https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/d17a4c11ff24a08887836f9089c6aa48.pdf 89be1e055b442fdb1c8a7ec5c5b04257 PDF Text Text God’s thoughts and ways, A5 Prep baseball action, B1 Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 50 CENTS • Vol. 61, No. 64 Lenten service at Grace United Methodist Church GALLIPOLIS — Rev. Bill Thomas from Grace United Church in Gallipolis will be the guest speaker during the weekly lenten service on Good Friday, April 22. The service begins at noon at Grace United Methodist Church, 600 Second Avenue, Gallipolis. Lunch will be served following the service. Holzer Heart Run/Walk this Saturday GALLIPOLIS — The Holzer Heart Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, April 23 at the Holzer Clinic Sycamore Branch in Gallipolis. There will be a 5K walk, 5K run, 10K run and kids fun run. Registration for the event begins at 7 a.m. Participants can also register online at www.active.com. Free dinner POMEROY — New Beginnings United Methodist Church will hold a free community dinner from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The menu will include chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, salad, dessert and a drink. Veterans Adm. mobile outreach unit coming POMEROY — The Chillicothe Veterans Administration Medical Center’s mobile outreach unit will be coming to Pomeroy on Thursday, April 28. The unit will be parked on the upper parking lot across from Dan’s from 4 to 8 p.m. to meet with veterans needing to provide or discuss VA benefits, enrollment opportunities, and healthcare eligibility, and to make initial medical assessments. WEATHER FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com Local jobless rates improve in March BY ANDREW CARTER MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM UNDATED — Gallia, Mason and Meigs counties received some good news following the release of the March 2011 unemployment figures. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (DJFS) and WorkForce West Virginia (WFWV) issued their reports this week. All three counties experienced declines in the jobless rate last month, with Mason and Meigs seeing the biggest gains. According to the WFWV report, Mason County’s unemployment rate is 13.7 percent, down 1.4 percent from February’s rate of 15.1 percent. A total of 1,280 Mason County residents are still without work, but that mark is 170 fewer than the February figure of 1,450. Meigs County saw its jobless rate drop 1.3 percent in March to 14.1 percent, according to the Ohio DJFS report. The February rate was 15.4 percent. The number of unemployed Meigs County residents currently stands at 1,300, down from 1,400 in February. However, Meigs County has third highest unemployment rate in Ohio. Gallia County’s unemployment rate dropped 0.9 percent in March to 10.8 percent. It was 11.7 percent in February. About 1,500 Gallians are still without work, down from 1,600 in February. According to WFWV, the unemployment rate for Center of the community Fundraiser planned for Syracuse Community Center BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM SYRACUSE — Every community needs a “center” where residents can gather for opportunities of fellowship and growth — the Syracuse Community Center attempts to provide these opportunities. Founded by the late Robert L. Wingett in 2002, the Syracuse Community Center is a non-profit organization which provides cultural, recreational and educational activities for the citizens of Syracuse, Minersville and Meigs County. To finance these opportunities, the center is hosting a yard sale and auction - the yard sale is from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on May 5-6 and the auction is at 6 p.m. on May 6, at the Center. All proceeds will go towards the purchase of equipment for the fitness room. To make the yard sale and auction a success, members of the Syracuse Community Center Board of Directors are seeking donations of all types of items. To donate items or find out more information about the event call John or Joy Bentley at 992-2365. The fitness room at the Syracuse Community Center currently offers the use of treadmills, bicycles, Crossrobics stair master, airgometer stepper, air strider, aerobic rider, rowing machine, elliptical machine, ab toning and weights. The fitness room is open from 9-11 a.m., Monday-Friday or by appointment. Other fitness-related activities offered at the center include Zumba classes from 5:30-6:30 p.m. every Thursday at a cost of $5. Yoga classes are also offered from 67:30 p.m., Mondays to help improve flexibility and strength and to release stress. The center has also started offering painting classes with artist Michele Mussser at 1 p.m., Fridays. In addition, the center provides a meeting place for several local clubs and organizations and its kitchen and large gymnasium can be rented for the Point Pleasant Micropolitan Statistical Area dropped 1 percent in March to 12 percent. The total number of Gallia and Mason county residents still unemployed stands at 2,780, down from February’s mark of 3,080. Following is a list of counties adjacent to Gallia, Mason and Meigs See Jobless, A2 Middleport mayor, commissioners discuss cooperative savings BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM Submitted photo An upcoming yard sale and auction will benefit the fitness room at the Syracuse Community Center. Founded in 2002 by the late Robert L. Wingett, the Center continues to offer a variety of activities for residents of Syracuse and the surrounding communities. large gatherings. The center thrives on the support of its volunteers who have set the following goals and objectives for 2011: air conditioning, three new doors, handrails on the front steps, dusk to dawn light over back door from gym to parking lot, children’s swing set to finish playground project, repair cracks in building walls and point up building caps, research grants for a computer room. In short, the Syracuse Community Center has a mission to encourage activities and provide opportunities for citizens of all ages to experience physical, social, intellectual, cultural, emotional and spiritual growth and development. To achieve this goal means becoming See Syracuse Center, A2 POMEROY — Police services are most likely to be affected by any budget shortfalls in Middleport, and revenue from a new jail now under construction there will likely just make up for money lost in tax revenue and other funding, rather than allow the village to beef up its police force. Mayor Michael Gerlach and Councilman Craig Wehrung met with county commissioners Thursday to share information Gerlach gleaned from a recent meeting of southeastern Ohio mayors. Township, village and county officials are facing tight budgets, cuts from state and federal funding sources and declining tax revenue, and Gerlach said much discussion at the recent meeting surrounded combination of services. Almost everything has been cut from general fund operations in Middleport, Gerlach said, and police are likely to take the hits when budget cuts are imposed. The new See Commission, A2 Meigs budget leaders expect positive news from first-half settlement BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — Official numbers have not been determined, but county officials expect good news in the form of an increase in real estate revenue for the first half of the year. Meeting Thursday, commissioners discussed in general terms the anticipated collection rate increase, and specific collection strategy with Prosecuting Attorney Colleen Williams. Commissioners also accepted a parcel of real estate on Welchtown Hill in Sutton Township in lieu of payment of taxes. Wllliams said the county does not generally accept property in place of taxes owned, but asked commissioners to consider this exception because the owners did not realize they had inherited the property or accumulated $5,000 i n d e l i n q u e n t t a xe s . The parcel is valued at $1,610, Williams said. Williams said her office has begun to investigate possible foreclosure sales on properties in which interested buyers have been identified. She said letters have been mailed to owners of some properties in danger of foreclosure for taxes, encouraging those owners to enter a payment plan or pay taxes in full. So far, at least three such properties have been identified and owners contacted. Identifying potential buyers prior to the filing of a foreclosure suit is a more certain way of determining the success of a foreclosure sale, Williams said. Williams said she expects “promising” figures when the first-half settlement is made, probably early next week. That settlement will determine how proceeds of real estate taxes paid are distributed to villages, townships and the county general fund, among other local entities. After years of declining collections, Williams and commissioners said they expect an increase in the collection rate for the recentlyclosed collection period. The county has sold one parcel on the courthouse steps for delinquent taxes, and others are expected. The first sale was rescheduled because there were no bidders. A second sale was scheduled after adjacent landowners were advised it was available for sale. Gouged again: Gas prices continue to rise BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM High: 63 Low: 56 INDEX 2 SECTIONS — 12 PAGES Classifieds B3-4 Comics B5 Faith A3-5 Sports B Section © 2011 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. POMEROY — Thursday morning, motorists in Pomeroy awoke to another increase in the price of gasoline. Earlier this week, prices for a gallon of regular unleaded in Pomeroy were hovering around $3.78 and $3.79 per gallon — as of Thursday afternoon the price was around $3.88 to $3.89 per gallon. The price of regular unleaded also rose to $3.99 per gallon in Gallipolis and Point Pleasant, W.Va. Lines at the pump were steady in the Five Points Area of Pomeroy where regular unleaded was selling for the now bargain price of $3.66 per gallon. Last year, during the week of April 20, the average price of regular unleaded was $2.83 per gallon; the average price for regular unleaded for the week of April 12 is $3.82 per gallon; this week’s average prices in South Central Ohio are around $3.83 per gallon, according to AAA’s East Central Office. According to a press release from AAA, the unrest in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) and the associated concern of future supply disruptions, continues to fuel high crude prices. Violence persists in Libya between rebel forces supported by NATO-coordi- nated airstrikes and those loyal to embattled Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi while protests continue in Syria and Yemen. AAA states this heavily reported instability in the important oil-producing MENA region, with no resolution imminent, has led investors to bet heavily that an investment in crude oil will be a profitable one as oil prices move higher, again. Regular unleaded began the week at the following prices in the following locations: $3.89 in Athens, $3.80 in Chillicothe and Columbiana, $3.83 in East Liverpool, $3.78 in Hillsboro, $3.87 in Ironton, $3.80 in Jackson, $3.87 in Logan, $3.82 in Marietta, $3.83 in Portsmouth, $3.81 in Steubenville, $3.75 in Washington Court House, 3.87 in Waverly. The dip in crude oil prices has not been reflected in the price of gasoline at the pump and the See Gas Prices, A2 Beth Sergent/photo According to AAA, the national average price at the pump has climbed for 28 consecutive days. On Monday, the price for regular unleaded in Pomeroy was around $3.78 per gallon, a price which raised nearly ten cents per gallon this week at some stations. �Friday, April 22, 2011 Jobless The Daily Sentinel • Page A2 www.mydailysentinel.com For the Record Meigs County Forecast Recorder Friday: Rain. High near 63. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible. Friday Night: Showers likely, could be heavy at times. Low around 56. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 75. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunder- storms. Sunday: A chance of showers. High near 76. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 56. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Akzo (NASDAQ) — 76.23 Ashland Inc. 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From Page A1 Commission POMEROY — Recorder Kay Hill reported the following real estate transfers: • Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Christopher Goode, deed, Salisbury/Village of Middleport; Deborah C. Graham to Norman S. Rousey, Katie L. Rousey, deed, Lebanon; U.S. Bank, N.A. to Amber Helms, deed, Salem. • Thaddeus S. Dye, Madge J. Dye Real Estate, to Rebecca Price Valentino, deed, Columbia; Thaddeus S. Dye, Madge J. Dye Real Estate, to Lisa C. Baldwin, deed, Columbia; Thaddeus S. Dye, Madge J. Dye Real Estate, to Thaddeus S. Dye, Linda G. Dye. • Thaddeus S. Dye, Madge J. Dye Real Estate, to Thaddeus S. Dye, Linda G. Dye, deed, Columbia; Charles Lewis Shain to James R. Greene, Jr., Kathryn J. Greene, deed, Salisbury; Carl L. Wolfe, Carolyn Wolfe, to Carl L. Wolfe, deed, Rutland; Carl L. Wolfe, Carolyn Wolfe, to Raymond Wilcox, Maryln Wilcox, deed, Rutland. • Raymond Wilcox, Maryln Wilcox, to Carl L. Wolfe, deed, Rutland; Family Homes, Inc. to Jeremy David Hartson, deed; Delmar Glen Davis, Sr., deceased, to Deanna Kay Davis, certificate of transfer, Salem; Delmar Glen Davis, Sr., deceased, to Deanna Kay Davis, certificate of transfer, Salem. Music filling the air at University of Rio Grande Local Stocks Community College AEP (NYSE) — 35.49 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 4.68 From Page A1 STAFF REPORT jail, Gerlach said, will help offset the losses, but will not likely provide additional revenue the village hoped for. Combining government operations under one roof, as some communities have begun to consider, would likely be impractical in a rural county with small villages and townships and consolidated school districts, Gerlach noted, but he suggested county and village officials consider a group health insurance program to reduce employee benefit costs, and share equipment and overhead expenses when necessary. Commissioners also are carefully eyeing revenue cuts for the current year, and how those cuts may be best accomodated. Budget cuts were imposed in January, careful review, line-by-line, of weekly general fund bills are made, and some payments are held until funds are most readily available. This careful scrutiny is most important to the county’s bottom line when cash flow is at its lowest, such as the most recent period for real estate proceeds are available. Syracuse Center From Page A1 the literal center of a community where generations can gather to touch base and learn from one another through a broad spectrum of activities. The popularity and therapeutic benefits of the fitness room provides at least some of these activities and increasing the opportunities for a community to become healthier will depend, at least in part, on the success of the upcoming yard sale and auction. Gas Prices From Page A1 change from winter-blend to summer-blend gasoline taking place in many parts of the country has meant that drivers have continued to see the price of filling their gas tank climb higher, according to AAA. The current national retail average price for a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline is $3.83, up 4.4 cents from a week ago, 28.7 cents from a month ago and 97.3 cents from a year ago, according to AAA. Six states and the District of Columbia now average $4 or more for a gallon of regular gasoline. The national average price at the pump has climbed for 28 consecutive days. Maypole wrapping and tea party planned CHESTER — The traditional children’s tea party and Maypole wrapping of the Chester-Shade Historical Association will be held on Saturday, April 30, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Chester Courthouse in Chester. Seating space is limited so reservations need to be made by Monday, April 25. Children can “dress up” or wear casual clothing. Reservations can be made by calling Kaye Fick at 985-4115 or by calling the Chester Courthouse at 985-9822 and giving the name and age of each child. RIO GRANDE — The University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College will feature the outstanding musical talents of several of its students in two upcoming recital performances. The first recital will feature student Matthew West of McArthur at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 23. The second recital is the Departmental Recital which will feature several music students. This performance will begin at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26. “I will be performing a wide variety of music,” West said about his recital concert. “Everything from jazz to classical style and even up to rock.” This is West’s senior recital and the performance is part of his academic program. But while it is important to him academically, it will also be an entertaining show that area residents will enjoy. Several other Rio Grande students will be performing with West during the evening, and he promises it will be a great show. Professor Chris Kenney, Ph.D., said that West is an excellent student and musician who has done well at Rio Grande. “It’s often a challenge for guitarists to go to a music school,” Kenney said. Rio Grande’s program is somewhat unique, though, in the opportunities it offers for guitarists who can lean to play everything from classical music to rock music. “It’s not often you hear songs from Iron Maiden and Bach in the same recital,” Kenney said, referring to the program that West will be performing. West added that he doesn’t know of any other music programs that have their own rock ensembles. He has learned a great deal playing in that ensemble, as well as in the jazz ensemble at Rio Grande. He said he also has learned a great deal in his music classes and performs with his own band, Final Sketch. After he graduates from Rio Grande this spring, West plans to continue his studies in a master’s degree program. He invites all area residents to his April 23 recital, and said he has enjoyed his time at Rio Grande. The Tuesday, April 26 recital will feature some of the best student performers from Rio Grande. Students will perform on numerous types of instruments and in many different musical styles during the show. Rio Grande’s music program is filled with talented students, and this recital will be a great opportunity for area residents to see many of these students perform. These recitals are just two of the many different concerts being held music department at Rio Grande in April. Other upcoming Anderson McDaniel concerts, which will all be Funeral Home held in the Berry Fine and Adam McDaniel Performing Arts Center, & James Anderson will include: DIRECTORS • The Rock Ensemble concert on Thursday, April 21 beginning at 8 Pre-Arrangement Planning p.m. Middleport Pomeroy • The Grande Chorale 992-5141 992-5444 concert on Friday, April www.andersonmcdaniel.com 29 beginning at 8 p.m. The love and hope of Easter, Experience it! 60168444 with the March and February jobless rates: • Athens — March, 8.9 percent; Feb., 9.2 percent • Cabell — March, 8.6 percent; Feb., 9.1 percent • Hocking — March, 10.5 percent; Feb., 11.4 percent • Jackson (OH) — March, 11.2 percent; Feb., 11.8 percent • Jackson (WV) — March, 13.6 percent; Feb., 14.3 perent • Kanawha — March, 8.4 percent; Feb., 8.8 percent • Lawrence — March, 8 percent; Feb., 9.1 percent • Morgan — March, 14 percent; Feb., 15.6 percent • Pike — March, 15.5 percent; Feb., 16.7 percent • Putnam — March, 8.4 percent; Feb., 8.9 percent • Roane — March, 16.5 percent; Feb., 17.2 percent • Ross — March, 10.5 percent; Feb., 11.5 percent • Scioto — March, 11.8 percent; Feb., 13.1 percent • Vinton — March, 12.6 percent; Feb., 13.2 percent • Washington — March, 8.5 percent; Feb., 9.8 percent • Wirt — March, 15.1 percent; Feb., 16.2 percent • Wood — March, 10 percent; Feb., 11 percent West Virginia’s unemployment rate for March dropped 0.5 percent to 9.7 percent after reaching 10.2 percent in February. Ohio’s jobless rate for March also declined slightly, dropping 0.3 percent to 8.9 percent from February’s figure of 9.2 percent. The U.S. jobless rate for March was reported at 8.8 percent, a slight decline from February’s rate of 8.9 percent. (Online: WorkForce West Virginia, www.workforcewv.org; Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Labor Market Information, ohiolmi.com.) ��� � �� �� ���� � ��� � � ���� � �� �� � � ��� � � ��� � � ��� �� �� ���� � �� � � � � ��� �� ������ ����� ��� ���� �� � �� � �� �� ���� � �� ���� � ��� ��� ���� Cornerstone Academy Open House Celebrate the glory and hope of Easter with us this year. Come experience the miracle of Easter in your heart. It’s the power of God’s love to bring hope and joy to our lives! Sunrise Service - 6:00 am Celebrate the Resurrection with the Easter Presentation Finished-Today, Hope Is Alive! Breakfast - 7:00 am Worship I - 8:15 am Sunday School - 9:30 am Worship II - 10:30 am Middleport Church of Christ Fifth at Main • 992-2914 www.middleportchurch.org Administrator: Lisa Bumgarner & Principal: Patty Asbeck Invite you to Cornerstone Academy’s Open House. Wednesday April 27, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Drop by anytime. No appointment is necessary. Come see the classical education with all of today’s technology in action. Step into our classrooms and see our teachers at work. Watch as they share their gift of teaching with our students. Enrollment for the 2011-2012 school year will be available. Grades K-8 and our new 4 year old Preschool! Light refreshments will be served. Please call if you have questions (304)971-0890 Hartford, WV 60189431 �Friday, April 22, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page A3 Pastor: William Justis, Sunday School - 9:30 a.m., Worship - 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Services - 7 p.m. 5th and Main. Pastor: Al Hartson. Childrens Director Doug Shamblin; Teen Director: Dodger Vaughan. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 8:15, 10:30 a.m. 7 p.m. Wednesday Services - 7 p.m. Corner of St. Rt. 124 & Bradbury Rd. Minister: Russ Moore. Youth Minister: Joe Pickens. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Wednesday and Sunday evening services at 7:00 p.m. Route 689, Albany. Rev. Lloyd Grimm, pastor. Sunday School10 am; worship service 11 am; evening service 6 pm. Wed. prayer meeting 7 pm. ATTEND CHURCH �The Daily Sentinel FAITH • VALUES The acceptable year of Lord Good Friday. The day we remember the sacrifice, the atonement for our sins by Jesus the Christ. It seems like a fitting day to talk to about that, but my thoughts are pulled to other matters. I look around and see so many who are struggling. They have fallen from the faith or they have yet to receive it. They are lost. Lost in their problems. Lost in their lack of faith. Lost in situations and circumstances. Lost in their own addictions and hurts. Lost in their own blindness. Simply and totally lost. It is for these my heart breaks. It is for these my eyes fill with tears. It is for these I wage spiritual war against the devil. It is for these that I wake up at 3 a.m. to pray for because God had laid them on my heart. When you scrape away the trappings of religion and see people the way Jesus does, it changes you. It changed me. For years I was so unbelievably lost. God did not give up on me. People I did not even know were praying for me through those long years. It does not matter who we are. It does not matter how much we make, what we drive, or what we do for a living. What matters is the state of our hearts. Are we willing to do what the Lord wants us to do? Or are we too busy, too stubborn or simply too lazy to do the Lord’s work? Jesus read a passage in His hometown when He began ministry. It was from Isaiah 61. Many people read that portion and stop. They do not read the rest of it. The rest of it is so powerful. It is apart of the motto for Beacon Ministries. Isaiah 61:1-4: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me, to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me Carrie Wolfe to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn, to console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. And the shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.” It does not matter what has been before. It does not matter that this is Meigs County. Jesus is still the God of this land. He still reigns. He will do as He promises. Pray for the lost. Pray for your children and grandchildren. Pray that revival and renewal sweeps this land as never before. Pray. Stand. Never give up. He still reigns! As we go into Easter, remember that. Remember to behave in a manner that glorifies The King. Share the beauty of the cross and victory of the empty tomb. The greatest thing a Christian can do is: BE. Simply, truly be a follower of Christ and that is living a life of Grace Out Loud! Happy Easter! (Carrie Wolfe is the senior pastor of Beacon Ministries in Syracuse, Ohio.) Page A4 Friday, April 22, 2011 A Hunger for More A seemingly ever-present companion, the specter of death haunts the halls of humanity so perniciously that there is no refuge on planet earth that can shield us from its clinging claws. Clear skies and sunshiny days can only briefly cloak its grim reality as it, sooner or later, swings into our lives like a swooping hawk. Of course, death comes in many forms other than in merely the termination of our physical forms, though hearts may continue to beat and lungs continue to ventilate oxygen into our frail and fragile forms. How so? In countless ways. Death batters us when our lives are emptied of value, and our dreams come to nothing. Death comes in the form of abuse, be it verbal, physical, or sexual. Death comes in broken trust as lies and deceit glean the bitter fruits of betrayal and separation of loved ones. Death comes in the grotesque visage of greed and selfishness, as it drowns out kindness and love. It comes as an ogre of pride beating down hope and smothering joy. It comes as a phantom of fear, fear for the future of our earthly days, but also fear for the hereafter. “Is the grave the end?” we wonder to our weary selves. “Is this all that we really live for?” we plead with no one in particular. We live with death perching on our shoulders, a constant presence on the edge of all we are and all we hope for. It is our constant companion though we often fail to see it until we’re facing the loss of someone dear to us or our own life is ebbing away. But such is the way of the world since the first rebellion of man against his Creator. In choosing to exert his will above the will of God (a.k.a. “sin”), humanity chose to forgo the blessings of fellowship with his creator (namely, life). “Therefore, just as sin entered the world ATTEND THE CHURCH Thom Mollohan through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned…. For the wages of sin is death….” (Romans 5:12, 6:23 NIV). But herein lies the awesome power of Easter, which is the real message of the faith that Christians profess! For in Easter we have the grand and glorious signal that the bondage imposed upon us by the tyranny of death has been broken. “Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him” (Hebrews 9:27-28 NIV). And what power does death really have anyway for the one who is “waiting for Him?” None. With a hope in His ability to fill up our eternity, how can we be afraid of the day we shed this temporary shell we call the human body? “Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.” (2 Corinthians 5:1-5 NIV). And just for the record, the actual resurrection of Jesus Christ’s physical body is a very real and literal event. In demonstrating the Father’s sovereign power over the boundaries of life and death, He provides us the immutable hope that He can truly give eternal life to those whose hearts yield in faith to Him. And because of this we may then rest assured that our worship of Him to the point of total abandonment is not in vain. Given the faithfulness of God, if I spend even my blood in proclaiming God’s goodness and faithfulness, how can it not then be returned to me? “If we have been united with Him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin — because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over Him. The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus” (Romans 9:5-11 NIV). It is the Easter story, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, that opens the door for us each to experience the “otherworldliness” of the life of faith on a day-today basis. Because of the resurrection, I can be brave because I really have nothing to lose. Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 Because of the resurrection, I can have joy: all my struggles and pains come to nothing in the end except a sweet celebration over loss, grief, and brokenness. Because of the resurrection, I know my place in the universe and find that I have an incalculable worth: when He paid for life, as a ransom against the power of my sin, He was making an investment that would yield Him dividends for all eternity. And so it is with you if you will yield your life and will and love to Him, turning in faith to the work He wrought on the cross for you and in submitting yourself to living your life in Godliness. “In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace” (Romans 6:11-14 NIV). Through the power of the resurrection, God can change your world. Let the reality of His power and desire to do it change your heart and perspective, filling you with the hope and surety that only can only be provided by the faithfulness of God. (Thom Mollohan and his family have ministered in southern Ohio the past 15 1/2 years and is the author of The Fairy Tale Parables. He is the pastor of Pathway Community Church and may be reached for comments or questions by email at pastorthom@pathwaygallipolis.com.) Copyright © 2011, Thom Mollohan. Overbrook Rehabilitation Center Short & Long Term & Respite Care • Rehab Services Available www.overbrookrehabilitationcenter.com 333 Page Street Middleport, OH Warm Friendly Atmosphere OF YOUR 209 Third St. Racine, OH 740-949-2210 CHOICE AND URGE OTHERS Hills Self Storage 29670 Bashan Rd. Racine, OH 740-949-2217 (740) 992-6472 Hours 6 am - 8 pm Millie’s Restaurant Homemade Desserts Made Daily Home Cooked Meals & Daily Specials Open 7 days a week 740-992-7713 If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 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The reference to “Good Friday” very well hints at the spiritual self-centeredness of the Christian community in its perspective of the Lord’s Crucifixion on the Cross. Referencing to the “good” of that Friday is significantly suggestive of what we consider was “good” for us, rather than giving any serious consideration of what is expected of us by God. Mostly everyone wants the temporal and eternal good of God to the exclusion of faithfulness, loyalty, service, worship, relationship, fellowship, and love for God. The proof is oh, most certainly, in the pudding of post- Ron Branch modern spiritual shallowness within the ranks of the Christian community. The Gospel of Luke records that on Thursday night during the prayer time with His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane the Lord was personally “in an agony.” His divinely appointed time for redemptive Crucifixion was just a few hours away at that point, and He was certainly and understandably “in an agony” concerning it. The term “agony” used to refer to the intensities present with athletes in athletic contests. However, the term matured over time to refer to severe physical, emotional, and spiritual strain and aguish. What an agony it was for the Lord physically. Luke records descriptively that it was an agony in that as the Lord “prayed more earnestly” He sweated “as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” Shortly afterwards, the Jewish guards of the Temple beat Him, followed not long after that by inhumane scourging by the Roman guards, followed not long after that by the torture of cross crucifixion. What