https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/a5906b4c2b7d005e08f3e9dc81fa0472.pdf f81d018af98f0ded4ce682bc9db77963 PDF Text Text Cano wins HR Derby, page A10 Meigs Tea Party Convention, page A2 Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 50 CENTS • Vol. 61, No. 110 T. B. Clinic REEDSVILLE – A TB clinic will be held at the Reedsville Fire Department 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, July 18. The tests will be read on Wednesday, 6 p.m. at the same location. Fishing tournament RUTLAND – A fishing tournament will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fort Meigs near Rutland. The tournament is for children 16 and under Any bait can be used. Horse fun show PORTLAND – A horse fun show will be held Saturday at the Portland Community Center horse park. Warm-ups will take place at 10 a.m. and the show will start at 11 a.m. For more information call 740-590-9936. Roads closed POMEROY — County Road 238, Elk Run Road, will be closed between C.R. 37 and C.R. 231, Bearwallow Ridge and Carr Roads, through this week, for slip repair, Engineer Eugene Triplett said. C.R. 36, Sumner Road, will be closed from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Thursday, to replace culverts. Alternate routes are recommended for through traffic. Clothing and food give-away GALLIPOLIS — A clothing and food giveaway will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, July 16 at Calvary Christian Center, 553 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis. The give-away will be held in the basement in the back of the church. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011 Council discusses sewer problem solutions BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH HOEFLICH@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY – Progress reports on two of Pomeroy’s infrastructure problems, the sewer line collapse in the area of McDonald’s and the separation of sanitary and storm sewers in residential areas, were given at Monday night’s meeting of Pomeroy Village Council. Mayor John Musser reported that a recent inspection showed a section of collapsed sewer about 50 feet from the river’s edge under the McDonald’s parking lot. He said the cheapest and best solution to the problem is probably relocation of a new sewer line going from Toco Bell down the street and then into the river. He gave an estimated cost of between $300,000 and $500,000. He said the engineers are expected to come back soon with plans and cost estimates, and then the village will look for funding, possibly through FEMA or some other source. Sherman Hoschar of Locust Street whose property has been affected by WEATHER High: 88 Low: 59 INDEX 1 SECTION — 10 PAGES Classifieds Comics Editorials Sports A7-8 A6 A4 A9-10 © 2011 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. the flooding caused by the sewer collapse was present at the meeting. Council again discussed progress on the project relating to residential separation of sanitary sewers from storm sewers. It was again emphasized that the village does not want to treat rain water. Illegal and improper residential sewer connections were discussed. Musser said that the sewer system planned for the village is a $4 million dollar project of which $2 million is already funded with grant and other money where no match is required. The project is expected to go to bid this year, the mayor noted. While some of the funds will go into upgrading the main lift station, he emphasized that eliminating the combined systems is a priority. Council passed the 2012 tax revenue budget in the amount of $2,319,274. ClarkTreasurer Kathy Hysell reported the amount covers all operating expenses of the village, and the amount is very close to what it was last year. The first reading of two ordinances for the trans- mission and distribution of electricity, one with Columbus and Southern Ohio and the other with Ohio Power, both for another 25 years, was given and approved. In other action Council agreed to re-advertise for bids on the old Pomeroy Senior High School building. Musser also noted that applications are currently being taken for the full-time position of clerk-treasurer currently open due to Hysell’s retirement. Applications are to be sent to John Musser, P. O. Box 311 Pomeroy. Wanna buy a duck? BY CHARLENE HOEFICH HOEFLICH@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY –To raise money for downtown Pomeroy beautification, the Pomeroy Merchants Association annually stages a duck derby on the Ohio River as a part of the Sternwheel Riverfest. The derby always takes place on the Saturday afternoon of Riverfest which is Sept. 17 this year. Hundreds of numbered ducks are dumped into the river above Pomeroy to float downriver to a finish line. The first duck to cross the line is the winner of the grand prize which this year is a big, black Artic Cat four-wheeler. Numerous other prizes are also awarded to ducks which are retrieved by boaters as they float across that imaginary finish line in the water. As an added incentive to play the game this year, weekly drawings for prizes will begin on Aug. 22 and continue until derby day which gives ticket holders more than one chance to win. The “adoption” price for a duck is $10. They can be purchased from Dan Short at the Ohio Valley Bank who is chairman of the derby, at Clark’s Jewelry Store, and at Farmers Bank and will also be for sale at downtown Pomeroy events like the Blues Bash where the Artic Cat will be on display. Meanwhile, the four-wheeler can be seen at Mark Porter’s GM Supercenter where it will remain on display for the next two weeks. In his duck hat super salesman George Wright joins Dan Short, the Pomeroy Merchants Associationʼs duck derby chairman, for a picture with the big black Artic Cat four wheeler, the derbyʼs grand prize. (Charlene Hoeflich/photo) OBITUARIES Arrest made in Page A5 Middleport car break-ins • John S. Thomas • Robert A. Elberfeld • Vester (Jiggs) Walker www.mydailysentinel.com BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM MIDDLEPORT — A Middleport man was arrested late last week for breaking into seven vehicles throughout the town, the police chief there said. The arrest was made by a Middleport police officer and other law enforcement officers following a chase, Chief Bruce Swift said. Joshua Edwards was charged with breaking and entering following a chase into the woods surrounding Middleport. According to Swift, the department received the report of the seventh vehicle break-in in 48 hours. When Sgt. Joel Lynch responded to the Brownell Apartments, Edwards allegedly fled into the woods. Lynch chased Edwards and took him into custody, Swift said, and he confessed to all seven crimes. Officers with the Pomeroy police department and the sheriff’s department also assisted in the arrest, according to Swift. Edwards’ arrest is the second in a relative crime spree in Middleport. Earlier this month, Matthew Erwin, 39, and Robert Ellis, 34, both of Middleport, were charged with burglary. They are accused of daytime burglaries of the Jeff and Zandra Courtney residence and Velma Rue residence, both on South Third Avenue. Those homes were broken into on June 21 and June 22, respectively. A third B&E, at the Davenport residence on South Third Avenue, remains unsolved and under investigation, Swift said earlier. Officials in Middleport warn that the recent crimes could be a sign of more problems to come if residents there do not approve proposed levies for operating expenses, including police protection, in the November general election. The Golden Handcuffs Award Prosecuting Attorney Colleen S. Williams presented her officeʼs Golden Handcuffs Award to her former assistant, Matthew Donohue. The former assistant prosecuting attorney is now employed by the Ohio Attorney General, and served Meigs County for six years as a criminal trial lawyer for the county. The award is presented to law enforcement officers and others for their public service. (Brian J. Reed/photo) �Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Law You Can Use Mayorʼs Courts Hear Misdemeanor Criminal Cases in Ohio Q: I have heen told to appear in mayor's court. What is a mayor's court? A: A mayor's court handles misdemeanors and traffic violations in communities with no municipal court of record and populations of more than 100 people. Mayor's court hearings are held before the mayor or a magistrate. Cases are handled locally and some mayor's courts are held in the evening for the convenience of the parties. Most mayor's courts employ magistrates, who we lawyers, rather than to have the mayor actually decide cases. The magistrate must be a lawyer with at least three years of experience. Q: What are some advantages and disadvantages of having a case heard in a mayor's court? A: An advantage to having a case heard in a mayor's court is that the hearings me more informal and conveniently located than municipal court, although the defendant still has access to a public defender and translator if needed. Hearings are often held in the evenings so that people don't have to miss work to appear. Mayor's courts impose similar penalties as municipal courts, including fines and jail time. Some people believe that mayor's courts are more open to abuse than municipal courts. The Jonathan Casto going into graduate program MARIETTA – Jonathan Casto of Vinton was recently enrolled into Marietta College's Physician Assistant Graduate Program. Thirty-seven students are part of the ninth class that began a 26-month rigorous journey on June 20. The Physician's Assistant Ohio legislature has previously considered abolishing mayor's courts. Those in favor of eliminating mayor's courts contend that many mayors are unqualified to hem cases. They also cite instances of corruption among mayors, including the imposition of large fines in order to bolster the community's coffers, and especially the reduction of drunk driving claims to lesser offenses in return for large fines. Attempts to abolish mayor's courts have not yet been successful, however. Q: Do mayor's courts havejurisdiction over drunk driving? A: Yes, the mayor or magistrate has jurisdiction over OVI (drunk driving) cases as long as the defendant has not previously been charged, convicted, or pleaded guilty to a similar offense within the prior six years. The mayor or magistrate with proper training also has jurisdiction in cases alleging driving under OVI suspension or "FRA" suspension (for failure to carry auto insurance indicating financially responsibility). The Daily Sentinel • Page A2 www.mydailysentinel.com ing, standing and moving vehicle violations. Meigs-Gallia attend Tea Party convention Q: What types ofcases can a mayor's court not hear? A: The mayor's court cannot hear cases involving suspected kidnapping, domestic violence, more serious assault charges, aggravated trespass cases, and violation ofprotective orders (even ifthey are charged as misdemeanors). The court also has no jurisdiction over felony cases of any type. Q: If I am unhappy with the outcome at mayor's court, what can I do? A: You must file a notice of appeal with the mayor's court within ten days of the judgment. Your case then will be transferred to the municipal court or county court in your county and will be heard by a judge. The judge will not consider the previous decision of the mayor's court when hearing your case. Q: What other types ofcases can a mayor hear? A: A mayor or magistrate sitting in mayor's court generally hears cases involving violations of municipal ordinances, including park- This "Law You Can Use " column was provided by the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA). It was prepared by Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky attorney Paul Croushore, a member of the OSBA Criminal Justice Committee. The column offers general information about the law. Seek an attorney's advice before applying this information to a legal problem. Program began in 2002 after receiving a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The master's program is designed to help meet the need for qualified health care providers, by choosing individuals who have the academic, clinical, and interpersonal aptitudes necessary for education as physician assistants. The program is broken into two phases-didactic and clinical. The didactic phase begins with classroom and lab experiences in the basic medical sciences and clinical