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VanDyke, 55 $2.00 $2.00 SUNDAY, SUNDAY,JULY JULY15, 8, 2012 Vol. Vol. 46, 46, No. No. 28 27 Groundbreaking set foronnew restproject areas Construction begins $1.5Meigs million Sarah Hawley The project will include the demoli- this upgrade happen,” said Tom AnderCharlene Hoeflich behind the Pomeroy Fire Department. shawley@heartlandpublications.com tion of the old building and the con- son, Meigs County Commissioner. bidnew for ones the second con-facilities, eastbound and westchoeflich@mydailysentinel.com structionA of at the phase currentof theBoth struction in the amount of $631,000 waswill be modernized. MEIGS COUNTY — The new rest sites. The upgrades scheduled to take bound, awardedflushing to Doll Layman, Ltds. of Tipp areas on U.S. 33 in Meigs County will place include toilets and sinks. Construction is expected to begin City. That part of the work will include soon become a reality. POMEROY — Construction on the firstThe long-discussed modernization mid- to late-summer 2012, and ODOT improvements to the waste water the project should be comA groundbreaking event has beenwhich set project was announced by existing ODOT in estimates phase of the $1.5 million project intreatment plant including bar screen, beltby late fall 2012. from 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 31, at the late February. pleted cludes separating sewage and waste water press, pumps, valves and electrical work current U.S. “Modernization of these facilities is a The rest area on Ohio 7 North in lines infacilities Pomeroyalong village is 33. under way. twoimprovement generators. to the U.S. Kanauga was also renovated as part of According to Brenna K. Slavens, much with needed TAM Construction of Athens has a conAccording to Paul adOhio Department 33 Connector, especially sinceHellman, these are village the 2010-11 plan by ODOT. According tract for $928,635 of for Transportation construction of the ministrator, the entire project which will en(ODOT) District 10 Office of Comthe first rest areas north of Charleston, to the ODOT website, the rest area refirst phase of the project which includes ser- compass about a third of the village is fully munications, and statemanholes elected and West Virginia,” said T. Steve Williams, mains closed. vice lines andlocal connections, funded with state and federal grant money. officials have already committed to at- District 10 deputy director. A total of 44 rest areas in the state two lift stations. Work is currently under tend the event. Members of the public ODOT officials worked side-by-side were scheduled for upgrade beginning See PROJECT | A5 wayalso on encouraged the lift stations which are going in are to attend. with the Meigs County Commission- in November 2010, including one along The project will be completed by D.V. ers to get this project scheduled and U.S. 50 in Athens County, two along Weber Construction, who was awarded progressing. The upgrades had been U.S. 33 in Hocking County and the one the $444,799 contract in June of 2012. on the wish list of county officials for along Ohio 7 in Gallia County. The project is estimated to begin in Au- several years prior to the most recent According to ODOT, the projects ingust and be completed in the Winter of funding announcement. clude renovations to make the facilities 2012. “We couldn’t be happier to finally see more energy efficient. Work on Pomeroy’s $1.5 million sewage/ waste water separation project begins. Two lift stations are currently being installed on the lot behind the Pomeroy Fire Department. charlene hoeflich/photo Details released in July River Rec — Fun for all ages 4 Ohio River fatality AAA7 seeks community input in Gallia County Sarah Hawley/file photo The old rest areas along U.S. 33 in Meigs County both eastbound (pictured) and westbound will be modernized in a ODOT project. The groundbreaking for the project will be held at 10 a.m. on July 31. Staff Report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com SYRACUSE — The circumstances surrounding a July Fourth tragedy that occurred on the Ohio River near Syracuse were released Friday morning by the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources (WVDNR) Law Enforcement Division. Celebration turned to grief Wednesday eveStaff Report ning when a man died after being struck by a motorboat mdtnews@mydailytribune.com operated by his brother. According— to Hoy communications VINTON The Murphy, Area Agency on Aging director Districtfor 7 WVDNR, at approximate 6:10 p.m. Wednesday, Cun(AAA7) Regional Long-Term Care OmbudsmanScott Program ningham,received 42, of Albany, operating a personal warecently a grantOhio, from was the Ohio Department of Agtercraft and had been “spraying” a boat by turning sharply ing for the promotion of person-centered care and culture in frontinofour it while both vehicles were in motion. Cunningchange region’s nursing homes. ham reportedly lost control and fell directly in front of the Culture change is a national movement designed to transboat. form the way we think about and provide care to individudriver they of theare motorboat, Clarence ClayinCunningham, als,The whether living independently, an assisted 43, also of Albany, and a brother to the The victim, unable living community or in a nursing home. goalwas of culture to stop and, as a result, ran over Scott Cunningham. change is to move from an institutional model of careActo to Murphy, the boat’s propeller amputated Scott acording person-centered model, in order to create a more homeCunningham’s arm, and he died before he no could be brought like environment. Person-centered living, matter where to shore. lives, should promote the opportunity for the insomeone Investigators determined that alcohol waspossible. not a facdividual to directhave their life to the greatest extent torOn in the accident. The incident is still actively being Monday, July 23, the AAA7 Long-Term CareinvesOmtigated, and no charges beena filed at this budsman Program will have sponsor meeting fortime. families of nursing home residents and those interested in creating a better future for themselves and their loved ones as they age. The luncheon meeting will be held from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Ewington Church of Christ in Christian at the time and was working his way Union, located at 176 Ewington Road in Vinton, Ohio. The through school. As a student, he could AAA7 is collaborating with the church on the event and not always print every photograph due working closely with Pastor Chris Johnson. Interested indito lack of funds or lab time to develop viduals will be invited to participate in an informal discusthem all. He did, however, keep the Amber Gillenwater Carrie Wolfe year through its food pantry sion about the creation of a new culture of care in nursing negatives. Special to the Sunday Times-Sentinel mdtnews@mydailytribune.com located on State Street in homes. Refreshments will be served. Ross did not stay at Ohio University Gallipolis, as aRegional result of To register, please contact Kaye Inoshita,and, AAA7 more than one semester. He moved on POMEROY — The river town that the recentdirector, storm that kept Long-Term Care Ombudsman at 1-800GALLIPOLIS — Those Program to another program, but met some very captured the imagination of a student interesting people during his time in 582-7277. in the community that fall the center in the dark for has led to a 40-year-old mystery involv- southeast Ohio. He went on to other upon hard times often reach four days, much of the food ing a couple of photographs. After years endeavors in life, including working at a out to local charities dedi- that would have gone out to in storage, a photographer’s work is be- newspaper during which time he intercated to serving families families already in need, as ing digitized, and it has turned up a few viewed and photographed Mother Thein need, but what happens well as those without food interesting pictures, as well as decades- resa. He also became a special education when those organizations as a result of the power outold memories. are in need themselves? age, was lost. teacher and, eventually, a police officer. According to board memIn 1972, Jerry Ross was working on After retiring from police work, Ross beThey reach out to the combryan walters/photos ber Sherrie Fenderbosch, a The master of fine arts degree in photog47th Annual River Recreation Festival gan has to proved be full hometown pride again this year as flocks of kids and adults, munity they serve. thinktoabout allof those photographs frozen food in To seven differCharlene Hoeflich elderly clients. make an raphy Ohio University. HeGallipolis took a lotCity he alike,atdescended upon the Park the past week. Even though severe weather threatened the festival, the The Outreach Center in ent freezers spoiled and was hadover collected in 50 years of photograchoeflich@mydailysentinel.com appointment with an agency ofevent photographs the Athens butthe direction went off of without a hitcharea, under of Lorie to Neal. phy. He decided start the monumenGallipolis provides food to representative, residents may eventually made his way to Pomeroy. tal task of digitizing them all. It was in CENTER | A5 thousands of —people each call eitherSee CHESHIRE The Gallia367-7341 for Gal“I was thoroughly enchanted with the this process he rediscovered some de- ing photographed or would remember Meigs Community Action lia County or 992-6629 for town,” Ross said. lightful images from 40 years ago. the event. Agency’s summer crisis pro- Meigs County. The appeal of the serene, little river In 1972, he encountered a young man Ross, however, was taken with the gram which began June 1 will Edward explained that town drew him in, and he examined the walking on the sidewalk in Pomeroy. photograph. Through the years, Ross continue through Aug. 31 eligible clients must bring, heart of its people through the lens of his Ross took a picture the young boy car- wondered what became of the young or until funds are depleted, with no exceptions, the camera. He spent time walking around ing a case of Pepsi on his head while cre- man. Though he does not know the subSandra Edwards, emergency following documentation Pomeroy and taking photographs along atively walking his dog. Ross said he was services program director, when they come for an apthe way. Ross was a college student not even sure the youth knew he was beSee MYSTERY |‌ A5 announced Friday. pointment. Proof of income Sarah Hawley slightly better than forecasted financially. She said that there are air (3 months/13 weeks) at or shawley@heartlandpublications.com conditioners this year, but below 200 percent of the Ritchie explained that input from adthere are limitations as intothe federal ministrators and teachers go into planning Nathan Jeffers past and true spirit of community, poverty guidelines, receive oneworkers TUPPERS PLAINS — The meeting for the spending on materials and other njeffers@heartlandpublications.com who is eligible to local rescue and volunteers haveand the names, birth dates, since determination is made must go on. items in the upcoming school year. Major Social cards of all stepped up to take careSecurity of their neighbors income eli- household members, along Despite the lack of electricity on Tuesday purchases included in the fiscal year 2013 OHIO VALLEY — “The on needtheis basis con- ofand those in need. In the long run, this gibility and current medical with the birth certificate for at Eastern Elementary, the Eastern Board appropriations include the paving project stant. The gratification is instant. Give kind of work is somewhat temporary until condition. of Education still held its special meeting as currently out for bid, text books, and techblood.” the and applicant, electric the debris is clear electricity is backbills To Ameriqualify for services, previously scheduled. nology upgrades. The paving project will reThis popular statement from the which statement must be insays, the the applion. But as the above said the household Treasurer Lisa Ritchie discussed the surface the high school student parking lot. can Red Cross is simple and Edwards to the point, cant or the spouse’s name, need for blood donation is constant. Charlene Hoeflich must be “income eligible Nease, and permanent appropriations forElizabeth fiscal year yet it is often overlooked. With the recent The Ciera final permanent appropriations for documentation choeflich@mydailysentinel.com Older.Ritchie with a member who has a and medical 2013 with members of the board. storms slowly becoming a thing of the See BLOOD or disconnect notice if| A5 under Also at the current qualifying medical See BOARD | A5 explained that the district ended the announced year 60 years of age. Without the POMEROY — Amid style revue were the names condition/breathing disorder, bright lights and large fake of four Meigs 4-H members with up-to-date physician documentation, no assistance flowers carrying out the ” who have been nominated documentation from a medi- can be given. The annual income eligiExplosion of Color” theme, for special awards to be cal professional, or an income bility, as listed by Edwards the annual Meigs County presented at the Ohio State eligible household with an apis as follows: one person 4-H Style Revue was held on Fair. plicant who is 60 years of age the stage of the Mulberry While judging of the garor older, or an income eligible in the household, $22,340, Community Center Thurs- ments modeled at the style household that has a discon- two persons, $30.260; three day night. revue took place earlier, annection notice from their persons, $38,180; four perThe 4-Hers modeled gar- nouncement of the winners sons, $46,100; five persons, electric utility.” ments they had made for didn’t come until the night She said that then they $54,020; and six persons, themselves or others, rang- of the style show. Grand champion winners recognized at the 4-H Style Revue may receive one payment for $61,940. For households ing from sleep to sports Taking the grand and were from the left, front, Laura Pullins, Elizabeth Nease, Mat- an electric bill up to the cur- with more than six members, wear, and costumes long reserve champion awards tison Finlaw, Allison Barber, Addie McDaniel, Katlyn Barber, and rent bill or PIPP Plus, and, an additional $7,910 can be with outfits they had put to- along with those receiving back, Brenna Holter, Katie Keller, Sarah Lawrence, holding six- possibly an air conditioner, added per member. gether as a total-look shop- honorable mention in their week old Sophia Shaw, Abbie Houser, and Kari Arnold. She said that applicabut that the total amount canper in the frugal fashion respective projects were the not exceed $250. As for the tions will be taken from 8:30 project, a consumer cate- following 4-H members: honorable mention. erbach,Starting honorable mention; a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and 1 to required medical forms, Ed-Discounts Zerowas due at Signing Starting at at over gory. Quilting included You Can Quilt — ElizaSew for Others — Sarah Creative Costumes — Ka- wards said the forms may be 3:30 p.m., Monday through this year in the variety of beth Nease, grand cham- Lawrence, grand champi- tie Keller, grand champion. picked up in any of the agen- Thursday, in the Cheshire Ofsewing projects with three pion; Ciera Older, reserve on; Katlyn Barber, reserve cy’s offices. She emphasized fice at 8010 N. State Route 7, participants, Visit Julie Weddle, us online at www.visittaylor.com Free Ice Bottled Water champion; Julie Weddle, champion; and Faith BauSee MODEL |‌ A5Cold Cheshire, Ohio, 45620 that priority will be given to& Popsicles Man of mystery Readers are asked to help identify 40-year-old photo Outreach Center reaches out to local community CAA summer crisis pirogram continues Eastern board approved Shortage of blood donations permanent appropriations providing opportunity to give Meigs 4-Hers model fashions they created Local state award nominees announced COME BEAT THE HEAT The only thing hotter than the temperature is our deals on the lot W NEHonda Civics W W NENissan altimas NECHRYSLER 200’S $20,550 $18,995 W NEDodge Ram’s $7,000 60333541 �Sunday, July 15, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis TPC water district lifts boil advisory, reduces restrictions TUPPERS PLAINS — While the Phase 3 mandatory water use ban in the Tuppers PlainsChester Water District caused by a water leak has been stepped down to a Phase 2 which lessens the guidelines for water use, additional townships have been added to the areas where water use is restricted. Donald C. Poole, general manager of the Water District, announced Friday afternoon that the expanded area includes Scipio, Bedford, and Salisbury Townships. The townships put under a Phase 3 mandate Wednesday because of the water leak in Chester that drained water tanks in Chester, Five Points, Rocksprings, Darwin and Pageville Areas, now have a Phase 2 designation “All boil advisories have now been lifted,” Poole said. He described the new designation as follows: “Outdoor water use both public and private will be banned with the exception of the following: Water use for the production = food, maintenance of pets and livestock: watering by commercial nurseries at a minimum level to maintain stock (to the extent that other water sources are not available or feasible); watering by arboretums and public gardens of national, state or regional significance where necessary to preserve specimens; operation of pools used by health care facilities for patient care and rehabilitation: fire hydrants for firefighting, health protection purposes (if specifically approved by local health officials, and the Tuppers PlainsChester Water District.) All farming operations are to stop the use of broadcast sprinklers, only drip irrigation should be used.” He emphasized that the emergency water use ban is now in effect for Chester, Salisbury, Sutton, Letart, Lebanon, Scipio, Bedford and Salisbury Townships. “It is very much appreciated the conservation measures many people have taken as we can see in our distribution readings that water use has slowed. The rain has helped in the south portions of our system but many areas received little rain. With one equipment failure and a very untimely major water main break in Chester, the recovery will be slow,” Poole concluded. Tawney Jewelers Don’t buy anywhere until you compare our prices! 422 2nd Avenue, Gallipolis, OH (740) 446-1615 Gallia County Community Calendar Card Showers Gordon and Betty Kemper will celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary on July 17. Cards may be sent to them at: 556 Fourth Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Events Sunday, July 15 PERRY TWP. — Marion J. Clary family reunion, 12 p.m., O.O. McIntyre Park, shelter #2. There will be a dessert contest so bring your favorite dessert to enter. Fun and games for the kids so bring a change of clothes in case they get wet. Monday, July 16 GALLIPOLIS — Look Good Feel Better sponsored by the American Cancer Society will be held at 1 p.m. on at the Cancer Resource Center in the Holzer Center for Cancer Care, 170 Jackson, Pike. This free program is for women with cancer who are dealing with radiation and/or chemotherapy treatments. They will be given advice on how to take care of their skin and other tips to give them self confidence. Please call (740) 441-3909 for an appointment before 10 a.m. on Monday. GALLIPOLIS — The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid will be holding a public informational session 3 p.m. in the Gallia County Senior Resource Center. Public of all ages are encouraged to attend. For further information, please call Pam Riley at 740-388-9979. Tuesday, July 17 GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis City Commission meeting, 7 p.m., Gallipolis Municipal Courtroom, 49 Olive Street, Gallipolis. Friday, July 20 BIDWELL — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Gallia and Jackson counties, sub-chapter 102, meeting, 11 a.m., residence located at 4629 Ohio 850, Bidwell. For more information call (740) 388-9979. Saturday, July 21 RIO GRANDE — Rio Grande High School class reunion, Simpson Methodist Church on Lake Drive, Rio Grande. Potluck begins at 12 p.m. For more information, call (740) 245-5371. Monday, July 23 RODNEY — The Coupon Exchange Club will be meeting at 6 p.m. at the Rodney United Methodist Church Community Center. The Center is located at the old Rodney School Building between old U.S. 35 and Ohio 588. Please bring your extra coupons to trade and scissors. Thursday, July 26 GALLIPOLIS — French 500 Free Clinic, 1-4 p.m., 258 Pinecrest Drive off of Jackson Pike. The clinic serves uninsured residents of Gallia County between the ages of 18 and 65. RIO GRANDE — Gallia County Republican corn roast, 6 p.m., Bob Evans Shelter House. Everyone welcome. Tuesday, July 31 JACKSON — PERI District 7 (Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton counties) annual district meeting, Holzer Medical Center off of Ohio 32 at Burlington Road in Jackson, Ohio. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and a presentation by OPERS on health care begins at 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 6 GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Neighborhood Watch meeting, 6:30 p.m., Bossard Memorial Library. Tuesday, August 7 GALLIPOLIS FERRY, W.Va. — Holzer Clinic and Holzer Medical Center retirees to meet for lunch, 12 p.m., K&D Restaurant in Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va. Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A2 Gallia County Briefs AAA7 to host long-term care meeting On Monday, July 23, the Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7) Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program will sponsor a meeting for families of nursing home residents and those interested in creating a better future for themselves and their loved ones as they age. The luncheon meeting will be held at the Ewington Church of Christ in Christian Union, located at 176 Ewington Road in Vinton, Ohio from 11 a.m. until noon. Interested individuals will be invited to participate in an informal discussion about the creation of a new culture of care in nursing homes called “Person-Centered Care.” Lunch will be served. To register, please contact Kaye Inoshita, AAA7 Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Director, at 1-800-582-7277. Bean dinner/fish fry at Vinton Airport cancelled MCARTHUR — Due to extensive storm damage at the Vinton County Airport, the bean dinner/fish fry scheduled for Sunday, July 15 has been cancelled. Damage to hangars and to some of the planes in them, plus damages to the airport’s shelter house, make having the event impossible. The Ridgetop Music Fest featuring local and regional musical acts is set for Sunday, August 19 and will also be Big Boy Toys Day. This event will be held as scheduled. The Vinton County Pilots and Boosters Association apologizes for any inconvenience this cancellation may cause. For more information, contact Booster President Nick Rupert at 740-3570268 or Secretary Steve Keller at 740-418-2612. City commission meeting to be held GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis City Commission Basket Games Support the Gallipolis Band Boosters July 20th at GAHS Cafeteria Doors Open at 5:30pm Games start at 6:00pm 20 games for $20 Special Games will be Bakers Ceramic Collection and Masters Studio Twilight Basket Value $550.00 60335596 BASKET GAMES (PLAYED AS BINGO) PRESENTED BY: GALLIPOLIS LADY SHRINETTES FEATURING: LONGABERGER® BASKETS AS PRIZES PLAY 20 GAMES FOR $20.00 WHEN: SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2012 DOORS OPEN @ 1:00 P.M. / GAMES START @ 2:00 P.M. WHERE: GALLIPOLIS SHRINE CLUB BULAVILLE PIKE PLUS 3 SPECIAL GAMES TO WIN - VALUE OVER $300.00 ADVANCE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING ANY GALLIPOLIS LADY SHRINETTE 60332388 60335188 will hold a special meeting beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17 in the Gallipolis Municipal Courtroom, 49 Olive Street, Gallipolis. On the agenda is legislation to amend the current appropriations and transfer/advance ordinances. Ohio AFSCME retirees to meet BIDWELL — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Gallia and Jackson Counties, Sub-chapter 102, will hold their next meeting at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 20, at the Pam Riley residence at 4629 Ohio 850, Bidwell, in Springfield Township. The new sub-chapter is seeking new members in the two-county area. AFSCME (Ohio Council 8, OCSEA, and OAPSE) retirees and their spouses are invited to attend the next meeting. The group meets on the third Friday of each month. Interested retirees may call Pam Riley, President, at 740-388-9979. Free clinic to be held GALLIPOLIS — The French 500 Free Clinic will be held from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday, July 26. The clinic is located at 258 Pinecrest Drive off of Jackson Pike. The clinic was established to serve the uninsured residents of Gallia County between the ages of 18 and 65. PERI District 7 annual meeting JACKSON — PERI District 7 (Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton counties) annual district meeting on Tuesday, July 31 at Holzer Medical Center off of Ohio 32 at Burlington Road in Jackson, Ohio. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and a presentation by OPERS on health care begins at 10:30 a.m. All PERI members are welcome to attend. For further information, contact Carolyn Waddle, District Representative at (740) 533-9376. VFW dinner scheduled GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis VFW hosts a dinner at 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month for members and their families at the VFW on Third Avenue. Military support preparing care packages GALLIPOLIS — River Cities Military Family Support Community meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the Gallipolis VFW on Third Ave. Our first propriety is to support those who are still deployed so they know they have not been forgotten. We are currently preparing to send out care packages to our service men and women who are serving outside the USA. If you have a loved one whom you are interested in having a care package sent to, please contact us at rivercitymilitary.yahoo.com or mail information to River City Military Family PO Box 1131 Gallipolis Ohio before the end of May. 60333278 �Sunday, July 15, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A3 Obituaries Patricia Sue Bevan Patricia Sue Bevan, 69, of Clarksville, TN, died Wednesday July 11, 2012, at her residence. Born April 9, 1943, in Clarksville, she was the daughter of the late Joel James and Emma Lee Mitchem Williams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by six brothers and sisters. Patricia was a retired beautician. She is survived by her husband, Lusher Bevan, whom she married on January 17, 1961 in Joliet, IL.; three children, Robert (Evelyn) Bevan of Palmyra, TN, Ronnie Bevan of Clarksville, TN and Traci (Mark) Fields of Patriot, Ohio; seven grandchildren;, and three great-grandchildren. Also surviving are sisters, Ruth (Wm.) Akins of Cunningham, TN, Barbara Huff of Clarksville TN, and Julia Bond of Clarksville, TN. Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, 810 2nd. Ave. Gallipolis, from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, July 16, 2012. Burial will follow at a later date at Ridgelawn Cemetery in Mercerville. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Brain Cancer Research or to Susan Komen Cancer Research in Patricia’s memory. An online guest registry is available at waugh-halleywood.com. Carolyn Sue (McManus) Cottrill Carolyn Sue (McManus) Cottrill, 67, of Bidwell, Ohio, died unexpectedly on Friday, July 6, 2012, at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born August 23, 1944 in McArthur, Ohio, to the late Rev. Willis Calvin McManus and Clara (Woodruff) McManus. Carolyn was an amazing cook and a devoted and loving mother and sister. Carolyn graduated from Hamden High School, where she was the salutatorian for the class of 1962. She later graduated from the Rio Grande College where she received a degree in Social Work. Carolyn worked as a social worker in Vinton County, Ohio for several years. She served on the Vinton County School District Board of Education for many years, as well. In addition to her parents, Carolyn was preceded in death by her older brothers, Paul E., James P., Willis C. ‘June’, Jesse, David, Frank and Earl McManus; and an older sister, Judy. Those left to cherish and remember her life include three sisters, Shirley Wells of Westerville, Leona Wright (Thomas) of Glendale, Arizona, and Nancy Justice of Bidwell; and three daughters, Natalie D. Cottrill-Yavornitzky (David) of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bridget Y. Skinner (David) of Bidwell, and Nikki Jo Cottrill of Ray; as well as six grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. In keeping with Carolyn’s request, there will be no viewing or services. In lieu of flowers, please send donations, in Carolyn’s name, to the Vinton County Children Services, 30975 In- Joyce ‘Jo’ Frye Joyce ‘Jo’ Frye, born January 5, 1949, passed away after a battle with lung cancer on July 13, 2012. Jo was a founding member of Meigs County Bikers and the annual Meigs County Memorial Run. She was also a former Meigs Local Schools bus driver. Jo is preceded in death by her parents, Russell and Phyllis Barrett; her beloved husband, Charlie Frye; and stepsons, Cecil and David Frye. Jo is survived by daughters, Amy (Mike) Valentine, Lori (Greg) Frye-Arbaugh; stepdaughter, Carla Frye; grandchildren Angie Andrus, K.C. (Nikki) Payne, Kevin Payne, Jon Molden, Chase Payne and Melia Valentine; five greatgrandchildren; siblings, John, Dan and Donnie Barrett, Leroy and Bob Schlereth and Sue Knight; and stepmother, Stella Barrett. Viewing will be held at the Rutland Civic Center from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday July 16, 2012, with services to follow at 2 p.m., and burial at Bradford Cemetery. Donations for expenses are requested in lieu of flowers. Online condolences can be offered at www.birchfieldfuneralhome.com. Nina Mae (Martin) Caudill Nina Mae (Martin) Caudill, 95, of Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va., died Friday, July 13, 2012, at home. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 15, 2012, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Burial will follow in the Beale Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service. Ramona Louise Craig Ramona Louise Craig, 67, of Buffalo, W.Va., died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at her home surrounded by her family following a long illness. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, July 16, 2012, at Raynes Funeral Home in Buffalo, W.Va. Burial will follow in Oldaker – Kirkpatrick Cemetery, Buffalo, W.Va. The family will receive friends from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, July 15, 2012, at Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo, W.Va. Raynes Funeral Home, 2117 Buffalo Road, Buffalo, W.Va., is in charge of arrangements. Richard Nibert Richard “Rich” Nibert, 81, of Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va. died at his home on July 13, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Deal Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Beale Chapel Cemetery Apple Grove, W.Va. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Jeffery L. Thomas Jeffery L. Thomas, 57, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Homerville, Ga. The care for Jeff has been entrusted to Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, and arrangements will be updated as they become available. Larry N. VanDyke Larry N. VanDyke, 55, of Gallipolis, Ohio, died on Friday, July 13, 2012, at his residence. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Burial will follow at the Centenary Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until the time of service. Willis Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Fund raiser to benefit projects RACINE — Sonshine Circle will be having a bake sale/yard sale at Bethany United Methodist Church, Racine on Thursday and Friday, July 19 and 20, from 9 to 4. All proceeds will benefit the programs that the circle supports. For info, contact Hart at 949-2656. Alive at Five service MIDDLEPORT — The Alive at Five Service at Heath United Methodist Church in Middleport will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 15. Darby Gilmore is leading Praise & Worship. Special music will be shared by Dave Ridgeway. Come as you are. TB Clinic CHESTER — The Meigs County TB Clinic will be at the Chester Fire House for skin testing from 5-6 p.m. on Monday, July 16, and return from 5-6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18 to check skin tests. Ice Cream Social cancelled SALEM CENTER — The annual Salem Township Volunteer Fire Department Ice Cream Social set for July 21 has been cancelled. Meigs Summer Food Program POMEROY — The free summer lunch for children and teens is continuing in three locations as a part of the summer reading program. Food prepared in the Senior Citizens Center kitchen is delivered to the sites on Monday at 2 p.m. at the Racine Branch Library, on Tuesday at 2 p.m. on Eastern Branch, and at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Pomeroy Branch. Free meals will be served daily to children and teens at the Senior Citizens Center from noon to 1 p.m. through Aug. 17. The summer food program is paid for by the Ohio Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture. Childhood Immunization Clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct a childhood and adolescent immunization clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17. Please bring children’s shot records. Children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Please bring medical cards or commercial insurance cards, if applicable. Antique Tractor Pull ROCKSPRINGS — Big Bend Farm Antiques will hold an antique tractor pull beginning at 4p.m. on Sunday, July 15, and the Meigs County Fairgrounds. For more information call (740) 742-3020 after 5 p.m. Road Closed MEIGS COUNTY — A portion of Rocksprings Road will be closed temporarily for bridge replacement. The bridge is located .25 miles south of Township Road 81, Lovers Lane, near the transfer station. The section of Rocksprings Road will be closed beginning Monday, July 9 and remain closed through Thursday, July 26. Free Lunch POMEROY — A free lunch for downtown merchants will be provided by the First Southern Baptist Church the first Thursday of every month from through September with serving from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the stage area on the Pomeroy parking lot. JPMorgan says bad trade has ballooned to $5.8B Meigs County Community Calendar NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase said Friday that a bad trade had cost the bank $5.8 billion this year, almost triple its original estimate, and raised the prospect that traders had improperly tried to conceal the blunder. “This has shaken our company to the core,” CEO Jamie Dimon said. The bank said managers tied to the bad trade had been dismissed without severance pay and that it planned to revoke two years’ worth of pay from each of those executives. JPMorgan said it had lost $4.4 billion because of the trade from April through June, and its chief financial officer said the bank had lost an addition- Monday, July 16 LETART TWP. — The Letart Township Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. at the township building. Tuesday, July 17 MIDDLEPORT — The Brooks-Grant Camp No. 7 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will meet at the Middleport Masonic Temple. The meeting begins at 7:15 p.m. The public is welcome to attend. Friday, July 27 MARIETTA — The Regional Advisory Council for the Area Agency on Aging will meet at 10 a.m. in the Buckeye Hills-HVRDD Area Agency on Aging office in Marietta, Ohio. Tuesday, July 31 JACKSON — PERI District 7 (Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, Scioto, and Vinton counties) will have the annual district meeting at the Holzer Medical Center off Ohio 32 at Burlington Road in Jackson. Registration is at 10 a.m. and the presentation by OPERS on HealthCare begins at 10:30 a.m. All PERI members are welcome to attend. For further information contact Carolyn Waddle, District Representative, at (740) 533-9376. Wednesday, Aug. 1 SALEM CENTER — An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 2-7 p.m. at the Star Grange Hall on Salem School Lot Road, three miles north of Salem Center. The blood drive is sponsored by Star Grange 778. Appointments are not necessary, but are appreciated and can be made by calling (740-669-4245 or by going to redcrossblood.org. al $1.4 billion in the first three months of the year. Dimon’s original estimate of the loss from the bad trade, disclosed in a surprise conference call with Wall Street analysts in May, was $2 billion. On Friday, Dimon said he believed the loss was mostly contained. In the worst case, if financial markets deterioriate severely, the bank could lose an additional $1.7 billion, he said. That would bring the total loss to $7.5 billion. Investors appeared relieved that the mess was mostly behind the bank. They sent JPMorgan’s stock price up $1.50, or more than 4 percent, to $35.54. That made it the best-performing stock in the Dow Jones industrial average. The bank said an internal investigation, including emails and voice messages, had called into question the values that traders placed on certain bets, and that the traders may have been seeking to mask losses. A spokesman for the Securities and Exchange Commission declined comment. The Justice Depart- ment did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Dimon told Congress last month that the trade was meant to hedge risk at the company and protect it in case “things got really bad” in the global economy. Instead, the trade has backfired and damaged the bank’s reputation. 