https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/b11a24cd503c219080fdbbc23b1ccd69.pdf 6239b9afb95e3fc10ae4a6fc6dd74c26 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS OBITUARIES For The Record.... Page 2 Chance of showers. High near 69. Low around 53......... Page 2 Local diamond action.... Page 6 Albert E. ‘Bird’ Lawson, Jr., 49 William K. Martyn, 40 Leonard L. Newberry, 77 Doris E. ‘Liz’ Prater, 78 Doris C. Stone, 94 Faye C. Wildermuth, 99 50 cents daily WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 Vol. 63, No. 74 Library expanding days, hours at branch locations More staff, services, and materials to be added Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — After nearly five years of cuts to hours of operation, staffing, and other items, the Meigs County District Public Libraries will see hours return to where they once were. Over the past few years the library system in Meigs County has seen a budget cut of 33.5 percent, but with the help of a levy passed last year by Meigs County voters, the library is now able to restore many of the services it once provided. Kristi Eblin, Director of the Meigs County District Public Library, said on Tuesday that three branch locations of the library, — those in Middleport, Racine and at Eastern Elementary — will now be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. All three locations will be closed on Sunday. Hours at the Pomeroy location will be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday. With the increased funds expected from the levy, Eblin stated that the library added four part time employees in January of this year, with three of those now full time to cover the increase in hours. Eblin said that other part time positions will also be added soon. At the peak of the budget cuts, hours of operation per week dropped from 236 hours to 108 hours. Branch locations in Middleport and at Eastern had been cut to two days per week, with Racine open three days per week. Racine’s third day of operation was funded by a donation from Home National Bank. In addition to the hiring of more staff, library patrons will also notice areas of service that had previously been reduced due to budget cuts are now being restored. The purchase of books, DVDs, and CDs will be restored, along with many of the other online reference databases and resources that have been cut in the past few years. Money will also be spent on the acquisition of ebooks and digital magazines which have been made popular by new technology. The library will also have an increase in available funds for programs such as the Summer Reading Programs for youth, teens and adults which will kick off the week of June 3. The Children’s Summer Reading Program begins on June 3 and will have the theme “Dig Into Reading.” The teen reading program is themed “Beneath the Surface” and the adult summer reading program is “Groundbreaking Reads.” Registration for all three programs begins May 20. For more information on any of the summer reading programs contact the Pomeroy Library at (740) 992-5813. Staley promoted to Tuppers Plains Branch Manager Submitted photo Students from kindergarten to fifth grade took part in the Meigs Elementary Relay for Life week activities. TUPPERS — Farmers Bank has announced the promotion of Jessica Staley to Tuppers Plains Branch Manager. Staley will be responsible for Farmers Bank’s Tuppers Plains area and surrounding locations and serve as a consumer and mortgage lender. “The dynamics of Jessica and the Tuppers Plains office team will have a Jessica Staley tremendous impact on the overall growth and sustainability of Farmers Bank as a whole,” said Paul Reed, President and CEO of Farmers Bank. “We are extremely confident in Jessica’s abilities to run our Tuppers Plains office to provide the best quality of service to our customers.” Staley has been with the bank for almost 11 years. She started at the bank in 2002 as a part-time teller. In 2004 she took a full-time position as the Branch Manager’s Loan Assistant. In 2006, she became a Loan Officer and in 2007, she was named the Assistant Branch Manager. In addition to her experience in banking, she earned a degree in Comprehensive Communication from the University of Rio Grande. She is a life-long resident of Meigs County, currently residing outside of Tuppers Plains with her husband and two sons. Meigs Elementary hosts Relay for Life Staff Report tdsnews@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Students at Meigs Elementary School recently took part in Relay for Life week activities to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Several activities were planned and conducted by the After School Kids program for all students in the school to participate. The students came up with the activities and themes, decorated posters, read announcements throughout the school, and they sold and decorated 125 luminary bags. Activities included a Read-A-Thon, kiss the pig contest, pie in the face contest, several raffles, education about types of cancer and prevention. Through the Read-A-Thon, kids asked family and friends to sponsor them for reading in the month of March, through the Accelerated Reader program. One teacher, who received the most money in their jar from Primary school and one from the Intermediate school, were to “kiss the pig” in the contest, but due to several ties, five of the six teachers signed up had to kiss the pig. In addition, two teachers and Intermediate Principal Darin Logan were pied in the pie in the face contest. Students learned about the importance of protecting their skin and using sunscreen, the harmful effects of smoking, and the importance of maintaining a healthy diet. Students were given the opportunity to participate in theme dress up days with the last being the Relay Day. For Relay Day, each grade wore a different color representing the various types of cancer. The idea was inspired by the Meigs County Relay for Life theme of “Over the Rainbow.” Students and staff walked during physical education classes around luminary bags in remembrance of those who lost their battle with cancer and the survivors! Funds raised were donated to the American Cancer Society through the Meigs County Relay For Life which will be held on June 7 and 8 at the Meigs County Fairgrounds. Photos by Sarah Hawley | Daily Sentinel Courtney Midkiff from the Meigs County Relay for Life accepts a check from Sylvia Klein who was the top fund raiser at Meigs Intermediate School. Traveling to the Prom Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com Students gave donations to choose which of their teachers would “kiss a pig” during the relay week activities. Due to several ties, multiple teachers had to kiss the pig. Sen. Gentile selected for development fellowship Staff Report Council of State Governments, Midwestern Division. Senator Gentile will be joined by 36 COLUMBUS — other legislators from across the State Sen. Lou Gentile Midwest in Madison, Wisconsin (D-Steubenville) has this summer to receive training applied for and been that develops leadership skills accepted to the 2013 while sharing knowledge on Bowhay Institute for some of the most critical issues Legislative Leader- Sen. Lou Gentile facing states today. ship Development “This program will serve as Fellowship as administered by the an opportunity to enhance and exTDSnews@civitasmedia.com Submitted photo Allyson Davis travels to the MHS prom in Civil War style with her escort, Taylor Gilkey, leading the horse. pand my knowledge of issues facing the state of Ohio so that I may better serve the constituents of the 30th Senate District,” said Senator Gentile. “I look forward to working with fellow legislators from across the Midwest in ensuring that we are pursuing a public policy agenda that fosters job creation and economic growth.” To date, the BILLD Fellowship has more than 600 alumni from a dozen states. POMEROY — While many of the students arrived in a sports car or limousine for the Meigs High School prom, Allyson Davis came riding in on a horse attired head to toe in full Civil War costuming. The horse, owned by Karen Cleland, was led in by Allyson’s escort, Taylor Gilkey, also in Civil War regalia. The attire of the couple might suggest that they knew that this year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Buffington Island where the cavalry of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan suffered defeat in a fierce battle with Union troops as they attempted to cross the Ohio River to get into more friendly territory. Hundreds of Confederate and Union troops died in that battle which was the only significant Civil War encounter to occur on Ohio soil. A commemoration of that event is being planned by the Ohio Historical Society in cooperation with local historical groups to take place Friday through Sunday, July 1921, at Portland. Reenactors will be arriving at the site and setting up camp in the vicinity of the Buffington Island Memorial Park for the weekend. Features of Saturday’s scheduled events will be a memorial to all those who died in that battle. Battle reenactments, a living history performance, dispays of Civil War artifacts, and tours over the Heritage Trail which marks Margan’s march through Meigs County, will be features of the weekend. Another highlight will be a Civil War ball to take place under a big tent on the Chester Commons. Perhaps it is too much to expect that Allyson in her beautiful Civil War costume will come riding in on a horse. �Wednesday, May 8, 2013 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 Community Calendar Meigs Local Briefs Thursday, May 9 POMEROY — A free community dinner of chicken and noodles, rolls, salad, desserts and drinks will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church. The public is invited. TUPPERS PLAINS — VFW Post 9053 will meet at 7 p.m. at the hall in Tuppers Plains. The meal will be served at 6 p.m. POMEROY — The Alpha Iota Masters will meet at 11:30 a.m. at New Beginnings United Methodist Church. Hostesses are Norma Custer, June VanVranken and Velma Rue. Friday, May 10 LONG BOTTOM — Faith Full Gospel Church, located on Route 124 at Long Bottom, will host the singers “Day Spring” in a 7 p.m. concert. Tuesday, May 14 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Sewer Board will have their regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. BEDFORD TWP. — The Bedford Township Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the town hall. Scholarship yard sale RACINE — The RACO scholarship yard sale will be held on May 7 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., May 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and May 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All money collected will go to RACO’s scholarship fund for Southern High School seniors. For information, contact Kathryn Hart at 949-2656. gmail.com, or visit RCP’s page on Facebook. Revival Services MIDDLEPORT — Revival services will be held May 14-19 at Wesleyan Bible Holiness Church located on Pearl Street in Middleport. Service time is 7 p.m. nightly, and 6 p.m. on Sunday evening. Guest speakers and singers are The Cassidys. Chicken Barbecue TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Fire Department will hold a chicken barbecue beginning at 11 a.m. on Monther’s Day, May 12. Spaghetti Dinner SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Church of the Nazarene will hold a spaghetti dinner from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, May 10 to raise funds for the youth to attend camp. The menu will include spaghetti, salad, garlic bread and drink. Exercise Program offered POMEROY — Open hours of the Meigs Cooperative Parish’s exercise room at the Mulberry Community Center have been extended to accommodate exercisers. They are now on both Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 to 11 a.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Cost of the program is $12 a month and all proceeds benefit the Parish. POMEROY — Water aerobics classes will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday at Kountry Resort. For more information call (740) 591-4407 or 992-6728. Thursday, May 16 LANGSVILLE — An American Red Cross Blood Drive Auditions for ‘Spamalot’ will be held from 1-7 p.m. at the Star Grange 778 meeting MIDDLEPORT — hall on Salem School Lot Road. To schedule an appoint- River City Players (RCP) ment call Linda Montgomery at (740) 669-4245. will be holding auditions for “Monty Python’s SpaSaturday, May 25 malot,” from 7-9 p.m. POMEROY — The Meigs High School Class of 1993 on Tuesday, May 14 and will hold their 20 year class reunion at Court Street Grill Thursday, May 16, at the in Pomeroy. RCP Building, located on the “T” in Middleport, at 99 Mill Street. You may be asked to sing, so please come prepared to sing with either your own tracks or without accompaniment. Roles are mainly for adults, but kids may audition as well. ParMARIETTA — Training session for District 18 Ohio ents should note this show Immunization Clinics Public Works Commission State Capital Improvement includes adult humor and POMEROY — The Program will be held Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at the themes, so a recommend- Meigs County Health DeHoliday Inn, Marietta, Ohio. The session will be held ed age for any child wish- partment will conduct a from 10 a.m.–12 p.m. ing to participate is 13 childhood immunization Topics covered in training session include preparation and up. For more informa- clinic from 9-11 a.m. and of the application, and information on loans and loan tion, email rcp.showinfo@ 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday at the assistance. This training is offered for all persons interested in applying for State Capital Improvement Program and the Local Transportation Improvement Program. Local government entities (county, township, city, village) and water and sewer districts are eligible to participate Rutland Fire Department in this program. The Rutland Vol. Fire Department/Squad responded to The State Capital Improvement Program and the Local Transportation Improvement Program were cre- seven fire runs and 31 squad runs for a total of 38 calls in ated to assist in financing local public infrastructure the month of April 2013. three mutual aid structure fires; improvements. Local subdivisions that require financial one brush fire; two motor vehicle accidents; one lifting assistance; 31 emergency squad runs. assistance in moving projects forward can pursue this funding through the 18th Public Works District. Consid911 eration for funding is not made on a per capita basis. No May 2 particular community has an entitlement to these funds. 