https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/fff581e7de311ab422e0ee6f25157345.pdf 7ccabcbae5adc93aaef1c0eb5a96be58 PDF Text Text ALONG THE RIVER SPORTS Summer fun with the little one, , C1 Prep track and field, B1 Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Van Zant Road closed until further notice Sunday, May 22, 2011 $1.50 • Vol. 45, No. 21 Gallia County declared disaster area GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe has announced that VanZant Road will be closed from Ohio 554 to Ward Road immediately and until further notice so that AEP may make repairs to a power line tower. Local traffic will need to use other county roads as a detour. SWHS alumni banquet RIO GRANDE — Southwestern High School will be holding its annual alumni banquet at 6 p.m., Saturday, May 28 at Southwestern Elemetary. For more information contact Robert Shiver at (740) 379-2532 or Jiennie Hively at (740) 682-6051. Bend Area Gospel Jubilee planned C O T TA G E V I L L E , W.Va. — The Bend Area Gospel Jubilee will be held May 31 through June 4 at the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Cottageville. This event features singing each day beginning at 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, please contact Evelyn Roush at 304-882-2049. Cheshire Village yard sale CHESHIRE — The Cheshire Village yard sale will be held from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, rain or shine. The yard sale will include all that want to attend and participate in the old village area alleys, Watson Grove Road, West Ohio 554, Roush Lane and Ohio 7 N. A permit fee will not be required and the park area is restricted from use for any part of the yard sale. OBITUARIES Heavy spring rain causes millions of dollars in road damage BY AMBER GILLENWATER MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Commissioners have declared the county a disaster area following excessive April and May rains that have caused millions of dollars in damage to area roads. During a regular meet- • Karl M. Paulsen, Sr. • Emma Jean Carmichael Hamm • Mary Jo Porter • William P. Matlack • James H. Rece WEATHER Austin said and indicated that she is attempting to contact all the villages and townships throughout the county as a means of assessing the damage to public roads and properties. According to Austin, from the information she has gathered thus far from villages and townships, $132,000 in damages have been claimed but she is seeking further information from several of those entities that have not contacted her agency. Austin further reported that the Gallia County Engineer’s Office has reported $2.9 million in damages to roads throughout the county. According to Austin, in order to declare a disaster, QUEST FOR THE CROWN: Ashley Caldwell takes aim at Miss USA title BY ANDREW CARTER MDTNEWS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM GALLIPOLIS — It’s bright lights and a big city on the horizon for a smalltown girl from Gallia County. And Gallipolis resident Ashley Caldwell is ready and excited to engage in the friendly battle for the title of Miss USA. Caldwell, 24, daughter of Kenneth and Norma Caldwell, will represent Ohio — and her native Gallia County — on Sunday, June 19 in the 2011 Miss USA competition, which will be held at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The 60th annual pageant will be broadcast live on NBC-TV beginning at 9 p.m. EST. “I’m kind of excited to meet Donald Trump,” Caldwell said. “Just being in Vegas — I’ve never been out west, ever. So that’s kind of exciting. It’s kind of cool for me to be able to say I’ll know someone from each and every state in the U.S.” Caldwell won the title of Miss Ohio USA in October 2010 in Portsmouth on the campus damages must exceed 1/2 of 1 percent of the usable budget in the county and Commissioner Harold Montgomery expressed his belief that the numbers presented by Austin exceed any monetary stipulation for disaster declaration. “I would expect we See Disaster, A2 Judges hear oral arguments in Rizer appeal BY BRIAN J. REED of Shawnee State University. It was her second time participating in the Miss Ohio USA pageant and only the third pageant in which she has ever competed. She was crowned queen of the River Recreation Festival in 2004. “It was fun,” Caldwell said in reference to participating in the Miss Ohio USA pageant. “It was nice to meet people from other areas of the state.” Caldwell said she was stunned when her name was called as the winner of the Miss Ohio USA crown. “First of all, I though they had made a mistake,” she laughed. “I was like ‘Really, are you sure?’ And then I just looked over at my friends and family; words just can’t describe how I felt at the time.” Caldwell has been busy in recent weeks with BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY — It could be weeks before the Fourth District Court of Appeals makes a ruling on Paula Rizer’s appeal of her murder conviction, after hearing oral arguments in the case last week. Rizer has appealed her conviction of murder in January, 2010. After being acquitted of aggravated murder in November, 2009, she was convicted in a second jury trial in Meigs County Common Pleas Court and is serving a sentence of 15 years to life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville. The court — made up of Presiding Judge William Harsha of Chillicothe, and Judges Roger Kline, Circleville, and Peter Abele, Athens — convened in Pomeroy Thursday to hear oral arguments in cases from Gallia and Meigs Counties. Rizer’s appeal was one of those. She filed the appeal shortly after her conviction, and it See Miss USA, A2 Gallia County resident Ashley Caldwell will compete in the Miss USA pageant on Sunday, June 19 in Las Vegas. Caldwell is the reigning Miss Ohio USA. Andrew Carter/photo See Rizer, A5 Eastern seniors awarded scholarships BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM Page A5 ing of the Gallia County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, Jill Austin of the Gallia County Emergency Management Agency was on hand to discuss the excessive damage in the county. “As we all know, we can go through just about any area in the county and we will find some slips or something to the roads,” TUPPERS PLAINS — Scholarships were awarded and academic and athletic awards were presented to seniors at Eastern High School Thursday. The seniors will graduate Sunday afternoon. The following students were recognized with scholarships and academic awards: Hayley Aanestad, Dill Arnold Cutler, $472.50; Ryan Amos, Dill Arnold Cutler, $472.50; Jon Barrett, VFW, $500, OVB-4H, $750 per year, Eastern Local School District Board Scholarship (White), two years; Chantel Bauer, Bill Call Scholarship $2,100. Devon Baum, Manessah Cutler, $90,000, Maude Sellards, $200; Eastern Local Education Association, $300, Olive-Orange, $500, Dill Arnold Cutler, $472.50; Morton Sesquicentennial, $730, Gateway, $750, Tru Value, $1,000, Basketball Coaches, $1,000, Shade River Lodge, $250, Ohio High School Athletic Association Scholar/Athlete Award, English IV award, Calculus award, National See Eastern, A2 Brian J. Reed/photo Top 10 Scholars of the Eastern High School Class of 2011 are: Devon Baum, valedictorian, Jessica Cleland, salutatorian, Morgan Hall, Lonnie Westfall, Allie Rawson, Jay Warner, Ashleigh Duffy, Kyle Connery, Tim Markworth, and Scott Gilbride. Southern seniors honored BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM High: 86 Low: 61 INDEX 3 SECTIONS — 18 PAGES Classifieds C2-4 Comics C5 Editorials A4 Sports B Section © 2011 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. RACINE — Southern High School’s Class of 2011 was honored with both academic awards and college scholarships during the school’s annual awards ceremony on Friday. Academic awards: Home Economics key, Sara Reitmire, Bobbi Harris; Work Study Award, Jack Goode; FFA Recognition, Eric Cundiff, Charley Pyles, Cody Tucker, Tiffany Cundiff; FFA DeKalb Award, Eric Cundiff; Travis Adams Award, Eric Cundiff; Science recognition, Braxton Thorla, Zachary Manuel, Dakota Imboden; Science key, Trevor Flint; Social Studies key, Trevor Flint; Holzer Science Award, Trevor Flint; Mathematics recognition, Braxton Thorla, Zachary Manuel, Dakota Imboden, Trevor Flint; Mathematics key, Dakota Imboden; Foreign Language key, Joey Forester; Gilmore Band Award, Stephanie Berryman; Band Member recognition, Tiffany Cundiff, Kayla See Southern, A2 Beth Sergent/photo The following Southern High School seniors were honored with various academic and scholarship awards: first row (from left) Tyler Goble, Zachary Manuel, Tiffany Cundiff, Stephanie Berryman, Bobbi Harris, Lee-Anna Cook, Sara Reitmire, Kayla Dowell; (second row) from left Cody Williams, Joey Forester, Dalton Imboden, Trevor Flint, Braxton Thorla, Johnny Holsinger, Dakota Imboden; third row (from left) Jack Goode, Charley Pyles, Eric Cundiff. �Sunday, May 22, 2011 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page A2 Disaster Miss USA Southern From Page A1 From Page A1 From Page A1 would exceed any threshold of qualifying and I would recommend that we would declare,” Montgomery said. Austin further stated that Jackson and Lawrence counties have also declared emergencies due to the recent rain and slips. “[I received] an e-mail from Jackson County EMA Director ... regarding Lawrence County, Ohio, and Jackson County, Ohio, with the flooding that they experienced last week and, right now, they have made declarations, both counties, and, right now, all that is happening is they are getting the small business administration in there to help with loans and so and so forth,” Austin said. Austin also stated that a disaster declaration only states that the county has exhausted all financial means of fixing the disaster within the county and a declaration does not necessarily mean that funding will be provided by the state. “[This] does not mean that the state is going to come in with money to help us,” Austin said. “As we all know with budget cuts and so on and so forth and so many disasters going on all over the whole country, there are no guarantees anymore — there never were any guarantees, but it’s even less now.” Moreover, according to Austin, a disaster declaration does ensure that if funding becomes available it could be allotted to the county as a means of repairing slips and other damage from the heavy rainfall and flooding. “But if money becomes available and we did not declare ... we would not be eligible for any,” Austin said. Austin has requested that any villages and/or townships that have not contacted the Gallia County EMA office to do so as soon as possible in regard to damages sustained in recent rain fall. To contact Jill Austin call (740) 4412036 or e-mail at jaustin@gallianet.net. preparation for the Miss USA pageant and making personal appearances around the region. She has traveled to Cincinnati and Cleveland; Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Nashville, Tenn.; and is headed to New York City this week for a media tour. Despite the pressure of meeting the Miss Ohio USA obligations, Caldwell has been able to keep her priorities straight. “I wanted them to know that my schooling was more important, so I told them I have to graduate first,” said Caldwell, who just recently graduated from the Shawnee State University dental hygiene program. “A lot of the traveling and appearances was put on hold so I could graduate. So now this month of preparation is really intense.” The River Valley High School alumna said the media tour in New York could include appearances on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and “Live with Regis and Kelly.” Caldwell said she has learned the value of staying grounded and true to herself and her roots during her quest for the crown. “I try not to forget where I come from,” she said. “I think that’s the most important thing. You don’t want to lose yourself in this journey. It’s easy to do that.” Caldwell said the pageant is offering a new spin this year by allowing fans to vote for their favorite contestant online at www.missusa.com. She leaves for Las Vegas on June 4. Caldwell said many businesses in Gallia County have stepped up to offer her financial support and added that she was extremly appreciative of all the backing that she has received from her family and friends and local residents. Anyone who would like to support Caldwell with a financial donation can contact her at (740) 645-2471. Rizer Local Briefs Dowell, Johnny Holsinger, Stephanie Berryman, Cody Williams, Tyler Goble; WSAZ Best of the Class, Trevor Flint; Citizenship Award, Zachary Manuel and Bobbi Harris; Activities Award, Braxton Thorla; National Honor Society, Trevor Flint, Bobbi Harris, Zachary Manuel, Joey Forester, Sara Reitmire, Eric Cundiff, Charley Pyles; Awards of Merit, Eric Buzzard, Trevor Flint, Joey Forester, Bobbi Harris, Zachary Manuel, Braxton Thorla, Adam Warden. Honorarians, Trevor Flint, Zachary Manuel, Joey Forester, Braxton Thorla, Bobbi Harris, Sara Reitmire, Eric Buzzard, Eric Cundiff, Dakota Imboden, Charley Pyles; Salutatorian, Zachary Manuel; Valedictorian, Trevor Flint; Ohio High School Athletic Association Scholar Athlete, Bobbi Harris and Zachary Manuel; Larry R. Morrison Female Athlete of the Year, Bobbi Harris; Larry R. Morrison Male Athlete of the Year, Zachary Manuel; US Army Scholar Athlete Award, Joey Forester who has joined the US Army and was also recognized as receiving $39,000 for college tuition from the US Army; US Army National Scholar Awards, Courtney Thomas, Zachary Manuel; Quiz Bowl key, Braxton Thorla; Reconnecting Youth key and scholarship, Tiffany Cundiff; Character Awards, Braxton Thorla; Making Excellence A Necessity Award, Zachary Manuel. Scholarship awards: Edison Brace Memorial Scholarship, $500 each, Trevor Flint, Eric Buzzard, Zachary Manuel; Clarence & Ruth Bradford Memorial, $500, Sara Reitmire; Jim Adams Memorial, $500, Zachary Manuel; Clarence Frank Memorial, $500, Zachary Manuel; David B. Sayre Memorial, $400, Zachary Manuel; Leo & Helen Hill Memorial, $1,000, Sara Reitmire; Clarence Frank Memorial, $500, Tiffany Cundiff; Racine Area Community Organization Scholarships, $600 each, Tiffany Cundiff, Eric Buzzard, Joey Forester, Bobbi Harris, Trevor Flint, Zachary Manuel; Hill’s Classic Cars/Home National Bank/Gatling, Ohio, LLC Cruisin’ Saturday Night Car Show Scholarships, $1,000 each, Eric Cundiff, Eric Buzzard, Johnny Holsinger, Sara Reitmire, Adam Warden; Racine’s Party in the Park 2010 Scholarship, sponsored by SHS Class of 1975, Lee-Anna Cook. Racine Downtown Athletic Club Scholarship, $500, Zachary Manuel; Lost Brothers Scholarships, $1,000, Johnny Holsinger, $200, Eric Buzzard, Joey Forester; Ohio River Producers (FFA) Scholarship, $500, Tiffany Cundiff, $250, Eric Cundiff; American Red Cross Scholarship, $250 each, Zachary Manuel, Eric Cundiff; University of Rio Grande Community College, two-year full tuition scholarship, Bobbi Harris; Helen Coast Hayes Memorial Scholarship, $500 each, Trevor Flint, Tiffany Cundiff, Sara Reitmire, Eric Cundiff; Wayne Roush Memorial Scholarship, $400 each, Joey Forester, Trevor Flint; George M. Sayre Memorial Scholarships, $400 each, Zachary Manuel, Bobbi Harris, Eric Buzzard; Edith Jividen Memorial Scholarships, $500 each, Eric Buzzard, Braxton Thorla, Adam Warden, Zachary Manuel; Maude Sellards Scholarship, $200, Trevor Flint; Dill Arnold Cutler Scholarship from Ohio University, $472.50 each, Stephanie Berryman, Eric Buzzard, Dakota Imboden, Joey Forester, Trevor Flint, Kayla Dowell, Dalton Imboden, Zachary Manuel, Braxton Thorla, Adam Warden; James D. Euler Memorial Scholarship, Ohio University, $825, Trevor Flint; The Creed James Scholarship, Ohio University, $2,000 each, Eric Buzzard, Braxton Thorla, Kayla Dowell. From Page A1 has remained pending in the appeals court awaiting briefs from both sides and a number of extensions. Prosecuting Attorney Colleen Williams represents the state in Rizer’s appeal, Melissa Prendergast of the Ohio Public Defender represents Rizer. Rizer has asked for a new trial in a matter separate from the appeal of her conviction. Her trial attorneys, Herman Carson and Glen Jones, filed affidavits with the court admitting oversight in failing to object to the violation of Rizer’s Fifth Amendment rights by a state expert witness and in not objecting to faulty jury instructions. Prendergast has asked the trial court to declare her conviction void and set a new trial, but no decision on that motion has been filed. Rizer shot her husband, Kenneth Rizer, Sr., multiple times at their Lebanon Township home in spring, 2009, and claimed at trial she had been victim of a pattern of domestic violence and was acting in self defense. Eastern From Page A1 Honor Society award. Megan Carnahan, Eichinger Family Scholarship, $1,000, Chester Alumni Association, $300, Shade River Lodge, $250, OHSAA Scholar/Athlete Award, Psychology award, NHS award; Jessica Cleland, Government award, NHS; Emeri Connery, Dill Arnold Cutler, $472.50, Ivan B. Walker Award; Klint Connery, Dill Arnold Cutler, $472.50; Kyle Connery, Army Reserve Scholarship, trigonometry/pre-calculus award, Ivan B. Walker Award, NHS award. Ashleigh Duffy, OSU Morrill Scholars Excellence Full Scholarship, $40,000, Lost Brothers Scholarship, NHS award; Scott Gilbride, Holzer Science Award, $300, Bill and Wilma Williams, Eastern Local School District Board Scholarship (Green), four years, Anatomy & Physiology award, NHS. Morgan Hall, Dill Arnold Cutler, $472.50, Shade River Lodge, $250, Chester Alumni, $300, National Honor Society; Tyler Hendrix, Nathan Gheen Scholarship, $1,800, OHSAA/Archie Griffin Sportsmanship; Tim Markworth, senior play award, NHS award; Beverly Maxson, Dill