https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/f0c39333e22d392bc5399d8f7c915c5a.pdf c8d33493372fae62cfcd4f4118342fa0 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS OBITUARIES MGM Detachment 1180 awards quilt.... Page 2 Mostly sunny. High near 88. Low around 64........ Page 2 Local diamond action.... Page 6 Arty Gene Williamson, 74 50 cents daily WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 Vol. 63, No. 78 Council approves fire levy for fall ballot Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@civitasmedia.com MIDDLEPORT — A resolution to place a five-year, three mill tax levy on the November ballot for the purpose of funding the purchase of a new ladder truck for the Middleport Fire Department was passed by a split vote of Middleport Village Council Monday night. Voting to put the levy before Middleport voters were Council members Emerson Heighton, Craig Wehrung, Rae Moore and Sandy Brown, while Penny Burge and Roger Manley voted against taking it to the voters. Susan Baker, financial officer, reported that the auditor had certified the amount of revenue the mileage would generate to be $63,223.80, if everyone pays their taxes, to be used for payments on the proposed $850,000 equipped truck. Fire Chief Jeff Darst met with Council last month to explain the need for a new ladder truck. At that meeting he stressed the importance of Middleport having an aerial ladder truck equipped to serve as a multi-purpose apparatus which can be used for rescue as well as a pumper in emergency situations. He also said that for the owner of a $50,000 home, the levy would cost about $52 a year. The new truck would be a replacement for the 22-year-old ladder truck now in service. During the meeting a lengthy discussion was held on the lack of progress on the proposal for the village to assume responsibility for the operation of the Rutland water and sewer system. Negotiations with the Meigs County Commissioners have been ongoing for several months. Currently it appears that the Commissioners are handling the operation and as Mayor Mike Gerlach commented “It strikes me nothing much is happening there.” He was making reference to the negotiations between the County Commissioners and Middleport Council. He noted that there has been no recent communities between the two. While Middleport Council has agreed to handling the Rutland system under certain financial arrangements, no commitment has been made nor any contract signed, according to Baker. She spoke of the time involved in set- Victoria Goble Julie Spaun | Courtesy of Eastern Elementary The group photo was taken prior to the hair donation station. A total of 34 hair donors which included students, staff, and parents took part in the event. Eastern hosts mini-Relay for Life Staff Report tdsnews@civitasmedia.com TUPPERS PLAINS — Hair cuts for a cause! A total of 34 hair donors — which included students, staff, and parents — had their hair cut for a good cause during the recent mini-Relay for Life and Hair Donation Station hosted by the Eastern Local School District. Students having their hair cut ranged in age from preschool to high school. In addition to the donors having their hair cut at the school, several outside donations of ponytails to add to the “collection.” Five boys also participated in the assembly by shaving their head for cancer awareness. Hair donated is sent to the Pan- Graduation to be held Sunday; Awards Day on Thursday shawley@civitasmedia.com TUPPERS PLAINS — The Eastern High School Class of 2013 will receive their diplomas during the annual commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. on May 19 in the Eastern High School gymnasium. The senior class will also receive scholarships and other honors during the annual high school awards assembly will be held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, Sarah Hawley | Daily Sentinel Farmers Bank announces promotions nication from Ohio University trator and Corporate POMEROY — Farmers and spent the beginning of her Secretary. In 2010 Bank has promoted two career in the family business. she received her Seemployees to positions of Jaynee Davis joined Farmnior Professional in assistant vice president ers Bank in the summer of Human Resources on the basis of their dem2008 as a Finance DepartCertification. In 2011 onstrated dedication and ment Intern and was hired she graduated from leadership in their respecfull-time as the Finance Clerk tive areas of employment. Erin Krawsczyn the Ohio Banker’s Jaynee Davis and Audit Liaison in 2010. In League (OBL) Bank Promoted were Erin Management School and completed March of 2012, she was promoted to Krawcscyn and Jaynee Davis. “It wasn’t their positions that got the OBL Bank Leadership Institute in Finance Department Supervisor. In them the title, it was the people in those 2013. She is currently a member of the addition to Jaynee’s experience in the positions that worked hard enough to Next Generation Advisory Board for banking field, she earned her Bachget promoted to officers,” said Shawn the OBL. Before pursuing a career at elors degree in Accounting from Ohio Farmers Bank, Erin earned her degree Valley University and her Masters deArnott, CFO of Farmers Bank. Krawsczyn joined Farmers Bank in in Interpersonal Communication with gree in Business Administration from 2009 as Human Resource Adminis- a specialty in Organizational Commu- the University of Rio Grande. Larissa Riddle Eastern announces valedictorian, salutatorian Sarah Hawley Elementary students, assisted by high school students, drew pictures with See RELAY ‌| 5 sidewalk chalk during the Relay For Life activities. See BALLOT ‌| 5 at the high school. On Sunday, 55 students will enter the gymnasium to “Pomp and Circumstance” played by the Eastern High School Concert Band as they prepare to receive their diplomas as members of the Eastern High School Class of 2013. Victoria Anne Goble has been named as the Valedictorian of the Class of 2013, while Larissa Lynn Riddle has been named the Salutatorian for the Class of 2013. Goble is the daughter of Melissa Jones and Dennis Ault. She has been a member of the National Honor Society for two years and also served as class secretary, class vice president and class president. Currently, she is student council See EASTERN ‌| 5 Two arrested for trafficking in drugs Staff Report tdsnews@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — Two women are in custody following their arrests on drugs charges in Pomeroy on Monday. Pomeroy Police Chief Mark E. Proffitt stated that Tara Tucker, 33, of Pomeroy and Jill Pilfrey, 33, of Gallia County, were arrested near Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home on Main Street on Monday. Tucker and Pilfrey are both charged with one count of trafficking in drugs and two counts of child endangerment. According to Proffitt, open containers were found in the vehicle along with drugs. The two children, a six year old and an infant, were placed in the custody of children services. The vehicle was towed from the scene. Proffitt stated that the arrest was well planned and well executed. He added that the village remains vigilant against drugs and will asked for stiff penalties in all drugs cases. Tucker and Pilfrey will be arraigned in Meigs County Court. �Page 2 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Community Calendar Meigs Local Briefs Thursday, May 16 LANGSVILLE — An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 1-7 p.m. at the Star Grange 778 meeting hall on Salem School Lot Road. To schedule an appointment call Linda Montgomery at (740) 669-4245. Pomeroy Alumni Tickets one who might want to sell childhood immunization be maintained by traffic POMEROY — The “goodies.” The fire depart- clinic from 9-11 a.m. and signals and concrete barPomeroy High School ment contacts are Rexie 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday at the riers. Weather permitAlumni banquet is May Cheadle at 740-591-6086 office located at 112 East ting, both lanes of Ohio 25th and tickets may be for Columbia, and Dan or Memorial Drive. 124 will be open Novempurchased at either Swish- Rhea Lantz at 74-742-2819 ATHENS — The Ohio ber, 1 2013. er & Lohse Pharmacy or for Scipio. Dave or Paula University Heritage ColFriday, May 17 Free Diabetic Clinic POMEROY — The Pomeroy High School Class of 1959 Francis Florist in Pomeroy. Carr can be contacted at lege of Osteopathic MediPOMEROY — A diabewill be having their “3rd Friday” lunch at Fox’s Pizza Den, Seniors are reminded that 740-742-2819 for more cine (OU-HCOM), Comthe deadline for submitting information or for rental munity Health Programs tes education and support 518 E. Main Street, Pomeroy at noon. applications for the scholar- spaces. offers free immunizations group will be held the last ships given by the Alumni through the Childhood Tuesday of each month Saturday, May 18 Free community dinner Immunization Clinic ev- from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at CHESTER — Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter DAR Association is May 17. MIDDLEPORT — A ery Thursday. Created the therapy gym at Rockwill meet at 1 p.m. at the Chester Courthouse. Program Antique Tractor Pull free spaghetti dinner will in 1994, CHIP strives to springs Rehabilitation by Thomas Romine — The Revolutionary Drummer. POMEROY — The first be held at 5 p.m. Wednes- keep children in the re- Center, 36759 Rocksprings Also, a flag retirement ritual where worn out US Flags will be properly destroyed. Anyone with a flag for retire- antique tractor pull of the day at the Middleport gion healthy by providing Road. For more informaseason will be held Satur- Church of the Nazarene. free or low-cost immuni- tion call Frank Bibbee, ment may attend. SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Junior day at the Rock Springs Pastor Daniel Fulton in- zations to protect against Referral Manager at (740) Grange #878 will hold a work session, potluck supper and Fairgrounds by the Big vites the public to join in preventable diseases such 992-6606. Farm Antiques sharing the food and fel- as polio, rubella, meningiATHENS — The Ohio fun night with work session at 3 p.m. followed by potluck Bend Clubs. Spectators are free. lowship. tis and mumps. Free ser- University Heritage Colsupper at 6:30 p.m. and fun night to follow. Food will be supplied by vices are available to unin- lege of Osteopathic Medithe Scipio Volunteer Fire Revival Services sured, underinsured and cine (OU-HCOM), ComMonday, May 20 Department. This will be MIDDLEPORT — ReMedicaid-eligible children munity Health Programs POMEROY — The Meigs County Veterans Service Commission, will meet at 9 a.m. in the office at 117 East benefit pull. For more in- vival services will be held up to 19 years old. For ad- offers a free diabetes clinMemorial Drive, Pomeroy. The office will be closed on formation call Dallas We- May 14-19 at Wesleyan ditional information, or to ic on the second Tuesday ber 740-742-3020. Bible Holiness Church lo- make an appointment, call of every month. Patients Memorial Day. cated on Pearl Street in (800) 844-2654 or (740) at the Diabetes Clinic CHESTER — Meigs County Ikes meeting 7 p.m. at the Piano Recital Middleport. Service time 593-2432. are treated by physicians Club House. Date change due to Memorial Day holiday. POMEROY — Piano is 7 p.m. nightly, and 6 specializing in diabetes, Voting on three applications for membership is scheduled. students of June Van Vranp.m. on Sunday evening. Ohio River River Sweep diabetic nutritionists LETART TWP. — The Letart Township Trustees will ken will present a piano Guest speakers and singers REEDSVILLE —The and diabetic nurse edumeet at 5 p.m. at the township building. Ohio River River Sweep at cators. Patients receive RACINE — The Southern Local Board of Education recital at 2 p.m. on Sunday, are The Cassidys. May 19, at the New BeginReedsville will be held on two follow-up visits anwill meet in regular session at 8 p.m. in the high school nings United Methodist Auditions for ‘Spamalot’ Friday, June 14, from 6 to 8 nually with a diabetic media center. Church in Pomeroy. FolMIDDLEPORT — p.m. at Forked Run. There educator and nutritionlowing the recital, there River City Players (RCP) will be free t-shirts, pizza, ist. All services are free Thursday, May 23 will be a public reception will be holding auditions chicken dinners, and bev- to those who qualify. For POMEROY — The Meigs County Retired Teachers in the social room. Eleven for “Monty Python’s Spa- erages, according to Todd additional information, or will meet at noon at Wild Horse Cafe in Pomeroy for a students will be performmalot,” from 7-9 p.m. on Bissell who can be contact- to make an appointment, luncheon meeting. The speaker will be Representative ing at the recital. Thursday, May 16, at the ed at 740-444-1388. call (800) 844-2654 or Debbie Phillips. She will speak on legislative updates RCP Building, located on (740) 593-2432. with a question and answer session to follow. Guests Route 143 yard sale the “T” in Middleport, Traffic Advisory are welcome. HARRISONVILLE — at 99 Mill Street. You MEIGS COUNTY — Exercise Program The fourth annual Route may be asked to sing, so Ohio 143 (located just 0.25 offered 143 yard sale, described please come prepared miles south of State Farm POMEROY — Open as 21 miles of fun and trea- to sing with either your Road) will be reduced hours of the Meigs Coopsures, will be held from 8 own tracks or without ac- to one lane to allow for a erative Parish’s exercise a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, companiment. Roles are bridge replacement proj- room at the Mulberry Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Breezy, June 1. The sale will begin mainly for adults, but kids ect. During construction Community Center have at Route 7 at Pomeroy and may audition as well. Par- there will be a 10’ width been extended to accomwith a west wind 11 to 20 mph. Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers after 1 continue to Route 50 near ents should note this show restriction. Traffic will be modate exercisers. They a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. West wind 8 to Albany. The Scip8io Vol- includes adult humor and maintained with a portable are now on both Tuesdays unteer Fire Department themes, so a recommend- traffic light. Weather per- and Thursdays, 9 to 11 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Thursday: A chance of showers, then showers likely in Harrisonville will have ed age for any child wish- mitting, both lanes of Ohio a.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Cost and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, a pancake breakfast and ing to participate is 13 143 will be open Septem- of the program is $12 a month and all proceeds with a high near 76. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance hot dogs later in the day and up. For more informa- ber 1, 2013. MEIGS COUNTY — benefit the Parish. of precipitation is 70 percent. New rainfall amounts be- and Columbia Township tion, email rcp.showinfo@ POMEROY — Water tween a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher Volunteer Fire Department gmail.com, or visit RCP’s The westbound lane of will also be serving food. page on Facebook. Ohio 124 (located at the aerobics classes will be amounts possible in thunderstorms. 63.91 mile marker, about held at 6:30 p.m. on TuesThursday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before Both fire department will Immunization Clinics 1.5 miles north of Reeds- day and Thursday at Koun2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southwest have rest rooms available POMEROY — The ville) will be closed to al- try Resort. For more inforwind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. for the shoppers. Space at Friday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also both fire departments will Meigs County Health De- low for a bridge replace- mation call (740) 591-4407 possible after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. be available for rent to any- partment will conduct a ment project. Traffic will or 992-6728. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10 p.m., then a chance of showers between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. POMEROY — The deadline to those who are permanently disabled Those who are currently on the proMostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitaapply for a homestead tax exemp- regardless of income my apply. The gram do not need to reapply. tion is 40 percent. tion is June 3. exemption, which takes the form of Applications forms are available Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderApplications for participation in the a tax credit on property tax bills, al- on-line at: www.meigcountyauditor. storms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of program are currently being accepted lows qualifying homeowners of real org or they are available in the audiprecipitation is 40 percent. in the Meigs County Auditors office. estate and manufactured homes to tors office. Residents may also call Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. PartAny homeowner who is or will be exempt $25,000 of the market value 740-992-2698 and request an applicaly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 65 years of age in 2013 or older or of their homes from property taxes. tion be mailed to them.. 40 percent. Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. POMEROY — The third annual golf scramble to benefit the Meigs County Historical Society and Museum has been scheduled for Saturday at the Meigs County Golf Course located on Will’s Hill in Pomeroy. The shotgun start for the scramble will be at 9 a.m. This is a four person scramble with participants to take Peoples (NASDAQ) — 20.56 AEP (NYSE) — 48.87 their own team. The cost is $40 per player with only one Akzo (NASDAQ) — 21.34 Pepsico (NYSE) — 83.50 player per team with under 10 handicap. Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 88.26 Premier (NASDAQ) — 12.40 Cash prizes will be awarded for the top three teams. Big Lots (NYSE) — 37.65 Rockwell (NYSE) — 89.99 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 45.93 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 14.81 Contests will be for the longest drive, closest to pin, and BorgWarner (NYSE) — 83.34 Royal Dutch Shell — 69.75 longest put. Only one mulligan per player. Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 8.63 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 57.13 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.06 There will be a Chinese auction, food, fun and more. Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 78.78 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 39.64 Donations for hole sponsorship is $50 a hole. Sign can be Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.91 Collins (NYSE) — 65.75 WesBanco (NYSE) — 25.00 displayed on hole for business, family name or memorial. DuPont (NYSE) — 55.16 Worthington (NYSE) — 34.07 US Bank (NYSE) — 33.89 Donations for the Chinese Auction will be appreciated. Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. Gen Electric (NYSE) — 23.01 Team sponsorship is $40 per person or $160 per team. ET closing quotes of transactions Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 58.47 Ohio Valley Forecast Homestead Tax Exemption deadline nears Meigs County MGM Golf scramble Detachment 1180 set for Saturday awards quilt Local stocks JP Morgan (NYSE) — 50.23 Kroger (NYSE) — 34.80 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 50.70 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 80.05 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 19.99 BBT (NYSE) — 32.26 for May 14, 2013, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. Smiths announce birth of daughter RACINE — Andrea and Justin Smith of Salser Road, Racine, announce the birth of a daughter, All-Star Cheerleading Ripley, West Virginia Girls age 6-14 Come train and compete with us at Gymfiniti! Cheerleading Camp/Clinic for Tryouts will be May 28th-30th from 5-8pm Tryouts will be May 31st from 5-8 This will be a great opportunity to train and learn from a variety of skilled coaches, while learning everything you need to know to try out for cheerleading. Sign up by May 18th For more questions or to sign up please call Kati Skeen (cheer director) (304)532-7822 Gymfiniti (304)514-2118 60416623 Kendra Michelle Smith, born on April 30 at the O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens. Buckley named to 2013 dean’s list MARIETTA — Marietta College student Breea Buckley of Reedsville, has been named to the spring 2013 dean’s high honors list. Any full-time Marietta College student completing at least 15 credit hours with a grade point average of 3.75 or better in a given semester is recognized as a dean’s high honors list student for that semester. Buckley, a graduate of Eastern Local High School, is majoring in Biology at Marietta. Submitted photo Mason-Gallia-Meigs Detachment 1180, recently held a quilt giveaway for a league member with cancer. Pictured is MGM Commandant Nick Berent, member Steve Walters, who sold the winning ticket, and quilt winner, Dave Lockhart from Gallipolis, Ohio. �Wednesday, May 15, 2013 www.mydailysentinel.com Tougher drunken driving threshold recommended WASHINGTON (AP) — States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half—from .08 blood alcohol level to 0.05—matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries, a U.S. safety board recommends. That’s about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 lbs., two for a 160 lb. man. More than 100 countries have adopted the .05 alcohol content standard or lower, according to a report by the board’s staff. In Europe, the share of traffic deaths attributable to drunken driving was reduced by more than half within 10 years after the standard was dropped, the report said. NTSB officials said it wasn’t their intention to prevent drivers from having a glass of wine with dinner, but they acknowledged that under a threshold as low as .05 the safest thing for people who have only one or two drinks is not to drive at all. A drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, four ounces of wine, or one ounce of 80-proof alcohol. Alcohol concentration levels as low as .01 have been associated with driving-related performance impairment, and levels as low as .05 have been associated with significantly increased risk of fatal crashes, the board said. New approaches are needed to combat drunken driving, which claims the lives of about a third of the more than 30,000 people killed each year on U.S highways — a level of carnage that that has remained stubbornly consistent for the past decade and a half, the board said. “Our goal is to get to zero deaths because each alcohol-impaired death is preventable,” NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman said. “Alcohol-impaired deaths are not accidents, they are crimes. They can and should be prevented. The tools exist. What is needed is the will.” An alcohol concentration threshold of .05 is likely to meet strong resistance from states, said Jonathan Adkins, an official with the Governors Highway Safety Association, which represents state highway safety offices. “It was very difficult to get .08 in most states so lowering it again won’t be popular,” Adkins said. “The focus in the states is on high (blood alcohol content) offenders as well as repeat offenders. We expect industry will also be very vocal about keeping the limit at .08.” Even safety groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and AAA declined Tuesday to endorse NTSB’s call for a .05 threshold. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which sets national safety policy, stopped also short of endorsing the board’s recommendation. “NHTSA is always interested in reviewing new approaches that could reduce the number of drunk drivers on the road, and will work with any state that chooses to implement a .05 BAC law to gather further information on that approach,” the safety administration said in a statement. The board recommended NHTSA established “incentive grants” designed to encourage states to adopt the lower threshold. A study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has estimated that 7,082 deaths would have been prevented in 2010 if all drivers on the road had blood alcohol content below .08 percent. The lower threshold was one of nearly 20 recommendations made by the board, including that states adopt measures to ensure more widespread use of use of alcohol ignition interlock devices. Those require a driver to breathe into a tube, much like the breathalyzers police ask suspected drunken drivers to use. The board has previously recommended states require all convicted drunken drivers install the interlock devices in their vehicles as a condition to resume driving. Currently, 17 states and two California counties require all convicted drivers use the devices. However, only about a quarter of drivers ordered to use the devices actually end up doing so, the board said. Drivers use a variety of ways to evade using the devices, including claiming they won’t drive at all or don’t own a vehicle and therefore don’t need the devices, the board said. The board recommended the safety administration develop a program to encourage states to ensure all convicted drivers actually use the devices. The board also recommended that all suspected drunken drivers whose licenses are confiscated by police be required to install interlocks as a condition of getting their licenses reinstated even though they haven’t yet been convicted of a crime. Courts usually require drivers to pay for the devices, which cost about $50 to $100 to buy plus a $50 a month fee to operate, staff said. The board has previously called on the safety administration and the auto industry to step up their research into technology for use in all vehicles that can detect whether a driver has elevated blood alcohol without the driver breathing into a tube or taking any other action. Drivers with elevated levels would be unable to start their cars. But the technology is still years away. Studies show more than 4 million people a year in the U.S. drive while intoxicated, but about half of the intoxicated drivers stopped by police escape detection, the NTSB report said. The board also recommended expanded use of passive alcohol devices by police. The devices are often contained in real flash lights or shaped to look like a cellphone that officers wear on their shirt pockets or belts. If an officer points the flashlight at a driver or the cellphonelike device comes in close proximity to an intoxicated driver, the devices will alert police who may not have any other reason to suspect drunken driving. The use of the devices currently is very limited, the report said. Dramatic progress was made in the 1980s through the mid-1990s after the minimum drinking age was raised to 21 and the legally-allowable maximum level of drivers’ blood alcohol content was lowered to .08, the report said. Today, drunken driving claims nearly 10,000 lives a year, down from 21,000 in 1982. At that time, alcohol-related fatalities accounted for 48 percent of highway deaths. The board made its recommendations on the 25th anniversary of one of the nation’s deadliest drunken driving accidents in Carrollton, Ky. A drunk driver drove his pickup on the wrong side of a highway, collided with a bus and killed 27 people, 24 of them children. The children were part of a church youth group on their way home after spending the day at an amusement park. The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 Convicted Pa. abortion doctor gets life in prison PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the deaths of the babies who were delivered alive and killed with scissors. In a case that became a flashpoint in the nation’s abortion debate, former clinic employees testified that Gosnell routinely performed illegal abortions past Pennsylvania’s 24-week limit, that he delivered babies who were still moving, whimpering or breathing, and that he and his assistants dispatched the newborns by “snipping” their spines, as he referred to it. Prosecutors agreed to two life sentences without parole, and Gosnell was to be sentenced Wednesday in the death of the third baby, an involuntary manslaughter conviction in the death of a patient and hundreds of lesser counts. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty because Gosnell killed more than one person, and his victims were especially vulnerable given their age. But Gosnell’s own advanced age had made it unlikely he would ever be executed before his appeals ran out. Gosnell has said he considered himself a pioneering inner-city doctor who helped desperate women get late-term abortions. Defense lawyer Jack McMahon said before the sentencing deal that his client’s bid for acquittal was a battle. “The media has been overwhelmingly against him,” McMahon said. “But I think the jury listened to the evidence … and they found what they found.” The gruesome details of Gosnell’s operation came out more than two years ago during a grand jury investigation of prescription drug trafficking. Authorities raiding Gosnell’s clinic for drugs instead found bags and bottles of fetuses, including jars of severed feet, along with bloodstained furni- ture, dirty medical instruments and cats roaming the premises. Partisans on both sides of the nation’s polarized abortion debate were quick to weigh in after the verdict. Abortion foes said the case helped to illustrate the disturbing reality of abortion. “This has helped more people realize what abortion is really about,” said David O’Steen, executive director of the National Right to Life Committee. He said he hopes the case results in more states passing bills that prohibit abortion “once the unborn child can feel pain.” Supporters of legalized abortion said the case offered a preview of what poor, desperate young women could face if abortion is driven underground with more restrictive laws. “Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty and will get what he deserves. Now, let’s make sure these women are vindicated by delivering what all women deserve: access to the full range of health services including safe, high-quality and legal abortion care,” said Ilyse G. Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Pennsylvania authorities had failed to conduct routine inspections of all its abortion clinics for 15 years by the time Gosnell’s facility was raided. In the scandal’s aftermath, two top state health officials were fired, and Pennsylvania imposed tougher rules for clinics. During the trial, Gosnell proved a solitary figure from beginning to end, with no friends or relatives in the courtroom, despite the fact he’s been married three times and has six children, nearly all of them adults. Gosnell did not testify, and called no witnesses in his defense. But McMahon branded prosecutors “elitist” and “racist” for pursuing his client, who is black and whose patients were mostly poor minorities. “I wanted to be an effective, positive force in the minority community,” Gosnell told The Philadelphia Daily News in a 2010 interview. “I believe in the long term I will be vindicated.” Senate panel approves massive bill WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers. The legislation approved 15-5 by the panel on Tuesday includes concessions to Southern rice and peanut farmers, thanks to a new top Republican on the committee, Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran. The bill eliminates $5 billion in annual subsidies called direct payments that are important to those Southern farmers but makes it easier for them to receive alternate subsidies if prices dip. The Senate bill calls for a total of roughly $2.4 billion a year in cuts, while a House version to be considered Wednesday would save $4 billion out of almost $100 billion annually. Those cuts include more than $600 million in yearly savings from across-theboard cuts that took effect this year. Much of the savings in the House and Senate bills comes from eliminating the direct payments, which aren’t tied to production or crop prices. Part of that savings would go toward deficit reduction, but the rest of the money would create new programs and raise subsidies for some crops while business is booming in the agricultural sector. Republican Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, the top Republican on the committee in the last session of Congress, criticized the higher subsidies for Southern farmers, which are essentially a lower threshold for rice and peanut subsidies to kick in. Roberts said the new policy could guarantee that those farmers profits are average or above average. “I simply don’t know how to justify a program that pays producers more than the cost of production and essentially becomes nothing more than another income transfer program, not a risk management tool,” Roberts said. Under the House bill, authored by Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., those subsidies for rice and peanut farmers could kick in even sooner. These “target price” programs allow farmers to receive subsidies if prices fall below a certain threshold. The bill includes generous protections for other crops as well. Both bills would boost federally subsidized crop insurance and create a new program that covers smaller losses on planted crops before crop insurance kicks in, favoring Midwestern corn and soybean farmers who use crop insurance most often. Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns, a Republican who served as Agriculture Secretary in the George W. Bush administration, was critical of the entire bill, arguing that the bill was more generous than Nebraska farmers had asked for and that the added help for the Southern farmers could endanger the bill on the Senate floor. The Senate easily passed a farm bill last year that did not include those higher subsidies. Johanns also said the bill has fewer cuts than advertised because the across the board cuts have already taken effect. He called many of the cuts an “illusion.” “It’s no way to deal with budget problems,” he said. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said all of the changes are meant to make farm programs more efficient. “Instead of subsidies that pay out every year even in good times, the bill creates risk management tools that support farmers when they are negatively impacted by weather disaster or market events beyond their control,” she said. In order to create savings, the Senate bill would cut $400 million out of almost $80 billion spent annually on food stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The committee rejected amendments by Johanns and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., to expand the cut. 60412545 �The Daily Sentinel Opinion Page 4 Wednesday, May 15, 2013 US boom transforms In entire court term, justices see one black lawyer global oil trade Mark Sherman The Associated Press WASHINGTON — In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared before the justices, and for just over 11 minutes. The numbers were marginally better for Hispanic lawyers. Four of them argued for a total of 1 hour, 45 minutes. Women were better represented, accounting for just over 17 percent of the arguments before the justices. In an era when three women, a Hispanic and an African-American sit on the court and white men constitute a bare majority of the nine justices, the court is more diverse than the lawyers who argue before it. The arguments that took place from October to April were presented overwhelmingly by white men. Women and minority lawyers whose clients’ cases were heard by the court were far more likely to represent governments or be part of public-interest law firms than in private practice, where paychecks are much larger. The numbers generally reflect the largely white and male upper reaches of the biggest and richest private law firms, where there have been small gains by women and minorities in the past 20 years. A recent survey by the Association for Legal Career Professionals found that more than 93 percent of partners in law firms are white and nearly 80 percent are men. The statistics from the court term, though, also reveal a lack of African-American and Hispanic lawyers in the elite Justice Department unit that represents the federal government at the Supreme Court. The top supervisory positions in the Office of the Solicitor General all are held by men, though there are six women in the office who argued high court cases this term. The office serves as a pipeline to the big firms that dominate the argument calendar at the court. Lawyers in the office make several arguments a term and acquire the experience and ease of standing before the justices that make them attractive to private firms. The first woman on the court, Sandra Day O’Connor, touched on the importance of diversity at the court in a tribute to the first African-American justice, Thurgood Marshall. O’Connor said Marshall “imparted not only his legal acumen but also his life experiences, constantly pushing and prodding us to respond not only to the persuasiveness of legal argument but also to the power of moral truth.” The justices also benefit from seeing lawyers who don’t all look and sound the same, said Alan Jenkins, an African-American former Justice Department lawyer who argued four cases at the Supreme Court. “It’s especially true of people who appear before the Supreme Court because the court, as an institution, is intentionally set apart from the day-to-day life of the nation,” said Jenkins, executive director of the notfor-profit The Opportunity Agenda in New York. The only minority group that could be said to be overrepresented was lawyers of Asian heritage. Seven men — three in private practice, Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan and two others at the Justice Department and a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union — made 17 arguments to the court. 