https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/e43bbbe1a097298c4f680fc01f5b675d.pdf bc10b76c18b2b382c932d9bf8ccb8080 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS Dr. Brothers .... Page 2 Showers. High of 55. Low of 32 ........ Page 2 Boys basketball action .... Page 6 OBITUARIES Helen Fowler, 95 Patty A. Knapp, 66 Charles VanMeter, 63 ....... Page 5 50 cents daily THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2012 Vol. 62, No. 27 Gallia man arrested after fatally shooting wife By Amber Gillenwater mdtnews@mydailytribune.com VINTON — One Gallia County man remains in custody following a fatal shooting that occurred early on Wednesday morning near the village of Vinton. David A. Ramey, 38, Vinton, was arrested by deputies with the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday morning following the shooting death of Stephanie R. Ramey, 28, at their residence located at 335 Hartsook Road in Huntington Township. The incident reportedly occurred just prior 8 a.m. and the suspect was later arrested by deputies after his vehicle was spotted by law enforcement near Bidwell. He reportedly left the scene of the incident and was apprehended following a traffic stop. A handgun believed to have been used in the incident was also recovered by deputies. Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning reported that the incident is believed to be the result of a domestic violence situation. Investigators later processed the scene of the incident on Hartsook Road and were assisted by Gallia County EMS, David A. Ramey Gallia County Coroner Daniel Whitely, staff with the Gallia County Prosecutor’s Office, as well as Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation crime-scene technicians. Amber Gillenwater/photo Gallia County Sheriff’s Deputies were on the scene of a fatal shooting that occurred early Wednesday morning at this residence located on Hartsook Road in Huntington Township. The suspect identified by officials as David A. Ramey was later apprehended for the shooting death of his wife and currently remains in custody. Two ‘shake and bake’ meth labs found By Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com Farewell to a neighboring landmark Stephanie Filson/photo On Friday, Feb. 10, during the late afternoon, the United States Coast Guard could be seen just off the Ohio shore of the Ohio River near the Gallipolis City Public Access area across from the city park. According to Coast Guard officials, the crew was in the area as part of Friday’s Huntington-area Veterans Memorial Field House event, commemorating the landmark — and the veterans for whom it was originally named — prior to the building’s pending demolition. The antiquated 1950 structure will be torn down to make room for Marshall University to build a soccer complex on the site. It will be called Veterans Memorial Stadium and have a new memorial park attached. Friday’s ceremony included the participation of the U.S. Coast Guard, 8th District, in the Joint Service Color Guard. In addition to participation in the Huntington event, U.S. Coast Guard officials said that they helped provide security along the river while it was under way. Oil and gas meeting set for Saturday By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — The Meigs County Landowners Group have scheduled an oil and gas meeting for 6 p.m. Saturday at the Mulberry Community Center at 260 Mulberry Ave. in Pomeroy. Emphasis of the meeting will be to discuss leasing oil and gas interests on land owned by Meigs Countians. It was noted in a news release that the Southern Ohio Energy Consultants, a local firm representing landowners with over 120,000 acres in southeastern Ohio, will be represented at the meeting to discuss the leasing process. Oil and gas companies are currently leasing land in Meigs County for Utica Shale. Attorney John Wells and Registered Landman Jeremy Gaul will be there to give information to landowners about leasing their oil and gas interests and to enlighten them on the pricing process. This is the first informational meeting on leasing land to oil and gas companies to be held in Meigs County. Several have already been held in adjoining counties where hundreds of landowners turned out to learn about the process and prices being paid for land. The importance of getting all available information before signing leases with anyone was stressed by one Meigs landowner in encouraging attendance at Saturday night’s meeting. He spoke of the danger of signing too soon before getting all the information and not getting the best price for their land. Also announced today was a public meeting of the Southeast Ohio Fracking Interest Group to be held at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the Unitarian Church, 232 Third St., Marietta. Cheryl Johnson, executive director of Buckeye Forest Council, will present “Deep-Shale Gas Drilling,” the process of hydraulic fracking, impacts on public health and environment, and current Ohio regulations. For more information prior to the meeting, contact 740-818-6o91 or visit www.southernohioenergyconsultantsllc.com. MEIGS COUNTY — The discovery of two more “shake and bake” methamphetamine labs were reported by the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office. Meigs County Sheriff Robert Beegle reports that, last Thursday, officers were called to Blake Hill Road where a meth lab and materials were found along the roadway. Major Crime Unit officer Sgt. Bill Gilkey, Sgt. Dan Leonard and a BCI agent were on the scene and neutralized and disposed of the materials. On Saturday, another “shake and bake” lab and materials were found in a residence on Ohio 681 near Snowville. Ricky Adkins, 32, and Tara Booth Adkins, 28, were arrested and charged in Meigs County Court on a felony one charge of illegal manufacturing in the presence of minors. Tara Booth Adkins was released on a cash bond, and Ricky Adkins is being held pending posting of his bond. BCI and the Scipio Fire Department were on the scene to assist in neutralizing and disposing of the materials. A Meigs County Children’s Services representative was also on the scene. According to Beegle this make four “shake and bake” meth labs found in Meigs County this year. The Meigs County Sheriff also reports the arrest of James (Jamie) R. Ellis, 24, of Middleport on a bench warrant from Meigs County Common Pleas Court on the charge of probation violation. According to a news release by the sheriff’s office, Ellis appeared in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday with Judge Dean Evans presiding — due to a conflict of interest with Judge Christopher Tenoglia — and entered not guilty pleas to the probation violation, as well as, to charges of an indictment for selling Vicodin (Sept. 2011 indictment) and selling Opana (Oct. 2011 indictment). Both drug indictments were from charges investigated by the Meigs Major Crimes Task Force. Bond for Ellis was set at $5,000 cash with 10 percent permitted on the indictment and $5,000 OR bond on the probation violation. Recent transports by the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office include Brian Durham, Amber York and Shane Simpson. Durham, who was recently convicted by a Meigs County jury on an insurance fraud charge, was transported to the State Correction Center to begin his sentence. York was transported to Marysville Reformatory for Women to serve a 12 month sentence for forgery and receiving stolen property. Simpson was brought back from Noble Correctional for a judicial release in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Due to pending charges in other jurisdictions, Simpson was returned to Noble Correctional. Residents warned of ‘scam letters’ Staff Report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com MEIGS COUNTY —“If it sounds too good to be true, then it isn’t,” says Sheriff Robert Beegle. The Meigs County Sheriff’s Office was advised on Tuesday by a Long Bottom resident that they had received a letter and check informing them they were winners of the “Mega Lottery” conducted in the United Kingdom, winning $150,000. According to news release by the sheriff’s office, There was a check enclosed with the let- ter in the amount of $3,980 from a Florida business to expedite the processing. The check was to cover the $1,995 tax. The resident was asked to call the tax agent and remit the $1,995 before using the check. The resident was also urged to keep this winning confidential until the claim had been processed an the cash remitted. The letter came from President’s Choice Financial with Canadian postage. Beegle added, “If you receive these scam letters, just trash them!” �Thursday, February 16, 2012 Ask Dr. Brothers Meigs County Briefs Food Drive RACINE — Home National Bank is sponsoring a Food Drive at the Southern vs Eastern basketball game on Friday, February 17, 2012 at Southern High School. Each non-perishable food or monetary donation will get a ticket for the chance to win gift certificates from local businesses, D & M Pizza, Tuppers Plains Dairyette, Coolspot, and Hill’s Sunoco to name a few. All donations will go to the Meigs Cooperative Parish Food Pantry. Ash Wednesday observance POMEROY — The Lenten Breakfast and Quiet Hour will be held at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Trinity Congregational Church in Pomeroy. Reservations are to be made with Peggy Harris at 992-7569 or Diane Hawley at 9922722 with the number of those planning to attend included. Health Department closed Monday POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will be closed Monday, Feb. 20 in observance of President’s Day. Free community dinner MIDDLEPORT — A free community dinner will be held Friday, Feb. 24, at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center. Serving of a spaghetti dinner will be at 5 p.m. Parent-teacher 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. 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. 4-H tack sale planned RACINE — The Jolly Ranchers will hold a horse tack fund raiser at 5 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the Racing Legion hall. The funds raised will go into the 4-H program. Anyone wishing to contribute should call 304-531-4677. Lincoln Day Dinner POMEROY — The Meigs Meigs County Community Calendar Thursday, Feb. 16 RACINE — Pomeroy-Racine Lodge 164 F&AM will Thursday, 7:30 p.m. at the lodge hall Refreshments will be served before the meeting. Friday, Feb. 17 POMEROY — The Pomeroy High School Class of 1959 will be having lunch at the Rio Bravo Restaurant in Mason, W.V. at noon. Saturday, Feb. 18 NELSONVILLE — Elvis tribute artist Dwight Icenhower, 8 p.m., at Stuart’s Opera House. SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Jr. Grange #878 will hold their Fun Night and Potluck Supper Saturday with potluck at 6:30 p.m. followed by fun night activities. Final plans for soup dinner and meet the candidates to be held on Feb. 26 will be made. HARRISONVILLE — Harrisonville Lodge 411 will have its annual inspection and work in the entered apprentice degree following a 6 p.m. dinner. All master masons invited. Tuesday, Feb. 21 RUTLAND — A community meeting for the Neighborhood Revitalization grant application will be held at 7 p.m. at the Rutland Civic Center. All residents are encouraged to attend. POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomeroy will begin Lent with Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday) Pancake supper from 5-7 p.m. The general public is cordially invited to attend. Wednesday, Feb. 22 POMEROY — St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomeroy will host Ash Wednesday worship service at 7p.m. Imposition of ashes will be available for those who want them. The general public is invited to attend. POMEROY — Ash Wednesday Service, 7 p.m. at North Bethel United Methodist Church Old Rt. 7 Coolville. Pastor Dee Rader invites the public. RACINE — St. John Lutheran Church with Grace Episcopal Church will celebfrate Ash Wednesday, 7 p.m. at the St. John Church 33441 Pine Grove Road, Racine. POMEROY — The Lenten Breakfast and Quiet Hour will be held at 7:45 a.m. at the Trinity Congregational Church in Pomeroy. Reservations are to be made with Peggy Harris at 992-7569 or Diane Hawley at 992-2722 with the number of those planning to attend included. 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. Wednesday, Feb. 22 POMEROY — Mary K. Roush will observe her 100th birthday on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Cards may be sent to her at the Village of Westerville, Room 3801, 1060 Eastwind Drive, Westerville, Ohio 43081. Local stocks AEP (NYSE) — 39.84 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 17.61 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 63.74 Big Lots (NYSE) — 44.02 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 36.24 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 79.41 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 10.34 Champion (NASDAQ) — 0.76 Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ) — 5.50 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 35.52 Collins (NYSE) — 59.61 DuPont (NYSE) — 49.66 US Bank (NYSE) — 29.00 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 18.94 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 46.50 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 37.92 Kroger (NYSE) — 23.87 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 45.60 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 70.40 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 19.41 The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 www.mydailysentinel.com BBT (NYSE) — 29.60 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 16.73 Pepsico (NYSE) — 63.52 Premier (NASDAQ) — 5.94 Rockwell (NYSE) — 79.79 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 11.55 Royal Dutch Shell — 72.99 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 48.77 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 62.22 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.15 WesBanco (NYSE) — 19.80 Worthington (NYSE) — 17.64 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for February 15, 2012, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner will be held at 6 p.m. on Thurday, March 1, in the Meigs High School Cafeteria. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court Sharon Kennedy will be the guest speaker. For reservations contact Sandy Iannarelli at (740) 992-2426, Bill Spaun at (740) 416-5995, or Darlene Newell at (740) 985-3537. 