medicine. It is scheduled for the first 12 months. The clinical phase, which includes the capstone project, is designed to provide instruction in the clinical setting by physicians and PA preceptors. It is scheduled for the final 14 months. Students who wish to enter the program must have already obtained a bachelor's degree, having earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in all prerequisites and their Meigs County Tea Party members pass out literature from its booth at the “We the People Convention” held recently in Columbus. (Submitted Photo) POMEROY – Eighteen residents of Meigs and Gallia Counties attended the recent We the People Convention, a state-wide Tea Party meeting held in Columbus. Emphasis was on acquainting visitors to the movement and its ideals. Free materials on the Tea Party were distributed, and vendors offered patriotic apparel and political literature. The Meigs County Tea Party had a booth where multiple items were offered including a book and a pamphlet written by Dave Fennessy of Gallia County. More than 40 knowledgeable individuals on the Tea Party strategy shared at hour-long breakout sessions. H.R. Pence, staff member from Shelby County, said that the goal of the convention was to educate liberty groups throughout Ohio and to give them the tools they need to get members involved and engaged. She said that “information is available; one simply has to know where to look.” Of the convention, she said, “Here it is, all in one place for you.” At the Ohio Citizens Political Action Committee dinner, presidential candidate Herman Cain talked about solving America’s problems with common-sense solutions. Cain said his economic plan calls for making tax rates permanent “because uncertain- ty is killing this economy” and calls for making America “its own best customer” of its oil and coal. Noting those who wish to remove God from American culture, Cain vowed that “we” will not let that happen. Assessing the convention as a whole, Pence said that the event had received “excellent reviews” from folks who have attended national events. The Columbus Convention Center has been reserved for next year, the second We the People Convention. The Meigs County Tea Party meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Mulberry Community Center in Pomeroy. GRE scores. In another recent fundraiser prizes went to Dawn McConnell, gas card for $100; Gladys Cumings, an Amish basket; and Trudy Lyons, a throw rug. Muskingum University, New Concord. To be named to the Dean's List, Muskingum students must attain strictly prescribed levels of academic performance in their overall grade point average. Muskingum University is a four-year liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and offers a full range of academic majors, interdisciplinary and pre-professional programs, as well numerous graduate degree programs. Republican Women have fund raising POMEROY– Meigs County Republican Women are working with the Pomeroy Pizza Hut on a fund raising project. On Thursday Pizza Hut, 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. will give to the organization 20 percent of the cost of a pizza to anyone presenting a coupon. Local student named Dean's List MIDDLEPORT – Amber R. Hockman has been named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2011 semester at McConnell, Boehner increase criticism of Obama Taking Applications The Maples • HUD Subsidized Efficiency/1 Bedroom 50 years of age or qualifying disability Low income priority All Utilities 740-992-7022 Are Paid Silverheels A Realty Company-EHO 60190342 • Democrats and Republicans need to make politically painful decisions and has portrayed Republicans as intransigent. As the debate intensified, both sides looked for signs, subtle or otherwise, that negotiations were souring. In an interview with CBS Tuesday, Obama seemed to back off his unequivocal assurances that the debt ceiling would be raised, thus avoiding a first-ever default. CBS anchor Scott Pelley asked Obama if he could guarantee that Social Security checks would go out on Aug. 3, the day after the administration says the government would go into default. "I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd, if we haven't resolved this issue.," Obama replied in an excerpt of the interview released by CBS. "Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it." Earlier, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner stressed that no • trillion deal was more realistic. A deal is essential to win Republican votes to increase the nation's debt ceiling by Aug. 2, or risk a government default. McConnell said Republicans will "do the responsible thing and ensure the government doesn't default on its obligations." But he dismissed the cuts the administration and Democrats have proposed. Republicans say Democrats want most of the spending cuts to be concentrated in the later years of a deal. They say that despite promising cuts of $1.1 trillion from Cabinet agency operating budgets, the White House is insisting on a two-year freeze in such spending at the current level of $1.05 trillion. McConnell's and Boehner's heightened criticisms come as Obama has increasingly used public appearances, including a news conference Monday and a network television interview Tuesday, to take his case to the public. Obama has argued that both • • • • is the president's plan? When's he going to lay his cards on the table?" McConnell charged in a Senate floor speech that Democrats and the Obama administration were relying on budget gimmicks to give the "appearance of serious belt-tightening." White House spokesman Jay Carney said the Republican reaction Tuesday "was unfortunate." "Sometimes there's rhetoric put out there in public that doesn't match what has often been very constructive and respectful conversations in meetings," Carney told reporters. He added: "By fits and starts, the process continues to move forward." Responding to Boehner's comment, Carney pointed out that it is Congress' responsibility to vote for an increase in the debt ceiling. "The president doesn't have a vote in this," he said. "It's Congress that has to act." He said Obama will be in office for at least another 18 months, and "the American people expect Congress to work with him." Obama has been pushing for $4 trillion in a 10year deficit reduction proposal in hopes of freeing votes to increase the government's borrowing authority. But Boehner, after seeking to forge a deal of that magnitude, told the president that a smaller, $2 trillion to $2.4 • WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two Republicans in Congress sought Tuesday to put the onus on President Barack Obama for failure to resolve a fight over how to increase the government's borrowing authority. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said a deal with Obama is "probably unattainable" and House Speaker John Boehner said the specter of default is "his problem." The unusually blunt and combative language came just hours ahead of another White House meeting aimed at finding an accommodation on a package of spending cuts to accompany an increase the debt limit. It further complicated an already convulsive bargaining environment, with the Aug. 2 debt limit extension deadline fast approaching. McConnell maintained that White House offers to cut long-term spending amount to "smoke and mirrors" and directly challenged Obama's leadership. After years of discussions and months of negotiations," the Kentucky Republican said, "I have little question that as long as this president is in the Oval Office, a real solution is probably unattainable." Said Boehner: "This debt limit increase is his problem and I think it's time for him to lead by putting his plan on the table ‚Äî something that Congress can pass. Where one in government would let a government default occur. "Let me be clear: the debt limit will be raised," Geithner told a Women in Finance Symposium Tuesday. "Failure is not an option. Both sides understand what is at stake and will come to an agreement." �The Daily Sentinel BY THE BEND Community Calendar Community meetings Thursday, July 14 CHESTER — Shade River Lodge 453, regular meeting, 7:30 p.m., refreshments served. POMEROY — Caring and Sharing Cancer Survivor Support Group, regular meeting, 6 p.m., Mulberry Community Center, call 992-6626, ext. 24 for more information. TUPPERS PLAINS – VFW post 5093, 6:30 p.m. meeting at hall. Meal served at 6 pm. Friday, July 15 MIDDLEPORT – Special meeting, Middleport Lodge 363. 7:30 p.m. Work in the entered apprentice degree. Reunions Sunday, July 17 CHESTER – The annual Singer reunion will be held at the Masonic hall Chester. Potluck at noon. Friends and relatives welcome. Saturday, July 16 MIDDLEPORT – Haggy family reuniion at the Victory Baptist Church, Middleiport, noon. Sunday, July 17 COOLVILLE – Watson family gathering at the home of Jim and Debbie Watson, 42455 Woods Road, Coolville. dinner at noon. Take a covered dish. Hot dogs and hamburgers provided along with table service. Take pictures and stories to share. Church Events Saturday, July 16 SYRACUSE – Syracuse Church of God and Syracuse Community Church, to celebrate a day of creation at the Syracuse Church of God, 2nd and Apple St., 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bounce house, petting zoo, swimming at the Syracuse pool. Lunch and dinner served. Everything free. Need more information, call 304-882-2760. Monday, July 18 MIDDLEPORT – Victory Baptist Church Bible school, July 18 to 22, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Featuring one of a kind zoo – the snake who tempted Eve, the talking donkey, the whale which swallowed Jonah, the Lamb of God. TUPPERS PLAINS — Vacation Bible School, 68:30 p.m., through Friday, St. Paul United Methodist Church. Theme is “Rev it Up for God,” with a race car theme. POMEROY – Community VBS with PandaMania theme “Where God is WildAbout You,” July 18 to 22, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the New Beginnings Church, 112 E. Second St., Pomeroy. Registration from 6 to 6:30 Monday; Friday, July 22, closing program and family cookout. POMEROY – First Southern Baptist Church, 41872 pomeroy Pike, Pomeroy, July 18-July 22, 6 to 9 p.m. For transportation oir more information call the church, 992-6779. Current and three former First Ladies to attend Ford funeral PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Michelle Obama and three former first ladies were among dignitaries heading to California to pay tribute to Betty Ford at a funeral focusing on her twin passions: politics and her world famous Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and alcohol treatment. Ford, who died at the age of 93 on Friday, had mapped out plans for Tuesday's ceremony at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, including who would deliver her eulogies. She chose former first lady Rosalynn Carter and journalist Cokie Roberts as speakers along with a former director of the Betty Ford Center. Mrs. Obama, Nancy Reagan and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also planned to be there. And the former first lady of California, Maria Shriver, also planned to attend. A spokesman for former President George W. Bush said he will be attending the California service and will convey condolences on behalf of his wife, Laura, who can't attend. Former President Bill Clinton canceled plans to attend due to mechanical problems with a plane he was to fly on. A second funeral will be held Thursday in Grand Rapids, Mich., where Gerald Ford is buried at his presidential museum. Former first lady Barbara Bush is expected to attend that event. Before the scheduled late-morning arrival of the casket at St. Margaret's, Palm Desert residents took advantage of the predawn cool to walk dogs, jog and reflect on Betty Ford's life. "I don't know where a lot of people would be if it weren't for her," said Randy Gaynor, 47, a recovering alcoholic. "There's been a lot of first ladies and they did a lot of things, but this will be long remembered after she's gone." Page A3 Media satellite trucks lined a street near the church and TV cameras crowded big-rig flatbed trucks across the street. Speakers were expected to discuss politics, the White House and Ford's impact on substance and alcohol abuse treatment. Roberts said Ford asked her to give a eulogy five years ago and specified it should be about the power of friendship to mend