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INSIDE STORY
PVH names
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Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio

WEATHER

SPORTS

Mostly sunny. High
of 63. Low of 36.
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High school
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OBITUARIES

Helen Bartimus, 81
James F. Hughes, 72
Reba Della Roush, 71
Ray Spears, 72
50 cents daily

THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012

Vol. 62, No. 59

Free customer parking available in downtown Pomeroy
By Sarah Hawley

shawley@heartlandpublications.com

POMEROY — Those
coming to Pomeroy to shop
will now have the added
benefit of free parking in
the downtown area.
While council had approved the free parking to
begin on March 19, during
their first meeting of March,
the signs to be placed by the
Pomeroy Merchants Association were placed earlier
this week.
During Monday’s meeting, council members received an update on the
progress, with Mayor Mary
McAngus stating that the
signs were being placed
by Dan Short, President of
the Merchants Association.

McAngus stated that two
large signs would be placed
on bot the lower and upper
portions of the parking lot
alerting customers to the
availability of free parking.
As approved during the
March 12 meeting, parking
will be for customers and
walking path users only,
with a two hour time limit.
Members of council noted that merchants seemed
pleased with the decision to
allow for free parking.
Council approved a pay
increase to $10.50 per hour
for Mark Mattox when
working at the cemetery on
Tuesday and Thursday. The
increase is retroactive to his
start date of working at the
cemetery.
In other business, McAn-

gus was presented with a
community reinvestment
check from Volunteer Energy in the amount of
$639.72.
The mowing contract for
the cemetery was approved
with Terry Congo, on the
condition that the rate is the
same as in 2011.
McAngus stated that tax
cases would be processed
through the magistrate
court instead of county
court, saving the village on
court costs.
Problems with the railing
and cement along the walking path were discussed by
members of council, with
Village Administrator Paul
Hellman checking into
needed repair work.
Council member Vic

Young noted that the holes
on Buckeye Lane had been
repaired, and that several
residents had expressed
their thanks.
Hellman
presented
council with a copy of the
“Pomeroy Public Works Job
Description,” asking for
permission to have Village
Solicitor Michael Barr look
it over. Council will also
review the job description
before final approval of the
document is given.
Present at the meeting
were McAngus, council
members Jackie Welker, Jim
Sission, Ruth Spaun, Phil
Ohlinger and Young. Council member Robert Payne
and Village Clerk Pam Haggy were absent.

Sarah Hawley/photo

Dan Short, President of the Pomeroy Merchants Association,
places a sign on the Pomeroy parking lot Tuesday afternoon indicating to customers that free parking is now being offered on
the parking lot.

Meigs principals report
on school programs
By Charlene Hoeflich

choeflich@mydailysentinel.com

Using Charley Chancey’s horse trailer, Middleport village employees unload furnishings being moved from the 19th century
village hall on Race Street to the newly renovated facility on Pearl Street.

Making the move
By Charlene Hoeflich

choeflich@mydailysentinel.com

MIDDLEPORT — The
move of Middleport businesses offices from the
old 19th century building on Race Street to the
newly renovated facility
on Pearl Street is on, and
while it’s not quite “business as usual,” it’s almost
there.
All week, using a horse
trailer loaned by Charlie
Chancey, village workers
have been hauling furnishings and piles of paperwork from the old village
hall offices to the new
facility. The telephone
system has been switched
but the numbers for each

office remain the same.
There is plenty of conversation about where to put
what as the village workers bring in the furniture,
and the office employees
hustle about checking everything out in hopes of
quickly moving into that
place of business as usual.
The offices are spacious, and most are
equipped with restrooms
which are handicapped
accessible, kitchenettes,
and a closet.
The new jail, located in
one end of the building, Kelly Tobin, left, public works clerk, and Susan Baker, village
financial officer, look over the kitchenette in Baker’s office.
began accepting prisoners
“We’re ‘up and runMonday. At that time op- new village hall.
As of today, all village ning’,” said Susan Baker,
erations of the police department were also func- business is being transact- Middleport’s financial oftioning from Middleport’s ed at the new village hall. ficer.

Eastern Board approves 2012-13 calendar
Sarah Hawley

shawley@heartlandpublications.com

TUPPERS PLAINS —
The Eastern Local Board
of Education approved the
2012-13 school year calendar during its recent meeting.
Calendar option three, as
recommended to the board,
was approved by an unanimous vote.
The first day for students
under the approved calendar will be August 22, with
the school year ending on
May 24. The calendar includes a one week spring
break.
The board approved the
placement of a recycling
unit, similar to those in
Chester and Pomeroy, near

the Eastern Local Administrative Offices in Tuppers
Plains. The building is to be
constructed by Eastern student Garrett Ritchie as part
of his Eagle Scout project.
Ritchie addressed the board
during the meeting, providing facts about recycling
and the need for a recycling
center in the village.
The board approved the
non-renewal of all supplemental contracts for the
2011-12 school year effective at the end of the school
year in accordance with
Article 13.03 of the Master
Agreement with the Eastern Local Education Association.
In other business, the
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Sarah Hawley/photo

Eastern High School student Garrett Ritchie speaks to members of the Eastern Local Board of Education during last week’s
board meeting. Ritchie received permission from the board for
the placement of a recycling collection unit near the Eastern
Local Administrative Offices as part of his Eagle Scout project.

MIDDEPORT — Reports
by building principals on
the good things happening
in Meigs Local schools were
given at Tuesday night’s
meeting of the Meigs Local Board of Education held
at the Meigs Elementary
School.
Kristin Baer of the elementary school talked about
steps being taken to create
positive behavior among
students, David Deem of the
Middle School spoke on the
anti-bullying program going
on there, Darin Logan of the
Intermediate School talked
about a positive approach
to discipline being practiced and noted an upcoming awards assembly, while
Steve Ohlinger of the High
School reported that April
19 students will be inducted
into the National Honor Society. He also commented
on intervention programs to
prepare students for testing,
and the effectiveness of the
after-school program.
During the meeting, the
Board approved a three year
t renewal with Sammy I.
Stamm &amp; Co., LLC for the
conversion of the district’s
financial statements for fiscal years, 2o12, 2o13 and
2014, at a cost of $3,900 for
each year.
Personnel
submitting
resignations for retirement
purposes effective June 1
accepted by the Board were
Ralph Werry, teacher and

co-cheerleader adviser; Ron
Drexler, David Kuscma, and
Donna Jenkins, all teachers. Also accepted was the
resignation of Edna Will as
a cook, effective March 30.
Christopher Carroll was
hired as a volunteer softball coach for the season.
Re-employed were Matthew Simpson, technology
coordinator, on a five year
contract; Dean Harris as
transportation director on
a three year contract; Paul
NcElroy, director of operations, on a three year contract; Christina Musser,
food service supervisor, on
a three year contract; Mary
Hawk, associate principal,
on a five-year contract and
Michael Barnett, federal
programs director and curriculum coordinator, on a
three year contract.
The Board voted to
grant five additional days
of service to the librarians
, Denise Arnold, Betty Ann
Wolfe, Carol Mahr, and Margaret Barr, to allow them
time to properly inventory
and close school libraries
for the summer.
First readings were given
to numerous updates, revised, replaced or deleted
policies as recommended.
At the meeting were all
five Board members, Ryan
Mahr, Larry Tucker, Roger
Abbott, Todd Snowden, and
Ron Logan, Superintendent
Rusty Bookman, and Treasurer/CFO Mark Rhonemus.

Trial set in Viand
meth lab case
Beth Sergent

bsergent@heartlandpublications.com

POINT PLEASANT — A
trial date has been set in a
case involving a Pomeroy,
Ohio man who allegedly operated a meth lab at a home
on Viand Street — the main
drag through Point Pleasant.
Back in January, a Mason
County grand jury indicted
Michael Bing, 30, Pomeroy,
for operate a clandestine
drug laboratory, conspiracy,
two counts exposure of children to meth manufacturing
and two counts child neglect creating risk of injury.
Bing has pleaded not guilty.
According to records
in Mason County Circuit
Court, Bing’s pretrial hearing has been set for 3 p.m.,
May 21 with his trial date
set for 9:30 a.m., June 5.
In May of last year, Bing,
along with June Cremeans,
29, Gallipolis Ferry, were
arrested for the operation

of a clandestine drug lab
at 1301 Viand St., a home
across from the Go Mart
convenient store. Bing and
Cremeans were also arrested for child neglect with the
potential of serious bodily
injury.
According to a spokesperson with the Mason County
Sheriff’s Department at
the time, not only was the
couple accused of making
meth, but their two year-old
and six year-old sons were
inside the residence, where
both used and uncapped hypodermic needles, as well as
the chemicals used to make
meth, were located.
Court records from Mason County Circuit Court
show Cremeans pleaded
guilty to a felony charge of
conspiracy in the case on
Jan. 20 and had been out
on bond, awaiting her sentencing until last week. Last
week, court records show
her bond was revoked after
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Ask Dr. Brothers

Brown named PVH Employee of the Month Is sports schedule
Pleasant Valley Hospital (PVH) recently announced that the Customer Service Employee
of the Month for March
is Becky Brown, RN, in
the Pediatric Department. Becky joined PVH
in April 2011.
According to a release
from her department at
PVH, Brown was nominated because of her dedication.
The release states:
“Becky is industrious and
hardworking. She goes
the extra mile to make
sure the Pediatric Department runs as smoothly
as possible. She is an excellent nurse and her patients love her.”
“Becky is constantly

busy. She enjoys learning
new things about nursing,
and she is always willing to help. We receive
numerous compliments
about Becky from mothers. At PVH, the Pediatric Department is a family-friendly environment.
Becky not only cares for
the child, but also for
their family,” said Denise
Queen, RN, Manager of
Peds/OB.
Brown and her husband
of 34 years, Kevin, live
in Letart, West Virginia.
They have two grown
daughters, Rachel Mitchell and Leah Starkey.
They enjoy spending time
with their five grandsons,
Payton, 11, Dalton, 7,
Trayton, 5, Weston, 3,

good for kids?

Submitted photo

Pictured with Brown, center, is Denise Queen, RN, Manager of
Peds/OB, and Bill Barker, Senior VP of Administration.

and Qwenton, 1.
In receiving this recognition, Brown will receive a $50 check, a VIP
parking space and a free

lunch. She will also be
eligible for the Customer
Service Employee of the
Year Award and a chance
for $250.

Culvert replacement projects to close two roads
Roads to be closed from 8 a.m.- 3 p.m.

Staff Report

mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com

MEIGS COUNTY — The Ohio Department of Transportation announces two closures to begin next week on
State Routes 681 and 325 for culvert
replacement projects.