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Adegbile until recently worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the famed public-interest law firm that mounted generations of civil rights challenges, including the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that outlawed official segregation in public schools. Before he became a justice, Marshall was the organization’s top lawyer and argued several high court cases. Adegbile represented six African-American residents of Shelby county, Ala., which is challenging a key provision of federal voting rights law. Following Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.’s more legalistic presentation, Adegbile pointed to recent examples of intentional voting discrimination in the South to highlight the ongoing need for the measure. “This statute is in part about our march through history to keep promises that our Constitution says for too long were unmet,” he said. Voting rights was the second of two high-profile cases about race at the court this term. In the first, three white men made the arguments when the justices considered the fate of the University of Texas program that takes account of race in admissions. Civil rights cases have historically given minority lawyers the greatest chance to argue before the court, but those cases have been in decline for some time at the Supreme Court. Jonathan Fahey AP Energy Writer NEW YORK — The surge in oil production in the U.S. and Canada and shrinking oil consumption in the developed world is transforming the global oil market. The threat of chronic oil shortages is all but gone, U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil will continue to dwindle, and oil will increasingly flow to the developing economies of Asia, according to a fiveyear outlook published Tuesday by the International Energy Agency. The changes will have “significant consequences for the global economy and oil security,” the IEA says. The report paints a picture of a world with plenty of oil to meet modestly growing demand. Where the oil is coming from, and where it is going, is changing dramatically, according to the IEA, an energy security and research organization based in Paris that serves 28 oil-importing countries, including the U.S. The report does not address oil prices directly, but analysts do not expect the changing oil market dynamics to lead to sharply lower oil or gasoline prices. The abundance of oil does, however, greatly reduce the risk of sustained price surges that curtail economic growth. The chief impetus for the changing world oil picture is the increase in production in the U.S. The U.S. created the world oil market more than a century ago and is the world’s biggest consumer, but domestic production was thought to be in permanent decline. Then drillers, inspired by high prices and armed with improving technology, learned how to produce oil from previously inaccessible rock under several U.S. states. U.S. production reached 7.4 million barrels per day early this month, 48 percent higher than the average production in 2008 and the highest it’s been since February of 1992. The IEA expects U.S. production to reach 9.1 million barrels per day by 2018. The U.S. last produced that much oil in 1972. Production is also projected to rise in Canada and elsewhere in the Americas, such as Brazil and Columbia. At the same time, oil demand in the U.S. and other developed nations is expected to fall slightly, a result of improved vehicle efficiency and weak economic growth. That means the U.S. will be able to satisfy most of its own needs with domestic production and oil from neighbors — and that could have geopolitical implications. “It will affect relationships between countries. Most leaders believe they have to be nice to whoever they buy their oil from,” says Michael Levi, an energy expert at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of a recent book on the U.S. energy boom called The Power Surge. U.S. petroleum imports have fallen by 22 percent since hitting a record in the Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. middle of the last decade. With lower demand in the West and higher production in the Americas, much less oil will flow from the Middle East to Europe and the United States. Instead, Middle Eastern oil will head to Asia and likely strengthen economic and political ties between the two regions. Levi warns against overestimating the political and economic benefits of lower U.S. imports, however. Because the oil market is global, a supply disruption in the Middle East would send prices higher everywhere — including for U.S. consumers — even if the U.S. imports no oil from the Middle East. For that reason, the U.S. will still need to help maintain stability in the region. Supplies in the Middle East will also change. Iraq’s production capacity is expected to grow quickly, by 1.6 million barrels per day to 4.8 million barrels per day by 2018. Meanwhile, Iran’s capacity is expected to decline by 1 million barrels per day, to 2.4 million barrels per day, as a result of Western sanctions imposed on the country’s oil and financial markets. Saudi Arabia will continue to dominate production in the region. Other members of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries, such as Venezuela and African nations, will struggle to keep up, because of political instability and difficulty attracting investment in new oil fields. OPEC may soon face some difficult decisions if new supplies from non-OPEC countries push prices lower. The group restricts production by its members in order to keep global oil prices high. In recent years, prices have been so high that member countries have been able to produce all they want. If prices fall, however, members could be asked to cut production at a time when those countries desperately need oil revenue to fund domestic programs. “Pressure on OPEC is going to crank up,” says Judith Dwarkin, Chief Economist at ITG Investment Research. It is unclear whether, or how far, prices will fall. The new oil in the Americas is expensive to produce because it is found in difficult locations — deep offshore, trapped in oil sands, or in tightly-packed rock. Lower prices would force drillers to quickly pull back, or risk losing money. That would reduce supplies, and send prices back up. Analysts say that if prices fall below $70 per barrel for a sustained period, investment in the most expensive new projects will slow. Average oil prices have been remarkably flat over the last three years. The price of oil averaged $95 per barrel in 2011, $94 in 2012 and $94 so far this year. That has kept average U.S. gasoline prices relatively stable too — averaging between $3.51 and $3.63 per gallon over the last three years. Tuesday’s report had little effect on daily oil markets — oil closed down less than one percent to just over $94 per barrel. 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 15, 2013 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 Death Notice Williamson Arty Gene Williamson, 74, of Proctorville, Ohio, died Monday, May 13, 2013, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, W.Va. Fu- neral service will be conducted 1 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville, Ohio, by Pastor Carl Lilly. Burial will follow in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville, Ohio. Visitation will be held 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013, with a Masonic service at 7:30 p.m. at Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville, Ohio. Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she authored for Tuesday’s New York Times under the headline, “My Medical Choice.” She writes that between early February and late April she completed three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts. Jolie, 37, writes that she made the choice with thoughts of her six children after watching her own mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, die too young from cancer. “My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56,” Jolie writes. “She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was.” She writes that, “They have asked if the same could happen to me.” Jolie said that after genetic testing she learned she carries the “faulty” BRCA1 gene and had an 87 percent chance of getting the disease herself. She said she has kept the process private so far, but wrote about it with hopes of helping other women. “I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. But it is one I am very happy that I made,” Jolie writes. “My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer.” Phone and email messages left by The Associated Press late Monday night seeking comment from Jolie representatives were not immediately returned. She is anything but private in the details she provides, giving a description of the procedures. “My own process began on Feb. 2 with a procedure known as a ‘nipple delay,’” she writes, “which rules out disease in the breast ducts behind the nipple and draws extra blood flow to the area.” She then describes the major surgery two weeks later where breast tissue was removed, saying it felt “like a scene out of a science-fiction film,” then writes that nine weeks later she had a third surgery to reconstruct the breasts and receive implants.” Many women have chosen preventive mastectomy since genetic screening for breast cancer was developed, but the move and public announcement is unprecedented from a star so young and widely known as Jolie. She briefly addresses the effects of the surgery on the idealized sexuality and iconic womanhood that have fueled her fame. “I do not feel any less of a woman,” Jolie writes. “I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.” She also wrote that Brad Pitt, her partner of eight years, was at the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Southern California for “every minute of the surgeries.” Bertrand, Jolie’s mother, died in January 2007. She had small roles in the movies “Lookin’ to Get Out” in 1982 and “The Man Who Loved Women” in 1983. She raised Jolie and her brother after divorcing their father, Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, when Jolie was a toddler. Jolie has appeared in dozens of films including 2010’s “The Tourist” and “Salt,” the “Tomb Raider” films and 1999’s “Girl, Interrupted,” for which she won an Oscar. But she has appeared more often in the news in recent years for her relationship with Pitt and her charitable work with refugees as a United Nations ambassador. Meanwhile, CNN anchor Zoraida Sambolin announced Tuesday that she has breast cancer and is getting a double mastectomy. Sambolin, who anchors CNN’s “Early Start” morning show, talked about her condition on the show Tuesday while discussing Jolie’s decision. Sarah Hawley | Daily Sentinel Students took part in various activities throughout the day, including corn hole. Julie Spaun | Courtesy of Eastern Elementary Several students donated their hair during the annual hair donation station held recently at Eastern Elementary. Pictured are (from left to right) 3rd grader Brielle Newland and 2nd grader Hayley Sanders, along with hair stylists, Amanda White and Jaymie Calhoun. Eastern From Page 1 president. She has played basketball and softball for four years. She has been active in 4-H and Meigs County Teen Leaders. Goble will be attending Kent State University in the fall and majoring in PreMed/Biology and plans to become a radiologist. Riddle is the salutatorian for the Eastern High School Class of 2013. She is the daughter of Randy and Melissa Riddle. She is a two year member of National