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He is up there sisted with shelters, basically everyMr. Smith, not everyone can afford Jackson County a generator, or the gas to run one up and running had the monopoly now with God and Jesus who he one who took on extra work to help resident disappointed for 8 days. Thank goodness for the on the market, so to speak — as served so very well. with representation us in this time of need. Many in our May God and Jesus bless and be no one else could sell. Employees Red Cross and the kindness and Dear Editor, area are still struggling to get powWinslow Myers those who are wealthier or better looking fam- soermany worked in with his wife, Jo Ann, and theirmeet I thought maybe our State Rep- generosity of the people in your at some establishments Dear Editor, dedicated and passionate back on, and the efforts of these or apparently happier, and look down upon ily, andAmerica all his many friends. He will individuals sweltering conditions,Judging most likely were reaching out to resentative Ryan Smith might read district, who for the 2012 in Bloom residents, business people, and do not go government unnoticed. The single most powerful idea that needs those less fortunate than ourselves with a disfor a right very long manyProgram of the be your paper and catch a glimpse of their neighbors in this time of need. short-handed because Awards is missed happening nowtime.workers.From the bottomappreciated of our hearts, We genuinely thewe opto be since seeded into world as rapidly as goodness tancing pity contempt. a thousand daily David Edwards, could not get there for onethe reaThank weorhave each In staff this, I’ve called hisculture office sevall across United States. The results of say ‘Thank You’ for all you do. portunity we had to visit and we enjoyed possible is that we are one interdependent ways, apparently, we take sides. Especially United soninorthe another. we can’t eral times and received no response. other, because this year’s program Pomeroy will be announced on learning about Sincerely, whole this planet. the implicaGallipolis; its past, present, politics, our legislatures and courts, These employees worked September tirecount on States you …our our “RepresentaWhat Ionwanted to askDifficult him wasas why Saturday, 22th at the America tions may in be the for us to grasp, it will onlymust and future.Brent Saunders executive Holzer Health System lessly todiscourse help those in in need. Yes, I’m tive”, I call youleaders, that. and mass-media nowhere 93rd District dur-have Bloom Symposium & Awards in FayetteChairman of Board aing salutary effect upon world politics, says ‘Thank You’ Our heartfelt sure they were paid their wages but, I knowareyou didn’t by cause the allegiance dominated polarized to conthe aftermath of the June 29th economthanks and appreciation for ville, Holzer Health System ics, cultural religious Dear Editor, here is my question — theArkansas. businessstorm, and you didn’t cause the storm that diversity, left most and all of his dis-practice. servative or progressive opinion. all everyone is doing to continue What apparentHolzer to us,Health your judges, T. Wayne Munro, MD to improve Going further, it could be asserted that to go System would es vice-president had to have made so muchismore and youpresident couldn’t and trict without power, was there not electric A out, Republican the qualityChief of lifeExecutive in Gallipolis. We were truis that Gallipolis is already blooming … Officer the the human andtheadminister to thanreach, on a usual week where like to officially say ‘Thank You’ make power companies it profit eveninternalization one National in Guard membermind a tortureget program of global ly impressed withHealth what we saw. Blooming with volunteers and community Holzer System heart this Iidea way evolution itselfup any and operating the overwhelming number of staff quicker,that but would you could in theofarea? mayisbethe wrong, but I back a program subjectevery thembusiness to poten-is up pride, with good who government, withhealth beau-systemAll assisted our in the best! and everyone is selling. have senttial us some help. Butbyguess wasmanifest under the impression that the moment will itself at this unfolding criminal trial Nuremburg standards, Diane Bill Hahn tiful landscapes blooming in storms. Clasen and Mason residents someparks, way during the past theseboth few businesses share and through it without Governor of history. declared a “state of emer- what … we butgot they have enough supportWill among applaud Rutland festivities America in Bloom Judges countless other ways. It was a pleasure to With the power outages across our their profits with the employees you. Which only proves that we gency” in Ohio. I then read and For relief from such headache-inducing ab- Republicans and Democrats — given our fear Dear Editor, don’t Good luck this No- who helped make it possible for service area, our dedicated health heard that Ithe National was takes stractions, often walk aGuard path that meneedofyou. the “other”will — tothem receive a pass. care workers have continued to to earn these profits? vember, sir, but terrorist you absolutely to be adispatched We live in Mason. We were inalong tidal river to to southeastern a midden, a cliff-high A Democratic president supervises a drone provide top-quality services for our My guess is, probably not — and not have my vote, and I hope no one Ohio, which, Mr. Smith, is where vited to Rutland, Ohio, recently mound of oyster shells left from the summer program that violates the sovereignty of other communities, both at our facilities, to enjoy their July 4 celebration. it’s a shame! else’s. your district located. However, as over gatherings of is indigenous Americans milnations and kills innocents atRespectfully, his personal and in volunteer situations for their First let me say, the volunteer fire Sincerely, far as IThe canmidden tell theyslopes were to allasent lennia. beach where command, also a program that could argufriends, familyindication and lovedthat ones.I was headed Deb Parks Judy Hill to Columbus and Dayton. I was Editor, had more WallonStreet condepartment really put an excelhorseshoe crabs forage along the sandy shalHolzer has long prided itself As on a farePatriot, Ohio without power for 8 days, and I am ably subject him to potential criminal trial lent Fourth of July.than I was amazed The June 8 article, “Frus- in this direction. tributions all the GOP lows — a species so resilient that it has susbeingmore a family, during these burro What about the one of the lucky ones. Some of our by Nuremburg standards. But he too enjoys trated liberals want at how candidates the firemen,combined. EMS and their welland to the wheezing tained 445 million times of crisis, the strong bond to families all worked like a well-oiled Reader pays tribute employees after the to storm? friendsitself hereunchanged in Jacksonfor County are years. enough support receive a pass. We citizens from Obama,” a person The process that has allowed horseshoe loaded down with corporate Also not ago, John our communities is shown in each clock. Rutland as welong to Bob Dear Editor, still without. whose collective will our leaders are sworn to Robinson all know isthat a crabs to flourish for so long has operated inquoted complains that largess I’ve borrowed BogBoehner remarked and every situation faced. Our resiDear Editor,— I had some I appreciate all the hard work the enact thoughts continue about in our the moral ambivalence very small place, but they really outstinctually, on “automatic,” in a roller coaster Obama has “succumbed to art’s parting shot to Berghe had “Gotten about 95 dents continue to pull together to Many years ago, I had the pleathat voracioustwoness. storm our lineman, out-of-state crews, the tree effects of our Instead of the practidid themselves. fireworks were ride up into breathtaking diversity andarea downhad on troubled the and corporate as who man needed betweenit takes: percent The of what he wanted assist those most. Here’s JoAnninfluence Friday, June 29. So sure of meeting Bob cutting crews, the law enforcement cal imperative of the Golden Rule, that bow department, EMS into five vertiginous moments of mass are Inalwayslooking proud to andanyone Pau- We many lost electricity and water. Robinson through Dewey agencies and fire departments for extincmuch as else.” at say youthat kid.we spectacular. from Fire Obama.” Is Boehner toward the few truth of interdependence foundand in saw and all who worked so hard in the tion, life-forms for their placeThere in thewere are a part of Holzer Health System, line Horton how much precious businesses theirashard work jostled to restore power, deed. And this is why I left The Right considers a socialist? Obama a socialthe one major world we cared live by really hot temperatures, pat yourecosystem. Those forms sur- all and Stage more proud to say that we live forthe themthe andDemocrats. the respect Exit where could buyreligions, food they and we realize it’s no one’sthat faultadapted — operating Obama a socialist. Is Citadel ist?theOnly Wall half-truth of “you’re either with us or against selves on back.ifOur hatsStreet are offis vived. thatstorm. did not in southern Ohio. they had for each other. Bob did the gas. we justThose had a bad Butdisappeared, we still orleavRight, back to the RepubInvestment Group socialsocialist. us.” In addition, we want to take a to you, all of you. Thanks for a great ing only remains. am wondering about the em- eulogy for Carolyn Heines, my oldhave no their ice infossil our town, andScientists some tellI us licans a moderate. Overto commend ist? The Blackstone the fateful moment 1962 afternoonJeff andFields fireworks display. moment the tirelessGroup? sister. And he did a fineasjob. through the inestOctober people can’taafford eat outplunge every asployees we are into sixth to dizzying thou- whoAtsoldiered two years ago, I gave clear Barely a year ago Obama Syracuse, Ohio Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. O’Bryan, whenofsuperpower in the form of and true Chris- efforts of the utility company workBob was a good non-stop lines people whocompetition, needmeal, of butspecies were forced to because sands go extinct aroundall us. Natural tian who ed supplies. Mason their foodcontinues spoiled intothe fridge.atAnd the Cuban Missile Crisis, brought theloved planetGod and Jesus with ers, volunteers, individuals who asselection operate full throttle. Meanwhile an “unnatural” factor, human as close as it has been to thermonuclear anconsciousness, entered the scene. In what has nihilation, who was the enemy? Who was the been only an instant of evolutionary time, it “other”? Was it not war itself? Was it not igbecame dominant — rather, it has assumed norance itself? Why is this not equally true dominance over the system while in reality re- in every competitive confrontation from the maining totally subject to the system’s every international to the intimately personal? Dr. Jason R. Edwards what’s good other people emergent, We great di- emerged law and principle. The “other” innewly the twoness humans fromfor a uni-verse. This but Murray merely desires to harsh facts need to be known tion of the American way based on their own highly vide between a geographiof self and other is not only the perceived en- is the single context out of which came all our produce healthy communi- and offers some suggestions which holds “that your life be done. of the can have transcendent meanties andCohen, satisfying lives. He as to what might Best-selling andThecally Sandy American atypical lives.” convention princess to get a modern emy or opposingauthor viewpoint. otherconcentrated is also religions, all our cultural and ethnic diversity, Here, Murray argues that the ing if it is spent doing importhereby refuses to join with Part II focuses on the “new controversial social scientist ruling class—of enormous AP Entertainment Writer makeover. the natural world that until now we have per- our constantly calibrated sense of twoness. “overeducated elitist snobs” route to human happiness tant things—raising a family, Charles Murray is back in the wealth, prestige, intellect and lower class.” Murray looks “It is time for a new paradigm,” said “Brave” ceived as antime infinite resource subject to our a The greatunnext again step ofattheisolation, evolutionary pro- andLOS is not as malleable as postthisANGELES new morally flaccid supporting but this news. This it’s because power—and growing (AP) — For modern movie producer Katherine Sarafian.yourself, “We’ve gotbeing an opcommand and exploitation, rather than as the is from twoness notfrom as a New wish. satisfacwho know “thepretty secretandmoderns time,toitoneness, is isolation the select of his new book, “Coming derclass that is cess a good friend andthat a good increasingly princesses, looking marrying a True portunity to make more characters are reground ourState own sustained We can in diligent maximizing the chances of tion in life requires virtues of necessity. America to Apart: of The of White vitality. disinterested neighbor, learning what you Age behavior bromide butfounding as an evolutionary prince isn’t enough. latable to modern girls” and audiences at large. be no healthier than it. personal These responsia happyMirror,” life, butwhere … effort andtake human America, 1960–2010.” healthy for a nation, comcan do young well and then doing it This step can only placehappiness: in the waymarindi- a leading Take “Mirror Snowand White empowered princesses point IfIn the Chinese continue bilityorin“Snow legitimately imporanyone riage, hon- refuses “Coming Apart,” Mur-to operate munity, their family, or individual. as well of as the you so-called possibly can.” rescues to herlet prince fromelse an in evil spell, vidual humans feel andindustriousness, think, as we, we upon to a gradual undoing CinderHe writes, “If we the secret.” As Mur- on ray deftly power wields plants, both staMurraysingle maintains, “the di- esty, Murray’s book is a depresscoal-fired the largest White and the Huntsman,” wheretant shetasks. becomes whose decisions restsand thereligiosity. fate of all life-forms elladomains syndrome or complex, aalltheory ask what are perhaps gleefully tistical of data and emissions anecdotal invergence into these separate ray explains, by abandoning theMurray ingCinderella one, as essentially his source carbon the world, hunter who avenges her father, marries the on the planet, mature into willingness to look developed in thestatistics early 1980s that says that, like through which human beings pricks the politically correct these core traits, America’s evidence to document the classes, if it continues, will America’s social the military-economic competition between into how we can contribute to the health of none of her suitors and confidently runs her Cinderella, many womenonseek something exachieve deep satisfactions in reader’s ear with his subtitle, new lower class has adopted wholesale abandonment of end what has made America and political trends point to China and the United States will become at the whole system. kingdom alone. ternal — such as a rich and handsome prince life—achieve happiness— but he correctly focuses on lifestyles that “compromise the ideals that for two cenAmerica.” a worsening of conditions. Further upending the Cinderella syndrome — to change their lives and harbor a deep debest irrelevant and at worst a potential disasFrost’sbook coupletthedistills the answer is that there are However, Murray finds some of White America” abilitytheof depth peopletotowhich live the turies defined the American The bulk of Murray’s at a“State theater near you this weekend is Pixar’s ter. If the United States continues to use up for dependence. justfeisty four:Scotfamily,sirevocation, hisfemale “primary goal is the satisfying into lives,evolution. the ability project. In Murray’s estima- is divided intocompetition two parts,is structured But because reasons to hope as he calls for first ever protagonist, ation, thirdbarring of all global resources, willdescribing matter one of these of communities to function to induce recognition of the community and faith.” a dramatic and iteach “It’sTraginot enough for women in the 21st(in cena fourth Great Awakening we are awakening to the fundamental unity tish Princess Merida of “Brave,” who demands little whether Iran“all produces weapon classes. Part I as communities and the abil- ways in which America is cally, as Murray’s statistics two emergent unlikely reversal, is lost.”a nuclear tury just to sit around and wait and be pretty,” a civil sense) to reverse the behind our twoness. As a Peace Corps volun- to forge her own independent future. She’s or not.Murray does not claim explains the new American ity of America to survive as coming newKaren elitesSternheimer, at the seams— prove, America’ssaid While tide. “Coming Apart” a professor of marks socioloteer once said, “The earth is a sphere, and a also a farapart shot any ofhave her would-be These ecological realities behind our conrhetorically gy abandoned not seamsbetter of race orthan ethnicthat the United States is upper class “that is qualita- America.” the of culmination of Murray’s at the University Southern California. “An sphere has only one side. We are all on the princes. new heroine Obviously, Murray pulls ity, but of class.” And though all four and America’s different from any that in imminent danger inof political los- tively flicts rarely surface campaigns over 40 years of thinking and empowered encountering a challenge This new of big-screen princess side.” Muslims, Christians, classnot has listened. will breed conclude that lower no punches in his Alawites, analysis Murray the country ever known” ing its military economic because we are or entranced by obsolete com-has same publishing onofthe topic of reflects the whole mythology individualism. only account reflects the and athleti- according Sunnis, Iranians, fans of Limbaugh, to is the is independence ultimately — Furthermore, andJews, is quite aware of the vit- his itsthe complete isolation dominance, Murrayour does human happiness and success. public petitive metaphors: politicsdue aretonot What’s new means of achieving cism — of young women today, but also Holof Maddow,riol horseshoe crabs — we’re all America’s story, by focus- Murray, while Europeans’ life policy. His sobering valediche will be subject to for frombased American mainstream assert America has almost ideas civil contribution of workable in fans It used to be through beauty or marriage lywood’s increasing willingness to tell is totheir enlist government tory words deserve to only. on whites, he shows the goal culture. Murrayinshows how even printing his collected ing completely lost her identity this together. interdependency. Instead they are a SuperThat hasn’t away, but now it can alsobebe stories. away thegone (and contest. secrets for true success) “the people who have so data, much less drawing problems cannot be solved support “to while heard and heeded. bowl through a skill or encountering a challenge that success of of“Bridesmaids,” Girlbirth between and death old shibboleths “attack- time”The logical conclusions it. by The the course by abandoning her vigorous much influence on Winslow Myers, author of “Living Beyond War:from A Citizen’s Superbowl twoness is the obsolete thoughttraditionally we’ve heard stories about men.” With the Dragon Tattoo” and “The Hunger dismissals of ing the legacy of racism or by as pleasantly as possible,” Dr. Jason R.in Guide, ” serves on theSelf-righteous Board of Beyond War (www.beyondlittle direct founding virtues for the soft, of the nation have Edwards is an associate paradigm everything we do. Wewithwar.org), In developing Princess Merida’s Games” showed us that audiences respond to Americans of all economic a non-profit educational whoseand mis- restricting immigration.” forfoundation intolerance experience the lives of Murray relativisticthat onesinforms of Europe. professor of education andstory historyin compete from birth to Murdeath. We compare “Brave,” Pixar writers more heroes, regardless their gender, sion is to explore, and promote the means for humanused to know better. Murray concludes his book ofclasses supposedly attacking the well-drawn ordinary Americans, and model The primary goal of at Groveand Cityartists Collegethought and a fellow ity to live without characterwith than Sarafian ourselves with others. Wetheir envyjudgments thusexplaining setting the why stage for the classic Murrayliterary calls forabout reinvigorathese about war.poor will reflexively flood in, by ray’s bookendlessly is to describe a make Thegender, Center for Vision & said. Values. 