https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/f2a5f15b80c1541d1a082576d93c7686.pdf ce38306157d65fb1120a796f8f0b2adf PDF Text Text Meigs High School students raise money for good cause, A3 Gallia Co. mom backs March for Babies, A6 Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 50 CENTS • Vol. 61, No. 47 Twin River Runners to meet POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Twin River Runners and Walkers Club will meet 9 a.m. Saturday at the Pleasant Valley Hospital Wellness Center. The club is open to runners and walkers of all abilities from Mason, Gallia and Meigs Counties. For more information, contact Nathan Fowler, president, at 304-593-1663 or e-mail twinriverrunners@yahoo.c om. Lenten service at Grace UMC GALLIPOLIS — Father William Myers from St. Louis Catholic Church in Gallipolis and Rev. Leslie Flemming from St. Peter’s Episcopal Church will be the guest speakers during the weekly lenten service on Thursday, March 24. The service begins at noon at Grace United Methodist Church, 600 Second Avenue, Gallipolis. Lunch will be served following the service. Soup-er Saturday set for March 26 GALLIPOLIS — The Soup-er Saturday free lunch program will be offered from noon-2 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 at Holzer Clinic Sycamore in Gallipolis. This program is an outreach of Rio Christian Church in Rio Grande and is designed to meet the needs of those who are struggling economically. For information, call 245-9873 or email fcc@aceinter.net. Ohio Valley EXPO set for April 16-17 RIO GRANDE — Buckeye Hills Career Center will once again host the Ohio Valley Expo on April 16-17. The event will be held from noon to 5 p.m. daily and is free to the pubic. For information, call Ms. Carmichael or Ms. Roberta Duncan at (740) 245-5334. THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011 Meigs County goes CodeRED High-speed emergency notification system now available BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — Being the last to know is at the very least annoying though in emergency situations being the last to know can be life threatening. With this in mind, the Meigs County Emergency Management Agency has contracted with Emergency Page A5 • William VanMeter • John M. Jeffrey • Terry S. Ross • Annabelle Seagraves WEATHER Communications Network to license its CodeRED high-speed notification solution system — a system which provides Meigs County officials the ability to quickly deliver messages to target areas across the entire county; areas which may be facing an emergency situation. Residents can sign up for CodeRED’s weather warning subscription at no cost. CodeRED automatically calls citizens in the path of severe weather just moments after a warning has been issued by the National Weather Service. Calls will warn against tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flash floods, etc. This emergency notification system isn’t limited to weather emergencies and can be used as a general alert system for residents. However, the system is only as good as the telephone number database supporting it, according to Robert Byer, Meigs County EMA director. “If your phone number is not in the database, you will not be called,” Byer said. One of the reasons the CodeRED system was selected is it gives individuals and businesses the The art of flower gardening BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH HOEFLICH@MYDAILYSENTINEL MIDDLEPORT — “When creating a flower garden remember to take your time — It’s not the destination, it’s the journey,” said John Morgan speaking on the “Art of Flower Gardening” at the Riverbend Arts Council Tuesday night. The technologist with Bob’s Market set forth a plan of action that one should take in creating a garden. “Make a plan, decide on a style, select the space, map out a course of action, and set a budget for the season.” He discussed the different styles of flower gardens, the types of flowers to go into the different styles, plants that attract birds or butterflies, the selection of perennial and annual plants, the need for good soil and lots of fertilizer, the control of weeds, and the use of repellents. Morgan gave a history of Bob’s Market which started out as roadside produce stand in 1970 and today has 20 acres under roof and by size, according to the Greenhouse Growers magazine, is among the top 100 producers in the United States. The Young Plant Growers report that Bob’s Market, with locations in Mason and Parkersburg, W.Va., Belpre and Gallipolis, and Atlanta, Ga., is 20th in young plant growers. In keeping with the plant theme, paintings of flowers by local residents were displayed. Also on exhibit were pieces of art work from a children’s painting class. Numerous door prizes were awarded and refreshments were served by the Riverbend Arts Council to the large crowd there to learn the art of successful gardening BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — The 2003 murder and kidnapping conviction of a former Middleport man will go to the Ohio Supreme Court to determine if the Fourth District Court of Appeals’ ruling was in conflict with existing case law. The question the high court will determine is, “if a defendant is notified about post-release control at the sentencing hearing but that notifica- INDEX 2 SECTIONS — 12 PAGES Classifieds B3-4 Comics B5 Editorials A4 Sports B Section © 2011 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM RUTLAND — Skatopia is a destination with its share of myths, rumors and reality — all captured in an upcoming episode of MTV’s longrunning, Emmy awardwinning series “True Life.” The episode is slated to air on April 9 on MTV and consists of footage shot at last year’s Bowl Bash — an annual weekend of music, skating and tired eyes watching the sun come up over an amphitheatre in Rutland Township. See CodeRED, A5 Coupons for farmerʼs market produce available for low income seniors HOEFLICH@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM John Morgan, Bobʼs Market technologist, gives tips on creating an attractive flower garden. Charlene Hoeflich/photos Becky Payne, left, and Midge Satterfield, both of Racine, look over the two dozen paintings of flowers on display for the gardening program. tion is inadvertently omitted from the sentencing entry, can that omission be corrected (after the fact)?” Eric Qualls appealed his conviction based on an allegation that information about post-release control, or parole, was not included in his final sentencing entry. The Fourth District Court, through Appeals Court Judge Peter Abele, in an entry filed last month, acknowledged that the court’s decision to uphold his conviction conflicts with a Court of Appeals case from Lucas County. Qualls is serving 33 years to life on charges of aggravated murder with a firearms specification and kidnapping. The Fourth District appeals court upheld his conviction and sentencing in Meigs County Common Pleas Court, but acknowledged the decision was in conflict with an appeals court conviction in another district. Qualls admitted to the March 7, 2002 shooting death of Rebecca Ackerman, his former girlfriend, while she was working at a Middleport restaurant. According to accounts of the crime, Qualls led Ackerman out a back door of the restaurant and shot her. He then fled to a South Third Avenue residence where he was eventually arrested. Indicted on multiple charges and scheduled for a jury trial, Qualls ultimately entered a plea See Murder, A5 Skatopia and ʻTrue Lifeʼ: Park featured on MTV show High: 46 Low: 25 ability to add their own phone numbers directly into the system's database - this is an extremely important feature. “No one should automatically assume his or her phone number is included,” Byer said. To sign up for CodeRED alerts, Byer is urging all individuals and BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH Qualls murder appeal to go to Ohio Supreme Court Appeals Court acknowledges conflict with Fifth District ruling BY BRIAN J. REED OBITUARIES www.mydailysentinel.com Skatopia Mastermind Brewce Martin said he’d been in talks with a production company to shoot the episode in 2009 but due to an injury he sustained, the filming was pushed back to Bowl Bash 2010. The film crew was on location at Skatopia for around two weeks in June of last year, again, focusing on the annual bash. Martin hasn’t seen the finished episode though he says he hopes it captures what he feels several people have missed when it comes to Skatopia by focusing on the sensationalist aspect of the place - a place captured in the documentary “Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy” and within the pages of “Rolling Stone” magazine. “It’s not just a place to party and 99 percent of the time out here it’s just normal life going on,” Martin said. Poking fun at what some see as Skatopia stereotypes, Martin said his skating Mecca isn’t full of “poverty-ridden dirt bags” though he admits to attracting a diverse population when it comes to those who make the pilgrimage. “This is the funny thing, there are all kinds of people here just like when you go to Wal-Mart...you don’t know who you’re going to see,” Martin said. “True Life” is notorious and celebrated for showing viewers an intimate view of life, reality and the versatility (and often ingenuity) of its narrators. The series began running in 1998 and attempts, according to MTV, to provide a window into the struggles, hopes and dreams of young people — episodes are narrated by its characters and each See MTV, A5 POMEROY — Again this year low-income senior citizens will be able to get special coupons worth $50 to buy produce at farmer’s market. “This should provide some welcome relief from rising food budgets,” said Gwynn Stewart, Communications Director for the Area Agency on Aging 8, in announcing the continuation of the program. She said that in April elderly residents can apply for the Senior Farmers’ Market Coupons, a program of the USDA in which grants are awarded to help qualified seniors with food purchases. Applications for the coupons will become available at the Meigs County Council on Aging in Pomeroy on April 1, or they can be obtained at the Area Agency on Aging 8 in Marietta, or online at See Coupons, A5 Highway Patrol: Motorists should avoid high water areas STAFF REPORT GALLIPOLIS — With recent heavy flooding and the potential for future heavy rains, troopers with the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are urging motorists to be cautious be aware of the force and power of water on roadways. At the national level, more deaths occur due to flooding each year than from any other severe weather related hazard. More than half of all flood-related deaths occur in automobiles as people and their vehicles are swept downstream. When approaching a flooded road, stop and do not cross. Never drive through flooded roadways and never drive around the barriers that warn you the road is flooded. Six inches of moving water can knock a person down and a mere two feet can move a large vehicle. The highway patrol is urging motorists to be aware when approaching a flooded road. Not only does driving through a flooded roadway put a driver’s life at risk, but also the lives of emergency responders, troopers and other personnel that take action to rescue that driver. �Thursday, March 24, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page A2 Concern in Tokyo over radiation in tap water BY ELAINE KURTENBACH AND SHINO YUASA ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO — Radiation leaking from Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant has caused Tokyo’s tap water to exceed safety standards for infants to drink, officials said Wednesday, sending anxiety levels soaring over the nation’s food and water supply. Residents cleared store shelves of bottled water after Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said levels of radioactive iodine in tap water were more than twice what is considered safe for babies. Officials begged those in the city to buy only what they needed, saying hoarding could hurt the thousands of people without any water in areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” clerk Toru Kikutaka said, surveying the downtown Tokyo supermarket where the entire stock of bottled water sold out almost immediately after the news broke, despite a limit of two, two-liter bottles per customer. The unsettling new development affecting Japan’s largest city, home to around 13 million people, added to growing fears over the nation’s food supply. Radiation from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant has seeped into raw milk, seawater and 11 kinds of vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower and turnips, from areas around the plant. