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St. Johns High School will hold parent/ teacher conferences at the following times: 5:30-9 p.m. Nov. 7 and 8 a.m. to noon and 1-3 p.m. Nov. 8. Students will not have classes on Nov. 8 and 9. Parents are encouraged to attend. Call the office at 419-692-5371, ext. 1146, to schedule a time.

Levy to save arts programs, fullday kindergarten

BY STACY TAFF [email protected] ELIDA When Elida voters head to the polls this November, theyll be asked to vote on an item that hasnt been on the ballot since 2005: a new school levy. Elida is asking for a 5-year, .75-percent earned income tax to generate funds that will allow the district to maintain current operations and avoid devastating cuts. The district lost $1.6 million in funding in the latest state budget and must also contend with tax delinquencies and foreclosures, unfunded mandates and vouchers, losses in income from inflationary growth, interest and inventory tax. With inventory tax, we dropped $1.5 million to $250,000, so we lost $1.2 million there, Treasurer Joel Parker said. Thats good for businesses but not for schools who used to receive that money. Weve been lean for a long time but now its really starting to pinch. Were now at the bottom of the barrel with what we spend per pupil per year but we still manage to get a lot done with that money. We just hope to continue great programs, or whats left of them. The decision to ask for an earned income tax instead of the traditional income tax is one the district hopes will be

Elida Schools seeking new money

We know the taxpayers are hurting. Weve heard from senior citizens asking us not to tax their pensions. Weve found an option that doesnt tax income from interest, retirement pensions or Social Security, disability or capital gains. If youre getting your hours cut at work or your spouse loses their job, the tax reduces or goes away.
Joel Parker, Elida Schools treasurer easiest on the taxpayers. We know the taxpayers are hurting. Weve heard from senior citizens asking us not to tax their pensions, Parker said. Weve found an option that doesnt tax income from interest, retirement pensions or Social Security, disability or capital gains. If youre getting your hours cut at work or your spouse loses their job, the tax reduces or goes away. See LEVY, page 10

Boy Scouts to sell popcorn

Cub Scout Pack 42 will sell Pecatonica River Popcorn from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the main office of Superior Federal Credit Union at 4230 Elida Road. Varieties include popping corn, caramel corn, chocolate popcorn and butter and butter light microwave popcorn. They will also be selling 24 packs of AA batteries.

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DYH sign-ups proceeding The DYH Saturday Morning Basketball Program sign-ups are continuing for the 2012-13 season. Forms may be picked up at and returned to the offices at Jefferson Middle School and Franklin and Landeck elementaries during normal office hours. Player evaluations will be held Monday and Tuesday in the middle school gym: Grades 2-3, 5:30-6:15 p.m.; Grades 4-6, 6:15-7 p.m. Contact Ed Smith (419-236-4754) for more information. As well, Jefferson boys basketball coach Marc Smith and staff have announced they will hold the preseason meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the middle school. All players in grades 7-12 and a parent or guardian are expected to attend this Ohio High School Athletic Associationrequired meeting. Franklin Elementary kindergarten teacher Jon Kroeger and Trooper J.J. McCain assist a kindergartner out the emergency exit on a school bus as part of Bus Safety Week activities.
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Kindergartners focus on bus safety

BY STEPHANIE GROVES [email protected] DELPHOS Kindergartners at Franklin Elementary School are participating in National School Bus Safety Week. Van Wert County Highway Patrol Trooper J.J. McClain led the program with a video presentation aimed at teaching the students bus safety practices. Motor vehicle inspectors Tina Eley and Al Joseph, along with Trooper McClain and teachers, participated in a hands-on training with students demonstrating proper distances when waiting for and walking in front of a bus. In addition, emergency safe-

ty exits were explained and the students were coached through an emergency exit drill. National School Bus Safety Week runs through Friday. There are approximately 474,000 school buses transporting around 25 million See BUS, page 10

Romney erases Obama advantage among women

By NANCY BENAC and JENNIFER AGIESTA The Associated Press

Landeck celebrates Red Ribbon Week

WASHINGTON What gender TCWA holding sign-ups gap? The Delphos Tri-County Less than two weeks out from Wrestling Association will Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney host its sign-ups/questionhas erased President Barack Obamas and-answer session for those 16-point advantage among women, a wrestlers age 6-12 starting new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. 6 p.m. Wednesday at the And the president, in turn, has largely Delphos Eagles Aerie on eliminated Romneys edge among men. East Fifth Street in Delphos. Those churning gender dynamics leave the presidential race still a virtual dead heat, with Romney favored by 47 Index percent of likely voters and Obama by 45 Obituaries 2 percent, a result within the polls margin State/Local 3 of sampling error, the survey shows. Politics 4 After a commanding first debate Community 5 performance and a generally good Sports 6-7 month, Romney has gained ground with Farm 7 Americans on a number of important Classifieds 8 fronts, including their confidence in how TV 9 he would handle the economy and their World News 10 impressions of his ability to understand their problems. At the same time, expectations that See RACE, page 10

Landeck Elementary School is celebrating Red Ribbon Week this week. Students wore pajamas to school on Wednesday for Dream of a Drug Free Future. Joshua Ringwald, left, Melanie Mueller, Curtis Mueller, Emma Klausing and Hannah Wiltsie show off their pajamas. Today, Too Smart To Start bookmarks will be passed out. Students will use them in new books they pick out in the library today. Friday is Say BOO to drugs! Day. The Parents Club will provide a Halloween party during the afternoon.

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Sioux Falls braces for crowds at McGovern services

By KRISTI EATON The Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. South Dakotas largest city is welcoming political figures, family and friends in town to mark the life and career of former Democratic U.S. senator and three-time presidential candidate George McGovern, a legend in states political history who died Sunday at age 90. Hundreds of people are expected to gather today for a public viewing and prayer service at First United Methodist Church. Among the confirmed guests is Vice President Joe Biden, who served alongside McGovern in the Senate in the 1970s and early 80s. I was honored to serve with him, to know him and to call him a friend. ... Above all, George McGovern was a generous, kind, honorable man, Biden said Sunday in an emailed statement after McGoverns death. The two days of remembrance for the staunch liberal will include some of South Dakotas highest ranking officials from both sides of the political spectrum. Sen. John Thune, Rep. Kristi Noem and South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, all Republicans, have confirmed they plan to attend. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., is scheduled to speak at the 6:30 p.m. prayer service this evening. It isnt yet clear who will speak Friday at the funeral inside the Mary Sommervold Hall, which seats 1,800 people. McGovern family spokesman Steve Hildebrand said the family will not announce who is attending. Its possible that former President Bill Clinton and former Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bob Dole could attend. Clinton and his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, met McGovern while campaigning for him in 1972 and remained friends. Bill Clinton later appointed McGovern as ambassador to the United Nations food and agriculture agency and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the countrys highest civilian honor. McGovern later was appointed to be the first UN Global Ambassador on World Hunger. Dole and McGovern co-founded the Food for Education program for children in poverty-stricken countries. McGovern, who railed against the Vietnam War as a senator and later lost his 1972 presidential bid to Republican Richard M. Nixon in a historic landslide, is to be buried at a later date at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Sioux Falls business managers are

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preparing for an influx of customers, though they dont know just how many. Tiffany Semmler, a manager at Minervas Restaurant, a few blocks from the site of the funeral, is bracing for a busy Friday. You never know if people are coming from out of town and going directly to the funeral, we might not get an excessively busy lunch. If they decide to go directly home after the funeral, we wont get a big push after the funeral, she said, noting that the restaurant is planning to schedule an additional server and cook. If everyone stays in town and isnt going back to work on Friday, we could get hit really hard, she said. At least one hotel is offering a discount for those attending the funeral of McGovern, who was born in Avon and grew up in Mitchell. The executive director of the Sioux Falls Regional Airport bets most out-oftowners will be driving. Pheasant hunting season opened last weekend, said Dan Letellier, and the airports 23 daily flights today and Friday are already booked. Any national figure or business leaders from other parts of the country may very well end up chartering flights or corporate jets, he said.

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Counseling ordered in voyeurism case

HAMILTON (AP) A southern Ohio man will spend six months in a lock-down counseling program after admitting that he took secret cellphone photos of women at a tanning salon. Twenty-year-old Zachary Thomas had pleaded guilty to 14 misdemeanor voyeurism charges, and a jury convicted him of exchanging nude photos via text with a 17-year-old girl. The Hamilton JournalNews reports that Butler County Judge Craig Hedric sentenced Thomas to more than a year behind bars Wednesday but suspended the sentences. Hell go to counseling instead. Police said a woman in a tanning booth noticed a cellphone over the top of the wall and confronted Thomas, who was a salon customer. Police said they found images of other women on Thomas cellphone. Thomas also will have to register as a sex offender.

At 4:51 p.m. on Tuesday, Delphos Police were called to the 200 block of West Clime Street in reference to a burglary complaint at a residence in that area. Upon officers arrival, the victim stated someone had gained entry into the residence through a window and had taken some prescription medications from inside.

Object thrown through house window

At 4:38 a.m. on Monday, Delphos Police were called to the 400 block of Suthoff Street in reference to a criminal damaging complaint at a residence in that area. Upon officers arrival, the victim stated someone had thrown an object through a window of the residence causing damage.