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. Senior Citizens trip to Washington 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 trip 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. She can’t get past date’s profession Dear Dr. Brothers: I met a great guy on a dating website. We went out three times, and while he alluded to his job as being serviceoriented and “professional,” he seemed reluctant to say exactly what it is that he does. Well, tonight he revealed that he is the owner of four funeral homes! And worse yet, he has a “handson” position there, if you know what I mean. While that is admirable, am I terribly shallow to be creeped out by this? How can I get past this, or not hurt his feelings by fleeing? — L.S. Dear L.S.: It’s always a toss-up when we meet up with someone from the Internet. You never quite know what’s coming, but luckily most of the time if we are prudent and trust our instincts, the people we meet are perfectly harmless at worst and a love connection at best. I’m sure you are kicking yourself for not insisting on knowing more about your potential date before you met up. I’m sure he has learned that the sooner he reveals his profession to women, the sooner they want nothing to do with him. So you can’t really blame him for being reticent about his profession — it’s probably ruined more than one potential friendship or love affair. So, now what? You might need to take some time to absorb all this and decide if it’s really a deal-breaker. If you decide, upon reflection, that you just can’t date or become serious about someone in the funeral business, it’s unfortunate but nothing to beat yourself up Dr. Joyce Brothers Syndicated Columnist about. There are women who will date only lawyers and doctors, so it doesn’t reflect shallowness on your part — just something that’s unacceptable to your particular psyche. Better to let him down easy now than to lead him on if you really don’t think you can overcome your feelings. He may be disappointed, but I doubt he’ll blame you — unfortunately, he’s probably used to it. *** Dear Dr. Brothers: I am in my early 50s and newly divorced. So much has changed since I dated 20 years ago. For example, I’m interested in this phenomenon of friends with benefits, since I am nowhere near looking for anything serious so soon after my breakup. But is this only for younger people, or if I tried it, would it be impossible to manage? I don’t want to end up making a mistake, or act cheap or undignified. Advice, please? — J.O. Dear J.O.: The concept of friends with benefits is a popular one with young people who aren’t ready for any sort of commitment but want to be upfront about meeting their sexual needs without the consequences of being dumped or falling in love. But since it’s a somewhat artificial construct in the first place, it doesn’t always work out, and people get hurt. We all like to feel very attractive, irresistible and lovable. When friends get together for sex, our expectations that are on a very personal level have to be squelched. This can be wearing on an individual — she may feel, on a subconscious level, that she’s going to win her friend’s heart, available or not. So, sex without emotions is more than some women — and some men — can handle. And sometimes users target women who want to try the concept and are seeking a genuine friend to do it with. If they find the “friends” part lacking, and believe that in the final analysis they were merely being used, it’s likely to hurt even more than having been taken advantage of by a stranger. So with all this in mind, be very careful about who you open your heart to, and make sure you thoroughly discuss your mutual goals beforehand. There is no reason for you to be giving out benefits without the benefit of friendship. You can always try the good old-fashioned method of dating before rushing into anything so risky as friends with benefits. (c) 2012 by King Features Syndicate Trial starts in kids’ forced Grand Canyon hikes PHOENIX (AP) — An Indiana man accused of forcing his grandsons to hike for miles in the Grand Canyon without food or water in brutal August heat went on trial Wednesday, with his 9-year-old grandson testifying that he experienced cramping, nausea and hunger during the miles-long treks. Prosecutors have alleged that 45-yearold Christopher Alan Carlson of Indianapolis pushed, choked and repeatedly kicked his three grandsons and deprived them of food and water during the hikes on Aug. 15 and Aug. 28, when the temperature soared to 108 degrees. Carlson put his grandsons who were 12, 9 and 8 years old at the time in circumstances “likely to cause death or serious bodily injuries,” a criminal complaint said. The statements from the boy, the youngest of the three brothers, were the first he’s made publicly about the charges against his grandfather, who faces six counts of felony child abuse. Carlson has pleaded not guilty in the case and could face life in prison. Under questioning from prosecutor Camille Bibles, the boy described one instance in which he said Carlson hit him in the face, causing his nose to bleed. He also said that Carlson kicked all three boys on the hike up from the Grand Canyon and would pinch pressure points in their back that “kinda hurt.” “We would slow down because we were kind of exhausted. He started kicking us and telling us we had to hurry,” he said in Phoenix federal court, adding that his 12-year-old brother “kept falling and he had cramps and his stomach started hurting on the way out.” Although investigators have said Carl- son withheld food and water, the boy testified that he and his brothers were allowed to drink water most of the time and snacked on celery, carrots, tofu and low-carb hummus during the hikes. The criminal complaint said that one brother feared his older brother would fall to his death because Carlson forced him to walk on the edge of the trail even though he was cramping and falling down. Another brother said that when he fell, Carlson picked him up by the throat and threw him to the ground, and another said Carlson had slammed his face into a rock, the complaint said Investigators said the boys were covered in cuts, bruises and scars that backed up their stories. But defense attorney Jeffrey Williams told jurors Wednesday the injuries “are consistent with boys who are just normal boys who had a very active summer.” A ranger with binoculars spotted the group during their 19-mile hike on Aug. 28, the same day a man died on another trail from heat exposure. The ranger reported seeing Carlson shoving the oldest boy and whipping him with a rolled-up T-shirt. Rangers fed the boys and gave them water after one showed symptoms of heat stroke and the other two had signs of heat exhaustion and dehydration. Investigators have said Carlson told them that the boys were overweight and that he thought hiking the Grand Canyon would help get them into shape. “He told me that he loved his grandchildren very much, but at the same time there were tough people in the world and his grandchildren needed to Ohio Valley Forecast Thursday: Showers, mainly before noon. High near 55. South wind 7 to 14 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind between 5 and 9 mph. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 48. West wind between 3 and 8 mph. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Saturday: A slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Saturday Night: A chance of rain showers before 1 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow showers between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m., then a chance of snow showers after 3 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Washington’s Birthday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. be tough as well,” National Park Service Special Agent Chris Smith said at the time. Under questioning from Williams, the boy said the kicking didn’t hurt much most of the time and that he often gets nosebleeds for no reason. He also said his grandfather was in a hurry on the Aug. 28 hike to get to the top of the Grand Canyon so they could watch the sunset together. Bibles and Williams painted two vastly different pictures of the hikes in opening statements to the jurors as the trial got under way Wednesday. Carlson used the Grand Canyon as a weapon in child abuse, Bibles said. “These hikes became a life or death situation for these children at the hands of the person that was supposed to be protecting them,” she said. Williams portrayed Carlson as an active health nut who had a firm hand and wanted to show the boys the world. Like anyone after a long hike, the boys were tired, hungry and thirsty, but Carlson only allowed the boys to eat healthy food like tofu, hummus and veggie burgers, Williams said. “I suppose to an 8, 9 or 10-year-old that might seem like child abuse if you like cheeseburgers, French fires and pizza,” he said. “He wanted to get them from behind the TV, the games and fast food.” The boy also testified Wednesday that his grandfather took him and his brothers on many “awesome” adventurous trips. In between the two hikes Carlson took the boys on a tour of the Hoover Dam, to rides atop the Stratosphere hotel and a Criss Angel magic show in Las Vegas, and to Disneyland in California. Dow falls 97 points, worst showing this year NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slumped Wednesday in one of their worst showings this year as Greece, slogging through negotiations with other countries over a bailout, once again cast a long shadow over the financial markets. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 97.33 points to close at 12,780.95. It was the worst one-day decline for the Dow this year, and the index narrowly avoided its first triple-digit loss for the year. The average was down as much as 125 points. The Standard & Poor’s 500 and the Nasdaq composite index climbed tentatively through the morning but gave up their gains by afternoon. The S&P fell 7.27 points to 1,343.23. The Nas- daq fell 16 points to 2,915.83. The declines were broad, with nine of the 10 industry groups in the S&P recording losses. The only group that didn’t was materials, which was flat. Only five of the 30 stocks in the Dow rose for the day, and just barely. In a 3-hour conference call with the finance ministers of the other 16 countries that use the euro, Greece offered assurances that it had found 325 million in budget cuts in addition to harsh measures that it has already promised. But in a sign of the distrust that has built during the European debt crisis, particularly among richer countries, a European official said Greece would need tighter oversight of its budget before it receives another bailout. �Thursday, February 16, 2012 Foundation for Appalachian Ohio awarded $62 K grant The Ohio Senate this week In a session this week, the Senate considered the following resolutions: • Soap Box Competitors from across Ohio will assist in leading the pledge of allegiance. • Senator Beagle will present a senate resolution to the undefeated 2011 Trotwood-Madison High School Football Team. The Ram’s capped off a perfect 15-0 season by defeating Avon High School for the Division II State Championship. • Senate Minority Leader Eric Kearney will recognize Miss Black Ohio 2012, Kayla Hardimon on the Senate floor. Ms. Hardimon is a junior at Ohio University, majoring in Broadcast Journalism with a focus in Political Science. The Senate will also consider the following legislation: Judiciary: House Bill 20, Sponsored by State Senator Dave Burke (R-Marysville) while serving in the House of Representatives and State Representative Tom Letson (DWarren), prohibits a person from knowingly attempting to intimidate victims of a crime. This includes intimidation of an attorney or witness in a criminal case. The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously supported this bill. Health and Human Services: House Bill 148, Sponsored by State Representatives Tom Letson (D-Warren) and Marlene Anielski (R-Cuyahoga), designates March as “Macular Degeneration Awareness Month.” Macular degeneration is a disease that gradually destroys sharp, central vision, which is needed for seeing objects clearly and for common daily tasks such as reading and driving. Macular Degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss for Americans age 65 and over. It is his hope that by increasing awareness and education about Macular Degeneration, eventually a cure will be found. Zoning: House Bill 276, Sponsored by State Representatives Jim Buchy (R-Greenville) and State Senator Lou Gentile (D-Steubenville) while serving in the House of Representatives, updates the agriculture code as it pertains to alga culture and anaerobic digesters. It changes the definition of agriculture to encompass new cutting edge technology that has been developed, especially within Ohio. The change will result in a cleaner environment and allow Ohioans using byproducts such as manure for bioenergy production to put a digester on their farm. Ohio is currently 7th in the nation for biomass potential and could generate 7.5 percent of Ohio’s electricity needs by 2020. Ohio Soybean Association supports this bill. Land Conveyance: Senate Bill 275, Sponsored by State Senator Cliff Hite (R- Findlay) authorizes the conveyance of state-owned real estate located in Defiance County to the city of Defiance. State and local officials unanimously recommended this bill for passage. Valley Health Gallipolis Ferry welcomes Myers, DO Addition expands women’s health care service offerings in Gallipolis Ferry HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Valley Health is pleased to announce the addition of comprehensive gynecological care at Valley Health-Gallipolis Ferry. Traditionally a family medicine practice, Valley Health-Gallipolis Ferry will expand the family medicine and family planning services currently offered by Damia Hayman, CFNP, with the addition of OB/GYN specialist, Dr. Herbert Myers, who is now accepting patients. Myers has been in practice as a Valley Health OB/GYN physician for more than 20 years, and serves as the organization’s medical director. Myers is qualified to provide comprehensive gynecological services that include routine screenings, prenatal care, labor and delivery, menopausal care, advanced gynecological care and surgeries. “We are very excited to expand Valley Health’s expertise in the OB/GYN arena to Gallipolis Ferry,” Steve Shattls, Executive Director/CEO, said. “We continue to evolve our practices to deliver the highest quality health care to our patients.” Valley Health-Gallipolis Ferry, which is located at 15167 Huntington Road, is one of three Mason County locations that Valley Health operates in collaboration with Pleasant Valley Hospital. Valley Health’s other Mason County health centers include Valley Health-Women’s Health and Valley Health-Children’s Clinic in Point Pleasant. For more information on family