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The emphasis of that meeting will be “protecting your landowner rights.” The Southern Ohio Energy Consultants, LLC will be making the presentation. The purpose of that meeting will to bring together members of the Meigs County Landowners Association, a non-profit group of local landowners, who are willing to combine their acreage to obtain landowner-friendly oil and gas terms. Southern Ohio Energy Consultants is the organization which held the first public meeting focusing on oil and gas representation for landowners and their rights, not oil and gas companies who are doing actual land leasing. That meeting was held at the Mulberry Community Center in Pomeroy. Since then the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce brought in a financial adviser from Edward Jones to talk about wise handling of large amounts of money in the way of sign-on bonuses which many Meigs County landowners are expected to receive when leas- ing acreage for hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas recovery. Ed Long described movement into land leasing for exploration as “a real play and something that is going to happen right here in Meigs County.” At last night’s meeting, Dale Arnold, Director of Energy Services for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, spoke at the University of Rio Grande, Fultz Center in Pomeroy on the shale play in Ohio and landowner opportunities, the energy trends, new drilling technology, remediation standards, general payment provisions and other related information. The questions of how much money landowners get for their property leases, the environmental effect, what companies are reputable, and how to effectively negotiate a lease were also on the agenda. At Southern Ohio Energy Consultants first meeting in February, copies of landowner agreement forms and samples of the leases with language setting forth the provisions were distributed to the 150 or so residents attending the meeting which is referred to as the Meigs County Landowners Group. The expectation of Saturday’s meeting is to further enlighten land owners about the proposed oil and gas drilling and set the stage for the actual leasing of land as a group which the company contends will be financially beneficial to the landowners. Rio to host 2012 Career Fair Staff Report Goodbye winter Sarah Hawley/photos Hello spring! Bright sunny days and warm weather ushered out winter this week as spring officially began at 1:14 a.m. today. Trees and flowers around the region are already in bloom after unseasonably warm weather over the winter months, and more 80-degree days forecasted through mid-week. The clock at Home National Bank in Syracuse confirmed what many already knew — that despite it still being winter on Monday, it felt more like summer. RIO GRANDE — The University of Rio Grande/ Rio Grande Community College will host its annual Career Fair on Tuesday, March 27. The Career Fair, which is free and open to the public, will be held from noon until 3 p.m. in Bob Evans Farms Hall on the Rio Grande campus. Rio Grande students and area residents will check in at the welcome table in the lobby and will then be able to speak with the participating representatives. Those attending should bring several copies of their resumes, and should dress professionally, as they would dress for any job interview. Each year, students and area residents report that they do get hired into positions in the region through the contacts they make at the Career Fair. The employers who will be attending the Career Fair will include medical facilities, financial institutions, insurance companies and industries. Employers from Ohio and West Virginia will be taking part, and a wide range of jobs opportunities will be available. Those attending the Career Fair should be aware that many of the employers may have jobs in their fields, even if they would not normally think of applying with these organizations. Health care centers, for example, have countless other jobs in addition to the positions in the medical field. The Gallipolis City School District will be taking part in the Career Fair. Anyone who would like to interview with the school district about a position for the 2012-2013 school year must register with the New Student Advising Office, Testing and Career Services at the University. Interested students and area residents should call 740-245-7276 to register for an interview with the school district. Most of the employers who will be attending the Career Fair have indicated that they are currently hiring. “We are strongly encouraging all of our 2012 graduates to attend,” said Susan Haft, Director of the New Student Advising Office, Testing and Career Services at Rio Grande. Haft’s office is coordinating the Career Fair, and she said that alumni are also welcome to attend. All students, not just seniors, are invited to take part in the Career Fair. Many students may find employment opportunities for after graduation, and some students may find summer jobs. Students not yet graduating may find talking to the representatives at the Career Fair to be valuable interview experience. The Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity members will be helping with the Career Fair again this year, and the members of the Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter at Rio Grande will also again be assisting. Any Rio Grande students who would like help preparing for the Career Fair can visit the New Student Advising Office, Testing and Career Services, located in the Rhodes Student Center. The office assists students with building their resumes and preparing for interviews throughout the year. The office also assists students with their job searches, and provides See FAIR ‌| 5 Meigs Soil and Water photo contest under way Staff Report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com MEIGS COUNTY — The Meigs SWCD and the Leading Creek Watershed Group are still accepting entries for their eighth amateur photo contest. This year’s theme is “Disgusting Water: Clean it Up!” The purpose of the theme is to promote awareness of water pollution and litter, as well as to increase efforts to clean it up. This contest is open to Meigs County residents of all ages, but photos must be taken within Meigs County and relate to the theme. There is a limit of one photo submission per person. Black & white or color photos will be accepted. Photos can be emailed or printed off and submitted. For printed photos, please limit the size to 5 x 7. All pictures are welcome, Submitted photo current or historical, and Ethan Nottinghan, left, and Shannon Brown, Eagle Scout, hon- will be displayed at the SWCD office, but only three ored at church celebration. Two EHS scouts receive Eagle award By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com LONG BOTTOM — Shannon Brown and Ethan Nottingham have become the first recipients in the history of the Long Bottom United Methodist to earn the Eagle Scout award, the highest award in scouting. The young men were honored at church services Sunday and each was presented with a gift. Both of them spoke of their scouting experiences through the years and the requirements for earning this prestigious award. Shannon, a senior at Eastern High School, is the son of Jeff and Mary Brown of Racine, and Ethan, a junior at Eastern High School, is the son of Jeff and Valerie Nottingham of Long Bottom. A luncheon honoring the two Eagle scouts followed the morning services. Attending were Jeff, Mary and Shannon Brown, Jeff, Valerie, Ethan and Isaac Nottingham, Hayley Gillian, Bruce, Teresa and Miranda McKelvey, Sam Levacy, Warren and Connie Connolly, Janet Connolly, Randy Koehler, Robert and Freda Larkins, Sonny, Mary Ann and Tim Harris, Chip and Gayle Thomas, Blake, Dakota, Sierra, Georgia and Isabella Salyers, Dave and Debbie Dailey, Ron and Mary Grace Cowdery. winners will be chosen for the cash prizes. Photos will be judged by a panel of local experts and residents. Submissions are due to the Meigs SWCD office by Friday, April 6, 2012. Photos can be delivered to the Meigs SWCD office in Pomeroy or e-mailed to LisaMPrince@gmail.com. Winners will be announced at the Annual Leading Creek Stream Sweep, which will take place at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 14, at Jim Vennari Park in Rutland. The top photos will also be displayed at the Meigs SWCD booth during the 2012 Meigs County Fair and at the SWCD’s 2012 Annual Banquet. To obtain the required entry forms and detailed contest rules please contact the Meigs SWCD office at (740) 992-4282 or visit their website at www. meigsswcd.com. The SWCD looks forward to seeing your photos of Meigs County! �Tuesday, March 20, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 www.mydailysentinel.com Ohio Valley Forecast Meigs County Community Calendar Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Light east wind. Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Light east wind. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Sunday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Local stocks AEP (NYSE) — 38.41 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 20.16 Ashland Inc. 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Member SIPC. Tuesday, March 20 MIDDLEPORT — The BrooksGrant Camp No. 7 will meet at 7:15 p.m., at the Middleport Masonic Temple. Potential members and the public is welcome. Refreshment will be served. Memorial Day acitivites will be discussed. Feel free to contact Camp Commander Tom Galloway with any questions at 304-6975363. Wednesday, March 21 MIDDLEPORT — A free community dinner will be held from 5-6:30 MHS musical postponed POMEROY — The Meigs High School musical, “The Wedding Singer,” announced for this weekend has been postponed due to the hospitalization of a lead character. It has been rescheduled for April 20 and 21. Childhood immunization offered POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct a childhood immunization on Tuesday, March 20, from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. at the office, 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Parents/guardian are to accompany all children. Shot records and medical cards, if applicable, are to be brought along. A $10 donation for administration is appreciated but no one will be denied service because of an inability to pay. Official count of votes POMEROY — The official county of votes from the March 6 primary election will be held at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Meigs County Board of Elections office. Boil advisory RUTLAND — Thursday the Leading Creek Conser- Packages start at just FOR 12 MONTHS Everyday Price $24.99/mo Nicole went back to basics and saved $312! Join Nicole and John and start saving today! PACKAGES UNDER $50 Prices valid for 12 months. Requires 24-Month agreement SAME DAY INSTALLATION 30 MOVIE CHANNELS IN UP TO 6 ROOMS Where available. For 3 months. for the Blockbuster @Home. One disc at a time, $10/mo. value. NO ONE CAN COMPARE TO will be the week of March 25, 2012. Anyone wishing to save any decorations are being asked to remove before March 25. RUTLAND TWP. — The Rutland Townshp Trustees request that grave decorations be removed from the Miles, Robinson, Wright and Rutland Cemeteries until April 1 for spring cleanup which is about to begin. TUPPERS PLAINS — Cemetary cleanup will begin on April 2 in Olive Township. Trustees request removal of items from grave sites. Preschool registration MASON COUNTY — Mason County Schools Preschool Registration will be taking place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following days, March 23 at the Early Education Station in Point Pleasant and Leon Elementary, April 20 at New Haven Elementary, and April 26 at the Nazarene Church on Mt. Vernon. April 26 will also be a make up day. For information call 304-675-4956. Community Lenten services MEIGS COUNTY — Meigs County Ministerial Association is hosting community Lenten services each Thursday during Lent. An offering is received to help those in need in Meigs County. Refreshments will be served following the services. All Thursday evening services will be held at 7 p.m. March 22 — New Beginnings United Methodist Church, Pastor Warren Lukens speaking. March 29 — Grace Episcopal Church, Pastor Brenda Barnhart speaking. Good Friday (April 6th) at Noon the Ministerial service will be The Stations of the Cross at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Apple to pay dividend, start stock buybacks NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-six years after its founding, Apple Inc. is finally loosening up its purse strings to reward shareholders directly, by instituting a dividend and share buyback program. Investors had been expecting Monday’s announcement, driving up Apple shares 37 percent since management hinted in January that a dividend was in the works. Apple, the world’s most valuable company, sits on $97.6 billion in cash and secu- rities. For years, CEO Steve Jobs resisted calls to reward shareholders with some of that money. 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John Hood, commander, encourages attendance at the event by legionnaires and auxiliary members with a spouse or friend. Those who have not yet indicated to the legion their intent to attend are asked to call George Harris, 9922451, or Hood 992-6991, to help in food preparation planning. Wanted: old computers POMEROY — The Invincible Industries Teen Center at the Mulberry Community Center is in need of old computers, both PCs and Macs, for repair or use of parts. Mike Tipptin, a computer specialist, has volunteered to see what he can do to get some working computers for the teen center. He has volunteered to pick up old computers. Call 740-4445599 and leave a message so that he can call back. Beth Clark is the lead volunteer at the youth center and says she has long recognized the need for computers for the kids to use for study and/or entertainment. Cemetery cleanup POMEROY — The Salisbury Township Trustees request that grave decorations be removed from the Rocksprings and Bradford Cemeteries for the spring cleanup which is about to begin. RACINE — The Racine Village spring cleanup of the Greenwood Cemetery DISH Network! BLOCKBUSTER @ HOME included for 3 months The most HD channels vancy District repaired a water line break on Kingsbury Road. Until further notice a boil advisory is issued for customers on Kingsburg Road and Hornet Hill off of Kingsbury. Skin tests scheduled POMEROY — Meigs County Tuberculosis Clinic personnel will be at the Scipio Fire Department from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday to do skin tests. They will return on Wednesday, March 21, to check the skin test results. Blood pressure clinic POMEROY — Blood pressures will be taken at the 11 a.m. Tuesday meeting of the Harrisionville Senior Citizens at the Presbyterian Church. A potluck luncheon and meeting will follow. Southern Alumni Banquet RACINE — The annual reunion of the Racine/ Southern Alumni banquet will be held on Saturday, May 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Southern High School. Tickets are $15 and available now at Southern High School and Racine Home National Bank.They will be $25 at the door. Flags are $30. The website is www.tornadoalumni.net. Meigs SWCD Board of Supervisors POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will meet in regular session at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 22, at the district office at 33101 Hiland Road. Tree and bush trimming clinic MARIETTA — On March 31 at Lanes Farm and Market west of Marietta, a tree and bush trimming clinic will be held by educators of the OSU Extension Service. The class will be held rain or shine from 1 to 4 p.m. Topics covered will be pruning apple and peach trees integrating pest management of fruit crops, and pruning bramble and blueberries. Registration is required CALL TODAY INSTALLED TODAY! 