https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/dfd7900eb09eff2669b7c96520797f41.pdf dcfb0d574b2dec97880cb28c8c488469 PDF Text Text Page B6 • The Daily Sentinel www .mydailysentinel.com Monday, February u, 2008 HEALTIIBEAT: Tell your doctor about a fall; it might. prevent another, A2 Earnhardt scores first win with new team in Budweiser Shootout · BY JENNA FRYER ASSOCIATED PRESS DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. aced his first test with his new team. Earnhardt had a smashing debut in his Hendrick Motorsports ride, getting a boost from his new teammates to power past Tony Stewart to win - the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday ~ight. It was Earnhardt's first victory in any series since summer 2006, and could be a sign of things to come now that NASCAR's most popular driver is partnered with its most powerful team. . Seconds after taking the checkered flag, Earnhardt declared himself a favorite for next week's seasonopening Daytona 500. "What a race car!" Earnhardt yelled over his radio. "This might be a (Daytona) 500 winner here and you don't know it." The winner of the 70-lap exhibition has gone on to win the Daytona 500 five times, with Dale Jarrett the last in 2000. Earnhardt spun his new white No. 88 Chevrolet in a flurry of victory doughnuts before excitedly heading to Victory Lane. · .. No one had to show him the way. · It was his lith victory at NASCAR's most famous track, but first since a second-tier Nationwide Series "I don't know 'what iook that won him the race. . But the celebration was him so long to win a race for Stewart was closing in on ' strictly for Earnhardt, who us,"' car owner Rick the win until a late caution was met in Victory Lane by Hendrick quipped. "It sure - ironically caused when Hendrick. The two are under takes a lot of pressure off." Busch spun - set up a final tremendous pressure to proStewart capped a tumul- restart with three laps to go. duce winning results for tuous 24 hours by finishing Stewart was out front, but NASCAR's most popular second. was surrounded by a fleet 9f driver, who hasn't been a The two-time series cham- Hendrick cars who seemed consistent contender for pion and Kurt Busch . were hellbent on getting their new nearly two years. told to steer clear of each teammate to checkered flag. He failed to make the The push from Johnson Chase for the championship other in ·a Saturday morning meeting because of an alter- helped Earnhardt slide past last season, hi~ final year cation on the track that car- Stewart on the outside and with Dale Earnhardt Inc. ried over into the NASCAR iQto the front. Jeff dordon Unable to get along with hauler. Stewart · allegedly was behind Stewart, and stepmother Teresa, . punched Busch during the. with no chance. to win the Earnhardt fled his late confrontation, but all partici- race himself, he certainly father's race team for a fresh pants in that meeting refused wasn't going to push Stewart sta:rt with powerhouse to confirm or deny the alter~ past his teammate. · Hendrick Motorsports. The "I'm real happy for team won 18 of 36 races last cation. The attention sunrounding Junior," Gordon said. "It's season and . its second · h' Stewart dimmed the focus tliat's been on Earnhardt awesome to have him at straight champtons 1p. Hendrick Motorsports and Now Earnhardt is expect· since he signed with real proud of those guys to ed to be in the mix, contendHendrick last June. All eyes do that in their first race ing for his first Cup title. were on his debut, and Does this first win ease the Stewart was a nice disti-ac- out." tion for him. As he headed to Stewart was content with burden? "I don't know," he said. "I his car before the race, second place. • · "I'm pretty happy. I mean, never felt like I had a mooEarnhardt pushed through a throng of photographers to it's hard to beat Dale Jr.," he key on my back. I've alw~ys joke with the temperamental said. "I mean, he's one of the raced with pressure. I've two-time champion. best restrict9r-plate drivers always raced and worked "Tony and Kurt getting there's ever been . He learned and lived in tumultuous situinto it the other day, that sort a lot from his dad, and ·I'm ations and I just got used to Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrates in Victory Lane .atter winning of took us off the front not sure he's not better than it, I gues~. And Tony· Jr. . working with me and side by the NASCAR ·Budweiser Shootout auto race at Daytona page," Earnhardt said. "I felt his dad in all honesty." such a relief after that.. I wasJohnson finished third , side, we grew up through it. International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Saturday. . . . . n't happy for those guys and was followed by "Even before we got to wm In June 2006. Hts last . The two burst mto the being in that situation, but I Gordon, Reed So{enson and this level, life wasn't easy. official Cup win came at . winner's new~ ~onference, felt like a load had lifted off Casey Mears. · Mears' car· And there wasn't ever a Richmond the month before. Earnhru:dt spnntmg to the my shoulders when I saw was too low and failed post- golden road, easy to travel. "It felt pretty good to be stage wtt.h ~n ear-to-ear gnn . . them · walking to the race inspection. NASCAR But it is what it is. There's a back ltke we're supposed to He satd hts 20~ Daytona NASCAR hauler.'' planned to look more closely lot of pressure, I think, for be," said Tony Eury Jr., 500 vtctory was h1s greate~t, l-ie equaled the distraction · at the car Sunday. · us, but we've always delivEarnhardt's cousin and crew but satd Saturday mght s to the push he got from new All four Hendrick cars fin- ered and I hope we will conchief. show ranked nght up there. teammate· Jimmie Johnson ished in the top six. tinue." Ex-police offic~r testifies he . accidentally killed pregnant lover, A6 • Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio .)0 ( ·1· '1. I ..., • \ ul. :; - . '\Jo. q ;; SPORTS . . • Cavs beat MagiC .118-111. ~Page 81 II I Sll \) . I I Bl{l ' \I{) 1:!, :!ooX """"·"''.tail"<'nlind.wm Pomeroy discusses political sign ordinance BY BETH SERGENT · BSERGENT®MYDAILYSENTINELCOM POMEROY .- With the March primary quickly Pomeroy approaching, Villa~e Council once again revisited the amendment to its political sign ordinance it voted for last month. Council voted for the amendment only once because it thought the amendment dido 't require three readings.' Mayor John Musser said he wasn't so sure and asked for a second reading on the ordinance which this time dido 't pass . unanimously. Councilman Pete Barnhart and Councilwoman Mary McAngus voted against the reading because, as McAngus put it, she dido 't like the . wording which prohibits campaign signs on private property unless its 21 days prior to an election and up to seven days after the election. Councilman George Stewart J?Ointed out Gallipolis has a s1milar ordinance as does Belpre. The amendment to the ' existing ordinance, -i f it receives its third and filial reading, states: Political s_igns .pertaining to the elecliOn of one or more persons to public office or to one or more public issues shall be erecied not sooner than 21 days prior to the date of the election for which the office is to be filled or the issue decided. Political signs shall not be greater than 12 square feet in sign area and may not be located closer than 10 feet to any public right-of-way. Political signs shall not be erected on village property including parks, P.arking lot, amphitheater, v11Iage hall, nor along East Main Street adjacent to the walking path. Political signs shall be McAngus asked Chief of removed within seven· days · Police Mark E. Proffitt about after the day of the election. dilapidated properties and Mayor ·John Musser said landlords complying wil/1 he's been told by Village the rental fee. Proffitt said Administrator John recently his department had . Anderson workers on the issued around 20 citations Lincoln Hill waterline are for solid waste and trash doing a "good job" and removal v.iolations. Proffitt "pretty quickly." Musser said as for the rental fee, added he has received com- landlords for the most part plaints from residents about aren't responding and letters the mud and the workers. are going out in the mail Musser said he believed in soon to inform landlords the contr~ct there was a five- they are in violation and may month time frame for the face a citation if the fee is not work to be completed from paid. the time workers began. Councilwoman Mary Please see Ordinance, AS .Williams lea$ Bobcats past WMV.· '..A11:1ENS (AP) ...:! ~· W11liJpl)s .scored W\lliams· was fouled with 42 §CCOIIds tuld Ollio's final seven pc?ints; inc'litding thtee · bit the first of two frtll.l throws, After K,ool fteetbrowsinfheclut42seconds,toleadthe missed a 3-pointer for the Broncos ,(13rW: B~ pasi W . Mlchi~an. fiN4 on . 7-3), William_s c~e up .with, the rel;iollll4, S~ilrday. .. · , , ' ~· .i ' , · , 1111d was fouled Wltlt ,12 ~CC9nd.~ left! H~ , Williams, who totaled ·~6 P®"IS iind 15 made bo,th shots for a ~7-54 teaa ·· , ·. reboUnds, .bit a julll)»t with 3 oniilutes left to Kool ~d Andre ~c~ then .missed· ~ · pUll the Bobcats (16-7, 7-3 Mi~can pomters ~ _the closmg secc;~nds for the COI\fetince) ev~ at 62. }Villiams tlten bit a Broncos. . . . _ . ., _ . · pi¥r of 'oql shots with I: 19 remaining for · ~ool ~ed Weste.m M1_chigall Wtth 17 the llllld before l>l!vid Kool tied it again with pomts, w~th Joe _Rettz adding I~ IIOd a field, sQI!l wid\ 52 seconds left. . .. ,, : Fracalosst 1Qpomts. ' . • . OBITUARIFS ._Page A5 . • Margie L. McDaniel • Neils Jensen J?erek. Fire engulfs a home on Maples Place near Lasley Street yester· day morning. INSIDE 111111 pllotoe • Researchers discOver dinky flyln ''"dlrioiilir fOsSil In China. Page A2 • East Timor's president in serious but stable condition after assassination attempt. See Page A2 · · • Graduates from basic. See Page A3 • Jackson calls for charges in police shooting of Lima woman. See Page A3 · • O'Bieness offers community CPR training. See Page A3 • PVH Auxiliary donates to Wellness Center. See Page A3 •• Not much help for a casual liar. See Page A3 • Judge: Restraining or9er against secretary. of state voided. See Page A5 ~ II'S Time To AP photo Steve Lowery watches the flight of his bal,l from the second tee of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif. Sunday. Lowery.wins for the frrst time in 8 years, .with help from Singh BY DOUG FERGUSON ASSOCIATED PRESS PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Having gorie more than seven years and 199 tournaments witheut winning, Steve Lowery had every reason to feel out of his element Sunday. He was on the 18th tee at Pebble Bea~h, one of the most famous spots in golf. He was in a playoff against Vijay Singh, one' of golf's toughest customers. And he never felt more at ease. Lowery took advantage of a stunning collapse by Singh, who made three straight bogeys on the back nine, then put him away on the frrst extra hole with a 7-foot birdie putt to win the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. "I ·couldn't have given it any more in 18 holes," said Lowery, who closed with a 4under 68. "I just told my caddie, 'I've got nothing to lose.' Just go out and play aggres· sive. If anythin41. it kind of freed me up a hnle it. I just felt like I didn 't have anything to lose," The 47-year-old Lo.wery became the oldest champion in the 71 -year history of this event, and under a variety of circumstances , ·one of the more surprising winners. He was No. 305 in the world ranking when he arrived on the Mo'nterey Peninsula. He suffered a freak wrist injury last year that kept him out for three months and gave him temporary status this season. Most surprising of all is that Lowery was three shots behind Singh when he walked off .the 14th tee. Singh made three straight bogeys. only a wedge into 2 feet on the 18th hole for birdie at a 71 allowed him one last chance in a playoff. That didn't la~t long, as Singh found two more bunkers on the 18th in overtime and did well to make par. Both players finished at I 0under 278. · "I let this one slip away," Singh said. "I was in control, but those (bogeys) took a littie air out of me. I still should have won the tournament. There's no excuse for that." Lowery earned $1.08 million and a two,-year exemption. He was on a minor medical extension because of the wrist injury and was given eight tournaments to earn $282;558 to keep his card the rest of the year. He was only exempt to opposite-field events . in Meltico and Puerto Rico the neltt two months. · Now he's going to the Masters. It was his ftrst victory since the 2000 Southern Farm Bureau Classic and third in his career, all won in playoffs. "After seven years and winning on this course against Vijay and everything ... it's probably the most special," Lowery Said. The frrst playoff at Pebble Beach since 1992 didn't even seem remotely possibly when Lowery walked off the 14th green with a bogey. He was three shots behind Singh, who had just hit a brilliant flop shot to 6 feet to save par on the 13th. Turns out that was a sign of sloppy play that followed. Singh went at the flag; on the 14th with a sand wedge from 92 yards, but it was a tad strong and spun down the slope, and the best he could do was chip to 20 feet and make bogey. He missed the 15th green to the left, chipped weakly and missed an 8-footer for par. The free fall continued on the 16th when Singh hit fairway metal into a bunker, went over the green down a slope to the back buriker and two-putted from the fringe ' for h1s third straight bogey. His only break came on the 18th in regulation, when his tee shot bounced off the trunk of a tree and deflected to the left. No sucli luck in the playoff, however. From a fairway . bunker, Singh's second shot hit the top of the trap, leaving him a 4-iron into the green, and that one caught a plugged lie. He blasted out to 8 feet and saved par. Dudley Hart,• who started the final round tied with Singh, didn't make a birdie until making three in a row a( the end for a 72 to finish one shot out of the playoff. He tied for third with John Mallinger (65) and Corey PaVin (66). Jason Day, the 20-year-old from Australia, finished alone in sixth after a 70. ·Pebllle Beach was the final tournament to qualify for the Accenture Match · Play Championship. Pat Perez shot 72 and tied for 24th, but it was enough for him to get into his first World Golf Championship. Perez moved up one spot No. 65, and with Ernie Els not playing, he will face Tiger Woods ih the first round, provided no one else withdrdws. Special Ed-ition February.·15, 2008 WEATIIER Oetallo on P_,. A& INDEX a SECTIONS- 12 PAGES Don't miss out on this great opportunity to have your business included! ~alhpolis :lDailr W:ribune 446-2342 · ~oint ~lr:as11nt l\rgistrr The Daily Sentine 675-1333 992-2155 Calendars A3 Classifieds B3-4 Comics ·Bs Annie's Mailbox Editorials A3 A4 Obituaries As Sports Advertising Deadline is February 11, 2008 Weather . . B Section A6 © 2008 Oltlu Valley PubllahJna Co• w' April Burke Burke is . Democratic • • commissioner candidate STAFF REPORT NEWS@MYOAILYSENTINEL.COM .fiRE DESTROYS HOME BY BEnt SERGENT I!SERGENTGM'OALYSENIINELCOM April Burke of Rutland is a candidate for Meigs County Commissiooer in the March 4 Democmtic primary. Burke is the former mayor of the Village of Rutland. She is seeking the seat on the board now held by Jeffrey Thornton. Burke is a 1983 graduate of Meigs High School and a lifelong . resident of the county. She is the daughter of Clara Ellis of Rutland and the late Roy Ellis, and has bei:n married to Michael Burke for nine POMEROY -A structure fire on Maples Place near Lasley Street destroyed one family's home and damaged another yesterday morning. years. Pomeroy Fire Chief Rick Blaettnar said his department She has been the manager of was called to II 0 Maples the deli at Powell's Foodfair Drive where a fire, which for four years, and is a former according to witnesses began employee of Pizlll Dan's and · on a couch on a front porch, McClure's. She is now a stuhad spread into the attic. dent working towards a degree Blaettnar said once the fire hit in health care management. the attic, and a subsequent She is a member of the draft, it spread quickly and the Rutland Civic Center winds didn't help matters. The · Committee, a former member home was beavily damaged of the Rutland Fire and according to the Pomeroy · Department's auxiliary and the Police Department is the home auxiliary of the Pomeroy · of Samuel Gibbs and family. Fraternal Order of Eagles. The fire then spread to a "My experience as the house next doorlocated at 112 mayor of Rutland has helped Maples Drive and did damage me to grow in my political to part of the structure's attic, field," EUis said. "! am a peo. . Although no one . was Arefaghters from Pomeroy, Middleport, -Rutland and Syracuse responded to a structure fire ple person, !like working with injured, an unidentified female which spread to a neighboring home. the public and I have the counwas escorted out of one of the ty's best interests at heart." homes by the Pomeroy Police and 11 frrefighters. The frrefighters; Rutland which fuefighters. "I enjoy assisting people in Department. department received assis- brought two ·trucks and nine Blaettnar said a definitive any way I can. I'm a hard Blaettnar said Pomeroy lance from Middleport which fuefighters; Syracuse which cause of the tire'remains under worker, and I'm dedicated to responded with three trucks brought one truck and five brought two trucks and five investigation. anything ! do." ortunity for early Absentee voting undeiWay in primary co lege entrance offered BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM BY CfwuNE HOEFLICH HOEFliCH®MYOAILYSENTlNEL.COM POMEROY-High school students who excel academically and are now taking college-level courses through the post-secondary options program, may soon be offered even better opportunity. The,new option as proposed by Governor Thd Strickland is for allowing academically talented students the opportunity toskip their senior year of high an school and go right into the freshman year of college. Governor Strickland is calling his proposal to expand opportunities for the state's college bound students, the "Seniors to Sophomores Initiative." He describes it as a program where "every 12th grader who meets ihe academic fll9uirements a choice of spending their senior year in their home high school or PIHH ... Col..... A!l POMEROY -With Ohio's primary election less than a month away, voters have begun casting ballots. The Meigs County Board of Elections began accepting applications for absentee ballots on Monday, the first day applications were avail· able. Becky Johnston; deputy director of the Meigs County Board of Elections, said the 'board had already •• lt . '· - received requests and said Sl!veral voters also cast their ballots at the board office yesterday. Ohio now allows "nofault" absentee voting, meaning registered voters no longer are required to provide a valid reason for casting an absentee ballot. Any registered voter can now cast their ballot prior to Election Day. Johnston said the board's deadline for receiving applications for absentee ballots is March I. They must be ·-~ received by the close of the poll s at 7:30 p.m. · on Election Day; March 4. Voters may also cast ballots at the board office during regular business hours on weekdays through that time period. This year 's election includes the important Ohio presidential primary. race' for the U.S. House of Ohio Representutives, House of Representatives and Ohio Senate, contested . PIHse see Votlnc. As • �• • PageA2 .NATION :0 WORLD HEALTHBEAT: Tell your doctor Researchers discover dinky flying dinosaur about a fall; it might prevent another fossil in China The Daily Sentinel .The Daily Sentinel Tuesday,February12,20o8 WASHINGTON (AP) Trip and fall lately? Seniors often won't mention it unless they're hurt. but new guidelines say that first tumble is a good predictor of who's at risk for another. more serious fall. With ueaths from falls increasing, the guidelines' urge doctors to ask patients to 'tess up. Better would be to prevent even that t1rst fall. Now scientists are testing simple wrist monitors that may one day be used to predict who is most likely to topple, by tracking how stable· they are with each step on any given day. "Even the frail elderly individuals, some days they have good days and some days they have bad days," says lead Tesearcher Thurmon Lockhart, who in his Virginia Tech laboratory literally forces yolunteers to trip in the name of science to determine what makes one person fall while another stays upright. . It's· a question of growing urgency, as . fatal falls have . spiked in the last decade. The government recorded more than 19,000 deaths from fall-caused. injuries in 2005, the latest data available. Three-fourths were among people 65 and older. Nonfatal fal,ls trigger another half-million hospitalizations and almost 2 million emergency room visits. Anybody can fall, especially during ice-slick winters or while playing sports. Lockhart even worked with UPS, the brown-truck delivery company, to help train their new. drivers to avoid falls while hoisting packages. But aging brings physical changes th.at make a fall more .likely. Still, falls are something of the Rodney Dangertield of injury prevention, so commonplaceone in three seniors falls each year that they receive little attention until some·one is seriously harmed, such as brei!king a hip or suffering a brain injury. Hence the emphasis on revealing earlier falls in guidelines published by the American Academy .of Neurology last week. Someone who's fallen in the past year without a logical reason, such as a sports injury, has about a 55 percent