https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/9a460798fbfe66508bf87670e013e084.pdf f1260d2e8bc7647b8b226e415d71601a PDF Text Text Wahama football preview, B1 Dr. Brothers, A3 Printed on 100% recycled newsprint Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 50 CENTS • Vol. 119, No. 180 Briefs Coat giveway FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2011 Study of shared purchasing begins with fuel expenditures MASON, W.Va. — Mason United Methodist Church will hold a coat giveBy Brian J. Reed away from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 15. Coats of BReed@mydailysentinel.com all sizes will be available for POMEROY — Local children and adults. governments in Meigs and Phillips coming for Athens Counties purchase nearly 300,000 gallons community meeting of diesel fuel a year, and POMEROY — 92nd purchasing that fuel coopDistrict State Representa- eratively could save them tive Debbie Phillips will thousands of dollars each. hold a series of Community That’s just one way local Roundtable meetings in the governmental agencies can district t next week. join together to purchase These meetings provide items in quantity and save an opportunity for her to money, according to a speak directly with area school administrator. residents and leaders about Rick Edwards, superintheir issues and concerns tendent of the Athens-Meigs which assists in helping her Educational Service Center, as she represents the area met with Meigs County in Columbus. The public is invited to meet with Phillips Commissioners Thursday at the Pomeroy Public Li- to discuss findings of a fuel brary, 26 West Main Street, study his office has conat 10:30 a..m. on Thursday, ducted in the two counties Nov. 17 for a Meigs County the ESC serves. Earlier this year, the ESC and local ofRoundtable. ficials began to meet in re- Immunization clinic POMEROY — Meigs County Health Department will conduct a childhood immunization and flu shot clinic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday. A $10 donation will be accepted for immunizations and $15 for flu shots. Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid cards must be presented, if applicable. sponse to a state directive to work cooperatively to save costs. Fuel costs are the first area to be studied, with others to follow. According to Edwards’ study, which includes onroad diesel, off-road diesel and gasoline consumed by the Meigs County highway department, three Meigs school districts and three Athens school districts, Pomeroy and Middleport, 280,000 gallons of fuel are used annually, and that quantity would likely help any interested governments in joining together to make a bulk purchase. The next step, he said, will be contacting the bulk fuel suppliers, including local G&M Fuel, Pomeroy, and Burlile, Gallipolis, as well as the six others used in Athens and Meigs counties, including suppliers in Athens, Logan, By Charlene Hoeflich Fracking interest group to meet POMEROY — The Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will meet in regular session Thursday, 11:30 a.m. at the district office at 33101 Hiland Road. World War ll Veteran James B. Thomas was recognized and presented a plaque in appreciation of his military service at Sunday’s service of the Middleport Church of Christ. Dan Thomas made the presentation . Rio Grande improviding Veterans Center Expanding service and activities Staff report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com RIO GRANDE — The University of Rio Grande/ Rio Grande Community College Veterans Organization is making improvements to its Veterans Center and is planning to take part numerous activities on campus and in the community bituaries this year. Page A2 Started by students a few years ago, the Rio Grande • Henry Alexander Kay, 77 Veterans Organization has grown rapidly, and today provides many different eather services to students and area residents. The Veterans Center is located in the bottom floor of Boyd Hall, in space given to the organization by the university. “We’re making a complete upgrade of the VeterHigh: 49 ans Center,” explained Todd Low: 30 Foley, who is vice president of the Rio Grande Veterans ndex Organization. The sopho1 SECTION — 10 PAGES more from Vinton County Classifieds B5-6 explained that new computers and new furniture are Comics B7 being added to the Center. Church A4-5 In addition, the veterans of campus have been paintSports B Section ing the facility and making © 2011 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. other improvements. The students even painted the logo for the Veterans Organization on the wall inside the center. “Everything we are do- O W I $140,000 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, representing Federal Emergency Management Agency funds, into various county engineer line items: aggregate, bituminous, road labor, equipment, fuel and oil, tires, bridge labor, administrative salaries and shop labor. Approved a $6,000 transfer as requested by Engineer Eugene Triplett. Approved a transfer of $8,000 into the autopsies line item. Approved payment of bills in the amount of $419,172.44. Reviewed a new liquor permit application from Warren Calaway, Orange Township, as submitted to the Ohio Division of Liquor Control. Attending were Commissioners Michael Bartrum, Tom Anderson and Tim Ihle, and Clerk Gloria Kloes. choeflich@heartlandpublications.com HARRISONVILLE — Harrisonville Lodge #255, Order of Eastern Star, will hold its 105th installation of officers, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 18, with a potluck to be served. Board of supervisors to meet and Jackson. If those suppliers feel they can provide a bulk discount, the next step would likely be a bidding process if enough township, municipal and county agencies, including school districts, feel it would be an effective means of cost savings. A 2011 change in the law allows ESC’s to partner more closely with local school districts and local governments to share services and operate more effectively. Edwards said other savings will also be investigated, such as health insurance cost savings and supplies cost savings. The fuel issue, he said, was a starting point for the discussion on cooperative purchasing. During their regular business meeting, commissioners: Approved Veterans Day tribute Lodge installation BARLOW — The Southeastern Ohio Fracking Interest Group is holding its next public meeting on Nov. 18 at 6:30. It will be held at the Barlow Fairgrounds Dining Hall in Barlow, Ohio. Two attorneys knowledgeable about oil and gas leasing will discuss leasing and offer free individual consultations. Whether you have an old lease, a new lease, are undecided, or want more information, this meeting will answer your questions. Inquiries to schafercathy@ yahoo.com. www.mydailysentinel.com ing in the Center, we are doing to make it more veteran friendly,” said Tony Burnette, who is the president of the Rio Grande Veterans Organization. Student veterans, as well as veterans in the community are invited to stop by the center to relax, study, talk with other veterans, listen to special presentations and just visit with other veterans. The Veterans Organization also brings in speakers to discuss topics such as health care benefits and educational opportunities that are available for veterans. Many veterans don’t know about the funding available to them which can help pay for their educations. Burnette and others in the center can help them learn about the options available to them to help them pay for college. Veterans are often are more comfortable talking with other veterans about the different issues they are facing, and the Veterans Center is a great place for them to meet, Burnette said. “The veterans community is unique,” he said. Veterans of different ages and backgrounds share a unique bond, and the center is a comfortable place for these individuals to come See Veterans, A2 Directors elected to Fair Board S taff report mdsnews @ mydailysentinel . com POMEROY — The annual election of directors to the Meigs County Agricultural Society resulted in the six incumbents whose terms expire this year being re-elected for another three years. Those re-elected were Kenny Buckley, Bob Calaway, Larry Life, Mike Parker, Steve Swatzel and Dave Watson. Other candidates for a board of directors position were Brandon Fitch, Shawn Fitzgerald, Ryan Hawley, Tricia Congo, Charlie Wolfe, Jr. Ernie Calaway,and Shelly Sinclair-Languell. A membership card in the Agricultural Society is required to be a candidate, and only those who hold membership cards qualify to vote in the annual election. Debbie Watson, secretary, said there was a good turnout to vote for directors to serve on the fair board which indicated strong support for the Meigs County fair. MIDDLEPORT — In observance of Veterans Day, the Middleport Church of Christ during its Sunday service paid a special tribute to James Barnes Thomas who served in the U. S. Army during World War 11. Thomas was inducted into the Army on May 24, 1943 and served until Jan. 2, 1946 when he was discharged with the rank of sergeant. He had an overseas tour of duty from March 12, 1944 to Dec. 14, 1945 serving in the 795th AntiAircraft Artillery Battalion and saw battles in Normandy, France, Rineland and Central Europe. He was awarded medals including good conduct, European-African-Middle Eastern medals, World War II Victory Medal, four bronze stars, and four overseas tour of duty stripes. Thomas was the son of the late Floyd and Grace Thomas of Rutland, and graduated from Rutland High School in 1942. He was attending Bliss Business College in Columbus at the time of his induction. Numerous members of his family attended the POMEROY — An recognition ser- Plaque of appreciation appeal for volunteers vice. to assist in the free tax preparation program at the Meigs County Senior Center has been issued by Art Jones, district coordinator for the AARP-Tax Aide ProResidents urged to attend meeting gram in Meigs County. Jones said that many in written comments or use forms By Beth Sergent provided at the meeting to com- individuals filing taxes bsergent@heartlandpublications.com HARTFORD — Post offices ment. Also, comments can be find it confusing and are often the center of any small hand delivered to the Hartford as a result many time town, and another small town in Post Office, a USPS spokesper- deductions and credits Mason County is fighting to keep son said, adding, residents have are often overlooked. 30 days to submit comments from their post office open. The AARP FounAnyone who uses the Hart- the day of the public meeting. dation Tax-Aide proAs in Ashton, residents in ford Post Office, whether resident gram provides free tax or not, is urged to attend an up- Hartford are putting together an preparation and elecorganized effort to prevent the coming meeting sponsored by the tronic filing services United States Postal Service from post office’s closure. A petition to to taxpayers of all ages keep the office open can be signed 5:30-6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 15 with low and moderate at the Hartford Water Office durat the Hartford Community Center. The meeting will record and ing normal business hours, ac- incomes, he said. He accept comments from the public cording to Hartford Councilwom- went on to describe it as the largest volunteer about the USPS’ plan to possibly an Susan Kensler. In terms of a time line, after run tax preparation asclose the Hartford Post Office. The Hartford Post Office is the meeting, the data from local sistance program in the one of four post offices being input is gathered, the USPS does nation. Last year 1639 studied for possible closure in its own research and findings and volunteers at 341 sites Mason County as part of a cost- the completed study is then sub- around Ohio helped cutting measure for the USPS mitted to headquarters for review, 119,206 taxpayers with which is conducting feasibility according to a USPS spokesperstudies. These studies, which in- son. If headquarters concurs with information, preparaclude data from public hearings the finding, then the final deter- tion and filing of their like the upcoming one in Hart- mination is posted - if the deter- federal, state and local ford, will be a tool in determining mination is to close Hartford, tax returns. The Meigs customers have 30 days to appeal County Senior Center which offices stay or go. As with the recent public the decision to the Postal Regu- was one of the sites. meeting in Ashton concerning the latory Commission. The comTraining of volunclosure of its post office, the Hart- mission then renders its decision teers will be provided ford meeting is required by law within 120 days. Even if there’s the second week in Janand the USPS is encouraging as no appeal to the decision to close uary, said Jones. many people as possible to attend a post office, no post office may Any Meigs Counand comment. These comments be closed sooner than 60 days aftians interested in helpter the public posting of the final and feedback are crucial to the ing their fellow resifeasibility study and a final deci- decision. In addition to Ashton and dents in Meigs County sion cannot be accurately made without information from the Hartford, the West Columbia and with their income tax Southside post offices are also on returns is asked to concommunity. The meeting’s comments will the list for possible closure. tact Jones at 740—374be recorded. Residents may turn See Hartford, A2 2099. Local tax-aide volunteers needed Hartford Post Office faces possible closure �Friday, November 11, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com Meigs County Community Calendar Public meetings Monday, Nov. 14 POMEROY — Special meeting of Meigs County Veterans Service Commission, 9 a.m., 117 Memorial Drive. Community events Saturday, Nov. 12 POMEROY — Alpha Omicron Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma teacher’s honorary society meets at 10:30 a.m., Trinity Church. Soup, salad and sandwich luncehone. Scholarship basket fundraiser. Music program. Paper products to be collected for women’s shelter. Rosalie Story, Gay Perrin hostesses. PORTLAND — The Portland Community Center end-of-year banquet will be held at the Portland Community Center. The public is invited. Take a coverd dish, everything else will be provided. The year’s accomplishments will be reviewed. Points from horse shows will be awarded. For more information call Bruce McKelvey, 7480-590-9936. Monday, Nov. 14 POMEROY — Meigs County Republican Party Executive Committee will hold a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 at the county courthouse. It will the final meeting of the year. MIDDLEPORT - Special Meeting of Middleport Lodge 363 at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of conferring the Entered Apprentice degree on one candidate. If you have any questions call 992-6879. Tuesday, Nov. 15 RACINE — Southern Local Board of Education will meet in special session on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 9 a.m. during the annual Ohio School Board Association’s Capital Conference to discuss board policy. The meeting will be held at the University Plaza Hotel on Olentangy River Road, Co- lumbus, Ohio. Wednesday, Nov. 16 MARIETTA — An oil and gas leasing workshop will be held at the Buckeye Hills Career Center, 7 to 9 p.m. There is no registration fee. Presenter will be Dale Arnold, Director of Energy Services for Ohio Farm Bureau. Landowners will hear great information regarding Marcellus & Utica Shale and what they should look for in oil and natural gas leasing. RSVP to Melissa Clark, Gallia County Economic Development Director, at 446-4612 ext. 271 or mclark@gallianet.net. Friday, Nov. 18 HARRISONVILLE — 105th installation of officers of Harrisonville Lodge #255, Order of Eastern Star, 7:30 p.m. Potluck. Modest increases in some states’ mental health budgets have done little to erase massive cuts nationwide over the past three years and a reduction in Medicaid funds, according to a report to be released Thursday by the nation’s largest mental health advocacy group. All told, the Washington-based National Alliance on Mental Illness found, 28 states and the District of Columbia have cut nearly $1.7 billion from their mental health budgets since the 2009 fiscal year. Among the other 22 states, mental health budgets increased about $487 million, though NAMI cautioned that spending was offset by legislatures’ funding cuts to Medicaid, the largest public payer of mental health care. Medicaid spending was not included in the report, nor was spending that might come from other areas of a state budget, such as for mental health housing assistance or programs under child and family service bud- gets. Had they been, NAMI says the level of cuts would have been even higher. “The system is staggered,” said Mike Fitzpatrick, executive director of NAMI. “Many of the services that existed either no longer exist or exist in such small amounts you have decreased services, waiting lists backing up, crowded emergency rooms.” Three large states — California, New York and Illinois — collectively accounted for a staggering $1.2 billion in mental health budget cuts since the 2009 fiscal year, according to the report. But cuts have been pervasive across the country, exacerbated by the expiration in June of $87 billion in federal stimulus money to state Medicaid programs. Some legislatures made up for the shortfall by shifting more dollars to their Medicaid programs, but NAMI says that sometimes came at the expense of mental health services paid for outside the Medicaid system, which only assists the poorest. The cuts come as mental health care providers report record demand in the sagging economy. Fitzpatrick said patients have grown used to a pattern in which programs are slowly reduced until they disappear. “Services exist one year, the next year they’re chipped away at, the third year they’re eliminated,” he said. While most of the states that cut their mental health budgets trimmed by single-percentage-point rates, a number of states slashed funding even more sizably, as much as 39 percent in South Carolina since the 2009 fiscal year. In Greer, S.C., Kelly Troyer has felt the impact as she struggles to care for her 18-year-old son, Alex McAbee, who suffers from bipolar disorder, autism and mental retardation and is covered under the state Medicaid system. He no longer has a case manager to find him services; that job falls to his mother. The wait- ing list for mental health housing numbers thousands, so his mother is paying out of pocket. It can take months to get an appointment with a mental health professional. “If my child had diabetes, if my child had cancer, we could have all the services in the world,” Troyer said. “In our country, we treat our animals better than we treat people who have mental illness.” Among the states with the largest cuts were Illinois, which cut funding by 31.7 percent since the 2009 fiscal year; Nevada, which cut by 28.1 percent; and California, which cut by 21.2 percent. Those cuts have continued even as some states’ revenue forecast improved, the report said. California cut $177.4 million from its mental health budget between the 2011 and 2012 fiscal years, New York cut $95.2 million, Illinois cut $62.2 million and North Carolina cut $48.2 million. Kutcher pulls back on Twitter after Paterno tweet NEW YORK (AP) — Ashton Kutcher is handing over his Twitter account to his personal management after he tweeted several uninformed messages about Joe Paterno’s exit from Penn State. On Wednesday night, Kutcher defended the football coach on Twitter before learning the details of the alleged sex-abuse scandal swirling around former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Kutcher then recanted and apologized on Twitter. He followed with a blog post Thursday saying he would have Katalyst Media manage his feed as “a secondary editorial measure to ensure the quality of its content.” Kutcher, who has more than 8.2 million followers, said Twitter had grown beyond more than “a fun tool.” The 33-year-old “Two and a Half Men” star said the platform has become “too big” for him to manage alone. but says that language didn’t merit an attack. Williams was an Election Day rover, checking for voting problems. Court records don’t show an attorney for Williams, and he cannot accept calls in jail. minors. Retailers have to tell the FDA how they will address the problem. They can be fined for violations during follow-up inspections. Church events Friday, Nov. 11 LONG BOTTOM - Gospel sing at the Faith Full Gospel Church at Long Bottom.Christian Friends will be singing. Rutland Vol. Fire Dept. Annual Turkey Dinner Saturday, Nov. 19th, 2011- 5pm Meigs Elementary School Advance Tickets- $6.00 Tickets Available at Rutland Dept. Store • Quality Print Pomeroy Flower Shop • Connie’s Corner or call Danny Davis @ 1-740-508-0688 Henry Kay Veterans National News Briefs CLEVELAND (AP) — A poll worker in Ohio accused of biting a voter’s nose during an Election Day argument has been charged with assault. Police say 53-year-old James N. Williams of Cleveland was charged Thursday with the misdemeanor and jailed to await a court hearing Saturday. He’s accused of headbutting and trying to bite off the nose of a voter who helped a campaign volunteer in an argument over signs posted near a Cleveland polling place Tuesday. Greg Flanagan needed hospital treatment. Flanagan told the poll worker not to act like an ass Obituaries Henry Alexander Kay, 77, of Southside, W.Va., died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 1 Sunday, Nov. 13 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at the Crow-Hussell Funeral LANGSVILLE — Home, Point Pleasant. Burial will follow in Suncrest CemEvangelist and Musician etery, Point Pleasant. Visitation will be held at the funeral Gary Pollard, from Dayton home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Tenn. will be ministering at the House of Healing Ministries, Langsville, 7 p.m. RACINE — Hymn sing, 7 p.m., Sutton building of Carmel Sutton United From Page A1 Methodist Church, with dents or not, are invited to Roush Family, Truly Saved. together. The Rio Grande Veterans stop into the Veterans CenROCKSPRINGS — Organization also works Hymn sing, 2 p.m., Rock- with veterans organizations ter and learn more about the springs United Methodist at other college campuses, different programs available Church. Local performers. and Burnette is involved to them. The Center is open from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. Refreshments follow. with the statewide group Mondays through Fridays Birthdays for veterans who are col- and is open other times by Tuesday, Nov. 15 lege students. The groups appointment. LONG BOTTOM — Er- from the different college “We’re here to help,” nest Griffin will be 94 years campuses all work together Burnette said. old on Nov. 15. Cards may to see what programs are For more information be sent to him at 36606 P. working well and to talk on the Rio Grande Veterans O. Road, Long Bottom, about different events and Organization, call the center activities to hold in order to Ohio 45743. at 245-7318 or 1-800-282best assist veterans. 