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Olentangy expects to gain 2,500 in decade GARY BUDZAK

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Already one of the largest school districts in Ohio, Olentangy Local Schools is projected to add about 2,500 students in the next decade. Olentangy currently has 18,308 students, and by the 2023-24 school year, that number will be 20,805. Out of an estimated 78,880 people who currently live in the district, 26,225 of them

are ages birth-18, the district’s “Annual Facility Capacity Assessment” stated. The data was presented at last month’s Board of Education meeting by Ralph Au in collaboration with the district’s development committee and Tracy Healy of FutureThink Inc. It was said the district’s middle schools and high schools are projected to exceed capacity within the decade. Despite the

additional students, it is unlikely there will be a need to construct an additional school, officials said. “Clearly, we’re looking at new instructional technologies, including the expansion of the current dual enrollment program,” district spokesman Devon Immelt said. The district currently offers a dual enrollment program where qualifying juniors and seniors receive college credit

by attending classes at Columbus State Community College’s Delaware Branch. “We carefully monitor our enrollment trends and needs to make sure we can continue to serve Olentangy students well into the future,” Superintendent Wade Lucas said in a video message posted on the district’s website. “Since 2006, student See SCHOOL | 2

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The Olentangy School District offers dual enrollment courses for college credit through Columbus State Community College’s Delaware branch shown here.

Bed-tax collection on pace

No day off at OWU

DUSTIN ENSINGER densinger@civitasmedia.com

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While many elementary, middle school and high school students enjoyed a day off from school Friday as the snow brought a calamity day, Ohio Wesleyan University students bundled up and braved the elements. Freezing rain and sleet turned to snow around 10 a.m. and continued on through the afternoon and evening.

Delaware County’s bed tax revenue is on pace to match its 2012 haul. Through the first three quarters of the year, the county has collected about $152,000 from the 495 hotel rooms the county has taxing authority over. Through the first nine months of 2012, the county brought in nearly $155,000. “It seems to be really on track with this last year,” said Debbie Shatzer, executive director of the Delaware County Convention and Visitors Bureau (DCCVB). Bed tax revenue is the DCCVB’s main source of funding, which it uses to promote tourism in the county. In the past year, the organization has received several awards for its marketing efforts. Because studies on county-based tourism spending is conducted biannually, it is not clear if the marketing efforts have paid off. But if previous years are any indication, it is likely that tourist visiting Delaware County will again spend more than $1 billion on transportation, lodging, food, See TAX | 2

Three groups partner with grant to help pets STACY KESS

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It’s not just seniors that need help with meals; it’s their pets too. It’s a message that is shared by the Council for Older Adults Meals On Wheels program, the

Banfield Charitable Trust and the Friends of Alum Creek Dog Park. Together, the three groups are making sure that Delaware County seniors and their pets are receiving the nutrition they need. “(Seniors) may be home-

bound and may not see a lot of people throughout the day, but they’ve got their pets and they’ve got their companionship,” said Toni Dodge, manager of the council’s Nutrition Program that runs Meals On Wheels for Delaware County. The program just received

a $1,900 grant from the Banfield Charitable Trust, a national non-profit group out of Portland, Ore., that focuses on keeping pets in their homes. The grant will be used to assist Meals On Wheels to purchase pet food, water bowls, pet supplies and mileage paid to Meals

On Wheels drivers for delivery. There are two grant cycles each year, with a $2,500 maximum grant amount per cycle based on the number of pets and seniors served by the Meals On Wheels applicant program. See PETS | 2

Kaitsa to lead statewide auditors’ association DUSTIN ENSINGER densinger@delgazette.com

Delaware County Auditor George Kaitsa has been selected to lead the County Auditors’ Association of Ohio. “I’m very honored and humbled by the confidence that the county auditors have placed in me by electing me to this position,” he said. As the top elected Delaware County Auditor George Kaitsa, left, is sworn in as president of the official in the organiCounty Auditors’ Association of Ohio by Ohio Auditor Dave Yost.

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zation, Kaitsa said his role will be to work with the state legislature on issues important to Ohio’s county aditors. One of the organization’s top issues is the reduction in local government funds, which has put a squeeze on counties and municipalities across the state. “As an association we are looking for a middle ground with respect to local government funding,” he said.

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The organization also hopes to convince lawmakers to support legislation mandating that the top fiscal officer in the county is an elected officials. Two of Ohio’s 88 counties - Cuyahoga and Summit - have charter forms of government. Cuyahoga County’s fiscal officer is appointed, while Summit County’s is elected. “We think that the Cuyahoga County model is not the correct

model,” Kaitsa said. Kaitsa also plans to work on issues surrounding “fracking,” including allowing auditor’s to capture well production information for property valuations. “The eastern counties particularly, they are dealing with both the positives and the negatives of the shale oil boom,” he said. Kaitsa was sworn in by Ohio Auditor Dave Yost.

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Dog show to raise funds for HSDC the Best of Show contest. The dog show will begin at 2 p.m., with registration from 1:30 to 2 p.m. Owners can register their dogs online at www.hsdcohio.org/heinz57classics or at the event for $15 for one dog and $5 for each additional dog. The show is part of the Open House and Pooch Party which runs from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at 435 Dunlap St. Kathy’s Westside Klippers, located next to Delaware Pet Stuff, will also hold an open house from 11 a.m to 4 p.m., with a bake sale of human and dog treats by the Culinary Arts

TODAY’S ARTIST Diamonte Jeffries, a student at Carlisle Elementary, drew this self portrait and today’s weather picture.

Program at the Delaware Area Career Center North Campus to benefit HSDC. Donations to HSDC will also be accepted there. Proceeds from the dog show will directly benefit the Humane Services Fund to help HSDC conduct cruelty investigations and provide supplies and outreach services to animals in need. For more information on Sunday’s open house, visit www.delawarepetstuff.com or call 7403698-1999. For more information on the Heinz 57 Classics dog show, visit www.hsdcohio.org or call 740-369-7387.

Sunset today is at 5:06 p.m. Sunrise Sunday is at 7:42 a.m.

Snow adds to hazards on already-icy Ohio roads LISA CORNWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI— More wintry weather hit parts of southwest and central Ohio on Friday as snow accumulated on roads left icy from an earlier mix of rain and sleet. The storm blowing through Ohio stretched from South Texas up into northern New England and the Canadian Maritimes, and winter storm and ice warnings were issued through much of Friday for parts of south and central regions of the U.S. Snow began falling in the afternoon in Cincinnati, which issued a Level 1 snow emergency indicating hazardous roads with blowing and drifting snow. The notice restricted street parking along designated snow emergency routes, and city crews began working on primary roads to pre-

vent potential problems for evening commuters. Amy Gilliland, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., was a little concerned about the trip home from Cincinnati, although she didn’t have any problems with her morning commute. She said she did have to scrape ice off downtown parking meters Friday morning. “All the meters were frozen over,� Gilliland, 39, said. “I had to bang on them to get them to work.� The National Weather Service said some areas of central and southwest Ohio might get 4 to 7 inches of snow before the end of the storm late Friday, a slight downgrade from earlier forecasts of 5 to 9 inches. A band of heavy snowfall moved into the state by late afternoon, and accumulations of 2 to 4 inches were reported north and west of Interstate 71, said

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Mike Kurz, a weather service meteorologist in Wilmington. Central and southwestern counties were under a winter storm warning until 1 a.m. Saturday, and a winter storm advisory was declared for counties farther north and west, Kurz said. Brian Davis, manager of an Auto Zone store in the Cincinnati suburb of Anderson Township, said he had a steady flow of customers Friday buying deicers, scapers, salt and windshield wiper blades and fluid. He said snowfall increased throughout the afternoon. “It’s sticking everywhere — streets, grass, trees,� he said. The Ohio AAA auto club braced for thousands of calls from stranded drivers, and the city of Cincinnati said it expected to keep 65 to 70 trucks on the road with crews working 12-hour shifts.

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Piglet is an 8-year-old neutered male Chihuahua who came to the Delaware County Dog Shelter as a stray. He has displayed a very loveable and cuddly personality and should make a good lap dog. He can be adopted for $6, plus a $10 dog license fee. The Shelter is located at 4781 County Home Road, Delaware 43015. Contact the Shelter at (740) 368-1915 and refer to pet #643.

