https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/a27b246601d18a20c7f9a15f140b0ca2.pdf 1fe28fa853774666efb24ca2df22dd63 PDF Text Text LOG ONTO WWW.MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM OR WWW.MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM FOR ARCHIVE s�GAMES s�E-EDITION s�POLLS & MORE Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS OBITUARIES Community News... Page A2 Mostly cloudy. High near 42. Low around 23...Page A2 Local sports action... Page B1 Mildred Bragg, 85 Bonnie Cremeens, 96 Pamela Dorsey, 53 Bobby Dudding, 78 $2.00 SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2014 Vol. 48, No. 12 One is a knockout gorgeous woman. Another a former judge. There are innocent-looking 20-somethings and haggard-looking old men and women aged beyond their years. White people and people of color are among them. THESE ARE THE FACES OF HEROIN William Marshall Sr., 86, Eleanor Selby, 87 Kathleen Smith, 53 Douglas Tawney Sr., 70 Gallia County passes public records audit By Michael Johnson michaeljohnson@civitasmedia.com ‘Communities need to wake up’ A mother’s anguish as drugs sweep across nation By Rachel Dove Civitas Media By Jim Krumel jkrumel@civitasmedia.com Some people have trouble wrapping their arms around the thought of this nation experiencing a growing heroin problem. Heroin? That was a bad page in the history of the 1960s drug culture. It went out of style right along with bellbottom pants and tie-dyed shirts. The drug was simply too dangerous – even for the most fearless of hippies. But decades later it has quietly slipped back onto our streets, largely because it provides an alternative to prescription pills and can be purchased relatively cheaply. The worse thing about its return is that it is more potent and deadlier than ever. Graham Atkinson, the sheriff of Surry County, N.C., is matter of fact when he tells you one of two things will happen to some- DECADES OF DRUGS What we feared: 1960s Marijuana 1970s PCP 1980s Cocaine 1990s Crack 2000s Meth 2010 Heroin one who becomes addicted to heroin today. “People involved in its use either get arrested, or they overdose and die,” he said. AN EPIDEMIC Atkinson was among the many people interviewed by Civitas Media as its 35 ABOUT THE SERIES A three-part series beginning today by Civitas Media puts a face on the growing problems of heroin addiction. Utilizing the resources of around 100 Civitas newspapers in 12 states, the series daily newspapers, located in 12 states, examined the face of heroin today. It found a drug that lures the wealthy, courts the middle class and welcomes the poor. Men and women, young and old, are seduced. It’s being found in large cities, small towns and rural areas. “Communities need to wake up. If you don’t think you have a problem, you are probably wrong,” said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. Data his office has gathered suggests 11 people die in Ohio every week from a heroin overdose. DeWine calls the problem an epidemic, as do his cohorts in Pennsylvania, Illinois and West Virginia. It’s in these more northern states where the problem has its deepest roots. Drug abuse problems in Southern states like Georgia, Tennessee and See HEROIN | A5 brings you into the battles being fought by addicts, their family members, law enforcement and health officials. Day 2: “Shattered Lives:” Those whose lives have been stung by addiction; those who deal the drug. TODAY: Faces of Heroin: A demon knocks on the doors of America. Day 3: Success Stories: Treating, beating the epidemic. INSIDE: Heroin in your community. Crime Victims’ Rights Week events set for April 6-12 Shoes still needed By Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com MEIGS COUNTY — Each year, hundreds of individuals throughout the area become victims of crime. Crime Victims’ Rights Week — April 6-12 — is a time to honor and remember those victims while bringing awareness to crimes in the community and the lasting effects they can have on individuals. Each year the Meigs County Crime Victim Services Office and the Meigs County Prosecutor’s Office hold a Victims’ Rights Week ceremony to remember the homicide victims from Meigs County. That ceremony will be at 6 p.m. April 10 on the third floor of the Meigs County Courthouse. The theme for this year’s Crime Victims’ Rights Week is “30 Years: Restoring the Balance of Justice.” The Meigs County Prosecutor’s Office has received a mini grant in the amount of $1,000 from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office to assist with the week. The grant, which is awarded to 10 programs throughout the state, is to raise awareness of Crime Victims and the effects on victims of crime. In addition to the traditional ceremony this year, the Crime Victim Services Office is planning a week long display to recognize each victim from the county. The office is currently working to collect 679 pairs of shoes which will be used as part of the event. The shoes will be displayed along the wall in the Pomeroy parking lot along the river during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Each pair of shoes will represent one crime victim assisted in Meigs County and will provide information about the victimization the person endured. Shoes are needed to help complete this project. Crime Victim Services Director Theda Petrasko said shoes should be old as they will be sitting outside for a week. Shoes will also be kept for reuse, but 679 pair are needed to start the project. Shoes of any size will be accepted. Petrasko said there are also child victims that will be represented. Shoes can be donated at the Meigs County Crime Victim Services Office located at 117 West Second St. in Pomeroy. For more information, call (740) 992-1720. LENORE, W.Va. — Sandra Hensley’s words easily could have come from a posh home in Ohio or the peach groves of Georgia. As it were, they came from the mountains of West Virginia. The Mingo County woman spoke openly to the Williamson Daily News about the firm hold that heroin has on her son and of the devastation it has caused her family. In doing so, she not only described a mother’s heart-ache, but also summmarized a nation’s battle with heroin addiction. Her story, our country’s cry for help, in just 242 words: “My son is a liar, a thief, and totally unwilling to accept he has a problem. This has been escalating for nearly four years and I have had enough. I hate what he is doing to himself, and how it affects the rest of us. I’ve tried everything, talking, supporting, and being there 24/7, but I’m tired … I’m so very tired. “I cry quite easily at a drop of a hat and feel like a total failure as a mother. I feel angry that he puts the use of heroin over his health, well-being and us. He’s my boy, and I love him unconditionally, but I also hate him. “We can’t leave him in the house alone … Our trust of him has all but diminished, but there is a part of me that really hopes and wants things to get better. I’m pretty sure he will end up in prison, and do you know what? I hope he does … Perhaps we will have a few months of peace and quiet, and at least I will know where he is and I won’t have to be out at 3 o’clock in the morning searching for him. “I’m not heartless – I’m just lost, afraid, and wondering when something terrible will happen. The effect this has had on our family is devastating. I sit here day after day and remember that little boy who had so many dreams, who is gone forever.” GALLIPOLIS – When it comes to following Ohio’s public records law, Gallia County is in a sunny kind of place. State auditor David Yost’s office recently reviewed policies and procedures of 48 random governmental entities across Ohio and handed out recommendations to 19 that require improvement in following Ohio’s Public Records Act. An additional eight entities were given a follow-up recommendation, meaning violations found last year still hadn’t been corrected. According to Yost, the most widely issued recommendations include: keeping a log of public records requests, making copies of responses to requests and assigning a central point of contact for each office or department. More commonly referred to as Ohio’s Sunshine Law, the audit indicates Gallia County is following it to the letter. The Gallia County Board of Commissioners said they are pleased with the audit’s results. “The commissioners’ office, as well as other county government offices, are public offices and as such have a duty by law to protect public records and make them available to the public upon request,” the commissioners said in a press release. “These public documents are the cornerstone of our county, and they must be protected and maintained for the many uses of the county and the public.” Gallia County was tested during its annual state financial audit. The “sunshine” audit analyzed procedures to determine if each entity has controls in place to ensure compliance with the Ohio Public Records Act. Among the standards examined were the existence and strength of a public records policy, records retention schedules and timely fulfillment of public records requests. Examples of public records maintained by the county include historical documents such as property deeds, bank mortgages/liens and easements, plat maps, tax and financial records, legal documents, birth and death records, meeting minutes, grant documentation and contract documents. “The Gallia County Board of Commissioners takes sincere care, as do the other county offices, to respond promptly to public records requests. The ‘Sunshine Law’ includes clear time lines regarding responding to requests for public records, our office is conscious of those requirements and we make every effort to respond in a timely fashion,” the commissioners said. The county commissioners said they, as well as other county staff, have traveled to numerous public records and Sunshine Law training sessions sponsored by the Ohio state auditor’s office. That training was also conducted locally for all county staff. The Gallia County Board of Commissioners adopted its current public records policy on Oct. 4, 2007. For people interested in taking a look at the policy, visit the county’s website at http://gallianet.net/images/ pdf/Public%20Records%20Policy.pdf. Donations provide for shelter improvements By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — For the past year, times have been good at the Meigs County Dog Shelter, where extensive kennel improvements have been making life more comfortable for the hundreds of animals who spent some time there. Of the approximately 560 animals coming into the shelter last year, 237 were rescues, 200 were adopted, 10 died and 20 were euthanized. Funds contributed provided enough money for numerous upgrades to the facility during the year. A new ceiling was installed along with new lights, new kennels, beds were put in place, and heaters were bought in. In addition, a spay and neuter program was expanded and emergency veterinarian care was provided for 52 sick or injured dogs at a cost of about $3,500. There was a change in management when Tom Profitt, dog warden, left the position and was replaced by Karen Heater. Becky Acer continued as the assistant dog warden, and her husband and other volunteers provided most of the labor to erect the kennels, to install the ceiling insulation, and to do other improvements. Making grants to the programs carried out by the Humane Society were Greg Biffle Foundation $3,000 for the spray/neuter program; Ohio Pet Fund, $2,000 for the spray and neuter program; the Ohio Schweitzer Animal Welfare Trust Fund for the animal rescue project; an anonymous donor, a check for Charlene Hoeflich | Sunday Times-Sentinel Karen Heater, Meigs County’s new dog warden, pets a couple of the 25 dogs housed there now. $6,500 for kennels, beds, and heaters; Columbus Foundation Hachiko’s Legacy Fund for $1,000 to purchase heaters and beds, and $2,500 for the pound upgrade project (PETCO). Other grants came from Binky Foundation which awarded $1,711 to purchase the Talon Animal Capture System kit; Hachiko’s Legacy Fund, $500 for the ceiling insulation; the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty, $1,435 to pay for Level 1 NACA training for the dog warden; and the Alimswa Foundation, $5,000 for the Pet Food Bank. In observance of National Mutt Day, Meigs Industries, the Humane Society and the the Meigs County Dog Shelter staged a spaghetti fundraiser which brought in approximately $1,700 — some of which was used to purchase straw given to pet owners in December, January and February. The Meigs County Thrift Shoppe in Middleport remains the main source of income. Operated by volunteers, it is open Monday through Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Membership in the Humane Society is $10 for adults and $5 for senior citizens. �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page A2 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, March 23, 2014 �2==:2î�@F?EJî�@>>F?:EJî�2=6?52C Card shower Gerrol Don Blake will be celebrating his 73rd birthday on March 24. Mail cards to: 15451 Hannan Trace Road, Crown City, OH 45623. Velva Mae Underwood will be celebrating her 95th birthday on March 31. Mail birthday cards to: 2031 1/2 Chatham Ave., Gallipolis, OH 45631. p.m., Holzer Senior Care Center, 380 Colonial Drive in Bidwell. will include spaghetti, salad, rolls, drink and dessert. Thursday, March 27 GALLIPOLIS — French 500 Free Clinic, 1-4 p.m., 258 Pinecrest Drive, just off of Jackson Pike. The clinic serves the uninsured residents of Gallia County between the ages of 18 and 65. Tuesday, April 1 GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Clinic and Holzer Medical Center retirees will meet for lunch at noon at Courtside. Events Tuesday, March 25 BIDWELL — Gallia County Family Forum presents, “Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementia,” 1-2:30 Sunday, March 30 RIO GRANDE — Rio Grande Volunteer Fire Department Spaghetti Dinner, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Village Municipal Building. Take out or eat in available. The meal Sunday, April 7 GALLIPOLIS — Coin show, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Quality Inn, formerly Holiday Inn. Free admission, door prizes. Friday, April 18 CHESHIRE — American Red Cross blood drive, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Kyger Creek Power Plant training center, 5758 Ohio 7 North. Call (740) 367-5059 to schedule an appointment, or call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org and enter: KygerCreek. Bring photo ID or donor card. Tuesday, April 29 BIDWELL — Gallia County Family Forum presents, “Communication,” a topic related to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, 1-2:30 p.m., Abbyshire Place, 311 Buckridge Road in Bidwell. #6:8Dî�@F?EJî�@>>F?:EJî�2=6?52C County annual District Advisory and Licensing Council meeting will be at 6 p.m. at the new EMA/911 building located at 41859 Pomeroy Pike. The Advisory Council is the body responsible for appointing the board of health members and consists of presidents of township trustees, president of the board of county commissioners and village mayors. POMEROY — The March meeting of the Local Emergency Planning Committee will be held at 11:30 a.m. in the EOC/911 building 41859 Pomeroy Pike. Sunday, March 23 SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 will have a soup dinner from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Monday, March 24 RACINE — The Southern Local Board of Education will meet in regular session at 6:30 p.m. in the high school media center. POMEROY — The regular meeting of the Meigs County Library Board will be at 3:30 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. Tuesday, March 25 POMEROY — The Meigs Lunch will be catered by the Meigs County Council on Aging. Please RSVP to meigsema@hotmail.com or call 740 992-4541. Wednesday, March 26 MARIETTA — There will be a meeting of the Natural Resources Assistance Council at Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District, 1400 Pike St., Marietta, at 10 a.m. to rate and rank Round 8 grant applications for funding. Questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Michelle Hyer at Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District at (740) 376-1025 or mhyer@ buckeyehills.org. Thursday, March 27 CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 458 will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. for the purpose of conferring the Entered Apprentice Degree on two candidates. Refreshments will be served afterwards. POMEROY — The Meigs County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will meet in regular session at 11:30 a.m. at the district office %9:@î,2==6Jî�@C642DE �2==:2î�@F?EJî"@42=î�C:67D Today: A chance of rain and snow before noon, then a slight chance of rain between noon and 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. North wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Monday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Wednesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Thursday night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Friday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Gallia health district meeting slated GALLIPOLIS — The District Advisory County of the Gallia County General Health District will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the conference room of the Gallia County Service Center, 499 Jackson Pike. "@42=î)E@4<D AEP (NYSE) — 48.89 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 26.60 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 97.69 Big Lots (NYSE) — 38.02 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 50.93 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 61.74 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 12.49 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.550 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 45.48 Collins (NYSE) — 80.41 DuPont (NYSE) — 66.98 US Bank (NYSE) — 43.02 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 25.40 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 67.66 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 60.17 Kroger (NYSE) — 43.97 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 58.63 Norfolk So (NYSE) 96.47 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 22.50 BBT (NYSE) — 40.19 Free clinic scheduled GALLIPOLIS — The French 500 Free Clinic will be held from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday, March 27. The clinic is located at 258 Pinecrest Drive, just off of Jackson Pike. The clinic serves the uninsured residents of Gallia County between the ages of 18 and 65. Peoples (NASDAQ) — 25.20 Pepsico (NYSE) — 82.14 Premier (NASDAQ) — 13.94 Rockwell (NYSE) — 123.04 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 14.60 Royal Dutch Shell — 71.26 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 47.94 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 76.10 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 9.17 WesBanco (NYSE) — 31.81 Worthington (NYSE) — 41.86 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions March 21, 2014, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. SOCOG meeting CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its next board meeting at 10 a.m. April 3 in Room A of the Ross County Service 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. CONTACT US CIRCULATION MANAGER Jessica Chason 740-446-2342 Ext. 25 jchason@civitasmedia.com ADVERTISING: Julie Mitchell, Matt Rodgers 740-992-2155 Ext. 11, 29 CLASSIFIED ADS: 740-446-2342 Health Fair POMEROY — Appointments are still being accepted for the fasting blood sugar test that will be offered free as a part of the health fair March 29 at the Mulberry Community Center/Meigs Cooperative Parish. To make an appointment for the fasting lipid profile, call either Lenora Leifheit, the Parish nurse, or Nancy Thoene at 992-7400 anytime between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. any day except Monday. The last day to make an appointment is March 28. Since appointments are limited, it is suggested that interested residents register early. Alumni Basketball ROCKSPRINGS — The Meigs High School alumni basketball game will be March 29. The women’s game will begin at 6 p.m. with the men’s game to follow. Participants are asked to bring maroon shirts and white shirts. There is a $10 pay to play. