https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/bc6f80b37ad4867b9cebce3046c43f9e.pdf 1844ec0e4e5e6665a117c5b24a8b1f58 PDF Text Text Prep baseball and softball action, B1 Advice from Dr. Brothers, A3 Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 50 CENTS • Vol. 61, No. 50 Christian variety show POMEROY — The Mulberry Community Center’s Christian Variety Show for April is set for 6:30-8 p.m., Saturday, April 2 at the center. Performers include Doug Bentley, Toothpick Whittler, Stacey Jean, Truly Saved. The show is free though a love offering will be accepted to benefit Savior’s Soup, a soup kitchen/ministry of the Meigs Cooperative Parish which provides free soups, desserts and beverages to all on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Popcorn and beverages will be for sale and desserts available for a donation provided by the St. Paul Lutheran Church. Concert set SYRACUSE — A free Christian concert will be held at 6:30 p.m., Saturday April 2 at the Syracuse Community Center. Performers include New Jerusalem, New Songs, John, Dolly and Brysel. Refreshments served. Fish Fry dates announced POMEROY — Sacred Heart Church in Pomeroy will be having Lenten fish fries on Friday's 4:30 to 7 p.m. on April 1, 8, and 15. There will be adult and children dinners. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Proceeds benefit local charities. Everyone is welcome. Lenten services POMEROY — Rev. Walter Heinz will speak at the community Lenten service at Syracuse Asbury United Methodist Church, 7 p.m. Thursday. Pastor Warren Lukens will speak April 7 at Mt. Hermon United Brethren Church, and Pastor Brian Dunham April 14 at Trinity Church. The Meigs County Ministerial Association organizes the programs. OBITUARIES Page A5 • Betty L. Faulk • Loma Hall • Pauletta Pullins WEATHER WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com Meigs Co. broadband project catches speed USDA funds finally to be released BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — A local company’s efforts to bring broadband Internet service to rural Meigs County just caught some major speed after the United States Department of Agriculture finally announced this week it would begin releasing funds for the project. Back in August, New Era Broadband announced its approval for $2.9 million in federal funding from the USDA to expand high-speed Internet service into rural Meigs County but as of January, the agency hadn’t released the funds to help accomplish this goal. According to David Hannum of New Era Broadband, the USDA grant is funded through federal stimulus money and the delay was attributed to the paperwork necessary to receive the funds and the volume of stimulus projects. However, on Monday, Hannum reported New Era received word it would likely receive the funds within 60 days which means construction can begin on the project — the first area of expansion will be the Five Points area just outside of Pomeroy. Hannum reports the company anticipates picking up between 70-100 people in the Five Points area from a pool of around 300 customers. Work in SHARE A BLANKET: More than 400 blankets distributed BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH HOEFLICH@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — The “Share a Blanket,” project started by June and Manning Kloes of Middleport in the midst of a very cold winter has taken on a life of its own. Earlier this month, after giving out over 400 blankets donated by generous Meigs Countians, the Kloes thought the mission project was over. But then more blankets started to come in and they now feel that it will be a continuing project from one cold winter to the next. The couple credit the success of the “Share a Blanket” project to those caring residents who have not only donated blankets but helped get them to the people in need. Keeping people warm on cold winter days seems to inspire a spirit of generosity in many, and for that, the Kloes thank the Lord for a county that is so caring. MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Village Council faces a difficult year financially, but officials there hope construction of a new village hall and revenue from a larger jail to be included will help the town’s cash flow. If residents there do not support a three-mill levy renewal to appear on November’s ballot, layoffs and other reductions in services are sure to come, Mayor Michael Charlene Hoeflich/photo Fourteen new blankets were donated this week for the “Share a Blanket” project by the Delivered Chapter of the Christian Motorcycle Association. Member Brenda Davis, right, makes the presentation on behalf of the cyclists to June and Manning Kloes. Gerlach and Fiscal Officer Susan Baker said Monday evening. Meeting Monday evening, council requested a $30,000 advance from County Auditor Mary Byer-Hill on the village’s first-half real estate settlement and discussed suspending a payraise promised police department employees later this year. Both actions address a projected budget shortfall for the current year. Baker said the advance will allow the village to pay bills from its general fund while awaiting a full settlement of real estate tax proceeds for the first half. However, she noted, in taking an advance, the village is spending money that will not be available later this year. She noted this is the last year the village will collect proceeds from a onemill levy voted down last November. A three-mill levy is up for renewal in November, and with projected cuts in Local Government Revenue from the state looming, the village’s financial condition will likely not improve in 2011. Councilman Emerson Heighton asked that council delay action to suspend the police department raises in July, until the village has determined for sure and certain it cannot afford them. The raises were approved last year as part of a two-year program, and would increase wages by 25 cents or more, depending on an officer’s years of service. Baker said it will take See Council, A5 TO HIGHEST BIDDER: High: 45 Low: 32 Old Pomeroy High School up for sale BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM INDEX 2 SECTIONS — 12 PAGES Classifieds B3-4 Comics B5 Editorials A4 Sports B Section © 2011 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. POMEROY — With the deed officially back in its hands, the Village of Pomeroy is hoping to get rid of its former municipal building and Pomeroy High School by placing it up for bid. At this week’s regular meeting, Pomeroy Village Council voted unanimously to place the building up for sale. The village is asking for a minimum bid of $80,000 for See Sale, A5 CIC awarded $1 million in loan, grant funds for new building BY BRIAN J. REED Police payraises unlikely BY BRIAN J. REED See Broadband, A5 BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM Middleport Council requests first-half tax advance BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM the Five Points area could be done by the end of April, he added. Work will then progress into other rural areas of Meigs County — the grant money was meant to reach customers providers like Suddenlink and Frontier can’t reach and by the end of the expansion, nearly Beth Sergent/photo This week Pomeroy Village Council (pictured) voted to place the old Pomeroy High School up for sale and signed a proclamation supporting the National Day of Prayer on May 5. Brenda Barnhart (also pictured) presented council with the proclamation and requested use of the village parking lots and walk path for the event. TUPPERS PLAINS — The Meigs County Community Improvement Corporation has been awarded $1 million in loan and grant funding to build a new spec industrial building at Tuppers Plains. Meigs County’s Economic Development Director said the building will be marketed to light manufacturing companies, specifically emerging advanced energy businesses from Ohio University. The state has awarded $500,000 in Rural Industrial Park Loan funds and a $500,000 Rural Development Initative Grant to the CIC for the construction project. The CIC hopes to create at least 40 jobs through the project, according to the Ohio Department of Development. The Ohio Department of Development announced Monday the Development Financing Advisory See Funds, A5 Landlord claims unfair treatment in Cole Street inspections BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM MIDDLEPORT — Every house in Middleport will be subject to an inspection for visible safety risks now that a new building inspector is on the job, but one rental property owner claims the village is treaing him unfairly. Raymond Andrews told council members he has consulted with an attorney and came to Monday night’s council meeting “to make peace or go to war.” Andrews maintains that the village’s building inspector, health inspectors and others have investigated alleged complaints about safety issues in the old Firestone building at the corner of North Second Avenue and Cole Street, but said he was once again being singled out by the village’s code enforcement program. He said his building is no more dangerous than others in the neighborhood, and said he was being asked to comply with codes that others are allowed to violate. See Landlord, A5 �Wednesday, March 30, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page A2 Gunmen kill 56 in grisly Iraq hostage siege BAGHDAD (AP) — Wearing military uniforms over explosives belts, gunmen held a local Iraqi government center hostage Tuesday in a grisly siege that ended with the deaths of at least 56 people, including three councilmen who were executed with gunshots to the head. The five-hour standoff in Tikrit, former dictator Saddam Hussein’s home town, ended only when the attackers blew themselves up in one of the bloodiest days in Iraqi this year. First they set fire to the bodies of the three slain Salahuddin province councilmen in a brutal, defiant show of how insurgents still render Iraq unstable — even if it has so far escaped the political unrest rolling across the Arab world. “Why did they shoot him and set fire to his poor body?” said Salahuddin government spokesman Mohammed al-Asi, trying not to weep when confirming the killing of lawmaker Mehdi al-Aaran, an elderly man who headed the council’s religious affairs committee. Speaking in a muted voice, Salahuddin Governor Ahmed Abdullah called the attack “a tragic incident carried out by ruthless terrorists.” Iraqi officials were quick to blame al-Qaida in Iraq for the slaughter, noting that executions and suicide bombers are hallmarks of the extremist group. A senior intelligence official in Baghdad likened the attack to alQaida’s horrifying hostage raid last fall on a Catholic church in Baghdad that left 68 dead and stunned the nation. Tuesday’s attack left 56 victims dead and 98 wounded, including government workers, security forces and bystanders, said Salahuddin health director Dr. Raied Ibrahim. Many died in the volleys of gunfire and explosions. Among the dead were councilman Abdullah Jebara, a vocal al-Qaida foe; the council’s health committee chairman, Wathiq al-Samaraie; and Iraqi journalist Sabah alBazi, a correspondent for Al-Arabiya satellite TV channel and a freelancer for CNN and Reuters. Members of Iraq’s parliament immediately called for an investigation into how the band of eight or nine insurgents could pull off the attack and paralyze a mostly-Sunni Muslim city that was once a hotbed for al-Qaida in Iraq and Saddam sympathizers. Tikrit is the capital of Salahuddin and is located 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad. Officials are particularly sensitive about the ability of Iraqi security forces to protect the country as U.S. troops plan to leave at the end of the year. “We denounce this sorrowful act, where insurgents with military uniforms could break into the council building,” said parliamentarian Suhad alObedi, who represents Salahuddin province. “This is a security breach.” It’s not hard to buy uniforms on Iraqi streets, and the ease and deadliness of the attack demonstrated sophisticated planning by the gunmen. A car bomb exploded outside the Salahuddin provincial council headquarters around 1 p.m., distracting security officials who rushed to put out the resulting fire. That’s when the uniformed gunmen — including one with counterfeit a high rank — identified themselves as Iraqi soldiers at a security checkpoint outside the compound. Told they would have to be searched before entering, they opened fire on guards and stormed the building. “The gunmen were armed with grenades and began their raid by firing at random at a reception room,” said Ali Abdul Rihman, a spokesman for the governor. “Then they opened fire inside.” The provincial council meets at the headquarters every Tuesday, but Rihman said local lawmakers ended their discussion early because there was little on their agenda. As a result, he said, most of the lawmakers had already left the headquarters when the assault began. Al-Asi, the provincial spokesman, said 15 people were taken hostage on the headquarters’ second floor, where the gunmen hurled grenades and fired at security forces below. The hostages, including the three lawmakers, were each shot in the head, alAsi said. Parliament lawmaker Qutayba al-Jabouri said security forces did not try to negotiate with the gunmen since they were under assault. Gov. Abdullah described a fierce shootout between the gunmen and Iraqi security forces who sur- rounded the building. American troops who were nearby as part of an advising mission with Iraqi forces also responded to the attack, and some U.S. soldiers received minor wounds, said military spokesman Col. Barry Johnson. The U.S. troops dropped back after Iraqi forces took control, Johnson said. The looming deadline for the U.S. troops withdrawal, twinned with the political unrest cascading throughout the Mideast, has spooked American and Iraqi leaders alike about whether the fledgling Iraqi democracy will fall back into violence. Baghdad University political analyst Hassan Kamil called Tuesday’s attacks “another indication that the insurgents are no way thinking of giving up the struggle in Iraq.” “It is a show of force aiming at convincing people that despite the setbacks, the insurgency is still active,” Kamil said. “Security is still fragile.” Japan: Not enough safeguards to protect nuke plant TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government admitted Tuesday that its safeguards were insufficient to protect a nuclear plant against the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the facility and caused it to spew radiation, and it vowed to overhaul safety standards. The struggle to contain radiation at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex has unfolded with near-constant missteps — the latest including two workers drenched with radioactive water despite wearing supposedly waterproof suits. The March 11 tsunami that slammed into Japan’s northeast, wiping out towns and killing thousands of people, knocked out power and backup systems at the coastal nuclear power plant. More than 11,000 bodies have been recovered, but officials say the final death toll is expected to exceed 18,000. Hundreds of thousands of people remain homeless, their homes and livelihoods destroyed. Damage could amount to $310 billion — the most expensive natural disaster on record. The unfolding drama has drawn increasing