https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/dbacd6928141ecd1feafe70539c2ae63.pdf 8cf306aeb2d7050b34dc6f4ab01501c7 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribune.com for archive • games • e-edition • polls & more Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs Counties INSIDE STORY Lutheran church officially welcomed into NALC.... A6 WEATHER SPORTS Partly sunny. High of 51. Low of 25 ........ A2 Blue Devils win Coaches Corner Classic .... B1 $2.00 SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2011 Vol. 46, No. 01 Musser’s service as village official ends Long-time public servant reflects on accomplishments By Charlene Hoeflich CHOEFLICH@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — Sixteen years as a Pomeroy village official came to an end yesterday for John Musser. Musser, who served two terms on village council, all eight years as president, and another two terms as mayor, did not seek re-election in 2011. “It was all rewarding, particularly the work on projects,” said Musser in an interview Thursday. And while he indicated he has no intention to re-enter the political scene, he did say he will be staying involved in the community. This comes as no surprise since Musser has always been involved. He was chairman of the Downtown Pomeroy Revitalization Committee and worked on that successful project for almost five years. Currently he serves on the executive boards of the Jackson, Gallia, Meigs, Vinton Sewer District, the Meigs County Community Improvement Corporation, the Meigs County Tourism Board and is on the Board of the Farmers Bank. Included among the many projects he championed as chairman of the revitalization committee and as a village official are the construction of the Pomeroy amphitheater, the boatdocks, the two parking lot gazebos and the popular riverside walking path. He wrote numerous grants and secured funding for many projects including things like playground equipment for the Water Works Park and development of the Mulberry Pond into a community activity area. He has also helped to secure funding to assist the village in some needed infrastructure repair and replacement, street paving, and repair of the parking lot wall previously damaged from flooding. Currently, the village has many infrastructure proj- ects in the works — more than $9 million, which will probably start in 2012 and 2013,” said Musser, adding that, “we expect to complete the CSO projects mandated by the EPA within the next three to four years.” Musser was quick to give credit to others, like Paul Hellman, village administrator, and Jim Smith, Mulberry Pond chairman, for their work in facilitating project development. Smith last week erected a sign of appreciation to Musser for securing the Nature Works grants which made it possible for improvements at the Mulberry Pond site. Gallia man gets prison time for rape Accident closes portion of U.S. 33 Staff Report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com DARWIN — A twovehicle accident closed a portion of US 33 in Meigs County on Thursday evening. A semi-truck and a 1998 Buick LeSabre were involved. Initial reports indicate that the driver of the car, Charles Young, 27, of New Haven, W.Va., crossed the center line striking the truck. The truck was driven by Thomas Owens, 55, of Reynoldsburg. The accident occurred at approximately 5 p.m. just north of the Ohio 681/US 33 intersection where the road goes from four lanes to two lanes. Young was transported by Medflight to Ohio State University Hospital and Owens was taken to O’Bleness Memorial Hospital. According to a State Highway Patrol dispatcher, one person was entrapped in the accident. Lt. Norris and Trooper Williams responded to the scene, along with fire and EMS crews. The road was closed for several hours, reopening late Thursday evening. No update on the conditions of the drivers was available at presstime. By Amber Gillenwater mdtnews@mydailytribune.com Seeing is Believing By Amber Gillenwater mdtnews@mydailytribune.com GALLIPOLIS — The target completion date for the Gallipolis City Justice Center Complex remains July 27, 2012, despite initial heavy rainfall that hampered early construction, according to Gallipolis City Manager Randy Finney. A total of 13 days of rain have been recorded since the construction of the facility at 518 Second Avenue began in late October, and the project is currently two weeks off schedule. Despite this, Finney reported that employees with the Kinsale Corporation have worked through the frequent rainfall and are currently overseeing the metal frame construction. “Even with all the rain, they’ve done a pretty decent job getting some things done,” Finney said. In addition, Finney is hopeful that the building will be under roof, weather permitting, in two weeks Amber Gillenwater/photos For the past two months, construction at the future site of the Gallipolis Justice Center has been under way and, as steel beams were lifted into place this past week, the first truly visible signs of construction of the $1.5 million facility began. Completion of the building is scheduled for late July 2012. time. The $1.5 million facility will house the Gallipolis Police Department, Gallipolis Municipal Court and Gallipolis City Solicitor’s Offices. The city is currently developing plans to construct a second, smaller facility to house the city’s administrative offices in the 300 block of Third Avenue on vacant, cityowned property located near the municipal parking area. GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia County man was recently sentenced in the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas after pleading guilty to rape. Brandon L. Ferguson, 26, Cheshire, was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction on December 28 after he engaged in sexual conduct with a child, less than 13 years of age, from August 17, 2006-August 17, 2008 — a first degree felony. According to the indictment, the victim in this case is a female whose date of birth is August 17, 1996. Ferguson was charged in this case on April 27, 2011, and initially pleaded not guilty to the charge. His bond was set at $40,000, 10 percent, with an additional bond of $1,500, 10 percent, secured. During the sentencing hearing on December 28, the defendant was given credit for 239 days of jail time served along with any additional days awaiting transport to a state penal See RAPE ‌| A5 Anderson-McDaniel opens third funeral home location By Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com RACINE — Meigs County Funeral Directors Adam McDaniel and Jamie Anderson recently opened their third funeral home in the county. The new location of Anderson-McDaniel Funeral Home is located in the former Home National Bank building in Racine. Anderson-McDaniel also has business locations in Pomeroy and Middleport, where they have been in business since 2008. “The new location will provide convenience to the families and individuals we serve in the area,” said McDaniel. The Racine funeral home is now open, providing a spacious room for funerals of any size. The location is handicapped-accessible, as are the two existing funeral homes. Both men are life-long Meigs County residents and stressed the importance of their roots in making the decision to expand to the Racine community. Anderson is a Southern High School graduate, while McDaniel is a member of the Carmel-Sutton United Methodist Church near Racine. Anderson began his career in funeral service in 1996, after graduating from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. McDaniel began working in the funeral service industry in 1999, completing his degree from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 2002. Long-time Meigs County businessman Jim Anderson — who owns Anderson Furniture in Pomeroy — will also serve as an associate at the new funeral home. The Anderson-McDaniel Funeral homes provide traditional funeral service packages as well as cremation services. Pre- planning is available at all three locations. The funeral home also has monuments available for purchase. The renovation work at the new location was completed by a local contractor, with many of the supplies being purchased locally. Remodeling was completed to make the former bank into a functional funeral home, while preserving some of the historic elements. The building had been vacant since Home National Bank moved into its new building in November 2010. The building was constructed in the early 1900s. The new location will be owned and operated by Adam and Staci McDaniel and Jamie and Heidi Anderson. Anderson and his wife have two daughters, Peyton and Allyson. The new Racine location can be reached by calling 740-9492300. Sarah Hawley/photo Adam McDaniel, Jim Anderson and Jamie Anderson are opening their third funeral home location in the old Home National Bank building in Racine. �Sunday, January 1, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A2 Gallia County Community Calendar Ohio Valley Briefs Card Showers Barbara Abshire Click is currently hospitalized with a very serious illness and a card shower is being given. Please mail cards to: Barbara Click, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Richmond, Va. 23235. Events Monday, January 2 GALLIPOLIS — Special reoganizational meeting, 8 p.m., Gallipolis City Commission, Gallipolis Municipal Courtroom, 49 Olive Street. Tuesday, January 3 GALLIPOLIS — The VFW Post 4464 meeting will be held at 6 p.m. during the regular scheduled meeting there will be a special election for the vacancy spot of the Quarter Master. GALLIPOLIS — Regular meeting of the Gallipolis City Commission, 7 p.m., Gallipolis Municipal Courtroom, 49 Olive Street. GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Clinic and Holzer Medical Center retirees lunch, 12 p.m., Golden Corral Restaurant. Wednesday, January 4 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Health will meet at 9 a.m. in the conference room of the Gallia County Service Center, 499 Jackson Pike. Monday, January 9 GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Township Trustee regular and organizational meeting, 7 p.m., Gallia County Courthouse, Second Floor Meeting Room. Regular monthly meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 10 RIO GRANDE — Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center Governing Board organizational and regular monthly meeting, 5 p.m., ESC Office, Room 131, Wood Hall, University of Rio Grande campus. Thursday, January 12 GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Ohio Township Association meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Senior Resource Center, 1167 State Route 160, Gallipolis, Ohio. SPRINGFIELD TWP. — The Springfield Township Trustees 2012 organizational meeting, 7 p.m., township fire deptartment. The 2011 financial records will be available for public viewing. Any questions please call Pam Riley, Fiscal Officer at (740) 388-9979. Meigs County Community Calendar Sunday, Jan. 1 MIDDLEPORT — Ash Street Church revival, 6:30 p.m., preaching by Pastor Heath Jenkins of Vinton Baptist Church, special music by The Nazarenes from Wellston, Ohio. Monday, Jan. 2 CHESTER — The Chester Township year end and organizational meeting, 9 a.m., Chester Town Hall. SYRACUSE — The Sutton Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. at the Syracuse Village Hall. MIDDLEPORT — Ash Street Church revival, 6:30 p.m., preaching by Pastor Heath Jenkins of Vinton Baptist Church, special music by Forever Blessed. Tuesday, Jan. 3 MIDDLEPORT —Middleport Lodge 363, regular meeting, 7:30 p.m., refreshments at 6:30 p.m. MIDDLEPORT — Ash Street Church revival, 6:30 p.m., preaching by Pastor Heath Jenkins of Vinton Baptist Church, special music by The Remnantss from Rutland, Ohio. Thursday, Jan. 5 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold its 2012 organizational meeting at 11:30 a.m. at the district office, located at 33101 Hiland Road. Regular monthly meeting will immediately follow. CHESTER — The Chester Shade Historical Association meeting, 7 p.m., at the Chester Academy. Friday, Jan. 6 HEMLOCK GROVE — Meigs County Pomona Grange will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Rocksprings Grange Hall. All members are urged to attend. Saturday, Jan. 7 SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Junior Grange #878 will meet in regular session with potluck supper at 6:30 p.m., followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Thursday, Jan. 12 CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 will hold its monthly meeting. 7:30 p.m. Refreshments served after. POMEROY — The faith family at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Pomeroy is providing Soup and Sandwich meals, 6 p.m. All friends and neighbors are invited to come and share the food and fellowship. Music will be provided, church located at 231 E. 2nd Street. 300 Briarwood Drive, Gallipolis, Ohio. For more information, call (740) 441-9633. Wednesday, January 4 ADDISON — Prayer meeting, 7 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Jamie Fortner preaching. Sunday, January 8 ADDISON — Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Pastor Rick Barcus preaching. Wednesday, January 11 ADDISON — Prayer meeting, 7 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Matt Smith preaching. Thursday, January 12 ADDISON — Ladies Aid Meeting, 7 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Ida Evans Family Practice Affordable Quality Health Care Near You! 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Walk-ins are welcome or donors may schedule appointments at www.redcrossblood.org or by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS Meigs offices closed Dog tags on sale MEIGS COUNTY — The Meigs County Dog Warden will be selling dog tags at the following locations from 1-3 p.m. each day: January 4 — Hot Spot, PortlandJanuary 5 — Powell’s FoodfairJanuary 6 — Reed’s County Store, ReedsvilleJanuary 9 — Pageville General StoreJanuary 10 — Tuppers Plains Cool SpotJanuary 11 — Rutland Department StoreJanuary 12 — Powell’s FoodfairJanuary 13 — Connie’s Corner, Langsville Indoor walking track club schedule posted GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Recreation Department and the Gallipolis City Schools indoor walking club will meet at Gallia Academy High School on Mondays and Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. throughout the months of January and February. Participants must be 16 or older. For more information contact Brett Bostic at 441-6022. Bossard Library closures GALLIPOLIS — Bossard Memorial Library will be closed on January 1, 2012, Monday, Jan. 9 POMEROY — The Meigs County in observance of New Year’s Commissioners will hold their an- Day. nual organizational meeting at 10 Extended break a.m. POMEROY — Relay For Life ROCKSPRINGS — Meigs meeting, 6 p.m. at the Pomeroy Local Schools has extended Library. to the holiday break and will be closed on January 2. School Tuesday, Jan. 10 TUPPERS PLAINS — The wil resume on January 3. Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer Blood drive slated Board will have a regular meeting at 4:30 p.m. at the TPRSD office. Gallia County Church Calendar Events Sunday, January 1 ADDISON — Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Pastor Rick Barcus preaching. GALLIPOLIS — In the temporary absence of Pastor Harold Tracewell due to illness, Bobby Hood will be conducting services at the Bulaville Christian Church at 10:30 a.m. Howard Delong will be conducting the Adult Sunday School Class at 10 a.m. GALLIPOLIS — Church Service at Holzer Assisted Living Gallipolis, 2 p.m., 300 Briarwood Drive, Gallipolis, Ohio. For more information, call (740) 441-9633. Tuesday, January 3 GALLIPOLIS — Calvary Baptist Church Service, Holzer Assisted Living Gallipolis, 2 p.m.Tuesday, Boil advisory lifted POMEROY — Leading Creek Conservancy District has lifted the boil advisory for customer for the intersection of Ohio 124 and Ohio 7, to and including Union Avenue and Union Terrace. MIDDLEPORT — Middle- Local stocks AEP (NYSE) — 41.31 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 48.30 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 57.16 Big Lots (NYSE) — 37.76 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 33.54 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 63.74 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 8.51 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.77 Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ) — 4.90 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 33.89 Collins (NYSE) — 55.37 DuPont (NYSE) — 45.78 US Bank (NYSE) — 27.05 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 17.91 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 38.87 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 33.25 Kroger (NYSE) — 24.22 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 40.35 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 72.86 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 18.50 BBT (NYSE) — 25.17 POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will be closed Monday, January 2. The office will reopen on January 3 at 8 a.m. RUTLAND — The office of Leading Creek Conservancy will be closed December 30, for end of year reports and inventory. Gallia offices to close for holiday GALLIPOLIS — Several offices have announced their closure in observance of upcoming holidays. Woodland Centers, Inc. will close clinic locations in Gallia and Meigs Counties through Monday, Jan. 2. Emergency services can be accessed by calling (740) 446-5500 in Gallia County or (800) 252-5554 in Meigs County. City of Gallipolis offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 2 for New Year’s Day. City Commission reorganizational meeting GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis City Commission will hold a special reorganizational meeting at 8 p.m. on Monday, January 2 in the Gallipolis Municipal Courtroom, 49 Olive Street, Gallipolis. City Commission meeting scheduled GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis City Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, January 3, at the Gallipolis Municipal Court, 49 Olive Street, Gallipolis. Gallia County Board of Health meeting GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Health will meet at 9 a.m. on January 4 in the conference room of the Gallia County Service Center, 499 Jackson Pike. Blood drive scheduled GALLIPOLIS — American Red Cross Blood Drive, Gallipolis, noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday, January 4, in Conference Room A/B, HMC 100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio. Call the Hospital Lab at (740) 4465171 to register or for more information. Meigs SWCD organizational meeting POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold its 2012 organizational meeting Thursday, Jan. 5 at 11:30 a.m. at the district office at 33101 Hiland Road. Regular monthly meeting will immediately follow. Gallipolis Township Trustees meeting GALLIPOLIS — A regular and organizational meeting of the Gallipolis Township Trustees will be held at 7 p.m., January 9 in the second floor meeting room of the Gallia County Courthouse. Regular monthly meetings of the Gallipolis Township Trustees are held the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the courthouse. ESC Governing Board meeting RIO GRANDE — The Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center (ESC) Governing Board will meet at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 10 for an organizational and regular monthly board meeting. The meeting will be held at the ESC Office located in Room 131, Wood Hall, on the University of Rio Grande campus. Zumba Classes POMEROY — Zumba classes at the Mulberry Community Center will begin at 6:15 p.m. on January 10. Account opened to help fire victims GALLIPOLIS — An account has been opened at Ohio Valley Bank to help with immediate emergency expenses for David and Vita Carman who lost their home in a fire early Saturday December 17, 2011. Donations can be made at any OVB branch. Gallia Veterans Service Center relocated GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Veterans Service Center has relocated to 323 Upper River Road, Suite B, adjacent to the Gallipolis VA Clinic, and is now open. The Gallia County Veterans Service Commission will also conduct its meetings at the new location on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, with meetings beginning at 4 p.m. Revolving loan fund available GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Revolving Loan Fund offers loans to small businesses at a low two and three fourths percent fixed interest rate. Funds can be used for a variety of different projects including, but not limited to, fixed assets, machinery, equipment and working capital. Businesses must be located in or planning to locate in Gallia County, must meet USDA’s definition of small and emerging business and demonstrate the ability to create or retain at least one job. All borrowers are required to provide adequate loan security, promissory note and personal guarantee. A $100 non-refundable application fee is due upon submission of application. Contact Melissa Clark, Economic Development Director at (740) 446-4612, ext. 271 or mclark@gallianet.net for more information or visit www.growgallia.com. Ohio Valley Forecast Peoples (NASDAQ) — 14.81 Pepsico (NYSE) — 66.35 Premier (NASDAQ) — 4.40 Rockwell (NYSE) — 73.37 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 9.02 Royal Dutch Shell — 73.09 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 31.78 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 59.76 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.36 WesBanco (NYSE) — 19.47 Worthington (NYSE) — 16.38 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for December 30, 2011, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Mem- New Year’s Day: A chance of showers, mainly after 11 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Sunday Night: Scattered rain showers before 8 p.m., then scattered rain and snow showers between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., then scattered snow showers after 11 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Monday: Scattered snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 30. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Monday Night: Scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 29. Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 14. Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39. ber SIPC. Cruise’s ‘Mission’ has box-office win LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood has picked up a little Christmas bonus. Studios generally underestimated the size of their movie audiences over the weekend, and they’re now revising the holiday revenues upward. Leading the way is Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” which pulled in $29.5 million for the weekend. That Monday figure is $3 million more than distributor Paramount estimated a day earlier. For the four-day period Friday to Monday, Paramount estimates “Ghost Protocol” will have taken in $46.2 million to raise its domestic total to $78.6 million. That’s on top of $140 million the film has taken in overseas, giving it a worldwide haul of $218.6 million. Studios Monday also reported stronger results than they did a day earlier for Robert Downey Jr.’s “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” which was No. 2 at $20.3 million for the three-day weekend and $31.8 million for the fourday period; Steven Spiel- Let Us Give You A Clean Start to the NEW YEAR! 3 Rooms 99. 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Also debuting was Emile Hirsch’s action thriller “The Darkest Hour,” which earned $3 million Sunday and had a two-day total of $5.5 million through Monday. Opening solidly in just six theaters was Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock’s Sept. 11 drama “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” which took in $71,000 Sunday and $136,000 through Monday. The film expands to nationwide release in January. Despite the upward revision on some movies’ revenues, the Christmas weekend continued a boxoffice slide that has persisted since Thanksgiving. Overall revenues from Friday to Sunday totaled $128 million, down 10 percent from Christmas weekend last year, according to boxoffice tracker Hollywood. com. Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com �Sunday, January 1, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A3 Enrollment barriers removed for southern Ohio elderly RIO GRANDE — The Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7) can help older adults and others in its district access Ohio’s Assisted Living Waiver more quickly thanks to recent program changes. These changes, written by the Ohio Department of Aging and approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, mean that anyone living in the community, who meets Medicaid eligibility, can access the program. A second change means that consumers can begin receiving assisted living services while their Medicaid eligibility is being determined. Ohio’s Assisted Living Waiver program pays the costs of care in an assisted living facility for certain people with Medicaid, allowing the consumer to use his or her resources to cover “room and board” expenses. Counties the AAA7 covers in southern Ohio include Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton. “We are dedicated to helping people receive the services they need in the most appropriate setting. These changes remove barriers to program enrollment and allow us to ensure more people receive services more quickly,” said Pamela K. Matura, executive director of the AAA7. “Governor John Kasich has made it clear: a state priority is to enable Ohio’s elders and those who live with disabilities and need assistance to live with dignity and respect in settings they prefer as their care needs change,” said Bonnie Kantor-Burman, director of the Ohio Department of Aging. “These program changes ensure just that.” Anyone who lives in the Extension Corner Do you enjoy watching the birds feed outside your windows? Some people ask, does this make the birds dependent upon humans for wintering birds? Although data is limited, University of Wisconsin research by Margaret Brittingham and Stanley Temple gathered over three years suggests that chickadees in the woods were assisted during harsh winters but in mild winters feeding did little to influence survival. (Audubon Backyard -The Winter Banquet) Many times birds can be assisted by being provided a bird feeder filled with sunflower, safflower, thistle, suet, fruit, peanut butter, peanuts and/ or millet. Birds like humans, have preferences as to where and what they like to eat. Towhees, flickers, sparrow, cardinals and juncos eat near the ground while chickadees, finches, titmice and Carolina wrens prefer eating off a high feeder. Check out the West Virginia factsheet, “Your Winter Birds: Who They Are and What to Feed Them “. Next spring consider plantings of native plants whose seed (coneflowers, pine, spruce) and fruit provide sustenance during the winter. Some fruit like possumberry, hawthornes and crabapples may need several deep freezes before they are edible by the birds. Check out on www.ohioline.osu. edu , factsheets listed under www.ohioline.com “W-006 Managing the Forest Song Birds”, W-010 “Backyard Enhancements for Wildlife” and W-0014 “Enhancing Wildlife Habitats on Farmland”. For a small fee, you can participate in a weekly monitoring of birds at the feeder under the auspices of ProjectFeederWatch@cornell. edu. Data has been collected for over 25 years and used for research. One example is that observational data has allowed for the correlation of American robins to depth of snow on the ground. “Robins were not reported in areas where community and who meets Medicaid eligibility requirements now will be able to enroll in Ohio’s Assisted Living Waiver. Previously, to be eligible, an individual had to have lived in a nursing home or residential care facility for six months before enrolling. Consumers also would have to wait until their Medicaid eligibility was determined before they could begin receiving assisted living services. Assisted living facilities provide elders with an alternative to nursing facility care that is both less expensive and less restrictive. Services include 24-hour on-site response, personal care, supportive services (housekeeping, laundry, and maintenance), nursing, transportation, meals, and recreational programming. In addition, each individual is assigned a care manager from the AAA7 who is ei- By Marcus Geiger snow cover was greater then five inches”, according to Matthew McKown, Audubon’s science coordinator. *** Are you interested in monitoring your backyard birds just for one long weekend? The Great American Backyard Bird Count will be held February 17-20. Thousands of interested bird watchers can monitor the birds visiting their bird feeders and report them to a centralized data base either electronically (www.birdcount.org) or by mailing in documents to Sapsucker Woods, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University. This free program allows youth, adults and schools to provide data for a national survey of what birds and their numbers are present throughout North America. It quickly becomes available to the local populace on the internet as the data is reported. Youth learn data entry skills, math skills, identification skills, scientific research skills and become part of a national survey. This is sponsored by Audubon, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Wild Bird Unlimited and Bird Studies Canada. Wishing all of you the best in the coming New Year! *** Hal Kneen is the Agriculture & Natural Resources Extension