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for students. Those wishing NEWSROOM: Amber Gillenwater 740-446-2342 Ext. 31 OBITUARIES: 740-446-2342 SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES: 740-446-2342 825 3rd Avenue. Periodical postage paid in Gallipolis, Ohio POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Gallipolis Daily Tribune, 825 3rd Ave, Gallipolis, OH 45631 FEEL THE DIFFERENCE GALLIPOLIS CAREER COLLEGE 740-446-4367 • gallipoliscareercollege.edu Accredited Member: Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools 1274B Friday, March 28 MARIETTA — The Regional Advisory Council for the Area Agency on Aging will meet at 10 a.m. in the Buckeye HillsHVRDD Area Agency on Aging office in Marietta. Monday, April 7 OLIVE TOWNSHIP — The Olive Township Trustees will meet in regular session at 7:30 p.m. at the Olive Township Garage on Joppa Road. Center at 475 Western Ave., Chillicothe. 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. Gallia highway department posts summer hours GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Highway Department will begin working from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, beginning April 14. The schedule will be in effect throughout the summer construction season. Dust-patching, herbicidal opt-out forms available GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe says annual dust patching and herbicidal opt-out forms are now being accepted at the Engineer’s Office. The dust patching form is required for residents who would like to apply for materials to be applied at a requested site to reduce the dust generated from traffic on a county road. The herbicidal opt-out form is required for residents who do not want herbicidal spraying in specific areas along county road right-of-ways and agree to maintain those areas. Both forms may be picked up at the Engineer’s Office, 1167 Ohio 160. The deadline for submissions is May 1. Alumni Association offering scholarships CENTENARY — The Gallia Academy Alumni Association has established a scholarship program that will award two one-time $1,000 scholarships for financial assistance to current Gallia Academy High School graduating seniors. Applications are available in the guidance office at GAHS or online on the GAHS website. Complete applications are due by May 16. #6:8Dî�@F?EJî"@42=î�C:67D Sunday Times-Sentinel EDITOR: Michael Johnson 740-992-2155 michaeljohnson@civitasmedia.com 2014 family forum schedule announced GALLIPOLIS — The first meeting of the new series, 2014 Gallia County Family Forum, will be Tuesday at Holzer Senior Care Center, located at 380 Colonial Drive, Bidwell. The theme of this initial program will be “Understanding and Dealing with Alzheimer’s Disease or Other Dementia.” These programs, to be held monthly, will provide an opportunity for families and caregivers to learn and ask questions about Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia, while receiving support from others in similar situations. Those interested are invited to attend any or all of the programs. They are free of charge and no advance registration is required. Tuesday’s program will begin at 1 p.m., and conclude at 2:30 p.m. The schedule is complete through February, 2015, meeting on a monthly basis. For more information, contact Melissa Dever, LSW Southeastern Ohio Branch Program Manager of the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Cincinnati Chapter. She can be reached at 740/710-1821. at 113 E. Memorial Drive, Suite D. 60480641 “Careers Close To Home” to participate may preregister (not required) by email (amber.ridenour@ meigslocal.org), phone (740-992-2158) or Facebook (Meigs Alumni Basketball Game). Registration RACINE — Preschool and kindergarten registration dates for Southern Local have been announced. Preschool registration will be March 31-April 1. Kindergarten registration will be April 3-4. To schedule an appointment for either preschool or kindergarten registration, call the school at (740) 949-4222. Rutland Youth League RUTLAND — The Rutland Youth League will hold the final sign up for summer league baseball Tuesday, March 25. Harrisonville, Rutland area youth must sign-up to play. For more information call Rodney Butcher, 742-2525. Community Roundtable POMEROY — State Rep. Debbie Phillips, of the 92nd District, will hold a round table meeting at the Pomeroy Public Library on Main Street in Pomeroy at 10 a.m. March 24. Included as a part of the meeting will be a town-hall session with area landowners on proposed changes in the CAVU program. Ikes event planned POMEROY — The Meigs County Ikes will hold its annual spring potluck and white elephant auction at 7 p.m. Monday, March 24, at the clubhouse on Sugar Run Road in Chester Township. Meat will be provided. Members to take favorite dish, table service and beverages. Members asked to take items for the auction. Family members are invited. Board Meeting changed TUPPERS PLAINS — The Eastern Local School Board meeting for scheduled for March 19 has been moved to 6:30 p.m. March 26 in the Elementary Library Conference Room. Road Clean-up CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 will conduct a road clean-up at 6 p.m. April 8. Members to meet at the lodge hall. Cemetery Cleanup RUTLAND TWP. — Rutland Township Trustees ask that all decoration be removed from cemeteries in Rutland Township from March 15-31 in preparation for the spring cleanup and mowing season. Items are to remain off the cemetery until April 11. OLIVE TWP. — Spring cleanup of the Olive Township cemeteries will begin April 7, weather permitting. Anyone having flowers or decorations they wish to save is asked to remove them prior to April 7. The Olive Township Trustees are not responsible for flowers or decorations left on cemetery lots. Shade River Lodge Scholarships CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 will be awarding two $250 scholarships to eligible seniors at Eastern High School. To qualify to apply those eligible must be children and/ or grandchildren of Shade River Lodge members. Deadline to apply is April 25. For more information contact school counselor or call Delma Pullins, 9853669. Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct a childhood immunization clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Tuesday at the Meigs County Health Department located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Bring child’s shot record. Children must be accompanied by a parent/ legal guardian. A donation is appreciated for immunization administration, however no one will be denied services. Bring medical cards or commercial insurance cards. �Sunday, March 23, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� %3:EF2C:6D �62E9î$@E:46D BONNIE BELLE CREMEENS GALLIPOLIS — Bonnie Belle Cremeens, 96, of Gallipolis, passed away at 12:45 a.m. Fr i d a y, March 21, 2014, at the home of her daughter, Judy Baird. Born Nov. 10, 1917, in Walnut Township, she was the daughter of the late Virgil Blain and Esta McCall Carter. She was a homemaker and a member of the Old Blessing Methodist Church on Blessing Road. She enjoyed attending the Northup Baptist Church, where she served the Lord in many ways. She is survived by her daughter Judy K. (James) Baird, of Gallipolis; four grandchildren, Greg (Chris) Baird, Tami (David) Hocker, Jeff Baird, and Pamela Baird; five greatgrandchildren, Scott (Laura) Baird, Matthew Baird, Mellissa Baird, Brennon Hocker and Collin Hocker; one sister, Janis M. Harrison, of Gallipolis; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Bonnie was preceded in death by her husband, Otha Harold Cremeens, whom she married on June 27, 1936, in Northup. He preceded her in death on Feb. 23, 1985; sisters Katherine McCarty and Gloria Faye Rasmussons; and brothers Teddy Blain Carter and Adrian Kenneth Carter in infancy. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Cremeens Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Chapman and the Rev. Eric Fannin officiating. Interment will follow in the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Monday, March 24, 2014, at the funeral home, and also one hour prior to the services on Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Bonnie’s memory to Northup Baptist Church, 1353 Lincoln Pike, Patriot, OH 45658. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting www.cremeensfuneralhomes.com. WILLIAM KYLE MARSHALL SR. POINT PLEASANT — William Kyle Marshall Sr., 86, of Point Pleas ant , died Friday, March 21, 2014, at Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Point Pleasant. He was born June 21, 1927, in Dante, Va., a son of the late William Paris Marshall and Dolly Frances (Burke) Marshall. William was retired from Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood, W.Va., and served his country during World War II in the U.S. Army. He was also a member of the Avion Travel Club, where he served as secretary. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Flora Lorraine (Blevins) Marshall; brother Ezra Marshall; and a great grandchild Tyler Marshall. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and William Capehart, and Barbara and Phillip Goodnite of Point Pleasant; one son and daughter-in-law, William Kyle Jr. and Crystal Marshall, of Racine, Ohio; seven grandchildren, Sean Capehart, of Point Pleasant, Amy (Craig) Kammer, of Point Pleasant, Kim (Kath- erine) Capehart, of Greenville, S.C., William Kyle III (Amanda) Marshall, of Mineral Wells, W.Va., Robert (Michelle) Marshall, of Racine, Michael (Crystal) Marshall, of Mason, W.Va., and Christopher (Carissa) Goodnite of Yorktown, Va. Also, surviving are 16 greatgrandchildren, Kiersten, Katelynn and Kierra Kammer, Izzy and Atticus Capehart, Gavin and Audrey Grace Goodnite, Kerwyn, Kyla, Kendall, Kayden and Karson Marshall, Jenna, Marissa and Nicholas Marshall, and Sydney Marshall; one sister, Stella Harkleroad, of Kingsport, Tenn.; and a brother, Harvey Marshall, of Chatsworth, Ga. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at Bachtel United Methodist Church in New Haven, W.Va., with William Kyle Marshall Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Graham Cemetery in New Haven, where military graveside rites will be give by the West Virginia Army Honor Guard and Stewart-Johnson V.F.W. Post No. 9926 of Mason. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, and one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the church. Online condolences may be made at www.wilcoxenfuneralhome.com. BOBBY J. DUDDING RACINE — Bobby J. “Shake” Dudding, 78, of Racine, passed away at 1:30 a.m. Fr i d a y, M a r c h 21, 2014, at Holzer Hospital Hospice Suite in Gallipolis, while in the company of his loving wife Hazel as he was called home to be with his Heavenly Father. He was born in Raymond City, W.Va., on Jan. 29, 1936, to the late John Campbell and Ida Marie Pringle Dudding. His family relocated and settled in Middleport when he was 2 years old. Here, he excelled in multiple sports and earned the nickname he was affectionately known by as “Shake.” He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and, following a 27-year career culminating in his retirement from active duty in 1980, he settled in Racine. He was a Korean War and Vietnam War veteran and also helped recover the nose cone of the Gemni space capsule, which is on display at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Museum in Dayton. After retirement from the Air Force, Bobby was an oil distributor driver for Swisher’s Ashland Oil and also a school bus driver for Southern Local Schools. He also was a former assistant football coach and golf coach at Southern High School. While stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus, he met the love of his life, Hazel Yvonne Stobart. On Nov. 22, 1958, the two were married at Antiquity Baptist Church in Antiquity, Ohio, and began their 55-year journey together. He was a member of the Tupper’s Pains Hickory Hills Church of Christ, where he taught Sunday School and was a preacher of the Gospel. He is survived by his wife, Hazel, and they were blessed with three children, Brian, Troy and Leslee; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; brothers Gene, John and Roger; sisters Doris and Cheetah; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters Ruby and Nan; and granddaughter Linzi. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at the Cremeens Funeral Home in Racine, with Minister Mike Moore officiating. Interment will follow at the Letart Falls Cemetery with full military honors conducted by the Middleport American Legion Fenney-Bennet Post #128. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and again from 6-8 p.m. Monday, March 24, 2014, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Holzer Hospice, 100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis OH 45631. Expressions of sympathy may sent to the family by visiting www.cremeensfuneralhomes.com. BRAGG ROCK HILL, S.C. — Mildred Louise Bragg, 85, of Rock Hill, S.C., formerly of Point Pleasant, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014. Funeral services will be held at Bellemeade United Methodist Church in Point Pleasant, at 12:30 p.m. Monday, March 24, 2014. Burial will follow in Apple Grove Memorial Gardens in Apple Grove, W.Va. Friends may visit the family at the church from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday prior to the service. 2 p.m. Sunday prior to the service. DORSEY HENDERSON, W.Va. — Pamela Lynn Dorsey, 53, of Henderson, died Thursday, March 20, 2014. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, March 23, 2014, at Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. Burial will follow in Graham Cemetery in New Haven, W.Va. Friends may visit the family at the funeral home from noon to TAWNEY POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Douglas Ray Tawney Sr., 70, of Point Pleasant, died Thursday, March 20, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 22, 2014, at Deal Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. �@CC64E:@? POMEROY — In a story written about the legislation regarding additional calamity days for school weather-related absences, as passed by the Ohio Legislature, it was stated that the Eastern Local School District did not use the “blizzard bag” plan to make up three of those missed days. That was in error. The district did use the “blizzard bag” plan, but at a later date than the other two school districts in the county, Superintendent Scot Gheen said. While advising of the error in the story, he noted that the district is on schedule to be completed on time. “Our contingency plan had four days of spring break built in and Presidents Day. We made up President’s Day, but we will not use Good Friday as a makeup. We will have Thursday and Friday for spring break and again, finish on the original time,” he said. KATHLEEN MARIE SMITH POMEROY — Kathleen Marie “Susie” Smith was called home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 20, 2014, following an extended illness. She was born on March 23, 1960, to Ruth (Cremeans) Smith and the late Homer Smith in Pomeroy. Susie was a homemaker who enjoyed her family and her grandchildren, and was always at the ballfield. For many years Susie was a daycare provider. She lived her life caring for others. She is survived by her daughter Patricia (Shannon) Scott; grandchildren Justine Nicole Smith, Tishea (Josh) Manley, Tyra Boothe, Jonathan Scott, Shanna Scott, Javia DiMarco, Oliver Hashman and Ares Hashman; mother Ruth Smith; brother and sisters Connie (Tom) Roush, Terressa (Howie) Jeffers, Becky (Dane) Marshall, Diane (Mike) Ohlinger and Homer “Junior” (Rita) Smith; and several special nieces and nephews: Raymond, Christopher, Brandon, Robert, Brittany, Sarah, Holly, Jessica, Michael, Tom, Whitney and Meghan. She was preceded in death by her father Homer B. Smith; grandparents Oma and Plugger Smith, and Kathleen Marie and Basil Cremeans; and a brother-in-law Howard Jeffers. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, March 24, 2014, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Middleport with the Rev. Charles McKinney officiating. Burial will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery in Pomeroy. Visitation for family and friends will be 6-8 p.m. Sunday, March 23, 2014 at the funeral home. 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They plan to reach Maine sometime in September as part of a group called Warrior Hike and its event called “Walk Off The War.” Marine Capt. Sean Gobin, a 38-year old Rhode Island native, started the Warrior Hike nonprofit group. He left the service as a 12-year veteran with two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. Gobin, now an MBA student at the University of Virginia, walked the Ap- palachian Trail in 2012 to raise money for a fellow Marine veteran who lost both legs in combat in 2011. He decided to expand the idea and created the Warrior Hike. Last year, 14 veterans hiked the Appalachian Trail. This year, along with the group doing that trail, groups in the western United States are hiking the Continental Divide Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail. Thayer, who is working toward a degree in environmental science at Kent State University, took the semester off to take part in the hike. He also operates Veteran Contracting and Painting, which hires veterans for construction and painting jobs. In 2006, Thayer was thrown off a Humvee. His injuries included several broken ribs, a punctured lung and a traumatic brain injury. He was hospitalized for three months. Being in combat “takes a toll,” Thayer said, because “you are taught to bottle everything up. You don’t have time to deal with stuff. Regardless of what happens, you have stuff to do.” When someone is killed “you don’t have the luxury” of dealing with the grief, he said. “Your friend got killed today and you don’t have time. You have to patrol in eight hours.” Thayer said he lost several friends who were killed and wounded on his first deployment. “You don’t deal with problems on the spot,” he said. “You bottle it up and what happens is it comes out at the worst possible point, and usually on people you care about.” He said he hopes to take time during the six-month hike to write a book about the Marine Corps and spend time thinking and decompressing. Along the route, the group will make about 25 stops to hold fundraisers in conjunction with VFW and American Legion posts. Hikers might stay in hotels during those stops or be put up in pri- vate homes, Gobin said. Gobin said that having a group of veterans hike such a long period together “forces your brain to process all your past life experiences. … It sets the stage to allow you to come to terms with everything you have experienced.” Thayer, father of a 3-year old daughter, Lillian, graduated from high school in South Africa, where his parents, Cecil and Kelly, were missionaries. His father is pastor of Massillon Baptist Temple. Two of his three brothers are in the military: Josh Thayer is a senior airman in the Air Force Reserve and deploys to Afghanistan in April; Aaron is a sergeant in an Ohio Army National Guard unit who recently returned from a tour in Afghanistan. SYRACUSE VILLAGE IS NOW HIRING FOR THE LONDON POOL 2014 SEASON. Applications are being accepted for management, lifeguards and pool staff at Village Hall, 2581 3rd Street, Syracuse until 4:30pm April 1st. Certification is not required to apply as a lifeguard, but must be obtained before pool opens. 