criticism of the utility that owns the plant as well as scrutiny of Japan’s preparedness for nuclear crises. “Our preparedness was not sufficient,” Chief Cabinet secretary Yukio Edano told reporters. “When the current crisis is over, we must examine the accident closely and thoroughly review” the safety standards. An Associated Press investigation found that Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials had dismissed scientific evidence and geological history that indicated that a massive earthquake — and subsequent tsunami — was far more likely than they believed. That left the complex with nowhere near enough protection against the tsunami. The mission to stabilize the power plant has been fraught with setbacks, as emergency crews have dealt with fires, explosions and radiation scares in the frantic bid to prevent a complete meltdown. The plant has been leaking radiation that has made its way into vegetables, raw milk and tap water as far away as Tokyo. Residents within 12 miles (20 kilometers) of the plant have been ordered to leave and some nations have banned the imports of food products from the Fukushima region. Highly toxic plutonium was the latest contaminant found seeping into the soil outside the plant, TEPCO said Monday. Safety officials said the amounts did not pose a risk to humans, but the finding supports suspicions that dangerously radioactive water is leaking from damaged nuclear fuel rods. “The situation is very grave,” Edano said. Workers succeeded last week in reconnecting some parts of the plant to the power grid. But as they pumped in water to cool the reactors and nuclear fuel, they discovered numerous pools of radioactive water, including in the basements of several buildings and in trenches outside. The contaminated water has been emitting four times as much radiation as the government considers safe for workers. It must be pumped out before electricity can be restored and the regular cooling systems powered up. That has left officials struggling with two crucial but contradictory efforts: pumping in water to keep the fuel rods cool and pumping out contaminated water. Officials are hoping tanks at the complex will be able to hold the water, or that new tanks can be trucked in. On Tuesday, officials from the Nuclear Safety Commission said other possibilities include digging a storage pit for the contaminated water, recycling it back into the reactors or even pumping it to an offshore tanker. The latest problem came Tuesday, when three workers trying to connect a pump outside the Unit 3 reactor were splashed by radioactive water that gushed from a pipe. Though they wore suits meant to be waterproof and protect against high levels of radiation, nuclear safety official Hidehiko Nishiyama said the men were soaked to their underwear with the contaminated water. They quickly washed it off and were not injured, officials said. Last week, two workers were hospitalized with burns after they were issued ankle-high protective boots to walk into highly radioactive kneehigh water. Nikkei, Japan’s top business newspaper, called it “outrageous” that TEPCO had been slow to release information about trenches outside the reactors filled with contaminated water. On Monday, Edano blasted TEPCO for a major miscalculation that saw company officials announce a wildly high radiation level at the plant over the weekend, only to back away a half-day later, saying it had been an error. “This sort of mistake is not something that can be forgiven,” he said. Israel considering annexing West Bank settlements JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is considering annexing major West Bank settlement blocs if the Palestinians unilaterally seek world recognition of a state, an Israeli official said Tuesday — moves that would deal a grave blow to prospects for negotiating a peace deal between the two sides. Israel has refrained from taking such a diplomatically explosive step for four decades. The fact that it is considering doing so reflects how seriously it is concerned by the Palestinian campaign to win international recognition of a state in the absence of peacemaking. The Palestinians launched that campaign after peace talks foundered over Israeli construction in West Bank settlements. On Tuesday, the Israeli Interior Ministry said it would decide next month whether to give final approval to build 1,500 apartments in two Jewish enclaves in east Jerusalem. Israel captured both east Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan in 1967. Israel annexed east Jerusalem, home to shrines sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity, immediately after seizing it. But it carefully avoided annexing the West Bank, where 300,000 settlers now live among 2.5 million Palestinians. Although it is widely assumed that under any peace deal, Israel would hold onto major settlements it has built in the past 44 years, any deci- sion to formally annex West Bank territory would be a precedent-setting move that could increase Israel’s already considerable international isolation. The Palestinians claim all of the West Bank and east Jerusalem, in addition to the Gaza Strip, for a future state. The government official who disclosed the possible annexation said he did not know how seriously authorities were considering the option. He said that “adopting unilateral measures is not a one-way street” and added that other options were also being considered. These could include limiting water supplies beyond agreed-upon amounts and restricting Palestinian use of Israeli ports for business purposes, he said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was aware of the moves being discussed, he added, speaking on condition of anonymity because no final decisions have been made. Netanyahu’s office had no comment. Nimr Hamad, an aide to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, said “these threats are not new. ... But we are continuing (our campaign) and are convinced our position is right.” In a related development, the Israeli Transportation Ministry is working on a plan to build an island off the coast of Gaza, where an Palestinian-run airport and seaport would be located. Ministry spokesman Ilan Leizerovich said this would allow Israel to cut all ties with Hamas-ruled Gaza. At present most goods and people enter and exit Gaza through Israeli land crossings. Leizerovich said the island would be built about three miles (4.5 kilometers) off the Gaza coast and would be connected by a bridge. He said it would take about six years and cost more than $5 billion to build. The grandiose scheme would need additional government approval, Palestinian acceptance and funding. Although peace negotiations have taken place since Netanyahu came to power two years ago, they have been sporadic and largely mediated by the U.S. Three weeks of direct talks broke down in September over Palestinian objections to continued Israeli settlement construction. Palestinians say they won’t talk peace with Israel unless Israel freezes all construction in both the West Bank and east Jerusalem, lands they claim along with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for their hoped-for state. Israeli officials fault Palestinians for the peacemaking impasse, saying a construction moratorium should not be a condition for peacemaking, because it never was in the past. Israeli building in east Jerusalem is especially contentious because the Palestinians want to create their future capital there. Because of the annexation, Israel does not consider the Jewish enclaves housing 200,000 Jews there to be settlements, but the rest of the international community does. Inflation worries push consumer confidence lower NEW YORK (AP) — Rising prices at the gas pump and in grocery aisles are starting to crimp shoppers’ outlook. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index fell sharply from a three-year high in February, reversing five straight months of improvement. The decline raises questions about Americans’ ability and willingness to spend in coming months. The index fell more than expected to 63.4 from a revised 72.0 in February. Economists expected 65.4, according to FactSet. The drop was the steepest since the 10.1-point plunge from January 2010 to February 2010, when the U.S. stock market was ham- mered by worries about Greece’s national debt. “Rising food and gasoline prices are starting to take their toll on the consumer psyche, and Japan’s triple calamity — earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster — has been very unsettling,” said Chris Christopher Jr., senior principal economist at HIS Global Insight. The index measures how Americans feel about business conditions, the job market and the next six months. It has hovered in a tight range from the high 50s to low 60s over the past year, far below the 90 that indicates a healthy economy. The index hasn’t approached that level since the recession began in December 2007. A housing slump that isn’t over and won’t be for a while isn’t helping. Home prices are falling in most major U.S. cities, and the average prices in four of them are at their lowest in 11 years, according to Standard & P o o r ’s / C a s e - S h i l l e r report released Tuesday. On Friday, the Commerce Department said newhome sales plunged in February, the third month in a row. The falling Consumer Confidence Index is in line with Gallup Poll’s weekly surveys, which have registered a slide in confidence since mid-February. Economists monitor confidence because consumer spending, including big-ticket items such as housing and health care, accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity and is critical for a strong rebound. “Consumers’ inflation expectations rose significantly in March and their income expectations soured, a combination that will likely impact spending decisions,” Lynn Franco, director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center, said in a statement. Signs of financial strain emerged Monday in February’s consumer spending report, which showed that most of the 0.7 percent jump in spending went to cover higher gas prices. The government’s February jobs report, released this month, showed companies added more workers in February than in any month in almost a year. Unemployment fell to 8.9 percent, the lowest in almost two years. But higher oil prices, violence in the Middle East and North Africa and Japan’s nuclear crisis could frighten U.S. companies out of taking any risks, says Mark Vitner, a senior economist with Wells Fargo. As for consumer spending, analysts say March has been uneven after strong holiday spending continued into January and February. Rising prices are showing up in several noticeable ways. The national average for a gallon of gas hit $3.584 Monday, the highest ever for this time of year, according to AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service. Gasoline prices have jumped 25.1 cents in the past month and 78.1 cents from a year ago. Food prices are expected to increase 3 to 4 percent on average this year, with the steepest increases in dairy, meat and coffee. Clothing retailers are also raising prices as they face soaring costs for labor in China and raw materials like cotton. The Conference Board survey, conducted by The Nielsen Co., is based on a random survey mailed to 3,000 households March 1-March 16. �BY THE BEND IKES Kids outdoor hunting/fishing day CHESTER — An outdoor day for youth of all ages will be held Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Meigs County IKES on Scout Camp Road near Chester. Activities will include muzzleloading rifles, .22 rifles and trap shooting with 12 and 20-gauge shotguns, a fishing derby, taxidermy displays, reloading, trapping and treestands. In addition, the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s archery trailer will be on hand and lunch for youngsters is also included. Children can bring their own fishing gear for the fishing derby, and the IKES will have some gear available for youngsters without fishing tackle. Participants can come for the whole day or only a part of it, but a parent or guardian must be present with the child. All events are free. For more information or directions call 740-591-8183 or email meigscountyikes@yahoo. com. OʼBleness offering breastfeeding classes ATHENS — O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens will offer a free breastfeeding class for expectant mothers. The class, which is held in conjunction with the lactation program sponsored by the O’Bleness Birth Center, will take place Wednesday, April 6, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the hospital’s lower level conference room 10. O’Bleness’ internation- al board certified lactation consultant Michele Biddlestone will conduct the class. Topics to be discussed are advantages of breastfeeding for mother and child, anatomy of the breast, physiology of breastfeeding, preparation for breastfeeding, maintenance and management of breastfeeding, as well as advice for working mothers. The class is provided free of charge; no registration is required. O’Bleness also offers free breastfeeding followup sessions for postpartum breastfeeding mothers. The class takes place every Wednesday from 11 a.m. until noon in the hospital’s lower level conference room 4. Biddlestone conducts the sessions and will provide a baby weight check and discuss topics such as what is normal for a breastfeeding mother and what to expect, how to overcome difficulties, breastfeeding management issues and any additional questions or concerns of breastfeeding mothers. The class is also provided free of charge with no registrations required. Participants may attend more than once. For more information on any of the breastfeeding classes contact Michele Biddlestone at (740) 592-9364. Pleasant Valley Hospitalʼs ʻDonate Lifeʼ set for Friday POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Pleasant Valley Hospital’s annual “Donate Life” flag will be raised on April 1, 2011 at 10 a.m. in front of the Pleasant Valley Hospital main entrance. This special event will be held in recognition of Organ Donation Awareness Month and in honor of the lives touched by organ, eye and tissue donation. Members of the Honor Guard from the local American Legion Post 23 will assist. Currently, there are more than 106,000 people in the United States waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. An Employee Blood Drive will be held on April 29, 2011 at the Pleasant Valley Wellness Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Information will be available on Organ Recovery and Donation. The blood drive is open to the public. For more information call the Patient Representative at (304) 675-4340 ext. 1860. State funds approved for mental health services STAFF REPORT COLUMBUS — State funding to construct a housing complex in Athens County for families suffering from mental illness, and to purchase emergency medical services for patients admitted to or seen at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital has been approved, according to State Rep. Debbie Phillips, D-Athens. “This funding will continue to improve mental health services available to families in our region,” Phillips said. “Our communities can only benefit by having greater and more affordable access to all forms of healthcare services.” Integrated Services of Appalachian Ohio, Inc. will