chanc·e of falling again - and thus may need special attention to prevent InJUry. At highest risk of falling, the guidelines found , are people with gait or balance problems, dementia, Parkinson's disease or a history of stroke, weakness or nerve disorders in legs, impaired vision or who use certain medications. - AP photo This photo provided by Locqmotion Research shows Linda Frazier uses a reflective ball, infrared system that bounces back to the camera marker, Fridqy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Va. Trip and fall lately? Seniors often won't mention it unless they're hurt, but new guidelines say that first tumble is the best predictor of who's at risk for another, more serious fall. With deat~s from falls increasing faster than the population is aging, the guidelines urge doctors to ·start asking their patients to 'fess up. Better would be. to predict even that first fall. Researchers are hooking both the healthy and the frail to simple monitors that may one day.tell who is unsteady enough to need help. Falls lead to 16,000 deaths, 500,000 hospitalizations ·and 1.8 million emergency room visits a year. The g!lidelines are aimed at neurologists, but a specialist in falls says asking about earlier tumbles makes good sense for any physician. Don't "pass it off as a natural part of the aging process, but see it as a symptom with many possible underlying causes, some of which are highly treatable," says Dr. David Riley of University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland. · But before that fitst fall, the specific physical changes that determine why one senior can recover from a slip while another won't are poorly understood. Enter the Virginia Tech research. , First Lockhart tripped up several dozen people, a mix of young and old. ·Don't worry: Safety hamesses kept faflers dangling harmlessly in the air, instead of crashing. Videotape and sensors captured each mqvement, to map the physiology · of falhng. .Younger people recovered balance better so that a slip . seldom turned into a fall, although some seniors recovered, too. Why were others fallprone? As you age, your gait becomes more variable. Seniors ·tend to compensate with shorter steps. But if one step varies in speed, length or direction from the next, it wobbles the up-and-down 'torso motion that is a key to balance while walking, ' Lockhart found. So when seniors with an unstable gait encounter an obstacle - a bump in the sidewalk or a slick lloor they're already off-kilter and thus less able to recover, he explains. Lockhart found that it's possible to measure that gait instability with some small, cheap devices, accelerometers and gyroscopes. Now, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, he has begun experiments to see if a wireless wrist monitor containing the gadgets, made by a company called AFrame Digital Inc ., can , truly predict who is fallprone. If that sounds complicated, there is a simple test anyone can do today to check if their leg muscles are weakening enough to worry about a}a!L It's called the "get up and· go" test: Sit in a hard, straight-backed chair. Fold your arms across your chest. Try to stand. If you can't on . the t1rst try, tell a doctor so you can be checked for possible problems, says Cleveland's Riley. For people already known to be fall-prone, specialists advise some commonsense · precautions: Ask a doctor about exercises to improve balance and strength. · Taper off fall-inducing medica- · tions whenever possible. · Minimize slipping . risks, such as by removing rugs and adding stair rails and hand-grabs in bathrooms . But fatigue and stress can overcome any precaution, says Riley's patient, Dolly Thomas of Timberlake, Ohio. Her Parkinson's dis~ ease makes Thomas, 75, fall so often that she wears knee pads to cushion the blow. Last week, tired from caring for an ill husband, Thomas fell twice in one day. "It just makes me so mad. I' II get up and darned . if it doesn't happen again," says Thomas; who just got a scooter in hopes of falling less. "When you feel good, and ... you're an independent person like I've beeil, it's · really hard to sit and take it easy." BY RANDOLPH E. SCHMID AP SCIENCE WRITER those animals," Kellner went on. Speaking at a news conference in Rio on Monday, Kellner said the find "opens a brand new chapter in the history of the evolution of these tlying vertebmtes." The curved toes, he said, indicate that 'the pterosaurs lived most of the time in trees. ''Because they were flying animals, their fossils are extremely rare. So, discoveries such as this are fundamental to understand the evolution of these winged vertebrates," he said. It was the smallest of its group of flying pterosaurs, he sai4, and when first uncovered the researchers thought it was a baby. The skull was not fully fused, meaning it \Vas not yet an adult,. but the ends of the bones were developed, so 'it was not a hatchling either. "How much could it grow? We have no idea," he said. "But even if it would double its size it would still be the smallest of · its particular group." WASHINGTON As pterodactyls go it was small. toothless and had unexpectedly curved toes - yet scientists are ivelcoming their new find as another piece in the puzzle of ancient life. "We have this really amazing creature, sparrow sized, which lived essentially in the trees, shqwing us a very new, very interesting side of the evolutionary history of those animals.,'.' said Alexander W. A. Kellner of the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de JaneirO, Brazil. "We would never have thought of it," Kellner said in a telephone interview. The t1nd, by researchers led by Xiaolin Wang of the Chinese Academy of Science, is reported in this week's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Pterodactyls are best known from giant examples of the ancient flying reptiles, and most · specimens have been uncovered in coastal . C1R.f. -,_; "1'~ ' areas. ot0 Dubbed Nemicolopterus "' «: 1. . ..' > crypticus - hidcteo flying ~ • .....,!,. i>i •f"" ...~-·\. ,,.,_.,.,,• .!:t> forest dweller- the new fos-······--··-···---·-·-- sil was uncovered in the westPF:Kf"Clii.\UM; .\RT~ Cf.,n.: em part of China's Liaoning D,wight Icenhower province, a region that was forested when it lived there Sat Feb 16 @ 7:30 pnt about 120 million years ago. ·~we just had one side of the story of pterosaur· evolution, Night of January 16th Kellner said. ''This is now February 22 & 23 providing us with information abou.t pterosaurs that were liv@8pm ing deep inside the contiFeb. 24@ 3 pm nent." "It's a new species. It's Box Office: 428 2nd Ave, showing us a new chapter of Oatllpolls,OH (740) 446-ARTS the evoh••;onary history ·of BY GUIDO GOULART ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DILl, East Timor - East Timor 's president was in "extremely >erious" but stable condition at an Australian hospital Tuesday after surgeons worked through the night to remove bullet fragments he suffered in a failed coup attempt, the hospital's admini>trator said. Dr. Len Notaros, the general manager of the Royal Darwin Hospital, told the Austral ian Broadcasting Corp. Tuesday morning that surgeons operated on President Jo>e Ramos-Horta for three hours overnight to remove the fragments and repair his wounds. "Hi> condition remains extremely serious but by the same token, stable," Notaros said . ."The next few days will be the telling point. " Ramos-Horta. who won the 1996 Nobel Peace Prile for his nonviolent resistance to the decaues-long lndone>ian occupation , was shot in the chest and stomach by gunmen in two car.s around dawn Monday, offi- simple man ,, a man of the cials said. people and sometimes you Rebel soldiers separately pay a price for that." . attacked Prime Minister Ramos-Horta, 58, t1rst Xanana Gusmao's motorcade underwent surgery at an an hour later. He escaped Australian army hospital in unhu11. · East Timor before being The strikes against the two sedated, attached to a veinilaindependence icons were a tor and airlifted to the hospistriking reminder of the bitter tal in the northern Australian rivalries beneath the surl'ace city of Darwin. in Asia's newest nation and Notaros said Ramoscould trigger more uncest and Horta's wounds .indicated he political turmoil. . had been shot two or three The country's top fugitive, 'times. The most serious Alfredo Reinado, and one of wound was to his the lower his men were killed in the part of his right lung near his attack on the president. One liver, ahd would likely . of the president's guards. also . require more surgery. There died. was also a risk of sepsis South Africa's U.N. infection, Notaros said. , The fragments will be Ambassador Dumisani · Kumalo, who led a council handed to Australia Federal mission to East Timor, told ·Police for the investigation reporters at U.N. headquar- into the shooting, Notaros . ters in New York ·that the said. At least one fragment president was shot as he took wa~ being left in his body, his regular morning walk. and wa~ not thought to be "One report is that they threatening, he said. went to the house looking for Gusmao called the attacks him and discovered that he a well-planned operation wa~ on his walk and that's intended to "paralyze the where they attacked him," government and create instaKumalo said. "He's a very bility." • Not much help for a casual liar BY Kmtv MITCHEI.L AND MAJtcy St !GAR Dear Annie: My husband and I are at the end of our rope. Our 38-year-old son is a habitual liar. He constantly tells anyone who will listen that he is an engineer. He did go to vocational sehool; but never got an engiheering degree and is currently without a job. He givas the impression that he is a Gulf War vetemn, but he was . released from the U.S. Army during basic training because he could not perform the phys- . ical tests. He never served in Desen Storm. · We are afraid he could be charged with impersonating a veteran, or that .his continuous · lies will catch up with him and ·cause even more strain on our family. Is there a liars anonymous organization? - Just Sick in the Midwest Dear Midwest: Is your son willing to admit he lies? Many compulsive liars want help, and if so, you might be able to convince your son to see a psychologist who can work with him on this behavior. Otherwise, · sadly, there is not ·, much you can do about some- one who does not see the harm parents believe only one gift in such prevarications. There or card is necessary, or they is no sr.:cific support group consider Sam to be their for fanulies of liars, but there. child's friend, but not Matt. (If are various chat rooms and' that's the case, you mi~t ask bulletin boards on the Internet yourself why.) Still, it IS rude that deal with compulsive to attend a birthday party for liars, and at the very least, two children and acknowledge those may provide the comfort only one. It's possible the parof knowing you are not alone. ents are in financial straits and Dear Annie: My 11-year- · can only afford oue gift per old son, "Matt," and his vety party, but that does not mean good friend, · "Sam," were one birthday boy should be born three days apart. His ignored. It means purchasing mother and I have had a dou- two less-expensive gifts or ble birthday party for them the two cards. Ask Sam's mother past several years and invite if she will speak to the parents the whole grade. The invita- and see if there is a problem. tions clearly ~Y it is "Matt and Dear Annie: This is in Sam's birthday party." response to "Falling Out of Two years ago, one of the Love," who is contemplating guests handed me a card leaving her husband because addressed to "Sam" and noth- his pain meds . are having a ing else. I thought it' was odd negative effect on their mar: she didn't acknowledge my riage. son. Last year, it happened I currently have two hemiagain. Her child brought a gift ate\1 discs in my neck, wllich for Sam, but not Matt. This are inoperable. I, too, spend a really bothers me. It's not the good part of every day in a gift, it's the principle. It seems narcotic fog. Chronic pain is so rude .that I do not want to pervasive, affecting everymv1te th1s boy to future double thing. We are faced with the parties. l assume !t's not the challenge of keeping our pain boy's fault, b,!lt mther his par- at a tolerable level while still ents'. What should 1 do? - maintaining some quality of Taii)IIIy life. I had to give up several · Dear Thmmy: Either the things I enjoyed doing because I can't stay focused. I am fortunate that my partner is supportive, but it took time for him to understand. I would suggest the wife ~o along to her husband's pam management appointments and talk it over with his doctor. I'm sure !he husband would like to have a clearer head, and his wife should be as support· ive as possible during this difficult Ume. Soon 1will be transilioning onto a new medicatiorr that I hope will take care of the problem. I wish them luck. - Foggy in Toledo Dear Toledo: We, too, hope the new medication will provide pain relief without the narcotic haze. Thanks · for showing the other side. Tuesda~February12,2008 C~mmunity ' Calendar Public meetings Thesday, Feb. 12 POMEROY - Bedford Township Trustee.s, 8 p.m., the town hall. POMEROY Meigs County Board of Elections, 8:30 a.m. ,'office. . Clubs and organizations Son;hine . RACINE Circle, 7 p.m., . Bethany United Methodist Church . Take fruit for baskets. Lillian Hayman, Ruth Simpson and Bernice Thei~s. hostesses . Shade CHESTER River Lodge 453 , 7:30 p.m. · at the hall. Refreshments. TUPPERS PLAINS Tuppers Plains Post 905~. 7 p.m. ·at the hall . Meal at 6:30p.m. Thesday, Feb. 12 Friday, Feb. 15 POMEROY The CHESTER Shade Lincoln Day dinner of the River Lodge 453 will be · Meigs County Republican inspected in the Entered Party will be held at 6:30 Apprentice Degree. Grand p.m. at Meigs High School Master of Ohio Masons will cafeteria. Call Karen at 696- be attending. Dinner at 6:30 1024 or see your local com- . p.m. Inspection at 7:30p.m. mitteeman. HARRISONVILLE Annie's Mailbox is wriJten Harrisonville Chapter 255, . by KDJhy MiicheU and MQI'(!y OE.S. 7:30 p.m . .at the hall. · Wednesday, Feb. 13 Sugar, longtime e4Uors ofthe Voting for king and queen. MIDDLEPORT - Free Ann Landers colUmn. Please Refreshments at 6:15p.m. community turkey .dinner, e-mail your questions to CHESTER Past anniesmailbox@comcmt.net, Councilor's Club of DofA 6-8 p.m., Old American or write to: Annie's Mailbox, 323, 7 p.m. Academy build- Legion Post 128 building. P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, JL ing with Charlotte grant an South Fourth Avenue. 60611. To find out more Julie Fleming hostesses. Special live music by Chad about Annie's Mailbox, and. Games by Esther Smith and Dodson from "Songs of · Solomon." Sponsored by read features by other Barbara Sargent. Creators Syndicate writers PORTLAND Ohio Oasis Christian Fellowship. MIDDLEPORT - Free and cartoonists, visit the River Producers, 7 p.m. in Cref!~Drs Syndicate Web page the Southern VoAg room. community dinner. offered 5-6:45 p.m .. at www.creaJors.com. Election of oft1cers to be weekly, Middleport Church of the held. Nazarene. Thursday, Fe~. 14 POMEROY- Alpha Iota Masters, II :30 a.m. at the Pomeroy Methodist Saturday, Feb. 16 Church. RACINE Racine SYRACUSE Youth League 2008 organiWildwood Garden Club, zational meeting to include open house, 6:30 p.m. at the election of oft1cers, 4 p.m .. Syracuse · Community at the Racine Legion Hall. Center. Program: cold Everyone interested encourframes, design and use to be aged to attend. For more presented by Gordon Fisher. information call247-2103. Church events PVH Auxiliary donates to Wellness Center ~A Youth events 2008 Submitted photo •' Joe Fierbaugh, a member of the Pleasant Valley Hospital Auxiliary, recently donated a key rack to the Pleasant Valley Wellness Center. While members of the facility are working out, they can hang their keys on a numbered nook. Fierbaugh, a retiree of the forrner Kaiser Aluminum, made the brass and wood unit at his home workshop. Here, 1 to r, are Amy J. Leach, director of marketing and public relatlqns; Debra Long, director of rehabilitation services; Darin Smith, manager of the PVH Wellness Center; Aerbaugh and Matthew Keefer. director of human resources. The key rack is located at the beginning of the indoor walking track. For information on the Well ness Center _call, {304) 675-7222. I'·· News and information for your retirement years. ~dl L9!l [ February !!, 2008] O'Bleness offers community CPR·training ATHENS - O'Bienes's Memorial Hospital in Athens will offer a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course Wednesday, ·Feb. 20, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in O'Bieness' Lower Level room 010. This American Safety & Health Institute course (l9allipolis llailp \!tribune l3oint l3leasant l\egister The Daily Se_pt~JJ.el ' East Timor spresident in serious but stable condition after assassination attempt BY THE BEND ANNIE'S MAILBOX .. PageA:J tion of the course, part1c1pants receive a card to cont1rm that they attended and completed· the course. This is not a professional rescuer CPR course, but it is intended for community or lay persons. To register for the course, visit O'Bleness' community relations office. The course .. &rfhw; c.ll ..t;~or.Qo{~ ' S. 0~903 . fee of $15 per person is Talmadge S. Borthwick payable with registration • and covers ihe cost of a CPR instruction book, which must be read before attending. The fee is waived for Air Force Airman Talmadge S. Borthwick has graduated anyone unable to pay. Fqr from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, more information, · .call San Antonio, Texas. O'Bieness' community relaDuring the six weeks 'of training, the airman studied the tions department at (740) Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and 566-4814. courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special training in human relations. In addition, airmen who complete basic training earn credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. a)'s office now is overseeHe is the son of Wanda Borthwick of Rural Route 5, ing the investigation of the Hawkinsville, Ga., and Scott Borthwick of Main St., shooting . because a city Middleport, Ohio. Borthwick is a 2005 graduate of Perry High School, Ga. police'officer was involved. Jackson didn't mention the shooting during a speech at Lima Senior High School that had the energy of a pep rally. . Graduates from basic Jackson calls for charges in police shooting of Lima woman I To advertise in this special .. . BY JOHN SEEWER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Retirement Edition · · contact your Advertising Representative , : , e4tisMo~, t!&alhpolill 1\ailp UI:ribunr Daily ~entinel 740-446-2342 teaches partrctpants the skills needed to administer CPR to adults, children and infants. Participants also learn how to recognize a life-t)treatening emergency, how to provide basic life support, .and what to do in the case of an airway obstruction or chQking. Upon successful comple- . 740-992-2156 ~oint fleallant l\egillter 304-675-1333 LIMA · - Rev. Jesse Jackson said Monday that a police officer who shot and killed a woman during a drug .raid should be criminally charged, angering the mayor in a city already on d e ge. . Jackson said those who planned last month's raid should be held accountable too. "This was · a botched plan," he said: "This use of arms was excessive force . This young woman did not deserve to die." Jackson's visit to Lima comes just more than a month after a SWAT team raid left 26-year-old Tarika Wilson dead and her !-yearold son . wounded. Family members say Wilson was an innocent bystander who was holding the boy and was nor armed . The shooting has touched off protests, marches and much discussion about race relations in the northwest Ohio dty, where one in four residents is black. Jackson said it would be ·a travesty of justice if no one is charged. . Lima Mayor David Berger said Jackson's call for charges was unjustined and could further divide residents who already think there won't be a fair investi· gation. "We don't have the facts to make that judgment," he said. "It's not helpful." fackson said he was not out -to create divisiveness. "Th. h ld t d' . d ISs ou . no, lVI e .us ~lack and whtte, he ,,smd. Thts should umfy us. He encourag~d city lea(!ers to fmd a · way to htre more black firefighlers and pollee offtcers so the depa rt men ts are representative of the city. Th'e mayor said they are beginning to do that; adding that it has been difficult to find minorities who will apply for those JObs. Jackson, spent the entire day in Lima, meeting with pastors, students and elected ·oft1cials. The civil rights activist said it was encouraging that so many ministers and city leaders have come together to work on solutions. · He sa1d It was somewhat un~sual compared .to what he s seen mother .cttJes. Rev. Daniel Hughes, one of several pastors who spent h d ·h J k 'd t e ay wit ac son, sat t~e private meeting ~ith c1~r leaders was pro~ucllve. II ,was CIVIl,. 1!. was frank, Hu~hes satd. 1_'her~ . was good,, eait~y tens10n. Jackson s vtslt comes as worries remain ·about what will happen if the oft1cer wno shot Wilson is not charged. A team of SWAT officers on Jan. 4 burst into Wilson's home Iooking for her boyfriend. P'Qlice shot the mother of six who was holding son, Sincere Wilson. He was wounded and had a t1nger amputated. Little else is known about what har.pened. Police have said W11son's 3) -year-old boyfriend, who was arrested during the raid, was the target of a drug investigation. The state attorney gener- He urged the stUdents to their feet to chant: "I am somebody. Everybody is ~~~:e~.