an agony it was for the Lord emotionally. He felt with and for His disciples, He felt with and for His mother, He felt with and for those two hanging on crosses beside of Him. He particularly felt the hellish abandonment of His Father. “Eloi, lama sabachthani?” “Sabachthani” means “you have forsaken me.” It was an incredible call from the Cross out of an agony of soul and spirit in that moment of emotional aloneness. What an agony it was for the Lord spiritually. While hanging crucified to the Cross, He vicariously endured the wrath of God for every sin that has ever been committed, the wrath of God for every sin being committed, and the wrath of God for every sin that will ever be committed. How it must have burned. How it must have stung. How it must have tortured His soul. How it must have tested the inner motivation of His love for mankind. I prayerfully consider in personal terms that it was for my sins He was in an agony. It was an agony of atonement via sacrifice of self and the shedding of His blood. It was an agony of paying the serious debt accountable to God for my sins, and it is I who am blessed that because of His agony my sins are forgiven, an that my sins are covered from the sight of God. How can we justifiably “celebrate” the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ? At best what we can do and must do is to reflect very thankfully for what He did on our behalf, and to commit completely to the acknowledgment of His Lordship and to faithful service in His blessed name. But, once again, the Christian community will step through the day of Good Friday conveniently without allowing the Lord’s agony to evoke any agony in us. Are you going to continue to live your life with that kind of attitude? How do you dare do so with the understanding of the agony Christ endured for you? (Rev. Ron Branch is pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Mason, W.Va.) God’s thoughts and ways When Jill and I were in seminary, we attended a church whose pastor had grown up with brothers but found himself the father of two girls. Having grown up in such a rough-and-tumble environment, he was not at all prepared for the shock he got when his one daughter informed him she wanted a pink bedroom. This carried over and into his sermon the following Sunday. What made it worse for him, and amusing to us hearing it, was that his wife threw her support behind the daughter. Much to his chagrin, the pastor painted the bedroom pink. Lo and behold, when my daughters first came to Pomeroy to see where they would be living, our oldest informed us she, too, wanted a pink bedroom. If you should see me out and about some day in a pair of tan shorts with some pink paint on the rear, know for a fact my daughter got her pink bedroom. If you were to think I got a little too close to my work, you’d be entirely correct. Speaking of pink, I’m wearing some today — on both my arms and legs, and with still more on my abdomen. Remember the old song, “Poison Ivy”? Well, I have yet to use “an ocean of calamine lotion,” but I have used quite a lot of one bottle’s worth. Thomas Johnson This all started innocently enough last week one day, when I observed my neighbor to be cutting up part of a tree that had blown down on a piece of property we share. Not wanting him to do all the work himself, I changed into some work clothes and went out to help him. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not at all opposed to hard work. In fact, I admire hard workers; as a general rule, when I see people hard at work I thank the good Lord I’m not one of them! Occasionally, I, too, indulge in some hard work, but having said that I respectfully submit that our definitions of “hard work” most likely don’t jibe. At any rate, it was my intention last week to help my neighbor — and so I did. Funny thing about good intentions: they don’t necessarily keep you out of trouble. They didn’t me. For this occasion my neighbor had donned long pants and a long-sleeved shirt in anticipation of a possible encounter with what I wasn’t at all prepared for. Not only wasn’t I prepared; I wasn’t even alert! Believe it or not, where I grew up there is no such thing as poison ivy, oak, or sumac. It wasn’t until I got to the first church I pastored that I actually encountered the stuff — and by then it was too late, if you get my drift. When I was much younger I learned ... “leaves of three, let them be.” I didn’t see no “leaves of three” last Wednesday, but neither did I observe the vines attached to the tree we were cutting up. (No light bulb clicked “On” in my mind that day!) Some people might want to ask the Almighty what He was thinking when He created cockroaches, flies, gnats, and mosquitoes. Not me. I don’t like them either, but I’d pay big money to know what possessed God to create creepycrawly things like snakes and poison ivy. These are some serious “glitches” which detract from the beauty of Creation. I realize herpetologists may be rather effusive and eloquent in defending reptiles, and in like manner horticultural-minded people might persuasively justify the existence of the latter. But, really — other than the one being potentially life-threatening, and the second being aggravating — why, I wonder, must such things be?!? I know I’m not the only one around whose life would be better were there neither snakes nor poison ivy to beware of, or contend with! Still, God is God, and “His thoughts and ways” infinitely transcend anything we might ever imagine (Is.55:8-9). So then, it is for us to submit ourselves to Him and His plan — though it may be incomprehensible at this present time. Just as He surely knew what He was doing at Creation, God knows to this very day what is, and is not, in our best interest (Jer. 29:11). Temptation, and more so the sin that comes of it, is a lot like poison ivy: it’s around, and in some places it’s really conspicuous — but it’s never far away. Poison ivy makes a person itch, but it won’t last forever. Hell — that special place reserved for unrepentant sinners — will! Some people say there’s no heaven or hell. But there’s a Cross on Calvary that says otherwise. Jesus Christ bled and died on it, for our sins — for our salvation. Thank you, Jesus!!! (Rev. Thomas Johnson is pastor of Trinity Church in Pomeroy, Ohio.) Page A5 Friday, April 22, 2011 Rodney Pike COG to host women’s expo on April 30 BIDWELL — Rodney Pike Church of God will host The Courageous & Confident Woman Expo on Saturday, April 30. The day will consist of workshops, personal pampering, spa treatments, cooking classes, health screenings, shopping and vending tables and more. The workshop and clinicians are as follows: Express Yourself Worship Dance with Peggy Patterson of Chillicothe, Ohio; Drinking In Health Medicinal Uses of Tea, with Lori Massey of The Tea Caddy, Jackson, Ohio; Prepare A Dwelling Place In Your Home, with Debbie Mohler of Pomeroy, Ohio; Communing With God Prayer and Meditation with Connie Halley of Gallipolis; Appetizing Appetizers Cooking Class with Pam Casto of K & L Catering, Gallipolis, Ohio. The keynote message will be shared by Jami Gross of Wellston. She is a successful businesswoman and minister. She shares her own experiences with truth and transparency. Gross has a refreshing way of delivering the gospel message to women. Registration opens at 9 a.m. on April 30. More than a dozen vendors will have tables set up for ladies to visit throughout the day. There will also be health screenings and related information available. Workshops will begin at 9:30 a.m. A praise and worship session and the keynote message will begin at 11 a.m. Lunch and door prize drawings will follow the keynote message. Ladies who are interested in registering can do so by sending $10 per person to: RPCOG CCW Expo, 440 Ohio 850, Bidwell, OH 45614. Call the church office at (740) 245-9518. Gallipolis Nazarene church launches ‘Genesis’ contemporary service GALLIPOLIS — First Church of the Nazarene in Gallipolis will unveil a new service featuring contemporary worship music on Easter Sunday, April 24. Rev. Mark Grizzard, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene, said the service dubbed “Genesis” is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. each week beginning on Sunday, April 24. The worship leaders for “Genesis” will be David and Brooke Price. The Prices are familiar faces to the Christian music scene in Gallia, Mason and Meigs counties, having been members of local praise bands. Grizzard will preach during both the “Genesis” service and the traditional morning worship service. Grizzard said the target audience for the service is parents with children who are not members of the church and who are not currently attending another local church. The “Genesis” service will be held in the First Church of the Nazarene Family Life Center, which Grizzard said will provide a “coffee house feel” for those in attendance. The addition of the new service has brought about a change in the regular schedule at First Church of the Nazarene. The new schedule will go into effect on April 24. “Genesis” will run from 9-9:50 a.m. followed by a time of fellowship from 9:50-10:05 a.m. Sunday school will run from 10:05-10:50 a.m. The traditional morning worship service will begin at 11 a.m. and last until noon. Grizzard said there will be no Sunday school hour on April 24. A fellowship breakfast will be held during that time. The church is located at 1110 First Avenue in Gallipolis. For information, contact the church at 4461772 or visit the website gallipolisfirstnaz.org. The Daily Sentinel Reader Services (USPS 213-960) Correction Policy Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Published Tuesday through Friday, 111 Court Street, Pomeroy, Ohio. Second-class postage paid at Pomeroy. Member: The Associated Press and the Ohio Newspaper Association. Postmaster: Send address corrections to The Daily Sentinel, P.O. Box 729, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Our main number is (740) 992-2156. 