Educator, Meigs & Scioto Counties Ohio, State University Extension. Happy 2012 from Social Security. With the new year, many people put together lists of goals and resolutions. Allow us to share with you some new year’s resolutions that you may find worth keeping. Think about retirement. Whether you’re 26 and beginning a career or 62 and thinking about the best time to stop working, give some thought to what your retirement plan will be. Social Security is the largest source of income for elderly Americans today, but it was never intended to be your only source of income when you retire. You also will need savings, investments, pensions or retirement accounts to make sure you have enough money to live comfortably when you retire. The earlier you begin your financial planning, the better off you will be. For tips to help you save, visit www.mymoney.gov. Plan ahead. The best way to begin planning for retirement is by using the free resources provided by Social Security. Start by using our Retirement Estimator, where you can get a personalized, instant estimate of your future retirement benefits using different retirement ages and scenarios. Visit the Retirement Estimator at www.socialsecurity.gov/ estimator.Make sure you have all your numbers. While tax season may seem far away, now is the time that many taxpayers start gathering records and documentation for filing tax returns. One of the most important things you need is a Social Security number for everyone whom you will claim as a dependent. If you don’t have a number for one of your dependents, you need to apply now to have the Social Security number in time to file your tax return. Learn more at www. socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber.Do a little light reading. The best way to learn more about Social Security, the benefit programs, and what they mean to you and your family is to browse through our online library of publications. You can find overviews as well as more detailed booklets. Our library at www.socialsecurity.gov/ pubs is always open.Help a loved one. Sometimes we get the most satisfaction out of helping someone else. If you have a grandparent, parent, relative, or friend who could benefit from Social Security, share our website and online services with them. You can even help a loved one apply for retirement or Medicare benefits — or for Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug costs — in as little as 10 minutes. Whether you forward a publication or sit down to help someone apply for Social Security, the place to go is www.socialsecurity.gov. We hope you’ll consider some of these resolutions. Happy New Year from Social Security! Law You Can Use What you should know about Ohio’s ‘Sunshine Laws’ Q: What is a “Sunshine Law”? A: In Ohio, the “Sunshine Laws” refer to Ohio’s Public Records Act and Ohio’s Open Meetings Act. These statutory laws are based on the notion that there should be “openness” in government, with public access to records and meetings and the conduct and activities of government. Q: What records are public under Ohio’s Public Records Act? A: Generally speaking, a “public record” is a record held by a public office and is intended to include such things as paper, computer disks, film/videotape - that is, any item, regardless of its physical form, that is a stored or fixed medium. Q: What is a public office? A: The Public Records Act specifically defines a “public office” to include a “state agency, public institution, political subdivision, or any other organized body, office, agency, institution or entity established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function of government.” That is clearly a broad definition, which is meant to include any entity that performs a public service and is supported by public funds. Q: What are a person’s rights under the Public Records Act? A: Generally, a person’s rights include the right to a prompt inspection of public records and, upon request, the right to copies of those public records within a reasonable period of time. Q: Are there any exceptions under the Public Records Act? A: Yes. The Act specifically identifies certain records, which are exempt, including medical records, trial preparation records, confidential law enforcement investigatory records and adoption records, among others. Q: What is Ohio’s “Open Meetings Act”? A: This law essentially requires all public bodies to take all official actions and hold all deliberations on official business in meetings that are open to the public. Q: Do public bodies have to keep minutes? A: Yes. The public bodies have to keep full and accurate minutes in order to enable the public to understand and appreciate the rationale behind the public body’s decisions. Q: Can a public body ever hold meetings in secret? A: Yes. There are specified at 1-800-582-7277 and request a free assessment. For additional assistance, the Long-Term Care Consumer Guide (www.ltcohio. org/consumer/index.asp) is an online tool that can help you find and compare nursing and residential care facilities, including assisted living, in your area Your local Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. provides services on a non-discriminatory basis. These services are available to help older adults and those with disabilities live safely and independently in their own homes through services paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, other federal and state resources, as well as private pay. The AAA7’s Resource Center is also available to anyone in the community looking for information or assistance with long-term care options. Available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm, the Resource Center is a valuable contact for learning more about options and what programs and services are available for assistance. Those interested in learning more can call toll-free at 1-800-582-7277 (TTY: 711). Here, individuals can speak directly with a nurse or social worker who will assist them with information surrounding the programs and services that are available to best serve their needs. The Agency also offers an in-home assessment at no cost for those who are interested in learning more. Information is also available on www.aaa7.org, or the Agency can be contacted through e-mail at info@ aaa7.org. The Agency also has a Facebook page located at www.facebook.com/AreaAgencyOnAgingDistrict7. Social Security She is in real pain after divorce resolutions Social Security District Manager Hal Kneen ther a registered nurse or licensed social worker. The care manager assists the individual with program accessibility, well-being monitoring, advocacy, and access to community services and activities. To participate in the Assisted Living Waiver Program, an individual must meet the following requirements: Be a resident of Ohio Be age 21 or older Be Medicaid-eligible Have the ability to make a minimum room and board payment to the assisted living facility Meet the intermediate nursing home level of care Be able to have all care needs safely met in a residential care facility Nearly 3,200 Ohioans currently use the Assisted Living Waiver. To determine if assisted living is a good option for you, contact the Area Agency on Aging District 7 toll-free reasons for a public body to adjourn into what is called an “executive session.” These sessions are not open to the public. The reasons justifying an executive session include discussions about personnel matters, the purchase of property, pending or imminent court action, and collective bargaining. Q: Does the media have any “special” rights under Ohio’s “Sunshine Laws”? A: No. The Public Records Act and Open Meetings Act apply equally to “all persons” under the law. The media enjoys no special rights under these Sunshine Laws. On the other hand, the press (both print and broadcast media) tends to be very vigilant about protecting people’s rights under the Sunshine Laws. If access to records or meetings is denied, it is often the press that will commence “mandamus” actions in Ohio’s courts to enforce rights under the Sunshine Laws (a “mandamus” court action asks a judge to “mandate” or order a government agency to make records or meetings open and public). Q: Why does the media often times go to court about access issues under the Sunshine Laws? A: There are a number of reasons why the press (both print and broadcast media) will file lawsuits seeking to enforce access rights under the Sunshine Acts. Clearly, access to records and meetings provide very important sources of information for the press in its newsgathering and information-gathering efforts. In addition, reliance on public records and meetings as sources of information provides important First Amendment protection to the press in situations where it may be sued for defamation (slander or libel) or invasion of privacy. Q: Do the Sunshine Laws guarantee access to courtrooms? A: No. Our rights to access to public courtrooms has generally evolved from interpretation of the constitutions of the United States and the State of Ohio as well as important case precedents handed down by the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Ohio. Q: Are there any occasions when Ohioans do not have access to Ohio courtrooms? A: Generally, our right of access to court proceedings is a well protected right and a courtroom can be closed only in very rare and unique circumstances. By Dr. Joyce Brothers Dear Dr. Brothers: I have been divorced for almost a year now, but the pain has not gone away. And I am not just talking about being hurt emotionally. My husband left me for another woman. I know it’s the oldest story in the world, and my friends and family are always urging me to move on. But until I figure out how to get rid of this heartache, I don’t see how I can. I find that people are getting impatient with me. I don’t see how I am supposed to just pretend I am fine. — C.L. Dear C.L.: I’m sorry for your pain, and I’m here to tell you that I understand that it is real in a physical as well as emotional and mental sense. One of the worst things that invariably happens after a breakup is that friends and family urge the devastated person to move on, or to pull him- or herself together. They may feel that you are self-medicating or angling for sympathy because you are the one who was left behind. They might say to themselves, “If I were in her shoes, I’d stop wallowing in self-pity and find myself someone else.” And while that attitude is understandable, it probably makes you feel even more isolated, depressed and in deeper pain. A new study may shed some light on what someone goes through after being rejected by a partner. A journal for the National Academy of Sciences has published a study that focuses on the area of the brain that is acvitated by physical pain. The researchers observed that rejection by a romantic partner is the only emotion that lights up the same part of the brain as “real” (physical) pain. That can go on for much longer than people think it should. But only you can decide if and when you want it to end. Sometimes psychic pain is a lot harder to get rid of than the physical kind. So don’t be too hard on yourself or those who want you to be happy. *** Dear Dr. Brothers: I am in love with a wonderful guy. He’s about 10 years older than I am, and has a 12-year-old daughter with him on the weekends. I’ve tried everything I can think of to make friends with Dr. Brothers her, but she obviously can’t stand me. She’s not exactly rude, but can be snotty and cold whenever I talk to her. I don’t want to say anything to my boyfriend, because I don’t want it to be an issue. Can you give me any tips about how to get this kid to like me? — N.T. Dear N.T.: It is always difficult when a rival comes into a child’s life. And make no mistake about it, she sees you as a rival for her father’s attention. It sounds as though she is with her mother during the week, and now you have intruded on her time with her dad on the weekends. That can be infuriating and threatening to a little girl, who probably is not too happy about her parents being apart. And since your letter doesn’t indicate that you like the child — only that you want her to like you — perhaps she suspects that you are less than sincere in your friendly overtures. The child’s mother may be reinforcing her resentment of you. So it’s difficult being the girlfriend of a guy with a child — there’s no doubt about it. So rather than looking for tips on how to accomplish your objectives, you might want to examine those objectives. If you find yourself honestly interested in the girl — not just in winning her over to solidify your spot in her dad’s heart — you may be more successful. And if you are so insecure with your relationship with your boyfriend that you are afraid to discuss this with him, you’ve got a lot of thinking to do. Maybe you can start by asking him to talk about his child; you will gain some insight into her special charms. Stop trying so hard and being so fearful, and you may succeed. (c) 2011 by King Features Syndicate Need to advertise? Call The Daily Sentinel 740.992.2155 �Sunday Times-Sentinel Opinion Page A4 Sunday, January 1, 2012 Introducing Heartland’s new On Hitchens, Havel, and Kim—and Totalitarianism style for 2012 By Dr. Paul Kengor By Stephanie M. Filson, Managing Editor Dear Reader, You may have noticed a few changes in the look and ‘feel’ of the newspaper you are holding, and I certainly hope you like what you see. The redesign of our four Ohio Valley publications, which include the Gallipolis Daily Tribune, the Daily Sentinel, the Point Pleasant Register and the Sunday Times-Sentinel, has been a work in progress for some time, as Heartland Publications team members from newspapers across the U.S. — including ours — collaborated to improve our local newspapers while striving to maintain their hometown quality. We realize that the road from where we were to where we now are has been bumpy at times, but our employees are committed to the continuous improvement of our publications. It is our hope that the improved appearance of our newspapers is only the beginning. Our local news and sports teams are ambitious. We want to provide greater content. We plan to improve our online presence. We are already branching out into the social media arena. We hope to add new and exciting features. From where I sit, however, I believe that the only way to truly restore and preserve the integrity of our historic community newspapers is with the full participation of the residents of those communities. Our editorial department works dilligently to bring you accurate, timely, local news each day, only with the challenge of a very small staff — just one of many very real challenges facing the newspaper industry as a whole. We welcome and encourage residents and readers to be part of the solution by taking part in the evolution of our ever-changing editions. Email ideas to us. Comment on online stories. Continue to