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Gallipolis City Manager Randy Finney recently commented on the rate hikes that will cost the city an estimated $71,000 in 2012. “We have gotten slammed on the electric rates in the city,” Finney said. According to statistics prepared by the city manager, the city’s largest electric users — the wastewater treatment facility, water plant, maintenance garage, fire station, swimming pool, etc. — will incur a 144 percent rate hike or a $57,945 increase on their electric bills this year. The remaining city buildings, facilities and/or operations that require electricity, will increase that figure to over $71,000 annually. The rate increase on “certain” AEP small business customer bills are the result of distribution rate and electricity security plan agreements that were approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) in December 2011, according to the PUCO website. The agreements reportedly stipulate that AEP separate its generation and distribution assets and merge its Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power operating companies — transitioning to a market-based generation rate structure between January 2012 and May 2016. The largest increase in rates will likely be felt among those small businesses that are classified under a low “load factor,” meaning that they use large amounts of electricity for short periods and have low usage rates the majority of the time. A statement on the PUCO website reads, “[I]t costs AEP more to serve the low load factor customer, because AEP must always have capacity available to serve the customer at their peak usage whether the customer is using it or not.” According to reports by The Associated Press, the change in how AEP figures its distribution rates, has been a benefit to many high “load factor” manufacturing companies that have consistent high-energy usage 24-hours a day. The impact of this change, according to Finney, will not only be felt within the city’s operations, but also among the dozens of small business providing goods and services throughout the city. “I mean, small businesses in town, I am really concerned about how some of these people are going to make it. I know one property owner who has a business downtown — her bill went up $400, and she doesn’t know how she is going to make it,” Finney said. According to Finney, residential customers may see a slight increase on their electric bill, and while local schools are being somewhat protected through the recent change in AEP’s distribution rates, the largest concern rests among small businesses and small municipalities. Reportedly, PUCO has been asked to review the rate increases once again following an outcry from small businesses and municipalities throughout the state, and Finney reported on his intent to express the city’s concerns to PUCO about the rate hikes. “There’s been a lot of issues with this, and PUCO is being asked to look at this again — at what they’ve done, what they’ve allowed to happen,” Finney commented. “It’s going to be a tremendous impact on us this comSee AEP ‌| A5 Suspects in Gonzalez murder appear for hearing Beth Sergent bsergent@heartlandpublications.com Stephanie Filson/photos Jay Proffitt, owner of Gallipolis-based flower shop Basket Delights, is gearing up for the busiest holiday of the year for those in the flower business — Valentine’s Day. In an ongoing quest for the beautiful yet original, Proffitt is stocking up on stunning, traditional long-stemmed red roses, but has also added rare and unique selections this year such as blue Gerber daisies and Hawaiian orchids, as well as eye-catching multi-colored rainbow roses. Florists across the Ohio Valley will be working overtime this weekend and into the week to prepare for the rush of Tuesday’s flower-powered romantics. A rose by any other name… POINT PLEASANT — The three men indicted for the 2011 murder of Rene Gonzalez in Gallipolis Ferry were in Mason County Circuit Court on Friday for a pretrial hearing. At their arraignments last month, Steven L. Adkins, 25, Apple Grove, Chad W. McCallister, 30, Apple Grove and Matthew C. Woods, 25, Gallipolis Ferry, all pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and conspiracy. At their arraignment, Circuit Court Judge David Nibert set a trial date for the three men for April 10. At Friday’s hearing, Adkins was represented by Attorney Rebecca Johnson, McCallister by Attorney Jeff Woods and Matthew C. Woods by Attorney Craig Tatterson. During the hearing, it was indicated the attorneys may file motions for separate trials as opposed to one trial for the three men. Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Damon Morgan indicated he was ready to prosecute the three men during one trial. Nibert said as it stands now, there is a joint trial set. Attorney Jeff Woods asked Nibert to address the bill of particulars regarding McCallister and the charges he’s facing. Attorney Woods asked for more clarification on these charges, saying the indictment was broad and that he needed to prepare an adequate defense for his client. Nibert granted a motion filed by Johnson seeking appointment of co-counsel for Adkins. Johnson cited time constraints in regard to a trial which is quickly approaching and the amount of evidence which needed reviewed. Since there is no public defender in Mason County, Nibert said he contacted the Putnam County Public Defender’s Office and appointed someone from that office. See MURDER ‌| A5 Public hearing held on proposed Floodplain Amendment By Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com Hobson water line extension moving forward By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com MIDDLEPORT — Installation of new water lines and fire hydrants in the lower end of Middleport, an area not currently served by the village’s water system, is expected to get under way in early April. The area where the waterline extension and hydrants will be installed is part of the Hobson section annexed into the village a number of years ago. Middleport Mayor Mike Gerlach stresssed that not all of the annexed area is included in the section where the new lines will go. What it will include, he said, is eight to 10 houses on the river side. The lines will begin on Powell Street and go onto Leading Creek Road, both of which now have water lines but not fire hydrants. The replacement lines will be adequate to support the use of hydrants. Last week, six bids on the project were opened by Middleport Village Council. The lowest bid was $398,813 received from TAM Construction. Gerlach said no further action on the water line extension will be taken by Council until the project engineer has time to review the bids and make a recom- mendation, but he foresees no problems or excessive delays in that process being completed so that the project can move forward in early April. Asked how the water line extension will be paid for, the mayor said some funding is expected to be available from grants and some from “forgiven” loans — with some of the cost to come from the village. The village also has another water project which is expected to get under way soon. Last year, one of the village’s three water wells on Page Street had to be shut down. Plans were then put into place to drill a replacement well, and the village entered into an agreement with Choice One Engineer services for the planning, design and construction of the well. At last week’s meeting, it was reported that the well project was one of five selected from the region to go to the state level for funding approval. Gerlach credited Kurtis Strickland of the Rural Community Assistance Program and Michelle Hyer of Buckeye Hills for moving the project along for funding. He also credited Council President Rae Moore for spending time tracking See WATER ‌| A5 POMEROY — The first of two public hearings on a proposed amendment to the Floodplain Regulations Resolution took place on Thursday afternoon during the Meigs County Commissioners meeting. Two Middleport residents and one Pomeroy resident talked about their concerns over the current floodplain and floodway regulations that are in place. The commissioners stated that the proposed amendment in no way changes the current floodplain areas, but is simply a change in the compliance part of the resolution. The proposed amendment to Section 6.3 Floodplain Regulations Resolution J23 P 364 reads, “Violation of the provisions of these regulations, or failure to comply with any of its requirements or lawful orders issued pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to be a strict liability offense. Any person who violates these regulations, or fails to comply with any of its requirements or lawful orders issued pursuant thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $300 and, in addition, shall pay all costs and expenses involved in the case provided by the laws of Meigs County. Each day such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. Nothing herein contained shall prevent from taking such other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation. Meigs County shall prosecute any violation of these regulations in accordance with the penalties stated herein.” A second public hearing is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, February 16. In other business, the commissioners opened sealed bids for two projects. The first was the Meigs Enrichment Foundation Park Improvement Project. Two bids were received, and after being opened, were referred to the Enrichment Board before beSee FLOOD |‌ A5 �Sunday, February 12, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Gallia County Community Calendar Card showers Marjorie Green will be celebrating her 95th birthday on Feb. 25, 2012. Cards may be sent to her at: 1253 Sugar Creek Rd, Crown City, Ohio 45623. Dr. Gene Abels will celebrate his 80th birthday on March 5, 2012. Please send cards to Dr. Gene Abels at 47 Halliday Heights, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 Events Tuesday, February 14 GALLIPOLIS — Family night supper, 6 p.m., VFW Post 4464. All veterans and their families are invited. For more information call the VFW at 446-4464. GALLIPOLIS — Stroke Survivors’ Support Group, 1-2:30 p.m., Bossard Memorial Library. For more information call (740) 925-3788. The support group meets the second Tuesday of each month at Bossard Library. GALLIPOLIS — Bossard Memorial Library Board of Trustees regularly monthly meeting, 5 p.m., at the library. Thursday, February 16 GALLIPOLIS — Blood drive, 12-6 p.m., Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church, 541 Second Avenue, Gallipolis. Walk-ins welcome or donors may schedule appointments at www.redcrossblood.org or (800) Red-Cross. Friday, February 17 BIDWELL — Ohio AFSCME Retirees Chapter 1184, Gallia and Jackson Counties Sub-chapter, will hold their next meeting at 11 a.m. at the Pam Riley residence at 4629 Law You Can Use Foreclosure-related Environmental regulations aim to State Route 850, Bidwell, in Springfield township. All retired public employees who were members of Ohio Council 8, OCSEA, and OAPSE are Q: What environmental invited to attend. regulations are designed to prevent pollution from oil Saturday, prevent pollution from oil tank spills tank spills at businesses, farms and other properties? A: The U.S. EnvironGALLIPOLIS — The American mental Protection Agency Legion Auxiliary Lafayette (EPA) and all 50 states have Unit 27 will host a spaghetti a wide variety of water poldinner from 4-7 p.m. with entertainment to follow from lution laws that prohibit a person from allowing oil 7-10 p.m. Activities include music by D.J. Juan McCabe, a to spill from tanks into 50-50 raffle and a cake walk. streams, lakes and other water bodies. Under one of Thursday, these laws, the EPA has instituted a Spill Prevention, February 23 Control, and CountermeaGALLIPOLIS — French 500 sure (SPCC) program to Free Clinic, 1-4 p.m., 258 prevent oil spills from tanks. Pinecrest Drive off Jackson This program was initiated Pike. The clinic provides serafter several instances in vice to uninsured residents which ruptured tanks reof Gallia County between the leased large quantities of oil ages of 18-65. The clinic will into the nation’s rivers, inbe cancelled if local schools cluding a major oil spill that are closed due to inclement polluted the Ohio River. weather. Q: In general, what are Monday, the purposes of the SPCC program? February 28 A: The SPCC program GALLIPOLIS — Blood drive, requires tank owners or op12-6 p.m., Rio Grande erators to prepare plans deElementary, 439 Lake signed to prevent oil tanks Drive, Rio Grande. Walk-ins from leaking and, if a spill welcome or donors may occurs, to prevent spilled schedule appointments at oil from reaching streams, www.redcrossblood.org or lakes and other water bod(800) Red-Cross. ies. Q: What types of tanks Monday, are subject to SPCC regulaMarch 5 tion? A: The SPCC program GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis applies to tanks above or Neighborhood Watch meetbelow ground that store oil. ing, 6:30 p.m., Bossard Both stationary and porMemorial Library. table tanks are regulated. Wednesday, Some tanks that are regulatMay 23 ed by other environmental programs, such as hazardGALLIPOLIS — The Gallia ous waste tanks, are exempt County Farm Bureau will be hosting an Ag Day at the Gal- from SPCC requirements. Q: What kinds of oils are lia County Fairgrounds. regulated by the SPCC program? A: The SPCC program applies to all industrial oils, Tuesday, Feb. 21 including petroleum, gasoRUTLAND — A community line, fuel oil and diesel fuel. meeting for the NeighborThe program also applies hood Revitalization grant ap- to other types of oils, such plication will be held at 7 p.m. as vegetable oil and animal at the Rutland Civic Center. fats. The EPA considers All residents are encouraged milk to be an oil, but has exto attend. empted milk at dairies and other locations from SPCC POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomeroy regulation. Q: How much oil may a will begin Lent with Shrove person store in tanks at a Tuesday (Fat Tuesday) single location without bePancake supper from 5-7 ing subject to SPCC prop.m. The general public is cordially invited to attend. gram regulations? A: The SPCC requireWednesday, Feb. 22 ments apply whenever the POMEROY — St. Paul combined capacity of all Lutheran Church in Pomeroy above-ground tanks exwill host Ash Wednesday ceeds 1320 gallons or the February 18 Meigs County Community Calendar Monday, Feb. 13 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. Tuesday, Feb. 14 BEDFORD TWP. — The Bedford Township Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the town hall. TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer Board will have its regular meeting at 4:30 p.m. at the TPRSD office. POMEROY — Salisbury Township Trustees 5 p.m. at the home of Manning Roush. POMEROY — Meigs County Board of Health meeting, 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Meigs County health Department. Wednesday, Feb. 15 MIDDLEPORT —The February meeting of the Meigs County Firefighters’ Association will be held at 7:30 p.m., at the Middleport Fire Station, 286 Race Street. We have invited the State Fire Marshall to be the speaker worship service at 7p.m. Imposition of ashes will be available for those who want them. The general public is invited to attend. Birthdays Wednesday, Feb. 15 POMEROY — Rachel Jennings will observe her 90th birthday on Feb. 15. Cards may be sent to her at the Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center, 36759 Rocksprings Road, Room 125, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Monday, Feb. 20 POMEROY — Lawrence Leonard will mark his 90th birthday on Feb. 20. Cards may be sent to him at 41990 Seneca Drive, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A2 combined capacity of all underground tanks exceeds 42,000 gallons. These regulatory thresholds are based on total tank capacity, whether or not they are full of oil. Accordingly, a property may be subject to the SPCC program even if its tanks are empty. Q: What kinds of businesses or activities are subject to the SPCC program? A: The SPCC program applies to any location hosting oil tanks whose combined capacity exceeds the regulatory threshold, regardless of the type of business or activities occurring at that location. Therefore, SPCC requirements may apply to industrial, commercial, agricultural or residential properties. However, the SPCC regulations exempt some types of uses, such as tanks supplying heating oil to single family residences, pesticide application and mixing hot asphalt. Q: What information must be included in an SPCC plan? A: An SPCC plan must include spill prevention procedures during activities such as loading and handling, containment structures for catching and retaining spilled oil such as curbs and walls, procedures for finding and cleaning up spills, a list of companies and persons who can assist in cleaning up spills, procedures for training employees to prevent and clean up spills and other information. Q: Who is allowed to prepare SPCC plans? A: If a facility has a combined capacity below 10,000 gallons of oil, has no single tank with a capacity exceeding 5000 gallons and has a history of only minimal spills during the previous three years, the facility owner or operator may use a template provided by the EPA to prepare a simplified SPCC plan. All other facilities must hire an engineer to prepare more complicated plans. Law You Can Use is a weekly consumer legal information column provided by the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA). This article was prepared by attorney Jack Van Kley, a member of the Columbus firm of Van Kley & Walker, LLC. Livestock Report GALLIPOLIS — United Producers, Inc., livestock report of sales from Feb. 8, 2012. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $100-$202, Heifers, $100$175; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $100-$190, Heifers, $100$169; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $100-$169, Heifers, $100$155; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $100-$147, Heifers, $100$135; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $95-$128, Heifers, $90-$122. Fed Cattle Choice, Steers, $118$122, Heifers, $116-$119; Select, Steers, $112-$117, www.gallipoliscareercollege.edu CELEBRATING 50 YEARS! 