https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/ddb0c08283e1dab165933ade153ea9e8.pdf 6031d51b59ff94917d2e2378a009cd12 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS Dr. Brothers .... Page 2 Partly sunny today. High of 35. Low of 21 Girls basketball action .... Page 5 OBITUARIES Kay I. Hockman, 76 Walter Long, 84 Everett L. Munyan, 90 Gertrude J. Wickline, 76...Page 2 50 cents daily WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012 Vol. 62, No. 10 Rizer due back in court March 14 for merit hearing By Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com POMEROY — Paula Rizer is scheduled to be back in a Meigs County court room on March 14, for a hearing on the merits of a motion recently filed. Rizer was convicted in January 2010 of the murder of her husband Kenneth Rizer, Sr., in April 2009. Rizer was sentenced on January 20, 2010, to serve at least 18 years in prison. Rizer was given a three-year mandatory sentence on the firearms specification and a mandatory life sentence on the murder conviction, but she could be paroled after 15 years. Rizer first appealed her conviction in February 2010, with the appeal being denied in November 2011. According to court records, the State of Ohio filed a motion for Summary Judgment on December 5, 2011, a motion that has been denied. A decision filed on January 9 by Judge Dale Crawford denied the State’s motion for summary judgement and granted the defendant’s motion to continue re-sentencing. According to the decision, the defendant has filed a Petition for Post Conviction Relief, alleging that Rizer’s conviction is void or voidable because she was denied the effective assistance of counsel. Through affidavits, Rizer’s former attorneys Herman Carson and Glenn Jones — who repre- sented Rizer during her murder trail — assert that they were ineffective in failing to object to “faulty self-defense instructions” and failing to object to testimony of Dr. Stinson regarding statements made to him by the defendant. The decision reads, “The Court has reviewed the record and has determined that ‘the files and records of the case {do not} show the petitioner is not entitled to relief’. The court will review the issue regarding the effectiveness of counsel argument.” Crawford set a hearing for March 14, at 10 a.m. to hear the merits of the motion. According to court record, Rizer is to be present for the hearing. Also according to court records, Rizer is now represented by Craig M. Jaquith and Melissa Prendergast. Rizer is currently serving her sentence in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville. Fatal shooting probe still ongoing By Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com Stephanie Filson/photos With the ever-increasing popularity of eReaders like the Kindle and Nook, public libraries in Gallia, Mason and Meigs Counties are participating in consortium programs that provide an inventory of eBooks, music, audiobooks and other media to patrons free of charge. Workshops are scheduled in Pomeroy on Thursday and in Gallipolis on Feb. 4 to assist customers with the setup of these devices, while Mason County Library staffers continue to assist customers on a one-on-one basis while workshop opportunities are being planned. Local libraries embrace new technology By Stephanie Filson sfilson@heartlandpublications.com OHIO VALLEY — No doubt about it, some of the hottest items to fly off the shelves this Christmas were the many brands and styles of eReaders — those technological devices that allow you to download books electronically and read them at your leisure. No matter which brand you might have chosen — Kindle, Nook or one of many others — one thing is for certain — purchasing eBooks in an effort to feed the appetite for knowledge and recreation can be a very costly undertaking. Fortunately, for avid readers across the Ohio Valley, local public libraries have remained on the cutting edge of this new technology and have partnered with statewide programs to provide the same free book loan service digitally as they have traditionally offered in hard copy. Bossard Memorial Library in Gallipolis and Meigs County District Public Library, with branches in Pomeroy, Middleport, Racine and at Eastern High School near Tuppers Plains, are participants in the Ohio eBook Project, which is a consortium of libraries across the state that contribute to the inventory of eBooks availSee TECHNOLOGY ‌| 2 Stephanie Filson/photos SYRACUSE — The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is still looking into the fatal shooting that took place on Friday afternoon in Syracuse, Ohio. According to Meigs County Sheriff Robert Beegle, Robert W. Crow, 64, was fatally shot at his residence on Glenn Street just after 4 p.m. on Friday by a Meigs County Sheriff’s Deputy. The deputy — who’s name is not being released while the investigation is ongoing — was reportedly at the residence in response to a call. Crow was allegedly armed when the deputy responded. BCI has been brought in to handle the crime scene and complete the investigation of the shooting. According to protocol, the deputy is on paid administrative leave. He was not injured. Meigs County Coroner Doctor Douglas Hunter ordered Crow’s body be sent to Montgomery County for an autopsy. According to a BCI representative, further details will not be made available while the investigation is ongoing. AARP tax aide site set at Senior Center By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — Again this year, the Meigs County Council on Aging will be an AARP Tax Aide site with volunteers preparing tax returns for residents. The program is geared to serve low and moderate income taxpayers with special attention to those 60 and over. Free electronic filings will be available again this year. Appointments are currently being taken and can be made by calling 9922161. The free service will begin Feb. 2 and continue through April 12 from 9 a.m. to noon. Those taking advantage of the service are advised to take all tax documents pertaining to 2011 and a copy of their 2010 tax return. This information is needed in order for the volunteers to prepare this year’s tax forms. Volunteers working in the program are Barbara Beegle, who assisted in preparing and filing tax forms last year, and Kim Romine, who is new to the program this year. Paul Ross of Athens will be the local coordinator for the program. All volunteers are trained through the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Plans call for the volunteers to be at the Pomeroy Senior Citizens Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays to provide assistance. Eight appointments will be made for each day the volunteers work. Meigs County announces ‘First Baby of 2012’ MIDDLEPORT — Leslie and Joel Lynch, of 617 High Street in Middleport, are the parents of Meigs County’s “First Baby of 2012” and the winners of The Daily Sentinel’s contest and the prizes contributed by local merchants and cosponsors. The Lynch’s infant son, Colton Keith Lynch, was born on January 5 at O’Bleness Hospital in Athens. Colton, who weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces, is the Lynch’s first child. Maternal grandparents are Mea and Steve Stewart of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and Mark and Tish Edwards of Marysville. Paternal grandparents are Keith and Tammy Lynch of Point Pleasant and Beth Lynch of Long Bottom. Gifts for the parents and their two sons include a $25 gift certificate from Powell’s Foodfair; a gift package from Swisher & Lohse; a “special gift” for the new arrival from Home National Bank, Racine and Syracuse; and an adjustment for mom and baby from the Bend Area Chiropractic Center, Dr. Kelsey M. HenJoel and Leslie Lynch are pictured with their son, Colton Keith Lynch. ry, D. C., Mason. W. Va. Charlene Hoeflich/photo �Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Obituaries Kay I. Hockman Kay I. Hockman, 76, Logan, Ohio, and formerly of the Cheshire/Addison community, finished her diligent battle with cancer at 4:43 p.m. at her home surrounded by her husband and family on January 16, 2012. She was born February 24, 1935, in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late W. Hollis Whitt and Leona Roush Whitt Ralph. She was a member of the River of Life United Methodist Church in Addison and OES, of Gallipolis. A homemaker most of her life, she later worked as a waitress and cook. She was best known for her talent in baking pies for her friends in the Addison Area. Surviving is her husband of 59 years, Homer Hockman, whom she married on July 4, 1952, in Cheshire, Ohio. To this union were born four children, Treva and David Caldwell, Becky and Davey Meaige, both of Gallipolis, Jim and Mary Hockman, of Coeburn, Va., and Billy Hockman, of Logan, Ohio; grandchildren, Sarah and Chris Cooper, Tim and Lori Caldwell, Crystal and David Cox, Christopher and Candice Meaige, Clarissa and Tyler Ward, Casey Hockman Oxyer, Cody Hockman, Cassie Peck, Billi Bryanna Hockman, Jacob Hockman, and Johnnie Hockman; great-grandchildren, Xavier Copper, Trevor Dale, Aiden and Madison Cooper, Layne and Logan Caldwell, Dalton Cox, Hunter and Easton Meaige, and Grant Orion Ward. She had five brothers, Harold Whitt (deceased), Charles Whitt, (deceased) and his wife Naomi “Cisse”, of Crown City, Ohio, and John Whitt and his wife Lee, Enosburg Falls, Vt., and two brothers that passed away in infancy, Jerry and Gary; two brothers-in-law, Noel Hockman (deceased) and his wife Doris, of West Chester, Ohio, and Nick Hockman and his wife Barb, Shawnee, Ks. Preceding her in death was he step-father Kenneth Ralph, and a step-brother, Marvin (Marjorie) Ralph. Surviving are step-sisters Vivian (Rich) Curfman, Betty (Ray) Rupe, Joyce (Cliff) Bryan and a step-brother, Kenneth (Sharon) Ralph. Also surviving is a special cousin, Orland Cremeans, whose children also called her grandma. Services will be held at the River of Life United Methodist Church, 35 Hillview Drive, Gallipolis, Ohio (Addison Community) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2012, with Pastors Larry Fisher, Larry Lemley and Joe Mingus officiating. Burial will be at a later date in the Addison-Reynolds Cemetery. Friends may call on Friday, January 20, 2012 from 4-8 p.m. at Cremeens Funeral Chapel, Gallipolis, and one hour prior to the service time on Saturday at the Church. A Eastern Star memorial service will be conducted at 8 p.m. on Friday, at the Funeral Chapel, by Chapter #283 of the Ohio Eastern Star. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Kay’s memory to the River of Life United Methodist Church, 35 Hillview Drive, Gallipolis, Ohio, 45631. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting www.cremeensfuneralhomes.com. Breaks at work become an issue Everett L. Munyan, 90, of Glenwood, died on January 15, 2012, in St. Mary’s Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at the Beard Mortuary, Huntington, with Mr. Ernie Bowser officiating. Burial will follow at Apple Grove Memorial Gardens, in Apple Grove. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday evening at the mortuary. Gertrude J. Wickline Gertrude J. Wickline, 76, died Monday, January 16, 2012, at Holzer Medical Center. Services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2012, at Willis Funeral Home with Pastor John O’Brien officiating. Burial will follow in Addison Reynolds Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2012. Meigs County Community Calendar Wednesday, Jan. 18 MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport Nazarene Church Community Dinner, 5-6:30 p.m.. Chili, sandwiches, deserets and drinks will be served. The dinner is free and open to the public. Thursday, Jan. 19 MIDDLEPORT — A free community dinner will be held from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Heath United Methodist Church. Chili, potato soup, sandwiches and deserets will be served. Friday, Jan. 20 POMEROY — The 1959 class of Pomeroy High School will be having lunch at the Golden Coral in Gallipolis at noon. Monday, Jan. 23 SYRACUSE — Southern Local Board of Education will meet in regular session at 8 pm in the high school media center. Tuesday, Jan. 24 CHESTER — The Chester Township Board of Trustees meeting, 7 p.m., at the Chester Town Hall. Technology From Page 1 able statewide. This offsets the cost for individual libraries and provides patrons access to hundreds of online classic and newer title eBooks, audiobooks, albums and movies from all over the state of Ohio — with new titles being added all the time. In an effort to inform the public about the local availability of eBooks, Bossard Memorial Library Reference Librarian Randall Fulks is inviting library patrons to attend an eBook workshop at 11 a.m. on February 4 at the Library. “I encourage everyone to bring a laptop and an eReader, if they have one. That way they can download something that morning, and if they have any problems with it, we can help them,” said personally if you can help it. *** Dear Dr. Brothers: I’m a mother of two who decided to go to a technical school at night to get a degree that will help me reenter the job market. I’ve never been a very good student, and nothing has changed — I do fine in class when I am asked to discuss the material, but when it comes time to take tests, I get very nervous and freeze up, just like I used to do in high school. Do you have any tips for me that will make me feel less like a 16-year-old back in school? — F.R. Dear F.R.: Test-taking can be a challenge for most students from time to time, and today’s crop probably has it worse than ever, with all the emphasis on test scores to meet mandated standards in all the grades. So if it’s any consolation, you are not alone. There is no rule saying that once you are an adult, testing anxiety will magically disappear. When you have had anxiety in the past when it came time to sharpen your No. 2 pencil, it’s natural to fall into the old habit of tensing up and blanking out, no matter what age you are. So the first thing to do is stop beating yourself up about this — it’s a common problem, and there are ways to cope. Have you thought of trying to practice at home with a timer and a test? If you can re-create that feeling of pressure as test-taking starts, you can slow down and try to identify what is making you so nervous. Learn some relaxation techniques, and stop the fake test as soon as you feel yourself losing control of your intellect or your emotions. Go back to the test as soon as you feel confident about continuing. Ask the instructor to give you some insight into what the test will cover — your studying shouldn’t go to waste. Get plenty of sleep the night before, and eat something that gives you some extra energy before the test. And don’t focus on the outcome — just focus on the question at hand. There’s plenty of time later to find out how you did. Try these tips, and you will find yourself relaxing on exam day. (c) 2012 by King Features Syndicate January 18 — Hot Spot, Portalnd January 19 — Powell’s Foodfair January 20 — Reed’s Store,Reedsville January 23 — River Way Cafe, Syracuse January 24 — Hot Spot, Portland January 25 — Tuppers Plains CoolSpot January 26 — Powell’s Foodfair January 27 — Connie’s Corner, Langsville January 30 — Hill’s Citgo, Racine January 31 — Powell’s Foodfair Meigs County Firefighters’ Association The Meigs County Firefighters’ Association will meet Wednesday, January 18 at the Reedsville Fire Station. Time of the meeting will be 7:30 p.m. A new training program for citizens as well as first responders will be the topic. The training program Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is designed to train community persons to assist in a disaster situation. It is also a good opportunity for fire personnel to maintain their hours for recertification. cloudy, with a high near 40. Southwest wind between 5 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Thursday Night: A chance of snow showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37. Friday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Saturday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Sunday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Monday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Dear Dr. hourly wages Brothers: are strictly suWhen I started pervised, the working at my reins generally job five years are loosened as ago, the atjobs progress mosphere was up the corporate great. It was ladder. And pera fairly casual haps the hardest place, and evpart of all this eryone pretty is the fact that much set their you’ve already own schedule. had more than a It didn’t mattaste of freedom ter when you Dr. Joyce Brothers — it’s very difcame or went ficult to go from Syndicated (within reaa situation with Columnist son) or how an ideal amount many breaks of autonomy to you took, as long as you one with very little. I can got your work done. Now see why you are discourthings are different. We aged. are monitored by a suSo, the short answer to pervisor who makes sure your question is, of course, we don’t hang around the that it can wreck your job break room or come in too — if you let it. I’m sure you late. Can something like don’t want to be out on the this wreck a job? — K.L. street looking for someDear K.L.: While some thing else in this economy, of us do better under close so you may want to sit supervision at work than back and try to understand others, most of us are these moves at work from hard-wired to value our au- your employer’s point of tonomy, and we take a cer- view. Today, everyone tain amount of pride in be- must pull his own weight, ing able to handle our own and often his or her laidscheduling and work at our off former co-worker’s as own pace. That’s just basic well. Businesses have to to feeling that we are ma- tighten their belts to surture and skilled enough to vive, and if yours has been earn our pay and be proud leaking profits like a sieve, of our efforts. Although productivity needs to be many lower-level jobs with boosted. Try not to take it Meigs County Briefs Calendar for 2012 Visitors Guide POMEROY — The Calendar of Events for the 2012 Visitors Guide is currently being compiled by the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Division, Luke Ortman, director. Information on events to go into the Visitors Guide are to be provided to Ortman by Jan. 31. The information can be e-mailed, sent to the Walter Long office at 238 W. Main St., Walter Long, 84, Gallipolis, died Monday, January 16, Pomeroy, or telephoned in 2012, at the Holzer Senior Care Center. at 992-5005. Arrangements will be announced later by Willis Funeral Road closure slated Home. Everett L. Munyan The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 www.mydailysentinel.com SYRACUSE — Roy Jones Road in Syracuse will be closed on Wednesday near the intersection with Bridgeman Street for culvert replacement. 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: Ohio Valley Forecast Wednesday: A chance of flurries between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Northwest wind between 7 and 10 mph becoming calm. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Calm wind. Thursday: A chance of snow showers before 1 p.m., then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly Local Stocks AEP (NYSE) — 41.43 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 16.14 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 59.48 Big Lots (NYSE) — 37.56 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 34.61 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 73.55 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 9.48 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.83 Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ) — 4.72 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 35.35 Collins (NYSE) — 56.8 DuPont (NYSE) — 48.54 US Bank (NYSE) — 28.77 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 18.74 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 41.42 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 34.91 Kroger (NYSE) — 24.31 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 41.19 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 76.31 Fulks. “I am going to give a brief overview of how it all works and what software you need to have, but I will also provide one-on-one direction specific to the kind of eReader each participant brings.” At the Pomeroy branch of the Meigs County Library, two Kindle-specific workshops are scheduled for Thursday, January 19 — one at 2 p.m. and one at 6 p.m. Library clerk Anna Wears said that despite a surge in interest regarding other eReaders, the Kindle has generated the most buzz since the holidays. “I would say that the checkout of eBooks for Kindle has already jumped nearly 150 percent just in the three weeks since Christmas,” said Wears. The Mason County Public Library is a participant in a simi- lar West Virginia eBooks project called ‘WVReads’, which also combines the efforts of libraries across the state in order to better serve patrons who prefer to borrow books and other media digitally. According to Mason County Library staffer Cindy Williams, the library went live with the program in early October in anticipation of the Christmas season, and although eReader workshops are still in the planning stages, staffers have continued to spend a significant amount of one-onone time with patrons, assisting them with the setup of their new devices. All three county library systems happily accept requests from customers for new additions to both digital and hard copy inventory. OVBC (NASDAQ) — 18.13 BBT (NYSE) — 27.24 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 14.73 Pepsico (NYSE) — 64.65 Premier (NASDAQ) — 5.13 Rockwell (NYSE) — 80.07 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 9.69 Royal Dutch Shell — 69.64 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 36.75 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 59.85 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.31 WesBanco (NYSE) — 20.68 Worthington (NYSE) — 18.69 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for January 17, 2012, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. “Although we can’t always promise that we can get the specific item that a customer requests, we always take our patrons needs into account when it comes to the new WVReads program, but also in the more traditional sense at the library,” said Williams. “Suggestions are always welcome, and we will always do our best to assist our patrons.” There are several benefits to patrons using these eReader programs. For instance, once set up through the library, customers do not need to physically visit a branch to use the system. Also, there are no overdue fees incurred because eBooks are automatically removed from the eReader device on the due date. To download media through the Ohio program, library patrons of good-standing can use their library card number and pin number — which can be set up at the respective library circulation or reference desks — to log on to the Ohio eBook Project through Bossard’s website at www. bossard.lib.oh.us or through the Meigs County Public Library website at http://www.youseemore. com/meigs/. Bossard may also be reached at 740-446-READ (7323), and the Pomeroy branch of the Meigs County Public Library may be reached at 740-992-5813. To download media through the West Virginia Reads program, library patrons of good-standing can use their library card number to log on to the project website at: http://wvreads.lib.overdrive.com. The Mason County Public Library may be reached at 304-675-0894. �Wednesday, January 18, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com Grange expresses concern over agricultural board actions RACINE — Concern over the new nationally appointed Agriculture Control Board and its broad powers to institute more regulation over the nation’s agricultural industry was expressed at a recent meeting of the Racine Grange. The board, according to a report presented at the meeting, is being given broad powers to institute more regulation over the na- tion’s agriculture which is already crippling agricultural regulations. It was reported also that a bill is being considered to outlaw minors in operating farm machinery despite the fact the family agriculture has had minors operating farm equipment successfully for over 100 years. Members pointed out that more injuries and death in minors oc- cur in high school sports than on the farm. The legislative chairman will write a letter of opposition to Rep. Bill Johnson. Also discussed at the meeting was the Heart Bill under consideration in the Ohio Legislature. This bill, if passed, would make a fetus a legal human being upon the detection of the heartbeat. The legislative agent pointed out that all major laws regarding the protection of the unborn have originated in Ohio. Currently, the Heartbeat Bill has passed the Ohio House but is stalled in a senate committee. which is entirely made up of pro-life Republican senators. Emma Ashley, reporting on community service, said Christmas fruit basket were made for the elderly. She also reported on the reception for long-time members of Racine Grange. Hanna Yost gave a report on her trip to the National Grange Convention in Tulsa, Okla. Members enjoyed a selection of amusing Christmas stories along with a presentation on the history of the holiday. Christmas stocking were presented to those attending. Insurance Plus adds new agents/products By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — Dax and Stephanie Hill of Gallipolis have joined the staff of Insurance Plus, the agency of Bill Quickel, located at 114 Court Street in Pomeroy. The new agents will be offering a new and expanded line of insurance products to customers in their respective areas of expertise. Those areas include retirement planning, 401K rollovers, products providing guaranteed income for life, traditional and Roth IRAs, 529 plans, life , health, disability and long-term insurance. They will also be offering estate planning including chari- table giving, gifting to heirs, and pre-paid funeral trusts. Both Dax and Stephanie are licensed to sell a variety of insurance products. Dax is a graduate of the Ohio Valley Christian School, attended the University of Rio Grande, Morton Learning Center, and Hondros College. He is a veteran of the Marine Corps. He started his insurance career with Nationwide Insurance in 2002 as a financial advisor and has worked for other major companies, including New York Life, Allstate, and Aviva, as a financial advisor. During his career he has received several career awards, Rookie of the Year and the Phoenix Award in 2008 from New York Life, and Annuity Champion in 2o07 and 2008 from New York Life. Stephanie graduated from River Valley High School and attended Morton and Hondros Learning Centers. Her licenses including life and health and personal lines. She started her insurance career in 2002 with Nationwide Insurance as a customer service representative and became state licensed in 2006 as an agent working with New York Life, Allstate and Aviva. Her awards have included the Circle of Champions Life and Long Term Care Insurance in 2008 from the New York Life. She has been active in a variety of community fund raisers. Dax and Stephanie Hill Charlene Hoeflich/photo Ray doubted jury would believe an MLK conspiracy NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — James Earl Ray doubted a jury would believe a defense proposal to blame the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on a conspiracy, according to letters he wrote to his lawyer as he tried to win a trial and withdraw his own guilty plea in the 1968 slaying. The letters are among documents that are going up for auction later this month from the estate of the late Jack Kershaw, a Nashville attorney who represented Ray in the mid-1970s. Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis in 1969 to killing the civil rights leader and was sentenced to 99 years in prison, but recanted the confession three days later. He died in prison in 1998. Kershaw died in 2010. In one letter, Ray responds to plans by one of his other attorneys to write a book alleging that white racists conspired with government agencies to kill King. “Conversely what I have learned based on what evidence in this area we have, whites of that persuasion were most likely not involved and while that type allegation would naturally appeal to the large publishing companies, (I) am concerned that if their (sic) were not considerable evidence in support, the allegation might not be taken well with the type persons who sit on juries,” Ray wrote. The transcript was released by Case Antiques Inc., Auctions & Appraisals, which will auction the documents on Jan. 28 in Knoxville. The Ray archive carries a presale estimate of $8,000 to $10,000, the auction house said. Papers, photographs and audiotapes from the estate also will be auctioned. Gerald Posner, who wrote the 1998 book “Killing the Dream,” said Tuesday that the document offers a rare look at Ray’s views about a jury at the time. “It’s not widely circulated as part of history,” Posner said in a telephone interview. “What’s Ray is doing is telling his attorney that even HE doesn’t think a jury of 12 average people will buy his story.” In one of the papers, Ray also discussed his media image: “One of my problems, I believe, with interviews is that I attempt to look at the case from a legal standpoint while the reports apparently want to hear the emotional statements (not guilty— framed_ persecuted_sob-sister routine).” Ray, who was white, claimed as he sought a trial that he was forced into pleading guilty. But news accounts at that point showed that the judge asked him five times if his plea was voluntary. Ray also claimed after his confession that a mysterious man named “Raoul” was responsible for the slaying. However, Ray’s fingerprints were found on the rifle used to kill King as the civil rights leader stood on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel. The King assassination set off riots across the country. Years later, the King family said it supported a trial for Ray, and King’s son Dexter said he believed Ray was innocent of the crime. Santorum fights back against critics with barbs AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Searching for traction, Rick Santorum is on the attack these days — against everyone, it seems. On Tuesday alone, the Republican presidential candidate branded Mitt Romney a liberal, said Newt Gingrich’s policy positions have been “all over the place” and laughed that Ron Paul has been running for president “since 1938.” The more acerbic tone comes as the South Carolina primary looms on Saturday and with polls showing Santorum trailing Romney, the front-runner, and other rivals. In the effort to claw his way to the front of the pack, Santorum coupled his scathing critiques of his rivals on the campaign trail with a new TV ad that compares Romney to President Barack Obama. “Obama supported the Wall Street bailouts. So did Romney. Obama gave us radical Obamacare that was based on Romneycare,” the ad’s narrator says. “Obama’s a liberal on social issues. Romney once bragged he’s even more liberal than Ted Kennedy on social issues.” The ad then asks: “Why would we ever vote for someone who is just like Obama?” Santorum urged South Carolina conservatives to coalesce around one of their own or face Romney as the GOP nominee. “He’s got a lot of money, but he doesn’t have the convictions, the authenticity nor the record that is necessary to win this election,” Santorum told voters. “Please consolidate.” At the same time, he said Gingrich wasn’t the best conservative option. “Newt is bold, but he is all over the place,” Santorum continued. “Attacking capitalism, supporting capitalism. Against global warming, for global warming. We need someone who is bold and consistent.” Santorum, often sarcastic as a campaigner, offered this explanation for how Paul, 76, had bested him in the nation’s first primary: “Congressman Paul had been running in New Hampshire for president since 1938.” Conservatives appeared to be recognizing their dilemma: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Gingrich and Santorum all were vying to emerge as the leading alternative to Romney but were fracturing their support. “We conservatives are splitting the vote,” Aiken voter Michele Merritt told Santorum. “Is there not anything that those conservatives can do to get to- gether for the good of the country and try to coalesce behind one person that will be able to take on Romney and win? Because I really, really don’t want Romney to get the nomination.” Santorum nodded but stopped short of urging anyone to exit from the race. “I believe everybody has a right to be in this race if they want to be in this race and fight as hard as they want for as long as they want,” he later told reporters in Lexington. “I’m not into political games, or political deals.” Santorum finished a close second in Iowa on a shoestring budget. Fundraising took off after that and he was finally in a position to spend some of the $3 million he raised that week. Romney’s allies, meanwhile, were airing an ad that says San- torum “even voted to let convicted felons vote.” Santorum complained that the TV spot, while referring to “felons,” shows someone in an orange prison jumpsuit, suggesting that Santorum would allow them to vote while still incarcerated. Santorum has supported voting rights only for those who have served their sentences and been released. He called the ad “one of the cheapest shots ever” and said Romney should tell his allies to back off. “I would never, ever, ever want to be affiliated or associated with anybody doing something for me that I know is blatantly false,” Santorum said. Romney countered that “people who have been released from prison are still called felons if they’ve committed felonies.” Rock Hall of Fame opens archives to public CLEVELAND (AP) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened its new library and archives to the public on Tuesday to give scholars and fans access to the stories behind the music through such “artifacts” as personal letters from Madonna and Aretha Franklin and 1981-82 video of the Rolling Stones tour. The collection, catalogued over the last few years, includes more than 3,500 books, 1,400 audio recordings and 270 videos, and is housed in the new four-story, $12 million building. Thousands more books and recordings and hundreds of videos will be added as previously stored items and new donations are catalogued, said Andy Leach, director of the library and archives. “We hope to serve music scholars, teachers, students and the general public,” Leach said. “We hope to see all of them here.” Tuesday’s opening of the building on the Cuyahoga Community College campus in Cleveland, not far from the Rock Hall, occurred without a lot of fanfare. The low-key opening allows the public to enjoy the library before a grand opening April 9. The college funded the building, which the library and archives share with the college’s Center for Creative Arts. The Rock Hall financed construction and furnishings of the interior of its section of the building. The library also offers photos, albums and covers, oral histories and scrap books. Leach said the Rock Hall has done a great job of telling the story of rock ‘n’ roll. He said he sees the library as bringing the museum more recognition and showing “it Johnson named to dean’s list at MVNU MOUNT VERNON — Heidi Johnson has been named to the dean’s list for the 2011 fall semester at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. The dean’s list includes all students who carried a minimum of 12 credit hours and have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or above for the semester. Johnson, a sophomore majoring in Video and Radio Broadcasting, finished fall semester with a 3.8 GPA. This is her third semester attaining dean’s list. A 2010 graduate of Meigs High School, she is the daughter of Thomas and Jill Johnson of Pomeroy, Ohio and the granddaughter of Dick and Marlene Sorenson of Columbus, Pennsylvania. Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, four-year, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students and working adults. With a 400-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and several convenient Graduate and Professional Studies locations throughout the state, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth and service to community and church. MVNU offers an affordable education to more than 2,600 students from 26 states and seven countries/U.S. territories. Local man makes Rio’s dean’s honor list POMEROY — Matthew J. Hosken of Flatwoods Road, Pomeroy has been named to the dean’s honor list of Universithy of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College. He is a business major with a minor in psychology. to be a serious place of research.” The library collection also includes movie posters, photos and memorabilia related to Alan Freed, the DJ credited with coining the phrase rock ‘n’ roll; a handwritten list by Elvis Presley of songs included in one of his concerts; and personal letters from artists including Mick Jagger. Visitors will not be allowed to check out items, but anyone can use the library read- ing room to browse through books, listen to audio recordings and watch videos. A smaller archives reading room allows supervised access to certain items. Steve Waksman, an associate professor of music and American studies at Smith College in Massachusetts, did research at the library prior to its opening for his book on the history of American live music. “It was very useful, with material that I haven’t found anywhere else,” Waksman said Tuesday. “They had a lot of material regarding the stage sets of music performers from the ’60s and the ’70s, such as David Bowie and the Rolling Stones.” Elizabeth Papp Taylor, 53, of Shaker Heights, was at the library opening day. “I’m looking forward to coming back for a look at the archives, but my first visit was exciting,” she said in a phone interview. “It’s very impressive.” Registration now open for Entrance into the following Programs • Practical Nursing • Surgical Technology • Pharmacy Technician The Award Winning Buckeye Hills Career Center For information contact the Adult Center at 740-245-5334 Financial aid is available for those who qualify 60160839 �Gallipolis Tribune The DailyDaily Sentinel OpiniOn pinion Page Page44 Wednesday, Wednesday,January January18, 18,2012 2012 What we owe to Bertha von Suttner Justices leave questions on online student speech unanswered Just saying her name sounds like a joke: Baroness Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner, Gräfin, née Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau. And when she began talking about ending war in mid-nineteenth century Austria it wasn’t her name that was treated as a joke. Yet by the turn of the century, her idea seemed to be one whose time had come. Bertha von Suttner’s novel “Ground Arms,” or “Lay Down Your Arms,” was widely described as the “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” of war abolition. It was doing and would accomplish for war what Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book had for slavery. I can’t encourage you strongly enough to take a quick break from the inanities of presidential debates and football announcers and buy the book, borrow the book, or read it free online. It was principally this book, along with years of activism, journalism, and organizational leadership in the peace movement (and not a single Iranian scientist’s murder) that won von Suttner the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel website reads: “The effect of Die Waffen nieder [Lay Down Your Arms], published late in 1889, was … so real and the implied indictment of militarism so telling that the impact made on the reading public was tremendous.” The impact was not so much the love of the novel’s characters. Nor was it a new understanding of how hellish war can be. The power of the impact, I think, came from the way the book framed war abolition within a story of advancing civilization. Humanity was developing, according to this story, after endless eons of fighting off ferocious beasts and fighting off ferocious humans. Violence was on the wane. The beasts were gone, and the humans were learning to speak and negotiate. City states were united as nations. Blood feuds were left behind. Dueling among individuals was being replaced by discussions, arbitrations, courts of law, and — more importantly — by a new conception of honor. No longer would disgrace fall on the man who tolerated In refusing to take two cases on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court leaves many unanswered questions in the digitalage issue involving students who were punished for their off-campus, online postings. The justices avoided the opportunity to clarify when school officials may punish students for online expression they create away from school, refusing to review cases out of Pennsylvania and West Virginia: Blue Mountain School District v. J.S. and Kowalski v. Berkeley Count Schools. The Blue Mountain petition actually dealt with two separate cases out of Pennsylvania — one involving middle school students (including student J.S.) and another concerning a former high school student named Justin Layshock, who faced punishment for online comments about his principal in the Hermitage School District. In both Pennsylvania cases, the full 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled in the students’ favor — by a sharply divided 8-6 vote in Blue Mountain and unanimously in Layshock. With the high court’s refusal to hear an appeal, those rulings stand for now as good news for student expression online in the 3rd Circuit, which includes Penn- By David Swanson an affront so much as on the buffoon who delivered it. War itself was being civilized. The Red Cross was seeking to tend the wounded. Atrocities were being banned. Disputes among royals were being mocked by republicans as proper grounds for wars. Arbitration was proving itself as an alternative to slaughter. With slavery and pillage being left behind, with religion beginning to fade, with the technology of weaponry rapidly advancing, war was losing its economic motive, its theocratic justification, and its suitability as a test of individual skill or courage. The ending of war was an idea that went from fringe craziness to mainstream popularity during Bertha von Suttner’s lifetime, and in great measure because of her. The Nobel website reports: “In August of 1913, already affected by beginning illness, the Baroness spoke at the International Peace Congress at The Hague where she was greatly honored as the “generalissimo” of the peace movement. In May of 1914 she was still able to take an interest in preparations being made for the twenty-first Peace Congress, planned for Vienna in September. But her illness — suspected cancer — developed rapidly thereafter, and she died on June 21, 1914, two months before the erupting of the world war she had warned and struggled against.” When the idea of ending slavery came and developed and took hold and spread, it could not be stopped by the occurrence of a sudden catastrophic outbreak of slavery. Slavery is not like a hurricane. It was a practice that went on and could be ended. It might be brought back, but only slowly, not in a mad rush of passion before anyone had time to think it through. War was different. The ending of war was an idea whose time had come. And then time halted. Time froze. The evolution of civilization was instantly thrown into reverse. In von Suttner’s novel, a crowd begins to sing pro-war songs in excitement over a new and exciting war, and her two main characters, husband and wife, converse: “‘See, Martha,” exclaimed Frederick, ‘this spark which The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Our main number is (740) 992-2155. 