https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/63493061d1f59b73b53b005ac0b60542.pdf 09ef099ed39962521b1d43e51588470e PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS OBITUARIES Dr. Brothers .... Page 2 Sunny. High of 41. Low of 26 ........ Page 2 Boys basketball action .... Page 6 Stephen K. Burris, 62 Kathleen “Katie” Wilson, 85 ...... Page 5 50 cents daily THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012 Vol. 62, No. 23 Local officials join in conference call on FSA closing U.S. Sen. Brown assures locals that he will study issue further By Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com POMEROY — A Tuesday evening conference call organized by the office of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown provided the opportunity for the five Ohio counties facing closure of their respective Farm Service Agency offices to discuss ideas on the topic. An announcement was made in early January that five county FSA offices in Ohio would close. According to the proposal, the Meigs County office would combine with the Gallia/ Lawrence office located in Gallipolis. Meigs, Carroll, Clark, Montgomery and Perry county officials took part in the conference call with Brown. Commissioners Tom Anderson, Tim Ihle and Mike Bartrum, along with former commissioner Mick Davenport, retired FSA director Dave Fox, and local trustee and farmer Chris Wolfe took part in the 50-minute call with the Washington D.C.-based Senator. According to Ihle, each of the counties voiced their ideas on how to save their respective offices. While all counties have their own ideas on the matter, the majority have proposed a way to save the $20,000 dollars that the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) hopes to save by closing each office. Following a community meeting held last month, the commissioners drafted a letter with a counter-proposal to the original plan to close the office. The commissioners have offered to make space available for the FSA office that would be at no cost to the USDA. Each county also voiced concerns about the potential consequences to local farmers if the office were to move or consolidate. While some of the services offered at local FSA office would be available online, Bartrum expressed concern about access to the online information. Many of the farm areas in Meigs and other counties throughout the state do not have high speed Internet available and would face difficulty in retrieving the online information — therefore forcing them to drive to neighboring counties. Another fear is that if people are forced to go out of the county for these services, they may do their shopping and other busi- ness transactions out of the county also, therefore further negatively impacting the local area. Other counties expressed concern for the minority farmers and the Amish community which would be affected by the closures and likely could not travel out of county to receive the needed services. Currently, the Meigs County FSA office has two employees and is without a director due to the retirement of Fox. If the office staffing levels were to be based on the workload and use by local farmers, the agency should employee four people according to the commissioners. Ihle noted that during the Tuesday conference call, Wolfe stated that Meigs County produces around one-third of Ohio’s fresh produce. Brown expressed to all on the call that he would check into the closing of the offices. The Meigs County FSA office is currently located 33101 Hiland Road in Pomeroy. Clark and Montgomery counties are in the western part of Ohio, while Perry and Carroll counties are in the eastern part of the state. Family Voices organizing in Meigs County By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com Sarah Hawley/photos Although the width of ODOT right-of-way varies somewhat along Ohio state routes like Ohio 7, 124, and 143, pictured, Ohio Revised Code dictates that state right-of-way is intended for highway purposes only and that no signs of any kind are to be erected too close to the roadway, in part, as a safety measure for motorists. ODOT asks candidates to ‘Mind your Signs’ Staff report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com OHIO VALLEY — With the ongoing 2012 political campaigns, many public and private entities display their political support by putting up candidate signs. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) asks to please “Mind your Signs” and keep them off the highway rightof-way. According to Ohio law, highway right-of-way is to be used exclusively for public highway purposes. Only uniform marking guides and warning signs are permitted on the state’s highway right-of-way. ODOT has jurisdiction over all Interstates, Ohio state routes and U.S. routes on the state’s 49,000-mile highway system outside of municipal corporation limits. State right of ways are publicly controlled land adjacent to the highway and may vary greatly in width from the center of the roadway. According to section 5515.03 of the Ohio Revised Code, “no individual, firm or corporation shall place or maintain any post, sign, or obstruction within the bounds of any road or highway on the state highway sys- POMEROY — A first step toward organization of a Meigs County support group for families of children with special needs will be taken at a meeting to be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, in the basement meeting room of the Pomeroy Public Library. The meeting has been scheduled by Dorothea Mash of Meigs County, the southeast Ohio representative of Family Voices of Ohio. Mash suggests that parents bring their children to this initial meeting so that they can relate to others who have some special need. The emphasis of Family Voices of Ohio is to help families navigate the health care system. It is described as a “Family 2 Family Health Information Network” committed to providing informa- Numbers are in for Ohio’s deer season Staff report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com tem without first obtaining the consent and approval of the director.” “Signs that are put up by parties other than ODOT can be very distracting and even dangerous to drivers,” said Brenna Slavens, Public Information Officer for ODOT District 10. “The controlled placement of signs ensures motorists clear sight distance.” ODOT District 10 includes Meigs and Gallia counties. ODOT highway crews will be removing all signs — political, real estate and all other forms of advertising — located on the highway right-of-way, without notice. Signs will be taken to the nearest county garage facility to be picked up by the owner, with the agreement they will not be placed on the right-of-way. Signs will be held for 30 days at each ODOT county facility before being properly disposed of. tion, referral and education to those caring for children with disabilities or special health care needs. The Family 2 Family Network has an advisory board, comprised of parents of children and youth with special health care needs and the professionals who serve them. As for how the agency assists families, the Network provides public benefit information, help families navigate the health care systems and supports to ensure their children can live at home, helps families have an active “voice” in the decision making process about their services and supports; and mentors other parents to become resources for families in the process of navigating the health benefits systems. For more information contact Dorothea Mash, 740-992-7252, or e-mail dorotheamash@gmail.com. COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife announced that 219,698 deer were taken during Ohio’s 2011-12 hunting season, compared to 239,379 in the 2010-11 season. The top three counties with the highest number of deer taken this season were: Coshocton, Licking and Tuscarawas. Locally, Gallia County reported 3,435 deer (3,553 in 2010-11), while Meigs County reported 4,000 deer killed (3,974 in 2010-11). The white-tailed deer season ran from September 24, 2011 to February 5, 2012. Hunters showed support for the two new methods of game-reporting that were made available this year. Since deer season began on Sept. 24, 2011, 44 percent of hunters called in their numbers, 36 percent reported their num- bers online and 20 percent traveled to a license agent’s location to report their game. Ohio’s first modern day deer-gun season opened in 1943 in three counties, and hunters reported 168 deer. In 1956, deer hunting was allowed in all 88 counties, and hunters harvested 3,911 deer during a one-week season. The white-tailed deer is the most popular game animal in Ohio and is frequently pursued by generations of hunters. Ohio ranks eighth nationally in annual hunting-related sales and 10th in the number of jobs associated with the hunting-related industry. Each year, hunting has an $859 million economic impact in Ohio through the sale of equipment, fuel, food, lodging and more. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources ensures a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all. Visit the ODNR website at www.ohiodnr.com. Meigs Local briefed on school meal program changes By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — A change in federal law regarding what foods have to be included in school meals, as per a law enacted on Jan. 25 as a measure to reduce student obesity while providing better nutrition, was reviewed by Christina Musser, food service supervisor, at the Meigs Local Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. The purpose of the new guidelines on what can and what cannot be included in lunches and breakfasts served to students, will start with the 2012-13 school year. Musser said schools must be “fully compliant” by 2014. The purpose as stated is to “enhance diet and health of students, and to combat childhood obesity.” A report recently released by the Ohio Department of Health showed that one in three Ohio students are obese. The new regulations, according to Musser, establishes three age groups for menu planning (K through 5, 6 to 8, and 9 to 12th grades). Currently there are only two , K-5 and 6-12. Musser listed as “possible concerns” about implementing the new law, an increase cost in food, potential decrease in student meal partici- pation, and potential increase in plate waste if students don’t find the meals acceptable. As for the national school lunch program meal program, Musser compared current requirements with the new requirements to show board members the changes put into place in the various food groups. The guidance sheets set daily and weekly minimums for both lunches and breakfasts with specific dietary guidelines as to kinds of food and quantities required under the new program to be fully implemented by 2014. An extensive report on proposed technology updates were presented to the Board by Matt Simpson, technology coordinator. On recommendation of the superintendent, the Board hired Krystal Baker, Pamela Foreman, Stan McFarland, Donna Norris and Donna Sayre, as substitute teachers for the remainder of the school year. Michael Kennedy was hired as the Meigs High head track coach for the current school year. Superintendent Rusty Bookman read at the meeting a letter from Paul D. Mock, regional manager, on behalf of the Southeast Region, Ohio School Boards Association, congratulating Roger Abbott on his 20 years of ser- vice as a member for the Meigs Local School District’s Board of Education. He will be honored at one of the two spring conferences, March 6 at Ironton High School or March 8 at Crooksville High School. The hiring and compensation of personnel along with the disposition/sale of property was discussed in executive session with no action being taken after members returned to the open meeting. Attending were Bookman, Treasurer/CFO Mark Rhonemus, and Board members, Ryan Mahr, Larry Tucker, Abbott, Todd Snowden and Ron Logan. �Thursday, February 9, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com Meigs County Community Calendar Thursday, Feb. 9 CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 will hold its regular meeting 7:30 p.m. at the hall. Refreshments will be provided. POMEROY — The faith family at St. Paul Lutheran Church is providing a soup and sandwich meal. All friends and neighbors are invited to come and share food and fellowship from 5:30-7 p.m. The meal will be held in the fellowship hall at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 231 East Second Street, Pomeroy. POMEROY — Alpha Iota Masters meeting, 11:30 a.m. at the New Beginnings United Methodist Church. Hostesses are Jean Powell and Ruth Riffle. SYRACUSE — Wildwood Garden Club will meet at 6:P30 p.m. at the Syracuse Community Center. Members are to take t-shirts to paint. TUPPERS PLAINS — VFW Post 9053 will meet at the hall in Tuppers Plains, 6:30 p.m. Meal served at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 LONG BOTTOM — Faith Full Gospel Church, 7 p.m., singing and preaching by Debbie and Dave Dailey. Saturday, Feb. 11 MIDDLEPORT — Rejoicing Life Church Valentine’s Dinner, 6 p.m., seating is limited, and the deadline to signup is Feb. 7. The dinner is a fundraiser for the school. For more information call 992-6249. CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453, annual inspection. Dinner served at 6:30 p.m. with inspection in the fellowcraft degree to follow. Past Grand Master Ron Winett will be present. All master masons and fellowcraft invited. Meigs County Briefs Parking permits Monday, Feb. 13 available POMEROY — The Meigs County Republican Party Executive Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Court House. A new director for the Meigs County Board of Elections will be nominated. Plans will be discussed for the Lincoln Day dinner which will be held on March 1, 6 p.m. at the Meigs High School. POMEROY — Village of Pomeroy parking permits must be displayed on the dash of the vehicle when parking along the wall on the river side of the Pomeroy parking lot. Tickets will be issued if permits are not displayed and must be paid in full. Tuesday, Feb. 14 available BEDFORD TWP. — The Bedford Township Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the town hall. POMEROY — Again this year, the River Blend Barbershop Quartet on Valentine’s Day will be delivering singing valentines around town. Anyone who would like to have the quartet sing to someone special may contact either Gerald Kelly, 992-6159, or Gerald Powell 992-2622. The quartet sings and delivers roses for a donation. TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer Board will have its regular meeting at 4:30 p.m. at the TPRSD office. Tuesday, Feb. 21 Singing valentines RUTLAND — A community meeting for the NeighborPolitical sign hood Revitalization grant aprestrictions plication will be held at 7 p.m. POMEROY — Any one at the Rutland Civic Center. All residents are encouraged wishing to post political or campaign signs within to attend. Pomeroy Village limits is Birthdays reminded that there is a Wednesday, Feb. 15 $25 fee, which must be paid at Village Hall, in order to POMEROY — Rachel Jenpost signs. nings will observe her 90th birthday on Feb. 15. Cards EHS fundraisers planned may be sent to her at the REEDSVILLE — Two Rocksprings Rehabilitation fund-raisers for the Eastern Center, 36759 Rocksprings High School Junior Class Road, Room 125, Pomeroy, have been planned. Dinner Ohio 45769. will be served preceding Monday, Feb. 20 the girls senior night games at the Eastern Basketball POMEROY — Lawrence games on Feb. 9 and before Leonard will mark his 90th the boys senior night games birthday on Feb. 20. Cards may be sent to him at 41990 on Feb. 14. Serving of a Seneca Drive, Pomeroy, Ohio spaghetti and meatball dinner on Feb. 9 and a pulled 45769. pork dinner on Feb. 14 will begin at 4:30 p.m. The dinners are $5. Ohio Valley Forecast Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 41. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph. around 23. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Light west wind. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 14. Friday: A slight chance of showers after 4 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind between 3 and 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Friday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 9 p.m., then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., then a chance of snow showers after 10 p.m. Cloudy, with a low Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 35. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Local stocks AEP (NYSE) — 39.31 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 18.29 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 65.79 Big Lots (NYSE) — 43.98 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 36.78 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 77.00 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 11.06 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.76 Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ) — 5.34 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 36.79 Collins (NYSE) — 59.10 DuPont (NYSE) — 51.65 US Bank (NYSE) — 29.63 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 19.24 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 46.36 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 38.30 Kroger (NYSE) — 23.64 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 44.83 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 72.55 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 18.50 4-H tack sale planned RACINE — The Jolly Ranchers will hold a horse tack fund raiser at 5 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the Racing Legion hall. The funds raised will go into the 4-H program. Anyone wishing to contribute should call 304-531-4677. The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 Ask Dr. Brothers Single mom worries about daughter am concerned Dear Dr. about my niece, Brothers: I’m who has always a single mom had a weight with a 5-yearproblem. She’s old daughter. 16 and has Her father has started dieting. never been in Johnson to hold I see her about the picture; he once a week, lives nearby and open door sessions and each time is married now. POMEROY — CongressI visit, she is I have a good man Bill Johnson’s staff will job, so I have thinner. My be holding open door sessister, who has never needed sions from 9 to 10:30 a.m. always been to ask him for overweight, is support. I know the first Tuesday of every month at the Pomeroy Pub- there is a need Dr. Joyce Brothers so proud of her. But I looked in lic Library. Constituents are for a dad in the Syndicated the bathroom house, espeinvited to attend to learn Columnist cabinet and saw cially for little how Congressman Johnson diet pills and boys, but will might be an advocate for them with federal agencies. my daughter do OK with- laxatives, and I don’t think out one? I don’t have any she is going about this the Republican relatives nearby, and it’s right way. My niece loves pretty much just the two of to cook, but when it comes Committee to meet us. After she starts school, to her plate, she just pushPOMEROY — The Meigs will that be enough? — L.Y. es the food around. Should County Republican Party Dear L.Y.: I know you I be worried? — T.H. Executive Committee will Dear T.H.: If your niece have your child’s best inhold a 7:30 p.m. Feb. terests at heart and will is serious about losing 13 meeting at the Court do everything you can to weight, she may go to drasHouse. A person will be provide a good home. You tic lengths to do so, and sound very independent, you have every reason to nominated to the Board of and that’s great, because be concerned. Regardless Elections and the March 1 Lincoln Day dinner will be you can have every hope of the diet, the guidelines that your daughter will for safe and lasting weight discussed. turn out to be strong and loss emphasize losing no Senior Citizens capable, just like you. But more than a couple of you might want to make pounds a week, and that’s trip to Washingtion a few adjustments as you usually too slow for impaPOMEROY — Several go along that will help her tient teenagers who are seats are still available for as the years go by. Even hell-bent on changing their the Meigs County Council though you don’t need lives. The fact that she on Aging’s trip to Washchild support, it doesn’t seems to be using additionington, D. 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Features Syndicate *** Member SIPC. Dear Dr. Brothers: I Ohio Briefs Ohio sheriff says 4 arrested in hog theft ring CELINA, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff in western Ohio near the Indiana state line says four family members have been operating a hog theft ring. The Mercer County sheriff says the four have taken hogs from large farms in Ohio and transported them to Indiana, where they were trying to sell the animals. Local newspapers report two people face charges of breaking and entering while the others are charged with receiving stolen property. Investigators say it’s not easy for farmers to notice when a few hogs are missing out of several thousand. One farmer near the Ohio town of Fort Recovery began keeping closer track of his animals over the last few months and realized 22 hogs were missing over a 10-week period. Terminal shut down temporarily, grenade found HEBRON, Ky. (AP) — A hand grenade in a passenger’s carry-on bag has caused a temporary evacuation at the northern Kentucky airport. The Delta Air Lines terminal at Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky International was cleared for about 10 minutes Tuesday night after the device was found at about 7:30 during routine baggage screening. Airport spokeswomen Barb Schempf said Transportation Security Administration officials found no detonator and determined the grenade was no longer an explosive, according to the local newspaper. Now Open The passenger who carried it was denied boarding and the grenade was confiscated. No flights were canceled or delayed. The passenger was released, but is now under investigation by the TSA. Senators, Ohio National Guard head to discuss cuts MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s two U.S. senators plan to meet with the state’s National Guard leader to discuss how Air Force downsizing plans would affect several Ohio locations. The local newspaper reports Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman are expected to meet Thursday with the adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst. The senators have said they’ll fight cuts to the C-27J program that includes four multipurpose cargo ANDERSON MCDANIEL FUNERAL HOME 209 3rd Street Racine Racine, Ohio www.andersonmcdaniel.com Locally owned & operated Contact us today about our competitive pricing 740-949-2300 Adam McDaniel - James Anderson Directors planes from the Mansfield base. Under the cuts, those planes and six tanker aircraft from a Columbus-area base would be retired. The moves were part of plans detailed Friday to cut the service by nearly 10,000 active, National Guard and Reserve airmen next year and shift capabilities. The plans indicated Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton might get more programanalysis and intelligence missions. Wright brothers’ Ohio bike shop may be demolished DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio building constructed around the first Wright brothers’ bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished, despite a resident’s effort to preserve the site. A city planner tells the local newspaper three walls of the bike shop stand inside the former Gem City Ice Cream building in Dayton. The Wright brothers ran the shop in the late 1800s, before their pioneering flight. An assistant city manager says the structure didn’t have enough “historic integrity” to be declared a Wright site but was included on the National Register of Historic Places as part of a larger historic district. Resident Michael Per- kins is fighting to preserve the building, but the city says it hasn’t been able to find a developer to fund the redevelopment. Cooper Tire, lockedout Ohio workers still at odds FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — A union official says talks have stalled between a tire company and locked-out workers in northwestern Ohio. Hundreds of workers at the Cooper Tire plant in Findlay have been locked out since late November. Union members had voted down a tentative three-year contract. Local union President Rod Nelson tells the local newspaper several days of informal discussions with the company this week failed to lead to an agreement. No further talks are scheduled this week. Nelson says the company’s latest offer is “a lot less” than what it gave Cooper Tire workers in Texarkana, Ark., who recently approved a four-year contract that includes pay increases. He didn’t share details of the Ohio proposal. The newspaper says Cooper Tire officials did not respond to requests for comment. Ohio school bus, truck collide; injuries reported MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — A pickup truck lost control on an icy road and crashed head-on into a school bus Wednesday morning, sending eight children and three adults to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, authorities said. The pickup truck slid on an icy overpass above Interstate 75 and sideswiped another vehicle before crashing into the bus, State Highway Patrol Sgt. Tom Bloomberg said. The drivers of the pickup truck and the bus and the truck’s passenger had moderate injuries and the children had minor ones, Bloomberg said. The children were in good condition later Wednesday, according to Michele Guido, a spokeswoman for Atrium Medical Center in Middletown. Guido did not immediately know the adults’ conditions. The 37 other children on the bus were taken to Middletown Christian School on another bus, the patrol said. The Middletown City Schools bus was providing shuttle service to the private Christian school. Milt Thompson, business manager for the city school district, said the school bus driver was shaken up and complained of a hurt leg. Messages left at the Christian school were not immediately returned. The accident happened around 8 a.m. in Franklin Township near Middletown, about 40 miles north of Cincinnati. �Thursday, February 9, 2012 Lakeside Leaders 4-H Club organizes, plans activities REEDSVILLE — Officers were elected at the Lakeside Leaders 4-H Club’s organizational meeting held last week. Elected were Derick Powell, president; Molly Dunlap, vice president; Kaitlyn Hawk, secretary; Becca Chadwell, news reporter; Brad Hawk, health officer; Rachel Brooks, safety officer; and Tyler, recreation leader. It was reported by the treasurer that there is a balance of $1,557.95 in the treasury.Attending the organizational meeting were 18 members, 6 advisors and 9 visitors. The meeting was called to order by President Derick Powell. The American pledge was led by Sam Jones and the 4-H pledge by Tyler Davis to open the meeting. Enrollment forms and 2012 family guides were passed out. They are to be turned in at the Feb. 19 meeting. The Constitution and By-Laws and Code of Conduct were reviewed. Members are to sign and return the Code of Conduct at the next meeting. Cindy Chadwell explained that the number of meetings required this year went up from four to six. She reminded members of the constitution and by-laws rule that state a mem- ber can miss no more than two meetings. She will check and see what count as a meeting as far as the rule with the 4-H Committee and Extension Office. It was approved to leave dues at $2 per meeting. A calendar of events was passed out to each member, the extraeffort guidelines were noted, and project books were ordered. A raffle was planned , livestock rules were noted, fun activities were discussed, and project were discussed. Plans were discussed for making and delivering Easter basket to Arcadia Nursing Home was discussed with Tracey Chevalier to get more information. Members were reminded of achievement records and camp counselor application due dates. Quality Assurance dates were announced. It was announced that this year’s Junior Fair theme will be “Country Pride, County Wide.” The next meeting was set for Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. at the Amazing Grace Community Church. Refreshments will be served by Missy Jones, Tammy Cowdery and Doris Gibbs. Refreshments were served by the Chadwell, Davis and Powell families. Music scholarship auditions at URG/RGCC announced Staff report mdtnews@mydailytribune.com Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols said the governor is dedicated to the unconventional venue. He said this year’s speech will reach a larger audience than ever. The school’s auditorium holds more people than the House chamber, so 50 members of the public received tickets to attend through a lottery. Government and public television networks are teaming up to broadcast the speech and stream it online, he said. “How this could be viewed as anything but a good thing, I don’t know. We’re shining light on a part of the state that’s been a doormat for a long time,” said Nichols. “We think not all news happens at the corner of Broad and High (where the Capitol is). Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone.” But such calls by Kasich may be tougher sells after voters resoundingly repealed his collective bargaining overhaul last year, said Nancy Miller, an associate professor of political science at the University of Dayton. He’s lost some political capital, she said. “He’s going to have a hard time keeping the agenda as bold as it is, even though he has Republican majorities in both chambers of the Legislature. Some of those individuals are now wary,” she said. Legislative Republicans face potentially tough elections this year, she said, “so they may be more reluctant to push for some of his more controversial prerogatives.” Kasich’s poll numbers don’t help. As of last month, Quinnipiac University found 48 percent of Ohioans disapprove of the job Kasich is doing, compared with 39 percent who approve. Kasich has made a habit of traveling outside Columbus, sions in inmate Charles Lorraine’s case that said Ohio had strayed too far from its execution policies to be trusted to carry out the death sentence for now. Federal courts must monitor every Ohio execution “because the State cannot be trusted to fulfill its otherwise lawful duty to execute inmates sentenced to death,” the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month. The court upheld an earlier decision by U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost that chided Ohio for not following his warnings to adhere strictly to their policies. “Do not lie to the Court, do not fail to do what you tell this Court you must do, and do not place the Court in the position of being required to change course in this competition for students interested in receiving the four year, full tuition Art scholarship. Through this competition, interested students will be able to submit artwork for a special exhibit on campus. Students will also be able to submit digital portfolios of their artwork for the judges to look over. Rio Grande also offers numerous other scholarship opportunities for its students, in addition to many different grants and loans that are available. A unique institution that is part private university and part community college, Rio Grande offers very low tuition rates and small class sizes for its outstanding academic programs. Students can enroll in associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in numerous fields. For more information on the Music scholarship auditions, or for more information about the Music Department at Rio Grande, call Chris Kenney at 1-800282-7201 or send him an email at ckenney@rio.edu. For more information on the Art scholarship, call Benjy Davies at 1-800-2827201 or send him an email at bdavies@rio.edu. Romney’s bad day is Santorum’s best in GOP race US Supreme Court won’t permit Ohio execution COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday added another wrinkle to Ohio’s debate over how strictly the state’s lethal injection procedures should be followed. The court without comment refused to allow the execution of a condemned killer of an elderly couple to proceed, an execution delayed by federal courts over concerns that the state continues to deviate too often from its written rules for lethal injection. Both the state and the inmate’s attorneys were trying Wednesday to determine what comes next, but the decision is likely to further delay executions even though Ohio’s procedures have never been ruled unconstitutional. The court denied the state’s appeal of deci- area is the first recipient of the award. The 2011 graduate of Teays Valley High School has been very active on campus and in the Music Department during her first year at Rio Grande, and will be appearing in the university’s production of “The Who’s Tommy,” in April. Rio Grande offers a wide range of scholarships for its students, with several scholarships, such as the Music scholarship, that are targeted specifically for outstanding students in certain majors. In November, for example, Rio Grande held a Chemistry scholarship competition for incoming students who are interested in studying chemistry. The full tuition, four year Chemistry scholarship was won by Michael MacKnight from Wahama High School, while Gallia Academy students Daniel Fraser and Andrew Lawrence each also won Chemistry scholarships for smaller amounts. During that competition, high school students from around the region toured the campus, took a onehour chemistry exam and visited with students, faculty and staff. During the spring semester, Rio Grande will hold a RIO GRANDE — The University of Rio Grande/ Rio Grande Community College (URG/RGCC) is offering a full tuition, four year scholarship to an incoming first-year student who will be studying music in the 2012-2013 school year, and is inviting any interested music students to audition for the award. The Music Department will be holding scholarship auditions from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9 and then again from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25 as part of the scholarship competition. If any students who are interested in auditioning are not able to attend either of those sessions, the Music Department can set up special appointments for auditions as needed. Rio Grande is also offering two additional scholarships for music students who take part in the auditions. Two applicants will be selected for $1,000 scholarships for each of their four years in college. This is the second year that Rio Grande has offered the full tuition Music scholarship. Freshman Aryn and that that plays to his po- Gritter from the Columbus litical strength as a folksy, everyman politician, said Jason Pierce, who chairs the University of Dayton’s political science department. “The politics of getting out of Columbus and connecting with the voters seems to be motivating this decision, and WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican dispensing with the formal- Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on ity of the State of the State a string of stunning victories that snapped address,” Pierce said. his four-state losing streak and raised new Winning over a few Demo- questions about front-runner Mitt Romcrats in blue-collar Steuben- ney’s clout with conservatives. ville wouldn’t hurt Kasich, Romney shrugged off his poor showing, either. Steubenville state but his losses Tuesday in Missouri, MinSen. Lou Gentile, a Demo- nesota and Colorado laid bare his stubborn crat, is holding a legislative weakness just when it looked as if his party reception Monday night, was beginning to embrace him. Bringing up and House Minority Leader the rear of the Santorum surge: Newt GinArmond Budish was among grich, the former House speaker who mostDemocrats whose votes ly skipped the contests and finished at or helped clear relocation of the near the back of the pack in all three states. speech. Santorum cast the results as a victory for That support is matched a purer form of conservatism than Romney by opposition that will take has offered, heard more clearly by voters the form Tuesday of pro- across the nation’s midsection without a tests by union workers, deafening TV air war that the former Masveterans and environmen- sachusetts governor has dominated. talists opposed to hydraulic The former Pennsylvania senator said in fracturing, or fracking, the a nationally broadcast interview Wednescontroversial shale drilling day morning he thinks conservative Retechnique that’s sweeping publicans “are beginning to get” that he the region. represents the party’s best chance to oust “Given the political cli- President Barack Obama. mate, I’m not sure he’s going He also used the opportunity to rip into to win over too many Demo- Romney, mocking his criticism of Santocrats with what he’s doing,” rum’s time in Washington in the U.S. SenMiller said. “Even though I ate and Romney’s attempt to be seen as the think his motives for going political outsider in 2012. to Steubenville are pure and Santorum scoffed at Romney’s criticism good.” of his defeat for re-election to the Senate, John Green, director of saying, “A lot of folks lose races, but I didn’t the Bliss Institute of Applied lose, like Gov. Romney, my principles. I Politics at The University of wasn’t a well-oiled weather vane.” Akron, agreed. He said he wants to make Obama “the isHe said Kasich moving sue in this race,” not Romney and Gingrich. the speech outside the StateOf Obama, Santorum said: “He believes house shouldn’t come as a he’s the smartest guy in the country and he surprise to anyone. should tell people what to believe and how “Gov. Kasich, in the cam- to live their lives.” paign, made a point of wantSantorum also said, “”Mitt Romney is ing to do things differently, saying I’m not a conservative. I mean, that’s and he really wants to reform laughable.” state government in a wide In the glow of victory Tuesday night, he variety of ways,” Green said. told his supporters “we had an opportunity “If nothing else, this is a sym- to see what a campaign looks like when one bol of the fact that he wants candidate isn’t outspent 5- or 10-to-1 by to do things differently in negative ads impugning their integrity and state government.” distorting their record. This is a more accu- Pros, cons for Kasich of speech outside Statehouse COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — He’s fresh off a bruising fight and ultimate defeat over the rights of unionized public workers. His approval ratings among voters are low. And some fellow Republicans in the Legislature have grumbled openly over Gov. John Kasich’s decision to move his State of the State speech outside the capital to eastern Ohio. Against this backdrop, Kasich lays out his secondyear agenda Tuesday — one focused on education and the economic promise of oil and natural gas drilling. Political experts say moving the speech to an elementary school in Steubenville allows Kasich to reconnect with the public after last fall’s bitter collective bargaining battle. He has said he wants to uplift the once-proud steel valley by turning public attention on its assets. But the decision also miffed some lawmakers — including a handful in his own party, whose support is necessary to push his policies through the state Legislature. Besides requiring drives of more than four hours in some cases, the relocation was criticized by some as disrespecting an honored state tradition. Kasich is believed to be the first governor in Ohio history to give his address outside the Statehouse. The move is also an inconvenience to other Columbusbased dignitaries who traditionally attend. Attorney General Mike DeWine has said he can’t make the speech. Secretary of State Jon Husted has a schedule conflict he’s trying to work out. Both are fellow Republicans. The GOP-controlled Ohio Supreme Court also won’t be there because court is in session that day. The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com litigation after every hearing,” Frost wrote. Lorraine, 45, of Warren, has spent years unsuccessfully appealing his death sentence. Records show that Lorraine stabbed 77-year-old Raymond Montgomery five times with a butcher’s knife and stabbed his bedridden wife, 80-yearold Doris Montgomery, nine times before burglarizing their Trumbull County home in 1986. Republican Gov. John Kasich has rejected Lorraine’s plea for mercy on the grounds of a troubled childhood, lousy legal representation and a prosecutor who violated rules of conduct at trial. The office of Attorney General Mike DeWine had argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that minor deviations in policy don’t mean the system is unconstitutional. DeWine had said that without Supreme Court action, Ohio is in danger of having dozens of executions delayed on a case-by-case basis. The effect of Frost’s ruling “is that any variation from the execution protocol — great or small, intentional or mistaken — amounts to a constitutional violation,” DeWine said in the state’s appeal. “This distortion of equal protection cannot stand.” The state had delayed the Feb. 22 execution of a second inmate, convicted arsonist Michael Webb, while the appeal worked its way through the courts. It’s likely that other inmates will follow suit and ask for delays until the issue over the deviations is resolved. rate representation, frankly, of what the fall race will look like,” a jubilant Santorum told a cheering crowd in St. Charles, Mo. But it was far from clear that Santorum, who has a post office box for a campaign headquarters and relies on volunteers to handle scheduling, can quickly turn the momentum into the millions of campaign dollars he would need to overcome Romney. Still, he looked past the nomination fight. “I don’t stand here to be the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, I stand here to be the conservative alternative to Barack Obama,” Santorum said. On health care, cap and trade and the Wall Street bailout, he charged, “Mitt Romney has the same positions as Barack Obama.” In Denver, Romney congratulated his rival. The revived questions about Romney’s appeal with conservatives at the party’s core were even sharper in light of his aggressive push to court them in recent days. Santorum’s shoestring candidacy thrived. And the GOP nomination fight many in the party hoped would resolve itself after Super Tuesday now threatened to rumble past March 6 while Obama watches from his presidential perch in the White House, and waits. “This was a good night for Rick Santorum,” Romney told supporters in Denver on Tuesday night. He offered a bit of forced optimism: “We’ll keep on campaigning down the road, but I expect to become our nominee with your help.” Romney added, “When this primary season is over, we’re going to stand united as a party behind our nominee to defeat Barack Obama.” He wasn’t the only loser. On the first day of multi-state voting, the trio of contests exposed a glaring deficiency for Gingrich. The former House speaker lacked the resources and organization to compete just as he’s trying to project strength heading into the Super Tuesday elections. He made only minimal efforts in the three states that voted and stayed out