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Friday, March 11, 201150¢ daily Delphos, Ohio

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DELPHOS HERALD

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Telling The Tri-County’s Story Since 1869

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Body found inGa. identifed

as Ohio womanVIENNA, Ga. (AP)

A body found near aGeorgia cotton field hasbeen identified as a miss-ing Ohio woman.

An autopsy identified thebody as Gladis Russell, 85, of Bellefontaine, said GeorgiaBureau of Investigationspokesman John Bankhead.

Russell was identifiedusing dental records pro-vided by the Logan CountySheriff’s Office in Ohio,Bankhead said. Investigatorsare still trying to determinethe cause of death, he said.

The body of her hus-band, Richard Russell, 84,was found in late February

in Chattanooga, Tenn.Samuel K. Littleton II

is suspected in the couple’sdisappearance. Police saidhe told them he left GladisRussell’s body in a “white,glowing cotton field” off aside road along Interstate75 as he drove to Florida.

A farmer found the bodynear the cotton field onWednesday. The farmerwas working on a well andlocated the body near a dirtroad about two miles off I-75, investigators said.

Littleton, 37, has beencharged with the stabbingdeath of his girlfriend’s

26-year-old daughter,whose body was foundin the basement of thehome in Bellefontaine thathe had purchased fromthe Russells in 2009.

Littleton was arrested inFebruary in Princeton, W.Va.He has not been charged inthe Russells’ disappearance.

Library offers‘Rock Your Room!’

Sign up begins todayfor the Delphos PublicLibrary’s ‘Rock YourRoom!’ at 4 p.m. March 22.

Children in grades 2-6 areinvited to make several crafts,such as, a suncatcher madeout of CDs and a small bul-letin board. The crafts willbe on display at the library.

This group is lim-ited to 25 kids.

Call the library at 419-695-4015 to register.

Mostly cloudySaturday; highin upper 40s.See page 2.

Jefferson selling regionalfinal tickets

Tickets for the Jeffersongirls basketball regional

finals tournament gameversus Bucyrus Wynford atthe Elida Fieldhouse start-ing 7:30 p.m. Saturday willbe on sale at the JeffersonAdministration Buildingthrough 6:30 p.m. todayand from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Saturday. Pre-sale tickets are$6; tickets at the door are $8.

Tsunami waves hitOre. coast after

sweeping HawaiiBy JAYMES SONGand MARK NIESSEThe Associated Press

HONOLULU Tsunamiwaves swamped Hawaiibeaches and brushed the U.S.western coast today but didn’timmediately cause majordamage after devastatingJapan and sparking evacua-tions throughout the Pacific.

Kauai was the first of theHawaiian islands hit by thetsunami, which was causedby an earthquake in Japan,

the Pacific Tsunami WarningCenter said. Water rushedashore in Honolulu, cover-ing the beach in Waikiki andsurging over a break wall inthe world-famous resort butstopping short of the area’shigh-rise hotels.

Waves about 7 feet highwere recorded on Maui, and3 feet in Oahu and Kauai.Officials warned that thewaves would continue andcould become larger, and ascientist at the tsunami warn-ing center said there was like-ly some damage to mooringfacilities and piers.

“We called this right. Thisevacuation was necessary,”

said geophysicist GerardFryer in Hawaii. “There’sabsolutely no question, thiswas the right thing to do.”

Fryer said high waterreached Port Orford, Ore.,around 11:30 a.m. PST today.Evacuations were orderedand beaches closed all alongthe coast, and fishermen inCrescent City, Calif., fired uptheir crab boats and left theharbor to ride out an expect-ed swell. A tsunami in 1964killed 11 people in CrescentCity.

In Hawaii, roadways andbeaches were empty as thetsunami struck. As sirenssounded throughout the

night, most residents clearedout from the coasts and low-lying areas.

“I’m waiting to see if I’ll be working and if I canget to work,” said SabrinaSkiles, who spent the nightat her husband’s office indowntown Kahului in Maui.Their home, across the streetfrom the beach, was in amandatory evacuation zone.“They’re saying the worst isover right now but we keephearing reports saying ’don’tgo anywhere. You don’t wantto go too soon.’”

The tsunami, spawned byan 8.9-magnitude earthquakein Japan, slammed the east-

ern coast of Japan, sweepingaway boats, cars, homes andpeople as widespread firesburned out of control. It raced

across the Pacific at 500 mph as fast as a jetliner though tsunami waves rollinto shore at normal speeds.

President Barack Obamasaid the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency isready to come to the aid of Hawaii and West Coast statesas needed. Coast Guard cut-ter and aircraft crews werepositioning themselves to beready to conduct responseand survey missions as soonas conditions allow.

Scientists warned that

the first tsunami waves arenot always the strongest.The threat can last for sev-eral hours and people shouldwatch out for strong currents.

U.S. Geological Surveygeophysicist Ken Hudnutsaid residents along the coastshould heed calls for evacua-tion if local emergency plan-ners order them.

“Do the right thing,”Hudnut said. “Be safe.”

It was the second timein a little over a year thatHawaii and the U.S. Westcoast faced the threat of amassive tsunami. A magni-tude-8.8 earthquake in Chilespawned warnings on Feb.

27, 2010, but the waves weremuch smaller than predicted

Stacy Taff photo

Fort Jennings Elementary students wait for their cue to start singing the “World’s Largest Concert” on Thursday.

BY STACY [email protected]

FORT JENNINGSAt 1p.m. Thursday, Fort JenningsSchools grades K-6 partici-pated in a very exciting partof Music In Our Schools

Month called “The World’sLargest Concert.”

“Music In Our SchoolsMonth always occurs inMarch,” Fort JenningsMusic Director Rose MaryWarnecke said. “They’vebeen doing this concert

since 1985 and I think FortJennings has been involvedfor at least 15 years.”

“The World’s LargestConcert” uses video to con-nect students around thecountry as they sing the samesongs at the same time.

“They sing for 30 min-utes and there’s seven oreight songs,” Warneckesaid. “It has been estimat-ed that 6 million students,teachers and music sup-porters have participated inrecent years.”

Better financial news for county; furlough program to endBY ED GEBERT

VAN WERT Goodfinancial news for Van WertCounty has been sparse overthe past couple of years.Drops in sales tax collectionand state funding cuts havehurt the bottom line for coun-ty government. Increasedretail sales throughout thecounty over the 12 monthshave county commissionersmore encouraged.

The figures have beengood enough to allow com-missioners to cease the vol-untary furlough program forcounty employees, effectiveApril 1. County residents will

again be able to access anduse county offices all day onFridays.

The furloughs began in2009 as a budget savingsmeasure and were extendedfor three months last year.On Thursday morning,Commissioner Gary Adamsconfirmed the furlough pro-gram was being discontinued.Employees wishing to remainon furlough can still do so butcounty offices should remainopen all day on Fridays.

The end of the furloughsignifies good economicnews. However, with uncer-tain times ahead, Adamscautioned, “It may be nec-

essary to implement a man-datory furlough later in theyear in the event that localgovernment funds from thestate are cut and/or salestax revenues are drasticallyreduced.”

The commissioners andCounty Auditor Nancy Dixonhave credited the furloughprogram and departmentalcuts with creating enoughsavings for a needed car-ryover balance headed into2011.

The trend in sales tax col-lections is showing more retailspending in Van Wert County.Collections in January andFebruary, reflecting sales in

November and December,show increases of 19 and 27percent, respectively. Salestax revenues in 2010 totaled$3,643,416.17 an increaseof $363,404.58 over 2009.

While that revenue isunpredictable, a biggerunknown is the size of cutsto funding coming fromColumbus. Adams notedthat the local governmentfund for Van Wert Countyis $640,000 but a 15-per-cent cut would trim it to$500,000. It would also cre-ate a budget shortfall for thecounty. A final answer on thepossible cut won’t be knownuntil July 1 but an indication

could be forthcoming whenGov. John Kasich submitshis budget to the legislatureon Tuesday.

A further bit of goodfinancial news was revealedby County Treasurer BevFuerst who reported on realestate tax collections.

“We collected more than$12 million and last Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday, mystaff took in more than $5million. One day we did $2.5million. I’ve got the greateststaff we could ever have,”Fuerst stated. “And my delin-quencies are down to almost$700,000, so that’s good. I’mvery pleased.”

Jennings joins millions in ‘World’s Largest Concert’

Hundreds killedin tsunami after8.9 Japan quakeBy MALCOLM FOSTER

The Associated Press

TOKYO A ferocioustsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes onrecord slammed Japan’s east-ern coast today, killing hun-dreds of people as it sweptaway ships, cars and homeswhile widespread fires burnedout of control.

Hours later, the tsunamihit Hawaii but did not causemajor damage. Warningsblanketed the Pacific, puttingareas on alert as far awayas South America, Canada,Alaska and the entire U.S.

West coast. In northeast-ern Japan, the area arounda nuclear power plant wasevacuated after the reactor’scooling system failed.

Police said 200 to 300bodies were found in thenortheastern coastal city of Sendai, the city in Miyagiprefecture, or state, closestto the epicenter. Another 110were confirmed killed, with350 people missing. Policealso said 544 people wereinjured.

The magnitude-8.9 off-shore quake unleashed a23-foot (seven-meter) tsunamiand was followed for hoursby more than 50 aftershocks,many of them of more thanmagnitude 6.0.

Dozens of cities and vil-lages along a 1,300-mile(2,100-kilometer) stretch of coastline were shaken by vio-lent tremors that reached asfar away as Tokyo, hundredsof miles (kilometers) fromthe epicenter. A large sec-tion of Kesennuma, a townof 70,000 people in Miyagi,burned furiously into thenight with no apparent hopeof being extinguished, publicbroadcaster NHK said.

“The earthquake has causedmajor damage in broad areasin northern Japan,” PrimeMinister Naoto Kan said at anews conference.

The government orderedthousands of residents near anuclear power plant in the cityof Onahama to move back atleast two miles (three kilome-ters) from the plant. The reac-tor was not leaking radiationbut its core remained hot evenafter a shutdown. The plant is170 miles (270 kilometers)northeast of Tokyo.

Trouble was reported attwo other nuclear plants aswell, but there was no radia-tion leak at either of them.

Japan’s coast guard saidit was searching for 80 dockworkers on a ship that wasswept away from a shipyardin Miyagi.

Even for a country used toearthquakes, this one was of horrific proportions becauseof the tsunami that crashedashore, swallowing everythingin its path as it surged sev-eral miles (kilometers) inlandbefore retreating. The apoc-alyptic images on JapaneseTV of powerful, debris-filledwaves, uncontrolled fires anda ship caught in a massivewhirlpool resembled scenesfrom a Hollywood disastermovie.

Large fishing boats andother vessels rode high waves

ashore, slamming againstoverpasses or scraping underthem and snapping powerlines along the way. Upturnedand partially submerged carsbobbed in the water. Shipsanchored in ports crashedagainst each other.

The tsunami roared overembankments, washing any-thing in its path inland beforereversing directions and car-rying the cars, homes andother debris out to sea. Flamesshot from some of the homes,probably because of burst gaspipes.

Waves of muddy watersflowed over farmland near

Sendai, carrying buildings,some of them ablaze. Driversattempted to flee. Sendai air-port was inundated with thick,muddy debris that includedcars, trucks, buses and evenlight planes.

Highways to the worst-

See JAPAN, page 10

See TSUNAMI, page 10

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POLICE REPORT

The DelphosHeraldVol. 141 No. 228

Nancy Spencer, editorRay Geary, general manager

Delphos Herald, Inc.Don Hemple,

advertising manager

Tiffany Brantley,circulation manager

The Daily Herald (USPS 15258000) is published daily exceptSundays and Holidays.

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TURNWALD, Rita M., 87,of Ottoville, Mass of ChristianBurial will begin at 10:30a.m. Saturday at ImmaculateConception Catholic Church,Ottoville, the Rev. John Stitesofficiating. Burial will be inSt. Mary Cemetery, Ottoville.Friends may call from 2-8p.m. today at Love-HeitmeyerFuneral Home, JacksonTownship (corner of St. Rt.224 & 634), where a scrip-ture service begins at 2 p.m.

Memorials may be made to theNational Multiple SclerosisSociety of Northwest Ohio.Condolences may be sent towww.lovefuneralhome.com.