Honor Society. Riddle has been in concert band all four years of high school and marchingpep band for two years. She has also been a member of the Foreign Language Club for two years. Riddle is very active in 4-H, and has held various offices over the years. Through 4-H she has participated in Teen Leaders and Camp Counseling all four years of high school. Next fall, she will attend Ohio University, majoring in education. Honorarians for the Class of 2013, in addition to Goble and Riddle, are, Rachael Erin Markworth of Long Bottom, daughter of Amy Markworth and David Markworth; Alex Burke Amos of Coolville, son of Jeff and Lori Amos; Timothy James Minear of Chester, son of Jim and Karin Minear; Kiana Cheyenne Osborne of Reedsville, daughter of Jim and Connie Osborne; Alexandria Mary-Elizabeth Hendrix of Coolville, daughter of Tony and Sherri Hendrix; Rebecca Louise Chadwell of Long Bottom, daughter of Jim and Cindy Chadwell; Marshall Stephen Aanestad of Rocksprings, son of Erik and Jane Ann Aanestad; Mallory Paige Nicodemus of Reedsville, daughter of Betsy and Warren Entsminger. A list of Eastern High School graduating seniors for the Class of 2013 are as follows: Marshall Stephen Aanestad, Hannah Lynn Adams, Alex Burke Amos, Randall James Armes, Lauren Brooke Boggess, Maxwell Peat Carnahan, Rebecca Louise Chadwell, Katlin Danielle Clark, Samuel Charles Collins, Larissa Dawn Cunningham, Randal William Davis, Devin Ray Dye, Timothy Allen Elam, Anna Noel Fulks, Troy Anthony Gantt, Nicole Ashley Gilbride, Victoria Ann Goble, Bradley Allan Goeglein, Garret Andrew Hall, Kayla Marie Hawthorne, Breanna Kalynn Hayman, Jeremy Lee Haynes, Zakkary O’Rein Heaton, Alexandria Mary-Elizabeth Hendrix, Gabrielle Thomas Hendrix, Jason Theodore Kelley, Robert Austin Lute, Rachael Erin Markworth, Ryland Thomas Michael, Dylan Keith Milam, Krista Noel Miller, Timothy James Minear, Nicole Leeann Moodispaugh, Christopher Dylan Morris, Shawna Rebecca Murphy, Mallory Paige Nicodemus, Ethan Jacob Nottingham, Kiana Cheyenne Osborne, Julia Amber Poole, Derick Alden Powell, Tyler Michael Price, Thomas Kirk Pullins, Larissa Lynn Riddle, Garrett Lee Ritchie, Jordan Isaiah Russell, Brandon Michael Scott, Joseph Bryan Scowden, Maria Christine Sharp, Joshua Levi Shook, Jeremiah Andrew Smith, Savannah Rilan Speelman-Hawley, Jennifer Alexis Spencer, Emily Brooke Wheeler, Jesse Colter Woodyard, and Kyle Austin Young. Ballot From Page 1 ting up the plan for the potential takeover of the operation, and said she has viewed it as an opportunity for generating village revenue. She also described the lack of communication from the Commissioners as being a questionable indication as to their position. Councilman Wehrung suggested that in view of the lack of contact from the Commissioners that Council take a wait-and-see position. As for the development of the vehicle impound lot, it was reported that Mike Hendrickson, building inspector, may have found some grant money to fund the work. While a contractor had been contacted to do the work this spring using village money, Council agreed to apply for the grant and wait to see if outside funding is available, even though it may postpone the work until fall. The mayor reported that Hendrickson has said he is “pretty confident the village will qualify for a grant.” Council was of the consensus that it’s worth waiting to see. Baker reported that the village has been Julie Spaun | Courtesy of Eastern Elementary Cancer survivor, Cyndie Rodriguez, speaks to students at Eastern Elementary along with her oldest daughter, Cassie Patterson, youngest daughter (who also donated her hair) Cydnie Gillilan, and her grandson, Colin. Activities also included games with a parachute and hula hoops. Relay From Page 1 notified that seven youth workers will be available from the Meigs County Jobs and Family Services for work in the village this summer. Manley proposed an increase in the water deposit, perhaps to $100, as a way of getting improved payment habits from customers. That would mean those who have their water turned off for non-payment to the village, would have to pay that amount to get it turned back on. No action was taken. Burge mentioned the numerous signs of a personal nature, like yard and house sales, going up at entrances to the village, and what might be done to discourage that. Many are not subject to village control, she was advised. The grants from the Health Department for playground improvements was noted, paving issues were discussed with the mayor reporting the village will be looking for funding once Columbia Gas completes digging, and Council voted not to have a second meeting in May because it falls on Memorial Day. Sarah Hawley | Daily Sentinel tene Beautiful Lengths campaign. Pantene Beautiful Lengths is a charity campaign created by the Pantene company, in partnership with the American Cancer Society, that encourages people to grow, cut and donate their healthy hair to create realhair wigs for women who have lost their hair due to cancer treatments. These wigs are provided to women free of charge through “wig banks” throughout the country. Locally, the wigs are available at the Meigs County Health Department. “By providing this experience to our students and staff, it is our hope that it will develop a life-long desire to ‘pay it forward’ with compassion and personal sacrifice,” said event organizer Julie Spaun. This event has become a yearly tradition on the day of the Eastern mini-Relay for Life. The next hair donation station will be held in May 2014. Those wishing to participate are encouraged to start growing their hair now. Donors were given T-shirts, goodie bags and certificates which were sponsored by local businesses. Cyndie Rodriguez, a cancer survivor, was the guest speaker for the event. Rodriguez spoke about her journey through cancer. She works at Farmers Bank in Pomeroy and is the mother of third grader, Cydnie Gillilan. Hair stylists helping with the event included Jaymie Calhoun from Arcadia in Coolville, Betty Hoschar from Susan’s Locker Room Salon and Tanning in Chester, Chris Parker from West Shade Barber Shop, and Amanda White from Heavenly Cuts in Shade. In addition to the hair donation station, students also took part in several mini-Relay for Life activities around the football field and track. Students in kindergarten through fourth grade made luminaries to line the track in memory or in honor of those who have had cancer. Students in grades five through eight also created banners to be displayed during the event. A total of $887.76 was raised by the students, which will be donated to the American Cancer Society on behalf of the Eastern Local School District. The Meigs County Relay for Life will be held on June 7 and 8 at the Meigs County Fairgrounds. �The Daily Sentinel Sports WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 mdssports@civitasmedia.com Prep prospect Wiggins signs with Kansas HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Top prep basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins told a small gathering of family and friends at his high school gym Tuesday that he will play at Kansas. Then the Huntington Prep star signed his letter-of-intent and officially became a Jayhawk. No big speech. No bands, live TV coverage or props. Just the way the Wiggins wanted it. And just like that, Lawrence, Kan., became more of focal point for the upcoming college basketball season. “I’m looking forward to getting there and just doing my thing,” Wiggins said. The 6-foot-8 Toronto native chose Kansas over Kentucky, North Carolina and Florida State. Wiggins said there wasn’t one particular selling point, taking into account each school’s coaching staff, players and program. “I just followed my heart,” he said. His addition adds to one of the top recruiting classes in the country. Despite the loss of Ben McLemore to the NBA draft, four of Kansas’ five recruits are considered to be in the top 50 nationally, including guards Conner Frankamp and Wayne Selden, forward Brannen Greene and center Joel Embiid. Kentucky already had eight signees in what is considered to be its greatest recruiting class ever. North Carolina’s recruiting class includes McDonald’s AllAmerican big men Isaiah Hicks and Kennedy Meeks. Then there’s Florida State, the only one of the four schools without an NCAA title. Wiggins’ parents both attended Florida State, and the Seminoles had signed his Huntington Prep teammate and fellow Toron- to native, Xavier Rathan-Mayes. Wiggins’ father is former NBA first-round pick Mitchell Wiggins. His mother, Marita PayneWiggins, was a Canadian Olympic sprinter and silver medalist. Older brother Nick plays guard at Wichita State and another brother, Mitchell Jr., plays at NAIA school Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fla. “Florida State was great for mom, it was great for dad,” Mitchell Wiggins said. But he recalled telling his son, “it’s your time. It’s not 20-30 years ago. And Florida State (would have been) a great choice.” But the father said Kansas will “be a great fit. Hopefully Andrew stays humble, stays hungry. We’ll see how it plays out.” Tuesday’s brief ceremony ended the frenzied pursuit of Wiggins, who averaged 23.4 points and 11.2 rebounds per game this season. Rather than turn his announcement into a spectacle, Wiggins wanted a private signing ceremony where he attends classes at St. Joseph’s Central Catholic High School in Huntington. “I didn’t really want to open it up to the public,” he said. “I See WIGGINS ‌| 10 Bo Rader | Wichita Eagle | MCT photo Alex Hawley | Daily Sentinel Meigs senior Harley Fox swings at a pitch during a Lady Marauders game in Rocksprings earlier this season. Lady Marauders sweep Vinton County, 10-0 Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The Meigs softball team celebrated Senior Night in style Monday evening after earning a six-inning 10-0 victory over visiting Vinton County in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division matchup at Salisbury Field in Meigs County. The Lady Marauders (13-7, 6-3 TVC Ohio) honored seniors Kayla Graham, Tess Phelps, Kim Casci, Allyson Davis, Harley Fox, Liddy Fish and Haley English with a win in their regular season home finale, the third straight triumph overall for the hosts. All seven upperclassmen started and finished the contest for MHS, which outhit the Lady Vikings (221, 0-10) by a 10-3 overall margin. Meigs also claimed a season sweep with the wire-to-wire victory following a 9-3 decision at VCHS back on May 1. The Lady Marauders led 4-0 after an inning of play and were ahead 7-0 through two complete, then added two more runs in the fourth for a 9-0 cushion. Brook Andrus led off the bottom of the sixth with a single and scored one batter later when Fish reached on an error, allowing Meigs to wrap up the mercy-rule triumph. English was the winning pitcher of record after allowing just three hits and striking out three over six innings in the circle. Allen suffered the setback for VCHS, which received a hit apiece from Schrader, Owings and Fultz. Andrus led the hosts with four hits and four runs scored, followed by Phelps with two hits and a teambest two RBIs. Davis, Casci, English and Sadie Fox also added a safety each to the winning cause. Phelps scored twice for MHS, followed by English and Sadie Fox with a run apiece. Andrus, Davis, Casci and Harley Fox each drove in an RBI. Meigs still has a makeup game to play at NelsonvilleYork before completing its TVC Ohio season. OVP Sports Schedule Wednesday, May 15 Baseball Belpre at River Valley, 5 p.m. South Gallia at Southern, 5 p.m. South Webster at Eastern, 5 p.m. Softball Ironton St. Joe at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Thursday, May 16 Baseball Unioto at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Eastern at Southern, 5 p.m. Friday, May 17 Track and Field WVSSAC State Meet, 2 p.m. OVC meet at River Valley, 5:30 Saturday, May 18 Baseball Nelsonville-York-Wellston winner at Meigs, 11 a.m. Softball Waverly at Gallia Academy, 11 a.m. Trimble-Belpre winner at Southern, 11 a.m. Ironton St Joe-South Gallia winner at Eastern, 11 a.m. Track and Field WVSSAC State Meet, 9 a.m. SEOAL meet at Portsmouth, 11 a.m. West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith (12) looks for a receiver against Kansas State at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia, on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. Kansas