https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/982aaccb8b18c5bfe0b34409c5efd188.pdf 341573cddf4dc932eb67e6714136f4f0 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS OBITUARIES Roma J. Beebe, 80 Alice A. (Sis) Kitchen, 93 Dr. Brothers .... Page 2 Mostly cloudy. High of 60. Low of 40 ........ Page 2 D-3 Sectional Wrestling .... Page 6 Keith G. Bradford, 55 Alan Lopez Randy Deckard, 58 Linda A. Stover, 44 James L. Durst, Jr., 38 Emerson E. Unroe, 79 50 cents daily WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012 Vol. 62, No. 30 Break-ins increasing in Middleport By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com MIDDLEPORT — A warning to residents about the increasing crime in Middleport and the necessity of being aware of the problem so caution can be taken has been given by both Middleport Chief of Police Bruce Swift and Mayor Mike Gerlach. Swift and Gerlach agree that the problem is not only in Middleport but is in every town and city and that it appears to be getting progressively worse. They also agree that most of the break-ins are drug related. Just recently in Middleport two churches, eight or more homes, and a business have been broken into. “They are doing it often. They are doing it at night. They are doing it during the day. They are doing it while we are away, at work, at church, ting those at the store. “They are doing it often. n a r ro w e d They are They are doing it at night. down. He w a t c h i n g They are doing it during said right us better now the than we the day. They are doing it best advice are watch- while we are away, at work, he can give ing them,” at church, at the store. They to resiwarned Gerdents is to are watching us better than i n c r e a s e lach. Swift said we are watching them.” security — Mayor Mike Gerlach e f f o r t s . the officers have leads The latest they are b re a k- i n working on and they are get- was reported Sunday night at a residence on Broad Street where a 50-inch television was among items removed from the home while the family was out-of-town. Gerlach stressed that the warning about crime comes not as a scare tactic to encourage residents to vote for the two renewal levies on the March 6 ballot, although he did say the funding from those levies is needed to support the police department. “Neither are new and they won’t increase your taxes. They are both to support our police,” Gerlach said. “We used to have two police officers a shift and now we only have one. That is half the patrol time and half the investigation time. That means we wait if the officer is already on a call; it means we have less arrests and less convictions and the bad guys know it.” Commissioners approve Floodplain Regulation Amendment By Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com Legionnaire Wayne Thomas reads the story of the Four Chaplains at the Bradbury Church of Christ service. Legionnaires hold Four Chaplains tribute service By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — Legionnaires of Drew Webster Post 39, Pomeroy, held services in observance of Four Chaplains Sunday at the Bradbury Church of Christ as a part of the regular Sunday worship service. The post traditionally remembers in a church service the four chaplains who remained on the USS Dorchester as it sunk into the ocean off the shore of Greenland during World War II. Legionnaire Wayne Thomas again this year read the story of the torpedo which hit the Dorchester, a U. S. Army troop with more than 900 men on board. Several other legionnaires from the Post participated in the service. The four Chaplains on board, two Protestant pastors, a Catholic priest and a Jewish rabbi, were among the first on deck, calming the men and handing out life jackets. When they ran out of life jackets, the chaplains took off their own and placed them on waiting soldiers. Approximately 18 minutes after that the ship went down. The chaplains were last seen by witnesses as standing arm-in-arm on the hull of the ship, each praying in his own way for the care of the men. Almost 700 died, making it the third largest loss at sea of its kind for the United States during World War II. The four Chaplains were Father John Washington (Catholic), Reverend Clark Poling (Dutch Reformed), Rabbi Alexander Goode (Jewish) and Rev. George Fox (Methodist). In 1960, Congress created a special Congressional Medal of Valor, never to be repeated again, and gave it to the next of kin of the “Immortal Chaplains.” Several local legionnaires also attended the Eighth District American Legion, Department of Ohio, Four Chaplains dinner and program at the American Legion Post 21 hall in Athens. There Frank Ryther gave a tribute and George Hoffman, Wally Hatfield, Sam VanMatre and Wayne Thomas told the stories of the four chaplains. Kidnapping suspect sentenced in Gallia By Amber Gillenwater mdtnews@mydailytribune.com GALLIPOLIS — A Point Pleasant man who allegedly entered a Gallia County man’s home last September, kidnapped and held him for ransom was recently sentenced in the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas. David N. Maynard, 28, was recently sentenced to 24 months of community control after entering a guilty plea to one count of attempted burglary. Maynard was originally charged after he, as well as Brittany S. Mullins, 21, Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va., allegedly entered the home of Cory Taylor, 20, Gallipolis, and kidnapped him on September 11, 2011. According to the origi- nal complaint filed with the Gallipolis Municipal Court, Maynard and Mullins traveled to the home of the victim, located on Bailey Street in Kanauga, where they allegedly kicked in the front door. The victim then reportedly ran through the back door of the residence and was tackled soon thereafter by the suspects. Taylor was then allegedly placed in Mullins’ car. The complaint states that the victim was then transported back to the suspects’ apartment in Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va., and, while there, “they [Mullins and Maynard] told the Defendant to start making some calls and come up with the money he took from them the night before.” The victim later told investigators, according to the complaint, that the suspects tied him up by the wrists with a telephone cord while in the apartment. Taylor later, reportedly, arranged for his grandparents to bring the suspects an undisclosed amount of cash. He was later released unharmed to his grandfather in a parking lot along W.Va. Route 2 South in Mason County after the money was handed over to the suspects. Maynard and Mullins were later arrested by detectives with the Gallia County Sheriff’s office and transported to the sheriff’s office. Taylor was also arrested after the incident on unrelated warrants through the municipal court for theft and driving under suspension. Maynard later entered a guilty plea to attempted burglary, a fourth degree felony and lesser offense than burglary, during a hearing on January 18. He was initially scheduled to appear for a plea hearing on January 13, but failed to appear. In consideration of the defendant’s guilty plea, count two of the indictment, kidnapping, was dismissed. He was further ordered to have no contact with Cory Taylor, ordered to perform 500 hours of community service, pay court costs and supervisory fees and be evaluated by spectrum outreach services, among other stipulations. On February 7, Mullins also pleaded guilty to one count of attempted burglary. She is scheduled to appear at 10 a.m. on February 29 in the common pleas court for sentencing. POMEROY — Following a second public hearing, the Meigs County Commissioners unanimously approved an amendment to the floodplain regulation. Thursday’s meeting marked the second public hearing on the amendment, with no negative comments from the public. Therefore, the commissioners voted to unanimously adopt the resolution (Resolution J24 P 410). The floodplain regulation amendment resolution reads, “Violation of the provisions of these regulations, or failure to comply with any of its requirements or lawful orders issued pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to be a strict liability offense. Any person who violates these regulations, or fails to comply with any of its requirements or lawful orders issued pursuant thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $300 and, in addition, shall pay all costs and expenses involved in the case provided by the laws of Meigs County. Each day such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. Nothing herein contained shall prevent from taking such other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation. Meigs County shall prosecute any violation of these regulations in accordance with the penalties stated herein.” A bid for the Meigs County Council on Aging vehicle was approved with McCormick Motors, Inc. of Nappanee, Ind., in the amount of $31,208.11, upon the recommendation of MCCOA Executive Director Beth Shaver. McCormick Motors was the lone bid on the project. The commissioners tabled a decision on the Meigs Local Enrichment Foundation (MLEF) project bid on the advice of Grant Administrator Jean Trussell. The decision is tabled until a recommendation is received. Bids were opened on the Racine Village Drainage Project Two, with a total of four bids received. The See PLAN ‌| 5 Council approves ordinances, resoultion and trainings By Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com POMEROY — The ordinance approving the final sale of the old Pomeroy Village Hall building (Old Pomeroy High School) was approved during a recent Pomeroy Village Council meeting. Council passed Ordinance 758, an emergency ordinance accepting the bid by Mark Porter Chevrolet, after previously approving the sale on December 12, 2011. The ordinance was passed 5-0, with council member Victor Young not present. The ordinance authorized Mayor Mary McAngus to execute a deed conveying the sale. Council had previously accepted the bid of $20,250 for the purchase of the property which had been used as Pomeroy Village Hall prior to the village’s move to its current location. The village had twice advertised the property for sale, with the lone bid coming from the second listing. The original notice of bids listed the minimum price at $60,000, while there was no minimum listed the second time around. Porter was the lone bid. After some discussion, council unanimously passed Resolution 1.12, authorizing the mayor to apply for, accept and enter into a water supply revolving loan account on behalf of the village. This will allow for the village to work toward the replacement of waterlines and a Hydrant Replacement Project. The resolution further states, “that the Mayor of the Village of Pomeroy be and is hereby authorized to apply for a WSRLA loan, sign all documents for and enter into a Water Supply Revolving Loan Account with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority for repair of drinking water facilities on behalf of the Village of Pomeroy.” The resolution also states that the dedicated source of repayment will be water funds. Council also passed ordinance 757, establishing permanent appropriations for 2012. The total See COUNCIL ‌| 5 �Wednesday, February 22, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com Ask Dr. Brothers Meigs County Local Briefs Salem Township Trustees meetings SALEM CENTER — Salem Township Trustees will hold its monthly meetings the last Monday of each month. All meeting will start at 6 p.m. at the Salem Fire House located on State Route 124. All meeting are open and the public is invited 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 992-2722 with the number of those planning to attend included. Relay For Life Kick-off Open House POMEROY — A kick-off open house for the 2012 Relay For Life will be held from 3-7 p.m. on Saturday, February 25, 2012, at the Senior Center, 112 E. Memorial Drive. The event will provide information on this year’s Meigs County Relay For Life event which will take place June 8 and 9. For more information contact Sherry Kinnan or Shelly White at (740) 4445092. Community dinner POMEROY — A roast beef community dinner will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the New Beginnings United Methodist Church, Pomeroy, on Feb. 22. Free community dinner MIDDLEPORT — A free community dinner will be held Friday, Feb. 24, at Meigs County Community Calendar 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. Thursday, Feb. 23 POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will meet in regular session at 11:30 at the district office, 33101 Hiland Road, Pomeroy. MASON, W.Va. — The Alpha Iota Master will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Bob Evans in Mason. SYRACUSE — The Ladies of the meigs County Republican Party will meet 6:30 p.m. at Carleton School in Syracuse. Potluck. All women invited. Saturday, Feb. 25 POMEROY — The 2012 Relay for Life Kick-off Open House will be held from 3-7 p.m. at the Senior Center. For information call Sherry Kinnan or Shelly White at (740) 444-5092. Monday, Feb. 27 POMEROY — A public meeting of the Veterans Service Commission will be held at 9 a.m. at the Veterans Service Office, 117 E. Memorial Drive, Suite 3. POMEROY — Meigs County Ikes will meet at 7 p.m. at the hall. Election will be held and Kids’ Day will be discussed. POMEROY — Regular meeting of the Meigs County Library Board will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Pomeroy Library. RACINE — The Southern Local Board of Education will hold its scheduled regular meeting at 8 p.m. in the high school media center. Birthdays Wednesday, Feb. 22 POMEROY — Mary K. Roush will observe her 100th birthday on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Cards may be sent to her at the Villae of Westerville, Room 3801, 1060 Eastwind Drive, Westerville, Ohio 43081. Wednesday: A slight chance of showers after 3 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Southwest wind between 10 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Wednesday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Thursday: A chance of showers after 8 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Thursday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Friday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Ohio Valley Weather Local stocks AEP (NYSE) — 39.87 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 19.83 Ashland Inc. 