https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/c01408576cbd7c40a9d59ef3bbde26b3.pdf d78a5748f4a8dcb8dbe7b63cf684d6f8 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS OBITUARIES SOGA boys team takes third at recent meet .... Page 2 Mostly sunny. High near 44. Low around 31......... Page 2 Prep basketball action .... Page 6 Elizabeth M. Bainter, 76 Velma R. Nicinsky, 75 Helen M. Sheets, 95 50 cents daily THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013 Vol. 63, No. 43 Kasich’s rep. reports on proposed state budget Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Nick Gatz, Southeast Ohio Regional Liaison for Governor John Kasich, spoke on the governor’s proposed budget at Tuesday’s luncheon of the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce held at the Wild Horse Café in Pomeroy. Gatz reported the financial condition of the state as improved, including the jobs’ scene, and that no drastic cuts are anticipated. He said the governor wants to “keep the foot on the gas and continue” toward a better economy. The speaker talked about pro- posed school funding with selective amounts of state assistance contingent on need, infrastructure funding, and possible reduction in sales tax and other tax reductions to small businesses to stimulate growth. He gave the example of a state sales tax reduction as where currently the tax is 5 ½ cents on the dollar being reduced to five percent with the stipulation that the county would receive a guaranteed 10 percent growth in tax receipts. Also included, said Gatz, is a proposal to “shifting taxes” so as to reduce the income tax paid. The speaker also commented on Medicaid and ObamaCare and the anticipation of a lot more people qualifying for Medicaid, and Ohio’s position on the issue of reimbursement. Criteria on funding for Medicaid, he said, is one hundred percent for three years and then it goes to 90 percent. As for schools, he said the budget proposal is for grant funding for innovative initiaties. He spoke on the report card system which requires students in a certain grade be able to read … stating that they need to “learn to read, and read to learn.” Charlene Hoeflich | Daily Sentinel Gatz was introduced by Luke Ort- Nick Gatz, Gov. John Kasich’s regional representative, right, man, Meigs County Chamber of confers with Larry E. Holdren of Peoples Bank on budget issues at the Chamber of Commerce meeting. Commerce director. Fired Up and Ready! Community rally shows support for Lady Eagles Photos by Sarah Hawley | Daily Sentinel Students, staff, family, friends and community members packed into the Eastern High School gymnasium on Wednesday evening to show support for the Eastern Lady Eagles Basketball team as they prepare to play in the OHSAA Division IV Final Four on Friday. As the band played, the crowd took part in cheers, the fight song and several games. The Lady Eagles were presented to the crowd one by one, as in game introductions, as the crowd stood and applauded to show their support and encouragement. Following the rally, several fire trucks and law enforcement vehicles led a parade along Ohio 7 in the Chester and Tuppers Plains areas. The Lady Eagles will travel to Columbus on Thursday before facing Berlin Hiland on Friday at 1 p.m. Two charged in church B&Es Staff Report TDSnews@civitasmedia.com MIDDLEPORT — Two people have been charged following two breaking and enterings at Middleport churches. Travis Isenberg, 34, of Middleport, was arrested and charged with two counts complicity to breaking and entering (fifth degree felonies), two counts receiving stolen property (fifth degree felonies) and one count corrupting another with drugs (a second degree felony). A 16-year-old juvenile was charged with two counts of breaking and entering. According to a news release from Middleport Police Chief Bruce Swift, the Middleport Police Department received a call on March 7 from the Middleport Church of Christ, located at 437 Main Street, that the church had been broken into. Middleport officers along with agents from Ohio BCI processed the crime scene for evidence. Some of the items stolen were a laptop computer, Kindle Fire and assorted hand and power tools. The same day, Heath United Methodist Church, located at 339 South Third Street, was broken into. Some of the items stolen were a laptop computer, a Samsung phone and assorted power and hand tools. The resulting investigation conducted by Officer Bradley resulted in the recovery of the stolen property from both churches and the filing of charges against the two individuals. Isenberg is being held at the Meigs County Jail on a $25,000 bond. Merchants plan Easter egg hunt Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — The annual Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Pomeroy Merchants Association has been set for March 23 on the Meigs Enrichment Foundation’s green on the hill area near Meigs High School. Plans for the event were discussed at Tuesday’s meeting of the Merchants held at Farmers Bank. Dan Short, president, reported that Jenni Dunham will again chair the event where hundreds of colored eggs are hid in three different areas. Children will be divided into age groups and will hunt eggs in an area specified for those in the age range. The move from the Pomeroy football field where the egg hunt has been held for a number of years was necessitated because of underground line construction going on in that area. Again this year the children will hunt eggs and then turn their finds in for a prize. In each of the three areas, there will be one golden egg and the child finding that those eggs will receive a giant Easter basket filled with trinkets and candy. Something new this year will be activities by the Meigs Prayer Task Force. Members will be at the site at 1 p.m. to serve hot dogs to the children and to entertain them with skits and a message about Easter. The egg hunt will begin at 2 p.m. In the event of rain, the egg hunt activities will be postponed to March 31. Dan Short, president, reported that the signs designating free customer parking spaces have been completed and will be installed on the parking lot soon. The spaces will be three meters on both the lower and upper parking lots, and four in the center for free two hour parking for shoppers. Those occupying the spaces longer than two hours will be ticketed. Short also reported that a Baby Jesus has been ordered to replace the one taken from the nativity scene on the parking lot stage at Christmastime. The nativity belonged to Trinity Congregational Church but was erected by members of the Merchants Association. He also inquired about the location of the flower baskets which adorn the period light posts from spring to fall that are filled every year by Bob’s Market as a courtesy. The group also discussed planting flowers in the areas around the stage and the beds between Main Street and Submitted photo the parking lot that will take place around Mother’s Day. The tower at the Pomeroy Gun Club, recently blown Tom Sutton volunteered members of the MiddleportPomeroy Rotary Club to assist with the planting. over by the wind, has now been replaced. Broadband project moving forward Staff Report TDSnews@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — “No doubt about it, the past nine months have been a challenge!” That’s how Brien Burke, president of New Era Broadband described what the company has been through with the expansion of their wireless broadband Internet project in Meigs County. “While we’ve been the victim of some freak engineering and weather mishaps, we are still alive and moving forward with our project,” he said. Since the expansion project started out in November 2011, New Era has twice had damage to two of the six towers they are building in the county as part of the expansion, with the tower at the Pomeroy Gun Club coming clear to the ground in a wind storm on Jan. 30. But Tuesday the replacement for that 195 foot tower went in the air. “We’ve had issues with the bases of the towers at the Gun Club and on Roy Jones Road failing,” said Burke. “We have since changed engineering companies, and the new bases, including the one at the Gun Club now and the bases of the rest of the towers we build will be of heavy concrete.” “We really appreciate the out- pouring of support we’ve had from our customers,” said David Hannum, New Era’s Managing Partner. “I had personal phone calls from many of our folks encouraging us to hang in there. It’s been really