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was halting imports of Japanese dairy and produce from the region near the facility. Hong Kong went further and required that Japan perform safety checks on meat, eggs and seafood before accepting those products. Officials are still struggling to stabilize the nuclear plant, which on Wednesday belched black smoke from Unit 3 and forced the evacuation of workers, further delaying attempts to make needed repairs. The plant, 140 miles (220 kilometers) north of Tokyo, has been leaking radiation since the quake and tsunami knocked out its crucial cooling systems. The crisis is emerging as the world’s most expensive natural disaster on record, likely to cost up to $309 billion, according to a new government estimate. Police say an estimated 18,000 people were killed. Concerns about food safety spread Wednesday to Tokyo after officials said tap water showed elevated radiation levels: 210 becquerels of iodine-131 per liter of water — more than twice the recom- mended limit of 100 becquerels per liter for infants. Another measurement taken later at a different site showed the level was 190 becquerels per liter. The recommended limit for adults is 300 becquerels. “It is really scary. It is like a vicious negative spiral from the nuclear disaster,” said Etsuko Nomura, a mother of two children ages 2 and 5. “We have contaminated milk and vegetables, and now tap water in Tokyo, and I’m wondering what’s next.” Infants are particularly vulnerable to radioactive iodine, which can cause thyroid cancer, experts say. The limits refer to sustained consumption rates, and officials urged calm, saying parents should stop giving the tap water to babies, but that it was no problem if the infants already had consumed small amounts. They said the levels posed no immediate health risk for older children or adults. “Even if you drink this water for one year, it will not affect people’s health,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said. Dr. Harold Swartz, a professor of radiology and medicine at Dartmouth Medical School in the U.S., said the radiation amounts being reported in the water are too low to pose any real risk, even to infants who are being fed water-based formula or to breast-fed infants whose mothers drink tap water. Although the amounts are well above established limits, that doesn’t automatically mean there’s a health threat, he said. “We live in a world that has natural background radiation that’s many times greater than the amounts we’re talking about here,” Swartz said. Still, because it’s easy to avoid tap water, it makes sense for Japanese parents with infants to do so, he said. Radioactive iodine is also short-lived, with a half-life of eight days — the length of time it takes for half of it to break down harmlessly. Richard Wakeford, a public health radiologist at the University of Manchester in Britain, blamed the spike in radiation on a shift in winds from the nuclear plant toward Tokyo. He predicted lower levels in coming days once the wind shifts back to normal patterns. “I imagine that bottled water is now quite popular in Tokyo,” he said. Tokyo’s municipal government said it would distribute 240,000 bottles of water to households with infants. They estimated that there are currently 80,000 babies in the affected area, with each infant getting three bottles of 550 milliliters. Edano pleaded with shoppers to restrict purchases of bottled water to the bare necessity, urging them to think of tsunami victims in need. “We have to consider Miyagi, where there is no drinking water at all,” he said, referring to a stricken region. “Under these conditions, we would appreciate it if people would avoid buying more water than they need.” The latest data showed sharp increases in radioactivity levels in a range of vegetables. In an area about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of the nuclear plant, levels for one locally grown leafy green called kukitachina measured 82 times the government limit for radioactive cesium and 11 times the limit for iodine. The death toll from the disaster continued to rise, with more than 9,500 bodies counted and more than 16,000 people listed as missing. With supplies of fuel and ice dwindling, officials have abandoned the traditional practice of cremation in favor of quick, simple burials. Some are interred in bare plywood caskets and others in blue plastic tarps, with no time to build proper coffins. The bodies will be dug up and cremated once crematoriums catch up with the glut, officials assured families. In Higashimatsushima in Miyagi prefecture, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo, soldiers lowered plywood coffins into the ground, saluting each casket. Some relatives placed flowers on the graves. Most remained stoic, folding hands in prayer. Two young girls wept inconsolably, hugged tightly by their father. “I hope their spirits will rest in peace here at this temporary place,” said mourner Katsuko Oguni, 42. Masaru Yamagata, a Higashimatsushima official, said the crematorium cannot keep up with demand. “Giving the grieving families coffins is the most we can do right now,” Yamagata said. “Every day, more dead bodies are found, and we need more coffins quickly.” Hundreds of thousands remained homeless, squeezed into temporary shelters without heat, warm food or medicine and no idea what to call home after the colossal wave swallowed up communities along the coast. The tsunami also h e av i l y d a m a ged the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility, with explosions and fires in four of the plant’s six reactors sending radioactive steam into the air. Germany set to abandon nuclear power for good BY JUERGEN BAETZ ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN — Germany is determined to show the world how abandoning nuclear energy can be done. The world’s fourthlargest economy stands alone among leading industrialized nations in its decision to stop using nuclear energy because of its inherent risks. It is betting billions on expanding the use of renewable energy to meet power demands instead. The transition was supposed to happen slowly over the next 25 years, but is now being accelerated in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant disaster, which Chancellor Angela Merkel has called a “catastrophe of apocalyptic dimensions.” Berlin’s decision to take seven of its 17 reactors offline for three months for new safety checks has provided a glimpse into how Germany might wean itself from getting nearly a quarter of its power from atomic energy to none. And experts say Germany’s phase-out provides a good map that countries such as the United States, which use a similar amount of nuclear power, could follow. The German model would not work, however, in countries like France, which relies on nuclear energy for more than 70 percent of its power and has no intention of shifting. “If we had the winds of Texas or the sun of California, the task here would be even easier,” said Felix Matthes of Germany’s renowned Institute for Applied Ecology. “Given the great potential in the U.S., it would be feasible there in the long run too, even though it would necessitate huge infrastructure investments.” Nuclear power has been very unpopular in Germany ever since radioactivity from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster drifted across the country. A center-left government a decade ago penned a plan to abandon the technology for good by 2021, but Merkel’s government last year amended it to extend the plants’ lifetime by an average of 12 years. That plan was put on hold after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami compromised nuclear power plants in Japan, and is being re-evaluated as the safety of all of Germany’s nuclear reactors is being rechecked. Germany currently gets 23 percent of its energy from nuclear power — about as much as the U.S. Its ambitious plan to shut down its reactors will require at least E150 billion ($210 billion) investment in alternative energy sources, which experts say will likely lead to higher electricity prices. Germany now gets 17 percent of its electricity from renewable energies, 13 percent from natural gas and more than 40 percent from coal. The Environment Ministry says in 10 years renewable energy will contribute 40 percent of the country’s overall electricity production. The government has been vague on a total price tag for the transition, but it said last year about E20 billion ($28 billion) a year will be needed, acknowledging that E75 billion ($107 billion) alone will be required through 2030 to install offshore wind farms. The president of Germany’s Renewable Energy Association, Dietmar Schuetz, said the government should create a more favorable regulatory environment to help in bringing forward some E150 billion investment in alternative energy sources this decade by businesses and homeowners. Last year, German investment in renewable energy topped E26 billion ($37 billion) and secured 370,000 jobs, the government said. After taking seven reactors off the grid last week, officials hinted the oldest of them may remain switched off for good, but assured consumers there are no worries about electricity shortages as the country is a net exporter. “We can guarantee that the lights won’t go off in Germany,” Environment Ministry spokeswoman Christiane Schwarte said. Most of the country’s leaders now seem determined to swiftly abolish nuclear power, possibly by 2020, and several conservative politicians, including the chancellor, have made a complete Uturn on the issue. Vice Chancellor Guido Westerwelle said Wednesday “we must learn from Japan” and check the safety of the country’s reactors but also make sure viable alternatives are in place. “It would be the wrong consequence if we turn off the safest atomic reactors in the world, and then buy electricity from lesssafe reactors in foreign countries,” he told the Passauer Neue Presse newspaper. But Schuetz insists that “we can replace nuclear energy even before 2020 with renewable energies, producing affordable and ecologically sound electricity.” But someone will have to foot the bill. “Consumers must be prepared for significantly higher electricity prices in the future,” said Wolfgang Franz, head of the government’s independent economic advisory body. Merkel last week also warned that tougher safety rules for the remaining nuclear power plants “would certainly mean that electricity gets more expensive.” The German utilities’ BDEW lobby group said long-term price effects could not be determined until the government spells out its nuclear reduction plans. Matthes’ institute says phasing out nuclear power by 2020 is feasible by better capacity management and investment that would only lead to a price increase of 0.5 cents per kilowatt-hour. In Germany, the producers of renewable energy — be it solar panels on a homeowner’s rooftop or a farm of wind mills — are paid above-market prices to make sure their investment breaks even, financed by a 3.5 cents per kilowatt-hour tax paid by all electricity customers. For a typical German family of four who pay about E1,000 ($1,420) a year to use about 4,500 kilowatt-hours, the tax amounts to E157 ($223). The tax produced E8.2 billion ($11.7 billion) in Germany in 2010 and it is expected to top E13.5 billion ($19.2 billion) this year. The program — which has been copied by other countries and sever- al U.S. states such as California — is the backbone of the country’s transition toward renewable energies. “Our ideas work. Exiting the nuclear age would also be possible in a country like the U.S.,” Schuetz said. Another factor likely to drive up electricity prices is that relying on renewable energies requires a huge investment in the electricity grid to cope with more decentralized and less reliable sources of power. Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle just announced legislation to speed up grid construction but gave no cost estimate. And even if nonnuclear power is more expensive, Germans seeing images daily of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear complex seem willing to pay the higher price. Ralph Kampwirth, spokesman for Lichtblick AG, Germany’s biggest utility offering electricity exclusively from renewable sources, said since the Fukushima disaster it has been getting nearly three times more new clients than normal, up from 300 to more than 800 per day, despite prices slightly above average. Sticking with nuclear power would also have its costs and require public funds. US soldier pleads guilty to murders of 3 Afghan civilians BY ROBIN HINDERY ASSOCIATED PRESS JOINT BASE LEWISMCCHORD, Wash. — A 22-year-old U.S. soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murders of three unarmed Afghan civilians in a war crimes probe that implicates a dozen members of his platoon and has raised some of the most serious criminal allegations to come from the war in Afghanistan. Spc. Jeremy Morlock of Wasilla, Alaska, was court-martialed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle, where he pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, and one count each of conspiracy, obstructing justice and illegal drug use in exchange for a maximum sentence of 24 years in prison. Morlock was accused of taking a lead role in the killings of three unarmed Afghan men in Kandahar province in January, February and May 2010. Asked by a military judge whether the plan was to shoot at people to scare them, or shoot to kill, Morlock replied: “The plan was to kill people.” Morlock is the first of five soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade to be court-martialed — something his lawyer Geoffrey Nathan characterized as an advantage. “The first up gets the best deal,” Nathan said by phone Tuesday, noting that even under the maximum sentence, Morlock would serve no more than eight years before becoming eligible for parole. Under the plea deal, Morlock also has agreed to testify against his codefendants. Morlock told the judge, Lt. Col. Kwasi Hawks, that he and his co-defendants first began plotting to murder unarmed Afghans in late 2009, several weeks before the first killing took place. To make the killings appear justified, the soldiers planned to plant weapons near the bodies of the victims, Morlock said. “Did everybody know, ‘We’re killing people who are completely innocent’?” the judge asked. “Generally, yes, sir, everyone knew,” Morlock replied. Morlock told investigators the murder plot was led by Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs of Billings, Mont., who is also charged in the case; Gibbs maintains the killings were legitimate. Morlock’s mother and hockey coach were among the witnesses expected to testify Wednesday before the military judge who will determine the soldier’s sentence. Morlock’s lawyers previously indicated they would argue that a lack of leadership in