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Call 446.2342 or 992.2155 �OPINION Sunday Times-Sentinel Page A4 SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2014 The invasion will be catered Activists push for agenda By Charles Krauthammer Early in the Ukraine crisis, when the Europeans were working on bringing Ukraine into the EU system and Vladimir Putin was countering with threats and bribes, one British analyst lamented that “we went to a knife fight with a baguette.” That was three months ago. Life overtakes parody. During the Ukrainian prime minister’s visit to Washington last week, his government urgently requested military assistance. The Pentagon refused. It offered instead military ration kits. Putin mobilizes thousands of troops, artillery and attack helicopters on Ukraine’s borders and Washington counters with baguettes, Americanstyle. One thing we can say for sure in these uncertain times: The invasion of Ukraine will be catered by the United States. Why did we deny Ukraine weapons? Because in the Barack Obama-John Kerry worldview, arming the victim might be taken as a provocation. This kind of mind-bending illogic has marked the administration’s response to the whole Crimea affair. Why, after all, did Obama delay responding to Putin’s infiltration, military occupation and seizure of Crimea in the first place? In order to provide Putin with a path to de-escalation, “an offramp,” the preferred White House phrase. An offramp? Did they actually think that Putin was losing, that his invasion of Crimea was a disaster from which he needed some face-saving way out? It’s delusional enough to think that Putin — in seizing Crimea, threatening eastern Ukraine, destabilizing Kiev, shaking NATO, terrifying America’s East European allies and making the West look utterly helpless — was actually losing. But to imagine that Putin saw it that way as well and was waiting for American diplomacy to save him from a monumental blunder is totally divorced from reality. After Obama’s Russian “reset,” missile-defense retreat and Syria comedown, Putin had already developed an undisguised disdain for his U.S. counterpart. Yet even he must have been amazed by this newest American flight of fantasy. Putin reclaims a 200-year-old Russian patrimony with hardly a shot and to wild applause at home — Putin’s 72 percent domestic popularity is 30 points higher than Obama’s — and America’s leaders think he needs rescue? Putin made it clear that he preferred Sevastopol to good reviews from the “international community.” Yet Obama and Kerry held off doing anything until the Crimean referendum — after which, they ominously threatened, there would be “consequences.” Obama unveiled them Monday in a four-minute statement as flat-toned as a legal notice in the classifieds. The consequences? Visa denial and frozen assets for 11 people, seven of them Russian. Seven! Out of 140 million. No Putin. No Dmitry Medvedev. No oligarchs. Nor any of Putin’s inner circle of ex-KGBers. No targeting of the energy sector or banks, Russia’s industrial and financial lifeblood. This elicited unreserved mockery from the targeted Russians themselves. One wondered whether the president’s statement had been written by a prankster. The Duma voted that it should be sanctioned — all 353 members who’d voted for annexation. And the financial markets, which abhor disruptions and crave nothing but continuity, responded with relief: Russia’s spiked 3.7 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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The next day, he signed a treaty of annexation. (Two days later, Obama expanded the list of sanctioned Russians and added one bank. It will make no difference.) Europe’s response was weaker still, sanctioning a list of even lesser Russian functionaries. The irony is that for two decades we’ve encouraged Russia’s integration into the world economic system — including Obama’s strong support for Russian accession to the World Trade Organization — thinking those ties, and the threat of losing them, would restrain Russian behavior. On the contrary. It restrained European behavior. Europe has refused to adopt any measure that might significantly affect its commerce and natural gas imports from Russia. What’s our excuse? We import no Russian gas and have minimal trade. Yet our president appears strangely disengaged. The post-Cold War order of Europe has been brazenly violated — and Obama is nowhere to be seen. As I’ve argued here before, there are things we can do: Send the secretary of defense to Kiev tomorrow to negotiate military assistance. Renew the missile-defense agreement with Poland and the Czech Republic. Announce a new policy of major U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas. Lead Europe from the front — to impose sanctions cutting off Russian enterprises from the Western banking system. As we speak, Putin is deciding whether to go beyond Crimea and take eastern Ukraine. Show him some seriousness, Mr. President. By Dave Swanson War activists, like peace activists, push for an agenda. We don’t think of them as activists because they rotate in and out of government positions, receive huge amounts of funding, have access to big media, and get meetings with top officials just by asking — without having to generate a protest first. They also display great contempt for the public and openly discuss ways to manipulate people through fear and nationalism — further shifting their image away from that of popular organizers. But war activists are not journalists, researchers or academics. They don’t inform or educate. They advocate. They just advocate for something that most of the time, and increasingly, nobody wants. William Kristol and Robert Kagan and their organization, the Foreign Policy Initiative, stand out as exemplary war activists. They’ve modified their tone slightly since the days of the Project for the New American Century, an earlier war activist organization. They talk less about oil and more about human rights. But they insist on U.S. domination of the world. They find any success by anyone else in the world a threat to the United States. And they demand an ever larger and more frequently used military, even if world domination can be achieved without it. War, for these war activists, is an end in itself. As was much more common in the 19th century, these agitators believe war brings strength and glory, builds character and makes a nation a superpower. Kristol recently lamented U.S. public opposition to war. He does have cause for concern. The U.S. public is sick of wars, outraged by those in Iraq and Afghanistan, and insistent that new ones not be begun. In September, missile strikes into Syria were successfully opposed by public resistance. In February, a new bill to impose sanctions on Iran and commit the United States to joining in any Israeli-Iranian war was blocked by public pressure. The country and the world are turning against the drone wars. The next logical step after ending wars and preventing wars would be to begin dismantling the infrastructure that generates pressure for wars. This hasn’t happened yet. During every NCAA basketball game the announcers thank U.S. troops for watching from 175 nations. Weapons sales are soaring. New nukes are being developed. NATO has expanded to the edge of Russia. But the possibility of change is in the air. A new peace activist group at WorldBeyond- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Letters to the Editor �L Subscription Rates �88?+6� �3@3>+=� :<3-/� 09<� $2/� #?8.+C�$37/=[#/8>38/6�3=�Ǎ� �L� 6/+=/� -+66� 09<� 79</� 3809<7+tion on local pricing. Full price =3816/� -9:C� 3==?/=� +</� Ǎ L Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. War.org has begun pushing for war’s abolition. Here’s Kristol panicking: “A war-weary public can be awakened and rallied. Indeed, events are right now doing the awakening. All that’s needed is the rallying. And the turnaround can be fast. Only five years after the end of the Vietnam War, and 15 years after our involvement there began in a big way, Ronald Reagan ran against both Democratic dovishness and Republican détente. He proposed confronting the Soviet Union and rebuilding our military. It was said that the country was too war-weary, that it was too soon after Vietnam, for Reagan’s stern and challenging message. Yet Reagan won the election in 1980. And by 1990 an awakened America had won the Cold War.” Here’s Kagan, who has worked for Hillary Clinton and whose wife Victoria Nuland has just been stirring up trouble in the Ukraine as assistant secretary of state. This is from an article by Kagan much admired by President Barack Obama: “As Yan Xuetong recently noted, ‘military strength underpins hegemony.’ Here the United States remains unmatched. It is far and away the most powerful nation the world has ever known, and there has been no decline in America’s relative military capacity — at least not yet.” This pair is something of a good-cop/ bad-cop team. Kristol bashes Obama for being a wimp and not fighting enough wars. Kagan reassures Obama that he can be master of the universe if he’ll only build up the military a bit more and maybe fight a couple more wars here and there. The response from some Obama supporters has been to point out that their hero has been fighting lots of wars and killing lots of people, thank you very much. The response from some peace activists is to play to people’s selfishness with cries to bring the war dollars home. But humanitarian warriors are right to care about the world, even if they’re only pretending or badly misguided about how to help. It’s OK to oppose wars both because they kill huge numbers of poor people far from our shores and because we could have used the money for schools and trains. But it’s important to add that for a small fraction of U.S. military spending, we could ensure that the whole world had food and clean water and medicine. We could be the most beloved nation. I know that’s not the status the war activists are after. In fact, when people begin to grasp that possibility, war activism will be finished for good. �+@3.� #A+8=98� 3=� =C8.3-+>/.� ,C� /+-/&93-/L� �/� 29=>=�$+65��+>398�"+.39L 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 23, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î�� Children Services cases grow with heroin abuse in Meigs By Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio – While it may not have always been the most prevalent drug of abuse in the area, heroin use is becoming more common, according to officials in Meigs County. One of Ohio’s poorest counties, Meigs has seen a transition from prescription drug abuse to heroin over the past few years, according to Meigs County Prosecutor Colleen Williams. Williams also noted that heroin is a great deal cheaper than many of the prescription drugs which were commonly abused at one time. Major Scott Trussell, of the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, compared the use of heroin in today’s society to that of the prescription drug abuse levels in the 1990s. Meigs County Juvenile/ Probate Judge L. Scott Powell agreed. Powell stated that when the pills dried up a few years back, users switched to heroin. He added that at that time there were at least four to five teens addicted to heroin. Multiple groups, agencies and individuals worked together to help eliminate the problem in the schools, which was successful, but it has since shifted to the adult community. Now, Powell stated, the amount of Children Services cases brought before his court his greatly increased because of the increase in adult addictions . In 2012, there was a record number of Children Services cases, according to Powell. That number doubled in 2013. So far this year, the numbers appear to be equivalent to that of 2013. Powell estimated that 75 percent of the children services cases involve drug abuse, with heroin being the No. 1 drug of abuse. One reason for the number of heroin users is the ease of locating the drug. The problem has become widespread in many communities throughout the county, region and state. Powell said he’s talked with many mothers, who say that, no matter which community they may be from, there are several houses around where they can easily purchase heroin. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood also spoke about the increasing problem in the county as a whole, not just a specific area. “There is such a variance in the people you see, youth to adult and everyone in between. A lot fall in line with repeat offenders also,” Wood said. The epidemic is not limited to just one group of people or one area of the county, but many. “Most treat it as something they don’t know is here and are not alarmed by it unless it effects them,” said Powell. The effects are felt not only on the individual user, but on the family and friends of that person and the community as a whole. Sheriff Wood spoke of the flaws in the system which result in the revolving door for many who are addicted. Currently, possession of heroin is considered a felony of the fifth degree, while possessing the chemicals for the manufacture of methamphetamine is considered a felony of the third degree and sometimes a second degree if children are present. Sheriff Wood also noted that there are stiffer penalties for possession of some pills than there are heroin at this time. A person goes through the judicial system, serves the time they are given and upon release goes back to the same pattern of behavior that landed them in the judicial system in the first place. This continues to place financial burden on everyone – counties, the state, families and friends. Williams noted that the prevalence of methamphetamine in the area has taken much of the focus off heroin and other drugs. “Meth is often a lab located in a home, while heroin cases often result from a buy which may take time to set up,” said Williams. She also noted the danger of heroin on many fronts. There is the danger of unclean needles being used, but also the unknown of what may be in the drug itself. “With prescription drug abuse it is usually known exactly what is in the drug, but with heroin the combination of what is being injected may not be known with certainty,” said Williams. This can result in an increased danger with heroin addiction. Wood noted that there are not many success stories of those who have overcome the addiction. One thing currently being discussed among the Buckeye State Sheriff Association members is the need for funding for treatment of drug abuse and mental illness, according to Wood. In recent months, the Sheriff’s Office has taken steps to help combat the drug epidemic in the county with the addition of K-9 Deputy Bax and the development of a task force in partnership with the Middleport Police Department, Gallia County Sheriff’s Office and Gallipolis Police Department. The task force is addressing a lot of the problems in the region, according to Sheriff Wood. Members of the task force are following up on leads and tips received, but the cases take time to put together and investigate. Both Williams and Sheriff Wood spoke of the concern for the offenders who relapse upon release and the increased risk of overdose at that point. Upon release some return to the levels they once used at, and that can lead to dangerous situations. In 2013, Meigs County Emergency Medical Services responded to 68 overdose calls. While all of these were not related to heroin, some are. “All are sad situations,” said Wood. “You sit on edge with a overdose call and start thinking that it is heroin related.” Some of these overdoses do lead to investigations into drug activity, but Wood said they are usually cut short by the unwillingness of those involved to speak with authorities. At the end of the day, said Wood, you ask yourself if it is making a difference. “Until you address addiction, you don’t see huge things happening,” said Wood. “Local support groups are essential to helping work through the problem.” Powell echoed that statement, saying that there are some local groups here to help deal with addiction and there are faith based programs located regionally that can help. The benefit with the faith based programs is that unlike many of the other treatment options there is no cost to the person seeking help. It is sometimes hard to remain in the community and get help, Powell added. Staying here often results in the person being pulled back in because no one wants to use alone. “You have to have help to shake it,” Powell concluded about addiction. Sarah Hawley is a reporter for the �+36C�#/8>38/6�38� 97/<9CL WHAT WE FOUND DOUBLE YOUR TROUBLE From 2007 to 2012, the number of Americans using heroin nearly doubled, going from 373,000 to 669,000, according to the federal government’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health. perception center in the brain. It may also affect other body systems (eg, respiratory and circulatory systems) at higher doses. A SAMPLE, PLEASE Drug dealers in East St. Louis are proving to be great marketers to the point they treat distribution like a pharmacy business, “cutting” the substance themselves before giving it to buyers. Dealers will even offer free samples to some buyers in order to win their business back, according to Madison County Sheriff Bob Hertz in Illinois. SCARY TREND While drug abuse has remained a concern of the Darke County (Ohio) Sheriff’s Office for many years, the recent trend of harder drugs has emerged as a deadlier threat. “With my 28 years (of experience), we have not seen a drug killing people at the rate that it’s killing people in the last several years,” said Whittaker. “We went from prescription drugs and we’re starting to gravitate toward street drugs and heroin.” WHAT IS OXYCONTIN? Oxycontin is a narcotic pain reliever similar to morphine. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. The extended-release form of this medication is for around-the-clock treatment of pain. It works by dulling the pain BIG NUMBERS The Ohio Department of Health indicates that drug overdoses cost Ohioans $1.9 billion on average each year in medical and work loss costs; while non-fatal, hospitaladmitted drug poisonings cost an additional $40 million. Heroin the bench. The admission came after fellow Judge Joseph Christ died of a cocaine overdose at a hunting lodge. FromPage pageA1 1A From A year later in neighboring Pike County, outdoorswoman and busithe Carolinas continue to be more ness owner Shanda Lopez died of an focused on meth and prescription pills, although authorities there fear overdose. The heroin problem comes at a that heroin soon will be knocking on time when the Centers for Disease their door. Control and Prevention reports that “It’s sad to say, but when we overdosing is now the leading cause reduce the supply of pills is when you will see heroin,” said Jeff Sharpe, of accidental death in the United States, accounting for more deaths the police chief in Middlesboro, than traffic fatalities or gun homiKy. “Right now there appears to be cides and suicides. Fatal overdoses enough pills around to keep them from opiate medications such as (users) satisfied.” oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone have quadrupled since 1999, COLLATERAL DAMAGE accounting for an estimated 16,651 The heroin abuse problem comes deaths in 2010. with its side effects. Police chiefs such as W.H. “What’s difficult is the people often steal from their own families to Holbrook of Huntington, W.Va., note get drug money, and family members that “we know we can’t arrest our way out of this problem.” are reluctant to turn them in,” said Ideally, health professionals and David Claus, a municipal prosecutor police urge the need for early interin Bellevue, Ohio. In the affluent Dayton, Ohio, sub- vention programs to educate children about the dangers of drugs. In the urb of Beavercreek, organized retail case of addiction, continued treattheft rings use individuals to steal in exchange for drugs and/or cash to ment is needed. “You’ve got to take a multi-faceted buy drugs. approach to this to really be success“These rings have recruited indiful. I think communities all across viduals to steal merchandise and the nations are realizing that,” said then return it for gift cards. Once Portsmouth (Ohio) Police Chief they turn over the gift cards to the Robert Ware. recruiters, they receive their heroin But at least one judge sees it difas payment,” said Beavercreek Police ferently. Madison County (Ohio) Chief Dennis Evers. Common Pleas Judge Eamon Always shocking are the stories Costello boldly disagrees. of people who die from heroin “I can only think of one case where overdoses. In St. Claire County, Ill., Judge Michael Cook admitted he was treatment solved a heroin addiction,” the judge said. a heroin addict and resigned from The total cost equals an average of $5.4 million each day in medical and work loss costs in Ohio. But the problem isn’t localized in to any one Ohio region. OHIO MORTALITY RATE On a state level, Ohio had the 12th highest drug overdose mortality rate in the United States in 2013, according to a report entitled Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop the Epidemic. DEATHS DOUBLE National drug overdose death rates doubled in 29 states since 1999, according to statistics provided by the nonprofit organization Trust for America’s Health (TFAH). MORE THAN CARS In 2007, unintentional drug overdose became the leading cause of injury-related death in Ohio for the first time, ahead of motor vehicle traffic crashes, and was repeated in 2011. He estimates 80 percent of felony cases in his court are heroin related. That number increases to 90 percent when it comes to property crimes such as burglary, theft and breaking and entering. ATTACKING THE SOURCE The other method of stopping the problem is attacking it at its source – the dealers. The amount of heroin seized at the Mexican border by U.S. law enforcement agencies increased nearly four times from 2008 to 2012, said Joseph Moses, a special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency in Washington D.C. “That also mirrors in overdose deaths,” Moses pointed out. “Between 2006 and 2010, heroin overdose deaths went up about 45 percent.” Afghanistan is the biggest producer of heroin, with 3.3 million Afghans involved in producing opium. Afghanistan is part of a region known as the Golden Triangle, which also includes portions of Southeast Asia, the Yunnan province in China, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. Health officials and members of law enforcement see the heroin problem getting worse unless it is properly addressed. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, of West Virginia, put it bluntly. “The challenges we face are unlike any fight we have undertaken before.” Reporters from Civitas News Media contributed to this story. ALL ABOUT HEROIN STREET NAMES: H, smack, horse, brown, black tar WHAT IT IS: Heroin is a highly addictive drug derived from morphine, which is obtained from the opium poppy. Heroin’s popularity is attributed to its long-lasting high and its cheap price. WHO IS TAKING IT? Heroin has no boundaries. The drug has trapped wealthy and poor people, city folks and rural residents, women and men, white people and minorities. Many users turn to heroin after getting hooked on prescription pills that they no longer are able to obtain from doctors. Others seek heroin after their tolerance for powerful prescription pills reaches a plateau, or the high from prescription pills becomes too expensive to maintain. RETURN OF HEROIN The same drug cartels that distribute cocaine and meth have diversified their markets into heroin distribution. During the 1990s, crack and cocaine were the drugs of choice, with methamphetamine growing in popularity by the end of the1990s and still a major problem today. 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NEED HELP OVERCOMING ADDICTION? 1-888-905-4415 Coalition Against Drug Abuse �3@3>+=��/.3+��<+:23-�,CN�#?=+8��+<>6/CM�$38+��?<.9-5 #9?<-/=N��9+63>398�+1+38=>��<?1��,?=/O�%L#L��<?1��809<-/7/8>� Agency, Foundation for Drug Free World, LiveScience.com �&@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Page A6 LîSunday Times Sentinel Sunday, March 23, 2014 %9:@îC6;64EDî49:=5î<:==6C[Dî@C82?î5@?2E:@?îC6BF6DE COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio said Friday it was denying a condemned child killer’s request to donate organs to his family members, saying he didn’t have enough time to undergo the surgery and recuperate for his summer execution. Organ donation surgery would have to have been the fact he will then be put to death. “Anyone who’s undergone surgery, it’s humane to have time to heal,” said Ricky Seyfang, a spokeswoman for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction warned Phillips about to carry out Phillips’ execution, Stephen Gray, the prison system’s chief counsel, wrote to defense attorney Timothy Sweeney. Sweeney declined to comment. The state said Phillips is no different than any other inmate, meaning the state has an obligation to make sure he is healthy, despite completed by this coming Sunday to give the death row inmate, Ronald Phillips, enough time to recover before the July 2 execution, but Phillips had not shown he was anywhere close that happening, according to letters from state prison officials to Phillips’ attorney. 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TV14 Shameless "Liver, I Hardly House Lies House Lies Know Her" "Comeupp- "Comeuppance" ance" 10 PM 10:30 Snitch ('13, Act) Jon Bernthal, Susan Sarandon, Dwayne Johnson. TVPG True Lies ('94, Act) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis. TV14 Shameless "Liver, I Hardly Know Her" the Sunday deadline in a letter two months ago, according to documents released by the state. “Only a little progress has been made by your client and his mother to move forward with this process,” Gray wrote. He said Phillips’ mother was to have attended a transplant educational session at Ohio State University’s medical center Jan. 21. Even if she were placed on an approved waiting list, the process could take months, after which Phillips would need two to three months to recover, Gray said in a Jan. 24 letter. Phillips, 40, was out of appeals in November when he made a last-minute request to donate the organs, including a kidney to his mother, who is on dialysis, and possibly his heart to his sister. The prison system rejected his request, but Gov. John Kasich delayed the execution until July 2 to give the state time to see whether it was possible to comply. “I realize this is a bit of uncharted territory for Ohio, but if another life can be saved by his willingness to donate his organs and tissues, then we should allow for that to happen,” Kasich said in a statement at the time. Phillips was sentenced to die for the rape and death of Sheila Marie Evans, his girlfriend’s 3-yearold daughter, in Akron in 1993. In January, Kasich denied a similar organ donation request by condemned inmate Dennis McGuire, saying McGuire couldn’t identify a family member who would receive his organs, as required under prison policy. McGuire was put to death Jan. 16 during an execution that made international headlines after he made repeated snortinglike gasps during the 26 minutes it took him to die. In 2010, Ohio death row inmate Lawrence Reynolds tried to commit suicide two days before his scheduled execution with an overdose of antidepressant drugs he had secretly stockpiled. He was executed by injection after a seven-day delay. At the time, the state said it had a legal obligation to provide health care for Reynolds until the execution. In 1995, Delaware death row inmate Steven Shelton was allowed to donate a kidney to his mother while in prison, though he was not facing imminent execution. Following successful appeals, his death sentence was reversed and he was resentenced to prison time in 2011. Crimea goes east, Ukraine goes west in two new deals BRUSSELS (AP) — Two almost simultaneous signatures Friday on opposite sides of Europe deepened the divide between East and West, as Russia formally annexed Crimea and the European Union pulled Ukraine closer into its orbit. In this “new post-Cold War order,” as the Ukrainian prime minister called it, besieged Ukrainian troops on the Crimean Peninsula faced a critical choice: leave, join the Russian military or demobilize. Ukraine was working on evacuating its outnumbered troops in Crimea, but some said they were still awaiting orders. With fears running high of clashes between the two sides or a grab by Moscow for more of Ukraine, the chief of the U.N. came to the capital city Kiev and urged calm all around. All eyes were on Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they have been ever since pro-Western protests drove out Ukraine’s president a month ago, angering Russia and plunging Europe into its worst crisis in a generation. Putin sounded a conciliatory note Friday, almost joking about U.S. and EU sanctions squeezing his inner circle and saying he saw no reason to retaliate. But his government later warned of further action. Russia’s troubled economic outlook may drive its decisions as much as any outside military threat. Stocks sank further, and a possible downgrade of Russia’s credit rating loomed. Visa and MasterCard stopped serving two Russian banks, and Russia conceded it may scrap plans to tap international markets for money this year. Despite those clouds, Putin painted Friday’s events in victorious colors, and fireworks burst over Moscow and Crimea on his orders, in a spectacle reminiscent of the celebrations held when Soviet troops drove the Nazis from occupied cities in World War II. At the Kremlin, Putin signed parliamentary legislation incorporating Crimea into Russia, hailing it as a “remarkable event.” At nearly the same time in a ceremony in Brussels, EU leaders sought to pull cash-strapped Ukraine westward by signing a political association agreement with the new Ukrainian prime minister. The highly symbolic piece of paper is part of the same EU deal that touched off Ukraine’s political crisis when then-President Viktor Yanukovych rejected it in November and chose a bailout from Russia instead. That ignited months of protests that eventually drove him from power. Ukraine’s new prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a leader of the protest movement, eagerly pushed for the EU agreement. “This deal meets the aspirations of millions of Ukrainians that want to be a part of the European Union,” Yatsenyuk said in Brussels. The agreement includes security and defense cooperation, he said, though it is far from full EU membership and doesn’t include an important free-trade element yet. But the EU decided to grant Ukraine financial advantages such as reduced tariffs to boost its ailing economy until the full deal can be signed. Those trade advantages are a blow to Russia, which had hoped to pull Ukraine into a Moscow-focused customs union instead. In exchange for the EU pact, Ukraine’s government is promising economic reforms. “In the long term, the biggest challenge will be to build a strong Ukrainian economy, rooted in strong institutions that respect the rule of law,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said at the EU summit. The deal comes at a critical moment financially: Amid its political crisis, Ukraine is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, struggling to pay off billions of dollars in debts in the coming months. The U.S. and the EU have pledged to quickly offer a bailout. Russia’s foreign minister dismissed the EU pact, saying the current Ukrainian leadership lacks popular support and should have held elections before making such a decision. Meanwhile, in what was seen a possible slight de-escalation in tensions, Russia accepted a plan to send an international fact-finding team of at least 100 members into Ukraine to assess security in the country. For more than a week, Russia had stonewalled the push by other members of the 57-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to send in monitors. OSCE hopes the mission will prevent an escalation of tensions in Ukraine’s east and south — regions with large Russian-speaking populations. �Sunday Times-Sentinel SPORTS SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2014 mdsports@civitasmedia.com B1 Burdette discusses state title, future of EHS basketball By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com COLUMBUS, Ohio — The man. The myth. And now, the legend. John Burdette had already solidified his place in southeastern Ohio as one of the best girls basketball coaches in the game after amassing a 93-29 overall record over his previous five seasons with Eastern. Now, he stands alone with only Louise Drummond, Linda Ross and Lee Snyder as the only girls basketball coaches to ever win a state title from the Southeast District. The Lady Eagles produced three 20-win seasons and three titles in four district championship games before this winter, which included three straight regional appearances and the program’s first trip to the Final Four in girls basketball during the 2013 campaign. Burdette was named the 2009- 10 AP Southeast District coach of the year and had won several coaching honors in both District 13 and in the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division. The Lady Eagles also shared TVC Hocking crowns with Waterford in both 2011 and 2013. And then came year six. The Lady Eagles went unbeaten in league play and clinched their first outright TVC Hocking championship since 2001, which aided EHS en route to winning the Associated Press poll championship in Division IV. It was the first-ever poll title for the school and just the third to ever be bestowed upon a girls basketball team from the Southeast District, joining Oak Hill (2005 and 2011) as the only area programs to ever accomplish the feat. The Green and Gold followed by winning sectional and district titles by an average of 55 points in three games, then rolled through regionals with a pair of double-digit wins while also becoming only the third southeastern Ohio school to make repeat appearances at the state level — joining the likes of Logan (1991-92) and Sardinia Eastern Brown (2000-02). The Lady Eagles then answered the bell by defeating defending D-4 champion Fort Loramie by a 68-59 margin in the state semifinal and closed out a story book season with a 49-38 victory over Zanesville Rosecrans in the D-4 championship contest. The win allowed Eastern to become just the third Southeast District champion ever in OHSAA girls basketball, as the Lady Eagles joined only Adena in accomplishing that feat. The Lady Warriors won state titles in both 1976 and 1994. EHS ended up setting a school record for wins in a season, finishing the 2014 campaign with See TITLE | B3 Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Sixth year Eastern head coach John Burdette celebrates winning the state championship with a cartwheel on the court of the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the Campus of The Ohio State University. Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Southern senior Dennis Teaford (44) gathers himself for a shot attempt while being guarded by Wahama defender Brent Larck (50) during the first half of a Dec. 20, 2013, boys basketball contest in Racine, Ohio. Photos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Seven locals named to All-TVC Hocking boys team OVP area earns Eastern senior Jenna Burdette (14) shoots a layup during the Lady Eagles 29-point victory over Waterford in Tuppers Plains. By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com The Ohio Valley Publishing area had seven people chosen to the All-TVC Hocking boys basketball, which was determined by coaches based on the final league standings for the 2014 campaign. Southern — which captured a share of its firstever TVC Hocking title — joined co-champion Waterford with a league-best four selections after finishing the year with matching 12-4 marks. Both Jeff Caldwell of Southern and Tom Simms of Waterford were also named co-coaches of the year. Junior Tristen Wolfe was named the most valuable player and was one of three Tornadoes selected to the team, as were seniors Taylor McNickle and Dennis Teaford. Senior Eli Strahler and juniors Cody Paxton and Trystan Crawford were the three all-league selec- tions for the Wildcats. Federal Hocking placed third overall with a 10-6 league mark and was represented by seniors Delbert Crum and Peyton Seel, while both Belpre and Trimble landed two players apiece after finishing tied for fourth with 9-7 records. Seniors Nick Therriault and Brennan Ferrell were chosen on behalf of the Golden Eagles, while senior Jacob Koons and junior Micah Couch were selected as the representatives for the Tomcats. Wahama was sixth overall with an 8-8 league mark and had one selection in senior Hunter Bradley, while South Gallia was represented by junior Brayden Greer after finishing seventh with a 7-9 record. Miller was eighth overall with a 4-12 league record and was represented by junior Elijah Rader, while Eastern was ninth at 1-15 and had junior Christian Speelman named to the list. eight spots on TVC Hocking girls team By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com Over half of this season’s Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division girls basketball team belongs to the OVP area. The All-TVC team is decided by coaches inside the league. League Champion Eastern earned three spots on this year’s squad and finished a perfect 16-0. Seniors Jenna Burdette, Jordan Parker and Erin Swatzel were named All-Conference with player of the year honors going to Burdette. Eastern coach John Burdette was named co-coach of the year along with Scott Miller of fourth-place Belpre. Second place in the league was Waterford at 14-2 and All-TVC honors went to sophomores Dani Drayer and Regan Porter. Southern, which finished third in the league at 115, was represented by senior Celestia Hendrix and junior Cierra Turley. Junior Sierra Barker and sophomore Katelyn Hughes were named All-TVC off of the 10-6, fourth place Lady Golden Eagles of Belpre. South Gallia was fifth in the league at 9-6 and was represented by senior Rachael Johnson and sophomore Mikayla Poling. Federal Hocking was sixth at 6-10 and was repre- Southern junior Cierra Turley (10) shoots a layup in front of South Gallia sophomore Mikayla Poling (00) during the Lady Tornadoes victory in Racine. sented by senior Ashton Cale, Miller was seventh at 4-12 and was represented by senior Ali Bray, while Trimble was eighth at 2-14 and was represented by sophomore Morgan Murphy. Rounding out the 15-player squad was sophomore Olivia Hill of ninth-place Wahama, which finished 0-16 in league this season. OVP Sports Schedule SEOAL members to continue on as SEOAL By Craig Dunn Special to OVP Monday, March 24 Baseball St. Albans at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. Teays Valley Christian at Hannan, 5:30 Softball Calvary Baptist at Hannan, 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 25 Baseball Parkersburg South at Point Pleasant, 5:30 Softball Point Pleasant at Wahama, 5:30 Teays Valley Christian at Hannan (DH), 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 Softball Wahama at Roane County, 6 p.m. Hannan at Cabell Midland JV (DH), 5:30 JACKSON, Ohio — Those who had written the final chapter regarding the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League’s demise underestimated those who are determined to keep one of the state’s oldest and most prestigious athletic conferences very much alive. SEOAL superintendents, principals and athletic directors met Wednesday morning in Jackson to make a final determination about the league’s future, which was teetering due to declining membership. The meeting produced results. The SEOAL, and its great tradition, will continue… even if its member- ship consists of only four schools. Administrators representing Gallia Academy, Jackson, Logan and Warren high schools made commitments to not only remain together, but to actively seek additional members… even if it’s just one more member to make a five-school conference. Superintendents Roger Mace of Gallipolis City Schools, Phil Howard of Jackson City Schools and Steve Stirn of Logan-Hocking Local Schools were in attendance. While superintendent Kyle Newton of Warren Local Schools was unable to attend, he sent Warren’s representatives to the meeting with his full support. Wednesday’s Board of Control meeting was quickly assembled after the four schools had met with — and were quickly turned down by — the Tri-Valley Conference Board of Control the previous Wednesday regarding possible membership in that league. In January, the four SEOAL schools had sent a letter to TVC officials to either join the conference together as a bloc, or to merge the two leagues. The TVC responded that its by-laws stated schools had to apply for membership individually. After hearing the four SEOAL schools individually discuss their schools and athletic programs, the TVC made a blanket vote against expanding the league and thus, by See SEOAL | B2 �Page B2 LîSunday Times Sentinel &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday, March 23, 2014 Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Meigs senior Damon Jones, right, dribbles past a Chesapeake defender during the first half of a Dec. 17, 2013, boys basketball contest at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium in Rocksprings, Ohio. Marauders land two on All-TVC Ohio team By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Meigs junior Kelsey Hudson (32) goes in for a layup during the first half of the Lady Marauders loss to NelsonvilleYork in Rocksprings. Hudson named All-TVC for Lady Marauders By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com The Meigs girls basketball team was represented by junior Kelsey Hudson on the season’s all-league team, which was voted on by TriValley Conference Ohio Division coaches. The Lady Marauders finished sixth in the league and finished with an 0-10 record. League champion Athens was finished 10-0 and was represented by junior Dominique Doseck, junior Olivia Harris and senior Hannah Debruin. Doseck was also named player of the year in the TVC Ohio, while Lady Bulldogs head coach Wayne Horsley was named coach of the year. Vinton County finished second in the league with 7-3 mark and earned two spots on the list; senior Megan Dixon and sophomore Michaela Puckett. Nelsonville-York was represent- %,&î)A@CEDî�C:67D To our readers It’s almost time for March Madness and this year, we will bring you expanded coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Beginning this week, our newspaper will run a weekly update that includes results from the latest games, updated brackets and a look at the games left to play. Compiled by staff in the heart of basketball country, coverage will continue until the nets are cut down, with coverage of all the bracket busters and Cinderella stories in between. Riverside seniors to kickoff on April 1 MASON, W.Va. — The official start of the 2014 Riverside senior men’s golf league will be on Tuesday, April 1 at 8 a.m. and will begin with an informative meeting. Any rule changes must be taken into consider- ation at this time. The League is open to all male players that are fifth years or older. Playing every week of the 26-week season is not mandatory but it is encouraged. One coyote hunt remains ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — One coyote hunt remains in the second annual Shade River Coon Hunters Club Coyote Hunt. Coyote hunters can 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) 992-3992, 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. ed by senior Angela Meade and junior Madison Davis, while finishing third in the TVC Ohio with a 6-4 mark. Fourth in the league was Alexander at 5-5 and the Lady Spartans received one spot on the list, which went to freshman Leah Richardson. Senior Chelsea McManaway was the lone selection for Wellston, which was fifth in the league with a 2-8 mark. The Meigs boys basketball team landed two players on the All-TVC Ohio squads, which was determined by coaches based on the final league standings for the 2014 campaign. The Marauders — who finished tied for third with both Alexander and Nelsonville-York with a 4-6 TVC Ohio mark — were represented by senior forward Damon Jones and junior guard Isaiah English. The Spartans landed two selections in sophomores Mason Chapman and Seth Richardson, while seniors Josh Fayette and Cannon Kilbarger were chosen on behalf of the Buckeyes. Athens won the TVC Ohio with a perfect 10-0 mark, which allowed Jeff Skinner to be named the league’s coach of the year. Sophomore guard Ibi Watson was named the league’s player of the year and was one of three Bulldogs chosen to this year’s squad, joining juniors Joey Burrow and Ryan Luehrman. Vinton County finished second overall with an 8-2 mark and landed two selections on the All-TVC Ohio team. Senior Alex Owings and sophomore Jordan Albright were chosen on behalf of the Vikings. Sophomore Caleb Stanley was the lone choice for Wellston, which went winless in 10 league contests this past winter. Lady Knights shutout Parkersburg South in opener By Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — That’s starting the season with style. The Point Pleasant softball team opened the 2014 campaign with a 9-0 shutout victory over visiting Parkersburg South, Friday night in Mason County. After sending away the Lady Patriots (0-1) in order in the top of the first inning the Lady Knights (1-0) went to work in the bottom of the first. Payton Fetty and Makinley Higginbotham both came around to score on a two-out double by Madison Barker, while Barker scored on Cami Hesson’s double, putting PPHS on top 3-0 through one inning. Parkersburg South was sat down 1-2-3 again in the top of the second inning and the Point Pleasant offense picked up where it left off in the bottom half of the second. The Lady Knights scored five runs in the second, highlighted by a three-run homerun by sophomore Karissa Cochran. The Red, White and Blue earned their first baserunner of the game in their half of the third inning on a hit by pitch. Lindsey Cox earned the first PSHS hit of the game, advancing Paige Gubblr to third with two-outs. Cochran got out of a the jam with a grounder to the catcher and the Lady Knights headed into the bottom of the third still in the lead 8-0. Megan Hamond began the home half of the third with a double and she came around to score on a two-out double by Fetty. Trailing 9-0 Parkersburg South moved a runner into scoring positing three time over the next two innings but the Lady Patriots failed to score and PPHS took the 9-0 mercy rule victory. Cochran earned the win for The Red White and Black, pitching five shutout innings and surrendering just five hits. Cochran hit one batter but walked none and struck out five. Megan Bosley was the losing pitcher of record, giving up nine runs, eight earned, on eight hits and a walk in four in- nings. Bosley struck out two in the setback. Fetty paced the Lady Knights at the plate with a 2-for-3 proformance including an RBI double in the third. Cochran hit a three-run homerun, while Hamond and Hesson and Barker each marked a double. Higginbotham and Rebekah Darst both added a single in the win. Cochran had a team-high three runs batted in, followed by Barker with two. Higginbotham scored two runs for PPHS, while Fetty, Darst, Cochran, Barker, Hamond, Michaela Cottrill and Karson Bonecutter each scored once. Cottrill, Hesson and Higginbotham each had one stolen base in the win. Parkersburg South was led by Cox with two singles in three attempts, while Kristen Hamilton, Trinity Fury and Gubblr each singled once. Point Pleasant finished with nine runs, eight his and no errors, while the Lady Patriots had no runs, five hits and three errors. These teams will meet again on April, 15 in Parkersburg. SEOAL From Page B1 taking expansion off the table, turned down the SEOAL schools by a 12-3 margin (River Valley, which becomes the league’s 16th member next school year, was not eligible to vote). Gallipolis, Jackson, Logan and Warren — who will be the only members remaining after Portsmouth leaves the conference following the 2014-15 school year — had either sought, or had been approached about, possible membership in other conferences. With the TVC episode behind them, however, all four schools decided Wednesday that they would much rather stay together and that they would discontinue pursuit of membership in any other conference, putting those rumors to rest. Representatives from all four schools revealed they had checked into membership with other conferences because they were worried membership would drop under four and the league would cease to exist, forcing one, two or three schools to play independent schedules. Gallia Academy was the key to keeping the SEOAL together. GAHS representatives had made plans to attend a meeting next month with the Ohio Valley Conference, based primarily in Lawrence County, to possibly become its eighth member. However, after Jackson, Logan and Warren representatives informed GAHS administrators that they would firmly remain in the league if Gallipolis would, Mace briefly left the meeting room to make a call on his cell phone. Upon his return, Mace informed the other school administrators that “Gallia Academy High School is 100 percent” remaining with the SEOAL. He further stated GAHS would inform the OVC that it would not be attending next month’s meeting. While it was long thought that GAHS had a standing offer to become the OVC’s eighth member, Mace noted that it was not until last Thursday — the day after Gallipolis, Jackson, Logan and Warren were turned down by the TVC — that they began to consider actually contacting the OVC about making the move. However, when the SEOAL quickly scheduled Wednesday’s BOC meeting — and included the superintendents to discuss the four schools resolving to stay together — any decision regarding the OVC was put on hold just as quickly. “We wanted to listen to what the OVC had to say,” Mace said, “but we also know the sentiments of where the (Gallipolis) community wants to be,” that being to remain in the SEOAL. While all four schools know that scheduling many non-conference events will be tough, the decision to show solidarity within the SEOAL borders came down to the one entity that it was all about in the first place: each school’s student-athletes. “It is important for our athletes to have league games and league championships to play for,” said Howard. Upon unanimously agreeing to continue as (at least) a four-school league, the superintendents — who have final say when it comes to conference membership — also had a letter of resolution drafted. That letter, in part, reads as follows: “On March 19, 2014, Gallia Academy, Jackson, Logan and Warren high schools reaffirmed their membership in the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League, the oldest non-city high school athletic conference in Ohio. “We, as superintendents of Gallia Academy, Jackson, Logan and Warren high schools, henceforth wish to make clear that we are not looking to leave the SEOAL to join another league. “We are remaining together and, in fact, we are reaching out to expand our league to other area schools who would like to join us. “By attaching our signatures to this letter, we assure any and all potential incoming schools that we will stay together and that we welcome new SEOAL membership. “The SEOAL has a rich history, and we aim to see that it continues. The 2014-15 school year will be the SEOAL’s 90th, and it is our goal to not only see it reach 100 years of existence but to take it well beyond into another century.” With the four schools thus having resolved to remain together, they will actively pursue finding one or two schools to join them… but if that does not succeed, they are fully committed to remain as one in a four-team conference. Gallia Academy, Jackson and Logan were among the eight original members when the SEOAL was formed in 1925, and Warren joined the league prior to the 1986-87 school year. While membership has fluctuated between five and 10 schools since 1925, it has never been down to four… the fewest number of schools to have a viable league. But four- or five-school leagues and divisions can survive. There are several five-school leagues throughout the state as well as some conferences that are divided into five-team divisions, with crossover games filling out the bye spots. Four-school leagues do exist, and in football the five-school Central Catholic League in Columbus actually has three teams in one division and two in the other. Craig Dunn is the SEOAL media representative and the sports editor of the Logan Daily News in Logan, Ohio. �Sunday, March 23, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� Photos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports ABOVE, 2013 Division IV Regional Champions. AT LEFT, 2014 Division IV State Champions. Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Sports AT LEFT, 2012 Division IV District Champions. AT RIGHT, 2011 Division IV District Champions. You’ve Come A Long Way! On behalf of the staff at Ohio Valley Publishing, we would like to say congratulations to the 2014 Eastern Lady Eagles girls basketball team on both reaching a common goal and for all of your other great accomplishments over the years. Title From Page B1 a 27-1 overall mark. The Lady Eagles also outscored opponents this year by a whopping 2,075-899 overall margin, which averaged out to 74.1 points for and 32.1 points allowed. The Lady Eagles — who won 26-of-27 games by double digits — gave up 50-plus points only four times this season and limited opponents to 30-or-less points on 14 different occasions. Eastern also held three opponents to single digits and limited three more opponents to under 20 points, all while breaking the 90-point plateau only once this winter. Burdette was named the 2014 coach of the year in the TVC Hocking, District 13 and by the AP at the all-district level. And yet, despite improving his career winning percentage to 80 percent with a 120-30 overall mark, the sixth-year frontman noted that the final moments of Saturday’s championship game was clearly the highlight of his coaching career. “It really does make me a happy man just watching the way the girls celebrated when the final buzzer went off,” Burdette said. “They were jumping up and down, screaming and crying. It was a real emotional time for them and I was glad to see them get to have that moment. That was a super proud moment for me as well. “We went into this year expecting this and we weren’t going to settle for anything less. They’ve played with an attitude all year long because we all expected this to happen. We knew it would come down to our defense, so we took a real pride in making sure that we did our jobs on every single possession.” Burdette was the fifth coach at Eastern in five years at the time he took the coaching job, which was at the start of the 200809 campaign. He had previously spent time as the junior high coach at Eastern and had also served as a youth league coach to his daughter and most of these players. That familiarity certainly helped when these seniors became eligible to play at the varsity level as freshmen, particularly in the fact they were already more like family and less like newcomers to the program. “I’ve been around all of these girls since they were in kindergarten. Gee whiz, I’m like the field trip nanny with this group,” Burdette said with a chuckle. “It’s a small school and they are all fun to be around, and that’s why I enjoy them and that’s what makes this ending so special. They are my girls.” Burdette, however, wanted to be perfectly clear on one subject in regards to this state championship team. It was not solely because of the upperclassmen. “Everyone always talks about the seniors, and don’t get me wrong because I do understand that part of it, but every girl on this team put in the same amount of sweat and effort as these seniors,” Burdette said. “Just because some of the underclassmen didn’t play as much didn’t mean that they didn’t have to put in as much effort. “What we did, we all did — as a team. Everybody was asked to do the same things in practice and everybody ran together when something didn’t go right. There were no favorites in practice. The girls knew that you play and you play hard, regardless of who you were.” The Lady Eagle seniors, however, earned an incredible 90-15 record during their four-year tenure — which includes a 59-5 mark and 19 straight wins against TVC Hocking opponents. The Eastern quintet of Jenna Burdette, Jordan Parker, Katie Keller, Maddie Rigsby and Erin Swatzel also ended