encouraging, the attitude of our Meigs County folks. They understand what it is we are trying to do here — and that is do what nobody else has been willing or able to do.” What New Era is doing is bringing broadband Internet to the most rural of folks who have no wire line options. “Within the next few days, we’ll have this tower lit back up, and then we’ll resume our expansion,” said Hannum. New Era had brought in an 85-foot cell on wheels to help keep the network alive during the rebuild of the tower. However, this was not enough for about a dozen customers who were served directly off the downed tower. “The cell on wheels was just not tall enough or heavy enough for the equipment. But we’ll have these folks back online within the next few days,” Hannum continued. “And we are just about ready to light up the next three towers which will mean available Internet access for hundreds more folks around the county!” �Thursday, March 14, 2013 Meigs County Local Briefs Medication assistance for cancer patients POMEROY — Medication assistance is now available for Meigs County cancer patients.There are no financial guidelines, but proof of cancer diagnosis is required. Applications are available at the Meigs Cooperative Parish (Old Pomeroy Elementary) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. For more information contact Lenora Leifheit at 9927400 during those hours. Assistance is provided by American Electric Power through United Fund for Meigs County and administered by Faith Community Nursing, Meigs Cooperative Parrish and the Mulberry Community Center. Bag Sale Set MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Humane Society Thrift Shop in Middleport will have a $1.25 bag today through Saturday. Free Diabetic Clinic POMEROY — A diabetes education and support group will be held the last Tuesday of each month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the therapy gym at Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center, 36759 Rocksprings Road. For more information call Frank Bibbee, Referral Manager at (740) 992-6606. ATHENS — The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM), Community Health Programs offers a free diabetes clinic on the second Tuesday of every month. Patients at the Diabetes Clinic are treated by physicians specializing in diabetes, diabetic nutritionists and diabetic nurse educators. Patients receive two follow-up visits annually with a diabetic educator and nutritionist. All services are free to those who qualify. For additional information, or to make an appointment, call (800) 844-2654 or (740) 593-2432. Easter Candy Sale RACINE — Orders for Easter candy are being taken by the Mount Moriah Church of God at Racine. The flavors are cherry nut, peanut butter, coconut, and maple nut. They can be purchased individually or by Meigs Community Calendar Thursday, March 14 the dozen. For more information or to place an order TUPPERS PLAINS — A food giveaway call 949-2985 or 949-8003. will be held from 3-5 p.m. in the Eastern High School Cafeteria. The giveaway is Cemetery Cleanup sponsored by the youth group. There will CHESTER TWP. — also be a dinner served. For more inforCleanup for spring will be- mation contact Krista Johnson at (740) gin at cemeteries in Ches- 985-3304. ter Township on March 18 POMEROY —A free community dinner by the Chester Township of soup, sandwiches and desserts will be Trustees. Flowers or other displays which families held with serving from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at wish to preserve must be St. Paul Lutheran Church. At 7 p.m. the removed prior to that time. church host the Community Lent Service. RUTLAND TWP. — The public is invited. TUPPERS PLAINS — VFW Post 9053 Rutland Township Trustees ask that all decorations will meet at 7 p.m. at the hall in Tuppers be removed from cemeter- Plains. The meal will begin at 6 p.m. MEIGS COUNTY — The regular meeties in Rutland Township by March 17 in prepara- ing of Shade River Lodge 453 will be held tion for spring cleanup and at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will follow the mowing season. Decora- meeting. tions should not be put back on cemeteries until Friday, March 15 after March 27. POMEROY — The Meigs County ComLETART TWP. — The missioners will host a town hall meeting Letart Township Trustees with regard to the second amendment and advise that grave blankets constitutional rights at 7 p.m. in the Comand other decorations on mon Pleas Courtroom. graves must be removed by March 25. Saturday, March 16 SUTTON TWP. — The POMEROY — A CPR and first aid call Sutton Township Trustees ask that all decorations be will be offered free to the public from 9 a.m. removed from cemeter- to 3 p.m. at the Meigs Cooperative Parish ies in Sutton Township by Mulberry Community Center. Please call April 1 in preparation for 992-5836 or 992-7400 to register. Registraspring cleanup and mow- tion deadline is Thursday, March 14, 2013. ing season. Mowing will For more information please contact Lenora Leifheit RN-BC at 992-5836. begin in April. Ohio Valley Forecast Local stocks Staff Report TDSnews@civitasmedia.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) was recognized for his advocacy on behalf of economic development initiatives in Appalachia, receiving the 2013 Congressional Award from the Development District Association of Appalachia (DDAA) during a ceremony in Washington. “Strong rural communities demand economic investment and development,” Brown said. “That’s why these local development districts throughout Appalachian Ohio are so important. By tapping into the revolving loan fund and federal grants, these organizations make a huge difference in the communities they serve. I appreciate the Development District In Memory Of DIGITAL TV HIGH-SPEED INTERNET DIGITAL PHONE Karen Price Hudson on her 59th Birthday Offers may be available now in your area from Acceller, Inc. for these top service providers: For first 12 months Wednesday, March 20 MIDDLEPORT — The Victory Baptist Church Youth will present an Easter drama at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. at the church located at 525 North Second Street. The public is invited to attend. Brown receives 2013 Congressional Award from DDAA ON DIGITAL SERVICES FOR YOUR HOME $89/mo. Monday, March 18 LETART TWP. — The Letart Township Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. at the Letart Township building. Southern Ohio Gymnastics Academy’s Boys Team brought back several gold and silver medals as well as a team trophy from their latest meet, the Hocking Valley Spring Fling in Lancaster, Ohio. Pictured are (from left) Nate Yongue, Level 4, first rings; Andrew Huck, Level 4, first pommel horse, first rings 11.1; Marquice Queen, Level 4, vault; Devan Goody, Level 5, tied second pommel horse, second parallel bars; Zachary Shiflet, Level 4, first rings, second floor exercise, second high bar; Gabriel Russell, Level 5, first high bar; Dexter Roettker, Level 8, first pommel horse. The Level 4 Team members Nate Yongue, Andrew Huck, Marquice Queen and Zachary Shiflet brought home a third place team trophy which was the first team trophy for SOGA’s growing boys team. The boys compete next at their state championship meet in Gahanna. BUNDLE & SAVE! * Sunday, March 17 NEW HAVEN —Outlaw and Slug match, noon, at the Broad Run Gun Club. Meeting before the match. Submitted photo Peoples (NASDAQ) — 22.20 Pepsico (NYSE) — 76.95 Premier (NASDAQ) — 11.25 Rockwell (NYSE) — 88.91 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 14.00 Royal Dutch Shell — 65.93 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 51.01 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 73.65 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.49 WesBanco (NYSE) — 24.15 Worthington (NYSE) — 28.78 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for March 13, 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. BUNDLES STARTING AS LOW AS POMEROY — The 105th anniversary luncheon of the Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter of the DAR will be held at 1 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. OSDAR Chaplin Jan Augestein will be the guest speaker. MIDDLEPORT — An evening of jazz, swing, Big Band and dance music will be presented by Matt James and the Ohio University Jazz Ensemble at the Riverbend Arts Council hall from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets which include refreshments provided by local restaurants and delis are currently on sale at King Hardware in Middleport and Clarks. SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Junior Grange #878 will hold their fun night and potluck supper with potluck at 6:30 p.m. followed by fun and games. Everyone is invited to attend. SOGA boys team takes third at recent meet Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind 6 to 11 mph. Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 3 a.m., then a slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Light southwest wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Friday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 5 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Saturday: Showers likely, mainly before 10 a.m. Cloudy, with a high near 54. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Saturday Night: A chance of showers after 2 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Sunday: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Sunday Night: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Monday: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 58. 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Always Remembered, Brother Steve 60401090 Association of Appalachia’s work on behalf of Southeastern Ohio rural communities, and I am honored to receive this award.” The Congressional Award is given annually to one or two members of Congress who have been identified as strong advocates and supporters of regional economic development in general and the work of the Appalachian Regional Commission U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (ARC) and its mission to improve the quality of also been a strong advolife for residents of Ap- cate for a five-year farm palachia. Past recipients bill, which would save include former U.S. Sens. taxpayer dollars while Robert C. Byrd (D-WV), creating jobs and boostBill Frist (R-TN), Hill- ing rural development. ary Clinton (D-NY), and Prior to serving in George Voinovich (R- the United States SenOH). ate, Brown served as a Brown has been a United States Represenstrong supporter of the tative for the 13th DisARC and its mission. As a trict, Ohio’s Secretary of member of the Senate Ap- State, a member of the propriations Committee, Ohio General Assembly Brown worked to ensure and has taught in Ohio’s adequate funding for the public schools and at The ARC, and his office rou- Ohio State University. An tinely attends meetings Eagle Scout, Brown is a of the local development native of Mansfield, Ohio, districts in Southeast where he spent summers Ohio. Brown, who is the working on his family’s first Ohioan to serve on farm. He is married to the Senate Agriculture Pulitzer Prize-winning Committee in more than columnist Connie Schul40 years and who is the tz. They reside in Avon, Chairman of the Subcom- Ohio, and have three mittee on Jobs, Rural daughters, a son, both a Economic Growth and daughter and son-in-law, Energy Innovation, has and two grandsons. �Thursday, March 14, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com Obituary Velma R. Nicinsky Velma R. Nicinsky, 75, of Bidwell, Ohio, passed away on March 11, 2013. She was born on November 3, 1937, in Graneda, Mississippi, daughter of the late Jessie Lee Rodgers and Lela Mae Rodgers. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Marianna, Florida. Mrs. Nicinsky is survived by her husband of fiftysix years, John Nicinsky Jr. of Bidwell; daughter, Pam (Donald) Vaughan of Pomeroy, Ohio; grandchildren, Donald (Brooke) Vaughan Jr., Ashlee (Clay) Enslen, Cassie (Kevin) Yoder, Joshua Nicinsky and Johnny Nicinsky; great-grandchildren, Trey and Ella Vaughan, Eva and Mya Enslen, Gwyneth and Jessie Yoder; sister, Emma (Billy) Hughes of Marianna, Florida; brother, Charles (Tricia) Rodgers of Bainbridge, Georgia; sister, Barbara Smith of Tallahassee, Florida; sisters-inlaw, Mildred Maynard of Chapmanville, West Virginia, and Sylvia (Clifford) Donahue of Cumberland Lake, Tennessee; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, John Craig Nicinsky. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Pastor David Hopkins officiating. Burial will follow at Meigs Memory Gardens. Visiting hours will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. Death Notices Ohio Senate approves 70 mph rural interstate speed TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s senOhio transportation department or take it to a committee to work out ators have signed off on a proposal that would set the maximum speed limit differences in the measure. would increase Ohio’s speed limit to 70 for interstate freeway outerbelts in The bill also would set in motion Helen Mae Sheets, 95, of mph on rural interstate highways. urban areas at 65 mph and on freeGov. John Kasich’s plan for a $1.5 Bainter the Mercerville communiThe legislation approved Wednes- ways in congested areas at 55 mph. billion Ohio Turnpike bond sale that Elizabeth Mae ‘Betty’ ty, died Wednesday mornIt’s now up to lawmakers in the would raise money for highway and ing March 13, 2013, at her Bainter, 76, Johnson Road, day would raise the speed limit by 5 mph for both cars and trucks. Ohio House to either sign off the bill bridge projects. Gallipolis, died at 12:30 residence. Funeral services will be a.m. Wednesday, March conducted at 2 p.m. Sun- 13, 2013, in the Hospice day, March 17, 2013, at Suite at the Holzer Medithe Waugh-Halley-Wood cal Center. Private graveside services Funeral Home. Burial will ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) who served in the Gulf alone from the gambling had a big sign prominently displayed that read: “This follow in Ridgelawn Ceme- will be conducted in the Har- — Florida’s lieutenant War, appeared in a TV ad operation. From 2007 to early is not a gaming establishtery. Friends may call from rison Township Cemetery governor resigned and in 2011 promoting the 5-8 p.m. on Saturday at the at South Bloomfield, Ohio. nearly 60 other people organization’s charitable 2012, investigators found ment.” Inside were rows of There are no calling hours. were charged in a widen- work on behalf of veterans evidence of over $6 million computers where patrons funeral home. in what appear to be chari- could play the various Funeral arrangements ing scandal of a purported and their families. A complete obituary table donations by Allied games. Carroll’s resignation letveterans charity that auwill be published in an are entrusted to the CreAt most of the sites, emthorities said Wednesday ter to Gov. Rick Scott of- Veterans. That amount, upcoming edition of the meens Funeral Chapel. was $300 million front for fered no details about her however, was only about ployees wore shirts emblareason for leaving, but the 2 percent of the over $290 zoned with an “Allied Vetillegal gambling. Lt. Gov. Jennifer Car- Republican governor said million made from gam- erans” logo. On the walls roll’s resignation came a in a statement she resigned bling operations during were photos of company day after she was ques- so her ties to the company that time period. Instead executives making donationed in the investigation. would not be a distraction of going to veterans, the tions on its behalf and letvast majority of the money ters of recognition from Her public relations firm for the administration. “I will not elaborate on went to for-profit compa- some of the charities that did work for the St. Augustine-based charity Allied the details of her resigna- nies and the individuals received donations. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House has voted Veterans of the World, but tion further, other than to who operated Allied VeterIn Anadarko, Okla., the overwhelmingly to approve a crackdown on storefront she has not been accused say that she resigned and ans and its so-called “affili- owner of International Ingambling-like operations known as Internet cafes. ternet Technologies, which she made the right deci- ates.” of wrongdoing. The measure passed 66-29 Wednesday afternoon and Authorities said they was accused of supplying Authorities said the sion for the state and her now goes to the Senate. A similar House-passed measure probe involved 57 arrest family,” Scott said. seized about 300 bank ac- the cafes with software, Allied Veterans evolved counts containing $64.7 was arrested along with warrants and 54 search failed to gain traction in the Ohio Senate last session. The measure imposes operating restrictions, registra- warrants issued at gam- from a charitable organiza- million and assets includ- his wife. Chase Egan Burns, 37, tion requirements and background checks on the more bling operations in 23 Flor- tion that ran bingo games ing such exotic vehicles as ida counties and five other and held bake sales for vet- Maseratis, Porsches and and his wife, 38-year-old than 800 operations around the state. Kristin Burns, faced chargState Rep. Matt Huffman of Lima told colleagues dur- states: South Carolina, erans beginning in 1979 to Ferraris. To play games at one of es including racketeering ing the floor debate that the bill would clarify for law en- Georgia, Alabama, Nevada a group suspected of operating more than 40 illegal the Internet cafes, a cus- and conspiracy in Florida. and Pennsylvania. forcement what’s legal gambling and illegal gambling. Internet Florida Attorney Gener- gambling locations around tomer gets a prepaid card International Opponents say the cafes allow illegal gambling. Backers al Pam Bondi said charges, Florida, according to an In- and then goes to a comput- Technologies made $63 say they are legal and help the economy. Patrons buy cards for phone and Internet time with which will be formally filed ternal Revenue Service af- er to play “sweepstakes.” million from the Florida chances to play computer games that operate like slot ma- next week, include racke- fidavit. The veterans’ char- The games, with spinning operation during 2007teering, conspiracy, money ity was a fraud, according wheels similar to slot ma- 2010, according to the IRS chines with cash prizes. chines, have names such affidavit. laundering and possession to the IRS. Burns’ wife’s role in the “In an effort to mislead as “Captain Cash,” ”Lucky of slot machines. “It’s callous and it’s de- the public into believing Shamrocks” and “Money company was not immedispicable,” Bondi said of that it is not profiting from Bunny,” according to the ately clear. Chase Burns was rethe alleged scam, which an illegal gambling enter- IRS. Winners go back to a ca- leased from the Caddo she said “insults every prise, Allied Veterans and American who ever wore a others have engaged in a shier with their cards and County jail on a $500,000 bond. He denied any conspiracy and scheme to cash out. military uniform.” The games have been wrongdoing. Authorities refused to defraud,” the affidavit said. “What we do is legal,” One of those arrested, the subject of much debate discuss any ties between Carroll, a 53-year-old Re- Jacksonville attorney Kelly in Florida and some are le- he told The Oklahoman on publican, and the investi- Mathis, is the alleged mas- gal as long as most of the Monday. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Superintendents from Ap- gation. Her aides had no termind of the scheme, au- profits are donated to charCalls to the Burns on palachian Ohio said Tuesday that the governor’s state immediate comment. Wednesday were not imthorities said. Mathis alleg- ity. budget doesn’t share enough of Ohio’s economic good Each of the locations mediately returned. Carroll, a Navy veteran edly made about $6 million fortune with their schools and children. Members of the Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools told state lawmakers and reporters Tuesday they are disappointed with the budget. They said the administration’s new school-funding formula leaves many of their PITTSBURGH (AP) a stop sign near a casino the “Bucket List Bandit.” though he never displayed districts worse off. — A man nicknamed the close to the Arkansas bor- The FBI picked up the one. In some cases, Brew“I could understand the continued funding reductions “Bucket List Bandit” after der. When the FBI warrant moniker and used it to pub- ster explained his actions if Ohio was still headed down the road to economic ruin, he allegedly told a Utah for the Erie heist showed up licize the subsequent rob- by claiming to be termibut that is not the case,” said George Wood, superin- bank teller that he had just on a computer search, Brew- beries, until they learned nally ill and, according to the FBI, specifically told tendent of Federal Hocking schools in Athens County. four months to live plead- ster was jailed there until he Brewster’s true identity. “The governor’s been proclaiming that things are turning ed guilty Wednesday to could be brought back to That happened when a the Utah teller, “I have four around in Ohio.” that robbery and 10 other Pennsylvania, where federal tipster saw news coverage months to live.” Patton declined to comWood said Gov. John Kasich’s $63.2 billion, two-year heists in nine other states. prosecutors took over the of the Pennsylvania heist ment on whether BrewsMichael Eugene Brews- nationwide investigation. state budget calls for revenue growth from income taxes, and called to give agents ter was terminally ill and ter, formerly of Pensacola, According to court doc- Brewster’s name and birth sales taxes and the Ohio Lottery. Brewster merely shrugged “I’m happy about all that, I just want it to be shared,” Fla., faces a likely sen- uments, Brewster stole a date. The FBI filed a crimi- and smiled when the AP Wood said. “And I think the first place you share in a state tence of between 10 and total of $33,858 in the rob- nal complaint for the Erie asked him that question is with your children. That’s where you start first then 14 years in federal prison beries, though an amount heist after the teller picked after his detention hearing when he returns for sen- wasn’t listed for his fifth his mug shot out of a photo in Erie last October. everything else happens later.” He noted cuts come as districts are phasing in a host of tencing Aug. 12, according robbery, a July 20 heist at lineup, and agents began Asked whether Brewsto a plea agreement out- the Bank of America in investigating Brewster’s ter’s illness has been connew education policies. involvement in the other firmed, Assistant U.S. AtKasich spokesman Rob Nichols said the funding formu- lined Wednesday before Winston-Salem, N.C. The least Brewster stole robberies based on surveil- torney Marshall Piccinini la boosts state payouts to most Ohio schools, even some U.S. District Judge Sean McLaughlin in Erie. was $632 from Landmark lance video and other simi- said, “I can’t say that is that have experienced population losses. Brewster pleaded guilty Bank in Columbia, Mo., on larities. has or hasn’t been. 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As the College of Cardinals meets at the Vatican for a second day, the fate of the church in China is receiving scant attention amid bigger concerns over priest shortages, clerical sexual abuse scandals, and giving greater voice to women and laypeople. Yet China will certainly be an issue before the next pontiff, not only because of continuing repression of Catholics in the country, but also because China’s rising economic and diplomatic status is propelling it ever more quickly toward the center of global affairs. “It would be worth it to see China’s authorities open their minds and lose their fear and distrust of religion,” parishioner John Liu said while standing in the weather-beaten courtyard of Beijing’s 400-yearold Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. He was hopeful the new pope could help the mend ties with China, but didn’t think it could happen quickly: “It will take time,” he said. At his ordination last July, Ma told the congregation he was withdrawing from China’s official bodies to focus on his pastoral work, a gesture of independence that enraged religious officials present at Shanghai’s St. Ignatius Cathedral. They took him directly from the church to suburban Sheshan seminary for what was at first termed a retreat. In December, they revoked his bishop title, saying he had broken Chinese rules by taking steps to ensure his ordination was acceptable to Rome. The Vatican has refused to accept the move. Retired Pope Benedict XVI made improving relations with Beijing a priority during his eight-year pontificate, writing a historic letter to the Chinese faithful in 2007 in hopes of uniting the divided church under his wing. He created two Hong Kong-based cardinal positions, and appointed a senior Hong Kong archbishop to a top Vatican office — giving the church in China a voice in Holy See decision-making. But there was little progress on the ground, with continued detentions of Catholic clergy and stalemates over bishop appointments. A group of Chinese clergy and faithful wrote to Benedict to thank him for his attention, but their letter read more like a tacit acknowledgment of the difficult path ahead. “No matter what conflicts and harm occurred, no matter how sad and disappointed we made you feel, you always embraced China and the Catholic Church in China with fatherly love,” read the letter, released last week by the Holy See. China and the Vatican have no diplomatic ties, and the ruling Communist Party forced Chinese Catholics to sever ties with the Holy See in the 1950s. The two decades that followed saw churches closed and clergy imprisoned or forced to labor in fields or factories. Others were killed for refusing to renounce their loyalty to Rome. Religious rights weren’t restored until after Mao Zedong’s death in 1976. 