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As a length of time compared with our personal existence — never; when compared with the existence of our race — tomorrow.’” Peace activists, like suffragettes, and like reformers of all kinds in this period, accepted that they might not succeed during their lifetimes, that like Dr. Martin Luther King they might not make it to the mountain top, but they were completely and absolutely confident that in the coming decades or centuries victory would be won. No doubt, that confidence contributed to their willingness to work for their good causes despite the slow or invisible pace of progress. Now, of course, we are up against environmental destruction and the potential for complete elimination of our species through war. We feel we do not have the time to toil slowly for our descendants’ inevitable advancement. But here’s the important point: we don’t need long. We as a culture reached the point of outgrowing war a century ago, and the course of progress was thrown off track. War makes absolutely no more sense today than male nipples or fathers giving away brides or the prohibition on ending a sentence with a preposition. War is an anachronism. It’s a freak meme traveled forward in time purely because of the power it has to disrupt cultural advancement. David Swanson is the author of “When the World Outlawed War,” “War Is A Lie” and “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union.” By David L. Hudson, Jr. First Amendment Center scholar sylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The 4th Circuit, however, ruled against former student Kara Kowalski, who created a MySpace discussion page that included highly offensive statements that another student was a slut who had herpes. So that ruling stands in West Virginia and the states that circuit, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and South Carolina. Last year, the high court also refused to hear a similar case out of the 2nd Circuit. A common reason that the Court grants review is to resolve circuit splits. For some reason the justices decided to leave the split as is. That means important questions remain: Do school officials even have jurisdiction over purely off-campus expression? What is enough of a connection between an off-campus, online posting and school activities to trigger school jurisdiction? When does online, off-campus student speech create a reasonable forecast of substantial disruption of school activities? Can school officials discipline off-campus, online student speech because it invades the rights of other students? Can school officials discipline students for off-campus, online speech simply because it contains vulgar and lewd language? Until the Supreme Court decides to step into these matters, we simply don’t know. Meanwhile, Frank LoMonte, director of the Student Press Law Center, says it may have been a good thing that the Court didn’t review the cases. “It has been very, very difficult for courts to set aside their revulsion over the specific speech in front of them and see beyond that to the larger constitutional issue,” he said. “Just as the Court made an illconsidered First Amendment ruling in the Morse [Morse v. Frederick (2007)] case out of sympathy for the particular school administrator, I think the temptation would have been irresistible to do violence to the First Amendment so that the students in these cases didn’t escape unpunished. The speech by these students was in no way representative of the creative and substantive ways in which student bloggers, journalists and artists are using the Web every day, but those students’ rights could have suffered real and permanent damage had the Court taken up these cases.” David L. Hudson Jr. is a scholar at the First Amendment Center. Hudson writes for firstamendmentcenter. org and for other publications devoted to First Amendment issues. in the coming year.” The new doctrine places China and Iran at the center of U.S. “security” concerns. It thus prioritizes expansion of U.S. war making capacities in Asia and the Pacific and Indian Oceans, by “rebalanc[ing] toward the Asia-Pacific region…empahsiz[ing] our existing alliances.” This means Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and now Australia and India as the U.S. “pivots” from Iraq and Afghanistan to the heartland of the 21st century global economy, Asia and the Pacific. The implications for Okinawa and Japan should be clear: Washington will be doing all that it can to ensure that Japan remains its unsinkable aircraft carrier, including pressing for construction of the new air base in Henoko. Russia “remains important,” but the priorities are ensuring that China’s rise occurs within the post-WWII global systems dominated by the West and Japan. The Iran focus is to ensure that Tehran’s ambitions do not jeopardize the West’s neo-colonial control of Middle East oil essential to their economies and militaries. Dr. Joseph Gerson is Disarmament Coordinator of the American Friends Service Committee and Director of the AFSC’s Peace and Economic Security Program in New England. Pentagon’s new Strategic Guidance: Grim implications By Joseph Gerson In early January the Obama Administration released the Pentagon’s new Guidance, Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense. It is clearly designed less to cut U.S. military spending than to reorder Pentagon priorities to ensure full spectrum dominance (dominating any nation, anywhere, at any time, at any level of force) for the first decades of the 21st century. 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Lopez Publisher Publisher Stephanie StephanieFilson Filson Managing Editor Managing Editor �The Daily Sentinel Sports WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012 mdssports@heartlandpublications.com URG indoor track competes at Capital Challenge Randy Payton Special to OVP RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande Track and Field teams opened the indoor portion of their 2012 schedule on Saturday with a handful of solid individual performances at the Capital Challenge hosted by Capital University. Senior Kayla Renner took top honors in the women’s 1-Mile Run with a time of 5:42.22, while junior Kim Strunk did the same in the women’s Shot Put with a heave of 11.22m. On the men’s side, junior Nick Wilson won Bryan Walters/file photo South Gallia senior Chandra Canaday (20) releases a shot attempt during this Jan. 9 file photo of a girls basketball game against Southern in Mercerville, Ohio. South Gallia sweeps Lady Lancers, 58-39 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com STEWART, Ohio — A good start led to a solid finish for the South Gallia girls basketball team Monday night during a 58-39 victory over host Federal Hocking in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup at McInturf Gymnasium in Athens County. The Lady Rebels (10-3, 7-3 TVC Hocking) stormed out to a 20-4 advantage after eight minutes of play and never looked back, as the guests claimed their sixth straight decision while also posting a season sweep of the Lady Lancers (4-9, 4-6). SGHS also won at home by a 60-18 margin back on Dec. 5, 2011. South Gallia only outscored the hosts by a 38-35 margin over the final three quarters, but the guests all but secured the outcome in the second canto — going on a 15-9 run to take a comfortable 35-13 cushion into the intermission. FHHS responded with a 16-8 surge in the third period to pull within 4329 headed into the finale, but the Lady Rebels closed regulation with a 15-10 run to wrap up the 19-point triumph. South Gallia connected on 26-of-48 field goal attempts for 54 percent, including a 1-of-2 effort from three-point range for 50 percent. The guests were outrebounded 34-24 overall, but committed only 15 turnovers in the contest — nine fewer than Fed Hock’s total of 24. Chandra Canaday led the Lady Rebels with 15 points, 12 of which came in the opening quarter of play. Meghan Caldwell was next with 13 points, followed by Ellie Bostic with 11 points and Lesley Small with seven markers. Jasmyne Johnson added six points and Rachel Johnson contributed four markers, while Alicia Hornsby rounded out the scoring with two points. SGHS was 5-of-10 at the free throw line for 50 percent. Cheyenne Singer paced FHHS with a double-double effort of 18 points and 15 rebounds, both of which were game-highs. Carley Tabler added 10 points and Alex Putman chipped in five markers. Fed Hock was 4-of-9 at the free throw line for 44 See GALLIA |‌ 10 OVP Schedule Wednesday, January 18 Wrestling Gallia Academy at Athens, 6 p.m. Thursday, January 19 Girls Basketball Waterford at Eastern, 6 p.m. Meigs at Nelsonville-York, 6 p.m. Federal Hocking at Southern, 6 p.m. River Valley at Coal Grove, 6 p.m. Wahama at Miller, 6 p.m. Friday, January 20 Girls Basketball Ohio Valley Christian vs Wood County Christian at Quicken Loans Arena, 2:15 p.m. Van at Hannan, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball Eastern at River Valley, 6:30 p.m. Alexander at Meigs, 6:30 p.m. Southern at Waterford, 6:30 p.m. South Gallia at Wahama, 6:30 p.m. Warren at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Ohio Valley Christian vs Wood County Christian at Quicken Loans Arena, 3:45 p.m. Tolsia at Point Pleasant, 7:30 p.m. Van at Hannan, 7:30 p.m. Wrestling Gallia Academy, Point Pleasant, River Valley, Wahama at WSAZ Invitational (Huntington), 2:30 p.m. the 1-Mile Run in a finish of 4:43.19. Rio Grande also had a number of second place finishers on the day. In the women’s division, senior Kayla Graves took second in the 200 Meter Dash with a time of 28.21, while freshman Samantha Barnes was second in the 500 Yard Run at 1:26.25, senior Cassie Mattia took second in the 800 Meter Run with a finish of 2:26.96 and senior Cory Crutcher was second in the Weight Throw with a toss of 11.65m. Junior Chad McCarty also finished second in the men’s 1-Mile Run at 4:44.39, while senior Matt Spencer was second in the 800 Meter Run with a showing of 2:01.94. Also for the RedStorm women, Graves and junior Haley McSurley finished fifth and 10th, respectively, in the 60 Meter Dash with times of 8.46 and 8.85; junior Amy Lower was eighth in the 1-Mile Run with a time of 6:15.02; and Strunk was third in the Weight Throw with a toss of 11.06m. For the Rio men, sophomore Kevin Malone was fifth in the 400 Yard Dash with a time of 55.96; junior Joe Taranto was fifth in the 800 Meter Run at See TRACK |‌ 10 Lady Raiders outlast Vinton County, 40-37 Alex Hawley Sports Correspondent BIDWELL, Ohio — The Lady Raiders returned home Monday night, after two close road wins , to face Vinton County in a non-league contest. The lead changed hands four times, but River Valley pulled out the victory 40-37. Junior guard Shalin Comer waited until the final minute of the game to make her only bucket, but it was an important one. The bucket gave River Valley the lead, and with a free throw from Alli Neville gave RVHS the 40-37 win over the Lady Vikings. The game started with RVHS using the momentum from their previous game to take a four point lead at the end of the first period, 11-7. The second quarter was a slow scoring quarter with only 10 combined points. RVHS clung on to a two point lead at the half, 15-13. The third period was a back and forth battle that included the score being tied three times. River Valley would start the final quarter up by three, 26-23. After the Lady Raiders hit a threepointer to start the fourth VCHS went on a 9-2 run, to take the lead. There was no quit in Coach Gilmore’s team, as they fought back to regain the lead and win the game. RVHS only had four players score, led by Beth Misner with 15 points which came off of five three-pointers. Alli Neville had 13 points including four points from the line in clutch situations. Cady Gilmore finished with 10 points and Shalin Comer marked in with two. VCHS had two players reach double figures in scoring, Caitlyn Owings with 14 points and Megan Dixon with 12. River Valley improves to 4-9 on the season and Vinton County falls to 7-6. The Lady Raiders return to action January 19th at Coal Grove for an Ohio Valley Conference matchup. See RAIDERS |‌ 10 Alex Hawley/photo River Valley senior Beth Misner (12) dribbles toward a pair of Vinton County defenders during Monday night’s non-conference girls basketball game in Bidwell, Ohio. Blue Angels fall to Chesapeake, 51-36 Alex Hawley Sports Correspondent CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — The Blue Angels went on the road Monday night to face a tough Chesapeake squad, in a non-conference contest. Gallia Academy had lost two straight going into play. GAHS fell on this night 51-36 to Chesapeake. The Blue Angels’ defense was no match for the Lady Panthers’ Amanda Ruffner, as she went off for Saturday, January 21 31 points including a perfect 9-forGirls Basketball South Point at Eastern, 6 p.m. 9 from the free throw stripe. GAHS Gallia Academy at Logan, Noon held close and found themselves Point Pleasant vs Magnolia at Tyler Regional Classic, 3 only down two points at the end of p.m. the first quarter. The Lady Panthers Boys Basketball added one more to their lead and Wellston at Southern, 6:30 p.m. took a 23-20 advantage into the half. River Valley at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Chesapeake doubled their lead in Hannan at Hatfield-McCoy Shootout, 4 p.m. the third period of play, outscoring Wrestling Gallia Academy 12-9. CHS finished Gallia Academy, Point Pleasant, River Valley, Wahama at strong, scoring outscoring GAHS WSAZ Invitational (Huntington), 11 a.m. 16-7 in the fourth and handing the Blue Angels their third straight loss, 51-36. Leading the scoring for Gallia Academy was Kendra Barnes with 11 points, followed by Haley Rosier with seven. Heather Ward had six points, Mattie Lanham had four, Ciera Jackson with three, Violet Phelfrey and Halley Barnes each had two, and Brittany Lloyd had one point to round out the GAHS scoring. Gallia Academy shot just 29 percent (14-of-49) from the field and 50 percent from the line on the evening. Heather Ward led the team in assist with four, and Haley Rosier led the team with six rebounds. Ruffner led Chesapeake with 31 points and was followed by Jordan Porter who had a double-double performance, 10 points and 11 rebounds. The Blue Angels return to action Saturday at noon when they travel to face Southeastern Ohio Athletic League foe Logan. Chesapeake 51, Gallia Academy 36 GA 10-10-9-7 —36 C 12-11-12-16 — 51 GALLIA ACADEMY (2-12): Heather Ward 3 0-0 6, Haley Rosier 3 1-2 7, Ciera Jackson 1 1-2 3, Brittany Lloyd 0 1-4 1, Halley Barnes 1 0-0 2, Mattie Lanham 1 2-2 4, Kendra Barnes 4 0-0 11, Violet Phelfrey 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 14 5-10 36.Three-point goals: 3 (Barnes 3).Field Goals: 1449 (.286). Rebounds 22. Turnovers: 8. CHESAPEAKE (10-3): Amanda Ruffner 11 9-9 31, Jackie Nelson 1 0-0 2, Sarah Rice 0 4-7 4, Sydnee Hall 0 1-2 1, Maggie Smith 1 0-0 2, Mackenzie Moore 0 0-0 0, Jordan Porter 3 5-10 11. TOTALS: 16 1928 51. �point at the southeast corner of the said Cora Jewell lot; thence west 272.00 feet along the south linewww.mydailysentinel.com of the said Cora Jewell lot to an iron rod set at the base of a corner fence post at the southwest corner of the said Cora Jewell lot, passing an iron rod set at 33 feet and 192 feet and passing an iron pipe found at 113.5 feet for reference; thence north 54.00 feet along a fence on the west line of the said Cora Jewell lot to the place of beginning, containing 0.337 acres, more or less, excepting all legal easements and rights of way. Wednesday, January 18, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 6 The bearings in the above description are based on the Ohio Companyʼs Purchase Survey. Reference Deed: Volume 16, Page 213, Meigs County Official Records. Auditorʼs