Arnold Cutler, $472.50, OHSAA/Archie Griffin Sportsmanship. Ashley Miller, Red Cross, $250, senior Student Council award, Red Cross scholarship; Britney Morrison, Don Jackson Scholarship, $300, Nathan Gheen Scholarship, $1,800; Brayden Pratt, ELEA, $300, Devon Riggs Scholarship, $1,200, OliveOrange, $500, Dill Arnold Cutler, $472.50, Senior Play Award. Allie Rawson, Nathan Gheen Scholarship, $1,800, Capital Scholarship, $16,950, Army Reserve Scholarship, Senior Play Award; Hannah Ridgeway, University of Rio Grande, two-years, economics award; Michael Scyoc, Nathan Gheen Scholarship, $1,800; Ryan Shook, Dill Arnold Cutler, $472.50. Jay Warner, NHS award; Matthew Whitlock, $4,500; Morgan Windon, Dill Arnold Cutler, $472.50. The following were recognized as Award of Merit recipients: Hayley Aanestad, Ryan Amos, Devon Baum, Jessica Cleland, Klint Connery, Kyle Connery, Ashleigh Duffy, Scott Gilbride, Morgan Hall, Timothy Markworth, Allie Rawson, and Lonnie Westfall. Honors diplomas will be presented to Baum, Cleland, Connery, Duffy, Gilbridge, Hall, Markworth, Rawson, and Westfall. Memorial Day parade set for May 30 GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Veterans Service Commission is hosting the annual Memorial Day parade and program on Monday, May 30 in downtown Gallipolis and Gallipolis City Park. Any groups interested in participating in the parade should contact the VSC office at 446-2005. The deadline to register units for the parade is May 25. This year’s parade marshal and guest speaker will be U.S. Navy veteran Shawn F. Jackson from the VFW of Ohio. Flushing hydrants SYRACUSE — The Village of Syracuse will be flushing fire hydrants from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., May 24-26. Community dinner POMEROY — Free community dinner, 4:30-6 p.m., Wednesday, May 25 at New Beginnings United Methodist Church with baked steak, dinner and dessert. Memorial services MIDDLEPORT — Feeney-Bennett Post 128, American Legion, has announced its schedule for Memorial Day tributes on May 30: 8:45 a.m., Middleport levee; 9 a.m., Middleport Riverview Cemetery; 9:15 a.m., Bradford; 9:30 a.m., Middleport Hill; 10:15 a.m., Addison; 10:30 a.m., Cheshire Gravel Hill; 11 a.m., Middleport Gravel Hill; 11:15 a.m., Stewart/Bennett Park, Mill Street; 12:30 p.m., Howell Hill; 1:10 p.m., Burlingham. Hoadley Road closed until further notice GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe has announced that Hoadley Road in Greenfield Tonwship will be closed immediately from Penial Road to Dry Ridge Road until further notice. The bridge has sustained damage due to recent bad weather. Local traffic will need to use other county/township roads as a detour. Woods Mill Road closing GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Engineer Brett A. Boothe has announced that Woods Mill Road will be closed from Ohio 325 to Deckard Road from 7 a.m. on Monday, May 23 at 7 a.m. through 4 p.m. on Friday, May 27 for a slip repair. Local traffic will need to use other county roads. Everyday Heroes awards breakfast GALLIPOLIS — The 2011 Gallia County American Red CrossGallipolis Daily Tribune Everyday Heroes breakfast and awards ceremony will be held on Friday, June 24 at the Gallia Co. Senior Resource Center. Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by the awards ceremony at 8 a.m. Tickets are $10 each. For information, contact Betty Beggrow at 446-8555. There are 10 categories of heroes with one person selected in each. Following is the list of this year’s categories: Community Hero, Life Saving Hero, Law Enforcement Hero, Education Hero, Blood Donor Hero, Blood Volunteer Hero, Youth Hero, Senior Hero, Fire Hero and Military Hero. Twin Oaks and Arthur Treacher’s Full Service Drive Thru Now Open 992-5829 or 992-4250 � � ���� Free computer and Internet training GALLIPOLIS — Connect Ohio, in coordination with the Gallia County Economic and Community Development Office, is offereing free computre and Internet training for Gallia Countians. The class is available for anyone 18 years of age and over and offers the basics on computers and the Internet and their use as valuable tools for individuals and businesses. For more information contact Gallia County Economic Development Assistant Director Jake Bodimer at 446-4612, ext. 257. �Sunday, May 22, 2011 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis For The Record Meigs County 911 May 19 1:33 p.m., Ohio 833, Pomeroy; 4:18 p.m., Mill Street, structure fire; 7:47 p.m., Hysell Run Road, lifting assistance. May 20 2:42 a.m., Old Ohio 346, Albany, abdominal pain; 6:52 a.m., Elm Street, Racine, fall. Gallipolis Police Department GALLIPOLIS — Officers with the Gallipolis Police Department responded to a two-vehilce accident in Gallipolis on May 16. Reportedly, at 12:26 p.m. on May 16, a vehicle being driven by Jeffery P. Nestor, 37, Huntington, W.Va., was struck by a vehicle being driven by Courtney L. Lewis-Cummons, 26, Gallipolis. The accident occurred in the 1000 Block of First Ave. and reportedly, Nestorʼs vehicle was stopped in traffic when Lewis-Cummons was unable to stop her vehilce and rear-ended Nestor, pushing his vehicle into another car. Lewis-Cummons reported that a can rolled under her brake pedal and she was unable to apply enough pressure to stop. Both vehicles sustained functional damage and no injuries were reported. GALLIPOLIS — Officers with the Gallipolis Police Department responded to a shoplifting call at ALDI in Gallipolis on May 16. Reportedly, at approximately 3 p.m. on May 16, a Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page A3 Gallia-Meigs Forecast blonde female pushed a shopping cart full of merchandise out of the front door of the shopping center without paying for the items. The employees advised that the suspect, along with two additional males and one additional female suspect, loaded a pewter colored Jeep Cherokee with the merchandise and left the parking area at a high rate of speed. Individuals with information about this case are encouraged to call the police department at (740) 446-1313. Gallia County Sheriffʼs Office GALLIPOLIS — A deputy with the Gallia County Sheriffʼs Office responded to a one-vehicle accident on Ohio 7 South at 11:44 p.m. on May 5. Reportedly, the driver of the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier had driven off the roadway to the right and struck a culvert. The vehicle sustained heavy front-end damage and the driver, Jill R. Surbough, 50, Crown City, was trasported to Holzer Medical Center (HMC) by Gallia County EMS for chest pains. The deputy later reported to HMC to follow-up on the incident and Surbough, reportedly, admitted to taking five valium at 11 p.m. on the day of the incident. The deputy later requested Surboughʼs blood/urine results which tested positive for benzodiazepines, opiates, THC and amphetamines. Surbough was issued a citation for operat- ing a vehicle under the influence and for failure to maintain control. Gallia County Common Pleas Court GALLIPOLIS — The following individuals were recently arraigned on various charges in the Gallia County Common Pleas Court. Bridget Ritchie, 40, Racine, was arraigned on May 5 and charged with one count of deception to obtain a dangerous drug. The defendant pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to appear for a status confrence on June 24 in the common pleas court. A plea agreement may be filed inthis case by Aug. 19. Fawn A. Stevers, 28, Middleport, was arraigned on May 4 and charged with two counts of receiving stolen property. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges. A status conference in this case has been scheduled for June 22. A plea may be filed by Aug. 12. Daniel S. Stover, 32, Oak Hill, was arraigned in the common pleas court on May 2 and charged with one count of fleeing and eluding. Stover pleaded not guilty to the charge. The defendant may file a plea agreement by May 27. Sarah J. Ramey, 30, Gallipolis, was arraigned on May 2 and charged with one count of trafficking in drugs. The defendant pleaded not guilty. A status conference in this case is scheduled for June 20. A negotiated plea may be filed with the clerk of courts by Aug. 8. Justin S. Carter, 25, Oak Hill, was arraigned in the common pleas court on May 2 and charged with one count of theft. Carter pleaded not guilty to the charge and is scheduled to appear for a status conference in this case on June 23. A plea agreement may be filed by Aug. 8. Debra L. Bainter, 41, Gallipolis, was arraigned on May 2 and charged with one count of trafficking in drugs. Bainter pleaded not guilty to the charge and is scheduled to appear in the common pleas court on June 23 for a status conference. A negotiated plea in this case may be filed by Aug. 5. Areena D. Myers, 28, Kanawha City, W.Va., was arraigned on May 9 on one count of drug trafficking and pleaded not guilty to the charge. Myers is scheduled to appear on June 27 for a status conference. A negotiated plea may be filed by July 25. Steven A. Bui, 30, Bidwell, was arrainged on May 9 and pleaded not guilty to one count of trafficking in drugs and one count of possession of drugs. Bui is scheduled to appear for a status conference in this case on June 27. A plea may be filed by July 22. Leland Wilson, 47, Patriot, pleaded not guilty to one count of forgery on May 9 in the common pleas court. A status conference in this case has been scheduled for June 27. A plea may be filed with the clerk of courts by Aug. 19. Sunday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming south between 4-7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Monday: A chance of showers with thunderstorms also possible. have the Hoy Family of Belle, W.Va. for special singing at the 10 a.m. services and singing and preaching at the 6:30 p.m. service. Wednesday, May 25 POMEROY — Free community dinner, 4:30-6 p.m., Wednesday, May 25 at New Beginnings United Methodist Church with baked steak, dinner and dessert. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Local Stocks AEP (NYSE) — 38.55 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 71.37 Ashland Inc. 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Meigs County Calendar Public meetings Church events Sunday, May 22 MIDDLEPORT — Revival services with Rev. Tim Coleman will be held May 22-25 at Hope Baptist Church, 570 Grant St., Middleport. Services will be held at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on May 22, and 7 p.m. May 23-25. Child care is provided. Rev. Gary Ellis is pastor. SYRACUSE – The Syracuse Community Church on Second Street in Syracuse will Gallia County Calendar Tuesday, May 24 RIO GRANDE — Rio Grande Lions community open house and cookout, 5:30 p.m., University of Rio Grande food court. Thursday, May 26 GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Commission, 9 a.m., Cout Courthouse, 18 Locust Street, Gallipolis. GALLIPOLIS — French 500 Free Clinic, 1-4 p.m., 258 Pinecrest Drive, off Jackson Pike. Open to uninsured residents of Gallia County. GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., Gallipolis City Park (State Street side). Church Events Sunday, May 22 UNDATED — Worship service, 1 p.m.; Sunday school, 2-4 p.m.; Centerpoint Freewill Baptist Church, corner of Centerpoint Road and Nebo Road. Info: Elmer Hill, 245-1010. GALLIPOLIS — “Genesis” contemporary worship service, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:05 a.m.; traditional worship service, 11 a.m. First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave., Gallipolis. Info: 446-1772 or gallipolisfirstnaz.org. GALLIPOLIS — The church of Christ in Gallipolis meets at 234 Chapel Drive. Sunday meeting times are: 9:30 a.m., Bible class; 10:30 a.m., worship; 5 p.m., evening assembly. Web site: www.chapelhillchurchofchrist.org. GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis church of Christ meets at 214 Upper River Road. Sunday services include 10 a.m. Bible study, with classes for all ages, and 11 a.m. worship. Web site: www.gallipolischurchofchrist.net. ADDISON — Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Pastor Rick Barcus preaching. Wednesday, May 25 GALLIPOLIS — Bible study, 7 p.m., Gallipolis church of Christ, 214 Upper River Road, Gallipolis. Info: www.gallipolischurchofchrist.net. GALLIPOLIS — Bible study, youth group, childrenʼs ministry, choir practice, 7 p.m., First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Avenue, Gallipolis. Info: 446-1772 or gallipolisfirstnaz.org. GALLIPOLIS — Bible study, 7 p.m., church of Christ in Gallipolis, 234 Chapel Drive, Gallipolis. Info: www.chapelhillchurchofchrist.org. RIO GRANDE — Bible study, 6:30 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 11457 Ohio 588. ADDISON — Prayer meeting, 7 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Matt Smith Livestock Report GALLIPOLIS — United Producers Inc. livestock report of sales from May 18, 2011. Feeder Cattle 275-415 pounds, Steers, $100-$170, Heifers, $100-$145; 425-525 pounds, Steers, $100-$155, Heifers, $100-$135; 550-625 pounds, Steers, $100-$134, Heifers, $98-$120; 650-725 pounds, Steers, $98-$130, Heifers, $95-$121; 750-850 pounds, Steers, $95-$115, Heifers, $80-$105. Cows Well Muscled/Fleshed, $75-$85.25; Medium/ Lean, $65-$75; Thin/Light, $40-$64; Bulls, $70$89.75. Back To The Farm Cow/Calf Pairs, $900-$1,400; Bred Cows, $635$960; Baby Calves, $190; Goats, $35-$123; Lambs, $185-$215; Hogs, $54-$72. Upcoming specials 5/25/11 – Replacement Brood Cow Sale, 12:30 p.m. 26 steers, 600 lbs available. Call Dewayne. 26 black steers available. Call Dewayne. Manure to give away. Will load for you. Direct sales and free on-farm visits. Contact Dewayne at (740) 339-0241, Stacy at (304) 6340224, Luke at (740) 645-3697, Mark Neal at (740) 645-5708, or visit the website at www.uproducers.com. Birthdays Sunday, May 22 POMEROY — Nellie Brown will observe her 89th birthday on May 22. Cards may be sent to her at Room 309 Edgewood Manor, 1330 Fulton St., Port Clinton, Ohio 43452. 60168443 Monday, May 23 POMEROY — Pomeroy Village Council meets for public training session, 5 p.m. with regular council meeting to follow at 7 p.m., municipal building. POMEROY — Veterans Service Commission, 9 a.m., 117 E. Memorial Drive, Suite 3. POMEROY — Regular meeting of Meigs County Library Board, 3:30 p.m., Pomeroy library. RACINE — Southern Local Board of Education, regular meeting, 8 p.m., high school media room. �Sunday Times-Sentinel OPINION Page A4 Sunday, May 22, 2011 Embrace compromise, Prices at gas pump painful donʼt insult it BY LEE H. HAMILTON for 4 in 10 Americans BY JENNIFER AGIESTA AND JENNIFER C. KERR ASSOCIATED PRESS As $4 a gallon gasoline becomes commonplace, drivers have made tough choices: scaling back vacations, driving less or ditching the car altogether. And a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows the impact of sustained high prices is spreading among seniors and higher-income Americans. According to the poll, the share of all Americans who say increases in the price of gasoline will cause serious financial hardship for them or their families in the next six months now tops 4 in 10. Overall, 71 percent said rising prices will cause some hardship for them and their families, including 41 percent who called it a “serious” hardship. Just 29 percent said rising prices are not causing a negative impact on their finances. While those with household incomes under $50,000 were already feeling strained in March, the new poll shows financial pain is increasingly spreading to those with higher incomes. Among those with annual household incomes over $50,000, 63 percent now say rising prices are causing them financial hardship, up from 55 percent in March. For older Americans, it’s worse. The share of seniors expressing financial hardship over gas prices hit 76 percent; it was 68 percent in March. Nettie Cash, 65, of Dallas, Ga., is cutting back on her medicine because of the cost of fueling up her Buick. Cash is still taking her heart pills but is forgoing her inhaler and ulcer medicine for now. “It’s not easy,” she said. “You have to do what you have to do.” The public’s coping strategies are largely unchanged from March, with 72 percent having cut back on other expenses, 66 percent saying they’ve reduced the amount of driving they do and 48 percent changing vacation plans. Since January, gas prices have shot up about 90 cents, with the national average for a gallon of regular this week at $3.96. Financial analyst Nicole Polite in Baltimore sold her Nissan Altima recently and is taking public transportation, opting for the bus, rails and walking to get to work. Gas prices were just too high, she says, so she and her boyfriend downsized to a one-car household. She says they kept their Lexus sedan, which requires pricey premium gas. “It’s definitely a finan- CENTER ON CONGRESS cial strain because now you have to reassess everything,” said Polite, 32. “We don’t go out as much. That $20 that we could have used to go to a movie — now that money has been absorbed by the gas tank.” But analysts say relief is coming. Fred Rozell, retail pricing director at the Oil Price Information Service, expects the price at the pump to drop as much as 40 cents in the next four weeks. Until that happens, Ross Cobb in Boerne, Texas, will still try to keep his highway miles down. Cobb says he and his wife have been driving less and curbing trips into the city for their children’s clothing and other supplies. “We coordinate all of our trips into San Antonio,” said Cobb, an associate athletic director at the University of Texas at San Antonio. “We don’t ever go in anymore just for one particular errand. We wait until we’ve got two or three things to do.” The Associated PressGfK Poll was conducted May 5-9 