60287895 Interested in Business Administration? Heifers, $110-$115. Cows Well Muscled/Fleshed, $76$90.50; Medium/Lean, $65$75; Thin/Light, $18-$64; Bulls, $89-$97. Back to Farm Bred Cows, $400-$1,150; Baby Calves, $125-$190; Goats, $52-$170; Hogs, $55$64. Manure to give away. Will load for you. Upcoming specials 2/15/12 — Feeder sale, 10 a.m. 3/21/12 — Easter lamb/ goat sale Direct sales and free onfarm visits. Contact Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy at (304) 634-0224, Luke at (740) 645-3697, or visit our website at www.uproducers. com. assistance coming to Ohio residents COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine recently announced that Ohio is part of the joint federal-state settlement of $25 billion with five of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers over foreclosure abuses, fraud and unacceptable mortgage practices. “This settlement will provide much-needed relief to Ohio homeowners and communities and help our state to recover from the destruction left behind from the mortgage financing crisis,” said Attorney General DeWine. Ohio’s estimated share of the settlement is $335 million and can be broken down into four major areas for relief: * Ohio borrowers will receive an estimated total of $102 million in benefits from loan term modifications and other direct relief. * Ohio borrowers who lost their home to foreclosure from January 1, 2008 through December 11, 2011 and suffered servicing abuse would qualify for part of an estimated total of $44 million in cash payments. * The value of refinanced loans to Ohio’s “underwater” borrowers would be an estimated total of $90 million. * The Ohio Attorney General’s Office will receive an estimated $97 million to help with foreclosure prevention, revitalizing neighborhoods by getting rid of blighted properties, assistance to Ohio families who have experienced or are on the brink of foreclosure and the investigation and prosecution of mortgage rescue scam artists. The settlement is with the following mortgage servicers: Ally, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorganChase and Wells Fargo. Borrowers should contact these mortgage servicers to obtain more information about specific loan modification programs and whether they qualify under the terms of this agreement. Ohio was particularly hard hit by the foreclosure crisis, and many communities are struggling with abandoned properties that detract from the value of existing housing. New foreclosure filings in Ohio totaled 85,483 in 2010, with one foreclosure filing in 2010 for every 59 housing units. Many Ohioans are also “underwater” with nearly one in three mortgage holders owing more on their mortgage than their home’s value. Attorney General DeWine today announced categories for using the $97 million that will be allocated to his office when the settlement funds are finally dispersed following a court order. Grant program for abandoned/vacant property demolition – $75 million “One of the necessary components of Ohio’s economic recovery is ridding our communities of the blight of abandoned homes. These vacant properties are a drag on our recovery, inhibiting the growth of our neighborhoods,” said DeWine in a recent press release. “They create a toxic breeding ground for crime. And, they depress the value of the remaining homes in that neighborhood.” “I am very pleased today to commit $75 million to the creation of a grant program through my office that will provide communities with much-needed funding to remove the blight and give our neighborhoods a chance to prosper,” added DeWine. While an exact total of abandoned homes is not available, conservative estimates place the number of vacant and abandoned properties in Ohio in need of immediate demolition at 100,000. Grant program for Ohio families – $20 million The Attorney General’s Office will make available $20 million for a grant program to provide assistance to families and individuals who are at risk of foreclosure or have already lost their home. The plan is to use these resources to fund creative and innovative proposals from non-profit organizations and local government entities to address the needs of citizens who have suffered because of the foreclosure crisis and to help them get back on their feet, with priority given to projects that target assistance to more vulnerable populations, including children, persons with disabilities, the elderly, veterans, and homeless. Economic Crimes Division – $2 million Two million dollars will be set aside to expand the Economic Crimes Division of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. These funds will be used to go after these criminals who perpetrate foreclosure rescue and debt relief scams on Ohioans. In addition, some of this money will be used to provide training on these scams to law enforcement and prosecutors around Ohio. These funds will also be used to increase our consumer education efforts to help Ohioans avoid becoming victims of financial fraud and to safely manage their credit and mortgage debts. When I am home ALONE I feel safe. I am protected. I have Life Alert®. help One touch of a button sends quickly in the event of a medical emergency, fall, home invasion, fire or carbon monoxide poisoning. New! Your choice of help buttons Now we have two systems available: Life Alert Classic for seniors Life Alert 50+ for people 50+ For a FREE brochure call: ® 1-888-652-5661 �Sunday, February 12, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A3 MS support group hosted monthly at HMC GALLIPOLIS — Gallia’s Life with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), held at Holzer Medical Center, is a support group for those who struggle with MS and anyone associated with this condition. MS is defined as a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. Symptoms vary and affect more women than men. The Gallia Life with MS group, who is a part of the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National MS Society (NMSS), not only supports those affected but educates as well. Amber Thomas-Barnes, coleader of this group states, “It is important to have access to all of the latest information in research, assistive technology, symptom management, and healthy livingas well as to feel supported and to know that you are not alone.” Information is given by peers, guest speakers, and by the National MS Society, and with each month suggestions on topics related to MS are always welcome. “The meetings provide a setting to share common concerns, give and receive emotional support, and receive MS related information,” said Barnes on the goal of the Gallia Life with MS group. Gallia Life with MS is held monthly on the second Monday at 6 p.m. in the Conference Rooms A/B at Holzer Medical Center. Times and dates are subject to change. To find out more on this group, or to ask about times and dates, please contact Barnes at (740) 339-0291 or Sandy Thomas at (740) 446-5919. If you would like more information about Multiple Sclerosis, log on to www.FightMS today.org. Woman’s mother-in-law steps on her toes By Dr. Joyce Brothers Dear Dr. Brothers: I have a new baby and a wonderful husband, and everything should be great. My mother-in-law, who lives about a hundred miles away, decided to come and help me with the baby after my C-section for a month. I was a little surprised because when I’ve seen her with other family members, she doesn’t really seem to relate to kids much. Anyway, she has ignored me and the baby, and is waiting on my husband hand and foot! How can I deal with this? — B.B. Dear B.B.: I’m sure you must be exhausted, with all the new responsibilities of motherhood and having had major surgery in the midst of all your fluctuating hormones. All the problems that crop up from day to day are magnified when you are a new mother, and you are feeling that pretty keenly right now. You probably are feeling pretty helpless as this situation unfolds, and you probably harbor a good deal of anger at both your husband and your mother-in- law. She clearly is using this month as a sort of extended reunion with her son, and he has done nothing to discourage her. I can readily see how that could create some tension and unhappiness in you, especially when you’ve undergone a sea change with the arrival of a baby. Just as on our wedding day, we look forward to the first days and weeks with the baby and husband as the time for our lives and relationships to take on deeper significance and become truly meaningful. When an interloper interferes and ruins that scenario, it can be very hurtful. If you can sit down with your husband and explain that you are disappointed that his mother’s focus is not on you and the baby as you had expected, he may be willing and able to step up to the plate and help redirect her efforts. Give him a chance, and see if he can handle this. conferences POMEROY — Meigs High School will be holding parent-teacher conferences on Thursday, Feb. 16, from 3 to 6 p.m. Students will be bringing home a letter describing the conference scheduling procedure along with information on the conferences. Purpose of conferences is to allow the parent and teacher time to discuss student progress and other issues as it relates to school activities. Scheduling forms are to be returned to the school by Wednesday. Blood drive POMEROY —A blood drive will be held from 1-6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15, at the Mulberry Community Center, 260 Mulberry Avenue in Pomeroy, Ohio. Alive at Five program planned MIDDLEPORT — Featured as a “valentine special” at the Alive at Five program Sunday at 5 p.m. at Heath United Methodist Church will be the story of a child born with half of a heart. The family of Brady Collins, a first grader at Meigs Elementary, will share his story with those attending following a free meal. Childhood immunization clinic slated POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct a Childhood Immunization Clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday, February 14, at the Health Department located at 112 East Memorial Drive. Please bring shot records and medical cards, if applicable. Children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. A dona- Have story ideas? Call Gallipolis Daily Tribune at (740) 4462342. tion of $10 is appreciated but not required. Flu shots will also be available with medicaid, medicare and some commercial insurance accepted. Parking permits available 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. Singing valentines available 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. Political sign restrictions POMEROY — Any one wishing to post political or campaign signs within Pomeroy Village limits is reminded that there is a $25 fee, which must be paid at Village Hall, in order to post signs. EHS fundraisers planned REEDSVILLE — Two fundraisers for the Eastern High School Junior Class have been planned. Dinner will be served preceding the boys senior night games on Feb. 14. A pulled pork dinner on Feb. 14 will begin at 4:30 p.m. The dinners are $5. trouble leaving their familiar surroundings if they’re not used to it. Or there could be things about the age differences that are starting to bother you — matters of health or stamina, for example. And then there is the social aspect — are you all into dining and dancing and shopping? Or will you feel left out if you don’t want to do some of those things? You need to decide whether you are willing and able to risk trying this new venture. Educate yourself as much as you can about the specific cruise, activities and safeguards, especially anything that may be worrying you. If you decide you want to go, please find one woman you trust and admire in the group, and let her know you are having some fears and ask for her help as a sort of buddy. I am sure she will put your mind at ease on many of the issues. And if you let the whole group know you are nervous, I bet they will all step up to help you. (c) 2012 by King Features Syndicate Gallia County Briefs Meigs County Briefs Parent-teacher *** Dear Dr. Brothers: I’m part of a group of widows who get together for bridge games and try to cook up other things to do. We have a lot of fun, although most of them are a bit younger and more outgoing than I am. Now we have all signed on for this Caribbean cruise, and as the time approaches, I find myself getting very nervous, but I don’t want to tell them or be left behind. They are excited, but I am just scared and worried about all the things that could go wrong. — J.B. Dear J.B.: It may be that while you have found a group of friends you can run with just fine around town and at the bridge table, your confidence level isn’t really there when it comes to taking steps to be a little more adventurous. It could simply be that you have a lack of experience with cruises or traveling in general — many people have 4-H tack sale planned Bossard Library presentation 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. seeking skilled artisans GALLIPOLIS — Glenn and Corliss Miller will present the history of the Lambert Land Settlement at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 18 at Bossard Memorial Library. This settlement began in 1843 when 30 former slaves purchased land in Morgan Township, Gallia County. These African Americans had belonged to a Charles Lambert, Jr. from Bedford County, Virginia. Lambert stated that at his death, his slaves were to be freed and given livestock, goods and money to relocate to another state where they could live as freed men and women. During the Civil War, the Lambert Land Settlement was a stop for escaped slaves on their way to freedom in the north. For more information, contact Bossard Memorial Library at (740) 446-7323. Johnson to hold open door sessions POMEROY — Congressman Bill Johnson’s staff will be holding open door sessions from 9 to 10:30 a.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the Pomeroy Public Library. Constituents are invited to attend to learn how Congressman Johnson might be an advocate for them with federal agencies. Republican Committee to meet POMEROY — The Meigs County Republican Party Executive Committee will hold a 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 meeting at the Court House. A person will be nominated to the Board of Elections and the March 1 Lincoln Day dinner will be discussed. Senior Citizens trip to Washingtion POMEROY — Several seats are still available for the Meigs County Council on Aging’s trip to Washington, D. C., April 20-23. Cost of the triop is $369 which includes three nights lodging, six meals, two full days of guided tours of Washington D. Ca. and an evening guided memorial and monuments tour. The group will travel in a motorcoach equipped with video and restroom. Reservations can be made with Chandra Shrader at 992-2161. Visit us at www.mydailytribune. GALLIPOLIS — Bossard Memorial Library is seeking artisans who would be willing to demonstrate their skills to the public at the Library’s Artisan Fair that will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, March 25. If you are an artist, or happen to know of an artist, who is skilled in one of the following areas and who would enjoy demonstrating that skill, please contact Lynn Pauley at (740)446-7323, ext. 241 or pauleyly@oplin. org. The library is seeking artisans who practice spinning, tatting (lace making), quilting, needle felting, rug braiding/ hooking, weaving, dyeing, candlemaking, soapmaking, basketry, pottery, wood turning, broom making, blacksmithing, tin punch art, glass blowing, stained glass, leather crafting, twig furniture, calligraphy, silk screening, papermaking, creating silhouettes, origami, scherenschnitte, oil painting, watercolors, pencil drawing, pen and ink drawing and jewelry crafting. Harvestime to offer free hot lunches VINTON — Harvestime Worship Center at 222 Main St. in Vinton (next to McCoy/Moore Funeral Home) will be hosting hot lunches to the community during the winter months, every Tuesday from noon to 3 p.m. Everything is free, and everyone is welcome. For more information, call Sandy at 740-645-4710. Lambert Land Settlement Post secondary meeting slated GALLIPOLIS — There will be a meeting on Tuesday, February 21, at 7 p.m. in the Gallia Academy High School auditorium for parents and students interested in the Post Secondary Educational Option Program. The program is for students completing their eighth grade year or higher during the 20112012 school year. In order to be eligible for consideration, students and at least one parent must attend the meeting. Amanda Shamblin, admissions counselor at the University of Rio Grande, will be present. To register for the meeting, students need to pick up a form in the GAHS Guidance Office (grades 9 – 11) or the GAMS Office (grade 8) for parents to complete and then return to the GAHS Guidance Office or the GAMS Office prior to the meeting. GAHS parent-teacher conferences scheduled GALLIPOLIS — Parentteacher conferences will be held from 3:15-6:15 p.m. on Thursday, February 23 and Monday, February 27 at Gallia Academy High School. Parents should call (740) 446-3250 to schedule appointments with teachers. Parents should have the following information available at the time of the phone call: student’s name and name of the teachers they would like to see. Free clinic scheduled GALLIPOLIS — The French 500 Free Clinic will be open from 1-4 p.m., Thursday, February 23. The clinic is located at 258 Pinecrest Drive off Jackson Pike. It was organized to serve uninsured residents of Gallia County between the ages of 18 and 65. If local schools are closed due to inclement weather, the clinic will be cancelled. Gallia Veterans Service Center relocated GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Veterans Service Center has relocated to 323 Upper River Road, Suite B, adjacent to the Gallipolis VA Clinic, and is now open. The Gallia County Veterans Service Commission will also conduct its meetings at the new location on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, with meetings beginning at 4 p.m. Registration now open for Entrance into the following Programs • Practical Nursing • Surgical Technology • Pharmacy Technician The Award Winning Buckeye Hills Career Center For information contact the Adult Center at 740-245-5334 Financial aid is available for those who qualify 60280492 �OPINION Sunday Times-Sentinel LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The work of southeast Ohio farmers is more precious than oil and gas Is abortion the Trojan horse in Obamacare? Dear Editor, There has been a huge investment made by hundreds of farmers who work 24/7, 365 days of the year here in Athens County and southeast Ohio. We all benefit every day from the food they produce. My husband and I support the farmers market, food stores, restaurants, local food festivals and community gardens that are abundant here. And if we added up all these farmers’ experience, all they know about creating this sustainable food economy that we have right here, there would be thousands of years of experience that has been poured into the earth of southeast Ohio. So. Catholic Bishops have discovered the Trojan horse in Obamacare — abortion and its enforcement through Catholic employers. In violation of our faith. Why so surprised? The Obamacare embraced by much of the Catholic hierarchy is riddled with the absolute power of the state over medical ‘services’ from conception to death, natural or otherwise. All these acres are wasteland, scraped clean of all habitats, all trees for decades. southeast Ohio counties will be pockmarked with land devoid of life. I’m not saying I don’t want Americans to have jobs, but I do not believe drilling here is as important as what is already going on here. The farmers in this region are already producing something much more precious than oil and gas, they are creating our homeland food security. Southeast Ohio should be a protected from oil and gas drilling so the important work of sustainable food production can continue and expand without this environmental threat. Together we must ban fracking now in southeast Ohio. Celia Wetzel, Albany, Ohio *** When will America wake up and see the light? Dear Editor, Producing electricity without coal just means the loss of American jobs. It also means an increase in electric rates, and then natural gas prices go out the roof as gas goes to electric power plants instead of homes of non-working Americans who can’t afford to pay either gas or electric bills. Someone has a plan, and that plan starts at the EPA and our elected government people who push regulations no one can afford. If power plants are required to put in more environmental equipment, it will cost me and you. We will see blackouts, out lights will go out. America can’t do without coal. No gas or wind or hydro or nuclear or solar power can replace coal. Forget it. Speak out America. Coal made this country, and it will save this country from higher prices. Floyd H. Cleland, Pomeroy, Ohio Sunday Times-Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, please call one of our newsrooms. Our main numbers are: Tribune • Gallipolis, OH (740) 446-2342 Sentinel • Pomeroy, OH (740) 992-2155 Register • Pt. Pleasant, WV (304) 675-1333 Our websites are: Tribune • Gallipolis, OH www.mydailytribune.com Sentinel • Pomeroy, OH www.mydailysentinel.com Register • Pt. Pleasant, WV www.mydailyregister.com Our e-mail addresses are: Tribune • Gallipolis, OH mdtnews@mydailytribune.com Sentinel • Pomeroy, OH mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com Register • Pt. Pleasant, WV mdrnews@mydailyregister.com (USPS 436-840) Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 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Page A4 Consider the people involved: Barack Obama killed the Born Alive Infant Protection Act in Illinois, which would have provided care to live babies who survive attempted abortions. Secretary HHS Kathleen Sebelius, supporter of abortion on demand, raised money for George Tiller, notorious partial-birth abortionist through all 9 months. With no accountability to Congress or the American people, Obamacare grants dictatorial control to Sebelius over every aspect of medical delivery, where abortion drugs are now deemed “basic preventive care”, and where surgical abortions will certainly follow. The Catholic left upholds ‘social justice’, to include government-supplied “universal healthcare”. But the moral imperatives of Christianity cannot be reconciled with ‘social justice’, which is collectivist, materialistic and totalitarian in nature, requiring coercion by a centralized absolute power. To this end, Catholic organizations have been infiltrated by godless elements: atheist George Soros (Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good) and Saul Alinsky, Marxist community shakedown artist (Campaign for Human Development). Alinsky’s book “Rules for Radicals”, dedicated to Lucifer, is the model on which Obama has based his entire career. Opposition to Obamacare in the Catholic hierarchy was feeble at best, whether due to negligence or the delusion that the poor might be better served — it matters not. But the Church enabled it, and now reaps the consequences: a frontal assault on the First Amendment right to our free exercise of religion. To wit: Catholic Chaplains have been ordered not to communicate the Church’s position to Catholic soldiers. Exemptions for conscience? Sorry. Obamacare exemptions are reserved for Obama’s union allies and crony capitalist supporters. The immense benefits provided by Catholic hospitals, schools, and charities to all people are now hostage to Obama’s war on religious liberty. Our aid to victims of human trafficking is scheduled to lose government support because of the Catholic pro-life position. Catholic Bishops now know Obama to be the liar he has always been, assuring respect for Catholic principles in November, and then trashing them in January. If Obama’s thuggery shatters the last delusion of American Catholics, most of whom supported him in 2008, it will have been worth it. Christians everywhere must unite to overturn this Administration come November. Carol Costanzo, Athens, Ohio 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. CHICAGO (AP) — A new exhibit about the 1980s is opening at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring interpretations of icons like Ronald Reagan, Andy Warhol and Jesse Jackson, along with pieces that reflect on important issues from the decade: drug use, nuclear proliferation, AIDS and feminism. “This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s,” opening Saturday, includes about 140 paintings, photographs, movies and sculptures by some of the biggest artists from the era: Keith Haring, Jeff Koons, Robert Mapplethorpe and Julian Schnabel. Exhibit chief curator Helen Molesworth, of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, said the financial crisis of 2008 reminded Americans of Black Monday in 1987, priming a look back at the earlier decade. A sequel to the movie “Wall Street” came out in 2010 and chart-topping pop star Lady Gaga channels some of the audacity of 1980s darling Madonna. “It was time to revisit this period and think what happened then and what is its legacy for us now,” Molesworth said. The 1980s’ signature bright neon colors, big hair and graphic elements are present in the exhibit, but the artwork largely focuses on the decade’s social and political issues. In a play on Robert Indiana’s famous “LOVE” sculpture, which was reproduced on a postage stamp, an entire wall is filled with the same style of block letter design, but instead of “LOVE,” the word is “AIDS,” in green, blue and red. In another piece, a red carpet leads to a velvet-roped oil painting of Ronald Reagan set across from a 13-foot-tall black-and-white negative of a nuclear protest. A work by Cuban artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres simply displays two clocks side by side, both set to the same time. Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, whom rocker Patti Smith wrote about in her 2010 National Book Award-winning memoir “Just Kids,” is represented by three pictures of a male model. Black-and-white photographs by Tseng Kwong Chi show Keith Haring’s graffiti-inspired drawings in the New York subway system. Both Mapplethorpe and Haring died of AIDS. “It reiterates how a lot of artists in this time were making art out in the public,” coordinating curator Karsten Lund said. “You’re getting a show that speaks to pivot points in the decade.” The exhibit is broken up into four categories: “The End is Near,” ‘’Democracy,” ‘’Gender Trouble” and “Desire and Longing.” “It does take a very particular viewpoint to have us think about the 80s in ways that are beyond money and pop music,” MCA chief curator Michael Darling said. The exhibit includes works from The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It runs in Chicago until June 3. It also will show at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis from June 30 to Sept. 30 and at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston from Oct. 26 to Jan. 27 (2013). Sunday Times-Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 825 Third Ave. Gallipolis, Ohio Phone (740) 446-2342 Fax (740) 446-3008 www.mydailysentinel.com www.mydailytribune.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher slopez@heartlandpublications.com Stephanie Filson Managing Editor sfilson@heartlandpublications.com �Sunday, February 12, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Obituaries Eugene Hillard Adkins, II D. Kenneth ‘Ken’ Morgan Eugene Hillard Adkins, II, 47, went home to be with God on November 12, 2011. He was born on November 17, 1963, in Gallipolis, Ohio, to Eugene Hillard and Bonnie Louise (Jaques) Harrison Adkins. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Michael Eugene; paternal grandparents, Elmer and Mabel G. Price Adkins; and maternal grandparents, Goldie M. Lemaster Jaques Harrison and Enos E. Harrison and David L. Jaques. He is survived by four sisters and two brothers, Sandra Mae (Ernest) Saxon of Gallipolis; Darla Jean Chesser of Indian Harbour Beach, Florida; Brenda Kay Johnson of Melbourne, Florida; Terri Lynn (Charles) Broyles of Palm Bay, Florida; Brian Keith (Rosetta) Adkins of Gallipolis, and Ronald Leigh Adkins, also of Gallipolis. Surviving nephews and nieces include Eric Christopher Saxon of Louisiana; Brett Alexander (Lori) Saxon of Gallipolis; Katelyn Rose Adkins and Brian Jared Adkins of Gallipolis; Steven Craig (Shandra) Chesser, II, Brandon Todd (Dana) Chesser, Ryan Brady Chesser, Shawn Travis (Robin) Johnson and Ashley Denise Johnson of Florida; and Crystal Louise Adkins of Michigan; as well as numerous great-nephews and great-nieces. Eugene, a 1982 graduate of Gallia Academy High School, enjoyed a fulfilling career as an Air Conditioning and Heating Technician in Florida before he became ill in 1998. A private memorial was held in Florida to remember his remarkable life. He has moved on to a better existence, but will remain forever in our hearts. Cremation services were handled by Brownlie & Maxwell Funeral Service & Crematory, Melbourne, Florida. Burial will be at Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis. Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A5 Local stocks AEP (NYSE) — 39.30 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 17.95 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 64.10 Big Lots (NYSE) — 44.00 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 36.38 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 77.05 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 10.58 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.79 Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ) — 5.32 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 35.24 Collins (NYSE) — 59.03 DuPont (NYSE) — 51.15 US Bank (NYSE) — 29.01 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 18.88 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 46.09 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 37.61 Kroger (NYSE) — 23.63 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 44.96 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 71.53 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 18.81 BBT (NYSE) — 29.33 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 16.84 Pepsico (NYSE) — 63.95 Premier (NASDAQ) — 5.91 Rockwell (NYSE) — 80.26 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 12.05 Royal Dutch Shell — 72.05 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 47.57 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 61.90 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.21 WesBanco (NYSE) — 19.86 Worthington (NYSE) — 17.82 D. Kenneth “Ken” Morgan, 86, Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2012, in Emeritus at Outlook Manor, Westerville, Ohio. He was born in Oak Hill, Ohio, son of the late John E. and Sarah Jane (Lewis) Morgan on May 5, 1925. Ken attended Ohio Wesleyan University and became Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET a licensed Ohio Real Estate closing quotes of transactions for FebruBroker active with Wood Reality until 2008. Previary 10, 2012, provided by Edward Jones ously, he was City Manager financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis of Gallipolis and was the at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero founding Director of the Southeastern Ohio Emergency in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Medical Service (SEOEMS) as well as owner and manager Member SIPC. of McKnight-Davies Hardware. His memberships included the Gallipolis Elks Lodge #107 and the Gallipolis Shrine Club. Ken was an avid golfer most of his life. He is survived by his wife, Barbara (Irion) Morgan, whom he married September 5, 1948, at Gallipolis and his three children: John and Connie Morgan, Westerville, Ohio; Tom and Gayla Morgan, Edmond, Oklahoma, and Jane Morgan Sunday: Sunny, with a high of rain. Cloudy, with a low and Chuck Russell, Lewisville, Texas; grandchildren, David near 30. around 36. Chance of preMorgan, Flowery Branch, Georgia; Christen Biddlestone, Westerville; Ben Morgan, Elkhorn, Wisconsin and Eliza- Sunday Night: Clear, with a cipitation is 30 percent. beth Morgan, Gabrielle and Cooper Morgan-Jones, Ed- low around 18. Wednesday: A chance of mond, Oklahoma, and five great-grandchildren. rain. Cloudy, with a high In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by Monday: Mostly sunny, near 52. Chance of precipihis brother, Robert Morgan. with a high near 38. tation is 50 percent. The family wishes to express their thanks and appreciation to the visitation ministry of Church of the Master Monday Night: A chance Wednesday Night: Rain Methodist Church, the caregivers of Harbor Lights Hos- of snow. Cloudy, with a likely. Cloudy, with a low low around 31. Chance of pice and the staff of Emeritus at Outlook Manor. around 38. Chance of preFuneral services will be 11 a.m., Tuesday, February 14, precipitation is 30 percent. cipitation is 60 percent. 2012, in Grace United Methodist Church with Pastor Bill Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cem- Tuesday: A chance of rain Thursday: A chance of rain. etery. Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, and snow. Cloudy, with a Cloudy, with a high near Iva Frances Beaver Wetherholt Chapel, 420 First Avenue, Gallipolis on Mon- high near 43. Chance of 52. Chance of precipitation Iva Frances Beaver, 93, of Chillicothe, passed peacefully day from 6-8 p.m. and one hour prior to the service at the precipitation is 30 percent. is 40 percent. into the arms of the Lord at 12:05 a.m., Friday, February 10, church on Tuesday. Tuesday Night: A chance 2012, in Adena Regional Medical Center. Condolences may be sent to www.mccoymoore.com. She was born June 6, 1918, in Crown City, Ohio, to the Robert L. Richmond late Joseph A. and Goldie M. Shaw Sanders. On December Robert L. Richmond, 76, of Happy Hollow Road, Middle5, 1934, she married Charles I. Beaver, who preceded her in port, Ohio, went to be with his Lord Friday, February 10, From Page A1 death on December 12, 1985. Surviving are her children: Charlene (Herb) Slone, Gal- 2012, at his residence. Born August 14, 1935, at Leslie, W.Va., to the late Wilber ing year if we try to make up $71,000 somewhere. And lipolis; Roger Beaver, Chillicothe; Barbara (Richard) Randolph, Gallipolis; Kaye (David) Richards, Texas; Keith Clair and Ida Mae Barnhart Richmond. He was a member fortunately, it has been a warm winter. If it’d been a cold Beaver, Florida; Ronnie (Nancy) Beaver, Waverly; Rebecca of Wesleyan Bible Holiness Church, Middleport, Ohio, re- winter, this number could be $100,000.” (Tom) Colburn, Virginia; 17 grandchildren; 22 great-grand- tired from Southern Ohio Coal Co., and was a member of According to the PUCO website, applications for an children; five great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Zenia Ev- United Mine Workers of America. additional hearing on the AEP rate issues are currently He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Doris June Cre- before the commission and will be addressed in the “near ans and Sharon Fasone; brother, Carl Sanders; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by means Richmond; daughter, Florence Stearns; sons, Robert future.” Customers who would like to provide input can three brothers, Blaine, Sidney and Joseph Sanders; and four W. (Jeannie) Richmond, Chris (Valerie) Richmond, Donny write PUCO at 180 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio sisters, Audrey Beaver; Annabelle Combs; Garnet Bevans; Richmond and Mark Richmond; sister, Brenda Morbitzer; brothers, Larry, Darrel and Ernie (Glenda) Richmond; 22 43215 or online at www.PUCO.ohio.gov (on the PUCO and Naomi Sprouse. grandchildren; seven great grandchildren, nieces and neph- home page under “be heard,” click “submit a comment”). Mrs. Beaver enjoyed quilting and crochet. PUCO also asks customers who submit their concerns Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, February ews. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by father include case number 11-346-EL-SSO and 11-352-EL-AIR 13, in the Haller Funeral Home, with Rev. Curtis Sheets officiating. Burial will follow in Floral Hills Memory Gardens. and mother-in-law, Theodore and Dorthy Cremeans; son, within their comments so the statements may be docketed as part of the formal case record. Friends may call Sunday from 2-6 p.m. at Haller Funeral Anthony Louis Richmond, and daughter, Carol Folmer. For more information about the AEP distribution rate Services will be held on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at 1 Home. Her online guestbook is available at www.HallerFuneral- p.m. at the Rose of Sharon Holiness Church, Rutland, Ohio, case, visit www.PUCO.ohio.gov or call the commission with Rev. Doug Cox officiating. Burial to follow at Miles at (800) 686-7826. Home.com. “We’ve got to try to do something about this because Cemetery, Rutland, Ohio. Bonnie L. Fugett Family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. at the Birchfield it was just a blindside,” Finney said. “The rate changed Funeral Home, Rutland, Ohio. Online condolences may be in December, and I didn’t even know what was going on Bonnie L. Fugett, age 47, sent to the family at www.birchfieldfuneralhome.com. until it happened to us.” of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2012. She was born January 19, 1965, in Gallia County, Ohio, to Daniel and Verda From Page A1 B.L. Keefer against McCallister and to McCallister’s home. Investigators Chandler Fugett. Woods, the two men along with Ad- have reported McCallister had a perIt was also reported Tatterson had kins, were together at McCallister’s sonal beef with Gonzalez with animosShe is survived by her brother, Tom Fugett of North met with Morgan this week for a dis- Apple Grove residence on or around ity between the two men based upon Carolina; sister, Alice and covery conference on behalf of his cli- July 11, 2011 where they allegedly McCallister’s ex-wife having had a Mitch Skidmore of Jackson; ent. Discovery conferences are sched- discussed, planned and entered into three nieces, four nephews uled for Feb. 15 for Attorneys Woods a conspiracy to rob Gonzalez at his long-term relationship with Gonzalez. Nibert closed the courtroom at and several aunts, uncles and and Johnson with Morgan. residence. one point for review of certain items cousins. Morgan was joined at the prosecuWoods allegedly drove Adkins from Funeral services will be tion’s table by a trooper with the Ma- McCallister’s home to Gonzalez’s of evidence which are not available held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Febson County Detachment of the West residence with the intent to carry out for public viewing at this time. As of ruary 12, 2012, at MayhewVirginia State Police which led the the planned robbery. Upon arrival, press time it wasn’t known if Nibert Brown Funeral Home with investigation into Gonzalez’s murder. Adkins is said to have shot Gonzalez reopened the courtroom or if any othRev. Larry Reese officiating and burial to follow in the As reported last year, according to twice. Following this, both Adkins and er motions or discussions were made Salem Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Saturday, the criminal complaints filed by Cpl. Woods fled the scene and returned at Friday’s pretrial hearing. February 11, 2012, at the funeral home. Ohio Valley Forecast AEP Murder Death Notices Danny Graham Danny Graham, 70, formerly of Crown City, died February 2, 2012. His funeral was held on February 11, 2012, in Lake Worth, Florida. Those wishing to express condolences may send cards to Linda Graham at 10 Druid Circle, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee 38558. George A. Haffelt, Jr. George A. Haffelt, Jr., 54, Middletown, Ohio, died Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Butler-Warren Hospice Care Center in Franklin, Ohio. Friends may call from 12-1 p.m. on Monday, February 13, 2012, at Willis Funeral Home. At George’s request, his burial will be private in Mound Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Willis Funeral Home to help with funeral expenses. Marcella ‘Marci’ Johnson Marcella ‘Marci’ Johnson, 60, Vinton, Ohio, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Sunday, February 12, 2012, in McCoyMoore Funeral Home, 208 Main Street, Vinton, Ohio. Burial will follow in Hill Cemetery, Thurman, Ohio. Friends and family may call from 12 p.m. until the time of service on Sunday at the funeral home. Water Flood From Page A1 From Page A1 down some key documentation needed to move the project forward. Meanwhile, the village’s $7 million sewer replacement project is moving right along, and the expectation is that the work will be completed well before the end of 2012. The engineering design calls for some separation of the village’s sanitary and storm sewers. The EPA mandated that the work be done several years ago, but it was only when outside funding was secured that the village could begin the work. That entire project is being funded through grants and forgiven loans. ing awarded. The bids were $17,450 from PSI of Pomeroy, and $19,890 from Meyer Design of Akron. One bid was received for the Meigs County Council on Aging Food Service Vehicle Project. The bid in the amount of $31,208.11 was from McCormick Motors, Inc., of Nappanee, Ind. The bid was referred to the Council on Aging for review before it will be awarded. The commissioners signed a resolution allowing for the County Engineer’s office to work with the Ohio Department of Trans- portation (ODOT) District 10 to complete guardrail replacement projects on various routes and sections in Meigs County. A revolving loan fund administration agreement was signed by the State of Ohio, Department of Development and the Meigs County Commissioners. The agreement is effective from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2014, and its purpose is to administer the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for the State of Ohio. The next Meigs County Commissioners meeting will take place at 1 p.m. on February 16. Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home 209 3rd Street Racine, Ohio www.andersonmcdaniel.com Locally owned & operated Contact us today about our monument sales 740.949.2300 Adam McDaniel – James Anderson directors Suggestions? Call: 740.992.2155 or 740.446.2342 Visit us online at: www.mydailytribune.com or www.mydailysentinel.com �Sunday, February 12, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A6 Ohio petroleum: Keep regulations safe, ‘agile’ COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio petroleum producers are pushing back against a call by the state attorney general to increase environmental penalties and chemical reporting requirements on the drilling industry. Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine has recommended three changes that he says will bring Ohio in line with other drilling states and allow effective enforcement against violators. He wants to see civil penalties for environmental, safety and other violations raised from the current $20,000 maximum per incident to as much as $10,000 a day. He supports requiring full disclosure of the chemicals and their concentrations used in hydraulic fracturing, a high-pressure drilling process. And he recommends giving his office or another state agency the ability to intervene in homeowner complaints over drilling lease agreements. Terry Fleming, executive director of the Ohio Petroleum Council, opposes the idea of pursuing stiffer regulations. He says it seems to be at odds with desires of state policymakers to reap the benefits of tens of thousands of prospective good-paying jobs by exploiting Ohio’s newly accessible shale resources. “Large-scale private sector investments and activity have already created significant economic benefits in parts of eastern Ohio, helped reduce natural gas prices for residential and business consumers, generated manufacturing gains and begun to attract other business to locate in Ohio,” he said in a statement. “It is critical that we continue to work together to boost Ohio’s economy and enhance our nation’s energy security — and do so in a safe, thoughtful and agile regulatory environment — and that state officials base rule-making and enforcement actions on sound scientific principles,” Fleming added. DeWine told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday that he had ordered his staff to review state oil and gas regulations because of his role as the lawyer for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and other state agencies that regulate oil and gas drilling, and wastewater disposal into deep injection wells, that’s becoming more common in the state. He believes Ohio’s laws are not adequate to protect residents and the environment. He said other states, including Colorado, Texas, Pennsylvania and Michigan, have imposed steeper penalties or stiffer chemical reporting requirements. DeWine said the state has no jurisdiction under the Consumer Sales Practices Act to help landowners who sell lease rights to their property. State law would need to be changed to establish that authority, he said. Fleming pointed to an independent review of ODNR’s oil and gas resources management program in December 2010, which concluded that Ohio’s regulatory oversight effort was overall “well managed, professional and meeting program objectives.” He pointed to the fact that the department was able to intervene to stop underground wastewater injection in Youngstown when seismic activity was taking place in the area of a disposal well. He also noted there have been in incidents of groundwater contamination despite hydraulic fracturing being commonplace in the state for years. Some 80,000 oil and gas wells have been drilled using the procedure. “State leaders and the public need to understand that hydraulic fracturing is only one step in the drilling process to access oil and natural gas in the Utica and Marcellus shale here in Ohio,” he said. “The entire well construction process generally takes only two to three months, compared to the 20- to 30-year productive life of a typical well. And the size of the area drained by a horizontally fractured well means fewer oil and gas wells need to be drilled, which in turn minimizes surface disturbance associated with oil and gas drilling.” DeWine’s recommendations drew praise from the liberal policy think tank Innovation Ohio. “We’re delighted that Attorney General DeWine obviously agreed with us that action must be taken to protect Ohio landowners from being ripped off or kept in the dark when they sell mineral rights to big oil and gas companies,” said president Janetta King, who served as policy adviser to former Gov. Ted Strickland. “In particular, we’re delighted that the AG and IO are on the same page concerning the need for stronger chemical disclosure regulations on a per-well basis, that his office should be empowered to assist landowners with complaints, and that current state law must be strengthened when it comes to penalizing violations.” She said the group would still like to see a “Hire Ohio” policy requiring energy companies to employ in-state workers, and an increase in the severance tax they pay on natural gas and oil and natural gas liquids. Coroner in Ohio changes ruling in 1972 death COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coroner in southeast Ohio has changed the ruling in the 1972 death of a woman after her widower killed three relatives and himself last month in front of his cancer-stricken second wife — the first wife’s sister. Hocking County Coroner David Cummin said Friday that he changed the ruling of suicide in Carolyn Gilkey’s death to undetermined after reviewing decades-old photos and reports. She suffered a shotgun wound to the head. “When I look at the photos now … it looks very staged,” Cummin said. “I’m convinced she was sitting in the chair where she was, but the rest of it’s pretty staged.” Cummin said the woman is in a chair in a kitchen area with her hand behind a shotgun that is propped up against her with the butt on the floor. “Her arm should be around it to pull the trigger,” he said. “But it’s in front of her arm, so she’d have to reach around the wrong way.” Cummin made his ruling Jan. 31. It was first reported Friday by the Logan Daily News. He said it’s not uncommon to review old findings, but that this is the first time in 13 years he’s changed a ruling. Cummin decided to review the case after Carolyn Gilkey’s widower Paul Gilkey fatally shot three people on Jan. 9 at his rural Logan home over a dispute about what his ill wife, Darlene Gilkey, should eat. Darlene Gilkey, 59, watched from a hospital bed in the living room as her husband killed their adult son and two of her other sisters and then himself. She was not injured but died five days later. Authorities said Paul Gilkey, 63, used a semiautomatic handgun to shoot one sister twice in the head at close range and another sister in the head and chest. The Gilkeys’ son was killed with three close shots to the head. Cummin said Darlene Gilkey had divorced Paul Gilkey after he killed a cousin with a metal fence post in 1974, but remarried him when was released from prison 10 years later. He said there would be no forensic value in exhuming Carolyn Gilkey’s body for further tests and that further review would serve no purpose because authorities “could not go after her killer because he’s already dead.” He said he thinks it does help her family to know that it wasn’t a suicide. “I don’t think you can do more than that. Even though it does look somewhat staged, we don’t have a witness and we don’t have anything else,” he said. Turbo-traders take Bank of America for a ride much as two-thirds of U.S. trading. The bank’s single-digit stock price and flood of shares on the market — three times as many as its nearest big-bank competitor — make it an attractive target for hedge funds and banks that employ high-powered, computerized trading. “The movement of Bank of America stock on most days has nothing to do with Bank of America,” says Joseph Saluzzi, co-founder of brokerage firm Themis Trading. In other words, the stock moves because it moves. Bank of America stock has risen or fallen 1 percent or more on 20 days this year. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index has only done it three times. For the year, Bank of America is up 46 percent, best of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones industrial average. Big banks collectively are up 15 percent. In high-frequency trading, investors use computer algorithms to exploit small changes in a stock’s price. If a computer can seize on a stock like Bank of America a fraction of a second faster than the rest of the market, NEW YORK (AP) — On a normal day, 4 billion shares of stock change hands on the New York Stock Exchange. One in 10 belongs to a single company. It’s not McDonald’s or IBM, both of which have been on a tear. It’s Bank of America — bailed out by the government three years ago, reviled for being part of the mortgage frenzy that helped wreck the economy and selling for not much more than an ATM fee. When the market goes up because of positive news about the economy, Bank of America stock shoots up past the stocks of other big banks. When traders get worried about Greek debt, Bank of America takes the biggest plunge. The big swings are not driven by a fundamental bet that the bank will be more profitable because the economy is getting better or a real concern that it will lose more money than others if there is a default in Greece. Instead, Bank of America is the stock of the moment for high-frequency trading, the supercomputer-driven buying and selling that barely existed a few years ago and now accounts for as it can book a tiny profit. Those pennies add up over tens of millions of shares a day to produce big gains. And when computers rush to buy or sell a stock like Bank of America, it can result in accelerated moves in the stock price. Buying leads to more buying, selling to more selling. Bank of America is part of the Standard & Poor’s 500, and therefore held in mutual funds in the retirement accounts of millions of Americans. And mutual fund managers hate high-frequency trading. Not only does it make the stocks in their portfolios more volatile, but fund managers fume that highfrequency computers can detect their stock orders, step in to change the price of a stock slightly and pocket a small profit. “It has nothing to do with the fundamentals,” says Leon Cooperman, a billionaire investor, chairman of hedge fund Omega Advisors and former CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. For computers to move in and out quickly, there must be enough shares available to trade. Bank of America has a truckload — 10.5 bil- lion shares outstanding, compared with 3.8 billion for JPMorgan Chase and 2.9 billion for Citigroup. The stock traded as high as $15.31 last year. Then investors, worried about how deep the bank’s mortgage problems might be, drove it below $10 in July. Highfrequency traders pounced, and Bank of America’s volume exploded. It was 147 million shares last summer. On Thursday, 477 million shares changed hands. The low price put it in the sweet spot for highfrequency trading. If a high-frequency operation is trading blocks of 100 shares at a time to capitalize on a 1-cent change, there’s a lot less risk working with a $5 stock than a $500 one. It makes Bank of America “a juicy trade at very little risk,” says Adam Sussman, director of research at Tabb Group, a markets advisory firm. In 2009 and 2010, Citigroup, then part-owned by the government, was in the same spot. Its price was in single digits, and it seesawed day to day. It was often the highest-volume stock — as many as 500 million shares changing hands in one day. Some things name are worth changing your for... For years Summit Homes was the Build on Your Lot home builder who earned your trust. As K. 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Bank of America went the opposite way in November and December and sold 400 million more shares to the market to raise $3.5 billion and improve its financial stability. Today, some investors — the human ones — are buying Bank of America because they like CEO Brian Moynihan’s efforts to shore up the company’s finances. Other investors won’t touch it because they are afraid of the billions Bank of America is still spending to fight mortgage lawsuits. Charles Bobrinskoy, director of research at Ariel Investments, even calls the company “unanalyzable.” But none of those groups is driving the stock. Some days, it moves with little or no tangible reason. On Jan. 5, the stock jumped 8 percent with no explanation. The Wall Street Journal blogged that the stock was rising on “reports/ rumors/blind hopes” about President Barack Obama appointing a new head to the federal housing agency. On Jan. 10, a Barclays bank analyst lowered his price target on Bank of America stock and Morgan Stanley and Zacks Investment Research downgraded the stock. The stock didn’t fall — it popped up 6 percent more. Analysts say high-frequency trading is partly responsible for the huge daily swings in the market in 2010 and 2011. The technique gained notoriety after May 6, 2010, the day of Wall Street’s “flash crash.” The Dow fell almost 1,000 points in minutes, bewildering traders and inciting panic. The market recovered to close down 348 points. High-frequency trading was blamed and attracted scrutiny from regulators. The Securities and Exchange Commission didn’t ultimately blame highfrequency trading for the crash, but said it exacerbated the decline. Regulators haven’t done anything to curb it. Sometimes high-frequency traders don’t even profit from the trade itself. They buy and sell shares at the same price and make money by sending large orders through the exchanges. NYSE, Nasdaq and others want to attract the most traders. So they offer rebates of 20 to 32 cents per 100 shares to traders who send in large orders. On the electronic exchange NYSE Arca, traders who can move 35 million shares pocket a quick $112,000. �Sunday Times-Sentinel Sports SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012 mdsports@heartlandpublications.com INSIDE Wildcats roar past Eastern B3 Lady Eagles sweep Belpre, 49-24 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com Alex Hawley/photo Meigs’ Jesse Smith reaches for one of his 19 rebounds during Friday night’s 77-73 loss to TVC Ohio rival Wellston at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium. Marauders fall to Wellston, 77-73 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — With 1:38 left in the fourth period of Friday night’s TriValley Conference Ohio Division contest at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium, the Wellston boys basketball took the lead 74-73 over the Marauders, and the Golden Rockets held on to win 77-73. Wellston (12-5, 5-3 TVC Ohio) came out strong in the first period scoring 21 points, lead by Nigel Courts with 10 points. Meigs (1-17, 1-8) started slow only scoring 10 points in the first and going into the second period trailing by 11. The Marauders flipped the script in the second period, going on a 18-6 run over the first 4:03 to take the lead 2827. The Rockets went on a 7-4 run to end the half and took a 34-32 lead into the break. Meigs struck first in the second half starting with a 14-9 run that stretched over four minutes and forced Wellston to use a timeout. After the timeout the Rockets went on a 10-2 run that lasted less than 2 two minutes and forced the Marauders to use a timeout of their own. MHS finished the quarter outscoring WHS 5-1 over the last two minutes and cut the Golden Rockets’ lead to one point, 54-53. Courts was yet again trouble for Meigs as he scored 12 points in the third. The Marauders and Wellston battled back and forth during the start of the finale until the 5:44 mark when Meigs took the lead 6362. MHS pushed the lead to six points 70-64 but Wellston hit a three-pointer to shift momentum at the 4:20 mark. By the two minute mark the Rockets had tied it up and at the 1:38 mark they had taken the lead. WHS would hold on to win 77-73, and complete the sweep of the Marauders, as Wellston won the first contest 69-37 back on Jan. 6th. Meigs was led in scoring on the night by Dillon Boyer who finished with 26 points, 11 of which came in the fourth quarter. Jesse Smith finished with an impressive double-double 23 points and 19 rebounds. Jordan Hutton finished with eight points, Cody Mattox with six, Cody Stewart with five, Rocco Casci with four, and Michael Davis with one point to round out the Marauders scoring. Courts led Wellston with 31 points on the night, following him was Justus Ousley with 13 and Blake Warrington with 11. Three Marauders fouled out in the final three minutes of the game, they were Jesse Smith, Cody Mattox, and Cody Stewart. Meigs returns to action Friday when it travels to Athens for a TVC Ohio contest with the Bulldogs at 6 p.m. Wellston 77, Meigs 73 W 21-13-20-23 — 77 M 10-22-21-19 — 73 WELLSTON (12-5, 5-3 TVC Ohio): Andrew Richards 1 1-4 3, Dakota Brown 2 2-5 6, Nigel Courts 15 1-7 31, Ernest Brown 0 0-0 0, Justus Ousley 2 8-16 13, Austin Craig 4 1-2 10, Blake Warrington 2 6-11 11. TOTALS: 26 19-45 77. Three-point goals: 6 (Courts 3, Ousley, Craig, Warrington). Turnovers: 20. MEIGS (1-17, 1-8 TVC Ohio): Dillon Boyer 10 5-7 26, Jordan Hutton 3 0-0 8, Michael Davis 0 1-2 1, Rocco Casci 2 0-2 4, Cody Mattox 3 0-0 6, Cody Stewart 2 1-2 5, Jesse Smith 7 8-13 23, Dustin Ulbrich 0 0-0 0, Dennis Teaford 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 27 15-26 73. Three-point goals: 4 (Hutton 2, Boyer, Smith). Rebounds: 41. Field goals: 27-70 (.386). Turnovers: 16. Sports Schedule Monday, February 13 Girls Basketball Regular Season Buffalo at Wahama, 6 p.m. Ohio Sectionals D-2 at Alexander HS Vinton County vs. Gallia Academy, 6:15 p.m. D-3 at Jackson HS Chesapeake vs. River Valley, 6:45 p.m. D-4 at Meigs HS South Webster vs. Southern, 8:30p.m. Tuesday, February 14 Girls Basketball Hannan at Grace Christian, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball Belpre at Eastern, 6 p.m. Alexander at Southern, 6 p.m. Federal Hocking at South Gallia, 6 p.m. South Point at River Valley, 6 p.m. Hannan at Ohio Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m. Herbert Hoover at Point Pleasant, 7:30 p.m. Wahama at Miller, 6 p.m. Wednesday, February 15 Girls Basketball Ohio Sectionals D-3 at Jackson HS Oak Hill vs. Meigs, 6:15 p.m. TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — To its credit, the Belpre girls basketball team managed to cut Eastern’s point output nearly in half the second time around. The bad news for BHS, however, was that the host Lady Eagles returned the favor in the rematch. After posting a 90-44 decision in Washington County back on Jan. 5, Eastern earned a season sweep of the Lady Golden Eagles Thursday night during a 49-24 triumph in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup on Senior Night at the Eagles’ Nest. EHS (14-5, 13-3 TVC Hocking) secured sole possession of second place in the league standings, marking the third straight season in which Eastern has finished in the top-two spots in the Hocking Division. Belpre (13-7, 10-6), which finished third last winter, ended up fourth overall in the TVC Hocking standings. The hosts never trailed in the contest after storming out to a 12-1 advantage after eight minutes of play, then followed with a 15-10 run in the second canto to take a 27-11 lead into the intermission. The Lady Eagles kept that momentum going in the second half, as the Green and White used a 7-5 third quarter spurt for a 34-16 edge headed into the finale. EHS closed regulation on a 15-8 charge, allowing seniors Brenna Holter, Hayley Gillian, Cheyenne Doczi and Kelsey Myers to celebrate their final home contest in style with a 25-point decision. Eastern had 10 different players score in the triumph while also notching its second straight victory, as well as five wins in its last six outings. The loss was the second for BHS in its last three contests. Jordan Parker and Jenna Burdette led the victors with matching gamehigh efforts of 13 points apiece, followed by Holter and Maddie Rigsby with five markers each. Savannah Hawley and Cierra Turley also chipped in three points apiece. Gillian, Doczi and Myers all contributed two points each, while Katie Keller rounded out the winning tally with one marker. EHS was 4-of-7 at the free throw line for 57 percent. Allison Flowers paced Belpre with nine points, followed by Kelsey Lerch and Natalie Perry with five markers apiece. The guests made just five field goals in the game and also went 13-of21 at the charity stripe for 62 percent. Eastern now turns its attention to the Division IV sectional tournament Thursday at Meigs High School, as the Lady Eagles will face the Symmes See EAGLES |‌ B2 Lady Raiders sweep Rock Hill, 62-36 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com BIDWELL, Ohio — Now that’s a proper sendoff. The River Valley girls basketball team sent upperclassmen Beth Misner and Alli Neville out in grand style Thursday night, as the Lady Raiders claimed a season sweep of visiting Rock Hill following a 62-36 decision in an Ohio Valley Conference matchup on Senior Night in Gallia County. Both teams were making their regular season finales, and each squad was looking to gain a little momentum heading into the start of next week’s sectional tournament. River Valley (6-14, 2-8 OVC) seized control early on with a 14-7 run to start the game, then simply held on the rest of the way to earn their second straight triumph. The victory also allowed the Lady Raiders to claim a season sweep of the Redwomen (6-14, 0-10) after posting a 72-65 overtime decision in Pedro back on Jan. 12. RVHS stormed out to a sevenpoint cushion just five minutes into regulation, but the guests countered with a 4-1 spurt over the finale 1:50 to pull within 15-11 after one period of play. Rock Hill cut its deficit down to two points on three different occasions in the second stanza, the last of which came at 21-19 with 1:12 left in the half. The Lady Raiders, however, reeled off a 5-1 run to close the half with a 26-20 advantage. The Redwomen never got closer than 30-25 with 6:38 left in the third period, then River Valley closed the canto with a 17-5 charge to take a comfortable 47-30 cushion into the finale. RHHS pulled to within 49-33 at the 6:44 mark, but the hosts countered with an 11-0 run over the next 5:53 for their biggest lead of the night at 60-33. The Redwomen ended an almost six-minute scoring drought with 50 seconds left to pull within 60-34, then both teams traded baskets to wrap up the 26-point outcome. Cady Gilmore led River Valley with a game-high 