~Y· I know I can He said students should improve their interactions with people of other races and backgrounds. · "Young people must learn about racial justice and equality," Jackson . told reporters afterward. After the school event, Jackson and others gathered near the makeshift stage and handed out voter regis- · tration forms to about a hundred 'students. He even leaned forward so that students could use his back as a desk to fill out the forms. "It's your vote, it's your world," Jackson said. Tax Preparation Service 1 Accurate and affordable 1ervice year-round I [xperienced, trained tax profes!ionals 1 Convenient evening and weekend houn • Audit assistance. ·I Electrenic filing 618 East Main Sl Pomeroy, OH 45169 . tiM BLOCK' 74o.992-6674 ' �• • PageA2 .NATION :0 WORLD HEALTHBEAT: Tell your doctor Researchers discover dinky flying dinosaur about a fall; it might prevent another fossil in China The Daily Sentinel .The Daily Sentinel Tuesday,February12,20o8 WASHINGTON (AP) Trip and fall lately? Seniors often won't mention it unless they're hurt. but new guidelines say that first tumble is a good predictor of who's at risk for another. more serious fall. With ueaths from falls increasing, the guidelines' urge doctors to ask patients to 'tess up. Better would be to prevent even that t1rst fall. Now scientists are testing simple wrist monitors that may one day be used to predict who is most likely to topple, by tracking how stable· they are with each step on any given day. "Even the frail elderly individuals, some days they have good days and some days they have bad days," says lead Tesearcher Thurmon Lockhart, who in his Virginia Tech laboratory literally forces yolunteers to trip in the name of science to determine what makes one person fall while another stays upright. . It's· a question of growing urgency, as . fatal falls have . spiked in the last decade. The government recorded more than 19,000 deaths from fall-caused. injuries in 2005, the latest data available. Three-fourths were among people 65 and older. Nonfatal fal,ls trigger another half-million hospitalizations and almost 2 million emergency room visits. Anybody can fall, especially during ice-slick winters or while playing sports. Lockhart even worked with UPS, the brown-truck delivery company, to help train their new. drivers to avoid falls while hoisting packages. But aging brings physical changes th.at make a fall more .likely. Still, falls are something of the Rodney Dangertield of injury prevention, so commonplaceone in three seniors falls each year that they receive little attention until some·one is seriously harmed, such as brei!king a hip or suffering a brain injury. Hence the emphasis on revealing earlier falls in guidelines published by the American Academy .of Neurology last week. Someone who's fallen in the past year without a logical reason, such as a sports injury, has about a 55 percent chanc·e of falling again - and thus may need special attention to prevent InJUry. At highest risk of falling, the guidelines found , are people with gait or balance problems, dementia, Parkinson's disease or a history of stroke, weakness or nerve disorders in legs, impaired vision or who use certain medications. - AP photo This photo provided by Locqmotion Research shows Linda Frazier uses a reflective ball, infrared system that bounces back to the camera marker, Fridqy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Va. Trip and fall lately? Seniors often won't mention it unless they're hurt, but new guidelines say that first tumble is the best predictor of who's at risk for another, more serious fall. With deat~s from falls increasing faster than the population is aging, the guidelines urge doctors to ·start asking their patients to 'fess up. Better would be. to predict even that first fall. Researchers are hooking both the healthy and the frail to simple monitors that may one day.tell who is unsteady enough to need help. Falls lead to 16,000 deaths, 500,000 hospitalizations ·and 1.8 million emergency room visits a year. The g!lidelines are aimed at neurologists, but a specialist in falls says asking about earlier tumbles makes good sense for any physician. Don't "pass it off as a natural part of the aging process, but see it as a symptom with many possible underlying causes, some of which are highly treatable," says Dr. David Riley of University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland. · But before that fitst fall, the specific physical changes that determine why one senior can recover from a slip while another won't are poorly understood. Enter the Virginia Tech research. , First Lockhart tripped up several dozen people, a mix of young and old. ·Don't worry: Safety hamesses kept faflers dangling harmlessly in the air, instead of crashing. Videotape and sensors captured each mqvement, to map the physiology · of falhng. .Younger people recovered balance better so that a slip . seldom turned into a fall, although some seniors recovered, too. Why were others fallprone? As you age, your gait becomes more variable. Seniors ·tend to compensate with shorter steps. But if one step varies in speed, length or direction from the next, it wobbles the up-and-down 'torso motion that is a key to balance while walking, ' Lockhart found. So when seniors with an unstable gait encounter an obstacle - a bump in the sidewalk or a slick lloor they're already off-kilter and thus less able to recover, he explains. Lockhart found that it's possible to measure that gait instability with some small, cheap devices, accelerometers and gyroscopes. Now, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, he has begun experiments to see if a wireless wrist monitor containing the gadgets, made by a company called AFrame Digital Inc ., can , truly predict who is fallprone. If that sounds complicated, there is a simple test anyone can do today to check if their leg muscles are weakening enough to worry about a}a!L It's called the "get up and· go" test: Sit in a hard, straight-backed chair. Fold your arms across your chest. Try to stand. If you can't on . the t1rst try, tell a doctor so you can be checked for possible problems, says Cleveland's Riley. For people already known to be fall-prone, specialists advise some commonsense · precautions: Ask a doctor about exercises to improve balance and strength. · Taper off fall-inducing medica- · tions whenever possible. · Minimize slipping . risks, such as by removing rugs and adding stair rails and hand-grabs in bathrooms . But fatigue and stress can overcome any precaution, says Riley's patient, Dolly Thomas of Timberlake, Ohio. Her Parkinson's dis~ ease makes Thomas, 75, fall so often that she wears knee pads to cushion the blow. Last week, tired from caring for an ill husband, Thomas fell twice in one day. "It just makes me so mad. I' II get up and darned . if it doesn't happen again," says Thomas; who just got a scooter in hopes of falling less. "When you feel good, and ... you're an independent person like I've beeil, it's · really hard to sit and take it easy." BY RANDOLPH E. SCHMID AP SCIENCE WRITER those animals," Kellner went on. Speaking at a news conference in Rio on Monday, Kellner said the find "opens a brand new chapter in the history of the evolution of these tlying vertebmtes." The curved toes, he said, indicate that 'the pterosaurs lived most of the time in trees. ''Because they were flying animals, their fossils are extremely rare. So, discoveries such as this are fundamental to understand the evolution of these winged vertebrates," he said. It was the smallest of its group of flying pterosaurs, he sai4, and when first uncovered the researchers thought it was a baby. The skull was not fully fused, meaning it \Vas not yet an adult,. but the ends of the bones were developed, so 'it was not a hatchling either. "How much could it grow? We have no idea," he said. "But even if it would double its size it would still be the smallest of · its particular group." WASHINGTON As pterodactyls go it was small. toothless and had unexpectedly curved toes - yet scientists are ivelcoming their new find as another piece in the puzzle of ancient life. "We have this really amazing creature, sparrow sized, which lived essentially in the trees, shqwing us a very new, very interesting side of the evolutionary history of those animals.,'.' said Alexander W. A. Kellner of the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de JaneirO, Brazil. "We would never have thought of it," Kellner said in a telephone interview. The t1nd, by researchers led by Xiaolin Wang of the Chinese Academy of Science, is reported in this week's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Pterodactyls are best known from giant examples of the ancient flying reptiles, and most · specimens have been uncovered in coastal . C1R.f. -,_; "1'~ ' areas. ot0 Dubbed Nemicolopterus "' «: 1. . ..' > crypticus - hidcteo flying ~ • .....,!,. i>i •f"" ...~-·\. ,,.,_.,.,,• .!:t> forest dweller- the new fos-······--··-···---·-·-- sil was uncovered in the westPF:Kf"Clii.\UM; .\RT~ Cf.,n.: em part of China's Liaoning D,wight Icenhower province, a region that was forested when it lived there Sat Feb 16 @ 7:30 pnt about 120 million years ago. ·~we just had one side of the story of pterosaur· evolution, Night of January 16th Kellner said. ''This is now February 22 & 23 providing us with information abou.t pterosaurs that were liv@8pm ing deep inside the contiFeb. 24@ 3 pm nent." "It's a new species. It's Box Office: 428 2nd Ave, showing us a new chapter of Oatllpolls,OH (740) 446-ARTS the evoh••;onary history ·of BY GUIDO GOULART ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DILl, East Timor - East Timor 's president was in "extremely >erious" but stable condition at an Australian hospital Tuesday after surgeons worked through the night to remove bullet fragments he suffered in a failed coup attempt, the hospital's admini>trator said. Dr. Len Notaros, the general manager of the Royal Darwin Hospital, told the Austral ian Broadcasting Corp. Tuesday morning that surgeons operated on President Jo>e Ramos-Horta for three hours overnight to remove the fragments and repair his wounds. "Hi> condition remains extremely serious but by the same token, stable," Notaros said . ."The next few days will be the telling point. " Ramos-Horta. who won the 1996 Nobel Peace Prile for his nonviolent resistance to the decaues-long lndone>ian occupation , was shot in the chest and stomach by gunmen in two car.s around dawn Monday, offi- simple man ,, a man of the cials said. people and sometimes you Rebel soldiers separately pay a price for that." . attacked Prime Minister Ramos-Horta, 58, t1rst Xanana Gusmao's motorcade underwent surgery at an an hour later. He escaped Australian army hospital in unhu11. · East Timor before being The strikes against the two sedated, attached to a veinilaindependence icons were a tor and airlifted to the hospistriking reminder of the bitter tal in the northern Australian rivalries beneath the surl'ace city of Darwin. in Asia's newest nation and Notaros said Ramoscould trigger more uncest and Horta's wounds .indicated he political turmoil. . had been shot two or three The country's top fugitive, 'times. The most serious Alfredo Reinado, and one of wound was to his the lower his men were killed in the part of his right lung near his attack on the president. One liver, ahd would likely . of the president's guards. also . require more surgery. There died. was also a risk of sepsis South Africa's U.N. infection, Notaros said. , The fragments will be Ambassador Dumisani · Kumalo, who led a council handed to Australia Federal mission to East Timor, told ·Police for the investigation reporters at U.N. headquar- into the shooting, Notaros . ters in New York ·that the said. At least one fragment president was shot as he took wa~ being left in his body, his regular morning walk. and wa~ not thought to be "One report is that they threatening, he said. went to the house looking for Gusmao called the attacks him and discovered that he a well-planned operation wa~ on his walk and that's intended to "paralyze the where they attacked him," government and create instaKumalo said. "He's a very bility." • Not much help for a casual liar BY Kmtv MITCHEI.L AND MAJtcy St !GAR Dear Annie: My husband and I are at the end of our rope. Our 38-year-old son is a habitual liar. He constantly tells anyone who will listen that he is an engineer. He did go to vocational sehool; but never got an engiheering degree and is currently without a job. He givas the impression that he is a Gulf War vetemn, but he was . released from the U.S. Army during basic training because he could not perform the phys- . ical tests. He never served in Desen Storm. · We are afraid he could be charged with impersonating a veteran, or that .his continuous · lies will catch up with him and ·cause even more strain on our family. Is there a liars anonymous organization? - Just Sick in the Midwest Dear Midwest: Is your son willing to admit he lies? Many compulsive liars want help, and if so, you might be able to convince your son to see a psychologist who can work with him on this behavior. Otherwise, · sadly, there is not ·, much you can do about some- one who does not see the harm parents believe only one gift in such prevarications. There or card is necessary, or they is no sr.:cific support group consider Sam to be their for fanulies of liars, but there. child's friend, but not Matt. (If are various chat rooms and' that's the case, you mi~t ask bulletin boards on the Internet yourself why.) Still, it IS rude that deal with compulsive to attend a birthday party for liars, and at the very least, two children and acknowledge those may provide the comfort only one. It's possible the parof knowing you are not alone. ents are in financial straits and Dear Annie: My 11-year- · can only afford oue gift per old son, "Matt," and his vety party, but that does not mean good friend, · "Sam," were one birthday boy should be born three days apart. His ignored. It means purchasing mother and I have had a dou- two less-expensive gifts or ble birthday party for them the two cards. Ask Sam's mother past several years and invite if she will speak to the parents the whole grade. The invita- and see if there is a problem. tions clearly ~Y it is "Matt and Dear Annie: This is in Sam's birthday party." response to "Falling Out of Two years ago, one of the Love," who is contemplating guests handed me a card leaving her husband because addressed to "Sam" and noth- his pain meds . are having a ing else. I thought it' was odd negative effect on their mar: she didn't acknowledge my riage. son. Last year, it happened I currently have two hemiagain. Her child brought a gift ate\1 discs in my neck, wllich for Sam, but not Matt. This are inoperable. I, too, spend a really bothers me. It's not the good part of every day in a gift, it's the principle. It seems narcotic fog. Chronic pain is so rude .that I do not want to pervasive, affecting everymv1te th1s boy to future double thing. We are faced with the parties. l assume !t's not the challenge of keeping our pain boy's fault, b,!lt mther his par- at a tolerable level while still ents'. What should 1 do? - maintaining some quality of Taii)IIIy life. I had to give up several · Dear Thmmy: Either the things I enjoyed doing because I can't stay focused. I am fortunate that my partner is supportive, but it took time for him to understand. I would suggest the wife ~o along to her husband's pam management appointments and talk it over with his doctor. I'm sure !he husband would like to have a clearer head, and his wife should be as support· ive as possible during this difficult Ume. Soon 1will be transilioning onto a new medicatiorr that I hope will take care of the problem. I wish them luck. - Foggy in Toledo Dear Toledo: We, too, hope the new medication will provide pain relief without the narcotic haze. Thanks · for showing the other side. Tuesda~February12,2008 C~mmunity ' Calendar Public meetings Thesday, Feb. 12 POMEROY - Bedford Township Trustee.s, 8 p.m., the town hall. POMEROY Meigs County Board of Elections, 8:30 a.m. ,'office. . Clubs and organizations Son;hine . RACINE Circle, 7 p.m., . Bethany United Methodist Church . Take fruit for baskets. Lillian Hayman, Ruth Simpson and Bernice Thei~s. hostesses . Shade CHESTER River Lodge 453 , 7:30 p.m. · at the hall. Refreshments. TUPPERS PLAINS Tuppers Plains Post 905~. 7 p.m. ·at the hall . Meal at 6:30p.m. Thesday, Feb. 12 Friday, Feb. 15 POMEROY The CHESTER Shade Lincoln Day dinner of the River Lodge 453 will be · Meigs County Republican inspected in the Entered Party will be held at 6:30 Apprentice Degree. Grand p.m. at Meigs High School Master of Ohio Masons will cafeteria. Call Karen at 696- be attending. Dinner at 6:30 1024 or see your local com- . p.m. Inspection at 7:30p.m. mitteeman. HARRISONVILLE Annie's Mailbox is wriJten Harrisonville Chapter 255, . by KDJhy MiicheU and MQI'(!y OE.S. 7:30 p.m . .at the hall. · Wednesday, Feb. 13 Sugar, longtime e4Uors ofthe Voting for king and queen. MIDDLEPORT - Free Ann Landers colUmn. Please Refreshments at 6:15p.m. community turkey .dinner, e-mail your questions to CHESTER Past anniesmailbox@comcmt.net, Councilor's Club of DofA 6-8 p.m., Old American or write to: Annie's Mailbox, 323, 7 p.m. Academy build- Legion Post 128 building. P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, JL ing with Charlotte grant an South Fourth Avenue. 60611. To find out more Julie Fleming hostesses. Special live music by Chad about Annie's Mailbox, and. Games by Esther Smith and Dodson from "Songs of · Solomon." Sponsored by read features by other Barbara Sargent. Creators Syndicate writers PORTLAND Ohio Oasis Christian Fellowship. MIDDLEPORT - Free and cartoonists, visit the River Producers, 7 p.m. in Cref!~Drs Syndicate Web page the Southern VoAg room. community dinner. offered 5-6:45 p.m .. at www.creaJors.com. Election of oft1cers to be weekly, Middleport Church of the held. Nazarene. Thursday, Fe~. 14 POMEROY- Alpha Iota Masters, II :30 a.m. at the Pomeroy Methodist Saturday, Feb. 16 Church. RACINE Racine SYRACUSE Youth League 2008 organiWildwood Garden Club, zational meeting to include open house, 6:30 p.m. at the election of oft1cers, 4 p.m .. Syracuse · Community at the Racine Legion Hall. Center. Program: cold Everyone interested encourframes, design and use to be aged to attend. For more presented by Gordon Fisher. information call247-2103. Church events PVH Auxiliary donates to Wellness Center ~A Youth events 2008 Submitted photo •' Joe Fierbaugh, a member of the Pleasant Valley Hospital Auxiliary, recently donated a key rack to the Pleasant Valley Wellness Center. While members of the facility are working out, they can hang their keys on a numbered nook. Fierbaugh, a retiree of the forrner Kaiser Aluminum, made the brass and wood unit at his home workshop. Here, 1 to r, are Amy J. Leach, director of marketing and public relatlqns; Debra Long, director of rehabilitation services; Darin Smith, manager of the PVH Wellness Center; Aerbaugh and Matthew Keefer. director of human resources. The key rack is located at the beginning of the indoor walking track. For information on the Well ness Center _call, {304) 675-7222. I'·· News and information for your retirement years. ~dl L9!l [ February !!, 2008] O'Bleness offers community CPR·training ATHENS - O'Bienes's Memorial Hospital in Athens will offer a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course Wednesday, ·Feb. 20, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in O'Bieness' Lower Level room 010. This American Safety & Health Institute course (l9allipolis llailp \!tribune l3oint l3leasant l\egister The Daily Se_pt~JJ.el ' East Timor spresident in serious but stable condition after assassination attempt BY THE BEND ANNIE'S MAILBOX .. PageA:J tion of the course, part1c1pants receive a card to cont1rm that they attended and completed· the course. This is not a professional rescuer CPR course, but it is intended for community or lay persons. To register for the course, visit O'Bleness' community relations office. The course .. &rfhw; c.ll ..t;~or.Qo{~ ' S. 0~903 . fee of $15 per person is Talmadge S. Borthwick payable with registration • and covers ihe cost of a CPR instruction book, which must be read before attending. The fee is waived for Air Force Airman Talmadge S. Borthwick has graduated anyone unable to pay. Fqr from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, more information, · .call San Antonio, Texas. O'Bieness' community relaDuring the six weeks 'of training, the airman studied the tions department at (740) Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and 566-4814. courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special training in human relations. In addition, airmen who complete basic training earn credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. a)'s office now is overseeHe is the son of Wanda Borthwick of Rural Route 5, ing the investigation of the Hawkinsville, Ga., and Scott Borthwick of Main St., shooting . because a city Middleport, Ohio. Borthwick is a 2005 graduate of Perry High School, Ga. police'officer was involved. Jackson didn't mention the shooting during a speech at Lima Senior High School that had the energy of a pep rally. . Graduates from basic Jackson calls for charges in police shooting of Lima woman I To advertise in this special .. . BY JOHN SEEWER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Retirement Edition · · contact your Advertising Representative , : , e4tisMo~, t!&alhpolill 1\ailp UI:ribunr Daily ~entinel 740-446-2342 teaches partrctpants the skills needed to administer CPR to adults, children and infants. Participants also learn how to recognize a life-t)treatening emergency, how to provide basic life support, .and what to do in the case of an airway obstruction or chQking. Upon successful comple- . 