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SunnyTuesdaywith highin mid 80s.See page 2.

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Council setsannual meeting

The Delphos VeteransCouncil will hold its annualmeeting at 7 p.m. onWednesday at the VFW hallon Fourth and Canal street.

Items on the agendainclude a discussion ofVeterans Day activities,election of officers in accor-dance with the by-lawsand any other businessthat may be brought up.

All veterans are wel-come to attend.

Golf outings setThe 4th annual DYH Golf

Scramble is set for Aug. 19 atthe Delphos Country Club.

This is a 4-man best-ball

scramble with a 1 p.m. shot-gun start; registration beginsat noon. Entry fee is $55per person ($220 per team)that includes green fees, cart,punch and prizes. There is ahole-in-one prize of a 2012Ford Fusion.

For more information,entry form or sponsorships,contact Ed Smith (419-236-4754) or Jeff Stockwell(419-236-1150). All pro-ceeds benefit the DYH YouthBasketball Program.

The Big Green AthleticBoosters are holding their11th annual outing starting 8a.m. Sept. 1 at the DCC. Thistournament, which has raisedover $67,000 and allowedthe boosters to invest inexcess of $350,000 in the11-year history of the group,is accepting team/personalapplications, three levels ofsponsorship (Ace, Eagle,Birdie) and in-kind dona-tions such as rounds of golf,gift certificates and tickets toevents/autographed memora-bilia. Any donations will beappreciated.

Contact Tony Langhals(419-453-2281) to arrangepick up of donated items.Deadline is Saturday. Mailto: Golf Outing, PO Box 512,Ottoville, Ohio 45876; orcontact Dave/Cindy Burgeiat (419) 453-3706 or [email protected]. Entry fee is$260 per team made payableto Golf Outing.

The 11th annual JohnArdner Memorial is setfor 11 a.m. (shotgun start)Sept. 2 at The Oaks. Costis $45 per person (teams of4) that includes golf, cartand BBQ chicken dinner.Contact Karen (Ardner)Murray (419-303-9615),Ben Neumeier (419-905-8731), Nolan Ardner (419-303-9583) or Shawn Ardner(567-204-1062).

St. Johns hosting open-

ing CC practiceThe St. Johns cross coun-

try team is holding its 1stpractice of 2012 for any stu-dents in grades 7-12 7 p.m.tonight at the Stadium Parkshelterhouse. The team is inneed of 2 high school boysand girls to be able to com-pete as a full team this fall.

Van Werts RibFest added pig races to the festivities this year. Observers could beton their favorite pig as the oinkers raced around the track.

Rain cools RibFest in Van WertStaff reportVAN WERT

Everything was lookinggood at Van Wert RibFestover the weekend. Crowdswere good, the music washot and the ribs were deli-cious.

Then the rains came.For the second year in a

row, RibFest was cut shortby a sudden storm movinginto the area. This cloud-burst not only packed rainbut also plenty of thunderand lightning as well ashigh winds.

Saturdays stormdumped over four inch-es of rain in an areabetween Venedocia and

Spencerville. The rainfalltotal in Van Wert was 2.9inches. Weekend rainfall inDelphos was measured at3.9 inches.

Van Wert County EMADirector Rick McCoy stat-ed that there is no evidenceof tornadoes, but damageobserved is consistent withwinds of 60-65 mph.

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One Tank Trip

Postal museum delivers evolution of mail system

BY ALEX [email protected]

DELPHOS Delphosis lucky to be home to notone but two historical muse-ums located on Main Street.

One of those museums is theMuseum of Postal History,one of only three dedicatedto the postal service in theUnited States.

The Museum of PostalHistory had its humble begin-

nings in 1995 in the basementof the post office. Inspirationcame to museum curator andformer Delphos PostmasterGary Levitt in 1993 whenhe stumbled upon originalphotographs of the Delphos

Post Office and its dedica-tion in 1933. Levitts curios-ity then led to finding, withhelp, other photos, DelphosHerald news stories, localbrick and lumber samplesand more. Noticing it was

60 years since the post officewas opened, Levitt and othersput together an open house tobuild awareness. The exhibitwas a success which led to

bigger aspirations.It went really well and

we had such great artifacts.So we thought it should bea permanent museum. If wecan have a canal museum onMain Street, why not a postalone as well? he asked.

It took two years of hardwork and on Nov. 11, 1995,the museum opened to thepublic 62 years to the daysince the Delphos Post Officehad its dedication in 1933.

The museum moved to itspresent location at the cornerof Main and Fourth streetsin 2008.

One attraction is a series

dedicated to the transporta-tion and delivery and its evo-lution over the many years.The museum is also home tohistorical murals that weredone by Delphos own artguild as well as a dedicatedreplica of a railway mail ser-vice car that was used inDelphos.

The museum is now hometo a wide array of postal arti-

Alex Woodring photos

The Delphos Museum of Postal History features an exact replica of a mail rail servicecar used in Delphos. The pieces are true to the period.

Postal service in the UnitedStates was greatly influencedby Benjamin Franklin, whowas appointed Postmasterof Philadelphia in 1737,Joint Postmaster General ofthe colonies for the Crown

in 1753 and Postmaster forthe United Colonies in 1775.Through Franklins efforts,the length of time for mailservice between major cit-ies in the colonies was cutin half.

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No evidence toclaim of citystheft of property

BY NANCY SPENCER

[email protected]

DELPHOS Local busi-ness woman and member ofUp to the Challenge SherylFetzer has accused the Cityof Delphos of taking $1,000worth of equipment used forswimming by members withspecial needs.

Police Chief Kyle Fittrosaid his department took thereport for the stolen swimequipment. Following aninvestigation, Fittro said therewas no indication of any theftor any criminal offense com-mitted by the city.

Up to the Challenagefounder Amy Hale is themother of a special-needsson. She says accusing theCity of Delphos of theft ofsafety equipment used byspecial-needs members ofthe community is way offthe mark.

The city in no way shapeor form stole anything, Halesaid. The equipment is beingused as it is supposed to be.

When Hale started Upto the Challenge, her goalwas to provide activitiesfor special-needs individu-als. As Up to the Challengegrew, it included four annualevents swimming, bowl-ing, dancing and softball.A Dienstberger FoundationGrant was applied for in theearly infancy of the group.Money was awarded, ranthrough the citys tax iden-tification number and used toreimburse Hale for the safetyswim equipment.

When we asked forthe grant, and even whenI purchased the equipmentbefore we applied for thegrant, the intent was to pro-vide this for all people in thecommunity, not just thoseinvolved with Up to theChallenge, Hale said. Westored them at the DelphosMunicipal Swimming Poolso the items would be acces-sible for anyone who neededto use them Up to theChallenge, the Boy Scouts,the Girl Scouts, the librarysSummer Reading Programswim anyone with special

needs. All these groups have

special-needs individuals intheir memberships.When the Up to the

Challenge open swim wascanceled, several parents ofspecial-needs children andvolunteers formed FamiliesUnited: Beyond Expectationsso an open swim for anyonewho wanted to attend couldhappen.

Hale said Delphos hasbeen more than accommo-dating to special-needs indi-viduals.

The city has partneredwith us for nine years andthey have given so much tothe special-needs commu-

nity, Hale said. When wecouldnt locate the equip-ment for the Families Unitedswim last Wednesday, thecity offered to buy us what-ever we needed. The equip-ment was located and severalof the people who needed itto be in the swimming poolwere able to use it and enjoybeing in the water. For some,it was their only chance toswim. Thats what its about.That is our goal.

Hale said BeyondExpectations will contin-ue to serve the needs of itsmembers and added that shewouldnt object to have moreorganizations and groupsgeared toward that goal.

I wouldnt care if wehave five or 15 groups, Halesaid. The more the merrierand the more these awesomeindividuals get to participatein.

Hales involvement withthe special needs communitystarted when she was a teen.

I became involved in thespecial-needs communitywhen I was 13 years old,Hale said. I volunteered forSpecial Olympics and Ivebeen hooked ever since. Itreally showed me the contri-bution these people make tothe community and that theyneed a place in the communityto feel a part of it. God musthave known I would have aspecial-needs son and thishelped me prepare for it.