7201. For additional inforThe Rio Grande Veterans Organization is also mation on student services planning to be more active at Rio Grande, as well as inon campus this year, taking formation on the wide range part in a wide range of cam- of academic programs ofpus and community events. fered on the university’s All local veterans, wheth- scenic campus, log onto er they are Rio Grande stu- www.rio.edu. 28 states, DC cut $1.7B in mental health funding Ohio poll worker charged with biting voter’s nose The Daily Sentinel • Page A2 FDA cites 1,200 tobacco retailers The Colonel had more than one secret RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it has issued about 1,200 warning letters to tobacco retailers in 15 states since it began inspections under a 2009 law giving the agency authority to regulate the industry. The agency’s Center for Tobacco Products, using state contractors, has conducted more than 27,500 inspections of stores that sell tobacco products. Inspectors look for violations of federal laws barring the sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products to anyone under 18 years old, the sale of flavored cigarettes, or of packs of cigarettes containing words like “light,” ”mild,” or “low-tar.” Most of the citations were for selling tobacco to LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A manuscript hidden for decades shows Colonel Harland Sanders was more than an entrepreneur with a special fried chicken recipe and a vision that helped create the fast-food industry. It reveals that the white-jacketed man had his eye on another lucrative market — celebrity food books. The recent discovery of the unpublished text shows that while Sanders was helping build Kentucky Fried Chicken into a global brand, he was recording his life and love of food for the world. The typewritten manuscript from the mid-1960s was found recently by an employee rummaging through KFC’s archives. The Louisville-based company plans to offer up Sanders’ writings on the Internet. The approximately 200page document is full of homespun anecdotes and life lessons. It also includes a helping of his favorite personal recipes. Ohio Valley Weather Veterans Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. West wind between 3 and 11 mph. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Sunday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Monday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Stocks AEP (NYSE) — 38.84 Akzo (NASDAQ) — 48.80 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) — 51.25 Big Lots (NYSE) — 40.34 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) — 33.19 BorgWarner (NYSE) — 67.82 Century Alum (NASDAQ) — 10.57 Champion (NASDAQ) — 1.01 Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ) — 3.36 City Holding (NASDAQ) — 31.77 Collins (NYSE) — 54.95 DuPont (NYSE) — 47.51 US Bank (NYSE) — 25.64 Gen Electric (NYSE) — 16.06 Harley-Davidson (NYSE) — 37.64 JP Morgan (NYSE) — 32.74 Kroger (NYSE) — 22.92 Ltd Brands (NYSE) — 42.31 Norfolk So (NYSE) — 73.79 OVBC (NASDAQ) — 17.96 BBT (NYSE) — 23.06 Peoples (NASDAQ) — 12.52 Pepsico (NYSE) — 62.97 Premier (NASDAQ) — 5.09 Rockwell (NYSE) — 72.16 Rocky Brands (NASDAQ) — 9.70 Royal Dutch Shell — 69.55 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) — 72.80 Wal-Mart (NYSE) — 58.13 Wendy’s (NYSE) — 5.17 WesBanco (NYSE) — 19.51 Worthington (NYSE) — 16.87 Daily stock reports are the 4 p.m. ET closing quotes of transactions for November 10, 2011, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills in Gallipolis at (740) 441-9441 and Lesley Marrero in Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member SIPC. Mulberry Center offers exercise programs POMEROY — Opportunities for ways to keep in shape are being offered at numerous locations including the Mulberry Community Center where several activities take place on a regular basis at little or no charge. Volunteer Alice Wamsley advises that a walking path inside the building is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and people are welcome to walk in the hallway and auditorium anytime during those hours. The “Shape Up” room with several pieces of exercise equipment can be used is open Tuesday and Thursday from 9 3o to11 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Volunteers are present to instruct about the use of the equipment. The Belles & Belles have weekly western style dancing on Mondays at 7 p.m. and new members are always welcome, and if you don’t like that there is a Zumba class on Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.for a good workout using Latin beat music. The Swingin’ Seniors, a clogging group, meets on Monday from 1 to 2 p.m. and the Big Bend Cloggers are there on Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Beginners line dancing classes are scheduled to begin on Monday, Nov. 6, at 12:30 and 6 p.m. and for more information on that call 992-3938 or 992-7853. Information on all the exercise opportunities are available by calling the Meigs Cooperative Parish Office, 992-7400 or the Parish Shop, 992-4183. �Friday, November 11, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com Ala. county files for largest municipal bankruptcy The Daily Sentinel • Page A3 Keeping the romance in romantic love BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s most populous county filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in an effort to retake control of its beleaguered sewer system and wipe away as much of its whopping $4.15 billion in debt as possible. Jefferson County’s Chapter 9 filing on Wednesday gives it protection from creditors while it develops and negotiates a plan for adjusting its debts. It could accomplish that by extending debt maturities, reducing the amount of principal or interest, or refinancing the debt by obtaining a new loan. Perhaps the biggest potential impact will be on the county’s 658,000 residents, who could be asked to pay higher sewer rates or taxes, or see county services curtailed. Officials say it’s too early to assess other affects, though bankruptcy filings can also lead to layoffs, pension reductions for public workers, and spending cuts on things like schools and roads. Because of past layoffs and office closings, residents already face hourslong lines for services such as renewing their car tags, and county officials have said previously that services not required by law, like inspections and zoning, could be curtailed to help pay off debt. Jefferson County resident Hollis Wormsby said he felt like the county had no choice but to file for bankruptcy and that its decaying infrastructure was going to necessitate fee increases one way or another. “This is happening in every major city in the country. Fees are going to go up,” he said Thursday. The problems were years in the making. The county’s debt ballooned after a federally mandated sewer project was beset with corruption, court rulings that didn’t go its way and rising interest rates when global markets struggled. Since 2008, Jefferson County tried to save itself the cost and embarrassment of filing for bankruptcy. But after three years, commissioners voted 4-1 to bring the issue to an end. “Jefferson County has, in effect, been in bank- ruptcy for three years,” said Commissioner Jimmie Stephens, who made the motion to file for protection in federal bankruptcy court in northern Alabama. Just two months ago, the county seemed to strike a deal with creditors that would let it avoid making history. But the sides couldn’t come together on how to pay about $140 million of the total, Stephens said. Also weighing heavily in the decision, according to the filing, were the actions of a receiver appointed for the sewer system as part of the settlement efforts. The county’s lawyers say the receiver wanted to raise sewer rates 25 percent and demanded the county immediately pay him $75 million. That’s about half of the county’s unrestricted general fund revenue for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30: $152.5 million. Ben Brooks, a professor of finance at the University of Alabama, said bankruptcy would give the county a chance to move past the financial problems. The fallout from the fraud and corruption in the sewer program had been hanging over Jefferson County for years. “The level of uncertainty has been holding back economic development for far too long,” Brooks said. The settlement proposal with Wall Street investors included the lenders agreeing to forgive about $1 billion in debt, the county refinancing about $2 billion, and a series of sewer rate increases. The size of Jefferson County’s bankruptcy overshadows the one filed by record-holder Orange County, Calif., in 1994 over debts totaling $1.7 billion. Pennsylvania’s capital city of Harrisburg recently sought bankruptcy protection under similar circumstances in a federal filing that listed about $458 million in creditors and claims. In the 1990s, a federal court forced Jefferson County — home to Alabama’s medical and financial centers and the state’s largest city, Birmingham — to begin a huge upgrade of its outdated and overwhelmed sewer system to meet federal clean-water standards. Officials used bonds to finance the improvements. Outside advisers suggested a series of complex deals with variable-rate interest that were later shown to be laced with bribes and influence-peddling. Besides the sewer debt of $3.14 billion, the county faces a separate shortfall of more than $50 million in its operating budget because courts struck down a major local tax as unconstitutional. It listed other debts in its bankruptcy petition of $1.01 billion. The bankruptcy filing likely won’t affect other municipal bond rates much, if at all, said Matt Fabian, managing director at research firm Municipal Market Advisors. “Big investors — mutual funds, insurers, banks— have been assuming the worst all along,” he said. “If another county had filed, that would be a different story.” The market has been on edge for a while, with investors worried about rising defaults from local governments borrowing more to maintain services because of plunging tax receipts. The doomsayers have been wrong — so far. Widespread defaults never materialized. Still, for individual investors, the default could make them want to stay away from the bonds in general, he said. Jefferson County’s problems multiplied when loan payments rose quickly because of increasing interest rates, and soon the county could no longer afford its payments. Meanwhile, a string of elected officials, public employees and business people were convicted of rigging the transactions that helped put the county in so much trouble. Chapter 9 is different than other chapters in the bankruptcy code in that the law does not allow the court to order the municipality’s assets be liquidated and distributed to creditors. The court’s functions are generally limited to approving the petition, confirming a plan of debt adjustment and ensuring implementation of the plan. But the county could incur millions of dollars in legal fees. NEW YORK (AP) — Signs of progress in Europe’s debt crisis and an unexpected drop in unemployment claims pushed stocks higher Thursday, a day after the stock market took its worst fall since the summer. Greece named a new prime minister Thursday and Italy borrowed $6.8 billion at lower interest rates than analysts expected. Italy’s benchmark rate dropped below 7 percent after spiking above that level Wednesday. Investors were also relieved by talk that the economist Mario Monti is likely to replace Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who was seen as an obstacle to meaningful economic reforms. Italy’s president pledged that Berlusconi will step down soon. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 112.92 points, or 1 percent, to close at 11,893.86. It plunged 389 points Wednesday after Italy’s borrowing rates soared and talks in Greece to name a new prime minister broke down. Traders have been concerned that debt troubles in Italy and Greece could create a liquidity crisis and lead to a global financial meltdown. The Labor Department reported early Thursday that the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell to 390,000 last week. That figure and the four-week average were the lowest since April. Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital, called the drop in unemployment claims and the news from Europe encouraging. “It’s got the markets on the cheerful side,” he said. The S&P 500 index gained 10.60, or 0.9 percent, to 1,239.70. The Nasdaq rose 3.50 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,625.15. Apple Inc. fell 2.5 percent, dragging down the Nasdaq. Cardillo said he didn’t believe that the worst predictions about Europe’s debt crisis would come true. If things get bad enough, he said, the U.S. would have no choice but to come to the rescue. “If Italy was to fail, you can rest assured Europe would fail and the global economy would fail,” he said. “The U.S. is in a global economy. Whatever happens in one part of the globe is no longer isolated.” In Greece, a day after a breakdown in power-sharing talks jolted financial markets, senior banker Lucas Papademos was named prime minister of a new coalition government. Papademos, a former vice president at the European Central Bank, is tasked with passing austerity measures being demanded by international lenders. ATHENS — O’Bleness Memorial Hospital sponsors a cancer discusIn corporate news: — Cisco Systems Inc. sion group for patients with cancer, survivors, families and caregivers. rose 5.7 percent after it reEach meeting focuses on a general topic. The group’s meetings are inported quarterly results formal gatherings where individuals can share stories and insights. late Wednesday beat Wall The next meeting will be held on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6 to 7 p.m. Street’s estimates. in the WillowView Café. — Green Mountain CofFor more information, contact Susan Kozak at (740) 592-9481. fee Roasters Inc. plunged 39 percent after its revenues fell short of analyst expectations. — Viacom Inc., owner of Need to advertise? MTV Networks and ComCall edy Central, rose 8.2 percent after it earned more than The Daily Sentinel analysts predicted. Most of 740.992.2155 the increase came from its Paramount Pictures division. Progress in Italy, Greece on debt sends stocks up Dear Dr. Brothers: My wife and I have been married for more than 10 years, and at this point we’re basically just friends and companions. We don’t have any particular problems, but we’ve lost the romantic part of our marriage. When we’ve talked about it, my wife seems to think that this is just a natural progression, but I don’t want to give up so easily. Am I deluding myself, or can married couples still have romantic love after 10, 20 or more years together? — L.D. Dear L.D.: You most definitely are not deluding yourself, and you should be proud of your resolve to hold on to this all-important piece of your marriage. In fact, a recent study published in the Review of General Psychology suggests that romantic love can continue your whole life, and that by making sure it does, you’re creating a happier and healthier relationship with your wife. While some people think it’s impossible for two married people to sustain romantic love, actually all it takes is a commitment to try from both people involved. The passionate feelings that often drain from a marriage early on may actually be a result of unacknowledged insecurities and anxieties. This can be relieved throughout the years, but the feelings of support and connection can nurture the romantic love that will keep couples happy and satisfied throughout their years together. The feelings that your wife is describing may be an unnecessary compro- POMEROY — Nancy Reames reviewed “Homesick, My Own Story” by Jean Fritz at Wednesday meeting of the Middleport Literary Club at the Pomeroy Library. Reams said it was interesting to note the author considered her work fiction because she had compressed the incidents she recalled of her birth and subsequent childhood in China into a 2 year period of time. She lived in a French compound, had a Chinese nurse-maid and friend and attended a British school; although she had never heard of the Pledge of Allegiance, she refused to sing the required “God Save the King” at school. She began writing at age five and became a published writer in her 40s. Her parents were missionaries who always considered America their home. Jean spoke Chinese fluently. She dreamed of America and imagined it as her grandparents depicted it in the letters they exchanged; she had never seen a white picket fence until, at the age of 13, she traveled two months to move from China to her grandparent’s home, in 1928. She had lived through most of the Chinese Civil War which struck fear in her heart and that of her parents. (The war, which lasted 22 years, was between the Nationalist Party and Communists as they tried to rid the country of Warlords and the foreigners. The Chinese considered foreigners to be devils.) Jean’s new life in Pennsylvania did not erase her fonder memories of China and she returned to visit with her husband after they married in 1949. This Newberry Honor winning memoir draws the reader into its various observations of life in war torn China. Sixteen members responded to the roll call by telling of an experience of another American living abroad. The next meeting will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 16 when the book, “Widow of the South” by Robert Hicks will be reviewed by Julia Houston. It is open to the public. Alice Wamsley, vice president, conducted the meeting. Cancer discussion group meets at O’Bleness Thank You If you see this Veteran at 11:00 am on 11/11/11, wish him a “Happy 87th Birthday!” to Letart Township Voters For Your Continued Support Christopher T. Wolfe (Wolfie) Candle Has arrived at 100 E. Main Street Pomeroy, Ohio • 740-992.7696 mise — after all, why go for the dinner salad when you can have the full buffet? Armed with the knowledge that you can bring romantic love back into your marriage, you can talk to your wife about ways to reignite the spark you used to feel. It might take a little extra time and energy, but the payoff definitely will be worth the hard work as you enjoy the rest of your lives together. *** Dear Dr. Brothers: I got divorced from my husband about a year ago, and it was really nasty. He was cheating on me, and when I caught him, he refused to stop and decided to leave me. I found out the other day that he’s started dating one of my neighbors. I’m not particularly friends with her, but it feels like he’s doing it just to get to me. I don’t have feelings for him anymore, but it’s still hard to see them together. Am I justified in wanting