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Dodge estimated that roughly onethird to half of the 350 to 375 seniors in Delaware County served by Meals On Wheels on a daily basis have pets in the home. It’s a need the Banfield Charitable Trust saw immediately. “We started the program in 2007 when we discovered that many Meals On Wheels program customers are sharing their meals with their pets,� said Banfield Charitable Trust executive director and CEO Dianne McGill. “We aim to do something about it.� Likewise, Friends of Alum Creek Dog Park, a fundraising group for the dog park located at Alum Creek State Park, partnered with the county’s Meals On Wheels program in 2007 to collect everything from dog and cat food to toys and kitty litter. Ann Wennberg, president of the Friends of Alum Creek Dog Park and a dietitian said the all-volunteer group adopted the county Meals On Wheels program because of the need to keep pets in the home with their owners, and by collecting donations, as the group will do again this today and Sunday, they help make that possible. “We know that their pets are really really important to them,� she said. “They provide support – for some people it’s a reason to get out of bed – and they provide love for some people who need extra love.� Wennberg said as a dietitian, she sees another aspect to donating to the pets of Meals On Wheels patrons. “The other thing we know is for people who receive Meals On Wheels is these people don’t have enough for their pets and they will share their meals with their pets,� she

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said. “And it’s a lose-lose. The pets are getting food they shouldn’t eat and the person is not getting enough nutrition.� When Friends of Alum Creek Dog Park held their holiday pet food drive last year, the group took in enough donations to fill two vans, Wennberg said. The group splits the donations between Meals On Wheels and a group call Hospets in Marysville that works to provide pet care to those on hospice services or other seniors who need pet care help. “Our community is just so generous and giving and support, it’s overwhelming,� Wennberg said. “It just brings out the best in everybody.� She said despite the snowy weather, Friends of Alum Creek Dog Park intend on holding the food drive this weekend at the dog park, 3993 Hollenback Rd., Lewis Center. Donations will be accepted 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Dodge said the help given to the seniors and the pets is not just nutritional but also helps the seniors socially. “They may be home bound and may not see a lot of people throughout the day, but they’ve got their pets and they’ve got their companionship,� she said. “(Through donations) we’ve been able to expand the program and keep a continuing supply of dog and cat food as well.� For more information on the Council for Older Adults Meals On Wheels, contact Dodge at 740363-6677. Information on Friends of Alum Creek Dog Park can be found at www.alumcreekdogpark. com, and information on the Banfield Charitable Trust can be found www. banfieldcharitabletrust.org.

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enrollment and district size has increased by nearly 50 percent,� Lucas said. “Yet Olentangy continues to meet and exceed numerous state, regional and national benchmarks of excellence. Management of this explosive growth while continuing to excel at graduating many of the region’s best and brightest minds, and exceeding many financial benchmarks for excellence does not happen by accident.� In 2011-12, American School & University magazine ranked Olentangy as the 8 th largest district in the state, with 17,125 students. The top 10 districts were: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Southwestern-City, Lakota, Olentangy, Hilliard and Westerville.

Tax From page A1 recreation, retail and other items in 2013. County tourism spending topped the $1 billion mark for the first time in 2011. Delaware County’s tourism industry supports nearly 12,500 jobs that generate almost $280 million in wages. Local tourism also generated nearly $128 million in state and local taxes in 2011. “We have a lot to offer visitors,� Shatzer said. Across the state, tourism spending was up 8.4 percent in 2012, rising to $29 billion. Tune Ups Tire Balancing & Rotation Oil Change & Lube Transmissions

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The Delaware dogs with the best holiday pet sweater, the waggiest tail, the most mysterious heritage, the most appropriate name and other unusual attributes will be named at the Heinz 57 Classics Dog Show Sunday at Delaware Pet Stuff’s Holiday Open House and Pooch Party. The Humane Society of Delaware County fundraiser is open to dogs of “all makes and models,� and is judged by audience applause. Winners from each category will receive a prize, a commemorative ribbon and an automatic entry in

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Monthly jobs report can cause big moves Associated Press

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Trader Timothy Nick works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday. The stock market is up sharply after the U.S. government reported a big increase in hiring last month.

Stock market up sharply after strong jobs report AP Markets Writer

NEW YORK — Good news was finally good news for the stock market on Friday. Stocks rose sharply after the government reported a fourth straight month of solid U.S. job gains, the latest encouraging sign for the economy. The strengthening job market focused investors on the nation’s improving economy instead of concerns about the Federal Reserve’s stimulus, snapping a five-day losing streak for stocks. Stocks had been falling this week after a string of positive economic reports made investors worry that the Fed would soon pull back on its $85 billion in monthly bond purchases, which have kept long-term interest rates low and supported the stock market. Now that hiring is showing consistent strength, investors seem to be letting go of their worry that the economy isn’t ready for the Fed to start weaning the U.S. off that stimulus. “The jobs report was outstanding,” said Randy Frederick, a director of trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab. “It’s refreshing to see the markets react positively, because we’ve been in a mode for so long of ‘good news is bad news.’” Employers added 203,000 jobs last month after adding 200,000 in October, the Labor

Department announced before the U.S. stock market opened on Friday. November’s job gain helped lower the unemployment rate to 7 percent from 7.3 percent in October. Stocks jumped at the open and moved higher throughout the day. The Dow Jones industrial average rose by as much as 200 points in early afternoon trading before easing back slightly before the close. The Dow closed up 198.69 points, or 1.3 percent, to 16,020.20. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 20.06 points, or 1.1 percent, to 1,805.09, its biggest gain in a month. The Nasdaq composite climbed 29.36, or 0.7 percent, to 4,062.52. All 10 sectors in the S&P 500 index rose. Industrial stocks and others that tend to rise the most when the economy is growing posted some of the biggest gains. The jobs report showed that manufacturers added 27,000 jobs, the most since March 2012. General Electric rose 49 cents, or 2 percent, to $26.94. Plane maker Boeing increased $2.45, or 2 percent, to $135.18. “Now we’re getting investors trading more on fundamentals and longterm earnings for next year,” said Mike Serio, regional Chief Investment Officer for Wells Fargo Private Bank. “There may be some backbone to the economy.” Friday’s jobs news fol-

lows other upbeat signals this week on housing, manufacturing and economic growth. Signs that the recovery is becoming more entrenched may lure more buyers back into the stock market, supporting prices, said JJ Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist at TD Ameritrade. Despite steady gains for the market over the last five years, some investors have remained wary after the collapse of 2008. “We’re seeing good numbers,” Kinahan said. “Does this encourage people who have been underinvested all year to come in and spend some money on the market?” Friday’s gains ended a mini-slump for the market in December. Fears of the Fed pulling back on its stimulus had made traders nervous when they saw the slew of good economic reports. The good-news-isbad-news attitude has at times stalled the market’s impressive run-up this year. The S&P 500 index fell 1.5 percent in June when Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said that policy makers could start scaling back stimulus later in the year. In August, the market dipped again, falling 3.1 percent, as bond yields climbed in anticipation of the end of stimulus. But those were brief interruptions. The S&P 500 has surged 26.6 percent in 2013, putting it on track for its best year since 1998.

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WASHINGTON — The job market is showing signs of the consistent gains the nation has awaited in the 4½ years since the Great Recession. Employers added 203,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate fell to 7 percent, a five-year low, the Labor Department reported Friday. Four straight months of robust hiring have raised hopes that 2014 will be the year the economy returns to normal. The steady job growth could also hasten a move by the Federal Reserve to reduce its stimulus efforts. Stock investors were heartened by the report. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 198 points. A steadily improving job market could give consumers and business executives the confidence to keep spending and investing, even if a pullback by the Fed leads to higher interest rates. The Fed has been buying bonds each month to try to keep long-term borrowing rates low to spur spending and growth. The celebration on Wall Street suggested that investors think a healthier job market, if it fuels more spending, would outweigh higher borrowing rates caused by a Fed pullback. “It’s hinting very, very strongly that the economy is starting to ramp up, that growth is getting better, that businesses are hiring,” said Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisors. The economy has added a four-month average of 204,000 jobs from August through November, up sharply from 159,000 a month

from April through July. “The consistency (in hiring) is actually reassuring,” said Doug Handler, chief U.S. economist at IHS Global Insight. “Slow and steady is something you can plan and build on.” The Fed could start slowing its bond purchases as soon as its Dec. 17-18 meeting. Some economists think the Fed may only telegraph a move at that meeting and wait until early next year to cut back. Even if the Fed does start reining in its stimulus, most economists think growth will accelerate next year. Drew Matus, an economist at UBS, forecasts that growth will top 3 percent in 2014, from roughly 2 percent this year. That would be first time growth had topped 3 percent for a full calendar year since 2005. In addition to the solid job gains and the drop in unemployment, Friday’s report offered other encouraging signs: — Higher-paying industries are adding jobs. Manufacturers added 27,000, the most since March 2012. Construction companies added 17,000. The two industries have created a combined 113,000 jobs over the past four months. — Hourly wages are up. The average rose 4 cents in November to $24.15. It’s risen just 2 percent in the past year. But that’s ahead of inflation. Consumer prices are up only 0.9 percent in that time. — Employers are giving their workers more hours. The average workweek rose to 34.5 hours from 34.4. A rule of thumb among economists is that a one-tenth of an hour increase in the workweek is equivalent to adding 300,000 jobs.