Fetzer declined to partici-pate in an interview with TheHerald.

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VAN WERT A 90-year-old Middle Point woman waspronounced dead of injuriessustained in a two-vehiclecrash Sunday morning.

According to the OhioState Highway Patrol, GenevaLambert was stopped onChenowith Rd. at the inter-section with Lincoln Hwy.around 11:35 a.m. Lamberts2012 Buick was facing north-bound. A 2003 Dodge Dakota

pickup driven by Lisa A.Hundley, 32 was eastboundon Lincoln Hwy. when thevehicle went off the south

side of the road and struckLamberts vehicle broadside.

The impact sent the Buickinto a telephone pole, whereit stopped. The pickup con-tinued into a corn field beforecoming to a stop. Both vehi-cles were heavily damaged.

Lambert was taken byMiddle Point EMS to VanWert Hospital where she waspronounced dead. Lambertand a 13-year-old passenger,Dekota R. Thomas, werealso transported to Van Wert

Hospital where each weretreated for minor injuries.Safety belts were in use at thetime of the crash.

WEATHER FORECASTTri-county

Associated PressTONIGHT: Clear. Lows

around 60. Southwest windsaround 5 mph.

T U E S D A Y -WEDNESDAY NIGHT:Mostly sunny. Highs in themid 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.

THURSDAY: Partlycloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.THURSDAY NIGHT,

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MENDON A20-month-old boy drownedin an above-ground swim-ming pool Friday night, and

Mercer County Sheriff JeffGrey said his office in inves-tigating the incident.

This is a terrible acci-dent, stated Grey, Myheart goes out to the par-ents. Deputies are continuingtheir investigation, but thereis no indication or suspicionthat this is anything except atragic accident.

A 911 call came in around9 p.m. Friday from JamesQuinn who told the dispatcherthat he could not find his son,20-month-old Evan Quinn.

When deputies respond-ed to Quinns home on S.Washington St. in Mendon,

they were told that the child

had been playing with toysby an above-ground pool inthe backyard while his par-ents were watching him fromthe patio. Their attention wasdiverted for a very short time,

and when they looked backthey did not see young Evan.

The parents thought theboy had walked around thepool, so they sent one ofthe older children to lookfor him. When he was notfound, the parents looked inthe pool and searched the sur-rounding area and inside thehouse. After 10-15 minutesof unsuccessful searching,the call was made to 911.

The Mendon FireDepartment was called outto help with the search. Theresponders searched the areaand rechecked the swimmingpool, however the water was

very cloudy and visibility into

the pool was poor.Then a responder noticed

what looked to be a foot onthe bottom of the pool. Aresponder immediately gotinto the water, but had to be

directed to the spot due to thepoor visibility. After beingdirected to the location, theresponder found the child onthe bottom, near the middleof the pool.

Responders immediatelycalled for an EMS squad andstarted CPR. The child wastransported to Joint TownshipDistrict Memorial Hospital inSt. Marys, where he waspronounced dead.

The Mercer CountySheriffs Office was assisted bythe Mendon Fire Department,Rockford EMS, Celina PoliceDepartment, and many friendsand neighbors who came to

assist in the search.

Mendon toddler drowns in pool

Postal(Continued from page 1)

facts from an extensive stampcollection to a buggy usedfor rural postal delivery. Andthough the list of artifactsis impressive, the true drawof the museum for peoplefrom far or near is the story.

Whether perusing or receiv-ing an extensive tour, themuseum tells the story of thepostal service and the enor-mous impact it has had ontodays society. It showcasesthe significant role it had inthe development of the nationand how it helped shape ourculture today, through trans-portation research, telegraphdevelopment and more.

The museum reminds visi-tors the importance of thepost office, one of the fewagencies even mentioned inthe Constitution, and that thepost office used to be themajor banking system in the

country. The mail carrierswere even in charge of keep-ing count of deer and otherwildlife to help determinehunting season. These arejust two of the many ways themuseum imparts the signifi-cance and the history of thepostal service. Visitors willhear the story of the struggles old and new of the postoffice and its journey fromthe horse and buggy colonialdays to the car and segwaydays of today and tomorrow.

The museum sees visitorsfrom far and wide to hearthe important history of thepostal service. They come

from all over Northwest Ohioand even from Germany.Whether its the GoldwingsClub, the Red Hat Societyor a senior citizens group,the museum has many passthrough its doors.

The nonprofit museumstays operational with taxdeductible donations, volun-

teers, grants and periodicalexcursions. The excursionsare motor-coach trips Levittplans and leads. The escortedtours start in Delphos andgo to destinations all overthe United States as travel-ers enjoy exciting and edu-cational adventures. Past des-tinations have been Boston,Gettysburg, Washington,D.C., and Nashville.

The museum has a tripcoming up in October to NewYork City. If anyone is inter-

ested in the New York trip,reservations can be madeby emailing [email protected] or calling GaryLevitt at 419-303-5482 orRuth Ann Wittler at 419-692-4536.

The museum is open from1-3 p.m. on Thursdays, 10a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays

or by appointment. If any-one is curious and wantsmore information, they cango to the museums web siteat postalhistorymuseum.org.At the site, people can signup for the museums news-letter, get more informationabout the excursions or wettheir appetite for enrichingand critical American his-tory.

On the site is also a threeminute teaser tour of themuseum. The brief pictorial

tour will only heighten excite-ment for potential visitors.

The trip, whether it take atank of gas or more, will beworth the time. Admissionis free but the deep enrich-ing knowledge gained aswell as the fun that willaccompany education willbe priceless.

Items in the Museum of Postal History include a ruralmail sled. The sled is set against a mural painted by theDelphos Area Art Guild.

Alex Woodring photo

ST. RITASA boy was born Aug. 3

to Sara and Chad Pugh ofVenedocia.

A boy was born Aug. 3 toAmanda and Joshua Rose of

Delphos.A boy was born Aug. 4 to

Kayla Parsons of Delphos.A boy was born Aug.4 to

Heather and Russell Hamiltonof Ottoville.

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Motive sought intemple slayings

The Associated Press

OAK CREEK, Wis. Asworshippers prayed and med-

itated at the Sikh Temple ofWisconsin on Sunday morning,about a dozen women were pre-paring food in the temple kitchenfor a post-service meal that isopen to community members,regardless of religious affilia-tion.

Then the shooting started,sending terrified congregantsscrambling for cover.

When the gunfire finallyended in a shootout between agunman and police outside thetemple in suburban Milwaukee,seven people lay dead, includ-ing the suspect, and three otherswere critically wounded in whatpolice called an act of domesticterrorism.

Satpal Kaleka, wife of thetemples president, SatwantSingh Kaleka, was in the frontroom and saw the gunman enterthe temple, according to HarpreetSingh, their nephew.

He did not speak, he justbegan shooting, said Singh,relaying a description of theattack from Satpal Kaleka.

Kaleka said the 6-foot-tallbald white man who worship-pers said they had never beforeseen at the temple seemedlike he had a purpose and knewwhere he was going.

Federal authorities describedthe suspect as a white man inhis 40s, but neither provided fur-ther details nor suggested a pos-

sible motive, including whetherhe specifically targeted the Sikhtemple.

We never thought this couldhappen to our community, saidDevendar Nagra, 48, of MountPleasant, whose sister escapedinjury by hiding as the gunmanfired in the temples kitchen.We never did anything wrongto anyone.

Late Sunday, the investiga-tion appeared to move beyondthe temple as police, federalagents and the county sheriffsbomb squad swarmed a neigh-borhood in nearby Cudahy,evacuated several homes andsearched a duplex. Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms andExplosives agent Tom Ahernsaid warrants were being servedat the gunmans home. Residents

were allowed to return to theirhomes today.

Oak Creek Police Chief JohnEdwards said police expected torelease more information today.He said the FBI will lead theinvestigation because the shoot-ings are being treated as domes-tic terrorism, or an attack thatoriginated inside the U.S.

While the FBI is investigat-ing whether this matter mightbe an act of domestic terrorism,no motive has been determinedat this time, Teresa Carlson,Special Agent in Charge withthe agencys Milwaukee divi-sion, said in a statement Sundaynight.