planning and gynecological care at Valley Health-Gallipolis Ferry, or to schedule an appointment, please call 304-675-5725. Information about the full range of services offered through Valley Health’s network of 32 health centers and public health programs is available at www.valleyhealth. org. HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaiian monk seal, the most endangered marine mammal in the United States, has a long list of threats fishing nets, sharks and, particularly, humans. But for one group of seals, the biggest threat came from one of its own: a 400-pound brute named KE18 who killed two other seals and wounded at least 11, most of them helpless pups. The Hawaiian monk seal is on course to disappear in 50 to 100 years, scientists say. But KE18 was en route to having his ticket punched much sooner due to his propensity for nudging his own species toward extinction. “It’s really disheartening when the species you’re trying to protect is becoming the troublemaker,” said Charles Littnan, the lead scientist for the Hawaiian monk seal research program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The female seal KE18 killed would have likely given birth to four or five pups, he said. Authorities had planned the drastic step of euthanizing KE18. He was spared when the NOAA team that planned to put him down traveled to Kure Atoll, where he attacked most of his victims, but wasn’t able to find him. KE18 turned up at Midway Atoll, a 55-mile journey from Kure, where NOAA officials decided to save him. They captured the 9-year-old seal on a beach, loaded him on a Coast Guard plane, and flew him 1,400 miles south to Honolulu and a temporary home at Waikiki Aquarium. Jeff Walters, NOAA’s monk seal recovery coordinator, said KE18 will be The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com 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 improved 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 re- gion’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.” An extension of I’m a Child of Appalachia, the ICAN! Corporate Partnership is a network of businesses committed to investments that expand educational opportunities and regional philanthropy. The JPMorgan Chase Foundation joins other ICAN! Corporate Partners committed to collaboratively enhancing available educational opportunities. Current partners include: AEP Ohio; AK Steel; Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc.; Duke Energy; ED MAP Inc.; Ohio CAT; Oxford Resource Partners; Peoples Bank; Rocky Brands; and Tata Sons Limited. Individuals recently arraigned in Meigs Count Common Pleas Court include: • 8:34 a.m., Bucktown Road, chest pain; 11:33 a.m., Powell Street, difficulty breathing; 2:19 p.m., East Memorial Drive, unconscious; 3:39 p.m., Bailey Run Road, fall; 5:23 p.m., Fifth Street, chest pain. • Matthew J. DePue — Domestic violence. • • • Feb. 10 • • Heather Mattox — Non support of dependents, non support of contributing to non support of dependents. Teresa Wise — Trafficking. Timothy Wickersham — Motion to revoke community control. Jason Rhodes — Trafficking. Misty Rhodes — Trafficking. Wendy Long — Trafficking. Joseph Barton — Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs. Charles Williamson — Motion to revoke community control. Lee Fitzpatrick — Motion to revoke community control. Brian K. Williams — Motion to revoke community control. Kimberly Haley — Motion to revoke community control. 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. That program provides scholarships so that regional students, including those in Meigs and Gallia Counties, in need of financial assistance, can further their education. 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 For the Record 911 Feb. 9 6:02 a.m., Rocksprings Road, difficulty breathing; 6:08 a.m., High Street, diabetic emergency; 12:14 p.m., Minersville Road, weakness; 4:05 p.m., Bailey Road, difficulty breathing; 4:57 p.m., Burke Road, fall; 5:46 p.m., Whites Hill Road, diabetic emergency; 10:24 p.m., Elm Street, choking. Feb. 11 5:30 a.m., unknown, abdominal pain; 2:14 p.m., Bashan Road, chest pain; 2:37 p.m., Ohio 681, chest pain; 4:12 p.m., Nye Avenue, unknown; 7:32 p.m., Rocksprings Road, dehydration; 9:46 p.m., Barringer Ridge Road, high blood pressure. Feb. 12 • • • • • • • 4:28 a.m., Bucktown Road, chest pain; 8:39 a.m., Bradbury Road, unknown; 11:24 a.m., New Lima Road, syncope/passing out; 3:12 p.m., Pine Grove Road, chest pain; 6:04 p.m., Barringer Ridge Road, stroke/CVA; 6:35 p.m., Diamond Street, overdose; 11:16 p.m., Riebel Road, stroke/CVa. • Feb. 13 • 3:30 a.m., Cornell Road, pain general; 1:12 p.m., Main Street, altered mental status; 3:06 p.m., Laurel Street, stroke/CVA; 3:12 p.m., Keebaugh-Follrod Road, altered mental status; 8:02 p.m., East Second Street, seizure/convulsions; 8:48 p.m., Mason Bridge, allergic reaction. Feb. 14 12:44 a.m., Union Avenue, unknown; 3:31 a.m., Price Strongs Road, nausea/vomiting; 10:17 a.m., Vance Road, unknown; 1:25 p.m., Fox Hill Road, overdose; 2:27 p.m., East Memorial Drive, stroke/CVA; 3:00 p.m., Nicholson Hill Road, cardiac arrest. Common Pleas Court Criminal • • • • • • • Individuals recently sentenced in Meigs County Common Pleas Court include: • Ricky Plumley — Theft, Misuse of Credit Cards, one year community control. • • • • Christopher Cook — Improper Handling of Firearms, one year community control. • James W. Walworth — Improper Handling of Firearms, one year community control. • Earl M. Craddock — Revoke Community Control (original charge of operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol), remainder of 30 month sentence. • Joseph Jeffers — Trafficking in Heroin, Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs, three years community control. • • Amber York — Revoke Community Control (original charges of forgery, receiving stolen property), 12 months prison for each charge to be served concurrently. • • Russell E. Powers — Burglary, three years community control. • • • Domestic An action of divorce has been filed by Chasidy L. Leib against Wayne O. Leib, Jr. An action of divorce has been filed by Courtney N. Smith against James R. Smith. An action of divorce has been filed by Joanie M. Buckland against Robert V. Buckland. A divorce has been granted to Richard Ramsburg from Hannah Ramsburg. A divorce has been granted to Eric Salyers from Sandra Salyers. A divorce has been granted to Amber Rose Willbarger from Matthew Anthony Waite. A divorce has been granted to Jeremy L. Lyons from Stephanie A. Lyons. An action of dissolution has been filed by Wesley D. Towe, Jennifer Towe. An action of dissolution has been filed by Erin Yost, Michael Yost. An action of dissolution has been filed by Denzil Roberts, III, Dora Roberts. An action of dissolution has been filed by Kiesha Nicole Weaver, Cody Lee Weaver. Civil An action of foreclosure has been filed by GMAC Mortgage against James H. Schoolcraft, Patricia D. Schoolcraft. n action of foreclosure has been filed by Farmers Bank and Savings Co. against Jilliane M. Davis, Bryce D. Davis. An action of foreclosure has been filed by Bruner Land Co., Inc. against Adam D. Wade, Marilyn E. Wade. A civil action has been filed by the State of Ohio Department of Job and Family Services against Thomas W. Burson. Probate Court Marriage Licenses recently issued in Meigs County Probate Court to the following: Christopher Scott Smith and Anne Grace Rush, of Albany. Andrew Wyatt Neff and Brooke Ellen Roush, of Middleport. Kyle Michael McKeever and Jamie Colleen Smith, of Racine. Land Transfers The Meigs County Recorder’s Office recently recorded the following land transfers:Everett T. Calaway Revocable Trust to Durst Oil and Gas Company, right of way, Orange; Bruner Land Company Inc. to Daniel Wooten, Theresa Wooten, deed, Columbia; Wilcox Land Finance Company to Hunter Kirkwood Farms, deed, Beford; Brenda K. Jones, Everett Jones to Gallia Meigs Community Action, deed, Middleport Village; Sollie Lackey, Cathy A. Thaxton, to Cathy A. Thaxton, deed, Sutton; Crystal D. Dexter to Jamie Johnston, Scott Johnston, deed, Rutland. Green Tree Servicing to Christopher M. Roush, deed, Letart; Susan A. Well, Jerry Well, Mike Marcum, Connie J. Marcum, to Josh Adkins, Cayla Adkins, deed, Salisbury; Nontypical Farms, LLC. to Hunter Brooke Farms, LLC., deed, Orange; Cody R. Booth, Joyce A. Booth to Cody R. Booth, Joyce A. Booth, deed, Salisbury; Roger D. Schuler, Nancy J. Schuler to Herbert Roush, Alicia Roush, deed, Rutland. James V. Brockleman, Andrea N. Brockleman to Columbus Southern Power, easement, Bedford; Aimee Young to Columbus Southern Power, easement, Olive; Janet S. Hoffman to Columbus Southern Power, easement, Chester; Nancy M. Hulse to Columbus Southern Power, easement, Chester; Doug Jenkins, Virginia Jenkins to Tuppers Plains Chester Water District, right of way, Letart; Dortha Riffle to Tuppers Plains Chester Water District, right of way, Letart; Lester Manuel to Tuppers Plains Chester Water District, right of way, Letart; Lori L. Riemer to Buckeye Rural Electric Co., right of way, Rutland. Kevin Fick, deceased, to Sonja M. Fick, affidavit, Chester; Joyce J. Day, Joyce J. Dowden to Ohio Valley Bank Company, sheriffs deed, Middleport; Jason Kearns, Jason K. Kearns, Melissa Kearns to Federal Home Loan Mortgage, sheriffs deed, Columbia; Sherri L. Hart, Randy W. Hart to Baer Builders and Developers, deed, Pomeroy Village; Robert Norwood, Phyllis Norwood to Judy Ward, Floyd Ward, Jr., deed, Salisbury/Middleport; June Sycks, Goldie June Sycks to Terrence R. Recker, deed, Bedford. Mary R. King to Robert J. Lawrence, Julie A. Lawrence, deed, Lebanon; Robert L. Ritterbeck, Christina M. Ritterbeck to Robert L. Ritterbeck, Christina M. Rittenbeck, deed, Salem; Steven Sfakianos to Columbus Southern Power, easement, Bedford; Jerome Bockmore, Lennie Bockmore to Columbus Southern Power, easement, Bedford; Rebecca Fairchild Spencer, Rebecca Fairchild, Ronald D. Spencer to Kenneth A. Roush, Lisa A. Roush, deed, Salisbury; Burl Putman, Sr., deceased, to Bonnie S. Putman, affidavit, Olive; Harold and Josephine Osborne to Josephine V. Osborne, Roger L. Osborne, deed, Chester. Edward E. Chaney to Richard Moore, Beverly J. Moore, deed, Racine Village; Sabrina D. Greer, Kent E. Greer to Rhonda K. Smith, deed, Chester; Ann M. Engle to Fred A. Engle, deed, Lebanon. Hawaiian monk seal sent to Waikiki to save species used in research on monk seal eating habits and calorie consumption at the University of California-Santa Cruz, where he’ll go later this month. Monk seals have lived in the waters off the Hawaiian archipelago for millions of years. At one time, their population was estimated at 15,000. It’s dropped dramatically in recent years, however, and now totals about 1,100. More than 80 percent live in a nature preserve among dozens of small atolls northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands. The seal is an important part of Hawaii’s history. They’re called Ilio holo I ka uaua in the Hawaiian language, which means, “dog that runs in rough water.” They are called “monk” seals because they are solitary like monks and the soft folds of fur around their necks look similar to the cowls worn by monks. Stretching 7 feet, the seals are remarkable divers, plunging up to 500 feet to find food and remaining submerged as long as 20 minutes. While they spend most of their time at sea, they come ashore occasionally, notably to give birth. Monk seals don’t react well to human contact some mothers will abandon their offspring, which helps explain why the survival rate for pups has declined sharply as man has encroached on native habitats. Sharks are another threat they prey on pups. And commercial fishing has left more danger from old nets that can entangle and suffocate the seals. KE18 became a concern in 2010, when Hawaiian monk seal research program workers saw him bully other seals at Kure. Last year he esca- lated his attacks, scratching, biting and holding other seals under water. Most of his victims were pups just weaned from their mothers. “It was hard to break his attention when he was on top of a seal,” Littnan said. Monk seal researchers at Kure tried to distract him by throwing chunks of coral in the water but failed. “They’d be yelling, and he would continue to hold pups under water or wrestle with them,” Littnan said. NOAA staff would scare KE18 away from one victim only to see him move down the beach and begin bullying another. Ten of the 13 pups born at Kure last year had wounds from KE18. Scientists suspect him in two pup deaths. He also injured three juvenile seals. NOAA officials aren’t sure why KE18 did this. Because the attacks happened during the breeding season, and KE18 didn’t have mates, there’s a possibility he was acting out of misplaced breeding aggression. Since male monk seals don’t generally become dominant until they’re 14 or 15, the 9-yearold KE18 may have attacked vulnerable pups for years to come if not removed from the wild. Meigs Co. Landowners 1st Meeting Saturday, Feb. 18th 6 p.m. at Mulberry Community Building 260 Mulberry Ave. (Old Pomeroy School) �The Daily Sentinel Opinion Page 4 Thursday, February 16, 2012 Social Security can be saved, Water infrastructure is a jobs issue with far better benefits By Dr. Harold Pease With our national debt growing by $4 billion a day and Congress giving up offering any real solutions, we are a speeding train heading for a cliff. Most pretend the problem is not real or will just go away. No presidential candidate but Ron Paul even talks about it. Almost no one is ready for the hyperinflation and street crime that could follow if we do not act quickly and responsibly. The Tea Party Debt Commission was formed to provide the federal government a solution. Its final report summarized the problem, “Our government is doing too many things it can’t do well, or shouldn’t do at all, with money it doesn’t have. We are borrowing 43 cents of every dollar we spend….” They note that the “Government Accountability Office counted no fewer than 47 job training programs, 56 financial literacy programs, 80 economic development programs, 18 food assistance programs, 20 programs for the homeless, 82 teacherquality programs spread across 10 agencies, and more than 2,100 data centers. All told, we have nearly 2,200 federal programs.” Government is bloated, inefficient, and wasteful. A federal diet is long overdue, but what should we keep? The Commission’s assessment criteria hinged on four basic values: fiscal common sense, Constitutional limits, economic freedom, and personal self-reliance. For a program to remain, they reasoned, it needed to pass two questions: is it constitutionally authorized, and is it best carried out by the federal government, as opposed to states or private entities? Much of what the federal government does, the Commission found, unfortunately, does neither. Boldly they opened the unfunded liabilities door, the door neither party dares to open as potentially it could destroy career politicians and political parties. They concluded that they could make Social Security “sustainable and actually improve benefits by harnessing the power of compound interest.” They noted, “Three decades ago, Chile embarked on a bold transformation of its retirement security system. Today, that system [SMART Accounts] is the envy of the world, giving seniors far better benefits than the old, government-run system ever did.” Shortly thereafter three counties in Texas adopted the SMART Accounts program in favor of personal accounts and thus those retiring today do so “with much more money and have significantly more generous death and disability supplemental benefits than do Social Security participants.” Moreover, they “face no long term unfunded pension liabilities.” The Commission recommends that, “all state and local governments should have the option of opting into the ‘Galveston model.’ ” Learn more about this aspect of the Tea Party Debt Commission’s recommendations by visiting FreedomWorks.org/ the-tea-party-budget. The Tea Party Debt Commission suggests that “new workers born after 1981… invest onehalf of their payroll taxes (7.65%) in a SMART Account, which they can use to fund their retirement and health care costs in retirement. 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The speeding train does not have to go over the cliff. There are great thinkers and solutions that can save us because they are not forced to do so within the parameters of self-interest and political parties. Fortunately the Tea Party works successfully outside these restrictions. Please tell your Congressman to seriously explore these recommendations especially in light of the fact that their plans have not worked. This train must get off the track that it is now on while there is yet time. Dr. Harold Pease is an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and applying that knowledge to current events. He has taught history and political science from this perspective for over 25 years at Taft College. To read more of his weekly articles, please visit www.LibertyUnderFire. org Many people don’t associate water and sewer systems with job creation. In fact, most Americans might not think about their water and sewer systems much beyond paying a water bill. But one consistent message I’ve heard at many of the 200 roundtable discussions I’ve conducted across our state is that affordable water and sewer rates are critical to attracting and retaining employers — particularly those in the manufacturing industry that depend on water for their production processes. A modern, affordable water infrastructure is critical to preserving jobs, building strong communities, and keeping Americans safe. This is a jobs issue, which is why I am re-introducing the Clean Water Affordability Act — bipartisan legislation I first introduced in 2008 with then-Senator George V. Voinovich. All Ohioans deserve access to clean water, but across Ohio communities are struggling to afford the necessary upgrades to improve their sewer systems. In parts of the state with combined sewer systems (CSOs), heavy rains or melting snow cause CSOs to overflow, meaning un- Sen. Sherrod Brown treated wastewater and storm water are dumped straight into our rivers, creeks, and lakes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that 850 billion gallons of untreated wastewater and storm water from CSOs are released into our communities. It poses a risk to the public health and environment – and undermines the competitiveness of our businesses. The cost of addressing CSOs in Ohio alone is more than $7 billion over the next 20 years, according to the EPA. In Northeast Ohio, the fix is estimated at over $1 billion, and in Cincinnati it is at least $2 billion. There are more than 81 Ohio communities that require water infrastructure improvements to fix outdated CSOs. These communities — and their local ratepayers — shouldn’t have to go after the fixes alone. That’s why the Clean Water Affordability Act is important — it will protect local ratepayers, streamline permitting, lead to cleaner water, and promote economic development. This bill would help CSO communities develop an infrastructure plan that works best for the local community and protects our environment. It would also invest $1.8 billion to be distributed over the next five years through a grant program for financially distressed communities to invest in CSO repair. In the remaining years of the grant program, funds would be allocated to states based upon their CSO needs – with priority given to financially-distressed communities. A sound wastewater infrastructure with fair rates isn’t just a health and safety issue—it is an economic development imperative. This is a bill that will achieve both and ensure the well-being and economic success of our communities. Letter to the editor Resident is concerned about old Meigs cemetery Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in regards to a concern I have. I came across a picture from 1955 showing a cemetery on State Route 124, right around the Old Locks 21, in Portland, Ohio, that is being dug up. It is family plots and I believe War Veterans graves. I have contacted my local sheriff’s office about this matter, I am getting no help from them. They told me that if there were graves there, there is no longer, that they were gone (meaning they have been dug up as part of the gravel pit). I do not feel this was properly checked out, if it was checked at all! I feel strongly that this is not right. There is also headstones appearing (from the 1800s and up) that were not in certain cemeteries. I know this for a fact! I have been to these cemeteries for 30 plus years, I have also reported this to my local sheriff’s office. I feel someone should properly check this out. Instead of hoping it will just be 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. swept under a rug, and forgot about! I am one person who would like to see the right thing done about this matter! I believe these people have the right to rest in peace, not become part of a gravel company. The headstones that have been moved, I believe that is all they moved was the stones. I have what I believe to be human bone fragments and other debris, that I found in the holes that were uncovered by the gravel pit. These holes which appeared to be in a perfect line and all were the same distance apart, were covered a lot quicker than they were uncovered. I would like for someone to take a look at the things I have uncovered and give me an opinion on these things. I can be contacted by email at johnnyspoohdeebear@yahoo. com. A concerned citizen, John Pickens The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Thursday, February 16, 2012 Obituaries Charles Walter “Sonny” VanMeter Charles Walter “Sonny” VanMeter, 63, died suddenly at his home Tuesday, February 14, 2012. He was born September, 1948, in Middleport, Ohio to the late Marion and Carlena Allensworth VanMeter. He was a Vietnam veteran who served in the US Navy, a retired carpenter and a member of Carpenters Union Local #650 of Pomeroy, Ohio. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Bernice Bond VanMeter, of Rutland, Ohio; daughters, Valarie (Leigh) Mills of Townsend, Del., Deanne VanMeter of Belpre, Ohio, Laura Jean Hakes of Columbus, Ohio; stepson, Brian Scott McKinney of Rutland, Ohio; stepdaughter, Cindy Bowling of Pomeroy, Ohio; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; sisters, Sue (Bill) Woodard of Jackson, Ohio, Marilee (Wayne) McDade of Middleport, Ohio, Cindy (Kenny) Wheeler of Dexter, Ohio, and Leah Jane (Danny) Russell of Pomeroy, Ohio. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m., Friday, February 17, at Foglesong-Roush Funeral Home in Mason, W.Va. Burial will be in Kirkland Memorial Gardens with full military rites by the VFW Post #9926 & the American Legion Post #140. Friends may call on the family 6-8 p.m., Thursday, February 16 at the funeral home. E-mail condolences may be sent to foglesongroushfh. com. Helen Fowler Helen (Judson) Fowler, 95, passed away, Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Saturday at the funeral home. Helen’s care has been entrusted to Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. Patty Ann Knapp Patty Ann (Fielder) Knapp, 66, of Gallipolis, Ohio, went home to be with our Lord, Sunday, February 12, 2012, at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Thursday, February 16, 2012, at the Oasis Church on Jackson Pike in Gallipolis, Ohio. Burial will be announced later. Patty’s care has been entrusted to Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. No cussing in class for teachers, lawmaker says PHOENIX (AP) — A teacher’s role may be to expand a student’s vocabulary, but one Arizona lawmaker wants to make sure that doesn’t include four-letter words. A state legislator has introduced a bill that would punish public school teachers if they use words that violate the obscenity and profanity guidelines set forth by the Federal Communications Commission. State Sen. Lori Klein introduced the measure because a parent in her district complained about a high school teacher using foul language. The words were “totally inappropriate,” and teachers that don’t keep their language clean aren’t setting a good example for students, she said. “You’re there to be educated,” Klein said. “You’re not there to talk smack.” Critics say the bill is unnecessary and any discipline needed should be handled by schools and districts, not the Legislature. Klein, a Republican from Anthem, made national headlines last fall when she pointed her gun at a reporter while demonstrating the weapon’s laser sight during an interview. Klein’s proposal may be constitutional, but “not necessarily wise,” said James Weinstein, a Constitutional Law professor at Arizona State University Weinstein said the FCC has made exceptions for offensive language based on context, and that could make things complicated. “FCC standards aren’t exactly black and white,” said Anjali Abraham, a lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union. The organization has some concerns about the bill, Abraham said. A spokeswoman for the National Conference of State Legislators said the organization is not aware of any other state with a law similar to the Arizona proposal. If the bill becomes law, a teacher whose speech or conduct violates FCC regulations would receive a warning, and after three incidents, the teacher would face a week of suspension without pay. A teacher would be fired after the fifth offense. The proposal applies to K-12 teachers, and is limited to speech in a classroom setting. Klein told the Senate committee Wednesday that she wished the issue could be left to school boards, but she didn’t feel they were protecting “young, impressionable kids” from offensive language. Floyd Brown, the parent in Anthem who complained to Klein, knows better than most what kind of impression words can make. Brown is a longtime Republican strategist who produced the infamous “Willie Horton” ad during the 1998 presidential campaign, which tied Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis to the release of a convicted murderer serving a life sentence. Brown is also the founding chairman of Citizens United, the group whose lawsuit led to a 2010 Supreme Court ruling that barred the government from limiting corporation and labor union spending for political purposes. Last year, Brown’s daughter Olivia came home from high school upset that a teacher was using the F-word in class. Brown brought the issue to school administrators, but they didn’t take him seriously, he said. Brown said he pulled his daughter, then a sophomore, out of the school and she’s now being homeschooled. “I’m not going to subject my daughter to that kind of environment,” Brown said Brown said he took his complaint to Klein because he lives in her district. A representative for the school district said the school received no complaints about staff using inappropriate language, which would violate the district’s professional conduct policy. Most districts adopt professional conduct policies barring the use of profane language or actions by employees while at work, said Tracey Benson, a spokeswoman for the Arizona School Boards Association, which creates model policies for districts. That policy should remain in the hands of school boards, superintendents and principals, said state Sen. David Schapira, a Tempe Democrat. The state doesn’t need to change the law just because there was one incident that “may not have been handled the right way,” he said. “I don’t remember this being a big problem when I taught high school,” Schapira said. A Senate committee advanced the measure Wednesday morning by a vote of 5-2 along party lines, with Republicans in favor. The bill must pass through another committee before it goes before the full Senate. The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Birthday turns into memorial for North Korean leader PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Two months after the death of Kim Jong Il, North Koreans commemorated what would have been his 70th birthday Thursday with the flowers that bear his name, along with songs and art praising him as a powerful but benevolent father figure. As the sun rose above frigid Pyongyang, North Koreans began arriving at Kim Il Sung Square, the main plaza in the capital city, to leave red “kimjongilia” begonias and other flowers at a portrait of the longtime leader hanging on the Grand People’s Study House. The veneration of Kim has accelerated in recent weeks, but festivities were expected to be muted in light of his Dec. 17 death of a heart attack, which plunged the nation into mourning and propelled his young son into the seat of power just three years after he was anointed his father’s successor. The leadership has emphasized Kim’s legacy while praising his son, Kim Jong Un, as the only choice to lead this socialist nation of 24 million. Composers have crafted new odes to Kim Jong Il, while sculptors have chiseled slogans honoring him into the sides of mountains. His birthday was renamed “Day of the Shining Star,” and this week he was accorded a new title: Generalissimo. Last month, top leaders of the Workers’ Party announced that his body would lie in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang’s outskirts, where his father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, already lies in state. Workers fanned out across the city this week to