of sight as the results rolled in. Gingrich is focusing on Ohio, where early voting has begun in the March 6 primary. �The Daily Sentinel Opinion Page 4 Thursday, February 9, 2012 Eastwood: A maverick who Obama’s ‘healthcare’ mandate: does politics his own way What would Reagan say? By Lynn Elber AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The plot seemed familiar: A hotshot Hollywood filmmaker shills for a bailed-out car industry, yet another limousine liberal going to bat for big government. Except the star of Chrysler’s “It’s Halftime in America” Super Bowl spot was Clint Eastwood, who has made a habit out of confounding expectations in his work and his politics. He’s a tough guy who makes anti-violence films, a fiscal conservative who takes left-leaning stands on social issues. Eastwood also is an opponent of government bailouts who just happened to appear in a commercial for a company that benefitted from government support. He’s said that politics had nothing to do with his turn as pitchman for job growth and American resilience. But the ad has turned up the spotlight on the Academy Awardwinning director who, at 81, shuns complacency and retirement (next up: directing Beyonce in a remake of “A Star is Born). “It’s a cliche, but he is an American icon and he’s often been ahead of the culture in the movie choices he’s made, the acting choices he’s made,” said Democratic ad-maker Bill Carrick. “He’s a wonderful, unique voice, and this spot was a gutsy call.” The cinematic Super Bowl commercial, two minutes of Eastwood exhorting the nation to reclaim its spirit and economic glory, was the star at his best. His acting trademarks — the determined squint, the quiet, life-roughened voice — were even more effective amid an ad circus of talking babies and dieting dogs. “This country can’t be knocked out with one punch,” Eastwood murmurs, urgently. “We get right back up again and when we do, the world’s gonna hear the roar of our engines.” There are Oscar bestpicture nominees out now with less dramatic punch. Eastwood, who’s already given pop culture his fair share of hallmark moments (as police detective Dirty Harry, with gun trained on a robber: “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?”), helped create one that went beyond fiction and into the nation’s economic struggle. All that, and it threw the right and left into a tizzy — no big deal for a guy who’s used to upending expectations. In movies, Eastwood has often played the unyielding tough guy who could turn vicious if pushed too far. As a filmmaker, he’s poetically shown the anguish of conflict in works including the Western “Unforgiven,” World War II companion films “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima,” and the urban drama “Gran Torino.” His portrait of J. Edgar Hoover in last year’s “J. Edgar” took a measured view of the longentrenched FBI chief, portraying him as an innovative crimefighter who became a dangerously powerful, emotionally confused zealot who abused his position. Eastwood’s nuanced work hasn’t stopped politicians from making use of his film image, including Harry’s snappy, criminal- 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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Then came the buzzedabout commercial, which drew millions of hits online after it aired for a record TV audience of 111plus million viewers. There was a quick reaction in political circles, with GOP strategist Karl Rove saying he was “offended” by the ad he called tantamount to spending tax dollars on corporate advertising, and White House senior adviser David Axelrod calling it “powerful.” “I think you have to be almost troublingly obsessed with politics to see it through that lens,” said Republican strategist Mike Murphy. “It’s not a political ad. It’s the trivia we’re talking about today because nothing else happened.” The ad and the tempest it created may have a limited shelf life. Eastwood, back at work starring in a movie with Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake, clearly has other business to think about — and we’ll hear what he has to say, like it or not. By Dr. Paul Kengor February 6 was the anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth. It comes at an appropriate time. February is also the month of Presidents Day and the birthday of Lincoln, the other Republican standard-bearer. Every Republican presidential candidate tries to claim the mantle of Reagan: “I believe as Ronald Reagan believed….” Well, what did Ronald Reagan believe? It’s a question I get often. I’ve been giving a lecture titled, “What is a Reagan conservative?” I’ll be giving it again at the CPAC conference on Feb. 11 and our Center for Vision & Values conference in April. In that lecture, I lay out the core fundamentals of “Reagan conservatism.” Some of those fundamentals have special relevance in light of the ongoing scandal known as the “Obama mandate;” that is, President Obama’s unprecedented “healthcare” decree mandating that all Americans—including Catholics and Catholic organizations—forcibly pay for contraception, sterilization, and birth-control drugs that cause abortions. Two core Reagan fundamentals stand out: 1) Reagan’s belief in the sanctity and dignity of human life; and 2) Reagan’s thoughts on the “idea” of America. On the first, Reagan insisted that without the right to life, there can be no other rights. The right to life is the first of all freedoms, without which other freedoms literally cannot exist. “My administration is dedicated to the preservation of America as a free land,” said Reagan in 1983. “And there is no cause more important for preserving that freedom than affirming the Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. transcendent right to life of all human beings, the right without which no other rights have any meaning.” For Reagan, that right to life began in the womb. It began at conception. As president, Reagan supported a Human Life Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would have inserted into the Constitution these words: “the paramount right to life is vested in each human being from the moment of fertilization without regard to age, health or condition of dependency.” He favored providing every human being—at all stages of development—protection as “persons” with the “right to life” under the 14th Amendment. That amendment never passed. Too bad. It would have killed Obama’s mandate, or at least posed a significant challenge. In addition, Reagan extolled America as a country based on timeless, eternal values: on universal, Godgiven inalienable rights. Reagan gave innumerable statements on these rights, but I’m struck by one he gave way back in June 1952 at tiny William Woods College in Missouri. There, Reagan said that America is “less of a place than an idea,” a place that resided deep in our souls. “It is simply the idea,” said Reagan, “the basis of this country and of our religion, the idea of the dignity of man, the idea that deep within the heart of each one of us is something so God-like and precious that no individual or group has a right to impose his or its will upon the people so well as they can decide for themselves.” Well, the Obama mandate imposes President Obama’s personal will upon all of the American people, and especially Catholics whose consciences dictate otherwise. The mandate violates something God-like and deep within the heart of religious believers who profess the dignity of man from the moment of conception—whose faith implores them not to violate that dignity. President Obama, via his fiat, has instructed certain believers not only to go against their conscience and Church’s teachings but to subsidize the transgression. In another speech years later, in August 1983, Reagan referred to Americans’ inalienable rights as “corollaries of the great proposition, at the heart of Western civilization, that every … person is a ressacra, a sacred reality, and as such is entitled to the opportunity of fulfilling those great human potentials with which God has endowed man.” For many Americans, their faith calls upon them to defend those persons, each one of which is a sacred reality that must be permitted to achieve the great human potential that is God’s hope for all of us. This is what Ronald Reagan believed. The current president’s “healthcare” mandate is a flagrant rejection of these principles. Dr. Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College and executive director of The Center for Vision & Values. His books include “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism” and “Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century.” Dr. Kengor will be a participant in an April 19-20 conference hosted by the Center on “The Challenge 2012: The Divided Conservative Mind.” The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Thursday, February 9, 2012 Death Notices Stephen K. Burris Stephen K. Burris, 62, Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, February 11, 2012, at the First Church of the Nazarene in Point Pleasant, W.Va., with the Rev. James Ellis officiating. Burial will follow at Kirkland Memorial Gardens in Point Pleasant, W.Va., with full military services conducted by Marine Corps Honor Guard from Charleston, W.Va. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Friday at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the church. Kathleen (Clark) Wilson Kathleen “Katie” (Clark) Wilson, 85, Columbus, died February 7, 2012. Family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m., Friday, at the Tidd Funeral Home, 5265 Norwich Street, Hilliard, Ohio 43026, where funeral service will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, with visitation one hour prior to the time of service. Pastor John Hood officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Saint James Lutheran Church, 5660 Trabue Road, Columbus, Ohio 43228. Getting caffeine fix as easy as taking deep breath CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks. The product, called AeroShot, went on the market late last month in Massachusetts and New York, and is also available in France. A single unit costs $2.99 at convenience, mom-and-pop, liquor and online stores. Biomedical engineering professor David Edwards said AeroShot is safe and does not contain common additives, like taurine, used to amplify the caffeine effect in common energy drinks. Each greyand-yellow plastic canister contains 100 milligrams of caffeine powder, about the amount in a large cup of coffee, plus B vitamins. But Democratic U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York wants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to review AeroShot, saying he fears it will be used as a club drug so that young people can drink until they drop. Schumer’s national press secretary did not immediately respond to calls for comment. FDA spokeswoman Siobhan DeLancey declined to comment, saying the agency will respond directly to Schumer on the matter. Edwards said Schumer’s comments are understandable in the context of developments over the last few years, when students looking for a quick and cheap buzz began consuming caffeinepacked alcoholic drinks they dubbed “blackout in a can” because of their potency. But he said AeroShot is not targeting anyone under 18 and it safely delivers caffeine into the mouth, just like coffee. “Even with coffee if you look at the reaction in Europe to coffee when it first appeared there was quite a bit of hysteria,” he said. “So anything new, there’s always some knee-jerk reaction that makes us believe ‘Well, maybe it’s not safe.’” Once a user shoots a puff of calorie-free AeroShot into his or her mouth, the lemon-lime powder begins dissolving almost instantly. Each single-use container has up to six puffs. “The act of putting it in your mouth is the act of breathing so it’s sort of surprising and often people the first time they take the AeroShot, they laugh … that it’s kind of a funny way of putting food in your mouth,” said Edwards, who also came up with a breathable chocolate product a few years back. Dr. Lisa Ganjhu, a gastroenterologist and internal medicine doctor at New York-based St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, said people need to be aware of how much caffeine they are ingesting. “You want those 10 cups of coffee, it will probably take you a couple hours to get through all that coffee with all that volume that you are drinking,” Ganjhu said. “With these inhale caffeine canisters you can get that in 10 of those little canisters so you just puff away and you could be getting all of that within the hour.” Even the product packaging warns people not to consume more than three AeroShots per day. Northeastern University students who sampled the product recently gave it mixed reviews. “This tastes really good and I think it rocks,” student Zack Huang said after puffing onto a free sample before rushing to join a group of friends who were walking away from campus. Still, one student was not happy with the taste, echoing sentiment expressed online by some consumers. People elsewhere vowed they would never give up their morning coffee. “I want to brew it, I want to stir it and I want to drink it slowly as I absorb the caffeine,” said longtime coffee fan Mark Alexander. The makers of AeroShot appear to be aware of that sentiment, declaring that the product isn’t about switching away from coffee, but rather making it easier for people with active lifestyles to get their caffeine fix. “AeroShot can be used in a variety of settings inconvenient for liquids, such as when you study in the library, board an airplane or get into the car for a long drive,” they say in the section dedicated to frequently asked questions on their website. “It’s easy to take AeroShot with you when you go biking, skiing, curling, or any other activity that consumes energy.” AeroShot, manufactured in France and the flagship product of Cambridge-based Breathable Foods Inc., is the product of a conversation that Edwards had with celebrity French chef Thierry Marks over lunch in the summer of 2007. “We were discussing what interesting culinary art experiments we might do together and I had the idea that we might breathe foods since I’ve done a lot of work over the last 10 or 15 years on medical aerosols,” Edwards said. The first venture Edwards worked on with Harvard students was the breathable chocolate, called Le Whif. Now he’s preparing to promote a product called Le Whaf, which involves putting