The Delphos Rotary had the pleasure of hosting approximately 150 high school seniors for the 15th annual Delphos Historical Walking Tour and Scavenger Hunt. It was our 1st year with heavy rain and the need for our ponchos for the walkers. The Rotary Walking Tour could not have taken place without additional help from the Delphos community. The schools Jefferson, Vantage and St. Johns made it possible. The Delphos Canal Commission supplied the historical information and made their museum available for the seniors to tour, as did the Delphos Postal Museum. Community residents and teachers who served as historical tour guides were: Lou Hohman, Doris Dickman, Bob Ebbeskotte, Dan Jones, Judy Fisher, Charles Rohrbacher, Teresa Bradstock, Jay Winhover, Ed Ulrich, the Rev. Harry Tolhurst, Jerry Gilden and Mike Miller. In addition to our guides, we had approximately 35 people who volunteered at various locations throughout the day and a number of teachers and volunteers who walked with the students. Rotary provided the students with breakfast at Jefferson High School cafeteria before the tour started. Our guest presenters for the morning program at Jefferson High School were: Mayor Michael Gallmeier, ODNR/Water Division Retired Steve Dorsten and Neal Brady of MECCA. The police and fire departments allowed us to tour the old city building. Several businesses made their buildings available, allowing the seniors to see that the older buildings in Delphos can be restored to be attractive and useful today. One popular stop along our tour as always was the Old Capitol Theatre inside the Westrich and Coins, Currency, and Collectibles buildings. Other stops were John Lehmkuhles old speakeasy on North Main Street and the Bill and Jill Graves New York Style loft apartment. Lunch was provided by the VFW and the VFW Auxiliary. The students were greeted at the VFW by the Color Guard. We would like to thank everyone who helped with the walking tour. We feel it is truly a community event. JoAn M. Smith, Rotary Walking Tour chairman

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By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2012. There are 67 days left in the year. Todays Highlight in History: On Oct. 25, 1962, in a dramatic confrontation before the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba; when Zorin declined to respond, Stevenson said he was prepared to wait until hell freezes over for an answer. Stevenson then presented photographic evidence of the bases to the Council. On this date: In 1760, Britains King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II. In 1812, the frigate USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captured the British vessel HMS Macedonian during the War of 1812. In 1854, the Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War as an English brigade of more than 600 men charged the Russian army, suffering heavy losses. In 1912, the song My Melancholy Baby by Ernie Burnett and George Norton was first published under the title Melancholy. Country comedian Minnie Pearl was born Sarah Ophelia Colley in Centerville, Tenn. In 1929, former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall was convicted in Washington, D.C., of accepting a $100,000 bribe from oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny. (Fall was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $100,000; he ended up serving nine months.) In 1939, the play The Time of Your Life, by William Saroyan, opened in New York.

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Auto bailout could be key to Obama victory in Ohio

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LORDSTOWN (AP) President Barack Obamas decision to help Americas automakers could end up being what helps drive him back into the White House. Some 850,000 jobs in this critical battleground state are tied to autos and Obamas campaign constantly reminds voters theyd be jobless if not for the decision to inject taxpayer dollars into General Motors and Chrysler. However, the move has not translated into automatic support for the president, even in areas that depend on the industry. Republican Mitt Romney also is pitching these voters hard with his message that Obama hasnt balanced Washingtons checkbook the same way voters must. One in eight jobs in Ohio can be linked to the auto industry whether its working on a factory floor or selling groceries to plant workers. The presidential races outcome could boil down to whether voters interpret Obamas move as saving Detroit or bailing it out. But like other flashpoints in this rough campaign, there is little middle ground between the versions of events and what it means for voters neighbors. I couldnt imagine what Lordstown would be, said Brian Axiotis, a 37-year-old Obama supporter who works in information technology and lives in nearby Newton Falls. A lot of folks would lose their houses. Consider the mess that would have resulted. Itd be a ghost town all over the area. Since its restructuring, the General Motors plant in this town of 4,000 people southeast of Cleveland has added a third shift and 1,200 new workers with it to produce the popular compact Chevy Cruze. GM has pledged $220 million in updates to the factory and to keep the 4,500 workers, suggesting this town in the former steel-heavy Mahoning Valley has some stability ahead.

E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: How eco-friendly are professional sports leagues and their teams? Which stand out especially for their green efforts? Al Simpson, Medina, OH Professional sports, like many other pursuits, are getting greener every day. While pro leagues and teams have traditionally been the last to go green, it has all changed in recent years. Maybe its the fact that wasting less saves money. Or that going green generates good public relations. Or that its just the right thing to do. Whether its any or all-of-the-above, professional sports certainly have never been greener. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading environmental nonprofit, has worked with several sports teams and leagues to green their operations, and has bundled a collection of case studies into a recently released report, Game Changer: How the Sports Industry is Saving the Environment. One example is how baseballs San Francisco Giants have so far saved 171,000 kilowatt hours of energy at its stadium, AT+T Park, through a series of lighting retrofits. Another is the building of a 3-megawatt photovoltaic solar array at NASCARs Pocono Raceway, which offsets 3,100 metric tons of CO2 each year and provides enough power to operate the raceway and 1,000 nearby homes.

Still another is basketballs Minnesota Timberwolves construction of a 2.5 acre green roof that prevents annually a million gallons of storm water from spilling into the Mississippi River from atop their Minneapolis arena. NRDC hopes its report can help educate sports professionals, their suppliers and the millions of fans that patronize the teams and their venues about the business case for greening, from achieving cost savings and enhancing brands to developing new sponsorship opportunities and strengthening community ties. To further these goals, NRDC, along with Paul Allens Vulcan Inc., launched the Green Sports Alliance in 2010, bringing together venue operators, team executives and scientists to exchange information and develop solutions to their environmental challenges. The findings gathered are made available to Alliance members so that they can better understand how sporting events can be performed in an environmentally sensitive manner. Alliance members represent more than 100 teams and venues from 13 different leagues. For teams that want to go green but dont know where to start, NRDC created a Greening Advisor program, featuring sustainability tips and green inspiration. Teams from each of North Americas major sports leagues can find treasure troves of information at the intersection of saving money and the planet. NRDC calls the greening of pro sports a cultural

shift of historic proportions and delights in the fact that North Americas professional leagues, teams and venues have collectively saved millions of dollars by shifting to more efficient, healthy and ecologically intelligent operations. At the same time, the sports greening movement has brought important environmental messages to millions of fans worldwide, says NRDC. Sport is a great unifier, transcending political, cultural, religious and socioeconomic barriers. It also wields a uniquely powerful influence [and] in so doing, promotes a non-political public commitment to environmental protection. EarthTalk is written and edited by Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss and is a registered trademark of E - The Environmental Magazine (www.emagazine.com). Send questions to: earthtalk@ emagazine.com. Subscribe: www.emagazine.com/subscribe. Free Trial Issue: www.emagazine.com/trial.

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Big jump in young adults moving out of state

By HOPE YEN The Associated Press WASHINGTON Their lives on hold for years, young adults are now making big moves in the fledgling economic recovery, leaving college towns or parents homes and heading out of state at the highest rate since the height of the housing boom. New census data released Thursday offer a detailed look at U.S. migration as mobility begins to revive after sliding to a record low last year. The latest numbers show that young adults 25-29 are the primary out-of-state movers; they had the biggest gain in 13 years as they struck out on their own to test the job market in urban, high-tech meccas such as Washington, D.C.; Denver; Portland, Ore.; Seattle; and Austin, Texas. In contrast, groups that showed some of the most movement in the housing boom of the last decade (20002010) working professionals, families and would-be retirees are still mostly locked in place, their out-ofstate migration levels stuck at near lows due to underwater mortgages and shrunken retirement portfolios. The demographic shifts, which analysts say could continue for many more years, are once again rejiggering the housing map. Out are the super-sized McMansions in far-flung suburbs and in the sprawling Southwest, which helped drive rapid metro area growth in the early to middle part of the last decade in places such as Phoenix; Las Vegas; Orlando, Fla.; and Atlanta. In are new, 300 square-foot micro apartments under consideration for wider development in dense cities such as New York, San Francisco, Boston and Seattle, which are seeking to attract young single adults who value affordable spaces in prime locations to call their own. Footloose young singles are forming the leading edge of the coming migration wave, said William H. Frey, a Brookings Institution demographer who reviewed the numbers. He attributed the recent jump in mobility to pent-up demand among young adults who now are ready to move on a dime to land a job opportunity. We will see their migration rates swell even higher if the jobs become more plentiful, Frey said. Families, older professionals and retirees will be latecomers; they have more financial baggage and will need to make more careful decisions about when and where to move.

