https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/eff0147c1129cfc08308f1a1f21270f5.pdf 7e26e571ed1e81b105572960afcccaa6 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribune.com for archive • games • e-edition • polls & more Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties INSIDE STORY WEATHER Old Mill Craft Beer ... Page C1 Cloudy. High near 31. Low around 17 ....Page A2 SPORTS Prep basketball action .... Page B1 OBITUARIES Robert L. Andrews, 82 Hazel Bush, 95 Zelma I. Callihan, 91 Sharon K. Church, 71 Cecil Cremeans, 95 Brian C. Ebert, 56 Paul R. ‘Bob’ Gardner, 85 Jessica L. Harris, 50 Beulah M. ‘Pug’ Stover, 87 $2.00 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2013 Vol. 47, No. 5 District Court dismisses suit against officers Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com SYRACUSE — A civil action suit filed against three area police officers has been dismissed by the United States District Court. A civil lawsuit was filed in August 2011 against Syracuse Police Chief Garry Freed, Meigs County Sheriff’s deputies Andy Myers and William Gilkey, the Village of Syracuse and Meigs County alleging “police misconduct.” The action filed by plain- tiff Paul D. Clay through attorney Charles Knight alleged police misconduct which resulted in physical injury and other damages. Clay’s suit alleged that officers used excessive force and had no probable cause for his arrest in August 2010. Clay was arrested on charges of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and open burning. According to an opinion and order filed by Judge Peter C. Economus, a motion for summary judgement filed by defendants Freed and the Village of Syracuse, and a motion for summary judgement filed by Gilkey, Myers, Sheriff of Meigs County and the County of Meigs, was granted by the court. The motions were granted because, according to the legal opinion, “there is no genuine issue of any material fact regarding any of the Plaintiff’s claims.” According to the document, the court noted that based on Clay’s response to the defendants’ motions for summary judgement, “he [Clay] is not pursuing many of the claims alleged in the complaint.” The opinion stated that in the motion for summary judgement, the officers asserted that their arrest of Clay was proper. Although the offense for which the citation was issued was a minor misdemeanor, Freed had the authority to arrest under the Ohio Revised Code. The officers also asserted that they had the authority to arrest Clay for disorderly conduct. According to the opin- ion, there is no genuine dispute of any material fact that Clay’s actions provided ample probable cause to arrest him for disorderly conduct. It goes on to state that “all evidence before the court describes Clay’s actions that day as uncooperative, belligerent and abusive.” “Nowhere in the record is there any evidence to refute the proposition that the Defendant Officers had probable cause to arrest Clay for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.” A statement provided to The Daily Sentinel by the Village of Syracuse reads as follows: On October 26, 2012, the United States District Court entered a decision of record granting Summary judgement to the Village of Syracuse and the Meigs County Defendants. This granting of Summary Judgement, the Court finds that there does not exist any material facts and based upon the facts before the Court does not exist See COURT ‌| A2 Leon woman drowns Beth Sergent bsergent@civitasmedia.com LEON — A woman who was simply leaving home to go to work ended up being swept away and killed by this week’s high water. According to Mason County Sheriff Greg Powers, Jessica L. Harris, 50, of Beech Fork Rd. in Leon, stepped outside her home around 9 p.m. on Wednesday night to depart for work. In order for Harris to reach her vehicle, she had to cross a creek near her home which was swollen from this week’s heavy rains. Apparently the force of the high water was too much and carried her away. About a half hour after Harris was to have left for work, her daughter arrived home and noticed her mother’s car was still parked at the house. At this point, Harris’ family alerted emergency personnel and law enforcement for help. Powers said Harris’ body was found about six hours later after the water receded about 100 yards from her home. Firefighters with the Leon Volunteer Fire Department, as well as personnel with the Mason County Sheriff’s Department, West Virginia State Police and Mason County EMS assisted in the search. The sheriff’s department is leading the investigation, though Powers said foul play was not suspected. Harris’ remains were sent to the state medical examiner in Charleston for an autopsy. Harris’ obituary appeared inside Saturday’s edition of The Point Pleasant Register. Photos by Amber Gillenwater | Sunday Sentinel Along with his retirement credentials, Jeck received a “retirement” bone and a certificate of dedication of service signed by the Gallia County Commissioners during a retirement party held on Thursday and organized by the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office. Jeck’s handler, Sgt. Richard Harrison, received a special plaque commemorating he and Jeck’s time together. Pictured are, from left: Sgt. Richard Harrison, K-9 Deputy Jeck and Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning. A man’s best friend Gallia sheriff’s K-9 Jeck retires Amber Gillenwater agillenwater@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS — It is said that a dog is a man’s best friend, but for one local pair, the bond has become more than just a friendship — it’s a partnership built upon their years of service to their community. For nearly six years, Gallia County Sheriff’s K-9 Jeck and his partner handler, Sgt. Richard Harrison, have made a name for themselves in Gallia County among both the criminal element and the average citizen, working the streets and putting Filing deadline for partisan candidates Feb. 6 Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com bad guys behind bars. Now, nearing the age of nine, Jeck will settle into a life of retirement — a life that might not be so easy for this hard-driven dog and his handler. “Because of his drive to work, it’s going to be hard for him to stay home. He loves to work,” Harrison said. Thursday, January 31 was Jeck’s final day on the job, and during a special retirement party held in his honor at the Gallia County Courthouse, Sheriff Joe Browning commended Jeck and Nearing his ninth birthday, Jeck, a now retired police dog, is just as playful as ever and visited his many friends during Thursday’s retirement party. Jeck, who served Gallia County faithfully for six years, will go home with his handler to live out his retirement as a See FRIEND ‌| A2 “normal” dog. POMEROY — For residents who plans to file for a seat on council in one of the villages as a partisan candidate, the filing deadline is 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, Becky Johnson, director of the Meigs County Board of Elections, reports. The terms of four Council members in each of four of the villages, Middleport, Pomeroy, Syracuse and Racine, and one in Rutland expire this year. In addition to the Council seats to be filled, there are openings on the Syracuse Board of Public Affairs and Syracuse/Racine Sewer District. While partisan candi- dates must file to be on the May Primary ballot, candidates who plan to file as Independents have until Monday, May 6, the day before the Primary, to file with the Board of Elections, because they will run in the November General Election. As to the upcoming vacancies on village councils, those council members whose terms expire this year are as follows: Middleport — Sandra Fultz Brown, Emerson Heighton, May Rae Moore and H.Craig Wehrung. Pomeroy — Philip B. Ohlinger, Dru Reed (who is filling an unexpired term,) Jackie Welker and See DEADLINE ‌| A3 Nease to retire as Home National Bank president Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com RACINE — Long-time banker A.W. “Bill” Nease, Jr. will be retiring later this winter after more than 35 years in banking. Nease, who has served as the president of Home National Bank since 2001, began his career in banking at Pomeroy National Bank in 1976. Nease then worked for Bank One until 1989 when he began working for Home National Bank. “All people have different personalization and ambitions. Bill was working for Bank One, and I was in need of a loan offi- cer with the same philosophy that Home National Bank always had. Bill seemed to be that person,” said former Home National Bank President and current Board of Directors member Tom Wolfe. “He fit that position very well.” Nease served as a loan officer until 2001 when he became president of the bank. “We needed a bank president with ideas and a future,” said Wolfe. “Bill accomplished this with many new bank products. His major contributions were the construction of a new facility and converting to Sub-chapter S bank.” Despite retiring in a few weeks, Nease will remain active with the board of directors. During his tenure as president, Home National Bank has opened its new Racine office and continued to establish a wellqualified staff. “When computer banking became evident, he also played a major part in the transition from mechanical to computer banking,” Wolfe added. Nease said that he is confident that he is leaving a very qualified, knowledgeable staff in place which will continue to serve the bank’s customers. “It has been a privilege to have the opportunity to serve the community,” Nease said of his time as bank president. Roma Sayre, current vice president of Home National Bank, will replace Nease as president. Sayre has over 30 years of banking experience, having previously worked as a teller, loan officer and branch manager. Sayre said that Nease had served as a mentor to her during his time as president of the bank. Nease has also held several positions in the community, including serving more than 20 years in Sarah Hawley | Sunday Sentinel the Tuppers Plains Water Bill Nease, right, will be retiring as president of Home NationSee NEASE ‌| A3 al Bank later this winter. Nease is pictured with current Vice President Roma Sayre who will replace Nease as president. �Sunday, February 3, 2013 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Gallia Calendar Card showers Claude Burnett will be celebrating his 87th birthday on Feb. 6, 2013. Cards may be sent to 873 Burnett Road, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Events Tuesday, Feb. 5 GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Clinic and Holzer Medical Center retirees will meet for lunch at 12 p.m. at the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant. PORTER — Springfield Township Crime Watch monthly meeting, 6 p.m., at the fire station. Thursday, Feb. 7 GALLIPOLIS — Gallia Meigs Calendar County Commission meeting, 9 a.m., commission chambers, Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis. Friday, Feb. 8 GALLIPOLIS — Regular meeting of the O.O. McIntyre Park District Board, 11 a.m., park district office, Gallia County Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis. Tuesday, Feb. 12 GALLIPOLIS — Triad/ SALT meeting, 1 p.m., Gallia County Senior Resource Center, 1167 Ohio 160. The meeting is open to all. Thursday, Feb. 14 GALLIPOLIS — Ameri- can Red Cross blood drive, 12-6 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church fellowship hall, 541 Second Avenue, Gallipolis. Walk-ins welcome or schedule an appointment at 1-800-REDCROSS or online at www. redcrossblood.org (enter sponsor code: StPeters). Saturday, March 2 SEBRING, Fla. — Gallia Day will be held at Homer’s Smorgasbord, located at 1000 U.S. Hwy 27 North, Sebring, Fla. The group will meet at 10:30 a.m. and eat at 11 a.m. Anyone from Gallia County who is in Florida that day is welcome to attend. For more information, call 740-4463667 or 772-595-0971. Local Forecast Sunday: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 4 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 31. West wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. West wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Monday: A chance of snow showers, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Monday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 22. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Tuesday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 33. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Court From Page A1 sufficient basis to support the Plaintiffs’ allegations and no sufficient facts to support the matter going to trial. Thus, the matter is summarily dismissed before trial. This case originated when Chief Freed attempted to give a citation to Paul Clay for open burning in the Village, Clay refused to accept the citation and was verbally abusive to the officer and continued the open burning. The Chief called for assistance from the Meigs County Sheriff’s Of- Sunday, Feb. 3 NEW HAVEN — Outlaw and slug match, noon, Broad Run Gun Club. Meeting before the match. Monday, Feb. 4 LETART TWP. — Letart Township Trustee meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in the township building. SUTTON TWP. — The Sutton Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. at Syracuse Village Hall. POMEROY — The Meigs County Cancer Initiative Inc. (MCCI) will meet at noon in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department. RACINE — Racine Grange will meet at 7 p.m. at the hall. Stocks AEP (NYSE) — 45.24 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 23.23 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 79.02 Big Lots (NYSE) — 32.34 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 43.47 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 74.51 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 8.85 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.11 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 38.41 Collins (NYSE) — 58.88 fice. In an attempt to talk to Mr. Clay. there was physical contact with the officer and Mr. Clay attempted to retreat to his residence. At that time he was placed under arrest. In granting the Dismissal, the District Court found that there existed probable cause for the arrest and that there did not exist any factual basis to support a claim for use of excessive force. The Village had taken the position that Chief Freed had not done anything wrong and they defended the case. Attorney Randall L. Lambert of Ironton represented the Village and filed the Motion for Summary Judgement which was granted and the case was dismissed. “We felt the Chief was justified in his actions which was confirmed by the District Court.” The time for filing an Appeal has passed and thus the Dismissal is final. According to Meigs County Court docket entries, the misdemeanor charges against Clay were dismissed following the filing of a motion to suppress was granted by Judge Steven Story in Feb. 2011. Tuesday, Feb. 5 MIDDLEPORT — Regular stated meeting of Middleport Lodge 363, 7:30 p.m. Refreshments at 6:30 p.m. ALFRED — Orange Towsnhip Trustees will meet Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the township building. Thursday, Feb. 7 CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) DuPont (NYSE) — 47.98 US Bank (NYSE) — 33.40 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 22.62 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 52.76 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 47.85 Kroger (NYSE) — 27.89 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 47.25 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 69.60 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 18.30 BBT (NYSE) — 31.12 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 21.79 Pepsico (NYSE) — 72.67 Premier (NASDAQ) — 11.50 Rockwell (NYSE) — 90.90 Harrison for their years of dedicated service. “We have been very pleased with Jeck’s performance and the things he’s been able to do for us and bring to our K-9 program. I think that’s a compliment to both Jeck and Sgt. Harrison as the K-9 handler. His service to us has been just exceptional,” Browning said. A German Shepherd hailing from Holland, Jeck (pronounced “Jack”), had a previous life as a European show dog before traveling to the United States in 2007 at the age of three, destined for a life as a deputy. Upon his arrival at the Pine Grove Kennel near the Meigs/Athens County line where the area’s K-9 officers and their partners are paired and trained, Jeck met up with Sgt. Harrison of the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office — a deputy who immediately signed up to become a K-9 officer when the opportunity presented itself. “That’s the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do as a cop is be a K-9 handler,” Harrison said. “With a dog, you always have a partner. They are the best partners you can have.” Paired due to their similar dispositions, Harrison, an Iraqi war veteran, and Jeck became fast friends — forming a bond during their six weeks of extensive training at Pine Grove Kennel and then hitting the streets in October 2007. Just seven months after being instituted as a Gallia County sheriff’s deputy, Jeck recovered approximately $24,000 in drug money — funding that went back to the agency for the purchase of equipment and training, such as their own. According to Harrison, while the upfront cost associated with the purchase and training of a K-9 unit may seem high — a total of $13,000 was used in the purchase of Jeck, his equipment and his training back in 2007 — K-9 officers in the area, including Jeck, have proven themselves over and over, making busts and seizures that more than pay for the cost of their purchase and training. “He has paid for himself and then some,” Harrison stated. Despite his daily unsung work as a deputy, and his largest drug seizure of 25 pounds of marijuana in July 2010, Jeck may be best known for his role in the apprehension of an Athens County man who led law enforcement on a multicounty manhunt in January 2011 after he assaulted a Vinton County deputy, kidnapped a Vinton county K-9 officer when stealing a marked Vinton County Sheriff’s Office SUV, and later wrecked the SUV and fled into Meigs County. Jeck was brought in to track the suspect, Kelly Krebs, 33, Albany, who had fled into Columbia Township in Meigs County. While on the track, Jeck was stabbed twice in the neck by the assailant, injuries that caused severe lacerations to his neck. 