During a chaotic few hours

after the first shots were firedaround 10:30 a.m., police in tac-tical gear and carrying assaultrifles surrounded the Sikh Templeof Wisconsin with armored vehi-cles and ambulances. Witnessesstruggled with unrealized fearsthat several shooters were hold-ing women and children hostageinside.

Edwards said the gunmanambushed one of the first offi-cers to arrive at the temple asthe officer, a 20-year veteranwith tactical experience, tendedto a victim outside. A secondofficer then exchanged gunfirewith the suspect, who was fatallyshot. Police had earlier said theofficer who was shot killed the

suspected shooter.The wounded officer wasin critical condition along withtwo other victims Sunday night,authorities said. Police said theofficer was expected to survive.

Tactical units went throughthe temple and found four peopledead inside and two outside, inaddition to the shooter.

Jatinder Mangat, 38, ofRacine, another nephew of thetemples president, said his unclewas among those shot, but hedidnt know the extent of hisinjuries. When Mangat laterlearned people had died, he saidit was like the heart just satdown.

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DAYTON (AP) A newfederal report shows thatthe numbers of Ohio retail-ers caught selling tobacco tounderage customers declinedto the lowest level since track-ing began.

The Substance Abuseand Mental Health ServicesAdministration says 9.9 per-cent of Ohio retailers violatedtobacco sales laws in fiscalyear 2010. Thats down from13.5 percent in 2009 and 15.9percent in 2008. The agencyhas been tracking illegal salesfor 15 years.

The Dayton Daily Newsreports that increased enforce-ment with state compliancechecks and increased educa-tion efforts are credited forthe decline.

Nationally, some 8.5 per-cent of retailers were caughtselling tobacco to minors.

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Critical resources weresecured for the M1A2Abrams tank programin this years Defensebill. The bill, whichwas passed by theSenate AppropriationsCommittee, includesfunds for the modern-ization of the Abramstank as well as $165million for upgrades.The funding levels willhelp ensure workforce sta-bility at the Joint SystemsManufacturing Center (JSMC)in Lima, Ohio. U.S. Sen.Sherrod Brown, a member

of the Senate AppropriationsCommittee, fought to securethis important funding.

The Abrams tank is notonly vital to our countrysnational security and militaryreadiness, but is criticallyimportant to the economyof Lima and Allen County,Sen. Brown said. Thats whyIm fighting to preserve theAbrams tank program andwhy I have urged DefenseSecretary Panetta and theObama Administration tocontinue production of theAbrams tank. As a memberof the Senate Appropriations

Committee, I was proudto secure criticalresources for the Limatank plant. This billwill help ensure thatproduction levelsat the Joint SystemsManufacturing Centerwill be maintained forthe next year.

Sen. Brown hasbeen a longtimechampion of the Joint

Systems ManufacturingCenter (JSMC). In thespring, prior to consider-ation of the National DefenseAuthorization Act (NDAA)

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He also sent letters toChairman Carl Levin andthe Obama Administration in2011 urging them to rejectplans to end the M1A2Abrams tank moderniza-tion program for Fiscal Year2012, and met with workersand management at the JSMCin 2010.

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COLUMBUS TheOhio departments of agricul-ture and health, local healthofficials and representativesfrom the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention con-tinue to monitor influenza-like illness in animals andhumans throughout theremainder of the Ohio StateFair as well as county fairseason in Ohio, and todayreminded Ohioans to exer-cise common sense healthpractices while around ani-mals.

State Veterinarian Dr.Tony Forshey has veterinar-ians monitoring hogs weigh-

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AKRON (AP) An Ohio man will be arraigned todayon a charge that he walked to his wifes bedside in a hospitalintensive care unit and shot her in what police say was possiblyan attempted mercy killing.

Barbara Wise, 65, was declared brain dead at Akron GeneralMedical Center Sunday night, authorities said.

Akron police said her husband, 66-year-old John Wise ofMassillon, entered her room Saturday and shot her while stand-ing at her bedside.

Capt. Dan Zampelli told the Akron Beacon Journal that theshooting may have been an attempted mercy killing.

It seems to be slanting that way, Zampelli said. Hewanted to take away her suffering.

The couple had been married 45 years.Jim Gosky, a spokesman for the medical center, said one

shot was fired and security officers reached the ICU in aboutone minute. A doctor was in a nearby room.

Gosky said privacy rules prevent release of details whyWise had been admitted to the ICU a few days earlier.

Ohio man faces court inwifes hospital shooting

Ohio gas pricesup sharply

COLUMBUS (AP) Ohio drivers are paying 40cents more per gallon at thegas pump compared with oneweek ago.

The average price for a

gallon of regular gas was$3.86 in todays survey fromauto club AAA, the Oil PriceInformation Service andWright Express. Thats upfrom about $3.46 last week.

The Ohio AAA has attrib-uted the sharp increase tomultiple problems at GreatLakes refineries that bumpedup wholesale prices for theregion. The AAA said pricesmay continue to rise until theyare resolved.

A year ago, the average inOhio was $3.66.

Nationally, the averageprice for regular gas is about$3.62, about 13 cents higher

than last week. The nationalaverage last year at this timewas $3.69.

COLUMBUS (AP) Aconference this week at OhioState University seeks to stemwhat officials say is a growingepidemic of prescription drugabuse on campus.

Kenneth M. Hale, an assis-tant dean at OSUs College ofPharmacy, tells the ColumbusDispatch that college studentsare increasingly turning to

prescription stimulants, seda-tives and painkillers to cope.A survey says roughly one outof four college-age studentshas illegally used prescriptiondrugs.

More than 100 people from27 campuses, including abouta dozen from Ohio, havesigned up for the conferencein Columbus where they hopeto develop strategies to takeback to their schools.

OSU addressesprescription drugabuse on campus

COLUMBUS (AP) Astate commission formed 15years ago to replace the statescrumbling school buildings isonly about half done with itswork.

Over that time, the OhioSchool Facilities Commissionhas invested nearly $10 bil-lion in state and local fundsto replace and repair schoolbuildings once rated the worst

in the nation.Richard Hickman, execu-

tive director of the commis-sion, says the work could takeuntil 2025, based on fundingabout 25 school districts peryear.

The Dayton Daily Newsreports that nearly 1,000schools have been built orrenovated since the commis-sion was created in 1997.

OSFC projects half done

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One Year Ago The Delphos Fire Department hosted a tour of the

department and squad room on July 30 for karate studentsfrom Champion Karate Center in Fort Jennings. Twenty-onestudents, siblings, friends and parents attended. Firefighter/Paramedic Cory Meyer taught the children about fire safety.

25 Years Ago 1986 Taking part in the opening ribbon cutting ceremonies at

Farm Focus were Vaughn Morgan, Dick Dunlap and GaryAdams, Van Wert County commissioners; Gary Roger, hostfarmer; Lynn Wachtmann, state representative; and ClarenceOberlitner, president of Farm Focus.

It was 1967 and Aug. 15 was the tentative date for cablevi-sion service to begin in Delphos. From this beginning, cablevi-sion expanded its service in the area. Until today, Warner Cableof Delphos, part of Warner Amex Cable Communications Inc.of Wapakoneta, offered 28 basic channels and five premium

channels in its service to residents. As part of the Aug. 8 celebration of Cloverdale, the townplanned to honor special citizens of Cloverdale. Two of thosecitizens to be honored are Edmund and Leonarda Kuhlman.Ed and Nardie had run Eds Tavern in Cloverdale for 35 years.Ed was a member of the Cloverdale Council in the past. BothEd and Nardie have been active members of the CloverdaleCommunity Club for many years. Ed is also a member of theCloverdale Rod and Gun Club.

50 Years Ago 1962 Marilyn Monroes last earthly act, reaching for a bed-

side telephone, was graphically symbolic of her 36 years oflife too late. Her psychiatrist smashed through the bedroomwindow of her home to discover the body shortly after 3 a.m.Sunday morning. The shocking suddenness of her death endedMarilyns 10-year reign as Hollywoods sex goddess and wasthe ending to an unparalleled story of her rise from grubby waifto the movie heights.