food and drinks in futuristic-looking glass bowls and turning them into low-calorie clouds of flavor. The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Sheriff unhappy with dispatcher in Powell case SEATTLE (AP) — A 911 recording reveals a social worker’s urgent attempts over more than six minutes to get a dispatcher to send deputies after Josh Powell locked himself and his two sons in his home. The social worker tried repeatedly to relay the gravity of what was going on. Josh Powell was scheduled for a supervised visit with his sons Sunday, but he slammed the door in her face then used a hatchet on his sons and torched the building in a gas-fueled inferno. All three were killed. In the first minutes of the 911 call, the woman laid out the situation. “Something really weird has happened. The kids went into the house and the parent the biological parent whose name is Josh Powell will not let me in the door. What should I do? … I could hear one of the kids crying, and he still wouldn’t let me in.” The social worker told the dispatcher she “was one step in back of (the boys). He shut the door right in my face.” At one point the dispatcher asked the social worker what address she was at. The social worker didn’t know and needed to look for it. It took her about 1 minutes to find it in her car. At one point she asks, “You can’t find me by GPS?” While she’s still looking for the address she says, “But I think I need help right away.” After six minutes on the call, a dispatcher says: “We’ll have somebody look for you there.” “OK, how long will it be?” the woman asks. “I don’t know, ma’am. We have to respond to emergency life-threatening situations first. The first available deputy …” The woman responded: “This could be life-threatening … I’m afraid for their lives.” Pierce County Sheriff’s Detective Ed Troyer said Wednesday that his department is still waiting to receive a copy of the “call-and-dispatch” log from the 911 center to see exactly how long it took for deputies to respond. The center did not immediately respond to a public records request from The Associated Press for the document. However, Troyer said the sheriff’s department is displeased with the dispatcher’s etiquette because he left the social worker with the impression that no help was immediately on the way. “Are we unhappy with the etiquette and the manner? Yes,” Troyer said. “Did it affect the response time? No. Dispatchers are typing information and addresses while they’re on the phone with callers.” After the home erupted in flames, the woman screamed in a separate call: “He exploded the house!” Also Tuesday, authorities released a 911 call Josh Powell’s sister made Sunday, saying she received emails from her brother explaining what to do with his property and saying he couldn’t live without his sons. Alina Powell told a dispatcher she feared her brother was going to do something because of pressure he faced after his wife, Susan, disappeared two years ago. Josh Powell was a “person of interest” in Susan’s Utah disappearance. Crying, Alina Powell told the dispatcher: “I’m terrified to drive over there. I’m not afraid of him. He’s never hurt me. I’m afraid of seeing something I don’t want to see.” Boehner: Congress to overturn birth control policy WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner accused the Obama administration Wednesday of an “unambiguous attack on religious freedom,” promising that Congress will reverse a new policy requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with free birth control if the president doesn’t. Escalating a fight that has roiled the presidential race, Boehner demanded that President Barack Obama overturn the policy that Boehner called a violation of First Amendment rights. The administration’s mandate has angered religious groups, especially Catholics, who say the requirement would force them to violate their beliefs against contraception, and congressional Republicans. “This attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country cannot stand, and will not stand,” Boehner, a Catholic and Ohio Republican, said in a rare floor speech. On the other side of the Capitol, the Republican onslaught continued, with GOP senators vowing to push ahead with legislation to undo the requirement. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, RN.H., stood with other GOP lawmakers, and called the new rule “an unprecedented affront to religious liberty. This is not a women’s’ rights issue. This is a religious liberty issue.” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said the issue wasn’t contraception but “whether the government of the United States should have the power to go in and tell a faithbased organization that they have to pay for something that they teach their members shouldn’t be done. It’s that simple. And if the answer is yes, then this government can reach all kinds of other absurd results.” The contentious issue has pushed social issues to the forefront in an election year that has been dominated by the economy. Abortion, contraception and any of the requirements of Obama’s health care overhaul law have the potential to galvanize the Republicans’ conservative base, critical to voter turnout in the presidential and congressional races. The White House, facing a public and political outcry, signaled on Tuesday that a compromise is possible. Options could include granting leeway for a church-affiliated employer not to cover birth control, provided it referred employees to an insurer who would provide the coverage. Another idea, previously rejected by the administration, calls for broadening the definition of a religious employer that would be exempt from the mandate beyond houses of worship and institutions whose primary purpose is to spread the faith. That broader approach would track a definition currently used by the IRS, bringing in schools, hospitals and social service agencies that deal with the general public. Republican White House hopefuls Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have been relentless in assailing the administration, criticizing the president at campaign stops. Romney has accused Obama of an “assault on religion” and Gingrich called the rule an “attack on the Catholic Church.” But Romney has drawn criticism from his GOP rivals and the White House over policies when he was Massachusetts governor. In late 2005, Romney required all Massachusetts hospitals, including Catholic ones, to provide emergency contraception to rape victims. Some Catholics say the so-called morning-after pill is a form of abortion. Romney said he did not support the Massachusetts law, which passed despite his veto. But he also said at the time, “My personal view, in my heart of hearts, is that people who are subject to rape should have the option of having emergency contraception or emergency contraception information.” White House spokesman Jay Carney seized on that policy at his daily briefing Wednesday. “The former governor of Massachusetts is an odd messenger on this given that the services that would be provided to women under this rule are the same services that are provided in Massachusetts and were covered when he was governor,” Carney said. He called it “ironic that Mitt Romney is criticizing the president” for a policy that Carney described as identical to the one in place in Massachusetts. Boehner said that if the administration fails to reverse the policy, then Congress will act. He said that in the coming days, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will move ahead on legislation. Mo. teen gets life with possible parole in killing JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri teenager who confessed to strangling, cutting and stabbing a 9-year-old girl because she wanted to know how it felt to kill someone was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Alyssa Bustamante, 18, pleaded guilty in January to second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the October 2009 slaying of Elizabeth Olten in St. Martins, a small rural town west of Jefferson City. The judge also ordered the teen to serve a consecutive 30-year term in the armed criminal action charge. Bustamante was 15 years old when she confessed to strangling Elizabeth, repeatedly stabbing her in the chest and slicing the girl’s throat. She led police to the shallow grave where she had concealed Elizabeth’s body under a blanket of leaves in the woods behind their neighborhood. With her hands shackled to her waist and her feet shackled together, Bustamante rose and faced Elizabeth’s mother and siblings before she was sentenced Wednesday. “I know words,” she said, pausing to take a deep breath and struggling to compose herself, “can never be enough and they can never adequately describe how horribly I feel for all of this.” She added: “If I could give my life to get her back I would. I’m sorry.” Elizabeth’s mother, Patty Preiss, who on the first day of Bustamante’s sentencing hearing called her “an evil monster” and declared that she “hated her” sat silently, staring forward during Bustamante’s apology. The Olten family declined to comment to reporters, as did Bustamante’s family. Bustamante had been charged with first-degree murder and by pleading guilty to the lesser charges she avoided a trial and the possibility of spending her life in an adult prison with no chance of release. The teenager’s defense attorneys had argued for a sentence less than life in prison, saying Bustamante’s use of the antidepressant Prozac had made her more prone to violence. They said she had suffered from depression for years and once attempted suicide by overdosing on painkillers. But prosecutors sought a longer sentence. They noted that Bustamante had dug two graves several days in advance, and that on the evening of the killing had sent her younger sister to lure Elizabeth outside with an invitation to play. Mis- souri State Highway Patrol Sgt. David Rice testified that the teenager told him “she wanted to know what it felt like” to kill someone. Prosecutors also cited journal entries in which Bustamante described the exhilaration of killing Elizabeth. “I strangled them and slit their throat and stabbed them now they’re dead,” Bustamante wrote in her diary, which was read in court by a handwriting expert. “I don’t know how to feel atm. It was ahmazing. As soon as you get over the ‘ohmygawd I can’t do this’ feeling, it’s pretty enjoyable. I’m kinda nervous and shaky though right now. Kay, I gotta go to church now…lol.” Bustamante then headed off to a youth dance at her church while a massive search began for the missing girl. Need to advertise? Call The Daily Sentinel 740.992.2155 �The Daily Sentinel THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012 Sports mdssports@heartlandpublications.com Eagles edges Miller to defeat, 45-44 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — A layup by Max Carnahan with 12 seconds left in regulation gave the Eastern boys basketball team its first win since Dec. 20 against Southern. The Eagles defeated Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division foe Miller 45-44 Tuesday night in Meigs County, to avenge their prior loss to the Falcons 63-58. Eastern (5-11, 3-10 TVC Hocking) started hot on offense scoring 17 points in the first eight minutes of play. Miller (3-12, 2-10) trailed by six going into the second quarter, 17-11. Both teams defenses picked up the pressure in the second, with only 15 combined points in the quarter. Eastern took a 2518 lead into the break. The third period proved to be the best of the night for the Falcon offense as they put together a 14- 11 run to pull within four points, 36-32, headed into the finale. MHS battled back and with 18 seconds left in the game Dakota Bond stole the ball and made the go ahead layup for the Falcons. EHS guard Max Carnahan took the inbound pass the length of the floor and made a layup to give the Eagles the 45-44 lead. Although the Falcons got a good look from the corner, the ball sailed long and Eastern got the victory. Carnahan led EHS with 15 points on the evening. Zakk Heaton scored 10 for the Eagles, while Kirk Pullins had eight. Jacob Parker scored six, Christian Amsbary scored four and Chase Cook scored two to round out the EHS scoring. Miller was led by Elijah Rader who finished with 11 points. Three players scored seven points for MHS and they were; Dakota Bond, Hunter Starlin, and Skylar Hook. Eastern returns to action Friday when it travels to Washington County to face TVC Hocking rival Waterford at 6 p.m. Eastern 45, Miller 44 M 11-7-14-12 — 44 E 17-8-11-9 — 45 MILLER (3-12, 2-10 TVC Hocking): Garrett Sinifit 0 1-2 1, Chase Glenaman 2 0-0 5, Jake Walters 0 0-2 0, Dakota Bond 3 1-2 7, Elijah Rader 4 3-4 11, Trent Abram 1 0-0 3, Hunter Starlin 2 2-2 7, Stephan McGrath 1 1-2 3, Skylar Hook 3 1-2 7. TOTALS: 16 9-16 44. Three-point goals: 3 (Glenaman, Abram, Starlin). Field goals: 16-38 (.421). EASTERN (5-11, 3-10 TVC Hocking): Max Carnahan 6 0-1 15, Christian Amsbary 2 0-2 4, Jacob Parker 3 0-2 6, Chase Cook 1 0-2 2, Kirk Pullins 3 2-4 8, Zakk Heaton 4 2-4 10. TOTALS: 19 4-14 45. Threepoint goals: 3 (Carnahan 3). Field goals: 19-41 (.463). Rebounds: 26. Turnovers: 22. Warren charges past Blue Devils, 86-44 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com CENTENARY, Ohio — For 12 minutes, the Gallia Academy boys basketball team proved it could hang with state-ranked Warren. Over the next dozen minutes, however, GAHS found out why the Warriors are currently ranked ninth by the Ohio Associated Press in Division II. Leading 20-18 midway through the second quarter, the visiting Warriors went on a 43-21 charge over the next period-and-a-half and eventually cruised to an 8644 decision in a Southeastern Ohio Athletic League matchup in Gallia County. Warren (14-2, 6-2 SEOAL) never trailed in the contest and shot 49 percent from the field, as the guests stormed out to a 16-9 advantage after eight minutes of play. The Blue Devils (3-15, 1-7), however, kept chipping away at WHS, as the hosts went on a 9-4 run over the opening 3:55 of the second canto to pull within 20-18 with just over four minutes remaining. And then, it happened. Warren sophomore Evan French nailed a trifecta while being fouled at the 3:56 mark, then French converted the rare four-point play with a free throw — giving the guests a 24-18 edge. That score ultimately led to a 14-4 Warrior charge over the final 3:56 of the half, which gave WHS a 3422 edge at the intermission. The