spruce up Pyongyang, though there were no indications that a major party was being planned. Workers crouched over frozen flower beds, chipping at the ice to plant flowers made of fabric. By Wednesday, the red flag of the Workers’ Party and the red, white and blue flag of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea North Korea’s formal name fluttered from posts. Posters and banners honoring the Day of the Shining Star brightened up buildings and sidewalks. Women donned shimmering traditional Korean dresses in a rainbow of colors for special concerts and exhibitions staged in Kim Jong Il’s honor. People hurried down streets carrying plastic bouquets of four favorite flowers: red kimjongilia begonias, fuchsia kimilsungia orchids, and the pink and lavender azaleas favored by Kim Jong Il’s mother. On Tuesday, the nation’s top political and military leaders assembled to watch the unveiling of the first bronze statue of Kim Jong Il. The sculpture, built at Kim Jong Un’s request, depicts Kim Jong Il in his younger years astride a rearing horse with his father, also on horseback, at his side. Portraits of Kim Jong Il show him smiling beatifically, and a stamp issued following his death captures him sharing a laugh with Kim Jong Un. Those images are replicated across Pyongyang in huge portraits hanging at the People’s Palace of Culture, a flower exhibition featuring his kimjongilia begonias and at a book fair at the Grand People’s Study House. It’s an image that contrasts with Kim Jong Il in his later years, as he reportedly recovered from a stroke and battled chronic illness. He often appeared in public wearing a heavy parka and dark sunglasses. Kim’s era included some of the country’s toughest periods, including a famine in the 1990s and protracted tensions over the nation’s drive to build nuclear weapons. The North’s leadership has also sought to portray Kim as a defender of the nation, which has remained in a technical state of war with the United States since the 1950s, when the Korean War left the Korean Peninsula divided into north and south. During his rule, Kim focused on building nuclear weapons, calling them necessary protection against the U.S. military presence in South Korea even as they drew sanctions and cost the nation much-needed aid. On Tuesday, North Korea’s ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam, praised Kim for “turning our country into an invincible one that can never be defeated and has a nuclear deterrent.” Kim Jong Il is also being portrayed as a man of the people. While his father often wore a Western-style suit and tie, Kim Jong Il eschewed such formality. In his younger years, he wore a high-necked Mao suit; later in life, he stuck to a khaki work suit and, in winter, the parka. One display at a stamp exhibition in Pyongyang paid homage to the leader’s plebeian choice of clothing, calling it proof that he was devoted to working for the people. He was a man, according to state media, who died while working on the special train he took to provide “on-the-spot guidance” across the country. While North Korea’s leadership has venerated Kim, it has also emphasized Kim Jong Un’s links to his revered grandfather, whom Kim Jong Un resembles in looks and style. Shedding the quiet demeanor he displayed when his father was alive, Kim Jong Un wasted no time in asserting himself as the new leader, making energetic visits to military units seen as important to his father’s “military first” policy. North Koreans are celebrating the son as they remember the father at events that on Wednesday included an international skating show and a synchronized swimming show. Both opened with mournful odes to Kim Jong Il and ended with a new song for his son: “We Will Defend Gen. Kim Jong Un at the Risk of Our Lives.” Banner fundraising year for wealthy colleges For the 99 percent of colleges, it was a pretty good fundraising year. For the 1 percent of superwealthy elite, it was a much better one that catapulted them even farther ahead of the pack. The latest annual college fundraising figures out Wednesday show donations to colleges and universities rose 8.2 percent in fiscal 2011, crossing back over the $30 billion mark for just the second time ever, and improving many schools’ financial footing after several lean years due to the economic downturn. But the very richest universities accounted for nearly half the growth: Of the $30.3 billion collected by colleges and universities nationwide, $8.2 billion or 27 percent was raised by just the top 20 institutions. At those universities, fundraising was 15.3 percent higher than the year before, widening an already yawning wealth gap at the top of higher education. Stanford University, which recently broke an alltime record by completing a 5-year, $6.2 billion fundraising campaign, led with $709.4 million collected in fiscal 2011, followed by Harvard ($639.2 million) and Yale ($580.3 million). Rounding out the list were private universities such as Columbia and Johns Hopkins, as well as elite public universities such as UCLA and the Universities of Tex- as, Wisconsin and North Carolina. Most campuses on the list have major medical schools and affiliated research centers, though No. 4 MIT ($534 million) is an exception. In fact, the top 20 schools account for 2 percent of the 1,009 respondents to the annual Voluntary Support of Education survey by Council for Aid to Education. But they highlight a fundraising distribution that calls to mind last year’s Occupy protests against U.S. income inequality. In fact, the fundraising distribution in higher education is more skewed than income: The top 25 percent of universities account for 86 percent of all private dollars raised for higher education, and the bottom quarter just 1 percent. For colleges, the rich-getricher trend feeds on itself in multiple ways. Alreadywealthy universities can afford more staff to raise funds, and they have a disproportionate share of wealthy alumni. But they’re also able to attract the most promising researchers, which helps them win the competition for dollars from philanthropists who want their money to have the best chance of creating new knowledge. “The institutions that raise the most, they raise the most because they have a case to make for needing that much support,” said survey director Ann Ka- plan. The fundraising numbers come a few weeks after another report showed that college endowments the investments universities hold to generate income in support of their mission have also nearly recovered from a hit that began with 2008 stock market crash and forced many schools to make painful budget cuts. The average college endowment returned 19.2 percent in fiscal 2011, according to data from the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund. There were 73 institutions with endowments over $1 billion, led by Harvard with $31.7 billion though that’s still off its peak of about $37 billion at the end of 2008. The billionaire schools account for $285 billion or 70 percent of the $408 billion in endowment money held by all colleges and universities. The Top 20 institutions rely heavily on fundraising and endowments. At Stanford, for instance, endowment spending accounts for 20 percent of the university’s $4.1 billion operating budget more than it gets from students (18 percent). The 99 percent schools typically get much more of their revenue from tuition, with endowments more akin to an emergency financial cushion. Last year’s fundraising total nationally remains $1.3 billion below the 2008 peak of $31.6 billion, and while some non-elite schools had good years, many were still struggling as the economy sputtered last year. Roughly two-thirds outside the Top 20 saw fundraising rise by less than the 8.2 percent national average. Even some well-known institutions have had a hard slog. The University of Virginia, for instance, which fell just outside the latest Top 20 for 2011, came up about $400 million short on a planned eight-year, $3 billion campaign had been scheduled to wrap up last year. Another challenge: Colleges typically have little flexibility on how endowment dollars are spent, Kaplan noted. Completely unrestricted gifts amounted to just 7.9 percent of donations; the rest are given for specific purposes, such as research, scholarships or endowed professorships. Roughly 14 percent was donated for buildings, property and equipment. Alumni giving rose 9.9 percent nationally, and accounted for about 26 percent of the donations colleges receive. Corporate donations rose 6.6 percent. Donations from foundations, which remain the largest source of support at about 29 percent, rose 3.3 percent. Romney targets auto bailout in battle for Michigan GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is wooing tea partyers in his home state of Michigan with a potentially risky strategy: blasting the auto industry bailout that many people credit with saving the state’s most vital industry. The tactic seems designed to undermine Rick Santorum’s popularity with conservatives who dislike government intervention in business, even when the results appear defensible. It also reinforces Romney’s image as an experienced capitalist who understands the pain sometimes involved in making companies work. Santorum’s fast rise in national polls has forced Romney to sharpen his criticisms of the former Pennsylvania senator. Santorum says his team will “plant our flag” in Michigan while also campaigning in other states. A Romney loss in Michigan’s Feb. 28 primary would be hugely embarrassing, or worse, to his campaign. His team has promoted an aura of inevitability for months, but Romney has failed to persuade the party’s most conservative segments to embrace him. Romney’s father was a top auto executive and three-term governor of Michigan, and Romney still holds big financial advantages over Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. Thus far, he has bought far more TV advertising time than they have. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signaled his plans to endorse Romney on Thursday. And yet, when longtime Michigan political analyst Craig Ruff was asked if a Romney loss here is conceivable, he said: “I’m astounded, but yes.” Ruff worked for Republican Gov. William Milliken but now is an independent. He said he was surprised by how vigorously Romney is criticizing the government rescue of General Motors and Chrysler in 2008-2009. “Many, many Republicans have ties to the auto industry,” through investments or current or former employment, Ruff said. “He’s got a lot of explaining to do.” Some GOP activists, however, said Romney’s actions make sense. He already was on record opposing the bailouts. So his Tuesday op-ed in the Detroit News gave him a chance to elaborate, they said. And his stance will appeal to business-oriented Republicans as well as more libertarian-leaning voters who oppose government intrusion in general. “It may be dicey in the general election, but it’s not dicey in the primary,” said Lansing-based Republican strategist Steve Mitchell. “Republicans opposed the auto bailout. They opposed other bailouts. They oppose bailouts.” A May 2010 poll conducted by EPICMRA for the Detroit Free Press found that nearly two-thirds of Michigan adults thought the auto bailout was a good idea. Republicans were more closely divided, with 51 percent calling it a good idea, and 43 percent calling it a bad idea. Santorum, Gingrich and Paul also criticized the auto industry rescue, but Romney’s remarks have drawn more attention because of his ties to the state and the auto industry. �The Daily Sentinel Sports WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012 mdssports@heartlandpublications.com Wahama fends off Falcons for sweep, 73-68 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com HEMLOCK, Ohio — A 24-10 second half surge ultimately proved to be the difference-maker for the Wahama boys basketball team Tuesday night during a 7368 victory over host Miller in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup in Perry County. The White Falcons (1010, 9-6 TVC Hocking) were outscored in three of the four periods played, but the guests used that 14-point swing to turn a 21-16 first quarter deficit into a nine- point intermission advantage. The host Falcons (413, 3-11) closed the second half with a 37-33 run, but never overcame their second quarter letdown. Wahama, with the triumph, claimed a season sweep of MHS after posting a 76-64 victory in Mason back on Jan. 17. The White Falcons snapped a two-game losing skid, while Miller dropped its eighth decision in nine outings. WHS connected on 27of-58 field goal attempts for 47 percent, including a 5-of11 effort from three-point range for 45 percent. The guests won the battle on the boards by a 46-28 margin, but committed 24 turnovers in the contest — compared to 15 turnovers by Miller. The host Falcons, conversely, made 28-of-62 shot attempts for 45 percent — including a 5-of-14 effort from beyond the arc for 36 percent. MHS, minus the second quarter, outscored the guests by a 58-49 margin over 32 minutes. Miller used a 14-12 run in the third canto to pull within 52-45 headed into the finale, then made a 23-21 run down the stretch — but Wahama never relinquished its lead. Austin Jordan led Wahama with 15 points, followed by 14 points apiece from Isaac Lee and Hunter Oliver. Wyatt Zuspan was next with 13 points, while Tyler Roush and Jacob Ortiz rounded out the respective scoring with nine and eight markers. Lee recorded a doubledouble with a game-high 14 rebounds, while Ortiz added 13 caroms for WHS — which finished the night 14-of-20 at the free throw line for 70 percent. Elijah Rader paced Miller with 15 points, followed by Hunter Starlin with 13 points and Skylar Hook with 11 markers. The hosts were 7-of-13 at the charity stripe for 54 percent. Wahama returns to action Friday when it travels to Buffalo for a non-conference matchup at 6 p.m. Wahama 73, Miller 68 W 16-24-12-21 — 73 M 21-10-14-23 — 68 WAHAMA (10-10, 9-6 TVC Hocking): Isaac Lee 5 3-4 14, Wyatt Zuspan 5 3-5 13, Tyler Roush 3 1-2 9, Austin Jordan 5 3-5 15, Hunter Oliver 5 4-4 14, Jacob Ortiz 4 0-0 8, D.J. Gibbs 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 27 14-20 73. Three-point goals: 5 (Roush 2, Jordan 2, Lee). Field Goals: 27-58 (.466). Rebounds: 46 (Lee 14, Ortiz 13). Turnovers: 24. MILLER (4-13, 3-11 TVC Hocking): Garrett Sinift 2 0-0 4, Chase Glenaman 3 1-1 8, Jake Walters 2 0-1 4, Dakota Bond 3 0-1 6, Elijah Rader 6 0-0 15, Hunter Starlin 4 4-8 13, Skylar Hook 5 1-1 11, Stephen McGrath 3 1-1 7. TOTALS: 28 7-13 68. Three-point goals: 5 (Rader 3, Glenaman, Starlin). Field Goals: 28-62 (.452). Rebounds: 28 (McGrath 8). Turnovers: 15. Huskies edge Point Pleasant, 53-52 