https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/65102b7e6ba8869a40fafb842fbaa268.pdf d54548d5de8b24c97b4154704ad38e1b PDF Text Text Switzer wins Kennedy Award, Page 5 PVH Employee of the Month, Page 3 Printed on 100% recycled newsprint Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 50 CENTS • Vol. 119, No. 206 Briefs Offices closed POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will be closed Monday, January 2. The office will reopen on January 3 at 8 a.m. RUTLAND — The office of Leading Creek Conservancy will be closed December 30, for end of year reports and inventory. Rumpke collection schedule set WELLSTON — The Rumpke waste removal and recycling service schedule will not be affected by the holiday season. Collection will occur as scheduled on Jan. 2. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com Ordinances discussed at final meeting of 2011 By Sarah Hawley shawley@heartlandpublications.com POMEROY — In the final meeting of 2011, the Pomeroy Village Council passed the second reading of four ordinances, some of which would cost both residents and visitors more money. A major topic of discussion at Monday’s meeting was the parking ticket increase contained in ordinance 755. Currently, overtime parking tickets are $3, but would increase to $5. Fees — as they do now — would double after 72 hours without payment. Council member Ruth Spaun voiced concern on behalf of area merchants as to a possible effect on downtown business. Council member Vic Young stated that the increase in revenue from the parking ticket increase would benefit the town more than hurt it, providing needed funding for the police department. Ordinance 755 would also set new fees for violations which occur within Pomeroy village limits. Court costs would rise to $85, while the holding cell fee would become $55 for six hours. Current court costs are $75 per case, with the current holding cell fee set at $55 for eight hours. The new ordinance would set speeding ticket costs at $120 for under 20 miles per hour over the limit, while the cost would be $150 for any violation more than 20 miles per hour over the speed limit, placing Pomeroy in line with other villages. The second reading passed four to one. Spaun was the sole opposing vote. Ordinance 753 and 754, along with the amended Housing Ordinance passed second readings during Monday’s meeting. Ordinance 753 would add a $5 “loan repayment fee” to local water and sewer bills. Money raised by this fee would be used to support FEMA projects and to repay any loans secured for those projects. After those uses, any surplus would be used for other infrastructure improvements. Ordinance 754 would place a credit card machine in the village office. The village would charge a flat fee of $3 to process ATM (debit) cards and credit cards under $150, with transactions more than $150 incurring a three percent fee. The village would have the ability to accept Visa, MasterCard and Discover cards, but would not take American Express. The amended housing ordinance deals with the inspection and registration of rental properties within the village. The ordinance would require all rentals to be inspected annually and to be registered with the village unless under land contract as recorded with the Meigs County Recorder. For more on Monday’s Pomeroy Village Council meeting, see the Thursday edition of The Daily Sentinel. Breast cancer screenings offered Gallia Veterans Service Center relocated GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Veterans Service Center has relocated to 323 Upper River Road, Suite B, adjacent to the Gallipolis VA Clinic, and is now open. The Gallia County Veterans Service Commission will also conduct its meetings at the new location on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, with meetings beginning at 4 p.m. S taff R eport mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com 10th Annual Walk for the Homeless ATHENS — Good Works 10th annual “Walk for the Homeless” will take place on Saturday, January 14, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event begins and ends at First United Methodist Church on College St. in uptown Athens. This year, Good Works has created eight engaging and interactive experiences (including two unique walks especially geared towards children) to inform the public about homelessness and poverty in southeast Ohio and to raise funds for the Good Works Timothy House — the only shelter for the rural homeless in nine counties. Homelessness has increased dramatically in southeast Ohio this year. The Good Works Timothy House could not accommodate and had to turn away more than 140 people (including 62 children) already in 2011. People interested in supporting the Walk are encouraged to visit www.walkforthehomeless. net or call (740) 594-3339 to obtain further information on getting Walk sponsor packets. For more details, you can contact Good Works at (740) 594-3339 or through e-mail at goodworks@good-works. net. Serving those who serve the community Brenda Davis/photos Members of the Middleport Community Association recently held a luncheon for all those who serve the Middleport Community. The Appreciation Luncheon was held for members of the fire department, police department, village employees, the ministerial association and others who give their time to the Village of Middleport. Ohio Minimum Wage to Increase on Jan. 1 ATHENS — Breast cancer screenings and education will be provided by the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (OU-HCOM) Community Heath Program on January 12 and 19. The Clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Free Community Clinic located at OU-HCOM. Free clinical breast examinations, breast health education, and appointments and vouchers for mammograms will be provided for uninsured and under-insured women. Appointments are required. For appointments or more information call 1-800-844-2654 or (740) 593-2432. The clinic is a community service provided by the OU-HCOM’s Community Health Programs, Breast and Cervical Cancer Projects of Southeast Ohio and the Columbus affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 2006 voter-approved referendum mandates CPI adjustment Staff report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com Obituaries COLUMBUS — On January 1, workers covered under Ohio’s minimum wage law will see a 30-cent increase in their hourly wage, taking them to $7.70 an hour. Page 2 The increase is part of a constitutional amendment voters • Ray Frank, 57 approved in 2006, which says minimum wage will increase each year at the rate of inflation. The liberal think tank Policy Matters Ohio says data shows an estimated 347,000 workeather ers will receive wage increases. The CPI has increased over four percent from September 1, 2010 to September 3, 2011. Originally passed as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the purpose of the minimum wage was to prevent market forces from driving down the wages of our lowest earners in the labor force. Research shows that an increase in the minimum wage also spurs employers to increase wages for other low-wage workers. “We have had a problem with wage suppression in Ohio, High: 38 and nationally for that matter, for far too long. If you are Low: 26 only making the minimum wage, you are essentially just surviving. After buying gas and groceries, too many Ohiondex ans are broke until the next paycheck,” said Tim Burga, President of the Ohio AFL-CIO. “This increase will slow 1 SECTION — 8 PAGES Classifieds 6-7 down the race to the bottom and help lift up those Ohioans struggling to make ends meet. These modest increases can Comics 8 generate revenue for our local economies — something we Editorials 4 are in desperate need of here in Ohio.” The $7.70 rate applies to workers 16 and older who don’t Sports 5-7 get tips. The wage for tipped employees will be $3.85, up 15 © 2011 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. cents, but their total pay cannot be less than $7.70 hourly. The wage will be required from employers who gross Sarah Hawley/photo more than $283,000 annually, up from the current $271,000. With the holiday shopping rush wrapping up for 2011, it was an unwanted visitor For smaller companies, and for 14- and 15-year-old that occupied Court Street in downtown Pomeroy on Tuesday afternoon. A raccoon workers, the minimum wage matches the federal rate, curhid under vehicles before being scared away after several minutes. rently $7.25 per hour. W I Unwanted visitor on Court Street �Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Death Notice Ray Frank www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 2 For the Record Staff report mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com Ray Frank, 57, of Al911 bany, passed away Tueday, December 27, 2011, at Dec. 22 O’Bleness Memorial Hos10:17 a.m., Zion Road, unconpital. Arrangements will be scious; 10:22 p.m., Third Ave., unannounced by Bigony-Jorconscious. dan Funeral Home. Dec. 23 Weather altered mental status; 2:30 p.m., Peach Fork Road, rekindled fire; 4:14 p.m., Coal Street, MVC; 5:32 p.m., Mulberry Ave., nausea/vomiting; 6:47 p.m., Medic 2, unknown; 7:03 p.m., East Memorial Drive , difficulty breathing. Dec. 24 1:23 a.m., Mount Olive Road, structure fire; 9:25 a.m., Rocksprings Road, cardiac arrest; 12:27 p.m., Third Street, person hit by car; 12:57 p.m., East Second Street, seizure/convulsions; 3:45 p.m., Second Street, person hit by car; 4:52 p.m., Ohio 124, chest pain. Dec. 25 3:15 p.m., East Second Street, diabetic emergency; 6:54 p.m., Nye Ave., chest pain; 7:16 p.m., Storys Run Road, unconscious. Dec. 26 12:03 a.m., Bucktown Road, diabetic emergency; 2:13 a.m., Staneart Road, difficulty breathing; 6:53 a.m., General Hartinger Parkway, diabetic emergency; 9:40 a.m., Ohio 33 and County Road 19, chest pain; 9:51 a.m., Ohio 124, laceration; 1:51 p.m., Elm Street, fall; 3:09 p.m., Ohio 124, MVC; 4:06 p.m., South Third Ave., un- 8:24 a.m., West Main Street, difficulty breathing; 8:40 a.m., Coolville Road, difficulty breathing; 9:26 a.m., Hill Street, nausea/ Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 38. West vomiting; 1:17 p.m., Park and Ride, wind between 6 and 8 mph. