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Sports C7-9 (rages' A BUSINESS E1 Block gets new life, loses old Vv. I emo? OiclSSEQ 1 kmJJJ friends preview vf- Fans meet musical stars I nhI. in PlTnilTlT A IENOIHRFR 4 Final Editionmo $1.50 A Gannett Newspaper 843,200 readers Sunday June 23, 1996 05B Sentencing Monday closes sordid saga vfpi mm Ah: 7 if MUM 4" Clinton courts Buckeye voters Cleveland visit shows state's importance MOMS 1S69: Delia Mello from the Oak Hills High School yearbook. 1 pnmfu 4 fj i 1 -1 BY HOWARD WILKINSON The Cincinnati Enquirer CLEVELAND President Bill Clinton came here Saturday to tell about 250 U.S. mayors that if their cities are doing well, he deserves part of the credit "While no one can say we have solved all the problems, we are certainly better off in America than we were four years ago," Mr.

Clinton told a luncheon Schools reporting more to state The schools below reported the largest differences between the enrollment they reported to the state in October and the number given at the same time to the Ohio High School Athletic Association. In some cases, differences are attributable to special classes, such as a countywide special education program. Discrepancy Feb. 19, 1996: Police photo taken after she was arrested. I of the U.S.

,7 tonlerence ot Mayors 60 percent of whom were fellow Democrats. In a half-hour talk to the mayors, the president who needs to repeat his strong showing of 1992 among urban voters Bill Clinton I Inside: The Cincinnati EnquirerGaiy Landers April 30: In court at a pre-trial hearinq June tear runs down the face of Delia Sutorius as she listens to clos- President endorses national reeled off a long Western Hills HS 2181 Hamilton County Aiken High School 184 Hamilton County Princeton High School "167 1 Hamilton County Hamilton High School 1 29 Butler County Mayfield High School 125 Cuyahoga County 4 Meadowdale HS 113 Montgomery County Withrow High School 109 Hamilton County Milford High School 97 Clermont County Canton South HS 84 Stark County Harvey High School 77 Lake County registry to track sex list of achieve- about evidence. nui muiutr uiai. ow win rviuuucty. The straunige life Inaccurate figures affect state funding, athletic division BY MARK SKEKTIC The Cincinnati Enquirer Seventy percent of Ohio high schools report different sets of enrollment for funding and sports, casting doubt on the way millions of dollars are distributed to the state's schools.

Furthermore, these numbers used to determine prep sports divisions call into question the integrity of the athletic system, an Enquirer investigation has found. The student counts, one submitted to the Department of Education and one to the Ohio High School Athletic Association annually, should match. But an Enquirer analysis of five years of enrollment data shows one in eight schools has discrepancies of a dozen or more students annually. The Ohio Department of Education relies heavily on those numbers when distributing millions of dollars to each of the state's 611 districts. With each student worth at least $3,315 in funding last year, an extra dozen students generated $39,780 more for a district, enough for an aide or textbooks.

"Oh, Lord," said John Goff, state superintendent of public instruction, when told of the discrepancies. "I don't understand this," he said. "I'm baffled. Why would the numbers be different? I can't understand why it would even be one or two off." One reason may be a lack of oversight There is no system to check the accuracy of the figures presented to the state and to the OHSAA, the independent governing arm of prep athletics in Ohio. The athletic association's bylaws require the same student counts be given to both.

For the athletic association, dividing schools into divisions and classifications based on enrollment ensures competitiveness among similar-size schools. Inaccurate enrollment figures mean schools may be competing in lower or higher divisions than they should. That affects even schools without discrepancies, because Ohio's playoff system is affected by the divisional rankings of opponents. of Deia Setorios Inside Chart of school enrollments, A20 offendersA18 ments he said have benefited Cleveland the natio.s mayor ndes wave of success B2 presi. dent's visit to the mayors' conference was meant to contrast with his Republican opponent, Bob Dole, having turned down an invitation to speak to the mayors Monday, citing schedule difficulties.

But courting the urban vote was not the only aim of the president Saturday. After the lunch at the downtown Renaissance Hotel, the president went to a fund-raiser for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) at Slam Jam, a sports bar in suburban Lakewood. The private fund-raiser, DNC off-cials said, was expected to raise $500,000 in "soft money" funds that can be used to promote any Democratic candidate, including the (Please see CLINTON, Page A18) BY KRISTEN DELGUZZI The Cincinnati Enquirer Delia Dante Sutorius wanted it all: money, influence, expensive clothing, nice cars, important friends. But with no high school diploma, few if any skills and no desire for a stable job, she stood little chance of realizing the dreams on her own. Unless, say those who knew her best, she could land a well-to-do man.