political differences even in these hyper-partisan times. Roberts, a commentator on National Public Radio and member of a noted political family, said Ford asked her to talk about a time in Washington when Democrats and Republicans could be friends and partisan politics did not paralyze government. It was that way, Roberts said, when her father, Democratic Congressman Hale Boggs, was House majority leader and Republican Gerald R. Ford was House minority leader. She said they could argue about issues but get together as friends afterward. The two families became close as did the Ford and Carter families, despite Jimmy Carter defeating Ford in the 1976 presidential election. Carter spoke at Gerald Ford's funeral in 2007. The two families were so close that before his death, Ford asked the Carters to join his wife aboard Air Force One, which flew his body to its final resting place in Grand Rapids. "Mrs. Ford was very clear about what she wanted me to say," Roberts said. "She wanted me to talk about Washington the way it used to be. She knew there were people back then who were wildly partisan, but not as many as today. Roberts said she expects Rosalynn Carter to talk about life in the White House and the important role of first ladies in "greasing the wheels" for their husbands' accomplishments by forging bipartisan friendships. Wednesday, July 13, 2011 A S K D R . B RO T H E R S Should parents Quiz Topic: lose custody of so hard about super obese kids? Whatʼs paying attention? CHICAGO (AP) — Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight? A provocative commentary in one of the nation's most distinguished medical journals argues yes, and its authors are joining a quiet chorus of advocates who say the government should be allowed to intervene in extreme cases. It has happened a few times in the U.S., and the opinion piece in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association says putting children temporarily in foster care is in some cases more ethical than obesity surgery. Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Harvard-affiliated Children's Hospital Boston, said the point isn't to blame parents, but rather to act in children's best interest and get them help that for whatever reason their parents can't provide. State intervention "ideally will support not just the child but the whole family, with the goal of reuniting child and family as soon as possible. That may require instruction on parenting," said Ludwig, who wrote the article with Lindsey Murtagh, a lawyer and a researcher at Harvard's School of Public Health. "Despite the discomfort posed by state intervention, it may sometimes be necessary to protect a child," Murtagh said. But University of Pennsylvania bioethicist Art Caplan said he worries that the debate risks putting too much blame on parents. Obese children are victims of advertising, marketing, peer pressure and bullying — things a parent can't control, he said. "If you're going to change a child's weight, you're going to have to change all of them," Caplan said. Roughly 2 million U.S. children are extremely obese. Most are not in imminent danger, Ludwig said. But some have obesity-related conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, breathing difficulties and liver problems that could kill them by age 30. It is these kids for whom state intervention, including education, parent training, and temporary protective custody in the most extreme cases, should be considered, Ludwig said. While some doctors promote weight-loss surgery for severely obese teens, Ludwig said it hasn't been used for very long in adolescents and can have serious, sometimes life-threatening complications. "We don't know the long-term safety and effectiveness of these procedures done at an early age," he said. Ludwig said he starting thinking about the issue after a 90-pound 3-yearold girl came to his obesity clinic several years ago. Her parents had physical disabilities, little money and difficulty controlling her weight. Last year, at age 12, she weighed 400 pounds and had developed diabetes, cholesterol problems, high blood pressure and sleep apnea. "Out of medical con- cern, the state placed this girl in foster care, where she simply received three balanced meals a day and a snack or two and moderate physical activity," he said. After a year, she lost 130 pounds. Though she is still obese, her diabetes and apnea disappeared; she remains in foster care, he said. In a commentary in the medical journal BMJ last year, London pediatrician Dr. Russell Viner and colleagues said obesity was a factor in several child protection cases in Britain. They argued that child protection services should be considered if parents are neglectful or actively reject efforts to control an extremely obese child's weight. A 2009 opinion article in Pediatrics made similar arguments. Its authors said temporary removal from the home would be warranted "when all reasonable alternative options have been exhausted." That piece discussed a 440-pound 16-year-old girl who developed breathing problems from excess weight and nearly died at a University of Wisconsin hospital. Doctors discussed whether to report her family for neglect. But they didn't need to, because her medical crisis "was a wake-up call" for her family, and the girl ended up losing about 100 pounds, said co-author Dr. Norman Fost, a medical ethicist at the university's Madison campus. State intervention in obesity "doesn't necessarily involve new legal requirements," Ludwig said. Health care providers are required to report children who are at immediate risk, and that can be for a variety of reasons, including neglect, abuse and what doctors call "failure to thrive." That's when children are severely underweight. Jerri Gray, a Greenville, S.C., single mother who lost custody of her 555pound 14-year-old son two years ago, said authorities don't understand the challenges families may face in trying to control their kids' weight. "I was always working two jobs so we wouldn't end up living in ghettos," Gray said. She said she often didn't have time to cook, so she would buy her son fast food. She said she asked doctors for help for her son's big appetite but was accused of neglect. Her sister has custody of the boy, now 16. The sister has the money to help him with a special diet and exercise, and the boy has lost more than 200 pounds, Gray said. "Even though good has come out of this as far as him losing weight, he told me just last week, 'Mommy, I want to be back with you so bad.' They've done damage by pulling us apart," Gray said. Stormy Bradley, an Atlanta mother whose overweight 14-year-old daughter is participating in a Georgia advocacy group's "Stop Childhood Obesity" campaign, said she sympathizes with families facing legal action because of their kids' weight. BY DR. JOYCE BROTHERS It happens to all of us. We're busy on the cell phone and miss our exit. Or we think we can multitask and sort the laundry and bake cookies at the same time. But while the socks are being paired up, the cookies are burning, forgotten, in the oven. What makes paying attention such a difficult thing for many of us? 1. Everyone has the same capacity to see what's in front of them and multitask if necessary. TRUE ( ) FALSE ( TRUE ( ) FALSE ( TRUE ( ) FALSE ( Wednesday, August 17 at 8:30 (Free seating available) 60214773 ) 4. Inattention blindness provides an important lesson for motorists. TRUE ( ) FALSE ( ) 5. Lifeguards have a well-known risk of inattention blindness. TRUE ( ) FALSE ( ) 6. If you use a handsfree phone, you are going to be safe from inattention blindness. TRUE ( ) FALSE ( ) 7. Magicians know the secrets of inattention blindness. TRUE ( ) FALSE ( ) ANSWERS: 1. FALSE. When it comes to being able to do two or more things at once -- without failing miserably at all of them, or seeing what's going on in front of your eyes even if you are deep in thought about something entirely different -- there's a wide variety of abilities among different people. What it boils down to is differences in the capacity of our working memory -that part of our memory that focuses on the task at hand and paying attention. When people say they are good or bad at multitasking, they have learned something about themselves that probably is pretty accurate. 2. TRUE. Two psychologists showed a video of a gorilla-suited person walking through a basketball game and asked the participants to count the passes. More than half failed to even notice the gorilla, demonstrating how focused attention can mean an astounding lack of awareness of other things around us. Those with a lower working memory capacity might have more difficulty noticing the gorilla. 3. TRUE. Also known as perceptual blindness or inattentional blindness, the phenomenon is illustrated by the aforementioned experiment. Having such strong focus shows that while it is admirable and sometimes necessary to shut out other things while we are concentrating on a task, the ability varies from person to person and has been scientifically studied. 4. TRUE. Critics of distracted driving can point to inattentional blindness to show that it is impossible for many people to multitask successfully while driving. Many accidents have been caused because the driver did not see the other car, bike, pedestrian or other object not because it wasn't readily visible, but because the driver was paying focused attention to something else, be it food, the radio or cell phone conversation. They literally can't see the object. 5. TRUE. One of the known problems in lifeguarding at crowded public pools has always been for the lifeguard to be able to spot a swimmer at the bottom of the pool while supervising many swimmers at water level who are not in trouble. Rather than not paying attention, the lifeguards who are the most focused and attentive to swimmers are those most at risk for missing the body at the bottom of the pool. 6. FALSE. Hands-free phones may help reduce accidents by keeping the hands away from tasks other than driving the car and the eyes free to look at the road. But because inattention blindness occurs while the eyes are looking at the driving scene but not really seeing it because the focus is elsewhere, there is not really a great deal of benefit to the hands-free aspect of the cell phone. The brain may be miles away, even without a cell phone, impairing real vision. 7. TRUE. While most of the implications of inattention blindness lead to frustration or danger, there is one field in which it is essential: performing magic. The key is to focus attention on one aspect of the trick that isn't really important, making the audience too distracted to notice what is really going on. Magicians know this indispensable tool as "misdirection." If you answered five of the seven questions correctly, you definitely are paying attention. (c) 2011 by King Features Syndicate Why Not MOW with the BEST MADE IN THE USA? 