https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/809a3ca58ebd63a338ccc1d3aba60c4d.pdf 26ca1433931450d8bf9934b83ab01b1f PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER Shake Shoppe sponser pediatric fund.... Page 3 Showers today. High of 75. Low of 46.. Page 2 SPORTS OBITUARIES High school baseball, softball .... Page 6 Donald I Barrett, 78 Mark Alan Price, 49 50 cents daily WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 Vol. 62, No. 50 Middleport moving operations to new village hall By Charlene Hoeflich partment have already been booked in. Six outside contracts for use of the jail were signed earlier and at the meeting Council approved contracts with Syracuse and Rutland to house prisoners for $60 a day. Also approved by Council on the recommendation of Wood was the employment of Mary Shuler as a part-time cook, and the promotion of Debbie Wells to head cook at the rate of $9 per hour starting April 2. Wells has worked full time for the village for nine years. Mayor Mike Gerlach reported that the “move is on” for the village’s business of- choeflich@mydailysentinel.com MIDDLEPORT — Middleport’s new jail is open and receiving prisoners and the move of village business offices from the old building on Race Street to the new facility on Beech Street is under way. That was the report given at a meeting of Middleport Village Council Monday night. Jail administrator Mony Wood reported that everything is going well at the jail, that the police have moved to the new location, that the kitchen is set up and operating and that three persons from the Meigs County Sheriff’s De- fices. He noted that Charlie Chancey had loaned a horse trailer for their use and village workers were doing the work of transporting the furniture and equipment from the old location to the newly renovated building. The mayor appointed a committee to set up rules and regulations and the times when the gym can be used for activities so as not to interfere with business activities including use of the kitchen for preparing meals for prisoners. He named to that committee which will work with him as mayor, Chief of Police Bruce Swift, Housing Inspector Mike Hendrickson, Jail administrator Wood, Village Administrator Fayman Roberts, and ClerkTreasurer Sue Baker. Permanent appropriations for village operations of $231,629, as presented by Baker and required by law to be filed with the Meigs County Auditor, were approved by Council. It was explained by Baker that appropriating money doesn’t mean that much money will be spent to operate the village but just that it “parked” so that it is available if needed. It was noted that Wayne Dent has applied for a liquor permit for use in operating the bar, formerly Beth’s Place at the corner of North Second and Race. It was noted by the mayor that the license will be automatically renewed unless village council decides to try to block it. After a discussion, Councilman Roger Manley made a motion to appeal the re-issuance of the liquor license to Dent, but the motion died for lack of a second. Middleport Fire Chief Jeff Darst met with Council to discuss monthly reports, the need for flow tests on hydrants which hasn’t been done for years, and how that might be a contributory factor in getting a Class 4 rating which could reduce insurance rates in the village. While at the meeting he also reported that the ladder truck is now 21 years old, that refurbishing it would be costly, and suggested a replacement at an estimated cost of $750,000 to $800,000 might have to be considered. He estimated resale of the old truck at $60,000. The possibility of grant money since the village services areas outside the village including a power plant was suggested and the mayor proposed a meeting with Buckeye Hills Development Agency in Marietta as a first step in exploring sources of financial help. The mayor, Craig Wehrung of the village’s See HALL ‌| Page 5 When I grow up … Southern hosts Career Day Submitted photo Individuals representing Holzer Clinic and Holzer Health Systems were in Columbus, Tuesday to sign documents that serve to move the two entities toward integration. Pictured are, front row, from left, T. Wayne Munro, MD, President of Holzer Clinic and Chief Operations Officer, Holzer Health Systems; Alan Stockmeister, Chairman of the Board, Holzer Consolidated Health Systems; Brent Saunders, CEO of Holzer Consolidated Health Systems; Back row, G. Patrick Connors, CEO Holzer Clinic; Ellen Garling, Chief Legal Counsel, Holzer Clinic; Jim Phillippe, President, Holzer Medical Center and Holzer Medical Center - Jackson; John Cunningham, Chief Operations Officer, Holzer Clinic; Ken Payne, Chief Financial Officer, Holzer Health Systems; and Tom Denbow, Chief Financial Officer, Holzer Clinic. Holzer Health Systems, Holzer Clinic sign integration documents Staff report mdtnews@mydailytribune.com Sarah Hawley/photos Students from preschool to high school took part in the annual Career Day event on Tuesday morning at the Southern Local schools. While students like the fifth grade classes of Mrs. Pape, Mrs. Lisle, and Mr. Caldwell had the oportunity to learn about excavating from Jeremy Rose of Rose’s Excavating, others had the opportunity to listen to Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Cunningham speak about his career. Reggie Robinson — as known as Rockin’ Reggie — opened the days events, speaking to all the elementary students about careers. While several presenters spoke in classrooms at the elementary, high school students had to opportunity to speak with various groups in the gymnasium. COLUMBUS — As the health care environment evolves with numerous governmental changes and increasing competition, physicians and administrative leaders under the umbrella of Holzer agree that the most effective way to address these current challenges is to deliver care through an integrated system. In this vein, Holzer Health Systems and Holzer Clinic traveled to Columbus Tuesday to formally sign documents moving the two organizations toward an integrated entity to provide a new, singular regional health care system — Holzer Health System. “In today’s health care, merging our two entities is logical and necessary. Not only will it enhance the opportunities available for the Holzer staff, it will allow us to provide continued top quality services for the communities we serve,” said Alan Stockmeister, Chairman of the Board for Holzer Consolidated Health Systems. “I have been a big advocate for this merger and consider myself blessed to have been able to be a part of this integration. I applaud all of the many people who have tirelessly See HOLZER ‌| Page 5 Commissioners approve CHIP application By Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublicaitons.com POMEROY — The 2012 Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) application was approved by the Meigs County Commissioners during Thursday’s regular weekly meeting. Following a second public hearing held during the meeting, President of the Commissioners Tom Anderson signed a resolution approving the application which is due by April 2. Meigs County will be applying for $500,000 in available grant funds for CHIP. Grant funds, if awarded, would be used for Private Owner Rehabilitation, Home ownership and Home Repair. According to the program Submitted photo budget, $125,000 would be State DAR Regent Sharlene Shoaf, right, speaker at the 104th spent on 11 home repairs, anniversary celebration of Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter, is $150,000 would be spent on DAR Chapter celebrates 104th anniversary By Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — A celebration of the 104th anniversary of Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution featured a program on early presidents by the State DAR Regent Sharlene Shoaf. She talked about the many different personalities and characteristics of the honored men describing one who soaked his feet in cold water every day, one who smoked cigars constantly and died of throat cancer, and another who drank ex- cessively. She also spoke of one who wore the British dress including white wigs, and others who felt they should not dress like the British since we had won independence from them. She also mentioned one who did not like a visiting dignitary and wore his underclothes’ during their visit. The meeting was opened in ritualistic form by Opal Grueser, regent, with Keith Ashley providing piano accompaniment for the singing of the National Anthem. Linda Russell gave See DAR ‌| Page 5 pictured here with the local DAR Regent Opal Grueser. four home ownerships and $165,000 would be spent on four private owner rehabilitations. The remainder of the grant funds would go toward the administration of the grant. Rutland Village has been named the target area for the grant, with a portion of the funds set aside for projects within the village. Funds for two private owner rehabilitations and four home repairs would be used within the target area. In other business, the commissioners referred a request from the Rutland Township Trustees for the vacation of two roads to the county engineer. The roads requested to be vacated are Township Road 446, Fetty Road, from the junction of Township Road 41, Parkinson Road, and a portion of Township Road 41, from the See CHIP ‌| Page 5 �Wednesday, March 28, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com Meigs County Community Calender Wednesday, March 28 CHESTER — Special meting at 6:30 p.m. for the Chester Townshiip Trustees. Bids for cemetery work will be reviewed. Saturday, March 31 RUTLAND — An Easter egg hunt will be held at Old Fort Meigs, 35431 New Lima Road, at 2 p.m. All ages welcome, prizes will be given, food will be available, and there will be free fishing for children. For more information call 742-2974. ORANGE TWP. — The Orange Township Trustees will hold a Special Meeting at 7 p.m. at the home of the fiscal officer, Osie Follrod. Sunday, April 1 TUPPERS PLAINS — Special singing at the South Bethel Community Church will be held at 1:30 p.m. A dinner will begin at noon. Coolville Unity Singers will perform, “Celebrating with Songs of Joy.” Pastor Linda Damewood invites the public to attend. Monday, April 2 POMEROY — The Meigs County Cancer Initiative, Inc. (MCCI) will meet at noon in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department. New members are welcome. For more information contact Courtney Midkiff at 740-992-6626. Wednesday, April 4 HARRISONVILLE — The Scipio Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire Department. Thursday, April 5 CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 will conduct highway trash pickup. Meet at the lodge hall at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 8 TUPPERS PLAINS — Easter sunrise services at the St. Paul United Methodist Church at Tuppers Plains will be held at 6:30 a.m. The adult choir will present “O What a Savior.” Local stocks AEP (NYSE) — 38.65 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 19.58 Ashland Inc. 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Member SIPC. Meigs County Ohio Valley Forecast Local Briefs Classical music concert RUTLAND — A classical music concert will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at the Rutland Church of God on Route 124. Belita Stout, violinist, will be featured along with the OU Graduate String Quartet whose other members are Bobby Luan, violin; Tim Cuffman, violin/viola, and Jay Holloway, cello. Light refreshments will be served following the concert. Donations will be accepted. There will be free babysitting. The public is invited. Jury Trial cancelled POMEROY — The jury trail set for 9 a.m. on April 3 has been cancelled. All Petit Jurors scheduled to appear on that day do not need to report. Soup Saturday TUPPERS PLAINS — The outreach missions team of the St. Paul Methodist Church of Tuppers Plains will host a free, open to the public, “Soup Saturday” event at the church. Soup, desserts and drinks will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mulberry Avenue closed POMEROY — Mulberry Avenue will be closed for a few hours on Wednesday and potentially Thursday for the final restoration and cleanup of the Columbia Gas project near the Mulberry Pond. Flower removal TUPPERS PLAINS — Flowere removing from the Tuppers Plains Christian Cemetary will start on April 2. Any one wishing to keep decorations must remove them before that date. Maintenance fees for mowing are also due if you wish to have graves mowed. Payments may be sent to Marvene Caldwell, 41036 SR 7, Reedsville, Ohio 45772. SUTTON TWP. — Sutton Township Trustees ask that all flowers and decorations be removed from graves before mowing begins. 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. Farmer’s Market POMEROY — Anyone interested in taking part in the Farmer’s Market on the Pomeroy Parking Lot this Summer is asked to contact Derek Brickles at (740) 5904891. 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. 