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ity. Now I had something veryimportant to doto care foranother human being. Up untilthat time, the only thing I had todo was survive and do my duty.And thats when I learned therst lesson was that we makethe choices. The Vietnamesecould take every freedom that

we enjoyed, but they could nottake away our freedom to choosehow we were going to react.itis a terribly liberating idea.

The soldiers passed the daysin their cells, warned not to tryto communicate with each other.Halyburton told of the tappingsystem they developed to breakthrough that isolation, calling itthe prisoners lifeblood. Weused it not just for military pur-poses, but to build a commu-nity, a family. We tapped to eachother, trying to gure out the bestway to deal with our situation.We swapped information aboutour families, and we tried to tella joke every day to keep our

morale up. We also torturedeach other by talking aboutfood. We ate our prison mealsin the dark, not knowing whathad touched it rst, or what wascrawling on it, so the talk aboutfood was especially important.Thinking about wonderful mealsgave us something creative to dowhile we lay in the dark.

The Vietnamese intensiedtheir punishment for those whobroke the rules about commu-nicating, torturing offenders fortwo weeks and two days, fol-lowed by handcuffs behind theback, legs in leg irons in a foxhole with a cover on it, for 60days. Halyburton said now that

he learned the value of commu-nication as well as the importanceof having a sense of humor. Oursituation was so grim sometimesthat we had to laugh at it. Thelaughter helped us through thevery bad times.

The prisoners witnessedexamples of leadership andcharacter as some risked theirlives to get food and minimalmedical care to their colleagues.They encouraged each other tobe physically active, and workedtogether (via the tapping sys-tem) to teach other academicsubjects. Halyburton himselflearned enough German to passa rst level placement test when

he applied to graduate schoolafter his release, noting, It wasimportant for us to be as physi-cally, emotionally, academically,and spiritually active as pos-sible.

The most valuable lessonHalyburton cited was the needfor forgiveness. He told of theprisoners last few days in pris-on, as they waited to be released.He said that most of the pris-oners were talking about howthey would spend their rst fewdays of freedom, and he wasntsurprised to hear them talk aboutseeing family, having hot show-ers, enjoying home cooked food.But he heard a couple of prison-

ers talk about how they could getrevenge on the Vietnamese. Hecouldnt believe that they wereallowing the hatred they felt todictate how they would live therest of their lives.

He said, I decided then thatthis experience had dictatedenough of my life, and that itwould have no effect on myfuture. When I walked throughthe gate toward the bus, I turnedto the prison building and said, Iforgive you. I left my anger andhatred at the gate. He added,Forgiveness is a wonderfulthing, and hate is a poison thatonly hurts the hater.

Halyburton closed his talk by

reading a poem he had writtenwhile in captivity, and then toldus of how the prisoners wouldsay good night to each other. Wedid it every night. We tapped outthe letters GBU that stood forGod bless you, he explained.Then he tapped out the messageon the podium, using the systemhe and his fellow prisoners hadused so many years ago. Godbless you all, he told the audi-ence, and thank you.

I wished my son and his col-leagues in Afghanistan couldhear that message. I hopedsomebody there was remindingthem of the big men (like PorterHalyburton) who had fought in

the U.S. Armed Forces beforethem and set such a good exam-ple of courage and leadership.

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Vietnam(Continued from Page 1)

of the golf ball. She has gooddistance and accuracy, and isconsistent.

Brooke says that the big-gest difference between highschool and college golf is thatthe courses they play are alot longer. I had to usemy fairway woods and long

irons a lot more instead ofmy short irons and wedges,she said. She feels like shecan improve her performanceby getting better at her shortgame as well as improvingher iron play.

Another challenge she saysis to play a sport and keep upwith the demands of collegeacademic work. She spendsa lot of time practicing duringthe week and playing eventson the weekends. She studiesconstantly in between and shenotes that her classes are chal-lenging and a lot of work.

She says she has beensupported by Lourdes small

college environment. Ivereally enjoyed my time atLourdes so far, she says.Everyone is positive andhelpful, and they treat youwell.

While living and going toschool in Sylvania, the JamieFarr LPGA golf tournament

has been a big inuence onBrooke.

Ive always followed theJamie Farr closely and wasable to play in the Mondayhigh school pro- ams, shesaid. Ive been able to meeta lot of the LPGA pros, talk tothem about their golf experi-ences and life on the LPGA.

She says she likes watch-ing former Farr winner PaulaCreamer because shes a verydetermined and confdentplayer. My favorite playeris Christina Kim, she notes.She is a very demonstrativeand funny person. Shes anexample of someone who has

fun when she plays.The Lourdes golf team will

begin an off-season strengthand conditioning programwhich Coach Simon saysshould help Brooke developmore upper body strength thatwill help her increase distanceon her shots. Combined withher desire and work ethic, I

expect that her golf game willonly improve as she maturesand grows stronger, he says.

People in Sylvania can beproud that Lourdes College iscounting on a hometown girlto be a foundation for theirgrowing athletics program foryears to come.

Lourdes(Continued from Page 1)

Brooke is off to a strong start at Lourdes, ensuring thecolleges new golf team has an anchor around whom tobuild their rst golf team.