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The new inductees are left to right, front, juniors class members, Jennifer Robinson, Austin King, Cody Hanning, Melissa Johnson, Blake Crow, Kassandra Mullins, Michael Davis; second row, Tyler Dunham, Zach Sayre, Nathan Rothgeb, Jeffrey Roush, Marlee Hoffman, DiJaun Robinson, Ben Reed; third row, Olivia Cleek, Victoria Zeigler, Rebecca Fortner, Samantha King, Amelia King, Steven Mahr, Emalee Glass, Alison Brown; and senior class members, fourth row, Olivia Bevan, Shannon Walzer-Kuharic, Shannon McLaughlin, Kasey Roush, Alaine Arnold, Angela Keesee, Connor Swartz, Brady Bissell; and back row, Hannah Cleek, Shellie Bailey, Katey Patterson, Jonathan McCarthy, Garrett Riffle, Cameron Bolin, and Tanner Tackett. Tea Party covers healthcare, budgets and Sharia Law POMEROY — Skyrocketing insurance, federal funding with strings attached, and a recent cut in the state budget are several challenges that Adam Will mentioned at the recent meeting of the Meigs County Tea Party held at the Mulberry Community Center. Will predicted a better future “if we can live within our means and cut out the fluff.” Also participating in the Tea Party’s meeting was Victor Smith, retired military, who held up a sign that proclaimed: “Stop Forced Healthcare.” He said that the sign is his whole speech and went on to speak about the Ohio Project, a movement working to place an amendment to the Ohio Constitution on the November ballot, in order to prevent forced healthcare. Smith said, “Obamacare is about taking control of your life from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.” Tea Party members also watched a portion of “The Export,” a documentary by Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice. It was announced that members of Congressman Bill Johnson’s staff will hold public meetings at the Pomeroy Library from 9-10:30 a.m. the first Tuesday of every month for anyone needing information or wanting to discuss issues. The Meigs County Tea Party meets at 7:30 the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Members of the competing OCTM math team from Eastern High School were from the left, front, Brandon Coleman, Sarah Lawrence, and Cassidy Cleland, and back, Joshua Parker, Marshall Aanestad, Thunder Clonch. REEDSVILLE — Eastern High School sent a team of math students to compete in the Ohio Council for Teachers of Mathematics Math Contest held recently at Athens School. Students on the team representing Eastern were Joshua Parker, Marshall Aanestad, Thender Clonch, Brandon Coleman, Sarah Lawrence and Cassidy Cleland. Students prepared for the contest by using online math practice problems provided by OCTM. They also studied previous contests and worked at home to prepare for the competition. The team was coached by Sarah Lee, the Gifted Intervention Specialist for the Athens Meigs Educational Service Center. In the competition Brandon Coleman was the top scorer for the Eastern team. Lee said that the students described the competition as a “great learning experience” and all said they look forward to competing again next year. The concentration in preparation for next year contest will be on trigonometry and calculus. Third graders to take history walk POMEROY — Two of the third grade classes that participate in the Seniors in Schools Program conducted by Retired Senior Volunteers (RSVP) will be taking a history walk through Pomeroy and Chester on Friday. The Meigs Local teachers who will be conducting the tour for their classes are Cynthia Enright and Sherry Hensler. Plans are for the children to leave the Meigs Intermediate School at 9:15 a.m. Once in Pomeroy they will begin a walking tour at Rite-Aid, going down Main Street to see the mural of early life in Meigs County, the architecture of the buildings constructed in the late 1800s, and then up Court Street to the Court House and jail before returning to the bus. The agenda for the remainder of the morning in Pomeroy will be a visit to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, a drive by the old Sugar Run Mill, and then on to the Meigs Museum and the Miens County Library before taking lunch at McDonalds. The afternoon schedule includes a trip to Chester for a tour of the Chester Courthouse before returning to the school at 3 p.m. Bloodmobile comes to Pomeroy POMEROY — Twenty-three residents reported to the Mulberry Communit Center Wednesday to donate blood during the Red Cross Bloodmobile’s visit in Pomeroy. The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be back at the Mulberry Center on Wednesday, June 15, 1-6 p.m. Community Calendar Clubs and organizations Saturday, April 23 PORTLAND — The Portland Community Center will have an egg hunt for children through age 12. The hunt will be held at the Center and start at 1 p.m. Lutheran Church, Pomeroy, 7 p.m. public invited. RUTLAND — Good Friday Hymn Sing, 7 p.m., Rutland Freewill Baptist Church, featuring The Atonements, The Glory Land Believers, The Victory River Quartet. HARRISONVILLE — Submitted photo Overbrook Rehabilitation Center recently hosted the Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Meigs Senior Center. Candy filled eggs and prize eggs were hidden throughout the facility. Several seniors were set loose to find the hidden eggs. Some of the participants said that they had never been egg hunting. This was such a wonderful time for both the participants and Overbrook. Pictured in the back row (from left): Charla Brown-McGuire, Overbrook LNHA, Nancy Norris Overbrook Activities Assistant, Marie Snyder, Robert McMillen, Geraldine McMillen, JoAnne Eads, Roseanna Manley, Betty Mauer and Michelle Hamilton Overbrook Activities Director. Front row (from left): Easter Egg Hunters Alex Yeauger, Mary Davidson, Carol Hall and Opal Tyree. Harrisonville Community Church, revival, 7 p.m., today through Saturday, April 23, guest speaker Mike Thompson, various singers. LONG BOTTOM — Good Friday service, 7 p.m., Faith Full Gospel Church, Ohio 124. LANGSVILLE — Easter play “Somethingʼs Happening,” by youth of House of Healing Ministries, Ohio 124, 7 p.m. Refreshments follow. MIDDLEPORT — Community Good Friday service at the Rejoicing Life Church. CONGRATULATIONS!!! MARY VOSS Pomeroy, Ohio Winner of the golden egg contest PLEASE REMEMBER: • Egg is not at a place of business • Egg is not at a private residence • Egg is not inside a man-made object • You will not need digging tools • You will not need to climb or the use of a ladder Brought to you by: Church events Friday, April 22 POMEROY — Meigs County Ministerial Associationʼs Good Friday service, Stations of the Cross, 12 noon, Sacred Heart Church, with Association pastors participating. RACINE — Good Friday service Friday at the Morning Star United Methodist Church. HARRISONVILLE — Harrisonville Community Church, revival, 7 p.m., today through Saturday, April 23, guest speaker Mike Thompson, various singers. SYRACUSE — Special Holy Week worship services are being held at the Forest Run/Asbury Circuit churches at the Asbury Church in Syracuse, 7 p.m. nightly through Sunday. Theme is “Wake-Up America.” Guest preachers, special music. Sunrise worship for the circuit will be held at the Forest Run Church with a breakfast fellowship. LONG BOTTOM – There will be a Good Friday service at the Long Bottom United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. POMEROY — Liturgy of the Passion and Death of our Lord, 7:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Church, with Rev. Walter Heinz as celebrant. Fr. Heinz will hear confessions at 1 p.m. following Stations of the Cross. POMEROY — Good Friday services, St. Paul TWIN OAKS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION “A Cooperative-Owned By & For the Members” Carrie Payne Manager 2411 Jackson Ave. Point Pleasant, WV 25550 Phone: 304-675-5510 Fax: 304-675-5512 Our Co ommit itmentt is i to be Yo our Choice ou for o Canc a er Car a e. At O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, we’re driven by quality. Our exceptional healthcare is close at hand — Quality healthcare with a community touch. OHIO VALLEY BANK If you or a loved one is in need of cancer care, please call (740) 566-4836. 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Friday, April 22 Baseball Meigs at Wahama (DH), 3:30 p.m. Point Pleasant at Scott, 6:30 p.m. Southern at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Fairland at River Valley, 5 p.m. Parkersburg South at Eastern, 5 p.m. Softball Scott at Point Pleasant, 5:30 p.m. Southern at Gallia Academy, 5 p.m. Eastern at Symmes Valley, TBA Fairland at River Valley, 5 p.m. Track Gallia Academy at Chillicothe, 4:30 p.m. Tennis Scott at Point Pleasant, 5 p.m. Saturday, April 23 Baseball Charleston Catholic at Wahama, 1 p.m. Farmers Bank Wood Bat Tournament at Gallia Academy, 9:30 a.m. Softball Charleston Catholic at Wahama, 4 p.m. Chapmanville at Point Pleasant, 2 p.m. Eastern at Symmes Valley, TBA Sports Briefs Wahama Hall of Fame meeting MASON, W.Va. — The Wahama High School Athletic Hall of Fame Board of Trustees will hold a business meeting on Tuesday April 26, at 6 p.m. at the high school. The main topic on the agenda will be finalizing plans for the upcoming Hall of Fame Golf Tournament on April 30. All Board of Trustee members are urged to attend as well as anyone wishing to assist in the Hall of Fame selection process a Wahama High School. Friday, April 22, 2011 Blue Devils sneak past Marietta, 5-4 BY SARAH HAWLEY SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM CENTENARY, Ohio — Two outs, nobody on in a tie game. That was the case for the Gallia Academy baseball team in the seventh inning on Wednesday evening as they hosted Marietta in an SEOAL contest. The Blue Devils (10-2, 7-0 SEOAL) battled back from a four run deficit to tie the game after four innings of play. Marietta (3-7, 3-2 SEOAL) scored two runs in the first and two in the third to take a 4-0 lead. Eli Lenington singled and scored in the first, Taylor Eastman while Ben Bricker hit a two RBI single in the third. The Blue Devils scored one run in the third, cutting the deficit to three runs. A three-run fourth inning tied the game at four runs apiece. Casey Denbow hit an RBI single and Tyler Eastman hit a two-run single. Gallia Academy had nobody on base with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Brandon Taylor and Caleb Warnimont each walked, putting two runners on the Tyler Davis at the plate. Davis hit the ball toward third base, with an error allowing Taylor to slide in safely for the winning run. Taylor had two hits in the game, with Jimmy Clagg, Denbow and Eastman each adding one. Clagg scored a run in the fourth, while Eastman had two RBIs and Denbow added one. Caleb Warnimont picked up the win for Gallia Academy, pitching the seventh inning in relief of Taylor. Taylor allowed two hits and four runs, walked three and struck out five. Lenington took the loss for Marietta, allowing five hits and five runs, walking three and striking out five in six and two-thirds innings. The Blue Devils travel to Chillicothe on Thursday and host Southern on Friday. GALLIA ACADEMY 5, MARIETTA 4 Marietta 202 000 0 GAHS 001 300 1 — 423 — 553 MARIETTA (3-7, 3-2 SEOAL): Eli Lenington and Connor Hess. GALLIA ACADEMY (10-2, 7-0 SEOAL): Brandon Taylor, Caleb Warnimont (7) and Ben Saunders. WP — Warnimont; LP — Lenington. Wooden Bat Tourney coming to GAHS Cliffside Senior League GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Cliffside Golf Course will be holding a seniors