Warriors kept that momentum going into the second half, as the guests opened the third stanza with a 15-2 surge for a 49-24 lead with 5:39 left. GAHS responded with a small 1514 run the rest of the quarter, allowing the hosts to pull within 63-39 headed into the finale. The Blue Devils never came closer the rest of the way, as Warren opened the fourth with a 14-1 run to take a comfortable 77-40 cushion with 3:54 left in regulation. GAHS ended a 4:08 scoreless drought with a basket at the 3:35 mark to pull within 77-42, but the Warriors closed the game with a 9-2 spurt to wrap up the 42-point decision. Warren, with the victory, claimed a season sweep of the Blue Devils after posting an 80-33 triumph at WHS back on Dec. 13, 2011. The Warriors have now won See WARREN |‌ 8 Alex Hawley/photo Point Pleasant guard Anthony Perry (22) dribbles past a Sissonville defender during Tuesday night’s 67-49 Cardinal Conference victory in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Big Blacks roll past Sissonville, 67-49 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com Bryan Walters/photo Gallia Academy junior Cody Call (50) releases a shot attempt in front of Warren defender Austin Henthorn (33) during the first half of Tuesday night’s SEOAL boys basketball contest in Centenary, Ohio. OVP Schedule Thursday, February 9 Girls Basketball Belpre at Eastern, 6 p.m. Meigs at Vinton County, 6 p.m. Wahama at Southern, 6 p.m. Miller at South Gallia, 6 p.m. Rock Hill at River Valley, 6 p.m. Ohio Valley Christian at Faith & Hope, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball Ohio Valley Christian at Faith & Hope, 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 10 Girls Basketball Sherman at Point Pleasant, 6:30 p.m. Boys Basketball Eastern at Waterford, 6:30 p.m. Wellston at Meigs, 6:30 p.m. Southern at Miller, 6:30 p.m. South Gallia at Belpre, 6:30 p.m. Gallia Academy at Chillicothe, 5 p.m. River Valley at Chesapeake, 6:30 p.m. Point Pleasant at Ritchie County, 7:30 p.m. Trimble at Wahama, 6:30 p.m. Wrestling Point Pleasant at Ripley, TBA Saturday, February 11 Girls Basketball Portsmouth at Gallia Academy, Noon Point Pleasant at Chapmanville, 7:30 p.m. Boys Basketball Hannan at WVHIT, TBA Wrestling Gallia Academy at SEOAL Invitational, 10 a.m. River Valley at OVC meet, TBA Wahama at TVC Tournament, TBA Swimming River Valley at Sectional Meet, TBA POINT PLEASANT, W.Va — Tuesday night in Mason County, the Point Pleasant boys basketball team avenged it’s 73-62 loss to Sissonville, back on Jan. 13, with a 67-49 victory over the current sixth-ranked team in Class AA. From the onset the Big Blacks’ (10-7, 5-7 Cardinal) offense was firing on all cylinders, as they scored 20 points in the opening period. Sissonville’s (14-4, 8-3) offense was slowed by the PPHS defense and it only managed 10 points in the first quarter, which had the Indians trailing the hosts 20-10. The Indians started the second stanza on a 7-4 run that was halted by a Point Pleasant timeout. After the timeout the Big Blacks finished the half on a 13-1 run, to take the lead into the break 37-18. The third period featured sloppy defense for both teams, as PPHS was called for its 10th team foul of the half just before the one minute mark in the third. Sissonville sank 13-of-14 from the line in the quarter helping them on a 19-15 run in the third. Point Pleasant held the lead 52-37 headed into the finale. The Big Blacks defense got it together in the final period allowing only 12 points in the final eight minutes. PPHS scored 15 in the finale and cruised to it’s 10th win, 67-49. Point Pleasant finished with three players in double figures, led by Anthony Perry with 13, followed by Connor Templeton with 12, and Dillon McCarty with 11. Marquez Griffin finished with nine points, Wade Martin finished with eight, and Andrew Williamson finished with seven for the victors. Alex Somerville had five, and Jacob Wamsley finished with two points to round out the PPHS scoring. Sissonville had two players notch double figures in scoring, led by Trent Stowers with 14, followed by Caleb Wilkinson with 10 points. The Big Blacks return to action Friday at 6 p.m. when they travel to Ritchie County to face the Rebels. Point Pleasant 67, Sissonville 49 S 10-8-19-11 — 49 PP 20-17-15-15 — 67 SISSONVILLE (14-4, 8-3 Cardinal): Caleb Wilkinson 3 4-5 10, Austin Crawford 0 0-0 0, Chaz Clark 1 2-2 5, JP Mawyer 3 0-0 6, Zach Null 1 2-3 4, Trent Stowers 2 9-10 14, Nathan Miller 0 1-2 1, Josh Rawson 0 1-2 1, Jake Sisson 1 3-4 5. TOTALS: 11 22-28 49. Three-point goals: 2 (Clark, Stowers). Turnovers:13 POINT PLEASANT (10-7, 5-7 Cardinal): Dillon McCarty 5 1-2 11, Jacob Wamsley 1 0-2 2, Marquez Griffin 3 1-2 9, Andrew Williamson 2 2-4 7, Anthony Perry 2 8-10 13, Wade Martin 2 4-3 8, Alex Somerville 2 0-0 5, Connor Templeton 6 0-0 12. TOTALS: 23 15-24 67. Three-point goals: 6 (Griffin 2, Williamson, Perry, Martin, Somerville). Turnovers: 20. South Gallia outlasts Defenders, 55-45 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — The South Gallia boys basketball team jumped out to a 21-9 advantage midway through the second quarter and never looked back Tuesday night during a 55-45 victory over visiting Ohio Valley Christian in a non-conference matchup in Gallia County. The Rebels (10-7) won their third straight decision and never trailed in the contest, as the hosts jumped out to an 8-4 advantage after eight minutes of play. SGHS followed with a 13-5 second period surge to claim a 21-9 edge with four minutes left in the half, but the Defenders (10-7) countered with a 4-1 run the rest of the way to pull within 22-13 at the intermission. The guests kept things close in the third canto, but the Rebels ultimately won the period by a 19-15 margin — giving South Gallia a 43-28 lead headed into the finale. OVCS closed regulation with a 17-12 charge, but never came closer than three possessions the rest of the way. John Johnson led South Gallia with a game-high 24 points, followed by Dalton Matney with 18 points and Levi Ellis with four markers. Cory Haner added three points to the winning cause, while David Michael, Ethan Spurlock and Danny Matney rounded out the scoring with two markers each. SGHS was 11-of-19 at the free throw line for 58 percent. Paul Miller paced the guests with 14 points, followed by T.G. Miller with 13 points and Pete Carman with 12 markers. Chance Burleson and Ben Tillis rounded out the respective scoring with four and two points. The Defenders were 7-of-19 at the charity stripe for 37 percent. OVCS returns to action Thursday night when it travels to Faith and Hope for a non-conference matchup at 7:30 p.m. South Gallia returns to the hardwood Friday when it travels to Belpre for a TVC Hocking contest at 6 p.m. South Gallia 55, OVCS 45 OVC 4-9-15-17 — 45 SG 8-14-19-12 — 55 OHIO VALLEY CHRISTIAN (107): Phil Hollingshead 0 0-0 0, Marshall Hood 0 0-0 0, Paul Miller 6 0-1 14, T.G. Miller 5 3-6 13, Chance Burleson 2 0-1 4, Ben Tillis 1 0-5 2, Pete Carman 4 4-6 12. TOTALS: 18 7-19 45. Three-point goals: 2 (P. Miller 2). SOUTH GALLIA (10-7): John Johnson 9 6-8 24, David Michael 1 0-0 2, Ethan Spurlock 1 0-0 2, Cory Haner 1 0-1 3, Levi Ellis 2 0-2 4, Gus Slone 0 0-2 0, Kody Lambert 0 0-1 0, Danny Matney 1 0-0 2, Dalton Matney 6 5-5 18. TOTALS: 21 11-19 55. Threepoint goals: 2 (Haner, Dalt. Matney). �Thursday, February 9, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 7 www.mydailysentinel.com COUNTY : MEIGS IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT, PROBATE DIVISION MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO IN THE MATTER OF SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, PROBATE COURT MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO Accounts and vouchers of the following named fiduciary has been filed in the Probate Court, Meigs County, Ohio for approval and settlement. Legals Public Sale The Personal property and contents of the following storage units will be auctioned for sale to satisfy the lien of Hillʼs Self Storage. The sale will be held at the, Hillʼs Self Storage, 29625 Bashan Road, Racine OH 45771 on February 11, 2012 @ 10:00 am. Auction will be cash or certified funds only; units will be opened for viewing only 5 min prior to start of auction; each unit will be sold for one money and must be emptied by 4pm on the day of auction. Auction will go on no matter what the weather. #5 Earl Pickens 305 Dudding Lane Racine, Ohio 45771 (2) 7, 8, 9, 2012 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Education of the Meigs Local School District of Pomeroy, Ohio, at the Treasurerʼs Office until 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, and at that time opened by the Treasurer/CFO of said Board for three (3) new seventy-two (72) passenger diesel school buses (body and chassis may be bid separately or together as one complete bus). Specifications and instructions to bidders may be obtained at the Treasurerʼs Office, 41765 Pomeroy Pike, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769, or by calling (740) 992-5650. By order of Meigs Local Board of Education, Mark E. Rhonemus, Treasurer/CFO. (2) 9, 15, 21, 2012 IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT, PROBATE DIVISION MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO IN THE MATTER OF SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, PROBATE COURT FILE NO 2007 2 007 – The Fourth Current Account of Patricia L. Harris, Guardian of the Person and Estate of Elizabeth M. Hawley. Unless exceptions are filed thereto, said account will be set for hearing before said Court on the 9th day of March, 2012, at which time said account will be considered and continued from day to day until finally disposed of. Any person interested may file written exception to said account or to matters pertaining to the execution of the trust, not less than five days prior to the date set for hearing. L. SCOTT POWELL Judge Common Pleas Court, Probate Division Meigs County, Ohio (2) 9, 2012 COUNTY : MEIGS The following applications and/or verified complaints were received, and the following draft, proposed and final actions were issued, by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) last week. The complete public notice including additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information or a public hearing, or filing an appeal may be o b t a i n e d a t : http://www.epa.ohio.gov/actions.aspx or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-2129 email: HClerk@epa.state.oh.us FINAL ISSUANCE OF RENEWAL OF NPDES PERMIT EASTERN LOCAL SCHOOL DIST 38900 STATE RTE 7 MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO REEDSVILLE ACTION DATE : Accounts and vouchers OH of the following named fiduci- 03/01/2012 RECEIVING WATERS: ary has been EAST BRANCH OF SHADE filed in the Probate Court, RIVER FACILITY DESCRIPMeigs County, Ohio for apTION: SCHOOL OR HOSPIproval and settlement. TAL IDENTIFICATION NO. : 0PT00046*CD This final action not preFILE Help NO 2007 WantedGeneral ceded by proposed action and 2 007 – The Fourth Current is appealable Account of Patricia L. Harris, to ERAC. Guardian of the Person and Estate of Elizabeth M. Hawley. LEADING CREEK CONSRVY DIST STATE RTE 124 LANGSVILLE Unless exceptions are filed OH ACTION DATE : thereto, said account will be 03/01/2012 set for hearing before said RECEIVING WATERS: Court on the 9th day of March, LITTLE PARKER RUN 2012, at which time said acFACILITY DESCRIPcount will be considered and TION: IRON & MANGANESE continued from day to day until REMOVL finally disposed of. IDENTIFICATION NO. : 0IY00023*ED This final action not preceded by proposed action and Any person in- is appealable terested may file written exto ERAC. ception to said account or to FINAL ISSUANCE OF matters pertaining to the exe- REVOCATION OF NPDES cution of the trust, not less PERMIT than five days prior to the date SOUTHERN OHIO COAL set for hearing. CO - DANVILLE PORTAL STATE RTE 325 DANVILLE L. SCOTT POWELL Judge OH ACTION DATE : 02/01/2012 Common Pleas Court, Probate RECEIVING WATERS: Division UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO CAMPAIGN CREEK Meigs County, Ohio (2) 9, FACILITY DESCRIP2012 TION: INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE IDENTIFICATION NO. : 0IM00030*AD This action was preceded by a proposed action.(2) 9, 2012 Is currently seeking a Registered Nurse, First Assist CNOR. Qualified candidate must possess: • Current Ohio RN License • Endoscopic vein harvesting experience • Cardiac experience. If interested please visit our website: www.holzer.org or contact Jamie Northup 740.441.8052 FINAL ISSUANCE OF RENEWAL OF NPDES PERMIT EASTERN LOCAL SCHOOL DIST 38900 STATE RTE 7 REEDSVILLE OH ACTION DATE : 03/01/2012 RECEIVING WATERS: EAST BRANCH OF SHADE RIVER FACILITY DESCRIPTION: SCHOOL OR HOSPITAL IDENTIFICATION NO. : Legals 0PT00046*CD This final action not preceded by proposed action and is appealable to ERAC. 