On State Route 325 — starting
April 3 — the road will be closed 1.1
miles West of the SR 124 intersection
(4.31 mile marker) from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Work is scheduled to be completed
that same day, weather permitting.
On State Route 681 — starting
April 4 — the road will be closed 0.4

miles east of Rye Road intersection
(24.43 mile marker) from 8 a.m.-3
p.m. Work is scheduled to be completed that same day, weather permitting.
ODOT is trying to complete the
jobs during Spring Break of the county
schools so not to interrupt bus routes
that may pass through the work zones.

W.Va. delegation blasts EPA power plants proposal

CHARLESTON, W.Va.
(AP) — West Virginia’s
congressional
delegation joined Gov. Earl Ray
Tomblin on Wednesday in
bashing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
over a plan to limit heattrapping pollution from
new power plants, calling
it a job-killer for the state
and its coal industry.
The rule announced
Tuesday could either derail or jump-start plans for
15 new coal-fired power
plants in 10 states, depending on when they
start construction. Eventually, all coal-fired power
plants would need to install equipment to capture
half of their carbon pollution.
Tomblin said it’s clear
the Obama administration
is trying to “end the use of
coal as we know it.” The

proposed guidelines would
eliminate jobs and drive up
electricity costs in West
Virginia, he said.
“I will not stand for it,”
Tomblin declared. “This
latest announcement is
yet another example of the
EPA’s inappropriate use of
its regulatory authority to
set policy for our country.
Those decisions reside
within the Congress, not
an unelected bureaucracy.”
Democratic U.S. Sen.
Joe Manchin called the
proposal “wrong-headed”
and said it effectively prevents construction of any
new coal-fired plants.
“This EPA is fully engaging in a war on coal,”
he said, “even though this
country will continue to
rely on coal as an affordable, stable and abundant
energy source for decades
to come.”

The EPA’s approach “relies totally on cheap natural gas, and we’ve seen
that bubble burst before,”
Manchin added. “It might
sound good now, but what
happens if those prices
go up? Your average hardworking families and manufacturers will be left holding the bag of uncertainty
— either in the prices they
pay or in the reliability of
our electrical system.”
Democratic Rep. Nick
Rahall called it “irresponsible and unreasonable.”
“To be energy independent, we need to have
a full menu of domestic
energy choices,” he said.
“Cutting off coal at the
knees, as this rule does,
undercuts our energy and
economic security.”
Republican Reps. Shelley Moore Capito and David McKinley argued the

EPA is once again overstepping its authority.
“Whether coal, natural
gas or oil,” Capito said,
“this administration is intent on holding our fossil
fuels hostage.”
McKinley noted that just
last week, a federal judge
found the EPA had overreached in vetoing a water
pollution permit the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
had given Arch Coal for its
Spruce No. 1 surface mine
in Logan County.
“Plain and simple, this
will kill West Virginia
jobs,” McKinley said. “…
The fact that they are
nonetheless
proceeding
with new regulations that
effectively ban new coalfired power plants is a
signal that their arrogance
knows no limit.”

Competency exam ordered for school shooting suspect

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — A judge
has ordered a mental competency
exam for a teenager accused of fatally shooting three students in a high
school last month.
Judge Timothy Grendell in Geauga
County Juvenile Court said in a brief
notice Tuesday that he had ordered
the evaluation of 17-year-old T.J.
Lane. The judge didn’t elaborate and
attorneys in the case are under a gag
order.
The ruling postpones next Tuesday’s hearing that had been scheduled
to determine if the case should move
to adult court for trial. The judge said
he would meet with attorneys on April
9 to schedule a competency hearing
and a second hearing on whether

Lane must be tried as an adult.
John Lawson, a Cleveland attorney
who specializes in juvenile law, said
Wednesday that the judge may have
initiated the competency exam on his
own or the prosecutor or defense may
have requested it.
Geauga County Prosecutor David
Joyce said of Lane two days after the
shooting, “This is someone who’s not
well, and I’m sure in our court case
we’ll prove that to all of your desires
and we’ll make sure justice is done
here in this county.” Joyce would not
elaborate.
Authorities say Lane entered the
cafeteria at Chardon High School on
Feb. 27 and opened fire, killing three
students and seriously wounding two

others. The motive remains unclear,
though the prosecutor apparently has
ruled out theories involving bullying
or drug-dealing.
Lane was charged with three counts
of aggravated murder, two counts of
attempted aggravated murder and one
count of felonious assault.
Under a new state law, a child may
be found competent only if able to
grasp the seriousness of the charges,
if able to understand the court proceedings, if able to aid in the defense
and if able to understand potential
consequences.
The law says a child with a mental
illness or an intellectual or developmental disability may not be found
competent.

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Brothers: My
upset. I took
husband
and
my two kids to
I are arguing
a family-friendly
about
sports.
fundraiser for a
Not
baseball
local community
or
football,
group. What I
but
whether
didn’t know was
we should let
that a stand-up
our child get
comedian would
involved in orbe there using
ganized sports
foul
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programs. He arand describing
gues that school
sexual situations
comes first, and
that there should Dr. Joyce Brothers for cheap laughs.
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6-year-old
be nothing in
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giggled,
and
the way of our
Columnist
my 11-year-old
son doing all his
turned red. I was
homework and
having his focus be to rest upset but didn’t say anyand be sharp for school. I thing at the time, not wantdon’t see how sports would ing to make a big deal of it.
interfere with that — it But after thinking about it,
might even tire him out for I wonder if I should discuss
bedtime! He is 8 years old. the whole thing with my
boys. — S.J.
— L.W.
Dear S.J.: As our children
Dear L.W.: Your husband
obviously wants the best for grow up and are no longer
his son in terms of his aca- under our control, it’s nearly
demic success and his gen- impossible to protect them
eral good health. But if your from every unsavory expechild wants to participate rience in society. But it’s
in sports, as he probably infuriating when you are
will, your husband should trying to do the right thing
consider all the social and and something bad happens
physical benefits as well. right under your nose. I can
Even if your son found it understand why you were
difficult to handle home- upset, and I wonder if the
work and learning, or if he organizers of the event were
is a poor sleeper, there’s aware of the nature of the
little evidence that some comedian’s routine. Apparregular strenuous exercise ently the presence of chilwould be a bad thing — in dren was not a deterrent to
fact, just the opposite. For his adults-only humor, and
one thing, kids with a lot of that’s a shame. But there’s
time on their hands are at no way to go back and undo
higher risk of finding things it, so you will have to see if
to fill that time that aren’t there is an opportunity to
very productive, such as a make some lemonade out
steady diet of video games of the lemons that were his
or mindless TV-watching. jokes. Looking at the experiUnless it’s a physically ac- ence this way may help you
tive video game, kids can improve the communication
become couch potatoes, to with your youngsters about
sex and respect for women.
their detriment.
I don’t imagine that the
Students with more activities to organize might incident was truly harmful
become efficient at juggling to your kids — the younger
their studies. And a recent one probably didn’t grasp
review of 14 studies of ex- the full meaning of what
ercise and academics by was said, although he recogsome European scientists nized and reacted to some
revealed a link that may in- of the language he heard.
terest your husband. The You can remind him that
findings strongly suggested there are things that are not
a positive relationship be- polite to say to people, since
tween exercise and good 6-year-olds are notorious for
school performance. Pos- swearing a blue streak like
sible factors included more a parrot if they hear somestress-reducing hormones thing “funny.” Your older
being released with exer- child is a different story. Obcise and increased thinking viously he was embarrassed
ability due to more oxygen by what he heard, and you
being supplied to the brain. might take some time to
So, you have plenty of am- discuss his feelings and your
munition; take it to your family’s values. Good luck!
(c) 2012 by King
husband!
Features Syndicate
***

SOGA gymnasts
earn state titles

Court: Man can’t sue gov’t over records sharing
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The Supreme Court ruled
Wednesday that the federal government cannot be
sued for emotional distress
after two agencies improperly shared a man’s medical
records detailing his HIV
status.
“We hold that the Privacy Act does not unequivocally authorize an award
of damages for mental or
emotional distress,” said
Justice Samuel Alito, who
wrote the 5-3 opinion
throwing out Stanmore
Cooper’s lawsuit. “Accordingly, the act does not
waive the federal government’s sovereign immunity from liability for such
harms.”
The San Francisco man,
who is HIV-positive, disclosed that information to
Social Security officials to
receive medical benefits,
but withheld it from the
Federal Aviation Administration. During a criminal
investigation involving pilots’ medical fitness to fly,
the Social Security Administration gave the FAA the
medical records of some
45,000 Northern California residents who applied
for licenses.
The FAA was investigating whether pilots were

using one set of doctors to
certify their fitness to fly
while applying to Social
Security for disability payments using other doctors
to support claims of illness
and injury.
Cooper was identified
in “Operation Safe Pilot”
as an FAA licensee who
also was receiving disability benefits. He admitted
withholding his HIV condition from the FAA on
applications filed between
1998 and 2004. Cooper
pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of making a
false statement. He paid a
$1,000 fine.
The FAA has since
changed its policy, but
HIV-positive
applicants
once were denied a pilot’s
license.
Despite the conviction,
he sued the federal government in 2007 for violating
the Privacy Act after discovering that the Social
Security Administration
turned over his medical records to the FAA without
his consent.
U.S.
District
Court
Judge Vaughn Walker ruled
he could only recover actual damages. Because
Cooper only alleged emotional distress and no outof-pocket expenses over

disclosures of a disease
he kept private, the judge
tossed out the suit. But the
9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals overturned that,
saying emotional distress
caused by the disclosure of
Cooper’s illness counts as
actual damages.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
and Stephen Breyer dissented, saying they would
have let the Privacy Act
lawsuit move forward. The
ruling “cripples the Act’s
core purpose of redressing
and deterring violations of
privacy interests,” Sotomayor said.
Justice Elena Kagan did
not participate because she
worked on the case while
solicitor general.
The high court also:
— Ruled immigrants
who committed crimes
before the government
changed the law to keep
criminal immigrants from
entering the United States
can travel abroad for brief
periods without jeopardizing their resident alien status. In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, the court said
Panagis Vartelas’ guilty
plea in 1994 is controlled
by the “legal regime in
force at the time of his con-

viction,” not by the 1996
law that banned foreign
travel by criminal immigrants like him.
Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and
Samuel Alito dissented,
saying since Vartelas’ trip
happened in 2003, the law
in force at that time should
apply.
— Ruled that judges can
order federal sentences to
run consecutively with future state sentences. In his
6-3 opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia said Monroe Setser did not identify “any
flaw in the District Court’s
decision-making process”
when it sentenced him to
a 151-month prison term
to run consecutively with
a future state sentence for
a drug offense and parole
violation. Texas officials
eventually gave him a fiveyear sentence on the probation violation and 10 years
on the drug charge.
Justices Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer dissented, with Breyer saying
“a federal sentencing judge
does not have the power to
order that a ‘federal sentence be consecutive to an
anticipated state sentence
that has not yet been imposed.’”