9:53 a.m., Ohio 124, difficulty breathing; 2:50 p.m., All interested parties are encouraged to attend the Pearl Street, altered mental status; 3:11 p.m., Locust training session. RSVP by Friday, May 31, 2013, to Grove Road, dehydration; 5:11 p.m., East Memorial Jenny Myers at Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Drive, hemorrhage; 5:13 p.m., Kings Hill Road, pain Development District by phone at (740) 376-1026. For general; 6:41 p.m., Page Street, chest pain; 9:43 p.m., more information on the SCIP/LTIP program, contact Mulberry Avenue, dizziness; 11:13 p.m., Ash Street, pain Michelle Hyer at (740) 376-1025. general. May 3 9:55 a.m., Third Street, difficulty breathing; 10:09 a.m., Sumner Road, motor vehicle collision; 6:45 p.m., Ohio 248, stroke/CVA; 6:58 p.m., South Third Avenue, difficulty breathing. May 4 Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunder1:38 a.m., Gilkey Ridge Road, chest pain; 1:44 a.m., storms also possible after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a Ohio 124, chest pain; 4:30 a.m., Texas Road, chest pain; high near 69. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 50 8:01 a.m., Lincoln Hill Street, dead on arrival; 11:18 a.m., percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7 p.m., then a slight chance of showers between 7 p.m. and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Calm wind. Chance of precipitaCLEVELAND (AP) — ently been held captive in tion is 20 percent. Thursday: A slight chance of showers between 2 p.m. One neighbor says a naked the house since their teens and 3 p.m., then a slight chance of showers and thunder- woman was seen crawling or early 20s, said Police storms after 3 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. on her hands and knees in Chief Michael McGrath. Three brothers, ages 50 Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the after- the backyard of the house a few years ago. Another to 54, were arrested. One noon. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and heard pounding on the of them, former school bus thunderstorms before 8 p.m., then a slight chance of doors and noticed plastic driver Ariel Castro, owned the home, situated in a showers between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with bags over the windows. Both times, police poor neighborhood dotted a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Friday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also showed up, the neighbors with boarded-up houses possible after 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. say, but never went inside. just south of downtown Police also paid a brief visit Cleveland. No immediate Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. charges were filed. Friday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low to the house in 2004. Now, after three women A 6-year-old girl believed around 58. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. who vanished a decade ago to be Berry’s daughter was Cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is were found captive at the also found in the home, peeling, rundown house said Deputy Police Chief 50 percent. Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunder- Monday in a discovery that Ed Tomba. He would not storms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Chance of exhilarated the city, Cleve- say who the father was or land police are facing ques- where the child was born. precipitation is 50 percent. The women were reportSunday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a tions for the second time in four years about their ed by police to be in good high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. handling of missing-person health and were reunited cases and are conducting with family members but Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. an internal review to see if remained in seclusion. they overlooked anything. “Prayers have finally Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. City Safety Director been answered. The nightMartin Flask said Tuesday mare is over,” said Stephen that investigators had no Anthony, head of the FBI record of any tips or calls office in Cleveland. “These about criminal activity at three young ladies have the house in the years af- provided us with the ultiter the victims vanished, mate definition of survival Peoples (NASDAQ) — 20.92 AEP (NYSE) — 51.07 but were still checking and perseverance. The Akzo (NASDAQ) — 21.34 Pepsico (NYSE) — 83.34 their police, fire and emer- healing can now begin.” Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 87.99 Premier (NASDAQ) — 12.23 gency databases. He added: “Words can’t Big Lots (NYSE) — 37.65 Rockwell (NYSE) — 87.91 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 44.78 The three women were describe the emotions being Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 14.62 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 80.61 rescued after one of them felt by all. 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Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 57.54 for May 7, 2013, provided by Eddispatcher. “I’ve been kid- Investigators also would JP Morgan (NYSE) — 49.14 ward Jones financial advisors Kroger (NYSE) — 34.99 napped and I’ve been miss- not say whether they were Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 52.63 ing for 10 years and I’m, kept in restraints inside the 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Norfolk So (NYSE) — 78.41 I’m here, I’m free now.” house or sexually assaulted. Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. OVBC (NASDAQ) — 19.58 Berry, 27, Michelle Four years ago, in anBBT (NYSE) — 31.51 Member SIPC. Knight, 32, and Gina DeJe- other part of town, Clevesus, about 23, had appar- land’s police force was SCIP Ohio Public Works training session office located at 112 East Memorial Drive. ATHENS — The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM), Community Health Programs offers free immunizations through the Childhood Immunization Clinic every Thursday. Created in 1994, CHIP strives to keep children in the region healthy by providing free or low-cost immunizations to protect against preventable diseases such as polio, rubella, meningitis and mumps. Free services are available to uninsured, underinsured and Medicaid-eligible children up to 19 years old. For additional information, or to make an appointment, call (800) 8442654 or (740) 593-2432. Ohio River River Sweep REEDSVILLE —The Ohio River River Sweep at Reedsville will be held on Friday, June 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Forked Run. There will be free t-shirts, pizza, chicken dinners, and beverages, according to Todd Bissell who can be contacted at 740-444-1388. Traffic Advisory MEIGS COUNTY — Ohio 143 (located just 0.25 miles south of State Farm Road) will be reduced to one lane to allow for a bridge replacement project. During construction there will be a 10’ width restriction. Traffic will be maintained with a portable traffic light. Weather permitting, both lanes of Ohio 143 will be open September 1, 2013. MEIGS COUNTY — The westbound lane of Ohio 124 (located at the 63.91 mile marker, about 1.5 miles north of Reedsville) will be closed to allow for a bridge replacement project. Traffic will be maintained by traffic signals and concrete barriers. Weather permitting, both lanes of Ohio 124 will be open November, 1 2013. 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. For The Record Ohio Valley Forecast Lincoln Street, fall; 2:40 p.m., Pomeroy Pike, motor vehicle collision; 4:41 p.m., New Lima Road, psychiatric emergency; 7:39 p.m., Rocksprings Road, stroke/CVA; 8:17 p.m., South Third Avenue, difficulty breathing; 9:37 p.m., East Second Street, assault/fight. May 5 2:13 a.m., Pomeroy Pike, motor vehicle collision; 9:51 a.m., Carpenter Hill Road, stroke/CVA; 7:07 p.m., Ohio 681, chest pain. May 6 3:30 a.m., East Memorial Drive, fall; 3:44 a.m., Point Lane, difficulty breathing; 10:01 a.m., Page Street, chest pain; 10:54 a.m., Rose Hill Road, difficulty breathing; 11:52 a.m., East Memorial Drive, dizziness; 11:54 a.m., Anne Street, fall; 3:19 p.m., unknown, seizure/convulsions; 4:51 p.m., East Memorial Drive, overdose; 5:15 p.m., South Fifth Avenue, head injury; 5:47 p.m., North Main Street, altered mental status; 6:29 p.m., East Memorial Drive, nausea/vomiting; 7:37 p.m., Walnut Street, structure fire; 8:42 p.m., Pearl Street, high blood pressure; 9:27 p.m., Tornado Road, high temperature; 11:48 p.m., Mulberry Avenue, overdose. May 7 12:44 a.m., Happy Hollow Road, assault/fight. Police facing questions in Cleveland rescue Local stocks heavily criticized following the discovery of 11 bodies in the home and backyard of Anthony Sowell, who was convicted and sentenced to death. The victims’ families in the Sowell case accused police of failing to properly investigate the disappearances because most of the women were addicted to drugs and lived in an impoverished neighborhood. For months, the stench of death hung over the house, but it was blamed on a sausage factory next door. In the wake of public outrage over the killings, a panel formed by the mayor recommended an overhaul of the city’s handling of missing-person and sex crime investigations. This time, two neighbors said they called police to the Castro house on separate occasions in recent years. Elsie Cintron, who lives three houses away, said her daughter once saw a naked woman crawling on her hands and knees in the backyard several years ago and called police. “But they didn’t take it seriously,” she said. Another neighbor, Israel Lugo, said he heard pounding on some of the doors of Castro’s house in November 2011. Lugo said officers knocked on the front door, but no one answered. “They walked to side of the house and then left,” he said. Neighbors also said they would see Castro sometimes walking a little girl to a neighborhood playground. And Cintron said she once saw a little girl looking out of the attic window of the house. Police did go to the house twice in the past 15 years, but not in connection with the women’s disappearance, officials said. In 2000, before the women vanished, Ariel Castro reported a fight in the street, but no arrests were made, Flask said. In 2004, officers went to the home after child welfare officials alerted them that Castro had apparently left a child unattended on a bus, Flask said. No one answered the door, according to Flask. Ultimately, police determined there was no criminal intent on his part, he said. On Tuesday, a sign hung on a fence decorated with dozens of balloons outside the home of DeJesus’ parents read “Welcome Home Gina.” Her aunt Sandra Ruiz told reporters that her niece had an emotional reunion with family members. “She recognized everyone,” Ruiz said, who asked that the family be given space. “Those girls, those women are so strong,” she said. “What we’ve done in 10 years is nothing compared to what those women have done in 10 years to survive.” Many of the women’s loved ones and friends had held out hope of seeing them again, holding candlelight vigils and tacking missing posters on streetlights. �Wednesday, May 8, 2013 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 Obama: North Korea Microsoft touching up has failed once again Windows 8 to address gripes WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that North Korea can no longer create an international crisis with nuclear provocations, asserting the United States and South Korea are fully capable of defending themselves. “The days when North Korea could create a crisis and elicit concessions, those days are over,” Obama said from the White House East Room, after he and South Korean President Park Geun-hye met privately in the Oval Office. Obama’s comments came in a news conference with Park on her first foreign visit as the country’s leader. It marked the 60th anniversary of the U.S.South Korean alliance. Obama said that Pyongyang has failed to drive a wedge between the U.S. and South Korea or to garner global respect with its threats. He says the joint U.S.-South Korea meeting at the White House was evidence that North Korea has “failed again.” Ahead of the meeting, U.S. officials said North Korea has taken a step back from its recent escalation of regional tensions by removing from its launch site a set of medium-range ballistic missiles that had been readied for possible test-firing. Obama says he doesn’t know North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally and has never spoken to him, but says he can still take a different path. He said actions by the unpredictable young leader, who came to power after the death of his father Kim Jong Il in December 2011, seem to pursue a dead end. “There’s going to have to be changes in behavior,” Obama said. “We have an expression in English, ‘Don’t worry about what I say, just watch what I do.’” Park arrived at the White House with a color guard lining the driveway from Pennsylvania Avenue. Her Oval Office meeting, working lunch and joint news conference with Obama will be followed Wednesday by an address to a joint meeting of Congress. Obama said such an address is an honor “reserved for our closest of friends.” He called Park “tough,” spoke of a great friendship between the two nations and joked that “the Korean wave” of culture has hit the United States. “My daughters have taught me a pretty good ‘Gangnam Style,’” Obama joked, a reference to the hit dance song by South Korean singer PSY that has become YouTube’s most watched video with 1.5 billion views since its release last summer. Park has had something of a baptism of fire since she took office in February, two weeks after North Korea’s latest atomic test ratcheted up tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula and undermined her hopes of forging a more trusting relationship with a difficult neighbor. “Instead of just hoping to see North Korea change, the international community must consistently send the message with one voice, to tell them and communicate to them that they have no choice but to change,” Park said. After the U.N. Security Council tightened sanctions on North Korea in response to the nuclear test — its third since 2006 — it claims to have scrapped the 1953 Korean War armistice and has threatened nuclear strikes on the U.S., prompting Washington to bolster missile defenses. Two Musudan missiles at a site in eastern North Korea had been in what American officials described as launch-ready status for some weeks. Two U.S. officials confirmed their removal on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss a matter involving sensitive U.S. intelligence. It’s not clear why they removed the missiles in recent days, but Pentagon press secretary George Little said on Monday that U.S. officials have seen a “provocation pause” by North Korea. Park touched down in New York on Monday, meeting first with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon, a former South Korean foreign minister who praised her “firm but measured” response to North Korean provocations and determination to resolve their differences though dialogue. However, Park