A Pandora mathematics teacher, who resides in ColumbusGrove will be a guest speaker at the 22nd summer meeting ofthe National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Aug. 15-17,at the University of Wisconsin. She is Mrs. Norman Fish whowill speak on Student Project in Junior High School.

Plans for the coming year and committee assignmentswere discussed here this weekend when the Ohio State Courtof the Catholic Daughters of America convened at the homeof Edna Jane Nolte. The session was held in preparation for anAug. 28 Cleveland meeting of Grand Regents, district depu-ties, state chairmen and officers of the individual courts.

75 Years Ago 1937Allen, Linda and Aileen, two girls and a gentleman,

planned to present an acrobatic act for Delphos Fair visitorsstarting Tuesday and showing for the last time on Thursdayevening. They would perform on a platform on South MainStreet at the Pennsylvania Railroad. The three were featureplayers with the great Ringling Brothers and Barnum andBailey Circus.

A group of Delphos girls enjoyed a picnic today throughthe efforts of the Radio Neighbors Fresh Aid Fund. The groupmet at the Delphos Equity Store and were taken to Lima tomeet with Lima girls. The group had breakfast at the LimaEquity Store and then were taken to Lima Faurot Park fordinner and games and contests. The outing was sponsored bythe WBA and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of ForeignWars and the American Legion.

The members of the Ladies Aid Society of the LutheranChurch held their annual picnic at the Waterworks ParkWednesday afternoon. The business session was followed by asocial period. Honors in the three contests were awarded Mrs.Clarence Mox, Catherine Thomas and Mrs. William Hollman.

ANDREW TAYLOR,DONNA CASSATA

Associated Press

WASHINGTON Congress performancematches its approval rating abysmal.

Lawmakers headed homefor a five-week break with alengthy list of uncompletedwork and little to show forthe past year and a half exceptan eye-popping amount ofdissatisfaction: Nearly 80percent of Americans areunhappy with them. TheRepublican-controlled Houseand Democratic-led Senatehave set record lows for pro-duction and record highs fordysfunction.

Partisanship and elec-tion-year politics have lefta drought-stricken nationwondering if new help willever come and the U.S. PostalService uncertain about itssolvency. Some $110 billionin automatic, across-the-board cuts are due to hit mili-tary and domestic programson Jan. 2, yet no bipartisansolution is in sight or evenunder discussion by thosewho really matter.

At the same time, PresidentGeorge W. Bush-era tax cutsfor all Americans expire,threatening to send a slug-gish economy right back intorecession.

The standoff is what hap-pens when a bitterly divid-ed government mixes withelection-year politics tothrow sand in the gears ofofficial Washington. Thetea party-dominated Houseand a Senate controlled byDemocrats struggling to

keep their narrow majorityin November view each other

with a palpable disdain.House Speaker JohnBoehner, who came toWashington in 1991, bluntlydescribed the divide that hasmade consensus a rare com-modity.

The American people areprobably more polarized nowthan any time since Ive beenhere, the Ohio Republicantold reporters. And as aresult we see that polarizationreflected here in the halls ofCongress. And even thoughboth sides have some sharplydifferent views and ideolo-gies, our job is still to find thecommon ground.

But common ground isscarce. This is a Congressthat cant do the big stuffwhile even the small stuff,such as a one-year extensionof student loan subsidies thatpassed in June, makes themsweat.

Congress stumbled out ofWashington for a five-weekvacation one day early onThursday on a typical note: aGOP filibuster in the Senateof a bipartisan cybersecuritybill and the Houses abandon-ment of a one-year extension,as Republican leaders hadplanned, of food and farmpolicy.

Senate Republicanswere unhappy about beingdenied a chance to amendthe cybersecurity bill. HouseRepublicans were unableto find party unity on foodstamps and farm subsidies

The House settled for apaltry restoration of expireddisaster programs for live-stock producers and tree

farmers. The Senate wouldntdo even that, demanding

instead a full five-year farmbill with 80 percent of it, orabout $400 billion, devotedto food stamps.

More broadly, just 151laws have been enacted in19 months; more than twodozen of them were torename post offices andcourthouses, or add individu-als to the Smithsonian board.By comparison, the previ-ous Congress enacted 383laws with President BarackObama in the White Houseand Democrats controllingCapitol Hill.

Even in 2007-08, whenRepublican Bush was presi-dent and Democrats ran

Congress, 460 laws wereenacted.They think compromise

is a dirty word when compro-mise is necessary to get thingsdone in the era of dividedgovernment, said Rep. ChrisVan Hollen, D-Md.

A poll last month by CBSNews and The New YorkTimes found Congress witha 12 percent approval ratingand 79 percent disapprovalscore.

Lawmakers will return inSeptember for what promisesto be an abbreviated pre-elec-tion session with two mainitems of business.

Most important is a six-

month spending bill to keepthe government runningthrough March and preventany possibility of a politi-cally explosive governmentshutdown before the election.Not one of the 13 must-passspending bills has been com-pleted and the new budgetyear begins Oct. 1.

Congress abandons itsworkload for 5 weeks

MARTHA IRVINEAP National Writer

CHICAGO Gone arethe days when young vot-ers werent taken seriously.

In 2008, they helped propelBarack Obama into the OvalOffice, supporting him by a2-1 margin.

But that higher profile alsohas landed them in the middleof the debate over some statelaws that regulate voter regis-tration and how people iden-tify themselves at the polls.

Since the last elec-tion, Pennsylvania, Kansas,Wisconsin and Texas andother states have tried to limitor ban the use of studentIDs as voter identification.In Florida, lawmakers triedto limit third party orga-nizations, including student

groups, from registering newvoters.Proponents of voter ID

and registration laws say thelaws are intended to combatvoter fraud. The intent, theysay, is to make sure peoplewho are voting are who theysay they are and have theright to vote.

In this day and age, noth-ing could be more rationalthan requiring a photo IDwhen voters come to thepolls, Pennsylvanias seniordeputy attorney general,Patrick Cawley, said recentlywhen defending the states

new law in court.Others see these efforts as

attempts to squelch the aspi-rations of the budding youngvoting bloc and other groups,and theyre using that claim

to try to get more young peo-ple fired up.You think your vote

doesnt matter? Then whyare they trying so hard totake it away from you? asksHeather Smith, president ofRock the Vote, a group thatworks to register young vot-ers. It does demonstrate thepower they have.

Smith notes that its notjust an issue for college stu-dents.

She was teaching a civicsclass for graduating seniorsat an inner-city high schoolin Philadelphia this springand asked how many among

them had drivers licensesthat could be used, if thePennsylvania law requiring aphoto ID to vote were to sur-vive the legal challenge.

They looked at me likeI had two heads, she says.Only two students in the roomof 200 raised a hand; few ofthe students had cars.

These are the sort of storiesthat have led some students toget involved, particularly oncollege campuses.

In Florida, Rock The Votejoined with the League ofWomen Voters to challenge

restrictions on third partyvoter registration. A federaljudge said last spring thatmany of the restrictions madeit too difficult for legitimatevoter registration organiza-

tions to do their work. Duringthe fight, students at theUniversity of Central Floridaplaced ironing boards aroundcampus, a symbol that theywere pressing the issue.

Now, while most collegecampuses are relatively quiet,some of those students havetaken it upon themselvesto register their peers dur-ing freshman orientation thissummer.

We feel like its up tous, says Anna Eskamani, a22-year-old graduate studentand a leader at the Floridaschool.

In Pennsylvania, whenlawmakers were propos-ing the voter ID law there,22-year-old Adam Boyer wasamong students who askedthem to reconsider an out-right ban on the use of stu-dent IDs.

Id like to think thatthe proponents of this lawwerent trying to disenfran-chise certain demographics.I hope it was an oversighton their part, and I think thatwas the case, says Boyer,a recent graduate of PennState who plans to attend lawschool at Villanova this fall.

Could tougher voting laws squelch the youth vote?

BETH FOUHYAssociated Press

NEW YORK If televi-sion ad spending is any guide,the White House race willcome down to nine states thathave absorbed an eye-popping$350 million in commercialsso far.

Colorado, Iowa, Nevada,New Hampshire, NorthCarolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,Virginia and Florida, the larg-est and most diverse of thesehighly contested states, arewhere the ad dollars havebeen concentrated, and thatsbeen consistent this electionseason.