— Hiring was broadbased. In addition to higher-paying industries, retailers added 22,300 jobs, and restaurants, bars and hotels 20,800. Education and health care added 40,000. And after years of cutbacks, state and local governments are hiring again. In November, governments at all levels combined added 7,000 jobs. The report did contain some sour notes: Many Americans are still avoiding the job market, neither working nor looking for work. That’s one reason the unemployment rate has fallen in recent months. The percentage of adults either working or searching for jobs remains near a 35-year low, at 63 percent. And America’s longterm unemployed are still struggling. More than 4 million people have been out of work for six months or longer. That figure was essentially unchanged in November. By contrast, the number of people who have been unemployed for less than six months fell. Low-wage industries also still account for a disproportionate share of jobs added. About 45 percent of jobs created in the past year have been in retail, hotels, restaurants and entertainment, temporary positions and home health care. Melinda Popel, 42, has worked at McDonald’s in Kansas City, Mo., for most of the past 10 years. She left on two occasions to return to school but hasn’t been able to find a job with the skills she gained. She makes $7.35 an hour, just enough to pay her rent, and relies on food stamps to feed her three children. Popel took part in strikes on Thursday by fast-food workers seeking $15 an hour.


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Obamacare continuing to hurt Ohioans U.S. SEN. ROB PORTMAN During my time in the Senate, I have used this space to speak to the people of Ohio about the issues that our state and our nation are facing, and how we are working to address those problems in Washington. But this week, I want to let the people of Ohio speak for themselves. Last month, I invited Ohioans to contact me and share their experiences with Obamacare and explain how this law is impacting their lives. These are their stories. Susan from Batavia I am a single mother. I pay for my own health insurance. I am active and fit. I have cycled over 4000 miles this year. I am seldom sick. In the three years that I’ve paid for my own insurance, I went to the doctor once for illness. My rate was $146 month. In September, I received a letter from Anthem saying my plan does not meet the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and will be discontinued as of Jan. 1st, 2014. I was offered the same coverage for $350 per month. Mike from Westlake I own a small business. Our health insurance rates for single employees under 30 went from $198 per month last year to $560 per month this year. That’s a 260% increase thanks to Obamacare! This bill is going to put small businesses out of business. William from Columbus We were paying $540 per month but received a letter from Anthem stating that the rates would increase to $662 per month beginning in Sept 2013 and then $1014 in Sept 2014 as a result of requirements per Obamacare. If this wasn’t bad enough our family doctor of 25 years informed us that he will end his practice on Jan 1st, 2014. Reason being the government requirements of Obamacare just made it too difficult to continue. Rachel from Solon My husband and I own a small business. We were notified that our current health care plan is substandard at $860/month. To comply, we must pay $1880/month. This is beyond outrageous. Jon from Dublin We currently have a high deductible plan through Anthem and pay $331 per month. We are perfectly happy with our plan. It provides wellness visits for free, which is what we really need and then catastrophic coverage in case of something very unpleasant. When I recently renewed our coverage, I asked what an equivalent plan would cost under the exchange. The quote I received was for $833 per month! And the deductible even went up (from $11,000 to $12,700). My family simply cannot afford this. Sarah from Raymond I am literally crying right now because of our insurance! My families new monthly cost starting January 1st is $323.82 biweekly and $647.64 a month. A difference of $420 from what we cur-

rently pay and the new plan offers less with more out of pocket expenses. The ACA has failed and it is hurting my family, not helping. Chuck from West Chester I tried to give this healthcare thing the benefit of the doubt. I went to the website and all the estimates are more expensive than my cancelled policy. My cancelled policy was not only cheaper; it was better. And I don’t qualify for any subsidies. Do I have any other choices besides paying more money? Cynthia from Canton I am a substitute teacher. Recently I noticed I was not getting jobs every day like I have for most of the past 13 years. I am a good, dependable sub and work for $70/day before taxes. I contacted the school system and was told that they are watching any sub to prevent 30+ hours because of the Affordable Care Act. Marc from Urbana My wife and I are farmers—we have our own private health insurance plan, which is not cheap. We just learned that our insurer is cancelling our plan, and that the Obamacare plan will double our premiums to more than $1,000 per month. My wife is 55 years old—we do not need maternity coverage or “free” birth control, or so much other coverage mandated by Obamacare. We are modest, middleincome people. What we need in this country is a policy to make health care more affordable. We can do this if we let Americans determine their own health care needs and shop for the best and most affordable care. Why not Medical Savings Accounts for everyone? They would be privately owned, so that no one is chained to their employer-sponsored plan. Why not require that health care providers post prices of their services? We can come up with much better alternatives to Obamacare. Please help us. Brian from Mentor My family’s Aetna plan is being cancelled due to Obamacare. My old plan was $454 per month with a $5000 per person deductible. The same deductible policy to buy a new plan is $1038 per month. Dean from Sandusky Ever since I lost my job in 2009 I have been purchasing my own health care insurance, last month I received a letter in the mail stating that my plan is being cancelled due to the ACA. I was told to look at plans on the exchange, which I did and found a comparable plan that is over twice the cost of what I now have. In addition, this is over half of my monthly pension. I simply cannot afford this. I have always been a responsible, hard-working, self-dependent person. Now, due to the actions of our government, for the first time in my life I will not have any health care coverage. I am 59 years old now and need this coverage. I am outraged to say the least. How can our government do this us? I will remember this come election time.

HealthCare.gov: How could they mess it up it so badly? There’s a difference between book smart and street smart,” a frustrated White House staffer told me last week. He didn’t have to say any more. His meaning was clear. The Obama White House is filled with book smart people. It’s the street smart ones that are in short supply. And that was nowhere more obvious or painful than in the disastrous launch of Healthcare.gov. First, to put things in perspective. All Tea Party jubilation to the contrary, troubles with the health care website do not mean Obamacare is not a good program. It’s no excuse for derailing, delaying or defunding it, nomatter how many times House Republicans may try. The primary goal of Obamacare, providing access to health insurance to 41 million Americans who could never before access it or afford it, remains just as critical as it was three years ago. In fact, even before launch of healthcare.gov on October 1, millions of Americans had already benefited from some aspects of the program, like parents being able to keep children on their own health plans until the age of 26. Problems with the launch only meant that a broken website had to be fixed so that people could sign up and the program could work as intended. Finally, that repair job seems to be nearly complete. One million people visited the website on its first new day of operation, 29,000 actually enrolled and bought a plan. That’s far from the pace of signups necessary to meet the administration’s goal of

7 million e n ro l l e e s by March 1, but far better than the total of six people who reportedly signed up on October 1. There are still challenges, especially on the allimportant “back end” of the website, which connects consumer information to insurance companies that actually issue the policies. But the good news is we have now turned the corner and can focus on the advantages of Obamacare and no longer just on problems encountered by consumers trying to sign up. Overnight, reporters are no longer equating difficulties on the healthcare website with the “end of the Obama presidency.” But still, you gotta admit: This mess should never have happened in the first place. Indeed, wasn’t it ironic that December 1, the day the administration crowed about finally being able to handle 50,000 people on the website at any given time, was also the day before Cyber Monday, when retailers prepared to handle millions of online shoppers at the same time? And, whether it was Walmart, Macy’s, ProFlowers, Best Buy or Amazon, you could bet those commercial websites were not going to crash. They’d been tested over and over again. Why? Because there was so much revenue at stake. Well, there was even

more at stake with the launch of healthcare. gov. Think about what was on the line: the firsttime availability of health insurance to some 41 million Americans; public opinion of President Obama’s signature legislative achievement; the president’s own credibility; plus, most importantly, the public’s willingness to believe that government could ever be counted on again to get anything right. There was one more thing at stake, of course: midterm elections in 2014, when Democrats in Congress, many of whom were not crazy about Obamacare in the first place because it forced people to buy private health insurance with no public plan option, faced the risk of having to go out and defend its botched-up delivery — which was not exactly the kind of help they were counting on from the White House. With all of that on the line, the big question remains: How could the administration possibly bungle it so badly? They had three years before launch to get it right. But those in charge obviously didn’t take it seriously enough. They put

no system-wide director in charge, they ignored multiple red flags raised about possible problems with the launch, they failed to test the system fully and then launched it anyway. No doubt, historians will someday cite the 2013 debut of Obamacare as one of America’s worst product launches, right up there with the 1958 Edsel and 1985’s “New Coke.” That full story’s yet to be written, but this much is already clear: We wouldn’t have had this problem if the administration’s health care team, from the president on down, had not fallen asleep at the switch. What’s amazing is that nobody’s yet been fired. Bill Press is host of a nationally-syndicated radio show, the host of “Full Court Press” on Current TV and the author of a new book, “The Obama Hate Machine,” which is available in bookstores now. You can hear “The Bill Press Show” at his website: billpressshow.com. His email address is: bill@billpress.com.

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A poster of Nelson Mandela on which mourners have written their messages of condolence and support, in the street outside his old house in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa Friday. Flags were lowered to half-staff and people in black townships, in upscale mostly white suburbs and in South Africa’s vast rural grasslands commemorated Nelson Mandela with song, tears and prayers on Friday while pledging to adhere to the values of unity and democracy that he embodied.