their collective careers with a 20-3 postseason record. The Green and Gold went just 11-7 in non-conference matchups over the last four years, but those non-TVC Hocking games proved to be the real differencemaker in getting this team ready for a state title run. The seven non-league losses came to eventual D-3 state runner-up Oak Hill (7337) in 2011; D-4 state qualifier Tri-Village (59-46) and Class A champion Huntington St. Joe (52-48) in 2012; D-2 district finalist Jackson (67-56), D-3 state qualifier Orrville (81-48) and Class A state champion Huntington St. Joe (63-46) in 2013; and Class A champion Huntington St. Joe (70-68 OT) in 2014. The three tournament losses also came against teams that eventually qualified for the Final Four, including a 66-35 loss to eventual D-4 champion Harvest Prep during their freshmen campaign. Mansfield St. Peter defeated Eastern 67-60 in the 2012 regional semis and advanced to the state semifinals in 2012, while Berlin Hiland advanced to the D-4 final last year after beating EHS in the state semis 54-51. Waterford — which has been in three regional tournaments and four district finals over the last four seasons — has four of the five TVC Hocking wins against Eastern with this senior class. South Gallia has the other league victory after pulling a shocker in 2012 with a 52-51 home win. The Lady Rebels only made it to the sectional semifinal that year, but followed up with the school’s second-ever district final appearance the next season. Needless to say, Burdette has always valued the importance of his non-conference schedule. In his mind, it was the best way to ensure that his teams were battledtested for the postseason wars that were waiting ahead. “I think that the TVC Hocking has always represented itself well at the sectional and district levels, so I think our league doesn’t get enough credit in that regard,” Burdette said. “On the other hand, I’ve always tried to make things really tough with our non-league games. I’ve always wanted to go out and find a handful of teams that I thought I could beat us. “I think facing that next level of competition this year and over the years really helped us in making this run. We played better teams to make ourselves better, and I think we benefited from taking that approach.” Graduation will be a tough pill for the girls basketball program to swallow, as the Lady Eagles will graduate over 90 percent of its offense and 20 seasons of varsity experience. That, however, is not deterring Burdette for trying to keep the Eastern program at the very high level it currently sits at. In fact, with seven players returning and another crop of eighth graders coming in, Burdette is hoping that this is only the start of something much better for the Green and Gold. “This is a great feeling. I don’t want this to end here and I don’t want this to stop. Actually, I want this to be the beginning,” Burdette said. “I know winning a state championship isn’t possible every single year, but I want everybody that will be coming up through there to know that as long as I am able — my goal will be to get us back here.” And like the last six years have shown, the newest Eastern goal will only be attainable through even more hard work — which includes the offseason. “The seniors, or the older group as we called them, had been playing summer ball since they were in elementary. Five of these underclassmen are already doing the same thing. I think it’s a testament to both the kids and their parents in having a vision of what it takes to make them better ball players,” Burdette said. “I have always tried as a parent and a coach to prepare the kids for the future, not just let them wait for the future to come to them. I know it can be rough at times, but the reward will pay off in the long run if you are willing to put in the effort.” Next winter, Eastern will wear an even larger bull’s-eye thanks to its accomplishments during the 2014 campaign. The time is now to start working on defending what so few have ever known. NOTES: Louise Drummond and Linda Ross served as co-coaches on the 1976 Class AAA state championship team from Adena, while Lee Snyder led the Lady Warriors to their 1994 championship in Division III. OVP sports writer Alex Hawley contributed to this report. Do we have you attention now? 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A Public Hearing on the draft solid waste management plan 5 year update of the Gallia, Jackson, Meigs & Vinton Solid Waste Management District will be held from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the district office, 1056 Help Wanted General Sunday, March 23, 2014 LEGALS 10:00 p.m. Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the district office, 1056 S. New Hampshire Avenue, Wellston, OH 45692. The Gallia, Jackson, Meigs & Vinton Solid Waste Management District welcomes input from the public during the comment period, from March 24, 2014 – April 22, 2014. Any comments are to be submitted in writing and addressed to the Gallia, Jackson, Meigs & Vinton Solid Waste Management District, 1056 S. New Hampshire Avenue, Wellston, OH 45692. The Draft Plan 5 year update will be available for public review at the district office for thirty (30) days from March 24, 2014 – April 22, 2014. Office hours to review the plan are: Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The Draft Plan 5 year update contains and/or makes provisions for: 1. An inventory of solid waste facilities, services, recycling activities and open dump sites within the District. 2. Estimations and quantifications of total waste generated within the District for each year of the planning period by its residents, commercial establishments, institutions and industries. 3. Projections of total waste generated within the District for each year of the planning period. 4. Maintenance for District office and facilities to assist Board of Directors in the administration of District activities. The District office will also serve as the center of information and coordination/administration of the District’s activities in recycling, enforcement of littering and illegal dumping laws, and educational programming. 5. 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OWNERS: Mike Neeley & Jackie LeBirth SHERIDAN’S SHAMROCK AUCTION SERVICE, LLC WEB: www.shamrock-auctions.com AUCTIONEER/REALTOR: John Patrick “Pat” Sheridan AUCTIONEERS: Kerry Sheridan-Boyd, Mike Boyd Email: ShamrockAuction@aol.com PH: 740-592-4310 or 800-419-9122 60492254 Page B4 LîSunday Times Sentinel �Sunday, March 23, 2014 $@ î &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î�� î�6@C86E@H?îC@FEDî(:@î�C2?56�î � By Randy Payton Special to OVP Submitted photo by URG Athletics Rio Grande’s Kevin Arroyo swings for one of his three hits in Friday afternoon’s 11-2 loss to No. 23 Georgetown College at Bob Evans Field. RIO GRANDE, Ohio — Martin Lemus had two hits, including a three-run home run, and drove in four runs, while Tyler Coker clubbed a grand slam home run to highlight a six-run fifth inning and lead No. 23 Georgetown College to a convincing 11-2 win over the University of Rio Grande, Friday afternoon, in Mid-South Conference baseball action at Bob Evans Field. The Tigers, who banged out 15 hits as a team, improved to 18-4 overall and 7-3 in the MSC with the win. Rio Grande, which suffered its third straight loss, slipped to 10-15 overall and 3-7 in league play. Lemus’ home run - a one-out first inning blast over the center field fence - made it 3-0 and his sacrifice fly in the third inning extended the lead to 4-0. The Tigers officially lowered the boom, though, with their six-run fifth inning uprising. Trey Gross opened the inning with a walk and moved to third on a bunt single by Duran Elmore and a single to right-center by Justin Moore. That set the stage for Coker, who drilled his first longball of the season just over the outstretched glove of Rio Grande freshman right fielder Carlos Flores (Guayanilla, Puerto Rico). Rio junior starter Ryan Christophel (Dayton, OH) was then lifted in favor of freshman reliever Trent Downs (Kingston, OH), who promptly walked Lemus and Rick Reyes with a pitch. A wild pitch and a throwing error plated Lemus and Reyes scored on a single to rightcenter by David Higuera. Georgetown made it 11-0 in the seventh on consecutive singles by Reyes, Steven Mancilla, Higuera and Nick Kociolek, but the RedStorm avoided the early finish of a mercy rule by scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh. Sophomore Kirk Yates (Chillicothe, OH) reached on a one-out error and scored on a double to left by junior Kevin Arroyo (Toa Baja, Puerto Rico). A single by sopho- more Chris Ford (Athens, OH) moved Arroyo to third and a sacrifice fly to right by freshman Daulton Kenyon (West Portsmouth, OH) set the eventual final score. Higuera finished 3-for-5, while Mancilla had two hits and Moore scored three times for Georgetown. The Tigers also got another solid pitching effort from Tyler Arthur, who earned his fourth win in as many decisions, by scattering eight hits and two walks in a complete game effort. He also fanned six and both of the runs he allowed were unearned. Arroyo had three of Rio Grande’s eight hits. Christophel suffered his first loss in three decisions this season, allowing six hits and eight runs - seven of which were earned - in four-plus innings. The two teams will wrap up the weekend series on Saturday with a doubleheader beginning at noon. The opener of the twinbill will be a nine-inning contest, while the second game will be a seven-inning affair. �?îE96î%A6? American Woodcock, the original Sky Dancers By Jim Freeman In The Open When my daughters were little, there was a toy on the market called Sky Dancers. It consisted of a small doll with foam wings. When you placed the doll onto its base and pulled a string, the doll would launch, spinning into the air before “dancing” back down to earth. Unless, of course, you were my daughters — in which case you battled with them — magically transforming the spinning little angels and ballerinas into dangerous projectiles. The toymakers developed an entire Sky Dancers pantheon and a spin-off cartoon series until reports started pouring in of injuries, including facial lacerations, scratched corneas and temporary blindness at the slashing wings of Sky Dancers, which in a few short years earned them a spot in another pantheon — one you could call the “Island of Dangerous and Recalled Toys.” Although it is unlikely, perhaps the toy company could have been inspired by a real-life sky dancer, the American woodcock – which to the best of my knowledge has never lacerated or scratched anyone’s face or cornea. The American woodcock is a bit of a paradox; it can be described as an upland game shorebird assembled from spare parts with legs borrowed from the Killdeer, the beak from the Kiwi and the coloration of a quail or grouse. It is not an attractive bird: its eyes are set high and far back on its head, which appears to sit directly on its body with no neck. Its most identifiable feature is its long bill, which it uses to probe for its food — primarily earthworms. The tip of its upper bill is flexible allowing it to catch earthworms while it is sunk in the ground. Also known by such aliases as the timberdoodle, Labrador twister, bogsucker, night partridge and brush snipe, the American woodcock is perhaps best known for the male’s unique courtship ritual, referred to as the air dance or sky dance. Around dusk this time of year, starting around late February and continuing through early spring, the male woodcock engages in an elaborate dance to attract a mate. It starts at a spot called the singing grounds with a series of “peent” calls. He then launches into the air describing a wide spiral with his wings making a tweeting sound, goes as high as 250 feet and then settles back down with his wings making a chirping sound before landing where he first took off. He will repeat this process and begin “peenting” all over again before resuming the dance. American woodcock are migratory birds. Ideal habitats include a mix of wet young forest and “old” fields. Courtship habitat includes forest cleanings and pastures, old fields and rights-of-way. My first experience with the American woodcock was as a youngster in Louisiana, where the birds frequently spend the winter. The little birds would generally jump out from underneath my feet, in the explosive manner reminiscent of ruffed grouse or Bobwhite quail, fly a short distance and settle back to earth, at which point they would promptly disappear, blending perfectly into their environment thanks to their protective coloration. The American woodcock is a game bird that hunters rarely hunt. Pioneering conservationist Aldo Leopold Photos by Bryan Walters | OVP Spots �îH9@=6î?6Hî32==î82>6î2Eî&@:?Eî&=62D2?E The Point Pleasant baseball team is just the latest program to make changes to its home venue, as the Big Blacks have added permanent seating behind their new backstop for the upcoming 2014 season. Point Pleasant — in cooperation with the PPHS Athletic Boosters — has added an all-brick backstop and new netting behind the home plate area, which should provide both stability on the field and a better overall view for fans over the next few decades. The area behind the backstop also has 110 stadium chairs bolted down for fans to feel even closer to the action than ever before. As the season progresses, additional bleachers will be placed around the outside of the newlyremodeled backstop — which should provided anywhere from 200-250 seats for PPHS fans to sit while cheering on the team. The stadium chairs will also serve as a fundraiser of sorts for the baseball program, as each of the 110 chairs can be sponsored by anyone for $100 apiece. Sponsors will have a name plate engraved that will be placed on the back of each chair, and each sponsor will have a say in how the name plate reads. Each name plate can have a message that goes up to five lines, with 18 characters available on each line. Anyone interested in ordering a name plate may contact PPHS baseball coach Andrew Blain for more information. See OPEN | B6 REAL ESTATE SALES Houses For Sale Apartments/Townhouses Apartments/Townhouses Houses For Sale Nice 2yr old 3BR House, Appliances, 2 1/2 BA, large detached Garage, Concrete drive, privacy fence. Gallipolis area. No Closing Cost, No down payment if qualified $110,000 740-446-9966 2BR second floor Apartment overlooking Gallipolis City Park & Ohio River. 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Kenseth won the pole Friday, edging Brad Keselowski in another knockout qualifying session highlighted by now-familiar faces. Kenseth won his first pole of the season, turning a lap in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 187.315 mph. He beat Keselowski’s 187.105 to earn the 12th pole of his NASCAR career. “This is probably one of the best tracks we go to as far as passing, with all the different lanes,” Kenseth said. “Unless you get stuck on the top, there’s a lot of options here. This place is really wide. It’s very challenging as a driver, but very fun, as well, because you can look around and if your car is running a certain way, you can find a groove that will help your car and move around a lot.” Five-time Fontana champion Jimmie Johnson was third at 38.516, followed by fellow California native Kevin Harvick. Clint Bowyer came in fifth. The drivers emerged from the fourth edition of NASCAR’s new knockout qualifying format — and the first on a 2-mile oval — with more praise for the fan-friendly style. The 43-car field was trimmed to 24 for the 10-minute second round, followed by a five-minute final round for the top 12 cars. Kenseth and his team weren’t the swiftest to figure out the new qualifying format, but their speed overcame any problems. Kenseth finished second in the second round of qualifying before leading the final session. Kenseth has won three times at Fontana, most recently in 2009, but had never won the pole in 21 previous races. “We unloaded and had some really good speed,” Kenseth said. “We worked on race trim a little bit. Wasn’t driving quite like we hoped, but we did have some good speed, and that translated to qualifying trim.” Keselowski has started up front in all four races under the new qualifying format, winning the pole at Phoenix and finishing second three times. His Penske Ford teammate, Joey Logano, won the pole at Las Vegas and came in fourth last week at Bristol before finishing seventh at Fontana. Keselowski doesn’t claim any special expertise about the format, even after improving his time in each round at Fontana. He said the first few cars on the Fontana track had a distinct advantage because the asphalt cools off between runs. “This knockout format has been really good for my team,” Keselowski said. “I’ve had a lot of fun with it. I don’t feel like a very good qualifier. We’ve got a lot of great momentum going, and we’ve just got to keep it going.” Fontana’s weathered track hasn’t been changed much for 17 consecutive years, and most drivers love its degradation, which is tough on tires and friendly to gifted drivers hoping to pass. Once known for boring races, its reputation seemingly has improved with each passing year of seasoning on the track. “I think it’s awesome, I really do,” Johnson said of the combination of the new qualifying rules and the old track. “This track has a high wear factor for the tires, and I was concerned that if you had a bad lap, you couldn’t go out and improve, but I think to see a couple of cars do that from the first session is nice.” $���îFAD6EDî4CFD9î A6C764Eî3C24<6Eî9@A6D By Doug Feinberg Associated Press The billion dollar dream is over. A second day of upsets ended any chance of someone having a perfect NCAA tournament bracket in Warren Buffet’s $1 billion challenge. It was a favorite that provided the first blemish on the final three people’s brackets in the Quicken Loans contest on the Yahoo Sports website. All three had ninthseeded George Washington beating Memphis. The Tigers won 71-66. “If Warren Buffett wants to donate the (billion) to our university, we will take it and use it in good company,” Memphis coach Josh Pastner said. “We’ll find a way.” It only took 25 games for everyone to be eliminated. Then again most of brackets were knocked out on the tournament’s first full day. The number of unblemished brackets kept dwindling after third-seed Duke, sixth-seed UMass and seventh-seed New Mexico lost Friday. Only 16 people remained perfect after 10th-seeded Stanford topped New Mexico. Then Tennessee routed UMass, leaving only six people with a chance of beating the 9.2 quintillion-to-1 odds. Gonzaga’s victory over Oklahoma State cut that down to the final three. Even though no one won the $1 billion, the top 20 scores will still each get $100,000. Quicken Loans, which is sponsoring and insuring the Buffet contest, said on its Twitter feed that it wouldn’t reveal the number of entrants to the challenge. The pool was supposed to be capped at 15 million entries. It probably wouldn’t have mattered if they had let more people join. Barbara J. Perenic | Columbus Dispatch | MCT Ohio State head coach Thad Matta yells across the court during the first half against the North Dakota State at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. Questions abound after Buckeyes’ quick NCAA exit COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — They were just questions asked of a tired coach after a loss. Yet Thad Matta’s responses might reveal a lot about the 2013-14 Ohio State Buckeyes. Asked why his team couldn’t build a lead against Dayton in a 60-59, second-round NCAA loss on Thursday, he said, “I wish I had the answer for you. I would have used it about a month ago.” In the end, as was the case throughout the season, not even Matta knew what to make of his team. The Buckeyes opened the season 15-0 and climbed to No. 3 in the nation. Yet over their last 20 games, they were 10-10, a season of promise ending in frustration. When he was asked if he felt good when his team used a 10-0 run to take the lead in the second half, Matta all but threw up his hands. “You know, you’re never comfortable,” he said. So, Buckeyes fans, you’re not alone. This team didn’t seem comfortable once the calendar changed to 2014 and the opposition got better. Now it figures to lose two and possibly three key players from a 2510 season. Aaron Craft, known for his hard work and defense but also an enigma on offense, is graduating. One of the dependable things about the Buckeyes was Craft would dive for loose balls, make a few steals — he set the Big Ten record with 337 — and guard opposing players like a cornerback playing bump-and-run. Still smarting from the loss to an in-state rival, Craft declined to consider his Ohio State legacy. “Sorry, I have zero thoughts on that right now,” he said. “I’m upset at the way that we played this game and the way that we didn’t take the opportunity and make the most of it. So that’s for you guys to decide and discuss, but right now, I can’t move past this game yet.” The Buckeyes also graduate second-leading scorer Lenzelle Smith Jr. There was nothing certain about his game. He seemed to either score 15 points and play well at both ends or shrink into the background. He wasn’t alone in that regard. Swingman LaQuinton Ross, a 6-foot-8 junior, was the dependable scorer on the team. He said after the loss he’d take time to decide whether he’ll come back for his final year or test the waters in the NBA draft. Ross blossomed to lead the team with 15.2 points and 5.9 rebounds a game. His defense, dreadful when he first came to campus, improved dramatically. Should he return, Ohio State could put together a solid team — with a lot of maybes. Maybe Amir Williams, a 6-foot-11 former McDonald’s All-American who disappears for long stretches, will reappear. Maybe he’ll become the force in the middle that the Buckeyes needed so badly this year. Maybe point guard Shannon Scott, a defensive whiz who showed flashes of an offensive threat, will flourish with Craft gone and without having to share the ball. Maybe Sam Thompson, who scored 18 against Dayton but also played in fits and starts all season, will find some consistency as a senior. Matta has called him one of the most physically gifted players he’s ever coached, but for three seasons he is remembered more for his highlight-reel dunks than making plays. Maybe sophomore-to-be Marc Loving, backup big man Trey McDonald, guard Amedeo Della Valle and redshirt freshman Kam Williams will make big strides in the offseason. And maybe incoming freshmen 6-5 D’Angelo Russell, 6-7 Keita Bates-Diop, 6-4 Jae’Sean Tate and 6-10 David Bell will step right in and contribute. But those are a lot of possibilities with not so many guarantees. “Obviously, you want it to end differently,” Craft said after the Dayton loss. Of next year’s Buckeyes he added, “These guys still have time. The best thing that we can do is just move forward.” Before next season, the Buckeyes will have to find more options offensively, develop an inside presence and regain their lost mojo. After making it to the NCAA round of 16 four years in a row, this season’s quick knockout has left the entire program grasping for answers. “This is a game that we had an opportunity to win,” Thompson said. “We had a chance to extend our season, extend the seniors’ careers and we didn’t do it. So it was tough.” !J î�@FD6î%!Dî3:==îE@î96=Aî\?2?46î(FAAîC6?@G2E:@? FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Supporters of a plan to help finance Rupp Arena’s renovation are facing their own version of March Madness in trying to win over Kentucky lawmakers. Their proposal advanced to the next round Friday. The state House voted 5240 to endorse the idea of letting Lexington officials increase their local hotel tax to generate money to help update the home of the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team. The $310 million project also includes building a new convention center near Rupp in downtown Lexington. Next up is the Senate, which could present a more daunting obstacle for the bill’s supporters. The measure drew a tepid response from Senate President Robert Stivers following the House action. “We’re getting it late in the session,” the Manchester Republican said. “The reality is we only know of the essence of the bill, we do not know of the details of the bill. We understand there is quite a bit of division of Lexing- ton over the issue.” Lexington Mayor Jim Gray pushed for the Senate to pass the measure, saying the renovation would create jobs that will help the whole state. “Anyone who needs evidence that this plan will work should look north to Columbus Ohio,” Gray said in a statement. “They created 10,000 jobs in and around Nationwide Arena through a very similar model as the Rupp District. This is one of Kentucky’s best economic development projects and we are eager to get started.” Friday marked the 51st day of this year’s 60-day General Assembly session. The final days will be dominated by work on the next state budget. Open From Page B5 For more information, visit wrote, “No one would rather hunt woodcock in October than I, but since learning of the sky dance I find myself calling one or two birds enough. 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We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. 60491632 Jim Freeman is wildlife specialist for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District and a long-time contributor to the Sunday Times-Sentinel. He can be contacted weekdays at 740-992-4282 or at jim.freeman@oh.nacdnet. net �Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2014 ALONG THE RIVER C1 The Thomas Fork Doser relies on water power, not electricity to operate. Water coming through the inlet pipes goes into a vault beneath the doser where some of the water operates a water wheel, shown here, which turns a chain operating an auger that deposits lime pellets into a mixing basin where it is then flushed downstream. Submitted photos Reclamation project helps life return to once-dead stream Staff Report TDSnews@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Over the past two years, a mostlydead creek located in the heart of Meigs County has received a new lease on life, with evident improvements in water quality and a return of fish not seen in years. The creek in question — Thomas Fork — is located mostly in Salisbury Township and drains roughly 32 square miles from the Bradbury and Hysell Run communities behind Middleport, along Ohio 143 behind Pomeroy, up to Horner Hill, Ball Run, and the Laurel Cliff and Rock Springs communities. The deadly culprit is acid-mine drainage, or AMD, AT LEFT, this sign indicates the variety of local, state and federal partners that are contributing to the Thomas Fork Doser project and describes the purpose a legacy of the neighbor- of the project. AT RIGHT, this structure, located along Bailey Run Road in Meigs County’s Salisbury Township, resembles many of the oil storage tanks in that area but instead houses a storage silo and water-powered machinery used to “dose” an acidic stream with limestone pellets. It represents a partnership be- See PROJECT | C2 tween local, state and federal agencies to improve the health of Thomas Fork, an acid mine drainage-impacted stream located in the Leading Creek watershed. AT LEFT, Raina Fulks, former Leading Creek watershed coordinator with the Meigs SWCD is shown here conducting pre-construction monitoring of the small stream along Bailey Run Road. AT RIGHT, This photo taken prior to construction of the Thomas Fork Doser shows the point where the “Unnamed Tributary,” coming from the right, enters into the larger Thomas Fork creating a mixing zone. From this point downstream, almost seven and a half miles, until the confluence with Leading Creek, Thomas Fork was essentially a “dead” creek with practically no fish or healthy macroinvertebrate (aquatic bug) populations. Fish were present upstream of this point, and it was said that fish could be observed turning around and going back upstream upon contact with the acid mine drainage. AT LEFT, Jim Freeman with the Meigs SWCD is shown here reinstalling the inlet pipes as part of routine maintenance on the Thomas Fork Doser. Acidic water with a pH of around 3 goes into these pipes and operates the waterwheel-driven mechanism on the doser, and comes back out downstream with a pH around 11 to help neutralize the effects of acid mine drainage. The doser is maintained on a weekly basis while year-round monitoring takes place at six points downstream to continually gauge pH and conductivity levels in the stream. CENTER, This seep coming out of a drain from a reclaimed, abandoned strip mine along Bailey Run Road is an example of acid mine drainage, or AMD. AMD is created when pyrites in the ground are exposed to water and oxygen, forming sulfuric acid which in turn dissolves metals, including iron, aluminum and manganese, and deposits them into the stream. “Yellow boy” AMD is a bright orange created once the pH rises above a certain point, allowing the metals to oxidize. AT RIGHT, This photo shows the bottom of the doser silo and the auger system by Aquafix of Kingwood, W.Va. which is used to drop limestone pellets into Thomas Fork. The system is driven by a water wheel located in the vault below which is accessed by lifting a portion of the grating shown. ABOVE, one sign of success with the Thomas Fork Doser project is the number of fish and aquatic bugs found in the stream since the doser went into operation in January, 2012. An increase in fish and in the variety of species shows an increase in stream quality. Shown here with part of their catch during monitoring last summer is local volunteer Kevin Goff, ODNR-DMRM biologist Jeff Calhoun and former Meigs SWCD AmeriCorps worker Michelle Tarian. AT RIGHT, the finding of this long-eared sunfish, a relatively pollution-intolerant species, in Thomas Fork is a good sign of improving water quality that has taken place since the installation of the Thomas Fork Doser. It is being held by former Meigs SWCD AmeriCorps worker Michelle Tarian. �Page C2 LîSunday Times Sentinel &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Gallipolis FFA members place at state Submitted photo Two members of the Gallipolis FFA chapter recently competed in the State Job Interview competition at Tolles Tech Community College. In this event, FFA members had to write a cover letter, develop a resume, complete a job application and a mock interview, and write a follow-up letter at the conclusion of the contest. Emily Carroll placed fourth overall in the sophomore division and Haleigh Caldwell placed first overall in the first year senior division. Haleigh will advance to the state finals in Columbus to determine who will represent Ohio at the national event. ":G6DE@4<î(6A@CE Sunday, March 23, 2014 (FDD6==î� E9î2??:G6CD2CJ In Baltimore, Ohio, on March 24, 1964, there was a wedding uniting Phillip Russell, of Athens, Ohio, and Linda Shaffer, of Baltimore, Ohio, in marriage. The Rev. Charles Dozer performed the ceremony. The Russell’s have a son, Jeffrey Allen Russell, who is married to wife Anita (Folmer). The couple has a son, Adam, and a daughter, Angela Marie Johnson, who is married to Keith Johnson. Angela and Keith have two children, a daughter Kayla Marie Johnson who is married to Brad Bader and son, Noah Wesley Johnson. Phil and Linda will be celebrating their golden anniversary with an open house on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at the Church of God in New Haven on Fifth and Layne streets. They have requested no gifts. Linda has worked for Bob’s Market in Mason for 23 years. Phil retired from Pleasant Valley Home Medical Equipment. Submitted photo Phil and Linda Russell Elks welcomes new members GALLIPOLIS — United Producers, Inc., livestock report of sales from March 23, 2014. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $125-$222.50, Heifers, $115$185; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $115-$215, Heifers, $115$185; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $110-$194, Heifers, $110-$170; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $110-$185, Heifers, $110-$164; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $110-$155, Heifers, $110-$150. Cows Well Muscled/Fleshed, $95-$114; Medium/Lean, $83-$94; Thin/Light, $82-dn; Bulls, $67-$110. Back to the Farm Cow/Calf Pairs, $1,200-$1,600; Bred Cows, $1,000$1,285; Baby Calves, $15-$40; Goats, $44-$125; Lambs, $182.5; Hogs, $78.50-$85.50. Upcoming Specials 3/26/14 — next sale, 10 a.m. Direct sales and free on-farm visits. Contact Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy at (304) 6340224, Luke at (740) 645-3697, or Mark at (740) 645-5708, or visit the website at www.uproducers.com. Submitted photo On Monday, March 17, the Gallipolis Elks Club welcomed nine new members into the Gallipolis Elks Lodge. The new members are, front row, from left: Sean Call, Randy Sigman, Jim Cottrell, Cory Small and Brett Cremeans; back row, from left: Randy Wilson, Ed Gardner, Mike Edelmann, Aaron Carpenter and Greg Spear. The installation ceremony was performed by the Past Exalted Rulers Association. Project From Page C1 hood’s coal-mining past formed when pyrites and other rocks uncovered by mining are exposed to oxygen and water, forming sulfuric acid. As this acid passes over different layers of rock, it dissolves metals, including iron, aluminum and manganese and deposits them into the stream. According to several studies conducted over the years by various agencies and universities, Thomas Fork is the most severely AMD-impacted tributary to Leading Creek. Coal mining occurred in approximately 23 percent of the watershed in the form of underground and surface mining from the late 1940s to the 1960s. The worst contributor of AMD in Thomas Fork, out of 14 sources identified, is a small, unnamed tributary near the Ohio 143 end of Bailey Run Road. Despite its diminutive size, it has a huge effect on Thomas Fork. From the point where it enters Thomas Fork to its confluence with Leading Creek near Middleport (a distance of roughly 7.5 miles), Thomas Fork is largely devoid of quality aquatic life — or at least it was until the past couple of years. The AMD in the “unnamed trib” discharges into the stream from underground mines and auger holes via drainage pipes installed by Ohio Department of Natural Resources in the 1980’s as part of reclamation projects to stabilize landslides and reduce soil erosion from abandoned strip mines. Extensive pre-construction sampling at the unnamed tributary, conducted over a period of several years, indicated a typical pH of 3 – an acidity level which is toxic to almost all aquatic life, more akin to vinegar or lemon juice. Several years of year-round sampling and feasibility studies determined that the best course of action would be to “dose” the stream with lime, raising the pH to a tolerable level for aquatic creatures. A project is born The result was the Thomas Fork Doser Reclamation Project — a partnership between agen- cies at the local, state and federal level — designed and built to help neutralize acidic mine water pouring into Thomas Fork from the unnamed tributary. The project is the result of a partnership between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Mineral Resource Management and the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District. Dosing with limestone has been used successfully in other streams throughout the country and in southeastern Ohio to treat acidic run-off from abandoned mines. The design was completed by ODNR-DMRM staff. Major components included the installation of 164 feet of concrete pipe, two concrete headwalls, a concretelined channel and foundation, construction of the doser and silo, installation of 240 feet of PVC pipe, manholes and approximately 515 tons of various sizes of stone, concrete, sidewalk, fencing and other work items. The total construction cost was $377,416, including $171,000 for the doser machinery and structure. D.V. Weber Construction of Reedsville began construction on Sept. 12, 2011, and the doser was loaded with limestone and put into operation on Jan. 27, 2012. The entire structure resembles a tall water tank, or perhaps an oil storage tank — a sight not uncommon in that part of Meigs County. A large silo contains the “lime,” actually calcium oxide pellets, which are dropped into the stream to neutralize the acidity. The system, developed by Aquafix in Kingwood, W.Va., is entirely water-operated with an enclosed water wheel powering an auger beneath the silo. The calcium oxide pellets drop by gravity from the silo and are metered out by the auger into the water which is channeled back into the stream. The doser uses about 500 pounds of lime per day or about roughly 91 tons per year. Acidic water goes in, alkaline water comes out. “The past couple of years have been spent learning how to operate and maintain the doser,” said Jim Freeman with the Meigs SWCD, who handles most of the weekly maintenance of the doser. “Although numerous dosers are in use throughout the country, each one is different, custom-built to the stream, and it takes a series of small tweaks to get it working just right.” Over the past two years, the Thomas Fork doser has weathered a number of floods, a drought, and most recently a couple of deep freezes, he said, adding that the doser handles floods just fine but during recent cold weather, some of the pipes froze and burst, taking it temporarily out of commission. “We took that as a learning experience, repaired the damage, and came up with a way of dismantling it to protect it from freezing water,” he added. The area downstream of the doser is continually monitored for water quality and to allow “fine tuning” of the doser system, he said. “We also learned that when the creek is at extreme low flow in late summer and fall there isn’t enough water flowing from upstream to push the lime on downstream. That is a condition where further work is needed.” Life returns “The first year of operation I noticed fish in places I hadn’t seen them before, but I wasn’t sure if it was the beginning of a trend or just wishful thinking on my part,” Freeman said. According to ODNR-DMRM environmental specialist Jeff Calhoun, an increase in the number of fish and fish species does indicate a trend toward improvement. The health of a stream can be determined by the quality and quantity of fish and bugs that call it home. Some species are more tolerant of pollution than others, so a high percentage of pollutionintolerant species may indicate a high-quality ecosystem. According to the 2006 Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Plan