receive $300,000 for residential housing units. These units will be dedi- cated to provide permanent supportive housing for families with severe and persistent mental illness. The funding represents the state’s share in Project MH-875 State Assistance for community mental health facilities. In addition, Appalachian Behavioral Healthcare will receive $100,000 to purchase emergency medical services for patients admitted to or seen at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital. Appalachian Behavioral Healthcare is a state operated Mental Health facility in Athens. When emergency medical services are needed for patients in the state’s care, they are taken to O’Bleness Memorial Hospital. These emergency services are in close vicinity to the hospital and improve overall healthcare for these patients. Family Medicine Keloid scars not dangerous but difficult to treat BY MARTHA A. SIMPSON, D.O., M.B.A. OHIO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE Question: I had a benign growth removed from my chest about six months ago, and now I have this really big, ugly, pink scar that keeps growing. Someone told me it’s a “keloid.” Is it dangerous? Should I go back and have it removed? Answer: Keloid scars are an overgrowth of collagen, the substance that helps wounds heal. They are benign but can cause some discomfort and cosmetic distress. Keloids, like all scars, occur where skin has been cut or damaged by anything from an accident or a surgical procedure to a body piercing or acne. The body produces collagen just below the top layer of skin to fill in breaks in the skin. Normally, collagen “knows” when it’s no longer needed. But some people keep producing collagen, so the scar keeps growing. If the overgrowth follows the boundaries of the original injury but is slightly raised, the resulting scar is called a hypertrophic scar, and these often fade over time. But if the scar extends both up and beyond the original injury, it’s deemed a keloid. Keloids are generally shiny, pink and domeshaped, and they’re usually firm. They seem to run in families and are more common in people of African and Asian descent. Keloids can occur anywhere on the body but are most common on the chest, upper back, shoulders and earlobes (after piercing). A keloid may form one time but not another. Usually, keloids cause no symptoms, but some people experience itching and tenderness while they’re growing. Also, the site of the keloid may cause problems, such as a keloid on the bottom of the foot. Aside from the appearance of the keloid, itself, another cosmetic issue is dark pigmentation that occurs if the scar is overexposed to sun within the first year it’s forming. The scar will tan darker than the skin around it, and usually, the difference in color is permanent. I tell my patients to put a patch or band aid over the scar if they’re going to be in the sun. While this, too, will result in a scar that is a different color than the skin around it, at least it’s a temporary difference, and the skin tones should even out the following year. And remember: scar or no scar, you should always use a high SPF sunscreen. In more than 50 percent of cases, surgery to remove keloids results in increased scarring, but advances are being made to improve this number. Other remedies exist that can help, but it is very difficult to completely remove a keloid. Cortisone injections can help flatten it. These are repeated monthly. Cryosurgery — freezing with liquid nitrogen — may also help flatten the scar, but it also can discolor the skin. Some physicians have used lasers to treat keloids, but the outcomes have not been stellar. Some are also trying lasers plus cortisone. Finally, there are some over-the-counter products, such as silicone sheeting, that have shown good results, but only with very long-term treat- Community Calendar Public notices Monday, April 4 SYRACUSE — Sutton Township Trustees, regular meeting, 7 p.m., Syracuse Village Hall. Thursday, March 31 PORTLAND — Lebanon Township Trustees regular meeting, 6 p.m., township building. Clubs and organizations Friday, April 1 POMEROY — Meigs County PERI #74, regular meeting, 1 p.m., Mulberry Community Center, Alva Clark, director of Mulberry Community Center speaking on the operation of the center, report given on legislation of OPERS in Columbus. Saturday, April 2 SALEM CENTER — Star Grange #778 and Star Junior Grange #878 will meet in regular session, 6:30 p.m. for potluck and meeting at 7:30 p.m., all members urged to attend, final plans for Meigs County Pomona Grange Banquet to be held on April 15 will be made, tickets must be purchased by April 8. Church events Thursday, March 31 SYRACUSE — Rev. Walter Heinz, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, will speak at Asbury United Methodist Church, 7 p.m., for community Lenten services of Meigs County Ministerial Association. Services also planned for April 7, April 14 and April 22 with other Association pastors. ment. Ask your family doctor about the scar. He or she may recommend that you see a dermatologist or plastic surgeon. (Editor’s Note: Family Medicine®, which has been a free weekly column of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine to this newspaper for many years is being discontinued due to staffing changes in the College of Osteopathic Medicine. We regret the discontinuance of this educational service which has provided to our customers a reliable source of general information about health conditions.) Page A3 Wednesday, March 30, 2011 A S K D R . B RO T H E R S Relationship seems stuck and lifeless Dear Dr. Brothers: My boyfriend and I have been dating for about six months. We are college students and spend most of our time studying, eating or going to an occasional film or concert. We have done pretty much all of this as a couple, not really hanging out with anyone else. I am beginning to feel a little bored with him and the relationship. I feel like we need something more to bring us closer. Do you have any ideas that would help us deepen our connection? — N.C. Dear N.C.: I do have an idea, sparked by a study published in the journal Personal Relationships, and based on research on 60 dating couples at Wayne State University. The study may hold some clues as to which simple things can provide that needed spark in college dating relationships. The couples were divided into groups where they had either intense personal discussions with another couple they were paired with, or else they just made small talk with their partnered couples and their own mate. The group with the intense interactions actually became closer to those couples they were paired with, and in some cases sought them out as friends, while the couples who engaged in small talk were not affected enough to make further contact. And most importantly, the first group felt a new spark with their own partners. So, based on this and common sense, why not ask a few different couples you know to double-date? It might be fun to try some new things and to get to know other couples who are committed and looking for fun things to do. You can always have your alone time, too, but including others in your dating life just might provide that lift you are looking for. No one can meet 100 percent of another person’s needs, no matter how much the two are in love. ••• Dear Dr. Brothers: Last year, a teen at my son’s school killed himself. It was very sad, and even though he wasn’t friends with my son, everyone was affected. The school did all it could to comfort the kids — counseling sessions, a huge memorial service, a tribute bulletin board, etc. But in the past school year, two more kids also took their own lives. Again the school did everything I mentioned. Is there anything else it could be doing to Dr. Joyce Brothers prevent more tragedies? — C.A. Dear C.A.: It sounds as though the school did all the right things. Conventional wisdom holds that instead of sweeping a suicide under the rug and pretending it didn’t happen, acknowledging the student’s death and life is a good thing and will provide the appropriate closure for the students. Yet in this case as well as others, when the original suicide is followed by others, it is difficult to pin a label of “copycat” on any one act, but often these tragedies do seem to come in clusters. At any rate, there is some new thinking on what might be the school system’s best response to such awful events. Counselors at Ohio State University have studied this question and believe that memorials and tributes may inspire other troubled students to see the death by suicide as a glorification of the act. They recommend counseling only in small groups and say it should be focused on depression and telling an adult if kids are aware of someone’s desire to harm himor herself. Although it would be nice to think that every suicide is preventable, some victims are very good at hiding their intentions and their symptoms. Keeping lines of communication open really is essential. (c) 2011 by King Features Syndicate 60168444 The Daily Sentinel �OPINION Page A4 Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Long blackouts pose risk to US reactors BY DINA CAPPIELLO ASSOCIATED PRESS It’s a nightmarish scenario — a days-long blackout at a nuclear power plant leading to a radioactive leak. Though the odds of that happening are extremely remote, an Associated Press investigation has found that some U.S. plants are more vulnerable than others. Long before the nuclear emergency in Japan, U.S. regulators knew that a power failure lasting for days at an American nuclear plant, whatever the cause, could lead to a radioactive leak. Even so, they have only required the nation’s 104 nuclear reactors to develop plans for dealing with much shorter blackouts on the assumption that power would be restored quickly. In one simulation presented by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2009, it would take less than a day for radiation to escape from a reactor at a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant after an earthquake, flood or fire knocked out all electrical power and there was no way to keep the reactors cool after backup battery power ran out. That plant, the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station outside Lancaster, has reactors of the same older make and model as those releasing radiation at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, which is using other means to try to cool the reactors. And like Fukushima Dai-ichi, the Peach Bottom plant has enough battery power on site to power emergency cooling systems for eight hours. In Japan, that wasn’t enough time for power to be restored. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Nuclear Energy Institute trade association, three of the six reactors at the plant still can’t get power to operate the emergency cooling systems. Two were shut down at the time. In the sixth, the fuel was removed completely and put in the spent fuel pool when it was shut down for maintenance at the time of the disaster. A week after the March 11 earthquake, diesel generators started supplying power to two other two reactors, Units 5 and 6, the groups said. The risk of a blackout leading to core damage, while extremely remote, exists at all U.S. nuclear power plants, and some are more susceptible than others, according to an Associated Press investigation. While regulators say they have confidence that measures adopted in the U.S. will prevent or significantly delay a core from melting and threatening a radioactive release, the events in Japan raise questions about whether U.S. power plants are as prepared as they could and should be. As part of a review requested by President Barack Obama in the wake of the Japan crisis, a top Nuclear Regulatory Commission official said Tuesday that the agency will investigate whether the nation’s nuclear reactors are capable of coping with station blackouts and whether regulatory requirements need to be strengthened. Bill Borchardt, the agency’s executive director for operations, said an obvious question is whether nuclear plants need enhanced battery supplies, or ones that can last longer. “There is a robust capability that exists already, but given what happened in Japan there’s obviously a question that presents itself: Do we need to make it even more robust,” he said at a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “We didn’t address a tsunami and an earthquake, but clearly we have known for some time that one of the weak links that makes accidents a little more likely is losing power,” said Alan Kolaczkowski, a retired nuclear engineer who worked on a federal risk analysis of Peach Bottom released in 1990 and is familiar with the updated risk analysis. Risk analyses conducted by the plants in 199194 and published by the commission in 2003 show that the chances of such an event striking a U.S. power plant are remote, even at the plant where the risk is the highest, the Beaver Valley Power Station in Pennsylvania. These long odds are among the reasons why the United States since the late 1980s has only required nuclear power plants to cope with blackouts for four or eight hours. That’s about how much time batteries would last. After that, it is assumed that power would be restored. And so far, that’s been the case. Equipment put in place after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks could buy more time. Otherwise, the reactor’s radioactive core could begin to melt unless alternative cooling methods were employed. In Japan, the utility has tried using portable generators and dumping tons of seawater, among other things, on the reactors in The Daily Sentinel Reader Services (USPS 213-960) Correction Policy Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 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Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crippled plant, found other ways to cool the reactor core and, so far, avert a full-scale meltdown without electricity. “Clearly the coping duration is an issue on the table now,” said Biff Bradley, director of risk assessment for the Nuclear Energy Institute. “The industry and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will have to go back in light of what we just observed and rethink station blackout duration.” David Lochbaum, a former plant engineer and nuclear safety director at the advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists, put it another way: “Japan shows what happens when you play beat-the-clock and lose.” At Tuesday’s Senate committee hearing, he said the government and the nuclear power industry have to do more to cope with prolonged blackouts, such as having temporary generators on site — or at nearby military bases — that can recharge batteries. A complete loss of electrical power, generally speaking, poses a major problem for a nuclear power plant because the reactor core must be kept cool, and back-up cooling systems — mostly pumps that replenish the core with water— require massive amounts of power to work. Without the electrical grid, or diesel generators, batteries can be used for a time, but they will not last long with the power demands. And when the batteries die, the systems that control and monitor the plant can also go dark, making it difficult to ascertain water levels and the condition of the core. Eleven U.S. reactors are designed to cope with a station blackout