https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/d9bb8c1570ce5e39f8fb7c12bee5213f.pdf 7950764bf578478e302466b8b3497030 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com for archive • games • features • e-edition • polls & more Middleport•Pomeroy, Ohio INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS OBITUARIES Madog Fellow offers presentation on Wales.... Page 2 Sunny today. High of 67. Low of 39 .. Page 2 Prep baseball, softball, .... Page 6 Willie Joe Grinstead, 82 50 cents daily THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012 Vol. 62, No. 83 Racine approved water, refuse rate increases Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com RACINE — Racine Council unanimously approved an increase to both the water and refuse rates during Monday’s monthly meeting. Effective for the July billing, water rates for use above the 2,000 gallon standard will raise by .15 cents per 1,000 gallons. The rate will go from .45 cents to .60 cents. The current minimum usage (2,000 gallons) charge will remain un- changed at $24.50. Ordinance 1026 concerning the water rates and Ordinance 1027 concerning the refuse rates were passed for emergency purposes, meaning all three readings could take place at the same meeting. The ordinance concerning water rates was approved 5-1 during the first reading, with council member Chad Hubbard voting no, asking that the possibility of annual increases be discussed first. After discussion concerning the potential for an annual increase with no action taken, the final two readings were unanimously passed. In addition to the rate increase on usage, there will be an increase on the tap in fee from $400 to $500. The rate for a shut off after hours without a shut off valve will also increase from $50 to $60. An increase in the refuse rates for the village will also increase in July. Rates will go from $15 to $18, with the extra bag fee to be .65 cents. Outside of the village, refuse service will increase to $19. A late fee of $3.50 will also be assessed to all past due bills. The late fee was in the previously passed ordinance and did not increase. A $10 late fee is already in place on water bills. Rates on dumpsters will also increase by $5 or $10 depending on the size. As discussed during the April meeting, the rate increase is needed in order to support a rise in cost to the refuse service, along with the need for a new garbage truck for the vil- lage. The increase will also help to better align Racine with other villages, such as Pomeroy and Middleport, in terms of water rates. In other business, council unanimously approved a letter expressing interest in possible funds from the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio. Hubbard will be the contact for the village. Financial reports, paying of the bills and minutes from the last meeting were unanimously approved. Nine contractors, many of which are local, attended the pre-bid meeting for the upcoming sidewalk project in Racine. According to Mayor Scott Hill, the health department has expressed interest in placing two bike racks at the park. The racks would be funded through grant money and would be at no cost to the village. Present at the meeting were council members Hubbard, Ron Clark, Dale Hart, George Cummins, Tim Hill and Ernest Spencer, clerk/treasurer David Spencer and Mayor Scott Hill. Sheriff’s Office reports scam Staff Report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — Meigs County Sheriff Robert Beegle reports that a phone scam has been reported in the area. According to a news release, a Racine resident received a call from a person identifying himself as a DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) agent. The scam artist told the resident that ordering medication over the Internet or by telephone was illegal and that “law enforcement action would be taken against his wife who did the medication ordering.” The caller demanded money for fines or a warrant would be issued and a search would ensue. “The scam is an ongoing Submitted photo MHS alumni Bob DeLay creating lifesize sculpture of mother and child depicting the importance of education. It will be placed in the Middleport Village Hall lobby. MHS graduate to create sculpture for Alumni display Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com MIDDLEPORT — The Middleport High School Alumni Association have commissioned the creation of a bronze statue to be placed in the lobby of Middleport’s new village hall, the former elementary school on Pearl Street, in tribute to the teachers who taught there. The life-sized statue of a mother and child conveying the importance of education will be created by artist Bob DeLay, an MHS alumni, who is a noted sculptor. When asked by alumni members Gordon Guthrie and Linda Meyer about creating the piece, DeLay readily agreed saying that, “Among my fondest memories and influences as a child growing up in Middleport were my teachers. I’m sure they never suspected, but they changed my life.” Meyer spoke of the honor it will be to have one of DeLay’s works in the school building which has now been converted into Middleport Village Hall. The cost of the statue is $25,000 and Meyer reports $21,000 has already been donated. “I believe we can raise the last $4,000 for the casting. Any size donation is acceptable but donations of $100 or more can have the name of a favorite teacher placed on the work, she said. Donation checks are to be made out to Bob Delay and mailed to Gordon Guthrie and Linda Meyer, 275 Pearl Street Middleport, Ohio 45760. For more information call 740-992-2761 Bob DeLay was born in Middleport in 1938 and graduated with the Middleport High School class of 1957. He studied art and design at the Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD). Later DeLay studied advanced classes at The Art Students League of New York, See MHS |‌ 5 problem across the nation, and most of the victims had previously ordered medications online,” said Beegle. Beegle added that there was a recent article in “American Police Beat” magazine pertaining to the DEA scam, and that the phony DEA caller likely hacked the victim’s computer. Some of the victims that ordered medication online found that the credit card used to make the purchase had been compromised. Residents are reminded that law enforcement agencies will not ask for money to pay fines over the telephone. “If you get a telephone call from a person saying he is a DEA agent who starts threatening you — be rude, hang up,” advises Beegle. Commissioners approve transfer of funds, bills Sarah Hawley POMEROY — The Meigs County Commissioners approved a transfer of funds for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District and weekly bills during its recent weekly meeting. A request from Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District for $21,000 was approved. The funds are to go to the Special Fund Account, and is the final request for 2012. Bills were approved in the amount of $147,142.16, with $18,567.98 from the county general fund. One bid was opened for the County Paving Project and referred to the county engineer. The lone bid was from The Shelly Company of Thornville, Ohio, in the amount of $525,523.80. A letter was received by the commissioners stating that Thomas Rural Healthcare was no longer interested in renewing their lease with the county for the space on East Memorial Drive. The current contract expires on May 31. The hiring of Stacey Hubbard for the position of Eligibility Referral Specialist II at Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services was approved as recommended by director Chris Shank. The commissioners will meet at 1 p.m. on Thursday for there regular meeting at the Meigs County Courthouse. Present at the meeting were commissioners Tom Anderson, Tim Ihle and Michael Bartrum, clerk Gloria Kloes and Shank. King as high school and middle school volunteer assistant golf coaches for next year on recommendation of Tom Cremeans, golf coach and Deborah Evans as adviser for the cheerleaders. Pam White and Lisa Frochlich were named co-advisers for the Middle School newspaper. Also hired was Carla King as a substitute bus driver for the remainder of this year. The resignations of Bonnie Williams as special education teacher at the Meigs Intermediate School and Phyllis Jean Witherell, both for retirement purposes, and Jen- nifer Seelig, Spanish teacher at the high school, were accepted. An overnight trip to Louisville, Ky. May 11-12, to participate in the archery competition was approved for the team players. The Board authorized continued membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association for both the Meigs Middle School and the Meigs High School, along with a tentative list of graduating seniors pending completion of all graduation requirements, before moving into executive session. shawley@heartlandpublications. com Meigs approves virtual learning contract Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — A 13-month contract for participation in the Jeffersion County ESC Virtual Learning Academy, an internet-based educational delivery system, was approved by the Meigs Local Board of Education at its Tuesday night meeting. The Board approved the contract on the recommendation of Steve Ohlinger, Meigs High School principal. The contract with the Jefferson County Educational Service Center is effective from June 1 through June 30, 1013. While this is not a new program for Meigs High School, it is a change in provider, according to principal. As a part of the program Meigs High School will be offering a summer school option, June 4 to June 29, with an emphasis on students who need additional credits in order to graduate. Dean Harris, transportation supervisor, reported that the new radio system on the buses is now in place and the feed back into the bus garage will soon be completed as a part of state compliance requirements by July 12. He also noted that the transportation system has had its last inspection for this school year. Paul McElroy, director of operations, reported on trouble with the elevators at the high school and what action is being taken to correct the difficulty. He also noted that the chiller problem at the elementary school is being addressed. The planned classroom technology summer programs were discussed by Matt Simpson, the district’s technology coordinator. Mike Bartrum, new football coach introduced the coaching team which was put in place by action of the Board. The team includes Nolan Yates, Alex Saunders, and Josh Riffle as assistant football coaches for the 201213 season. Personnel matters handled during the meeting included the hiring of Donna Hartson as a substitute teacher for the remainder of the current school year,the re-employment of Ron Hill as high school athletic director and Bryan Zirkle as seventh grade football coach for the 2012-13 school year. Also hired were Amy Cremeans and Bobby �Thursday, May 10, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com Meigs County Community Calendar Thursday, May 10 SYRACUSE — Wildwood Garden Club, 6:30 p.m. at the Syracuse Community Center. Chris Chapman to present program on columbine. POMEROY — A free community dinner will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Pomeroy. Spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, dread & drinks will be served. The public is invited to attend. CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453 will hold its monthly stated meeting at the hall. A spaghetti dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting to follow at 7:30 p.m. All Master Masons are invited. TUPPERS PLAINS — VFW Post 9053 will meet on Thursday at the hall. The meal will begin at 6 p.m., with the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 11 LONG BOTTOM — A service will be held at the Faith Full Gospel Church, S.R. 124, Long Bottom at 7 p.m. Wanda and Charlie Hall will be preaching and singing at the servcie. Monday, May 14 MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Lodge 363 will meet in special session 7 p.m. at the hall to confer the Fellow Craft Degree on one candidate. POMEROY — The Meigs County Executive Committee of the Republican Party will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Meigs County Courthouse. POMEROY — Meigs County Relay for Life meeting, 6 p.m. at the Meigs County Library basement. Tuesday, May 15 MIDDLEPORT — The Brooks-Grant Camp No.7 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will hold its annual bean dinner at the Middleport Masonic Temple Building. The meeting begins at 7:15 p.m. All camp members and prospective members are welcome. The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 Meigs County Local Briefs Revival Services Fish with Mom are available at Farmer’s Bank and City MIDDLEPORT — Revival services RUTLAND — In observance of National Bank in Mason, and at City Nawill be held nightly at 7 p.m. May 15-19, Mother’s Day, the Old Fold Meigs Camp- tional Bank, Health Aid Pharmacy, Foxy and at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, grounds located on New Lima Road, Lox’s and Thompson’s Hardware in New May 20, at the Wesleyan Bible Holiness will sponsor a “mom’s free” fishing day Haven. For more information, contact Church on Pearl Street in Middleport. on Saturday. The free fishing for mom Rex Howard at 304-593-3932. Evangelist and singers, The Cassidy Fam- comes with a $3 fee from one paying Free Lunch ily, will be the featured group. Pastor Rev. child from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.and includes POMEROY — A free lunch for downDoug Cox invites everyone to attend. a variety of activities and refreshments. town merchants will be provided by the Mid-Valley Christian School ExParent Teacher