https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/4537204937b50d4197ece997613d8bee.pdf 0071d69b91c6a66f434c1aa6fb1ac8d2 PDF Text Text log onto www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailytribune.com for archive • games • e-edition • polls & more Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS OBITUARIES A look at the new GAMS .... Page C1 Mostly sunny. High near 75. Low around 50..... Page A3 Week 3 high school football action.... Page B1 Jerry Baisden, 67 Virginia M. Banks, 95 Eva Gilbert, 86 Carl W. Gillespie, 78 Elias Hatfield, Jr., 54 Kimberly K. Foley Jackson, 46 Richard D. Kittle, 91 James McTurner, 65 $2.00 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 Vol. 46, No. 37 Food stamps feed low income, support economy Stephanie M. Filson Managing Editor sfilson@heartlandpublications.com GALLIPOLIS — Food stamps in Gallia County is a slow-growing business, but a substantial business nonetheless. According to statistics provided by Gallia County Job and Family Services (DJFS), currently more than 3,400 Gallia County households — and approximately 7,200 individuals — receive food stamps, totaling about $950,000 a month. With a countywide popu- lation of 30,970, that means that over 23 percent of all residents in Gallia County are currently receiving food assistance. And, according to DJFS Director Dana Glassburn, with the state of the economy, there is no indication that the number of cases will decline anytime soon. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides assistance for purchasing food for low and no-income individuals living in the United States. It is a program administered by the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but the individual states are responsible for distributing the benefits. During the 2011 fiscal year, $76.7 billion in food stamps was distributed nationwide. As of March 2012, 46.4 million Americans were receiving on average $133.14 per month in benefits — a monthly benefit average reflected in Gallia County, as well. Glassburn explained that despite often heard derogatory statements about recipients being “lazy” or “freeloaders”, food assistance al- most never covers the entire cost of food for an individual or family. “It is used to fill a gap,” said Glassburn. “Some seniors get $17 a month. What can a person really buy with that?” According to information provided by Glassburn and his staff, the total amount of food stamps received by Gallia County residents in 2009 was nearly $9 million; $10.7 million in 2010; and $11.37 million in 2011. It is estimated that during the year 2012, $11.7 million in food stamps will be paid out in rural Gallia County, the state’s 73rd most populous county, which would mark a notable growth in assistance since 2009. People who qualify for food stamps use an EBT card, which looks like a credit card, to make purchases. They can buy a variety of foods, prepackaged, breads, dairy products, certain bottled beverages, ice, meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and more. Excluded items include hot foods, food intended to be eaten in the store, See STAMPS ‌| A2 Third man arraigned in burglary case Amber Gillenwater mdtnews@mydailytribune.com Photos by Sarah Hawley | Times-Sentinel Fans — many of them teenage girls — crowded close to the stage as teen rock band New Hollow entertained the crowd. Teen Night breathes new energy into Party in the Park RACINE — People of all ages came to Star Mill Park on Friday evening for “teen night” at Racine’s fourth annual Party in the Park. Teen rock band New Hollow entertained the crowd, followed by Crossroad Station. The three day festival opened on Thursday evening with entertainment from the Truly Saved Trio, Bullit County, Shelia Arnold and Open Rail, performing on “Gospel/Bluegrass Night.” Festival headliner Lee Brice, Heartbreak Ridge and After Midnight were the scheduled lineup for Saturday evening. The annual event also featured amusement rides, arcade games, a petting zoo, kiddie tractor pull, parade and several food and craft vendors. More on the fourth annual Party in the Park will appear in the Tuesday edition of The Daily Sentinel. GALLIPOLIS — A third individual indicted in relation to a recent spree of Gallia County burglaries has been arraigned in the Common Pleas of Court of Gallia County Donald C. Wray, 34, Gallipolis, pleaded not guilty during a recent hearing to an 18-count indictment charging him with eight counts of burglary, nine counts of theft and one count of breaking and entering. Wray was indicted along with Keith A. Skidmore, 20, and Matthew J. Gilbert, 24, both of Bidwell, for the burglary of seven homes this April, the theft of multiple firearms and other items, as well as the illegal entry into an outbuilding. According to the indictment, returned by a grand jury and filed with the Gallia County Clerk of Courts on June 27, Wray, along with the co-defendants, allegedly burglarized a Gallia County residence on April 17 of this year and stole a 20 gauge New England Pardner shotgun, a .22 caliber Winchester Model 67A rifle, a Stevens .22 caliber auto rifle, as well as Percocets, a schedule II controlled substance, from the residence. The indictment further alleges that the defendant entered a residence on Williams Hollow Road between April 13-15 and stole a 12 gauge Remington pump shotgun, a 16 gauge bolt action shotgun, a 410 gauge single shot shotgun and a .22 caliber rifle with scope. A residence located on Cargo Road was also burglarized on April 5 and miscellaneous jewelry was taken from that residence, according to the charges. Additionally, the indictment states that a residence on Bulaville Pike was broken into between November 7 and November 26, 2009, and was allegedly burglarized again by the defendant on April 19-21 of this year. The indictment also specifies a burglary on Yellow Town Road on April 4, See CASE ‌| A2 Alan Wallace to relate his 9-11 experience for DAR Kicks off Constitution Week Charlene Hoeflich choeflich@mydailysentinel.com POMEROY — Alan Wallace, formerly of Middleport, will give a first-hand account of the 9-11 attack on the Pentagon when he speaks at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at a meeting of Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the Pomeroy Public Library. Opal Grueser, regent, invites the public to attend the meeting which will serve as a kickoff for the observance of Constitution Week, Sept. 17-23. She encouraged those who haven’t heard Wallace’s story about the attack, and the role he and other firefighters played on that eventful day in Washington D. C., should take the time to come and listen. Wallace was at the PentaAT LEFT, Even the youngest of fans enjoyed the music as Tyson Hupp and Izzy Cornell danced during a song by New Hollow. AT gon when the attack occurred and he and some of his assoRIGHT, One lucky fan was pulled on stage as opening act Spencer Sutherland took to the stage to sing his song “Cover Girl.” ciates were assigned to the Fort Myer’s firefighters to give help at the scene. “It was an amazing and horrifying experience, and Alan tells of his participation in such a passionate manner. You won’t want to miss it,” said Grueser. As for Constitution Week, Grueser described it as “the country’s least known of official observances even though it stands as a testament to the tenacity of Americans throughCharlene Hoeflich out history to maintain their liberties and freedom, and to choeflich@mydailysentinel.com ensure those inalienable rights to every American.” As for the history of the observance, the DAR in 1955 POMEROY — Septempetitioned Congress to set aside a time for the observance ber’s Riverfest with its of Constitution Week. Under the leadership of President call to “Rally by the River” Dwight D. Eisenhower, the resolution made by the DAR where sternwheelers dock, was adopted in 1956. entertainers perform, One of the objectives of the national observance, said river cruises are held and Grueser, is to encourage the study of the historical events everything from a talent that led up to the framing of the Constitution in September contest to a chili cook-off in 1787. She made reference to a comment from Merry Ann are featured, is sure to livT. Wright, president general of the DAR, in which Wright en up Pomeroy’s riverfront reminded citizens that “the Constitution by itself cannot guarantee liberty. A Nation’s people can remain free only beginning on Thursday by being responsible citizens who are willing to learn about and ending on Saturday the rights of each arm of government and require that each night. is accountable for its own function. We encourage all citiActivities kick off at 6 zens to take time during Constitution Week to guard that September’s Riverfest with its call to “Rally by the River” where sternwheelers dock, entertainers p.m. Thursday with an perform, river cruises are held and everything from a talent contest to a chili cook-off are featured, which is committed to us by our forefathers…our freedom,” she concluded. See RALLY |‌ A2 is sure to liven up Pomeroy’s riverfront beginning on Thursday and ending on Saturday night. Riverfest calls for a rally by the river �Sunday, September 9, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A2 Woman feels her whole neighborhood uses pool else’s teens. That’s Dear Dr. Brothers: I’m so relieved a shame! Now is a when summer ends good time to change things. If you have each year, because we the pool secure in a seem to be the host of way that’s up to town almost daily gatherings of teens from our code, you still have neighborhood. Our to be responsible for other people’s kids, two kids have a lot of and that’s a heavy friends, who feel free burden to carry. Their to come over and use the pool as though normal exuberance it were their own. I can be dangerous know they are too old poolside, and you will to want to be watched liable if accidents Dr. Joyce Brothers be by parents, but I find occur, especially if Syndicated myself glued to the someone really takes Columnist window, making sure advantage of your no one is too rowdy generosity and starts or doing crazy dives sneaking in drugs or or running and falling. How can alcohol. I know you don’t want to I get this scene to go away next embarrass your children by hangyear? — T.Y. ing around outside or kicking evDear T.Y.: It doesn’t sound as eryone out, but your kids can take though you get to use the pool some responsibility for the situafor relaxation and exercise, but tion they’ve helped create. are instead entertaining everyone Before another day goes by, tell Stamps From Page A1 ment rate was 8.3 percent. Nearby Scioto County had pet food, and alcohol and the highest unemployment rate in the state at 11.0 pertobacco products. Officials say one doesn’t cent. While food stamps increase have to look far to see why the purchasso many Galing power of lia County individuals r e s i d e n t s “It’s been a and famiare finding lies in need, it necessary serious economic they also to seek assistance to downturn. There is significantly boost the purchase economy of food. And a problem there, local comthe trend in munities. growth is not but the food is not The USDA just in Gallia the problem. The has deterCounty, but mined that nationwide. [lack of] jobs are for every “It’s been food stamp a serious the problem.” dollar spent, economic $1.84 is cred ow n t u r n . — Dana Glassburn ated in local There is a economic problem activity. there,” said In rural Gallia County, Glassburn, “but the food is not the problem. The [lack that means food stamps can be considered a big of] jobs are the problem.” According to recent un- business, as it supports not employment numbers, he is only those who receive the assistance but also the lolikely right. According to July unem- cal businesses that accept ployment figures reported it — nearly $1 million each by the N.C. Department of month. “It would cripple Gallia Commerce’s Labor and Economic Analysis Division, County if we were to lose Gallia County’s unemploy- it,” said Glassburn. your kids that they should begin informing their friends that pool attendance will be by invitation only, courtesy of their mean and uptight mother. Let them make you the bad guy if it’s easier for them, but give them a chance to cut down on pool parties on their own. Tell them frankly what your concerns are, and give them some time to spread the word. If nothing changes, you’ll have to start contacting parents or posting signs or doing whatever it takes. Teens hate to feel that they are still under the thumb of their parents, so your kids may be eager to take on this difficult job if you insist. They may get angry, but be firm. *** Dear Dr. Brothers: I’ve had a hard time deciding whether to be a drinker. It’s not something I’ve ever really gotten into, but now that I am middle age and divorced, I wonder if it would help on the social scene. I’m shy and quiet, and I know that people say drinking can help you loosen up, but I don’t know if it’s good to use it as a crutch. Is it something that I would become psychologically dependent on if I drink just when I go to social events? Help me decide. — S.G. Dear S.G.: It sounds as if you have gone all the way to middle age without dependency issues, and that perhaps you don’t even much care for the taste of liquor. Those two facts make it less likely that you would become dependent on alcohol to function comfortably in social situations, but with drinking there’s no real way to tell what will happen. The ease you feel at parties or other situations with a drink or two as opposed to the anxiety you experience without them may be a strong motivator to always go for the feel-good decision. And it is possible you might build up a tolerance for al- cohol, but not as likely if you confine it to only occasional outings. Drinking at home alone would be a warning sign that you would want to pay attention to. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh studied the “loosening up” phenomenon, and confirmed that drinking alone sometimes reinforced the drinker’s negative emotional state. But moderate drinking in groups — your social situation — tended to lead to increased positive emotions and improved social bonding, and worked to reduce negative emotions. So, with the credo “everything in moderation,” you might try having a beer or glass of wine at your next social event and just see how it goes. If you have a good time and feel relaxed, you don’t need to think of it as a crutch — you’re still you, but a little less shy and anxious. (c) 2012 by King Features Syndicate Local Stocks AEP (NYSE) — 43.46 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 20.32 Ashland Inc. 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Ohio Valley Forecast Sunday: A slight chance of showers after 2 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Monday: Sunny, with a high near 75. Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Case From Page A1 as well as a break-ins at residences located on Ohio 160 and Kerr Road and a barn located on Cora Mill Road. During his arraignment, Wray’s bond was set at $100,000, 10 percent, and he was ordered to have no contact with the victims in this case. A jury trial in this case has been set for November 13. Skidmore was arraigned in July 16 and pleaded not guilty to all 18 counts of his indictment. His bond was set at $50,000, 10 percent, and a jury trial has been scheduled for October 1 in this case. Gilbert was arraigned in this case on August 6 and pleaded guilty to the charges against him. His bond was set at $100,000, 10 percent and a jury trial has been scheduled for October 22. Gilbert was also recently arraigned in a 2011 case and pleaded not guilty to one count of burglary for his alleged involvement in a residential break-in at a home located on Brick School Road on September 27, 2011. The bond in this case has also been set at $100,000, 10 percent. In a third case, Gilbert was arraigned on community violations after being sentenced to two years of community control on October 31, 2011. In this earliest common pleas case, the defendant pleaded guilty to the burglary of an Ohio 588 residence between December 25 and December 27, 2009, and was subsequently sentenced to a term of community control. The defendant’s bond in this case has been set at $25,000, 10 percent, and he is scheduled to appear for a hearing on the probation violations on September 27. Wray, Skidmore and Gilbert all remain in custody in the Gallia County Jail. Rally From Page A1 opening ceremony by Drew Webster Post 39, American Legion, followed by a parade of firetrucks from across the Bend area. Evening entertainers will be Dale Kulchar and Chad Dodson and ” Still Standing.” Again this year the Sternwheel Ruble will be providing cruises on the river. Two special cruises are included this year. On Tuesday (9-11) as a special tribute to firemen everywhere there will be a cruise for Bend area firemen as a gift in appreciation for their dedication. Brenda Roush, festival cochair, says nine tickets are BURIED in CREDIT CARDDEBT? being issued to each fire chief who will then distribute them to firemen in his department. The other special cruise will be for senior citizens and their guests at the special price of $4 each. It will take place from 1 to 2 p.m. on Friday. On that cruise will be entertainers, Jeff Seager, a musician from Charleston, W. Va., Suzanne Holstein, “Granny Sue,” of Ripley, W.Va., and Donna Wilson of Middleport, storytellers. The three will also present a program in the amphitheater at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The artists are part of the Stories by the River’s Edge program partially funded by the Ohio River Border Initiative. On the schedule are four public cruises with the Ruble leaving the levee at 1, 5, 6:30 and 8 p.m. on Friday. There are six on Saturday, beginning at 12:30, and ending at 8 p.m. with the fireworks cruise. Friday’s entertainers will be Southbound Band from 6 to 8 p.m. and Southern Accent from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday’s lineup of entertainment includes singer/songwriter Mindy Fraasch, Insured Sound, Chase Likens, the Point Pleasant lad of American Idol fame. Wrapping up the festival following the fireworks will be music by 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 To our Friends, Neighbors, and Relatives, Thank you for cards, Telephone calls, Flowers, and Food Following the death of our Mother, Mildred Fry. A special Thank you to staff and caregivers at Rocksprings Rehab, Anderson Funeral Home, and Pastors Neil Cadle and Linea Warmke. GOD BLESS, Jim Fry & Judy Reiber “Home Town,” Gary Ellis and his band from Columbus. Again this year the festival will feature “We’ve Got Talent” competitions for adults on Friday at 8 p.m. and for kids up to 18 on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. with cash prizes for the winners. The traditional Saturday night teen dance on the lower parking lot with Rockin’ Reggie will begin at 7 p.m. There will be bounce houses and carnival rides along with special activities for kids on both days. Announcement of the winners in the chili cookoff will be made at 1 p.m. just as the Pomeroy Merchants Association’s an- nual duck derby gets underway. Tickets for the derby will remain on sale until noon Saturday. This year there will be a 50-50 split of ticket sale proceeds going to the owner of the duck which crosses the finish line first. The popular men’s sexy leg contest will be held at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday with trophies and cash prizes being awarded. A balloon launch in memory of Ann Layne who handled the line throwing contest at the festival for many years and others who passed during the year will be held on Saturday evening just before the 9 p.m. fireworks display. Thank You BEF Foods Thank You for buying my 2012 Market Hog Seth Woodward Triangle 60351402 Have story suggestions? Call: 446.2342 or 992.2155 Smith Financial Advisors for buying my 2012 Market Hog Olivia Woodward Triangle 60351412 �Sunday, September 9, 2012 Obituaries Carl W. Gillespie Carl W. Gillespie, 78, of Gallipolis, Ohio died unexpectedly on Friday, September 7, 2012, at his residence. He was born on April 10, 1934, at home on Cora Mill Road, Gallipolis, Ohio, son of the late Troy Coe and Clemmie Fuller Gillespie. Carl was a graduate of Gallia Academy High School, class of 1953. He was an U.S. Army Veteran serving from 1955-1957, spending one year in Iceland. He was a farmer at heart and was known for his fabulous gardening skills and sharing his produce with many friends and family. Carl was a member of the Rodney United Methodist Church since 1953, where he served as Sunday School Superintendent, Sunday School Teacher, Lay Speaker, and chairman or member of various church committees. He loved gospel and country music, singing and playing guitar while he was in high school, in churches, and various other venues both as a soloist and with his band known as “The Country Drifters”, playing in Gallia, Meigs and Mason counties in the 1960s. He retired from Century Aluminum, in Ravenswood, WV in January 1997 with nearly 40 years of service. Carl married Jean Allison Gillespie on Easter Sunday, April 10, 1955, and she survives. He was the father of Carl Marty (Sharon) Gillespie of Mt. Sterling, KY, Randy Jay Gillespie of Gallipolis, and Travis Allison (Theresa) Gillespie of Hendersonville, TN; and the proud grandfather of Powers Cobourn Gillespie, Bruce Colin Gillespie, Caleb Patrick of Kentucky, Sophia Gracelyn Gillespie, and Olivia Hope Gillespie of Tennessee. Also surviving are his sisters, Myrtle Grossi, Jean Wooddell, and Mary Sahr, all of Columbus; sisters-in-law, Peggy Gillespie of Columbus, Ohio, and Bobbie Gillespie of Gallipolis. Several nieces and nephews and other family members also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Ishmael, Henderson, James, Frank and Troy Gillespie; sisters, Lola Salyer and Ruth McDonald; sister-in-law Ruth Gillespie; brothers-in-law, Ray Fetheroff, Ed Sahr, Arthur Salyer, Leonard Wooddell and Tom McDonald. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, September 10, 2012, at the Rodney United Methodist Church with Pastor Dan Lamphier officiating. Burial will follow in the Calvary Cemetery, Rio Grande. Friends may call on Sunday, September 9, 2012, at Willis Funeral Home from 7-9 p.m. A flag presentation will be presented at the graveside by the members of the Gallia County Funeral Detail. Pallbearers will be Marty, Randy, Travis, Powers, Bruce and Frank Gillespie; Honorary pallbearers will be Ron Allison, Ralph Hutchinson, Russell Fellure, David Mink, Eddie Harrington and Reed Blain. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Carl’s memory to the Rodney United Methodist Church. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. Elias Hatfield, Jr. Elias Hatfield, Jr., better known as either ‘Big E.’ or ‘Chappy’, age 54, of Bidwell, died Thursday September 6, 2012, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born May 21, 1958, in Williamson, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Elias Hatfield, Sr. and Jane Mahon Hatfield of Bidwell. In addition to his father, Eli was preceded in death by an infant sister, Barbara Sue Hatfield. Eli was a truck driver. He held memberships in the following organizations: Cheshire Masonic Lodge # 456, Vinton Masonic Lodge # 131, Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons Chapter 80, Grand Council of Royal Arch Masons Bosworth Council #46 and The Ohio Valley Commandary #24 Knights Templar. He was also a founding member and treasurer of the Ohio Valley CB Club. He is survived by his mother, Jane Mahon Hatfield of Bidwell; his wife, Debbie Larson Hatfield, who he married on March 1, 1985; son, Elias (Shelly) Hatfield III of Bidwell; daughter, Brandi (Miles) Nicholson of McArthur; grandchildren, Elias Hatfield IV., Kaleb M. Hatfield, and Denver Ray Nicholson; sisters, Lois (Clarence) Barker of the Plains, and Glendine Johnson of Naples, FL; brother, Ronald (Marie) Hatfield of Mason; several nieces and nephews including a special nephew, Will Johnson; and several great nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 9, 2012, in the Chapel of Hope Mausoleum at Ohio Valley Memory Gardens, with Pastor Robert Scott officiating. Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home on Saturday from 4-8 p.m.. Masonic Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Elias Hatfield III, Bill Ray, Miles Nicholson, Will Johnson, Kyle Johnson, Brad Beaver, Dustin Beaver and Robert Roush. Honorary pallbearers will be Elias Hatfield IV, Kaleb M. Hatfield and Denver Ray Nicholson. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Shriner’s Hospitals or to the Gallipolis Shrine Club for their Tabloid Project. An online guest registry is available at waugh-halleywood.com. Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A3 Death Notices Jerry Baisden Jerry Baisden, 67, Wellston, died Thursday, September 6, 2012, in the Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, September 10, 2012, in the Huntley-Cremeens Funeral Home, Wellston. Burial will be in the Baisden Family Cemetery near Glenroy. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Eva Gilbert Eva Gilbert, 86, of Southside, W.Va., died September 6, 2012, at Abbyshire Place in Gallipolis, Ohio. Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. on Monday, September 10, 2012, at Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va., with Rev. Jack Mayes officiating. Burial will follow in Tyler Mountain Memorial Gardens in Cross Lanes, W.Va. Friends may visit the family from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. prior to the services on Monday at the funeral home. Virginia M. Banks Virginia M. Banks, 95, of Glenwood died Thursday, September 6, 2012, at Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Point Pleasant. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Wilcoxen Funeral Home of Point Pleasant. James M. McTurner James M. McTurner, 65, Walnut Street, Racine, died at 5:46 p.m. Friday, September 7, 2012, in the Cabell-Huntington Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine. Husted: Ohio absentee ballot applications on the way COLUMBUS — Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced that more than six million applications to vote absentee in the upcoming Presidential Election have mailed to Ohio voters, and should already be arriving in mailboxes. “This mailing represents an unprecedented move toward uniformity, accessibility and fairness in Ohio’s elections process,” Husted said. “For the first time voters in all 88 counties will receive an application to vote by mail – turning their kitchen table into a voting booth.” By the numbers: • Two — Number of statewide mailings. First mailing went out on August 31, 2012, arriving in mailboxes shortly after Labor Day; Second supplemental mailing will go out early October. • 88 — Number of Ohio counties where all registered voters will receive an absentee ballot application — marking the first time ever all Ohioans will have same level of access to ballot. • More Than Six Million – Number of voters included in initial mailing. The supplemental mailing will go out early October and include voters who registered or updated their information after August 6, 2012. • Three — Number of fields voters must complete on personalized absentee ballot applications. Voters must provide valid identification, their date of birth and signature. • 35 — Number of days before Election Day that early voting begins in Ohio and absentee ballots will be sent out — October 2, 2012. • One — National elections experts have noted that Ohio is the only state in the nation to send out absentee bal- lot applications to all registered voters outside of those states, which vote exclusively by mail (currently Washington and Oregon). • $1.4 Million — Total cost of the initial statewide mailing, which is well under initial estimates of $2$3 million. With this cost comes the benefit of more votes being cast early, easing the Election Day rush and reducing the potential for long lines at the polls. Voters must complete and mail in their application by noon on Saturday, November 3, 2012. If they change their mind and go to the polls after having requested an absentee ballot, they will have to vote provisionally. For more information about the 2012 election, visit www.MyOhioVote.com. Pill mill owner pleads guilty to multiple felony charges PORTSMOUTH — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Scioto County Prosecutor Mark Kuhn, Ohio Board of Pharmacy Director Kyle Parker, and Scioto County Sheriff Marty Donini announced Friday the conviction of the owner and operator of an illicit “pill mill” whose improperly prescribed pharmaceuticals are believed to have contributed to the massive rise in overdoses and overdose deaths in Ohio. Friday afternoon, George Marshall Adkins, aka Marshall Adkins, pleaded guilty to five felony charges: • Engaging in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity • Conspiracy to Engage in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity • Permitting Drug Abuse • Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs • Forgery Adkins, of West Portsmouth, owned Greater Medical Advance, Inc. in Wheelersburg. Authorities found that he operated the business as a pill mill from June 2009 until December 2011, when officers with several jurisdictions raided and shut down the establishment. “Prescription drug abuse has hurt so many Ohio families, especially in southern Ohio,” said DeWine. “Before we started aggressively fighting this problem, Scioto County had more than a dozen pill mills, but through excellent teamwork between many different agencies we have successfully shut them all down.” Adkins’ plea represents one of the first convictions on the state level against a non-prescriber for the management and activities connected to a pill mill. Investigators found that Dr. Victor Georgescu, of Centerville, Ohio, illegally prescribed prescription medications. Georgescu was facing similar charges, but died prior to his trial. Two other co-defendants were also charged. Tammy Newman pleaded guilty Conspiracy to Engage in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity, and Melissa Veach, charged with drug trafficking, is awaiting trial. “Anyone found improperly using, selling, or prescribing prescription drugs in Scioto County will be prosecuted to the fullest extent,” said Kuhn. “We will not stand by and let this prescription drug epidemic continue in the Portsmouth area.” Adkins’ guilty plea comes as part of a plea agreement in which prosecutors will recommend that the 69-year-old receive ten years in prison. Scioto County Common Pleas Judge William Marshall will sentence Adkins in October. The Scioto County Prosecutors office was assisted by Sr. Assistant Attorney General Aaron Haslam, Associate Assistant Attorney General, Sarah Schenck and Associate Assistant Attorney General, Matthew Donahue of the Special Prosecutions Unit. The lead investigator on the case was Pharmacy Agent Kevin “Joe” Kinneer. In addition to the agencies mentioned above, additional support in the investigation and prosecution was received from the Portsmouth Police Department, the Ohio State Medical Board, the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Lawrence County Major Crimes Task Force, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and RANGE Taskforce, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources-Division of Watercraft, the DEA, the FBI, and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio. In speeches, Obama and Romney set up contrasts Where Obama and Romney stand Cited investment in renewable enerWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney — as drawn from their convention gy and said it has created thousands agree on this much: The 2012 election speeches. of jobs in America and will continue is filled with political differences and to create more jobs. Said cutting oil Jobs voters will face a stark choice in poliimports and supporting natural gas Obama: Called for setting goals for would deliver hundreds of thousands cies. On issues ranging from the role of manufacturing and energy that would of jobs. Said he wanted to focus on government in American society to create jobs, but offered few new or producing better products and imforeign policy, the Democratic and specific policies prescriptions. Said Republican candidates for president U.S. policies should reward compa- proving exports, which would spur offered vastly different visions for the nies that open new plants and train job growth. Said his administration’s country in their acceptance speeches. new workers. Emphasized that tax policies had already created hundreds Kimberly Kay Foley Jackson Each set up sharp contrasts with his cuts for wealthy Americans would of thousands of jobs in manufacturing Kimberly Kay Foley Jackson, 46, Gallipolis, Ohio, passed opponent, setting the terms of debate not create jobs, saying the country and would continue to do so if those away on Friday, September 7, 2012, at the Southern Ohio for the fall. had tried that and it didn’t work. policies were followed. Medical Center Hospice in Portsmouth, Ohio. She was born on December 2, 1965 in Huntington, West Virginia. Kim had been employed at the Holzer Medical Center as a nurse’s aide and had an Associate Degree in computers. She enjoyed hunting, fishing and knitting. €€ Kimberly is survived by her sons, Wesley McKinnley Jackson and Sean Garrett Jackson, both of Gallipolis; her mother, Attie Foley of Gallipolis; her siblings, Jean (Tom) Williams of Georgetown, KY, James Hammonds, of Galli����������� � ���� polis, Bill (Julie) Foley of Columbus, John (Tonya) Foley of Bidwell, Jennie Foley and Dina Foley both of Gallipolis, Teresa Jarrett of Coal Grove, and Tom (Shirley) Stiffler of ����������������������� Jackson; and everal nieces and nephews survive along with ���������������������������� special little friends Kacy, Alexia and Haden. �� ����������������� ��� ���� ���������� She was preceded in death by her father, Millard M. Foley, and by a brother, James D. Foley. � Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday, ������������������������������ September 11, 2012, at Willis Funeral Home with Pastor ������������������������������� Gene Armstrong officiating. 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What is apparent to us, your judges, is that Gallipolis is already blooming … Blooming with volunteers and community pride, with good government, with beautiful landscapes and parks, blooming in countless other ways. It was a pleasure to meet so many dedicated and passionate residents, business people and government workers. We genuinely appreciated the opportunity we had to visit, and we enjoyed learning about Gallipolis; its past, present, and future. Our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for all everyone is doing to continue to improve the quality of life in Gallipolis. We were truly impressed with what we saw. All the best! Diane Clasen and Bill Hahn America in Bloom Judges Raleigh, NC Questions about foster parenting To our Community Members, Have you ever wondered what you could do to help out someone in need? Here is your chance to learn more about foster care and becoming a foster parent. Each year, there are about 12,000 children in foster care in Ohio. Youth are placed in foster care for a variety of reasons. We, at Transitions for Youth, are lucky enough to get to work with these youth and help them learn the tools they need to make a change in their lives. Our goal is to provide the best possible services to the foster children, and that starts with placing them with our foster parents. Many people have questions about foster care but don’t know where or how to get the answers. Here are our most frequently asked questions. How do I become a foster parent? To become a foster parent the following items are needed: an application, criminal background check, home study, financial statement, medical statement and references from three people who are not related to you. What are the requirements of a foster parent? Foster parents must be at least 21 years old, have sufficient income to meet the needs of the household, be in good health and have no criminal record for violent or sexual crimes or crimes against children. You must also complete 36 hours of pre-service training and then 60 hours every two years. We offer the required foster parent training hours as well as support at biweekly meetings. What do I get for being a fos- ter parent? While we provide reimbursement for the basic care of the youth, we also provide a mileage allowance for transporting the child to medical appointments, a stipend for clothing, as well as birthday and Christmas gifts. Most important is the reward of knowing that you are helping these youth at a time when they need it most. What do you look for in a foster parent? Marital status is not a factor when licensing a home, although, we would need a copy of marriage license or divorce decree, if applicable. Also, foster parents can rent or be a home owner. Our foster parents are a diverse group of people. Some have young children, while others have children who are grown with their own families. Some have larges homes, while others have small. The size of the home does not matter as long as you are able to provide appropriate arrangements for the children placed in your home. Each person is unique and has experiences to share with these youth. Transitions for Youth is a nonprofit foster care agency located in Gallia County. We have foster homes in Gallia, Jackson and Meigs counties. We are currently looking for people in this area who would like to become foster parents. The need for homes in southeastern Ohio is huge. We receive calls daily looking to place a child with us and we need you to help us fulfill that need. Are you willing to make a commitment to helping a child in need? Give us a call today at 740-446-7239 or visit our website www.transitionsforyouth.net for more information on becoming a foster parent with us. Selina Mitchell Independent Living Specialist, Transitions for Youth Think before using hurtful language Dear Editor, I often wonder if people realize the impact of using the word ‘retarded’. Do they realize how they could be hurting the person standing beside them when they use this word? I would think that in this day and time, with the way that people are about speaking politically correct, that this would be one word that is no longer used. The definition of retarded is slow not “stupid”. There were/ are many great people in history who were considered to be developmentally delayed. Without those people we would be without many inventions, music, stories and poems. Just because someone is developmentally delayed does not mean that they are not able to go out into society and be a productive member. Each and every person out there that has been labeled with developmental delay or mental handicap is someone’s family member. They are someone who is loved and cared for. Next time that you are standing in line at the grocery store and you use the word retarded, stop and think. The woman standing in front you may have a son who is developmentally delayed. She may have just received some news about her child’s future and what is in store for him. How would you feel if you were standing in her shoes? Thank you for your time, Alison Allen Mason, W.Va. Law enforcement requirements Dear Editor, I would like to know how a person could have 30 years law enforcement experience and never have been to the police academy? How is that person going to know what the laws are, how to investigate a crime and supervise other officers? I think the position of sheriff, who will be responsible for our entire county, should at least have been to the academy and have had real officer training. Just ask yourself this question, if you are a victim of a crime, who would you rather be on the case? A guy who has been security in a plant for almost 30 years and who sometimes plays a police officer with academy training, state trooper experience and experience in the field of womens corrections, juvenile servies and K-9. The answer is a simple one. I know who I would choose. Angela Bailes Point Pleasant, W.Va. What do we hope to gain by pointing the finger? Warren Isleib, New Hampshire Most salesmen offend me when they “know what I need.” Doctors aren’t much better at listening. Politicians tell us they have the answers. Each one of those examples is of people I can choose to work with, or not. They are being interviewed for a job they want, and I am the hiring manager. I am able to think and act for myself. Why should voting be any different? Where did the idea of allegiance to a political party come from? The “us against them” mentality starts with voting in “primary” elections. Presidential primaries did not exist until 1904. Now you must be a member of that party to vote in it. Sounds like club membership to me. If you really must belong to a club, try the group calling themselves United States citizens. I am a Boston Red Sox fan, as is my father and his father before him. 