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Member SIPC. the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center. Serving of a spaghetti dinner will be at 5 p.m. Lincoln Day Dinner POMEROY — The Meigs 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) 4165995, 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 My heart still aches with sadness In secret, tears still flow. What it meant to lose you, No one will ever know. I’ll always love you so very much. Husband–Manning Is the boss in trouble? 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 advoDear Dr. Brothholiday seacate for them with federal ers: I’ve been son where one agencies. of our uncles Senior Citizens trip to Washing- so busy trying to do my job at brought yet ton another cheapPOMEROY — Several this manufaclooking date seats are still available for turing company to all the parthe Meigs County Council that I didn’t noties and pretty on Aging’s trip to Wash- tice at first that much ruined ington, D. C., April 20-23. my boss was things for the Cost of the trip is $369 changing. He’s rest of us. He which includes three nights gone from supdoes this every lodging, six meals, two full portive and inyear with one days of guided tours of volved to rather and sleazy broad Washington D. Ca. and an distant after another. evening guided memorial suspicious, and and monuments tour. The I don’t know if Dr. Joyce Brothers He’s the only unmarried oldSyndicated group will travel in a motor- it is me or him. is er guy, and the coach equipped with video Everyone Columnist rest of the famand restroom. Reservations worried about economy ily has a hard can be made with Chandra the and whether there will time getting him to figure Shrader at 992-2161. be layoffs and whatnot, out that he shouldn’t be but now I’m thinking that bringing a bunch of stripmaybe there is more go- pers to our homes. He’s a ing on. How do I figure nice guy, but he’s clueless, out if I am about to get and we don’t want to hurt the ax, or if maybe he’s on him. — A.D. the way out? — V.B. Dear A.D.: You say that Dear V.B.: It’s good you you all love your uncle haven’t gotten all para- and that you don’t want noid about your job and to hurt his feelings, but gone off the deep end — it seems pretty clear that because it sounds to me you are all pretty upset ple quality supply (of fine like it’s your boss who with him. And the way dining) in the market and may be on the hot seat. you talk about his girlwe did not want to can- Of course, any trouble he friends can’t help but be nibalize that existing sup- may find himself in eas- an attitude that he has ily could trickle down to caught wind of at your ply,” he said. The casino will open you and your job security. various family gatherings. up in the former Higbee So it is a really good idea So if there was any chance department store in the to do a little sleuthing of your hurting his feelheart of the city. It will and find out what is re- ings, you very likely have ally happening. Along the already done so without employ 1,600 people. Penn National Gaming way, you should come up asking him to stop bringplans to open a casino in with a more sophisticated ing unworthy women into Toledo two weeks later, understanding of how your homes. operates The fact that he has conand also plans to have management and how well you fit into tinued to do so for years another casino in Columbus. Rock Ohio Caesars the organization. You can means one of two very difalso is to open a casino in start at your own desk. ferent things. The first is You say your boss is aloof; that this is the only way Cincinnati. Ohio voters approved is he withholding work he can try to feel like a plans for all four casinos. from you? Has he become part of the family, and he more critical, or given you genuinely would like you Led by church groups, opextra things to do that he to accept his girlfriends. ponents fought the vote, should be responsible for? saying that gambling hits All these could be signs The second possibility is that your uncle just likes the poor the hardest. that he is either not happy to hang out with women The Higbee building with your work or that he who will not fit in just to and its holiday-decorated is under review himself. spite the rest of you, and windows had a starring Remember, your boss therefore he doesn’t really role in the 1983 film “A has supervisors, too. They care what anyone thinks. Christmas Story.” A sec- may be leaving him out of He may find your condeond casino phase with a the loop when it comes to scending attitudes hurtnew building to be con- decision-making, or plan- ful or maddening, and he structed nearby will be- ning to revamp the de- may have a different take gin later. partment. This is a good on a social life and relaThe street level of the time to be as professional tionships that will never first phase will have 700 and efficient as possible change. Since this is a slot machines, 30 table while keeping your ear to recurring problem, the games and a bar in the the ground. Surely there family may just decide it middle of the action. is a rumor mill you can is easier to learn to accept The second floor of pay attention to without his taste in women and fothe Higbee building will getting embroiled in gos- cus on his willingness to have 1,400 slots, 34 table sip yourself. If you feel stay involved in holiday games and a food court comfortable, you always celebrations. It may never with three outlets, includ- can ask the boss if every- be perfect, but what faming a specialty burger res- thing is all right. He may ily situation is? (c) 2012 by King taurant and a deli. The spill the beans. *** Features Syndicate top floor will have a VIP Dear Dr. Brothers: My family lounge and specialty gamjust went through another ing tables. “We are ready to take delivery of slots,” Cohen said, and that will begin under tight security next week. The original plan called for opening the casino next month, but that was delayed by the pace of background checks on caSOUTH CHARLES- Warwick, R.I., and sicksino employees. “We essentially were TON, W.Va. (AP) — An ened several other people. readready to open up March investigation into a fatal Carbon-monoxide 26 so this extra time that carbon monoxide leak last ings after the leak was we’ve got is really a bo- month at a South Charles- reported were as high as nus,” Cohen said. “It’s ton hotel has found that between 500 parts per given us the ability to the leak stemmed from million and 600 parts per fine tune, tweak things, the improper installation million. Officials said that get kitchen equipment of a heating unit for its anything above 35 parts burned in, get our em- swimming pool. per million is considered a Fire Department Capt. health risk. ployees trained and ready Virgil White said in a refor opening.” The report said that in Cohen said a casino port released Tuesday Room 511, where Moran parking deck, which suf- that a pool company that was staying, the heatfered a partial collapse installed the heater at ing and air conditioning in December without in- the Holiday Inn Express unit was set to fan only, juries, would be ready pool manipulated an ex- so there was no fresh air for the casino opening. haust pipe when workers being circulated into the Safety has gotten special installed the unit around room. attention since the col- 2002. The report also White said in the report said the pipe was further lapse, he said. that Charleston swimcompromised during the installation of the unit’s ming pool installer Prereplacement in December. mier Pools failed to follow The report obtained by the swimming-pool heater recommedia outlets said the vi- manufacturer’s mendation during the inbration of the unit’s waterfiltration system dislodged stallation of the replacethe exhaust pipe, creating ment unit. Steve Combs, manager buildup of the fatal fumes. of Premier Pools, denies “The heat from the pool heater traveled through he installed the unit and the vent pipe, forcing the has said the hotel called carbon monoxide to stay him to take over from anhigh in the ceiling area. other contractor. The report also said This forced the carbon monoxide to travel to that the heating unit 740.992.2155 rooms on both sides of the wasn’t properly tested or shaft and into the elevator inspected, and there were no permits obtained from shaft,” the report said. The gas leak on Jan. 31 the city for any of the killed William Moran of work performed. Ohio’s 1st casino shaping up; next comes slots CLEVELAND (AP) — A former Cleveland department store that once had a starring Hollywood role showed off some new glitz Tuesday as backers of Ohio’s first casino promised the restored art deco surroundings would be ready for a grand opening before Memorial Day weekend. Principal Jeff Cohen with Rock Gaming LLC, a partner with Caesars Entertainment Inc. in the $350 million joint venture casino development, said the Horseshoe Cleveland casino will be ready for opening day during the week of May 14. “When you’ve got 600 (construction) people a day in here, it’s truly amazing how this place progresses each and every day,” Cohen said during a media tour. “Every day you come in here there’s just a total transformation from one day to the next.” As he talked, crews worked above escalators that will take bettors to a basement buffet that will seat 400. The street-level gambling floor was lined with knee-high bases awaiting slot machines. Dealers-in-training are getting excited about being part of history, said Marcus Glover, general manager of the casino. “They couldn’t be more excited. If it were up to them, they’d be in this place right now and so they are eager to get down here, and they are eager to be part of what this historical development will be and what it will mean to the city of Cleveland,” Glover said. Glover said the casino will tap into high-end outside restaurants rather than compete with them. He wouldn’t offer specifics when asked about “comps,” or freebies offered to loyal customers, but said that would be part of the casino’s business plan. “All of our fine dining will be done with partners around the local community,” he said, adding that a deliberate decision was made not to open a highpriced steakhouse in the casino in favor of partnering with outside restaurants. “We felt there was am- Ramona “Mona” Roush My Darling Wife, who God called home 8 years ago, February 22, 2004. The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 Report: W.Va. pool heater improperly installed Need to advertise? Call The Daily Sentinel �Wednesday, February 22, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com Appalachia’s aging population is rising fast MT. ORAB, Ohio (AP) — It’s winter, so Donna Robirds puts on two sweaters in the morning and keeps heavy blankets handy as she sets her thermostat low 60 at night and bundles up to keep her utility bill down. At 67, with a fixed income and a $563-a-month mortgage, she lives on a tight budget. Food stamps help the retired state employee stretch her budget in this Appalachian village. So has the mild winter. “We haven’t had the extreme cold, so it hasn’t been too bad,” she said. “I really need to watch my money. It’s going to be a struggle.” Robirds’ daily battle is being played out across the Appalachian region, which stretches through 13 states from northeastern Mississippi to southern New York. A part of the country that has long lagged behind the rest of the U.S. economically finds itself on the leading edge of a national trend: The number of Americans 65 and older is increasing, and many are struggling as government services are being cut in a rough economy. Nationally, with the aging of the baby boom generation, people 65 and over are expected to account for 1 of every 5 Americans by 2030. Some places in Appalachia have already reached that benchmark, such as southern Ohio’s Brown County, where Robirds lives. “These counties are like the canary in the coal mine,” said Suzanne Kunkel, who heads the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University of Ohio. “This is a pretty dramatic change coming.” More than 15 percent of Appalachia’s population is already at least 65, compared with 13 percent nationally, according to the 2010 Census. And projections show the number rising steadily in much of the region, as it is nationally. The aging population means more demand for health care, economic help, transportation and home help, which are already in short supply in much of Appalachia. “It’s getting more urgent in the number of people needing those services and having those available to them,” said Robert Roswall, commissioner of West Virginia’s Bureau of Senior Services. “We have people waiting for all those type of programs.” Appalachia has long been plagued by isolation, poor roads, sewer systems and other infrastructure needs, lack of education and the decline of coal mining, manufacturing and other key industries. The region has low per-capita income (less than $30,000 in 2009, 18 percent lower than the nation’s), low college graduation rates, an exodus of young working people, and high rates of heart disease, cancer and diabetes, along with poor access to health care. Peggy Basham, 74, of Summersville, W.Va., is worried. “I think most everybody in the area is,” she said. “You’ve got baby boomers coming on. You’ve got so many seniors. … Nothing stretches very far.” Basham helps craft quilts that are sold to support the Nicholas County Senior Citizens Center. The senior center feeds 500 people per month, and Basham said more would come if only they had transportation from their mountain homes. She said she sees elderly people regularly forced to choose whether to pay for prescription drugs, heat their homes or buy groceries. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bathed in spring-like warmth and showered with trinkets, beads and music, New Orleans reveled in the excesses of Fat Tuesday. A seemingly endless stream of costumed marching groups and ornatelydecorated float parades led by make-believe royalty poured out of the Garden District, while the French Quarter filled up with thrill seekers expecting to see debauchery. And they did. Some in the Quarter had a sleepless night after Monday’s Lundi Gras prequel party. The drinking was in full swing again shortly after dawn, and with it came outrageous costumes and flesh-flashing that would continue until police make their annual attempt to break up the merrymaking at midnight, when Lent begins. Tom White, 46, clad in a pink tutu, bicycled with his wife, Allison, to the French Quarter. “I’m the pink fairy this year,” he said. “Costuming is the real fun of Mardi Gras. I’m not too creative but when you weigh 200 pounds and put on a tutu people still take your picture.” His wife was not in costume. “He’s disgraced the family enough,” she said. Brittany Davies struggled with her friends through the morning, feeling the effects of heavy drinking from the night before. “They’re torturing me,” the Denver woman joked. “But I’ll be OK after a bloody mary.” Indeed, the theme of the day was party hard and often. Wearing a bright orange wig, a purple mask and green shoes, New Orleans resident Charlotte Hamrick walked along Canal Street to meet friends. “I’ll be in the French Quarter all day,” Hamrick said. “I don’t even go to the parades. I love to take pictures of all the costumes and just be with my friends. It’s so fun.” Police reported no major incidents along the parade route. Across the globe, people dressed up in elaborate costumes and partied the day away. In Rio de Janeiro, an estimated 850,000 tourists joined the city’s massive five-day blowout. Meanwhile, the Portuguese, who have suffered deeply in Europe’s debt crisis, defied a government appeal to keep working. In New Orleans, the streets filled with hundreds of thousands of people. The predominantly African-American Zulu krewe was the first major parade to hit the streets, shortly after 8 a.m. Most krewe members were in the traditional black-face makeup and the Afro wigs Zulu riders have sported for decades. They handed out the organization’s coveted decorated coconuts and other sought-after trinkets. In the oak-lined Garden District, clarinetist Pete Fountain led his Half-Fast Walking Club on its annual march to the French Quarter. Fountain, 82, gave a thumbs-up to start off and his band launched into “When The Saints Go Marching In” as they rounded the corner onto St. Charles Avenue shortly after 7 a.m. It was the 52nd time that Fountain’s group has paraded for Mardi Gras. This year, the group wore bright yellow suits and matching pork pie hats for its theme, “Follow the Yellow Brick Road.” Costumes were the order of the day, ranging from the predictable to the bizarre. Wearing a purple wig, New Orleans resident Juli Shipley carried a gallon of booze down Bourbon Street and filled her friends’ cups when they got low. “We’re going to wander all day and people-watch,” Shipley said. “That’s the best part of Mardi Gras the costumes. They’re amazing.” Partygoers were dressed as Wizard of Oz characters Dorothy and the Wicked Witch, bags of popcorn, pirates, super heroes, clowns, jesters, princesses and lots of homemade costumes with the traditional Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold. At New Orleans’ antebellum former city hall, Mayor Mitch Landrieu toasted Zulu’s monarchs and special guests. Among them was New Orleans native and former U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young who was on a float with National Urban League President Marc Morial, a former mayor of New Orleans, his wife, Michelle, and their two children. “It’s good to be home,” Young said. And saluting the good weather of the day, he added, “God always smiles on New Orleans when it needs it.” After Zulu, the parade of Rex, king of Carnival, made its trek down St. Charles Avenue and to the city’s business district. Along the way, parade-goers pleaded for beads and colorful aluminum coins, known as doubloons. Small groups of families and friends had parades of their own. The Skeleton Krewe, 25 people dressed in black skeleton outfits, wandered along the parade route, heading toward St. Louis Cathedral. Along the parade route that follows the St. Charles Avenue streetcar line, diehards had staked out prime parade-watching spots as early as Monday. Some had a Carnival-esque tailgate party under way early. Stephanie Chapman and her family claimed their usual spot about 4 a.m. Tuesday and would be staying for the duration. “This is a beautiful day and we’ll be here until it’s over. It won’t rain on my parade, but if it does I won’t pay any attention,” she said. Rain stayed away and temperatures were in the 70s. As the day wore on and drinking intensified, the combination encouraged raunchy acts in the French Quarter, where women bared flesh in pleadings for beads tossed to the street by revelers on balconies. By midafternoon, some folks were tuckered out. Alison Scott, 35, of New Orleans, was part of a group that had a small city of tents and canopies set up at Lee Circle. She and her family had been coming to the spot for about 40 years. “Believe me, I’m always glad to get here and then I’m always glad to go home,” she said. Her 6-year-old daughter, Shannon, was asleep nearby under a blanket of beads. “She just pooped out. This is the first time she’s stopped. She’s been so excited all day,” Scott said. In the Cajun country of southwest Louisiana, masked riders went from town to town, making merry along the way in the Courir du Mardi Gras. And parades were scheduled elsewhere around Louisiana and on the Gulf coasts of Mississippi and Alabama. The celebration arrived in Louisiana in 1682 when the explorer LaSalle and his party stopped at a place they called Bayou Mardi Gras south of New Orleans to celebrate. Parading and street revelry would give way to Mardi Gras’ elegant side, with the lavish and private grand balls of the Rex and Comus krewes on Tuesday night signaling the traditional end of the celebration. Mardi Gras gives way to the beginning of Lent, the period of fasting and repentance before Easter Sunday. West Virginia officials say their state has the country’s highest concentration of older residents than anywhere but Florida. Sixteen percent of West Virginia’s population is 65 or older, compared with 17.3 percent in Florida, according to census figures. And unlike those who flock to Florida’s retirement villages and condominium complexes, aging people in West Virginia and elsewhere in Appalachia have long been less likely to move, often because they can’t afford it or they have a strong attachment to home. Robirds doesn’t have much choice: Her home’s market value declined in the nation’s housing crisis, and she is years away from paying it off. But the mother of three doesn’t want to move anyway. “I want to have a place for my grandchildren to stay when they visit,” she said, “and to be able to have my passion for gardening.” Robirds got some vital help from Cincinnati-based People Working Cooperatively, a nonprofit organization that sent workers before winter to add insulation, clean vents, service her furnace, replace her refrigerator and perform other maintenance. The organization, dedicated to helping poor people stay in their homes in the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana region, is seeing demand for its services rocket over the last two years, from 40,000 calls for help in 2009 to 66,000 in 2011, according to president Jock Pitts. Those in charge of dealing with the surging numbers of elderly people say such community-based help and other innovative solutions are especially important in struggling areas such as Appalachia. “Given our state’s limited resources we’re not going to hit the lottery we are changing, in Ohio, our approach,” said Bonnie Kantor-Burman, head of Ohio’s Department of Aging. “There is a limit to what the state and federal governments are going to be able to do.” She sounds the alarm by often displaying a set of color-coded maps produced through Miami’s Gerontology Center that show the projected aging of the population in eye-popping detail: In 2000, about one-fourth of the population in three of Ohio’s 88 counties was 60 or older; in 2010, that was true of 16 counties, most of them in Appalachia. By 2020, it’s projected to be 76 counties with one-third of the population in six of those counties 60 or older. Other community efforts to keep senior citizens in their homes include The Village concept, in which residents and volunteers help provide transportation, handyman work and home health care. Pioneered in Boston in the last decade, it is spreading into such states as North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The state of West Virginia, meanwhile, has designated six “retirement zones” where senior citizens can get access to affordable housing, health care, education, culture and recreation. “We need to be talking about it and working together to find solutions,” said Thomas Campbell, a state legislator from Greenbrier, W.Va., whose widowed mother is 89. “People in Appalachia tend to want to stay in their homes and have their family as close to them as they can, and I don’t think those are bad things. I think we’ll find a way to do it.” Costumes, beads consume Environmentalists threaten Mardi Gras in New Orleans suit over ballast rule TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Environmental groups on Tuesday threatened to file another lawsuit in their long-running battle with the federal government over ballast water discharges from cargo ships blamed for spreading invasive species in the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters. Representatives of five organizations issued the warning on the final day of a public comment period on a regulation the Environmental Protection Agency proposed last fall. It would require oceangoing commercial vessels to install technology strong enough to kill at least some of the fish, mussels and even microorganisms such as viruses that lurk in ballast water before it’s dumped into harbors after ships arrive in port. Environmentalists want tougher standards that would leave nothing alive in the water. Ballast helps keep ships upright in rough waters. The EPA requires ocean vessels to exchange their ballast water at sea or rinse the tanks if empty to kill freshwater organisms, but some may survive in residual mud or pools of water. The proposed rule is based on standards recommended by the International Maritime Organization, an arm of the United Nations, that the shipping industry says are achievable. Environmentalists say they are inadequate. They contend water cleanliness standards 100 to 1,000 times as strong are needed to kill virtually all organisms and prevent more attacks by invaders such as zebra and quagga mussels, which have seriously damaged Great Lakes ecosystems and cost an estimated $200 million a year for damage repairs and control measures. The mussels clog water intake pipes, gobble plankton crucial to aquatic food chains and enable sunlight to penetrate deeper into the water column, contributing to growth of nuisance algae linked to botulism outbreaks that have killed thousands of shore birds. “Invasive species are living pollution,” said Thom Cmar, an attorney with the National Resources Defense Council. “If they can find each other and breed and multiply after they are dumped into a lake or coastal area, then it doesn’t matter how few organisms were put there by the vessels in the first place.” Some states have their own ballast water requirements. In New York, rules scheduled to take effect in 2013 would set live-organism limits 100 times stronger than the international ones, while California is phasing in standards 1,000 times tougher. Shipping groups say technology to meet those standards doesn’t exist. A report issued last year by EPA’s Science Advisory Board agreed. The industry contends if New York proceeds with its rule, international shipping will grind to a halt in the Great Lakes region because vessels must go through New York waters to reach the lakes. The American Great Lakes Ports Association, which represents public port authorities on the U.S. side of the lakes, supports EPA’s proposal but believes shipping companies should get more time to install ballast treatment equipment than the rule would allow, Executive Director Steve Fisher said. Environmentalists say the timeline is already too lenient. It would require installation to begin with a vessel’s first dry-docking after 2014 or 2016, depending on its size. “You can only ask the shipping companies to do what is possible,” Fisher said. “The longer we keep debating what these rules are going to be, the longer no one does anything. We’ve gotten to the point where we’re making the perfect the enemy of the good.” Environmentalists say the same methods used to treat municipal drinking water, such as chlorination, filtration and heat, could achieve the results they want. “Half-measures will not cut it,” said Marc Smith of the National Wildlife Federation. “We have solutions. It is time to use them.” They have sued the EPA three times since the 1990s to force action on the ballast water issue and may do so again if the agency adopts its rule as proposed, Cmar said. The EPA is scheduled to make a final decision by November. The agency did not immediately return a call Tuesday seeking comment. When announcing the proposed regulation, the EPA said it would “substantially reduce the risk of introduction and establishment of nonindigenous invasive species in U.S. waters.” Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home Locally Owned & Operated 209 3rd Street Racine, Ohio 740-949-2300 Adam McDaniel – James Anderson Directors Contact us today about Pre-Arrangement Planning www.andersonmcdaniel.com �The Daily Sentinel Opinion In quest for jobs, some cities will raid neighbors Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — When the leaders of this small Iowa city became desperate to land a new department store, they didn’t have to look far: They lured one from the city next door, along with up to 100 jobs. The store called Von Maur agreed to leave Iowa City for a platter of incentives offered by Coralville, which promised to put up a bigger, $9.5 million building, to provide a $1.5 million parcel of land and to discount the store’s property tax bill. It even offered $650,000 to cover any penalties related to the store’s departure. As the economy slowly strengthens, neighboring cities and states can be pitted against one another in the competition for jobs and development. But it’s not always clear how many positions are actually created, rather than just poached and shuffled around. And some people question whether the deals are worth the high cost. “I think it’s ridiculous,” Amber Wherry said after buying a pair of jeans at Von Maur in Iowa City, expressing concern about what will happen to Sycamore Mall when the store moves five miles to the new location, probably sometime in 2013. Coralville first tried to negotiate with Nordstrom’s, Target and others, but those companies weren’t interested or the talks fell apart. Local leaders say the deal with Von Maur will attract other stores and restaurants to a new retail development. But Iowa City officials are bitter. “It’s a big blow to that mall and a big blow to that area of town,” said Rod Sullivan, a supervisor in Johnson County, which includes both cities. Communities of all sizes are launching a dazzling number of taxpayer-funded schemes to bring in new businesses or keep existing ones. They’re giving grants and loans, cutting business taxes, building new infra- structure and bending the ears of anyone willing to hear a sales pitch. The competition, which includes politicians of both parties, is often just spirited jousting among rivals. But in extreme cases, cities have been willing to raid their neighbors in the quest for jobs. “You don’t have to be a mathematical wizard to figure out that’s never going to pay for itself,” said Peter Fisher, research director of the Iowa Policy Project, a think tank that has estimated the value of Von Maur’s incentives at $18 million. “It’s simply not economic development. You are moving a store from one place to another. It doesn’t do anything to increase the economy of Johnson County.” Making matters worse, he said, Iowa City residents are helping subsidize the move because Coralville is diverting tax money from the county and schools to pay for the project. The system known as taxincrement financing allows cities to use property tax revenue in once-blighted or undeveloped areas to pay for incentives to attract businesses and for improvements such as streets and utilities. Every state but Arizona has authorized its own system. But critics say the incentives have strayed from their original mission and are increasingly used to recruit employers to suburban developments at high cost and questionable benefit. Tax revenue is diverted from education and government services without much accountability. Tax-increment financing districts “are a very popular economic tool. 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Lawmakers are now considering banning cites from using the incentives to steal businesses from their neighbors. And some want to require additional study of the economic benefit of projects before they are approved. Iowa City and Coralville are both financially stable and have low unemployment. But leaders in Iowa City say Von Maur’s closure will be devastating for Sycamore Mall, where a number of other stores have closed in recent weeks. A spokeswoman for Von Maur, a Davenport, Iowa-based chain, declined to comment. Elected officials in Coralville, a relatively wealthy city of 19,000 with big box stores and affluent neighborhoods straddling Interstate 80, aren’t backing down. They say they went after Von Maur only after learning its Iowa City location was struggling and was considering moving. Coralville Mayor Jim Fausett said the development that will house Von Maur will transform what once was an industrial wasteland into a destination for shoppers. He credited the deal with helping persuade a brewpub to open nearby and drawing interest from other restaurants. New businesses could eventually mean hundreds more jobs in the retail, service and construction industries. “It’s finally now starting to really move forward,” he said. “We think it’s the right development for the area.” Page 4 Wednesday, February 22, 2012 More public schools dish up three meals a day Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Too often it is after the fact that teachers discover their students are worrying less about math and reading and more about where the next meal comes from. So Doug White, principal of Garfield Elementary School in inner-city Kansas City, was relieved when his school, like many across the country, began offering dinner to students enrolled in after-school child-care or tutoring programs. With breakfast and lunch already provided for poor students, many children now are getting all their meals at school. “When you know about those situations those kids are bringing into the school and we are asking them to sit down and concentrate and do their work, and they might be hungry and we haven’t been made aware of it yet — we definitely want to do everything we can to help the kids,” White said. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama in December 2010, provides federal funds for the afterschool dinner program in areas where at least half the students qualify for free or reduced price lunches. Before the change, the program was limited to 13 states and the District of Columbia. Most states had provided money for only after-school snacks. Since the change, districts have started rolling out dinner programs both in states newly able to offer them and states like Missouri where funding was available previously but districts didn’t always know about it. The Congressional Budget Office estimates there will be almost 21 million additional suppers served by 2015 and that number will rise to 29 million by 2020. The added spending would total about $641 million from 2011 to 2020. Advocates for the poor praise the program, but there have been complaints from conservatives who question 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. whether the schools should be feeding kids three meals a day. Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh asked onair in November, “Why even send the kids home?” Dinners are funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program, which also helps feed people enrolled in child and adult day care programs and emergency shelters. The number of dinners served through the program has grown over the past decade, although the USDA doesn’t currently break out how many meals are served through after-school programs specifically. “The USDA has done a lot to streamline the requirements and made it easier for people to apply and participate,” said Crystal FitzSimons, who researches and advocates for after-school meals for the anti-hunger nonprofit Food Research and Action Center. “Before, we did outreach in the states that allowed it. There were programs participating. But I think it has gained a lot of momentum and a lot of visibility because it has been expanded nationwide.” In California, the Oakland Unified School District started a pilot program in October, dishing up dinner in 11 of its 101 schools. The district plans to expand the program in 19 more schools by the end of the school year. “There are some of these kids who you know just don’t eat when they go home,” said Jennifer LeBarre, nutrition services director for the district, where about 70 percent of its 38,000 students qualify for subsidized meals. In Tennessee, Memphis City Schools are serving about 14,000 after-school meals daily. About 84 percent of the district’s 110,000 students qualify for free- or reduced price lunches. Kate Lareau has mixed feelings about the program even though her first-grader enjoys eating dinner at her Memphis elementary school’s after-school program. As a grant-writer for a nonprofit that works with people in a south Memphis housing project, Lareau said she can afford to feed her daughter, but knows that a lot of children go without. “Do we need to provide all three meals? I’m not sure,” she said. “But I personally know children who don’t get any food after they get home. I don’t want those kids to be hungry for sure.” The district began offering the meals, featuring entrees such as Cobb salads and ham and cheese sandwiches, in 70 of its 200 schools in November and plans to expand to the program in 30 more school by year’s end. “In a perfect world, June and Ward would grab the Beav and Wally and give them a great big breakfast with a hug and kiss and send them off,” said Tony Geraci, executive director of child nutrition for the district. “There would be pot roast wafting through the living home when they show up at home. But that’s not how it is.” Besides addressing hunger, the program also draws children into after-school programs that can help children learn, said FitzSimons. That was the case in Kansas City, where 86 percent of students are so poor they qualify for government-subsidized meals. The district expanded its after-school meal program into Garfield and six other schools in January. The district now serves dinner to about 1,700 students in 18 schools each weeknight, about 10 percent of the district’s enrollment, said Ellen Cram, the district’s director of child nutrition services. “If that meal gets the parent and child in the door for the opportunity to study I’m happy to offer that carrot, so to say,” Cram said over the din of elementary students eating a dinner of turkey and cheese sandwiches, baby carrots and raisins. “Offering this supper meal is just huge for the parent. They know they’ve got something good, basic here to start with. So if they are going home to a meal of pasta then at least here they had milk, they had a fruit, a vegetable.” 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 �Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Obituaries Keith G. ‘Pugs’ Bradford Keith G. “Pugs” Bradford, 55, of Racine, passed away at 9:20 a.m., on February 20, 2012, at St. Joseph’s Campus of Camden Clark Memorial Hospital, Parkersburg, West Virginia. Born October 8, 1956, in Gallipolis, Ohio, he is the son of Gail Bradford, of Racine, and the late Jean Proffitt Bradford . Prior to his illiness he was a painter at Gheen’s Painting Co. In addition to his father, he is survived by his wife Debra Knight Bradford, of Racine, whom he married on November 19, 1977, in Racine, Ohio; step-mother, Mary Bradford, of Racine; two sons, Matthew Bradford, of Belpre, and Michael (Erin) Bradford, of Racine; one granddaughter, Ashlyn Bradford; brother, Anthony (Becky) Bradford, of Racine; sister, Tammy (Jeff) Jones, of Pomeroy; brothersin-law, Neale Knight, of Pomeroy, and Dale Knight, of Athens; nieces and nephews, Rachel and Bub Parsons, Stephanie Bradford, Jason and Hannah Knight, and Shelly Jones; great nephew and niece, Hannah and B.J. Parsons. In addition to his mother he was preceded in death by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Otis and Venedia Knight and two sisters-in-law, Marcia Knight and Linda Watson. In keeping with Keith’s wishes, there were no calling hours. Private graveside services were conducted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at Bethleham Cemetery, Racine. In lieu of flowers, memorial contrubitions may be sent to the family at 49524 McKenzie Ridge Rd. Racine, OH 45771 Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting www.cremeensfuneralhomes.com. Alice A. (Sis) Kitchen Alice A. (Sis) Kitchen, 93, of Middleport, Ohio, went to be with her Lord Monday February 20, 2012, at her residence. Born September 12, 1918, in Ashland, Kentucky, to the late George and Minnie Clay Browning. She was a homemaker and member of the Rutland Church of God. She is survived by daughters, Margaret A. (Charles) Sinclair, of Pomeroy, Ohio, Sharon L. Carman, and Lelia J. (Gary) Haggy, both Middleport, Ohio; sons, Charles William Kitchen, and Kevin (Beth) Kitchen, both of North Carolina, and Edgar Michael (Yolanda) Kitchen, of Texas; son-in-law, Harold Curt McKenize, of Texas; 13 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Besides her parents, she is preceded by husband, E.M. Jack Kitchen; daughter, Minnie M. Mckenize; daughter-inlaw, Nora Kitchen; three brothers; and two sisters. Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday February 23, 2012, at the Rutland Church of God with Pastor John Evans, Sr. officiating. Burial to follow at Miles Cemetery, Rutland, Oh. Family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Rutland Church of God, Care Closet, 37028 State Route 124, Middleport, Oh 45760. Online condolences may be sent to the family at birchfieldfuneralhome.com. Roma J. Beebe, 80 Roma Jean Miracle Beebe, 80, of Cheshire, died Monday, February 20, 2012, receiving exceptional care at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. A private family service will be held. Willis Funeral Home is assisting the family. Randy Deckard Randy Deckard, 58, of Vinton, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly Monday, February 20, 2012, at his residence. Arrangements are under the direction of the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton. James L. Durst, Jr. James L. Durst, Jr., 38, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., passed away at his residence on Sunday, February 19, 2012. James’ life will be remembered at 1 p.m., Friday, February 24, 2012, at the Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, with Pastor Bob Patterson officiating. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. James’ care has been entrusted to Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. Alan Lopez Alan Lopez, Gallipolis, died February 21, 2012, in the Holzer Medical Center. Arrangements will be announce by the Cremeens Funeral Chapel. Linda A. Stover Linda Arlene Stover, 44, of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away Monday, February 20, 2012, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, W.Va. Funeral services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 23, 2012, in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton. In accordance with Linda’s wishes, cremation will follow. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 5-7 p.m. Emerson E. Unroe Emerson E. Unroe, 79, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012, at the Holzer Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, February 24, 2012, at the First Church of the Nazarene Gallipolis, with Pastors Mark Grizzard and Eugene Harmon officiating. Burial will follow in the Macedonia Cemetery. Friends may call on Thursday, February 23, 2012, from 6-8 p.m. at Willis Funeral Home. There will be a flag presentation at the graveside by volunteers of area veteran’s lodges. Justices will review racial preference for college WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is setting an election-season review of racial preference in college admissions, agreeing Tuesday to consider new limits on the contentious issue of affirmative action programs. A challenge from a white student who was denied admission to the University of Texas flagship campus will be the high court’s first look at affirmative action in higher education since its 2003 decision endorsing the use of race as a factor. This time around, a more conservative court could jettison that earlier ruling or at least limit when colleges may take account of race in admissions. In a term already filled with health care, immigration and political redistricting, the justices won’t hear the affirmative action case until the fall. But the political calendar The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com will still add drama. Arguments probably will take place in the final days of the presidential election campaign. A broad ruling in favor of the student, Abigail Fisher, could threaten affirmative action programs at many of the nation’s public and private universities, said Vanderbilt University law professor Brian Fitzpatrick. A federal appeals court upheld the Texas program at issue, saying it was allowed under the high court’s decision in Grutter vs. Bollinger in 2003 that upheld racial considerations in university admissions at the University of Michigan Law School. But there have been changes in the Supreme Court since then. For one thing, Justice Samuel Alito appears more hostile to affirmative action than his predecessor, Sandra Day O’Connor. For another, Justice Elena Kagan, who might be expected to vote with the court’s liberal-leaning justices in support of it, is not taking part in the case. Kagan’s absence probably is a result of the Justice Department’s participation in the Texas case in the lower courts at a time when she served as the Obama administration’s solicitor general. Fisher, of Sugar Land, Texas, filed a lawsuit along with another woman when they were denied admission at the university’s Austin campus. They contended the school’s race-conscious policy violated their civil and constitutional rights. By then, the two had enrolled elsewhere. The other woman has since dropped out of the case. The state has said that Fisher is a Louisiana State University senior whose impending graduation should bring an end to the lawsuit. But the Supreme Court appeared not to buy that argu- ment Tuesday. The Project on Fair Representation, which opposes the use of race in public policy, has helped pay Fisher’s legal bills. “This case presents the Court with an opportunity to clarify the boundaries of race preferences in higher education or even reconsider whether race should be permitted at all under the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection,” said Edward Blum, the group’s director. The project also issued a statement in Fisher’s name. “I hope the court will decide that all future UT applicants will be allowed to compete for admission without their race or ethnicity being a factor,” she said. Most entering freshmen at Texas are admitted because they are among the top 10 percent in their high school classes. Fisher’s grades did not put her in that category. approved through the state. Council did not object to the selling of alcohol after 1 p.m. on the day of the run, but it would also have to be approved by the state. The 27th annual Memorial Run will take place on Sunday, May 27. An agreement between the village and the new Middleport Jail for the purpose of housing prisoners was approved at a cost of $60 per prisoner per day. Police Chief Mark Proffitt asked the village about the possibility of making the Code Enforcement Officer, Clayton Taylor, full time. He has currently been hire parttime as previously approved by council. After discussion, council agreed that he should remain at part time, with council receiving a report on the amount of work the position requires at an upcoming meeting. The geographical information system (GIS) which maps Pomeroy’s infrastructure prepared by Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District was presented to Pomeroy Village Council during the meeting. Bret Allphin, GIS manager, and Jason Pyles presented the web site prepared by Buckeye Hills showing Pomeroy’s entire infrastructure. It includes the location of water, waste water and sewer lines, fire hydrants, shows a street index, business locations and individual residences. Allphin also presented the material on disc and paper maps. He said the advantage of the web-based site is that it can easily be updated from year to year which means the information is always current and can be obtained with ease through the site by anyone having need of it. While most of the cost of mapping the village came from a grant awarded to Buckeye Hills, Pomeroy did provide $2,000. In addition, there is a charge of $500 for annual maintenance to update the web-based site and keep the information current if the village so chooses. Village Administrator Paul Hellman provided council with a copy of the Confined Space Entry Program. The purpose of the program is to allow for permit and non-permit spaces to be entered safely. Council approved the document 5-0. Brandon Bowling addressed council asking for Ridge Top Auto Repair to be added to the village towing company list. Proffitt stated that he would be redoing the list soon. A motion allowing for Village Solicitor Michael Barr to draft an ordinance for the village to vacate Sixth Street was approved 5-0. The hiring of a janitor for 10 hours per week at a pay rate of $7.70 per hour was approved. Council approved the purchase of new tires for car 11 at the cost of $445.50. Council went into executive session twice, once for sale of property and once for disciplinary purposes. Present at the meeting were McAngus, council members Jackie Welker, Phil Ohlinger, Jim Sission, Robert Payne and Spaun, Haggy, Proffitt and Hellman. Ohioan against fur planned murder-for-hire CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio woman who compared animal-welfare work to the liberation of World War II concentration camps has been charged with soliciting a hit man to fatally shoot or slit the throat of a random furwearer, federal authorities said. Meredith Lowell, 27, of Cleveland Heights, appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, where a magistrate judge ordered her held by the U.S. Marshals Service pending a hearing next week, court records show. One of her defense attorneys, Walter Lucas, declined comment when reached by phone after the court appearance. Investigators say the FBI was notified in November of a Facebook page Lowell created under the alias Anne Lowery offering $830 to $850 for the hit and saying the ideal candidate would live in northeast Ohio, according to an FBI affidavit filed with the court on Friday. The affidavit says an FBI employee posing as a possible hit man later began email correspondence with Lowell, and she offered him $730 in jewelry or cash for the killing of a victim of at least 12 years but “preferably 14 years old or older” outside a library near a playground in her hometown. “You need to bring a gun that has a silencer on it and that can be easily concealed in your pants pocket or coat. … If you do not want to risk the possibility of getting caught with a gun before the job, bring a sharp knife that is (at least) 4 inches long, it should be sharp enough to stab someone and/or slit their throat to kill them. I want the person to be dead in less than 2 minutes,” says an email reprinted in the affidavit. She told the undercover employee she wanted to be on site when the slaying took place so she could distribute “papers” afterward, the affidavit says. She hoped to be arrested so she could call attention to her beliefs and to get out of the home she shared with her parents and brothers who eat meat and eggs and use fur, leather and wool, investigators said. Reprinted emails also say Lowell wrote that she sees nothing wrong with “liberating” animals from fur factory farms and laboratories since “soldiers liberated people from Nazi camps in World War 2.” She also criticized a new aquarium in Cleveland saying “it is wrong for animals to be taken against their will and put into their (equivalent) of a bathtub” and research by the Cleveland Clinic, where she said animals should be “liberated and put somewhere where they are not tortured.” Lowell faces a hearing next Tuesday to determine whether she will be given the opportunity to post bail or be detained without bond pending resolution of the case. Plan From Page 1 low bid was by D.V. Weber of Reedsville ($35,042), followed by bids from Rose’s Excavating of Racine ($38,340), Fields Excavating of Kitts Hill ($47,974) and York Paving of Athens ($53,380.08). The bids were tabled until they can be reviewed by the Village of Racine and a recommendation made. Bids for the Racine Septic Repair/Replacement project were also opened and tabled, pending review and recommendation by village officials. The two bids received were by Ron Evans Enterprise, LLC, of Jackson ($18,950) and Young’s Transport of Millfield ($23,015). Meigs County Commissioners President Tom Anderson signed papers approving a special prosecutor — Trenton Cleland — in a pending matter on the motion on Prosecutor Colleen Williams. The special prosecutor is in a pending matter on an alleged wildlife violation for the reason that the duly-elected Prosecuting Attorney represents the defendant who is a Trustee of Salisbury Township, and a conflict does therefore exist. Bills were approved in the amount of $229,434.85. The next Meigs County Commissioners meeting will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, February 23. Council From Page 1 amount of the appropriations were $2,476,221.94. Individual account appropriations were as follows: general fund, $700,668.03; street fund, $143,303.95; state highway fund, $10,300.54; cemetery fund, $24,727.04; water fund, $434,156.43; and sewer fund, $692,578.37. Council approved Village Clerk/Fiscal Officer Pam Haggy to attend the following trainings: the 13th annual Local Government Officials Conference, March 7-9 in Columbus and UAN newly elected training on March 28 and 29, in Columbus. Haggy recommended that members of council attend the Ohio Municipal League Training offered in March in Dublin, Cincinnati or Independence. Council member Ruth Spaun expressed interest in the training depending on her work schedule. Council approved the purchase of two copies of the municipal league publication. Rusty Starcher and Brenda Davis address council about the annual Memorial Run. Starcher asked council about the possibility of closing Main Street for the event and possibly selling alcohol on the parking lot. Since the road is a state highway it would have to be Michael R. Young Candidate for State Republican Committee 48688 Wargo Road P.O. Box 254 Belle Valley, OH 43717 Paid for by candidate Michael R. Young Need to advertise? Call The Daily Sentinel 740.992.2155 �The Daily Sentinel Sports Eagles fall to River Valley, 57-45 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com BIDWELL, Ohio —River Valley’s Austin Lewis pulled down 16 rebounds Saturday night as the Raiders went on to defeat the Eastern boys basketball team 57-45 in Gallia County. The Eagles (5-15) and River Valley (4-17) were locked in a defensive battle through the first eight minutes of regulation, and it mdssports@heartlandpublications.com was the Raiders who held the one point, 8-7, advantage going into the second stanza. The pace stepped up for each side in the second quarter with River Valley scoring 15 points, while EHS scored 12. RVHS led 23-19 at the break. After halftime the Raiders went on an eight minute, 17-13, run to open their lead up to eight (4032) headed into the finale. River Valley sealed the deal by going 12-of-14 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter on its way to an 18 point quarter. Eastern scored 13 in the fourth and RVHS took the victory 57-45. The Raiders were led by Austin Lewis with 16 points and 16 rebounds, followed by Derek Flint with 14 points. Chris Clemente and Trey Noble each scored nine points, while Ethan Dovenbarger finished with four. Rounding out the RVHS scoring was Joseph Loyd and Aaron Harrison with three points each. EHS was led by Max Carnahan with 22 points, followed by Jacob Parker with eight. Kirk Pullins finished with six points while Christian Amsbary scored four. Chase Cook and Zakk Heaton each had two points and Chris Bissell finished with one point for the Eagles. The Eagles return to action in the opening round of the sectional tournament against Pike Eastern at Meigs High School on the 29th at 8 p.m. River Valley 57, Eastern 45 E 7-12-13-13 — 45 RV 8-15-17-18 — 57 EASTERN (5-15): Max Carnahan 8 3-3 22, Christian Amsbary 2 0-0 4, Kirk Pullins 3 0-0 6, Jacob Parker 3 2-3 8, Chase Cook 1 0-0 2, Chris Bissell 0 1-2 1, Zakk Heaton 1 0-0 2, Justin Hill 0 0-0 0, Daschle Facemeyer 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 18 6-8 45. Three-point goals: 3 (Carnahan 3). Rebounds: 18. Turnovers: 14. RIVER VALLEY (4-17): Austin Whobrey 0 0-0 0, Derek Flint 5 2-2 14, Kyle Bays 0 0-0 0, Chris Clemente 3 2-2 9, Trey Noble 2 5-5 9, Aaron Harrison 0 3-6 3, Joseph Loyd 1 0-0 3, Austin Lewis 6 4-5 16, Ethan Dovenbarger 2 0-0 4. TOTALS: 19 16-20 57. Three-point goals: 4 (Flint 2, Clemente, Loyd). Field goals: 19-52 (.365). Rebounds: 35. Turnovers: 11. RG3 ready to talk at NFL combine FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Robert Griffin III is looking forward to sitting down and talking with NFL executives and coaches during the NFL combine. While they know about Griffin being the first Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor, and all the records and big numbers he put up, the quarterback realizes many still have questions about him and the Bears’ potent spread-formation offense. “I’m excited to wow them in the interviews with the type of offense that we run, just so they can understand it’s not as simple as some people make our spread out to be. It’s a different kind of spread,” Griffin said. “Although I don’t agree with it, but people say I just burst on the scene this year, so no one knows much about me, whether NFL GMs or analysts, so I get a chance to put my best foot forward.” Griffin was in Fort Worth on Monday night to accept the Davey O’Brien Award that recognizes the nation’s top quarterback. When the NFL draft takes place in two months, Griffin wants to be the first quarterback selected even though most projections have Stanford’s Andrew Luck going first overall to the Indianapolis Colts. “We both want to be the best, we both want to be No. 1. Whether I get drafted first or not, it’s not going to change the way I play,” Griffin said. “All I can say, it’s about motivation. You never want to feel like everybody thinks you’re a sure thing in life because it can rob you of your motivation to go out and get better.” Griffin insisted he has no hints of what might happen on draft day, but said when he went to Indianapolis during Super Bowl week that fans there were telling him they wanted him to come there. RG3 added that he hopes Peyton Manning stays in Indianapolis, because “he’s a legend and deserves that.” Along with the interviews later this week at the NFL