'Her very early years were normal. Shejust started marrying every Tom, Dick and Harry that's when she went a little goofy' Olga Mello, Delia's mother Unlike Mr. Goff, the head of the OHSAA sees no problem with the discrepancies and said he was unaware of any problems with enrollment data submitted to his organization. "The integrity of the numbers we get I have confidence in those," said Clair Mus-caro, athletic association commissioner. "I don't know about the state department's." Neither the Department of Education nor the athletic association has a system for doing spot enrollment audits to ensure the accuracy of information.

The discrepancies in enrollment data show neither number can be trusted, The Enquirer's examination found: During the past football season, 19 high schools including Aiken and Anderson in Greater Cincinnati were incorrectly placed in a lower athletic division, if the higher enrollments they gave (Please see ENROLIJV1ENT, Page A20) did not meet her standards or did not support her properly, say her relatives and authorities. By all accounts, the 45-year-old Symmes Township woman, who will be sentenced Monday to life in prison for killing her fifth husband, Dr. Darryl Sutorius, never found Mr. Right She did, however, leave numerous men and a crosscountry trail of questionable behavior in her wake, (Please see DELIA, Page A8) With her tiny figure, soft-spoken manner and delicate features, attracting men was never a problem for the woman who was born Delia Faye Hall on Aug. 8, 1950.

The only issue was finding the right man. She spent years trying, even fabricating impressive credentials and lying about her storied past to improve her chances. She dated countless men and, many times, resorted to violence to end a relationship with someone who either Former prime minister Papandreou dead at 77 Andreas Papandreou, the first Socialist prime minister of Greece and leader of Greece's ruling party, died at home early Sunday. He was 77. Nation A8 WEATHER Time off or overtime pay? GOP women's proposal would give workers the choice Rain interrupts clouds High 86oLow70 Partly cloudy today, slight chance of rain early, widely scattered afternoon and svenina showers.

i f. jJ More of the same Monday. Details, back page this section Ruehl makes Olympic team Angie Trostel of Oxford, left, hugs Becky Ruehl of Lakeside Park, after Ruehl qualified for the U.S. Olympic diving team Saturday in Indianapolis. Ruehl is believed to be the first Northern Kentuckian to reach the Olympics.

Trostel did not make the team. SportsC1 The Cincinnati EnquirerCmest Coleman INDEX had no idea how popular it was going to become with the public," she said. Rep. Schroeder and Clinton administration officials fault the GOP bill for giving employers too much control in the time vs. pay decision.

And if employers get to determine when an employee can take comp time, they argue, then the legislation serves employers more than families. The bill's backers contend it has strict provisions that would protect employees from coercion. The worker must voluntarily agree to accept comp time instead of overtime pay. But one administration official says the provisions have loopholes "you could drive a truck through." as well as to the employers who want to give it to them. Democrats dismiss the bill as little more 'This is a fig an tne 'ates Icaffonhe people who GOP as family- VOted against friendly.

the Family "This is a and Medical fi for lfe Leave Act' ho heave aci. voted against Rep. Patricia the Family and Schroeder Medical Leave Act," said Rep. Patricia Schroeder, referring to the 1993 law that allows workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for newborns or sick family members. "They BY MELISSA HEALY Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON Proclaiming themselves champions of working women and their families, a group of Republican women lawmakers last week proposed allowing employers to offer workers paid compensatory, or "comp," time instead of overtime pay.

Led by Rep. Sue Myrick, the Republicans touted their "Working Families Flexibility Act" as one in a series of GOP pro-family, pro-women initiatives. Republicans took pains to argue that their comp-time initiative responds to the pleas of working families and especially working mothers for greater flexibility, Eight sections, 156th year, No. 75 Copyright 1996, The Cincinnati Enquirer Abby D2 NationWorld A2-17 TempoThe Arts D1 Obituaries B5 Business E1 Plugged In E3 Forum 61 Puzzles D11 HealthScience A22 Real Estate F1 Hometown B3 Sports CI Lotteries A24. B2 Stocks 5 Metro B1 Travel 65 Classified E4.

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