19 points, followed by Neville with 15 points and Misner with 13 markers. Kaci Bryant added six points, while Tracy Roberts chipped in five markers to the winning cause. Shalin Comer and Alexis Hurt rounded out the respective scoring with two points each. RVHS was 18-of-26 at the free throw line for 69 percent. Chelsea Harper paced Rock Hill with 12 points, followed by Brook Bryan Walters/photo River Valley senior Shalin Comer, middle on floor, battles for possession of the ball with a Rock Hill player as teammates Cady Gilmore (32), Kaci Bryant (52) and Alli Neville (20) look on during Thursday night’s OVC girls basketball contest in Bidwell, Ohio. Knipp with eight points and Katie Johnson with six markers. RHHS was 12-of-19 at the charity stripe for 63 percent. River Valley now turns its attention to the Division III tournament on Monday, as the Lady Raiders travel to Jackson High School for a sectional semifinal matchup against Chesapeake at 6:45 p.m. River Valley 62, Rock Hill 36 RH 11-9-10-6 — 36 RV 15-11-21-15 — 62 ROCK HILL (6-14, 0-10 OVC): Chelsea Harper 3 5-6 12, Madison Damron 1 0-1 2, Kelsey Blagg 1 0-0 3, Lindy Simpson 0 1-2 1, Brook Knipp 3 2-2 8, Ashton Neal 0 0-0 0, Sara Travis 0 0-0 0, Katie Johnson 2 2-4 6, Tommi Butler 0 0-2 0, Brooke Hanshaw 1 2-2 4, Brooklyn Massie 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 11 12-19 36. Three-point goals: 2 (Harper, Blagg). Team Fouls: 20. RIVER VALLEY (6-14, 2-8 OVC): Chelsea Copley 0 0-0 0, Shalin Comer 1 0-0 2, Ramsey Warren 0 0-0 0, Beth Misner 3 4-5 13, Alli Neville 5 5-8 15, Alexis Hurt 0 2-2 2, Cady Gilmore 7 2-3 19, Justyce Stout 0 0-0 0, Mercedes Combs 0 0-1 0, Kaitlyn Tiller 0 0-0 0, Tracy Roberts 1 3-4 5, Kaci Bryant 2 2-4 6. TOTALS: 19 18-26 62. Threepoint goals: 6 (Misner 3, Gilmore 3). Team Fouls: 18. Lady Defenders top Faith & Hope, 66-44 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com PEEBLES, Ohio — The Ohio Valley Christian girls basketball team held Faith and Hope to one point in the third period during Thursday night’s 66-44 victory in Adams County. Faith and Hope came out in the first period with a 13-9 run to lead the Lady Defenders by four going into the second period. The Lady Defenders (9- 10) offense came alive in the second period scoring scoring 25 points in the period. OVCS held the hosts to 13 points in the second and went into half leading 34-26. The Lady Defenders defense was the stellar in the third period only allowing one point to their opponents. Ohio Valley Christian scored 15 in the third and led 49-27 going into the finale. With the game in hand OVCS scored 17 points in the final period. Faith and Hope matched Ohio Valley Christian’s effort with 17 points of their own. The Lady Defenders cruise to their ninth victory of the year 66-44. Emily Carman led the way for the victors with 28 points on the evening. Freshman Bekah Sargent was also in double figures for OVCS with 12 points, while Beth Martin scored nine points. Sarah Schoonover had six points, Teah Elliot and Samantha Westfall finished with four points each, and Kelsey McCoy rounded out the OVCS scoring with three points. Madison Crank did not play due to illness. Faith and Hope were led by Liz Fernandez with 23 points in the contest. With the win Ohio Valley Christian pulls within one game of .500 and travels to face Parkersburg Christian Thursday at 7:30 p.m. �Sunday, February 12, 2012 Lady Vikings sweep Meigs, 70-46 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com McARTHUR, Ohio — The Meigs girls basketball team hung around for 13 minutes, but the Lady Marauders couldn’t play the role of spoiler Thursday night during a 70-46 setback to host Vinton County in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division matchup. The visiting Lady Marauders (3-17, 2-8 TVC Ohio) were not only trying to snap an eight-game losing skid, but were also the only thing standing between the Lady Vikings (12-8, 9-1) and a share of this winter’s league title. Both teams found themselves deadlocked at 12 after one period of play and were again tied at 23-all with just over three minutes left in the half, but the hosts countered with a 12-1 surge over the final 2:55 to take a 35-24 lead into the intermission. Vinton County, which shared the TVC Ohio crown with Athens, followed with a 19-8 run in the third canto for a 54-32 lead headed into the finale. The Lady Vikings led by as many as 31 points in the contest (60-29) and closed regulation on a 16-14 spurt to secure the 24-point decision. VCHS also claimed a season sweep of the Lady Marauders after posting a 74-44 victory at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium back on Jan. 23. The Lady Vikings, who trailed 23-21 midway through the second quarter, also picked up their sixth straight triumph. The Lady Marauders connected on 19-of-48 field goal attempts overall for 40 percent, including a 3-of-12 effort from three-point range for 25 percent. Hannah Cremeans led the guests with a double-double effort of 15 points and 13 rebounds, both of which were game-highs. Brook Andrus was next with 12 points, followed by Morgan Russell with eight markers. Tess Phelps and Kelsey Hudson both contributed four points each, while Dani Cullums rounded out the scoring with three markers. The Lady Vikings made 25-of-70 shot attempts for 36 percent, including a 4-of-20 effort from behind the arc for 20 percent. Megan Dixon paced VCHS with 12 points, followed by Xan Hale and Caitlyn Owings with 11 markers each. Meigs was outrebounded by a 43-33 overall margin and also committed 26 turnovers in the setback, compared to 18 giveaways by the hosts. MHS also made 5-of-14 free throw attempts for 36 percent, while Vinton County sank 16-of-22 charity tosees for 73 percent. The Lady Marauders now turn their attention to the Division III postseason at Jackson High School, as Meigs will face defending state runner-up Oak Hill on Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. Vinton County 70, Meigs 46 M 12-12-8-14 — 46 VC 12-23-19-16 — 70 MEIGS (3-17, 2-8 TVC Ohio): Dani Cullums 0 3-8 3, Tess Phelps 2 0-0 4, Hannah Cremeans 7 0-0 15, Brook Andrus 5 0-0 12, Kelsey Hudson 2 0-4 4, Morgan Russell 3 2-2 8. TOTALS: 19 5-14 46. Three-point goals: 3 (Andrus 2, Cremeans). Field Goals: 19-48 (.396). Rebounds: 33 (Cremeans 13). Turnovers: 26. VINTON COUNTY (12-8, 9-1 TVC Ohio): Xan Hale 4 2-2 11, Caitlyn Owings 5 1-2 11, Keshia Griffith 2 1-1 5, Maranda Hale 2 2-2 6, Jamee Park 1 0-0 2, Regenia Schrader 1 0-0 2, Emily Zinn 1 0-0 2, Josie Ward 1 3-4 6, Megan Dixon 5 0-0 12, Alex Speakman 0 0-0 0, Kelsey Griffith 0 4-4 4, Johnna Remy 3 3-5 9. TOTALS: 25 16-22 70. Three-point goals: 4 (Dixon 2, X. Hale, Ward). Field Goals: 25-70 (.357). Rebounds: 43 (Owings 10). Turnovers: 18. Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B2 Blue Devils’ Atkins signs with Urbana football Submitted photo Gallia Academy senior Stephen Atkins, seated front and center, signed a letter of intent at the GAHS media conference room on Wednesday, Feb. 1, to continue his football career at Urbana University. Atkins, who plans to major in education, said of Urbana, “I chose Urbana because of their winning tradition, coaching staff, small-town atmosphere and student-to-teacher ratio.” Sitting with Stephen at the signing are his parents, Heather Robinson and Greg Atkins. Standing in back, from left, are GAHS Principal Tim Massie, Urbana assistant head football coach, David Barr, GAHS head football coach Mike Eddy, and GAHS athletic director Craig Wright. Lady Falcons outlast Southern, 61-59 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com RACINE, Ohio — With seven seconds left in regulation and the score knotted up at 59, Wahama center Ashley Templeton made a layup that gave her club the lead. The Southern girls basketball team failed to get a shot off and fell to Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division rivals the Lady Falcons Thursday night in Charles W. Hayman Gymnasium. Southern (4-16, 3-13 TVC Hocking) started the contest with a 7-2 run over the first two and a half minutes. Wahama (8-12, 5-11) quickly bounced back with a 13-3 run to end the quarter. Headed into the second the Lady Falcons led 15-10. The Lady Tornadoes started the second period with a 7-0 run to take the lead and force the Lady Falcons to call a timeout. After the timeout the teams battled back and forth with WHS taking the advantage into the half 30-28. Foul trouble would be sure to play a role in the second half, as Southern’s Courtney Thomas had three fouls, and Wahama’s Karista Ferguson, Paige Gardner, Mackenzie Gabritsch, and Sierra Carmichael all had three fouls. Southern took the lead back in the opening minute of the third period, 32-30, but Wahama soon answered with a 14-3 run to end the third period. SHS trailed going into the finale, 44-35. After the Lady Falcons opened the quarter with a quick bucket Southern gained the momentum with a four-point play and a quick two-pointer by senior Courtney Thomas. After a Wahama timeout the Lady Falcons’ Kelsey Zuspan hit three three-pointers over the For Your Valentine 50 OFF STOREWIDE! % 119 $ Sterling Diamond Heart (reg. $238) Pendant Sterling Fleur-de-lis Jewelry Starting at $14.50 (reg. $29.00) 151 2nd. Ave Gallipolis 740-446-2842 next three minutes. The Lady Tornadoes did not have quit in them, battling back to tie the game up at 59, off of an old-fashioned three-pointer by Thomas with 20 seconds left. With seven seconds left in regulation Wahama’s Ashley Templeton hit the game winning layup and gave the Lady Falcons their eighth win of the season 61-59. Wahama was led in scoring on the evening by Sierra Carmichael who scored 21 points before fouling out, and Ashley Templeton with 16 points. Kelsey Zuspan was also in double figures for the Lady Falcons, she scored 11, while Mackenzie Gabritsch finished with six on the evening. WHS senior Karista Ferguson had 3 points before fouling out, and rounding out the Lady Falcons scoring was Paige Gardner and Taylor Templeton with two points apiece. The Lady Tornadoes had two players reach double figures, Courtney Thomas with 24 points and Celestia Hendrix with 18 points and 17 rebounds. Morgan McMillan had eight points and eight steals in the contest, while Jordan Huddleston finished with five points. Emily Ash and Jessica Riffle each finished with two points to round out the SHS scoring. The Lady Falcons and the Lady Tornadoes finish with a season split, as SHS won their battle in Mason, W.Va., back on Jan. 5. Both teams return to action Monday, Southern in sectional tournaments at Meigs High School at 8:30 p.m. against South Webster, and Wahama at 6 p.m when they host Buffalo in Mason County. Wahama 61, Southern 59 W 15-15-14-17 — 61 S 10-18-7-24 — 59 WAHAMA (8-12, 5-11 TVC Hocking): Karista Ferguson 1 0-2 3, Ashley Templeton 8 0-1 16, Kelsey Zuspan 4 0-1 11, Paige Gardner 0 2-4 2, Sierra Carmichael 10 0-0 21, Mackenzie Gabritsch 3 0-0 6, Bunni Peters 0 0-0 0, Olivia Vanmeter 0 0-0 0, Taylor Templeton 1 0-0 2, Danielle Lavander 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 28 2-8 61. Three-point goals: 5 (Zuspan 3, Ferguson, Carmichael). Turnovers: 25. SOUTHERN (4-16, 3-13 TVC Hocking): Jordan Huddleston 2 1-5 5, Courtney Thomas 7 6-7 24, Morgan McMillan 3 2-4 8, Emily Ash 1 0-0 2, Jessica Riffle 1 0-0 2, Cassie Roush 0 0-0 0, CelesAlex Hawley/photo tia Hendrix 5 8-16 18. TO- Southern senior Morgan McMillan (22) is guarded by TALS: 19 17-31 59. Threepoint goals: 4 (Thomas 4). Wahama’s Paige Gardner (13) during Thursday night’s Rebounds: 32. Turnovers 24. TVC Hocking girls basketball game in Racine. Eagles From Page B1 Valley-Federal Hocking winner at 6:15 p.m. Eastern 49, Belpre 24 B 1-10-5-8 — 24 E 12-15-7-15 — 49 BELPRE (13-7, 10-6 TVC Hocking): Emily Hughes 0 0-1 0, Sierra Barker 1 0-0 2, Kelsey Lerch 1 3-5 5, Stephanie Boso 0 0-0 0, Tara Ruth 0 0-0 0, Claudia Hall 0 1-2 1, Allison Flowers 2 5-6 9, Natalie Perry 1 2-2 5, Brooke Kapple 0 0-0 0, Lexus Cunningham 0 2-5 2, Rachel Packard 0 0-0 0, Ashley Jenkins 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 5 13-21 24. Three-point goals: 1 (Perry). EASTERN (14-5, 13-3 TVC Hocking): Brenna Holter 2 1-2 5, Savannah Hawley 1 0-0 3, Jordan Parker 5 1-1 13, Jenna Burdette 6 0-0 13, Katie Keller 0 1-2 1, Hayley Gillian 1 0-0 2, Cheyenne Doczi 1 0-0 2, Kelsey Myers 1 0-0 2, Tori Goble 0 0-0 0, Maddie Rigsby 2 1-2 5, Erin Swatzel 0 0-0 0, Cierra Turley 1 0-0 3. TOTALS: 20 4-7 49. Three-point goals: 5 (Parker 2, Hawley, Burdette, Turley). Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribune.com �Sunday, February 12, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B3 Lady Knights sweep Sherman, 63-37 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A good night. On two levels. The Point Pleasant girls basketball team donned pink socks in support of the battle against cancer, then fought right past visiting Sherman for their third straight victory following a 63-37 non-conference decision Friday night in Mason County. The Lady Knights (8-9) led wire-to-wire in the contest, as the hosts stormed out to an 18-4 advantage after eight minutes of play. PPHS followed with a 7-1 surge over the opening three-plus minutes of the second canto, giving Point its biggest lead of the first half at 25-5 with 4:40 remaining. The Lady Tide (3-16) — who have now lost seven straight decisions — responded with a small 9-6 spurt over the rest of the first half, allowing the guests to trim the deficit down to 31-14 at the intermission. Sherman scored the opening point of the second half on a free throw, pulling to within 31-15 just 11 seconds into the third stanza. The guests never came closer the rest of the way, as the Lady Knights followed with a 12-4 charge over the next 4:38 for a sizable 43-19 lead. SHS retaliated with a 7-0 run to close out the final three minutes of the third period, allowing the Lady Tide to get within 43-26 headed into the finale. Point closed regulation with a 20-11 run and led by as much as 63-32 with 1:05 left in the game. Sherman closed the final 56 seconds with a 5-0 run to wrap up the 25-point decision. With the triumph, Point Pleasant also claimed a season sweep of Sherman after Bryan Walters/photo posting a 64-47 victory at SHS back on Jan. Point Pleasant senior Ajay Adkins (15) releases a shot attempt over Sherman de- 27. The Lady Knights have also won five of their last seven contests overall. fenders during the second half of Friday night’s non-conference girls basketball Andrea Porter led the hosts with a gamegame in Point Pleasant, W.Va. high 20 points, followed by Sarah Hussell with 16 points and Katelyn Garrett with 12 markers. Allison Smith was next with seven points, while Cassie Nibert added three points to the winning cause. Katie Bruner and Ajay Adkins both contributed two markers apiece, while Delany Bronosky rounded out the scoring with one point. PPHS was 20-of-40 at the free throw line for 50 percent. Sarah Massey paced Sherman with nine points, followed by Jordan Lewis with eight points and Hallie Jarrell with seven markers. The guests were 17-of-47 at the charity stripe for 36 percent. The Lady Knights basketball program made a check presentation at halftime to the Charlie’s Angels Relay for Life team, a group founded in honor and on behalf of the Charlie Lilly Memorial Foundation in Mason County. Point Pleasant was at Chapmanville Saturday and returns to action Thursday when it hosts Buffalo in a non-conference matchup at 7:30 p.m. Point Pleasant 63, Sherman 37 S 4-10-12-11 — 37 PP 18-13-12-20 — 63 SHERMAN (3-16): Skylar Pauley 2 0-0 4, Makenzie Smith 0 4-16 4, Jordan Lewis 1 5-11 8, Hallie Jarrell 3 1-7 7, Sarah Massey 3 2-2 9, Hannah Skinner 0 0-2 0, Kelsey Williams 0 0-0 0, Teddi Halstead 0 1-2 1, Ashley Chapman 0 0-0 0, Kara Davis 0 0-1 0, Sarah Miller 0 2-2 2, Lacey Pettry 0 2-4 2. TOTALS: 9 17-47 37. Three-point goals: 2 (Lewis, Massey). POINT PLEASANT (8-9): Andrea Porter 5 10-15 20, Delany Bronosky 0 1-4 1, Katie Bruner 0 2-4 2, Ashtyn Wedge 0 0-0 0, Sarah Hussell 6 2-7 16, Hannah Norman 0 0-0 0, Cassie Nibert 1 0-0 3, Makenzie Thomas 0 0-0 0, Katelyn Garrett 5 2-5 12, Emily Kitchen 0 0-0 0, Allison Smith 2 3-5 7, Ajay Adkins 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 20 20-40 63. Three-point goals: 3 (Hussell 2, Nibert). Waterford Wildcats roar past the Eastern Eagles, 51-39 Kevin Pierson Special to OVP WATERFORD, Ohio — For one half the Waterford Wildcats were lights out with the basketball, shooting 53 percent from the field. It’s a good thing for the Wildcats they had one great shooting half, because the Eastern Eagles made them need every bucket. Waterford hit 10-of-19 shots in the first half to build a 15-point halftime advantage, and held off a frantic Eastern charge in the second half to pull away for a 51-39 victory at Waterford Elementary School Friday evening. “Great first half, came out flat the second half, let them get the momentum and then we had to beat them back,” said Waterford boys’ basketball coach Tom Simms. After shooting 10-for19 from the floor in the first half while limiting Eastern to 6-of-20 shooting, the Wildcats saw the tables turned somewhat. The Wildcats hit just 5-of18 shots in the second half while Eastern was slightly better by hitting 9-of-30. “We just fell behind early and had to scratch and claw. We weren’t very good defensively in the first half,” said Eastern boys’ basketball coach Corey Britton. Eastern may have struggled on defense, but the Wildcats did not. Waterford never trailed in the game, and only twice after taking the lead did the Wildcats let the lead dip under four points. The game was never tied after being knotted at 0-0, and the smallest Wildcat lead would be a single point at 4-3. “The whole game was pretty much about defense,” said Waterford senior Matt West. The Wildcats defense assured them of building an early lead, as Waterford led 12-5 on a jumper by Shane Kern off an assist from Eric Arnold with 2:28 in the first half. Waterford had 11 assists in the game while Eastern had just six. “In this game we really saw each other. The last two games we haven’t been communicating really well on the floor,” said Waterford senior Braden Burer. Eastern would cut the lead down to five, 15-10, after one period of play when Max Carnahan hit a floater with 3 seconds remaining in the stanza. Carnahan would finish with a game high 18 points, but was just 2-for-8 from the field in the first half and 6-of-17 in the game. “We always knew where their shooters were. We knew where Carnahan was,” said Waterford senior Austin Hilverding. The Wildcats got the lead to double figures for the first time, 23-12, midway through the second quarter when Brian Moore drilled a three-pointer off an assist from Austin Shriver with 5:52 before the break. Out of a timeout called by the Eagles, Waterford still maintained control of the game as West scored off Moore’s assist to spark the Wildcats on a 6-3 run to close out the first half scoring. It was a 29-15 game at the break when Tate Lang scored for Waterford, chipping in a team high 15 points. Down by 14 after two quarters of play, the Eagles began making their way back into the game in the third quarter. “They hit a few shots early which made us force. We can’t force shots,” Moore said. Eastern outscored Waterford 12-9 in the third quarter to cut the margin down to 11, but showed more important signs of life on both the defensive and offensive ends of the court after a lackluster first half. Hitting 10-of-19 shots in the first half, Waterford was just 3-for-9 in the third quarter and committed six turnovers in the period after having just five the previous two stanzas combined. “Our defense the second half was great. We were able to contain dribble penetration and keep them out of the lane,” Britton said. Eastern’s defense couldn’t quite get the Eagles completely back into the game. Trailing 38-27 after three, the Eagles cut the margin all the way down to seven points but couldn’t get any closer. Three times in the second half Eastern hit consecutive field goals after not once hitting back-toback jumpers in the first half, but every time the Eagles thought they had momentum the Wildcats answered. “Whenever they started making a run we were able to slow it down and say let’s get a good shot,” Hilverding said. A three-pointer by Carnahan off an assist from Chris Bissell with 3:14 in regulation cut the deficit under 10 for the first time since Moore’s three-pointer with 5:52 to play in the opening half. Eastern cut the margin down to seven, 44-37, with 1:55 left on Jacob Parker’s bucket but once again the Wildcats had an answer to regain control and expand the lead. “We extended it back out when the opportunity arose,” Simms said. A pair of free throws by Moore made the score 46-37, and Eastern would score just once more when Carnahan hit a jumper with 1:14 to play. From there the Wildcats hit five free throws to set the final score in a game designated to pay respects Kevin Pierson photo/The Marietta Times Waterford’s Matt West (32) drives upcourt as Eastern’s Kirk Pullins (35) defends during the first quarter of a boys basketball game at Waterford Elementary School Friday night. to the seven Waterford seniors. “It’s a home win. It’s what we needed to get for the seniors,” Moore said. Kevin Pierson is a sports writer for the Marietta Times in Marietta, Ohio. Waterford 51, Eastern 39 E 10-5-12-12 — 39 W 15-14-9-13 — 51 EASTERN (5-12, 3-11 TVC Hocking): Max Car- nahan 6 4-4 18, Christian Amsbary 1 0-0 2, Jacob Parker 3 1-4 7, Chase Cook 1 0-0 2, Kirk Pullins 3 0-0 7, Zakk Heaton 0 0-0 0, Chris Bissell 1 0-0 3, Ethan Stegar 0 0-0 0, Justin Hill 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 15 5-8 39. Three-point goals: 4 (Carnahan 2, Pullins, Bissell). Field Goals: 15-50 (.300). Rebounds: 22 (Parker 7, Pullins 7). Turnovers: 12. WATERFORD (9-7, 8-5 TVC Hocking): Austin Hilverding 2 2-3 8, Eric Arnold 1 0-0 2, Matt West 1 0-0 2, Tyler Pyatt 1 0-0 2, Tate Lang 6 3-8 15, Braden Burer 2 1-2 6, Shane Kern 1 0-0 2, Brian Moore 1 5-10 8, Austin Shriver 0 6-8 6, Eli Strahler 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 15 17-31 51. Three-point goals: 4 (Hilverding 2, Burer, Moore). Field Goals: 15-37 (.405). Rebounds: 35 (Burer 7, Hilverding 7). Turnovers: 13. WHY PAY MORE FOR TV? Compare for Yourself! 