740-992-2156 ~oint fleallant l\egillter 304-675-1333 LIMA · - Rev. Jesse Jackson said Monday that a police officer who shot and killed a woman during a drug .raid should be criminally charged, angering the mayor in a city already on d e ge. . Jackson said those who planned last month's raid should be held accountable too. "This was · a botched plan," he said: "This use of arms was excessive force . This young woman did not deserve to die." Jackson's visit to Lima comes just more than a month after a SWAT team raid left 26-year-old Tarika Wilson dead and her !-yearold son . wounded. Family members say Wilson was an innocent bystander who was holding the boy and was nor armed . The shooting has touched off protests, marches and much discussion about race relations in the northwest Ohio dty, where one in four residents is black. Jackson said it would be ·a travesty of justice if no one is charged. . Lima Mayor David Berger said Jackson's call for charges was unjustined and could further divide residents who already think there won't be a fair investi· gation. "We don't have the facts to make that judgment," he said. "It's not helpful." fackson said he was not out -to create divisiveness. "Th. h ld t d' . d ISs ou . no, lVI e .us ~lack and whtte, he ,,smd. Thts should umfy us. He encourag~d city lea(!ers to fmd a · way to htre more black firefighlers and pollee offtcers so the depa rt men ts are representative of the city. Th'e mayor said they are beginning to do that; adding that it has been difficult to find minorities who will apply for those JObs. Jackson, spent the entire day in Lima, meeting with pastors, students and elected ·oft1cials. The civil rights activist said it was encouraging that so many ministers and city leaders have come together to work on solutions. · He sa1d It was somewhat un~sual compared .to what he s seen mother .cttJes. Rev. Daniel Hughes, one of several pastors who spent h d ·h J k 'd t e ay wit ac son, sat t~e private meeting ~ith c1~r leaders was pro~ucllve. II ,was CIVIl,. 1!. was frank, Hu~hes satd. 1_'her~ . was good,, eait~y tens10n. Jackson s vtslt comes as worries remain ·about what will happen if the oft1cer wno shot Wilson is not charged. A team of SWAT officers on Jan. 4 burst into Wilson's home Iooking for her boyfriend. P'Qlice shot the mother of six who was holding son, Sincere Wilson. He was wounded and had a t1nger amputated. Little else is known about what har.pened. Police have said W11son's 3) -year-old boyfriend, who was arrested during the raid, was the target of a drug investigation. The state attorney gener- He urged the stUdents to their feet to chant: "I am somebody. Everybody is ~~~:e~.~Y· I know I can He said students should improve their interactions with people of other races and backgrounds. · "Young people must learn about racial justice and equality," Jackson . told reporters afterward. After the school event, Jackson and others gathered near the makeshift stage and handed out voter regis- · tration forms to about a hundred 'students. He even leaned forward so that students could use his back as a desk to fill out the forms. "It's your vote, it's your world," Jackson said. Tax Preparation Service 1 Accurate and affordable 1ervice year-round I [xperienced, trained tax profes!ionals 1 Convenient evening and weekend houn • Audit assistance. ·I Electrenic filing 618 East Main Sl Pomeroy, OH 45169 . tiM BLOCK' 74o.992-6674 ' �OPINION The Daily Sentinel The Daily Sentinel 111 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio (740) 992-2156 • FAX (740) 992-2157 , www.mydailysentinel.com • PageA4 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Dan Goodrich . Publisher Charlene Hoeflich General Manager-News Editor Congress shall make no law respecting an establis,hment of religion, or prohibitit~g the free exercise thereoj; or abridging tire freedom of speech, or of tire press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Govrr~~metlf for '' redress of grievances. -The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday. Feb. 12. the 43rd day of 2008. There are 323 days left in the year. Today's Highl ight in Hi story: On Feb. 12. 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Ky. On thi s date: In 1554. Lady Jane Grey. who·d claimed the throne of England for nine days. and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were beheaded after being condemned for high treason. . In 1818, Chile officially proclaimed its independence, more than seve n years after initially renouncing Spanish rule. In 1870. women in the Utah Territory gained the right to vote. (Howe ver, that right was taken away in 1887). In 1908. the first round-the-world automobile race began in Ne w York . (It ended in Paris the following July with the drivers of the American car, a Thomas Flyer, declared the winners over teams from Germany and Italy.) In 1915, the cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, D.C. , a year to the day after groundbreaking. In 1940. the radio play "The Adventures of Superman" debuted with Bud Collyer as the Man of Steel. In 1973, Operation Homecoming . began as the first . release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam contlict took pl ace. · Ten years ago : A federal judge threw out President Clinton 's new line-item veto authority. At Nagano, Japan, Norwegian Bjorn Daehlie became the first man to win six Winter Olympic gold medals, as he placed first in the I 0kilomctcr classical cross-country race. One year ago: Teen gunman Sulejman Talovic shot nine people, killing five , at a Salt Lake City mall before he was shot and killed by police. Car bombs shattered Baghdad's oldest and largest market, killing at least 78 people. Today 's Birthdays: Movie director Franco Zeffirelli is 85. Actor Louis Zorich is 84. Baseball Hall-of-Fame sportscaster Joe Garagiola is 82. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) is 78. Basketball Hall-of-Farner Bill Russell is 74. Actor Joe Don Baker is 72. Author Judy Blume is 70. Rock musician Ray Manzarek (The Doors) is 69. Country singer Moe Bandy is 64. Actress Maud Adams is 63. Actor Cliff DeYoung is 63 . Actor Michael Ironside is 58 . Rock musician Steve Hackett is 58. Rock singer Michael McDonald is 56. Act ress Joanna Kerns is 55. Actor-former talk show host Arse nio Hall is 53 . .Actress Chri stine Elise is 43. Actor Josh Brolin is 40. Singer Chynna Phillips is 40. Rock musician Jim Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies) is 38. Rhythm-andblues musician Keri Lewis is 37. Actor Jesse Spencer ("House, M.D." ) i' 29. Actress Sarah Lancaster is 28. Actress Christina Ricci is 28. Thought for Today : "Men m~ke hi story arid not the other Way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still." - President Harry S. Truman (18841972). Tuesday,Februaryt2,2oo8 McCains challenge: Democrats hugely outvoting GOP After Super Tuesday, 3.594,380 popular votes to Sen. John McCain has Romney's 2,950,047 and every right to declare himHuckabee's 1,782,840 and self the Republican presiwon nine states, including dential front-runner, but he the bigge st, to - Romney' s has miles to go in getting six, mainly in the Morton himself and his party in Mountain West and Kondracke shape to face his Huckabee's five , all in the Democratic opponent. South. One measure of his task It 's been an amazing IS that more than 14.6 milcomeback for the maverick lion Democrats went to the . that demographi cs still senator. On the basis of his polls on Tuesday and only favor her: There simply are second-pl ace fini sh in 9 million Republicans more voters in he r base 2000, .he was the early-on mdicating a vast enthusi- women, non-coll ege grad- primogeniture or next-in asm gap between the par- uates, whites and lower- line, favorite for the 2008 ties. in come American s and nomination, then fell to the McCain polls reasonably self-declared Democrats· bottom over his courawell against both Sens. - than there are in his geous sponsorship of Hillary Rodham Clinton base among African- immigration reform and and Barack Obama, but Ameri Ga ns , the well-off . mi smanagement of his they have a sagging econo- and well- educated , -and campaign. my and a massive national independents. He has fought back desire for change going for In Californ'ia, for aided by U.S . succe sses in · them in addition to the instance, women made up Iraq and the fact that the energetic desire among 55 percent of the electorate conservative movement Democrats to get the White and she carried them, 59 that's dominated the GOP House back. percent to 34 percent , since 1980 could not' rally Which Democrat will according to exit polls. The behind a single alternative win is anybody's guess. two tied among male s. candidate . McCain slipped Clinton held a 79-delegate Obama carried white by .them all. On Feb. 7, Romney' s lead over Obama, 1,012- males, 52-34, but her lead 933, according .. to among white. women gave camp announced he was RealCi earPol i tics .com's her a narrow ovenill lead bowing out. Huckabee is tally on Wednesday, but among whites. And . she vowing not to quit, but the both (Ire a long way from carried Hi spanics by 69 handwriting seems to be on the wall. McCain has got to the 2,025 needed to wrap percent to 29 percent. On the other hand, demotigure out how to get him up the Democratic nominagraphics isn't everything. to admit the fact gracefully tion. Obama has poetry going and rally behind him. . By my ·count, Clinton McCain scores well in outpolled Obama in the for him - fre shness, the themes of hope , change head-to-head matchups popular vote on Super Tuesday by fewer than and renewal- against her against both Clinton and prosaic assets, Obama _ leading her 46.3 I00,000- votes nationwide more - 7,348,102 for her and including policy expertise to 44.5· and trailing him by to 44.4 in 7,277 ,687 for him. ln all and the loyalty of organi- 45.1 RealClearPolitics polling the primaries up to. now, zation politicians. Meantime, McCain is in averages- but those numexcluding Michigan, where he was not on the ballot, a much more advantageous bers belie huge Democratic among advantages heading into she leads with 8,463,780 position Republicans and some the general election. votes to his 8,263,662. In all the primaries held Clinton can claim it as a GOP pros are urging that success that she stopped he take advantage of- his so far, just the three top what was perceived to be a position to put the wobbly Democratic contestants surge to Obama by win- party· back in shape to Clinton, Obarila and forning in California, New compete in the general mer Sen. John Edwards amassed 25 million votes, Jersey and Sen. Edward election. McCain has 697 of the compared with 12.5 milKennedy's Massachusetts on· Tuesday, but he won 1,191 delegates needed to lion for six Republican clinch the GOP nomination candidates. more states, 13 to her 8. Moreover, McCain has Clinton aides say that the to . just 244 for former Massachusetts victory was Massachusetts governor yet to convince conservaespecially sweet, following (and ex-candidate) Mitt tives, especially the most on Kennedy's endorsement . Romney and 187 for for- vocal conservatives, that of Obama. "We wanted to mer Arkansas Gov. Mike he is one of them. He has sock him in the nose," one Huckabee. fallen short of a plurality of aide said. · . On Super Tuesday, self-identified conservaGoing forward, I'd sny McCain racked u~ tives in virtuallx every pri- The Daily Sentinel ---· ~· .. , mary, relying on moderates to carry him to victory. Often, he has lost among Republicans, winning only independents, How to recoup? One GOP activi st, Bradley Blakeman, a former aide in both Bush White Hou ses and now CEO of the conservative group Freedom 's Watch, says that McCain 's speech today at ' the Conservative Politi cal Action Conference will be crucial. But Blakem an also advises to win over Hucka~ee and Romney . with honored positions at the GOP convention. He al so thinks McCain should · name a vice pre sidenti al running mate early. .· His recommendation is former Rep. Rob Portman (Ohio), who's "young and dynamic" and has held two Cabinet jobs, or Florida Gov. Charlie Cri st. Either could help win a large swing state . McCain should "act like a nominee" even . before wrapping up the nomination - "but do so dip lomatically, not arrogantly." It might help if a senior Republican like former party Chairman Haley Barbour, now governor of Mississippi , convened a "come to Jesus" meeting of party leaders to make .peace and reconcile recalcitrants to McCain. Blakeman also told me that McCain ' should "get back to work" on Capitol · Hill and 'take a visible role in solving problems and convene his top economic advisers to make recommendations for dealing with the current downturn. "He ought to take advan ~ tage of the fact that Clinton and Obama will be absent and battling it out," Blakeman said. But this assumes that McCain can get Republicans to stop battling ·among themselves. (Morton Kondr(lcke is executive editor of Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill.) · .. '· ,..,.,.,_,_, ...., ........... - ~' - .,., ........... . ..... -··'" . .... "measures at many levels - civilian and military, preventative and reactive" - to enable "early warning and respopse, better preventative action of all kinds ... civilian capabilities, especially policing, on permanent standby ... to · make R2P real." 1 admire the intention. The hollow pledges of "Never again!" after Rwanda have resulted in 'untold numbers of mass, untended graves. But 1 have a cautionary question. The original 2005 U.N. General Assembly "Responsibility to Prot.ect" · d d .. reso 1uuon p1e ge co11ective action in a timely and . decisive manner through the Security Council" _ and this is the crucial addi· f tJOn - "should peace u1 means be inadequate and national authorities are manifestly failing to proh · f teet 1 elr peop1e ... rom genocide .. . and crimes against humanity." That means armed intervention when imminently necessary. And the new Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect ' also has among its goals to: "Clarify when non-consensual military force can and cannot be used consistently · with· R2P principles . . That also means armed intervention when imminently necessary. But there's a catch. These Global Centre "clear criteria" of when to move in militarily to stop genocide and crime s against humanity have to be "adopted as guidelines by the (U .N.) Security Council." Thi s U.N. Security Council, where China, Sudan 's chief economic, . -.. .. . ... .. ,. . political and U.N. protector, sits? What if China or a temporarily serving Arab state supporter of Sudan's National Islani'ic Front government vetoes any military inter· vention? . What will the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect do then? This concern of mine, moreover, could be entirely hypothetical. Let us suppose the U.N. Security Council doe s finally approve immediate military intervention to stop genocide and other horrific crimes by a sovereign nation against its peo· pie? From what nat iom around the world will the necessary arms, lm· istical resources and armed sol diers come?· Right now, a> U.N. Secretary-General. Ban Ki-Moon complain > bitterly, the meager · deployment of the U.N.African Union nonmilitary force can't even get 24 helicopters from U.N. member nations. The answers to th e\e question s - if sust ained political and econo mic· pressure on Gen. al -Bashi r keeps failing - will dcier mine whether the ne K t !.Uc cessful genocide - after the final solution in Darfur - w,ill also be followed hy moumful · mumblin gs r• f "never again ." (Nat .Hentoff is a 1m1ion ally renoi.med authorit y on the First Amendment ·onr/ · the Bill of Rights and author of IIUIIl y hook, . including "Tize War on thr· Bill of Rights and thr Gatherill g Res i.l' ta nce " (Seven Stories l'r~ 1· 1 2004).) 2008 -Obituaries. . ' Margie L McDaniel ' Can only armed intervention e11d Sudan genocide? On Jan . 25, Andrew Natsios, former American envoy to Sudan. said that "the U.S . o~ the United Nations cannot force anyone. We can only encourNat age." And in his final State HentoN of the Union Address, George W. Bush 's only reference to Darfur was a single line: "America opposes LETTERS TO THE genocide in Sudan." The menting the General black African st•rvivors in Assembly's 2005 resolution. EDITOR Among the founders are: the ·Darfur ·and Chad Lel/ers to the editor ore welcome. Th ey should be less refugee camps were spared Iniemational Crisis Group, than 300 wo rds. All lt•l/ers are .>ub}ect to' editing, must be hearing these "encourage- Human Rights Watch; signed, and include address and telephone number. No ments," and I am grateful. Oxfam International and unsign~d letters will be published. Letters should be in Such hollow words would Refugees International. The . good ta.He, addressing issues, no: personalities. Letters of have only deepened their Patrons include Kofi Annan, thanks to organizations and individuals will not be accept· desperation, fear, anger one of whose last speeches ed f or publicmion. · '· and hopelessness. as U.N. secretary-general As Sudan ' s · Gen. 0 mar after h•'s m1'serable 1·a1'lure as al-Bashir continues to U.N. head of Peacekeeping manipulate, mock and dis- Operations at the time of grace the United Nations Rwanda - was an' insis(USPS 213-960) - obstructing the still tence that the sovereignty of Reader Services h II · d UN individual U.N. nations Ohio Valley Publishing Y ma equate · .h f w o Co. Correction Polley African Union "peace- could be forcibly breac ed i Our, main concern in au stories is· to Published every ahemOQn, Monday keepers l· n Dart·ur" - there there were genocide in 'one through Fr1day, 111 Court, Street, be accurate . If yo u know of an error is a growing movement to of them . . Pomeroy, Ohio. 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E)(f. 12 13 Weeks ' 32.26 el sewhere - human-rights Affairs. 26 Weeks '64 .20 organizations 52 Weeks ' 127.11 and activists Recognizing the crucial E·mall : around the world have need to create political will news@ my dailysentlnel .cam Outside Meigs County formed the Global Centre for to protect against genocide 13 Weeks '53.55 the Responsibility to Protect - and the means to enact Wob: 26 Weeks ' 107.10 (www.globalcentrer2p.org) that will - the Global 52 Weeks '214.21 www.mydallysentmel.com '----·-·--·--····--·--------'-- - - ' - intent on finally imple- Centre intends to organi ze . Tuesday, February 12, Margie L. McDaniel, 87, of Clifton, W.Va. died Feb. 9. 2008 _ at Pleasant Valley Hospital. The daughter of the John Elia,, Sr., and Ethel (Fox) Elias was born on fune 22, 1920 at Mason. She wa' a graduate of Waharna High School, and was a homemaker. She ':"as preceded in death by her husband, Howard E. McDantel: SISters, Virginia Faudree, Laura Will, and Ernestine Folden; and brothers, William "Bill" Elias and John "Poodle'' Elias Jr. ' · She is survived by a son, Howard E. (CarolY McDaniel of . Mason, W.Va.; daughters: Sue (William) Hussell of Ma<;On W.Va., Nancy .(Joe) Brinker of Lil:tle Hocking; grandchildren: Joe (Carol) Bnnker Jr. of Jup1ter, Fla. and Lori Ann Carroll of Chesh1re: great grandchildren, lane Carroll and Emily Carroll, and several meces, nephews, and cousins. There will be private visitation. Memorial services will be held at I p.m. Thursday, Feb. i4, at the Foglesong-lucker Funeral Home With the Rev. Scott Knowlton officiating. Burial will be in Graham Cemetery. E-Mail condolences may be sent to the family at foglesongtucker@myway.com · www.mydailysentinel.com Local Briefs Bake off ALBANY - Carpenter Baptist Church, Ohio 143 Albany, will hold a Cake Bake-off and special singing at the monthly Community Fellowship event, 6-8 p.m., Feb. 24. The public is invited to bake a cake for judging. Snacks and cake will be served. Information is available from Pastor Whitt Akers, 591-1236. The Daily Sentinel• Page As Judge: Restraining order against secretary of state voided BY PHILI.P ELLIOTT ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER "Procedures are important as well .'fhat's why there's a court system," .Gallaway said. Brunner ' last month ordered the 53 Ohio counties that use electronic, touch-screen voting machines to make paper hallots available if a voter asks during the March 4 primary. She said counties must print enough of the bal)ots for 10 percent of the people who -voted in the last presidential election. Phillips .argued · that Brunner does n' t have the authority to order optional paper ballots and said it would cost his county at least $68,000 to provide. them. He questioned whether Brunner could legally order a county to provide dual systems- one touch-screen, the other paper-based. Phillips sought a restraining order from . Union County Common Pleas Judge Richard Parrot to stop the paper system and Parrot . agreed. Both Phillips and Parrot are Republicans : Brunner is a Democrat. Brunner then g"Ot the case moved to Franklin County, where her office is based. She said counties already use paper ballots for absentee voters, and. the backup , plan was not a separate systern. · COLUMBUS A Franklin County judge on Monday said a temporary restraining order that . blocked the state 's d ection POMEROY - The Modem Woodmen will have a break- plan was procedurally fast, 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Golden Corral in flawed, but that the court Gallipolis. The Camp will pay $3 toward the cost of each would have a full review of person's meal. 'A famil y door pri~e will be a warded. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's plans later in the week. Franklin County Common RUTLAND- An 18 and over, 3-on-3 basktball tourna- Pleas Judge Eric Brown said ment will be held adt the Rutland Civil Center Saturday, Union County Prosecutor Feb. 23 . Team lee is $50. All proceeds will benefit the Big David Phillips didn't give ·Bend Youth Football League. To register or get more infor- Brunner enough notice to mation call Amy Pullins, 740-992-3579 or Sarah Pullins, attend the hearing and the 740-698-4054. matter wasn 't so urgent they couldn't wait. Brown also Neils Alan "AI" Jensen, 70, beloved husband of Joyce ordered Phillips and Drummon~ Jensen, passed away on Friday, Feb. i, 2008, at St. Brunner back to his court on R:ose Dommican Hospital in Las Vegas, Nev. He died of carWednesday to disc uss diac arrest and multiple organ failures following a short stay in RACINE - The Racine Youth League 2008 org~ni~a­ whether Brunner overthe hospital. . tional me!!ting to include election of officers will be held 4 stepped her authority by He was the son of Edna Jensen of Oak Harbor and the late p.m., Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Racine Legion Hall. ordering counties to offer Neils Jensen. He was a graduate of Port Clinton High School, Everyone interested encouraged to attend. For more inforpaper ballots. · Bowling GreeJI State University, Mary Manse College, and mation call 247-2103. "We will get to the merits Xav1er Umvers1ty. · on Wednesday," Phillips He devoted his entire adult life to working with children. He saitf. "We could quibble had been a classroom teacher, coach of several sports, high with the judge's conclusion school .vice principal and principal, guidance counselor, Job POMEROY '--The Valentine's Day Candy Contest at about who deprived who of Corps director and Dean of Students at Rio Grande College. the Meigs County Senior Center will be sponsored by a forum . ... So far, it's just · . He was preceded in death by his father, Neils Jensen; fatherCash land of Pomeroy which is offering a $40 pre-paid Visa been procedural issues the m-law, Floyd Drummond; brother, Dennis Jensen: brother-incard as a first pri~e and a $20 pre-paid Visa card for second secretary has been throwing law, Harold Drummond;_ nephews. Chris Gpeves and Brian place. The contest takes place on Thursday and candy out." Drummond; and several aunts and uncles who had given him . entries should be at the center in a disposable container by A Brunner spokesman many fond memories. · 9:30a.m. with judging starting at I 0 a.m. The candy should said the decision squares . · He and his wife of 36 years, Joyce, retired in Henderson, be homemade and will be auctioned off after judging for with the secretary's authoriNev., 10 years ago, and she survives him. Also surviving are the Meals on Wheels program. Participants into the free ty to issue directives. Patrick two children, Allison Jensen of San Diego, Calif., and Derek contest do not have to be senior citizens. For information Gallaway also . said _their Jensen of Reno, Nev.; Beth, Neils, Lisa, Heidi and Eric (chilcall Activities Director Debbie Jones at 992. 2161. petltmn won on 1ts ments. dren from a previous marriage); inother, Edna Jensen, Oak Harbor; sister, Rose Marie O'Connell, Oak HarbOr; brothers and sisters-in-law: Joe and Cynthia Drummond, Addison, Art and Jane Hess, Middleport, I;lunny Jensen, Massachusetts, and June Drummond, Logan; nieces: Michelle Bryant, Lindsey BY JULIE CARR SMYTH have the courage to face our O'Connell, Jennifer Carneiro, Holly Jensen, Marta Murray, Jan Husted and Harris argue . of more than 80,000 jobs in Colo~imo, Jill Gundler, Christi Mash, and Cathy. King; AP STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT problems and then reach that adding· new bond debt the next four years," Dailey nephews: D.J. Jensen, and Scott and Jay Drummond: and sevbeyond them toward the roughly equivalent to the said. · . · eral cousins and friends. · COLUMBUS - Should prosperity that lies in our old debt the state just got rid Liz McNichol, a senior A service to honor his' memory will be held at 2 p.m. on Ohio borrow, or not, . to future." of essentially erases the fellow at the Center for Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at St. John's Lutheran Church on carry its high-tech economy Republicans who lead the savings that paid for the Budget Policy Priorities, Adams Street in Port Clinton, where he was a member. to the next level? state Legislature 'balked· at senior · tax cut. Issuing the said it is unusual for a state In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude That question, simple yet Strickland's plan to incur $1.7 billion in new bonds with a looming budget gap Children's Research Hospital, 50I 'St. Jude Place, Memphis, complex, caught state lead- more state debt. and passing the upcoming not to use its rainy day Tenn. 38105. Phone (800) 805-5856 for information regarding ers in a bitter battle last House Speaker Jon capit~l budget is expected fund, as Strickland as opted memorial contributions. .. · · week after . Gov. Ted Husted has put forth his . to ra1se the percentage of to do. Strickland has laid Strickland proposed in his own . plan for boosting the debt held by the state from out plans for trimming $733 second State of the State alternative energy industry. 4.5 percent to 4.75, nearer million from the state budwhile the governor's proposal speech that Ohio issue $1.7 It calls for earmarking a the constitutional debt ceil- get so far, and says if the is a full-time college opportu- billion in new bond debt. portion of the income taxes ing of 5 percent. economy worsens, the rainy nity," said Buckley. paid by employees of alterHusted also suggested day fund will be an option. The amount of debt a · Mei~s High Guidance · state carries doesn't imme- native energy companies to that a big bond initiative from PageA1 "If you have money in the Councilor Mike Wilfong said diately affect the size of its be reirrvested in green ener- might be intended -to help rainy day fund, this is kind spending it on a University that currently only three stu- budget or the programs it gy programs. The initiative Democrats in an election of what they're designed System of Ohio campus." dents take advantage of the supports, such as schools or would be given a jump-start cycle. for," McNichol said. The proposed by the gover- post secondary option health care for the poor. But from taxes paid by tradiStrickland spokesman But she said states often nor provides the ftrst year of although through the years it rising debt payments can tiona! utility companies, Keith Dailey said reducing take on added debt to college free of cost tq those has gone as high as l0. squeeze a state oyer time then gradually would be the state's debt burden was improve infrastructure even students who qualify academ- However, both he and and affect its ability to bor- transferred over to the new a nice ancillary benefit of while bl\dget tirn.l:li__Jire ically to parti<;ipate. This, Buckley pointed out that next row money_in the future. energy companies as the the sale of the tobacco pro- tough. · however, does not mean that fall when the Rio Grande industry grows. ceeds but it wasn 't the Another option is to raise Strickland, a Democrat, the Legislature would have to University /Community . a 'h goal. He said ~umping taxes, M.cNichol said, parSees hIS pproac immediate cash mto the increase school funding College, opens, the whole envisions issuing the bonds as Husted more fiscally respons1'ble ticu. larly on those in higher to get the quick cash needed · because the money now allo- picture changes. school-building program d income brackets, who than incurring more debt, cated to the school district The new facility is within to encourage the state's and characterizes the debate an creating enough sav- would pay for those taxes alternative energy and biowould follow the student, just walking distance of · Meigs as a parting of principles ings to offer the tax-cut from savings rather than as it does in the post · sec- High School and easily acces- medical industries, develop over whether Ohio should were the stated goals . from the pot of money they ondary options program. sible to students from across environmentally friendly "b "Thai reduction at the put back into the economy William Buckley, superin- the county. Previously while a plastics made from Ohio orrow our way to pros- time has created the room to through purchases of goods allow the state to take on and services. But not raistendent of the Meigs Local few classes were offered at farm products und make perity or pay as we go." Gop infrastructure improveH S d School District, said that " the Middleport Rio branch, e an enate this additional debt, which ing taxes is an issue on Bill Harris · 1and, Husted taking that route would defi- most traveled to out-of-coun- ments to t~e state's roads, Pnisident · d · d ·also the 6"overnor bel 1'eves 1·s a wh'1c h stnck nitely give those students who ty schools at their own bridges, blighted areas and rmse . pomte questwns small relative. investment and Harris have consistentd are accepted into a university expense. The new facility rural downtowns . He say s about how Strickland's plan for a huge potential payoff 1 would affect state residents. Y agree · he will take the issue to votprognun a leg ur," He called built on the Meigs Middle and ers in November if legislaJust last year, !hey helped the governor s . proposal Meigs High School campus ISSUeS. "another variation of what is and offering a wide variety of tors don't support his plan. Strickland pass a property The deadline for voter The theory is that his .tax cut for senior citizens already available- another courses. changes the whole registration has passed. option-becoming a true picture, said the superinten- Building Ohio Jobs package that was paid for using from PageA1 could create 80,000 jobs money the state would save freshman at a college or uni- dent. versity, taking freshmen col- ' Both Buckley and Wilfong without further government · by trimming its debt by $1.7 lege courses." He said he raised the question of how cuts or a rollback of the tax billion - the exact amount primary races for Meigs views the new educational much local participation there breaks the state has deliv- the state would incur again County Commissioner on proposal as a "great opportu- would be in the proPQsed ered to businesses, senior under Strickland's proposal. both the Democratic and nity for the ri~ht kids, tuition "Senior to . Sophomore citizens and the disabled in By selling its share of the Republican sides, contested national legal settlement Republican races for treafree, and putung them totally Initiative" because "it means recent years . a break from high school and "The people of .Ohio did against the tobacco industry surer, sheriff and prosecutahead." However, he noted that cur- its various activities and not entrust us with our leaJ- and using the proceeds up ing attorney nominations, rently only a few students are friends, and a lot of kids just ership roles simply to deal front on school building and Clerk of Courts. There • FREE 2417 Ttchnlclll 8uppon enrolled in the post secondary aren't ready to do that." ·with difficulties at hand," projects, the state was able are other uncontested races • tnstJnt Mewoing • keep rcu- buddy till! "But "It's a. cheap way to Strickland .said during the to save a combined $257 on the Republican ballot. option program which allows • 10 e-mail adci'flsses 'Mih Webl'nlil\ The primary ballot also • CuSiom Start Page - news, weamet & IT'IOIII . them to take college courses . pick up college credits. It's a speech, referring indirec.tly million a year by reducing includes county-wide levy which provide both high sweet deal if it's offered," to the looming budget gap its debt payments and rais6XlaslerD school . and college credit. concluded the Meigs superin- he had moved to fill only a ing the amount of interest it proposal s from . the Meigs )11!113 r11(){& County Council on Aging 'That is a part-rime option tendent. ·week earlier, "We mu st ·earned. Sign Up Onllntl www.LCQJNet.com .and Meigs County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental least a $1 per hour raise. Musser said its believed Council approved pur- Di sabilities, and s evera~ Musser said he would refer wiring was accidentally cut chasing tire chains for a vil - township and village the pay raise request to the by the contractor. The wire lage dumptruck which cost ' from PageA1 finance committee to see was repaired by the contrac- $200 total as well as $770 what kind of a raise, if any, tor and worked for awhile for chainsaws and equip-' but now the lights are out ment for the street departStreet Department the village could afford. After hearing a presenta- . again which is attributed to a ment. Charles employee : Barnhart said he' d Fitchpatrick spoke to coun- tion, by Diana Coates about sl:tort. Council approved cil about what he felt were the senior citizen's replace- purchasing new wire for received a complaint of · inadequacies with the vil- ment levy on the March bal- $956. Pomeroy police officers set.• •• Councilman Jim Sisson ting speed traps on Union lage's employee health lot, council voted to publicly • insurance prov1der and he support the one mill replace- complimented the effort by and Mulberry Avenues. Tbe Gift of Security and Peace of Mind asked council to consider a ment' levy which has an local . agencies, including Musser said he and Proffitt ~ "decent pay raise" for vil- additional .I mil. Coates fire departments and law .are addressing the issue. Auto · Home - Life- Health Council approved the personnel lage employees. spoke about the cut backs enforcement Fitchpatrick, who has been and fundraisers the Meigs which responded to a fire mayor's report which !lad Farm- Bu1Iness with the village for 20 years, County Council on Aging yesterday near Lasley total receipts of $22.249. A said with·the current ~aise in has made to keep programs Street, poinling out thi s type U,>tal of $2,781 was received of cooperation· happens in parking meter money, minimum wage, he wasn't running. Reed 8r Baur Insurance Apncy Mu sser spoke about often . tickets. and petmits for .the making muc.h more than that Council transferred month of January. and said the pay was not downtown lighting which is. D 220 East Main Stree~ 5"\ Council went into execucomparable to similar work - out, initially due to handi - $8,000 from the general to 992-3600 ~ ers in other villages. He felt capped ramps put in last street fund to meet ex pens- . tive session once to discuss www.reedbaur.com a legal matter. employees should get at year in the .sidewalk when es. Woodmen dinner Basketball tournament planned .Neils Jensen Racine Youth League to organize Prizes for candy contest PERSPECTIVE: State leaders spar over extent offtscal crisis College Voting ( t",; ;;,;: Ordinance ... .. :... : w ,I . • .. I �OPINION The Daily Sentinel The Daily Sentinel 111 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio (740) 992-2156 • FAX (740) 992-2157 , www.mydailysentinel.com • PageA4 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Dan Goodrich . Publisher Charlene Hoeflich General Manager-News Editor Congress shall make no law respecting an establis,hment of religion, or prohibitit~g the free exercise thereoj; or abridging tire freedom of speech, or of tire press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Govrr~~metlf for '' redress of grievances. -The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday. Feb. 12. the 43rd day of 2008. There are 323 days left in the year. Today's Highl ight in Hi story: On Feb. 12. 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Ky. On thi s date: In 1554. Lady Jane Grey. who·d claimed the throne of England for nine days. and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were beheaded after being condemned for high treason. . In 1818, Chile officially proclaimed its independence, more than seve n years after initially renouncing Spanish rule. In 1870. women in the Utah Territory gained the right to vote. (Howe ver, that right was taken away in 1887). In 1908. the first round-the-world automobile race began in Ne w York . (It ended in Paris the following July with the drivers of the American car, a Thomas Flyer, declared the winners over teams from Germany and Italy.) In 1915, the cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, D.C. , a year to the day after groundbreaking. In 1940. the radio play "The Adventures of Superman" debuted with Bud Collyer as the Man of Steel. In 1973, Operation Homecoming . began as the first . release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam contlict took pl ace. · Ten years ago : A federal judge threw out President Clinton 's new line-item veto authority. At Nagano, Japan, Norwegian Bjorn Daehlie became the first man to win six Winter Olympic gold medals, as he placed first in the I 0kilomctcr classical cross-country race. One year ago: Teen gunman Sulejman Talovic shot nine people, killing five , at a Salt Lake City mall before he was shot and killed by police. Car bombs shattered Baghdad's oldest and largest market, killing at least 78 people. Today 's Birthdays: Movie director Franco Zeffirelli is 85. Actor Louis Zorich is 84. Baseball Hall-of-Fame sportscaster Joe Garagiola is 82. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) is 78. Basketball Hall-of-Farner Bill Russell is 74. Actor Joe Don Baker is 72. Author Judy Blume is 70. Rock musician Ray Manzarek (The Doors) is 69. Country singer Moe Bandy is 64. Actress Maud Adams is 63. Actor Cliff DeYoung is 63 . Actor Michael Ironside is 58 . Rock musician Steve Hackett is 58. Rock singer Michael McDonald is 56. Act ress Joanna Kerns is 55. Actor-former talk show host Arse nio Hall is 53 . .Actress Chri stine Elise is 43. Actor Josh Brolin is 40. Singer Chynna Phillips is 40. Rock musician Jim Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies) is 38. Rhythm-andblues musician Keri Lewis is 37. Actor Jesse Spencer ("House, M.D." ) i' 29. Actress Sarah Lancaster is 28. Actress Christina Ricci is 28. Thought for Today : "Men m~ke hi story arid not the other Way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still." - President Harry S. Truman (18841972). Tuesday,Februaryt2,2oo8 McCains challenge: Democrats hugely outvoting GOP After Super Tuesday, 3.594,380 popular votes to Sen. John McCain has Romney's 2,950,047 and every right to declare himHuckabee's 1,782,840 and self the Republican presiwon nine states, including dential front-runner, but he the bigge st, to - Romney' s has miles to go in getting six, mainly in the Morton himself and his party in Mountain West and Kondracke shape to face his Huckabee's five , all in the Democratic opponent. South. One measure of his task It 's been an amazing IS that more than 14.6 milcomeback for the maverick lion Democrats went to the . that demographi cs still senator. On the basis of his polls on Tuesday and only favor her: There simply are second-pl ace fini sh in 9 million Republicans more voters in he r base 2000, .he was the early-on mdicating a vast enthusi- women, non-coll ege grad- primogeniture or next-in asm gap between the par- uates, whites and lower- line, favorite for the 2008 ties. in come American s and nomination, then fell to the McCain polls reasonably self-declared Democrats· bottom over his courawell against both Sens. - than there are in his geous sponsorship of Hillary Rodham Clinton base among African- immigration reform and and Barack Obama, but Ameri Ga ns , the well-off . mi smanagement of his they have a sagging econo- and well- educated , -and campaign. my and a massive national independents. He has fought back desire for change going for In Californ'ia, for aided by U.S . succe sses in · them in addition to the instance, women made up Iraq and the fact that the energetic desire among 55 percent of the electorate conservative movement Democrats to get the White and she carried them, 59 that's dominated the GOP House back. percent to 34 percent , since 1980 could not' rally Which Democrat will according to exit polls. The behind a single alternative win is anybody's guess. two tied among male s. candidate . McCain slipped Clinton held a 79-delegate Obama carried white by .them all. On Feb. 7, Romney' s lead over Obama, 1,012- males, 52-34, but her lead 933, according .. to among white. women gave camp announced he was RealCi earPol i tics .com's her a narrow ovenill lead bowing out. Huckabee is tally on Wednesday, but among whites. And . she vowing not to quit, but the both (Ire a long way from carried Hi spanics by 69 handwriting seems to be on the wall. McCain has got to the 2,025 needed to wrap percent to 29 percent. On the other hand, demotigure out how to get him up the Democratic nominagraphics isn't everything. to admit the fact gracefully tion. Obama has poetry going and rally behind him. . By my ·count, Clinton McCain scores well in outpolled Obama in the for him - fre shness, the themes of hope , change head-to-head matchups popular vote on Super Tuesday by fewer than and renewal- against her against both Clinton and prosaic assets, Obama _ leading her 46.3 I00,000- votes nationwide more - 7,348,102 for her and including policy expertise to 44.5· and trailing him by to 44.4 in 7,277 ,687 for him. ln all and the loyalty of organi- 45.1 RealClearPolitics polling the primaries up to. now, zation politicians. Meantime, McCain is in averages- but those numexcluding Michigan, where he was not on the ballot, a much more advantageous bers belie huge Democratic among advantages heading into she leads with 8,463,780 position Republicans and some the general election. votes to his 8,263,662. In all the primaries held Clinton can claim it as a GOP pros are urging that success that she stopped he take advantage of- his so far, just the three top what was perceived to be a position to put the wobbly Democratic contestants surge to Obama by win- party· back in shape to Clinton, Obarila and forning in California, New compete in the general mer Sen. John Edwards amassed 25 million votes, Jersey and Sen. Edward election. McCain has 697 of the compared with 12.5 milKennedy's Massachusetts on· Tuesday, but he won 1,191 delegates needed to lion for six Republican clinch the GOP nomination candidates. more states, 13 to her 8. Moreover, McCain has Clinton aides say that the to . just 244 for former Massachusetts victory was Massachusetts governor yet to convince conservaespecially sweet, following (and ex-candidate) Mitt tives, especially the most on Kennedy's endorsement . Romney and 187 for for- vocal conservatives, that of Obama. "We wanted to mer Arkansas Gov. Mike he is one of them. He has sock him in the nose," one Huckabee. fallen short of a plurality of aide said. · . On Super Tuesday, self-identified conservaGoing forward, I'd sny McCain racked u~ tives in virtuallx every pri- The Daily Sentinel ---· ~· .. , mary, relying on moderates to carry him to victory. Often, he has lost among Republicans, winning only independents, How to recoup? One GOP activi st, Bradley Blakeman, a former aide in both Bush White Hou ses and now CEO of the conservative group Freedom 's Watch, says that McCain 's speech today at ' the Conservative Politi cal Action Conference will be crucial. But Blakem an also advises to win over Hucka~ee and Romney . with honored positions at the GOP convention. He al so thinks McCain should · name a vice pre sidenti al running mate early. .