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That’s ok, he appears successful so I’ll continue listening. As a major stockholder he voted to solve company problems by selling them. This doesn’t help his argument. He pulled an Olympics venue together… ok, he has organizational skills. I still am not hearing an understanding of our circumstances, or a plan on how to deal with them. I received a mailing today from the Romney/Ryan campaign. It claimed there was a plan for the future inside. There was nothing inside but claims of Obama’s failure. Do they expect to get the job by pointing out the failures of their competition? I still wait to hear how they will do the job better than the people already holding the Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. position. One of the “plans” Romney advertised was to invest in our country’s infrastructure; roads, bridges, etc. Obama’s administration has already put that program in place. There are other achievements Romney will try to take credit for, count on it. He tries to discredit “Obamacare”, a system he had originally promoted. What happened? Is he that unhappy when someone else succeeds? I’m still listening because any idiot can come up with a good idea occasionally. All during Romney’s convention I was waiting for something refreshing; anything that would suggest he has direction. The failure to provide needed details on issues is absolutely disrespectful to voters. Would you hire someone that ducked your questions? I’m still wondering why they think they are qualified for the job, or that I would select them based on their presentation so far. Will Obama have something insightful to offer at his convention? At least show me he understands where we are and what his plans might be for America. 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Lopez Publisher Stephanie Filson Managing Editor �Sunday, September 9, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A5 Gallia Community Calendar Card showers Walter Stowers will celebrate his birthday on Sept. 23. Cards may be sent to him at: 215 Second Avenue, Apt. 101, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Marlene Belville will celebrate her 86th birthday on Sept. 20. Cards may be sent to her at: 300 Briarwood Dr., Apt. 140, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Events Sunday, Sept. 9 RIO GRANDE — Evans/ Pennyfare reunion, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Bob Evans Shelter House #2, Canoe Livery Road, Rio Grande. For all former employees. Bring a covered dish. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. Contact Gene Spurlock at (740) 446-4289 for more information. RIO GRANDE — Hog Roast Dinner, 12-4 p.m., Rio Grande Volunteer Fire Department. PERRY TWP. — Montgomery Family Reunion, lunch at 1 p.m., bring a covered dish; at O.O. McIntyre Park, #1 Wild Turkey Shelter. NORTHUP — Annual reunion for the descendants of “Doc” and Angeline Tope Cremeens, 12:30 p.m., North Baptist Church shelter in Northup. A basket lunch will be served. GALLIPOLIS — Harry Drummond reunion, 1 p.m. at Church of God Shelter house. GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Health Department Flu Vaccination Drive-Thru, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at 499 Jackson Pike. Tuesday, Sept. 11 GALLIPOLIS — Triad/SALT meeting, 1 p.m., Senior Resource Center, 1167 Ohio 160, Gallipolis. GALLIPOLIS — Bossard Memorial Library Board of Trustees meeting, 5 p.m., Bossard Library. GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis Neighborhood Watch meeting, 6:30 p.m., Bossard Memorial Library. Thursday, Sept. 13 GALLIPOLIS — The Sept. meeting of the Gallipolis Garden Club will be held on Thursday, Sept. 13 in the Fellowship Hall of the Presbyterian Church. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. and will be a potluck dinner. Officers will furnish the meat. Lily Holley will be in charge of the program on houseplants and asks that everyone bring a house plant for a plant exchange. Please contact Maxie Oliver, president or Mary Payne, vice president, for more information. Dues should be paid at this meeting. RIO GRANDE — The Rio Grande Neighborhood Watch Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Village Building. Saturday, Sept. 12 The annual Lunsford Family Reunion will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15 at the old Lunsford Farm, with lunch at 1 p.m. Please bring covered dish(es) to feed your family and maybe a little to share. A lawn chair and maybe lawn games (Horseshoes, anyone?) might encourage you to stay a little longer to visit and enjoy socializing with the family. Sunday, Sept. 16 PERRY TWP. — Lyla Waugh family reunion, dinner will be served at 12 p.m., Cardinal 6 shelter O.O. McIntyre Park. Bring a covered dish as well as any old family pictures. PERRY TWP. — Reunion for family of Pete and Margie Parsons, 10 a.m. to dark, O.O. McIntyre Park, Shelter House #5. Monday, Sept. 17 RODNEY — Coupon Exchange Club meeting, 6 p.m., Rodney United Methodist Church Community Center. The center is located at the old Rodney School Building between old route 35 and State Route 588. Bring extra coupons to trade and scissors. Everyone is welcome. Friday, Sept. 21 BIDWELL — Ohio AFSCME Retirees, Gallia and Jackson counties, Sub-chapter 102 meet- ing, 11 a.m., 4629 State Route 850, Rodney Pike, 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 for more information: at 740245-0093. Thursday, Sept. 27 BIDWELL — French 500 Free Clinic, 1-4 p.m., 258 Pinecrest Drive, off of Jackson Pike. The clinic serves the uninsured residents of Gallia County between the ages of 18 and 65. Saturday, Oct. 6 MERCERVILLE — Hannan Trace Fall Carnival, 12-3 p.m. Hannan Trace Elementary. Live entertainment, games, prizes, cake walk, bingo, etc. Auction at 1 p.m. Meigs Community Calendar held at the Bellville Locks and Dam located in Reedsville, on Ohio 124. POMEROY — A planning meeting for the 2012 Meigs County Toy Run will be held at 6 p.m. at the Eagles. Everyone welcome. RACINE — The Kerwood-Hill Reunion will be held at 1 p.m. at Star Mill Park. There will be a covered dish dinner. Monday, Sept. 10 POMEROY — Meigs County Agricultural Society, 7:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds. POMEROY — The Meigs County Republican Party Executive Committee will hold its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Court House. POMEROY — The Meigs County Cancer Initiative, Inc. (MCCI) will meet at noon in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department. New members are welcome. For more information contact Courtney Midkiff at (740) 992-6626. Tuesday, Sept. 11 POMEROY — Meigs County Board of Elections will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Board office. TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer Board will have a regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the TPRSD office. POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the con- Rio Grande VFD to host Hog Roast Dinner RIO GRANDE — The Rio Grande Volunteer Fire Department will be holding a Hog Roast Dinner from 12-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9 at the Rio Grande Fire Station. The meal will include pulled pork, beans, cole slaw, dessert and iced tea or lemonade. Meals may be dine in or take out. The barbecued meat will be prepared by Honey Creek Barbecue. Gallia-Vinton ESC board meeting RIO GRANDE — The Gallia-Vinton Education Service Center (ESC) Governing Board will hold its regular monthly board meeting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11 in room 131, Wood Hall, on the University of Rio Grande campus. Meet the candidates event slated GALLIPOLIS — The American Veterans Post #23, Gallipolis, Ohio will host Meet the Candidate Night at the local Post located at 108 Liberty Avenue, Gallipolis on Sept. the 13. The evening will start at 6 p.m. with a free Spaghetti Dinner (of course, donations will be greatly appreciated). Everyone will have the opportunity to socialize until 7 p.m., at which time the meet- ing will begin. There will be baked goods and other items offered for auction at different times during the evening. Items will be donated by candidates and other individuals, and everyone is encouraged to bid. If you are a candidate and wish to participate, please call David McCoy no later than 12 Sept. 2012 at telephone number 446-4927 to be placed on the agenda. Cadot-Blessing Camp #126 to hold meeting GALLIPOLIS — The Cadot-Blessing Camp #126 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will have its bi-monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 14. The meeting is held in the rear of the Gallia County Visitors’ Center located at 259 Third Ave. Any person with Civil War ancestors is invited to attend and pay the ultimate honor to those Union soldiers and sailors that helped preserved the Union. Scrap tire drop-off event planned NELSONVILLE — The Wayne National Forest is partnering with the Athens City-County Health Department and Athens County Sheriff’s Department to host a free Scrap Tire Drop-off event from 7:30 a.m. till 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Wayne National Forest Headquarters located off U.S. 33 between The Plains and Nelsonville. The event is being held in support of the mission of Keep Southeast Ohio Beautiful, a new regional affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, Inc. The event has the capacity to collect up to 1,400 scrap tires, which will be later recycled. Once that goal is reached, the group will stop collecting. No tires will be received after hours. No tires will be accepted from tire shops, dealers or repair shops. No Thursday, Sept. 13 POMEROY — A Com- munity dinner will be held with serving from 5:30-7 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church. A variety of casseroles, salad, drinks and etc. will be served. The public is invited to attend. Friday, Sept. 14 MARIETTA — The Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District Executive Committee will hold a special meeting at 10:30 a.m. on the Valley Gem Sternwheeler. For more information contact Jenny Myers at (740) 376-1026. Saturday, Sept. 15 POMEROY — Veterans Memorial Hospital employees reunion 1 to 4 p.m. at the Mulberry Community Center in Pomeroy. Those attending asked to take finger foods or dessert and VMH memorabilia for display. Beverages will be provided. Take a canned food item for the Meigs Cooperative Parish food pantry. Sunday, Sept. 16 ROCKSPRINGS — The Meigs County Republican Party Executive Committee will host a hog roast and covered dish dinner from 1-3:30 p.m. at the Meigs County Fairgrounds Thompson Roush Building. Candidates for state and local offices will be in attendance. Meigs County Briefs Gallia County Briefs Library seeks information on candidates and issues GALLIPOLIS — In an effort to aid voters in becoming better informed about ballot issues and candidates, Bossard Library requests that election information on candidates and issues be sent to the library for display and distribution. Candidates and committees should contact Debbie Saunders, Library Director, at 446-7323 or saundede@oplin.org for guidelines pertaining to this notice prior to sending information. ference room of the Meigs County Health Department. POMEROY — The Meigs County Genealogical Society will meet at 5 p.m. at the Meigs Museum. For further information call 992-7874. POMEROY — The Bedford Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. at the town hall. CHESTER — Chester Township Trustees, budget review, 7 p.m. at the Chester town hall. SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Community Center Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m. at the Community Center. tires exceeding 54 inches in height and/or 16 inches in width will be collected. By state law, individuals may not transport more than 10 tires per load without being a registered scrap tire transporter with the state of Ohio. If you are transporting more than 10 tires without a permit you may be subject to a traffic stop and investigation by law enforcement. The public is reminded that dumping tires is also a felony offense in Ohio. Free clinic to be held BIDWELL — The French 500 Free Clinic will be open from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27. It is located at 258 Pinecrest Drive, off of Jackson Pike. The clinic serves the uninsured residents of Gallia County between the ages of 18 and 65. Road closures MEIGS COUNTY — A section of State Route 124 in Meigs County will be closed on Sept. 10 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Norfolk Southern Railroad Company will be removing and replacing the asphalt pavement at the railroad track crossing( 9.53 mile marker). Motorists are encouraged to use ODOT’s detour of Ohio 124, Ohio 160, Ohio 32, Ohio 143, Ohio 124. Work is expected to be completed by 8 p.m. on Sept. 10. MEIGS COUNTY — Due to circumstances beyond the control of the highway department the bridge construction of Township Road 274, Little Forest Run Road, has been delayed. Work will begin on Monday, Aug. 27 and will continue through Friday, Sept. 14. During that time, Olive Township Road 274 will be closed between Curtis Hollow Road and Hudson Road. Alive at Five to honor first responders MIDDLEPORT — Heath United Methodist Church in Middleport at the corner of South Third and Main is hosting a First Responders Heroes Sunday at the Alive at Five Service, Sunday evening, Sept. 9, at 5 pm. All fire, police, and EMS will be honored for their dedication and service. The guest speaker is Dr. Kelly Roush, Director of Sports Medicine with Holzer Clinic. A free spaghetti dinner will follow the service in the church basement. Call Pastor Brian Dunham at 416-3683 for more information. 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 at the Meigs County Health Department. Please bring shot record and medical card or commercial insurance if applicable. Children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. A donation is appreciated, but not required. Flu Shots now available POMEROY — Flue shots will be available from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Meigs County Health Department. Shots are available for ages six months and up. Some insurances are accepted. For more information contact the Meigs County Health Department at 992-6626. Look Good, Feel Better workshop POMEROY — The look good, feel better workshop will be held from 1-3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10 at the Pomeroy Library. The workshop is designed to help women with cancer with the selection of wigs and wig care, dry skin, discolored nails, scarves, turbans and hats. For more information call 1-800-227-2345. HARVEST CELEBRATION Is the Economy Jeopardizing Your Health? VINTON BAPTIST CHURCH NOW OPEN SATUDAY! Monday-Friday 9am-7pm Saturday 9am-2pm for more information call (740) 388 - 8454 60352144 Sunday, Sept. 9 MASON — The 26th reunion for the descendants of Herbert and Esther King will be held at the Mason Park. A pot luck covered dish will be served at 1 p.m. An auction and games for all to follow lunch. All family and friends are welcome. POINT PLEASANT — Richard reunion, noon to 5 p.m., at the West Virginia Farm Museum. For more information contact May Roach at 304-882-2206 or Terry Laudermilt at 4465301. REEDSVILLE — Reedsville will be holding it annual community day. The free meal starts at 1 p.m. and will include free music. Please join your friends and neighbors at this free event free food, free fun, free concert, WEAR YOUR HILLBILLY CLOTHES! We will eat at 5PM In Concert Anthem Lights 6PM Inflatables and other fun activities for children Hot dog eating contest! 60351272 �Sunday, September 9, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page A6 Holzer recognizes pediatric fund sponsors Money Matters Stan Evans Registered Investment Advisor Tax Changes? If the current uncertainty over taxes feels familiar, it should. Just like in 2010, we face a “fiscal cliff,” with income and estate tax rates set to revert to pre-2001 levels unless Congress takes action before next year. Both parties in Congress support some form of extension of current rates. Most Democrats want a temporary extension, and only for certain taxpayers, while most Republicans support making current rates permanent for everyone across the board. When or if either of those plans gets enacted will depend a lot on who controls Congress and the presidency after the fall election — but the new Congress won’t be sworn in until January 3, 2013, so it will be up to our current elected lead- ers to either take action before then or kick the can into next year. What, if anything, should the average investor do to prepare? Don’t panic…yet Should you sell some securities now, before long-term capital gains rates go up? Currently, profits on longterm investments (those held more than one year) are taxed at a top rate of 15 percent. The Obama Administration has proposed raising the top rate back to 20 percent for families making over $250,000 and keeping it at 15 percent for everyone else. If Congress takes no action, the top rate is scheduled to return to 20 percent for securities held between one and five years, and 18 percent for those held more than five years for everyone (23.8 percent and 21.8 percent respectively including the new healthcare law surtax for high earners). If you’re tempted to sell off some securities in order to lock in the current tax rate, do the math first — particularly if you plan on reinvesting the proceeds in the same security. You may be better off holding onto the existing investment. The upcoming elections may shed a limited amount of light on what we can expect in future tax policy — but with so many factors influencing how or if the government acts, it’s hard to plan for the long term with any certainty. In this tax environment, it may well be that the best action you can take is no action at all. Be sure to consult with your professional tax advisor as you examine which strategy might be best for you going forward. Stan Evans is a Registered Investment Advisor serving clients in Gallia, Meigs, and Mason Counties. He can be contacted at (740) 6820012 and stan@stanevansfinancial.com. Submitted photos The Earl Neff Pediatric Fund at Holzer Health System continues to be supported by area businesses and organizations. The Pediatric Fund, in existence for 40 years, has supplied needed toys, equipment and entertainment to the thousands of pediatric patients who have received care on Holzer Medical Center’s Pediatric Unit. Kyger Dental Associates, Inc., represented by Carrie Franklin and Gallipolis Shrine Club, represented in the top photo by (back rowfrom left) Steve Saunders, Melvin Craft, Rex Shenefield, Glenn Ward, Ross Hamrick, Dan Henderson (front row, from left) Homer Hankins, Bill Johnson, Larry Betz, John Nibert, Tyler Lucas and Jim Harris. Also pictured representing Holzer Health System are Linda Jeffers-Lester and Ken Payne. For more information, please call 446-5217. New teachers at GAMS Submitted photo The Gallipolis City School District recently released the names of the new teachers for the 2012-2013 school year. Pictured are, front row, from left, Anna Pyles, English; Elizabeth Graham, Math; Julie Bays, Math; Stephanie Creighton, Spanish. Back row, from left: Brad Harris, Industrial Arts; and Greg Benson, Instrumental Music and Marching Band. All of these new teachers are at Gallia Academy High School. 