Conferences First Southern Baptist Church the first travaganza POMEROY — Meigs High School Thursday of every month from May 3 to MIDDLEPORT — The Mid-Valley will be holding Parent-Teacher Confer- Sept. 6 with serving from 11:30 a.m. to Christian School Extravaganza will be ences from 3-6 p.m. on Thursday, May 1:30 p.m. on the stage area on the Pomeheld from noon-3 p.m. on May 12. Con- 10, 2012. roy parking lot. tact the school at 992-6429. Students will be bringing home a letCraft and Horse Show Golf Scramble ter describing the conference schedulPORTLAND — The Portland ComMASON — The Eastern High School ing procedure along with information munity Center will hold a craft show, football team will be holding a “Let ‘Er on the conferences. The purpose of this horse show and yard sale on May 28. Fly” Gold Scramble on May 12, at the conference is to allow the parent and the Shanty Boat Night Riverside Golf Course. Registration be- teacher to discuss student progress and POINT PLEASANT — The Point gins at 8 a.m., with tee off beginning at to keep the parents and school informed Pleasant River Museum will be having 9 a.m. There will be a first, second, and about the student activities as they relate their 5th annual “Shanty Boat Night” third place, along with several other priz- to school behavior and performance. beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May es and giveaways. For more information, Please return the form attached to the let- 11, at the museum, located at 28 Main or to reserve a spot call (740) 591-8947. ter to the school by Wednesday, May 9. Street. This year’s theme is Mardi Gras, RCP offering scholarship Wahama alumni banquet and will include Bingo, an auction, and MIDDLEPORT — The River City scheduled a door prize of a night at a resort hotel Players Community Theater is accepting MASON — Plans are underway for with dinner coupons. Dinner will consist scholarship applications. Students must the Wahama Alumni 2012 Banquet on of Jambalaya, salad, french bread, dessert have participated in at least two RCP May 26 in the Wahama High School gym. and drink. The featured entertainment performances. Applications are available Social hour will begin at 4:30 p.m., with will be The Elsons and Southern Gospel at www.rcplayers.net or by emailing rcp. group or class pictures starting at 5 p.m., Singers and Band from New Martinsgilmore@gmail.net. Applications must and a banquet at 6 p.m. Classes ending ville. Call (304) 674-0144, or stop by the be received by email or postmarked no in “two” will be honored, with the class museum for more information. later than May 16. of 1962 celebrating their 50th reunion. Southern Alumni Car Wash There will also be a tour of the school Banquet POMEROY — A car wash will be given by the WHS National Honor SociRACINE — The annual reunion of the precipitation is 30 percent. held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, ety at 3 p.m. for those who are interested. Racine/Southern Alumni banquet will be Sunday Night: A chance May 12 at McDonalds. The car wash is All alumni are encouraged to attend to held on Saturday, May 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Southern High School. The website of showers. Mostly cloudy, sponsored by the Christian Motorcycle reunite with fellow classmates. Association. Registration forms for the banquet is www.tornadoalumni.net. with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Tuesday: A chance COLUMBUS — State down by who should pay; key to economic growth in $27,000 in debt. of showers and thunder“If interest on these loans Reps. Debbie Phillips (D big corporations or the mid- Ohio and across the counstorms. Mostly cloudy, with try is an educated workforce continues to rise and repay— Albany) and Michael dle class.” a high near 75. Chance of S. 2343, co-sponsored prepared to lead the world. ment becomes difficult it Stinziano (D — Columbus) precipitation is 30 percent. will introduce a resolution by Sen. Sherrod Brown of Doubling interest rates will will hurt our graduates and Tuesday Night: A chance urging Congress to act im- Ohio, would stop student saddle our graduates with our economy. The success of showers and thunder- mediately and pass S. 2343. loan interest rate hikes that more debt inhibiting their of Ohio’s economy depends storms. Mostly cloudy, with Without action federal stu- will be effective July 1. This critical participation in local on well educated individuals a low around 54. Chance of dent loan interest rates are legislation would offset an communities and discour- entering the workforce and precipitation is 30 percent. set to double from 3.4 per- interest rate hike by closing aging others from pursuing having the freedom to pura corporate tax loophole. Re- a college degree due to the sue their professional goals. cent to 6.8 percent. “A strong educational sys- publican refusal to close tax rising cost of college tuition. Student debt has reached tem is at the very foundation loopholes for corporations We know that an increasing nearly one trillion dollars of economic success and and desire to take funding number of professions re- nationwide, placing an improsperity for individuals, from preventative health quire some type of post-sec- mense weight on recent colcommunities, and our na- care is a further demonstra- ondary degree, and many of lege graduates who are just Peoples (NASDAQ) — 19.39 tion. However, it is becom- tion of a lack of concern for our most talented students starting their professional Pepsico (NYSE) — 65.94 ing increasingly difficult for Ohio’s working and middle rely on these loans. A failure careers. This overwhelming Premier (NASDAQ) — 8.00 young people to attend in- class families. Yesterday U.S. to act on this issue discour- debt can prevent individuRockwell (NYSE) — 77.55 stitutes of higher education, Senate Republicans filibus- ages students from pursuing als from buying a new car Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — not due to a lack of academic tered the Democratic pro- a degree and directly threat- or house, seeking a graduate 12.69 proficiency but rather, the posal. If action is not taken ens the economic viability degree, or even starting a Royal Dutch Shell — 66.15 increasing burden placed rates will automatically rise of states and communities family,” added Rep. StinziaSears Holding (NASDAQ) — on students stemming from no. across the country.” July 1st of this year. “Students are willing and More than 382,000 stuRep. Michael Stinziano tuition hikes and debt from 54.97 their student loans,” said (D-Columbus), whose dis- dents in Ohio have received ready to go to work, and pay Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 59.03 Rep. 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Common Pleas Court Criminal POMEROY — The following individuals were recently sentenced in Meigs County Common Pleas Court: Timothy Fry, three years community control, aggravated trafficking in drugs; Joseph Jeffers, community control, violation of community control — trafficking; Amber Boling, one year prison, violation of community control — theft. The following individuals were recently arraigned in Meigs County Common Pleas Court: Alex Craig, three counts aggravated robbery, two counts kidnapping; Marcy Craig, three counts aggravated robbery, Jason Hart, three counts burglary, one count safecracking; Nathan McDaniel, one count each felonious as- sault, robbery, escape. Judicial release was recently granted to Samantha Gilbert and Fawn Stevers. Domestic An action of dissolution has been filed by Tonya Cremeans and Kenny Cremeans. An action of dissolution has been filled by Robert R. Cunningham and Pamela K. Cunningham. An action of dissolution has been filed by Johnni Welsh and Michael Allan Welsh. An action of dissolution has been filed by John Barcus and Christie Barcus. A dissolution has been granted to Melissa Jayne Myers and William Robert Myers. A dissolution has been granted to Carrie Jo Faulk and Cody W. Faulk. An action of divorce has been filed by Sherri Lynn Yonker against Brandon Scott Yonker. A divorce has been granted to Cynthia Seymour from Russell Seymour. Civil An action of foreclosure has been filed by JP Morgan Chase Bank against Beverly D. Smith and Randy S. Smith. Madog Fellow shares Welsh research at Rio determining their own RIO GRANDE — media identity,” Duda Wales has a proud culsaid during her presenture and history, but the tation. people of Wales today When Wales and the lack a national cultural Welsh people are shown identity, at least when it in the media, the films comes to how the counmainly focus on the getry is portrayed in the ography and setting of media. Wales, Duda said. The That was one of the films also often showpoints raised by Heather Duda, Ph.D., during case quirky characters a Friday, April 20 prefrom Wales. These charsentation on the Uniacterizations can lead to damaging stereotypes. versity of Rio Grande/ During her presentaRio Grande Community Heather Duda, Ph.D., an assistant professor of English at tion, Duda showed clips College campus. Duda, who is an as- the University of Rio Grande, from four films that sistant professor of served as the Madog Fac- were by Welsh directors, ulty Fellow for the 2011-2012 English at Rio Grande, school year and recently pre- featured Welsh actors or served as the Madog sented her research during an told stories about Welsh Faculty Fellow during event at the university. A pa- characters. Some of the movies, the 2011-2012 school per outlining Duda’s findings year, and presented her has been accepted for pre- such as “Rancid Aluresearch findings dur- sentation at an international minum,” were received ing the April 20 event. conference that will be held in poorly by film critics and showed very little The Madog Center Wales later this year. Welsh culture. for Welsh Studies at Rio One of the films, “Very Annie Mary,” Grande sponsors the Madog Faculty Feldoes a much better job of showing smalllow program on campus each year. Jeanne Jones Jindra, director of the town life in Wales and features some Madog Center, explained the Madog quirky characters who are treated in a Faculty Fellow program was established non-stereotypical manner. The film also to promote the study of Welsh culture stars several Welsh actors and was well and history among full-time faculty at received by critics. Duda recommended that audience members see this movie. the university. One problem with this film, though, Duda, who serves as the chair of the School of Liberal Studies at Rio Grande, is that it is often categorized as a Britexamined the Welsh film industry and ish film. “But it’s not just British, it’s Welsh,” looked at how the Welsh culture is reDuda said, adding that this is an imporflected in contemporary Welsh cinema. One important problem with the films tant distinction. The Welsh film industry has yet to and television shows is that many of the films are made in London and the Welsh produce a movie that has been released television channel for the BBC is also internationally that shows the true based in London. And although there is Welsh culture or helps to establish a cultural identity, and this is a problem for input from Wales, that input is limited. “This means that the Welsh are not the Welsh. “But hope may becoming for the Welsh film industry,” Duda said. She has seen signs that the industry is moving in the right direction. International acclaim for the Scottish film, “Trainspotting,” which helped showcase the Scottish culture, was a positive for Scotland. Perhaps a Welsh film will be coming soon that will show the Welsh culture to international audiences and help construct the cultural identity, Duda said. After her presentation, Duda answered questions from the large number of people in attendance, including several questions from students from Wales and area residents who are from WelshAmerican families. Those in attendance agreed with the points Duda made and also lamented the lack of the cultural identity and the confusion many people have over Wales and England. Jindra also thanked Duda for her fine presentation, and explained that Duda’s research paper has also been accepted to an international conference in Wales later this year. A research paper by former Madog Faculty Fellow Beth Brown has also been accepted by the same international conference. Jindra also announced that the 10th Madog Faculty Fellow will be Dana Evans, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Sciences. Also during the afternoon event, Jindra announced the names of the Rio Grande students who will be spending the fall semester studying Wales as part of the exchange program Rio Grande has with the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. These students are Amanda Bliss from Michigan, Catherine Derr from Mt Vernon, Ohio, and Jerell Lyles from Dublin, Ohio. For more information on the Madog Faculty Fellow program or the Madog Center for Welsh Studies, call Jeanne Jones Jindra at 1-800-282-7201. �Thursday, May 10, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com Ask Dr. Brothers Text messaging does not develop writing skills By Dr. Joyce Brothers Dear Dr. Brothers: My daughter claims that her seemingly continuous text messaging with her friends is as good as reading for developing vocabulary and self-expression. I think she’s just looking for an excuse to upgrade her cell phone plan at my expense. It seems to me that text messaging would only teach her acronyms and, if anything, stunt her vocabulary. Am I being old-fashioned, or can text messaging have some benefits that I can’t see? — S.K. Dear S.K.: While text messaging may have some benefits, especially in the convenience it confers, you’re likely right to think that it’s not helping your