made clear in an interview on the eve of her visit that she was willing to get tough on North Korea. She told CBS News that if South Korea came under attack, “We will make them pay.” Park, the first democratically elected female leader in Northeast Asia, is no stranger to Seoul’s Blue House, as the residence of the chief executive is known. She’s the daughter of the late South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee, and in her 20s she took over the duties of first lady for five years after a gunman claiming orders from North Korea killed her mother in a botched attack targeting her father. While focused squarely on the North Korean threat, Park’s visit is a chance to build a rapport with Obama, who enjoyed an unusually close bond with the previous South Korean leader, Lee Myungbak. The two presided over the adoption of a U.S.South Korean free trade pact in 2012 that expanded the scope of an alliance largely built on security ties and deterring an attack from the North. Some 28,500 U.S. troops are still based in South Korea for that purpose. Lee took a hard line on relations with Pyongyang, cutting aid to the impoverished nation. While his approach had Obama’s firm backing, public frustration in the South has mounted over the North’s continued weapons tests and provocations — including attacks in 2010 that left dozens of South Koreans dead. In a change of tone, Park, although a conservative, has advocated trying to build trust with Pyongyang through aid shipments and large-scale economic initia- tives if there’s progress on the nuclear issue, even as she and South Korea’s military promise to respond forcefully to any possible attack from the North. But to date, relations have only gotten worse. Most recently, North Korea has withdrawn its 53,000 workers from an industrial park on its territory run by South Korean companies. After Pyongyang rejected Seoul’s offer of talks, the South last week withdrew its last staff from the facility, closing the last remaining symbol of inter-Korean cooperation that began during the “sunshine” engagement policy championed by Lee’s more liberal predecessors. On Tuesday, North Korea threatened the U.S. and South Korea over joint naval drills taking place this week in the Yellow Sea. The section of the Korean People’s Army responsible for operations in North Korea’s southwest said it will strike back if any shells fall in its territory during the drills. Should the allies respond to that, the statement said, Pyongyang’s military would then strike five South Korean islands that stand along the aquatic frontline between the countries. Daniel Russel, White House senior director for Asian affairs, said Obama would reaffirm the U.S. commitment to the defense of South Korea. He said the joint appearance of the two leaders at the White House would make it crystal clear to Pyongyang that the allies stand shoulder to shoulder. “In dealing with North Korea, it’s vital we show unity,” Russel told reporters. Dealing with Pyongyang’s secretive regime, never easy, has become increasingly tough under the unpredictable young leader Kim Jong Un, who came to power after the death of his father Kim Jong Il in December 2011. Russel cautioned it was premature to judge whether North Korea’s cycle of provocation “is going up, down or zigzagging.” He said both the U.S. and South Korea support “incremental engagement” with Pyongyang, but it has to take “irreversible steps” signaling a commitment to end its nuclear program. The past year has already seen disconcerting progress in the North’s weapons development, including its first successful launch of a three-stage, long-range rocket, although it is not yet believed to have to have the means to fire a nuclear-tipped missile at mainland America. The Obama administration has put increasing emphasis on the role the North’s main ally and benefactor, China, can play to press Pyongyang to honor its previous commitments on denuclearization. In a significant move, one of China’s biggest banks said Tuesday it has halted business with a North Korean bank accused by the U.S. of financing Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programs in the latest sign of Beijing’s displeasure with its estranged ally. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up announced Tuesday won’t be released to consumers and businesses until later this year. The changes, part of a software package given the codename “Blue,” are a tacit acknowledgment of the shortcomings in Windows 8, a radical overhaul of Microsoft Corp.’s ubiquitous operating system. With the makeover it released last October, Microsoft hoped to play a more prominent role in the growing mobile device market while still maintaining its dominance in PCs. But Windows 8’s design, which emphasizes interactive tiles and touch controls, seems to have befuddled as many people as it has impressed. One leading research firm, International Data Corp., says Windows 8 contributed to a 14 percent decline in worldwide PC sales during the first three months of the year — the biggest year-over-year drop ever. Meanwhile, sales of smartphones and tablet computers are booming. The biggest beneficiaries have been Apple Inc., the maker of the iPhone and iPad, and Samsung Electronics Co., which sells the most devices running on Google Inc.’s Android software. Google is also benefiting from Android’s popularity through increased traffic to its services, creating more opportunities for the company to display ads. By contrast, leading PC makers such as Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc., which primarily sell Windowspowered machines, have been mired in a financial funk that has battered their stocks and raised questions about their futures. Despite the troubling signs, Microsoft insists it’s pleased with Windows 8’s performance. The company, which is based in Redmond, Wash., says more than 100 million Windows 8 licenses have been sold so far, up from about 60 million licenses in January. The licensing vol- ume “is in the same general ballpark,” as Microsoft’s previous operating system — Windows 7 — at a similar juncture of its sales cycle, according to Tami Reller, who serves as the marketing and financial chief for Microsoft’s Windows business. In an interview, Reller said Microsoft still realized changes need to be made to make Windows 8 easier to navigate and capable of taking full advantage of technology improvements that have come out since October. “Are there things that we can do to improve the experience? Absolutely,” Reller said “There is a learning curve (to Windows 8) and we can work to address that.” For now, Microsoft isn’t saying what kind of changes will be introduced with the release of Blue, which the company plans to anoint with a different name when the update is available. Microsoft also isn’t saying whether it will charge existing owners of Windows 8 devices to get the fixes in Blue. The company plans to release Blue in time for the holiday season. Reller said more details about Blue will be released before Microsoft holds a developers conference in San Francisco in late June. Some of Blue’s features are expected to be previewed at that conference. “I view this as a relaunch of Windows 8, finally giving everyone a fully baked version,” said technology analyst Patrick Moorhead. “It has been a very rough road for Microsoft so far.” If Blue is meant to make people more comfortable, the changes may incorporate more of the elements from earlier versions of Windows. A common complaint has centered on the lack of a “start” button in the Windows 8 menu. Other critics have pined for an option that would allow the system to begin in a desktop mode suited for running applications designed for earlier versions of the operating system. Windows 8 currently starts off showing a mosaic of interactive tiles tailored for swiping through programs with a finger instead of using a computer mouse. Republicans question security in immigration bill WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators criticized border security provisions in a new immigration bill Tuesday, arguing that the landmark legislation can’t pass Congress unless the measures are strengthened. “If in fact the American people can’t trust that the border is controlled you’re not going to be able to pass this bill,” said Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. “You’re going to have to do a lot more on border control.” Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., voiced similar concerns at a committee hearing to examine border security provisions of the bill, which is to face its first votes on Thursday before a different panel, the Judiciary Committee. Amendments are expected to be offered during the Judiciary session to boost the border provisions of the bill, which was introduced last month by four Democratic and four Republican senators. One of the legislation’s authors, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has already acknowledged that the bill will face a tough road to passage if the border security elements are not improved. Paul, a tea party favorite who’s voiced support for a comprehensive immigration overhaul, insisted his goal in raising questions about the bill is to make it better so it can pass not just the Democratic-controlled Senate but also the Republican-run House. He denied that he’s out to oppose the bill or slow it down. 60412545 �The Daily Sentinel Opinion Page 4 Wednesday, May 8, 2013 Compulsive gambling funds Police, politicians push surveillance post-Boston off pace of new casinos Stephen Singer AP Business Writer HARTFORD, Conn. — Tom Leksan lost nearly everything when gambling became an addiction with easy access to casinos. Once an Ohio lawyer, Leksan lost his job and marriage because of gambling, specifically blackjack. He had been gambling for years, he said, but did not become a problem gambler until he became hooked on riverboat casinos in nearby Indiana. “I think the casinos thrive off the compulsive gambler,” said Leksan, now a car salesman in northern California. “They pay lip service to treating problem gambling, but that’s their bread and butter.” The unrelenting spread of casino gambling across America is reaping billions of dollars for the industry and government coffers but is also creating more compulsive gamblers. Addiction experts say the sums spent by states for treatment and counseling are too little to keep pace. Even after the worst recession in decades and during a weak economic recovery, developers are building new casinos and adjoining attractions with the blessings of cash-hungry states. Ohio opened its first casinos last year, casino developers are vying for permission to build three casinos in Massachusetts, and New York City’s new Resorts World Casino at the Aqueduct racetrack is also shaking up casino gambling in the Northeast. Advocates for an expansion of treatment services point to enormous gaps between the money states are taking in and what they are spending on compulsive gambling. For example, casinos and card rooms in Pennsylvania generated about $2.3 billion in revenue in 2010 and the state transferred $17.5 million in casino revenue into its Problem Gambling Treatment Fund between 2007 and last year. Connecticut’s casinos, off-track betting and the state lottery generated nearly $659 million in state revenue in 2012 while problem gambling services that include counseling, treatment and a toll-free phone number for gamblers received $1.9 million. “Even as you see an expansion of gambling you’re not seeing a level playing field in treatment,” said Mark Vander Linden, president of the Association of Problem Gambling Service Administrators. Linden’s organization, in a 2010 report, found that 37 states were providing public funding for gambling programs — at a combined total level of just over $58 million. Nevada alone reported casino and card room gambling revenue that year of $10.4 billion, according to Casino City’s North American Gaming Almanac. About 2.6 million gamblers characterized as pathological, or unable to resist the impulse to gamble, are estimated to need treatment each year, the Association of Problem Gambling Service Administrators says. 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In addition, without an expansion in gambling in Connecticut and no Internet gambling, no one is clamoring for more funding. “Everything is pretty much status quo,” he said. Donald Weinbaum, executive director of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, where gambling has been legal for decades, said the state’s Internet gambling law signed by Gov. Chris Christie in February will lead to a big boost in financing problem gambling programs. Each casino that wins state approval to operate Internet betting will be required to pay $250,000 a year. It’s the first time casinos are being forced to pitch in to help finance such services, he said, and will boost current funding of $850,000 a year for treatment, prevention, education and other services that has held steady for about three years. Massachusetts state Sen. Stanley Rosenberg, a principal architect of legislation in 2011 allowing up to three resort casinos and a slot machine parlor, said gamblers from his state are spending money in casinos in neighboring states, leaving Massachusetts to treat problems related to their gambling troubles. Tami Abdollah The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Police and politicians across the U.S. are pointing to the example of surveillance video that was used to help identify the Boston Marathon bombing suspects as a reason to get more electronic eyes on their streets. From Los Angeles to Philadelphia, efforts include trying to gain police access to cameras used to monitor traffic, expanding surveillance networks in some major cities and enabling officers to get regular access to security footage at businesses. Some in law enforcement, however, acknowledge that their plans may face an age-old obstacle: Americans’ traditional reluctance to give the government more law enforcement powers out of fear that they will live in a society where there is little privacy. “Look, we don’t want an occupied state. We want to be able to walk the good balance between freedom and security,” Los Angeles police Deputy Chief Michael Downing, who heads the department’s counter-terrorism and special operations bureau. “If this helps prevent, deter, but also detect and create clues to who did (a crime), I guess the question is can the American public tolerate that type of security,” he said. The proliferation of cameras — both on street corners and on millions of smartphones — has helped catch lawbreakers, but plans to expand surveillance networks could run up against the millions of dollars it can cost to install and run the networks, experts say. Whatever Americans’ attitudes or the costs, experts say, the use of cameras is likely to increase in the coming years, whether they are part of an always-on, government-run network or a disparate, disorganized web of citizens’ smartphones and business security systems. “One of the lessons coming out of Boston is it’s not just going to be cameras operated by the city, but it’s going to be cameras that are in businesses, cameras that citizens use,” said Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum. “You’ll see the use of cameras will skyrocket.” Part of the push among law enforcement agencies is for greater integration of surveillance systems. For decades, law enforcement has contacted businesses for video after a crime. An integrated network would make that easier, advocates say. Since the Boston bombings, police officials have been making the case for such a network. 