provide valuable feedback. Most of all, though, help us by submitting local, community-based news from the perspective of the resident expert — you. Together, we can breathe new life into our hometown newspapers, making them stronger, more viable and far more informational. Having grown up in Meigs County on a largescale vegetable farm, I am no stranger to hard work. I was never afraid to roll up my sleeves and put in the long hours necessary to complete a difficult job. My parents instilled a certain perserverance in me, even when the task at hand sometimes seemed impossible. I must admit that being the editor of three daily newspapers often feels a little like that, but I must also say that there’s nothing quite as satisfying as accomplishing that feat each day, despite the odds. The truth is: these are not just communities — they are my communities. These are my hometown newspapers covering news that affects the daily lives of my own friends and family. I have a vested interest in these publications and their survival. I love these little, Ohio River towns, and I hope to work with you, dear Reader, to find fresh and creative ways to showcase their culture and beauty while continuing to keep you informed of breaking local, statewide, national and world news. Please join me and my amazingly dedicated staff in making 2012 a notable and newsworthy year. *** Submissions, including photos, may be emailed to the Gallipolis Daily Tribune at: mdtnews@ mydailytribune.com or The Daily Sentinel at: mdsnews@mydailysentinel. com. Comments, questions and suggestions may be forwarded to me at: sfilson@ heartlandpublications.com. Biotechnology could contribute to yield trends While not entirely explaining increased yields for corn and soybeans over the past 15 years, one Ohio State University agricultural economist said statistical evidence on linear yield trends shows biotechnology could play a role. Carl Zulauf, a professor with the Department of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Economics and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, studied yield trends for corn, soybeans and upland cotton, three crops most widely associated with the adoption of biotechnology. He then compared yield trends for those crops with 11 other crops for which adoption of biotech seed is virtually nonexistent. “Biotechnology varieties first became available for commercial use in the U.S. in 1996,” Zulauf explained. “By 2011, they accounted for 88 percent, 90 percent, and 94 percent of the acres planted to corn, upland cotton and soybeans, respectively.” With 15 years of yield data to analyze, Zulauf chose to compare trends from the biotech-influenced era with yield data from years 1940 through 1995, noting that 1940 marked Sunday Times-Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. 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In other words, of the non-biotechinfluenced crops, only four of 11 exhibited a higher yield trend in the more recent of the two data sets. They say that famous people die in groups of three. I recently heard the news of the death of Christopher Hitchens, one of the world’s best-known atheists and polemicists. I was saddened by Hitchens’ death. I’m no atheist, but I respected the man, his writing skills, and his fierce independence of mind. When I got the news, I immediately did what Hitchens might have done: I started writing, trying to collect my feelings into words. It’s how I cope with things. Two days later, on a Sunday morning, a friend of mine at church grabbed my arm and whispered: “Did you hear that Vaclav Havel died?” No, I hadn’t. That one hurt, too. Havel is one of a handful of individuals responsible for the collapse of communism. I’ve lectured on the man. As I sat in the pew, I began writing again—in my head. When I got home, I hurriedly composed an article on Havel and Hitchens both. Hitchens, ironically, had great respect for Havel, conceding Havel’s crucial role in communism’s collapse. He did not, however, agree with Havel on matters of faith. Havel was Roman Catholic, and saw in God the source of our fundamental freedoms. Havel extolled the inalienable rights of the Declaration of Independence, and the One who endows those rights. Hitchens, by contrast, called God a “totalitarian.” Havel lived under totalitarianism, one of its victims, and viewed God as the purest response to totalitarianism. Later that day, Sunday evening, I attended a Christmas play. A colleague of mine, a fellow professor, was in the play. We were discussing the deaths of Hitchens and Havel, and the parallels. My friend recalled November 22, 1963, a remarkable 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. day when John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley all died. We nervously chuckled: “Well, who will be the third person to die this time?” At that very moment, our answer was unfolding in North Korea: it was Kim Jong-Il. And therein is more irony: Kim was the anti-Havel. And while Chris Hitchens commended Vaclav Havel, he excoriated Kim Jong-Il. Hitchens’ best work in that regard was a May 2005 piece for Slate magazine, titled, “Worse Than 1984: North Korea, Slave State.” Hitchens wrote: “How extraordinary it is … that it was only last week that an American president officially spoke the obvious truth about North Korea. In point of fact, Mr. Bush rather understated matters when he said that Kim Jong-il’s government runs “concentration camps.” It would be truer to say that the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea, as it calls itself, is a concentration camp. It would be even more accurate to say, in American idiom, that North Korea is a slave state…. “In North Korea, every person is property and is owned by a small and mad family with hereditary power. Every minute of every day, as far as regimentation can assure the fact, is spent in absolute subjection and serfdom. The private life has been entirely abolished…. Everybody in the city has to be at home and in bed by curfew time, when all the lights go off (if they haven’t already failed). A recent nighttime photograph of the Korean peninsula from outer space shows something that no “free-world” propaganda could invent: a blaze of electric light all over the southern half, stopping exactly at the demilitarized zone and becoming an area of darkness in the north. “Concealed in that pitch-black night is an imploding state where the only things that work are the police and the armed forces. The situation is actually slightly worse than indentured servitude. The slave owner historically promises, in effect, at least to keep his slaves fed. In North Korea, this compact has been broken. It is a famine state as well as a slave state.” Now here was a form of totalitarianism that Chris Hitchens got exactly right. Kim Jong-Il was a true totalitarian, a textbook case, who portrayed himself as a god. God is not. As the late Bishop Fulton Sheen once observed, “God refuses to be a totalitarian dictator in order to abolish evil by destroying human freedom.” The evil that was Kim Jong-Il has been destroyed by death. Hitchens was right on the relationship between Kim and evil and totalitarianism, but not on God and evil and totalitarianism. Havel, the playwright turned president, had the script right on both scores. What, then, to make of this odd trio of deaths just before Christmas 2011? Vaclav Havel constantly talked of “transcendence.” At his death, he hoped to ascend upward, to be with his God. Kim Jong-Il, atheist tyrant of a slave state, who persecuted believers of all stripes, expected to go nowhere but down at death—or at least opposite of where God resides. As for Chris Hitchens, author of the enormously influential and damaging bestseller, “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,” my prayer at this season of hope and mercy is that he somehow remains nearer Havel than Kim. Dr. Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College and executive director of The Center for Vision & Values. His books include “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism” and “Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century.” Sunday Times Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 825 Third Ave. Gallipolis, Ohio Phone (740) 446-2342 Fax (740) 446-3008 Sammy M. Lopez Publisher slopez@heartlandpublications.com Stephanie M. Filson Managing Editor sfilson@heartlandpublications.com �Sunday, January 1, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Rape Obituaries Jacelyn ‘Kamy’ Bickle Jacelyn “Kamy” Bickle, 6, of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2011, at the Holzer Medical Center, Emergency Room. She was a kindergarten student at Guiding Hand School, which she enjoyed attending. She also attended the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Gallipolis. Kamy was born on November 1, 2005, in Columbus, Ohio, daughter of Jason E. and Crystal Bickle who survive her in Gallipolis. Also surviving are a sister, Kylea Bickle and a brother, Kolin Bickle; her grandparents, Roy and Chestene Bickle of Gallipolis, an aunt, Jessica (J.C) Gillenwater, of Bidwell; three great-aunts, Eileen Halley, Lois Layne and Gloria Bickle, all of Gallipolis; a great-uncle, Allen (Becky) Bickle, of Gallipolis; and several cousins and other relatives. She was preceded in death by an aunt, Rachel Bickle, and a great-uncle, Rick Bickle. Memorial services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at Willis Funeral Home, with Speaker Joel Davis officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, from 5-7 p.m. Interment will be later at the convenience of the family. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. Christopher D. Carman Christopher D. Carman, 37, Dayton, Ohio, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2011, at the VA Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. Chris was born on January 14, 1974, in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of David R. and Vita Draulis Carman who survive in Gallipolis, Ohio. Chris served in the U.S. Army and attended the First Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis. He is also survived by a sister, Heidi M. Carman, and her husband, Ed Amend of Lexington, Kentucky; a niece and nephew, Gillian and Evan Amend; and his paternal grandmother, Maxine Carman of Addison, Ohio. Chris was preceded in death by a sister, Holly K. Carman, and his grandparents, Fred Carman, and Janis and Vita Draulis. Private services were held on Saturday, December 31, 2011, in the Gravel Hill Cemetery with a military flag presentation. Willis Funeral Home was in care of arrangements. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. Payton Olivia Fellure Payton Olivia Fellure, our beloved baby girl, was taken from us on December 29, 2011, at Children’s Hospital in Columbus. She was born November 21, 2011, in Columbus. She is survived by her parents, Trent and Catherine ‘Caty’ Peters Fellure; sisters, Braylee and Madison Fellure; paternal grandparents, Roberta and James Fellure; paternal great-grandparents, Rex and Pauline Unroe; aunt, Tracy; cousin Hannah; maternal grandmother, Mary Peters; aunt, Christy (Charlie) Middendorf; cousins, Chaz, Colten and Carson; an uncle, Patrick Bingham; and other family members to numerous to count. You were loved by so many for so short a time and brought so much joy to our lives. The devastation of losing you has left a hole so deep, its unimaginable. Mommy and Daddy LOVE you so much, baby. Lost too soon. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday January 3, 2011, at the Fellowship of Faith Church in Rio Grande, with Pastor Greg Scott officiating. Friends may call from 6-9 p.m. Monday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, 810 2nd. Ave. Gallipolis. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Fellowship of Faith Church, 20344 St. Rt. 554, Bidwell, Ohio 45614. An online guest registry is available at waugh-halleywood.com. Ziba O. Midkiff In His perfect time, the Lord called Ziba O. Midkiff home on December 29, 2011. Ziba was born June 20, 1920, on the family farm outside Hemlock Grove to Porter Midkiff and Elsie Smith. He operated a dairy farm with his father until he went to work for Kaiser Aluminum from which he retired in 1982. Ziba was a 50+ year member of the Meigs County Farm Bureau and was a former Board Member for Landmark (agriculture co-op). He was a lifelong member of the Hemlock Grove Christian Church and participated in service and fraternal organizations including the Shade River Lodge #453, Ohio Valley Commandry 24 Knights Temple, Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Ohio, Eastern Star Pomeroy Chapter #186, Howard Stars and Pamona and Hemlock Grove Granges. Ziba married Sylvia Heilman on February 21, 1940. She preceded him in death in 2008. Ziba also was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Richard; his brother, Homer; and his sisters, Bernice Midkiff and Mae Romine. Ziba is survived by his son, Cecil (Millie Legar) Midkiff; his daughter, Mary (Ron) Smith; grandchildren, Courtney Midkiff (Jamie Ewing), C. Carson Midkiff (Abby Harris), Lindsey Smith (Christopher St. Martin) and Kristen Smith (Mike Laile); great-grandson, Porter Midkiff; sisters-in-law, Golda Reed and Betty Gilkey; and several nieces and nephews. He enjoyed gardening and always had a good story or joke to share. Ziba rarely met a stranger. Calling hours will take place from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3 at Ewing Funeral Home with Masonic and Eastern Star services beginning at 7 p.m. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 4 with Minister Roger Watson officiating. Interment will follow in Cherry Ridge Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Hemlock Grove Christian Church in care of Marge Barr, 39186 Hemlock Grove, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. On behalf of Ziba, the family expresses appreciation to the staff of Rocksprings Rehabilitation for its special care and friendship during the past three and a half years. Annie Lawrence Annie Ellen (Barrett) Lawrence, 44, of Portland, Ohio, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, December 30, 2011. Annie was born August 7, 1967, in Gallipolis, Ohio, the youngest of 18 children. She was the daughter of the late Wendell and Eva (Knapp) Barrett. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Gerald and Larry Barrett; an infant sister, Francis; father-in-law, Clarence G. Lawrence; sister-in-law, Patricia Lawrence; and brothers-inlaw, Huey Thompson and Bruce Caldwell. She leaves behind a husband of seven years, Bryan Lee Lawrence, along with a daughter, Samantha (Jay) Farra, Sandyville, W.Va.; a son, Christopher (Natasha) Edwards, Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A5 From Page A1 Bidwell; sisters, Minnie Thompson, Vinton, Patty Barrett, Danville, May Fife, Middleport, Fay (Butch) Mulholland, Wilkesville, Betty (Andy) Stone, Middleport, Jane (Jr.) Madden, Middleport, Sherry Barrett, Logan, Tammy Gardner, Gallipolis, Trena Barrett, Rutland, Bernice Jones, Addison, and Peggy (Laurence) Russell, Vinton; brothers, Ike Barrett, Parkersburg, W.Va., Danny (Donna) Barrett, Salem Center, Tommy (Debbie) Barrett, Galena, and Timmy (Tish) Barrett, Salem Center; mother-in-law, Iva Lawrence, Portland; sisters-in-law, Vickie Barrett, Dexter, and Brenda (Joe) Johnson, Portland; brothers-in-law, James Ray (Barbara) Lawrence, Syracuse, and Melvin Lawrence, Portland. She was Mawmaw Annie to three granddaughters, Emileigh Walters, Ava Farra and Kyleigh Jo Edwards; special uncle, Ted (Nancy) Walters, and uncle Don Barrett; and hundreds of nieces, great nieces, nephews, and great nephews; and also her special canine companion, Lilly Mae. Annie was a homemaker, a former head cook at River Valley High School, and a private caregiver. She was a member of the Fairplay Community Church, Salem Center and a member of the Christian Motorcycle Association Delivered Chapter. Annie always said that she would rather fish than eat when she was hungry. She fought a long and hard battle with cancer and was a strong supporter of the Meigs County Relay for Life. She will be missed by many. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, January 2, 2012, at the Racine United Methodist Church in Racine, Ohio. Her body will lie in state one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Browning Cemetery in Portland, Ohio. Friends may call at the Cremeens Funeral Home in Racine, Ohio from 5 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, January 1, 2012. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.cremeensfuneralhomes.com. Florence Wyers Florence Marion Pullins Wyers, 92, passed away on Friday, December 30, 2011, at her home after a brief illness. Born in Meigs County, Ohio, on October 31, 1919, to William Hampton Pullins and Blanch Esther Reed Pullins, she attended Joppa and Coolville High Schools. Florence married her eternal love, A. E. Wyers on September 18, 1940 in Marietta, Ohio. They began their married life in Jackson County, W.Va., later moving to Parkersburg, then to Belpre before buying the farm in Joppa where she has lived since 1944. She is survived by her children: Ruth Ann (Leslie) Scarbrough, of Tuppers Plains, Marcella (Mike) Will of Pomeroy, Ohio, and Jeff (Kimberly) Wyers of Nashville, North Carolina; daughter-in-law, Mary Katherine Wyers Donahue (Mike) of Parkersburg, W.Va.; grandchildren, Greg (Lesha) Scarbrough of Parkersburg, Melissa (Randy) Riddle of Tuppers Plains, Elizabeth (Jason) Burgey of Weirton, W.Va., Jason Wyers of Parkersburg, W.Va., William Aaron (Jena) Will of Dublin, Ohio, Adam (Christina) Will of Racine, Ohio, Rebekka (Darrick) Yeager of Pensacola, Florida, Jessica and Miriah Wyers of Nashville, NC; a stepgrandson, D.J. Evans, of Columbus, Ohio; great-grandchildren, Darren Scarbrough of Delaware, Ohio, Alyssa and Alese Scarbrough of Parkersburg, W.Va., Larissa Riddle of Tuppers Plains, Ohio, Elihu and Benjamin Burgey of Weirton, W.Va., Wyatt Yeager of Pensacola, Florida, and Elizabeth “Libby” Will of Racine, Ohio. Also surviving are sisters, Thelma Watkins of Coolville, Ohio, Ruth Watkins of Columbus, Ohio, and Mildred Brooks of Reedsville, Ohio; sister-in-law, Corda Pullins of Waterford, Michigan; and a brother-in-law, David Clyde Wyers of Ravenna, Ohio. She is survived by many nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Edward Wyers in 2003; brothers, Roy, Glennie, Ralph, Howard and Homer; and sisters, Julia, Bernice, Hazel and Gladys. Florence was a stay-at-home wife and mom until the death of her husband in 1972. She then became a teacher’s aide for the Eastern Local School District and spent 16 years assisting with principally kindergarten classes. She retired at age 70 after having impacted numerous lives. She was a member of White’s Chapel Wesleyan Church where she had served in many roles, including Sunday School Teacher for many years. She enjoyed attending Joppa United Methodist Church, Eden United Brethren, and Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Nashville, NC. She was a member of the Wesleyan Women’s Missionary Society, having served as treasurer for more than 30 years. She was also a member of the Southeastern Ohio OPSE. She celebrated her 92nd birthday on October 31 with her entire family and received more than 1,350 birthday cards from around the world — with so many of them thanking her for her kindness, the Christian example of her life and positive impression she had made on them. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville, Ohio, with burial to follow in the Weatherby Cemetery. Officiating will be Pastors Charles Martindale, Phil Ridenour and Frankie Carroll. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the White’s Chapel Wesleyan Church. You can sign the online guestbook at www.white-schwarzelfuneralhome.com. June O’Dell June O’Dell, 92, Gallipolis, passed away early Saturday morning, December 31, 2011, in the Holzer Senior Care Center. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cremeens Funeral Chapel. facility. According to the judgement entry filed in this case, Ferguson will be classified as a tier III sex offender and will be subject to a mandatory period of five years of post-release control. In a previous common pleas case, Ferguson pleaded guilty to failing to notify his change of address and was sentenced to 24 months of community control on April 11, 2010. The defendant had previously pleaded guilty to sexual imposition in a 2008 Gallipolis Municipal Court case and was, thus, classified as a sexually oriented offender and subject to notifying authorities of any change in his address. New Year cheer starts early in time jumping Samoa APIA, Samoa (AP) — The New Year’s Eve parties started a whole day early on the South Pacific island nation of Samoa, after a hop across the international date line transported the country 24 hours into the future — making it the first in the world to ring in the new year. Samoans began celebrating under a rainbow of fireworks at the stroke of midnight on Thursday, Dec. 29 — when the country skipped over Friday and moved straight into 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 31. Samoa and neighboring Tokelau lie near the date line that zigzags vertically through the Pacific Ocean, and both sets of islands decided to realign themselves this year from the Americas side of the line to the Asia side, to be more in tune with key trading partners. The time-jump revelry in Samoa continued throughout Saturday as the hours ticked down to 2012. Pools and beaches across the capital Apia were packed with Samoans and tourists celebrating the country’s sudden position as the first in the world to ring in the new year, rather than the last. Despite the extended festivities, Samoan police said there had been no reports of any problems. “More than 90 percent of our people really appreciate the change, and that contributes to its success,” said one official who could not be named as he was not authorized to speak publicly. Elsewhere across the globe, people prepared to say goodbye to a year that was marked by upheaval and mass protests in several Arab countries, economic turmoil and a seemingly endless string of devastating natural disasters. In Australia, people began crowding onto the shores of Sydney’s glittering harbor early Saturday in a bid for the best spot to watch the midnight fireworks extravaganza over the iconic Harbour Bridge. The display was designed around the theme “Time to Dream,” a nod to the eagerness many felt at moving forward after the rough year. “It’s about giving people the opportunity to dream of the year ahead and that hopefully it is a bit better than the year we’ve had,” said Aneurin Coffey, the producer of Sydney’s New Year’s festivities. Some of the fireworks were expected to explode in the shape of clouds — “Because every cloud has a silver lining,” Coffey said. A series of colorful lights will be beamed onto the center of the bridge forming an “endless rainbow” meant to evoke hope. Many were eager for a fresh start. “I’ve had enough this year,” said 68-year-old Sandra Cameron, who lost nearly everything she owned when her home in Australia’s Queensland state was flooded to the ceiling during a monstrous cyclone in February. “It’s gotta be a better year next year.” For Japan, 2011 was the year the nation was struck by a giant tsunami and earthquake that left an entire coastline destroyed, nearly 20,000 people dead or missing and the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in meltdown. At the year’s end, many in Japan were left reflecting on the fragility of life, while remaining quietly determined to recover. “For me, the biggest thing that defined this year was the disaster in March,” said Miku Sano, 28, a nursing student in Fukushima city. “Honestly, I didn’t know what to say to these people, who had to fight sickness while living in fear about ever being able to go back home. The radiation levels in the city of Fukushima, where I live, are definitely not low, and we don’t know how that is going to affect our health in the future.” People across Japan were expected to spend Saturday visiting shrines and temples, offering their first prayers for the year. The giant hanging bell at temples will ring 108 times to purify the world of evil and bring good luck. Kouichi Takayama, a university student, said 2011 was a year he would never forget. “It was a year I felt the preciousness of life with a passion,” he said. “But I was also able to catch a glimpse of the warmth of human relations, and reconfirm my gratitude for family, community and everyday life. I hope I can connect meaningfully with more people next year to create a Japan that truly endures toward the future.” In the southern Philippine city of Cagayan de Oro, people were still reeling from deadly flash flooding sparked by Tropical Storm Washi. The storm killed more than 1,200 in southern and central Philippines, 800 of which were in Cagayan de Oro. For Ana Caneda, a disaster relief official in Cagayan de Oro, the new year “offers a new ray of hope.” “It’s going to be a relief to write the date 2012, not 2011,” Caneda said. g Need to advertise? Call The Daily Sentinel 740.992.2155 �Sunday, January 1, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A6 Chris Cozza/photo The congregation of New Life Lutheran Church in Gallipolis was officially welcomed into the North American Lutheran Church (NALC) on Dec. 4, 2011. Scott Baker (left), pastor of New Life, and John Jackson (center), associate pastor, renewed their obligations to the congregation and church. The Reverend Ron Warren (right) of the NALC presided over the ceremony. R. Dale and Tami Jo Henry Henry wedding On October 22, 2011, Tami Jo Riggs and R. Dale Henry exchanged vows at the Church of Christ In Christian Union, located at 206 Main Street, Point Pleasant, W.Va., with the Rev. Charles Staats officiating. The bride is the daughter of the late Bill N. and Vivian (Sami) Fugate of Point Pleasant. The groom is the son of Roy L. and Wanda D. Henry of Point Pleasant. Serving as ushers were Jacob Rainey, the groom’s nephew, Randy Henry, cousin of the groom, and Tim Bush, the groom’s uncle. The wedding was planned, and the reception room was decorated with the help of Linda Follrod, Wanda Henry, Penny Rainey, Tiffany Davis and church members. A fall-themed wedding cake was created by Violet Henry. Madeline Towner, daughter of Jeff and Angela Towner of Leon, served as the greeter. The ceremony was attended by several close friends and family of the bride and groom. The bride is a graduate of Point Pleasant High School, as well as a graduate of Fairmont State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a graduate of WVU with a Master’s Degree in Social Work. She currently works as a medical social worker/ psychotherapist for Mason County Day Report, Da Vita Dialysis Center, both located in Point Pleasant, W.Va. and Kumar Dialysis Center located in Jackson, Ohio. The groom is a graduate of Point Pleasant High School, as well as a graduate of WVU-P with an AAS Degree in HVAC. He also attended Marshall University. He owns and operates Dale Henry Services (HVAC) and works as a Millwright out of Local 1755 in Parkersburg, W.Va. The bride and groom attend church at the Church of Christ In Christian Union and reside in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Etta James condition better, taken off respirator Judds. No wedding date has been announced. Entertainment Briefs RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Etta James’ manager says the terminally ill blues singer is breathing on her own after being taken off a respirator. Lupe De Leon says Friday that the change in her condition is great news and that the singer’s blood pressure is normal. De Leon says James was put on a respirator when she was hospitalized in Southern California on Dec. 21 because she was having trouble breathing. James has been diagnosed with terminal leukemia and is suffering from dementia. She has been receiving mostly athome care. Earlier this month, a judge set aside $350,000 for her medical care. James is best known for the hit “At Last.” Voice of Darth Vader swears in NY sheriff friend POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Not every county sheriff gets to be sworn in by the voice of Darth Vader. Actor James Earl Jones performed that duty Thursday for his longtime friend and neighbor Adrian “Butch” Anderson, the sheriff in Dutchess County, N.Y., where Jones lives. Anderson’s fourth term as sheriff in the Hudson Valley county began with Jones administering the oath of office in place of a judge. Jones told about 250 attendees at the ceremony in the town of Poughkeepsie that his many movie roles included playing a judge in “Sommersby,” a 1993 post-Civil War film that starred Richard Gere and Jodie Foster. Jones provided the voice for the Darth Vader character in the original “Star Wars” trilogy. His deep, distinctive voice also was featured in Disney’s animated film, “The Lion King.” Wynonna Judd engaged to Highway 101 drummer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Wynonna Judd is engaged to her boyfriend, the drummer for the country group Highway 101. Judd, 47, and Cactus Moser, 54, got engaged Dec. 24. They are currently touring together as Wynonna and The Big Noise. Judd, who is from Ashland, Ky., has sold more than 30 million albums throughout her 28year career and has won five Grammys. She and mother Naomi have performed as The John Legend engaged to model Chrissy Teigen NEW YORK (AP) — John Legend will no longer be a bachelor: He’s engaged. The singer’s publicist said Tuesday that Legend proposed to his girlfriend, model Chrissy Teigen, recently in the Maldives. No more details are being provided. Legend has won nine Grammys and released four albums. Teigen