lasting eight hours, while 93 are designed for four-hour blackouts. One variable not considered in the NRC risk assessments of severe blackouts was cooling water in spent fuel pools, where rods once used in the reactor are placed. With limited resources, the commission decided to focus its analysis on the reactor fuel, which has the potential to release more radiation. An analysis of individual plant risks released in 2003 by the NRC shows that for 39 of the 104 nuclear reactors, the risk of core damage from a blackout was greater than 1 in 100,000. At 45 other plants, the risk is greater than 1 in a million, the threshold NRC is using to determine which severe accidents should be evaluated in its latest analysis. The Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1, in Pennsylvania had the greatest risk of core melt — 6.5 in 100,000, according to the analysis. But that risk may have been reduced in subsequent years as NRC regulations required plants to do more to cope with blackouts. Todd Schneider, a spokesman for FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co., which runs Beaver Creek, told the AP that batteries on site would last less than a week. In 1988, eight years after labeling blackouts “an unresolved safety issue,” the NRC required nuclear power plants to improve the reliability of their diesel generators, have more backup generators on site, and better train personnel to restore power. These steps would allow them to keep the core cool for four to eight hours if they lost all electrical power. By contrast, the newest generation of nuclear power plant, which is still awaiting approval, can last 72 hours without taking any action, and a minimum of seven days if water is supplied by other means to cooling pools. Despite the added safe- 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 ty measures, a 1997 report found that blackouts — the loss of on-site and off-site electrical power — remained “a dominant contributor to the risk of core melt at some plants.” The events of Sept. 11, 2001, further solidified that nuclear reactors might have to keep the core cool for a longer period without power. After 9/11, the commission issued regulations requiring that plants have portable power supplies for relief valves and be able to manually operate an emergency reactor cooling system when batteries go out. The NRC says these steps, and others, have reduced the risk of core melt from station blackouts from the current fleet of nuclear plants. For instance, preliminary results of the latest analysis of the risks to the Peach Bottom plant show that any release caused by a blackout there would be far less rapid and would release less radiation than previously thought, even without any actions being taken. With more time, people can be evacuated. The NRC says improved computer models, coupled with up-to-date information about the plant, resulted in the rosier outlook. “When you simplify, you always err towards the worst possible circumstance,” Scott Burnell, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said of the earlier studies. The latest work shows that “even in situations where everything is broken and you can’t do anything else, these events take a long time to play out,” he said. “Even when you get to releasing into environment, much less of it is released than actually thought.” Exelon Corp., the operator of the Peach Bottom plant, referred all detailed questions about its preparedness and the risk analysis back to the NRC. In a news release issued earlier this month, the company, which operates 10 nuclear power plants, said “all Exelon nuclear plants are able to safely shut down and keep the fuel cooled even without electricity from the grid.” Others, looking at the crisis unfolding in Japan, aren’t so sure. In the worst-case scenario, the NRC’s 1990 risk assessment predicted that a core melt at Peach Bottom could begin in one hour if electrical power on- and off-site were lost, the diesel generators — the main backup source of power for the pumps that keep the core cool with water — failed to work and other mitigating steps weren’t taken. “It is not a question that those things are definitely effective in this kind of scenario,” said Richard Denning, a professor of nuclear engineering at Ohio State University, referring to the steps NRC has taken to prevent incidents. Denning had done work as a contractor on severe accident analyses for the NRC since 1975. He retired from Battelle Memorial Institute in 1995. “They certainly could have made all the difference in this particular case,” he said, referring to Japan. “That’s assuming you have stored these things in a place that would not have been swept away by tsunami.” 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 �Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Obituaries Broadband From Page A1 Betty Louise Faulk Betty Louise Faulk, 82, of Pomeroy, passed away March 28, 2011 at her home. She was born in Letart on Sept. 25, 1928 daughter of the late Peter C. and Ada Sayre Wolfe. She was a wife, mother and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 60 years Charles Henry Faulk, Sr. She is survived by her daughter Shelia (Gerald) Hollon and son Charles H. (Linda) Faulk, Jr. She is also survived by grandchildren Tammy (Joe) Huston, Scott (Tonya) Hollon, Radley (Kimberly) Faulk, Cacy Faulk, Cody Faulk and fiancé, Carrie Abbott, and 5 great grandchildren. She leaves two sisters, Grace Proffitt and Alice Beach of the Columbus area, many nieces and nephews and a special friend of over 50 years, Sara Cullums. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by sisters Josephine Parsons, Mary Virginia Rhodes, Doris VanMeter and brother Harold Wolfe. Friends may call 6-8 p.m., Thursday, March 31 and 9-10 a.m., Friday, April 1 at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m., Friday, April 1 at Rocksprings Cemetery with Minister Robert Scott officiating. Loma Hall Loma Hall, 90, Harrisonville, passed away Monday, March 28, 2011, at Abbyshire Place, in Gallipolis. Born April 26, 1920, in Mingo County, W.Va., he was the son of the late Alamander and Martha Canterberry Hall. He was a retired coal miner. He is survived by his wife Margie Workman Hall, a daughter Donna Harper, and a son Loma Hall Jr.; grandchildren David “Justin” Harper, John Hall, Alan Telling, James McCoy, Christy and Amber Hall, Robert Jr. and Donald Hall and Marla Brady; several great and great great-grandchildren; sisters Mabel, Stella, Della, and Betty. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by sons Darrell and Robert Hall; granddaughter Dena Whaley; sisters May and Pearl and an infant brother. Services will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 31 at Bigony-Jordan Funeral Home. Burial will be in Wells Cemetery. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, March 30 at the funeral home. You may sign the register book at www.bigonyjordanfuneralhome.com. Deaths Pauletta ‘Peggy’ Pullins Pauletta “Peggy” Pullins, 84, Williamstown, W.Va., died Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at her residence surrounded by her family. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, April 1 at Hadley Funeral Home, 500 Fifth St. Chapel, Marietta, with a graveside service following at 2 p.m. at Sand Hill Cemetery in Long Bottom. Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Thursday, March 31 at the funeral home. Landlord From Page A1 Andrews said there have been 16 documented inspection visits to the building, which includes retail space on the street level and rental apartments on the second floor. He said he was forced to move water meters from inside the building to outside in the middle of January, questioning whether other rental property owners have been forced to do the same. He also addressed an allegation that he was renting a first-floor apartment in the building, in violation of a village code that prohibits ground floor living quarters in the downtown business district. He said a tennant who was living in a room on the first floor of the building has since been provided a second-floor apartment. Andrews, however, maintains the building is not part of the retail district, and said his building is no different from an apartment building on Cole Street across North Second Avenue from his building, although council members said the apartment units owned by Dottie Turner were exempted from the code section prohibiting street-level apartments because they were originally intended for that purpose. Andrews also said he has been subject to repeated references at council meetings and subsequent news coverage about code enforcement. “I only ask that I be treated like everyone else,” Andrews said. Mayor Michael Gerlach said the inspections were necessary. An inspection is performed every time water service is terminated and re-connected, and Gerlach said a tennant in Andrews’ building had requested at least one health inspection. Gerlach said the street-level quarters Andrews’ tennant had been living in had no running water. Gerlach said the village required the water meters be moved because village employees reading the meters felt there was no safe access in the building. Councilman Emerson Heighton said part of Building Inspector Michael Hendrickson will be performing a visual inspection of each home in town — owner-occupied and rental — for visible safety and health violations. Other business Council hired three part-time police dispatchers: Chastity Rose, Scott Kimes and Steve Hawley, to replace full-time dispatcher Mike Klein. Klein has been transferred to a position in the Public Works department to replace Hendrickson. Police Chief Bruce Swift, who attended the meeting, said replacing a full-time employee with benefits with three part-time workers will create a $7,000 annual savings for the village. Heigton, recreation committee chairman, reported on a list of needed repairs in the village’s three parks: Diles, Hartinger and Moore, and requested permission to buy lumber needed for the repairs. Jean Craig provided a list of homes without house numbers. Council also: • Approved the re-appointment of Robert Pooler to the Board of Zoning Appeals. • Excused Councilman Shawn Rice from the meeting. • Approved payment of bills, $44,068.75. The Daily Sentinel • Page A5 www.mydailysentinel.com 3,000 residents who didn’t have access to high-speed Internet, will have it. Starting Sept. 17 of last year, New Era Broadband had three years to complete the project estimated to take 27 months — even though the money hasn’t been released, the clock has been ticking since Sept. 17. Still, Hannum says the company will be working hard to meet the deadline and provide service to a waiting list of customers which already totals around 500. When all is said and done, the company projects 1,500-2,000 new customers signed on for the service. “This is a shot in the arm for the whole county,” Hannum said about broadband service reaching customers who were considered unreachable with this service provided by a local, Meigs County company. Hannum said he wasn’t sure which area of the county New Era would expand into after Five Points but added the company will put up signs along roads and near work sites to inform residents of its presence. For those wishing to sign up for broadband service from New Era go to http://www.newerabroadband.com/ or 1866-937-9991. Council From Page A1 something fully unexpected to change the 2011 fiscal forecast, and noted she has assumed responsibility for work performed by three part-time workers, whose positions were eliminated. “We cannot foresee what is going to happen, but fines collections are down, tax proceeds are down, and suddenly we cannot (afford the raises),” Baker said. “It’s already bare bones. If people want police officers and services of any sort, they need to pass the levy in November,” Baker said. Baker also noted, however, that the village has an advantage over others because its new jail, to be part of a $900,000 village hall project, will allow the village to increase its general fund revenue. Revenue for that fund, which finances police operations, is limited to real estate tax proceeds, fees and fines and jail space revenue. The village hopes making jail space available for prisoners from other jurisdictions, the county sheriff primarily, will be a revenue-generating source. “We are looking at a two-year adjustment period because the state is doing the same,” Gerlach said. “The new village hall should improve the situation, but we have to get through the year.” Meigs County Forecast Wednesday: Rain and snow before 11 a.m., then a chance of rain. High near 45. North wind between 5 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. North wind between 5 and 7 mph. Thursday: A slight chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. North wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers before 5 a.m., then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Friday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Saturday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Local Stocks AEP (NYSE) — 35.10 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 67.21 Ashland Inc. 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For the Record 911 Sale From Page A1 the building and riverfront lot which sits in the flood plain on East Main St. Mayor John Musser and Councilman Jim Sisson guessed getting the lot out of the flood plain could be done by raising it four to five feet. Councilman Vic Young requested a stipulation be placed in the sale agreement stating the purchaser has to develop the property and can’t let the old building sit and deteriorate into an eyesore — Musser agreed. Brenda Barnhart presented council with a proclamation declaring its support of the National Day of Prayer on May 5. Barnhart also asked for, and received, permission from council to: use the village parking lot for a youth gathering and celebration service; use the parking lot gazebo for Bible readings; close Court and portions of Second Streets for National Day of Prayer ceremony at the Meigs County Courthouse; allow temporary placement of signs along the walk path requesting prayers. Barnhart said there are events planned for May 1-5 to commemorate the National Day of Prayer. Other business: A spokesperson from Ridge Top Auto Repair of Portland requested being added to the village’s list of companies which tow vehicles from accident scenes, etc. The spokesperson said the business had tried to get on the village towing list before and was told the paperwork was lost. Musser told the spokesperson to drop off the paperwork with the dispatcher working at the Pomeroy Police Department for Chief Mark E. Proffitt to review. Councilwoman Ruth Spaun brought up damage to a sidewalk and retaining wall on Locust St. to Village Administrator Paul Hellman; Councilman Phil Ohlinger mentioned riverbank erosion on East Main St. across from Mountaineer Metals; Councilman Jackie Welker said he’d received complaints about residents parking on sidewalks on Lincoln Hill; council approved transferring $3,000 from the general to the street fund. Members of council present for the meeting were Welker, Sisson, Pete Barnhart, Spaun, Ohlinger, Young. Also present, Clerk-Treasurer Kathy Hysell, Village Administrator Hellman and Mayor Musser. Funds From Page A1 Council had approved recommendation of $18.4 million in loan funding to qualified projects, including construction of a new 35,000 square-foot building in the East Meigs Industrial Park. Final funding approval is expected from the Ohio Controlling Board in May, according to Development Director Perry Varnadoe, and the project will go to bid in mid-year. Varnadoe said construction should begin later this year, and the building ready for occupation next year. The CIC is a non-profit economic development organization. Construction of the building is expected to cost $1.4 million and it will be marketed to companies in the advanced energy industry. The CIC already owns a building in the industrial park, located on Ohio 7 at Tuppers Plains. That building is 32,000 square feet, and is now occupied by an industrial concern, Remram LLC, a company that performs plastics extrusion work. That company now employs 15, and continues to grow, Varnadoe said. The CIC owns real estate throughout the county for the goal of economic development. In addition to the Industrial Park, which also houses We-Can Fabricators in a second location, the CIC owns several buildings in Middleport and Pomeroy. The “spec” building, once completed, will provide a location for light industry, and will be designed, as the first one was, to be finished to the tenant’s needs. March 26 12:59 a.m., Ohio 143, head injury; 2:01 a.m., Beech Street, chest pain; 9:39 a.m., Rocksprings Road, fall; 12:42 p.m., Laurel Cliff Road, medical alarm; 2:32 p.m., East Memorial Drive, stroke. 