One Year Ago Delphos Police Chief Kyle J. Fittro, Assistant Chief Sgt. Dave Clark and Officer Ben Becker, assigned to the West Central Ohio Crime Task Force, were recently sworn in as deputies to the U. S. Marshal Service. They will be assigned as needed to the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force to assist in executing arrest warrants or search warrants as directed by the U.S. Marshal Service. 25 Years Ago 1987 Changing Times League of Ohio Child Conservation League held its guest night in the home of Gwen Rohrbacher. Alice Arnzen was co-hostess. After the business the program for the evening was a demonstration by Kathy Stemen from Creation Station. The raffle was held by Gert Fischer and Claire Geier and won by Millie Spitnale. A costume party and carry-in dinner preceded the October business meeting of the Delphos Lioness Club. Hostesses for the evening were Michelle Bryan, Gert Neal and Linda Hoffman. Guests included Connie Osting, Beth Bergfeld and Bonnie Van Meter. A white elephant sale was conducted following the meeting. Kim Austin won the door prize. In the battle of the unbeatens in the Northwest Conference, nearly 6,000 fans saw the Jefferson Wildcats come away with a resounding 28-0 victory against the Allen East Mustangs in Delphos Stadium. The Wildcats now own an 8-0 overall record and 6-0 conference mark. 50 Years Ago 1962 William Remlinger, president of the Delphos Chamber of Commerce announced the Chamber has had a representative contact the leaders of the State Legislature regarding the securing of the state-owned Miami and Erie Canal between Second and Third streets in the City of Delphos for the purpose of constructing a parking lot over the canal and making the canal at that point a closed drainage structure. William Roth, Jr., has announced that he has purchased the business building at 212 N. Main St. The building was originally erected by Roths great-grandfather in 1888 and was the site of the original Roth Market operated successively by Roths great-grandfather, grandfather and father. Later the market was moved to its present location at 131 E. Third St. Members of Friendship Club met Wednesday for a luncheon at NuMaudes Restaurant and then played bridge during the remainder of the afternoon at the home of Mrs. Joseph Busch on North Canal Street. At the close of the afternoon, first prize was awarded to Mrs. Bruce Barclay, with second going to Mrs. Fred Reinemeyer and third to Mrs. Syl Mueller. 75 Years Ago 1937 The newly-organized Alumnus Club is holding the first social activity of the year Wednesday evening at the Hummer. Neil Welsh and his orchestra will be playing for the evenings dance which begins at 9 p.m. Tickets for the dance may be secured at King and Stallkamps, Rosselits, the Rustic or Remlingers. Ray McKowen, district deputy of the Knights of Columbus, Carl Birkmeier, Grand Knight of the Delphos council, Harold Lause and Leo German were in Lima Sunday afternoon to attend a regional K. of C. meeting conducted in the K. of C. clubrooms. Sixteen councils were represented at the meeting which was well attended. Cora Baxter will present a report of the state W.C.T.U. convention, held at Springfield last week, at a meeting of the local union to be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Guy Tilton, North Bredeick Street. Mrs. Baxter was a delegate from the Allen County W.C.T.U.

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WH told of Libyan attack claim Sept. 11

Moderately confused

WASHINGTON (AP) Two hours after the U.S. Consulate came under attack in Benghazi, Libya, the White House was told that a militant group was claiming responsibility for the violence that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. A State Department email sent to intelligence officials and the White House situation room said the Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia claimed responsibility on Facebook and Twitter, and also called for an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli. The document may fuel Republican efforts to show that the White House knew it was a terrorist attack, even as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was saying five days afterward that it appeared to be a protest gone awry. The Obama administrations account of the Benghazi events has become a campaign issue, with Republican challenger Mitt Romney and GOP lawmakers accusing the White House of misleading Americans about the nature of the attack. But militant groups often surface after such attacks claiming responsibility and its difficult to immediately verify such claims. The Associated Press and other news organizations obtained the unclassified email and two related emails from government officials who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about them publicly. The House and Senate committees that oversee intelligence received a raft of documents from the Office of Director of National Intelligence on Monday, two congressional aides said. Congressional staffers combing through the documents have found a kaleidoscope of sometimes conflicting intelligence, backing up much of what intelligence officials explained over the past several weeks. But members of both committees are still complaining that the original briefing they were given just after the Tuesday, Sept. 11 attack, differed markedly from the explanation the CIA director David Petraeus gave them by the end of that week. In that first briefing, just 12 hours after consulate was burned down, the intelligence committees received a report that it was a military style assault, but just days later, Petraeus stressed that militants had infiltrated a mob, a U.S. official said. U.S. intelligence officials have said Petraeus outlined that extremists were believed to be in the crowd, and carried out the attack, and also stressed the picture was still evolving. A U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday that it was clear from the outset that a group of people gathered that evening but that it took until the week after the attack to determine whether extremists took over a crowd or if the guys who showed up were all militants. The official said the briefing included the analysis that the attacks that appeared spontaneous, but also mentioned possible links to regional al-Qaida groups.

Obamas defense cuts will leave Lima struggling

trying to preserve our national security and jump start our During the vice presiden- economy. The Lima plant tial debate, Joe Biden tank is not only vital said that more M1 to the local economy Abrams tanks were but our countrys no longer necessary. national security For people who live and military readiin Lima and work ness. However, Joe to make the tanks, Biden and Barack Biden is saying the Obama dont seem jobs they love and to understand this. care about are no If the tank plant longer necessary. isnt saved, we risk P r e s i d e n t Latta losing a unique Obamas looming manufacturing skill defense cuts are threatening to devastate our set and perhaps most connational security and destroy cerning is the way the world jobs across the nation. In views us. When we make Lima alone, the presidents cuts to our defense we project 2013 defense budget plan weakness abroad. Perhaps most concerning puts at jeopardy nearly 800 jobs, including thousands about the presidents reckof jobs at small businesses. less pursuit of disarmaUnder the presidents plan, ment is his commitment General Dynamics, the com- to pursue it at a time when pany that manufacturers the disorder is on the rise abroad, tanks, would be forced to particularly in the Middle temporarily shut down and East. Every day, Iran marches hand out hundreds of pink closer to a nuclear weapon, slips. To add insult to injury, and in Syria, tens of thouthe plant has already cut a sands of innocents have been number of well-paying jobs. slaughtered by an oppressive At a time when 23 mil- regime. lion Americans across the Indeed, the world is a country are struggling to find dangerous place. Its quite work, its unconscionable clear that closing the doors to kick more Lima workers to a plant here in Lima and to the unemployment line. cutting our defense at this Unfortunately, this course of critical moment is not the action is unwise when we are solution. They dont seem By DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press BY BOB LATTA

Richard Florida, an American urban theorist and professor at the University of Torontos Rotman School of Management, called the mobility gain an important sign the U.S. economy is getting back on track. Young people are moving out of their parents basements and sampling places and sampling careers again, he said. After living at home for a while, young people have kind of maxed it out. They are heading to bigger, vibrant cities, predominantly, because theyre looking for economic opportunity and building their social networks. About 1.7 percent of the U.S. population moved across state lines to a new home in the 12-month period ending March 2012, up slightly from 1.6 percent in the previous year. The share of young adults ages 25-29 who moved to a new state was higher, about 3.8 percent. Thats up 3.4 percent in the previous year and the highest level since the height of the housing boom in 2005, when mobility was 5 percent. The 0.4 percentage point increase in 2012 is the biggest jump for young adults since 1999, when the rapid rise of Internet startups and the need for young workers during the dot-com bubble drove migration.

to understand that when we make cuts to our defense that the presidents own Secretary of Defense characterized as devastating, we project weakness abroad. I know the president hopes for a safer, freer and a more prosperous Middle East allied with the United States. I share this hope. But hope is not a strategy. We cannot protect the United States and support our friends when our words are not backed up by deeds when our defense spending is being arbitrarily and deeply cut, when we have no trade agenda to speak of, and the perception of our strategy is not one of partnership, but of passivity. And thats why the contrast before the American people in this election could not be more important. Mitt Romney will not weaken our nations defenses. He will reverse the presidents misguided cuts to our military. Instead of leading from behind, hell restore American leadership across the globe. And hell put America on a new course at a time when we cannot afford four more years of the same failed policies. Bob Latta (R-OH) represents the fifth congressional district. Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson, who faces Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin, called Mourdocks comments really sad. Ive got a wife and two daughters and six granddaughters, he said in an interview. Anything dealing with rape against women is uncalled for. Period. No tolerance whatsoever. Sen. John McCain, the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, told CNN that his continued support of Mourdock depends on what he does. The Arizona lawmaker who was the GOPs 2008 presidential nominee, said he wants to see if he apologizes and says he misspoke and he was wrong and asks people to forgive him. Its when you dont own up to it that people will not believe in you. Mourdocks debate comment recalled GOP Senate candidate Todd Akins remark in August about rape and pregnancy. The Missouri congressman said womens bodies have ways of preventing pregnancy in cases of legitimate rape. Republicans, led by Romney, called for Akin to abandon the race, but he refused and is pressing ahead against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.

GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark

WASHINGTON Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats advantage with female voters, a tea partybacked Senate candidates awkward remark that if rape leads to pregnancy its something God intended has propelled the emotional issue of abortion back to the political forefront. Its put GOP candidates in tight races, from the presidential candidate on down, on the defensive. Divisive social issues are hardly what most GOP candidates want to be discussing in the few days remaining until elections largely hinging on jobs and the economy. Almost immediately after Richard Mourdocks comment, Republican candidates distanced themselves from the Indiana state treasurer though by varying degrees. The Romney campaign said Wednesday that the presidential nominee disagreed with Mourdock but stood by his endorsement of the Senate candidate. There were no plans to drop a Romney testimonial ad for Mourdock that began airing in Indiana Monday. Mourdocks comment in a Tuesday night debate came in answer to a question on when abortion should or should not be allowed. Said Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul: We disagree on the policy regarding exceptions for rape and incest but still support him. Reaction was quick from Republican senators and candidates rejecting Mourdocks statement. Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, struggling to hold onto his seat against a challenge from Democrat Elizabeth Warren, said he was a pro-choice Republican and thats not what I believe and I disagree with what he said. Pressed on his support for Mourdocks candidacy, Brown said that was up to Indiana voters. Connecticut Republican Linda McMahon, bidding for the Senate seat there, called Mourdocks remarks highly inappropriate and offensive. They do not reflect my beliefs as a woman or a pro-choice candidate. New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who had planned to campaign with Mourdock in Indiana, canceled her appearance. In Wisconsin, former

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Apple-Ginger Pork Meat Loaves 1 pound ground pork 1/2 cup crushed gingersnap cookies 1/4 cup applesauce 1 egg 1 onion, finely chopped 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley 2 tablespoons barbecue sauce 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, combine pork, gingersnap cookies, applesauce, egg, onion, parsley, barbecue sauce, salt and pepper; mix well. Divide the mixture into four equal portions and form into small oval loaves. Place the loaves on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake 20-25 minutes. Serve immediately. Serves 4. Apple Bread Pudding 1/2 loaf (8 ounces) French bread, cut into 1/2-inch slices

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TODAY 5-7 p.m. The Interfaith Thrift Shop is open for shopping. 7:30 p.m. American Legion Post 268, 415 N. State St. FRIDAY 7:30 a.m. Delphos Optimist Club, A&W DriveIn, 924 E. Fifth St. 11:30 a.m. Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 1-4 p.m. Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping. SATURDAY 9 a.m.-noon Interfaith Thrift Store, North Main Street. St. Vincent DePaul Society, located at the east edge of the St. Johns High School parking lot, is open. 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Delphos Postal Museum is open. 12:15 p.m. Testing of warning sirens by Delphos Fire and Rescue 1-3 p.m. The Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241 N. Main St., is open. 5 p.m. Delphos Coon and Sportsmans Club hosts a chicken fry. 7 p.m. Bingo at St. Johns Little Theatre. SUNDAY 1-3 p.m. The Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241 N. Main St., is open. 1-4 p.m. Putnam County Museum is open, 202 E. Main St. Kalida. 1:30 p.m. Amvets Post 698 Auxiliary meets at the Amvets post in Middle Point. 4 p.m. Amvets Post 698 regular meeting at the Amvets post in Middle Point. 7:30 p.m. Sons of Amvets Post 698 meet at Amvets Post in Middle Point.

2 tablespoons butter, softened 2 small McIntosh apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced 1/3 cup raisins 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1/3 cup maple or maple-flavored syrup 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish. Spread butter on one side of each bread slice. Arrange bread slices, butter-side up, in the dish, alternately layering with the apples and raisins. In a medium bowl, mix eggs, milk, syrup, cinnamon and salt. Pour over the bread and apple mixture. Press the bread down into the milk mixture with a fork. Bake 40-45 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Brush with more maple syrup for a shiny coating and serve immediately. Serves 2- 3.

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The 5th annual Autumn Harvest of Crafts Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at the OttawaGlandorf High School, 630 Glendale Avenue, Ottawa. The show will feature over 120 vendors from Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. Hourly door prizes will be given away. Lunch will be available. Proceeds will benefit all locations of the Putnam County District Library. The show is sponsored by the Friends of the Putnam County District Library.

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Inspired LadyCats oust Musketeers in district soccer

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Fort Jennings senior Macy Schroeder, middle, signs a national letter-of-intent to run track and field for Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne. With her are a pair of future teammates.

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Schroeder signs with Indiana Tech

The Delphos Herald Fort Wayne, Ind. Indiana Tech track and field is proud to announce its first three signings for the 2013-14 recruiting class. Macy Schroeder, a Fort Jennings senior standout, is the first female to sign a national letter-of-intent to run for the Lady Warriors. Schroeder is a multisport athlete for the Lady Musketeers (soccer, basketball and track). She qualified this past season for the Ohio High School Athletic Association State Track and Field Meet as part of her teams 4x400 relay that went on to capture fifth place. She also qualified individually in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes. She owns career-bests of 12.74 (100), 26.28 (200) and 60.14 (400), with several splits under the 60-second mark on her teams 4x400. We are very excited for Macys potential. We have been working with her since

her junior year and have seen her grow in the sport, Indiana Tech coach Doug Edgar noted. Macy competes in an area that doesnt give her great competition week in and week out and we feel being part of our sprint squad is going to help her maximize her talent. Allowing her to train with our All-American 4x100 and 4x400 groups should provide the training needed to take her abilities to the next level. She has a great work ethic both on the track and in the classroom and we are excited that she chose to be a Warrior! Macy is looking at paralegal and pre-law as potential majors at Indiana Tech. Trevor Stanley (Ft. Wayne, IN/Homestead) and Wayne Sherbahn (Madison, IN/ Madison Consolidated) have also signed. For more information on Indiana Tech athletics, please call the Athletic Office at 260422-5561, ext. 2262 or visit our website at http://www. indianatech.edu/athletics

The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 4 3 0 .571 217 Miami 3 3 0 .500 120 N.Y. Jets 3 4 0 .429 159 Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 171 South W L T Pct PF Houston 6 1 0 .857 216 Indianapolis 3 3 0 .500 117 Tennessee 3 4 0 .429 149 Jacksonville 1 5 0 .167 88 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 174 Pittsburgh 3 3 0 .500 140 Cincinnati 3 4 0 .429 166 Cleveland 1 6 0 .143 147 West W L T Pct PF Denver 3 3 0 .500 170 San Diego 3 3 0 .500 148 Oakland 2 4 0 .333 113 Kansas City 1 5 0 .167 104 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 5 2 0 .714 Philadelphia 3 3 0 .500 Dallas 3 3 0 .500 Washington 3 4 0 .429 South W L T Pct Atlanta 6 0 0 1.000 New Orleans 2 4 0 .333

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PA 163 117 170 227 PA 128 158 238 164 PA 161 132 187 180 PA 138 137 171 183 Tampa Bay Carolina North Chicago Minnesota Green Bay Detroit West San Francisco Arizona Seattle St. Louis W 4 5 4 2 W 5 4 4 3 L 1 2 3 3 L 2 3 3 4 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0

OTTOVILLE Fort Jennings and Kalida have played many a tough girls soccer match over the years and there hasnt been much to separate them. The two combatants met up Wednesday night in Ottovilles Division III District semifinal at Ottoville Soccer Stadium for another hard-fought affair. It came down to one goal similar to Kalidas 1-0 regularseason victory in Fort Jennings and with 3-time PCL Player of the Year Summer Holtkamp on the bench due to an injury suffered late in the second half, it came from LadyCat sophomore Jackie Gardner with 5:28 left for that matchwinning tally. Kalida (17-0-1) advances to battle Coldwater at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Bath District final. The LadyCats had controlled the orb most of the way from the get-go, outshooting the Musketeers (132-3) 9-2, but had nothing to show for it. Holtkamp and Gardner were thorns in the Lady Musketeer side most of the way but their chances were either wide of the mark, deflected off defenders in front of the net or nabbed by Jennings senior keeper Gabbie German (8 saves). On the other end, the Kalida defense locked down Musketeer senior star Macy Schroeder and the rest, leav-

ing junior netminder Sarah Verhoff very few times to make saves (2). The Musketeers had their first shot on-goal at 21:40 of the second half as senior Kristen Maag fired from 12 yards but it deflected off a defender and into Verhoffs arms. The best chance for Kalida in the second half before the goal came at the 20:06 mark when Gardner fired from 25 yards but hit the crossbar; it rebounded to Holtkamp in front of the net but her follow shot was just over the top. With the match intensity heating up with the partisans for both teams along for the ride it looked like this match was meant for overtime. The Lady Musketeers had another chance at 15:41 when Schroeder got a 25-yard free kick that sailed just over the top. At 13:38, Holtkamp rolled her leg over the ball and the injury took the collective breath out of the large crowd watching the match. She slowly was helped from the pitch. However, that seemed to energize the LadyCats. The girls could have gone oh no when Summer went down but if anything, they picked up the intensity. They didnt want it to end for her because she has meant so much to this team for four years, Kalida coach Dave Kehres said. We also wanted to show we were not a 1-girl team; we have 22 others that

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Todays Game Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8:20 p.m. Sundays Game Jacksonville at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Carolina at Chicago, 1 p.m. Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. San Diego at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Seattle at Detroit, 1 p.m. Washington at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. New England vs. St. Louis at London, 1 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. New Orleans at Denver, 8:20 p.m. Open: Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Houston Mondays Game San Francisco at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.