Submitted photo

Southern Ohio Gymnastics Academy Level 6s and Level 9s
took part in the state championship meet, bringing home
three state championships and two runners-up. Pictured
(front row) Alyssa Cremeens, Level 6, State Champion on
vault 9.60; Jenna Burke, Level 6, State Champion on balance beam 9.40; Chloe McCarty, Level 6, runner up on vault
9.40; (back row) Sally Mankins, Level 9, runner up on vault
9.55, runner up All Around 37.45; Janelle McClelland, Level
9, State Champion on vault 9.75. Mankins All Around of
37.45 and McClellands All Around of 36.725 qualified them
to move on to Region 5 regional championships in mid April
in Indianapolis.

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Obituaries
Helen Bartimus

Helen Bartimus, 81, of Reedsville, Ohio, passed away
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Rocksprings Nursing and
Rehab Center.
She was born December 7, 1930, in Meigs County, Ohio,
daughter of the late Harvey and Lula Sovel Rockhold. She
was a homemaker.
She is survived by a son, Harvey and Carol Bartimus,
of Reedsville; five daughters, Nancy and Jerry Arthurs, of
Belpre, Brenda Bartimus, of Reedsville, Karen and Chuck
Blind, of Stockport, Rosemary Yoho, of Reedsville, and Linda Ayres, of Tuppers Plains; a daughter-in-law, Ruth Ann
Bartimus; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by
her husband, Elza Bartimus; two sons, Donald and Richard
Bartimus; two brothers, Woodrow and Don Rockhold.
The family would like to thank the staff at Rocksprings
Nursing and Rehab Center for the love and care that they
gave Helen. Also a special thank you to Dohrman Reed of
Reedsville.
Services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, March 30, 2012,
at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home, Coolville, Ohio, with
Pastor Bill Duty officiating. Burial will be in the Heiney
Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral
home.
You can sign the online guestbook at www.white-schwarzelfuneralhome.com.

Reba Della Roush

Reba Della Roush went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday March 27, 2012, at her residence in Syracuse, Ohio.
Reba was born on Aug. 18, 1940, in Flatwoods, Ky. She was
a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Mason VFW Post
9926 and the American Legion 140.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Donald E.
Greene and Frank Roush; parents, Ida and Owen Justice;
and grandson, Kody Greene.
She is survived by daughters, Edna (David) Davis of
Rutland, Ohio, Ruth (Butch) Sellers of Letart Falls, Ohio,
Roberta (Grant) Hysell of New Haven, W.Va.; sons, Robert
(Dianna) Greene of Motross, Va., Earnest Greene of Letart
Falls, Ohio; brothers, Robert (Joyce) Justice of Holiday, Fla.,
Harry (Jean) Justice of Lowry, Miss.; 34 grandchildren, 33
great-grandchildren , eight step-children and several nieces,
nephews, and extended family.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, March
30, 2012, at the Foglesong Roush Funeral Home in Mason,
W.Va., with Rev. Huling Greene officiating. Visitation will
be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. prior to the funeral on Friday. Burial will be in the Letart Falls Cemetery, Letart Falls,
Ohio.
Condolences and memories may be shared at www.foglesongroushfh.com.

Benny Ray Spears

Benny Ray Spears, of Middleport, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2012, in Savannah, Georgia. He was born on
June 1, 1939, to the late Andy and Hazel (Evans) Newsome,
in Larado, West Virginia. Benny worked in the coal mines
most of his life, where he worked as a foreman. He was also
a member of the Pomeroy-Racine Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his daughter, Phyllis (Randy) Cross;
grandchildren, Jennifer Cross, Bridget Cross, Stacy Stewart, and Cory Stewart; great-grandchildren, Rhanda Cross,
Wyatt Humphries, Carson, Triston and Harlen Stewart;
special granddaughter, Jodi Silva and her children, Eden
and Ashton Silva; brother, Austin (Laraine) Newsome; sisters, Louise Anderson and Kathrine Stewart; sister-in-law,
Joanne Newsome; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and
nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Christine
Spears; brothers, Frank and Terry Newsome.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday,
March 31, 2012, at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home
in Pomeroy. Burial will follow in the Meigs Memory Gardens. Family and friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Friday,
March 30, 2012, at the funeral home. A Masonic service
will be conducted at 7:45 p.m. on Friday.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Benny’s
name to the American Cancer Society.
A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com.

James F. Hughes

James F. Hughes, 72, of Ashton, W.Va., went home to be
with the Lord on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at his home
after a short illness with cancer.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, March
30, 2012, at the Hughes home on Ashton Upland Road, in
Ashton, W.Va., with Max Spurlock officiating. Burial will
follow in Balls Chapel Church Cemetery also in Ashton,
W.Va. Friends may visit the family after 6 p.m. on Thursday,
March 29, 2012, at their home. Deal Funeral Home in Point
Pleasant, W.Va. is handling the arrangements.

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board
approved
Carly
Hayes, Kristen Dettwiller,
and Aaron Schaekel as Academic Intervention Specialists for the Soar Program.
Keri Brannon and Leslie
Horner were approved as
substitute teachers for the
remainder of the school
year pending proper certification.
Supplemental and Pupil Activity contracts were
awarded to Melissa Barker,
elementary yearbook adviser; Robyn Hawk, yearbook
advisor; Jake Lynch, volunteer varsity high school
baseball coach; Kelly Winebrenner, paid assistant track
coach.
The resignation of Florrilla L. Baker, custodian, for
retirement purposes was approved, effective June 1.
Kirk Reed, Chad Griffith
and Eric Tuttle were approved as Senior Trip chaperons.
Victoria Goble and Samuel Jones were approved as
open enrollment students

for the remainder of the
year.
Student teachers approved for the spring quarter are, Brittany Rhoades
with Linda Faulk; Emily
Jane Silverberg with Dee
Simmons; Susie Gerard
with Julie Spaun; Ally Zaharewicz with Heather Wilcoxen; Jacob White with
Kirk Reed; and Rebecca
Rader with Pat Newland.
The use of NEOLA laws,
policies and guidelines were
approved.
A resolution was approved
accepting the amounts and
rates as determined by the
budget commission and authorizing the necessary tax
levies and certifying them
to the county auditor for the
2012-13 fiscal year.
The next meeting will
take place at 6:30 p.m.
on Wednesday, April 25,
in the library conference
room. The records commission will meet at 9 a.m. on
Thursday, March 29, at the
administrative office building to approve records for
disposal.

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Friday, March 30

RACINE — Home National Bank will be serving beef
and noodles over mashed potatoes for every non-perishable or monetary donation. The meal will be served from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This food drive supports the ongoing
effort to “Stop Hunger @ Home” and all donations will
go to the Meigs Cooperative Parish Food Pantry.
MARIETTA — The Reginal Advisory Council for the
Area Agency on Aging will met at 180 a.m. in the Buckeye Hills9-HVRDD AreaAgency on Aging in Marietta.
LEBANON TWP. — Lebanon Township Trustees will
be holding their monthly meeting at 6 p.m. at the Township Building.

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Meigs County
Local Briefs
Meigs plat books available

Saturday, March 31

POMEROY — The Meigs County 4-H Committee is selling 2011 Meigs County Plat Books for $20 each. They can
be purchased at the Meigs County Extension Office, Meigs
County Soil and Water Office and the Meigs County Recorder’s Office in the Courthouse on the second floor. To
have one mailed send a check for $25 to Meigs County 4-H
Committee, PO Box 32, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. All profits
from the sale of these books benefits Meigs County 4-H
youth for camp, scholarships and awards.

Sunday, April 1

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.

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.
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.

Classical music concert

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

Monday, April 2

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.

Wednesday, April 4

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.

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.
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.”

Card Shower

POMEROY — Jim and Susie Soulsby will celebrate
their 60th wedding anniversary on April 3. Cards may
be sent to them at 117 Union Avenue, Pomeroy, Ohio,
45769.

Local stocks

AEP (NYSE) — 38.17
Akzo (NASDAQ) —
19.44
Ashland Inc. (NYSE) —
61.22
Big Lots (NYSE) —
45.59
Bob Evans (NASDAQ) —
37.81
BorgWarner (NYSE) —
83.98
Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 8.73
Champion (NASDAQ) —
0.65
Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ) — 5.63
City Holding (NASDAQ)
— 35.39
Collins (NYSE) — 57.87
DuPont (NYSE) — 52.95
US Bank (NYSE) —
31.82
Gen Electric (NYSE) —
20.01
Harley-Davidson (NYSE)
— 49.00
JP Morgan (NYSE) —
46.27
Kroger (NYSE) — 24.19
Ltd Brands (NYSE) —
48.54
Norfolk So (NYSE) —
65.90

OVBC (NASDAQ) —
17.07
BBT (NYSE) — 31.88
Peoples (NASDAQ) —
17.37
Pepsico (NYSE) — 65.93
Premier (NASDAQ) —
7.73
Rockwell (NYSE) —
79.42
Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 12.77
Royal Dutch Shell —
70.70
Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 68.99
Wal-Mart (NYSE) —
61.19
Wendy’s (NYSE) — 4.96
WesBanco (NYSE) —
20.86
Worthington (NYSE) —
18.34
Daily stock reports are
the 4 p.m. ET closing
quotes of transactions for
March 28, 2012, provided
by Edward Jones financial
advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441
and Lesley Marrero in Point
Pleasant at (304) 674-0174.
Member SIPC.

Ohio Valley Forecast
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North
wind between 5 and 7 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36.
Northeast wind around 6 mph.
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then
showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4 p.m. High
near 71. East wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south. Chance
of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall amounts of less
than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in
thunderstorms.
Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm
before 2 a.m., then a slight chance of showers between 2
a.m. and 5 a.m. Low around 48. Chance of precipitation
is 90 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and
quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: A chance of showers before 7 a.m. Partly
sunny, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 30
percent.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69.

Mulberry Avenue closed

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) 590-4891.

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 740444-5599 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.

