHeindel 0-1-1, Ashlynn Henderson 0-0-0, Terra Walls 3-0-6, Sierra Fent 7-0-14.Totals 17-3-2/5-40.

Score by Quarters:Lincolnview 8 12 10 18 - 48Parkway 8 9 18 10 - 45Three-point goals: Lincolnview,

Stemen 3, Thatcher 2; Parkway,Hellwarth, Gehron, Heckler.

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Delphos totaled 17-of-20 free throws (85%); 33 rebounds (9offensive) as Smith and sophomore Dalton Hicks had eight each;and 13 fouls. Jefferson is off until Jan. 10.

Finneytown ended up with the following: 6-of-12 singles(50%); 26 rebounds (11 offensive) as Brad Steimle and MikelSims seven each; five errors; and 18 fouls. Brad Steimle addedfour assists.

In the consolation game, the host Panthers took third with a55-26 dismantling of Fairlawn.

Matt Heindel was tops for the victors with 24 and Brant Barnaadded 18.

Brad Caudill was top scorer for the Jets with 10.The Panthers (4-4) and their sticky matchup 1-2-2 zone gave

the Jets fits all game long: seemingly, arms and hands were every-where; every pass was either stolen, deflected or off target; and theJets got few clean looks. That is one reason they shot a miserable8-of-35 (2-of-16 beyond the arc) for 22.9 percent and turned itover 23 times (8 for the Panthers).

A 1-of-6 effort in the first period was typical, combined withsix miscues. Their only basket was a mid-lane pull-up by NathanLessing at 2:32. Meantime, Parkway made a concentrated effortto get the ball to their mismatch inside: the 6-5 Barna. He scoredsix points and when Heindel dropped a pair from the line at 27.8seconds, Parkway led 10-2.

Things got a bit better for the Jets in the second period asCaudill hit a pair of three and they shot 3-of-9. Barna was held tothree points but got more help, with four others getting into thescorebook. When 6-5 Dakota Schaffner hit 1-of-2 foul shots at2:11, Parkway led 21-11.

Fairlawn continued in the offensive doldrums in the third,shooting 3-of-12. On the other end, the Panthers got hot in nailing7-of-10 (24-of-46 total, 1-of-7 rainbows, for 52.2%), led by 11from Heindel. Their biggest margin of the period was 34-16 on aBarna layin off a great set at 1:17 before a Barna layup off an AustinDennison (4 assists) lob at the horn accounted for a 36-20 spread.

Fairlawn went the first 5:09 of the fourth without a score,allowing Parkway to take total command with a 46-20 lead.

Heindel scored nine and Barna five in the fourth as they took thebiggest lead at the