the unit contributed to the killings. “He’s really a good kid. This is just a bad war at a bad time in our country’s history,” Nathan said Tuesday. “There was a lack of supervision, a lack of command control, the environment was terrible. In his mind, he had no choice.” Earlier this week, the German news organization Der Spiegel published three graphic photos showing Morlock and other soldiers posing with dead Afghans. One image features Morlock grinning as he lifts the head of a corpse by its hair. Army officials had sought to strictly limit access to the photographs due to their sensitive nature. A spokesman for the magazine declined to tell The Associated Press how it had obtained the pictures, citing the need to protect its sources. After the January killing, platoon member Spc. Adam Winfield of Cape Coral, Fla., sent Facebook messages to his parents saying that his fellow soldiers had murdered a civilian and were planning to kill more. Winfield said his colleagues warned him not to tell anyone. Winfield’s father alerted a staff sergeant at LewisMcChord, south of Seattle, but no action was taken until May, when a witness in a drug investigation in the unit reported the deaths. Winfield is accused of participating in the final murder. He admitted in a videotaped interview that he took part and said he feared the others might kill him if he didn’t. Also charged in the murders are Pvt. 1st Class Andrew Holmes of Boise, Idaho, and Spc. Michael Wagnon II of Las Vegas, Nev. Seven other soldiers in the platoon were charged with lesser crimes, including assaulting the witness in the drug investigation, drug use, firing on unarmed farmers and stabbing a corpse. �BY THE BEND The Daily Sentinel Page A3 Thursday, March 24, 2011 A S K D R . B RO T H E R S Meigs High Student Council sponsors a Son and daughter want fund drive for Lymphoma /Leukemia Society to quit church group Dear Dr. Brothers: I am very upset. After raising our children in a church that is important to us, my husband and I were treated to both of them saying they aren’t going to Sunday school anymore — as if it were their decision! They are only 12 and 10, and we expect them to grow up in the church and join the teen youth group, etc. Our question is, Should we discipline them or not, and if not, how do we get them back to church? I’m sure our friends wouldn’t understand this. — S.S. Dear S.S.: I wouldn’t worry so much about what your friends will think if your kids decide to take their religious education into their own hands. It really isn’t the kind of thing that should be decided by a committee of your churchgoing peers. This is a topic that is probably intensely personal to your children, and one they are going to have to struggle through — with your help, I hope. Although they are on the younger side, it is obvious that something is going on at church — or perhaps away from it — to make your kids lose interest so suddenly. Perhaps they are just realizing that they will have choices in their lives, and are starting to assert themselves. While it is extremely important for you to keep your kids involved in the church, they also deserve to have some time of their own to figure out what part religion — or your religion — may play in their lives during the next few years and in the future. As they mature and learn more about the world’s religions, they may find elements of their religion that don’t appeal to them. Or they simply may be having a bad reaction to one or more of the church personnel. Try to suppress your anger and hurt in order to ask them objectively what’s going on. The last thing you want to do right now is alienate them by insisting on blind acceptance of church. ••• Dear Dr. Brothers: We hired the perfect nanny a few months ago, but now I wish I had found someone else who wasn’t so Dr. Joyce Brothers much fun. She has my 7-year-old daughter thinking that they are best friends, and because of my weight I am just not able to do some of the things they enjoy together. My husband thinks she is great, too. Should I just grit my teeth and keep her, even though my daughter seems to like her better? It just kills me to write that, but it’s true. — D.W. Dear D.W.: This is a very common problem among families who employ live-in or other full-time help with the children. And, in a way, it is much better than finding out that there is a personality conflict, or that the nanny is not really warm and wonderful or even qualified to help you out. Believe me, you’d be screaming even louder if your child were crying and pouting about how mean the baby sitter was, or how she needed her mommy instead of the nanny. So let’s try to look at this as a good problem, and see if you can work through your feelings of jealousy. You might not want to put it so bluntly, but that’s really what you are dealing with. The first thing you need to do is not oversimplify your daughter’s emotions. While she is having a grand old time playing with this new, energetic and fun person, she hardly thinks of the nanny as a replacement for you, her mother. Think of it instead as a relationship that is a little like having a new best friend, but one who never gets mad and walks away or likes another kid better. The nanny is no kind of mom, and it will be helpful for you to try to be more comfortable when your daughter really likes or even loves other people. No one can replace you, and as you become more mobile, you will have more fun with your daughter as well. Submitted photo The Meigs High Student Council sponsored a fundraising drive recently to benefit the Lymphoma /Leukemia Society. An ice cream/movie afternoon was promised to the grade level raising the most money. The sophomore class, pictured here, under the leadership of Social Studies teacher Travis Abbott, devised a plan they called “Make It Rain” in order to raise more money than the other grade levels. That class donated a total of $1,403. to the Lymphoma/Leukemia Society. ʻLittle Womenʼ opens Friday at The French Art Colonyʼs Riverby Theatre Guild The French Art Colonyʼs Riverby Theatre Guild will present the stage adaptation of “Little Women” this weekend at the University of Rio Grandeʼs John W. Berry Fine and Performing Arts Center. Performances are scheduled at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 25-26 and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 27. Tickets will be available at the door. For information call 740-446-3834. Award of Merit at the 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and American Pomeranian Club National Specialty Show Submitted photo Taja, a Black Pomeranian who recently won an Award of Merit at the 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, also won an Award of Merit at the American Pomeranian Club National Specialty Show held in Louisville, Ky., on March 13-16. This award has also qualified Taja to compete in the Crufts dog show to be held in London, England, on March 8-11, 2012. Taja is pictured here with her owner Paula Clark of Patriot (center). (c) 2011 by King Features Syndicate Community Calendar Public notices Thursday, March 24 POMEROY — Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, 11:30 a.m. at the district office 33101 Hiland Road, Pomeroy. Monday, March 28 RACINE — Southern Local Board of Education, regular meeting, 8 p.m., high school media room. TUPPERS PLAINS — Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District, 7 p.m., board office. POMEROY — Veterans Service Commission, 9 a.m., East Memorial Drive. Clubs and organizations Thursday, March 24 TUPPERS PLAINS — VFW Post #9053, regular meeting, 6:30 p.m., the hall. POMEROY — Alpha Iota Masters, 11:30 A.M., KFC/Long John Silverʼs. REEDSVILLE – Riverview Garden Club, 7:30 p.m. at the home of Nola Spears. Church events Saturday, March 26 RACINE — Morning Star UM Church, free community dinner in the church soicial room, 7 p.m. All family, friends and neighbors invited. Sunday, March 27 RACINE — Pentecostal Assembly pack-a-pew Sunday to be observed at 10 a.m. The church is located on Route 124, Racine. Lunch will follow the service. POMEROY — Mt. Union Baptist Church, “Five Mile Gospel Singers” concert, 6:30 p.m. Other events Saturday, March 26 RACINE — Alumni games between Eastern and Southern at Southern High School, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Proceeds go into scholarships. Youth events Sunday, March 27 POMEROY — “Undy Sunday” giveaway, 2 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church, giveaway of $15 Dollar General gift cards to Meigs County school-age children for purchase of under clothes, children must be present to receive gift cards; hot dogs, chips and drinks also given away. �OPINION Page A4 Thursday, March 24, 2011 Perfect GOP candidate hard to find BY PHILIP ELLIOTT ASSOCIATED PRESS Mitt Romney is the godfather of what Republican critics call Obamacare. Newt Gingrich is an adulterer on his third marriage. Tim Pawlenty is too green — environmentally, that is. Jon Huntsman works for President Barack Obama. And Haley Barbour comes off as insensitive about race relations in the South. “If the primary concern of the American people is my past, my candidacy would be irrelevant,” says Gingrich, one of several presidential contenders who hope the coming campaign will turn more on the future than the past. Is any potential Republican presidential nominee without vulnerabilities that could alienate voters, especially those in the GOP primaries, and provide readymade attacks for opponents? Not this crop. The 2012 Republican field is deeply flawed, lacking a serious GOP contender without a personal misstep or policy move that angers the party base. Each of those weighing bids has at least one issue that looms as an obstacle to White House ambitions, and that could derail the candidate if not handled with care. That explains why the would-be candidates are trying to confront their troubles early on, just as the nomination fight gets under way. They’ll have to answer for black marks on their records — and insulate themselves from criticism — repeatedly between now and early next year when voters cast the first caucus ballot. Their aides are trying to figure out how to weather the attacks likely to show up in mailings, online or in television ads; responses are likely to be included in media interviews, debate appearances and, perhaps, even in major speeches. Aides also are studying — and testing — the best ways to exploit their opponents’ weaknesses. Already, Internet sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are magnifying their woes, and every embarrassing document, speech or utterance is certain to appear online. Candidates can’t simply ignore their flaws or obstacles; their challengers certainly won’t. Just ask Democrat John Kerry. He was vexed in 2004 by questions about his service in Vietnam and about his reputation as an elitist. Only after widely debunked claims about his Vietnam record started to sink his poll numbers did the campaign effectively respond — and by then it was too late. “You really have to drive the boat into the fire and be fearless about your record,” said Michael Meehan, a Democratic consultant on Kerry’s campaign. Romney, for one, has started to address his biggest policy problem: the health care plan he signed into law as Massachusetts governor, which Obama and the Democrats used as the basis for their national overhaul plan. The White House gleefully points out the similarities. “Our experiment wasn’t perfect — some things worked, some didn’t, and some things I’d change,” Romney said recently in New Hampshire. But, he added, “one thing I would never do is to usurp the constitutional power of states with a one-size-fits-all federal takeover.” Romney also will face a repeat of the 2008 criticism that he’s inauthentic, particularly after a series of reversals on gay rights and other social issues. Gingrich’s two failed marriages are well-known; the circumstances around them may not be and present plenty of fodder for rivals. The former House speaker sought a divorce from his first wife while she was undergoing cancer treatment. His The Daily Sentinel Reader Services (USPS 213-960) Correction Policy Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Published Tuesday through Friday, 111 Court Street, Pomeroy, Ohio. Second-class postage paid at Pomeroy. Member: The Associated Press and the Ohio Newspaper Association. Postmaster: Send address corrections to The Daily Sentinel, P.O. 