by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications. It involved landline and cellphone interviews with 1,001 adults nationwide and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points. Last month, a TIME magazine article about two freshman House members on Capitol Hill featured this pronouncement from one of them: “The people did not send me here to compromise.” His colleague noted that compromise is “a word that people have kind of demonized.” For a politician, “I will not compromise!” seems like a sure-fire applausegetter — at least, when preaching to the choir. It’s not so good for the nation as a whole, however. There is room in politics for elected leaders who won’t back down on their principles. But if they dominate the political sphere, representative government becomes impossible, as making progress on the many ills that beset us takes a back seat to declarations of principles. This does not mean that political leaders need to abandon their principles. One secret to Ronald Reagan’s success as president was his ability to communicate his firmly held beliefs and his vision for where he wanted to take this country — and at the same time to recognize that in a country as large and diverse as ours is, he needed to be able to listen to the other side, determine where he could show flexibility, and find common ground. Pretty much every clause of our Constitution was the result of talented and committed politicians going at it hammer and tongs, and then seeking the best compromise they could find in order to move forward. I simply do not see how this nation could have been formed or could have survived without the skillful use of compromise. What is representative democracy about if it does not entail the accommodation of different points of view? Indeed, we have always depended on the ability of our leaders to find common ground. Our one great failure — the Civil War — remains as powerful a reminder of this as our successes, from the GI Bill to the Civil Rights Act to welfare reform. Compromise is not easy, especially in today’s contentious atmosphere. Certainly it’s not as easy as telling true believers what they want to hear, and it requires special courage in a charged political environment in which prominent media figures attack anyone who deviates from their view of what is right, in which every issue is seen as a tactical battlefield for the next campaign, and in which the political parties each depend on voters who scorn the very notion of compromise. Compromise also requires values that are hard to find these days: respect for one’s ideological opponents, a willingness to listen hard and to understand what they have to say, and a recognition that no one has a monopoly on what is right. As the great federal judge Learned Hand declared at a huge Central Park rally in the midst of World War II, “The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women.” This spirit is not dead. You can see it in the work of the bipartisan group of senators who recently came together to make the confirmation process for executive-branch nominees more efficient and rational. And you could see it last winter when President Obama and congressional leaders agreed to allow tax breaks for the well-to-do to continue in exchange for securing an extension of unemployment benefits for the jobless. These deals leave everyone unhappy to a degree, but also with something they wanted. They allow the nation to square its shoulders to confront the next challenge. Without them, we’d be stuck arguing endlessly over irreconcilable positions; government would become dysfunctional. And whatever a politician who rejects compromise might think, his constituents definitely did not send him to Capitol Hill to allow that. (Lee Hamilton is director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.) Join National Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m. Monday BY ROBIN WEBB STATE SENATOR Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival of liberty." –John F. Kennedy Memorial Day marks the unofficial arrival of summer. 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On Monday, as you gather with family and friends or enjoy a day off from work or school, I hope you will join me in remembering and honoring those who have fallen so that we can live freely. At 3 p.m., unite with other citizens around our nation in a moment of silence – and prayer if you believe in a higher being – to honor our fallen soldiers. God bless you – and all those who have fought for our country. Sunday Times-Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Gallia County Phone (740) 446-2342 Fax (740) 446-3008 Meigs County Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 Sammy M. Lopez Publisher Andrew Carter Managing Editor Pam Caldwell Advertising Director �Sunday, May 22, 2011 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page A5 Obituaries Karl M. Paulsen, Sr. Karl Mauritz Paulsen, Sr., age 76, of Vinton, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2011, at his residence. Born March 14, 1935 in Tonsberg, Norway, he was the son of the late Peder Paulsen and Rakel Jacobsen Paulsen. In addition to his parents, he was preceded by his wife, Billie Irene Thomaschek Paulsen; one grandson, Lincoln Parsons; one granddaughter, Lorry Anne Carroll; and by one brother-inlaw, Robert “Bobby” Thomaschek. Karl married Billie Irene Thomaschek in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 6, 1959; she preceded him on February 4, 2011. He was a loving husband, father, brother-in-law, pappaw and uncle. He joined the Merchant Marines at the age of 17 and served as the Chief Cook. In the early 1960’s Karl became a United States citizen. He was a retired supervisor for Southern Ohio Coal Co. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, a life member of the Gallipolis Elks Lodge and a member of the Moose Lodge of Point Pleasant. He is survived by three children, daughter and sonin-law, Karla and John Carroll of Gallipolis; son and daughter-in-law, Karl and Stephanie Paulsen, Jr., of Burlington, Wash.; and daughter and son-in-law, Karol Leigh and Corey Parsons of Vinton; grandchildren, Reese (Ronda) Paulsen, Priscilla Paulsen, Molly Irene Carroll, Courtney Parsons, Jill Carroll and Carter Parsons; great grandchildren, Emma Grace and Savannah Bailey Paulsen and Jordan Kole Paulsen; one uncle, Sigmund Paulsen of Norway; one cousin, Per Jacobsen of Norway, and several other family members in Norway; two sisters-in-law and brothersin-law, Judy and Butch Holt, and Jr. and Donna Thomaschek, and sister-in-law, Myrt Thomaschek. He is also survived by a host of friends and his special family Don and Joyce Rumley, Paul Skinner and his family, Bob Murphy, and his weekly coffee buddies. Karl was the Godfather of Teresa Skinner Harrison and Jack Simms. Karl also leaves behind his beloved dog, Baby Bear. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at St. Louis Catholic Church with Monsignor William Myers officiating. Burial will follow in Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral home on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, from 4-8 p.m. Elks Memorial Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. by the Gallipolis Elks Lodge #107. A Catholic prayer service will follow. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to either, the St. Louis Catholic Church Project Fund or to the Gallipolis Elks Club PER Scholarship Fund. An online guest registry is available at waugh-halley-wood.com. Emma Jean Carmichael Hamm Emma Jean Carmichael Hamm, 88, passed away Deaths James H. Rece James “Jimmy” H. Rece, 78, formerly of Vinton, Ohio, passed away Friday, May 20, 2011, at Arbors of Gallipolis, Ohio. Graveside services will be held noon, Monday, May 23, 2011, at Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call from 1011:45 a.m. Monday at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home in Vinton. Condolences may be sent to www.mccoymoore.com. on May 19, 2011, at Otterbein Retirement Community in Lebanon, Ohio. She was born on August 22, 1922, the only daughter of the late Rev. Lee Roy Carmichael and Ruby Kuhner Carmichael. She graduated from Ohio University. She married Delmar Hamm on July 28, 1945. They lived in the Morning Star area of Meigs County from 1945 until 1966. In 1966 they moved to South Webster in Scioto County and lived there until 2000. They moved to Otterbein Retirement Community in Lebanon, Ohio, in 2000. She taught Home Economics at Allensville, Racine-Southern and Bloom Local (South Webster) High Schools. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Delmar; brother, Paul Carmichael. She is survived by a son, James M. Hamm of Wilmington, Ohio; foster daughter, Dottie (Tom) Curtis of Racine; grandchildren, Kimberly Miller, Erin (Ryan) Dipzinski, Stephanie (Casey) Woodruff, Andy (Laura) Hamm; great grandchildren, Kody Carroll, Kolby Miller, Austin Dipzinski, Logan Dipzinski, Taylor Woodruff, Jordan Woodruff, Ava Hamm and Nolan Hamm, all of Warren County, Ohio; sister-in-law, Eileen Carmichael of South Webster, Ohio. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 22, 2011, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Burial will be in Gilmore Cemetery. Friends may call on Sunday from 12 p.m. until the time of service at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions in Jean’s name to Morning Star United Methodist Church, Grace United Methodist Church in South Webster, Ohio, or Otterbein-Lebanon United Methodist Church in Lebanon, Ohio. An on-line registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. Mary Jo Porter Mary Jo Porter, age 73, of Burnt Run Road, Crown City, “Went to be with the Lord” on Thursday evening May 19, 2011, at her home after a long term illness. Born February 16, 1938, in Huntington, West Virginia. She was the daughter of the late George Arther Young and Libby Dale Mays Young. In addition to her parents, she was preceded by four sisters, Audrey Opal, Alma Ruth, Virginia Edith, and Janet May Franklin. Mary Jo attended Gallia Academy High School was a retired employee of the Gallipolis Developmental Center, and attended The Providence Baptist Church. She leaves behind, her loving husband of 55 years, Paul Dean Porter; three daughters, Jenny Jo (Ronnie) Huffman, Patty Jane Griffith and Mary Beth (Jerry) Slayton; one son, Jason Porter; one sis- ter, Libby G. Crothers; one brother, George Arther “Butch” Knight; two special nephews, Wesley and Ronnie Shephard; 11 grandchildren, Paula J. Maynard, Lori Huffman, Paul and Mark Chafin, Josh and Beth Legg, Terry, Tony, and Amy Huffman, Bruce and Jenna Johnson; 18 great grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday May 23, 2011, at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Pastor Randy Patterson officiating. Burial will follow in St. Nick cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 6-8 p.m. Pallbearers will be Josh Legg, David and Matthew Bates, mark and Paul Chafin, John Queen, Wesley Shepard, Devin Rogers, Jerry Slayton, Bob Walters, Terry and Tony Huffman. An online guest registry is available at waugh-halley-wood.com. William P. Matlack William P. Matlack, 94, of 29918 Rolling Ridge Drive, Agoura Hills, Calif. 91301 died Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, at Anna's Residential Home in Agoura Hills. Born on July 18, 1916, at Long Bottom, Ohio, he was the son of Isaac and Mary Matlack. He was a graduate of Chester High School, served as a US Army sergeant in World War 11, was a member of the Drew Webster American Legion Post 39 and the Trinity Congregational Church. He worked as an auto parts manager for Blaettnar and Karr Van Zandt dealerships in Pomeroy, Ohio, retiring after 35 years of service. Mr. Matlack is survived by his step-son and daughter-in-law, George and Katherine Dallas of Agoura Hills, Calif., and grandchildren William, Steven and Melissa of Agoura Hills, Calif. and Michael of Miami Florida. Also surviving are seven great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ula Ashworth Matlack, a sister, Betty Roush, brothers Robert and Donald and a half-sister Josephine White. A private family memorial was held at 11 am on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, in Agoura Hills, Calif. A community memorial will be held at the Trinity Congregational Church on May 29, 2011, immediately following the Sunday morning church service. In addition, the American Legion Post 39 will be present to recognize his military service. Following the memorial, a luncheon will be held in the church basement for family and friends. Burial will be at the Sand Hill Cemetery in Long Bottom, Ohio at approximately 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Trinity Church, 201 East Second Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Wayne National Forest offers free trail use weekend STAFF REPORT ATHENS — In observance of National Trails Day on Saturday, June 4, the Wayne National Forest in southeastern Ohio invites the public to a free use weekend (June 3, 4, and 5) on its designated trail system. No Wayne National Forest trail permits are required to ride offhighway vehicle (OHV), horse, and mountain bike trails on that week- end. Developed fee campgrounds and dayuse sites are not included in this free use offer. Motorized trail riders are still required to purchase their state allpurpose vehicle (APV) registration sticker from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). The Wayne National Forest offers the public several trail opportunities. The Forest has approximately 79 miles of horse trails, 134 miles of all-terrain vehicle trails, 209 miles of mountain bike trails, and 360 miles of hiking trails. The fee waiver weekend is being offered nationally in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and other agencies (National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management) under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA). The theme of this year’s National Trails Day is “Made with all natural ingredients.” Chad Wilberger, Forest Recreation Program Manager, encourages the public to get out and enjoy the wonders of nature. He says, “it is a great way to stay active, have fun, and make memories with your family.” Support Groups GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group meeting, 1:30-3 p.m., third Thursday of each month, at Holzer Medical Center Education Center. Info: Amber Johnson, (740) 441-3406. GALLIPOLIS — Grieving Parents Support Group meets 8 p.m., first Tuesday of each month at New Life Lutheran Church, Jackson Pike. Info: Jackie Keatley at 446-2700 or John Jackson at 446-7339. GALLIPOLIS — Grief Support Group meets second Tuesday of each month, 8 p.m., at New Life Lutheran Church. Facilitators: Sharon Carmichael and John Jackson. GALLIPOLIS — The River Cities Military Family Support Community (RCMFSC) meets every other month on the second Tuesday at the Gallipolis VFW Post 4464 on Third Ave. Questions may be directed to the RCMFSC, P.O. Box 1131, Gallipolis, OH 45631, by calling (740) 441-7454, or e-mailing mcw2947@yahoo.com. GALLIPOLIS — Serenity House support group for domestic violence victims meets Mondays at 2 p.m. For more information, call the Serenity House at 446-6752. GALLIPOLIS — Look Good Feel Better cancer program, third Monday of the month at 6 p.m., Holzer Center for Cancer Care. GALLIPOLIS — Alcoholics Anonymous Wednesday book study at 7 p.m. and Thursday open meeting at noon; Tuesday closed meeting at 8 p.m.; Friday open lead meeting, 8 p.m. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 54 Second Ave., Gallipolis. GALLIPOLIS — Narcotics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m. every Thursday, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 541 Second Ave., Gallipolis. Open discussion. Candlelight meeting. POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Narcotics Anonymous Living Free Group meets every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. at 305 Main St. GALLIPOLIS — 12 Step Support Group for Spiritual Growth meets at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at New Life Lutheran Church. Facilitators: Tom Childs and John Jackson. VINTON — Celebrate Recovery at Vinton Baptist Church. Small groups looking for freedom from addictions, hurts, habits and hangups every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Info: 388-8454. VINTON — Vinton Baptist Church food pantry every Monday from 56:30 p.m. Info: 388-8454. GALLIPOLIS — Gallia MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Support Group meets the second Monday of each month at Holzer Medical Center. Info: Amber Barnes at (740) 339-0291. GALLIPOLIS — NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) meetings will take place the first Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Gallia County Senior Resource Center, with a general membership meeting at 6:30 p.m. Info: Jill Simpkins (740) 3390603. GALLIPOLIS — Gallia County Stroke Support Group, first Tuesday of every month, 1 p.m., at Bossard Memorial Library. GALLIPOLIS — River Cities Military Support Community (RCMFSC) meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at VFW Post 4464 (upstairs), 134 Third Ave. The meeting and activities are open to all families and friends who wish to support our servicemen and women in all branches of the military. Info: 2455589 or 441-7454. Our Co ommit itmentt is i to be Yo our Choice ou for o Emerrgenc nccy 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. If you or a loved one is in need of emergency care, please call 9-1-1 or go to the nearest emergency department. COMMUNITY PEOPLE QUALITY HEALLTHC T ARE �Sunday, May 22, 2011 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page A6 Sisson inducted into GAHS Alumni hall of fame STAFF REPORT GALLIPOLIS — A noted educator will be inducted into the Gallia Academy High School Alumni Association Hall of Fame. Richard Sisson, Ph.D., a member of the GAHS Class of 1954, is the latest inductee. Sisson is the son of the late Elias and Mildred Sisson. He grew up in the Porter area along with siblings Mary Caroline and Charles. His sister lives in Ohio and his brother still resides in Gallia in 1989. County. Sisson also Sisson, who served as a now makes his staff and faculhome in Santa ty member at Fe, N.M., with the United his wife Willa, is States Military a former colleAcademy in giate professor, West Point, researcher and N.Y., which a d m i n i s t r a t o r, followed an working at both active duty UCLA and Ohio State University. Sisson (photo) career in the He served as interim U.S. Army. At GAHS, Sisson was president and provost during his career at a member of the OSU. He taught at National Honor Society, UCLA for 25 years, editor of the Key Club which included serving newsletter and student as senior vice chancellor body president. He com- pleted undergraduate and graduate studies at Ohio State University. He earned his post-doctorate degree at the University of California at Berkeley. While a student at OSU, he served as president of the John D. Mershon Military Society and was commissoned in the U.S. Army as a distinguished military graduate. He was a member of the Ohio State Men’s Glee Club and University Symphonic Choir, which gave him the opportunity to make an appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” with the glee club and tour Europe with the choir. Sisson is the author of 13 books and numerous scholarly articles published over the past 50 years. He served as a general editor for “The American Midwest: An Interpretative Encyclopedia,” a portion of which is kept in the reference department at Bossard Memorial Library in Gallipolis. He is working on a new publication entitled “The Art of the Ancient American Midwest.” Sisson is also an amateur musician who plays the violin. He is a founding member of the Los Angeles Opera Company and regular participant with the Apple Hill Center of Chamber Music in Nelson, N.H. Sisson’s name will be engraved on the GAHS Alumni Association Hall of Fame plaque along with other inductees. The plaque will be placed at GAHS. AAA: Gas prices wonʼt stop Memorial Day travel STAFF REPORT UNDATED — AAA projects 34.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a slight increase of 0.2 percent — or 100,000 travelers — from the 34.8 million people who traveled one year ago. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, May 26 to Monday, May 30. “Although higher fuel costs are a concern for motorists planning their summer travel vacations, it does not appear to impact the overall vacation decision since it is a relatively small part of the overall travel budget,” according to Jim Lehman, Executive Vice President, AAA East Central. “Some plan to compensate for the higher fuel costs by cutting other areas of their travel budget such as distance, types of accommodations or length of stay,” he said. AAA’s projections are based on economic forecasting and research by IHS Global Insight. The Boston-based economic research and consulting firm teamed with AAA in 2009 to jointly analyze travel trends during the major holidays. AAA has been reporting on holiday travel trends for more than two decades. The complete AAA / IHS Global Insight 2011 Memorial Day Holiday Travel Forecast can be found at AAA.com/news. Overwhelming majority of Americans to travel by automobile, but down slightly from last year Approximately 30.9 million people plan to drive to their destination, a small decline from the 31 million who drove last year. In spite of gasoline prices more than a dollar per gallon higher than a year ago, automobile travel continues to be the dominant mode of transportation. Almost nine out of ten holiday travelers (88 percent) will take to the nation’s roadways during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The national average price for regular gasoline is $3.905, compared to $2.852 this time last year. • Impact of gasoline prices on travel plans: A survey of intended travelers found that six out of ten said rising gasoline prices would not impact their travel plans. Of the remaining four out of ten travelers who said rising gas prices would impact their travel plans, 70 percent will economize in other areas and the rest will take a shorter trip or travel by an alternate mode of transportation. Travelers concerned about how fuel prices will impact their travel budget can use AAA’s free, GPSbased TripTik® Mobile application to compare prices for all grades of gasoline at nearby stations. TripTik Mobile is available for iPhone and Android devices. Travelers may also use TripTik Mobile to get maps and directions, AAA Approved and Diamond Rated hotel and restaurant information complete with AAA inspector notes, plus details about attractions, events and Approved Auto Repair facilities. • Number of air travelers National Police Week in Gallia County The Gallia County Board of Commissioners recently issued a proclamation honoring local law enforcement officials. The week of May 15-21, 2011, was National Police Week and, to commemorate the event, the commissioners urged all Gallia County citizens to recognize all past and present local officers who have served the community. Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning received the honor on behalf of the areaʼs law enforcement. Pictured, from left: Commissioner Harold Montgomery, Commission President Lois Snyder, Sheriff Joe Browning and Commission Vice-president Joe Foster. expected to increase by 11.5 percent: Nearly 2.93 million leisure air travelers (eight percent of holiday travelers) will fly during the holiday weekend, an 11.5 percent increase from last year’s 2.63 million air travelers. The remaining three percent of holiday travelers are expected to travel by other modes, including rail, bus and watercraft. • Airfares, hotel rates and car rental rates all rise: According to AAA’s Leisure Travel Index, Memorial Day holiday airfares are expected to be 14 percent higher than last year. Hotel rates for AAA Three Diamond lodgings are expected to increase five percent from a year ago with travelers spending an average of $148 per night compared to $142 last year. Travelers planning to stay at AAA Two Diamond hotels can expect to pay 10 percent more with an average cost of $109 per night. Weekend daily car rental rates will average $38, just $1 higher than last year. • Average travel distance up 27 percent; median spending down 14 percent: According to a survey of traveler intentions, the average distance traveled by Americans during the Memorial Day holiday weekend is expected to be 792 miles, which is 27 percent greater than last year’s average travel distance of 626 miles. Air Travel is expected to gain a larger share of overall travel, and is likely the cause of a substantial increase in the average travel distance compared to a year ago. Median spending is expected to be $692, a decrease of 14 percent from $809 last year. For Memorial Day getaways and vacation planning, travelers may use AAA’s digital eTourBook guides for smartphones and ereader devices. Each new digital guide book highlights a top North American travel destination complete with listings for AAA Approved and Diamond Rated hotels and restaurants; AAA Editor’s Picks for attractions, events and nightlife; and other proprietary information available only through AAA. Members can download the 40 available titles at AAA.com/ebooks and sync them to their device for on-the-go use. AAA makes trip planning tools accessible on the mobile devices travelers use every day. Along with the TripTik Mobile app, AAA offers iPhone and Android versions of AAA Discounts and AAA Roadside. Using GPS technology, AAA Discounts displays nearby locations that offer AAA members a Show Your Card & Save discount and AAA Roadside transmits a user’s location and details about a vehicle breakdown when a member requests AAA Roadside Assistance. Membership is not required to download and use AAA apps, but is needed to take advantage of the available AAA member features and benefits. AAA East Central is a not-for-profit organization with 80 local offices in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and New York, servicing 2.6 million members. Special Veteran’s Memorial Day Service Honoring God & Country At First Baptist Church 1100 4th Ave. Gallipolis, Ohio Sunday, May 29, At 10:00 AM Theme: “A Grateful Nation Remembers” Featuring: Armed Service Flag Presentation Patriotic Music Recognition of Veterans & Active Duty Service Persons Speaker: Dr. David Warren, State Representative for the OARBC 9:00am: Sunday School 10:00am: Special Memorial Service 6:00pm: Evening Service Everyone is Welcome! �SPORTS B1 Sunday, May 22, 2011 Regional Bound! Sarah Hawley/file photo Bryan Walters/photo South Gallia senior Morgan Gilliland, left, drops the ball on the mound after recording the final out of the top of the seventh inning Thursday night during a Division IV district semifinal softball game against Portsmouth Clay at Minford High School. Senior Tayler Duncan, middle, and junior Chrissy Howell, right, also head toward the dugout. Members of the Eastern baseball program pose for a picture at the start of the 2011 season. The Eagles, with an 11-6 win over South Webster, captured the program’s first district championship since 2008 and earned a date with county-rival Southern on Thursday in a Division IV regional semifinal contest at Beavers Field in Lancaster, Ohio. Complete results of Eastern’s win over the Jeeps will be available in the Tuesday sports editions of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune, Point Pleasant Register and The Daily Sentinel. Lady Rebels fall to Clay, 7-2 BY BRYAN WALTERS BWALTERS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM MINFORD, Ohio — They say lightning never strikes the same place twice. Good luck in convincing the Lady Rebels. The South Gallia softball team made a solid showing in its first-ever district appearance, but a pair of timely two-run homers from Jordan Jenkins ultimately lifted Portsmouth Clay to a 7-2 victory in a Division IV district semifinal matchup at Minford High School. The second-seeded Lady Rebels (13-7) — who finish the season with a school record in wins — found themselves one out away from heading into their half of the seventh with a slim 42 deficit. The third-seeded Lady Panthers (18-5), however, produced some twoout lightning with a single by Lyndsey Mader, followed by Jenkins’ second two-run homer of the contest — which gave a Clay a 6-2 edge. PCHS went on to add another run in the seventh for a five-run cushion, then Jenkins needed just four batters to close the door on the final outcome. Clay will face topseeded Notre Dame in the district final after the Lady Titans posted a 140 victory over Waterford. For a team making its district debut against a Clay program that was making its sixth straight appearance, the Lady Rebels more than kept up with the perennial power for most of the night. And although things didn’t ultimately work out for third-year SGHS coach Matt Randles, he was nothing but proud of the effort given to him both Thursday night and over the course of the year. “We had a chance at the end of the game, and that is what we wanted. We battled our hearts out tonight like we have all season, which is all you can ever ask,” Randles said. “It was a great season and we are happy with as far as we got. We really turned a corner this year.” The Lady Rebels never led in the contest and were outhit by Clay by an 11-5 margin, but the Lady Panthers produced seven of those safeties after the fifth inning. Neither team committed an error in the contest. PCHS wasted little time getting in the scoring column after plating two runs in the top of the first. Mader was issued a one-out walk, then Jenkins delivered the first of her two-run bombs — which proved Please see Rebels, B2 Logan Elm tops Blue Angels, 9-1 BY STEVE EBERT SPECIAL TO THE TIMES-SENTINEL CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — “All good things must come to an end,” or so the saying goes. Thursday afternoon at Unioto High School near Chillicothe, the GAHS Blue Angels record setting season of promise ended in a DII District Semi-Final loss at the hands of the Logan Elm Lady Braves 9-1. GAHS bows out of tournament contention with an outstanding 22-2 mark, while Logan Elm (19-5) moves on to face Unioto (a 10-9 winner over Warren Local in the other semi-final) Friday afternoon for the District Championship and the right to advance to Shriver Cunningham Regional competition at Pickerington North High School in Columbus next week. The strength of the Blue Angels this season had been a solid, consistent defense supported by outstanding pitching and clutch hitting. GA defensive lapses set the tone from the beginning. In the top of Please see Angels, B3 Sarah Hawley/file photo The Southern baseball team poses for a picture in Star Mill Park at the start of the 2011 season. The Tornadoes, with an 8-0 win over Green, captured the program’s fifth straight district championship and earned a date with county-rival Eastern on Thursday in a Division IV regional semifinal contest at Beavers Field in Lancaster, Ohio. Tornadoes headed to 5th straight regional BY BRYAN WALTERS BWALTERS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Guess who’s back. The Southern baseball team captured its fifth consecutive regional berth in convincing fashion Friday night during an 8-0 victory over Green in a Division IV district championship contest at Paint Stadium in Ross County. The top-seeded Tornadoes (17-5) had little trouble with the second-seeded Bobcats (14-5), as the hosts limited GHS to just two hits and four baserunners in the decision. In fact, the Bobcats were held hitless for six innings by SHS starter Dany Ramthun, who ended up losing his nohit bid with two outs in the seventh. Ramthun, who ended up pitching a complete game for the winning decision, allowed two walks and two hits over seven frames while striking out seven. Southern’s offense also provided plenty of offensive support for Ramthun, as the Tornadoes led 2-0 after one inning and 6-0 through two complete. SHS also added a run in each of the fourth and fifth frames, which ultimately proved to be too much for the Bobcats to overcome. The Tornadoes outhit the guests by an 8-2 margin and Green also committed the only two errors in the contest. GHS starter T.J. McCloud — who threw a no-hitter against Fairfield on Sunday in the district semifinal with Fairfield — allowed five walks over six frames while striking out seven in the loss. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Matt Ratcliff broke up the no-hit bid with a double. Colt Brammer followed with a single, but Ramthun induced a gound out on the next batter that ended the game. Southern struck first blood in the first by plating two runs on two walks, a hit and an error. Daniel Jenkins singled home Eric Buzzard for a 1-0 lead, then Jenkins scored on an error that allowed Ethan Martin to reach safely — making it a 2-0 contest after one inning. Hunter Johnson started the second inning with a one-out walk, then SHS produced four consecutive two-out hits that led to four runs and a 6-0 advantage. Buzzard singled home Johnson to make 3-0, then Adam Warden doubled in Buzzard for a 4-0 cushion. Ramthun helped his own cause with a single that brought home Warden and then scored on a Jenkins single that made it a 6-0 contest after two frames. Johnson started the fourth with a walk and was sacrificed over to second by Ryan Taylor, then Buzzard delivered an RBI single that made it a 7-0 game after four complete. Marcus Hill tripled home Dustin Custer in the fifth to wrap Please see Fifth, B2 �Page B2 • Sunday Times-Sentinel Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday, May 22, 2011 LOCAL SCHEDULE GALLIPOLIS — A schedule of upcoming college and high school varsity sporting events involving teams from Gallia, Mason and Meigs counties. Monday, May 23 Class A Region 4 Semifinal Wahama vs Charleston Catholic at Triana Field, 6:00 p.m. Thursday, May 26 D-4 Baseball Regional Semifinal (5) Eastern vs. (1) Southern, 5 p.m. D-2 Regional Track and Field at Meadowbrook High School (Byesville), 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Class AA Region 1 Semifinal Ritchie County at Point Pleasant, 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 27 D-3 Regional Track and Field at Fairfield Union H.S. (Lancaster), 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 D-3 Regional Track and Field at Fairfield Union H.S. (Lancaster), 4 p.m. Saturday, May 28 D-2 Regional Track and Field at Meadowbrook High School (Byesville), 11:30 a.m. OVP Sports Briefs 2nd Annual Blue Devil Golf Shootout Bryan Walters/photos Meigs starter Heath Dettwiller, middle, talks with catcher Zack Sayre, right, during an infield meeting in the third inning of Thursday night’s Division III district baseball semifinal game against Piketon at Hegarty Field at Northwest Middle School in Otway, Ohio. Piketon streaks past Marauders, 9-0 BY BRYAN WALTERS BWALTERS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM OTWAY, Ohio — The Meigs baseball team had its memorable 2011 season come to a screaching halt Thursday night during a 9-0 setback to Piketon in a Division III district semifinal contest at Hegarty Field on the campus of Northwest Middle School in Scioto County. The top-seeded Marauders (17-3) — who captured the 2011 outright TVC Ohio championship — had little luck with the fourthseeded Redstreaks (14-9) in their first district appearance since 2003, as Piketon outhit the hosts by a sizable 9-4 margin en route to becoming the first team all spring to blank MHS over seven innings of play. Sophomore starter Zach Farmer had a lot to do with the Meigs’ bats going quiet, as the southpaw struck out 16 Marauders over six innings of work. Farmer — a Division I prospect that has also drawn the attention of major league scouts — also allowed three hits and five walks in picking up the winning decision. The Redstreaks will take on Portsmouth Friday night at Athens High School in the district championship game at 2 p.m. Saturday at Paint Stadium in Chillicothe. The Trojans defeated Westfall by a 62 margin on Friday night. Meigs committed three errors and left 10 baserunners stranded in the setback, including two runners apiece in innings three through six. Farmer also struck two batters in each of six innings on the mound and also had four innings where he recorded all three outs by strikeout. PHS — which had one error while leaving five baserunners stranded — found some serious twoout lightning in the top of the second, as the Redstreaks produced six runs on five hits, a walk, a hit-batsman and an error for an early 6-0 advantage. The Redstreaks tacked on some insurance runs over the rest of the night, plating a run each in the third, fifth and sixth frames for a 9-0 lead through six complete. Meigs again had two runners on in the bottom of the seventh, but PHS reliever Corey Ferguson induced a force out to wrap up the final outcome. Senior Heath Dettwiller — a University of Rio Grande signee — went the distance for Meigs, allowing nine hits and a walk over seven innings of work. Dettwiller struck out six in the losing effort. Shawn Baker Memorial Golf Tournament The first 9 and 9 For Shrine, Shawn Baker Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, June 25, at the Riverside Golf Course in Mason, W.Va. The deadline for entry is May 31. For information and questions contact 740-645-0753 or email 9and9forshrine@gmail.com Wahama Athletic Booster Meeting on June 6 MASON, W.Va. — The Wahama Athletic Boosters will also hold their monthly meeting on June 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the high school. 