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant boys basketball team scored 24 points in the fourth quarter Tuesday night in Mason County but fell just short of Cardinal Conference rival Herbert Hoover, 53-52. The Huskies (10-9, 6-7 Cardinal) stared the game on a five minute 11-5 run that was ended when Point Pleasant (11-8, 5-7) guard Dillon McCarty hit a pair of three-pointers. PPHS battled to a tie at 13 and then took a 15-13 lead seven minutes into the game. In the final minute of the first period Hoover hit a pair of free throws and a layup at the buzzer to take the 17-15 lead into the second period. With the momentum going the Huskies way the scoring pace slowed in the second. Hoover outscored PPHS 9-8 in the second to take a 26-23 lead into the half. HHHS had a big quarter coming out of half allowing Point Pleasant only five points. The Huskies seemed to have the game in hand scoring 16 in the third and taking a 42-28 lead into the finale. The Big Blacks began chipping away at the Hoover lead and had it cut to six points at the 4:30 mark. With 11 seconds left and the Big Blacks trailing by three, 52-49, the Huskies missed their second free throw but grabbed the offensive rebound. After a 1-for-2 trip at the line with eight seconds left Hoover led by four. McCarty hit a three-pointer with two seconds left to pull See HUSKIES |‌ 8 Bryan Walters/photo Ohio Valley Christian sophomore T.G. Miller, left, releases a shot attempt over the outstretched arm of Hannan defender Charles Mayes during the first half of Tuesday night’s non-conference boys basketball game at the First Baptist Church Activities Building in Gallipolis, Ohio. Defenders top Hannan on Senior Night, 49-21 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com Alex Hawley/photo Big Blacks’ Dillon McCarty hits a three-pointer during the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s loss to Herbert Hoover at Point Pleasant. OVP Schedule Thursday, February 16 Girls Basketball Ohio Sectionals D-4 at Meigs HS Eastern vs. Federal Hocking, 6:15 p.m. South Gallia vs. South Webster, 8 p.m. Regular Season Ohio Valley Christian at Parkersburg Christian, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball Ohio Valley Christian at Parkersburg Christian, 7:30 p.m. Southern at Miller, 6 p.m. Friday, February 17 Girls Basketball Point Pleasant at Scott, 7:30 p.m. Boys Basketball Eastern at Southern, 6:30 p.m. Meigs at Athens, 6:30 p.m. Miller at South Gallia, 6:30 p.m. Portsmouth at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Tol- sia, 7:30 p.m. Wahama at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m. Hannan at Saint Joseph Central, 7:30 p.m. Wrestling Ohio Tournament Division II and III sectionals at Athens HS, 5:30 p.m. W.Va. Tournament Class AA at Point Pleasant HS, 5 p.m. Saturday, February 18 Girls Basketball Ohio Sectionals D-4 at Meigs HS Eastern-Fed Hock winner vs. South GalliaSouth Webster winner, 2:45 p.m. D-3 at Jackson HS Meigs-Oak Hill winner vs Zane Trace-Rock Hill winner, 4:30 p.m. Wrestling Division II and III sectionals at Athens HS, 10 a.m. W.Va. Tournament Class AA at Point Pleasant HS, 10 a.m. GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The Defenders lived up to their name … literally. The Ohio Valley Christian boys basketball team forced 20 turnovers and held visiting Hannan to just six field goals total during a convincing 49-21 victory Tuesday night in a non-conference matchup at the First Baptist Church Activities Building in the Old French City. The host Defenders (13-6) held the Wildcats (5-15) to seven or fewer points in each of the four quarters, which included a first half that saw the guests muster only two field goals and a dozen turnovers before the break. OVCS opened regulation with 9-0 run before HHS finally got on the scoreboard with 3:31 left, as Jacob Taylor converted an old-fashioned three-point play to pull the Wildcats to within two possessions at 9-3. Hannan — which committed seven turnovers in the opening period — never came closer the rest of the way, as the hosts closed the final three minutes on a 10-0 run to secure a 19-3 cushion after one quarter of play. Ohio Valley Christian went on a small 3-0 run to start the second period, then Hannan ended a 8:51 scoreless drought at the 2:40 mark after a free throw cut the deficit down to 22-4. OVCS, which twice led by 19 in the See DEFENDERS |‌ 8 Bryan Walters/photo Hannan senior James Brumfield (44) hauls in a rebound in front of teammate Ty Page while being guarded by Ohio Valley Christian players Ben Tillis and Pete Carman, right, during the first half of Tuesday night’s non-conference boys basketball game in Gallipolis, Ohio. Eagles fall to Belpre, 51-31 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — The Belpre boys basketball team went into Tuesday night’s contest at Eastern needing a win to clinch a share of the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division title. The Golden Eagles got just what they needed with a 51-31 victory over Eastern, their second of the year. After Eastern (5-13, 3-13 TVC Hocking) scored the opening two points of the game, Belpre (14-5, 13-2) went on a 9-3 run over the remainder of the first period. The host Eagles turned it around and started the second period on a 7-2 run to grab the lead. Belpre responded with a 6-0 run to end the half up by five, 17-12. The third quarter was a crucial part of the game as the Golden Eagles as they scored 21 points. Eastern had 10 points in the third, which was the only period in which the Green and Gold scored double digits. BHS closed regulation with a 13-9 run to cruise to their 14 victory of the season, 51-31. Eastern was led in scoring by Chase Cook, who had 11 points in the contest, followed by Kirk Pullins with nine. Christian Amsbary had five points for EHS, while Max Carnahan finished with four points. Jacob Parker rounded out the Eagles scoring with two points. Belpre was led by Jake Ullman with 25 points, and Ryan Leasure with 10 points and 13 rebounds. Eastern returns to action Friday in Racine at 6 p.m. where they hope to repeat their Dec. 20th victory over incounty rival Southern. Belpre 51, Eastern 31 B 9-8-21-13 — 51 E 5-7-10-9 — 31 BELPRE (14-5, 13-2 TVC Hocking): Drew Nestor 1 0-0 2, Dakota Hoffman 2 2-2 6, Jake Ullman 8 4-6 25, Bryce Pittenger 0 1-2 1, Ryan Leasure 3 4-5 10, Joel Byers 0 1-2 1, Nick Theriault 2 2-2 6. TOTALS: 16 14-19 51. Threepoint goals: 5 (Ullman 5). Field goals: 16-29 (.552). Rebounds: 26. EASTERN (5-13, 3-13 TVC Hocking): Max Carnahan 1 2-4 4, Christian Amsbary 2 1-2 5, Jacob Parker 1 0-0 2, Kirk Pullins 4 1-2 9, Chase Cook 3 5-9 11. TOTALS: 11 9-17 31. Three-point goals: none. Field goals: 11-39 (.282). Rebounds: 25. Turnovers: 17. �Thursday, February 16, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 7 www.mydailysentinel.com COUNTY : MEIGS The following applications and/or verified complaints were received, and the following draft, proposed and final actions were issued, by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) last week. The complete public notice including additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information or a public hearing, or filing an appeal may be o b t a i n e d a t : http://www.epa.ohio.gov/actions.aspx or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-2129 email: HClerk@epa.state.oh.us FINAL APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE: is hereby given that on Saturday February 18, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., a public sale will be held at 211 W. Second St., Pomeroy, Ohio. 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South Point (10-10, 5-5) hit five three-pointers in the first period on their way to a 20 point quarter.RVHS trailed by 12 headed into the second period. The Pointers started the second period with a 2:30 9-1 run, but the Raiders flipped the script going on a 9-3 run to end the period. South Point led at half 32-18. Austin Lewis had 11 of the RVHS 15 points in the third canto, but South Point managed to score 17 and took a 49-33 lead into the finale. The Raiders offense picked up the pace in the fourth quarter scoring 29 points putting themselves back in contention to win. South Point would however score 16 points in the quarter, to take the 65-62 victory. RVHS was led by Austin Lewis with 21 points and 15 rebounds, followed by Ethan Dovenbarger with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Derek Flint had nine points for the Raiders while both Trey Noble and Aaron Harrison finished with seven. Kyle Bays rounded out the River Valley scoring with two points. South Point had three players score in double figures, led by Brandon Barnes with 21 points, followed by Austin Jeffreys with 19, and Kurt Adams with 12. River Valley starts the sectional tournament Tuesday at Athens High School against Crooksville. The contest is scheduled for a 6:15 tip. South Point 65, River Valley 62 SP 20-12-17-16 — 65 RV 8-10-15-29 — 62 SOUTH POINT (10-10, 5-5 OVC): Austin Jeffreys 6 2-6 19, John Johnson 0 1-3 1, Tre Campbell 1 2-4 4, Austin Majher 0 0-0 0, Alex Whitt 0 0-0 0, Jamse Leonard 0 0-0 0, Josh Payne 4 0-4 8, Brandon Barnes 7 2-5 21, Kurt Adams 3 3-4 12, Brandon Boggs 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21 10-26 65. Three-point goals: 13 (Jeffreys 5, Barnes 5, Adams 3). Rebounds: 27. Turnovers: 8. RIVER VALLEY (3-16, 0-10 OVC): Austin Whobrey 0 0-0 0, Derek Filnt 2 4-4 9, Kyle Bays 1 0-0 2, Chris Clemente 0 0-0 0, Trey Noble 1 4-5 7, Joseph Loyd 0 0-0 0, Aaron Harrison 2 2-2 7, Austin Lewis 10 1-1 21, Ethan Dovenbarger 6 4-7 16, Aaron Rupe 0 0-0 0. Totals: 22 15-19 62. Three-point goals: 3 (Flint, Noble, Harrison). Field goals: 22-66 (.333). Rebounds: 47. Turnovers: 16. WVU’s move to Big 12 leaves Pitt rivalry in doubt PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh and West Virginia have met at least once a year in basketball since 1915, a rivalry that’s endured through a couple of dozen coaching changes, various conference alignments and a half-dozen venues. Yet there’s a sense the 184th meeting between the schools on Thursday night might be the final page in a book whose first chapter was written more than a century ago. West Virginia’s move to the Big 12 next season and Pitt’s impending switch to the ACC by 2014 leaves the future of one of the country’s longest running series very much in doubt. Though West Virginia coach Bob Huggins would be “shocked” if the schools decide to avoid each other in nonconference play down the road, Pitt’s Jamie Dixon isn’t sure it’s possible. “I’m not the guy that makes all the decisions,” Dixon said. “There’s a lot of history way before I got here, so I don’t know. A lot more people have been through a lot more games than myself. It means more to some and that’s what we’ll see.” Any renewal, however, may have to wait until 2013 at the earliest. Pitt’s nonconference schedule next year already includes the NIT Tip-Off, and besides, the Panthers have rarely loaded up on non-league games against opponents from BCS conferences under Dixon. Only two of Pitt’s 13 non-Big East games this season were against BCS schools, with the Panthers sweeping Tennessee and Oklahoma State. Keeping the series alive would almost certainly require rotating venues, meaning both schools would have to trade a winnable and revenue-producing home game every other year for the right to play each other. Huggins said he “would think” West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck and Pitt counterpart Steve Pederson will explore extending the rivalry, though considering Pitt is off West Virginia’s football schedule next season, there’s no reason to believe the basketball series could avoid the chopping block. Pitt senior forward Nasir Robinson, who will play against the Mountaineers for the eighth time on Thursday, says it won’t seem right if the Panthers don’t make the annual 75mile trip south to Morgantown to play in one of the Big East’s toughest venues. “We know the crowd’s going to be fired up, talking that trash (when we go down there),” Robinson said. “We’re going to miss it.” There’s no time to get nostalgic, however, for two teams whose immediate future is hazy at best. The Mountaineers (16-10, 6-7 Big East) have lost five of six while the Panthers (1511, 4-9) have dropped two straight, ending a run of 10 straight years in which Pitt has won at least 10 Big East games. The Panthers likely need to win out and have a healthy run at the Big East tournament next month to avoid missing the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2001. Pitt appeared to be headed in the right direction after beating the Mountaineers 72-66 on the road on Jan. 30, but disheartening losses to South Florida and Seton Hall over the past week has blunted its momentum. Dixon isn’t quite ready to do the math, but he knows the Panthers can’t afford another misstep. “We’ve got to win some games, no doubt about it,” Dixon said. “How many? Nobody knows. But we’ve got to play, we’ve got to play well.” Something the Panthers did with aplomb in the schools’ first meeting of the season. Point guard Tray Woodall scored 24 points, Ashton Gibbs added 15 as Dixon became the first coach in Pitt history to win five games at the WVU Coliseum. A sweep would give Pitt’s postseason prospects a boost, a loss would almost certainly mean a trip to the NIT at best. It’s those kind of implications that drive the Panthers, not the prospect of seeing their most familiar rival for perhaps the last time. “I don’t know if we can get any more layers at this point as far as what we need to do,” Dixon said. “Being in the Big East. people sometimes ask about extra motivation for a game, I’ve never been able to come up with extra motivation for a game in our league.”