was named “rookie of the year” in the Sports Illustrated’s annual swimsuit issue last year. She also has a food blog. Legend turns 33 Wednesday. Matthew McConaughey engaged to longtime girlfriend LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew McConaughey is engaged to marry his longtime girlfriend, Camila Alves. The 42-year-old actor proposed to the Brazilian model on Christmas Day. He announced the move in a tweet that included a photo of the couple kissing and read, “just asked camila to marry me, merry Christmas.” McConaughey’s publicist confirmed the engagement Tuesday. McConaughey and Alves have two children together, son Levi and daughter Vida. His film credits include “We Are Marshall,” ”Tropic Thunder” and “The Lincoln Lawyer.” Van Halen announces 2012 tour on website NEW YORK (AP) — Van Halen will tour in 2012. The rock band has posted a video on its website announcing that the first tickets will go on sale Jan. 10. The black-and-white video shows guitarist Eddie Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen, along with original lead singer David Lee Roth and Eddie’s son, Wolfgang, on bass. The ticker at the bottom of the video reads: “Van Halen on Tour 2012. First tickets on sale January 10.” No other information is posted on the website. Van Halen, with its flamboyant frontman “Diamond Dave,” was one of the most popular rock bands of the 1980s, but Roth left the band in 1985. Van Halen toured with him in 2007-2008. Julie Bates Schartiger and Jason Lyons Lyons-Schartiger engagement Joyce and Denver Bates of Gallipolis announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie Bates Schartiger to Jason Lyons, also of Gallipolis and the son of JoAnn and Mike Thompson of Buchtel. The bride-elect is a graduate of Gallia Academy High School and received her associate degree in applied science from Rio Grande Community College. She obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Cincinnati, is a member of Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society and has plans to obtain her master’s degree in the near future. The bridegroom-elect is a graduate of NelsonvilleYork High School and obtained officer certification from OPOTA. He is a U.S. Army veteran, an Athens County Reserve Deputy and is employed at the security department of O’Bleness Hospital. He is currently obtaining a Bachelor of Science Degree in criminal justice. A wedding is being planned for March 24, 2012, in Athens. WASHINGTON (AP) — Bambi, Forrest Gump and Hannibal Lecter have at least one thing in common: Their cinematic adventures were chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the world’s largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991), a harrowing psychological thriller about the cannibalistic serial killer Lecter, and “Forrest Gump” (1994), starring Tom Hanks as the guileless hero who thinks “life is like a box of chocolates,” were critical and commercial successes that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The animated Disney classic “Bambi” is among the most beloved movies ever made. A majority of the 25 titles chosen this year for inclusion in the National Film Registry are lesser-known — including silent films, documentaries, avant-garde cinema and even home movies. The Library of Congress announced the selections Tuesday. The registry began in 1989 under an act of Congress and now includes 575 films. Its aim is not to identify the best movies ever made but to preserve films with artistic, cultural or historical significance. Previous titles chosen range from “The Birth of a Nation” to “National Lampoon’s Animal House.” “Forrest Gump” has its critical detractors but was praised for its technical achievements, including the seamless incorporation of the title character into historical footage. More than 2,200 films were nominated for the registry this year. The National Film Preservation Board pares them down before Librarian of Congress James H. Billington makes the final selections. “Each year, we do try to pick one of the titles that the public nominated the most, and ‘Forrest Gump’ was way up there on that list,” said Stephen Leggett, program coordinator for the National Film Preservation Board. “Everything on the list is subject to dissenting opinion.” Staffers at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Va., work to ensure that each title is preserved for future generations, packing away original negatives or unreleased prints into the facility’s massive vault and collaborating with other preservationists, movie studios and independent filmmakers. “These films are selected because of their enduring significance to American culture,” Billington said in a statement. “Our film heritage must be protected because these cinematic treasures document our history and culture and reflect our hopes and dreams.” Leggett said he was Lutheran church officially welcomed into NALC By Chris Cozza Special to the Tribune GALLIPOLIS — In a ceremony held on December 4, 2011, the congregation of New Life Lutheran Church in Gallipolis officially began its joint ministry with the North American Lutheran Church (NALC). Scott Baker, pastor of New Life, and John Jackson, associate pastor, renewed their promise to preach and teach the Holy Scriptures and the confessions of the Lutheran Church and to support the ministry through prayer and action. The Reverend Ron Warren of the NALC presided over the ceremony. Members of New Life unanimously voted on October 30, 2011, to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and associate with the NALC. The NALC was formed in 2010 and has 281 congregations and more than 100,000 members. It is committed to being Christcentered, mission-driven, traditionally grounded and congregationally focused. Forrest Gump, Hannibal Lecter join film registry pleased by the inclusion of “The Negro Soldier,” a 1944 documentary produced by Frank Capra that was groundbreaking for its realistic and positive depiction of African-Americans. It became mandatory viewing for soldiers entering the army in the latter stages of the war and was shown in commercial theaters. “It was kind of ironic because the official Army policy at the time was still segregation. You had a film which was implicitly if not explicitly promoting integration,” he said. Films must be at least 10 years old to be considered for the registry. The oldest movies selected this year are both from 1912. “The Cry of the Children” is about the pre-World War I child labor reform movement, and “A Cure for Pokeritis” stars John Bunny, regarded as the American film industry’s earliest comic superstar. “A lot of people would argue that the humor is kind of dated,” Leggett said of Bunny’s films — mostly short domestic comedies in which he played a henpecked husband. “He really was a major figure at the time. It doesn’t help your reputation when people like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton come after you.” Chaplin’s first feature, “The Kid” (1921), was also chosen for the registry. It was a big year for actress Sally Field, who co- starred in “Forrest Gump.” ”Norma Rae” (1979), featuring her Oscar-winning performance as a single mother who fought to unionize a Southern textile mill, also made this year’s list. Among the other titles chosen: “The Big Heat,” a 1953 film noir starring Glenn Ford; “The Lost Weekend,” Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning alcoholism drama; “Porgy and Bess,” starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge; “Stand and Deliver,” starring Edward James Olmos as an inspiring East Los Angeles math teacher; and John Ford’s epic 1924 Western “The Iron Horse.” Among the lesser-known titles chosen this year, “A Computer Animated Hand” (1972) by Pixar Animation Studios co-founder Ed Catmull was one of the earliest examples of 3D computergenerated imagery. The one-minute film shows a hand turning, opening and closing. Documentaries picked for the registry include “Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment,” which focuses on Gov. George Wallace’s attempt to prevent two African-American students from enrolling in the University of Alabama and the response of President John F. Kennedy. “Growing Up Female” from 1971 was one of the first films to document the women’s liberation movement. Marvel Entertainment wins NYC dispute over Ghost Rider rights NEW YORK (AP) — Comic book publisher Marvel Entertainment owns the rights to the Ghost Rider character in the fiery form that originated in the early 1970s, a federal judge ruled Wednesday as she rejected the claims of a former Marvel writer seeking to cash in on lucrative movie rights. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest tossed out 4-yearold claims brought by Gary Friedrich, who said he created the motorcycle-driving Ghost Rider with the skeletal head that sometimes had fire blazing from it. A Ghost Rider of the 1950s and ’60s was a Western character who rode a horse. The judge said Friedrich gave up all ownership rights when he signed checks containing language relinquishing all rights to the prede- cessor companies of Marvel Entertainment LLC. “The law is clear that when an individual endorses a check subject to a condition, he accepts that condition,” the judge wrote. Forrest said her finding made it unnecessary to “travel down the rabbit hole” to decide whether the character was created separate and apart from Marvel, whether the company hired Friedrich to create the character and whether he had thoughts about what rights he wanted to retain from the outset. She said he also signed an agreement with Marvel in 1978 relinquishing rights in exchange for the possibility of additional future freelance work. He had worked for Marvel prior to that year as both an employee and as a freelance writer. Telephone messages left with lawyers on both sides of the dispute were not immediately returned. Friedrich’s phone number in Columbia, Ill., was unpublished. Forrest said Friedrich began seeking legal representation when he realized about a dozen years ago that there were plans for new uses of the Ghost Rider character, including in movies. In April 2004, his lawyers began asserting rights to try to get him a financial cut of the first of two motion pictures. They failed. In 2007, when the film “Ghost Rider” starring actor Nicolas Cage as stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze came out, Friedrich sued Marvel in East St. Louis, Ill., seeking to assert his rights and gain compensation for use of the character in movies, video games, toys and promotional products. The lawsuit was moved to New York. The movie credited Marvel as the author of the Ghost Rider characters and story. A movie sequel, “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” is scheduled to be released in February. At a deposition in St. Louis last April, Friedrich testified that he stopped doing freelance comic book writing in 1978 when his alcoholism got “completely out of control,” and he spent a year traveling across the country in a truck with a friend. He said he became sober in January 1979. He said he thought he had given Marvel the rights to use Ghost Rider in comic books, but that he retained the rights for movies and anything else. �Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 mdsports@heartlandpublications.com Sports INSIDE ‘Keep Your Fork’ 5K race a success B3 Lady Falcons fend off Meigs, 64-62 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — Senior Ashley Templeton hit a jumper with seven seconds left in regulation, allowing the Wahama girls basketball team to claim a 64-62 victory over host Meigs Thursday night in a non-conference matchup at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium. The visiting Lady Falcons (5-4) snapped a twogame losing skid while handing the Lady Ma- rauders (2-7) their second straight setback, although it took a solid second-half effort just to make that happen. Both teams were tied at eight after one quarter of play and also found themselves locked at 27 headed into the intermission. WHS made its big run of the night in the third canto, as the guests went on a 15-10 run to open up a small 42-37 lead headed into the finale — but Meigs countered with a 25-20 run over the next seven-and-a-half minutes to pull even at 62-all. Templeton’s jumper with seven seconds left proved to be the difference-maker, as MHS did not get off a shot attempt in the closing seconds — allowing the Lady Falcons to claim the one-possession triumph. Templeton led the guests with 21 points, followed by Karista Ferguson with 17 points and Kelsey Zuspan with 12 markers. Sierra Carmichael added nine points, while Paige Gardner and Mackenzie Gabritsch rounded out the re- spective scoring with three and two markers. WHS was 8-of-16 at the free throw line for 50 percent. Brittany Krautter paced Meigs and all scorers with 23 points, followed by Brook Andrus and Morgan Russell with 12 markers apiece. Tori Wolfe and Dani Cullums added respective efforts of four and three points, while Tess Phelps, Kelsey Hudson and Keana Robinson rounded out the scoring with two markers each. MHS was 7-of-17 at the charity stripe for 41 percent. Wahama returns to action Monday when it travels to Waterford for a TVC Hocking matchup at 6 p.m. Meigs also returns to the hardwood on Monday when it hosts Fairland in a non-conference matchup at 6 p.m. Wahama 64, Meigs 62 W 8-19-15-22 — 64 M 8-19-10-25 — 62 WAHAMA (5-4): Karista Ferguson 7 1-4 17, Ashley Templeton 10 1-1 21, Kelsey Zuspan 4 4-8 12, Paige Gardner 1 1-1 3, Sierra Carmichael 4 1-2 9, Mackenzie Gabritsch 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 27 8-16 64. Three-point goals: 2 (Ferguson 2). MEIGS (2-7): Dani Cullums 1 0-2 3, Tori Wolfe 2 0-0 4, Brittany Krautter 10 3-4 23, Tess Phelps 0 2-4 2, Hannah Cremeans 0 0-0 0, Brook Andrus 6 0-2 12, Kelsey Hudson 1 0-0 2, Morgan Russell 5 2-5 12, Keana Robinson 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 26 7-17 62. Three-point goals: 1 (Cullums). RedStorm men roll past Houghton, 83-59 Randy Payton Special to OVP RIO GRANDE, Ohio — Senior guard Brad Cubbie scored 10 of his game-high 15 points in the second half, as the University of Rio Grande pulled away for an 83-59 win over Houghton (N.Y.) College, Thursday night, at the Newt Oliver Arena. It was the third straight win for the RedStorm, which improved its overall mark to 8-5. Cubbie, a native of Dayton, Ohio, led a quartet of double-digit scorers for Rio Grande, which dressed just nine players for the second straight outing. Senior forward Shaun Gunnell tossed in 13 points, while junior center Dominick Haynes and freshman guard Evan Legg netted 11 points apiece. “We had guys step up tonight and that’s what we have to have every night out,” said Rio Grande head coach Ken French. “We don’t have a star system. (Junior forward) Turrell (Morris) leads us in scoring and rebounding, but he was foul trouble tonight and we showed