6:27 p.m., Elm Street, Racine, fall; 6:45 p.m., Dusky Street, altered mental status; 7:29 p.m., East Second Street, fall; 8:03 p.m., Third Street, Syracuse, diabetic emergency. 10:18 p.m., Butternut Avenue, seizure; 11:27 p.m., Gold Ridge Road, abdominal pain. March 27 3:26 a.m., New Lima Road, nausea; 10:49 p.m., General Hartinger Parkway, unconscious. March 28 1:48 a.m., Kingsbury Road, respiratory arrest; 2:13 a.m., Sycamore Street, Middleport, chest pain. Common Pleas Civil • Foreclosure action filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. against Kevin A. Taylor, and others. • Foreclosure action filed by Chase Home Finance against Gary L. Fife, and others. Domestic • Action for dissolution of marriage filed by Michael W., Sandra K. West. • Action for dissolution of marriage filed byJeremy, Stephanie Lyons. • Divorce action filed by Amie D. Robinson against Russell A. Robinson. • Divorce action filed by Clifton T. Sisson against Suzanne J. Sisson. Meigs County Sheriff POMEROY — The Meigs County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a dozen cases of mailbox vandalism in Rutland Township last week. Mailboxes on Nichols Road, McCumber Road and Bowles Road were destroyed and a car on Bowles Road was also vandalized. Concrete is believed to have been used in the vandalism. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the department at 992-3371. Athens County Sheriff ATHENS — Athens County sheriff’s deputies responded to a gunshot wound call on Sunday morning. Deputies found Josh Sager, 26, Salem Road, Athens Township, shot in the thigh. He was transported to O’Bleness Memorial Hospital and then Grant Medical Center, Columbus, and the matter remains under investigation. According to Capt. Bryan Cooper, the shot was originally reported as accidental. Recorder POMEROY — Recorder Kay Hill reported the following land transfers: • John August Hawley, deceased, to Bertha M. Hawley, affidavit, Salisbury; Judith A. King to Gregory C. Davis, Janice H. Davis, deed, Salisbury; Richard A. Larson, Corrin S. Larson, to Cleon Combs, deed, Salem; Mary F. Price, deceased, to William H. Price, David D. Price, Penny E. Mullen, Debra J. Howard, to James R. Price, certificate of transfer, 1/5 interest, Village of Middleport/Salisbury. • Carol J. Hupp, Rocky R. Hupp, Carol Hupp, to Kenes Reynolds, Richard Reynolds, sheriff’s deed, Olive; Helen June Kelly, deceased, to Chad M. Tripp, deed, Village of Syracuse; Paul Black to Dawna Oyler, deed, Sutton; Ray Lambert, Juanita Lambert, to Steve R. Lambert, Kelly D. Lambert, deed, Village of Rutland; Freedom Center Ministries to Freedom for Appalachia Community Development, deed, Syracuse Village. • Meigs County Community Improvement Corporation to Farmers Bank and Savings Co., deed, Village of Pomeroy; Robert L. Lawson, Sr., deceased, to Sherry Lawson, Robert L. Lawson, Jr., Clarence Lawson, Debora Gallagher, Macie Kathreen Salser, deed, Letart; Robert L. Lawson, Jr., Deborah Lawson, Clarence A. Lawson, Eva K. Lawson, Debora Lynn Gallagher, Kevin Gallagher, Macie K. Salser, to Robert L. Lawson, Jr., Deborah Lawson, deed, Letart; James D. Jones, to Tony M. Quillen, Mary M. Quillen, deed, Scipio; Priscilla McPeek, Priscilla Fouts, Donald Fouts, to Carlton Boyd Smallwood, deed, Salem. �Wednesday, March 30, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page A6 Ohio House panel OKs public worker union bill COLUMBUS (AP) — A legislative committee approved a measure Tuesday that would limit collective bargaining rights for 350,000 Ohio government workers, a key hurdle as the state moves closer to Wisconsin-style restrictions on public employee unions. The Republican-controlled House Commerce and Labor Committee voted 9-6 along party lines to recommend the bill after making more than a dozen substantive changes to the legislation that was approved by the Senate. The committee’s changes make the measure even tougher on unions, making it more difficult for them to collect certain fees. But the committee also removed jail time as a possible penalty for workers who participate in strikes and made clear that public safety workers could negotiate over equipment. A vote on the bill in the GOP-controlled House could come Wednesday. The Senate, also led by Republicans, passed the bill earlier this month on a 17-16 vote and would have to agree to any House changes before Gov. John Kasich could sign it into law. Similar limits to collective bargaining have cropped up in statehouses across the country, most notably in Wisconsin, where the governor earlier this month signed a measure into law eliminating most of state workers’ collective bargaining rights. The Ohio measure would apply to public workers across the state, such as police, firefighters, teachers and state employees. They could negotiate wages and certain work conditions but not health care, sick time or pension benefits. The measure would do away with automatic pay raises and would base future wage increases on merit. Opponents have vowed a ballot repeal if the Ohio measure passes. State deadlines would require that Kasich sign the bill by April 6 in order for a referendum to be on the ballot this fall. Democrats have offered no amendments. Instead, they delivered boxes containing more than 65,000 opponent signatures to the committee’s chairman. The legislation was met with demonstrations and packed hearing rooms in the weeks before the Senate passed the measure. On Tuesday, several hundred protest- ers listened to the committee’s amendments over the loudspeakers positioned around the Statehouse before they headed outside to chants of “Kill the bill!” The House committee returned to debate the changes Tuesday afternoon amid loud shouts from demonstrators gathered outside the hearing room. Their whistling and chanting at times made it difficult for lawmakers to hear each other’s questions and responses. “These people have expressed their concern and their frustration with what the bill is going to do to their future,” said state Rep. Kenny Yuko, a Democrat from Richmond Heights. The spokesman for the new Republican governor has said Kasich was pleased with the version passed by the Senate but also was comfortable with the House changes. The committee made changes that would prevent nonunion employees affected by contracts from paying fees to union organizations and would ban automatic deductions from employee paychecks that would go the unions’ political arm. Lawmakers also revised the bill to include more details on who defines merit. For instance, merit pay for teachers would be based on a combination of guidelines set up by school districts and the state Department of Education. State Rep. Dennis Murray, a Democrat from Sandusky, told the committee he didn’t know enough about the amendments to cast a vote because his party was just seeing them for the first time. “This is a 435-page bill,” Murray said. “I don’t know how one can intelligently form an opinion.” Jennifer Blair, 33, a music teacher from Westerville, said she is protesting a bill she believes will “destroy public education as we know it.” “It’s setting out to take away services our children have, take away services our teachers have, supplies in our classroom, teachers’ rights, class size, safety issues in the classroom for our special needs teachers,” she said. “And it focuses on performance-based pay. As a music teacher, I can’t be judged that way. I don’t give a test to my students. I have no way to be based on performance-based pay in my classroom.” Home price declines deepen in major US markets NEW YORK (AP) — Damage from the housing bust is spreading to areas once thought to be immune. In at least 14 major U.S. metro areas, prices have fallen to 2003 levels — when the housing bubble was just starting to inflate. Prices will likely drop further this year, making many people reluctant to buy or sell. That would push down sales and prices more. The depressed housing industry is slowing an economy that has shown strength elsewhere. And it’s starting to hurt those who bought years before the housing boom began. In some cities, people who have paid their mortgages for a decade have little or no home equity. Prices have tumbled in familiar troubled spots, such as Las Vegas, Cleveland and Detroit. But they’re also at or near 10-year lows in Denver, Atlanta, Chicago and Minneapolis — cities that weren’t as swept up in the housing boom and bust. “It’s been tough on the lower class but it’s filtering up,” said Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist with Capital Economics. “It may be only a matter of time before it hits the wealthy.” Just about the only major market weathering the second wave of the housing downturn is Washington. Home prices there have risen 11 percent in the past two years. Prices fell from December to January in all but one of the 20 cities tracked by the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index. The index, a gauge of national home prices, dipped for the sixth straight month. Prices in 11 of the cities are at their lowest point since the housing bubble burst. The report measures prices relative to those in January 2000. For each of the 20 metro areas it studies, it provides an updated three-month average price. “The housing market recession is not yet over, and none of the statistics are indicating any form of sustained recovery,” said David M. Blitzer, chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor’s. Weak home sales and falling prices are imposing a heavy burden on the economy, which has gained strength from higher consumer spending. Applications for unemployment benefits are at pre-recession lows. Manufacturing activity is growing at its fastest rate in seven years. By contrast, sales of previously occupied homes are coming off the worst year in more than a decade. And new homes are selling at the slowest pace on records dating back to 1963. In part, the weakening prices show how much a home-buying tax credit stimulated sales in late 2009 and early 2010. Once those tax credits expired in April, many markets began a decline that shows no sign of stopping. Some economists say the tax credits merely postponed the bottoming out that’s occurring now. Millions of foreclosures and short sales are largely to blame. Short sales occur when lenders let homeowners sell for less than they owe on their mortgage. These cut-rate sales have left a glut of discounted properties in many markets. Prices won’t stop falling until they are cleared. Even though foreclosures and short sales have created a glut of homes for sale, many of them are undesirable. The supply of homes that people actually want to buy — and can afford to — is much narrower. “Some people who want to buy don’t have the time, desire or energy to fix up a foreclosure, so they don’t buy them,” said Ron Shuffield, president of Esslinger-WootenMaxwell Realtors Inc. in Miami, where foreclosures or short sales make up two-thirds of the homes sold. In many cases, a standoff has developed between buyers and sellers. Potential sellers are holding off putting their homes on the market, fearing they won’t come close to getting their asking price. Buyers, seeing prices fall, are holding out for a steal. “Buyers are coming in with low offers, and sellers are bristling at lowering their listing price,” said J. Philip Faranda, who runs his own real estate firm in Westchester County, N.Y. “Sellers believe they already lost money with their asking price so they don’t want to cut the price. They’re frustrated.” The supply of homes for sale in the MinneapolisSt. Paul metro area has plummeted 26 percent over the past year, according to the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. And those still being sold now fetch an average of just 88 percent of the listing prices. The Twin Cities have had price declines of 11 percent over the past six months. That’s the worst among cities tracked by the home price index. Minneapolis enjoys a strong local economy and low unemployment. But it’s been beset by foreclosures and skittish homebuyers. “We have a lot of people that own their own home, that don’t have mortgages,” said Brad Fisher, sales manager of Edina Realty in Minneapolis. “A Judge weighs whether Wisconsin union law took effect MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge weighed arguments Tuesday about whether an order she issued intended to temporarily block the state’s divisive new collective bargaining law was still in place, or whether Republican leaders had again outmaneuvered their opponents by using a legal loophole to achieve their goals. During a hearing into one of several lawsuits challenging the legitimacy of Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s law, Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi listened to attorneys for the state argue that it took effect on Saturday because a state office unexpectedly published it online Friday despite Sumi’s order barring the secretary of state from publishing it in the state’s official newspaper — typically the last step before a law takes effect. Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette, Dane County Democratic District Attorney Ismael Ozanne — the plaintiff in the lawsuit being heard Tuesday — and the head of the office that posted the story contend that it did not become law because La Follette had not had it published. Sumi had blocked off the rest of Tuesday and all day Friday to hear arguments, and was expected to rule afterward. Whether she decides it did or didn’t become law on Saturday, the law’s legitimacy will likely be decided by the state Supreme Court, which has not indicated whether it would take up an appeals court’s request to hear the case. If Sumi sides with the Republican attorney general’s office, it would mark the second time the Republican lawmakers used a loophole to advance the law, which would strip most public workers of collective bargaining rights and which inspired large pro-union protests in and around the state Capitol. After weeks of stalemate, Republican senators passed the law after finding a way to vote on it without their Democratic colleagues, who had fled the state to deny a quorum. Walker, whose refusal to bend on the collective bargaining issue earned him accolades among many conservatives and condemnation from Democrats and labor unions, was moving for- ward as if the law took effect. In addition to the collective bargaining issue, the law would require all public workers except police and firefighters to pay more for their health and pension plans, in what would amount to an 8 percent pay cut, on average. The governor’s top aide, Mike Huebsch, said Monday that the administration was preparing a computer program that would account for the new deductions and halt deductions of union dues from state workers’ paychecks, starting April 21. He said the Department of Administration would stop that work if a court determined the law didn’t take effect Saturday. In a court filing Monday night, Ozanne asked Sumi to declare the statute had not become law by being posted online. He wrote that the secretary of state and the reference bureau must work in tandem to publish laws, and that one can’t act alone. “Mere electronic posting, absent the other steps, particularly the involvement of the secretary of state ... is itself meaningless and has no legal effect,” wrote Ozanne, whose lawsuit contends that the Senate violated Wisconsin’s open meetings statute because it didn’t give the public enough prior notice before voting on the reconfigured law. The attorney general’s office had asked an appeals court to overturn Sumi’s restraining order, but asked that court on Monday to withdraw the appeal and asked Sumi to cancel Tuesday’s hearing because it believes the law took effect, making it a moot point. The appeals court denied the state’s request Tuesday, saying it had already asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case, and is waiting to hear back. Steve Miller, the head of the Legislative Reference Bureau, which posted the law online, testified Tuesday that as far as he knew, his office had never published a law without first getting a specific date from the secretary of state in his 12 years there. He said he doesn’t think his office’s posting of the statute made it law, saying that only happens once the secretary of state publishes a public notice in the state’s official newspaper. Population near ground zero doubles since 2000 NEW YORK (AP) — After the Sept. 11 attacks, there were grim questions about the future of the shaken, dust-covered neighborhoods around the World Trade Center. Would residents flee uptown or to the suburbs? Would the epic job of rebuilding lower Manhattan be too much to bear? Who would want to live so close to a place associated with such horror? As it turns out, plenty of folks. Census figures released last week show that the number of people living near ground zero has swelled by about 23,000 since 2000, making it one of the fastest-growing places in the city. Virginia Lam, a publicist and former City Hall operative who moved into a newly converted residential building on Wall Street in 2006, said the site is a source of inspiration, rather than fear or gloom. “It’s pretty amazing,” she said of the new towers rising from the 16acre hole created by the attacks. “I feel like, being a New Yorker who was here on 9/11, and who has worked for the Fire Department and for the city, I think it is always in the back of my mind, but it’s not something that dominates my thinking. I go about living my life.” About 45,750 people now live in the part of Manhattan south of Chambers Street, which encompasses ground zero. That is more than twice as many as there were during the last census. There was also significant growth a little farther uptown. In all, 82,137 people were counted as living south of Canal Street, 15 blocks north of the trade center. That is an increase of 43 percent from 2000 in an area that includes the Financial District, Battery Park City, a section of tenement-packed Chinatown and the celebrity-studded streets of TriBeCa, which is short for “Triangle Below Canal.” The change around Wall Street has been especially remarkable given the area’s history as a financial hub, rather than a residential district. One by one, bank headquarters have moved elsewhere, and millions of square feet of office space have been converted to homes — a change spurred partly by government incentives intended to help revive downtown after Sept. 11. “It’s astounding,” said Julie Menin, head of the local community board. “Many people thought after 9/11 that people wouldn’t remain in Lower Manhattan. Not only did people stay, they came in droves.” New Yorkers have been well aware of the change. In the shellshocked months after the attacks, the Financial District became a ghost town when workers left for the day. Now it is teeming with people around the clock. Grocery stores have opened. Three new schools have opened up in four years. Briefcase-carrying stockbrokers now share sidewalk space with kids in strollers. A string of new apartment towers has been built along West Street, a short distance from the trade center site. The area isn’t finished growing, either. Near the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, work was recently completed on the tallest apartment tower in the Western Hemisphere, a 76-story, 900-unit skyscraper designed by the architect Frank Gehry. Growth downtown has far exceeded the rate elsewhere in the city. The 2010 census put the city’s population at 8.18 million, up 2.1 percent from 2000. “A Place to Call Home” FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED IN YOUR COUNTY!! $25-$45 a day for the care of a child in your home. Can be single, married or “empty nest”. Call Oasis to help a child find a place to call home. Training begins at Albany April 9. Call 1-877-325-1558 for more information or to register for training. �SPORTS LOCAL SCHEDULE POMEROY — A schedule of upcoming high school varsity sporting events involving teams from Gallia, Mason and Meigs counties. Wednesday, March 30 Baseball Meigs at Belpre, 5 p.m. Warren at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Softball Wahama at Point Pleasant, 5 p.m. Meigs at Belpre, 5 p.m. Warren at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Tennis Point Pleasant at Sissonville, 5:15 p.m. Chillicothe at Gallia Academy, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31 Baseball River Valley at Point Pleasant, 5 p.m. Southern at Miller, 5 p.m. Meigs at Nelsonville-York, 5 p.m. Eastern at Federal Hocking, 5 p.m. Belpre at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Softball Southern at Miller, 5 p.m. Meigs at Nelsonville-York, 5 p.m. Eastern at Federal Hocking, 5 p.m. Hannan at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m. Belpre at South Gallia, 5 p.m. Track Southern at Waterford, 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 1 Baseball Southern at Wahama, 5 p.m. Scott at Point Pleasant, 6:30 p.m. Gallia Academy at Logan, 5 p.m. Miller at Eastern, 5 p.m. South Gallia at Waterford, 5 p.m. Softball Southern at Wahama, 5 p.m. Miller at Eastern, 5 p.m. Gallia Academy at Logan, 5 p.m. South Gallia at Waterford, 5 p.m. Tennis St. Marys at Point Pleasant, 5 p.m. Marauders open season with win at Warren, 7-5 BY SARAH HAWLEY SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM VINCENT, Ohio — The Meigs baseball team opened its 2011 season on Monday evening with a 7-5 victory against Warren in Vi n c e n t , Ohio. Dettwiller The victory came in the season opener for both teams. Treay McKinney and Nathan Rothgeb hit a pair of Z. Sayre singles to start off the game, with McKinney scoring on a sacrifice by Heath Dettwiller. A twoout, two-run homerun by Zach Sayre scored Rothgeb and gave the Marauders a 3-0 lead after half an inning. Warren’s Jace Knost led off the bottom of the first inning with a solo homerun, and the Warriors added an additional run after Tyler Proctor reached on an error. Meigs led 3-2 after the first inning. Meigs picked up where it left off in the second inning, scoring three more runs. McKinney hit a one out single, Rothgeb reached on a fielders choice, and Ryan Payne hit a single. Rothgeb and Payne scored on a two RBI double by Dettwiller, with Dettwiller scoring on a Sayre single to take a 6-2 lead. The Warriors sent eight men to the plate in the second inning, scoring three. Adams hit a single, Knost drew a twoout walk, Proctor added a single and Landon Kern hit an RBI single. Adams, Knost and Proctor all came around to score. Taylor Rowe and Colton Stewart each singled in the third, but neither scored. The Warriors were set down in order in the third inning. Sayre hit a single with one out in the fifth Please see Meigs, B2 B1 Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Blue Angels knock off Meigs in season opener, 7-4 BY STEVE EBERT SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — Play Ball! After a long, cold, hard winter in Southeastern Ohio, the start of high school softball season signals the unofficial beginning of spring … even if someone forgot to tell the one in charge of the area temperatures. The Gallia Academy Blue Angels, defending SEOAL and SE District II softball champions, traveled north Monday afternoon to share with the Meigs Lady Marauders in opening their sparkling new softball facility which features a synthetic infield and foul territory areas, and a two-story press box/concession stand. The Blue Angels scored in every inning but the seventh in slowly pulling away for a 7-4 decision of second year coach Steve Wood’s Maroon and Gold. Senior Courtney Shriver drove in the first run of the season and the game for GAHS with a first inning one out double which plated Hannah Cunningham, who had led off the game with a single. Meigs came roaring back in their half of the inning; a double off the bat of Emalee Glass sandwiched around a pair of singles from Kelsey Shuler and Tess Phelps scoring Shuler to knot the score. The Angels had their biggest inning of the game in the second; sending eight batters to the plate in scoring a pair while leaving the bases loaded. Ward Glass Claudia Farney, Mattie Lanham, Amanda McGhee, and Kayla Harrison opened with consecutive singles to drive in the first run of the frame, and then following an infield pop up for the first out, Kari Campbell worked a bases loaded walk to bring in the second run. Haley English then induced a pop up and a strikeout to the heart of the Angel order to stop the bleeding. A Heather Ward leadoff triple to begin the top of the third followed by a successful sacrifice by Farney made it 4-1, and the Blue Angels manufactured their fifth run an inning later, scoring an unearned run with Cunningham coming home on a Morgan Leslie two out single. Any thoughts that the Lady Marauders would go quietly were put to rest in the bottom of the fifth when with one on and two out and the top of the order coming up, Glass drove in her second run with her second double followed by run scoring singles back to back from Phelps and Chandra Stanley. The Angels would score twice more on the evening; Lanham stealing home in the fifth, and Campbell coming home with an unearned run in the sixth. Meanwhile, starting pitcher, Heather Ward, slammed the door over the final three innings, allowing only a pair of base runners on a couple of hits to seal the deal for The Academy. GAHS (1-0) returns home for the inaugural game at their new complex in Centenary Tuesday afternoon entertaining the Chesapeake Lady Panthers. Meigs (0-1) is off until Wednesday when they travel to Belpre. GALLIA ACADEMY 7, MEIGS 4 Gallipolis 121 111 0 Meigs 100 300 0 — 7 11 1 — 496 GAHS (1-0): Heather Ward and Mattie Lanham. MHS (0-1): Haley English, Lisa Marie Wise (6) and Tess Phelps WP — Ward; LP — English. Blue Devils open stadium, season with 9-6 win over Eastern BY BRYAN WALTERS BWALTERS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM CENTENARY, Ohio — Gallia Academy christened its new baseball facility in style Monday night, as the Blue D e v i l s opened the 2011 season with a Clagg 9-6 victory over visiting Eastern in a nonconference matchup at Robert ‘ B o b ’ Eastman Ball Field R. Shook in Gallia County. The Blue Devils (1-0) never trailed in the contest, but the Eagles (9-6) didn’t exactly make things easy on the hosts — as both teams took turns scoring runs in threes. GAHS opened the game with three runs in the bottom of the first, only to have the guests rally back with three runs in the top of the second for a 3-all contest after two complete. That trend followed over the next three innings, as the Devils plated three runs in the in the bottom of the third for a 6-3 edge — only to have EHS retaliate with three scores in the top of the fourth for a 6-all tie. But Gallia Academy wrapped things up in the bottom of the fifth, as the hosts rallied for three more scores to wrap up the 9-6 decision. The Blue Devils managed 11 hits in the triumph, led by Tyler Eastman with three hits and Jimmy Clagg with two safeties. Caleb Warnimont, Drew Young, Russell Dennison, Casey Denbow, Ben Saunders and Tyler Davis each added one hit apiece to the winning cause. Eastman, Warnimont, Davis and Brandon Taylor also chipped in an RBI each for the hosts. The Eagles mustered only four hits in the setback, as Tyler Hendrix, Ethan Nottingham, Ryan Shook and Colin Connolly provided the safeties. Neither starter factored into the final decisions, as Eastman (GAHS) and John Tenoglia (EHS) Bryan Walters/photos Gallia Academy senior Caleb Warnimont (1) is congratulated by teammates after scoring the first run of Monday night’s baseball contest against Eastern at Bob Eastman Ball Field in Centenary, Ohio. both were replaced in the fourth inning. Eastman’s replacement, Brandon Taylor, ended up being the winning pitcher of record, while Joey Scowden took the loss in replacing Tenoglia. Things got shaky for the Blue Devils in the top of the seventh, as the Eagles loaded the bases against Taylor with only one out in the inning. Warnimont came in and struck out two consecutive EHS hitters to preserve the win and pick up the save. Gallia Academy committed three errors in the contest, while Eastern had only one miscue. Tenoglia was the first batter to reach base safely at the new facility after a first inning walk. Warnimont became the first GAHS baserunner after a leadoff walk in the first and later scored the first-ever run after an RBI single from Eastman. Eastman’s safety was the first-ever at the new complex, as well as the first run batted in. GALLIA ACADEMY 9, EASTERN 6 Eastern 030 300 0 — 6 4 1 Gallipolis 303 030 x — 9 11 3 EHS (0-1): John Tenoglia, Joey Scowden (4) and Colin Connolly. GAHS (1-0): Tyler Eastman, Brandon Taylor (4), Caleb Warnimont (7) and Ben Saunders. WP — Taylor; LP — Scowden; S — Warnimont. Eastern baseball coach Brian Bowen, second from left, walks away from the mound after a discussion with his defense during the first inning of Monday night’s baseball contest against Gallia Academy at Bob Eastman Ball Field in Centenary, Ohio. �Page B2 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Point cruises past Lincoln County, 16-5 BY SARAH HAWLEY SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM HAMLIN, W.Va. — A total of 13 hits and 16 runs over six innings gave the Point Pleasant baseball team its fourth win of the season. The Big Blacks (4-1) defeated Lincoln County by a score of 16-5 in the non-league contest on Monday evening. Point Pleasant took a 10 lead in the top of the first inning when Alex Potter scored on a Kodi Stranahan single. Lincoln County tied the game in the bottom of the first on a solo homerun by Austin Lucas. The Panthers would not have another base runner until the fifth inning. Eric Roberts hit a solo homerun in the top of the second inning to give Point Pleasant the 2-1 Stranahan A. Potter lead. Jason Stouffer and Stranahan hit a pair off singles to start off the third inning, with a walk to Justin Cavendar loading the bases. Roberts was hit by a pitch to score one run, while an Austen Toler single scored two more. Point led 5-1 after three innings. Stouffer scored again in the second following a single and stolen base. Point Pleasant sent 12 men to the plate in the fifth inning, with six coming around to score. Potter hit a three-run homerun to score three, while three bases loaded walks scored the remaining three. Lincoln County scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on two doubles and a fielding error. A Brandon Toler triple scored two runs in the top of the sixth, while Stranahan and Jacob Gardener each drove in one. Potter and Stranahan each had three hits, Brandon Toler, Roberts and Stouffer each had two, and Austen Toler had one. Roberts and Potter each hit a homerun and a double and Brandon Toler had a triple. Potter had three RBIs, Brandon Toler, Austen Toler and Roberts each had two, and Stranahan added one. For Lincoln County, Lucas had two hits, while Ryan Hill and Zach Cartwright each had one. Stranahan earned the victory for Point Pleasant, pitching four innings. Alex Somerville relieved Stranahan in the fifth. Brandon Miller took the loss for Lincoln County. POINT PLEASANT 16, LINCOLN CO. 5 Point Lincoln 113 100 164 — 16 13 1 040 — 5 6 2 POINT PLEASANT (4-1): Kodi Stranahan, Alex Somerville (5th) and Austen Toler. LINCOLN COUNTY (3-3): Brandon Miller, Colby Brogan (5th), Zach Cartwright (6th) and Jamie Lucas. WP — Stranahan; LP — Miller. HR — (PP): Eric Roberts (2nd inning, zero on), Alex Potter (5th inning, two on); (LC) Austin Lucas (first inning, zero on). RedStorm suffer sweep at hands of Georgetown College BY MARK WILLIAMS SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande RedStorm baseball team, ranked No. 25 in the NAIA preseason Top 25 rating, dropped both games of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon to visiting Georgetown College, 5-0 and 9-1. The Tigers swept the RedStorm in the four-game weekend series. Rio Grande (19-16, 7-7 MSC E) struggled to muster any offense for the second straight day as the RedStorm had a grand total of six hits in the doubleheader. Georgetown College (20-15, 10-6 MSC W) scored two runs in the third inning and that would be all it would need in game one to collect the victory. S o p h o m o r e righthander Eric Ford suffered his second consecutive loss. Ford (3-2) pitched 6 1/3 innings, scattering seven hits and allowing five runs (two earned) with two strikeouts and two walks. Ford was not helped much by his defense as Rio committed four errors in the first game. Senior rightfielder Michael Lynch led the Rio offense, going 2-for4. Senior first baseman Francisco Ramirez was 1-for-2 with a double. Freshman leftfielder Michael Shroyer and senior centerfielder Ryan Weaver had the other hits for the RedStorm. Randy Guite led the way for the Tigers, going 2-for-2 with two RBI’s. Tyler Fisher and Tyler Back also delivered RBI hits for Georgetown. K.C. Massie went the distance for the victory for Georgetown Georgetown put the game away early in game two, scoring four times off Rio starter Jesse Brown in the opening inning. Brown (2-2) did not retire a batter in the game. The Tigers would add three unearned runs off freshman David Steele in 4 2/3 innings and two more runs off junior Richard Hernandez. The Rio offense had only hit in the game, a run-scoring single off the bat of senior designated hitter Dominick McAllister in the fourth inning. The run cut the deficit to 5-1 at the time. Chris Wood led Georgetown with a 3-for4 effort at the plate and two RBI’s with a run scored. Guite was 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Back and Brian Smith also notched RBI hits for the Tigers. Joe Devine picked up the complete game victory for Georgetown in the second game. Rio Grande head coach Brad Warnimont was disappointed in how the series turned out for his ball club. “When you have nine hits in four ball games you’re not going to beat many people,” Warnimont said. “I continue to emphasize with our guys the importance of the short game and I think (Georgetown) had 10 hits in that second game and seven of them didn’t get out of the infield. We had no execution; we had the same amount of home runs in the series, which was zero that we had bunts for hits.” “They came in and we couldn’t shut down they’re short game, we couldn’t defend,” Warnimont added. “In three of the four games, I think we had more errors than hits and you’re not going to win many ball games doing that.” “They had a plan, they stuck with it and it paid off for them,” said Warnimont. Rio Grande will step out of conference for a doubleheader with Salem International at home on Tuesday (March 29). First pitch is set for 1 p.m. REDSTORM DROP TWINBILL TO GEORGETOWN RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande RedStorm baseball team, ranked No. 25 in the NAIA preseason Top 25 poll, faced off with Georgetown College on Friday afternoon in a Mid-South Conference doubleheader at Bob Evans Field and lost both games of the doubleheader by the identical scores of 2-1. The first game went eight innings. Rio Grande (19-14, 7-5 MSC E) could not muster any offense to speak of in either contest as the RedStorm lost a pair of close encounters. Senior Desmond Sullivan deserved a better fate as he lost a pitcher’s duel to Georgetown’s Jason McGinnis. McGinnis was on top of his game as he carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning. Sullivan (5-3) scattered only four hits while giving up two unearned runs. Sullivan struck out three batters in the game. The RedStorm had a chance in the bottom of the eighth inning, but senior centerfielder Ryan Weaver was picked off at second base as the tying run. The winning run was on first base at the time. In game two, Rio posted only two hits. Sophomore lefty Ryan Robertson, like Sullivan, was the tough luck loser in the game. Robertson (4-6) gave up two runs, including a home run in the sixth inning, six hits and one walk while striking out four Tiger hitters. “Desmond and Robo (Ryan Robertson) pitched well enough to win,” said Rio Grande head coach Brad Warnimont. “We had 12 strikeouts in a doubleheader, that isn’t going to get it done. Our approach wasn’t good today.” Georgetown improves to 18-14 overall and 8-6 in the MSC West. RedStorm softball loses a pair at LWC BY MARK WILLIAMS SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL COLUMBIA, Ky. — The University of Rio Grande RedStorm softball team went on the road to square off with NAIA No. 19 Lindsey Wilson College on Saturday afternoon and lost both ends of a doubleheader, 5-0 and 92. The second game was limited to five innings because of the weather. Rio Grande (10-10, 5-3 MSC E) was held to only one hit in the first game. The RedStorm batters could not solve AllAmerican candidate Anyibel Ramirez. Sophomore leftfielder Kaylee Walk had the only safety of the game for the RedStorm. Junior hurler Anna Smith did all she could to keep Rio Grande in the game, but it was not enough to pull out a victory. Smith (5-2) pitched six innings, scattering eight hits and allowing five runs (four earned) with six strikeouts and one walk. Ramirez (15-3) struck out 12 and walked three as she kept the Rio bats silent. Lauren Seibert swung the big bat for the Lindsey Wilson (25-4, 6-0 MSC W). She was 2-for-3 with a home run and an RBI. Jamie Williams was also 2- for-3 with one RBI and one run scored. Rio also made two errors in the first game. In game two, Lindsey Wilson used the power game, slugging three home runs in the contest. Rio would dent the plate twice in the fifth inning to cut the deficit to 5-2, but would not be able to get any closer than that. Sophomore third sacker Jaymie Rector was 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI. Smith was 2-for-3 with an RBI double. Junior designated hitter Stevie Sharp was 1-for-2 with a double while senior shortstop Amber Bowman and sophomore second baseman Katie Fuller also added base hits to the Rio attack. Junior Allison Mills took the loss for the RedStorm. Mills (3-4) allowed nine hits and nine runs while striking out six and walking two. REDSTORM SOFTBALL DROPS TWO TO DAVENPORT RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande RedStorm softball team stepped out of conference on Friday afternoon for a doubleheader versus Davenport University at Stanley Evans Field and lost both games of the twinbill, 8-2 and 11-8. Rio Grande (10-8) has now lost three games in a row. The Rio offense was held in check in the opening game, managing only six hits against Davenport’s Sam Cole. Sophomore third baseman Jaymie Rector and junior first baseman Anna Smith led the Rio offense, both going 2-for-4 with an RBI. Smith’s RBI came on a double. Sophomore leftfielder Kaylee Walk was 1-for-1 and junior rightfielder Marissa Lennox was 1-for-3. Freshman Amber Myers took the loss for the RedStorm. Myers (1-1) pitched four innings, allowing seven hits and five runs (two earned) with one strikeout and four walks. Davenport (11-12) cranked up their offense, to the tune of 11 hits. Amber Getty led the way, going 2for-5 with two RBI’s and a run scored. Katie Cornman went 3-for-3 with an RBI and scored two runs. Debra Burton was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. Cole (7-6) went the distance for the victory. She allowed six hits and two runs (one earned) with four strikeouts and three walks. Rio Grande head coach Dawnjene DeLong was disappointed in how her club played in the opener. “They’re a good hitting team, but our defense just wasn’t solid at all today,” DeLong said. “Yeah, it’s cold, but we’ve got to fight through it, we had way too many errors and we weren’t on our toes.” Rio committed three costly errors in the opening game loss. Davenport started quickly in the second game, scoring four runs in the first inning and four more in the third to take an 8-2 lead. Freshman Shella Zimmerman struggled with her control as she was chased from the pitcher’s circle after three innings. Zimmerman (0-2) gave up eight hits and eight runs with five walks while fanning one batter. Rector went 3-for-5 and scored two runs and Smith was big again at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI’s. Myers was 1-for-2 with three RBI’s and freshman pitcher Brittany Fernandez (Ross, OH) was 2-for-3 with two RBI’s and a run scored as she came on to relieve Zimmerman. Walk also had two hits in the second game for Rio Grande. Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Lady Falcons avenge Buffalo, 3-2 BY SARAH HAWLEY SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — The Wahama Lady Falcons handed Buffalo its second loss of the season on Monday evening with a 3-2 victory in New Haven, W.Va. Buffalo (7-2) defeated Wahama by a score of 60 just one week before at Buffalo. The Lady Bisons only previous loss was to Class AAA Winfield (3-2). Wahama is now 2-2 on the season, winning two straight after the season opening losses to Ripley and Buffalo. Neither team scored in the first three innings, with Buffalo putting the first run on the board in the top of the fourth when Hannah Boyer scored. The Lady Falcons scored three runs in the bottom half of the fourth inning. Mariah VanMatre led off the inning with a single, Alex Wood hit a triple, and Ashley Templeton hit an RBI single to score Wood. Kelsey Billups (courtesy runner for Templeton) scored on a passed ball. Kali Harris and Molly Larck added a pair of singles, with Haylee Young (courtesy runner for Carmichael) scoring on the hit by Larck. Buffalo scored one run in the seventh inning to Wood Templeton cut the deficit to one. Chelsey Parkins was thrown out trying to score from third — after hitting a triple — for the final out of the game. Templeton pitched a complete game for the Lady Falcons, striking out 10, walking two and allowing four hits in the win. Buffalo’s Hannah Jordan took the loss, striking out six and walking four. Templeton had two hits for the Lady Falcons, while Wood, VanMatre, Harris and Larck each added one. Wood had a triple for the lone extra base hit. Leslie Harris had two hits for Buffalo, with Tiffany Bailey and Parkins each adding one hit. Harris and Parkins each hit a triple for the Lady Bisons. WAHAMA 3, BUFFALO 2 Buffalo 000 100 1 Wahama 000 300 x — 240 — 365 BUFFALO (7-2): Hannah Jordan and Tiffany Bailey. WAHAMA (2-2): Ashley Templeton and Sierra Carmichael. WP — Templeton; LP — Jordan. AP Sports Briefs INDIANS SEND INF JAYSON NIX TO BLUE JAYS FOR CASH GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Infielder Jayson Nix has been traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Indians got cash in Tuesday’s deal. Nix was claimed by Cleveland off waivers from the Chicago White Sox on June 24. He hit .234 with 12 home runs in 78 games for the Indians, splitting time between second base and third base. The 28-year-old Nix has a career average of .215 with 26 homers and 48 RBIs in 218 career games for Colorado Rockies, White Sox and Indians. Nix came to camp in competition for an infield spot, but hit only .176 and was beaten out of the starting job at third base by Jack Hannahan and lost the utility job to veteran Adam Everett. OHIO HOOPS COACH RETIRES WITH 598 WINS, 1 TITLE FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Findlay’s Ron Niekamp, who led the Oilers to the NCAA Division II National Championship in 2009, is retiring from coaching basketball. Niekamp won 598 games in 26 seasons at the school in northwest Ohio. Niekamp’s team in 2009 went 36-0 and he won several coach of the year honors. He never had a losing season at Findlay, and he had 20 seasons when his teams won at least 20 games. He plans on staying at the school where he’ll teach and develop a new business major in sports and event management. KENT STATE MAKES SENDEROFF INTERIM COACH KENT, Ohio (AP) — Assistant Rob Senderoff has been named Kent State’s interim head coach after Geno Ford left the program after three seasons for Bradley. Athletic director Joel Nielsen said the school has begun a nation search for Ford, who has left the Kent State program “in tremendous shape and with a very bright future.” Senderoff could be the leading candidate to take the job permanently. The 37-year-old has been an associate head coach under Ford for three years. Prior to that, Senderoff was an assistant at Indiana, where he was involved in the recruiting scandal that led to Kelvin Sampson’s resignation and NCAA penalties for the school. Meigs from Page B1 inning, followed by singles by Rowe and Stewart. Sayre scored on the single by Stewart. Rowe and Stewart gave the Marauders back-to-back singles in the top of the seventh inning, but could not score. Warren had one base runner in each of the final three innings, only advancing one past first base. Dettwiller faced 32 batters in seven innings to earn the win. Dettwiller allowed four hits, five runs (two earned), three walks and struckout 10. For Warren, Dakota Douglas took the loss, pitching two innings. Douglas allowed seven hits, six runs (five earned) and walked two. Pannell and Proctor both pitched in relief. Sayre led the Marauders with three hits — including a homerun — and three RBIs. Rowe and Stewart each had three hits in the game, McKinney added two singles, and Rothgeb, Payne and Dettwiller each had one hit. Dettwiller and Sayre each had three RBIs, while Stewart added one. Meigs will play at Belpre on Wednesday at 5 p.m. MEIGS 7, WARREN 5 Meigs Warren 330 010 230 000 0 — 7 14 3 0 — 562 MEIGS (1-0): Heath Dettwiller and Zach Sayre. WARREN (0-1): Dakota Douglas, Pannell (3), Tyler Proctor (7) and Kern. WP — Dettwiller; LP — Douglas. HR — (M) Zach Sayre (1st inning, one on, two out); (W): Knost (1st inning, zero on, zero out). �Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Other Services Lots Will pick up unwanted Appliances & Electronics & yard sale items also Will buy Auto's Ph. 446-3698 ask for Robert. Lots For Sale Mason County, near Hannan High School 1-2 acres starting at $15,000 DBL. Wides, Mods or builds. 