18th Annual Meigs Football Golf Tournament MASON, W.Va. — The 18th Annual Meigs Football Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, June 4 at Riverside Golf Course in Mason, W.Va. For more information contact head coach Mike Chancey at 740-591-8644. RVHS Boys Basketball Camp Meigs senior Cameron Bolin, left, is called safe after stealing second base in the fourth inning of Thursday night’s Division III district baseball semifinal game against Piketon at Hegarty Field at Northwest Middle School in Otway, Ohio. Austin Sayre, Taylor Rowe, Nathan Rothgeb and Treay McKinney each had hit for the Marauders, three of which were doubles. Sayre managed a single in the sixth. Shane Peck, Shawn Collier and Goober Robinson paced the Streaks with two hits apiece, followed by Isaac Brabson, Zach Farmer and Brice Bennett with one safety each. Robinson and Jared Vulgamore both scored twice in the victory. It was the final game for seniors Austin Sayre, Cameron Bolin, Colton Stewart, Ryan Payne and Heath Dettwiller in the Maroon and Gold. Meigs won the TVC Ohio with a 9-1 record under firstyear coach Brent Bissell. PIKETON 9, MEIGS 0 Piketon Meigs 061 011 0 000 000 0 — 991 — 043 PHS (14-9): Zach Farmer, Corey Ferguson (7) and Goober Robinson. MHS (17-3): Heath Dettwiller and Zack Sayre. WP — Farmer; LP — Dettwiller. Rebels from Page B1 to be the eventual gamewinning runs — for an early 2-0 cushion. Back-to-back hits by Maddy Freeman and Marissa Messer yielded another Clay run in the top of the third, giving the guests a 3-0 edge through three complete. The Lady Rebels responded in the bottom of the fourth by producing three of their five hits, which led to their only scores in the game. Tayler Duncan and Chrissy Howell led the inning off with a walk and a single, respectively, and both later scored on a Courtney Blackburn double and Ellie Bostic single to pull the hosts to within 3-2 after four frames. The score remained that way until the top of the sixth, as PCHS provided some breathing room after plating a run for a 4-2 lead. Keely Craft led the inning off with a double, then Alison Castle delivered a one-out single that brought Craft home for the two-run edge. South Gallia went down 1-2-3 in its half of the sixth, which was followed by Clay’s lateinning outburst that all but sealed the deal on the decision. GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The 2nd annual Blue Devil Golf Shootout will be held on Saturday, June 25 at Cliffside Golf Course in Gallipolis, Ohio. The event will begin at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start. Three-man teams are to entry with the fourth player selected by blind draw of current and former GAHS golfers and coaches. For more information contact Coach Corey Luce at 740-709-6227 or corey.luce@gmail.com BIDWELL, Ohio — The River Valley basketball program will hold its annual youth camp from June 13 to 16 for boys grades 3-8. The camp will be held at River Valley High School from 8:30 a.m. to noon each day. Coaches and players will serves as instructors for the camp. Teaching aspects include team stations, individual work stations, three-on-three, knockout, dribble tag and guest speakers. For more information contact head coach Jordan Hill at 740-446-2926 or by email at gl_jhill@seovec.org Fifth from Page B1 up the scoring. Jenkins led the Tornadoes with three hits, followed by Buzzard with two safeties. Both Jenkins and Buzzard produced a team-best 2 RBIs, followed by Warden, Ramthun and Hill with one each. Warden, Ramthun and Hill also added a hit apiece in the winning effort. The Tornadoes, with their fifth straight regional appearance looming, have the most consecutive appearances at the regional level of any of the 70 baseball programs in the southeast Ohio district. VISIT SHS also increased its district winning streak to 10 straight — dating back to the 2007 campaign. The Tornadoes will face county-rival Eastern in the regional semifinals after the Eagles posted an 11-6 victory over South Webster. Eastern will be making its third trip to regionals in five years and first since 2008. Southern, which swept EHS in the regular season for the first time 2007, will take on the Eagles at 5 p.m. Thursday at Beavers Field in Lancaster. SOUTHERN 8, GREEN 0 Green 000 000 0 Southern 240 110 x — 022 — 880 GHS (14-5): T.J. McCloud and Matt Ratcliff. SHS (17-5): Danny Ramthun and Adam Warden. WP — Ramthun; LP — McCloud. US ON THE WEB www.mydailytribune.com www.mydailysentinel.com Bryan Walters/photo South Gallia baserunner Meghan Caldwell, right, approaches second base while trying to break up a double play during the fourth inning of Thursday night’s Division IV district semifinal softball game against Portsmouth Clay at Minford High School. Chandra Canaday took the loss for SGHS, allowing 11 hits and three walks over seven innings while striking out one. Mader got the win after six innings of work, allowing four hits and one walk while fanning nine. Jenkins struck out two and allowed one hit in an inning of relief. Howell, Blackburn, Bostic, Morgan Gilliland and Tori Duncan each had a hit for the Lady Rebels. Jenkins, Craft and Castle both paced Clay with two safeties, followed by Freeman, Messer, Mader, Holly Hemphill and Mariah Tackett with one hit each. It was the final game in the Red and Gold for seniors Morgan Gilliland, Tayler Duncan and Marilyn Turner — all of whom were multiple-year starters with the program. And although those kind of losses will be tough to replace, Randles acknowledges that having a lot of players coming back will help with the transition. “We hate to lose our three seniors who have been a big part of what we have done, but we also have a lot of people coming back next season,” Randles said. “This could be the start of something big for this program.” PORTSMOUTH CLAY 7, SOUTH GALLIA 2 PC SG 201 001 3 000 200 0 — 7 11 0 — 250 PCHS (18-5): Lyndsey Mader, Jordan Jenkins (7) and Alison Castle. SGHS (13-7): Chandra Canaday and Marilyn Turner. WP — Mader; LP — Canaday. HR — PC: Jordan Jenkins (first inning, one on, one out), J. Jenkins (seventh inning, one on, two outs). Thank You To Mike & Jason Northup Of Norris - Northup Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge & Kanawha Valley Dragway for a great 2010 Season. Chuck Sanders 2010 Pro Truck Champion kanrace.com norrisnorthupdodge.com �Sunday, May 22, 2011 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page B3 Devils land 8 on All-SEOAL baseball team TIMES-SENTINEL STAFF MDTSPORTS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM To the victors go the spoils. Undisputed leaguechampion Gallia Academy landed eight people on the AllSoutheastern Ohio Athletic League baseball squad from the recent 2011 season. The Blue Devils (17-5, 11-1 SEOAL) — who posted a school-record in wins this spring — had seven players selected to the all-league squad, while GAHS coach Rich Corvin came away with his second consecutive Coach of the Year honor in baseball. Corvin was also the 2010 COY in the SEOAL South Division. The Blue Devils had three repeat selections in seniors Tyler Eastman, Caleb Warnimont and Casey Denbow. It was also the third all-league selection for Eastman. Senior Tyler Davis, and sophomores Jimmy 2011 ALL-SEOAL BASEBALL TEAM Pierce Knisely Justin Bailey Jimmy Clagg Tyler Davis Casey Denbow* Tyler Eastman** Caleb Warnimont* Travis Walker Ken Buckler Tim Grosel* Eli Lenington Josh Myers*** Jeremy Scott Jesse Adams Dakota Douglas Landon Kern* Scott Pettit* Tyler Proctor* FIRST TEAM Chillicothe Gallia Academy Gallia Academy Gallia Academy Gallia Academy Gallia Academy Gallia Academy Jackson Logan Marietta Marietta Portsmouth Portsmouth Warren Warren Warren Warren Warren Fr So So Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Jr Jr Sr Sr Sr Sr Jr Sr Sr Player of the Year: Tyler Proctor, Warren Coach of the Year: Rich Corvin, Gallia Academy HONORABLE MENTION Ben Saunders, Gallia Academy; Aaron Abrams and Josh Cunningham, Jackson; Coleman Hupp, Marietta; Adam Bray and Brennan Howard, Portsmouth; Austin Henthorn and Tyler Ward, Warren. * — denotes previous season(s) named to All-SEOAL team. Proctor was North Division Player of the Year in 2010 and Corvin was South Division Coach of the Year in 2010. Team selected by vote of league coaches. Each team was permitted two automatic honorable mention selections but not all teams elected to use them. Clagg and Justin Bailey all earned the first AllSEOAL accolades. Senior Ben Saunders was also an honorable mention selection for GAHS. Warren senior Tyler Proctor was named the 2011 Player of the Year in the SEOAL. Proctor was also the 2010 POY in the SEOAL North Division. Angels land 8 on All-SEOAL softball team TIMES-SENTINEL STAFF MDTSPORTS@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM To the victors go the spoils. Unbeaten leaguechampion Gallia Academy landed eight people on the AllSoutheastern Ohio Athletic League softball squad from the recent 2011 season. The Blue Angels (22-2, 12-0 SEOAL) — who captured their third consecutive SEOAL title this spring — had seven players selected for all-league honors, as well as landing both the coach and player of the year awards. GAHS coach Jim Niday was named the 2011 Coach of the Year by his peers a year after winning the SEOAL South Division COY accolades a season ago. Junior pitcher Heather Ward was named the 2011 Player of the Year in the SEOAL. Five Angels earned repeat all-league hon- 2011 ALL-SEOAL SOFTBALL TEAM Rylee Boullion Karol Ojeda Hannah Cunningham** Mattie Lanham* Morgan Leslie* Courtney Shriver** Heather Ward* Jessica Apsley* Emileigh Cooper* Bailey Topf** Olivia McBride* Kara Carpenter Sarah Stalter* Hannah Foster** Brandi Douglas Staci Lauer* Madison Stauffer Hannah Zimmerman FIRST TEAM Chillicothe Chillicothe Gallia Academy Gallia Academy Gallia Academy Gallia Academy Gallia Academy Jackson Jackson Logan Logan Marietta Marietta Portsmouth Warren Warren Warren Warren So Sr Sr Jr Sr Sr Jr Sr Sr Sr Sr So Sr Sr Fr Sr Sr Jr Player of the Year: Heather Ward, Gallia Academy Coach of the Year: Jim Niday, Gallia Academy HONORABLE MENTION Hayley Robinson and Marissa Webb, Chillicothe; Kari Campbell and Claudia Farney, Gallia Academy; Kari Jenkins and Bethany King, Jackson; Jen Hoag and Alyssa Meyer, Logan; Andi Lincoln and Bree Seevers, Marietta; Erica Sieson and Kasey Simpson, Portsmouth; Devon Rowley and Ally Spence*, Warren. * — denotes previous season(s) named to All-SEOAL team. Niday was South Division Coach of the Year in 2010. Team selected by vote of league coaches. Each team was permitted two automatic honorable mention selections. ors, as seniors Hannah Cunningham, Morgan Leslie and Courtney Shriver and juniors Mattie Lanham and Ward all earned at least their second AllSEOAL selection of their career. Both Shriver and Cunningham were three-time all-league honoreess. Seniors Kari Campbell and Claudia Farney were also honorable mention selections for the Blue Angels. Sarah Hawley/file photo The Wahama baseball team, pictured here in a preseason team photo, completed a TVC Hocking play on Thursday evening, finishing 16-0 to win the league title. White Falcons go unbeaten in 1st TVC Hocking season BY GARY CLARK SPECIAL TO THE TIMES-SENTINEL MASON, W.Va. — Matt Arnold and Anthony Bond drove in four runs apiece with an extra base hit and a single as the Wahama White Falcons concluded its Tri-Valley Conference season with a perfect 160 mark after handing South Gallia a fiveinning, 15-0 baseball setback Thursday evening at Wahama. Arnold blasted a tworun homer in the opening frame while Bond chased home a pair with a first inning double to lead a 13 hit Bend Area offensive attack. Tyler Roush added a couple of singles with Zack Warth, Nick Templeton, Tyler Kitchen, Tyler Nutter, Matt Stewart, Wyatt Zuspan and Wesley Harrison all coming up with a single each to round out the Falcon hitters on the day. A trio of Falcon pitchers limited the Rebels to just three hits with Seth Jarrell smacking a double to go along with an Ethan Spurlock and Corey Haney single for South Gallia. The diamond victory pushed the White Falcons overall season slate to a school record 27-4 as the Bend Area team wrapped up its first TVC championship with a perfect 16-0, 2011 spring campaign. Wahama will now attempt to continue its post-season run on Monday at 6 p.m. at Triana Field on the campus of the University of Charleston in Region IV semifinal play against Section Two champion Charleston Catholic. WHS scored in every inning and never looked back in jumping out to a quick lead. A two-run double by Bond and a two-run homer by Arnold in the opening frame gave Wahama a 4-0 advantage before the Mason County squad pushed across three more in the second to gain an 8-0 edge. A five run third was highlighted by run producing singles from Kitchen, Bond and Arnold with Harrison delivering a two RBI base knock in the frame. Templeton, Nutter and Zuspan all had pinch hit safeties in a three run fourth to cap off the Bend Area teams scoring and complete the 15-0 shutout victory. Bond picked up the mound triumph for the White Falcons with Roush and Brice Clark also getting in some work on the hill for Coach Tom Cullen’s crew. Bond allowed one hit with three strikeouts with Roush giving up two safeties after fanning four and walking one. Both hurlers pitched two innings with Clark finishing up with a strike out and a walk in the final frame. Haner got the starting nod for South Gallia and was pinned with the pitching loss with Jarrell also seeing action on the mound for the Rebels. WAHAMA 15, SOUTH GALLIA 0 So Gallia Wahama 000 435 00 3x — 033 — 15 13 0 SOUTH GALLIA (n/a): Haner, Jarrell (3) and Spurlock. WAHAMA (27-4, 16-0 TVC Hocking): Bond, Roush (3), Clark (5) and Harrison. WP — Bond; LP — Haner. HR — W: Arnold.3 Lady Eagles fall to Fairfield Angels from Page B1 the first, LE had runners on second and third with two outs when an infield fly was dropped, which permitted one run to score, and on the overthrow to the plate a second run came home. The next batter reached on an OF miscue costing the Angels a third run and it was 3-0 before the Blue & White even came to bat. The Pickaway Countian’s offensive strategy was revealed early and often as they laid down nine bunts in the game; five for base hits and four more for runner advancing sacrifices. The Lady Braves SS, Taylor Saxton was 4-5on the afternoon with all four hits coming by way of successful bunt singles. Meanwhile, the Logan Elm starting pitcher, Morgan Conrad, held the Angels hitless until the bottom of the fourth, when, with one out, Courtney Shriver drove a first pitch liner over the left field fence to break up the no-no and the shut out bid. Hannah Cunningham had the other GAHS safety on the day with her lead off bunt single in the sixth. The Angels only had five base runners in the game with Heather Ward receiving a walk in the first, Vanessa Henson reaching the same way in the seventh, and Cunningham being hit by a pitch in the third. Meanwhile, the Lady Braves combined nine more hits after the first inning with three more Sarah Hawley/file photo The Eastern softball team came up short in its Division IV district semifinal contest against Leesburg Fairfield on Friday night following an 8-0 loss at Minford High School. Due to time restraints, this story will appear in the Tuesday sports editions of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune, Point Pleasant Register and The Daily Sentinel. Bryan Walters/file photo Gallia Academy pitcher Heather