They account for 120 of the270 electoral votes a presiden-tial candidate needs to win.Barack Obama carried all ninestates in 2008 when he beatRepublican John McCain, butpolling and the ad crush indi-cate all are highly competitivethis time.

While the rest of the coun-try is virtually ad-free, theObama and Mitt Romneycampaigns, along with a host

of mostly Republican-leaningindependent groups, are goingat it in those really competitivestates. Voters in just 67 of thecountrys 210 media marketsare confronted by campaignads on local stations, accord-ing to the Kantar/CampaignMedia Analysis Group, whichtracks campaign advertising.

No state has been floodedwith more campaign advertis-ing than Ohio, where an aver-age viewer in the Clevelandtelevision market is seeingabout 87 presidential cam-paign spots a week. Floridais the second most heavilysaturated, with viewers in theOrlando media market see-ing about 70 campaign ads aweek. Iowa is third.

New York-based politi-cal ad buyer Joseph Mercuriocalled the figures unprece-dented and astonishing. Henoted that a heavy advertis-ing presence in a competi-tive statewide race normallywould mean about 20 spotsa week for an average viewer.

Mercurio said such heavyadvertising in a state typically

would cause polling numbersto shift. That hasnt happenedthis time, suggesting votershave tuned them out or only afew remain undecided.

The Obama campaign haslaid out nearly $125 millionon broadcast and cable TVspots so far and has reservedmillions more for August andthe fall. Other than $7.5 mil-lion spent on national ads,almost all the money has goneinto the nine critical states.

The Romney campaign hasspent just $45 million on tele-vision ads, but several con-servative-leaning independentgroups helped the candidate

to match and at times exceedthe Obama teams advertisingefforts.

Leading the way areAmerican Crossroads andCrossroads GPS, both linkedto Karl Rove, President GeorgeW. Bushs longtime politicaladviser. American Crossroadshas spent about $50 millionon ads in the swing states,while Crossroads GPS, whichdoes not have to disclose itsdonors, has spent more than$55 million.

Presidential campaign ads bombarding nine states

WASHINGTON (AP) People retiring today arepart of the first generation ofworkers who have paid morein Social Security taxes dur-ing their careers than they willreceive in benefits after theyretire. Its a historic shift thatwill only get worse for futureretirees, according to an anal-ysis by The Associated Press.

Previous generations got amuch better bargain, mainlybecause payroll taxes werevery low when Social Securitywas enacted in the 1930s andremained so for decades.

If you retired in 1960, youcould expect to get back seventimes more in benefits thanyou paid in Social Securitytaxes, and more if you werea low-income worker, as longyou made it to age 78 for menand 81 for women.

As recently as 1985, work-ers at every income levelcould retire and expect to getmore in benefits than theypaid in Social Security taxes,though they didnt do quiteas well as their parents andgrandparents.

Not anymore.A married couple retiring

last year after both spouses

earned average lifetime wagespaid about $598,000 in SocialSecurity taxes during theircareers. They can expect tocollect about $556,000 in ben-efits, if the man lives to 82 andthe woman lives to 85, accord-ing to a 2011 study by theUrban Institute, a Washingtonthink tank.

Social Security benefitsare progressive, so most low-income workers retiring todaystill will get slightly morein benefits than they paidin taxes. Most high-incomeworkers started getting lessin benefits than they paid intaxes in the 1990s, accord-

ing to data from the SocialSecurity Administration.

The shift among middle-income workers is happeningjust as millions of baby boom-ers are reaching retirement,leaving relatively fewer work-ers behind to pay into the sys-tem. Its coming at a criticaltime for Social Security, thefederal governments largestprogram.

The trustees who overseeSocial Security say its funds,which have been built up overthe past 30 years with surpluspayroll taxes, will run dry in2033 unless Congress acts. Atthat point, payroll taxes would

provide enough revenue eachyear to pay about 75 percentof benefits.

To cover the shortfall,future retirees probably willhave to pay higher taxes whilethey are working, accept lowerbenefits after they retire, orsome combination of both.

How can you get a betterreturn on your Social Securitytaxes?

Live longer. Benefit esti-mates are based on life expec-tancy. For those turning 65 thisyear, Social Security expectswomen to live 20 more yearsand men to live 17.8 more.

But returns alone dont fully

explain the value of SocialSecurity, which has featuresthat arent available in typi-cal private-sector retirementplans, said David Certner,legislative policy director forAARP.

Spouses can get benefitseven if they never earnedwages. Children can get ben-efits if they have a workingparent who dies. People whoare too disabled to work canget benefits for life.

Social Securitynot deal it once

was for workers

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LONG POND, Pa. JeffGordon, one of NASCARsbiggest rainmakers, got a show-er just when he needed it inSundays Pennsylvania 400.

Gordon didnt lead a lapunder the green flag but notcheda critically important victory atPocono Raceway, thanks to anopportunistic move to the frontafter a restart on Lap 91 of ascheduled 160.

Coincidentally, it was amistake by Jimmie Johnson,Gordons Hendrick Motorsportsteammate, that enabled Gordonto celebrate in Victory Laneand, more importantly, to resur-rect his prospects for the Chasefor the Sprint Cup.

The victory was Gordonsfirst of the season and 86th ofhis career in his 674th start. Itwas his sixth win at Pocono,tops among all drivers, and thesecond there in a rain-shortenedrace. Gordon took the check-ered flag after 106 laps whenrain halted the June 2007 eventat the 2.5-mile triangular track.

On Sunday, NASCARparked the cars on Lap 98 afterthey ran seven laps under cau-tion as rain moved into thearea. When what started as alight rain became a torrentialdownpour, NASCAR called therace.

Gordon surged to the leadwhen Johnson got loose in Turn

1 on Lap 91 and knocked MattKenseths Ford into the out-side wall. Gordon, who hadrestarted sixth, saw an openingand dodged a handful of carswrecking around him.

Ive never seen the seaspart like that, said Gordon,who moved to 13th in the seriesstandings and now holds thesecond wild-card position forthe Chase. I got a good restart,so I really got up to fifth as wewere getting into the brakingzone going into [Turn] 1. Idont know what happened tothe 48. I just saw he got looseand when he got loose, it tookeverybody that was in front ofus up the race track or into the

wall.I just made it right to the

bottom, stood in the gas anddrove out ... and we were lead-ing.

For Gordon, who has expe-rienced more than his share ofbad luck this season, the vic-tory was a welcome reversal offortune.

Its nice to know that thingscan still go our way, Gordonadded. The way our year hasgone, well definitely take itlike this. I tell you what, withall the things that have gonewrong for us this year, Imhoping that this is the one thatmakes up for it all.

Kasey Kahne finished sec-

ond, followed by Martin TruexJr., Brad Keselowski and TonyStewart. Despite a broken trans-mission, Dale Earnhardt Jr. fin-ished 32nd and kept his leadin the standings by five pointsover Kenseth (23rd), six overGreg Biffle (15th) and eightover Johnson (14th).

Ryan Newman, CarlEdwards, Clint Bowyer, ReganSmith and Marcos Ambrosecompleted the top 10.

Notes: Gordons win comestwo days after the announce-ment that he will become thefirst NASCAR driver to receivethe Heisman HumanitarianAward for his charitable workfor childrens causes. ... Gordon

and Newman are tied in thestandings with 611 points each.

Gordon gets the nod for thesecond wild-card spot on a tie-breaker (more fifth-place fin-ishes, given that the driversare tied for number of wins,seconds, thirds and fourths).... Hendrick drivers have wonseven of the past 11 races.For the first time since 2007,Hendrick has put all four ofits cars in the winners cir-cle. ... Gordon is third all-timein wins but hadnt won sinceSeptember 2011 at Atlanta (31starts). He is the 13th driverto win this season. This is his17th season with at least onewin. ... Hendrick Motorsportsearned its 206th Cup win. ...Kahne got his third top-2 finish

in the past five races and hisbest finish at Pocono since hiswin in June 2008. ... Truex Jr.(matched his best Pocono fin-ish (2007); it was his first top-5since finishing fifth in Mayat Darlington. ... Keselowskiearned his 11th top-10 finishof 2012. ... Stewart got hisfifth top-5 during the past eightraces. ... Earnhardt Jr. had hisworst finish of 2012 and failedto finish on the lead lap for thefirst time this season. It broke astreak of 21 lead-lap finishes.