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This ceremony recognizes movement in rank and merit badges earned since March. New Scouts who crossed over to the troop on March 17 earned the first rank on the road to Eagle. This rank is Scout and the scouts were Samuel Stewart and Michael Larson. Jonathan Painter moved up to the rank of First Class. Only one merit badge was earned by five scouts. the Geocaching badge was earned by Harrison Luckeydoo, Austin Sherrill, Corey Shaw, Michael Larson and Samuel Stewart. In addition, God and Country Knots were given to Samuel Stewart, Michael Larson and Tanner Dennison. Scouts attending the meeting were Justin Ferrell, Chris Daniels, Noah Ferrell, Bradley Grueser, Jonathan Painter, Austin Sherrill, Michael Walters, Corey Shaw, Harrison Luckeydoo, Michael Larson and Samuel Stewart. Scoutmaster Paul Koch and Assistant Scoutmasters Mike Ferrell and Russell Shaw also attended. Family and friends of the scouts were guests for the ceremony. Standing in front, from left, are Corey Shaw, Jonathan Painter, Michael Walters, Austin Sherrill, Michael Larson, Bradley Grueser and Harrison Luckeydoo. Standing in the middle are Russell Shaw, Chris Daniels, Noah Ferrell, Samuel Stewart, and Mike Ferrell. Standing in back are Dave Grueser, Paul Koch, and Justin Ferell. Models From Page A1 Sundresses & Jumpers — Allison Barber, grand champion. Shopping Savvy — Abigail Houser, grand champion; Michaela Hupp, reserve champion. Loungewear — Kari Arnold, grand champion; Mallory McIntyre, reserve champion. Sew Fun — Addie McDan- iel, grand champion; Caitlin Carr, reserve champion. Dress Up Daywear — Abigail Houser, grand champion. Outer Layers — Brenna Holter, grand champion. Frugal Fashion — Laura Pullins, grand champion. Active Sportswear —Mattison Finlaw, grand champion. Self -Determined ( Duct Tape Dress) —Katlyn Barber, grand champion. Announced at the event were the name of four Meigs County 4-H members who were nominees for state awards. Brenna Holter was nominated for the Lloyd and Doris Roby 4-H Clothing Program Award which carries a $500 cash award to be applied to the college tuition or other career development opportunities. Holter was selected as a nominee on the basis of an overall outstanding achievement in 4-H clothing and evidence of leadership skills throughout her involvement in the 4-H program. Addie McDaniel was nominated for the Ohio 4-H Fashion Revue Award. She was selected on the basis of her past clothing construction projects, a complete achievement record on clothing projects, being selected as a State Fair Outstanding of the Day winner and her ability to achieve the total look. Names as nominees for the Master Clothing Educators of Ohio Award were Laura Pullins for the junior division, and Sarah Lawrence for the senior division. The winners in each category will receive a cash award to be applied to college tuition or other career development opportunity. One criteria for selection is longtime involvement in the 4-H program with outstanding achievement in clothing projects and evidence of leadership skills. Katie Keller has been nominated to serve on the Ohio Fashion Board. The winners in all categories will be announced at the Thursday afternoon fashion revue to be held at the Ohio State Fair. Recognized as reserve champions for their project work were left to right, front, Ciera Older, Caitlin Carr, Katlyn Barber with her model Brody Simpson , and back, Mallory McIntyre and Michaela Hupp. New to 4-H project work was a beautiful christening gown created by Sarah Lawrence and worn by six-week-old Sophia Shaw Nominees for state awards recognized at the 4-H style revue in the 4-H style revue. Lawrence received a grand champion were front, Addie McDaniel, and back, Katie Keller, Sarah Lawaward on the project. rence, Laura Pullins, and Brenna Holter. Mystery ject of the picture, or even if the man is still alive, he said he wants to try to find him or his relatives to give them a copy of the photograph. “People would enjoy having these pictures. They bring back memories,” Ross said. It is his intention to share the photograph with the person in the picture or his family, if the man is deceased. Ross said he is not interested in personal gain, just to share this memory. The photograph is one of his favorites. Another favorite photograph is also tied to Pomeroy. While walking through Pomeroy so many years ago, he encountered a man leaning on a fence with a sign challenging people to a game of horse shoes. The man was Emmett Blackburn. Ross asked Blackburn if it would be alright to take his picture, and the two struck up the first of many conversations. Ross learned that Blackburn had recently become a widower. Eventually, they played a game of horse shoes that Ross said he soundly lost. Ross would visit Blackburn again, talking, playing horse shoes and photographing him. “He was quite a character with a twinkle in his eye,” Ross noted. He believed Blackburn had retired from the railroad. Ross moved on in life, but often thought of Blackburn and the photographs he took of him. Though Ross had given Blackburn several photographs, he had not shared them all. Ross wanted to share the rest with Blackburn, but was unsuccessful in tracking him — or any of his relatives — down years later. He would now like to share the pictures with family that Blackburn may have had. Ross said that in 1972, Blackburn was 76 years old. He recalled Blackburn’s home was in Pomeroy, near the river and had a big fenced-in yard. He added it was a wire fence. Ross feels someone must remember Blackburn because of the character he was and would be able to give information about relatives that might like to own copies of the photographs. There is where the mystery lies. What happened to these people? Who was the young man caring Pepsi and walking his dog? What became of him? Is he still alive? Can he be identified? Does he have relatives? Who was this young man that had his whole life ahead of him 40 years ago? What happened to Emmett Blackburn? Does he have relatives that can be contacted? Are they still in the area? Does anyone remember this man that captured the thoughts of college student in 1972? Perhaps, only the readers can help. Ross would like to be able to simply share these photographs. Anyone with information about either of the two men is asked to contact the newspaper. The photographs may not be the only mysteries to be solved from Ross, either. He said digitizing the photographs is very labor-intensive, and he has quite a few to go through just from his time in Athens and Pomeroy. He hopes to find more such gems from Pomeroy, especially, and be able to share them. He truly was enchanted with the area and the people along the Ohio River. Maybe this mystery will lead to more and rediscovering memories of days gone by. Hopefully, someone will remember Blackburn and be able to identify the young man. Those with information about either of the photographs are asked to contact Managing Editor Stephanie Filson at (740) 446-2342 ext. 18 or email her at sfilson@ heartlandpublications.com. Please enter ‘MYSTERY’ in the subject line. 60333314 Storm Damage? We can help! Come Join Pastor Jim & Nancy Lusher on a journey to the Bible Lands Israel & Jordan March 10-21 2013 Interested? 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Ice Cream Social Special Care Cleaning Service Come join us for ice cream and get to meet our staff and residents July 27th at 2pm Overbrook Rehabilitation Center 333 Page St. • Middleport, Ohio All are welcome!! 1743 Centenary Road • Gallipolis, OH Call us today! 740-446-9595 This event is sponsored by Overbrook and Culinary Service Group 60335651 60335623 From Page A1 �Sunday, July 15, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Ohio Valley Forecast Sunday: A chance of showers before 1 p.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., then showers and thunderstorms likely after 3 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Monday: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Bjorn Herman joins Holzer Health System GALLIPOLIS — Holzer Health System recently announced that Bjorn Herman, MD, a Board Eligible Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) physician, has joined its team. Herman will be providing ENT services at the Athens, Ohio, location. Herman received his Doctor of Medicine from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, New York, completing his undergraduate degree at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut. Recently, He completed his residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. Herman is accepting patients at Holzer Health System Athens Location, 2131 East State Street. Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A6 OVB offers public Son is homesick in college gratitude after storm Ask Dr. Brothers have a close Dear Dr. friend who Brothers: I am is giving me dreading school moral support starting again through my because my son messy divorce. is going off to The problem is, his sophomore she keeps tellyear in college. ing me about I will miss him her divorce and terribly, and how mature he misses me, and thoughttoo. In fact, he ful she and her never really adhusband were. justed to living They took away from home last year, and is Dr. Joyce Brothers turns picking out household dreading going Syndicated items to divide back to dorm Columnist up, they went life and feelthrough mediaing homesick. He had the same problem tion cooperatively and so at summer camp when he forth. My husband and I are was a kid, but talking to either screaming at each each other helped a little other or not speaking, and bit. How can we both get are fighting over the sofa. through this academic year? Should I ask my friend not We are both in need of to “help” me anymore? — A.T. ideas! — J.H. Dear A.T.: It must be Dear J.H.: This is a rather unusual situation, but I very frustrating to feel that am not too surprised that your marriage is over and your son is having some you can’t even end it gracedifficulty adjusting to being fully, like your friend did. away from home. I believe I don’t think she is trying this is an issue of separation to rub it in. If she really is anxiety for both of you, and your friend — and only you since it has existed for years know that — she probably while you’ve fed off one an- is trying in her own way to other, it is likely to persist suggest a better path for for a while longer unless you and your husband. Peryou get some counseling or haps you could get together make a determined effort on mediation, or at least to change your attitudes on decide to treat one another your own — with you tak- with more respect. If you ing the lead. Try to think have children, you surely back to when your son went will want to present a less off to camp. I’ll bet you were upsetting scenario and put a wreck then, as well. There their interests first. When is nothing wrong with miss- you meet with your friend, ing one another, and adult you can be honest with her. separation anxiety usually is Let her know that you apdismissed as an empty nest preciate her support but that can be solved by shop- that you are feeling pretty ping, or new hobbies. But I bad about comparing your situation with hers. know it is not that simple. It will help if you open If you and your son keep in daily or even weekly con- up to her and not keep the tact, going over how much resentful and angry feelings you miss him or how hard inside. She may realize that it is to live in the dorm, the she is being somewhat insituation probably will go sensitive, but she also may on just as before. You need say that she is trying to to sit down before school show you that there is anstarts and take a positive other way. Perhaps she will view of what you both have offer some suggestions for to look forward to this year. how to deal with your soonWhile you both probably to-be ex, if you let her know need to communicate often, you are open to hearing try cutting back and just them. If you think it is too touch base once a week by late to change things and texting or email, and use the situation is hopeless, the phone every two weeks let her know, and tell her or so. If you give one anoth- that going out to lunch or er some space, something helping you pack would be may be able to squeeze in more helpful at this point than any more talking. to fill it. (c) 2012 by King Features *** Syndicate Dear Dr. Brothers: I CASH PAID Ohio Valley Bank erected a sign this week in the front lawn of the company headquarters to express their gratitude toward Gallipolis City Manager Randy Finney and city maintenance workers for their service during the June 29 storm. President and CEO Tom Wiseman commented, “Manager Finney was in the park that evening, evacuating the public to safety and even directing traffic. All the city workers did a tremendous job in keeping our citizens safe and worked diligently to quickly repair damage and clean up afterward. I think their outstanding efforts should be commended.” The sign will be up for a few weeks and can be viewed traveling either way on Third Avenue. Pictured, first row, Gage Spaun, Mwlanie Oseguera, Ethan Jagers, Reid Jenkins and Kennedy Shamblin. Second row, Gracie Hrrison, Nate Rykowski, Colton Stephenson, Hunter Mooney and Logan Bolin. Third row, Madisyn Caldwell, Nickalas Koebel, Emma Sanders, Reid Shafer and Braeden Cardwell. Fourth row, Tyler Morris, Alex Birchfield, Kimber Hash, Kandra Williams, Katie Maynard and Baylie Hopkins. Fifth row, Barbara Moore, Paige Kemper, Jared Bowers Tanner Sanders and Lynn Jindra. Nursery school graduation celebrated The children in the Monday/Wednesday/Friday class of Community Nursery School presented their graduation program to family and friends on Friday, May 25, 2012, in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church. They performed songs, poems and informed their guest of what they want to be when they grow up. These children will be attending kindergarten when school starts in August. After the program, everyone went into the social room of the church for cake and punch. Patty Hays did a beautiful professional DVD of the children. The children from both classes celebrated the end of school with a picnic in the park. The children of the Tuesday/Thursday class celebrated the end of school with a class party. The school year for 2012-2013 will begin for the Tuesday/Thursday Class on September 4 and September 6. The Monday/Wednesday/ Friday class will start on September 6. For more information on the school, please call Barbara Moore 446-2795. Gallipolis Garden Club named Business of the Week For your scrap gold jewelry, gold and silver coins and sterling. 151 Second Ave Gallipolis 740-446-2842 60328248 Gallipolis Garden Club has been planting for as long as the members can remember. The Gallipolis Garden Club is in its 65th year of existence. Pictured, from left, are Gallipolis Garden Club members, Lydia Simon, Joni Lou Gabrielli, Debbie Beegle, Remy Simon, Maxie Oliver, president of Gallipolis Garden Club; Alvera Robinson and Sara Spurlock. �Sunday, July 15, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A7 FAO announces 57 scholarship awards Aging Eye Summit Four given to Meigs County students focused on glaucoma UBB survivors say they deserve compensation BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — Sixteen men who survived the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster say they have suffered severe and disabling injuries, and they’re suing in federal court to seek compensation. The miners say they have traumatic brain injuries and psychological damage including post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as hearing loss and other injuries from the forces of the blast. Two of the men, Tommy Davis and Dakota Davis, lost several family members in the explosion. Other miners, including 18-year-old Jason Stanley, had to move the bodies of the 29 killed in the worst U.S. mining disaster in four decades. The local newspaper says the miners have filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Beckley, asking Judge Irene Berger to include them in a non-prosecution agreement reached between Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources and the U.S. Department of Justice. Alternatively, they say, that agreement should be set aside. Alpha has not filed a formal response to the complaint but said Friday it has “no factual or legal merit.” “We will move to have it dismissed,” spokesman Ted Pile said. The more than $200 million deal spared Alpha criminal prosecution in a case it inherited when it bought the former operator, Massey Energy, and wiped the slate clean of past violations at Upper Big Branch and other Massey operations. It did allow for individual prosecutions, however, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office has an active investigation. The sentencing of former superintendent Gary May is on hold until October, to give prosecutors more time to develop his cooperation. May pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy to defraud the federal government and is the highest-ranking mine official charged so far in the blast. Ex-security chief Hughie Elbert Stover, meanwhile, is appealing his conviction and a three-year sentence for lying to investigators. His case will be argued in September. The non-prosecution agreement included compensation of $1.5 million to each of the dead miners’ families. The 16 survivors say federal prosecutors are doing “an exemplary job,” but that Alpha arbitrarily decided which injured miners also deserved compensation. The company has settled with nine miners, the complaint says, some of whom suffered less significant injuries. The complaint says the plaintiffs “are totally disabled and without financial support, and/or have been forced to return to the mines to support their families, which has caused each of these victims additional and severe emotional distress.” There’s Never Been a Better Time... Ohio Livestock Coalition to host 15th Annual Meeting National agriculture professionals to address Ohio’s farm community COLUMBUS — Improving transparency in livestock farming, engaging with consumers and addressing water quality and nutrient management in Ohio will highlight the 15th Ohio Livestock Coalition (OLC) Annual Meeting and Industry Symposium. The meeting will be held on September 7 at the Conference Center at Northpointe in Lewis Center, Ohio. “The meeting provides farm organization leaders and farmers from across Ohio with critical perspectives from state and national agriculture leaders,” said David White, OLC executive director. “It also establishes a venue for these groups to have constructive dialogue and education on current events facing the farm community and its stakeholders, both in Ohio and across the country.” The meeting will open with remarks by OLC President Dr. David Glauer. The meeting will continue with presentations by the following experts: Charlie Arnot, CEO of the Center for Food Integrity, will discuss how to communicate with today’s Be Amazed With Modular Technology The Better, Stronger, Faster Way to Build consumer. The Center for Food Integrity is a non-profit organization dedicated to building consumer trust and confidence in today’s food system with members from the U.S. and Canada. Arnot is recognized as a thought leader on food and agriculture issues and is a thought provoking writer and speaker. Mike Martin, director of communications of Cargill, will present on improving transparency for animal agriculture and share his experiences from working with The Oprah Winfrey Show. In 2011, Cargill hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show to its Colorado plant to dispel myths of what happens inside a meat processing facility. Martin supports Cargill’s $15 billion U.S. animal protein business and is based in Wichita, KS. He is responsible for strategic and tactical media relations, reputation management, executive leadership team support and counsel, message development, crisis communications and internal communications. Additionally, leaders representing three Ohio state agencies will discuss and answer questions on nutrient management and water quality issues in Ohio. The panel discussion will include: Director James Zehringer, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) – As ODNR Director, Zehringer’s key priorities include the environmentally safe development of shale oil and gas in Ohio, addressing the water quality issues in Lake Erie and other Ohio waterways impacted by phosphorous loading, and regulation of dangerous wild animals. Prior to this appointment he served as Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture where he worked closely with the Ohio EPA and Ohio Department of Natural Resources to develop local solutions to the algae issues in Grand Lake St. Marys. He also helped to establish the Agricultural Nutrients & Wa- WE ARE OXYGEN FAMILY Family � “Faces You Recognize, Service You Deserve” & MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OXYGEN Family One Stop Sales & Service OxygenEQUIPMENT . CPAP . 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Pleasant, WV Mon-Fri 8-5; Sat 8-1 20%off To Build the Home You’ve Always Wanted! ebrating their inaugural awards – the AK Steel Foundation Student Scholastic Award for Science, Technology, Math and Engineering; the Lee Beckett Legacy Scholarship Fund; and the Jeff Cox and Jane Schumacher Cox Fund. “FAO’s role as a community foundation is to partner with others to grow opportunities and resources to support Appalachian Ohio and its residents,” said Cara Dingus Brook, president and CEO of the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio. “It is a privilege to work with individuals and businesses to grow scholarships to support the region’s students in their academic pursuits because investing in our region’s youth is the ultimate investment in the region’s future.” Meigs County students tion for Appalachian Ohio offers scholarships to students across the 32 counties of Appalachian Ohio. For more information about how to contribute to scholarship resources and grow opportunities for the region’s students, visit www.appalachianohio.org or call 740-7531111. The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio is a regional community foundation serving the 32 counties of Appalachian Ohio with the mission of enriching the region’s current and future quality of life. A 501(c)(3) public charity, the Foundation attracts contributions for programs and endowment, makes grants for charitable and civic purposes, and supports local efforts for positive change. For more information about FAO, visit w w w. a p p a l a c h i a n o h i o . org. Case XX Knives 20% OFF Designer Choice Laminate 92 Floors Starting at $ 26 Several Selections Available 7.7 in 7.0 mm 25.63 sq. ft. 