A representative of theLima Post of the Ohio StateHighway Patrol said no inju-ries were sustained in the inci-dent of an overturned tractor-trailer on US 30 Wednesdaymorning. Tugsbat Nyamjab,43, of Illinois, lost control of a1997 Volvo conventional semi

owned by HM Transportation,LLC of Glenview, Ill.“He was cited for operating

the vehicle without reasonablecontrol. He was driving easton US 30 and traveled off theright side of the road, strucka guardrail, swerved back tothe left and overturned,” therepresentative said.

No other vehicles wereinvolved and no injuries weresustained. Traffic was re-rout-ed to SR 66 and Fifth Streetfor most of the morning, sotravelers could resume high-way use just east of Delphos.

At 7:11 a.m. Thursday,Delphos police were called tothe 300 block of South CanalStreet in reference to a crimi-nal damaging complaint.

Upon officers’ arrival, thevictim stated that sometime in

the overnight hours someonehad broken out a window onthe victim’s vehicle.

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Aug. 2, 1954 - March 9, 2011Stephen F. Placke, 56,

of Van Wert, died at 11:18p.m. Wednesday at VancrestHealthcare Center in Van Wert.

He was born Aug. 2, 1954,in Van Wert to Julian C. andElsie May (Geething) Placke.

On Aug. 31, 1974, he mar-ried Carolyn Ann (McCoy)Placke, who survives.

Survivors also includedaughters Ana S. Placke of Atlanta, Ga., Monica J. Plackeof Van Wert; son Kyle Plackeof Van Wert; brothers Gene(Ruth) Placke of Findlay, David(Cindy) Placke of Cleveland,Mike (Cheryl) Placke of VanWert and Karl (Chris) Plackeof Delphos; sister Rose (Dean)Smith of Wapakoneta; threegrandchildren, Haylie R.Placke, Alanna M. Francis andAaron J. Francis.

Mr. Placke had worked atFederal Mogul in Van Wert,then was 20 years in the min-istry, first at the First Churchof God in Van Wert. He thenstarted Vineyard ChristianFellowship of Van Wert andlater preached at the FirstAssembly of God Church inOttawa. He was a graduateof St. Johns High School andattended Fort Wayne BibleCollege and Apollo Nursingprogram in Lima. He was anurse at Vancrest HealthcareCenter in Van Wert and inseveral health facilities inScottsdale, Ariz. He greatlyloved music and wrote musicas well as sang and playedthe piano. He was one of theoriginal members of the localgospel group Trinity.

Funeral services will beginat 2 p.m. Sunday at Cowan &Son Funeral Home, Van Wert.

Friends may call from 2-7Saturday and one hour prior toservices Sunday at the funeralhome.

Preferred memorials are tothe Placke family.

Delphos weatherHigh temperature Thursday

in Delphos was 47 degrees,low was 32. Rainfall wasrecorded at .13 inch with atrace of snow. High a yearago today was 63, low was 44.

Record high for today is 79,set in 1990. Record low is 1,set in 1948.

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TONIGHT: Partly cloudyin the evening becomingmostly cloudy. Lows in thelower 30s. Southwest winds10 to 15 mph.

SATURDAY: Mostlycloudy and breezy. Highsin the upper 40s. Southwestwinds 15 to 25 mph with gustsup to 35 mph.

SATURDAY NIGHT:Mostly cloudy. Lows in the

upper 20s. West winds 15 to20 mph diminishing to 5 to 10mph after midnight.EXTENDED FORECAST

SUNDAY: Mostlycloudy. Highs in the lower40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10mph.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Partlycloudy in the evening becom-ing mostly cloudy. Lows inthe mid 20s.

MONDAY:Mostly cloudy.Highs in the lower 40s.

MONDAY NIGHT, TUESDAY: Partly cloudy.Lows in the upper 20s. Highsin the upper 40s.

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WEDNESDAY: Mostlycloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.Highs in the mid 50s.

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Lohan leavescourt with newoffer from judge

By ANTHONYMcCARTNEY

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES Ajudge on Thursday gaveLindsay Lohan two weeks toconsider an undisclosed dealto end a felony grand theftcase before an upcoming hear-ing that could send the starletto jail for the fourth time.

Superior Court Judge KeithSchwartz told the “Mean Girls”star that he had told her attorneyand a prosecutor how he wouldlikely sentence her if she agreedto plead guilty or no contest inthe case, but said he would keep

the terms confidential.The theft case is now boundfor an April 22 preliminaryhearing before another judgewho will decide if there isenough evidence for Lohanto stand trial or to be sent tojail for violating probation inanother case.

If Lohan appeared again inhis court, Schwartz said, hewould know she was accept-ing his offer.

During a hearing Thursdaybefore Schwartz, the actresssignaled a desire to fight thecharge involving a $2,500necklace by rejecting a prose-cutor’s plea deal that includeda guaranteed jail sentence.

Schwartz previously saidhe would sentence Lohan tojail if she pleaded guilty butdid not make a similar threaton Thursday.

Lohan, wearing a shinybrownish-gray dress, spokeonly once during the hearing,telling Schwartz she under-stood the schedule for thehearings.

She has pleaded not guilty

to stealing the necklace fromKamofie & Co., a jewelrystore near Lohan’s home in thebeach community of Venice.

Lohan’s return to courtcame days after surveillancefootage was aired of her try-ing on necklaces at the shop,which reported the necklacestolen on Jan. 22.

The necklace was eventu-ally given by a Lohan associ-ate to police who had alreadyobtained a search warrantfor the Venice home of theactress.

“Entertainment Tonight”aired the footage, whichshowed Lohan texting, pacing

and talking to a store clerk fornearly 45 minutes.The actress wore the neck-

lace for roughly 25 minutes,according to the show, andit was around her neck whenthe clerk escorted Lohan out,smiled and held a door open.

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The March session of

the Van Wert ChamberLeadership class met atVantage Career Center onMarch 9 for its education ses-sion.

After a welcome toVantage by SuperintendentStaci Kaufman, CommunityRelations CoordinatorMaryJo Wilhelm gave anoverview of Vantage howit all began and after 35 years,where career technical educa-tion is now.

Adult Director PetePrichard presented informa-tion about adult workforcedevelopment, ABLE/GED,Wright State University

Lake and Northwest StateCommunity College classesand life-long learning oppor-tunities that are available atVantage for students of allages.

Class members then shad-owed three different Vantagestudents during their morninglab session. Many Leadershipparticipants were unfamil-iar with some of the pro-grams offered, and foundthis portion of the programvery interesting. I overheardone participant who said, “I

was very impressed with thestudents I shadowed. Theyreally knew what they weretalking about.”

The Vantage CulinaryArts class prepared a deli-cious Mexican lunch buffet

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Caitlin Debatin, a Vantage junior from Van Wert in theInteractive Media program, gives Chamber Leadershipparticipant Greg Johnson from Eaton a chance to try hishand on the audio equipment in the lab.

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New suggestion raised inhospital discussion: Sell

By ED GEBERT

At a county departmentheads meeting Thursdaymorning, County Prosecutor

Charles Kennedy III sug-gested that the commission-ers consider an alternativeto the already agreed-toland transfer agreementbetween the county and theVan Wert County HospitalAssociation. The deal wouldgive the hospital control of the land where its buildingis located, while the countywould be given a seat on thehospital board to allow thecommissioners a say in thedecisions of the facility.

Kennedy brought out anaccount of the recent sale of Clinton Memorial Hospital(CMH) in Wilmington, Ohio

to a for-profit company.With the Van Wert CountyHospital deal not finalized,Kennedy urged the commis-sioners to consider sellingthe county’s interest in thefacility. He has been a vocalopponent of the transferagreement, instead urgingthe deal to pay the countya price in exchange for thefunds raised in the late 1950sby a bond issue to Van WertCounty taxpayers.

CMH was a facility indanger of closing. The hos-pital operated as a county-owned facility dating backto 1951, but in recent years

it was bleeding money.After losing $4 million in2006, CMH lost $7 millionthe next year and $2million the following year.The former hospital CEOasserted that the facilitywould have to close itsdoors within five years if nothing changed.

The problem, officialsclaimed was that a greaterpercentage of patients wereeither getting free care orwere Medicare or Medicaidpatients. Although the hos-pital was treating plenty of patients, cash couldn’t begenerated fast enough tomake ends meet. Add tothat, numerous layoffs and

the eventual move-out of thecounty’s biggest employer,DHL, and the situation wasdire.

By 2008, CMH and

Clinton County were look-ing for a way to save the95-bed health care facility.The best option seemed tobe a merger with a larg-er health care system, sorequests for proposals weresent out to a number of firms. The county receiveda number of bids, but itwas RegionalCare HospitalPartners of Brentwood,Tenn. that won the right topurchase CMH.

With the closing of thesale agreement in November,2010, Clinton County seemsto be awash in cash. Thecounty received more than

$12.4 million immediatelyat closing. Another $17 mil-lion was deferred with thecounty receiving $1.7 mil-lion each year over the nextten years. A fund was setup for unforeseen contingen-cies with $15 million more.After all expenses are paid,a net $44 million is expectedto fill the Clinton Countycoffers.

Besides the influx of cash,the buyer agreed to erect a15,000-square foot medicaloffice building, to donate$500,000 to the county foreconomic developmentefforts, another $500,000

to the YMCA for wellnessprogram improvements, and$200,000 per year to coverthe cost of medical care foruninsured prisoners in thecounty.

The switch from a coun-ty-owned facility that paysno property taxes to a for-profit facility expected topay $1 million annually inproperty tax plus another$1 million in sales taxes.All 900 hospital employeeswere retained with the newownership.

Is there an example tobe followed locally, asKennedy has suggested? Wewill examine that possibilityin part two of this series.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

IT WAS NEWS THEN

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POLITICS


DEAR EDITOR, For more than 9 years I have had the pleasure of serving the

city of Delphos as City Council President and have benefitedfrom the support of local voters and the cooperation of a veryprofessional and committed group of fellow elected officialsand administrators. I have found the experience extremelychallenging and fulfilling. I have been proud to have playeda small part in some major accomplishments and have beenimpressed on a daily basis by the work our city’s full time,part time and part-paid employees do on behalf of all of us inDelphos. I have been honored to represent Delphos interactingwith officials from other communities and agencies at the stateand local level and have attempted to be a positive influencein our community’s efforts to grow and prosper since my firstelection in 2001.

I have decided not to run for a fourth term as Delphos CityCouncil President in this year’s election.

Earlier this week I filed a letter with the Allen CountyBoard of Elections asking that my name be removed fromthe May Primary Ballot. Interested candidates for the positionhave until May 2 to file with the Allen County Elections Boardas a nonpartisan candidate needing the signatures of at least50 registered voters to do so. A deadline for potential write-incandidates will not pass until later this summer.

Delphos residents can be sure that I will remain one of ourcommunity’s most ardent advocates following the completionof my current term at the end of this year.

Sincerely, Robert J. “Bob” Ulm

Delphos

WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obamasmiled when he said his largeears and funny name oncemade him a target of school-yard harassment. But he wasall seriousness Thursday whenhe told a White House confer-ence on bullying that tormentand intimidation must not betolerated.

Some 13 million students,about a third of all those attend-

ing school, are bullied everyyear, the White House said.Experts say that puts them atgreater risk of falling behindin their studies, abusing drugsor alcohol, or suffering men-tal or other health problems.Kids who are seen as differentbecause of their race, clothes,disability or sexual orientationare more likely to be bullied.

“If there’s one goal of thisconference,” Obama said, “it’sto dispel the myth that bully-ing is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable partof growing up. It’s not.” Hespoke to more than 100 par-ents, students, teachers andothers gathered to discuss the

problem and share ideas forsolutions.

“Bullying can have destruc-tive consequences for ouryoung people. And it’s notsomething we have to accept,”he said.

The issue has been gettingmore attention partly becausetexting, Facebook, Twitter andother technologies are beingused to carry it out it’scalled cyberbullying andbecause of media coverage of teens who have killed them-selves after such taunting.

Families of some of thoseyoungsters joined Obama at theWhite House, including Tina

Meier, of suburban St. Louis.Meier’s 13-year-old daugh-ter, Megan, hanged herself in2006 after falling victim to anInternet hoax carried out, inpart, by an adult neighbor whoposed as a boy. The neighbor,a woman, was later convictedof a federal misdemeanor in alandmark cyberbullying trial.

“No family should have togo through what these familieshave gone through,” Obamasaid. “No child should feel thatalone.”

Meier had a message for par-ents who want to take awaytheir children’s computers andother electronic devices to sparethem from bullying: It won’t

work. She urged them insteadto get a better understanding of what their kids are doing.