NASCAR fans warned of light-ning, rain: NASCAR fans at PoconoRaceway were advised over publicaddress systems and through socialmedia to take cover when lightningand heavy rain hit the track near theend of the race.

The warnings werent enough toavoid tragedy at the track. Lightningstrikes killed one fan and injurednine others, one critically, racetrackofficials announced.

Multiple lightning strikes occurredbehind the grandstands and outsideone of the gates as fans were leaving,Pocono spokesman Bob Pleban toldreporters. It wasnt immediately clearhow many of the fans were actuallystruck by the lightning itself or wereinjured by related jolts. One per-son remained hospitalized in criticalcondition at Lehigh Valley HospitalCenter. Three people were taken tohospitals with minor to moderateinjuries and five others were treatedon the scene.

Unfortunately, a member ofour raceway family here, a fan, haspassed away, Pocono PresidentBrandon Igdalsky said in announc-ing the death. He provided no detailsabout the victim but expressed condo-lences to his family.

Igdalsky later posted on Twitter,My family and I are praying forall those that were involved in thelightning strikes. ... Difficult eveningfor all.

NASCAR spokesman DavidHigdon added We are deeply sad-dened that a fan has died and oth-ers were injured by lightning strikesfollowing todays race at Pocono.Our thoughts are with them as wellas those affected by this unfortunateaccident.

The victim was in or near hiscar in a parking lot after the racehad ended when lightning struck thecar, Monroe County Coroner BobAllen said, adding bystanders per-formed CPR on the man, who hadgone into cardiac arrest, until para-medics arrived and took him to thetracks medical facility, where effortsto revive him failed. He was pro-nounced dead at a hospital.

The attendance was estimated bythe track at 85,000 and PA announce-ments were made before the stormand the end of the race for fans to takeshelter and evacuate the grandstands.There was no order to evacuate thetrack premises.

Kyle Manger, a spectator fromNew Jersey, told The Sporting Newsthat he saw people hit by lightningnear the Turn 3 grandstands.

Gordon said at a post-race newsconference that he could hear a hugecrack as he walked down the pit roadduring the storm: You could tell itwas very close. I mean, thats thething thats going to take away fromthe victory, is the fact that somebodywas affected by that.

Hendrick Motorsports also offeredsympathies on Twitter, writing, Ourthoughts and prayers are with every-one affected by the lightning atPocono Raceway.

By EDDIE PELLSThe Associated Press

LONDON Legs churn-

ing fast, arms swinging high,Usain Bolt finally made itto warp speed a few stepspast the halfway point ofthe Olympic 100 meters.Emerging from behind, heput clear daylight betweenhimself and the field.

Now he was racing againstthe clock, not the competi-tion.

Then, I thought, Worldrecord, Bolt recalled. Butit was too late to do anythingabout it.

And so the Jamaican sim-ply had to be satisfied withthe second-fastest time inhistory 9.63 seconds

another gold medal and, ofcourse, the comfort of know-ing hell have another chanceto rewrite the record bookvery soon.

Undeterred from his goalof becoming a living leg-end, Bolt returns to OlympicStadium today to receive hismedal. A day later, hellbegin running in his favoriterace, the 200.

His victory in the 100 onSunday against training part-ner Yohan Blake, AmericansJustin Gatlin and TysonGay and the rest of the star-studded field promptly andemphatically shut down all

the questions about his fitnessand dedication questionsthat only grew louder afterlosses to Blake in both sprintsfive weeks ago at JamaicasOlympic trials.

At the trials, when YohanBlake beat me, twice, it wokeme up, opened my eyes, Boltsaid. It was like he come,knocked on my door and say,Its an Olympic year, are youready? I just really refocusedand got everything togetherand came back ready.

In their first rematch,the 6-5 Bolt beat Blake by0.12 seconds a comfort-able margin but hardly wide

enough to ignore his country-

man and trainingpartner, who ismore than threeyears younger

and pushinghim in ways fewpeople thought possible.

When the 200 heats startTuesday, Bolt again figuresto get his biggest challengefrom Blake, the runner henicknamed The Beast.Bolts world record is 19.19but Blake has the second-fastest mark at 19.25.

American WallaceSpearmon should be the otherprime contender in that race.

In the 100, it was Gatlinand Gay whove been criss-crossing the world, tryingto convince themselves andanyone else who would lis-

ten that they stood a chanceagainst The Worlds FastestMan.

Gay, who has worked hardto recover from right hip sur-gery over the last year, wascrying hard after the race.Inconsolable.

Gatlin was more moved bythe occasion than sad aboutfinishing third. The 2004Olympic gold medalist serveda 4-year doping ban that kepthim out of the Beijing Gamesand he has fought hard sincehis return to restore both hisreputation and his form. Allthe while, he kept perspectiveabout how the sprint world

had changed in the time hewas away.

After the 200, there are therelays, where Jamaica suf-fered a blow for the 4x100when Asafa Powell pulled uplame with an injured groin.Bolt says he wont rule outthe 4x400, either. He hastalked whimsically aboutdoing the long jump someday, less so about returningto the 400 the distance atwhich he used to train butreally doesnt like.

He has already joinedCarl Lewis as the only mento win back-to-back 100sat the Olympics. And while

Michael Phelps record of

22 medals isntreachable for atrack star, witha few more wins

in London, Boltwill find himself

in very rare company.Williams sisters win gold again

in Olympic doublesWIMBLEDON Serena

Williams relishes her role as copycatlittle sister. Even if it takes her 12years.

Now she has that Olympic dou-ble just like Venus.

The overpowering American pairwon the doubles title at the Olympicson Sunday, with Serena adding tothe singles gold she won on CentreCourt at Wimbledon a day earlier.

The sisters beat AndreaHlavackova and Lucie Hradecka ofthe Czech Republic 6-4, 6-4 underthe roof on a rainy afternoon at theAll England Club. Venus closed thematch on the very grass she has longloved with a backhand volley win-ner after the Czechs saved a pair of

match points.This was another commanding

performance the sisters didntdrop a set through their five matchesin London.

On Saturday, Serena beat MariaSharapova 6-0, 6-1 for the singlesgold. She joined Steffi Graf as theonly women to complete the GoldenSlam winning the Olympics andthe four majors.

Third-seeded Maria Kirilenkoand Nadia Petrova of Russia tookthe bronze by beating the top-seededU.S. pair of Liezel Huber and LisaRaymond 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

With Bob and Mike Bryan takingthe gold in mens doubles Saturday,U.S. tennis made it three golds intwo days.

Serena became tennis first dou-ble gold medalist at an Olympicssince Venus won singles and doublesat the 2000 Sydney Games. The sis-ters also won the doubles gold at the

2008 Beijing Olympics. And withSundays victory, each has a recordfour Olympic tennis gold medals.

On the mens side, Andy Murrayused an aggressive approach to beatRoger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 for themens singles title, delighting a parti-san crowd that had watched the dourScotsman wilt in his biggest matchesall too often.

Sundays victory marked a careerbreakthrough for Murray. He hasdropped all four of his Grand Slamfinals, three against Federer, includ-ing the devastating loss at the AllEngland Club a month ago.

Federer was going for a careerGolden Slam but settled for silver his first singles medal in his fourthOlympics.

Murray became the first Britishman to win the gold in singles sinceJosiah Ritchie in 1908. He alsopicked up a silver in mixed doubleswhen he and Laura Robson lost to

Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyiof Belarus 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8).

Maria Kirilenko and NadiaPetrova of Russia took the bronze inwomens doubles, while Juan Martindel Potro of Argentina finished thirdin mens singles, defeating Novak

Djokovic.BEACH VOLLEYBALLAmericans Kerri Walsh Jennings

and Misty May-Treanor beat ItalysMarta Menegatti and Greta Cicolari21-13, 21-13 on Sunday and nextplay Beijing bronze medalists XueChen and Zhang Xi in the semifinals.The Chinese pair advanced with a21-18, 21-11 victory over Austriansisters Stefanie and Doris Schwaigerearlier.