· His recommendation is former Rep. Rob Portman (Ohio), who's "young and dynamic" and has held two Cabinet jobs, or Florida Gov. Charlie Cri st. Either could help win a large swing state . McCain should "act like a nominee" even . before wrapping up the nomination - "but do so dip lomatically, not arrogantly." It might help if a senior Republican like former party Chairman Haley Barbour, now governor of Mississippi , convened a "come to Jesus" meeting of party leaders to make .peace and reconcile recalcitrants to McCain. Blakeman also told me that McCain ' should "get back to work" on Capitol · Hill and 'take a visible role in solving problems and convene his top economic advisers to make recommendations for dealing with the current downturn. "He ought to take advan ~ tage of the fact that Clinton and Obama will be absent and battling it out," Blakeman said. But this assumes that McCain can get Republicans to stop battling ·among themselves. (Morton Kondr(lcke is executive editor of Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill.) · .. '· ,..,.,.,_,_, ...., ........... - ~' - .,., ........... . ..... -··'" . .... "measures at many levels - civilian and military, preventative and reactive" - to enable "early warning and respopse, better preventative action of all kinds ... civilian capabilities, especially policing, on permanent standby ... to · make R2P real." 1 admire the intention. The hollow pledges of "Never again!" after Rwanda have resulted in 'untold numbers of mass, untended graves. But 1 have a cautionary question. The original 2005 U.N. General Assembly "Responsibility to Prot.ect" · d d .. reso 1uuon p1e ge co11ective action in a timely and . decisive manner through the Security Council" _ and this is the crucial addi· f tJOn - "should peace u1 means be inadequate and national authorities are manifestly failing to proh · f teet 1 elr peop1e ... rom genocide .. . and crimes against humanity." That means armed intervention when imminently necessary. And the new Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect ' also has among its goals to: "Clarify when non-consensual military force can and cannot be used consistently · with· R2P principles . . That also means armed intervention when imminently necessary. But there's a catch. These Global Centre "clear criteria" of when to move in militarily to stop genocide and crime s against humanity have to be "adopted as guidelines by the (U .N.) Security Council." Thi s U.N. Security Council, where China, Sudan 's chief economic, . -.. .. . ... .. ,. . political and U.N. protector, sits? What if China or a temporarily serving Arab state supporter of Sudan's National Islani'ic Front government vetoes any military inter· vention? . What will the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect do then? This concern of mine, moreover, could be entirely hypothetical. Let us suppose the U.N. Security Council doe s finally approve immediate military intervention to stop genocide and other horrific crimes by a sovereign nation against its peo· pie? From what nat iom around the world will the necessary arms, lm· istical resources and armed sol diers come?· Right now, a> U.N. Secretary-General. Ban Ki-Moon complain > bitterly, the meager · deployment of the U.N.African Union nonmilitary force can't even get 24 helicopters from U.N. member nations. The answers to th e\e question s - if sust ained political and econo mic· pressure on Gen. al -Bashi r keeps failing - will dcier mine whether the ne K t !.Uc cessful genocide - after the final solution in Darfur - w,ill also be followed hy moumful · mumblin gs r• f "never again ." (Nat .Hentoff is a 1m1ion ally renoi.med authorit y on the First Amendment ·onr/ · the Bill of Rights and author of IIUIIl y hook, . including "Tize War on thr· Bill of Rights and thr Gatherill g Res i.l' ta nce " (Seven Stories l'r~ 1· 1 2004).) 2008 -Obituaries. . ' Margie L McDaniel ' Can only armed intervention e11d Sudan genocide? On Jan . 25, Andrew Natsios, former American envoy to Sudan. said that "the U.S . o~ the United Nations cannot force anyone. We can only encourNat age." And in his final State HentoN of the Union Address, George W. Bush 's only reference to Darfur was a single line: "America opposes LETTERS TO THE genocide in Sudan." 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McDantel: SISters, Virginia Faudree, Laura Will, and Ernestine Folden; and brothers, William "Bill" Elias and John "Poodle'' Elias Jr. ' · She is survived by a son, Howard E. (CarolY McDaniel of . Mason, W.Va.; daughters: Sue (William) Hussell of Ma<;On W.Va., Nancy .(Joe) Brinker of Lil:tle Hocking; grandchildren: Joe (Carol) Bnnker Jr. of Jup1ter, Fla. and Lori Ann Carroll of Chesh1re: great grandchildren, lane Carroll and Emily Carroll, and several meces, nephews, and cousins. There will be private visitation. Memorial services will be held at I p.m. Thursday, Feb. i4, at the Foglesong-lucker Funeral Home With the Rev. Scott Knowlton officiating. Burial will be in Graham Cemetery. E-Mail condolences may be sent to the family at foglesongtucker@myway.com · www.mydailysentinel.com Local Briefs Bake off ALBANY - Carpenter Baptist Church, Ohio 143 Albany, will hold a Cake Bake-off and special singing at the monthly Community Fellowship event, 6-8 p.m., Feb. 24. The public is invited to bake a cake for judging. Snacks and cake will be served. Information is available from Pastor Whitt Akers, 591-1236. The Daily Sentinel• Page As Judge: Restraining order against secretary of state voided BY PHILI.P ELLIOTT ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER "Procedures are important as well .'fhat's why there's a court system," .Gallaway said. Brunner ' last month ordered the 53 Ohio counties that use electronic, touch-screen voting machines to make paper hallots available if a voter asks during the March 4 primary. She said counties must print enough of the bal)ots for 10 percent of the people who -voted in the last presidential election. Phillips .argued · that Brunner does n' t have the authority to order optional paper ballots and said it would cost his county at least $68,000 to provide. them. He questioned whether Brunner could legally order a county to provide dual systems- one touch-screen, the other paper-based. Phillips sought a restraining order from . Union County Common Pleas Judge Richard Parrot to stop the paper system and Parrot . agreed. Both Phillips and Parrot are Republicans : Brunner is a Democrat. Brunner then g"Ot the case moved to Franklin County, where her office is based. She said counties already use paper ballots for absentee voters, and. the backup , plan was not a separate systern. · COLUMBUS A Franklin County judge on Monday said a temporary restraining order that . blocked the state 's d ection POMEROY - The Modem Woodmen will have a break- plan was procedurally fast, 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Golden Corral in flawed, but that the court Gallipolis. The Camp will pay $3 toward the cost of each would have a full review of person's meal. 'A famil y door pri~e will be a warded. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's plans later in the week. Franklin County Common RUTLAND- An 18 and over, 3-on-3 basktball tourna- Pleas Judge Eric Brown said ment will be held adt the Rutland Civil Center Saturday, Union County Prosecutor Feb. 23 . Team lee is $50. All proceeds will benefit the Big David Phillips didn't give ·Bend Youth Football League. To register or get more infor- Brunner enough notice to mation call Amy Pullins, 740-992-3579 or Sarah Pullins, attend the hearing and the 740-698-4054. matter wasn 't so urgent they couldn't wait. Brown also Neils Alan "AI" Jensen, 70, beloved husband of Joyce ordered Phillips and Drummon~ Jensen, passed away on Friday, Feb. i, 2008, at St. Brunner back to his court on R:ose Dommican Hospital in Las Vegas, Nev. He died of carWednesday to disc uss diac arrest and multiple organ failures following a short stay in RACINE - The Racine Youth League 2008 org~ni~a­ whether Brunner overthe hospital. . tional me!!ting to include election of officers will be held 4 stepped her authority by He was the son of Edna Jensen of Oak Harbor and the late p.m., Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Racine Legion Hall. ordering counties to offer Neils Jensen. He was a graduate of Port Clinton High School, Everyone interested encouraged to attend. For more inforpaper ballots. · Bowling GreeJI State University, Mary Manse College, and mation call 247-2103. "We will get to the merits Xav1er Umvers1ty. · on Wednesday," Phillips He devoted his entire adult life to working with children. He saitf. "We could quibble had been a classroom teacher, coach of several sports, high with the judge's conclusion school .vice principal and principal, guidance counselor, Job POMEROY '--The Valentine's Day Candy Contest at about who deprived who of Corps director and Dean of Students at Rio Grande College. the Meigs County Senior Center will be sponsored by a forum . ... So far, it's just · . He was preceded in death by his father, Neils Jensen; fatherCash land of Pomeroy which is offering a $40 pre-paid Visa been procedural issues the m-law, Floyd Drummond; brother, Dennis Jensen: brother-incard as a first pri~e and a $20 pre-paid Visa card for second secretary has been throwing law, Harold Drummond;_ nephews. Chris Gpeves and Brian place. The contest takes place on Thursday and candy out." Drummond; and several aunts and uncles who had given him . entries should be at the center in a disposable container by A Brunner spokesman many fond memories. · 9:30a.m. with judging starting at I 0 a.m. The candy should said the decision squares . · He and his wife of 36 years, Joyce, retired in Henderson, be homemade and will be auctioned off after judging for with the secretary's authoriNev., 10 years ago, and she survives him. Also surviving are the Meals on Wheels program. Participants into the free ty to issue directives. Patrick two children, Allison Jensen of San Diego, Calif., and Derek contest do not have to be senior citizens. For information Gallaway also . said _their Jensen of Reno, Nev.; Beth, Neils, Lisa, Heidi and Eric (chilcall Activities Director Debbie Jones at 992. 2161. petltmn won on 1ts ments. dren from a previous marriage); inother, Edna Jensen, Oak Harbor; sister, Rose Marie O'Connell, Oak HarbOr; brothers and sisters-in-law: Joe and Cynthia Drummond, Addison, Art and Jane Hess, Middleport, I;lunny Jensen, Massachusetts, and June Drummond, Logan; nieces: Michelle Bryant, Lindsey BY JULIE CARR SMYTH have the courage to face our O'Connell, Jennifer Carneiro, Holly Jensen, Marta Murray, Jan Husted and Harris argue . of more than 80,000 jobs in Colo~imo, Jill Gundler, Christi Mash, and Cathy. King; AP STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT problems and then reach that adding· new bond debt the next four years," Dailey nephews: D.J. Jensen, and Scott and Jay Drummond: and sevbeyond them toward the roughly equivalent to the said. · . · eral cousins and friends. · COLUMBUS - Should prosperity that lies in our old debt the state just got rid Liz McNichol, a senior A service to honor his' memory will be held at 2 p.m. on Ohio borrow, or not, . to future." of essentially erases the fellow at the Center for Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at St. John's Lutheran Church on carry its high-tech economy Republicans who lead the savings that paid for the Budget Policy Priorities, Adams Street in Port Clinton, where he was a member. to the next level? state Legislature 'balked· at senior · tax cut. Issuing the said it is unusual for a state In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude That question, simple yet Strickland's plan to incur $1.7 billion in new bonds with a looming budget gap Children's Research Hospital, 50I 'St. Jude Place, Memphis, complex, caught state lead- more state debt. and passing the upcoming not to use its rainy day Tenn. 38105. Phone (800) 805-5856 for information regarding ers in a bitter battle last House Speaker Jon capit~l budget is expected fund, as Strickland as opted memorial contributions. .. · · week after . Gov. Ted Husted has put forth his . to ra1se the percentage of to do. Strickland has laid Strickland proposed in his own . plan for boosting the debt held by the state from out plans for trimming $733 second State of the State alternative energy industry. 4.5 percent to 4.75, nearer million from the state budwhile the governor's proposal speech that Ohio issue $1.7 It calls for earmarking a the constitutional debt ceil- get so far, and says if the is a full-time college opportu- billion in new bond debt. portion of the income taxes ing of 5 percent. economy worsens, the rainy nity," said Buckley. paid by employees of alterHusted also suggested day fund will be an option. The amount of debt a · Mei~s High Guidance · state carries doesn't imme- native energy companies to that a big bond initiative from PageA1 "If you have money in the Councilor Mike Wilfong said diately affect the size of its be reirrvested in green ener- might be intended -to help rainy day fund, this is kind spending it on a University that currently only three stu- budget or the programs it gy programs. The initiative Democrats in an election of what they're designed System of Ohio campus." dents take advantage of the supports, such as schools or would be given a jump-start cycle. for," McNichol said. The proposed by the gover- post secondary option health care for the poor. But from taxes paid by tradiStrickland spokesman But she said states often nor provides the ftrst year of although through the years it rising debt payments can tiona! utility companies, Keith Dailey said reducing take on added debt to college free of cost tq those has gone as high as l0. squeeze a state oyer time then gradually would be the state's debt burden was improve infrastructure even students who qualify academ- However, both he and and affect its ability to bor- transferred over to the new a nice ancillary benefit of while bl\dget tirn.l:li__Jire ically to parti<;ipate. This, Buckley pointed out that next row money_in the future. energy companies as the the sale of the tobacco pro- tough. · however, does not mean that fall when the Rio Grande industry grows. ceeds but it wasn 't the Another option is to raise Strickland, a Democrat, the Legislature would have to University /Community . a 'h goal. He said ~umping taxes, M.cNichol said, parSees hIS pproac immediate cash mto the increase school funding College, opens, the whole envisions issuing the bonds as Husted more fiscally respons1'ble ticu. larly on those in higher to get the quick cash needed · because the money now allo- picture changes. school-building program d income brackets, who than incurring more debt, cated to the school district The new facility is within to encourage the state's and characterizes the debate an creating enough sav- would pay for those taxes alternative energy and biowould follow the student, just walking distance of · Meigs as a parting of principles ings to offer the tax-cut from savings rather than as it does in the post · sec- High School and easily acces- medical industries, develop over whether Ohio should were the stated goals . from the pot of money they ondary options program. sible to students from across environmentally friendly "b "Thai reduction at the put back into the economy William Buckley, superin- the county. Previously while a plastics made from Ohio orrow our way to pros- time has created the room to through purchases of goods allow the state to take on and services. But not raistendent of the Meigs Local few classes were offered at farm products und make perity or pay as we go." Gop infrastructure improveH S d School District, said that " the Middleport Rio branch, e an enate this additional debt, which ing taxes is an issue on Bill Harris · 1and, Husted taking that route would defi- most traveled to out-of-coun- ments to t~e state's roads, Pnisident · d · d ·also the 6"overnor bel 1'eves 1·s a wh'1c h stnck nitely give those students who ty schools at their own bridges, blighted areas and rmse . pomte questwns small relative. investment and Harris have consistentd are accepted into a university expense. The new facility rural downtowns . He say s about how Strickland's plan for a huge potential payoff 1 would affect state residents. Y agree · he will take the issue to votprognun a leg ur," He called built on the Meigs Middle and ers in November if legislaJust last year, !hey helped the governor s . proposal Meigs High School campus ISSUeS. "another variation of what is and offering a wide variety of tors don't support his plan. Strickland pass a property The deadline for voter The theory is that his .tax cut for senior citizens already available- another courses. changes the whole registration has passed. option-becoming a true picture, said the superinten- Building Ohio Jobs package that was paid for using from PageA1 could create 80,000 jobs money the state would save freshman at a college or uni- dent. versity, taking freshmen col- ' Both Buckley and Wilfong without further government · by trimming its debt by $1.7 lege courses." He said he raised the question of how cuts or a rollback of the tax billion - the exact amount primary races for Meigs views the new educational much local participation there breaks the state has deliv- the state would incur again County Commissioner on proposal as a "great opportu- would be in the proPQsed ered to businesses, senior under Strickland's proposal. both the Democratic and nity for the ri~ht kids, tuition "Senior to . Sophomore citizens and the disabled in By selling its share of the Republican sides, contested national legal settlement Republican races for treafree, and putung them totally Initiative" because "it means recent years . a break from high school and "The people of .Ohio did against the tobacco industry surer, sheriff and prosecutahead." However, he noted that cur- its various activities and not entrust us with our leaJ- and using the proceeds up ing attorney nominations, rently only a few students are friends, and a lot of kids just ership roles simply to deal front on school building and Clerk of Courts. There • FREE 2417 Ttchnlclll 8uppon enrolled in the post secondary aren't ready to do that." ·with difficulties at hand," projects, the state was able are other uncontested races • tnstJnt Mewoing • keep rcu- buddy till! "But "It's a. cheap way to Strickland .said during the to save a combined $257 on the Republican ballot. option program which allows • 10 e-mail adci'flsses 'Mih Webl'nlil\ The primary ballot also • CuSiom Start Page - news, weamet & IT'IOIII . them to take college courses . pick up college credits. It's a speech, referring indirec.tly million a year by reducing includes county-wide levy which provide both high sweet deal if it's offered," to the looming budget gap its debt payments and rais6XlaslerD school . and college credit. concluded the Meigs superin- he had moved to fill only a ing the amount of interest it proposal s from . the Meigs )11!113 r11(){& County Council on Aging 'That is a part-rime option tendent. ·week earlier, "We mu st ·earned. Sign Up Onllntl www.LCQJNet.com .and Meigs County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental least a $1 per hour raise. Musser said its believed Council approved pur- Di sabilities, and s evera~ Musser said he would refer wiring was accidentally cut chasing tire chains for a vil - township and village the pay raise request to the by the contractor. The wire lage dumptruck which cost ' from PageA1 finance committee to see was repaired by the contrac- $200 total as well as $770 what kind of a raise, if any, tor and worked for awhile for chainsaws and equip-' but now the lights are out ment for the street departStreet Department the village could afford. After hearing a presenta- . again which is attributed to a ment. Charles employee : Barnhart said he' d Fitchpatrick spoke to coun- tion, by Diana Coates about sl:tort. Council approved cil about what he felt were the senior citizen's replace- purchasing new wire for received a complaint of · inadequacies with the vil- ment levy on the March bal- $956. Pomeroy police officers set.