“Technology is out there.We cannot shut it off. Childrenare not going to allow it tobe shut off,” Meier told par-ticipants. “We have to makesure that we have parents whounderstand what’s going on intheir child’s online world, aswell as the real world.”

Speaking as a parent and asa victim, Obama urged every-one to help end bullying byworking to create an atmo-sphere at school where chil-dren feel safe and feel like theybelong. He said that even he

felt out of place growing up.“I have to say, with big earsand the name that I have, Iwasn’t immune,” said Obama,who moved around a lot asa boy, being born in Hawaiiand growing up there and inIndonesia. “I didn’t emergeunscathed,” he said.

Obama said adults have toooften turned a blind eye to theproblem by chalking up theharassment to kids being kids.But he said a national attitudeadjustment is in order becauseof damage that bullying can do.

By EILEEN SULLIVANAssociated Press

WASHINGTON Congress pushed deep intoa raw and emotional debateThursday over AmericanMuslims who have commit-ted terrorist attacks in thename of religion, in a hearingpunctuated by tearful testi-mony, angry recriminationsand political theater.

Republican Rep. PeterKing declared U.S. Muslimsare doing too little to helpfight terror in America.Democrats warned of inflam-ing anti-Muslim sentimentand energizing al-Qaida.

Framed by photos of theburning World Trade Centerand Pentagon, the families of two young men blamed theIslamic community for inspir-ing young men to committerrorism. On the other side,one of the two Muslims inCongress wept while discuss-ing a Muslim firefighter whodied in the attacks.

The sharp divisions reflecta country still struggling withhow best to combat terror-ism nearly a decade afterthe September 2001 attacks.Al-Qaida has built a strategyrecently around motivatingyoung American Muslims tobecome one-man terror cells,and the U.S. government haswrestled with fighting that

effort.King, a New York con-

gressman and the new chair-man of the House HomelandSecurity Committee, said hecalled the hearing becauseMuslim community leadersneed to speak out more loudlyagainst terrorism and workmore closely with police andthe FBI. Democrats wantedthe hearing to focus on terrorthreats more broadly, includ-ing from white supremacists.

“This hearing today is play-ing into al-Qaida right nowaround the world,” said Rep.Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas,who said the committee wastrampling the Constitution.

Republicans said that wasnothing but political correct-ness.

“We have to know ourenemy, and it is radical Islamin my judgment,” said Rep.Michael McCaul of Texas.

Thursday’s hearing wasthe first high-profile event forthe new Republican majorityin the House, and it roused thecity. The room was packed,and officials steered onlook-ers into an overflow.

At one point, an exchangebetween Reps. Tom Marinoand Al Green grew loud asthey talked over each other.Green, a Texas Democrat whois black, said the terrorismhearing should have includeddiscussion of the Ku Klux

Klan. Marino, a PennsylvaniaRepublican who is white, saidthe subject of the day was ter-rorism, prompting the chair-man to rap the gavel repeat-edly as the two argued overwhether the KKK was a ter-rorist organization.

Despite years of govern-ment focus on terrorism, doz-ens of unraveled terrorismplots and a few successfulattacks have suggested thereis no one predictable pathtoward violence. Thursday’shearing offered no insightinto those routes.

Homegrown terroristsespousing their Islamic faithhave included high schooldropouts and college gradu-ates, people from both poorand wealthy families. Somestudied overseas. Others wereinspired over the Internet.

That has complicatedgovernment efforts to under-stand and head off radicaliza-tion. It also reduced someof Thursday’s debate to aseries of anecdotes: Islamicterrorists on the one hand,an Islamic paramedic on theother.

Rep. Keith Ellison,D-Minn., the first Muslimelected to Congress, weptas he discussed MohammedSalman Hamdani, a Pakistani-American paramedic whodied responding to the WorldTrade Center attack.

By TOM RAUMAssociated Press

WASHINGTON What to do about Libya andMoammar Gadhafi? It’s notonly a national security ques-tion for President BarackObama. Twenty monthsbefore the next election, it’sa difficult political question,

too, for the Republicans whohope to take his place as com-mander in chief.

Republicans weighing apossible presidential run who have commented onLibya seem to favor ano-fly zone. That includesformer House Speaker NewtGingrich, former Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin, former ArkansasGov. Mike Huckabee, formerMinnesota Gov. Tim Pawlentyand former PennsylvaniaSen. Rick Santorum. Palinhas criticized Obama for notoffering timely support for theLibyan people and has urgedsome kind of U.S. response,

including a no-fly zone.Others mentioned in the

running, including formerMassachusetts Gov. MittRomney, Indiana Gov. MitchDaniels and departing U.S.ambassador to China JonHuntsman, have not specifi-cally made an issue out of Libya.

But Romney, in a speech

in New Hampshire lastweekend, broadly criticizedObama’s overall handling of unrest in the Middle East.

“He and his administrationwere caught off guard. Thepresident and his team lookedlike deer in the headlights,”Romney said.

Politicians of variousstripes “are wary of the

very ambiguous situation inLibya,” said Ross K. Baker,a Rutgers University politicalscience professor. “A weekago, almost anybody wouldhave put their chips on thefall of Gadhafi. But clearly,there’s been a reversal of for-tune for him. This is causingbipartisan confusion.”

Libya was not even men-tioned during a candidates’forum Monday in Waukee,Iowa, that focused heavilyon domestic issues and wasattended by Pawlenty andSantorum.

Meanwhile, Sen. RichardLugar of Indiana, the senior

Republican on the ForeignRelations panel, has becomethe top GOP advocate formoderation. The U.S. shouldnot “launch military interven-tion into yet another Muslimcountry, without thinkinglong and hard about the con-sequences and implications,”Lugar says.

Until the last few days,

Libya was hardly mentionedby prospective presidentialcontenders.

Gingrich, Huckabee,Pawlenty and Santorum alllater came out for a no-flyzone in one form of another.

Gingrich, the most out-spoken, said the U.S. shouldimpose one immediatelywithout waiting for the U.N.

or NATO. Pawlenty toldreporters Obama failed tooffer a timely condemnationof a “sociopathic killer” mow-ing down his own people.Santorum told a Des Moinesradio station: “Ronald Reaganbombed Libya. If you want tobe Reaganesque, it seems thepath is pretty clear here.“

President Reagan launchedU.S. airstrikes on Libya in1986 after a bombing at aBerlin disco which theU.S. blamed on Libya thatkilled three people, includ-ing two American soldiers.The airstrikes killed about100 people in Libya, includ-

ing Gadhafi’s young adopteddaughter at his Tripoli com-pound.

Former Arkansas Gov.Huckabee says a no-fly zonewould be “very importantbecause that way you keep(Gadhafi) from flying mer-cenaries in.” He would alsoposition a naval armada off the Libyan coast.

By SAM HANANELAssociated Press

WASHINGTON Labor unions at the heart of a burning national disagree-

ment over the cost of publicemployees want to frame thedebate as a civil rights issue,an effort that may draw moresympathy to public work-ers being blamed for bustingstate budgets with generouspensions.

As part of that strategy,unions are planning ralliesacross the country on April 4 the anniversary of MartinLuther King Jr.’s assassina-tion. Union officials wantthe observances in dozens of cities to remind Americansthat King was supportingstriking sanitation workers inMemphis, Tenn., the night he

was shot.By portraying collectivebargaining as a human rightsissue, union officials hopethe rallies can help fuel abacklash against Republicansin Wisconsin and other statestrying to curb collectivebargaining rights for publicemployees.

“This is a fight for work-ers, this is a fight for the mid-dle class, this is a fight to tryto stave off the shift in powerand wealth that is starting tobecome gross,” said Harold

Schaitberger, president of theInternational Association of Fire Fighters.

The planned rallies on the43rd anniversary of King’sdeath are part of a coordi-

nated strategy by labor lead-ers to ride the momentumof pro-union demonstrationsand national polls showingmost Americans support col-lective bargaining rights asWisconsin Gov. Scott Walkerand other GOP leaders instates fight to reduce or stripthose benefits.

Walker has argued thatcollective bargaining is abudget issue. He says the billthe state Legislature passedThursday stripping most col-lective bargaining benefitswill give local governmentsflexibility in making bud-get cuts needed to close the

state’s $3.6 billion deficit. Heis expected to sign it soon.“That’s something people

forget about Dr. King,” saidLiz Shuler, secretary-trea-surer of the AFL-CIO, thenation’s largest labor federa-tion. “We all know about hiswork in the civil rights move-ment, but he was also a work-ers’ rights advocate.”

It’s also another signalthat labor leaders are tryingto broaden the coalition of groups speaking out againstefforts to limit collective

bargaining rights for publicemployee unions. Unions arecoordinating the rallies withthe NAACP, the LeadershipConference on Civil andHuman Rights and other civil

rights, religious and progres-sive groups.

“Dr. King lost his lifestruggling to help sanitationworkers public sectoremployees achieve theirgoals for a dignified exis-tence as workers,” said WadeHenderson, president of theLeadership Conference. “Wethink that’s an extraordi-nary backdrop in which toframe the debate over what’staking place in the countrytoday.”

When King traveled toMemphis in 1968, he waslending support to more than1,100 black sanitation work-

ers who were on strike seek-ing better working conditions,higher wages and benefits,and union recognition.

Daniel Walkowitz, alabor historian at New YorkUniversity, said the gesturewas typical of King’s lateryears, in which the targets of his activism were less oftenthe legal barriers to civilrights for blacks. More often,King was focused on lack of employment and educationalopportunities for African-Americans.

One Year Ago• Members of the St. John’s High School Liturgy Team

served a recent “Supper’s On Us” meal at Trinity UnitedMethodist Church. Trevor Kroeger, Katie Honigford, MeganKlausing and Shonda Bensman worked in the serving line.The team raised money to supply the meal with a jean day atschool.

25 Years Ago 1986• Cleanup work continued on a farm owned by Mike Kahle,

north of Spencerville, after high winds destroyed a barnMonday evening killing 15 hogs. The farm is on State Route81 near State Route 66. Kahle also suffered a loss at a propertyhe rents on Acadia Road when winds took the roof off a hogfinishing house.

• A Bellefontaine area woman was the first to report find-ing a balloon released March 3 from Franklin School as part

of Right to Read Week activities. Principal Mark Fuerst saidJean Harman wrote that she found the balloon in a cornfieldnear her home one mile southwest of Bellefontaine.

• Delphos Young Farmers and Young Farm Wives clubswere recently honored at the annual Ohio Young Farmer-Young Farm Wife Conference held in Dayton. Helen Pohlmanwas awarded the Northwest Area Young Farm Wife, whichfurther resulted in being named the 1986 State of Ohio YoungFarm Wife of the Year.

50 Years Ago 1961• The Ohio League of Young Republican Clubs set an

executive meeting in Lima March 24-25, according to FredDavis, president of the Allen County Young Republican Club.The event, sponsored by the Allen County Club, will be heldin the Argonne Hotel. All local young Republicans wishingto attend can make arrangements with John Metzner, Jr. orDon May.

• Mrs. Walter Wolery was named to serve as president of

the Delphos Parent-Teachers’ Association at the regular meet-ing of the organization in the auditorium of the new FranklinSchool Thursday night. Elected to serve with her were JohnGiller and Mrs. Phillip Gressel, first vice presidents; NolanHudson, second vice president; Mrs. Nile Brenneman, sec-retary; Paul Rozelle, treasurer; Mildred Keller, historian andArden Blythe, parliamentarian.

• Allen L. McFearin, Jr., Delphos serviceman, won anglingrecognition in the 26th Annual Metropolitan Miami FishingTournament in Miami, Fla., when he caught seven snapperand three cobia in the all-tackle division. Too small to beweighed for citation or trophies, his catch will be recorded onthe front page of his personalized copy of the Year Book of South Florida Fishing.

75 Years Ago 1936• Needed improvement at Waterworks Park for the spring

and summer season and plans for conducting the park this yearwere under consideration at a meeting of the Delphos Kiwanis

Club at the Beckman Hotel Tuesday night. Harold Gonyeaand Clive Wirt, representing the WPA program, were presentat the meeting.

• Team Two has again won out in the weekly shoot held atthe Gramm range and again Herbert Buchanan of team Onetops the list of individual shooters. C. N. Daniels of victoriousTeam Two, rang up the second high mark for the evening,closely followed by W. A. Thomas of Team Three.