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, 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) 6754956. 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 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. Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11 a.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Southwest wind between 5 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 63. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. Saturday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65. For The Record 911 March 21 8:41 a.m., East Memorial Drive, chest pain; 10:38 a.m., East Memorial Drive, nausea/vomiting; 2:38 p.m., East Memorial Drive, abdominal pain; 2:42 p.m., Rainbow Road, difficulty breathing; 2:46 p.m., Ohio 7, motor vehicle collision; 5:37 p.m., West Main Street, fractured body part; 5:49 p.m., Titus Road, farm accident; 6:15 p.m., East Memorial Drive, head injury; 6:47 p.m., East Memorial Drive, difficulty breathing; 8:19 p.m., East Memorial Drive, diabetic emergency; 8:51 p.m., East Memorial Drive, difficulty breathing; 9:28 p.m., Ohio 124, nausea/ vomiting. March 22 10:13 a.m., Rocksprings Road, high blood pressure; 10:44 a.m., Dyesville Road, stroke/CVA; 11:31 a.m., Hysell Run Road, fall; 12:45 p.m., Lower Route Seven Road, chest pain; 1:07 p.m., Rye Road, fall; 3:39 p.m., unknown, gas leak/odor; 10:00 p.m., Roy Jones Road, difficulty breathing. March 23 9:39 a.m., West Main Street, seizure/convulsions; 9:43 a.m., Ohio 124, chest pain; 11:43 a.m., East Memorial Drive, abdominal pain; 2:20 p.m., unknown, difficulty breathing; 3:08 p.m., Wolfe Pen Road, brush fire; 6:53 p.m., East Memorial Drive, altered mental status; 7:35 p.m., Powell Street, chest pain; 10:34 p.m., Arbaugh Road, abdominal pain. March 24 12:43 a.m., Rocksprings Road, difficulty breathing; 1:10 a.m., Rowe Road, chest pain; 1:34 a.m., South Second Avenue, difficulty breathing; 11:14 a.m., Resort Road, kidney stone possible; 11:43 a.m., Elm Street, syncope/passing out; 12:05 p.m., Pomeroy Levy, motor vehicle collision; 1:31 p.m., Page Street, fall; 1:56 p.m., East Memorial Drive, stroke/CVA; 2:34 p.m., Pearl Street, chest pain; 4:35 p.m., East Memorial Drive, unknown; 5:51 p.m., Bradbury Road, fall; 7:16 p.m., Lincoln Hill Street, high blood pressure; 7:48 p.m., Sixth Street, difficulty breathing; 8:43 p.m., East Memorial Drive, unconscious/ unknown; 8:51 p.m., East Memorial Drive, difficulty breathing. March 25 12:32 a.m., Pearl Street, high temperature; 3:12 a.m., Dorst Road, chest pain; 3:28 a.m., Roy Jones Road, dead on arrival; 10:45 a.m., Pomeroy, altered mental status; 12:40 p.m., Rocksprings Road, difficulty breathing; 12:49 p.m., Beech Street, chest pain; 6:09 p.m., Rutland Street, abdominal pain. March 26 8:42 a.m., Leading Creek Road, seizure/convulsions; 10:46 a.m., Ohio 143, difficulty breathing; 12:48 p.m., Hudson Street, fall; 3:30 p.m., Rocksprings Road, difficulty breathing; 11:26 p.m., Second Street, abdominal pain. March 27 1:16 a.m., Yellowbush Road, seizure/convulsions. Federal court rejects ‘Joe the Plumber’ suit CINCINNATI (AP) — Federal appeals judges Tuesday rejected a lawsuit by “Joe the Plumber” that claimed his rights were violated by a state records search after he voiced public concern over taxes to then-candidate Barack Obama. The three-judge 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a lower court’s dismissal of the lawsuit. Samuel J. Wurzelbacher of the Toledo area became nationally known as “Joe” during the 2008 presidential campaign after the much-quoted dis- cussion about taxes with Obama. He claims his First Amendment and privacy rights were violated by three Ohio Job and Family Services officials who were Obama supporters and who searched databases for information about him soon after the discussion. The department’s director and another official resigned and the third official was ousted in the aftermath of the searches. The judges found Wurzelbacher wasn’t harmed and there was no interference with his free speech by the “fruitless database searches” conducted. “Our conclusion is supported by the fact that Wurzelbacher was not deterred or chilled in the exercise of his First Amendment rights as a result of defendants’ wrongful conduct,” wrote Judge Richard A. Griffin, a George W. Bush appointee. The court said Wurzelbacher failed to show “a sufficient adverse action.” Wurzelbacher won the House 9th District Republican nomination this year and will face Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in the November election. The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 Ask Dr. Brothers Boyfriend mugs for the camera *** Dear Dr. Dear Dr. Brothers: My Brothers: I’m boyfriend and I sure you are have a 10-year going to think relationship and I’m a terrible are in our 40s. person, but He’s a very outhere goes. My going entertainer boyfriend and who loves the I had a great spotlight, and time together I am more of a before he went wallflower. He alinto the miliways tries to get tary. He was his picture taken away for more with cute girls he sees at his events, Dr. Joyce Brothers than a year, and he came back and it doesn’t reSyndicated at Christmas ally bother me Columnist with the other — that’s just him. troops. Now But at a showcase the other night, my best we have no fun. He is either friend was with us, and she sleeping all the time or trysaid his behavior was outra- ing to sleep. He cries and geous and I should call him wants me to hold him. Of on it. Am I being stupid to course I love him, but I am let him fool around like this? so tired of not having our old relationship anymore. If — K.N. Dear K.N.: It sounds as I bail out, would that be an though you and your boy- awful thing? — M.F. Dear M.F.: It takes a cerfriend have a well-balanced relationship, one in which tain amount of courage to he enjoys the limelight and admit your feelings, so you you prefer the shadows. You should give yourself some don’t take his grandstand- credit for that. If you don’t ing very seriously and real- have the stomach for being ize that it’s just part of his his lover and best friend personality. Things seem anymore, then you certainly to have been going along shouldn’t be in a position to smoothly, if you are being have to pretend. He likely honest with yourself about will be able to see right your reactions to his antics. through you, and anger or So the real reason for your depression might be the discomfort now is the little result. If you leave, though, voice whispering in your you might get exactly the ear, belonging to your best same sort of response. Your friend. Either she knows boyfriend may be suffering more than you do, or she is from post-traumatic stress giving you advice not based and depression, and if he on knowing you and your hasn’t done so already, he boyfriend very well, but on should make an appointwhat she would feel and do ment to be evaluated, and should take advantage of all were she in your position. Jealousy just isn’t part of the services he’s entitled to. some people’s makeup, but He would be so much it could be a strong force better off if you found it in in your friend’s. So before your heart to understand you start feeling like a fool what he’s facing. And you and taking her point of view might try to find it in your as your own, consider the heart not to dump him at source. She could even be this time. Love is about bewishing to stir up a little ing there for one another trouble so that you and she through thick and thin. If could have more girl talks you can leave him now withand she would become indisout a backward glance, then pensable as your adviser. So before you develop a sense you probably aren’t enhancof outrage or hurt, examine ing his return home anyway. your own feelings very care- But only you know how fully. If you really believe you really feel, what you you can trust your boyfriend can cope with and where to behave when he’s out of you want the relationship your sight, there’s no real to go from here. I hope you reason to worry about his are able to make the right hijinks when he’s in it. Tell choice. (c) 2012 by King your girlfriend that everyFeatures Syndicate thing’s cool with you. Tighter security for SAT, ACT in wake of cheating MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Students taking college entrance exams this fall will have to submit photo IDs with their applications — a key security upgrade following a widespread cheating scandal at a number of high schools on New York’s Long Island, a prosecutor and testing officials announced Tuesday. The security change is one of a number of initiatives following the arrest of 20 current or former high school students accused in a cheating scheme. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said some of the students were paid as much as $3,500 to stand in for other students on the SAT exam, a key barometer for many colleges determining admissions. She said 50 students were likely involved in the scheme, but she only had evidence to arrest 20. The prosecution cases against the 20 students are still pending. Rice complained that security procedures were too lax, and was particularly incensed when she learned that one male student allegedly stood in for a female on one occasion. She said students have easy access to phony identification cards, making it difficult for admin- istrators at testing sites to determine if a student is actually who he or she claims to be. “These reforms close a gaping hole in standardized test security that allowed students to cheat and steal admissions offers and scholarship money from kids who play by the rules,” Rice said. During the 2010-11 school year, the SAT was administered to nearly three million students worldwide; 1.6 million students took the ACT in 2011. The new testing requirements include making students upload a photograph of themselves when they register for the SAT or ACT. Those unable to upload a photo will be permitted to mail in a photo, which will be scanned by the testing agency. Then, an admission ticket into the testing site, containing the scanned photo, will be mailed to the student. The photo will not only be printed on the admission ticket, but on the test site roster, and can be checked against the photo ID a student provides at the test center. That photo will be attached to students’ scores as they are reported to high schools and colleges. �Wednesday, March 28, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com Local gymnasts compete at invitationals Submitted photos Southern Ohio Gymnastics Academy had many winners including four All Around champions at the recent Follow Your Dreams Invitational gymnastics meet in Hilliard, Ohio. Pictured (front row) Piper Kidd, Level 4, 1st All Around 36.225, 1st uneven bars 9.425, tied 1st balance beam 9.0; Jerah Justice, Level 4, 1st All Around 36.95, 1st vault 9.375, 2nd uneven bars 9.10, 1st balance beam 9.2; Ellie Andrick, Level 3, 1st All Around 37.225, 1st vault 9.55, 2nd balance beam 9.375, 2nd floor exercise 9.15; Taylor Huck, Level 5, 1st All Around 36.6, 1st vault 9.325, 1st uneven bars 9.3; (second row) Gwyneth Gandee, Level 3, tied 2nd vault 9.35, 1st balance beam 9.40; Sydnee Runyon, Level 5, 2nd vault 9.475; Kylie Defoy, Level 4, 2nd vault 9.2, 2nd uneven bars 9.15; Alyssa Cremeens, Level 6, 1st vault 9.575, 2nd uneven bars 8.925; Shawna Goody, Level 8, 2nd uneven bars 9.40; Jazmine Herdman, Level 4, 1st vault 9.60, 2nd uneven bars 9.20; (back row) Sally Mankins, Level 9, 1st balance beam 9.075; 2nd floor exercise 9.225, 2nd All Around 36.20; Paxton Roberts, Level 8, 2nd floor exercise 9.15; Hannah Shafer, Level 5, 2nd vault 9.60; Katie Fick, 1st vault 9.35. Not pictured, Jenna Burke, Level 6, 2nd uneven bars, 8.80. The girls teams will be competing at state and regional meets the rest of March and April. Submitted photos Southern Ohio Gymnastics Academy’s boys team had three winners at the recent Hocking Valley Gymnastics Spring Fling in Lancaster, Ohio. Pictured from left to right: Andrew Huck, Level 4, 2nd on pommels 13.0, 1st on still rings 14.7, 2nd on high bar 14.8, 2nd All Around 86.1; Dexter Roettker, Level 7, 2nd on floor 14.5, 1st on still rings 14.7, 2nd on parallel bars 15.2, tied 2nd on high bar 14.2, 2nd All Around 83.5; Devan Goody, Level 4, 2nd on pommels 14.9, 1st on still rings 15.4, 1st on vault 15.1, 2nd on parallel bars 15.2, 1st All Around, 91.2. The boys move on to their Ohio state meet the end of March. The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 Martial arts students recognized MIDDLEPORT, Ohio — Several local students recently received awards for their accomplishments at the Martial Arts Center School in Middleport, Ohio. In addition to the physical aspects of the test, all students were asked to study the history and philosophy of the Martial Arts and were asked questions pertaining to the book “Karate Questions and Answers,” which was written by the school director Donald Bitanga PhD. More than 100 parents and friends were in attendance to witness the spring group test. In addition to new belts, all successful