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Barbour can’t deny his trifecta of issues that make some skeptical. So he owns them. “Let me just make this very plain: I’m a lobbyist, a politician and a lawyer ... and I am willing to have my record in front of everybody,” says the Mississippi governor, who was head of the Republican National Committee and the Republican Governors Association. He also founded a booming lobbying operation and was dubbed the King of K Street, a reference to the capital’s downtown lobbying corridor. The governor of a Deep South state, Barbour opened himself up to criticism when he bungled questions about the Ku Klux Klan and segregation. Huntsman, the former Utah governor, is taking heat for his job as Obama’s ambassador to China. John H. Sununu, once chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush and exchairman of New Hampshire’s GOP, called Huntsman an “Obamaite” who would never earn the trust of primary voters. Huntsman leaves his post in April and can’t say anything until then. But his advisers have a ready-made response: He served his country, not necessarily Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution the Democratic administration. Obama, for one, isn’t going to let him off that easily; he’s thanked Huntsman for being an “outstanding advocate for this administration and this country.” Obama chief of staff Bill Daley lays on the praise: “He’s played an integral part in this administration’s foreign policy.” Romney and Huntsman face another obstacle. Both are Mormons, a religion that evangelicals who have considerable sway in Iowa and South Carolina look at warily. Pawlenty, who on Monday announced he had formed an exploratory committee, once backed climate change legislation that conservatives deride. Advisers to the former Minnesota governor know it will be a problem. He’s reversed his position on the issue, but his past words are certain to come back to haunt him. “So, come on, Congress. Let’s get moving,” Pawlenty says in a 2008 commercial for the Environmental Defense Action Fund that urges, “Cap greenhouse gas pollution now.” It’s available online. So are details of climate change legislation he signed that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2015. Among others weighing bids: • Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum may be dogged by his dismissal by voters in the 2006 election. • Ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas faces questions about commuting the sentence of Maurice Clemmons, who in 2009 opened fire in Tacoma, Wash., and left four police officers dead. • GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s unorthodox resignation in the middle of her first term as Alaska governor — as well as her reality show stints and her countless impolitic comments — will be certain fodder for opponents. The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Letters to the Editor able. Mail Subscription Inside 12 Weeks 26 Weeks 52 Weeks Meigs County . . . . . . . . . .$35.26 . . . . . . . . . .$70.70 . . . . . . . . .$140.11 Outside Meigs County 12 Weeks . . . . . . . . . .$56.55 26 Weeks . . . . . . . . .$113.60 52 Weeks . . . . . . . . .$227.21 Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. Sammy M. Lopez Publisher Charlene Hoeflich General Manager-News Editor Pam Caldwell Advertising Director �Thursday, March 24, 2011 Obituaries The Daily Sentinel • Page A5 www.mydailysentinel.com CodeRED Meigs County Forecast From Page A1 William VanMeter William “Bill” VanMeter, 89, Clifton, W.Va., went to be with his Lord on March 20, 2011, at his residence. He was born Sept. 4, 1921, in Clifton, W.Va., son of the late Harry D. and Maude Stewart VanMeter. He was also preceded in death by his brothers: Raymond, Leonard and Ralph VanMeter; sisters: Lucy Johnson, Josephine Justice, Kathleen VanMeter; a daughter-inlaw, Dianna VanMeter. He was a retired employee of Kaiser Aluminum and was a Sargent in the U.S. Army during World War II. Surviving are his loving wife of 69 years, Dorothy VanMeter of Clifton; sons: Donald (Ann) VanMeter of Mason, W.Va., Duane (Verna) VanMeter of Crown City, Harry (Kathy) VanMeter of West Columbia, W.Va.; grandchildren: Donnie (Pam) VanMeter, Matt (Missy) VanMeter, Debbie Oliver, Jennifer (Eric) White, of Lewisburg, W.Va., two great grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Carol Jean (Louis) Peters of Clifton; a special son, Raymond Varian of Mason, W.Va., and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Foglesong-Roush Funeral Home with Carlton Schooley and Dave Parker officiating. Burial will be in Kirkland Memorial Gardens with military graveside rites to be conducted by VFW Post 9926 and American Legion Post 140. Email condolences to foglesongroush@wirefire.net. John Morgan Jeffrey John Morgan Jeffrey, 80, Gallipolis, Ohio, had his dream come true March 22, 2011, when he went on to meet his Savior and King and walk hand in hand in heaven. He was born February 2, 1931 in Charleston, W. Va., to Floyd Turley Jeffrey and Senora Slone Jeffrey who preceded him in death. John was married to the love of his life Betty Jane Botkin in Catlettsburg, Ky., in August, 1949, who also preceded him in death. John and Betty raised a daughter Scheryl Ann Jeffrey who loved both of them dearly. John and Betty have two grandchildren, who were their life and they spoiled very much, Donnie and Lori. They also had three great-grandchildren who were their prized possessions, Jena, Bo and Gaten. John was in the National Guard in Charleston, W. Va. He also worked at the Blue Baugh Bakery in Charleston, W. Va. He moved to Gallipolis, Ohio in 1953, where he worked at Evans Bakery then Thoroughfare Bakery, and in addition to the preceding Gallipolis Developmental Center and Green Elementary School. John’s passion was preaching, he loved the Lord and wanted everybody to know that you need to be saved to get to heaven. John was a dedicated pastor/preacher. He preached every time the doors were open. He also preached, too many to mention, revivals. He visited the sick when they were in the hospital, the shutins, or anybody that could not get out. He dedicated his life to the Lord. He was a member of the dying breed of preachers, the ones that cared enough to do their job for the Lord. John pastored several churches in his lifetime including Cooks Chapel, Poplar Ridge, Old Kyger Freewill Baptist, Federal Creek and Kings Chapel. He was a great pastor and he cared deeply for his congregations. John was a member of Poplar Ridge Freewill Baptist Church. John is survived by one daughter, Scheryl Jeffrey Saxon (Greg Unroe), Gallipolis; one grandson, Donnie (Mandi) Saxon, Gallipolis; one granddaughter, Lori (Ron) Bevan, Crown City, Ohio; and three grandchildren, Jena Mullins, Bo Saxon and Gaten Bevan. David Lee Smith, who he loved as a son; sister, Molly Lanham, Charleston, W.Va. and several nieces and nephews. John is preceded in death by several brothers: James, George, Edgar, Walter and Leo Jeffrey, Ray and Carl Arbaugh; and several sisters: Freda Lewis, Violet Arbaugh, Minnie Surface and Stella Lanham all of Charleston, W.Va. Services will be 1 p.m., Saturday, March 26, 2011 at the Willis Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in Poplar Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, March 25, 2011 from 6-8 p.m. Pallbearers will be Donald Saxon, Ron Bevan, David Lee Smith, Greg Unroe, Nathan Unroe and Mikie Unroe. Honorary pallbearers will be Tommy Taylor, Daryl Salisbury and Bill Botkin. Deaths Terry Steven Ross Terry Steven Ross, 61, Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va., died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Pleasant Valley Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Condolences may sent to the family at www.wilcoxenfuneralhome.com. Annabelle Seagraves Annabelle Seagraves, 75, Oak Hill, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehab Center, Point Pleasant, W.Va. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Sunday, March 27, 2011, at McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with Pastor Michael Chapman officiating. Burial will follow at Centerpoint Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-6 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Taylor lived glorious spectacle on-screen and off LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elizabeth Taylor went from dazzling beauty in her glory years to self-described ruin in old age. She spent almost her entire life in the public eye, from tiny dancer performing at age 3 before the future queen of England, to child screen star to scandalous homewrecker to three-time Academy Award winner for both acting and humanitarian work. A diva, she made a spectacle of her private life — eight marriages, ravenous appetites for drugs, booze and food, ill health that sparked headlines constantly pro- businesses to log onto the Meigs County Auditor’s website www.meigscountyauditor.org or www.Meigscountyems.com and follow the link to the “CodeRED Community Notification Enrollment” at the bottom of the page. Other websites will be made available at a later date. Those without Internet access may call Meigs County EMA at 992-4541, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., MondayFriday to supply their information over the phone. Required information includes first and last name, street address (physical address, no PO boxes), city, state, zip code, and primary phone number, additional phone numbers can be entered as well. All businesses should register, as well as all individuals who have unlisted phone numbers, who have changed their phone number or address within the past year, and those who use a cellular phone or VoIP phone as their primary number. Byer explained, “CodeRED allows geographically based delivery, which means street addresses are required to ensure emergency notification calls are received by the proper individuals in a given situation. The system works for cell phones too, but we need to have an associated street address to provide relevant messages.” Byer went on to say: “CodeRED gives those who want to be included an easy and secure method for inputting information. The data collected will only be used for emergency notification purposes.” Questions should be directed to the Meigs County EMA Office at 992-4541. Emergency Communications Network Inc. (ECN) provides affordable high-speed notification solutions capable of reaching millions of citizens in minutes, according to the company. ECN’s network supports a web-based product suite featuring CodeRED which enables local government officials to communicate time-sensitive, personalized messages via voice, email and text. Coupons From Page A1 www.areaagency8.org. Applications must be returned by mail to AAA8, P.O. Box 370, Reno, Ohio 45773, postmarked no earlier than April 20. It was reported that this year eligibility will be based on combined, total household income, not individual income. Individuals are eligible for the Senior Farmers’ Market if they are 60 or over and have an annual income of $20,147 or less as a single person ($27,214 or less for a household of two). Program coupons may be exchanged for eligible foods from authorized farmers. Only fresh, locally grown fruits, herbs, vegetables and honey are eligible to be purchased with the coupons. Each eligible senior receives $50 worth of coupons. Grant funding is limited and coupons are distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. Each person will receive a total of ten $5 coupons: five $5 coupons valid from May 1-July 31 and five $5 coupons valid from Aug. 1-Oct. 31. Coupons may only be redeemed by authorized participating farmers who sell produce at farmers’ markets or roadside stands. The program will end Oct. 31, 2011. Applications will be checked for the appropriate postmark, date-stamped and processed for distribution on a first-come, first-served basis, by county. Coupons will be mailed to eligible applicants by May 1. Ineligible applicants will receive a letter indicating the reason of ineligibility. Once each county’s allocations have been filled, individuals will be placed on a waiting list and receive notification by mail. Local farmers are needed to participate in the Market program. Farmer contracts are due back to AAA8 by March 31. For more details on what products are included in the program or to become an authorized SFMNP farmer, contact the Area Agency on Aging 8 (AAA8) at 1-800-331-2644. Murder From Page A1 before a three-judge panel. He argued that he should be entitled to re-sentencing because post-release control information was left out of his original sentencing entry. “We must agree with (Qualls) that our decision conflicts with the Lucas County Court of Appeals,” Abele wrote, noting that facts in the Lucas County case, State versus Lee, are virtually identical to those in Qualls’ case, “specifically that (Qualls) was notified of postrelease control at the sentencing hearing, that notification was not carried over to the sentencing entry and the trial court attempted to correct that omission.” In the Lee case, the Fifth District court found the lower court’s attempt to remedy its failure to include mandatory post-release control language through a nunc pro tunc entry was improper, and Lee argued he was entitled to re-sentencing, which was allowed. “Our colleagues in the Sixth District held that a nunc pro tunc entry is insufficient,” Abele said. A nunc pro tunc entry is a ruling filed to correct an earlier ruling from a court. Both Qualls and Lee, Abele wrote, were warned about post-release control, or parole, at sentencing, but neither had those warnings carried over into the sentencing entry. “We find that a nunc pro tunc entry is sufficient to correct the error, but the Lee court disagreed,” Abele wrote. “We believe that our decision conflicts with the legal principle from that case.” Qualls, who has represented himself in his appeal, has asked for appointment of legal counsel to represent him in the Supreme Court case. He is serving his sentence at the Ross Correctional Institution, Chillicothe. claiming her at death’s door. All of it often overshadowed the fireworks she created on screen. Yet for all her infamy and indulgences, Taylor died Wednesday a beloved idol, a woman who somehow held onto her status as one of old Hollywood’s last larger-than-life legends, adored even as she waned to a tabloid figure. Taylor, 79, died of congestive heart failure at CedarsSinai Medical Center, where she had been hospitalized for about six weeks. “We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Mom having lived in it. Her legacy will never fade, her spirit will always be with us, and her love will live forever in our hearts,” her son, Michael Wilding, said in a prepared statement. Thursday: A slight chance of showers before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. North wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind between 5 and 7 mph. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Saturday: Cloudy, with a high near 46. Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Sunday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Local Stocks AEP (NYSE) — 34.50 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 65.38 Ashland Inc. 