we can still play well. I’m proud of the way they responded.” Houghton, a former America Mideast Conference rival of the RedStorm, fell to 4-6 with a second straight loss. Rio Grande raced to a 7-0 lead just over two minutes into the game, but the Highlanders reeled off eight straight points of their own to erase the early deficit. Houghton led 14-12 following a Chris Confair three-pointer with 14:06 left in the first half, but the RedStorm tied the game 20 seconds later on a layup by Gunnell and a runner by sophomore guard Jermaine Warmack with 13:25 remaining gave Rio a lead it would never relinquish. The buckets by Gunnell and Warmack kick-started an 11-0 run by the RedStorm. The Highlanders did close to within two, 31-29, following a jumper by Confair with 4:21 still to play before the intermission, but Rio Grande scored of the final nine points in the half to enjoy a 38-31 lead at the break. See REDSTORM ‌| B2 Bryan Walters/photos Meigs senior Jeffrey Roush gets up after pinning Zach Stulley of Vinton County during a 170-pound match at Thursday’s Coaches Corner Classic at Gallia Academy High School in Centenary, Ohio. Blue Devils win Coaches Corner Classic Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com RIO GRANDE, Ohio — Senior guard Brad Cubbie scored 10 of his game-high 15 points in the second half, as the University of Rio Grande pulled away for an 83-59 win over Houghton (N.Y.) College, Thursday night, at the Newt Oliver Arena. It was the third straight win for the RedStorm, which improved its overall mark to 8-5. Cubbie, a native of Dayton, Ohio, led a quartet of double-digit scorers for Rio Grande, which dressed just nine players for the second straight outing. Senior forward Shaun Gunnell tossed in 13 points, while junior center Dominick Haynes and freshman guard Evan Legg netted 11 points apiece. “We had guys step up tonight and that’s what we have to have every night out,” said Rio Grande head coach Ken French. “We don’t have a star system. (Junior forward) Turrell (Morris) leads us in scoring and rebounding, but he was foul trouble tonight and we showed we can still play well. I’m proud of the way they responded.” Bryan Walters/photos River Valley sophomore Jesse Edwards holds down Gallia Academy’s Francis Woods during a 138-pound match at Thursday’s Coaches Corner Classic at Gallia Academy High School in Centenary, Ohio. Houghton, a former America Houghton led 14-12 following a Mideast Conference rival of the Chris Confair three-pointer with RedStorm, fell to 4-6 with a second 14:06 left in the first half, but the straight loss. RedStorm tied the game 20 seconds Rio Grande raced to a 7-0 lead later on a layup by Gunnell and a just over two minutes into the game, runner by sophomore guard Jerbut the Highlanders reeled off eight maine Warmack with 13:25 remainstraight points of their own to erase ing gave Rio a lead it would never the early deficit. See DEVILS ‌| B2 URG submitted photo Rio Grande’s Brad Cubbie tries to drive past Houghton’s Mark O’Brien during Thursday night’s game at the Newt Oliver Arena. Cubbie scored a game-high 15 points in the RedStorm’s 83-59 win over the Highlanders. OVP Schedule Monday, January 2 Girls Basketball Federal Hocking at Eastern, 6 p.m. Fairland at Meigs, 6 p.m. Belpre at Southern, 6 p.m. Wahama at Waterford, 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 3 Girls Basketball Gallia Academy at River Valley, 6 p.m. Grace at Ohio Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at Sissonville, 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball Eastern at Wahama, 6 p.m. Meigs at Fairland, 6 p.m. Federal Hocking at Southern, 6 p.m. Ironton at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Grace at Ohio Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m. Point Pleasant at Sissonville, 7:30 p.m. Wayne at Hannan, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 4 Swimming River Valley vs Wheelersburg at Shawnee State, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, January 5 Girls Basketball Eastern at Belpre, 6 p.m. Meigs at Wellston, 6 p.m. Southern at Wahama, 6 p.m. South Gallia at Miller, 6 p.m. River Valley at Chesapeake, 6 p.m. Ohio Valley Christian at Cross Lanes, 6 p.m. Elk Valley Christian at Hannan, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball Ohio Valley Christian at Cross Lanes, 7:30 p.m. Wrestling Gallia Academy at Point Pleasant, 6 p.m. Lady Rebels tame Trimble, 55-42 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — A good start led to a better finish Thursday night for the South Gallia girls basketball team following a 55-42 victory over visiting Trimble in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup in Gallia County. The host Lady Rebels (6-3, 4-3 TVC Hocking) jumped out to a small 13-9 lead after eight minutes of play, then followed with a key 15-7 charge in the second canto to establish a 28-16 halftime advantage. The Lady Tomcats (0-9, 0-7) responded with a small 13-10 run out of the break to pull within 38-29 headed into the finale, but SGHS sank 5-of-7 free throws and outscored the guests 17-13 down the stretch to wrap up the 13-point decision. Chandra Canaday led the hosts with a game-high 14 points, followed by Rachel Johnson with 12 points and Meghan Caldwell with 11 markers. Ellie Bostic and Jasmyne Johnson respectively added seven and six points, while Tori Duncan rounded out the scoring with five points. The hosts, winners of two straight, were 13-of-18 at the free throw line for 72 percent. Emily McKee, Trista Lackey and Tia Altier all paced THS with nine points apiece. Trimble was 6-of-16 at the charity stripe for 38 percent. South Gallia returns to action Thursday when it travels to Miller High School for a TVC Hocking matchup at 6 p.m. South Gallia 55, Trimble 42 T 9-7-13-13 — 42 SG 13-15-10-17 — 55 TRIMBLE (0-9, 0-7 TVC Hocking):Ricki Ahle 0 2-3 2, Tia Savage 2 0-1 5, Janena Cain 2 0-0 4, Emily McKee 3 1-2 9, Erica Swart 2 0-0 4, Demi Moore 0 0-0 0, Brittany Lanning 0 1-4 1, Trista Lackey 3 1-4 9, Tia Altier 4 1-2 9. TOTALS: 15 6-16 42. Three-point goals: 4 (McKee 2, Savage, Lackey). SOUTH GALLIA (6-3, 4-3 TVC Hocking): Ellie Bostic 2 3-5 7, Tori Duncan 2 1-1 5, Lesley Small 0 0-0 0, Chandra Canaday 4 6-7 14, Meghan Caldwell 5 1-2 11, Rachel Johnson 6 0-0 12, Jasmyne Johnson 2 2-3 6. TOTALS: 21 13-18 55. Three-point goals: None. �Sunday, January 1, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis RedStorm From Page B1 Houghton got no closer the rest of the night. A 13-5 run by the RedStorm to open the second half — of which six points belonged to Cubbie — pushed the lead to 15 points, 51-36, with 15:39 left to play. Michael Munoz’s jumper with 12:02 remaining sliced the Rio lead to 55-43 with 12:02 remaining, but the RedStorm silenced any thoughts of a comeback bid by the visitors with a 19-4 run over the next 8-1/2 minutes which produced the largest lead of the night, 7447, following a pair of free throws by Haynes. “We were a little overaggressive defensively early - we had some guys who weren’t locked in - but we Devils made some substitutions and our rotations got a lot better,” French said. “We did some things defensively tonight that we haven’t been able to do all year and we had a bunch of different guys step up and play well offensively.” Rio Grande, which had all nine players score at least four points, shot 50 percent from the field (16-for-32) and 80 percent from the free throw line (12-for-15) in the second half. “We didn’t take bad shots,” French said. “We when do that, and when we convert on our free throws like we did in the second half tonight, we’re extremely hard to guard.” In addition to the four double-figure scorers, the RedStorm also got a team- best four steals and six rebounds off the bench from senior guard Darriel Hunter and four assists from Warmack. Sophomore center Makka Garba also had six rebounds in the winning effort. Houghton, which hurt its own cause with a seasonhigh 25 turnovers, was led by Confair and Munoz, who scored 13 points each. Munoz also snared a game-high 10 rebounds. Rio Grande will return to action on Thursday, Jan. 5, when it resumes the MidSouth Conference portion of its schedule by hosting the University of the Cumberlands. Tip time is scheduled for approximately 8 p.m. following the women’s game between the two schools at 6 p.m. Wahama drops two at Wirt County tourney Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com ELIZABETH, W.Va. — The Wahama boys basketball team had a tough go of things Wednesday and Thursday at the Wirt County Holiday Tournament, as the White Falcons dropped a pair of decisions to Charleston Catholic and Williamstown. The White Falcons (2-5) struggled in their tournament opener against the Irish (3-1), as Charleston Catholic stormed out to a 22-10 advantage after eight minutes en route to a 72-40 victory. CCHS led 33-21 at the intermission, then went on a 21-15 run in the third canto for a sizable 54-36 lead headed into the finale. The Irish closed regulation with an 18-4 surge to wrap up the 32-point decision. Isaac Lee led Wahama Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B2 with 15 points, followed by Austin Jordan with eight points and Hunter Oliver with six markers. Wyatt Zuspan and Tyler Roush added four and three points, respectively, in the setback. Jacob Ortiz and Derek Hysell rounded out the WHS scoring with two markers apiece. Wahama was 13-of-20 at the free throw line for 65 percent. Keagan Ritchie led the Irish and all scorers with 19 points, followed by Hastin Gerencir with 15 points and Garrett McCarty with 10 markers. CCHS was 10-of16 at the charity stripe for 63 percent. In the consolation game on Thursday, the White Falcons watched as Williamstown (4-1) hit 17-of-30 trifectas en route to an 84-71 outcome. The Yellow Jackets hit 6-of-8 three-pointers in the opening canto to establish a 22-11 advantage, then Williamstown followed with a 22-14 run to take a 44-25 edge into halftime. Wahama was outscored 23-22 in the third quarter for a 67-47 lead, but the White Falcons closed regulation with a 24-17 surge to wrap up the 13-point decision. Lee led Wahama with a game-high 29 points, putting the senior at a career total of 990 points. Oliver was next with 12 points, followed by Jordan with 10 markers. Ortiz and Roush respectively added six and five points, while Nick Templeton chipped in four markers. Zuspan and Hysell rounded out the Wahama scoring with two points each. The White Falcons were 10-of16 at the free throw line for 63 percent. Brian Reynolds paced See WAHAMA ‌| B3 From Page B1 relinquish. The buckets by Gunnell and Warmack kick-started an 11-0 run by the RedStorm. The Highlanders did close to within two, 31-29, following a jumper by Confair with 4:21 still to play before the intermission, but Rio Grande scored of the final nine points in the half to enjoy a 38-31 lead at the break. Houghton got no closer the rest of the night. A 13-5 run by the RedStorm to open the second half — of which six points belonged to Cubbie — pushed the lead to 15 points, 51-36, with 15:39 left to play. Michael Munoz’s jumper with 12:02 remaining sliced the Rio lead to 55-43 with 12:02 remaining, but the RedStorm silenced any thoughts of a comeback bid by the visitors with a 19-4 run over the next 8-1/2 minutes which produced the largest lead of the night, 74-47, following a pair of free throws by Haynes. “We were a little overaggressive defensively early - we had some guys who weren’t locked in - but we made some substitutions and our rotations got a lot better,” French said. “We did some things defensively tonight that we haven’t been able to do all year and we had a bunch of different guys step up and play well offensively.” Rio Grande, which had all nine players score at least four points, shot 50 percent Bryan Walters/photos Gallia Academy senior Aaron Guisinger, right, locks up with Wellston’s David King in the heavyweight final Thursday during the Coaches Corner Classic at Gallia Academy High School in Centenary, Ohio. from the field (16-for-32) and 80 percent from the free throw line (12-for-15) in the second half. “We didn’t take bad shots,” French said. “We when do that, and when we convert on our free throws like we did in the second half tonight, we’re extremely hard to guard.” In addition to the four double-figure scorers, the RedStorm also got a team-best four steals and six rebounds off the bench from senior guard Darriel Hunter and four assists from Warmack. Sophomore center Makka Garba also had six rebounds in the winning effort. Houghton, which hurt its own cause with a seasonhigh 25 turnovers, was led by Confair and Munoz, who scored 13 points each. Munoz also snared a game-high 10 rebounds. Rio Grande will return to action on Thursday, Jan. 5, when it resumes the MidSouth Conference portion of its schedule by hosting the University of the Cumberlands. Tip time is scheduled for approximately 8 p.m. following the women’s game between the two schools at 6 p.m. Need to advertise? Call The Daily Sentinel 740.992.2155 �Sunday, January 1, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B3 ‘Keep Your Fork’ 5K race a success Staff Report mdssports@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY, Ohio — The annual Keep Your Fork 5K Race and Walk was held on November 26. This was the 10th year for the event which benefits the Brandi Thomas Memorial Scholarship Fund. The race gets as much attention for what it does as for its name. For starters, the BTMS fund was established in honor of Brandi Thomas, who died in 2002 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Brandi was a member of the Meigs High School Cross Country and Track & Field teams. Brandi’s family created the race, which is open to all runners or walkers ages six years and older, in her memory. How the race got its unusual name is as follows. Brandi’s parents, John and Cheryl Thomas, along with several other family members decided to organize the race in the girl’s memory and bestowed upon it the unique name. Brandi’s uncle Mike Kennedy is the coach for Meigs High School’s Cross Country Track Team and has also been instrumental in organizing the race. “Keep Your Fork” is derived from an inspirational story sent to Kennedy following Brandi’s passing. The story was about a young woman who upon discovering she only has three months to live decides to make her final arrangements. One of these arrangements was that she be buried with a fork. The reasoning behind the fork was that at most socials and dinners after the dishes from the main course are cleared, someone invariably says, “keep your fork,” because something better is coming, whether it be dessert or an afterlife. The fork is a symbol the best is yet to come which is the reason behind the race’s unique name. 2011 Results Overall Winners Male: 1. Condy Richardson, 18:08, 2. Josh Fogle, 18:48, 3. Cody Hanning, 18:50. Female: 1. Mateja Holter, 24:01; Morgan Lentes, 24:36, 3. Kimi Swisher, 25:03. 