students also receive medals and are in contention for awards in the form of trophies. Students are expected to absorb all of the positive attributes of the Asian Martial Arts which include courtesy, self esteem, respect for academ- ic school teachers, better grades, appreciation for all that their parents do for them, self confidence, and self defense. The students receiving belts and awards are as follows: Yellow Belt Achievement — Gage M. Weisenmuller, Andrea M. Neutzling, Cody Cox, Tristan Rhodes; Orange Belt Achievement — C. Korrigan J. Amadi, Paxton P. Neutzling, Hugh Mitchell, Nicholas Roe; Purple Belt Achievement — Ethan Gray, Bailey J. Johnson, Joshua Hendricks, Tiffanee Kemper, Arnold Birchfield, Emily Li, Cassandra Durham; Green Belt Achievement — Gunner Hayden Jones, Patrick Mullins, Nathan A. Mc Williams, Jed Grueser, Hayden Clark; Blue Belt Achievement — Brock D. Roush, Casey Ridenour; Submitted photos Pictured are the students and board members of Martial Arts Center School in Middleport, Ohio. Brown Belt Achievement — Logan Waugh, Storm Lebo, Paxton Lebo, Jessica Coleman, John Holsinger, Minerva Abella, Katie Ginther; Outstanding Student Trophy Awards — Korrigan Amati, Cody Cox, Paxton Neutzling, Nathan McWilliams, Bailey Johnson, Pat Mullins, Ethan Gray, Katie Ginther, Gage Weisenmuller, Casey Ridenour; Student instructor awards — Tiffanee Kemper, Cindy Bowling, Jessica Coleman; Dedication to the Martial Arts — Minerva Abella, Joshua Hendricks; Test Trophy Awards — 4th place, Arnold Birchfield; 3rd place, Nicholas Roe; 2nd place, John Holsinger; 1st place, Tiffanee Kemper; Best of Test — Jessica Coleman. URG to perform songs from ‘Rent’ RIO GRANDE — The University of Rio Grande/ Rio Grande Community College will present songs from the rock opera, “Rent,” during a special noon performance on Thursday, March 29. The concert, which will be free and open to the public, will feature Rio Grande students singing solos and group numbers from the award-winning and very popular Broadway musical. A few local high school students will also be featured in the concert, which will be directed by Valerie Tanner, adjunct voice professor at Rio Grande. The performance will be held inside the cafeteria in the Davis University Center. The performance will be one of many special activities on campus that day, as it will also be known as “Bohemian Day,” at Rio Grande. The Finer Things Club on campus is coordinating the Bohemian Day activities as fun events for faculty, staff and students. Area residents are also invited to take part in the special events and programs. The other events will include a Day at the Opera in the Lyne Center. For the Day at the Opera, music from “La Boheme” will be played in the fitness center during the day. Also during the day, all students, faculty and staff will be invited to dress in Bohemian style clothes, which can include styles from several different time periods. The idea behind the day is to look at the different Bohemian cultures and styles. Tanner explained that she originally discussed having her music students perform songs from the opera, “La Boheme” for the special day. “We also discussed selections from the musical, ‘Rent,’ which is based on ‘La Boheme,’” Tanner said. “I passed the idea by my students and they were more than willing to jump at the chance to sing selections from the show.” Rio Grande students and local high school students that Tanner works with will all be included in the performance. The concert will feature group songs from “Rent” such as “Seasons of Love,” “Will I,” and “La vie Boheme.” The solos that will be included in the concert will include “One Song Glory,” “Light My Candle,” “Out Tonight,” and “Without You.” All Rio Grande students have been invited to join the show, and Tanner is pleased with the talented students who have already signed up to join the performance. Additional students are also welcome to join, if they contact Tanner soon. “I look forward to seeing how much hidden talent we have here on campus,” Tanner said. She is pleased with how the performance is coming together, and said that Rio Grande students, faculty, and staff, as well as area residents will enjoy hearing these selections from the popular Broadway show. James “Sunny” Sundquist will serve as the accompanist for the performance. For more information on the show, call Tanner at 1-800-282-7201. POMEROY — In lieu of their regular meeting at the Mulberry Community Center Tuesday night, members joined other Tea Party groups for the showing of the film “Monumental”: In Search of America’s Na- tional Treasurer” at the Athena Grande Theater in Athens. The documentary trac- es host Kirk Cameron’s personal journey to rediscover America’s Christian heritage. Last week 15 members went to Ironton to assist in launching the Lawrence County Tea Party. Tea Party members see heritage documentary Chester to host Ancient Trails program CHESTER — The Chester Shade Historical Association will host the April 22 meeting of the Ancient Trails of South Central Ohio Preservation Society of Chillicothe. The meeting will take place at the Chester Courthouse on Route 248 in Chester from 2 to 5 p.m. Special displays and maps will be created and displayed at the meeting. Residents are invited to come and share their knowledge. For more information, contact Pamela Schatz, 667-9712 or call the Chester Courthouse, 985-9822. 60301545 Pediatric fund receives support Submitted photo The Earl Neff Pediatric Fund at Holzer Medical Center continues to be supported by area businesses and organizations. The Pediatric Fund, in existence for 40 years, has supplied needed toys, equipment and entertainment to the thousands of pediatric patients who have received care on Holzer Medical Center’s Pediatric Unit. Shake Shoppe, represented in the photo by Owner Tim Snedaker, is this month’s sponsor. For more information, please call Linda Jeffers-Lester at (740) 446-5217. Visit us online at www.mydailysentinel.com �The Daily Sentinel Opinion The struggle for equal rights continues By Jack Burgess It’s women’s history month, and the news is full of stories about a war on women. What else is new? Women around the world have been struggling for equal rights ever since Eve got blamed for “original” sin. American history begins with “Molly Pitcher” risking her life on the battlefield in the Revolution, while Abigail Adams urges her husband, John Adams, to not leave women out of the Declaration of Independence and the new government, because “all men would be tyrants if they could.” And, “we will not be bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” In 1848, a women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls N.Y., where they improved on Jefferson’s language to say, “all men and women are created equal.” But, it was almost 80 years before women got the right to vote by passage of the 19th Amendment. Even in the lifetime of many of us, that equality was a long ways off. A popular song of the 1950’s went, “It’s a woman’s world, when she’s in love.” And in those days, women needed not only her man’s love, but his permission for almost everything from writing a check to going to work. It wasn’t just custom, it was the law in many states. In Texas, a married woman’s property was all in her husband’s name. And up north in Michigan, a woman could be a waitress, but not a bartender. Girls were welcome to be cheerleaders, but had few sports in which to participate until the 1970’s when Congress and President Nixon adopted Title IX, requiring equitable treatment in sports and the workplace. It still took the courage of women, like Lilly Ledbetter, to sue to implement fair pay and promotions they had earned. We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention the double standard that has always worked against women. Men were expected to “sew a few wild oats,” which included not only premarital or extra marital sex, but children they fathered and didn’t raise or support. Women, then as now, were called ugly names when they did the same, though the advent of modern contraceptives in the 1960’s helped free women to behave like men. In the 1970’s, both Democrats and Republicans sup- ported the Equal Rights Amendment, but with the Reagan era, the Republican Party dropped its support. Currently, some leading Republican politicians are trying to turn back the clock even farther by restricting women’s access to birth control. It’s not clear whether they are motivated by genuine religious convictions or just a desire to go back to an era where they had more power over women. Either way, women are likely to vote in larger numbers this fall, to defend their rights, so unless Republicans can change the subject or change their positions, they may feel the fury of women scorned. Meanwhile, let’s remember and salute some of the women heroes of our history. Two in particular played a huge role in ending the curse of slavery. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin made people everywhere more aware of how terrible conditions were in the South, and Harriet Tubman was second to none in her success in physically leading people out of that area to free states in the North. Our literature has been greatly enhanced by the writings of Emily Dickenson, Ida Tarbell, Maya Angelou, and many others. Women’s rights were especially advanced by Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Betty Friedan, and Gloria Steinem. In politics, the first woman cabinet member, Frances Perkins, was also the “mother” of Social Security and much of the New Deal, along with Eleanor Roosevelt, who helped found the U.N. Other political firsts were Margaret Chase Smith, first woman Senator, Geraldine Ferraro, first major party V.P. candidate, Sandra Day O’Connor, Supreme Court, Hillary Clinton, first woman to be a “serious” candidate for President, and Nancy Pelosi, first woman Speaker of the House. I almost left out Sacagawea, Sally Hemings, Rosa Parks—and Ginger Rogers, who, it is said, did everything Fred Astaire did, but in high heels and backwards. We owe them a lot. And to the men reading this, remember, we won’t have equal rights until women do. Jack Burgess, is a retired teacher of American & Global Studies. Page 4 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Japan to push anti-terror measures at nuke plants Eric Talmadge Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. had repeatedly warned Japan about vulnerabilities at its nuclear plants in case of a Sept. 11-style terror attack. It turned out Washington was right about the soft spots, but wrong about the enemy that would strike them. When nature unleashed its own fury on Japan last year with a devastating tsunami, a list of U.S. recommendations proved highly prescient. The elements Washington identified as most vulnerable in an attack — spent fuel pools, cooling systems, backup electricity — were the ones worst hit in Japan’s disaster. Tokyo had ignored the recommendations, which were implemented at U.S. nuclear sites, because Japanese officials thought the chances of terrorist-flown aircraft striking its plants were remote. But as leaders from around the world head to Seoul for a major summit this week on nuclear security, Japan’s disaster at its Fukushima plant has provided a salient example of how solid protections against terrorist attacks go hand in hand with protections against natural disasters. The summit is primarily about ways to keep nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists, but the Japanese government plans to propose a series of Fukushima-inspired measures to enhance emergency power backup systems and advocate a closer link between anti-terror security and general safety issues. “We have to imagine the unimaginable,” Kensuke Yoshida, the director of the arms control and disarmament division of Japan’s Foreign Ministry and a member of Japan’s delegation, told The Associated Press. “Once an incident happens, the consequences will be extremely grave, whether caused by a natural disaster or terrorists,” Yoshida said. Japan had been slow to make that connection. Documents made public since Japan’s nuclear crisis began last year suggest the scenario that played out in Fukushima was by no means unforeseeable — it was simply ignored. After the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a number of directives to the domestic nuclear industry based on a review of what might happen if an airliner hijacked by terrorists was crashed into an atomic plant. It expressed concern that such an attack could cripple a plant’s power system, and proposed portable dieseldriven pumps, portable power supplies and hoses be made readily available so that reactor cores can be kept cool to prevent them from going into dangerous, radiation-spewing meltdowns. It also suggested measures to provide backup cooling water to the vulnerable spent fuel pools. The suggestions were passed on to Japan several times, but Tokyo dismissed them because it regarded the recommendations as a terrorism issue and did not think it faced a