them to stop seeing each other? — G.J. “Homesick” reviewed for literary club members The Crackling Pine Wick Hartwell House Dr. Joyce Brothers Advice Columnist Dear G.J.: While you may be justified in feeling hurt or betrayed by your exhusband’s insistence on dating so close to home, you may not have a lot of recourse. If neither of you has feelings for the other, then it might just be a piece of bad luck that he’s decided to start dating your neighbor. Your best bet is to try to avoid situations in which you’ll have to come into contact or socialize with them, which may or may not be feasible for you, depending on the structure of your community. Since you admit to not being friends with your ex-husband’s new girlfriend, that makes it harder to find a reason to ask him to stop seeing her. All that being said, it is suspicious that he would want to date someone so close to his former home. What this means for your relationship with him is hard to say. It may be that he’s trying to provoke you for some perceived injustice or that he is still harboring feelings for you that he’s ashamed to admit outright. Regardless of his particular motivation, you would do well to avoid him — it sounds like he probably hasn’t changed much since he hurt you. You don’t want to get sucked back into an unhealthy relationship, especially since you’ve undoubtedly worked hard to heal yourself and move on with your life since he left. Keep your guard up, but try to maintain a sense of civility with your neighbor. (c) 2011 by King Features Syndicate Ralph V. Gibbs, Jr. Born at 11:00 am on 11/11 PAID FOR BY THE CANDIDATE �Friday, November 11, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com Search the Scriptures “…these were more noble…they searched the scriptures daily…” Last week we looked at the various “belief systems” favored by the evolutionists. We noted the common thread running through them: the unwillingness to accept the sovereignty of God and His laws. The fruits of these systems are unhappiness, cruelty, disease, insecurity, and no firm moral compass. Let’s now highlight the benefits that come from obeying the laws of the God who loves us, and wants the best life for us. How does God expect us to treat individuals? “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith” [Galatians 6:10]. “But now ye also put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another,…” [Colossians 3:8,9a]. Bible readers are familiar with the lesson of the “Good Samaritan,” recorded in Luke 10:25-37. In response to a lawyer’s question, “And who is my neighbor?” [v.29], Jesus gave the example of the man who took pity on an injured man. It is instructive to note two religious leaders saw the injured man, but crossed the road and did not help [vs.31,32]. After describing the mercy shown by the Samaritan to the injured man, hear Jesus’ question: “Which now of these three thinkest thou was neighbor unto him that fell among thieves?” [v.36]. The lawyer saw the point, and so do all today who respect Jesus’ words [v.37]. Christians don’t need government mandates in order to do good; we do it because we respect and obey God. Only the moral laws of God will smooth the way between individuals. Bullying, taunting, cursing, violence - none of these will occur between individuals who respect God. How does God expect us to treat family members? Remembering that God hates divorce [Malachi 2:14-16], we will follow Jesus’ teaching: “Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? [Writer’s note: this brief verse eliminates any possibility God is pleased with same-sex “marriages”] Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder… And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery; and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery” [Matthew 19:46,9]. Observers understand the grief, turmoil, and insecurity brought by divorce; respecting God’s law eliminates unpleasant situations. Still considering behavior between mates, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it…so ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself;…” [Ephesians 5:25,28,29,33a]. “Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them” [Colossians 3:19]. The husband who does so is showing respect to his head, Christ [“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ,…” —First Corinthians 11:3a]. “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing…and the wife see that she reverence her husband” [Ephesians 5:22-24,33b]. “The aged women likewise,… that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands,… to be obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed” [Titus 2:3a,4,5b]. “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord” [Colossians 3:18]. The wife who respects God and obeys His law for her will not bring dishonor upon God’s Word, and will be honoring her head, her husband [“…the head of the woman is the man;…”— First Corinthians 11:3b]. Divorce will become rare when husbands treat their wives with the same care they treat their own physical body, and when wives love, respect, reverence, and obey their husbands. How are children and parents to treat each other in the home? “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth” [Ephesians 6:1-3; see also Proverbs 3:1,2; 4:10]. “Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord” [Colossians 3:20]. “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord” [Ephesians 6:4]. “Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged” [Colossians 3:21]. “The aged women likewise…that they may teach the young women… to love their children,…” [Titus 2:4b]. “The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame” [Proverbs 29:15]. In today’s society, we can see clearly the fruit of fathers who do not guide and correct their children; of mothers who leave their children to raise themselves; of children who have not been taught to obey their parents. Yes, the “belief systems” of evolution truly bear bitter fruit! Next week, we’ll look at how God expects one to behave toward governments and in the workplace. Please bring your Bibles, search the scriptures with the church of Christ, meeting at 234 Chapel Drive [off Bulaville Road]. Are we only chasing little, fake rabbits? By Dodger Vaughan, Teen Director Middleport Church of Christ I can’t say that I’ve ever actually seen a Greyhound race in person. Probably the closest I ever came was petting a Greyhound that belonged to some of my friends. (Not really close, I realize that). However, based upon this extensive experience (or lack thereof), I’ve noticed that these dogs are essentially motivated to run by a little, fake rabbit on a mechanical arm that moves around the track just out of the dogs’ reach. The other day I had a strange thought regarding these races: What would happen if one of the Greyhounds were to actually get this rabbit? I did a little research and found out that this does, in fact, happen sometimes. Generally it’s due to mechanical error, but on occasion the Greyhounds will actually get the fake rabbit. For some reason this struck me as being pretty funny. Here you have these magnificent animals that God created to be fast, that have been trained all their life to chase this little fake rabbit that is perpetually out of reach, and then one day, the rabbit is just within reach and the dog takes hold. Maybe it’s poetic justice in a sense. Or is it? I mean, I wonder if when the Greyhound finally takes hold of the rabbit if there isn’t a sense of “Wait, this isn’t even a real rabbit!” for the dog. As I thought about the Greyhounds, it occurred to me that perhaps as humans we have found ourselves in a similar situation. This is what I mean: God designed us to be extraordinary creatures (Eph 2:10, Psalm 139:13-16), but somehow along the way we have lost sight of the things that God has called us to pursue and Dodger Vaugh instead we have started chasing after the things that society teaches us are important. Think about it, we pursue nicer cars, a nicer house, better clothes, a better salary, a higher position in the company and sometimes we even get these things only to find out that there is an even nicer car, a bigger house and a more prestigious position. Do you ever get the feeling that perhaps we are chasing a little fake rabbit that is perpetually out of reach? Or maybe having that new car or better house didn’t fulfill us in the way that we hoped it would and once we got those things we realized “Wait this isn’t even a real rabbit.” In fairness, can it really be a fake rabbit if so many other people are chasing the same thing? King Solomon, known as one of the wisest men who ever lived, spoke of this exact struggle in Ecclesiastes chapter 2 saying “I built houses for myself and planted vineyards.” (vs. 4), “I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces” (vs. 7&8), and “I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me” (vs. 9). And what was his final assessment of all that he had pursued? “Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun” (vs. 11). Maybe that’s the reason why Jesus spends so much time telling people to pursue eternal things. In Matthew 6:19-21 Jesus says, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Interestingly enough, as I was watching videos of Greyhound races on Youtube, I found a video that was quite amazing. In this particular video the race started off like a typical race — the fake rabbit took off and the dogs all shot out of the gate pursuing it. Everything was going fine until about midway through the first turn when an actual live rabbit wandered out onto the track and crossed in front of the Greyhounds. Surprisingly, only one dog broke pace and took off after the real rabbit. All the other Greyhounds were so focused on the fake rabbit that they didn’t even notice the real live thing had crossed their path. The news reports said that the one dog that broke pace had been “led astray” by the live rabbit. I would disagree with that statement. I would say that after years of being led astray by the fake rabbit, this dog finally found the real thing. So these are my questions for you: Are you pursuing things that have eternal value? Or are you simply chasing a fake rabbit because that’s what everyone else around you seems to be doing? Do you know what you are chasing? The Daily Sentinel • Page A4 A Hunger for More By Thom Mollohan Every day of your life is a day in which you must weigh the messages that rain down upon you. While many of those signals are simply lost in the informational deluge, there are a great number that reinforce or subtly erode the convictions that drive you and guide you in the choices you make as you navigate life. Never think for a moment that your convictions are an immutable substance that cannot be touched by outside forces or that they compose a structure that can never fall in upon itself. There are support beams constantly being erected or knocked down in the house that is your “world view”. I was very keenly reminded of this once as I listened to a discussion on a public radio station between the radio show’s host and Barbara Kingsolver, author of The Poisonwood Bible. The novel describes a supposed missionary family, but Kingsolver was clearly not acquainted with a biblical understanding of Christianity (at least she wasn’t at the time that she wrote it) because she argued on the radio that humanity is simply one animal among many and that God is rooting not only for the “dollies” (meaning human boys and girls) but also for the various varieties of flesh-eating microorganisms that dwell unseen in the dusty floor of the African savannah (after a character in the book watches dreadful diseases wither and waste away little boys and girls). “We think we’re so smart,” the author snidely remarked on the air, “top-heavy hominids who are animals indeed.” But then her voice turned cheery and said, “But I happen to be one of those who think that’s a wonderful thing.” Say what? One might strive to unravel the mysterious conundrum raised by the worldview of the author but, unless one lingers merely in the shallow waters of her last statement, “… I think that’s a wonderful thing,” one will inevitably wade out into the deep waters of the statement’s implication. There are two principal “perks” for being “one animal among many”. The first is that one may consider him or herself “free”. Free of moral responsibility: if man is merely an animal, he’s no more moral or ethical than a rattlesnake or a sea anemone (morals and ethics being merely a biological illusion). Free of divine accountability: if man evolved or was created with a spiritual ranking no higher than an aardvark or a frill-necked lizard, how could God justly hold us accountable for what comes “naturally?” After all, we’d simply be driven by Darwin’s so-called law, “survival of the fittest”. Thom Mollohan Well, it turns out that some folks like this worldview because they believe that it makes them free. But it is in reality a most serious and dastardly form of slavery because it places upon humanity an unbearable yoke of biological fatalism. First, everything one does is rendered nothing more than an insignificant fluke of blind forces streaking towards oblivion. As one animal in a world teeming with countless hordes of creatures, you would have no more value or worth than an amoeba or paramecium. And second, your life is just another part of an incessant string of biological glitches. Your choices, dreams, and values, as well as the relationships that you hold dear, although not predetermined in the precise sense, are still “preprogrammed” by the unsympathetic “powers that be” that we call genetic coding. “Someone mugged someone else?” one might say. “Well, we ARE governed by the rule of survival of the fittest!” Or “Someone raped someone?” one might hear. “Ah, well it IS natural, you know.” If we are only one species among many, then all that we call good is no nobler than the craving a dung beetle has for its food source. You could never truly be unique or possess a wonder that is yours alone. Even an E Coli bacterium would be as important as you. And this, of course, leads us to the other supposed “perk” of the worldview of naturalism, that there is an incredible array of wonder over-arching and surrounding us in which we are ourselves an intricate part. But again, when we dive into this concept’s deeper waters, we find that whatever sense of wonder we might have enjoyed is also haunted by a shroud of profound dread. When, for instance, we ask the question, “What does it all mean?”, we are met with silence for we are, after all, asking either nothing (if “nothing” created us) or we’re trying to talk to a “god” who pays us no more heed than if we were pond scum. If such a worldview is right, then all of reality is an exercise in futility. Why do anything? Why care for anyone else? Why bother trying to do “good deeds” if all that is “good” is just an illusion anyway? But clearly, the idea of a god who “roots” for microbes as much as he roots for people is inconsistent with what the Bible says about the nature of the world, humanity, and God’s attitude towards us. First off, out of all the beings that God created, humanity alone was shaped in God’s own image and into humanity alone was breathed the breath of God so that they would become “living souls” (Genesis 2:7). The Bible declares that the dominion of creation was placed, so to speak, into the hands of humanity (Genesis 1:28-30) so that men and women might be stewards under God of the world that He had created, executing His will and authority in their governance of the physical world. Secondly, the Bible acknowledges disease, violence, and sorrow, describing these as the consequences of the human inclination to try to live independently of God (see Genesis 3:14-19). Christianity is therefore not a “Pollyanna” religion. It is a grim-laced statement of truth with hope in its wings. Yes, it is true that much is not what it should be and that bad things do happen to all of us. But it turns out that God is really rooting for humanity in ways that the rest of creation can only be jealous. What did God’s Son come to do? To die for you and for me. Why would He die for you and me? Because you and I were created in God’s image that we might enjoy fellowship with Him forever and only His sacrificial death could bridge the gap created by our sin. Why does evil still continue then after He died and rose again? So that we might hunger for more than what we possess in this natural world and look forward to a day wherein we are united completely with the Creator of all that is. In a world that tries to make sense of itself without God, remember that it makes no sense at all without God. So consider well the messages you heed and remember that you are priceless in the eyes of the One Who made you. And nothing can take that away. (Thom Mollohan and his family have ministered in southern Ohio the past 16 ½ years and is the author of The Fairy Tale Parables and Crimson Harvest. He is the pastor of Pathway Community Church and may be reached for comments or questions by email at pastorthom@pathwaygallipolis.com). Thanks to the ranks By Pastor Ron Branch Faith Baptist Church A good while back I received a letter from someone across the Ohio River in Pomeroy or Middleport — I cannot remember specifically. In the envelope was the picture of a young man in the Army. The note indicated that he at the time was scheduled to be deployed to Iraq for a specified period of ten months. The request to our church was pointspecific, “Please pray for his safety.” Immediately, I walked down the hall and tacked the card to the bulletin board. In days that soon followed, I made it generally known to the church that we had been asked to pray for the young man. We did as requested, although there was no specific knowledge in the church as to who he is. Nonetheless, many times as I passed the three-by-five card on the board, I prayed on behalf of his safety. But, I also prayed giving God thanks for the young man’s service to our country. It touches the core of my soul that so many Americans voluntarily these days give up portions of their life time to serve in the ranks of the armed forces. It is right and good for a nation to be thankful for those who serve faithfully in the military ranks. Every time I am involved with the playing our national anthem, there are two prayers that I verbally lift up to God. First, I give God thanks for our country. It is Pastor Ron Branch a great country that God has made great. We live in relative safety because of God. We are sustained abundantly because of God. We are blessed richly because of God. I cheerfully and thankfully acknowledge that the God of Israel who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is the source and supply of the greatness of America. Furthermore, a second prayer focuses on the giving of thanks to God for the ranks of men and women who so courageously serve. It matters not the specifics or sites of their service, if they wear either of the uniforms of our military branches, I express thanks to God for the ranks of those that serve. I also pray that the Lord will bring home soon and safely all those currently in action on foreign soils on behalf of America. We should regard it as our duty to pray on behalf of the safety of our soldiers afield. Not long ago, a pastor from Virginia (the husband of my first cousin) called to ask prayer for their son who was set to go to Iraq. I have prayed on his behalf. A pastor friend from Charleston has a son who is a captain in the Army, and is soon set for a second tour in Afghanistan. I have prayed on his behalf. There are children of our church members among the military ranks for whom I pray. Whenever I am asked to pray for our military personnel, I pray. I thank God for them. We need to be guarded that we do not get so caught up in the eases of our daily living that we fail to give thanks for the ranks. They need to be prayerfully recognized and covered in prayers of faith not only for their combined successes but also for their eventual safe return. But, I also give thanks for the ranks who have served in the past. It is a legitimate expectation that we honor them by way of showing public appreciation for what they did on our behalf. Many were hurt and maimed. Some gave their very lives. Veterans gave certain years of their lives for training and service. Veteran’s Day 2011 is a worthy day to honor them with forthright respect. I have had the picture of that young army specialist on my opened Bible as I wrote this article. When I finish this writing momentarily, I will return it to the board that I might remember to pray for him till I know for sure he is home. Thanks to the ranks—past and present. �Friday, November 11, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com “Happy Valley” is anything but, at the moment Trinity Congregational Church Hello, again. Over the course of the past two weeks there was a gaffe or a glitch beyond my immediate control, which