State defeated West Virginia, 55-14. Rookies get first taste of NFL ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — NFL rookies are ditching their textbooks for playbooks and getting their first taste of what it’ll be like playing for paychecks instead of school pride. Twenty-three teams wrapped up their three-day rookie camps Sunday. The others held theirs last week. Until now, football was their pastime; now it’s their profession. NFL teams give their draft picks and college free agents a head start before veterans return Monday for the start of “Phase 3” offseason workouts that feature OTAs, or “Organized Team Activities.” For players, it’s their first chance to see what the pros are all about. Coaches get their first look at the new crop of college players their personnel departments have studied for months. As Denver defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio said, “It’s like opening a present at Christmas time.” With draft parties already a hazy memory, rookies arrived at their new jobs for physicals and fittings. They picked their jersey numbers and lockers before gathering for introductions and admonitions about such things as the pitfalls of social media and hangers-on dragging them down. They toured team headquarters, checked out weight rooms and some even signed their first contracts. “I was like a little kid. As soon as I put the jersey on, the shorts, the cleats, I wanted to take all types of pictures and send them to my friends,” said Broncos running back Montee Ball, who starred at Wisconsin. “But it’s all about business.” The actual practices and position drills were what the weekend was mostly about. “You can’t really get ahead of yourself or let the expectations get to you or the pressure get to you,” said Kansas City Chiefs tackle Eric Fisher. “It’s good being here finally.” For some, such as Manti Te’o, this weekend was all about a fresh start. “I’m here to play football,” Te’o said after practicing for the first time with the San Diego Chargers, determined to push his infamous girlfriend hoax and his lackluster national championship play into the rearview mirror. “I’m not focusing on what is going on on the outside. I’m worried about what we’re doing here in San Diego and I’m looking forward to when the veterans come in on Monday.” Whether they were the league’s No. 1 overall pick like Fisher or a long shot like Chiefs tight end Demetrius Harris, a basketball star at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, which doesn’t even field a football team, they’re all in the same boat: NFL novices hoping to prove or disprove personnel people’s notions about them. “I’ve had to relearn everything,” said Harris. “In high school we had basic stuff. This is all new.” To some degree, it’s unfamiliar to everyone, even to those who played at big-time college football programs. “It’s been a mental beat down,” said Denver Broncos tackle Vinston Painter, a sixth-round draft pick out of Virginia Tech. “But at the same time we just have to stay composed and listen to what Coach is saying and learn from your mistakes every day. There’s always something that can be fixed. It’s a nice-sized learning curve, but I feel like I’m handling it pretty well.” Going from college to the NFL is akin to jumping from high school to college, only “it’s more intensified,” said Broncos wide receiver Tavarres King, a fifth-round pick from Georgia. “It’s kind of like you have to be perfect out there.” Their every move is monitored in one way or another. “They’re probably a little more under the microscope than maybe they were in their colleges,” Broncos coach John Fox said. “You just try to educate them and bring them up to speed as fast as possible. You’re going to have some mishaps, you’re going to have some bumps. “The disadvantage they have is that they might be competing against guys that have been doing this for four or five years. So, it’s hard to play fast when you’re thinking and you don’t know what you’re doing,” Fox said. “So this is a great opportunity, even though it’s a short opportunity. We bombard them pretty hard in each meeting.” The weekend was beneficial even to a guy like Lerenetee McCray, a linebacker from Florida who went undrafted after tearing his left rotator cuff last fall and who won’t be able to participate in team drills until next month. See ROOKIES ‌| 10 MLB improves diversity among senior administration NEW YORK (AP) — While Major League Baseball teams improved racial diversity in hiring senior administrators, the employment of women is still lagging, according to the annual report by Richard Lapchick’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida. Racial diversity among senior team administrators improved to 19.9 percent from 17 percent. “The most notable trends are that a team level there was substantial improvement, and that hasn’t been the case over the years,” Lapchick said. “It’s still significantly behind the major league offices in terms of percentage of people of color, but that we thought that was a really positive trend.” MLB’s central offices have 30.8 percent people of color. The sport’s overall score of 92.5 points equaled its top mark in 2010, and racial hiring received an A grade for the fifth straight year. Gender hiring remained a C+, with its points increasing from 75.2 to 76.6. Gender hiring improved from a D to a C among senior team administration, but it remained an F among team vice presidents. “What baseball tells me, and I’m sure there’s probably some truth to it, is that there’s such a small turnover at the team level in particular that you can’t see a lot of change quickly,” Lapchick said. Lapchick has been conducting his study since 1988. He said changes among players were within yearly fluctuations. African-American players on opening-day rosters dropped to 8.3 percent this year from 8.9 percent last season, and the percentage of Latino players rose from 27.5 to 28.2. Managers of color remained at five this year, down from 10 as recently as 2010. For coaches, 39.1 percent were people of color in 2012, up from 31.2 in 2011. GMs increased by one to four, but Lapchick included San Francisco’s David Martinez, whose title is general manager retail. There are no women or people of color who are controlling owners or CEOs. “Major League Baseball has made important strides in instilling overall diversity throughout our industry, and today’s findings illustrate the depth of those efforts,” Commissioner Bud Selig said. “We recognize, however, that there is more to accomplish and improve upon.” MLB last month instituted an 18-member task force that will study ways to increase diversity in the game, especially among black players. �Wednesday, May 15, 2013 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 Companyʼs 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.LEGALS LEGALS Also the following described real estate in the same County, SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL Township and State: BeginESTATE ning at a stake 9.18 rods north THE STATE OF OHIO, MEIGS of the southwest corner of AuCOUNTY. gust Hartungʼs 40-acre lot in GLENN STOUT : Section 19; thence north 98.55 Plaintiff : CASE NO. 12 CIV rods to a stone; thence west 104 86.6 rods to Joseph Willʼs land; vs. : thence south to the center of MELODY DOTSON, et al. : the county road; thence followDefendants. : ing the center of the county In pursuance of an Order of road to the place of beginning, Sale dated April 23, 2013, in containing 36 acres, more or the above entitled action, I will less. offer for sale at public auction, Also, the following described at the front door of the Court real estate in the same County, House, in Pomeroy, Ohio, in Township and State: Being in the above named County, on Town 3, Range 13 and SecFriday, the 31st day of May, tion 25 in the Ohio Companyʼs 2013 at 10:00 o'clock A. M., Purchase. Beginning in the the following described real es- east line of said Section 25 tate, situate in the County of 160 rods south of the northMeigs, and State of Ohio, toeast corner of said section and wit: running west 160 rods; thence Situate in the Township of south 80 rods; thence east 160 Bedford in the County of Meigs rods; thence north 80 rods to and State of Ohio: Beginning the place of beginning, con80 rods south of the northeast taining 80 acres, more or less. corner of Section 25, Town 3, EXCEPT 40 acres off the west Range 13 of the Ohio Comend of said 80-acre tract; the panyʼs Purchase and running part hereby conveyed being west 160 rods; thence south the east half of said 80-acre 80 rods; thence east 160 rods; tract, and containing 40 acres, thence north 80 rods to the more or less. place of beginning, containing Parcel No.: 0100778000; 80 acres, more or less. SAVE 0100776000; 0100777000 and EXCEPT 20 acres deeded Said premises appraised at by J.S. Epple and Eliza Epple Seventy Thousand Dollars to William and Ella May Reu($70,000.00) and cannot be ter off the west end of the sold for less than two-thirds of above described tract, leaving said amount; 60 acres, more or less. Also, a TERMS OF SALE: Ten per private road through the 20cent (10%) cash in hand on acre tract of William and Ella day of sale with balance to be May Reuter, described as folpaid upon delivery of deed. lows: Beginning at a pair of THIS SHERIFF'S SALE OPbars and running in a westerly ERATES UNDER THE DOCdirection to near a well to the TRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. public road. THE MEIGS COUNTY SHERAlso the following described IFF MAKES NO GUARANTEE real estate in the same County, AS TO STATUS OF TITLE Township and State: BeginPRIOR TO SALE. Auctions ning at a stake 9.18 rods north KEITH WOOD, SHERIFF of the southwest corner of AuMEIGS COUNTY, OHIO gust Hartungʼs 40-acre lot in REBECCA D. LOUKS Section 19; thence north 98.55 OTHS, HEISER & MILLER, rods to a stone; thence west LLC 86.6 rods to Joseph Willʼs land; Attorney for Plaintiff thence south to the center of 5/8 5/15 5/22 the county road; thence following the center of the county ATof5867 LONG HOLLOW RD, FROM POINT roadLOCATED to the place beginning, containing 36 acres, or PLEASANT, WVmore GO APROX 9 MILES ON ROUTE 2N, less. ONTO LONG HOLLOW RD AND GO 3 MILES TO Also,TURN the following described realAUCTION. estate in the same County, LETART, WV. SELLING THE ESTATE OF THE Township and State: Being in LATE L. BLESSING. Town 3, Range 13 and HERMAN Section 25 in ANTIQUE, the Ohio Companyʼs CLASSIC CARS, & TRUCKS Purchase. Beginning in the 4 Dr., Custom Line, V8 Auto., 1954 Ford, Fordamatic, east line of said Section 25 56,079 Miles; Ford Pickup Truck, 3 Speed on the 160 rods south of 1955 the northeast corner 92,619 of said section Column, Miles; and 1950 Dodge Pickup truck, Needs running west No 160Engine. rods; thence Restored, south 80 rods; thence east 160 FARM EQUIPMENT, rods; thence north 80 rods to TRACTORS, & DOZER the beginning, TDplace 340of Int. Dozer;conMF 165 Diesel w/Remotes, Multi taining 80 MF acres, more or less. Power; 165 Diesel w/Loader; MF 35 (Gas) w/Loader; EXCEPT 40 acres off the west NHof 846 Round tract; Baler; end said 80-acre the Palladino 5 Ft. Tiller; 2 Good part hereby conveyed being Hay Wagons; Manure Spreader; MF Double Plow; 3 Pt. the east half ofSpear; said 80-acre Blade; Bale 4 Wheel Rake; JD A Cycle Mower; NH tract, and containing 40 acres, 269orHayline Square Baler, Needs Work; Horse Drawn more less. Parcel No.: 0100778000; Implements; Rake; Plows Cultivator. 