https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/f945bae1c837cae400c896c6e5a19b62.pdf ffcfc50c461b06b9de86fa2086181caf PDF Text Text LOG ONTO WWW.MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM OR WWW.MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM FOR ARCHIVE s�GAMES s�E-EDITION s�POLLS & MORE The Diabetes & Endocrine Care Center “We are committed to helping patients, young and old, take control of their diabetes and live a healthy life. Here you’ll find the most comprehensive diabetes healthcare team in the region. There’s absolutely no reason to go anywhere else.” Jay Shubrook, D.O. Medical Director Don’t wait, make an appointment today. www.umadoc.com (740) 566-4880 ATHENS,OHIO 60484644 6048464 Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties INSIDE STORY WEATHER Red Hot Knights ... Page C1 Rain. High near 36. Low around 25...Page A2 SPORTS OBITUARIES Local sports action... Page B1 Penny Blackburn, 56 Romie Burdette, 91 Robert Davis, 81 Ronald Dillon Sr., 79 Myron Fields, 45 SUNDAY, March 2, 2014 Vol. 48, No. 9 William Hall, Jr., 57 Beverly Howard, 70 Marjorie Jackson, 74 Henry Klelimann, 87 Katie M. Lambert, 90 Carrie Mae Pearson, 74 $2.00 Gallia wants licensed vet to handle euthanizations By Michael Johnson michaeljohnson@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Commission is in the midst of negotiating a deal with a local veterinarian to handle euthanizations at the animal shelter David K. Smith, president of the commission, said during the board’s weekly meeting Thursday that they want euthanizations at the Gallia County Animal Shelter performed in a controlled environment. Specifically, Smith said the board is negotiating with Dr. Brian Hendrickson, of Riverbend Animal Clinic in Gallipolis, to perform those procedures. “We put 20 dogs down in all of 2013,” Smith said. “Reading through the statutes and things, it would obviously be much better if (euthanizations were) done in a controlled environment by a licensed veterinarian.” The board hopes that hiring a licensed vet to perform the procedure in a “controlled environment,” along with installing indoor and outdoor cameras at the shelter, will shine more light on the facility’s activities. It is in response to the mass deaths of 11 vaccinated dogs on Feb. 14 – one day before a planned adoption event sponsored by the Friends of Gallia County’s Animals, a local group that works closely with the commission to ensure adoptive homes are found for the county’s indigent dog population. The Gallia County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation into the dog deaths. According to a press release issued by the county commissioners, Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning addressed the board early Thursday and said the investigation is “nearing completion.” Once completed, Browning will forward the findings to Gallia County Prosecutor Jeff Adkins. “Once the county commission receives this report from the county prosecutor, the commission will decide what personnel action will be taken,” the release states. Nathan Weatherholt, board member and one of the founding members of the Friends of Gallia County’s Animals, tells the Gallia County Commission that his group supports the current dog warden, Paul Simmers, but wants his former assistant fired in response to the euthanization of 11 dogs on Feb. 14 — one day prior See VET | A2 to an adoption event that was being conducted by the group. ‘American Pickers’ choose return trip to area By Michael Johnson michaeljohnson@civitasmedia.com Photos by Sarah Hawley | Sunday Times-Sentinel AT LEFT, Captain Eric Rock, center, demonstrates the Lifestat Automatic Chest Compression System (aka Thumpers) as Max Jahren and Lieutenant Jennifer Swartz look on. AT RIGHT, Lieutenant Jordan Shank demonstrates the King Vision which will allow for a safer and more accurate was of securing an air way. EMS receives new equipment; conducts training By Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com ROCKSPRINGS — New equipment recently received by Meigs County Emergency Medical Services will increase the department’s ability to assist patients during emergencies. The Life-Stat Automatic Chest Compression System — also known as Thumpers — was recently awarded to Meigs EMS through an Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation Safety Grant. The Thumbers are an innovative device from Michigan Instruments that will give CPR to patients. Use of the device, according to Capt. Eric Rock, of Meigs EMS, will give CPR from the site of the emergency to the hospital. “CPR is a difficult process, which takes a lot out of the person administering it,” Rock said. He added that it will allow an EMT to assist paramedics with other duties while the “Thumper” administers CPR. The machine runs on oxygen tanks and can be moved with the patient from the house to the squad and on into the hospital. “The success rate is night and day different than a person administering CPR,” Rock said. According to Michigan Instruments’ website for the Life-Stat, when set up properly, the device delivers CPR to the patient in accordance with the 2010 AHA guidelines. Compressions are uninterrupted. The machine is also lightweight and easy to operate. The Life-Stat (including the base and backboard) weighs 19.5 pounds and is stored in a case that fits easily into standard ambulance storage compartments. Setting the unit up takes seconds and requires no interruption to CPR. The chest compressor and ventilator built into the Life-Stat take care of two of the jobs of any cardiac arrest response crew, allowing responders to focus on safety and other tasks. Meigs EMS received three “Thumpers” through the grant. The machines cost around $11,000 each, which was mostly covered through the grant from BWC. There was a match amount required for the grant. Grants through the BWC are awarded for equipment that will help reduce Workers Compensation claims. See TRAINING | A3 Dodgeball tourney serves as fundraiser for fellow officer Amber Gillenwater agillenwater@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — “We are all family in law enforcement. These are my brothers and sisters, and we take care of each other.” These are the words of Ptl. Shallon Schuldt, who serves alongside her brothers in blue at the Gallipolis Police Department. Schuldt, along with her fellow officers, not only take their service to the community very seriously, but also their commitment to each other and to each other’s families when they are in need. Due to this commitment, Schuldt is organizing an upcoming fundraiser to help aid her friend and fellow officer, whose daughter is currently battling cancer. Schuldt reported this past week that a dodge- ball tournament is being organized for Saturday, March 15 at the Elizabeth Chapel Church’s gymnasium in Gallipolis. All proceeds from the event will benefit Alecia Oldham, a 12-year old girl whose father is a Charleston, W.Va., police officer. “I went through a threeweek training course with him last summer, and we became close friends,” Schuldt said of Oldham’s father. “I decided to hold the fundraiser because I know their medical bills are piling up.” Oldham, who was just diagnosed with brain cancer late last year, has already undergone a lengthy surgery to remove a tumor, and will be undergoing radiation and chemotherapy, according to Schuldt. See FUNDRAISER | A3 OHIO VALLEY — Mike and Frank are returning to southern Ohio soon. Uh, who? Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, better known to many people as “modern archaeologists” on their hit TV show “American Pickers” on History Channel, plan on a return trip to the area — and they’re searching for some vintage material. The two pickers have made a fairly decent living traveling the back roads of America in search of treasures that people have tossed out as garbage or relics from a bygone era that they simply just forgot about. The pair knock on doors, dig through storage barns, attics, crawl spaces, warehouses and junk yards in search of forgotten treasures. The dirty, rusty treasures and antiques they pull out of these places are not just given a new life; they’re saved for future generations to appreciate. Along the way, the Wolfe and Fritz meet the amazing people and interesting places that make America unique. According to Brenda Roush, of the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce, Wolfe and Fritz visited the area about four years ago when they featured Charles W. Hawk, of Athens. Hawk, who passed away in early 2011 shortly after appearing on “American Pickers” operated two stores — Charlie Hawk’s Junk Store — in Athens and another in Middleport. See PICKERS | A3 Meigs schools set for extension of free lunch program By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — The probability that all students in the Meigs Local School District will receive free lunches for the next three years was announced by Christina Musser, Meigs Food Service supervisor, at Thursday’s night meeting of the Meigs Local Board of Education. She said that after the Dec. 12 audit, state auditors determined the district’s eligibility for up to an additional three years, pending the financial solvency of the food service program. She also noted that the state reimburses the school district a certain percentage of money for meals that are served to students each day. After the recent audit of the district’s Community Eligibility Option (CEO), or free lunch program, the auditors determined that 92.04 percent of students were economically disadvantaged, instead of the 90.84 percent that Musser submitted last summer in the original application for free lunches. She said that this equated to $3,626.05 in additional funds for meals that have already been served this year, and that it also provides a few extra cents per meal for future meals served. See PROGRAM | A3 �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page A2 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, March 2, 2014 %9:@î,2==6Jî�@C642DE #6:8Dî�@F?EJî�@>>F?:EJî�2=6?52C Today: Rain. High near 36. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Tonight: Freezing rain and sleet before 2 a.m., then sleet between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., then snow and sleet after 3 a.m. Low around 25. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. Monday: Snow mainly before 2 p.m. High near 25. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. Monday, March 3 SYRACUSE — Sutton Township Trustee monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at Syracuse Village Hall. POMEROY — The Meigs County Cancer Initiative Inc. MCCI will meet at noon in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department. New members are welcome. For more information, contact Courtney Midkiff at (740) 992-6626. LETART — Letart Township Trustee meeting 5 p.m. at the Letart Township Building. Sunday Times-Sentinel Civitas Media, LLC (USPS 436-840) SWITCHBOARD: 740-446-2342 Annual local subscription price for The Gallipolis Daily Tribune is $250. Please call for more information on local pricing. Full-price single-copy issues are $1. 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TVPG Shameless "My Oldest Shameless "Like Father, Shameless "Strangers on a Shameless "There's the Daughter" Like Daughter" Train" Rub" (:15) Tuesday, March 4 GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Clinic and Holzer Medical Center Retirees will meet for lunch at noon at Pizza Hut. Friday, March 7 LETART — Gospel, country and Bluegrass music, 6:30 p.m., Letart Community Center. Concessions by Letart Pioneers 4-H Club. Everyone is welcome. Sunday, April 7 GALLIPOLIS — Coin show, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Quality Inn, formerly Holiday Inn. Free admission, door prizes. 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SOCOG provides administrative support for the county boards of developmental disabilities in Adams, Athens, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton counties. It’s primary focus is quality assurance, provider compliance, investigative services and residential administration of waivers and supportive living in order to provide individualized, personal support to people with developmental disabilities. SOCOG is a government entity created under Chapter 167 of the Ohio Revised Code, representing 15 county boards of development disabilities. �2==:2î�@F?EJî�@>>F?:EJî�2=6?52C POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Gallipolis Daily Tribune, 825 3rd Ave, Gallipolis, OH 45631 $ Thursday, March 6 SYRACUSE — Wildwood Garden Club to meet at 1 p.m. at the home of Joy Bentley. Peggy Moore will present the program on lavender. POMEROY — The Pomeroy Village Council ordinance committee will meet at 5 p.m. at Village Hall. CHESTER — The Chester Shade Historical Association will meet at 7 p.m. at the Academy. CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its board meeting at 10 a.m. in Room A of the Ross County Ser- Events Monday, March 3 GALLIPOLIS — There will be a Gallipolis Neighborhood Watch meeting at 1:30 p.m. in the Gallipolis Justice Center conference room located at 318 Second Ave. 825 3rd Avenue. Periodical postage paid in Gallipolis, Ohio FS38 Wednesday, March 5 HARRISONVILLE — The Scipio Township Trustees will hold their regular monthly at 7 p.m. the Harrisonville Fire House. Card showers John Rodgers will celebrate his 87th birthday on March 4. Cards can be sent to 111 Kineon Drive, Gallipolis, OH 45631. Imogene Call McGlothin will celebrate her 90th birthday on March 5. Cards can be sent to 138 Buhl Morton Road, Apt. 206, Gallipolis, OH 45631. CLASSIFIED ADS: 740-446-2342 CIRCULATION MANAGER Jessica Chason 740-446-2342 Ext. 25 jchason@civitasmedia.com nel matters at 4 p.m. 10 PM 10:30 Girls "Flo" (N) Looking (N) Beautiful Creatures (‘13, Dra) Alice Englert, Alden Ehrenreich. TVPG Shameless "Iron City" should be directed to the sheriff’s department. “So now you’re going to get a veterinarian to do it … the right way?” asked Judith Biggs, a concerned citizen from Point Pleasant, W.Va. Smith said there may be situations in which Gallia County dog warden Paul Simmers and his staff may need to take action if they encounter safety issues in the field. “If in (dog warden Paul Simmers’) opinion, he encounters a situation that requires him to take immediate action to preserve his safety or other people’s safety, he’s going to have my authority to act upon that,” Smith said. “There is no way I will take that authority away from him. We have had more than one dog warden go to the hospital from dog bites.” Smith said current and future employees at the animal shelter will be instructed to follow the aforementioned procedure only in the event that a person’s safety is threatened. “I would also add the caveat that if (Hendrickson) is not available and we have a dog in the shelter that would require some sort of immediate action, then again I would have to stand behind (Simmers) being able to take appropriate action,” he said. Susan Green, a member of FGCA, asked commissioners if they would investigate should there be a high number of shootings in the field. “If suddenly your guy out in the field shoots a lot of dogs, would you be concerned?” she asked. Smith said weekly reports given to the commissioners enable them to monitor what is happening at the shelter. Those reports, he said, are a part of the public record and open to inspection. “But there is no way we can anticipate (a high number of shootings),” Smith said. “If we get more than one (shooting), we will probably want to talk with the dog warden and get an explanation.” Biggs said the county commission governs the shelter and should have known what was happening there on Feb. 14. “You should know what’s going on, how it’s being done … mostly by law,” she said. “And it’s not being done by law. This case will not die as long as I’m living. Things are going to change by the state of Ohio law because I’m not going to let it go. This infuriates me.” Biggs asked the commission if they had responded to a letter from the Ohio SPCA’s attorney demanding that Gallia County stop its euthanization practices or face possible legal action. “We have responded to all things we feel we are required to respond to,” Smith said. Biggs asked the commissioners if the warden and assistant warden “would go right back to doing what they were doing” operating the animal shelter. Nathan Weatherholt, a board member and founder of FGCA, interjected said there is no ill will toward Simmers. “We have decided, as a group, that because … the warden has worked so well with us, we are not going to throw him under the bus,” he said. “The assistant warden … we want to see fired. That is our official statement.” Because no one has been charged with a crime, the name of the county employee under investigation for the dogs’ deaths has not been released. So far this year, 12 dogs have been euthanized at the Gallia County Animal Shelter – all of which occurred between Feb. 10 and Feb. 17, according to copies of the animal shelter’s canine weekly report provided by the commission. The same report notes that only 20 dogs were “put down” all of last year. The commission has publicly credited FGCA with “keeping the numbers low.” �Sunday, March 2, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� Training From Page A1 Supervisors with Meigs EMS were trained on the “Thumpers” on Friday at the new Emergency Operations Center. In addition to the the “Thumpers” Meigs EMS also recently received King Vision portable video laryngoscopes. King Vision replaces the old model of metal laryngoscopes that made it difficult to see where the tube was going when placed. King Vision is designed for indirect laryngoscopy, difficult endotracheal intubations as well as routine intubations. The King video laryngoscopes combine the best features of traditional laryngoscopes, fiberoptic laryngoscopes and new cutting-edge visualization technology to offer clinicians an im- Pickers From Page A1 “When I received the email (Monday), I said, ‘Oh my, I can’t believe they’re coming back,’” Roush said. “Mr. Hawk passed away, but he has a store that is absolutely crammed full of his stuff. When (Wolfe and Fritz) were here before, they would pick up things and he would dicker with them about the price. I plan to let them know about the Middleport store. They might want to spend some more time there.” Roush said she has spread the word via social media and on the chamber’s website that the “pickers” plan a return to the area — as long as it’s worth their while. Amanda Crouse, director of the Gallia County Convention and Visitors Bureau, has done much of the same and is vigorously trying to locate willing county residents participants. “It’s our responsibility to find people in Gallia County that fit the criteria