2013 River Sweep poster contest announced Savings is in comparison to lower-tiered Mobile Share plans. Unlimited Talk and Text for phones only. Smartphone required. Additional monthly charge per device. $15 per GB for add’l data. Activation fee may apply. Additional deposits and other restrictions may apply. Access to corporate email, intranet sites, and apps available for $15/mo. per device. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. PS Vita is a trademark of the same company. For more information, please visit att.com/mobileprotectionpack, ask a sales representative, or call 1-866-MOBILITY. Screen images simulated. ©2012 AT&T Intellectual Property. Service provided by AT&T Mobility. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. 60350249 OHIO VALLEY — Students in primary and secondary schools (public and private, K-12) are invited to design a poster for the 24th annual River Sweep 2013. Fifteen prizes will be awarded. The grand prize is a $500 and the school representing the grand prize winner will also receive an award. A $500 prize will be presented to the student with the winning design for the official River Sweep t-shirt. Thirteen $50 prizes will be awarded to one winner at each grade level. The poster contest is open to students living in or attending schools in counties bordering the Ohio River, or counties participating in the River Sweep. This includes all counties along the Ohio River in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. The 24th annual River Sweep will be held Saturday, June 15, 2013. River Sweep is a one-day cleanup project for the Ohio River and its tributaries. The Sweep covers nearly 3,000 miles of shoreline from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cairo, Ill., and averages more than 20,000 volunteers a year. Trash collected during the Sweep has included cars, tires, furniture, toys, a piano, and a variety of other items. All trash collected is either recycled or placed in approved landfills. River Sweep is held to create an awareness of water quality problems caused by litter and illegal dumping. The poster contest, held in conjunction with River Sweep, is one way to spread the word about litter prevention. Posters submitted for the contest should reflect this goal and focus on encouraging volunteer participation. The deadline for the River Sweep Poster Contest is December 14, 2012. River Sweep is sponsored by the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO). ORSANCO is the water pollution control agency for the Ohio River and its tributaries. Other agencies participating in the River Sweep include Illinois EPA, Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, Kentucky River Authority, and West Virginia Make It Shine Program. Voluntary contributions from industries provide major funding for the Sweep. For further information about the River Sweep Poster Contest, or for complete contest rules and regulations, contact Jeanne Ison or Lisa Cochran at 1-800-359-3977, or visit the Commission’s website at www.orsanco.org. �Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 mdsports@heartlandpublications.com Sports INSIDE Week 3 high school football scores....B2 Wahama rolls past Eagles in home opener Gary Clark Special to OVP MASON, W.Va. — Kane Roush ran for 137 yards and a touchdown while Trenton Gibbs tossed a pair of touchdown passes in addition to scoring once and running for 80 yards to lead the Wahama White Falcons to a 47-7 Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division win over the visiting Eastern Eagles Friday night. The win was the Falcons third consecutive triumph of the 2012 season as Wahama improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 inside league play. Coach Ed Cromley’s gridders also extended its regular season unbeaten string to 24 in a row while emerging with triumphs in all 18 of its TVC contests since beginning conference play in 2012. Coach David Tennant’s Eastern squad fell to 1-2 on the year, despite racking up over 400 yards in total offense in the outing. The Eagles netted over 300 yards through the air while adding 127 yards on the ground but in the end it was penalties and turnovers that cost the visitors dearly. Eastern falls to 1-1 in league play following the loss. Wahama delivered a devastating ground attack against the Eagles with 391 yards on the night. Roush led the way with 137 yards in six carries with Zack Wamsley adding 83 yards in 14 tries, Trenton Gibbs 80 yards in five attempts and Crandale Neal 49 yards in seven pops. Neal and Wamsley both scored a pair of touchdowns as the WHS offense secured 19 first downs and tallied 461 yards in total offense. Eastern received a tremendous outing from senior quarterback, Joey Scowden, who riddled the Falcon defense to the tune of 303 yards passing and another 55 yards rushing. Scowden completed 20 of 34 passes for the Eagles but had three of his offerings picked off by the Bend Area secondary. Max Carnahan and Zach Scowden both recoded 85 receiving yards with Carnahan grabbing six aerials and Scowden five. Chase Cook hauled in a pair of passes for 68 yards including a 65 yard touchdown reception with Ethan Nottingham collecting three receptions for 36 yards in addition to Alex Amos with four grabs for 29 yards. Amos also had 48 yards on the ground in only one carry. Eastern fought gallantly throughout the 48 minute affair but in the end it was the Eagles inability to finish off several drives deep into See WAHAMA ‌| B2 Submitted by Mike Brace Gallia Academy junior Brian Williams sacks Ironton quarterback Tanner Dutey during the second quarter of Friday night’s Week 3 non-conference football contest at Tanks Memorial Stadium in Ironton, Ohio. Devils drop heartbreaker to Ironton, 14-13 Bryan Walters bwalters@heartlandpublications.com IRONTON, Ohio — There was only one area that the Gallia Academy football team didn’t dominate Friday night against Ironton. Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, that one area was the scoreboard. The visiting Blue Devils outgained Ironton by a 2-to-1 margin in total yardage and also claimed a 19-7 edge in first downs, but the host Fighting Tigers ultimately held on for a narrow 14-13 decision in a Week 3 non-conference matchup at Tanks Memorial Stadium in Lawrence County. Gallia Academy (1-2) turned in an effort reminiscent of the Fighting Tigers (3-0), churning out lots of yardage on the ground while also shutting down its opponent’s running attack. Overall, the Blue Devils outgained the hosts by a 300151 margin in total yards offensively — including a 196-91 edge in the rushing department. A pair of Patrick Lewis scores in the third quarter, however, allowed IHS to overcome a 7-0 halftime deficit, which included a back-breaking 60-yard punt return with 53 seconds remaining in the canto — giving Ironton its first lead of the night at 14-7. In desperate need of making something happen late, the Blue Devils made the most of their golden opportunity with 1:24 left in regulation. Still trailing 14-7 and with its defense on the field, Gallia Academy recovered a fumble at its own 48-yard line. Quarterback Wade Jarrell completed consecutive passes of 22 yards and 17 yards to Nick Clagg, moving the guests down to the Ironton 13-yard line. Eventually, facing a 4th-and-three at the six, Jarrell scrambled to buy some time before finding Clagg in a cut across the back of the endzone. Jarrell released the pass and hit Clagg in stride with 30 seconds left in regulation, allowing Gallia Academy to cut its deficit down to one at 14-13. The Blue Devils elected to go for the win on the point-aftertouchdown attempt, but Jarrell was pressured and threw an incomplete pass on the PAT — allowing Ironton to cling to its narrow one-point cushion. GAHS attempted an onsides-kick on the ensuing kickoff, which was recovered by Ironton. The Fighting Tigers took a knee, watched as the clock expired and ultimately walked away with their sixth straight triSee DEVILS ‌| B2 OVP Sports Schedule Monday, Sept. 10 Volleyball River Valley at Gallia Academy, 5:30 Wahama at South Gallia, 6 p.m. Meigs at Eastern, 6 p.m. Southern at Fed Hock, 6 p.m. Golf Southern, Fed Hock at SGHS, 4:30 Meigs at Alexander, 4:30 Belpre, Trimble at Wahama, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11 Volleyball South Gallia at Belpre, 6 p.m. Hannan at Grace Christian, 6 p.m. Nels-York at Meigs, 6 p.m. RVHS at Fairland, 5:30 Wahama at Eastern, 6 p.m. Waterford at Southern, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at Tolsia, 6 p.m. OVCS, Hannan at Grace Chr., 5 p.m. Golf SGHS, Eastern at Wahama, 4:30 Warren, Chesapeake at GAHS, 4:30 Cross Country GAHS at Piketon, 4:30 Boys Soccer Warren at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. OVCS at Grace, 4:30 Point Pleasant at Scott, 7 p.m. Girls Soccer Point Pleasant at Poca, 7 p.m. URG Sports Volleyball at WVU Tech, 7 p.m. Bryan Walters | Times-Sentinel Meigs sophomore Michael Davis, left, sprints past River Valley defender Chris Clemente (15) during a 54-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter of Friday night’s Week 3 non-conference football game in Bidwell, Ohio. Davis’s TD was the first ever scored at the new RVHS athletic complex, and the Marauders ultimately went on to claim the first victory by a 46-18 margin. Marauders roll past River Valley Bryan Walters bwalters@heartlandpublications.com BIDWELL, Ohio — So much for gracious guests. Visiting Meigs forced five turnovers and racked up a season-high 410 yards of total offense Friday night, as the Marauders ruined opening night festivities at the new River Valley athletic facility following a 46-18 decision in a Week 3 non-conference football contest in Gallia County. The Marauders (1-2) handed first-year frontman Mike Bartrum his first-ever varsity coaching victory, and do so in dominant fashion after leading wire-to-wire in the contest. Meigs led 12-0 after one quarter and took an 18-6 edge into halftime before outscoring the Raiders (1-2) by a 28-12 clip in the second half, giving MHS its ninth straight decision over the hosts. The Marauders wasted little time getting on the scoreboard after a defensive stop, as the guests produced points on their very first play from scrimmage. Michael Davis hauled in a 54-yard touchdown pass from Ty Phelps on a halfback pass, allowing Meigs to take an early 6-0 edge with 8:52 remaining in the opening canto. After another defensive stop, the Marauders increased their lead to a dozen points at the 1:08 mark after Dillon Boyer capped a six-play, 80-yard drive with a 57yard scamper — giving MHS a 12-0 cushion after one period of play. River Valley finally broke into the scoring column midway through the second stanza, as Kyle Brown found paydirt on a 12-yard run with 5:34 left in the half. Brown’s scoring run capped a five-play, 43-yard drive that cut the Raider deficit in half at 12-6. The last of River Valley’s two first half turnovers proved costly, as a fumble on a completed pass gave the guests the ball at the hosts’ 25-yard line with 2:29 left in the half. Seven plays and 25 yards later, Boyer scored on a secondeffort plunge from a yard out to give Meigs an 18-6 edge with just one second remaining before the intermission. Boyer added his third and final score of the night with an eightyard scoring run, capping a sixplay, 33-yard drive that gave MHS a 25-6 lead with 4:59 left in the third quarter. Andrew Burt extended that third quarter lead to 32-6 with 45 seconds remaining after bullying his way in from a yard out, capping a 10-play, 68-yard drive just before the start of the final period. The Raiders responded with a seven-play, 58-yard scoring drive See MARAUDERS ‌| B2 Blue Devils finish second in SEOAL golf Bryan Walters bwalters@heartlandpublications.com JACKSON, Ohio — At least the defending champs went down swinging. The Gallia Academy golf team captured its fourth runner-up effort of the 2012 league season at Franklin Valley Golf Club, but Warren captured its fifth win — and ultimately the season title — Thursday night during the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League finale just outside the Apple City. The Blue Devils — who went unbeaten last fall at 30-0 overall — posted a second place team score of 153 at the team event, finishing just three shots back of the Warriors (150). Warren wins the 2012 SEOAL crown with a 28-2 league mark, which was four wins better than second place GAHS and its 24-6 season record. Portsmouth (12-18) finished third overall Thursday night with a team tally of 160, while Jackson (9-21) placed fourth with a 162. Logan (17-13) — which finished third overall in the league standings — had a disappointing fifth place finish in the fi- nale with a 163. Chillicothe fired a 175 and finished the SEOAL season winless at 0-30. Rob Canady of Gallia Academy joined the Warren duo of Zach McKenna and Steve Farley as tri-medalists at the event, as the trio fired matching rounds of 1-over par 35. The Blue Devils and Ironmen both led the field with three sub-40 rounds each. After Canady, Dares Hamid added a 36 and Brady Curry had a 37 for GAHS. Sean Saltzgaber rounded out the scoring with a 45, while Zach Graham and Bruce Moreaux had respective efforts of 50 and 54. The Blue Devils had six birdies on the day, including a pair apiece from Hamid and Saltzgaber. After McKenna and Farley, WHS received a pair of 40s from Adam Lang and Reece Patton to rounded out the league-clinching tally. Levi Porter led the Trojans with a 37, Cole Massie added a 38 to pace Jackson and Logan got a team-best 37 from Logan Holbrook. The Cavs got matching 37s from Gabe Preston and Pierce Knisley. �Sunday, September 9, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis South Gallia falls to Tomcats, 74-6 Week 3 Prep Football Scores Ohio Amanda-Clearcreek 12, Baltimore Liberty Union 10 Athens 66, Vincent Warren 14 Belpre 48, Racine Southern 13 Beverly Ft. Frye 63, Waterford 13 Bloom-Carroll 33, McArthur Vinton County 0 Chesapeake 29, Willow Wood Symmes Valley 22 Chillicothe 24, Portsmouth W. 7 Chillicothe Huntington 39, McDermott Scioto NW 6 Chillicothe Unioto 27, Albany Alexander 20 Chillicothe Zane Trace 17, Greenfield McClain 12 Circleville Logan Elm 49, Washington C.H. Miami Trace 28 Cols. Marion-Franklin 28, Canal Winchester 3 Crooksville 49, Corning Miller 13 Dresden Tri-Valley 62, Zanesville W. Muskingum 7 Glouster Trimble 74, Crown City S. Gallia 6 Ironton 14, Gallipolis Gallia 13 Lees Creek E. Clinton 49, Southeastern 14 Lucasville Valley 34, Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 18 Minford 19, Piketon 14 Nelsonville-York 62, Sugar Grove Berne Union 21 New Lexington 15, Philo 13 Newark 35, Logan 32 Oak Hill 35, Ironton Rock Hill 7 Pataskala Licking Hts. 42, Ashville Teays Valley 21 Pomeroy Meigs 46, Bidwell River Valley 18 Portsmouth Sciotoville 40, Franklin Furnace Green 20 Stewart Federal Hocking 40, Hannan, W.Va. 6 Thornville Sheridan 35, McConnelsville Morgan 13 W. Jefferson 41, London 14 Washington C.H. 33, Frankfort Adena 13 Wellston 48, S. Point 21 Wheelersburg 33, Portsmouth 13 Williamsport Westfall 42, Circleville 41 Wilmington 48, Hillsboro 6 Zanesville Rosecrans 46, StrasburgFranklin 7 Zanesville vs. Hamilton Ross, ppd. West Virginia Allderdice, Pa. 21, Linsly 7 Bellaire St. John, Ohio 34, Paden City 8 Bishop Donahue 39, Beallsville, Ohio 14 Bridgeport 41, North Marion 0 Cabell Midland 52, Riverside 19 Clay County 25, Ritchie County 7 Clay-Battelle 26, Allegheny-Clarion Valley, Pa. 13 Doddridge County 27, Calhoun County 8 East Hardy 41, Auburn, Va. 3 Elkins 40, Buckhannon-Upshur 27 Fairmont Senior 19, Preston 6 George Washington 68, St. Albans 23 Glenvar, Va. 35, James Monroe 7 Greenbrier East 56, Shady Spring 35 Greenbrier West 35, Independence 14 Hedgesville 42, Mountain Ridge, Md. 0 Huntington 21, Winfield 3 Keyser 51, Fort Hill, Md. 22 Lancaster Fairfield Union, Ohio 46, Williamstown 14 Liberty Raleigh 27, PikeView 6 Logan 48, Lincoln County 0 Magnolia 41, Tyler Consolidated 13 Martinsburg 63, Handley, Va. 7 Meadow Bridge 38, Midland Trail 6 Millbrook, Va. 55, Jefferson 6 Mingo Central 34, River View 12 Moorefield 44, Oakland Southern, Md. 26 Morgantown 41, Parkersburg South 7 Musselman 41, James Wood, Va. 0 Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B2 7 Nicholas County 25, East Fairmont Oak Hill 55, Princeton 15 Parkersburg 26, Marietta, Ohio 21 Parry McCluer, Va. 34, Montcalm 14 Pendleton County 26, Pocahontas County 20 Petersburg 32, Berkeley Springs 21 Philip Barbour 14, Braxton County 7 Poca 20, Buffalo 7 Point Pleasant 14, Lewis County 13 Ravenswood 42, Roane County 24 Rayland Buckeye, Ohio 20, John Marshall 6 Richmond Edison, Ohio 41, Weir 20 Richwood 47, Fayetteville 14 Ripley 48, Nitro 20 Robert C. Byrd 63, Lincoln 0 Scott 40, Chapmanville 21 Sherando, Va. 41, Washington 7 South Harrison 47, Tygarts Valley 18 Spring Valley 37, South Charleston 36 Stewart Federal Hocking, Ohio 40, Hannan 6 Summers County 42, Grafton 14 Tolsia 12, Proctorville Fairland, Ohio 9 Tucker County 48, Northern - G, Md. 16 Tug Valley 34, Mount View 28 University 45, Brooke 0 Valley Fayette 20, Van 0 Valley Wetzel 49, Hundred 6 Wahama 47, Reedsville Eastern, Ohio 7 Wayne 46, Herbert Hoover 7 Webster County 30, Liberty Harrison 13 Westside 44, Man 20 Wheeling Park 41, Brashear, Pa. 14 Wintersville Indian Creek, Ohio 41, Oak Glen 9 Wirt County 57, Gilmer County 6 Woodrow Wilson 35, Hurricane 34 Wyoming East 38, Sherman 8 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com MERCERVILLE, Ohio — The Trimble football team outscored 68-0 through the first three quarters of Friday night’s Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division contest in Gallia County. The Tomcats went on to take the 74-6 victory over the Rebels. Trimble (2-1, 1-1 TVC Hocking) started it’s scoring on slaught by tackling the Rebels (0-3 0-2) in the end zone for a safety at 6:17 of the first quarter. The Tomcats added seven points on the next drive when Bryce Smathers broke a nine yard run for a touchdown and a Jon Stevens extra point. Trimble’s terry Simerly returned a South Gallia punt 63 yards for the score and Stevens knocked in the extra point to give Trimble a 16 point lead. Konner Standley completed a 19 yard pass to Austin Downs