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Street Pomeroy, OH 45769 Tel 740-992-5479 Fax 740-992-6911 warnerj1@nationwide.com �Page A4 OPINION Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Casket carrying Betty Ford The not-so-grand bargain arrives at California church BY RICH LOWRY BY JEFF WILSON ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM DESERT, Calif. — Michelle Obama and three former first ladies were among dignitaries heading to California to pay tribute to Betty Ford at a bipartisan funeral focusing on her twin passions: politics and her world famous Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and alcohol treatment. The casket containing the former first lady’s body arrived late Tuesday morning at the Southern California desert church where she and the nation’s 38th president worshipped. It was to be followed into the church a short time later by numerous dignitaries, both Republican and Democrat, including a former president. Ford, who died at the age of 93 on Friday, had mapped out plans for Tuesday’s ceremony at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, including who would deliver her eulogies. She chose former first lady Rosalynn Carter and journalist Cokie Roberts as speakers along with a former director of the Betty Ford Center. Mrs. Obama, Nancy Reagan and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also planned to be there. And the former first lady of California, Maria Shriver, said she would attend. A spokesman for former President George W. Bush said he will be attending the California service and will convey condolences on behalf of his wife, Laura, who can’t attend. Former President Bill Clinton canceled plans to attend due to mechanical problems with a plane he was to fly on. Other dignitaries who confirmed they would attend were President Richard Nixon’s daughters, Tricia Nixon-Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower; President Lyndon Johnson’s daughters, Lucie Baines Johnson and Lynda Bird Johnson Robb; and Robb’s husband, former U.S. Sen. Charles Robb. Following the funeral, members of the public were to be invited to file past her casket and sign a guest book until midnight. A second funeral will be held Thursday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Gerald Ford is buried at his presidential museum. Former first lady Barbara Bush is expected to attend that event. California Highway Patrol motorcycles and squad cars escorted the hearse and family members to Tuesday’s service in four black sedans and six SUVS. The hearse pulled up to the side entrance of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert at 11:20 a.m. and was carried inside, followed by about two dozen mourners, including family members. Before the casket’s arrival Palm Desert residents took advantage of the pre-dawn cool, on a day in which the temperature was expected to reach 102 degrees, to walk dogs, jog and reflect on Betty Ford’s life. “I don’t know where a lot of people would be if it weren’t for her,” said Randy Gaynor, 47, a recovering alcoholic. “There’s been a lot of first ladies and they did a lot of things, but this will be long remembered after she’s gone.” Media satellite trucks lined a street near the church and TV cameras crowded big-rig flatbed trucks across the street. A program prepared for the service featured a picture of Ford, the Emily Dickinson poem “If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking,” and the words, “The family thanks you for your support,” followed by the signatures Mike, Jack, Steve and Susan, Ford’s four children. Jack and Michael Ford were to read passages from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. Speakers were expected to discuss politics, the White House and Ford’s impact on substance and alcohol abuse treatment. Ford, the accidental first lady, was thrust into the White House when Nixon resigned as president on Aug. 9, 1974, and her husband, then vice president, assumed the nation’s highest office. Although she never The Daily Sentinel Reader Services (USPS 145-966) Correction Policy Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Published Tuesday through Friday, 111 Court Street, Pomeroy, Ohio. Second-class postage paid at Pomeroy. Member: The Associated Press and the Ohio Newspaper Association. Postmaster: Send address corrections to The Daily Sentinel, P.O. Box 729, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Our main number is (740) 992-2156. 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Roberts said Ford asked her to give a eulogy five years ago and specified it should be about the power of friendship to mend political differences even in these hyper-partisan times. Roberts, a commentator on National Public Radio and member of a noted political family, said Ford asked her to talk about a time in Washington when Democrats and Republicans could be friends and partisan politics did not paralyze government. It was that way, Roberts said, when her father, Democratic Congressman Hale Boggs, was House majority leader and Republican Gerald R. Ford was House minority leader. She said they could argue about issues but get together as friends afterward. The two families became close as did the Ford and Carter families, despite Jimmy Carter defeating Ford in the 1976 presidential election. Carter spoke at Gerald Ford’s funeral in 2007. The two families were so close that before his death, Ford asked the Carters to join his wife aboard Air Force One, which flew his body to its final resting place in Grand Rapids. “Mrs. Ford was very clear about what she wanted me to say,” Roberts said. “She wanted me to talk about Washington the way it used to be. She knew there were people back then who were wildly partisan, but not as many as today. “They were friends and that was what made government possible,” said Roberts, adding that the topic seems particularly appropriate this week when the two parties are divided over dealing with the national debt ceiling. Roberts said she expects Rosalynn Carter to talk about life in the White House and the important role of first ladies in “greasing the wheels” for their husbands’ accomplishments by forging bipartisan friendships. The White House made House Speaker John Boehner an offer he could refuse: to become the tax collector for President Barack Obama’s entitlement state. The so-called grand bargain that Boehner eschewed wasn’t so grand. It would have raised taxes by $1 trillion while leaving untouched the federal government’s newest unsustainable entitlement program, ObamaCare, and preserving the bankrupting structure of the legacy entitlement programs. It was a formula for more revenue chasing ever-higher levels of government expenditure. The health-care bill already raised taxes by more than $400 billion over the next 10 years, although that’s still not enough to truly cover ObamaCare. The president wanted another round of new taxes layered on top without giving up fundamental ground on entitlement reform. This wasn’t a “balanced” approach. It was a proposed continuation of President Obama’s fiscal policy under bipartisan auspices. Yes, the White House was willing to endorse cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. In all likelihood, they would have ended up as the dubious cuts that are the typical stuff of Beltway budgetary legerdemain. Reductions in payment rates and the like may produce savings on paper, but they rarely materialize. “Various versions of them have been included in every budget deal going back 30 years,” James Capretta, a budget expert with the Ethics and Public Policy Center, writes. “As the years go Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Rich Lowry by, the savings always vanish in the regulatory complexity of the programs, and entitlement spending continues to rise just as it always has.” To sign off on such a deal, Boehner would have put his imprimatur on a substantive fizzle while signaling his own political death wish. The tea party would have been after him like a Redcoat after the Boston Massacre; he’d be fortunate that tarring and feathering is out of style. This has led to a chorus of condemnation of Republican rigidity. But the GOP is under no obligation to give way on its conviction that over the long term, the government has a spending, not a tax revenue, problem. President Obama isn’t willing to take steps toward the Paul Ryan vision on Medicare and Medicaid, let alone scale back or reverse ObamaCare. Where is all the opprobrium for his gross inflexibility? The two parties have a conflict of visions. Republicans view the current levels of spending -- an astonishing 24 percent of GDP -- as a bizarre exception to peacetime norms in America. Democrats view it as the new normal. For them, any reduction in the inexorable growth of the entitlement state is a cruel betrayal. As President Obama him- self put it, “The vast majority of Democrats on Capitol Hill would prefer to do nothing on entitlements.” The press loves the idea of men of good will working behind closed doors to hammer out their differences. Yet some differences are too great for resolution in a few negotiating sessions. The election of 2012 is the necessary and proper forum for deciding the nation’s fiscal direction. After his historic spending bender in league with Nancy Pelosi and Co., President Obama wants a less spendthrift and less partisan image. He needs a deficit deal with the biggest headline number possible, and he needs to be seen to be working with Republicans. The grand bargain -- or, failing that, any bargain -- is in his political interest. By stating categorically a deal will get done by the administration’s deadline of Aug. 2, he’s put his credibility on the line. He’s ceded important rhetorical ground by aping the Republican argument that the deficit is harming the economy. Altogether, he appears ripe to be rolled. All the more reason for Republicans to insist on a deal on their terms - no new taxes, and spending cuts to match the dollar amount of the increase in the debt limit. Ultimately, this is just a small patch on the red ink created by the recession and President Obama’s profligacy. If the president wants massive new taxes to address it, he can make the case for them without John Boehner’s complicity. (Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@natio nalreview.com) (c) 2011 by King Features Syndicate The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Letters to the Editor able. 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He was a member of the Gallipolis Hog Chapter and the Masonic Lodge No. 363 of Middleport. John was preceded in death by his son, Jesse J. Thomas; parents Paul F. and Evelyn B. Thomas; brother Wheeler Joe Thomas; sister Dorothy Morris; and brother-in-law Jesse Morris. He is survived by a brother, Paul "Buck" (Frances) Thomas; sisters, Eva (Homer) Griffith, Jane (Jack "Scoop") Griffin, Laura (Joe) Davis, Pearl (Jeff Newell) Glaze, Lisa (Randy) Mitchell; step-daughters, Amy Radekin-Daugherty and Eddina Russell; numerous nephews and nieces. Funeral Service will be held at 1 pm. on Friday, July 15, 2011, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Burial will be in Heiney Cemetery. Friends may call on Friday, July 15, from 11 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home. An on-line registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com Robert Allan Elberfeld Robert Allan Elberfeld, 71, Tuppers Plains, passed away on July 12, 2011, at his residence. He was born on Feb. 27, 1940, in Parkersburg, W.Va., son of the late Betty Renner Deem (Francis) and Robert Elberfeld (Charlotte). He was a graduate of Parkersburg High School, Class of 1958. He received his B.A. from Marietta College in 1962 and was member and President of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity. He received his M.A. degree from The Ohio State University in 1964. He was employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and retired after 32 years of service. Allan was a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church. He was president of Elberfeld Farm, Inc. for the past ten years. He was an avid ornithologist and proud to be associated with the Mountwood Bird Club. He was a board member for the Friends of the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Allan was also a published author and most recently wrote for the Route 7 Report. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother and sister-in-law: Stephan Renner Elberfeld (Beverly). He is survived by his wife, Nora Elizabeth (Stout) Elberfeld; a daughter, Andrea Elizabeth Elberfeld Merrill and her husband Joel Leslie Merrill; granddaughter, Samantha Elizabeth Swartz; brother, Stan Coates (JoAnn); sister, Julie Elberfeld Dillon; nieces and nephews, Josh and Bobby Coates, Rebecca Elberfeld Hoge (Jack); great niece, Meta Hoge and aunt, Carolyn Renner Hall (Van). Funeral service will be held at 11a.