daughter build her vocabulary or even necessarily allowing her to develop a unique manner of selfexpression. Rather than encouraging the unconstrained use of language, text messaging limits teens to commonly used colloquialisms and even phrase abbreviations that limit their exposure to new and creative text. In contrast, reading a book or even reading online material rather than print media son, who’s in can expose your college and who daughter not I think of as beonly to new voing too old for cabulary, but also these kinds of to new patterns things, is really and manners of into online gamexpression. This ing. He plays not only will games where help develop her he talks to and reading and writforms relationing skills, but it ships with the will allow her to other players express herself through the more effectively. Internet, and I On the other Dr. Joyce Brothers think it’s affecthand, text mesing his real-life Syndicated saging has ability to make Columnist become an infriends. He grained part of doesn’t leave his this generation’s social and dorm room, and he spends cultural landscape, and allow- his weekends online rather ing your daughter to develop than meeting real people. Can her social interactions via this these types of games interfere form of communication only with social-skill development can help her. You can set up enough that I should really some ground rules — no tex- worry? — T.V. ting at the table, or limits on Dear T.V.: It sounds like the number of text messages there are two issues at work per month — but cutting her here that may be confusing off entirely will only backfire. your interpretation of your In fact, many people in older son’s behavior. First, the fact generations are catching on to that he doesn’t make friends the text-messaging trend, and easily or leave his room to are using it to enhance com- socialize is concerning, espemunication with their kids. cially for a college student, *** who should be seizing the opDear Dr. Brothers: My portunities surrounding him. This could be a symptom of a deeper problem, like depression, and if you see any other signs that might point to this, you should encourage him to seek professional help. On the other hand, if he is just a shy or reserved person, the intimidation of striking out on one’s own into the chaotic social world of college could be enough to keep him at home in front of his computer screen. The benefits of online social gaming experiences like you describe your son playing are many for kids who otherwise find it difficult to connect with their peers. These games provide a structured world to frame these interactions and a peer group with a built-in shared interest. Rather than trying to get him to stop playing these games, you should encourage him to branch out and also seek other forms of social interactions. These types of games teach players teamwork and how to negotiate complex strategies, as well as moral and ethical values, and all of these things are of value for your son. (c) 2012 by King Features Syndicate Kidnap-slaying suspect, wife charged with murder GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) — Murder charges were filed Wednesday against the fugitive suspected of killing a Tennessee woman and her teenage daughter and fleeing with her two younger girls. Two first-degree murder counts were announced against 35-year-old Adam Mayes, who has been sought for more than a week. His wife, Teresa Mayes, also was charged with murder. An affidavit filed in Bolivar, Tenn., says Teresa Mayes of Guntown, Miss., told authorities she was there April 27 when Adam Mayes, killed Jo Ann Bain and her 14-year-old daughter, Adrienne, in a garage at their Whiteville, Tenn., home. Teresa Mayes told officials the motive was to kidnap Bain’s two younger daughters, 12-year-old Alexandria and 8-year-old Kyliyah. A call seeking comment from Teresa Mayes’ attorney wasn’t immediately returned. The wife was charged a day earlier with especially aggravated kidnapping. She said she drove her husband, the girls and the two bodies from southwest Tennessee to Guntown and saw him dig a hole in the yard. The bodies of Jo Ann and Alexandria Bain were found buried at that property a week later. An intense manhunt continues for Adam Mayes and the two girls. Authorities have said Mayes was a family friend who was staying with the Bains on April 27, the day the mother and children disappeared. Before he fled, he admitted to authorities that he was the last person to see Jo Ann Bain and her daughters before the disappearance, according to an affidavit filed with the court. Hundreds of adults, teens and children came from throughout west and central Tennessee and north Mississippi for a prayer vigil Tuesday evening at Bolivar Dixie Youth Park, where the two oldest Bain girls played softball. Many of the mourners said the kidnappings have shaken their smalltown, tight-knit communities, from Corinth, Miss., to Whiteville, Tenn. Stephanie Bodiford, of Middleton, Tenn., said her son was in the same class at Central High School in Bolivar as Adrienne Bain, who along with her mother was found dead in a home where suspect Adam Mayes lived in Guntown, Miss. Bodiford said her children have been distraught in the days since the disappearance of Bain and her daughters. “We live in such a sheltered commu- nity,” Bodiford said. “They just don’t understand. They don’t understand bad.” Megan Ervin said she played with Adrienne Bain on the same softball team last year. She described Adrienne as a good player who enjoyed softball. “She was real nice but she was real shy,” Ervin said. Ervin, 16, said she and her friends have been shaken by the kidnapping and deaths. She also said Mayes spent time at the park. He would often come see the Bain girls play, she said. Megan Ervin’s mother Pam said she also saw Mayes hanging out at the park. “It’s just shocking. It could have been any of us, really, because he was always here and everybody saw him,” Megan said. “He was around all these kids all the time.” When asked if she had ever spoken with Mayes, She recoiled, saying, “No.” “When I first saw him, I kind of had a bad vibe about him, so I just kind of stayed away,” Ervin said. “But then I saw him here all the time and I figured he’s no threat to us because he’s always here. Obviously, that wasn’t true.” Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia’s Democratic presidential primary. The inmate, Keith Judd, is serving time at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas, for making threats at the University of New Mexico in 1999. Obama received 59 percent of the vote to Judd’s 41 percent. For some West Virginia Democrats, simply running against Obama is enough to get Judd votes. “I voted against Obama,” said Ronnie Brown, a 43-year-old electrician from Cross Lanes who called himself a conservative Democrat. “I don’t like him. He didn’t carry the state before and I’m not going to let him carry it again.” When asked which presidential candidate he voted for, Brown said, “That guy out of Texas.” Judd got on the state ballot by paying a $2,500 fee and filing a form known as a notarized certification of announcement, said Jake Glance, a spokesman for the Secretary of State’s office. Attracting at least 15 percent of the vote would normally qualify a candi- date for a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. But state Democratic Party Executive Director Derek Scarbro said no one has filed to be a delegate for Judd. The state party also believes that Judd has failed to file paperwork required of presidential candidates, but officials continue to research the matter, Scarbro said. Voters in other conservative states showed their displeasure with Obama in Democratic primaries last March. In Oklahoma, anti-abortion protester Randall Terry got 18 percent of the primary vote. A lawyer from Tennessee, John Wolfe, pulled nearly 18,000 votes in the Louisiana primary. In Alabama, 18 percent of Democratic voters chose “uncommitted” in the primary rather than vote for Obama. Obama’s energy policies and the Environmental Protection Agency’s handling of mining-related permits have incurred the wrath of West Virginia’s coal industry. With the state the nation’s second-biggest producer of this fossil fuel, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Sen. Joe Manchin — both Democrats have championed the industry — have declined to say whether they will support Obama in November. Each overcame low-profile opponents in Tuesday’s primary. Manchin refused afterward to say whether he voted for Obama. Hillary Rodham Clinton beat Obama handily in the state’s 2008 primary, and he lost the state to Republican John McCain in the general election. The latest state-by-state Gallup poll, released in January, found Obama with a 32.7 percent approval rating in West Virginia. The president had a lower approval rating only in Utah, Idaho, Oklahoma and Wyoming. “Keith Judd’s performance is embarrassing for Obama and our great state,” outgoing West Virginia GOP Chairman Mike Stuart said. Presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney won West Virginia’s GOP primary Tuesday with more than 69 percent of the vote, with 93 percent of precincts reporting. Rick Santorum followed with 12 percent, while Ron Paul had 11 percent. Brown, the Cross Lanes electrician, did not learn of Judd’s background until after he voted. He went to the polls before his 22-year-old daughter, Emily. She planned to vote for Judd, too, until she found out where he has been living. “I’m not voting for somebody who’s in prison,” she said. She was certain about one thing: “I just want to vote against Barack Obama.” Orangutans use iPads to communicate MIAMI (AP) — The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family’s teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan’s elders show no interest. The orangutans at Miami’s Jungle Island apparently are just like people when it comes to technology. The park is one of several zoos experimenting with comput- ers and apes, letting its six orangutans use an iPad to communicate and as part of a mental stimulus program. Linda Jacobs, who oversees the program, hopes the devices will eventually help bridge the gap between humans and the endangered apes. “Our young ones pick up on it. They understand it. It’s like, ‘Oh I get this,’” Jacobs said. “Our two older ones, they just are not interested. I think they just figure, ‘I’ve gotten along just fine in this world without this communication-skill here and the iPad, and I don’t need a computer.’” Jacobs said she began letting the orangutans use iPads last summer, based on the suggestion of someone who had used the devices with dolphins. The software was originally designed for humans with autism and the screen displays pictures of various objects. A trainer then names one of the objects, and the ape presses the corresponding button. The devices have been a great addition to the enrichment programs Jungle Island already does with the orangutans, Jacobs said. Keepers have long used sign language to communicate with them. The Daily Sentinel • Page 3 Obama voices his support for gay marriage WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea and injecting a polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House. Obama’s announcement, after refusing to take a clear stand for months, cheered gay rights groups who have long urged him to support gay marriage. It also opened up a distinct area of disagreement with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who opposes gay marriage. Polling suggests the nation is evenly divided on the issue “I have hesitated on gay marriage in part because I thought that civil unions would be sufficient,” Obama said in an interview with ABC at the White House. He added that, “I was sensitive to the fact that for a lot of people the word ‘marriage’ was something that invokes very powerful traditions, religious beliefs and so forth.” Now, he said, “it is important for me personally to go ahead and affirm that samesex couples should be able to get married.” The president’s decision to address the issue came on the heels of a pair of events that underscored the sensitivity of the issue. Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview on Sunday that he is completely comfortable with gays marrying, a pronouncement that instantly raised the profile of the issue. And on Tuesday, voters in North Carolina — a potential battleground in the fall election — approved an amendment to the state constitution affirming that marriage may only be a union of a man and a woman. The president has already supported a number of initiatives backed by gays, including an end to the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, and a decision not to defend in court a federal law that was designed as an alternative to gay marriage. He had stopped short of supporting gay marriage, though, saying his position was “evolving.” Obama spoke about his support for gay marriage in deeply personal terms, saying his young daughters, Malia and Sasha, have friends whose parents are same-sex couples. “Malia and Sasha, it wouldn’t dawn on them that somehow their friends’ parents would be treated different,” Obama said. “It doesn’t make sense to them and frankly, that’s the kind of thing that prompts a change in perspective.” Obama said first lady Michelle Obama also was involved in his decision and joins him in supporting gay marriage. “In the end the values that I care most deeply about and she cares most deeply about is how we treat other people,” he said. Acknowledging that his support for same-sex marriage may rankle religious conservatives, Obama said he thinks about his faith in part through the prism of the Golden Rule — treating others the way you would want to be treated. “That’s what we try to impart to our kids and that’s what motivates me as president and I figure the most consistent I can be in being true to those precepts, the better I’ll be as a as a dad and a husband and hopefully the better I’ll be as president,” Obama said. The political cross-currents are tricky. Some top aides argued that gay marriage is toxic at the ballot box in battleground states like North Carolina and Virginia because, as Tuesday’s vote proved, the issue remains a reliable way to fire up rankand-file Republicans. It also could open Obama up to Republican criticism that he was taking his eye off the economy, voters’ No. 1 issue. Other Democratic supporters claim Obama could energize huge swaths of the party, including young people, by voicing his support for gay marriage before November. He also could appeal to independent voters, many of whom back gay marriage, and he could create an area of clear contrast between himself and his Republican rival as he argues that he’s delivered on the change he promised four years ago. On Tuesday, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, told Obama to “man up” and take a position on gay marriage. Romney has not generally raised the issue in his campaign. On Wednesday, he told KDVR-TV in Denver that “I do not favor marriage between people of the same gender, and I do not favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage other than by name. My view is the domestic partnership benefits, hospital visitation rights, and the like are appropriate but that the others are not.” The Romney campaign did not respond to questions about which benefits the Republican candidate would oppose. The former Massachusetts governor told an Ohio television station Monday that he believes “marriage is between a man and a woman, and that’s a position I’ve had for some time and I don’t intend to make any adjustments at this point — or ever, by the way.” Public opinion on gay marriage has shifted in recent years, with most polls now finding the public evenly split, rather than opposed. A Gallup poll released this week found 50 percent of all adults in favor of legal recognition of same-sex marriages, marking the second time that poll has found support for legal gay marriage at 50 percent or higher. Majorities of Democrats (65 percent) and independents (57 percent) supported such recognition, while most Republicans (74 percent) said same sex marriages should not be legal. Six states — all in the Northeast except Iowa — and the District of Columbia allow same sex marriages. In addition, two other states have laws that are not yet in effect and may be subject to referendums. The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com �The Daily Sentinel Opinion U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership: Where are the voices of Afghan citizens? by Erin E. Niemela As the NATO summit approaches in May, throngs of peace protestors are expected to descend on Chicago to pressure the U.S.-led, 28-nation military alliance for an end to the war in Afghanistan. But for some activists, it will be too late to protest the greatest threat to a peaceful Afghanistan: the signing of the U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement. This widely underreported agreement will commit the U.S. to another 10 years in Afghanistan, perhaps more, beyond the planned withdrawal in 2014. It is shrouded in mystery as to its contents, aside from certain issues regarding night raids and special operations. While the agreement is supposed to ensure a secure and sovereign Afghanistan beyond the U.S. withdrawal in 2014, it does not take into account the opinions of those who will most likely be affected by its implementation – the Afghan people. Without their support, the partnership is more likely to inhibit the realization of a peaceful and secure Afghanistan. The agreement has recently been finalized in draft form and is set to be signed according to General John R. Allen, AFG Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ceremony in Kabul on April 8, 2012, Allen and Afghan Defense Minister General Abdul Rahim Wardak shook hands in agreement on a joint MOU regarding night raids and special operations in Afghanistan, putting the U.S. and Afghanistan “one step closer to the establishment of the US-Afghan Strategic Partnership.” “Most importantly,” Allen remarked at the ceremony, “today we are one step closer to our shared goal and vision of a secure and sovereign Afghanistan.” But who does Allen mean when he says “our shared goal”? Allen surely implies the United States military and the Afghan government, the latter of which has been accused by Human Rights Watch in numerous reports for the overt participation of human rights abusers and warlords in Parliament. However, more emphasis should be placed on the vision and goal of a secure and sovereign Afghanistan as defined by its citizens whose opinions have been largely neglected. In Dec. 2011, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) released a joint report with a group of Afghan civil society organizations that highlighted the opinions of over 1,500 Afghan men, women, and youth on critical issues. Early in the report, those interviewed called for an inclusive peace process: “Repeatedly [sic] Afghans expressed the view that the Government and international community should work together to minimise the gap between them and ordinary people.” Afghan citizens have been faced with this relational gap for many years. In her 2009 memoir, “A Woman Among Warlords,” Malalai Joya – the youngest female Parliamentarian in Afghanistan – openly criticizes the warlord-run, military-fed Afghan government as being a farce of democracy, one which places the interests of the West and Afghan criminal elite over those of the people. Several interviewees in the 2011 AIHRC report share a similar message. A resident of Badghis notes, “We are really tired about the situation of this country, everyone is corrupt and there is no justice for people.” Even some U.S. officials have taken this stance, such as U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher who, as reported in an April 27, 2012 article by Voice of America, states, “One of the reasons we are in bad shape and have lost so many people already, is we have imported combat troops to try to force local people to accept Kabul as the legitimate power. And Kabul, of course, is run by a corrupt regime under (Prime Minister) Karzai.” Sovereignty should not be determined or enforced by the U.S. or corrupt Afghan officials, but by the people themselves through an inclusive process. UN Envoy to Afghanistan Slovakian Ján Kubiš reiterated this message at a press conference in Kabul in Jan. 2012 when he stated that a peaceful resolution to conflict “should be an The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Our main number is (740) 992-2155. Department extensions are: News Editor: Charlene Hoeflich, Ext. 12 Reporter: Sarah Hawley, Ext. 13 Advertising Retail: Matt Rodgers, Ext. 15 Retail: Brenda Davis, Ext 16 Class./Circ.: Judy Clark, Ext. 10 Circulation Circulation Manager: Tracie Spencer, 740-446-2342, Ext. 12 District Manager: 304-675-1333 General Information E-mail: mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com Web: www.mydailysentinel.com (USPS 436-840) Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Published Tuesday through Friday, 111 Court Street, Pomeroy, Ohio. Second-class postage paid at Pomeroy. Member: The Associated Press and the Ohio Newspaper Association. 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Given the opinions of the Afghan people and official statements, we should not suggest that the Afghan government and U.S. military regime represent the average Afghan citizen. If the security of Afghanistan is the goal and the vision, the citizens of Afghanistan should play a major role in the development and implementation of any security and peace effort. Depriving Afghan citizens of agency by subordinating them to back-door, undemocratic processes in the signing of the secretive U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement is unlikely to yield a secure, sovereign Afghanistan. The Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers (AYPV), a group of young and ethnically diverse Afghan peace activists, issued a statement in 2011 on their blog Our Journey to Smile admonishing the U.S.-Afghan Strategic Agreement in solidarity with other citizens. They asserted, “we reject such declarations made by politicians who do not know us, nor care for us … we want the freedom to solve our own problems.” How can an agreement which affects 30 million civilians be signed into action without taking into account their opinions, desires, and hopes for the future? As an alternative, the AYPV have called for an Afghan national referendum: a voice for those who have suffered the most, a voice for the countless lives lost to the interests of elites. Only the active and supported agency – the voice – of the Afghan population will fulfill the dream for a truly peaceful, just, secure, and sovereign Afghanistan. Erin E. Niemela is a Senior undergraduate at Portland State University, and is a core coordinator for Global Days of Listening, an Afghanistan peace advocacy nonprofit. Page 4 Thursday, May 10, 2012 Julia Child, a legacy of teaching the joy of food Michele Kayal, For The Associated Press Massaging poultry, dropping food and utensils, and warbling her way through boeuf bourguignon and coq au vin, Julia Child left an indelible mark on American food. As television’s towering, ebullient “French Chef,” Child put within reach of the average American a cuisine most had only heard about. Using fresh ingredients and copious amounts of wine, she changed the way we thought about food, demystifying it and placing it firmly at the center of a joyous life. But as we approach her 100th birthday, coming August 15, what’s less obvious is how Child also revolutionized the way women saw cooking — and themselves. “Julia turned women on to the beauty of making a wonderful meal for the family, not just scraping something together,” says Bob Spitz, author of the forthcoming Child biography “Dearie” (Knopf, August 2012). “She let women who watched her feel that they would be heard, that they could do anything she could do,” he said. “She wanted women to be proud of what they did. That was so important to her. That pride. She had found it. And she wanted others to find it, too.” Child didn’t come from pride. Wealth, yes, but pride took longer. Raised in Pasadena, Calif., the eldest child of a prosperous land manager and a papercompany heiress, Child went to Smith College where she partied more than studied and aspired to get married. After college and a series of uninspiring jobs, she joined the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, and was sent to Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. It wasn’t until she married Paul Child, an artist and diplomat, and moved to Paris that she found herself. In France, she studied at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school, then began work on Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” with two French colleagues. It was a gamechanging cookbook that, unlike its predecessors, outlined every step of a recipe. That was a bold change for the American palate in 1961, an era in thrall to the convenience food industry. It was a time when a constant drumbeat of advertising and what passed for food journalism told women they had no time to cook, says Laura Shapiro, a culinary historian and author of “Julia Child: A Life.” Women were being told they needed canned fruit, frozen vegetables, cake mixes and TV dinners. The fresh food available in supermarkets was segregated, wrapped in plastic and untouchable. The cookbooks of the period reflected this. “The whole trend was to make it fast and easy, and what they considered easy was almost a quick summary of what you did — boil the beef for an hour and a half in a cup of wine and water and that’s boeuf bourguignon,” says Judith Jones, the book editor who rescued “Mastering the Art” after it suffered multiple rejections from a publisher who wanted it revised to include packaged goods and fewer steps. “Julia made the distinction between the home cook just cooking, putting it on the table, and cooking with finesse, tasting and understanding what she was doing. She believed that that’s where the joy came.” It was a time of social — and particularly gender — upheaval in America: The birth control pill was introduced, sexual mores were changing, women were working. Americans were making money, buying houses, supporting the growth of lifestyle magazines, including Gourmet. And anything French was in fashion. The Kennedys — and their French chef — were in the White House. Jackie wore Chanel and Dior. She spoke fluent French. French food such as coquilles St. Jacques and quiche already had made it into middle class homes, Shapiro says, and there were even some French cookbooks around. Soldiers had returned from Europe more worldly and the advent of inexpensive airline travel meant more Americans were seeing foreign lands. Then “Mastering” arrived on the scene. “People were waiting for that book,” Shapiro says. Yet it got off to a slow start, Jones says. It was helped by a swooning review from New York Times food editor Craig Claiborne, but it was when Child got on television that her appeal and message finally saturated the culture. Child was an outspoken champion of women’s causes. She did dozens of fundraisers for Planned Parenthood, and when she underwent a mastectomy in 1968 she was open and public about it, helping to dispel stigma of breast cancer. In the cooking world, she made it her mission to get women into professional kitchens. She famously took on the Culinary Institute of America, berating the institution for not enrolling enough women, and she regularly kept tabs on the progress of women in the industry. “Julia always considered herself a feminist. Always. But not in a fundamentalist sort of way,” says biographer Spitz, whose book will cap what is being called the JC100, a 100day celebration of Child’s life that includes celebrity-hosted dinners, blogger tributes, readings and other events around the country. “When she got to the states and ate in restaurants, she would march into the kitchen and say, ‘How many women are in here?’ She would tell the great chefs, ‘You need more women here.’” “What I really understood from Julia Child was that if you really, really want something you shouldn’t let anything get in your way,” Moulton says. “I don’t really think it’s feminism. She would have given the same message to a man. She was willing to go into a man’s world and cook this food that women weren’t cooking. She’s a role model.” The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Thursday, May 10, 2012 Death Notice Willie Joe Grinstead Willie Joe Grinstead, 82, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, Fla., from pneumonia. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. on June 15, 2012, at the Foglesong-Roush Funeral Home in Mason, W.Va. He will be buried be at the Hoffman Cemetary, New Haven, W.Va. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Postal Service: Will keep rural post offices open WASHINGTON (AP) — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service sought Wednesday to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours. At a news briefing, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the mail agency was backing off its plan to close up to 3,700 low-revenue post offices sometime after May 15. Citing strong community opposition, Donahoe said the agency will now whittle down full-time staff but maintain a parttime post office presence in rural areas, with access to retail lobbies and post office boxes. Under the emerging strategy, no post office would be closed. But more than 13,000 rural mail facilities could see reduced operations of between two and six hours. The Postal Service intends to seek regulatory approval and get community input, a process that could take several months. The new strategy would then be implemented over two years and completed in September 2014, saving an estimated half billion dollars annually. “We’ve listened to our customers in rural America and we’ve heard them loud and clear — they want to keep their post office open,” Donahoe said. “We believe today’s announcement will serve our customers’ needs and allow us to achieve real savings to help the Postal Service return to long-term financial stability.” Under the new plan, communities would be given the option of keeping their area post offices open but at reduced hours. Another option would be to close a postal office in one area while keeping a nearby one open full-time. Communities also could opt for alternatives including creating a Village Post Office in which postal services are offered in libraries, government offices or local stores such as a Wal-Mart, Walgreens or Office Depot. “At the end of the day, we will not close rural post offices until we receive community input,” said Megan Brennan, the Postal Service’s chief operating officer. “We believe very few post offices will be closed over the next few years.” The latest move comes as the Postal Service is making a broad push for Congress to pass legislation this summer that would allow the agency to move forward on its multi-billion dollar cost-cutting plan, which include an end to Saturday mail delivery. High concern in rural communities over proposed cuts has been a principal barrier to the cost-cutting effort, with residents in the sprawling and remote areas expressing fears about their ability to get timely mail delivery of prescription drugs, newspapers and other services. That has raised the ire of rural-state lawmakers in particular in an election year. Due to rural opposition, the Senate this month passed a bill that would in part impose a one-year moratorium on shuttering rural post offices and place additional restrictions afterward, a move that the Postal Service later denounced as “totally inappropriate” because it kept unneeded facilities open. In the House, hesitancy among rural lawmakers is helping to stall a separate bill that would allow for far more aggressive postal cuts. Most of the 3,700 post offices that had been under review for possible closing had been in rural areas with low volumes of business, with as many as 3,000 only having two hours of business a day even though they are open longer. Currently the post office operates more than 31,000 retail outlets around the country. The mail agency said it expects to save more money off the new plan, mostly by weeding out full-time postmasters who don’t have labor contract protections and replacing them with part-time workers. It plans to offer buyouts for the nation’s more than 21,000 postmasters, noting that more than 80 percent of its postal costs in rural areas are labor-related. The Postal Service has been grappling with losses as first-class mail volume declines and more people switch to the Internet to send messages and pay bills. The agency has forecast a record $14.1 billion loss by the end of this year; without changes, it said, annual losses will exceed $21 billion by 2016. It also is pushing Congress to pass legislation by early summer. If the House fails to act soon, postal officials say, they will face a cash crunch in August and September, when the agency must pay more than $11 billion to the U.S. Treasury to prefund future retiree health benefits. Already $13 billion in debt, the health payment obligation will force the mail agency to run up against its $15 billion debt ceiling, causing it to default on the payments. Trial delayed for officials from Ohio hot dog shop TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A trial has been delayed for two company officials accused of stealing thousands of dollars from an Ohio hot dog eatery made famous on the TV series “M-A-S-H.” The pair charged with stealing from Tony Packo’s Inc. were a company controller and the founder’s grandson, Tony Packo III. They have pleaded not guilty. A judge rescheduled their trial during a pretrial The Daily Sentinel • Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com hearing Tuesday in Toledo. Court records show the date was pushed back from June 18 to August 13 because of a conflict with the court’s schedule. Actor Jamie Farr made Tony Packo’s famous in the 1970s when he portrayed a homesick U.S. soldier in the Korean War who longed for the eatery’s hot dogs. The restaurant chain was sold this year after a yearlong family feud over ownership. Double agent hands al-Qaida its 3rd failed bombing WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past three years, al-Qaida bomb makers in Yemen have developed three fiendishly clever devices in hopes of attacking airplanes in the skies above the United States. First, there was the underwear bomb that fizzled over Detroit on Christmas 2009. Next, terrorists hid bombs inside printer cartridges and got them on board cargo planes in 2010, only to watch authorities find and defuse them in the nick of time. Then last month, officials say, al-Qaida completed a sophisticated new, nonmetallic underwear bomb — and unwittingly handed it over to the CIA. The would-be suicide bomber, the man al-Qaida entrusted with its latest device, actually was a double agent working with the CIA and Saudi intelligence agencies, officials said Tuesday. Instead of sneaking it onto a plane in his underwear, he delivered it to the U.S. government and handed alQaida its latest setback. The extraordinary intelligence operation was confirmed by U.S. and Yemeni officials who were briefed on the plot but spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it. The FBI is still analyzing the explosive but officials described it as an upgrade over the Christmas Day bomb. This new device con- tained lead azide, a chemical known as a reliable detonator. After the Christmas attack failed, al-Qaida used lead azide as the detonator in the 2010 plot against cargo planes. Security procedures at U.S. airports Tuesday remained unchanged despite the plot, a reflection of both the U.S. confidence in its security systems and a recognition that the government can’t realistically expect travelers to endure much more. Increased costs and delays to airlines and shipping companies from new security measures could have a global economic impact too. Security officials said they believe airport security systems put in place in the United States in recent years could have detected the new device or one like it. But the attempt served as a stark reminder that security overseas is quite different. “I would not expect any real changes for the traveling public,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said. “There is a concern that overseas security doesn’t match ours. That’s an ongoing challenge.” While airline checks in the United States mean passing through an onerous, sometimes embarrassing series of pat-downs and body scans, procedures overseas can be a mixed bag. The U.S. cannot force other countries to permanently adopt the expensive and intrusive measures that have become common in American airports over the past decade. The Transportation Security Administration sent advice Tuesday to some international air carriers and airports about security measures that might stave off an attack from a hidden explosive. It’s the same advice the U.S. has issued before, but there was a thought that it might get new attention in light of the foiled plot. The U.S. has worked for years to try to improve security for U.S.-bound flights originating at international airports. And many countries agree that security needs to be better. But while plots such as the Christmas attack have spurred changes, some security gaps that have been closed in the U.S. remain open overseas. Officials believe body scanners, for instance, probably would have detected this latest attempt by al-Qaida to bring down a jetliner. Such scanners allow screeners to see objects hidden beneath a passenger’s clothes. But while scanners are in place in airports nationwide, their use is scattershot overseas. Even in security-conscious Europe, the European Union has not required full-body imaging machines for all airports, though a number of major airports in Paris, London, Frankfurt, Germany and elsewhere use them. All passengers on U.S.bound flights are checked against terrorist watch lists and law enforcement databases. In some countries, U.S. officials are stationed in airports to offer advice on security matters. In some cases, though, the U.S. can do little more than hope that other countries follow the security advice from the Transportation Security Administration. “Even if our technology is good enough to spot it, the technology is still in human hands and we are inherently fallible,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the House Intelligence Committee. “And overseas, we have varying degrees of security depending on where the flight originates.” Authorities believe that, like the Christmas bomb and the printer bombs, this latest device is the handiwork of either al-Qaida’s master bomb maker in Yemen, Ibrahim Hassan alAsiri, or one of his students. In the meantime, Americans traveled Tuesday with little apparent concern. “We were nervous — for a minute,” said Nan Gartner, a retiree on her way to Italy from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport. “But then we thought, we aren’t going anywhere near Yemen, so we’re OK.” UK govt to focus on economy, reform House of Lords LONDON (AP) — Wearing a crown studded with glittering jewels, Queen Elizabeth II set out Britain’s new legislative agenda in opulent style Wednesday — but announced a frugal program aimed at boosting economic growth and overhauling the unelected House of Lords after decades of delays. Though the queen read aloud the government’s plans in the traditional pageant of power, pomp and politics, she has no role in drafting the content. Each proposed law must also be debated and approved by lawmakers — with votes in Parliament if necessary — before it can hit the statute book. REPAIRING THE ECONOMY Britain’s economic woes continue to dominate the government’s work — two years after Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg formed a coalition government with a vow to clear the country’s debts. A four-year austerity program of 81 billion pounds ($130 billion) in government spending cuts has angered the public, and seen economic growth stall. Last month, Britain slumped back into recession for the first time since 2009. New bills will seek to cut regulation for businesses and offer shareholders new powers to curb directors’ pay. Seeking to safeguard Britain’s banks from any repeat of the global economic crisis, the government will demand that banks separate their high street retail operations from riskier investment divisions. In a statement on their agenda, Cameron and Clegg vowed to “stretch every sinew to return growth to the economy,” but critics said they offered few practical steps. Mark Littlewood, of the Institute of Economic Affairs, said the “meager measures simply tweak round the edges.” LOSING THE LORDS Cameron will take on a task that has frustrated his predecessors for decades, overhauling Britain’s 700-yearold upper chamber of Parliament, the House of Lords. The government wants to gradually kick out unelected