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001Legals

NOTICE OFCommittee MeetingsSylvania City CouncilFinance Committee

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The Finance Committee willmeet on Monday, November 15,2010 at 4:00 p.m. in CouncilChambers, located in the Sylva-nia Municipal Building, 6635 Ma-plewood Avenue, Sylvania, Ohio43560, to consider amendmentsto the Community ReinvestmentArea, review the 2011 operatingbudget, and any other businessthe Committee members vote todiscuss.

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NOTICE OF Ordinance LevyingAssessments

On October 18, 2010, the Coun-cil of the City of Sylvania adoptedOrdinance No. 94-2010, levyingspecial assessments for the im-provement of the Olde PostBridge over Ten Mile Creekwithin Sleepy Hollow Plats 1, 2,and 3 by removing and replacingthe bridge and timber structurecover over Ten Mile Creek. TheOrdinance provides that the as-sessments against each lot andparcel of land assessed, may be

paid in cash within thirty (30)days from the notice of final as-sessment to each propertyowner. If not paid in cash withinsuch period, the amount shall becertified to the Lucas CountyAuditor for collection in ten (10)annual installments. The assess-ments levied by the Ordinanceare filed in the Office of the Clerkof Council of the City of Sylvania,for inspection and examinationby interested persons.By order of the Council of theCity of Sylvania, Ohio

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On Sunday, Nov. 7, themembers of St. StephenLutheran church dedicatedshoe boxes for OperationChristmas Child. With con-tributions from our friends atSt. Joseph Catholic Churchand co-workers and friends ofmembers, we lled and col-lected over 180 shoeboxes.The shoeboxes will be dis-tributed to children around theworld who suffer from naturaldisasters, war, and poverty. Itis our privilege, as membersof the world Body of Christ,to share Gods love with the

children. The attached pic-ture shows some of the St.Stephen Sunday school mem-bers who were packaging theboxes for shipment.

Over 180 shoeboxeswere filled and dedi-cated by members of St.Stephen Lutheran churchfor Operation ChristmasChild.

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By J. Patrick EakenHerald Writer

Northview senior AbbeyStrick and Southview juniorJulia Mouch are All-NorthernLakes League rst team volley-ball selections this year.

The Cougars, 14-6 overalland 9-5 in the NLL, nishedthird in the NLL, while the Lady

Kats nished 3-18 overall and1-11 in the league.

Southview had two selec-tions to the All-NLL sec-ond team juniors DanielleBirney and Kelsey Blankerts. Northview senior Ellen Drabekand Southview senior AnriaMierzwiak are honorable men-tion choices.

Bowling Green (16-5) wonthe NLL with a 13-1 record, fol-lowed by Anthony Wayne (14-7, 11-3), Southview, Perrysburg(9-12, 7-7), Springeld (10-12,6-8), Rossford (11-11, 5-9),Maumee (6-15, 3-11), andNorthview.

At Central CatholicsSullivan Center, Northview lost

its Division I sectional openerto Notre Dame Academy 25-18,25-14, 25-12.

At Perrysburg, Southviewopened the tournament bydefeating Bowsher 27-25, 22-25,25-18, 25-14 to in a sectionalchampionship, and then lost toeventual Division I state cham-pion St. Ursula Academy in thedistrict seminal 25-16, 25-15,25-20.

After defeating Southview,SUA went on to defeat Centralin the district nal 25-16, 25-15,25-20 and Amherst Steele (24-1) and Rocky River Magnicat(17-9) in the regional tourna-ment held at Norwalk. Both SUAregional wins were in straightgames.

In its seventh trip to theOHSAA state volleyball tourna-ment since 2000, second-rankedSt. Ursula claimed its secondstate title, winning the DivisionI state championship, 3-1 (15-25,25-23, 26-24, 25-18) over third-ranked Dublin Coffman Saturdayat Wright State UniversitysErvin. J. Nutter Center.

St. Ursula (28-1) also won itall in 2004, while Coffman (27-2) takes home the runner-up tro- phy for the second-consecutiveyear.

Coffman had a fast start, win-ning the rst set by 10 points behind 20 kills and only twoattack errors. But St. Ursulatook control soon thereafter andwon the pivotal third set, whichincluded 13 ties or lead changes.

Four St. Ursula players had10 or more kills, including juniorErin Williams with 15, seniorMaggie Burnham with 12, soph-omore Maddie Burnham with 10and junior Cassidy Croci with10. Senior Veronica Zimmermancollected 37 assists and six aces.

In the state seminal, SUAdefeated Brecskville-BroadviewHeights (22-8) in straight games25-20, 25-13, 25-13.

Volleyball wrap-up

The Sylvania United Boys U12 team were the Championsof the NWOYSL Boys U12 Division 2. They were also thefnalists at the Northwest Ohio Festival Tournament held inOctober.

Sylvania United Boys U12

Coaches Magdy Abouzied, Matt Sowers and Jim Allen.Front Row: Michael Allen, Nathan Gullette, NathanPodolsky, Lucas Dunlap, Matthew Rothschild, BrandonPowell and Andrew Devaney. Back Row: Will Sowers,Amir Abouzied, Chase Villarreal, Colby Apel, TommyHurley, Carter Pavain and Noah Pyle.