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Qualified applicants should send resume to CONTACT Rape Crisis Center, PO Box 2963, Huntington WV 25728, by February 10, 2012. www.mydailytribune.com MERCHANDISE RESORT PROPERTY SERVICES 300 AGRICULTURE Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B4 �Sunday, February 12, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B5 U of Cumberlands tops RedStorm men, 76-58 Randy Payton Special to OVP WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — Flynn Clayman scored 16 of his game-high 19 points off the bench in the opening half, while three of his teammates did most of their damage after the break as the University of the Cumberlands pulled away for an easy 76-58 win over the University of Rio Grande, Thursday night, in Mid-South Conference men’s basketball action at the O. Wayne Rollins Athletic and Convecation Center. The Patriots improved to 15-8 overall and 7-5 in the MSC, avenging a 10-point loss at Rio Grande last month — the RedStorm’s first-ever win inside the league after becoming a member prior to the 2009-10 season. Rio Grande fell to 12-13 overall and 3-8 in the MSC with the loss. “It’s very disappointing,” said Rio Grande head coach Ken French. “We didn’t have very much intensity or energy, especially in the second half. We were still very much in the game at halftime, but we didn’t anybody from that point on.” A jumper by Rio Grande senior guard Brad Cubbie tied the game at 21-all with 4:05 left in the opening half, but a conventional three-point play by Clayman highlighted an 8-1 run by the Patriots to finish the half, giving the home team a 29-22 lead at the intermission. Clayman added three other three-point plays — all shots from beyond the arc — to carry UC in the half. He had plenty of help after the break. Patrico Leadon scored 13 of his 15 points over the final 20 minutes, while Zavion Neely scored 10 of his 13 after the break and Benito Santiago, Jr. had all of his 11 points following the intermission. Matt Daniel completed the Patriots’ quintet of double-digit scorers with 12, netting six in each period. Cumberlands shot a blistering 57.1 percent in the second half (20-for-35). The Patriots also turned around a rebounding deficit at the half thanks to an 18-11 edge on the glass in the final 20 minutes. Leadon grabbed a gamehigh nine boards to lead the way. Rio Grande twice cut the UC lead to six inside the first five minutes of the second half, but could get no closer. The RedStorm connected on 50 percent of their second half shots, but finished at just 39.1 percent for the game (25-for-64). Junior center Dominick Haynes led Rio with 17 points, while senior forward Shaun Gunnell added 12 points and sophomore guard Jermaine Warmack grabbed eight rebounds. Rio Grande returns to action on Saturday afternoon at Lindsey Wilson. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. The Blue Raiders won the first meeting between the two teams on January 7, rallying from a nine-point deficit with just under two minutes to play for a 7370 win at the Newt Oliver Arena. No. 5 Lady Patriots top URG, 67-46 Randy Payton Special to OVP WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — Thursday night’s meeting with the fifth-ranked University of the Cumberlands proved to be a historic night for the University of Rio Grande women’s basketball team — but for all the wrong reasons. The RedStorm managed just eight points in the first half of what ended up as a 67-46 drubbing at the hands of the Patriots at the O. Wayne Rollins Athletic and Convecation Center. The win was the 20th in a row for Cumberlands, which improved to 22-1 overall and 12-0 in the Mid-South Conference. Rio Grande fell to 16-9 overall and 5-6 in league play. “Anybody who saw what we did in the first half against St. Catharine the other day knows it worse tonight. We were horrible,” said Rio Grande head coach David Smalley, referring to last Saturday’s first half performance against SC, which Smalley labled at the time the worst in his 20 seasons at the helm. “I don’t have any answers and I’m not going to make excuses. We shot 11 percent and scored eight points - there’s really not much more to say.” The eight points are believed to be an all-time one-half low for the RedStorm, who hit just three of their 28 overall field goal attempts in the opening stanza (10.7 percent). A conventional threepoint play by senior guard Kaylee Helton cut Cumberlands’ lead to 9-5 with 16:25 remaining in the half, but Rio managed just three more points before the intermission — a three-pointer by junior guard Shardae MorrisonFountain — with 7:52 left in the period. By that time, the Patriots had reeled off 18 straight points and extended their lead to 22. They tacked on 12 more after the Morrison-Fountain bucket en route a 39-8 halftime lead. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Cumberlands’ biggest lead of the night was 37 points, 56-19, after a three-pointer by Jade Howard with 9:46 left to play, while Rio got no closer than the game’s final margin. Dace Bicane led the Patriots with 13 points and a game-high seven rebounds, while Howard and Vernisha Moss had 11 points each. Howard also had a game-high five assists. Helton led Rio Grande with 14 points, while Morrison-Fountain added 12 points and four steals. Sophomore guard Kate Hammond finished with a team-best six rebounds. Rio Grande finished 14for-52 from the field (26.9 percent) and were just 6-for-21 from three-point range (28.6 percent). The RedStorm returns to action on Saturday at No. 24 Lindsey Wilson. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. Rio won the first meeting, 78-73 in overtime, on January 7 at the Newt Oliver Arena. �Sunday, February 12, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B6 URG baseball drops season opener, 10-4 Randy Payton Special to OVP DAYTON, Tenn. — Bryan College scored a pair of unearned runs in the sixth inning and pushed across five more insurance markers in the eighth en route to a 10-4 win over the University of Rio Grande, Friday night, spoiling the RedStorm’s opener to the 2012 baseball season. The Lions (4-1) coughed up an early two-run lead before parlaying a pair of Rio errors in the sixth into the go-ahead runs. A oneout error and consecutive walks loaded the bases, before an infield single by Matt Roberson tied the game and a second miscue by the RedStorm plated the tiebreaker. Rio Grande threatened in the top of the eighth when Vince Perry was hit by a pitch and Shane Spies drew a walk to open the inning, but the uprising died just as quickly when Justin Cavender grounded into a fielder’s choice, Luke Taylor struck out and pinchhitter Kyle Findley grounded to shortstop. Bryan sealed the win in the home half of the inning. A single and a walk preceeded another error — one of five committed by Rio in the contest — to make it 6-4, Steven Brown and Jordan Day followed with backto-back run-scoring hits and, one out later, Kevin Layne added a two-run home run to finish the scoring. The comeback was the second of the day for the Lions. Rio Grande took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second against Bryan starter Kemonte Keesee when Taylor reached on a two-out double to left and scored on a single to left by Mark Parent, but the host Lions struck for three runs against Rio starter Ryan Chapman in the home half of the frame. Veal led off with a home run SWCDs offering a variety of trees this year Jim Freeman In The Open Your local Soil and Water Conservation Districts are once again holding their annual tree sales, and the Meigs and Gallia SWCD’s are sure to have a tree or packet to please almost any homeowner or landowner. Meigs County’s tree sale is little changed from last year. This year’s hardwood offerings include black cherry, black walnut, northern red oak and sugar maple, packets of 25 seedlings for $17. Coniferous trees including bald cypress, Colorado blue spruce and Scotch pine are available in packets of 25 for $17 each, while Canadian hemlock, Douglas fir and eastern white pine are available in packets of 25 for $15 each. There is a very limited supply of American chestnut seedlings available, packet of five trees for $15. These seedlings are from the West Virginia State Tree Nursery and are considered Need to advertise? Call us at: 740.992.2155 or 740.446.2342 pure American chestnut. This species has shown a resistance to chestnut blight, but it is too soon to claim resistance. The American chestnut seedlings are available on a first-come basis. Offering American chestnut gives local landowners and homeowners an opportunity to help restore this majestic tree its native range. Prior to being nearly wiped out by chestnut blight, American chestnuts were very important to wildlife, providing much of the fall mast for whitetail deer and wild turkey. They were also excellent for timber. The Homeowners Tree Packet consisting of 10 trees, two each of Colorado blue spruce, eastern redbud, Lynwood gold forsythia, red maple and white flowering dogwood, is available for $15. Fruit trees include Yellow Delicious Apple trees, Early Elberta Peach trees, and Bartlett Pear (two trees each for $17, and shiitake mushrooms (one kit for $25). In addition there are packets of ground-covering English ivy, pachysandra and crown vetch, erosion control grass mixes, bird and butterfly seed mixes, wildlife food plot seed mixes, bird and bat boxes, and marking flags. The deadline for ordering trees or seed packets from the Meigs SWCD is Feb. 29 with trees being available for pickup around the second weekend in April. For an order form or for more information, contact the Meigs SWCD at 740-9924282 or visit www.meigsswcd.com. The Gallia SWCD is offering coniferous trees include eastern white pine, 20 small seedlings for $10 or 10 large seedlings for $15; Colorado blue spruce, five four-yearold seedlings for $15 Fruit tree offerings include Red Rome Beauty Apple, Yellow Delicious Apple, Early Elberta Peach, and Red Haven Peach. Those are sold in packets of two for $20. There is also a wild game packet consisting of two each white oak, persimmon and sawtooth oak, and a fall foliage packet consisting of two each sweetgum, blackgum and red mulberry. Those are also sold in packets for $15. A spring flowering packet is available for $12 and consists of two each white flowering dogwood, American crabapple and eastern redbud. Mulberry trees do a great job in attracting such beautiful bird species as cedar waxwings. The deadline for ordering trees from the Gallia SWCD is March 22 with trees being available around the second week of April. For more information or for order forms contact the Gallia SWCD at 740-446-6173. Both districts will notify their customers when orders come in. Jim Freeman is wildlife specialist for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District. He can be contacted weekdays at 740-9924282 or at jim.freeman@ oh.nacdnet.net to knot the score at 1-1, before DeWayne Boyd followed with a single to left, pinch-runner Zach Vick stole second and Smith drew a walk. Josh Harris followed with a run-scoring double to left and Steven Brown plated another run with a sacrifice fly to right. The Bryan lead didn’t last long, though. Kyle Perez led off the Rio third with a single and, two outs later, stole second. Perry followed with a run-scoring hit to right before Spies launched a two-run home run to right to give the RedStorm a 4-3 edge. Rio outhit the Lions, 10-9, with Perry and Parent collecting two hits apiece. Boyd and Harris had two hits each for Bryan. Eric Ford, the second of three Rio pitchers, took the loss. He allowed three hits and walked four in five innings of work, while also striking out seven. Keesee lasted six innings to get the win for Bryan. The two teams are scheduled to close out the series this afternoon, weather permitting, with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. Game one is slated to be a nineinning contest, with the finale scheduled to be a seven-inning game. Chris Russell/Columbus Dispatch/MCT photo Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger (0) goes up for two against Purdue’s Ryne Smith (24) in first-half action at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 7. Faster, stronger: Metamorphosis of the big man John Marshall Associated Press As a big, beefy kid, Jared Sullinger adapted his game to the competition. Playing with his brothers and older kids, he was a mini Magic, working what everyone in the neighborhood called the slow break, lingering around the perimeter when the action turned into a halfcourt game. Against kids his age, young Jared was a mini beast, setting up in the lane, bulling his way past those who weighed as much as his right leg, shooting over the ones who came up to his chest. Though he surely didn’t know it at the time, Sullinger was preparing himself for the future, developing the skills that would turn into one of the best of the new breed of big men in college basketball. “When you have a player that can score on the block, can hit the open jump shot, put the ball on the floor, can rebound and is 6-10, you’ve got a heck of a player,” said Satch Sullinger, Jared’s father and high school coach. “Jared was taught the inside game and the outside game.” The Ohio State star isn’t the only one these days. Used to be that winning teams usually had a dominating back-to-the-basket big man. Get someone who could clog up the lane, score at the rim or draw attention to free up shooters on the perimeter, and a team was set. That’s not the case anymore. The big man, for one, isn’t as big as he once was, replaced by a new, sleeker model. He has more diverse skills, too, still able to back an opponent down, but also with an ability to turn and square to the basket for a mid-range jumper or a slash to the basket. Some have even expanded their range out to the 3-point arc, an almost unheardof skill when players like Georgetown’s Patrick Ewing and LSU’s Shaquille O’Neal roamed the college paint. Thanks to an emphasis on up-tempo and motion offenses, not to mention the 3-point shot, college hoops big men have transformed, leaving the shell of their former behemoth selves behind. In other words, the 4 is the new 5. “There’s not as many big guys in college basketball,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “Let’s just face it. Most big guys now are four-men that can play facing and do some things. I just don’t think there’s a ton of anchors out there that are legitimate five-men.” The shift has been a gradual one, starting around the early 1990s, when teams like UNLV, Duke and Michigan won national titles without dominating centers. Basketball, like any other sport, is one of mimicry, so when teams started winning with smaller, faster big men, the rest of the hoops world followed. Now, the hulking center has gone the way of the VCR; there’s still a few around, but they seem out of place when you see one. The last true back-to-the-basket center in college basketball at least a successful one was Ohio State’s Greg Oden from 2006-07 and you’d have to search pretty hard to find many in the years before his brief stint in Columbus. The new batch of big men are leaner, more agile, more like power forwards than centers. The 6-foot-9, 280-pound Sullinger is a force for the Buckeyes inside, but can hit the midrange jumper, beat his man off the dribble, get out on the break. Kansas big man Thomas Robinson, at 6-10, 237, can muscle his way past smaller defenders inside, use his speed or shooting touch to get around or over the bigger ones. Kentucky freshman Anthony Davis has the skills of a guard, the length of a center. North Carolina relies on Tyler Zeller and junior John Henson. Duke has a where-do-they-keep-coming-from cache of mobile big men, led by the lengthy Plumlee brothers. These new big men all have similar skill sets, and all the top teams seem to have at least one. “Most teams don’t use a post-up, back to the basket all the time where they make a move, shoot or jump hook or throw it out for a 3 or something like that,” former North Carolina coach Bill Guthridge said. “I don’t think there’s as much of that than there was even 10 years ago.” The big men evolved, in part, because their amped-up skill sets make them harder to defend. �Along the River Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012 C1 Lakin Hospital A forgotten history Beth Sergent bsergent@heartlandpublications.com (Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2007 and is being revisited for Black History Month. With this in mind, the lives of those interviewed in 2007 may’ve changed but the history of Lakin State Hospital remains the same.) LAKIN — William Faulker once wrote, ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” For Lakin Hospital, its past has never really gone away, though some might argue it has been forgotten. Founded by an act of the West Virginia Legislature in 1919, Lakin Hospital opened its doors on Feb. 1, 1926, with a purpose of, “the reception and treatment of blacks suffering from mental and nervous disorders.” The hospital, then named the ‘Lakin State Hospital for the Colored Insane,’ served patients from across the state. Although the institution’s original name reflected the era of segregation, it was a nontraditional facility with an all black staff, including administrators, and was one of what is believed to be only two all black mental health facilities east of the Mississippi River. Larry Moore, of Mason, served as a social worker at Lakin from the late 1960s until 2004 and became not only an employee but historical advocate for the facility. Moore described Lakin’s beginnings as unique, explaining, “At a time when the vast majority of psychiatric care for black Americans was markedly substandard, Lakin seems to have been a serious attempt to accomplish the ‘equal’ portion of the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine. ‘Care’ in most other settings consisted of minimal service in inadequate facilities by white staff who were often highly prejudiced.” In 1951, a then 18-year old Edith Ross, currently of Point Pleasant, left her home in Fayette County, to find a job and ended up at Lakin Hospital as a psychiatric aide. Edith wasn’t just thrown into her job caring for patients — she received six months of training, earning a salary of $90 a month which included meals. In spite of, or because of, local housing being practically nonexistent for blacks, all employees lived on the hospital grounds. Before employee dormitories were built in 1952, Edith’s room was just off of the patients’ ward, and at the time, she might awaken to find a patient walking the halls outside her room which she laughs about now but back then found a little unsettling. “You got used to it,” she laughed. “Course, it scared you to death sometimes.” In 1952, male and female dormitories were built to house employees, including staff, administrators and doctors. With employees living on the grounds, Edith said if a coworker needed help with patients there was always someone around to do so which also meant employees technically worked 24 hours, many of those hours without pay. For all practical purposes, the patients had nowhere to go but Lakin, as did the staff. So, both made the best of their situations and coexisted. Edith said when she first arrived, many patients helped maintain the