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Light north wind. Thursday: Partly sunny, Dear Dr. Brothers: My much nosto be nice to with a high near 45. sister and I have never re- talgia as her. I think Thursday Night: Mostly ally gotten along, and we the years you’d find cloudy, with a low around have not really been in go by — that it would 36. touch very much since in fact, an feel much Friday: A chance of rain high school. We are in our i m p a r t i a l better to and snow showers. Mostly 30s now, and are both go- o b s e r v e r spend the holcloudy, with a high near 49. ing “home” this year for might reidays making Chance of precipitation is 40 Christmas and New Year’s flect that at a new start percent. Eve with our parents and least one than fighting Friday Night: A chance other relatives. I don’t re- of you was old battles. of rain and snow showers. ally want to fight with her, acting as if Dr. Joyce Brothers Please think Mostly cloudy, with a low but if she starts something, she were about it and around 34. Chance of pre- I don’t think I should just still in junior high school. see if you can rise above cipitation is 40 percent. be nice. She was alawys And that person probably the old script and write a Saturday: Partly sunny, mean to me, and Ithink my would be right, if you can new one. It won’t be easy, with a high near 48. life has turned out better be honest with yourself. but I’m sure you both will Saturday Night: Mostly It’s nice that you have be happy with the results. cloudy, with a low around than hers. Any advice? — A.S. had a successful life, and *** 34. Dear A.S.: It sounds like your sister probably is well Dear Dr. Brothers: I New Year’s Day: A chance of showers. Mostly you are ready to take off the aware of it. Any resentments married my college sweetcloudy, with a high near 48. gloves and give your sister she felt way back when are heart, and we had a great Chance of precipitation is 30 the comeuppance you feel not likely to have gone condo. Then Ilost my job, she so richly deserves. And away, so she may very well and she is still looking for percent. Sunday Night: A chance it may make you feel good want to start something. one. So the only thing we of rain and snow showers. momentarily if you do that But why not be generous could do was move in with Mostly cloudy, with a low — in front of your parents in your success and happi- her parents. This is a total around 30. Chance of pre- and other relatives, per- ness? Perhaps she would nightmare. We have been haps. But it probably would be grateful and would find married only a year, and we cipitation is 30 percent. Monday: Partly sunny, not be a time that anyone a kinder, gentler way to re- are at each other’s throats would remember with spond to you if you set out because of having no priwith a high near 43. conscious; 8:05 p.m., East Memorial Drive, unknown; 9:31 p.m., Hysell Run Road, fall; 10:11 p.m., Arbaugh Road, unknown; 11:12 p.m., Ohio 681, chest pain; 11:54 p.m., Ohio 681, chest pain. Dec. 27 5:16 a.m., Sellers Ridge Road, difficulty breathing. Common Pleas Domestic A dissolution was granted to Donna J. Spears, Benny R. Spears. Criminal David Long, Trafficking in Marijuana, six months prison. Family holidays might bring conflict Stocks vacy. My in-laws are pretty ignorant, and there are always plenty of things to rub me the wrong way. Would it be better to try to avoid them while we have to live here? — T.G. Dear T.G.: You sound very frustrated, and I’m sure your wife feels the same. What started out as a beautiful dream has hit a wall, and until your financial situation improves, there’s not much you can do to change things. So Ihope you are at least able to put your heads together — when they’re not butting — to work on your goal of economic stability and becoming independent once again. There’s no question that being a young married couple living with Mom and Dad or the inlaws can be very difficult. 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Member SIPC. with your wife — and your in-laws, who probably aren’t too thrilled with the situation either — until you can meet your goal of moving out. One thing that might help is to set aside plenty of date nights with your wife. Make the most of your time alone, and spend as little time in the house as you can. Try not to resort to ignoring her parents, even though they are not people you can identify with very easily. It is nice of them to open up their home to you, and in the end your wife will only resent it if she sees that you treat them disrespectfully. You have a difficult row to hoe, so try to take some time for yourself as well. Exercise and plenty of sleep should keep you going until things improve. (c) 2011 by King Features Syndicate Email items to mdsnews@mydailysentinel.com Wednesday, Dec. 28 RUTLAND — The Rutland Township Trustees will hold their year end and reorganizational meetings at 5 p.m. at the Rutland Fire Station. Friday, Dec. 30 LETART TWP. — The Letart Township Trustees will have its End of Year and organizational meeting at 5 p.m. at the office building. Saturday, Dec. 31 BEDFORD TWP. — The Beford Township Trustes will hold there end of year and organizational meeting at 1 p.m. at the town hall. RUTLAND — The Rutland Free Will Baptist Church will be holding a Watch Night Service from 8 p.m.-midnight, special singing by Victor River and The Kennedys, and speaker Brother Sonny Diamond. Refreshments provided. HARRISONVILLE — New Year’s Eve Service, Harrisonville Community Church, 7 p.m., guest speakers Mike Thomson, Teddy Rushell, and Joe Schoolcraft, singing by Kay and Luke Osborne. Monday, Jan. 2 CHESTER — The Chester Township year end and organizational meeting, 9 a.m., Chester Town Hall. SYRACUSE — The Sutton Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. at the Syracuse Village Hall. Tuesday, Jan. 3 MIDDLEPORT —Middleport Lodge 363, regular meeting, 7:30 p.m., refreshments at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10 TUPPERS PLAINS — The Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer Board will have a regular meeting at 4:30 p.m. at the TPRSD office. Birthdays Saturday, Dec. 31 SYRACUSE — Jane Teaford will celebrate her 92nd Birthday. Cards may be sent to her at P.O. Box 261, Syracuse, Ohio 45769. State cuts to Medicaid affect patients, providers Visit us at www.mydailysentinel.com ATLANTA (AP) — Just as Medicaid prepares for a vast expansion under the federal health care overhaul, the 47-year-old entitlement program for the poor is under increasing pressure as deficit-burdened states chip away at benefits and cut payments to doctors. Nearly every state has proposed or implemented a plan in its current budget to rein in costs, and many are considering additional cuts in the year ahead. For the tens of millions of poor and disabled who rely on the program — approaching nearly one in five Americans — the cuts translate into longer waits for doctors, restrictions on prescription drugs, a halt to vision and dental care, staff cuts at nursing homes and dwindling access to home health care. Ruth Wohlforth, 70, is among those feeling the effects. Her $700 monthly income qualifies her for both Medicare and Medicaid, but she says her benefits have been reduced, she’s being forced her to make co-pays for the first time on prescription drugs, and she now has to drive about 30 minutes from her home near the southern tip of New Jersey to see a doctor. Some of her friends have been assigned to doctors in Philadelphia. She said she feels lawmakers are not aware of the real-world consequences of their spending cuts. “I’ve seen so many people in tears, and they don’t know what to do,” Wohlforth said. “People that are older than I am, and are in worse shape, they get befuddled by the whole thing. They don’t know where to go for help; they just feel they’re not being listened to.” States are reshaping the Medicaid landscape even as the need has grown along with joblessness during the recession. The $427 billion-a-year program, a combination of state and federal funding, also had been targeted for additional cuts at the federal level this year as members of Congress sparred over how to reduce the nation’s debt. But funding seems safe for now after a special committee failed last month to reach an agreement on how to cut overall spending. Already, many changes at the state level have been dramatic and are testing the legal bounds of what Medicaid must provide: — Arizona, for a time, eliminated life-saving transplants for Medicaid patients, and hospital officials in the state blame at least one death on the halt in coverage. Gov. Jan Brewer restored transplants but is prohibiting thousands of low-income, childless adults from entering the program and has added fees on those who smoke and the obese. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is pushing a plan under which only the poorest would qualify. A parent of two making more than $103 per week would no longer be eligible for coverage. — The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether California has the right to continue cutting payments to physicians and other Medicaid providers to help close the state’s ongoing budget deficit. Cuts to provider fees, as in California, have been the most frequently used tactic by states to save Medicaid costs. A recent survey by the National Association of State Budget Officers found that 33 states wanted to reduce provider rates and another 16 sought to freeze them. California was granted permission by federal officials to make broad cuts to reimbursement rates to its Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, in October. The cuts include a 10 percent reduction to payments for outpatient services for doctors, clinics, optometrists, dental services, medical equipment and pharmacy. They are intended to save the state an estimated $623 million. A coalition of trade associations representing doctors, pharmacists and chain drug stores has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the cuts. Doctors who care for Medi-Cal patients say they already have been subjected to multiple pay cuts, See Cuts, 3 �Society The Daily Sentinel Monson named PVH Employee of the Month Page 3 Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Submitted photo Pleasant Valley Hospital recently named Debbie Monson as the Customer Service Employee of the Month for December. Monson, who is a social worker in the home health/hospice department, has been employed with PVH for 19 years and was nominated because she exemplifies customer service in everything she does. She dedicates countless hours to help patients and their families — going far above and beyond her job description. Monson always explores every avenue to help assist patients in whatever situation they find themselves in. Monson truly cares about her patients, and she inspires others to perform at their best. Pictured with Monson (center) are Mistie Best, Director of Home Health and Hospice, and Tom Schauer, CEO. In receiving this recognition, she received $50, a VIP parking space and a cake to celebrate with her department. She will also be eligible for the Customer Service Employee of the Year award and a chance for $250. Love Lights a Tree Submitted photo Love Lights a Tree, a program sponsored by Holzer Medical Center, Holzer Center for Cancer Care and the American Cancer Society, was recently held at the HMC. Individuals honored with lighting the tree include Joan Schmidt, left, and Jean Halley, right. During the ceremony, carols were sung by Nancy James and Lisa Lemley, and special remarks were given by Ken Moore, Executive Director of Holzer Center for Cancer Care, regarding how we can all gather to reflect on those who continue to fight cancer, those who have won the battle and those who have lost. The tree’s ornaments have all been placed by community members in honor of their loved ones. The Love Lights a Tree ceremony was held following the December meeting of the Cancer Support Group, which is held the third Thursday of each month at Holzer Medical Center. For more information on the Support Group, or the event, please call (740) 446-5679. Cuts From Page 2 and some say they no longer will be able to serve the state’s neediest patients. About 70 percent of Dr. Douglas Tolley’s practice in Yuba County is covered by Medi-Cal. The 64-yearold obstetrician, who practices in a largely agricultural region about 40 minutes north of the state capital, said he is the oldschool sort of doctor who “was brought up in a time when doctors took care of all comers.” Yet he has seen his income steadily drop over the last 18 years — down onethird from what it was when he started. “Everybody understands that doctors are basically small business people, and we have to meet our cost plus make a living.” Tolley said. “Just meeting our cost doesn’t mean staying in business.” Even more state cuts could be on the horizon. In Maine, Gov. Paul LePage recently proposed removing 65,000 residents from the program, citing a state Medicaid shortfall estimated to reach $221 million through mid-2013. The Republican governor says he will not consider tax increases to make up the difference. State officials, who are required to balance their budgets, argue they have no choice but to cut into Medicaid after four straight years of budget deficits. With state and federal funds combined, Medicaid makes up 22 percent of total state spending, the largest single portion of most state budgets, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers. Critics say the moves are shortsighted. Joan Alker, co-executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, said slashing Medicaid will not stop the sick from seeking care, sending them to emergency rooms and ultimately inflating private medical insurance premiums. “At the end of the day, for the children, the individuals with disabilities, the seniors in nursing homes, their health care needs are not going to go away just because someone cuts the Medicaid program,” Alker said. Jerry Kemmer, a former Democratic state assemblyman in New York, said Medicaid has long been an issue lawmakers did not want to touch. Now, they simply have no choice. “It’s ballooned to the extent that it’s just become a budget-buster,” he said. Six million people have joined the Medicaid rolls since the recession began in late 2007. Enrollment nationally topped 50 million for the first time in June 2010, a number that is projected to keep rising, especially as the nation’s unemployment rate remains high. Billions of dollars from the federal stimulus program helped avoid deep Medicaid cuts through the worst of the recession, but the last of that money dried up this year. In Florida, Medicaid reimbursement rates were reduced this year by 12 percent for most hospitals, although rural and children’s hospitals were cut just 3 percent, and rates for nursing homes were cut 6.5 percent. But the start of the next legislative session in January already has some people worried about additional cuts. Debra St. Fleur, 25, of Miami, is covered by Medicaid, along with her 1-year-old son. Many of her neighbors in the city’s Little Haiti section are on Medic- aid, too, and she worries what would happen if services continue to be eroded. “It’s really scary,” she said. “If they can’t get their medicine, what’s going to happen? They’re going to die.” The Obama administration is concerned enough about the widespread Medicaid provider cuts that it has introduced a rule that would make it harder for states to slash the rates. The move is designed to ensure that those eligible for Medicaid are not denied access due to a shortage of health care resources. Medicaid reimbursement rates already trail those physicians receive for treating Medicare pa- tients and those with private insurance. A study by the nonpartisan Center for Studying Health System Change found that on, average, Medicaid would reimburse a doctor $39 for 45 minutes for a new patient hospital visit, compared to $63 for Medicare. Physician groups say that has left more and more doctors declining to see Medicaid clients. Some providers are trying to find other ways to make up for the cuts. In Columbia, S.C., Julie Ann Avin, executive director of the private, nonprofit Mental Illness Recovery Center Inc., has decided not to fill staff vacancies and also cut back on some rehab services because of Medicaid’s new authorization process. The center serves about 650 people annually, close to 60 percent of whom are on Medicaid. “We accept folks regardless,” Avin said. “Everything that we do is not based just on a reimbursement.” Molly Collins Offner, director of policy development for the American Hospital Association, said emergency rooms must accept Medicaid clients, as well as those without insurance. “More and more, you are seeing ER’s becoming primary care docs,” she said. She said deep cuts rippling through the Medicaid system will only exacerbate that. Need to advertise? Call The Daily Sentinel 740.992.2155 60253286 �The Daily Sentinel Opinion Page 4 Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Counting the year’s blessings The mysterious broken waterer By Dr. Gary Scott Smith Have you heard any good news lately? Bad news abounds. It’s been another tough year. Economic woes continue. Greece and Italy are on the verge of bankruptcy. Unemployment is still high in the United States (around 8.6 percent), and the stock market has taken a beating. With approximately $108 billion in insured catastrophic losses, 2011 is the second costliest year in history for the worldwide insurance industry. Hundreds of thousands have joined the Occupy Movement in cities around the world to call attention to economic ills. Their activities, combined with those of the Tea Party movement and the massive demonstrations in Arab nations, prompted “Time” magazine to name the protestor as its “Person of the Year.” Other problems also plague our world. More people, an estimated 27 million worldwide, are enslaved today than at any time in history. In March, a massive earthquake and tsunami killed almost 16,000 people in Japan. More than 150 tornadoes, leaving 550 people dead, ripped through the United States this year, most notably in Joplin, Missouri and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Scandals rocked Penn State and Syracuse universities. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported this month that one in five American women say that she has been sexually assaulted at some time. Such headlines top newspapers, television news programs, and Internet news sites every day. Unfortunately, good news is harder to find. Search the Internet, however, and you will find sites such as CNN “Heroes;” “Happy News;” “Real News,” which includes “Compelling Sto- ries, Always Positive;” the “Good News Network’” which features “News to Enthuse;” “Only Positive News;” “Daily Inspire News,” which presents “the brighter side of news;” and “Positive News.” Such sites feature stories of ordinary people who saved the lives of others, good Samaritans who returned money and jewelry they found, individuals who paid other people’s water or heating bills, and people who are working to create a healthy, more fulfilling world. Consider other good news. Stories of individual determination and resilience are plentiful. A British centenarian of Indian ancestry, Fauja Singh, finished the Toronto Marathon in October. Hedda Bolgar, a 102-year-old therapist based in Los Angeles, still counsels clients four days a week and trains other psychologists. Despite the global economic slump, some economic progress is occurring. A recent United Nations study reports that poverty in Latin America has decreased by 38 percent in the past 20 years. During this same period, microloans have helped create thousands of new businesses, and jobs and have lifted millions out of poverty in the world’s developing nations. These loans, which are repaid on time in more than 90 percent of cases, enable money to recirculate throughout poor communities. Several entrepreneurs are partnering with survivors of the devastating January 2010 earthquake in Haiti to move beyond simply providing food and shelter, as important as this goal remains. They are establishing a culinary school, a music conservatory, and a center to provide loans to sociallyconscious businesses. Muhammad Yunus, who led the way in creating micro- The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in all stories is to be accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call the newsroom at (740) 992-2156. Our main number is (740) 992-2155. Department extensions are: News Editor: Charlene Hoeflich, Ext. 12 Reporter: , Sarah Hawley Ext. 13 Advertising Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Published Tuesday through Friday, 111 Court Street, Pomeroy, Ohio. Second-class postage paid at Pomeroy. Member: The Associated Press and the Ohio Newspaper Association. Postmaster: Send address corrections to The Daily Sentinel, P.O. Box 729, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. 