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For the Record 911 March 22 1:16 p.m., Helwig Ridge Road, laceration; 7:26 p.m., Whites Hill Road, assault, 9:36 p.m., South Third Avenue, Middleport, difficulty breathing. Common Pleas Court Civil • Auto-Owners Insurance Co. against Tony Connolly, and others. Domestic • Divorce action filed by Kimberly Sue Ewing against Jerome D. Homish. MTV From Page A1 episode documents the unusual (and often remarkable) circumstances of real individuals. Skatopia will join a long list of episodes which have examined everything from soldiers returning from Iraq to young people living with tourettes or struggling with food addictions — the topics are endless. As for how Rutland Township’s Skatopia will translate with the MTV audience — if the episode is real, it’ll be classic “True Life.” Icenhower bringing Elvis back to Nelsonville NELSONVILLE — Elvis tribute artist Dwight Icenhower will be performing at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, at 8 p.m. Saturday. Icenhower raised in Meigs County and a graduate of Meigs High School began his Elvis career by singing karaoke at a local fair when he was 16 years old. Now, he is one of the very few Elvis Tribute Artists that have made a full-time career out of keeping the legend alive. His career as a tribute artist has taken him all over the United States and into other countries, sharing the stage at times with the likes of The Jordanians, The Sweet Inspirations and Joe Esposito. Tickets are availabe in advance or at the door. For more information call (740) 753-1924 or visit our website at www.stuartsoperahouse.org. �Thursday, March 24, 2011 The Daily Sentinel • Page A6 www.mydailysentinel.com 2011 MARCH FOR BABIES: Gallia County mom aims for 100 participants BY AMBER GILLENWATER MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM ADDISON — One local woman has issued a challenge to the people of Gallia County to support the research of premature births and birth defects. “I want to send a little challenge out, I would like to see 100 people come and walk with us this year,” Michelle Glick, a volunteer and team captain with the Tri-County March for Babies, said. “Lots of people register and they don’t come and attend the walk, so I want to encourage people to come out.” The annual March for Babies raises money for the March of Dimes, an organization very close to the heart of Glick, who resides with her family in the Addison community. Glick lost her son, who was born at just 22 weeks, shortly after his birth in 2004. “They [Cabell Huntington Hospital] said he was the smallest baby ever born there that lived as long as he did without any medical intervention,” Glick said of her son Matthew, who lived for just 37 hours and weighed 15.6 ounces. Matthew’s seventh birthday was March 19 and, according to Glick, this is an anniversary of not only her and her family’s loss, but also the anniversary of their volunteerism in the March of Dimes. “A couple weeks after his service, I opened up the paper and there was a thing for the Gallia County Board of MR/DD to walk for the March of Dimes and I called them up, it was two weeks before the walk, and I asked if them if they would care if I would join their team and they took me right in their team,” she said. “From there is where I started learning about the March of Dimes and what they do. ... I was [previously] familiar with the organization but it never really hit home to me what it did.” The March of Dimes was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938 as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis as a means to combat polio. A few years after the introduction of the polio vaccine in 1955 and the rapid decline of polio cases, the March of Dimes announced a its new focus: Preventing birth defects and infant mortality, a mission that would later encompass premature birth and the encouragement of healthy pregnancies. “The reason I do it is to honor my son’s memory and also because I believe that raising money for the March of Dimes is a good cause and it will go to research premature birth and birth defects,” Glick said. The Tri-County March for Babies is being held on May 1 at Krodel Park in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Registration for the event begins at 1 p.m. and the walk will commence at 2 p.m., rain or shine. The event will also feature entertainment, activities for children and refreshments. Glick also reported that she will soon be traveling to area businesses, promoting awareness of the upcoming event and encouraging individuals to start their own teams. “My goal is just to encourage people to come down and walk and I will probably be seeing them at some point or other because I go around every year and just go to all the businesses,” Glick said. “I’ll be coming around and knocking on everyone’s door and asking them to put up [window] cutouts for me or asking if they would like to start a team of their own.” Glick is also hopeful that not only business, but also family teams come to participate in the event. Glick’s own family team, known as Matthew and MacKenzie (M&M), was formed not only her son, but also for her sister’s daughter who was born prematurely and who is now three years of age. “We’d like to see more family teams come out and walk, that’s what the March of Dimes is mainly about is for families Submitted photos Michelle Glick holds her infant son, Matthew, who was born prematurally in March 2004. Matthew passed away 37 hours after his birth and, since that time, Glick has made it a mission to raise money for the March of Dimes, an organization that promotes research related to the prevention of premature birth and birth defects. Locally, the Tri-County March for Babies is scheduled for May 1 at Krodel Park in Point Pleasant, W.Va. who have been touched,” she said. Those wishing to participate in the TriCounty March for Babies walk can con- tact Tri-County March for Babies Community Director Terry Eller at (304) 720-2229 or at teller@marchofdimes. com. For more infor- mation about Michelle Glick’s March for Babies team visit w w w. m a r c h f o r b a bies.org/momtoanangelboy. Meigs County 4-H news and notes The Vital Ventures Projects, community service and selecting officers were discussed at the recent meeting of the Vita Ventures 4-H Club. Two advisors and eight members attended the meting. Officers will be voted on at that April meeting. Members reviewed projects and discussed the basics of 4-H. A demonstration on how to set up a chick brooder was given and refreshments were served. Officers were elected. All members took part in making cup cakes. Kaci Newsome did a demonstration on tips for fire safety and on when to wash your hands. Recreation was playing games with the cloverbuds. Refreshments were provided by Justin Pierce, Jami Newsome and McKenize Runyon. The next meeting will be April 12, 2011, and Cloverbud Show and Tell will be discussed. Cowboy Boots and Country Roots Salem Center Meig OʼMinds The Salem Center Meig O’Minds 4-H club met on March 15 at the Salem Center Firehouse with three advisors and 15 members in attendance. Business discussed was new member enrollment and project guidelines. The Cowboy Boots and Country Roots 4-H Club met on Feb. 13 at the Pomeroy Library Conference Room with three advisors and 23 members in attendance. Business discussed was the club dues of a flat fee of $4, enrollment forms, project guidelines and the calendar of events. Parent committees were formed and information about the annual strawberry sale was shared. Club members made Valentine’s Day cards for the nursing home residents at Overbrook Center. At the conclusion of the meeting, the club traveled to Overbrook Center where they visited and passed our their Valentine’s Day Cards to the nursing home residents. The next meeting will be March 27 at the indoor pool complex in Coolville. Election of officers will take place. Wooly Bully and More The Wooly Bully and More 4-H club met March 20, 2011 at the home of Rod Beegle, with three advisors and 21 members in attendance. Business discussed was a community service project at Rocksprings Rehab Center. Enrollment forms were collected and reviewed and quality assurance dates were discussed. Quality Assurance dates. Refreshments were served by Russen and Rhett Beegle. The next meeting will be April 10. Bleedin Green The Bleedin Green 4-H club met on March 20 at the Lawrence home with three advisors and nine members in attendance. Business discussed was upcoming events including quality assurance, community service project for veteran bags for the VA hospital and food camp. Recreation was by Human Knot. Sarah Lawrence served refreshments of cookies and drinks. The next meeting will be April 17 at the Lawrence home with Rachel doing a food demonstration. New homes are becoming a bad deal in weak markets BY DEREK KRAVITZ ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A new home, the dream of many would-be buyers, makes less and less financial sense in many places. A wave of foreclosures has driven down the cost of previously occupied homes and made them even more of a comparative bargain. By contrast, new homes have become more expensive. The median price of a new home in the United States is now 48 percent higher than that of a home being resold, more than three times the gap in a healthy housing market. Such a disparity can be a drag on the economy. New homes represent a small fraction of sales, but they cause economic ripples, bringing business to construction and other industries. Sluggish newhome sales deprive the economy of strength. “A lot of people are saying, ‘If I can get a great deal on a home already on the market, why go through the headaches of getting a new home?’” says Mark Vitner, a senior economist with Wells Fargo. “There’s a relatively small group of people who have the credit, have the down payment and are secure in their jobs that can go out and buy new.” The gap is widening because prices of previously occupied homes are falling fast, pulled down by waves of foreclosures and short sales. A short sale occurs when a lender lets a homeowner sell for less than is owed on the mortgage. New homes aren’t directly affected by such sales. The median price of a new home — the price at which half the homes sell for more and half sell for less — has risen almost 6 percent in the past year to $230,600, even though last year was the worst for sales in nearly a half-century. Slowed by those higher prices, new-home sales have plummeted over the past year to the lowest level since records began being kept in 1963. The government provides fresh data on new-home sales Wednesday. By contrast, sales of previously occupied homes have fallen almost 3 percent in the past year. Prices have dropped more than 5 percent. In February, the median price for a resale was $156,100, according to the National Association of Realtors. That adds up to a price difference of $74,500, or 48 percent, the highest markup in at least a decade. In healthier markets, a new home typically runs about 15 percent more, according to government data. Home prices and sales still vary sharply among metro areas. Cities with more foreclosures tend to have more resale homes that have languished on the market and are priced at a bargain. That makes new homes in those areas comparatively expensive. In Atlanta, for instance, where foreclosures accounted for one in every 23 homes sold last year, the median price of a previously occupied singlefamily home was $109,900, about 12 percent lower than a year ago, according to the Georgia data firm Smart Numbers. The median price of a new home was more than twice that. “That’s as much of a difference as we’ve ever seen,” said Steve Palm, president of Smart Numbers. “New homes can’t compete, and that means jobs.” An average of three jobs and $90,000 in taxes are created for each home built, according to the National Association of Home Builders. In some areas, older homes were more expensive before the housing market bust. That was especially true in urban neighborhoods with little or no room left to build on. But now, buyers get their pick even in some of the trendiest places. That’s what Robert Rost is finding in central Phoenix. Rost doesn’t want to commute far to his job. He’s been looking for a home for about five months but can’t find new properties in the neighborhoods where he wants to live. “I don’t want to commute 45 minutes to an hour a day one-way,” the 38-year-old computer engineer says. Homebuilders have taken notice. Residential construction has all but come to a halt. Builders broke ground last month on the fewest homes in nearly two years. And building permits, a gauge of future construction, sank to their lowest in more than 50 years. Many builders are waiting for new-home sales to pick up and for the glut of foreclosures and other distressed properties to be reduced. But with 3 million foreclosures forecast this year nationwide, a turnaround isn’t expected for at least three years. Don Eyler, who has owned E and R Construction in Terre Haute, Ind., for three decades, blames the banks. He says people are still interested in having a custom-built home but can’t finance the purchase. Tighter credit has made it harder to get larger loans. Eyler typically built eight homes a year before the housing boom and bust. Now, he’s averaging just about five. And he’s making less profit on each. “We hope we can stay in business until it gets better, but the turning point is this year,” Eyler says. “If it doesn’t change, we’ll have to do something different.” Contributing to higher new-home prices is the rising cost of building materials. Fewer new homes sold means fewer jobs added to an economy struggling with 8.9 percent unemployment. About 