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2011, at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy, gathering at The Farm to immediately follow. Friends may call on Friday, July 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Honorary pall bearers will be Joel Merrill, Jack Hoge, Robert Slagel, Gerry Dolan, Jeff Dolan, David Hall and Gary Donahue. In lieu of flowers please direct contributions to Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, http://www.fws.gov/ northeast/ohioriverislands/. An on-line registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com Vester Walker, Jr. Vester (Jiggs) Walker, 78, of Rutland went to be with his Lord, Sunday July 10, 2011 from his residence. Born Feb. 5, 1933, in Rodell, W.Va. he was the son of the late Vester, Sr. and Luema Wingler Walker. He was an Army veteran of the Korean Confict, member of the Rutland Church Of God, retired United Steel Worker, enjoyed farming, working with wood, and traveling. He is survived by his wife Reva Wheeler Walker, Rutland; sons, Rod (Dianne) Walker, Rutland, Paul (Rita) Walker, Dexter, Danny Walker, Rutland, Terry (Tammy) Walker, Columbus, and Greg (Debbie) Walker, Pt Pleasant, W.Va.; step-daughters Tammy Herdman , Albany, and Brenda (Bill) King, Harrisonville; sister Stella Mae Rumfield, Mt Vernon; 19 grandchildren, 25 great -grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Besides his parents he was preceded by six brothers, daughter-in-law Judy Kay Walker, and granddaughter Crystal King. Graveside services will be Friday July 15, 2011 at noon at Meigs Memory Gardens, Pomeroy, with Paster Jim Satterfield and Rod Walker officiating. Visitation will be Friday 10 to 11 a.m. at the Birchfield Funeral Home, Rutland. Family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to Rutland Church Of God, 37028 St. Rt. 124, Middleport, Ohio 45760 for the food pantry. Excavation work includes: Driveways, Land Clearing, Ponds, Trenching, Reclamation, & Much More! Call today for a FREE ESTIMATE 1-740-949-0405 Manuel - 740-590-3700 Danny - 740-590-9255 Mike - 740-590-3701 The Daily Sentinel • Page A5 www.mydailysentinel.com Creator of ʻBrady Meigs County Forecast Bunch,ʼ ʻGilliganʼs Islandʼ dies LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sherwood Schwartz, writer-creator of two of the best-remembered TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch," has died at age 94. Great niece Robin Randall said Schwartz died at 4 a.m. Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was being treated for an intestinal infection and underwent several surgeries. His wife, Mildred, and children had been at his side. Sherwood Schwartz and his brother, Al, started as a writing team in TV's famed 1950s "golden age," said Douglas Schwartz, the late Al Schwartz's son. "They helped shape television in its early days," Douglas Schwartz said. "Sherwood is an American classic, creating 'Brady Bunch' and 'Gilligan's Island,' iconic shows that are still popular today. He continued to produce all the way up into his 90s." Sherwood Schwartz was working on a big-screen version of "Gilligan's Island," his nephew said. Douglas Schwartz, who created the hit series "Baywatch," called his uncle a longtime mentor and caring "second father" who helped guide him successfully through show business. Success was the hallmark of Sherwood Schwartz's own career. Neither "Gilligan" nor "Brady" pleased the critics, but both managed to reverberate in viewers' heads through the years as few such series did, lingering in the language and inspiring parodies, spinoffs and countless standup comedy jokes. Schwartz had given up a career in medical science to write jokes for Bob Hope's radio show. He went on to write for other radio and TV shows, including "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." He dreamed up "Gilligan's Island" in 1964. It was a Robinson Crusoe story about seven disparate travelers who are marooned on a deserted Pacific Island after their small boat wrecks in a storm. The cast: Alan Hale Jr., as Skipper Jonas Grumby; Bob Denver, as his klutzy assistant Gilligan; Jim Backus and Natalie Schafer, the rich snobs Thurston and Lovey Howell; Tina Louise, the bosomy movie star Ginger Grant; Russell Johnson, egghead science professor Roy Hinkley Jr.; and Dawn Wells, sweet-natured farm girl Mary Ann Summers. Calling "Gilligan's Island" a "family," Tina Louise tweeted that "Sherwood Schwartz brought laughter and comfort to millions of people." In her Twitter post she added, "He will be in our hearts forever." TV critics hooted at "Gilligan's Island" as gagridden corn. Audiences adored its far-out comedy. Schwartz insisted that the show had social meaning along with the laughs: "I knew that by assembling seven different people and forcing them to live together, the show would have great philosophical implications." He argued that his sitcoms didn't rely on cheap laughs. "I think writers have become hypnotized by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character," Schwartz said in a 2000 Associated Press interview. "When you say the name Gilligan, you know who that is. If a show is good, if it's written well, you should be able to erase the names of the characters saying the lines and still be able to know who said it. If you can't do that, the show will fail." "Gilligan's Island" lasted on CBS from 1964 to 1967, and it was revived in later seasons with three high-rated TV movies. A children's cartoon, "The New Adventures of Gilligan," appeared on ABC from 1974 to 1977, and in 2004, Schwartz had a hand in producing a TBS reality show called "The Real Gilligan's Island." The name of the boat on "Gilligan's Island" the S.S. Minnow ‚Äî was a bit of TV inside humor: It was named for Newton Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s had become famous for proclaiming television "a vast wasteland." Minow took the gibe in good humor, saying later that he had a friendly correspondence with Schwartz. TV writers usually looked upon "The Brady Bunch" as a sugarcoated view of American family life. The premise: a widow (Florence Henderson) with three daughters marries a widower (Robert Reed) with three sons. (Widowhood was a common plot point in TV series back then, since networks were leery of divorce.) During the 1970s when the nation was rocked by social turmoil, audiences seemed comforted by watching an attractive, well-scrubbed family engaged in trivial pursuits. Schwartz claimed in 1995 that his creation had social significance because "it dealt with real emotional problems: the difficulty of being the middle girl; a boy being too short when he wants to be taller; going to the prom with zits on your face." The series lasted from 1969 to 1974, but it had an amazing afterlife. It was followed by three oneseason spinoffs: "The Brady Bunch Hour" (1977), "The Brady Brides" (1981) and "The Bradys" (1990). "The Brady Bunch Movie," with Shelley Long and Gary Cole as the parents, was a surprise box-office hit in 1995. It was followed the next year by a less successful "A Very Brady Sequel." Henderson called Schwartz "a wonderful teacher in life and again, in death, he taught us how to leave with dignity and courage. 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Member SIPC. For the Record 911 July 11 12:01 p.m., Mulberry Avenue, motor vehicle collision; 6:38 p.m., North Second Avenue, low blood pressure; 11:45 p.m., Kingsbury Road, altered mental status. July 12 12:10 a.m., Stiversville Road, structure fire; 1:08 a.m., Ohio 124, racine, pain. Local Briefs Spinal care class GALLIPOLIS — Chiropractic Physician Dr. Barry Bradford will be holding a spinal care class from 7-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19. The class is free, full of valuable information on how to live and maintain a healthy lifestyle. The class will be held at Ohio Valley Physicians, 420 Silver Bridge Plaza, Gallipolis (740) 446-4600. Refreshments will be provided. 2011 Gallia County Jr. Fair livestock check-in reminders GALLIPOIS — Check-in for the 2011 Gallia County Junior Fair for market steers will be Sunday, July 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Market swine will be checked in from 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. prior to weigh-in. Market sheep will be checked in from 1-4 p.m. Reminder: no lambs will be unloaded until that time. For further information, call the OSU Extension Office at (740) 446-7007. School clothing and supplies program GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Department of Job and Family Services (DJFS) Work Opportunity Center will be accepting applications for school clothing and supplies from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. through July 7 at the DJFS office, 848 Third Ave. The school clothing voucher program provides clothing and supplies for children kindergarten through 12th grade. Proof of enrollment for children under six and over 17 is required. Applicants will need to provide their household income from the last 30 days. Enroll now for VA health care GALLIPOLIS — Veterans are encouraged to enroll now for VA health care at the new Gallipolis VA Clinic, located at 323A Upper River Road, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Interested parties may contact the clinic at (740) 446-3934. Enrollment may also be attained at the Gallia County Veterans Service Office located at 1102 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday or 8 a.m.-noon on Friday. Interested parties may contact the office at (740) 446-2005. Need a ride? 60 years or older? Call the Meigs County Council on Aging We Offer: • Shopping and errand trips • Medical Escort • Transportation to & from Senior Center • Day trips to area interests (740) 992-2161 �Page A6 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Wednesday, July 13, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com �Wednesday, July 13, 2001 POLICIES Ohio Valley Publishing reserves the right to edit, reject or cancel any ad at any time. ¾Errors Must Be Reported on the first day of publication and the TribuneSentinel-Register will be responsible for no more than the cost of the space occupied by the error and only the first insertion. 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The Southern Local Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and the submitting of any bid shall impose no liability or obligation upon the said Board. All envelopes must be CLEARLY MARKED according to type of bid. Roy W. Johnson, Jr.Treasurer/CFO (7) 10, 13, 17, 2011 PUBLIC NOTICE -- A viewing and hearing for the purpose of vacating unused public rights-of-way in Millersburg, commonly known as Darwin, will be held on Thursday, July 28th, with the viewing of the rights-of-way at 10:00 a.m. and the hearing at 1:15, July 28th. The hearing will be held during the regular Commissioners' meeting, located on the third floor of the Court House. Anyone interested in the vacation (Fraction 18 T3N-R13W), is welcome to attend both the viewing and the hearing. For more information, call the Commissioners' Office at 740-992-2895. (7) 13, 20, 2011 Sheriff Sale of Real Estate Case Number 10-CV-041 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Vs William A. Barley, et al. Court of Common Pleas, Meigs County, Ohio. In pursuance of an order of sale to me directed from said court in the above entitled action, I will expose to sale at public auction on the front steps of the Meigs County Court House on Friday, August 5, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. of said day, the following described real estate: Real property in the Township of Salem, County of Meigs, State of Ohio, and is described as follows: Being a part of a 17 acre +1- tract transferred to Edward D. Anderson records in Official Records Volume1, at Page 485, Megis County Recorder's Office, Meigs County, Ohio, also being a part of Section 4,Township-8-North, Range-15-West, Salem Township, Meigs County, State of Ohio, and 100 Legals more particularlyas follows: Beginning at 5/8' iron pin set on the North line of said 17 acre +/- tract which bears South 89 degrees 45'52" East a distance of 61.73 feet from an existing wooden post assumed to be the Northwest corner of theSoutheast Quarter of said Section 4, Township-8, Range-15; Thence along said North line South 89 degrees 45' 52' East a distance of 415.93 feet to a 5/9" iron pin set atthe base of a 30' oak tree; Thence leaving said North line and along the Westerly bank of Leading Creek South ?l degrees 49' 35"East a distance of 324.22 feet to a point in the centerline of Township Road #21 and the Southerly end of abridge; Thence along said centerline the following nine courses: 1. South 24 degrees 43' 4" West a distance of 46.73 feet to a point;2. South 22 degrees 48' 02" West a distance of 87.23 feet to a point;3. South 32 degrees 52' 57" West a distance of 47.00 feet to a point;4. South 47 degrees 10' 03" West a distance of 54.99 feet to a point;5. South 63 degrees 58' 43" West a distance of 59.3? feet to a point;6. South 71 degrees 38' 00" West a distance of 100.86 feet to a point;7. South 71 degrees 59' 31" West a distance of 323.10 feet to a point;8. South 74 degrees 06' 52" West a distance of 170.16 feet to a point;9. South 74 degrees 27' 06" West a distance of 96.66 feet to a point; Thence leaving said centerline North 1 degrees 48' 44" East passing thru a 5/8" iron pin set at a distance of15.99 feet and going a total distance of 153.70 feet to a 5/8' iron pin set; Thence North 35 degrees 27' 45" East a distance of 154.42 feet to a 5/8' iron pin set; Thence North 19 degrees 13' 19" East a distance of 102.94 feet to a 5/8' iron pin set; Thence North 11 degrees 15' 00" West a distance of 222.30 feet to the principal point of beginningcontaining 0.57 acres +/-. Bearings are set and are for the determination of angles only. For Informational Purposes Only: The improvements thereon being known as 31566 Parker Run Road, Langsville, Ohio 45741. BEING all and the same lot of ground which by Deed dated March 30, 2007, and recorded April 11,2007among the Land Records of Meigs County, Ohio in Liber No. 251, folio 182, was granted and 100 Legals conveyed byThomas Sill and Calitta Sill, unto William A. Barley. 