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POMEROY — Meigs County Agricultural Society will meet 7 p.m. at the fairgrounds. urgently for our Customers gold scrap (10K-14K), gold and silver coins and sterling silver Limited number of lipid profiles for employees (appointment only) Absolute Highest Prices Paid Acquisitions Fine Jewelry and MTS Coin Shop For more information, or to make and appointment for a fasting lipid profile, call 740-446-5679. corner of 2nd Ave. and Grape St. Next to Tope Furniture Gallipolis, Ohio 60390180 will hold its next board meeting on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 10 a.m. in Room A of the Ross County Service Center at 475 Western Avenue, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601. Board meetings usually are held the first Thursday of the month. For more information, call (740) 775-5030, ext. 103. Tuesday, Feb. 12 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer Board will have their regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. BEDFORD TWP. — The Bedford Township Trustees will hold their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the town hall. Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 14.63 Royal Dutch Shell — 70.91 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 47.55 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 70.49 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.13 WesBanco (NYSE) — 23.26 Worthington (NYSE) — 27.89 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for February 1, 2013, 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. Friend From Page A1 Free screenings include: • Non-fasting cholesterol • Non-fasting glucose • Blood pressure Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A2 740-446-2842 60390298 Clinic in Gallia County and later by Gallia County EMS to the Ohio State University Veterinarian Hospital in Columbus for emergency surgery. Krebs, who was later apprehended by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, was sentenced in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court in August 2011 to a total of 15 years in a state prison for charges stemming from the manhunt, including the assault of a police dog. Jeck made a full recovery and was back to work just six weeks after his surgery. He later received an award of valor from the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office for his act of heroism on that day. While Jeck remains as a shining example of the service and loyalty a police dog can provide, all K-9 officers must eventually retire from the jobs they love, Jeck included. According to Harrison, police dogs usually retire at the age of nine or 10 years due to the stress of their work, and, despite his graying hair, Jeck remains in good health. On Thursday, Jeck was purchased by Harrison from the county for $1 and will go home with his handler to live the life of a “normal” dog. As for Sgt. Harrison, he will remain a road patrol deputy awaiting the purchase of his new partner. The sheriff reported on Thursday that it is the intent of the sheriff’s office to purchase a new K-9 officer for Harrison in the near future. “We do plan on, someday, replacing Jeck when we get funding available and the timing is right. We’ll try to keep that presence out there,” Browning said. “There’s nothing like having a well-trained police dog to help supplement your force, and I think what they bring with them with drug interdiction, criminal apprehension and just the presence of having that dog available when you need it is really an outstanding asset for Gallia County.” And, while Jeck cannot every be replaced, according to Harrison, he is hopeful that his new partner will come close to filling Jeck’s very big “shoes.” “Jeck has got a good personality. He’s good with people, but when it comes time to go to work, he does his job. He has given the sheriff’s office 110 percent every time he has gone to work,” Harrison said. “Hopefully, when I get another dog, he is just as good as Jeck — just as smart, just as hard driven and just as willing to work.” �Sunday, February 3, 2013 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A3 Law and Leadership Institute Gallia County Briefs applications due April 15 COLUMBUS — Eighth-grade students hoping to participate in the Law and Leadership Institute summer program have until April 15 to apply online, according to Deputy Director Reina Sims. The institute seeks to provide an opportunity for students from underserved communities to learn skills that may help them become lawyers and leaders in their communities. The program enriches high school instruction through a four-year academic program in law, leadership, analytical thinking, problem solving, writing skills and professionalism. Once accepted, rising freshman students will begin the five-week program on June 24. The program will culminate with a mock trial competition on July 26, featuring students from institute program locations across the state. The summer program serves as a free bridge program for students progressing from middle school to high school. In addition to the academic enrichment, leader- Library financial report available GALLIPOLIS — The Annual Financial Report for the Gallia County District ship training, legal curriculum, daily pro- Library is complete and fessional speakers and field trips, students available for public review at are provided free lunch and healthy snacks the office of the fiscal officer. throughout their program day. Free transportation on local public transportation Parent-teacher routes is also provided. conferences at GAHS The institute began in 2008 as a sumGALLIPOLIS — Parmer program at law schools in two cities ents of all students attendserving 40 students. It has evolved into a ing Gallia Academy High year-round program at eight of Ohio’s nine School, grades 9-12, will law schools in six cities (Akron, Cincin- have an opportunity to talk nati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and with the teachers concernToledo) serving more than 400 students. ing their student’s progress All nine law schools collaborate with and performance thus far the Ohio Supreme Court, the Ohio State in the school year. School administrators, counselors, Bar Association, and the Ohio Center for and teachers encourage Law-Related Education. Because of the all parents to call the Galfinancial support of the Ohio State Bar lia Academy High School Foundation and Law School Admission Guidance Office to make Council, the first class of institute alumni appointments for conferwill complete their freshman year of col- ences. Conferences at Gallia lege this May. Academy High School will For more information, visit www.lawa- be held Monday, February 4, from 3:15-6:15 p.m. Parndleadership.org. ents should call 446-3250 to schedule any appointments with the teachers. Please have the following information available at the time of the phone call: student’s name and name of the teachers for conference. USDOT updates environmental review process Changes will expedite emergency relief funds for Hurricane Sandy recovery transit assets in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and other regions. Greater efficiencies will be achieved by allowing communities developing rail, bus, streetcar and ferry transit projects to spend less time and effort preparing documentation, such as environmental assessments, while continuing to ensure the protection of the environment and people’s health. For example, a transit project slated for development in an existing transportation right-ofway would qualify for a less cumbersome environmental review process than one breaking all new ground. To help expedite the process overall, transportation authorities are also encouraged to take environmental impacts into consideration sooner, as part of the planning process, rather than later in the process which may cause delays. “The FTA is continuing to find ways to make our government work smarter on behalf of the American people by cutting inefficiency wherever we find it,” said FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff. “These common-sense changes will allow communities to move projects from the drawing board to construction more quickly than in the past while making sure that we don’t compromise on protecting the environment.” The changes announced today are the result of the most comprehensive review of FTA’s environmental procedures since 1987 and are in line with the provisions in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) designed to expedite project delivery. The changes will also boost transparency of the NEPA process by encouraging environmental impact statements and other environmental review documents to be posted online, keeping local residents and other interested groups informed. The changes to FTA’s environmental review process are consistent with President Obama’s Presidential Memorandum issued in August 2011, instructing departments to speed infrastructure development through more efficient and effective permitting and environmental review as well as the President’s Executive Order 13563 issued in January 2011, calling on Federal agencies to “modify, streamline, expand, or repeal” rules that may be “outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome.” These changes will be effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, within the next few days. Nease From Page A1 Board and the Meigs Elderly Housing Authority. Nease previously severed as Meigs County Chamber of Commerce president in the 1980s. Nease’s plans for re- tirement include traveling, golfing and visiting family, including his son and grandsons in Seattle. “He will be missed by the many customers,” said Wolfe. “We are fortunate to have him remain as a board member, his contributions to community banking will continue.” A reception will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 13 at the Racine office of Home National Bank to honor Nease as he begins his retirement. Deadline From Page A1 Victor C. Young, III. Syracuse — Mike Jacks, Michael R. VanMeter, J. P. Varian and Timothy “Bo” Willis. Racine — Ron Clark, George Cummins, Dale Hart and Tim Hill. Rutland — Marie Birchfield. As to those who are in the final year of their term on the Board of Public Affairs, in Racine it is Bobby J. Dudding, and in Syracuse, Floyd A. Gra- ham and Gordon Winebrenner. On the Syracuse/Racine Sewer District Board, the term of Dale Hart will expire this year. As for mayors in the five villages, all are in terms which end in 2015. Board of health to meet GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Health will meet at 9 a.m. on February 6 in the conference room of the Gallia County Service Center, 499 Jackson Pike. SOCOG schedules board meeting CHILLICOTHE — The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its next board meeting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 7, 2013, in Room A of the Ross County Service Center at 475 Western Avenue, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601. Board meetings usually are held the first Thursday of the month. For more infor- AFSCME Retirees plan food drive in February BIDWELL — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Gallia and Jackson Counties, Subchapter 102, plan a food drive to help replenish the food pantry at the Outreach in Gallipolis. The retirees will be collecting non-perishable food items at the Bidwell SAVE a LOT food store located at 9039 Ohio 160, on Friday, February 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and, on Saturday, February 9 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. For more information, call 740388-9979. GAHS to hold post secondary educational option meeting GALLIPOLIS — There will be a meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19 in the Gallia Academy High School auditorium for any parents and students interested in the Post Secondary Educational Option Program. The program is for students completing their eighth grade year or higher during the 20122013 school year. In order to be eligible for consideration, students and at least one parent must attend the meeting. Courtney Lively, admissions counselor at the University of Rio Grande, will be present. To register for the meeting, students need to pick up a form in the GAHS Guidance Office (grades 9-11) or the GAMS Office (grade 8) for parents to complete and then return to the GAHS guidance office or the GAMS office prior to the meeting. Time changed for RHVS’s PSO meeting, BIDWELL — River Valley High School will hold a meeting for any River Valley student, grades 8-11, interested in participating in the post-secondary options program in 2013/2014. Students must attend the mandatory meeting with a parent/guardian on March 5, 2013, to be eligible for the program. The meeting will be held in the cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call Erin Bush, RVHS Counselor, at (740) 446-2926, ext. 1514. Spray opt-out forms available at Engineer’s Office GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe has announced that the annual Dust Patching and Herbicidal Opt-Out forms are now being accepted at the Engineer’s Office. The dust patching form is required for those 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 those residents who do not want herbicidal spraying in specific areas along county road right-ofways and agree to maintain those areas. Both forms may be picked up at the Engineer’s Office, 1167 State Route 160. The deadline for submittal is March 15th. Hot lunches being served VINTON — Harvestime Worship Center at 222 Main St. Vinton will begin serving hot lunches (free to everyone) every Tuesday from 12-3 p.m. If you live in the Village of Vinton and need them delivered to you, due to sickness or homebound, please call Sandy at (740) 645-4710. Gallia County Highway Department auctioning items GALLIA COUNTY — The Gallia County Engineer’s Office is currently auctioning off various items from the Gallia County Highway Department on www.GovDeals.com. Anyone interested in bidding on these items will need to register an account online through the website before being eligible to bid on any item. Meigs County Briefs Flu vaccines available POMEROY — Flu vaccines are now available for all ages at the Meigs County Health Department. Vaccines are available on a first come first serve basis. Clinic hours for vaccines are 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday. Lincoln Day Dinner POMEROY — The annual Lincoln Day Dinner will be held on Thursday, March 7 at Meigs High School. Tickets must be purchased prior to Feb. 25. To purchase tickets call Judy Sisson at 416-7104. Peggy Yost at 304-4825748 or Kay Hill at 4164564. The speaker will be Congressman Bill Johnson. Valentine’s Dinner and Movie MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Community Association will host a Valentine’s Day Dinner and movie on Thursday, Feb. 14 at Middleport Village Hall. The dinner of lasagna, salad, dessert and drink will be served from 6-7 p.m., with the movie beginning at 7 p.m. The cost will be $5 per dinner with the movie shown free. For reservations call 9925877, 992-1121, or 7423153. Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct a childhood immunization clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday at the office located at 112 East Memorial Drive. Flu and pneumonia shots will also be available for a fee. Free Health Screenings POMEROY — Free blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol screenings will be offered by the OU-HCOM Community Health Program from 9 a.m.