Ohio State is planning its football schedules into the future. A couple of days ago, Athletics Director Gene Smith announced the Buckeyes will play a home-and-home series with Oregon, with OSU heading to Eugene, Oregon, Sept. 12, 2020, and the Ducks coming to Columbus Sept. 11, 2021. That was preceded two weeks ago by the Buckeyes announcing Texas agreed to a home-and-home series with the Buckeyes in 2022-2023. Ohio State heads to Austin Sept. 17, 2022, and the Longhorns come to The Horseshoe Sept. 16, 2023. Im glad to see the major powers are starting to schedule more of these intersectional games against other major powers apparently thanks to the planned playoff format coming to college football in 2014. Id like to see matchups with other non-conference powers in the same seasons as these but one step at a time. Tulsa and Central Michigan, are on the 2016 schedule; though they are programs trying to get up with the big boys, just arent the same as playing Oklahoma. Maybe by 2030 when Urban Meyer is celebrating his eighth national title in Columbus! The thing is: Im not even sure what Im doing tomorrow, let alone in 2020. Theyre putting schedules together in 2023? Sheesh! Its almost refreshing.

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have made great contributions this year and tonight. However, that was just a great effort by Jackie; she was not going to be denied. At 11:26, junior Justine Verhoff had an 8-yarder denied by German. However, Gardner took it upon herself to put the ball in the back of the net. At 5:28, she finished off a sequence on the right wing helped by senior Skylar Basinger by getting control of the orb after the Musketeers failed to clear and fired an 8-yarder hard and low to the left for the 1-0 edge. I didnt even see the goal; I was worried because (senior) Lori (Bruskotter) had taken a shot to the mouth and was bleeding. Im not sure what happened, Wagner noted. Kalida is a good team, no doubt, and they seemed more aggressive from the start. We also chose the wrong time to not play very well. We didnt possess or pass the ball well, we were in too much of a hurry to get rid of the ball and we just werent in sync; we never got anything going offensively. Thats how they beat us last time, too; an unfortunate goal. At 4:36, senior Kaylyn Verhoff was shook up for Kalida but left the pitch under her own power. Jennings had one more chance to try and get the equalizer but Maags 10-yard header was denied by Sarah Verhoff. Too bad this was a district semifinal and not a final. We

knew coming in how tough they were going to be; it was the same type of match as the first one (Sept. 7), Kehres added. We just showed so much resilience and heart; thats what won this match. We told the girls at the half to leave it all on the field and they did. Wagner will bid goodbye to 10 seniors total: German, Schroeder, Bruskotter, Maag, Martina Weems, Katlin Stechschulte, Marissa Mesker, Mara Brown, Kristen Maag and Gina Stechschulte. We told them at the half to give it everything they have and they did, Wagner added. This was the best group of seniors Ive ever worked with in my time here as coach. They will definitely be tough to replace next fall. Holtkamp showed that she was going to be very active from the word go, getting a 10-yarder from the left wing just 40 ticks into the match that was deflected by a defender for a corner kick, one of six for the Maroon and White (2 for the Orange and Black). That was the pattern for most of the half; when Kalida did get looks, defenders feet were in the way or German made the saves. With 1:25 remaining in the first 40 minutes, Gardner and Holtkamp almost put together a nice sequence in front of the net, with the senior getting a 1-on-1 8-yarder from the middle. However, the keeper came out just enough to force a shot just wide right.

The Green JIM METCALFE Bay Packers, the only shareholderowned professional franchise in America the people are the [email protected] owners! have requested $58 million from the National Football Leagues stadium construction program to renovate hallowed Lambeau Field. The owners have approved the loan. This was another one of those ideas that were part of the collective bargaining agreement signed last fall because both sides were concerned that stadiums remain viable experiences for fans. I kind of like it. Its their own money. The Packers are not owned by a man or woman with mucho buckos or even a group of loaded investors. They rely on average Americans to buy shares and be active in doing their part in running the team. Makes you want to be an investor! I have been very harsh toward Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his handling of the team since he has become Mr. Everything in the organization. However, he is still a human being and lost his 90-yearold widowed mother, Arminta Jones, Tuesday. My sympathies go out to him.

Metcalfes Musings

The Associated Press Individuals Week 7 Quarterbacks - Att P. Manning, DEN 227 Roethlisberger, PIT 235 Brady, NWE 285 Schaub, HOU 222 Locker, TEN 106 Dalton, CIN 243 Fitzpatrick, BUF 218 C. Palmer, OAK 241 P. Rivers, SND 209 Flacco, BAL 252 Rushers - Att A. Foster, HOU 168 J. Charles, KAN 115 Ridley, NWE 135 R. Rice, BAL 106 Spiller, BUF 72 Chr. Johnson, TEN 110 Re. Bush, MIA 98 Greene, NYJ 124 McGahee, DEN 100 Green-Ellis, CIN 125 Receivers - No Welker, NWE 54 Wayne, IND 47 A.. Green, CIN 44 Ant. Brown, PIT 36 Ke. Wright, TEN 36 R. Gronkowski, NWE 35 Lloyd, NWE 35 And. Johnson, HOU 34 Decker, DEN 34 Bowe, KAN 34 Punters - No Fields, MIA 29 Scifres, SND 24 Anger, JAC 40 McAfee, IND 29 Lechler, OAK 32 Kern, TEN 33 Koch, BAL 30 Malone, NYJ 35 B. Colquitt, DEN 23 Donn. Jones, HOU 37 Punt Returners - No McKelvin, BUF 9 M. Thigpen, MIA 12 Cribbs, CLE 16 Kerley, NYJ 10 Br. Tate, CIN 11 Arenas, KAN 16 T. Holliday, HOU 16 Hilton, IND 8

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NWC Sportsmanship meeting Friday DELPHOS Jefferson High School Principal John Edinger has announced the Northwest Conference will continue its mission for developing student-leaders with the NWC Sportsmanship Team. Last year was a great start with over 200 students (grades 8-12) from the conference gathering at the Delphos Eagles and creating a Mission Statement with discussions on Sportsmanship. In accord with this continuing theme, the NWC will hold another meeting 10 a.m. Friday at the Eagles with over 100 students (juniors/seniors, the same number as last year) from all 10 schools and concluding by 1:15 p.m. Schedule is as follows: 10 a.m. - Welcome; 10:20 a.m. Rusty Thompson on Leadership and what it means; 11:20 a.m. - Lunch; 12:10 p.m. NWC Project Introduction and Group Assignments as follows: Delphos/Crestview; LCC/ Bluffton; Spencerville/Columbus Grove; Allen East/Paulding; Lincolnview/Ada; 12:40 p.m. - Discussion/Plan; 12:45 p.m. Vote; 12:55 p.m. - Draw for order of weeks to work on project; 1:10 p.m. - Wrap-up. ----Defiance shuts out Lady Beavers DEFIANCE The Bluffton University womens soccer team traveled to

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Defiance College on a summery Wednesday and battled the Yellow Jackets for 90 minutes, coming up just short as a Defiance cross slipped inside the back post in minute 70 for the only score of the match. The Beavers fell to 3-11-1 overall and 1-5-1 in the Heartland Conference following a disappointing loss to their rivals, while DC improved to 9-5-4 and 4-2-2 in the HCAC. Bluffton controlled much of the action during the first half, piling up a 5-2 advantage in shots to go along with a slim 2-1 edge in corner kicks. The match remained a scoreless tie until Lindsay Bubnick curled the ball inside the back post at the 69:07 mark. Bluffton was unable to force extra time as Defiance held on for the victory. The Jackets stormed back in the second half with eight shots for a 10-9 advantage overall. The home team forced one more corner kick (5-4) while committing one more foul (8-7). Freshman keeper Ashley Knippen (Wapakoneta) turned away three Defiance attempts in the loss. Leading the Bluffton offense was sophomore Taylor Fultz (Camden/ Preble Shawnee) who finished with four shot attempts. Bluffton will put the wraps on its 2012 season when the Beavers welcome Transylvania University noon Saturday on Senior Day. See ROUNDUP, page 7

Sandovals 3 HRs lead Giants to 8-3 romp in opener

By BEN WALKER The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO A roly-poly Kung Fu Panda outslugged the Triple Crown winner. An October outcast outpitched the Cy Young ace. With Pablo Sandoval and Barry Zito taking star turns, this World Series is off to a rollicking start. Sandoval hit three home runs, joining Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols as the only boppers to do it in the Series, and the San Francisco Giants jolted Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Wednesday night in Game 1. A boisterous AT&T Park crowd a sea of black and orange outfits roared as Sandoval connected in his first three at-bats. Popular in the Bay Area for his outgoing personality and unusual physique, he went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs. A Giant panda for sure. From the first pitch to last, it was basically a perfect game by the Giants. Coming off a Game 7 win over St. Louis on Monday night, they looked totally fresh. Man, I still cant believe it, Sandoval said. We played our last game only two days ago. Were still hot. We just came here and played our game. Verlander, the reigning Cy Young winner so dominant in this postseason, looked uncomfortable from the outset and constantly pawed at the mound. As fans filed out singing along with Tony Bennetts standard I Left My Heart in San Francisco, the final score raised a nagging question for manager Jim Leyland and his favored Tigers: Did too much rest after a playoff sweep of the Yankees mean too much rust? I just didnt execute tonight, Verlander said. It was kind of a battle from the get-go. They took advantage of that and swung the bat pretty well, especially Pablo and (Marco) Scutaro. A couple of good bounces their way, bad for us. Game 2 is tonight, with Doug Fister starting for the Tigers against Madison Bumgarner. Left off the 2010 World Series roster by the champion Giants, Zito shut out the Tigers until Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabreras RBI single in the sixth. The Giants won for the 14th straight time with Zito starting. Just the opportunity alone was mind-blowing. Me and my wife were dancing around when I heard, Zito recalled of getting the Game 1 start. And then the boys came out swinging and played great defense. Sandoval did his damage with his bat. He donated the wood he used for the first two homers to the Hall of Fame no need for it anymore, he broke it on the backswing of his second shot.

