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Obama - Who Is He, What Has He Done?

Barack Hussein Obama Jr., the Democrat U.S.Senator from Chicago, has become a rock star in his party. After the holidays and consultations with his family, he will let us know if he will run for president in 2008. Most pundits think he will. According to the U.S.Senate Historical Office, he's the fifth black senator in U.S.history and the only black now serving in the U.S.Senate. He delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.At the time he was still serving in the Illinois State Senate.He was elected to the U.S.Senate in November 2004. According to his 1995 memoirs, "Dreams from My Father," he was born Aug.4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama Sr.of Nyangoma-Kogelo, Siaya District, Kenya, and Ann Dunham, of Wichita, Kan. His parents met at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was enrolled as a foreign student. When he was 2, his parents divorced and his father returned to Kenya.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Boys Continue Turnaround, Win Third Straight Game

As if this season was one big puzzle, the pieces continue to fall in place for Doug Ogle and his Warsaw boys basketball team. Now playing at full strength with the return of starters Michael Moore and William Knepper, the Tigers continued their turnaround with a 59-39 win over visiting Northern Lakes Conference foe NorthWood Friday night. Something Warsaw hasn't been able to do until the last two games, the Tigers won Friday with team depth - as well as an extremely efficient offense and stingy defense.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

No Sense In Litigating The Obvious

Sometimes I think lots of people in society have taken leave of common sense. Issues that wind up in court today are issues that 20 years ago weren't given a second thought. Take the case of the gay scoutmaster. James Dale was an assistant scoutmaster in Monmouth County, N.J.He was expelled 10 years ago when his troop learned from a newspaper article that he was gay. The scouts told Dale that they "specifically forbid membership to homosexuals." Dale, who was co-president of a student gay rights organization at Rutgers University, sued, of course, saying that this was discrimination. The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of Dale, saying that the Boy Scouts are a "public accommodation" to which the state's anti-discrimination law applies. The scouts claimed a First Amendment guarantee of freedom of association. So now the case is before the U.S.Supreme Court. And the Supreme Court is in a bit of a tizzy over it.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

Local Woman Trains In Warsaw, Wins Toughman Competition In Fort Wayne

Just over a month ago, Tracey Kuhn made a decision. She wanted to be a part of the Toughman competition, so she approached Scott Zook at the Warsaw YMCA and asked him to be her trainer. "I had seen the Toughman competitions on TV," said Kuhn, known as the "Blond Bomber" in the ring."When I lived in West Virginia, it was very big, and then I saw the poster here (at the YMCA) and decided to try it." Then on January 24-25, Kuhn participated in the Toughman competition in Fort Wayne's War Memorial Coliseum and came home a winner.She placed first out of four boxers, racking up two knockouts after her competitors quit during the matches.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

On The Court Basketball Previews

WARSAW AT ELKHART MEMORIAL Tip-off: 6:30 p.m.Saturday in Elkhart Coaches: Al Rhodes (Warsaw), Steve Johnson (Memorial) Records: Warsaw 10-3; Elkhart Memorial 5-6 Last Game: Warsaw 42, Concord 39; NorthWood 65, Elkhart Memorial 55 Last Year: Warsaw 77, Elkhart Memorial 51 Matchup: With leading scorer Steve Siebenmorgen out this weekend, Warsaw will look to Chris Wiggins and Zach Nelson's 13.1 and 11.4 points per game to lead the Tiger offense.Nelson pulls down 5.4 rebounds per game for the Tigers as well.Junior Josh Buck will start in place of Siebenmorgen.Buck, a blue-collar player and solid defender who has brought a spark off the bench all season, averages 2.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.Elkhart Memorial will look to Nick Slabaugh to the Charger offensive attack.He averages 14 points per game.Clint Adell is another Memorial leader, averaging around 13 points and 10 rebounds per game.
Times-Union Sports Staff- | July 28, 2016