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Ph: 614-644-2129 email: HClerk@epa.state.oh.us �Thursday, February 9, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 8 www.mydailysentinel.com Tornadoes pummel Trimble, 75-35 White Falcons fall to Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com RACINE, Ohio — The Southern boys basketball team had four players reach double figures Tuesday evening at Charles W. Hayman Gymnasium in a 75-35 victory over Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division foe Trimble. The Tornadoes (133, 10-3 TVC Hocking) played an outstanding first quarter scoring 22 points and holding Trimble (2-14, 1-11) to eight points. SHS showed excellent team play as five different Tornadoes had two field goals in the first. Southern kept up the momentum in the second period going off for 27 points that included four three-point field goals, two by Ethan Martin and two by Ryan Taylor. The Tomcats managed to score 11 points in the second which was their best offensive quarter of the night. SHS went into the break with a commanding lead, 49-19. The Tornadoes’ offense backed off in the third period scoring 17 points, but their defense remained stellar only allowing six points by the Tomcats. SHS led by 41 headed into the finale, 66-25. THS went on a 10-9 run in the remaining eight minutes of regulation but it was Southern’s night as the hosts won by 40, 7535. This marks the second victory for Southern over Trimble this season, the first coming on Jan. 10 in Glouster, 69-51. Ethan Martin led the Tornadoes in scoring with 17 points coming off of three three-point field goals and four two-point field goals. Andrew Rose- berry recorded a doubledouble with 14 points and a team-high 12 rebounds. Ryan Taylor notched 11 points for SHS that included nine points from beyond the arc. Sophomore Chandler Drummer marked in with 10 points, while Nathan Roberts chipped in with seven. Marcus Hill and Tristen Wolfe each marked six points for Southern, and Trenton Deem finished out the scoring with four points. Trimble was led by Cody Bragg with eight points, Cyrus Jones with seven points, and Wyatt Deak with six points. Southern made 27-of50 shots (54 percent) from the field and pulled down 39 rebounds. The Tornadoes return to action Friday night at 6 p.m. when they travel to face Miller. Warren From Page 6 three straight decisions, while the loss was the 11th in a row for the Blue Devils. GAHS second-year coach Tom Moore was disappointed with how things turned out after such a promising start to the night, even if the hosts were facing a topcaliber team. “We told them after the game that we played really well for 12 minutes in the first half, then we made a lot of little mistakes that allowed things to get away from us there before halftime,” Moore said. “We knew we were going to get Warren’s best shot in the second half, and we just didn’t step up to the challenge.” Conversely, WHS coach Blane Maddox was not overly-happy with his team for the first 12 minutes, commenting that the Blue Devils did a really good job of creating problems. Maddox also said once the Warriors found their rhythm, it simply became a beautiful thing to watch. “I thought Coach Moore had his team well-prepared. He knows what we like to do and they took some of those things away. They really played well early on in the first half,” Maddox said. “At the same time, I didn’t feel we were very sharp in the first half — and it’s the first time that I’ve had to jump on our guys at halftime in some time. We challenged them at the break, and the guys really responded well.” Warren scored more points in the second half (52) than GAHS did in the game, and the guests’ biggest lead of the night was the final margin of victory. The Warriors took their first double-digit lead at 3020 with 2:21 left in the first half, then led the final 17:10 by at least 10 points. Warren connected on 32of-65 field goal attempts overall and also went 16-of20 at the charity stripe for 80 percent, while the hosts were 15-of-47 from the field for 32 percent and 12-of-19 at the free throw line for 63 percent. Justin Bailey and Jimmy Clagg both led Gallia Academy with nine points each, followed by Nick Saunders with eight points and Reid Eastman with seven markers. Cody Call added five points, while Joel Johnston and Wade Jarrell rounded out the GAHS scoring with three points apiece. French paced the guests with a game-high 25 points, despite going scoreless in the fourth quarter. Josh Windland was next with 19 points, followed by Austin Henthorn and Tyler Ward with respective efforts of 12 and nine markers. Jeremy Hastie and Reece Patton both had six points each, while Jace Knost and Danny Pannell contributed four and three points, respectively. Evan Yabs rounded out the winning tally with two markers. The night was also extratough for the Blue Devils, as Jimmy Clagg left the game late in the fourth quarter with an arm injury. The status of the injury was unknown by presstime, but early concerns revolved around a possible broken bone or torn muscle around the elbow. Gallia Academy returns to action Friday when it travels to Chillicothe for an SEOAL matchup at 6 p.m. Warren 86, Gallia Academy 44 W 16-18-29-23 — 86 GA 9-13-17-5 — 44 WARREN (14-2, 6-2 SEOAL): Evan Yabs 1 0-0 2, Tyler Ward 3 0-0 9, Adam Lang 0 0-0 0, Matt Drayer 0 0-0 0, Jeremy Hastie 3 0-0 6, Josh Windland 5 9-11 19, Jace Knost 2 0-1 4, Evan French 10 3-3 25, Danny Pannell 1 0-0 3, Austin Henthorn 4 4-5 12, Reece Patton 3 0-0 6. TOTALS: 32 16-20 86. Three-point goals: 6 (Ward 3, French 2, Pannell). Field Goals: 32-65 (.492). Rebounds: 27. Turnovers: 14. GALLIA ACADEMY (315, 1-7 SEOAL): Reid Eastman 2 3-3 7, Joel Johnston 1 1-2 3, Justin Bailey 3 3-4 9, Nick Saunders 3 1-2 8, Wade Jarrell 1 0-0 3, Aaron Jackson 0 0-0 0, Jeremy Wilson 0 0-0 0, Cody Call 1 3-4 5, Seth Atkins 0 0-0 0, Jimmy Clagg 4 1-4 9. TOTALS: 15 12-19 44. Three-point goals: 2 (Saunders, Jarrell). Field Goals: 15-47 (.319). Rebounds: 20. Turnovers: 18. Belpre in OT, 56-53 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com BELPRE, Ohio — The bigger the hole, the farther the climb. The Wahama boys basketball team rallied back from a 13-point second half deficit to force overtime, but host Belpre ultimately had too much for the White Falcons in the extra session and claimed a 56-53 decision Tuesday night in a TriValley Conference Hocking Division matchup in Washington County. The White Falcons (9-9, 8-6 TVC Hocking) trailed 12-6 after eight minutes and entered the intermission facing a 28-17 deficit, but the guests countered with a 31-20 surge over the next 16 minutes to knot things up at 48-all at the end of regulation. WHS went on a 4-2 run over the opening minuteplus of the extra session, giving the guests their only OT lead at 52-50 with 2:49 remaining. The host Golden Eagles reeled off four straight points over the next 45 seconds to recapture the lead at 54-52, then used a small 2-1 edge at the free throw line over the final two minutes to wrap up the onepossession outcome. Belpre (12-4, 11-1) won its fourth straight decision overall and seventh consecutive TVC Hocking contest, while the White Falcons had their two-game winning streak snapped. BHS also claimed a season sweep after posting a 73-60 win at Wahama back on Jan. 10, which started the Eagles’ current winning streak in the league. WHS was down as much as 40-27 with 2:06 left in the third quarter, but the guests ended the period on a 6-0 run to pull within 4033 headed into the finale. Wahama followed with a 9-0 charge to start the fourth, claiming its first lead of the night at 42-40 with 4:57 left in regulation. The hosts answered with a 7-0 surge for a five-point cushion, but the White Falcons retaliated with a 6-0 spurt to take a 48-47 edge with just over a minute left in OT. Belpre’s Dakota Hoffman tied the game at 48 with a free throw with 31 seconds left. Senior Isaac Lee led Wahama with a game-high 32 points, which included the guests’ first 16 points of the contest. Lee also got off a potential game-tying trifecta near the end of OT, but the shot missed its mark. Austin Jordan was next with nine points, followed by Hunter Oliver with six markers. Wyatt Zuspan and Jacob Ortiz rounded out the WHS scoring with three points apiece. The guests were 9-of-15 at the free throw line for 60 percent. Hoffman paced Belpre with 13 points, followed by Jake Ullman with 12 points and Bryce Pittenger with 10 markers. BHS was 5-of-6 at the charity stripe for 83 percent. Wahama hosts Huntington Saint Joseph in a non-conference matchup Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. Belpre 56, Wahama 53 (OT) W 6-11-16-15-5 — 53 B 12-16-12-8-8 — 56 WAHAMA (9-9, 8-6 TVC Hocking): Isaac Lee 13 6-10 32, Wyatt Zuspan 1 0-0 3, Tyler Roush 0 0-1 0, Austin Jordan 3 2-2 9, Hunter Oliver 3 0-0 6, Jacob Ortiz 1 1-2 3, D.J. Gibbs 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21 9-15 5. Threepoint goals: 2 (Zuspan, Jordan). BELPRE (12-4, 11-1 TVC Hocking): Drew Nestor 4 0-0 9, Dakota Hoffman 5 1-2 13, Jake Ullman 4 2-2 12, Bryce Pittenger 5 0-0 10, Ryan Leasure 2 2-2 6, Joey Byers 0 0-0 0, Mick Therriault 3 0-0 6. TOTALS: 23 5-6 56. Three-point goals: 5 (Hoffman 2, Ullman 2, Nestor). Buckeyes outlast River Valley, 57-45 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com BIDWELL, Ohio —Austin Lewis pulled down a game-high 18 rebounds Tuesday night in Gallia County for the River Valley boys basketball team, but Nellsonville York was able to overcome Lewis’ performance to grab a 57-45 victory. The first stanza featured solid offense from both clubs, and River Valley (3-13) was able to gain the advantage 16-14 at the end of one. The Buckeyes (11-6) fought hard to gain the lead back from the Raiders, and they did so just after the four minute mark in the second period. The two teams battled back and forth through the rest of the canto, and Nelsonville York took the lead into halftime, 30-27. NYHS opened the second half with a four minute 11-2 run. River Valley finished the period on a 6-4 run and trailed by 10 going into the finale, 45-35. Nelsonville York ended regulation with a eight minute 12-10 run to claim it’s 11th victory of the year. RVHS did not lead at any point in the second half. The Raiders were led in scoring by Derek Flint with 13 points including three three-pointers. Aaron Harrison was also in double figures for RVHS with 10 points, and Austin Lewis finished two points shy of a double-double with eight points and 18 rebounds. Chris Clemente scored six, Ethan Dovenbarger scored four, with Kyle Bays and Trey Noble each finishing with two for RVHS. Cassey Cox scored 15 points for the Buckeyes followed by Austin North and Kyle Moore who had 14 each. River Valley returns to action when the travel to Chesapeake for a match up with the Panthers at 6 p.m. on Friday. Nellsonville York 57, River Valley 45 NY 14-16-15-12 —57 RV 16-11-8-10 — 45 NELLSONVILLE YORK (11-6): Jacob Blake 2 0-2 4, Austin North 5 4-9 14, Cassey Cox 5 3-4 15, Daniel Kline 4 2-4 10, Marc Carter 0 0-0 0, Kyle Moore 5 4-6 14, Kyle Freer 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21 13-25 57. Three-point goals: 2 (Cox 2). Rebounds: 26. Turnovers: 13. RIVER VALLEY (3-13): Derek Flint 5 0-0 13, Kyle Bays 1 0-0 2, Chris Clemente 3 0-0 6, Trey Noble 0 2-2 2, Aaron Harrison 3 4-4 10, Joseph Loyd 0 0-0 0, Austin Lewis 4 0-0 8, Ethan Dovenbarger 2 0-4 4. TOTALS: 18 6-10 45. Threepoint goals:3 (Flint). Field goals 18-52 (.346). Rebounds: 30. Turnovers: 23. Visit us online at www.mydailysentinel.com �Thursday, February 9, 2012 ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt www.mydailysentinel.com BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Thursday, February 9, 2012 BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS MUTTS Mort Walker The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS 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 Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012: You could become unusually fussy and demanding this year. You might believe that you are the best at this or that. As a result, you make waves wherever you go and often have an entourage of the opposite sex around you. You don’t have to commit; just be receptive and enjoy your popularity. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy relating more closely. You might hear a surprise confession. VIRGO cares about the basics. 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) HHH Dealings with others help you revise your opinion on what might be necessary. Once you absorb the big picture, you could opt to act. Others might be surprised, yet for you, this direction seems part of a logical sequence following thought and discussion. Tonight: Put your feet up. Think “weekend.” TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You have what many wish they had — creativity tamed by a practical bent. Many people would say this is impossible, but you demonstrate the workability of this combo. You gain an insight into a key person through his or her actions. Tonight: Let your imagination rock and roll. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Listen to what is being offered. Revise your thinking, especially in the emotional realm. Someone lets you know just how significant you might be to his or her life. Relax and plan on spending a little extra time doing what you love. Tonight: Fun and games. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH You might say something that creates quite a jolt in your immediate surroundings. Listen to an offer that comes from out of left field. Remember, you can take some time rather than react. Weigh the pros and cons. Let others process more on their own. Be less helpful. Tonight: Hang out. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You might want to handle your funds differently from those around you. You are not frightened of change or risk. Many people are. Revise your health habits as you attempt to revise your monetary security. They walk hand in hand. Tonight: Your treat. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Remain sensitive to the many people in your life and to what they want. But don’t forget to take care of No. 1, or else you will be useless. A partner, friend or loved one jolts you with an unexpected gesture. Tonight: It is your call. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HH Recognize what is going on around you. Your tendency to be noticed and strong personality need to fall back some in order to allow others to come forward. You will gain tremendous insight by not being so dominant. Tonight: Take some much-needed personal time. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Understanding evolves if you stay focused on your priorities. Not everyone will go along, especially as you are likely to espouse an avantgarde idea. Get a stronger sense of a roommate or family member. This person could be hiding something. Tonight: Where you are, the fun is. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Listen to feedback from those who count and often take the lead in your life. You respond to a very wild idea, wishing you had come up with it. Your sense of humor emerges, and interactions become easier. Respond to an authority figure — he or she is goal-directed. Tonight: Work late, if need be. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Listen to a loved one at a distance. A family member or domestic issue could be full of surprises. You could question what is going on, but why not get in on some of the fun? Rethink your thought process and attitude regarding the situation. Tonight: Choose a different happening. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Deal with those who come forward individually. Let go of a prejudice and try to see someone with open eyes. The unexpected pops up. Enjoy the fun and people around you. Remember, people like you to focus on them and just them. Tonight: Go with another person’s suggestion. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Focus on those you care about. In fact, they will give you little choice! Your view of an organization or friend could be changing. You are not through the process just yet. Trust that you will be able to make a clearer judgment. Tonight: Sort through invitations. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Thursday, February 9, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 Cavs go cold in 107-91 loss to Heat MIAMI (AP) — One stingy defensive stretch was enough to carry the Miami Heat past LeBron James’ former team once again. Might have gotten the Heat prepped for a daunting road stretch as well. Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, James added 24 and the Heat said farewell to their home floor for nearly two weeks by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-91 on Tuesday night. Miami’s lead was only a point late in the third quarter, before the Cavaliers missed 17 of their next 19 shots and the Heat finally pulled away. “It was definitely going to be necessary,” James said of the late defensive push, one that ensured Miami would beat Cleveland for the fifth time in six meetings since the two-time MVP left the Cavaliers for the Heat. “And that’s how we want to close out games.” Chris Bosh finished with 15 points for the Heat, who have won 11 of their last 13 games and stayed within a game of Chicago in the Eastern Conference race, both teams tied in the loss column with six. Mario Chalmers and Udonis Haslem each scored 14 for Miami, which starts a stretch of five road games in seven nights at Orlando on Wednesday, then caps the six-game trip with a visit to Cleveland on Feb. 17. The Heat are 19-6, the best 25-game start in team history. “We just had to grind it out, grind it out until it was our time to pull away,” Wade said. Antawn Jamison scored 25 points and had nine rebounds for Cleveland, which got 17 from Alonzo Gee, and 16 points, six rebounds and six assists from Kyrie Irving. Anderson Varejao had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who were outscored 29-19 in the fourth and got a 4 for 23 shooting night from their reserves. “I thought we competed,” Cavaliers coach Byron Scott said. “I thought our starters played pretty well. Our second unit just couldn’t make baskets, couldn’t throw anything in the ocean. You’re not going to win a lot of games when you’re not get any contributions but again a lot of it had to do with the injuries. I’m not trying to make any excuse. You’ve got to give them a lot of credit. They’re a good basketball team.” David Santiago/El Nuevo Herald/MCT photo The Miami Heat’s LeBron James drives against Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the first quarter at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday. Miami defeated Cleveland, 107-91. Facing a number of injury issues, Cleveland had only 11 players in uniform for the game. Daniel Gibson (neck infection), Tristan Thompson (sprained left ankle) and Anthony Parker (strained lower back) were not with the club, and ear- lier this week the team waived Mychel Thompson who had started the Cavs’ last three games and scored six points in their win over Dallas on Saturday. Short-handed or not, the Cavs gave the Heat all they wanted just as they did in Miami two weeks ago. Jamison had 20 points in the first half, his best opening half since March 6, 2010. And whenever it seemed like Miami was about to take off on a run, like when it had a quick 15-8 lead early or a 43-33 edge midway through the second quarter, Cleveland had an answer. That trend continued in the third. “We did a good job,” Varejao said, “until the fourth quarter.” An 18-9 run by the Cavs to open the second half gave them a 66-63 edge, before the Heat put together a pair of quick bursts dunks by James punctuating both. He capped a 9-2 run by catching a long pass from Haslem in transition for a five-point lead, and after Cleveland clawed back within one, Chalmers hit a 3-pointer and James followed a missed layup by Battier with a one-handed slam for a 78-72 edge entering the fourth. With that, Miami had taken Cleveland’s best shot. “That team is improved, they play hard and they compete,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “They’re a tough team to put away.” Starting with that miniflurry by Miami to close the third, the Cavaliers were outscored 19-6 over an 8-minute span. Wade made back-to-back hoops to give Miami what was its biggest lead at 92-78 midway through the fourth. “We were in the game for most of the game,” Irving said. “In the fourth quarter I felt that we could make a run but we were just not hitting shots. They weren’t falling. It happens.” And now comes the trip that Miami sees as an opportunity. It’s a rare six-game swing around the East for Miami, which starts in Orlando and then goes to Washington, Atlanta, Milwaukee and Indiana, the last three of those in consecutive nights, before wrapping up at the arena James called home for his first seven NBA seasons. “I was just talking to DWade about it. I think it’s going to be great,” James said. “One thing about us, we love these road trips. They bring us together even more. It’s just us. It’s the 15 guys, the coaching staff, the training staff and we all come together. It’s a big test for us.” room for Memphis. Marinatto called Memphis a “perfect fit.” “There were a number of contributing factors for our membership in making the decision to invite Memphis, including among other reasons its geography in the heart of our future membership makeup, its Central time zone presence, its top50 media market, as well as its outstanding corporate and community support, quality athletic facilities and the overall brand and competitiveness of its athletic programs,” Marinatto said. Marinatto has traveled across the country in recent months to recruit new members. In December, the Big East announced Boise State and San Diego State from the Mountain West Conference would join in 2013 for football only, and Houston, SMU and Central Florida, from C-USA, would become members in all sports. Last month, Navy football jumped on board, though that won’t happen until 2015. The Big East pitched Air Force and BYU on joining, but couldn’t work out a deal with either. Temple was also being considered, but the Philadelphia school and former Big East member was passed over for Memphis because the conference wanted to bolster its new west wing. Memphis gives the Big East 11 football teams committed for the 2013 season, still one short of the 12 needed under NCAA rules to hold a conference championship game. The league could ask the NCAA for a waiver to play a title game with less than 12, though Marinatto said there are no plans for that and the Big East championship football game will debut after Navy joins. There’s also no guarantee some of the holdovers, such as Louisville, Rutgers and Connecticut, won’t jump at the chance to join another league if the opportunity comes up. But for now, Marinatto said Memphis is the final piece of the puzzle. “It was our goal to get to 12 football-playing members and we’ve done that, so we’re obviously pleased that we’ve filled our primary objective,” Marinatto said. “We’re always going to be vigilant and we’re going to continue to do what’s in the best interest of the conference. So you never, never say never, I guess.” It is still unclear when West Virginia, Pitt and Syracuse will leave. Big East bylaws require a 27-month notification period for schools that want out. West Virginia has filed a lawsuit to begin competing in the Big 12 in the fall. The Big East has countersued and Pitt and Syracuse are watching the cases closely as it could determine when they start playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Marinatto declined to answer questions related to the legal issues or when the Big East’s 2012 schedule might be released. The Big 12 has also been waiting to release a 2012 schedule, but has made it clear that it expects that schedule to include West Virginia. Marinatto reiterated he expects all three of the departing schools to remain in the Big East for two more seasons. So it’s possible the Big East could have 14 football teams and 20 basketball teams for the 2013-14 seasons. Memphis is just happy to be part of the crowd. Raines and Johnson were greeted with a standing ovation at a news conference on campus, packed with hundreds of people, including fans and politicians. “By golly, we did it,” Raines told the crowd. While the Big East’s previous moves were mostly about adding the strongest football programs it could find in the biggest television markets, the addition of Memphis mostly bolsters the sport on which the Big East was built: men’s basketball. “With the addition of Memphis, I think we just solidified our position as being the best conference in the country in men’s basketball,” Marinatto said. Memphis has a string of 10 straight 20-win seasons, has made 23 NCAA tournament appearances and three Final Fours. The Tigers are currently unranked, but they have been a Top-25 mainstay for years. Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino has been lobbying for Memphis for months. “Rick who?” Marinatto joked. “We understand how important this was to Rick, but that wasn’t the driving force in us moving forward with the decision to invite the University of Memphis to the Big East Conference.” On the football side, Memphis has never found the right formula for success, despite being located in fertile recruiting territory. The Tigers had been to one bowl game before 2003. From 2003-08, the Tigers went to five minor bowls, winning twice, but the last three seasons the programs has slipped way back. No. 3 OSU fends off Memphis is final piece for Purdue, 87-84 coast-to-coast Big East COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — William Buford scored a career-high 29 points and capped his night with a pivotal dunk in the final minute to power No. 3 Ohio State past hot-shooting Purdue 87-84 on Tuesday. The win was Ohio State’s 39th in a row at home since losing to Purdue two years ago at Value City Arena. Buford scored 21 points in the second half to carry the Buckeyes (21-3, 9-2 Big Ten) while All-America Jared Sullinger and point guard Aaron Craft were on the bench with foul trouble. He scored seven straight points for Ohio State as it took the lead for good, then had a dunk with 39 seconds left that sealed it. D.J. Byrd, averaging 6.5 points a game, had a career-best 24 for the Boilermakers (15-9, 5-6), while Kelsey Barlow and Lewis Jackson each had 14 and Robbie Hummel added 13. Sullinger had 18 points and Deshaun Thomas and Craft 13 added apiece for the first-place Buckeyes, who have won six straight and eight of nine. No more than three points separated the teams for the entire second half until Buford went off down the stretch. After a first half that featured brilliant outside shooting and sparkling passing, the last 20 minutes were dominated by physical play, lots of fouls and near hand-to-hand combat under the basket. The Buckeyes finally got some traction with Sullinger and Craft on the bench. Buford, the lone senior on the roster, was the triggerman. With the score tied at 73 and 4:38 left, he swished a shot from the top of the key to give the Buckeyes the lead for good. At the other end, Barlow’s shot was blocked by Ohio State’s Sam Thompson. Buford then hit another long jumper for a 77-73 lead. After Hummel missed a 3-pointer, Buford took a pass in the backcourt from substitute point guard Shannon Scott, stepped back, and hit a high, arcing 3 to make it 80-73 with 2:54 left. Purdue drew to five points on Jackson’s drive through traffic at 1:53. With 1:07 left, Sullinger went back to the bench after being hurt on a rebound attempt. Byrd, who was fouled on the play, missed the first but hit the second to make it 80-76. Craft then hit a free throw before Buford tipped away a loose ball at the defensive end and raced the length of the court for a dunk with 39 seconds left to give Ohio State enough room to outlast two late 3s. Purdue was coming off perhaps its worst game of the season, a 78-61 loss at home to Indiana. Coach Matt Painter said after that debacle that he was disappointed in his team’s effort. He certainly wasn’t after the close battle with Ohio State. Both teams shot better than 60 percent from the field and from behind the arc in the first half. Ohio State was 14 of 22 (64 percent) to Purdue’s 14 of 23 for 61 percent. On 3-pointers, the Boilermakers were 7 of 10 with Byrd making all 5 he attempted and the Buckeyes were 5 of 8 (63 percent). Ohio State scored the first seven points only to have Purdue score the next seven. Ahead 24-23, the Buckeyes went on a 12-0 run with Craft scoring seven points. But long-distance marksmanship bailed out the visitors. Ryne Smith hit a 3 before Jackson whizzed past a defender for a layup and Hummel was fouled by Sullinger behind the arc, hitting all three free throws to cap an 8-0 run and tie it at 38. Visit us online at www.mydailysentinel.com Ralph D. Russo Associated Press The Big East has acquired all the pieces needed to build a new coast-to-coast conference. Putting them all together, though, is going to take a while. The conference wanted to rebuild itself into a 12team football league that can hold a championship game, and Memphis officially became that 12th member on Wednesday when it accepted an invite it has long coveted. But the new Big East isn’t scheduled to be fully functional until the 2015 football season. As for the next three years, what the Big East will look like is anybody’s guess. Memphis is the seventh school, and fourth from Conference USA, to sign up since December for future membership in the Big East. The Tigers will compete in the Big East in all sports. “It certainly is an historic day for us,” University of Memphis President Shirley Raines said during a teleconference with Big East Commissioner John Marinatto and Memphis Athletic Director R.C. Johnson. Memphis has been trying to upgrade its conference affiliation for years, and the Big East was always the most likely landing spot. The Tigers were snubbed during the Big East’s last massive expansion in 2005 and lost a longtime rivalry with Louisville in the process. Now with the Big East in need replacements for West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Syracuse, there was finally � 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 02. February Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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