that they’re looking for,” she said. “We have several people who are interested and have some of the things they’re looking for. It’s up to the scouts. We will know more once they actually meet with people and make their selections. They will keep us up to date with it.” On Tuesday, representatives of “American Pickers” will visit locations in Kentucky, Tennessee and southern Ohio. After a couple of weeks, show officials begin scheduling interviews based on lists of willing participants compiled by local chambers and visitors bureaus. “They’ll sit down with people, discuss what they have and take a tour of the location,” Crouse said. “At that point, a time will be scheduled when Mike and Frank will visit selected participants and film the show.” “American Pickers” is looking for people with large collections, Crouse said, because “they won’t come for only one or two pieces because it won’t be worth their time.” Some items the show’s producers are looking for include motor scooters, unusual radios, items that predate 1970 and earlier, old movie posters, vintage movie memorabilia and much more. See the information box attached to this story for the complete list. Things the show isn’t looking for, according to Anthony Rodriguez, cast- ing associate producer for “American Pickers,” include farming/agricultural items, tools, glassware, appliances, tractors, crocks, stoves and country primitives. All told, the “American Pickers” could be filming shows in the area within four weeks, Crouse said. “It’s exciting,” Crouse said. “The catch is we have to find people who are willing to be on TV to tell their story.” Stories and people, according to Anthony Rodriguez, casting associate producer for “American Pickers,” is what the show is really after. “We are looking for people with barns warehouses, buildings full of odd, unique, and interesting collections. We also love to explore the history of the locations tied to the items,” he said. “Of course, we are always looking for great characters.” “We don’t want to miss the opportunity,” Crouse said. “(People with the sought-after collections) are here. I haven’t personally been through peoples’ things, but there are collections in Gallia County. We just need people to step forward. It’s good exposure for us.” Crouse would like to see Got junk? It could be worth some money Specific items officials with “American Pickers” are looking for include the following: Motor scooters: Vespas, Lambretta, Cushman Old advertising signage Motorcycles Bicycles (pre-1960s to turn of the century) Unusual radios: transistor/tabletop Old toys: tin, wind-up, cast iron Pre-1950s vending machines Pinball and slot machines Old movie posters Antique casino/gaming machines Vintage movie memorabilia Vintage advertising items Taxidermy Vintage concert posters & T-shirts Early Boy Scout items Pre-1960s vintage diner collectibles Pre-1960s TV merchandise Pre-1950s western/equestrian gear at least 20 people step forward and participate. “We don’t want it to become a process of elimination. We don’t want Kentucky to have 50 (people) and we only have three,” she said. “It won’t even be GALLIPOLIS CAREER COLLEGE “Careers Close To Home” Spring Quarter begins April 7th Program Musser said, “it is imperative that parents of Meigs Local students understand the importance of their children eating breakfast and lunch every day because the more students that participate in the school lunch program (outside of the obvious benefits of better health and improved academic function), the better the chances of Meigs Local securing the additional three years of funding for continuing free lunches for all students.” A proposal for a recycling project was presented by two teachers from the Primary/Intermediate school to put a recycling program in place. Heike Perko and Joyce Hill, fourth-grade teachers, made a proposal for a recycling program at the school and presented to the board a long list of teachers who have signed up in support. It was noted that the recycling of cans, bottles, cardboard, magazines and other paper products comes at no cost and actually saves money in the long run for the district. The board gave its approval for the school to move forward with the proposed recycling project. During public participation at the meeting, a parent of a son who is a senior at Meigs High School spoke about one of the coaches who she claims is not teaching “good sportsmanship” to the students and asked the school board look into the situation. She was complimentary about other aspects of their son’s education, but felt there was a problem with the basketball coach that needs to be addressed. In response, Superintendent Rusty Bookman assured her that the coach was hired for one year and will be reviewed at the conclusion of the season before there is a determination about rehiring. Reports on activities relating to make-up work required in view of the weather-related absences, preparations for testing and special activities were given by the principals. Plans were announced for appreciation breakfasts for support personnel. In other action, the a letter of resignation from Donna Knapp as Meigs Local’s assistant to the treasurer/payroll clerk effective at the end of the work day on March 21 was presented. Knapp has been employed by the district for the past 19 years. Tiffany Qualls and Rebecca Wagner were hired as substitute teachers for the remainder of this school year. The board approved an agreement between Holzer Health System and Meigs High School to provide oversight of the Ohio University athletic trainer for the coming academic year and to accept the corresponding $10,000 stipend to off- Fundraiser From Page A1 “She was diagnosed with brain cancer in December. She has had brain surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. We decided we wanted to help another officer’s family,” she said. The event, that will begin at noon at the church on Locust Street, is open to the public, according to Schuldt and, in fact, she encourages the community to attend to help support this law enforcement family. “We wanted to do something fun and original, that’s why we decided on dodgeball,” Schuldt said. “We will be selling hot dogs, popcorn, cookies and drinks. I will also be selling shirts, and all proceeds go to the Oldham family.” There is a $20 entry fee per player in the tournament, and six players can play on a team. Each team can also have two alternates, according to Schuldt. A team T-shirt will also be provided to the players. For more information or to register and receive a team packet, contact Schuldt of the Gallipolis Police Department at (740) 208-1540 or email her at sschuldt@gallipoliscity.com. set that program. It was announced that Brandon Marr, MHS senior, has been awarded the 2014 Cutler Scholarship at Ohio University. Attending were Bookman, Mark E. Rhonemujs, treasurer/CFO, and board members Larry Tucker, Ryan Mahr, Heather Hawley, Roger Abbott and Todd Snowden. The video laryngoscope is less traumatic on the airway of the patient, allowing for the EMT or paramedic to see that the tube is properly inserted. Shank stated that it is also easier to use when the airway may have blood in it. Classic motorcycle memorabilia Old rodeo items Airline collectibles: Pan-Am, TWA, etc. Late 1970s and earlier military items Extraordinary mobster memorabilia Vintage police officer collectibles Firefighter collectibles Pre-1940s telephones Folk art Vintage BB guns/cap guns Early Halloween items Pre-1940 Christmas items Hawaiian/Tiki collectibles Vintage sports collectibles Vintage election collectibles Musical instruments Civil War antiques Vintage gas pumps Pre-1970s old neon signs Strange woodcarvings Vintage collegiate collectibles Casino tables worth there time to come here.” Gallia County residents interested is being considered for the show should contact Crouse at (740) 446-6882 or via email at amandacrouse@visitGal- lia.com; or Michelle Miller at the Gallia County Chamber of Commerce at (740) 446-0596, or via email at mmiller@galliacounty.org. Folks in Meigs County are encouraged to contact Roush at (740) 992-5005. 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A new deputy and his men demand a cut of a Echegui, Henry Cavill. TVPG serial killer inflicts pain and torture. TV14 bootlegging gang's profits. TVMA (:15) �OPINION Sunday Times-Sentinel Page A4 SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2014 Letter to The Editor No need for economic development director Dear Editor: The saga continues. As the saying goes, “If it weren’t so sad, it would be funny”. Now, we have a letter to the editor (printed Sunday Feb. 23) , ostensibly written by Councilman Roger Manley. For several reasons, I doubt he did anything but sign his name to it. More than likely it was written by his accomplice. But then I could be wrong. The Middleport Police Department, in conjunction with the Gallia, Meigs Drug Task Force, has been quite successful combating drug-related crimes in our community. Now, these two are conspir- ing to slash funding to the MPD to pay for an ill-advised, and totally unnecessary, position for Fred Hoffman. The position Fred is so desperately trying to create was originally that of a grants writer. But now, he’s (they) proposing that [he] be hired as an economic development guru at $28,000 per year. That salary converted to an hourly wage is more than our police officers make — and they are out there risking their lives for all Middleport residents – a grant writer or councilman not so much. As mentioned in a previous letter, the administrative staff of the village has been very successful securing many millions of dollars in grants for Middleport without paying someone else to do it. Part of the grant success that Middleport has enjoyed is due not only to the collective skills of the administrative staff, but in large part the fact that the previous council, over several years, had the foresight and courage to create a sturdy foundation on which grant awards would be evaluated. These actions include the two $5 permissive tax units via the Bureau of Motor Vehicles that provides match funds and generates points to qualify for paving grants, etc; the $5 Capital Improvement Fund that appears on our water bills underwrites the financial base on which the grant agencies rely to assure themselves that the village is doing its part in the grant process. Although these actions have not been entirely popular with everyone, the results have, nonetheless, been prophetic. The Ohio Rural Community Assistance Program, who determines the water rates for the village, is also a fundamental component of the grant-funding process in the same fashion as stated above. However, in another (see MPD above) short-sighted move, or as the old adage goes, “Penny Wise and Pound Foolish”, the current village council recently acted to rescind the rate increase required by RCAP — thus, adversely affecting Middleport’s “matching points” making future grants less likely. Insert the “too sad to be funny paradox” here. Due to insufficient match-funding points, etc., Syracuse has not had some of their grant requests funded the past few years — grant writer or not. I reiterate my opinion that any proposal to create a grant-writing, economic development position in Middleport is a big waste of money since council is undermining the village’s ability to qualify for funding. Yes, in my opinion, these efforts smack of a promised reward for helping certain council candidates gets elected. H. Craig Wehrung Middleport As a nation, we’re still too fat Obama’s best hope for change By Ester Cepeda $2/�'+=2381>98� 9=> CHICAGO — If the recently announced dramatic decline in obesity among 2- to 5-year-olds holds steady, then in about 18 years it will be fair to say a dent has been made in the obesity epidemic. It is absolutely fantastic that toddlers — and in no small measure, their parents — have started making healthier dietary choices. If these youngsters can keep their weights under control throughout adolescence and into adulthood — and even pass on good dietary habits to their own kids — we’ll have quite a lot to celebrate. But until then, the rest of us are in dire straits. The children who have hopefully dodged the bullet of lifelong obesity make up a very small fraction of our population. The verdict on their elders is just as frightening as it has always been. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, more than one-third of adults and 17 percent of youths in the United States are obese. Overall, there have been no significant changes in obesity prevalence in children or adults between 2003-2004 and 2011-2012. Even worse, there have been increases in some subgroups, especially among women 60 and older. And those are just the aggregate numbers. It is well-known that obesity rates are even higher among blacks and Hispanics — something of a health time bomb as these two groups come to represent larger swaths of the population. Early last week, the National Institutes of Health released findings from the first phase of its ongoing Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, the largest health study of Hispanics in the U.S. to date. The numbers were bleak. Based on data collected between 2008 and 2011 from 16,415 Hispanic adults living in Chicago, San Diego, Miami and the Bronx, New York, the study found that: About 40 percent of all adults ages 19 to 44 were obese, and nearly half of women 45 and older were obese. The number of participants with either prediabetes or diabetes increased as their weight increased. Among participants 40 to 49, six out of 10 had either diabetes or prediabetes. One out of three participants with diabetes was not aware of having the disease. Only about half of the men and women with diabetes had their diabetes under control. According to Martha Daviglus, the principal investigator for the Chicago survey, awareness of obesity, the chronic illnesses that flow from it and the healthy habits necessary to prevent obesity need to stay in the spotlight. “Now that we have seen that so many programs aimed at young children have had an impact, we need to do the same thing for groups of adults,” Daviglus told me. “It used to be that the medical community would say you need to do prevention in middle age and then in young adulthood, and now we’re talking about childhood. “What we really need is to start obesity prevention at preconception, not even during pregnancy, but well before, when the lifestyle habits of nutrition and exercise can impact both parents and babies,” she said. In other words, everyone of every age should have the basic understanding necessary to maintain basic nutrition and a healthy weight — a goal that, in a country with free K-12 education and increasingly accessible health care, sounds seductively simple. But even medical professionals get little education in nutrition throughout their training, while many parents not only have poor skills at estimating their own calorie needs but also have a difficult time estimating their children’s calorie intake and weight. Still, baby steps can grow into great strides, and even a decrease limited to such a small slice of the population is worth celebrating. Though public awareness programs, medical community calls to action and campaigns for healthier food choices in stores and restaurants have not targeted high-risk adults in the same way they have children, that will come as obesity reaches its zenith. At some point, the obesity awareness in adults combined with better health in youngsters could make this a healthier nation. Sunday Times-Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, please call one of our newsrooms. 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It isn’t that we haven’t known for some time that minority boys are in trouble. Poor school performance, truancy, delinquency and, ultimately, high incarceration rates cannot be separated from the absence of fathers in many homes. Outof-wedlock births are now at 72 percent in the AfricanAmerican community and 53 percent among Latinos, compared to 29 percent among non-Hispanic whites. But sometimes things can change only when the right messenger comes along. Obama is that man, though he seems to have realized it late in his game. Or perhaps he feared criticism for focusing on the black half of himself and waited for a second term. Whatever brought him here, he may as well be reading from an old text — the 1965 Moynihan Report, when then-Assistant Labor Secretary Daniel Patrick Moynihan first sounded the alarm about family disintegration and fatherlessness in the black community. 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Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. ing any stable relationship to male authority, never acquiring any set of rational expectations about the future — that community asks for and gets chaos.” Moynihan was clobbered by civil rights leaders who felt that other concerns — school integration, voting rights and the end of Jim Crow laws — were more crucial to black ascendance than family organization. But today, with an African-American in the highest office, we can afford to take another look. It would seem that Moynihan had a point — and back then the out-of-wedlock birthrate among African-Americans was just 25 percent. Since the 1960s, as women have made strides toward greater empowerment, the trend of fatherlessness has been largely overlooked except by a few lonely voices in the media, including yours truly and, notably, Christina Hoff Sommers and Cathy Young. Otherwise, the noisemakers were men, mostly white, who garnered more mockery than consideration, drowned out by feminists who dismissed fathers as nonessential, often conflating the incidence of abusive or “bad” fathers with an indictment of men generally. Those who insisted otherwise were characterized as heretical pawns of the patriarchy. Though this interpretation persists in smallish circles, we seem to have transcended such facile branding. It is harder to hold the antagonist’s ground, moreover, when the president himself — a black man who experienced the pain of father abandonment — reiterates Moynihan’s observations. Whatever one’s politics, this is great news for the country. A nation can’t long flourish without the commitment of fathers to raise their sons — and, yes, their daughters, too. Announcing $200 million in private funding for the initiative whereby businesses will connect young men with mentors, the president spoke about his personal history as a young son growing up without a father. This first-person connection is Obama’s most powerful weapon in encouraging two-parent homes, as well as highlighting societal trends that have minimized the importance of men and the need for role models to teach boys how to be men. Who better than the president of the United States? Well, of course, a father, but meanwhile … In minority communities, fathers became scarcer in part owing to a welfare program that was predicated upon no man in the house. It would not take long before marriage and fathers made little economic sense to many mothers. Three generations later, two-parent families have become a quaint memory. Sunday Times Sentinel Ohio Valley Newspapers 200 Main Street Point Pleasant, W.Va. Phone (304) 675-1333 Fax (304) 675-5234 www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribunecom Michael Johnson Content Manager �Sunday, March 2, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D %3:EF2C:6D �62E9î$@E:46D ROBERT GORDON ‘BOB’ DAVIS POMEROY — Robert Gordon “Bob” Davis, 81, of Pomeroy, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Logan, Ohio, after an extended illness. He was born Jan. 25, 1933, in Middleport, son of the late Mary Helen Davis and Don R. Davis. He was a graduate of Middleport High School. Mr. Davis served in the U.S. Army and was a combat veteran of the Korean War. He retired from Ohio Valley Electrical Corporation/Kyger Creek Plant in 1997 after 43 years of service. He was a past master of the Middleport Masonic Lodge, a member of the Shade River Lodge #453 and a Kentucky Colonel. He attended the First Southern Baptist Church. Mr. Davis was also an Aladdin Shriner and rais- Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î�� ing money for the Shriners Hospital was a cause very near and dear to his heart. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Pete Davis. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law Kyle and Amy Davis, and his grandsons Clay Davis and Dylan Morris, all of Long Bottom; a son, Brent Davis, of Tampa, Fla.; and a sister, Pam Beam, of North Carolina. A private family service will be held at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607 A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel. com. BLACKBURN FRAZIERS BOTTOM, W.Va. — Penny Jean Blackburn, 56, of Fraziers Bottom, W.Va., died Friday, February 28, 2014, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Deal Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Blackburn Cemetery, Pliny, W.Va. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. DILLON BELPRE, Ohio — Ronald Dillon, Sr., 79, of Belpre, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at CCMC-St. Joseph’s Campus in Parkersburg, W.Va. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 3, 2014, at Meigs County Memory Gardens in Pomeroy, with Steve Reed officiating. Military services will also be conducted. There will be no visitation. lieu of flowers memorial donations in memory of Myron may be made to any of the following: Baptist Campus Ministry at the West Virginia Baptist Convention in Parkersburg or to Gideons International. HOWARD WEST COLUMBIA, W.Va. — Beverly Howard, 70, of West Columbia, died at Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center in Pomeroy. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at FoglesongRoush Funeral home with visitation starting at 11 a.m. Tuesday until time of service. A complete obituary will follow in an upcoming edition. LAMBERT POINT PLEASANT — Katie M. Lambert, 90, of Point Pleasant, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, at home. Arrangement are incomplete at this time. A complete obituary will be in the Tuesday, March 4 edition of the Point Pleasant Register. Arrangements are under the direction of Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. PEARSON BURDETTE COTTAGEVILLE — FIELDS POINT PLEASANT, Romie Dale Burdette, 91, TAZEWELL, Va. — W.Va. — Carrie Mae Patof Cottageville, went to The Rev. Myron Raymond terson Pearson, 74, of be with our Lord and Sav- Fields, 45, of Tazewell, Point Pleasant, W.Va., died ior on Thursday, Feb. 27, Va., and formerly of MaSaturday, March 1, 2014, 2014, in Pleasant Valley son County, W.Va., passed at the Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant. away on Feb. 25, 2014, at Nursing and Rehabilitation Graveside service will Bristol Regional Medical KLELIMANN Center. be 1 p.m. Sunday, March Center in Bristol, Tenn. APPLE GROVE, W.Va. Funeral Service will be 2, 2014, at the Jackson Funeral services were — Henry W. Klelimann, held at 1 p.m. on WednesChapel Cemetery in Mt. 2 p.m. Saturday, March 87, of Apple Grove, died day, March 5, 2014, at Deal Alto, with military honors 1, 2014, at the Anderson February 27, 2014, at his Funeral Home. Burial will by American Legion Post Funeral Home in New Ha- home. There will be no be in the Wyoma Ceme#107 of Ripley. In lieu of ven. Burial was at Graham visitation. The services WILLIAM RICHARD HALL JR. flowers, donations are pre- Cemetery. Visiting hours and burial will be at the tery, Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va. William Richard Hall Jr., Hall, of Lancaster; and sev- ferred to your favorite chil- were 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. convenience of the family. Friends may call from 6-8 dren’s charity in Romie’s 28, 2014, at the funeral The Deal Funeral Home is p.m. on Tuesday at the fu57, died at his residence eral nieces and nephews. home in New Haven. In serving the family. neral home. He was preceded in memory. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. He was born Sept. 2, 1956, death by his parents Wilto William and Cassie Hy- liam and Cassie Hall. Family and friends may sell Hall in Mason County, W.Va. Bill’s passion was call from 2 p.m. until a working in the funeral in- service at 5 p.m. Sunday, dustry. He also worked in March 2, 2014, at the retail and for the Mars Co. Frank E. Smith Funeral Mrs. Clinton’s image. Bill was a member of the Home, officiated by Pastor WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill haul of U.S. health care. Church of the Risen Lord Jerry Eaton. Her press secretary, Lisa Ca“The first lady’s months of meetClinton’s aides revealed concern A second service will and was also known for his early in his presidency about the ings with the Congress has pro- puto, encouraged the Clintons to take place at 1 p.m. Monamazing piano playing. health care overhaul effort led by duced a significant amount of trust capitalize on their 20th wedding He is survived by his day, March 3, 2014, at the his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and confidence by the members in anniversary as “a wonderful opFuneral son William Aaron Hall, of Cremeens-King and later about what they saw as a her ability to help produce a viable portunity for Hillary” and also sugLancaster; stepdaughter, Home, 800 West Main St., need to soften her image, according health reform legislative product gested she spend more time doing Jeanie (Rodney) McCol- Pomroy, officiated by Pasto documents released Friday. Mrs. with the president,” said an undated White House events celebrating lum, of Alabama; grandson tor Larry Lemley, with callClinton now is a potential 2016 and unsigned document, which was first ladies of the past. Dante Hall; wife Roxie ing one hour prior at the Placing Clinton in a historical cataloged with others from April presidential contender Hall; sisters Marry Fallon, funeral home. Burial will The National Archives released 1993. The document urged quick context “may help to round out her of Patriot, and Debby Til- follow at Middleport Hill about 4,000 pages of previously action, warning that enthusiasm for image and make what she is doing lis, of Rutland; brothers Cemetery. Memorials can confidential documents involving health reform “will fade over time.” seem less extreme or different in Tim (Nancy) Hall, of be made in Bill’s name to a the former president’s administraBut the documents also showed the eyes of the media,” Caputo Whitehall, Charles Hall, charity of your choice. tion, providing a glimpse into the the growing concerns among wrote in a lengthy August 1995 Online condolences can of Middleport, Jerry Hall, ultimately unsuccessful struggles of Clinton’s fellow Democrats in memo about courting better press of Hamden, Ryan (Paula) be made at www.funeralhis health care task force, led by the Congress. Lawmakers, it said, “go- coverage as the president looked Hall, of Lancaster, and Joe home.com. first lady, and other Clinton priori- ing to their home districts for the toward re-election. It noted the ties such as the U.S. economy and a August break are petrified about first lady had an “aversion to the major trade agreement. having difficult health care reform national Washington media.” MARJORIE ANN JACKSON Caputo also proposed the “wild Hillary Clinton’s potential White issues/questions thrown at them.” Marjorie Ann Jackson Rogers (Tyler), Jackie House campaign has increased Administration officials also idea” of having Clinton do a guest passed away Tuesday, Feb. Golly (Jay), Brian McCarinterest in Clinton Presidential wanted to distance Hillary Clinton appearance on a popular sitcom of 25, 2014. She was born ley; and by her close friend Library documents from her hus- from a staff meeting on the touchy the day, “Home Improvement.” Feb. 19, 1940, in Vinton, and companion Tony As the first lady began her bid band’s administration during the subject of making health care cost Ohio, to the late George Helmic. 1990s and her own decades in pub- projections appear reasonable. Top for a Senate seat from New York Marjorie lived a wonderand Judy Virginia McCarlic service. A former secretary of aides wrote an April 1993 memo in July 1999, adviser Mandy ley. Margie died peacefully ful life filled with many famstate and New York senator, Mrs. saying pessimistic cost-savings Grunwald coached her with “style at home, where she wanted ily and friends. Marjorie Clinton is the leading Democratic projections from the nonpartisan pointers” and tips for handling “anto be, with family and was kind to everyone and contender to succeed President Congressional Budget Office were noying questions” from the media will be deeply missed. She friends. Barack Obama, though she has not “petrifying an already scared Con- without appearing testy. Grunwald Margie was preceded in always had a smile on her said she was sure to be asked about said whether she will run. gress.” death by husbands Edward face and was the strength “CBO has the very real potential her husband’s Senate impeachFriday’s documents included Arnold Harris and John and heart of our family. memos related to the former presi- to sink an already leaking health re- ment trial earlier that year. Friends may visit from Jackson; son Rocky Harris; The advice: “Be real” and acdent’s ill-fated health care reform form ship,” said the memo, signed p.m. Wednesday, grandson Nicholas Harris; 1-3 proposal in 1993 and 1994, a plan by Clinton aides Chris Jennings and knowledge “that of course last year and siblings Dottie Belich- March 5, 2014, at Spencethat failed to win support in Con- Steve Ricchetti, the latter now a top was rough.” Miller Funeral Home, 2697 ick and James McCarley. As for Clinton himself, by the gress and turned into a rallying cry aide to Vice President Joe Biden. She is survived by her Columbus St., in Grove for Republicans in the 1994 mid- A White House and congressional end of his presidency he showed son Craig Harris (Cari); City, Ohio. Private family term elections. As first lady, Hillary meeting meant to “align budget as- frustration with his proposed faregranddaughter Ryan Ash- interment will be at Sunset Clinton chaired her husband’s health sumptions with CBO” would be “all well speech to the nation. He told ley Harris; great-grand- Cemetery. care task force, largely meeting in staff,” the memo said, so “we do aides that he didn’t think the drafts In lieu of flowers, make daughter Charlotte Grace secret to develop a plan to provide not believe it appropriate that Mrs. included enough of his administraHarris; son Bruce Jackson donations in Marjorie’s tion’s accomplishments. universal health insurance coverage. Clinton attend.” (Bonnie); grandson John name to Children’s Hospi“Doesn’t anybody care about The documents also include White House aides expressed Jackson; sister Ruthie tal or St. Jude’s Hospital. initial optimism about her ability detailed media strategy memos me?” he asked aides during his fiOnline condolences may Beisler (Anthony John to help craft and enact a major over- written as aides tried to soften nal days in office. Beisler III); Anthony John be made at www.spencemiBeisler IV (Karen), Erin llerfuneralhome.com. Documents show Clintons’health care concerns $6Hî#6I:4@îC25:2E:@?î=62<îC2:D6Dî4@?46C?D unrelated. And while they emphasize that the levels detected off-site are no more harmful than a dental X-ray, they have not been able to go underground, and have not directly answered questions about how contaminated the tunnels might be. 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The mishap has also raised questions about a cornerstone of the Department of Energy’s $5-billion-a-year program for cleaning up waste scattered across the country from decades of nuclear-bomb making. With operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant on hold, so are all shipments, including the last of nearly 4,000 barrels of toxic waste that Los Alamos National Laboratories has been ordered to remove from its campus by the end of June. Other waste from labs in Idaho, Illinois and South Carolina is also without a home while operations are halted. The dilemma about what to do with the nuclear waste is highly politicized. �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page A6 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, March 2, 2014 #6:8Dî�@F?EJî"@42=î�C:67D Basket Games POMEROY — The eighth grade class at Meigs Middle School will be holding basket games at 6 p.m. March 4. Ticket sales at the door will begin at 5:30 p.m. or can be purchased in advance from an eighth grader or staff member. The cost is $20 which includes 20 games. Seating is limited. Proceeds from the games will be used to help fund the class trip to Jamestown and Williamsburg. Local businesses sponsored baskets for the games. For more information, call 9923058 the Middle School. MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Community Association’s Spring basket games will be March 11 at Middleport Village Hall. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games start at 6 p.m. There will be an early bird drawing for those who purchase tickets early. Tickets are on sale at Locker 219, Shear Illusions, Hartwell House, Rutland Bottle Gas or by calling 992-5877, 9921121 or 742-3153. SWCD tree sale deadline extended POMEROY — Due to extend- ed cold weather, the Meigs SWCD has extended its annual tree sale and will be taking orders through March 7. Trees should arrive early in April (weather permitting) in time for planting season. For more information contact the Meigs SWCD at 740-992-4282 or at www.meigsswcd.com Shrove Tuesday POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church (Pomeroy) will have their annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper from 5:30-6:30 p.m. March 4. The public is invited. Ash Wednesday Prayer Breakfast POMEROY — The Trinity Congregational Church will observe its annual Ash Wednesday Prayer Breakfast and Quiet Hour at 7:45 a.m. March 5 in the fellowship hall on Second Street in Pomeroy. The public is invited to attend. Call with the number attending by March 3 to either Peggy Harris, 992-7569, or Dianne Hawley, 992-2722. Ash Wednesday Services POMEROY — St. Paul Lu- theran Church (Pomeroy) Ash Wednesday Services will be 7 p.m. March 5. Service will include Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes. Public is invited. PINE GROVE — St. John Lutheran Church will hold Ash Wednesday services at 7 p.m. March 5. The church is located at 33441 Pine Grove Road. Pastor Linea Warmke. Fish Fry POMEROY — Sacred Heart Church in Pomeroy will hold a fish fry from noon-7 p.m. March 7, 14, 21, and 28, and April 4 and 11. Carry-out and deluxe dinners are available. The fish fry is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Monsignor Jessing Council #1664. All proceeds benefit local charities. Table Tennis Play SYRACUSE — Open table tennis at Syracuse Community Center from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Ages 10 to adult welcome. Call 992-2365 for more information. Portland Community Center PORTLAND — A meeting will be at 6 p.m. March 6 at the Portland Community Center. Purpose of the meeting is to make nominations for new officers. The new officers will be elected at a meeting to be held there at 7 p.m. March 18. Lincoln Day Dinner POMEROY — The Meigs County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner will be March 13 at Meigs High School. Doors will open at 5:15 p.m. and the dinner will begin at 6 p.m. Guest speaker will be Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. For tickets, call Mary Byer-Hill, (740) 949-7304; Peggy Yost, (304) 482-5748; Bill Spaun, (740) 9923992; or Sandy Iannarelli, (740) 541-0735. Relay for Life registration POMEROY — Registration and online information for the 2014 Meigs County Relay for Life are available at RelayforLife. org/MeigsOH. Cancer survivors, caregivers, team captains, team members and participants are encouraged to register for the event to help make this local fight against cancer a success. The website also offers valuable tools to enhance your fund-raising efforts and to manage your team. Yoga class resumes SYRACUSE — Yoga classes will resume at the Syracuse Community Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Call (740) 9922365 for more information. Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct a childhood immunization clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Tuesday at the Meigs County Health Department located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Bring child’s shot record. Children must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian. A donation is appreciated for immunization administration, however no one will be denied services. Bring medical cards or commercial insurance cards. �2==:2î�@F?EJî"@42=î�C:67D City commission to meet GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis City Commission will conduct its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. March 4 at the Gallipolis Municipal Building, 333 Third Ave., Gallipolis. The meeting room may be accessed through the side entrance door by 2 1/2 Alley. The Gallipolis City Commission will conduct a public hearing at 7 p.m. on the city’s proposed budget for 2014 and first readings on ordinances for passage of the budget. All citizens are invited to attend and provide the city commission with written and/or oral comments, and ask questions concerning the city’s entire proposed budget. Second readings of the budget ordinances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18 at the Gallipolis Municipal Building. The 2014 budget will be available for inspection by the public from 7:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday in the city auditor’s office at the municipal building, and also at Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis. River Valley PSO meeting BIDWELL — There will be a mandatory meeting for all River Valley Middle School and River Valley High School students interested in participating in the Post Secondary Options Program at 6:30 p.m. March 4 in the RVHS cafeteria. A parent or guardian is required to attend the meeting with the student. Students in grades 8-11 are eligible. Contact Erin Bush, counselor at RVHS, at (740) 4462926 with any questions. Gallia County Board of Health meeting The Gallia County Board of Health will meet at 9 a.m. March 5 in the conference room of the Gallia County Service Center. SOCOG meeting CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its next board meeting at 10 a.m. March 6 in Room A of the Ross County Service Center at 475 Western Avenue, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601. Board meetings usually are held the first Thursday of the month. For more information, call 740-775-5030, ext. 103. SOCOG provides administrative support for the County Boards of Developmental Disabilities in Adams, Athens, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton counties. March First Friday meeting set The Gallia County Commissioners will host the March First Friday 2014 event at 8 a.m. March 7 in second floor meeting room at the Gallia County Courthouse. Baseball, softball sign-ups scheduled Integrity Baseball and Softball 2014 will have sign-ups from 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 14 and 10 a.m. to noon March 15 at Vinton Baptist Church. Bring your child and a baseball glove for skill drills. Children must be 4 years old by Jan. 1 to 12 years old by April 30. Fee is $38 and includes uniform. Practices start in April; games will be played in May and June. For more information, call (740) 388-8454. Look Good Feel Better GALLIPIOLIS — “Look Good, Feel Better,” sponsored by the American Cancer Society, will be at 1 p.m. March 17 at the Cancer Resource Center in the Holzer Center for Cancer Care, 170 Jackson Pike. This free program is for women with cancer who are dealing with radiation and/ or chemotherapy treatments. They will be given advice on how to care for their skin and other helpful tips to give them self confidence. Call 1 (800) 227-2345 or (740) 441-3909 for an appointment before 10 a.m. March 17. �:8îDE@C>î3C:?8Dî?6HîH@CC:6DîE@î�2=:7@C?:2 LOS ANGELES (AP) — California was lashed Friday by heavy rains that the parched state so desperately needs, though with the soaking came traffic snarls, power outages and the threat of mudslides. Even with rainfall totals exceeding six inches in some places by midday, the powerful Pacific storm did not put a major dent in a drought that is among the worst in recent California history. The first wave of the storm doused foothill communities east of Los Angeles that just weeks ago were threatened by a wildfire — and now faced the threat of mudslides. Small debris flows covered one Glendora street but no property damage occurred, police said. Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for about 1,200 homes in the area. Forecasts called for the storm to last through Saturday in California before trundling east into similarly parched neighboring states. Phoenix was expecting its first noticeable precipitation in two months. In Los Angeles, rising water forced police to close major roads crossing the Sepulveda Basin. The flood-control area for the Los Angeles River on the San Fernando Valley floor is maintained as a wildlife refuge and recreation center but is otherwise kept clear of development. A Fire Department swiftwater team rescued two men and two dogs from a perch on a tree trunk in the fast-moving Los Angeles River. Power outages hit about 24,000 customers, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Southern California Edison said. Rain was also falling in the central coast counties, in the San Francisco Bay region and in the Central Valley. Winter storm warnings were in effect in the Sierra Nevada for heavy snowfall. Around San Francisco Bay, the storm led to an urban and small stream flood warning, as rain in excess of a half-inch an hour moved in, according to the National Weather Service. Wet roadways and crashes slowed the morning commute, and there were isolated power outages. Some arriving flights at San Francisco International Airport were delayed by more than four hours, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Weather conditions at Los Angeles International Airport caused cancellations of nine arrivals and 10 departures, officials said. The storm’s full force was expected to be felt later Friday morning, with possible thunderstorms and rains up to an inch per hour, the National Weather Service said. On Thursday, manda- & From Page A2 Friday, March 7 MARIETTA — The Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District Executive Committee, which also serves as the RTPO Policy Committee, will meet at 1400 Pike St. in Marietta. If you have any questions regarding this meeting, call Jenny Myers at (740) 376-1026. E F OFS!* % N 0 1 PTIO O H O M E S S TA R T I N G FROM THE $100S! SOUTHEAST COLUMBUS NEW HOME GALLERY From just $56/sq. ft.! † Best Area Value! Buy your new home during the K. 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Calendar IM DT ITE LIM tory evacuation orders were issued for about 1,000 homes in Glendora and Azusa, about 25 miles east of Los Angeles that sit beneath nearly 2,000 acres of steep mountain slopes stripped by fire in January. People were not forced out, but some residents quickly heeded the call. Dana Waldusky’s home survived the fire, which firefighters stopped 15 feet from their back fence. “This time there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop water,” said Waldusky, 22. While concern was highest in the Glendora-Azusa area, meteorologists also posted flood watches for many other areas denuded by fires over the past two years. California’s rain totals are far below normal and it will take a series of drenching storms to make a dent in a statewide drought that is among the worst in recent history. 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Cards may be sent to 35885 Lakewood Road, Racine, OH 45771. �Sunday Times-Sentinel SPORTS SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2014 mdsports@civitasmedia.com B1 Warriors edge Ohio Valley Christian, 54-50 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — A tale of two halves. The Ohio Valley Christian boys basketball team led the majority of the first half Friday night in the Ohio Christian School Athletic Association state semifinal and the Warriors fell just short of knotting the game before the half. Once Christian Community School took the lead the Warriors held it for most of the second half and OVCS was the team that came just short of evening the game at the end. OVCS took the early 6-2 lead at the 3:00 mark of the first period and CCS rallied to tie the game at eight with a minute remaining in the opener. The Defenders closed the first with a 5-2 run to take the three-point edge into the second. The Defenders held CCS without a field goal for over three minutes in the second quarter and built a 21-12 lead. The Warriors mounted a comeback run and finished the half trailing by just two points, 23-21. Ohio Valley Christian scored the opening bucket of the second half but Christian Community countered with a 7-0 run to take the 29-25 lead at the 6:30 mark of the third quarter. OVCS cut the lead to two points with a 4-to-2 spurt over three minutes but the Warriors closed the third period with a 10-3 run. Leading 40-32 with eight minutes to play, the Green and White quickly expanded their lead to 12 within the opening minute of the fourth. The Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Ohio Valley Christian senior Sarah Schoonover backs down a CCA defender during the Lady Patriots state semi final victory on Friday in Circleville. Lady Defenders fall to Cornerstone, 62-24 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Sometimes it just isn’t your night The Ohio Valley Christian girls basketball team was held one win shy of reaching the Ohio Christian School Athletic Association state final, as the Cornerstone Christian Academy of Willoughby toppled the Lady Defenders 62-24 in state semifinal at Ohio Christian University on Friday. The Lady Patriots held OVCS without a field goal for the opening five minutes of play and jumped to a 13-2 lead. The Lady Defenders were outscored 9-to-7 over the final three minutes of the first quarter and CCA led 22-9 at the end of the first quarter. Emily Carman led Ohio Valley Christian with seven points in the opening stanza. The Lady Defenders managed just two points in the second quarter, a field goal by Bekah Sargent at the 3:37 mark, and Cornerstone Christian Academy cruised to a 3611 halftime advantage. The first seven points of the second half went the way of the Lady Patriots and the OVCS deficit was increased to 43-11. Cornerstone Christian Academy outscored the Lady Defenders 12-to-7 over the remainder of the third quarter and took the 55-18 advantage into the fourth. The CCA lead was expanded to 60-18 in the open- ing minute of the fourth quarter, but the OVCS closed the game on a 6-2 run. The Lady Patriots claimed the 6224 and the spot in Saturday’s championship. Ohio Valley Christian was led by Emily Carman with nine points and Bekah Sargent with eight. Cassandra Hutchinson marked four points, while Rachel Sargent added three to round out the OVCS total. The Lady Defenders shot 9-of-34 (26.5 percent) from the field and 5-of-8 (62.5 percent) from the free throw line. The Blue and Gold had 18 rebounds, five assists, 11 steals and 30 turnovers. Hutchinson led the Lady Defenders on the glass with seven rebounds, followed by Bekah Sargent with five, Rachel Sargent with four and Emily Carman with two. Sarah Schoonover finished with a team-high three assists, followed by Carman with two. Rachel Sargent anchored the defense with five steals, followed by Schoonover with three, Teah Elliott with two and Bekah Sargent with one. The Willoughby natives were led by Jordan Cloonan with 15 points and Payton Buell with 14. Mickayla Baldwin marked 10 points, Chelsey Warden added nine, while Olivia Lesak and Geneive Berry both finished with four. Grace Marino had three points, Sophia Zinni added two and Ashley West rounded out the CCA total with one point. OVP Sports Schedule Monday, March 3 Boys Basketball Hannan at Wahama, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 4 Boys Basketball South Gallia vs. Ports. Notre Dame at Convo, 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 Boys Basketball Point Pleasant at Winfield, 7 p.m. Monday, March 3 Girls Basketball Eastern vs. Waterford at Jackson HS, 7 p.m. Defenders rallied back to cut the deficit to a pair, sparked by back-to-back trifectas by T.G. Miller. CCS scored four consecutive points, pushing the lead back to six, but OVCS tied the game at 48 with three minutes to play. Christian Community scored back-to-back baskets to take the four-point lead with a minute to play but the Defenders cashed in on a pair of free throw with 37 seconds to play. CCS junior K.J. Miller stepped to the charity stripe with 11 seconds left and nailed two free throws to put the lead to four points. Down two possessions, the Defenders could not complete the comeback and the Warriors claimed the 5450 triumph and a spot in the state championship. See WARRIORS | B4 Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Ohio Valley Christian sophomore Marshall Hood (24) goes up between a quartet of CCS defenders, during the Warriors four-point victory at Ohio Christian University on Friday. Photos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports The Eastern girls basketball team earned their fourth consecutive district title Friday night with a 84-30 victory over Portsmouth Clay, at Jackson High School. Lady Eagles soar past Clay, 84-30 By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com JACKSON, Ohio – How sweet it is. The Eastern girls basketball team will be making its fourth consecutive appearance in the sweet 16, after the Lady Eagles defeated Portsmouth Clay 8430, Thursday night in the Apple City. The Lady Eagles scored the game’s first 12 points and were aided by five three-pointers as they surged to the 23-8 lead through eight minutes. Eastern held the Lady Panthers to seven points in the second stanza and pushed the lead to 47-15 at halftime. The Green and Gold outscored CHS 24-to10 in the third quarter to extend the lead to 71-29. Clay was held to just one point over the final eight minutes and Eastern cruised to the 84-30 district championship triumph. “It’s still a district championship,” Eastern coach John Burdette said. “I told the girls it doesn’t matter how they feel like they’ve been here the school only has six, now seven in history, so it’s not easy and I needed to remind them of that before we came up here.” Eastern’s scoring output was led by Jenna Burdette with 22 points and Jordan Parker with 20. Maddie Rigsby marked 12 points, Laura Pullins added 11, while Hannah Barringer had six in the win. Erin Swatzel and Katie Keller both had four points of EHS, Lindsey Hupp had three and Morgan Barringer rounded out the Lady Eagle scoring with two points. The Lady Eagles were 35-of-67 (52.2 percent) from the field, 11-of-21 (52.4 percent) from three point range and 3-of-4 (75 percent) from the charity stripe. The Lady Eagles had 35 rebounds, 15 assists, 20 steals, five blocks and nine turnovers in the win. Swatzel led Eastern with six rebounds, followed by Burdette with five. Keller, Rigsby and Hannah Barringer each added four rebounds, while Keller anchored the defense with three rejections. Burdette had a game-high six steals, followed by Parker with five. Pullins and Rigsby each had three steals, while Burdette led the team with five assists. Pullins, Parker and Hannah Bailey each Eastern senior Maddie Rigsby (31) shoots in front of a Clay defender, during the Lady Eagles’ 54-point triumph in the district final. added three assists for the Green and Gold. “You have to come out and play with good intensity,” said John Burdette. “I thought they come out with their heads on, they shot the ball well and played good defense in the beginning. That’s always important to start out with.” Emily Widdowson led the Lady Panthers with 11 points, followed by Lexie Gilliland with six and Katie Redding with five. Madison Freeman and Shannon Curry each added three points, while Cami Whitley and Cassie Wolfe had one point in the loss. See EAGLES | B4 Marauders swept by Athens in season finale, 65-39 By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — A tough way to go out. The Meigs boys basketball kept up for a half, but an 18-2 third quarter surge ultimately allowed visiting Athens to finish unbeaten in league play following a 65-39 decision Thursday night in the Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division finale for both programs. The Marauders (8-12, 4-6 TVC Ohio) battled hard in their final game at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium this year, as the hosts fell behind by a slim 14-11 margin after eight minutes of play. The Bulldogs (17-3, 10-0) followed with a small 12-11 second quarter spurt, allowing AHS to secure a 26-22 edge at the intermission. Meigs was never closer the rest of the night, as the Green and Gold surrendered a single field goal to Damon Jones in the third canto while making its charge — allowing the guests to claim a comfortable 44-24 cushion headed into the finale. A.J. Kopec hit a trio of trifectas down the stretch, but the Bulldogs closed regulation with a 21-15 run to wrap up the 26-point triumph. Athens won the previous matchup 63-31 margin back on Jan. 24 at McAfee Gymnasium. The Marauders connected on 16of-55 field goal attempts for 29 percent, including a 5-of-20 effort from three-point range for 25 percent. The hosts were also a perfect 2-of-2 at the free throw line and committed just nine turnovers in the setback. Isaiah English led MHS with 11 points, followed by Damon Jones and A.J. Kopec with nine markers apiece. Colton Lilly was next with four points, while Jordan Hutton, Ty Phelps and Cody Bartrum rounded out the scoring with two markers each. Jones led the Marauders with seven rebounds and three steals, while Phelps chipped in a team-best two assists. It was the final game on the hardwood for seniors Damon Jones and Jordan Hutton in the Maroon and Gold. Ibi Watson paced Athens with a game-high 20 points, followed by Joe Burrow and Ben Scott with 11 markers apiece. The Bulldogs were 5-of-8 at the free throw line for 63 percent. �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page B2 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, March 2, 2014 White Falcons fall to Point Pleasant, 74-62 %,&î)A@CEDî�C:67D GPR baseball/softball signups GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The Gallipolis Parks and Recreation Department will hold baseball and softball signups through Friday, March 14. You can sign up at the Gallipolis Justice Center, 518 Second Avenue any day from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Special evening signups will be from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, and Wednesday, March 12, at the Gallipolis Justice Center. Cost is $35 per child and $20 for each additional child. Baseball participants must be between the ages of 4-15, as of April 30, 2014. Softball girls must be between the ages of 4-15, as of December 31, 2013. Registration can be mailed to the Recreation Department, P.O. Box 339, Gallipolis, OH 45631. For more information, contact Brett Bostic — Director of Parks and Recreation, 333 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, OH — at (740) 441-6022. By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com Wahama HOF Trustees meeting MASON, W.Va. — The Wahama High School Athletic Hall of Fame Board of Trustees will be conducting their first meeting of 2014 at the Riverside Golf Club at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4. The main topics on the agenda will be the opening of nominations for the 2014 Wahama Hall of Fame class and the approaching 2014 fund raising WHS Hall of Fame Golf Tournament. All HOF Board of Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Trustee members are urged to attend this meeting as well Point Pleasant senior Wade Martin (25) releases a shot atas anyone wishing to participate in the Bend Area Hall of tempt in between Wahama defenders Hunter Rose (20), Wyatt Fame selection process. Zuspan (10) Brent Larck (50) and Michael