Warriors Top Bremen, Await Plymouth

SYRACUSE - One might not have been able to tell by the first-quarter score, but Wawasee girls basketball coach Kem Zolman called Thursday's home game with Bremen a test. The Warriors hadn't played a game since Jan.13, and heading into Friday's rescheduled Northern Lakes Conference battle with 10-2 Plymouth, 3-1 in league play, Zolman said he was more than happy to get a game under his team's belt. "It was a blessing in disguise," said Zolman."We needed to get a game under our belt.Plymouth is tough and agressive.They've only lost two games all year.I feel this is the caliber of team that we'll see in the sectional.I'm excited to see where we measure up." For the first eight minutes of last night's game, Bremen didn't measure up at all. Wawasee topped the Lions 73-51, thanks, in large part, to a 25-3 first-quarter thrashing.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Warriors Win A Heartstopper

SYRACUSE -ÊThe Wawasee Warriors have a flair for the dramatic. With just over 18 seconds left in the final quarter of play in Friday's boys basketball game, Wawasee was ahead of Concord 52-50.All the Warriors had to do was get the ball across the half-court line and run the clock out. However, the Concord Minutemen covered Wawasee like a cheap tent and forced the Warriors to turn the ball over on a 10-second violation with 9.1 ticks on the clock. Concord inbounded the ball at the half-court line, but Warrior Travis Speicher stole the ball and passed down the court to Curtis Farrell.Farrell tossed up a shot that nicked the rim and bounced back into Speicher's hands.Speicher then put the basket in at the buzzer for the final score of the game, giving Wawasee a 54-50 win over Northern Lakes Conference opponent Concord. After jumping out to 19-15 lead after one quarter of play, the Minutemen increased their lead to 27-21 with just 2:25 left in the second quarter.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

MARION - Seven banners hanging on the wall at one end of Marion's basketball court show the seven years the Giants have won state titles.

But Marion is still Marion.For the first time since he began coaching Warsaw in 1981, Al Rhodes led the Tigers to a win in Bill Green Arena. Warsaw, 12-5, beat Marion (10-6) 84-72 on Saturday. "It's been tough here, because Marion has always had a great basketball program with good coaches and players," Rhodes said.I always consider it an accomplishment to beat them anywhere." Marion coach Moe Smedley believes his Giants have a big 'X' on their backs. He scouted Warsaw when the Tigers hosted and lost to NorthWood, one of their two worst efforts of the year. "We're getting everybody's best effort," Smedley said."Tonight Warsaw played as well as I've seen them play all year.They played with a lot more effort than the night I saw them play NorthWood, but I'm sure last year played into that.
most recent is last year, but this year's boys basketball team bears little resemblance to last year's state champion, led by 6-foot-9 center Zach Randolph, currently at Michigan State. Only one start | July 28, 2016

Manchester Hands Triton Second Loss In A Row

NORTH MANCHESTER - After falling behind No.1 (A) Triton 9-4 in the first quarter, unhappy Manchester coach Mike Parker raised his voice in reminding his players of their pregame talk. "Animated wasn't the word.I was livid," Parker said."I got my money's worth. "I told the girls before the game that we don't get to play the No.1 team very often, especially here at Manchester.I told them not to be in a position where after the game they're saying if we would have done this or done that ..." The Squires weren't in that position.Manchester's girls basketball team (11-4) beat Triton (12-2) 57-55 on Tuesday. Last Tuesday Plymouth beat Triton, and Triton coach Mark Heeter said his team was dealing with something new: a loss. Now his team must deal with a two-game losing streak.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Valley Girls Find Way To Win

AKRON - Somehow Tippecanoe Valley found a way. Despite an 18-point, 12-rebound performance by Wawasee freshman Taylor Goshert and despite being outrebounded by the Warriors 39-19, the Vikings pulled out a 51-49 win in girls basketball action Tuesday night. Wawasee took ninth-ranked (3A) Plymouth to double overtime before falling 32-29 Saturday night. But Wawasee head coach Kem Zolman doesn't attribute Tuesday night's loss to being a hangover game after the loss to Plymouth. "We really weren't worried that this would be a trap game," said Zolman."We were confident they would be OK." What proved to be Wawasee's downfall was 23 turnovers. Lela Rohrer had a hand in the loss as well. The 5-foot-9 senior led the Vikings in scoring with 16 points on 5-of-12 shooting that included the game-winner.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Quick Start Pushes Panthers Past Tigers