significant terrorist threat, according to Tetsuya Endo, a former diplomat and vice chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of Japan. “The agency that got the recommendations just put them in their pocket. No one else knew anything about it,” said Endo, who is on an independent fact-finding commission that recently released a scathing review of Japan’s response to the crisis. “We are an island nation with an island mentality. We see ourselves as free from the possibility of terrorist attack,” he said. Last year’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the very systems that the NRC had found to be weakest. Fukushima experienced the electrical blackout that it warned of, and three of its reactors went into meltdowns, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate as plant workers struggled to find ways to keep them cool. In recent testimony before a parliament-appointed inves- tigative panel, Haruki Madarame, a nuclear physicist and head of Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission, acknowledged that Japan should have taken the U.S. findings more seriously. “Even though we were aware of the issue and knew that they were taking steps, we didn’t do anything,” he said. “When other countries were discussing the problems, we only wasted time trying to find excuses why we didn’t have to do it.” Edwin Lyman, a nuclear terrorism expert with the Union of Concerned Scientists, said Japan’s crisis is a good casein-point for experts who have long warned that anti-terrorism measures need to be enhanced. “The Fukushima accident has certainly illustrated the dependence of nuclear plants on electrical power supply, both off- and on-site, and how core damage can occur solely as a result of a prolonged loss of power in the absence of timely intervention,” he said. But he said the disconnect between policymakers who are primarily concerned with antiterror measures and those focused on mitigating natural disasters continues to be a major problem. Lyman said the United States’ post-9/11 recommendations, which were made public in May to support the NRC’s argument that the U.S. was prepared for a Fukushima-type event, reflected that imbalance. “The measures were specifically intended to help plants survive the impact of a single aircraft, and not to survive other types of initiating events, like earthquakes and floods,” he said. “In fact, the U.S. guidance specified that such equipment did not have to be seismically qualified.” Because of the Fukushima example, he said, the NRC is now updating its measures to take into account a wider variety of challenges. �Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Obituaries Donald I. Barrett Donald Isaac Barrett, 78, of Langsville, Ohio, passed away on March 26, 2012, at Overbrook Nursing Center. He was born on July 16, 1933, son of the late Isaac and Grace Barrett. He was a farmer, who left his family with a smile and many great memories. He is survived by his sister, Noami Hunter, of Nelsonville, Ohio; special caregiver, Patty Barrett, of Vinton, Ohio; special camping and fishing buddy, Junior Keller; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his step-mother, Edna Knapp Barrett; brothers, Wendell, Walter, Ben and Mike; half brother, Clifford Might; and sisters, Mildred Terrell and Betty Little. Funeral services will be held at noon on Friday, March 30, 2012, at the Danville Holiness Church. Friends may call one hour prior to funeral service at the church. Burial will follow at the Barrett Miller Cemetery. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. Mark A. Price Mark Alan Price, 49, of Cheshire, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at the Holzer Medical Center. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, March 30, 2012, at the Old Kyger FWB Church with Pastor Bob Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Willis Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, 2012. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations in Mark’s memory to Old Kyger FWB Church Parking Lot Fund, c/o Rebecca Overstreet, 540 Roush Lane, Cheshire, OH 45620. Tourism campaign taps into Ohio’s first casino CLEVELAND (AP) — Tourism boosters hoping to maximize $2 billion in new attractions, including Ohio’s first casino, kicked off a five-year campaign Tuesday to spruce up Cleveland and make it more visitor-friendly. “This is a pivotal time in our community,” said Len Komoroski, president of the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers and chairman of the Positively Cleveland travel-tourism agency. Agency leaders outlined a series of initiatives, including making it easier for visitors to navigate the city and adding trolley service linking the casino to hotels and lakefront attractions. David Gilbert, president of Positively Cleveland, said making the mid-May opening of the Horseshoe casino a positive experience is a priority. Signs directing visitors to the casino will be installed by the opening date, Gilbert told travel planners from the region’s tourism industry. Plans also were outlined for improving the look of downtown park spaces, including the casino’s front door on Public Square. “We’re trying to make it as accommodating as possible,” said Tony Coyne, chair of the Cleveland City Planning Commission. Tour planners will promote cruise-style all-in-one package deals including air fare, hotels and attractions. The casino has signed off on the idea and will encourage visitors at area attractions like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to sample the casino. The casino has said it will try to parlay interest in city attractions and won’t have Las Vegas-style shows of its own. “We have a lot of national tourist attractions we’ll be able to draw from,” Marcus Glover, casino general manager, said earlier during a construction tour of the casino. DAR From Page 1 the anniversary celebration grace before the luncheon served at tables decorated by Sharon Jewell with fresh greenery, daffodils and Easter eggs. The luncheon concluded with the serving of the anniversary cake and a social hour. During the business meeting, the nominating committee was selected and will report at the April meeting. Due to the State DAR Conference falling on April 14, regular meeting date for the local chapter, the meeting date will be changed and announced. The luncheon concluded with the serving of the anniversary cake and a social hour. The history of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution goes back to 1890, a time that was marked by a revival in patriotism and intense interest in the beginnings of the United States of America. Women felt the desire to express their patriotic feelings and were frustrated by their exclusion from men’s organizations formed to perpetuate the memory of ancestors who fought to make this country free and independent. As a result, a group of pioneering women in the nation’s capital formed their own organization and the Daughters of the American Revolution has carried the torch of patriotism ever since. Hall From Page 1 financial committee, and Darst will visit that office in early April. Resident Rex Houston raised the matter of late fees on water bills which he said currently amount to 106 percent of one month’s bill and a council member pointed out that amount was set as a deterrent to those who don’t pay their bills on time. Councilman Roger Manley called for a meeting to discuss water Chip From Page 1 junction of Township Road 41 and County Road 12. Bids for the Community Development Block Grant Salisbury Township Guardrail Installation project were opened, with one bid received. The lone bid of $5,990.25 from PDK Construction of Pomeroy was referred to the trustees. The Commissioners meter readings and related problems. Manley also asked about the legality of the 15 mile per hour restriction on motorists traveling Ash Street and the high penalty for going over that. The matter will be referred to the village attorney for clarification. All Council members were present, Roger Manley, Emerson Heighton, Penny Burge, Rae Moore, Sandra Brown and Craig Wehrung. noted that Connie Little, RN, will be retiring after 24 years with the Meigs County Helath Department. and open house will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday in the Health Department Conference Room. Present at the meeting were Commissioners Mike Bartrum, Tim Ihle and Tom Anderson, clerk Gloria Kloes, Keith Romine, Larry Marshall and Jean Trussell. www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 Dems, MSHA ask for more teeth in federal mine law MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — While Republican lawmakers questioned the head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration over inspection failures at West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch mine, U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall and other House Democrats demanded action Tuesday on stalled legislation to give the agency more power. The Capitol Hill hearing was the third time MSHA chief Joe Main has testified before Congress about the 2010 explosion that killed 29 Massey Energy coal miners. It was the worst U.S. mining disaster in 40 years. A recent internal review concluded that federal inspectors either missed problems or failed to examine areas where they existed in the 18 months before the blast but found no evidence those failures caused it. Last week, though, a team led by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health issued a report concluding that timely enforcement of existing regulations “would have lessened the chances of — and possibly could have prevented” the explosion. Rep. John Kline, RMinn., and chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, joined his GOP colleagues in repeatedly pointing to the reports as a sign of chronic failures. Kline said he found it “difficult, almost impossible” to imagine how inspectors could have failed to notice accumulations of explosive coal dust and why certain administrative tools “were either poorly used or never implemented.” Although inspectors wrote 684 violations in the 18 months prior to the blast, the report said they failed to act on eight that could have been deemed “flagrant,” the most serious designation. They also failed to conduct special investigations on at least six occasions to determine whether managers knowingly violated safety standards. Main said those cases have since been turned over to federal prosecutors. Main, who started months before the disaster, has since launched a stepped-up inspection program for mines with a history of problems and other programs to make U.S. operations safer. He insisted he’s “on a path to really fix MSHA.” But he told Congress he still needs three tools included in proposed federal legislation: stronger protections for coal miners who blow the whistle on dangerous conditions; federal subpoena power for investigations; and stiffer criminal penalties that would be a meaningful deterrent for bad operators. Several investigations have determined that Massey systematically covered up problems at Upper Big Branch through an elaborate scheme that included sanitized safety inspection books and an advance-warning system that let miners underground know inspectors were onsite. Main said administrative changes alone aren’t enough to prevent those practices elsewhere. “We can go ask the mine owner to produce a book that’s not legally required to be maintained by the Mine Act, and they can say no. And what we do beyond that is what we’re creative enough to do” he said. “We do not have the ability to demand those.” Four investigations have concluded the blast was sparked by worn and broken equipment, fueled by a deadly buildup of methane and coal dust, and allowed to spread because of clogged and broken water sprayers. Main acknowledges MSHA could have done a better job before that explosion but insists blame lies squarely with Massey, bought last summer by Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources. The mine’s former superintendent, Gary May, is set to plead Thursday to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the federal government. He is apparently cooperating with prosecutors in a continuing criminal investigation. He is accused, among other things, of disabling a methane gas monitor and falsifying records. Former security chief Hughie Elbert Stover, meanwhile, is appealing his conviction for lying to investigators and attempting to destroy records. He was sentenced in February to three years in prison — one of the stiffest punishments ever handed down in a mine safety case. “What happened at UBB is absolutely criminal, and the Congress should do everything in its power to stop the protection — in fact, the reward — of this kind of sick profit-overpeople behavior,” said Rahall, D-W.Va. Former Massey chief executive Don Blankenship received production reports from Upper Big Branch every 30 minutes, Rahall said, and could have shut it down at any time. But the mine made Massey $700,000 per shift. “I do not excuse MSHA’s failures,” Rahall said, “but the Congress should not withhold effective, lifesaving legal authorities from the agency as some kind of penalty — because ultimately, the only people penalized by that cockeyed approach will be our miners.” MSHA’s internal review said its effectiveness was compromised by internal communication problems and by federal budget cuts that had created staffing shortages, inexperience and a lack of sufficient training. Republicans argued MSHA funding has increased 34 percent overall since 2006, when the Sago Mine exploded near Buckhannon, killing 12 men. But by that point, Main said, MSHA’s ranks had been sorely depleted. It took a year to begin rehiring inspectors and 18-24 months to get them fully trained. MSHA shut Upper Big Branch down 48 times in 2009, he noted, but the law allowed Massey to resume production as soon as problems were fixed. Conservative justices question health care law WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharp questioning by the Supreme Court’s conservative justices cast serious doubt Tuesday on the survival of the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul. Arguments at the high court focused on whether the mandate for virtually every American to have insurance “is a step beyond what our cases allow,” in the words of Justice Anthony Kennedy. But Kennedy, who is often the swing vote on cases that divide the justices along ideological lines, also said he recognized the magnitude of the nation’s health care problem and seemed to suggest that it would require a comprehensive solution. He and Chief Justice John Roberts emerged as the seemingly pivotal votes in the court’s decision, due in June in the midst of a presidential election campaign that has focused in part on the new law. Republican candidates are strongly opposed. Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito appeared likely to join with Justice Clarence Thomas to vote to strike down the key provision of the overhaul. The four Democratic appointees seemed ready to vote to uphold it. The congressional requirement to buy health care insurance is the linchpin of the law’s aim to get medical insurance to an additional 30 million people, at a reasonable cost to private insurers and state governments. Virtually every American will be affected by the court’s decision on the law’s constitutionality. Audio for Tuesday’s court argument can be found at: http://apne.ws/Hft6z3 The biggest issue, to which the justices returned repeatedly during two hours of arguments in a packed courtroom, was whether the government can force people to buy insurance. And if so, could other mandates — to buy broccoli, burial insurance and cellphones, for example — be far behind? “Purchase insurance in this case, something else in the next case,” Roberts said. “If the government can do this, what else can it not do?” Scalia asked. Kennedy at one point said that allowing the government mandate would “change the relationship” between the government and U.S. citizens. “Do you not have a heavy burden of justification to show authorization under the Constitution” for the individual mandate? asked Kennedy. At another point, however, he also acknowledged the complexity of resolving the issue of paying for America’s health care needs. “I think it is true that if most questions in life are matters of degree … the young person who is uninsured is uniquely proximately very close to affecting the rates of insurance and the costs of providing medical care in a way that is not true in other industries. That’s my concern in the case,” Kennedy said. Roberts also spoke about the uniqueness of health care, which almost everyone uses at some point. “Everybody is in this market, so that makes it very different than the market for cars or the other hypotheticals that you came up with, and all they’re regulating is how you pay for it,” Roberts said, paraphrasing the government’s argument. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. sought to assure the court that the insurance mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that Obama signed into law two years ago is a key part of the law’s goal of reaching many of the more than 40 million people who don’t have health insurance through their employers, don’t qualify for government aid and cannot afford to buy coverage on their own. Indeed, the law envisions that insurers will be able to accommodate older and sicker people without facing financial ruin because the insurance requirement will provide insurance companies with more premiums from healthy people to cover their increased costs of care Paul Clement, a predecessor of Verrilli’s who is representing Florida and 25 other states in challenging the law, called the mandate “an unprecedented effort by Congress.” He said the requirement would force people, especially those who are young and healthy, to buy a product they don’t want. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she found the debate over health care similar to an earlier age’s debate about the Social Security retirement system. How could Congress be able to compel younger workers to contribute to Social Security, but be limited in its ability to address health care? she wondered. Does it to have to be “a government takeover”? she asked. Clement acknowledged that a system of national health insurance might well be constitutional. Earlier, Scalia repeatedly pointed out that the federal government’s powers are limited by the Constitution, with the rest left to the states and the people. “The argument there is that the people were left to decide whether to buy health insurance,” Scalia said. Scalia and Roberts noted that the health care overhaul law would make people get insurance for things they may not need, like heart transplants or pregnancy services. “You can’t say that everybody is going to participate in substance abuse services,” Roberts said. On the other hand, Ginsburg said, “The people who don’t participate in this market are making it more expensive for those who do.” “You could say that about buying a car,” Scalia retorted, noting that if enough people don’t buy cars the cost could go up. But, unlike cars, almost everyone eventually will be required to use the health care system, Verrilli said in defense of the law. Without health insurance, he said, “you’re going to the market without the ability to pay for what you’re going to get.” ders. “It will continue to generate jobs for our local economy that would not be possible without the support we receive from the communities we serve. We are fortunate to provide the entire continuum of care for our friends, family and neighbors.” In addition to Tuesday’s document signing, a reception is being planned to formally announce the integration of the two entities, as well as unveil the new brand that will represent one Holzer Health System at 2 p.m. Friday, March 30, at the main campus of 100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio. “The integration process has been an exciting time for our two entities. From now on, we look forward to providing unified, quality care for the communities we serve. We will move ever forward, helping the greatest number of our neighbors with the most advanced care,” stated T. Wayne Munro, MD, President, Holzer Clinic and Chief Operating Officer, Holzer Health Systems. “We truly embody, ‘One Dream, One Team, One Holzer’.” The new Holzer entity is a regional health system with an integration of two hospital locations in Gallipolis and Jackson; 15 clinical locations reaching the larger metropolitan areas in our region, Athens, Charleston and Huntington; a dental care facility in Jackson; multiple longterm care entities including senior care facilities and assisted living establishments in Jackson and Gallipolis; over 150 providers with over 30 medical specialties; and numerous joint efforts including Holzer Center for Cancer Care, Holzer Cardiovascular Institute, Holzer Weight Loss Solutions and Holzer Center for Joint Replacement. For more information, please call (740) 446-5901. Holzer From Page 1 worked to accomplish this merger. I congratulate all of the Holzer Consolidated Health System Boards and the Holzer Clinic Board for working together to create this vital health system, and I look forward to the future of Holzer Health System.” Brent Saunders, Chief Executive Officer for Holzer Health Systems also commented on the benefits of the transition. “This merger solidifies Holzer as the largest, strongest health care system serving south central Ohio into West Virginia and Kentucky,” said Saun- �The Daily Sentinel WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 Sports mdssports@heartlandpublications.com Marauders topple Warren, 15-4 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — It took just five innings for the Meigs baseball team to earn it’s third win of the year. The Marauders defeated Warren 15-4 Monday night in Meigs County. Warren got on the board first with a run in the top of the first inning but MHS bounced back in the bottom of the first with four runs including a home run by Zach Sayre. WHS ansewerd right back with a run in the top of the second. Meigs (3-0) followed up with a run of their own in the second inning to take the 5-2 lead into the third frame. The Marauders were unstoppable in the third inning as the first 10 batters scored to push the lead to 13 headed into the fourth. Warren scored two runs in the fifth inning but with the mercy rule in effect it wasn’t enough as the Marauders take the 15-4 victory. Treay McKinney earned the win for Meigs after pitching five innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on four hits and seven walks while striking out nine. The loss went to War- ren’s Zoller who pitched two innings and gave up five runs. The Marauders offense was led by Zach Sayre who hit for the cycle in reverse order with a home run in the first inning, a triple in the second, a double in the third, and a single in the fourth. Justin Myers had three hits followed by Taylor Rowe with two for the Marauders. Nathan Rothgeb, Charles Barrett, Taylor Gilkey, Matt Casci, and Ty Phelps each had one hit for the Marauders. The Marauders return to action Thursday at Gallia Academy at 5 p.m. Alex Hawley/photo Southern’s Kyrie Swann tags out Wahama’s Bailey Hicks (3) as teammate Maggie Cummins (left) looks on, during Monday night’s 7-2 win over Wahama at Star Mill Park in Racine. Alex Hawley/photo Lady Falcons outlast Southern, 7-2 Alex Hawley Wahama’s Zach Wamsley (34) throws to first during Monday night’s loss to Southern in Racine. ahawley@heartlandpublications.com Southern outlasts Wahama, 6-4 RACINE, Ohio — The Lady Falcons struck early and often against the Southern softball team Monday night at Star Mill Park. Wahama had nine hits on the evening on its way to a 7-2 victory over the Lady Tornadoes. Wahama (2-4) scored once in the top of the first to take the early lead, but the Lady Tornadoes (0-1) bounced bake to take the lead in the bottom of the fourth after two runs Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com RACINE, Ohio — The Wahama baseball team will not repeat it’s undefeated 2011 Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division after falling to the Tornadoes Monday night at Star Mill Park. Southern wins it’s home opener 6-4 victory over the White Falcons. After holding Wahama (1-4, 0-1 TVC Hocking) scoreless in the top of the first inning, Southern (30, 1-0, scored three runs in the bottom of the first on two hits and two errors by the White Falcon Defense. The Wahama defense was again a problem in the second inning, as it committed two more errors which helped SHS to another tree run inning. The White Falcons finally broke through with a run in the top of the third to cut the SHS lead to 6-1. Wahama kept the momentum up in the top of the fourth, as nine batters came to the plate but only managed three runs. Even though both teams had runners on over the final innings neither team could score and Southern took the victory 6-4. Southern’s Ryan Taylor was the winning pitcher and he had the strikeout pitch working. He struck out 10 batters, while walking three, and giving up four runs on eight hits. Credited with the loss was Wahama’s Tyler Roush who gave up six runs, three of which were earned, and seven hits. Roush walked three batters and struck out seven. Marcus Hill and Andrew Roseberry had two hits apiece to lead the Tornadoes while Hunter Johnson, Ethan Martin, and Adam Pape each had one hit. Zac Warth led Wahama with three hits on the evening followed by Tyler Roush with two hits. Zach Wamsley, Kane Roush and Isaac Lee each had one hit of the White Falcons. Both teams are in action Thursday, as Southern hosts Roane County at 5 p.m. and Wahama travels to Ravenswood at 5:30 p.m. OVP Sports Schedule Wednesday, March 28 Baseball Gallia Academy at Warren, 5 p.m. Southern at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Waterford at Wahama, 6 p.m. Eastern at Federal Hocking, 5 p.m. Softball Gallia