peers and replace them with fewer, mainly elected members who would serve a maximum term of 15 years. Currently, Lords are appointed for life and cannot be expelled. People who receive peerages in annual honors lists would no longer be entitled to a seat in the chamber. Peers have long opposed any changes, and a new attempt to force through reforms will require lengthy — and rancorous — debates in Parliament. Grass-roots members of Cameron’s Conservative Party warn that a focus on political reform sends out the wrong message in a time of austerity. They say the leader should instead focus on efforts to create new jobs. EMAIL SNOOPING Contentious plans to allow spy agencies to snoop on email traffic, Web browsing and social media sites won’t be given the go-ahead just yet. After an outcry from civil liberties campaigners, the plans to allow new snooping on communications data have been published only in draft form. That means there will be new debate about the balance between personal freedoms and the needs of law enforcement authorities — who insist they require wider powers as terrorists use increasingly sophisticated methods to communicate. Cameron says the plan would plug “significant gaps in our defenses.” Human rights groups say it would create unnecessary intrusion. A separate planned bill would introduce secret court hearings to protect intelligence shared by the United States and other allies and other sensitive national security material. Other proposals will see TV cameras allowed into some British courts for the first time, while Britain also plans a new FBI-style crime fighting agency. BRING OUT THE BLING Bucking the gloomy tone of the government’s agenda, the queen showcased Britain’s love of elaborate pageantry as she arrived from Buckingham Palace for a ceremony featuring sparkling jewels and gleaming horse-drawn carriages. After she donned the Imperial State Crown, studded with almost 3,000 diamonds, the queen delivered her speech from a gilded throne in the House of Lords, packed with peers wearing traditional red robes lined with gold and ermine. 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Rutland OH • Rutland Open Daylight Hours • NO SUNDAY SALES 2 Days Only! �The Daily Sentinel Sports THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012 mdssports@heartlandpublications.com Votto’s RBI double helps Reds beat Brewers 2-1 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Joey Votto’s RBI double broke a scoreless tie in the ninth, and the Cincinnati Reds held on to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Wednesday. Drew Stubbs singled off Brewers closer John Axford with two outs, and Votto lined a ball over the glove of second baseman Rickie Weeks to score Stubbs from first. Brandon Phillips then hit a bloop single, driving in Votto for a 2-0 lead. Ryan Braun homered off Sean Marshall in the bottom of the ninth, his 10th of the season, to cut the lead to 2-1. Marshall allowed a pair of two-out singles to Jonathan Lucroy and Norichika Aoki and was replaced by Logan Ondrusek, who walked George Kottaras to load the bases. Ondrusek got Travis Ishikawa to pop out, earning his first save. It was the 1,500th major league victory for Reds manager Dusty Baker. Axford (0-2) took the loss. The Reds won two out of three games from the struggling Brewers. Cincinnati’s ninth-inning fireworks came after an impressive pitchers’ duel between the Brewers’ Zack Greinke and the Reds’ Johnny Cueto. Greinke pitched eight scoreless innings before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the inning. He gave up two hits with no walks and had a season-high 11 strikeouts — his 15th career double-digit strikeout game. Coming into Wednesday’s game, Greinke was 13-0 in 18 starts as a Lady Eagles sweep Belpre, 9-0 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — The wins keep piling up. The Eastern softball team defeated Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division foe Belpre 9-0, Monday night in Meigs County, for it’s 18th win of the season. Eastern (18-5, 14-1 TVC Hocking) took advantage of a Belpre (6-14, 6-9) error in the top of the first to score one run. EHS added two runs on two walks and a hit in the third, to extend the lead to 3-0. The Green and White added one run in the fourth before erupting for four runs in the the home half of the fifth. EHS manufactured one run in the sixth and took the 9-0 victory. Grace Edwards earned the victory after pitching a complete game shutout, in which she gave up just three hits and one walk. Edwards struck out eight batters. Belpre’s Perry was credited with the loss after giving up nine runs on 10 hits and four walks, while striking out five batters in six innings. Brooke Johnson and Brenna Holter led Eastern with two hits apiece, followed by Tori Goble, Cierra Turley, Kiki Osborne, Amber Moodispaugh, Jordan Parker, and Grace Edwards with one hit each. Johnson scored a game-high four runs while Turley led all players with three RBI. Belpre finished the night with three hits, all singles. This marks the season sweep of Belpre for Eastern, as EHS took the 24-3 victory in Belpre on April 12th. Eastern has now shutout opponents seven times this season. Eastern and Southern are trying to set up a make-up game for either Thursday or Friday pending on the weather. Brewer at Miller Park — making him the sixth player since 1900 to win each of his first 13 home decisions with a team. The Brewers were 18-0 in games Greinke started at home, the third-longest such streak for a pitcher in history. Cueto held the Brewers scoreless through seven innings before reliever Aroldis Chapman came in for the eighth. Cueto gave up five hits and a walk with five strikeouts. Chapman (3-0) took the win. Cueto came into Wednesday’s game on an early-season hot streak, having given up only six earned runs in six outings this year. He was coming off of a complete-game victory at Pittsburgh. Cueto got out of trouble in the third, loading the bases with two outs on a single by Nyjer Morgan, a walk to Weeks and an infield hit by Braun. Cueto then got Aramis Ramirez to ground out and end the inning. After retiring the first 10 batters he faced, Greinke allowed a double to Stubbs in the fourth. Votto popped out and Stubbs stole third, but Greinke struck out Phillips to end the inning. Stubbs’ double was the only hit Greinke gave up through the first six innings. Cueto continued to cruise as well. Braun and Ramirez each came close to home runs in the sixth but flew out at the warning track in right field in back-to-back at-bats. Cueto didn’t allow a Brewers baserunner in the fourth, fifth or sixth innings, then gave up a two- out double to Taylor Green in the seventh before getting Cesar Izturis to ground out and end the inning. Greinke struck out the side in the eighth, with the game still scoreless. Notes: Braun was in the lineup despite aggravating a nagging Achilles injury Tuesday night. … Both teams are off Thursday. Milwaukee LHP Randy Wolf (2-3, 6.68 ERA) faces Chicago Cubs RHP Matt Garza (2-1, 2.67) at Miller Park on Friday, while Cincinnati RHP Mike Leake (0-4, 5.97) faces Washington LHP Gio Gonzalez (3-1, 1.72) in Cincinnati on Friday. … Wednesday’s attendance was 27,090. Bryan Walters/photo Wahama senior Tyler Roush releases a pitch during the third inning of Tuesday night’s Class A Region 4, Section 1 baseball contest against Buffalo at Buffalo High School. Wahama first baseman Kevin Back is pictured in the background. White Falcons blast Buffalo, 10-0 Bryan Walters bwalters@mydailytribune.com BUFFALO, W.Va. — Solid. Only one word was needed to describe the Wahama baseball team following its 10-0 thumping of host Buffalo Tuesday night in a Class A Region 4, Section 1 winner’s bracket contest in Putnam County. The White Falcons (19-16) led wire-to-wire in the contest, which included a four-run outburst in the bottom of the first for an early 4-0 cushion. That advantage proved to be more than enough for WHS starter Tyler Roush, who limited the Bison (19-22) to just three hits and three baserunners over five innings of work. Wahama — which outhit BHS by a sizable 11-3 overall margin — added another run in the third for a 5-0 lead, then plated five runs in the fifth to wrap up the mercy-rule decision. The White Falcons return to action at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Buffalo High School, where they will face the winner of the Buffalo-Hannan game from Wednesday. Roush was the winning pitcher of record, allowing just three hits and no walks over five frames while striking out seven. Travis Coleman took the loss for Buffalo after surrendering 10 runs, nine hits and one walk over 4.1 innings while fanning seven. Aaron Lewis also work a third of an inning, allowing two hits and a walk. Wahama mustered four runs in the first on five hits and a walk, then came up with a run in the third after two hits and a hit-batsman came back to haunt the Bison for a 5-0 contest through three complete. Four hits, a walk and an error ultimately sealed the deal for WHS in the fifth, as the hosts plated five runs off of two different Buffalo hurlers to wrap up the double-digit outcome. Hunter Oliver also scored the gameclinching run on a wild pitch with two outs in the fifth. Wesley Harrison led the White Falcons with three hits, while Roush chipped in two safeties to help in his own cause. Oliver, Wyatt Zuspan, Matt Stewart, Zach Wamsley, Kevin Back and Kane Roush also added a hit each to the winning effort. Stewart and Tyler Roush each scored twice, while Kane Roush had a teambest two RBIs. Coleman paced BHS with two hits, while Lewis had the other safety. Buffalo committed the only error in the contest. Hannan edged Huntington St. Joe by a 4-3 margin Tuesday night in the loser’s bracket contest, which eliminated the the Irish from the postseason. The Wildcats — who were outhit 8-6 overall — rallied back from a 3-0 deficit after three innings of play. How much is too much for stadium ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — If the Minnesota Vikings finally want to break out of the shabby Metrodome and into a shiny new, $975 million home, they face a harsh realAlex Hawley/file photo ity: They’ll need to ante up or Eastern’s Grace Edwards (25) pitches during a game earlier this walk away empty-handed. season. Edwards struck out eight during the Lady Eagles’ 9-0 Throughout the franchise’s victory over Belpre Monday night. latest push for a publicly subsidized football stadium, team executives insisted that the private contribution be capped at $427 million. The figure was “set in stone,” ViThursday, May 10 Nelsonville-York winner, 5 kings Vice President Lester Baseball p.m. Bagley said as recently as last Chillicothe at Gallia week. Academy, 5 p.m. Saturday, May 12 Now it is time to find out Point Pleasant at RavenBaseball just how true that is. swood, 5:30 p.m. Wellston-Southeastern By convincing votes, lawWahama vs. Buffalo- winner at Meigs, 11 a.m. makers are on record deHannan winner at Buffalo, Softball manding that the Vikings and 6:30 p.m. Gallia Academy at Athprivate partners foot a bigger Softball ens, 11 a.m. Point Pleasant at Ritchie Symmes Valley-Ironton share of construction costs. County, 4 p.m. St. Joe winner at Eastern, It’s part of a broader skirmish over how much, if any, Track and Field 11 a.m. TVC Championships at S. Gallia-Trimble winner tax money should benefit a private enterprise owned by Nelsonville-York, 4:30 p.m. at Southern, 11 a.m. wealthy New Jersey developTrack and Field Friday, May 11 SEOAL Championships, er Zygi Wilf. In the process of approving Softball 11 a.m. Meigs-River Valley OVC Championships at differing stadium bills this week, the Senate unanimouswinner at Wheelersburg- South Point, 10 a.m. ly asked Wilf to kick an extra OVP Sports Schedule $25 million, or $452 million in all. The House wants $105 million more. Negotiators will likely wind up somewhere in between. “The Vikings didn’t get whatever they wanted,” said GOP Sen. Julie Rosen, the bill’s chief sponsor. She said the team will have to come up with more to come away successful. To be sure, Wilf won’t be cutting a personal check — at least not for most of it. The team expects to tap into an NFL loan program for as much as $200 million. It could also cash in on naming rights, sell seat licenses and leverage other new revenue streams from a state-of-the art-stadium to make good on its debt. Following Tuesday night’s Senate vote, Bagley said the team is still standing by the amount it pledged earlier, but he acknowledged the final package is “to be determined.” “It has to be a package deal and a negotiation that works for all parties — the Vikings, the state, the city,” he said. Sen. David Thompson, a Lakeville Republican, questioned why the public was shelling out so much on a stadium and becoming so dependent on gambling proceeds to satisfy bonds. “I admire millionaires and billionaires,” Thompson said. “But my goodness, we shouldn’t take money from other folks and redistribute it to them.” The Vikings say their costs go beyond the upfront contribution. Officials note that they will pay annual rent and help defray operating costs of the building, which a public authority would also rent out for concerts, conventions, monster truck pulls and other activities. The Senate added a new dynamic by adopting user fees on suites, parking and Vikings merchandise. The state would impose a 10 percent fee on suites and on parking within a half-mile of the stadium, and impose a 6.875 percent fee on Vikings clothing, trading cards and other memorabilia. It’s all meant to soothe concerns of lawmakers about a gambling expansion that is the main source of money pegged to retire public debt. The stadium bill contemplates tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue from new electronic pull-tab and bingo games in bars and restaurants. The robust estimates have drawn plenty of skepticism. Another $150 million of the stadium tab will come from a redirected sales tax in the city of Minneapolis, where the new stadium would be built. In sheer dollars, the current Vikings stadium plan would be the third priciest in football, behind recently built facilities in Dallas and New York. The public contribution by percentage could still shift, but in all likelihood a Minnesota subsidy is likely to cover between 40 and 50 percent of construction. That would put the Vikings package somewhere in the middle of NFL projects over the past dozen years. “There’s something to be said for standing up and just saying ‘no,’” said Sen. John Marty, a Roseville Democrat. �Thursday, May 10, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com THE HOME NATIONAL BANK WILL AUCTION THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON SATURDAY MAY 12TH. THE SALE WILL BE HELD IN THE BANK'S PARKING LOT. Window Dresser Custom made Window Blinds Commercial & Residential Window Treatments Business Legals Stanley Tree Trimming & Removal THE HOME NATIONAL BANK WILL AUCTION THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON SATURDAY MAY 12TH. THE SALE WILL BE HELD IN THE BANK'S PARKING LOT. 