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Get this: It was the first 3-homer game at the stadium originally known as Pac Bell Park since the very first one, when Kevin Elster did it for the Dodgers in 2000. Nope, not even home run king Barry Bonds had done this. Tagged by Sandoval for a solo shot in the first inning, Verlander could only mouth Wow! when the Giants star launched a 2-run drive in the third that set off another blast of fog horns. Sandoval reprised his power show from this years AllStar game, when his bases-loaded triple highlighted a 5-run first inning against Verlander. Quite a blast from a team that finished last in the majors in homers. And if there was any doubt that Verlander was shaky, the clearest sign came in the fourth. Thats when Zito, a career .099 hitter, sliced an RBI single with two outs off the current AL MVP for a 5-0 lead. The festive crowd stood and applauded when it was announced that Verlander was being pulled for a pinch-hitter in the fifth. Sandoval gave his followers another reason to get up moments later when he hit a solo homer off reliever Al Alburquerque in the fifth, answering the cheers by waving his batting helmet in a curtain call. The Tigers seemed out of sorts in their first game following a 5-day layoff. That was an issue in 2006, too, when Verlander and

his teammates had nearly a week off before getting wiped out by the Cardinals. Im one thats been around long enough to know that a lot of things happen in this game. This was a big-hyped game with Justin, probably a lot of pressure on him, Leyland said. But I dont think it had anything to do with the pressure. His fastball command was not good. He got out of sync. He got on fast forward. He just did not pitch well tonight. Its that simple. Pujols homered three times last year, Jackson accomplished the feat in 1977 and Ruth did it in 1926 and again in 1928. For good measure, Sandoval lined a single his last time up. Scutaro, the NL championship series MVP, twice hit RBI singles after doubles by Angel Pagan. NL batting champion Buster Posey contributed two hits, leftfielder Gregor Blanco made diving catches to rob Cabrera and Prince Fielder and Tim Lincecum came out of the bullpen to prevent further damage. The Giants kept getting good bounces, with Pagan hitting a double that hopped off the third-base bag. ALCS MVP Delmon Young, meanwhile, failed to run after a tapper in front of the plate that the Giants turned into a double play. Verlander was trying to settle in when Sandoval tagged him, pouncing on an 0-2 fastball and lining it into the front row over the centerfield wall. Verlander got into trouble again the third and pitching coach Jeff Jones strolled to the mound when the count went to 2-0 on Sandoval. Verlander stared at Jones and shook his head. On the next pitch, Verlander could do little but watch the ball sail into the front row in left. Lincecum retired seven straight batters and struck out five of them. The 2-time Cy Young winner has embraced his new role in the bullpen. Jhonny Peralta hit a 2-run homer for the Tigers in the ninth off mopup reliever George Kontos.

Jefferson Chris Truesdale, a 5-10, 165pound senior defensive back, continued to play well for the Wildcat defense despite a 17-0 loss to Ada Friday night. He continues to lead the team in interceptions (5) and has added 39 total tackles from his secondary spot.

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DEFIANCE The Bluffton University mens soccer team fell to rival Defiance College on Wednesday by a final count of 3-0. Bluffton slipped to 2-13 overall and 0-7 in the Heartland Conference, while Defiance improved to 3-14-1 overall and 3-4-1 in the HCAC. Both teams showed off their defense in the first half as the score was deadlocked at 0-0 after 45 minutes. Bluffton was outshot by Defiance 5-2 in half one with freshman keeper Jeff Yoder (Elkhart, Ind./Bethany Christian) collecting two saves. Defiance came out in the second half ready to score. Less than 10 minutes into the sec-

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ond stanza, the Yellow Jackets put their first goal in the net. Ryan Edwards was assisted by Chad Brooks for tally number one. The Beavers kept it a 1-0 game until the 78:14 mark when Brooks put the ball in the back of the net. With less than three minutes to play, Defiance scored its third and final goal which came from Kevin Arriola. Defiance finished with a commanding 19-7 edge in shots while forcing two more corner kicks than Bluffton, 5-3. Bluffton wraps up its 2012 season when the Beavers host Transylvania 2:30 p.m. Saturday. ----Beavers clinch berth in HCAC tournament despite loss at Defiance
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By James J. Hoorman Assistant Professor Ohio State University Ext. Putnam County AGNR Extension Educator After a dry summer, we are starting to get some rain, which is delaying harvest. Indian summer may be occurring this week as temperatures warm up, which should aid in drying the soil and the crops. Lets remember to take the time to be safe as we get into full harvest mode. As people drive around the countryside, be on the lookout for farmers harvesting and hauling their grain. Farmers often park their equipment either on the road or slightly off the road, so visibility may be impaired. Also, modern farm equipment is so large and wide, farmers often have difficulty seeing, maneuvering, or getting off the road. Drivers may forget how fast they are driving and several accidents occur each year due to the difference in speed between fast-moving vehicles and large slow-moving harvesting equipment. At this time of year, please have patience with our farmers as they try to get their crops harvested. The harvest period generally only lasts about 30 to 60 days; most farmers get most of their crops harvested in just 1-2 weeks. So be aware of harvesting activity in the countryside during this busy season. For farmers, before starting the combine, always do a visual inspection of the machine and the area to look for children, pets, or hazards. Keep the combine clear of debris, crop residues, paper sacks, etc., which could be a fire hazard. Keep a fire extinguisher on board to put out small fires. Keep the windows clean and adjust the mirrors and the seat so that you are comfortable and are properly

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DEFIANCE The Defiance College volleyball team could do no wrong, defeating Bluffton University in every statistical category and ultimately winning the match 3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-16) on Wednesday. The Beavers are now 14-13 (4-4 HCAC). The Defiance victory snapped a string of six straight Bluffton wins over the Yellow Jackets. Despite the loss, Bluffton secured its berth in the upcoming Heartland Conference tourney where it enters as the #6 seed. Beavers travels to Terre Haute, Ind., Tuesday to battle #3 seed Rose-Hulman at 7:30 p.m. The Beavers struggled offensively, hitting only .049 on the match with the top hitters at eight and five kills. Freshman Kendra Parmenter (Grove City) hammered eight spikes while

freshman Jenny Brown (St. Marys/Memorial) and senior Heather Schierer (Crescent Springs, Ky./St. Henry) both slammed five kills. Freshman setter Mackenzie Lauber (Mansfield/Madison) dished out 18 assists for the Beavers. Defensively, Schierer led the Beavers with 10 digs. Junior libero Lindsay Krohn (Marysville, Ind./New Washington) followed with nine digs. The Beavers will take on their final conference opponent 7 p.m. Friday when Bluffton travels to Franklin College for a matchup with the Grizzlies.

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NORTHWEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE Fort Loramie 4-1 7-2 Fairbanks 4-1 4-5 Waynesfield-Goshen 3-2 4-5 Sidney Lehman 3-2 4-5 Perry 2-2 3-6 Ridgemont 2-3 5-4 Upper Scioto Valley 1-3 1-8 Riverside 0-5 0-8 WESTERN BUCKEYE LEAGUE * - Ottawa-Glandorf 8-0 Celina 5-3 Elida 6-2 Kenton 6-2 Bath 4-4 Wapakoneta 5-3 Defiance 4-4 Shawnee 1-7 St. Marys 0-8 Van Wert 1-7 * - League champion 9-0 6-3 7-2 6-3 5-4 6-3 4-5 1-8 0-9 1-8

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Putnam County Jill M. Schroeder, Lot 8, Ottawa, to JP Morgan Chase Bank. Joseph J.Hiegel, Lot 11, Lot 12, Lot 13, Lot 14, West Leipsic, and .50 acre, Liberty Township, to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. John A. Verhoff and Abby L. Verhoff, .090 acre, Palmer Township and 1.394 acre,, Palmer Township to John A. Verhoff and Abby L. Verhoff. Jane M. Kleman, 1.00 acre, Union Township and 2.606 acres, Union Township, to Ross William Kleman and Heather Nicole Kleman. Steven R. Grant TR and Nancy A. Grant TR, 1.845 acres, Monroe Township, to Joel W. Mengerink. Timothy A. Pohl and Michele L. Pohl, 1.254 acres, Pleasant Township and .132 acre Pleasant Township to Michael J. Gray. Beneficial Financial 1 Inc., 1.730 acres, Palmer Township, to Andrew H. Kaufman. Chad C. Niese and Lynne A. Niese, 2.00 acres, Palmer Township to Josh Palmer and Stacy Palmer. Eugene V. Bellman and Karen R. Bellman, Lot 14, Hidden Timbers Sub., Ottawa, to Anthony G. Rump and Elaine M. Rump.

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Destination weddings a burden on guests?