Academy at Warren, 5 p.m. Southern at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Herbert Hoover at Point Pleasant, 5:30 p.m. Waterford at Wahama, 6 p.m. Eastern at Federal Hocking, 5 p.m. Boys Tennis Jackson at Gallia Academy, 4:30 p.m. Point Pleasant at Spring Valley, 4 p.m. Girls Tennis Point Pleasant at Spring Valley, 4 p.m. Thursday, March 29 Baseball Meigs at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Poca at Point Pleasant, 5:30 p.m. Wahama at Ravenswood, 5:30 p.m. Roane County at Southern, 5 p.m. Softball Meigs at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Sissonville, 5:30 p.m. Track and Field South Gallia at Coal Grove, 4:30 p.m. Point Pleasant at Poca, 5 p.m. Friday, March 30 Baseball Logan at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Wahama at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at River Valley, 5 p.m. Eastern at Wellston, 5 p.m. Waterford at Southern, 5 p.m. Softball Logan at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Wahama at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at River Valley, 5 p.m. Eastern at Wellston, 5 p.m. Waterford at Southern, 5 p.m. Boys Tennis Waverly at Gallia Academy, 5:30 p.m. Huntington St. Joe at Point Pleasant, 4:30 p.m. Girls Tennis Huntington St. Joe at Point Pleasant, 4:30 p.m. scored. The Lady Falcons’ bats got hot in the top of the sixth inning, as they scored three runs on four hits to reclaim the lead. Wahama added three runs in the seventh to push their lead to five and take the 7-2 victory. Mariah VanMatre earneed the win for the Lady Falcons while pitching seven innings she struck out 10 batters, walked six, and gave up two uns ion four hits. The Lady Tornadoes Jordan Huddleston was credited with the loss, as she gave up seven runs on nine hits and two walks, while striking out two. Pacing Wahama’s bats were Kelsey Billips and Mariah VanMatre with two hits apiece, followed by Karista Ferguson, Sierra Carmichael, Bailey Hicks, Darian Weaver, and Shalyn Greer with on hit apiece. Ferguson’s hit was a triple. The Lady Tornadoes had four hits, one by each Morgan McMillan, Maggie Cummins, Katelyn Hill, and Kyrie Swann. Both teams return to action on Wednesday, Wahama hosts Waterford at 6 p.m. and Southern travels to South Gallia at 5 p.m. Eagles rally past Trimble in opener, 2-1 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Now that’s a stroll in the park. The Eastern baseball team received four consecutive walks in the bottom of the eighth inning, allowing the hosts to claim a 2-1 victory over Trimble in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup in Meigs County. The Eagles (1-0, 1-0 TVC Hocking) never led during the seven innings of regulation, as the visiting Tomcats (01, 0-1) plated a run four batters into the first inning for an early 1-0 edge. EHS countered with consecutive hits in the fifth to knot things up, but neither team managed any real scoring threats over the next two frames. Trimble went down in order in the top half of the eighth, with the top of Eastern’s lineup due at the plate. Max Carnahan led the inning off by striking out, but Christian Amsbary, Josh Shook, David Warner and Ethan Nottingham were issued consecutive walks over the next 19 pitches by THS starter J.D. Chesser. Nottingham was also issued a free pass on four consecutive pitches, allowing Amsbary to score the game winning run freely with the bases loaded. That late quartet of mishaps were also the only walks issued by Trimble pitching. Eastern managed a small 5-4 edge in hits and both teams committed one error in the contest. EHS pitching also surrendered three walks in the triumph. Warner and Jacob Parker led the hosts with two hits apiece, while Joey Scowden added the other safety. Scowden also scored in the fifth on an RBI double by Parker. Justin Jewell led the Tomcats with two hits and also scored in the first inning on a passed ball. Chesser also recorded 12 strikeouts in the setback. Lady Knights fall to Poca, 13-12 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — After starting the year 3-0, the Point Pleasant softball team has now dropped three consecutive decisions following a 10-inning, 13-12 setback to visiting Poca Monday night in a Cardinal Conference matchup in Mason County. The host Lady Knights (3-3, 1-3 Cardinal) never led in the contest, although they did dig themselves out of a 6-1 deficit to force extra innings. Down 7-6 in the bottom of the seventh, PPHS mustered a run to knot the score and extend the game into additional frames. Both teams plated four runs in the eighth for an 11-all contest, then the score stayed that way until the 10th inning. The Lady Dots (2-2, 1-2) plated two runs in the top half of the inning for a 13-11 edge, and the Lady Knights could only retaliate with one score — allowing the guests to claim their first Cardinal Conference decision of the year. Both teams had five errors in the contest, and Poca claimed a small 2019 edge in hits. Kaci Riffle led the hosts with five hits, followed by Sarah Hussell with four safeties. Brooke Fisher, Bekah Darst and Josie Fisher each followed with three hits, while Regan Cottrill closed things out with one safety. Hussell and and Riffle both drove in two runs in the setback. Kristen Riegal took the loss for Point in relief, while Miranda Linville claimed the winning decision for the Lady Dots. Bryan Walters/photo Point Pleasant junior Josie Parker (42) smacks an RBI double off of Poca pitcher Miranda Linville, right, during the fourth inning of Monday night’s Cardinal Conference softball game at Point Pleasant, W.Va. �Wednesday, March 28, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 7 Lady Eagles soar past Trimble in opener, 25-0 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — The Eastern softball literally walked away from its season opener unscathed Monday night during a 25-0 decision over visiting Trimble in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup at Don Jackson Field in Meigs County. The host Lady Eagles (10, 1-0 TVC Hocking) surrendered just one hit and went errorless over five innings of play, and also received 20 walks while pounding out nine hits in the mercy-rule decision. In fact, EHS had 11 players reach base safely and also led 5-0 before producing its first hit of the game in the second inning. Kiki Osborne’s one-out double concluded a threerun second that gave the hosts a 7-0 edge over the Lady Tomcats (0-1, 0-1). Three walks, a hit-batter and a single led to three more runs for a 10-0 lead through three complete, then Eastern scored 15 runs in the fourth on seven hits, four THS errors and another six free passes — allowing the hosts to claim a commanding 25-0 advantage through four full frames. The Lady Eagles, who held Trimble hitless after the second batter of the game, allowed four walks in the decision, but also re- corded a total of 11 strikeouts in the triumph. EHS also struck out only three times in the contest. Brenna Holter, Paige Cline and Cierra Turley paced Eastern with two hits apiece, followed by Osborne, Hayley Gillian and Leslea Frank with one safety each. Holter and Brooke Johnson also led the hosts with four runs scored apiece. Breanna Hensley was the winning pitcher of record, allowing just one hit and two walks over four frames while fanning eight. Turley allowed two walks and fanned three in one inning of relief. Kelsi Brown took the losing decision for THS. Bryan Walters in Gallia County. The host Rebels (1-0, 1-0 TVC Hocking) trailed 1-0 after a half-inning of play, then erupted for 14 consecutive scores over the next four innings to take a commanding 14-1 lead through four complete. The Wildcats (0-1, 0-1) countered with two runs in the top half of the fifth to pull within 14-3, but Cory Haner ultimately wrapped up his complete-game effort to secure the mercy-rule triumph. Haner allowed just four hits, two earned runs and zero walks over five innings while striking out eight in the victory. The Rebels led 4-1 after one inning of play, then followed with offensive outputs of five, one and four runs over the next three frames. SGHS committed three errors in the contest, one fewer than Waterford’s tally of four. Seth Jarrell paced the hosts with four hits, while Haner, Josh Cooper, Ethan Spurlock, Danny Matney, Gus Slone and Andy Welch all followed with two safeties apiece. Spurlock and Slone each drove in three runs each, while Jarrell and Matney added two RBIs apiece. Mitch Gintherer paced WHS with two hits, while Brian Moore and Hunter Schlotterbech added one safety each. Josh Schad was the losing pitcher of record after allowing nine hits, eight walks and eight earned runs over 1.1 innings of work. Lady Marauders Rebels roll past Waterford, 14-3 fall to Warren, 11-3 bwalters@mydailytribune.com Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The Lady Marauders dropped their home opener to Warren Monday night 11-3 in Meigs County. After holding Warren (1-0) hitless in the top of the first inning Meigs (0-1) scored three runs in the bottom half of the inning after having one batter hit and five walked. WHS gained control in the top of the second, scoring four runs on five hits. Warren went held megis scoreless the remainder of the game, and went on to score twice in the third, twice in the fifth, and three times in the sixth to take the 11-3 victory. Lisa Marie Wise was the losing pitcher on the night, as she gave up 11 runs, five of which were earned, on 12 hits, while walking one and striking out seven. T. Dennis earned the win for Warren as she walked 10, struck out 10, gave up three runs and three hits. Allyson Davis, Hannah Porter, and Cheyenne Beaver each had one hit for the Lady Marauders. Meigs returns to action Thursday at Gallia Academy at 5 p.m. Point boys 2nd, girls 5th at Jobes Invite Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant track programs had a decent outing Saturday at Williamstown High School, as the Big Blacks and Lady Knights scored respective team finishes of second and fifth at the 2012 Ryan Jobes Invitational held at Jack Jones Track and Field Stadium in Wood County. The runner-up Big Blacks posted a team tally of 80 points, finishing behind only eventual-champion Williamstown (120) in the 10-team field. The Lady Knights scored 56 points in their 11-team event, which was also won by Williamstown (170). Neither PPHS squad managed to produce an individual event champion in 36 events, but the programs combined for 19 top-four efforts and 11 runner-up performances. The Big Blacks had seven second place finishes and 11 top-four efforts, while the Lady Knights landed four runners-up and eight top-four placers. Marquez Griffin and Trey Livingston both paced the Point boys with a pair of second place finishes. Griffin was the runner-up in both the 100-meter (11.43 seconds) and 200m (24.20) dashes, while Livingston posted runner-up throws of 129 feet, 4 inches in the discus and 42 feet in the shot put. Zach Canterbury was second in the 400m dash (53.76) and also placed fourth in the 200m dash with a mark of 24.64 seconds. Rogan Park was also fourth in the 110m hurdles with a time of 18.71 seconds. The 4x100m relay team of Griffin, Canterbury, Cody Marcum and Andrew Williamson placed second with a time of 46.99 seconds, while the 4x400m squad of Marcum, Chase Walton, Anthony Darst and Caleb Riffle also landed a runner-up effort with a mark of 3:44.27. The 4x200m foursome of Canterbury, Williamson, Walton and Marcum were third with a time of 1:38.73, and the 4x110m shuttle hurdles team of Park, Marcum, Griffin and Riffle placed fourth with a time of 1:08.14. Andrea Porter led the Lady Knights with a trio of runner-up efforts. Porter posted respective times of 1:02.66, 2:27.32 and 5:36.90 in the 400m dash, 800m run and 1600m run. Allison Smith was also fourth in the 200m dash with a mark of 27.98 seconds. The 4x100m relay team of Smith, Karli Gandee, Cassie Jordan and Karson Tolliver finished second with a time of 55.59 seconds, while the 4x200m squad of Gandee, Jordan, Smith and Kennedy Young was third with a mark of 1:57.10. The 4x102.5m shuttle hurdles team of Gandee, Young, Tolliver and Aubrey Lewis placed third with a time of 1:14.74, and the 4x400m relay squad of Tolliver, Jordan, Porter and Young finished fourth with a mark of 4:43.54. Complete results of the 2012 Ryan Jobes Invitational at Williamstown High School are available on the web at runwv.com Do we have your attention now? Advertise your business in this space, or bigger Call us at: The Daily Sentinel 740.992.2155 MERCERVILLE, Ohio — So much for first game jitters. The South Gallia baseball team produced 16 hits and scored at least once in each of its four innings at bat, starting the Jack James era in style Monday night with a 14-3 victory over visiting Waterford in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division matchup URG baseball routs OCU, 19-4 By Randy Payton Special to OVP RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande sent 10 batters to the plate in a four-run fourth inning and sent 13 more to the