Hendricks, right, during the second half of Friday night’s boys basketball con- Mason Rec Summer Ball signups test in Point Pleasant, W.Va. MASON, W.Va. — The Mason Recreational Foundation Summer Ball signups will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, and Sarurday, March 15, at the Hair Shop. Note, if you were released by Mason to play for another team in 2013, you are still required to sign up in Mason until player numbers are evaluated and determined for the year. Sign up fee is $40 per child, $65 per family. Call Rick Kearns for questions at (304) 882-2312. POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A senior night for the record books. Wade Martin became the alltime leading scorer in Point Pleasant history, allowing he and four classmates to celebrate their final home basketball game in style Friday night with a 74-62 victory over Wahama in the regular season finale for both Mason County programs. The Big Blacks (14-8) honored Martin, Evan Potter, Garrett Norris, Nick Templeton and Alex Somerville before the game for their collective years of dedication to the program, but the White Falcons (9-12) were not as hospitable in the early moments — as the guests hit eight of their first dozen shots en route to a 17-9 advantage midway through the first period. PPHS, however, countered with a 9-3 run over the next four minutes, allowing the Red, Black and White to close to within 20-18 after eight minutes of play. Aden Yates gave Point its first lead of the night at the 7:10 mark of the second canto, as the junior sank the second of two free throws for a 2120 edge. Wahama countered with a 5-2 run over the next two-plus minutes, as Wyatt Zuspan netted a basket at the 4:37 mark to cap the spurt for a 2523 advantage. It would also serve as the White Falcons’ final lead of the contest. See FALCONS | B3 PYL baseball/softball signups POMEROY, Ohio — The Pomeroy Youth League will be holding baseball and softball signups at the Pomeroy Fire Department from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, for boys and girls ages 5-18. There will also be an additional signup at the PFD from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 6. For more information, call Ken at (740) 416-8901. MYL baseball/softball signups MIDDLEPORT, Ohio — The Middleport Youth League will be holding baseball and softball signups at the Middleport City Building (the old Middleport Elementary) from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, for boys and girls ages 5-18. For more information, call Dave at (740) 590-0438 or Jackie at (740) 416-1261. URG to host Youth Basketball Tournament RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande men’s soccer program is sponsoring a Youth Basketball Tournament, March 7-9, at the Newt Oliver Arena and the Auxiliary Gymnasium inside the Lyne Center on the URG campus. There are three divisions—a 3rd-4th grade and 5th-6th grade division for boys and a 5th-6th grad division for girls. Cost is $125 per team. There will be awards for both the champion and runner-up in each of the three divisions. Full concessions will also be available during all three days of the tourney. Registration forms can be obtained by clicking on the link at the top of the men’s soccer page on Rio’s athletic website—www.rioredstorm.com. Registration deadline is March 1. For more information, contact Scott Morrissey at (740) 645-6438, Darren Wamsley at (304) 360-4300 or Tony Daniels at (740) 645-0377. See BRIEFS | B3 Shawnee State outlasts RedStorm baseball, 3-2 By Randy Payton Special to OVP PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Daniel Katayama’s one-out single in the bottom of the 10th inning plated teammate Brady Page with the winning run and lifted Shawnee State University to a 3-2 win over the University of Rio Grande, Friday afternoon, in MidSouth Conference baseball action at Branch Rickey Park. Katayama’s game-winning hit capped the Bears’ rally from a 2-0 first inning deficit and gave Shawnee State (8-7 overall, 1-0 MSC) the victory in the conference opener for both teams. Rio Grande, which had a two-game winning streak snapped, slipped to 4-8 overall and 0-1 in league play with the loss. Brady Hightchew opened the home 10th by reaching on an error, but was quickly forced out at second on Brady Page’s fielder’s choice grounder to third. Dalton Tinsley followed with a single to right which moved to third and, on the same play, advanced into scoring position on the throw to third. Katayama, Shawnee’s leading hitter average-wise this season, then hit a 1-0 pitch from Rio Grande senior reliever Eric Ford (Chagrin Falls, OH) into shallow right field to score Page with the winning run. Ford, who worked a perfect ninth inning in relief of senior starter Mike Deitsch (Cincinnati, OH), was the hard-luck loser as a result of the unearned run. The loss also squandered a solid performance on the hill by Deitsch, who allowed four hits and a pair of unearned runs in eight innings while walking two and striking out 10. Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Point Pleasant senior Kinneson Leslie, left, battles for leverage with Tyler Eads of Hedgesville during a Class AAA 106-pound match Friday at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, W.Va. Point, Wahama faring well after Day 2 at state By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Mason County sent 16 wrestlers to the state tournament, and nine of them have advanced on to podium finishes over the first two days of competition. Only one, however, will be going for the gold on Day 3. Point Pleasant sophomore Tannor Hill will be the lone hope for a Mason County championship Saturday night during the final round of the 2014 WVSSAC Wrestling Championships being held at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Cabell County. Mason County had six undefeated grapplers headed into Friday night’s semifinals, but Hill was the only one to advance to the finals after scoring an 11-0 major decision over R.J. Wilson of Washington. Hill — who owns a 3-0 record through Friday night — will face Ryan Carson of Lewis County in the Class AAA 195-pound championship Saturday evening. The Big Blacks, after two days, are sixth overall in the Class AAA tournament with 76.5 team points. Huntington leads the Class AAA field with 156 points, followed by Parkersburg (134) and Parkersburg South (98). Wheeling Park (94) and George Washington (88.5) round out the top five spots. Guy Fisher (126), John Raike (132) and Jon Peterson (182) all made it to the semifinals, but Fisher and Peterson each dropped a one-point decision while Raike lost a two-point decision on Friday night. The trio owns a personal record of 2-1 apiece headed into Saturday. PPHS also has a pair of grapplers making some noise in the consolation bracket, as Kinneson Leslie and Jacob Duncan have battled their way into at least a topsix finish. Leslie is 3-1 overall in the 106-pound bracket, while Duncan is also 3-1 in the 220 weight class. Hunter White (160) and Grant Safford (170) had their respective seasons come to an end after posting matching 2-2 marks, while Austin Rutter finished 1-2 overall in the 152-pound weight class. Scotty Wilcox (113), Austin Wamsley (120) and Dakota Swann Wahama junior Demetrius Serevicz, right, tries to battle out of a leg lock during a Class AA-A 195-pound match Friday at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, W.Va. (138) each went winless in two matches at the state level for PPHS. The White Falcons, after two days, are tied for 15th overall with Grafton in the Class AA-A tournament with 39 team points. Independence leads the small school field with 153 points, followed by Greenbrier West (110) and North Marion (79). Fairmont Senior, Oak Glen and Calhoun are all tied for fourth with 77.5 points. See STATE | B3 See OUTLAST | B3 -,+îE@î9@=5îEH@îDAC:?8îAC24E:46Dî@?îC@25 The family of Ada McHaffie would like to thank everyone for the kindness shown to our family, during the illness and loss of our Mother. Special thanks to Dr. Wesley Lieving and her nurse, Sheryl Midkiff, for making Mom’s last days as comfortable as possible. May God bless each of you! 60486682 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Spring football practice is mainly about learning with little attention is given to getting college fans revved up six months before the season starts. West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen wants to put some excitement into this year’s early drills by taking his team on the road. The Mountaineers begin practice Sunday in Morgantown. After three indoor practices without pads that will be used for teaching purposes, the team will gather again after spring break for 12 outdoor sessions. West Virginia will head to Wheeling on March 22 and Charleston on April 5. Holgorsen said he wants fans across the state to be able to see what the Mountaineers will put on the field next fall. In addition to the two out-of-town practices, a March 29 practice in Morgantown and the annual spring game April 12 in Morgantown will be open to the public. Holgorsen said the travel was his idea. “We want all of Mountaineer nation to be able to come and be able to watch the Mountaineers to see what we’re putting out there, to see what the product is,” he said. “I think everybody’s going to be pleasantly surprised with what the product’s going to be.” About 70 scholarship players will be coming along for the ride. Missing will be two quarterbacks who started nine of 12 games last year. Clint Trickett had offseason shoulder surgery and will be throwing some during the spring but won’t be cleared to return until after the spring semester. Ford Childress is no longer with the team. Paul Millard, who started three games last season, and junior college transfer Skyler Howard will take the majority of snaps. Logan Moore was moved to quarterback to have a third arm available in the spring. See PRACTICE | B3 �Sunday, March 2, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D #6:8Dî=:?6>2?î#@C82?î *F4<6CîD:8?DîH:E9î�D9=2?5 Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Meigs senior left tackle Morgan Tucker signed his letter of intent Tuesday to continue his football career at the University of Ashland. “It’s great, Ashland is a school I’ve been looking at since my freshman year,” said Morgan Tucker. “The football team is the main reason I choose Ashland but the Academics are great and so is the campus. The Meigs coaching staff and administration has helped me and I need to say thank you to them.” Tucker was one of three players from the state of Ohio to play in the 2013 Blue-Grey All American Bowl in Dallas, Texas. “It starts with his parents, they have put values into Morgan that are paying off now,” said MHS head coach Mike Bartrum. “Morgan is a leader on our team, he was hurt last year and this year he had another injury and he keeps coming back from all the adversity. We’re so proud of him and honored that he’s our first signing since we’ve been apart of this staff.” Ashland is a NCAA Division II school and part of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Golden Eagles were 5-5 last season. U.S. News and World Report ranks Ashland in the Top 200 National University institutions. Morgan holds a 3.09 grade point average and is ranked 44-of-123 in the MHS senior class. Morgan plans on majoring in international business. Pictured above, sitting in the front, is Morgan with his father Larry Tucker and Mother Wendy Tucker. Standy in the back, from left, are Meigs Superintendent Rusty Bookman, MHS Principal Steve Ohlinger, Marauders assistant coach Cassady Willford, Marauders assistant coach Nolan Yates, Marauders head coach Mike Bartrum and Meigs Athletic Director Ron Hill. Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� Meigs’ Macek signs with Battlers Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Meigs Marauders senior guard Nathan Macek recently signed his letter of intent to continue his football career with the Battlers of Alderson Broaddus in Philippi West Virginia. “This means everything to me,” Nathan said. “I’m the first one in my family to play college football and the first one to sign under Coach Bartrum so it’s pretty exciting. Alderson Broaddus has a great football program with a new stadium and academically the offer environmental engineering, which is what I will major in.” The Battlers are a member of the Greater Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) in NCAA Division II. ABU was 4-7 on the gridiron last year. “Nathan, like a lot of kids that we have, is a class act,” said Marauders head coach Mike Bartrum. “They do what we ask and it doesn’t matter what it is they have a great attitude and a great effort, and Nathan is the epitome of that. When he came in he didn’t expect any thing rather than high-expectations for himself. He played guard for us and ended up snapping for us and it was great to have him.” Nathan currently holds a 2.79 grade point average and is 59th in the senior class of 123 at MHS. Macek played his first two high school seasons at Athens High School, where the Bulldogs went 15-6 in his tenure. Meigs was 3-7 in Macek’s first year in the Maroon and Gold and turned it around to a 7-3 record his senior season.“I need to thank my coaches, my family and my friends who have supported me,” Nathan said. “They have all been a big help.” Pictured above, sitting in front is Nathan with his parents William Macek and Connie Macek. Standing in the back, from left, are MHS Principal Steve Ohlinger, Marauders head coach Mike Bartrum and Meigs Athletic Director Ron Hill. Falcons From Page B2 Brian Gibbs and Alex Somerville sparked a 4-0 run to give the Big Blacks a 27-25 edge, but Hunter Bradley followed with two free throws at the 3:16 mark to knot the game up for the final time at 27-all. Somerville countered with a trfiecta at the 2:51 mark for a permanent lead at 30-27, which sparked an 11-0 charge to end the first half — giving Point Pleasant its largest lead before the break at 38-27. Martin reached his scoring milestone early in the third period, as the senior capped a 4-3 run with a layup at the 6:17 mark to give Point a 42-30 edge. After a brief delay to acknowl- edge the accolade, Wahama followed with a 6-0 run to close to within 42-36 with 4:11 remaining in the third quarter. The White Falcons, however, were never closer the rest of the way. PPHS answered with a 9-0 surge for a 51-36 edge, then closed the final 2:24 with a 10-9 spurt to secure a 61-45 advantage headed into the finale. The 16-point lead was also the largest of the game for the Big Blacks. WHS pulled to within nine points (65-56) with 4:07 left in regulation and was again within three possessions (69-60) with 1:22 remaining, but the hosts closed the game with a 5-2 run over the final 63 seconds — allowing Point to wrap up the 12-point triumph. Martin — a four-year starter for PPHS — needed 14 points coming in to surpass the previous scoring mark of 1,243 points held by former teammate Dillon McCarty. Martin finished the night with 19 points, a dozen of which came during the hardfought first half. “It’s a great feeling to reach this milestone. I’ve put in a lot of work and played a lot of games over the years, and this is a reward for all of that hard work and dedication,” Martin said in a humble manner. “I couldn’t have done this without great teammates and coaches along the way, and I think that it’s pretty cool that this happened at home. I’m also glad that it happened in a win.” PPHS connected on 26-of-52 shot attempts for 50 percent, including a 7-of-22 effort from three-point range for 32 percent. The hosts also outrebounded Wahama by a 35-27 overall margin and committed 17 turnovers in the decision. Alex Somerville led the Big Blacks with a game-high 20 points, followed by Martin with 19 points and Aden Yates with 10 markers. Evan Potter, Nick Templeton and Brian Gibbs also chipped in seven points apiece. Garrett Norris added three points to the winning cause, while Doug Workman rounded out the tally with one marker. PPHS — winners of nine of its last 11 contests — was 15-of-26 at the free throw line for 74 percent. Briefs The White Falcons made 21-of-55 floor attempts for 38 percent, including a 5-of-19 effort from behind the arc for 26 percent. The guests committed 15 turnovers and went 15of-19 at the charity stripe for 79 percent. Wyatt Zuspan paced WHS with 19 points, followed by Hunter Rose with 18 points and Hunter Bradley with 14 markers. Brent Larck and Ryan Thomas rounded out the respective scoring with six and three markers. Wahama will host Hannan Monday night in a Class A sectional tournament contest, while Point Pleasant travels to Winfield for a Class AAA sectional game Wednesday. Both games will tip-off at 7 p.m. State From Page B2 URG men’s soccer to host Spring ID Camp RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande will host a Spring ID Camp on Saturday, March 22, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at the Evan E. Davis Soccer Complex on the URG campus. The camp, which is open to all high school age boys, costs $75 and includes lunch and a t-shirt. Participants will get a pair of elite level training sessions with the Rio Grande coaching staff and the chance to practice alongside the Mid-South Conference champion RedStorm squad on one of the finest pitches in all of NAIA. There will also be 7 vs. 7 and 11 vs. 11 game opportunities, as well as a presentation of the day-to-day experiences of a Rio Grande player and a Q&A session with attending coaches. To register online, or for more information and a camp itinerary, go to www.rioredstormsoccercamps.com. Registration began on February 1. Two coyote hunts remaining ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — Two coyote hunts remain in the second annual Shade River Coon Hunters Club Coyote Hunt. Coyote hunters can sign up by 6 p.m. Sunday for weigh-in on Sunday, March 2, or sign up by 6 p.m. on March 30 for the April 6 weigh-in. Cost is $20 per hunt with 75 percent payback. Prize money split between most caught, biggest male and biggest female. For more information or to sign up contact Bill Spaun at (740) 9923992, Shannon Cremeans at (740) 985-3891, Randy Butcher at (740) 742-2302 or at the coon club at the Rocksprings Fairgrounds between 4-6 p.m. on signup day. From Page B2 Jacob Bennett (126) and Kane Roush (170) each made it to the semifinals, but both were eliminated from title contention Friday night. Bennett suffered a pinfall loss while Roush dropped a 4-3 decision. Both grapplers have secured podium spots and own matching 2-1 marks headed into Saturday. Randale Robie has made some noise in the consolation bracket, as the senior battled his way on to the podium after posting a 3-1 record through two days of competition. Demetrius Serevicz (195) had his season end with