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WEDNESDAY TELEVISION GUIDE �Wednesday, July 13, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com What tired legs? US women ready for semifinal versus France MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — The Americans feel just fine, thank you, not tired a bit. The high they were on after that epic Brazil game? That’s so yesterday. The U.S. women are one game away from reaching their first World Cup final since 1999 — the last time they won soccer’s biggest prize — and the only thing on their minds now is beating France. “Losing is not an option,” Abby Wambach said Tuesday. “We want to win this thing, and France is standing in our way right now.” The Americans are the top-ranked team in the world and defending Olympic gold medalists, yet they were almost afterthoughts when the tournament began two weeks ago. Two-time defending champion Germany was considered the heavy favorite, sure to get a boost playing on home soil. Then there was Brazil, runner-up at the last three major tournaments and led by Marta, FIFA’s player of the year five years running. And the U.S.? They had to win a playoff with Italy just to get here, and they’d been uncharacteristically inconsistent with three losses in a five-month span. But the Germans are now spectators, stunned by Japan in the quarterfinals. Brazil is gone, too, losing to the Americans in a penalty shootout in one of the most exciting games ever at the World Cup, men’s or women’s. And the U.S.? They’re still playing, and they go into Wednesday night’s semifinal with more than a touch of swagger. “We have what it takes,” Wambach said. “It’s just a matter of putting it all together.” The biggest uncertainty for the Americans isn’t their fitness, it’s their backline. Rachel Buehler has started all but one game the last two years, and her bruising style of defense — she isn’t called the “Buehldozer” for nothing — has been vital. But she’s suspended for the semifinal after getting a red card for taking down Marta in the box in the 65th minute Sunday. While U.S. coach Pia Sundhage wouldn’t say who will play in Buehler’s place, Becky Sauerbrunn was working with the starters during training Tuesday. “I’ve been fortunate enough to play with her (with the WPS’ magicJack) so we’re very connected that way,” said Christie Rampone, the U.S. captain and its other central defender. “Becky and I feel confident together. We’ll watch some film on France today, see what little tactics they have, what little tendencies they have with their forwards, communicate with each other and we’ll be fine.” They will have to be because, much like Brazil, France has creativity and flair. Playmaker Louisa Necib, she of the silken touch and deft passes, has been likened to Zinedine Zidane, the highest compliment a French player can get. Her control of the midfield is masterful, the driving force behind France’s quick, fluid offense. Les Bleues often appear seamless — no surprise considering 10 of the 21 players are teammates at Olympique Lyonnais, which won this year’s women’s Champions League final. “For us, it’s very important to be patient,” Sundhage said. “We need to pick up the rhythm and dictate the tempo, and we need the midfield to get more involved. I don’t want to make it a stretch game. Or make it a (physical) fight.” But France has struggled against bigger, more physical teams in the past, and they don’t come much stronger than the Americans. “It’s true we’ve had one additional day” of rest, French coach Bruno Bini said. “I think it’s quite fair because the American team is in better shape.” While the Americans have their quickest turnaround of the tournament, getting just two days rest between games, France hasn’t played since Saturday. But Les Bleues had an emotional doozy, too, beating England 4-3 on penalties after scoring in the 88th minute to tie it 1-1. “It’s very easy after a victory to be in shape again, especially when you’ve already seen yourself packing to go home,” Bini said. “After that, it is very easy to get highly motivated for this match.” Unlike the Americans, who have reached the semifinals at each of the six World Cups, this is the first trip for Les Bleues. And they have never beaten the Americans, going 0-11-1 in their previous meetings. The U.S. has scored 38 goals in the 12 games to just eight for France. Of course, Mexico had never beaten the Americans, either, and look what happened in regional qualifying. But the “bumpy road,” as Sundhage likes to call it, has made the Americans stronger, their success even sweeter. Their grit and determination is one of the reasons they’ve become such a huge hit back home, with Hollywood celebrities, professional athletes and folks who’ve never seen a soccer game before all rallying behind them. Should the U.S. beat France, it would face either Japan or Sweden in Sunday’s final, with a chance to become the first team to win three World Cup titles. “I always think it’s important for a team to go through adversity. Then you realize how much it hurts,” Shannon Boxx said. “We watched some of the games day before (Brazil). You saw the faces of the teams that didn’t win and you don’t want to feel that way. I think that’s a huge motivator right there.” The Daily Sentinel • Page A8 NCAA rejects bid by WVU Tech for DII return MONTGOMERY, W.Va. (AP) — An NCAA committee has rejected another attempt by WVU Tech to return to Division II. The Charleston Gazette reports the school learned of the news Monday. WVU Tech’s application to rejoin Division II also was rejected a year ago. Athletic director Frank Pergolizzi says he’s disappointed in the decision. WVU Tech joined the NAIA’s Mid-South Conference in 2006-2007 after leaving the West Virginia Conference, where it was a member for 80 years. W.Va. lawmakers asked to revisit racetrack purses CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers may want to tighten the reins on lottery revenues that benefit private groups involved with the state’s two thoroughbred racetracks. That’s Tuesday’s recommendation from auditors. They reviewed spending by affiliates of the national Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races and the Northern Panhandle’s Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort. Each affiliate represents workers, including socalled backstretch personnel who aren’t employed by the tracks. Auditors say Mountaineer’s group spent 75 percent of its lottery purse funds on medical benefits between 2007 and 2009. The Charles Town group devoted just 25 percent toward its medical trust. Both spent funds on lobbying. Auditors suggest stricter purse spending rules and oversight. Lawmakers want the associations to respond to the audit during next month’s interim meetings. Miller’s 65 good for 3-shot lead at Ohio Amateur KETTERING, Ohio (AP) — Kent State junior Kevin Miller shot a late 6-under 65 on Tuesday to forge a three-stroke lead at the 105th Ohio Amateur golf championship, with defending champion Michael Bernard adding one of the few subpar rounds at NCR Country Club. The Garaway native had seven birdies — hitting putts of 40 and 35 feet for two of them — against one bogey. Ashland University’s Jay Overy and Ohio State’s Logan Jones shot 68s and were tied for second. Korey Ward of West Chester, who will be a freshman at Xavier, was a shot back at 69. Bernard became the youngest player to win the event a year ago as a 16-year-old at Kirtland Country Club. He matched Wright State golf coach Pete Samborsky at 70. The 72-hole medal-play tournament continues through Friday. �Wednesday, July 13, 2011 The Daily Sentinel • Page A9 www.mydailysentinel.com Clemens trial a story of 2 friends turned enemies WASHINGTON (AP) — Strip away the legalese and the trial of Roger Clemens is a tale of two men: the baseball star and his trainer. The pair rose together to the heights of their professions only to become bitter enemies who destroyed each other’s reputations as stand-up family men who were the best at what they did. The mutual damage is bound to get worse over the next few weeks as the retired pitcher is tried on charges he lied to Congress when he denied ever using performanceenhancing drugs. Clemens’ former trainer, Brian McNamee, says he repeatedly injected his big-name client with steroids and human growth hormone and even saved some of the needles and gauze. Clemens says McNamee is a liar who fabricated the evidence with designs on blackmailing him. McNamee says Clemens “has led a full-court attack on my credibility.” Since McNamee’s allegations were revealed in December 2007 with the publication of an investigative report for Major League Baseball, Clemens’ Hall of Fame prospects have been destroyed. His image as a devoted husband and father of four has been tarnished by reports of a list of other women on the road. McNamee has been accused of worse than infidelity. Clemens’ lawyers claim they have evidence their client’s chief accuser sexually assaulted an unconscious woman after giving her a date rape drug. “I trusted him, put my faith in him and brought him around my family and my children,” Clemens said in congressional testimony during his last public face-off with McNamee in 2008. Clemens’ denials of McNamee’s accusations under oath before Congress are what led to the criminal charges he faces at trial in federal court in the District of Columbia. “McNamee was good at what he did — helping me exercise, diet and stay in shape,” Clemens told lawmakers. “We shared an interest in grueling, military-style workouts, but I never asked him nor did he ever give me steroids or human growth hormone. I had no idea that this man would exploit the trust I gave him to try to save his own skin by making up lies that have devastated me and my family.” It’s a long fall from their decade-long friendship built in big league clubhouses and weight rooms. They were bound from the time after they first met in 1998, when McNamee got a job as the strength and conditioning coach for the Toronto Blue Jays, Clemens’ team at the time. A lifelong Queens resident and one-time New York City police officer who worked undercover, McNamee had been a baseball catcher at St. John’s University. In 1993, McNamee got a job as a bullpen catcher and batting practice pitcher for the New York Yankees. That led to the job with the Blue Jays where he began working with Clemens. Both men lived in the hotel attached to the team’s stadium. McNamee says in that first Toronto summer of 1998, Clemens gave McNamee needles and vials labeled as the steroid Winstrol and asked for his help injecting them. McNamee said he injected Clemens in the buttocks repeatedly over the next several weeks in Clemens’ hotel apartment and his performance showed remarkable improvement. The next year, Clemens was traded to the Yankees and persuaded his new team to hire McNamee as the assistant strength and conditioning coach when his contract with the Blue Jays was up in 2000. McNamee needed to be a member of the team’s staff to ride on the team charters, but Clemens personally covered part of his salary and also paid him for personal training during the offseason at home in Houston. McNamee says after he arrived Clemens made clear he was ready to use steroids again and the trainer suggested he also try human growth hormone. McNamee says during the latter part of the regular season, perhaps as Clemens began to tire, he injected the star pitcher repeatedly with both drugs at Clemens’ New York apartment. This time McNamee said he was supplying the drugs. The next season, 2001, was Clemens best with the Yankees. He finished at 20-3, won his sixth Cy Young Award and reporters looking for his secret wrote