Tomorrows Horoscope
By Bernice Bede Osol

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Dear Annie: A few years prefer to save my money. ago, I met the most amazing Recently, I received an inviman. Jim is the love of my tation to their daughters wedlife. I fell in love with his fam- ding. This would mean a treily, too. mendous amount of money on The problem is, after a year my part, plus Id have to take of marriage, I received a text off from work. So I RSVPd message from my mother-in- that I couldnt come. Now my law (Jims stepmother) stat- aunt thinks Im being unreaing that his family has never sonable. She says Im alienatwanted me around and they ing my family. I say my aunt dont like me. I get along with and uncle arent being fair to Jims siblings, all of whom live their guests. Shouldnt we be out of town, and they have as- allowed to save our money sured me that they do not feel and vacation days for our own this way. leisure? These destination Jim works away from home weddings can be a problem. for weeks at a time. When he When another cousin married, is away, I am not I attended, but didnt invited to family give a gift because it dinners and outings cost me $150 just to the way I am when get there. Isnt that he is here. Then, enough? New I feel unwelcome York when they do inDear New York: clude both of us. I Not really. We agree have told Jim that that destination wedI will no longer dings are often a burattend his famden on the guests, so ily functions. But if you cannot afford is this fair to him? to attend, its OK Is there anything I to decline. But you can do to rectify the Annies Mailbox should send a gift or situation? Should I a card with your sinask Jim to speak to his father? cere good wishes. And when I would hate to cut this good you do come to these events, man out of my life. Hurt in a gift is expected. It doesnt Pennsylvania have to be expensive. Offer to Dear Hurt: What a nasty take candid photographs for bunch youve married into. the couple. Or get them a bottle Even if Jims stepmother is the of inexpensive sparkling wine. only one who dislikes you, the Write them a poem and frame others are following her direc- it. Use your imagination. tives. Your husband should Dear Annie: No Name make it clear to all of them Anywhere wanted to tactfully that you are his family now, ask her boyfriend to remove and they should treat you with the personal effects of his late respect and consideration, or wife. You suggested she offer they risk losing both of you. to help and said, If he has chilMeanwhile, have you invited dren, perhaps they would like his siblings and parents to your to go through her belongings. home? Hospitality works both She should insist on it. ways. Do your best to ingratiWhen my dear mother-inate yourself and see whether it helps before you throw in the law passed away, my father-inlaws new wife promptly donattowel. Dear Annie: My cousins ed everything to a thrift store. bat mitzvah was held at a resort Dad didnt care. The children, in the middle of nowhere. Get- however, were not pleased that ting there would have involved so many treasured items were a long train ride, plus the hotel gone without their having had costs, and I would have had to a chance to go through them. share a room with my parents This put additional strain on (Im 35). I politely declined. forging a relationship with My aunt and uncle are well off, a new stepmother. Been and I only work part time. I There

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Some interesting times will be in the offing for you in the year ahead, both materially and socially. Plus, the possibility of fulfilling many of your hopes, desires and expectations will be better than its been in a long time. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Dont feel obligated to attend a social function just to keep up appearances. If you dont like the event and/or some of the people wholl be there, give your regrets. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) -- Time is too precious to squander on just anything or anybody. Share it with those you truly like and enjoy doing things with. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- It could turn out to be a huge learning experience when you get involved in a stimulating discussion with someone whose views diametrically oppose yours. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) -- This can be an extremely favorable day in terms of financial gain, but not necessarily from investments or joint ventures. Youll play your own game for a big payoff. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Friends will have little doubt as to where you stand, and youll be respected for your candor, even when your position opposes that of the majority. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- An old obligation that has been owed you for quite a while is collectable at this point in time. Approach the debtor in such a manner that he or she will get the message without resenting it. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Youre likely to be approached to chair a committee within a certain group or club in which youre involved. It may be a tough job, but it will have interesting side benefits. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Several of your goals are achievable, but not necessarily in the way you envision. If you discover you cant get past the obstacles blocking your path, youll go around them. CANCER (June 21July 22) -- The old adage Experience is the best teacher will be true in your case. When you discover you could once again repeat a mistake that cost you some bitter moments, youll circumvent it. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -Someone who considers you to be an easy mark is in for a rude awakening. When push comes to shove, youll be extremely resourceful. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Even though youll be negotiating from a position of strength, youll still be fair in your dealings. Youll go out of your way to make sure that both you and the other guy come out well. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Service you render will be given both willingly and expertly. However, no one should expect a freebie, because you value your work and the remuneration you deserve for it.
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ing north at 18 mph (30 kph), with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph). It was expected to remain a hurricane as it moves through the Bahamas. Santiago, Cubas second largest city near the eastern tip of the island, was spared the worst of the storm, which slammed into the provinces of Granma, Holguin and Las Tunas. It knocked out power for most of the 5,500 people living on the base and ripped some non-military boats from tie-downs, leaving them scattered on the beach. Officials said there was no threat to the 166 prisoners. The hurricane center said that Sandy would likely still be a hurricane as it passes over the Bahamas later in the day. It also might bring tropical

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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer cant afford to be wrong about Windows 8. Today in New York, Microsoft will unveil a dramatic overhaul of its ubiquitous Windows operating system. If it flops, the failure will reinforce perceptions that Microsoft is falling behind competitors such as Apple, Google and Amazon as its stranglehold on personal computers becomes less relevant in an era of smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices. If Ballmer is right, Windows 8 will prove that the worlds largest software maker still has the technological chops and marketing muscle to shape the future of computing. This is going to be his defining moment, said technology industry analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights & Strategy. Ballmers legacy will be looked at as what he did or didnt do with Windows 8. If Windows 8 is not a success, a lot of people will be looking for Microsoft to make a change at the CEO level. Windows 8 is designed to run on PCs and tablet computers, heralding the biggest change to the industrys dominant operating system in at least 17 years. It also marks the first time that Microsoft has made touch-screen control the top priority, though the system can still be switched into the familiar desktop mode that allows for control by keyboard and mouse. The biggest question hovering over Windows 8: Is it innovative and elegant enough to lure consumers who are increasingly fond of smart phones, tablets and other sleek gadgets? Those mobile devices have been setting industry standards while Microsoft engineers have spent two years designing a new operating system. And Windows 8 must address not only the upheaval in the computing market since Windows 7 came out in 2009, but also have the flexibility to adjust to future shifts in technology before Microsoft releases another version in two or three years. Previous versions of Windows and other Microsoft products such as Office are so deeply embedded in companies and government agencies that Microsoft is still assured a steady stream of revenue from that segment of the market. That loyal base of customers is one of the reasons that Microsoft is expected to earn $25 billion on revenue of $80 billion in its current fiscal year ending next June. Worldwide PC sales year are expected to decline this year for the first time since 2001, according to the research firm ISH iSuppli. Its a drop of just 1 percent, but it underscores a troubling trend that has been hurting Microsoft. The shift to mobile devices has whittled Microsofts worldwide share of the computing device market from 67 percent in 2008 to about 30 percent today, estimates Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett. Thanks to its Android software for phones and tablets, Google is now the leader with a 40 percent share of the computing device market. Apple stands at 20 percent.

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By CHRIS CAROLA The Associated Press SCHENECTADY, N.Y. Its scratchy, lasts only 78 seconds and features the worlds first recorded blooper. The modern masses can now listen to what experts say is the oldest playable recording of an American voice and the first-ever capturing of a musical performance, thanks to digital advances that allowed the sound to be transferred from flimsy tinfoil to computer. The recording was originally made on a Thomas Edisoninvented phonograph in St. Louis in 1878. At a time when music lovers can carry thousands of digital songs on a player the size of a pack of gum, Edisons tinfoil playback seems prehistoric. But that dinosaur opens a key window into the development of recorded sound. In the history of recorded sound thats still playable, this is about as far back as we can go, said John Schneiter, a trustee at the Museum of Innovation and Science, where it will be played tonight in the city where Edison helped found the General Electric Co. The recording opens with a 23-second cornet solo of an unidentified song, followed by a mans voice reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb and Old Mother Hubbard. The man laughs at two spots during the recording, including at the end, when he recites the wrong words in the second nursery rhyme. Look at me; I dont know the song, he says. When the recording is played using modern technology during a presentation today at a nearby theater, it likely will be the first time it has been played at a public event since it was created during an Edison phonograph demonstration held June 22, 1878, in St. Louis, museum officials said. The recording was made on a sheet of tinfoil, 5 inches wide by 15 inches long, placed on the cylinder of the phonograph Edison (Continued from page 1) One thing weve heard over the last 20 years is that education has an overreliance on property taxes, Superintendent Don Diglia added. So weve tried to find another way. This is the first time weve gone back to the voters since 2005. I think weve been good stewards of the taxpayers money. Since announcing intentions to seek another levy, Elida has come up against the claim that the newly-erected high school building is the reason for the new levy. A big misconception is that we built this new building and now we dont have enough money to keep it running, Parker said. But even if we hadnt passed that bond issue in 2008, wed still be back on the ballot this year. The new high school was an outstanding project that was completed on time and under budget and the new building out-performs the middle school building as far as utilities. Over the last decade, Elida has made $3 million in cuts including pay freezes across the board, closure of the Gomer kindergarten building, reduced bus routes and drastic cuts to staff. Weve cut 43 staff positions over the last 10 years but our enrollment has stayed the same, Diglia said. We are literally at the exact same number with 2,561 students. The student/teacher ratio is now the highest its been since Ive been superintendent. Weve lost so many great programs, he continued. We had home economics and industrial arts at the middle school. We had a program called Success at