for the Leading Creek Watershed, five sites in the watershed were completely devoid of fish in a 2004 biological study conducted by Midwest Biodiversity Institute and Ohio University’s Voinovich School, while the lower Thomas Fork site and the East Branch had poor fish communities. In 2011, only four fish (three green sunfish and one creek chub) were found at monitoring points in Thomas Fork downstream of Ohio 124 and Ohio 7, according to the ODRN-MRM. The following year, the first year of doser operation, sampling at the same locations yielded 10 different species and 167 fish. This past summer, 15 species and 314 fish were found. “It is improved, and I think we can say there is at least a trend toward improvement that was not there before the doser was installed,” Calhoun said, but as far as meeting the goals of the state, “we’re still far away.” Jen Bowman is the senior environmental project manager for the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University. For the past four years she has sampled the macroinvertebrates (i.e. aquatic bugs) in Thomas Fork along with Dr. Kelly Johnson from biological sciences at Ohio University. “We are noticing incremental changes in the macroinvertibrates found along Thomas Fork from the doser to the mouth,” Bowman said. “The appearance of mayflies where they weren’t present four years ago is an indicator of positive change.” Bowman explained that mayflies are one of the three types of macroinvertebrates that are an indicator species, found when the water quality and habitat conditions are higher. “They are sensitive to pollution and poor habitat,” she said, “so when we find mayflies in the Thomas Fork, we assume positive changes are occurring. There has also been an increase in the abundance of riffle beetles and caddisflies, indicating either greater food sources or better habitat.” “I spent about seven years water sampling in and around Thomas Fork, and in that time there were many locations where life just wasn’t seen in the stream,” said Raina Fulks, former Leading Creek watershed coordinator with the Meigs SWCD and now employed with the Gallia SWCD. “Now to hear that the stream is slowly but steadily coming back to where it should be is just so exciting. We never saw fish and bugs in these locations in the past, so I’d jump for joy to see them now. “The fact that life is coming back to the watershed is truly wonderful. There is still plenty of work to be done, but this is the start of a recovery that hasn’t been seen here before.” “I’m not a biologists or chemist, but it seems I’m in Thomas Fork all the time recording water quality data, taking care of the doser or adjusting the amount of lime we’re putting into the stream, and I can see fish in places where I’ve never seen fish before,” Freeman said. “People call the office or stop by when they see me working at the doser and they’ll ask about it. It is mostly people who have seen the undissolved lime in the creek and want to know what it is or if it is bad for the creek,” Freeman said, acknowledging that the lime looks “ugly and out of place.” “This undissolved limestone isn’t actually a bad thing, even though it looks bad. It continues to add alkalinity and gives us a ‘buffer’ in the event that we have to shut down the doser or we run out of lime. “The ‘slug’ of lime isn’t permanent; a decent-sized storm will wash it on downstream,” Freeman said. “The proof is in the pudding, less than half a mile downstream of the doser you can see fish in Thomas Fork, in places we have never seen fish before.” Since the alkalinity produced by the doser may not sufficiently treat other significant downstream sources of AMD in Thomas Fork, future reclamation projects are being considered to further improve the water quality in Thomas Fork. Information regarding AMD treatment in Ohio can be found at www.watersheddata.com under the “AMD projects” tab. �Sunday, March 23, 2014 &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D BLONDIE Sunday Times Sentinel Lî&286î� By Dean Young and John Marshall BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker Today’s answer RETAIL By Norm Feuti HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI AND LOIS By Chris Browne Written By Brian & Greg Walker; Drawn By Chance Browne THE BRILLIANT MIND OF EDISON LEE By John Hambrock BABY BLUES ZITS By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman PARDON MY PLANET CONCEPTIS SUDOKU By Vic Lee by Dave Green By Dave Green RHYMES WITH ORANGE By Hilary Price 2 1 3 5 4 8 8 3 7 4 2 7 1 5 6 8 4 4 6 5 1 7 3/22 Difficulty Level Hank Ketcham’s DENNIS THE MENACE THE LOCKHORNS By Bunny Hoest & John Reiner By Bil and Jeff Keane Make the Switch to DISH Today and Save Up To 50% Call Now and Ask How! 1-800-401-1670 All offers require 24-month commitment and credit qualification.Call 7 days a week 8am - 11pm EST Promo Code: MB0913 *Offer subject to change based on premium movie channel availability Today’s Solution THE FAMILY CIRCUS Promotional prices ly ... starting at on FREE OVER 30 PREMIUM MOVIE CHANNELS mo. ths for 12 monHo pper Not eligible wi2 th or iPad offer. For 3 months.* 2014 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. 3 9 2 1 6 �Page C4 LîSunday Times Sentinel &@>6C@JîLî#:55=6A@CEîLî�2==:A@=:D Sunday, March 23, 2014 C.A.T.S. in Action receive donation Lauryn Mansfield and Shayla Hysell Local youths honored for equestrian achievements Submitted photo Washington Elementary’s after school program, C.A.T.S. in Action, received a donation of 200-plus books from the Gallipolis Emblem Club #199. Jennifer Giles, chairperson, graciously offered for the club to purchase books for all the students participating in the program. As many children do not have books at home; it was felt they would appreciate owning their own book. Anitra Dray, Emblem Club president, presented the books to the students March 12 during a school assembly. Participating in this event was Helenlu Morgan and Tina Haney, co-chairs of the after-school program, and Charity Howell, secretary. Donna Thompson, a third-grade teacher, coordinated this endeavor with the Gallipolis Emblem Club and Washington Elementary’s C.A.T.S. (Creativity, Academics and Teamwork for Success) program. Mitchell retires from Kyger Creek Plant CHESHIRE — Connie S. Mitchell, a buyer III at the Ohio Valley Electric Corp.’s Kyger Creek Plant, retired March 1, 2014, with nearly 42 years of service, as announced by G. Annette Hope, plant manager. Mitchell joined OVEC in 1972 as a clerk-typist. In 1973 she transferred to the supply chain department, where she advanced to a purchasing assistant in 1990, to an assistant procurement specialist in 2009, and to a procurement specialist in 2011. In 2013, she was promoted to a buyer III. Mitchell is a member of the Kingdom Ministries Church and lives in Gallipolis. *62496CDî=62C?î23@FEî 36?6\EDî@7î%(*� POMEROY — Don Baker, District VII director of the Oho Retired Teachers Association, was speaker at the March meeting of the Meigs County Retired Teachers Association held at the Wild Horse Cafe. Baker spoke on membership in the organization. He said it has 30,000 members and listed some of the reasons to belong to a professional association. He said it promoted quality health care coverage through leadership in the health care and pension advocate program; it represents retired teachers at committee and board meetings; it represents Ohio teachers in Washington, D.C.; it supports repeal of the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provisions; it opposes mandatory Social Security for Ohio Teach- ers; supports participation in the National Retired Teachers Association; and testifies at legislative hearings. Donna Jenkins gave devotions at the meeting, Janice Weber and Bill Downie gave the secretary and treasurer’s reports, Gay Perrin, president, reminded members to keep track of volunteer hours and distributed forms for that purpose. She also gave out a sheet telling “40 things to do daily to improve your day.” Cards were signed for Maxine Whitehead and Mae Young.Door prizes went to Janet Baker, Linda Lear, and Gay Perrin. Next meeting will be April 17 at the Senior Citizens Center. Members reminded of the service project to take paper products and personal items for women’s shelter. MEIGS COUNTY — Two youths from Meigs County were presented awards for equestrian achievements Monday evening. The annual statewide contest is sponsored by the Ohio Horseman’s Council. Lauryn Mansfield and Shayla Hysell won the “High Point Youth” in the Under-12 category. Lauryn Mansfield, 11, the daughter of Charlie and Susan Mansfield, won first place. Shayla Hysell, 8, the daughter of Jim Hysell and Teresa Molden, won second place. Mansfiled also received the honor of having the highest point total overall for any age group in the state of Ohio. These awards represent a full year of hard work and dedication to equestrian activities. The awards were based on activities with their horses such as sanctioned trail rides, horse shows, work details, meetings and community service volunteer work. Both girls competed against 91 other youth in the state. It also marks the first time Meigs County brought home the honors. The Meigs County Chapter of the Ohio Horseman’s Council meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Fox’s Pizza Den in Rutland. Anyone interested in joining is welcome to attend. Z-2=<:?8îH:E9î�:?@D2FCD[î6J6Dî2îC6EFC? NEW YORK (AP) — The dinosaurs are ready to roar across America again — but they’re sporting a new look. “Walking with Dinosaurs, the Arena Spectacular” is coming back to the U.S. and Canada — its first visit to North America since its inaugural 2007 tour — and many of its lifelike puppets will be wearing downy feathers. “We’ve decided to bring them up to date,” said the show’s self-described “resident dino geek” Philip Millar. “I’ve been going on about feathers for some years now. And now we’ve finally taken the leap and we’re applying the feathers to the dinosaurs we’re fairly confident had feathers.” Recent discoveries by paleontologist point to the possibility that a large number of non-avian dinosaurs had feathers or something similar — paleontologists call it “dinofuzz” — as part of their body covering, blurring the distinction between dinosaurlike birds and birdlike dinosaurs. The show, based on an awardwinning BBC Television series, travels 200 million years from Triassic to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, features 20 life-size dinosaurs from 10 species, including a mother Tyrannosaurus Rex and her baby, both of which will now have feathers. Miller said the new feathered creatures may be a shock to some in the audience. He notes that the ferocious T-rex is more closely related in time and anatomy to a sparrow than a Stegosaurs. “People’s popular ideas tend not to keep up with the science, so you’ll find some people tend to draw TRexes at a 45-degree angle or they talk about Brontosaurs in a swamp and things like that. The science has moved on.” The new tour kicks off in Cleveland at Quicken Loans Arena from July 9-13, then hits The Barclay’s Center in New York City from July 16-20 and then The Prudential Center in New Jersey from July 23-27. Other stops are planned for Los Angeles, Kansas City, Montreal, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Milwaukee, Wis. The largest dinosaur in the show is the 36-foot tall, 56-foot long Brachiosaurus. It takes three people to operate the biggest puppets and each large one weighs 1.6 tons, the weight of a standard family car. A team of 50 costume designers and engineers have been working since last year to re-create the ancient creatures, The animatronic dinosaurs bat their reptilian eyelids and gnash their teeth with a startling ferocity. The show is produced by Global Creatures, the Australian company behind the new musical “King Kong,” ”War Horse” and “How To Train Your Dragon.” Worldwide, more than 8 million people have seen the dinosaur show in 243 cities. Miller is a little tickled that the show will land in America in 2014, where debate continues to rage over both evolution and climate change. “Dinosaurs are deeply charismatic. They are very deeply appealing to children. And so I think it’s important that the curriculum around that is fact-based and the way evolution works and the way the history of the planet works” he said. “I mean, climate change killed the dinosaurs. It wasn’t just a meteor. The meteor precipitated making climate change which led to the extinction. So there’s some fairly important lessons from these creatures.” Starbucks to roll out beer and wine to more cafes NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks plans to turn more of its cafes into a destination for beer and wine in the evenings. The coffee company says it is looking to expand alcohol sales to “thousands of select stores” over the next several years, although it didn’t provide details on an exact timeline. The chain first offered beer and wine after 4 p.m. at one of its Seattle cafes in 2010. “Starbucks Evenings” is now available in 26 cafes, with plans to reach 40 by the end of the year. The cafes also serve a variety of small dishes ranging in price from $3 to $5, such as bacon-wrapped dates, truffle macaroni and cheese, and flatbreads. The regular coffee menu is also available during that time. The expansion of “Starbucks Evenings” is part of the company’s push to boost sales after the morning rush hour when people are getting their caffeine fix. It’s a common con- cept in the restaurant industry — figuring out ways to maximize sales throughout the day since stores have to pay for rent and labor anyway. Taco Bell, for instance, recently started highlighting snacks in its ads to drive sales during the slower late afternoon hours. And the fruit shakes and other drinks at McDonald’s are seen as a way to attract people throughout the day. As for Starbucks Corp., the chain recently introduced new sandwiches and salads to boost sales in the afternoon. It’s also branching out into other areas to as it faces more competition in the coffee market. The company recently purchased a chain of tea shops called Teavana. CEO Howard Schultz has said he wants to make tea as popular in the U.S. as he’s helped make coffee. There are about 11,000 Starbucks stores in the U.S. �96Hî@?îE9:D�î�F>î=@D6Dî:EDîA@A NEW YORK (AP) — Gum seems as appealing as that sticky wad on the bottom of a shoe these days. It’s not that Americans don’t ever enjoy a stick of Trident or Orbit, the two most popular brands. They just aren’t as crazy about chomping away on the stuff as they once were, with U.S. sales tumbling 11 percent over the past four years. No one in the industry can pinpoint a single factor that’s causing the decline — the theories include an unwillingness to shell out $2 or more for a pack in the bad economy or that advertising veered too far from underlining gum’s cavity-fighting benefits. But the biggest reason may be that people simply have more to chew on. From designer mints to fruit chews, candy companies have invented plenty of other ways to get a sugar fix or battle bad breath and anxiety. The alternatives don’t come with gum’s unpleasant characteristics either, like the question of whether to spit out or gulp the remains. They’re also less likely to annoy parents, co-workers or romantic interests. “You talk to someone and they’re just chomping on gum,” said Matt Smith, a 46-year-old who lives Albany, N.Y. and hates gum so much he refers to it only by its first letter. “If you substitute gum for any other food, like mashed potatoes, would you find that acceptable? It’s disgusting.” The gum chewing habit dates as far back as the ancient Greeks but arrived in the U.S. in its modern form in the 1860s, according to Mars Inc., the No. 1 player in the market with its Wrigley unit. Over the years, gum makers positioned it as a way to “Kiss a Little Longer” in the famous Big Red jingle, quit smoking, curb cravings or just make the chewer happier. Catchy slogans or characters included the “Doublemint Twins” and Orbit’s blonde spokeswoman who ends commercials with “Dirty mouth? Clean it up.” It popped up in pop culture too. In the 1960s, a genre of music aimed at younger audiences came to be known as “Bubblegum.” In the 1975 movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” the silent Chief Bromden speaks for the first time saying, “Mmm, Juicy Fruit” after the character played by Jack Nicholson gives him a stick of the gum. And Janet Jackson played a feisty, gumchewing beautician in the 1993 film “Poetic Justice.” But gum’s image as a tasteless habit also stuck, with some highprofile gum chewing only making it worse. In 2003, Britney Spears gave an interview to CNN where a white piece of gum could be seen floating around her mouth as she fielded questions on a range of topics, including the war in Iraq. Talk show host Wendy Williams has a “gum wall” backstage, where she sticks wads of it before walking out. In one episode, she told Patti LaBelle that she could put her gum on the wall after the singer spit out a wad into her hand. Such imagery may be why gum is still a no-no in business meetings or first dates, according to Lizzie Post, the greatgreat granddaughter of etiquette expert Emily Post and co-author of “Emily Post’s Etiquette.” “My grandmother used to tell me, ‘You look like a cow chewing cud’,” she said. The habit so bothered author Malachy McCourt that the extremely long-shot gubernatorial candidate in 2006 told the New York Times he wanted to triple the tax on gum. The former Green Party nominee explained that he didn’t like the mess it created on sidewalks and subways. “The other aspect of it is that it makes people look so stupid,” said McCourt, 82, in a recent interview. Gum’s bad image is one reason that alternatives look more attractive. There’s also another perennial complaint: “The flavor runs out too fast,” said Ryan Furbush, a 17-year-old from Sayreville, N.J. who has stopped chewing gum in favor of chewy candies and chocolates. It may be why Mars said its gum declines have been most significant with people who are 25 and younger. In the meantime, Altoids mints, Welch’s Fruit Snacks and countless other options have taken up space in the checkout aisles where most gum is purchased. Since peaking in 2009, U.S. gum sales have fallen 11 percent to $3.71 billion last year, according to market researcher Euromonitor International. That’s even as overall candy sales — including gum, chocolate, mints and licorice — have climbed 10 percent to $31.53 billion. Over the next five years, Euromonitor projects gum sales will drop another 4 percent to $3.56 billion. Hershey, which makes Reese’s, Kit Kat and Almond Joy, is taking data to retailers to illustrate the slowing demand for gum. The idea is to encourage them to devote less of their candy aisles to it, and perhaps make way for more of its own products. Hershey, which also makes Ice Breakers mints and gum, is planning another blow against gum: This fall, it’s slated to roll out a version of Ice Breakers that “chews like a gum, but dissolves like a mint.” Steven Schiller, global head of Hershey’s non-chocolate candies including mints, said it gives gum chewers an alternative that doesn’t require “disposal” at the end. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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