2.2 million overall construction jobs have disappeared since the housing boom went bust. That’s nearly a third of the people the industry employed in January 2007. �B1 SPORTS LOCAL SCHEDULE POMEROY — A schedule of upcoming high school varsity sporting events involving teams from Meigs, Mason and Gallia counties. Thursday, March 24 Baseball Wahama at Buffalo, 6 p.m. Richwood at Hannan, 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 25 Baseball Point Pleasant at Herbert Hoover, 7 p.m. Softball Herbert Hoover at Point Pleasant, 5:30 p.m. Track Wahama at Doddridge Quad, 5 p.m. Point Pleasant at Roane Co., 5 p.m. Hannan at GW Invite, 3:45 p.m. Saturday, March 26 Baseball Tolsia at Point Pleasant (DH), 1 p.m. Softball Tolsia at Point Pleasant (DH), 2 p.m. Huntington St. Joe at Hannan, 5:30 p.m. Track Eastern, Gallia Academy at Warren, 10 a.m. Tennis-Girls Point Pleasant at Oak Glen/Williamstown, 9 a.m. Thursday, March 24, 2011 OVP area lands 4 boys on All-Ohio basketball squads BY BRYAN WALTERS BWALTERS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Valley Publishing area had four boys named to the 2011 AP All-Ohio teams for basketball, as voted on by a select panel of media outlets throughout the state. The four local selections came in Division IV, as Eastern — champions of the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division — had two honorees while South Baum Hendrix Gallia and Southern had one representative apiece. Devon Baum and Tyler Hendrix, a pair of EHS seniors, were both named to the special Monday, March 28 Baseball Point Pleasant at Lincoln County, 5:30 p.m. Meigs at Warren, 5 p.m. Eastern at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. South Gallia at Ironton St. Joe, 5 p.m. Softball Buffalo at Wahama, 5:30 p.m. Wayne at Point Pleasant, 5:30 p.m. Gallia Academy at Meigs, 5 p.m. South Gallia at Ironton St. Joe, 5 p.m. Track River Valley at Jackson Invitational, 4:30 p.m. Manuel Haner mention list in D-4, while Southern senior Zach Manuel and South Gallia junior Cory Haner were named to the D-4 honorable mention squad. Baum led the Eagles (17-3) in both scoring (12.9 points) and rebounding (5.3 per game) while shooting 81 percent from the free throw line. Hendrix averaged 11.8 points and 1.6 steals and also had a team-best 41 trifectas in the regular season. Manuel averaged 11.1 points and 6.2 rebounds for the 11-9 Tornadoes, while Haner averaged 12.6 points and 3.1 assists for the 10-10 Rebels. Left: Hannan leadoff hitter Jerry Diaz takes a lead off first base as Wahama first baseman Brice Clark looks for the pickoff attempt during the first inning of Tuesday evening’s game between the Mason County schools in the Mason, W.Va. Point drops opener to Generals, 11-3 Below: Wahama starting pitcher Nick Templeton throws a pitch during the first inning of Tuesday’s non-league contest at Wahama High School. BY BRYAN WALTERS Sarah Hawley/photos BWALTERS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant baseball program started its regular season on a down note Tuesday night during an 11-3 setback to visiting Winfield in a non-conference matchup in Mason County. The Big Blacks (0-1) fell behind 6-0 after one inning of play and trailed 7-0 through five complete before scoring their first run of the season in the sixth frame. Winfield (4-0) outscored the hosts 4-2 in the seventh to wrap up the eight-run triumph. PPHS managed six hits in the contest, led by Tylun Campbell and Titus Russell with two hits apiece. Kodi Stranahan had an RBI safety in the fifth, while Brandon Toler added a two-run homer in the seventh. Eric Roberts was the losing pitcher of record for Point Pleasant, which committed three errors and allowed five unearned runs. Tyler Kincaid struck out 11 over four innings en route to earning the winning decision. Kincaid was also 4-for-5 at the plate and knocked in two for the Generals. Point Pleasant returns to action on Friday when it travels to Herbert Hoover for a Cardinal Conference matchup at 5 p.m. WINFIELD 11, POINT PLEASANT 3 Winfield 600 010 Point 000 001 4 2 — 11 12 1 —363 WHS (4-0): Tyler Kincaid, Dillon (5) and Z. Gunter. PPHS (0-1): Eric Roberts, Travis Grimm (5) and Brandon Toler. WP — Kincaid; LP — Roberts. HR — PP: Toler (seventh inning, one on). CONTACT US 1-740-446-2342 ext. 33 Fax — 1-740-446-3008 E-mail: mdssports@mydailysentinel.com Sports Staff Bryan Walters (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 bwalters@mydailytribune.com Sarah Hawley (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 shawley@mydailytribune.com White Falcons soar past Hannan, 10-0 BY SARAH HAWLEY SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM MASON, W.Va. — The Wahama White Falcons improved to 3-0 on the season with a 10-0 win over Mason County opponet Hannan on Tuesday evening. Wahama put its first runs on the board in the bottom of the second inning, taking a 6-0 lead. The hosts added two runs in the third and two more in the sixth for the 10-0 victory. Nick Templeton pitched three innings for the White Falcons to earn the win. Templeton allowed one hit, struck out six and walked one. Tyler Nutter and Wyatt Zuspan both pitched in relief for Wahama. Nutter struck out four and walked two, while Zuspan allowed one hit, walked one and struck out two. Daniel Reynolds pitched five plus innings for the Wildcats, striking out six, walking 12 and allowing four hits. Templeton had two hits for the White Falcons, Zac Warth added a triple and Clay VanMeter hit a single. Jerry Diaz and Reynolds each had one hit for the Wildcats. Warth had three RBIs, while Templeton, VanMeter and Anthony Bond each added one for Wahama. Brice Clark and Matt Stewart each scored two runs. Wahama returns to the field on Thursday at Buffalo, while Hannan hosts Richwood on Thursday. 000 000 062 002 BY BRYAN WALTERS BY SARAH HAWLEY — 022 — 10 4 0 HANNAN (0-1): Daniel Reynolds and Tyler Jenkins. WAHAMA (3-0): Nick Templeton, Tyler Nutter (4th), Wyatt Zuspan (6th) and Wesley Harrison, Clay VanMeter (4th). WP — Templeton; LP — Reynolds. POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant girls tennis team started the 2011 season with a bit of bad luck Saturday afternoon during a 4-3 setback to visiting Herbert Hoover in a Cardinal Conference matchup in Mason County. The host Lady Knights (0-1) led 3-1 after singles play had completed in the best of seven matchup, but the Lady Huskies (10) rallied to win all three doubles contests to pull off the come from behind victory. Claire Cottrill, Emily Kitchen and Hannah Smith scored the lone triumphs for PPHS, all of which came in singles play. Cottrill was an 8-2 winner over Amber Shaffer in second singles, while Kitchen defeated Sarah Moles in third singles by an 8-6 count. Smith also beat Emily Wood 8-3 in fourth singles. Point’s Tabi Dean fell 0-8 in her first singles match against Morgan Casto. Cottrill and Kitchen lost a 7-9 decision to Casto-Shaffer in first doubles, while Smith and Dean fell 5-8 to MolesWood in second doubles. The HHHS duo of Vivian Anderson and Carla Seybauld claimed an 8-5 victory in the third doubles match over Lindsay Nibert and Maggie Criste. In a pair of exhibitions, Criste and Nibert won an 8-0 decision over Chelsea Allman and Hayley Brown in doubles play. Dean suffered a 2-8 loss to Angela Myer in singles play. The River Valley Lady Raiders earned three AllOhio Valley Conference selections for the 2010-11 seasons. The Lady Raiders finished the season with an 11-10 Marcum o v e r a l l record and a 4-6 league mark. Senior Brooke Marcum earned a first team selection, as did sophomore Gilmore C a d y Gilmore. This was the fourth all-league selection for Marcum — who scored her 1,000th earlier this seas o n . Gilmore Sands was an honorable mention selection in the 2009-10 season. Kelsey Sands — a senior — was named honorable mention for the Lady Raiders. South Point’s Kayla Fletcher was also a fourth time selection. South Point head coach Dave Adams earned his fourth coach of the year award. The Lady Pointers led all teams with four selections. Each teams had one honorable mention selection. SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM Lady Knights fall in first tennis match, 4-3 BWALTERS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM BY SARAH HAWLEY SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM Raiders land three on AllOVC teams WAHAMA 10, HANNAN 0 Hannan Wahama Lady Raiders land three on All-OVC teams Bryan Walters/photo Point Pleasant’s Hannah Smith returns the ball during the Lady Knight’s tennis match against Herbert Hoover on Saturday in Point Pleasant, W.Va. The River Valley Raiders boys basketball team landed three players on the 2010-11 All-Ohio Va l l e y Conference teams. T h e Raiders finished the Peck season with an 8-13 overall record, while going 4-6 in Ohio Va l l e y Conference play. R i v e r Va l l e y s e n i o r Harrison Dominique Peck was a first team selection along with j u n i o r A a r o n Harrison. Both Peck a n d Harrison were first Lewis time selections to the all-conference team. Austin Lewis was an honorable mention selection for the Raiders. This was the first selection for the 6-1 sophomore. Chesapeake earned three first team selections, Fairland and South Point each added two, while Rock Hill and Coal Grove had one first team selection apiece. Chesapeake’s Ryan Davis earned Coach of the Year honors for the second straight season. �Page B2 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, March 24, 2011 Who Will Win The FINAL F UR? The Daily Sentinel Gallipolis Career College Eastman’s “Careers Close to Home” Call Today Classes Start April 4th www.gallipoliscareercollege.edu (740) 446-4367 ARIZONA www.rio.edu 800.282.7201 210 Second Ave. Gallipolis 740-446-9764 RICHMOND UCONN DUKE OSU TEMPLE FLORIDA STATE 417 2nd Ave., Gallipolis 740-446-1761 The Family of Professionals SAN DIEGO STATE Farm & Lawn, Inc. GALLIPOLIS, OHIO BUTLER 800-446-0842 252 Upper River Rd. 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Call Ron Evans 1-800-537-9528 Want To Buy Absolute Top dollar- silver/gold coins any 10K/14K/18K gold jewerly, dental gold, pre 1935 US currency. proof/mint sets, diamonds, MTS Coin Shop. 151 2nd Avenue, Gallipolis. 446-2842 Recreational Vehicles 1000 Campers / RVs & Trailers Motorcycles 2005 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic, Color Black Cherry, Very Nice Condition-New Battery-2 new TiresLots of Extras 28,000 miles Asking $13,500 Call 740-245-5087 or 740208-0028 2000 95 Cad Seville SLS, runs great. 111,000 miles. $3,950. 379-2139 Want To Buy Oiler's Towing. Now buying junk cars w/motors or w/out. 740-3880011 or 740-441-7870. No Sunday calls. Want to buy Junk Cars, call 740388-0884 Real Estate Sales 3000 For Sale By Owner 1997 Oakwood Mobile home 3Bdr. 2 Bath 8,000 obo. 304-675-5785 or 740-853-1232 House for sale or rent. Pretty, clean, 3BR. Downtown Gallipolis, close to Washington Elem. Rent $725 utilities not included . Sale $85,000. Kelly-Jo 645-9096 or 446-4639 Lots 1Acre lot for sale. Bull Run Rd. $10,000 OBO 740-992-5468 or 740-591-7128 Must be reliable and have own transportation. T h e D a i ly S e n t i n e l Patrick Hintz Devin Darby Jacob Pauley Austin Lewis Jonathan Holbrook Tevin Mitchell *—indicates repeat selection **—indicates third selection Apartments/ Townhouses Twin Rivers Tower is accepting applications for waiting list for HUD subsidized, 1-BR apartment for the elderly/disabled, call 675-6679 2 BR apt. 6 mi from Holzer. $400 + dep. Some utilities pd. 740-6457630 or 740-988-6130 Tara Townhouse Apt. 2BR 1.5 BA, back patio, pool, playground. $450 mth 740-645-8599 2-BR Apt. (Rio Grande) $400 dep. $400 mth, plus utilities No Pets 740-245-5937 or 740-245-9060 2 & 3 BR APTS. $385 & UP, Sec. Dep $300 & up, A/C, W/D hook-up, tenant pays electric, EHO Ellm View Apts. 304-882-3017 2BR, washer/dryer hookup, Thurman area 740-441-3702, 740-2865789 CONVENIENTLY LOCATED & AFFORDABLE! 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Email cover letter & resume to bshirey@gallipoliscareercollege.ed u Help Wanted - General Driving instructor needed. Must pass background check, work eve/weekends. Drop resume off at Gallipolis AAA office or fax attn: Al 740-351-0537 Expanding insurance agency seeks energetic individual to join our team. Duties include, but are not limited to, sales and customer service. Sales and computer experience preferred but not necessary. Compensation based on experience and performance. Interested parties should send resume to PO Box 276 Gallipolis, OH 45631 POSITION AVAILABLE VICTIM ADVOCATE MASON COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE Grant funded. Full-time position. Duties: Provide services, information support, and advocacy for crime victims consistent with grant. Requirements: associate degree with experience, or attending college, in related field. Submit resume by March 25, 2011 to: Mason County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Mason County Courthouse, 200 6th Street, Point Pleasant, WV 25550 An equal opportunity employer. �Page B4 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Help Wanted - General Job opening for part-time general maintenance worker for Village of Rio Gande. Main duties include, but are not limited to, Water Meter Reading, Grass Mowing, and General Maintenance in Village. Hours will be day shift, 34 hrs. a week, with no benefits. May pick up and return applications until march 28, 2011, at the Rio Gande Municipal Building at 174 East College Street, Rio Grande, Ohio 45674 Management / Supervisory Help Wanted Help Wanted Director of Marketing and Community Relations Pleasant Valley Hospital is accepting applications for a Director of Marketing and Community Relations. Candidates need the following qualifications: Masters or Bachelors Degree in Public Relations, Journalism, Communications or other related field. Previous experience in healthcare. Competent in desk publishing and other communication related software programs. Must be flexible in work schedule. Send resume to: Human Resources Department, Pleasant Valley Hospital, 2520 Valley Dr., Pt. Pleasant, WV 25550 fax to: (304) 675-6975 or apply online@ www.pvalley.org AA/EOE Help Wanted Help Wanted Overbrook Center is now accepting resumes for the position of Director of Social Services. The qualified candidate must possess strong verbel and written communication skills, Medicaid, Medicare and MDS knowledge. Long term care experience preferred but not required. Qualified candidates may send resumes to Charla Brown-McGuire, RN, LNHA, Administrator, 333 Page Street, Middleport, Oh 45760. E.O.E. & Participant of the Drug Free Workplace Program. Village of Syracuse is now accepting applications for Pool Manager and lifeguards for summer 2011. Application can be picked up at Village Hall in the Fiscal Ofiicers office between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm. Deadline for applications is noon on April 14. A Celebration Of Life--Overbrook Center, Located At 333 Page Street, Middleport, Ohio Is Pleased To Announce We Are Accepting Applications For Full Time And Part Time RN's And LPN's, To Join Our Friendly And Dedicated Staff. Applicant's Must Be Dependable Team Players With Positive Attitudes To Join Us In Providing Outstanding, Quality Care To Our Residents, Stop By And Fill Out An Application M-F, 8AM-4:30PM or Contact Susie Drehel, Staff Development Coordinator@740-9926472, EOE & A Participant Of The Drug-Free Workplace Program Director of Human Resources or apply online@ www.pvalley.org AA/EOE Get Your Message Across With A Daily Sentinel BULLETIN BOARD CALL OUR OFFICE AT 992-2155 BULLETIN BOARD DEADLINE: 9:00 AM DAY BEFORE PUBLICATION! 