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In the United States, hundreds of communitybased organizations and thousands of churches sponsor programs to assist the indigent. For example, since 2008, Gina Keatley’s nonprofit, Nourishing NYC, has supplied fresh food and nutrition information gratis to almost 100,000 residents of Harlem and the Bronx. Meanwhile, Arizona Cardinals running back Jason Wright retired from the NFL and gave up a multi-million dollar contract so that he could attend the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business to pursue his goal of helping inner-city children. Tom and Ann Rose, a Lehigh Valley, PA couple, recently took in their 72nd foster child. Google announced this month that it will donate $11.5 million to several coalitions fighting to end contemporary slavery. This is thought to be the largest-ever corporate grant devoted to advocating for and rescuing exploited individuals who are being forced to labor against their will. International Justice Mission will partner with Polaris Project, Slavery Footprint, and several smaller organizations to increase awareness in the United States, improve resources for anti-slavery enforcement agencies overseas, rescue victims, and help nations devise and pass anti-slavery legislation. Dr. Gary Scott Smith chairs the history department at Grove City College and is a fellow for faith and the presidency with The Center for Vision & Values. His most recent book is “Heaven in the American Imagination” (Oxford University Press, 2011). By Daris Howard We came out to the barn on that cold December morning to find the cows’ waterer broken, the water flooding the barn and icing over. It was a huge mess. My dad cussed. “Not again! This is the third time this week!” The waterer had a small trough on the top of it that filled automatically as the cows drank. A waterer was essential since no tank was big enough to hold the water needed for the 80 cows in our herd. Each cow could easily drink 30 gallons per day. “What I can’t understand,” my dad continued, “is how it keeps getting broken. Usually there would be dents on the outside from the cows banging it, but the trough is always busted downward from the top.” We had put all sorts of posts and boards around the sides to avoid the damage that usually comes from cows bunting and pushing. But Dad was right; none of that kind of damage ever seemed to be the problem. The next day was the first day of Christmas break, and we came out to find the waterer broken again. My dad was furious. “I want you to sit in the loft and watch until we can find out what the devil is happening!” After chores, I got myself a book, and settled in to my assigned task. The cows hung around the waterer like gossiping employees around a water cooler. They bunted and tussled now and then, but nothing of any consequence happened. When Dad came home from work, I had nothing to report. I reminded him that, after all, the damage always seemed to occur at night. I told him that after supper I would take up my watch again. He agreed, but told me not to stay so long I didn’t get at least a fair night’s sleep. As most everyone else headed off to bed, I went to the barn and took up my former position. Most of the cows had laid down for the night, but a few were just finishing eating. Some of them came and drank, but even they were soon bedded down. When I had been there for about two hours, and nothing had even taken a drink for the last half hour, I decided to give up. I had just stood to leave when our bull approached the waterer. Much to my surprise, he didn’t drink, but what he did made me gasp. I couldn’t believe my eyes and watched for another ten minutes to make sure I was seeing what I thought I was seeing. When I was positive, I slid from the loft and rushed to the house. Almost everyone was in bed when I burst in. “I know what the problem is!” I took a minute to catch my breath, and then I started to explain. “Once the cows are bedded down for the night, they aren’t drinking anymore. Without cold water continually flowing in, the heater on the trough that keeps it from freezing heats the water to a lukewarm.” I stopped, and my dad prodded me. “That’s true, but what has that got to do with the broken waterer?” I suddenly realized how stupid what I was about to say was going to sound. “I think maybe you ought to come see this for yourself.” My dad put on his coat, and a few of my brothers, who were still awake and were curious, came along. We traipsed out to the barn, and climbed to my previous position in the loft. I hoped the bull would still be there, and was grateful to find that he was. My dad took it all in for a few minutes, and then finally spoke. “You’re right. If I hadn’t seen it, I wouldn’t have believed it.” Our two-and-a-half ton bull stood with his eyes dreamily closed, his front hooves in the waterer, letting the warm water swirl around his feet. The mystery was solved; our bull had been using the waterer as his own personal foot spa. (Daris Howard, awardwinning, syndicated columnist and playwright, is author of “Super Cowboy Rides” and can be contacted at daris@darishoward. com; or visit his website at http://www.darishoward. com) Editorials from Ohio Newspapers: The Columbus Dispatch on Payday Loans — Payday loans always have been a mixed bag: They offer emergency cash to people in need, but whose poor credit histories otherwise would force them to rack up late fees, bounce checks or turn to illegitimate lenders, maybe even loan sharks. But their harsh terms — rapidly compounding interest rates and fees that can add up to annualized charges of nearly 400 percent — often leave poor people worse off than ever, by forcing them to borrow again and again to pay off each short-term loan, until they’re buried in debt they can’t escape. … An industry group says that online pay- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor should be limited to 300 words. All letters are subject to editing, must be signed and include address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. “Thank You” letters will not be accepted for publication. day lending went from $7.1 billion in 2009 to more than $10 billion in 2010 — a sizable chunk of the overall payday-lending business, which is about $40 billion annually. … Government can best protect vulnerable borrowers by requiring full disclosure of all terms, so that borrowers understand that, for example, they have to repay their $100 loan with $115 within two weeks or see the debt grow larger each week. … Consumer advocates and schools can help, by making clear the dangers of payday loans. Reducing the demand for quick cash through personal-finance training would do more to save consumers from ruinous debt than trying to impose limits on lending. The Daily Sentinel Ohio Valley Publishing Co. 111 Court Street Pomeroy, Ohio Phone (740) 992-2156 Fax (740) 992-2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Sammy M. Lopez Publisher Charlene Hoeflich General Manager-News Editor �Sports Page 5 The Daily Sentinel Local Schedule Wednesday, December 28 Girls Basketball Tolsia at Point Pleasant, 7:30 p.m. Boys Basketball River Valley at Nelsonville-York, 6 p.m. Trimble at South Gallia, 6 p.m. Wahama vs Charleston Catholic at Wirt Holiday Tournament, 6 p.m. Wrestling River Valley at Wahama quad, 6 p.m. Point Pleasant at Wheeling Park Duals, TBA Thursday, December 29 Girls Basketball Wahama at Meigs, 6 p.m. Trimble at South Gallia, 6 p.m. Hannan at Greenbriar Tournament, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball Ohio Valley Christian at Big Blue Classic, 6 p.m. Wahama at Wirt Holiday Tournament, 8 p.m. Wrestling River Valley at Gallia Academy Coach’s Corner Classic, 10 a.m. Point Pleasant at Wheeling Park Duals, TBA Swimming River Valley at HYCAT Holiday meet, 1:15 p.m. Friday, December 30 Girls Basketball Hannan at Greenbriar Tournament, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball Southern at Meigs, 6:30 p.m. Chapmanville at Point Pleasant, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Ravens need road win Sunday to get back home OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Finishing unbeaten at home won’t be nearly as satisfying for the Baltimore Ravens unless they can achieve another franchise first: going undefeated in the AFC North. The Ravens already have swept Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Beating Cincinnati for a second time on Sunday will make them a perfect 6-0 within the division. More importantly, a victory will give Baltimore (114) the AFC North title, a first-round bye in the postseason and at least one home playoff game. “What it would mean, obviously, is that we would be division champs,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday. “That’s the opportunity that we have. If you go undefeated at home and win all the games in your division, you’re probably going to be in pretty good shape at the end of the year no matter what else happens.” Baltimore beat the Bengals 31-24 at home on Nov. 20, but pulling off an encore won’t be easy. Not only are the Ravens 3-4 on the road, they’ve lost two straight in Cincinnati and five of the last six. Plus, the Bengals (9-6) will earn a wild-card berth with a win. There is no understating the importance of this game for Baltimore, which is trying to get another home game and momentum for the postseason. “We’re on course to be as good as we can be,” Harbaugh said. “We have a game this week. We don’t have to play any games that are behind us, and we don’t have to play any games that are in the future. We have to play this one. Obviously, it’s got major