-noon on Friday, Feb. 22 at Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center, 36759 Rocksprings Road. Total cholesterol and glucose can be non-fasting, A lipid panel requires a 9-12 hour fast. OUR CUSTOMERS’ FAVORITE SALE TOPE’S FURNITURE GALLERIES 35-50% OFF SALE *FREE DELIVERY* *NO SALES TAX* *we are paying the tax for you! 151 2nd Ave Gallipolis Ohio 740-446-0332 60390399 DAD Today would have been your 100th Birthday. The Values you instilled in us we live with every day. The examples you set of being a hard worker, dependable, responsible, honest, fair, kind and loving, we strive to accomplish. Our mother Annie continued the practice you and she set together for 66 years- “to have our family be the best we can be.” These values are part of our entire family and include the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We salute you for being the special person you were. We love and miss you and realize how lucky we were to have you - Guy H. Calaway, be our Dad - February 3, 1913 - March 17th, 2008. Happy Birthday from your wife Annie and children Shirley Hawk, Bobby Calaway, Warren Calaway, Ernie Calaway, Linda Boggs, Charlie Calaway, and Brenda Smith For information contact the Adult Center at 740-245-5334 Financial aid is available for those who qualify 60384735 WASHINGTON, D.C. — In keeping with President Obama’s emphasis on cutting government red tape to speed up federal decisions on vital, job-creating transportation infrastructure projects, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced important revisions — the first in more than 25 years — to expedite the environmental review process that all proposed transit projects seeking federal funds must undergo as part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). “This Administration is committed to clearing the way for communities to invest in transit options that revitalize neighborhoods and improve access to jobs and critical destinations,” said Secretary Ray LaHood. “These improvements expedite our environmental review process to move projects through the pipeline more quickly, while preserving critical community input on how planned transit projects affect the local environment.” One impact of FTA’s new environmental review provisions is that the changes will make it possible to expedite the release of Hurricane Sandy emergency relief funds to aid in the restoration, rehabilitation and replacement of damaged City commission meeting GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis City Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at the Gallia County Convention and Visitors Bureau, 61 Court Street, Gallipolis. The commission will meet in the meeting room at the rear of the building that can be accessed from the Third Avenue entrance door. mation, 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. It’s primary focus is quality assurance, provider compliance, investigative services and residential administration of waivers and supportive living in order to provide individualized, personal support to people with developmental disabilities. SOCOG is a government entity created under Chapter 167 of the Ohio Revised Code, representing 15 county boards of development disabilities. �Sunday Times-Sentinel Opinion Page A4 Sunday, February 3, 2013 President Obama should seize Letter to the Editor: initiative on entitlement reform Deborah Osborne Gretchen Hamel In November 1993, President Bill Clinton established a Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform to tackle runaway government spending in Social Security and Medicare. Clinton tasked the commission, composed of members of Congress and private sector leaders, with delivering “specific and constructive” reform proposals. The result? The commission was a flop. The final report delivered in August 1994 was short on “specific and constructive” plans to reform Social Security and Medicare. “One of the commission’s more noticeable products was a computer game which allowed members of the public to try and balance the federal budget through various policy options,” one historical account on the commission dryly notes. Two decades later, the problem has grown only more daunting—yet many of our leaders in Washington, D.C., ignore the critical reality that the nation’s entitlement programs are on a crash course. If these programs are to survive for future generations, they need reform now. Consider the facts. Right now, America is more than $16.4 trillion in debt. With annual budget deficits of more than a trillion dollars, we’re only adding to that mountain of debt each year. What’s the biggest driver behind this rushing torrent of spending? You guessed it—Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid, which combined account for more than 40 percent of the federal budget. According to the Medicare Board of Trustees, if health care spending continues on its current trend, the Medicare trust fund will be exhausted in 11 years. Meanwhile, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office warns Social Security will be insolvent in 20 years. Yet even when confronted with these indisputable facts, Washington has again chosen the course of inertia and inaction. It’s not as if our leaders don’t understand the problem. For example, shortly before his 2009 inauguration, President Obama told the Washington Post entitlement reform would be a priority. “What we have done is kicked this can down the road,” he said then. “We are now at the end of the road and are not in a position to kick it any further. We have to signal seriousness in this by making sure some of the hard decisions are made under my watch, not someone else’s.” But in his first term, the president was missing in action on entitlement reform. And in his second inaugural address, he made only a brief nod toward “the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit,” before laying out his case for more spending. If the presi- dent plans to “signal seriousness” on entitlement reform, he’s certainly taking his time about it. Things are little better in Congress. The Democratic-controlled Senate hasn’t delivered a budget in nearly four years. In the fiscal cliff negotiations in late 2012, Congress put off spending cuts for another two months—they were supposed to take effect on Jan. 2. This only sets the stage for another confrontation this spring. Meanwhile, the Republican-controlled House voted in January to effectively increase the debt ceiling and once again put off the difficult decisions on spending for another day. However, as much as Washington is to blame for our fiscal morass, we also have to look at ourselves to understand the depth of the problem. In a recent poll, Public Notice asked Americans about their top policy concerns. Topping that list were federal spending and the national debt, yet most Americans disagreed that entitlement spending on Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid were the biggest contributors to the national debt. That’s an alarming misconception, and it’s one that needs to change if Washington is going to act. During the presidential campaign, entitlement reform often took center stage. Americans were hearing about it on a day-to-day basis and the reality that the programs were unsustainable was beginning to sink in. But without the steady drumbeat of an election year, it’s all too easy to put those problems out of our minds. Now is the time for high-level leadership from Washington to explain why entitlement spending matters— and President Obama is the ideal candidate to lead that charge. The president’s ability to wield the “bully pulpit” can make a critical difference in public debates. (In fact, one member of the 1993 commission, Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, noted that President Clinton’s “studied silence” on the commission’s work helped doom that earlier effort to failure.) As President Obama recognized in 2009, it’s past time to signal seriousness on entitlements. Surely he doesn’t aim to repeat the mistakes of the past 20 years, and making real progress on entitlement reform would be a legacy worth celebrating. But we need to get started now. If there’s one good thing about this crisis, it’s that we can see it coming. Our path is unsustainable, and if we don’t reform our entitlement programs, they won’t be there for future generations. Let’s not allow another two decades pass before we take action to reform these programs. Gretchen Hamel is Executive Director of Public Notice, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit dedicated to providing facts and insight on the economy and how government policy affects Americans’ financial well-being. 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. Our main numbers are: Tribune • Gallipolis, OH (740) 446-2342 Sentinel • Pomeroy, OH (740) 992-2155 Register • Pt. Pleasant, WV (304) 675-1333 Our websites are: Tribune • Gallipolis, OH www.mydailytribune.com Sentinel • Pomeroy, OH www.mydailysentinel.com Register • Pt. 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Twenty first grade students would be amongst the dead Six others died a “hero” — that’s what survivors said The shooter showed no mercy, his motive still unknown Killing his own mother before he left their home. They say that no one suffered long, if only that were so For all the loved ones left behind, their pain will never go Unopened Christmas presents beneath their Christmas trees Sadly, every Christmas they will have those memories. Charlotte, Rachel, Daniel — Catherine, Chase and Jack Six of those at Sandy Hook who won’t be coming back Noah, Ben and Josephine — Ann Marie, Lauren and Dawn James, Dylan, Ana, Allison, ten others that are gone. Caroline, Jesse, Olivia — Madeline, Mary and Grace Six more precious souls who’d met evil face to face Avielle, Emilie, Jessica and Vicky Soto, too Four other lives cut short by a man they never knew. Had not the first responders been so quick at moving in One can only wonder how much worse it could have been With no way out, the shooter knew his options now were few Like other killing cowards, he chose option number two. Twenty eight in all would die that cold December day Newtown would never be the same the media would say Teddy bears and candles — Poems and cash and toys Sent from ‘round the world for the Newtown girls and boys. Memorials and vigils held in churches big and small A tearful silent moment spent remembering them all Angel wings and halos for the group at Heaven’s gate Party hats and big balloons, it’s time to celebrate. Gonna be a Birthday party they’ll all be going to They’ll call that party “Christmas”, just like we will do In Heaven there’s no guns or hate, all fear is taken ‘way Not one of them is suffering, rest knowing they’re OK. This world really has to change, it needs to happen fast God sacrificed his son for us, yet most put Jesus last Let’s stop and take a closer look at changes we should make And use The Bible as our guide, for once, for Heaven’s sake! If any good could come of this, I pray that it would be We’d witness more to neighbors and help them come to see Making Christ our “Number One” could heal this broken land And help to end these heinous acts we fail to understand. Will we ever find forgiveness for this deeply troubled man? The scriptures say we should, though we wonder how we can Our thoughts turn back to Friday, the fourteenth of December When videos and news reports we can’t help but remember. With this said, this tragedy, just might be what it takes To help us better comprehend the statement that it makes “Lack of morals, lack of God — Satan got his way… We’ve only got ourselves to blame for what goes on today!” P.S. You know I leaned on you my Lord to guide this poet’s hand In hopes that those who read this might finally take a stand. U.S. fiscal gridlock nears real damage to national security The Washington Post, Jan. 31 In 2012, Republicans ran against the massive cuts to defense that might occur in early 2013 under the congressionally mandated budget sequester. At an Oct. 23 presidential debate, President Obama responded that his opponent, Mitt Romney, was blowing the risk out of proportion: The cuts, he said, will not happen. Well, those cuts are now scheduled to take effect on March 1 — and, by the look of things, they will. The GOP has changed its tune; the Republican majority in the House seems content to let them happen. Meanwhile, Mr. Obama, whose defense secretary has warned in the direst terms against imposing the cuts - hardly mentions the subject. How did we get here? The authors of sequestration, which was supposed to scare Congress into agreement on an alternative, did not anticipate the GOPs postelection maneuvering. The party is abandoning its unpopular threat to block a debt-ceiling increase — and using the threat of the sequester instead. The goal, apparently, is still more spending cuts without any tax increases, a deal Mr. Obama properly refuses and which is less sensible for the country than is a combination of entitlement cuts and higher revenue through closing tax loopholes, which Mr. Obama might accept. So much for the erstwhile GOP concern about gutting national security. And who cares if the sequesters cuts leave entitlements and other Democratic pet causes, such as Pell grants, unscathed? Mr. Obama is hardly blameless. Hes the commander in chief, yet in signing off on sequestration 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. as a forcing mechanism, he embraced a political calculation that implied national defense was more of a Republican worry than a Democratic one. The Pentagon was already planning to trim a manageable $450 billion from its spending plans over the next decade. If sequestration happens, and continues over a decade, that figure would more than double. As a result, the United States could have to terminate major weapons programs and would be left with the smallest ground force since prior to Pearl Harbor, according to estimates by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The sequester would force the Pentagon to reduce its planned spending by 16.3 percent between now and Sept. 30, and to do so in an undifferentiated, across-the-board manner. The resulting furloughs, training reductions and procurement hassles would sow disorder and diminish readiness — while more selective cuts that might improve long-term efficiency would be bypassed. Jobs and economic growth are not reasons to spend more than one dime than is absolutely necessary to prepare for war. But, as the most recent negative gross domestic product report shows, slowing defense production is already hurting the broader economy. Given the uncertain global security environment, we are more skeptical than others of the need to downsize defense. But even those who disagree should recognize that sequestration is no way to go about it. Its become a cliche of sorts to predict that partisan gridlock will undermine national security. If sequestration goes forward unchanged, that prediction will come true. Sunday Times Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 200 Main Street Point Pleasant, W.Va. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Phone (304) 675-1333 Letters to the Editor Fax (304) 675-5234 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. www.mydailyregister.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Sunday, February 3, 2013 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A5 Obituaries Death Notices Brian C. Ebert Brian C. Ebert, 56, of Rio Grande, Ohio, died Thursday, January 31, 2013, at home after a long illness. He was born September 30, 1956, in Point Pleasant, W.Va., a son of the late Clarence Ray Ebert and Carol Jean (Dabney) Ebert Powell. Brian attended Jordan Baptist Church at Gallipolis Ferry, and was an avid outdoorsman, sharing his love of hunting with his son and oldest granddaughter. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Rena Ebert; and stepfather, Junior Powell. Brian is survived by one daughter, Brandi (Ben) Gard of Apple Grove, W.Va.; a son, Israel “Buck” Ebert of Rio Grande; three granddaughters who were the love of his life, Layne, Skylar, and Jyllian; his loving companion, Shelly Hager of Rio Grande; one brother, Michael Ebert of Point Pleasant; a special cousin, Donna Backus; and special friend, Linda Lear. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, February 4, 2013, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant with Pastor Ron E. Swiney officiating. Burial will follow in Apple Grove Memorial Gardens at Apple Grove. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.wilcoxenfuneralhome.com. Sharon K. Church Sharon K. Church, 71, of Gallipolis, passed away at her residence on February 1, 2013. She was born on March 24, 1941, in Springfield, Ohio, daughter of the late Meriett and Pauline Fry Sanders. Sharon was a homemaker and did baby-sitting. She was a member of Elizabeth Chapel Church. Sharon was married to Melvin Lee Church on October 21, 1962, and he preceded her in death on February 11, 2008. Surviving are her children, Stephanie (Kevin) Riggs and William “Willie” (Tammy) Church both of Gallipolis; step-son, Pat Church of Vermont; grandchildren, Scottie (Courtney) Cummons, Brittani (Chance) Ruiz, Nathan (Kelly Bonice) Cummons, Kindra Riggs, Kevin Riggs, Jr., Mark Church, Tori Church, and Nathan Stevens; greatgrandchildren, Kaylee Jo McBrayer, Sadie Lynae Cummons, and Chayse Ruiz; son-in-law, Mark Cummons; sisters, Idell Fowler of Gallipolis, Carolyn Beaver of Mercerville, Jeannie (Hollis) Watson of Rio Grande, Jackie Sanders of Gallipolis; brothers, Merrill (Judy) Sanders of Ironton, and John (Sharon) Sanders of Gallipolis; several nieces and nephews. Sharon was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Loreda G. Cummons; brother Clyde Sanders; sister, Shirley Watson; nephew, Dallas Watson; and nieces, Cathy Sanders and Lori Watson Rose. Services will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Mark Beaver officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, February 4, 2013, at Willis Funeral Home. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. Paul Robert ‘Bob’ Gardner Paul Robert ‘Bob’ Gardner, 85, of Crooksville (Rose Farm), Ohio, passed away early Friday morning, February 1, 2013, at his residence following an extended illness. Bob was born February 5, 1928, in Cheshire, the son of the late Carl and Ada Yauger Gardner. Bob retired from Peabody Coal Company near New Lexington. He loved fishing, gardening and traveling. He was a member of Rose Farm Church of Christ. While Bob worked for Union Telegraph during his teenage years, he met his wife of 64 years, Irene Bruce Gardner. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, Robert Gardner of Crooksville; his daughter, Margaret Gardner of Rose Farm; his grandsons, Alan Gardner of Rose Farm, and John and Mallory Gardner of Roseville; his great-grandson, Hudson Gardner; his daughter-in-law, Judy Gardner of Crooksville; and his brothers, Kenneth Wade Gardner and Carroll Lee Gardner, both of Zanesville. In addition to his parents, Bob was preceded in death by his sister, Ilene Holley and his brother, Carl Gardner, Jr. Family and friends will be received from 2-6 p.m., Sunday, February 3, at Goebel Funeral Home, 36 N. Buckeye Street, Crooksville. Funeral services and a celebration of Bob’s life will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, February 4 at the funeral home with Rev. Steve Little officiating. Burial will follow in Cheshire Cemetery. You may read the obituary, sign the Online Register Book and share a special memory with the family at www. goebelfuneralhome.com. White House: Hagel will win Senate confirmation WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday dismissed criticism of Chuck Hagel’s hesitant congressional testimony and insisted that it expects the Senate to confirm him as defense secretary. One day after Hagel was roughed up in a grueling confirmation hearing, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Hagel did a “fine job” and the Obama administration would be stunned if Republicans tried to block the nomination of a decorated Vietnam combat veteran and former two-term GOP senator. “The president believes Sen. Hagel will make an excellent secretary of defense and that he will be confirmed and he looks forward to working with Sen. Hagel in that position as we continue to advance our national security priorities,” Carney told reporters. If confirmed, Hagel, 66, would be the lone Republican in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, the first Vietnam veteran to be defense secretary and the first enlisted man to take the post. Hagel seemed ill-prepared under withering cross-examination from Senate Armed Services Committee Republicans in nearly eight hours of testimony. He was repeatedly pressed about past statements and votes on Israel, Iran and nuclear weapons. Senate Democrats, who hold the majority, continue to stand behind the nomination, and no Democrat has said he or she would vote against the president’s pick for his second-term national security team. But Republican opposition grew on Friday as Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of the committee; Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk and North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr announced that they would vote against Hagel. About a dozen Republicans have said they will oppose their former colleague and several others have indicated that they are likely to vote no. So far, Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran, the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, is the only Republican to announce his support for Hagel. Burr said the hearing “confirmed for me many of the concerns I had about the nomination.” Kirk said his existing concerns combined with Hagel’s testimony were the reason for his opposition. Blunt said “Hagel’s answers before the committee were simply too inconsistent, particularly as they related to Iran and Israel. The idea that we can contain a nuclear Iran and his view that we should not have unilateral sanctions are just wrong and are too dangerous for us to try.” In fact, Hagel corrected his statement about containment of Iran and said all options, including military action, should be on the table to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. While Blunt announced his opposition, he signaled he would not support any effort to block the nomination. Blunt is a member of the GOP leadership team, and his reluctance to wage a filibuster fight is a positive sign for Hagel amid the threat of efforts to block the nomination. Democrats hold a 14-12 edge on the committee, which could vote as early as Thursday, and a 5545 advantage in the full Senate. Democrats would need five Republican votes to stop a filibuster, and GOP lawmakers often have spoken about the right of a president to get an up-or-down vote on his nominee. Carney did not mention Republican Sen. John McCain by name, but he clearly was referring to him when he questioned the “badgering … over issues like, ‘why did you disagree with me over Iraq?’ “ “Now somewhat bizarrely, given that we have 66,000 Americans in uniform in Afghanistan, senators yesterday in the hearing for the nomination of a secretary of defense asked very few questions about that active war,” Carney said. “Instead they wanted to re-litigate the past. That argument will continue, no doubt.” The nominee’s fiercest exchange came with McCain, a fellow Vietnam veteran and onetime close friend over Iraq. The Arizona Republican pressed Hagel on whether he was right or wrong about his opposition to President George W. Bush’s decision to send an extra 30,000 troops to Iraq in 2007 at a point when the war seemed in danger of being lost. Hagel, who voted to authorize military force in Iraq, later opposed the conflict, comparing it to Vietnam and arguing that it shifted the focus from Afghanistan. “Were you right? Were you correct in your assessment?” McCain asked. “I would defer to the judgment of history to sort that out,” Hagel said as the two men talked over each other. “The committee deserves your judgment as to whether you were right or wrong about the surge,” McCain insisted. Unable to elicit a simple response, McCain said the record should show that Hagel refused to answer. And he made it clear that he would have the final word — with his vote, which he said would be influenced by Hagel’s refusal to answer yes or no. “I think history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir, and you’re on the wrong side of it,” McCain told Hagel. Robert L. Andrews Robert Lee Andrews, 82, of Anderson Township, Cincinnati, formerly of Pomeroy, died late Friday, February 1, 2013, in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati. Private family graveside services will be conducted Tuesday, February 5, 2013, in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Athens County. Officiating will be Rev. Roger A. Boggs. There are no calling hours. Arrangements are entrusted to the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Pomeroy. Hazel Bush Hazel Bush, 95, of Gallipolis, died on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at the Holzer Medical Center. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Willis Funeral Home. Zelma I. Callihan Zelma Irene Callihan, 91, of Frederick, Maryland, died Saturday, February 2, 2013, at the home of her son in New Haven, West Virginia. Funeral services and burial will be in Frederick, Maryland. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Pomeroy. Cecil Cremeans Cecil Cremeans, 95, of Vincent, Ohio, died Friday, February 1, 2013, at Kimes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Athens, Ohio. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at WhiteSchwarzel Funeral Home, Coolville, Ohio, with Edsel Hart officiating. Burial will be in the Coolville Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-6 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Jessica Lee Harris Jessica Lee Harris, 50, of Leon, W.Va. died Thursday, January 31, 2013. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, with Pastor Carl “Boxer” Swisher officiating. Burial will follow in the Mowrey Family Cemetery at Leon. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Beulah Marcella ‘Pug’ Stover Beulah Marcella “Pug” Stover, 87, of Leon, W.Va., died January 31, 2013, in the Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Point Pleasant, W.Va. Service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, February 4, 2013, at Casto Funeral Home Chapel, Evans, W.Va., with the Rev. Gerald Sayre officiating. Burial will follow in the Cossin-Stover Family Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday, February 3, at the funeral home. Cuba, US spar over blame for poor ties HAVANA (AP) — A senior Cuban official sharply criticized U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday for suggesting Cuba was stuck in the past, saying the only anachronistic element of the relationship is Washington’s half-centuryold economic embargo. Josefina Vidal, the head of the Foreign Ministry’s North American affairs division, said Obama was poorly informed if he thought Cuba had not changed in recent years. She said her country has always been willing to negotiate improved relations with the U.S. “It’s unfortunate that President Obama continues to be poorly advised and ill-informed about the Cuban reality, as well as the sentiments of his own people who desire normalization of our relationship,” Vidal said in a statement sent to foreign media on the island. She said Cuba was “changing and advancing,” a reference to economic and social reforms enacted in recent years under President Raul Castro. In an interview with the Spanish news channel Telemundo broadcast Wednesday, Obama said his administration is open to better ties but that “it’s got to be a two-way street.” He said Cuban jails are still filled with political prisoners and that the island’s leaders are clinging to a failed model. “It’s time to join the 21st century,” he said. “It’s one thing to have cars from the 1950s. 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Texts on missing kids startle cell users LOS ANGELES (AP) — The next time a child is abducted near you, your cellphone may shriek to life with an alert message. A new national Amber Alert system officially rolled out earlier this month to millions of cellphones, and because the alerts are automatically active on most newer phones, the messages have already taken tens of thousands of people by surprise. The newly-expanded emergency alert system is an effort by FEMA to update the way it reaches people with new technologies, but local officials and others worry that the lack of public education and some initial stumbles may undermine the program’s purpose, especially when people are startled and annoyed and choose to opt out. Lisa Rott was jolted from her sleep at 1:44 a.m. earlier this month in her Sarasota, Fla. home. A high-pitched tone sounded in spurts for about 10 seconds while her phone buzzed multiple times. Initially Roth, 50, was worried something had happened to her elderly mother. Then she saw the message: “Emergency Alert: Amber Alert. An Amber Alert has been issued in your area. Please check local media.” “I thought it was spam,” said Rott, who works for AT&T as a process engineer. And because her cellphone has a New Jersey number, she wasn’t sure exactly where the alert originated. The next morning Rott searched online for both New Jersey and Florida incidents yielding one likely possibility — hours away from her home. “What are we supposed to do?” Roth said. “They’re not telling us what to do, they’re not even telling us what to look for in our area.” Later that morning Rott called AT&T, her service provider, and asked them how to make the “worthless” messages stop. Dozens of people have similarly taken to Facebook and Twitter to comment on being startled awake, scared by their phone’s activity, and frustrated by the lack of information. FEMA officials said they are aware of the confusion the Amber Alerts have caused and are working with the U.S. Department of Justice to include more information in the text messages. “There’s a very delicate balance between how much is enough and how much (alerting) is too much,” said Damon Penn, who oversees the FEMA emergency alerts system. “The big concern is over-alerting, and that’s what we’re focused on.” The federal agency requires people sending the alerts to be trained and to ensure that the alerts meet specific criteria. But officials are still working on trying to determine whether an alert should be sent out in the middle of the night, what information to provide, and how best to use the system, Penn said. The agency has started an education campaign, he said. “My biggest concern is that people, if they don’t understand what it means … will opt out of the program,” said Bob Hoever, a director at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. “And it’s critical that we continue to have their participation.” The organization activates the messages seen on billboards and now cellphones once officials tell them an Amber Alert is necessary. Since the program’s inception in 1996, Hoever said Amber Alerts have helped officials safely return at least 602 children. So far, 19 Amber Alerts have been issued under this new system in 14 states including Texas, Ohio, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Arizona, according to figures kept by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. While no Amber Alert has been issued in California under the new system, authorities say it’s only a matter of time and people need to know it’s going to happen. “I know this is not our system, but we’re going to be receiving the phone calls when this goes off,” said California Highway Patrol Capt. Greg Ferrero, California’s Amber Alert coordinator. Ferrero said he’s seen the stir caused by the alerts when they caught people off guard in Florida and Texas, where four have already been issued. He said FEMA needs to tell the public about the system, and has sent in suggestions to improve the program such as providing people with details like the license plate or where the abduction occurred. Los Angeles Police Department Det. Kevin Coffey trained local law enforcement officers on the alerts last week and found most were surprised by the new reach they already have. “We’ve never had this ability,” Coffey said. “We’re going to have instantaneous connectivity with every person with a cellphone within our county and potentially multiple counties in the state.” Timothy Griffin, a professor of criminal justice at University of Nevada, Reno has studied Amber Alerts for the last eight years. He said he favors an Amber Alert system that’s more targeted, but his research also questions whether the system’s effectiveness has been oversold. “Amber Alerts, in most cases, make no difference whatsoever,” Griffin said. “Even when you look at ones where Amber Alerts make a difference, it doesn’t happen fast, within that crucial three-hour difference” that the alerts are supposed to target. But he said he’s hoping this system will prove him wrong. At its final meeting of 2012, the Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7) recognized Alice Ward of Pike County, who served as president of the AAA7 Board of Trustees in 2011 and 2012. Pictured is Ward (center) along with, right, Pamela K. Matura, executive director of the AAA7, and left, newly elected AAA7 2013 Board of Trustees President Deanna Tribe of Vinton County. AAA7 Board names new president Staff Report GDTnews@civitasmedia.com RIO GRANDE — At its final meeting of 2012, the Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7) recognized Alice Ward of Pike County, who served as president of the AAA7 Board of Trustees in 2011 and 2012 and elected new 2013 President Deanna Tribe, of Vinton County. Ward joined the AAA7 Board of Directors in 2000 and served two terms until 2005. In 2007, she returned to the Board and served an additional two terms. During her tenure, Ward served on all committees in addition to her time as secretary/ treasurer in 2002 and 2009, vice president in 2003 and 2010, and president in 2004, 2011 and 2012. Tribe joined the AAA7 Board of Directors in 2008. During her time with the Board thus far, she has served on all committees in addition to her time as secretary/ treasurer in 2012. Also recognized at the meeting was outgoing Board member Tammy Nelson of Scioto County. Nelson joined the AAA7 Board of Directors in 2007 and served two terms until 2012. During her time with the Board, Nelson served on all committees in addition to her time as secretary/ treasurer in 2008, vice president in 2009, and president in 2010. Those interested in learning more about AAA7 can call tollfree at 1-800-582-7277 (TTY: 711). Here, individuals can speak directly with a nurse or social worker who will assist them with information surrounding the programs and services that are available to best serve their needs. The Agency also offers an in-home assessment at no cost for those who are interested in learning more. Information is also available on www.aaa7.org, or the Agency can be contacted through email at info@aaa7.org. The Agency also has a Facebook page located at www.facebook.com/ A re a A ge n c y O n A g i n g District7. 2013 Faith & Family CIVITAS MEDIA Faith and Family is a project designed to reach out to people in need and at the same time reach out to the community with a message of hope. We want to form a stronger alliance with the church community and do a more meaningful job of helping local churches spread their message to people who are looking for answers and inspiration. We need your help to do this. We will publish an inspirational full color magazine that we have entitled Faith and Family. This publication with your help will list all our churches and carry a message of hope. As your local newspaper we want to use our resources to help get your message to those in need. 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The Gallia Academy boys basketball team shot nearly 50 percent from the field en route to a 66-39 victory over Southeastern Ohio Athletic League rival Jackson in Gallia County. The Ironmen (1-17, 0-8 SEOAL) began the game with a 7-to-2 run but Gallia Academy (7-11, 3-5) answered with a 7-to-2 run of its own to tie the game at nine after the first period. The Blue Devils took their first lead of the game at the 7:02 mark of the second period, but Jack- son quickly tied the game at 11. GAHS went on to outscore Jackson 13-to-4 over the remainder of the quarter to take the 24-15 halftime advantage. JHS scored the first two points of the second half but the Blue Devils went on to score the next nine points, pushing their lead to 16 points. GAHS closed the third period with a 12to-9 spurt and led 45-26 with eight minutes remaining. Jackson had its best offensive quarter of the night in the finale, as the Ironmen notched 13 points. Gallia Academy scored 21 points in the fourth period to seal the 66-39 victory. “It didn’t look good but we got the win,” Gal- lia Academy coach Tom Moore said. “I give coach Kight all the credit in the world, he’s done an outstanding job bringing his team from where they were at the beginning of the year to where they are now.” Justin Bailey paced the victors with 21 points on the night, making him the only Blue Devil in double figures. Seth Atkins chipped in with seven points, followed by Cody Call and Jeremy Wilson with six points apiece. Nick Clagg, Wade Jarrell and Aaron Jackson each marked five points, while Wes Jarrell and Jimmy Clagg both had four. Reid Eastman rounded out the GAHS scoring with three points in the victory. The Blue Devils grabed 40 rebounds on the night, while they turned the ball over 13 time. GAHS committed 16 fouls in the game. Gallia Academy shot 13-of-28 (4.4 percent) from the charity stripe and 24-of-48 (50 percent) from the field. The Blue Devils hit five three-pointers on the night, led by Call and Atkins with two each. Wade Jarrell accounted for the other GAHS triple. The Ironmen were led by Tyler Neal with 13 points and Casey Walker with seven. Evan Crabtree chipped in with six points, Nick Bachtel added five and Nathan Parks contrib- Alex Hawley | Sunday Sentinel Gallia Academy senior Justin Bailey (20) shoots a layup durSee DEVILS ‌| B2 ing the Blue Devils 66-39 victory over Jackson in Centenary. Lady Defenders roll past Pike County Christian, 71-27 Senior Madison Crank eclipses 1,000-point plateau for career Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Madison Crank became the third female in Ohio Valley Christian School history to eclipse the 1,000-point plateau Thursday night during a 71-27 victory over visiting Pike Christian Academy in a non-conference matchup in Gallia County. Crank — whose been on the Lady Defenders’ varsity squad since her eighth grade season — needed five points entering Thursday night’s contest against the Lady Lions, and the senior wasted little time in reaching that mark. Crank hit a short jumper from the left block with around three minutes left in the opening period, which allowed her to join both Abby Mein and Hallie Carter