just before the end of the quarter to give THS the 23-0 lead at the end on one. Wyatt Deak started out the second quarter with two scores for the Tomcats, one a 13 yard pass fom Standley and the other a nine yard run. Stevens knocked a 19 yard field goal in at the 6:25 mark of the second quarter which pushed the THS lead to 40-0. Justice Jenkins punched in from the four yard line and Smathers broke a 31 yard touchdown run before the half to give the Tomcats the 54-0 halftime lead. Simerly broke an 11 yard run for six to open the half and Trimble’s Deak made the extra point. At the 3:30 mark of the third quarter Jenkins returned a 60 yard punt for a TD and Deak knocked in the extra point. South Gallia got on the board at the 11:41 mark of the fourth quarter on a 16 yard pass from Landon Hutchinson to number 20. Trimble’s Jimmy Ward ran for a 6 yard touchdown with 6:23 remaining in the game giving THS the 74-6 win. Hutchinson led the South Gallia ground attack with 54 yards on 13 carries. Hutchinson threw for 28 yards and a touchdown on 5-of-16 passing with two interceptions. Jared Nolan led the wideouts with two receptions for 11 yards, while number 20 had one reception for 16 yards and a touchdown. Standley led Trimble with four rushes for 114 yards, followed by Smithers with 74 yards on 10 rushes with two TD’s, Jenkins with 63 yards on seven carries with a touchdown, and Ward with 34 yards on four rushes with a TD. Standley led Trimble with 67 yards passing with a TD on 4-of-7 passing with an interception. Deak had 12 yards on two receptions, while Cody Carroll had one reception for 36 yards, and Downs had one reception for 19 yards and a TD. South Gallia finished with 104 rushing yards on 36 carries, 28 yards passing and seven first downs on the night. The Rebels fumbled three times, losing all, and had eight penalties for 47 yards. The Tomcats finished with 341 rushing yards on 41 carries, 68 yards passing and 22 first down. Trimble fumbled three time, only losing one, and committed seven penalties for 50 yards. South Gallia will host Miller next Friday at 7:30 in a TVC Hocking contest. Wahama From Page B1 Wahama territory as penalties and turnovers plagued the Meigs County team throughout the evening. After a scoreless first quarter the White Falcons erupted for two quick touchdowns with the beginning of the second 12 minute segment. Zack Wamsley capped off a 12 play 80 yard drive with a three yard run on fourth down with 10:06 remaining in the first half. Wamsley also booted the point after to stake Wahama to a 7-0 edge. Two minutes later the Falcons found the end zone once again following a blocked punt by the Bend Area teams’ Crandale Neal that allowed WHS to set up shop at the Eastern 19 yard line.. Neal got the call on the first play following the blocked kick and rambled 19 yards off a nice block by Wyatt Zuspan for the score. Nottingham blocked the point after boot attempt and Wahama led by a 13-0 score with 8:05 left in the half. Eastern closed to within a touchdown on its next series when the Eagles marched 73 yards in only two plays. Scowden dropped back and flipped a 65 yard scoring toss to a streaking Chase Cook down the middle. Carnahan delivered the point after kick to pull the visitors to within six at 13-7 with 7:35 to play in the opening half. WHS added the final score of the second pe- riod with 5:28 to go when Wamsley capped off a 54 yard, five play series with a 17 yard run. Wamsley’s point after boot gave Wahama a 20-7 advantage at the midway point. The second half belonged to the White Falcons as they added a trio of third quarter touchdowns and another in the final canto. Neal had a 13 yard run to open the second half scoring before Kane Roush hauled in a 12 yard TD pass from Gibbs. Gibbs then tallied six more points following a nifty 56 yard gallop. Wamsley drove home two extra point kicks with a third run attempt proving to be unsuccessful for the White Falcons. Eastern continuously drove into Wahama territory throughout the second half but six penalties, two interceptions and a lost fumble over the final 24 minutes proved to be too much for the Eagle offense to overcome. WHS capped off the nights scoring with 8:37 left in the contest when Austin Cole collected a Gibbs pass for a 17 yard touchdown. Again Wamsley nailed the PAT kick to make the final count 47-7. Eastern will try and rebound from its tough setback to Wahama when the Eagles return to action next Friday with a TVC Hocking Division visit to Waterford. The White Falcons host TVC Hocking Division opponent Belpre for its next encounter. Devils From Page B1 The hosts marched 65 yards in eight plays to tie the contest, as Lewis plunged in from five yards out with 9:14 showing for a sevenall game. After an exchange of possessions, the Blue Devils punted the ball away to Lewis at his own 40. Lewis returned the kick 60 yards to paydirt, ultimately giving Ironton a lead it would never relinquish the rest of the way. After several trades in possession, Gallia Academy appeared to have its last best chance come to an end near midfield after an incomplete pass from Jarrell on fourth down fell incomplete umph over the Blue and White. The Blue Devils jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter after Logan Allison plunged in from three yards out with 1:51 showing in the opening canto. That score was set up by a 59-yard jaunt by Ty Warnimont down to the IHS three, and Allison followed one play later. The score remained that way through halftime and into the third stanza, when Ironton finally broke through in the scoring column on its opening drive of the second half. — giving the hosts possession at their own 48 with 2:16 left in regulation. Two plays later, however, the Devils’ defense came up with their only takeaway of the night — which ultimately set up the lategame fireworks down the stretch. Both teams committed one turnover apiece in the contest. Warnimont led the Blue Devils with 60 rushing yards on two carries, followed by Luke Pullins with 45 yards on a dozen totes. Cody Russell added 37 rushing yards on eight tries, and Jarrell had 26 yards on 13 rushes. Jarrell was also 11-of-23 passing for BUNDLE & SAVE! ON DIGITAL SERVICES FOR YOUR HOME DIGITAL TV HIGH-SPEED INTERNET DIGITAL PHONE Offers may be available now in your area from Acceller, Inc. for these top service providers: * BUNDLES STARTING AS LOW AS $89/mo. For first 12 months FIND OUT MORE BY CALLING TOLL-FREE 1-866-636-5984 By Acceller, Inc., an authorized retailer. *Geographic and service restrictions apply to all services. Call to see if you qualify. 104 yards, with Clagg leading the wideouts with four catches for 48 yards. Russell also hauled in four passes for 39 yards. Lewis led Ironton with a gamehigh 87 rushing yards on 12 carries, but no other IHS back accumulated more than 16 yards on the ground. Tanner Dutey finished the night 5-of-9 passing for 60 yards, with Aaron Stephens leading the wideouts with two catches for 20 yards. Brian Williams had a pair of simultaneous sacks for GAHS defensively, both of which came during a critical Ironton drive that stalled at the GAHS 18-yard line in the second quarter. Dylan Saunders was a perfect 1-for-1 on PAT kicks, but missed field goal attempts of 33 and 40 yards in the first half. The Blue Devils were penalized seven times for 55 yards, while Ironton was flagged five times for 40 yards. Gallia Academy hadn’t lost consecutive football games since Weeks 8 and 9 of the 2009 campaign before Friday night. GAHS will look to end its current slide next Friday when it travels to Don Drumm Stadium to face Marietta in a Week 4 nonconference matchup at 7:30 p.m. Marauders From Page B1 that came to fruition with 10:48 left in regulation, as Austin Whobrey scrambled in from a yard out to pull the hosts to within 32-12. Meigs answered with a seven-play, 56yard scoring drive that ended with a seven-yard scoring pass to Davis from Kaileb Sheets — giving Meigs a 39-12 advantage with 6:58 left in the contest. The Raiders responded with a three-play, 62-yard scoring drive that ended at the 6:10 mark after Brown hauled in a 42-yard TD pass from Dayton Hardway — allowing RVHS to cut the deficit down to 39-18. Burt added his second rushing TD and the final score of the night with 3:58 remaining, plunging in from three yards out to wrap up four-play, 37-yard drive that brought the game to its 46-18 finale. River Valley committed all five turnovers in the contest, including three fumbles and two interceptions. The Raiders, however, did manage a small 22-21 edge in first downs on the night. Meigs had 269 rushing yards on 47 attempts and added another 141 yards through the air, while RVHS mustered 137 rushing yards on 39 carries and another 245 passing yards for 382 total yards of offense. The hosts were flagged 11 times for 80 yards, while the Marauders were penalized 12 times for 75 yards. Boyer led the Meigs rushing attack with 17 carries for 130 yards, while Davis added 45 yards on eight attempts. Ty Phelps also had seven carries for 34 yards in the triumph, as well as one completed pass for 54 yards and a score. Sheets finished the night 6-of-10 passing for 87 yards and also had one TD completion. Austin Welch led the MHS wideouts with two catches for 62 yards, followed by Davis with two grabs for 61 yards. Sheets was also 4-of-5 on point-after kicks. Brown led the Raiders with a game-high 146 rushing yards on 27 carries, followed by Hardway with two attempts for six yards. Hardway finished the night 8-of-10 passing for 138 yards, while Whobrey went 9-of-18 passing for 107 yards. Both Whobrey and Hardway threw one interception apiece in the setback. Chris Clemente led the RVHS wideouts with nine catches for 110 yards, while Tyler Twyman had two grabs for 44 yards. The Raiders had seven different receivers make at least one catch in the contest. Cody Stewart recorded two sacks for the Meigs defense, while Austin Welch and Devon Cundiff each came away with an interception in the victory. Meigs returns to road action next Friday when it travels to Glouster for a non-conference matchup against Trimble, while the Raiders will try again at home next weekend when they host Nelsonville-York. Both contests will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. �Sunday, September 9, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B3 Lady Marauders fall to Gallia Academy Bryan Walters bwalters@heartlandpublications.com ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — It took four competitive games, but Meigs ultimately came up on the short end of the stick Wednesday night during a 20-25, 26-24, 2225, 23-25 setback to visiting Gallia Academy in a non-conference matchup at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium. Neither the Blue Angels (3-0) nor the host Lady Marauders (0-3) managed to win a single game by more than five points, and Meigs ultimately rallied back from its early setback to tie the match at one apiece. GAHS responded with wins totaling five points over the next two games, allowing the Blue and White to remain unbeaten this fall. The Lady Marauders were 81-of-88 at the service line and recorded team totals of 27 kills, 26 assists and three blocks in the setback. Mercadies George led the hosts with 12 service points, followed by Brooke Reynolds with eight points and Alyson Dettwiller with five points. Olivia Cremeans added four points, followed by Brook Andrus with three and Emily Kinnan with two. Chandra Mattox and Lindsay Patterson rounded things out with one point each. Andrus led the net attack with 11 kills, followed by Kinnan with seven and George with six kills. Hannah Cremeans and Lindsay Patterson added two kills and one kill, respectively. Patterson added a team-high 22 assists, while Cremeans recorded all three MHS blocks. Kassie Shriver led the Blue Angels with 15 service points, followed by Riley Nibert with 13 points and Kendra Barnes with 12 points. Taylor Allen added five points to the winning cause, while Bre West and Hannah Roach rounded things out with three points apiece. Chelsy Slone and Maggie Westfall led the net attack with 12 kills each, followed by Haleigh Caldwell with six kills. Nibert and West both contributed five kills, while Micah Curfman added two kills. Shriver led the passing game with 20 assists and Allen chipped in 11 assists, while Nibert and West paced the defense with 15 and 11 digs respectively. Lady Marauders fall to Athens in three games Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com THE PLAINS, Ohio — The Meigs volley ball team is off to a rocky start, as it dropped its first Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division match three games to none Thursday night at host Athens. The Lady Marauders (04, 0-1 TVC Ohio) dropped the first game 25-20 to Athens (3-1, 1-0), and the final two 25-11. Lindsay Patterson led the service attack for Meigs, scoring 14 points on the night. Mercadies George had eight points on the night followed by Brook An- drus with seven and Olivia Cremeans with five. Brooke Reynolds had two points and Emily Kinnan had one to round out the MHS scoring. George and Kinnan each had three kills to lead Meigs, while Andrus had two. Patterson had six assists on the night. Waterford golfers win at Cliffside Bryan Walters bwalters@heartlandpublications.com GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The South Gallia golf team proved to be the best of the locals, but nobody could match Waterford Thursday afternoon during a non-conference quad match against River Valley and Eastern at Cliffside Golf Course in Gallia County. The Wildcats posted a winning team score of 175, which ultimately ended up being 10 shots ahead of the runnerup Rebels (185). The Raiders came in third place with a team tally of 197, while the Eagles rounded things out with a 211. Brandyn Offenberger led Waterford with a medalist effort of 4-over par 40, followed by matching 45s from Bryce Ginther, Cam Bosner and Montana Brooker. Randee Seevers and Garrett Lemasters also had identical 46s for WHS. Seth Jarrell led the Rebels with a 42, followed by Gus Slone with a 44 and Ethan Swain with a 46. Cuyler Mills rounded out the scoring with a 53, while Kylie Haislop added a 66. Jacob Gilmore led RVHS with a 41, followed by Dan Goodrichwith a 46 and Zach Morris with a 54. Logan Sheets added a 56 to round out the scoring, while Jordan Howell and Jordan Swisher had respective efforts of 62 and 66. Kyle Young paced Eastern with a 46, followed by Jack Kuhn with a 53 and Marshall Aanestad with a 55. Josh Parker had a 57 to wrap up the scoring, while Tyler Hensley added a 59. Meigs blasts Golden Rockets in duel Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com POMEROY, Ohio — The Meigs boys golf team recorded a 179 Thursday night at the Meigs County Golf Course, defeating visiting Wellston by 23 strokes in the play six, count four format. The match was contested under the Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division. Tylor Rowe earned medalist honers for Meigs after shooting a season best 41. Following Rowe was Treay Mckinney with a 42 and Chris Folmer with a 46. Braden Spencer rounded out the MHS scoring with a 50. Gage Gilkey (53) and Derik Hill (55) also played but did not contribute toward the team total. Lane Bunnell led the Golden Rockets with a 43, followed by Hunter Riepenhoff with a 48, Chris Hanson with a 51, and Caleb Stanley with a 60. Dakota Riegal (63) also played for Wellston but his score didn’t count toward the team total. Alex Hawley | Times-Sentinel GAHS junior Sam Hemphill (left) dribbles the ball down field during the Blue Devils 8-0 win over Piketon Thursday. Hemphill had a hat trick during the game. Blue Devils soccer get first win, 8-0 over Piketon Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com CENTENARY, Ohio — The Gallia Academy soccer team got it’s first win of the season, 8-0 over Piketon, Thursday night in Gallia County. The Blue Devils (1-3-0) controlled the ball in their attack zone for the majority of the match, which led to 38 shots on goal in the game. GAHS junior Sammy Hemphill had a hat trick in the game, scoring three goals to lead the Blue Devils. Zach Stewart, Winston Wade, Jacob Click, Jacob McCormick, Eric Gillespie, and Zach Johnson each score one goal in for Gallia Academy in the triumph. Jason Sayre led the Blue Devils in the goal with three saves on the night, while teammate Nathan Wiseman had one. Zach Stewart, Hemphill, and Chayse Casto each had two assists for the victors, followed by Tyler Stewart and Wade with one assist each. Lady Raiders pound Peake in straight sets Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — The River Valley volleyball team earned its first Ohio Valley Conference win Thursday night with a victory over hosts Chesapeake in three sets. The Raiders (2-3, 1-1 OVC) won the first game 25-22, the second game 22-15 and the final game 25-9. Cady Gilmore led the Lady Raiders in the service attack with 26 points on the night, followed by Janelle McCelland with 14 and Noel Mershon with 13. Alicia Ferrell led the Raiders with three kills on the night, followed by Justyce Stout with two, and Tracy Roberts and Kaci Bryant with one apiece. Mershon led the Lady Raiders with 28 assists on the night. John got in the game with a wide range of sports, movies and more & saved up to $850! 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Tyler Jones shot a 48 to account for the final score that counted for Ripley. Logan Reynolds (49) and Taylor Casto (53) also played for Ripley with their scores not included in the final total. Point Pleasant’s Erik Allbright played well and posted a good score of 39 to lead the Big Blacks. Erik’s sister, Kelsey. had Point’s second best score with a 44. Adam Thomas also broke 50 shooting a score of 47. The fourth score that counted for Point Pleasant was a 54 shot by Denver Thomas, Jon Rhea and John Raike. The Wahama players, for the second day in a row, had a difficult time adjusting to the speedy and firm greens. In fact, only 2 of the White falcons managed to break 50. Samuel Gordon posted a 44 while Dakota Sisk added a 45. Both Michael MacKnight and Nathan Redman added a pair of 51’s to account for the final scores that counted for the White falcons. Caroline Thompson (53) and Benjamin Foreman (54) also played for Wahama. 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IN THE MATTER OF: : LE-AX WATER DISTRICT, Missing-F Jack Russell mix. AKA : From Carsey Drive area, since CASE NO: 80CI120658 last wk of Aug. 304-773-5325 LEAX WATER DISTRICT, AKA : LE AX WATER DISTRICT : Notices JUDGE GOLDSBERRY NOTICE OHIO VALLEY PUBPetitioner. : LISHING CO. recommends that LEGAL NOTICE The Le-Ax Regional Water Dis- you do business with people you know, and NOT to send money trict, an Ohio Rev. Code Sec. through the mail until you have in6119, Regional Water District, vestigating the offering. has filed a Petition with the Athens County Court of ComPictures that have been mon Pleas, Case No. CI-80-12 placed in ads at the - 658 to Amend the original Gallipolis Daily Tribune Plan and Petition (and submust be picked within sequent Amendments), to expand its Service Area to in30 days. Any pictures clude the following areas: that are not picked up A. To add the following Secwill be discarded. tions to its Service Area (all in Vinton County): - Secs. 6, 10, 11 & 12 - Knox SERVICES Twp. - Secs. 16, 17, 18, 22, 23 & Auctions 24 - Madison Twp. - Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 - Brown Twp. (or all of the fractions contained within such Sections) B. To specifically authorize LeAx Located Water District to preclude at 47412 St. Rt. 124 in Racine, Ohio. Watch for and/or terminate water serauction signs. Mrs. Rhodes is moving to smaller home. vices to property owners “Tools” and/or customers, for failure to connect to, B&B abide by RegulaBand saw, Router, Drill Press, Sander, Miter saw, Bench grinder, Bench tionsTable of, and/or to pay heater, Lots of hand tools, new scuffling, saw, Shopfailure van, Kerosene for Central Sanitary Sewer misc. odd & end wood, wood working tools, generator, air compressor. Services (where available), “Household” even if such are provided by a End &entity coffee or tables, dressers, stands, tables, chest of drawers, lamps, separate political subpictures, shelves, cabinet/hutch, chest deep freezer, large recliner, dishes, division. A Hearing on Le-Ax’s Petition refrigerator, sweeper & etc shall be held on Friday Octo“Antiques or Collector’s Items” berSilver 12th, 10:30 jet2012 coffeeat pot, trunk, o’clock china dolls, oil lamps, guns, belt buckles, stone A.M. in the Hocking County jars, knives, & stand Court of Common Pleas, 3rd Floor, 1 East Main St., Logan,“Misc.” tableAny & chairs, grill, lounge OHPatio 43138. objections to chair, canning jars, wheelbarrow, garden christmas decorations, such east, request should be filed yard figurines, computer-printer, sewing with the Clerk and served upon machine & etc. legal counsel for Le-Ax Water District, no later Owner than 14 days - Lucille Rhodes prior to such Hearing. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Frank A. Lavelle,Auctioneer Esq. - Ohio #13449 Attorney for Le-Ax Water Dis-P O S I T I V E I D C A S H trict refreshments by Carmel-Sutton Church Reg. No. 0010195 60352193 LAVELLE LAW OFFICES, L.P.A. A Legal Professional Association P.O. Box 661 Public Auction Saturday Sept. 15th, 2012 • 10:00am TERMS: CASH OR CHECK W/VALID ID AND BANK LETTER OF CREDIT IF UNKNOWN TO AUCTION CO. Auction Conducted By: Rick Pearson Auction Co. #66 DAN SMITH 60352279 (304) 773 - 5447 OR (304) 593 - 5118 FOR MORE INFO AND PHOTOS VISIT WWW.AUCTIONZIP.COM IN THE ATHENS COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ATHENS, OHIO IN THE MATTER OF: : LE-AX WATER DISTRICT, AKA : CASE NO: 80CI120658 LEAX WATER DISTRICT, AKA : LE AX WATER DISTRICT : JUDGE GOLDSBERRY Petitioner. : LEGAL NOTICE The Le-Ax Regional Water District, an Ohio Rev. Code Sec. 6119, Regional Water District, has filed a Petition with the Athens County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. CI-80-12 - 658 to Amend the original Plan and Petition (and subsequent Amendments), to expand its Service Area to include the following areas: A. To add the following Sections to its Service Area (all in Vinton County): Legals - Secs. 6, 10, 11 & 12 - Knox Twp. - Secs. 16, 17, 18, 22, 23 & 24 - Madison Twp. - Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 - Brown Twp. (or all of the fractions contained within such Sections) B. To specifically authorize LeAx Water District to preclude and/or terminate water services to property owners and/or customers, for failure to connect to, abide by Regulations of, and/or failure to pay for Central Sanitary Sewer Services (where available), even if such are provided by a separate entity or political subdivision. 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Water/Trash pd. $375/mo 740645-5953 or 614-595-7773 Help Wanted- General Ravenswood Care Center Expanding Staff For: Dietary & Nursing Assistants Part-Time Receptionist/Activities Must Have Computer & Filing Skills 113 Washington Street Ravenswood, WV 26164 1-304-273-9482 60351875 �Sunday, September 9, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Lady Marauders better Wellston in duel Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com POMEROY, Ohio — The Meigs girls golf team shot a 212 Thursday at the Meigs County Golf Course to defeat Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division foe Wellston by 23 strokes. The match was played in the play six, count four format. MHS senior Natalie Michael earned medalist honers after shooting a season low 49. Harley Fox shot a 51 for Meigs, followed by Alyssa Cremeans with a 52. Shawnella Patterson rounded out the MHS total with a round of 60. Kerri Moon (61) and Torie Walk- er (64) also played for the Lady Marauders butCompany their serving scores did A local and the Meigs County is not countAthens toward total. currently accepting apWellston was led byposition Amberof Gilplications for the Accounting Clerk. Thisday is a full liland with a 56 on the foltime position with an excellent package. includes lowed bybenefit Abby ScottThis and ChelRetirement (OPERS), vasea Manaway, who time, eachsick had cation, personal time a healthcare package. aThe 59. Abby& Doyle recorded 61 to hours are Monday – round outworking the Lady Rockets Friday, day shift only. It istotal. Apartments/Townhouses Apartments/Townhouses Storage RENTALS AVAILABLE! 2 BR townhouse apartments, also renting 2 & 3BR houses. Call 441-1111. Twin Rivers Tower is accepting applications for waiting list for HUD subsidized, 1-BR apartment for the elderly/disabled, call 304-675-6679 Inside storage available for RVs and Boat/Trailers for both short-term and long-term storage customers. Our fenced and guarded storage facility is in Pt. Pleasant, WV, and is open 7 days a week. RVs $150/mo. and boats/trailers $100/mo. Call 304.586.7085 to reserve your space. Houses For Rent MANUFACTURED HOUSING 1 BR & 4 BR, NO PETS, Syracuse, OH. 304-675-5332 or 740-591-0265 Sales Apts - Racine, Ohio. Furnished - $450 & Up w/s/g incl. No Pets 740-591-5174 Middleport, 1 & 2 BR furnished apts, some with utilities pd, no pets, dep & ref. 740-992-0165 New Haven, 1 BR apt, washer/dryer, some furn, no pets, dep & ref. 740-992-0165 2 Bedroom house for rent Gallipolis city limits $550mo. 740853-1101 3 BR 2 Bath Newly Renavated Home $650 mo. $650 deposit. NO PETS References required Call 740-367-7025 Lease RENT SPECIALS Jordan Landing Apts-2, 3 & 4 BR units avail. Rent plus dep & elec. Minorities encouraged to apply. No pets 304-674-0023 304-444-4268 1600 Square feet, beautiful, unfurnished, three bedroom apt , 2nd floor, LR,DR area, downtown Gallipolis, ideal for professional couple, References required NO PETS, Security deposit, $650 per month Call 446-4425, 4463936 or 441-7875 preferred, but not required that applicant be skilled in Peachtree Accounting proAccounting / Financial gram as well as Microsoft Word & Excel. Must be a quick learner in a fast paced office and work well with the public. A degree in Accounting is highly recommended, but will consider applicants with at least 10 years of working experience in accounting. Please send resume in care of The Daily Sentinel, P.O. Box 729815, Pomeroy, OH 45769 Clerical Repo's Available 740)446-3570 Call RESORT PROPERTY EMPLOYMENT Accounting / Financial OPTOMETRIC ASSISTANT NEEDED ASAP. Part-time, 2025 hours a week. Computer experience required. Starting pay is $8 an hour. Please send resume to PO Box 177, Point Pleasant, WV 25550. Deadline is September 15, 2012. Construction Carpenters wanted Send Resumes to 740-441-9504 or pick up applications at the New Buffalo Wild Wings A local Company serving Athens and Meigs County is currently accepting applications for the position of Accounting Clerk. This is a full Drivers & Delivery time position with an excellent benefit package. This includes R&J Trucking is seeking Retirement (OPERS), vaqualified CDL drivers for local cation, personal time, sick time and regional routes with our & healthcare package. The Semi-Dumps and regional working hours are Monday – driving positions with our Bulk Friday, day shift only. It is Tanker division. We feature preferred, but not required that weekend home time for our applicant be skilled in regional drivers, we offer Peachtree Accounting prohealth & dental insurance, gram as well as Microsoft vacation and bonus pays, Word & Excel. Must be a quick 401(K) and safety awards. Miscellaneous learner in a fast paced office Applicants must be over 23 and work well with the public. yrs., & have at least 2 yr. A degree in Accounting is commercial driving exp. Hazhighly recommended, but will Mat Cert., and a clean driving consider applicants with at record. Contact Kent at 800least 10 years of working ex462-9365. EOE. perience in accounting. Please send resume in care of The Daily Sentinel, P.O. Box 729815, Pomeroy, OH 45769 Miscellaneous Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B5 Do you have story ideas or suggestions? Let us know! R&J Trucking is seeking qualified CDL drivers for local and regional routes with our Semi-Dumps and regional driving positions with our Bulk Tanker division. We feature weekend home time for our regional drivers, we offer healthDrivers & dental&insurance, Delivery vacation and bonus pays, 401(K) and safety awards. Applicants must be over 23 yrs., & have at least 2 yr. commercial driving exp. HazMat Cert., and a clean driving record. Contact Kent at 800462-9365. EOE. Call: 446.2342 or 992.2155 Help Wanted- General Local office seeking motivated individuals to train as dental assistants. Some college is preferred but not necessary. Send resumes to P.O. Box 704, Pomeroy, OH 45769 Looking for exp carpenters in roofing timbers & framing. Send responses to: P.O. Box 1124, Gallipolis, OH 45631 Pharmacy Tech wanted. Benefits. We will train, but experience preferred. Email: info@THEPHARMACY4u.com Substitute Bus Drivers needed at Carleton School. Must have CDL with School Bus endorsement. Other substitute work also available. Send resume/application by 09/13/2012 to: Carleton School P.O. box 307 1310 Carleton Street Syracuse, Ohio 45779 Mechanics Mechanic Wanted. 2 plus years experience working on heavy equipment, truck maintenance and repairs. Full time, in Gallipolis Area. Send résumé to: Mechanic, P.O. Box 1059, Gallipolis, OH 45631 Medical LPN needed for full time position with a local premier home health agency. Home health experience a plus but not necessary. Join our team of caring, compassionate home health care workers for a rewarding career. CNA, STNA, and HHA also needed. Please call Sharon Reed, RN at 740.886.7623 for further information. SERVICE / BUSINESS DIRECTORY Manufactured Homes 2009 Redman 16x80, 3BR, 2 full baths. Asking $30,000 740645-5606 or 740-645-2246 MUST BE MOVED �Sunday, September 9, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page B6 Point survives scare from Minutemen for 14-13 win Andy Layton Special to OVP WESTON, W.Va. — Welcome back. The Point Pleasant Big Blacks scored a late victory on Friday night over the Minutemen of Lewis County by a score of 14-13. Sophomore quarterback Aden Yates – despite some struggles throughout the game – stepped up in the biggest moment and delivered a 10-yard strike to senior tailback Tylun Campbell on fourth-and-goal from the 10-yard line with just 11 seconds left in the game. It was the first AAA game for the Big Blacks in nearly a decade, since Point Pleasant was a member of the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League. The Big Blacks have now won 14 straight regular season games dating back to the 2010 season. “It wasn’t the prettiest of the games offensively,” said Head Coach Dave Darst. “We struggled at times but had a big drive when we needed it the most. You have to give it to our defense as well – two big stops in the fourth quarter when we desperately needed it.” Those stops – both field goals from Lewis County – both came in the final six minutes of the ball game. The defense allowed just 177 yards on the night. Lewis County had 157 yards rushing on 46 carries. The second field goal came at the 2:58 mark of the 4th quarter, letting the Big Blacks offense have the stage. Some big runs from junior Teran Barnitz and senior Tylun Campbell along with throws from Yates and a big catch from freshman Cody Mitchell, all helped piece together the gamewinning drive. Barnitz had a strong night running the football with 14 rushes for 85 yards. Campbell contributed 11 carries for 59 yards with one score rushing and one score receiving, the game winning score. Other rushers included Anthony Perry with three rushes for 14 yards and Marquez Griffin with three rushes for 12 yards. One noticeable absence in the Big Blacks lineup was junior Chase Walton – two-way starter who is an important part of the team. “We really missed having Chase out there,” said Darst. “He is very important to us on both sides of the ball but we were able to find a way to get it done without him tonight.” Yates completed his third straight 100 yard passing performance with a 10 out of 13 night for 120 yards. He had one touch- down pass on the night and also his first interception of the season. Yates’ leading receiver was junior tight end Brycen Reymond, with one catch for 32 yards. Campbell had three grabs for 21 yards and a score. Senior tight end Andrew Williamson had one catch for 17 yards, freshman Cody Mitchell with two for 16 yards, Barnitz two for 11 yards, and Anthony Perry one for three yards. The Big Blacks held the lead for the majority of the game when they struck the end-zone with Campbell going in from one yard out with 3:21 left in the 1st quarter. The Colin Peal kick was good. The Minutemen tied the game with 3:19 left in the third quarter and the game was a stalemate until Lewis County took leads at 10-7 and 13-7. Key defensive performers for the Big Blacks included senior Andrew Williamson, junior Teran Barnitz, junior Brycen Reymond, senior Kodi Stranahan, junior Levi Russell, senior Marquez Griffin, and sophomore Gage Buskirk. Now, the Big Blacks will get to take a week off as they prepare for the Winfield Generals in a few weeks. The game will be at Winfield – the last game before Point returns home for a homecoming battle with Brooke High School. Submitted photo by Jan Haddox Point Pleasant junior tailback Teran Barnitz tries to shed a few would-be Lewis County tacklers during a first half carry Friday night in a Week 3 nonconference football game in Weston, W.Va. Hannan Wildcats falls to Federal Hocking 40-6 Alex Hawley ahawley@heartlandpublications.com ASHTON, W.Va. — The Hannan football team gave up a lot of points early but held strong in the second half Friday night in Mason County. Federal Hocking took the 40-6 victory over the Wildcats. The Lancers (2-1) took the opening kickoff from back to their own 47 yard line where they began the games opening drive. At the 8: 33 mark Federal Hocking’s Andrew Smith broke an 14 yard run for a touchdown capping off an eight play drive. After forcing Hannan (12) to go three-and-out on its first drive of the game FHHS took back over at the Hannan 46 yard line. The Lancer’s Delbert Crum took the hand off on the first play of the drive 46 yards for the score, and following the Terrance Mayle kick, put Federal Hocking up 13-0. The Wildcats earned their first first down of the game on their second drive when Elijah Sowards broke a 17 yard run, but Hannan was forced to punt just four plays later. FHHS again started it’s drive in Hannan territory and on the opening play, a pass from Kyle Jackson to Smith, scored a touchdown. Hannan blocked the extra point attempt and trailed 19-0. The Wildcats were forced into a three-and-out on their net drive and the Lancers took over at the HHS 45 yard line. it took just three plays and 1:10 for Federal Hocking to score again, with a 40 yard carry by Ivan Santiago. Mayle knocked the extra point through and gave the Lancers the 26-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Hannan was pinned deep in its own teritory at the begining of the second period when Federal Hocking stripped the ball and recovered the fumble on the seven yard line. Mayle ran the ball up the middle and into the endzone on the very next play, and following his point after touchdown kick, gave the Lancers the 33-0 lead. After another three-andout Hannan was forced to punt and an excellent return set the Lancers up on the HHS 19 yard line. on the first play of the drive Peyton Seel took the handoff into the endzone for six. Mayle’s extra point gave FHHS a 40-0 lead. Back-to-back runs by Sowards and Zac Camp gave the Wildcats a first down but thats all the could muster and they were forced to punt. Federal Hocking’s next drive was plagued by penalties and the Lancers failed to find pay dirt for the first time in the game. Hannan regained possession its own Alex Hawley | Times-Sentinel Hannan’s Daniel Black and Matt Wallace bring down Federal Hocking running back Terrance Mayle during the frist half of Friday night’s 40-6 Federal Hocking win in Ashton. 20 yard line but the clock ran out and it was halftime. Hannan received the ball to open the half and earned a first down on a nine yard carry an 11 yard carry by Brad Fannin. Jarad Lunsford took the first down carry 10 yards and gave Hannan another first down. Federal Hocking’s defense buckled down and forced Hannan to turn the ball over on downs. Hannan’s defense stood strong and forced a turnover on downs of their own on the ensuing FHHS drive. The Wildcats were forced to punt on their next drive and the Lancers were in striking distance again to start the fourth quarter. The FHHS field goal attempt was blocked and Hannan took over on its own 20 yard line. On the first play of The Wildcats drive running back Matt Wallace ran 76 yards to the Lancers four yard line. Charles Mayes took the ball into the endzone for Hannan on the quarterback keeper giving the Wildcats six points. Federal Hocking missed a field goal on it’s next drive giving Hannan the ball on 20 yard line again. Mayes ran for two first downs on the Wildcats drive but FHHS forced a turnover on downs. Penalties haulted the Lancers and the clock ran out before they could score. Federal Hocking took the 40-6 victory on the road. Hannan was led on the ground by Wallace, who had 83 yards on five carries. Mayes had 37 yards on nine carries with one touchdown, Sowards had eight yards on eight carries and Fannin finished with six yards on four carries for the Wildcats. Hannan finished with 118 rushing yards on the night. Mayes threw one pass, but it fell incomplete. The Wildcats fumbled five times but only lost one. HHS committed just two penalties in the game for a total of 30 yards and The Wildcats gained seven first downs on the night. The Lancers running game was led by Crum with 61 yards on four carries and a touchdown, Seel with 57 yards on six carries and a touchdown, and Mayle with 55 yards on eight carries and a touchdown. Alfonso Cobb ran three times for 41 yards, Ivan Santiago ran once for 40 yards and a score, Devon Maxey ran six times for 36 yards, Smith ran four times for 30 yards and a touchdown, Devon Robinson ran eight times for 20 yards, and Jackson ran once for two yards to round out the Lancers running attack. Federal Hocking had 342 rushing yards as a team. Jackson completed one pass for the Lancers, a 45 yard touchdown to Smith. Federal Hocking fumbled once but recovered it, committed eight penalties totalling 65 yards, and had 13 first downs on the night. The Wildcats play host to Sherman next Friday night at 7:30. OVP Sports Briefs Wahama HOF Reservations MASON, W.Va. — Reservations are currently being accepted for the 2012 induction class of the Wahama High School Athletic Hall of Fame banquet. The induction ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. at Riverside Golf Course. Grant Barnette, Ron Bradley, Brent Clark, Matt Thompson and Charles Yonker will comprise the 2012 class to be inducted into the WHS Athletic Hall of Fame. Tickets for the event are $15 and may be obtained by contacting any WHS Board of Trustee member or by calling either (304) 882-2389 or (304) 882-3259 before Wednesday, September 12. GRC Punt, Pass and Kick Competition GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The Gallipolis Recreation Department will be hosting a local competition of the NFL Pepsi Punt, Pass, and Kick Competition. The competition will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15. The NFL Punt, Pass, and Kick competition will begin at noon at Memorial Field in Gallipolis. Pre-registration will begin at 11:30 a.m. The event is free and open to boys and girls ages 6-15 years old. The age will be determined as of December 31, 2012. Boys and girls will compete in separate divisions. Players must have tennis shoes. No cleats (rubber or metal) or bare feet are allowed. Combined scores of distance and accuracy for one punt, one pass, and one kick will determine the overall winner. Participants must bring a birth certificate and can only compete in one local event. Local winners will compete at a sectional event. The winners of the sectional events will have their score tallied against other state winners to determine if they compete before a Bengals’ NFL Football game. For more information, contact Brett Bostic at 441-6022. 