Parcel 17-00454.001 SHERIFFʼS SALE, CASE NO. 11 CV 059, FARMERS BANK AND SAVINGS COMPANY, PLAINTIFF, VS. BONNIE H. ALTHOUSE AKA BONNIE ALTHOUSE, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. Legals LEGAL NOTICE SHERIFFʼS SALE OF REAL ESTATE general code sec. 11681 revised code sec. 2329.26 THE STATE OF MEIGS COUNTY OHIO, WESBANCO BANK, INC. CASE NO. 10CV103 Plaintiff Judge Crow vs. JUDITH ANN WILLIAMS, ET AL. Defendants IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF SALE IN THE ABOVE TITLED ACTION, I WILL OFFER FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION, AT THE COURTHOUSE STEPS, MEIGS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, POMEROY, OHIO IN THE ABOVE NAMED COUNTY ON FRIDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2012 AT 10:00 A.M. THE FOLLOWING REAL ESTATE: The following real estate situate in the Village of Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio being the easterly 15 feet of Lot 98 in the Village of Pomeroy, being a portion of Tract No. 2 of deed recorded in Volume 305, Page 387 of the Meigs County Deed Records, together with an easement for ingress and egress from the back of the described property to Second Street. It is the intent of this deed to convey the building located at 122 E. Main Street, Pomeroy, Ohio. References: Official Records Volume 227, Page 499, Official Records Volume 227, Page 934, Official Records Volume 1, Page 651, Official Records Volume 26, Page 551, Official Records Volume 119, Page 721, and Official Records Volume 138, Page 871, Meigs County Recorderʼs Office. Parcel Identification Number: 16-02329.000 ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 122 East Main Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 SAID PREMISES APPRAISED AT $47,500.00 AND CANNOT BE SOLD FOR LESS THAN TWO THIRDS OF THAT AMOUNT. THIS APPRAISAL DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INTERIOR OF ANY STRUCTURES ON THE PREMISES. ALL SHERIFFʼS SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE OFFICE OF THE MEIGS COUNTY RECORDER. THE MEIGS COUNTY SHERIFF MAKES NO GUARANTEE AS TO THE STATUS OF TITLE PRIOR TO SALE. TERMS OF SALE: 10% CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK BY 2:00 P.M. ON DAY OF SALE. BALANCE DUE UPON DELIVERY OF DEED, APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS. ROBERT E. BEEGLE MEIGS COUNTY SHERIFF 2.0549jaw/clients/open/Wesbanco/Foreclosure/Williams/Pl e/LegalNoticeOfSheriffʼsSale/0 1-05-12 SHERIFFʼS SALE, CASE NO. 11 CV 059, FARMERS BANK AND SAVINGS COMPANY, PLAINTIFF, VS. BONNIE H. ALTHOUSE AKA BONNIE ALTHOUSE, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Robert E. Beegle, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: PARCEL ONE: The following described real estate situated in the Township of Scipio, By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Robert E. Beegle, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Legals on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: PARCEL ONE: The following described real estate situated in the Township of Scipio, County of Meigs and State of Ohio and in Section 16, Town 7 and Range 14. This being the whole of first lot west of State Road on the north line and known as the William Brooks lot, containing 1 acre, and being the same real estate conveyed to Grantors by deed recorded in Volume 146, Page 481, Meigs County Deed Records. EXCEPTING .337 acres conveyed by deed recorded in Volume 297, Page 141, Meigs County Official Records. Reference Deed: Volume 21, Page 167, Meigs County Official Records. Auditorʼs Parcel 17-00454.000 No.: PARCEL TWO: Situate in Scipio Township, Meigs County, State of Ohio, and being in the Village of Pageville, Section 16, Town 7 North, Range 14 West of the Ohio Companyʼs Purchase and being described as follows: Beginning at an iron rod along a fence on the west line of Cora Jewellʼs lot as described in the Meigs County Deed Records: Volume 146, Page 481, said iron rod also being east 165.00 feet (10 rods, as shown in the 1880 and 1890 Meigs County Plat Books) and South 128.00 feet from the northwest corner of Section 16; thence east 272.00 feet to a point in the centerline of State Route 684, passing iron rods set at 80 feet, 158.5 feet and 239 feet for reference; thence South 54.00 feet along the centerline of said State Route 684 to a point at the southeast corner of the said Cora Jewell lot; thence west 272.00 feet along the south line of the said Cora Jewell lot to an iron rod set at the base of a corner fence post at the southwest corner of the said Cora Jewell lot, passing an iron rod set at 33 feet and 192 feet and passing an iron pipe found at 113.5 feet for reference; thence north 54.00 feet along a fence on the west line of the said Cora Jewell lot to the place of beginning, containing 0.337 acres, more or less, excepting all legal easements and rights of way. The bearings in the above description are based on the Ohio Companyʼs Purchase Survey. Reference Deed: Volume 16, Page 213, Meigs County Official Records. Parcel Auditorʼs 17-00454.001 No.: The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 0.6630 and 0.3370 acres of real estate located in Section 16, Town 7, Range 14, of Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio - the road immediately to the North is TR 142 (Pageville Rd.), the road immediately to the East is CR 692, the road immediately to the South is CR 692, and the nearest road to the West is TR 456 (Schick Rd.) in Section 17, Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio. CURRENT OWNER: Bonnie Althouse. REAL ESTATE APPRAISED AT: $10,000.00. The real estate cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised value. The appraisal does not include an interior examination of any structures, if any, on the real estate. TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. ALL SHERIFFʼS SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE No.: The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 0.6630 and 0.3370 acres of real estate located in Section 16, Town 7, Range 14, of Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio - the road immediately to the North is TR 142 (Pageville Rd.), the road immediately to the East is CR 692, the road immediately to the South is CR 692, and the nearest road to the West is TR 456 (Schick Rd.) in Section 17, Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio. CURRENT OWNER: Bonnie Althouse. REAL ESTATE APPRAISED AT: $10,000.00. The real estate cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised value. The appraisal does not include an interior examination of any structures, if any, on the real estate. TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. Legals ALL SHERIFFʼS SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: Douglas W. Little, LITTLE, SHEETS & BARR LLP, 211-213 E. Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 (1)18, 25; (2)1 Sheriff Sale of Real Estate Case Number 11 CV 010 U.S. Bank, N.A. Vs Victoria A. Nuscis, et al. Court of Common Pleas, Meigs County, Ohio. NOTICE OF SALE UNDER JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE OF LIENS FOR DELINQUENT LAND TAXES. IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO, CASE NO. 10 DL 004, IN THE MATTER OF FORECLOSURE OF LIENS FOR DELINQUENT LAND TAXES, PEGGY YOST, TREASURER OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO, PLAINTIFF, VS. PARCELS OF LAND ENCUMBERED WITH DELINQUENT TAX LIENS, AUDITORʼS PARCEL NOS.: 16-02184.000, 16-02183.000, 16-02185.000, 16-02173.000, 16-02174.000, Legals 16-02175.000, 16-02176.000, 16-02179.000, 16-02180.000, 16-02181.000, 16-02182.000, 16-02172.000, 16-00842.000, 16-02177.000, 16-02171.000, AND BEN H. EWING AKA BENJAMIN H. EWING, DEFENDANT. Whereas, judgment has been rendered against certain parcels of real property for taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest and costs as follows: AUDITORʼS PARCEL NOS.: 16-02184.000, 16-02183.000, 16-02185.000, 16-02173.000, 16-02174.000, 16-02175.000, 16-02176.000, 16-02179.000, 16-02180.000, 16-02181.000, 16-02182.000, 16-02172.000, 16-00842.000, 16-02177.000, 16-02171.000 PROPERTY STREET ADDRESSES: 200, 202, 204 and 210 West Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769. In pursuance of an order of sale to me directed from said court in the above entitled action, I will expose to sale at public auction on the front steps of the Meigs County Court House on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. of said day, the following described real estate: DESCRIPTION: Real estate situated in the Village of Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, more fully described in deed recorded in Volume 295, Page 205, Meigs County Deed Records. Situated in the Village of Middleport, County of Meigs, and State of Ohio: NAME AND ADDRESS OF LAST KNOWN OWNER: Ben H. Ewing, 108 Mulberry Avenue, Pomeroy, OH 45769. Lot Four Hundred Fifty Two (452) of S.W. Pomeroyʼs Addition of Lower Pomeroy, now incorporated into and made a part of the Village of Middleport, Meigs County, Ohio, now known as Lot #9 of General Hartinger Subdivision, Village of Middleport, County of Meigs. Parcel Number: 15-01443.000 Property Located at: Lewis Street 705 Art Middleport, OH 45760 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 251, page 703 Property Appraised at: 55000 Terms of Sale: Cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds for the appraised value. 10% down on day of sale, case or certified check, balance due on confirmation of sale. 10% cash due at the time of sale by individuals as no checks are accepted. The appraisal did not include an interior examination of the house. Robert E. Beegle, Meigs County Sheriff Lori N. Wight Ohio Supreme Court Reg. #0080789 Attorney for the Plaintiff Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss P.O. Box 5480 Cincinnati, OH 45202-4007 (513) 241-3100 Run Dates: 1/18/12, 1/25/12, 2/1/12 NOTICE OF SALE UNDER JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE OF LIENS FOR DELINQUENT LAND TAXES. IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO, CASE NO. 10 DL 004, IN THE MATTER OF FORECLOSURE OF LIENS FOR DELINQUENT LAND TAXES, PEGGY YOST, TREASURER OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO, PLAINTIFF, VS. PARCELS OF LAND ENCUMBERED WITH DELINQUENT TAX LIENS, AUDITORʼS PARCEL NOS.: 16-02184.000, 16-02183.000, 16-02185.000, 16-02173.000, 16-02174.000, 16-02175.000, 16-02176.000, 16-02179.000, 16-02180.000, 16-02181.000, 16-02182.000, 16-02172.000, 16-00842.000, 16-02177.000, 16-02171.000, AND BEN H. EWING AKA BENJAMIN H. EWING, DE- Subject to the United States of Americaʼs right of redemption under 28USC Section 2410(C). AMOUNT DUE: $59,046.30 TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. And, Whereas, such judgment orders such real property to be sold or otherwise disposed of according to law by Robert E. Beegle, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, to satisfy the total amount of such judgment; Now, Therefore, public notice is hereby given that Robert E. Beegle, Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will either dispose of such property according to law or sell such real property at public auction, for cash, to the highest bidder of an amount that equals at least $59,046.30, at 10:00 a.m., on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on the 10th day of February, 2012. If any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid or is not otherwise disposed of according to law, it may be offered for sale, under the same terms and conditions of the first sale and at the same time of day and at the same place, on the 24th day of February, 2012, for an amount that equals at least $59,046.30. ALL SHERIFFʼS SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. (1) 18, 25; (2) 1 SHERIFFʼS SALE, CASE NO. 11 CV 072, FARMERS BANK AND SAVINGS COMPANY, PLAINTIFF, VS. BRENDA M. HYSELL AKA BRENDA MARGARET HYSELL, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Robert E. Beegle, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: Situated in the Township of Salisbury, County of Meigs and State of Ohio: Being in Fraction 24, Town 2, Range 13, in Salisbury Township, bounded and described as follows: SHERIFFʼS SALE, CASE NO. 11 CV 072, FARMERS BANK AND SAVINGS COMPANY, PLAINTIFF, VS. BRENDA M. HYSELL AKA BRENDA MARGARET HYSELL, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Robert E. Beegle, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: Situated in Legals the Township of Salisbury, County of Meigs and State of Ohio: Being in Fraction 24, Town 2, Range 13, in Salisbury Township, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center of State Route 143, which point of beginning is 44 feet north of the north fraction line of Fraction 32 and south fraction line of Fraction 24; thence 100 feet north following the center line of State Route 143; thence west 170 feet to a marker; thence south 100 feet to a fence line; thence east along said fence line 170 feet to the centerline of State Route 143, the place of beginning, containing approximately 37/100 acre, more or less. The Grantees are hereby further granted a perpetual easement for the purpose of obtaining water from the water well drilled approximately 300 feet from the boundary line of the above-described real estate; said easement to include the right to enter upon the remaining premises of the Grantors for the purpose of installing such equipment as may be desirable for the obtaining of water from said well by mechanical means and the placing of such equipment, including water line, pumps, electric lines and such other equipment as may be necessary or convenient for the exercise of this privilege. The easement further includes the right to enter upon the premises for the purpose of maintaining the well and repairing and replacing all equipment used in connection with the exercise of the easement. No person other than Lyle W. Hysell and Leona Hysell, or the survivor of them, shall ever have any right to use the water from this well. If any person other than Lyle W. Hysell or Leona Hysell shall become the owner of the property upon which the well is situated, then the right to use water from the well shall become exclusive to Thomas E. Hysell and Brenda Hysell, their heirs and assigns. Reference Deeds: Volume 263, Page 1, Meigs County Official Records and Volume 305, Page 465, Meigs County Deed Records. Parcel Auditorʼs 14-00698.000 No.: The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 39367 SR 143, Pomeroy, OH 45769. CURRENT OWNER: Scott Lee Hysell REAL ESTATE APPRAISED AT: $20,000.00. The real estate cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised value. The appraisal does include an interior examination of any structures, if any, on the real estate. TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. ALL SHERIFFʼS SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: Douglas W. Little, LITTLE, SHEETS & BARR LLP, 211-213 E. Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 (1)18, 25; (2)1 ANNOUNCEMENTS Lost & Found Found- on Memorial Dr, male gray/black striped cat, house broken, 740-992-6035 Legals CASE NO.: 10CV0064 Flagstar Bank, FSB Plaintiff vs. Laurie K. Allman, et al., Defendants COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO In pursuance of an Order of Sale to me directed from said Court in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction to be held on the Front Steps of the Meigs County Courthouse on February 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. of said day, the following described premises: A copy of the complete legal description can be obtained at the Meigs County Recorder's Office, OR Volume 217, Page 887. Permanent Parcel Number 05-00501-004 and 05-00501-005 Property address 27330 Old State Route 346, Albany, OH 45710 APPRAISED AT: $ 60,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Terms of Sale: Ten Percent (10%) of the purchase price down at the time the bid is accepted. Balance to be paid within Thirty (30) days. Any sum not paid within said Thirty (30) days shall bear interest at the rate of Ten Percent (10%) per annum from the date of sale. ROBERT E. BEEGLE, Sheriff Meigs County, Ohio C. Scott Casterline Attorney for Plaintiff 24755 Chagrin Blvd, Suite 200 Cleveland, OH 44122 (216) 360-7200 (1) 18, 25, (2) 1, 2012 SHERIFFʼS SALE, CASE NO. 11 CV 061, PEOPLES BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF, VS. CARLOS S. MCKNIGHT, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Robert E. Beegle, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: Situate in Section 8, Town 6 North, Range 14 West, Rutland Township, Meigs County, State of Ohio and being more fully described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin at the Northeast corner of the Southeast quarter of said Section 8; thence S. 0 degrees 00' 00" West along the East line of said Section 8, and passing an iron pin at 364.20 feet for a total distance of 386.32 feet to a railroad spike in the existing centerline of Township Road Number 174; thence North 64 degrees 43' 47" West along the existing centerline of Township Road Number 174, 27.66 feet to a railroad spike; thence North 58 degrees 02' 07" West continuing along said line, 127.86 feet to a railroad spike; thence North 47 degrees 47' 14" West continuing along said line, 330.09 feet to a railroad spike; thence North 44 degrees 10' 47" West continuing along said line, 67.74 feet to a railroad spike; thence North 27 degrees 01' 57" West continuing along said line, 31.95 feet to a railroad spike in the half section line of said Section 8 and the Grantorʼs North property line; thence North 88 degrees 57' 31" East along the half section line of said Section 8 and the Grantorʼs North property line and passing an iron pin at 22.25 feet for a total distance of 439.78 feet to the point of beginning and containing 2.199 acres. The above description was prepared by Richard C. Glasgow, Registered Surveyor No. 5161, per survey of September �North 88 degrees 57' 31" East along the half section line of said Section 8 and the GranWednesday, January 18, torʼs North property line and passing an iron pin at 22.25 feet for a total distance of 439.78 feet Legals to the point of beginning and containing 2.199 acres. The above description was prepared by Richard C. Glasgow, Registered Surveyor No. 5161, per survey of September 14th 1975. 3) South 32°18'10" West a distance of 159.29 feet to a 5/8" 2012 iron pin set; Legals 4) North 55°40'36" West a distance of 332.50 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set; 5) North 27°22'34" East a distance of 208.07 feet to a 5/8" iron EXCEPTING AND RESERVING THEREFROM 1.017 acres conveyed to Kenneth McKnight, Sr. and Janet McKnight by Deed recorded October 20, 1997 in Meigs County Official Record Volume 67, Page 161. 6) North 34°35'28" West a distance of 124.41 feet to an iron pin Subject to all legal highways and easements of record. 7) North 42°23'18" East passing thru a 5/8" iron pin set at a Reference Deeds: Volume 57, Page 651; Volume 47, Page 749 and Volume 47, Page 753, Meigs County Official Records, and Volume 261, Page 919, Meigs County Deed Records. distance of 230.02 feet and going a total distance of 249.44 feet Auditorʼs Parcel 11-00679.000 less, subject to all legal easements and rights -of-way. No.: The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 32480 Happy Hollow Road, Middleport, OH 45760. CURRENT OWNER: Carlos S. McKnight pin set; set; to the principal point of beginning containing 4.2574 acres more or Bearings are derived from previous survey recorded in Deed Book 240, at Page 855. The above description was prepared from an actual survey made on the 16th day of June, 1993, by C. Thomas REAL ESTATE APPRAISED AT: $12,500.00. The real estate cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised value. The appraisal does include an interior examination of any structures, if any, on the real estate. Smith, Ohio Professional Surveyor #6844. TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. DEED REFERENCE: Volume 25, Page 827 Meigs County Official Records. ALL SHERIFFʼS SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: Jennifer L. Sheets, LITTLE, SHEETS & BARR LLP, 211-213 E. Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 (1)18, 25; (2)1 Sheriff Sale of Real Estate Case Number 11-CV-087 Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. Vs David Vujaklija, et al. Court of Common Pleas, Meigs County, Ohio. In pursuance of an order of sale to me directed from said court in the above entitled action, I will expose to sale at public auction on the front steps of the Meigs County Court House on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. of said day, the following described real estate: PARCEL ONE: (Parcel ID# 09-00824.002) Being a part of a tract of land as transferred to Facemyer Forrest Products, Inc. as recorded in Deed Book 334, at Page 441, Meigs County Recorder's Office, Meigs County, Ohio, also being a part of the Southwest quarter of Section 16, Township 4North, Range 11West, Olive Township, Meigs County, State of Ohio and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the centerline of State Route 681 which bears South 40°00'38" East a distance of 1541.19 feet from the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 16, Township 4, Range 11; thence along said centerline the following five courses: 1) South 33°36'40" East a distance of 136.16 feet to a point; 2) South 34°14'15" East a distance of 223.87 feet to a point; 3) South 33°19'33" East a distance of 193.90 feet to a point; 4) South 32°00'22" East a distance of 98.24 feet to a point; 5) South 26°04'01" East a distance of 74.91 feet to a point; thence leaving said centerline and along an existing woven wire fence the following seven courses: 1) North 81°46'32" West passing thru a 5/8" iron pin set at a distance of 22.56 feet and going a total distance of 87.27 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set; 2) North 62°01'27" West a distance of 158.47 feet to a 10" pine snag; 3) South 32°18'10" West a distance of 159.29 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set; 4) North 55°40'36" West a distance of 332.50 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set; 5) North 27°22'34" East a dis- The real estate above described is subject to all leases, easements and rights-of-way of record. PARCEL TWO: (Parcel ID#09 -00824.000) Being a part of a tract of land as transferred to Facemyer Forest Products, Inc. as recorded in Deed Book 334, at Page 441, Meigs County Recorder's Office, Meigs County, Ohio, also being a part of the Southwest quarter of Section 16, Township 4North, Range 11West, Olive Township, Meigs County, State of Ohio and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an existing 5/8" iron pin being a corner on the westerly boundary of a 4.2574 acres, more or less, tract recorded in Deed Book 338, Page 739 which bears South 40 0 00 1 38" West a distance of 1541.19 feet and South 42°23'18" East a distance of 249.44 feet from the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 16, Township 4, Range 11; thence along said westerly boundary the following two courses: 1) South 34°35'28" East a distance of 124.41 feet to an existing 5/8 inch iron pin; 2) South 27°22'34" West a distance of 208.07 feet to an existing 5/8 inch iron pin; thence leaving said westerly boundary North 45°30'52" West a distance of 198.24 feet to a 15" blazed elm tree; thence North 34°45'39" East a distance of 161.35 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set; thence North 78°05'22" East a distance of 76.13 feet to the principal point of beginning containing 0.865 acres, more or less, subject to all legal easements and rights-of-way. Bearings derived from previous survey recorded in Deed Book 240, at Page 855. The above description was prepared from actual survey made on the 31st day of October, 1995, by C. Thomas Smith, Ohio Professional Surveyor #6844. Parcel Number: 09-00824.002, 09-00824.000 Property Located at: State Route 681 53371 Reedsville, OH 45772 Prior Deed Reference: 42/777 Property Appraised at: 60,000 Terms of Sale: Cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds for the appraised value. 10% down on day of sale, case or certified check, balance due on confirmation of sale. 10% cash down at time of sale as no checks are accepted. The appraisal did include an interior examination of the house. Robert E. Beegle, Meigs County Sheriff Christopher M. Schwieterman Ohio Supreme Court Reg. #0081343 Attorney for the Plaintiff Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss P.O. Box 5480 Cincinnati, OH 45202-4007 (513) 241-3100 Run Dates: 1/18/12, 1/25/12, Court of Common Pleas, Robert E. Beegle, Meigs Meigs County, Ohio. County Sheriffwww.mydailysentinel.com In pursuance of an order of Christopher M. Schwieterman sale to me directed from said Ohio Supreme Court Reg. court in the above entitled acLegals to sale at #0081343 Legals tion, I will expose public auction on the front Attorney for the Plaintiff steps of the Meigs County Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss P.O. Box 5480 Cincinnati, OH Court House on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. of 45202-4007 (513) 241-3100 Run Dates: 1/18/12, 1/25/12, said day, the following described real estate: 2/1/12 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO Situated in the State of Ohio, CASE NO. 11-CV-103 County of Meigs, Township of LANDSTAR INVESTMENTS, INC. PLAINTIFF, vs. MARK OWEN BURSON AKA MARK BURSON AKA MARK O. BURSON, et. al. DEFENDANTS. IMC Mortgage Company, whose last place of business is known as 1831 Nadine Rd., Apt. 204, Wesley Chapel, FL 33544, but whose present place of business is unknown, will take notice on September 12, 2011, Landstar Investments, Inc., filed its Complaint in Case No. 11-CV-103, in the Court of Common Pleas of Meigs County, Ohio alleging that Defendant, IMC Mortgage Company, has or claims to have an interest in the real estate described below: Situated in Bedford Township, Meigs County, Ohio and being in Section 18, Town 3 North, Range 13 West of the Ohio Companyʼs Purchase and being described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Steve Bursonʼs 3.96 acre parcel as described in the Meigs County Deed Records: Volume 267, Page 137, said point also being on the South line of Grueserʼs parcel as described in the Meigs County deed Records: Volume 267, Page 609; thence South 89 Deg. 04ʼ 55” East 228.30 feet along a fence line on the South line of the said Grueser parcel to an iron rod; thence South 857.27 feet to an iron rod; thence North 82 Deg. 19ʼ 59” West 955.81 feet to a point in the centerline of State Route 33, passing an iron rod at 925.81 feet for reference; thence North 11 Deg. 39ʼ 00” West 124.52 feet along the centerline of said State Route 33 to a point; thence North 6 Deg. 27ʼ 33” West 102.78 feet along the centerline of said State Route 33 to a point; thence North 4 Deg. 25ʼ 49” West 159.85 feet along the centerline of said State Route 33 to the Southwest corner of the said Burson parcel; thence South 39 Deg. 04ʼ 55” East 814.52 feet along the South line of the said Burson parcel to a point at the Southeast corner of the said Burson parcel passing an iron rod at 16.50 feet and an 18 inch Locust Tree at 442 feet for reference; thence North 0 Deg. 55ʼ 08” East 208.00 feet along the East line of the said Burson parcel to the point of beginning, containing 14.77 acres, more or less, excepting all legal easements and rights of way. ALSO Situated in Bedford Township, Meigs County, State of Ohio and being in Section 18, Town 3 North, Range 13 West of the Ohio Companyʼs Purchase and being described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast Corner of Steve Bursonʼs 3.96 acre parcel as described in the Meigs County Deed Records: Volume 276, Page 137, said point being on the South line of Grueserʼs parcel as described in the Meigs County Deed Records: Volume 267, Page 609; thence North 89 Deg. 04ʼ 55” West 296.70 feet along a fence on the South line of the said Grueser parcel and along Kingʼs parcel as described in the Meigs County Deed Records: Volume 248, Page 167, to a 24 inch Walnut Tree; thence South 20 Deg. 56ʼ 54” West 221.39 feet along a fence line to an 18 inch Locust Tree on the South line of the said Burson parcel; thence South 89 Deg. 04ʼ 55” East 372.52 feet in a point at the Southeast corner of the said Burson parcel; thence North 0 Deg. 55ʼ 08” East 208.