Ward, left, gets a high-five from third baseman Claudia Farney as teammates Morgan Leslie, Courtney Shriver and Kari Campbell, from left, leave the circle during this May 13 file photo of a softball game in Centenary, Ohio. GAHS errors to score in five of the seven innings, with the 9-1 final being their largest lead of the game. Heather Ward suffered her first loss of the year against a school record nineteen wins allowing 9 runs (5 earned) on 12 hits, but in fairness, those six errors extended four of the innings. The old axiom about not giving your opponents more than three outs in an innings certainly factored in the margin of victory. With the season ending loss, GAHS bids a fond farewell to their ten seniors: Kari Campbell, Morgan Leslie, Hannah Cunningham, Vanessa Henson, Claudia Farney, Kayla Harrison, Amanda McGhee, Courtney Shriver, Sarah Eberhard, and Katie Jo Dunlap. These ladies have been a big part of a four year school record 81 wins against only 21 losses (.794) including three straight SEOAL championships, three Sectional championships and one District title. The Blue Angels, along with Blue Devil baseball, girls and boys track, and tennis will be honored at the Spring Sports Awards, Monday evening at the high school beginning at 6 p.m. in the Holzer Center for the Performing Arts. LOGAN ELM 9, GALLIA ACADEMY 1 LE GA 301 201 1 000 100 0 — 9 12 1 — 126 LEHS (19-5): Morgan Conrad and Brittany Pontious. GAHS (22-2): Heather Ward and Mattie Lanham. WP — Conrad; LP — Ward. �Page B4 • Sunday Times-Sentinel Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis GALLIA ACADEMY BOYS TRACK AND Sunday, May 22, 2011 FIELD TEAM RIVER VALLEY’S KELSEY SANDS GALLIA ACADEMY GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD TEAM Angels, Devils win district track titles OVP area advances 31 athletes to regionals in 26 events BY SARAH HAWLEY SHAWLEY@MYDAILYTRIBUNE.COM OAK HILL, Ohio — For the second the Gallia Academy track teams claimed the Division II District titles at Oak Hill High School. For the Blue Angels, this was the 16th consecutive district title. The Blue Angels scored 119 points to defeat Portsmouth by a 50 point margin, 119-69. The Lady Raiders took third with 64 points. Meigs was 13th with 11 points. The Blue Devils scored 128 points to beat second place Ironton (102 points). The Marauders placed 14th with seven points, while River Valley scored six points to place 16th. Gallia Academy will be sending a total of 23 athletes to the regional meet in 23 events. River Valley will send eight athletes to the meet. Winning event titles for Gallia Academy on Friday evening were Peyton Adkins, who set the district record in both the 1600 meter run (5:18.10) and 3200 meter run (11:22.60), Samantha Barnes in the 800 meter run with a district record time of 2:24.06, the 4x100 meter girls relay team of Taylor Queen, Abby Wiseman, Andrea Edelmann and Breanna West (53.13) and the boys 4x200 meter relay team of Frank Goff, Ethan Moore, Tyler Campbell and Austin Wilson (1:30.71 DR). Jonathan Caldwell took second in the 110 meter hurdles (15.63) and 300 meter hurdles (39.85), Mckenna Warner in the 1600 meter run (5:32.48), Matt Watts in the 1600 meter run (4:27.90) and Hannah Watts in the 400 meter dash (1:00.11). The boys 4x100 meter relay team (43.90), the girls 4x200 meter relay team (1:50.96), the girls 4x400 meter relay team (4:13.90) and the boys 4x400 meter relay team (3:32.16) from Gallia Academy each placed second, advancing to regionals. Haley Angel took third in the 100 meter hurdles (17.81), Warner was third in the 3200 meter run (12:20.17), Wilson placed third in the 400 meter dash (52.07) and Matt Watts was third in the 3200 meter run (10:10.30). Hannah Watts placed fourth in the 200 meter dash (28.24) and Campbell was fourth in the high jump (5-10). For the River Valley, Jessica Hager took first in the 300 meter hurdles (46.23) and the 200 meter dash (26.14) and the 4x400 meter girls team of JaiNai Fields, Kelsey Sands, Sheyan McGrath and Hager placed first with a district record time of MEIGS’ TRYGVE SVALHEIM MEIGS’ RACHEL BAUER RIVER VALLEY’S KAITLYN ROBERTS 4:13.57. Katie Blodgett was second in the 3200 meter run (11:43.60) and Kaitie Roberts was second in the discus (1089). Fields placed third in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:01.64. The lone River Valley boy to advance to regionals was Patrick Williams in the 200 meter dash (23.61). The Division II Regional Meet will be held Thursday and Saturday at Meadowbrook High School in Byesville, Ohio. Complete results of the 2011 Division II Southeast District Track and Field Championships are available at www.baumspage.com All action photos provided by sports editor Paul Boggs of the Jackson County TimesJournal in Jackson, Ohio. GALLIA ACADEMY’S ABBY WISEMAN AND TAYLOR QUEEN GALLIA ACADEMY’S ETHAN MOORE AND FRANK GOFF �Sunday, May 22, 2011 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Foul spring weather’s affect on wildlife No matter how bad you think you got it, always remember that somebody, somewhere has got it far worse than you. Complaining about the cold and wet conditions this spring has become a regular pastime for Bend area residents, but for most of us it is little more than an inconvenience - something that dampens your lawn mowing or gardening plans, or your weekend recreation. For others, particularly farmers, this unusually wet and cold spring is affecting their bottom line - a bottom line already affected by soaring fuel, seed and fertilizer costs. Here at the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District it has definitely had an impact on our equipment rentals, fields are simply too wet and waterlogged for farmers to get into. Spring grass plantings have, for the most part, been pushed back to fall plantings, and farmers are having a hard time getting corn and soybean plantings in the ground. Likewise, while this weather is great for growing grass, it isn’t so great for cutting and baling it. Fields are overdue for first cuttings. For sportsmen, the weather has already had some In the Open Jim Freeman impact. For instance in Ohio this spring’s wild turkey harvest was down by 21 percent over last year. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife hunters checked in 18,485 wild turkeys during the four-week season, compared to 23,421 last year. Part of the decline was due to the poor hatch in 2009, according to wildlife officials, but the wettest April on record hampered turkey hunting, and there is little doubt that the past few months have been unusually cold and wet. There have been studies about the relationship between weather and gobbling, particularly where rainfall or wind is concerned. Perhaps turkeys gobble less when it is raining, or there just aren’t any hunters around to hear them. Sort of like when a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, does a gobble make a sound if the hunter is back at the house? Other researchers have examined the relationship between weather and wild turkey nesting success; in short, if May precipitation is high, the fall turkey population and harvest are down. May is the period when hens are laying and incubating eggs. The "wet hen theory" hypothesizes that hens and poults are more detectable by predators when rainfall is abundant, as opposed to hens with dry feathers. Weather can also affect poults. A combination of low temperatures and rain can cause result in the deaths of young turkey poults. The Ohio River has been running high - more or less since the middle of March. However the river continues to be productive for shore anglers catching hybrid striped bass, walleye, drum and catfish - particularly below the locks and dams. However, the whims of nature are beyond our control; many agricultural writers are recommending that farmers remain patient (What else can they do?) as opposed to getting out into the fields while they are too wet, and the animal populations will eventually recover. However I am reminded of the devastating impact the blizzards of the late ‘70s had on our bobwhite quail population. But like I said earlier, no matter how bad you think you have it, someone else has it worse. All the rain we have been getting has been wreaking havoc along the Mississippi River, and most likely the people who live there would gladly trade you places. So keep dry, stay patient, and everything will work itself out in good time. In any event, my zoning variance request for the ark I am constructing is expected to take 180 days, and since you are reading this it means the world actually didn’t come to an end at 6 p.m. on Saturday (although that could have conveniently gotten me out of buying some graduation presents). Jim Freeman is the wildlife specialist for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District. He can be contacted weekdays at 740-992-4282 or at jim.freeman@oh.nacdnet.net Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page B5 Oliver stays in Senior League lead at Riverside TIMES-SENTINEL STAFF MDSSPORTS@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM MASON, W.Va. — Bob Oliver of Mason remains on top of the Riverside Senior Men’s Golf League despite the 2011 spring weather conditions. Oliver has a total of 55 points for the season and currently owns nine-point cushion over runner-up Claude Proffitt (46 points). Ed Debalski and Phil Hill are both tied for third with 43 points apiece. A total of 13 players took part in Tuesday’s round, which made for three teams of three and one foursome — which made Tuesday’s round worth four points. Oliver, Hill and Ralph Sayre posted the day’s low score of 62 (10 under par), while the trio of Cuzz Laudermilt, Phil Burgess and Butch Bookman was second with a round of 65. The closest to the pin winner was Carl Stone on No. 14. 2011 RIVERSIDE SENIOR MEN’S GOLF LEAGUE STANDINGS Bob Oliver Claude Proffitt Ed Debalski Phil Hill Kenny Greene Cuzz Laudermilt Aaron Groves Butch Bookman Jim Gordon Ed Coon Earl Johnson Bill Yoho Gerald Kelly Bob Humphreys Cliff Rice Bill Arnott Gary Minton Charlie Hargraves 55.0 46.0 43.0 43.0 40.5 40.0 35.0 31.5 31.5 31.5 31.0 30.5 29.5 29.5 29.5 29.0 29.0 29.0 Bill Winebrenner Paul Somerville Rick Northup Cecil Gillette Jerry Arnold Steve Safford Gene Thomas Bob Hill Mick Winebrenner Willis Dudding Dick Dugan Jim Turley Ralph Sayre Rich Mabe Don Corbin Bob Hysell Jim Lawrence Roy Bailey SUNDAY TELEVISION GUIDE MONDAY TELEVISION GUIDE 29.0 29.0 27.5 27.5 27.5 26.0 26.0 25.5 25.5 25.5 25.0 22.5 22.0 21.5 20.5 19.0 19.0 19.0 �Page B6 • Sunday Times-Sentinel Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday, May 22, 2011 URG Roundup: RedStorm men’s soccer adds Fischer BY MARK WILLIAMS SPECIAL TO THE TIMES SENTINEL RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande RedStorm men’s soccer team is pleased to announce the signing of James Dalton Fischer of Peebles High School to a letter of intent to play soccer at Rio Grande beginning in the fall of 2011. Fischer, a 5’10” defender, was AllSouthern Hills League for the past three seasons and earned all-district honors in each of the last two years for the Indians. Fischer was pleased to be able to sign with Rio Grande. “I’m very excited and ready to get started,” he said. Proximity was a determining factor in Fischer choosing to sign with Rio Grande. “The main factor in my choosing Rio Grande is because it is close to home,” he said. “They also have a strong coaching staff.” Rio Grande head coach Scott Morrissey is pleased to be able to add Fischer to the program. “We’re very happy to have James join our program,” Morrissey said. “He is an outstanding young man and he has a lot of talent. We look forward to training him and watching him continue to develop.” “He is a hard worker and has a great attitude,” Morrissey added. “He has an opportunity, what he does with it will be up to him and we feel very good about having him in the program.” Fischer talked about his best assets as a player and also what he feels he needs to continue to develop to be a better player at the college level. “My best asset is my speed, I have quick feet,” Fischer said. “I need to work on my knowledge of the game.” Fischer’s goal while wearing the Rio Grande uniform is to become a better soccer player. “I want to better myself in all aspects of the game,” Fischer said. James is the son of Chris and Tia Fischer of Peebles, Ohio and he played for head coach Gus Denzik. He plans to major in Fine Woodworking. plans pursue a degree in the education field as an Intervention Specialist. Coach DeLong believes Hurst will have a big impact on her team. “Allison will be big for us this upcoming season,” DeLong said. “She will likely see a lot of time behind the plate and make an immediate impact.” “She comes from a great school and a great conference and I know she will not have any trouble competing here at Rio,” DeLong added. Hurst also discussed her strongest assets as a player and also what she feels she needs to improve to become a better player in college. “My hitting and being an overall smart player are my best assets and my biggest challenge and what I need to work on is my running,” she said. Hurst’s goal is simply to improve on and off the field. “I want to become a better overall player and person,” Hurst said. Allison is the daughter of Jody and Shauna Hurst of Fairfield, Ohio. RIO SOFTBALL SIGNS COLERAIN’S MORRIS RIO GRANDE, Ohio — The University of Rio Grande RedStorm softball program has signed Sydney Morris of Colerain High School to a grant-in-aid letter to play softball beginning in the 2011-12 season. Morris, a pitcher at Colerain, is a nice duel threat as she swings the bat very well in addition to her success as a pitcher. She was very happy to sign with Rio Grande. “This is awesome, I’m so excited,” Morris said. “I really liked the coaching staff and the players and that was a huge part of my signing with Rio.” “They have a really good softball program,” mathematics. Morris also discussed what her goal is while playing at Rio Grande. “I want to get better as a teammate and a ball player,” Morris said. Sydney is the daughter of Victor and Tina Morris of Cincinnati. Morris is the fourth member of 2011-12 recruiting class, joining Haley Gwin of Troy High School, Jessie Walk of Fairmont High School and Jessi Robinson of Wilmington High School. The RedStorm finished the 2011 season with an overall record of 23-21 and wrapped up the Mid-South Conference East Division championship with a 14-10 mark. NOW OPEN Shockingly low prices! St Rt 160 Bidwell Ohio "Worth the Drive from Anywhere!" SR 554 Save A Lot RT 160 *Next to River Valley Middle School (Near the intersection of St Rt 160 & 554) Prices Good at Pomeroy Save a Lot 700 W. Main Street 740-992-2891 REDSTORM SOFTBALL SIGNS SIXTH RECRUIT RIO GRANDE, Ohio — A busy recruiting season continued for the University of Rio Grande softball program as head coach Dawnjene DeLong brought in a sixth recruit for her 2011-12 recruiting class. She is Allison Hurst from Fairfield High School. Hurst, a catcher, was a three-year varsity performer for the Fairfield Lady Indians and earned 2nd team All-GMC in 2010. Hurst’s signing addresses a position of need as Rio Grande had only one catcher in 2011 in senior-to-be Nicole Sargent. “I’m happy and very excited to be signing with Rio Grande,” Hurst said. “I look forward to attending and playing at Rio next year.” Hurst discussed her reasons for signing with the RedStorm program. “I wanted to find a college with a good education program and a good softball program as well, and that’s what I’m getting from Rio Grande,” Hurst said. “I loved the small town atmosphere and got along well with the girls on the team.” “I really didn’t know too much about Rio until I visited,” Hurst added. “I knew they had a good education program and that it was a small school.” She she added. Rio Grande head coach Dawnjene DeLong sees Morris has a tremendous addition to the program. “Sydney is a great addition to our program,” DeLong said. “She carries a big stick and will hit with power.” “She’s a nice girl and will fit in well with the team,” DeLong added. Morris talked about what her best assets are as a player and what she needs to work on to be successful at the college level. “I feel like my best asset is my ability to maintain composure during the game and knowledge of game situations,” Morris said. “I need to work on the development of extra pitches.” She plans to major in Sale Dates: Sunday, May 15th to Monday, May 30th �C1 ALONG THE RIVER Sunday, May 22, 2011 Photo courtesy of Getty Images FAMILY FEATURES T he warm weather has finally arrived and parents everywhere are looking to make this summer one for the memory books. Summer always seems to fly by, with work, chores and family vacations taking priority throughout the warm months. In order to take full advantage of everything the season has to offer, Huggies is helping Moms and Dads beat the heat with a variety of fun and easy summertime activities. From taking indoor activities outside to summer style and starting a garden, the options are endless. Whether it’s baby’s first summer or they’re a seasoned warm-weather expert, make it the best summer yet. 1. Take family activities outdoors Whether it’s family dinners on the patio, reading baby’s favorite story under a shady tree, or stargazing at night, remember to get outside and enjoy the beautiful summer weather with the family. 2. Incorporate summer styles Huggies is helping little ones achieve the perfect denim-clad summer wardrobe by bringing back Huggies Little Movers Jeans Diapers. From play dates to strolls around the neighborhood, this denim accessory is perfect for any summer look. Not only will babies be rocking the hottest summer fashion, but they will also be helping diaper a baby in need. Moms can share their support by uploading a photo of their little one sporting the fashionable denim diaper at www.Huggies.com. For each photo uploaded or photo “liked” Huggies will help a baby in need by donating to Every Little Bottom. 