interfered with my articles being printed herein. Now, I’m back! Earlier, on this beautiful Tuesday morning, I told someone that were I feeling any better I’d be “translated.” Substitute the term “raptured” if you’re so inclined; my experience would be every bit as glorious. Meanwhile, all is not well back in my home state of Pennsylvania; it’s even less so in what is known as “Happy Valley,” where things are anything but. In the past few days the news emanating from that area has gone from bad, to worse, to really ugly. To bring you up to speed: “Happy Valley” encompasses the town of State College, in Centre County, and is the site of The Pennsylvania State University— a.k.a., Penn State. As Jerusalem is significant to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and Mecca and Mohammed are also revered by Muslims the world over, Penn State and the venerable leader of the Nittany Lions football team, Joe Paterno, are idolized by many, too. (Perhaps you’re a “closet” fan.) Reports now implicate a former Penn State coach who previously had established a program to benefit adolescent youth, and presumably had honorable intentions for doing so. Evidence recently has surfaced that his behavior, instead, was despicable and hurtful, that he took advantage of several of these vulnerable youth and sexually molested them. Not only did this man use some of the same facilities available to the football players, but the evidence suggests those who knew about his perverse behavior and were in a position to put an end to it did virtually nothing! Supposedly, Paterno himself was one such individual. He’s “safe” for now, but his feet are being held to the fire. Expect more fallout; this matter is far from resolved, and there will be repercussions galore before all the dust settles. Which brings up several points, one being a little ditty: … “Oh, what tangled webs we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” There is, of course, a presumption of innocence until all the facts are in, the evidenced is reviewed, the jury deliberates, and the verdict is issued. Suffice it to say, however, that so far everything brought forward explicitly implicates the former coach, and there was at least one witness. Yet, though the legal system has yet to do its thing, already God knows “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” Speaking of God, reviewed the Ten Commandments lately? The first one alone is quite intriguing and rather revealing—i.e., “You shall have no other gods.” Notice the emphasis is on those last three words, “no other gods.” God never said there were no other gods; He knew better. Nevertheless, His people were not to worship any of these other gods whenever they encountered them as they wandered through the wilderness, or when they entered the Promised Land. Not so long ago the State of Ohio was rocked by scandal when it was revealed Ohio State football players had behaved badly, and the head coach knew about it but had not reported to the proper authorities. In effect, integrity was sacrificed at the school’s altar to the football god. Many die-hard Ohio State fans were not inclined to judge either the players or the coach; something about “boys will be boys,” and the game must go on. Still, somebody’s head had to roll, and ultimately the coach’s did. There are those now demanding “JoePa’s” do the same. Those “other gods” I mentioned?!? Perhaps you bow down to “the gods of autumn”—i.e., big time college football which, at the level of schools such as Penn State and Ohio State, no mere mortal is ever at liberty to cast aspersions upon, seriously challenge, or reform. The questions in Pennsylvania are many: why didn’t Paterno get involved to stop the abuse when it was first reported to him? Did others in authority involved with P.S.U.’s football program consider it more important than the victim’s well-being? Was there a cover-up? Why was this behavior not reported to the State authorities, as it should have been? The Old Testament bears witness to the fact God’s people didn’t avoid the pagan gods they were introduced to; they embraced them. So, then: not all evil is overt; sometimes, it wears street clothes. Athletes are people, not gods; respect them if you will, but DON’T worship them! ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jordanian immigrants take Communion at an Arabic-language Mass in Albuquerque. Lebanese-Americans help raise nearly $2 million for major improvements to a West Virginia church. Iraqi refugees who practice an ancient religion that views John the Baptist as their teacher hold baptisms in a Massachusetts pond popular for rowing regattas. As war, the economy and persecution by Muslim extremists push Arab Christians and religious minorities out of the Middle East, the refugees and immigrants are quietly settling in small pockets across the U.S. They are reviving old, dormant churches, bringing together families torn apart by war and praying collectively in Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus. Religious experts say their growing presence in the U.S. is all about survival as Christians and religious minorities continue to get pushed out of the Holy Land. And religious leaders said if violence continues, more can be expected to seek safety in the U.S. while disappearing in lands where they’re lived for 2,000 years. “For every plus in the U.S., there’s a minus back there,” said the Rev. Bakhos Chidiac, pastor of St. Rafka Maronite Church of Lakewood, Colo. “It’s very sad.” According the U.S. State Department’s 2011 reports on International Religious Freedom, for example, Iraq had an estimated Christian population of around 1.4 million before the U.S.-led invasion. The report says only around 400,000 to 600,000 remain and face increasing violence. No one knows exactly how many Christians and religious minorities have fled persecution or come willingly for economic reasons into the U.S. But from Michigan to Louisiana, observers have noticed an increase in services like those from Maronite Catholics — an Eastern Rite branch of Catholicism with roots in Lebanon and Syria. Maronites are part of the Catholic church, are recognized by the Pope and hold the same core beliefs as Roman Catholics. Mass is often held in Arabic and Aramaic. Residents in Worcester, Mass., also have looked with curiosity as hundreds of recently resettled Iraqi refugees, who practice the pre-Christian Mandaean religion, hold early morning baptisms in Lake Quisigamond. Mandaeans have seen their population decrease in Iraq from 70,000 in the 1990s to just 3,000 today. In addition, more than 1,000 Iranian Mandaeans have fled to the U.S. after Iran passed laws prohibiting Mandaeans in civil life. “When I left my village in Jordan in 1969, there were about 15,000 Christians there,” said Sharif Rabadi, 60, an Albuquerque developer and businessman. “I think now there are less than 3,000 of us left.” Joseph Amar, director of programs in Arabic and Syriac at the University of Notre Dame, said that while the exodus is bad for Christianity in the Middle East, the move to the U.S. and other parts of the world is allowing followers to continue practicing their religion without fear of death or forced conversions. “Many come to cities with no familiar church and will just attend Roman Catholic services,” Amar said. But as the populations from Arab countries grow in U.S. cities and towns, Amar said the immigrants and refugees tend to come together to organize separate services at churches that allow them to use their facilities. That’s what happened recently at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Catholic Church in Albuquerque, N.M. For more than a year, the Ruthenian Catholic Church has allowed immigrants from Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Iraq to use its facilities once a month for Maronite services. The Rev. Chidiac is flown in from Colorado to give English services in line according to the Maronite rite. This week, however, Rev. Chidiac performed Maronite Catholic services in Arabic to about 60 Albuquerque attendees. Officials with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe believe the Catholic Mass in Arabic was a first for New Mexico — a state with the longest continuous Catholic presence in the present-day United States During the service, attendees clutched Arabic Bibles, responded to prayers in Arabic and sang hymns some say they hadn’t heard in 20 years. George Saade, a member of the church who just moved in Albuquerque from Alabama, helped organize the Arabic Mass via Facebook and through other Catholic church bulletins. “It’s been 15 years since I’ve attended a Mass in Arabic,” said Saade, 39, who is originally from Lebanon. “I’ve been waiting for this for a long time.” Reham Haddad, 40, wanted her two youngest children to attend so they could experience a Mass as she did more than 18 years ago. “They understand Arabic but it’s different when you pray,” she said. “I think they liked it.” Chidiac said he was pleased with the turnout and thinks Arabic services could grow if the Albuquerque population wanted it. “This is how it starts … in a small church room,” he said. “Then, maybe later, they can get their own church.” By Rev. Thomas Johnson, Rev. Thomas Johnson Arab Christians, minorities, reshaping US enclaves Not “I Hope So” but “I Know So,” Part 1 By Alex Colon I hope so” I hope there are enough funds in the account.” Or, “I hope things get better for me.” This is just regular, normal hope. But the hope that God has given you and made available for you to operate in is a different kind of hope. The Bible also declares that Faith is the substance of things hoped for… The hope that Hebrews 11:1 is referring to is the hope of faith. This hope is the word “elpizo” which means to expect with confidence. In other words, is not about “I hope that things will get better for me.” But rather, it is about “I know that things will get better for me.” It is a ‘sure’ hope! Faith is the matter and the title deed of what you are expecting. Therefore, dare to believe God for what you are expecting. Just hoping is not real true Bible hope. But truly expecting, knowing that God will come true is real Bible hope and real faith. By the way, did you know that God has never given you a promissory note? He’s actually given you the entire estate. . It’s not that I hope so, but I know so. We’ll learn about his in the next article. Make it a Great Day! Lighthouse Assembly of God Have you ever been given a non-sufficient (NSF) fund check? This is what banks call a check that has been written for a certain amount of money, but when the recipient goes to cash this check the money written on the check is not available – not there – no funds! Now the check will “bounce.” This is why many businesses are no longer accepting personal checks, afraid of NSF. Not all personal checks are NSF, I know. What is interesting about this check is that once you received this check, you were so excited (especially, if it was a gift), that you begun to think and meditate in your mind as to how you were going to spend it. By the time you arrived at the bank, you had already spent that money in your mind. The problem arouse when you found out that the bank could not cash the check due to NSF. This is when your expectations and your short term dreams crumbled. What’s worse is that you can’t get a hold of this person to resolve this problem for you. Have you ever found yourself in such predicament? Sure, many of us have. In fact, I ven- ture to say, that most everyone have found themselves in such situation, yet not necessarily with an NSF check. You see, the problem comes when we see a check and think it is money. The check is not money. By the banking system standards, that check you were given is called: A promissory note, or a promise to pay. But it is not money. The money comes when that promissory note is cashed. Once you discover that the check was an NSF check, your hope became deferred. The Bible says that hope deferred makes the heart sick, Prov. 13:12. Now, this hope you have and this hope that Solomon is referring to is just regular hope. It is the hope that says: “well, JERUSALEM (AP) — Posters depicting women have become rare in the streets of Israel’s capital. In some areas women have been shunted onto separate sidewalks, and buses and health clinics have been gender-segregated. The military has considered reassigning some female combat soldiers because religious men don’t want to serve with them. This is the new reality in parts of 21st-century Israel, where ultra-Orthodox rabbis are trying to contain the encroachment of secular values on their cloistered society through a fierce backlash against the mixing of the sexes in public. On the surface, Israel’s gender equality bona fides seem strong, with the late Golda Meir as a former prime minister, Tzipi Livni as the current opposition leader, and its women soldiers famed around the world. Reality is not so shiny. The World Economic Forum recently released an unfavorable image of women’s earning power in Israel, and in 2009, the last year for which data are available, Israeli women earned twothirds what men did. The newly enforced separation is felt most strongly in Jerusalem, where ultra-Orthodox Jews are growing in numbers and strength. The phenomenon is starting to be seen elsewhere, though in the Tel Aviv region, Israel’s largest metropolis, secular Jews are the vast majority, and life there resembles most Western cities. Still, secular Jews there and elsewhere in Israel worry that their lifestyles could be targeted, too, because the ultraOrthodox population, while still relatively small, is growing significantly. Their high birthrate of about seven children per family is forecast to send their proportion of the population, now estimated at 9 percent, to 15 percent by 2025. Though categorizing is difficult, it is estimated that about one-quarter of Israel’s 6 million Jews are modern Orthodox, another quarter are traditional and the rest secular. Numbers aside, the ultraOrthodox wield disproportionate power in Israel’s fragmented political system. “The stronger the ultraOrthodox and religious community grows, the greater its attempt to impose its norms,” said Hannah Kehat, the founder of the religious women’s forum Kolech. Their norms, she said, are “segregation of women and discrimination against them.” Ultra-Orthodox Jews around the world have long frowned upon the mixing of the sexes in their communities, but the attempt to apply this prohibition in public spaces is relatively new in Israel. Israel’s ultra-Orthodox, known for their black garb and flowing sidelocks, began testing gender segregation years ago when ultra-Orthodox men started ordering women on certain bus lines to sit at the back of buses traveling through their neighborhoods. The practice, also adopted in some ultra-Orthodox communities in the United States, was successfully challenged in Israel’s Supreme Court, and Kehat says women have been filing far fewer complaints about their treatment on buses. The vast majority of Israeli bus lines have never been segregated. But buses weren’t the last stop on the gender-segregation ride. Some supermarkets in ultraOrthodox communities, once content to urge women patrons to dress modestly with longsleeved blouses and long skirts, have now assigned separate hours for men and women — another practice seen in ultraOrthodox communities in the U.S. Some health clinics have separate entrances and waiting rooms for men and women. Meni Shwartz-Gera, an ultra-Orthodox journalist, says strict observance of modesty is a pillar of ultra-Orthodox Judaism and is being “wickedly” misrepresented as demeaning to women. People who dislike it can choose different options like supermarkets without special hours for men and women, he said. “The purpose is not to denigrate women,” he said. Israel’s Supreme Court disagrees. Last month, the court ordered the dismantling of barriers erected in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood meant to keep women and men from walking on the same sidewalk during a religious ceremony that drew tens of thousands to the enclave’s narrow streets. Gender segregation “began with buses, continued with supermarkets and reached the streets,” Chief Justice Dorit Beinisch was quoted as saying during the court hearing. “It’s not going away, just the opposite.” The Jerusalem city councilwoman who brought the case before the court, herself a religious Jew, was fired by secular Mayor Nir Barkat. Barkat, who rose to power vowing to scale back the growing influence of an ultra-Orthodox population that accounts for one-third of the city’s 750,000 people, said he dismissed Rachel Azaria because she sued the city, not because she faced off against the ultra-Orthodox in court. For years, advertisers have been covering up female models on billboards in Jerusalem and other communities with large ultra-Orthodox populations. Ultra-Orthodox have defaced such ads and vendors faced ultra-Orthodox boycotts of companies whose mores they deplore. Recently, the voluntary censorship has gone beyond the scantily clad: Women are either totally absent from billboards, or, as with one clothing company’s ads, only hinted at by a photo of a back, an arm and a purse. Over the summer, Jerusalem inaugurated a long-awaited light rail with a major outdoor advertising campaign. The rail line is touted as a marvel of 21st-century technology, but there are no women’s faces on any of the billboards affixed to its sides. By Kitty Severn were special. Mike was diagnosed with advanced bladder cancer January 2011. He was 62 yrs. old then. We prayed for him at home and church. People were praying for him everywhere. He spent weeks in the hospital. His wife and family always by his side. So, when that little cedar bowl was placed on my table that crispy fall afternoon , I knew our prayers had been answered. He had recovered. Praise the Lord.! God is good all the time. Many, many times, cedar is mentioned in the Holy Bible. Psalm 92:12 in particular. Heavenly Father I want to thank you for answered prayers. I will always cherish the cedar bowl, for its meaning and the love that You and Mike carved in it. It’s engraved in my heart, just like the cedar etchings in the bowl. The moral of this story is, always pray with faith and believe that God can move mountains. I pray this story will touch someone that needed to hear it. Pastor Alex Colon Gender segregation on rise in Israel The Cedar Bowl Leon, W.Va. The beautiful handmade cedar bowl arrived at our home on Friday, October 14, 2011. I just stared at it, as tears fell from my eyes. Our friends, Don &Jan Hancock brought it to us from Raleigh County. Jan’s brother Mike Matherly made it for us. To some people it wouldn’t mean anything but a piece of wood but God and I knew it meant so much more. The hands that made it �Friday, November 11, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com 2011 Delinquent Land Tax Notice Page 1 of 2 Cont. on Page Two~ The Daily Sentinel • Page A6 �Friday, November 11, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com 2011 Delinquent Land Tax Notice Page 2 of 2 Cont. from Page One~ Tropical storm Sean nears Bermuda MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Sean strengthened as it moved over the Atlantic toward Bermuda on Thursday, kicking up choppy surf and gusty winds on the British island. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sean had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph). It was about 285 miles (459 kilometers) west-southwest of Bermuda and moving northeast at 13 mph (21 kph). The storm’s center was expected to pass northwest of Bermuda on Friday morning. A tropical storm warning was in effect for Bermuda, with storm conditions predicted to begin Thursday night. Sean was expected to produce 1 to 3 inches of rainfall there. Swells generated by the storm also were affecting the southeastern U.S. coast with life-threatening surf and rip currents. Sean’s approach caused little anxiety on Bermuda. There was no sign of anyone lining up for storm supplies in shops and most people went about their day normally. Jane Davis, a 36-year-old office worker who lives in Southampton parish, said the forecast would not disrupt her routine. “I have no concerns about the tropical storm. It’s business as usual for me. I will go out for a run even if the winds pick up and it starts raining,” she said. PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan criticized world leaders on Thursday for failing to take bold action on climate change, which he said threatens to worsen the food crisis that has already left a billion people hungry. Speaking at Stanford University, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said rising temperatures and rainwater shortages are having a devastating effect on food production. Failing to address the problem will have repercussions on health, security and stability, he warned. “Yet so far, our generation — my generation — of leaders, including those here in the United States, have failed to find the vision or courage to tackle it,” Annan said. “This lack of longterm collective vision and leadership is inexcusable.” Annan said the food crisis is an unconscionable moral failing and a brake on overall development. He said the need for a universal and fair framework to address climate change is imperative. Without such action, “the result will be mass migration, growing food shortages, loss of social cohesion and even political instability,” he said. The bulk of Annan’s keynote address to about 1,400 people addressed making the link between climate change and food supply and imploring action on that front. But he also touched on inequalities in agricultural policies, unfair trade rules and food price fluctuations. “We urgently need to find ways of dampening extreme volatility in food prices, particularly the excessive speculation in agricultural commodities which causes it,” he said. The World Bank says rapidly rising food prices this year and last pushed an additional 70 million people into extreme poverty. One in seven people on the planet are hungry. Annan said as the population grows, greater prosperity will mean more people eating dairy and meat, and grain used to feed people will be increasingly switched to feed animals. Rising oil prices, too, have brought competition from agro- or biofuels, he said. Last month, the Romebased U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization forecast improved prospects for world cereals production but warned there is uncertainty about the impact on food security because of the global economic slump and increased risks of recession. It also cited concern about irregular rains in West Africa in the 2011 cropping season and of severe monsoons in Far East Asia. Annan, who chairs the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, which aims to boost food production on his native continent, ar- gued that Africa, despite the headlines of famine and war, is a key player in solving the hunger crisis. “It may now be the only continent which cannot feed its own people. But it also contains some 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land,” he said. With the right investments, research and support, he said, Africa could boost production and help fight hunger. Annan’s speech was part of several events marking the university’s launch of the Center for Food Security and the Environment at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates was also scheduled to speak at a private dinner. While Annan blasted governments for their failures to act on climate change, he said he’s encouraged by signs they want to address access to and availability of food as a means to overall growth. He praised “Feed the Future,” the U.S. initiative to reduce poverty and undernutrition, and said he met recently with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Raj Shah, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development. “If we pool our efforts and resources we can finally break the back of this problem,” he said. Annan calls global food crisis a moral failing Tea party groups seek Ohio ‘right-to-work’ measure COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Just two days after Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a state law curbing collective bargaining rights, a tea party coalition said it will push an amendment to the state’s constitution that would prevent workers covered by union contracts from being required to join unions or pay dues. Chris Littleton, the cofounder of the Ohio Liberty Council, told reporters Thursday the group has submitted an initial 1,000 signatures and the proposed wording for its right-to-work amendment to the state’s attorney general. The group needs state officials’ approval of the phrasing and signatures before it can start collecting the roughly 386,000 valid signatures needed by July to get the question on 2012 ballots. If the group fails to get the question before voters during next year’s presidential election, it would continue its push in 2013, Littleton said. “We’re in this for the long haul,” he said. The proposed amendment comes on the heels of Tuesday’s election, when more than 61 percent of voters rejected a law that restricted the collective bargaining rights of Ohio’s more than 350,000 public workers. Forty-six percent of registered voters turned out, setting a 20-year record in terms of voter percentage and an all-time high in total people voting in an off-year general election. Labor groups and opponents of the law poured more than $24 million into the repeal campaign. The defeat of the Ohio union law marked one of the biggest victories in decades for the labor movement. Tim Burga, president of the Ohio AFL-CIO, said in a statement that the proposed amend- ment was “an even more broad assault on workers’ rights” than the union law, and that the union wouldn’t shy away from defending workers’ rights once more. Democrats at the Statehouse immediately criticized the proposal. “Right-to-work doesn’t guarantee rights to the worker,” said state Rep. Tracy Heard of Columbus, contending unions have made it easier for women and minorities to earn a better wage. Littleton said the ballot initiative is about freedom of choice in the workplace, not collective bargaining. The proposal would amend the state’s constitution to say that no law, rule or agreement should require employees to join a union or pay dues, as a condition of their employment. “This has everything to do with freedom for the worker,” Littleton said. “It doesn’t address anything else except for the idea that you should be free to choose whether or not you want to participate in a labor organization.” The union law rejected by voters included a provision to prevent nonunion employees affected by contracts from paying so-called “fair share” fees to union organizations. That part of the overhaul didn’t receive as much attention during the repeal effort compared with other parts that banned public worker strikes and prevented unions from negotiating health care or pension benefits. Republican Gov. John Kasich and GOP leaders in the Legislature had urged voters to keep the collective bargaining law in place, contending that it would help local governments and communities better control their costs. Following Tuesday’s election results, they said they would spend time contemplating how best to take the state forward. With the announcement of the right-to-work amendment effort, the Kasich administration, Senate President Tom Niehaus and House Speaker William Batchelder repeated the need to reflect on the election’s outcome. “Now’s not the time to be taking up or considering these types of issues,” said Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols. Niehaus said in a statement that lawmakers needed to work to build consensus for what steps to take next. “We just finished a very divisive and contentious election, and Ohioans made it clear they want us to be more deliberate in our approach to major reform,” Niehaus said. The Ohio Liberty Council, a coalition of more than 60 tea party groups, sees a chance for success based on Tuesday’s election results. Nearly 66 percent of voters supported their amendment to let the state opt out of a provision of the 2009 federal health care overhaul, which mandates that most Americans purchase health care. “People don’t like the idea of compulsory participation — that I’m mandated or forced to do something against my will,” Littleton said. The Columbus-based 1851 Center for Constitutional Law and Associated Builders and Contractors of Ohio, which represents nonunion construction firms, have joined with the Ohio Liberty Council in the effort. Twenty-two states have right-to-work laws that prohibit union fees from being a condition of employment. �Friday, November 11, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page A8 America’s Veterans: Standing Tall for Freedom We proudly salute America’s veterans and active-duty military for their drive and dedication, contributions and courage. Their commitment to our country and our freedom has protected us for generations, and we owe them a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid. This Veterans Day, please join us in honoring the brave men and women of our Armed Forces who have fought, sacrificed and served their country with pride. We thank you, veterans and soldiers. Overbrook Rehabilitation Center CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION 740-992-2955 Ed Zatta, R.Ph. 333 Page Street Kenneth McCullough, R. Ph. Middleport Ohio Charles Riffle, R. Ph. 740-992-6472 www.overbrookrehabilitationcenter.com Ben Holter R.Ph. 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No reserved tickets, reserved parking, or passes will be accepted with the exception of C&I cards issued by the WVSSAC, which must be presented upon entry. Gates will open for entry to both games at 5:30. There is no re-entry without purchasing a new ticket. Anyone interested in tailgating prior to the game should contact the Athletic Director at the prospective schools. Fans are reminded that air horns, cannons, banners/posters, and lasers are prohibited. Programs will be available at the games for $5. Wahama Presale Tickets Local runners earn top cross country honors By Sarah Hawley shawley@mydailytribune.com JACKSON, Ohio — Gallia and Meigs counties were well represented at the Southeast District Cross Country Awards banquet on Monday evening, taking home four top awards. Three locals earned Athlete of the Year honors, while one took home Coach of the Year honors. Gallia Academy senior Peyton Adkins was named Division II Girls (race B) Athlete of the Year, following a 2011 season in which she advanced to the state meet. Southern’s Kody Wolfe earned the Division III (race A) Athlete of the Year award for the second stright year, after winning the district title for the second time. Eastern freshman Taylor Palmer earned Division III Athlete of the Year honors in her first season. Palmer won the district title at the 2011 Southeast District Cross Country meet earlier in the CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Officials said Thursday they have found the vehicle used by armed men who abducted Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, a case that highlights a sharp rise in kidnappings for ransom in Venezuela. Police found the kidnappers’ vehicle abandoned in a nearby town Thursday morning and were gathering evidence, Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami told reporters. “It’s a very important find,” he said, vowing to rescue Ramos and capture his abductors. He said antikidnapping units led by “the best investigators we have” were dispatched to the area in central Carabobo state. The 24-year-old Venezu- See Ramos, B3 fall. Eastern cross country coach Josh Fogle earned Division III Girls Coach of the Year honors, after his team won the 2011 District title in their first season of team competition. Repeat Athlete of the Year selections from the 2010 cross country season were Wes Cochran (Warren), Adrian Ross (Unioto), Kody Wolfe (Southern), Audra Metzler (Chillicothe), and Taylor Hatfield (Zane Trace). Repeating as Coach of the Year award winners were Rich Hoffman (Warren), Matt Paxton (Unioto), Chuck Wentz (Fairland), and Jennifer Johnston (Zane Trace). Wentz was named girls Coach of the Year last year and won the award for the boys cross country program this season. The top 16 finishers in each of the District Cross Country races were named to the All-District team. Local All-District hon- orees were (Division II — boys) Cody Hanning, Meigs; Steven Mahr, Meigs; (Division II — girls) Katie Blodgett, River Valley; Peyton Adkins, Gallia Academy; Mckenna Warner, Gallia Academy; Madison Holley, Gallia Academy; (Division III — boys) Kody Wolfe, Southen; (Division III — girls) Taylor Palmer, Eastern; Asia Michael, Eastern; Jennifer McCoy, Southern; Keri Lawrence, Eastern; Savannah Hawley, Eastern. Southeast Distirct Cross Country Athlete of the Year Boys Division I — Wes Cochran, Warren Division II — (Race A) Tanner Mattie, Fairland Division II — (Race B) Adrian Ros, Unioto Division III — (Race A) Kody Wolfe, Southern Division III — (Race B) Daniel Gardner, Paint Valley Girls Division I — Audra Met- zler, Chillicothe Division II — (Race A) Taylor Hatfield, Zane Trace Division II — (Race B) Peyton Adkins, Gallia Academy Division III — Taylor Palmer, Eastern; Johannah Couch, Trimble Southeast Distirct Cross Country Coach of the Year Boys Division I — Rich Hoffman, Warren Division II — (Race A) Chuck Wentz, Fairland Division II — (Race B) Matt Paxton, Unioto Division III — (Race A) Raymond Friend, Leesburg Fairfield Division III — (Race B) Tim Conley, South Webster Girls Division I — none Division II — (Race A) Jennifer Johnston, Zane Trace Division II — (Race B) Bart Smith, Sheridan Division III — Josh Fogle, Eastern No. 3 White Falcons host Pocahontas County MASON, W.Va. — Wahama High School will have presale tickets for Saturday’s game on sale TuesdayFriday during school hours in the Main Office. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for By Gary Clark students. All tickets will be Sports Correspondent $7 at the gate. POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The journey to Wheeling Island Stadium GAHS Basketball begins this weekend for Reserve Seats the Wahama White Falcon football squad when the 3rd CENTENARY, Ohio — ranked Bend Area gridders Reserve seats for the 2011- enter post-season, playoff 12 Gallia Academy Boys and action at Point Pleasant Girls Basketball season will High School on Saturday at go on sale November 14th 7:30 p.m. against the 14th for Big Blue Super Boosters. rated Pocahontas County Parents of varsity and ju- Warriors. nior varsity basketball playWahama enters the Class ers, cheerleaders, and pep A playoff field after capband members may purchase turing its second straight reserve seats on November 10-0 regular season record 15th. and its second Tri-Valley Reserve seats for the gen- Conference, Hocking Divieral public will be available sion, league championship. on Wednesday, November Pocahontas County (7-3), is 16th. Tickets may be pur- a member of the Potomac chased in the Athletic Direc- Valley Conference based tor’s office at Gallia Acad- in the Eastern Panhandle. emy between the hours of 2011 playoff bound East 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Hardy (9-0) and Moorefield (7-3) are members of the PVC in addition to league GAHS Fall Sports affiliates Tucker County (5Awards Ceremony 5), Pendleton County (1-8) and Tygarts Valley (1-9). WHS and the Warriors CENTENARY, Ohio — Gallia Academy High School have met twice before on will be holding their 2011 the gridiron with both of Fall Sports Awards Ceremo- those meetings being an ny at 6:30 p.m. on Novem- event of the post-season. ber 21. The Sports Awards Wahama owns a 2-0 edge Ceremony will be held in the in the series after capturing Holzer Center for Perform- a 55-0 decision in 2004 being Arts Auditorium at Gallia fore conquering Pocahontas Academy High School. Nationals catcher Ramos kidnapped in Venezuela Friday, November 11, 2011 Alex Hawley/file photo The Wahama football team huddles up prior to the teams week five contest against Waterford in Mason, W.Va. County by a 26-14 margin Catholic by a 27-18 loss be- 33); Tygarts Valley (54-6); in 2007. Both of those con- fore falling to 5th rated East Man (15-7) and Class AA tests were played at Bachtel Hardy (14-30) and the 5th foe Webster County 22-20. Stadium on the White Fal- ranked team in Class AA The Warriors possess cons campus. Greenbrier West by a 28-6 a great deal of size across Pocahontas County com- score. The remaining wins its interior line and appear peted against three playoff on the Pocahontas County to have ample speed to go bound teams during the reg- regular season card include along with their bulk. As a ular season with the War- victories over Tucker Coun- result of its 235 pound avriors winning one of those ty (28-6); Pendleton County erage across the line Pocathree outings. PCHS defeat- (40-8); Richwood (41-18); hontas County is predomied 16th ranked Parkersburg Bath County, Virginia (45- See Falcons, B2 Point Pleasant lands 4 on All-State soccer teams Reymond named Goalkeeper of the Year By Sarah Hawley shawley@mydailytribune.com Sarah Hawley/file photo Point Pleasant goalkeeper Brady Reymond was recently selected as the Class AA-A Goalkeeper of the Year by the West Virginia High School Soccer Coaches Association. The sixth ranked Point Pleasant boys soccer team landed four players on the recently announced Coaches Association AllState teams. The Black Knights’ junior goalkeeper was named to the first team in Class AA-A for the second straight year, and also earned Goalkeeper of the Year honors for the second time. PPHS had three players earn second team honors for the 2011 season. Senior forward Hristian Lenkov was named to the second team after earning honorable mention in 2010, while juniors Ryan Bonecutter (midfield) and Trenton Bailes (defender) were first time honorees. Class AA-A individual award winners, in addition to Reymond, were Tommy Trupo (Charleston Catholic), Player of the Year; Sam Hill (PikeView), Coach of the Year; Matt Goldberg (Charleston Catholic), Defender of the Year; Adam Fox (Charleston Catholic), Midfielder of the Year; Jeff Merrified (Trinity), Forward of the Year. Class AAA indivisual award winners were Brian Runyon (Parkersburg), Player of the Year; Mario Julian (Wheeling Park), Coach of the Year; Cameron Allen (Wheeling Park), Goalkeeper of the Year; Wes McWatters (Hur- ricane), Defender of the Year; Errin Baynes (Wheeling Park), Midfielder of the Year; Michael Zutaut (Woodrow Wilson), Forward of the Year. ^ Coaches Association All-State Soccer teams BOYS Class AAA First team Goalkeeper: Cameron Allen, Wheeling Park, senior Defender: Wes McWatters, Hurricane, senior; Ian Miles, Hurricane, junior; Tyler Craft, Parkersburg, senior; Blake Kiger, Robert C. Byrd, senior; Mike See Soccer, B3 West Virginia looks to fix special teams gaffes CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia’s prospects of regaining any momentum in the Big East race could hinge on shoring up its special teams. Lately, the Mountaineers have been anything but special. There have been missed and blocked field goals. Botched extra points. Shanked punts. Long kickoffs allowed, and not many punt returns of their own. “It’s universal,” said Steve Dunlap, West Virginia’s special teams coach on punts and kickoffs. “I mean, at times we play really well. Sometimes we don’t. If we had all the answers we could fix it right away, so obviously we don’t. We just need to play a complete game.” West Virginia (6-3, 2-2 Big East) can’t afford to have more of the same gaffes on Saturday in what’s being viewed as a mustwin game at No. 23 Cincinnati (7-1, 3-0). “It’s aggravating that it’s a combination of stuff,” said West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen. “Coaching-wise, we’ll take the blame for half of it and playingwise they have to take the blame for half of it as well.” Many special teams problems boiled over last week in the Mountaineers’ 38-35 loss to Louisville. In the second half, Tyler Bitancurt missed a 33-yard field goal try and later had a short attempt blocked by the Cardinals’ Adrian Bushell. Louisville’s Andrew Johnson scooped up the ball and went 82 yards for a touchdown. Holgorsen said the 13-point swing on the field-goal unit could have been blamed for the loss, but he said West Virginia could have overcome those mistakes with better effort in other areas. The block “was more about them making a play than anything,” Holgorsen said. “I give their kid credit for making that play. We had opportunities to make that same play, and we didn’t.” West Virginia thought it had its punting problems fixed when freshman Michael Molinari replaced the inefficient Corey Smith five games into the season. Against Louisville, Molinari had shanks of 12 and 11 yards. After the second one, Louisville drove 56 yards for the tying touchdown just before halftime. Holgorsen hopes the punting situation gets settled in practice this week. If West Virginia had to punt again against Louisville, Smith would’ve had his job back. Molinari “had a bad day, which doesn’t mean I’m going to pull the plug on him,” Holgorsen said. “But it means that he’s got to get back to work. We’ll go … and try to figure out who gives us the best position to flip the field.” The special team problems don’t stop there. West Virginia hasn’t attempted any punt returns in four games this season, including in the last two, leaving the offense with that much more of a field to navigate. Cincinnati presents a similar problem the Bearcats’ Pat O’Donnell is among the nation’s top punters at more than 45 yards per attempt. On kickoffs, the Mountaineers rank near the bottom of the Football Bowl Subdivision in yards allowed and has given up two kickoff returns for scores. Holgorsen has tried using more starters on kickoffs with some success. “We’ve practiced special teams as much as anywhere I’ve been to focus on these things,” Holgorsen said. “One of the things that comes up quite a bit is depth, which everyone has depth issues. We won’t make any excuses for that. You’ve got to play with what you’ve got, and if you don’t like that, then you need to get to work in recruiting and make it a little better.” The one bright spot on special teams against Louisville came when West Virginia’s Brad Starks returned the opening kickoff 62 yards to set up a short touchdown drive. But Starks injured a knee in the second quarter and will miss the final three games of the regular season. It’s just another setback West Virginia didn’t need. “We’ve put ourself in a situation where we have no wriggle room,” Dunlap said. “”It’s got to be total focus on playing Cincinnati and doing everything in our power to win that game.” �Friday November 11, 2011 The Daily Sentinel • Page B2 Penn State shaken after firing of Paterno STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — After nearly a half-century on the job, Joe Paterno says he is still getting used to the idea of not being Penn State’s football coach. So is the rest of the shaken campus, after one of the most tumultuous days in its history. In less than 24 hours Wednesday, the winningest coach in major college football announced his retirement at the end of the season — then was abruptly fired by the board of trustees. Also ousted was Penn State President Graham Spanier — one of the longest-serving college presidents in the nation — as the university’s board of trustees tried to limit the damage to the school’s reputation from a child sex abuse scandal involving one of Paterno’s former assistant coaches. Paterno’s firing sent angry students into the streets, where they shouted support for the 84-year-old coach and tipped over a news van. In less than a week since former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over a 15-year period, the scandal has claimed Penn State’s storied coach, its president, its athletic director and a vice president. “Right now, I’m not the football coach. And I’ve got to get used to that. After 61 years, I’ve got to get used to it,” Paterno said outside his house late Wednesday night. “Let me think it through.” Paterno had wanted to finish out his 46th season — Saturday’s game against Nebraska is the last at home — but the board of trustees was clearly fed up with the scandal’s fallout. “In our view, we thought change now was necessary,” board vice chairman John Surma said at a packed news conference where he announced the unanimous decision to oust Paterno and Spanier. Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley will serve as interim coach, and the university scheduled a news conference with him for later Thursday. Provost Rodney Erickson will be the interim school president. “I take this job with very mixed emotions due to the situation,” Bradley said at a news conference Thursday morning. “I have been asked by the board of trustees to handle this. I told them I would do it last night. I will proceed in a matter that Penn State expects.” He also said: “I have no reservations about taking this job.” As word of the firings spread, thousands of students flocked to the admin- istration building, shouting, “We want Joe back!” and “One more game!” They then headed downtown to Beaver Avenue, where about 100 police wearing helmets and carrying pepper spray were on standby. Witnesses said some rocks and bottles were thrown, a lamppost was toppled and a news van was knocked over, its windows kicked out. State College police said early Thursday they were still gathering information on any possible arrests. Paterno had come under increasing criticism — including from within the community known as Happy Valley — for not doing more to stop the alleged abuse by Sandusky. Some of the assaults took place at the Penn State football complex, including a 2002 incident witnessed by thengraduate assistant and current assistant coach Mike McQueary. McQueary went to Paterno and reported seeing Sandusky assaulting a young boy in the Penn State showers. Paterno notified the athletic director, Tim Curley, and a vice president, Gary Schultz, who in turn notified Spanier. Curley and Schultz have been charged with failing to report the incident to authorities. Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly has not ruled out charges against Spanier. Paterno is not a target of the criminal investigation, but the state police commissioner called his failure to contact police himself a lapse in “moral responsibility.” Paterno said in his statement earlier Wednesday that he was “absolutely devastated” by the abuse case. “This is a tragedy,” Paterno said. “It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.” The Penn State trustees had already said they would appoint a committee to investigate the “circumstances” that resulted in the indictment of Sandusky, and of Curley and Schultz. The committee will be appointed Friday at the board’s regular meeting, which Gov. Tom Corbett said he plans to attend, and will examine “what failures occurred and who is responsible and what measures are necessary to ensure” similar mistakes aren’t made in the future. In Washington, the U.S. Department of Education said it has launched an investigation into whether Penn State failed to report incidents of sexual abuse on campus, as required by federal law. Surma said it was “in the best interest of the university to have a change in leadership to deal with the difficult issues that we are facing.” “The past several days have been absolutely terrible for the entire Penn State community. But the outrage that we feel is nothing compared to the physical and psychological suffering that allegedly took place,” he added. Sandusky, who announced his retirement from Penn State in June 1999, maintained his innocence through his lawyer. Curley has taken a temporary leave and Schultz has decided to step down. They also say they are innocent. Sandusky founded The Second Mile charity in 1977, working with at-risk youths. It now raises and spends several million dollars each year for its programs. Paterno is listed on The Second Mile’s website as a member of its honorary board of directors, a group that includes business executives, golfing great Arnold Palmer and several NFL Hall of Famers and coaches, including retired Pittsburgh Steelers stars Jack Ham and Franco Harris. The ouster of the man affectionately known as “JoePa” brings to an end one of the most storied coaching careers — not just in college football but in all of sports. Paterno has 409 victories — a record for major college football — won two national titles and guided five teams to unbeaten, untied seasons. He reached 300 wins faster than any other coach. Penn State is 8-1 this year, with its only loss to powerhouse Alabama. The Nittany Lions are No. 12 in The Associated Press poll. After 19th-ranked Nebraska, Penn State plays at Ohio State and at No. 16 Wisconsin, both Big Ten rivals. It has a chance to play in the Big Ten championship game Dec. 3 in Indianapolis, with a Rose Bowl bid on the line. Paterno has raised millions of dollars for Penn State in his career, and elevated the stature of what was once a sleepy landgrant school. Asked why he was fired over the phone, Surma said, “We were unable to find a way to do that in person without causing further distraction.” At Paterno’s house, his wife, Sue, was teary-eyed as she blew kisses to the 100 or so students who gathered on the lawn in a show of support. “You’re all so sweet. And I guess we have to go beat Nebraska without being there,” she said. “We love you all. Go Penn State.” CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The fallout from Kyle Busch’s road rage at Texas continued Thursday when one of his sponsors asked for him to be removed from the season-ending Nationwide Series race, The Associated Press has learned. Multiple people familiar with Busch’s schedule told the AP that Z-Line Designs asked this week that Denny Hamlin replace Busch in next weekend’s Nationwide race at Homestead. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because Busch’s future was still being discussed Thursday with sponsors and Joe Gibbs Racing. Among the options being considered is Aric Almirola replacing Busch in the final two Sprint Cup Series races of the season, as primary sponsor M&M’s decides how it wants to proceed with Busch. Although NASCAR has cleared Busch to race this weekend at Phoenix, JGR officials have been silent on his status in Sunday’s Cup race. Busch has been off the track since he intentionally wrecked Ron Hornaday Jr. under caution in the early laps of last Friday’s Truck Series race at Texas. Busch has admitted he lost control of his temper, and has since apologized. NASCAR suspended him from all racing at Texas, and this week fined him $50,000 and placed him on probation through the end of the year. Busch, who seemed unrepentant after the accident, admitted losing his temper. “I lost my cool, no doubt about it,” he said. “I’ve been wrecked four weeks in a row, and I’ve had enough of it, and I retaliated. So it’s certainly my fault for doing that. If everybody wants to say, ‘Hornaday is racing for a championship, roll over,’ that’s not my fashion. That’s not anybody else’s fashion out here.” His tone changed considerably a day later, after NASCAR “parked” him from all competition at Texas. “I’ve had a lot of time today to sit and reflect, and try to put my thoughts into words as best I can,” he wrote in a lengthy apology posted Saturday on the Kyle Busch Motorsports web site. “I want to sincerely apologize for my actions during Friday night’s Truck Series race at Texas.” It’s been a tremendous fall for the 26-year-old Busch, who just two months ago was the favorite to win his first Sprint Cup championship. He opened the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup tied with rival Kevin Harvick for the top seed based on his four regular season victories. But he again faltered in the opening Chase races and was never a serious title contender. This latest problem comes at the end of what’s been a rough year for Busch, who actually had made huge strides in showing more maturity and patience both on and off the track. But he still had many missteps, including one on pit road with Harvick at Darlington that earned him a $25,000 fine. Busch also lost his North Carolina driver’s license and was fined $1,000 for driving 128 mph in a 45-mph zone in May. He was also ordered to do 30 hours of community service and serve a year of unsupervised probation. Busch was also in a confrontation in the garage with rival team owner Richard Childress, and NASCAR fined $150,000 by NASCAR for his actions. Busch also had contact with Elliott Sadler during a Bristol truck race in August, then intentionally wrecked Sadler a few minutes later as retalia- tion. Sadler drives for Harvick, a longtime Busch rival, in the Nationwide Series. In his apology Saturday, Busch noted that his missteps have undone all the progress he’s made in maturing this season. “Through a lot of support from the people around me, I feel like I’ve made a lot of strides this year, but this was certainly a step backward,” he wrote. “Moving forward, I will do everything I possibly can to represent everyone involved in a positive manner. However, I know my long-term actions will have more of a bearing than anything I say right now.” Busch is one of NASCAR’s most successful and polarizing drivers. He has 104 victories spanning NASCAR’s top three national series, and consistently dominates in both the Nationwide and Trucks Series. But he’s disliked by some fans for everything from his success, his feuds with Harvick and others and his aggressive on-track attitude. Although JGR has not said if Busch’s job is in jeopardy, he has been fired before. Hendrick Motorsports let him go at the end of the 2007 season, when the team made room to sign Dale Earnhardt Jr. ented backfield will be led by leading scorer and rusher Anthony Grimm (6-3 200), a senior and a returning AllState defensive end. Grimm has tallied 23 touchdowns and 142 points on the season while running for 978 yards in 108 carries. Senior Isaac Lee (6-1 180) has scored 13 touchdowns and 86 points on the year while running for 483 yards in 51 carries. The versatile senior has also caught a team leading 16 passes for 502 yards. Sophomore Kane Roush (5-8 140) has 12 touchdowns and 551 yards rushing in 46 tries with 12 receptions for 227 yards. Junior quarterback Trenton Gibbs (6-0 175) is approaching his second straight 1000 yard passing season after connecting on 44 of 85 aerials on the year for 949 yards. Gibbs has tossed 11 touchdown passes and has been intercepted six times on the 2011 campaign. The wide receivers for the White Falcons are expected to be senior Matthew Stewart (5-11 165) and Tyler Roush (5-8 160). Wahama enters the postseason outing as the highest scoring team in the state. The local gridders have piled up 516 points on the year to average 51.6 points per game. Defensively the Bend Area team has al- lowed 75 points (7.5ppg) while owning a plus eight in turnover ratio. Pocahontas County has scored 270 points on the year (27.0ppg) while allowing 196 points (19.6ppg) to its combined foe. The combined record of the Warriors 2011 opponents was 44-54 while the 10 WHS football opponents sported a 43-56 mark. “We know they have a great deal of size and that will be an issue for us,” veteran Falcon coach Ed Cromley said. “They like to get the ball to their favorite running back in Doss so we’ll have to be aware of where he is at all times added Cromley.” “We also hope to improve on our passing game before Saturday in order offset their huge size advantage. Our coaching staff has some ideas on how to achieve that and we’ll have an extra day of practice to work on that aspect of our game.” “This will be a big weekend for Mason County with Point Pleasant and Wahama hosting playoff games this weekend and I hope everybody can get out and support both teams in the postseason,” said Cromley. Kickoff time is set for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Point Pleasant High School. Busch replaced by Hamlin at Homestead DISH Network delivers more of what you want for less than you’d expect. Packages starting at Now Playing on DISH Network! MO. for 12 months FREE OVER 20 MOVIE CHANNELS Local Channels Included! with 24 month agreement. For 3 months. FREE Get More Titles Than NETFLIX! included for up to 12 MONTHS with qualifying packages HD DVR Upgrade $6/mo. DVR service fee applies. FREE SAME DAY INSTALLATION IN UP TO 6 ROOMS where available. CALL TODAY, INSTALLED TODAY! 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The guards will include seniors Colton McKinney (5-7 155) and Jeremy Cundiff (5-9 185) with senior Jonathan Hoffman (6-0 200 and sophomores Wesley Harrison (510 195), Tyler Nutter (6-2 225) and Zack Killlingsworth (5-8 240) all getting time at the tackle positions. The Warrior backfield is likely to consist of senior quarterback Skylar Knisely (6-0 195) and its junior rushing leader Kyler Doss (6-0 180). Bruising senior fullback Hunter Grimes (510 220) will be flanked by senior wide receiver Jesse Taylor (6-0 170) and sophomore Devin Rose (5-11 190). Coach Ed Cromley’s tal- �Friday November 11, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page B3 Soccer From Page B1 Zandron, Wheeling Park, senior Forward: Brian Runyon, Parkersburg, senior; Jamin Jones, Ripley, senior; Alex Bauer, Wheeling Park, senior; Michael Zutaut, Woodrow Wilson, senior Midfielder: Pat Kelly, Bridgeport, senior; Jesse Roman, East Fairmont, junior; Jacob Freeland, Fairmont Senior, senior; Carter Phillips, George Washington, senior; Trevor Starcher, Hurricane, senior; Jordan Butts, Musselman, senior; Kris Robins, Washington, senior; Errin Baynes, Wheeling Park, senior; Michael Mauck, Wheeling Park, senior Second team Goalkeeper: Randall Whisner, George Washington, senior; Christian Thomas, Jefferson, senior; Sparky Johnson, Parkersburg, senior, Defender: Trevor Moon, Bridgeport, junior; Grant Holbert, Fairmont Senior, junior; Adam Kawash, George Washington, senior; Matt Meadows, Musselman, senior; Logan Welling, Ripley, senior; Nick Gutmann, University, senior; Robert Brosh, Washington, senior Forward: Brandon Hanlan, Bridgeport, junior; Roberto Pichini, Hurricane, senior; Daniel Bouchoc, Washington, junior Midfielder: Elliott Chiartas, George Washington, senior; Alex White, Hurricane, junior; Zac Wilcoxen, Parkersburg, junior; Matt Scheffel, Preston, senior; Evan Koontz, Ripley, senior Honorable mention Johnny Rinck, East Fairmont, goalkeeper, senior; Matt Bartrug, Fairmont Senior, goalkeeper, junior; Aaron Lloyd, Hedgesville, goalkeeper, senior; Reed Andrews, Morgantown, goalkeeper, senior; Alex Daughtery, Riverside, goalkeeper, senior; Scott Levine, Robert C. Byrd, goalkeeper, junior; Shane Thompson, University, goalkeeper, junior; Tim Wilson, Bridgeport, defender, senior; Kody Seech, Buckhannon-Upshur, defender, senior; Aaron Sutton, Cabell Midland, defender, senior; Michael Kuhn, Cabell Midland, defender, senior; Sklar Miller, Greenbrier East, defender, senior; Franco Posa, Jefferson, defender, senior; Alex Elkins, Lincoln County, defender, senior; Ryan Springer, Martinsburg, de- fender, senior; Nick Payne, Parkersburg, defender, sophomore; Ian West, Parkersburg, defender, senior; Nathan Pritchard, Parkersburg South, defender, senior; Brad Emerick, Parkersburg South, defender, freshman; Collin Cummings, Ripley, defender, senior; Josh Newhouse, Washington, defender, junior; Eric Davis, Wheeling Park, defender, senior; Luke Martin, Winfield, defender, senior; Tanner Wolfe, Winfield, defender, senior; Drew Wooldridge, Woodrow Wilson, defender, junior; Karac Seech, Buckhannon-Upshur, forward, senior; Christopher Molina, Cabell Midland, forward, junior; Drew Davis, George Washington, forward, sophomore; Raimondo Schiano Dicola, Hedgesville, forward, senior; Trevor Cunningham, Hurricane, forward, junior; Tyler Lambert, Jefferson, forward, senior; Tyler Coburn, Lincoln County, forward, senior; David Minehart, Morgantown, forward, junior; Garrett Kruger, Parkersburg, forward, junior; Joe Holland, Parkersburg South, forward, senior; Ivo Cabral, Preston, forward, senior; Doug Prather, Riverside, forward, senior; Michael Gerbo, University, forward, senior; Preston Sheldon, Winfield, forward, junior; Chris Oliverio, Bridgeport, midfield, senior; Brian Gialluco, Brooke, midfield, senior; Chris Music, Cabell Midland, midfield, senior; Fletcher DeVaul, Fairmont Senior, midfield, junior; Brandon Prevette, Greenbrier East, midfield, senior; D.J. Clarke, Martinsburg, midfield, senior; Sam Stack, Morgantown, midfield, senior; Evan Stalnaker, Morgantown, midfield, senior; Justin Kinney, Parkersburg, midfield, senior; Kalen Kelley, Parkersburg South, midfield, senior; Troy King, Ripley, midfield, senior; Andrew Cognac, University, midfield, senior; Josh Garrett, Wheeling Park, midfield, senior; Jeremy Mitchell, Winfield, midfield, senior; Dylan Dodrill, Winfield, midfield, senior; Luke Rodriguez, Woodrow Wilson, midfield, junior; Drew Lyfton, Woodrow Wilson, midfield, senior Player of the year — Brian Runyon, Parkersburg Coach of the year — Mario Julian, Wheeling Park Goalkeeper of the year — Cameron Allen, Wheeling Park Defender of the year — Wes McWatters, Hurricane Midfielder of the year — Errin Baynes, Wheeling Park Forward of the year — Michael Zutaut, Woodrow Wilson Class AA-A First team Goalkeeper: Keiffer Reed, Charleston Catholic, senior; Brady Reymond, Point Pleasant, junior; Charlie Gary, Sissonville, senior; Rob Blair, St. Joseph Central, senior; Skylar Kinnard, Tyler Consolidated, senior; Josh Barney, Weir, senior Defender: Matt Goldberg, Charleston Catholic, senior; Lucas Dankovchik, Weir, senior Forward: Zach Wise, Berkeley Springs, junior; Tommy Trupo, Charleston Catholic, senior; Sam Revercomb, Charleston Catholic, junior; Brandon Franklin, Liberty Harrison, senior; Will Webster, Pikeview, senior; Anthony Rinehart, Sissonville, junior; Jeff Merrifield, Trinity, senior Midfielder: Zane Mokhiber, Berkeley Springs, senior; Adam Fox, Charleston Catholic, junior; Tyler Cook, PikeView, senior Second Team Goalkeeper: Markie Manning, Oak Hill, senior; Zach Van Blaricom, PikeView, senior Defender: Quentin Godman, Berkeley Springs, senior; Domenic Cipollone, Charleston Catholic, junior; Matt Vincent, Liberty Harrison, senior; Alex Testerman, PikeView, sophomore; Trenton Bailes, Point Pleasant, junior; Ben Maxson, Ravenswood, senior; Issac Shamblin, Sissonville, senior; Ben Brodwater, South Harrison, senior; Troy Silva, Huntington St. Joseph, senior; Chad Hensley, Weir, junior Forward: Brandon Slack, Herbert Hoover, senior; Hristian Lenkov, Point Pleasant, senior; Mason Carte, Ravenswood, junior; Josh