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The most recent tensions largely concern the hugely sensitive issue of who can appoint bishops. The Vatican says only the pope has the power to do so, but Beijing says it can do so on its own as an exercise in the Chinese church’s independence. For years, the two sides quietly agreed on mutually acceptable candidates in secret consultations. That went awry in 2010 with the appointment of Guo Jincai as bishop of the northern city of Chengde. The Vatican said he wasn’t appropriate and accused China of proceeding on its own. Chinese officials accused Rome of undermining the independence of the Chinese church and interfering in the rights of Chinese Catholics to practice their faith. Other contentious appointments followed. Shanghai, one of China’s largest and wealthiest dioceses, remains unsettled. No word has been given on when Ma would be freed and classes at city seminaries remain suspended. The Rev. Bernardo Cervellera, editor in chief of Catholic news service AsiaNews, expects the next pope’s commitment to China to be at least as substantial as Benedict’s. “First of all, China has a population of 1.3 billion and people are more and more in search of a spiritual soul that was suffocated by materialism. In China, we are living a springtime of faith,” Bernardo said. “Moreover, China is one of the most important actors in the international scene and needs to present itself as a friend of the world, not as a military power, or a pariah disrespectful of human rights.” SAN FRANCISCO — If you’re a baseball fan looking to add a new pastime to your vacation itinerary, consider setting a goal to visit all 30 of the sport’s major league stadiums. I began my crusade about five years ago, joining a growing number of other zealots making the pilgrimage to baseball’s cathedrals. It has become such a popular pursuit that you can buy baseball-stadium maps to document where you have been and plot where you still need to go. The one decorating my den shows I’m halfway through my odyssey, with 14 more fields of dreams still to be seen. If you need more memorabilia, there’s also a book called “The Major League Baseball BallPark Pass-Port” that provides tips about each stadium, with slots to file ticket stubs and a place to “validate” each visit with a rubber stamp. But all you really need is a love of baseball and a passion for exploring new places to relish this journey. All the baseball teams are based in major U.S. cities and many of the stadiums are situated in bustling downtown areas with engrossing things to do and savory places to eat when you aren’t attending a game. These attractions should help the cause of baseball fans trying to recruit a spouse or other traveling teammates who may not appreciate the sublime pleasures of the game. My baseball tour already has introduced me to things that wouldn’t have been on my radar if I hadn’t booked a trip to see a stadium. When I went to St. Louis to visit Busch Stadium in 2010, I rented a car one day and made the two-hour drive to Samuel Clemens’ childhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, the Mississippi River village that inspired Mark Twain’s best-known books about the childhood adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. The Hannibal visit had a ripple effect when I went to Boston to see Fenway Park, prompting me to rent another car to drive to Hartford, Conn., to visit the custombuilt home where he spent the happiest and most productive years of his adult life. Back in Boston, I also made the short trip across the Charles River to Cambridge to check out Harvard University, and wound up stumbling upon the home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, where George Washington also lived for a short time. When I went to Baltimore to see a game at Camden Yards, I took a water taxi out to Fort McHenry in the Chesapeake Bay to tour the site where Francis Scott Key watched American troops in 1814 successfully thwart an all-night fusillade by English ships. The heroics at Fort McHenry inspired Key to write the ode that became the country’s national anthem. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Letters to the Editor 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. Many of the stadiums are landmarks in their own right. My favorite stops so far have been baseball’s oldest stadiums, Fenway Park (opened in 1912), and Wrigley Field (originally known as Weeghman Park when it opened in 1914) in Chicago. Both are located in wonderful neighborhoods that turn into street festivals during the three or four hours leading up to the game. The stadiums of more recent vintage all have their merits too, largely because so many were built to evoke a sense of nostalgia. This retro movement started in 1992 when Baltimore’s Camden Yards opened and has carried over to just about every one of the 22 baseball stadiums that have opened since then (while I haven’t been to them yet, I understand Florida’s two bigleague ballparks are notable exceptions to this trend). Most of the newer stadiums boast signature features designed to set them apart. Even one of the Florida stadiums, Marlins Park, added distinctive flair by building a 450-gallon (1,700-liter) saltwater aquarium behind home plate. Chase Field, the Phoenix home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, features a swimming pool behind the right field fence. Coors Field, the Denver home of the Colorado Rockies, features small trees and rocks with running water — a tip of the cap to the gorgeous mountains that can be seen on the horizon from the stadium seats. Most of the teams also set aside areas inside and outside the stadiums to pay homage to the greatest players in franchise history. I’ve already seen statues of Stan (“The Man”) Musial in St. Louis, Ted (“The Splendid Splinter”) Williams in Boston, Willie (“The Say Hey Kid”) Mays in San Francisco, Walter (“The Train”) Johnson in Washington and George (“Babe”) Ruth in Baltimore. In case you are wondering why the Orioles honor the Bambino even though he never played for the team, it’s because Camden Yards is built in an old neighborhood that once included a bar owned by Ruth’s father (the home where the Babe was born is still standing, just a short stroll from Camden Yards). When drawing up your travel plans, strive to arrange your stadium visits so they coincide with your favorite team’s trips to the same destinations. My favorite stadium sojourns so far have included my favorite team, the Oakland Athletics. Those trips gave me a chance to wear my green-and-gold Athletics’ gear in hostile territory, which has led to lively repartee with the fans of the local team. What’s more, your favorite team will appreciate seeing some friendly faces, so much so that they may be even more accommodating than usual with requests for autographs and baseballs. In a further show of support, try to get tickets behind your team’s dugout on the road. Just keep in mind the location of visitor’s dugouts vary from stadium to stadium, so double-check before buying tickets (the visitor’s dugout is on the thirdbase side of the field at 18 stadiums and on the first-base side at the other 12). The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Newspapers 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher 740-446-3242, ext. 15 slopez@civitasmedia.com Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Thursday, March 14, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com GOP draws stark budget contrasts with Obama WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans drew stark contrasts with Democrats on tricky budget issues as President Barack Obama came to the Capitol on Wednesday in a stepped-up effort to improve relations with lawmakers whose votes he