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Help Wanted - General 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 Worker Wanted, Need someone to work on a trash route, Requirements but not limited to: clean driving record, be able to read, follow directions, and do some maintenance. Send resume with work history or call: P.O. Box 21, Bidwell, Oh 45614, 740-388-8975 Crew Leaders (Janitorial & Lawn Maintenance) and Program Substitutes needed to work at Carleton School & Meigs Industries. Will be working with children and adults with developmental disabilities. Must have a valid Ohio Drivers License and High School Diploma or GED. Submit application or resume to: Carleton School/Meigs Industries 1310 Carleton Street PO Box 307 Syracuse, Oh 45779 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. Management / Supervisory 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. 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Pleasant. ...the newspaper has something for you!! 100 Legals NOTICE OF FIRST PUBLIC HEARINGThe Ohio Department of Development has notified Meigs County of the availability of funding for the 2011 CDBG Formula Allocation Program and also the 2011 CDBG Community Revitalization Program, under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Cities Program, a Federally funded program administered by the State. Previously, Meigs County has been eligible for CDBG Formula Allocation funding in the amount of $ 127,000 and the CDBG Community Revitalization Program has a maximum of $ 300,000 available, providing the county meets applicable requirements.The Meigs County Commissioners will hold the first of two public hearings at the Meigs County Courthouse ( Courtroom) , Second Street, Pomeroy, Ohio on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 6:00 P.M., for the purpose of providing citizens and public officials with the pertinent information about the 2011 CDBG Formula and Community Revitalization Program. These programs can fund a broad range of activities, including: economic development projects, street improvements, water supply, drainage and sanitary sewer improvements, park acquisition and improvements, demolition of unsafe structures, and rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities. The activities must be designed to primarily benefit low to moderate income persons, aid in the prevention of slum and blight, or meet an urgent need in the community.Citizens are encouraged to attend this meeting on April 18, 2011, to make suggestions and to provide public input on various activities which may be undertaken in these programs.If a participant will need auxiliary aids (interpreter, brailled or taped material, assistive listening device, other, etc.) due to a disability, please contact Gloria Kloes, Clerk, prior to April 18, 2011 at 740992-2895 in order to ensure that your needs will be accommodated. The Meigs County Courthouse is handicapped accessible.Written comments will be accepted until 4: 00 P.M., April 18,2011 and may be mailed to the Meigs County Commissioners, Meigs County Courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769.Mike Bartrum, PresidentMeigs County Commissioners ( 3) 30, (4) 6, 13, 2011 100 Legals SHERIFF’S SALE, CASE NO. 10 CV 106, PEOPLES BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF, VS. CHRISTOPHER S. RANSOM AKA CHRISTOPHER SCOTT RANSOM, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Robert E. Beegle, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, April 15, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: Being in Section Number 11, Town 1, Range 12, Letart Township, Meigs County, Ohio. Beginning on the East side of the public road North 62 rods and West 117 rods and 17 links from the south east corner of Section Number 11, at the south west corner of Floyd Norris’ land; thence east along Floyd Norris’ south line 513 feet; thence south 169.8 feet; thence west 513 feet to the east side of said public road; thence north along the east side of road 169.8 feet to the place of beginning, containing 2 acres. Reference Deed: Volume 222, Page 703, Meigs County Official Records. Auditor’s Parcel No.: 08-00699.000 The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 23238 Hill Road, Racine, OH 45771 CURRENT OWNER: Christopher S. Ransom. REAL ESTATE APPRAISED AT: $45,000.00. The real estate cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised value. The appraisal does not include an interior examination of any structures, if any, on the real estate. TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. ALL SHERIFF’S SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: Jennifer L. Sheets, LITTLE & SHEETS LLP, 211-213 E. Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 (3) 23, 30, (4) 6, 2011 Sheriff Sale of Real Estate Case Number 10 CV 107 Branch Banking and Trust Company Vs David L. Mayse, et al . Court of Common Pleas, Meigs County, Ohio. In pursuance of an order of sale to me directed from said court in the above entitled action, I will expose to sale at public auction on the front steps of the Meigs County Court House on Friday April 15, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. of said day, the following described real estate: Situated in the Township of Salisbury, County of Meigs, and State of Ohio, to-wit: Being Lot #9 of the Laurel Wood Acres Subdivision as recorded in Plat Cabinet 1, Page 13-A of the Meigs County Recorder’s Office. Parcel Number: 14-00-498.004 Property Located at: 41530 Fox Hill Road Pomeroy, OH 45769 Prior Deed Reference: 279/636 Property Appraised at: $112,000 Terms of Sale: Cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds for the appraised value. 10% down on day of sale, case or certified check, balance due on confirmation of sale. The appraisal did not include an interior examination of the house. Robert E. Beegle, Meigs County Sheriff Lori N. Wight, Attorney for the Plaintiff, Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss P.O. Box 5480 Cincinnati, OH 45202-4007 (513) 241-3100 (3) 23, 30, (4) 6, 2011 IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT, PROBATE DIVISIONMEIGS COUNTY, OHIO IN THE MATTER OF SETTLEMENTOF ACCOUNTS, PROBATE COURTMEIGS COUNTY, OHIO ACCOUNTS AND VOUCHERS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMED FIDUCIARY HAS BEEN FILED IN PROBATE COURT, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO FOR APPROVEL SETTLEMENT. FILE NO. 30482-YEAR END ACCOUNT OF 2010 FOR THE ELIZABETH CUTLER TRUST UNLESS EXCEPTIONS ARE FILED THERTO, SAID ACCOUNT WILL BE SET FOR HEARING BEFORE THE COURT ON THE 29TH DAY OF APRIL, 2011, AT WHICH TIME SAID ACCOUNT WILL BE CONSIDERED AND CONTINUED FROM DAY TO DAY UNTIL FINALLY DISPOSED OF. ANY PERSON INTERESTED MAY FILE WRITTEN EXECPTION TO SAID ACCOUNT OR TO MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE EXECUTION OF THE TRUST, NOT LESS THAN FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE SET FOR HEARING. L. SCOTT POWELLJUDGECOMMON PLEAS COURT, PROBATE DIVISIONMEIGS COUNTY, OHIO (3) 30, 2011 �Page B4 • The Daily Sentinel 100 Legals Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the shareholders of Farmers Bancshares, Inc. will be held at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center, 437 Main Street, Middleport, Ohio, on the third Wednesday of April, April 20th, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. according to its bylaws, for the purpose of electing directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before said meeting (3) 30, (4) 3, 13, 19, 2011 COUNTY : MEIGS PUBLIC NOTICE The following applications and/or verified complaints were received, and the following draft, proposed and final actions were issued, by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) last week. "Actions" include the adoption, modification, or repeal of orders (other than emergency orders); the issuance, denial, modification or revocation of licenses, permits, leases, variances, or certificates; and the approval or disapproval of plans and specifications. "Draft actions" are written statements of the Director of Environmental Protection’s (Director’s) intent with respect to the issuance, denial, etc. of a permit, license, order, etc. Interested persons may submit written comments or request a public meeting regarding draft actions. Comments or public meeting requests must be submitted within 30 days of notice of the draft action. "Proposed actions" are written statements of the Director’s intent with respect to the issuance, denial, modification, revocation, or renewal of a permit, license or variance. Written comments and requests for a public meeting regarding a proposed action may be submitted within 30 days of notice of the proposed action. An adjudication hearing may be held on a proposed action if a hearing request or objection is received by the OEPA within 30 days of issuance of the proposed action. Written comments, requests for public meetings and adjudication hearing requests must be sent to: Hearing Clerk, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 432161049 (Telephone: 614-644-2129). "Final actions" are actions of the Director which are effective upon issuance or a stated effective date. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 3745.04, a final action may be appealed to the Environmental Review Appeals Commission (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. APPLICATION RECEIVED FOR AIR PERMIT JAYMAR INC SR 124 REEDSVILLE OH ACTION DATE : 03/10/2011 FACILITY DESCRIPTION: AIR IDENTIFICATION NO. : A0041546 JAYMAR INC REQUESTS RENEWAL OF PERMITS TO OPERATE FOR A ROADWAS (F001), STORAGE PILES (F002) AND AGGREGATE PROCESSING (F003 AND F004) AT STATE ROUTE 124 REEDSVILLE, MEIGS COUNTY. (3) 30, 2011 Read your newspaper and learn something today! 100 www.mydailysentinel.com Legals Sheriff Sale of Real EstateCase Number 09 CV 159Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.VsJason Kearns aka Jason K. Kearns, et al. Court of Common Pleas, Meigs County, Ohio. In pursuance of an order of sale to me directed from said court in the above entitled action, I will expose to sale at public auction on the front steps of the Meigs County Court House on Friday, April 15, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. of said day, the following described real estate: Situated in the Township of Columbia, County of Meigs and State of Ohio, to-wit: Being Lot No. 8, Chestnut Ridge Estate, a restricted subdivision, as the same is delineated on the recorded plat in Plat Cabinet 19, A & B, Recorded of Plats of Meigs County, Ohio. Parcel Number: 0500462012Property Located at: 42425 Quail Hollow CourtAlbany, OH 45710Prior Deed Reference: Volume 172 page 553 Property Appraised at: $89,000 Terms of Sale: Cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds for the appraised value. 10% down on day of sale, case or certified check, balance due on confirmation of sale. The appraisal __did not__ include an interior examination of the house. Robert E. Beegle, Meigs County Sheriff Jennifer N. Heller, Attorney for the Plaintiff, Lerner, Sampson & RothfussP.O. Box 5480 Cincinnati, OH 45202-4007 (513) 241-3100 (3) 23, 30, (4) 6, 2011 Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate The State of Ohio, Meigs County Leslie Equipment Co., Plaintiff vs. Roy R. Smith, et al, Defendants No. 10CV097 In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale atpublic auction, on the courthouse steps in Pomeroy, in the above named County,on Friday, April 15, 2011 at 10 a.m., the following described real estate: Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Meigs, and Township of Lebanon,described as follows: TRACT ONE:The north one-third of 100 Acre Lot 170, Town 2, Range 11, bounded on north byJ.C. Carriens, on west by G. W. Mineard, on south by land deeded to Cora E.Bramble on the same date herewith, on east by the Great Bend and Portland Road,containing 33-1/2 acres, more or less. Auditor's Parcel No. 07-00800.000. TRACT TWO:The south two-thirds of 100 Acre Lot 170, Section 17, Town 2, Range 11 boundedon the north by G.E. Adams, on west by G. W. Mineard, on South by S.A.V. Jones,on east by Great Bend and Portland Road, also bounded on the north by Cora E.Bramble, on west by G.W. Mineard, on south by R.E. and L. McKay and A.C. Price,on east by Great Bend and Portland Road, containing in all 662/3 acres, more orless. Auditor's Parcel No. 07-00801.000. TRACT THREE:Beginning at a stone in the south line of Lot 170 about 27 rods west of the southeastcorner of a 57acre Lot 171, Town 2, Range 11, Section 17, of the Ohio Company'sPurchase; thence West 38 rods; thence South 30° East 12 rods; thence South 40°East 16 rods; thence North 65° East 16 rods to a beech tree; thence North 25° East16.75 rods to the place of beginning, containing 3.50 acres, more or less. Auditor'sParcel No. 07-00802.000. PRIOR INSTRUMENT REFERENCE: Official Record 272, Page 940. ADDRESS OF PREMISES: 55236 State Route 125, Portland, Ohio 45770. Said premises appraised as follows: One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars($150,000.00) and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. "All buyers beware: The appraised value may have been establishedbased on an exterior view only of any structures located on the premisesdescribed herein." TERMS OF SALE: The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall be required todeposit the sum of 10% of the purchase price in the form of cash, certified checkor money order to secure the completion of the transaction. If the purchaserfails to complete the transaction within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall beforfeited to Plaintiff. CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK ONLY. Purchaser musthave deposit in hand at the sale. Robert E. Beegle, SheriffMeigs County, OhioThomas P. Webster, Attorney225 Putnam StreetMarietta, Ohio 45750 .(3) 23, 30, (4) 6, 2011 SHOP CLASSIFIEDS Help Wanted Help Wanted Want Xtra Cash??? 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