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JOHANNESBURG — What next for South Africa? This racially charged country that, on Nelson Mandela’s watch, inspired the world by embracing reconciliation in all-race elections in 1994 is again in the global spotlight after the loss of such a towering historical figure. It is a time not just for grief and gratitude, but also a clear-eyed assessment of national strengths and shortcomings in a future without a man who was a guide and comfort to so many. “It’s a new beginning,” said Kyle Redford, one of many outside the home of the anti-apartheid leader who became the nation’s first black president. “The loss of a legend is going to force us to come together once again.” He acknowledged that there is a “sense of what next: Where do we go? What do we do? And how do we do it?” Mandela’s resolve rubbed off on many of his compatriots, though such conviction is tempered by the reality that his vision of a “rainbow nation” failed, almost inevitably, to meet the heady expectations propelling the country two decades ago. Peaceful elections and relatively harmonious race relations define today’s South Africa; so do crime, corruption and economic inequality. Mandela remained a powerful symbol in the hopeful, uncharted period after apartheid, even when he left the presidency, retired from public life and shuttled in and out of hospitals as a protracted illness eroded his once-robust frame. He became a moral anchor, so entwined with the national identity that some jittery South Africans wondered whether the country would slide into chaos after his death. “Does it spell doomsday and disaster for us?” retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu asked rhetorically Friday before declaring that no, the country will not disintegrate. “The sun will rise tomorrow and the next day and the next,” said Tutu, who like Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting apartheid and promoting reconciliation. “It may not appear as bright as yes-

terday, but life will carry on.” A series of violent events since last year intensified worries over the state of the nation. The August 2012 shooting deaths of 34 striking miners by police at the Marikana platinum mine recalled, for some South Africans, state killings under apartheid. In February, a Mozambican taxi driver was dragged from a South African police vehicle and later died in a jail cell. At the same time, tourism surged. Despite labor strife and credit-rating downgrades, resourcerich South Africa hosted Brazil, Russia, India and China at the “BRICS” summit in March. It has the biggest economy in Africa and aspires to continental leadership. Mandela’s death will not destabilize race relations in the country, contrary to some fears, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations. “For many years now, South Africans have got along with one another largely peacefully without Mr. Mandela having been active in the political sphere,” Lerato Moloi, the institute’s head of research, said. “In fact, Mr. Mandela’s passing may be cause for many to reflect on the remarkably peaceful and swift racial integration of many parts of society, including schools, suburbs, universities, and workplaces.” Moloi said in a state-

ment: “Although some of this had started to occur before 1994, as a symbol of racial reconciliation and forgiveness Mr. Mandela will be viewed by many as having played a pivotal role in creating such a society.” Mandela’s life epitomized the fight for freedom and equality, said Human Rights Watch. It pointed out that South Africa’s education and health sectors are inadequate and the country remains divided by racial separation and deep economic inequality. “Almost two decades into its democracy, South Africa is not the country that Mandela had said he hoped it would become,” the group said. President Jacob Zuma evoked the idea of the 95-year-old Mandela as a beacon for the ages when he announced his death on Thursday night. South Africans, Zuma said, must be determined “to live as Madiba has lived, to strive as Madiba has strived and to not rest until we have realized his vision of a truly united South Africa, a peaceful and prosperous Africa, and a better world.” Mandela, also known by his clan name Madiba, admitted to weakness and failings, yet rose to greatness in a way that no contemporary or successor could match. Zuma, for example, has credentials as an anti-apartheid activist who was imprisoned with Mandela. But he

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and the ruling African National Congress, once led by Mandela, have been dogged by corruption allegations that have eroded support for the government. In the days before Mandela’s death, South African media were filled with reports on the alleged lavish use of state funds for construction at Zuma’s family compound. The scene outside Mandela’s house embodied the mixed picture in South Africa, where political sparring between the ruling party and the opposition has sharpened ahead of national elections next year, the 20th anniversary of the pivotal vote in which Mandela became president. Mourners outside the home mingled in an inclusive, celebratory atmosphere that prompted the Rev. Inigo Alvarez, a Catholic priest, to declare: “Now we experience what is South Africa, all kinds of people, all kinds of regions.” Yet ANC activists in yellow jumpsuits pasted posters on the perimeter walls of the Mandela compound and handed out leaflets presenting the party as the heir to his tradition. In death, Mandela was still drawn into politics.

Sandy (Bill) Adams of Mount Gilead, Robin (Paul Saunders) Little of Sunbury, Nori (Toby) Edgell of Marengo; 18 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren; brothers: Bill (Kay) Levering of Dublin, Dave (Jan) Levering of St Petersburg, Fla.; sister: Marilyn (Larry) Witherup of Pickerington; dear family friends: McCaughey and Epley families. She was preceded in death by her husband: Willard on May 10, 2005, and they were married June 14, 1969, in Columbus. Friends may call Monday from 1-3 p.m. at the DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, SR 3 at 61, Sunbury with services following at 3 p.m. with Pastor Steve Murphy officiating. Interment will follow in the Berkshire Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed at www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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• Brenda P. McClurg, 51, of Delaware: petty theft from Kohl’s, 980 Sunbury Rd. • Petty theft from Kohl’s, 980 Sunbury Rd. • Dog bite from an animal running at large in the 100 block of Joy Ave. • Petty theft from a residence in the 700 block of Fern Dr. • Telecommunication harassment of a resident of the 200 block of Crystal Petal Dr. • Petty theft in the 400 block of London Rd. City of Powell Police Dec. 5 • Theft from a vehicle in the 8000 block of Millway Loop.

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SUNBURY - Patricia A. “Pat” Borror, 77, of Sunbury, died Thursday afternoon Dec. 5, 2013, at St Ann’s Hospital in Westerville. She was born on May 22, 1936, in Columbus to the late Emerson and Clara (Baker) Levering. She was a graduate of West High School and a member of the former Worthington Golden Moose. Pat loved her family and her time spent with them. She attended all events for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Pat enjoyed traveling, reading, social networking and playing slots at the casino. She made a special effort to remember birthdays with a card and dollar bills, one for each year of their age. She is survived by sons: Tom (Tina) Borror of Powell, Michael (Kendra) Borror of Westerville; daughters:

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Matt Gessner, a senior at Delaware Christian School, is today’s Delaware Gazette Teen of the Week. The son of Matt and Sally Gessner, he is interested in teaching and hopes to attend Cedarville University.

What is your favorite book, and why? I really don’t have a favorite book. More like a favorite author, Dick Francis. I’ve read virtually everything of his, and it is all fantastic. What is your favorite song, and why? “March to the Sea” by Twenty One Pilots. This song is such a perfect analogy of the life of the average human.

Here Matt describes herself by answering questions posed by The Gazette. Describe your school activities (Freshman through Senior year) and why you enjoy participating in them. I have attended the same school my whole life and known the same basic core of people my whole life. My peers know me, and I know them. This made the transition into freshman year very easy. As with every year, a few new students came, and I made new friends. The relationships with these people have defined my high school experience. Sure, sports and other sports activities are fun. The greatest school activity in the small school I attend is enjoying the bonds I have with others. The amazing thing about a small school is that everyone can participate in virtually anything that the school offers. During my freshman and sophomore years, our baseball team struggled. My friend and I, however, honed our skills and eventually became very important members of the team. We did it together, as a pair, and it strengthened our friendship. I can barely dribble a basketball; yet I played for two seasons at DCS. I met one of my greatest friends and a true encouragement to me through basketball. On a whim my junior year, I tried out for the play. Several of my friends tried out for the play as well, and they were excellent actors! We all had so much fun, intentionally messing up lines and joking around. And when opening night arrived, we did absolutely fantastic! I have grown infinitely closer to my classmates through conversation and participation, and I know that if I had attended a larger school, I would not have received the wonderful friends that I have been blessed with. Describe your involvement in the community (such as volunteer work and jobs) and how it has impacted your life. We, as Americans, are so blessed that we don't even realize it. Millions of ungrateful Americans over-

If you could invite three people as dinner guests, who would they be, and why? Definitely Jesus. I’ve got lots of questions for Him. I would also invite my friends Kennedy and Emily, because they live pretty far away, and I don’t get to see them nearly as much as I would like. What is your favorite movie, and why? Monty Python and the Holy Grail. A classic. I can practically quote half of the movie. A genie grants you three wishes. What do you wish for, and why? I wish for the abilities to fly and to play the piano, for the opportunity to travel the world, and for my brother’s salvation. All of those would be awesome. Who is your favorite teacher, and why? It’s a tossup. I really like and appreciate all of my teachers. But I’ve definitely learned the most from Mr. Hovda, my Bible teacher.