needs to enact his secondterm agenda. Obama was holding a rare meeting with House Republicans geared at thawing political gridlock, even though he conceded in an interview airing hours earlier that a political accommodation may be impossible. Many Republicans who long have chided Obama for failing to engage their party on the nation’s biggest problems are applauding his newfound outreach — part of a concerted effort by the president to mend ties with Congress in hopes of reaching a grand compromise on fiscal issues. Neither side is backing down from entrenched positions that have prevented deals in the past — a status quo scenario that Obama acknowledged could preclude any agreement. “Ultimately, it may be that the differences are just too wide,” he said in an interview broadcast Wednesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” hours before he was to meet with House Republicans at the Capitol. “It may be that, ideologically, if their position is, ‘We can’t do any revenue,’ or ‘We can only do revenue if we gut Medicare or gut Social Security or gut Medicaid, if that’s the position, then we’re probably not going to be able to get a deal,” he said. The issues separating the two parties are the same as they have been all along — fundamental disagreements over whether to pair tax increases with budget cuts in an effort to rein in the nation’s deficit. Exhibit A: the House GOP’s new budget proposal, crafted by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who ran against Obama as the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee but broke bread with him last week as the president initiated his congressional “charm offensive.” Ryan and House Republicans put forward their 2014 budget fully mindful that it would be dead on arrival at the White House and in the Democratic-controlled Sen- ate. The plan, which the White House immediately panned, doubles down on longstanding Republican proposals to slash funding for programs Obama and Democrats sorely want to protect. It includes a repeal of Obama’s health care law — a major component of his legacy — and Medicare changes that would shift more of the cost to future patients. “I understand that not everyone shares our view. And I respect that difference of opinion. All I ask is that you join in the effort. If you don’t like our plan, offer your own,” Ryan said Wednesday at a budget committee meeting. Democrats rejected it out of hand, arguing that November’s election, in which Democrats gained seats and Obama won a second term after campaigning on the need for more revenue, showed Americans had rejected the GOP approach. “While providing a tax windfall to the very wealthy, this proposal absolutely guts vital investments that are essential to shared prosperity, upward mobility, and rising middle class,” said Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the budget panel’s top Democrat. Military sexual assault victims detail humiliation WASHINGTON (AP) — Victims of sexual assault and violence in the military told Congress on Wednesday they’re afflicted with a slow and uncaring system of justice that too often fails to hold perpetrators accountable and is fraught with institutional bias. They testified to a Senate panel examining the military’s handling of sexual assault cases that the military justice system is broken and urged Congress to make changes in the law that would stem the rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment that they said are pervasive in the service branches. Defense Department officials said they have taken aggressive steps to combat sexual assault in the ranks. Robert Taylor, the Pentagon’s acting general counsel, called sexual assault an “abhorrent crime” that does enormous harm to the victim and undermines the good order and discipline that is essential in military units. “Sexual assault in the military is not only an abhorrent crime that does enormous harm to the victim, but it is also a virulent attack on the discipline and good order on which military cohesion depends,” said Army Maj. Gen. Gary Patton, director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office for the past nine months. “We must combat this scourge with all the resources at our disposal.” Rebekah Havrilla, a former Army sergeant, told the panel that she encountered a “broken” military criminal justice system after she was raped by another service member while serving in Afghanistan. Havrilla described suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and how her case was eventually closed after senior commanders decided not to pursue charges. “What we need is a military with a fair and impartial criminal justice system, one that is run by professional and legal experts, not unit commanders,” Havrilla said. BriGette McCoy, a former Army specialist and a Persian Gulf war veteran, said she was raped when she was 18 and at her first duty station. But she did not report it. Three years later, she reported being sexually harassed and asked for an apology and to be removed from working directly with the offender. “They did remove me from his team and his formal apology consisted of him driving by me on base and saying ‘sorry’ out of his open car door window,” McCoy told the Senate Armed Services personnel subcommittee. The subcommittee’s hearing comes as members of Congress are expressing outrage over an Air Force general’s decision to reverse a guilty verdict in a sexual assault case that is spurring support for legislation that would prevent commanding officers from overturning rulings made by judges and juries at courts-martial proceedings. Anu Bhagwati of the Service Women’s Action Network told the panel that commanders are unable to make impartial decisions because they usually have a professional relationship with the accused and, often times, with the victim as well. Bhagwati, a former Marine Corps captain, said court-martial cases should be left in the hands of “trained, professional, disinterested prosecutors.” Under military law, a commander who convenes a courtmartial is known as the convening authority and has the sole discretion to reduce or set aside guilty verdicts and sentences or to reverse a jury’s verdict. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered a review of Air Force Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin’s decision to overturn the sexual assault conviction against Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano Air Base in Italy. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, DN.Y., the chairwoman of the military personnel subcommittee, called the Wilkerson case “shocking” and promised to take a hard look at the military justice system. Nearly 2,500 sexual violence cases in the military services were reported in 2011, but only 240 made it to trial, Gillibrand said. Her voice rising, Gillibrand told defense officials that all the training and all the promises of “zero tolerance” from the military witnesses amounted to nothing if a convening authority is the only individual who can decide whether to overturn a case. “I appreciate the work you’re doing, but it’s not enough,” she told the military officers arrayed at a long witness table. Gillibrand then directed her frustration at the Air Force’s judge advocate general, Lt. Gen. Richard Harding, demanding to know whether justice was done when Franklin overturned the jury decision in the sexual assault conviction of Wilkerson. Harding responded that Franklin reviewed the facts and made an independent decision. Gillibrand then asked if justice was done when the five senior officers of the jury rendered a guilty verdict. Harding said he could not say. “One of the parties was wrong,” Gillibrand told him, adding that the victim in the case does not believe justice was done. Wilkerson was found guilty on Nov. 2 by a jury of military officers on charges of abusive sexual contact, aggravated sexual assault and three instances of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman. The victim was a civilian employee. Wilkerson was sentenced to a year in prison and dismissal from the service. Wilkerson was at the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig in Charleston, S.C., until Feb. 26, when Franklin exercised his discretion as the convening authority. Franklin reviewed the case over a three-week period and concluded “that the entire body of evidence was insufficient to meet the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” Hagel wrote in a March 7 letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. But Hagel told Boxer neither he nor the Air Force secretary is empowered to overrule Franklin, who is the commander of the 3rd Air Force at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. * Eastern Eagles * Division 4 State Tournaments Final Four Go Get ‘Em Ladies! They are playing Berlin Hiland Friday at 1pm at the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus. Racine 740-949-2210 • Syracuse 740-992-6333 60400542 Home National Bank would like to wish them Good Luck!! �The Daily Sentinel THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013 Sports mdssports@civitasmedia.com RedStorm baseball sweeps OU-Chillicothe Randy Payton Special to OVP CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Kyle Findley drove in eight runs, while teammates Kyle Perez and Andy Mitroff had five hits apiece to lead the University of Rio Grande in a doubleheader sweep of the Ohio-Chillicothe, Tuesday afternoon, in non-conference baseball action at VA Memorial Stadium. The RedStorm scored 10 times in the third inning to fuel a 15-4 win in the opener and closed the nightcap with nine unanswered markers en route to a 14-5 triumph over the Hilltoppers. Rio Grande improved to 14-12 overall with the sweep. Findley had a pair of doubles and a triple to go along with six RBIs in the game two win. He also doubled and drove in two runs in game one. Perez went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs in the nightcap after recording two hits and a pair of runs scored in the opener. Mitroff began the day with three hits and a run batted in and went 2-for-5 with two more RBIs in the finale. The RedStorm tallied 15 hits in both games and had two other players — senior Shane Spies and freshman Kirk Yates — collect three or more hits in the twinbill. Yates had a pair of hits, two runs scored and drove in a run in each game, while Spies homered and doubled in the opener and went 1-for-1 with four walks in game two. Rio Grande used five pitchers in each of the seven inning games with junior starter David Steele earning the win in game one and sophomore Anthony Bond getting the decision in the nightcap. In game one, the RedStorm sent 14 batters to the plate in the 10-run third inning uprising. Spies clubbed a booming two-run home run and Findley had a two-run double in the inning, while Yates, sophomore Grant Tamane and senior Zach Dumler also delivered run-scoring hits in the frame. Bond went 2-for-2 with an RBI and sophomore Ethan Abell also drove in a run in the game one victory. Zach Kingsolver had two hits and Michael Hamilton drove in a run for OU-Chillicothe, while Casey Bush started and took the loss for the Hilltoppers. In game two, Rio Grande coughed up an early 5-0 lead before scoring twice in the fifth inning and seven times in the seventh inning to pull away. Mitroff and Perez had RBI singles in the go-ahead fifth inning rally, while Findley had a threerun double and Perez added a two-run double of his own in the seventh. Yates and sophomore Ryan Payne also had consecutive runscoring triples in the seventh. Hamilton had a two-run single for the Hilltoppers (0-8) in the third inning and Dakota Snyder added a two-run single in OU-C’s three-run fourth inning which tied the game at 5-5. Snyder, Hamilton and Ryan O’Leary all had two hits in the loss for OU-Chillicothe, while Christian Spradlin started and took the loss. Rio Grande returns to action on Thursday night when it opens a three-game weekend series against rival Shawnee State. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe. The two teams will also play a doubleheader on Friday beginning at noon. Yong Kim | Philadelphia Daily News | MCT photo Ohio’s head coach John Groce applauds his team’s effort during the first half against Michigan in an NCAA Tournament second-round game at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday, March 16, 2012. Groce hopes for hot postseason CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — John Groce’s teams have a way turning it on for the postseason. Photos by Alex Hawley | Daily Sentinel In Groce’s four seasons at Ohio, the Bobcats went to the Eastern junior Jenna Burdette (14) shoots from the lane during the Lady Eagles 57-56 regional final victory over NCAA tournament twice, racking up wins over GeorgeNewark Catholic at Pickerington High School North. town in 2010 and Michigan in 2012 before losing a close one to North Carolina in the Sweet 16. He’s about to find out if his Illinois Illini have that kind of postseason fire in them. Illinois (21-11, 8-10 Big Ten) opens the Big Ten tournament Thursday as the No. 8 seed against No. 9 Minnesota. With wins over Indiana, Gonzaga and Ohio State Bryan Walters among its 21 victories, Illinois is a good bet to get to the bwalters@civitasmedia.com NCAA tournament, but a win or two in Chicago couldn’t hurt and might help build momentum for a team that lost COLUMBUS, Ohio — three of its last four regular-season games. The state championship may Those Ohio teams that made noise in March started be decided in Columbus, but by winning the MAC tournament in both 2010 and 2012. as of late — the D-4 girls title Groce, in his first year at Illinois, didn’t have a very goes through Berlin. clear answer for questions about what kind of mindset it The Eastern girls baskettook for those Bobcat teams to peak at the right time to ball team will face the toughmake nice post-season runs. est of tests in its inaugural “Physically loose and mentally tight, or focused,” is trip to the Schottenstein how he tried to explain it Tuesday. Center Friday afternoon But he downplayed the possibility that a great run of when the Lady Eagles face momentum was even necessary for a team to make that perennial-power Berlin Hikind of run. land in a Division IV state “If they think a win a month ago or a loss four or five semifinal at Value City Arena days ago is going to have anything to do with Thursday’s on the campus of the Ohio game at 11 a.m., then we’re not very mentally tough,” State University in Franklin Groce told reporters. “If you lack toughness in March, County. then that’s a problem.” The Lady Eagles (23-4) Groce has emphasized the need to be mentally tough — who picked up their first since he arrived in Champaign a year ago, and his Illinois regional crown in program team’s toughness has been a source of concern since long history last weekend in Pickbefore he arrived. The ups and downs the team went through before he erington — will be making arrived — particularly players like Brandon Paul, D.J. their state debut against a Richardson and Tyler Griffey, seniors this year — have team that has been the defibeen well chronicled. Illinois has been to one NCAA Tournition of a state power since nament in the past three seasons, and one National Invitathe turn of the millennium. tional Tournament. They’ve also endured the collapse last The Lady Hawks (25-3) season that sent Bruce Weber packing for Kansas State will be making their 13th and brought Groce to town. trip overall to the Final Four, Just this season they’ve rattled off those upsets over including their ninth appearsome of the country’s best teams and won the early seaance since 2000 and their son EA Sports Maui Invitational. And lost at home to eighth trip in the last 10 Northwestern while barely surviving Nebraska. years. Hiland has won four The most immediate problem for Illinois, the one that state crowns (2000, 2005, was most obvious in losses to Iowa and Ohio State in the 2006 and 2008) and has also final two regular-season games, was shooting. The Illini amassed a 12-8 overall mark weren’t very good at it — hitting just 31.6 percent of the in its previous 12 trips to the shots. state level. Eastern senior Savannah Hawley (11) drives past a Newark Catholic defender dur“Part of it is we got some good shots we didn’t make,” See EAGLES ‌| 8 ing the Lady Eagles 57-56 regional final victory in Pickerington on Saturday. Groce said. “Part of it is Ohio State is top 10 in the country defensively. … And then Iowa has kind of made their calling with their defense.” While Illinois can be a challenge to figure out, Minnesota is downright confusing. The Gophers (20-11, 8-10) beat Illinois by 17 in Champaign back in early January, when they were No. 8 in the Associated Press Top 25. Since then, they’ve fallen well Courtney Shriver both had two hits second with a two-run inside-theout of the Top 25, and now they’ve lost six of their last Randy Payton and