ramifications for what’s in front of us, so that’s our focus.” This is the fourth straight season the Ravens have made the playoffs under Harbaugh. In the previous three, Baltimore qualified as a wildcard team and found the road to the Super Bowl too difficult to negotiate. Opening with a bye and a home game would be far simpler a path to negotiate. “Playing at home can help us get closer to the prize,” middle linebacker Ray Lewis said. “That’s the real incentive right now. We’re in the dance. We’ll go where we have to go. But playing at (home) for any game would be a good, good thing.” The Ravens never before went 8-0 at home, and they’d love the chance to add another win or two to the ledger. “That’s what we’re trying to get accomplished,” Harbaugh said. To get another home game, the Ravens will have to reverse an annoying trend on the road. In their four defeats, Baltimore committed a total of 10 turnovers and averaged a paltry 12.75 points per game. Harbaugh said his team’s problems in away games have nothing to do with preparation. “I think we’ve got a good routine. It’s proven,” he said. “We’re going to try play better than we have in the games we didn’t win on the road. That’s the main thing. Obviously, turnovers were the main factor in some of those games. Those are the things that will be our focus the things you have to do to win a game, whether you’re at home or on the road.” Baltimore could be without guard Marshal Yanda, who left Saturday’s win over Cleveland with rib and thigh contusions. If he can’t play, he will be replaced on the right side by Andre Gurode. “They’re good bruises,” Har- See Ravens, 7 Healthy Buckeyes brace for Big Ten opener Irving struggles as Raptors rip Cavs, 104-96 CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Kyrie Irving scored six points and hardly played like the No. 1 overall pick as the Toronto Raptors spoiled the Cleveland guard’s NBA debut with a 104-96 seasonopening win over the Cavaliers on Monday night. Irving, who played just 11 games at Duke before turning pro, finished just 2 of 11 from the field he made a meaningless 3-pointer in the final minutes with seven assists and one turnover in 26 minutes. The Cavs are counting on the 19-year-old to turn around a team that won just 19 games last season. Toronto, which went only 22-60 last season, won its first game under coach Dwane Casey, who was an assistant last season for the champion Dallas Mavericks. DeMar DeRozan scored nine of his 15 points in the fourth for Toronto, which had seven players score in double figures. Jose Calderon scored 15 with 11 assists, Amir Johnson scored 13 with 13 rebounds, Leandro Barbosa scored 14 and Andrea Bargnani 13. Ramon Sessions led the Cavaliers with 18 and rookie Tristan Thompson, taken three picks after Cleveland selected Irving, added 12. Alonzo Gee had 15 points and Anderson Varejao 14 and 10 rebounds for Cleveland, which trimmed a 13-point deficit in the second half to 82-80 on Daniel Gibson’s layup with nine minutes left, igniting a crowd at Quicken Loans Arena which came hoping to see the Irving era start with a win. But DeRozan came up big down the stretch, scoring nine points in the final six minutes. His jumper from the right corner put the Cavs away in the final minute. Although it was assumed Irving would start, Cavs coach Byron Scott didn’t inform the youngster that he would be on the floor for the opening tip until the morning shootaround. Scott broke the news to Irving by telling him to “put on a red (practice) jersey on.” Cleveland’s starters wear wine-colored tops during practice. Scott offered Irving some advice before his first game as a pro. “I told him to relax and have fun,” Scott said. “You only get to do this once, where it’s your first NBA game. I told him to enjoy the moment, but when that ball gets thrown up to get back to business.” Irving wasn’t showing any nerves before tip-off. He popped on large headphones and listened to music while sitting in a chair in front of his locker before walking over to a large TV screen to AP photo George Washington junior running back Ryan Switzer (7) eludes a Hurricane defender during this Sept. 16 football contest at HHS. GW junior Ryan Switzer wins Kennedy Award Derek Taylor Special to OVP CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With more than a year remaining before he graduates high school, there’s not much Ryan Switzer has yet to accomplish. “I haven’t won one yet,” the George Washington High School junior running back said after his team fell 35-27 to Martinsburg in the Class AAA state championship game Dec. 3 in Wheeling. “There’s always that to drive me.” The quest for a George Washington’s first state football title since 1982 will likely see Switzer pad an already impressive personal resume. He won a pair of state track championships as a freshman, converted a key late-game layup that helped the Patriots to a state basketball championship as a sophomore and in three seasons as a football starter, he is the central figure of a class that has a 34-6 varsity record. He’s now got a Kennedy Award to his credit. In a runaway, Switzer’s nod as the state’s top prep football player came via the most lopsided vote since Nitro’s Josh Culbertson secured all but one first-place vote for the 2005 Kennedy. Switzer took all but two. Fittingly, Culbertson was the last Class AAA running back to win the award prior to Switzer, whose 2,785 rushing yards and 40 touchdowns were the most in either category for Class AAA runners in a single season since Culbertson ran for 3,587 yards six years ago. See Award, 7 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State’s players know it would be quite an accomplishment to win a third straight Big Ten title. They also know just how hard it is to win one. The second-ranked Buckeyes (12-1) begin conference play on Wednesday night when they host Northwestern (10-2) in a difficult test at Value City Arena. “That would be real cool,” said William Buford, the only senior on the Buckeyes’ roster and the only player who was a part of both of those earlier titles. But sophomore point guard Aaron Craft is well aware of the rigors of a Big Ten season. There’s a lot of work that has to be done before someone wins the title. “Every game’s going to be a grind. And we’re not even halfway through the season yet we still have 18 games yet,” he said on Tuesday. “Everyone starts new and whatever happened before doesn’t really matter at all.” The Buckeyes are encouraged because, for the first time in three weeks, big man Jared Sullinger appears to be close to being healthy. He missed two games with back spasms, and most of another with an injured ankle. After missing a lot of conditioning drills in practice, and playing sparingly in games, he still isn’t in game shape. “It is going to take him time,” coach Thad Matta said before Tuesday’s workout. “It’s just the getting back to doing the reps. See Ten, 7 Roethlisberger has a “shot” to play against Browns PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin believes injured quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and center Maurkice Pouncey both have “a shot” to play in Sunday’s regular season finale at Cleveland. “It is our intention right now that if those guys are healthy enough to practice and prepare, then we will play them,” Tomlin said Tuesday. Given the way backups Charlie Batch and Trai Essex handled themselves in a 27-0 win over St. Louis last Saturday, the Steelers (11-4) may not need Roethlisberger or Pouncey to hurry back from their badly sprained left ankles to keep the team’s hopes of an AFC North title alive. Batch played effectively against the Rams, passing for 208 yards while showing there’s still some life in his 37-year-old legs. He extended plays with his mobility and even threw the ball downfield, hitting Mike Wallace for a 46-yard gain in the fourth quarter that set up the clinching touchdown. “I thought he did some really good things,” Tomlin said of Batch. “(But) See Cavs, 7 his performance has no bearing on how we go about making the decisions that are right for us this week. A lot of the decisions center around Roethlisberger’s health. But I like the way Batch played, not only the way he performed but the way he led and communicated.” It’s what Batch has done with consistency while subbing for Roethlisberger through the years. The Pittsburgh native is 5-2 when starting in relief and had the Heinz Field crowd chanting “Charlie! Charlie!” after a handful of plays. The moment wasn’t lost on Batch. “I think that they have appreciated what I have done, and what I am doing to help this team win,” he said. “I embraced it.” And he’ll embrace trying to do it on the road against the Browns (4-11) if necessary. Pittsburgh can win the division with a victory in Cleveland and a loss by Baltimore in Cincinnati. It can even gain the top overall seed in the AFC with a win and losses by both the Ravens and Patriots. It’s why Tomlin isn’t quite ready to rule out Roethlisberger. The coach isn’t sure if Roethlisberger will be able to practice this week, but even if the quarterback doesn’t, Tomlin expects to wait until the last minute before making a decision. “There are some scenarios that can unfold, where we can improve our playoff position,” Tomlin said. “We are aware of that. We are also aware that all of those scenarios include us winning this football game. We are going to do what we deem necessary for us to put ourselves in position to do that.” And even Batch understands that when relatively healthy few quarterbacks can do what Roethlisberger can do. “This is Ben’s team,” Batch said. “This team moves with him and to see him do everything in his power to get back on the field is really something special to watch.” Pouncey sat out the last two games and backup Doug Legursky went out early against the Rams with a left shoulder injury. Enter Essex, who hadn’t taken a snap at center all season. He performed admirably, helping the Steelers gash St. Louis for 169 yards on the ground. “It was under unusual circum- stances,” Tomlin said. “To have a guy come in and deliver the way he delivered for us, not only in terms of snapping the football but declaring fronts and blocking people in the run game, it