MATT GESSNER look the previous statement and say, “Of course, we are.” They move on with their lives and do not think a single thing of it. Last year, with the National Honor Society chapter at DCS, we went down into Columbus and served meals to several homeless people. I cannot stress how much I value my possessions, education, and family after that eye-opening experience. The men, women, and children that I gave coffee and juice to had, in many cases, literally nothing but the clothes on their backs. Some had a place to stay. Most did not. Almost all of them spoke very poor English; not because they were foreign, but because they never learned the proper way to speak. I had some conversations with a few people. In those conversations, I made sure to ask what these people missed and/or cherished the most. Nearly every single person that I spoke with said, “Family.” When a homeless person, with literally nothing, tells you to cherish your family, you cherish your family. We, as Americans, are so blessed that we don't even realize it. I now understand the significance of this power-

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some more, waited a little more, and on top of all that waiting, I waited some Describe your leadermore. My father called me ship abilities and achievemidway through the delay ments. (I had let him know of my As a junior, I had the issue around 12), and he unique opportunity to fly told me that he was so (all on my own) to our nation's capital for a six-day proud of me, that I had leadership conference. learned something so funThis conference, put on by damental to leadership. He George Mason University, told me that I could lead provided a look at careers myself. This was the founin our federal government dation, he said, for leading and also in the military. others. I have a bright The real growth that I expefuture ahead of me, people rienced, however, mostly tell me. But I will go took place in Terminal C of nowhere at all unless I have Chicago O'Hare confidence in myself. International Airport. My first flight ever went smoothly. In stark contrast, Describe your educathe second flight did not. I tional and career goals. landed around 8 in the These next few months morning, and I flew out at 8 will be the most crucial in at night due to a 13-hour snow delay. (I was originally my whole life. I will be conscheduled for a 3-hour lay- fronted with deciding what over.) These hours taught I will do for the rest of my life. Right now, I want to me an incredibly valuable lesson: have confidence in teach. The subject does not yourself. If you can lead really matter to me at this yourself, you can lead othpoint. I desire to teach peoers with just as much confiple and to form new bonds dence. While I am the oldwith them. I do know, howest of three siblings, I did ever, that I would like to not learn very much from teach middle and high leading them. But when school age kids. everything was in my This age range is under hands at O'Hare, I perfire. These children, espeformed well under pressure. I did not break down, cially in the public school cry, give up, or do anything system, come in with no remotely close to quitting. desire to learn whatsoever. I waited, waited, waited I have been accepted into

What is your favorite quotation, and why? ”Napoleon, don’t be jealous that I’ve been chatting online with babes all day.” If you could be any fictional character, who would you be and why? Finn, from Adventure Time. He’s got an awesome life. A Hollywood movie is made about your life. Which actor would play you, and why? I don’t really know. Maybe Will Ferrell. I have no clue why. If you could have any superpower, what would you choose, and why? The ability to fly! But I would only enjoy it if it were effortless. Quick transportation plus dive bombing my friends with stuff. You won the lottery. What would you do with the money, and why? Save what’s necessary to get through my college education and my kids’, and donate the rest. If you could trade places with any person for a week, with whom would you trade, and why? Any successful European soccer player. Those guys make money playing a sport they love with all their hearts. the university that I want to attend: Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio. This Christian college will prepare me not only to teach with fluency, but also to defend my faith with fluency as well. Another reason that I wish to attend is the fact that Cedarville has an Air Force ROTC unit. If I cannot scrape together the funds for Cedarville,

I will probably join the Air Force. Nothing is definite, and that is why this is such a stressful time. It is entirely possible that I will be able to pay in full for Cedarville, or maybe I will join the Reserves while attending Cedarville. Only one thing definitely is certain: I am willing to let Jesus Christ fulfill His work. on earth through me, whatever that may be.


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Russian Rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin said Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot and shown here behind bars at a district court in Zubova Polyana, has been transferred to a prison in Siberia.

Punk band members will remain locked up in Russia NATALIYA VASILYEVA Associated Press

MOSCOW — Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev hinted Friday that members of the punk band Pussy Riot, former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and others widely referred to as political prisoners will not be freed in Russia’s upcoming amnesty. The bill granting longawaited amnesty for thousands of Russian prisoners is expected to be sent to parliament in the coming days. But the lawmakers and President Vladimir Putin have yet to fine-tune its details, determining who will be covered by the biggest amnesty in 20 years. Rights organizations describe Pussy Riot, Khodorkovsky and dozens of people charged with violent rioting at last year’s opposition protest in Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square as political prisoners. Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s richest man, has already spent 10 years in prison on charges of tax evasion and embezzlement. Two of the three members of Pussy Riot convicted of hooliganism for an impromptu protest in Russia’s main cathedral are now serving two-year prison terms. Medvedev said in a television interview Friday that the government should take into account public opinion when deciding who will be covered by the amnesty. “Our people are not inclined to provide amnesty to those who committed violent crimes, those who committed crimes against society, including hooliganism,” Medvedev said. “People are not inclined to grant amnesty to people who committed state crimes, major embezzle-

ment.” Russian rights advocates have urged the Kremlin to free political prisoners, but Medvedev denied that Russia has any. He said those often called political prisoners are “lucky enough to get in the limelight,” but insisted that “they are not serving time for their political views.” ”They are in prison or in jail because they violated public order,” he declared. A senior prosecutor told the Interfax news agency in an interview published Friday that Khodorkovsky may face a third trial. Alexander Zvyagintsev, deputy prosecutor general, said there are “several criminal cases” being investigated which “have good chances for court proceedings.” Those also not expected to receive amnesty include 12 people now on trial on charges of rioting and assaulting police officers during an antigovernment protest in Moscow last year. They have been in jail for a year now and face eight years in prison, even though the evidence against them is scarce. One man is accused of throwing a lemon at a policeman. At least a dozen more people face similar charges as part of a separate inquiry. Late Friday afternoon, protesters gathered outside the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, to urge legislators to grant amnesty to the Bolotnaya Square defendants. Several of the demonstrators were detained, Russian news agencies reported. In 1994, the State Duma granted amnesty to dozens of then-President Boris Yeltsin’s opponents who had been jailed after the 1993 political standoff that ended in a military takeover of parliament.

Arts, culture add $500B to nation’s total value WASHINGTON (AP) — Creative industries led by Hollywood account for about $504 billion, or at least 3.2 percent of U.S. goods and services, the government said in its first official measure of how the arts and culture affect the economy. On Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the National Endowment for the Arts will release the first-ever estimates of the creative sector’s contributions to U.S. gross domestic product based on 2011 data, the most recent figures available. GDP measures

the nation’s production of goods and services. Sunil Iyengar, the endowment’s research director, said the yardstick devised in partnership with the Bureau of Economic Analysis drew on figures from Hollywood, the advertising industry, cable TV production, broadcasting, publishing, performing arts and other areas. Now the nation’s creative sector will be measured annually, much as statisticians calculate the contribution of tourism, health care and other sectors to the nation’s economy.

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TODAY IN HISTORY In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1796, electors chose John Adams to be the second president of the United States. In 1808, electors chose James Madison to be the fourth president of the United States. In 1842, the New York Philharmonic performed its first concert. In 1909, in his State of the Union address, President William Howard Taft defended the decision to base U.S. naval operations in the Pacific at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, instead of in the Philippines. In 1911, China abolished the requirement that men wear their hair in a queue, or ponytail. In 1946, fire broke out at the Winecoff (WYN’-kahf) Hotel in Atlanta; the blaze killed 119 people, including hotel founder W. Frank Winecoff. In 1972, America’s last moon mission to date was launched as Apollo 17 blasted off from Cape Canaveral. Imelda Marcos, wife of Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, was seriously wounded by an assailant who was then shot dead by her bodyguards. In 1982, convicted murderer Charlie Brooks Jr. became the first U.S. prisoner to be executed by injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas. In 1987, 43 people were killed after a gunman aboard a Pacific Southwest Airlines jetliner in California apparently opened fire on a fellow passenger, the pilots and himself, causing the plane to crash. Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev set foot on American soil for the first time, arriving for a Washington summit with President Ronald Reagan. In 1988, a major earthquake in the Soviet Union devastated northern Armenia; official estimates put the death toll at 25,000. In 1993, gunman Colin Ferguson opened fire on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train, killing six people and wounding 19. (Ferguson was later sentenced to a minimum of 200 years in prison.) Ten years ago: Allies of President Vladimir Putin won a sweeping victory in Russia’s parliamentary elections. Zimbabwe withdrew

from the Commonwealth of Britain and its former colonies, which had suspended it for alleged abuses of civil liberties. Five years ago: President-elect Barack Obama introduced retired Gen. Eric Shinseki (shin-SEHK’ee) as his choice to head the Veterans Affairs Department. Actresssinger Barbra Streisand, actor Morgan Freeman, country singer George Jones, dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp and musicians Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who received Kennedy Center Honors. One year ago: The Supreme Court agreed to consider California’s ban on same-sex marriage and a separate dispute about federal benefits for legally-married gay couples. A hospital nurse in London was found dead in an apparent suicide; days earlier, the nurse had been a victim of a prank telephone call from Australian radio disc jockeys impersonating Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Eli Wallach is 98. Linguist and political philosopher Noam Chomsky is 85. Bluegrass singer Bobby Osborne is 82. Actress Ellen Burstyn is 81. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., is 76. Broadcast journalist Carole Simpson is 73. Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench is 66. Actor-directorproducer James Keach is 66. Country singer Gary Morris is 65. Singersongwriter Tom Waits is 64. Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, is 61. Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird is 57. Actress Priscilla Barnes is 56. Former “Tonight Show” announcer Edd (cq) Hall is 55. Rock musician Tim Butler (The Psychedelic Furs) is 55. Actor Patrick Fabian is 49. Actor Jeffrey Wright is 48. Actor C. Thomas Howell is 47. Producerdirector Jason Winer is 41. NFL player Terrell Owens is 40. Rapperproducer Kon Artis is 39. Pop singer Nicole Appleton (All Saints) is 38. Latin singer Frankie J is 37. Country singer Sunny Sweeney is 37. Actress Shiri Appleby is 35. Thought for Today: “War is the unfolding of miscalculations.” — Barbara Tuchman, American historian (1912-1989).