Lawmaker chastised for
wearing hoodie in House
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Rep. Bobby Rush donned a
hoodie during a speech on
the House floor Wednesday deploring the killing of
Florida teenager Trayvon
Martin, receiving a reprimand for violating rules on
wearing hats in the House
chamber.
The Illinois Democrat
spoke out against racial profiling and, as he removed
his suit coat and pulled the

hood on the sweatshirt he
was wearing underneath
over his head, saying “just
because someone wears a
hoodie does not make them
a hoodlum.”
Rush was interrupted by
the presiding officer, Mississippi Republican Gregg
Harper, who reminded him
that the wearing of hats was
not allowed and “members
need to remove their hoods
or leave the floor.”

Announcing

Trial
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she allegedly tested positive for drugs. Cremeans
was taken back into custody
and as of Tuesday was an
inmate at the Western Regional Jail in Barboursville.
Her sentencing date for the
conspiracy charge is May 3.
As for the home on Viand
St., it has sat vacant since
the meth lab bust last May.
Point Pleasant City Inspector Jeremy Bryant said the

city doesn’t have any ordinance or code dealing with
homes which have been
contaminated by meth making, saying the city relies on
state law for guidance on
these matters. Bryant explained the state says there
are two options for this type
of property — its either
cleaned and tested as habitable again or it’s torn down.
Bryant said at this point, no
one has attempted to inhabit the property.

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Pomeroy Pike • Pomeroy, Ohio

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Democrats, GOP woo Court’s health ruling could shake fall elections
unmarried women voters
Laurie Kellman
Associated Press

Laurie Kellman
Associated Press

STERLING, Va. (AP) — As a married woman, Marisa Hannum had her
family’s conservatism in mind when
she backed Republicans in the 2008 and
2004 presidential elections. Now divorced, she is putting her own interests
first as she weighs whether to vote for
Democratic President Barack Obama or
his Republican challenger this fall.
She’s an abortion opponent, worried
about her finances and concerned for
friends who can’t find jobs. She’s dumbfounded that anyone is questioning birth
control access in 2012. And she has only
a glimmer of an idea of how she’ll vote
in November.
“Now I am a little bit better informed.
But I am really on the fence,” says Hannum, 30, an assistant restaurant manager, as she stops by the post office in this
Washington suburb — a region filled
with single women that Democrats and
Republicans alike are targeting.
In an election year heavily focused on
social issues and the economy, Democrats are trying to energize unmarried
females who overwhelmingly vote for
their candidates while Republicans work
to peel them away.
Political math tells the story of the socalled marriage gap: exit polls show that
women are a majority of voters in presidential election years and about four in
10 female voters don’t have a spouse.
They lean more heavily Democratic than
their married counterparts. But the U.S.
census says about 22 percent of them
are unregistered, a rich pool of potential
new voters for both parties competing
for the presidency and the majorities in
Congress.
Though single women are among the
most Democratic groups in the electorate, recent political history gives Republicans hope: In the 2010 elections,
Republican House candidates grabbed
their highest share of women’s votes in
decades, at 49 percent. Single women
also were hit harder than others by the
recession Obama inherited.
So in both parties, the race is on to
woo single women, register them to
vote and inspire them to show up at the
polls.
“There is a group of women who are
up for grabs,” said Democratic pollster
Celinda Lake, who describes a majority
of these voters as older, white and blue
collar. In research she’s done for the
Voter Participation Center, a nonpartisan research group. Lake estimates that
the share of unregistered single women
could be as high as 40 percent, or 55 million people, when the group that did not
answer that question on the Census is
counted. Whatever the share, “their support cannot be assumed,” she says.
As much as 75 percent of single
women vote for Democrats, so registering them to vote en masse is more beneficial for Democrats than Republicans.
And, said GOP pollster Ed Goeas, single
working women tend to show up to vote
at some of the lowest rates of any demographic.
“They are a longshot,” Goeas said of

single women generally. But no-longer
married women like Hannum, he said,
may be worth courting for the GOP in
part because they tend to be more conservative than never-marrieds.
The scramble for support from women
generally and single women specifically
accounts for the competing narratives
spun by Republicans, who are focused
on the economy, and Democrats targeting social issues, so far this year.
Democrats have been trumpeting
a “Republican war against women,” a
phrase coined because of GOP objections to birth control access. They have
used the slogan against GOP front-runner Mitt Romney and it was the theme
of a fund raising swing out West earlier
this year for 11 female Democratic Senate candidates.
Republicans, meanwhile, are betting
that come Election Day, women — as
well as men — generally will vote on
Obama’s stewardship of the economy.
However unlike men, GOP strategists
say, women have a more intimate relationship with consumer goods and are
more likely to know, for example, how
much the price of milk has changed, or
the outlook for the family budget. It’s
why the party is heavily focused on the
rising price of gas this year, a key pocketbook issue certain to intensify as the
summer vacation season draws near.
For Hannum, the economy and social
issues vie for primacy on her political
priority list. She’s the only woman on a
three-manager team at an upscale Italian restaurant in Reston. She has a red
Volkswagen Jetta and bills that she alone
is responsible for. She worries that gas
has risen above $3.99 a gallon in Northern Virginia, and says she could not afford any kind of pay freeze or cut.
“I can barely afford life as it is now,”
she says.
So what would each party say to Hannum, and others like her?
Romney’s campaign responded to
that question by highlighting the former
Massachusetts governor’s success in big
business as well as his plan to rein in
government spending, cut bureaucracy
and restore economic growth.
Hannum’s take:
“I’m reading about a man who’s accomplished a lot,” she said. But she noted that his statement did not mention
women, health care or birth control. “If
you’re trying to win me, put something
in there that has to do with me.”
GOP challenger Rick Santorum’s appeal to Hannum was more specific. His
campaign invoked her name and made
note of her occupation. But Hannum
said: “He won’t get my vote,” partly because he opposes gay marriage.
Obama’s campaign did not respond to
Hannum.
Still, after listening to both Republicans, she suggested their efforts may
end up being moot.
“Because of how I feel about some of
the social issues, at this point, I would
definitely vote Democratic over the Republicans,” says Hannum, though she
left open the possibility that she could
be swayed.
The GOP has eight months to try.

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WASHINGTON (AP) —
The Supreme Court’s ruling on
the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health
care overhaul is likely to shake
the presidential election race in
early summer. But the winners
in the court will not necessarily
be the winners in the political
arena.
No doubt, a decision to
throw out the entire law would
be a defeat for Obama. His
judgment and leadership, even
his reputation as a former constitutional law professor, would
be called into question for
pushing through a contentious
and partisan health insurance
overhaul only to see it declared
unconstitutional by the court.
But it would not spell certain doom for his re-election.
In fact, it would end the GOP
argument that a Republican
president must be elected to
guarantee repeal of the law. It
also could re-energize liberals,
shift the spotlight onto insurance companies and reignite a
debate about how to best provide health care.
If the court upholds the law,
Obama would be vindicated legally. Republican constitutional
criticisms would be undercut
because five of the nine justices
were nominated by Republican
presidents.
But opposition would intensify in the political world.
Without legal recourse, Republicans would gain new energy
to argue that the only path to
kill the law would be to elect
a Republican president and
enough GOP candidates to
control the House and Senate.
They might be wary of promising overnight repeal because a
filibuster-proof Senate majority
seems beyond their reach in
the November election.
Central to the dispute over
the law is a provision that
requires individuals to have
health insurance by 2014 or
pay a penalty. Polls show that
this mandate is opposed by 3
of 5 Americans. Among Republicans, calls for its repeal are a
surefire applause line.
Of the four federal appeals
courts that have ruled, two upheld the law, one struck down
only the insurance mandate
and one punted, saying an obscure tax law makes it premature to decide the merits until
the main coverage provisions
take effect in 2014.
With the court hearing arguments Monday through
Wednesday, operatives from
both parties have been playing
out the potential outcomes. It’s
a calculation complicated by
the intensely polarized public
attitudes toward the law, by the
still unsettled race for the Re-

publican nomination and, most
important, by the range of potential decisions by the court.
“A lot of the arguments that
are being made against it right
now are that they violate basic
constitutional rights and principles,” said Tad Devine, a veteran consultant of Democratic
presidential politics. “If the Supreme Court, controlled by Republicans, doesn’t agree with
that, I think it’s going to be
hard to make that argument.”
“If they strike down the mandate,” he added, “it takes away
a lot of the attack against the
president on that issue.”
White House and Obama
campaign officials would not
publicly discuss the options
ahead, worried they would be
perceived as trying to influence the court. But the Obama
campaign has begun to draw
attention to the benefits of the
law, hoping to counter the beating the law has taken from the
GOP presidential candidates.
This past week, it posted
a new health care app online
where users can find out how
the health care law affects
them. It also launched a website that features testimonials
about the law.
The campaign’s Obama
Twitter account drew attention Thursday to that “Faces
of Change” website and to the
law’s second anniversary, a day
after White House spokesman
Jay Carney dismissed any observance of the bill’s signing
as something “that only those
who toil inside the Beltway focus on.”
On Friday, the White House
released a report that promoted achievements such as
coverage for young adults and
omitted any mention of problems, including the little or no
progress toward carrying out
the law in many states. Health
and Human Services Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius said in a
statement the law “gives hard
working middle-class families
the security they deserve.”
Privately, many Democrats
concede that repeal of the law
would be represent a huge
public relations problem for
Obama, though one he could
overcome if the court issues its
opinion in June, as expected.
Republicans appear divided
on the results.
Republican strategist Greg
Mueller, who works on many
conservative causes, said that
if the law is upheld, the conservative base will be energized; if
the law is declared unconstitutional, it will display Obama’s
overreach.
“I don’t think there is a bad
scenario for Republican candidates,” he said.
Not all see it that way.
Republican Rep. Steve King
of Iowa said this past week an
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assured if the court strikes
down the individual mandate,
as King would like.
“I think then that there
is more risk that President
Obama will be re-elected because people will think they are
protected from this egregious
reach into our freedom,” King
said.
“If the Supreme Court finds
it constitutional,” he added,
“then I believe Barack Obama
will not be re-elected because
they will understand that they
have to vote him out of office
to repeal it.”
The public’s broad respect
for the Supreme Court as an
institution is also a factor.
“I think a wide swath of the
people will say ‘if the court says
it’s kosher, then it’s kosher.’ I
think in many ways that will be
the final word,” said John Feehery, a former top Republican
House leadership aide. “That
doesn’t mean the controversy
is going to go away because
this law is so massive and has
so many parts that haven’t been
implemented yet, including the
individual mandate.”
The court’s decision could
affect the Republican presidential contest, too.
A court opinion in June
would come at the tail end of
the GOP primaries and ahead
of the Republican National
Convention.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum
of Pennsylvania has elevated
the health care law to his top
campaign issue. He argues he
would be best equipped to carry the repeal banner. Front-runner, Mitt Romney, as governor
of Massachusetts, signed into
law a health overhaul similar
to Obama’s, with an insurance
requirement as part of it.
Romney has said he would
seek to repeal the federal health
care law, but has stood behind
Massachusetts’. He argues
these decisions should be left
to states.
“Well, that’s pretty compelling,” Santorum countered sarcastically Wednesday at a rally
near the shores of Louisiana’s
Lake Pontchartrain.
“Why would conservatives,
Republicans, take the biggest
issue in this race — freedom,
and its impact on the economy,
on your life, on your economic
well-being, on your religious
liberty — why would we take
that issue and turn it around
and give it to Barack Obama
instead of using it like a sledge
hammer?” he asked.
It’s a case that Santorum
pledges to take all the way to
the floor of the convention, if
he somehow manages to accomplish his long-shot goal of
denying Romney enough delegates to win the nomination
outright.