In the other quarterfinals, No. 2U.S. team April Ross and JenniferKessy beat Czechs Marketa Slukovaand Kristyna Kolokova. Ross andKessy will next meet reigning worldchampions Juliana and Larissa ofBrazil, who beat Germans SaraGoller and Laura Ludwig 21-10,21-19 in the last match on Sundaynight.

On the mens side, AmericansJake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal werescheduled to play today for a spot

in the quarterfinals against Latvia.The U.S. men have won three of thefirst four gold medals since beachvolleyball became an Olympic sportin 1996. But defending Olympicchampions Todd Rogers and PhilDalhausser wont play for gold they were knocked out in the roundof 16.

Walsh Jennings and May-Treanorhave won the last two Olympics,sweeping to the gold medals inAthens and Beijing.

SWIMMINGMichael Phelps got up to leave

his last news conference at theOlympic pool when his relay mateswere asked if they thought he wouldreally stay retired.

Before they could answer, Phelpssmiled and answered emphatically:Yes, yes.

The most decorated Olympiancalled it a career on Saturday nightwith a fitting ending a gold medal

in the 4x100-meter medley relay atthe London Games.Phelps totals in four Olympics:

22 medals, 18 golds, 51 races and9,900 meters of swimming.

On a night when Phelps exitedthe world stage, Missy Franklincapped a brilliant Olympic debutby helping the U.S. win gold in thewomens medley relay Franklinin the backstroke, Rebecca Soni inthe breaststroke. Dana Vollmer thefly and Allison Schmitt in the free-style with a world-record time,no less.

The 17-year-old high school stu-dent from Colorado gives the U.S.hope for the post-Phelps era, havingwon five medals in London, includ-ing four golds to match Amy VanDyken at the 1996 Atlanta Gamesfor the most by an American femaleswimmer. She swam seven events,the same as Phelps.

The Americans dominated the

medal count at the pool, finishingwith 16 golds and 30 overall.

Bolts Olympic party may only be beginning

Reds cant solve Burnett, snapwin streak at 5

CINCINNATI -- They cant winem all.

It hasnt seemed that way recent-ly in Cincinnati as the Reds had won22 of their past 25 entering Sunday,but a lights-out performance downthe stretch from Pirates starter A.J.Burnett snapped the Reds 5-gamewin streak in a 6-2 defeat at GreatAmerican Ball Park.

The Reds may not have walkedaway victorious Sunday afternoonbut were still the biggest winnersof the weekend. Cincinnati enteredthe series with a 3 1/2-game lead on

Pittsburgh in the National LeagueCentral and the potential for thatcushion to be cut to just a half-gameby series end.

Despite Sundays loss, the Redsmanaged to take 2-of-3 from thePirates to extend their lead in the

division to 4 1/2 games after win-ning 5-of-7 on their weeklong home-stand.

The Reds and the Pirates enteredthe series with two of the three bestrecords in the National League andthe series marked the first time sincethe NL Central came into existencein 1994 that the two clubs were atthe top of the division this late inthe season.

Had the Reds pulled off a winSunday, it would have marked theirfourth straight NL Central sweep.But the magic just wasnt there on adreary afternoon.

Like they did in the first two

games of the series, the Reds got onthe board first, chalking up a run inthe opening frame on an RBI doublefrom Jay Bruce. Two first-inninghits and one run already matchedthe clubs total from the last timethey faced Burnett back on May 30

in Pittsburgh, when Burnett allowedtwo total hits and no earned runs inseven innings.

The Burnett the Reds saw inMay reappeared in the fourth inning.Drew Stubbs knocked a solo homeroff the Pirates ace in the third,which marked the last hit the Redsscrounged for the rest of the game.

Burnett, who came within fourouts of tossing his second careerno-hitter in Chicago in his previousstart, retired 24-of-25, including 18in a row, before walking two in theninth inning that forced his exit after8 2/3. Joel Hanrahan got the last outfor his 32nd save of the season.

Reds starter Homer Bailey didnthave the same fortune.

The Pirates continued to hit deepshots off the Reds righty, who wasconstantly working out of jams.Bailey lasted just 4 2/3 innings, giv-ing up four runs on nine hits, markinghis seventh loss of the season and thesecond straight start in which hesfailed to get past the fifth inning.

The Reds are now 6-6 againstthe Pirates this season. There are stillsix games remaining on the sched-ule between the two sides -- one inCincinnati (Sept. 10-12) and one inPittsburgh (Sept. 28-30). If a seriesin the first week of August heldthese implications and drew 121,030

fans over three games, one can onlyimagine the September showdownsthat are still to come.

-----Tribes skid hits 9 in extra-

innings lossDETROIT Every loss hurts

but not every loss has a team feel-ing overwhelmingly defeated. TheIndians suffered the kind of loss onSunday afternoon that left them ina state of shock. Finally, Clevelandshowed the fight that has been miss-ing lately and it did not matter inthe end.

The Indians sat one out awayfrom ending a run of misery that has

lasted over a week and instead head-ed home with their heads hung fol-lowing a heart-breaking 10-8 loss tothe Tigers in 10 innings at ComericaPark. With the defeat, Clevelandended this crippling road trip with an0-9 record.

The Indians had momentumfinally swinging in their directionafter Josh Tomlin miraculouslyescaped a critical bases-loaded situ-ation to avoid a walk-off loss in theninth inning. Cleveland felt in con-trol after Travis Hafner and EzequielCarrera launched back-to-back hom-ers in a 3-run burst in the 10th thatpushed the Tribe to an 8-5 lead.

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The Associated PressNational League

East DivisionW L Pct GB

Washington 65 43 .602 Atlanta 62 46 .574 3New York 53 56 .486 12Philadelphia 49 59 .454 16Miami 49 60 .450 16Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cincinnati 66 42 .611 Pittsburgh 61 46 .570 4St. Louis 59 49 .546 7Milwaukee 48 59 .449 17Chicago 43 63 .406 22Houston 36 73 .330 30West Division

W L Pct GBSan Francisco 59 49 .546 Los Angeles 59 50 .541

Arizona 55 53 .509 4San Diego 46 64 .418 14Colorado 38 68 .358 20

___Saturdays ResultsPhiladelphia 3, Arizona 0Washington 10, Miami 7Houston 3, Atlanta 2Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 4St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 1San Francisco 11, Colorado 6

N.Y. Mets 6, San Diego 2L.A. Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 1Sundays ResultsPittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 2Philadelphia 5, Arizona 4

Atlanta 6, Houston 1Washington 4, Miami 1San Francisco 8, Colorado 3San Diego 7, N.Y. Mets 3L.A. Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 6St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 0Todays Games

Arizona (Miley 12-6) at Pittsburgh(Bedard 5-12), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Sheets 3-1) at Philadelphia(Worley 6-6), 7:05 p.m.

Washington (E.Jackson 6-7) atHouston (Keuchel 1-4), 8:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-6) at Milwaukee(Gallardo 9-8), 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 10-4) at St.

Louis (Westbrook 10-8), 8:15 p.m.Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 4-7) at San

Diego (Stults 1-2), 10:05 p.m.Colorado (D.Pomeranz 1-6) at L.A.

Dodgers (Capuano 10-7), 10:10 p.m.Tuesdays Games

Arizona (Corbin 3-4) at Pittsburgh(Karstens 4-2), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Minor 6-7) at Philadelphia(Hamels 11-6), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (LeBlanc 1-1) at N.Y. Mets(Niese 8-5), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Detwiler 6-4) atHouston (Lyles 2-8), 8:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cueto 14-5) at Milwaukee(Fiers 5-4), 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Zito 8-8) at St. Lou is(Lynn 13-4), 8:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Garza 5-7) at SanDiego (Ohlendorf 3-2), 10:05 p.m.

Colorado (White 2-6) at L.A.Dodgers (Harang 7-6), 10:10 p.m.