hospital by cleaning the build- Photo courtesy of Larry Moore A picture of Lakin State Hospital from 1954 shows the front of Building A which was built in 1926, Building B in 1927 and the Office Building in the late-1950’s. “The Lakin school and hospital buildings, and the historical markers for them, are gone. I regret they were not preserved as reminders of where we were, what we tried, and how far we have come, as we look to where we need to go from here.” — Larry Moore, Former staffer and historical advocate ings and working in the laundry. “If it hadn’t been for the patients, that hospital would’ve never made it,” Edith said. “The patients cleaned that place up like a hotel.” Patients also worked on Lakin’s farm which not only raised dairy cows, hogs and chickens, but grew vegetables used in the hospital’s cannery. At one time, Lakin had its own store and post office as well as beautician and barber services, shoe repair, a seamstress, minister, auto shop, pharmacy, medical lab and ambulance services. So, in essence, Lakin was its own self-sufficient city, and staff and patients didn’t have to go into town — because they were their own town. This picture of self-sufficiency contradicts stereotypes of what living in a psychiatric hospital in the 1950s might’ve been like with images of patients locked away in padded rooms. Edith disagrees with these images being applied to what life was like at Lakin. “We had some patients who were locked down to a point. There was just some where there wasn’t any hope for them,” Edith said. “But, a lot of the patients had a lot going for them.” As for those “rumors” about the hospital, Moore said, “I won’t go into some of the wild and weird rumors about cages, shackles, etc., other than to state, without reserve, that they were/are totally unfounded.” Perhaps one of the darker periods at Lakin occurred not only at Lakin but across the country when the lobotomy era emerged in psychiatric facilities. In West Virginia, the lobotomy era is said to have dawned in 1948 and continued though the mid1950s. Some records indicate Dr. Walter Freeman, who pioneered the transorbital or “ice pick” lobotomy, performed about 150 lobotomies on patients at Lakin during this era. The “ice pick” lobotomy involved sedating the patient with shock treatments, drawing the upper eyelid away from the eyeball, exposing the tear duct, then driving the sharp point of an ice pick through the orbital bone plate into the frontal lobe of the brain. The pick was then moved around, disconnecting the nerve fibers in the brain’s frontal lobe which determines who a person is — i.e., their personality. Edith worked with Freeman who she described as a “cold” man. “He’d do one and move on, saying ‘next, next’ and they’d roll them in and roll them out,” Edith remembers, saying she suspects he did around 70 of the procedures in one day. Edith said lobotomies were only performed on Lakin patients where there was “no hope.” She added she did see some improve from the procedure in a time before psychotropic drugs, allowing patients to be returned to their families, some for better, some for worse. “Some left and never came back, some did,” Edith remembered, saying she remembered two that died from the procedure. Described as a “zealot” by some, Freeman’s life and work at state mental hospitals in West Virginia will be featured in a documentary airing this fall and produced by Ark Media, Brooklyn, N.Y. for PBS’ nationally broadcast program, “The American Experience.” Kate Walker, associate producer for Ark Media, said of Lakin’s role in the documentary, “We use Lakin as an example of a hospital where Freeman frequently visited, operated and taught the lobotomy procedure. Hospitals across the country were facing some of the same problems and challenges in caring for their patients that the staff was facing at Lakin. Because we found someone who had actually observed Freeman operate at Lakin and who was willing to share his story, we chose to develop this example.” As for what she’s learned from this uniquely American experience, Walker emphasized, “What I am taking away from the experience of working on this film is our absolute Beth Sergent/photo Pictured is a more contemporary view of the office building used to contain administrative offices for the former Lakin State Hospital which technically no longer exists. The current Lakin Hospital, now a nursing care facility, was erected in 1974 near the location of the original hospital. need to care for every aspect of human society; however, it is tremendously difficult to put oneself in another person’s shoes, whether today’s shoes or the shoes of someone sixty years ago. We can’t exactly know what someone is thinking, nor can we assume. The best thing we can do is listen with as open a mind as possible.” As it did when it first opened, changing minds is a challenge Lakin Hospital faces even now. “People still consider us a mental health facility even though we’ve tried to dispel that,” said Brenda Shuler, acting chief executive officer for Lakin Hospital who began with the facility in 1969 as a typist. Annette Hill, program director for the hospital agreed, saying she still receives calls requesting beds on an alcohol treatment ward that no longer exists and hasn’t existed for some time. The facility began making the transition from psychiatric to nursing care in the late 1970s, achieving its intermediate care facility status in 1984 which means it could provide nursing care to adults. Despite their differences, perhaps one of the few resemblances the latest incarnation as Lakin Hospital has to its predecessor is there are still no “typical clients” on the grounds. Shuler said the facility serves residents with Alzheimer’s, traumatic brain injuries and strokes. Patients range from the young to elderly. The facility has 136 beds, prepares 340 meals a day and processes approximately 1,700 pounds of laundry a day. Like its predecessor, the facility offers a variety of services, including an in-house barber and beautician, vision, dental and podiatry care and pastoral services among others. Another similarity includes the fact the hospital is still a state agency with its budget derived from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. However, perhaps the biggest similarity between the past and present Lakin Hospital, is the human element. “We are very proud of our facility and protective of our residents,” Shuler added. Pride in the current incarnation of Lakin Hospital begs the question about the existence of pride in its past which Moore embraces. “I do find it frustrating that political correctness has led to many years of efforts to deny the history and legacy of Lakin, as if cleaning historical references.” Moore said. “Such as removal of the historical marker which became broken and was ‘taken for repair’ at some point after we declined to remove it and has never been replaced, will change the fact that racial prejudice and discrimination did actually exist in West Virginia, and was a factor in every aspect of the lives of West Virginia residents, just as it was in the rest of the United States of America.” As for Edith, she retired from Lakin Hospital in 1988 after she’d seen everything from lobotomies, to the introduction and benefits of psychotropic drugs, to patients being rezoned to other counties, to integration of a staff and resident population that went from predominately black to white, to psychiatric services phased out along with the adolescent care unit where she was a supervisor. Edith briefly left Lakin from 1972 to 1976 when she remarried, and when asked why she returned or better yet, why she stayed, she said, “Lakin was like family.” These days, that statement is taken literally with Edith’s daughter Phyllis Penn having worked as Lakin Hospital’s switchboard operator for 38 years now. Penn, a second generation employee, has been at the facility longer than her mother. However, if you have plans on driving to Lakin to see the historic hospital you’ll have to look at little further into history books because the current Lakin Hospital operates in a building erected in 1974. The original hospital, known as Building A, and its corresponding Building B which was built in 1927, are now gone. One of the hospital’s oldest existing buildings is the Office Building which remains on the grounds though it is only used for storage by the nearby Lakin Correctional Facility for Woman. The Office Building, erected around the late-1950’s is said to have housed not only offices but been a place for major and minor surgery and private pay patients. The Dietary Building which sits behind the Office Building was erected in 1958 and is still in use. Usefulness in talking about Lakin’s past is apparent to both Edith and Moore. Moore added, “The Lakin school and hospital buildings, and the historical markers for them, are gone. I regret they were not preserved as reminders of where we were, what we tried, and how far we have come, as we look to where we need to go from here.” �Sunday, February 12, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Blevins crowned OVCS homecoming queen Submitted photo Ohio Valley Christian School held its annual Homecoming Banquet on Saturday, February 4. Jennifer Blevins, daughter of Dr. David and Paula Blevins, was selected by the student body to be this year’s Homecoming Queen. Blevins plans to attend Otterbein University in the fall, majoring in education. This year’s senior princesses were Beth Martin and Kelsey McCoy. Pictured from left are: Katelyn Beaver (Sophomore Attendant), Madison Crank (Junior Attendant), Martin (Senior Princess), Blevins (Homecoming Queen), McCoy (Senior Princess), and Emily Carman (Freshman Attendant). Simon named president of medical staff at PVH POINT PLEASANT — Agnes A. EnricoSimon, MD, a board-certified Family Medicine physician, was elected president of the medical staff at Pleasant Valley Hospital (PVH), according to Tom Schauer, Chief Executive Officer of the non-profit health care facility located in Point Pleasant. “We are excited Dr. Simon was elected president of the medical staff at PVH,” commented Schauer. “She is a dynamic leader who inspires others to make great things happen.” As president of the medical staff, she will serve as a trusted voice and advisor to the doctors, nursing staff, volunteers, dietary staff and administrative staff. “I am honored, humbled, and excited to be elected as president of the medical staff by my peers. PVH is a great place to give care. The board members, physicians, staff, volunteers and chaplains at PVH enjoy helping others in our community with their health care needs,” remarked Simon. Simon received her medical degree and graduated “Benemeritus” in 1988 from the University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. She completed her postgraduate internship at the same university. She finished her pediatric residency training at the Hospital of the Infant Jesus (Manila, Philippines), served as the chief resident for the Department of Pediatrics, and then became a Diplomate of the Philippines Pediatric Society. Afterward, she did a research fellowship for the Division of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She completed her family medicine residency at WVU Harpers Ferry Family Medicine Residency Program and served as the chief resident her last year. Past positions held include Junior Consultant, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital of the Infant Jesus, Manila, Philippines, Assistant Professor and Clinical Director at the West Virginia University, Harpers Ferry Family Medicine Residency Program, Harpers Ferry Family Medicine Clinic. Simon is an active participant of the Rural Health Education Program. “What I enjoy the most is teaching one on one,” said Simon. She is a clinical assistant professor for West Virginia University and Marshall University Schools of Medicine, and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. She is a past president of the Mason County Medical Society and is a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club. Before earning the title of president of the medical staff at PVH, she served as the vice president for a term of two years. Additional members of the Medical Executive Committee include Nancy Lares, MD, Vice President, John Wade, MD, Secretary/ Treasurer. At large members include Randall Hawkins, MD, Fredric LaCarbonara,, MD, Stephen Rerych, MD, Clifford Roberson, MD, and Ori Tzuk, MD. Simon began her practice with PVH in November 2001. Simon and her husband, Paul, have a son, Jacob Paul, who is five and half years old. They reside in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C2 The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio awarded $62,000 grant NELSONVILLE — The JPMorgan Chase Foundation has awarded the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) a $62,000 grant — its second in two years — to support FAO’s I’m a Child of Appalachia Initiative. The grant will aid FAO’s work to grow regional capacity and create educational opportunities to position the region’s students for success. FAO’s signature initiative, I’m a Child of Appalachia, was launched in 2005 to encourage the region’s citizens to take pride in the unique advantages of Appalachian Ohio while emphasizing the importance of educational opportunities. I’m a Child of Appalachia Network (ICAN!) members support FAO’s innovative efforts to develop the permanent philanthropic resources and regional capacity needed to support Appalachian Ohio and its citizens, especially its youth. A continually growing effort, I’m a Child of Appalachia has evolved to include educational grantmaking initiatives for students, educators, and school districts in addition to its annual citizen award and writing contest. “The JPMorgan Chase Foundation wants to give students in Appalachian Ohio im- proved access to high-quality educational opportunities so they can become productive, engaged citizens,” said Cinnamon Pelly, vice president for Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase Foundation. “Over the past two years, the JPMorgan Chase Foundation has invested $162,000 in the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio because together we can change young people’s lives across 32 Ohio counties.” With a quarter of its grant funding invested in the I’m a Child of Appalachia endowment fund, the JPMorgan Chase Foundation will help FAO address today’s needs while growing the region’s endowment for future opportunities. “The endowment fund ensures resources are available to meet the region’s changing needs,” said Cara Dingus Brook, FAO’s president and CEO. “The JPMorgan Chase Foundation is a strategic philanthropic partner. They understand FAO’s work as a regional community foundation and the importance of long-term investments to support Appalachian Ohio. We truly value their membership in our ICAN! Corporate Partnership.” Review: Netflix and Hulu’s new scripted originals NEW YORK (AP) — Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming. The shows amount to a milestone in Internet television, an early sign of the leveling between broadcasting and streaming. Programming options between TV and the Web are increasingly separated by little more than the “video source” button on your remote. But the most salient thing about the new offerings from Netflix and Hulu are just how “TV” they are. Earlier this week, Netflix released all eight episodes of “Lilyhammer,” a fish-out-ofwater drama starring Steve Van Zandt (“The Sopranos”) as a New York mobster relocated to Norway. On Tuesday, Hulu will premiere “Battleground,” a faux-documentary sitcom about the young operatives of a middling political campaign in Wisconsin. Each has a broadcast pedigree. “Lilyhammer” was produced for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (a lesser known NBC) and began airing there in January. As a script, “Battleground” was initially purchased by Fox (whose corporate parent, News Corp., is a coowner of Hulu, along with Walt Disney Co. and NBCUniversal). That both “Battleground” and “Lilyhammer” look and feel so much like broadcast shows is a signal of their high-quality (though “Lilyhammer” is notably better made) and their lack of innovation. These are ultimately just a couple of new shows among hundreds, only ones consumable through a new distribution method. The 50-minute-long “Lilyhammer,” for which Van Sandt is also a producer and writer, is the more intriguing of the two. It often feels almost like a parody of a “So- pranos” spinoff: If we’re going to have Silvio in Scandinavia, then how about Paulie Walnuts in Walla Walla? Or Uncle Junior in Jakarta? When “Frankie the Fixer” (Van Zandt) gives up a rival to the FBI, he opts for witness protection in Lillehammer, Norway. Remoteness is part of the attraction, as is its wintery allure: “Did you see the Olympics of ‘94?” he asks. “It was beautiful.” In Norway, Frankie — now renamed Giovanni Hendriksen — cuts an amusing figure in parkas and sweaters. He easily grasps the language from audio tapes (Frankie speaks in English but most other character speak Norwegian, which is subtitled) and finds it quite easy to set up shop. Giovanni quickly gathers a girlfriend (Marian Saastad Ottesen), a nightclub and a few minions. The jokes mainly revolve around either Giovanni being out-of-place (a Mafioso on skis!) or the locals’ reaction to his crudeness. One gets the sense that “Lilyhammer” would be funnier to Norwegians. Mostly, Giovanni is portrayed kindly, a straight-talking dose of manly aggression who runs roughshod over softer, peaceful Norwegian folk. It’s entertaining enough, but about as subtle as “Sopranos on Ice!” “Battleground,” judging by its first two episodes, is a light, watered-down knockoff of “The Office,” moved a little further west and focusing on a slightly younger demographic. Its 13 episodes will debut every Tuesday. It stars Jay Hayden as Chris “Tak” Davis, campaign manager to Deirdre Samuels (Meighan Gerachis), who’s running for a Wisconsin Senate seat. The show, about 22 minutes long, uses the “Office” format of interstitial interviews with the twist that they take place after the election — and thus carry foreshadowing of trouble to come. The timing of “Battleground” might seem good considering the current Republican presidential primaries, but any actual politics are left out. There’s nothing that might offend either side of the political spectrum here, and also little to inspire either Democrats or Republicans. Instead, “Battleground” — whose producers include Marc Webb, the director of “(500) Days of Summer,” as well as an “Office” episode — is a typical workplace comedy, only with the backdrop of campaign posters and buttons. No one over 25-years-old much matters — it’s the “zany” young staff and volunteers who get all the screen time. It comes off something like a student fantasy of playful politics. Hayden expends more energy trying to look suave and knowing than funny. For Hulu and Netflix, the shows don’t need to be masterpieces, just conversationstarters — drops of newness to freshen up their extensive libraries and garner media coverage in articles like this one. Neither “Lilyhammer” nor “Battleground” is good enough to send anyone rushing to sign up for a subscription. (Netflix’s streaming service is $7.99 a month, as is Hulu Plus.) But in the gathering convergence of TV and Internet viewing, these shows represent an early salvo. Netflix’s most anticipated shows — a David Fincherproduced adaptation of the British series “House of Cards” and new episodes of the cult comedy “Arrested Development” — are due later this year and in 2013. Hulu has plans for more original programming, including a documentary series from Richard Linklater (“Dazed and Confused”). Exhibit looks back at 50 years of American fashion NEW YORK (AP) — Paris has its scarves and skinny suits, Milan has its luxe leather and London its swinging miniskirts, but ask American designers what they’ve added to fashion and the collective answer is democracy, from wrap dresses worn by working women in the 1970s to a dress worn by the first lady. The Council of Fashion Designers of America, in honor of its 50th anniversary this year, asked its membership, which includes president Diane von Furstenberg, Marc Jacobs, Sean Combs and Michael Kors, to craft their own “impact statements” and choose outfits and photos they feel best represent their signature styles for a new exhibit opening Saturday at the Museum at FIT in Manhattan. There are 80 outfits on display in the show, called “Impact: 50 Years of the CFDA,” but the works of 450 designers are represented in a multimedia display and a companion book. “There is something magical about the way this group was founded back in 1962, in a small room off of Seventh Avenue. It was the brain trust