combine, Griffin plans to run the 40-yard dash and do other drills. But Griffin said he likely won’t throw in Indianapolis. He will instead save that for his pro day March 21, which has been moved up a day to avoid going at the same time as the pro day for Luck, the Heisman runner-up. Griffin has been working extensively with quarterback consultant Terry Shea preparing for the NFL combine and his pro day. They have done a lot of work on the dual-threat quarterback’s foot work. “Just getting used to the type of routes you have to throw at the next level,” See NFL ‌| 8 Bryan Walters/file photo River Valley sophomore Trae Cornell, right, locks up with a Waterford opponent during this Dec. 29, 2011 file photo of a match at Gallia Academy High School. Cornell won the 152-pound title Saturday at the Division III sectional meet held at Athens High School. Meigs sending 5 grapplers to districts Raiders’ Trae Cornell wins sectional crown THE PLAINS, Ohio — Both wrestling programs from Meigs and River Valley will be represented at the district level next weekend at Heath High School, as each squad had at least one qualifier last Saturday at the 2012 Division III sectional meet held at Athens High School in Athens County. Both the Marauders and the Raiders improved on their team scores from a year ago. Meigs placed fifth with 108 points, while RVHS was 11th in the 14-team field with 51 points. MHS was 15th last year with 38 points, while River Valley was 14th with 51 points. Meigs — which had five qualifiers and eight top-six efforts on the day — will have a competitor at the district level for the seventh consecutive year, while the Raiders advanced at least one grappler to districts for a second straight postseason. RVHS, however, had the one thing that Meigs did not — a sectional champion. Trae Cornell is the lone Raider moving on to districts after capturing the 152-pound weight class championship, a first for the sophomore. Cornell pinned Seth Mumford of Crooksville to earn the sectional crown. Anthony Harmon (195) and William Bowman (160) just missed the top-four cutoff point in their respective divisions after finishing fifth and sixth. The Marauders had a pair of runners-up in seniors Jeffrey Roush and Blake Crow in the 170 and 220 divisions, respectively. Roush was pinned in the 170 final by Zach Mays of Nelsonville-York, while Crow suffered a 15-0 technical fall to Jacob Coon (NYHS) in the 220 title match. Chris Lester (132), Nick Hudson (160) and Zach Sheets (285) also all advanced to district competition next weekend after each placed fourth in their respective weight classes. Adam Russell (113), Christian Hysell (145) and Nate McClintock (152) all missed the district cutoff after each finished sixth in their divisions. Nelsonville-York won the D-3 team title with 247.5 points, finishing 82.5 points ahead of runner-up Belpre (165.0). Southeastern (127.5) and Alexander (119.0) finished ahead of Meigs to round out the topfive spots. Complete results of the 2012 Division III sectionals at Athens High School are available on the web at baumspage.com South Gallia Rebels sweep Miller 75-51 Ron Jenkins/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT photo Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III runs during game action against Texas Christian University at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas, Friday, September 2, 2011. OVP Schedule Wednesday, February 22 Girls Basketball WV Tournament Wahama vs TBA at Point Pleasant HS, 8 p.m. Thursday, February 23 Boys Basketball Point Pleasant at Wayne, 7:30 p.m. Wrestling W.Va. State Meet at Huntington, 6:30 p.m. Friday, February 24 Wrestling W.Va. State Meet at Huntington, 11:30 a.m. D-2 Ohio Districts at Goshen HS, 2 p.m. D-3 Ohio Districts at Heath HS,4 p.m. Saturday, February 25 Girls Basketball D-4 Ohio Districts at Jackson HS (2) Ports. Clay vs. (1) Waterford, noon (2) Eastern vs. (1) Ports. Notre Dame, 1:45 p.m. Wrestling W.Va. State Meet at Huntington, 10:45 a.m. D-2 Ohio Districts at Goshen HS, 10 a.m. D-3 Ohio Districts at Heath HS, 10 a.m. Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com HEMLOCK, Ohio — South Gallia senior John Johnson scored 28 of his 38 in the second half as he led the Rebels to a 75-51 victory over Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division rival Miller Friday night in Perry County. The Falcons (4-15, 3-13 TVC Hocking) scored 17 points in the first period, eight of which came from Stephen McGrath, but the Rebels (11-9, 9-7) also marked 17 in the first on the strength of three three-pointers. South Gallia was able to edge Miller by three points in the second period and took the 29-26 lead into halftime. After halftime the SGHS offense came alive scoring 23 points in the quarter. MHS only manged 13 points in the third and trailed 52-39 headed into the finale. The Rebels matched their third quarter with 23 points again in the fourth and held Miller to just 12. South Gallia got the 75-51 win to remain above .500 on the season. South Gallia was led by John Johnson with 38 points, followed by Dalton Matney with 11, and Cory Haner with 10. Danny Matney scored seven points, Levi Ellis scored four, David Michael finished with three, and Ethan Spurlock finished with two to round out the SGHS scoring. Miller had a trio of scorers in double figures led by Hunter Starlin with 13, followed by Stephen McGrath with 12, and Chase Glenaman with 11. This marks the fifth time the Rebels have defeated an opponent by 20 or more this season, also it marks the fourth time they have scored over zero points in a game. SGHS also beat Miller back on Dec. 20th in Mercerville 59-50. The Rebels return to action on the 28th at Meigs High School for a sectional tournament game against St. Joseph. Tip is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. South Gallia 75, Miller 51 SG 17-12-23-23 — 75 M 17-9-13-12 — 51 SOUTH GALLIA (11-9, 9-7 TVC Hocking): John Johnson 19 0-0 38, David Michael 1 0-2 3, Ethan Spurlock 0 2-4 2, Cory Haner 4 0-0 10, Levi Ellis 2 0-0 4, Seth Jarrell 0 0-0 0, Alex Stapleton 0 0-0 0, Gus Stone 0 0-0 0, Kody Lambert 0 0-0 0, Ethan Swain 0 0-0 0, Danny Matney 2 1-3 7, CJ Johnston 0 0-0 0, Dalton Matney 4 2-3 11. TOTALS: 32 5-12 75. Three-point goals: 6 (Haner 2, Dan. Matney 2, Michael, Dal. Matney). MILLER (4-15, 3-13 TVC Hocking): Garrett Sinifit 1 0-2 2, Chase Glenaman 3 3-4 11, Jake Walters 0 0-1 0, Dakota Bond 0 0-0 0, Elijah Rader 1 3-4 5, Hunter Starlin 5 2-2 13, Skylar Hook 4 0-2 8, Stephen McGrath 6 0-0 12. TOTALS: 20 8-15 51. 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(AP) — Michigan State has surged to the top of the Big Ten standings, winning five straight, including a game at Ohio State, to snatch sole possession of first place. Tom Izzo isn’t ready to celebrate. “Not even a little bit,” Izzo said Monday. The sixth-ranked Spartans aren’t comfortable with only a one-game lead over the eighth-ranked Buckeyes and No. 11 Michigan with four games left in the regular season, potentially setting up a fantastic finish in the conference race. “To be in first place means nothing at this point in the season,” Michigan State’s do-it-all forward Draymond Green said. No. 16 Wisconsin is just two games behind Michigan State and 23rd-ranked Indiana is lurking close enough to have a chance to rally for at least a piece of the Big Ten title if the Spartans have a setback. “There’s still four or five teams that have a definite shot at winning it,” Izzo said. Who and where the contenders play may prove to be pivotal. Michigan State might have the toughest road to claim its third Big Ten championship in four seasons, playing at Minnesota on Wednesday night before hosting Nebraska, traveling to play Indiana and closing the regular season March 4 at home against the Buckeyes. “I think we have the toughest four games left,” Izzo said. “With Minnesota, playing for their playoff lives; and Indiana down there, I think they’ve lost one game at home; the trap game with Nebraska in between and Ohio State at the end. “I don’t feel very comfortable and I’m not paranoid about it.” Izzo, though, wouldn’t have believed it if he was told a few months ago that his team unranked in The Associated Press’ preseason poll would be alone in first place with two weeks left. “I am pleasingly surprised at how we’ve been defensively and offensively and even rebounding,” he said. In conference games, Michigan State leads the Big Ten in field-goal percentage on offense and defense and its rebounding margin overall ranks No. 3 in the nation. The two-time defending Big Ten champion Buckeyes need to bounce back from losing Saturday night at Michigan, a week after losing on their home court to Michigan State, to have a shot at a three-peat. Ohio State hosts Illinois, which has lost five straight and eight of nine to put Bruce Weber’s future in doubt, and Wisconsin this week before hitting the road to face Northwestern and Michigan State. Buckeyes coach Thad Matta said he is trying to get his players ready to roll after what he called a “tough loss” against the Wolverines. “As we go into Tuesday’s game, it’ll be a test,” Matta said. “As a coach as crazy as it sounds, you’re excited to see how your guys respond.” Michigan has won three straight to get in a position to possibly win its first Big Ten title since 1986 four years before senior guard Stu Douglass was born with what appears to be a favorable schedule. The Wolverines, who have earned their highest ranking in the AP poll since Dec. 31, 1996, are the only team among the Big Ten’s top five without a game left against a ranked opponent. They play at Northwestern on Tuesday night, host Purdue on Saturday night, and finish the regular season on the road against Illinois and Penn State. “We don’t play Michigan State or Ohio State or the top of the Big Ten to win it,” Douglass said. “We play some teams that you got to stay mentally focused and game plan for, especially a team like Northwestern. We know we can’t relax with their system.” Wisconsin, which won the Big Ten title outright in 2008, closes the regular season at Iowa and Ohio State before going home to play Minnesota and Illinois. Indiana has just three games left against Big Ten teams, playing at Minnesota and hosting Michigan State and Purdue with longshot hopes of coming back from the pack to share part of the Big Ten title for the first time since it was in a four-way tie with Ohio State, Wisconsin and Illinois a decade ago. Michigan coach John Beilein insisted he hasn’t looked at who the contenders play, but acknowledge his program has a chance to end its Big Ten title drought. “If we’re in that mix this time of the year, that’s good,” Beilein said. “I haven’t done any math on anything in regards to that, but I know someone is going to have to win road games and protect their home because it is so tight at the top.” Chryst settling in after busy 2 months at Pitt Brandon Wade/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT photo Jeremy Mayfield, pictured in this 2009 file photo, was among three people suspended immediately and indefinitely on Saturday, May 9, 2009, for violating NASCAR’s substance abuse policy. Ex-NASCAR driver Mayfield says he is innocent CATAWBA, N.C. (AP) — Former race car driver Jeremy Mayfield says the new criminal charges against him are “baseless” and suggests he’s the target of a conspiracy involving NASCAR and law enforcement officials. Indictments by a North Carolina grand jury released Monday charged Mayfield with three counts of possessing property stolen from businesses, and a fourth charge of obtaining property by false pretense. The charges follow a November raid on Mayfield’s Catawba home after which the former NASCAR star was charged with possessing 1.5 grams of methamphetamine Mayfield, 42, has issued a statement through his attorneys saying he is innocent. “For some reason, the district attorney’s office simply ignored our offers to explain the sources of the items seized from my property and chose, instead, to indict,” Mayfield said, according to the statement. “We do not know if there is any connection between the NASCAR lawsuit and this investigation but, based upon the evidence disclosed to us already by the district attorney’s office, it appears that the Catawba County authorities have been coordinating with NASCAR officials.” Mayfield was suspended from NASCAR after failing a random drug test at Richmond International Raceway in May 2009. He was in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond last month to argue his lawsuit seeking reinstatement as a NASCAR driver should be heard by the courts. A lower court judge dismissed Mayfield’s suit in 2010 because he had twice as a driver and an owner signed documents in order to race that waived his right to sue. Mayfield reacted to his suspension by suing NASCAR, its owner, Brian Zachary France, and the drug testing company for defamation, unfair and deceptive trade practices, breach of contract and negligence. Mayfield has argued that a combination of over-the-counter allergy medication ClaritinD and the prescription medication Adderall for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder led to the positive test and that NASCAR’s testing system was flawed. The latest criminal indictment accuses Mayfield of possessing goods stolen from three companies, including a sofa, love seat, and other furniture from DEA Ventures Inc., and more than $1,000 worth of personal property belonging to Red Bull Racing Inc. NFL From Page 6 Griffin said. “Basically just trying to find the best way to allow my skills to shine, whether that’s my quick release or just my ability to drive the football down the field. “It’s like a performance when it comes to your pro day and when you’re throwing. It’s exactly like a performance, you’ve just got to memorize the script and go out and execute to the best of your ability,” he said. “Once you get drafted, you can go to your team and learn the grand scheme of things.” Griffin set or tied 54 school records in 41 games at Baylor, which last season tied a school record with 10 wins the other 10-win season was in 1980 during Mike Singletary’s senior year. The Bears won their last six games in 2011, and the record-setting 67-56 victory over Washington in the Alamo Bowl was their first bowl victory since 1992. Griffin is the school’s career passing leader, completing 800 of 1,192 passes (67 percent) for 10,366 yards and 78 touchdowns with 17 interceptions. His 2,254 yards and 33 TDs rushing are records for a Bears quarterback. Sure, those numbers were made possible by Baylor’s