“ He doesn’t think the Panthers need it, a sentiment echoed by Huggins. The Mountaineers have spent the last three weeks playing in tight game after tight game. Their last five contests have been decided by six points or less. The problem is West Virginia simply isn’t delivering in the clutch. “We’re very, very close to being a good basketball team,” Huggins said. “And obviously there’s been some things happen that we’d sure like to get back. You don’t get any mulligans. We’ve got to finish games.” Getting the last word in against the Panthers would simply be a bonus. Morris led Hoover with 14 points apiece while Charlton Gander had 12. Point Pleasant returns to action at Tolsia Friday when they try and avenge their one point loss to the Rebels that came back on Jan. 20th. Tip off is at 6 p.m. Forbes 5 4-8 14, Cody Morris 7 0-0 14. TOTALS: 21 10-18 53. Three-point goals: 1 (Schoolcraft). Rebounds: 18. Turnovers: 6. POINT PLEASANT (118, 5-7 Cardinal): Dillon McCarty 7 0-0 18, Jacob Wamsley 0 0-0 0, Marquez Griffin 2 2-2 7, Andrew Williamson 0 2-2 2, Anthony Perry 1 0-0 2, Adam Slack 2 0-0 6, Aden Yates 2 2-2 6, Wade Martin 1 0-0 2, Alex Somerville 4 0-0 9, Connor Templeton 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 19 6-6 52. Three-point goals: 8 (McCarty 4, Slack 2, Griffin, Somerville). Rebounds: 17. Turnovers: 9. Huskies From Page 6 within one but HHHS managed to run of the final seconds and sneak away with their second victory over the Big Blacks this season, 53-52. Dillon McCarty led PPHS with 18 points, followed by Alex Somerville with nine, and Marquez Griffin with seven. Adam Slack and Aden Yates both scored six points, while Andrew Williamson , Anthony Perry, and Wade Martin each had two to round out the Point Pleasant scoring. Joey Forbes and Cody Herbert Hoover 53, Point Pleasant 52 HH 17-9-16-11 — 53 PP 15-8-5-24 — 52 HERBERT HOOVER (10-9, 6-7 Cardinal): Charlton Gander 4 4-7 12, Clayton Edens 1 1-2 3, Sam Schoolcraft 1 0-0 3, Carter Coleman 3 1-1 7, Joey MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — William Buford scored 24 points to spark No. 6 Ohio State, and Jared Sullinger backed him up inside with 23 points to guide the Buckeyes to a 78-68 victory Tuesday over Minnesota that moved them a half-game ahead of Michigan State in the Big Ten standings. Buford also had eight rebounds and five assists for the Buckeyes (22-4, 10-3), who snapped back after a humbling home loss to the Spartans. With Sullinger drawing double and triple teams in the post, Buford was there to knock down the open jump shots on the wing. Rodney Williams had 21 points, nine rebounds and two blocks for the Gophers (17-9, 5-8), who tumbled into 10th place in the conference race. The Buckeyes pulled away with a 20-0 run over 7-plus minutes of the first half to build a 21-point lead. Minnesota overcame the daze and used a 12-1 spurt to sneak back before the half. The Gophers got within eight points late, but the damage was already done. Julian Welch had 11 points, nine assists and five rebounds for Minnesota. This was the wrong time for the Gophers to play the Buckeyes, coming off a 5848 loss to Michigan State after which Sullinger described them as a bunch of “spoiled brats.” Simple laws of averages suggested the Buckeyes wouldn’t duplicate their 26-percent shooting performance in that game. Ralph Sampson III started the game with a soft hook shot over Sullinger, effectively using his two-inch height advantage. So much of the streaky Minnesota senior’s success or struggle is based on confidence, and a few minutes later he missed a layup after a deft move inside. Shaking his head during his retreat to play defense, Sampson was late to cover Sullinger’s jumper from the wing on the next possession. Soon after he was on the bench with two personal fouls, playing only six minutes in the first half. Gophers coach Tubby Smith has long used the mass substitution to keep players fresh and establish chemistry among the backups, but that scripted move sure backfired against the athletic, relentless and talent-rich Buckeyes. Giving up 20 straight points will demoralize many teams, particularly against a Top 10 opponent like Ohio State, and that’s what happened to the Gophers after a strong start forged a 12-all tie. By the time four of their five starters were back in the game, the score was already 23-12 and the energy was sucked out of the building. Big Ten steals leader Aaron Craft had three takeaways and five assists in just 12 minutes, and the lead was up to 37-16 near the 3 minute mark. The Gophers showed some life after that, cutting the lead to 38-28 and reviving the Williams Arena noise level. But Buford knocked down a bad-angle baseline jumper from almost behind the backboard right before the break to push the lead back to 12. Sullinger is hard for anyone to handle. The 6-foot-9, 265-pound sophomore, who entered the week third in the Big Ten in scoring and second in rebounding, averaged 16.5 points and 12.5 rebounds over two games against the Gophers as a freshman last season and that was when they had Trevor Mbakwe. Minnesota’s best remedy against Sullinger’s brawn and finishing touch was sitting on the bench, surgically repaired right knee not close to being ready for action again. Mbakwe, the conference’s leading rebounder last season, tore his anterior cruciate ligament on Nov. 27. Smith even joked the day before this game, when asked how the Gophers will guard Sullinger, he was going to give Sampson a mask of Mbakwe’s face for him to wear. But while Minnesota made Sullinger work for most of what he got, they just couldn’t keep up. Andre Hollins, coming off a career-high 20-point game in an overtime loss to Wisconsin on Thursday, moved into the starting lineup at shooting guard for the Gophers instead of fellow freshman Joe Coleman, who didn’t score a single point in any of the three previous games. Hollins was flustered at times by Craft, but he finished with eight points despite four turnovers. Hollins drew a roar from the crowd early in the second half when, with nobody open on an inbounds play from the baseline, chucked the ball straight at Sullinger’s midsection, causing the big guy to tumble backward and giving the Gophers a fresh try. Document confirms WVUBig East deal totals $20M CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University must cut an $8.5 million check by Friday to end officially end its legal dispute over leaving the Big East Conference. The Charleston Gazette (http://bit.ly/ wYCyBJ) obtained a copy of the separation agreement and posted it online Wednesday. The agreement outlines a total settlement of about $20 million, a figure previously reported by many media outlets. In exchange, WVU can join the Big 12 in July in time for the fall football season rather than wait two years as the Big East bylaws required. WVU announced on Tuesday that it had struck a deal to settle competing lawsuits with the Big East, but Athletic Director Oliver Luck said the terms were confidential. The newspaper obtained the details under a Freedom of Information Act request. WVU has already paid the Big East $2.5 million, which is half of the $5 million exit fee required in the bylaws. The agreement says the next payment is due Friday and will come from a $10 million Big 12 Transition Fund established by the WVU Foundation, the university’s private fund-raising arm. A related settlement document says half of that $10 million will be forgiven, and WVU will repay the other half over time and with interest. At the end of the fiscal year on June 30, WVU also must forfeit a projected $9 million in Big East revenue sharing, and make up for any shortfall that may occur. Although WVU is shelling out money now, its new relationship with the Big 12 promises to be far more lucrative than its Big East membership. Luck said WVU should get about $18 million to $19 million a year in television payouts, about $10 million a year more than what it now gets from the Big East. Payments are being prorated for the first three years at 50 percent, 67 percent and 87 percent, he said, reaching 100 percent in the fourth year. West Virginia makes its Big 12 debut Sept. 29 at home against Baylor. Defenders From Page 6 first half, closed the opening 16 minutes with a small 5-4 spurt to take a 27-8 lead into halftime. OVCS reeled off five straight points to start the second half for a 32-8 edge, but the guests countered with a 7-6 run over the final 4:05 to pull within 38-15 headed into the finale. The Defenders, who led by as many as 30 points (47-17) with 2:30 remaining, closed the fourth quarter with an 11-6 run to wrap up the 28-point decision. The Defenders, who had 14 turnovers, also claimed a season sweep of Hannan after posting a 50-49 decision in Ashton back on Jan. 27. The Wildcats, on Tuesday night, had more turnovers than points for 31:14 of the 32-minute affair. Chance Burleson led the hosts with a game-high 15 points, followed by Paul Miller with 13 points and Pete Carman with 12 markers. T.G. Miller added seven points to the winning cause, while Ben Tillis rounded out the scoring with two markers. OVCS was 17-of34 at the free throw line for 50 percent. Jacob Taylor paced HHS with six points, followed by Charles Mayes with five markers. Kade McCoy and Tyler Jenkins both had three points apiece, while Paul Holley and Jacob Brumfield rounded out the scoring with two markers each. Hannan was 9-of-12 at the charity stripe for 75 percent. Tuesday also served as Senior Night at OVCS, as seniors Pete Carman, Paul Miller and Ben Tillis were all honored before the start of the contest. The Defenders return to action Thursday when they travel to Parkersburg Christian for a non-conference matchup at 7:30 p.m. Hannan returns to the hardwood Friday when it travels to Huntington Saint Joseph for a non-conference matchup at 6 p.m. OVCS 49, Hannan 21 HAN 3-5-7-6 — 21 OVC 19-8-11-11 — 49 HANNAN (5-15): Brad Fannin 0 0-0 0, Kade McCoy 1 1-2 3, Tyler Jenkins 1 1-2 3, Paul Holley 1 0-0 2, Ty Page 0 0-0 0, James Brumfield 1 0-0 2, Charles Mayes 0 5-6 5, Jacob Taylor 2 2-2 6, Matt Randolph 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 6 9-12 21. Three-point goals: None. Turnovers: 20. OHIO VALLEY CHRISTIAN (13-6): Pete Carman 6 0-0 12, Paul Miller 4 2-4 13, Chance Burleson 3 8-12 15, T.G. Miller 1 5-8 7, Ben Tillis 0 2-6 2, Phil Hollingshead 0 0-0 0, Scotty Wood 0 0-2 0, Marshall Hood 0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 14 17-34 49. Three-point goals: 4 (P. Miller 3, Burleson). Turnovers: 14. Need to advertise? Call The Daily Sentinel 740.992.2155 �Thursday, February 16, 2012 ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt www.mydailysentinel.com BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Thursday, February 16, 2012 BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS MUTTS Mort Walker The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s Horoscope zITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012: This year you focus on broadening your inner circle and forging stronger friendships. If you are attached, a partner frequently could be angry or jealous. Indulge your sweetie more often, and treat him or her like your best friend. You will relate more easily. If you are single, a friend could become more, or you might meet your next sweetie through a friend, most likely after June. You cannot always be as empathetic or understanding as you might like. Still, accept what others say, even if you would not respond the same way. SAGITTARIUS gets you energized. 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) HHHH Use your strong sense of direction to enlist supporters and get the job done. A situation that usually is more complicated than necessary is a piece of cake today. Even a reluctant partner or associate goes along with a new idea. Tonight: Burning the midnight oil. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Deal directly with a key person in your life. You do not need to agree with each other, but right now, the likelihood is high that you will. Recognize your limits, with both time and energy. Do not let an argument build. Tonight: Enjoy a relaxing meal, then decide. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Continue being more passive. Someone’s attempt to get you into an argument might result from his or her discomfort taking the lead. Do not just placate this person and come to the rescue. Let this person ask, but in the meantime, do not let him or her trigger a reaction. Tonight: Follow the crowd. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might want to understand more of why someone is under your skin or vice versa. You could point to this person as the reason, but this behavior is a trigger for you. Stay centered, knowing what is possible here. Tonight: Clean your desk. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Pressure builds causing you a problem that is unexpected. Think positively about what you need to do. Step up and take your natural role as a leader within your community circle or at work. You could feel a little strange with a situation involving a neighbor or sibling. Tonight: Whatever lights up your life. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Deal with a situation before it deals with you. You could be angry and internalizing it. Without realizing it, your anger could pop out when you least expect it to. Stay centered, knowing full well what your objectives are. Use care with funds. Tonight: Make it OK to be quiet and at home. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Read Virgo’s message for a hint, especially with your feelings. Know that you might be better off expressing even difficult feelings in a manner someone can hear. You will lighten up as a result. Tonight: Hang out. Make weekend plans. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Make sure that what seems like a good risk really is. If you feel unsure, back off. Instincts guide you in a powerful manner. When another person of interest makes the first move, you feel great. Tonight: Pick up the tab at dinner. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Do not let early morning aggravation become total day irritation. If need be, indulge in a pastime that helps you become more carefree. Eating a cookie or even swapping a joke would work. You want to take advantage of others’ good moods and your unusual charisma and creativity. Tonight: Let the good times happen. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Your low profile might be a little boring, but it will prove worthwhile. Someone opens up and reveals much more of his or her thoughts and feelings, Worry less. Good news heads your way. Tonight: Out and about. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Continue to forge ahead, even if a partner becomes irate. Clearly you cannot control this person, and it seems quite possible that he or she cannot even control his or her mood. Detach if you do not feel comfortable. Tonight: Accept a family member’s offer. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH When someone is upset, you often take it personally; try not to. Instead, focus on one project after another, one issue after another. Communication will flourish soon enough if you stay neutral. Tonight: Touch base with a very unusual person in your life. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Thursday, February 16, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 www.mydailysentinel.com Stewart goes into 2012 with new crew chief DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Over the closing weeks of last season, Steve Addington had been led to believe he would be Tony Stewart’s crew chief in 2012. Then Stewart won at Martinsville and again at Texas to give him four wins in eight races. The Sprint Cup championship was firmly in his reach, and it sure didn’t seem like there were any reasons for Stewart to make changes to his organization. Addington, laid back by nature, watched and waited. But when Stewart capped off his remarkable title run by winning the season-finale at Homestead to snatch the championship away from Carl Edwards, Addington finally got nervous. A text message from Stewart calmed him a bit. “I’m laying in the bed … sitting there thinking, ‘What’s this guy thinking? They just won a championship. Are they going to change their minds?’” Addington recalled. “Couldn’t sleep and then the phone blew up I got the text of, ‘No pressure, bud.’” And so the plan was set in place: Addington announced he was leaving Penske Racing after a tumultuous tenure with Kurt Busch and moving to Stewart-Haas Racing to crew chief the defending NASCAR champion. Darian Grubb, despite guiding Stewart to five wins in the final 10 races of the season, was out of a job, and fans couldn’t understand why Stewart would make such wholesale changes. Stewart also successfully recruited Greg Zipadelli, his former longtime crew chief at Joe Gibbs Racing, to leave that team and join SHR as competition director. Now, as the defending champion heads this week to Daytona International Speedway for the start of the 2012 season, he’s got to prove he didn’t make a mistake in overhauling his organization. In true Stewart form, though, he’s scoffing at the notion he’s under any pressure. “You’re asking the wrong guy,” he said before motioning toward Addington. “You need to ask him. I feel just fine.” Then Stewart continued, explaining he’s known Addington for years both were at Joe Gibbs Racing together and their personalities fit. “We’re just low key, down-to-earth racers and hardcore racers that want to race. That is the attitude that Steve has coming in here,” Stewart said. “I’m not putting any pressure on him. I’m looking forward to going out and racing again.” But Addington knows that if Stewart doesn’t successfully defend his title, the finger likely will be pointed at him. He has never won a title at a NASCAR’s national level, despite taking Kyle Busch as the top seed in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. He believes he and Stewart can do it. “I know a lot of people are going to look at it like, ‘You’re the only thing that’s changed on that race team.’ That’s true,” Addington said. “I feel good about it. I’m confident enough in my position and experience in races to give him what he needs in a race car.” The competition will be tight this year, especially at JGR, where Grubb has landed. When Stewart let Grubb go after their title run, Grubb had his pick of jobs and settled on the crew chief position for Denny Hamlin, who’s coming off a disappointing season that saw the driver fall considerable from his near-championship run in 2010. Grubb insists there’s no driving desire to one-up Stewart, but he’s motivated to take Hamlin to his first championship. “No matter what happens when you are in a long-term relationship you can ask your husband or your wife the communication level is what makes everything work,” Grubb said of his tenure with Stewart. “The more you get stagnant, the more you realize what you should have done in the past. Now we’re both really looking forward with our eyes wide open.” JGR also is looking for a rebound from Kyle Busch, who again faltered after being the top seed in the Chase. He was way out of title contention by the time he lost his temper in the Truck Series race at Texas and intentionally wrecked another driver, prompting NASCAR to suspend him for the rest of the weekend. It was a humbling moment for Busch, who had to fight hard to keep his sponsors. Now he’s hoping to finally put together a complete season and win the Cup championship that has eluded him. At the other end of the garage is his older brother, Kurt, who finds himself on a yearlong job audition after splitting with Penske Racing at the end of a tumultuous 2011 season. Toplevel jobs were scarce when he hit the market in early December, and he landed with fledgling Phoenix Racing in a one-year deal. The car comes with Hendrick Motorsports horsepower, though, and Busch could surprise many and be a contender in the Feb. 26 season-opening Daytona 500. More important, though, TCU drug bust includes 4 football players FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Authorities arrested 17 students in a sweeping drug sting at Texas Christian University on Wednesday, a bust that included four members of the Horned Frogs football team. Police said those arrested were caught making “handto-hand” sales of marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and prescription drugs to undercover officers. They said the bust followed a six-month investigation prompted by complaints from students, parents and others. “There is no doubt,” TCU Police Chief Steve McGee said at a morning news conference. Police said they had not determined whether any of the players were selling to other athletes. Chancellor Victor Boschini suggested the four players’ involvement was not a sign of a larger issue. “I don’t think it’s a football problem,” Boschini said. Still, the arrests stunned the campus community, coming just one day after a thrilling overtime victory by the men’s basketball team and less than 24 hours after TCU released its football schedule for next season, its first in the Big 12 Conference. TCU has an enrollment of about 9,500 students. “There are days people want to be a head football coach, but today is not one of those days,” coach Gary Patterson said. “As I heard the news this morning, I was first shocked, then hurt and now I’m mad.” Three key defensive players on the team were arrested: Linebacker Tanner Brock, the leading tackler two seasons ago, defensive tackle D.J. Yendrey and cornerback Devin Johnson. The other player is offensive lineman Ty Horn. Officials said the students had been “separated from TCU,” but it wasn’t clear if the players had been kicked off the team. “I expect our studentathletes to serve as ambassadors for the university and will not tolerate behavior that reflects poorly on TCU, the athletics department, our teams or other student- athletes within the department,” athletic director Chris Del Conte said. “Our student-athletes are a microcosm of society and unfortunately that means some of our players reflect a culture that glorifies drugs and drug use. That mindset is not reflected by TCU nor will it be allowed within athletics.” Brock was the leading tackler for TCU as a sophomore during the 2010 season, when the Horned Frogs went 13-0, won the Rose Bowl and finished the year ranked No. 2. Brock started the season opener at Baylor last September, but aggravated a foot injury that required season-ending surgery. As a freshman playing special teams against SMU in 2009, Brock gained some national attention with a highlight play. He lost his helmet and still threw a key block on a 71-yard punt return for a touchdown by Jeremy Kerley. Yendrey started 12 of 13 games this past season, when he had 39 tackles and three sacks. Johnson played in all 13 games, starting the last eight, and had 47 tackles with 2 1/2 sacks. Brock likely would have been a starter again in 2012. Yendrey, who also started five guys as a junior, and Johnson both were juniors last season and had another season of eligibility. Horn appeared in 10 games this past season, making one start. He played in eight games as a freshman. “Under my watch, drugs and drug use by TCU’s student-athletes will not be tolerated by me or any member of my coaching staff,” Patterson said. “Our program is respected nationally for its strong ethics and for that reason the players arrested today were separated from TCU by the university. I believe strongly that young people’s lives are more important than wins or losses. Carl Juste/Miami Herald/MCT photo Tony Stewart, left, wins the 13th annual Ford 400 and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Sunday, November 20, 2011, in Homestead, Florida. is proving to sponsors and car owners that he’s got his act together and is ready to return to a top team in 2013. Edwards, who lost the championship last season on a tiebreaker to Stewart, will try to come back from that disappointment. And Jimmie Johnson, who had his five-year run snapped last season, wants very much to get back in the mix after a career-worst sixth in the final Cup standings. Kevin Harvick has finished third in points the last two seasons. Thanks to personnel moves at Richard Childress Racing, he’s now paired with crew chief Shane Rogers the switch he hopes can help him move up in the standings. RCR is back down to three teams Harvick, Jeff Burton and Paul Menard as Clint Bowyer moved on at the end of the season to Michael Waltrip Racing. Many believe he’ll be the breakout driver MWR has long been looking for. He’s teamed with Martin Truex Jr. and Mark Martin, who will scale back his schedule and share his car at times with team co-owner Waltrip. AJ Allmendinger is in the best ride of his life now that he’s at Penske Racing as Kurt Busch’s replacement. Coming off a win in last month’s prestigious Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona sports car race, Allmendinger goes into the season with his confidence soaring. Brad Keselowski, his teammate, is looking to improve on last year’s three-win breakthrough season. Roush Fenway Racing is also down to three cars as sponsorship woes forced the team to close down David Ragan’s Cup ride, and the No. 17 of Matt Kenseth isn’t fully funded. But the organization, which celebrated a Nationwide championship last season with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., believes Edwards, Kenseth and Greg Biffle will be contenders all year. Then there’s Danica Patrick, who is officially a fulltime NASCAR driver. After two years of dabbling in stock cars while she finished her IndyCar Series career, Patrick has made the jump to NASCAR. She’ll run the full Nationwide schedule for JR Motorsports and 10 races for Stewart in the Cup Series. Only nine of her Cup races have been announced, and the Daytona 500 will be her first next weekend. She’s also going to run the Coca-Cola 600 in May, which makes her unavailable for the Indianapolis 500 for the first time in her career. Patrick is trying to be reasonable with her expectations for this season, but all eyes will be on her as she’s expected to give NASCAR a massive marketing boost. She certainly turned some heads last month when she spoke confidently of the Daytona 500. “I think there is a real chance, if luck falls our way, to perhaps win,” she said. “I think that’s a real chance.” Should that happen, 2012 is guaranteed to be a fabulous season for NASCAR. ‘Monday Night Football’ switching to 2-man booth BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — “Monday Night Football” is switching to a twoman booth. Analyst Ron Jaworski has signed a five-year contract extension to appear on other programming on ESPN and will no longer join play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico and color commentator Jon Gruden on Monday nights, the network said Wednesday. Jaworski, the former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, will work various ESPN studio shows year-round, often focusing on his specialty of breaking down video. “With him doing one game each week, we don’t necessarily believe we were getting the best Ron Jaworski had to offer to the network,” executive vice president Norby Williamson said. Jaworski called “Monday Night Football” games the past five seasons. Gruden, the former Raiders and Buccaneers coach, joined MNF in 2009 and agreed to a five-year extension in October. This is the first time in 15 years ESPN has used a two-person lead team on its NFL game coverage. “There was nothing broken about ‘Monday Night Football,’” Williamson said. He said network executives believed Tirico and Gruden worked well as a twoman booth and there was no need to add a third person. “I fully expect Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden to be together for the foreseeable future,” Williamson said. Fisher, Whisenhunt join NFL competition committee NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff Fisher is back in the NFL as a coach, and back on the prestigious NFL competition committee. Fisher was hired last month by the St. Louis Rams after sitting out the 2011 season. While coaching the Tennessee Titans, he was co-chairman from 2002-2010 of the committee that reviews rules and makes recommendations on changes. Also joining the committee are Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt and Green Bay Packers President Mark Murphy. All are former players in the league. “It’s an honor, obviously,” Whisenhunt said. “The integrity of play in the NFL as well as the quality of play is always extremely important to us, to fans, coaches and players. One of the main priorities of the committee is to see that stays at a high level. I am flattered. It’s a privilege and certainly comes with a great deal of responsibility.” Whisenhunt also serves on the coaches subcommittee, which makes recommendations to the competition committee. Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay chairs the competition committee, which also includes Giants owner John Mara, Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome, Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones, Texans GM Rick Smith, and Bengals coach Marvin Lewis. “I was excited and honored,” Murphy said of being added to the committee. “It will be a new experience for me, and I am looking forward to representing the Packers in this capacity on a league level.” Murphy also played an active role in labor negotiations with the union last year during the lockout. The committee consists of club personnel only, but other key NFL personnel serve as liaisons, including executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson. Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff has been appointed to the general managers’ advisory committee, and Danny Morrison of the Carolina Panthers has become chairman of the subcommittee on college relations. Also on the GM’s committee are Pittsburgh’s Kevin Colbert, Arizona’s Rod Graves, Cleveland’s Tom Heckert, Carolina’s Marty Hurney, New Orelans’ Mickey Loomis, Detroit’s Martin Mayhew, Kansas City’s Scott Pioli, Jacksonville’s Gene Smith, Jerry Reese of the Giants and Mike Tannenbaum of the Jets. Visit us online at www.mydailysentinel.com � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 02. February Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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