a 2-2 mark at the state level. The consolation matches will begin at 10:45 a.m. Saturday morning, while the championships for both Class AA-A and Class AAA will start at 6 p.m. Saturday night. Complete results of the 65th annual WVSSAC Wrestling Championships are available on the web at wvmat.com Practice From Page B2 Holgorsen said Howard has been eager to ask questions during meetings with offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson. “Nothing’s more important to him than being a quarterback, which I view as incredibly important,” Holgorsen said. “He’s a breath of fresh air for me, I know that.” The quarterback position is expected to be wide open entering fall camp. Trickett, Millard and Childress combined to throw for 16 touchdowns and 16 interceptions with a combined average of 264 yards per game. Dawson said the task shouldn’t fall on the coaching staff to determine who’s first on the depth chart. “I know that sounds weird,” Dawson said. “We’re going to give you the opportunity to win the job. Make our job easy. Win the job. It’s not kindergarten. If you get an opportunity, take advantage of it. If you don’t, too bad.” Attention on a defense that has been the team’s biggest problem the past two seasons will be as much on the coaching staff as the players. Former longtime Penn State assistant Tom Bradley joined West Virginia last week as senior associate head coach. His defensive coaching position will be designated later. Bradley was defensive coordinator for Penn State from 2000-11, and became interim coach for the final four games of the 2011 season after Joe Paterno was fired during the Jerry Sandusky child sexualabuse scandal. Tony Gibson will make Mason Wisner earned the win in relief for the Bears, working the final 1-2/3 innings in relief of starter Derek Moore. Rio Grande jumped to a first inning lead against Moore when senior Marcus Makuch (Baltimore, OH) led off with a single, junior Anthony Knittel (Portsmouth, OH) drew a one-out walk and junior Kyle Findley (Cincinnati, OH) singled to left to plate Makuch. Knittel also scored moments later on a two-out passed ball. Shawnee State got one of the runs back in the bottom of the inning when Katayama reached on a one-out single, moved to second as Nolan West reached on a passed ball while striking out and scored on a single by Blake Maines. That’s how things stayed until the home eighth inning when the Bears pushed Brian Mitchell is a former defensive coordinator at East Carolina. Linebackers Wes Tonkery and Jared Barber had offseason surgery and will sit out spring practice, while several other players return after missing games with injuries last fall, including linemen Christian Brown, linebacker Shaq Petteway, cornerback Nana Kyeremeh and safety K.J. Dillon. West Virginia opens the season Aug. 30 against Alabama in Atlanta. Basket Games March 6th Doors Open 5pm...Games 6pm A.B.C. Conference Room…behind HMC Café Outlast From Page B2 his debut as West Virginia’s fourth defensive coordinator in four seasons. He’ll also coach the linebackers. Former defensive coordinator Joe DeForest remains on staff as special teams and safeties coach, and cornerbacks coach across the tying marker with two outs. Katayama reached on a two-out walk and was replaced by pinch-runner Mitchell Lendenski, who stole second and scored on the same play thanks to a pair of RedStorm errors. Rio Grande left runners at second and third base in the ninth inning and had runners at first and second with one out in the 10th before Knittel grounded into an inning-ending double-play. Makuch had three hits to lead Rio at the plate, while junior Grant Tamane (Pickering, Ontario, Canada) and Findley had two hits each. Katayama finished 2-for-4 and was the only Shawnee State player with multiple hits in the win. The two teams are scheduled to conclude the weekend series with a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at noon. $20 for 20 Games Door Prizes, Food Sign Up Early for Special Prizes! 446.5376 Special Game Packs…$5 Proceeds Feed “The Snack Pack Program” For Gallia County and City Schools Hosted by Holzer Pediatrics H cs 60487184 �Page B4 LîSunday Times Sentinel &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday, March 2, 2014 $���î%!îH:E9î�2JE@?îA=2J:?8î:?î�:CDEî�@FCî2Eî9@>6 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In an effort to make it a fair contest, men’s teams can’t play on their home court during the NCAA tournament. At least, that’s the goal. The Dayton Flyers could upset that plan. Every March, the University of Dayton hosts the NCAA’s First Four, four games over two days which open the annual 68-team extravaganza. Heading into the weekend, the Flyers are 19-9 and are 7-6 in the competitive Atlantic 10. What would happen, when the selection committee starts seeding teams in 2½ weeks, if the Flyers fell into that part of the bracket? Home game? “We don’t have a backup facility that we would go to,” said NCAA selection committee chair Ron Wellman. “So that would be the case.” The other options are not workable. The selection committee won’t hold it against Dayton if it is in position for an at-large bid. Also, it wouldn’t be fair to bump the Flyers into the secondround solely to avoid the homecourt problem. Nope, should the tumblers fall correctly — or incorrectly, if you’re an opposing team — the Flyers would be playing before a partisan crowd if they got into a first-round game. Dayton coach Archie Miller is not exactly banking on it, however. “The goal of our program is to be in the tournament every year,” said the third-year Flyers coach. “Once you’re in, it feels like the greatest gift in the world. If they send you to Anchorage, Alaska, or send you to California, you’re just so excited to be in the tournament. That’s a big part of it. “The fact that we do have the NCAA tournament here — it’s never really crossed our minds, like, ‘Hey, if we get in, hopefully we can play in Dayton.’” Wellman said there are always partisan crowds in the NCAA tournament, even though teams haven’t been permitted to play on their home floor for more than 20 years. So it’s no big deal. “We consider the location of the arena in proximity of the team all the time,” said Wellman, also the athletic director at Wake Forest. “There are always home crowds, more of one group of fans compared to another group in just about any arena that we play.” Few know it, but the University of Dayton Arena has hosted more NCAA men’s tournament games than any other venue — 101 games, with Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium a distant second with 83. It has been home to the First Four every year since it began in 2011. Before that, it hosted the one play-in game — which the NCAA called the Opening Round — from 2001 to 2010. To bump up attendance, the school links the NCAA tournament games with season-ticket sales. Fans buy the tickets without knowing who’s coming in — usually an ArkansasLittle Rock or Vermont instead of Duke or Kansas. Over the years, the appetizer to the big tournament usually draws be- tween 7,000 and 12,000 fans. There’s no question if Dayton were in the First Four that it would be a guaranteed sell-out. But that might also be the case in the 13,455-seat arena if any school within a 3-hour drive such as Kentucky, Louisville, Indiana, Ohio State or in-state Xavier, Ohio, Toledo or Kent State were playing. Even if the Flyers made it in, Dayton athletic director Tim Wabler figures it wouldn’t be a huge home-court advantage. “There’s over 70 companies and organizations that have already bought about 3,000 tickets, primarily through the local organizing committee’s efforts,” Wabler said. “Even though our season-ticket holders do a nice job in supporting the First Four, it’s really much more of a local event. It would be a different crowd than what we would typically see at our games.” Miller can just imagine what the opposing team might say about having to play against his team on its home floor. “I do think it would be overblown, a feeling of, ‘Oh my gosh, we have to play Dayton in Dayton!’” he said. “The crowd would be a pro-Dayton crowd, but the environment, the setup, the structure, the in-and-out of the arena, the game-time feel — the whole deal would be different.” It’s instructive that Dayton has played at home in the NCAA tournament before. In 1985, before a packed house, the Flyers took on Villanova in the first round … and lost 51-49 to the eventual national champions. Miller’s not worried about any history. The Flyers had a six-game winning streak ended with a 79-53 blow-out loss at Saint Joseph’s on Tuesday night. There are still three Atlantic 10 games remaining, starting with Saturday’s home game against Massachusetts. All Miller cares about is getting into the bracket announced on March 16. “If they said our name, I’d play in Russia,” he said. “It wouldn’t matter to me.” Ryan Raburn homers off !6D6=@HD<:îE@îDE2CEî@?îA@=6î2Eî&9@6?:I Bailey in spring debut nerve-racking for the drivers, it’s a lot more fun for our fans and partners and all those things, and that’s a good thing. I’m more interested in feedback from our fans to see if they liked it.” Keselowski was one of the first drivers to go out in the first session and finished behind Logano. He trumped his teammate in the shorter, second session to earn his fourth career pole and a spot on the front row for Sunday’s 312-mile race. Jamie McMurray qualified third, defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson was fourth and Daytona 500 champion Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start fifth, next to Greg Biffle. “The qualifying format was before because I felt like I was one of those guys it was exciting for me because I wasn’t in, I made another run, I got in,” McMurray said. “The excite- Jeff Siner | Charlotte Observer | MCT photo NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski waits for crew members to make adjustments to his car during a break in practice at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Daytona, Fla. ment was there.” NASCAR made numerous changes for this season, including a tweaked qualifying process in an effort to liven up what had become a monotonous part of race weekend. Big 10 unlikely to expand Friday night football CHICAGO (AP) — Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said Thursday that the league is not looking to schedule more Friday football games, except on Thanksgiving and Labor Day weekends. “Beyond that, I don’t think while I’m around here you’re going to see Friday night games,” he said. “Down the road? Who knows?” There are other questions hanging over Delany and the rest of the college athletics. Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter and the United Steelworkers recently announced plans to form the first labor union for college athletes. Hearings before the National Labor Relations Board in Chi- cago to determine if they are employees by federal law concluded this week. A ruling in their favor would allow them to organize. The group is seeking a greater say in matters such as improving safety and ensuring that scholarships cover living expenses as well as tuition. “Everybody’s sensitive to the points that are being made,” Delany said. “It’s unchartered territory. It reminds me a lot of 1968 because you’ve got traditions that are 100 years old that are being challenged, and I think in some cases, some of the challenges are proper. For me the time, the number of games, are issues.” Big 12 beating up each other ahead of NCAAs LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — After two months spent mostly bludgeoning each other into submission, coaches in the Big 12 are starting to cast a wary eye toward the NCAA tournament. Many of them are nervous. While other conferences may have a handful of standout teams, there are usually a few bottom- dwellers that everybody else can use to pad their records. That’s not the case in the Big 12, with its grueling double round-robin schedule, where even good teams are piling up losses. “It’s going to be interesting to see how it all plays out,” Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg said. “I think these last games are huge for a lot of teams. The fact that the Big 12 is No. 1 in RPI, BPI, whatever three-letter indexes you’re looking at will help all the teams.” Still, even though the selection committee takes dozens of factors into consideration for the field of 68, something as simple as overall record can sometimes hold sway. Warriors From Page B1 T.G. Miller led the Defenders with 30 points including a 14-of-16 performance from the charity stripe and 14 points in the fourth quarter. Marshall Hood marked six points for OVCS, while Evan Bowman and Elijah McDonald each had five markers. Phil Hollingshead rounded out the Ohio Valley Christian scoring with four points in the setback. The Defenders were 14-of-41 (34.1 percent) from the field and 19-of-24 (79.2 percent) from the free throw line. OVCS had 28 rebounds, five assists, nine blocks and nine steals. Hood led the Defenders with 11 rebounds and had all nine team rejections. Miller had nine rebounds and led the way with five steals. Dillon Ragan marked a team-high three assists, while Bowman marked two steals. K.J. Miller led the North Eaton natives with 23 points, followed by Tom Nowoslawski with 10 points and P.J. Norris with seven. Jacob Pshock had five points, Nate Hull added four, Alante Johnson finished with two points and Jacob Baker rounded out the Warrior total with one point. Eagles From Page B1 60486283 GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Ryan Raburn hit a two-run home run off Homer Bailey to lead the Cleveland Indians to its second straight win over the Cincinnati Reds, 4-0 Friday. Lonnie Chisenhall, who is trying to hold on to the starting third base job in Cleveland, walked to set up Raburn’s second-inning drive off Bailey, who tossed his second career no-hitter last season. Indians likely closer Jon Axford walked one and struck out two in a scoreless inning. Cleveland’s competition for the No. 5 starter’s role is picking up. Josh Tomlin followed Carlos Carrasco’s sharp outing Thursday with a solid appearance of his own Friday — two hits and two strikeouts in two innings. “The way Carrasco pitched yesterday and Tomlin today, I hope we have a tough decision by the end of spring,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. Trevor Bauer and Aaron Harang are also in the mix for the final spot in the Indians’ rotation. Cleveland scored two runs off Robert Stephenson in his first major league spring appearance. Stephenson was the Reds first pick in the 2011 draft. Jay Bruce and Ryan Ludwick hit consecutive singles in the fourth off Josh Tomlin for two of the Reds’ three hits. Reds’ closer Aroldis Chapman struck out all three batters he faced. “One thing we do know. They are ready to go. We keep tabs on our guys and we had a pretty visual on Chappy (Chapman),” Reds first-year manager Bryan Price said. “It was an early spring game but I like the energy and the effort by our guys today.” AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A few drivers, like Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, raced onto the track to get in their qualifying sessions. Others waited, some nearly 10 minutes, before heading out for the first time. There were long stretches with almost no activity followed by mad scrambles to get runs in before time ran out. Cars raced past each other at close to a 100 mph difference. No doubt, this first round of NASCAR’s new knockout qualifying was a little strange and will take some getting used to. Brad Keselowski earned the first Sprint Cup pole under NASCAR’s new format, edging Joey Logano with a track-record top speed of 139.384 mph at Phoenix International Raceway on Friday. “It’s a lot more nerveracking,” Keselowski said. “Usually a pretty good rule of thumb is that If it’s more Clay shot 10-of-38 (26.3 percent) from the field, 3-of-13 (23.1 percent) from beyond the arc and 7-of-13 (53.8 percent) from the free throw line. The Lady Panthers had 23 rebounds, led by Gilliland with nine, and 24 turnovers in the loss. Eastern will face TriValley Conference Hocking Division rival Waterford on Thursday in the Regional final at Jackson High School. The Lady Eagles have defeated WHS twice this season by an average of 30 points. “Of course you know what they say, that third time is the toughest,” said John Burdette. “We just have to come out and play our game. We both know each other really well so I’m sure Jerry Close will come out and do something different. 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CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyrie Irving didn’t need any reminders he was closing in on his first career triple double Friday night. He got plenty of help anyway. “I was trying to not think about it too much, but my teammates were hollering at me to get one more rebound, Coach (Mike) Brown was telling to get one more rebound, a couple of fans were yelling at me that I need one more,” Irving said. “I said, ‘I got you guys, don’t worry.’ “ The All-Star Game MVP had 21 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 99-79 win over the Utah Jazz. Two rebounds shy of the mark going into the fourth quarter, Irving grabbed his ninth rebound early in the period and pulled down his 10th with 4:12 to go to become the first Cleveland player with a triple double since LeBron James on March 16, 2010, at Detroit. Irving gave credit for his last rebound to center Spencer Hawes, who joked he pulled back a bit on a missed shot by Marvin Williams. “Luckily, Spence alligator-armed that Ex-NFL safety Sharper surrenders in L.A. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former NFL All-Pro safety Darren Sharper surrendered to Los Angeles police after being named in a warrant involving a rape case in New Orleans. Sharper, 38, also is under investigation in sexual assault cases in Florida, Nevada and Arizona and has pleaded not guilty to rape charges in Los Angeles. Sharper’s surrender Thursday night had been arranged in advance, LAPD Officer Bruce Borihan said. He was being held at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center. In a bail motion filed in the California case, Los Angeles County Investigator John Maccharella described a pattern in which the former football star met women at clubs or parties and lured them to a hotel room, where they were allegedly drugged and raped. Lawyers for Sharper, who played in the NFL from 1997 to 2010 primarily with the Green Bay Packers, have said they would prove that any sexual contact Sharper engaged in was welcomed. The motion says the incidents hap- John Fitzhugh | Biloxi Sun Herald | MCT photo New Orleans Saints safety Darren Sharper strikes a pose during the second quarter of their NFC playoff game against the Arizona Cardinals at the Superdome in New Orleans, La. on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. The Saints won 45-14. pened in the past five months, with two occurring within a day in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY TEMPORARY POSITION LAST OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY one, like he said, to let me get that last one,” Irving said. Irving received standing ovations when he reached the milestone and when he was pulled from the game a few seconds later. That support went a step too far earlier in the quarter when a young fan wearing a stocking cap raced on the floor and patted Irving on the shoulder. The fan was wrestled to the floor by several policemen and security guards and led away in handcuffs. Irving joked that the fan was a long-time friend and suggested it might have been better if he had waited until after the game. “He told me loved me and I told him I loved him back,” said Irving, who also had a fan enter the court at Quicken Loans Arena last season to congratulate him. “My teammates said I was scared. I don’t think I looked scared. I flinched a little bit. I was surprised.” Cleveland dominated the second half to earn the win and gain ground in the race for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers trail Atlanta by 3½ games for the eighth position. The final game of February capped quite a month for Irving and the team. An embarrassing loss to the depleted Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 6 stretched Cleveland’s losing streak to six games and general manager Chris Grant was fired the following day. Just when it looked like the season was a lost cause, the Cavaliers won six in a row and Irving took over the All-Star Game with 31 points and 14 assists. With 22 games remaining, Cleveland has a chance to reach the playoffs in Irving’s third season in the NBA. “Kyrie has got so much talent, so much ability, I think the numbers are always going to be there for him,” Utah forward Richard Jefferson said. “But no one is going to judge his career on numbers. The next thing for him is about winning. That’s what everyone expects to happen.” Luol Deng scored 16 points as the Cavaliers placed five players in double figures. Gordon Hayward scored 18 points for Utah on the first stop of a six-game road trip. Irving scored 10 points in the third quarter as the Cavaliers turned a threepoint deficit into a 63-51 lead. The margin reached 23 late in the fourth quarter. �2C?92C5Eî8@:?8î72DEî2?5î7FC:@FD AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — NASCAR’s most popular driver won the sport’s biggest race last weekend. It may not have been the most exciting news of the week, at least when it comes to fans of Dale Earnhardt Jr. A reluctant participant on Twitter for years, Earnhardt burst into the Twitterverse this week with a flourish of revealing tweets that have given fans insight into his life they never knew before. “I don’t know what I was thinking, why I didn’t get on there earlier,” Earnhardt said from Phoenix International Speedway on Friday. “It’s a great way to tell people things you appreciate and it’s instant.” Earnhardt has had a Twitter account since 2008, when JR Motorsports signed up DaleJr. Earnhardt had no inter- Stephen M. Dowell | Orlando Sentinel | MCT Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 23. est in that end of social media at first, so the account sat dormant for years. That changed early Monday morning, hours after Earnhardt won his second Daytona 500 and posted a photo of himself with the trophy: “Tonight seemed like as good a night as any to join Twitter. How is everyone doin?” ATTENTION CONTRACTORS & HOME OWNERS Avoid a 50% penalty each year Building Notice 5713.17 Duty Duty to to notify notify county county auditor auditor of $5,713.17 of improvement improvement costing costing over $2,000; entry for examination. over $2,000; entry for examination. Gallia County has received a National Emergency Grant for clean-up and debris removal resulting from High Winds and allows for the hiring of temporary workers for this purpose. The grant specifies these workers must be unemployed as a result of a lay off or have been unemployed for 15 out of 26 weeks. Veterans have priority over non-veterans. Wages will range from $11.00 to $11.53 an hour. If you are an individual currently receiving unemployment benefits, those benefits will be put on hold if you are hired. When the program is over; you can begin receiving your unemployment benefits for the number of weeks remaining on you unemployment claim. Employment under the program will not affect an individuals, current receipt of food assistance, cash assistance, or medical assistance through the Gallia County Department of Job and Family Services. To enable the county auditor to determine the value and location of buildings and other improvements, any person, other than a railroad company or public utility whose real property is valued for taxation by the tax commissioner, that constructs any building or other improvement costing more than two thousand dollars upon any lot or land within a township or municipal corporation not having a system of building registration and inspection shall notify the county auditor of the county within which such land or lot is located that the building or improvement has been completed or is in process of construction. The notice shall be in writing, shall contain an estimate of the cost of the building or improvement, shall describe the lot or land and it’s ownership in a manner reasonable calculated to allow the county auditor to identify the lot or tract of land on the tax list, and shall be served upon the county auditor not later than sixty days after the construction of the building or improvement has commenced. Upon the discovery of a building or improvement that has been constructed but of which the county auditor has not been notified as required by this section, the county auditor shall appraise it and place it upon the tax list and duplicate at its taxable value, together with a penalty equal to fifty percent of the amount of taxes that would have been charged against the building or improvement from the date of construction to the date of discovery had the county auditor been notified of its construction as required by this section. To obtain an application come to the Gallia County Department Job and Family Services at 848 Third Avenue Gallipolis, Ohio or call 740-446-3222 Ext. 238 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. The county auditor, or his deputy, within reasonable hours, may enter and fully examine all buildings and improvements that are either liable to or exempt from taxation by Title LVII (57) of the Revised Code. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS WILL BE LARRY M. BETZ GALLIA COUNTY AUDITOR 446-4612 MARCH 13, 2014. 60486664 60487312 60435318 �Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2014 ALONG THE RIVER C1 Photos by Beth Sergent | OVP News Performing during the number “Party Rock Anthem” are, pictured by row, Katherine Deem, Kenzie Newell, Taylor Porter, Carly Nott, Mary Grace Workman, Lindsay Nibert, Casey Snyder, Taylor Hall and Victoria Trimble. Red Hot Knights 45th Annual Black Knight Revue returns By Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT — Though the winter may still be raging, a sure sign of spring is on the way — the Black Knight Revue. This year the 45th annual Black Knight Revue takes the stage at Point Pleasant Junior/ Senior High School’s Wedge Auditorium on March 7-9. Next Friday’s and Saturday’s shows are at 7 p.m. while Sunday’s matinee begins at 3 p.m. The theme for this year’s revue is “Red Hot Knights” and there are 21 musical numbers lined up, including a tribute to Dick Clark, modern pop songs, some Latin flavor, a tribute to girl bands like the Supremes, Country tunes and a touch of Broadway, among many others. This year’s revue also boasts new costumes and large light drape that will be lowered from the ceiling of the stage for special effect. There’s also some special black light action going on during a rendition of LM- FAO’s “Party Rock Anthem.” This year’s revue will also be the last for Point Pleasant High School band director and music teacher Jeff Hilbert, who is retiring from teaching. Hilbert has been the actual band director at PPHS for 10 years but has spent 35 years teaching music in various capacities to students in Mason County Schools. He will fold up his music stand and go home at the end of this school year. Hilbert said he’ll miss the routine of the school year and the “band year” of which the revue is a major benchmark. This year’s revue has been a challenge due to an excessive amount of snow days canceling classes and rehearsals. Because of this, Black Knight Band members are notching up the rehearsal schedule this weekend just in case the latest round of bad weather cancels classes next week. Tickets to the revue are $5 in advance and can be purchased at area banks and Fruth Pharmacy. Tickets are $7 at the door. Helping Hilbert put together this year’s revue, as always, are music teacher and PPJHS band director Ben Loudin and Flag Corps coordinator Jessica Loudin, as well as many countless volunteers. Pictured performing “I’m Outta Here” are, standing front row, Taylor Whitt; sitting from left, Jadah Barnette, Lindsay Nibert, Katelyn Miller; standing from left, Shiloh Wamsley, Cheyenne Fultz, Aislyn Hayman, Liz Bateman, Taylor Hall, Brandi Stroup, Brittany Hart, Amanda Thompson, Danielle Foglesong. AT LEFT, performing during the number “Hot, Hot, Hot” are (top row, from left) Cody Brewster, Quentin Hanning, Charles Adkins, Zach Carry and Ben Blain. In the middle row, from left, are Chase Denny, KC Filkins, Philip Long, Tate Hawkins, Trevor Hawkins and Chris Harmon. In the bottow row, from left, are Kaitlee Arnold, Kenora Holland, Emily Keefer, Alexis Thomas, Katelyn Miller, Hope Smith, Casey Ward, Eryka Hernandez, Brandi Stroup and Mariah Hill. AT RIGHT, also performing a number at this year’s Black Knight Revue, are (standing front row) Shayne Ward and Kenzie Newell. Sitting, from left, are Hayley Roush, Noel Swisher, Amelia Stanley, Jordan Muncy and Katelyn Miller; and standing, from left, are Maggie Long, Samantha Machir, and Amanda Thompson. AT LEFT, Jeff Hilbert speaks to members of the Point Pleasant High School Black Knight Band during rehearsals for the 45th annual Black Knight Revue. This is Hilbert’s last year as band director and he also plans to retire from teaching at the end of the year after 35 years. He’s been the band director at PPHS for the last 10 years. AT RIGHT, performing in the country and pop “mashup” of “Twist and Shout” are, in the front row, from left, Conner Grady, Jamin Layton, Jayla Arnold, Taylor Hall, Chase Denny and Casey Ward. In the second row, from left, are Mariah Hill, Maggie Long, Kendra Holland, Amelia Stanley, Kaylee Arnold, Alexis Thomas and Jadah Barnette. In the back row, from left, are Chris Johnson, Brandon Bryant, Chris Harmon, Cody Brewster, Ben Blain and Tate Hawkins. �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page C2 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, March 2, 2014 �2==î#6C:Eî2?5î�62?[Dî=:DEDî2??@F?465 RIO GRANDE — The Office of the Registrar has released the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College fall semester 2013 Merit List and Dean’s List. Students named to the Merit List must be enrolled full time, complete all courses with a minimum of 12 credit hours and earn a 3.5-3.74 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale. Rio Merit List honorees include: Caleb Acord, Abigail Adams, Bailey Adkins, Harley Adler, Taylor Allen, Sharday Baines, Chelsea Barnes, Jeremy Bartley, Patrece Beegle, Amber Beidleman, Andrew Bennett, Tyler Black, Joshua Bock, Amanda Boster, Danielle Brannon, Hannah Brindle, Chelsea Brown, Ginger Brown, Kayla Browning, Stephen Brumfield, Lauren Burke, Jessica Burns, Bruno Casci, Cindy Conley, Tami Conrad, Chase Cook, Carrie Coriell, Tina Corwin, Cody Crawford, Jenna Crawford, Jaymee Cremeens, Larissa Cunningham, Rachelle Current, Natalie Davis, Rebecca Davis, Scarlet Denney, Jonathan Dodson, Jacob Dotson, Kayla Dowell, Megan Dunfee, Kristen Eblin, Steven Elliott, Cydnie Few, Joy Finley, Carlos Flores Alvarado, Eric Ford, Morgan Foster, Kody Fox, Karla Garn, Jocelyn George, Megan Giffin, Katie Glover, Lindsay Golden, Samantha Graham, Heather Graman, Kelsey Griffith, Erin Hale, Kelsey Hamilton, Rachel Hannon, Brooklyn Harless, Heidi Hemming, Jennifer Herzog, Max Hill, Leanne Hittle, Garry Huddleston, Caroline Hudson, Amber Huntzinger, Jordan Jenkins, Cassandra Johnson, Maria Johnson, Timothy Jones, Andrea Journey, Ernest Karikari, Jason Kelley, Emily Kinnan, Derek Klein, Cody Lee, Evan Legg, Kirstin Leonard, Hope Leopold, Riley Lightle, Rebecca Lipscomb, Taylor Long, Lesa Lookado, Jaclyn Lowe, Floyd Lowry, Myrriah Mace, Shelby Malone, Cody Mattox, Sheyan McGrath, Amy McKay, Carolyn Meek, Cailin Michael, Amanda Miller, Paul Miller, Leslie Mitchell, April Montgomery, Venessa Montgomery, Sara Moon, Paris Morris, Ethan Moss, Macyn Nance, Darian Napier, Chloe Nared, Jacquelyn Nitz, Brian Northup, Jessica Northup, Nicole Ogg, Kathryn Oshel, Mikhayla Oshel, Elizabeth Ours, Maria Ovalle, Michael Parcell, Courtney Parsons, William Paulino, Jayne Peck, Sylvia Perry, Jordan Pickens, Julie Polcyn, Cheyenne Potter, Shaina Prince, Karen Proffitt, Silas Pulliam, James Raynard, Megan Raynard, Kendra Reed, Clark Rice, Cody Riffle, Matthew Rinehart, Caitlin Roach, Tracy Roberts, Kimberly Rollins, Faith Rushing, Kayla Sanders, Shelby Sanders, Jessica Saunders, Merrit Scott, Nicholas Sharp, Tammy Sharp, Robin Shaw, Michelle Sheets, Jessica Shelton, Shane Shepherd, Allie Short, Blair Simpson, Madeline Smith, Taylor Smith, Igor Souza de Freitas, Katrina Sowers, Christopher Spurlock, David Steele Jr., Elizabeth Tackett, Luke Taylor, Morgan Van Bibber, Brianna Wachs, Mykah Walter, Breeanna Warner, Jeffrey Wells, Jennifer Williams, Justin Williams, Michael Williams, Molly Williams, Jessica Willis, Elisabeth Wolfe, Jesse Woodyard, Luke Workman, Sharon Wright, Stephen Yoczik, Kyle Young and Connor Zingarelli. Students named to the Dean’s List must be enrolled full time, complete all courses with a minimum of 12 credit hours and earn at least a 3.75 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Rio Dean’s List honorees include Sonya Adams, Halley Alberts, Michael Anderson, Velma Anderson, Isaac Andrews, Patricio Arce Aviles, Charlene Arrowood, Kevin Arroyo, Abigail Atkins, David Bakenhaster, Tiffany Barnes, Charles Barrett, Melinda Barry, Henry Baxter, Wendelyn Belcher, Brittany Beman, Cody Bennett, Jerri Bentley, Joseph Bevens, Darsha Bitanga, Logan Black, Matthew Blair, Sarah Blodgett, Natalie Boggs, Olivia Boone, Kimberly Bowman, Jordan Brewer, Megan Broderick, Destiny Brown, Christopher Brumfield, Hocking College announces Dean’s List NELSONVILLE — Hocking College is pleased to announce that the following students have been added to the Dean’s List for autumn semester 2013: Jonathan Hayes, Langsville; Randall Armes, Long Bottom; Thomas Pullins, Long Bottom; Mason Conde, Middleport; Valerie Conde, Middleport; Jack Kitchen, Middleport; Raymond Reynolds, Middleport; Charity Barthelmas, Pomeroy; Danielle Cullums, Pomeroy; Jorden Evans, Pomeroy; Savannah Hawley, Pomeroy; Maegan Jewell, Pomeroy; Bethany King, Pomeroy; Hannah King, Pomeroy; Ariel Landis, Pomeroy; Jesse Mowery, Pomeroy; Kathy Pickens, Pomeroy; John Sisson, Pomeroy; Daemon Zen-Eagle, Pomeroy; Traci Casto, Racine; Wyatt Musser, Racine; Katey Patterson, Racine; Wes Sanders, Reedsville; Morgan Weber, Reedsville; Issac Barnett, Rutland; Ashleigh Sayre, Rutland; Zachary Savage, Shade; Mariah Sprouse, Shade; David Bottomley, Syracuse; Tara Eakins, Syracuse. Each student earned at least a 3.5 grade point average and completed 10 or more credit hours. ":G6DE@4<î(6A@CE GALLIPOLIS — United Producers, Inc., livestock report of sales from February 26, 2014. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $110-$225, Heifers, $110-$195; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $110-$215 Heifers, $110-$185; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $100-$175, Heifers, $100-$155; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $100-$165, Heifers, $100$145; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $100-$152, Heifers, $100-$130. Cows Well Muscled/Fleshed, $85-$104; Medium/ Lean, $74-$84; Thin/Light, $10-$73; Bulls, $93.50$105.50. Back to the Farm Goats, $42.50-$160; Bred Cows, $625-$1,075; Baby Calves, $25-$310. Upcoming Specials 3/5/14 — Next sale, 10 a.m. Direct sales and free on-farm visits. Contact Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy at (304) 634-0224, Luke at (740) 645-3697, or Mark at (740) 645-5708, or visit the website at www. uproducers.com. Daniel Buckley, Emily Ann Burnham, Jessica Butcher, Cody Call, Stephanie Campbell, Kelcie Carter, Alfred Caudill, Garnet Chapman, Noah Chasteen, Nathanael Chilcote, Danni Christman, Maggie Clagg, Audra Clark, Tonya Clark, Paige Cline, Kimberly Coey, Becky Cogar, Rebecca Conley, Brian Conn, Lisa Copley, McKenzie Coriell, Lisa Cox, Kali Cunningham, Shelbie Davies, Alexandria Davis, Michael Davis, Renee Davis, Kassandra Day, Ludovic Delapeyre, Jessica Delong, Ashli Dexter, Melissa Dickerson, Cheyenne Doczi, Amanda Dowell, Erica Dowell, Seleena Dowell, Austin Drewyor, Crystal Duncan, Tayler Duncan, Tyler Duncan, Cheyene Dunn, Andrea Edelmann, Alexandria Ellis, Thaddaeus Ellis, Kimberly Faro, Kacy Fink, Delilah Fish, Jazzman Fish, Katelyn Fisher, Hayden Flinner, Thomas Foust, Erika Fox, Harley Fox, Daniel Fraser, Katelyn Fuller, Morgan Gilliland, Joseph Gilliland Jr., Gaitlin Gilmore, Bonita Glasgow, Katie Godeaux, Joshua Goodall, Travis Graf, Breanna Grahame, Danielle Gruber, Lane Hagar, Jonna Haislop, Miranda Hammond, Samantha Hammond, Alina Hamner, Katelyn Haney, Dayton Hardway, Jalen Harris, Jamie Harrison, Taylor Hartley, Erin Heil, Dawn Helton, Carli Henman, Philip Hertz, Elizabeth Herzog, Rachel Hoffman, Adam Hollingshead, Talisha Holloway, Kyra Howell, Kimberly Hurt, Rebecca Hutchinson, Shannon Hutchinson, Cody Hysell, Hannah Hysell, Andrea Iannarelli, Shane Ingles, Luis Jimenez Alvarado, Adam Johnson, Amanda Johnson, Auroarah Johnson, Jonna Johnson, Lisa Johnson, Adam Jones, Jason Jones, Amelia King, Kristopher Kleski, Alexandria Kuhn, Amber Lambert, Emilie Lance, Derek Lawhorn, Colby Lee, Stephanie Legg, Summer Lehew, Hristian Lenkov, Katelynn Leonard, Austin Little, Kayla Love, Emma Lyles, Michael MacKnight, Marcus Makuch, Kevin Malone, Alyxandra Manring, Eliza- beth Massie, Carrie Mathes, Dale Mattox, Ranjit Mavi, Bridget McCarley, Caleb McClanahan, Gwendolyn McCoy, Tanisha McKinney, Carmen McTurner, Michelle Meeks, Molly Meeks, Brittney Meldau, Jack