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Lady Knights blank Ravenswood, 11-0
Bryan Walters

bwalters@mydailytribune.com

RAVENSWOOD, W.Va.
— Now that’s one effective
way of ending a losing skid.
Point Pleasant freshman
Madison Barker held host
Ravenswood hitless for

four innings Tuesday night,
helping the Lady Knights
end a three-game losing
streak during an 11-0 nonconference victory in Jackson County.
The
visiting
Lady
Knights (4-3) led 1-0 after
one complete, then erupt-

ed for seven runs in their
second at-bat to secure a
commanding 8-0 cushion
through two full frames.
PPHS tacked on its final
three runs in the third for
an 11-run advantage, then
both teams went scoreless
in the fourth to wrap up the

mercy-rule decision.
Barker struck out eight
and walked one in the
no-hit victory, while Red
Devilettes’ starter Sydney
Casto was saddled with losing decision after allowing
eight earned runs, seven
hits and five walks over four

frames. RHS (1-3) has now
lost three in-a-row.
Sarah Hussell and Bekah
Darst both paced the guests
with two hits apiece, followed by Ajay Adkins, Megan Davis and Josie Fisher
with one safety each. Hussell drove in a team-best

three RBIs, while Kaitlin
Liptrap scored twice in the
decision.
Point committed three
errors in the contest, compared to only one by the
hosts. Barker also hit one
Ravenswood batter while in
the circle.

Alex Hawley/photo

Eastern’s Joey Scowden (13) tags out River Valley’s Chris Clemente (15) at the plate during the second inning of Tuesday
night’s 2-1 EHS victory in Meigs County.

Eagles top River Valley
in 10 innings, 2-1
Alex Hawley

ahawley@heartlandpublications.com

TUPPERS
PLAINS,
Ohio — It took bonus baseball for the second straight
night but the Eastern baseball team defeated River
Valley 2-1 in 10 innings
in Meigs County. Eastern
who defeated Trimble 2-1
in eight innings Monday
night improves to 2-0.
After three and a half
scoreless innings Eastern
(2-0) broke through with
a run in the bottom of the
fourth with the first run
of the game. River Valley
answered right back with
a run in the top of the
fifth to knot the score at
one apiece. Neither team
found a way to score until
the bottom of the 10th after a Max Carnahan triple,
Josh Shook hit a line drive
to left-center field to drive
Carnahan in and grab the
2-1 win.
Joey Scowden started
on the hill and pitched six

innings striking out eight
batters, while giving up
one run on three hits and
three walks. Max Carnahan pitched the seventh
and eighth innings giving
up three hits while striking out three. Josh Shook
received the win for the
Eagles after pitching the
ninth and 10th and giving
up one hit and three walks
while striking out four.
Leading the Eagles’
batting was Josh Shook
who drove in both runs
and had two hits. David
Warner also had two hits
for the Eagles, while Joey
Scowden had one and Max
Carnahan had one. Carnahan scored both runs for
Eastern.
Joseph Loyd led the
Raiders with two hits,
while five other players finished with one hit apiece.
The Eagles return to action Friday at Wellston at 5
p.m. and River Valley hosts
Point Pleasant Friday at 5
p.m. in Bidwell.

URG softball splits
with Cavaliers
Randy Payton
Special to OVP

RIO GRANDE, Ohio
— The University of Rio
Grande snapped a fourgame losing slide in the
opening game of a doubleheader with the University
of Virginia-Wise, but the
Cavaliers rebounded to post
a win in the nightcap of
Tuesday afternoon’s MidSouth Conference twinbill
between the two schools at
Rio Softball Park.
The RedStorm recorded
a 5-2 triumph in game one,
while Wise built a 9-0 lead
in game two and held on
late for a 10-6 triumph.
Rio Grande saw its record settle at 12-9 overall
and 5-5 in the MSC with
the split, while the Cavaliers went to 15-15 overall

and 3-5 in league play.
The RedStorm built an
early lead in game one and
then rode a solid pitching
performance from senior
Anna Smith the rest of
the way. The right-hander
tossed a complete game
three-hitter, while walking
three and striking out 10, to
improve to 7-5 in the circle.
Rio, which learned before the doubleheader that
it will have to play without
the services of junior third
baseman and No. 2 hitter
Jaymie Rector as a result of
season-ending arm injury,
scored three times in the
second inning of the opener
and never looked back.
Freshman Haley Gwin led
off with a double and, one
out later, freshman Sydney
Morris drew a walk before
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OVP Sports Schedule
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.
Saturday, March 31
Baseball
Gallia Academy vs Bishop Watterson at
Chillicothe VA (DH), 11 a.m.
Oak Hill at River Valley (DH), noon
Chapmanville at Point Pleasant, 3 p.m.
Wayne at Wahama (DH), noon
Eastern at Meigs (DH), 11 a.m.
Softball
Gallia Academy vs Hilliard Davidson
(DH) at URG, 1 p.m.
Meigs at Eastern (DH), 11 a.m.
Track and Field
Gallia Academy, Point Pleasant at Carlos Akers Inv., 10 a.m.
River Valley, Meigs, Eastern, Southern
at Rocky Brand Invite, 10 a.m.

Eastern’ Brenna Holter bats aginst River Valley’s Noel Mershon (4) while Libby Leach catches during Tuesday night’s 8-3 EHS
victory in Tuppers Plains.

Eastern tops Lady Raiders, 8-3
Alex Hawley

ahawley@heartlandpublications.com

TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Eastern batted around in the third as
The Lady Eagles defeated the River
Valley softball team 9-3 Tuesday in
Meigs County.
River Valley (0-1) got on the scoreboard first off of a solo home run
by Ashley Cheesebrew in the top of
the third inning. The Lady Raiders
went on to score two more runs in
the third. Eastern bounced right back
scoring five runs in the bottom of the

third to take the lead.
Eastern padded their lead in the
fifth inning with three runs and in
the sixth with one. RVHS failed to
score after the third inning and EHS
won 9-3.
The Eastern hitting was paced by
Grace Edwards who had a pair of
hits including a triple in the fifth inning. Hayley Gillian, Brenna Holter,
Brooke Johnson, Cierra Turley and
Paige Cline each finished with one
hit apiece.
RVHS finished with three hits in
the contest, all coming in the third

inning, including the Ashley Cheesebrew home run and a single a piece
for Alexis Hurt and Ciara Layne.
Eastern earned seven hits and seven free passes in the contest, while
striking out twice and committing
one error.
River Valley finished with three
hits and three base on balls, while
striking out nine times and committing two errors.
Both teams return to action Friday
as, Eastern travels to Wellston at 5
p.m. and RVHS hosts Point Pleasant
at 5 p.m.

Marauders rally past Trimble, 6-5
Alex Hawley

ahawley@heartlandpublications.com

GLOUSTER, Ohio —Late inning
heroics push Marauders to 4-and-0
start. The Meigs baseball team scored
three runs in the seventh to get past
Trimble 6-5 Tuesday night in Athens
County.
The Marauders (4-0) marked first
with a run in the top of the third inning to take the early 1-0 lead. Trimble
(0-2) tied it up with a run in the bottom half of the fourth inning and then
took the lead with a four-run fifth. The

Marauders notched two runs in the
top of the sixth to cut the Tomcats’
lead to two. After scoring two run to
tie the game MHS sophomore Taylor
Rowe hit a home run with two outs in
the seventh to take the 6-5 lead. Trimble failed to score in the bottom of the
seventh to give Meigs the 6-5 victory.
Taylor Gilkey pitched six innings
for Meigs and received a no decision
after giving up five runs on 10 hits
while walking two and striking out
three. Justin Myers was the winning
pitcher for MHS as he pitched one
inning of scoreless ball after striking

out one and walking three.
Trimble’s Losey was the losing
pitcher after pitching seven innings
and giving up six runs (five earned)
on nine hits and one walk, while striking out one.
Taylor Rowe led the MHS hitting
with two hits including the go-ahead
home run. Justin Myers also had two
hits for the Marauders while Nathan
Rothgeb, Treay McKinney, Matt Casci, and Ty Phelps each finished with
one hit apiece.
The Marauders return to action
Thursday at Gallia Academy at 5 p.m.

Blue Devils top Rock Hill, 4-3
Bryan Walters

bwalters@mydailytribune.com

PEDRO, Ohio — A good
start led to a better finish for
the Gallia Academy baseball team Tuesday night, as
the Blue Devils led wire-towire in a 4-3 decision over
host Rock Hill during a nonconference matchup in Lawrence County.
The Blue Devils (1-2)
made the most of some
early RHHS mistakes,
which allowed the guests
to storm out to a 4-0 advan-

tage through two-and-a-half
frames. The Redmen (1-1)
responded with a score in
their half of the third, then
tacked on two more scores
in the fifth to make it a 4-3
contest through five complete.
Rock Hill had the bases
loaded with one out in the
bottom of the seventh, but
the Blue Devils escaped
that potential mess by recording two straight outs to
secure their first triumph of
the season.
RHHS outhit the guests

by a small 6-5 edge and
had only one error, while
Gallia Academy committed
three miscues in the contest. GAHS also produced
only three hits en route to
establishing its early 4-0 advantage.
John Faro was the winning pitcher of record,
allowing five hits, three
earned runs and three walks
over 4.1 innings while
striking out two. Jonathan
Schob took the loss after
allowing five hits, four runs
and three walks over seven

innings on the mound.
Schob also fanned four in
the setback.
Faro, Justin Bailey, Jimmy Clagg, Brandon Taylor
and Bryant Bokovitz each
had one hit for the victors.
Clagg drove in a team-best
two RBIs, while Bailey
scored twice in the decision.
Drew Kidd paced the
Redmen with two hits and
two runs scored, while
Schob drove in two runs in
the setback.

ternoon, in non-conference
baseball action at Bob Evans Field.
In addition to the 23 combined runs, the two teams
totaled 28 hits – including
seven home runs – 20 runners left on base and seven
hit batsmen. Ten pitchers
were also used in the contest – six by the RedStorm
and four by the Cougars.
Rio Grande improved to
21-14 with the win.