Pierson, Huntington St. Joseph, senior; Jamaal Ebanks, Linsly, junior Midfielder: Alex White, Oak Hill, senior; Ryan Bonecutter, Point Pleasant, junior; Evan Bolano, Huntington St. Joseph, senior; Quinton Mays, Huntington St. Joseph, senior Honorable mention Caleb Murray, Berkeley Springs, goalkeeper, senior; Jason Mull, Linsly, goalkeeper, junior; Mitchell Stanley, Charleston Catholic, defender, junior; Jacob Weese, Herbert Hoover, defender, junior; Ryan Whitlock, Midland Trail, defender, senior; Alexander Bennett, Oak Glen, defender, senior; Philip Kistler, Oak Hill, defender, sophomore; Michael Brellahan, Oak Hill, defender, senior; Chris Rawson, Pendleton County, defender, senior; Meshack Vincent, Philip Barbour, defender, senior; Ethan Pugh, Pocahontas County, defender, junior; Aaron Sopher, Shady Spring, defender, senior; Josh Buckland, Shady Spring, defender, junior; Caleb Kiser, Sissonville, defender, senior; Zach Daugherty, Huntington St. Joseph, defender, senior; Robert Felton, Linsly, defender, sophomore; Dylan Romine, Tyler Consolidated, defender, sophomore; Garrett Butler, Williamstown, defender, junior; Michael Shawver, Williamstown, defender, senior; Devon Williams, Bluefield, forward, senior; Zack Hampton, Bluefield, forward, senior; Jacob Lehosit, Notre Dame, forward, junior; Jacob Kemlock, Oak Hill, forward, sophomore; Bobby Casto, Parkersburg Catholic, forward, senior; Zachary Propst, Pendleton County, forward, senior; Troy Walker, Shady Spring, forward, senior; Josh Rawson, Sissonville, forward, sophomore; Jeremy Smith, Tyler Consolidated, forward, senior; Shane Davis, Weir, forward, junior; Kenny Muhart, Weir, forward, junior; Jarric Hoskins, Williamstown, forward, junior; Josh Keadle, Herbert Hoover, midfield, senior; Ian Striker, Herbert Hoover, midfield, senior; Austin Trent, Liberty Harrison, midfield, senior; Chris Petrucci, Notre Dame, midfield, sophomore; Andrew Steele, Parkersburg Catho- lic, midfield, freshman; Curtis Pyles, Pocahontas County, midfield, senior; Dalton Gandee, Ravenswood, midfield, sophomore; Cameron Killmer, Shady Spring, midfield, senior; Tod Williams, Shady Spring, midfield, senior; Robert Null, Huntington St. Joseph, midfield, senior; Colin Riley, Linsly, midfield, freshman; Conner Addison, Weir, midfield, junior; Colton Kiselica, Williamstown, midfield, senior Player of the year — Tommy Trupo, Charleston Catholic Coach of the year — Sam Hill, PikeView Goalkeeper of the year — Brady Reymond, Point Pleasant Defender of the year — Matt Goldberg, Charleston Catholic Midfielder of the year — Adam Fox, Charleston Catholic Forward of the year — Jeff Merrifield, Trinity Wouldn’t you like to shop armed with $100 in grocery coupons of your choice each month? Turn $128.85* into $1,000 *in county home delivery only by subscribing today to The Daily Sentinel Ramos From Page B1 elan player, who had just finished his rookie season, was seized from his home by kidnappers on Wednesday night. “The abductors haven’t made contact with the family or with anyone,” said Domingo Alvarez, vice president of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, in a telephone interview. “We’re worried.” Ramos was taken away in an SUV by four armed men from his home in Santa Ines, spokeswoman Katherine Vilera of his Venezuelan team, the Aragua Tigers, said on her official Twitter account. Police last year said that 618 kidnappings were reported in 2009, and the numbers have grown rapidly in recent years. In 1998, when President Hugo Chavez was elected, just 52 kidnappings were reported. Security experts say the real number of kidnappings today is much higher because many cases aren’t reported to authorities. The wealthy in Venezuela have taken steps to protect themselves; sales of armored cars have soared in the past several years. Bodyguards also typically shadow Major League Baseball players when they return to their homeland to play in the winter league. “Every Major League player has his own security, but we don’t know if at that time he had his security there,” Alvarez said. He said it’s the first time a Major League player has been abducted in the country, though other players’ relatives have been held for ransom in the past. A person close to Ramos’ family, who asked not to be identified by name due to safety concerns, said the catcher was at home with his father and brothers when several men “entered the house and took him away.” Drew Storen, a relief pitcher for the Nationals, tweeted his concerns: “Extremely upsetting news about Ramo. Thoughts and prayers with him. Scary situation.” Ramos is considered one of the key young players for the Nationals as they try to become a contender in the National League East. As a rookie in 2011, he hit .267 with 15 home runs and 52 RBIs in 113 games. He also threw out 19 of 67 runners attempting to steal a base, a 28 percent success rate that ranked third among qualifying catchers in the National League. Washington acquired Ramos from the Minnesota Twins in a trade for All-Star relief pitcher Matt Capps in July 2010. Venezuela is home to dozens of major league players and Alvarez said they are increasingly worried about the rise in kidnappings. The relatives of several players already have been seized. In November 2009, the 56-year-old mother of Victor Zambrano, who retired after a seven-year Major League career, was rescued in a commando-style operation three days after she was kidnapped. The former pitcher’s cousin, Richard Mendez Zambrano, had been kidnapped a few days earlier, and was later killed. In June 2009, Colorado Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba’s 11-year-old son and brother-in-law were kidnapped and released a day later. The mother of former player Ugueth Urbina, who was a two-time All-Star pitcher while playing for six teams, spent more than five months in captivity until she was rescued in early 2005. Ramos’ abduction “makes us worry, makes us stay alert facing a situation that is truly dramatic and unfortunate,” Alvarez said. Venezuela has one of Latin America’s highest murder rates, and violent crime has worsened in recent years. As ransom kidnapping has soared, the government passed a revised law in 2009 that stiffened prison sentences for kidnapping and also allowing authorities to freeze the banks accounts of victims’ families to prevent them from paying ransom. ___ AP Sports Writer Howard Fendrich in Washington, AP writer Jorge Rueda and AP freelance writer Billy Russo in Caracas contributed to this report. YES, I want to save up to $1,000 by subscribing to The Daily Sentinel today! Your Grocery Dough redemption code & instructions will be emailed to you. Ne New Re Renewal Gif Gift Su Subscription (In county home delivery only) Name: Address: CitylStatelZip: Email: Gift subscription from: Payment: Cash Check# 2 yyears (best value!) - $193.28 1 yyear - $128.85 26 weeks - $65.65 Credit Card No. Expiration Security Code �Friday November 11, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page B4 Four Turns WHEN IT COUNTS Tony 1 WINNING Stewart’s four wins thus far in the 1. Tony Stewart 2011 Chase tie him for the most victories any driver has earned in one season’s 10-race playoff stretch. Jimmie Johnson has scored four Chase wins in one year on three occasions (2004, ’07, ’09). Stewart (’05), Johnson (’08) and Carl Edwards (’08) have also notched three Chase wins in one season, although Stewart was not participating in the playoffs when he earned his wins in 2005. 2. Carl Edwards 3. Matt Kenseth 4. Kevin Harvick 5. Jimmie Johnson 6. Kasey Kahne STILL Updating a note in 2 PARITY, this very space from last week, Stew- 7. Brad Keselowski art-Haas Racing’s fifth win of the 2011 season ties it with Hendrick Motorsports, Penske Racing, Richard Childress Racing and Roush Fenway Racing with five apiece. Joe Gibbs Racing leads the Sprint Cup ranks with six wins this year. Furniture Row Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports and The Wood Brothers have each won one race. 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Deny Hamlin 10. Clint Bowyer 11. Greg Biffle 12. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 13. Kurt Busch 14. Martin Truex Jr. 15. Kyle Busch Just off the lead pack: AT TEXAS Matt Kenseth’s 3 TOUGH fourth-place run at Texas was his 10th top-5 and 13th top-10 finish at TMS, most of any driver. Kenseth’s 8.7-place average finish in 19 starts is nearly four positions better than the second-best driver, Tony Stewart. Jimmie Johnson (left) talks with Carl Edwards. Texas-Sized Title Bout currently on the Sprint Cup schedule where Tony Stewart has not won a points-paying race: Darlington Raceway (19 starts), Kentucky Speedway (1) and Las Vegas Motor Speedway (13). His 43 career Cup victories show him 16th on NASCAR’s all-time wins list. Stewart is one victory shy of 15th-place Bill Elliott. Tony Stewart wins fourth race in Chase; Carl Edwards second. By MATT TALIAFERRO Sprint Cup Standings Athlon Sports Racing Editor DRIVER (WINS) POINTS BEHIND Carl Edwards (1) 2,316 — Tony Stewart (4) 2,313 -3 Kevin Harvick (4) 2,283 -33 Matt Kenseth (3) 2,278 -38 Brad Keselowski (3) 2,267 -49 Jimmie Johnson (2) 2,261 -55 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2,237 -79 Jeff Gordon (3) 2,235 -81 Kurt Busch (2) 2,229 -87 Denny Hamlin (1) 2,217 -99 Kyle Busch (4) 2,216 -100 Ryan Newman (1) 2,213 -103 Tony Stewart is putting together a run in NASCAR’s Chase for the Championship as impressive as any seen in its seven-year history. Stewart’s win in the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway was his fourth in eight Chase races, and finds him just three points shy of Carl Edwards as the Sprint Cup Series heads to the penultimate race of the season in Phoenix. What is even more impressive is that until Stewart won the first race of the Chase in Chicago, he was winless in the 26-race regular season and largely dismissed as a title contender. Even Stewart, the organization’s driver and co-owner, doubted his chances. “I’ll be perfectly honest, at this point of the deal, if we’re going to run this bad, it really doesn't matter whether we make the Chase or not,” Stewart said after the Michigan race in August. “We’re going to be occupying a spot in the Chase that somebody else who can actually run for a championship is going to be trying to take. Our stuff is so bad right now that we’re wasting one of those top 12 spots right now.” What a difference a month makes, as 29 days and four races later, Stewart and crew chief Darian Grubb notched the Chicago win, a victory earned by saving fuel. The same events transpired the following week in New Hampshire, while a strong finish in Martinsville in the Chase’s seventh race found Stewart in Victory Lane for a third time. Much like his first two victories, the last two have come in similar fashion: with powerhouse moves on late-race restarts on the high side of ^ CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP ^ 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Clint Bowyer (1) Kasey Kahne Greg Biffle AJ Allmendinger Marcos Ambrose (1) David Ragan (1) Juan Pablo Montoya Paul Menard (1) 975 957 956 946 895 889 889 884 -1,341 -1,359 -1,360 -1,370 -1,421 -1,427 -1,427 -1,432 Nationwide Standings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. DRIVER (WINS) POINTS Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2) 1,138 Elliott Sadler 1,121 Justin Allgaier (1) 1,039 Aric Almirola 1,039 Reed Sorenson (1) 1,034 Jason Leffler 978 Kenny Wallace 925 Brian Scott 909 Steve Wallace 896 Michael Annett 884 BEHIND — -17 -99 -99 -104 -160 -213 -229 -242 -254 Truck Standings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. DRIVER (WINS) Austin Dillon (2) Johnny Sauter (1) James Buescher Ron Hornaday (4) Timothy Peters (1) Todd Bodine Matt Crafton (1) Joey Coulter Cole Whitt Nelson Piquet Jr. POINTS BEHIND 854 — 834 -20 826 -28 806 -48 796 -58 775 -79 759 -95 757 -97 742 -112 712 -142 Throttle Up/Throttle Down TONY STEWART He’s as hot as they come at the moment and shows no signs of slowing. Credit Tony for going after this title by throwing multiple wins on the board. That’s four in eight Chase races and counting. KYLE BUSCH “One of them racin’ deals” is one thing, blatantly turning a competitor who is running for a championship into the wall — in a lower series, mind you — is something totally different. Time to grow up, Kyle. Compiled and written by Matt Taliaferro. Follow Matt on Twitter @MattTaliaferro or email at Matt.Taliaferro@AthlonSports.com ASP, Inc. Tracks on Tap “TO DO” LIST FOR 2012 ... 4 TONY’S There are only three NASCAR tracks 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Momentum has clearly swung in Smoke’s favor. He’s always been a streaky driver, and now that he’s “on” it may be hard for Carl Edwards to hold him off. Averaging a 5.6-place finish in the Chase, but Stewart is blowing Cousin Carl’s doors off in the wins department. Still, NASCAR’s points format rewards consistency over winning, so is it advantage: Carl? Talladega and Martinsville were considered the tracks that could derail Carl Edwards’ championship hopes. Turns out, they bit Carl’s teammate, Kenseth. It looked as if Harvick was going to pull another miraculous “Where’d he come from?” finish at Texas. However, a two-tire pit call dropped him to 13th, effectively ending his championship hopes. Johnson’s four finishes outside of the top 10 in this season’s Chase are more than in the last three Chases combined. That’s amazing. Kahne has only one finish outside the top 15 in the last eight races. Credit the lame-duck driver and the Red Bull Racing team (who may lose their jobs at season’s end) for not throwing in the towel. Since Keselowski and the No. 2 turned things around at Indy, they’ve recorded 11 top-12 runs in 15 races, winning twice. Unfortunately, Cinderella’s slipper isn’t going to fit. Returns to the track where he won in February. Unfortunately for Gordon, the track has been repaved, reconfigured and has only one good racing groove. He better qualify well. Was looking for a fourth consecutive top-10 run, which would have been his best string of finishes this year. Brad Keselowski saw to that, though. Would be seventh in the standings had he made the Chase. Woulda, shoulda, coulda, right? It will be interesting to see if he can elevate Michael Waltrip Racing to the next level in 2012. Five straight top-15 showings for Biffle and the boys. Finishing strong matters. Consecutive seventh-place finishes, the best we’ve seen in a few months out of this bunch. Parked brother Kyle got more camera time than 30th-place Kurt at Texas. Bowyer’s teammate-to-be has three stright top 10s. Again, finishing strong matters. There comes a turning point in every driver’s career. Maybe this was Kyle’s. AJ Allmendinger, Marcos Ambrose, Jeff Burton, Mark Martin, Ryan Newman ASP, Inc. Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage (left) billed the Texas AAA 500 as the “Texas Title Fight” between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards. Stewart was victorious. the track — largely considered the unconventional line. At Martinsville, Stewart surged by five-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson. In Texas, he got the jump on chief-rival Edwards with five laps remaining and stormed off to a 1.092-second win. “We’re aggressive right now,” Stewart said of the restarts. “I’m taking charge and trying to control my own destiny. I think the restarts today showed what our intentions are and what we’re about for these next two weeks.” Edwards held on for second, while Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle rounded out the top 5. “I was surprised they (the No. 14 team) were able to put together two weeks that were so good,” Edwards admitted. “That was really good work on their part. There’s nothing saying that that will play into another solid two weeks, but it very well could. “From the way practice went and everything, I thought we’d have a little advantage tonight. They did all their jobs very well.” The circuit heads to the newlyrepaved and reconfigured Phoenix Kyle Busch was parked for last weekend’s Nationwide and Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway following an incident in Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series event. After contact with championship contender Ron Hornaday on lap 13 that resulted in both trucks brushing the wall, Busch intentionally hooked Hornaday’s vehicle, ramming it into the outside wall, totalling the truck as the caution flag waved. Busch also lost control and hit the wall. NASCAR immediately parked Busch for the remainder of the evening and announced early the next morning that Busch would be banned from participating in any other NASCARsanctioned races throughout the weekend. Denny Hamlin replaced Busch in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 18 Toyota in Saturday’s Nationwide race (finishing second), while Michael McDowell manned JGR’s No. 18 Cup car (33rd). On Tuesday, NASCAR also announced that Busch had been fined $50,000 for his actions and would be placed on probation until Dec. n International Raceway for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500. With a new surface on a track with a different layout than in the past, many are calling it the ultimate “wild card” race in the playoffs. “I think that Phoenix is still a huge unknown,” Edwards said. “We really think next week has a larger opportunity, by a landslide, to change the outcome of this Chase. If Tony and I run 1-2 at Homestead, there’s not going to be much points change if we run like we did tonight, but Phoenix has the potential to be huge.” That may be so, but judging by the last few weeks, it doesn’t matter where the series races — Edwards and Stewart have separated themselves as the class of the field. And Stewart, for one, is feeling the confidence a hot streak at just the right time is bound to instill: “I’m pretty sure what we did on the racetrack said everything we needed to tell (Edwards) today. I mean, I don’t know how you top that. He knows. Trust me, he knows. “The fun thing is I don’t feel like I have to say anything — I feel like I already got it done.” 31, 2011. The caveat to this probation: NASCAR included an ultimatum, something rarely, if ever, seen. NASCAR’s release stated that, “if during the remaining NASCAR events in 2011 there is another action by the competitor that is deemed by NASCAR officials as detrimental to stock car racing or to NASCAR, or is disruptive to the orderly conduct of an event, the competitor will be suspended indefinitely from NASCAR.” As of Tuesday afternoon, no announcement had been made from Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota or sponsor Mars/M&M’s concerning further disciplinary action(s). An official release from M&M’s stated: “The recent actions by Kyle Busch are not consistent with the values of M&M’s and we’re very disappointed. Like you, we hold those who represent our brand to a higher standard and we have expressed our concerns directly to Joe Gibbs Racing.” As a result of the wreck, Hornaday dropped 48 points out of the CWTS points lead, effectively ending his run at a record fifth title. SPRINT CUP SERIES Race: Kobalt Tools 500 Track: Phoenix International Raceway Location: Avondale, Ariz. When: Sunday, Nov. 13 TV: ESPN (3:00 p.m. EST) Layout: 1-mile oval Banking/Frontstretch: 3 degrees Banking/Turns 1 and 2: 10-11 degrees Banking/Dogleg: 10-11 degrees Banking/Turn 4 : 8-9 degrees February Winner: Jeff Gordon Crew Chief’s Take: “Turns 1 and 2 are completely different than Turns 3 and 4 at Phoenix, which makes it difficult to find the right balance in the setup. And with a new surface as well as a reconfiguration, it’ll be all about track position. One groove — on the bottom — will probably make for a single-file race until some serious rubber gets worked into the track. Certain drivers — Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch come to mind — sort of know the tricks there. It takes a pretty talented driver to be willing to experiment out there, and Phoenix rewards the ones who find the tricks.” NATIONWIDE SERIES Race: Wypall 200 Track: Phoenix International Raceway When: Saturday, Nov. 12 TV: ESPN2 (3:30 p.m. EST) February Winner: Kyle Busch CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES Race: Ford 200 Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway When: Friday, Nov. 18 TV: SPEED (8:00 p.m. EST) 2010 Winner: Kyle Busch Classic Moments Phoenix International Speedway For the first time in 13 years, The King returns to Victory Lane. Bobby Hamilton, driving Richard Petty’s No. 43 STP Pontiac, leads 40 laps in the 1996 Dura Lube 500 at PIR to earn his first career Cup win. Hamilton loses the lead on pit road, falling to fourth for a lap 266 restart, but he blows by Mark Martin and Terry Labonte within seven laps, and gets by Geoff Bodine 10 laps later to secure his first of three career cup triumphs. “I’ve told a lot of people, there’s Dale Earnhardt fans or Bill Elliott fans, but when those guys fall out of the race, they’re still Richard Petty fans,” Hamilton says. “I thought it was pretty cool to win this race for him.” Athlon Fantasy Stall Looking at Checkers: You have to figure Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards are going to pull out all the stops. Pretty Solid Pick: Jeff Gordon led a racehigh 138 laps here in February. Good Sleeper Pick: Martin Truex Jr. typically notches top-15 runs in the desert. Runs on Seven Cylinders: David Ragan needs some solid showings to end the season in order to score a 2012 ride, but his 26.1-place average finish here is nasty. Insider Tip: Friday and Saturday practice sessions may be the most critical of any all season. 