60351591 Football officials meeting ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The Athens Chapter of football officials will be holding four officiating meetings at Meigs High School. The meetings will take place at 7 p.m. on the Wednesdays of Sept. 12 and Sept. 26. �Along the River Sunday Times-Sentinel SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 C1 Photos by Stephanie M. Filson | Times-Sentinel AT LEFT, GAMS Principal Craig Wright points out features on blueprints provided by architect SHP Leading Design. AT RIGHT, At least if students get sent to the principal’s office, they get to do so in style. Wright’s new administrative office is already reflecting his school spirit. A brand new day GAMS revels in hard-earned new digs Stephanie M. Filson Managing Editor sfilson@heartlandpublications.com GALLIPOLIS — The beautiful, new building that now sits proudly on Fourth Avenue in downtown Gallipolis was recently filled with celebration and school pride when a group of school administrators, staff, community leaders, elected officials and interested residents came together to celebrate the dedication of the new, state-of-the-art Gallia Academy Middle School and the start of a new era for Gallipolis City Schools. Among several speakers including school board members, city and county officials and State Rep. Ryan Smith, were former Gallipolis City Schools Superintendent Jack Payton, former Gallia Academy Middle School Principal Brent Saunders and current Gallia Academy Middle School Principal Craig Wright. After the ceremony ended, Wright provided a tour of the new school to interested attendees and media representatives including the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. According to school officials, the new school features 74,250 square feet of new and renovated space at a total cost of $10.1 million. The architect for the project was SHP Leading Design. Contractors and engineers include: General Contractor Tri-Mat, TP Mechanical, AJ Stockmeister, Econco, Claypool Electric, Wafferstrom, BBL Carlton, LLC, and Dynamix Engineering. Wright proudly showed off each office and several classrooms, explaining all the new features and improvements over the school of the past. The new facility has two fully functional science labs with a prep room shared between them; new classrooms with new technology; a new gymnasium; a kiln for the art department; and new office spaces, as well as a new reception area. It also features special facilities for autistic and other special needs children, including a sensory room and touchscreen technology to aid in communication. One of the most exciting additions — one that The balcony classrooms may just be the most charming. Wright showed those on the tour the book-lined upper level. is a first in the history of GAMS — is the new, stainless steel, state-of-the-art kitchen and cafeteria, a move that is very popular with students and staff. Gallipolis City Schools Director of Communications Jim Craft said that, in addition to providing a safer bus loading atmosphere, the addition of the new kitchen and cafeteria has allowed a closed campus, which exponentially improves the security of students during school hours. Teachers and school administrators know that there are additional benefits of on-campus lunches, however. “Kids eating together at school creates community,” said Craft. “I just can’t stress that enough.” Mostly, though the new school facility has teachers and students excited again. “It’s completely changed the environment for staff and students,” said Wright. “Everything about this place is now conducive to learning. It’s an exciting time for us.” The new middle school boasts a new computer lab with modern technology. Teachers have full monitoring control over the student stations. The art department now has a new, high-end kiln for the students to use. One very impressive feature of the new GAMS is the brand new gymnasium. Teams have already been playing in the new facility. The hallways of GAMS are lined with new lockers for the students. AT LEFT, A point of pride among students and staff alike is the new kitchen that allows GAMS to operate as a closed campus, providing a safer environment for students. CENTER, The new library and media center is sure to be a favorite haunt for student book lovers. AT RIGHT, The nurses station has all the modern resources of a local doctor’s office. �Sunday, September 9, 2012 Livestock report GALLIPOLIS — United Producers, Inc., livestock report of sales from September 5, 2012. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $90-$183, Heifers, $90$150; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $90-$175, Heifers, $90-$145; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $90-$160, Heifers, $85-$138; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $90-$145, Heifers, $85-$130; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $85$130, Heifers, $80-$118. Cows Well Muscled/Fleshed, $74-$85.50; Medium/ Lean, $64-$73; Thin/Light, $30.50-$63; Bulls, $74.50-$113. Back to Farm Cow/Calf Pairs, $1,035-$1,300; Goats, $75$165; Hogs, $50-$56; Bred Cows, $640-$875; Baby Calves, $30-$122.50. Upcoming Specials 9/12/12 — 80 head preconditioned black heifers, 625-650#, 15 head 750# black steers. Direct sales and free on-farm visits. Contact Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy at (304) 634-0224, Luke at (740) 645-3697, or Mark at (740) 645-5708, or visit the website at www. uproducers.com. Healthy aging — Tips to improve overall health are asked what Did you they would do if know that they had more September is time. There are Healthy Agseveral travel ing Month? sites you can find This special online that can observance help with findis recognized ing good fares annually by and rates should Healthy Agmoney be a facing Magazine tor. and was de5. Learn to signed to foPaint! Complete cus national a landscape, seaattention on the positive Pamela K. Matura scape, floral or still life paintaspects of Executive Director ing. Local Senior growing older. 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But in the past few years, the movie industry has changed dramatically, and unless the Isis’ owner comes up with $85,000 soon to pay for new digital equipment, residents of Crete, Neb., may have to drive 40 miles to Lincoln for a night at the movies. It’s a prospect that owner Thom Reeves doesn’t want to ponder, but like thousands of small-theater operators across the country, he hasn’t found a way out. “This is my passion, to give back to the community,” Reeves said. “I love this movie theater. I love what it does for the students I have employed there. We love our patrons. It’s such a positive experience going on, and we’re just a little sad this conversion is hitting us. How do we survive?” For small-theater owners, the problem is the sudden switch from 35 mm film, an industry standard since about 1910, to digital — a format that’s cheaper for both studios and distributors, and doesn’t scratch as traditional film will. The switch means theater owners must buy new projection equipment, computers and a sound system. Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C2 Extension Corner Are deer traveling through your farm or yard? Due to the drought, several deer have come closer to our homes as they look for food. Many homeowners have complained that their flower and vegetable gardens have been raided by wandering deer. In the upcoming months look at protecting your tree trunks and branches from deer rubs. Why are the bucks rubbing their antlers on your trees? To mark their territories and to polish their antler growth that just finished growing. Antlers growth begins around April and continues through August. How do bucks polish their antlers? As the antlers grow, they are covered with a layer of soft, vascularized tissue, commonly referred to as velvet. Polishing requires the buck to rub the layer of velvet off in order to display their racks. Some velvet will dry up and slough off without rubbing. Rubbing stations are often the trunks of saplings or small trees that fit in and around the antlers perfectly. Newly planted trees and orchards are just the right size. The rack of antlers is used by the buck to defend and attract his herd of does for the upcoming mating season in October through December. Ohio State University Extension’s Buckeye Yard and Garden newsletter suggests the following to protect trees from deer rubs. “Protect saplings and small trees from deer rubs by wrapping woven-wire (chicken wire) around the trunk of the tree. The wire should be 4 - 5’ high with several inches of space between the tree and the wire. There are also plastic tree wraps and other types of tree guards commercially available. Rubbing is often most intense during and shortly after velvet removal, but can continue throughout the breeding season, as bucks will rub their glandular foreheads over rubs to leave a scent behind. It is recommended to leave tree protection up through the winter.” If a deer has severely injured a tree, sacrifice this tree by leavthe 14th Annual ing it unproOhio Pawpaw tected this Festival Septemseason and ber 14-16 at Lake allow him to Snowden Park continue to located east of rub that tree Albany on US trunk. Re32. Educational place the tree classes are givnext year and en each day on protect its pawpaws. Enjoy trunk immepawpaw baked diately from goods, pawbuck dampaw beer, and age. If you are fresh pawpaws. Hal Kneen planting an Many other loorchard proExtension Educator cal vendors will tect the trees be selling pumpby enclosing kins, Snowville it in deer fencing set up Creamery products, Sticky from the time it is planted. Pete’s maple syrup and *** many other products. Remember the childhood For a full schedule go to song — Picking up paw- the website, www.ohiopawpaws put them in a basket? pawfest.com. Hours are The pawpaw (botani- Friday 4 p.m. to midnight, cally Asimina triloba) is Saturday 10 a.m. to midNorth American’s largest night and Sunday 10 a.m. native fruit and the desig- to 4 p.m. Entry fees are six nated State of Ohio’s native dollars per person with free fruit. This year the fruit admittance for children 12 have ripened early so check and under. your patches. Interested in learning more about paw- Hal Kneen is the Agriculture and paws and the various prod- Natural Resources Extension Educaucts that can be made from tor for Athens and Meigs Counties, them? Plan on attending Ohio State University Extension. Prince Harry to fly Apache copters CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan (AP) — Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, began a four-month combat tour Friday in Afghanistan as a gunner on an Apache attack helicopter, fresh from a vacation that included strip billiards in a Las Vegas hotel. It was the second tour in Afghanistan for Harry, 27, who will start flying missions within 10 days in the country’s restive Helmand province, the British military said. In 2007-08, he served in Helmand as an air traffic controller. Looking relaxed if slightly tired, Harry gave a thumbs-up Friday after a long journey on a troop carrier flight from England to Britain’s Camp Bastion, a sprawling desert base near the southern Afghan town of Lashkar Gah. Capt. Harry Wales, as he is known in the military, wore his combat uniform and joined his 100-strong unit — the 662 Squadron, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps. As part of the Apache’s two-man crew, Harry will be both a co-pilot and the gunner responsible for firing the Apache’s wing-mounted aerial rockets, Hellfire laser-guided missiles and 30mm machine gun. Britain has around 9,500 troops in Afghanistan, mainly based in Helmand province, and has suffered 425 deaths since the start of operations there in 2001. “Prince Harry, like any soldier, considers it a great honor to represent his country in her majesty’s armed forces wherever it chooses to deploy him,” St James’s Palace said in a statement. Harry did not speak as he arrived in Helmand, and was not expected to comment publicly on his work for several weeks. The prince’s previous posting as a battlefield air traffic controller in Afghanistan in late 2007 and early 2008 lasted only 10 weeks. It was cut short after his deployment was made public. Britain’s defense ministry had asked the news media not to report information surrounding the prince’s deployment, saying the publicity could put him and his colleagues in greater danger, but an Australian magazine not aware of the agreement broke the news. It was picked up by both the Drudge Report website and a German publication. With his typical humor, Harry joked at the time about his nickname “the bullet magnet.” His job was to direct attack helicopters and fighter jets to targets on the ground. But with that time in Afghanistan, Harry became the first member of the British royal family to serve in a war zone since his uncle, Prince Andrew, flew as a helicopter pilot in the 1982 Falklands war with Argentina. Next Saturday, the prince will celebrate his 28th birthday at Camp Bastion — but he won’t be able to raise a toast with one of his beloved cocktails. The desert compound, which is next door to the U.S. military’s Camp Leatherneck base, is an alcohol-free zone. Before leaving for Afghanistan, Harry said farewell to his immediate family at Queen Elizabeth II’s private estate in Scotland, Balmoral, and stopped to see his brother Prince William at his Kens- ington Palace home in London earlier this week. St James’s Palace said Prince Charles was “immensely proud of his son” and he and the queen had been briefed on the details of Harry’s deployment. Harry was met Friday at Camp Bastion by Royal Navy Capt. Jock Gordon, commander of the Joint Aviation Group. “Working alongside his colleagues in the squadron, he will be in a difficult and demanding job,” Gordon said. Britain’s defense ministry decided to confirm Harry’s deployment this time after a threat assessment concluded that making the details public would not put Harry or his colleagues at any additional risk. In an interview last March, Harry insisted he was eager to return to combat after training to fly Apache helicopters, including at U.S. bases in California and southern Arizona. “I’ve served my country. I enjoyed it because I was with my friends. And, you know, everyone has a part to play,” he told CBS News. “You can’t train people and then not put them into the role they need to play. For me personally, as I said, I want to serve my country. I’ve done it once, and I’m still in the Army, I feel as though I should get the opportunity to do it again,” he said then. In May 2007, the British military prevented Harry from heading out on a planned six-month tour of duty to Iraq because the risks to his safety were deemed too great. Grandma gives birth to her own grandchild CHICAGO (AP) — Setting foot in a hospital again, Emily and Mike Jordan couldn’t help but feel anxious. More than two years before, at age 29, Emily had been diagnosed with cervical cancer. But just before she was to undergo a radical hysterectomy, she was told that she was pregnant. Faced with saving her own life or their unborn child’s, the young couple made the excruciating decision to go forward with her surgery. It meant losing the baby, and forfeiting any chance at having their own children. Or so they thought. “I can’t describe what that was like after finding out you have cancer, after finding out your chance of ever carrying a baby is gone,” Emily says, still stammering at times as she recounts that painful day in 2010. Simply put, her body no longer had a place where a baby could grow. But now, more than two years later, she and Mike had come from their suburban Chicago home to the labor and delivery department of a downtown hospital to realize the dream they thought was lost — to become parents, though not the way they, or most people, would have imagined. Alongside them that day was Emily’s mother, Cindy Reutzel — a fit, silver-haired 53-year-old grandmother whose profile revealed a round belly, a pregnant belly. Reutzel was about to give birth to her own grandchild. ——— Just 34 years ago, Louise Brown, the first “test tube” baby, was born in Great Britain. The result? A veritable in-vitro baby boom. It started with would-be mothers in their 20s and 30s. “Then people started pushing the envelope,” says Dr. Helen Kim, director of the in vitro fertilization program at the University of Chicago. “If you could help a menopausal woman in her 30s, could you help a menopausal woman in her 40s? And then it became, ‘Can you help a menopausal woman in her 50s?’ “And the answer is yes.” Some older women were having their own babies. But more often, they were using egg donors to have their own children, or serving as surrogates or “gestational carriers.” There was the 51-year-old grandmother in Brazil who gave birth to her twin grandchildren in 2007. There’ve been others, grandmothers in their 40s or 50s and even 60s. Cindy Reutzel, Emily’s mom, had a vague recollection of those stories. So when doctors shared the good news that they had been able to keep Emily’s ovaries intact, Reutzel immediately made the offer. “What if I carried your baby for you?” she asked. Emily and Mike didn’t take it too seriously at first. “We didn’t really think that was a realistic option,” says Emily, who works in hospital administration. It turned out, though, that it wasn’t really that farfetched after all, particularly for a young grandmother who’s in good health, like Reutzel. After a process that included psychological evaluation and hormonal manipulation to prepare their bodies, Kim eventually implanted Reutzel’s uterus with an embryo created with an egg from Emily and Mike’s sperm. It was no easy process, with a regimen of hormonal shots. Work schedules were interrupted and vacations postponed. But Reutzel was committed. “The thought of Emily and Mike . not being able to have children and . share that piece of their lives with someone just broke my heart,” says Reutzel, who lives in Chicago and is executive director at medical foundation. “I want Emily to have that connection with another human being like I had with her.” As her belly grew, people started asking about “her baby.” But she was quick to tell them the story. This was not her baby; she was Grandma. Admittedly, she says, she worried about the physical toll pregnancy might take, though her body handled it better than she expected. She also wondered how well she’d bounce back from a Caesarean section. That’s how she had delivered Emily and her older brother, but that had been three decades ago. Still, she reassured Emily and Mike throughout the pregnancy that the baby was fine, she was fine, everything would be fine. Humor helped. Mike often teased his mother-inlaw each time they’d take her to dinner or do something nice for her. �Sunday, September 9, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday, September 9, 2012 Comics ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun BEETLE BAILEY Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C3 Mort Walker FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s zITS Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Sept. 10, 2012: This year success seems to follow you. You finally achieve what you have wanted to for a long time. You gain through expanding your horizons and making new friends. You have control and the possibility of making more powerful decisions in the near future. Display your penchant for excellent communication, and expect others to respond accordingly. People seem to like your way of thinking, and often follow in your footsteps. If you are single, you could see a change in the choices you make. You’ll meet people with ease through friends. If you are attached, the two of you express a love of entertaining. The more you do together, the closer you will become. CANCER can be quite a friend. 