• •• Councilman Jim Sisson ting speed traps on Union lage's employee health lot, council voted to publicly • insurance prov1der and he support the one mill replace- complimented the effort by and Mulberry Avenues. Tbe Gift of Security and Peace of Mind asked council to consider a ment' levy which has an local . agencies, including Musser said he and Proffitt ~ "decent pay raise" for vil- additional .I mil. Coates fire departments and law .are addressing the issue. Auto · Home - Life- Health Council approved the personnel lage employees. spoke about the cut backs enforcement Fitchpatrick, who has been and fundraisers the Meigs which responded to a fire mayor's report which !lad Farm- Bu1Iness with the village for 20 years, County Council on Aging yesterday near Lasley total receipts of $22.249. A said with·the current ~aise in has made to keep programs Street, poinling out thi s type U,>tal of $2,781 was received of cooperation· happens in parking meter money, minimum wage, he wasn't running. Reed 8r Baur Insurance Apncy Mu sser spoke about often . tickets. and petmits for .the making muc.h more than that Council transferred month of January. and said the pay was not downtown lighting which is. D 220 East Main Stree~ 5"\ Council went into execucomparable to similar work - out, initially due to handi - $8,000 from the general to 992-3600 ~ ers in other villages. He felt capped ramps put in last street fund to meet ex pens- . tive session once to discuss www.reedbaur.com a legal matter. employees should get at year in the .sidewalk when es. Woodmen dinner Basketball tournament planned .Neils Jensen Racine Youth League to organize Prizes for candy contest PERSPECTIVE: State leaders spar over extent offtscal crisis College Voting ( t",; ;;,;: Ordinance ... .. :... : w ,I . • .. I �The Daily Sentinel PageA6. OHIO Tuesday,February12,2008 Inside The Daily Sentinel Dahlberg on Clemens & Congress, Page B2 '\ • Ex-police.officer testifies he accidentally killed pregnant lover BY JOE MILICIA ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CANTON - There was a gasp in the courtroom when the former police . officer on tri al in the murder of hi s pregnant lover was called to the witness stand. Bobby Cutts Jr. . who remained si lent for a week last summer as thousands searched for the woman, confessed to accidentally killing her and told jurors he's been living a night· · mare ever since. Cutts, 30; spoke slowly, his voice shaking at the first mention · of Jessie Davis' name. Then the excop and semi pro football player broke down as he d,escribed the single blow he says took her hfe . "She grabbed me and said I couldn't leave. I pulled my arm from her. I pulled· my arm and threw my elbow back," said Cutts, sobbing uncontrollably. Cutts held his bowed head in his hand, needing several minutes to compose himself. He spent the rest of his four hou.rs on the witness stand clutching tissues and sniffling. "Mr. Cutts do yqu have a cold? Because I don't see any tears," said assistant prosecutor Dennis Barr, to the objection of defense attorneys, at the start of his cross examination. Cutts said he was at Davis' home to pick up their 2 1/2-year-old before 6 a.m. and was telling her to hurry. The 26-year-old was nine months' pregnant with Cutts' child when she died June 14. " I stopped," said Cutts. then looked up to the cei ling . "Did you leave Je ssie at that location?" Mack said. "Yeah," Cutts sa id between sobs . He then spent the rest· of the day trying to convince himself nothing had hap· pened. "This isn't real. It's not happening," Cull s said. " If I go along with my day, it'll all go away." He picked up his daugh· ter, bought her a snow cone maker, mulched hi s yard and went to· work that evening . He even called Davis. "I was hoping I would call her home and she · would answer arid this whole th.ing would be , AP photo over," he said. After more than tw o Former Canton, Ohio police officer .Bobby Cutts Jr. , left, shows how he elbowed Jessie Davis in the throat .to attorney Fernando Mack as Cutts testifies in his trial, Monday, in hours of answering ques· Canton: Cutts could receive the death penalty if convicted of killing Jessie Marie Davis, who tion s from hi s defense attorneys, Cutts sat snifwas nine months' pregnant with his child. fling on the stand as began that ?" he said raisi ng hi s hi s cross-examination. , When she didn't move try to kill anyone." "Did you cry thi s much Cutts has pleaded not voice. "I just wanted to go quicker to get her son . when you dumped Jessie's ready, Cutts started to guilty to several counts, get my son.· I didn't want ,body in the park ?" Barr leave. She stopped him. including aggravated mur- ·&nybody to get hurt. " He put hi s finger in his der, which charges that a Cutts, a former Canton said. " After I dumped her nose then pointed it at her killing was intentional and police officer, testified that body, yes I did cry," Cutts carries a possible death · he didn ' t want the poy, face . He said she bit it . . Blake, to see hi s mother, said. Cutts tried to leave sentence. why Barr questioned again. ·He · said Davis He testified that he P~f· so he put Davis ' body in grabbed his arm and told fanned CPR after Jes$te ;the bed of her truck and Cutts didn 't call911. Cutts him he couldn't. He said fell, then tried tlk use :went to a friend's house. · said he tried while· he was he pulled his arm away bleach to revive her -' a He said Blake was sleep· at Davis ' home , but couldn' t get her cell phone to and threw his elbow back. large bleach stain wa:s later · ing. After he picked up friend work. He told jurors it landed found in her room : Cutts said ·he collapsed "She wasn't respondinr, ,Myisha Ferrell to watch in her throat area and she fell hard. and I knew she was dead,' 'Blake, he said he drove on her bed upset, explain· "I didn't inean to hurt Cutts testified . around in a panic, not ing why the mattress in her room was askew on her He said he recalled knowing what to do. her," Cutts sobbed. Cutts said he led author- thinkin~ , "No way this is "I can't keep drivin g bOx spring. He also said he ities to her body nine days happenmg, this is not hap- around with her bod~ in knocked her nightstand after she died. pemng." the back of this truck. ' he and table over by accident. Cutts testified that Blake "I wanted to prove I did· ·Defense attorney said. n't do what they were say- Fernando Mack asked why While driving he saw a slept the whole time. ing - aggravated mur- he didn't call police. . dirt road leading to a park "How does Blake know der," Cutts said. "I didn't "How do you explain and pulled in. his mommy 's wrapped in a rug?" Barr asked , referring 10 a statement the boy made to hi s grandmother and an investigator. Dden se . attorney s obj ected, and Barr withdrew the question. · Barr ended his crossexamination with two questions: "You know what hap· pens to babies who are , inside the mother's womb and receive ·no medic al attention?" "You think baby Chloe · died when Jessie died? Cutts said he didn't know. Cutts twice demonstrat· ed how he swung hi s elbow at Davis. Barr openly scoffed at Cutts' re-creat ion of the blow. Jurors asked Cutts why he didn 't take Ferrell to watch Blake. He said he panicked becau se he · moved the body. Cutts was barely audible by the end of hi s testimo· ny, .and Stark County CQ mmon Pleas Judge Charles E. Brown Jr. repeatedly asked him to ' speak up. Cutts ' attorneys told the jury during opening state· ments that there was no evidence linking Cutts to Davi s' killing. Prosecutors warned the jury that com· mon. sense, not· DNA evidence, would determine the case. Prosecutors have said Cutts was feeling the pressure of his crumbling marriage, financial debt and supporting several chil· dt'en . Cutts' friend, Ferrell . . testified earlier that Cutts demonstrated to her that he choked Davi s with his arm. §oard of Ed to oppose governors Cabinet-level schools czar BY PHIUP.ELUOn ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER COLUMBUS -Gov. Ted Strickland .on Monday defended his plan to take greater control of the state's schools, despite threats that state Board of Education members planned to con· demn it a day later. Strickland said he wanted to have power to match his responsibil·ity. State board members said the governor was undercutting the state constitution and neutralizing their authority. "If I'm the governor and I'm responsible for education, I should have greater ability to effect what happens with education," Strickland told reporters as he left a teacher-of-the-year ceremo· ny where no ori~ mentioned· hts education plan. ''The board would serve an advisory role, or other func- • tion or responsibility. I'm not saying the board would not have ljll' importanA role to play." The board, however, would have only as much power as allowed by Strickland or the governor-appointed director of education called for in his propdsal.· The role of the board as well as the state superintendent would be determined by the director. Board members told The Columbus . Dispatch they planned dunng thetr meetmg Tuesday to echo an objection Board President Jennifer Sheets filed with. Strickland. Local stocks AEP (NYSE) - 43.43 Ak,zo (NASDAQ)- 69 Ashland Inc. (NYSE) 45.10 Big Lots (NYSE) - 18.63 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) 28.20 BorgWamilr (NYSE) 46.54 Century Aluminum ( NAS. 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Funds lor the Holzer Tobacco Prevention Protyam •re made available throutjh 1 want from tfte Ohio Tobacco Prevention foond.ttion. .· Otio :, ' lbbncc· ,..antiott •• ' ~ ' • ~· • lo ' < ., Hoyas win, 'Hawks lose, Page B2 Rivalry on the PGA Tour, Page B6 Tuesday, February 12, 2008 l.o<;AL SCHEDULE POMEROY- A schedule of upcoming higl'l school va rsily sporting events involving Despite criticisms, Steelers staying with grass at Heinz Field teams from Meigs and Gallla cooolles. Tulldav ' fob 12 Boy• Baaketball Division If/ (5) Federal Hocking vs. (12) River Valley at Jackson HS, 8 p.m. Division IV (7) Ironton St. Joe vs. (1 0) Soulh Ga111a at Athen s HS, 8 p.m. Wednnday ftb 13 Boyo Bookotboll Division If (7) Meigs vs. {10) Athens at Wellston HS, 8 p.m. 8~~·~..~~.6:11 · · Division If (3) Fairland vs. (6) Gallla Academy at Wellston HS, 8:30p.m. Sttun:Jay Fib. 18 Boya Baaketball Division II . Meigs-Athens winner vs. (2) Warren at Wellston HS, 7 p.m. Division Ill River Valley-Federal Hocking winner vs. Chesapeake-Wellston winner at Jackson HS, 5 p.m. : Glrlo Boolutlboll . 'Dlvlsfon IV- District semifinals • South Gallla vs. New Boston at Jacl<son HS, 1:45 p.m. Sclotovllle·South Webster winner vs. Eastern at Jackson HS, noon. Mientkiewicz agrees_to minor league deal with Pirates PITTSBURGH (AP) First baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, who caught the final out in 2004 that gave the Boston Red Sox their first World Series championship in 86 years, agreed Monday to a minor league contract Monday with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Mientkiewicz would get a $750,000, one-year contract if added to the 40man roster. The deal also includes $750,000 in performance bonuses. Pittsburgh is looking for another. bat off the bench after not bringing back first baseman Josh Phelps, . who hit .351 in 29 games wjth the Pirates last season after also being picked up from the Yankees. Phelps was arbitration eligible and the Pirates did not offer him a new contract, arid he signed with St. . Couis. · :· The · 33-year-old Mientkiewicz missed more than half of last season for the Yankees with a broken tight wrist suffered when Ill:- collided with Boston's Mlke Lowell. Mientkiewicz hit .277 with five home runs and 24 RB!s in 72 games last season. He has a .271 career average with 64 homers and 372 RB!s in 942 games with Minnesota, Boston, the .New York Mets, Kansas City and the Yankees. Mientkiewicz initially retained the ball he caught to end the 2004 Series, but the Red Sox also wanted it and the dispute over the ball's ownership eventually resulted in a lawsuit. The disagreement ended when the ball was donated to the Baseball· Hall of Fame, · :The bonus clauses in Mientkiewicz's contract il)clude $25,000 each for 70 and 80 games, $50,000 1\RCh for 90, 100 and 110 games and $75,000 each for 120 and 130 games. He . would also make $50,000 each for 275, 300 and 350 plate appearances, $75,000 each for 400 and 450 plate ' appearances and $100,000 for 500 plate appearances. BY ALAN ROBINSON ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH - The Heinz Field maintenance crew · won' t be throwing away those "Keep Off The Grass" signs after all. The Pittsburgh Steelers gave into their players' wishes and will keep their grass field, ,though it may not necessarily be the field that is currently in place. While the Heinz Field surface is regularly rated by NFL players as one of the league's worst, a large number of Steelers players lob· bied the team to keep the grass because they are convinced it reduces injuries. "The majority of our players have told us that they prefer natural grass to any · job the staff at Heinz Field · has done to have the field ready for our games." The Steelers currently use a grass surface called DD GrassMaster that has r~infl!rcing strands of artifi· eta! ftbers mterwoven With natura! g~a~s. The team has not satd 1f tt wtll keep that surface or put down a dif· ferent type of grass . The Steelers received con· siderable cnttctsm after a· newly installed layer of sod became swamped by unseasonably heavy rain during their Nov. 26 game against Miami. There was standing water several inches deep, resulting in a nearly unplayable surface. Both offenses stalled pearly the entire game, and the Steelers scored the only points on Jeff Reed's 24yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining - the first time in 64 years an NFL game went that long without any points. After that game, the Steelers said it they study installing an artiftcial surface for the 2008 season. The stadium is used for an average of 22 games per game, including all home games by the Steelers and the University of Pittsburgh and at least five high school games. However, Steelers running back Willie Parker - the NFL's leading rusher at the time - bJoke his right leg while cutting on artificial turf Dec . 20 in St. Louis. Without Parker, the Steelers had almost no running game while losing their final regular season ~arne to Baltimore and thetr only playoff gaine, a last-minute 31-29 home-field los s to Jackwnville. That injury may have swayed some in the Steelers' front office who were beginning to become convinced that, because of the heavy Please see Heinz, B:Z Hughes scores 40 as CavaUers beat Magic 118-111. BY TRAVIS back-to-hack, · .so it was kind of in their favor," Hughes said: "But these ORLANDO; Fla. -The games you have to win." Cleveland Cavaliers ' luck Howard, six days from seemed to keep getting his first All-Star start, got worse, until Monday night. called out by his coach for Larry Hughes scored · a perhaps the first tiJllle in season-high 40 points and his career. LeBron James added 29 "To· me, it's a matter of points an·d 10 assists as the focus," Stan Vail Gundy Cavaliers beat Dwi.ght said. "His focus is on the Howard and the Orlando offensive end - he gets .discouraged when he doesMagic 118-111. The Ca,vs were without n't get the ball. I know the three of their top players, numbers prove that what and nearly lost two others we need him to focus on to in a 30-point drubbing · win is defense and Sunday night to the rebounding. But that's not Nuggets what he wants to do right Denver Zydrunas Ilgauskas with now, aud so we've got a back spasms, Damon Jones little bit of a conflict.'' Howard, the NBA's with a sprained ankh;. Both played Monday, but rebounding leader who's were game-time decisions. averaging 14.5 a game, Then, Cleveland's plane failed to break double-digwas grounded Sunday its in that category for the night with a mechanical second time in four games. failure. The Cavaliers tried He had 1.6 points and nine until early Monday morn- rebounds and the Magic ing to fly to Orlando lost their third of a fivebefore giving up for the game home stretch before night. They didn't arrive the break. until about I :30 p.m. Van Gundy even sat his Monday . for the 7 p.m. star part of the fourth quaetipoff. · ter, because Howard "It just throws your lacked effort and said whole rhythm off and your something during a break. routine off," James said. But the fourth-year player "And you know you are defused the situation after not going to get the same ~e game by agreeing with good sleep you were going hts coach. . to get once you land into a "I get frustrated a httle city." · bit," Howard said. "But Hughes led the way, I've got to do what's right scoring 23 in the third fur the team. They need quarter on 6-for-7 shoot- me to be focused on what I . ing, including.two 3-point· n~ed to d~ to h.elp our team ers and an assortment of wtn, which 1s . rebound, drives and jumpers. He piar g~eat defense and be • · . . APphoto also hit nine of I 0 free acl!ve. Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, center, is fouled while driving to the basket as throws in the period. he is swarmed by the Orland!! Magic's Rashard lewis, left, Dwight Howard and Jameer "We are coming off a Pluu- H........ B2 Nelson, right, during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Monday. REED ASSOCIATED PRESS Crusaders edge White Falcons .S4-52 BY GARY CLARK SPORTS CORRESPONDENT PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - The Wahama White . Falcons fought from behind nearly all night long but simply couldn't get the basket to vault the. Bend Area team over the hump in falling to host Parkersburg Catholic by a slim 54-52 margin Monday evening in the final regular season road contest of the year for Coach James Toth's Mason County cage squad. The White Falcons battled back from several five point CoNrAcrUs deficits and trailed the Crusaders by as manr as 1·740·446·2342 ext. 33 seven. with 4:38 remaming before putting together a Fax- 1-740·446-3008 come-from-behind rally that ~II- sports Omydailysentinel.com fell just short. Despite the ~·s•ln setback, WHS experienced Eric Randolph, Sports Writer one of its better outings of (740) 446·2342. ext 33 the season in falling to 10-8 spor1s0mydailysentlnel.com on the year. Although cutBryan Walters, Sports Writer ting down considerably on (740) 446·2342, ext. 33 what has become its biggest bwalters 0 mydailytribune.com nemesis this season, the White Falcons turnovers, Larry Crum, Sports Wrltar couldn 'I quite get complete· (740) 446·2342, ext. 33 Ierum 0 mydaily~eglater. corn ly away from . the turnover I artificial surface," Steelers president Art Rooney II said m. a statement issued Monday. "Grass is also the preference of our coaches and athletic staff. We discussed this with . the University of Pittsburgh to make sure everyone is comfortable moving forward." Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson also said the school · favored grass, Pitt also plays its home games at Heinz Field, which opened in 2001. "We have had in-depth conversations about the playing surface at Heinz Field since the completion of the season," Pederson said. "After the review, we all agreed that we are committed to a natural grass sur· face. We appreciate the great bug as the local cagers threw sively and his elevated play the basketball away at the really gave us a lift," said Toth. most inopportune times. "Despite the loss I'm Jordan Smith and Justin pleased with the way we Arnold again paced the performed tomght," Falcons offensively with 14 · Wahama coach James Toth and 12 points · respectively said following the narrow with Flowers adding nine, setback. "We're playing Keith Pearson and Casey more people to see what Harrison six each and Kyle they can do in certain situa- Zerkle five. lions and we're beginning to Parkersburg Catholic (10understand our roles. We're 8) was led in scoring by still making mistakes we Jason Williams with a game shouldn't be making at this high 15 markers with John point in the season but we're Padden dropping in 12 and making progress. If we were Cole Cwyner I 0. Williams just a little smarter we win scored six and Padden seven this game tonight" Toth in the fmal quarter to help added. the Crusaders hold off the One of the newcomers to ' Bend Area • teams fourth m~e the most of hi~ op1,10r· period rally. tumty of added playmg lime Wahama jumped out to a was junior . g11ard Brandon five point advantage in the Flov.:ers ',Vho , finis~ed the opemng stanza before the evemng With mne pomts and Crusaders turned the tide' in a solid defensive effort with the second canto to claim a numerous thefts against the 25-23 halftime edge. Crusaders. Flowers helped Parkersburg Catholic llroke put· Wahama in a position to free from a 31-31 deadlock win by scorinJ! seven of his with a 9-4 run before Tim Tucker/photo mne markers m the second .Flowers hit a jumper and Wahama's Casey Harrison lifts up for a shot over a pair of half. "Brandon [Flowers] Arnold followed it up with a was a real positive Jor us · Parkersburg CathoHc defenders during a boys high school both offensively and defen- . PIHH- Falcons. B2 basketball game Monday night in Parkersburg. �The Daily Sentinel PageA6. OHIO Tuesday,February12,2008 Inside The Daily Sentinel Dahlberg on Clemens & Congress, Page B2 '\ • Ex-police.officer testifies he accidentally killed pregnant lover BY JOE MILICIA ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CANTON - There was a gasp in the courtroom when the former police . officer on tri al in the murder of hi s pregnant lover was called to the witness stand. Bobby Cutts Jr. . who remained si lent for a week last summer as thousands searched for the woman, confessed to accidentally killing her and told jurors he's been living a night· · mare ever since. Cutts, 30; spoke slowly, his voice shaking at the first mention · of Jessie Davis' name. Then the excop and semi pro football player broke down as he d,escribed the single blow he says took her hfe . "She grabbed me and said I couldn't leave. I pulled my arm from her. I pulled· my arm and threw my elbow back," said Cutts, sobbing uncontrollably. Cutts held his bowed head in his hand, needing several minutes to compose himself. He spent the rest of his four hou.rs on the witness stand clutching tissues and sniffling. "Mr. Cutts do yqu have a cold? Because I don't see any tears," said assistant prosecutor Dennis Barr, to the objection of defense attorneys, at the start of his cross examination. Cutts said he was at Davis' home to pick up their 2 1/2-year-old before 6 a.m. and was telling her to hurry. The 26-year-old was nine months' pregnant with Cutts' child when she died June 14. " I stopped," said Cutts. then looked up to the cei ling . "Did you leave Je ssie at that location?" Mack said. "Yeah," Cutts sa id between sobs . He then spent the rest· of the day trying to convince himself nothing had hap· pened. "This isn't real. It's not happening," Cull s said. " If I go along with my day, it'll all go away." He picked up his daugh· ter, bought her a snow cone maker, mulched hi s yard and went to· work that evening . He even called Davis. "I was hoping I would call her home and she · would answer arid this whole th.ing would be , AP photo over," he said. After more than tw o Former Canton, Ohio police officer .Bobby Cutts Jr. , left, shows how he elbowed Jessie Davis in the throat .to attorney Fernando Mack as Cutts testifies in his trial, Monday, in hours of answering ques· Canton: Cutts could receive the death penalty if convicted of killing Jessie Marie Davis, who tion s from hi s defense attorneys, Cutts sat snifwas nine months' pregnant with his child. fling on the stand as began that ?" he said raisi ng hi s hi s cross-examination. , When she didn't move try to kill anyone." "Did you cry thi s much Cutts has pleaded not voice. "I just wanted to go quicker to get her son . when you dumped Jessie's ready, Cutts started to guilty to several counts, get my son.