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All customers are subject to a one-time, non-reundable processing fee. 60282767 �Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Holzer Heart Run and Walk slated GALLIPOLIS — The Fourth Annual Holzer Heart Run and Walk is slated for April 28, 2012. Through this event, Holzer has been able to donate thousands of dollars to the Gallipolis Chapter of the American Red Cross. This year, the planning committee expects to exceed previous years and raise even more funds for this worthwhile agency. In addition, donations can be made to the Holzer Cardiovascular Institute Foundation to help local families in times of need. To enhance this year’s race, the course has been altered to provide a more scenic view of Gallipolis. The events will include: a 5k walk, 5k run, 10k run, kids 1 mile fun run and a stroller class. Awards will be given in all age categories. The event is posted on www.active.com where you can view full race details and register. The committee encourages registration through active.com if possible. In addition, members of the race committee will be setting up kiosks to assist with registration in the following locations: • March 20, 2012 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Holzer Medical Center Jackson Front Lobby • March 22, 2012 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Holzer Clinic Jackson Join Holzer on April 28 at Holzer Clinic Sycamore Branch to run or walk in efforts to help raise awareness and celebrate the survivors of heart disease. If you have questions about the Holzer Heart Run and Walk, email: holzerheartrun@holzerclinic.com or visit www.active. com. POMEROY — Terms on the Meigs County Republican Executive Committee were discussed at a recent meeting conducted by Bill Spaun, vice chairman. It was pointed out that the present term of executive committee members expires six days after the Central Committee members election is certified by the Board of Elections. Any executive committee member wishing to serve next term, according to the by-laws, must write a letter requesting appointment to the Executive Committee. The Central Committ3ee people are automatically members of the Executive Committee as well as the Republican office holders, it was noted. The letters are to be sent to Bob Beegle, secretary Republican Central Committee, Box 72, Racine, Ohio. Blair Windon, current chairman of the Republican Central Committee, reports that the Republican Central Committee will organize at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 2, at the Courthouse. The Republican Executive Committee will organize at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 9, at the Courthouse. COLUMBUS — Ohio and Kansas have signed an agreement permitting reciprocity between the states for citizens who have valid concealed carry permits. “This agreement between Ohio and Kansas allows Ohioans with valid concealed carry permits the same rights to carry a concealed handgun in the State of Kansas,” said Ohio Attorney General DeWine. “Likewise, it also allows Kansans who have valid concealed carry permits to do the same in Ohio.” Ohio law permits the Attorney General to enter into written agreements with other states whose laws are “substantially comparable” to Ohio’s eligibility requirements for a license to carry a concealed handgun. In Kansas, this authority falls under the state Attorney General’s office. Concealed carry permit holders will be required to comply with all of the other state’s laws regarding possession, transportation, storage, and use of concealed weapons and all other applicable laws except those regarding issuance, suspension, revocation and renewal of concealed weapons licenses, which remain within the power of the issuing state. Each state will make their verification systems available to the other to enable the status of the other state’s concealed carry licenses to be checked. The agreement remains in force unless statutory authority for it is withdrawn by either of the state’s legislatures or terminated in writing by either party upon 30 days of notice. With the addition of Kansas, Ohio now has reciprocity agreements with 23 states including: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Oklahoma, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming and Virginia. Republican Committee sets organizational meeting Ohio, Kansas sign concealed carry reciprocity agreements Mom hides sadness from children By Dr. Joyce Brothers Dear Dr. Brothers: My three kids are in their 20s, and we’ve all made a good adjustment to my civilized divorce from their father 10 years ago. For the past eight years, I’ve been dating off and on but haven’t found the one to settle down with. I found out a couple of months ago that my ex is getting set to marry his girlfriend, with whom he’s been living for some time. I thought I was over him, but I can’t stop crying. My kids are coming for a visit, and I don’t know how to act. — L.E. Dear L.E.: A civilized divorce is the kind everyone aspires to but few achieve, especially when children are involved, and you and your ex should be proud of yourselves for pulling it off. Your kids are doing well, but I’m sure they are not interested in making things worse by acknowledging their own lingering pain over the separation of their mom and dad. Even the most mature members of the family are bound to have suffered in some ways, but the fact that they have been able to move on and put things in perspective is a very good thing. Rest assured, though, that they may have their own feelings about their dad getting remarried, regardless of how long they could have seen it coming or how great a relationship they have with his new wife. When a divorced couple go many years without a remarriage, that becomes the norm for the family. And in the background is always the lingering possibility that they may get back together, although that’s usually a child’s fantasy. Still, you may have harbored some of those hidden feelings yourself, especially since you haven’t found a new love. Don’t be afraid to be honest with your kids about your feelings. They are perfectly natural, and another stage of your divorce that will have to be weathered by the whole family. *** Dear Dr. Brothers: I am pretty fed up with my niece’s behavior. She has been working hard in college, and seemed to be dealing fairly well with the death of her brother more than a year ago. He was killed in a motorcycle accident, and we all miss him very much. But my niece recently dropped out of school to live with a slacker-type boyfriend, and she spends her time partying. This is so hurtful to her parents and all of us in the family. She used her brother as an excuse. What can we do? — S.F. Dear S.F.: I’m sure it must be disappointing to everyone in the family to have your niece go off the tracks when she was doing so well in college. The best course would be for her to re-enroll when she’s ready, and without a lot of pressure from her family, so that she could resume her education and go forward toward a career. But the key concept here is “when she is ready,” and until then it probably will be a rocky road for everyone concerned. The longer she stays in her current relationship and lifestyle, the more dicey the situation becomes, and I know your fear is that she will abandon her plans altogether and go off on an unfortunate journey. Instead of being angry and upset with your niece, try to understand her motivations for taking this drastic detour. Everyone mourns at a different rate and with various ways of coping. While she did all right at first after her brother’s death, she probably was just going through the motions and was in a state of shock. Eventually, when the pain hit her, she probably felt unable to cope with the rigors of her college routine, and sought to medicate her pain through a relationship that was less demanding and that provided some pleasure to overcome the hurt she was still feeling. She should be offered some counseling and sympathy right now, not anger. (c) 2012 by King Features Syndicate GOP voters’ passion uneven for Romney, Santorum WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney may lead in delegates and Rick Santorum might have momentum, but neither of the two leading Republican presidential candidates is having an easy time exciting even his own voters. Out of a dozen states where voters in the GOP contest have been polled, most Romney voters have said they strongly favor him in just five of them. A majority of Santorum voters felt that committed to him only four times out of 11 states where he was on the ballot and voters were surveyed. Each man is struggling to consistently spark the intensity that could separate him from the pack. Consider that Arizona is the only state where Romney had a higher proportion of voters expressing strong feelings about him than his rivals did. And Santorum hasn’t had that edge in any state yet, despite an animated campaign style and passion for hotbutton social issues like contraception that have contrasted with Romney’s stiffer, more analytic manner. On average, 50 percent of Romney voters and 49 percent of Santorum’s say they strongly favor their candidate, with the rest expressing reservations about their man or a greater dislike for his rivals, according to entrance and exit polls of voters in 12 states. When it comes to winning fervent devotion from his own supporters, both men trail former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul. Those two GOP presidential campaigns are lagging but 58 percent of Gingrich’s backers and 53 percent of Paul’s, on average, say they strongly favor their candidate. Analysts say higher percentages of devoted supporters are common with candidates whose lesser backing leaves them with only the most committed followers. Republican operatives express concern about Romney and Santorum. They say the figures raise questions about how quickly the GOP will be able to end its drawn-out slugfest and begin generating voter enthusiasm for a nominee to challenge President Barack Obama in November. “At this point in the game, you should be drawing the troops toward you. The intensity about you should be pretty strong,” said Mike McKenna, a Republican consultant not working for any of the contenders. Political professionals generally consider intensity of support a key ingredient to a winning campaign. Such enthusiasm can help pave the way for everything from yard signs to campaign contributions to voters who show up on Election Day. “Motivation is the name of the game in trying to get people to the polls,” said Josh Putnam, a political scientist at Davidson University. “It makes campaigns’ work easier if they can bank some votes, so to speak.” Though Romney and Santorum attract similar amounts of passion, there are different reasons why many of their voters are tepid, the polls show. For Romney, the chief explanation seems to be doubts about his empathy. Among Romney’s staunchest supporters, 80 percent say the former Massachusetts governor and Bain Capital executive understands average Americans better than the other candidates, the combined surveys show. That figure falls to just 44 percent among those who support him more tenuously. Opponents of the wealthy Romney have at times derided him as being out of touch with typical voters, an image fed by remarks like saying his wife owns two Cadillacs. Questions about Romney’s credentials as a conservative also seem a liability. While hardly any of his most committed voters say he’s not conservative enough, around 2 in 10 of his less passionate voters say so. For Santorum, his intensity of support falls off among voters who are less religious and more moderate. While 63 percent of his strong backers say sharing religious beliefs with a candidate is very important, just 35 percent of his less loyal voters say so, the combined polls show. Santorum voters who ardently back him are also significantly likelier than his less committed supporters to favor making abortion completely illegal, to be bornagain or evangelical Christians, or to be tea party backers. “I also have conservative values,” said Patricia Moran, 71, of Pensacola, Fla., who said in an Associated PressGfK poll last month that she backs Tablets helping improve news consumption NEW YORK (AP) — Mobile technology appears to be increasing the public appetite for news but it’s far from clear whether the news industry will profit from that, a study issued Monday concluded. The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, in its annual state of the news media report, found encouraging signs within the 27 percent of Americans who say they get news on their smartphones or tablets. These consumers are likely to seek out traditional news sites or applications, strengthening their bond with old newspaper or television news organizations. People with tablets tend to read longer articles and spend more time with news sites than they do on phones or desktop computers, said Tom Rosenstiel, Project for Excellence in Journalism director. Many people already make it a habit to check their tablets before going to bed to see what is going to be in a newspaper the next day, he said. Unique visits to online news sites jumped 17 percent from 2010 to 2011, similar to the increase from the year before, the report said. “The demand for conventional journalism endures and in some ways The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 www.mydailysentinel.com is even growing,” Rosenstiel said. “There were many people that didn’t predict that. The content is still coming from traditional news companies.” Yet technology companies, rather than news companies, are better set up to take advantage of online revenue opportunities. The report found that five companies Microsoft, Google, Facebook, AOL and Yahoo! generated 68 percent of digital ad revenue in 