• The Kanel Clothes cagers of Findlay proved to be toomuch for the Ottoville Merchants team to handle Tuesdaynight when the teams met at the Hoaglin Jackson gym. Thegame ended with a 37-25 count favoring the Findlay team.The starting lineup for Ottoville was as follows: Altenburger,A. Schlagbaum, Huysman, Eickholt and Leis. Substitutesincluded Archdeacon, Unterbrink and O. Schlagbaum.

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TODAY1-4 p.m. Interfaith Thrift

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Cloverdale recycle at vil-lage park.

10 a.m to 2 p.m. DelphosPostal Museum is open.

12:15 p.m. Testing of warning sirens by DelphosFire and Rescue

1-3 p.m. Delphos CanalCommission Museum, 241 N.Main St., is open.

7 p.m. Bingo at St.John’s Little Theatre.

SUNDAY1-3 p.m. The Delphos

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1-4 p.m. Putnam CountyMuseum is open, 202 E. MainSt. Kalida.

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First Family

Jefferson inventedcoat hanger, hideaway bedBY SCOTT CLARKSON

Here are some interesting

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• Barack Obamawas a good basketballplayer in high school.So much that he wasgiven the nickname“The O Bomber.”

• Which presidenthas the biggest feet?The award goes to WarrenHarding wore a size 14 shoesize.

• When Grover Clevelandran for president, it was soon

discovered that he paid a manto enter the military service inhis place. His political oppo-nent began to label him adraft dodger but soon stoppedwhen it was dug up that hedid the same thing.

• Thomas Jefferson invent-ed the coat hanger, hideaway

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a very wealthy man but hadto borrow money toget to his inaugura-tion. His money wasin his vast propertythat he owned but didnot produce any cashflow.

• Gerald Ford hadto do all he could inorder to pay for his

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By JIM METCALFEjmetcalfe@delpho-

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ELIDA It’s been 12years since Jefferson’s girlsbasketball team made it allthe way to the regionals.

They looked right athome Thursday night on theUnion Bank Court of theElida Fieldhouse withthe Wildcat fans nearly fill-ing their side squeak-ing by previously-unbeaten

Arlington 49-46.The Lady Wildcats (22-2) earned a trip to Saturdaynight’s (7:30 p.m.) finals ver-sus Bucyrus Wynford, whodumped Stryker 53-33 in thenightcap.

“I’ve been coaching a longtime and this is only the sec-ond time a team of mine hasgotten this far. This is anotherbig win for us over anotherquality team,” Jefferson men-tor Dave Hoffman began. “Ithas been a lot of fun for meand the girls. We are playingwith a lot of confidence rightnow and the girls are play-

ing great basketball. This is agreat team accomplishment.”

Jefferson, who had trailedby nine earlier in the thirdperiod, had rallied within36-32 to start the fourth. Eachtime one team scored, theother answered until the Lady’Cats got a big 3-ball from theleft corner by senior MorganFischbach at the 2:43 mark toput her team up for good at45-43. The Red Devils (24-1)replied with 1-of-2 free throwsby Amelia Recker (9 markers,

9 boards, 4 steals) at 2:37.However, the Wildcats thenspread the floor and made theDevils chase and foul. JuniorCourtney Lewis hit two sin-gles at 2:20 and Arlingtoncould not respond immediate-ly. Junior Kennedy Boggs (8markers, 6 caroms, 4 steals)hit 1-of-2 free throws at 1:55(with Alivia Recker foulingout). Mackenzie Heacock(game-high 19 markers, 5rebounds) scored at 1:08 toget the Red Devils within48-46. The Wildcats misfiredon a pair of 1-and-1s but theRed Devils missed on three

chances to tie or take the lead;

a block of Tina Brunswick’slayin try by Jefferson seniorBridget Culp and two goodlooks from deep by JessicaHunter (6 points). Finally,Boggs hit the first-of-2 freethrows with 3.5 ticks on theboard (Arlington coach SethNewlove took a timeout aftershe made the first) and theDevils got the rebound on themiss, calling time with 2.9ticks left. Having to go thelength of the floor, the Devilsmade two passes to Heacockfor a game-winning 3 try buther shot from the right winghit nothing but the floor astime expired.

“We ran that play exact-

ly the way we drew it up.Mackenzie has hit that shot afew times and I don’t know if the defender got a piece of theball or her arm,” Arlingtoncoach Seth Newlove noted.“We had two good looks forJessica down the stretch; thefirst was in and out. I’ll takethat shot from here everytime. It just didn’t go.”

The Wildcats hit 4-of-8 free throws in the period(6-of-14 for the night for42.9% versus 11-of-16 forthe Devils for 68.8%) andArlington was 4-of-9, hittingon only 2-of-6 in the final3:04.

This game started and

stayed the way most fansthought it would: close andhard-fought the entire way.The Red Devils built up theirbiggest lead of the first half at11-6 on back-to-back-to-back3-balls by Hunter (2) andHeacock, forcing Hoffman tocall time at 3:00. The Wildcatssteadied themselves, comingback to tie it at 13 on a layinby senior Chelsey Fischerwith 30 ticks on the board.However, Amelia Recker hita short jumper with 17 ticksleft for a 15-13 advantageafter one.

Senior Bridget Culp, com-ing off a 21-point outburstin the district finals versus

St. John’s Saturday, came upbig in the second, scoring sixof her team-high 15 (add-ing 12 boards and 5 steals)as the Wildcats outscoredthe Devils 10-8 in the canto,tying for their biggest leadof four 23-19 on a deuceby senior Kristin Klausing(14 points, 5 thefts) at 2:02.However, Alivia Recker hit apair of singles (1:49) and gota high-low pass from AliviaRecker to Amelia Reckerwith 58 ticks on the board fora 23-all tie.

“This is my senior year;now’s the time to step up. I

don’t know where it’s com-

ing from except for that; Idon’t want to go home,”Culp said. “I just take it uponmyself to do what needs to bedone and the last two gamesit’s been scoring. We’re allplaying with confidence. Ourfans were great tonight andall year; you don’t know howmuch it means to us that theyare behind us the way theyhave been and really weretonight.”

After trading two pointsto start the third quarter,Arlington’s leading scor-er, Brunswick (18 points agame), who was shut out thefirst half, got untracked, scor-ing five points (8 total, 8

boards). Heacock (3 assists)got even warmer with eight,leading to a 36-27 edge on herduck-under with 1:46 show-ing. However, Klausing hit ahuge triple (1:35) and Boggsa drive with 27 seconds to go,to get within 36-32.

“I needed to be moreaggressive the second half. Iknew I needed to get more tothe basket,” Klausing noted.“We’re not scoring like we’vebeen all year but it’s great toknow we can win games likethis. To be in the regionalfinals is awesome.”

The Wildcats finished20-of-44 from the field (3-of-11 downtown) for 45.5 per-

cent. They secured 25 boards(8 offensive); turned it over16 times; and totaled 15fouls.

“We like to force at least20 turnovers every game andwe forced 22 tonight. Wedidn’t play a lot of the realaggressive pressure the firsthalf; sometimes I think thegirls feel the need to pacethemselves,” Hoffman added.“Bridget has stepped upbut Courtney and Kennedyhave made big plays for us.Morgan hit a big 3 in the cor-ner. We’ve had some good3-point shooting teams in thepast but I’m not sure I’ve hadone with so many legitimate

3-point shooters; Bridgetis our center but she mightbe our best 3-point shooteroverall. When we got downby nine, we never lost ourcomposure; Kristin hit a big 3with a hand in her face.”

The Red Devils netted16-of-38 shots (3-of-10 longdistance) for 42.1 percent;grabbed 29 off the glass (5offensive); and added 22errors and 14 fouls.

“I thought we dealt prettywell with Jefferson’s full-court pressure, especial-ly after the first couple of minutes. What hurt us was

the half-court defense theyplayed; we didn’t handle thatas well as we should have,”Newlove added. “Klausinghit her big 3 under greatdefense but for me, the shotof the night was Fischbach’s3. That was the dagger.”

The Wynford Lady Royals with nine seniors out of their 15 players dressed steadily pulled away from thesenior-less Lady Panthers (5freshmen out of 12), outscor-ing them in the first threeperiods to grab a 20-pointtriumph.

The Royals used full-courtpressure of various kinds anda half-court man-to-man to

stymie the young Panthers.The Royals connectedon 17-of-32 fielders (7-of-12 long range) for 53.1 per-cent and 12-of-20 at the line(60%). Emily Keller droppedin 20 points, including sixbombs, to pave the way.Teneil Krebs added 11 (5boards) and Cierra Brady10 (4 assists, 4 steals). Theyconcluded with 27 boards (5offensive); 16 turnovers; andeight fouls.

Stryker downed 15-of-40attempts (1-of-11 3-balls) for37.5 percent and 2-of-3 sin-gles (66.7%). Torey Varner

led the scoring with 13 andBrooke Ruffer 11 (3 assists).They owned 17 off the glass(4 offensive) as Baily Grimeled with three. They amassed13 miscues and 18 fouls.

Lady Jeffcat cagers earn regional finals

JEFFERSON/ARLINGTONARLINGTON (46)Jessica Hunter 2-0-6, Jordan

Drerup 0-0-0, Tina Brunswick 3-2-8,Joy Reamsnyder 0-0-0, MackenzieHeacock 7-4-19, Alivia Recker 0-4-4,Amelia Recker 4-1-9. Totals 16-11-46.

JEFFERSON (49)Courtney Lewis 1-2-4, Bridget Culp

7-1-15, Kennedy Boggs 3-2-8, KristinKlausing 6-1-14, Emily Fought 0-0-0, Morgan Fischbach 2-0-6, ChelseyFischer 1-0-2. Totals 20-6-49.Score By Quarters:Arlington 15 8 13 10 – 46Jefferson 13 10 9 17 – 49Three-point goals: Arlington, Hunter 2, Heacock; Jefferson, Fischbach 2,Klausing.

-----STRYKER/BUCYRUS WYNFORDSTRYKER (33)Brooke Ruffer 5-1-11, Connor

Sullivan 0-0-0, Torey Varner 6-0-13,Conner Varner 1-0-2, Michaela Rupp0-0-0, Ashley Haines 0-0-0, Baily Grime2-0-4, Jordan Waidlich 0-0-0, AndiGrieser 0-0-0, Hannah Doehrmann1-1-3. Totals 15-2-33.

BUCYRUS WYNFORD ()Taylor Graham 1-0-2, Shannon

Miller 0-0-0, Cierra Brady 2-6-10,Karlee Schiefer 0-0-0, Meghan Harrer 0-0-0, Emily Keller 7-0-20, Dana Lilly0-0-0, Kym Schwemley 1-0-2, MeghanHeinlein 3-0-6, Destiny Boehmer 0-0-0,Emily Ehresman 0-0-0, Teneil Krebs3-6-13. Totals 17-12-53.Score by Quarters:Stryker 5 9 8 11 - 33Buc. Wynford 9 13 20 11 - 53

Three-point goals: Stryker, T.Varner; Bucyrus Wynford, Keller 6,Krebs.

Jefferson senior Bridget Culp pulls up for a mid-lanejumper over Arlington’s Mackenzie Heacock and Alivia

Recker during regional semifinal action Thursday at Elida.She put in a double-double of 15 markers and 12 boardsto lead the Lady Wildcats into the regional finals with a3-point win over the previously-unbeaten Red Devils.

Jefferson senior Morgan Fischbach only hit two 3sThursday night but her bomb from the corner midwaythrough the fourth period gave the Lady Wildcats a leadthey never surrendered.

Tom Morris photo

The Associated PressAmerica East ConferenceAt Chase Family Arena,

Hartford, Conn.Saturday’s ChampionshipStony Brook at Boston Universit y,

12:02 p.m.

Atlantic Coast ConferenceAt Greensboro Coliseum,

Greensboro, N.C.Thursday’s First Round

ResultsMiami 69, Virginia 62, OT;

Boston College 81, Wake Forest 67;Maryland 75, N.C. State 67; VirginiaTech 59, Georgia Tech 43

Today’s QuarterfinalsNorth Carolina vs. Miami, Noon;

Clemson vs. Boston College, 2:30p.m.; Duke vs. Maryland, 7 p.m.;Florida State vs. Virginia Tech, 9:30p.m.

Saturday’s Semifinals

North Carolina-Miami winner vs.Clemson-Boston College winner,1 p.m.; Duke-Maryland winner vs.Florida State-Virginia Tech winner,3:30 p.m.

Sunday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 1 p.m.

Atlantic 10 ConferenceAt Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic

City, N.J.Today’s QuarterfinalsXavier vs. Dayton, Noon;

Duquesne vs. Saint Joseph’s, 2:30p.m.; Temple vs. La Salle, 6:30p.m.; Richmond vs. Rhode Island,9 p.m.