TODAY FAMILY Common Ground Free Store Miracle on William Street fundraiser When: During store hours Where: Common Ground Free Store, 193 E. Central Ave., Delaware Contact: 740-369-3733 Breakfast with Santa When: 9 - 11 a.m. Where: Sunbury United Methodist Church, 100 W. Cherry St., Sunbury Contact: 740-965-3813 Christmas Cupboard fundraiser When: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Where: Andrews House, 39 W. Winter St., Delaware Contact: 740369-4520 Main S t re e t Delaware’s Holiday Open House When: noon - 4 p.m. Where: Downtown Delaware Contact: mainstreetdelaware.com PETS Pictures with Santa When: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Where: Humane Society of Morrow County, Mt. Gilead Fire Station, 72 W. High St. Contact: 419947-5791 MISC. City of Delaware warning siren test When: Noon OUTDOORS Walk with a Doc 1-mile walk When: 8:30 a.m. Where: Highbanks Park at Big Meadows Picnic Area Contact: walkwithadoc.org Crafts for Kids Meet at Nature Center When: 2 - 4 p.m. Where: Highbanks Park, 9466 U.S. 23 N., Lewis Center Contact: 614-891-0700 Holiday Evening on the Farm When: 6 - 8 p.m. Where: Gallant

Farm Preserve, 2150 Buttermilk Hill Road Contact: 740-524-8600, preservationparks.com SUPPORT Dawn Group Open discussion AA When: 7:30 a.m. Where: Highpoint Nazarene Church, 795 Pollock Road Contact: 800-870-3795 or aacentralohio.org Safe Haven Group of N.A. When: 7-8 p.m. Where: Londontown Apartments Community Room, 300 Chelsea St. Winter Street Group Open speaker AA When: 7:30 p.m. Where: St. Peters Episcopal Church, 45 W. Winter St. Contact: 800-870-3795 or aacentralohio.org THE ARTS Stratford Fiber Circle All skill levels welcome. When: 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Where: Stratford Ecological Center, 3083 Liberty Road Cost: $10/ year Contact: 740-3632548 or info@stratfordecological center.org One Act Plays When: 8 p.m. Where: Chappelear Drama Center Main Stage, 45 Rowland Ave., Delaware Contact: theatre.owu.edu HEALTH Red Cross Blood Drive When: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Where: Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, 478 Olentangy St., Powell Contact: 800-733-2767 Kid Kwon Do When: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Where: Grady Life Center, 561 W. Central Ave. Cost: $45/ six-week series Contact: To register, 800-837-7555 or ohiohealth.com Tae Kwon Do When: 10:30 a.m. - noon Where: Grady Life Center, 561 W.

Central Ave. Cost: $45/ six-week series Contact: To register, 800-837-7555 or ohiohealth.com LIBRARIES Delaware County Genealogical Society research assistance When: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Local History, Genealogy Room, Delaware County District Library, 84 E. Winter St. Contact: 740-369-4375 Cook Book Club When: 1 p.m. Where: Powell Branch Library, 460 S. Liberty St. Contact: 614-888-9160 or delawarelibrary.org LEGO Club When: 1 p.m. Where: Ostrander Branch Library, 75 N. Fourth St. Contact: 740666-1410 or delawarelibrary.org SUNDAY FAMILY Historical Society Open House When: 2 4 p.m. Where: MartinPerry House at Powell Road at Grace Drive PETS Heinz 57 Classics dog show When: 1:30 5 p.m. Where: Delaware Pet Stuff ’s “Pet Town Boarding, Grooming and day Spa,” 435 Dunlap St., Delaware Contact: 740369-7387 GAMES Delaware Youth Chess Club Anyone in grades 1-12 welcome When: 2-4 p.m. Where: Delaware County District Library, 84 E. Winter St. LIBRARIES Delaware County Genealogical Society research assistance When: 1-4:30 p.m. Where: Local History, Genealogy Room, Delaware County

District Library, 84 E. Winter St. Contact: 740369-4375 Delaware County Historical Society Research Library and Nash House Museum When: Open 2-5 p.m. Where: Cryder Historical Center, 157 E. William St. Contact: delawareohio history.org SUPPORT Sunday Serenity Group Open speaker AA When: 7 p.m. Where: William Street United Methodist Church, 28 W. William St. Contact: 800870-3795 or aacentralohio.org Sunbury Breakfast Group Open speaker AA When: 9 a.m. Where: American Legion Hall, 232 Otis St., Sunbury Contact: 800-870-3795 or aacentralohio.org Never Too Young to be Sober Open rotating format/last week discussion AA When: 8:30 p.m. Where: First Presbyterian Church, 73 W. Winter St. Contact: 800-870-3795 or aacentralohio.org THE ARTS Choral Art Society concert When: 3:15 p.m. Where: OWU University Hall Gray Chapel, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware Contact: music.owu.edu OUTDOORS Pearl Harbor Day event When: 12:45 p.m. Where: Winter Street Bridge Contact: 740-9652111 Grand Opening: Shale Hollow Preserve When: 1:30 - 5 p.m. Where: 6320 Artesian Run, Lewis Center Contact: 740-5248600, preservationparks. com

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Find family beyond the family tree Dear Annie: Since childto admit that my bully of a hood, my mother has told me nephew has a serious problem? she never wanted me. I now -- On the Edge of a Nervous have two children of my own. Breakdown At one point, I became homeDear Edge: Your nephew less, and my parents took me does indeed have a problem, in. But I became ill and needed but you cannot force your major surgery. While recoverparents to address it. Your job ing, my brother’s son came over Annie’s is to protect your children. If often and would constantly pick Mailbox that means keeping them away on my sons. My parents did from your brother, your parents, Kathy Mitchell your nephew or anyone else, nothing. & Marcy Sugar then that is what you do. If the One day, I heard my youngest son screaming, and when I nephew molested your son, checked, I saw my 10-year-old nephew you could report the situation to the hurting him and trying to molest him. authorities. I confronted my parents and my brothPlease look for “family” in your comer about allowing this behavior to go munity and church. There are plenty on, and Mom said to forget about it. of older adults who would love to be Dad said nothing. Now my mother has surrogate grandparents for your sons disowned me and will have nothing to and would treat them with the caring do with my children. and consideration they deserve. I have no other family, and this Dear Annie: I read the letter hurts. How can I get my parents from “Hurting in Miami,” who said

her friend of 20 years married some wealthy young man and then cut off contact. You mentioned in your response that her new husband may be controlling and trying to isolate his new bride. I want to emphasize this point, especially because the woman is young and may have no experience with this type of controlling person. Please tell “Miami” to try to keep in touch with her friend by email or phone and let her know she is there for her. This same thing happened to a dear friend. Her new husband was wonderful to her before marriage, but afterward turned into a control freak who isolated her from her family and friends. We were trying to get her out of this toxic situation, but before we could do anything, he threatened her with a gun, and it accidentally went off, and she died. -- Cautious in Michigan

Horoscope HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013: This year you will go with the flow of the moment more easily than you have in the recent past. You could become involved in a cause of some sort. You often will spend time with friends and associates. If you are single, you easily might meet someone through this activity; however, you are unlikely to get involved in a major relationship before summer. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy each other’s company, but you also love being with your friends. You often are seen smiling together. AQUARIUS knows how to turn boring into exciting. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH At some point today, you will want to join a friend for some fun, whether it’s a treedecorating party or simply coming up with gift ideas for a difficult person. Be careful with a temperamental partner who has very different ideas. Tonight: Where the action is. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Take a stand. You will want to finish a project before you relax. For some of you, this responsibility could involve an older friend or relative. For others, it might involve work from your job. Tonight: Avoid lecturing someone, even if you are dying to speak your mind. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

HHHH Make phone calls to loved ones at a distance. You might want to discuss their gift preferences, as you are not with them every day. On the other hand, they might prefer getting together for a visit. Tonight: Get tickets to a holiday concert, or buy a Christmas CD. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH A partner might be controlling. You could experience some uproar on the homefront, which might just be dragging in the tree to decorate it. Make an effort to allow others to have their say. You tend to dominate family matters. Tonight: With a favorite person. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You’ll want to be more convivial and go along with others’ wishes. Make time for just you and the apple of your eye. Feelings flow, whether you’re under mistletoe or just relaxing at home together. Tonight: Go along with a friend’s request. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Learn to juggle your busy schedule. Avoid doing any impulse shopping. If you do, hold on to the receipts, just in case you change your mind. Go for a walk, get into the mood of the season, but avoid the stores. Center yourself. Tonight: Complete a project at home. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Mars enters your sign and creates a likelihood that diplomacy will fly out of the window in the next few weeks.