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The ultimate goal was to raise awareness among key stakeholders and decision-makers about the scope and impact of glaucoma in Ohio and develop collaborations to meet the increased demands for medical, public health, social service, rehabilitation, and longterm care and government services to support Ohioans who have glaucoma. Glaucoma is a group of diseases that can damage the eye’s optic nerve resulting in vision loss and blindness. Glaucoma occurs when the normal fluid pressure inside the eyes slowly rises. With early treatment, you can often protect your eyes against serious vision loss. There are two major categories “open angle” and “closed angle” glaucoma. Open angle, is a chronic condition that progresses slowly over long period of time without the person noticing vision loss until the disease is very advanced, that is why it is called “the sneak thief of sight”. Angle closure can appear suddenly and is painful. Visual loss can progress quickly; however, the pain and discomfort often leads patients to seek medical attention before permanent damage occurs. Speakers included clinicians, vision researchers, social service and government organizations as well as people suffering from glaucoma. For more information on glaucoma and other eye disease, please contact Prevent Blindness Ohio at 800-3012020 or visit www.pbohio.org. NELSONVILLE — The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) has announced the 2012 awarding of 57 scholarships. Supported through 17 funds at FAO, the scholarships will support students in their postsecondary pursuits with over $81,550. Available through donor established funds within the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, many honoring the legacy of a friend or loved one, scholarships were awarded through a competitive application process. More information regarding FAO’s scholarships and a full list of 2012 recipients can be found on FAO’s website, w w w. a p p a l a c h i a n o h i o . org. This year’s scholarships were awarded through a number of FAO funds, three of which are cel- receiving scholarship awards this year include: Zach Sayre and Kassandra Mullins, recipients of the Bachtel Academic Award Jeffrey Roush and Tanisha McKinney, recipients of the Bachtel Athletic Award Sayre plans on majoring in engineering at the University of Cincinnati. Mullins will attend Shawnee State University. Jeffrey Roush will be studying engineering at Ohio University while McKinney will attend the University of Rio Grande. The Bachtel Scholarship Awards Program was established by Dr. Harry Keig to honor the legacy of his coach Forrest Bachtel. The awards provide four graduating Meigs High School seniors, two male and two female, scholarships for academic and athletic achievement. Each year, the Founda- Sale Ends 07/21/2012 “Nothing in My Hands I bring, Simply to the Cross I Cling.” 60331609 �Sunday, July 15, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A8 60335661 �Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 mdsports@heartlandpublications.com Sports INSIDE Taurasi says shes healthy, ready for Olympics B2 Capehart golf league concludes 2012 campaign Staff Report mdrsports@mydailyregister.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Monday brought a conclusion to the 2012 edition of the Frank Capehart Tri-County Junior Golf League. The competition was held at the Hidden Valley Golf Course and play was conduced using a handicap system based on the participants scores from previous tournaments. This allowed for the age groups to be tossed out the window so that all players were competing against one another. The weatherman cooperated providing a cloud cover and slightly cooler temperatures than the local area experienced in recent days. The handicap system allowed for some keen competition with only nine strokes separating the lowest net score from the highest. Any net score ties were broken by reference to the players gross score for the day. All participants received a golf related prize at the conclusion of play along with a lunch consisting of pizza, chips, soft drinks and a choice of some excellent home make cakes. The overall net score winner was Maddux Camden with a score of 35. Bryce Tayengco and Jacob Hoback tied for second with net scores of 36. The comparison of gross scores gave Bryce second place with Jacob awarded third place for the day. A three-way tie developed for fourth place between David Michael, Dylan Tayengco and Gus Slone with net scores of 37. Gus edged Dylan by one stroke in their total gross scores to finish fourth and Dylan finished fifth, with David claiming the sixth position. Seventh place was won by R.J. Huffman with a net score of 38. Seth Jarrell posted a net score of 39 for eighth place. Both Ethan Swain and Jordan Howell shot a net score of 40 to tie for the nine position. Seth’s 2-stroke advantage in the gross scores gave him ninth place while Jordan finished 10th overall. Carl Sayre’s net score of 44 gave him the 11th position. Matthew Martin, playing in his first tournament of the year was awarded 12th place even though he did not have an established handicap. Plaques were given to the winners of the various age groups based on their points accumulated throughout the season. Dylan Tayengco won the 10 and under age group with Maddux Camden finishing second. The 11-12 age group plaques were awarded to Bryce Tayengco for 1st place with Jonah Hoback winning second place. The 1314 age group was won by Jacob Hoback with Jared Parissi in second place and Logan Sheets third. The 15-17 age group also had 3 winners with Seth Jarrell winning first and Gus Slone second with Ethan Swain third. The first place plaque winner in the 18-19 age group was awarded to David Michael with Andy Welch claiming the second place plaque. At the conclusion of the day’s activities, the administrators of the league thanked the sponsors. Without their support, the league could not exist. Also, sincere thanks were given to the owners of the participating golf courses including Frank and Linda Capehart of Hidden Valley, Jake and Heather Hall from the Cliffside Golf Course in Gallipolis, and also Gary Roush and his family from the Riverside Golf Course in Mason. Overall, the league had a successful season and next year is already in the planning stage. Ohio boasts 17 Olympic athletes for London games COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The smallest is 4-foot11 Katie Bell, a diver from Columbus who competed for Ohio State. The heaviest is 340-pound weight-lifter Holley Mangold from the Dayton area, who happens to be the little sister of an NFL offensive lineman. The most recognizable is LeBron James, who hails from Akron but famously took his NBA talent to a warmer climate. Seventeen competitors who list Ohio hometowns are included in the list of 530 Olympic athletes announced this week by the U.S. Olympic Committee. They’ll compete in the London games from July 27 through Aug. 12. There are wrestlers, rowers, boxers and an archer. All but two are in their 20s. The oldest of the Ohioans is 34-year-old soccer player Heather Mitts from Cincinnati. The defender is going for her third consecutive gold medal with the U.S. women’s team. The youngest is 21-year-old Erik Kynard, a collegiate highjumper from Toledo who will be competing in his first Olympics. James, whose popularity in the Buckeye State turned to derision when he left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat in 2010, is trying to win a second consecutive gold medal with the U.S. men’s hoops team. Also from northeastern Ohio, Westlake rower Margot Shumway — the secondoldest Ohioan at 32 — is competing in her second Olympics, and 24-year-old middleweight boxer Terrell Gausha, a Clevelander, is a first-timer. See GAMES |‌ B2 Participants in the 2012 Hard Work Camp pose for a picture at the University of Rio Grande. URG men’s basketball wraps up busy camp schedule Randy Payton Special to OVP Tom Fox/Dallas Morning News/MCT photo LeBron James of the United States reacts after hitting a 3-point-shot against Argentina in basketball semifinals on Friday, August 22, 2008, in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China. Kerns shoots 74, wins Ohio Amateur by 2 shots WORTHINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Nathan Kerns admitted he was a little rattled after four-putting for double-bogey on the 16th hole Friday in the final round of the Ohio Amateur. But even with his fourshot lead cut in half, he shook aside any lingering doubts and closed it out with two solid pars. “I never got ahead of myself because anything can happen,” he said. Kerns built a big lead and then subdued his nerves after his one lapse to capture the 106th edition of the biggest amateur prize in the state. The Marshall University senior — he was greeted by a “We are … Marshall!” cheer by his followers after tapping in for par on the 72nd hole — shot a 2-over 74 to finish at 6-under 282. He was asked what the win might mean for him. “It opens a ton of stuff. First of all, it opens my mind. I know I can play now with just about anybody,” the 21-year-old from Ironton said. “In these Ohio Ams, there are so many good players. To come out on top, I just feel so fortunate.” Kerns followed rounds of 66, 74 and 68. He led after the tournament’s first and third rounds, each time by two strokes. Former Ohio State player Alex Redfield, who shot a 70 to finish second by two shots, had never met Kerns before. “I didn’t know him,” Redfield said. “But he’s playing like a champion.” Others also noticed his poise and precision. “(Kerns) doesn’t make many mistakes,” said David Haley, who tied for fourth with a 75 while playing alongside Kerns. “He hit a lot of fairways, he hit a lot greens. That’s what you’ve got to do on a course like this.” See KERNS |‌ B2 Submitted photo RIO GRANDE, Ohio — For University of Rio Grande men’s basketball head coach Ken French, the month of June annually becomes a microcosm of the grind that a typical season tends to produce. French, his staff and current RedStorm players recently completed a strenuous 21-day stretch which included seven different shootouts for area varsity, junior varsity, middle school and girls’ varsity programs, as well as a pair of day camps and the week-long overnight “Hard Work Camp”. With the smoke now clearing from all of the effort, French emerged with a smile and a sense of accomplishment for his program. “It’s one of the most successful summers we’ve ever had,” he said. “We feel like all of our camps and shootouts are high-quality in what we offer the young athletes that come through here and I think the number of kids we had come through here back that up. We had record-setting numbers in everything we offered.” More than 1,500 athletes visited the URG campus over the course of the three-week stretch, including a whopping 296 participants in the “Hard Work Camp”. “One of things I wanted to do was to make sure this was a place where people could come in the summer and work on their game – to work with their teams and to improve. I think we’re providing that opportunity to every- body in our region,” said French. “In terms of our overnight camp, we’re providing that opportunity for people outside our region. We had kids from six different states here for the week this year – including some from Texas – and we’re proud of it.” And, like any good business owner, providing the consumer with a good product at an affordable rate tends to produce repeat customers – a fact that French is keenly aware of. “The word is getting out. It’s not like we’re spending a bunch of money on marketing or something like that, we’re growing by word of mouth,” he said. “A kid has a great week here, then he goes back home and brings two kids with him the following year. The coaches who bring their teams here for our shootouts enjoy the fact that we’re well-organized, we’re usually on schedule every time and we try to treat both the players and the coaches with class and provide them with a top-notch day where they can come in and get four games without a bunch of other bells and whistles.” In addition to the overnight camp - which prides itself on the fact that it deals with basketball and nothing else - and the shootouts, which provide a competitive, out-of-season opportunity for prep and junior high squads to lay the foundation for their upcoming campaign, the Rio men’s basketball program also offers two day camps—one for boys and girls age 6-9 and a shooting camp for boys and girls age 8-18, both of which last for three hours over the course of three days. The crown jewel of the offerings, though, is the overnight camp, which French expects will surpass the 300-mark in terms of participants next year. In some instances, the camp serves a fruitful role in the recruiting process. “Evan Legg is one of our former campers. Now he’s here on a scholarship and was named the Freshman of the Year in the MidSouth Conference last season,” said French. “We’re starting to develop some kids and have them come through our camp who are recruitable. We get to see them grow up from that 9-, 10- and 11-year-old stage to the time that they’re juniors and seniors in high school. Even if they’re not recruitable, they’re high-character kids and many of them want to come back and work the camp. When that happens, you know you’re doing something right. The Hard Work Camp has a family environment and it’s become very special to a lot of kids. For some of them, it’s the highlight of their year.” One of those highlights comes in the camper’s reward for their “Hard Work” during the week – a wildly entertaining triple-elimination tournament. This year’s tourney took nearly 15 hours to complete and didn’t conclude until just after 5 a.m. “It’s a great way to cap off the summer,” French said retrospectively. “Now we’ll take a couple of weeks off to re-charge and then we’ll come back here to start preparing for the upcoming season.” Riverside seniors begin second half Staff Report mdtnews@mydailytribune.com MASON, W.Va. — The second half of the Riverside senior mens’ golf league started with a three team tie for first place. After a week delay for electrical outages 88 players were eager to tee it up again on Tuesday. There were 22 fourman teams and the low score was a 12 under par 58 shot by three teams. The team of Gary Milton, Bucky Knapp, John Williams, and Jack Fox, the team of Cuzz Laudermilt, Roy Bailey, Gerald Kelly, and Jack Ocheltree, and the team of Siebert Belcher, Jim Blake, Toad Phalin, and Russ Holland all tied for first. The closest to the pin winners were Tom Dotson on the ninth hole and Cliff Rice on the 14th hole. The second half will continue to until the the last Tuesday in September and there will be a season ending champions dinner. There are 12 players tied for the lead at 21 points apiece. Gary Milton, Bucky Knapp, John Williams, Jack Fox, Cuzz Laudermilt, Roy Bailey, Gerald Kelly, Jack Ocheltree, Siebert Belcher, Jim Blake, Toad Phalin, and Russ Holland are currently tied for first. �Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Kerns From Page B1 Kerns began the day with a two-shot edge on Bill Williamson and a four-stroke head start on Haley. He added to that lead after a wayward tee shot on the second hole, hitting a low screamer out of the trees to the fairway on the par-5 hole and then dropping approach 18 inches from the hole. Williamson, second in the Ohio Am two years ago at Kirtland, fell back with a disastrous triple-bogey 6 at the fifth hole, rated as the secondeasiest hole on the course. His iron to the green skittered off to the left and under an evergreen tree. With his swing restricted by branches, he dubbed his second, then chipped off the front of the green and took three more shots to find the hole. Haley birdied No. 4 but bogeyed the next two holes as Kerns stretched his lead to six shots. Meanwhile Kerns was rolling along, making solid twoputt pars until he doubled the long, par-4 ninth. Still, his lead was four shots as he turned. Haley got to within three strokes when Kerns bogeyed the 12th hole. But then Kerns countered that with a birdie on the next hole and Haley made bogey — and all of a sudden the lead was back to five with five holes left. The only drama came on the par-3 16th when, with the wind gusting, he hit 9 iron to the back of the green, left his first putt short and ended up four-putting for a 5. “I was a little rattled, I can’t say I wasn’t,” Kerns said. “But you get to the next tee and you just have to forget about it and make the best of what happened. By hitting the tee shot in the fairway, I had a wedge in my hands and then a wedge into 18, so it was easy to make a couple of pars.” His parents, sister, grand- parents, college teammates and friends and assorted other backers provided a “We Are … Marshall!” cheer after his tap-in par putt fell in the cup on the 72nd hole. “I didn’t know that was going to be mustered up there,” he said. “That was a pleasant surprise.” It was about the only thing that seemed to surprise him all day. Redfield’s 70 was the best round of the day. It reaffirmed what he already believed. “I do know that my game’s good and to play four days pretty solid the way I did is a good sign because you have to play four days of solid golf professionally to make money,” he said. The Powell native, who just graduated from Ohio State this spring, said he will consult with him family and coach Donnie Darr before deciding when he’ll turn pro. All alone in third was another former Ohio State player, Kevin Grabeman, a member at Brookside. His 71 left him at 286. Tied for fourth were Williamson, who was never able to make up for that triple and had a 77, along with yet another ex-Buckeye player in Scott Anderson and Haley, a Hilliard native who will be a senior at the University of Minnesota. Defending champion Korey Ward shot a 72 and finished at even-par 288. Williamson, also in the last group, was more impressed with how Kerns responded to the double at 16 than he was with the champion’s three birdies in the final round. “He stepped up on 17 when we were behind time and kind of hurrying, with a crosswind on probably the tightest fairway on the golf course and he hit a great shot,” the 35-yearold attorney from Cincinnati said. “That’s what Ohio Amateur champions do.” BURIED in CREDIT CARDDEBT? Over $10,000 in credit card bills? Can’t make the minimum payments? � WE CAN GET YOU OUT OF DEBT QUICKLY � WE CAN SAVE YOU THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS � WE CAN HELP YOU AVOID BANKRUPTCY Not a high-priced consolidation loan or one of those consumer credit counseling programs CREDIT CARD RELIEF for your FREE consultation CALL 888-838-6679 Not available in all states Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B2 Taurasi says she healthy, ready for Olympics Doug Feinberg Associated Press AP Basketball Writer Eds: Deletes redundant 15th paragraph. Adds photo link. With AP Photos. Diana Taurasi is healthy again and raring to go. The Phoenix star missed the Mercury’s last 16 games with a hip flexor and ankle injury, but said she is ready for the Olympics, which begin in two weeks. “I’m feeling really good, I’ll be ready to go,” Taurasi told The Associated Press in a phone interview this week. “I can’t wait to get to D.C. to start playing again.” The Americans will train together in D.C. for two days before playing Brazil in an exhibition