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storm conditions along the southeastern Florida coast, the Upper Keys and Florida Bay by Friday morning. A tropical storm warning was extended northward as far as Flagler Beach and a tropical storm watch was issued for the northeastern Florida coast. Sandy also may combine with other weather systems to create a major storm over the northeastern U.S. next week, according to federal and private forecasters. Itll be a rough couple days from Hatteras up to Cape Cod, said forecaster Jim Cisco of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration prediction center in College Park, Maryland. We dont have many modern precedents for what the models are suggesting.

invented in 1877 and began selling the following year. A hand crank turned the cylinder under a stylus that would move up and down over the foil, recording the sound waves created by the operators voice. The stylus would eventually tear the foil after just a few playbacks, and the person demonstrating the technology would typically tear up the tinfoil and hand the pieces out as souvenirs, according to museum curator Chris Hunter. Popping noises heard on this recording are likely from scars left from where the foil was folded up for more than a century. Realistically, once you played it a couple of times, the stylus would tear through it and destroy it, he said. Only a handful of the tinfoil recording sheets are known to survive, and of those, only two are playable: the Schenectady museums and an 1880 recording owned by The Henry Ford museum in Michigan. Hunter said he was able to determine just this week that the mans voice on the museums 1878 tinfoil recording is believed to be that of Thomas Mason, a St. Louis newspaper political writer who also went by the pen name I.X. Peck. Edison company records show that one of his newly invented tinfoil phonographs, serial No. 8, was sold to Mason for $95.50 in April 1878, and a search of old newspapers revealed a listing for a public phonograph program being offered by Peck on June 22, 1878, in St. Louis, the curator said. A womans voice says the words Old Mother Hubbard, but her identity remains a mystery, he said. Three weeks after making the recording, Mason died of sunstroke, Hunter said. A Connecticut woman donated the tinfoil to the Schenectady museum in 1978 for an exhibit on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Edison company that later merged with another to form GE. The womans father had been an antiques dealer in the Midwest and counted the item among his favorites, Hunter said. years that set students up for success later in their education and in life, Parker said. If anything, we should be focusing more on kindergarten and I think statewide we should even be working more on pre-school. Cutting back on kindergarten is something that would be tough on our kids. Its not the direction we need to be going in. Even with the bleak financial forecast and the hits Elida will take if the levy doesnt pass, Parker maintains an optimistic outlook concerning the voters of Elida. I read a survey recently that said 77 percent of people in Ohio love their public school, he said. One thing thats been made very clear to me over the last couple years is the support we have from the Elida community. We have a lot of great Bulldog fans out there.

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Obama will be re-elected have slipped: Half of voters now expect the president to win a second term, down from 55 percent a month earlier. For all of the good news for Republicans, however, what matters most in the election endgame is Romneys standing in the handful of states whose electoral votes still are up for grabs. And polls in a number of those battleground states still appear to favor Obama. As the election nears, Romney has been playing down social issues and trying to project a more moderate stance on matters such as abortion in an effort to court female voters. The AP-GfK poll, taken Friday through Tuesday, shows Romney pulling even with Obama among women at 47-47 after lagging by 16 points a month earlier. But now his campaign is grappling with the fallout from a comment by a Romneyendorsed Senate candidate in Indiana, who said that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape thats something God intended. Romney quickly distanced himself from the remark by Republican Richard Mourdock. But Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the incident was a reminder that a Republican Congress working with a Republican President Mitt Romney would feel that women should not be able to make choices about their own health care. A renewed focus on social

issues would be an unwelcome development for Romney: Among female likely voters, 55 percent say Obama would make the right decisions on womens issues, compared with 41 percent who think Romney would. Romneys pitch to women has been focused squarely on the economy, making the case that what women want most is to ensure their families and their country are on a solid financial footing. The poll shows that message appears to be taking root. A month ago, women favored Obama over Romney on the economy 56 percent to 40 percent. Now, the split has shifted to 49 percent for Romney and 45 percent for Obama. Similarly, Obamas lead among women as the candidate who better understands the peoples problems has narrowed considerably, from a 58-36 Obama advantage last month to a 50-43 Obama edge now. Monica Jensen, a 55-yearold independent from Mobile, Ala., says she voted for Obama in 2008 but will shift her vote to Romney this time, largely because of the economy. Im ready for a change, she said. I want to see the economy go in a different direction. Ginny Lewis, a Democrat and 72-year-old retired district attorney from Princeton, Ky., says shell vote for Romney because Im tired of the Republicans blaming all the debt on Democrats, so let them take over and see what they do.

Megachurch shooting suspect was committed in Md.

By NORMAN GOMLAK and ALEX DOMINGUEZ The Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Ga. A man suspected in Wednesdays fatal shooting at a Georgia mega-church was once committed to a mental health facility in Maryland after facing various criminal charges including attempted murder, according to court records. Police in Georgia said Floyd Palmer, 51, walked into a chapel at World Changers Church International just before a 10 a.m. service and opened fire, killing church volunteer Greg McDowell, 39, while he was leading a prayer. He walked in calmly, opened fire, and left as calmly, Fulton County Police Cpl. Kay Lester said. Palmer was a former facilities maintenance employee at the church who resigned in August for personal reasons, Lester said. He previously lived in Maryland. The churchs well-known founder and leader, the Rev. Creflo Dollar, was not there at the time. Palmer was taken into custody without incident a few hours later at an upscale mall in Atlantas Buckhead neighborhood, Lester said. Police spotted his car in the parking lot of Lenox Square. They didnt recover a weapon. He was being charged with homicide and possession of firearms in commission of a homicide, with additional charges pending. Court records show a man named Floyd Lester Palmer, born on the same day in 1960, was charged in Baltimore in 2001 with attempted murder, assault and handgun charges. He was committed to a psychiatric hospital in 2004 after pleading not criminally responsible to lesser charges. The records show he was released the next year subject to conditions that were to remain in effect for five years. The court filings include motions by the defense for a dangerousness evaluation, which was later withdrawn. Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the department did not have arrest records in the case, which is not unusual in cases where someone has been committed. Palmers attorney in the case, Kenneth Ravenell, was out of the country on Wednesday, his staff said. About 20 to 25 people were gathered in the chapel when the shooting happened. No other people were wounded and the gunman fled in a black Subaru station wagon with tinted windows that was later spotted by police at a mall in Atlantas Buckhead neighborhood. Investigators were working to determine if Palmer and McDowell knew each other.

the high school, a service program that was fantastic. We dont have any of that anymore. Anything we cut now will directly affect the kids in a negative way. This levy isnt about bringing back any of these programs, its about maintaining what we have. We need this to stop the bleeding. If the levy should fail, Elida will need to cut $750,000 more a year, forcing the loss of programs considered staples in todays educational system, such as physical education, arts and music programs and fullday kindergarten. The district fears cuts like these will make it nearly impossible to meet the requirements of the rising educational standards and maintain high ratings on the district report card. Kindergarten and the earlier years of education are the

ing roughly 41 million miles to and from school every day in this country. This observance is sponsored by: National Association for Pupil Transportation, National S chool Transportation Association, National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation, National Safety Council, and School Bus Manufacturers and Suppliers. Their goal is to educate students and the public about school bus safety. This years theme is I See the Driver The Driver Sees Me! School buses are among the safest transportation around. Statistics show around six children die per year as passengers on school buses; however, fatalities have more often occurred from pedestrian accidents involving motorists who illegally pass school buses, failing to see children. When a school bus is stopped, flashing lights on the bus warn drivers to stop, in order to allow children to safely board and get off the bus. Motorists should be vigilant when sharing the road with the big yellow buses. Bus drivers have to have nerves of steel. Kids can get rowdy on school buses and drivers should have rules (short and simple) their young passengers follow. It is helpful when bus drivers get to know their kids and try to be a positive role model. Parents should expect their students to show respect to their driver, who plays this very important role in getting them safely to school and back home. Riders were recently caught bullying a lady that accom-

panied the bus every day until one child filmed the event on his cell phone. There is no excuse for this behavior on a bus or anywhere else. Here are some safety reminders for parents and students from The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration: Parents should be sure their children get to the bus stop on time. Students should stand back several feet from the edge of the road until the bus comes to a complete stop. If a student drops something near the bus, he/she should ask the driver for help. The driver may not be able to see when a child bends over to pick something up. The best solution is to have all their things secure in a backpack or bag. Be sure clothing or backpacks have no loose drawstrings that could get caught in the bus door. Ask school officials or transportation authorities to change the location of a bus stop if it is not in a safe place. Students should cross the street in view of the driver: Cross in View Its the Thing to Do, was a previous years theme. The big yellow buses not only transport the kids to school every day but also take them on field trips, to sports events and many other extracurricular activities. Their passengers are ther future; obey the laws that protect the lives of our children and their caregivers the drivers. For more information, visit this site blog4safety. com/2012/10/nationalschool-bus-safety-weekoct-22-26/.

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