offensive scheme. But Griffin said it was based on plenty of pro-style principles. “At first glance, they see four or five wide receivers, a lot of motion, a lot of different sets of formations,” Griffin said. “If you take it from that aspect, it’s exactly the same things that the pros do, go two-tight, four wide and two tight ends, and tight end at running back like the Patriots do.” PITTSBURGH (AP) — New Pitt coach Paul Chryst doesn’t view himself one of those football nerds who takes pleasure in designing elaborately detailed offenses that take years to learn. His job is to get his players to go out on the field and do their thing. Not prove how smart he is. “I never want the system to be the thing that keeps you from playing well,” Chryst said. Which may explain why he’s winning over the Panthers so quickly. Nearly two months after taking over for Todd Graham he of the “high octane offense” and 338-day stay in Pittsburgh before bolting for Arizona State Chryst’s refreshing bluntness has caught on quickly. There have been zero transfer requests, proof players burned by Graham’s stunning and graceless departure are eager to give the new guy a chance. Then again, Chryst is quick to note he hasn’t talked much football with the Panthers. Instead, the individual sessions he’s had with players have focused more on the personal side. He is well aware he’s the program’s fourth coach in barely over a year, and knows he’ll need more than a quick chat to earn his players’ trust. “Your actions have to match your words and they have to do it consistently over time,” he said. “It’s not like in five minutes, you can build trust with kids.” Still, Chryst appears to be heading in the right direction. While the 46-yearold acknowledges he’s learning something each day, he also doesn’t try to overthink things. While Pitt’s immediate future is cloudy as the school tries to navigate a move from the Big East to the ACC sometime between now and 2014, Chryst doesn’t spend a lot of time dwelling on it. “It’s just easier for us to take it day by day than go into the big picture,” Chryst said. The conference situation is out of his hands. Besides, there are more pressing needs at the moment, like filling out his staff. Offensive coordinator Bob Bostad left the Panthers over the weekend to become offensive line coach with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Chryst promoted Joe Rudolph to offensive coordinator and moved Jim Hueber from tight ends coach to offensive line coach, and expects to fill the vacant coaching spot left by Bostad’s departure soon. Though he’ll miss having Bostad around, it likely will have little effect on the team. Though Chryst insists there will be plenty of input from the offensive staff on the weekly gameplan, ultimately, Chryst plans on calling the plays much as he did during his wildly successful tenure as offensive coordinator at Wisconsin. He did joke, however, that he’d only take responsibility for “the good ones.” It’s that kind of self-deprecating nature that’s made Chryst a hit locally. He’s been highly visible on campus and has made a point to reach out to local high school coaches in hopes of re-establishing connections that took a hit during Graham’s brief stint. He called the initial response “positive.” But he knows there’s a long way to go. There are other issues, as well. The 2012 schedule is still a work in progress, though it’s a certainty the Panthers won’t play West Virginia in the “Backyard Brawl” for the first time since 1942 after the Mountaineers moved from the Big East to the Big 12. Chryst sounds less than optimistic about the series resuming anytime in the near future, pointing out the possibility of the ACC moving to nine conference games when Pitt and Syracuse join. Though Chryst has respect for the series, he also knows it’s not Pitt’s rivalry with some historical significance, pointing out he remembers watching the Panthers play Penn State as a kid. That rivalry will start anew with a home-and-home series beginning in 2016. The Panthers begin spring practice on March 15, with the annual spring game on April 14. There is plenty to work on until then. Chryst, in fact, has studied film but not obsessively, and prefers to make his own judgments once he sees his players in action. Chryst considers every position “open,” and called the depth chart adorning a wall in one of the team’s offices a mere starting point. He’s met with quarterback Tino Sunseri and likes his attitude following a difficult 2011 in which Sunseri served as the scapegoat when the Panthers struggled. Sunseri will get a chance to earn the job during the spring, though Pitt will be without several would-be starters during drills. Running back Ray Graham is out as he continues to rehabilitate a torn ACL in his right knee. Chryst, however, is optimistic Graham will be ready to play in the fall. Also, defensive back Jarred Holley (knee), wide receiver Mike Shanahan (back) and linebacker Todd Thomas (knee) will all be limited in the spring. NFL concussion fallout raises red flags in NASCAR DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — If Michael Waltrip were to count up all the concussions he has sustained over a NASCAR career that stretches back nearly 30 years, he’d certainly hit 10 and probably keep going. Safety measures since Dale Earnhardt’s death in 2001 have gone a long way toward preventing head injuries, and NASCAR officials have taken steps to improve the way they identify and treat concussions. But Waltrip knows that won’t undo all those hits he took in the 1980s and ’90s. “I whacked my head a lot,” Waltrip said. “If you think about this, I showed up in ‘85, when it was relatively ‘safe.’ We thought we had it figured out. I raced all the way through 2001 when people were getting killed. And all through that time, I was hitting my head and knocking myself out and getting concussions and going to the hospital. And I don’t know what that means to me in 10 years. But I know it’s a concern.” The 48-year-old Waltrip gets uneasy when he hears stories about NFL players and other athletes who are having serious neurological problems after they retire, issues that a growing amount of research indicates may have been caused by repetitive brain injuries they sustained during their playing days. Could that happen to him, too? “I would be the perfect case study to see what’s going to happen,” Waltrip said. “Because I can go back and look at the races and count up times I was knocked unconscious that I can’t count on both hands.” Five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson says he has had two concussions rac- ing stock cars, and probably many more racing dirt bikes when he was younger. “We’re not immune to concussions,” Johnson said. “And certainly after severe concussions or being concussed several times, the numbers change. We know that. The dynamic is there. I think we’ve reduced the opportunity for it to happen, but ultimately, it can happen. I just think the odds are a lot better today than they’ve ever been.” Earnhardt’s death in the 2001 Daytona 500 which came after drivers Kenny Irwin, Adam Petty and Tony Roper all were killed from similar head injuries forced NASCAR to get serious about safety. Today, drivers must wear a head and neck restraint, while impact-absorbing SAFER barriers have been installed on racetrack walls and NASCAR completely redesigned race cars to reduce the risk of injury. Racing seats used to look a lot like passenger car seats; now they look more like something out of a spaceship, with foam-padded supports on each side of the helmet that barely allows a driver’s head to move during a crash. It’s working. Going into Sunday’s Daytona 500, there hasn’t been a death in NASCAR’s top three national series since Earnhardt’s. “If I’m Kasey Kahne or Kyle Busch, I don’t have those concerns any more,” Waltrip said. “We’ve got the cars and the tracks, we’ve got it all fixed. You can still get hurt. You’re running 200 miles an hour. But the chances of getting hurt are slimmer. The chances of hitting your head and hurting it are really slim.” NASCAR officials say they’ve identified 29 concus- sions in their top three series since 2004 and only 11 of those happened in the past five seasons. “Not huge numbers, when you see it,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR’s senior vice president of racing operations. “But with each of those, each one’s different, we’ve had to assess each one differently. Knock on wood, we haven’t had as many to have to deal with.” And while there have been some drivers who experienced long-term effects from traumatic head injuries over the years including Bobby Allison, Ernie Irvan, Jerry Nadeau and Steve Park O’Donnell says NASCAR doesn’t see any evidence of widespread health issues related to multiple head injuries, as the NFL and other sports are. “There’s always concerns for any driver that’s been in the sport,” O’Donnell said. “But in terms of drivers formally approaching us and saying, ‘Hey, I want to talk about this or look at it,’ we haven’t seen that occur, in terms of what you’re seeing in other sports right now. We’d certainly be open to working with anyone, if we see that, in helping to stop any trend that we saw.” In response to reports of football players, hockey players and other athletes having serious neurological issues in retirement, researchers at the Boston-based Sports Legacy Institute have studied brain tissue of deceased former athletes. They’ve found evidence of a degenerative brain disease known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy that has been linked to repetitive brain injuries. O’Donnell said NASCAR officials have noticed. “Absolutely,” O’Donnell said. “It’s something we pay attention to on any aspect of other sports, what they’re doing. Can we learn from it? Can we implement some of these things? We’re open to working with any other sport as well.” For now, veteran driver Jeff Burton is trying to gather as much information as he can about the long-term effects of concussions. Burton’s fatherin-law is a physician and has attended sports medicine conferences on his behalf. “I think anybody that has any sense at all has to understand that it doesn’t matter if you’re playing football or hockey or racing a car, head injuries can have bad ramifications later in life,” Burton said. “It appears to be the case. I think we are exposed to less of it. But at the same time, when we do have them, they can be big hits.” The 44-year-old Burton started racing in NASCAR’s top division in 1993, well before the post-Earnhardt safety advances. “I can tell you that in retrospect, there’s been many times that I’ve had concussions,” Burton said. “And the definition of concussion is a very widely used term, and how you actually define a concussion has changed over the years. But there’s no question that with hitting concrete, not having (today’s safety equipment), there’s no question people had concussions. No question.” Waltrip said he blacked out after an accident in practice at Las Vegas in 1998, but kept it to himself. “Hit the wall, got in the backup car, made a couple laps, went to the hotel, woke up the next morning, didn’t even know how I got there,” Waltrip said. “You could just fake people out back then. ‘Yeah, I’m fine, I’m fine.’ They didn’t care. ‘OK, you’re fine.’” �Wednesday, February 22, 2012 ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt www.mydailysentinel.com BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Wednesday, February 22, 2012 BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s Horoscope zITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012: This year you demonstrate the ability to get along with people who wield power. Your creativity and charisma draw people toward you and also allow barriers to dissolve. Many people act differently with you than they do with others. The downside is that you will see some of their lessamiable traits. If you are single, you will have to sort through quite a few admirers. Know what type of relationship you want, and that information will help you choose the right person. If you are attached, remember that this bond consists of two people. Note a tendency to be me-oriented. Another PISCES demonstrates a different side of your sign. 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) HH You follow through on your instincts with someone you look up to. Communicate what you feel is necessary. Perhaps revealing more of your thoughts would be helpful. At this point, you probably will keep them within. Tonight: Vanish while you can. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You know exactly what you want and where you are going. You also easily convince others of your sense of direction. You have supporters and a strong understanding of your goals. When these factors blend, you head toward success. Be sensitive to an irate child or loved one. Tonight: Let the good times begin. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH While you thought you could relax, you discover that that might be an impossibility. Wherever you are, no matter what your plans are, you will step up to the plate. Responsibilities weigh heavily on your shoulders. Tonight: A family member or roommate could be on the warpath. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Revise your thoughts about a partner or loved one. You could be seeing only what you want, and/or you are not recognizing a change in this person’s behavior. Be careful when handling machinery, as your mind might not be focused. Tonight: Follow the music. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Build a key relationship on common ground. Whether this bond is new or old, you will notice where change might be good. A struggle over finances could happen. Your words might be more defensive than you realize. Tonight: Postpone a chat until you both are relaxed. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might be far more sarcastic or angry than you realize. Creative distractions and ideas can camouflage what is really going on, even with you. When animosity breaks out with a partner or friend, look within to see what is going on with you. Tonight: Get past a hassle. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH What you feel is appropriate with someone in your daily life probably is. However, for some reason anger could break out before you can have a conversation with this person. Do not overthink a situation, if possible. Tonight: Do what you want. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH A meeting could be more important than you realize. You could be drawn to one specific person, or just believe that he or she is very special. Observe more before making a decision. Might you be putting this person on a pedestal? Tonight: Where the fun is. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Stay centered and direct when dealing with a family member about a property issue. You might want to revise your thinking about a money matter. An investment might not be as good as you think it is. Someone you look up to is very irritable. Tonight: Happy close to home. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Your perspective is subject to change. What you originally thought was OK might not be the case now. The more you learn, the fewer judgments you will make. Make sure your goals transform with your intellect. Tonight: You do not need to go far. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Your perspective of a financial matter changes rapidly and gives you yet a different point of view. How you viewed yourself several years ago is substantially different than now. You are in a period of transition. Tonight: Someone is adjusting to the everchanging you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHHDefer to others, even if you are sure of yourself. You don’t need to prove that you are right over and over again. Let others come to that conclusion on their own. Tonight: Someone you care about becomes feisty. Let this person be. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Ex-Fiesta Bowl top executive enters guilty plea PHOENIX (AP) — The Fiesta Bowl’s former top executive pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge to settle allegations stemming from a political donations scandal. John Junker entered the plea in Phoenix for his role in soliciting political contributions from Fiesta Bowl employees. The bowl later reimbursed employees for about $48,000 over a nine-year period. The plea is part of an agreement with Arizona prosecutors in connection with the scandal that led to the firing last year of Junker, the bowl’s longtime leader, and the resignation of chief operating officer, Natalie Wisneski. The Fiesta Bowl hosts college football’s national championship game every four years. The scandal nearly jeopardized the Fiesta Bowl’s role as one of the four toptier national bowl groups. The organization was spared the worst sanctions the loss of the championship game and its NCAA license. A 276-page bowl investigation report found the “apparent scheme” to reimburse at least $46,539 for employees’ political contributions. It also reported lavish spending by Junker. Junker pleaded guilty in Maricopa County Superior Court to a state felony, which carries a presumptive 2 1/2-year sentence that’s also eligible for probation. A judge could reject the deal and would have discretion at sentencing. “Pursuant to plea agreements with the prosecuting agencies involved, Mr. Junker will continue his ongoing cooperation with them and their agents, as requested,” Junker’s lawyer, Stephen Dichter, said in a statement. “No addi- tional charges arising out of Mr. Junker’s long tenure with the Fiesta Bowl will be brought against him by either the State of Arizona or the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona.” The Arizona Republic first reported the deal in Sunday’s editions. Wisneski was indicted in November on federal charges stemming from allegations about her involvement in the scandal. She has pleaded not guilty. Bowl lobbyist Gary Husk has also been the focus of federal and state criminal investigations. Husk’s lawyer, Rick Romley, told the newspaper that Junker is only looking out for himself. “He is so self-serving and he financially benefited himself,” Romley said. “Now it looks like he will blame others to minimize his role. He was the president and CEO of the Fiesta Bowl.” The Republic began reporting in late 2009 that the bowl had been involved in coordinating donations to politicians. An initial bowl review found no evidence of that, but it later called for an independent investigation released last March that led to the ouster of Junker and Wisneski. The investigation also said Husk participated in and coordinated the political donations reimbursement scheme. Husk has not been charged with any crimes and has denied any wrongdoing. Three months after Junker was fired, the bowl hired University of Arizona president Robert Shelton to lead the organization and repair its reputation. An attorney for the bowl has said the organization is cooperating with local, state and federal investigations and made substantial changes to prevent a repeat. a white elephant and they now have to spend money to stop it being a white elephant,” London Assembly member Andrew Boff told the AP on Tuesday. Renting the stadium to a soccer club is vital to ensuring the stadium’s long-term viability despite it originally being designed primarily for athletics. “The problem is here is the stadium was never designed for football,” said Boff, who sits on a committee that scrutinizes the Olympic project. “We’ve seen the results of really bad planning, really shockingly, awful decisions made during the planning stage before the OPLC was around. They have been handled a real mess to sort out.” About 35 million pounds ($55 million) has already earmarked under the Olympic budget to downsize the stadium from an 80,000 to a Quinn says he’s sorry for Tebow comments DENVER (AP) — Brady Quinn is apologizing to Tim Tebow for unflattering comments Quinn made about the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback in a GQ article. The article on Tebowmania was written by Michael Silver and titled “The year of Magical Stinking: An Oral History of Tebow Time.” In it, Quinn was quoted as saying, “We’ve had a lot of, I guess, luck, to put it simply.” He also said he felt the fans were the reason Tebow leapfrogged him on the depth chart when supplanting Kyle Orton as the starter after a 1-4 start. “I felt like the fans had a lot to do with that,” Quinn said in the article. “Just ‘cause they were chanting his name. There was a big calling for him. No, I don’t have any billboards. That would have been nice.” Quinn also said in the article that the way Tebow expresses his faith doesn’t “seem very humble to me.” Both men are Christians. Quinn took to Twitter after the article’s release Tuesday, saying the comments attributed to him did not reflect his opinion of Tebow. Tebow “deserves a lot of credit for our success and I’m happy for him and what he accomplished. Most importantly, he is a great teammate,” Quinn 60,000-seat facility after the wrote. games. One certainty is that the running track will remain in the stadium regardless of the outcome, with London awarded the 2017 world athletics championships. STATE COLLEGE, “I would not think a Pre- Pa. (AP) — Heavy metal mier League team would music blared from speakwant anything other than a ers across the Penn State stadium designed for foot- practice field before a preball,” Boff said. “A Premier dawn workout, the throbLeague team cannot survive bing bass beats echoing in the Olympics Stadium as off nearby campus buildings. it is.” Indeed, it is a new world Sixteen companies have in Happy Valley. expressed an interest in Bill O’Brien is setting bidding for the use of the his own tone barely two stadium after the Olym- months into his tenure as pics, including West Ham, Nittany Lions head coach and have until March 23 though apparently he left to submit formal bids. The the choice of tunes to his players. winning bidders will be an“We’ve got to talk about nounced in May, but the that. I love music, but stadium won’t be ready un- not that kind of music,” til 2014. O’Brien joked before a recent early-morning team workout. “I’ll bring my iPod out here.” The most noticeable sounds at practice once belonged to O’Brien’s predecessor, the late Joe Paterno, whose distinct voice pitched higher when he got angry. More importantly when it comes to how the new offseason strength and conditioning routine might affect the product on the field is the change in the weight room under O’Brien. Paterno favored a “high intensity” training program with an emphasis on endurance. Players hit the exercise machines, hard. This past season, in fact, Paterno placed an emphasis on conditioning to help answer a spate of injuries in 2010. Those machines are now gone, though, from the weight room at the Lasch Football Building. Instead, O’Brien hired a strength coach, Craig Fitzgerald, whose program focuses more on free weights, Olympic-style lifting and squats. Fitzgerald calls the philosophy “all-inclusive,” and fea- Olympic Stadium not up to Premier League standards LONDON (AP) — The field inside London’s Olympic Stadium is not up to Premier League standards and will have to be ripped up after the games using public funds to enable a soccer team to use the venue. The 486 million pound ($767 million) stadium has been built without the under-soil heating required in England to stage top soccer matches. West Ham would have paid up to 2 million pounds ($3.16 million) to install a new field with underground heating, but its long-term tenancy agreement was ripped up last year due to legal challenges. Instead, the Olympic Park Legacy Company told The Associated Press it will have to pay for the postgames transformation of the stadium, which West Ham could just rent. “The Olympic Stadium is The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 www.mydailysentinel.com Quinn said he’s reached out to Tebow directly “to clear this up,” adding, “I apologize to anyone who feels I was trying to take anything away from our team’s or Tim’s success this season.” Quinn is an unrestricted free agent whom the Broncos are considering bringing back to Denver. He was Orton’s primary backup when the season started but when Orton struggled, the Broncos’ brain trust wanted to see what they had in Tebow, a 2010 first-round draft pick who made more than $7 million last season, including a big bonus that was paid before the season. Tebow won seven of his first eight starts and produced a series of stirring fourth-quarter comebacks that made up for his poor passing and messy mechanics. With Tebow at quarterback, the Broncos reached the playoffs for the first time since 2005, and they won their first game, against Pittsburgh, when Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas on an electrifying 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime. After the Broncos lost at New England in the divisional round, football chief John Elway declared Tebow the starter heading into training camp this summer but stopped short of saying the thirdyear pro had won the job for opening day next sea- son. The Broncos haven’t ruled out bringing back Quinn, who didn’t take a single snap in his two seasons in Denver after being acquired from Cleveland in the trade for Peyton Hillis in 2010. Besides Tebow, the only other quarterback under contract for next season is Adam Weber, who spent last season on the Broncos’ practice squad. The Broncos will try to add a couple of quarterbacks through free agency and the draft. Elway, a two-time Super Bowl winner and Hall of Famer who rejoined the franchise last year, has said Tebow must morph into more of a pocket passer to succeed long-term in the NFL. Coach John Fox reintroduced the option offense to the league last year and Tebow piled up yards on the ground, but he completed less than half his passes in both the regular season and the playoffs. Tebow has already spent time working on his throwing motion and mechanics with UCLA offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone in Los Angeles this month. Mazzone also helped him work on his fundamentals coming out of Florida, where he was a three-time All-America, a two-time national champion and a Heisman Trophy winner. O’Brien sets new tone for PSU workout routine tures speed, agility, explosiveness and “footballrelated flexibility.” It’s a welcome change for the most vocal critics of the offseason program among Penn State’s fervent fans, though the workout philosophy itself is fairly common. But after Paterno’s 46year tenure, even the most minor changes are bound to be noticed. “It’s not new to me,” O’Brien said. “We want players that are moving and play fast, that are in great condition and can play at a high tempo next year … We want to move weight. That’s very important.” The high-energy Fitzgerald might be the perfect assistant to keep time. He’s a bundle of energy as he barks out instructions in the weight room. Fitzgerald praised the previous staff for molding disciplined players who are usually early for workouts or team events. In the old regime, the team had an unspoken rule of keeping “Paterno Time,” or regularly showing up early for appointments. Paterno’s offseason program, though, didn’t appear to put a premium on preparing players for the NFL. The next level of football may not necessarily be a main focus of the new Penn State program, either, though O’Brien did just spend the last five seasons as an assistant for the New England Patriots. Most recently, he coordinated the potent offense while serving as the position coach for star quarterback Tom Brady in the Patriots’ run to the Super Bowl this month. New England lost to the New York Giants, 21-17. But that’s in the past. Now, O’Brien is more focused on his team perfecting power clean lifts, which involve lifting a weighted barbell off the floor while hunched over at the hip up to the shoulders while standing. It just sounds difficult. When asked about the importance of the technique, now a regular part of Penn State’s workout regime, Fitzgerald said it helped develop players’ explosiveness on the field. “There’s a good carryover,” he said. “It carries over to your vertical jump testing and broad jump testing. And that’s what (in) the NFL, it seems important to test, to see if a guy can play at your level.” The weight room workouts followed the earlymorning conditioning drills on the outdoor practice field with temperatures in the 30s another new wrinkle, as is the added level of competitiveness that O’Brien is trying to instill … even in the offseason. The outdoor portion ended with Fitzgerald pulling out a cylindrical blue contraption with handles he called “the tug.” Two players one from the offense and one from the defense lined up at the 5-yard line on either side of the tug. The offensive player won if he pushed the contraption over the goal line. The defender won if he pulled it to the 10. “It’s about camaraderie. 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