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The of either a Bid Guaranty and Owner intends that this Project Contract Bond for the full be completed no later than the amount of the bid (including all time period as set forth in Artiadd alternates) or a certified cle 4 of the Standard Form of check, cashierʼs check, or an Agreement Between Owner irrevocable letter of credit in an and Contractor on the Basis of amount equal to 10% of the a Stipulated Price. bid (including all add alternates), as described in the In- Each Bidder must insure that structions to Bidders. all employees and applicants for employment are not disDOMESTIC STEEL USE RE- criminated against because of QUIREMENTS AS SPECI- race, color, religion, sex, naFIED IN SECTION 153.011 tional origin, handicap, ancesOF THE REVISED CODE AP- try, or age. PLY TO THIS PROJECT. COPIES OF S E C T I O N All contractors and subcon153.011 OF THE REVISED tractors involved with the proCODE CAN BE OBTAINED ject shall to the extent practiFROM ANY OF THE OF- cable, use Ohio products, maFICES OF THE DEPART- terials, services and labor in MENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE the implementation of their SERVICES. project. DOMESTIC STEEL USE REQUIREMENTS AS No Bidder may withdraw its bid SPECIFIED IN SECTION within 60 days after the bid 143.011 OF THE (OHIO) REopening. The District reserves VISED CODE APPPLY TO the right to waive irregularities THIS PROJECT. COPIES OF in bids, to reject any or all bids, SECTION 153.011 OF THE and to conduct such investiga- (OHIO) REVISED Legals LegalsCODE CAN tion as necessary to determine BE OBTAINED FROM ANY the responsibility of a bidder. OF THE OFFICES OF THE (5) 10, 17, 2012 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. POMEROY WATER/SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS & HYDRANT REPLACEMENT PROJECT LEGAL NOTICE- INVITATION TO BID Sealed Bids will be received for furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary to complete a project known as Pomeroy Water/Sewer System Improvements & Hydrant Replacement Project at the Village of Pomeroy (the “Owner”), 660 E. Main Street, Suite A, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 until 1:00 P.M. local time on May 18, 2012, and at said time and place, publicly opened and read aloud. Bids may be mailed or delivered in advance to the Village of Pomeroy at the above address. Bid Documents include the Bid Requirements and Contract Documents (that include all bid sheets, plans, specifications, and any addenda) can be obtained from M•E Companies, Inc., 635 Brooksedge Boulevard, Westerville, Ohio 43081 with a non-refundable payment of $150 per set. Checks should be made payable to M•E Companies, Inc. Bid Documents will also be on file in the plan room of the F.W. Dodge Corporation. Each Bidder is required to furnish with its submission of the fully completed Bid Documents, a Bid Security in accordance with Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. Bid security furnished in Bond form (Bid Guarantee and Contract and Performance Bond as provided in Section 153.57.1 of the Ohio Revised Code), must be issued by a Surety Company or Corporation licensed in the State of Ohio to provide said surety. Those Bidders that elect to submit bid guaranty in the form of a certified check, cashierʼs check or letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305 of the Ohio Revised Code and in accordance with Section 153.54 (C) of the Ohio Revised Code. Any such letter of credit shall be revocable only at the option of the beneficiary Owner. The amount of the certified check, cashierʼs check or letter of credit shall be equal to ten (10) percent of the Bid and the Successful Bidder will be required to submit a bond in the form provided in 153.57 of the Ohio Revised Code in conjunction with the execution of the Contract. Each proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the Bidding Documents and all persons interested therein. Each bidder must submit evidence of its experiences on projects of similar size and complexity. The Owner intends that this Project be completed no later than the time period as set forth in Article 4 of the Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor on the Basis of a Stipulated Price. Each Bidder must insure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, ancestry, or age. All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project shall to the extent practicable, use Ohio products, materials, services and labor in the implementation of their project. DOMESTIC STEEL USE REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 143.011 OF THE (OHIO) REVISED CODE APPPLY TO THIS PROJECT. COPIES OF SECTION 153.011 OF THE (OHIO) REVISED CODE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ANY OF THE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. Additionally, contractor compli- Additionally, contractor compliance with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 123, the Governorʼs Executive Order of 1972, and Governorʼs Executive Order 84-9 shall be required. Bidders must comply with the prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Meigs County as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor, Federal Davis-Bacon Wage and Hour Division. The Engineerʼs estimate for this project is $990,000 The Village of Pomeroy reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities. The Village of Pomeroy reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to increase or decrease or omit any item or times and/or award the bid to the lowest and best bidder. Publish: 04/26/12 week 1 05/03/12 week 2 05/10/12 week 3 ANNOUNCEMENTS Notices NOTICE OHIO VALLEY PUBLISHING CO. recommends that you do business with people you know, and NOT to send money through the mail until you have investigating the offering. 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BEWARE of requests for any large advance payments of fees or insurance. Call the Office of Consumer Affiars toll free at 1-866-278-0003 to learn if the mortgage broker or lender is properly licensed. (This is a public service announcement from the Ohio Valley Publishing Company) 300 SERVICES Business & Trade School Gallipolis Career College (Careers Close To Home) Call Today! 740-446-4367 1-800-214-0452 gallipoliscareercollege.edu Accredited Member Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools 1274B 7 �Thursday, May 10, 2012 The Daily Sentinel • Page 8 www.mydailysentinel.com OVP Sports Briefs Gallipolis Elks Soccer Shoot GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The Gallipolis Elks Soccer Shoot has been rescheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, May 12. The event is for all boys and girls born on August 1, 1998 and after. The shootout will be held at the Elks’ Farm located on State Route 588 in Gallipolis. GAHS athletic physicals for 2012-13 CENTENARY, Ohio — Holzer Clinic will be giving free athletic physicals for the 2012-13 sports season to all perspective male and female athletes grades 7-12 at Gallia Academy High School at 7 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, at the Gallipolis Main Branch on Jackson Pike. Athletic physical forms may be picked up in the main office beginning Monday, April 23 and pages 1, 2, 5 and 6 must be completed and returned to the office by Friday, May 4. School nurses will measure for weight, height, blood pressure and pulse on May 8-9 on all athletes that have returned their forms, but no preliminary tests will be conducted on athletes that have not returned their paperwork. No physicals will be given at Holzer Clinic without a prephysical at the high school. Also, all track and field athletes involved in the SEOAL meet on May 12 will go first to get physicals done in order to arrive and prepare for their events. 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Mollohan Carpet 317 St Rt 7N Gallipolis, OH 740-446-7444 Sale Carpet 25% off New Shipment Mollohan Carpet 317 St Rt 7 N Gallipolis OH 740-446-7444 ley High School varsity football program will be holding a youth football camp on every Saturday in May for kids in grades 2-7 at the new football facility at RVHS. The camp will run from 10 a.m. until noon and will focus on non-pad instruction, techniques, fundamentals and various drills to ensure every camper — regardless of skill level — receives the same attention. Pre-registration will take place until April 27 and first day (May 5) walk-ins are also welcome. There is a fee associated with the camp, which also provides a t-shirt to every camper that participates. For more information, contact RVHS head football coach Jerrod Sparling at (330) 4471624 or by email at gl_jsparling@ seovec.org RVHS youth basketball camp BIDWELL, Ohio — The River Valley boys basketball program will be holding a basketball camp for boys entering grades 3-8 on June 4 through June 7. The camp will be held at River Valley High School and will begin at 9 a.m. and run untill noon each day. The camp will be conducted by RVHS head coach Jordan Hill along with assistant coaches, current and former players. Fundamentals, team concepts, and effort necessary for becoming a varsity basketball player will be taught. Camp features will include station work, skills games, and competitive team play. Each camper will receive a River Valley Basketball T-shirt & basketball. There are indi- vidual and family rates for the camp, and brochures can be picked up in the high school office. Payment must be received on or before first day of camp. Checks can be made out to RVHS Athletic Department. Registration will be held on first day of camp. For more information, contact Coach Hill at (740) 446-2926. GAHS Spring Sports Banquet CENTENARY, Ohio — Gallia Academy High School will be hosting its 2012 Spring Sports Awards Ceremony in the high school gymnasium at 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 22. Gallia County athletic physicals GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Holzer Clinic will be offering free athletic physicals to all Gallia County Local Schools perspective athletes for the 2012-2013 school year. The physical is open for all current 6th through 11th graders. The physical will be held on Saturday May 12, at 7:30 a.m. at Holzer Clinic Main Entrance. To be eligible for the physical, students must have completed the proper paperwork at their perspective school and have had a prephysical completed by the School Nurse. NO student will receive a physical at Holzer Clinic on May 12th without the proper paperwork completed and a prephysical being performed at their school. Penske Racing clicking in NASCAR and IndyCar CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It was just a year ago that Penske Racing, or at least its NASCAR branch, appeared to be in total turmoil. Kurt Busch used a meltdown over his team radio at Richmond to assail all the shortcomings he saw at Penske. It certainly got the attention of team management, and behind-the-scene changes began almost immediately. The performance began to improve, too, especially for Brad Keselowski. Spurred in part by Busch’s claim that it had been years since he’d had a competitive teammate, Keselowski went on to win three races and earn a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Now, a year removed from that low point for the proud Penske organization, things couldn’t be better. Keselowski’s win on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway — the first for team owner Roger Penske — was his second of the season and cemented him as a strong contender to give Penske his first Cup championship. And, oh, by the way, Penske’s IndyCar team is pretty good, too. His drivers have combined to win all four races and all four poles so far this season, and begin Saturday preparing for the Indianapolis 500 — a race the organization has won 15 times. “I’m not king of the world, I’ll tell you that for sure,” Penske said. “I think we made some changes last year after Richmond. We had a plan. I think everybody stuck together. Kurt was a big help there, obviously as we got going with getting in the Chase. I think you’ve seen this year this year we’ve been very competitive. “On the IndyCar side, when you win the first four races, can’t do much better than that. Overall, I think we’ve got a great season going. It’s a credit really to our people.” It was Keselowski who gave Penske his only NASCAR title, in 2010 in the second-tier Nationwide Series. Otherwise, the most decorated team owner in motorsports has been shutout. Penske first joined in NASCAR in 1972, but was out of the series from 1981 through 1990. Want To Buy Yard Sale Apartments/Townhouses Houses For Rent Help Wanted- General Absolute Top dollar- silver/gold coins, pre 1935 US currency. proof/mint sets, diamonds, MTS Coin Shop. 151 2nd Avenue, Gallipolis. 