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And in Houston, officials want to add to their 450 cameras through more public and private partnerships. The city already has access to hundreds of additional cameras that monitor the water system, the rail system, freeways and public spaces such as Reliant Stadium, officials said. “If they have a camera that films an area we’re interested in, then why put up a separate camera?” said Dennis Storemski, director of the mayor’s office of public safety and homeland security. “And we allow them to use ours too.” In Los Angeles, police have been working on building up a regional video camera system funded by about $10 million in federal grant dollars over the last several years that would allow their network to be shared with nearby cities at the flip of a switch, Downing said. That effort is in addition to a recent request by an LA councilman who wants the city to examine allowing police access to cameras used to monitor traffic flow. If that happens, the LAPD’s network of about 700 cameras would grow to more than 1,000. “First, it’s a deterrent and, second, it’s evidence,” Downing said, adding, “it helps us in the hunt and pursuit.” Law enforcement experts say police need these augmented systems because the bystander with a smartphone in hand is no substitute for a surveillance camera that is deliberately placed in a heavy crime area. “The general public is not thinking about the kinds of critical factors in preventing and responding to crimes,” said Brenda Bond, a professor who researches organizational effectiveness of police agencies at Suffolk University in Boston. “My being in a location is happenstance, and what’s the likelihood of me capturing something on video?” The U.S. lags behind other countries in building up surveillance. One reason is the more than 18,000 state and local law enforcement agencies that each determines its own policy. Another reason is cost: A single high-definition camera can cost about $2,500 — not including the installation, maintenance or monitoring costs. Law enforcement budgets consist of up to 98 percent personnel costs, “so they don’t necessarily have the funding for new technologies,” Bond said. There are also questions about their effectiveness. A 2011 Urban Institute study examined surveillance systems in Baltimore, Chicago and Washington, and found that crime decreased in some areas with cameras while it remained unchanged in others. The success or failure often depended on how the system was set up and monitored in each city. While its deterrent effect remains debated, however, there’s general agreement that the cameras can be useful after a crime to help identify suspects. 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 �Wednesday, May 8, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Obituaries Faye C. Wildermuth Faye C. Wildermuth, 99, of Pomeroy, Ohio, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2013, at Holzer Senior Care in Bidwell. She was born on January 10, 1914, in Pomeroy, daughter of the late Mart Crary and Louise Theiss Crary. Faye was a longtime, active member of the New Beginnings United Methodist Church, serving on several church committees. She was an active member of the American Legion Auxiliary and she volunteered at the Meigs County Senior Citizens Center and Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center. She was also a member of the Eight and Forty organization and she was active in other various organizations. She is survived by her daughter, Donna (Gordon) Goble; grandchildren, Tina (Blake) Jury and Todd (Tammy) Nibert; great-grandchildren, Jacob and Leslie Jury and Quinton and Riley Nibert; local nieces and nephews, Alice Wamsley, Don (Barbara) Mora, and Elizabeth Smith; and several other nieces and nephews; step grandchildren, Rita (Bruce) Reed, Rob (Mandy) Goble; several step great-grandchil- dren; and one step great, great-grandson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald T. Wildermuth; son, Larry Wildermuth; brothers and sisters, Maye (Pearl) Mora, Helen (Norman) Fisher, Anna (Earl) Shumaker and George, Howard and Reed Crary. Funeral services will be held at noon on Friday, May 10, 2013, at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Pastor Brian Dunham officiating. Burial will follow at Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the New Beginnings United Methodist Church. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. Albert Eugene Lawson, Jr. Albert Eugene “Bird” Lawson, Jr., 49, of Portland, Ohio, went home to be with our Lord at 3:12 a.m. Sunday, May 5, 2013, in the Select Specialty Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Albert was born on August 15, 1963, in Pomeroy, Ohio, son of Albert Eugene Lawson, Sr. of Long Bottom and the late Margaret Ann Knight Lawson Boyce. Albert worked as a carpenter for A & B Construction, and Crain Plastics in Columbus, Ohio, and the Quality Casting Company of Orrville, Ohio. He attended the Mount Olive Community Church of Long Bottom. He is survived by his fiancee, Tina Hawley of Portland, Ohio; a step-daughter, Courtney Dawn White of Death Notices Martyn William Keith Martyn, 40, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Monday, May 6, 2013, at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the New Beginnings Church in Point Pleasant, W.Va., with the memorial service beginning at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, it was Keith’s wish that donations be made to St. Jude’s in his honor. Keith’s family has entrusted Crow-Hussell Funeral Home with his care. Newberry Leonard L. Newberry, 77, of Patriot, Ohio, died at his residence, holding hands with his wife of 56 years and surrounded by his loving family on Monday, May 6, 2013. Service will be 11 a.m., Friday, May 10, 2013 at the Willis Funeral Home with Rodney Roberts officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the funeral home. Prater Doris Elizabeth “Liz” Prater, 78, Vinton, Ohio, died Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Arbors of Gallipolis. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday May 11, 2013, in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with Rev. Chris Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Vinton Me- morial Park. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Stone Doris C. Stone, 94, of Gallipolis, died Saturday May 4, 2013, at Holzer Medical Center. A private burial service will be held at the convenience of the family. The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church on Sunday, May 19, 2013. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the First Presbyterian Church 51 State St. Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 in Doris’ memory. Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home is assisting the family. Report: Ohio’s 4 casinos see revenues dip in April CINCINNATI (AP) — All four of Ohio’s casinos saw dips in April revenues compared to their March numbers. A report released Tuesday by the Ohio Casino Control Commission shows Cleveland drawing in the highest revenue compared to the state’s other facilities. The casino there raked in almost $19.9 million. Columbus reported more than $18 million in April revenue. Cincinnati dropped from $21 million in its first month of op- eration in March, to about $17.8 million in April. Toledo also ticked down slightly from $17.8 million in March, to $16.4 million last month. Statewide, casino revenues dropped from $84.3 million in March to $72.2 million. The four casinos approved by voters in 2009 opened within a 10-month span, beginning with Toledo and Cleveland last May. The Columbus site opened in October. After 43 years, Arkansas wants fugitive back WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Lester Stiggers has been a wanted man for 43 years, but he hasn’t been hiding. He lives in a one-bedroom apartment, window blinds partly closed, along a busy road in a Detroit suburb. He gets by on $700 a month in Social Security benefits, usually making trips outside only to see a doctor. He needs an inhaler and 10 pills a day for his diabetes, high blood pressure and other ailments. A stocky man with thick arms, Stiggers grappled with sewer lines as a plumber until two strokes ended his working days, and also made his speech difficult to understand. He now passes time on the couch, bouncing a companion’s granddaughter on his lap while a children’s show glows from the TV. Since he fled prison in Arkansas in 1970, Stiggers, a convicted murderer, has been a quirk of justice, living openly in one state while wanted in another. But his time as a free man may be coming to an end as the result of a twist in a decades-old saga involving the dark history of one state’s prison system and the social views of another state’s governor. Stiggers was one of two young black men given asylum in Michigan in the 1970s by William Milliken, a Midwestern governor who believed in using his powers broadly to address injustice. The fugitives claimed they were victims of unfair treatment in the South. The cases have largely been forgotten over the years and, until this spring, Stiggers thought he had been, too. By sending a letter seeking Stiggers’ return, Arkansas abruptly renewed its efforts to bring him back to prison where he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life. And Michigan is considering it. The man at the center of the tale is now 63. He was astounded when reporters from The Associated Press knocked on his door and told him of Arkansas’ request. “I’m an invalid now. I’m half dead,” Stiggers said. “What would their interest be to have me back?” Stiggers’ life is entwined with the history of Arkansas’ prisons in the 1960s. The brutality and horrific conditions were documented by penal reformer Thomas Murton and inspired the 1980 Robert Redford movie “Brubaker.” Stiggers was sent to a state prison farm at the age of 15 after he was convicted of killing his father, whom he said beat him and his mother regularly. Stiggers said he never talked about the abuse at his trial because his lawyer advised him not to testify. The AP couldn’t reach anyone involved in the trial. When Stiggers was allowed a five-day furlough for good behavior — a privilege no longer available to those convicted of such serious crimes — he went to Michigan, where his mother lived. He’s been there ever since. When Arkansas requested his return at the time, Milliken refused, citing, in part, the “cruel and unusual treatment” in Arkansas’ prisons. At the sprawling Tucker prison farm where Stiggers was held, inmate “trusties” guarded prisoners working the fields. Stiggers said he was forced to pick cotton and endured beatings. “I’d probably be dead right now,” Stiggers said, if he hadn’t absconded. The year he fled, a federal judge, Jesse Smith Henley, declared the state’s entire prison system unconstitutional, writing: “In a very real sense, trusty guards have the power of life and death over other inmates.” Milliken’s decision to rebuff Arkansas’ extradition request was in character for the moderate Republican who held the office from 1969 to 1982. Milliken, a soft-spoken white businessman from the northern Michigan town of Traverse City, built a relationship with Detroit’s fiery black mayor, Coleman Young, and boosted state assistance to the city during a time of intense racial strife. Parkersburg, W. Va.; his father and stepmother, Albert Eugene, Sr. and Susan Kay Lawson of Long Bottom; two brothers, Tom (Robins) Lawson of Portland, Ohio, and Robert (Clara) Lawson of Columbus, Ohio; a step-sister, Margaret (James) Dawson of Shreve, Ohio; step brother, Elmer G. Clark, Jr. of Orrville, Ohio; a step-grandgrandmother, Edna M. Stewart of Pomeroy, Ohio; three nieces, Roxie Stout and Tara Farme, both of Columbus, Ohio, and Katlyn Lawson of Long Bottom; a nephew, Robert E. Lawson, Jr., of Columbus; a great-niece, Alexis, and great-nephew, Jaden, both of Columbus; several cousins, aunts and uncles; and special friends, Sean Williams and Patricia Cruey. Albert will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, John and Olive; maternal grandparents, William “Bill” and Cleo Hawk; and maternal grandfather, Robert Eugene Knight; along with other family members and friends. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine. Pastor Charles Whaley will officiate. Interment will be in Sand Hill Cemetery, Long Bottom, Ohio. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until time of service on Thursday at the funeral home. Expressions of symphathy may be sent to the family by visiting www.cremeensfuneralhomes@yahoo.com. NJ Gov. Christie had secret weight loss surgery (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has both joked about his weight and said that it’s a real concern, secretly underwent a weight-loss surgery in February that experts say could help him if he gets exercise and watches what he eats. The father of four agreed to the surgery, in which a band was placed around his stomach to restrict the amount of food he can eat, after turning 50 in September, spokesman Michael Drewniak confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday. Christie told The New York Post, which first reported the surgery, that he said he wasn’t motivated by thoughts of running for president. “I’ve struggled with this issue for 20 years,” he told the newspaper. “For me, this is about turning 50 and looking at my children and wanting to be there for them.” Christie has never disclosed his weight, but it’s been an issue throughout his political career. Christie said four years ago that then-Gov. Jon Corzine was bringing it up in a campaign commercial that accused Christie of “throwing his weight around” to get out of traffic tickets. Comics including Jimmy Kimmel and David Letterman also have made fun of it. In interviews with Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters and others, Christie has both joked about the issue and said solemnly that he’s trying to shed pounds. During a February appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” the governor pulled out a doughnut and said his girth was “fair game” for comedians. Over his appearances the next few days, he was asked repeatedly about his weight. At one point, he said he had a plan for shedding some pounds: “Whether it’s successful or not,” he said, “you’ll all be able to notice.” The next day, he responded angrily to comments from a former White House physician who said she worried about him dying in office. The governor said Dr. Connie Mariano should “shut up.” Ten days after that, on Feb. 16, Christie had the surgery. He said the operation lasted 40 minutes and he was home the same afternoon. Christie, who is in the midst of a re-election campaign, declined to say how much weight he has lost since the surgery. “A week or two ago, I went to a steakhouse and ordered a steak and ate about a third of it and I was full,” he told the Post. The Republican governor is running for a second term in November, although his name is often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate. “I know it sounds crazy to say that running for president is minor, but in the grand scheme of things, it was looking at Mary Pat and the kids and going, ‘I have to do this for them, even if I don’t give a crap about myself,’” he said. The revelation about Christie’s surgery came the same day that MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski’s book featuring comments from Christie hit bookstores. In the book, “Obsessed: America’s Food Addiction — And My Own,” Christie describes working out four times a week but not seeing major weight drops and hearing critics say that his weight shows he’s undisciplined. He also talks about what others have said on Twitter, such as: “HEY GOVERNOR, WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST TODAY, ONE STICK OF BUTTER OR TWO?” “For somebody like me who’s had so much success in my life, and really been successful at everything I’ve tried, to not be able to be successful at this is incredibly discouraging,” he said. Approximately 160,000 stomach-reducing procedures of various types are performed each year. Gastric bypass, sometimes called stomach stapling, where surgeons shrink the stomach’s size and reroute food to the small intestine, is the most common. Gastric band surgery, best known by the brand name Lap-Band, is a less invasive and reversible alternative, in which an adjustable ring is placed over the top of the stomach and tightened to restrict how much food can enter. Candidates for gastric banding must have a body mass index of between 30 and 40 — plus a weight-related medical condition, such as diabetes or high blood pressure — or a BMI of 40 and higher. They also must have previously attempted to lose weight through diet and exercise. Christie, who says he does not have any other significant health problems, has talked about working with a personal trainer since he first ran for governor four years ago. “If you eat appropriately and chew your food, it works nicely,” said Dr. Christina Li, a bariatric doctor at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. She said Christie has the resources to have people help him eat right and get exercise. While the band is removable, she said patients are told to adjust to having it for the rest of their lives. Li said risks include infection, and that it does not work for all patients. Dr. Jaime Ponce, who practices in Dalton, Ga., and is president of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, said people who have the procedure Christie had often lose 1 to 2 pounds per week. Christie’s procedure was performed by Dr. George Fielding, head of NYU Medical Center’s Weight Management Program, who did the same procedure for New York Jets coach Rex Ryan three years ago. “It basically teaches you how to eat like a human,” Ryan said of the device in an interview last week with The Associated Press. “I’d go to McDonald’s or whatever and have a Big Mac, a quarter-pounder, a 20-piece (McNuggets) and some French fries and I never realized that was out of control. The Lap-Band goes: ‘No, no. You’re only going to eat this or that, and it trains your body how to eat right,” said Ryan, who said he has lost 115 pounds from his pre-surgery weight of 348. The adjustable Lap-Band has been available in the U.S. since 2001 for the most obese patients. In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration expanded approval to somewhat less obese patients. Panel upholds disputed GOP win in Ohio House race COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Republican-controlled committee recommended on Tuesday that the Ohio House of Representatives let stand a GOP candidate’s eight-vote victory from last year. The results of the House race between Republican Rep. Al Landis and Democrat Josh O’Farrell have been disputed for months, though Landis has been seated and performing the duties of a state representative since January. The 98th House district covers Tuscarawas and part of Holmes counties. Keeping the seat Republican means the GOP would hold onto its 60-vote majority in the House. That majority allows Republicans to more easily place a constitutional amendment on the ballot or override a governor’s veto without a Democratic vote. The full Republican-led House must still vote on the committee’s recommendations in the form of a resolution. The panel chairman, Republican Rep. Matt Huffman of Lima, said he expected the vote to come later this month, after the resolution sits for a 10-day period so lawmakers can further review it. State law gives the House the right to judge an election of its own members. In February, Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor ordered evidence and other records collected in O’Farrell’s challenge to be transferred to the House. �The Daily Sentinel Sports WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 mdssports@civitasmedia.com Lady Knights finish with winning record Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant girls tennis team had a triumphant return to the Class AAA level this year after winning three of its final four regular season matches to close the spring with an 8-7 overall record. The Lady Knights picked up a 7-0 victory over Lincoln County, then dropped a 7-0 decision to Huntington — which moved their record to 6-7 with two matches remaining. PPHS recorded a pair of 4-3 wins over Spring Valley and Winfield to finish the 2013 regular season with a winning campaign. In the match against Lincoln County, Emily Kitchen posted an 8-1 win over Elissa Johnson in first singles and Hannah Smith had an 8-0 victory over Kate Thornton in second singles. Kelsey Allbright earned an 8-0 win over Whitney Ramey in third singles and Valerie Smith won an 8-0 decision over Kaylee Christian in fourth singles. Kitchen and Hannah Smith earned an 8-0 win over Johnson and Kate Thaxton in first doubles, while Allbright and Valerie Smith claimed an 8-1 victory over Ramey and Elizabeth Akers in second doubles. Tabi Dean and Kaitlyn Dunn posted an 8-3 win over Taylor Muncy and Destiny Napier in third doubles. Maggie Criste and Shanna Hunter also earned a 6-2 exhibition win over Muncy and Akers. PPHS won more than two games in just two matches against Huntington. Allbright dropped an 8-4 decision to Rachel Subick in third singles, while Kitchen and Hannah Smith suffered a 9-8 (7-4) setback to Maddie Clark and Braddick Price in first doubles. Three of the four wins against Spring Valley came in singles competition, with the lone setback coming in first singles after Kitchen dropped an 8-6 decision to Meredith Hall. Hannah Smith earned an 8-3 win over Abby Chaffin in second singles, Allbright claimed an 8-0 win over Hannah Ray in third singles and Valerie Smith posted an 8-2 victory over Mackenzie Wright in fourth singles. Allbright and Smith clinched things with an 8-0 victory over Ray and Lakin Boggs in second doubles. Kitchen and Hannah Smith suffered an 8-6 setback in first doubles to Hall and Chaffin, while Dean and Dunn dropped a 9-8 (11-9) decision to Wright and Shelly Wellman in third doubles. The Lady Knights earned a 2-2 split in singles competition against Winfield, but Point also claimed 2-of-3 decisions in doubles play to secure a winning campaign. Kitchen dropped an 8-0 decision to Cheyenne Farley in first singles, while Hannah Smith suffered an 8-2 loss to Jaden Hardesty in second singles. Allbright earned an 8-0 victory over Anusha Khawaja in third singles and Smith posted an 8-6 win over Faith Burdette in fourth singles. Kitchen and Hunter dropped a hard-fought 9-7 outcome to Farley and Hardesty in first doubles, but Allbright and Smith claimed an 8-1 win in second doubles over Khawaja and Burdette. Dean and Dunn wrapped up the triumph with an 8-4 victory over Samantha Cole and Arianine Costa in third doubles. Alex Hawley | Daily Sentinel River Valley junior Kayla Browning runs in the shuttle hudles at the GAHS Rotary Relays in Centenary. RVHS track competes at Lydiard Classic Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com SOUTH POINT, Ohio — The River Valley track and field teams had fair showings Friday night at South Point High School, as the girls placed eighth and the boys finished 14th at the 2013 Arthur Lydiard Classic held in Lawrence County. The Lady Raiders earned four top-four finishes en route to scoring 33 points in the 13-team field, while the Raiders had just one top-six effort and scored five points in the 14-team division. The Athens girls and Unioto boys came away with top team honors after scoring 154 and 120 points, respectively. Randi Wray was fourth in the 300m hurdles with a mark of 53.89 seconds, while Rylie Hollingsworth finished fourth in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 2 inches. Olivia Walker was also fourth in the discus event with a throw of 95 feet, 2 inches. The quartet of Sheyan McGrath, Grayden Hammond, Kasey Eblin and Ashten Brooks finished fourth overall in the 4x800m relay with a time of 12:13.56. Hollingsworth, Lenae Pence, Carli Dillon and Keyana Ward also placed fifth in the 4x200m relay with a mark of 1:57.22. The 4x100m squad of Pence, Dillon, Hollingsworth and Wray placed sixth with a time of 55.74 seconds, while McGrath, Ward, Dillon and Wray claimed sixth in the 4x400m relay with a mark of 4:47.04. Jacob Marcum had the lone top-six effort for the Raiders after placing sixth in the discus event with a heave of 124 feet, 11 inches. Complete results of the 2013 Arthur Lydiard Classic at South Point High School are available on the web at baumspage.com OVP Sports Schedule Wednesday, May 8 Baseball Wellston at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. River Valley at Chesapeake, 5 p.m. Belpre at Eastern, 5 p.m. Federal Hocking at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Softball Federal Hocking at South Gallia, 5 p.m. River Valley at Chesapeake, 5 p.m. Southern at Wahama, 5 p.m. Belpre at Eastern, 5 p.m. Track and Field TVC Hocking meet at Vinton County, 4 p.m. Tennis Gallia Academy at Marietta, 4:30 Thursday, May 9 Baseball Jackson at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. South Point at River Valley, 5 p.m. Softball South Point at River Valley, 5 p.m. Jackson at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Wahama, 6 p.m. St. Albans at Point Pleasant 6 p.m. Gallia Academy at Meigs, 5 p.m. Oak Hill at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Track and Field TVC Ohio Meet, TBA Tennis Chillicothe at Gallia Academy, 4:30 Alex Hawley | file photo Eastern junior Erin Swatzel waits on a pitch during the Lady Eagles 1-0 victory over Southern on April 8th in Tuppers Plains. Lady Eagles wallop Waterford Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Turning hits into runs is the name of the game. The Eastern softball team marked 13 hits in Saturday’s 8-1 Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division victory over Waterford in Meigs County. Eastern (12-9, 11-2 TVC Hocking) broke through in the bottom of the first inning and added two more runs in the fourth to push its lead to 5-0. The Lady Cats (8-11, 5-7) got on the scoreboard with a run in the top of the fifth but EHS countered with a run of its own in the home half. EHS rallied for two more runs in the sixth inning to cap off the 8-1 triumph. Sophomore Grace Edwards earned the victory after giving up just one run on six hits in seven innings of work. Edwards walked four batters and struck out nine in the win. Hess suffered the setback after giving up eight runs and 13 hits, while striking out three. Erin Swatzel led the Lady Eagles with two hits, a triple and a double, while Edwards marked a double and a single. Paige Cline and Tori Goble each hit two singles, while Kiki Osborne, Amber Moodispaugh, Sabra Bailey, Morgan Barringer and Hannah Hawley each finished with one hit. Osborne and Edwards both scored two runs, followed by Swatzel, Goble and Cline with one each. Swatzel notched a game-high three runs batted in, while Goble, Edwards, Moodispaugh and Barringer each had one. Barringer and Cline each had two stolen bases, while Goble and Osborne finished with one apiece. Hess and Pratt led the Lady Cats with two hits in the game, Hess scored the lone run. Eastern has now won four games in a row for the second time this season. Eagles blank Federal Hocking, 8-0 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — You don’t need a lot offense when you only give up one hit, then again it never hurts. The Eastern baseball team held Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division visitor Federal Hocking to just one hit Saturday as the Eagles took the 8-0 victory in Meigs County. Eastern (14-3, 10-3 TVC Hocking) got on the scoreboard for the first time when Derick Powell drove in Zack Scowden in the opening inning. Powell and Joey Scowden each scored in the fourth frame, while Powell, Zack Scowden, Ethan Nottingham and Joey Scowden each scored in the fifth. Tyler Morris scored the Eagles’ final run of the game in the sixth inning to complete the 8-0 victory. Senior Joey Scowden earned the win after giving up just one hit and two walks, while striking out five in seven innings. Delbert Crum suffered the loss for the Lancers (11-14, 7-7). Zack Scowden led Eastern with two hits, while Josh Shook, Christian Speelman and Joey Scowden each marked one hit. Powell, Joey Scowden and Zack Scowden each scored twice, while Nottingham and Morris each scored once. Powell and Joey Scowden each finished with a pair of RBIs, followed by Speelman and Shook with one each. Powell had a game-high two stolen bases, while Speelman, Max Carnahan and Brandon Coleman each had one. Steven Coen had the lone hit for the Lancers, a single in the fourth inning. Federal Hocking defeated Eastern in the teams first meeting on April 3rd in Stewart by a count of 7-2. The Green and White have now won four games in a row, while FHHS has dropped four of its last five decisions. �Wednesday, May 8, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 7 www.mydailysentinel.com NEWS REPORTER POSITION OPEN Editor seeks full-time