was just a special afternoon for him.” Legursky is out for Sunday, and if Pouncey can’t play Essex will get the call again, though Tomlin sounded optimistic Pouncey will be ready. Linebacker LaMarr Woodley (strained left hamstring), and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (right foot) could also play in Cleveland. Tomlin will not rest players just to rest them, but could modify the amount of playing time depending on how things shake out elsewhere, particularly if Baltimore gets up big on Cincinnati and the Steelers know they’ll have to start the playoffs on the road the weekend of Jan. 7-8. “Those are the easy decisions I can make as the game and situations unfold,” Tomlin said. “Some of them are obvious. … That’s not rocket science as far as we’re concerned.” �Mulberry Street and extending Volume 231, Page 207, Meigs back at the width of Forty (40) County Deed Records. feet to Mechanicʼs Street; and being the same premises con- Parcel 2: The following deveyed to William M. Shannon scribed real estate situated in by T. Mallory by deed dated the County of Meigs, State of Novemberwww.mydailysentinel.com 14, 1890, and re- Ohio, Township of Sutton and corded in Deed Book No. 67, in the incorporated Village of Page 530 Records of Meigs Racine, being twenty-seven County, Ohio; and by the said (27) feet North and South Wm. M. Shannon conveyed to along Third Street and eighty W. N. Davis by deed dated four (84) feet East and West August 8th, 1906, and re- along Pearl Street off of the corded in Volume 95, Page North side of Lot Number 359-360 of the Meigs County Thirty six (36) in said Village of Racine. Records of Deeds. Reference Deeds: Cert. of Transfer from Philip Sommer to Anna Louise Harbrecht, Vol. 171, Page 659, Volume 165, Page 38, Deed Records, Meigs County, Ohio. Property Address: 300 Fourth Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 Parcel Number: 16-00744-000 and 16-02102-000 TRACT TWO: The following real estate situated in the Village of Pomeroy, County of Meigs and State of Ohio: Being Lot 351 in V.B. Hortonʼs Second Addition to Pomeroy, Ohio, as shown by the Meigs County Plat Records on file in the Meigs County Recorders Office. Reference Deed: Volume 244, Page 727, Deed Records Meigs County, Ohio. Property Address: Fourth Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 Legals SHERIFFʼS SALE, CASE NO. 11 CV 058, PREMIER BANK, INC., Successor in Interest by Merger and Name Change from Traders Bank, Inc., Successor in Interest by Merger and Name Change from Citizens First Bank, PLAINTIFF, VS. JANET A. KRIDER AKA JANET KRIDER AKA JANET ANGELA KRIDER, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Robert E. Beegle, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, January 6, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: The following described premises, situate in the Village of Middleport, County of Meigs and State of Ohio: Being 46 feet of the North side of Village Lot Number 123, said lot being located on the east side of Fourth Street between Lincoln and Main Streets in said Village. Said premises being 46 feet by 100 feet. Reference Deed: Volume 241, Page 855 and Volume 106, Page 723, Meigs County Official Records. Auditor's Parcel 15-00902.000. Number: Subject to the United States of Americaʼs right of redemption under 28USC Section 2410(C). The above described real estate is sold “as is” without warranties or covenants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 464 S. Fourth, Middleport, OH 45760. CURRENT OWNER: Janet A. Krider aka Janet Krider. REAL ESTATE APPRAISED AT: $15,000.00. The real estate cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds the appraised value. The appraisal does not include an interior examination of any structures, if any, on the real estate. TERMS OF SALE: 10% (cash only) down on day of sale, balance (cash or certified check only) due on confirmation of sale. ALL SHERIFFʼS SALES OPERATE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO CHECK FOR LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF: Douglas W. Little, LITTLE & SHEETS LLP, 211-213 E. Second Street, Pomeroy, OH 45769, Telephone: (740) 992-6689 (12) 14, 21, 28 Legals SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE THE STATE OF MEIGS COUNTY. OHIO, PEGGY YOST, MEIGS COUNTY TREASURER : Plaintiff vs : CASE NO. 10 DL 004 BEN H. EWING, et al. fendants : De- In pursuance of an Order of Sale dated August 10, 2011, in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, at the front door of the Court House, in Pomeroy, Ohio, in the above named County, on Tuesday, the 6th day of January, 2012 at 10:00 o'clock A.M., the following described real estate, situate in the County of Meigs, and State of Ohio, to-wit: TRACT ONE: PARCEL ONE: The following real estate situated in the County of Meigs, in the State of Ohio, and in the Village of Pomeroy and bounded and described as follows: Forty feet off of the Southeast side of Lot Numbered One Hundred and Sixty-four (164) in the said Village, fronting on Mulberry Street and extending back at the width of Forty (40) feet to Mechanicʼs Street; and being the same premises conveyed to William M. Shannon by T. Mallory by deed dated November 14, 1890, and recorded in Deed Book No. 67, Page 530 Records of Meigs County, Ohio; and by the said Wm. M. Shannon conveyed to W. N. Davis by deed dated August 8th, 1906, and recorded in Volume 95, Page 359-360 of the Meigs County Records of Deeds. Reference Deeds: Cert. of Transfer from Philip Sommer to Anna Louise Harbrecht, Vol. 171, Page 659, Volume 165, Page 38, Deed Records, Meigs County, Ohio. Property Address: 300 Fourth Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 Parcel Number: 16-00744-000 and 16-02102-000 TRACT TWO: The following real estate situated in the Village of Pomeroy, County of Meigs and State of Ohio: Being Lot 351 in V.B. Hortonʼs Second Addition to Pomeroy, Ohio, as shown by the Meigs County Plat Records on file in the Meigs County Recorders Office. Reference Deed: Volume 244, Page 727, Deed Records Meigs County, Ohio. Property Address: Fourth Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 Parcel Number: 16-00506-000 Said premises appraised at (Tract One) $70,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of said amount; Said premises appraised at (Tract Two) $70,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of said amount; TERMS OF SALE: Ten per cent (10%) cash in hand on day of sale with balance to be paid upon delivery of deed. THIS SHERIFF'S SALE OPERATES Help WantedGeneralUNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. THE MEIGS COUNTY SHERIFF MAKES NO GUARANTEE AS TO STATUS OF TITLE PRIOR TO SALE. ROBERT BEEGLE, SHERIFF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO LAWRENCE A. HEISER CARRIER ROUTES AVAILABLE OTHS, HEISER & MILLER, GALLIA, MEIGS, MASON LLC COUNTIES Attorney for Plaintiff (12) 14, MUST HAVE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND BE 21, 28, 2011 WILLING TO DELIVER EVERYDAY GALLIPOLIS DAILY TRIBUNE POINT PLEASANT REGISTER THE DAILY SENTINEL CONTACT 740-446-2342 Parcel Number: 16-00506-000 Said premises appraised at (Tract One) $70,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of said amount; Legals Said premises appraised at (Tract Two) $70,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of said amount; TERMS OF SALE: Ten per cent (10%) cash in hand on day of sale with balance to be paid upon delivery of deed. THIS SHERIFF'S SALE OPERATES UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR. THE MEIGS COUNTY SHERIFF MAKES NO GUARANTEE AS TO STATUS OF TITLE PRIOR TO SALE. ROBERT BEEGLE, SHERIFF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO LAWRENCE A. HEISER OTHS, HEISER & MILLER, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff (12) 14, 21, 28, 2011 SHERIFFʼS SALE, CASE NO. 11 CV 058, PREMIER BANK, INC., Successor in Interest by Merger and Name Change from Traders Bank, Inc., Successor in Interest by Merger and Name Change from Citizens First Bank, PLAINTIFF, VS. JANET A. KRIDER AKA JANET KRIDER AKA JANET ANGELA KRIDER, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of said Court in the above action, Robert E. Beegle, the Sheriff of Meigs County, Ohio, will expose to sell at public action on the front steps of the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, on Friday, January 6, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands and tenements: The following described premises, situated in the Village of Racine, County of Meigs and State of Ohio: Parcel 1: Situate in the Village of Racine, Meigs County, Ohio. Being the West five feet off the Easterly thirty five feet of Lot No. 36 in the Village of Racine, Ohio. The above five feet is the portion of Lot No. 36 owned by the former Grantors which was not conveyed by their deed to Everett Roush and Grace Roush recorded in Volume 231, Page 207, Meigs County Deed Records. Parcel 2: The following described real estate situated in the County of Meigs, State of Ohio, Township of Sutton and in the incorporated Village of Racine, being twenty-seven (27) feet North and South along Third Street and eighty four (84) feet East and West along Pearl Street off of the North side of Lot Number Thirty six (36) in said Village of Racine. Parcel 3: Being a part of Lot No. 36 in the incorporated Village of Racine, Meigs County, Ohio, bounding 84 feet East and West on Pearl Street and 62 feet North and South on Third Street excepting therefrom 27 feet North and South along Third Street and 84 feet East and West along Pearl Street off of the North side of said Lot. Parcel 4: Being twenty-two (22) feet off of the North side of Lots No. 33 and 34 in the Village of Racine, said 22 feet extending the full depth of said Lots No. 33 and 34, being a total depth of 238 feet. Excepting parcel sold to Everett Roush and Grace Roush as described in Volume 238, Page 441, Meigs County Deed Records. Reference Deed: Volume 218, Page 81, Meigs County Official Records. Auditor s Parcel Numbers: 19-00528.000, 19-00529.000, 19-00530.000 and 19-00397.000. Property Address: 301-303 Third Street (and S. Side Pearl Street), Racine, OH 45771. The Daily Sentinel • Page 6 Parcel 3: Being a part of Lot No. 36 in the incorporated Village of Racine, Meigs County, Ohio, bounding 84 feet East and West on Pearl Street and 62 feet North and South on Third Street excepting therefrom 27 feet North and South along Third Street and 84 feet East and West along Pearl Street off of the North side of said Lot. Parcel 4: Being twenty-two (22) feet off of the North side of Lots No. 33 and 34 in the Village of Racine, said 22 feet extending the full depth of said Lots No. 33 and 34, being a total depth of 238 feet. Excepting parcel sold to Everett Roush and Grace Roush as described in Volume 238, Page 441, Meigs County Deed Records. Reference Deed: Volume 218, Page 81, Meigs County Official Records. Auditor s Parcel Numbers: 19-00528.000, 19-00529.000, 19-00530.000 and 19-00397.000. Property Address: 301-303 Third Street (and S. Side Pearl Legals Street), Racine, OH 45771. 