league this season and play will officially begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19. Signups for both men and women will end at 8:45 a.m. at the golf course clubhouse. Beginning June 1, play will start at 8:30 a.m. with signups ending at 8:15 a.m. Play will be determined each week based on the number of players and handicaps will be based on Senior League scores only. For more information, contact Dick Roderick at 645-2720. MLB Pitch, Hit and Run Competition GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The Gallipolis Parks and Recreation Department will host the Aquafina Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit and Run Competition for area youth on Saturday, April 30. The event will take place at 1 p.m. at the Ted Perry Fields (Gallipolis Water Treatment Plant Ball Fields). Competitors will be divided into four age divisions 7-8, 9-10, 1112 and 13-14. All participants must show proof of age before advancement. No metal spikes are allowed. For more information contact Local Coordinator Brett Bostic at 441-6022. CONTACT US 1-740-446-2342 ext. 33 Fax — 1-740-446-3008 E-mail: mdssports@mydailysentinel.com Sports Staff Bryan Walters (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 bwalters@mydailytribune.com Sarah Hawley (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 shawley@mydailytribune.com Bryan Walters/file photo The Gallia Academy baseball team will host the Farmers Bank Wooden Bat Tournament on Saturday at Robert H. Eastman Ballfield in Centenary, Ohio. This file photo shows Robert H. Eastman Ballfield before the opening game on March 28. Play in the 2011 Wooden Bat Tournament will begin at 9:30 a.m. when the host Blue Devils face Piketon. First pitch for the second game between Fairborn-Harding and Westfall is set for noon. The to losing teams will play at 2:30 p.m., with the winners playing at 5 p.m. in the championship game. Blue Angels improve to 13-0; beat Marietta 9-1 BY STEVE EBERT SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL CENTENARY, Ohio — In a week of seemingly perpetual rain that has seen most softball games in the area washed out, workers spent the entire day Wednesday on the new GAHS softball field in Centenary literally removing water by the bucketfuls. Their hard work paid off when the Marietta Lady Tigers bus pulled onto the parking lot at the school and the game was able to be played with the Blue Angels prevailing in workmanlike fashion, 91. With the victory, the Blue and White improves to 13-0, 7-0 SEOAL on the season, while Marietta falls to a disappointing 2-9, 1-7 SEOAL. McGhee Ward With Heather Ward in the circle, Kara Carpenter led off the game for Marietta with an infield single in the hole between short and third. It would be the last hit Ward would surrender, and only five Lady Tigers reached base in the contest. The heart of the Blue Angel order once again provided the bulk of the offense as Courtney Shriver 2-3 with 2 scored and 2 RBI, Morgan Leslie 2-4 with 1 and 1, and Ward 3-3 with 3 runs scored and 2 driven in combined for 7 of the 10 GAHS hits against two Marietta pitchers. Amanda McGhee had her finest game of the year at the plate, going 2-3 with a run scored and two brought home. Hannah Cunningham had the final hit; a bunt single. Ward carried the one hit shutout to the final inning, but a one out walk, a GAHS infield error, and a sacrifice bunt brought in an unearned run. She then struck out the final batter to secure the complete game gem; her 11th win of the year without a loss. Lindsay Hiatt started in the circle for Marietta. She was relieved in the fourth by Kara Carpenter, who finished. The pair combined to allow 9 runs (8 earned) on 10 hits while striking out 4 and walking 7. Ward allowed only one run (unearned) on 1 hit in the win, and she struck out 9 and walked 3. Friday, Racine Southern comes to town, and then Saturday a make up of a non-league doubleheader with Fairland will take place in Centenary. Game time is noon. GALLIA ACADEMY 9, MARIETTA 1 Marietta 000 000 1 — 1 1 1 Gallipolis 021 501 x — 9 10 1 MARIETTA (2-9, 1-7 SEOAL): Lindsay Hiatt, Kara Carpenter (4) and Ali Beardmore. GALLIA ACADEMY (13-0, 7-0 SEOAL): Heather Ward and Mattie Lanham. WP — Ward; LP — Hiatt. River Valley falls to Pointers, 6-2 BY SARAH HAWLEY SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM SOUTH POINT, Ohio — The River Valley baseball team dropped its second league contest of the season on Wednesday evening at South Point. The game was originally set to be played as a home game in Cheshire, Ohio, but was moved to South Point. River Valley (2-6, 0-2 OVC) took the lead 1-0 in the top of the first inning, but South Point scored two runs in the Wimmer C. Smith home half of the inning to take the lead. South Point added one run in the third, one in the fifth and two in the sixth, while River Valley scored one in the fourth. Cody Wimmer had two hits for the Raiders including a solo homerun. Cody Smith and Austin Smith each added one hit. Austin Jeffreys, Kyle Winkler, Kyle Dickess, T. Gregory and J. Lien each had one hit for the Pointers. Lien and Dickess each had a double. Lien drove in two runs and Gregory had one RBI. Dickess earned the win for South Point, allowing two runs and for hits, walking three and striking out 13 in seven innings. Jacob Brown took the loss for the Raiders. Brown pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowed five hits and six runs, walked eight and struck out six. SOUTH POINT 6, RIVER VALLEY 2 RVHS SP 100 201 100 0 — 2 4 4 012 x — 6 5 1 RIVER VALLEY (2-6, 0-2 OVC): Jacob Brown. SOUTH POINT (3-1 OVC): Kyle Dickess. WP — Dickess; LP — Brown. HR — RV: Wimmer (solo homerun). Lady Knights split with Sissonville BY SARAH HAWLEY SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant L a d y Knights ( 1 1 - 8 ) earned a split in Wednesday e v e n i n g ’s double h e a d e r against Sissonville. The two Cottrill game set included a make up game which had been rained out earlier in the season at P o i n t Pleasant. P o i n t Riffle Pleasant won the first game of the evening, in which it was the home team, by a score of 3-2. The Lady Knights took the lead with a run in the third inning and two runs in the fifth. Sissonville scored both its runs in the sixth inning. Kaci Riffle earned the win for the Lady Knights, while Rebecca Baldwin took the loss for Sissonville. Regan Cottrill and Riffle each had two hits for Point Pleasant and Megan Davis, Brooke Fisher and Ashleigh Diddle added one hit each. Sissonville won the second game 8-0. Dee Dee Loftis picked up the win for Sissonville, while Riffle took the loss. Cottrill and Fisher each had two hits for the Lady Knights. POINT PLEASANT 3, SISSONVILLE 2 SHS PPHS 000 002 0 — 2 4 1 001 020 0 — 3 7 1 SISSONVILLE (12-6): Rebecca Baldwin and Kayle Gibson. POINT PLEASANT (11-7): Kaci Riffle and Regan Cottrill. WP — Riffle; LP — Baldwin. SISSONVILLE 8, POINT PLEASANT 0 PPHS SHS 000 00 003 5x — 050 — 8 10 2 POINT PLEASANT (11-8): Kaci Riffle and Regan Cottrill. SISSONVILLE (13-6): Dee Dee Loftis and Kayle Gibson. WP — Loftis; LP — Riffle. Lady Knights fare well at league tourney SENTINEL STAFF MDSSPORTS@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant L a d y Knights tennis team placed in the top two in five of the seven groups at t h e Cardinal Cottrill Conference To u r n a ment held on Monday. The league tournament was held at te Schoenbaum Courts in Charleston, W.Va. Claire Cottrill took first place in the No. 2 singles. Taylor Somerville and Emily Kitchen each placed second in the No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively. The No. 1 doubles group of Somerville and Cottrill placed second, as did the No. 2 doubles pair of Kitchen and Hannah Smith. Smith lost in the second round of the No. 4 singles and the duo of Tabi Dean and Lindsay Nibert fell in the second round in the No. 3 doubles. �Page B2 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Friday, April 22, 2011 RedStorm take two from WVU Tech RedStorm can’t hold on against Dayton BY MARK WILLIAMS SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande RedStorm softball team played host to West Virginia Tech on Wednesday afternoon in Mid-South Conference action at Stanley Evans Field. Rio Grande won both games of the doubleheader in run-rule fashion, 8-0 in six innings in game one and 9-0 in five innings in game two. Rio Grande (21-19, 1410 MSC E) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first game with two runs in the first and three more in the third. Senior hurler Anna Smith had an RBI hit in the first and sophomore second baseman Katie Fuller had a big two-run single in the third. Smith added a two-run double in the fourth to make the score, 7-0. Senior shortstop Amber Bowman ended the game with a run-scoring single in the bottom of the sixth inning. Smith led the offense, going 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI’s. Bowman was 2for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Sophomore leftfielder Kaylee Walk went 2-for2 and scored two runs. Fuller was 1-for-3 with two RBI’s and junior rightfielder Marissa Lennox was 1-for-3 with an RBI. Rio Grande collected 10 hits in the first game victory. Smith (11-5) went the distance, allowing five hits with one walk while striking out nine. “I didn’t want to take West Virginia Tech lightly,” Smith said. “Every game from here on out is very important because I’m not satisfied with coming in second or third and I know our team is good enough to finish first and go far in the tournament.” “I just wanted to play my hardest and do well for my team,” Smith added. “The last time, I think they (WVU Tech) started off the first inning with a home run (in the first match-up), so I knew we couldn’t take this team lightly.” WVU Tech (9-29, 2-22 MSC E) was led by Stephanie Sang, who went 2-for-3 at the plate. Sang (5-16) took the loss for WVU Tech in game one as she surrendered 10 hits and eight runs (seven earned) in five innings with four walks and two strikeouts. “This is actually what I expected,” said Rio Grande head coach Dawnjene DeLong. “The girls jumped on them early and they kept pushing throughout the entire game. They played very well.” In game two, Rio started quickly with three runs in the first. Bowman had a double that brought in two of the runs. Bowman later clubbed a three-run home run to conclude her big game. She was 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and five RBI’s. Bowman credited her teammates for the explosive performance. “I feel good about the game, but I wouldn’t have had any RBI’s if no one would have been on base,” she said. “It was a whole team effort.” Rio added three runs in the third inning on a runscoring hit by Jessica Gall and an RBI double from junior