game Monday night. From there they will head to Manchester for a game against Britain before a five-day training session in Istanbul. The 30-year-old Taurasi, who will be playing in her third Olympics, didn’t have any worries that she’d miss the London Games. “No, I didn’t have any fear, I knew I’d be ready to play,” Taurasi said. “Coach (Geno Auriemma) and I have been texting each other a lot, he’s excited. Whenever we get together with the national team, it’s an exciting time. The Olympics is an amazing opportunity to show all the hard work we’ve put in as individuals.” Despite only playing 36 minutes so far this WNBA season, Taurasi isn’t concerned that she’ll be out of game shape. Her rehabilitation began in late May with three weeks of physical therapy before moving on to a strength and conditioning stage. She didn’t get back onto the court until about three weeks ago. Taurasi plans to use the training camp in Washington D.C. this weekend as a chance to get herself back into game mode. The former UConn star isn’t the only member of the U.S. women’s national team who has been banged up in the Joe Rimkus Jr./Miami Herald/MCT photo Diana Taurasi of the United States keeps the ball from Sunmin Jung of Korea on Tuesday, August 19, 2008, in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China. early part of the WNBA season. Atlanta standout Angel McCoughtry has been sidelined since July 1 with a left knee sprain. “I anticipate that Angel will be a full strength by the time training camp opens on Saturday,” said Dream coach Marynell Meadors, who is an assistant on the Olympic team. “She’s been rehabbing and working all week on getting her knee stronger so that she can play without pain.” Sue Bird and Seimone Augustus also missed games in the early part of the WNBA season, but Taurasi wasn’t worried. “People play a lot of basketball,” she said. “Sue’s taken some games, Seimone with her hip. Everyone’s missed a game who is on the Olympic team. Once we get together in D.C., we’ll be 100 percent and ready to go.” Taurasi also wasn’t worried that the lawsuit facing coach Auriemma will be a distraction to the team’s ultimate goal of winning a fifth straight gold medal. “We’re all old enough that we’ve been through a lot of distractions in our life,” she said. “We will keep the ultimate goal in focus and try to do our best. Everyone will be fine.” The U.S. women’s national team opens up its Olympic play on July 28 against Croatia. Other teams in the Americans’ group are China, Angola, the Czech Republic and Turkey. The other group consists of Australia, Russia, France, Canada, Britain, and Brazil. The Australians will be missing Taurasi’s friend and Mercury teammate Penny Taylor, who is sidelined with a knee injury. “Penny was the glue of their national team when they won the worlds in ‘06, she was the best player at that tournament,” Taurasi said. “With her missing, it’s going to affect you. They’ll find a way to get other people to contribute. She’s disappointed, she’s worked so hard to get to the point to get to London.” Games From Page B1 “All the pressure I endured and hard work that I put in has paid off, and God is great,” Gausha said after qualifying for the games. “Dreams really do come true.” Twenty- eight-year- old Greco-Roman wrestler Justin (Harry) Lester of Akron is one of 13 active-duty military members on the U.S. Olympic team. Jacob Wukie, 26, from Oak Harbor near Toledo, will compete in archery. One of the most fascinating stories of the London games is Mangold. She’s 5-foot-8, weighs 340 and will compete in the superheavyweight division for the U.S. weight-lifting team. She qualified for the games by winning the clean-andjerk competition (319 pounds) and finishing second in the two-hand snatch event with a 242-pound lift. Mangold, who played prep football with the boys for Alter High School in Kettering, is the younger sister of New York Jets center and former Ohio State star Nick Mangold, who won’t get to see his sister compete in person because he has to be at training camp. Holley Mangold, who Dr. David K. Smith now accepting new patients Dr. Smith has served Gallia County for over 29 years. Call us today at 740-446-3191 to schedule an appointment. 60334426 Sunday, July 15, 2012 David K. Smith, D.D.S. 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I’m going to dive just the way I’ve been in practice and hope for the best.” The USOC lists at least seven more Olympians who were born in Ohio but claim hometowns in other states. Women outnumber men on the U.S. Olympic team for the first time (269 to 261). The USOC says 302 medal events will play out in London, with Americans competing in 246 of them in 25 sports. There are 228 returning Olympians, including seven five-timers, with 124 of them previously winning medals. California is the leader in producing Olympians this time, with 128 athletes coming from that state. New York and Pennsylvania tied for second with 35 each. 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Mickelson says “I don’t know where that happened along the way, whether it was last year or whether it was five, 10 years ago.” But he says he started “to really enjoy the tough weather conditions and I hope that it’s that way next week, too.” The good news for Mickelson is that the long-range forecast is for Britain’s terrible weather of late to continue into next week. Mickelson tied for second behind Darren Clarke at Royal St. George’s at the 2011 British Open, his best finish at the year’s third major. That tournament was beset by rain and gusting winds off the southwest coast, forcing players to don oven-style mitts between shots and huddle under flapping umbrellas at times. The extreme conditions were too much for then-U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy, who slumped away from a soggy Sandwich bemoaning his luck at playing successive rounds in the worst of the weather and saying “there’s no point in changing your game for one week a year.” That’s exactly what Mickelson has done. Well, maybe two weeks a year if you count his regular appearances at the Scottish Open, the precursor to the British Open. He is there again this week, displaying his repertoire of links-style shots. The wind wasn’t hostile for a change but he was preparing for next week nonetheless. Some of his low irons on the par 5s and long par 4s were driven no more than head-high. He also produced some neat bump-and-run approach shots across the undulating links fairways. He shot an 8-under 64 in the second round to put him in contention for the weekend and was clearly in his element, despite his poor play in his last three tournaments — where he failed to break par or 70 in seven rounds. “My mindset has really evolved a lot over the last decade or two,” Mickelson said. “I’ve learned to get the ball on the ground quick and that’s made playing in the bad weather so much easier because the ground then affects the ball, as opposed to the air. “That makes it easier to not have the misses be so big. So I’ve really enjoyed learning a few shots off the tee.” The last British Open at Royal Lytham was in 2001. It was won by David Duval and Mickelson tied for 30th. “I thought it was a wonderful course,” the 16th-ranked Mickelson said. “It was a tough driving course, there were a lot of irons off the tee and a lot of bunkers to avoid.” A couple of years later, he and coach Dave Pelz started really tackling how best to deal with the conditions so often seen on links courses and so rarely seen on American-style parkland courses. “We spent some time working on some low shots, working on a couple of different tee shots to get the ball on the ground and to get the ball in play,” he said. “Consequently, I have not been having as big misses off the tee as I had earlier in my career where I was playing the ball through the air and letting the crosswinds take it.” Mickelson demonstrated his intention to finally get his hands George Bridges/MCT photo Phil Mickelson watches an errant tee shot on the 16th hole, his seventh hole of the day, in the opening round of the U.S. Open on Thursday, June 16, 2010, at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. on the claret jug — and win the fifth major of his illustrious career — by cutting short a family vacation in Italy this week to play in the Scottish Open and attempt to shake off some rust. If the weather turns sour in northern England next week, it may prove an inspired move. AP Source: Drew Brees agrees to $100 million deal NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees has agreed to a five-year, $100 million contract with the New Orleans Saints, with $60 million guaranteed, said a person familiar with the deal. Brees and the team Friday reached the agreement, which will pay the quarterback $40 million in the first year, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract had not been publically announced. The Saints announced they had reached a fiveyear deal with Brees but did not release financial details of the contract. Brees posted a note on his Twitter page reading, “Deal is Done! Love you, Who Dat Nation. See you soon!” Brees had been tagged as the Saints’ exclusive franchise player and could not negotiate with other teams. Had a deal not been reached, the tender for a quarterback was worth $16.3 million. Brees would have had to play for that amount or hold out for a better one-year deal, which would have left his long-term future in New Orleans uncertain. Brees skipped the Saints’ offseason practices while holding out for his new long-term contract, which now gives him the highest average annual pay ($20 million) in NFL history. Buffalo defensive end Mario Williams also has a $100 million contract, but for six years. Now Brees is set to report for the opening of Saints training camp on July 24, a needed does George Bridges/MCT photo Drew Brees (9) of the New Orleans Saints warms up before a preseason game against the Houston Texans on Saturday, August 22, 2011, in Houston, Texas. of good news for a club whose offseason has been plagued by the bounty scandal that resulted in the season long suspensions of head coach Sean Payton and linebacker Jonathan Vilma, among other sanctions. New Orleans had designated Brees, 33, its franchise player in March after the club was unable to reach a new long-term extension with the record-setting quarterback before his previous sixyear, $60 million contract expired. Brees however, was steadfast in not wanting to play for a one-year deal. During the past six seasons, Brees has not only led the Saints to their only Super Bowl title, but has completed more passes (2,488) for more yards (28,394) and more touchdowns (201) than any other quarterback in the NFL. His 67.8 percent completion rate spanning the past six seasons also tops the league. In 2011, Brees set NFL single-season records with 468 completions, 5,476 yards passing and a completion percentage of 71.2. His prolific passing numbers helped the Saints set a new NFL high for total offensive yards in a season with 7,474. Brees yards-passing record shattered a mark of 5,084 set by Dan Marino back in 1984. He led the Saints to a 13-3 regular season record and second NFC South Division title in three seasons. New Orleans defeated Detroit in the first round of the playoffs before falling in the final seconds of its second-round game at San Francisco. This offseason marked the first time Brees had the opportunity to negotiate a major, long-term deal with the leverage provided by a string of injury-free seasons highlighted by a slew of individual and team statistical records, in addition to a championship. He commanded only second-round money when he was drafted by San Diego, and the Chargers placed the one-year franchise tag on him when that deal ran out in 2005. The right-handed Brees then had an injury the following season that required major surgery to his throwing shoulder, and which left him with few major offers during the 2006 offseason. 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The newspaper had four veterinarians who did not treat the colt review his vet records. NBC Nightly News aired a similar report on the same day. Bramlage took issue with those reports. “The misinterpretation of the medical terminology ‘osteoarthritis’, and the substitution of ‘major painkillers’ for anti-inflammatory medications is unfair to the uninformed general public,” the vet said. O’Neill told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the drugs given to I’ll Have Another “are equivalent to Advil that you or I would take. They’re far from painkillers.” The trainer said I’ll Have Another did not have osteoarthritis. “X-raying is something that is just part of my caretaking for the horses. It’s perfectly normal to X-ray horses,” O’Neill said. In a separate case, O’Neil will serve a suspension starting in August stemming from an excess of carbon dioxide in one of his horses in 2010. Allmendinger bringing experts to test SWIM FOR FREE! 5 Gallon Gas Cans $15.99 Bidwell Hardware nine minutes on the floor, highlighted by a 3-pointer he hit while being fouled just in front of the U.S. bench. Griffin hurt his knee during the playoffs and played through the pain before the Clippers were eliminated. He was playing well in camp and being counted on as an option at center before experiencing pain in the knee following practice Wednesday. He flew back to Los Angeles on Thursday and an MRI exam revealed the extent of the injury. “I’m disappointed I can’t be with the guys in London,” Griffin said. “I want to wish them all the best in their pursuit of the gold medal.” Davis will become just the third player to suit up for the U.S. in the Olympics without playing in the pros since NBA players were first used in 1992, joining the Dream Team’s Christian Laettner and former Connecticut center Emeka Okafor in 2004. He will be back on the court with the Americans when they have their first practice here Saturday. LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The on-call veterinarian for the Triple Crown races said Friday that Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another did not receive any illegal or unwarranted medication during his attempt to sweep the three-race series. Dr. Larry Bramlage said records provided to the New York State Racing and Wagering Board don’t indicate anything inappropriate occurred involving I’ll Have Another. “No illegal, unprofessional, or medically unwarranted medication was given to this horse,” Bramlage said in a statement. “We totally agree with the approach that Dr. Jim Hunt, attending veterinarian, took to get this horse ready for a possible Triple Crown run.” I’ll Have Another was retired the day before the June 9 Belmont Stakes with what trainer Doug O’Neill said was an injury to the colt’s left front tendon. Bramlage said that veterinary ethics preclude him from speculating on the specifics of I’ll Have Another’s case because he was not the attending vet. However, he said that of the 11 horses that have won two of the three Triple Crown races in the last 33 years he guesses that almost all of them had X-rays after winning the Preakness as a precautionary measure. I’ll Have Another was X-rayed after he won the May 19 Preakness, the middle race of the series. “That’s routine veterinary care, and would be akin to the kind of examinations that human Olympic athletes who 60321340 WASHINGTON (AP) — Blake Griffin has officially withdrawn from the Olympics and Anthony Davis has been added to the U.S. basketball team’s roster. Griffin needs surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left knee and joins a lengthy list of American stars that are sidelined this summer. Davis replaced him in the Americans’ 113-59 exhibition victory over the Dominican Republic on Thursday in Las Vegas, scoring nine points in the fourth quarter. The No. 1 overall draft pick couldn’t be put on the 12-man roster for London until Griffin had withdrawn Friday. “Blake worked extremely hard in our training camp and certainly would have been a valuable contributor,” USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said in a statement. “This is another unfortunate injury, but we have to continue to move on and we’re very fortunate to have Anthony Davis available. Anthony offers our team additional height and length, and this will be an incredible experience for him.” Davis sprained his ankle during a workout with the New Orleans Hornets and was unable to scrimmage when the Americans opened training camp last Friday, ruining any chance he had of making the original 12man roster. But Colangelo, intrigued by Davis’ skills, asked the 6-foot-10 forward to stick around with the select team of young players that was training against the national team, knowing he could be called upon as a replacement if there were another injury. The college player of the year at national champion Kentucky last season brings rebounding and shot blocking to a team that has lost Griffin, Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh from its frontcourt. www.ratliffpools.com Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/MCT photo NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver AJ Allmendinger watches members of his crew work on his car prior to the first practice at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, in Daytona, Florida. denied knowingly taking a banned substance, and said he is collecting his medications and supplements in an attempt to figure out what got him in trouble. The 30-year-old Allmendinger is the second Sprint Cup Series driver to be suspended under the NASCAR drug policy implemented in 2009. “Obviously I would never do anything to jeopardize my opportunity here at Penske Racing or to my fellow drivers. I am very conscious about my training and health and would never knowingly take a prohibited drug,” he said in an earlier statement. According to NASCAR’s drug policy, a stimulant is defined as “amphetamine, methamphetamine, Ecstasy (MDMA), Eve (MDEA), MDA, PMA, Phentermine, and other amphetamine derivatives and related compounds.” Denny Hamlin, speak9039 St Rt 160 • Bidwell, OH 740-446-0818 Monday-Saturday 8am-9pm; Sunday 9am-7pm 700 W Main St. • Pomeroy, OH 740-992-2891 Monday-Saturday 8am-9pm; Sunday 10am-9pm Crystal20 Drinking Water 24 pk, 16.9 oz btls Plus Deposit Where Applicable 248 Save-A-Lot® Soft Drinks 12 pk, 12 oz cans Assorted Varieties Plus Deposit Where Applicable 2 48 ¢ World’s Fair Ice Cream 56 oz, Vanilla, Chocolate or Neapolitan 1 99 Mantia’s Pizza 20.7-21.75 oz Assorted Varieties Fairgrounds Hot Dogs 12 oz 1 99 O’Day’s Mac & Cheese 7.25 oz 69 ¢ 39¢ W 60334699 ing at a golf tournament in Charlotte on Thursday, said NASCAR drivers have to be extremely careful with what they ingest and awareness was heightened following Jeremy Mayfield’s 2009 suspension. “They kind of set out from the beginning, NASCAR does, that when you’re taking supplements you have to document it all,” Hamlin said. “If you don’t, you can find yourself in trouble. With the whole Mayfield situation that went on a few years ago, you would think NASCAR is 100 percent positive if they pulled someone out of the car. Hopefully for AJ’s sake he has everything documented and he’ll be fine.” Penske Racing will use Sam Hornish Jr. this weekend in the No. 22 Dodge at New Hampshire. Jeremy Mayfield, the first driver to be suspended under the policy, tested positive for methamphetamine. He has denied for more than three years that he ever took meth, and blamed the positive test on a mix of an over-the-counter allergy remedy and a prescription for attention deficit disorder. Rather than go through NASCAR’s recovery program, Mayfield fought in court to have his suspension overturned. He abandoned his bid earlier this year. Allmendinger business manager Tara Ragan said Allmendinger is working through NASCAR’s process to resolve the issue. “AJ and all of us at Walldinger Racing respect NASCAR’s testing program, and he has requested that his “B” sample be tested as part of the process of getting to the bottom of this,” she said. “We will have the opportunity to review all of the scientific data surrounding the test following the “B” sample test, but our understanding is that AJ’s test was slightly above the threshold.” �Sunday, July 15, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B5 Appel spurns Pirates and will stay at Stanford NEW YORK (AP) — Highly touted pitcher Mark Appel spurned the Pittsburgh Pirates and decided to remain at Stanford for his senior season, the first big casualty of baseball’s new restrictions on amateur signing bonuses. Appel was the only unsigned player among 31 first-round picks, turning down an offer of $3.8 million from the Pirates. Projected by some to be the No. 1 selection, some teams shied away from the right-hander because of the expected demands of his adviser, Scott Boras. Appel was selected eighth by the Pirates. That slot was assigned $2.9 million from the drafting team’s bonus pool in baseball’s new labor contract, which imposes penalties on clubs that exceed the threshold — the totals of the slots for a team’s selections in the first 10 rounds. Pittsburgh was prepared to go as much as 5 percent above its Appel will go back into next year’s draft. Under the labor deal, agreed to in November, the deadline for draft picks to sign was 5 p.m. Friday, a month earlier than under the previous collective bargaining agreement. Trying to end a record streak of 19 consecutive losing seasons, the resurgent Pirates began Friday with a one-game lead in the NL Central. Third baseman Pedro Alvarez, the No. 2 pick overall in 2008, signed a four-year deal worth $6,355,000 and has 16 homers and 50 RBIs this season despite a .231 average. There are several top pitching prospects in Pittsburgh’s minor league system. Jameson Taillon, the No. 2 overall pick in 2010, got a $6.5 million signing bonus and is in A-ball. Gerrit Cole, the No. 1 pick last year, received an $8 million signing bonus and recently was promoted to Double-A. threshold and incur the first level of penalty, a 75 percent tax on the overage. But the Pirates didn’t want to fall into higher levels, which include the loss of future draft picks. “After much thought, prayer and analysis of both opportunities, I came to the conclusion the best decision is to remain at Stanford continuing my studies, finishing my degree, and doing all I can to assist the Cardinal baseball team in our goal to win a national championship,” Appel said in a statement. “I greatly valued the prospect of a professional opportunity and I will pursue a professional baseball career after getting my Stanford degree.” Appel, who turns 21 on Sunday, also failed to sign in 2009, when Detroit selected him in the 15th round with the 450th pick after his final season with Monte Vista High in San Ramon, Calif. Field for the British Open LYTHAM, England (AP) — The 156-man field for the 141st British Open, to be played July 19-22 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes (players listed only in first category for which they are eligible). Two spots are available Sunday at the Scottish Open and John Deere Classic British Open champions 60 or under on July 22: Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen, Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington, Tiger Woods, Todd Hamilton, Ben Curtis, Ernie Els, David Duval, Paul Lawrie, Justin Leonard, Tom Lehman, John Daly, Mark Calcavecchia, Sandy Lyle. British Open champions from the top 10 in last five British Opens: Tom Watson. Top 10 and ties from 2011 British Open: Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Thomas Bjorn, Chad Campbell, Rickie Fowler, Raphael Jacquelin, Sergio Garcia, Simon Dyson, Davis Love III. Top 50 from world ranking on May 20: Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan, Steve Stricker, Justin Rose, Martin Kaymer, Adam Scott, Jason Dufner, Charl Schwartzel, Graeme McDowell, Bill Haas, Keegan Bradley, Peter Hanson, Brandt Snedeker, Nick Watney, Zach Johnson, Ian Poulter, K.J. 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We move forward.” Because Appel didn’t sign, the Pirates will receive an extra firstround pick in next June’s draft, the ninth selection overall. The Pirates also could gain an extra selection from baseball’s first competitive balance draft, which will be held Wednesday in Secaucus, N.J. “We may be looking at three of the top 45 picks in the country,” Huntington said. “Some have argued next year’s draft class is going to be better than this year’s draft class.” Boras also represented Alvarez and Cole in their negotiations with the Pirates. “Selecting Mark was a calculat- ed risk, as we knew he would be a difficult sign,” Huntington said. “As an organization, we need to continue to take these types of calculated risks. While we would’ve preferred to add Mark to the group of talented prospects in our system, we wish Mark, and his family, nothing but success in the future.” Appel was 10-2 with a 2.56 ERA for Stanford this year with 130 strikeouts in 123 innings, raising his college record to 18-10. “We are all excited to have him back at Stanford for his senior season,” Cardinal coach Mark Marquess said. “He is one of the premier pitchers in college baseball and will again play an integral role in our quest to get back to the College World Series. I’m sure it was a difficult decision for him and his family, but I know Mark is excited to complete his degree in engineering and then embark on a long and successful pro career.” Mavericks win bid to get F Brand, let go by 76ers DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks won the bidding Friday to obtain two-time All-Star forward Elton Brand off waivers, the latest in a series of moves to build their roster after a frustrating start in free agency. Brand was available after the Philadelphia 76ers this week used the one-time amnesty provision in the new CBA to let him go and not have the $18.1 million he is owed in the final season of his five-year deal count against their salary cap or luxury tax. Dallas also completed a one-year deal with 7-foot center Chris Kaman, who had tweeted two days earlier that he reached an agreement with the Mavericks. A year after winning their first NBA title, the Mavericks couldn’t sway Deron Williams to come play for his hometown team. Williams stayed with the Nets for their move to Brooklyn and signed his new deal early Wednesday, the first day new deals could be finalized. Plus, guards Jason Kidd and Jason Terry are leaving Dallas in free agency. The Mavs acquired point guard Darren Collison and wing player Dahntay Jones from Indianapolis in a trade Thursday for center Ian Mahinmi. Brand will still get the full $18.1 million he is owed, with Philadelphia paying any difference. 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This contingent of Wolverines past and present would probably rank pretty high on the medal table if it were its own nation — especially when you include Michael Phelps, who was once a volunteer coach at Michigan and trained in Ann Arbor before the 2008 Games in Beijing. “When people ask me about the brand reach and the block ‘M’ of Michigan, one of the things I always talk about is the Olympics,” Michigan Commercial Clean attractive Commercial Property for Rent near Holzer Hospital Rt Business 35. 3 Rms., Kitchenette, with attached Garage. 304-657-6378 Houses For Rent 1 BR & 4 BR, NO PETS, Syracuse, OH. 304-675-5332 or 740-591-0265 Very nice 1 BR home in Pomeroy, great neighborhood, large yard, ideal for 1 or 2 people, new appliances. No indoor pets. Non smoking. 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Interested applicants should email resume, and a letter of interest to slopez@heartlandpublications. com Sammy M. Lopez publisher. Miscellaneous The Ohio Valley Newspapers blue trash talk from himPublications or his fellowis Olympics in the 1,500. of Heartland swimmers. seeking an Advertising Betsey Armstrong, a goalie for the lead our sales “We try Manager and keepto everything fo- U.S. water polo team, is from Ann Arteam. The Advertising cused on Team USA. … We’re not Manager would lead our staff bor and played at Michigan. Jeff Porallowed to atwear our college gear,” ter will compete in the hurdles for the our three daily newspapers VanderkaayThe said.Gallipolis “I’ll just (OH) have to rep- U.S., while his wife Tiffany competes Daily Tribune, The Daily Sentinel in for Britain. Both went to Michigan. resent in spirit.” OH and The Point And whenPomeroy, he’s not swimming? Michigan fans can also find a rootPleasant (WV) Register. As the “It’s always good to be able tothis gettal- ing interest in the Paralympics. World Advertising Manager out and see Wolverines ented leader willcompete,” be part of thechampion sprinter Jerome Singleton, team of Vanderkaaymanagement said. “I’m going tothe try who was born with a condition called newspapers and will help im- tibial hemimilia and had his right leg and see as many things as I can.” prove quality of choose our Vanderkaay willthe have a lot to amputated below the knee, is an alum. newspapers and online from. Sam Mikulak and Syque Caesar It’s rare for any school’s athletic deproducts. 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Back in 2005, when Angela “Charlie” Lilly died from breast cancer at 38 years old, it was a devastating loss to her family. Charlie battled cancer for three years before passing away and was a local teacher, mother, daughter, sister and friend to those who knew her. Charlie’s family consulted with their Pastor Carl “Boxer” Swisher about how to honor her, and he suggested the family become involved in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life by organizing a team — a team aptly named Charlie’s Angels. Since 2006, Charlie’s Angels has raised an astonishing $100,000 total for the American Cancer Society. Back in 2008, the team started a popular golf tournament which this year cleared $20,229.75 with 75 percent of that total ($15,171.75) going to ACS, and 25 percent ($5,057.25) going to the Angela “Charlie” Lilly Community Foundation. Charlie’s Angels were able to raise additional funds for ACS this year which brought their grand total for this year’s Relay for Life to $18,550 — definitely an amazing amount considering the current state of the economy. Wendy Lilly, Charlie’s sister and one of the team’s driving forces, said the golf tournament is the biggest fund raising event for Charlie’s Angels. This year the tournament was held at Riverside Golf Course in Mason and has become one of the largest ever held at the course. The tournament is successful thanks to the efforts of not only Charlie’s Angels but Ty Roush, Mitch Roush, Bobby Greene and all the staff of Riverside Golf Course. The success of the tournament is also attributed to countless businesses and individuals who donate everything from prizes to food to the tournament. This list is varied and reflects the community spirit which brings those together for a good cause — including Ameriprise Financial Services, Sang Ford Lincoln, McDonalds, Subway and Tudors of Point Pleasant, among others. The support of the golf course, businesses and individuals, as well as the golfers help make the tournament an annual event for not just Charlie’s Angels but the local area. Lilly said she and the teammates are truly grateful for this continued support in helping Charlie’s Angels raise funds to support research in finding a cure for cancer as well as making a difference in the community through the Angela “Charlie” Lilly Community Foundation. As for what’s next for Charlie’s Angels, Lilly said the ultimate goal is to keep going and to keep raising money to find that cure and support the ACS which offers free programs to people around the country, including in Mason, Meigs and Gallia counties. As for the results of the golf tournament, they are listed below: AM Tournament, first place, Jonathan Dillon, Chris Johnson, Heath Rickard, Jay Harris; second place, Tommy Mayes, Jamie Wood, Jason Griffith, Tim Henry; third place, Terry Lucas, M.T. Blaine, Gary Richards, Tim Burnett; fourth place, J.D. Holstein, Rob Craig, Andrew Nichols. Shad Kennady was the winner of the AM Putting Contest. PM Tournament, first place, Mike Sigler, Carl King, Jason King, Derrick Yonker; second place, Jimmy Stewart, Tom Simpkins, Jon Godwin, Bill Simpkins; third place, Jeremy Tucker, Brent Fields, Marshall Wooten, Ronnie Casto; fourth place, Tony Young, Randy Tolliver, Luther Young, Bill Ellis. Ron Hudson was the winner of the PM Putting Contest. Tommy Mayes won the silent auction; Dave Somerville won the Snowshoe Package; Van Ellis won the cash drawing. This year the tournament also had its first hole in one prize winner when Colby Ingels aced hole 9 from 130 yards away. Submitted photo Members of Charlie’s Angels and supporters recently gathered at Riverside Golf Course in Mason for the group’s annual golf tournament to raise funds for the American Cancer Society and the Angela “Charlie” Lilly Community Foundation. Charlie’s Angels has raised $100,000 for the ACS in the last seven years in memory of Angela “Charlie” Lilly who died from breast cancer at 38 years old. Submitted photos At left, J.D. Holstein, cancer survivor, was the honorary starter for the 2012 Charlie’s Angels Golf Tournament. At right, This year the tournament also had its first hole-in-one prize winner when Colby Ingels aced hole 9 from 130 yards away. Submitted photo Members of the PM First Place Team for the Charlie’s Angels Golf Tournament were Mike Siegler, Carl King, Jason King and Derrick Yonker. Submitted photos At left, Jay Harris and Heath Rickard were members of the AM First Place Team at the Charlie’s Angels Golf Tournament. Not pictured Jonathan Dillon, Chris Johnson. At right, Amy Brown, Wendy Lilly, Michelle Roush and Shaya Nott, members of Charlie’s Angels, were just a few of many who helped organize and pull off this year’s golf tournament with raised over $20,000, 75 percent of which went to the American Cancer Society and 25 percent of which went to the Angela “Charlie” Lilly Community Foundation. �Sunday, July 15, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C2 Special needs parenting: I did NOT sign up for this Stress: I don’t know if I can do this anymore! Mother and home educator to two special needs children Discussing the stress on a caregiver for special needs children is a terribly difficult subject for me to broach. To tell this story, it must be real, it must be human — and I have to find the courage to bare my soul. The only way to truly understand my daily life is to hear the truth. I’m not describing the boring details or exposing the multiple skeletons in the family closet for narcissistic reasons. I’m writing to give the hopes, joys, frustrations and sheer, utter embarrassment of our stress as caregivers a voice. Some caregiver, somewhere, needs to open his/ her front door and expose both the sunshine and the shadows. I fear no one may, at least not soon enough, so I’m bracing myself for public humiliation, hate mail and snide remarks all in the pursuit of spreading awareness about autism and special needs children. When my Asperger/ADHD/Bipolar/Anxiety son was about two years old, I called my high school science teacher and one of the best mentors of my life, Sandy Forgey. Crying because I couldn’t understand what I had gotten myself into (partly because neither of my children were diagnosed yet and I barely knew what autism was), I sobbed to her that no one gave me a manual for raising these children once I brought them home from the NICU. She listened to me and then said, “Jodi, there isn’t a manual. Parenting is a skill you learn on the job.” I didn’t understand that advice for several years. A few years later, I began to understand I needed to analyze as much of my child’s behavior as I could. I needed to research the symptoms that didn’t seem “normal” to me, and I needed to seek medical evaluation. Caregivers need to understand they are absolutely in charge. No one knows your child like you do. If you don’t agree with an assessment, get a second or third opinion. If any doctor doesn’t listen to your concerns or treats you rudely — fire them. I’ve been told to tread lightly, especially with specialists because they are so difficult to get an appointment with. That’s nonsense. The yellow pages are full of doctors, and most have very short waiting periods for appointments and nowadays don’t even require a referral. I will offer two odd pieces of advice — do not judge a doctor by his/her bedside manner. Sometimes the nicest doctors I’ve encountered couldn’t figure out what took me 20 minutes on Google to figure out. I’ve had to let a few cranky ones know their bedside manner could use some work, but they provided me with the best medical care. Secondly, you can judge a doctor by the quality of their staff. If the staff is rude or inefficient, the doctor will always end up being worthless. The best advice I can give you is: take charge. Never count on any professional to have all the answers. Some doctors sneer when you find a research study on the Internet. Demand that that they discuss the issue, order tests if you feel it’s necessary and give your opinion respect. You will never find happiness or balance until you realize no one is going to magically appear and give you all the answers. I daily deal with dosing meds/vitamins exactly on time, or behaviors can get out of hand. I prepare most meals from scratch, which is very time-consuming, to ensure plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables, a gluten-, oat- and corn-free diet is maintained and very few preservatives. When on the road, even to local doctor’s appointments, we are a ‘cooler family’. Due to Jodi Hobbs-Saunders and Aurora Saunders enjoy our time together. I recently went to a hair salon and had my gray professionally colored instead of the horrible ‘at home’ color jobs I’ve been doing for years. It’s a small indulgence for myself, and I feel like I look better for my husband. I also went to the thrift store and bought a few new tops, because I haven’t bought myself clothes in years. Through all of this, never forget that if you have the luxury of being married, the divorce rate for families with special needs children is estimated between 60-90 percent. My husband is a saint for not institutionalizing me, helping out with the children and staying in this family despite unbelievable odds. He deserves a wife who tries to make an effort. A family member informed me a year ago when we received Connor’s autism diagnosis that, “There’s nothing wrong with that boy except your parenting. If you’d beat him more, he’d straighten right out. A week at my house would fix him.” Two grandparents don’t believe either child has any medical conditions. The truth is … several years ago when Connor was a toddler, I did try spanking him. That’s how I was raised, and I just assumed he would “fall into line”. Never once did it help. It made him furious and sometimes violent. Last week, I had to lie to my now eightyear-old daughter about why two of her grandparents didn’t call, send a card or come to her birthday party. I told her they were flooded in and didn’t have electricity or phone. Thank goodness she doesn’t check the weather and realize how severely dry everything is. There are some who say, “who are you to homeschool, medicate and take your children to therapy?” I’m going to be perfectly honest. I’m bipolar, OCD and diagnosed with general anxiety disorder. I’ve also been told to be evaluated for ADD and Asperger’s myself. I have the right to make these decisions because I’ve been that child struggling to control their unbelievably strong anger, unable to concentrate and daydreaming, and having wild mood swings. My childhood was very difficult and included a lot of bullying at school and conflicts at home. Last June, my son stood in the middle of the living room screaming, crySee STRESS ‌| C3 MAJOR SPONSORS 60335277 Jodi Hobbs-Saunders our children’s inability to eat so many ingredients, going through the drive-thru isn’t an option. A cooler must be packed with fresh fruits, veggies, nuts, etc. My son must also eat every three hours to prevent behavioral outbursts and violent episodes. Most weeks, we have two-five appointments. We school online with a public school that offers flexible hours in order to allow the children to get a proper education while managing all these medical appointments, migraines, meltdowns and so on. Socialization has been a