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 an old hand at dealing with tension and/or power plays. An opportunity to show your expertise will arise. Respond instinctively. A conversation with a friend you often see helps shed light on what is going on. Tonight: Head home. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Stay centered, even when dealing with difficult demands, and you’ll see certain situations in a new light. Communication stays active. You hear news that makes sense to you now, when previously it did not. Trust your imagination and drive to resolve any issues. Tonight: Meet friends for some munchies. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Pull back, and make yourself aware of new possibilities. The unexpected occurs with a friend. You might note that this person has become somewhat troublesome. A conversation with a family member finally makes an impression. Tonight: Treat yourself. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH You have an edge, no matter what you decide to deal with. Be direct with someone you have put on a pedestal. You know what works, and you know what to do. This person appreciates honesty and clarity. Think before you react. Tonight: Be yourself. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Know what is going on behind the scenes. Pressure builds as you run into a complication. A willful person could put up barriers at the last minute. A meeting might be infor- Ad goes here Horoscope mative and, in some way, could fertilize your imagination. Tonight: Vanish while you can. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Your sense of direction comes through, whether you are arguing or simply debating a key issue surrounding a project. Your resourcefulness comes out during a conversation and increases your creativity. Your words have power right now. Tonight: Hang out. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You might want to rethink a personal matter in order to avoid a collision. A partner, friend or associate could be explosive if challenged. Be smart; do not entice this person to be more verbal or expressive. Use care with spending —you could go overboard. Tonight: What you want. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You could be taken aback by someone’s resourcefulness. You need to think through a decision with more care. Understanding evolves as you keep working through an idea with this person. Open up to new possibilities. Tonight: Tap into your imagination. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Deal with someone directly. How you feel and where you go depends on the quality of your interaction with this person. Pressure will build to an unprecedented level if you cannot see eye to eye. A boss or higher-up plays a strong role in your plans. Tonight: Chat over dinner. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Emotions build, especially as you might find yourself unexpectedly in an either-or situation. Verbalize more of your thinking before you decide whether to keep others in your camp. Tonight: Walk in someone else’s shoes before you make a decision. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Focus on routine or daily issues, and you’ll come out way ahead. Do not question a decision so much. Sometimes your knee-jerk reaction takes you down the right path. Listen to what someone is saying. Tonight: Relax; take a walk. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH Your creativity remains high. A partner keeps feeding you new information, which creates fertile territory for new ideas. Be careful with your funds. The unexpected plays a big role in the next few days. Tonight: Treat both yourself and a friend. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. Visit us online, anytime at either: www.mydailytribune.com or www.mydailysentinel.com �Sunday, September 9, 2012 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Birthday Shifting sands from Isaac reveal 1923 shipwreck Birthday John Bailey Mildred Bissell Bissell celebrates 100th birthday Mildred Bissell, oldest living member of the Long Bottom United Methodist Church, celebrated her 100th birthday on August 31. She was presented flowers from the church members. John Bailey’s 100th birthday gift John Bailey sits on his 1953 Ferguson 35 tractor, the one he used for 50 years of farming, which had been restored and was presented to him as a special surprise gift for his 100th birthday. Over a hundred people attended a reception in his honor held at the Mount Herman Church. Where’d the time go? Obama girls now young women NEW YORK (AP) — Who were those willowy young women with Barack and Michelle Obama — and where’d they hide little Sasha and Malia? Four years is a long time when it’s a half or a third of your life, and so TV viewers who hadn’t seen the Obama girls much since 2008 might have been truly startled at just how much they’d grown when they appeared onstage with their father Thursday night. After all, Malia, now 14, who started (gasp!) high school this week, was just about as tall as her already tall parents. Relaxed and composed, in a purplish blue sleeveless dress from H&M, Malia laughed with her father onstage after his remarks, and earlier sat and applauded with her mom and her sister, Sasha, who wore a black-and-white print frock from Anthropologie. (Now 11, Sasha hardly fits in her parents’ laps anymore, and even resists a cuddle, the couple ruefully told People in an interview last month.) There was one sign, though, that the girls were still kids: “Yes, you do have to go to school in the morning,” their dad warned them at the beginning of his speech. What struck one former White House aide was the ease and comfort with which the girls were inhabiting their public roles. “Their smiles were genuine and huge tonight,” said Anita McBride, a former chief of staff to Laura Bush, as well as an assistant to Bush’s husband. “There was no awkwardness. They clearly have adjusted to their life in the public eye.” McBride said she was also stunned by how poised and grownup the girls looked. One reason Thursday’s scene was so striking is that the American public doesn’t see the daughters regularly, especially on TV. “There hasn’t been a steady stream of images to relate to,” said Sandra Sobieraj, a correspondent for People who covers the first family. So for many, the most familiar images are from four years ago. At the 2008 convention in Denver, Sasha, then 7, fidgeted in her purple children’s dress, little white barrettes on either side of her head. “Daddy, what city are you in?” she called out in a high-pitched voice as her dad appeared on a huge video screen the night of Michelle Obama’s speech. “I love you, Daddy!” called out Malia, 10, looking a bit older in a two-toned dress with straps. Then came election night in Chicago. There was Sasha in a black party dress, bounding gleefully up into her father’s arms, planting a big kiss on his cheek — a reminder that young children were about to live in the White House for the first time since Chelsea Clinton, Amy Carter, and before them, the younger Kennedy kids, Caroline and John. And of course there was the inauguration. Who could resist the sight of Malia, in a periwinkle-blue coat and fluffy black scarf, snapping pictures from her enviable perch on the inaugural podium? Just the night before, she and Sasha, whose inaugural outfit was a light pink coat, had danced onstage with the Jonas Brothers — a perfect example of how, as much as her parents vowed to keep their lives as normal as possible, the girls were truly celebrities from Day One. For the president and first lady, protecting their privacy was an evolving skill. Candidate Obama quickly regretted, for example, an all-family interview granted to the TV show “Access Hollywood.” Once the family arrived at the White House, strict arrangements were in place. The news media traditionally respects the privacy of a president’s young children and doesn’t photograph or report on them unless they are in a public setting with their parents. Yet the couple constantly talks about their kids. At times the president has embarrassed them, as when he told an audience that Malia once got a 73 on a science test. (He later apologized.) Two years ago, when Malia first went to summer camp, the White House discouraged mention of it in the media, even though Obama mentioned it in interviews. And recently he revealed the state where both daughters had just spent a month at camp — New Hampshire. “They just love talking about their girls,” said Sobieraj. “They get genuine joy from them, and so they talk about it. To a degree that makes the staff uncomfortable, because the line is shifting.” Other White House kids have led less public lives, perhaps a function of the times. Jackie Kennedy was so concerned about keeping her kids Sunday Times Sentinel • Page C4 out of view that she organized kindergarten for Caroline inside the White House, writes Doug Wead, an expert on presidential offspring, in “All the President’s Children.” (She was out of town when her husband allowed those famous photos of Caroline and John in the Oval Office to be taken, Wead writes.) And Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton were extremely protective of Chelsea, who entered the White House at an awkward stage. Her parents were furious when Mike Myers referred to their daughter in an insulting way on “Saturday Night Live.” The comic later apologized. Whereas many White House children through history seem to suffer some sort of embarrassment or scandal, the Obama girls have had none. “Compared to other White House families, this is clearly the most functional,” said Wead, who chronicles a host of misfortunes of past White House kids in his book. (He’s now working on a book about White House siblings.) “This has been one of the most successful stories.” McBride, who now directs programming on the history of first ladies at American University, says that no matter your politics, it’s comforting to see a happy first family. “Whether you support this president or not, you want to know that it’s healthy and grounding and going well at home. “They clearly are a family that’s got it together.” The Obamas certainly relish spending time with their kids. The first family is well known to have dinner together in the White House most nights; Michelle Obama in her convention speech evoked the image of the family, at the table, “strategizing about middle-school friendships.” That will likely help the president avoid some of the guilt that, Wead says, has afflicted some presidents of the past who spent little time with their offspring — like that which he says overcame Ulysses S. Grant on the occasion of his daughter’s White House wedding. She left on her honeymoon, and Wead says the president then collapsed on her bed and wept. “He had been so busy as president that he felt he had missed her life,” Wead says. “It all had happened too fast for him.” GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — The pounding surf and currents from Hurricane Isaac on a remote spit of Alabama shoreline has again revealed the wreckage of a schooner that ran aground in 1923, delighting curious tourists and locals. The schooner Rachel and her eight-man crew ran aground near historic Fort Morgan on Oct. 17, 1923, during a tropical storm. The men were headed to Mobile after a stop in Cuba. While the men aboard the Rachel survived, others on nearby schooners weren’t so lucky. “A tropical storm much like Tropical Storm Isaac that we just went through was hitting the Gulf Coast and a large number of these schooners were out in the Gulf. One was sunk just off Perdido Key and the crew was lost,” said Michael Bailey, historian for the Fort Morgan Historical society. Because the Rachel was so far onshore, its owners could not salvage her, Bailey said. The owners tried selling the wreck with no luck. Later, the Rachel was burned. Bailey isn’t sure who burned the ship or ship or why. Shifting sands and tides eventually buried the Rachel until Hurricane Camille struck the Gulf Coast in 1969 and part of the ship was exposed before she was recovered. Bailey glimpsed The Rachel for the first time when she was unearthed by Hurricane Frederick in 1979. He began to seriously delve into her history in 2004 after she was unearthed by Hurricane Ivan. “I saw 20th-century features and thought it could have been from early 1900s,” he said. “I found a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shipwreck study that had a description of The Rachel and learned it was built in Mosspoint, Miss., at the De Angelo Shipyard,” he said. Bailey found a relative of the ship’s builder who gave him copies of the ship’s plans and photographs of the ship. Although The Rachel was a common ship for her time, the wreck provides a unique look at what life was like along the Gulf Coast almost 90 years ago, Bailey said. He likened schooners of that era to the semi-trucks that fill interstate highways today. The schooners supplied many of the region’s industrial and commercial needs. Bailey believes The Rachel had a load of lumber of when she ran aground. According to local lore, she might also have had alcohol on board with the hope of making a little extra money from the voyage. “That’s not impossible,” Bailey said. “She was coming from Cuba and it was during Prohibition.” Hurricane Isaac uncovered more of The Rachel than has been seen in a long time. On a recent afternoon, beachgoers crawled through her charred remains and posed for photographs. The Rachel might be intentionally recovered with sand because of the danger from scrapes, cuts and bruises her rusted iron skelton and splintered wood poses to tourists, Bailey said. In the meantime, people like John Lamb of Richmond, Ky., are making the most of her reappearance. Lamb, who was vacationing in the area, took pictures of his young son by the wreck as he thoughtfully explored every inch of The Rachel. “I think the most interesting thing is that, being from Kentucky, we don’t ever see anything like this. We thought we’d come check it out,” he said. Jim Fletcher of Fort Worth, Texas, has a vacation home on the beach and has seen The Rachel after previous storms. Fletcher was excited to find more of the ship exposed after Isaac. He tugged at a orange-tinged and barnacle-encrusted rope to pull more of it from underneath sand before taking picture. “History is a very fleeting thing and I think you should take advantage of it when you have the opportunity before it is gone forever,” he said. “Who knows how long this will be here, maybe it will be covered again and we might not see it in this state for another 100 years.” NBC’s Brokaw leaves NC hospital, in ‘great health’ NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw has been discharged from a Charlotte, N.C., hospital and pronounced “in great health” after feeling light-headed during a TV appearance Thursday morning. “After medical evaluation and a round of tests, Tom was pronounced in great health and has been discharged,” NBC News President Steve Capus said in a statement released Thursday afternoon. Capus expressed gratitude to the Carolinas Medical Center for Brokaw’s excellent care. Hours earlier, the network had reported that Brokaw felt “light-headed” on the set of the news-talk program “Morning Joe,” which originated this week from Charlotte, where the Democratic National Convention is taking place. “Out of an abundance of caution,” the network said, Brokaw was taken to the hospital for examination. At about 10 a.m., Brokaw offered his own diagnosis with this Twitter post: “All is well Early AM I mistakenly took a half dose of Ambien and made less sense than usual. Made a better comeback than Giants…” Ambien is a brand name for a sleep-inducer. The 72-year-old Brokaw has been keeping a busy schedule of on-air appearances at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., last week and at the Democratic convention this week. He has served as special correspondent for NBC News since stepping down as anchor of “Nightly News” in 2004. Feds: Love triangle feud led to false jet threat PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man angry about a compromising Facebook photo of his girlfriend took revenge against the ex-boyfriend who posted it, making a hoax call to police that set off a terrorism scare and got the former beau taken off an airliner at gunpoint, authorities say. The new boyfriend, Kenneth W. Smith Jr., was arrested Friday on charges of making a false threat to Philadelphia police, who recalled a Dallas-bound flight and marched the ex-beau, Christopher Shell, off the plane Thursday. The episode led to Shell’s own arrest on drug warrants after he finally reached Texas to celebrate his 29th birthday. On Friday, both Shell and Smith posted bond. Shell declined to comment. Smith’s lawyer, Bill Brennan, described his client as “embarrassed” by the consequences of the alleged threat. “My client is very, very sobered by the amount of attention this has received,” Brennan said after Smith’s initial appearance in federal court in Philadelphia. “He’s not very happy about it.” Passengers weren’t very happy about the scare that rerouted US Airways Flight 1267 on Thursday morning. They were about 90 miles into their trip when the aircraft turned around. After landing at Philadelphia International Airport, heavily armed law enforcement officers boarded the plane and removed Shell. During questioning, he told authorities of the romantic feud, which involved hostile text messages with his ex and encounters with Smith, according to a federal affidavit. Shell also gave officers the name of Smith’s workplace. Authorities visited Smith, and he acknowledged calling airport police from a payphone to say that Shell was carrying liquid explosives. Smith said he did it to “avenge” his new girlfriend, because Shell had posted a compromising picture of her on Facebook, the affidavit said. “It is the kind of photo that would incense a boyfriend,” said Brennan, Smith’s lawyer. Smith, 26, of Philadelphia, was charged with conveying false information that interfered with aviation and using an instrument of commerce — the phone — to do so. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in pris- on, a fine of up to $250,000 and possible restitution. Philadelphia police on Thursday had stressed that Shell was blameless for the airplane scare. He continued his travel later in the day to Texas, where he planned to celebrate his birthday with friends and family. But authorities arrested him when he arrived at DallasFort Worth International Airport. 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