dish in a nine-run fifth as the RedStorm pounded Ohio Christian University, 19-4, Monday afternoon, in non-conference baseball action at Bob Evans Field. Rio Grande snapped a three-game losing slide, improving its overall record to 20-14. The RedStorm finished with 13 hits and was also the beneficiary of 14 walks and five hit batsmen by five OCU pitchers. Twenty-six of the 32 players on Rio’s active roster participated in the contest, including every position player. Freshman Kyle Findley and senior Jacob Cooke had two hits each in the winning effort, while Cooke also drove in two runs. Freshmen Grant Tamane and Luke Taylor also finished with two RBIs apiece, as did sophomore Cameron Norman and juniors Zach Dumler and Mark Parent. Senior Ryan Chapman, normally the closer out of the Rio Grande bullpen, was given a rare start as a result of not throwing in over a week and allowed three hits and one run over four innings to earn the victory. Tamane and Parent had run-scoring hits in the first and second innings, respectively, against OCU starter Ryan Black before sophomore Tyler Hayslip drew a bases-loaded walk and Taylor delivered a tworun single against reliever Richie French in a three-run third inning to give the RedStorm a 5-0 lead. The Trailblazers (3-14) got on the board thanks to a two-out, bases-loaded infield single by Trevor Whitesed in the fourth inning, but Rio countered with four more markers against reliever Chris McIlroy in the bottom of the frame. Findley had a run-scoring double, while Parent and junior Kyle Perez drew consecutive bases-loaded walks and Tamane was hit by a pitch with the bases full to make it 9-1. Ohio Christian scored three times in the fifth with Kelton Sines and Steve Funk collecting RBI hits, but things grew even more lopsided in the bottom of the inning when the RedStorm exploded for nine runs. Rio head coach Brad Warnimont sent nine pinchhitters to the plate in the frame, four of whom batted twice against relievers C.J. Manuel and Zach Mager before all was said and done. Cooke had both of his hits and each of his RBIs in the inning, while Norman delivered a two-run single and Dumler also had a runscoring double and an RBI groundout in the offensive explosion. Freshmen Anthony Bond and Tim East- erling drew bases-loaded walks in the inning, as did junior Vince Perry. Rio completed the scoring in the sixth on a twoout, bases-loaded single off the bat of sophomore Tyler Godby. Despite scoring the season-high 19 runs, the RedStorm stranded 13 runners on bases. The Trailblazers, who loaded the bases in the seventh against Rio freshman reliever Heath Dettwiller but didn’t score, setting the mercy rule into effect, stranded 10 runners of their own. Brian Keaton, Jr. had two of OCU’s nine hits, while Black suffered the loss. Rio Grande returns to action on Tuesday afternoon, hosting Cincinnati-Clermont for a 3 p.m. first pitch. An audio-only webcast of the game will be available at www.ihigh.com/redstorm beginning at 2:55 p.m. Point Pleasant scalps Indians, 12-1 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant baseball team held Sissonville to one hit and one run en route to a 12-1 victory Monday night in Kanawha County. Point Pleasant (3-2) took a four run lead in the top of the second inning to set the tone for the game. The Big Blacks added three more runs in the fourth inning and five more in the fifth to lead 12-0 headed into the bottom of the fifth. Sissonville needing three runs to avoid the mercy rule only scored one and fell to PPHS 12-1 in five innings. Eric Roberts was the winning pitcher as he allowed just one run on one hit and six walks while striking out six batters. Sissonville’s Zach Null took the loss after pitching four innings, while giving up seven runs on six hits and five walks. The Big Blacks were led by Alex Somerville and Eric Roberts who each had two hits. Jason Stoufer, Kodi Stranahan, Brandon Toler, Jacob Gardner, Alex Potter, and Steven Porter each had one hit for Point Pleasant. Cody Denard had the only hit for Sissonville. Point Pleasant finished with 12 runs on 10 hits with one error and nine men left on base, while Sissonville finished with one run on one hit with five errors and four men left on base. The Big Blacks return to action Thursday when they host Poca at 5:30 p.m. Buford is wild card in OSU’s Final Four chances COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When it comes to unpredictable, game-changing performers at a Final Four, most of the time the discussion revolves around a precocious freshman. Ohio State fans, however, have grown accustomed to warily keeping an eye on the Buckeyes’ lone senior. Which William Buford will show up? Will it be the one who lit up Purdue for 29, Northwestern for 28, Kansas for 21 in the first meeting and Duke for 20? The cool team leader who hit a nerveless shot at the buzzer with a hand in his face to earn the Buckeyes a share of the Big Ten title at Michigan State? Or the one who is shooting 34.7 percent from the field over the last seven games — arguably the Buckeyes’ seven biggest games to date — while averaging 11.3 points, 3 under his average? No one doubts that Buford can decide the outcome of a game. The problem is that works both ways. “He’s made more big shots — more perimeter shots for sure — than anybody playing in the tournament, without question,” said Kansas coach Bill Self, whose Jayhawks take on Buford and the Buckeyes in the national semifinals on Saturday night. “I wouldn’t even think that that’s close.” But it was also Buford who had a miserable game in last year’s round of 16 — hitting just 2 of 16 shots from the field and missing a hurried but wide-open 3 at the buzzer — as the top-ranked and top-seeded Buckeyes were ousted from the tournament by Kentucky, 62-60. Buckeyes coach Thad Matta recognizes that many, many fans remain less than confident in Buford’s ability to have a big game in a pressure-packed environment like the NCAA. “For William, anytime there appears to be trouble, the blame has to go somewhere,” he said. “Like I’ve always said, I wish it would go to me and not the players.” Yet Buford is only concerned about the bottom line. He doesn’t appear to ever take the public criticism to heart. Asked about the highs and lows of his erratic season, Buford doesn’t address any personal disappointments. “My teammates, they always try to lift me up when I’m having bad games, but when we lose that’s the worst part,” he said. “When we’re winning, of course, that’s the high.” Ohio State All-American forward Jared Sullinger points to Buford’s many contributions other than scoring. “When Will knows he’s not having a good shooting night or they’re guarding him tough, he does other things,” Sullinger said. “He’s always helping on defense, passing the ball, getting rebounds and making hustle plays. Scoring does not define William Buford any more. He has an allaround game.” Even before the first practice this season, Buford said he was still haunted by how poorly he played in the season-ending game last year. He said he felt good about his career to that point. “Yes, except my last game,” he said last October. “I got over it a little over the summer. It’s still with me, but I just don’t worry about it too much now. I just won’t ever let that happen again.” The thing is, he’s been shaky when shooting the ball recently. At the regional last weekend in Boston, the Buckeyes’ third-leading scorer was just 1 of 8 with 4 points in an 81-66 victory over downstate rival Cincinnati. Then, with a trip to the Final Four on the line and Sullinger saddled with early foul trouble, Buford faltered again against topseeded Syracuse. He was only 3 of 12 from the field, although he did finish with a respectable 13 points and nine rebounds. He is grateful that others have picked up the scoring slack. “(My teammates) have been playing great in March,” he said. “When I do have a bad game, we still end up winning because we’re more together than we were at the beginning of the season when things like that would happen.” The soft-spoken and selfeffacing Buford is Mr. Dependable off the court, with the younger players teasing him while also looking up to him. He also can be the very picture of a money player, such as when he took it upon himself to hit the biggest shot of the season, quieting that raucous crowd at Michigan State. “People can say (he’s) erratic. 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FOOD Everything Sold As Is All Items Removed Auction Day. 60301788 �Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 BLONDIE BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt www.mydailysentinel.com Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s Horoscope zITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, March 28, 2012: This year, especially after May, you will feel as if your life has taken a turn for the better. Communication flows. You might purchase a new car or computer. You have more energy and often can be found socializing. Do not hesitate to ask questions if you are confused. You can work from clarity, but not from confusion. If you are single, you meet people with ease; however, it might take time for the apple of your eye to understand you. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy more time together. Chat over a meal or take a walk together -- just be together. GEMINI always is fun! The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You have a lot to discuss. Allow adequate time for other responsibilities, errands or whatever dominates your schedule. A talk could involve someone playing devil’s advocate. Appreciate that this person cares enough to function in this manner. Tonight: Visit with others. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Curb a need to have things go your way. You have spirit and endurance, and you probably could wage an endless battle. Do you want to focus on that type of interaction? Back off, and give some thought to what you are doing. Take stock of your finances before you go out. Tonight: Your treat. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You are all smiles and full of energy. Do not allow someone to intimidate you. Claim your power, but avoid walking on others -- for your sake and theirs; newfound respect will develop as a result. Let feelings flow. Tonight: If you could have it all, what would you choose? Let that be your guide. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH You might feel strongly about certain matters, but this is not the time to act on them. Rethink, brainstorm and stay on top of others’ demands. Know that you soon will be on top of your game. Understand what is needed. Think through a decision rather than give in to impulsiveness. Tonight: Busy, aren’t we? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Zero in on a situation involving key people in your life. It could involve a decision or a discussion. At this point, consider yourself lucky if everyone is on the same page. Do not push your opinions on others. Curb spending. Tonight: Where the action is. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You naturally assume the lead. You could be surprised by what is heading down your path. Give someone the respect he or she deserves, but understand that showing respect does not mean you have to agree with this person. Tonight: A must appearance. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You do a good juggling act. You could have a difficult time, as others dump more errands, requests and responsibilities on you. Look beyond the obvious when dealing with others. Kick back, and note what is not being said. A conversation holds plenty of potential. Jump on someone’s suggestion. Tonight: Reach out to a friend or loved one. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You might want to avoid an associate’s or partner’s feedback. Stop your automatic response, and attempt to get past your resistance. This person understands you and often has great suggestions. Together you are a strong team. Tonight: Carrying the theme of teamwork into the night. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You might want to do more listening. Others demonstrate unusual capacities. They, too, have great ideas. You might find it interesting to be more passive. When you detach, you can gain a better sense of those close to you. Tonight: Go along with another’s plans. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You could be exhausted by your efforts to make a dream a reality. Know that you will need to handle an overwhelming amount of requests, plus whatever is already on your plate. Do more listening. Tonight: Squeeze in a stress-buster. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Your creativity expands the more you use it. Others appreciate the unusual and different slant you put on a personal matter. A child could demand more attention. You find time spent with a loved one rewarding. Tonight: Let the rascal within you romp. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Stay centered, and know what is going on. You could be taken aback by someone’s neediness. You cannot change this person, but if you feel too engaged, step back a little. He or she might be a bit thrown off. Make adjustments to this person as necessary. Tonight: Happily head home. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. �Wednesday, March 28, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 www.mydailysentinel.com Meyer turns 1st Buckeyes practices into battles COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Urban Meyer won’t tolerate anybody on his first Ohio State team who won’t compete. When Ohio State’s spring practices kick off on Wednesday, Meyer plans on turning the most mundane of conditioning or technique drills into an allout competition between teammates. However, that doesn’t mean fisticuffs. “When you get away from Mommy and Daddy, it’s a tough world out there,” said the ex-Ohio State grad assistant who won two national titles at Florida. “The people that work in corporations and do a really good job usually have corner offices and trips to Cancun and bonuses. If (you don’t do a good job), you don’t. I think a lot of times kids aren’t taught that.” So Meyer is making that one of his cornerstone philosophies as he takes over an Ohio State team that lapsed to 6-7 a year ago and closed the season with four consecutive losses — including a defeat in the Gator Bowl to Meyer’s former employer, Florida. One team wins a scrimmage and it gets an icy electrolyte drink as it leaves the field. The losers? They get to quench their thirst from a garden hose. Give up a sack and you run extra sprints after the practice; sack the quarterback and you get better food, a better jersey, kinder treatment. “Everything we try to do around here is incentivebased,” Meyer said in previewing the spring workouts. “You want to live off campus, I have no problem with that. But you have to earn that right. A big thing is wearing visors or changing your number to No. 1. I don’t really care what you wear but don’t come see me unless you are taking care of your business in all the other areas that we evaluate.” It is clear that Meyer believes the Buckeyes need some toughness. On the day that Meyer was hired last November, former Ohio State coach Earle Bruce said of the kid he brought on staff in the 1980s, “(Meyer) works everybody hard, coaches and players, hard. He has tough practices. I mean, really tough, Southeastern Conference practices, is what I call them. That’s the way they practice down there.” Louisville coach Charlie Strong, who served as a defensive coordinator at Florida from 2003-2009, said that toughness was evident in the Gators’ practices. He referred to other legendary coaches with Ohio State pedigrees. “He had a chance to work with Earle Bruce and Lou Holtz, who were Woody Hayes disciples,” Strong said. “So it’s all about just a discipline and your structure and how you want your program to be run. It’s all about discipline and structure. You’ve got to find the right fit for the players you want in your program.” The Buckeyes suffered through a dismal season that was a mess from the start. Tressel was forced out in May for lying about his knowledge of players breaking NCAA rules. Assistant Luke Fickell was elevated to interim coach for the season. The NCAA later banned Ohio State from playing in a bowl game af- ter the 2012 season among other sanctions, including numerous suspensions. Tressel was hit with a five-year “show cause” that all but prevents him from coaching at the college level over that period. He subsequently took a job at the University of Akron where he can have no contact with athletes. Meyer was asked if he had tried to make it easy on the players to get through all of those hard times. “I never even thought about that,” he said. “Let them rest and let’s get over that? No, there were no group hugs. (Instead it was) let’s jump in the weight room and get through it that way.” He is out to instill the ethic that life is hard and that winning is important. That lesson will be drilled into the Buckeyes right up through the April 21 spring game — and beyond. Kyle Robertson/Columbus Dispatch/MCT photo “I really want to see guys Urban Meyer is introduced as the new head football coach of lead by not losing,” he said. “You want to be a great Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Monday, November 28, 2011. leader? Go win. That’s where we’re really push- one — don’t lose. There’s a in front of the team. Losers ing (quarterback) Braxton million excuses. Our whole don’t. So we’re really push(Miller). All the players, focus is, go win. Winners ing that winner-loser menwhen you go against some- have a tendency to stand tality right now.” Dave Skretta regular-season title. Kansas coach Bill Self, whose team plays Ohio State on Saturday night, and John Calipari of Kentucky and Rick Pitino of Louisville are already racking up similar bonus packages, according to a review of their contracts by The Associated Press. “It’s a heavyweight group, no question about that,” Self said Tuesday, referring to the quartet of coaches and their schools. They’re getting paid like heavyweights, too. Self signed a contract extension that runs from April 2008 through the 2017-18 season and guarantees an annual salary of $2.5 million. But it’s the bonus provisions that could turn an already princely sum into a greater financial windfall. By winning the school’s eighth consecutive Big 12 title during the regular season, Self earned a $50,000 performance bonus. And when his team pulled away late to beat North Carolina in the Midwest Regional finals Sunday, Self guaranteed himself another $100,000. If the Jayhawks can get by Ohio State, a team they have beaten once already this season, and then win their second national championship in five years, Self will take another $200,000 to the bank. The potential of $350,000 in incentives pales in comparison, though, to what could await Calipari. Despite making $3.8 million — an annual guaranteed package that gets a $1 million retention bump starting next season — officials at Kentucky still managed to sweeten the pot by factoring in hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of bonuses tied to on-court success. Calipari already has earned an extra $50,000 for capturing the Southeastern Conference regular-season title, $100,000 each for making the regional semifinals and finals and $150,000 for beating Baylor and taking the Wildcats back to the Final Four. Winning the basketballmad school’s eighth NCAA tournament title would net another $350,000. Incidentally, the bonus Final Four coaches poised to keep cashing in AP Sports Writer Ohio State coach Thad Matta has already cashed in on the Buckeyes’ trip to the Final Four. So have the rest of the coaches whose teams are headed to New Orleans. Matta has racked up $100,000 in incentives tied to his team’s performance in the Big Ten and NCAA tournament this season. And that doesn’t include the one-year extension that was triggered when the Buckeyes beat Michigan State for a share of the conference PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NFL owners ratified the agreement between the league and players’ union that takes away $36 million in salary cap space from the Redskins and $10 million from the Cowboys. Other than Dallas and Washington, no club voted Tuesday to oppose the agreement, which raised the salary cap for 2012 from about $113 million to $120.6 million. The Cowboys and Redskins have sought arbitration, which will be conducted by University of Pennsylvania professor Stephen Burbank. Both teams were penalized for overloading contracts in the 2010 uncapped season despite league warnings not to do so. Each must take at least half the reduction this year. The Cowboys will play in the season opener on Sept. 5 at the Super Bowl champion New York Giants. That game will be on a Wednesday night for the first time; President Barack Obama is scheduled to address the Democratic National Convention on Sept. 6. “Who cares who we are playing, hosting the game is all that’s important,” Giants owner John Mara joked, knowing well that the NFL champion hosts the kickoff to the season. “It’s exciting. They’re one of our big 2012 “Pride” Edition Friday, April 27, 2012 This edition will feature the following: Government-Education-Community-Financial-Professionals Real Estate-Industry-Technology-Agriculture-Healthcare-Business and Much More!! Reach over 14,000 homes in the Tri-County Area in addition to over 7,500 daily via each papers’ website! Purchase a Quarter Page Advertisement or larger and receive an editorial article with photographs for your business or organization, giving its’ history, growth important role in community and plans for the future Please Call Your Local Advertising Representative Today!! Gallipolis Daily Tribune 740-446-2342 Pitino will cash another $150,000 check if Louisville cuts down the nets Monday night. Then there is Matta, whose total package this season — base salary, media responsibilities, deferred compensation, retention bonuses, retirement and endorsements — totals $2,735,000. The Ohio State coach already has accrued $20,000 for a Big Ten co-championship and $40,000 for making the NCAA tournament. He earned another $20,000 for making the regional finals and $20,000 more when the Buckeyes beat top-seeded Syracuse for a spot in the Final Four. That’s a total of $100,000 in bonuses so far, and Matta would double it if the Buckeyes win two more games for the school’s first national title since 1960. That’s the cost of doing business in major college athletics. Or, more accurately, the cost of success in major college basketball. Owners approve salary cap reductions Demonstrate your pride in your local community, by participating in the Ohio Valley Publishing Company’s Point Pleasant Register 304-675-1333 tied to Kentucky’s academic progress rate? A mere $50,000. “What John Calipari has done on and off the court … to reunite and rejuvenate this fan base has been magical,” Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart said last June, which he announced that Calipari’s contract had been restructured. Calipari’s counterpart in the Bluegrass State is making out well, too. Pitino is making $3 million this season and next season under an extension that took effect in July 2010, and that includes a bump in annual compensation to $3.9 million starting in 2013. He also receives cumulative bonuses for on-court success: $50,000 for winning the Big East tournament title, another $50,000 for making the regional semifinals and finals, and $75,000 when the Cardinals knocked off Florida to book their trip to the Superdome. THE DAILY SENTINEL 740-992-2156 rivals. We had two great games last year. The fans will be jacked up for it.” The owners also approved competition committee recommendations for points of emphasis in the upcoming season, including blows to the head, horse-collar tackles and taunting. The competition committee reviewed video of blows to the head delivered by both offensive and defensive linemen and sought to re-emphasize that striking, swinging, or clubbing an opponent in the head or neck area is illegal. Game officials will be instructed to closely monitor those acts, which draw a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness and can bring fines. Horse-collar tackles increased enough that it alarmed the committee. Rich McKay, president of the Atlanta Falcons and chairman of the committee, said examples of horsecollar tackles will be part of a video shown to players at training camp. The owners will vote Wednesday on whether to make horse-collar tackles of quarterbacks in the pocket a penalty. Although the committee did not say that taunting of opponents increased, it is urging policing such acts be emphasized. Other points of emphasis will spotlight pre-snap movement; players not lining up on the line of scrimmage; a runner declaring himself down; and substitutions that try to confuse the opponent. The Cowboys’ last game also was at the Meadowlands, where the Giants beat them 31-14 to win the NFC East. That was the second of six straight victories for New York that culminated in their Super Bowl win over New England. The telecast of that victory over Dallas averaged 27.6 million viewers, the most ever for a Sunday night game. It was the most-watched regular-season prime-time game in 15 years. “I don’t think a division game means much,” Mara said. “We knew it would be a tough opponent.” It will be the first time the Giants closed one season and opened the next one in the same venue against the same opponent since 1994-95. Back then, it was also the Cowboys, at Giants Stadium. “That was when we were supposed to close the gap on the Cowboys,” Mara said, smiling at the recollection. “And Emmitt (Smith) ran for 60-something yards on the first play.” Visit us at Ad Deadline is Friday, April 6th 60301148 Remember Pride Begins With You! www.mydailysentinel.com � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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