struggle, but has been getting better. It’s taken us awhile to meet new friends who understand and accept both our special needs children. Also, this has been the first year that my Asperger son, Connor, has been accepted by the neighborhood children. In previous years, they would go back into their homes if he came outside. Recently, a little boy who lives across the street saw Connor watering our flowers and asked if he could come over and play. Later that night, I walked over, crying, and thanked his mother, who is a teacher and has been very supportive of Connor’s diagnosis, for her son’s actions. Parenting special needs children is the hardest job I’ve ever had in my life. You have to find joy in every little way possible. My own health has suffered greatly. The stress, not eating and not taking care of myself due to fatigue, time and money takes its toll. There are days that, due to chronic severe lower back pain and fibromyalgia, I crawl on my hands and knees through the house to care for the children. I do not believe in very much TV viewing for children under 21. That said, pay $8 a month for Netflix, and put a lock on your bedroom door. Your marriage is worth it. My husband and I recently started playing poker after the kids go to bed. We relax, talk about all sorts of topics and enjoy each other’s company without paying $12-$20 an hour for a special needs childcare provider. He keeps score … which drives me crazy … but otherwise I really �Sunday, July 15, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Engagement Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C3 Engagement Barr-Garnes Michael and Margaret Barr of Hemlock Grove, along with Joe and Shari Garnes of Pomeroy, announce the upcoming marriage of their children, Amy Barr and Andy Garnes. Amy is a 2008 graduate of Meigs High School. She attended Ohio University and is currently working towards a Doctorate of Pharmacy at the University of Charleston and expects to graduate in May 2015. Amy is the granddaughter of Mildred Riggs and the late Harley Riggs and the late Alpha and Elvira Barr Andy is a 2007 graduate of Meigs High School. Andy currently attends WVU Tech. He will graduate in December with a BS degree in Computer Engineering. Andy is the grandson of Joseph and Bernice Garnes and Lila Mitch and the late Gene Mitch. The couple will be married in a private ceremony at the Hemlock Grove Christian Church on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. Amy Barr and Andy Garnes Meigs Library Column Heather Ann Green and Bradley Ian Brown Davies Green-Davies Linda Baker of Mercerville and Randy Green of Bidwell announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Heather Ann Green to Bradley Ian Brown Davies, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Davies of Patriot. Heather is a 2012 graduate of South Gallia High School and is employed by Altizer Farm Supply of Thurman, the White House Grill of Rio Grande and Magnolia Dentistry of Chillicothe. Bradley is a 2007 graduate of South Gallia High School and is a self employed contractor. The couple will be married on Aug. 11, 2012 on the Davies Family Farm with the theme of a casual, country wedding. The couple will reside in Patriot. Social Security Column Regular library users have County users more than dounoticed some changes to the bled. All library materials, with library database over the past the exception of local history few months. There is a wider and genealogy are able to be revariety of materials, more copquested from the OVLC libraries of popular titles are availies. Holds can be placed from able and the catalog shows that your home computer through some of the items are owned by the library website, www.meigplaces like Ironton and Jackson slibrary.org or by calling the City libraries. In November of library to make your request. last year, the Meigs County The delivery system which the District Public Library and the libraries have had in place for Briggs Lawrence County Public many years is being utilized Library took advantage of an ofto move requested materials fer from our library circulation among the libraries at no addiKristi L. Eblin software provider The Library tional cost. Corporation (TLC) to merge At the beginning of June, the Director, Meigs the two library’s databases to Jackson City Library database County Library form one big database which was merged with the existing includes all of our materials. OVLC database to expand the The newly formed cooperative venture is collection of materials even further, and called the Ohio Valley Library Consortium it doesn’t stop there. Plans are underway (OVLC). to add the Herbert Wescoat Memorial LiThe overall goal of the OVLC is to im- brary of Vinton County in late July. Oak prove service to library users through col- Hill Public Library will come on board in laboration, cost savings and resource shar- mid-August and the Sylvester Memorial ing. The decline in funding that libraries Wellston Public Library is scheduled to join have suffered over the last several years has the OVLC consortium in September. The made it difficult for libraries to meet the Portsmouth Public Library will be included needs of their users on their own. By shar- in OVLC later in the fall. The OVLC libraring resources with our neighbors, we can ies are committed to providing excellent provide the materials our customers need service to all of our users and to growing and do it in a cost effective manner. After the database by adding more libraries in the merging our collections, the number of future to better meet the needs of those in items available to be checked out by Meigs our communities. Report your name change to Social Security Marcus Geiger Social Security District Manager in Gallipolis This time of year, we see a lot of weddings, and in many cases that means name changes. If you need to change your name due to marriage, divorce, or any other reason, you will want to report the change to Social Security. There are several reasons to report the change. First, IRS and Social Security match computer records. If the name and Social Security number you report on your tax return do not match the name and Social Security number in our records, it could delay the processing of your return as well as any tax refund you might be due. The second reason it is important to make sure your Social Security records are up-to-date is because your potential Social Security benefits are based almost entirely on the earnings record we maintain for you. If your employer reports earnings to the government under your new name, and your Social Security record still shows your old name, those earnings may not get credited to your Social Security earnings record. Missing earnings can lead to lower future Social Security benefits. To change your name in Social Security’s records, you must apply for a new Social Security card. To make the application process faster and easier, just go to www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber/ and print out the form for a Social Security card, “Application Form SS-5.” That’s also the form you need if you simply want to apply for a replacement card. The application form also tells you what evidence you will need to submit. Complete the one-page form and bring or mail it to your local Social Security office with proper documentation. All documents must be originals or certified copies and must have information that clearly identifies you, like your date and place of birth. The application includes information on what types of identity and documentation are needed for specific cases, and what sorts of documents we can accept. The application process is easy, and described well (along with other things you may want to know about your Social Security card and number) at www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber. Stress Love yourself and don’t judge yourself or anyone else. If you are doing the best you can, seeking help and actively keeping up with the research on your child’s condition(s) — you are a success in my book. Seek out a support group that you feel comfortable with. Go out with friends for a “Girl’s Night Out”. I am proud to say I see my own counselor several times a month. I get to vent, and she helps me understand these emotions along with suggestions for dealing with all my stress and anxiety. There is a taboo on seeking counseling and mental health treatment. It’s ridiculous. Chef Francisco’s Lunch Specials Startingg at $3.99 We Deliver!!! Choose from Spaghetti Panini’s Subs Baked Ziti ...and more! Mental health is a physical health problem. It’s an imbalance of chemicals in your brain. It’s no different than cancer, diabetes or arthritis. Take care of yourself to be a better mother, wife, sister, friend, etc. Never give up hope! Remember that we are raising the future leaders and inventors of this world. No one famous was ever ‘normal’. I want to thank both my new and established readers. I’ve received some very touching emails and posts. Please seek out my Facebook page “I did not sign up for this special needs parenting”. You can also contact me at: snp.ididnotsignupforthis@gmail.com . Follow me on Twitter at: @JhobbsSaunders. Evans-Moore Insurance Gallipolis • 740-441-1111 Joe Moore & Sarah Evans-Moore 60333439 6 EARSof expertly delivered and installed Y 0 ~Carpet ~Custom Window Treatments ~Fine Furniture 151 Second Avenue Gallipolis, Ohio 446-0332 60331082 ing and shouting, “Please get me help, Mom. I know I’m different, and I can’t control my anger. I want help, please!” My children have a right to as much of a decent childhood as any other, and I will do everything in my power to give them that. To those who doubt my right, I ask them who are they to question someone who has been in the very position my children are now. I don’t have the “perfect” answer for family issues about disagreements about diagnosis or not being invited to holiday dinners anymore due to your child’s behavior. I can tell you our philosophy. Remove the negative people from your life, invite the ones who love your child for who they are and move on. It’s the only way we’ve found any peace. I can also tell you that some counties offer support services and respite care. I hate to sound so negative … but good luck with that. Funds are extremely limited, there are huge waiting lists and despite the fact we pay the same taxes as everyone else, we qualify for absolutely nothing. Let’s discuss finances for a moment. I’m going to be embarrassingly honest. We are flat broke and have medical bills coming out of our ears. My husband’s income excludes us from any services, but they don’t take into account that we are still paying off bills from my breast cancer 12 years ago. Our current medical bills keep piling up and getting turned into collections. As an Asperger child, my son is extremely interested in technology. I would give one of my kidneys to be able to provide him with an iPad and apps specifically for autism and Asperger’s. As far as my stress, I am not the perfect mother. There are some of those women I’ve met at support groups who try to pass that image off. They are flat-out liars. Sometimes I raise my voice at my autistic son when he doesn’t deserve it. My laundry gets piled so high I don’t know how we don’t go naked. Some days when my husband comes home from work, I take my iTouch with my Kindle app to the master bedroom, lock the door and tell everyone, “Mom’s off duty”. 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You also waver between being intellectual and highly emotional. You may be deciding whether to buy a home or remodel your present one. You’ll want to live out a dream that could involve travel and/or a foreigner. If you are single, you certainly have the capacity to confuse someone. Make sure your choice is emotionally available. If you are attached, plan a special trip or event that the two of you often have spoken about. GEMINI understands you nearly too well. 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 are quite diversified and energized. Your ability to focus is unusually high, which is good. You intuitively know when someone pushes you in the wrong direction. Understand what makes a situation work for you. Share more. Tonight: Happily head home. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You might want to rethink a personal matter that could impact your finances. Let your creativity stretch to new limits when in a meeting or brainstorming situation. You believe anything is possible, though you do understand there is a limit to your own energy. Tonight: Catch up on a pal’s news. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You have that sparkle that convinces others to go along with your ideas. You might want to think about a situation in which you will need to take the lead. A child or a loved one could be shut down or testy. Tonight: Treat yourself well. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Step back and do some thinking. You might want to move in a new direction. You also might do some research and check in with a respected authority figure. You will know when you have sufficient information. Tonight: Come out of hiding. Others want to visit. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Use the daylight hours to the max. Understand what your limitations might be. You cannot hold back at the moment; you need to initiate a project or a conversation. The reaction you get could be better, but know that this, too, will pass. Tonight: Vanish Ad us goes here at: Visit online Horoscope while you can! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Once more, you discover how many people depend on getting a certain reaction from you. They might not realize how demanding their needs can be. A conversation cannot be put on the back burner. Let people know when a situation becomes cumbersome. Tonight: Out among friends. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Take a chance and make that long-distance call. You are on top of your game and honoring exactly what you want. Your seriousness tells others that you mean business. Do not sell yourself short. Also, do a better job of listening. Tonight: A force to be dealt with. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You could be on top of a situation because of a partner who seems to catch others’ news and whimsies way before anyone else. Listen to this person’s feedback with care if you want to make strong decisions. Tonight: Let your mind wander and choose. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH Others seek you out, but your hands are full with juggling people and requests. The good news is that you handle it well. You might need to stop and deal with a difficult person in a meeting. You have the right leverage. Tonight: Dinner for two. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Dive into your normal routine, yet be aware that you could be slowed down by someone you look up to. He or she could be inordinately testy. Rather than thinking about someone, pick up the phone and say “hello.” Your efforts will be appreciated. Tonight: Sort through invitations. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Tap into your innate ingenuity to find the right solution. Someone you trust and respect might be unavailable. Understand rather than complain. Use care with your finances, and follow a hunch. Be sure you can afford the risk. Tonight: Take it easy. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You might want to rethink a decision that could cause a bit of a hardship in a relationship. You know what you want to do. Is there another way? Put a hold on any decisions you are not comfortable with. Tonight: Let your imagination rock and roll. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribune.com �Sunday, July 15, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Anniversary Anniversary Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C5 Births Daniel Lee Johnson Johnson birth announced Dr. and Mrs. Dustin Johnson announce the birth of their son, Daniel Lee. He was born June 20, at 2:13 p.m. and weighed 6 lbs 15 oz. He was 20 inches long. His mother is the former Erica Price, of Charleston, W.Va. Maternal grandparents are Eric and Cindy Price of Charleston, W.Va. Maternal great-grandparents are William and Anna May Bissett of Huntington, W.Va. Paternal grandparents are Lee and Sandy Johnson of Crown City, Ohio. Paternal great-grandparents are Tuck and Ginny Shepherd of Willow Wood, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Wood Woods to celebrate 30th anniversary Donald and Mary Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Jess Wood, of 24494 Rowley Lane, Coolville, will observe their 30th wedding annivsersary on July 16. They have three children, Carrie Morris of Rutland, Doug Wood and Scott Wood of Buckeye Lake. Barnetts observe 70th wedding anniversary Jennifer Lopez follows Tyler off ‘American Idol’ LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Lopez is the second judge in two days to say she’s leaving “American Idol.” Her representative, Mark Young, said Friday that Lopez is ending her time on television’s most popular show after two years. Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler said the same thing on Thursday. Lopez broke the news to “Idol” host Ryan Seacrest on his radio show. “I really was dreading this phone call with you,” she told him. “I honestly feel like the time has come that I have to get back to doing the other things that I do that I’ve put kind of on hold because I love ‘Idol’ so much.” That means the show’s judging panel is down to one, Randy Jackson, and there are reports that he may take a different role on the program moving forward. It’s an adolescent identity crisis for “American Idol,” which has been TV’s most popular program for nearly a decade. Ratings for the Fox show have declined as TV’s talent show field gets more competitive. Donald W. Barnett, Sr. and Mary Cain Barnett of Langsville, formerly of Lorain, recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. The couple was married June 20, 1942, in the Gallia County Courthouse in Gallipolis by Judge Moore, with Bob and Roberta Hamilton as witnesses. Barnett retired in 1976 after 30 years as a mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office in Lorain where he also served as pastor of the Faith Tabernacle Church. After returning to Meigs County, he drove bus for the Meigs County school system, retiring from that after 11 years, in 1989. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1945. Serving under General Kruger, his tour of duty took him to New Guinea, Philippine Islands, Okinawa, and Japan. His wife is a homemaker and has devoted her life to her family and to assisting her husband in church. They have seven children, Martha (Billy) Elliott of Langsville; Sandra (Gary) Northup, Vinton, Ohio; Donna (Joe) Woolwine Roanoke, Va.; Deborah Hazlett, Langsville; Naomi (Leonard) Williams, Olmsted Township, Ohio; Claudia (Albert) Pelkey, New Castle, Pa.; Donald (Vickie) Barnett Jr. Langsville. The couple has 19 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren , and two great-great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Barnett reside at 32560 S.R. 124, Langsville, Ohio 45741. Koen Tyler Rawson Rawson birth announced Josiah and Brandi Rawson of Pomeroy Ohio are the proud parents of an infant son, Koen Tyler Rawson. Koen was born on January 9, 2012, at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis Ohio. Koen, who weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces, and was 21.5 inches, is the Rawsons’ first child. Maternal grandparents are Teresa Ohlinger, of Logan, Ohio, and the late Victor Counts, of Syracuse, Ohio. Paternal grandparents are Debbie and Jerry Yeauger, of Middleport, Ohio. Maternal great-grandparents are Bill Dailey and the late Carol Dailey, of Longbottom, Ohio. Paternal great-grandparents are Zora Rawson and the late Emmit Rawson, of Middleport, Ohio. 1 out of 200 house will be struck per year. That’s a 1:200 odds that your house will be the one. Home National Bank gives loans for storm damage to homes and property. Choose Home National Bank for all your Repair Loan needs. 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