reporter to round out a small team of newshounds. The successful candidate will work primarily in The Point Pleasant Register office based in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, but he or she will serve three counties, as needed: Mason (W.Va.), Gallia and Meigs (Ohio). I am looking for someone who knows a little bit about a lot of things and is not afraid to ask questions. I need someone who loves to learn. The candidate must have dependable transportation and understand the stresses of a small news team. This position can be a lot of fun, but I need a candidate who will consistently show up physically and mentally. This position requires strong writing and interviewing skills with a dash of public and political savvy. The job will require some photography, but not on a large scale. A degree in a related field is strongly desired. A slightly twisted sense of humor is not mandatory but is strongly encouraged. Thin-skinned, whiny or wimpy people need not apply. I need a self-starter with a great attitude, love for people and machine-like productivity. If you think you’ve got what it takes, send your resume’ and cover letter to: sfilson@civitasmedia.com. Please direct any questions to this address, as well. Stephanie Filson, Managing Editor 60415523 60402051 Help Wanted General SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE THE STATE OF OHIO, MEIGS COUNTY. GLENN STOUT : Plaintiff : CASE NO. 12 CIV 104 vs. : MELODY DOTSON, et al. : Defendants. : In pursuance of an Order of Sale dated April 23, 2013, in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, at the front door of the Court House, in Pomeroy, Ohio, in the above named County, on Friday, the 31st day of May, 2013 at 10:00 o'clock A. M., the following described real estate, situate in the County of Meigs, and State of Ohio, towit: Situate in the Township of Bedford in the County of Meigs SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL and State of Ohio: Beginning ESTATE 80 rods south of the northeast THE STATE OF OHIO, MEIGS corner of Section 25, Town 3, COUNTY. Range 13 of the Ohio ComGLENN STOUT : pany’s Purchase and running Plaintiff : CASE NO. 12 CIV west 160 rods; thence south 104 80 rods; thence east 160 rods; LEGALS LEGALS Professional Services vs. : thence north 80 rods to the MELODY DOTSON, et al. : place of beginning, containing Defendants. : 80 acres, more or less. SAVE Stanley In pursuance of an Order of and EXCEPT 20 acres deeded Tree Trimming Sale dated April 23, 2013, in by J.S. Epple and Eliza Epple & Removal the above entitled action, I will to William and Ella May Reu• Prompt and Quality Work offer for sale at public auction, ter off the west end of the • Reasonable Rates at the front door of the Court above described tract, leaving House, in Pomeroy, Ohio, in 60 acres, more or less. Also, a • Insured • Experienced the above named County, on private road through the 20• References Available Friday, the 31st day of May, acre tract of William and Ella Gary Stanley 2013 at 10:00 o'clock A. M., May Reuter, described as fol740-591-8044 the following described real es- lows: Beginning at a pair of tate, situate in the County of bars and running in a westerly Please leave a message Meigs, and State of Ohio, todirection to near a well to the wit: public road. LEGALS Situate in the Township of Also the following described Bedford in the County of Meigs real estate in the same County, SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL and State of Ohio: Beginning Township and State: BeginESTATE 80 rods south of the northeast ning at a stake 9.18 rods north THE STATE OF OHIO, MEIGS corner of Section 25, Town 3, of the southwest corner of AuCOUNTY. Range 13 of the Ohio Comgust Hartung’s 40-acre lot in GLENN STOUT : pany’s Purchase and running Section 19; thence north 98.55 Plaintiff : CASE NO. 12 CIV west 160 rods; thence south rods to a stone; thence west 104 80 rods; thence east 160 rods; 86.6 rods to Joseph Will’s land; vs. : thence north 80 rods to the thence south to the center of MELODY DOTSON, et al. : place of beginning, containing the county road; thence followDefendants. : 80 acres, more or less. SAVE ing the center of the county In pursuance of an Order of and EXCEPT 20 acres deeded road to the place of beginning, Miscellaneous Sale dated April 23, 2013, in by J.S. Epple and Eliza Epple containing 36 acres, more or the above entitled action, I will to William and Ella May Reuless. offer for sale at public auction, ter off the west end of the Also, the following described at the front door of the Court above described tract, leaving real estate in the same County, House, in Pomeroy, Ohio, in 60 acres, more or less. Also, a Township and State: Being in the above named County, on private road through the 20Town 3, Range 13 and SecFriday, the 31st day of May, acre tract of William and Ella tion 25 in the Ohio Company’s 2013 at 10:00 o'clock A. M., May Reuter, described as folPurchase. 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Beginning in the paid upon delivery of deed. lows: Beginning at a pair of east line of said Section 25 THIS SHERIFF'S SALE OPbars and running in a westerly 160 rods south of the northERATES UNDER THE DOCdirection to near a well to the east corner of said section and TRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. public road. running west 160 rods; thence THE MEIGS COUNTY SHERWe’ll Your Computer Also the following described south 80 rods; thence east 160Repair IFF MAKES NO GUARANTEE Internet!OF TITLE real estate in the same County, rods; thence north 80 rods toThrough AS The TO STATUS Township and State: Beginthe place of beginning, conTO SALE. Solutions PRIOR For: ning at a stake 9.18 rods north taining 80 acres, more or Slow less.Computers KEITH WOOD, SHERIFF • E-Mail & Printer Problems Over $10,000 corner in credit of the southwest ofcard Au- bills? 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LOUKS part hereby conveyed being OTHS, HEISER & MILLER, the east half of said 80-acre LLC tract, and containing 40 acres, Attorney for Plaintiff more or less. 5/8 5/15 5/22 Parcel No.: 0100778000; 0100776000; 0100777000 Said premises appraised at Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00) and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of said amount; TERMS OF SALE: Ten per cent (10%) cash in may handpay on for your diabetic Your insurance daysupplies of sale with withbalance li�le to to nobe cost to you. paid upon delivery of deed. THIS SHERIFF'S SALECall OP-NOW to make sure you are ge�ing ERATES UNDER THE DOCthe best deal on your TRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. Diabetic Supplies! THE MEIGS COUNTY SHERmonitoring IFF MAKES NO GUARANTEE starting aro und ����YOU�MAY�QUALIFY�FOR� AS TO STATUS OF TITLE • A glucose meter upgrade PRIOR TO SALE. • Free prescription delivery KEITH WOOD, SHERIFF per week *with $99 customer MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO• Great deals on products ation e and purchase of alarm install monitoring charg services. REBECCA D. LOUKS & services • And FREE gi�s OTHS, HEISER & MILLER, LLC Call Today, Protect Tomorrow! AMERICA’S�DIABETIC� Attorney for Plaintiff SAVINGS�CLUB 5/8 5/15 5/22 NATIONAL MARKETPLACE for 12 month s 1-888-721-0871 BURIED in CREDIT CARDDEBT? Fix Your Computer Now! 888-781-3386 25 ARE YOU A DIABETIC? CALL�NOW!�����-���-���� 1-888-718-8142 Mon-Fri 8am - 11pm • Sat 9am - 8pm • Sun 10am - 6pm EST SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE THE STATE OF OHIO, MEIGS COUNTY. GLENN STOUT : Plaintiff : CASE NO. 12 CIV 104 vs. : MELODY DOTSON, et al. : Defendants. : In pursuance of an Order of Sale dated April 23, 2013, in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, at the front door of the Court House, in Pomeroy, Ohio, in the above named County, on Friday, the 31st day of May, 2013 at 10:00 o'clock A. M., the following described real estate, situate in the County of Meigs, and State of Ohio, towit: Situate in the Township of Bedford in the County of Meigs and State of Ohio: Beginning 80 rods south of the northeast corner of Section 25, Town 3, Range 13 of the Ohio Company’s Purchase and running west 160 rods; thence south 80 rods; thence east 160 rods; thence north 80 rods to the place of beginning, containing 80 acres, more or less. SAVE and EXCEPT 20 acres deeded by J.S. Epple and Eliza Epple to William and Ella May Reuter off the west end of the above described tract, leaving 60 acres, more or less. Also, a private road through the 20acre tract of William and Ella May Reuter, described as follows: Beginning at a pair of bars and running in a westerly direction to near a well to the public road. Also the following described real estate in the same County, Township and State: Beginning at a stake 9.18 rods north of the southwest corner of August Hartung’s 40-acre lot in Section 19; thence north 98.55 rods to a stone; thence west 86.6 rods toLEGALS Joseph Will’s land; thence south to the center of the county road; thence following the center of the county road to the place of beginning, containing 36 acres, more or less. Also, the following described real estate in the same County, Township and State: Being in Town 3, Range 13 and Section 25 in the Ohio Company’s Purchase. Beginning in the east line of said Section 25 160 rods south of the northeast corner of said section and running west 160 rods; thence south 80 rods; thence east 160 rods; thence north 80 rods to the place of beginning, containing 80 acres, more or less. EXCEPT 40 acres off the west end of said 80-acre tract; the part hereby conveyed being the east half of said 80-acre tract, and containing 40 acres, more or less. Parcel No.: 0100778000; 0100776000; 0100777000 Said premises appraised at Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00) and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of said amount; TERMS OF SALE: Ten per cent (10%) cash in hand on day of sale with balance to be paid upon delivery of deed. THIS SHERIFF'S SALE OPERATES UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. THE MEIGS COUNTY SHERIFF MAKES NO GUARANTEE AS TO STATUS OF TITLE PRIOR TO SALE. KEITH WOOD, SHERIFF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO REBECCA D. LOUKS OTHS, HEISER & MILLER, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 5/8 5/15 5/22 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE: is hereby given that on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second St. Pomeroy OH. The Farmers Bank and Savings Company is selling for cash in hand or certified check the following collateral: 2002 Dodge Durango VIN #: 1B4HS48N62F127742 The Farmers Bank and Savings Company, Pomeroy, Ohio, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to withdraw the above collateral prior to sale. Further, The Farmers Bank and Savings Company reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted. The above described collateral will be sold “as is-where is”, with no expressed or implied warranty given. For further information, or for an appointment to inspect collateral, prior to sale date contact Randy at 740-992-4048. 5/8 5/9 5/10 SHERIFF’S SALE, CASE NO. 12 CV 091, PEOPLES BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF, VS. THOMAS P. BROOKS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Keith O. Wood, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, May 31, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: Situated in the County of Meigs, State of Ohio, and Township of Salisbury, and bounded and described as follows: Situated in 100 Acre Lot No. 370, Section 34, Town 1, Range 12 of the Ohio Company’s Purchase. Beginning at an iron pin at the Southwest corner of Grace Mulford’s land; thence North 14 deg. 41' East 116 feet to the Southeast corner of the Harry Mohler lot; thence South 861/2 deg. West 187 feet to Mohler’s Southwest corner; thence South 16 deg. West 200 feet; thence South 86-1/4 deg. East 201 feet; thence North 14 deg. 41' East 84 feet to the place of beginning, containing 0.87 acre, more or less. Save and except a right of way 16 feet wide running Northerly and Southerly through the East half of said 0.87 acre for egress and ingress to the lots adjoining on the North. �SHERIFF’S SALE, CASE NO. 12 CV 107, FARMERS BANK AND SAVINGS COMPANY, PLAINTIFF, VS. AMY L. YOUNG AKA AMY LYNN YOUNG, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Keith O. Wood, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, May 31, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: PARCEL NO. 1: Situated in the Village of Racine, County of Meigs and State of Ohio: Situate in Section #16, Town #2, Range #12, Township of Sutton, Village of Racine, County of Meigs and State of Ohio and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of a 28/100 acre tract now owned by Fannie Miller Sayre and C. E. Sayre; thence North with said Sayre’s East line a distance of 180 feet to the North line of original lot #21 at a distance of 70 feet to the Northwest corner of Marlin Young and Elva Young 20/100 acre tract of land; thence South on Young’s West line a distance of 70 feet to the place of beginning, containing 28/100 acres, more or less. Reserving to the State of Ohio all oil, gas coal and other minerals with all of the rights appertaining thereto as provided by the laws of Ohio. FIRST EXCEPTION: Excepting and reserving to the grantors 25 feet off the West side of the above described real estate. SECOND EXCEPTION: Excepting and reserving to the grantors 60 feet off the North side of the above described real estate. The real estate conveyed by this deed fronts 55 feet on Vine Street and extends Northerly 120 feet. Auditor’s Parcel No.: 1900219.001 PARCEL NO. 2: Situate in the Township of Sutton, Village of Racine, County of Meigs and State of Ohio, and more particularly described as follows: Being within Section 16, Town 2, Range 12 and Lot 2, and beginning at the Southeast corner of William Snider’s lot or what was same located on the North side of a twenty foot street North 89 degrees East a distance of 706 feet from the intersection of Vine Street and Broadway, or what was commonly known as Seventh Street, the intersection being the North side of Vine with the center of Seventh; thence North a distance of 177 feet to the North side of Lot 2; thence North 89 degrees, 19' East a distance of 50 feet to the Northwest corner of what was Laura Baker’s lot and is now the Mason Spencer real estate; thence South a distance of 178 feet to the North side of aforesaid Vine Street; thence along the North side of said Vine Street South 898 degrees 15' West a distance of 50 feet to the place of beginning, containing twenty hundredth’s acre (0.20), more or less. EXCEPT the minerals reserved by the State of Ohio. Auditor’s Parcel No.: 1900343.000 Subject to all legal highways, easements, rights of ways, zoning ordinances, restrictions and conditions of record. Reference Deed: Volume 288, Page 