2011. News companies are generally not as able to provide the specific consumer information that digital advertisers seek, and they certainly have not been as aggressive in this area as the technology companies, said media critic Jeff Jarvis, who writes the Buzzmachine.com blog. Jarvis also criticizes news organizations for not being more creative with their websites and applications, and not encouraging users to link information. “I fear the iPad is a siren call to news organizations, seducing them into thinking they can maintain their old models and old controls, not just maintain but regain them,” he said. For news organizations, “there’s a lot of work that needs to be done,” said Roger Fidler, program director at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri. “But it needs to be done very quickly.” Rosenstiel noted the trend of technology companies working with news organizations on new ventures announced within the past year: Yahoo! reaching a deal to stream ABC News reports; YouTube launching original programming channels, including one operated by the news service Thomson Reuters; The Washington Post developing a news aggregator, Trove. com, available through Facebook. The Associated Press has begun providing some of its election coverage to the popular tablet app Flipboard, entered into a partnership with WhoSay. com over use of celebrity photos and also worked with Twitter on release of Nevada Republican caucus results. The PEJ report noted how social media is increasingly driving news, through people who pass along recommendations to read articles to their friends through Facebook and Twitter. Still, only 9 percent of adults say they follow such recommendations regularly, compared to 36 percent who say they go directly to a news organization’s app. Santorum with qualms. “But his whole women’s issues and contraceptives thing has diminished my enthusiasm for him.” Santorum has said contraceptives conflict with his Catholic beliefs and states should be free to ban them. Romney campaign pollster Neil Newhouse says that while Romney voters may not all exhibit fervor, they are attracted by more important qualities. “His ability and focus on fixing the economy and his perceived ability to beat Barack Obama really overwhelm everything else in the data,” Newhouse said. Hogan Gidley, Santorum’s communications director, said he didn’t believe the polling data and contrasted its findings with the excitement he said he sees at the candidate’s campaign events. “Even if I believed that, what does that say about Mitt Romney,” who has had the advantages of running for president longer and far outspending his rivals, Gidley said. “It says a whole lot more about Mitt Romney’s supporters than ours.” Echoing Gidley’s views about Santorum’s supporters was Gary Gilpin, a computer consultant from Arlington Heights, Ill., who plans to vote for the Pennsylvanian in Tuesday’s Illinois primary. “Romney is not going to have the heart and soul of the Republican Party behind him the way Rick Santorum will,” Gilpin said. Some Republicans expressed surprise that Santorum’s support wasn’t more passionate than Romney’s, attributing it in part to the lesser familiarity that many voters have with him. Several said it probably also reflected a desire by many Republicans to find a contender who can oust Obama. In the exit polls, Romney dominates among voters seeking that quality in a candidate. “Santorum has become the vehicle to register your rejection of Romney,” said Matt Mackowiak, a GOP consultant who had worked for one-time GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry. “But a lot of folks don’t think necessarily that Santorum can either win the nomination or beat Obama.” �The Daily Sentinel Opinion It’s my body; I’ll exercise it if I have to By Rev. James L. Snyder Lately, I have noticed a lot of news regarding all aspects of the body. According to one report I read, this is a multibillion dollar-a-year business. I never knew my body was worth so much money. I’m tempted to sell it, or at least rent it out on a parttime basis. I did not know how big of a deal this was until one night this past week I had a little trouble sleeping. One reason I have trouble falling asleep is my deep fear of falling. Actually, it’s not the fall that worries me so much as that sudden stop. For some inexplicable reason I always stop three inches past the floor. I would not worry so much about falling asleep if I knew I was going to fall on my pillow instead of the floor. However, I can’t count on anything these days. Not even my fingers. I once woke up in the middle of the night engaged in a vicious life or death pillow fight. Unfortunately, the pillow won and I cannot find anyone to take my case. I did find one lawyer but he was three-sheetsto-the-wind and my case was no breeze. One fear I have in the middle of the night is falling into the hands of some vicious nightmare because of my horsing around the day before. My wife keeps nagging me about my daytime activities but I have a hard time harnessing these erratic urges. Often when I have trouble going to sleep or when I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep I simply get up quietly so as not to disturb the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and turn on the television. I once disturbed her; when I came to, I vowed never to repeat that offense. You would think with so many channels on television there would be something interesting to watch in the middle of the night. Something that would make the time spent profitably. Unfortunately, the nighttime airwaves are devoted to things holding no interest for anybody still clutching to a slim strand of sanity. You do not have to be crazy to watch nighttime TV; it is just a consequence of watching nighttime TV. What I do not understand is why they run so many infomercials for exercise equipment at two o’clock in the morning. Who in their right mind is up that time of night? I know I’m not. Using my remote, I channel surfed for probably 20 minutes and found nothing but people demonstrating exercise equipment and taunting me that I need to begin an exercise regimen if I am going to live a healthy life. One man’s healthy life is another man’s pain in the back, the knees and the elbows. After all this exercise, I only end up with a tennis elbow and athletes foot. Not only exercise equipment, but also a good portion of these infomercials touts on the latest fad diet. According to one commercial I can lose all the weight I want to lose in a six-month period for only six easy payments of $99 which they would gladly charge to my credit card account. “Call right now,” they invite through the television screen, “for this special one- time offer.” This “special one-time offer” is conveniently offered every night. The only weight being lost is from my checking account. If anyone ever had a gander at my checkbook, they would readily see that my goose is cooked. Perhaps I could start a new fad diet: Cooked Goose. I could market myself as the “Cooked Goose Gourmet.” All this hype made me hungry, so I raided the refrigerator and kidnapped a tasty snack and immediately put it out of its misery and into my middleage spread. I say enough is enough. I am tired of other people telling me how to take care of my body. It takes The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Our main number is (740) 992-2155. 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I can’t think of any right now, but anything is better than some artificial exercise program. Who do you think I am? Jack LaLane? With all this emphasis on exercise, I wish some of these people would exercise the right to keep their viewpoint to themselves. In my opinion, the apostle Paul had the right attitude about all of this. I like what he writes to a young man by the name of Timothy. “For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come” (1 Timothy 4:8 KJV). The body exercised is no substitute for the daily exercise of godliness. To exercise godliness is to make the best possible use of each day. ♦♦♦ The Rev. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, PO Box 831313, Ocala, FL 34483. He lives with his wife, Martha, in Silver Springs Shores. Call him at 352-687-4240 or email jamessnyder2@att. net. The church web site is www.whatafellowship. com. Page 4 Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Looking for peace, with war at your door By William Lay After graduating basic training, I returned home just long enough to visit my family and prepare for war. In 2004 I volunteered and was deployed to Baghdad, Iraq to support my fellow soldiers and do what I felt was my part in defense of the country I loved. All my life, I was told that I was too kind, too passive, too gentle; these things were used as ways to criticize me and the idealistic hope and feelings I had that peace was possible. I felt I had to prove them wrong and fight for my country because that is what true patriots do. In my family, patriotism meant blindly following the government and its leaders. It meant to always support American ideals, to follow its military, and to follow its policies. My father raised me with the saying, “no matter how bad we are, we’re still better than everybody else.” These were the thoughts and ideals I carried with me during my journey and experiences in the Iraq war. My experiences in Iraq were not completely negative. While stationed in Iraq, I had the chance to befriend some local citizens. These were men and women who worked on our post and with us as translators. I had the privilege of being “adopted” into the family of a local ING (Iraqi National Guardsmen; now known as Iraqi Army or Regulars). The father said that I reminded him of his son who was killed during Saddam’s reign. This meant a great deal to me. I learned a great deal from him and came to discover that he was not so different from my own father. He loved his country and believed in peace. One night, we discussed the war in Iraq and I asked him how he felt about the war and US involvement in his country. He told me that he believed that they needed help but he felt that there was another option. He thought that peace was possible if only people could sit down long enough to talk out their differences instead of fighting against each other. This came from a man who served in Saddam’s 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. royal guard, a man who never knew peace, and who grew up in a war-torn country. He felt that peace was possible and wanted it so bad he was willing to die for it. He told me one night that “I am tired of war, I am tired of violence, I want my children and grand children to grow up knowing peace. But how can they when all we know is war?” This really struck a nerve with me because I felt the same way. The US has been involved in so many wars during its recent history; WWI then WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, Panama, The Gulf War, Afghanistan and now Iraq. Of the last 100 years of our nation’s history, we have been at war most years. How can we find peace? Peace is possible by means of those who want to see it change. Gandhi, the Dali Llama and many others fight for peace not with a gun, but with words and love. This concept became clearer every day to me during my time in Iraq. In November of 2004, I lost a dear friend and his death haunts me still to this day. I learned that war solves nothing, it only creates sadness, sorrow and ruin. We ultimately fixed nothing for the people of Iraq, and certainly not for Americans. We mostly made things worse for both peoples, Iraqis and Americans. Financial deficits, broken families, and distrust of America by most of the world are the legacies of this war, which in fact (as far as Iraq is concerned) was not started on 9.11.01, but by Shock and Awe. I feel that instead of helping my country, I was actually party to its ruin. Gandhi taught us that we can move mountains and win major struggles by fighting in a different way. We can change minds and create order by just sitting and talking and not cooperating with violence. He proved time and time again that negotiation and nonviolent protests can achieve more than violence. There is an old phrase, “the pen is mightier than the sword.” A word can start a war, end a war, and even feed a starving man. Words can create laws and make peace. Ahimsa, the Hin- du philosophy of nonviolence, states that it’s because of the illusion of duality that we are separated from others and even from our ourselves. It’s not until we are whole within ourselves that we can know peace. I never thought about this until during my own recent struggle to find peace and acceptance from what occurred to me in Iraq and how many were lost. I was in such duality in my time in the Army, especially overseas. I felt that what I was doing was wrong and not helping, but yet I felt that I was doing the right thing. How could I ever be whole with such opposing feelings? We are made of this duality, and fighting this inherent split in our souls is the only “war” worth fighting. I have been fighting that war ever since I came home and today feel that while the “war” isn’t over, I am closer today to being whole than I ever was before. My search for peace has led me on a road I never saw coming. I gave up the arts of violence and traded them in for a new and more creative approach. My soul is a canvas that I could paint and remake into anything I want. I have done things I never thought I would do, and regret much of the life I lived before. Today, I stand on top of the mountain and now I am reflecting on the journey. I feel that if a soldier who returned a broken shell of a man can find inner peace, then so can his country and the world. To strive for peace is not “weak” as many in this country will have you believe. In fact, the real challenge worthy of a warrior is peace, both for himself and the world around him. In reality, war is the simple solution. Not for the survivors, but in that it is easier to kill a man who is different from you than it is to embrace him. Honor is worthy of those who choose to fight for peace by peaceful means. Real honor eludes those who use war to find it. ♦♦♦ William Lay, Hillsboro, Oregon, is a Disabled Veteran US Army 2/162 INF (stationed in Baghdad Iraq 2004-2005 1st Cavalry division 39th BCT). 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 �Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Obituaries Death Notices Sharon K. Saltz Sharon K. Saltz, 68, of McArthur, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. She was born January 27, 1944, in Pomeroy, Ohio, daughter of the late Leroy and Margaret Morris VanCooney. Sharon was married to Clifford James Saltz, who survives. She retired from WesBanco Bank and was a Loan Officer for 50 years. Sharon was a member of the McArthur United Methodist Church and the SERENO Chapter #128 O.E.S., where she was the past Worthy Matron and District Deputy. Sharon is survived by her son, James Saltz, of McArthur; nieces, Angela (Bruce) Swift, of Middleport, and Teresa VanCooney, of Point Pleasant, West Virginia; and a nephew, Ira VanCooney, of Gallipolis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Ralph and Donald VanCooney; infant sister, Shirley VanCooney; and a special aunt, Hazel VanCooney. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m., Thursday, March 22, 2012, in the McArthur United Methodist Church, 200 S. Market St., McArthur, with Rev. Dr. Walt Goble officiating. Interment will be in Elk Cemetery, McArthur. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Garrett-Cardaras Funeral Home, 201 W. High St., McArthur with Eastern Star services being held at 7:30 p.m., and on Thursday, one hour prior to the services at the church. Richard L. Holliday Richard L. Holliday, 51, of Lebanon, Ohio, passed away Sunday March 18, 2012, at Hospice of Cincinnati. He was born March 3, 1961, in Charleston, South Carolina, the beloved son of Danny Lee Holliday and Charlotte Ann Schoppert Gosney. Richard had worked at Hamilton Plastic and was a commercial truck driver. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a loving sister, Victoria Tucker, of Lebanon; brother, Kenneth (Sherrie) Holliday of Cowlesville, New York; grandmother, Kathleen Delores Schoppert Rodgers; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Eugene and Mary Virginia Holliday and grandfather, Charles Schoppert. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Standish Cemetery, with Pastor Robert Smith and Steve Wintle officiating. Arrangements are by BigonyJordan Funeral Home. You may sign the register book at www.bigonyjordanfuneralhome.com. Study of ‘meth babies’ finds behavior problems CHICAGO (AP) — The first study to look at methamphetamine’s potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other children. The behavior differences anxiety, depression, moodiness weren’t huge, but lead researcher Linda LaGasse called them “very worrisome.” Methamphetamine is a stimulant like crack cocaine, and earlier research showed meth babies have similarities to so-called “crack babies” smaller in size and prone to drowsiness and stress. Results in long-term studies conflict on whether children of cocaine-using mothers have lasting behavior problems. Whether problems persist in young children of meth users is unknown. But LaGasse, who does research at Brown University’s Center of the Study of Children at Risk, said methamphetamine has stronger effects on the brain so it may be more likely to cause lasting effects in children. The study was published online Monday in Pediatrics. The National Institutes of Health paid for the research, including a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Government data suggest more than 10 million Americans have used meth; fewer than 1 percent of pregnant women are users. Joseph Frascella, who heads a behavioral division at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said the research is among “groundbreaking” studies examining effects of substance abuse during pregnancy. But because the study is a first, the results should be viewed cautiously and need to be repeated, he said. The study of children tracked from age 3 through 5 builds on earlier research by LaGasse on the same group 330 youngsters tracked in the Midwest and West, areas where meth use is most common. Mothers were recruited shortly after giving birth in Des Moines, Iowa; Honolulu, Los Angeles, and Tulsa, Okla. They were asked about prenatal meth use and newborns’ stools were tested for evidence of the drug. Effects in children exposed to the drug were compared with those whose mothers didn’t use meth. Both groups were high-risk children, with many living in disadvantaged homes. Mothers or other caregivers completed a widely used checklist asking how often kids showed many kinds of troublesome behavior. Fair Bryan Keith Buckle Bryan Keith Buckle, 26, of Apple Grove, W.Va., died Friday, March 16, 2012, in Lesage, W.Va.. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, March 22, 2012, at the Mount Union United Methodist Church in Pliny, W.Va., with Evangelist John Smith and Pastor Rick Waller officiating. Burial will follow in the Beale Chapel Cemetery in Apple Grove, W.Va. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m., Wednesday at the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va., and one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. William J. ‘Bill’ Cox William J. “Bill” Cox, 71, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Holzer Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at the Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, with Pastor Bob Patterson officiating. Military Rites will also be held at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Kirkland Memorial Gardens, where Masonic graveside services will be held. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service on Wednesday at the funeral home. Bill’s care has been entrusted to Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. Virginia Mae Craft Virginia Mae Craft, 38, of Letart, W.Va., died on March 18, 2012, at her home. Arrangements will be announced by Deal Funeral Home as they become available. Keith H. Petrie Keith Herbert Petrie, 56, of Pomeroy, Ohio, passed away on March 16, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 23, 2012, at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy, Ohio. Friends may call one hour prior to the service. Report: US makes modest gains in graduation rate HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — The last straw for 17-year-old Alton Burke was a note left on his door. The high school dropout picked up the phone and re-enrolled at South Hagerstown High. Burke missed roughly 200 days of class, but Heather Dixon, the student intervention specialist who left the note, never gave up on him. Aggressive efforts to prevent students such as Burke from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington. The event was organized by the children’s advocacy group America’s Promise Alliance founded by former Secretary of State Colin Powell. The graduation rate was 75 percent in 2009, meaning 1 in 4 students fails to get a diploma in four years, researchers found. That’s well below the organization’s goal of 90 percent by 2020. Researchers found that the number of “dropout factories,” schools that fail to graduate more than 60 percent of students on time, had dropped by more than 450 between 2002 and 2010, but that 1,550 remain. The largest declines in dropout factories were in the South and in suburban communities. “Big gains are possible if you work hard at it, and if you don’t focus on it, you’re going to go backward,” said Robert Balfanz, a report author and director of the Everyone Graduates Center at the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. The increase in graduation rates was primarily because of growth in 12 states, with New York and Tennessee showing double digit gains since 2002, according to the research. At the other end, 10 states had declines: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Rhode Island and Utah. So far, only Wisconsin has met the 90 percent benchmark, although Vermont is close. “This year’s report proves struggling schools are not destined to fail,” said Education Secretary Arne Duncan. “The reality is that even one dropout factory is too many.” The authors said there are proven strategies to tackle the problem, such as getting all students to read at grade level, raising the compulsory school attendance age to 18 and developing “early warning” systems to help identify students that might be at risk of later dropping out. In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama encouraged states to pass laws to require students to stay in school until they graduate or they turn 18. It’s estimated that high school graduates will earn $130,000 more over their lifetimes than dropouts, and that high school graduates will generate more than $200,000 in higher tax revenues and savings in government expenditures over their lifetime, the report said. And, the report said that if the 90 percent goal had already been met, 580,000 more students would have graduated last year, generating $1.8 billion in additional revenue because of increased economic activity. How to track high school graduation rates has been a contentious issue for years, with states using different methods to come up with a number. Balfanz cited this as a reason why the report does not include the names of the dropout factories. He said they will be included in a future report once all states are consistently reporting data. States are now required to use the same method to compute graduation rates based on a Bush administration rule issued in 2008. Nevada stood out for its low graduation rate of 56 percent, a decline of more than 15 percentage points from 2002 to 2009, the largest of any state, the report said. During Nevada’s boom years, students dropped out to earn hefty paychecks parking cars, pouring concrete or serving drinks along the Las Vegas Strip. “Today, many of Las Vegas’ dropouts are out of work and unable to jumpstart the economy because they lack the required credentials,” the report said. But Balfanz said there are some signs that the state is “organizing itself against its big challenge.” The Clark County School District of Las Vegas, for example, has developed a partnership with Vegas PBS for an online program designed to help students earn missing credits needed to graduate. It also started the “Reclaim Your Future” program, which sent school employees and community volunteers door to door to persuade dropouts to return to school. Many of the strategies encouraged by the authors have been adopted in Washington County, Md. The district has a 92 percent graduation rate, up 15 percentage points from 2000. It’s made progress in recent years even as the county’s unemployment rate lingered above the national average and more students needed homelessness services. The district offers elearning classes for credit recovery, evening classes, and a family center where pregnant teens and student parents can attend class. Student attendance and performance data are carefully tracked to identify early any students at risk. Intervention specialists develop relationships with these students, doing everything from visiting their homes to helping them connect with community mental health services. Clayton Wilcox, the district superintendent, said that even as they work to keep students, those who drop out are warmly welcomed back. “It’s not easy to drop out. We’re going to hound you. Classroom teachers are going to talk to you. Principals are going to talk to you. The guidance counselor is going to talk to you. We don’t make it easy.” Wilcox said. Dixon, the intervention specialist who works with Burke, and Amy Warrenfeltz, another intervention specialist at South Hagerstown High, said some of the kids they deal with have mental health issues or drug and alcohol problems. Others struggle because they switched schools because of financial issues in their family or had a bad experience in school with a teacher or peer, they said. Burke said it was hard to get motivated to attend class once he “got into the routine of not getting up and it became a habit.” “I was nervous coming back because of what people would say or how people would look at me,” Burke said. “It’s awkward when you haven’t been to school in a couple weeks or whatever and then you come back.” He had met with Dixon multiple times at his house and at school, and after he dropped out, he said he was sure she would return to his home. He said he was happy when she left the note because he wanted an excuse to return to school. He now goes to school full time and takes evening classes four nights a week. He anticipates graduating this spring and wants to attend technical school in heating, ventilation and cooling. “Before that, I wanted to come back, but I just didn’t know how to come about it,” Burke said. Lawyer prepares to meet Afghan killings suspect From Page 1 a wide range of career-related services throughout the year. For more information on the Career Fair, or on the services offered by the New Student Advising Office, Testing and Career Services, call Susan Haft at 1-800-282-7201 or 245-7276. For additional information on upcoming events at Rio Grande, as well as information on the wide range of academic programs offered on the university’s scenic campus, log onto www. rio.edu. SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle defense attorney prepared to meet Monday with Army Staff Sgt. 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See salesman for details! 