of 20 passionate designers who were motivated to create a safe haven for the members of their community. They sought to protect and promote their own,” von Furstenberg writes in the book. “Nearly half a century later, through triumphs and failures, with businesses made and broken, that small assemblage has evolved into a modern family of over 400 members.” Von Furstenberg lent to the museum one of her original wrap dresses from the 1970s, a symbol of the working-women’s movement, while Oscar de la Renta, a former CFDA president, offered up a gown, accented in neon, from his current spring collection. (De la Renta always says his newest designs are his most important.) A surprise came from MaryKate and Ashley Olsen in talking about their contribution, said Patricia Mears, museum deputy director and curator. They didn’t note their celebrity or even the accolades earned by their collection The Row, instead saying they were most proud of a commitment to manufacturing in the United States. “‘Impact’ in America is interpreted a lot of ways. It has a lot of diversity. It could be making things affordable, it could be quality like haute couture,” said Mears. She added, “Someone like Marc (Jacobs) is such a huge, influential entity but he followed the American path. When he did his groundbreaking grunge collection, it got him fired, but he says that’s what set him free and served as a launching pad for something new.” Jacobs is represented in the exhibit by a dress from that 1992 flannel-and-long johns collection. The garment came from Anna Sui’s personal collection of Jacobs’ clothes. Her explanation: “I guess Marc doesn’t keep an extensive archive, and I’m a pack rat!” But that’s typical of the remarkably close relationships formed within the fashion community, said Steven Kolb, chief executive of the CFDA, which identifies advocacy, mentoring and charity as its missions. While the industry is stereo- typed by outsiders as catty and cutthroat, Kolb says he’s come to see that designers not only support each other, but they thrive off each other. For example, Kolb said, Halston’s craftsmanship, represented in the CFDA exhibit with a bias-cut dress made from a single piece of satin, has inspired the work of Ralph Rucci, who is touted as a master of fabric and patternmaking now. And it’s no accident that Michael Kors’ gold beaded pants were placed near the gold sequined outfit by Norman Norell. Sui became an early, regular staple of what’s evolved to be known as the contemporary category, along with the likes of Nanette Lepore, Trina Turk and even new powerhouse Tory Burch. “Contemporary” might not exist if there weren’t enough people to fill a boutique or section of a department store, Sui explains. “One of the things that is kind of ironic, and one of my problems was that I had to ask myself, ‘Where do I fit in?’” says Sui. “The most wonderful designers of the day were Bill Blass, Donna Karan and Anne Klein. I couldn’t compete with them, I couldn’t hang with them in department stores, but they inspired me to do my own thing.” That brings her around to her impact. “Somewhere my dresses started appealing to a new generation of girls who had worn jeans and T-shirts but were now going to work. She saw she could take a dress and dress it up for evening or tone down for daytime,” Sui says. It didn’t hurt that the age of the supermodel was dawning, and they were fans of her clothes. One of the most familiar dresses in the exhibit belongs to Narciso Rodriguez. It’s the runway version of the red-and-black sheath that Michelle Obama wore on election night in 2008. “We are glad to show fashion in a cultural context,” said FIT’s Mears. “We want someone to look at the Stephen Burrows or Halston and say, ‘That’s from my youth,’ or remember Donna’s (Karan) woman-as-president ad campaign and remember the effect it had on them. They’ve all had impact beyond creating a beautiful dress.” �Sunday, February 12, 2012 Sunday, February 12, 2012 BLONDIE BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C3 Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s Horoscope zITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Feb. 13, 2012: This year you frequently discover that you are in the limelight, like it or not. With the spotlight comes additional responsibility. You might buy a home or add to your present domain. Instincts guide you with finances. Be careful. If you are single, you attract quite a few people. Date until you are absolutely sure you have met the right person. He or she most likely will show up after June 2012. If you are attached, the two of you start acting like new lovers. You could be adding to your household or family. SCORPIO is proud to know you. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Be willing to work with key people directly. You do not need a go-between. The results will speak for themselves. Honor what is happening with a child or friend, even if you do not like everything you hear. Tonight: Do not close down a conversation. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Others demand to be acknowledged, and they want more responsibility. Distance yourself and detach. You will know what to do; just do not expect automatic answers. A meeting could give you a lot of feedback, and/or a friend could decide to express his or her feelings. Tonight: Sort through invitations. Don’t be alone. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Pace yourself by making time for a walk or a visit to the gym. The better you feel, the more successful you will be. Project a strong aura of poise and understanding. A discussion with a respected higher-up is important. Know that your attitude could be critical. Tonight: Don’t push. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could be overwhelmed by the possibilities that surround you. Not only do you see the possibilities, but you also are weighing the ramifications. Others might not understand this attitude. Tonight: Let the fun begin. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You could be overwhelmed by personal demands or a domestic matter. Just getting out the door will take talent. A conversation gives you an indication as to where others are coming from. Tonight: Head home. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Listen to what has been said. You see life from a far more upbeat perspective. Reveal more of your thoughts. If you think the message is not getting through as you might like, try again. Others prove to be highly responsive. Tonight: Return calls. Visit with a buddy. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your sense of what is workable could change dramatically after several conversations. You come from an anchored point of view, never questioning it. Changing from a known given could be difficult, but count on the fact that you can do it. Tonight: Your treat. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Honor your senses today. Your strength and charisma jog along to add to your power and ability to make a difference. You sometimes come down on yourself by being critical and demeaning. The time has come to end that type of thinking. Tonight: All smiles. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HH Listen to what has been shared, and discuss what you want. Your sense of humor emerges — only, others might not get the message. Try not to laugh out loud or smile too broadly. Be as direct as possible yet caring in a discussion. Tonight: Play it low-key. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You witness the loyalty of a key person in your life. You can trust him or her to cover your back. You might make accommodations once you understand his or her strength and support. Tonight: Hang around crowds or with friends. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Take a stand, knowing your limitations. Others could feel as if you are causing them to do something they would prefer not to do. Help clear out this thinking by giving those parties permission to do whatever they need to. At first, they might not be comfortable. Tonight: In the limelight. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Stay on top of a problem; detach and understand what’s causing it. If you can bypass reacting and just observe, all the better - you will gain. Well-placed commentary will draw strong results. Tonight: Be around music, no matter what you are doing. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Sunday, February 12, 2012 Stephanie Griffith and Alex Beelen Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Gene and Ruth Tillis 60th wedding anniversary Beelen-Griffith engagement Tillis Mr. and Mrs. Gene Tillis will celebrate their 60th wedCharlie and Becky Griffith of Bidwell, Ohio, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Griffith, of Bidwell, to Alex Beelen, of Holland, Michigan, the son of Ken and Nancy Beelen, also of Holland, Michigan. The future bride is a 2008 graduate of River Valley High School and a 2012 graduate of Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio, with a major in Integrated Social Studies Education and minors in history and Bible. The future groom is a 2008 graduate of Holland Christian High School in Holland, Michigan, a 2012 graduate of Cedarville University, with a major in Allied Health: pre-physical therapy, and minors in psychology and Bible. He plans to attend graduate school to pursue a doctorate degree in physical therapy. A June wedding is being planned and will be held at Elizabeth Chapel Church. ding anniversary on February 29, 2012. The former Ruth Hineman of Crown City, Ohio, and Gene Tillis of Proctorville, Ohio, were married February 29, 1952, in Crown City, Ohio. They have four children: Nancy (Greg) Armstrong of Edgewood, Ky., Patrice (Chuck) Miller of Franklin, Tenn., Dwight Tillis of Pataskla, Ohio, and Chris Tillis of Englewood, Fla; four grandchildren: David Armstrong, Jill Armstrong, Catherine Tillis and Grant Tillis. Ruth is a retired beautician and Gene is a retired school administrator. They live in Englewood, Florida. Hawkins earns place on Berklee College Of Music dean’s list Andrew Walker named to dean’s list at Grove City College Observing 100th birthday POMEROY — Mary K. Roush, a lifelong resident of Meigs County, will observe her 100th birthday on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Mrs. Roush is a member of the Forest Run United Methodist Church where, for many years, she worked with the church quilting group in its program to raise money for church improvements. She continued quilting until about two years ago when her health began to fail. She has three children, Yvonne Richardson of Alexandria, Ohio, Manning Roush of Pomeroy, and Rachel Stout of Grove City, seven grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren. For the past several months she has resided in the Village of Westerville, a nursing facility,where a celebration of her birthday will be held on Sunday, Feb. 19. Cards may be sent to Mrs. Roush at the Village of Westerville, Room 301, 1060 Eastwind Drive, Westerville, Ohio 43081. GROVE CITY, Pa. — Andrew Walker, a senior Political Science major at Grove City College, has been named to the dean’s list with high distinction for the fall 2011 semester. Andrew is a 2007 graduate of Gallia Academy High School and is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Philip Walker of Gallipolis, Ohio. Students eligible for the dean’s list have a GPA of 3.40 to 3.59; for the dean’s list with distinction a GPA of 3.60 to 3.84 and for the dean’s list with high distinction a GPA of 3.85 to 4.0. Penguin halts e-books sales to libraries NEW YORK (AP) — Penguin Group (USA), which publishes such bestsellers as Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help” and “Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love,” has stopped selling e-books to libraries. Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and the Hachette Book Group are among the major publishers that already limit e-book availability to libraries. While more and more smaller publishers are providing e-books to libraries, larger publishers have been concerned that the ease of downloading books from libraries could hurt sales. Penguin announced Thursday it would stop selling e-books to libraries through OverDrive Inc., a Cleveland-based digital distributor and major supplier for the library market. The publisher added that it was talking with a “number of partners” about possible future arrangements. OverDrive CEO Steve Potash said he was still “actively working” with Penguin about how to address their concerns. Taylor selected for ‘Federal 100 Award’ Beef prices expected to By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com RACINE — Kim Taylor, daughter of Jane and Robert Beegle, Racine, has been selected to receive the Federal Computer Week magazine’s “Federal 100 Award.” Taylor was one of the 100 persons — the top executives from government, industry and academia who had the greatest impact on the government information systems community in 2011 — to be selected to receive the award. Each year, an independent panel of judges choose the winners because of the differences the individuals made in the way agencies, companies and government officials develop, acquire, manage and use information technology. It’s been 23 years since Federal Computer Week magazine started what is now the signature awards program in the government information technology community. The 100 individuals join an elite community of government professionals, industry executives and academic scholars who share a sense of duty, commitment to excellence and devotion to public service. The 100 individuals will have their accomplishments recognized in the March 30 issue of the Federal Computer Week magazine and also recognized at a black-tie gala to be held March 28 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC. Taylor is employed with the U S Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC. Delbert and Nancy Clark Clark 50th wedding anniversary Nancy and Delbert Clark celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on December 24, 2011. They were married December 24, 1961, at First Baptist Church, Gallipolis, by Rev. Howard G. Young. A reception was held at Good News Baptist Church by their children Anna Jones, Debbie Clark and Darly Martin, and Kyle and Breezy Clark. Nancy and Delbert have seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Schoolgirls excluded from Recognitions and Awards Dallas movie screening BOSTON — Berklee College of Music announces that Jon Hawkins, of Point Pleasant, has earned placement on the dean’s list for the fall semester of the 2011 academic year. To be eligible for this honor, a full-time student must achieve a grade point average of 3.4 or above; a part-time student must achieve a grade point average of 3.6 or above. The Berklee curriculum focuses on practical career preparation for today’s music industry. Four-year degrees are offered in Performance, Jazz Composition, Music Production & Engineering, Film Scoring, Music Business/Management, Composition, Music Synthesis, Contemporary Writing & Production, Music Education, Songwriting, Music Therapy and Professional Music. Mary K. Roush Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C4 climb for next two years LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The smallest cattle herd since the 1950s likely will mean higher beef prices at the supermarket for the next two years. Experts said beef prices could climb as much as 10 percent a year in 2012 and 2013, and the increase could be even greater if demand from other countries increases. Those higher prices would follow steady increases that have seen the average retail cost of a pound of hamburger rise 23 percent, from $2.38 in December 2010 to $2.92 last December, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Last month the USDA reported the U.S. herd had declined to 90.8 million cattle, 2 percent less than the previous year and the lowest inventory since 1952, when there were 88.1 million. “We’re producing less beef so prices are going to go up,” Texas AgriLife Extension Service livestock economist David Anderson said. Ranchers have sold more of their cattle in recent years to meet increased costs for feed, fuel and other expenses. The soaring feed costs come amid heightened demand for corn to produce ethanol and to meet a growing export market. DALLAS (AP) — When 5,700 fifth-grade boys in Dallas’ public schools recently went to see a movie about black fighter pilots in World War II, the girls stayed in school and saw a different movie instead. One of the pilots is among those asking why. A spokesman for the Dallas Independent School District said officials took only boys to see “Red Tails” Thursday because space at the movie theater was limited. Jon Dahlander told The Dallas Morning News that leaders of the district also thought boys would enjoy the movie more than girls. “Red Tails” tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the legendary pilots during World War II who become the first black aviators to serve in the U.S. military. The movie opened last month. Some female students were shown a different movie instead: “Akeelah and the Bee,” about an 11-year-old girl who competes in a national spelling bee. Dahlander, who did not return several phone messages from The Associated Press, told the newspaper that the district often holds gender-specific events. “It’s not out of the ordinary,” Dahlander said. But an original Tuskegee Airman and others questioned why everyone didn’t get to see the same movie. Herbert Carter, who flew 77 missions in World War II with only one crash landing, said he was “almost speechless.” “I’ve heard everything else,” said Carter, 94, in a phone interview. “This is the first time I’ve heard that it was unfit for female students.” Carter’s wife of nearly 70 years, Mildred, who died in October, became the first black woman in Alabama to hold a private pilot’s license, their son Kurt Carter said. But while Herbert Carter trained at Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute and went on to serve, Mildred Carter was barred by the military from flying, Kurt Carter said. She would go on to fly privately for decades after the war, he said. “My wife would turn flip flops,” Herbert Carter said. “She thought that all human beings were equal, regardless of sex, race, creed or color. She would take great offense to young women being denied this (opportunity).” The Tuskegee Airmen were not allowed to fight alongside their white counterparts. They earned respect for their success in escorting bombers during the war and distinguished themselves by painting the tails of their planes red. The airmen were given the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007 by President George W. Bush and were invited to attend President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. Obama screened “Red Tails” at the White House in January. The field trip to see “Red Tails” cost Dallas schools about $57,000, which came from federal funds for low-income students, the newspaper reported. Lisa Maatz, public policy director for the American Association of University Women, which advocates for gender equity in education, said news of the field trip showed “stereotypes are alive and well.” “Part of what we did here was show the girls they weren’t as valuable,” she said. “That’s not a lesson that we want to teach our children.” Ana Rios, 11, a fifth-grader at Nathan Adams Elementary School in Dallas, said she wanted to see “Red Tails” — especially since she had already seen, “Akeelah and the Bee.” She planned to watch the movie on her own. “We are learning African-American history, and it would be a great movie to see,” she said. Lucasfilm, the company founded by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, produced the movie. In a statement, Lucasfilm said it did not know about the Dallas screening and declined to comment, “other than to say that we want all students — boys and girls — to enjoy ‘Red Tails.’” Rock Hall adds six groups to list of inductees CLEVELAND (AP) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says six additional groups will be inducted this year after a committee determined they should be recognized with previously enshrined original lead singers. The Blue Caps, the Comets, the Crickets, the Famous Flames, the Midnighters and the Miracles will be inducted at the April ceremony in Cleveland. The Crickets’ Buddy Holly and the Famous Flames’ James Brown were inducted in 1986. The Comets’ Bill Haley and the Miracles’ Smokey Robinson were inducted in 1987. The Midnighters’ Hank Ballard was inducted in 1990 and the Blue Caps’ Gene Vincent was inducted in 1998. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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