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Pt Pleasant area. 304-675-3423 or 304-675-0831 before 8:30 pm Miscellaneous BASEMENT WATERPROOFING. Unconditional Lifetime Guaranttee. Local references furnished. Established in 1975. Call 24hrs (740)446-0870. Rogers Basement Waterproofing Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE 1G2NE12T9YM760733 2008 PONITAC G6 1G2ZH57N784176566 www.mydailysentinel.com �Friday November 11, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page B6 Paterno: How Brooklyn kid became top coach He was a Brooklyn kid, an Ivy League graduate, a young man with designs on becoming a lawyer. Joe Paterno reluctantly went to Penn State to coach football and stayed 61 years. Paterno turned those halting beginnings into a career and an industry that produced hundreds of wins, thousands of good citizens and millions of dollars for causes he believed in. He built a program on his personality and an idea that you could achieve big-time success in big-time sports while still getting a good education and without selling your soul. The homespun idea concocted in the Norman Rockwell town of State College by a man affectionately known as “Joe Pa” unraveled this week when a sex-abuse scandal involving his former assistant, Jerry Sandusky, exploded, costing key administrators their jobs and forcing Paterno’s exit to come far from on his own terms. Paterno was fired late Wednesday via a phone call. His legacy once seemingly untouchable is now in peril. But his record, the raw numbers at least, cannot be touched. The path to a record 409 victories began at 23, when Paterno was coaxed by Rip Engle, his former football coach at Brown, to work with him when Engle moved to become Penn State’s head coach in 1950. “I had no intention to coach when I got out of Brown,” Paterno said in a 2007 interview before being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. “Come to this hick town? From Brooklyn?” Paterno always thought life as a lawyer would be nice. His father, Angelo, thought his son might one day become president. Instead, the gridiron became Paterno’s home and offers from Al Davis in Oakland and the ownership in New England couldn’t root out Paterno from his adopted home in Happy Valley. Three years after turning down Davis, who in 1963 offered to triple his salary to $18,000 to become the Raiders’ offensive coordinator, Paterno took over as Penn State’s head coach. When Engle and Paterno arrived, Penn State had gone through three coaches in three years and had an offense made up mostly of walk-ons. Engle never had a losing season at Penn State, but when Paterno took over in 1966, the Lions still were considered “Eastern football” inferior to the Alabamas and Oklahomas and Southern Californias that dominated the game in those days. Over the years, though, the program got onto even footing with those power schools. All the while, Paterno’s fans insisted it was more than simply about football and winning. “He teaches us about really just growing up and being a man,” former linebacker Paul Posluszny, now with the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, once said. “Besides the football, he’s preparing us to be good men in life.” Paterno was a frequent speaker on ethics in sports, the self-appointed conscience for a world often infiltrated by scandal and shady characters. He made sure his players went to class. As of 2011, Penn State has had 49 academic All-Americans 47 under Paterno the third-highest total among FBS institutions. The team’s graduation rates are consis- tently ranked among the best in the Big Ten. In 2010, Penn State’s 84 percent rate trailed only Northwestern’s 95. In an ESPN special, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said Paterno had been able to “change how you teach … without changing the values of how you teach.” Until this week, hardly anyone questioned Paterno’s values. “Deep down, I feel I’ve had an impact. I don’t feel I’ve wasted my career,” Paterno once said. “If I did, I would have gotten out a long time ago.” A year after he began his head coaching career, Paterno began a 30-0-1 streak fueled by players such as Jack Ham, who went onto fame with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But the Nittany Lions fell short in the polls, finishing No. 2 in 1968 and 1969 despite 11-0 records, and No. 5 in 1973 despite a 12-0 record. In 1969, Texas edged out Penn State for the title with help from an unlikely source: President Richard Nixon declared the Longhorns No. 1 after their bowl game. “I’d like to know, how could the president know so little about Watergate in 1973, and so much about college football in 1969?” Paterno said in the aftermath, showing off a wry sense of humor that mixed Brooklyn smarts with mid-American sensibility. Elite status finally arrived in the 1980s. The Nittany Lions claimed national titles in 1982, with a 27-23 win over Georgia at the Sugar Bowl, and in 1986, intercepting Miami’s Vinny Testaverde five times in a 14-10 win at the Fiesta Bowl. In all, Paterno guided five teams to unbeaten, untied seasons, and he reached 300 wins faster than any other coach, making himself a legend before his career had even reached its halfway point. The Nittany Lions have made several title runs since those 1980s championships, including the 2005 trip to the Orange Bowl and an 11-1 regular-season campaign in 2008 that ended with a spot in the Rose Bowl and a 37-23 loss to USC. Paterno’s longevity became all the more remarkable as college football transformed into a big-money business. The school estimated there have been at least 888 head coaching changes at FBS schools since Paterno took the job. He is the all-time leader in bowl appearances (37) and wins (24). And he sent more than 250 players to the NFL. On Oct. 29, Penn State beat Illinois 10-7, earning Paterno win No. 409, breaking a tie with Grambling State’s Eddie Robinson for most in Division I. All he wanted to do, he had said two days earlier, was “hopefully have a little luck and have a little fun doing it. I’ve been lucky enough to be around some great athletes.” He said the success came because “the good Lord kept me healthy, not because I’m better than anybody else. It’s because I’ve been around a lot longer than anybody else.” So long, in fact, that it seemed there was no getting rid of him, even as age and injuries crept up and his famous resistance to modern technology tweeting, texting and other so-called must-haves of 21st century recruiting made him seem antique. But just as much, it was a string of mediocre seasons in the early 2000s that had fans wondering whether it was finally time for Paterno to step aside. Others questioned how much actual work Paterno did in his later years. He always went out of his way to heap praise on his veteran assistants, especially if an injury or ailment kept him from getting in a player’s face in practice or demonstrating a technique. “I’m not where I want to be, the blazing speed I used to have,” he said last month, poking fun at himself. “It’s been tough. … it’s a pain in the neck, let me put it that way.” Paterno cut back on road trips to see recruits. He ended his annual summer caravan across Pennsylvania to exchange handshakes and smiles with alumni and donors. Still, the question persisted: How much longer was he going to coach? It was, until this week, the biggest question to dog him over a coaching career that began when Harry Truman was president. That made him no different from the handful of coaching lifers who stay in the game into their 70s and beyond. “Who knows?” Paterno said with a straight face in October, when he was asked how his latest ailments affected his future. “Maybe I’ll go 10 years.” A little more than 10 days later, he was fired over the phone. “This is a tragedy,” Paterno said in an earlier statement, when he said he would quit at the end of the season. “It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.” The terms of his departure could hardly conflict more with the reputation he built in nearly a half-century of turning a quaint program into a powerhouse with instant name recognition. He made it to the big time without losing a sense of where he was State College, population 42,000, a picturesque college town smack-dab in the middle of Pennsylvania. Paterno and his wife raised five children in State College. Anybody could ring up his modest ranch home using the number listed in the phone book under “Paterno, Joseph V.” That house was the sight of something between a pep rally and a vigil as events unfolded this week. Hundreds of students stood outside chanting his name, paying homage to a coach who brought fame to campus. In the weeks and years before the current drama, former players would parade through his living room, especially on a busy game weekend, for a chance to say “Hello.” He was as much a father figure to many of them as a coach. As the events of this week swallowed him up, and many of his most loyal followers were forced to rethink the icon’s legacy, the coach himself tried as hard as possible to keep the focus on the reason he got into the business. “My goals now,” Paterno said in the statement announcing his retirement, before he was later fired, “are to keep my commitments to my players and staff and finish the season with dignity and determination. And then I will spend the rest of my life doing everything I can to help this University.” ___ Associated Press Writer Genaro C. Armas in State College, Pa., contributed to this report. Friday’s TV Guide FRIDAY PRIMETIME 6 3 (WSAZ) 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) 10 (WBNS) 11 (WVAH) 12 (WPBY) 13 (WOWK) 18 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 34 35 37 38 39 40 42 52 57 58 60 61 62 64 65 67 68 72 73 74 400 450 500 (WGN) (FXSP) (ESPN) (ESPN2) (LIFE) (FAM) (SPIKE) (NICK) (USA) (TBS) (CNN) (TNT) (AMC) (DISC) (A&E) (ANPL) (OXY) (WE) (E!) (TVL) (NGEO) (VS) (SPEED) (HIST) (BRAVO) (BET) (HGTV) (SCIFI) (HBO) (MAX) (SHOW) PM 6:30 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 Jeopardy! WSAZ News NBC Nightly Wheel of Chuck "Chuck Versus the Grimm "Beeware" (N) Dateline NBC WSAZ News (:35) Tonight News Fortune Frosted Tips" (N) Tonight Show (N) Jeopardy! WTAP News NBC Nightly Wheel of Chuck "Chuck Versus the Grimm "Beeware" (N) Dateline NBC WTAP News (:35) Tonight at Six News Fortune Frosted Tips" (N) /(:15) Football Show (N) Ext. Makeover: Home "A 20/20 ABC 6 News ABC World Entertainm- Access 20/20 ABC 6 News (:35) News ent Tonight Hollywood Veteran's Day Special" (N) at 6 News at 11 Nightline PBS NewsHour The State of POV "Where Soldiers Come From" Gridiron Ebert at the Nightly Washington Need to Bobcat Movies Business Week Know Ohio Sports Report Eyewitness ABC World Judge Judy Entertainm- Ext. Makeover: Home "A 20/20 20/20 Eyewitness (:35) News ent Tonight Veteran's Day Special" (N) News at 6 News News 11PM Nightline A Gifted Man "In Case of CSI: NY "Crushed" (N) 10TV News CBS Evening Jeopardy! Wheel of Blue Bloods "Lonely 10TV News (:35) LateS at 6:00 p.m. News Fortune Abnormal Rhythm" (N) Hearts Club" (N) at 11 p.m. (N) Two and a Two and a The Big Kitchen Nightmares The Excused The Big Fringe "And Those We've Eyewitness News at 10 Bang Theory Half Men Half Men Bang Theory "Burger Kitchen" 2/2 (N) Left Behind" (N) p.m. Simpsons Nightly PBS NewsHour Washington Need to Masters "Bill T. Jones: A Good Man" Highlighting the work of BBC News This Week Charlie Rose America Business in WV Week Know award-winning choreographer Bill T. Jones with is inspired dance. A Gifted Man "In Case of CSI: NY "Crushed" (N) News 13 at CBS Evening 13 News at Inside Blue Bloods "Lonely News 13 at (:35) LateS 6:00 p.m. News 7:00 p.m. Edition Abnormal Rhythm" (N) Hearts Club" (N) 11:00 p.m. (N) Christine Christine Funniest Home Videos 30 Rock 30 Rock Met-Mother Met-Mother WGN News at Nine 30 Rock Scrubs Bearcats Musketeers NCAA Basketball Morgan State vs. Xavier (L) AHL Hockey S.A./LEM (L) Boxing Top Rank Magdaleno vs. Lucero (L) SportsCenter NCAA Basketball Carrier Classic Michigan State vs. North Carolina (L) Carrier Classic Concert (L) SportsCenter (5:30) NASCAR Auto Race NFL Kickoff C. Football NCAA Football South Florida vs. Syracuse (L) NFL Kickoff Unsolved Mysteries Unsolved Mysteries Reba Reba Reba Reba Reba Reba Reba Reba (4:00) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ++++ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ('04, Fant) Daniel Radcliffe. The 700 Club (5:50) Gangland Gangland "Hunt and Kill" (:10) ++ Unleashed ('05, Act) Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Jet Li. (:50) + Jet Li's Fearless Jet Li. iCarly Victorious Big Time R. SpongeBob SpongeBob Epic Adv. G. Lopez G. Lopez Friends Friends '70s Show '70s Show NCIS "Twisted Sister" NCIS "Smoked" NCIS "Driven" NCIS "Suspicion" NCIS "Sharif Returns" CSI "Bump and Grind" Queens Queens Seinfeld Seinfeld Browns (N) The Browns Payne Payne +++ Shrek 2 ('04, Ani) Mike Myers. (5:00) The Situation Room OutFront Anderson Cooper 360 Piers Morgan Tonight Anderson Cooper 360 OutFront LawOrder "Fear America" Law & Order "Killerz" Law & Order +++ 300 ('06, Epic) Lena Headey, Gerard Butler. Journey to the Center ... (5:30) ++++ Apocalypse Now A soldier is sent into the jungles of Cambodia to find and kill an insane colonel. Dead "Cherokee Rose" ++ House of Wax Rush "The Offseason" Gold Rush "Twist of Fate" Rush "Virgin Ground" Gold Rush "Family Feud" F.Wild "Tundra Taxis" Gold Rush "Family Feud" Criminal Minds "In Heat" Criminal "Tabula Rasa" Criminal Mind "Outfoxed" Criminal Minds "100" Criminal Mind "Reckoner" Criminal Mind "Hopeless" Attractions "Raging Bulls" Fatal Attractions Fatal Attractions Fatal Attractions (N) Extr. Animal Phobia (N) Extr. Animal Phobia +++ The Notebook ('04, Rom) Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands, Ryan Gosling. ++++ Pride & Prejudice ('05, Dra) Matthew MacFayden, Keira Knightley. Charmed "Size Matters" Charmed My Fair Wedding Wedding "Royal Bride" My Fair Wedding My Fair Wedding (5:00) Mean Girls 2 E! News (N) + A Night at the Roxbury ('98, Com) Will Ferrell. Soup (N) Fashion (N) C. Lately E! News M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Married Married Married Married Loves Ray Loves Ray Hot/ Cleve. Hot/ Cleve. Hot/ Cleve. Hot/ Cleve. Grand Canyon Skywalk Expedition Whisky Explorer Race Bottom of Earth (N) Extreme Expeditions (N) Explorer NBC Sports Talk (L) Game On! Dangerous Elk Fever Buck Stops Gun It Camo Life NFL Turning Point NBC Sports Talk Pass Time Pass Time Speed Trackside "Phoenix" (N) Honor (N) RideRule RideRule Dumbest Dumbest Trackside At "Phoenix" To Be Announced To Be Announced Restoration Restoration Restoration Restoration Hairy Bikers Hairy Bikers Roads "Oxygen Required" The Patriot A pacifist is drawn into the American War of Independence in order to protect his son. +++ The Patriot ('00, Dra) Heath Ledger, Mel Gibson. 106 & Park "Freestyle Friday" ++ Exit Wounds ('01, Act) Isaiah Washington, Steven Seagal. + Half Past Dead 2 ('07, Act) Kurupt, Bill Goldberg. My Place My Place House House Hunt. House House House House House House House House ++ Jeepers Creepers 2 ('03, Hor) Ray Wise. WWE Smackdown! (N) Sanctuary (N) Fact or Faked Weigh-In RingLife 24/7 24/7 24/7 24/7 24/7 Bored Bill Maher (N) Bill Maher Movie +++ Bound ('96, Cri) Gina Gershon. (:20) +++ The Losers ('10, Act) Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Strike Back Chemist. (N) Skin to Max (:55) ++ The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Kristen Stewart. From the Sky Down ('11, Doc) Bono. The Last Play at Shea (:05) Boxing Visit us online at www.mydailysentinel.com �FridayNovember , November 11, 11, 2011 2011 Friday BLONDIE www.mydailysentinel.com ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt The Daily Sentinel • Page B7 Dean Young/Denis Lebrun BEETLE BAILEY Mort Walker FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s zITS Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Nov. 11, 2011: This year you often become overwhelmed. You might wish that others would work with you more often than challenge you. Use others’ ideas positively, learning to work better with disagreement. If you are single, many people will want to come in close. The real issue is whether you will allow this intimacy. Sorting through all your admirers could help you work through a lot. If you are attached, accept your sweetie and his or her views and emotions. You will be a lot happier as a couple if you do. GEMINI zeros in on bottom lines. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Focus on business in the morning. Remember to return certain key calls as the weekend drops in on you. Wonder all you want, but remain firm once you have made a choice. Schedule a late lunch. Tonight: Swap news with a friend. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You beam until someone becomes cranky. You wonder what to do next. You have handled many different situations, but none quite like this. Stop and review your liabilities before acting. Tonight: Treat a friend to dinner. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Keep it easy until the afternoon, when you just know. You feel empowered and as if you can handle it all and more. Don’t settle for anything less than what you want. Enjoy a friend’s or group of friends’ light and mirthful spirit. Tonight: Lots to smile about. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH You know what you want and where you are going. Use that information to the max this morning. You have some important decisions to make. A response might force you to go back in your head and rethink your actions. Remember, you can only control yourself, not others. Tonight: Choose something restful. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Sometimes you sell yourself short in an attempt to get situations to work like you want. Other times, by allowing a little more chaos in, you get better results. Dip into your imagination when making plans. Tonight: And the party goes on. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Visit us at Horoscope HHHHH Try another form of experimenting when discussing an issue. Do be careful, as you are more likely to lose your temper out of the blue, surprising not only yourself but also others. A close associate comes through for you. Tonight: Till the wee hours. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your discomfort becomes obvious when someone abruptly changes his or her tune. Don’t wonder how, why and when this attitude change occurred; just accept this person’s new tune as a passage without personalizing it. Tonight: Try a new spot. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Others remain touchy and controversial. You might want to try another approach or a different style. Make plans and schedule meetings with only those who are friendly. Plan on a late meeting going into dinner. Tonight: Finally, a point of agreement. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Clear out what you must. You’ll accomplish a lot if you can maintain your focus. Fatigue could mark your decisions if you’re not careful. Make a point of having a discussion with a key associate. Let a meeting flow into Friday-night fun. Tonight: Hang out with work friends. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Your creativity and imagination come forward when faced with a problem. Don’t push a boss beyond his or her level of tolerance. You don’t want to see the end results. Be careful with an expert or someone who could be touchy and at a distance. Tonight: Follow your imagination. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Stay centered with family and personal matters. Keep opening up to new possibilities that involve your home and security. You might have been thinking about a change involving your work, home and office. Add more lightness to the day. Tonight: Put 100 percent of yourself into whatever you do. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Stay on top of your work. You might not be interested in an associate’s offer. Use care as to how you present your disinterest. You could start more problems than are really worth it. Someone close could become unusually touchy. Tonight: Make it easy. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. 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