592-2497 • 93 Columbus Road, Athens, OH • www.seimports.com �The Daily Sentinel Sports TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012 mdssports@heartlandpublications.com Twinsburg, Hathaway Brown, Africentric and Arlington win girls titles Twinsburg beats Kettering Fairborn in D-1 final COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — There was no special plan to shove the ball inside to 6-foot-4 Twinsburg center Malina Howard with the game on the line, but it worked out that way and her six points during a key stretch early in the fourth quarter helped keep Kettering Fairmont at bay as the Tigers defended their girls Division I title with a 57-51 victory Saturday. “That’s how we play our game,” Howard said. “If that’s what was open, then that’s what was open.” Her mini-run there prevented Fairmont (24-4) from coming all the way back from an early doubledigit deficit. “They were able to get the ball to the wing and get it to Howard quickly,” Fairmont coach Tim Cogan said. Ashley Morrissette had 22 points for Twinsburg (25-3), including seven free throws in the final 90 seconds, as the Tigers repeated their 2011 championship game victory against Fairmont. Howard said winning the second time was more difficult. “Everyone gives you your best shot,” she said. “You’re at the top and they want to take you down.” If not for Kathryn Westbeld, Fairmont might have been blown out by halftime. Trailing 17-3, she had her team’s next nine points and later added two free throws to draw the Firebirds to within 23-19 before Twinsburg pulled away for a 26-20 halftime lead. Howard had 14 points and teammate LaShawna Gatewood had 10 while Chelsea Welch scored 19 for Kettering and Westbeld added 15. Hathaway Brown beats West Holmes in D-2 final COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown lost its first two title games but since those defeats has gotten the hang of leaving Value City Arena victorious, and Saturday was no exception. Vanessa Smith had 19 points as the Blazers defeated Millersburg West Holmes 53-41 in the girls Division II final for a record-tying fourth-straight title. “Every year it’s kind of unreal,” Hathaway Brown junior Nia Marshall said. “It gets better and better.” Hathaway Brown (22-5) tied the mark for consecutive championships held by Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame (2006-09) and South Euclid Regina (2000-03). The Blazers were also runner-ups in 2007 and ‘08 before starting their title run. “Six years down here and to win four is a humbling experience for me,” Blazers coach Paul Barlow said. “Every year is different because it’s a different group of kids.” West Holmes (24-4) was after its first championship since winning three straight from 1984-86 but stalled offensively as Hathaway Brown scored nine straight points to end the first half with a 28-19 lead behind Marshall’s nine points. West Holmes then got to within four, but the Blazers went on a 12-0 run at the end of the third quarter and into the fourth for a 45-29 margin. West Holmes coach Lisa Patterson rued her team’s 15-for-56 (26.8 percent) shooting, caused in part by the taller Blazers. “We obviously didn’t shoot particularly well,” she said. “We got some shots. They just didn’t go in. If the ball goes through the hoop, it’s a different story.” Africentric defeats Anna in OT to win D-3 See GIRLS ‌| 9 Ohio State pulls away from Gonzaga for 73-66 win PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jared Sullinger doesn’t get mad anymore. Those days are over. The Ohio State sophomore forward knows he can’t afford to lose his temper if the Buckeyes want to reach the Final Four. So rather than sulk after foul trouble and some solid Gonzaga defense frustrated him for 36 minutes Saturday, the quickly maturing big man relaxed, took a deep breath and hoisted the Buckeyes on his broad shoulders. Sullinger scored 18 points, including two big baskets on soft hook shots in the final 3 minutes to lead Ohio State to a 73-66 victory and a spot in the regional semifinals for the third straight year. “I knew that throwing my body and creating contact wasn’t going to work in this game,” he said. “So I kind of just went with a little bit of finesse and just tried to get offthe-body contact and try to go up and finish.” And finish off the original bracket busters in the process. DeShaun Thomas also scored 18 for the secondseeded Buckeyes (29-7), while Aaron Craft added 17 points and 10 assists. Ohio State will play Florida State or Cincinnati in Boston on Thursday. “We didn’t shoot the ball particularly well in the second half, but we knocked the shots down. And everybody made a big shot here and there,” Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. It’s what the Buckeyes do. When Sullinger spent the last 9:12 of the first half on the bench with two fouls, the Buckeyes relied on Craft and Thomas to erase a seven-point deficit. Then, with the Bulldogs surging after wiping out a 10-point Ohio State lead, the Buckeyes went back to basics. They went back to Sullinger, though such measures hardly seemed necessary after a putback by Thomas gave the Buckeyes a 58-48 lead. The Bulldogs (26-7) responded with a 13-3 run capped by a 3-pointer from the corner by Harris that tied it at 61 with 4:05 to go. Then Sullinger, who still thinks about last year’s loss to Kentucky in the regional semifinals, took over. He backed down Gonzaga center Robert Sacre and hit a soft little hook shot from the right block to put Ohio State back in front. “Right down the stretch we wanted to get the ball in his hands,” Matta said. “He’s a winner. We’ll ride that down the stretch.” Gary Bell Jr. led Gonzaga with 18 points and Harris added 16, but the Zags went cold down the stretch, coming up empty on five straight possessions after tying the game as Ohio State avoided becoming the third No. 2 seed to lose in less than 24 hours. Fellow heavyweights Duke and Missouri fell to upstarts on Friday from one-bid leagues. Yet the Buckeyes knew the Bulldogs are hardly scrappy underdogs. They entered the game with 17 NCAA victories over the last 14 seasons, the same as the Buckeyes. See AWAY |‌ 9 Neal C. Lauron/Columbus Dispatch/MCT photo Yong Kim/Philadelphia Daily News/MCT photo Ohio’s head coach John Groce applauds his team’s effort during the first half against Michigan in an NCAA Tournament second-round game at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday, March 16, 2012. No. 13 seed Ohio beats USF 62-56 in NCAA tourney NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Step aside, VCU. Enjoy your memories, Butler. Ohio’s ready to become the latest mid-major darling of March Madness. Walter Offutt scored 21 points, D.J. Cooper had 19 and No. 13 seed Ohio beat South Florida 62-56 on Sunday night to advance to the Midwest Regional semifinals. “This is amazing,” said Offutt, a transfer from Ohio State by way of Wright State. “It’s one thing to talk about it and one thing to actually do it. This has been unreal, but let’s just continue the run.” Ohio is the seventh team seeded No. 13 or higher to advance to the regional semifinals and the first since No. 13 Bradley did it in 2006. None of those teams won its next game. The Bobcats (29-7), who opened the tournament with an upset against fourth-seeded Michigan, will play No. 1 seed North Carolina in St. Louis on Friday in their first trip to the round of 16 since they lost to the Wolverines in the regional finals in 1964. Ohio trailed by two when Offutt swished a 3-pointer, launching a 10-0 run for the Bobcats. A pair of Tuesday, March 20 Baseball Point Pleasant at Buffalo, 5 p.m. Softball Wahama at Charleston Catholic, 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 21 Baseball Roane County at Point Pleasant, 5 p.m. Softball Winfield at Point Pleasant, 5:30 p.m. Wahama at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m. Boys Tennis Point Pleasant at St. Marys, 4 p.m. Girls Tennis Point Pleasant at St. Marys, 4 p.m. Thursday, March 22 Baseball Point Pleasant at Ravenswood, 5 p.m. Softball Wayne at Point Pleasant, 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 23 Baseball Charleston Catholic at Point Pleasant, 6 p.m. rim, they couldn’t stop them at the perimeter. Half of Ohio’s second-half buckets were 3s, and the Bobcats finished 9 of 18 from long range. “It really seemed like they hadn’t missed any 3s in the second half,” Collins said. “We just didn’t execute our defensive assignments the right way. They got open and made the shots.” Two of their five treys in the second half came after either a flagrant or technical foul. Rudd was called for the flagrant, and Offutt hit both of his free throws and a 3-pointer that tied it at 31 with 15:52 to play. Jawanza Poland was given the technical after hanging on the rim following a dunk. Nick Kellogg sank both free throws and a 3-pointer that again tied the game, this time at 42 with 9:23 to play. Just over 2 minutes later, the Bobcats put together the 10-0 run that gave them the lead and control, and the Bulls missed out on a shot at being the only team from the first four games to advance to the Sweet 16. “It wasn’t like we didn’t play,” See OHIO ‌| 9 Point Pleasant 3rd at HCSM First Call Invite Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger (0) congratulates teammate William Buford (44) with less than a second on the clock in a 73-66 win over Gonzaga in a NCAA Tournament third-round game at Bryan Walters the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sat- bwalters@mydailytribune.com urday, March 17, 2012. OVP Sports Schedule free throws by Cooper made it 5446 with 3:28 left. The Bobcats had a 59-53 lead when Toarlyn Fitzpatrick connected for South Florida’s first 3-pointer of the half. But Cooper went 3 for 4 from the line while the Bulls missed three shots in the final 36 seconds. “I do think our guys have a chip on their shoulder,” said Ohio coach John Groce, who has led the Bobcats to two NCAA tournaments in his four seasons with the team. “I think our guys look forward to playing on the big stage against quality competition.” Victor Rudd Jr. and Anthony Collins scored 13 points apiece and Augustus Gilchrist had 12 for the Bulls (22-14), who were playing in their third game in five days with a travel day in between. South Florida beat California on Wednesday and Temple on Friday night in the second round. If fatigue was a concern for South Florida, it didn’t show. The Bulls relied on their stingy defense to limit Ohio to just 30.4 percent shooting in the first half. Although the Bulls managed to keep the Bobcats away from the POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Both of the Point Pleasant boys and girls track and field teams earned third place Saturday at the 2012 Holzer Center Sports Medicine First Call Invitational held at Ohio Valley Bank Track and Field in Mason County. The Big Blacks scored 66 points in the 11-team boys division, while the Lady Knights posted 84.5 points in the nine-team girls competition. Buckhannon-Upshur (200.0) and Winfield (162.5) won the girls and boys team crowns, respectively. The Lady Knights had three individual champions and 11 top-four efforts in 18 events, which also included a pair of stadium records. Andrea Porter set OVB marks Saturday after claiming victories in the 1600-meter and 3200m races with new record times of 5:37.85 and 12:22.99, respectively. Porter was also second in the 800m run with a time of 2:29.54. Allison Smith also captured first place in the 200m dash with a split of 27.89 seconds. The 4x200m squad of Lexi Young, Karli Gandee, Ashley Coon and Jayla Smith finished second with a time of 1:57.81, while the 4x100m relay team of Cassie Jordan, Morgan Pethtel, Karson Tolliver and Allison Smith placed third with a mark of 55.87 seconds. The 4x400m relay team of Porter, Smith, Jordan and Jessilynn Hill were third with a time of 4:38, while the shuttle hurdles relay team placed third with a mark of 1:17.71. Lexi Young was third overall in the long jump (13 feet, 9 inches) and fourth in the 100m hurdles (18.59 seconds). Whitney Layton was also fourth in the shot put event with a heave of 27-10. The Black Knights had two individual champions and seven top-four finishes in 18 events, and all seven of those finishes were either first or second-place efforts. Zach Canterbury claimed first place in the 200m dash with a time of 24.60 seconds and also placed second in the 400m dash with a mark of 53.02 seconds. The 4x200m relay team of Canterbury, Chase Walton, Rogan Park and Cody Marcum won first place with a combined split of 1:37.22. The 4x400m team of Canterbury, Walton, Park and Anthony Darst placed second with a mark of 3:44.21. Trey Livingston won runner-up honors in both the shot put (45-1) and discus (130-4) events, while Noah Searls was second in the pole vault after clearing a heaight of 11-6. Complete results of the 2012 HCSM First Call Invitational are available on the web at runwv.com �Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Tuesday , March 20, 2012 BLONDIE BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS www.mydailysentinel.com ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS The Daily Sentinel • Page 7 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 Tuesday, March 20, 2012: You could be unusually quiet this year as you become introspective. You are evaluating much in your life. An issue that will emerge will be your self-expression involving anger. Do you internalize your feelings? Or do you throw a tantrum? These abovementioned behaviors could be problematic. Follow your instincts with money. If you are single, someone you meet could be very exciting. Wait at least a year before deciding whether this bond is for life. If you are attached, share more private time together. Vulnerability will add more of a spark. PISCES makes a great doctor, teacher or healer for you. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH The wise person would say very little, yet your temper still might trigger. How you deal with that moment could be a problem. Remember, words that are said cannot be taken back. Try to process your thoughts before speaking, or postpone the conversation. Tonight: Get some much-needed rest. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Zero in on what is important. Honor what is happening with your immediate circle. If something is not working, it could involve friends and/or family. Resistance could cause a problem, but not an unsolvable one. Tonight: Where the fun is. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH The spotlight is on you, and you will not be able to defer to others — the option is not there. Step up to the plate, and accept your role. Someone might trigger or aggravate you. Reach out for a distant buddy or adviser. Tonight: Vanish into the night. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might want to rethink a recent decision you have made. Find some experts, ask some questions. Be willing to admit whether you have enough information. A partner or close associate will be impressed by your integrity. Tonight: Use your imagination. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Remain sure of yourself, yet listen to others with that same confidence. The problem is not about being right, but about resolving the issue. Look for a mutually satisfying answer, especially if an argument breaks out. This animated discussion might have more to do with the past than with the reality of the issue. Tonight: Easy works. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Defer to others more often today. Note when anger rears its ugly head. Rather than follow your kneejerk reaction, just wait. Detach and evaluate that anger, and learn how to express this feeling more appropriately. Tonight: Go with a suggestion. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your even pace allows greater give-and-take. You might not feel comfortable with everything that comes up. Note your feelings, but focus on the task at hand. You can clear up what you have been holding back, but only at the appropriate moment with the correct audience. Tonight: Put your feet up. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH No one can deny your ability to see past the obvious. Your vision of possibilities initially might confuse others and sometimes yourself. A meeting and/or discussion helps you sort fantasy from fiction. Tonight: Unleash your spontaneity. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You actively alternate between pursuing the conservative course and opting to be adventuresome. Try to merge the need for security with a little flair for living in the moment. Someone you look up to could be on the warpath. Say little, and give this person space. Tonight: Your home is your castle. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might be more in tune with someone’s energy than you are aware. The problem could lie with this person’s reaction. Sometimes others get nervous if they feel they are transparent. Find a way to reassure this person that you will honor his or her vulnerability. Tonight: Catch up with a friend. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You could create uproar, and probably a lot better than many people. Look at the long-run implications of this behavior. Some people cannot deal with this and might distance themselves. Work with others’ changeability. Tonight: Your treat. Make peace, not war. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH Claim your power and use it well. If someone is being difficult and quarrelsome, it does not mean you need to get into a tiff with this person. Come up with effective ways of handling this irascible personality. Tonight: All smiles. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Tuesday, March 20, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com dance with Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. Bid security furnished in Bond form (Bid Guarantee and Contract and Performance Bond as provided in Section The 153.57.1 of the Ohio Revised Code), must be issued by a Surety Company or Corporation licensed in the State of Ohio to provide said surety. Those Bidders that elect to submit bid guaranty in the form of a certified check, cashierʼs check or letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305 of the Ohio Revised Code and in accordance with Section 153.54 (C) of the Ohio Revised Code. Any such letter of credit shall be revocable only at the option of the beneficiary Owner. The amount of the certified check, cashierʼs check or letter of credit shall be equal to ten (10) percent of the Bid and the Successful Bidder will be required to submit a bond in the form provided in 153.57 of the Ohio Revised Code in conjunction with the execution of the Contract. Each proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the Bidding Documents and all persons interested therein. Each bidder must submit evidence of its experiences on projects of similar size and complexity. The Owner intends that this Project be completed no later than the time period as set forth in Article 4 of the Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor on the Basis of a Stipulated Price. Legals Legals Legals COUNTY : MEIGS NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS PUBLIC NOTICE The following applications and/or verified complaints were received, and the following draft, proposed and final actions were issued, by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) last week. The complete public notice including additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information or a public hearing, or filing an appeal may be o b t a i n e d a t : http://www.epa.ohio.gov/actions.aspx or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-2129 email: HClerk@epa.state.oh.us Sealed proposals for the Middleport Ball Field Equipment Purchase Project, Meigs County Ohio As per specifications in bid packet will be received by the Meigs County Commissioners at their office at the Courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 until 1:00 P.M., April 5, 2012 and then at 1:15 P.M. at said office opened and read aloud for the following: Purchase and delivery of equipment, fencing, and netting for the Middleport Ball Field, Middleport, Meigs County. The Area Agency on Aging at Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District, P.O. Box 370, Reno, Ohio 45773 is requesting proposals from agencies who would like to provide respite services to caregivers of persons 60 years of age and older within the AAA8 Planning and Service Area; Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry and Washington Counties. Funding sources are Alzheimerʼs Respite and Senior Community Services Block Grant. Specifications, and bid forms may be secured at the office of Meigs County Commissioners, Courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769- Phone # 740-992-2895 . A deposit of 0 dollars will be required for each set of plans and specifications check made payable to . The full amount will be returned within thirty (30) days after receipt of bids. Services eligible for Alzheimerʼs Respite and Senior Community Services Block Grant funding are: Adult Day Respite, Overnight Respite, Homemaker Respite, and Personal Care Respite Services. FINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATION US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - HUNTINGTON DIST 502 8TH STREET HUNTINGTON WV 25701 OH ACTION DATE : 03/12/2012 RECEIVING WATERS: OHIO RIVER FACILITY DESCRIPTION: 401 CERTIFICATION IDENTIFICATION NO. : 113802 This final action not preceded by proposed action and is appealable to ERAC. Grant of Section 401 Water Quality Certification for a project to provide maintenance dredging at five locations in the Ohio River. (3) 20, 2012 Sutton township is having a sealed minimum bid sale on the following items: Case 480C Backhoe . Min bid $1500.00 as is. Sutton township has the right to refuse any bid. Bidding to begin on 03/12/2012 through 4/2/2012. Mail sealed bids to : P.O Box 245 Syracuse, Ohio 45779 For any questions 740-949-2983 740-416-5535 (3) call or Each bid must be accompanied by either a bid bond in an amount of 100% of the bid amount with a surety satisfactory to the aforesaid Meigs County Commissioners or by certified check, cashiers check, or letter of credit upon a solvent bank in the amount of not less than 10% of the bid amount in favor of the aforesaid Meigs County Commissioners . Bid Bonds shall be accompanied by Proof of Authority of the official or agent signing the bond. Bids shall be sealed and marked as Bid for Middleport Ball Field Equipment Purchase Project and mailed or delivered to: Meigs County Commissioners Courthouse Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 Attention of bidders is called to all of the requirements contained in this bid packet, particularly to the Federal Labor Standards Provisions and Davis-Bacon Wages, various insurance requirements, various equal opportunity provisions, and the requirement for a payment bond and performance bond for 100% of the contract price. No bidder may withdraw his bid within thirty (30) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. The Meigs County Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Overbrook Center is accepting applications for RN's and a part time receptionist/secretary.Must have knowledge of Tom Anderson, President Microsoft Word and Excel programs and be availablr for Meigs County Commissioners some weekend hours. Applica- (3) 15, 16, 20, 2012 tions are available at our facilANNOUNCEMENTS ity, 333 Page Street, Middleport, Oh 45760 EOE Sales Account Executive - Point Pleasant, Ripley, Ravensowood WV & Gallipolis, Ohio Account Executive Outside Sales Professional outside sales person needed for the television industry in this area. Salary plus lucrative commission, expenses, & grat training program. If you have outside sales experience and are not on track to make 60k this is an opportunity for you. A great company and a great product. Apply at: www.work4suddenlink.com Suddenlink Media, 300 Star Ave., Suite 321, Parkersburg, WV 26101, EOE/AA The PY 2013 proposal packets will be available April 2, 2012 on the AAA8 website by close of business: www.areaagency8.org. Proposal packets and instructions will be available in electronic format only. Proposals are due to the AAA8 May 7, 2012. (3) 20, 2012 PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed bids will be received for the purchase and installation of a commercial water slide for the Syracuse Municipal Pool at the village offices: 2581 Third St., PO Box 266, Syracuse, Ohio 45779 until Friday, April 6, 2012 at 1 P.M. Bid shall include all materials and labor in the installation of the water slide. Engineering estimate on the project is $33,000 with all work to be completed by May 15, 2012. The Village of Syracuse reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities. The Village reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Eric D. Cunningham, Mayor Village of Syracuse Publish March 20, 27 Chester Township Trustees will accept bids for cemetery mowing contract for Chester, Mt Herman and Mound Cemeteries for the 2012 mowing season. Cemeteries are to be mowed at least 10 timess throughout the season with special emphasis on holidays. Bids must be received by the township by March 27, 2012. Chester Township Trustees PO Box 46 Chester OH 45720 Bids must include a copy of insurance liabilty coverage with Chester Township named as an additional insured and 2 references. Chester Township reserves the right to reject any and all bids (3) 20, 21, 2012 TUPPERS PLAINS-CHESTER WATER DISTRICT LEGAL NOTICE- INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed Bids will be received for furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary to complete a project known as Bearwallow Waterline Extension at the Water Districtʼs office: 39561 Bar 30 Road, Reedsville, Ohio 45772 until 11:00 A.M. local time on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, and at said time and place, publicly opened and read aloud. Bids may be mailed or delivered in Legals advance to the public opening at the above address. The project consists of replacement of approximately 7,600 feet of 4” waterline, including valves, hydrants, main line reconnections, and other necessary appurtenances. Bid Documents that include all bid sheets, specifications, and any addenda can be obtained from M•E Companies, Inc. (the “Engineer”), 5085 Tile Plant Road, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 (phone 740-342-6695) with a non-refundable payment of $70.00 per set. Checks should be made payable to M•E Companies, Inc. Bid Documents will also be on file in the plan room of the F.W. Dodge Corporation, Buildersʼ Exchange, and the District office. Each Bidder is required to furnish with its submission of the fully completed Bid Documents, a Bid Security in accordance with Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. Bid security furnished in Bond form (Bid Guarantee and Contract and Performance Bond as provided in Section 153.57.1 of the Ohio Revised Code), must be issued by a Surety Company or Corporation licensed in the State of Ohio to provide said surety. Those Bidders that elect to submit bid guaranty in the form of a certified check, cashierʼs check or letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305 of the Ohio Revised Code and in accordance with Section 153.54 (C) of the Ohio Revised Code. Any such letter of credit shall be revocable only at the option of the beneficiary Owner. The amount of the certified check, cashierʼs check or letter of credit shall be equal to ten (10) percent of the Bid and the Successful Bidder will be required to submit a bond in the form provided in 153.57 of the Ohio Revised Code in conjunction with the execution of the Contract. Each proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the Bidding Documents and all persons interested therein. Each bidder must submit evidence of its experiences on projects of similar size and complexity. The Owner intends that this Project be completed no later than the time period as set forth in Article 4 of the Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor on the Basis of a Stipulated Price. Each Bidder must insure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, ancestry, or age. This procurement is subject to the EPA policy of encouraging the participation of small business in rural areas (SBRAs). TUPPERS PLAINS-CHESTER WATER DISTRICT LEGAL NOTICE- INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed Bids will be All contractors and subconreceived for furnishing all la- tractors involved with the probor, materials and equipment ject shall to the extent practinecessary to complete a pro- cable, use Ohio products, maject known as Bearwallow Wa- terials, services and labor in terline Extension at the Water the implementation of their Districtʼs office: 39561 Bar 30 project. DOMESTIC STEEL Road, Reedsville, Ohio 45772 USE REQUIREMENTS AS until 11:00 A.M. local time on SPECIFIED IN SECTION Wednesday, April 4, 2012, and 143.011 OF THE (OHIO) REat said time and place, publicly VISED CODE APPPLY TO opened and read aloud. Bids THIS PROJECT. COPIES OF may be mailed or delivered in SECTION 153.011 OF THE advance to the public opening (OHIO) REVISED CODE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ANY at the above address. Help WantedOFGeneral THE OFFICES OF THE The project consists of re- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISThe Meigs Local School District is seeking applicants for the placement of approximately TRATIVE SERVICES. following coaching positions 7,600 feet of 4” waterline, in- for the 2012-3013 school Year: cluding valves, hydrants, main Additionally, contractor compliVarsity ance with the equal employline reconnections, and other Football ment opportunity requirements necessary appurtenances. Varsity Boys Basketball of Ohio Administrative Code 123, the Governorʼs Bid Documents Varsity that include all Chapter Girls Basketball bid sheets, specifications, and Executive Order of 1972, and Governorʼs Executive Order any addenda can be obtainedWrestling Varsity from M•E Companies, Inc. (the 84-9 shall be required. “Engineer”), 5085 TileVarsity Plant Golf Bidders must comply with the Road, New Lexington, ALL interestedOhio candidates are encouraged 43764 (phone 740-342-6695) prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements to submit a letter of interest and resume to:in Athens with a non-refundable payment and Meigs County as deterof $70.00 per set.Bookman, Checks Superintendent Rusty should be made payable to mined by the Davis-Bacon Federal Wage Determinations. Meigs District M•E Companies, Inc.Local BidSchool Documents will also be on file in the plan room of the F.W. The Engineerʼs estimate is Dodge Corporation, Buildersʼ $105,000. Exchange, and the District ofTuppers Plains-Chester Water fice. Each Bidder must insure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, ancestry, or age. This procurement is subject to the EPA policy of encouraging the participation of small business in rural areas (SBRAs). All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project shall to the extent practicable, use Ohio products, materials, services and labor in the implementation of their project. DOMESTIC STEEL USE REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 143.011 OF THE (OHIO) REVISED CODE APPPLY TO THIS PROJECT. COPIES OF SECTION 153.011 Legals OF THE (OHIO) REVISED CODE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ANY OF THE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. Additionally, contractor compliance with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 123, the Governorʼs Executive Order of 1972, and Governorʼs Executive Order 84-9 shall be required. Bidders must comply with the prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Athens and Meigs County as determined by the Davis-Bacon Federal Wage Determinations. The Engineerʼs estimate is $105,000. Tuppers