6-13 Age Group Male: 1. Cole Betzing, 21:51, 2. Conner Wolfe, 22:18, 3. Zach Bartrum, 23:15, 4. Nate Hoover, 23:56, 5. Evan George, 29:11. Female: 1. Larissa Hayman, 28:03, 2. Sydney Kennedy, 28:18, 3. Kassidy Betzing, 30:52, 4. Madison Fields, 31:17, 5. Peyton Humphreys, 31:29. Submitted photo 2011 Keep Your Fork 5k female overall winners were (from left) Kimi Swisher, 3rd place; Morgan Lentes, 2nd place; Mateja Holter, 1st place. 14-17 Age Group 23-29 Age Group Male: 1. Steven Mahr, Male: 1. Ross Well, 19:17, 2. Jonathan Hayman, 19:27, 3. Brandon 23:33, 2. Kyle Kerner, Submitted photo Mahr, 20:42, 4. Eric Rees, 25:10, 3. Marc Barr, 26:22, 22:41, 5. Jacob Pierce, 4. Steve Beha, II, 26:48, 5. 2011 Keep Your Fork 5k male overall winners were Brent Wears, 32:18. 23:04. (from left) Condy Richardson, 1st place; Cody HanFemale: 1. Renee Bailey, ning, 3rd place. Female: 1. Kelsey Hudson, 29:52, 2. Melissa John- 28:32, 2. Megan Edwards, Female: 1. Stephanie 40-49 Age Group son, 32:32, 3. Tara Walzer- 33:24, 3. Macyn Baylor, Male: 1. Charles Angell, Smow, 28:37, 2. Anita Kuharic, 34:04, 4. Rachel 34:04, 4. Samantha Barr, 22:31, 2. Beernie Rees, Musser, 30:48, 3. Connie Bauer, 36:55, 5. Shawnella 37:26, 5. Jennifer Smith, 24:19, 3. Brian Howard, Halley, 39:48, 4. Rocky Patterson, 45:51. 45:38. 29:57, 4. Bill Pfeifer, 30:55, Freeman, 40:24, 5. Cindy Rawson, 42:05. 5. Daniel Lantz, 43:52. 18-22 Age Group 30-39 Age Group Female: 1. Brenda Scott, Male: 1. Michael Owen, Male: 1. Kevin Lewis, 60 and over Age Group 26:38, 2. Pam Thompson, 19:17, 2. Bryan DeLong, 22:28, 2. Adam Thomas, Male: 1. Ken Holley, 32:41, 3. Diana Holliday, 24:14, 3. Wyatt Musser, 25:13, 3. Brian Allen, 28:08, 34:29, 4. Mary Freeman, 24:33, 2. Fred Baloy, 25:13, 24:40, 4. Andrew O’Bryant, 4. Tim Peavley, 32:42, 5. 35:32, 5. Michelle Vana- 3. Barry Boyer, 25:48, 4. 29:21, 5. Tyler Brothers, Daniel Otto, 33:26. Greg Ervin, 26:06, 5. Frank man, 39:57. Female: 1. Heather Hum30:24. Woodgerd, 30:44. Female: 1. LaTricia phreys, 26:25, 2. Rachel Female: 1. Ann Collins, 50-59 Age Group Smith, 25:37, 2. Adrian Bo- Warth, 28:53, 3. Lauren 41:57, 2. Peggy Crane, Male: 1. Alan Horwitz, lin, 27:37, 3. Teirsa Kopcz- Anderson, 30:16, 4. Rebec21:17, 2. Jimmer Soulsby, 42:39, 3. Sharon Knight, insky, 38:01, 4. Olivia Bev- ca Meier, 30:41, 5. Penny 21:30, 3. Dave Freeman, 46:48, 4. Susann Knight, an, 39:14, 5. Shellie Bailey, Newland, 31:14. 22:43, 4. Rick Rees, 22:49, 46:48, 5. Susie Pauley, 41:28 47:19. 5. Bill Gardner, 23:14. Non-resolutions and sure-fire predictions Jim Freeman Happy New Year! The beginning of a new year is a time of resolution and reflection. As a general rule I avoid making resolutions at the beginning of the New Year, much in the way I avoid running barely dressed into freezing cold water on New Year’s Day. So if you are looking for a resolution from me, forget it. Note: if a polar bear plunge is your cup of tea, then go for it. Who am I to judge? I have been known to do things that don’t always make a lot of sense - like throwing out every pair of white cotton socks in my drawer and replacing them with new ones. In my experience, resolutions rarely last. In most cases people are right back to smoking, over-eating or doing whatever it was they resolved to stop doing in the first place. For instance, the first couple of weeks the gyms are full of people determined to get in shape for the upcoming year, by the end of the third week those people are already back to their old habits. It’s no surprise that the stores are packed with smoking cessation nostrums, weight-loss products and exercise machines and videos. On the other hand, if you are in the market for a new treadmill or exercise machine, just wait until March or April and check the classifieds; odds are there will be several of them - barely used - for sale at discounted prices. The odds are stacked against you, particularly for dieting or losing weight. The beginning of a new year couldn’t begin at a more depressing time; after all it’s cold outside, the nights are long and the days are short, perfect conditions to stay inside, watch television and eat. The Persian New Year or “Nowruz” takes place the first day of spring or on the vernal equinox which is usually around March 21, a day that makes a lot more sense if you ask me. If you have made a resolution, I sincerely wish you the best of luck. But regardless, the turn of the year does provide an opportunity for reflecting on the past year and anticipating the new. It is my hope to get outdoors a little more, get more fresh air and feel the ground beneath my feet or the sand beneath my toes, or perhaps go on a couple of road trips just for fun. It would be nice to do a little more fishing as well. This however is the perfect time of year to begin planning your wildlife or conservation projects. Your seed or tree catalogs should be arriving soon, and your soil and water conservation district tree sales will also be beginning. You need a hundred acres to do something for wildlife; there are lots of things homeowners can do to benefit backyard wildlife. As a general rule I also try to avoid predictions, unless they are slam dunks or of the self-fulfilling sort. I think it is pretty safe to predict that 2012 will be a big year for my employer, the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District. Ongoing improvements at the Conservation Area will continue, hopefully including the construction of a new, permanent latrine to complement the picnic shelter which was constructed in 2010. This year will see the completion of the longawaited lime doser on Thomas Fork to help remediate acid-mine drainage in that particular stream. That project is already well underway and should be functioning very soon. From a wildlife perspective, it is safe to predict we will see more bald eagles, black bears and bobcats in our county. Unfortunately we will probably begin to see more feral swine as well. As a side note, if you were born on this day (Happy Birthday!) you share your birthday with such notables as Verne Troyer (Mini-me from the Austin Powers movies), rapper Tim Dog (whoever that is) and Urdu poet Ashfaq Hussain, author of Hum Ajnabi Hain and other Urdu classics. You also share your special day with the patriotic duo of Betsy Ross and Paul Revere. Of course if you are just being born today and are reading this, in addition to joining the above list of famous people, you stand a chance of hauling in some goodies and prizes as the first baby of 2012 - or at least your parents do - so pitch a squalling fit until they get in on the First Baby Contest. Jim Freeman is wildlife specialist for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District and his column generally appears every other weekend. He can be contacted weekdays at 740992-4282 or at jim.freeman@oh.nacdnet.net NEWARK, N.J. (AP) One game after missing all 11 of his field goal attempts, Fuquan Edwin scored 19 points, leading Seton Hall to a 67-48 victory over West Virginia on Friday night. The victory enabled the Pirates (12-2, 1-1 Big East) to rebound after a 75-49 setback against No. 1 Syracuse on Wednesday night. Seton Hall won for the eighth straight time this season at home. West Virginia (10-4, 1-1) lost its second game in three contests. The Pirates also snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Mountaineers. Seton Hall had not won since Feb. 14, 2006, when the Pirates played their home games at the facility now called the IZOD Center in East Rutherford. Edwin scored 11 of his points in the first half as Seton Hall built a commanding 19-point lead. The Mountaineers had a slight run to cut the lead to six, but could get no closer. Jordan Theodore added 18 points and eight assists for the Pirates and Herb Pope scored 13. West Virginia, which was held scoreless for the final 6:42, was led by Kevin Jones with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Darryl Bryant had 11 points. After the two teams traded the lead three times and saw the game tied on three other occasions in the early stages, the Pirates took control by outscoring the Mountaineers 11-0 over a 5:44 span to take a 16-7 lead. Pope had seven of his team’s 11 during that stretch. In The Open Wahama From Page B2 Williamstown with 21 points, all of which came on three-pointers. Michael Badgley was next with 18 points, followed by Chase Brown with 12 markers. The Jackets were 15-of-21 at the charity stripe for 71 percent. Wahama returns to action Tuesday when it hosts Eastern in a TVC Hocking matchup at 6 p.m. Chas. Catholic 72, Wahama 40 W 10-11-15-4 — 40 CC 22-11-21-18 — 72 WAHAMA (2-4): Isaac Lee 4 7-12 15, Wyatt Zuspan 1 2-3 4, Tyler Roush 1 0-0 3, Austin Jordan 2 2-2 8, Hunter Oliver 2 2-2 6, Jacob Ortiz 1 0-0 2, Derek Hysell 1 0-0 2, Nick Templeton 0 0-1 0, Michael Hendricks 0 0-0 0, D.J. Gibbs 0 0-0 0, Ian Kapp 0 0-0 0, Dakota Sisk 0 0-0 0, Preston Hudnall 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 12 13-20 40. Three-point goals: 3 (Jordan 2, Roush). CHARLESTON CATHOLIC (3-1): David Godwin 2 1-2 5, Garrett McCarty 3 3-5 10, Hastin Gerencir 6 2-2 15, Alex Casingal 2 0-0 4, Logan Shrewsbury 2 0-0 4, Nick George 5 1-2 11, Keagan Ritchie 7 3-4 19, Nelson McKown 2 0-1 4, Andy Hayer 0 0-0 0, Zach Casto 0 0-0 0, Michael Tupta 0 0-0 0, Keifer Havorka 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 29 10-16 72. Threepoint goals: 4 (Ritchie 2, McCarty, Gerencir). Williamstown 84, Wahama 71 WA 11-14-22-24 — 71 WI 22-22-23-17 — 84 WAHAMA (2-5): Isaac Lee 12 5-10 29, Wyatt Zuspan 0 3-4 3, Tyler Roush 2 0-0 5, Austin Jordan 4 0-0 10, Hunter Oliver 5 0-0 12, Jacob Ortiz 3 0-0 6, Derek Hysell 0 2-2 2, Nick Templeton 2 0-0 4. TOTALS: 28 1016 71. Three-point goals: 5 (Jordan 2, Oliver 2, Roush). WILLIAMSTOWN (41): Michael Badgley 7 0-0 18, Case Edgar 3 1-1 9, Chase Brown 4 0-0 12, Alex Marchetti 2 6-10 10, Brian Reynolds 7 0-0 21, Ben Amos 0 2-2 2, Josh Deboit 3 0-0 6, Jarrick Haskins 0 4-4 4, Gage Wix 0 1-2 1, Hunter Neely 0 1-2 1, Austin Hall 0 0-0 0, Chandler Weber 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 26 15-21 84. 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Will include every weekend and holidays, as needed. �Sunday, January 1, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis The Mount Airy News Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B5 �Saturday, december 31, 2011 ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Sunday, January 1, 2012 BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B6 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 Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011: This year waves of surprises keep hitting, forcing you to at least think. What you have taken for granted will be up for questioning. Curb becoming controlling when faced with instability. Learn to flow and trust; you might be delighted at how everything works out. Consider becoming more independent professionally. If you are single, a bond formed this year could be characterized by instability. If you are attached, learn to flow and judge less. Tensions will ease. ARIES frequently delegates projects 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 will know, feel and express the difference in the upcoming year. You vibrate with excitement and direction. Like many generations past, you are likely to take 2012 as a whole new beginning. Tonight: You are perfect no matter what you do. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You sparkle as you greet the new year, yet something is holding you back. Sometimes pushing yourself too hard can cause more of a problem than just accepting the space you are in. Plans change. Tonight: Remember, tonight is not reflective of your entire year. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Knowing what you want is halfway to the finish line. Act rather than sit on your need to change some of the dynamics in your life. Update your life so that it works even better. Meanwhile, bring friends and loved ones together. Tonight: Christen the new year as only you can. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Follow through on what is important to you. Listen to news; understand what works. Don’t push an older friend or relative too hard. You might not like the results. Avoid a controlling person. Tonight: Others will take their cues from you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH You could really get into the new year more than many other signs. You are full of fun and festivities. The thought of a new year delights you to no end. The unexpected occurs with communication and those at a distance. Tonight: Surround yourself with music. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH One person wants all your time and attention. You might be inclined to give it to him or her. However, this person could become erratic. Make sure that behavior is OK. A child or loved one might need more control than you are giving him or her. Tonight: You don’t need a large party, just that special person. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Note what is happening. If you are really tuned in, you’ll feel more excitement than usual, with a sense of renewal. Do make your resolutions. Sometimes having discussions about resolutions — though they might feel silly — points to a new direction. Tonight: A force to be dealt with. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Your steady pace can make all the difference in the outcome of a personal matter. Others toss miniboomerangs into your plans, forcing you to regroup several times. A conversation midafternoon or later could become difficult. Tonight: Greet 2012 in style. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH You are one person who no one in your immediate circle should do without right now. You are up for the calendar change, more so than you have been in a long time. Your childlike side emerges as the day ends. Be careful about overdoing it. Tonight: Painting the town red. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might want to head in another direction, which might cause tension around your home and with loved ones. The smart move is to do the party at your house. Your immediate circle might have many different ideas about what would be great to do. Tonight: Your place, please. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Put in the effort and make enough time to complete what you want. You could be overwhelmed by everything that you have to do. Nevertheless, with so many people seeking you out, you cannot say you are lonely. Tonight: Christen the new year with a smile. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You won’t want to say no to anything or anyone. As a result, you easily could go to some extremes and over-indulge. Your sense of wellbeing and happiness could be offset by a very negative person in your life. Tonight: Where it is happening. 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