Mercer, Dava Mershon, Grant Millard, Andrew Moffett, Kathleen Moore, Ashley Morgan, Melissa Morris, Edward Mussi, Halee Myers, Marren Newsom, Kaitlyn Noll, Aaron Oehler, Madison Oiler, Kiana Osborne, Tina Parsons, Kaleb Patten, Laura Patton, Kyle Phillips, Tyler Phillips, Brittany Piccone, Shelby Pickens, John Polycn, Kelsea Porter, Carley Potter, Tiffany Qualls, Callyn Ratcliff, Kathy Raynard, Rachael Reynolds, Sean Riley, Jose Roberts, Kristen Rollins, Kyle Rollins, Gwendolyn Rose, Clifford Roseberry, Renee Roseberry, Stephanie Roush, Tracy Russell, Elizabeth Rutter, Garrison Salisbury, Benjamin Schlater, Mary Schramm, Aaron Scott, Kyle Scott, Joseph Sebastian, Whitney Shain, Varun Sharma, Maria Sharp, Loretta Shepherd, Emilie Sigler, Heather Simpkins, John Sipple, Ana Smith, Crystal Smith, Racquel Smith, Madison Spohn, Sara Stacy, Becca Steiner, Hanna Stitt, Kelsey Strang, Taryn Strawser, Erin Sturgill, Jon Summers, Kyrie Swann, Sarah Sydnor, Romain Terzian, Heather Thacker, Megan Thomas, Braxton Thorla, Grant Trimble, Kent Trout, Josi Vanmeter, Emma Waits, Brittany Walk, Kaylee Walk, Jessica Walker, James Wallace, Tia Wallace, James Ward, Keyana Ward, Robert Warner, Timothy Warner, Alexandrea Warren, Mary Waugh, Whitney Weddle, Roberta White, Renee Whitley, Michelle Willard, Christopher Williams, Kaitlyn Williams, Zachary Williams, Austin Wilson, Andrea Wines, Kelli Wolfe, Victoria Wolfe, Jillian Wooldridge, Erin Wright, Courtney Young, Tiffany Zahran and Ashley Zielinski. For more information about the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College visit rio.edu or call 1 (800) 282-7201. *96î-:?E6C�H62CJîA=625�î�6Eî>6î@FEî@7î96C6 By Don Babwin Associated Press CHICAGO — Shannon Frauenholtz has had it with winter. Barely able to stomach the television news with its images of snowbound cars, she heads to the tanning salon, closes her eyes and imagines she’s back in Mexico, where she’s already vacationed once this winter. She’s toyed with the idea of joining her mother in Hawaii or just driving to an indoor water park, figuring that while the palm trees might be plastic and the “beach” smells of chlorine, at least it’s warm. “I don’t need a vacation. I don’t need the relaxation,” said Frauenholtz, of New Ulm, Minn. “I just need the heat.” All over the Midwest and the East Coast, travel agents are being inundated with a simple request: Get me out of here. And travelers fortunate enough to have escaped are begging hotels to let them stay a little longer. Because they know how miserable people are, warm-weather destinations in California, Arizona and Florida have stepped up their enticements. Trains and billboards in Chicago have been plastered with ads showing beaches and pool scenes. In Philadelphia, one promoter put fiberglass mannequins dressed in flip flops, tank tops and shorts atop taxis with their arms outstretched — a whimsical inducement to “fly” south. Reminding Americans that there are places where nose hairs don’t freeze is an annual tradition. But those in the business of luring visitors to warmer climates say it’s rarely been easier than this season, when “polar vortex” has entered the everyday vocabulary and “Chi-beria” has become popular enough to emblazon on T-shirts. “This year we wanted to have a little more fun with it,” said Susannah Costello, of Visit Florida, the state’s official marketing organization, which came up with the mannequin idea. The ads showing children and bikini-clad women making snow angels in warm beach sand are more plentiful than in years past, acknowledged Erin Duggan, of Visit Sarasota County. “We did that because we knew winter was shaping up to be brutal,” she said. Not that people needed much reminding of the harsh conditions. “The winter is so bad, there is a certain amount of desperation,” said Alex Kutin, an Indianapolis travel agent. “They come and say, ‘I’ve got to get somewhere warm. Where do you recommend?’” Kevin Tuttle, of Verona, Wis., was so intent on finding warmth that he decided against Florida out of fear that the polar vortex might reach down and find them there. Instead, he and his wife will take their 4-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter to Manzanillo, Mexico, a resort on the Pacific ocean. “That’s near the equator, right? It’s got to be pretty warm,” Tuttle said, adding that “a lot of sand castles are in my future.” Just how many more people are trying to get out of the ice box is unclear. Airlines do not release any route-specific data. And although the government tracks some of it, figures will not be released for six months. But other travel statistics suggest there has been a jump, including figures from Visit Florida that show hotel bookings in Florida rose 3 percent in the four weeks ending Feb. 15 compared with the same period last year. The jetsetter.com travel site found that the number of hotel bookings in warm-weather spots made by customers from Illinois, New York, Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., area rose 7 percent in January compared with last year. Travelers are also staying longer once they arrive. Micah Hilgendorf said the thought of heading back to icecovered Chicago, where he owns a couple of bars, prompted him to tack on three days in Florida before and after a cruise out of Miami. He also flew to Palm Springs, Calif., for four days. “All of that is last-minute because of the weather,” Hilgendorf said. Dave Knieriemen, a retired engineer from Fremont, Ohio, is doing the same thing. “We’ve reserved a room for another night in case our flight gets canceled because of the weather,” he said this week from Arizona as he watched the Cleveland Indians play a spring training game. “And it’s so horrible (in Ohio) we might stay a bit longer, anyway.” Travel agents say the numbers of travelers would be even higher if all those who wanted to get away could find a seat on jets that are already full. “It’s far easier to find people a resort to stay in or a cruise ship than to find them a flight,” said Gail Weinholzer, of AAA in Minnesota. The inability to find a flight, afford a trip or get time off from work has sent a surge of customers to businesses closer to home that can offer even a short escape from the cold, such as tanning salons. “We’re getting a lot of people coming in here to warm up,” said Kirstin Leffew, the manager of Bronze Bay Tanning in Pendleton, Ind. “They want the beds that have been used the most, the ones that are nice and hot.” Indoor water parks say they are busier than usual, too. Joe Eck, general manager of the Wilderness Resort in the Wisconsin Dells, said business is up 10 to 15 percent because of the bitter cold. Among those who decided to go to the Wilderness — which has real palm trees, the resort will remind you — were Jennifer Drost and her family. “Our kids are young enough where they still enjoy playing outside, but they haven’t been able to because it was so darn cold,” said Drost, who lives with her husband and three children in Fond du Lac, Wis. “All of us were getting on each other’s nerves, (and) we just needed to get out of the house.” $@29[Dî2C<îAC@;64Eî:?î!J îE@î>@G6î7@CH2C5 By Dylan Lovan Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Christian ministry’s long-stalled plans to build Noah’s Ark in the hills of Kentucky have been revived. Creation Museum founder Ken Ham announced Thursday that a municipal bond offering has raised enough money to begin construction on the Ark Encounter project, estimated to cost about $73 million. Groundbreaking is planned for May and the ark is expected to be finished by the summer of 2016. Ham said a high-profile evolution debate he had with “Science Guy” Bill Nye on Feb. 4 helped boost support for the project. Nye said he was “heartbroken and sickened for the Commonwealth of Kentucky” after learning that the project would move forward. He said the ark would eventually draw more attention to the beliefs of Ham’s ministry, which preaches that the Bible’s creation story is a true account, and as a result, “voters and taxpayers in Kentucky will eventually see that this is not in their best interest.” Ham’s Answers in Genesis ministry and the Creation Museum enjoyed an avalanche of news media attention during the debate, which focused on science and the Bible’s explanations of the origins of the universe. Answers in Genesis unveiled the proposal in 2010 for a $150 million theme park that would include the ark. But private donations to the project did not keep pace with the construction timeline, forcing its backers to delay the ark’s construction and divide the park development into phases. The bonds were offered last year by the city of Williamstown, site of the planned ark about 40 miles south of Cincinnati. AP Photo In this May 24, 2007, file photo, Ken Ham, founder of the nonprofit ministry Answers in Genesis, poses with one of his favorite animatronic dinosaurs during a tour of the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky. 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Also honored with a service pin were Steven Harrison, a past district deputy grand master, for 35 years of service. Harrison was presented his pin by his fatherin-law Roscoe Wise. Past Worshipful Master Dorsel Thomas was also honored with a 25-year pin. Presenting the pins were District Deputy Grand Masters C. Craig Haney and Ivan Potter. There were 85 Masons who attended the inspection and dinner. The dinner was prepared and served prior to the meeting by Jobs Daughters Bethel No. 62, which meets twice a month at the temple in Middleport. Charity is an important tenet of the Masonic fra- Submitted photo District Deputy Grand Master C. Craig Haney congratulates Kenneth “Flip” Wilcox for his service and dedication to Masonry. Wilcox received a 50-year pin and certificate from the Grand Lodge of Masons in Ohio. Greg and Vicki Smith ternity. The approximately 100,000 Masons in Ohio provide more than $15 million in charitable giving annually. This past year, the group gave $50,000 in college scholarships, contributed $200,000 to the Special Olympics Ohio Summer Games, and funded $70,000 POMEROY — Greg and Vicki Smith will observe their 35th wedding anniversary on March 3. In celebration of the occasion, they will be joined by their children and grandchildren for a ski outing at Winter Place Ski Resort in Ghent, W.Va. in free training for hundreds of Ohio school teachers to recognize students at nonacademic risk. They also provide $12 million in elderly care and helped many needy families and individuals through their charitable foundation. Information is available at www.freemason.com. For local information about Masonry, contact Don Stivers, lodge secretary, at 992-6879 or via email at dstivers120@ yahoo.com; or contact Guy Bing, worshipful master, at 416-0601 or via email at guybingll@yahoo.com. Smith anniversary �6==6Dî2?5î�62FDî Iditarod sled dog race kicks off this weekend �=F3î@?îE96î>@G6 POMEROY — The Belles and Beaus Square Dance Club were hosts for a benefit dance for the Smith family of Point Pleasant, W.Va. It was held in the auditorium of Middleport Village Hall. Roger Steele, of Southside, W.Va., was the caller for the dance. Guests were from Oak Hill and Jackson, Ohio, and from Charleston and Lubeck, W.Va. Fifteen club members recently traveled to Lubeck to dance to Tom Pie at the Stardusters Club. Going were Bill and Betty Knight, Willie and Donna Shaw, Jim Stewart, Roger and Jackie Starcher, Charles Fielder, Phyllis Hoffman, Jim and Sandra Lane, Don and Nola Lucas, and Ron and Rosemary Vance. Members also traveled recently to Elizabeth, W.Va. and Jackson for dances. �@=K6Cî�62CEî(F?î�î -2=<îD6Eî7@Cî#2Jî GALLIPOLIS — The sixth annual Holzer Heart Run & Walk is officially slated for May 3. The course provides a scenic view of Gallipolis, beginning and ending at the Holzer Sycamore location at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Sycamore Street. The event will include a 5k walk, 5k run, 10k run, kids 1-mile fun run and a stroller class. Awards will be available. The race is posted on tristateracer.com where people can view full race details and register online (click on the calendar link and enter race details). The committee encourages registration through tristateracer.com if possible. Meet at Holzer Health System Sycamore Outpatient Facility to run or walk in efforts to help raise awareness and celebrate the survivors of heart disease. People who have questions about Holzer Heart Run & Walk should email holzerheartrun@ holzer.org or visit tristateracer.com. Ark From Page C2 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska kicks off this weekend as usual, after warm winter weather nearly prompted officials to move the start hundreds of miles north to Fairbanks for the first time in a decade. Temperatures have dropped, improving trail conditions and allowing the 42nd running of the world’s most famous sled dog race to start as normal in Willow, about 50 miles north of Anchorage. The 1,000-mile race spans two mountain ranges, dangerous wilderness and the wind-whipped Bering Sea coast. The ceremonial start, with a festival-type atmosphere, begins Saturday morning in downtown Anchorage. Mushers will take a leisurely 11-mile jaunt on sled dog trails within the state’s largest city, with fans lining streets and urban trails to cheer on their favorites. On Sunday, the race turns serious as mushers drive their dogs to Willow for the official restart. Sixty-nine racers are expected. Besides crossing mountains, participants will mush on the mighty Yukon River and make the last push for Nome on dangerous sea ice as they travel up the Bering Sea shore. The winner is expected in about 10 days. Defending champion Mitch Seavey said the changing conditions are nothing new, noting measurable rain fell on mushers last year. Another year, the race saw a 100-degree temperature swing, from minus 50 to 50 degrees above zero. “It can be really anything, and I think that’s one of the neat things about the race is that you need to be prepared for anything,” Seavey said. Concerns about the trail were in areas south of the Alaska Range and in the mountains themselves, race marshal Mark Nordman said. But snow and especially colder temperatures after a long January thaw have alleviated worries there and in areas such as the Yentna River. “That’s pretty much healed itself,” Nordman said of the trail on the river. 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Calling themselves “Glambeaux,” the women shook and shimmied their way down city streets, paving the way for a new take on a Carnival AP Photo In this March 13, 2013 file photo, residents greet Kotzebue musher John Baker as he nears the finish line in the Iditarod Trail race in Nome, Alaska. Warm weather during much of the winter across Alaska nearly prompted officials at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to move the start to Fairbanks for the first time in a decade. But temperatures have dropped, and the 42nd running of the race across Alaska will start just as normal this weekend in Anchorage. er to reach the finish line on Front Street, just off the Bering Sea, in the old Gold Rush town of Nome on Alaska’s western coast. The winner receives $50,000 and a new pickup. But the Iditarod is not without its critics. The organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says 23 dogs have died in the race since 2004. “Mushers are chasing money and glory, but in the 40 years since the first Iditarod race was held, not one dog has ever signed up to participate,” Daphna Nachminovitch of PETA said in an email to The Associated Press. “Forty years of suffering and death are proof that the Iditarod will never be safe for dogs —it must be canceled permanently.” Seavey became the race’s oldest musher last year at age 53. “It’s a new year, and I don’t know if what happened last year makes much difference to what’s going to happen this year, except I have a more recent winning team to work with, and most of those guys are returning,” Seavey said. He said he’s taken his dogs to various parts of Alaska to give them experience in running in different conditions. Seavey, who also won the race in 2004, hopes that training “helps us with a more diverse foundation when race time comes.” His son, Dallas, won the race in 2012, becoming the Iditarod’s youngest champion ever at age 25. Dallas said an unknown in this year’s race is the large number of Scandinavian mushers, including five Norwegians and one Swede. “Those guys know how to run dogs,” Dallas said. “And they may be new to the Iditarod, or have less Iditarod races under the belts, but they’re not new to mushing. “It’s about dogmanship, and those guys know that game,” he said. Robert Sorlie, 56, of Hurdal, Norway, has been in the Iditarod four times and won twice, in 2003 and 2005. He’s back after a sixyear absence. Also running separate teams are Allen Moore, who last month won his second consecutive Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, and his wife, Aily Zirkle, who finished second to both Seaveys in the last two years. Scott Janssen, an Anchorage undertaker who is known as the Mushing Mortician, said he could name 28 people who easily could win this year’s Iditarod. “When I look at the front-runners, I want to be in the top 30,” he said, but even that might be a daunting task. One name will be missing from the starting field. Lance Mackey, a four-time champion, is sitting out this year due to health concerns and because he has young dogs. Four mushers already have scratched, including Brent Sass of Eureka, Alaska. The 34-year-old Minnesota native suffered a concussion in the Yukon Quest when he fell off his sled and cracked his head on the ice about 100 miles from the finish in Whitehorse, Yukon. Muses parade kicks off big Carnival weekend Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribune.com tradition more than a century old. Historically, flambeaux carriers hoisted torches to illuminate parades in the decades before floats carried their own electrical lighting sources. In the early days, carriers were often slaves. Though started out of necessity, many parade clubs continued to feature flambeaux carriers for aesthetic reasons — and as a nod to Carnival tradition. The 14-year-old Muses parade, one of the city’s youngest, has become an unofficial kickoff to the big Carnival weekend lead- ing up to Fat Tuesday. It’s followed by days of starstudded parades, including Endymion, Bacchus and Orpheus, which will lure hundreds of thousands of revelers to the city and pack downtown hotels. “We’re pretty much sold out for Saturday and Sunday and there’s strong occupancy on Monday and Tuesday too,” said Kelly Schulz, spokeswoman for the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau. The Glambeaux were a new addition to Muses this year. 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