Plains-Chester Water District reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities, reject any or all bids, or to increase or decrease or omit any item or times and/or award the bid to the lowest and best bidder. Publish: 3-13-12 week 1 3-20-12 week 2 VILLAGE OF SYRACUSE LEGAL NOTICE- INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed Bids will be received for furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary to complete a project known as Village of Syracuse – Phase II Water System Improvements at the village office: 2581 3rd Street, P.O. Box 266, Syracuse, Ohio 45779 until 11:00 A.M. local time on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, and at said time and place, publicly opened and read aloud. Bids may be mailed or delivered in advance to the public opening at the above address. The project consists of installation of approximately 3,160 feet of 6” PVC waterline and 4,200 feet of 4” PVC waterline, valves, service reconnections, hydrant installations and other necessary appurtenances. Bid Documents that include all bid sheets, specifications, and any addenda can be obtained from M•E Companies, Inc. (the “Engineer”), 5085 Tile Plant Road, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 (phone 740-342-6695) with a non-refundable payment of $80.00 per set. Checks should be made payable to M•E Companies, Inc. Bid Documents will also be on file in the plan room of the F.W. Dodge Corporation, Buildersʼ Exchange, and the Village of Syracuse office. Each Bidder is required to furnish with its submission of the fully completed Bid Documents, a Bid Security in accordance with Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. Bid security furnished in Bond form (Bid Guarantee and Contract and Performance Bond as provided in Section 153.57.1 of the Ohio Revised Code), must be issued by a Surety Company or Corporation licensed in the State of Ohio to provide said surety. Those Bidders that elect to submit bid guaranty in the form of a certified check, cashierʼs check or letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305 of the Ohio Revised Code and in accordance with Section 153.54 (C) of the Ohio Revised Code. Any such letter of credit shall be revocable only at the option of the beneficiary Owner. The amount of the certified check, cashierʼs check or letter of credit shall be equal to ten (10) percent of the Bid and the Successful Bidder will be required to submit a bond in the form provided in 153.57 of the Ohio Revised Code in conjunction with the execution of the Contract. Each proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the Bidding Documents and all persons interested therein. Each bidder must submit evidence of its experiences on projects of similar size and complexity. The Owner intends that this Project be completed no later than the time period as set forth in Arti- Tuesday, April 10, 2012, and at said time and place, publicly opened and read aloud. Bids may be mailed or delivered in advance to the public opening at the above address. • Page Daily Sentinel The project consists of installation of approximately 3,160 feet of 6” PVC waterline and 4,200 feet of 4” PVC waterline, valves, service reconnections, hydrant installations and other necessary appurtenances. Bid Documents that include all bid sheets, specifications, and any addenda can be obtained from M•E Companies, Inc. (the “Engineer”), 5085 Tile Plant Road, New Lexington, Ohio 43764 (phone 740-342-6695) with a non-refundable payment of $80.00 per set. Checks should be made payable to M•E Companies, Inc. Bid Documents will also be on file in the plan room of the F.W. Dodge Corporation, Buildersʼ Exchange, and the Village of Syracuse office. Each Bidder is required to furnish with its submission of the fully completed Bid Documents, a Bid Security in accordance with Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. Bid security furnished in Bond form (Bid Guarantee and Contract and Performance Bond as provided in Section 153.57.1 of the Ohio Revised Code), must be issued by a Surety Company or Corporation licensed in the State of Ohio to provide said surety. Those Bidders that elect to submit bid guaranty in the form of a certified check, cashierʼs check or letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305 of the Ohio Revised Code and in accordance with Section 153.54 (C) of the Ohio Revised Code. Any such letter of credit shall be revocable only at the option of the beneficiary Owner. The amount of the certified check, cashierʼs check or letter of credit shall be equal to ten (10) percent of the Bid and the Successful Bidder will be required to submit a bond in the form provided in 153.57 of the Ohio Revised Code in conjunction with the execution of the Contract. Each proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the Bidding Documents and all persons interested therein. LegalsEach bidder must submit evidence of its experiences on projects of similar size and complexity. The Owner intends that this Project be completed no later than the time period as set forth in Article 4 of the Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor on the Basis of a Stipulated Price. Each Bidder must insure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, ancestry, or age. All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project shall to the extent practicable, use Ohio products, materials, services and labor in the implementation of their project. DOMESTIC STEEL USE REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 143.011 OF THE (OHIO) REVISED CODE APPPLY TO THIS PROJECT. COPIES OF SECTION 153.011 OF THE (OHIO) REVISED CODE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ANY OF THE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. Additionally, contractor compliance with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 123, the Governorʼs Executive Order of 1972, and Governorʼs Executive Order 84-9 shall be required. Bidders must comply with the prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Meigs County as determined by the Davis-Bacon Federal Wage Determinations. The Engineerʼs estimate for this Contract is $260,000. The Village of Syracuse reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities. The Village reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to increase or decrease or omit any item or times and/or award the bid to the lowest and best bidder. By order of the Village of Syracuse, 2581 3rd Street, Syracuse, Ohio 45779, County of Meigs, this 9th day of February 2012. 03-20-12 week 1 03-27-12 week 2 Lost & Found REWARD for LOST silver bracelet at Fruth Pharmacy on 3/10/12 304-675-5773 We have lost our dog. 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Ron Evans Jackson, OH 800-537-9528 8 �Tuesday, March 20, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 www.mydailysentinel.com Girls From Page 1 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kiyanna Black brushed off the frenetic atmosphere of the girls Division III championship game on Saturday, scoring 27 points, including the first four of overtime to give Columbus Africentric the lead for good, as the Nubians defeated unbeaten Anna 70-66. “A regular day on the court. That’s how I treated it,” Black said. She also had 12 rebounds and six assists. “She put it on her shoulders and carried them,” Anna coach Jack Billing said. Africentric (23-4) also won Division IV titles in 2007 and 2009. Anna (27-1) saw its 50game winning streak end, although the Rockets put up a fight; rallying from six behind in the final 35 seconds of regulation then cutting an eight-point overtime deficit to 68-66. Anna’s Natalie Billing stole the ball with 30 seconds left in overtime and went for the tying basket, but it was blocked by Jaren Francis. The Nubians ran the clock down, and Ayrielle Stith made two foul shots with 1.8 seconds left for the final points. “We kept playing,” Jack Billing said. “I’m proud of our girls. They never quit.” Natalie Billing, the coach’s daughter, had 22 points, and teammate Ashley Frohne added 21. But Black proved to be the difference. “She stepped up big time,” Africentric coach Will McKinney said. Arlington tops Berlin Hiland in D-4 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Arlington’s first trip to the state tournament started four years ago when Seth Newlove became coach and culminated in a championship Saturday. Newlove and the seniors that grew with him cut the nets in Value City Arena on Saturday after beating Berlin Hiland 52-37 in the girls Division IV title game. “That’s what we’ve been working for, for a long time,” senior Amelia Recker said. Dani Heaster had 13 points to lead four teammates in double figures as Arlington (27-1) won its 25th in a row and ended Hiland’s hopes of winning a fifth state title since 2000. The Red Devils’ 7-1 run in the final 80 seconds of the first half doomed the Hawks (19-9) as they fell behind 2610. “We defended the heck out of them,” Newlove said. “That was the key.” Hiland got as close as 12 in the fourth quarter with 3 1/2 minutes to go but Arlington was able to seal the win at the foul line. “We thought we were the team to apply pressure,” Hiland coach Dave Schlabach said. “They were the team that made us feel extremely uncomfortable.” Joy Reamsnyder and Alivia Recker had 11 points, and Amelia Recker added 10. McKenzie Miller had nine points for Hiland. Away From Page 1 Pangos’ 3-point attempt from the right corner with 90 seconds to play. “I thought it was good for sure,” Pangos said. It certainly looked good. The ball went halfway down before rolling off and into the hands of Ohio State’s William Buford. Sullinger again delivered with a baby hook to push the Buckeyes’ lead to 66-61 with 57 seconds left. The Bulldogs got no closer. By the time Bell banked in an awkward 3-pointer with 11 seconds left, it was too late. “I think if you ask the Ohio State guys, they know we hit ‘em and went right at ‘em,” Few said. The 18th will have to wait until next year at least, though coach Mark Few was hardly apologizing after taking the Buckeyes to the limit. “We went toe-to-toe with a really good team,” Few said. “Wouldn’t surprise me if they are cutting down the nets in New Orleans. They’re right at that level with some of those other good teams like Syracuse and Kentucky.” It’s a glass ceiling the Bulldogs have been trying to break through since making the regional finals in 1999. Their best chance of returning to the round of 16 came on Kevin Ohio From Page 1 South Florida coach Stan Heath said. “We lost to a good basketball team.” The Big East’s top scoring defensive team and the Mid-American Conference tournament champions turned out to be a good match for one another. Strong defense from both sides turned FINANCIAL Money To Lend NOTICE Borrow Smart. Contact the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions Office of Consumer Affairs BEFORE you refinance your home or obtain a loan. BEWARE of requests for any large advance payments of fees or insurance. Call the Office of Consumer Affiars toll free at 1-866-278-0003 to learn if the mortgage broker or lender is properly licensed. (This is a public service announcement from the Ohio Valley Publishing Company) 300 SERVICES Business & Trade School Gallipolis Career College (Careers Close To Home) Call Today! 740-446-4367 1-800-214-0452 the first half into a slow-paced affair. South Florida managed just 40.7 percent shooting in the first 20 minutes. The Bobcats had the hot hand first. D.J. Cooper sank a 3-pointer, Reggie Keely hit a pair of free throws and a steal by T.J. Hall led to a layup by Cooper that gave Ohio a 12-6 lead 6 minutes into the game. Victor Rudd Jr. answered with a reApartments/Townhouses Apartments/Townhouses Lots Help Wanted- General Studio Apt. Rio Grande area, within walking distance to Campus. $425 mo / $425 dep. Call or Text 740-339-2494. Trailer lot on Bailey Run Rd for rent, $150 per month. includes water, 252-333-2495 Point Pleasant Moose Lodge is now RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AUTOMOTIVE Trucks 2009 F-250 V-10, gas engine, 56,000 miles, asking $23,000 new condition, run's great, 740-742-3029, 740-416-0019 call after 4pm REAL ESTATE SALES Miscellaneous Jet Aeration Motors repaired, new & rebuilt in stock. Call Ron Evans 1-800-537-9528 Want To Buy For Sale By Owner THREE PT. 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Gonzaga never climbed back in front, and the Buckeyes were marching toward Boston looking just as formidable as top-seed Syracuse thanks to their suddenly easygoing star. “He’s such a smart player,” Matta said of Sullinger. “He knows when he makes a mistake and how to correct it. Jared’s Jared.” the supposedly bigger, deeper Buckeyes. The Bulldogs led 27-20 late in the first half even with Sacre in foul trouble. Reserve Sam Dower filled in capably, crashing the glass and even knocking down his third 3-pointer of the season. If Ohio State was rattled, it didn’t show. Thomas, coming off a career-high 31 points against Loyola, took over with Sullinger relegated to a cheerleader after picking up his second foul. The sophomore swingman ripped off 10 straight points during a 4-minute stretch as Ohio State clawed back. 