446-2842 Stone Harbor Neighborhood Yard Sale. Fri, May 11th & Saturday AM 2 bedroom apartment available in Syracuse. $250 deposit, $400 per month rent. Rent includes water, sewer and trash. No Pets, Sufficient income needed to qualify. Call 740-378-6111 1 BR & 4 BR, NO PETS, Syracuse, OH. 304-675-5332 or 740-591-0265 CUSTOMER SERVICE We have an opening for a full-time Customer Service position. 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Rogers Basement Waterproofing Visit us online at www.mydailysentinel.com �Thursday, May Thursday , M10, ay 2012 10, 2012 BLONDIE BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS MUTTS www.mydailysentinel.com ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt The Daily Sentinel • Page 9 Dean Young/Denis Lebrun Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s Horoscope zITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, May 10, 2012: This year you carry key projects and goals to completion. You have always been a steady captain of your ship, and this year you are even more so. Recognize when it would be best to abandon ship, like if an idea does not seem to work. Do not get bogged down in what you must do so much so that you do not enjoy your friends and loved ones. If you are single, you could meet someone who offers you a lot of what you want. Explore this bond. If you are attached, your sweetie may long for some silliness. Why not? Laughter heals the heart. AQUARIUS opens doors. Dare to go through them. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You make your point with ease. How others respond at first might be very positive, yet one person will prove to be unusually difficult. Give this person space to turn around his or her mood and point of view. Tonight: Have a discussion with a friend. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You see beyond what others see. At times, this ability could seem to be a problem, in that others do not get what you are saying and quickly discard your view. A meeting takes an unusual tone, especially if you decide to participate less. Tonight: Organize any upcoming plans. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Defer to others, and you will have an opportunity to gain a broader perspective. Please note that when you don’t give one person enough attention, he or she can become quite difficult and touchy. Your instincts will guide you through difficult moments. Tonight: Togetherness is the theme. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Others demand to hear your point of view. You might not want to share as much as you need to. Within a meeting and/or a group, your audience will be far more receptive. A personal problem might be coloring your mood. Tonight: Among friends, anything can happen. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Slow down and complete whatever you must. You easily could be overwhelmed by a situation that keeps popping up. You might not be sure when to say “enough,” but when you do, say it loud and clear. Others will not believe you otherwise. Tonight: Put your feet up. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Where others fail, you seem to come in with ease and a solution. Will others follow your lead? You will not know until you get to that moment. Creativity and mental quickness could make it easy to get over a difficult moment or two. Tonight: Start the weekend early. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Stay close to home. You’ll gain a certain level of comfort as a result. Deal with a partner or key person in a far more effective manner. Know what you want, and you’ll find that others will agree with you. Be wishy-washy, and people will follow suit. Tonight: Make togetherness the theme. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You could be overwhelmed by everything that comes up. In fact, you hear so many different points of view and encounter so many diverse situations, that you might decide to split early for the weekend. Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You might feel as if you are the only person who is aware of the costs of proceeding according to plan. Others seem overly optimistic. Stop and have a serious talk. You cannot ignore the situation or pretend that you did not know what was happening. Tonight: Your treat. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Your personality fills in many gaps, and your efforts finish a project. Others might be a bit too dependent on you. Know when to let go and encourage others to go on their own. Your optimism will help a friend or loved one. Tonight: Let the fun begin. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH You might realize that you are sitting on a ticking time bomb. With any luck, the storm clouds will disappear if you say little. Remain optimistic, despite the fact that you feel overwhelmed and concerned. Tonight: Nap, then decide. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Use this day as if there were no tomorrow. You could be surprised by how much you can achieve when you are left to your own devices. Someone has special news that could make you smile from ear to ear. You wonder what is going on behind the scenes. Tonight: Where people are. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com �Thursday, May 10, 2012 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 10 Danica Patrick prepares for 1st trip to Darlington DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Danica Patrick is ready to earn her stripes — probably plenty of them — this weekend at the Southern 500. Patrick is back in the Sprint Cup series for the first time since the seasonopening Daytona 500 and she picked one of the circuit’s most treacherous tracks for her return in Darlington Raceway. Sprint Cup veterans leave the quirky, egg-shaped oval shaking their heads, let alone rookies unaccustomed to the odd corners, narrow straightaways and walls that attract cars like Spectacular Savings! magnets. Even Patrick’s boss, Tony Stewart, hasn’t won a Sprint Cup race at Darlington. “Why not start right away with the most difficult tracks?” Patrick said. “If you want to have the most complete season you can, you might as well learn at the hardest race tracks.” Patrick is sure to have her hands full at Darlington and will no doubt quickly earn her “Darlington stripe” — the worn mark along car’s right side from continually rubbing against the outside walls — once practice starts Friday for Saturday night’s race. Patrick plans to lean heavily on Stewart for tips at Darlington, even though Stewart’s lone trip to victory lane here came in the Nationwide Series event in 2008. She has been told, for example, that because the track is so narrow, it is better to let someone pass heading into a corner. “It’s a confusing sort of racing,” Patrick said. And one that’s confounded the greatest in NASCAR. Richard Petty had only three of his record 200 NASCAR victories at Darlington. 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Drawing Saturday, May 12th *Visa/MC/Discover Accepted series champion Jimmie Johnson swept both races here in 2004, yet hasn’t won at Darlington since. “It’s going to be tough” for Patrick, said 2010 Southern 500 champion Denny Hamlin. “No doubt about it.” Hamlin remembers running dozens of test laps at Darlington Raceway before his first Nationwide Series race here in 2004. “I literally wore every piece of sheet metal off the right side before I was done testing,” he said. “It’s such a challenging track. It’s unlike any track she’s been on even in Indy cars.” Patrick’s run at Darlington is part of her 10-race Sprint Cup schedule, which will continue two weeks from now at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. She goes three more months before returning to the Sprint Cup at Bristol. Patrick gets a dose of most tracks on the circuit with her Nationwide Series team, driving for JR Motorsports. Stewart acknowledged he threw Patrick to the “wolves” with some of the tracks she’s going to face. But the seat time will serve her well in years to come. “I’m not worried about the finishes at the end of the day,” Stewart said. “It’s just finishing the race, getting the laps and getting that experience in the car.” Patrick, one of racing’s most popular figures, is amazed at how her fan base has expanded since leaving her fulltime open-wheel racing ride for NASCAR. She was on a plane last month when she noticed a young boy walk by in camouflage shirt of Stewart. A short time later, an attendant asked if the boy could meet her. “His mom had my sweatshirt on,” Patrick said. “I think it’s the first time I’ve seen my merchandise on someone’s body. I’m noticing.” Patrick’s had her share of bumps in the NASCAR Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT photo Nationwide Series driver Danica Patrick waves to fans before her qualifying run for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, April 13, 2012. road. Her Sprint Cup debut in February was ruined quickly with a second-lap crash and she finished 38th at Daytona. There was some worry that her No. 10 car — driven by David Reutimann for Tommy Baldwin Racing in a partnership with StewartHaas when Patrick’s not running — wouldn’t make the Southern 500 field on points and she’d need a fast qualifying time. But Rueitmann finished 22nd at Talladega last week and the No. 10 moved up to 33rd in owners points, locking it into Saturday night’s race. Then there was Patrick’s bump of Sam Hornish Jr. on the cool-down lap of last week’s Nationwide event. Patrick was upset Hornish forced her car up the track. The two talked and have cleared up their differences, although NASCAR officials will likely talk with Patrick this week about her actions. Patrick’s up to 11th in Nationwide points and thinks her time there has seasoned her for her next Sprint Cup try. She will be just the third woman to compete in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Darlington, joining Shawna Robinson, who finished 42nd in 2002, and Janet Guthrie, who was 16th in 1977. Patrick hopes she can bring everything she’s learned so far in NASCAR to last until the end Saturday night. “Most days, you feel like you’ve picked up some things” to improve, Patrick said. “Sometimes, you think, ‘Man, that was just a bummer of a day.’ I need to get that experience so there are fewer of those bummer days.” Cavs owner believes playoffs not far away INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert pointed to the gold-colored horseshoe pin on his lapel, a not-so-subtle reminder his downtown casino is days from opening. These are good times for Gilbert, who believes his NBA team isn’t far from a return to glory. Back to when LeBron James led the Cavs. Although they’ve won just 40 games the past two seasons — following James’ departure as a free agent — Gilbert feels the Cavaliers, being built around presumptive rookie of the year Kyrie Irving, can return to the playoffs as early as next season. “I certainly think it’s a possibility we are in the playoffs next year,” he said. “I think we play every year to be in the playoffs regardless of who is on the court. So I don’t think anyone has put any limits on where the team can go in any year.” That’s ambitious talk, but that’s Gilbert, who has never shied away from offering his opinion on almost any subject, whether in an email like the scathing one he sent after James left or via Twitter. Gilbert seems more optimistic than coach Byron Scott, who recently said a return to the playoffs is “is still going to be a long process.” After answering questions for nearly 20 minutes, Gilbert, who is doing the media rounds this week to promote his latest business venture, Horseshoe Casino Cleveland, was asked about James’ comments in February when the two-time MVP said during Miami’s visit that he could envision playing again for the Cavaliers before his career ends. “I think it would be great,” James said. “It would be fun Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal/MCT photo The Toronto Raptors’ Jose Calderon, left, fends off a steal attempt by Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving during the fourth quarter at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, Monday, December 26, 2011. The Raptors defeated the Cavs, 104-96. to play in front of these fans again.” Gilbert initially balked at discussing James, saying he couldn’t speak about any player under contract with another team. However, when asked if he was surprised by what James said, Gilbert opened up — a little. “Nothing in the NBA surprises me,” he said. “Honestly, nothing that happens.” Has he forgiven James? “The truth of the matter is July 11, 2010, we just started focusing on the future and you just try to look ahead and look forward,” he said. “That’s where we’re at.” That date, of course, is when James announced on a nationally televised special that he was leaving Cleveland as a free agent and signing with the Heat to join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The Cavs have struggled since James left, but Gilbert believes the team has progressed to the point that the postseason is again possible. A little luck would help, and Gilbert got some last year when the Cavs won the NBA draft lottery and selected Irving with the top overall pick. 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