3. Just add water It’s important to keep cool while enjoying a day outdoors in the hot summer sun. Think about breaking out the baby pool, sprinkler or hose, and incorporate bubbles or buckets for extra fun. 4. Keep it simple As little ones become more active, summertime is the perfect opportunity to break out the blanket and head to a favorite outdoor spot. Even simple games like “Peek-a-Boo” are more exciting in the summer breeze. 5. Enjoy fresh air Embrace the outdoors and enjoy fresh air with nightly walks around the neighborhood. The temperature will have cooled down, and babies often fall asleep to motion. 6. Introduce texture Introducing a baby to the many fun textures of summer is important to the growing senses. Whether it’s sand, grass or finger paint, the opportunities to expand baby’s experiences grow greatly in the summer months. Try walking in a park, playing in the sandbox or touching garden flowers. 12. Enjoy a lazy day 7. Summer outings Packing a diaper bag and getting outside helps to make the most of summertime. Whether it’s a stroll around the park or a visit to the local zoo, a day out of the house can be fun for the whole family. If these places are within walking distance, try to resist the urge to drive and break out the stroller for a refreshing walk. 8. Take full advantage of holidays There are plenty of great summer occasions to bring the family together and celebrate. Take advantage of the warm weather and take the party outside. From neighborhood cookouts to family parties at the park, outdoor holidays can create fond summer memories. Taking a break is underestimated in the summertime. Baby and parents deserve to lay back and relax after a busy summer day. Continue to take advantage of the warm summer weather while relaxing — take a snooze on the porch or rock on the hammock. These moments of rest will help you feel refreshed and ready to get back to all that fun in the sun. 13. 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Uncle Don & Aunt Naomi Spencer 2.8 acres in Syracuse on Roy Jones Rd., Syracuse water & sewage, asking $6,800.00 614404-1381 Lots 6000 Employment Child/Elderly Care Babysitter needed in our HomeMust be dependable Ph: 304-8125088 Drivers & Delivery Unimproved lots on Ohio River, Long Bottom, rent $40 per mo., 304-372-5419 3500 Sales Real Estate Rentals Apartments/ Townhouses 1 & 2 bedroom house & apartments for rent. No Pets, 740-992-2218 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. Excellent health & dental insurance, 401(K), Vacation, Bonus pays and safety awards. Contact Kenton at 1-800462-9365 E.O.E. Clean 1BR garage apt. Ref + dep. No Pets! 304-675-5162 Tractor trailer Driver needed. Must have Hazmat. Send resume to Human Resources Po Box 705 Pomeroy Oh 45769. Card of Thanks Card of Thanks With our deepest appreciation. The family of Sharon Banks would like to thank Holzer Cancer Center, Holzer Clinic, Holzer Hospice, Holzer Hospital and the many friends and coworkers for their kindness and giving. God Bless You. -The Banks and Bales Families Sunday, May 22, 2011 Drivers & Delivery Help Wanted - General Liquid Asphalt Drivers in Point Pleasant Area Needed, Must be 21 years old or older. Must have Class A CDL with Hazmat Endorsment and TWIC Card. Good MVR. Local Trips. Call 1-800-598-6122 for more information. The Daily Tribune is seeking an experienced press operator. This position will involve the operation of an eight unit Goss Urbanite and other related support equipment. The ideal candidate will have experience in a fast-paced work environment and will be able to work flexible hours. This is a night shift position and it will require some weekend shifts, excluding Sundays. We offer full time benefits, paid vacation, paid sic k leave and 401k. Interested applicants can send a resume by email to gweatherbee@heatlandpublications.com, or by mail to The Daily Tribune, attn; Greg Weatherbee, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis OH 45631 Education VACANCY; H.S. CAREER-TECHNICAL PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTOR. Associate Degree in Criminal Justice or Criminal/Forensic Science. OPOTA Peace Officer certified. Prefer Detective/Investigation experience. CONTACT : GalliaJackson-Vinton JVSD (740)245-5334 Ext 256. Email: mrankin@buckeyehills.net.EEO VACANCY: H.S. CAREER-TECHNICAL MATH INSTRUCTOR. Valid Ohio Math license required. Contact : Gallia -Jackson-Vinton JVSD(740) 245-5334 Ext 256 E-mail: mrankin@buckeyehills.net EEO VACANCY: H.S COUNSELOR. Valid Ohio School Counselor required. Career-Technical experience preferred. CONTACT : G a l l i a - Ja ck s o n - V i n t o n - J V S D (740)245-5334 Ext 256 Email: mrankin@buckeyehills.net. EEO Food Services Kentucky Fried Chicken is accepting applications for Management. We are looking for career minded individuals that have a willingness to grow and succeed within our company. We offer a fun filled work environment as well as a competitive salary, paid vacations, paid weekly and insurance opportunities. If you are ready for a career, please apply in person at our Gallipolis, OH location, 2206 Upper River Rd. Gallipolis Developmental Center is currently seeking Intermittent TPW’s. TPW’s must have a High School Diploma/GED and a valid driver’s license. Interested persons should submit an Ohio Civil Service Application. You can submit on line at careers.ohio.gov, YOU CAN ALSO APPLY AT Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, 848 Third Avenue, Gallipolis OH 45631, MondayThursday 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Gallipolis Developmental Center Attention: Human Resource Department 2500 Ohio Avenue Gallipolis OH 45631 Phone: (740) 446-1642 Fax: (740) 446-2625The Gallipolis Developmental Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer Smoker Friendly's Liquor Plus in Point Pleasant is now accepting applications for Assistant Manager and Part-time Positions. Must be 21 years of age and able to work flexible hours. Cigarette/Tobacco and Liquor background with retail experience helpful! We're looking for enthusiastic people with friendly and pleasant smile! Please Apply in person at Smoker Friendly's Liquor Plus. Background check is required. 203 Jones Street,Point Pleasant, WV Ph: 304-675-4666 Help Wanted - General EXPERIENCED DIESEL TECH AND EXPERIENCED HEAVYDUTY PARTS SALESPERSON apps available at www.redstruckcenter.com email or fax to admin@redstruckcenter.com or 740-994-3500 Wanted electrical or electronic person w/high school or college edu. in the Pt Pleasant or Gallia area. Good driving record. Send resume to A 1 Amusement 3405 Merdock Ave Parkersburg, WV 26101 or fax to 304-422-4480. 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 Card of Thanks Medical LPN for PRN please call 740-4463808 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 MR/DD . Various Saturdays and Sundays 3pm-11pm 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 based on experience. Apply online at http://www.paiswv.com or call (304)373-1011 Part-Time/Temporaries Part-Time position for a library clerk at the Mason/New Haven Public Libraries. 16 hours per week .Applications can be picked up at any of the libraries and dropped off at the Mason Library,Brown Street,Mason WV or New Haven public library.Main Street,New Haven WV. This position requires computer skills, and involves working with people,clerical duties,and occasionally children's programming. Must be 18 years old to apply. Mason County Public Library System is an equal opportunity employer. Card of Thanks The Family of Dorothy Jean Alkire would like to thank friends, families, neighbors, and organizations who sent cards, brought food, made donations in her memory, and kept all of us in prayers.We greatly appreciate all of you and your thoughtfulness. �Sunday, May 22, 2011 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis, OH • Pt. Pleasant, WV SHOP CLASSIFIEDS FOR BARGAINS Help Wanted 9000 Service / Bus. Directory Cleaning Get A Jump on SAVINGS EMPLOYMENT NOTICE Mercerville/Hannan Trace Alumni Saturday, May 28th J & J Painting Interior/Exterior Power Washing Homes & Garages,Barns Free est. Have References Ph 304-812-4946 Doors open at 4:30 PM Dinner at 6:30 pm Miscellaneous 184 day contract per school year Qualifications: Current license from the Ohio Board of Occupational Therapy, Ohio Department of Education License as Occupational Therapist, Bachelor Degree with previous experience working with children, Valid Ohio Driver’s license, BCI and fingerprint check. BASEMENT WATERPROOFING Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee Local references furnished and established in 1975 Call 24 hrs 740)446-0870 Rogers Basement Waterproofing Shop the Classifieds! Call 740-446-7379 or 740-256-6051 For Reservation Revival Bidwell Methodist Church Salary based on experience and educational background, STRS retirement, single health insurance plan. Rev. Calvin Minnis May 23-24-25 6:30pm Contact: Dr. Denise Shockley Gallia-Vinton ESC Superintendent P.O. 178 Rio Grande, OH 45674 (740) 245-0593 90_dshockley@seovec.org 60201472 Help Wanted Applications accepted to June 1, 2011 or until position is filled. Gallia-Vinton ESC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 60203442 Help Wanted opportunity Hannan Trace Elementary School Home Improvement Occupational Therapist Serving the Vinton County Local Schools. Bulletin Boards $12.00 Column Inch per day Will do house cleaning 740-8610952 Will pick up unwanted Appliances& yard sale items also Will haul or buy Auto's & Scrap metal Ph. 446-3698 ask for Robert. Help Wanted Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page C3 Help Wanted Help Wanted Enjoy your weekends? Enjoy working dayshift? Enjoy a friendly working environment ? Ohio Valley Home Health is looking for motivated individuals to fill our Aide Positions UTILITY WORKER Ohio University is accepting applications for the position of part-time regular UTILITY WORKER in Custodial Services. JOB DUTIES: Performs general labor indoors and outdoors. NOTE: There is no guarantee on the number of hours to be worked each week. Applicants must demonstrate a willingness to work with diverse populations to be successful. Applicants must have an established pattern of good work habits and performance as well as meet Occupation Health Medical standards for posted position/classification and complete a background check. Starting hourly rate is $10.43 View Posting Details and APPLY ONLINE AT: Competitive wages and excellent benefits Qualifications: • STNA, CHHA, CNA, PCA • Excellent Documentation Skills • Able to work independently For more information please call April Burgett, RN, Administrator at 740-441-1393 or apply at 1480 Jackson Pike Gallipolis, Ohio or Email resume: aburgett@ovhh.org Help Wanted Help Wanted LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE Pleasant Valley Hospital is currently accepting applications for a full time Licensed Practical Nurse for one of our physician office. Applicants must have a current West Virginia license. One-year experience in a physician office or hospital related area working with direct patient care. Send resumes to: Pleasant Valley Hospital, c/o Human Resources, 2520 Valley Drive, Point Pleasant, WV 25550, fax to (304) 675-6975 or apply on-line at www.pvalley.org AA/EOE 60202740 Auction Auction PUBLIC AUCTION www.ohiouniversityjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=58059 Tuesday, May 24, 2011 • 6 p.m. APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 31, 2011 Ohio University is closed Monday, May 30 in observance of Memorial Day Holiday Location: Meigs County Highway Department 34110 Fairgrounds Road Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 Auction Auction www.ovhh.org Auction Auction FOR SALE Vehicles: • 1995 Chevrolet C20 Van • 1995 Ford 4-150 Pick-up • 1994 Ford LT8000 Tandem Dump Truck • 1995 Ford F-250 Extended Cab Pickup Truck • 1986 Chevrolet Blazer (No Title) • 1995 Ford Dump LN-8000 Dump SA • 1991 Dodge D-100 Equipment: • 2002 Gravely Pro Chipper-944 • 1994 Gravely Pro Chipper 395 • 1970 Krane Car Crane AXH Miscellaneous: • Office Equipment Owner: Meigs County Highway Department • Please Note: Cash only and positive I.D. required **Not responsible for accidents of any kind or loss of property Auction 60203383 Auctioneer: Dan Smith, Ohio #13449 Auction Farm Machinery Sale Sat, May 28 11:00 Tractors Sell at 12:00 Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate 39170 State Route 681 Albany, Ohio 45710 9 Miles from Athens, 8 Miles from Albany 33 East of Athens to State Route 681 Turn Right 681 West 2 1/2 miles on Right, From 50/32 Take 681 Exit Go East 8 1/2 miles on Left Past Snowville TRACTORS: 1995 FORD 3930 DIESEL 8 SPEED SHUTTLE, NEW FARMTRAC 555 2 HRS. 50HP 2WD, FORD 801 DIESEL, (2) MASSEY FERGUSON 35, MF 202 GAS, FORD 4000 GAS W/LOADER, FOR 8N, 1940 JOHN DEERE H RUNS VERY NICE, JOHN DEERE 760 SELF LOADER PAN EQUIPMENT: NEW HOLLAND HAY RAKE NEW PAINT VERY NICE, NEW IDEA HAY RAKE VERY NICE, FORD 532 SQUARE BALER, NEW HOLLAND 273 VERY NICE SQUARE BALER, NEW HOLLAND 68 SQUARE BALER NICE, MASSEY FERGUSON 9 SQUARE BALER, FORD 501 SICKLE MOWER, SUPERIOR SICKLE MOWER, 3 BOTTOM MF PLOW SHEAR PIN TRIP, 3 POINT BOOMPOLE, 3 POINT CARRY, NEW BALE FEEDERS, NEW BUNK FEEDERS, COUNTRY CLIPPER ZERO TURN MOWER, GRAVELY 1950 MODEL L, MF 2 ROW CORN PLANTER, CASE SKID STEER QUICK ACTION FORKS, NEW WOODS 4’ BOX BLADE, (2) NEW HAWKLINE 72” 3 POINT BLADES, 4 BASKET PULL TYPE JD CORN PLANTER, J&M RUNNING GEARS 16 TON, PULL TYPE LIME SPREADER, NEW HOLLAND 718 CHOPPER, JOHN DEERE BRUSH HOG, MF FRONT LOADER BUCKET, 8’ PULL TYPE TRANSPORT DISC, PULL TYPE ROTARY HOE, NEW BUSH HOG 295 CUTTER, NEW BUSH HOG 5’ SPC600 BOX BLADE, CASE-IH 3450 ROUND BALER VERY NICE, 1995 GOLD STAR DUAL WHEEL TANDEM GOOSE NECK 20-4 VERY NICE, 3 PT. CULTIVATORS, FUEL TANK W/STAND, 12’ ALUMINUM ELEVATOR, 25 TON TRUCK MOUNTED WINCH, JD WINCH, 2 HAY WAGONS W/BEDS, LONG HAY ELEVATOR GALVANIZED, MF 110 MANURE SPREADER, FORD 3 PT. POST HOLE DIGGER, 16’ BUMPER PULL TRAILER, 1970 F-600 CAB & CHASSIS, 1990 FORD F-250 4X4-GOOD TRUCK-FLAT BED W/GOOSENECK & BUMPER PULL HITCH, 16’ FLAT BED TRAILER W/PINDEL HITCH & RAMPS, REESE 9’3 PT. DRUM MOWER, JOHN DEERE 17-7 GRAIN DRILL W/GRASS SEED BOX, CHISEL PLOW, 1993 CHEVY 1500 4X4, 1994 48’ DORSEY FLAT BED TRAILER SPREAD, 3 PT. FINGER WHEEL RAKE, SEVERAL NEW & USED TRACTOR, TRUCK, EQUIPMENT, SEMI TIRES, MISC NEW TRACTOR PARTS, HYDRAULIC OIL, SEVERAL MISC FARM ITEMS PARTIAL LISTING - INVENTORY SUBJECT TO CHANGE - ADDING EQUIPMENT DAILY! AUCTIONEER: DON REYNOLDS #13083 CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE - NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS - RESTROOMS AVAILABLE - RAIN OR SHINE - MASTERCARD & VISA W/5% BUYER’S PREMIUM WAIVED FOR CASH OR GOOD CHECK McGrath Truck & Tractor For More Information Call: 740-696-0358 �Help Wanted STNA’s You’ll love our facility! Rocksprings Care Center, an Extendicare facility located in Pomeroy, is currently seeking full and part-time STNA’s for all shifts. We are searching for caring individuals who enjoy job satisfaction! Contact us today to learn about our competitive wages and shift differentials, benefit package and our tuition assistance program. Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center 36759 Rocksprings Road Pomeroy, OH 45769 Advertise Your Business Here TREE CARE SPECIALISTS GALLIPOLIS OH 740-446-2015 YOUR TREES DESERVE THE BEST CARE! Extendicare Health Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that encourages workplace diversity. Auction SERVICES OFFERED SCOTT SWAIN OH-0825AU Interested candidates can apply in person: Auction TRIMMING ~ REMOVAL ~ STUMP GRINDING INSECT ~ DISEASE CONTROL TREECARESOUTHERNOHIO.COM Located on S. Rt. 7 in Chester at the Intersection of Pomeroy Pike Property to be sold at Sheriff's Sale Meigs County Courthouse Pomeroy, OH Baum Lumber POWER EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE 740-985-3302 MANTIS TILLERS - TROY BILT TILLERS - HITACHI TRIMMERS SAWS - BLOWERS - TANAKA - WINCH CABLES - CHOKERS SERVICING ALL BRANDS PICK UP & DELIVERY June 8, 2011 10:00 AM R.L. Hollon Trucking • Lime Stone • Gravel • Dirt • Sand • Driveway Grading Chester, Ohio 740-985-4422 740-856-2609 cell Marcum Construction Count on it. FORECLOSURE Sunday, May 22, 2011 and General Contracting Mikee W.. Marcumm - Owner • Commerciall & Residentiall • Generall Remodeling • Room Additions • Roofing • Garages • Pole & Horse Barns • Foundations • Home Repairs 740-985-4141 • 740-416-1834 Fully Insured – Free Estimates 30 Years Experience Not Affliated with Mike Marcum Roofing & Remodeling REES Jeffers Painting, Inc HOME IMPROVEMENT & LAWN CARE INTERIOR & EXTERIOR Vinyl • Aluminum • Wood • Masonry • Faux Finishing Landscaping, lawn care, mulching, fencing & retaining walls. * Free estimates Over 25 years experience WOOD/LOG HOME STAINING & PRESERVING Free Estimates Insured & Workers Comp. 8735 St Rt 144, Stewart, OH SINCE 1985 740-245-5555 888-376-3192 ext 5 Don't miss out on this opportunity! 