NAPPANEE - Forget overtime, this one was in NorthWood's grasp from the very beginning. After losing to Northern Lakes Conference rival Warsaw twice last year, once in overtime and once in triple overtime, NorthWood's varsity boys basketball team raced out to an 8-0 lead Friday at the Panther Pit and pulled away from the Tigers for a 61-46 win. While host NorthWood had the hot hand early in Friday's game, especially from three-point range, Warsaw had trouble handling the ball and committed turnovers on its first three possessions.
Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

On The Court...

SB ADAMS AT WARSAW TIPOFF: 8 p.m.Saturday at the Tiger Den COACHES: Pat King (Adams), Al Rhodes (Warsaw) RECORDS: SB Adams 6-5; Warsaw 10-2 LAST GAME: SB Riley 78, SB Adams 69; Warsaw 92, Gary Wallace 78 MATCHUP: ...Warsaw and South Bend Adams head into this Saturday game after big conference games on Friday: Warsaw with Concord and Adams with South Bend LaSalle.Adams, coached by former North Miami coach Pat King, has been up and down this season.Jewel Martin, a 5-foot-10 point guard, leads Adams with 15.1 points per game.Craig Foor is at 13.2 ppg, and Doug Barnbrook scores 12 ppg and 6.5 rebounds.Warsaw is just trying to play some games, having played only once (Gary Wallace) since the end of December.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Grapplers Lose At Regional

ELKHART - Warsaw concluded the dual wrestling season at the Jimtown Regional, losing to Jimtown 30-25.Goshen won the Regional Championship.Ê After trouncing Fremont 60-9 in the first round, Goshen went on to defeat Jimtown 29-26 in the finals. After the Tigers loss in the first round, Warsaw coach Tony Boley said to his wrestlers, "You came up here and took it to 'em." "We have nothing to be ashamed of," he continued, "we had the place rocking and rolling out there." Against Jimtown, Anthony Boley (103 pounds) came out on the short end of a high-scoring match, losing 11-8 to Bryan Wallace.Adam Harter (112) evened the team tally for the Tigers, beating Billy Moyer by a 3-0 score.
Jim Brenneman, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Goshen Nips Wawasee

SYRACUSE - It is not quite there for Wawasee, but it is definitely moving in the right direction. Despite their 2-10 record, the Warriors have shown signs of life the past three games, albeit losing outings.The latest better, but still frustrating outcome for the Warriors was a 41-40 loss to Goshen Friday. The Redskins (10-2) are in the midst of their best season since 1991-92 when they finished 21-4.Goshen also had an earlier win over Wawasee at the Goshen Holiday Tournament.
Greg Jones, Times-Union Sports Editor- | July 28, 2016

Tiger Boys Down Marion

In a game that could be described in one word as physical, 23rd-year Warsaw coach Al Rhodes was more concerned with his team's mental toughness Saturday against Marion. One night after falling in double overtime at Northern Lakes Conference opponent Elkhart Memorial, the Class 4A No.7 Tigers came back and shortened the Giants 74-64 in a game that saw an obscene getsture by a player, an object thrown on the floor and a scuffle under the basket that had to be broken up by officials. "I was very pleased from the mental standpoint," said Rhodes after picking up his 399th career win."I wondered if we would be tired after we lost in double overtime at Memorial.We have strong, physical kids on our team, I was more concered with the mental side." Despite trailing by as much as 10, Marion made a game of it in the fourth quarter, taking a 53-52 lead and then only trailing 68-64 when senior Kyle Owensby made a steal and lay up with 52 seconds remaining.
DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