Saturday’s SemifinalsXavier-Dayton winner vs.

Duquesne-Saint Joseph’s winner,1 p.m.; Temple-La Salle winner vs.Richmond-Rhode Island winner,3:30 p.m.


Big East ConferenceAt Madison Square Garden,

New YorkThursday’s Quarterfinal

ResultsConnecticut 76, Pittsburgh 74;

Syracuse 79, St. John’s 73; NotreDame 89, Cincinnati 51; Louisville81, Marquette 56

Today’s SemifinalsConnecticut vs. Syracuse, 7

p.m.; Notre Dame vs. Louisville,9 p.m.

Saturday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 9 p.m.

Big Ten ConferenceAt Conseco Fieldhouse,

IndianapolisThursday’s First Round

ResultsNorthwestern 75, Minnesota 65;

Michigan State 66, Iowa 61; PennState 61, Indiana 55

Today’s QuarterfinalsOhio State vs. Northwestern,

Noon; Michigan vs. Illinois, 2:30p.m.; Purdue vs. Michigan State,6:30 p.m.; Wisconsin vs. PennState, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s SemifinalsOhio State-Northwestern winner

vs. Michigan-Illinois winner, 1:40p.m.; Purdue-Michigan State winner vs. Wisconsin-Penn State winner,4 p.m.

Sunday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 3:30 p.m.

Big 12 ConferenceAt The Sprint Center , Kansas

City, Mo.Thursday’s Quarterfinal

ResultsKansas 63, Oklahoma State

62; Colorado 87, Kansas State 75;

Texas 74, Oklahoma 54; TexasA&M 86, Missouri 71Today’s SemifinalsKansas vs. Colorado, 7 p.m.;

Texas vs. Texas A&M, 9:30 p.m.Saturday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 6 p.m.

Big West ConferenceAt The Honda Center ,

Anaheim, Calif.Thursday’s First Round

ResultsLong Beach State 79, UC Irvine

72; UC Santa Barbara 79, Pacific67; UC Riverside 70, Cal Poly 66,OT; Cal State Northridge 75, CalState Fullerton 54

Today’s SemifinalsLong Beach State vs. UC Santa

Barbara, 9:30 p.m. or Mid; UCRiverside vs. Cal State Northridge,9:30 p.m. or Mid


Conference USAAt The Don Haskins Center , El

Paso, TexasThursday’s Quarterfinal

ResultsEast Carolina 75, UAB 70, OT;

Memphis 66, Southern Mississippi63; UTEP 77, Marshall 65; Tulsa81, Rice 72

Today’s SemifinalsEast Carolina vs. Memphis, 4

p.m.; UTEP vs. Tulsa, 6:30 p.m.Saturday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 11:30 a.m.

Great West Conference (Non-automatic bid)

At UCCU Center , Orem, UtahThursday’s First Round

ResultsHouston Baptist 72, NJIT

70; North Dakota 71, Texas-Pan

American 70; South Dakota 73,Chicago State 70, OT

Today’s SemifinalsHouston Baptist vs. North

Dakota, 7 p.m.; Utah Valley vs.South Dakota, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 9:30 p.m.

Ivy League (One-game play-off)

At John J. Lee Amphitheater ,New Haven, Conn.

Saturday’s ChampionshipPrinceton vs. Harvard, 4 p.m.

Mid-American ConferenceAt Quicken Loans Arena,

ClevelandThursday’s Quarterfinal

ResultsWestern Michigan 67, Bowling

Green 56; Akron 82, Miami (Ohio)75, 2OT; Kent State 73, Buffalo 62;

Ball State 76, Ohio 73, OTToday’s SemifinalsWestern Michigan vs. Akron, 7

p.m.; Kent State vs. Ball State,9:30 p.m.


Mid-Eastern AthleticConference

At Lawrence Joel VeteransMemorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Thursday’s QuarterfinalResults

Coppin State 55, Norfolk State53; Morgan State 77, North CarolinaA&T 59

Today’s SemifinalsBethune-Cookman vs. Morgan

State, 6 p.m.; Hampton vs. CoppinState, 8 p.m.


Mountain West ConferenceAt The Thomas & Mack Center ,

Las VegasThursday’s QuarterfinalsBYU 64, TCU 58; New Mexico

67, Colorado State 61; San DiegoState 64, Utah 50; UNLV 69, Air Force 53

Today’s SemifinalsBYU vs. New Mexico, 9 p.m.;

San Diego State vs. UNLV, 11:30p.m.


Pacific-10 ConferenceAt The Staples Center , Los

AngelesThursday’s QuarterfinalsSouthern Cal 70, California

56; Arizona 78, Oregon State 69;Oregon 76, UCLA 59; Washington88, Washington State 87

Today’s SemifinalsSouthern Cal vs. Arizona, 9:10

p.m.; Oregon vs. Washington, 11:40p.m.


Patriot LeagueToday’s ChampionshipLafayette at Bucknell, 4:45 p.m.

Southeastern ConferenceAt The Georgia Dome, AtlantaThursday’s First Round

ResultsGeorgia 69, Auburn 51;

Mississippi 66, South Carolina55; Tennessee 74, Arkansas 68;Vanderbilt 62, LSU 50

Today’s QuarterfinalsAlabama vs. Georgia, 1 p.m.;

Kentucky vs. Mississippi, 3:30 p.m.;Florida vs. Tennessee, 7:30 p.m.;Mississippi State vs. Vanderbilt, 10

p.m.Saturday’s SemifinalsAlabama-Georgia vs. Kentucky-

Mississippi winner, 1 p.m.; Florida-Tennessee winner vs. MississippiState-Vanderbilt winner, 3:30 p.m.


Southland ConferenceAt The Leonard E. Merrell

Center , Katy, TexasThursday’s Semifinals

ResultsTexas-San Antonio 79, Sam

Houston State 70; McNeese State91, Texas State 83

Saturday’s ChampionshipTexas-San Antonio vs. McNeese

State, 4 p.m.

Southwestern AthleticConference

At The Special Events Center ,Garland, Texas

Thursday’s First RoundResults

Grambling State 65, MVSU 62;Alabama State 81, Alabama A&M61

Today’s SemifinalsJackson State vs. Grambling

State, 3:30 p.m.; Alabama State vs.Texas Southern, 9 p.m.


Western Athletic ConferenceAt Orleans Arena, Las VegasThursday’s Second RoundSan Jose State 74, Idaho 68;

New Mexico State 66, Nevada 60Today’s SemifinalsUtah State vs. San Jose State,

9 p.m.; Boise State vs. New MexicoState, Mid


MEN’S CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTWBL edges Independents

By FRANK GERMANThe Delphos Herald

[email protected]

DELPHOS The LimaArea Wrestling Coaches All-Star Meet was held at RobertA. Arnzen GymnasiumWednesday night, with theWestern Buckeye League edg-ing the Independents 42-35.

There were 39 wrestlersfrom 15 schools (not allseniors) represented at themeet. The competition wastough and the matches in mostcases were tight.

Aaron Merschman, the135-pounder of St. John’swho was a state alternate butdid not wrestle, won his matchin the final two seconds with atakedown of Tanner Zizleman(St. Marys Memorial), mak-ing the final score 5-4. Healso lost a non-points match toLCC’s Cody Hahn 3-2.

“The season went well andI made most of my goals,except going to state and plac-ing higher than my brother.Tonight, I was just going outand have fun since these willprobably be my last matches,”Merschman noted.

Blue Jay senior RyanMusser a state qualifier finished his career with a9-0 shutout of Celina’s ZachCozadd at 140 pounds.

“I was pretty content over-all with my season. I madeit to the State Tournamentand that was my overall goaland I accomplished all mygoals throughout the season.Tonight, I just went out tohave fun since it is probablythe last time I get to wrestle,”he added.

St. John’s coach DerekSterling was host of the meet.

“This is an all-star meet

between the WBL and theIndependents. It went verywell and there were a lot of close, exciting matches,”Sterling observed. “Aaronwon his match at the end of regulation. This is a lot of funto get this many teams andpeople involved for this event.There are a lot of upperclass-man here who have beenwrestling for a long time andthey all know how to wrestle.This is an All-Star meet fora reason, so you’re going tohave a lot of close matches.”

WBL 42, Independents 35103 – JT Martin (Wapak) tech

fall Reece Kaiser (Coldwater) 17-2112 – Trace Plaugher (Shawnee)

dec. Joe Stahl (Wayne Trace) 10-3119 – Brandon McCormick (LCC)

dec. Austin Arbogast (Elida) 2-0125 – Colin McDermitt (Shawnee)

dec. Dustin Brinkman (Bluffton) 7-4125 – Jeremy Post (Coldwater)

dec. Braeden Miller (St. Mary’s) 4-2130 – Nate Valentine (Wapak)

dec. Colt Lovejoy (Allen East) 2-0130 – Aaron Merschman (St.

John’s) dec. Tanner Zizzleman (St.May’s) 5-4

135 – Curtis Doner (Celina) dec.Kameron Clemons (Wayne Trace)2-1

140 – Ryan Musser (St. John’s)dec. Zach Cozadd (Celina) 9-0

140 – Zach Wilson (Bluffton) tieTommy Mault (Bath) 2-2

145 – Logan Looser (St. John’s)dec. Jadyn Trent (Shawnee) 4-0

145 – Cody Hahn (LCC) dec.Aaron Merschman (St. John’s) 3-2(non-scoring match)

152 – Grant Dues (Allen East)dec. Ian Dukehart (Elida) 8-0

160 – JR Conyers (Allen East)dec. Jeff Siefker (Ottawa Glandorf)6-5

171 – Cody Lovejoy (Allen East)pin Jeremy Chandler (Bath), 3:01

189 – Cory Hirschy (Van Wert)pin David Gremmling (LCC), 3:15

189 – Wyatt Karhoff (Ottawa-Glandorf) pin Logan Heiing (St.John’s), 2:45

215 – Logan Erb (Wapak) pinCody Homan (Coldwater), 2:42

215 – Logan Kiracoff (Bath) dec.Ben Moser (Bluffton) 11-1

285 – Greg Martin (ColumbusGrove) dec. Brad Fleck (Wapak)2-0

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St. John’s senior Ryan Musser wrestled his final highschool match and likely last match ever Wednesdaynight versus Celina’s Zach Cozadd, getting a 9-0 victory.He was wrestling for the Independents as they took on theWestern Buckeye League in the LAWCA All-Star Clash atArnzen Gymnasium.

Larry Heiing photo

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Polar Bears earn OACacademic honors

By Monique BowmanADA Three women’sbasketball players have beenrecognized by the OhioAthletic Conference facultyathletic representatives fortheir achievements in theclassroom while also balanc-ing tremendous efforts on thehardwood.

Senior Jeanne Bockey(Delphos/St. John’s) has beenselected as a 2011 AcademicAll-OAC, while sopho-mores Joanna Snyder (FortRecovery) and Katie Mengos(Troy/Miami East) have beennamed Academic All-OACHonorable Mention.

Bockey, a middle child-hood education major,started in all 27 games forthe Polar Bears and led theteam in points per game(13.3) and steals (37). Shealso finished second in assists(57) and third in rebounding(4.7).

Snyder, a math educationmajor, started in 23 of the 27games in which she appeared.She led ONU from 3-pointrange, dropping 19-of-37attempts for a .514 average.Snyder also recorded 7.8points and 3.3 boards pergame.

Mengos, a pharmacymajor, started in 24-of-25

games in which she saw timeand led the Polar Bears with66 assists. Those coupledwith her 72 from her fresh-man season places Mengos19th in the program’s careerassists category.

Northern finished theseason with a 17-10 overallrecord, a 11-7 mark in theconference and its ninth OACtournament appearance in 10seasons.

On the men’s side, juniorcenter Scott Schnelle (NewBremen) has been selected asa 2011 Academic All-OhioAthletic Conference recipientas voted by the conference

faculty athletic representa-tives.This is his second second

straight year as an AcademicAll-OAC honoree.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must have at least a3.25 grade point average, bea starter or key reserve and be

in at lease his second year of participation in the sport.

Schnelle, an engineeringmajor, started in all 26 gamesfor the Polar Bears and ledthe team in points (14.9 ppg),boards (7.9 rpg) and assists(55). He also posted a stag-gering 40 blocks to finishout the season with 81 careerstuffs, placing fourth all-timeon the ONU’s career blockedshots list.