two RBIs in the game one win park home run and Fuller added nine, including back-to-back games against Nebraska and Special to OVP for Rio Grande, while freshman Kim- a run-scoring triple to right after Purdue to finish the regular season. RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The Uni- berly Rollins and sophomore Haley sophomore Jessi Robinson followed versity of Rio Grande softball team Gwin also had two hits and senior up Walk’s home run with an opposite banged out a season-high 12 hits, in- Katie Fuller drove in two runs. field double down the left field line. cluding five that went for extra basBluefield got a two-run single from Freshman Kimber Hazlett scates, en route to its first win of the seaJessica Dutka in the fourth inning to tered four hits and walked two while son - an 8-2 triumph over Bluefield make it 5-2, but Rio tacked on a pair striking out a career-high eight batOHSAA Championship (Va.) College in the opening game Friday, March 15 of runs in the fifth and another markD-4 Girls Basketball of a Mid-South Conference double- ters to get the win in the pitcher’s er in the sixth to set the final score. Final, 5:15 circle. Eastern vs. Berlin Hiheader, Thursday afternoon, at Rio Baseball Shriver had an RBI single in the The RedStorm grabbed a 2-0 first land, 1 p.m. Wayne at Point Pleasant, Softball Park. fifth and an RBI double in the sixth. inning lead thanks to a run-scoring Ottoville vs. Fort LoThe Rams avoided aa sweep by 3 p.m. Kourtney McGrady had two of groundout by Fuller and an RBI sinramie, 3 p.m. holding on for a 5-4 victory - their Track and Field first as a member of the MSC - in the gle by Fuller and added three more Bluefield’s four hits, while Aline Uehara started and took the loss. Meet at Point Pleasant, nightcap. runs in the second. Saturday, March 16 See SOFTBALL ‌| 8 Walk highlighted the three-run Senior Kaylee Walk and freshman D-4 Girls Basketball 11 a.m. Lady Eagles to face Hiland in state debut Rio softball gets first win as part of DH split OVP Sports Schedule �NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed proposals for Rutland Fire Station Storage Facility Project, Meigs County Ohio As per specifications in bid packet will be received by the Meigs County Commissioners at their office at the Courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 until 11:00 A.M., April 4, 2013 and then at 11:15 A.M. at said office opened and read aloud for the following: Plumbing, Heating, Electrical, Metal Ceiling and Walls, Insulation, and Concrete Ramp for the Rutland Fire Department Storage Facility located on Union Street, Rutland, OH. THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013 AT 3:00 P.M. 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Phone 888-399-6999 & leave a message. �Thursday, March 14, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 8 www.mydailysentinel.com OVP Sports Briefs Racine co-ed softball tournament RACINE, Ohio — There will be a co-ed softball tournament at Star Mill Park on Saturday, March 30, to help raise money for uniforms, equipment and tournament entry fees for the Racine Little League team. There is an registration fee for each team, and details are available by contacting Bill Harmon at (740) 949-3114. Mason Recreation summer ball signups MASON, W.Va. — The Mason Recreation Foundation will be hold 2013 summer ball signups on three separate Saturdays at the Hair Shop. Signups will run from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on the Saturdays of March16th and 23rd, and there is a signup fee for both individuals and families. If you were released by Mason to play for another team in 2012, you are still required to sign up in Mason until player numbers are evaluated and determined for this year. 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Eagles From Page 6 In fact, the Lady Hawks — which finished the year ranked second in the final AP poll — will have as much state experience as a program than the other three competitors combined this weekend. They are also the only one of the four state qualifiers to ever win a state championship. Hiland — located in the heart of Amish Country in Holmes County — has been the standard-bearer for success in Division IV since 2000. In their eight trips to state during that span, the Lady Hawks won state titles four times and advanced to the state title game seven times. In the four trips that they didn’t win state, the Red, Black and White ended up losing to the eventual state champion. HHS went unbeaten (14-0) en route to this year’s Inter-Valley Conference crown and enters Columbus on a seven-game winning streak. The Lady Hawks — as a team — are averaging 59.7 points per game offensively while allow- ing 32.1 points defensively. Hiland — which prides itself on relentless defensive pressure — has suffered just three losses this season. Those setbacks came against Twinsburg (49-45), Wooster (65-59) and Wadsworth (61-37) — all Division I programs. The Lady Hawks are coached by Dave Schlabach, who has amassed a 483-77 overall record in 22 years with the program. The Lady Hawks — who have only three seniors on their roster — have a trio of players averaging double digits each night out. Junior guard Regina Hochstetler (17.7 ppg) and senior guard Kendra Schlabach (10.0 ppg) lead a formidable 1-2 punch in the backcourt, while sophomore forward Megan Beachy (9.9 ppg) is the main scoring threat in the frontcourt. Junior guard Emily Yoder (6.3 ppg) and senior forward Jasmine Goings (6.1 ppg) complete the collective starting five for HHS. The Lady Hawks — who also have some depth coming off the bench — have only two players standing taller than 5-foot-9 on their current roster. The Lady Eagles, on the other hand, have suffered losses to Orrville, Huntington Saint Joseph, Waterford and Jackson this season. Only Jackson failed to make it past the district tournament level, while Orrville and St. Joe each reached the state tournament in their respective divisions. Eastern also has a win over state qualifier Fort Frye. EHS coach John Burdette has amassed a 93-27 overall mark in his five seasons with the Lady Eagles, which also includes three of the program’s five regional appearances. History also seems to favor the Region 15 champion at the state tournament, as six of the last eight Division IV champions have come from the Pickerington bracket. In fact, only four times since the 2000 campaign has the Pickerington regional champion failed to make it to the state final. The Eastern-Hiland contest will tip-off at 1 p.m. Friday. In the second D-4 semifinal, the Ottoville Lady Green (27-0) and Fort Loramie Lady Redskins (253) will face off at 3 p.m. for a spot in the state championship game. Ottoville finished the year as the top-ranked team in the AP poll, while Fort Loramie ended the season as the seventh-ranked team in the state. Ottoville — coached by Dave Kleman (400-95 in 21 seasons) — will be making its fifth Final Four appearance in program history, which includes one state runnerup finish in 2005. OHS, which averages 60.1 points per game while allowing 31.3 defensively, lost to Hiland in overtime in its one championship game appearance. Senior center Abby Siefker — the D-4 AP state player of the year — leads the Lady Green with a 17.0 points per game average. Senior Rachel Beining (11.9 ppg), junior Taylor Mangas (8.0 ppg), senior Rachel Turnwald (7.8 ppg) and senior Nicole Vorst (5.3 ppg) complete the collective starting five for OHS. Fort Loramie — coached by Carla Siegel (272-88 in 14 years) — will be making its seventh Final Four appearance in program history, which includes a pair of runner-up efforts in 2011 and 1997. FLHS averages 65.0 points per game while allowing 38.4 points defensively. Junior forward Darian Rose leads the Fort Loramie attack with an 18.0 points per game average, while junior center Renae Meyer (8.7 ppg) and senior forward Paige Ordean (6.0 ppg) serve as the second and third scoring options. Freshman guard Jessica Boerger (5.4 ppg) and junior guard Meg Westerheide (3.5 ppg) complete the collective starting five for the Lady Redskins. The winners of these two contests will advance to Saturday’s Division IV championship game at 5:15 p.m. Softball From Page 6 In the nightcap, the Rams took advantage of four Rio errors to score three unearned runs and build a 5-1 lead before being forced to hang on for dear life down the stretch to secure the win. 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