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Red Riding Hood Amanda Seyfried. (:40) Guide (5:30) Extraordinary Me... (:20) The Heart Specialist ('06, Com/Dra) Wood Harris. Penn Teller Inside Com. Californica. House Lies Shame. "A Great Cause" �Tuesday, March 20, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 www.mydailysentinel.com OVP Briefs Hedgesville, Tug Valley and River Valley summer baseball-softball signups BIDWELL, Ohio — Summer softball and baseball signups will be held at River Valley Middle School on Tuesday, March 20 and Tuesday, March 27 from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Junior girls and junior pony leagues have extended their age group to 13-16 as of Dec. 31, 2011 for girls and May 1, 2012 for boys. Little league is for boys ages 11-12. Mason summer baseball/softball signups MASON, W.Va. — Children may be signed up for baseball or softball from 10 a.m. to noon, every Saturday in March at the Hair Shop in Mason. A copy of the the child’s birth certificate is needed to register. For more information, call Ryan Miller at 604-857-1548, or Rick Kearns at 304-674-3491. Softball league signups POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Point Pleasant girls softball league signups will be held from 6-8 p.m. on the Tuesdays of March 20 and 27 at PPJSHS Commons. Final MYL signup MIDDLEPORT, Ohio — Middleport Youth League will hold its final signup Saturday, March 17, from 9 a.m. until noon at the Middleport Ball Fields. For more information, call Dave at (740) 590-0438 or Tanya at (740) 992-5481. Eastern-Southern Alumni Game TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Any graduate from either Eastern High School or Southern High School is invited to participate in the 2012 Eastern-Southern Alumni Basketball Game on Saturday, March 24, at EHS. The women’s game will start around 4:30 p.m. and the older alums will take the floor at 5:30 p.m. The younger division will be the final contest around 7 p.m. There is a registration fee and the deadline is Friday, March 16. For more information, contact Sam Thompson at sthompson@ easternlocal.net Chas. Catholic win state titles Hedgesville beats GW in Class AAA final CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Phillip Largent sank a free throw with 5 seconds left to lift Hedgesville to a 33-32 win over defending champion George Washington on Saturday in the lowest-scoring boys championship game under the current three-class format. Seventh-seeded Hedgesville (236) won its first championship since taking the 1970 crown in Class A. Hedgesville’s Q.J. Peterson made a 3-pointer with 3:30 left that tied the score at 30. Hedgesville’s Chris Shields and George Washington’s Luke Eddy traded baskets after that. Largent then missed a baseline jump shot but was fouled by Thomas Franke. Largent missed the first free throw but made the second for the final points. Peterson led Hedgesville with 14 points. Luke Eddy paced George Washington (21-7) with 12 points. Franke had seven blocked shots. Like the NCAA tournament, this year’s Class AAA bracket got turned on its side with upsets. Fifth-seeded George Washington beat No. 4 Fairmont Senior in the quarterfinals and No. 1 Martinsburg in the semifinals, while Hedgesville made it to the championship game by beating No. 2 Wheeling Park and No. 6 Parkersburg. Last year George Washington won the title 55-54 when a lastsecond basket by the Wheeling Park’s Bubby Goodwin was ruled a 2 pointer and not a 3-pointer. The referees needed several minutes to review the call before deciding Goodwin’s foot was on the 3-point line. This year’s game had even less scoring. The teams attempted 11 free throws combined. Hedgesville went scoreless in the first quarter and led 15-13 at halftime. The 65 combined points were the lowest for any class since the three-class system began in 1959, and broke the Class AAA mark set in 2004 when Woodrow Wilson beat Hedgesville 49-41. Earlier Saturday, Charleston Catholic beat St. Marys 40-34, the lowest-ever scoring Class A finale. Tug Valley beats Bluefield 5852 for AA title CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Mikey Newsome scored 17 points and Tug Valley used a sizzling start to propel the Panthers to a 58-52 win over top-seeded Bluefield in the boys Class AA championship game on Saturday. In its final season in Class AA, second-seeded Tug Valley (26-2) earned its first championship in 13 years. The Panthers are moving to Class A next season. Bluefield (26-2) trailed the entire game and was down 15-2 after the first quarter. Tug Valley shot 50 percent from the floor in the second half and held Bluefield to 33 percent shooting for the game. Mason Pack added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Tug Valley. Austin Brewer had 14 points and seven as- sists. Anthony Eades led Bluefield with 24 points. Lykel Collier added 14 and K.J. Manns scored 12. Bluefield missed all nine field goal attempts in the first quarter and went scoreless over the first five minutes. Tug Valley scored the first 10 points of the game. Bluefield’s defense forced numerous turnovers early in the second quarter and the Beavers went on a 14-2 run to close the deficit to 17-16 midway. But Tug Valley recovered and Brewer’s jumper in the lane with 1 second left put the Panthers ahead 25-18 at halftime. Eades had 14 points in the third quarter, but no other Bluefield player scored in the period and the Beavers could only trim the deficit to 37-32. Bluefield got no closer in the fourth quarter. Bluefield hasn’t won a championship since winning back-to-back titles in 1995 and 1996. The Beavers also lost in the title games in 1997, 1999 and 2006. Charleston Catholic beats St. Marys for A crown CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Keaghan Ritchie scored 14 points to lead Charleston Catholic to a 40-34 win over top-seeded St. Marys on Saturday in the lowestever scoring Class A championship game. Second-seeded Charleston Catholic (24-3) won its first title since winning back-to-back championships in 2006 and 2007. The Irish had advanced to the championship game for the seventh time in eight seasons. Charleston Catholic got yet another player to step up on offense when points were needed. In a quarterfinal win over Man, Nick George had 19 points and 17 rebounds. Then, Haston Gerencir had 28 points in a semifinal win over defending champion Madonna. Those two combined for 14 points in the championship game. Ritchie scored eight of Charleston Catholic’s 21 points in the second half Saturday. His layup put Charleston Catholic ahead to stay, 33-32, with 3:25 left. The Irish outscored St. Marys 9-4 to finish the game. The teams combined for just 21 fouls and 10 free throws. St. Marys went 3 of 4 from the line and was outrebounded 30-26. St. Marys lost in its first trip to the Class A championship game. It hadn’t played for a title since losing to Williamson in Class AA in 1988. Derek Renner led St. Marys (252) with 13 points while K.D. Arnett had 11 rebounds. Arnett, who had 25 points in a semifinal win over Midland Trail, was limited to nine points. It was the lowest scoring Class A title game under the current three-class format that started in 1959. The previous low came in 1994 when Doddridge County beat Burch 42-41. 14 of 16 left in NCAA come from major conferences Eddie Pells Associated Press So much for the little guys. Instead of parlaying an historic day of upsets into a second weekend filled with small schools, the NCAA tournament now looks like a who’swho of major college programs. All but two of the 16 teams in the regional semifinals will be from power conferences. The lone exceptions are Xavier, which is hardly a stranger to this kind of year, and Ohio University, a big school with a small, but no longer unknown, basketball program. According to STATS, this will be the first time since 2003 that 14 teams from the six major conferences have made the Sweet 16. Next week’s matchups: No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 4 Indiana and No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 10 Xavier in the South; No. 1 Syracuse vs. No. 4 Wisconsin and No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 6 Cincinnati in the East; No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 13 Ohio and No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 11 North Carolina State in the Midwest; and No. 1 Michigan State vs. No. 4 Louisville and No. 3 Marquette vs. No. 7 Florida out West. Those 14 power-conference teams have a combined 93 Final Four appearances and 33 national titles. While two No. 2 seeds, Duke and Missouri, fell to 15s Lehigh and Norfolk State in a historymaking second round Friday, all four No. 1s got through the first week safely the first time that’s happened since 2009. A year before that, all four top-seeded teams made it to the Final Four for the only time. It’s possible again this year, though Carolina will have to overcome an injury to a key player to get there. The Tar Heels defeated Creighton 87-73, but point guard Kendall Marshall broke his right (non-shooting) wrist. “You can ask any question you want, but I just told you all we know,” Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said when announcing the injury. “We do not know anything else.” Though there are few small programs such as the Butlers and VCUs and George Masons that have crashed the Final Four over the last decade there will be three teams who bring double-digit seeds to the final 16. The list starts with No. 11 North Carolina State, the program that pretty much set the standard for March Madness upsets and gave us one of the most memorable moments in college sports: Coach Jim Valvano running around the floor at The Pit, looking for someone to hug after Lorenzo Charles grabbed Dereck Whittenburg’s air ball and put it in at the buzzer for an upset over powerhouse Houston. That was in 1983. In 2012, the Wolfpack snuck in as one of the last at-large teams to make the field. On Sunday, they upset No. 3 Georgetown 66-63 to make it to the Midwest Regional, where they’ll play Kansas. “We always talk about we have such great history at NC State, but it’s also time to build some new history,” coach Mark Gottfried said. No. 10 Xavier comes from the Atlantic-10, the closest thing to a power conference without actually being one. This is the fourth Sweet 16 appearance in the last five years for the Musketeers, who made their biggest news this season with an ugly brawl against crosstown rival Cincinnati that led to suspensions and knocked the team out of whack. “The only guys that know what we went through were the guys who were in the locker room,” coach Chris Mack said. “Some would say it’s self-inflicted, but I know we have great kids. And I’m really proud of them today.” Then, of course, there’s No. 13 Ohio enrollment 17,000 but with a basketball program that has, well, basically nothing in common with the better-known behemoths from the state that will join them in the Sweet 16 Ohio State, Xavier and Cincy. “I do think our guys have a chip on their shoulder,” Ohio coach John Groce said. “I think our guys look forward to playing on the big stage against quality competition.” Cincinnati beats Florida St 62-56 to advance NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dion Dixon and the Cincinnati Bearcats are making it an Ohio party in the NCAA tournament, giving the Buckeye State four teams in the final 16. Next up, the sixth-seeded Bearcats play Ohio State for only the second time since beating the Buckeyes in 1961 and 1962 for back-to-back national championships. Dixon stole the ball and dunked to put Cincinnati ahead for good with 1:32 left, and the Bearcats edged No. 3 seed Florida State 62-56 Sunday night to reach their first regional semifinal in the NCAA tournament since 2001. Cincinnati (26-10) will play No. 2 seed Ohio State in Boston on Thursday night in the East Regional, joining Xavier and Ohio in the second weekend. The Bearcats and Ohio State last played on Dec. 16, 2006, when Ohio State won 72-50 in Indianapolis in the Wooden Tradition. That was the only time the former state rivals have played since Cincinnati’s championship game wins. “It’s an accomplishment for us considering everything we’ve been through all year,” Dixon said. “To make it to the Sweet 16 is just unreal.” It’s a game few could have pic- tured for Cincinnati back in December after trash talking and a brawl capped a 76-53 loss to Xavier that led to suspensions. The Bearcats now have won five of six, reaching their first Big East tournament championship game as well. “We were so far from the NCAA tournament we couldn’t see it with binoculars,” Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin said. “These guys, they’re prepared to play must-win games because we’ve been playing them since Dec. 13 at Wright State.” Sean Kilpatrick scored 18 points and Dixon finished with 15. Yancy Gates had 10 and JaQuon Parker grabbed 11 rebounds. Florida State (25-10) had its six-game winning streak snapped. The Seminoles won their first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title this season are heading home short of the NCAA regional semifinal they reached a year ago. “As physical as it was, it got to the point where I mean, I think the refs had to not call a lot of things,” Florida State senior Bernard James said. “I don’t think we handled that too well, me in particular. I shot a much lower percentage than I normally shoot, especially point-blank jump hooks and layups.” Luke Loucks led the Seminoles with 14 points. James and Michael Snaer both scored 11. “They did the little things that gave them the edge to give them the opportunity to win this game,” coach Leonard Hamilton said. This game featured 19 lead changes and 11 ties, and neither team led by more than three in the second half until the Bearcats scored seven straight points. Kilpatrick hit a free throw to tie it at 50, then Dixon stole the ball on a careless pass from Loucks in front of the Cincinnati bench as Florida State tried to bring the ball up court. Dixon took off and slammed down a dunk to give Cincinnati the lead. “I got a steal, it was just me and the basket,” Dixon said. “I saw nobody else, and I went up and dunked it. It kind of sparked us a little bit.” Cronin called that the play of the game, with the Bearcats needing every steal possible to combat Florida State’s size in the paint. “That was a tremendous play on his part, reading the pass and tremendous anticipation,” Cronin said. Cashmere Wright hit a jumper, and Gates added two free throws for a 56-50 lead with 35.3 seconds left. The Bearcats sealed it by hit- ting all eight free throws in the final 35.3 seconds. “After Dion got that dunk, we knew the game would come down to making free throws, so our focus got onto defense and free throws. So I think that enabled us to step up to the line and knock them down,” Gates said. The Seminoles led 29-28 at halftime and were up by five in the first half. But a Florida State team that came into the NCAA tournament sixth in Division I holding opponents to 38.1 percent shooting couldn’t stop Cincinnati in the second half. The Bearcats hit 11 of 21 (52.4 percent) overall and 12 of 13 at the free throw line. Cincinnati had a big edge at the line (19 of 23) overall compared to Florida State (12 of 15). Florida State had trouble holding onto the ball, too, with 13 of its 17 turnovers coming on steals by Cincinnati. The Bearcats turned those into 19 points. Snaer said it was shocking how much the Seminoles struggled to hang onto the ball because the coaches warned them about how Cincinnati likes to pressure and go for steals. They just weren’t ready for what they encountered on the court. “Some guys didn’t know how to handle it, and they got away with some strips,” Snaer said. “We just weren’t concentrating and protecting the ball the way we should have.” Cincinnati said before the game that Florida State would fit right in the Big East with its stingy defense, and this game looked just like a conference battle. Florida State last led 5049 on a pair of free throws by Loucks with 2:09 left after Gates’ fourth personal foul of the game. That’s when the Bearcats took over. The first half gave a glimpse of what the final 20 minutes would be. Snaer hit back-to-back 3s within the first 3 minutes after the Seminoles’ leading scorer was shut out in their opening win over St. Bonaventure. Snaer missed on a couple of airballs, but he still had nine points by halftime. Florida State led 26-25 at the break largely thanks to a quick six points keyed by senior Deividas Dulkys. 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