Rio went in front to stay
in the bottom of the eighth
after the Cougars pushed
across a run in the top half
of the frame against freshman reliever Anthony Bond
to knot the score at 10-10.
Freshman Grant Tamane
coaxed a leadoff walk from
Clermont reliever Tony
Piper and, one out later, Suerdick – a senior from Dayton, Ohio – hit his fourth
home run of the season over

the fence in left for a 12-10
advantage.
Freshman Kyle Findley
followed with a single to
right and advanced to third
on a wild pitch by reliever
Chris Seeger and a groundout before freshman Ethan
Abell was hit by a pitch,
setting the stage for a runscoring single to left-center
by freshman Luke Taylor.
Sophomore Mike DeSee BASEBALL |‌ Page 6

URG baseball rallies past Cougars, 13-10
Randy Payton
Special to OVP

RIO GRANDE, Ohio —
Shane Spies had three hits,
including a pair of home
runs, and drove in five runs,
while Brian Suerdick hit a
tie-breaking longball of his
own in the bottom of the
eighth inning to help the
University of Rio Grande
outslug
Cincinnati-Clermont, 13-10, Tuesday af-

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Point Pleasant pounds
the Red Devils, 24-5
Bryan Walters

bwalters@mydailytribune.com

RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — You could
say it was offensive.
Host Ravenswood surrendered 19
walks and committed six errors, and the
Point Pleasant baseball team pounded
out 13 hits to go along with the extra
help Tuesday night during a lop-sided
24-5 non-conference victory in Jackson
County.
The Big Blacks (4-2) had little trouble
scoring runs, as the guests jumped out
to a 3-0 edge after one inning and also
led 4-2 through two complete. PPHS followed with a six-run output in the third
inning for a 10-2 advantage, then tacked
on 10 more runs in the top of the fourth
for a comfortable 20-2 cushion through
four complete.
Point Pleasant added another four
scores in the fifth for its biggest lead
of the night at 25-2, but the Red Devils
closed the game with three runs before

succumbing to the mercy-rule.
The Big Blacks outhit the hosts by a
13-6 margin and also committed only one
error in the triumph. PPHS stranded 11
runners on base, while Ravenswood left
six runners on the bags.
Alex Somerville was the winning
pitcher of record, allowing three hits and
two walks over three innings while striking out five. Isaac Crow took the loss for
RHS after surrendering eight walks, five
hits and 10 runs in three innings on the
mound.
Layne Thompson led Point with three
hits, followed by Jacob Gardner, Josh
Hudson and Austen Toler with two safeties apiece. Somerville, Evan Potter, Gage
Buskirk and Trevor Porter rounded out
the offensive attack with a hit each.
Thompson and Evan Potter each drove
in a team-high three RBIs, while Thompson scored four runs in the triumph.
Alex Anderson paced the hosts with
two hits and two runs batted in.

Lady Tornadoes rally past
Roane County, 11-10
Bryan Walters

bwalters@mydailytribune.com

RACINE, Ohio — Now
that’s finishing with a
bang.
The Southern softball
team scored two runs in
the bottom of the seventh
inning to secure a comefrom-behind 11-10 victory
over visiting Roane County Tuesday night during a
non-conference matchup
at Star Mill Park in Meigs
County.
The host Lady Tornadoes (1-1) jumped out to
a 5-0 advantage after one
inning of play, but the
Lady Raiders countered
by sending a dozen batters to the plate in the top
of the second — which re-

sulted in a 7-5 edge. SHS,
however, countered with
two runs in its half of the
second to knot the game
up at seven through two
complete.
RCHS mustered a run
apiece in the fourth and
fifth frames for a 9-7 lead,
but the Lady Tornadoes
countered with two runs in
the bottom of the fifth to
again tie things up at 9-all.
Both teams went scoreless in the sixth, but Roane
County plated a run on
three hits in the seventh to
take a 10-9 edge into the
final half-inning.
Maggie Cummins doubled to start the game-winning rally, then Morgan
McMillan followed with an

RBI double to knot things
up at 10-all. Jordan Huddleston followed with a
single that plated McMillan, giving the hosts their
first triumph of the season.
Cummins and McMillan
both paced SHS with four
hits apiece, followed by Jaclyn Mees and Katelyn Hill
with two safeties each.
Huddleston and Hannah
Conley rounded things out
with one hit each. Cummins and McMillan both
drove in three RBIs, while
Cummins scored four
times in the decision.
Roane County — which
was outhit 14-12 in the setback — were led by Kelly
Hall and Hilary Blosser
with three hits each.

Bearcats won’t play at Paul Brown Stadium
CINCINNATI (AP) — The
University of Cincinnati won’t
play any games at Paul Brown
Stadium next season, a change in
philosophy for a school trying to
make itself more attractive to fans
and recruits.
The Bearcats played one game
at the 65,500-seat stadium in 2010
and two Big East games there last
season, trying to give themselves
a bigger profile.
The two-year experiment didn’t
meet expectations, prompting the
school to schedule seven home
games in 2012 at 35,000-seat,
on-campus Nippert Stadium.
Coach Butch Jones and Bearcats

players said last season that they
preferred playing on campus than
having to travel to the NFL stadium downtown.
Whit Babcock, who took over
as athletics director last year,
told The Associated Press in an
interview on Wednesday that the
two-year experiment with games
at Paul Brown Stadium didn’t
work out financially as well as the
school had hoped.
“I think it was a good move to
go down the road and explore it,”
Babcock said. “We may do it on a
case-by-case basis. But financially,
it was good but not great for us.
I’m not saying we’re not going to

go back, but we prefer to play on
campus. Right now, we don’t have
any plans to play future games
there (Paul Brown), but that
could change.”
Cincinnati played at Paul
Brown for the first time in 2002,
when it nearly upset eventual national champion Ohio State. The
Bearcats returned there in 2010,
losing to No. 8 Oklahoma 31-29 in
front of 58,253 fans.
They played two Big East
games against regional rivals
there last season, hoping an influx
of Louisville and West Virginia
fans would result in big crowds
that would allow them to pay the

stadium rent and make a nice financial return. The games drew
40,971 and 48,152 fans.
Babcock said the crowds
weren’t large enough to justify
playing more games there.
“It wasn’t such a significant financial increase that it was a nobrainer,” he said. “Unless we can
get a crowd of 50,000 to 55,000,
like they did for Oklahoma a few
years ago. … Is it better to sell
out Nippert at 35,000 and create
some demand for tickets, or have
40,000 to 42,000 that looks halffull at Paul Brown?”
The school has studied Nippert
for years, hoping to upgrade and

expand the fourth-oldest playing site for college football. The
Bearcats began playing on the site
in 1902. It has undergone numerous renovations.
Babcock said the school’s immediate focus is on renovating the
west side of the stadium and adding premium seating.
“We’ve started getting the ball
rolling on plans and drawings and
options and price,” he said. “We
don’t have a timetable for it.”
The Bearcats, who have won at
least a share of the Big East title
in three of the last four seasons,
open on Thursday, Sept. 6 at Nippert Stadium against Pittsburgh.

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itsch, making his first appearance of the season in
relief following eight starting assignments, retired the
side in the Cougars’ ninth,

allowing only a one-out
walk to John Kennedy, to
record a save.
Clermont (4-8) jumped to
a 3-0 lead when Bobby Noeth hit a two-out home run
in the third inning off Rio

sophomore starter David
Steele and Mike Gastrich
added a two-run shot off
of freshman reliever Mitch
Martinez in the fourth, but
the RedStorm roared back
with five runs in the bottom

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walk, Brent Humphrey followed with a run-scoring
double to right-center and
Kennedy continued the
hit parade with a two-run
home run to left.
But the RedStorm came
off the mat again in the bottom of the inning, scoring
four times to regain a 9-8
advantage.
McPartland hit junior
Kyle Perez and Tamane
with pitches to begin the
inning before Spies greeted
reliever Joey Wahl with a
game-tying, three-run home
run to center. Suerdick followed with a single, took
second on a wild pitch and,
two outs later, after walks
to Cooke and Taylor loaded
the bases, Parent lined a goahead single to left.
Rio increased its lead to
10-8 in the sixth when Spies
led off with a single and
sophomore Cameron Norman, who came in to run
for Spies, eventually came
around to score on a wild
pitch by Wahl.
Clermont tied the game
with two-out RBI singles
by Andrew Hord in the

seventh and Muse in the
eighth, setting up the RedStorm’s game-winning rally
in the home eighth.
In addition to Spies, Suerdick finished with three
hits. Findley and Taylor had
two hits each, while Suerdick, Taylor and Parent all
drove in two runs.
Bond earned his second
win in as many decisions.
Gastrich had three hits
and four RBIs for Clermont,
while Humphrey finished
3-for-5. Hord, Noeth and
Simmons all had two hits
each for the Cougars, while
Piper suffered the loss.
Rio Grande is scheduled
to return to action in a
three-game weekened series at Mid-South Conference foe University of the
Cumberlands
beginning
with a single, nine-inning
game on Friday at 2 p.m.
However, the start of the
series could be moved to
Thursday in an attempt to
avoid wet weather forecast
in the area.
A decision on whether
or not to alter the schedule
will be made later today.

things interesting.
Kristina Romulado had
an RBI double, while Megan Dillon and Ashlee
Washburn added run-scoring singles in the first inning for Wise and Allyssa
Zebrowski’s two-run runproducing hit in the second
made it 4-0.
Zebrowski,
Velazquez
and Dillon all had run-scoring hits in a four-run fourth
inning for Wise, as the
Cavaliers forced Rio senior
starter Allison Mills out of
the game. Zebrowski added
her third RBI of the contest
in the fifth inning against
Morris on a bases-loaded
fielder’s choice grounder
that increased the lead to
9-0 and put the RedStorm
within three outs of being
run-ruled for the second
time for the season and the
second time in a span of
three games.
Junior
Kaylee
Walk
and Gwin delivered RBI
hits around a run-scoring
groundout by Smith to extend the game and Walk
added a two-out RBI double
in the sixth to close the gap
to 9-4.
Prior to the back-toback scoring frames, Wise
starter Chelsey Booth had
limited Rio to just two hits
and a walk, while striking
out seven.
UVA-Wise put one of the

runs back on the board in
the seventh when Morgan
Mays led off with a single to
right and scored on a double
to left by Sarah Wiltshire,
but the RedStorm again refused to go away quietly in
their final at bat.
Senior Nicole Sargent
drew a one-out walk, Gwin
was hit by a pitch and junior
Kaitie Stewart followed
with a run-scoring double
to right-center to make it
10-5. Morris then plated
Gwin with a groundout to
first, but the rally – and the
game – ended when Booth
struck out freshman Megan
Hayslip swinging.
Walk finished 3-for-4 and
Fuller had two hits, while
Mills suffered her fourth
straight loss in the circle
after beginning the season
with five consecutive winning decisions.
Wiltshire, Zebrowski and
Dillon all had three hits
in the Cavs’ 18-hit attack,
while Velazquez, Washburn
and Charity Lawson had
two hits each. Booth finished with nine strikeouts
in improving to 7-4.
Rio Grande returns to action on Thursday evening
when it travels to Ohio Valley University for a doubleheader. First pitch for the
opener is set for 6 p.m. at
Jackson Memorial Park in
Vienna, W.Va.