in the 1,000-point sorority at OVCS. That basket was part of a 23-7 first quarter surge, which ultimately set the table for things to come on the evening. The Lady Defenders (3-10) followed with a 24-8 second quarter charge to secure a 47-15 edge at the intermission, then the hosts made a 14-3 run in the third canto to claim a sizable 61-18 lead headed into the finale. Pike Christian Academy (4-3) kept things more respectable in the fourth, but the guests were still outscored by a small 10-9 margin — allowing Ohio Valley Christian to wrap up the 44-point triumph. In a statement released by her coach, Chris Burnett, Crank spoke of the milestone and what it meant to her. “I never could have reached this goal without the love and support of my coaches, family and friends,” Crank said of her accomplishment. “Thank you to everyone who helped to make the night so special. I feel so blessed, and I thank God for giving See DEFENDERS |‌ B2 Alex Hawley | Sunday Sentinel Ohio Valley Christian senior Madison Crank (11) dribbles the ball while being guarded by Southern defender Maggie Cummins (13) during this January 21 file photo of a girls basketball contest at Charles W. Hayman Gymnasium in Racine, Ohio. Photos by Bryan Walters | Sunday Sentinel River Valley senior Cady Gilmore, middle, is fouled by a South Point defender during a shot attempt in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s OVC girls basketball matchup in Bidwell, Ohio. Lady Raiders rally past South Point, 39-35 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com BIDWELL, Ohio — Talk about saving your best for last. After scoring 18 points on 4-of-43 shooting through three quarters of play Tuesday evening, the River Valley girls basketball team found its rhythm down the stretch and rallied for a thrilling 39-35 victory over visiting South Point in an Ohio Valley Conference matchup on Senior Night. The Lady Raiders (614, 3-6 OVC) — playing in their final home game of the 2012-13 season — honored seniors Cady Gilmore, Justyce Stout, Shalin Comer and Ashley Cheesebrew before the contest for their years of dedication to the program, but the Lady Pointers appeared to have spoiled the party by the end of the third canto after claiming a 28-18 advantage. RVHS, however, came alive down the stretch, as the hosts went 7-of-15 from the field while going on a 21-7 charge — which allowed the Lady Raiders to rally back from 12-point fourth quarter deficit and secure an improbable fourRiver Valley senior Shalin Comer, right, makes an entry point triumph. pass while being defended by South Point’s Aundrea The victory — River Bradburn (32) and Brianna Whaley, middle, during the Eagles hold off Miller, 69-54 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com OVP Schedule Monday, Feb. 4 Girls Basketball River Valley at Gallia Academy, 6 p.m. Belpre at Wahama, 6 p.m. Waterford at South Gallia, 6 p.m. Miller at Southern, 6 p.m. Meigs at Fairland, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at Parkersburg, 6 p.m. Eastern at Trimble, 6 p.m. OVCS at Teays Valley, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball OVCS at Teays Valley, 7:30 Tuesday, Feb. 5 Boys Basketball Gallia Academy at Point Pleasant, 5 p.m. Trimble at Wahama, 6 p.m. Fairland at Meigs, 6 p.m. River Valley at Oak Hill, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Belpre, 6 p.m. Grace at OVCS, 7 p.m. Eastern at Waterford, 6 p.m. Hannan at WVHIT, 1 p.m. Southern at Miller, 6 p.m. Girls Basketball Grace at OVCS, 6 p.m. Hannan at Southern, 6 p.m. URG Sports Men’s Basketball vs Salem International, 7 p.m. first half of Thursday night’s OVC girls basketball match- See RAIDERS ‌| B2 up in Bidwell, Ohio. TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio —Talk about a turnaround. The first time the Eagles and Falcons met this season resulted in a 78-42 win for Miller. The second time around however proved to be a different game entirely. The Eastern boys basketball team took the 69-54 victory over Miller Friday night in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division match up at “The Nest”, giving the Eagles back to back wins for the first time this season. Eastern (5-12, 5-7 TVC Hocking) grabbed the momentum early, out scoring the Falcons (7-11, 7-5) 22to-7 over the opening stanza. The Eagles cooled off a bit in the second quarter but still managed to out score Miller 9-to-8 in the period to expand the lead to 16 points at the half. The Green and White came out of halftime with their second 22 point quarter of the night. EHS held the Falcons to just 11 points in the third and the Eagles led 53-26 with eight minutes remaining. Miller scored 28 points in the fourth period but it wasn’t enough, as Eastern marked 16 to seal the 69-54 victory. The Eagles were led by Kirk Pullins with 20 points and Max Carnahan with 18. Both Pullins and Carnahan had a double-double with Pullins grabbing 10 rebounds, and Carnahan marking 10 assists. Chase Cook scored 10 points, Troy Gantt added nine, while Zakk Heaton and Brent Welch rounded out the EHS scoring with six points apiece. The Eagles finished with 28 rebounds, 14 assists, six steals and 22 turnovers in the victory. Eastern shot 24-0f-33 (72.7 percent) from the free throw line and 22-of-48 (45.8 percent) from the field, including just 1-of-8 (12.5 percent) from beyond the arc. Carnahan hit Eastern’s lone triple. The Purple and White were led by Elijah Radar with 25 points and Skylar Hook with 10. Traven Wood and Hunter Starlin each had five points, followed by Jake Walters with four, Garrett Sinift with three and Troy See EAGLES ‌| B3 �Sunday, February 3, 2013 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Defenders Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B2 Devils From Page B1 with 15 markers. Sarah Schoonover and Teah Elliott each contributed eight points, while McKinsey Saunders rounded things out with four markers. The Lady Defenders made 33 field goals and were also 2-of-3 at the free throw line for 67 percent. Nicole Garmen paced the Lady Lions with 13 points, followed by Brittany Garmen with 11 points and Audrey Patton with three markers. PCA was 1-of-6 at the charity stripe for 17 percent. From Page B1 have it happen in a win during our final home game — it’s just icing on the cake.” And like her daughter, RVHS coach Renee Gilmore — a 1,000-point scorer during her prep days at the now defunct Kyger Creek High School — was also pleased that her upperclassmen got to leave home on a good note, especially after the Lady Pointers (710, 4-5) handed River Valley a 72-39 setback at SPHS back on January 7. “I’m really happy for our girls to get this win, especially the seniors,” the elder Gilmore said. “We took a beating at South Point earlier this year, and it would have been real easy for us to give up after the way things went through three quarters. However, we didn’t lay down and we just kept going at them — and it paid off. It’s definitely a little icing on the cake for us tonight.” RVHS went 1-of-11 from the field in the first quarter and was also 3-of-28 overall in the first half, which allowed the Lady Pointers to secure leads of 13-4 and 22-9 after each of the first two periods of play. The Lady Raiders also trailed by as many as 15 points before the break, which came at 22-7 with 3:03 left in the second stanza. Things didn’t get much better for the hosts coming out of the intermission, as the Lady Raiders missed their first 12 field goal attempts — but their deficit never dropped below 15 points during that span. Trailing 27-12 with 3:57 left in the third period, Chelsea Copley hit a pair of free throws at the 2:51 mark to cut the deficit down to 13 — then Gilmore added her first two points of the night from the free throw line at the 2:11 mark for a 27-16 deficit. Rachael Smith added River Valley’s only field goal of the third quarter (1-of-15) at the 1:17 mark to pull the hosts to within three possessions at 27-18, but Haley Rawlins netted a free throw for SPHS with 58 seconds left in the period — allowing the Lady Pointers to take a 28-18 cushion into the finale. Brett Justice hit a field goal 39 seconds into the fourth to give the guests a 12-point cushion at 30-18, but South Point missed its next seven shot attempts — which opened the door for River Valley’s late-game heroics. A Gilmore free throw at 4:34 allowed the me the ability to play basketball.” Bekah Sargent led OVCS with a game-high 20 points, followed by Crank with 16 points and Emily Carman uted four. Steven Kearns and Jordan Helman rounded out the JHS scoring with two points each. Jackson finished the game with 27 rebounds and 16 turnovers. The Ironmen shot 8-of-12 (66.7 percent) from the line and 13-of-51 (25.5 percent) from the field. Jackson knocked down five triples, led by Neal with three. Walker and Bachtel each hit one three-pointer in the game. This is the Blue Devils second win over JHS this season and Gallia Academy has now swept the Ironmen two of the last three seasons. hosts to again pull within three possession at 31-22, but Haley Rawlins sank a pair of charity tosses to give South Point its final doubledigit advantage of the night at 33-22 with 3:33 left in regulation. Shelby Brown hit a field goal with 3:16 left, then Gilmore connected on a trifecta at the 2:27 mark — allowing the hosts to close to within 33-27. Shalin Comer followed with a threepointer with 1:55 remaining to get the Lady Raiders to within a possession at 33-30, then Gilmore hit her historic left-handed layup with 75 seconds left in regulation to get the hosts within a point at 33-32. Gilmore followed her career milestone with arguably the biggest shot of her career, as her 22-foot three-point attempt from the top of the key hit nothing but net with 58 seconds left — giving RVHS its first lead of the entire contest. Courtney Smith capped a 15-0 charge with a basket at the 30-second mark for a 37-33 cushion, but South Point ended its 3:14 scoreless drought when Justice netted a short jumper with 18 seconds left — allowing SPHS to again pull within two at 37-35. The Lady Pointers — who went just 2-of-10 from the field down the stretch — were never closer the rest of the way. Leia Moore sank two free throws with 15 seconds remaining to wrap up the Lady Raiders’ scoring and the four-point decision. RVHS connected on 11-of-58 field goal attempts overall for 19 percent, including a 4-of-18 effort from three-point range for 22 percent. The hosts were also 0-for-11 from behind the arc before the start of the fourth quarter. Cady Gilmore led the hosts with 11 points, followed by Courtney Smith with nine points and Leia Moore with six markers. Chelsea Copley was next with four points, while the trio of Shalin Comer, Shelby Brown and Rachael Smith rounded out the scoring with three markers apiece. The Lady Raiders committed 12 turnovers — six in each half — and were also 13-of-19 overall at the free throw line for 68 percent. The Lady Pointers sank 13-of-49 shot attempts for 27 percent, including a 3-of-17 effort from three-point range for 18 percent. SPHS was 3-of-6 from behind the arc in the opening period and ultimately missed on their final 11 long-range attempts. Brett Justice paced the guests with 11 points, followed by Brianna Bacon with seven markers. Abbey Winkler and Haley Rawl- ins both chipped in six points each for South Point, which committed 18 turnovers and went 6-of-18 at the charity stripe for 33 percent. As happy as she was for her squad, Coach Gilmore was also humble in recognizing her oldest daughter’s milestone on Thursday night. As she noted afterwards, hard work does pay off in the long run — even for family. “We’ve had plenty of ups-and-downs through the years, but Cady has fought through all of that and just continued to work on being a better basketball player,” Gilmore said. “She’s been a pressure player for us over the years and she has never expected any preferential treatment from me just because I’m her mother. She wants to be treated as any other player on the team, and I feel privileged to have coached her during these past four years. “This is a really special accomplishment for her, and this is something that she truly deserves. I’m really proud for her and the upperclassmen tonight.” It is the second time in three years that River Valley has had a female eclipse the 1,000-point plateau for their career, which is half of total list. Brooke Marcum last accomplished the feat as a senior during the 2010-11 campaign. Raiders From Page B1 Valley’s first over South Point in over a decade — also came a with major asterisk, as senior Cady Gilmore became the fourth Lady Raider in school history to eclipse 1,000 points for her career. Gilmore joined Sara Ward, Amber Staton and Brooke Marcum in quadruple digits at the 1:15 mark of the fourth quarter with a left-handed layup that pulled the hosts to within a point at 33-32. Gilmore then answered with a trifecta on River Valley’s next possession, giving the hosts their first lead of the night at 35-33 with 58 seconds left in regulation. The Lady Raiders never trailed again. Following the game, Cady Gilmore was shedding tears of joy for a variety of reasons — her 1,000 career points, a first win over South Point and, most notably, a win for herself and her classmates in their final home contest. “There are no words to describe this feeling. 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All new customers are subject to a one-time, non-refundable processing fee. 60386725 Cardiac Stenting / Balloon Angioplasty Electrophysiology Studies Pacemakers General Cardiology 60390161 �Sunday, February 3, 2013 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Tornadoes storm past Trimble, 68-49 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com RACINE, Ohio — It’s not always about how you start something, but rather how you finish it. The Southern boys basketball team committed eight turnovers and managed just three shot attempts in the opening four minutes of play, but the hosts ultimately sank nine trifectas and shot 50 percent from the field Friday night en route to a 68-49 victory over Trimble in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup at Charles W. Hayman Gymnasium. The Tornadoes (9-9, 7-7 TVC Hocking) struggled to find any kind of rhythm early in the contest, as the visiting Tomcats (9-10, 7-6) jumped out to a pair of seven-point leads — thanks in large part to nine SHS turnovers in the opening canto. Southern, however, answered with a small 4-1 run over the final two minutes of the first period to cut its deficit down to 15-11 after one quarter of play. The Tornadoes rode that momentum the rest of the way, as the hosts connected on 20-of-37 shot attempts and committed only 10 turnovers after the opening stanza while establishing a lead that grew to as much as 21 points in the second half. The victory allowed Southern to again pull its overall and league record to an even .500, and the decision also gave SHS a season split with Trimble. The Tornadoes suffered a 66-50 setback at THS back on January 4. It wasn’t the best of beginnings, but SHS coach Jeff Caldwell was proud with how his guys overcame early adversity to come away with this important triumph. “Anytime you can knock somebody off that has already beaten you earlier in the year, it shows how much improvement we’ve made during that span of time,” Caldwell said. “We had a little bit of a slow start, but overall I thought it was a good win for us. “The defense was, for the most part, good enough tonight, and I believe we are a capable team offensively when we don’t turn the ball over. When we have turnovers, we tend to have them bunches — and that really hurts us.” The Tornadoes held THS scoreless for 3:37 between the opening two quarters and went on a 10-0 surge during that time frame, which allowed the hosts to claim a 20-15 edge. A Tristen Wolfe jumper at the 6:39 mark gave Southern a 16-15 advantage, a lead it would not relinquish the rest of the night. The Tomcats twice cut their deficit down to two points, the last of which came at the 4:58 mark of the second canto after Konner Standley hit a basket for a 22-20 contest. Southern responded with a 13-4 charge over the next 2:44 to secure its biggest lead of the first half at 35-24 with 2:13 remaining, but the guests countered with a small 4-0 spurt to get to within 35-28 at the break. Trimble missed its first nine shot attempts of the third period, while Southern nailed six of its first seven field goal tries while extending its lead out to 4828 with 4:15 remaining. THS finally broke into the second half scoring column at the 3:22 mark with a basket from Standley, but Wolfe netted an old-fashioned three-point play for a 51-30 edge with just over three minutes left. Both teams traded trifectas over the duration of ahawley@civitasmedia.