You are likely to express your feelings, which could shock some people who think they know you. Get in some exercise to lessen your stress. Tonight: Very playful. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You might choose to suppress your feelings in order to maintain a more eventempered mood. Understand what is happening between you and someone else. Be careful, as holding in hurt feelings could turn you into a volcano when you finally let go. Tonight: Stay close to home. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH You are likely to say and do what you want. Don’t be surprised if a close friend turns your day upside down with plans that he or she has for you. Why have words when you could choose to be flattered? Clear out an errand or two if possible. Tonight: Let the party begin. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You easily could wonder what is going on with an older friend, relative or someone you have put on a pedestal. You might see how much this person is passionate about the holidays, as he or she barks out orders. Be polite. Tonight: Treat a close loved one to dinner. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Someone at a distance will reach out to you and demonstrate his or her caring. You might beam from ear to ear, which could draw

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Kuykendall, McCullough lead DCS past Shekinah Christian BEN STROUP Sports Editor

Pacers get back on track with win over Wolves

The Delaware Christian girls basketball team beat Shekinah Christian on the hardwood for the fist time in school history Thursday, and did it on the road, using steady defense and a pair of stellar individual showings to post a 51-35 win. After falling behind 14-9 by the end of the first quarter, Delaware Christian (4-1) picked up the pace. The Eagles

outscored the hosts 16-7 in the second quarter to go up 25-21 by the break, pulled away with a 16-6 third-quarter run and sealed the deal with a 10-8 finish in the fourth. Bethany Kuykendall led the charge with a gamehigh 20 points to go with 11 rebounds and six assists. Erin McCullough was also a force, finishing with 18 points and eight rebounds in the

win. Emily Cornelius and Elizabeth Blackburn smoothed out the Eagles’ scoring summary with respective point totals of eight and five. Janelle Roby paced Shekinah with 11 points in the loss. HAYES 50, KILBOURNE 35 The Pacers got back to their winning ways Thursday, outscoring the host Wolves 10-0 in the

fourth quarter on the way to a 50-35 OCC-Capital Division win. Hayes (3-1, 1-1 OCC) took some time to warm up, but once it did Kilbourne didn’t have a chance. After falling behind 16-11 by the end of the first quarter, the Pacers outscored the Wolves 22-6 in the second to take a 33-22 lead into the intermission. Kilbourne battled back

with an 11-7 third, but Hayes handled its business down the stretch, sealing the deal with a 10-0 run spanning the final eight minutes of action. “I think the biggest thing is we didn’t turn the ball over much,� Hayes coach Peter Minardi said. “We had seven turnovers in the first half, fewer than that in the second half and none in the fourth quarter. Our See PACERS | 14

Eagles knock off young Pioneers ERIC CLINE Sports Writer

Unlike last season, this year’s Orange Pioneers might not make the state Final Four, but they’re certainly going to battle in every game they play. The young Pioneers showed plenty of hustle and determination, but were hurt by poor shooting and turnovers as the New Albany Eagles took a 55-28 Ohio Capital Conference Capital Division win Thursday night at Orange High School. Orange (0-3, 0-2 OCC Capital) took 34 shots and made just seven (21 percent) for the game, one in which they led only twice, both times in the first quarter. New Albany (2-1, 1-0) took the lead for good late in the first period, helped in large part by hitting 23 of 46 (50 percent) of its shots for the game. The Pioneers didn’t help themselves with miscues, committing 25 in all, including seven in each of the first three quarters. The visiting Eagles had almost as much trouble in the first half, but had just three turnovers in each of the final two quarters to finish with 14 for the game. Orange Junior Lexi Werling opened the scoring off a New Albany turnover, hitting a layup off a pass from fellow junior Mikaela Lyons 17 seconds in. New Albany took the lead despite scoring just twice in the next three minutes, but Werling scored again off a feed from junior Brianna Barron, was

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Orange junior forward Mikaela Lyons puts up a shot during Thursday’s OCC-Capital Division showdown against visiting New Albany.

fouled, and hit her free throw with two minutes left in the quarter to put Orange ahead, 5-4. The lead was brief, as New Albany’s Kyra Zuiderweg put the Eagles in front 16 seconds later,

and the Eagles’ Meche’la Cobb scored on a layup in the final minute to give New Albany an 8-5 edge after one. Orange had trouble hitting shots in the middle two quarters, and New Albany outscored

the Pioneers 12-2 in the first five-plus minutes of the second period. A three-pointer by senior Emilia Martin broke the string with 2:09 left in the period, starting a 7-4 run that pushed the Pioneers to within 10 points, 24-14, at the half. But shots would continue to fly astray in the third quarter. Orange, which went 2 of 10 (20 percent) in the second period, went 1 for 10 (10 percent) in the third while scoring just three points in the period — one on a Barron free throw, two on a Martin bucket. New Albany, meanwhile, scored the first 11 points of the period, seven coming from Cobb, and outscored the Pioneers 19-3 in the quarter to take a 43-17 lead. Orange fought throughout the final period and improved its ball-handling, committing just four turnovers, and helped itself from the foul line by going 6 of 12 (50 percent), but New Albany still won the quarter 12-11 and finished with its 27-point victory. Barron topped the Orange scoring, hitting a fourth-quarter three ball and going 6 of 12 from the line herself to finish with nine points. Werling followed with seven points, while Martin and Lyons each had five for the Pioneers. Sophomore Brianne McCague also hit a late bucket to finish with two points. Cobb topped all scorers with 21 points for New Albany. Brooke Isabel added nine points and Ally Vendetti eight for the Eagles.

Buckeye Valley bowlers sink Hayes BEN STROUP Sports Editor

Buckeye Valley’s bowlers picked up a pair of wins Thursday, as both the boys and girls teams defeated Hayes. The Baron boys, who won 2,123-1,820, were led by Andy Davis, who finished with games of

238 and 201 for a twogame total of 439. Other BV contributors included Spencer Milligan, who fired games of 173 and 193; Leo Wells, who finished with games of 165 and 179; Nick Cooper, who rolled a 178; Braden Terry and John Peterson, who had 153s; and Jimmy Davis,

OWU senior guard Taylor Rieger drives to the hoop during Saturday’s showdown against visiting Hanover. Rieger was named NCAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.

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who fired a 139. The Pacers were led by Jordan Lanham, who finished with games of 164 and 249 for a combined 413; Noah Bowmar, who finished with games of 168 and 127; Dakota Brugler, who had games of 133 and 157; Patrick Woohler, who rolled games of 128 and 132;

Garrett Binkhort, who had a 129; and Drake Hood, who finished with a 127. In girls’ action, BV won thanks in part to a strong showing from Carly Kelly, who had games of 223 and 210 for a combined 433. Morgan Stuart (363), Jaymi Green (306), Haley Wade

(292), Payton Milligan (119) and Katie Dodds (116) also contributed. Taylor Schurr led Hayes with a two-game total of 378 while Katie Fleming (306), Alicia Halstead (283), Kayla Bowmar (277), Anna Williams (153) and Katie Swope (132) also chipped in.

OWU’s Rieger named NCAC Player of Week BEN STROUP Sports Editor

Taylor Rieger, an Ohio Wesleyan senior and former Olentangy Orange standout, has been named a North Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 2, it was announced by the NCAC. Rieger was named Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for his work in a pair of non-league wins as the crafty guard pretty much did what he wanted in both showdowns. He sparked the Bishops with a pair of three-pointers during

a first-half run Tuesday against Capital — a run which opened up a double-digit lead OWU parlayed into a 90-73 win. He finished with a team-best 20 points in the victory. Several days later, Rieger was back at it, leading the Bishops to a thrilling 88-79 win over visiting Hanover Saturday afternoon. He led the team with 19 points and six assists in the win, sparking a 10-2 run late in the first half with a pair of timely three-pointers. Ohio Wesleyan returns to action Wednesday against visiting Wooster. Tip is set for 7:30 p.m.