about his intense training sessions with McNamee. “It’s hard for any New York pitcher to be out of shape with McNamee’s regimen,” USA Today reported on July 13, 2001. The article described workouts including long-distance running, sprints, heavy legwork and 600 to 2,000 stomach crunches. “The visible benefits on Clemens are thick legs that provide the drive to keep his fastball humming at 95 mph, and muscled arms that reduce the wear and tear of throwing a splitter,” the article said. Newsday reported Sept. 10, 2001, that Clemens was lucky to have played for Toronto because it gave him the chance to meet McNamee, his “secret weapon” and “workout guru.” “McNamee is a nononsense fellow who immediately hit it off with Clemens, possibly because of their common interest in avoiding small talk and wasting time” to get to work, Newsday said. McNamee now claims that their “secret weapon” that summer included more steroid injections. But after that season McNamee said Clemens never asked for drugs again. According to Clemens, 2001 was also the year their friendship began slowly unraveling because of events that he wouldn’t discover until much later after their relationship turned sour. During Yankee road trip to play the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in October 2001, police reports said McNamee was seen having sex with an incoherent woman in a St. Petersburg hotel pool. The woman told police she could not remember what happened. The date rape drug GHB was found in her system. McNamee was never charged, but he lied to investigators, including denying he worked for the Yankees. His contract was not renewed. McNamee denied he assaulted the woman but instead told police he was trying to pull her out of the pool and rescue her from drowning. McNamee says around this time he decided he needed to protect himself because “while I liked and admired Roger Clemens, I don’t think that I ever really trusted him.” He says he took some of the steroid vials, needles and gauze he used to wipe up Clemens’ blood, stuffed them inside a Ziploc bag and a Miller Lite can and saved it all in a FedEx box in his basement. “Maybe my years as a New York City police officer had made me wary, but I just had the Mostly female jury seated for Roger Clemens trial WASHINGTON (AP) — An overwhelmingly female jury with little interest in baseball will decide whether former pitching star Roger Clemens lied to Congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs. The jurors who took their seats Tuesday include a woman whose cousin, former outfielder Al Bumbry, was a coach for the Boston Red Sox when Clemens played for the team. Another woman on the jury said she believes Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was “done wrong” in his criminal conviction in connection with dogfighting. The jury took shape after four days of questioning by U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton and lawyers for both sides. Clemens’ defense team said the seven-time Cy Young Award winner will begin his defense by questioning the propriety of lawmakers’ investigation into whether Clemens used performance-enhancing drugs. Opening arguments are scheduled for Wednesday. The jury includes a 22year-old woman who works two part-time jobs and cares for her young daughter and an older woman who said her three-times-a-week dialysis treatments will not keep her from attending the trial. Another juror is a yoga teacher and lawyer who said she finds U.S. drug laws “a bit heavy-handed.” The two sides threw out the maximum number of 20 people before the jury of 10 women and two men along with four alternates were seated. The jurors themselves were not told who among them are alter- nates. To keep the panel from encountering the dozens of journalists at the courthouse, the judge told them they will meet off site each daily, be bused into a back entrance and use nonpublic corridors. They will be served breakfast and lunch in what was once a judge’s chambers so they don’t have to use the cafeteria where reporters, attorneys and Clemens himself take their meals. Clemens sat and watched final jury selection but didn’t weigh in and left it to his lawyers to pick who will decide his fate. His wife, Debbie, was back home in Houston with their sons after being in court last week, Clemens’ attorney Rusty Hardin said. She will be a witness in her husband’s defense and will not be allowed to attend the trial until after she testifies, a fact Hardin explained to jurors who might otherwise wonder where she was. Clemens’ attorney Michael Attanasio revealed Tuesday that Clemens plans to begin his defense by questioning if lawmakers’ investigation into whether he used performance-enhancing drugs was proper. Attanasio said the hearing held by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in February 2008 had nothing to do with Congress’ responsibility for legislation. He said the hearing was only concerned with airing a “credibility contest” between Clemens and his longtime trainer, Brian McNamee, who said he injected the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormone. Clemens denied those allegations and has been charged with perjury, false statements and obstruction of Congress. The obstruction count charges Clemens with making 15 false or misleading statements to the committee, including his repeated denials he didn’t take performance-enhancing drugs during his 24-season career and even whether he attended a 1998 pool party at Toronto Blue Jays teammate Jose Canseco’s home in Miami. McNamee says he saw Clemens and admitted steroids user Canseco off talking at the party with another man and that after they returned to Canada Clemens asked McNamee to inject him with steroids for the first time. Clemens and Canseco say Clemens was never at the party but was golfing at the time. Attanasio said that dispute suggests how improper the whole inquiry was and that jurors should be able to determine whether a “he said, he said debate” between Clemens and McNamee was a legitimate congressional concern. “We’re going to have a minitrial on whether Roger Clemens went swimming at Mr. Canseco’s house,” Attanasio said. “We’re going to have a trial in U.S. District Court, Congress is going to have a hearing on these things? That’s our point.” Assistant U.S. attorney Daniel Butler responded that the committee has responsibility for oversight that is broad and goes beyond legislation. He said steroids in baseball is a drug matter and pointed out that a 2005 hearing into the issue led to legislation to regulate steroids and triggered Major League Baseball to commission a report by former Sen. George Mitchell into the extent of the problem in the league. The Mitchell report was released in December 2007 and named Clemens and 85 other current and former ballplayers as using drugs. Clemens denied the allegations and Butler pointed out that leaders of the House committee said they needed to investigate Clemens’ denials to determine what weight to give the Mitchell report and its recommendations. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said if “one of the icons of baseball” was taking exception to the Mitchell Report, “it seems to me that Congress has the authority to hold hearings to determine which view is correct.” Attanasio said the issue will be addressed in testimony from the first two witnesses prosecutors plan to call after opening arguments Wednesday morning. He said the first will be retired House Parliamentarian Charles Johnson, followed by Phil Barnett, who was chief counsel for the committee at the time it investigated Clemens. Walton also said he was upset to read a New York Daily News item that members of Clemens’ family have been criticizing McNamee and other government witnesses on Twitter and elsewhere online. The judge has a gag order on parties involved in the case, but he said he doesn’t have any authority over anyone who isn’t before him and hopes that those that are were not involved. Clemens’ attorney Rusty Hardin said he would look into it but that it’s been “extremely difficult” for Clemens’ family to see harsh criticisms of the baseball star online and in the media and not be able to respond. AP photo With the Capitol in the background, former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens arrives at federal court in Washington Wednesday for his trial on charges of lying to Congress in 2008 when he denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs during his 23-year career. sense if this ever blew up and things got messy, Roger would be looking out for No. 1,” McNamee said during congressional testimony in February 2008, sitting a few feet from his former friend. “I viewed the syringes as evidence that would prevent me from being the only fall guy.” Clemens’ attorneys say McNamee fabricated the evidence after the Florida investigation because he was worried about losing his Yankee job and wanted something to persuade Clemens to keep employing him. But they said Clemens believed his friend’s explanation of what happened in the pool and hired him as a personal trainer even though he was no longer allowed in the Yankee clubhouse. In 2006, a newspaper reported that Clemens and McNamee were part of a criminal investigation into performanceenhancing drugs. Both denied Clemens used steroids, and Clemens told The New York Times, “I’ll continue to use Mac to train me. He’s one of a kind.” That would change within a year. Federal investigators discovered McNamee had been buying drugs and pressured him to reveal the ultimate recipients to avoid prosecution. He said he supplied Clemens and other players, including Yankees Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch, both now retired. Pettitte and Knoblauch have acknowledged they got drugs from McNamee. McNamee told Congress he didn’t want to expose the players but faced perjury charges if he lied. “I have no reason to lie and every reason not to,” McNamee said. “My livelihood is in ruins, and it is painful beyond words to know that my name will be forever linked with scandal in the sport I love,” the trainer said. MLB Standings at the break A MERICAN L EAGUE EAST DIVISION 35 35 41 47 52 Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore 55 53 49 45 36 Detroit Cleveland Chicago Minnesota Kansas City CENTRAL DIVISION 49 43 .533 47 42 .528 44 48 .478 41 48 .461 37 54 .407 Texas Los Angeles Seattle Oakland 51 50 43 39 WEST DIVISION 41 42 48 53 .611 .602 .544 .489 .409 .554 .543 .473 .424 — 1 6 11 18 — 1⁄2 5 61⁄2 111⁄2 — 1 71⁄2 12 Thursday’s Games Cleveland at Baltimore NY Yankees at Toronto Kansas City at Minnesota Texas at Seattle Friday’s Games Cleveland at Baltimore Chicago at Detroit NY Yankees at Toronto Boston at Tampa Bay Kansas City at Minnesota LA Angels at Oakland Texas at Seattle N ATIONAL L EAGUE EAST DIVISION 34 38 45 46 48 Philadelphia Atlanta New York Washington Florida 57 54 46 46 43 Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Houston CENTRAL DIVISION 49 43 .533 49 43 .533 47 43 .522 45 47 .489 37 55 .402 30 62 .326 San Francisco Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego 52 49 43 41 40 WEST DIVISION 40 43 48 51 52 .626 .587 .505 .500 .473 .565 .533 .473 .446 .435 Thursday’s Games Florida at Chicago Milwaukee at Colorado San Francisco at San Diego Friday’s Games Florida at Chicago St. Louis at Cincinnati Philadelphia at NY Mets Washington at Atlanta Pittsburgh at Houston Milwaukee at Colorado LA Dodgers at Arizona San Francisco at San Diego — 31⁄2 11 111⁄2 14 — — 1 4 12 19 — 3 81⁄2 11 12 �The Daily Sentinel Sports Briefs MEIGS 8TH GRADE VOLLEYBALL CLINIC ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — There will be a volleyball clinic held at the Meigs Middle School from Monday, July 25, through Friday, July 29, for eighth grade girls only. The clinic times are 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. Conditioning for seventh and eighth grade volleyball will begin on Monday, Aug. 1. SOUTHERN YOUTH FOOTBALL CAMP RACINE, Ohio — There will be a football camp at Southern High School for grades 2-6 from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday, July 23, at the field. Participants should wear cleats, t-shirt and shorts, and a small fee is required. In case of rain, the makeup date will be on July 30. For more information, call 4165444. Registration is the day of the event. BIKER SUNDAY SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT SYRACUSE, Ohio — A softball tournament to benefit the Bethel Worship Center’s Biker Sunday will be held on July 30 and 31 at the Syracuse Ballfields. Teams for the tournament should be made up of five guys and five girls age 16 and up. The deadline to enter is noon on Wednesday, July 27. For more information contact church members Chuck Mash at 740-444-3682 or Tammi Barber at 740416-5370, visit www.bethelwc.org or call the church at 740667-6793. EASTERN YOUTH FOOTBALL SIGNUPS TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Signups for the 2011 Eastern Youth Football League will take place from 10 a.m. to noon on July 9, 16 and 23 at Eastern Elementary School. Teams are forming for third-fourth grade and fifth-sixth grade. For more information contact Larry Davis at 740-8188126 or Shawn Rayburn at 740-985-3362. EAGLE 5K ROAD RACE AND FUN RUN TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — The annual Eagle 5k Road Race and Walk and 1 mile fun run will take place on Saturday, August 6, in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. Registration will begin at 7 a.m. with the race starting at 8:30 a.m. Registration will be at the Tuppers Plains Ballfields and the race will begin and end at the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. Registration forms are available online at www.easternlocal.com. For more information contact Eastern Cross Country and Track Coach Josh Fogle at 740667-9730. EASTERN FALL SPORTS SIGNUPS TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — All athletes who are planning to play a fall sport — football, volleyball, cross country, golf or cheerleading — should signup and fill out informational packets in the Eastern High School office. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., MondayFriday. CONTACT US 1-740-446-2342 ext. 33 Fax — 1-740-446-3008 E-mail: mdssports@mydailysentinel.com Sports Staff Bryan Walters (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 bwalters@mydailytribune.com Sarah Hawley (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 shawley@mydailytribune.com SPORTS Page A10 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Hitting, scoring drop to lowest in 2 decades PHOENIX (AP) — Scoring in the first half of the season dropped to its lowest level in 19 years and the major league batting average shrunk to its smallest midseason figure since 1985, confirmation that the Steroids Era has ended and that a new Age of the Pitcher is taking hold. There were 8.4 runs per game prior to the AllStar break, according to STATS LLC, down 6 percent from last year’s 8.9 at the midpoint and 20 percent from the peak of 10.5 in 2000. “The pitchers in the National League — it’s crazy,” San Francisco’s Pedro Sandoval said Monday, a day before the All-Star game. “We’ve got Roy Halladay, Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee.” It’s not only scoring that’s decreased. Many offensive measures dipped during the first three months of the regular season. The major league batting average of .253 was down from .259 at last year’s All-Star break. It hasn’t been this low since at midseason in 26 years, since it sunk to .252 in 1985. A dozen years ago, at the height of the Steroids Era, it rose to .273. Hits per game dropped to 17.2 from 17.6 last year, down from 18.8 in 1999 and 2000. Home runs per game declined to 1.8, down a tenth of a point from last year and an astounding 31 percent below the 2000 average of 2.6 at the break. The major league ERA of 3.85 is down from 4.15 during the first three months of last season and more than a run below the 4.86 ERA when players broke for the 2000 All-Star game at Atlanta’s Turner Field. “It seems like a lot of guys are throwing a lot harder these days. It seems like every team has a couple guys throwing 100,” said Chicago White Sox slugger Carlos Quentin, who has 17 homers. “As a hitter, you embrace that challenge.” Hitters seem to be taking shorter strokes, not going for the fences. Strikeouts averaged 6.3 per game, down from 6.6 last year and a high of 7.7 in 2000. “There’s been a lot of young pitcher coming to the big leagues,” Philadelphia’s Placido Polanco said. “I think that makes a difference.” Quentin has another insight: The way some pitchers are being used has changed. “There’s a lot of guys coming out of the bullpen that are good,” he said. “You see a lot of guys that are converted from being starters to relievers, and all of a sudden they’re throwing 95 and 96 out of the ‘pen for one-plus inning. I feel like I’ve seen more of those guys of late.” Halladay, 11-3 with a 2.45 ERA, was to start for the National League, following Vida Blue, Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson as the fourth pitcher to make an All-Star start for both leagues. The Los Angeles Angels’ Jered Weaver, 11-4 with a 1.86 ERA, was slated to open for the AL. The AL won 12 straight All-Star games played to a decision before the NL’s 3-1 victory last year in Anaheim. It was the first time the NL won since the All-Star game started determining home-field advantage for the World Series in 2003, and the Giants went on to beat the Texas Rangers in five games for the title. “Home field can be a very important component in winning the world championship,” Weaver said. “So I think it’s a great thing for the best players in the world to go out there and compete and work for that home-field advantage.” Cano edges Gonzalez to win HR Derby PHOENIX (AP) — Robinson Cano outslugged Adrian Gonzalez to win the All-Star Home Run Derby that turned into a Yankees-Red Sox showdown, even through his Boston rival made the biggest splash at Chase Field. Batting last and being pitched to by his father, Cano defeated Gonzalez 12-11 in the finals Monday night after they each hit 20 home runs through two rounds. Again highlighting the dangers of trying to catch a ball at a big league ballpark, a fan standing on a table above the pool deck, Keith Carmickle of suburban Kingman, fell over trying to catch a Prince Fielder homer. The fan was grabbed by his brother before going all the way over, where he could have fallen about 20 feet, and was dangling by his feet when he was pulled back up. “I stepped up on the table, I missed the ball by 2 or 3 feet and went over,’’ he said. “We caught three balls and I told the guys I was going to go for the cycle. Dude, they were really holding onto me.’’ Last week, a 39-yearold fan, Shannon Stone, died while trying to catch a ball thrown into the stands at a Rangers game in Arlington, Texas. Carmickle’s brother grabbed his arms and Aaron Nelson of Chandler held his legs. “He wasn’t going down, I was holding on,’’ Nelson said. Carmickle said he wasn’t worried while he was dangling. “I bench-press 500 pounds and I wasn’t going down,’’ he said. Gonzalez hit a ball that wound up in the swimming pool in right field - along with Mike Moon, a 26-year-old fan who caught the ball before falling into the water, where he was surrounded by bikini-clad women. “I saw the ball, I didn’t want to spill my beer and I didn’t spill my beer,’’ he said. “I don’t really remember what happened. I think I leaned forward, caught the ball, then fell like that (leaning backward). It was pretty cool.’’ With commercial breaks and other interruptions, the derby has become a three-hour affair that’s so slow a regular-season game seems like an Olympic downhill ski race. Before a crowd of 44,820 on the night before the All-Star game, Major League Baseball said Cano set a final-round record. His father, Jose, appeared in six games for the Houston Astros in 1989. Matt Thomas of Peoria, Ariz., caught Matt Holliday’s second gold ball, hit deep into the left-field lower deck. The ball, with one panel infused with 24-carat gold leather, has a retail value of $149.99. Players were thrown gold balls when they had one out left. “It just came right at me, and I reached up and grabbed, I played a little trick like I didn’t have it,’’ he said, making a tucking motion with his glove, “then went, oh, here it is. It’s pretty cool.’’ Gonzalez and Cano were the most impressive hitters throughout, and they eliminated defending champion David Ortiz of the Red Sox and Milwaukee’s Fielder (nine apiece) in the second round. St. Louis’ Holliday (five), Toronto’s Jose Bautista (four), Milwaukee’s Rickie Weeks (three) and the Dodgers’ Matt Kemp (two) didn’t get past the opening round. Weeks was booed by AP photo American League’s Robinson Cano of the New York Yankees celebrates after winning the MLB Home Run Derby Monday in Phoenix. back wall. He had the longest drive of the night at 474 feet and also hit a ball onto the pool deck area. Fielder hit a drive over the right-field pool, off a “Diamond Club’’ sign, that bounded off a fan’s head and sent a beer flying. When Ortiz was down to his last out, stadium announcer Daron Sutton — son of Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton — urged him on by shout- ing, “Just picture Kevin Gregg on the mound,’’ referring to last week’s fight between the two. Ortiz, the defending champion, also advanced with the tiebreaker, eliminating Holliday. For each homer with a gold ball, Major League Baseball and State Farm Insurance combined to donate $18,000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. State Farm contributed $603,000 to charities as a result of the derby. WVU LB charged in robbery kicked off team Sessions nets third career ace at Riverside MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia linebacker Branko Busick was dismissed from the team Tuesday, less than 24 hours after he was charged with an armed robbery at a Morgantown apartment building. WVU coach Dana Holgorsen issued a statement saying Busick had been cut from the team for an undisclosed violation of team rules. He refused to comment further. Morgantown police say the 20-year-old redshirt sophomore from Steubenville, Ohio, was arrested Monday evening. He was arraigned Tuesday before Monongalia County Magistrate Hershel Mullins in a videoconference with the North Central Regional Jail and freed on $25,000 bond. A court official said Busick’s father posted the amount with a property bond. Nick Busick is the former WWF wrestler Big Bully Busick. Branko Busick does not yet have an attorney, according to court records. His preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 1 before Magistrate Jim Nabors. fans, upset he was picked for the derby over Arizona’s Justin Upton. Chants for Upton resumed when he made nine straight outs. He then hit two gold balls into the seats in left, including one into the second deck. Fielder, who chose his derby teammates, was greeted with the loudest boos. He wound up in a tiebreaker to advance from the first round and went 5 for 5, including a 455-foot drive off the ballpark’s In a statement issued by the Morgantown Police Department, Officer Justin Judy said a person called authorities at 5:14 p.m. Monday claiming a man had pointed a gun at him and two others, demanding money. When the victim said he had none, the man began hitting him with the weapon. The victim told police he was struck repeatedly before being forced out of the apartment and into the street. He waited there until they arrived, then led police to the apartment. Inside, officers found three men and a woman. Only Busick was arrested. For Busick, a college playing career that seemed about to get off the ground is now over. He was expected to battle for the starting middle linebacker position this season. He saw limited playing in 2010, hitting the field for two games then suffering a hand injury. Busick was an Associated Press Ohio Division IV Defensive Co-Player of the Year and AP Division IV-VI first-team All-Ohio, recording more than 120 tackles, 17 tackles for losses and five forced fumbles on defense. His player biography says he also rushed for 580 yards and scored 14 touchdowns as a fullback on offense, and accumulated more than 300 career tackles at Steubenville High. He turns 21 on Friday. SENTINEL STAFF MDSSPORTS@MYDAILYTSENTINEL.COM MASON, W.Va. — Jody Sessions of Gallipolis recorded her third career hole-in-one on Saturday, July 9, at Riverside Golf Club in Mason County. Sessions used a sixiron on the 160-yard par 3 sixth hole to record her ace, which was witnessed by Al Dame, Gene Doerr and Mike Crews. Sessions’ ace was the sixth of the 2011 season to be fired at Riverside Golf Club. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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