Earlier this month,Schnelle also garnered All-OAC laurels.

The Polar Bears fin-ished the 2010-11 season at13-13 overall and 10-8 in the

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Racer JV baseballersfalter to Sinclair

XENIA The Universityof Northwestern Ohio juniorvarsity baseball team lostan 8-5 decision to SinclairCommunity College Thursdayat Grady’s Field in Xenia.

Northwestern Ohio 5ab-r-h-rbiC.J. Hernandez lf 2-1-0-0, Alex

Czernewski ss 4-0-1-0, Juan Espinosa1b/dh 4-2-2-1, Eric Rodriguez c/1b3-0-2-0, Ronny Milam pr 0-1-0-0, KyleJeffries c 0-0-0-0, Pedro Boissalier dh 2-0-2-2, Ryan Ekberg 3b 2-0-0-1,Tyler Eaton 2b 3-0-0-0, Ty Wilburncf 4-0-1-0, Mikel Sechrist rf 2-1-0-0.Totals 26-5-8-4.

Sinclair C.C. 8ab-r-h-rbiSteve Buglione lf 4-0-1-0, Cale

Marker 2b 2-2-0-0, Brandon Napier ss 3-2-1-1, Marcus Heath 3b 2-2-0-0,Kyle Vander Ark 1b 3-1-2-3, ByronJohann rf 3-1-1-1, Brandon Branigandh 2-0-0-1, Chas Harper cf 1-0-0-0,Chayse Hood c 2-0-0-0, Blake Hall c1-0-0-0. Totals 23-8-5-6.

Score by Innings:Northwestern Ohio... 001 400 0 - 5 8 3Sinclair C.C........ 033 020 X - 8 5 1

E: Czernewski 3, Heath. LOB:UNOH 9, SCC 3. 2B: Vander Ark2, Wilburn, Napier. 3B: Boissalier,Johann. SH: Harper. SB: Marker 2,Buglione, Heath. CS: Hernandez,Harper.

IP H R ER BB SONorthwestern OhioJordan Goins (L) 3.0 4 6 4 2 2Ryan Carpenter 1.0 0 0 0 1 1Thomas Jordan 1.0 0 2 0 1 1Tyler Putman 1.0 1 0 0 1 2Sinclair C.C.Jared Bourelle 3.0 5 1 1 2 3Hugh Murray 1.0 2 4 3 3 1Ian Creager (W) 3.0 1 0 0 1 4

WP: Jordan. HBP: by Bourelle(Hernandez, Ekberg), by Creager (Jeffries). PB: Rodriguez 2.

Roundup

The Associated PressAmerica East ConferenceAt Chase Family Arena, West

Hartford, Conn.Saturday’s ChampionshipHartford at Boston University, 7

p.m.

Big Sky ConferenceAt The Stott Center , Portland,

Ore.Thursday’s Quarterfinal

ResultsEastern Washington 77, Montana

State 68; Montana 66, Idaho State53

Today’s SemifinalsNorthern Colorado vs. Montana,

7:30 p.m.; Portland State vs. EasternWashington, 10 p.m.


Big South ConferenceAt The Millis Center , High Point,

N.C.Today’s First RoundLiberty vs. Coastal Carolina, Noon;

High Point vs. Charleston Southern,2 p.m.; Radford vs. Winthrop, 5:30p.m.; Gardner-Webb vs. UNCAsheville, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s SemifinalsLiberty-Coastal Carolina winner

vs. High Point-Charleston Southern, 4p.m.; Radford-Winthrop vs. Gardner-Webb-UNC Asheville, 6 p.m.


Big 12 ConferenceAt Municipal Auditorium,

Kansas City, Mo.Today’s SemifinalsBaylor vs. Kansas State, 1 p.m.;

Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma, 3:30p.m.

Saturday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, Noon

Big West ConferenceAt The Honda Center , Anaheim,

Calif.Today’s SemifinalsCal Poly vs. UC Davis, 3 p.m.;

Pacific vs. UC Riverside, 5:15 p.m.Saturday’s Championship

Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.

Colonial Athletic AssociationAt Show Place Arena, Upper

Marlboro, Md.Thursday’s First Round

ResultsGeorgia State 68, George Mason

64; Hofstra 89, William & Mary 67;Delaware 74, Northeastern 66;Drexel 52, Towson 46

Today’s QuarterfinalsJames Madison vs. Georgia State,

Noon; Virginia Commonwealth vs.Hofstra, 2:30 p.m.; Old Dominion vs.Delaware, 5 p.m.; UNC Wilmingtonvs. Drexel, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s SemifinalsJames Madison-Georgia State

winner vs. Virginia Commonwealth-Hofstra winner, Noon; OldDominion-Delaware winner vs. UNCWilmington-Drexel winner, 2:30 p.m.


Conference USAAt Memorial Gym, El Paso,

TexasThursday’s Quarterfinal

ResultsUCF 51, UAB 47; Memphis 63,

Rice 52; Tulane 83, East Carolina72; Houston 68, UTEP 64

At The Don Haskins Center Today’s SemifinalsUCF vs. Memphis, 11 a.m.; Tulane

vs. Houston, 1:30 p.m.Saturday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 8 p.m.

Great West Conference (Non-automatic bid)

At The UCCU Center , Orem,Utah

Today’s SemifinalsHouston Baptist vs. North Dakota,

2 p.m.; Chicago State vs. UtahValley, 4:30 p.m.


Horizon LeagueAt The Kress Events Center ,

Green Bay, Wis.Today’s SemifinalsCleveland State vs. Butler, 6:30

p.m.; Wisconsin-Green Bay vs.Wright State, 9 p.m.


Mid-American ConferenceAt Quicken Loans Arena,

Cleveland

Today’s SemifinalsBowling Green vs. Central

Michigan, Noon; Toledo vs. EasternMichigan, 2:30 p.m.

Saturday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 1 p.m.Mid-Eastern Athletic

Conference

At Lawrence Joel VeteransMemorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Thursday’s QuarterfinalsHoward 82, North Carolina A&T

72; Coppin State 76, Florida A&M64

Today’s SemifinalsHampton vs. Coppin State, Noon;

Morgan State vs. Howard, 2:30 p.m.Saturday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 5 p.m.

Missouri Valley ConferenceAt The Family Arena, St.

Charles, Mo.Thursday’s First Round

ResultsBradley 64, Evansville 47; Indiana

State 83, Southern Illinois 68Today’s QuarterfinalsNorthern Iowa vs. Bradley, 1:05

p.m.; Creighton vs. Wichita State,3:35 p.m.; Illinois State vs. IndianaState, 7:05 p.m.; Missouri State vs.Drake, 9:35 p.m.

Saturday’s SemifinalsNorthern Iowa-Bradley winner vs.

Creighton-Wichita State winner, 2:35p.m.; Illinois State-Indiana State win-ner vs. Missouri State-Drake winner,5:05 p.m.

Sunday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 3:05 p.m.

Mountain West ConferenceAt The Thomas & Mack Center ,

Las VegasToday’s SemifinalsBYU vs. Utah, 3 p.m.; TCU vs.

New Mexico, 5:30 p.m.Saturday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 4 p.m.

Northeast ConferenceSunday’s ChampionshipSt. Francis, Pa. vs. Robert Morris,

3 p.m.

Pacific-10 ConferenceAt Los Angeles, Galen Center Thursday’s Second Round

Results

California 48, Arizona State 43;Arizona 72, Southern Cal 61

Staples Center Friday’s SemifinalsStanford vs. Arizona, 3 p.m.;

UCLA vs. California, 5:30 p.m.Saturday’s ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 2:30 p.m.

Patriot LeagueAt Higher-Seeded TeamsSaturday’s ChampionshipNavy vs. American, 6 p.m.

Southland ConferenceAt The Leonard E. Merrell

Center , Katy, TexasThursday’s Semifinal ResultsCentral Arkansas 68, Lamar 60,

OT; McNeese State 66, Texas-SanAntonio 50

Today’s ChampionshipCentral Arkansas vs. McNeese

St., 8 p.m.

Southwestern AthleticConference

At The Special Events Center ,Garland, Texas

Thursday’s First RoundResultsGrambling State 72, Alcorn State

63; MVSU 52, Alabama A&M 51Today’s SemifinalsPrairie View vs. Grambling State,

1 p.m.; Southern vs. MVSU, 6:30p.m.


Western Athletic ConferenceAt Orleans Arena, Las VegasThursday’s Second Round

ResultsNevada 75, Idaho 61; Utah State

72, New Mexico State 67Today’s SemifinalsLouisiana Tech vs. Nevada, 3

p.m.; Fresno State vs. Utah State,5:30 p.m.


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Basketball preview

By JIM [email protected]

Spencerville and Minsterhave faced off once beforethis season, a 62-53 Wildcatvictory Dec. 17.

Bearcat coach KevinSensabaugh hopes for a betteroutcome this time around asthe two teams square off intonight’s Division IV districtfinal at Wapakoneta, with a7 p.m. tip.

He also had a chance tosee them up close and person-al Tuesday after his Bearcatsslipped by New Knoxville60-57 in overtime. TheWildcats ousted St. John’s51-39 in the nightcap, finish-ing it off with a 20-1 fourthquarter.

“Their defense picked up inthe fourth period. From what

we have seen on film and live,they have done that to a num-ber of teams this year; whenthey went to the run and jumpfull-court pressure, that both-ered St. John’s,” Sensabaughnoted. “What I also see is a bal-anced offense that can spreadyou out with a lot of shoot-ers. They have the one star,Ross Heitkamp, and a nice postplayer in Adam Huber.

“When they beat us inDecember, they really domi-nated us on the boards. Wehad very few second chancesand they had a ton of offen-sive rebounds that they tookadvantage of, so we havefocused a lot on that the lasttwo days. That’s an impor-tant area at this time of yearto begin with but especiallywith our lack of size, we haveto emphasize boxing out and

maintaining good position.We have to be aware of theirdefense, especially when theycome with that run and jump.Defensively, we have to playwith tremendous effort to besuccessful. As I always say,if you defend with great ener-gy and rebound, you have achance in every game.”

For Minster coach MikeLee, that December victoryseems like eons ago.

“They have played a verychallenging schedule andhave gotten progressive-ly better as the season haswore on. They don’t havea lot of size but neither dowe,” Lee explained. “CoachSensabaugh has been there fornine years and this group hastaken on his personality, asa player and coach; they aretough and hard-nosed. They

are aggressive and get afteryou defensively in their man-to-man; they really attack therim and the glass hard. I thinkthe term that describes themthe best is scrappy; they arescrappy at both ends.

“We have to rebound andplay good defense; those aregivens, especially now whenyou have to win to continueon, and they have been keysfor us all year. We aren’t a bigteam, so we have to play witha lot of intensity and effort andbattle for good position. Whenyou get to this point of the tour-nament, especially with twoevenly-matched teams, it’s thelittle things: making the extrapass, setting the good screento get people open, hitting thefloor for loose balls; that endup determining the outcome of games.”

Bearcats, Wildcats readyfor rematch in district finals

The Associated PressGirls Basketball Division IVBucyrus Wynford 53, Stryker 33Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 67, Mansfield St. Peter’s 54Dalton 58, Cornerstone Christian 37Delphos Jefferson 49, Arlington 46Ft. Loramie 49, Minster 35New Madison Tri-Village 44, S. Charleston SE 28Reedsville Eastern 65, Waterford 54Shadyside 71, Lowellville 57-----Boys Basketball Division ICan. Glenoak 70, Can. Timken 58Findlay 51, Perrysburg 35Green 49, Akr. Firestone 39Lorain 68, Strongsville 67Mansfield Sr. 63, Sandusky 53Mentor 100, E. Cle. Shaw 84Tol. Cent. Cath. 28, Tol. Whitmer 27Tol. St. John’s 60, Holland Springfield 42Warren Harding 55, Cle. St. Ignatius 47Division IICols. Hartley 44, Cols. Watterson 38Cols. Mifflin 65, Cols. Eastmoor 61, OTNew Concord John Glenn 47, Carrollton 46Parma Hts. Holy Name 41, Parma Padua 38Division IIIArchbold 44, Delta 38, OTCin. Clark Montessori 78, Versailles 68Cin. Summit Country Day 54, Jamestown Greeneview 36Cin. Taft 108, Waynesville 75Gibsonburg 60, Ashland Crestview 42Ontario 55, Huron 52Paulding 48, Metamora Evergreen 45Division IVLeesburg Fairfield 43, Reedsville Eastern 41Manchester 64, Racine Southern 55Mowrystown Whiteoak 67, Crown City S. Gallia 36

OHIO PREP SCORESThe Associated Press

MIAMI Chris Boshscored 24 points, DwyaneWade added 20 and theMiami Heat snappeda 5-game losingstreak by beatingthe 2-time defend-ing NBA championLos Angeles Lakers94-88 on Thursdaynight, clinching aplayoff spot.