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of the fourth against Cougars’ starter Bill McPartland.
Tamane began the inning
with a single to center before Spies – a junior from
Polk, Ohio – launched an
opposite field home run to
left to get Rio within 3-2.
Suerdick and Findley followed with back-to-back
singles and, one out later,
senior Jacob Cooke singled
to load the bases. Taylor
was hit by a pitch to force in
the tying run, junior Mark
Parent hit a sacrifice fly
to center to score Findley
with the go-ahead marker
and Cooke added a steal of
home moments later.
The Cougars countered
with five runs of their own
in the fifth against Martinez and junior reliever Zach
Dumler to take an 8-5 lead.
After Tyler Simmons
opened the inning with a
double, Martinez was lifted
in favor of Dumler, who
gave up a one-out game-tying homer to Gastrich. Jeff
Muse grounded back to the
mound for the second out,
but Mike Sechrist drew a

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a wild pitch from Wise
starter Kaylla Holdway put
both runners in scoring
position. Freshman Jessi
Robinson followed with
a routine grounder to the
pitcher’s circle, but Holdway threw wildly past first
base allowing both runners
to score. Robinson scored
on a groundout by junior
Katie Fuller moments later.
The RedStorm added single runs in the fourth and
fifth innings – Smith had
a sacrifice fly in the fourth
and Gwin hit the first home
run of her collegiate career
in the fifth – to push the
lead to 5-0.
Meanwhile, Smith allowed just one hit and
only three baserunners
total through the first five
innings before the Cavaliers finally scored a breakthrough in the sixth with
a pair of unearned runs.
Kirsten Velazquez plated
both runs with a two-out,
bases-loaded single to left.
Gwin finished 2-for3 for Rio Grande, while
Velazquez had two of the
three UVA-Wise hits.
Game two saw the Cavaliers take a 4-0 lead after
two innings and a 9-0 lead
into the home fifth before
the RedStorm mounted a
bit of a comeback to make

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(3) 29, 2012
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Christ Family Life Center, 437
Main Street, Middleport, Ohio,
on the third Wednesday of
April, April 18th, 2011, at 4:00
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such other business as may
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Reds leaning toward closer-by-committee
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP)
— One week before the
season opener, Cincinnati
Reds manager Dusty Baker
is leaning toward a closerby-committee approach to
replace Ryan Madson.
The Reds learned last
weekend that Madson has
a torn ligament in his pitching elbow and will need
reconstructive surgery, ending his season. There’s no
one else on the roster with
significant experience in
the role.
Left-handed set-up man
Sean Marshall is the best
alternative, but has never
been a full-time closer.
Baker wants to see how he
handles pitching a full inning several days in a row.
“I have to talk to the
guys,” Baker said. “I have
to work it. You just don’t
throw somebody in that

role. A closer ideally can go
three or four days in a row,
then might not get work for
a week. There aren’t too
many guys out there that
have gone three or four
days in a row. I’ve been told
about Marshall (that) you
try to stay away from him
three days in a row.”
It’s a puzzle that is getting more complicated each
day.
The bullpen seemed to
be vastly improved over
last season when the Reds
signed Madson to replace
Francisco Cordero and
traded with the Cubs to get
Marshall, one of the best
set-up men in the NL. They
also had right-hander Nick
Masset and left-hander Bill
Bray returning for late-inning roles.
Already, those plans are
ruined.

The bullpen took another
hit on Wednesday when
Masset was told he’ll have
to start the season on the
15-day disabled list because
of inflammation in his right
shoulder that has sidelined
him for most of March.
Bray has been limited by
a strained groin during
spring training.
With so many changes
because of injury, Baker is
inclined to see how the relievers respond in new roles
before he settles on one of
them as the primary closer.
“We might have to go
with the famous ‘by committee’ — which I hate
— until somebody will
emerge,” Baker said. “You
hate to have to go through
it until somebody fails, then
give it to somebody else.
Those are valuable games.
It takes about 30 seconds to

Ohio State hoops still
in shadow of goal posts
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)
— Spring football practice
began Wednesday as Ohio
State’s basketball team prepared for its second trip to
the Final Four in the last six
years.
Perfect symmetry there.
The basketball team
is usually playing in the
shadow of goal posts on the
Ohio State campus, where
fans love to pack the football stadium and watch the
band spell out “Ohio” in
script at halftime. Football
is the overriding talk of the
town, even when it involves
the program’s recent scandals.
In the last few months,
the city has been consumed
by the hiring of Urban Meyer to resurrect a program
that’s banned from bowl eligibility for 2012.
All-America
forward
Jared Sullinger knows that
even during March, most
Ohio State fans would rather talk about TDs than 3s.
“We’re never going to
beat coach Urban Meyer,”
Sullinger said. “He brought
the most buzz to Columbus,
Ohio, in a long time.”
Lately, the basketball
team is generating a little of
its own.
The Buckeyes will play
Kansas in the national
semifinals on Saturday
night. They won their only
national basketball title in
1960, part of a run of three
straight trips to the title
game.
For at least one week,
hoops is grabbing its share
of the attention around
town, even though Buckeye
sports websites still count
down the number of days
until the annual football
game against Michigan.
“The buzz we brought,
being known not only as
a football school but as a
basketball school, is great,”
Sullinger said. “But at the

same time, we don’t want
the train to stop at this particular moment. Hopefully
we can keep it rolling.”
The Final Four timing is
perfect for a school still recovering from last fall.
The football program
brought the school notoriety last season. Coach
Jim Tressel was forced out
in May for lying about his
players breaking NCAA
rules. The team went 6-7
and dropped its last four
games, including a loss to
Florida in the Gator Bowl.
The program was banned
from a bowl in 2012.
It was only the football
team’s second losing season since 1988. Meyer was
hired in November, overshadowing the start of basketball season on campus.
No surprise. Even when
the Buckeyes were on top
of college basketball in the
early 1960s, the basketball
team still took a seat in the
second row.
“Maybe during our period
we elevated it a little bit, but
I think everybody knows
the case is that football is
predominant there,” former Buckeye basketball star
Jerry Lucas said in a phone
interview on Wednesday.
Lucas, a member of the
Ohio State teams that won
the national championship
in 1960 and lost to Cincinnati in the 1961 and 1962
title games, thinks football
has never loosened its grip
on the campus.
“Obviously, there’s a lot
more interest at Duke in
basketball,” Lucas said.
“Football at Duke hasn’t
been very successful. I think
it’s the fact that historically
Ohio State has been very
successful in football. Basketball is kind of a Johnnycome-lately.”
It’s a fact that every basketball coach has to accept.
“I’ve always felt we could

have the best of both at
Ohio State,” coach Thad
Matta said. “I know with all
the trials and tribulations
that have gone on with
football over the past year,
I’m elated for the university
probably most importantly
that we’ve got some great
things happening. With
coach Meyer coming in,
things are really stepping
up in that regard.
“For (basketball), over
the course of the last few
years, this program has
identified itself. I’ve always said this: There is no
greater feeling than being
on the field when 105,000
people are cheering for the
Buckeyes to come out and
you’ve got a couple recruits
with you.
“That is the ultimate
right there.”
Matta has returned the
basketball program to national prominence. The
Buckeyes hadn’t reached the
Final Four since 1999 when
he took over. He led them
to the Final Four in 2007,
when they beat Georgetown
before losing the title game
to Florida.
Reaching another Final
Four should help the program get a little bit more of
its own identity.
“It kind of puts a spotlight
on the program because
we’re the last four teams
playing in the NCAA tournament,” Sullinger said. “I
know recruits want to win.
That was the biggest thing
for me.
“For fans, hopefully people don’t say we’re a football school — just a football school. Now they can
switch that and say we’re a
basketball school and a football school.”
Could Ohio State be
known just as much for basketball as football?
“I probably doubt that
will happen,” Sullinger said.

Ohio trying to find money to keep Groce
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP)
— A spokesman for Ohio
University says administrators there are trying to find
money to give the school’s
basketball coach a raise and
keep him in Ohio.
Coach John Groce is said
to be the top target for Illinois’ coaching job.
Ohio athletics spokes-

man Drew Wiseman said
Wednesday that administrators there aren’t sure yet
where the money would
come from but that they’d
like to keep Groce.
Wiseman
says
the
40-year-old coach is being
paid $355,000 in base salary and bonuses this year.
Groce led Ohio to the

Mid-American Conference
tournament championship
and a spot in the NCAA’s
Sweet 16. The 13-seed Bobcats took North Carolina to
overtime before losing to
the top-seeded Tar Heels.
Illinois is looking to replace Bruce Weber, who
was fired after nine seasons.