100 ...the newspaper has something for you!! 100 Legals The Tuppers Plains Chester Water District has been planning a significant water infrastructure project. It involves improvements to the water system by the installation of water lines, generators, and telemetry in the following locations.The water line construction will be in the following locations:Line One - Meigs County, Olive Township, Mount Olive Rd. starting at the Community Building to the top of the hill at Swan Rd. Line Two - Meigs County, Orange Township, starting at the We-Can Fabricator in the TP Industrial Park straight north cross country to the Athens Meigs County Line and then continuing past the Callaway Ridge to our Booster Station on Vanderhoof. Line Three – Is in Athens County, Rome Township, starting at the Red Bird Ranch on SR 329 up the New England Rd to the Clarence Sams Pump Station. The notice below is from the Ohio EPA and on or about May19, 2011, the Ohio EPA will make available for a 30-day public comment period, a preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact and an Environmental Assessment of the Tuppers Plains – Chester Water District, Phase 9 Water System Improvement Project. The Environmental Assessment document may be viewed on-line at the Ohio EPA’s website (http://www.epa.state.oh.us/Default.aspx?tabid=2202), or in hard copy form at the Water District office. Check the Ohio EPA website or the Water District business office (740) 985-3315) for availability of the document. Alternatively, if you would like to receive a paper copy of the document, please contact Joe Jellick of Ohio EPA at (614) 644-3667. May 18, 2011 FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTTO ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS, ORGANIZATIONS,AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TUPPERS PLAINS – CHESTER WATER DISTRICTPHASE 9 WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTSATHENS AND MEIGS COUNTIESWSRLA LOAN # FS 391356-0005, -0006, -0007, 008 The purpose of this notice is to seek public input and comments on Ohio EPA's preliminary decision that a Supplemental Environmental Study is not required to implement the recommendations discussed in the attached Environmental Assessment of the facilities plan submitted by the entity mentioned above. How were environmental issues considered? The Water Pollution Control Loan Fund program requires the inclusion of environmental factors in the decision-making process. Ohio EPA has done this by incorporating a detailed analysis of the environmental effects of the proposed alternatives in its review and approval process. Environmental information was developed as part of the facility plan, and associated documents, as well as through the facility plan review process and during site inspections. The Agency's preliminary Environmental Assessment found that the project does not require the preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Study. Why is a Supplemental Environmental Study not required? Our environmental review concluded that significant environmental impacts did not result from the action. Any adverse impacts have either been eliminated by changes in the facilities plan or have been reduced by the implementation of the mitigative measures discussed in the attached Assessment. How do I get more information? A map depicting the location of the project is included as part of the Environmental Assessment. The Environmental Assessment presents additional information on the project, alternatives that were considered, impacts of the action and the basis for our decision. Further information can be obtained by calling or writing the contact person listed in the back of the Environmental Assessment. How do I submit comments? Any comments supporting or disagreeing with this preliminary decision should be submitted to me at the letterhead address. We will not take any action on this facilities plan for 30 calendar days from the date of this notice in order to receive and consider any comments. What happens next? In the absence of substantive comments during this period, our preliminary decision will become final. The municipality will then be eligible to receive loan assistance from this agency. Please bring any information that you feel should be considered to our attention. We appreciate your interest in the environmental review process. Sincerely, Gregory H. Smith, Chief Division of Environmental & Financial Assistance (5) 22, 29, 2011 HIRE AN ISA CERTIFIED ARBORIST Machine Shop Service *Hydraulic Hose Repair *Cylinder Head & Block Work *Turn Fly Wheels & Crank Shafts *Press Work 208 Upper River Rd. Gallipolis • 740-446-1813 RIVERSIDE SEAMLESS GUTTERS CONTINUOUS GUTTERS Vinyl siding, Home Maintenance, Power Washing & Gutter Cleaning Bonded & Insured 304-812-4795 We care for your trees! Let the Other Guys Mow the Grass! TREE CARE SPECIALISTS 740-446-2015 • Follow us on Facebook CLOSE OUT SALE Hubbards Greenhouse Syracuse, Ohio All Flats All 10” Baskets $6.00 $5.00 All 4” Pots 75¢ 740-992-5776 Marcum Construction and General Contracting Mikee W.. Marcumm - Owner • Commerciall & Residentiall • Generall Remodeling Residential • Commercial • New Homes Additions • Roofing • Siding • Windows Kitchens/Baths • Insurance Claims Licensed • Insured 304-882-2728 • WV041938 • Room Additions • Roofing • Garages • Pole & Horse Barns • Foundations • Home Repairs 740-985-4141 • 740-416-1834 Fully Insured – Free Estimates 30 Years Experience Not Affliated with Mike Marcum Roofing & Remodeling �������� �������� Safe Harbor Farms � � � NOTICE OF PETITION FOR ADOPTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to law that Wallace E. Harrell and Mary B. Harrell, have filed their Petition to the Superior Court of Glynn County, Georgia on the 22nd of April, 2011, praying for the Court to grant their legal adoption of minor child, MARY HELEN DESTINY BRANCH. Objections must be filed with said Court within (30) thirty days of the filing of said Petition. May 15, 22, & 29, 2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL 12:00 NOON ON MONDAY, JUNE 6TH, 2011. BIDS MAY BE SENT TO THE MEIGS COUNTY BOARD OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES . PLEASE SEND SEALED BIDS TO 1310 CARLETON STREET, BOX 307, SYRACUSE, OHIO 45779.1995 CHEVROLET SCHOOL BUS VIN 1GBL7T1JXRJ1100325 DIESEL 17 PASSENGER WITH WHEELCHAIR LIFT 1998 SCHOOL BUS VIN 1HVBBAAN8WH542406 DIESEL 26 PASSENGER WITH WHEELCHAIR LIFT2002 DODGE VAN VIN 2B7KB31Z82K134922 V-8 14 PASSENGERVEHICLES ARE SOLD AS IN CONDITION. MAY BE SEEN AT CARLETON SCHOOL BY CALLING 1-740-9926681. THE MEIGS COUNTY BOARD OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND MEIGS INDUSTRIES INC. RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS SUBMITTED. (5) 22, 25, 2011 Looking for something New? NPony Rides and Boarding Come to us for Birthday Parties, VBS, Youth or Church Groups {We Can Come To You} www.safeharborfarms.com Contact Amey at 304-675-2308 or 304-593-3499 �������� �������� River Valley Stoneyard 740-446-6868 All grades Limestone Pulverized Top Soil Fill Dirt • Mulch • Decorative Stone Painted metal and bare metal available in 20 year, 45 year and no warranty. We now have Kinco winter and summer gloves in stock! Warranty Forms Available Upon Request 10% Tax Credit On All Colors Energy Star® Certified Metal & Fanfold 21 Colors Available • Cannonball Products • All Metal Accessories Specializing in Pole Barn & Garage Packages Delivery Available Hours M-F 8-5; Sat 8-12 304-593-0518 FOR APPOINTMENT ~EVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE~ Male/Female Cuts Perms, Color, Waxing and Ear Candling Manicure and Pedicure Denise Shaw - Owner Advertise Your Business Here 60200081 No Matter What Your Style... Legals “All your outdoor needs” cell (740) 339 3484 hm (740) 388 9999 Referral Reward Program 3 BR, 1 bath, approx 1,593 sq ft 2 car detached garage Questions, call Dave @ 60201720 Help Wanted Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis, OH • Pt. Pleasant, WV 60201720 Page C4• Sunday Times-Sentinel �Sunday, May 22, 2011 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis, OH • Pt. Pleasant, WV Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page C5 www.mydailysentinel.com www.mydailytribune.com �Sunday, May 22, 2011 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday Times-Sentinel • Page C6 Scholarships unveiled at Gallipolis Career College GALLIPOLIS — A financial opportunity for scholarships and grants exclusive to Gallipolis Career College students is now available through “The Dream Foundation,” a philanthropic organization working with GCC and other interested parties to generate revenue for awarding institutional grants and scholarships to deserving GCC students. The Dream Foundation has filed as an exempt organization under 501 (C) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Scholarships and grants are made on an objective and non-discriminating basis. The application process includes completed application form, academic performance records, recommendations from faculty, financial need, and a personal Banks Crittenden Fife Jones Pugh Wright essay when requested. Once the scholarship and grant application packages are completed, the College/Scholarship Committee must review for completeness. The Committee is to review and select the student application for institutional grants/scholarships to recommend to the Foundation. All full-time and parttime students who successfully complete the scholarship/grant application progress, have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, and satisfactory attendance are eligible for the award. The Dream Foundation Board of Directors (Randy Breech, Jim Craft, Tom Gooch, Steve McGhee, and John Saunders) met February 14, 2011. After a long and arduous process, selected recipients for the 2011 winter quarter. Those deserving students chosen include Shannon Banks, LaDonna Crittenden, Kim Fife, Martin Jones, Jennifer Pugh, and Brenda Wright. The Board will choose 2011 spring quarter scholarship winners soon. Lester-Fulks engagement Bill and Kristi Lester of Patriot announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Megan Joy Lester, to Cody Ryan Fulks, son of Terry and Amy Reynolds of Crown City. Megan is a 2010 graduate of South Gallia High School. Cody is also a 2010 graduate of South Gallia High School, and Buckeye Hills Career Center. Megan is the granddaughter of Joe and Ruthie Haydon, of Oak Hill and Virginia and Don Lester of Patriot. Cody is currently enlisted in the United States Army, stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga. Cody is the grandson of Jack and Irene Clagg of Crown City. The couple will be married at 2:30 p.m. on June 25, 2011, at Mercerville Baptist Church.Cody and Megan will be making their new home at Ft. Lewis Army base in Washington. Community Corner The Pomeroy letter carriers who carry out a food collection program every May have completed another successful drive. While the contributions were down somewhat from last year the postal workers were delighted to collect 1,565 pounds of food for the Meigs Cooperative Parish which is a primary distribution agency of food to needy families in our county. ••• The threat of flood waters moving onto Pomeroy streets is decreasing every day as we move toward June if my history of floods is any indication. May has never been a big month for floods, but June, well I find only one recorded since the 1800s. That was on June 26, 1972 when it reached 45.6 feet. And by the way according to the Bichman family records which date back to 1862 the only major floods in May occurred on May13, 1865 when water reached 51.2 feet, and May 9, 1958 when it reached 47.5 feet. Charlene Hoeflich ••• Check it out. The Meigs Local School District has undergone a facelift to it’s website and offers about anything you’d ever want to know about the district’s schools. The new site located at w w w. m e i g s l o c a l l o rg now contains district news, upcoming events, school closings and delay alerts, quick access to parent assist, staff directories, and about anything else you might need to know about Meigs schools. Technology coordinator Matt Simpson advises that the site will be continually changing and encourages frequent vis- its. He’s open to questions and suggestions for the new site and can be contacted at webmaster@meigslocal.org. ••• It’s seems there’s a “Dummies” book on about any topic you might want to explore. One of the latest I’ve seen is the Glycemic Cookbook for Dummies which appears at a glance to have not only lots of good recipes but plenty of tips on how to stay healthy by eating right. Anyways, I’ve looked at a number of these books which carry the “Dummies” title and while I’m sure most work well for some, for me — with my patience deficiency — they really don’t. My experience has been that there is an information overload when all I want are the facts ma’am in a straight forward one-two-three format without extended explanations ‘cause I really don’t want all the details of how it works, just enough to make it to work. For me being burdened down with too much detail creates only confusion and sometimes results in leaving me questioning my own intelligence. Think how that affects your selfesteem. ••• If you’re a yard sale junkie (as I would like to be but never seem to have the time) you’ll want to mark Saturday, June 4, on the calendar. It’s the second annual 21-mile yard sale from Route 7 at Pomeroy to Route 50 near Albany from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with places along the way to eat and rest. The event not only benefits families with treasures to sell, but the Scipio and Columbia Township Fire Departments which will be selling the food. By the way set-up spaces on the route are still available for rent. Just call Dave Carr at 742-4002 for information. ••• I’m happy to report that Friday morning I woke up to find blooms on my potted cherry tomato plants. It’s little things like that which keeps me smiling. Reading with the stars Certainly, one of the most notable aspects of pop culture at this time is the hit reality show “Dancing with the Stars.” Although I haven’t had the opportunity to follow this season’s contestants, I have enjoyed watching some of the past performers featured on this highly — rated television program. One day, while browsing through a book catalog, I came across the title of a book that caught my eye — Reading With the Stars. I immediately thought of the hit TV show and was impressed with how great an idea this author had by bringing together celebrity voices as they share their love of books and libraries! It was then that I decided to share some of my favorite excerpts from the book and hopefully peak your interest so you’ll borrow the book from the library and read it in its entirety. One of the most beloved actresses of all time, Julie Andrews, shares that in her youth, “the library was ‘the big place’…..where you went and then suddenly you could access something magical.” The star of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music lists titles such as The Higher Power of Lucky (Patron) and Watership Debbie Saunders Down (Adams) as her recommended reads. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and library philanthropist, has a great passion for libraries. So much so that he and wife Melinda established a foundation that began a series of library computerization grants that enabled rural libraries to provide computers for patron use. In Reading with the Stars, Gates shares “the fact that people who stay in rural areas can stay in touch with people and get at information sources they wouldn’t otherwise have, that’s just a fantastic thing. The whole role of the library in these rural communities is amazing. t’s an organization point for a lot of community activities.” Bossard Library has been the recipient of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant for several cycles, with the final cycle to be completed in 2011. The Gates grant has enabled Bossard Library to provide patrons with top-ofthe-line computer stations for homework usage, employment searching, résumé writing, and much more. Reading recommendations from Bill Gates include: Holes (Sachar) and A Separate Peace (Knowles). The final “star” whose excerpt I want to share with you is Ron Reagan, son of the late President Ronald and First Lady Nancy Reagan. He shares that he came from a family of readers. “I grew up in a house where both my parents always had a book on the nightstand, so I grew up appreciating the pleasure that one got from reading,” notes Reagan. His reading recommendations include: Lee and Grant (Smith) and Spoon River Anthology (Masters). Other celebrities featured in this work by Leonard Kniffel include: President Barack Obama, David Mamet, Laura Bush, Ken Burns, Kareem AbdulJabbar, Cokie Roberts, Garrison Keillor, Ralph Nader, Jamie Lee Curtis, Al Gore and Oprah Winfrey. Hiram and Yvonne Richardson RICHARDSON 60TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Richardson observed their 60th wedding anniversary on May 13. Mr. Richardson and the former Yvonne K. Roush, daughter of Mary Kathryn Roush of Pomeroy, were married on May 13, 1951, at the Forest Run Methodist Church in Meigs County. They are the parents of H. Alex Richardson, Nanette (Richardson) Greenwald and Machelle (Richardson) Kline, and have two grandchildren, Kristopher and Danielle Kline. Mr. Richardson is chairman of HAR, Inc. Mrs. Richardson is also employed at HAR, Inc., models in fashion shows and is active in community charities such as Stargazers. David and Jane Wiseman WISEMAN 50TH A N N I V E R S A RY The Rutland Church of Christ will host a 50th wedding anniversary reception for their pastors, David and Jane Wiseman, who reside at 34269 New Lima Road, Rutland, on Sunday, May 29, from 2-4 p.m. at the church on New Lima Road. The couple was married on May 28, 1961, by the Rev. Claude Sandlen at the First Church of God in Athens. They have three children, Jana Sick, Evan and Owen Wiseman, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. The couple requests no gifts. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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