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Campbell to start for Browns against Patriots TOM WITHERS

ing Gay, who also caused a fumble that the Steelers returned to Cleveland’s 4-yard line. Campbell doesn’t believe Gay’s hit was a “cheap” shot and said he may have contributed to the severity of the injury by slightly dropping his head to brace for contact. Gay was not penalized on what turned out to be a game-swinging play, but he was fined $15,750 last week by the league for unnecessarily delivering a “forcible blow to his opponent’s head and neck area.” Campbell acknowledged that the lack of a penalty gave the Steelers a big advantage. “It was a huge play in the game,” he said. “I remember it was a onepossession game, and you’re talking about us having the ball inside the 20 with a first down rather than them having the ball on the opposite 4-yard line. That’s a major change in the game because if that doesn’t happen, then they’re not in that situation.” Campbell experienced headaches, dizziness and was bothered by the glare of lights — all typical concussion symptoms. He was confined to his couch at home and said it was difficult being away from his teammates. “It’s good to be back with the guys,” said Campbell, who will be making his fifth start of 2013. “You’re sitting home that long, you feel like you’re missing something. You feel like you’re away from it, like you’ve been punished or something — like I’ve been suspended from school basically. But I’m just glad to be back out here with these guys and to finish the season out together and put together four great games.” Campbell’s head injury was an unexpected setback in what has been a challenging year. The 31-year-old waited patiently for his chance to start for the Browns (4-8), who have spent most of the past decade shuffling quarterbacks in and out their lineup. Campbell was passed on the depth chart after Weeden was hurt in Week

AP Sports Writer

BEREA — Jason Campbell’s headaches are gone, and for the moment, so are Cleveland’s pains at quarterback. Campbell, who sat out last week’s game with a concussion, has been cleared by an independent neurologist to play and will start on Sunday when the Browns visit New England. His return is a huge relief to the Browns, who are also without part-time starter Brandon Weeden because of a concussion and were facing the prospect of starting either quarterback Caleb Hanie or Alex Tanney — both signed in the past week — against the Patriots and defensive-fixated coach Bill Belichick. Campbell’s comeback has taken some pressure off. “He’s going to help us,” linebacker D’Qwell Jackson said. “He’s played well when he was healthy, and he’s shown he can be a trooper and take a pounding and still come back. I’m happy for him, and he’s going to give this team a big boost.” Weeden sustained a concussion last week and has been ruled out Sunday. Browns coach Rob Chudzinski said he hasn’t decided if Campbell’s backup will be Hanie or Tanney. Campbell practiced for the second straight day on Friday, and following the workout inside Cleveland’s field house said he’s ready to resume what has been a “rollercoaster season” for him and his teammates. “I feel great,” said Campbell, who was injured on Nov. 24 on a blindside hit by Pittsburgh cornerback William Gay. “Our training staff has done an outstanding job taking the protocols seriously and making sure that before you get back out on the field that you’re 100 percent ready to go. “I had a great two days of practice.” Campbell said he suffered the second concussion of his NFL career — the other was in 2011 — when he was blasted in the face mask by a blitz-

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Group G is displayed on a screen during Friday’s draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe near Salvador, Brazil.

Defending champion Spain gets repeat of 2010 final JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Writer

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil — One of the worst finals in World Cup history — Spain vs. the Netherlands — will be reprised in one of the first games of the 2014 edition. Friday’s draw proved kind for host nation Brazil. It also put three former winners — Italy, Uruguay and England — together in one daunting group. The United States drew one of the shortest straws. Its game schedule will send Jurgen Klinsmann’s team pinging around on a 9,000-mile trip across the world’s fifth-largest country. Having only squeezed into the tournament via a playoff, 1998 winner France could hardly believe its luck, drawing a manageable group of Switzerland, Ecuador, and Honduras. Two -time champ Argentina first plays Bosnia-Herzegovina, the only World Cup newcomer among the 32 teams. After that game in Rio de Janeiro, four-time world player of the year Lionel Messi and his teammates play Iran and Nigeria. In

six previous World Cup encounters, Nigeria has beaten Argentina just once. Argentina will be heavily favored to win Group F. If so, it could play Switzerland or France in its first knockout game. Defending champion Spain and the Netherlands, a three-time finalist, open against each other on June 13. Hopefully, it won’t be a repeat of the horror show that was the 2010 final, when referee Howard Webb showed a record 14 yellow cards. The Netherlands was blamed for most of the dirty play. “The history of the final is also a challenge to do it better,” Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal said. The second-place team in Group B, which also includes Chile and Australia, is likely to meet Brazil in the first knockout game. Spain coach Vincent del Bosque warned against underestimating Chile: “Their style of play is very impressive, they make it very uncomfortable for opponents.” England’s first match will be in the heat and humidity of the Amazon basin, which coach Roy

Hodgson was anxious to avoid. That night game in the Amazon city of Manaus pits the 1966 champion against Italy, a four-time winner. Both will have to play their best to advance from Group D, which includes 2010 semifinalist and two-time champion Uruguay and Costa Rica. “In Italy and Uruguay it’s almost as though we have got two number one seeds in our group,” Hodgson said. England could also face hostility from the crowd in Manaus, after Hodgson voiced concerns about the climate. The mayor took offense, saying before the draw: “We hope to get a better team and a coach who is more sensible and polite.” Brazil kicks off its campaign for a sixth World Cup title with the opening match on June 12 against Croatia. That could be a daunting experience for the Croats. Full-throated support from home fans helped lift Brazil at the Confederations Cup warm-up tournament in June, where it beat world champion Spain in the final. In Group A, the home team also plays Mexico,

which had to beat New Zealand in a playoff to qualify. Brazil’s last match is against Cameroon, which has only advanced once from the group stage in six appearances. Some teams were lucky, not only to miss the toughest opponents, but also to avoid long trips and the hottest venues. France coach Didier Deschamps was thrilled that his team plays its games in Rio and Porto Alegre in the south and Salvador on the Atlantic coast. That good fortune favors France’s chances of reaching the knockout stage, perhaps with Switzerland, the seeded team in their Group E. “We won’t play in the northern regions, where the temperatures and the level of humidity are very high and the distances are very long. We stay more or less in the same area, which is not too far from our training camp. It’s rather good news,” said Deschamps. Colombia, which will have one of the tournament’s potential stars in striker Radamel Falcao, got one of the weakest groups with Greece, the Ivory Coast and Japan.

Coach: Winston showed no stress from investigation RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jameis Winston quickly emerged as one of college football’s biggest stars because of his brilliant play, while also charming Florida State fans with his smile and natural charisma. The 19-year-old redshirt freshman seemed poised and mature beyond his years, whether he was throwing touchdown passes after shedding a defensive lineman or answering questions from reporters about what it took to be the leader of one of the best teams in the country. Three weeks ago the story changed. A year-old sexual assault complaint against him was given by Tallahassee police to the state’s attorney office to be investigated. For three weeks, Winston faced the possibility of

serious criminal charges. He was accused of rape by a female Florida State student. His lawyer said the sex was consensual. Winston continued to play spectacularly. While he was shielded from answering direct questions about the investigation, he gave his routine interviews leading up to and after games. If the investigation was stressing him out, he wasn’t showing it publicly. And according to coach Jimbo Fisher, he wasn’t showing it privately either. “He’s been the same guy, and like I said, he believed in the process, and he believed in himself, and he’s been the same guy,” Fisher said Friday at a news conference at Bank of America Stadium for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game against Duke, about 24 hours after prosecutors in

Florida announced Winston would not be charged. “It’s been a remarkable maturity level presented by him to be able to compartmentalize and handle things he can control and not that anything was (taken) lightly or he didn’t take it seriously, but like I say, in our life everybody has issues or something going on in your life, and the ones that can compartmentalize and function and handle them when they have to handle them are the ones that are very successful, and he’s very mature like that,” Fisher said. No. 1 Florida State played three games from the time news broke about the complaint until the time the case was closed. There were certainly no signs of distraction from the Seminoles, though this team is so talented that rolling Syracuse,

Idaho and Florida by a combined 176-24 could have been accomplished with less-than-full attention. Winston completed 67 percent of his passes in those three games for 829 yards, with nine touchdown passes and one interception. He appeared to be the same jovial guy on the sideline, joking with teammates and interacting with fans after games. When it was time to answer the at-times awkwardly worded questions about dealing with “distractions,” he deftly managed to swing it back toward talking about the team and the game. “He took everything extremely seriously, but he also understood he had a responsibility as a student, as a teammate to handle himself the way he did, and it’s been remarkable the way he’s done it,” Fisher said. “I have seen

no signs (of stress), and he and I talk quite often.” Fisher said he has seen no change in his team’s mood or demeanor since the decision not to charge Winston was announced. “It’s the same football team we were then,” Fisher said. Winston and Florida State are a victory away from playing in the BCS national championship game, and are overwhelming favorites against Duke. The Heisman Trophy is also in Winston’s grasp. Only some sort monumental meltdown against the Blue Devils is likely to keep Winston from collecting the bronze statue next week in New York. “Because when it’s time to play football, when it’s time to go to school, he compartmentalizes and handles his responsibilities,” Fisher said. “I think he understands that he had a responsibil-

ity to his team, that they worked very hard, and that was his responsibility to be their quarterback and be their leader, and he handled his individual situation on his own time, his own merits, and I think he did a great job of understanding and compartmentalizing.”

Pacers From page A13 defense was also huge for us.” Kristen McMillen sparked the Pacer offense with a team-best 17 points to go with three assists. Other standouts included Julie Bauer, who finished with eight points, nine assists and seven rebounds; and Abbie Gore, who closed with 11 points, eight boards and three steals in the win. Hayes returns to action tonight against visiting Marysville.

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