LeBron James fin-ished with 19 points,nine assists andeight rebounds forthe Heat, who havenever secured a postsea-son bid faster in their his-tory. Mike Miller scored12 for Miami.

Kobe Bryant scored24 points for the Lakers,whose 8-game win-ning streak was snapped.Pau Gasol added 20 andAndrew Bynum finishedwith 13 points and 12

rebounds for Los Angeles,which went 0-2 againstMiami this season.

Mavericks 127,Knicks 109

DALLAS DirkNowitzki scored 23points, Shawn Marionhad 22 and JasonTerry 21 and Dallasbeat New York.

Dallas had losttwo of its past threegames, with coachRick Carlisle calling hisMavericks “soft” after

they blew a 7-pointlead in the final minutein New Orleans thenight before. Playersresponded just like he

hoped, scoring a season-best 72 points in the first half on their way to their highesttotal for a game all season.

Amare Stoudemirescored 36 points for theKnicks, who had won threestraight. Stoudemire alsopicked up his 16th technicalfoul, which would trigger anautomatic 1-game suspen-sion if it’s upheld. It was a

marginal call and could berescinded; he’s already hadtwo wiped out this season.He also played through abruised left shoulder sus-tained early in the game.

Nuggets 116, Suns 97PHOENIX Nene

scored 22 points in 26 min-utes and Denver won inPhoenix for the first time in13 tries.

Coach George Karlended an even longer drought in the desert. TheNuggets coach had not wonin Phoenix since Dec. 28,

1997, when he was withthe Seattle SuperSonics.Karl had not won in Phoenixas coach of Milwaukeeor Denver until Thursdaynight.

The Nuggets, playing for the first time since losing tothe Clippers in Los Angeleson Saturday, converted theSuns’ 20 turnovers into 32points and shot 52 percentto Phoenix’s 41.

Ty Lawson added 20points and 11 assists for theNuggets, who led by 24 after three quarters.

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HoroscopeBy Bernice Bede Osol

Violent boyfriendnot good idea

Dear Annie: I’m 15 andhave the greatest boyfriend.“Dane” is 17. He shows meso much respect and is sosweet. He loves me, I cantell. We practice safe sex.We just celebrated our half-

year anniversary.Sometimes, though, Dane

is scary. When he’s angry,he punches walls and breaksthings. But he’s never hurtme. He also can be reallycontrolling. He says thingslike, “If you cheated on me,I’d kill the guy”and “I’d die with-out you.” He isreally clingy andjealous of my guyfriends. But thatworks for me.

Right now,everything isgreat, but I under-stand that those

are signs of apotentially abu-sive relationship.So I was wonder-ing if I should get out now.I really don’t want to breakup, because I care about him.But I also don’t want to behurt. What should I do? --Cautious and in Love

Dear Cautious: You aresmart to be concerned. If Dane scares you, it is timeto get out of the relationship.Punching walls can easilyescalate into something else.It shows Dane has difficultyrestraining himself whenhe’s angry. Threatening to

kill other guys or himself is not only controlling, it ismanipulative. It is intendedto make you feel special andat the same time responsiblefor his happiness. Please talkto your parents about thisrelationship, and find a safeway to extricate yourself before it’s too late.

Dear Annie: How do Ipolitely decline the frequentbirthday parties my siblingshave for their children? Mykids are grown, but whenthey were young, I limitedtheir parties to the grandpar-ents because I didn’t want toimpose on my siblings.

However, these same sib-lings have children of theirown -- some of them aretwins and triplets -- and it’slooking like they will eachhave annual birthday par-ties until they are 18 yearsold. I cannot afford all thosegifts. Can I do anything, oram I just a -- Scrooge inNebraska?

Dear Nebraska: Stopthinking of these parties asexpensive gift-giving occa-sions, and think of them asa way to celebrate with yournieces and nephews. Givean inexpensive book as apresent. Or offer to be the

photographer. These familyoccasions are opportunitiesto be a regular part of theirlives. And if the point issolely to rake in the gifts,your siblings will soon stopinviting you.

Dear Annie: I read the let-ter from “Wisconsin,” whose

husband died and her friendsseem to have deserted her. Iwas in her shoes seven yearsago and would like to giveher some advice.

My late husband waseveryone’s friend, and we

were involved in all sorts of activities. Everyone showsup for a funeral, but after-ward, they get on with theirlives. With our family allscattered and no one close,I wound up feeling isolat-ed, unwanted and forgot-

ten. “Wisconsin”should not hiber-nate, feel guilty forbeing a survivor orgo into a tailspin.

Instead, sheshould stay busy,exercise, go backto work, tell herfriends what sheneeds (they can’t

read her mind),find a compat-ible group of ladyfriends (they don’t

have to be widows) and getinvolved. If her friends seeher trying to cope, they willbe more likely to assist. Yes,there are many friends whomay not reconnect becauseshe is no longer part of acouple, but I guarantee shewill find a core group withwhom she is comfortable onher own.

Recovery from the deathof a loved one cannot be mea-sured in months. Sometimes,not even in years. -- Winter

in FloridaDear Winter: Thank you

for your words of wisdom.We received a great manyresponses to “Wisconsin”and will print more as spaceallows.

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Two secret aspirations that you’vebeen nurturing for some time couldbe fulfilled in the coming year, sotake care you don’t prematurely forgofollowing your master plan. Givethings plenty of time to take hold.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -You might be tempted to manipulatesomeone for the purpose of makinghim/her feel indebted or obligatedto you in order to get something youwant. You’ll be resented if you try.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)- Even if you just want to be a goodfriend, don’t lend money to a palwho has trouble paying people back.S/he will end up feeling guilty andwill resent you when s/he can’t makegood.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - If you kid yourself into believing thatyou have more clout than you actuallypossess, you’re likely to get yourself drawn into a situation in which you’llbe overmatched.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Failing to promptly pay back whatyou promised is likely to generate

some new complications for you.Anything you sweep under the rugcould become a dust devil later.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Whenit comes to your entertainment needs,budget your spending money verywisely. If you are extravagant and failto put limits on your spending, you’llhave major headaches later.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Something you’d like to do withfriends might get rejected by oneperson in the group, but instead of fueling the discord, see if you canwork out some kind of compromise.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - You’re an individual who likes to behelpful to others when you can, butthink twice before volunteering aidthat might not be in the recipient’sbest interest.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -Fellow friends might get angry if youattempt to adjust some arrangementsthat everyone had agreed upon to

better suit your new time and needs.Ask before you act.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.21) - Minor disagreements betweenyou and your mate will be easilyresolved without incident. It’s themajor stuff that demands carefulhandling, so that things don’t get outof hand.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19) - You’ll be inviting trouble if youstart throwing your weight aroundwith subordinates. If something needsto be changed, handle the matterrespectfully and tactfully.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - If at all possible, avoid any risky betthat would require a large cash outlayby you. And if you start to lose funds,don’t make the mistake of throwingmore money down the pit.

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Libya’s rebel volunteers inexperienced but zealousBy PAUL SCHEMM

Associated Press

RAS LANOUF, Libya Ibrahim Salemclutches a half-century-old pistol a tinyweapon with a single bullet left. If not for hishelmet, the young man in jeans would lookevery bit the English student he was up until justa few weeks ago.

Moammar Gadhafi has ruled Libya since

long before the 25-year-old was born, and hehates the dictator enough to risk his life byfighting for the ragtag rebel force battling gov-ernment troops along a desolate highway on theNorth African country’s Mediterranean coast.

“I will fight forever. I will die or win, likeOmar Mukhtar,” said Salem, invoking the leg-endary Libyan hero who fought Italian occupiersin the 1930s, was ultimately executed, and hasbecome a symbol for the new revolutionaries.

The front-line force trying to advance towardGadhafi’s stronghold in the capital Tripoli issurprisingly small. Not counting supporterswho bolster them in the towns along their path,it is estimated at 1,500 at most Libyans fromall walks of life, from students and coffeeshopowners to businessmen who picked up whateverweapons they could and joined the fight. No oneseems to know their full size, and they could be

picking up new members all the time.Its ramshackle nature explains the dramaticlurches the fighting has taken. Last week, theytook control over a stretch of Mediterranean

coastal land that included major oil installationsin the ports of Brega and Ras Lanouf. Theycharged enthusiastically further west, reachingwithin a few dozen miles of Gadhafi’s home-town of Sirte, a bastion of support for the leaderof 41 years.

There they ran smack into an overwhelm-ing pro-Gadhafi force that over the followingdays drove them back to Ras Lanouf. FightingThursday illustrated the fragility of the untrained

volunteer army: Under a barrage from govern-ment tanks, ships and artillery, hundreds of thembroke and fled Ras Lanouf in a frantic retreat.That left only the more disciplined pro-rebellionmilitary units to hold onto the oil port.

Today, the two sides were locked in a fiercebattle over Ras Lanouf and if the governmentprevails, the rebels gains in capturing the wholeeast of the country could be in danger.

The rebel force is a leaderless collection of volunteers, operating in an evolving collabora-tion with soldiers who deserted various unitsover the past month and are still be trying toorganize themselves. It’s not clear who, if any-one is giving orders.

Many of the fighters come from Benghazi,the main city in the rebel-controlled eastern half of the country. They are united by hatred forGadhafi and a burning desire to overthrow him

and establish a state under the rule of law.Their command structure is loose at best.There is an operations room for the mutinousmilitary units who are trying to organize their

disparate elements. But that operations centerhas a very tenuous connection to the freelance,volunteer militiamen.

The mutinous military component said toinclude some colonels and majors is takingan increasingly active role in the fighting at thefront, on occasion issuing commands that weregenerally heeded. Army officers were sent afew days ago to work with the revolutionariesto make them better. Orders appear to just filter

down.The volunteer militiamen largely have beenacting and reacting as a pack to governmentassaults, launching initiatives wherever theycan. They ride around in dozens of pickuptrucks, some with machine guns and anti-aircraft guns strapped to the back. Some rebelshave weapons, while others seem hardly able tooperate a gun.

Sometimes the rebels seem to be almostsuicidally rushing into oncoming fire. But whilethey may lack organization, passion is in plenti-ful supply. That, combined with widespreaddistaste for Gadhafi in the east of the country,helped them quickly take over half the coastline,with key oil and population centers, in the earlydays of the revolt last month.

The chaotic nature of the rebellion is strikingconsidering the supremely high stakes the

future of Libya.A jittery world is watching rapt as a widerregional revolt sweeps Arab authoritarians fromTunisia to Bahrain both concerned and self-

interested as oil prices soar and a humanitariandisaster threatens to bring a new wave of refu-gees and migrants to the West.

During some chilly mornings at the check-point in Ras Lanouf, the volunteers spew hatredfor Gadhafi. There is not much Islamist fervorto be heard. Rather, every one could recite alitany of grievances, whether a disappearedrelative, a stint in prison, or even more mundaneconcerns.

“I’m 32 years old and I have no car, no work,no house and no marriage,” said Hussein al-Awami, an unemployed man who came to frontwithout a weapon, confident he could pick oneup in a battle. “I have no connections. I wasn’ta member of the revolutionary councils or therevolutionary guard Gadhafi’s people. Thishow it is for all people in Libya.”

“After 42 years of oppression, I’d justhad enough,” agreed Mohammed Howeidi, a25-year-old wearing a stocking cap, a sweaterand a carrying backpack filled with rocket-propelled grenades.

In recent days the military asked volunteersto limit their forays to the front to preserveammunition and reduce unnecessary risk.

A statement read out at the checkpointTuesday from several imams urged volunteermilitiamen to “not embark on random move-

ments.” And a number of volunteers even toldjournalists they could no longer talk to them forreasons of operational security, under instruc-tions from the military.

Answers to Thursday’s questions:American women were asked to stop buying corsets

during World War I because the steel used to make themwas being used for shipbuilding.

Artist Georgia O’Keeffe once snapped, “I hate flowers I paint them because they’re cheaper than models andthey don’t move.”

Today’s questions:How did country music superstar Conway Twitty

who was named Harold Lloyd Jenkins at birth comeup with his quirky stage name?