pitcher Allison Mills, that made the score, 6-0 at the time. Gall posted two hits in the game while Mills went 1-for-3. Smith added two more hits, including a double and sophomore third baseman Jaymie Rector was 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Walk was also 2-for-3 with two runs scored and freshman designated hitter Amber Myers was 1-for-3 with an RBI. Mills (6-7) won for the third consecutive time as she blanked the Golden Bears on four hits. She fanned four and walked one. DeLong was pleased with the response from her team after the postgame meeting following the game one victory. “Between games I said we need to do it in five (innings) and they did it in five and got one extra (run),” said DeLong. “Again they were very aggressive at the plate and we were definitely in control of this game.” “This is what we’ve been waiting for the entire season,” DeLong added. “We’re getting on a roll at just the right time.” Amy McLaughlin led the Golden Bears in the second game, going 2for-3 with a double. Sang again took the loss, giving up 14 hits and nine runs (eight earned) with one strikeout and two walks. The RedStorm will step out of conference on Friday afternoon for a doubleheader at former Mid-Ohio and American Mideast Conference challenger Mount Vernon Nazarene. Game one is set to begin at 1 p.m. Leake razzed, gets win; Reds beat Dbacks 7-4 CINCINNATI (AP) — The few caustic signs in the stands weren’t a bother. Mike Leake was glad just to be back on the mound and, for a few hours, away from his troubles. Better yet, he got a win. Leake got razzed by some fans during his first appearance since his shoplifting arrest, but ignored the handwritten signs and gave the Cincinnati Reds a muchneeded boost Thursday, going seven innings for a 7-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. “I was glad for him,” said manager Dusty Baker, who pulled Leake close for a hug when he left the field. “I was proud of him, and we needed it badly. That’s as big a win as we’ve had since opening day.” Leake (3-0) led the Reds to only their second win in eight games. The defending NL Central champs had fallen to .500 for the first time since May 8. Leake allowed three runs and fanned six in his longest outing of the season. Leake has been told my his lawyer not to talk about his court case. Asked how he’s doing mentally, he said, “I’ll be better once it’s all done. Right now, I’ve just got to eat it and go out there and do what I can for the team. “It was nice to go out there and kind of erase some things and pitch.” The 23-year-old righty was the Reds’ top draft pick last June. He went directly to the majors last season and helped the Reds get to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years. Police reports said Leake removed the tags from six American Rag T-shirts at a Macy’s store downtown on Monday afternoon and tried to leave without paying for them. The shirts were valued at $59.88. At a court hearing the next day, his lawyer asked that the case be moved into a diversion program for first-time offenders. In a statement, Leake apologized to fans and the team “for this distraction.” Baker considered skipping his turn in the rotation, but decided Leake wouldn’t let the arrest distract from his pitching preparations. He talked to Leake the last few days to gauge his mood. “Usually you can look in a person’s eyes and read that person at that moment. His eyes were gentle eyes,” Baker said. “His eyes were gentle to the point of pain and embarrassment.” Baker also considered the reaction he’d get from fans, and decided it was probably best to let him get his first start at home rather than face much worse taunting on the road. A few had fun at his expense, Leake got a typical round of applause when he came to bat for the first time and grounded into a double play that ended the first inning. One fan in the left field stands held up a sign that said, “Mike Leake We Gave You The Bunt Sign Not The Steal Sign!” Another sign said, “Steal Us A Win Leake.” Two fans sitting 10 rows behind the home dugout wore Bengals helmets — the NFL team had a series of player arrests a few years back. “I didn’t know if they were going to support me or not,” Leake said. “For the most part, I think they were very nice about it.” Leake didn’t get off a a good start, although that’s been the norm in Cincinnati lately. Brian Roberts doubled and scored on Stephen Drew’s single for a 1-0 lead — the fifth game in a row that a Reds starter allowed at least one run in the opening inning. The Reds have given up 23 runs in the first inning, the most in the majors. Daniel Hudson (0-4) was far worse in the bottom half of the inning, throwing 37 pitches while facing nine batters. He walked Jay Bruce and Paul Janish with the bases loaded to force in runs, and gave up a two- run single by Miguel Cairo. Joey Votto hit his third homer in the fifth, helping the Reds pull away. Hudson also has been struggling in the first inning. “I can’t keep putting my team in a deficit and expect them to fight their way out of it,” Hudson said. “I’ve got to fight through this. I’m extremely frustrated. That’s three straight games — four straight, really — where I’ve struggled in the first inning. That’s unacceptable.” Francisco Cordero came on with a four-run lead in the ninth and gave up a homer by Drew, a single and a walk before getting Russell Branyan to ground out. NOTES: Arizona 3B Melvin Mora missed his third game with a sore left foot. ... Roberts, who took Mora’s place in the lineup, has a career-high eight-game hitting streak. ... Hudson gave up seven runs in 5 1-3 innings, raising his ERA to 5.92. ... The Reds have been outscored 23-16 in the first inning. ... Baker gave 3B Scott Rolen a day off, saying he looked slow the last couple of days. ... The Reds went 2-5 on their homestand, leaving them 7-6 at Great American Ball Park this season. Despite losses, Ohio State defense looking good COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State’s offense hasn’t had a great spring. How much of that is the doing of the defense? One thing’s for certain: The Buckeyes on the other side of the ball believe the defense is for real. “Definitely there’s stuff we could get better at,” tight end Jake Stoneburner said of the offense, which has had a so-so spring because of injuries and a shortage of linemen. “But also, we’re going against one of the best defenses around. They know what they’re doing over there, they’re known for having great defense. So if we have an awful day, it’s our fault but you also have to look at who we’re going against.” The thing is, this isn’t supposed to be a vintage year for the defense. The unit was devastated by graduation, losing starting linemen Cameron Heyward and Dexter Larimore, linebackers Ross Homan and Brian Rolle, and four mainstays in the secondary in corners Chimdi Chekwa and Devon Torrence, safety Aaron Gant and Jermale Hines, who plays the linebacker/safety hybrid position of “star.” But instead of limping along, the unit has been terrific most of the spring. Defensive end John Simon said it’s all in the attitude. “A lot of people go through spring ball and figure they won’t work hard — ‘We’re just here to practice’ or whatever,” he said. “But this team, we really get excited every day.” Holdover Nathan Williams teams with Simon at the ends, with Garrett Goebel, Darryl Baldwin and freshman Joel Hale fighting for the one tackle spot. At nosetackle, a slimmed-down Johnathan Hankins — if you can be slimmed down at 6-foot-3 and 335 pounds — has been a terror. Melvin Fellows and Solomon Thomas are also battling for playing time up front, although Thomas must sit out the first five games as part of NCAA sanctions for accepting improper benefits. Williams knows what needs to be done. Andrew Sweat, the lone returning starter at linebacker, will likely be joined by Etienne Sabino and Storm Klein, with Dorian Bell and Jordan Whiting backing them up. A year ago, Sweat was just an afterthought. Now he’s one of the team’s linchpins. Similarly, the one returnee in the backfield is Orhian Johnson, who had a fine year at free safety. Bradley Roby and Dominic Clarke are battling for one cornerback spot opposite Travis Howard and Dionte Allen. Christian Bryant, who saw some action a year ago as a freshman at the star position, will duel with Tyler Moeller, who was a starter before a torn chest muscle ended his season. Nate Oliver and Jamie Wood, along with a freshman or two, will probably add some insurance in the secondary. The competition at so many positions has turned up the heat on what has been a cool spring. BY MARK WILLIAMS SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL XENIA, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande RedStorm baseball team had one of those rare chances for an NAIA team on Wednesday night, stepping up to play an NCAA Division I school. Rio Grande nearly pulled off the upset of the Dayton Flyers at AIA Stadium on Wednesday evening, falling by a 3-2 score in 10 innings. Things went well for the RedStorm early as they took a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Sophomore second baseman Kyle Perez led off the frame with a double and later scored on an errant pick-off attempt from UD catcher Danny Welch. Rio Grande (28-22) would increase the advantage to 2-0 in the seventh and again, Perez was right in the middle of the action. He drew a lead-off walk and would later score on an error by Flyer third baseman Jimmy Roesinger. Dayton (21-17) would rally however, scoring two runs in the ninth to tie it and winning the game in the 10th. Roesinger doubled to start the ninth and scored on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Ian Hundley. Hundley would score on a balk to send the game to extra innings. In the 10th, Rio had two hits, but could not dent the plate and Dayton capitalized on an error to win the game. C.J. Gillman led off the Flyer 10th with a walk and scored when Roesinger reached base on an error by Rio shortstop Brad Konrad. Rio Grande out-hit Dayton, 8-6. Senior rightfielder Michael Lynch paced the offense, going 2-for-5. Perez was 1-for-3 with a double and scored both Rio runs. It was a bullpen day for the RedStorm as seven pitchers went to the mound and all threw the ball well. Freshman Michael Deitsch was impressive with a twoinning stint, retiring all six batters that he faced, including one strikeout. Freshman David Steele also pitched well in a two-inning stint, allowing a hit and a walk. Junior Ryan Chapman was saddled with the loss. Chapman (2-3) allowed three hits and three runs (two earned) with one walk in 1 2/3 innings of pitching. Dayton was led by Brian Blasik, who went 2-for-5 at the plate. Bryce Lahrman started for the Flyers and lasted 6 1/3 