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Control the glass, control the game. The Eastern girls basketball team held a 43-to13 rebounding advantage Thursday night en route to a 75-24 victory over Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division foe Wahama at “The Nest”. The Lady Eagles (164,13-1 TVC Hocking) were led by Katie Keller with 19 points on 8-of16 shooting, and Maddie Rigsby with 17 on 7-of-14 shooting. Erin Swatzel had 13 points, Jordan Parker chipped in with 11 and Jenna Burdette added five. Morgan Barringer finished with four points, while Taylor Palmer and Tori Goble each marked six to round out the EHS scoring. Swatzel pulled down 15 rebounds to led EHS, followed by Keller with nine. Parked had a gamehigh six assists, while Savannah Hawley finished with four. Swatzel finished with four steals to lead Eastern, followed by Goble and Parker with two each. Keller had six blocks in the game, while Rigsby had two and Swatzel had one. As a team Eastern had 43 rebounds, 22 assists, 10 steals, nine blocks and eight turnovers. The Green and White shot 10of-16 (62.5 percent) from Marauders fall short of Athens, 68-62 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com Bryan Walters | Sunday Sentinel Southern junior Dennis Teaford (44) goes up for a shot attempt over Trimble defender Austin Downs (10) during the first half of Friday night’s TVC Hocking boys basketball contest in Racine, Ohio. the third frame, which allowed the hosts to secure a comfortable 57-36 cushion headed into the finale. Southern — which led by 21 points on five separate occasions in the second half — never allowed Trimble to get closer than 14 points, which came at 57-43 with 5:06 left in regulation. SHS closed the game with a 11-6 spurt to wrap up the 19-point decision. The Tornadoes connected on 24-of-48 field goal attempts overall, which included a sizzling 9-of-15 performance from threepoint range for 60 percent. The hosts committed 19 turnovers and also went 11-of-16 at the free throw line for 69 percent. Tristen Wolfe led SHS with a game-high 29 points, 27 of which came in the first three quarters of play. Taylor McNickle was next with 17 points, followed by Casey Pickens with seven markers. Hunter Johnson, Zac Beegle and Dennis Teaford rounded out the scoring with five points apiece. The Tomcats sank 19of-58 shot attempts for 33 percent, including a 5-of21 effort from behind the arc for 24 percent. The guests committed 14 turnovers and also made 6-of12 charity tosses for 50 percent. Jacob Koons paced THS with 20 points, followed by Wyatt Deak with eight points and Konner Standley with six markers. Lady Eagles sweep Wahama, 75-24 Alex Hawley Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B3 the charity stripe and 30of-68 (44.1 percent) from the field, including 5-of12 (41.7 percent) from beyond the arc. Rigsby accounted for two of the EHS three-pointers, while Burdette, Parker and Plamer each had one. Wahama (2-16, 2-13) was paced by Sierra Carmichael with eight points, followed by Kelsey Zuspan with five. Bunni Peters marked three points, while Rachel Roque, Paige Gardner and Olivia Hill each finished with two points. Carmichael and Zuspan each had a trio of rebounds to pace the Lady Falcons, while Hill finished with two. Gardner, Zuspan and Carmichael each marked one assist in the game, while Gardner and Zuspan each had one steal. The Red and White as a team had 13 rebounds, three assists, two steals and 13 turnovers. Wahama shot 10-of-18 (55.6 percent) from the free throw line and 6-of-37 (16.2 percent) from the field, including 2-of-8 (25 percent) from three point range. Carmichael and Zuspan each hit a triple in the contest. Eastern has now won 10 straight league games at home, dating back to last season. The Lady Eagles also defeated Wahama on January 3rd in Mason, by a count of 83-22. THE PLAINS, Ohio — Good teams make their free throws when it counts. Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division co-leader Athens sank 17-of-18 free throws, which helped the Bulldogs to the 68-62 victory over Meigs Friday night in Athens County. The Bulldogs (14-2, 5-1 TVC Ohio) took the early lead after out scoring Meigs (8-7, 4-4) 18-to-10 in the opening stanza. Athens expanded its lead to double digits before the half, out scoring MHS 17to-13 in the second. The Marauders trailed 35-23 at the midway point. AHS added two more points to its lead in the third period and the Bulldogs led 47-33 with eight minutes remaining. The Marauders rallied for 29 points in the fourth quarter but the Green and Gold scored 21 to seal the 68-62 victory. The Maroon and Gold were paced by Kaileb Sheets with 20 points and Cody Stewart with 19. Dillon Boyer marked eight points, Ty Phelps added six, while Treay McKinney and Dustin Ulbrich both had four points. Jared Williamson rounded out the MHS scoring with one point on the night. Stewart finished with nine rebounds for the Marauders, while Sheets finsihed with a team-high four assists. Collectively Meigs had 27 rebounds, 11 assists, two blocks and 11 turnovers. Meigs shot 9-of-12 (75 percent) from the line and 24-of52 (46.2 percent) from the field, including 5-of-12 (41.7 percent) from beyond the arc. Sheets drained four triples for MHS while Stewart had the other. Joe Burrow led the victors with 26 points, followed by Ibi Watson with 20. Jared Elmore had six points, Zacciah Saltzman finished with five, while Adam Luehrman and Ryan Luehrman each had four. Sawyer Summers rounded out the AHS scoring with three points. Elmore’s nine rebounds led Athens, while Watson led the team with four assists. As a unit the Bulldogs had 26 rebounds, 12 assists, seven blocks, six steals and 11 turnovers. The Green and Gold shot 17-of-18 (94.4 percent) from the line and 23of-46 (50 percent) from the field, including 5-of-16 (31.3 percent) from three point range in the game. Burrow hit a trio of three’s while Saltzman and Summers hit the others. The Bulldogs had now won a season-high seven consecutive contests. Meigs had its two game winning steak snapped with the loss. Athens completes the season sweep of Meigs, as the Bulldogs were also victorious on January 19th in Rocksprings, by a count of 69-52. Eagles From Page B1 Ladd with two. The Falcons shot 7-of15 (46.7 percent) from the line and 21-of-64 (32.8 percent) from the field including 5-of-20 (25 percent) from beyond the arc. Radar had four of Millers treys while Wood drained the other. The Eagles improve to 5-3 at home this season, while Miller falls to 3-7 in road games. There was a 51 point turnaround from the first game to this contest. EHS and the Falcons also split the season series last year. Have story suggestions? Call: 446.2342 or 992.2155 BURIED in CREDIT CARDDEBT? Over $10,000 in credit card bills? 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Call 740-578-4177 WANTED Single wides and Double wides- Top trade in allowance free appraisals Freedom Homes of Gallipolis 740446-3093 �Sunday, February 3, 2013 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B6 Reynolds, Cornell win OVC Lady Rebels stomp wrestling titles for RVHS Southern, 53-23 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com BIDWELL, Ohio — The River Valley wrestling program had two wrestlers earn weight class titles Wednesday at the 2013 Ohio Valley Conference championships held at River Valley High School in Gallia County. Only three teams took part in the event, which meant that the tri-match would not count towards crowning a league champion this winter. By OVC rules, at least two- thirds of the league must participate in order for a conference championship to be awarded. Chesapeake won the tri-match and had seven of the 14 weight class champions, followed by Fairland with five and RVHS with two. Both of the Raider champions, however, are repeat winners from a year ago, as senior Paul Reynolds and junior Trae Cornell each brought home their second consecutive crowns. Reynolds came away with the 138-pound title, while Trae Cornell earned the 145-pound championship. Chesapeake received titles from Logan McCloud (106), Sawyer Stevens (120), Shawn Johnson (152), Dylan Maynard (170), Nick Lucas (182), Jaycob Kitchen (220) and Cole Webb (285). Fairland champions included Austin Earls (113), Timmy Emery (126), Jordan Holmann (132), Clayton Edmonds (160) and Zach McKinney (195). Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta would be proud of the way the Lady Rebels played Thursday night. The South Gallia girls basketball team forced 33 turnovers, while allowing just 23 points to Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division foe Southern en route to a 30-point SGHS victory in Gallia County. The Lady Rebels (16-4, 11-3 TVC Hocking) began the game with a 3:00 4-0 run but Southern (5-14, 3-11) hit a three-pointer to come within one point. SGHS scored the next eight points but the Lady Tornadoes closed the opening quarter with a 5-to-2 run. Spring toDig It ON YOUR LAND! Spring Into Action! Purchase Your New Home with K. Hovnanian® Homes® today and Dig It This Spring! SOUTHEAST COLUMBUS NEW HOME GALLERY SPECIAL INCENTIVES!* Visit Today! Homes starting from the $90s! From just $51/sq. ft.! Serving Ohio: 9845 Basil-Western Road, Canal-Winchester, OH 43110 CALL NOW: (866) 547-0374 *Limited time offer. K. Hovnanian® Homes® reserves the right to limit, modify or terminate this offer without notice. Certain program restrictions and limitations apply. See New Home Sales Consultant for complete details. Price per square foot subject to change by builder territory. Offer not valid on previously written contracts or in conjunction with any other offer. Pricing subject to change without notice. South Gallia held the 14-8 advantage the the end of the first. The Lady Rebels scored 18 points in the second period, while their defense held Southern to just six points. South Gallia held the 32-14 advantage at the break. The Red and Gold defense didn’t miss a beat after the half, as it held Southern without a point for the first five minutes of the third period. SGHS was able to score 14 points in that time span. The Lady Tornadoes scored their only two points of the third at the 2:59 mark but the Lady Rebels scored three more points after that to push the lead to 31 at the end of the period. Southern scored the first five points of the finale but South Gallia closed the game with a 6-to-2 run to seal the 5323 victory. Jasmyne Johnson led the charge for South Gallia with 18 points, 17 of which came in the first half. Ellie Bostic added 12 points for the victors, while Meghan Caldwell and Rachel Johnson each marked six. Sara Bailey chipped in with four points, followed by Mikayla Poling, Kaitlin Vanscoy, and Kelsey Corbin with two points each. Lesley Small rounded out the SGHS total with one point in the triumph. Jasmyne Johnson finished off her double-double with 10 rebounds, while Bostic finished with eight. Caldwell led the Lady Rebels with five assists, while Bostic had three. Bostic led the SGHS defense with seven steals, followed by Caldwell with four. Poling, Bostic, Rachel Johnson, Caldwell and Sara Rustmeyer each had one block for South Gallia. As a team South Gallia finished with 38 rebounds, 17 assists, 25 steals, five blocks and 24 turnovers. The Lady Rebels shot 11-of-24 (45.8 percent) from the free throw line and 21-of-52 (40.4 percent) from the field, including 0-of-2 from beyond the arc. South Gallia committed 15 personal fouls in the win. The Lady Tornadoes were led by Jordan Huddleston with seven points, followed by Celestia Hendrix and Hannah Hill with six apiece. Alison Deem and Jansen Wolfe each scored two points to round out the SHS total. Wolfe paced Southern on the glass with 12 rebounds, followed by Hendrix with 10. Kyrie Swann finished with a pair of assists to lead SHS while Wolfe, Haley Hill and Caitlyn Cowdery each had two steals in the game. Wolfe, Hannah Hill and Haley Hill each had one block for the Purple and Gold. The Lady Tornadoes collectively had 41 rebounds, five assists, 10 steals, three blocks and 33 turnovers. Southern shot 4-of-11 (36.4 percent) from the charity stripe and just 8-of-54 (14.8 percent) from the field, including 3-of-21 (14.3 percent) from three-point range. Huddleston accounted for a pair of the SHS triples, while Hannah Hill had the other. SHS committed 17 personal fouls in the game. Southern was issued two technical fouls in the contest, one was given to coach Scott Cleland and the other was accessed for having six players on the floor. The games biggest lead was 31 points that came at the end of the third period. The Purple and Gold never led or tied the game. The win is the fourth in a row for the Lady Rebels, while Southern has now lost two of its last three games. South Gallia has never lost a TVC Hocking game to the Lady Tornadoes. South Gallia improves to 9-2 at home this season, while Southern falls to just 1-9 away from Racine. The Lady Rebels also defeated Southern on January 3rd in Racine. South Gallia won that game by a count of 58-57. 60390260 For more information visit: khov.com/digging Alex Hawley | Sunday Sentinel South Gallia senior Jasmyne Johnson (33) drives past Southern senior Kyrie Swann (right) during Thursday night’s 53-23 SGHS victory in Mercerville. White Falcons drop heartbreaker at Belpre, 74-72 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com 60389247 BIDWELL, OH 9039 State Rt. 160 MON-SAT 8AM - 9PM SUN 9AM - 7PM 740-446-0818 Jackson, OH 71 E Huron St MON-SUN 8AM - 9PM 740-286-5586 Pomeroy, OH 700 W Main St MON-SAT 8AM - 9PM SUN 10AM - 9PM 740-992-2891 Waverly, OH 705 W Emmitt Ave MON-SAT 8AM - 9PM SUN 10AM - 9PM 740-947-3611 We accept WIC, EBT, Debit Cards, Visa, MasterCard & Discover ©February 2013 Moran Foods, Inc. All rights reserved. We reserve the right to limit quantities. Ad valid only at stores listed above. Not all items available in all Stores. Not responsible for typographical errors. BELPRE, Ohio — A 2315 third quarter surge ultimately allowed host Belpre just enough breathing room Friday night during a hardfought 74-72 victory over the Wahama boys basketball team in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup in Washington County. The visiting White Falcons (6-10, 5-8 TVC Hocking) kept pace with the Golden Eagles through 16 minutes of play, as both teams found themselves deadlocked at 18 after eight minutes of play. Both squads also netted 21 points apiece in the second canto, which led to a 39-all tie at the intermission. Belpre (9-8, 9-4) then made its biggest charge of the night in the third canto, which allowed the hosts to secure a 62-54 edge headed into the finale. WHS answered the bell to start the fourth quarter, as the White Falcons went on an 11-2 surge to claim its only lead of the second half at 65-64 with less than four minutes left in regulation. BHS, however, countered with a small 10-7 spurt the rest of the way, which allowed the hosts to secure a season sweep of Wahama. The Eagles posted a 53-46 victory at WHS in the first matchup back on January 4. Hunter Bradley led Wahama with 20 points, followed by Austin Jordan with 19 points and Wyatt Zuspan with 16 markers. Trenton Gibbs was next with seven points and a team-best 12 rebounds, while Dakota Sisk and Jacob Ortiz rounded out the respective scoring with six and four markers. The White Falcons committed 15 turnovers and were 9-of-14 at the charity stripe for 64 percent. Bradley also had team-highs of 10 assists and three steals in the setback. Dakota Huffman paced BHS with a game-high 27 points, followed by Nick Therriault with 19 points and Bryce Pittenger with 12 markers. Belpre was also 9-of14 at the charity stripe for 64 percent. �Along the River Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2013 Tim Merry checks the temperature of a new batch of craft beer. Photos by Lisa Merry | Submitted C1 Whiskey barrels are lined up and ready to add bourbon flavor to the Old Mill beer. Old Mill Craft Beer — Brewing up a storm Agnes Hapka Special to The Sunday Times-Sentinel BIDWELL — As established wine-producers, Lisa and Tim Merry felt pretty confident that locally-brewed beer would be a success in Gallia County. The couple, who jointly own Merry Family Winery in Bidwell, had heard regular inquiries over the years from their customers on the subject of beer. “Nobody was brewing beer around here, and people kept asking us about it,” Tim Merry said, “so we decided to give it a try.” The brewery takes its name, Old Mill Craft Beer, from its home — the old mill, which used to be the venue for Jewell Evans’ Grist Mill. It is a building that comes with some well-known Gallia County history; Jewell Evans was married to locally-born and raised Bob Evans of Bob Evans Farms fame. The Merrys had considered the possibility of starting a brewery for about two years. After the initial success of the winery, which opened in 2006, they found that the wine business was growing and expanding every bit as as well as they had hoped — so much, in fact, that they decided to move it to a larger building, the old mill, obtaining more land for vineyards. They kept the existing vineyards, as well, and found that they had space at their new location for growing their own hops. “We grow the hops and harvest the flowers,” Tim Merry said, “We use ten different kinds of hops, and they all have different names; three of them are Columbus, Cascade and Centennial.” Merry added that both businesses began as hobbies, but they are very labor-intensive. When they decided to begin producing beer professionally, there was much work to be done. Merry noted, “After we got our state and federal licenses, we had to get all the equipment. We needed tanks and fermenting equipment. We needed grain, some of which we had to grind. It’s a lot of work, but it sure beats working for someone else.” There are a lot of variables in the beer-making process, Merry said. “When it comes to the amount of time it takes to make beer, they’re all different so it varies. I brew in 50-gallon batches; I can brew up a batch in about four hours, but then I have to let it ferment and clear,” Merry said. “That can take anything from two weeks to six months.” At the moment, the brewery offers three different beers, which they sell by the glass or in 12-ounce bottles. “We have an imperial ale with a citrus flavor, a black lager with chocolate and dark malts and an India pale ale with a bold hop flavor,” Merry said, adding that the brewery has purchased some Buffalo Trace Bourbon distillery whiskey barrels to add a bourbon flavor to future batches. The Merrys were both born and raised in the area, noted Tim, who added that he’s glad to stay and support and boost the local economy. “Lisa’s from just across the river, and I was born in Gallipolis,” said Tim Merry. “The winery-brewery’s in Bidwell, and that’s as far as I’m going.” The winery and brewery are open from 10:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Additional information may be obtained from the web site at merryfamilywinery.com, or the Merry Family Facebook page, or by calling (740) 245-9463. Tim and Lisa Merry are ready to greet their customers at the winery-brewery with their India pale ale, black lager and imperial ale. Old Mill Craft Beer logo Old Mill beer is pictured with varying shades, hues and flavors. The Merry Family’s Black Lager label features the Merrys’ dog, Nikki which is an English Bull Mastiff. �Sunday, February 3, 2013 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C2 Local people in the news Extension Corner Local residents named to Mountain State president, honor list Three local students were named to the president’s or honors list at Mountain State College for the fall term of 2012. Katlyn Johnson of Langsville and Sherry Riffle of Racine were named to the President’s List. Johnson is majoring in Medical Secretary and Riffle is majoring in Medical Assistant. Angela Hall of Pomeroy was named to the Honors List. She is majoring in Medical Assistant. Livestock Report GALLIPOLIS — United Producers, Inc., livestock report of sales from January 30, 2013. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $90-$175, Heifers, $90-$150; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $90-$160, Heifers, $90-$140; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $85-$135, Heifers, $90$135; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $85-$128, Heifers, $85-$118; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $85-$125, Heifers, $85-$125. Cows Well Muscled/Fleshed, $72-$83; Medium/ Lean, $63-$71; Thin/Light, $40-$62; Bulls, $73-$97. Back to Farm Bred Cows, $600-$1,185; Goats, $72.5; Hogs, $68-dn. Upcoming Specials 2/6/13 — next sale, 10 a.m. Direct sales and free on-farm visits. Contact Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy at (304) 634-0224, Luke at (740) 6453697, or Mark at (740) 645-5708, or visit the website at www.uproducers.com. Jim Nabors on marrying partner: ‘Just wanted it legal’ HONOLULU (AP) — Actor Jim Nabors says marrying his longtime male partner doesn’t change anything about their relationship — he just wanted it to be formally acknowledged. “I just wanted it legal,” the 82-year-old actor best known as Gomer Pyle in “The Andy Griffith Show” told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Nabors married 64-yearold Stan Cadwallader in Seattle on Jan. 15. Nabors says they have been partners for 38 years. Nabors said they flew from Honolulu just for the short ceremony and were married in a hotel room by a judge friend who drove up from Olympia, Wash. Nabors said he’s not an activist but feels strongly that gay marriage should be a right for everyone. “I think every person on this earth has a choice of who they want to spend their life with,” he said. News of Nabors’ marriage was first reported by Hawaii News Now. Nabors told Hawaii News Now he’s been open about being gay with co-workers and friends but hadn’t acknowledged it to the media before. He said he’s not ashamed of people knowing, he just didn’t tell people because it was “such a personal thing.” The couple met in 1975 when Cadwallader was a Honolulu firefighter. Nabors told the AP that Cadwallader began working for him long ago and took care of his business affairs. “He’s my best friend,” Nabors said. Nabors became an instant success when he joined “The Andy Griffith Show” in spring 1963. The character of Gomer Pyle — the unworldly, lovable gas pumper who would exclaim “Gollllll-ly!” — proved so popular that in 1964 CBS starred him in “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” In the spinoff, which lasted five seasons, Gomer left his hometown of Mayberry to become a Marine recruit. His innocence confounded his sergeant, the irascible Frank Sutton. Gay marriage became legal in Washington state last month. Several other states allow it, but Nabors said he picked Washington because he didn’t want to travel too far from his Hawaii home. “I like the weather,” he said. “Still, I froze my butt off there.” French gay marriage plans stir parenthood debate PARIS (AP) — The French are all for sex and all for family — so long as you’re having sex to create one. Anything dealing with assisted reproduction makes a sizable portion of them uncomfortable, as the president’s plans to legalize gay marriage have unexpectedly exposed. The debate over whether society and science are overreaching when it comes to parenthood has sent thousands into the streets, turned the bridges over the Seine into billboards and prompted charges that women’s bodies will soon be for rent in a society that still has surprisingly deep conservative roots. President Francois Hollande’s promise to legalize gay marriage was seen as relatively uncontroversial when it first came up as a campaign pledge. Then, as the debate began this week, his justice minister quietly issued an order to grant French birth certificates for children born to surrogates abroad. The news reopened a raw and unwelcome national debate on fertility treatments, surrogacy and adoption. Assisted reproduction is off-limits to all but heterosexual couples showing at least two years of companionship. Egg donation has been regulated nearly into nonexistence, and surrogacy of any kind is punishable by a prison term. Infuriated opponents pounced, accusing the Socialist government of underhanded tactics to transform families. Despite France’s liberal attitudes and Socialist government, the country also has strong Roman Catholic influence and prides itself on its strong support for traditional families. Justice Minister Christiane Taubira went before a raucous parliamentary session Wednesday to defend her order, half the lawmakers giving her an ovation and another sizeable group trying to jeer her into silence. “You’re encouraging methods that are illegal in our country, that are an attack on human dignity,” Jean-Francois Cope, the opposition leader, accused her on Wednesday. “Children become objects, objects that can be bought and sold.” Taubira said the order was only a reflection of current citizenship law, not a new regulation that would lead to legalized surrogacy within France. “It affirms French nationality, it doesn’t grant it,” she said, insisting that no one — from the president on down — wanted French surrogate mothers. Facing unexpected opposition to their once-popular plans to legalize gay marriage, Hollande’s Socialists in early January dropped plans to link the measure to relaxed restrictions on fertility treatments. And Taubira on Wednesday reiterated earlier denials of any plan to legalize surrogacy. About 200 egg-donor babies and about 1,000 sperm-donor babies are born annually to French people according to official government figures, with thousands of couples waiting for years for a chance to try. One 40-year-old woman, recently divorced with a young son and hopes for another, decided there was no point in waiting for the rules to change. She found a clinic in Denmark to provide fertility treatments, scheduled an initial round and persuaded her French doctor to fudge some of the paperwork. “He said ‘it’s illegal’ and I said ‘yes, it’s illegal in France, but not abroad,’” said the woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of the social backlash. She said three rounds of treatment in Denmark will cost 5,800 ($7,860), not including travel expenses. And she doesn’t dare tell her family, saying she’s afraid of their judgment. She does not yet know if her second round of treatment in Denmark succeeded. In France, egg donors must already have children of their own and are not allowed reimbursement for many of the expenses related to the donation — including travel and childcare. Sperm donors face similar restrictions, including showing proof of prior fatherhood. In 2010, 299 men donated sperm in France. Surrogacy is widely reviled, even among those who want to open access to fertility treatments. The tight restrictions have sent many French abroad — single women and men, and gay and straight couples who fear their time is running out. Many go to Belgium or Spain. Fearing social stigma, few talk about it when they return home pregnant. Hundreds of thousands of protesters on both sides have swamped the streets of Paris. This week, as the parliamentary debate began, opponents of gay marriage and changes to the law governing fertility treatment strung banners over the bridges that cross the Seine, including one that read “Everyone is born from a man and a woman.” Hollande had clearly hoped to put off a national debate on assisted reproduction: “Had I been in favor, I would have included it in the proposed law,” he said in December as renegade lawmakers from his Socialist Party tried to take up the issue. The president has let Taubira do most of the talking — and take most of the heat. It’s her name that is linked to the tensions that have been growing in France as both sides line up allies. Are you ready for spring? Do you believe in the prognostication of spring if the groundhog sees its shadow? Spring’s official arrival is on March 20, only 46 days from today. Get your yard and garden ready by attending one or more sessions, “Gardening for Fun, Food and Friends” being offered by the Meigs County Extension office. From the February 20 session learn about “Pruning Your Fruit Trees, Berries and Grape Vines”. The February 27 session will be “ Getting Your Garden Ready-Soil Tests, Composting, and Nutrient Management”. The March 6 session will emphasis “Growing a Vegetable Garden — Planning, Starting Your Own Seedlings, and Common Pests”. The March 20 session is entitled, “Improving Your Lawn — Fertilizing, Overseeding, or Starting From the Beginning.” The last session will be held on April 3, and is titled “Herbs In Your LifeGrowing Fresh Herbs In Your Yard”’ Sessions will be held on Wednesday nights from 6:30 -8:30 p.m. at the Meigs County OSU Extension office located at 117 East Memorial Drive Pomeroy (next to Holzer Clinic Meigs County ). Cost is $5 per person per session or all five sessions for $20. Call our office at 992-6696 to reserve your spot. Hal Kneen Extension Corner *** Farmers, the Internal Revenue Service has announced that it has issued a guidance (ruling) to provide relief from the estimated tax penalty for farmers and fishermen unable to file and pay their 2012 taxes by the March 1 deadline due to the delayed start for filing tax returns. The delay in farmers’ filing date stems from this past month’s enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA). The ATRA affected several tax forms that are often filed by farmers and fishermen, including the Form 4562, Depreciation and Amortization (Including Information on Listed Property). These forms will require extensive programming and testing of IRS systems, which will delay the IRS’s ability to accept and process these forms. The IRS is providing this relief because delays in the agency’s ability to accept and process these forms may affect the ability of many farmers and fishermen to file and pay their taxes by the March 1 deadline. The relief applies to all farmers and fishermen, not only those who must file late released forms. Normally, farmers and fishermen who choose not to make quarterly estimated tax payments are not subject to a penalty if they file their returns and pay the full amount of tax due by March 1. Under the guidance to be issued, farmers or fishermen who miss the March 1 deadline will not be subject to the penalty if they file and pay by April 15, 2013. A taxpayer qualifies as a farmer or fisherman for tax-year 2012 if at least two-thirds of the taxpayer’s total gross income was from farming or fishing in either 2011 or 2012. Farmers and fishermen requesting this penalty waiver must attach Form 2210-F to their tax return. The form can be submitted electronically or on paper. The taxpayer’s name and identifying number should be entered at the top of the form, the waiver box (Part I, Box A) should be checked, and the rest of the form should be left blank. Forms, instructions, and other tax assistance are available on IRS.gov’. Hal Kneen is the Athens/Meigs Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator, Ohio State University Extension. Hawaii lawmakers propose shielding celeb privacy HONOLULU (AP) — More than twothirds of Hawaii’s state senators have signed onto a bill to protect celebrities from paparazzi, giving them power to sue over unwanted beach photos and other snapshots on the islands. And the bill’s author says he’s pushing the law at the request of Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, the former “American Idol” judge who recently bought a new home in Maui. A representative for Aerosmith declined comment late Thursday night, saying Tyler was not immediately available. Maui Democrat Sen. Kalani English told The Associated Press the so-called “Steven Tyler Act” will help Hawaii’s tourism and film industries, encouraging famous people to come here without fear of being stalked by paparazzi. “These are my consituents as well,” English said. “Public figures have a right to reasonable privacy. There’s a balance that we need to create.” The bill would open people up to civil lawsuits if they invade the privacy of public figures by taking or selling photos or videos. It defines invasion of privacy as capturing or trying to capture images or sound of people “in a manner that is offensive to a reasonable person” during personal or family moments. It does not specify places where pictures would be OK or whether public places would be exempt. The bill says it would apply to people who are take photos from boats or anywhere else within ocean waters. “Although their celebrity status may justify a lower expectation of privacy, the Legislature finds that sometimes the paparazzi go too far to disturb the peace and tranquility afforded celebrities who escape to Hawaii for a quiet life,” English wrote in the bill. Longtime Hawaii media lawyer Jeff Portnoy said the legislation is vague and panders to celebrities. “It’s unnecessary, it’s potentially unconstitutional and it flies in the face of decades of privacy law,” he said. He said that it’s hard to know how the court would interpret the state constitutional provision for the right to privacy in terms of this bill, but that based upon privacy-related court precedents, the law would be unnecessary. The bill has only been introduced and referred to committee; lawmakers haven’t set a date to discuss it yet. While 18 of 25 of the state’s senators have signed on, including the Senate majority leader, it’s unclear whether the bill would stand a chance in the state House. English said he believes the bill is constitutional. He said the state has a provision in its constitution to protect the right to privacy. “Generally, we’ve respected people’s privacy but we have a different time now,” English said. Like other destinations, Hawaii has a steady stream of high-profile visitors. President Barack Obama vacations on Oahu once a year with his family, while Lance Armstrong escaped to the Big Island last month after a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey at his home in Texas. Icelandic girl wins right to use her given name REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A 15-year-old Icelandic girl has been granted the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother, despite the opposition of authorities and Iceland’s strict law on names. Reykjavik District Court ruled Thursday that the name “Blaer” can be used. It means “light breeze.” The decision overturns an earlier rejection by Icelandic authorities who declared it was not a proper feminine name. Until now, Blaer Bjarkardottir had been identified simply as “Girl” in communications with officials. “I’m very happy,” she said after the ruling. “I’m glad this is over. Now I expect I’ll have to get new identity papers. Finally I’ll have the name Blaer in my passport.” Like a handful of other countries, including Germany and Denmark, Iceland has official rules about what a baby can be named. Names are supposed to fit Icelandic grammar and pronunciation rules — choices like Carolina and Christa are not allowed because the letter “c” is not part of Iceland’s alphabet. Blaer’s mother, Bjork Eidsdottir, had fought for the right for the name to be recognized. The court ruling means that other girls will be also allowed to use the name in Iceland. In an interview earlier this year, Eidsdottir said she did not know the name “Blaer” was not on the list of accepted female names when she gave it to her daughter. The name was rejected because the panel viewed it as a mas- culine name that was inappropriate for a girl. The court found that based on testimony and other evidence, that the name could be used by both males and females and that Blaer had a right to her own name under Iceland’s constitution and Europe’s human rights conventions. It rejected the government’s argument that her request should be denied to protect the Icelandic language. Blaer had told the court she was very happy with her name and only had problems with it when she was dealing with state authorities who rejected it. The court did not grant her any damages. The government has not indicated whether it will appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. �Sunday, February 3, 2013 COMICS/ENTERTAINMENT Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C3 BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Sunday, February 3, 2013 BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s HOROSCOPE ZITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Feb. 4, 2013: This year interpersonal communication plays a very strong role in your success. You often might find that your efforts go unnoticed, but because of your constant attention and others’ strong feedback, you will achieve what you want and more. If you are single, you’ll want to decide what type of relationship you want, because you will be able to manifest just that. Romantic possibilities are most active through June. If you are attached, the two of you might start acting like young lovers again. Plan a special getaway together. SCORPIO pushes you hard. Be patient! The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You might walk into a veil of confusion because someone is not being clear. This person does not totally understand the dynamics of the situation at hand. Communicate your message with more clarity, and you will get results. Tonight: Laugh off a recent misunderstanding. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You are full of questions. Have that long-overdue discussion. Your energy rarely is sporadic, though it could be at the moment. Swallowing your anger could be one of the causes. A money-making idea sounds good — just do your research first. Tonight: Follow someone’s lead. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Confusion marks your communication. Assess where the mix-up might be. Excellent ideas could fall flat today. Have some sympathy for a boss or higher-up who might be having a similar experience. Your innate good nature draws in opportunities. Tonight: Go with the moment. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could be upset by what you see. Diving in and fixing the problem usually works, only right now the problem isn’t obvious. In fact, you could have a hard time zeroing in on the dynamics involved. Remain confident. Tonight: Touch base with someone at a distance. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH Where others seem to be baffled, you will have a sense of direction. You might not be able to verbalize where this knowledge comes from. A friend who understands you very well encourages you to go down an unknown path. Trust your sixth sense. Tonight: With the gang. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HH Demands seem to appear out of nowhere. This issue could involve your home, personal life and/or real estate. A parent could be involved. A partner or associate seems extremely whimsical with money, which causes you some concern. Tonight: Stay close to home. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You’ll ask a lot of questions as to what is happening within your immediate circle. You want to get to the bottom of a problem. Approach issues creatively today. Do be careful when dealing with anything mechanical. News from a distance thrills you. Tonight: Keep it light and easy. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Your creativity surges, and you will cook up a great idea. The problem lies in the cost. Even if you do not anticipate a financial snafu, it still could happen. Use good sense with a child or new love interest. You do not want to go overboard. Tonight: Allow greater give-and-take. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You feel up to nearly any task. You might have an important matter to deal with, which could make you feel a little uneasy. Slow down. You can be successful doing so many different things. Lighten up the moment, and share more of your feelings. Tonight: All smiles. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You know precisely where you want to go with a conversation that is a bit overdue. Listen carefully to news, and take time to digest what you are hearing. If you feel uncomfortable, don’t push at this moment. Caring flows in an unprecedented manner. Tonight: Go with a suggestion. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Confusion could result in a financial mistake. You can’t be careless with money right now. Focus on other matters, where success is more likely to greet you. Your smile will warm up an important friendship. Question a long-term commitment. Tonight: Where people are. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Your way of moving through problems usually is excellent, yet today, there could be a backfire. Let others voice their opinions. A decision that already was made could be hard to carry out. An element of confusion runs through your plans. Tonight: A must appearance. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Sunday, February 3, 2013 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C4 Eblin observes 92nd birthday Community Corner Charlene Hoeflich POMEROY — The 92nd birthday of Adria Sue Eblin was observed on Jan. 12 with a family celebration. Cake and ice cream were served. Attending were her three children, Sue (Carl) DeLong, Kenneth Eblin, and Doris Murray; her grandsons, Jeff DeLong, Tony Eblin and James McDonald; great-grandsons, Mike McDonald and J.T. McDonald; and great-great-grandsons, Mike Jr. and Cohen McAdria Sue Eblin Donald. choeflich@civitasmedia.com SNP: I did NOT sign-up for this! Finding a map to your child’s best app Jodi Hobbs-Saunders Mother and home educator for two special needs children I’ve been engaged in math app negotiations for our iPad with my 8-yearold Bipolar/ADD/LHON/ Pediatric Migraines with Aura daughter over the entire school year thus far. I’ve observed her in virtual online classes. She grasps math concepts well, but is weak on memorized math facts. This may beg the question — why not just sit her down with flashcards at night? I tried that. And many more suggestions. Aurora is a complicated child. She works weekly with an Intervention Specialist on third grade math. In addition, she was mistakenly placed in a fourth grade online math class where, to everyone’s surprise, she has flourished from the attention and phenomenal teaching of Mrs. Byers (OHVA). Apple sold three million iPads the first 72 hours of their release for a reason — they are unique and interacting teaching tools that reach children, both gifted and disabled, in ways no other teaching method can. My rookie app purchase mistakes when I bought the first three (or four) apps were that I identified the problem (needs to learn math facts) and my desires in an app only (price, quality, emails weekly report, good reviews, etc.). Recently, my Facebook page for this column gave away free codes for a variety of apps donated by several developers, enabling me to see Aurora Saunders uses iPad apps to enhance her homeschooling experience. the wide array of choices available. I came to the conclusion, with rare exception, there is no such thing as a bad app. You can, however, as a parent with purchasing power, make poor choices by focusing too much on your wants and not enough on your child. My negotiations have come to a successful victory for both sides. How? I sat down with my daughter and shopped the 700,000+ App Store products with her. Our happy, final choice was Rainbow Math by Abitalk (www. abitalk.com). When my daughter finally found an app she was happy with, and I looked at it through her eyes, my previous mistakes seem obvious. The color scheme is especially vivid and the numbers look larger than what is used in the apps I chose. Color perception and text size are issues we have battled due to her LHON. The app features calming raindrops, blooming flowers and a few notes of music. Aurora battles depression, anxiety and sensory issues and finds these aspects of the app very calming. Previous apps I had chosen featured themes which didn’t interest her, text she struggled to see or loud music that annoyed her. Another clue? Look for developers your child consistently connects with as their ‘style and flair’ often carries through their line of products. Once I downloaded Aurora’s math app choice, I noted we already had Abitalk’s Third Grade Social Studies and Third Grade Science apps, which my daughter loved and for which she begged for more. A good developer will post an email address in their product, encourage feedback and honestly care about the children for whom they write apps. Look in the App Store for “lite” versions of apps, which are normally free apps with a limit on their features for the consumer to try out before committing to purchasing. Is there such a thing as a perfect app? Probably not. But if you find a reasonably priced app that engages your child and accomplishes your goal — that’s a victory! Thank you for following our adventures! Check out our Facebook page: I did not sign-up for this! Special Needs Parenting for great discussions, giveaways and more. Follow me on Twitter: @ Jhobbssaunders . I welcome feedback, questions and more at snp. ididnotsignupforthis@gmail.com. How many times do we promise “never to do that again” for some reason or another, and then time goes by and before long we’ve committed to do what we said we would never do again. It happens. And it did to Harry Gorrell. Producing a show is a big job but it seems that Harry got some energy back, and with a little push from friends, has decided to move right along with the eighth annual Boots, Fiddles and Blue Suede Shoes Spring Musical. It will be held on June 1 at Eastern High School with impersonators of music icons to include the likes of Alan Jackson, George Straight, Buddy Holly and even my favorite, Elvis. The show is a community non-profit venture which has received tremendous support. I’m told about a thousand people attended last year’s show. Tickets are now on sale and if you’re interested, just call Harry. *** Storyteller Donna Wilson is spending her first winter in Florida and enjoying every minute of it. She’s gotten acquainted with some fellow storytellers down there and has the opportunity to spin a few tales of her own. She said she has a fire pit in the backyard, and whenever things get dull, she just starts up a fire and the neighbors gather in and the storytelling begins. Donna will be coming home in April and is hoping to get something together for a summer children’s program like the Stories along the Water’s Edge which she ‘s done for several years under sponsorship of state and local groups like the Riverbend Arts Council. As for the Tellabration event, Donna says that won’t be happening here this year. It’s usually held in November and by that time she plans to be back in Florida soaking up some sunshine. *** Remember before Christmas when you bought that beautiful poinsettia plant, and I suggested that properly cared for it could go right through Valentine’s Day, even longer, looking lovely. I had been told that the longevity of a poinsettia is all about light and water — lots of light and a little water. I decided to give it a try. So I placed my poinsettia in a plant stand near a dining room window so it would receive plenty of light and sunshine. Then every morning I give the pot a quarter turn so that all parts will be equally exposed to the light. As per the recommendation, I cut back to watering the plant only once a week regardless of how dry the soil is. Let me say that my poinsettia, purchased two weeks before Christmas, looks as pretty as it did the day I brought it home. I’ll give you another report come Valentine’s Day. *** It’s been eight years since the overflowing Ohio River put water into stores on Main Street in Pomeroy. Then in March 2011, flood water moved onto the streets and then receded causing no damage. Today (Friday) the river is rising, but there’s apparently no threat of a flood unless torrential rains come, and that’s not predicted. The amphitheater and the boat docks are covered with water, the dip between the parking lots is full, and the river gauge shows a slow rise in the water level. *** Above my desk hangs a painting of a smiling giraffe which I look at every morning when I sit down to start the day’s work. It was a gift to Bob many year ago who, as many of you will remember, always ended his Beat of the Bend column with a reminder to “Keep Smiling.” Say yes to the mess: marriage proposals Patty Andrews rallied troops gone wrong LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patty Andrews never served in the military, but she and her singing sisters certainly supported the troops. During World War II, they hawked war bonds, entertained soldiers overseas and boosted morale on the home-front with tunes like “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B” and “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” Andrews, the last surviving member of the singing Andrews Sisters trio, died Wednesday at 94 of natural causes at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge, said family spokesman Alan Eichler in a statement. “When I was a kid, I only had two records and one of them was the Andrews Sisters. They were remarkable. Their sound, so pure,” said Bette Midler, who had a hit cover of “Bugle Boy” in 1973. “Everything they did for our nation was more than we could have asked for. This is the last of the trio, and I hope the trumpets ushering (Patty) into heaven with her sisters are playing ‘Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.’” Patty was the Andrews in the middle, the lead singer and chief clown, whose raucous jitterbugging delighted American servicemen abroad and audiences at home. She could also deliver sentimental ballads like “I’ll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time” with a sincerity that caused hardened GIs far from home to weep. From the late 1930s through the 1940s, the Andrews Sisters produced one hit record after another, beginning with “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen” in 1937 and continuing with “Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar,” ”Rum and Coca-Cola” and more. They recorded more than 400 songs and sold over 80 million records. Other sisters, notably the Boswells, had become famous as singing acts, but mostly they huddled before a microphone in close harmony. The Andrews Sisters — LaVerne, Maxene and Patty — added a new dimension. During breaks in their singing, they cavorted about the stage in rhythm to the music. Their voices combined with perfect synergy. As Patty remarked in 1971: “There were just three girls in the family. LaVerne had a very low voice. Maxene’s was kind of high, and I was between. It was like God had given us voices to fit our parts.” Kathy Daris of the singing Lennon Sisters recalled on Facebook late Wednesday that the Andrews Sisters “were the first singing sister act that we tried to copy. We loved their rendition of songs, their high spirit, their fabulous harmony.” The Andrews Sisters’ rise coincided with the advent of swing music, and their style fit perfectly into the new craze. They aimed at reproducing the sound of three harmonizing trumpets. Unlike other singing acts, the sisters recorded with popular bands of the ’40s, fitting neatly into the styles of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, Woody Herman, Guy Lombardo, Desi Arnaz and Russ Morgan. They sang dozens of songs on records with Bing Crosby, including the millionseller “Don’t Fence Me In.” They also recorded with Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Danny Kaye, Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante and Red Foley. The Andrews’ popularity led to a contract with Universal Pictures, where they made a dozen low-budget musical comedies between 1940 and 1944. In 1947, they appeared in “The Road to Rio” with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. The trio continued until LaVerne’s death in 1967. By that time the close harmony had turned to discord, and the sisters had been openly feuding. Midler’s cover of “Bugle Boy” revived interest in the trio. The two survivors joined in 1974 for a Broadway show, “Over Here!” It ran for more than a year, but disputes with the producers led to the cancellation of the national tour of the show, and the sisters did not perform together again. Patty continued on her own, finding success in Las Vegas and on TV variety shows. Her sister also toured solo until her death in 1995. Her father, Peter Andrews, was a Greek immigrant who anglicized his name of Andreus when he arrived in America; his wife, Olga, was a Norwegian with a love of music. LaVerne was born in 1911, Maxine (later Maxene) in 1916, Patricia (later Patty, sometimes Patti) in 1918. All three sisters were born and raised in the Minneapolis area. Listening to the Boswell Sisters on radio, LaVerne played the piano and taught her sisters to sing in harmony; neither Maxene nor Patty ever learned to read music. All three studied singers at the vaudeville house near their father’s restaurant. As their skills developed, they moved from amateur shows to vaudeville and singing with bands. After Peter Andrews moved the family to New York in 1937, his wife, Olga, sought singing dates for the girls. They were often turned down with comments such as: “They sing too loud and they move too much.” Olga persisted, and the sisters sang on radio with a hotel band at $15 a week. The broadcasts landed them a contract with Decca Records. They recorded a few songs, and then came “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen,” an old Yiddish song for which Sammy Cahn and Saul Kaplan wrote English lyrics. (The title means, “To Me You Are Beautiful.”) It was a smash hit, and the Andrews Sisters were launched into the bigtime. In 1947, Patty married Martin Melcher, an agent who represented the sisters as well as Doris Day, then at the beginning of her film career. Patty divorced Melcher in 1949 and soon he became Day’s husband, manager and producer. NEW YORK (AP) — Proposing marriage has become an industry of its own with professional planners, flash mobs for hire and elaborate, homegrown surprises to make the moment memorable. And let’s not forget YouTube, and our steadfast resolve to share. So what happens to the best laid plans when the ring goes missing, the liquid courage is out of control or romance is ruined by unforeseen disaster? “More complicated equals more possible problems, and more pressure,” said Anja Winikka, director of the wedding site TheKnot.com. Val Hunt Beerbower, 29, learned that the hard way. She was a hot, bothered mess the night her husband, Mike, proposed during what he envisioned as a special evening taking in the sights of Washington, D.C. The Labor Day weekend weather was sweltering, she was exhausted from a full day on her feet and she stepped in a huge stagnant pool of foul-smelling water on the National Mall. Her jeans wet and stinky, they pressed on toward the Jefferson Memorial, the proposal site he had scouted days before. Halfway around the Tidal Basin, her allergies kicked in, her glasses steamed up from the heat and humidity — and she was begging to return to their hotel. “So in an unlit parking lot, within sight of the Jefferson Memorial, Mike popped the question,” Beerbower, who works for a conservation group in Dayton, Ohio, recalled of their 2008 trek. While they were still basking in her “yes,” a driver pulled up, opened his car door and threw up all over the place. “Mike was crushed, but I couldn’t stop laughing,” she said. Pam Cosce’s disaster came in frigid Paris last March, when her husband, Asa Sanchez, had it in his head that he would propose on top of the Eiffel Tower after dark, as close to midnight as he could get to honor a special visit there years prior. He carried the ring around for two and a half weeks but the tower was elusive. One night a boat ride returned them after it was closed. They were rained out another night. On and on it went. “I didn’t even know what his obsession was because we don’t love Paris for its tourist attractions,” said 43-year-old Cosce, who owns a landscaping business with her husband in San Francisco. “After 10 years together, it never occurred to me that he might be considering popping the question.” They eventually did make it to the top of the tower one night, but it was mobbed with people, including a rowdy rugby team and a chatty mother-daughter duo they couldn’t shake. 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