In the 1993 film comedy “Groundhog Day,” what songis playing morning after morning when Bill Murray, asTV newsman Phil Connors, is awakened by a radio alarmclock?

Answers in Saturday’s Herald.Today’s words:Acritochramancy: color blindnessSnickersnee: a fight with knivesThe Outstanding National Debt as of 9:45 a.m. today

was $14,189,711,431,109.The estimated population of the United States is

310,181,207, so each citizen’s share of this debt is$45,747.

The National Debt has continued to increase an aver-

LOS ANGELES (AP) Charlie Sheen and his estrangedwife have struck an accord that settles any custody issues andends the pursuit of a restraining order against the actor, accordingto their attorneys.

Sheen and Brooke Mueller “reached an agreement that resolvestheir differences,” lawyers for the pair said Thursday night.

The statement said the details of the arrangement were beingkept confidential for the benefit of their twin sons.

Mueller obtained a temporary restraining order against Sheenearlier this month, claiming he threatened her on a recent trip tothe Bahamas. A hearing had been scheduled for March 22.

In a related development, Los Angeles police say they havesearched Charlie Sheen’s home for guns that might be in violation

of the restraining order.Officers arrived at Sheen’s Sherman Oaks home Thursdayevening, searched for several hours and found one weapon, anantique gun, police service representative Stacy Ball at the VanNuys station said.

It wasn’t clear the old weapon was a violation. Ball said thatsuch searches are routine in which a person is subject to a restrain-ing order, and Sheen reportedly was cooperative.

The actor later tweeted the “LAPD were AWESOME. Absolutepros! they can protect and serve this Warlock anytime!!!”

Earlier Thursday, Sheen filed a $100 million lawsuit againstWarner Bros. and the executive producer of “Two and a Half Men,” making good on a promise to do something “big” in retali-ation for his firing from the program.

The breach of contract suit is the first volley in what could bea long and costly legal battle involving three Hollywood heavy-weights Warner, hugely successful producer Chuck Lorre andone of TV’s highest-paid stars.

The messy details of Sheen’s recent conduct, includingmarital discord, wild partying that left a New York hotel room in

shambles and hospital stays, inevitably will be part of the case.Warner’s 11-page termination letter sent to Sheen on Mondayspent six pages detailing what is described as his “deterioratingcondition and escalating erratic conduct.”

In return, the lawsuit accuses Lorre of tormenting the actor,with Warner aiding and abetting.

The studio “capitulated to Lorre’s egotistical desire to punishMr. Sheen and to stop work on the series for the rest of the sea-son....” the suit alleges.

The suit’s claims against Lorre are as “recklessly false andunwarranted as Mr. Sheen’s rantings in the media. These accu-sations are simply imaginary,” said Lorre’s attorney, HowardWeitzman.

The lawsuit is about a “fantasy” lottery payout for Sheen

By HASSAN AMMARAssociated Press

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Hundreds of police deployed in theSaudi capital today and prevented protests calling for democraticreforms inspired by the wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world.

Police blocked roads and set up random checkpoints inRiyadh, searching residents and vehicles around a central mosqueas large numbers of people gathered for today prayers. Witnessessaid groups of policemen manned street corners and intersectionsand a helicopter flew over the city.

By midday, no protesters had showed up in the capital and thepolice presence significantly decreased.

On Thursday, rare violence broke out at another protest in thecountry’s east when Saudi police opened fire to disperse demon-strators in the city of Qatif, where minority Shiites live. At leastthree protesters and one police officer were wounded.

Although protests have so far been confined to small ralliesin the east, activists have been emboldened by other uprisings inthe region that have toppled longtime rulers of Tunisia and Egypt.The Saudi activists have set up online groups calling for protestsin Riyadh on today.

Any violence at today’s planned protests could reverberatethrough the world’s markets because of the importance of Saudioil exports.

Discord is common between authorities and the country’sShiites, who make up 10 percent of the kingdom’s 23 million citi-zens. The Shiites have long complained of discrimination, sayingthey are barred from key positions in the military and governmentand are not given an equal share of the country’s wealth.

The pro-Western monarchy is concerned protests could openfootholds for Shiite powerhouse Iran and has accused foreigners

of stoking the protests, which are officially forbidden.

By SLOBODAN LEKICAssociated Press

BRUSSELS Afghan forces will soon replace NATO-ledtroops in charge of security at six sites across Afghanistan thefirst step in a transition that Afghan President Hamid Karzai hopeswill leave his troops in control across the nation by the end of 2014,The Associated Press has learned.

The provincial capitals of Lashkar Gah in volatile southernAfghanistan, Herat in the west and Mazar-i-Sharif in the north areslated for the first phase of transition from NATO-led forces toAfghan soldiers and police, a Western official told AP on Thursday.The official spoke on condition of anonymity because Karzai plansto formally announce the sites March 21.

All of Bamiyan and Panshir provinces, which have seen little tono fighting, are on the transition list, which many Western diplo-mats and military officials have. Also slated for transition is Kabulprovince except for the restive Surobi district, the official said.Afghan security forces earlier took charge of security in the capital,Kabul.

Except for Lashkar Gah, the list excludes nearly all of southernand eastern Afghanistan, where the fiercest fighting is under way.

NATO forces that are currently in the lead or partnered withAfghan forces in the six areas are to either take on support roles,including training and mentoring, be redeployed to other areas of the country, or sent home.

Arriving at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brusselson Thursday, Afghanistan’s Defense Minister Rahim Wardak saidhe expects the alliance to endorse the list of provinces and districtswhere alliance forces will hand over responsibility.

“It is good news for all of us,” Wardak said.NATO’s 28 defense ministers will be joined today by their

counterparts from 20 other nations participating in the international

force to jointly consider future moves in the war.There are currently about 145,000 U.S. and NATO troops

in Afghanistan. The Afghan government plans to have 305,000trained soldiers and policemen by October, and Wardak has repeat-edly insisted that the country’s security forces must be expanded tonearly 400,000 by 2014.

They face about 25,000 Taliban insurgents.President Barack Obama wants the U.S. to start withdrawing

troops in July, if conditions allow. Karzai’s goal is to have his forcesresponsible for protecting and defending their homeland by the endof 2014.

The formal announcement on March 21 is expected to drawpraise from the international community, which is eager for interna-tional forces to hand over security responsibility. Others worry thatit’s too early to start the transition to Afghan-led security.

Norine MacDonald, author of “Afghanistan Transition: Dangersof a Summer Drawdown,” argues that a rushed transition couldjeopardize an orderly transition.

“Given the fragility of the current situation ... maintaining cur-

rent force levels until July 2012 is essential in order to preserve thehard-won gains,” MacDonald wrote.And some residents of Lashkar Gah aren’t sure their city or

the Afghan forces are ready to take over.“I think the situation will get worse,” said Manan Shah, a

53-year-old elder. “How can we feel secure when everyday wecome to know of a man who died because of the Taliban, or becausehe was shot and killed by NATO forces or because he was killed byAfghan police? How can we feel safe?”

The bulk of the work will fall on the Afghan National Police,especially in heavily populated cities like Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif and Lashkar Gah, according to Afghan Interior Minister BismullahMohammadi.

He said gains have been made but more work needs to be done

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hit coastal areas buckled.Telephone lines snapped. Trainservice in northeastern Japanand in Tokyo, which normal-ly serve 10 million people aday, were suspended, leavinguntold numbers stranded instations or roaming the streets.Tokyo’s Narita airport wasclosed indefinitely.

President Barack Obamasaid the U.S. “stands ready tohelp” Japan.

A large fire erupted at theCosmo oil refinery in the cityof Ichihara and burned outof control with 100-foot (30-meter) flames whipping intothe sky.

“Our initial assessmentindicates that there hasalready been enormous dam-age,” Chief Cabinet SecretaryYukio Edano said. “We willmake maximum relief effortbased on that assessment.”

He said the DefenseMinistry was sending troopsto the hardest-hit region. A

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and almost no damage wasreported.

Scientists acknowledgedthey overstated the threat butdefended their actions, sayingthey took the proper steps andlearned the lessons of the 2004Indonesian tsunami that killedthousands of people who didn’tget enough warning.

Many islands in the Pacificevacuated after the warnings wereissued, but officials told residentsto go home because the wavesweren’t as bad as expected.

In Guam, the waves broketwo U.S. Navy submarinesfrom their moorings, but tugboats corralled the subs andbrought them back to theirpier. No damage was reportedto Navy ships in Hawaii.

The warnings issued by theHawaii-based Pacific TsunamiWarning Center covered an areastretching the entire westerncoast of the United States andCanada from the Mexican bor-der to Chignik Bay in Alaska.

In the Canadian pacific coastprovince of British Columbia,authorities evacuated marinas,beaches and other areas.

In Alaska, a dozen smallcommunities along theAleutian Island chain were onalert, but there were no reportsof damage from a wave justover 5 feet.

Officials in two coastalWashington counties used anautomated phone alert system,phoning residents on the coastand in low-lying areas and askingthem to move to higher ground.

“We certainly don’t wantto cry wolf,” said Sheriff ScottJohnson of Washington’sPacific County. “We just haveto hope we’re doing the rightthing based on our information.We don’t want to be wrong andhave people hurt or killed.

In Oregon, sirens blasted insome coastal communities andat least one hotel was evacuatedin the northern part of the state.Restaurants, gift shops and otherbeachfront business stayed shut-tered, and schools up and downthe coast were closed.

Latin American govern-ments ordered islanders andcoastal residents to head forhigher ground. First affectedwould be Chile’s Easter Island,in the remote South Pacific,about 2,175 miles west of the

capital of Santiago, where peo-ple planned to evacuate theonly town. Ecuador’s PresidentRafael Correa declared a stateof emergency and ordered peo-ple on the Galapagos Islandsand the coast of the mainlandto seek higher ground.

The tsunami warning wasissued today at 3:31 a.m. EST.Sirens were sounded about 30minutes later in Honolulu alert-ing people in coastal areas toevacuate. About 70 percent of Hawaii’s 1.4 million popula-tion resides in Honolulu, andas many as 100,000 tourists arein the city on any given day.

Today, the HonoluluInternational Airport remainedopen but seven or eight jets boundfor Hawaii have turned around,including some originating fromJapan, the state Department of Transportation said. All harborsare closed and vessels wereordered to leave the harbor.

Honolulu’s Department of Emergency Management hascreated refuge areas at com-munity centers and schools, andauthorities on Kauai island haveopened 11 schools to serve asshelters for those who have lefttsunami inundation zones.

Wis. gov. officially cutscollective bargaining

MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walkersucceeded today in taking away nearly all collective bargainingrights from the vast majority of the state’s public employees,quietly capping weeks of contentious debate and delivering anepic defeat to the labor movement with a private bill signing.

The governor planned a public ceremony later in the after-noon.

The measure passed the state’s Assembly a day earlier fol-lowing more than three weeks of protests that drew tens of

thousands of people to the Capitol in opposition. The Senatecleared the way for passage with a surprise move Wednesdaythat allowed them to move the measure forward without 14Democratic senators present.

The proposal has touched off a national debate over laborrights for public employees, and its implementation is a key vic-tory for Republicans who have targeted unions in nationwideefforts to slash government spending. But union leaders saidthey plan to use the setback to fire up their members nation-wide and mount a major counterattack against Republicans atthe ballot box in 2012.

Walker told unions last week that he would have to lay off 1,500 workers if the bill didn’t pass. He rescinded those layoff notices today.

The bill forces state workers to pay more for their pensionsand health care benefits, which is estimated to save Wisconsin$30 million to help pay down a $137 million budget shortfallprojected by July 1. The higher payments for state workers willtake effect over the coming weeks.

But portions of the proposal had to be removed in order for itto pass the Senate without Democrats, meaning the Legislaturewill have to take more action later to balance the budget.

Walker had repeatedly argued that ending collective bargain-ing would give local governments the flexibility they neededto confront the state aid cuts necessary to fix Wisconsin’sdeficit, which is projected to grow to $3.6 billion deficit overtwo years.

“This is ultimately about a commitment to the future, so ourchildren don’t face even more dire consequences than whatwe face today,” Walker said at a news conference in the WestAllis community of Milwaukee on Thursday.

The Wisconsin Assembly voted 53-42 Thursday to passthe bill after about three hours of discussion, far less than the61-hour, three-day marathon it took to approve a previous ver-sion two weeks ago.

The passage drew shouts of “shame, shame, shame” fromprotesters in the gallery and came only a day after the dramaticaction in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Republicans said they were simply doing what voterswanted.

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