innings, scattering four hits and surrendering two unearned runs with six strikeouts and two walks. Tim Lynn (10) picked up the win in relief, pitching the final two frames. He was touched up for three hits. Rio Grande head coach Brad Warnimont thought his played well, but was disappointed they could not close the deal. “Playing a Division I program, our kids went in and they’ve got nothing to be ashamed of. It would have been nice to come away with a win,” Warnimont said. “We took a two-run lead into the ninth and we gave them a couple of extra outs, a misjudged fly ball in the outfield, a doubleplay ball that should have been turned and they tied the game up with a questionable balk call, then we get the next kid to fly out, it could have been a 2-1 win – instead it’s 2-2 and we go into the 10th.” “Our kids battled, we played them extremely well, our pitchers threw the ball well, but the biggest thing was that we were on the diamond and we were playing baseball,” Warnimont added. Rio Grande will begin post-season play, hosting the Mid-South Conference Play-In series versus St. Catharine College with Game One set for Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. Percentage of black baseball players drops again NEW YORK (AP) — The percentage of black players in the major leagues dropped again on opening day this year even as the sport again received a top overall grade for racial diversity. Baseball’s grade for gender hiring declined slightly, according to the annual study released Thursday by Richard Lapchick’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida. Baseball received an A for racial diversity in hiring, the same grade as last year, and a B-minus for gender, down from a B. Its overall grade remained a B-plus. “Jackie Robinson’s dream was to see more African-Americans playing, coaching and in the front office,” Lapchick said. “While this year there has been a slight decrease in the grade for racial and gender hiring practices, there has been a longterm consistent and dramatic increase in the role of people of color and women regarding who runs the game.” The percentage of black players dropped to 8.5 percent on opening day this year, down from 10 percent at the start of last season and its lowest level since 2007. The percentage of Latino players dropped from 28.4 percent to 27 percent — baseball’s lowest since 1999’s 26 percent. “This has been a concern of Major League Baseball and leaders in the African-American community,” Lapchick said. “However, the 38.3 percent of players who are people of color also make the playing fields look more like America with its large Latino population.” While Major League Baseball’s central office received an A-plus for racial diversity and an A-minus for gender diversity, the 30 clubs fared more poorly. The number of black and Latino managers dropped from 10 at the start of the 2010 season to six, and the percentage of black and Latino coaches dropped from 31 to 29 percent. No blacks were team chief executives or presidents and only Houston Astros president of business Pam Gardner fell into that category. Black and Latino general managers dropped from five to four, and at the team vice president level percentages declined for blacks (9.8 percent last year) and women (18.2 percent). For the VP level, teams received a C-to-C-plus for racial diversity and an F for gender diversity. “MLB has made great strides with diversity in who runs the game, and today is one of the best in sports.” Lapchick said. “However, there is clearly room for improvement, especially regarding hiring more women into professional positions.” �Friday, April 22, 2011 P O L I C I E S  Ohio Valley Publishing reserves the right to edit, reject or cancel any ad at any time. ¾Errors Must Be Reported on the first day of publication and the TribuneSentinel-Register will be responsible for no more than the cost of the space occupied by the error and only the first insertion. We shall not be liable for any loss or expense that results from the publication or omission of an advertisement. 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Want to buy Junk Cars, call 740388-0884 FIND A JOB OR A NEW CAREER IN THE CLASSIFIEDS In Memory In Memory of Lola E. Clark who passed away April 3, 1997 & Robert N. Clark who passed away April 24, 1980 We love and miss you. Larry & Joy & Families Real Estate Sales 3000 30 to 40 3 liter empty wine bottles to giveaway, Must pick up 304-5764156 2000 www.mydailysentinel.com Child/Elderly Care Home for sale 4073 SR 588 2600 sq ft & full basement & garage. 1.31 acres, 4 BR 2.5 BA cherry cabinetry, hardwood floors, travertine tile. Great room w/cathedral ceiling & fireplace. Open floor plan. Built 2009. $237,000. For more info & pics www.orvb.com or call 740-6457357 Guarding Angels Child Care Center is now accepting Applications. The position that is open is for the Floater position.Guarding Angels is looking for someone who has an high school diploma or higher in Early Childhood Education. If you are interested in a full time. Long term position, you can pick up an application at 11818 State Route 160 Vinton, Ohio or call 740-3888671 for more information. 2BR Single level Ranch located Graham School Rd. 1/2 acre, 2 buildings, asking $74,000. 4460038 Real Estate Rentals 3500 Apartments/ Townhouses 2BR APT.Close to Holzer Hospital on SR 160 C/A. (740) 441-0194 Twin Rivers Tower is accepting applications for waiting list for HUD subsidized, 1-BR apartment for the elderly/disabled, call 675-6679 2-BR Apartment fully furnished, Rent includes water,sewer,garbage,gas NO PETS Racine,OH 740-591-5174. 2 & 3 BR APTS. $385 & UP, Sec. Dep $300 & up, A/C, W/D hook-up, tenant pays electric, EHO Ellm View Apts. 304-882-3017 Tara Townhouse Apt. 2BR 1.5 BA, back patio, pool, playground. $450 mth 740-645-8599 Pretty 1 or 2 BR, Downtown Gallipolis, Pref. Female, Utilities included $550 mth. $550 Deposit Must have excellent references No pets or smoking Kelly 645-9096 Spring Valley Green Apartments 1 BR at $395+2 BR at $470 Month. 446-1599. 4000 Manufactured Housing Rentals 1-BR Trailer for Rent Gallipolis Ferry WV $325 rent $325 Deposit 740)973-8999 Sales Announcements Medical Employment Houses For Sale 2BR 2BA 14x76 single section. Excellent Condition 740-446-3093 Announcements 6000 Darst Adult Group Home looking for Full & Part time help, 740-992-5023 Drivers & Delivery R & J Trucking in Marietta, Oh is hiring CDL A Drivers for local & Regional Routes. Applicants must be at least 23 yrs have min of 1 yr of commercial driving exp. Clean MVR, Haz-mat Cert. We feature weekend home time, Excellent health & dental insurance, 401(K), Vacation, Bonus pays and safety awards. Contact Kenton at 1-800462-9365 F.O.F. Driver Position: Valley Brook Concrete. Requirements; CDL, experience preferred, dependable, willing to work 6 days a week. Extra skills such as welding, building etc. preferred. Benefits after waiting period. 304-773-5519 Liquid asphalt drivers in Point Pleasant area needed. Must be 21 years old or older. Must have class A CDL with Hazmat endorsement and TWIC card. Good MVR local trips. Call 1-800-598-6122 for more info. Athens medical Lab is currently looking for a FULL TIME MLT (2 year Associate Degree in Medical Labortory Technology required). Insurance, retirement and Vacation available. Monday through Friday and every third Saturday. Fax resume to 740-592-5718 or call 740593-8240 ext. 14. DIRECT CARE- A part-time direct care position for Mason,WV providing community skill training with an individual with MR/DD. Friday 7:30am-6:30pm. DIRECT CARE- A part-time direct care position for Point Pleasant, WV providing community skill training with an individual with MR/DD. Various Saturdays and Sundays 3pm11pm. For all positions: High school diploma or GED required. Criminal background check required. Must have reliable transportation and valid auto insurance. HOURLY rate starting at $8-$8.50 hour basaed on experience. Apply online at http://www.paiswv.com or Call (304) 373-1011 Southern Baptist Church seeking a Christian individual or couple of like faith to lead the choir and worship music (traditional & contemporary). Requires attendance at Sunday services, choir practices, special services (revivals, conferences, VBS, etc.) Major & minor in music required or working toward achieving advance studies in same. Experience preferred. Part time position. Please send resume to goodnews@suddenlinkmail.com or Good News Baptist Church 4045 Georges Creek Road, Gallipolis, OH 45631. Sales Help Wanted Medical instructors for terminology, billing & coding, and transcription. A minimum of associate degree in a medically related field required. Email cover letter & resume to bshirey@gallipoliscareercollege.edu. Parts sales associates position available. Experience necessary. Average to good computer skills needed. Competitive pay and benefits. Fax resume to 740-446-9104 or email to jlc@careq.com Help Wanted Business instructors for accounting, business administration, computer, and office administration programs. A minimum of associate degree in a business related field required. Email cover letter & resume to bshirey@gallipoliscareercollege.ed u 9000 Service / Bus. Directory Concrete All types Masonry, brick, block, stone, concrete, Free Estimate, 304-593-6421, 304-773-9550 Help Wanted - General Health Care DISTRICT SALES MANAGER Circulation Department The Circulation district sales manager must successfully manage the distribution of home-delivered products and newsstand copies to ensure customer satisfaction. The CSM is responsible for our paid newspaper and works closely with our newspaper carrier force. This is a key position that plays a pivotal role in the success of our circulation department and works with other departments. This position requires three to five years experience managing and developing employees; previous experience in sales, marketing and circulation; basic accounting knowledge and familiarity with Microsoft Office programs; excellent organizational skills; excellent written and verbal communication skills. This position is a full-time opportunity offering a compensation package including medical,dental and paid time off. Apply at Gallipolis Daily Tribune 825 3rd Ave Gallipolis Oh 45631 740-446-2342 Will care for Elderly in their home Call 304)675-8634 Yard Foreman/Maintenance Supervisor: needed at Valley Brook Concrete. Requirements : Dependable,willing to work 6 days a week; Truck mechanic experience; Plant upkeep/repair responsibility; Equipment Troubleshooting ability; Supervise driver maintenance;CDL License-Drive when needed;Extra skills a plus,such as welding,carpentry. Benefits after waiting period. Pay negotiable. Call 304-773-5519. 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