URG baseball announces schedule change
Randy Payton
Special to OVP

RIO GRANDE, Ohio — University of
Rio Grande head baseball coach Brad
Warnimont has announced that his team’s
weekend series at the University of the
Cumberlands, scheduled for Friday and
Saturday in Williamsburg, Ky., has been
moved up a day in an effort to avoid in-

clement weather forecast for the area.
The RedStorm and the Patriots will now
play a single, nine-inning game on Thursday at 3:30 p.m., with a doubleheader of
one nine-inning game and a seven-inning
contest set for Friday beginning at noon.
Webcasts of all three games will be
available through Cumberlands’ athletic
website at www.cumberlandspatriots.
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mess up 2 hours of work by
somebody.”
Marshall
pitched
a
scoreless inning on Tuesday, extending his streak
to six scoreless outings.
He agreed to a three-year
contract extension during
spring training that will
bring him an additional
$16.5 million. The Reds see
him as a potential closer in
years to come if Madson
isn’t available.
Madson got a one-year,
$8.5 million deal from Cincinnati. There’s a mutual
option for next year at $11
million with a $2.5 million
buyout.
Marshall went 6-6 with a
2.26 ERA and a career-high
five saves with the Cubs
last season. He said no one
from the Reds has talked to
him about moving into the
closer’s role sooner than ex-

pected with Madson hurt.
“Obviously the job is
available,” Marshall said.
“I’d like the opportunity to
pitch in that role, but it’s
what’s best for the team. If
it is a closer-by-committee
situation, that could work
out good too, I think.”
Marshall is willing to
work three or four days in a
row if needed.
“I’ve definitely pitched at
least three days in a row and
been hot and ready to go for
the fourth game in a row
and felt good,” Marshall
said. “It depends on how
many pitches I’ve thrown
in an outing. I’ve had some
success doing it.
“If necessary, I think I’m
more than capable of doing
it.”
The injuries to Madson,
Masset and Bray could affect how the Reds handle

left-hander Aroldis Chapman, entering his third
season with Cincinnati. He
was a starter in the minors
in 2010, then was turned
into a reliever at midseason
to help the Reds win the NL
Central title. He struggled
with his control as a reliever last season, and the Reds
planned to move him back
into a starting role this year,
perhaps letting him begin
the season at Triple-A. The
injuries in the bullpen could
change those plans.
Chapman would rather
start than relieve.
“Everybody has their
preferences,” Baker said.
“But I’m sure he’d rather be
in the big leagues. I’m sure
that’s his preference. Almost all of the guys in there
(clubhouse) were starters.”

NASCAR all-star race to
be run in 5 segments
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR’s
annual all-star race will be split into five
segments this year, with a mandatory pit
stop before the final 10-lap sprint for the
$1 million prize.
The All-Star race at Charlotte Motor
Speedway will be 90 laps and begin with
four 20-lap segments. The winner of each
segment will move to the front of the field
right before the cars head down pit road
for their mandatory stop.
Drivers will then line up in the order
they leave pit road to start the final segment.
“It’s sprint, quick races. Twenty-lap
races will mean a lot more now if you can
start up front or at least pit first for the
final segment, which will mean everything,” said 2008 winner Kasey Kahne.
“In 10 laps here, if you start anywhere out
of the front two rows, you probably don’t
have a shot at winning. To have the best
shot at winning the All-Star Race, you’ll
want to win one of those (segments).”
The new format is designed to place a
premium on winning one of the first four
segments, as well as showcase pit crews
for the mandatory stop before the 10-lap
shootout. Steve Addington, crew chief for
Kurt Busch’s 2010 win, said teams will
have to decide quickly what to do during
the pit stop.
“The guys in that top five or six are
going to be the ones with the pressure
on them to decide if they want tires or
not,” he said. “There’ll be a guy in eighth,
ninth, 10th that’s going to gamble going
for a million bucks, who will do a splash of
fuel, a stop-and-go and get out and try to
get clean air and get away from everyone
else.”
There was little drama in last year’s
race, with Carl Edwards winning three of
the four segments what was then a 100lap race. He went onto pit road as the
leader for the mandatory pit stop, was the
first car off pit road, and handily pulled

away on the restart to lead all 10 laps of
the final segment.
NASCAR and title sponsor Sprint are
consistently working with track officials
to spice up the annual all-star event, and
Sprint this year is introducing a contest
to allow fans to do the driver introductions via video entries that will be shown
on Charlotte’s 80-foot television screen.
The event is open to race winners from
last season through the May 12 race at
Darlington, and previous All-Star race
winners from the past 10 years.
The top-two finishers in the 40-lap preliminary race also advance into the main
event, as does the winner of the Sprint
Fan Vote. Dale Earnhardt Jr., the 2000
winner of the race, was not eligible last
season and advanced via the fan vote. As
of now, 19 drivers are eligible so the field
will be at least 22 cars.
This is the eighth time since the race’s
1985 debut that the format has been
changed, and Sprint vice president of corporate marketing Steve Gaffney said the
sponsor likes the ability to tinker with
the event and continuously find ways to
incorporate fans.
But Gaffney said he’d be open to adding a competition element to the All-Star
race some day. The event is currently a no
points, dash for cash that leads into the
track’s marquee Coca-Cola 600 on May
27.
“Relative to other properties, I like the
degree there is some sort of competitiveness like MLB has achieved by awarding home field advantage for the World
Series,” Gaffney said. “So, can we think
about different ways moving forward
where something comes out of the all-star
race results in some sort of competitive
advantage?
“That’s not my choice, and I don’t know
if we’d ever be able to achieve something
like that, but that would be an interesting
thing to explore.”

Postseason OT adopted
for regular season
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)
— Even though the NFL’s
new rule for postseason
overtime has never come
into play, it’s being expanded for the regular season,
too.
NFL owners passed the
playoff overtime rule for the
regular schedule Wednesday. All games that go into
overtime now cannot end
on a field goal on the first
possession.
The opposing team must
get one series, and if it
also kicks a field goal, the
extra period continues. Of
course, if it fails to score it
loses, and if it gets a touchdown, it wins.
The rule has not been a
factor since it was instituted
in 2010, with only two playoff games going to OT. One
ended on the first play, Tim
Tebow’s 80-yard touchdown
pass to Demaryius Thomas
for a Denver victory over
Pittsburgh. The other had
several possessions for each
team before the Giants beat
the 49ers in the NFC title
game this season.
The vote on adopting the
new overtime rule was 30-2.
Owners also have given
the replay official permission to review turnovers
just as he reviews all scoring plays.
Other rules changes: a

team will lose a down for illegally kicking a loose ball;
too many men on the field
becomes a dead ball foul;
and a player receiving a
crackback block is now considered a defenseless player
and the hit will result in a
15-yard penalty.
Not passed were proposals to have the booth official handle video reviews
rather than the referee, and
outlawing the horse-collar
tackle made on quarterbacks in the pocket.
Given the NFL’s concern
with player safety, the failure to extend the horse-collar rule seemed surprising.
But competition committee
chairman Rich McKay said
the ownership “didn’t think
this can impact on player
safety.”
“The rule was developed
for the open field tackle
when a defender has the
chance to do something else
(in making the tackle),” he
said. “He’s also able to use
the runner’s momentum
against him. We didn’t think
that applied to the pocket,
didn’t see the injury risk.”
Several bylaw changes
were tabled until the league
meetings in May, including expanding preseason
rosters to 90, designating
one player suffering a major
injury before Week 2 of the

season as eligible to return
from injured reserve, and
moving the trading deadline back two weeks to after
Week 8.
McKay expects them to
pass at the next meetings in
Atlanta.
“There were good ideas
and suggestions, no resistance,” he said. “We’ll work
on the language.”
Commissioner
Roger
Goodell reiterated the
league’s strong stance
against non-contract bonuses such as the Saints’
bounty program that got
coach Sean Payton suspended for one year and cost
New Orleans a $500,000
fine and two second-round
draft choice. Goodell said
the league will not allow
any cash payments between
players, whether the clubs
are involved or not.
“It’s not permissible and
we are going to take that
out of the game,” he said.
Goodell expects to speak
with players’ union head
DeMaurice Smith before
the end of the week and
hopes to have the NFLPA’s
recommendations on punishment for players involved
in the bounties by then or
soon after. The league will
be scheduling additional
hearings in the investigation.

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CONCEPTIS SUDOKU
by Dave Green

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday,
March 29, 2012:
This year you swing from emotional
to intellectual and back again. If you
think this constant change of feelings
is hard on you, imagine how those
who deal with you feel! Others might
attempt to stabilize your moods. Claim
your power, and honor the free spirit
within. If you are single, you might
think you want to settle down, but your
feelings could rapidly change. If you
are attached, share your feelings more
often. Your partner will understand you
better. CANCER naturally understands
you.
The Stars Show the Kind of Day
You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive;
3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
HHHH Integrate different ideas as
you put plans together. Whether they
are for a vacation or work makes no
difference. Others make suggestions
that prove to be valid. Be aware that
you could encounter a power play later
today. Do not let this situation color the
remainder of your day. Tonight: Head
home.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
HHHH You have the ability to make
a big difference emotionally, financially
and intellectually. Where you point
your radar is your call, but your efforts
do pay off. You could encounter difficulties dealing with a foreigner, a distant friend or a very intellectual associate. Be smart. Tonight: Hang out.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
HHHH Listen to what is being
shared. A key person is determined to
have you absorb the meaning behind
his or her words. Do not get into a
battle. Just listen. Tonight: Put your
feet up.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
HHH Don’t worry if you do not feel
up to snuff. Your energy will build during the day. In fact, you could give
quite a jolt to someone you feel is bullying you. Be sensitive to this person,
yet establish your boundaries. Tonight:
Act like you are feeling your Wheaties.
Count on high energy.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
HHHH Use the daylight hours to
the max. You might ponder something
too long and lose a winning proposition. If you need time to think, plan
on going through Saturday without a
decision. At that point, the Force will
be with you. Tonight: Slow down and
center yourself.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

HHHH Others want you to take a
stand, but you might not be ready or
want to. Honor your priorities. By late
afternoon, focus on your desires and
long-term goals. You will know what to
do. Do not miss a meeting scheduled
in the next 24 hours. Tonight: Now the
fun begins.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHH Look at what is going on
around you, especially in your personal
life. Take a serious look at the situation. You also are changing within.
Note what you are feeling. Resist
power plays, and walk away from
controlling people, if possible. Tonight:
At home.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHHHH Keep reaching out for
someone you really care about. You
also need to get more information
about a project or key interest. If you
hear grumbling, it is probably because
your mind is elsewhere. Let the natural
sequence of events happen. Tonight:
Explore and discuss opportunities.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
HHHH Others share their thoughts
and feelings. In a sense, you might feel
as if you are getting too much information. Pull back, and speak with those
you trust. You will get a better sense
of what is happening and whether you
want to be involved. Tonight: Say “yes”
to living well.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
HHH Finish a project before you
decide to relax. You will need to insulate yourself from talks and confusion
in general. Your creativity mounts to a
new level and opens a door. Pressure
builds, and you might need to detach
a little from others. Tonight: Let it all
happen.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
HHHH Pace yourself, and honor a
need to get a lot done in a small period
of time. Fortunately, your creativity is
high. Solutions will be found easily. Do
not stand on ceremony with someone.
Call this person one more time, even
if he or she did not return your original
call. Tonight: Feeling tired.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
HHHH Your concerns involve your
immediate circle and your friends. You
might need to do something very differently from in the past. Think, and
take your time. You will discover the
right path when you least expect it.
Tonight: Start the weekend early.
Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet
at www.jacquelinebigar.com.

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