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 1.60 acres, more or less, excepting all legal easements and rights of way. PPN: 0100066000 0100067001 and Coluxt#bia, being in the north half of Section 7. Range 15 West, Township 9 North, of "The Ohio Company First Purchase", and being bounded and described as follows: Commencing for Reference at an iron pin set at the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of Section 7 (Note: Reference bearing on the south line of the northeast quarter of Section 7 used as North 89 degrees 27' 41" West); Thence, with the quarter section line and the north line of a 110.66 acres tract as conveyed to Woodrow W. Harmon by Deed Volume 167. Page 621 of the Meigs County Recorder's Office, North 89 degrees 27' 41" West a distance of 2,212.31 feet to an iron pin set; Thence, leaving the quarter section line, North 03 degrees 44' 47" East a distance of 1,331.56 feet to an iron pin set; Thence North 07 degrees 47' 58" East a distance of 389.48 feet to an iron pin set, being THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING for this description; Thence, from said Point of Beginning, North 89 degrees 54' 49" West a distance of 295.00 feet to an iron pin set: Thence North 06 degrees 36' 52" West a distance of 538.98 feet to a point in the centerline of Township Road No. 405 (Harmon Road), passing through two iron pins set at distances of plus 420.22 feet and plus 520.22 feet, respectively; Thence, with the centerline of Township Road No# 405, the following five courses: (1) North 65 degrees 58' 49" East a distance of 150.05 feet to a point; (2) Thence North 75 degrees 09' 2B" East a distance of 55.48 feet to a point; (3) Thence South 89 degrees 42' 32" East a distance of 68.08 feet to a point, (4) Thence South 82 degrees 28' 27" East a distance of 92.14 feet to a point; north line of said Section 1 grantor, his heirs, and/or as- 1,363 feet, more or less, to a signs, forever. Said easement point; thence south and paralThe Daily lel with Sentinel the west line•ofPage said is Section 1, 765 feet, more or for the purposes of running less, to a railroad spike in grantorʼs north property line utilities to other parcels of land Legals Legals and the existing centerline of on or near Township Road No. State Route 124; thence south 405. Said easement runs in an 74˚ 59' 00" east 157 feet to a railroad spike and the true eastplace of beginning for the cenwest direction across the north terline of said easement herein described; thence south 15˚ end of the above described 1'0" west 330 feet to an iron property with the north line of pin; thence south 1˚ 55' 57" west about 155 feet to gransaid easement being the torʼs south property line which centerline of Township Road easement shall be a total of 50 No. 405. Containing 0.521 feet in width and extending from the centerline of State acres, Roue(sic) 124 in a southerly direction to grantorsʼ south more or less, of easement. property line, which property All iron pins set are W' x 30" line is described in Deed Book rebar capped and labeled 261, page 627, Meigs County Deed Records, to which refer"Claus ence is hereby made. It is un6456". derstood that this easement is not an exclusive easement to The bearings in this description are for angle calculations the grantee, but that the grantors reserve the right to use only the easement themselves and and are based on the north to grant to others the right to use such easement in comline of the northeast quarter of mon with the grantees, their Section 7 used as an assumed heirs and assigns. Grantors bearing of South 89 degrees reserve to themselves, their heirs and assigns, the right to 54' 40" use the said 50 foot easement East. as a public roadway. The above description prepared by Roger W. Claus, Deed Reference: Volume 287, Page 560, Meigs County OffiRegistered cial Records. Surveyor No. 6456, based on a new survey of March 6, Auditorʼs Parcel Number: 11-00519.000 1996, subject to any facts that may be disclosed in a full and accurate title search. Parcel Number: 05-00382.012 Property Located at: Harmon Road Pomeroy, OH 45769 Prior Deed 131/333 30545 Reference: Property Appraised at: 15000 Terms of Sale: Cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds for the appraised value. 10% down on day of sale, case or certified check, balance due on confirmation of sale. 10% Cash down at the time of sale as no checks are accepted. The appraisal did include an interior examination of the house. Robert E. Beegle, Meigs County Sheriff Paul M. Nalepka Ohio Supreme Court Reg. #0040796 Attorney for the Plaintiff Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss P.O. Box 5480 Cincinnati, OH 45202-4007 (513) 241-3100 Run Dates: 1/18/12, 1/25/12, 2/1/12 HERIFFʼS SALE, CASE NO. 11 CV 080, FARMERS BANK AND SAVINGS COMPANY, PLAINTIFF, VS. MATTHEW A. METHENEY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Robert E. Beegle, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: Situated in the TOWNSHIP of RUTLAND, COUNTY of MEIGS and STATE of OHIO: Being in Section 1, Town 6, Range 14 of the Ohio Companyʼs Purchase, and more fully described as follows: Commencing at a point in the northwest corner of said Section 1; Thence east along the north line of said Section 1, 1,363 feet more or less, to a point; Thence south and parallel with the west line of Section 1, 765 feet, more or less, to a railroad spike in grantorʼs north property line and the existing centerline of State Route 124; Thence south 74˚ 59' 00" East, 132 feet to a railroad spike; Thence south 15˚ 01' 00" West, 330 feet to an iron pin, the true place of beginning for the property herein described; 42702 US 33, Shade, OH 45776 (US 33 is also known as Darwin Rd.) The Petitioner prays that Defendant named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshalling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Petitionerʼs claim in the proper order of its priority, and for such other further relief as is just and equitable. (5) Thence, continuing South 82 degrees 28' 27" East a distance DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE ARE REQUIRED TO ANSWER ON OR BEFORE THE 15th, DAY OF February, 2012. plus 171.67 feet, respectively; Thence north 1˚ 55' 57" east about 162 feet to the place of beginning. containing 5.013 acres, more or less, of which: Also conveyed herewith is the right to use as a means of ingress and egress in common with others that easement as is described in Deed Book 266, Page 119, Deed Records of Meigs County, Ohio, to which reference is hereby made, and being an easement 30 feet in width extending from Township Road 174 in a generally east to west direction to grantorʼs west property line. BY: Craig W. Relman Co., L.P.A. Craig W. Relman (0043867) James S. Schoen (0033085) 26851 Miles Road, Suite 204 Cleveland, Ohio 44128 (216) 514-4981 (216) 514-4987 Fax (1) 4, 11, 18,2012 Sheriff Sale of Real Estate Case Number 10-CV-070 Wells Fargo Bank NA successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. Vs Elmer E. Rodehaver, et al. Court of Common Pleas, Meigs County, Ohio. In pursuance of an order of sale to me directed from said court in the above entitled action, I will expose to sale at public auction on the front steps of the Meigs County Court House on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. of said day, the following described real estate: of 88.17 feet to a point; Thence, leaving the road, South 07 degrees 47' 58" WeSt a distance of 592.64 feet to the Point of Beginning, passing through two iron pins set at distances of plus 19.41 feet and 4.298 acres are out of Parcel No. 03-007-010 and 0.715 acres are out of Parcel No. 03-007-Oil. Subject to the 100 year Flood Plain restrictions, if applicable. Subject to all legal right-of-ways, easements, restrictions, reservations, and zoning regulations of record. Subject to a 50.00 feet wide easement being reserved unto the grantor, his heirs, and/or assigns, forever. Said easement is for the purposes of running utilities to other parcels of land on or near Township Road No. 405. Said easement runs in an eastwest direction across the north Thence north 74˚ 59' 0" West, 224.22 feet to grantorʼs west property line; Thence south 15˚ 01' 00" west 224.22 feet to grantorʼs west property line; Thence south 1˚ 55' 57" west 239.12 feet; Thence north 83˚ 59' 46" east 237.23 feet to a point; There is further conveyed herewith an additional easement for the purpose of ingress and egress which easement is 25 feet on either side of the following described centerline to-wit: Commencing at a point in the northwest corner of said Section1; thence east along the north line of said Section 1 1,363 feet, more or less, to a point; thence south and parallel with the west line of said Section 1, 765 feet, more or less, to a railroad spike in grantorʼs north property line and the existing centerline of State Route 124; thence south 74˚ 59' 00" east 157 feet to a railroad spike and the true place of beginning for the centerline of said easement herein described; thence south 15˚ The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 37259 State Route 124, Middleport, OH 45760 CURRENT OWNER: Matthew A. Metheney REAL ESTATE APPRAISED AT: $50,000.00. The real estate cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised value. The appraisal does not include an interior examination of any structures, if any, on the real estate. TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. ALL SHERIFFʼS SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: Douglas W. Little, LITTLE, SHEETS & BARR LLP, 211-213 E. Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 (1)18, 25; (2)1 SHERIFFʼS SALE, CASE NO. 11 CV 097, HOME NATIONAL BANK, PLAINTIFF, VS. CLYDE E. SAYRE, II AKA CLYDE E. SAYRE, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Robert E. Beegle, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: The following real estate situated in the County of Meigs, in the State of Ohio and in the Township of Sutton and bounded and described as follows: In the Village of Minersville and in 100 Acre Lot Number 301, Town 2, Range 13, of the Ohio Companyʼs Purchase, lying Southeast side of the ravine South of the School Lot, bounded and described as follows: Being the East Part of Lot Number 28 of said Village of Minervsille, Meigs County, Ohio, more particularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a stake which bears South 32 deg. East 58 feet from the East corner of School House Lot; thence South 66 deg. West 95 feet to a stone; thence South 23-1/2 deg. East 87 feet to the West side of a Beech tree 24 inches in diameter; thence South 9 deg. East 126-1/2 feet to a stake; thence South 53 deg. East 45 feet, passing over the center of a spring near the South line of said lot; thence South 80-1/4 deg. East 50 feet to the road; thence North 1-1/2 deg. East 127 feet; thence North 16-1/2 deg. East 75 feet to a post in run; thence North 45 deg. West 120 feet to the place of beginning, containing 63/100 acre, more or less, save and except the coal in and under all of said premises, and the right to mine the same together with all rights of way along any and all mineral seams, also excepting a right of way to and from the West end of said Lot Number 28 of the Village of Minersville, Meigs County, Ohio, to the public road, as is used at the present time, said lot Number 28 of Minersville, Meigs County, Ohio, being the premises conveyed to George L. Joy by William M. Jones and wife by deed dated February 9, 1869, and recorded in Volume 34, Page 464, of the Records of Deeds of Meigs County, Ohio. Reference Deeds: Volume 227, Page 351 and Volume 93, Page 161, Meigs County Official Records. Auditorʼs Parcel 18-00421.000 No.: The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 43381 Dutchtown Road, Racine, OH 45771 CURRENT OWNER: Clyde E. Sayre, II 7 �The above described real esWednesday, January 18, 2012 tate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. Legals PROPERTY ADDRESS: 43381 Dutchtown Road, Racine, OH 45771 CURRENT OWNER: Clyde E. Sayre, II REAL ESTATE APPRAISED AT: $10,000.00. The real estate cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised value. The appraisal does not include an interior examination of any structures, if any, on the real estate. TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: Douglas W. Little, LITTLE, SHEETS & BARR LLP, 211-213 E. Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 (1)18, 25; (2)1 Notices NOTICE OHIO VALLEY PUBLISHING CO. recommends that you do business with people you know, and NOT to send money through the mail until you have investigating the offering. CARPET SALE- SAVE BIG $$$$ ON IN STOCK CARPET-FREE ESTIMATES-EASY FINANCING-12 MONTHS SAME AS CASH. MOLLOHAN CARPET 317 ST RT 7 N GALLIPOLIS, OH 740-446-7444 Gun Show, Marietta Comfort Inn, Jan 21 & 22, I-77 Exit 1, Adm $5, 6' TBLS $30, 740-667-0412 Notices Pets Apartments/Townhouses Rentals Manufactured Homes Pictures that have been placed in ads at the Gallipolis Daily Tribune must be picked within 30 days. Any pictures that are not picked up will be discarded. FREE to a good home, young black & white cat. Will provide litter box, litter and food. Will deliver. 304-882-2539 2 bedroom apartmant available in Syracuse. $250 deposit, $400 per month rent. 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The Daily Sentinel • Page 8 www.mydailysentinel.com �Wednesday, January 18, 2012 ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt www.mydailysentinel.com BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Wednesday, January 18, 2012 BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s Horoscope zITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012: This year you juggle personal issues and friendships proficiently. Internally, you might be on the verge of a transformation in your life. Discuss your issues with a wise friend. If you are single, the person you choose today might not be suitable in a year. Date, but don’t commit. If you are attached, be patient with your sweetie, as he or she is adapting to your adjustments. SAGITTARIUS makes an excellent healer. 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 Your fiery style and lively nature might not come out immediately. How you approach a problem and what you do with it could change radically. Your ability to move through issues and try uniquely different ideas defines you. Tonight: You need a night of fun. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Sometimes it is a pleasure to allow another person to zero in on your priorities and take the lead. Why not? Listen to the feedback and see it change given some time. You could be stunned by this person. Tonight: Try someone else’s idea of fun. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could be taken aback by a situation. Nevertheless, you are able to deal with it once you get your bearings. Others have better suggestions, but ultimately you need to do what works for you. Indulge an unpredictable friend, for now. Tonight: Go along with another’s plans. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Pace yourself. You could be surprised by what you hear, most likely from someone in authority. You might need to regroup afterward. Remain confident that you have the wherewithal to handle this issue. Tonight: Let your hair down. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH The morning finds you in a funk, but one that leaves quickly. You will be delighted by midafternoon, when a challenge perks you up. Once more, ideas flow, and you emerge as a cheerful and flirtatious person. If possible, curb a tendency to go overboard. Tonight: As you like it. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH In the morning, make calls, schedule meetings and, at the same time, breeze past a problem with ease. If you don’t allow a situation to become a big deal, it won’t be. In the afternoon, turn off your phone and get as much done as possible. Tonight: Home is where the heart is. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH If you want to get past a financial barrier, the time is in the a.m. Otherwise, you could be overwhelmed by what might be on your plate. Once opposite sides find a connection, the need for closeness returns. You could feel vulnerable and closed down again, but why? Tonight: Where the action is, of course! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Use the a.m. for anything important. You are energized and can see the many different sides of an issue. Your intuitive and intellectual skills peak in the morning. By afternoon, your financial savvy may go down the drain. Use care. Tonight: Your treat. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Though in a funk when you wake up, by the end of the day, you are a shooting star, not to be stopped. You could surprise a child or loved one with your effusive self-expression. If you are single, a new person could enter the picture. Tonight: Others seem to sway with your desires. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH If you are going to succeed in a key venture, the first part of the day is best. By late afternoon, you need some downtime. Do exactly that. Otherwise, you could become today’s grouch of the Zodiac! Tonight: Get some extra R and R. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You handle a lot and, in the long run, you succeed, complete and/or do whatever is necessary today. Make time for a personal project, too. Schedule a meeting for late in the day, when you can stay a little longer. Tonight: Work with a surprise. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Look at the big picture. Once you detach from a difficult situation, you’ll feel better. Listen to what is being said more carefully. You will understand where someone is coming from and could see a bias that might be important to identify. Tonight: On top of your game. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Wednesday, January 18, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 www.mydailysentinel.com Colts fire coach Jim Caldwell after 3 seasons INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts’ sudden crash has cost coach Jim Caldwell his job. The team fired Caldwell on Tuesday, the second major decision in what is expected to be a long offseason shake-up. Team owner Jim Irsay fired team vice chairman Bill Polian and his son, Chris, the team’s general manager, the day after the season ended. It took a little longer for the decision on Caldwell, who had just finished his third and worst season as head coach of the Colts, who stumbled to a 2-14 finish without injured quarterback Peyton Manning. Caldwell ends his Colts’ tenure 26-22 overall. Caldwell won his first 14 games, an NFL record for a rookie head coach, and became only the fifth firstyear coach to take his team to the Super Bowl. But with fans complaining about game management and clamoring for a change since midseason, Irsay didn’t have much choice. With Manning, the Colts won a league-record 115 regular-season games over the previous decade, tying the league mark for most consecutive playoff appearances (nine), winning two AFC titles and one Super Bowl trophy, the Colts lost their first 13 games in 2011, then won twice in five days and nearly lost the No. 1 draft pick, too. Without Manning, Indy started 0-8 and was the heavy favorite to win the Andrew Luck sweepstakes at midseason. Caldwell’s team lost the next five games, too, before finally winning two straight to avoid becoming the second 0-16 team in league history. A season-ending loss at Jacksonville, officially gave the Colts the top pick, which is expected to be used on Luck. Players never gave up on Caldwell and many cited their preference to keep playing for him next season. Manning was one of Caldwell’s supporters, calling the coach that helped him win a recordsetting four MVP Awards a “friend.” But the disastrous 2011 season was too much for Caldwell to overcome after winning AFC South titles in each of his first two seasons in Indy. After overhauling the front office, Irsay last week hired 39-year-old Ryan Grigson as his new general manager, then wanted to wait until Grigson had time to evaluate Caldwell’s performance. The decision came Tuesday, setting off the second major search of the month. Sam Riche/MCT photo Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (18) talk before the start of their game on Thursday, December 22, 2011, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ravens need to crank up offense to beat Patriots OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — For the Baltimore Ravens, the term “balanced attack” usually means an equal distribution of tackles among everyone on the defense not named Ray Lewis. The Ravens’ strength has long been its ability to stop the opposition from scoring. The offense, for the most part, is usually responsible for protecting the ball and cashing in turnovers. This unsymmetrical arrangement will almost certainly have to change Sunday against the highpowered New England Patriots in the AFC championship game. Baltimore beat the Houston Texans 20-13 last Sunday by virtue of another solid performance from its defense. Or, judging by the numbers, in spite of its offense. The Ravens totaled 227 yards 109 after halftime. They went three-and-out eight times, averaged 2.8 yards per rush and scored only three points over the final 46 minutes. That kind of production won’t be enough in the Ravens’ bid to get to the Super Bowl. “I think it would be safe to say we are going to have to score points to win this game,” said Ra- vens rookie wide receiver Torrey Smith, who had one catch for 9 yards against the Texans. “We have one of the top defenses in the league, and we stand by our defense and believe in our defense. They are pretty much the rock of our team,” Smith said. “We know we are going to have to help them out a lot. We have to try and take care of the ball. We can’t have any three-and-outs. We have to keep their offense off the field, keep our defense rested and score points.” The Ravens’ two touchdowns against Houston came on drives of 2 and 34 yards following turnovers. Running back Ray Rice, who totaled 2,068 yards and 15 touchdowns during the regular season, rushed for 60 yards on 21 carries and had four receptions for 20 yards. He did not score. Yes, the Texans own the second-ranked defense in the NFL and played that way. Not only did they bottle up Rice, but they sacked Joe Flacco five times. That can’t happen if Baltimore intends to make its fourth straight playoff run end with an appearance in the Super Bowl. “You always want to play a little better, and the film is not going to lie,” Rice said. “We know we have some things to work on. They had a great pass rush and they got inside of us a little bit, but you have to take what’s there and there wasn’t a lot there. We’ll get it corrected.” Baltimore converted only four of 16 third-down plays against Houston. In one telling series in the third quarter, Rice gained one yard on a third-and-goal from the 2 and was stuffed on a fourthdown run. “Third down is going to be really important for both sides getting off the field and extending drives,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. “Time of possession for us is going to be important in this game.” Of the four remaining teams vying for the NFL championship, the Ravens own the lone sputtering offense. Tom Brady threw six touchdown passes for the Patriots in a 45-10 rout of Denver; Eli Manning chewed up Green Bay’s defense for the New York Giants in a 37-20 victory and Alex Smith showed his playoff mettle by rallying the San Francisco 49ers over New Orleans 36-32. The Ravens, on the other hand, managed only 11 first downs. But New England coach Bill Belichick sees the potential in Baltimore’s attack. “They have a great complement of receivers and tight ends and backs. They get the ball to everybody,” Belichick said. “The receivers are productive, their tight ends are very productive and of course, Rice is their leading receiver. You take one guy away and they can beat you with … a lot of different guys.” Flacco threw two touchdown passes against Houston and had a solid 97.1 quarterback rating. He’s also 44-20 during the regular season and the only starting quarterback in NFL history to reach the playoffs in each of his first four years. “A quarterback has to do what his team needs him to do to win, and Joe has done that,” Belichick said. Flacco is 5-3 in the postseason. To become 6-3, he’s going to have to get the Ravens into the end zone. “As an offense, an offensive guy, I would think so,” Flacco said. “At the same time, we have a good defense. The way (the Patriots) have played all year, the way they’ve played in the past, they put points on the board. So I think as an offense, you have to go in there and put points on the board, too.” Flacco will be facing the league’s 31st-ranked pass defense, so there may be an opportunity for him to succeed. He might even be put in a position to win the game with a last-minute drive, as he did at Pittsburgh in November. In spite of all his accomplishments, Flacco still absorbs a surprising amount of criticism. A victory over New England might change all that. “Like I told Joe, no one wins games by themselves,” said Lewis, the only remaining Ravens player from the 2000 Super Bowl champions. “We are in this as a family; we are in this as a team. Nothing on the outside matters. What matters is what we think on the inside of this building and what we feel about him and the confidence we have in him. Everything else, you can throw out the window. Joe has come in and led us to the playoffs in each of the last four years. If that was anybody else, they would be praising him. Joe Flacco has done a heck of a job getting us into the position to win.” The only thing missing is that elusive final step winning it all. 49ers thrilled to stay home for NFC title game SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Any cold-weather garments Vernon Davis owns are getting tossed aside as quickly as he changed San Francisco’s playoff fortunes with a game-winning touchdown catch against the favored Saints. “I was ready for whatever,” Davis said Monday. “Now I don’t need it. Throw it away. See ya.” Instead of gearing up literally speaking for a trip to frigid Green Bay, the 49ers (14-3) get to stay right at home in the much-warmer and friendlier Bay Area to host the New York Giants in the franchise’s first NFC championship game since the 1997 season. The NFC West champion Niners already beat New York 27-20 at Candlestick Park in November, and both teams have come far since Justin Smith batted down Eli Manning’s last-ditch pass to seal it in the waning moments. The Giants stunned the defending Super Bowl champion Packers on Sunday to give San Francisco the home field. The 49ers are one victory from their first Super Bowl since capturing the franchise’s fifth championship after the 1994 season. “It was a great feeling. We don’t have to go nowhere. We can just go out back, go out back and throw the football around,” Davis said. “The opponents, they come to us. And that’s always good, having home-field advantage, and having the team come to you. We get another shot, another home game. Amazing feeling.” Alex Smith hit Davis for a 47-yard completion on a cross to the left sideline with 31 seconds left Saturday, then again for the game-winning score from 14 yards on which Davis ran over safety Roman Harper to cross the goal line on the way to a 36-32 win. The play was called “Vernon Post.” Tears streamed down Davis’ face and he fell into the arms of first-year coach Jim Harbaugh after the victory in San Francisco’s first playoff game in nine years. In January 2003, the 49ers rallied to stun the Giants 39-38 in the NFC wildcard game at Candlestick. Davis, who also had a 49yard TD reception in the first quarter, finished with seven catches for 180 yards the most yards receiving by a tight end in a playoff game. His last-second TD immediately became “The Grab,” a fitting nickname to follow a couple of others in 49ers postseason lore: “The Catch” from Joe Montana to Dwight Clark to win the NFC championship game against Dallas after the 1981 season and “The Catch II” from Steve Young to Terrell Owens for a winning TD with 3 seconds left in a 30-27 wild-card win over the Packers after the 1998 season. No riled-up cheeseheads this time. Miami man Frank Gore, who last month became the 49ers’ career rushing leader, couldn’t be happier not to need thermals this week while preparing for the biggest game yet in a sevenyear career featuring three Pro Bowl selections. “Oh yeah!” Gore said with a grin when asked about being pleased to have another home game in San Francisco. “If we would have had to go there, I would’ve toughened it up. I don’t need it (big jacket) now.” San Francisco drew a sellout crowd of 69,732 for Saturday’s thriller against Drew Brees and New Orleans on a beautiful sunny winter day with a 62-degree kickoff temperature. From Page 5 2, Caitlyn Owings 7 0-0 14, Maranda Hale 0 0-0 0, Emily Zinn 2 0-2 5, Megan Dixon 4 2-3 12, Kelsey Griffith 2 0-0 4. TOTALS 16 2-5 37. Three-point goals: 3 (Dixon 2, Zinn). RIVER VALLEY (4-9, 1-4 OVC): Chelsea Copley 0 0-0 0, Shalin Comer 1 0-0 2, Beth Misner 5 0-0 15, Alli Neville 4 4-6 13, Alexis Hurt 0 0-0 0, Cady Gilmore 3 2-4 10, Kaci Bryant 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 13 6-10 40. Three-point goals: 8 (Misner 5, Gilmore 2, Neville). Rebounds 26. Turnovers 13. Raiders River Valley 40, Vinton County 37 VC 7-6-10-14 — 7 RV 11-4-11-14 — 40 VINTON COUNTY (7-6, 4-0 TVC): Xan Hale 1 0-0 Gallia From Page 5 percent and also made 17-of-47 field goal tries for 36 percent, including a 1-of-11 effort from three-point range for nine percent. South Gallia returns to action Monday when it hosts Eastern in a TVC Hocking matchup at 6 p.m. South Gallia 58, Federal Hocking 39 SG 20-15-8-15 — 58 FH 4-9-16-10 — 39 SOUTH GALLIA (10-3, 7-3 TVC Hocking): Ellie Bostic 5 1-4 11, Lesley Small 3 0-0 7, Chandra Canaday 7 1-2 15, Meghan Caldwell 5 3-4 13, Rachel Johnson 2 0-0 4, Track From Page 5 2:03.84; freshman Dustin Moritz was fifth in the pole vault with an effort of 3.20m; and sophomore Travontae Wilson was 10th in the 60 Meter Dash in 7.54 Among the six teams participating, Rio Jasmyne Johnson 3 0-0 6, Caitlin Watson 0 0-0 0, Alicia Hornsby 1 0-0 2, Sara Rustemeyer 0 0-0 0, Sara Bailey 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 26 5-10 58. Three-point goals: 1 (Small). Field Goals: 26-48 (.542). Rebounds: 24. Turnovers: 15. FEDERAL HOCKING (4-9, 4-6 TVC Hocking): Carley Tabler 4 1-2 10, Ashton Cale 2 0-0 4, Whitney Gillian 0 0-0 0, Alex Putman 2 1-2 5, Cheyenne Singer 8 2-3 18, Megan Thompson 1 0-2 2, Katie Swanson 0 0-0 0, Kayla Barnhart 0 0-0 0, Daisha Casey 0 0-0 0, Taylor Carr 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 17 4-9 39. Three-point goals: 1 (Tabler). Field Goals: 17-47 (.362). Rebounds: 34. Turnovers: 24. Grande finished third in the women’s division with 63 points and was fifth in the men’s bracket with 37 points. Meet host Capital took team honors in both divisions. Rio Grande returns to action on Saturday at the Otterbein Open. Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 01. January Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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