----American League

East DivisionW L Pct GB

New York 63 44 .589 Baltimore 57 51 .528 6Tampa Bay 56 52 .519 7Boston 54 55 .495 10Toronto 53 55 .491 10

Central DivisionW L Pct GBChicago 59 48 .551 Detroit 58 50 .537 1Cleveland 50 58 .463 9Minnesota 47 61 .435 12Kansas City 45 62 .421 14West DivisionW L Pct GBTexas 63 44 .589 Oakland 58 50 .537 5Los Angeles 58 51 .532 6Seattle 51 59 .464 13

___Saturdays ResultsSeattle 1, N.Y. Yankees 0Toronto 3, Oakland 1, 11 inningsTexas 4, Kansas City 2Detroit 6, Cleveland 1Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 0L.A. Angels 6, Chicago White Sox

5, 10 inningsMinnesota 6, Boston 4Sundays ResultsDetroit 10, Cleveland 8, 10 inningsN.Y. Yankees 6, Seattle 2Boston 6, Minnesota 4Baltimore 1, Tampa Bay 0, 10

inningsChicago White Sox 4, L.A. Angels

2Kansas City 7, Texas 6, 10 inningsToronto 6, Oakland 5Todays GamesMinnesota (Diamond 9-5) at

Cleveland (McAllister 4-3), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Nova 10-5) at Detroit

(Verlander 11-7), 7:05 p.m.Seattle (Vargas 12-7) at Baltimore

(Tillman 4-1), 7:05 p.m.Texas (Darvish 11-7) at Boston

(A.Cook 2-5), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Mendoza 5-7) atChicago White Sox (Sale 12-3), 8:10p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 14-1) atOakland (J.Parker 7-5), 10:05 p.m.

Tuesdays GamesMinnesota (Deduno 3-0) at

Cleveland (Kluber 0-0), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 11-8) at

Detroit (Porcello 8-6), 7:05 p.m.Seattle (Beavan 7-6) at Baltimore

(Britton 1-1), 7:05 p.m.Texas (Dempster 0-0) at Boston

(Lester 5-9), 7:10 p.m.Toronto (Happ 0-0) at Tampa Bay

(Shields 9-7), 7:10 p.m.Kansas City (B.Chen 7-9) at Chicago

White Sox (Peavy 9-7), 8:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 9-7) at

Oakland (B.Colon 8-8), 10:05 p.m.

MLB at a glance

NFL pre-season glanceThe Associated Press

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PABuffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0South

W L T Pct PF PAHouston 0 0 0 .000 0 0Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0North

W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0West

W L T Pct PF PADenver 0 0 0 .000 0 0Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0South

W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 17 10Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0West

W L T Pct PF PASan Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0Arizona 0 1 0 .000 10 17

___Sundays ResultNew Orleans 17, Arizona 10Thursdays GamesWashington at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.New Orleans at New England, 7:30

p.m.Green Bay at San Diego, 8 p.m.Denver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Fridays GamesTampa Bay at Miami, 7:30 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Jacksonville, 7:30

p.m.Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Arizona at Kansas City, 8 p.m.Minnesota at San Francisco, 9 p.m.Saturdays GamesHouston at Carolina, 7 p.m.Tennessee at Seattle, 10 p.m.Sundays GameSt. Louis at Indianapolis, 1:30 p.m.Monday, Aug. 13Dallas at Oakland, 8 p.m.

By JOE KAYThe Associated Press

CANTON The linemenled the way as they alwaysdo, accepting their inductionsinto the Pro Football Hall ofFame with an abundance ofhumility. Curtis Martin fin-ished the evening by supply-ing plenty of tears.

The last of the sixplayers to have theirbronze busts unveiledSaturday night, Martinused the big stage torecall his rough life,his mothers pain andhis life-long indif-ference to the gamethat allowed him tobecome famous.

I dont necessarily havenotes, so Im going to justbare my soul, Martin cau-

tioned. So bear with me.His moving story was the

longest of the six and had theaudience of 12,100 cheeringsupportively whenever oneof the NFLs greatest run-ning backs got choked up orlost for words. It was quite away to end a 3-hour induc-tion that celebrated some ofthe games best blockers andtacklers.

Linemen Willie Roaf,Chris Doleman, CortezKennedy and DermonttiDawson and 1950s cor-nerback Jack Butlerwere the first inducted,accepting their honor

with simple thanks andgenerally short stories.

All the way through,the evening had a strongPittsburgh flavor.

Hundreds of Steelersfans sat on the field and inthe stands, waving yellowTerrible Towels to celebratethe citys starring role. Twoof the new Hall-of-Famersplayed for the Steelers Butler and Dawson. Dolemanand Martin played for theUniversity of Pittsburgh aftergrowing up in Pennsylvania.

When it was time forMartin, a former Jets star, tofinish the evening, Broadway

Joe Namath couldnt helpbut notice the J-E-T-S! J-E-T-S! chants were gettingoverwhelmed.

I hear a lot of big mouthsfrom Pittsburgh out there, hetold the crowd. And justifi-ably yes, yes!

Martin soon had them dab-bing their eyes.

He described growing upin a rough neighborhood inPittsburgh, the son of an alco-holic father who would beatand torture his mother by set-ting her hair on fire or press-ing burning cigarettes to herlegs. His mother, Rochella,wiped tears from her eyes

as he shared his story, occa-sionally pausing to collecthimself.

My greatest achievementin my life was healing mymother and nurturing mymother, Martin recalled.

She urged him to playfootball to stay out of trou-ble. Even when New Englandcoach Bill Parcells decided todraft him out of Pitt, Martinwasnt sure he wanted toplay. His pastor told him he

could use footballas a platform to dogreater things.

I played for apurpose bigger thanthe game becauseI knew that thelove for the gamejust wasnt in myheart, Martin said.

He followed Parcells tothe Jets and finished hiscareer and the fourth-leading rusher in NFLhistory. Parcells becameone of his biggest influ-ences and Martin chosehim for the introductionon Saturday.

He has tremen-dous compassion for

his fellow man,Parcells said. He is, Ithink, the poster childfor what the NFL is

supposed to be. Youcome into the league,maximize your abili-ties, you save yourmoney, you make asmooth transition intosociety and then youpass all those things on toother people. Thats what thisguy has done.

The night belonged tothose who didnt have iteasy.

Roaf was inducted firstand set the tone.Standing in front ofthe large crowd inan unfamiliar role getting attention

for something good he acknowledgedfeeling out of place.

You know, its anoffensive lineman,Roaf said. I didnt

get singled out in front of alarge audience very often andwhen I did, it was usually bya referee who was singlingme out by saying,Holding No. 77.

Thats not goingto happen today. Andit wasnt too oftenwhen I played.

Roaf was one ofthe greatest playersin Saints history, so

good that he regularlymade the Pro Bowleven though New Orleanshad only one winning seasonin his nine years there. Hisinduction gave the franchisesomething to celebrate afteran offseason clouded by itsbounty scandal.

Saints players sat in thelast three rows of seats on thefield, wearing black T-shirtswith Roafs No. 77 on theback. They were in town toplay Arizona in the Hall ofFame preseason game onSunday night.

Kennedy has something incommon with Roaf. Like the

offensive tackle from NewOrleans, the defensive tacklefrom Seattle excelled on badteams. It was his sustainedexcellence not his teamssuccess that got him intothe hall.

Kennedy grew into thegames top defensive tackleduring his 11 seasons withSeattle. Even though Seattlewent 2-14 in 1992 andKennedy got double-teamed,he was so good that he was

chosen the leaguesbest defensiveplayer.

Thats badwhen you go tothe game and thedefensive coordi-nator says, Guys,were not going to

win the game. Lets dontembarrass ourselves. Youknow were in for along year then, hesaid.

Dawson got theSteelers fans revvedwith his inductionspeech honoring thetown and the franchise.Dawson succeededMike Webster as the

Steelers center,then followed him intothe Pro Football Hall ofFame.

Mike was a leaderwhether he wanted to(be) or not because heled by example and Itried to emulate every-

thing Mike did, Dawsonsaid. Mike had a pro-

found impact on my life andeven today, I try to lead byexample and be like Mike.

Dawson chose high schoolfootball coach Steve Parker topresent him. If not for Parker,he might not have played thegame. Dawson had abad experience play-ing the sport in mid-dle school and quit.

Parker met him

in a hallway of theirhigh school duringhis junior year andmade him rethink.

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