44, Meigs County Official Records. The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 811 Vine Street, Racine, OH 45771. CURRENT OWNER: Amy L. Young. REAL ESTATE APPRAISED AT: $49,000.00. The real estate cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised Reserving to the State of Ohio all oil, gas coal and other minerals with all of the rights appertaining thereto as provided by the laws of Ohio. FIRST EXCEPTION: Excepting and reserving to the grantors 25 feet off the West side of the above described real estate. SECOND EXCEPTION: Excepting andLEGALS reserving to the grantors 60 feet off the North side of the above described real estate. The real estate conveyed by this deed fronts 55 feet on Vine Street and extends Northerly 120 feet. Auditor’s Parcel No.: 1900219.001 PARCEL NO. 2: Situate in the Township of Sutton, Village of Racine, County of Meigs and State of Ohio, and more particularly described as follows: Being within Section 16, Town 2, Range 12 and Lot 2, and beginning at the Southeast corner of William Snider’s lot or what was same located on the North side of a twenty foot street North 89 degrees East a distance of 706 feet from the intersection of Vine Street and Broadway, or what was commonly known as Seventh Street, the intersection being the North side of Vine with the center of Seventh; thence North a distance of 177 feet to the North side of Lot 2; thence North 89 degrees, 19' East a distance of 50 feet to the Northwest corner of what was Laura Baker’s lot and is now the Mason Spencer real estate; thence South a distance of 178 feet to the North side of aforesaid Vine Street; thence along the North side of said Vine Street South 898 degrees 15' West a distance of 50 feet to the place of beginning, containing twenty hundredth’s acre (0.20), more or less. EXCEPT the minerals reserved by the State of Ohio. Auditor’s Parcel No.: 1900343.000 Subject to all legal highways, easements, rights of ways, zoning ordinances, restrictions and conditions of record. Reference Deed: Volume 288, Page 44, Meigs County Official Records. The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 811 Vine Street, Racine, OH 45771. CURRENT OWNER: Amy L. Young. REAL ESTATE APPRAISED AT: $49,000.00. The real estate cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised value. The appraisal does not include an interior examination of any structures, if any, on the real estate. TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. ORC 2327.02(C) requires successful bidders to pay recording fees and associated costs to the Sheriff. ALL SHERIFF’S SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: Michael L. Barr, LITTLE, SHEETS & BARR, LLP, 211213 E. Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 (5)8, 15, 22 LEGAL NOTICE Minter Fryar, whose last place of residence is known as 2440 Union Alley, Syracuse, OH 45779 but whose present place of residence is unknown, Jane Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Minter Fryer, whose last place of residence is known as 2440 Union Alley, Syracuse, OH 45779 but whose present place of residence is unknown, Tara Fryar, whose last place of residence is known as 2440 Union Alley, Syracuse, OH 45779 but whose present place of residence is unknown, and John Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Tara Fryar, whose last place of residence is known as 2440 Union Alley, Syracuse, OH 45779 but whose present place of residence is unknown, will take notice that on March 20, 2013, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee For Meritage Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2004-2, filed its Second Amended Complaint in Foreclosure in Case No. 13-CV-032 in the Court of Common Pleas Meigs County, Ohio alleging that the Defendants, Minter Fryar, Jane Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Minter Fryer, Tara Fryar, and John Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Tara Fryar, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate located at 2440 Union Alley, Syracuse, OH 45779, PPN #2000520000. A complete legal description may be obtained with the Meigs County Auditor’s Office located at 100 East Second Street, Room 201, Pomeroy, OH 45769. The Petitioner further alleges that by reason of default of the Defendant(s) in the payment of a promissory note, according to its tenor, the conditions of a concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken, and the same has become absolute. The Petitioner prays that the Defendant(s) named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshalling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Petitioner’s claim in the property order of its priority, and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable. THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE ARE REQUIRED TO ANSWER ON OR BEFORE THE 24th DAY OF MAY, 2013. BY: THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN D. CLUNK CO., L.P.A. Laura C. Infante #0082050 Attorneys for Plaintiff-Petitioner 4500 Courthouse Blvd. Suite 400 Stow, OH 44224 (330) 436-0300 - telephone (330) 436-0301 - facsimile requests@johndclunk.com 4/24 5/1 5/8 Union Alley, Syracuse, OH 45779 but whose present place of residence is unknown, will take notice that on March 20, 2013, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As www.mydailysentinel.com Trustee For Meritage Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2004-2, filed its Second Amended Complaint in Foreclosure in Case No. 13-CV-032 Repairs LEGALS in the Court of Common Pleas Joe's TV Repair on most Meigs County, Ohio alleging makes & Models. House Calls that the Defendants, Minter 304-675-1724 Fryar, Jane Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Minter Fryer, Tara Fryar, and John Doe, UnFINANCIAL SERVICES known Spouse, if any, of Tara Fryar, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate locMoney To Lend ated at 2440 Union Alley, SyraNOTICE Borrow Smart. Contact cuse, OH 45779, PPN #2000520000. A complete leg- the Ohio Division of Financial InOffice of Consumer Afal description may be obtained stitutions fairs BEFORE you refinance your with the Meigs County home or obtain a loan. BEWARE Auditor’s Office located at 100 of requests for any large advance East Second Street, Room payments of fees or insurance. Call the Office of Consumer Affi201, Pomeroy, OH 45769. ars toll free at 1-866-278-0003 to The Petitioner further alleges learn if the mortgage broker or that by reason of default of the Defendant(s) in the payment of lender is properly licensed. (This is a public service announcement a promissory note, according from the Ohio Valley Publishing to its tenor, the conditions of a Company) concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of EMPLOYMENT said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken, and the same Child/Elderly Care has become absolute. WANTED: Someone tosit with The Petitioner prays that the elderly lady in Bidwell,Oh Call Defendant(s) named above be Kevin 1-740-645-9602 required to answer and set up their interest in said real esHelp Wanted General tate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreNow hiring exp carpenters in closure of said mortgage, the roofing, rafters & framing. marshalling of any liens, and Send resumes to: P.O. Box the sale of said real estate, 1124, Gallipolis, OH 45631 and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of PetiEDUCATION tioner’s claim in the property order of its priority, and for such other and further relief as Business & Trade School is just and equitable. THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED Gallipolis Career College (Careers Close To Home) ABOVE ARE REQUIRED TO Call Today! 740-446-4367 ANSWER ON OR BEFORE 1-800-214-0452 THE 24th DAY OF MAY, 2013. gallipoliscareercollege.edu BY: THE LAW OFFICES OF Accredited Member Accrediting Council JOHN D. CLUNK CO., L.P.A. for Independent Colleges and Schools 1274B Laura C. Infante #0082050 Attorneys for Plaintiff-Petitioner REAL ESTATE SALES 4500 Courthouse Blvd. Suite 400 Stow, OH 44224 Commercial (330) 436-0300 - telephone (330) 436-0301 - facsimile FOR SALE: Ambrosia Marequests@johndclunk.com chine Inc. Point Pleasant, WV. 4/24 5/1 5/8 Complete manual machine shop, weld shop and fabricaANNOUNCEMENTS tion. 9 acres on Kanawha River. Call 304-675-1722 or 304-675-4144 ask for Marvin Bing. Notices Houses For Sale NOTICE OHIO VALLEY 4 Bdrm Brick Ranch, 2 1/2 PUBLISHING CO. baths,DR,LR, stone, fireplace, Recommends that you do 2 car garage, 20x40 in ground Business with People you know, and NOT to send Money pool, 4 acres, next to RV through the Mail until you have middle school. Call 446-4518 Investigated the Offering. REAL ESTATE RENTALS Pictures that have been placed in ads at the Gallipolis Daily Tribune must be picked within 30 days. Any pictures that are not picked up will be discarded. Miscellaneous I would like to adopt a Live monkey Call 740-418-2037. AUCTION / ESTATE / YARD SALE Yard Sale 2 Family Yard Sale May 10, 3309 Bulaville Pike, power tools, bikes, gladiator storage items, old Washing School desks, patio table and whole lot more 9-6 4 Family Garage Sale, 5/10 & 5/11, 2 mi out Flatwoods Rd from Five Points, left on SmithGoeglein Dr. Follow signs. Yard Sale May 6,7 & 8th - @ Burnett Road Pictures, clothes, Knick Knacks, lots more. Yard Sale: 5/9 9-?. Under Bartow Jones Bridge. Neal home. New clothes w/tags, antiques, etc. Look for signs. SERVICES Lawn Service Lawn Care Service, Mowing, Trimming, Free estimates. Call 740-441-1333 or 740-645-0546 Professional Services SEPTIC PUMPING Gallia Co. OH and Mason Co. WV. Ron OH Evans Jackson, 800-537-9528 POWER WASHING AND INTERIOR/EXTERIOR PAINTING 304-895-3981 Apartments/Townhouses 1 & 2 bedroom apartments & houses, No pets, 740-992-2218 2 BR apt. 6 mi from Holzer. $400 + dep. Some utilities pd. 740-418-7504 or 740-9886130 RENTALS AVAILABLE! 2 BR townhouse apartments, also renting 2 & 3BR houses. Call 441-1111. FIRST MONTH FREE 2 & 3 BR apts $425 mo & up sec dep $300 & up AC, W/D hook-up tenant pays elec EHO Ellm View Apts 304-882-3017 The Daily Sentinel • Page 8 Rentals Mobile Home / Point Pleasant Area / $400mo. Call 304-2385127 Sales Repo's Available 740)446-3570 Call Repo doublewide on land easy financing 877-310-2577 RESORT PROPERTY ANIMALS Pets GIVEAWAY: 2 Black & White Kittens 740-446-4052 AGRICULTURE Farm Equipment AC 2-row NT Corn Planter w/JD Plate Metering System, $800. Travis Cullen Letart; for more information call 304-674-5854 AUTOMOTIVE RVs/Campers Prime river lot for rent, beautiful beach, plenty of shade, for info, call 740-992-5782 AUTOMOTIVE AFTER MARKET MERCHANDSE FOR SALE Miscellaneous Jet Aeration Motors repaired, new & rebuilt in stock. Call Ron Evans 1-800-537-9528 DISH NETWORK. Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) & High Speed Internet starting at $14.95/month (where available.) SAVE! Ask about SAME DAY Installation! 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FINANCIAL EDUCATION ANIMALS AGRICULTURE MERCHANDISE Houses For Rent 3 bdrm 1 bth country home. 9mi. out Sand Hill Rd. 651 Archery Rd. Letart, WV 304675-2484 or 304-593-1481 3-Bdrm - 1 1/2 bath -2 car garage near Holzer Hospital. No Pets & No Smoking $670/mo. Utilities & deposit 645-3836 MANUFACTURED HOUSING Entertainment RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AUTOMOTIVE REAL ESTATE SALES EMPLOYMENT MANUFACTURED HOUSING www.mydailysentinel.com Southwest corner of Grace Mulford’s land; thence North 14 deg. 41' East 116 feet to the Southeast corner of the Harry Mohler lot; thence South 861/2 deg. West 187 feet to Wednesday, Maycorner; 8, 2013 Mohler’s Southwest thence South 16 deg. West 200 feet; thence South 86-1/4 deg. East 201 feet; thence North 14 deg. 41' East 84 feet to the placeLEGALS of beginning, containing 0.87 acre, more or less. Save and except a right of way 16 feet wide running Northerly and Southerly through the East half of said 0.87 acre for egress and ingress to the lots adjoining on the North. Also save and except a right of way 16 feet wide running Westerly from the first exception to the land adjoining on the West reserved to the Grantor. This conveyance subject to right of way for power line heretofore given. Reference Deed: Volume 150, Page 719, Meigs County Official Records. Auditor’s Parcel No.: 1400287.000 Also a 2003 Clayton Worthington manufactured home, Serial No. CLH028203TNAB, Ohio Certificate of Title #5300158606. The above described real estate and manufactured home are sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 28042 State Route 7, Cheshire, OH 45620. CURRENT OWNER: Dorothy Jane Brooks and Thomas P. Brooks (real estate); Thomas P. Brooks (manufactured home). REAL ESTATE AND MANUFACTURED HOME APPRAISED AT: $20,000.00. The real estate and manufactured home cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised value. The appraisal does not include an interior examination of any structures, if any, on the real estate. TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. ORC 2327.02(C) requires successful bidders to pay recording fees and associated costs to the Sheriff. ALL SHERIFF’S SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: Jennifer L. Sheets, LITTLE, SHEETS & BARR, LLP, 211213 E. Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 (5) 8, 15, 22 �Wednesday, May 8, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 www.mydailysentinel.com Wednesday, May 8, 2013 ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun 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 Wednesday, May 8, 2013: This year you focus on communication and creating much more of what you want. You will need to let go of what no longer works in order to make space for that which does. If you are single, you could meet someone very interesting. You also might note there are periods when there is some distance between you. If you are attached, the two of you might be in the process of renegotiating the tie between you. A TAURUS friend can be as stubborn as you are. 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 Your imagination plays out with a financial decision. You could be wondering what to do, but if you relax or take a walk, you will know what to do. You might catch some negativity from someone whose opinions you value. Tonight: Do not feel as if you must do anything. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You’ll wake up knowing what you would like to do. Emphasize your priorities. What you need from a certain someone is more acceptance, but you are likely to receive the opposite. Understanding evolves between the two of you, as long as you don’t act out. Tonight: All smiles. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You might want to think through what you are willing to do in a certain situation. Your ability to move forward could be affected by your mood and energy right now. Do not allow someone’s negativity to filter in. Try to maintain an upbeat attitude. Tonight: Play it low-key. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Zero in on what is important. Listen to a suggestion from others; your friends mean well. Your creativity and a brainstorming session might not be as fruitful as a clear-cut suggestion from a friend could be. Do not allow pressure to build. Tonight: Where the action is. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You suddenly might realize that you have more going on than you originally thought. Pressure builds as a result. Have a discussion with someone you trust. You might want this person to pitch in more. You could be overtired or stretched too thin. Tonight: Make it early. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Keep reaching out for more information. A partner can sense that you are looking for something new, and he or she will help you. Communication could be active. Listen and open up. This process is good for you. Tonight: Detach in order to find the answer to a problem. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You might want to consider making a change or doing something very differently. A key partner is far more conservative than you thought. Use care with your finances, as you could be pushed to meet many different demands. Think twice before spending. Tonight: Pay bills. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You’ll find that others are seeking you out, specifically a friend or a group of friends. You might want to head in a different direction. Others see you as negative, but you see yourself as someone who makes strong choices. Tonight: Let others do what they want. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Listen to news that is forthcoming. You are going to have to take action and head in a new direction. You have a lot of feelings regarding an investment or piece of real estate. You could have a lot going on right now and feel out of sorts on some level. Tonight: Say “yes.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Someone’s plan might not have been logically thought out. As a result, a friend could retreat into his or her cocoon. You need to let this person decide when he or she wants to open up. Pushing ultimately will not work. Tonight: Add some fun and adventure to the mix. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might want to rethink a decision more carefully. Do not agree to anything unless you are sure of the fine print and implications involved with a financial agreement; otherwise, there easily could be a last-minute problem. Tonight: Be wherever your friends are. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Take news with a grain of salt. Open up to a change, but do not be surprised by mounting negativity. Unfortunately, you could get lessthan-desirable feedback no matter what you do. You know where you are coming from. Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Wednesday, May 8, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 www.mydailysentinel.com Marauders sweep Vinton County, 10-4 Alex Hawley ahawley@civitasmedia.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — What a way to start. The Meigs baseball team marked eight runs in the first inning Monday night en route to a 10-4 Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division victory over visiting Vinton County. The Marauders (14-10, 7-2 TVC Ohio) batted 13 in the first inning, eight of which came around to score and the inning was capped off by a three-run triple by Ray Johnson. VCHS (2-20, 1-8) marked three runs in the second inning but Meigs got one back in the home half of the second and one back in the third. The Vikings scored once in the seventh inning but couldn’t complete the come- back and MHS took its sixth consecutive win. Sophomore Cameron Mattox earned the victory for Meigs after pitching a complete game, in which he surrendered four runs, one earned, on three hits. Mattox struck out five batters and walked two. Allen was the losing pitcher and he gave up 10 runs on 12 hits in six innings. Allen struck out three Randy Payton Special to OVP RIO GRANDE, Ohio — University of Rio Grande left fielder Shane Spies was named to the All-Mid-South Conference Baseball first team, while RedStorm shortstop Kyle Perez earned a second team selection during the league’s annual awards banquet prior to the start of MSC Tournament play last weekend in Kingsport, Tenn. Spies, a senior from Polk, Ohio, finished the regular season with a league-leading 15 home runs and 52 runs batted in. He also led the conference in slugging percentage (.741) and total bases (120) and, at the time, the 15 home runs also led all of NAIA Division I. Spies also topped the RedStorm in batting average (.358) and was second on the team in doubles with 15. Perez, a senior from Casselberry, Fla., led the RedStorm with 65 hits, was tied for the team lead with two triples and ranked second on the team with a .351 batting average. His 57 runs scored ranked first in the league and, at the time, fourth nationally. Lindsey Wilson senior Manny Alonso outdistanced Spies in voting for the league’s Player of the Year award while junior Anthony Gomez of regular season champion Cumberland (TN) University was the MSC Pitcher of the Year. Alonso led the Mid-South during the regular season in batting average (.430), hits (77) and hits per game (1.51). He finished third in the conference in both RBIs (45) and on-base percentage (.502). Nationally, Alonso ranked third in hits and ninth in batting average. Gomez led the Mid-South in ERA (0.95) and runs allowed (10) and tied for the conference lead with 10 wins during the regular season. In his 77 innings pitched, opponents hit just .200 — which was third best in the conference. Gomez’s ERA ranked third in the NAIA, while his 10 wins were tied for fourth most nationally. we interpreted the rules, these are undefined areas.” “This sport has been built on innovation,” he said. “All of us have tried to innovate in areas not defined in the rulebook. We were in that area.” NASCAR docked Keselowski and Logano 25 points each, and fined crew chiefs Paul Wolfe and Todd Gordon $100,000 each. NASCAR also suspended Wolfe, Gordon, competition director Travis Geisler, car chiefs Jerry Kelley and Raymond Fox and engineers Brian Wilson and Samuel Stanley for six races. All suspensions were reduced to two points races, plus next week’s All-Star race. They can return to work at Dover for the June 2 race. Penske did not immediately address how the organization would address the personnel issues at Darlington Raceway this weekend. “The important thing is, this is over,” Penske said. “This has been 2-3 weeks of constant questions, lots of emotions. I feel our bench is strong and people can fill in for the crew chiefs.” Middlebrook, a former General Motors executive who is paid $1 per year by NASCAR, heard two cases last year. He reduced similar penalties against Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Chad Knaus after the initial appeals board upheld his punishment. SUBMIT YOUR CHILD’S PHOTO TO WIN! Randy Payton Special to OVP www.mydailytribune.com • www.mydailyregister.com www.mydailysentinel.com April june VOTING BEGINS VOTING ENDS 5pm, june 28 2 14 2 WINNERS Grand Prize • Newborn (0-12 months) VOTING CATEGORIES Grand Prize • Newborn (0-12 months) • Toddler (12-24 months) 60410183 2-3 Years Old • 4-5 Years Old • 6-8 Years Old • 9-12 Years Old TAYLOR NISSAN OF ATHENS 250 N. Columbus Rd. Athens, OH 45701 CHECK OUT OUR NEW AND PRE-OWNED INVENTORY 60410244 Sales: 1-877-812-9603 Service: 1-740-594-3528 Cumberland’s Chris Hall was selected MSC Freshman of the Year and Shawnee State’s Aaron Suydam was the MSC Baseball Champions of Character recipient. Hall finished second behind Alonso in hitting this season at .406. He led the MSC in 2013 with a .533 on-base percentage and ranked fifth in runs scored. Suydam earned the conference’s Champions of Character award — as voted on by the conference athletics director — based on his academic and athletic achievement, campus and community leadership, future ambition and a demonstration of five core character values of the NAIA. Cumberland University’s Woody Hunt was named the MSC Baseball Coach of the Year after leading the Bulldogs to the regular season title and the top seed in the tournament. Seventeen players earned first-team allconference while another 17 were named to the conference’s second team. Joining Spies, Alonso, Gomez and Hall on the All-MSC first team were catchers Tommy Meier of UVA-Wise and Keaton Neeb of Campbellsville; first baseman Craig Monson of Cumberland University; St. Catharine second baseman K.C. Mejia; shortstop Cory Urquhart of Cumberland University; Pikeville third baseman Erik Manning; infielder Claudio Valencia of the University of the Cumberlands; St. Catharine outfielder Carlos Hernandez; Georgetown designated hitter Ryan Serrato; pitchers Darren Travers and Chris Erker of Lindsey Wilson and Dylan Shoffner from St. Catharine; and Georgetown reliever Chris Villalobos. The Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, Freshman of the Year and All-Conference selections are voted on by the coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players. The conference’s gold glove team was selected based on fielding percentage throughout the season at each position. Rio Grande’s Walk named to All-MSC softball first team Sponsored by Taylor Motors SUBMISSIONS OPEN Phelps each marked one. Ward led the Vikings with two hits, while Allen had one. The Marauders also defeated VCHS on May 1st by a count on 13-0 in McArthur. Vinton County has lost five straight games since defeating Logan on April 30th. Meigs sits just a half game back out Athens in the TVC Ohio Division race. RedStorm’s Spies named to All-MSC Baseball First Team Partial win for Penske in NASCAR penalties appeal CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Penske Racing celebrated a small victory Tuesday when NASCAR’s chief appellate officer issued a mixed ruling on penalties levied against the team. Although most everything was upheld, suspensions for seven key employees were reduced from six points races to two. Team owner Roger Penske said he was “very happy with the outcome” following John Middlebrook’s decision. “All of us have lost points, six, eight, 10, 12 for certain infractions over the years,” Penske said. “I don’t think this is something we worry about. Obviously we don’t worry about it. But from my perspective, the key thing is to have our people back at the race track, operating in full control. I think that’s most important. If we’re going to win, and be a leader and win a championship again, we’ve got plenty of time to do that.” NASCAR inspectors confiscated parts from the rear suspensions of the cars of defending champion Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano before the April 13 race at Texas. NASCAR alleged the parts were not approved, while Penske maintained the parts had been approved but the organization was applying them in a way that fell in a gray area of the rule book. Penske still felt that way Tuesday: “I don’t think we were confused. As batters and walked four. Derick Hill, Christian Romine, Michael Davis and Ty Phelps each had two hits to lead MHS, while Mattox, Johnson,Taylor Rowe and Matt Casci each had one hit. Phelps and Treay McKinney each scored twice, while Rowe, Davis, Casci, Hill, Romine and Mattox each scored once. Johnson drove in three runs, Hill had two RBIs, while Rowe and RIO GRANDE, Ohio — University of Rio Grande left fielder Kaylee Walk was named to the All-MidSouth Conference Softball first team, while right fielder Haley Gwin and pitcher Kimber Hazlett both received second team honors during the league’s annual awards banquet, Friday night, prior to the start of MSC Tournament at the Allandale Mansion in Kingsport, Tenn. Walk, a senior from Unionville Center, Ohio, led the RedStorm in batting (.413), hits (57), runs (42) and stolen bases (23). She also tied Gwin for the team lead in triples with four. Gwin, a sophomore from Troy, Ohio, led Rio in home runs (10), runs batted in (31), slugging percentage (.724) and total bases (89). She was second in batting (.374), runs (29) and hits (46), while also posting a 2-2 record and a 3.62 earned run average in six appearances as a pitcher. Hazlett, a freshman from Utica, Ohio, was the leading pitcher for head coach Kristen Bradshaw’s squad, posting a 16-10 record and a 2.86 earned run average in 31 appearances – 28 of which were starts. In 1811/3 innings, she allowed 180 hits, 91 runs (74 earned), with 53 walks and 151 strikeouts, while also authoring five shutouts. Hazlett batted .261 with one home run, 14 RBIs and a team-high 11 doubles. Campbellsville senior Emma Napier was the league’s Player of Year and Lindsey Wilson sophomore Jordan Hood was named Pitcher of the Year. Napier led the MidSouth in batting average (.484) and total bases (141) during the regular season. She finished second in the league in slugging percentage (.887), runs (55), hits (77) and home runs (14). Nationally, Napier led the NAIA in total bases while ranking fourth in hits and ninth in home runs. Hood finished the regular season with a 17-3 record while posting a 1.81 ERA — third best in the MSC. She led the conference in opponent’s batting average (.171), strikeouts (179) and saves (4). Hood’s 17 wins and 14.3 strikeouts per outing ranked second in the conference. Hood ranks fourth in the NAIA in strikeouts per game while her total strikeouts are 10th best in the nation. Campbellsville’s Victoria Decker earned Freshman of the Year honors, while Cumberlands’ Kristen Moran was the MSC Softball Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com Champions of Character recipient. Decker finished the regular season 16-3 in the circle with a 1.95 ERA and 97 strikeouts. She is fourth in the conference in wins and opponent’s batting average and is fifth in ERA. Moran earned the conference’s Champions of Character award — as voted on by the conference athletics director — based on her academic and athletic achievement, campus and community leadership, future ambition and a demonstration of five core character values of the NAIA. Campbellsville’s Shannon Wathen was selected by her peers as Coach of the Year after leading the Tigers to a tie for the regular season title. Eighteen players earned first-team all-conference while another 20 were named to the conference’s second team. Joining Walk, Napier, Hood and Decker on the All-MSC first team were Campbellsville’s Kristin Benton and Kelsi Pardue; Cumberland (TN) University’s Allison Blackwood and Courtney Maynard; Shawnee State’s Allie Chapman; Hagan Goldey of St. Catharine; Georgetown’s Mallory Johnson, Katie Mann and Kayla Williams; Kristina Krupinski, Cara Law and Andrea Whelan of Lindsey Wilson; UVA-Wise’s Kristina Romualdo and Bluefield’s Aline Uehara.. 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