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Rogers Basement Waterproofing SERVICE / BUSINESS DIRECTORY 60231179 Wednesday, December 28, 2011 �Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Ravens From Page 5 www.mydailysentinel.com Ten From Page 5 Physically, he’s fine. After Thursday night’s game (a 69-40 win over Miami University) there was some swelling in his foot.” Matta is more concerned about the wear and tear of keeping him on the floor, staying in the rhythm of the game without getting fatigued or in foul trouble. “Our guys have come in and practiced for an hour and 40 minutes and guys stay after, they work out,” he said. “He went extended time without that. I think it’s more just him getting his wind, getting his lift, getting back into the flow of things.” baugh acknowledged. “We’ll see where that goes.” Cornerback Cary Williams and linebacker Dannell Ellerbe received concussions against the Browns. Their status is uncertain. “Both are looking pretty decent today, but with concussions you never really know,” Harbaugh said. “We’ll have to see when and if they get cleared. We’ll keep our fingers crossed on that.” Kick returner David Reed tore the ACL in his left knee Saturday and is out for the year. Placekicker Billy Cundiff, who sat out Saturday’s game with a left calf injury, is progressing and could be ready for the Bengals. If he From Page 5 can play, the Ravens will cut Martinsburg quarterkicker Shayne Graham, Harback Brandon Ashenbaugh said. felter finished second in balloting by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. East Hardy quarterback Kollin Foltz From Page 5 was third, followed by watch film of the Raptors. Roane County quarterback It was only when he Dylan Cottrell and Bridgegot on the floor that Ir- port running back Brett ving seemed a little over- Hathaway. Hathaway, a whelmed. He started slowly, junior, is the only undermissing his first three shots classman among the top and didn’t score his first five vote-getters. point until making a techniSwitzer is the eighth jucal foul with 3:50 left in the nior to win the award since first half. He scored his first it was first given in 1947. field goal five seconds later, Of the juniors who won, banking in a runner from the four went on to claim the right side to pull the Cavs award as seniors. Switzer has grown in status from within six. But he forced other shots being a Kanawha Valley and the Raptors never let phenomenon as a freshman in 2009 to being an him get into a rhythm. The Raptors trailed 31- All-State selection at 27 in the second quarter punter a year later and the before going on a 15-2 tear. captain of the Class AAA Barbosa and Jerryd Bay- All-State offense in 2011. By the time he was a less hit 3-pointers in the run and Toronto was able to sophomore most knew keep Cleveland at bay while him to be the heir apparent building a 52-42 halftime as to then-senior All-State running back Felix Mollett lead. Notes: Cleveland’s home as George Washington’s opener was not sold out for primary ball carrier. While Switzer led the the first time since 2004. Award Cavs More than worrying about Sullinger, for a change, the Buckeyes are concerned about a Northwestern team that has the Big Ten’s top two scorers in John Shurna (19.4 points a game) and Drew Crawford (18.1). Northwestern always seems to be at its best against Ohio State. A year ago, the Buckeyes were ranked No. 1 in both meetings and the Wildcats didn’t back down either time. Even without Shurna on Jan. 29 in Evanston, Northwestern lost 58-57. The teams also met March 11 in a quarterfinal of the Big Ten tournament and the Wildcats took Ohio State to overtime before falling 67-61. “It’s a combination of style of play and really good players,” Patriots in receiving as a starting wideout in 2010 with 29 catches for 602 yards and nine touchdowns, some questioned whether he possessed the durability that allowed Mollett to rush for a school single-season record of 2,024 yards and 29 touchdowns on 261 carries the same year. Mollett was thicker than Switzer, and while also fast, he gained many of his yards after initiating contact with defenders at the line of scrimmage. As it turned out Switzer could pick up yards after contact too. He often just didn’t need to. Instead of a battering ram, Switzer equipped GW with a whirling dervish that kept defenders grasping for air throughout the 2011 season. “He’s really grown as a football player,” GW Coach Steve Edwards Jr. said. “He’s always had a great work ethic and he’s always understood the game. But this year he learned to pick his spots better. I think he learned more about himself and what his strengths are and how to better use those strengths.” The junior’s 2011 high- The Daily Sentinel • Page 7 Matta said of the difficult times his team has had with Northwestern. “They lost a couple of guys off of last year’s team, but by the same token they’re a veteran basketball team. But we’re a different team and they’re a little different team.” The Wildcats have lost their past 30 times they’ve played in Columbus. The Wildcats like to play a precision, pass-screen-and-cut style of offense under Bill Carmody. “It’s a big concentration game,” Craft said. “That’s one of the best things that Northwestern makes you do. Every possession you have to come down and concentrate for 30 to 35 seconds, otherwise they’re going to score. That’s one of the bigger things light video is easy to find on YouTube, and presents numerous incidences of Switzer running around, past and even over opposing defenses. One such run, against Ashland (Ky.) Paul Blazer High School on Sept. 2, serves as a perfect example of Switzer’s elusiveness. From a shotgun formation Switzer took a handoff from GW quarterback Trevor Bell and headed directly into the interior of the Tomcats’ defensive line. Without being visibly touched, Switzer stopped, spun 360 degrees to his left, slipped out of the reach of the Tomcats’ defensive end and made for the clear for a 53-yard touchdown. Another highlight shows Switzer, who punted and handled kickoff duties for the Patriots, recovering his own onside kick against Parkersburg. There were similar occurrences in nearly every game. By midseason, opposing coaches had largely bypassed talking about ways to shut Switzer down, opting instead for sheer admiration. That trend continued even after the Patriots’ lone loss of the season. we’re trying to focus on right now.” Ohio State has won 33 in a row at home and is coming off a rigorous non-conference schedule which featured games against Florida, Duke and Kansas. Matta said he just wants his players to savor the moment. “The state of college basketball now, everything is blown out of proportion,” Matta said. “I’ve always said this, you get to conference play and now everyone’s going to start talking about March. I know where our mindset is. You hope that the guys understand that these 18 battles we’re getting ready to fight are some of the funnest times of your life.” Martinsburg held Switzer to a season-low 115 yards and two touchdowns. “Switzer is just a fantastic player. I don’t know what he had, but he’s going to get his yards,” Martinsburg Coach Dave Walker said. “He’s the best player in the state.” A member of the ESPN Top 150 recruiting watch list for high school players scheduled to graduate in 2013, Switzer adds the Kennedy to an already lengthy list of accolades. He was the Mountain State Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Kanawha Valley Player of the Year and Gatorade state Player of the Year after being named ESPN’s East Region Player of the Week after the Patriots’ 56-12 rout of Parkersburg on Nov. 4. In that game Switzer ran for 328 yards and six touchdowns while adding a 51-yard punt return for a score. It is believed to be a single-game rushing record against the state’s alltime winningest program. Most recently, Switzer was listed as an honorable mention running back on the Sports Illustrated High School All-American team. He is one of five underclassmen in the entire list. Again a key member of George Washington’s basketball team, Switzer will take a hiatus from the court this week to participate in the UnderArmour All America Combine at the ESPN/Wide World of Sport Complex in Orlando, Fla. An invite-only event, the combine includes up to 150 of nation’s top prep players. Florida State, Penn State, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, Bowling Green, Ohio, Marshall and Purdue have already offered scholarships for Switzer to play football for their teams. Oregon, Nebraska and Michigan State have jumped with both feet into the recruiting fray of late while Notre Dame and Tennessee have maintained steady contact throughout his junior year. In three seasons, Switzer has amassed 5,145 total yards (rushing, receiving, returns) and scored 60 touchdowns. Derek Taylor is a sports writer for The Daily Mail in Charleston, W.Va. Some NFL players still willing to hide concussions Howard Fendrich Associated Press Ask Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew whether he would try to play through a concussion or yank himself from a game, and he’ll provide a straightforward answer. “Hide it,” the NFL rushing leader said. “The bottom line is: You have to be able to put food on the table. No one’s going to sign or want a guy who can’t stay healthy. I know there will be a