3 Savile Row BEATLES Tribute Band Sat March 26 7:00 pm Riverbend Arts Council Tickets $10 King Hardware Clarks Jewelry At the Door Legals (ERAC) by a person who was a party to a proceeding before the Director by filing an appeal within 30 days of notice of the final action. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 3745.07, a final action issuing, denying, modifying, revoking or renewing a permit, license or variance which is not preceded by a proposed action, may be appealed to the ERAC by filing an appeal within 30 days of the issuance of the final action. ERAC appeals accompanied by a $70.00 filing fee which the Commission in its discretion may reduce if by affidavit the appellant demonstrates that payment of the full amount of the fee would cause extreme hardship, must be filed with: Environmental Review Appeals Commission, 309 South Fourth Street, Room 222, Columbus, Ohio 43215. A copy of the appeal must be served on the Director within 3 days after filing the appeal with ERAC. FINAL ISSUANCE OF NPDES PERMIT MEIGS CO LANDFILL HOWELL HILL RD & STATE RTE 7 POMEROY OH ACTION DATE : 04/01/2011 RECEIVING WATERS: UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO THOMAS FORK FACILITY DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS IDENTIFICATION NO. : 0IN00254*AD THIS FINAL ACTION NOT PRECEDED BY PROPOSED ACTION AND IS APPEALABLE TO ERAC. (3) 24, 2011 Medical Service / Bus. Directory 9000 Pleasant Valley Hospital is accepting applications for a Director of Human Resources. Preferred requirements; Master’s in Human Resources or B.S., experience performing the HR Director functions in a healthcare setting for at least 5 years and supervision experience of at least 10 employees for 5 years. Knowledgeable of JCAHO guidelines, federal and state regulations. Must be focused on employees, excellent personable skills, experience working in a highly regulated environment. Experience in policy writing, developing and overseeing benefit management. 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Players of the year: Trey Burke, Cols. Northland; Trey Lewis, Garfield Hts. Coaches of the year: Sonny Johnson, Garfield Hts.; Wally Vickers, Liberty Twp. Lakota E. SECOND TEAM: Traevon Jackson, Westerville South, 6-2, sr., 18.3; Stevie Taylor, Gahanna Lincoln, 5-11, sr., 16.5; Josh Lemons, Cin. La Salle, 5-9, jr., 13.6; Michael Boyd, Liberty Twp. Lakota East, 5-11, sr., 12.1; Marc Loving, Tol. St. John’s, 6-8, soph., 18.3; Nigel Hayes, Tol. Whitmer, 6-7, soph., 15.0; Jehvon Clarke, Canton Timken, 6-1, sr., 17.4; Larry Nance, Richfield Revere, 6-7, sr., 16.5; Cole Krizancic, Mentor, 6-0, sr., 21.5; Justin Fritts, Mentor, 6-3, jr., 22.5. THIRD TEAM: Geovonie McKnight, Middletown, 6-3, jr., 16.6; Carlie Byers, Cin. Moeller, 6-0, sr., 13.1; C.J. Gettys, Findlay, 6-10, sr., 18.5; Robert Davis, Tol. Bowsher, 6-3, sr., 20.1; Nyles Evans, North Canton Hoover, 6-0, sr., 21.9; Michael Shull, Massillon Jackson, 5-10, sr., 18.1; Aaron White, Strongsville, 6-8, sr., 23.1; Brian Sullivan, Upper Arlington, 6-0, sr., 20.0. Special Mention Matt Bingaya, Delaware Hayes; Ronnie Willoughby, Avon Lake; Terry Rozier, Shaker Hts.; Delbert Love, Lakewood St. Edward; Tony Farmer, Garfield Hts.; Darius Carter, Akron Firestone; TJ Lanier, Warren Howland; Tre’ Brown, Warren Harding; Alex Lalonde, Wooster; David Walker, Stow. Honorable Mention Jack Gibbs, Westerville North; Elijah Macon, Cols. Marion-Franklin; Martise McLaurin, Cols. Beechcroft; Austin Traylor, Cols. Walnut Ridge; Cameron Vines, Cols. Whetstone; Alex Barlow, Cin. Moeller; Semaj Christon, Cin. Winton Woods; Markus Crider, Huber Hts. Wayne; Brandon Neel, Cin. La Salle; Aaron Thomas, Cin. Withrow; Ned Tomic, North Royalton; Collin Barth, Mentor; Myles Hamilton, Lakewood St. Edward; Cody Martin, Cleve. Hts.; Shonn Miller, Cleve. St. Ignatius; Pharaoh Brown, Lyndhurst Brush; Gurjeet Gil, Strongsville; Cheatham Norrils, Tol. St. John’s; Leroy Alexander, Holland Springfield; Drew Lehman, Tol. Central Cath.; Brock Ammons, Findlay; Keon Johnson, Mansfield Senior; Tyler White, Lima Senior; Davonte Brunson, Akron East; Kenny Kaminski, Medina; Prescott Williams, Wadsworth; Joey DiCicco, Massillon Perry; Da’Onta’ Streeter, Canton McKinley; Chris Witmer, Green; Craig McFerrin, Warren Harding; Branden Means, Canton GlenOak; D.J. Bettinger, Richfield Revere. DIVISION II FIRST TEAM: Deontae Hawkins, Dayton Dunbar, 6-foot-7, junior, 16.1 points per game; Percy Dean, Cols. Mifflin, 5-9, sr., 24.1; Jalen Ragland, Chillicothe, 6-6, sr., 20.5; Devon Carter, Cleve. John Hay, 6-3, soph., 20.1; Jake Heagen, New Concord John Glenn, 6-4, sr., 22.0; Damond Powell, Tol. Rogers, 5-10, sr., 22.5; Evan Payne, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, 6-1, jr., 24.5. Player of the year: Damond Powell, Tol. Rogers. Coach of the year: Randy Kortokrax, Cols. Hartley. SECOND TEAM: Tanner Gibson, Zanesville, 6-1, sr., 17.5; Nick Van Hoose, St. Paris Graham, 6-1, sr., 17.8; Josh Ingle, Shelby, 6-5, sr., 18.3; Reggie McAdams, Elida, 6-5, jr., 19.3; DaVonte’ Beard, Akron SVSM, 6-2, sr., 19.0; Jazel Garrett, Akron Buchtel, 5-9, sr., 14.0; Nate Jacubec, Struthers, 510, sr., 19.8; Joey Vuyancih, Mentor Lake Cath., 6-2, jr., 21.2; Jordan Barham, Hunting Valley Univ. School, 6-4, jr., 18.9. THIRD TEAM: Wesley Russell, Cols. Centennial, 6-3, sr., 16.1; John Lowdermilk, Carrollton, 6-2, sr., 15.2; Anthony Monaco, Dover, 6-4, sr., 22.5; Jaaron Simmons, Kettering Alter, 6-0, soph., 17.3; Austin Cunningham, Vincent Warren, 6-1, sr., 19.1; Isaiah Carson, WCH Miami Trace, 6-2, sr., 23.0; Eric Truog, Chagrin Falls Kenston, 6-10, jr., 18.9. Special Mention Ryan Green, Granville; Jon Primes, Cols. Bexley; Trent Weaver, Hilliard Bradley; Landon Israel, Zanesville Maysville; Brandon Taylor, Coshocton; Niko Otto, Wintersville Indian Creek; Paul Byrd, St. Bernard Roger Bacon; Josh Jones, Bellefontaine; Jake Kretzer, Waverly; Anthony Crane, Thornville Sheridan; Levi Lawhead, McArthur Vinton County; Jake Thomas, Circleville Logan Elm; Desmond Ridenour, Cleve. Benedictine; Anthony Kukwa, Perry; R.J. Kauffman, Avon; Eric Stapleton, Defiance; Nate Bihn, Celina; Evan Pannell, Akron Hoban; Colin Reardon, Poland Seminary; Antonio Hearn, Akron Kenmore; Lucas Strouble, Alliance Marlington. Honorable Mention Bryan Crawford, Delaware Buckeye Valley; Jacob Matuska, Cols. Hartley; Eric Roby, Plain City Jonathan Alder; Eric Siefert, Cols. Hartley; Jordan Tomlinson, Delaware Buckeye Valley; Kyle Roberts, Byesville Meadowbrook; Marky Thompkins, East Liverpool; Kyle Blanchard, Cadiz Harrison Central; Chris Ericksen, Carrollton; Rian Burrell, Zanesville; Logan Kimble, New Philadelphia; Jared Bryant, St. Bernard Roger Bacon; Tony Davis, Cin. Wyoming; Zach Denny, Germantown Valley View; Drew Hall, Cin. McNicholas; Nick Wake, Goshen; Malik London, Chillicothe; Brick Davis, Chillicothe Unioto; Harrison Martin, Waverly; Grant Venham, Vincent Warren; Nathan Elswick, Circleville Logan Elm; Kyle Slone, WCH Washington; Aric Carroll, Hillsboro; Jacob Horsley, Thornville Sheridan; Caleb Schillace, LaGrange Keystone; John Urwin, Bay Village Bay; Jimmy Corrigan, Rocky River; Mark Williams, Cleve. Benedictine; Chaz Rollins, Cleve. John Hay; Mike Turman, Painesville Harvey; Jeremiah Townes, Beachwood; Mike Yost, Milan Edison; Robby Rinehart, Lexington; Jordan Lauf, Napoleon; Matt Wisler, Bryan; Trey Howard, Lima Shawnee; Corey Clifton, Van Wert; Ricky Johnson Jr., Akron SVSM; Danny Reese, Youngs. Mooney; Ben Gency, Streetsboro; Clay Walters, Mantua Crestwood; Mike Lopuchovsky, Hubbard; Jake Jacubec, Struthers; Adam Ryczaj, Struthers; Owen Gramoy, Louisville; Shawntrail Smith, Akron Buchtel; Cory Hoffman, Canal Fulton Northwest. DIVISION III FIRST TEAM: Adolphus Washington, Cin. Taft, 6foot-6, junior, 19.1 points per game; Anton Grady, Cleve. Cent. Cath., 6-8, sr., 20.9; Brennan McKean, West Salem Northwestern, 6-0, sr., 28.0; Paul Honigford, Sugarcreek Garaway, 6-8, se., 16.8; Evan Jamison, Richwood North Union, 6-7, sr., 22.1; Nathan Copley, Chesapeake, 6-2, sr., 14.5 Derek Zeiter, Ontario, 6-4., sr., 19.4 Players of the year: Adolphus Washington, Cin. Taft; Anton Grady, Cleve. Cent. Cath. Coaches of the year: Zach Ruth, Galion Northmor; Shawn Brewer, Paulding. SECOND TEAM: Blake Justice, Peebles, 6-2, sr., 27.3; Marquice Taylor, Cols. Africentric, 6-0, sr., 19.4; Dan Monteroso, St. Clairsville, 6-3, soph., 23.0; Jalen Billups, Cin. Shroder, 6-6, sr., 19.2; Tyler O’Connor, Lima Cent. Cath., 6-3, jr., 12.8; Telly Fricke, Archbold, 5-11, sr., 11.0; Zach Wasson, Orrville, 6-5, sr., 19.3; Demonte Flannigan, Cleve. VASJ, 6-8, soph., 16.0. THIRD TEAM: Nick Gibson, Milford Center Fairbanks, 6-2, sr., 19.8; Brett Farnsworth, Sarahsville Shenandoah, 6-2, sr., 21.4; Ronnie Drinnon, Jamestown Greeneview, 6-7, jr., 14.3; Orlando Berry, Cin. Taft, 5-8, jr., 13.1; Austin McMaster, Chesapeake, 6-5, jr., 18.9; Evan Legg, Piketon, 6-2, sr., 22.8; Andy Stegman, Wheelersburg, 6-6, sr., 18.4; Cody Dillon, Newton Falls, 6-4, jr., 19.4; Drew Frizell, Smithville, 6-2, sr., 21.2; Tim Goff, Burton Berkshire, 6-7, jr., 18.0. Special Mention Steven Bridgeman, Carroll Bloom-Carroll; Anthony Kendrick, Cols. Horizon Science; Garrett Legraen, Beverly Fort Frye; Thomas Ellis, West Lafayette Ridgewood; Marcus Schumacher, Woodsfield Monroe Central; Dakota Bennett, Camden Preble Shawnee; Travis Elliott, Ironton; Andrew Bendolph, Portsmouth; Wayne Evans, Portsmouth; A.J. Henson, Orwell Grand Valley; Karl Garner, Cleve. VASJ; Mike Zavagno, Gates Mills Gilmour Acad.; Brandon Easton, Andover Pymatuning Valley; Nolan Todd, Collins Western Reserve; Travis Schomaeker, Ottawa-Glandorf; Mark Noble, Akron Manchester; Bob Peters, Cuyahoga Falls CVCA; Jacob Jaros, Leavittsburg LaBrae; Jordan Jenior, Rootstown; Brendan Milburn, Atwater Waterloo; Ryan Moore, Jeromesville Hillsdale. Honorable Mention Roger Gleckler, Heath; Isaac McGlone, Carroll Bloom-Carroll; Drew Osborne, Centerburg; Zack Ratcliff, Cols. Acad.; Kolby Snyder, Mount Gilead; Tyler Fitzpatrick, Barnesville; Darian Arnold, Newcomerstown; Shon Smith, Beverly Fort Frye; Clayton Patton, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley; Hunter Shaw, Sugarcreek Garaway; Jordan Wilson, Zanesville West Muskingum; Evan Bradds, Jamestown Greeneview; Josh Foster, Middletown Madison; Jake Overbeck, Reading; Evan Wolf, Casstown Miami East; Elliot Young, Williamsburg; Zac Carter, Ironton; Colin Kennedy, Chesapeake; Andy Countryman, Peebles; Dion McKinley, Portsmouth; Drew Cannon, Oak Hill; Blake Barnes, South Point; Blake Yates, Lucasville Valley; Dylan Gragg, Chillicothe Huntington; Rasaun Smith, Cleve. Central Cath.; Duane Gibson, Cleve. VASJ; Marcus Spelich, Rocky River Luth. West; Ethan Nobbe, Wickliffe; Will Starks, Gates Mills Hawken; Mitchell Lake, Orwell Grand Valley; Adam LaMonica, Wickliffe; Brian Bollenbacher, Huron; T.J. Waldock, Bloomdale Elmwood; Levi Gleason, Bluffton; Matt Metcalf, North Robinson Colonel Crawford; Blake Green, Delta; Lucas Pennington, Metamora Evergreen; Ryan Burfield, East Canton; Peyton Aldridge, Leavittsburg LaBrae; Jeremy Quinlan, Brookfield; Devonte Jenkins, Youngs. Ursuline; Kyrie Gregorey, Youngs. Ursuline; Kyle Dack, Akron Manchester; Cody Berg, Garrettsville Garfield; Levi Licata, Jeromesville Hillsdale. DIVISION IV FIRST TEAM: Nick Levin, Cols. Tree of Life, 6foot, senior, 17.6 points per game; Dylan Kaufman, Berlin Hiland, 6-4, jr., 14.0; Cody Latimer, Dayton Jefferson, 6-3, sr., 16.2; Travis Combs, Manchester, 6-1, jr., 20.0; Devonta Brooks, Bedford Chanel, 6-5, sr., 12.0; Luke Kohls, Columbus Grove, 6-4, sr., 16.9; Matthias Tayala, McDonald, 6-2, sr., 18.3; Zak Kirkbride, Zanesville Rosecrans, 6-6, jr., 20.3. Players of the year: Dylan Kaufman, Berlin Hiland; Luke Kohls, Columbus Grove; Zak Kirkbride, Zanesville Rosecrans. Coaches of the year: Todd Rock, Zanesville Rosecrans; Art Winston, Dayton Jefferson; George Whittaker, Salineville Southern. SECOND TEAM: Shakir Dunning, Canal Winchester Harvest Prep, 