Valley Wins Big Over West Central

AKRON - With the outcome pretty much decided by halftime, the only unknown in Friday night's game between Tippecanoe Valley and West Central was whether someone would end up in the ER. The Vikings jumped out to a 42-23 halftime lead and never looked back as they defeated West Central 63-42 in non-conference boys basketball action. Things became chippy in the second half on several occasions.The Trojans' Bryon Geyer caused a stir among the Viking faithful as the 5-foot-11 junior shoved Valley's Bryce Kelley into the scorer's table after Kelley stole a West Central pass. Geyer was in the fray once again in the fourth quarter as he became entangled with Viking sophomore Steven Tillman during a scrum for a loose ball. The two players got their legs tangled up with each other and it ended with Geyer on the floor, hitting Tillman in the chest with his foot.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016

High-Scoring Rochester Zebras Run Past Triton Trojans

BOURBON - The question of the night after Rochester's boys basketball team beat Triton 86-69 was not how Rochester won, but rather, how is Rochester 4-7? If ever a team ran a clinic on converting turnovers into points, usually on layups, it was Rochester on Tuesday. The Zebras play the game at a frenetic pace, five whirling dervishes who seem to be able to be everywhere at once on the court.Offensively, they shoot the ball well - they hit 31 of 59 field goals (53 percent) against Triton.Triton committed 24 turnovers, most of them forced by a Rochester defense that pressed and trapped all over the court.Several times the Trojans lost the ball near halfcourt as they were trying to advance the ball to their basket. "We always want to fast break," Rochester coach David Burkett said."We feel we don't have the height to match up with teams, so can take advantage that way." By comparison, the Zebras lost the ball only 10 times.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Let's Govern By The Polls

Just the other day I heard one of President Clinton's toughest critics, U.S.Rep.William Delahunt of Massachusetts, propose a censure for President Clinton in light of the recent impeachment proceedings. You may remember Delahunt as one of the first Democrats to ask for the president's resignation.Now he wants to censure the president.And his resolution calls for a censure with no provision for any other punishment.The rationale is that the president - if he in fact committed felonies - would be punished enough by the legal system after he leaves office.This, of course, assumes that the president would be indicted and convicted without being pardoned first.I suppose that could happen.And I suppose Chinese paratroopers could descend upon me as I am typing this. Just this past week, 20 Republican members of the House of Representatives came forward with a proposal for censure and a big fine. It's amazing.
It's amazing what a few poll numbers can do.- | July 28, 2016

Assessing The Risk Of Terror

What is an acceptable level of risk? Of course, that varies from person to person and issue to issue, but I think it's a relevant question to ask when it comes to the war on terrorism. There is no question that terrorism makes life a bit more risky for all of us. But just how much more risky and how far are we willing to go to eliminate all the risk? Should we continue to work until we reach the point of zero terror risk? I have heard politicians say that if just one life is lost to terrorism in this country, it's one too many. On the face of it, I would tend to agree.But if that is the goal of the government, then I think we have to ask ourselves another question: What will be the cost? I watched CNN all day Wednesday in the newsroom.I watched CBS in the evening.I was moved, almost to tears a couple times, by what I saw. It stirred memories of last year's 9/11 attack.It made me remember how angry I was and how bad I felt for the victims.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016

20 Years Later, Warsaw's '81 Team Will Receive Rings

This summer Warsaw junior varsity basketball coach Doug Ogle showed former Warsaw basketball player Dan Wray his ring the basketball program provided for reaching the semistate finals. Wray thought back to 1992 and the time he and John Snyder, then both members of the Warsaw coaching staff, talked about how they never received their rings for being state runners-up in 1981. Al Rhodes' first year as Warsaw's varsity boys basketball coach was 1981.He didn't do it that year, but every year after that his team made the final four, he gave players, managers, coaches and others associated with the team rings for their efforts.Last year's team lost at semistate, but under the current class system, Rhodes refers to the team as a final four team.
Jeff Holsinger, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016
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