day when I’m going to have trouble walking. I realize that,” Jones-Drew said. “But this is what I signed up for. Injuries are part of the game. If you don’t want to get hit, then you shouldn’t be playing.” Other players say they would do the same: Hide it. In a series of interviews about head injuries with The Associated Press over the last two weeks, 23 of 44 NFL players slightly more than half said they would try to conceal a possible concussion rather than pull themselves out of a game. Some acknowledged they already have. Players also said they should be better protected from their own instincts: More than two-thirds of the group the AP talked to wants independent neurologists on sidelines during games. The AP spoke to a cross-section of players at least one from each of the 32 NFL teams to gauge whether concussion safety and attitudes about head injuries have changed in the past two years of close attention devoted to the issue. The group included 33 starters and 11 reserves; 25 players on offense and 19 on defense; all have played at least three seasons in the NFL. The players tended to indicate they are more aware of the possible long-term effects of jarring hits to their heads than they once were. In a sign of the sort of progress the league wants, five players said that while they would have tried to conceal a concussion during a game in 2009, now they would seek help. “You look at some of the cases where you see some of the retired players and the issues that they’re having now, even with some of the guys who’ve passed and had their brains examined you see what their brains look like now,” said Washington Redskins linebacker Lon- don Fletcher, the NFL’s leading tackler. “That does play a part in how I think now about it.” But his teammate, backup fullback Mike Sellers, said he’s hidden concussions in the past and would “highly doubt” that any player would willingly take himself out of a game. “You want to continue to play. You’re a competitor. You’re not going to tell on yourself. There have been times I’ve been dinged, and they’ve taken my helmet from me, and … I’d snatch my helmet back and get back on the field,” Sellers said. “A lot of guys wouldn’t say anything because a lot of guys wouldn’t think anything during the game, until afterward, when they have a headache or they can’t remember certain things.” San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Justin Smith captured a popular sentiment: Players know of the potential problems, yet would risk further damage. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out if (you have) a concussion, you’re probably damaging your brain a little bit. Just like if you sprain your wrist a bunch, you’re going to have some wrist problems down the road. Yeah, I’d still play through it. It’s part of it. It’s part of the game,” Smith said. “I think if you’re noticeably messed up, yeah, they’ll take you out. But if you’ve just got some blurry vision, I’d say that’s the player’s call. And most guys 99 percent of guys in the NFL are going to play through it.” Smith said he sustained one concussion in high school (“You don’t know who you are,” is how he described it) and another in college (“Walking around the whole time, but I don’t remember anything until six hours later”). The NFL likes to say that views about concussions have shifted from simply accepting they’re part of the sport to doing what’s possible to lessen impacts. Commissioner Roger Goodell talks about “changing the culture,” so players don’t try to “walk it off” after taking hits to the head. Yet the AP’s conversations with players showed there is room for more adjustments, which did not surprise Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, co-chairman of the NFL’s head, neck and spine committee. “The culture change takes awhile,” Ellenbogen said in a telephone interview. “Why would these guys want to go out? They love playing the game. They don’t want to leave their team. They want to win. I understand all that. And that’s why we have to be on our toes with coming up with exams that are hard to beat, so to speak.” New Orleans Saints offensive lineman Zach Strief put it this way: “We all grew up with, ‘Hey, get back in there. You (only) got your bell rung.’ And while it’s changing now, I think it’s going to take time for the mindset to change.” A few players said they’d be particularly inclined to hide a concussion if it happened in a playoff game or the Super Bowl. Some said their decision would depend on the severity of a head injury but they’d hide it if they could. Clearly, there is a stigma associated with leaving the field, no matter the reason. Indeed, one player who said he’d exit a game if he thought he might have a concussion didn’t want to be quoted on the subject. Wednesday’s TV Guide WEDNESDAY 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 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28 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 Up All Night Whitney Harry's Law "The Law & Order: S.V.U. WSAZ News (:35) Tonight News Fortune Rematch" "Scorched Earth" Tonight Show Jeopardy! WTAP News NBC Nightly Wheel of Up All Night Whitney Harry's Law "The Law & Order: S.V.U. 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Inside the NFL Felipe Esparza: They Inside the NFL �Wednesday, December 28, 2011 www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 8 Wednesday, december 28, 2011 ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt Comics BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun BEETLE BAILEY FUNKY WINKERBEAN HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HI & LOIS Mort Walker Today’s Answers Tom Batiuk Chris Browne Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS MUTTS William Hoest Patrick McDonnell Jacquelene Bigar’s zITS THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE Hank Ketchum Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011: This year your ability to adapt and grow comes to the forefront. Many changes could greet you. You might not be thrilled in the immediate future, but ultimately you will be pleased. If you are single, remind yourself that time is an ally. Use it. Don’t decide on a commitment until next year. If you are attached, the two of you have different opinions. Respect the differences, and your bond will grow closer. AQUARIUS can offend your sensibilities by their very nature. 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) HHH Read between the lines with a friend. At first you might feel this is unnecessary, as this person generally is forthright. Your imagination peaks in a brainstorming session. You might have a lot going on in your mind but say little. Tonight: Others wonder if you are Houdini, the way you vanished. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH A lot drops on you out of the blue. You handle responsibility well, but that doesn’t mean it knocks your socks off. Be willing to say no once in a while. Focus on a meeting that could turn into a brainstorming situation. Tonight: Where the fun is. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Do needed research — now is the time to ask a question, not later. You know what you want. However, is it reasonable and is there a better path? You have a great imagination; now you are finding ways to harness some of those great ideas. Tonight: Working late. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Deal with people directly. Your eye contact and gestures tell them when you are not kidding. You might be taken aback by what is going on. Opportunities strike when you zero in on what you want. Tonight: Follow the music. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Others seek you out en masse. You might not be able to follow through on your plans because of the constant interruptions. You like hearing from others, but you might need to isolate yourself. An important conversation needs to be postponed until later. Tonight: Talk time. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Get as much done as pos- Visit us at Ad goes here www.mydailysentinel.com Horoscope sible. Yes, you are overwhelmed by everything you have to do. Your imagination and creativity could open up a door. Reach out for someone at a distance. Once more, you are reminded just how difficult another person can be. Tonight: Midweek break! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH With everything that is going on around you, you might have difficulty settling down. Suddenly, someone who is distant wants to pull in close. You wonder what is going on with him or her. Your imagination emerges with a simple chore or errand. Tonight: Have a talk with a key partner. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Your ability to see a situation through someone else’s eyes could be important. Yet your first reaction is to pull back from what this person expresses. A child or loved one interjects some lightness into your day. Tonight: Kissing goodbye to 2012 as only you can. Isn’t it a little early? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Stay centered, knowing you have a lot to accomplish. You could feel overwhelmed by everything that appears. You might have had enough of a friend who, in a sense, is yanking your chain. Tonight: Head home. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH A boss or someone you look up to could be down on what you think is a good, workable idea. Know that you might need to instrument this project or do it on your own. Use care with your finances. Tonight: Let your imagination choose. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Use the daylight hours to the max, and finish up as much work as you can. Do you feel overwhelmed by what is going on? Keep reaching for more information, or get a respected associate’s feedback. Discuss what you would like to occur. Tonight: Your treat. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You might not be comfortable with others in the morning. Isolate yourself. You will accomplish more and emerge feeling much better. You have pushed to the max to get to this point. Your ability to circumvent a problem saves the day. Tonight: Happier and ready to greet the world. 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