6-1, sr., 15.5; Andy Hoying, Jackson Center, 6-4, jr., 14.4; Blake Blevins, Manchester, 6-7, sr., 18.2; Marcus Reineke, New Knoxville, 6-1, sr., 22.1; Mason Roth, McComb, 5-11, sr., 18.0; J.J. Buckey, Tol. Ottawa Hills, 6-1, sr., 11.5; Michael Johnston, Wellsville, 5-9, sr., 22.7; Rico Jones, Richmond Hts., 5-11, soph., 14.0. THIRD TEAM: Grant Harris, Canal Winchester Harvest Prep, 6-1, jr., 19.1; Travis Tucci, Malvern, 6-4, jr., 19.8; Hayden Hagerman, Spring. Cath. Cent., 6-1, sr., 16.5; Chris Cox, Leesburg Fairfield, 6-5, sr., 18.0; Brock Homier, Continental, 5-11, sr., 16.0; Tyler Lilly, Mansfield Christian, 6-3, sr., 18.9; Brock Justice, Hartville Lake Ctr. Christian, 5-9, sr., 19.5. Special Mention Marco Comianos, Marion Cath.; Alton Frizzell, Millersport; Aaron Parry, Zanesville Rosecrans; Corey Fickiesen, New Matamoras Frontier; Brandon Bailey, Bowerston Conotton Valley; Ryan Arington, Cin. Christian; Max Davis, Cin. Seven Hills; Devon Baum, Reedsville Eastern; Luke Taylor, Willow Wood Symmes Valley; T.J. McCloud, Franklin Furnace Green; Noah Guthrie, Glouster Trimble; Tyler Hendrix, Reedsville Eastern; Connor Scott, South Webster; Anthony DeBaltzo, Bedford Chanel; Ben Hemingway, Willoughby Hills Cornerstone Christian Acad.; Mike Fidel, Newbury; Abe Valentine, Elyria Open Door Christian; Tommy Scales, Richmond Hts.; Brian Burdine, Cleve. Hts. Luth. East; Dallas Smith, Defiance Ayersville; Patrick Rufener, Rittman; Matt Knight, Windham; Ryan Tarter, Mogadore; Cole O’Dell, Vienna Mathews; Eric Baker, Salineville Southern. Honorable Mention Steven Carpenter, Lancaster Fairfield Christian Acad.; Keegan Parsons, Gahanna Christian; Luke Shetler, Plain City Shekinah Christian; Jett Speelman, Newark Cath.; Gershom Tadesse, Gahanna Christian; Andrew Rigaud, Steubenville Cath. Cent.; Sam Ramsier, Hannibal River; Ellis Brown, Shadyside; Noah Boyd, Berlin Hiland; Seger Bonifant, Berlin Hiland; Jake Phillis, Zanesville Rosecrans; Cody Albers, Ft. Loramie; Joby Jackson, Dayton Jefferson; Drew Moore, New Madison Tri-Village; Josh Redd, Houston; Tyler Schrodi, Pitsburg Franklin Monroe; Tanner Riley, Ironton St. Joseph; Austin Loop, South Webster; Cameron Rolark, Leesburg Fairfield; Tyler Noel, Portsmouth Notre Dame; Zach Manuel, Racine Southern; Joe Michael, Mowrystown Whiteoak; Levi Porter, Waterford; Cory Haner, Crown City South Gallia; Nathan Burchett, Portsmouth Clay; Damon Jones, Bedford Chanel; Richard Smith, Cleve. Hts. Luth. East; Ishaam Smith, Richmond Hts.; Kareem Rock, Richmond Hts.; Mike Terry, Elyria Open Door Christian; Charlie Prince, Thompson Ledgemont; Bret DiBacco, Newbury; Jared Sturt, Tol. Maumee Valley Country Day; Zach Garber, Vanlue; Thayne Recker, Arlington; Zach Chatlain, Bucyrus Wynford; Logan Lucas, Antwerp; Konnor Baker, Ada; Ross Heitkamp, Minster; Devyn Turbeville, Rittman; Nick Rota, McDonald; Matt Byler, North Bloomfield; Andrew Holko, Bristolville Bristol; Jake Boyle, Salineville Southern; Jalen DeSarro, Wellsville; Anthony Walker, Youngs. Christian; MarTae Hainesworth, Warren JFK; Matt Spitler, Cortland Maplewood; Anthony Alfano, Lowellville. Bracket busters, top seeds all part of round of 16 BY EDDIE PELLS ASSOCIATED PRESS The Big East was a bust. The Jimmer lived up to the hype. There are plenty of 10s, 11s and 12s left in the bracket, along with a handful of talented freshmen and a few familiar faces from Tobacco Road. The second week of the NCAA tournament will be sprinkled with the typical blend of favorites and underdogs, the familiar and the obscure, with a notable lack of Big East flavor in that mix. The conference that placed a record 11 teams into the 64-team field ended up with only two among the last 16. “The Big East is overrated and after Notre Dame loses tonight, it’s just going to be another feather in my cap,” said opinionated analyst Charles Barkley, a few minutes before the second-seeded Irish took the court against No. 10 Florida State. Notre Dame lost 7157. Joining FSU among the double digits were a pair of No. 11 seeds, Marquette and Virginia Commonwealth. Marquette defeated Big East rival Syracuse to set up a meeting with North Carolina. VCU will play Florida State in the first 10 vs. 11 matchup in tournament history. There was a 12 seed, Richmond — a program that made its name pulling upsets in the ‘80s and ‘90s and is at it once again. The Spiders will be the underdogs once again when they play the Jayhawks. “It’s not as much the seeds. It’s players,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. Speaking of players, it’s hard to take your eyes off Jimmer Fredette of Brigham Young. He’s the nation’s top scorer and he scored 66 points over two games to lead the Cougars to the regional semifinals for the first time in 30 years. “It was very important,” Fredette said after BYU defeated Gonzaga on Saturday to move on. “It was one of my goals coming into this season. I wanted to get to the second weekend and so did this team, so it’s extremely important.” Third-seeded BYU will play No. 2 seed Florida in the Southeast regional. It’s a rematch of their first-round game last year, won 99-92 by BYU. In the other Southeast game, it will be No. 8 Butler vs. No. 4 Wisconsin. The Bulldogs beat the biggest Big East bust, top-seeded Pittsburgh, and are still in line to reprise their magical run to the national final last year. Butler coach Brad Stevens said he spoke with point guard Ronald Nored, a key component in last year’s success. He “came up to me and said, ‘Coach, I’ve played in 10 NCAA games and nobody has ever picked us to win,’” Stevens said. Such is life in America’s biggest office pool. Led by freshman center Jared Sullinger, Ohio State was one of three top-seeded teams to advance. In the East region game opposite Carolina-Marquette, the Buckeyes will play No. 4 Kentucky, coached by John Calipari, who is trying to join Rick Pitino as only the second coach to lead three programs to the Final Four. The Wildcats are young, led by three freshman: Brandon Knight, Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb. “If the choice is talent or experience, I’m taking talent,” Calipari said. “Then, you can blame me for us not winning. But I’m taking talent. That’s just how I’ve been throughout my career.” Duke has a good blend of talent and experience in its quest for a repeat. The Blue Devils, the top seed in the West, will play No. 5 Arizona, back in the tournament after missing one season fol- lowing a record stretch of 25 straight appearances. Sean Miller now roams the sideline that Lute Olson used to own and has the Wildcats into the second weekend for the fifth time in the past decade. The other West game pits No. 3 Connecticut against No. 2 San Diego State — one program with tons of history against another with virtually none. UConn showed no ill effects from its fivegame-in-five-night run to the Big East Conference championship. Jim Calhoun’s Huskies won their two games by an average of 20, including a 69-58 victory over conference rival Cincinnati. San Diego State is coached by Steve Fisher, he of Fab Five fame with Michigan a few decades back. His new program won its first two NCAA tournament games this weekend. The Aztecs and BYU gave the Mountain West the same number of teams in the final 16 as the Big East. “To finally achieve this goal, it feels special,” guard D.J. Gay said. “Not just for this team, but for the city of San Diego. This is a place that we haven’t been before. But to finally reach it, it feels amazing.” Thursday, March 24, 2011 NCAA fails to keep up with matters of the clock BY PAUL NEWBERRY ASSOCIATED PRESS This was a familiar scene during the first week of the NCAA tournament: Officials huddled around the scorer’s table, looking over replays to determine just how much time should be on the clock. So unnecessary. The NCAA — unlike the NBA, the Olympics, all major conferences and even some high schools — doesn’t use an automatic timing system for its signature event. It’s an odd situation that caught plenty of prominent coaches off guard when told this week that game clocks in the men’s and women’s tournaments are not linked to a wellknown device known as Precision Time Systems, which was invented nearly two decades ago by former NBA and college referee Michael Costabile. “To be honest with you, I didn’t even realize that they weren’t using it during the tournament,” said North Carolina’s Roy Williams, whose Tar Heels were involved in the most prominent of several timing issues during the first week of March Madness. Thad Matta, coach of overall top seed Ohio State, was even more confused. “We use it in the Big Ten, so I’m good with it,” he said Tuesday. “Matter of fact, when we talked about it in the Big Ten meetings, we said, ‘Let’s do what they do in the NCAA tournament.’” Actually, the automatic system is widely used during the preseason, regular season and conference tournaments, but ignored by the NCAA for the biggest games of the year. In a sense, it’s like using a modern timing system to determine how fast Usain Bolt runs or Michael Phelps swims until they get to the Olympics, then breaking out the stopwatches to figure out who gets the gold medal. “This is 2011,” said Nelson Keller, who runs the clock merely as a backup for women’s games at North Carolina and the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. “It’s crazy not to use the technology that’s available.” That was never more apparent than last week when several games went down to the wire with the clock being kept by a timekeeper sitting courtside instead of being linked to Costabile’s system, which shuts it down automatically when an official blows the whistle. The most disputed game was North Carolina’s 86-83 victory over Washington. The ball went out of bounds off a Tar Heels player with a half-second showing on the clock. Replays showed the ball went out of bounds with at least 1.1 seconds to go. The officials looked at the video and did some frontier justice, determining the time on the board was right when factoring in the lag time between an official blowing his whistle and the timekeeper stopping the clock. If Precision Time had been used, it wouldn’t have been an issue. “Any time you are talking about time on the clock, I think it’s important that you get it right,” Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said. “Whatever you have to do to make sure that you get it right, I think you need to do.” The sport’s governing body doesn’t have much to say about clock management. Tournament spokesman David Worlock did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment. Neither did John Adams, the NCAA’s coordinator for men’s basketball officiating. Erik Christianson, the NCAA’s director of public and media relations, issued a brief statement: “The committee is satisfied with current game management processes and has chosen not to adopt it for the championship. From time to time it has been reviewed by the committee.” Costabile’s system ranges in price from $3,185 to $3,750 each, which sounds like pocket change compared to the tournament’s $10.8 billion television deal. He proposed an even cheaper deal a few years ago, offering to provide free systems for the tournament if the NCAA would pay $1,500 at each site to have a company representative on hand to respond to any questions or problems that might arise. He said the money would have merely covered the cost of travel, hotel rooms and meals. “I never heard back from them,” he said. Costabile’s system uses wireless technology to sync the whistles to a computer base station that is tied in to the clock. Whenever an official blows his whistle, the clock stops. If more than one official blows his whistle, the clock stops on whichever signal it receives first. To start the clock, each official wears a pagerlooking device on their waistband that they use to flip a switch when play resumes. Whoever flips it first, that’s what the computer goes with. At the college level, a timekeeper is only needed to stop the clock in the closing minute after a basket is made and before the inbound pass. Costabile said his system is used by more than 250 NCAA Division I schools, with every BCS conference adopting it league-wide. The NBA has used it since 1998, and the top professional leagues in Europe have since come on board. The Olympics and other major international competitions also rely on it, removing the estimated six-to-eight-10ths of a second it takes for the timekeeper to react on each stoppage. Over the course of a typical game, that can add up to nearly a minute of lost time. “The only league that doesn’t use our stuff in a major tournament, pretty much throughout the world, is the NCAA men’s and women’s Division I tournament,” Costabile said. Amazingly, the system is used for the final rounds of the NCAA’s Division II and III tournaments, Costabile said. Some states have adopted it for their high school championships. “We just feel it takes the reaction time out of it,” said Butch Powell, assistant executive director of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission, which began using the system at its state tournament about eight years ago. “We’ve never had a coach question the clock in all the years we’ve used this.” Georgia found out how accurate the system is, much to its dismay, during the Southeastern Conference tournament. Dustin Ware banked in a game-winning 3-pointer, but it didn’t count because coach Mark Fox had called a timeout. The clock showed only 0.8 seconds remaining, so Fox went over to the scorer’s table to lobby for more time. He didn’t have a case. The Precision Time computer showed exactly when Gary Maxwell blew his whistle. “The referee went to the monitor and obviously got it right,” Fox said. Alabama won the game in overtime. Georgia had no complaints about the clock. 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