0100776000; 0100777000 ANTIQUE TRACTORS Said premises appraised at JD Model A; JD Model Seventy Thousand DollarsB w/Loader, JD Model B; AC D15. ($70,000.00) and cannot be ANTIQUE HORSE DRAWN BUGGIES sold for2less than two-thirds of Nice Seater; 1 Seater; Sulky; Plus Harness (They have said amount; been stored for years) TERMS OF SALE: Ten per cent (10%) cash in hand on GUNS day of sale Pump with balance be Stevens 12 G.toShotgun; H & R Pioneer, 22 Single paid upon delivery of deed. ShotSHERIFF'S Rifle; Heritage THIS SALERough OP- Rider 22 LR Pistol. ERATES UNDER THE DOCMISCELLANEOUS TRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. Kawasaki 400 4-Wheeler; Troybilt Sickle Mower; Troybilt THE MEIGS COUNTY SHERTiller; 3-Honda 4-Wheelers for Parts; Misc. tools; Copper IFF MAKES NO GUARANTEE AS TO STATUS TITLE 4 Door Metal Ice Box; Kettle; AntiqueOF Windsor PRIOR TO SALE. KEITH WOOD, SHERIFF ANTIQUES StoneCOUNTY, Jars & Jugs; Red & White Porcelian; Berry Bucket; MEIGS OHIO REBECCA D. LOUKS Ukelian; Silver tone Guitar; Iron Kettle; Childs Wooden OTHS, HEISER & MILLER, Wagon; Piano; Organ; Desk; Ford Oil Can & more. LLC CAR & TRACTOR COLLECTION Attorney forTOY Plaintiff 5/8 395/15 toy 5/22 tractors - MF, JD, AC, Farmall, Etc. Plus Farm ESTATE AUCTION SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013 @ 10:00 A.M. Implements; 86 Toy Cars, some are metal, plus others. FIELD PARKING & FOOD TERMS: CASH OR CHECK W/ VALID ID, BANK LETTER OF CREDIT IF UNKNOWN TO AUCTION CO. AUCTION CONDUCTED BY: RICK PEARSON AUCTION CO #66 RICKY PEARSON, JR #1955 304-773-5446 OR 304-593-5118 auctionzip.com Faron Blessing, Adm. to the Estate 60417781 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 www.mydailysentinel.com the Ohio Companyʼs 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 Hartungʼs 40-acre lot in Section 19; thence north 98.55 rods to a stone; thence west 86.6 rods to Joseph Willʼs 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 Companyʼs 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 SHERLEGALS LEGALS IFF MAKES NO GUARANTEE AS TO STATUS OF TITLE SHERIFFʼS SALE, CASE NO. PRIOR TO SALE. 12 CV 107, FARMERS BANK KEITH WOOD, SHERIFF AND SAVINGS COMPANY, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO PLAINTIFF, VS. AMY L. REBECCA D. LOUKS YOUNG AKA AMY LYNN OTHS, HEISER & MILLER, YOUNG, ET AL., DEFENDLLC ANTS, COURT OF COMMON Attorney for Plaintiff PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, 5/8 5/15 5/22 OHIO. SHERIFFʼS SALE, CASE NO. By virtue of an Order of Sale 12 CV 091, PEOPLES BANK, issued out of said Court in the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, above action, Keith O. Wood, PLAINTIFF, VS. THOMAS P. the Sheriff of Meigs County, BROOKS, ET AL., DEFENDOhio, will expose to sell at pubANTS, COURT OF COMMON lic action on the front steps of PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, the Meigs County Courthouse OHIO. in Pomeroy, Meigs County, By virtue of an Order of Sale Ohio, on Friday, May 31, 2013, issued out of said Court in the at 10:00 a.m., the following above action, Keith O. Wood, lands and tenements: the Sheriff of Meigs County, PARCEL NO. 1: Ohio, will expose to sell at pub- Situated in the Village of Ralic action on the front steps of cine, County of Meigs and the Meigs County Courthouse State of Ohio: in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Situate in Section #16, Town Ohio, on Friday, May 31, 2013, #2, Range #12, Township of at 10:00 a.m., the following Sutton, Village of Racine, lands and tenements: County of Meigs and State of Situated in the County of Ohio and more particularly deMeigs, State of Ohio, and scribed as follows: Beginning Township of Salisbury, and at the Southeast corner of a bounded and described as fol28/100 acre tract now owned lows: by Fannie Miller Sayre and C. Situated in 100 Acre Lot No. E. Sayre; thence North with 370, Section 34, Town 1, said Sayreʼs East line a disRange 12 of the Ohio Comtance of 180 feet to the North panyʼs Purchase. line of original lot #21 at a disBeginning at an iron pin at the tance of 70 feet to the NorthwSouthwest corner of Grace est corner of Marlin Young and Mulfordʼs land; thence North Elva Young 20/100 acre tract 14 deg. 41' East 116 feet to the of land; thence South on Southeast corner of the Harry Youngʼs West line a distance Mohler lot; thence South 86of 70 feet to the place of begin1/2 deg. West 187 feet to ning, containing 28/100 acres, Mohlerʼs Southwest corner; more or less. thence South 16 deg. West Reserving to the State of Ohio 200 feet; thence South 86-1/4 all oil, gas coal and other mindeg. East 201 feet; thence erals with all of the rights apNorth 14 deg. 41' East 84 feet pertaining thereto as provided to the place of beginning, conby the laws of Ohio. taining 0.87 acre, more or less. FIRST EXCEPTION: ExceptSave and except a right of way ing and reserving to the grant16 feet wide running Northerly ors 25 feet off the West side of and Southerly through the East the above described real eshalf of said 0.87 acre for tate. egress and ingress to the lots SECOND EXCEPTION: Exadjoining on the North. cepting and reserving to the Also save and except a right of grantors 60 feet off the North way 16 feet wide running side of the above described Westerly from the first excepreal estate. tion to the land adjoining on The real estate conveyed by the West reserved to the this deed fronts 55 feet on Vine Grantor. This conveyance sub- Street and extends Northerly ject to right of way for power 120 feet. line heretofore given. Auditorʼs Parcel No.: 19Reference Deed: Volume 150, 00219.001 Page 719, Meigs County OffiPARCEL NO. 2: cial Records. Situate in the Township of SutAuditorʼs Parcel No.: 14ton, Village of Racine, County 00287.000 of Meigs and State of Ohio, Also a 2003 Clayton Worthing- and more particularly deton manufactured home, Seriscribed as follows: Being withal No. CLH028203TNAB, Ohio in Section 16, Town 2, Range Certificate of Title 12 and Lot 2, and beginning at #5300158606. the Southeast corner of WilliThe above described real esam Sniderʼs lot or what was tate and manufactured home same located on the North side are sold “as is” without warof a twenty foot street North 89 ranties or covenants. degrees East a distance of 706 PROPERTY ADDRESS: feet from the intersection of 28042 State Route 7, Vine Street and Broadway, or Cheshire, OH 45620. what was commonly known as CURRENT OWNER: Dorothy Seventh Street, the intersecJane Brooks and Thomas P. tion being the North side of Brooks (real estate); Thomas Vine with the center of SevP. Brooks (manufactured enth; thence North a distance home). of 177 feet to the North side of REAL ESTATE AND MANULot 2; thence North 89 deFACTURED HOME APgrees, 19' East a distance of PRAISED AT: $20,000.00. The 50 feet to the Northwest corner real estate and manufactured of what was Laura Bakerʼs lot home cannot be sold for less and is now the Mason Spenthan 2/3rds the appraised cer real estate; thence South a value. The appraisal does not distance of 178 feet to the include an interior examination North side of aforesaid Vine of any structures, if any, on the Street; thence along the North real estate. side of said Vine Street South TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash 898 degrees 15' West a disonly) down on day of sale, bal- tance of 50 feet to the place of ance (cash or certified check beginning, containing twenty only) due on confirmation of hundredthʼs acre (0.20), more sale. ORC 2327.02(C) reor less. EXCEPT the minerals quires successful bidders to reserved by the State of Ohio. pay recording fees and associ- Auditorʼs Parcel No.: 19ated costs to the Sheriff. 00343.000 ALL SHERIFFʼS SALES OPSubject to all legal highways, ERATE UNDER THE DOCeasements, rights of ways, TRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. zoning ordinances, restrictions PROSPECTIVE PURand conditions of record. CHASERS ARE URGED TO Reference Deed: Volume 288, CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE Page 44, Meigs County OffiPUBLIC RECORDS OF cial Records. MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. The above described real esATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: tate is sold “as is” without warJennifer L. Sheets, LITTLE, ranties or covenants. SHEETS & BARR, LLP, 211PROPERTY ADDRESS: 811 213 E. Second Street, Vine Street, Racine, OH Pomeroy, OH 45769, Tele45771. phone: (740) 992-6689 CURRENT OWNER: Amy L. (5) 8, 15, 22 Young. REAL ESTATE APPRAISED AT: $49,000.00. The real estate cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised value. 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Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 (5)8, 15, 22 Miscellaneous �Wednesday, May 15, 2013 The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 www.mydailysentinel.com Wednesday, May 15, 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 15, 2013: This year you will gain insight by reaching out to others. Start conversations, and be open to others’ ideas. You also could develop an interest in investing or organizing your finances. If you are single, you will be expanding your circle of friends. It is through one of your pals or associates that you will meet someone of interest. If you are attached, communicate and extend an olive branch to your sweetie. Don’t allow your differences to become disagreements. LEO might be unusually attractive to you. 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) HHHHH You are a very inquisitive person by nature. Expect an upswing in your curiosity. You just can’t seem to get enough answers. You could meet a younger person or a potential new friend in your meanderings. Tonight: You might need to talk a child or loved one down. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You have given a lot of time and thought to a future purchase, and you might decide that today is the right day for you to make it happen. Be sure to clue in a partner on your plan, and weigh some last-minute details. Tonight: Spend money only on what has been planned. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You have a way with words that has become renowned. Your softer side emerges, and it becomes apparent that many people around you appreciate this side of you. It would serve you well to make an extra effort to get past an immediate issue. Tonight: Time for some fun. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Understand that you have been dominant as of late. An event occurs that could urge you to slow down. Recognize that you might have missed a major facet of an idea or project. Honor a request from a loved one. Give this person what he or she wants. Tonight: Your treat. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You’ll sense a major swing or change in what is happening. You have been more cautious than you have been in a long time. As a result, when you decide to toss caution to the wind, you will feel a great sense of relief. Realize that you only can go forward. Tonight: It is your call. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Use the daylight hours to further any project. You will gain the support you want, but you still might have much to consider regarding your direction and choices. Listen to some of the seemingly irrelevant chatter around you. Tonight: At a ballgame or some other favorite pastime. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You might feel like a fish swimming upstream. Listen to someone’s comments and suggestions. Know that you don’t always need to take the hard road. New information helps you deal with what is going on. You are where it counts. Tonight: Where the crowds are. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Seek out different perspectives. In the process, you might find that you are extremely reactive. Ask yourself what is going on. If you can’t put out the flames, detach. By doing this, you finally will be able to see the big picture. Tonight: Togetherness is the theme. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Deal with one person at a time. Listen to a discussion, and give each person some say. Someone you can trust helps you and others pull a project together. Diversity will add to its strength. Others will continue to give you feedback. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might want to rethink a personal matter. You are grounded and together as far as knowing which way to go. If you tap into your creativity, solutions will come forward. Others give you feedback. Even if you find it irrelevant, be gracious. Tonight: Spend time with a friend. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Defer to others, and let them see the results of their actions. You can’t predict the outcome of a project any more than they can. The experience will add to their abilities. Your creativity surges when you can relax. Tonight: Pretend that it is Friday night. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Your imagination leads, and your mind follows. Nevertheless, you might want to present your ideas in an intellectual manner. You can do it all. Listen to feedback, and understand how important it is to keep a family member in the loop. Tonight: Take a walk after dinner. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Page 10 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com OVP Sports Briefs Meigs Youth Football Camp ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The 2013 Meigs Youth Football Camp will be held on Saturday, June 1, at Holzer Field, Farmers Bank Stadium on the campus of Meigs High School. The school is located at 42091 County Road 25 in Pomeroy. Registration for the camp will begin at 8 a.m., and the camp will run from 9 a.m. until noon. The camp is open to any child who will be in grades 1-8 this fall, and will focus on attitude, effort, hard work, teamwork, fundamentals, technique, individual drills and group drills. For more information or questions, you can call (740) 645-4479 or (740) 416-5443. If you would like a camp registration form e-mailed to you, you can e-mail: meigsyouthfootballcamp@outlook.com Instruction will be provided by current Meigs Marauders players and coaching staff, including Meigs coach Mike Bartrum and longtime National Football League veteran. Also scheduled to attend is Marshall and New England Patriot Hall of Famer Troy Brown — a three-time SuperBowl champion. Other various college football coaches and players will also be adding instruction. There is a cost for the camp. If you pre-register by May 18, children are guaranteed a camp T-shirt. Registration accepted after the deadline, including the day of the camp, will not be guaranteed a camp T-shirt. Allbright Aces 14th at Riverside Golf Club MASON, W.Va. — Point Pleasant senior Eric Allbright recorded his first career hole in one Saturday at the 14th hole at Riverside Golf Club. The shot was from the championship tees and it traveled 148 yards off of his six iron. Witnesses were his father Rob, his mother Lisa and his sister Kelsey. US, Russia and Iran to wrestle in New York Luke Meredith The Associated Press The governments of the United States and Russia can sometimes be at odds. Americans and Iranians rarely see eye to eye on anything. But the possibility of wrestling losing its Olympic spot has given these three oftendivergent nations a cause to rally around. The U.S., Russian and Iranian wrestling teams will meet on Wednesday for an historic exhibition in New York. It’s a showcase event for what the sport’s international governing body has dubbed “World Wrestling Month.” The IOC in February recommended that wrestling be dropped from the Olympic program starting in 2020. Wrestling now has to plead its case to the IOC to be included as a provisional sport in St. Petersburg, Russia on May 29. The New York exhibition, known as “The Rumble on the Rails” and to be held at Grand Central Terminal, is designed to highlight the sport’s international appeal and popularity. The pre-meet news conference is even being held at the United Nations, and the meet will be televised live by the NBC Sports Network and Universal Sports — a rarity for a sport struggling for ways to make itself more viewer-friendly. The Iranians, who will be competing in the U.S. for the first time in 10 years, will also compete against the Americans at an exhibition in Los Angeles on May 19. “In this crisis, we all stick together. Wrestlers maybe can do, sometimes, what politicians cannot,” said Nenad Lalovic, the acting president of FILA, the sport’s governing body. “We love our sport, and we are united to save it.” If there’s one thing that the U.S., Russian and Iran have in common, it’s a proud tradition of wrestling success and a deep passion for the sport that’s been re-ignited by the IOC. The Americans have won more Olympic medals in wrestling than any other country. When put in certain context, it can be argued that the U.S. wrestling team has been more successful than any other American Olympic team. The Russians are now the world’s premier wrestling nation. They won 11 medals in the recent London Olympics, including four golds, when no other nation claimed more than six medals. The Russians were furious at the IOC’s recommendation, and their angst over the sport’s Olympic future stretches all the way to the top. Sponsored by Taylor Motors SUBMIT YOUR CHILD’S PHOTO TO WIN! www.mydailytribune.com • www.mydailyregister.com www.mydailysentinel.com SUBMISSIONS OPEN April june VOTING BEGINS VOTING ENDS 5pm, june 28 2 14 knew it would be jam packed in here. I wanted people who appreciated me and people I appreciate to be here watching me. I wanted a lot of people I knew.” Initially rated as a 2014 prospect, Wiggins shot to the top of recruiting charts when he decided last October to reclassify into his original high school class of 2013. The four major recruiting services rated Wiggins as the No. 1 overall recruit. Wiggins had kept quiet on his intentions. He had yet to even make a verbal commitment and delayed his signing until almost the very end — Wednesday is the deadline for recruits to sign with NCAA Division I schools. “This is the way I like it to be done — on my own time,” he said. “I’ve got a weight lifted off my shoulders. I can relax now.” Interest grew in recent weeks. As one fan put told Wiggins in a Twitter post, “You’re driving 4 schools and 4 fan bases absolutely insane.” Wiggins’ game did the talking. He has the ability to make shots from all angles and distances, blow past defenders to the basket and reach the rim at eye level. VOTING CATEGORIES Grand Prize • Newborn (0-12 months) • Toddler (12-24 months) 2-3 Years Old • 4-5 Years Old • 6-8 Years Old • 9-12 Years Old 60410244 Sales: 1-877-812-9603 Service: 1-740-594-3528 deceive on the part of JGR or Toyota, and that the part did not provide any competitive advantage. So the team went through the appeals process for the first time in its history, and won a rare victory at the first level in getting most of the penalties reduced. Kenseth still had to go to Darlington without crew chief Jason Ratcliff, who had his suspension reduced from six races to one. It made no difference, though, as Kenseth was steady all weekend behind fill-in crew chief Wally Brown and found himself in position to pounce as Busch began to fade for the first Southern 500 win of Kenseth’s career. In some regards, it’s the addition of Kenseth that has pushed JGR to what seems to be a higher level this year. The 2003 champion is the consummate professional on and off the track. He rides out the highs and lows with an even keel, and brings a steadiness the organization hasn’t had since Bobby Labonte departed at the end of 2005. JGR still had a veteran after Labonte left in Tony Stewart, but the temperamental driver was never the role model Hamlin needed. Busch only spent one season with Stewart at JGR, and when Stewart left in 2009, Hamlin became the most senior driver in the shop — a quiet leader with proven on-track credentials that demand respect from Busch and Hamlin. “I think Denny and Kyle really like having him, hearing what he has to say,” J.D. Gibbs said. “On the race track, he just has a gift. So I think it’s really been a blessing for Joe Gibbs Racing to have him join our team. We look forward to a great future.” Behind the scenes, JGR has also worked extremely hard to overcome shortcomings. The move this year by NASCAR to the new Gen-6 race car was a clean slate for everyone, and JGR seized the opportunity to get out front in development. Employees at the shop studied the new specifications and built new cars around the new weight rules, while the crews worked hard to understand the new rear camber rules and how it affected the rear tires. It’s been clear all season that JGR did its homework: The team has won five of 11 Cup races between Kenseth and Busch, who both rank inside the top-eight in the Sprint Cup standings. Hamlin missed four races with his injury but still ranks 27th, one spot behind Talladega winner David Ragan, and ahead of Danica Patrick and Labonte. In the Nationwide Series, Busch has won five of the eight races he’s entered and Sadler and Vickers are both inside the top-five in points. It’s been seven years since Stewart gave JGR its last Cup title, and the team has gone down swinging several times since with both Busch and Hamlin. Wiggins was the recipient of this year’s Gatorade Boys National Basketball Player of the Year and Naismith Foundation national awards. He has been called the best prep prospect since LeBron James. Wiggins participated in several postseason all-star games, most recently playing for the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit April 20 in Portland, Ore. Wiggins cited fatigue from the Oregon trip for canceling scheduled visits from North Carolina coach Roy Williams, Kansas’ Bill Self and Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton. Wiggins instead talked to them by phone. Kentucky coach John Calipari had visited Wiggins in Huntington on March 28. “When he announced it, it wasn’t the one I thought he would pick,” said Wiggins’ high school coach, Rob Fulford, who felt the player would choose Florida State. “But I wasn’t surprised. All four have advantages over the others in some way.” Besides Rathan-Mayes, three other Huntington Prep teammates signed at Division I schools: Moses Kingsley at Arkansas, Dominic Woodson at Baylor and Travon Landry at Tennessee. Rookies 60410183 CHECK OUT OUR NEW AND PRE-OWNED INVENTORY CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — When Joe Gibbs publicly addressed the illegal part found in Matt Kenseth’s engine, the team owner was respectful of NASCAR’s inspection process but adamant about the importance of not sullying Joe Gibbs Racing’s reputation over an infraction he insisted was not intentional. When an appeals board last week reduced most of the penalties NASCAR levied against JGR, Gibbs did not celebrate winning his case. His reaction was reserved, almost subdued, and nothing close to the celebration one might have expected over an issue that was so important to him. Perhaps it’s because JGR chose to do its celebrating on the race track. JGR came roaring back from two rocky weeks fighting NASCAR by blowing the doors off the competition at Darlington Raceway, where it swept last weekend’s races. Kenseth won the Sprint Cup race on Saturday night, Kyle Busch won the Nationwide Series race on Friday night and nobody came close to challenging the organization. Busch routed the field in the Nationwide race and led JGR drivers Elliott Sadler and Brian Vickers across the finish line. Kenseth wound up fifth to give JGR first, second, third and fifth in the first race of the weekend. In the Cup race, it looked like it was going to be Busch again as he led a race-high 265 laps. But a flat tire in the homestretch caused Busch to fade to a sixth-place finish. Sailing past him was Kenseth for his seriesleading third win of the season and teammate Denny Hamlin, who made it a 1-2 JGR finish in Hamlin’s first full race since suffering a compression fracture of a vertebra in his lower back. When asked to explain JGR’s performance at Darlington, team President J.D. Gibbs downplayed any magic formula. “I just think our whole team — we’ve just got a great team from top to bottom, drivers, crew chiefs, guys that travel, guys back at the shop,” Gibbs said. “I think that really pays off on the weekend. It pays off in Nationwide. That’s kind of our training ground for our guys to move up to Cup. Then it pays off in Cup. We have guys that work hard, long hours. They enjoy it. They enjoy winning races, too.” The weekend sweep came on the heels of a trying two weeks for the Gibbs organization. One of the connecting rods in Kenseth’s race-winning engine from Kansas did not meet the minimum weight requirements and NASCAR punished the organization with one of the toughest penalties in recent history. Joe Gibbs didn’t dispute the part was illegal, and manufacturer Toyota accepted full blame. What was important to Gibbs was proving that there was no intent to From Page 6 Grand Prize • Newborn (0-12 months) 250 N. Columbus Rd. 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So, it’s a great privilege and really a great accomplishment to have a seat in one of those rooms.” It’s also the first chance for coaches to get back outside and do what they do best. “I think any coach worth their weight likes to be on the grass, and on the field coaching,” Fox said. “It’s the fun part of coaching. That’s really why most of us do it. There’s no doubt it’s an excitement level, even though it’s just the rookies, at this point. To be on the field with them is great.” � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 05. May Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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