· I didn't want ,body in the park ?" Barr leave. She stopped him. including aggravated mur- ·&nybody to get hurt. " He put hi s finger in his der, which charges that a Cutts, a former Canton said. " After I dumped her nose then pointed it at her killing was intentional and police officer, testified that body, yes I did cry," Cutts carries a possible death · he didn ' t want the poy, face . He said she bit it . . Blake, to see hi s mother, said. Cutts tried to leave sentence. why Barr questioned again. ·He · said Davis He testified that he P~f· so he put Davis ' body in grabbed his arm and told fanned CPR after Jes$te ;the bed of her truck and Cutts didn 't call911. Cutts him he couldn't. He said fell, then tried tlk use :went to a friend's house. · said he tried while· he was he pulled his arm away bleach to revive her -' a He said Blake was sleep· at Davis ' home , but couldn' t get her cell phone to and threw his elbow back. large bleach stain wa:s later · ing. After he picked up friend work. He told jurors it landed found in her room : Cutts said ·he collapsed "She wasn't respondinr, ,Myisha Ferrell to watch in her throat area and she fell hard. and I knew she was dead,' 'Blake, he said he drove on her bed upset, explain· "I didn't inean to hurt Cutts testified . around in a panic, not ing why the mattress in her room was askew on her He said he recalled knowing what to do. her," Cutts sobbed. Cutts said he led author- thinkin~ , "No way this is "I can't keep drivin g bOx spring. He also said he ities to her body nine days happenmg, this is not hap- around with her bod~ in knocked her nightstand after she died. pemng." the back of this truck. ' he and table over by accident. Cutts testified that Blake "I wanted to prove I did· ·Defense attorney said. n't do what they were say- Fernando Mack asked why While driving he saw a slept the whole time. ing - aggravated mur- he didn't call police. . dirt road leading to a park "How does Blake know der," Cutts said. "I didn't "How do you explain and pulled in. his mommy 's wrapped in a rug?" Barr asked , referring 10 a statement the boy made to hi s grandmother and an investigator. Dden se . attorney s obj ected, and Barr withdrew the question. · Barr ended his crossexamination with two questions: "You know what hap· pens to babies who are , inside the mother's womb and receive ·no medic al attention?" "You think baby Chloe · died when Jessie died? Cutts said he didn't know. Cutts twice demonstrat· ed how he swung hi s elbow at Davis. Barr openly scoffed at Cutts' re-creat ion of the blow. Jurors asked Cutts why he didn 't take Ferrell to watch Blake. He said he panicked becau se he · moved the body. Cutts was barely audible by the end of hi s testimo· ny, .and Stark County CQ mmon Pleas Judge Charles E. Brown Jr. repeatedly asked him to ' speak up. Cutts ' attorneys told the jury during opening state· ments that there was no evidence linking Cutts to Davi s' killing. Prosecutors warned the jury that com· mon. sense, not· DNA evidence, would determine the case. Prosecutors have said Cutts was feeling the pressure of his crumbling marriage, financial debt and supporting several chil· dt'en . Cutts' friend, Ferrell . . testified earlier that Cutts demonstrated to her that he choked Davi s with his arm. §oard of Ed to oppose governors Cabinet-level schools czar BY PHIUP.ELUOn ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER COLUMBUS -Gov. Ted Strickland .on Monday defended his plan to take greater control of the state's schools, despite threats that state Board of Education members planned to con· demn it a day later. Strickland said he wanted to have power to match his responsibil·ity. State board members said the governor was undercutting the state constitution and neutralizing their authority. "If I'm the governor and I'm responsible for education, I should have greater ability to effect what happens with education," Strickland told reporters as he left a teacher-of-the-year ceremo· ny where no ori~ mentioned· hts education plan. ''The board would serve an advisory role, or other func- • tion or responsibility. I'm not saying the board would not have ljll' importanA role to play." The board, however, would have only as much power as allowed by Strickland or the governor-appointed director of education called for in his propdsal.· The role of the board as well as the state superintendent would be determined by the director. Board members told The Columbus . Dispatch they planned dunng thetr meetmg Tuesday to echo an objection Board President Jennifer Sheets filed with. Strickland. 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"To appoint a director who would have oversight over all Department of Education efforts goes directly against th~ will of t~e people who supported the tdea of an education agency that is insulat· ed . from politics," Sheets wrote on Friday. ·;,, Strickland called the department "unwieldy" during last week's State of the State s~ch and proposed taking control away from the board. Strickland insisted he didn't intend to marginalize the existing body but said he ;md future governors should have a stronger hand in resolving the ongoing school funding question. "That's part of the prob!em. There is splintered responsibility," Strickland said Monday. "What I'm try· ing to do is bring cohesivepess to this structure." 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Chance of precipitation near I 00 percent: Thesday night...Rain and snow in the evening...Then snow likely after midnight. Snow accumulation around an inch. Total snow accumulation 2 to 5 inches. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. West winds 5 to I 0 mph. Chance of precipi· tation near I 00 percent. · Wednesday ... Mo,tly cloudy with a 20 percent • chance of snow showers. Much cooler with highs in th~ lower 30s. Notthwest winds around 10 mph. Wednesday night...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 17. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Thursday ...Sunny. Npt as cool with highs in the upper 40s. Thursday ilight...Partly cloudy in the evening ...Then becoming mostly cloudy. Not a~ cool with lows around 30. Friday ... Partly sunny in the moming ... Then becoming most! y cloudy. A chance of rain showers. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 40 per· cent. Friday night...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow and rain showerS. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. · Saturday... Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs in the upper 30s. Chance of rain 30 percent. Saturday night... Mostly cloudy with .a 30 percent chance of snow. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Sun!lay ... Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Highs in· the lower 40s. Chance of snow 30 percent. Sunday · night and Monday...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 30s. The Holzer Tobacco Prevention Center and the American Cancer Society encourage you to make a special attempt to quit using spit tobacco for this week ... a·nd for good! Contact the Holzer Tobacco Prevention Center toll-free at 1·666-855-8702 or the Ohio Tobacco Quit Line toll.free at 1-800-QUIT-I"'OW for assistance. READY TO QUill WE'RE HERE TO HELP! Funds lor the Holzer Tobacco Prevention Protyam •re made available throutjh 1 want from tfte Ohio Tobacco Prevention foond.ttion. .· Otio :, ' lbbncc· ,..antiott •• ' ~ ' • ~· • lo ' < ., Hoyas win, 'Hawks lose, Page B2 Rivalry on the PGA Tour, Page B6 Tuesday, February 12, 2008 l.o<;AL SCHEDULE POMEROY- A schedule of upcoming higl'l school va rsily sporting events involving Despite criticisms, Steelers staying with grass at Heinz Field teams from Meigs and Gallla cooolles. Tulldav ' fob 12 Boy• Baaketball Division If/ (5) Federal Hocking vs. (12) River Valley at Jackson HS, 8 p.m. Division IV (7) Ironton St. Joe vs. (1 0) Soulh Ga111a at Athen s HS, 8 p.m. Wednnday ftb 13 Boyo Bookotboll Division If (7) Meigs vs. {10) Athens at Wellston HS, 8 p.m. 8~~·~..~~.6:11 · · Division If (3) Fairland vs. (6) Gallla Academy at Wellston HS, 8:30p.m. Sttun:Jay Fib. 18 Boya Baaketball Division II . Meigs-Athens winner vs. (2) Warren at Wellston HS, 7 p.m. Division Ill River Valley-Federal Hocking winner vs. Chesapeake-Wellston winner at Jackson HS, 5 p.m. : Glrlo Boolutlboll . 'Dlvlsfon IV- District semifinals • South Gallla vs. New Boston at Jacl<son HS, 1:45 p.m. Sclotovllle·South Webster winner vs. Eastern at Jackson HS, noon. Mientkiewicz agrees_to minor league deal with Pirates PITTSBURGH (AP) First baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, who caught the final out in 2004 that gave the Boston Red Sox their first World Series championship in 86 years, agreed Monday to a minor league contract Monday with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Mientkiewicz would get a $750,000, one-year contract if added to the 40man roster. The deal also includes $750,000 in performance bonuses. Pittsburgh is looking for another. bat off the bench after not bringing back first baseman Josh Phelps, . who hit .351 in 29 games wjth the Pirates last season after also being picked up from the Yankees. Phelps was arbitration eligible and the Pirates did not offer him a new contract, arid he signed with St. . Couis. · :· The · 33-year-old Mientkiewicz missed more than half of last season for the Yankees with a broken tight wrist suffered when Ill:- collided with Boston's Mlke Lowell. Mientkiewicz hit .277 with five home runs and 24 RB!s in 72 games last season. He has a .271 career average with 64 homers and 372 RB!s in 942 games with Minnesota, Boston, the .New York Mets, Kansas City and the Yankees. Mientkiewicz initially retained the ball he caught to end the 2004 Series, but the Red Sox also wanted it and the dispute over the ball's ownership eventually resulted in a lawsuit. The disagreement ended when the ball was donated to the Baseball· Hall of Fame, · :The bonus clauses in Mientkiewicz's contract il)clude $25,000 each for 70 and 80 games, $50,000 1\RCh for 90, 100 and 110 games and $75,000 each for 120 and 130 games. He . would also make $50,000 each for 275, 300 and 350 plate appearances, $75,000 each for 400 and 450 plate ' appearances and $100,000 for 500 plate appearances. BY ALAN ROBINSON ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH - The Heinz Field maintenance crew · won' t be throwing away those "Keep Off The Grass" signs after all. The Pittsburgh Steelers gave into their players' wishes and will keep their grass field, ,though it may not necessarily be the field that is currently in place. While the Heinz Field surface is regularly rated by NFL players as one of the league's worst, a large number of Steelers players lob· bied the team to keep the grass because they are convinced it reduces injuries. "The majority of our players have told us that they prefer natural grass to any · job the staff at Heinz Field · has done to have the field ready for our games." The Steelers currently use a grass surface called DD GrassMaster that has r~infl!rcing strands of artifi· eta! ftbers mterwoven With natura! g~a~s. The team has not satd 1f tt wtll keep that surface or put down a dif· ferent type of grass . The Steelers received con· siderable cnttctsm after a· newly installed layer of sod became swamped by unseasonably heavy rain during their Nov. 26 game against Miami. There was standing water several inches deep, resulting in a nearly unplayable surface. Both offenses stalled pearly the entire game, and the Steelers scored the only points on Jeff Reed's 24yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining - the first time in 64 years an NFL game went that long without any points. After that game, the Steelers said it they study installing an artiftcial surface for the 2008 season. The stadium is used for an average of 22 games per game, including all home games by the Steelers and the University of Pittsburgh and at least five high school games. However, Steelers running back Willie Parker - the NFL's leading rusher at the time - bJoke his right leg while cutting on artificial turf Dec . 20 in St. Louis. Without Parker, the Steelers had almost no running game while losing their final regular season ~arne to Baltimore and thetr only playoff gaine, a last-minute 31-29 home-field los s to Jackwnville. That injury may have swayed some in the Steelers' front office who were beginning to become convinced that, because of the heavy Please see Heinz, B:Z Hughes scores 40 as CavaUers beat Magic 118-111. BY TRAVIS back-to-hack, · .so it was kind of in their favor," Hughes said: "But these ORLANDO; Fla. -The games you have to win." Cleveland Cavaliers ' luck Howard, six days from seemed to keep getting his first All-Star start, got worse, until Monday night. called out by his coach for Larry Hughes scored · a perhaps the first tiJllle in season-high 40 points and his career. LeBron James added 29 "To· me, it's a matter of points an·d 10 assists as the focus," Stan Vail Gundy Cavaliers beat Dwi.ght said. "His focus is on the Howard and the Orlando offensive end - he gets .discouraged when he doesMagic 118-111. The Ca,vs were without n't get the ball. I know the three of their top players, numbers prove that what and nearly lost two others we need him to focus on to in a 30-point drubbing · win is defense and Sunday night to the rebounding. But that's not Nuggets what he wants to do right Denver Zydrunas Ilgauskas with now, aud so we've got a back spasms, Damon Jones little bit of a conflict.'' Howard, the NBA's with a sprained ankh;. Both played Monday, but rebounding leader who's were game-time decisions. averaging 14.5 a game, Then, Cleveland's plane failed to break double-digwas grounded Sunday its in that category for the night with a mechanical second time in four games. failure. The Cavaliers tried He had 1.6 points and nine until early Monday morn- rebounds and the Magic ing to fly to Orlando lost their third of a fivebefore giving up for the game home stretch before night. They didn't arrive the break. until about I :30 p.m. Van Gundy even sat his Monday . for the 7 p.m. star part of the fourth quaetipoff. · ter, because Howard "It just throws your lacked effort and said whole rhythm off and your something during a break. routine off," James said. But the fourth-year player "And you know you are defused the situation after not going to get the same ~e game by agreeing with good sleep you were going hts coach. . to get once you land into a "I get frustrated a httle city." · bit," Howard said. "But Hughes led the way, I've got to do what's right scoring 23 in the third fur the team. They need quarter on 6-for-7 shoot- me to be focused on what I . ing, including.two 3-point· n~ed to d~ to h.elp our team ers and an assortment of wtn, which 1s . rebound, drives and jumpers. He piar g~eat defense and be • · . . APphoto also hit nine of I 0 free acl!ve. Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, center, is fouled while driving to the basket as throws in the period. he is swarmed by the Orland!! Magic's Rashard lewis, left, Dwight Howard and Jameer "We are coming off a Pluu- H........ B2 Nelson, right, during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Monday. REED ASSOCIATED PRESS Crusaders edge White Falcons .S4-52 BY GARY CLARK SPORTS CORRESPONDENT PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - The Wahama White . Falcons fought from behind nearly all night long but simply couldn't get the basket to vault the. Bend Area team over the hump in falling to host Parkersburg Catholic by a slim 54-52 margin Monday evening in the final regular season road contest of the year for Coach James Toth's Mason County cage squad. The White Falcons battled back from several five point CoNrAcrUs deficits and trailed the Crusaders by as manr as 1·740·446·2342 ext. 33 seven. with 4:38 remaming before putting together a Fax- 1-740·446-3008 come-from-behind rally that ~II- sports Omydailysentinel.com fell just short. Despite the ~·s•ln setback, WHS experienced Eric Randolph, Sports Writer one of its better outings of (740) 446·2342. ext 33 the season in falling to 10-8 spor1s0mydailysentlnel.com on the year. Although cutBryan Walters, Sports Writer ting down considerably on (740) 446·2342, ext. 33 what has become its biggest bwalters 0 mydailytribune.com nemesis this season, the White Falcons turnovers, Larry Crum, Sports Wrltar couldn 'I quite get complete· (740) 446·2342, ext. 33 Ierum 0 mydaily~eglater. corn ly away from . the turnover I artificial surface," Steelers president Art Rooney II said m. a statement issued Monday. "Grass is also the preference of our coaches and athletic staff. We discussed this with . the University of Pittsburgh to make sure everyone is comfortable moving forward." Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson also said the school · favored grass, Pitt also plays its home games at Heinz Field, which opened in 2001. "We have had in-depth conversations about the playing surface at Heinz Field since the completion of the season," Pederson said. "After the review, we all agreed that we are committed to a natural grass sur· face. We appreciate the great bug as the local cagers threw sively and his elevated play the basketball away at the really gave us a lift," said Toth. most inopportune times. "Despite the loss I'm Jordan Smith and Justin pleased with the way we Arnold again paced the performed tomght," Falcons offensively with 14 · Wahama coach James Toth and 12 points · respectively said following the narrow with Flowers adding nine, setback. "We're playing Keith Pearson and Casey more people to see what Harrison six each and Kyle they can do in certain situa- Zerkle five. lions and we're beginning to Parkersburg Catholic (10understand our roles. We're 8) was led in scoring by still making mistakes we Jason Williams with a game shouldn't be making at this high 15 markers with John point in the season but we're Padden dropping in 12 and making progress. If we were Cole Cwyner I 0. Williams just a little smarter we win scored six and Padden seven this game tonight" Toth in the fmal quarter to help added. the Crusaders hold off the One of the newcomers to ' Bend Area • teams fourth m~e the most of hi~ op1,10r· period rally. tumty of added playmg lime Wahama jumped out to a was junior . g11ard Brandon five point advantage in the Flov.:ers ',Vho , finis~ed the opemng stanza before the evemng With mne pomts and Crusaders turned the tide' in a solid defensive effort with the second canto to claim a numerous thefts against the 25-23 halftime edge. Crusaders. Flowers helped Parkersburg Catholic llroke put· Wahama in a position to free from a 31-31 deadlock win by scorinJ! seven of his with a 9-4 run before Tim Tucker/photo mne markers m the second .Flowers hit a jumper and Wahama's Casey Harrison lifts up for a shot over a pair of half. "Brandon [Flowers] Arnold followed it up with a was a real positive Jor us · Parkersburg CathoHc defenders during a boys high school both offensively and defen- . PIHH- Falcons. B2 basketball game Monday night in Parkersburg. �Page B2 • The Daily Sentinel ; • www.mydailysentinel.com Tuesday, February 12, 2pcl8 Tuesday,Februaryt2,2oo8 Clemens & Congress: opening act promises- high comedy for Rocket and his scientist BY TIM DAHLBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS As opening ads go. this one belonged center stage in the theater of the absurd. There 11a' Roger Clemens making the rotinds like a veteran pro, tossing milographed baseballs to senetaries. putting congressmen into playful headlocks and inviting everybody down to his place for some teal Texas harbeque. Not far away, Brian McNamee stood nervously in a darkened hallway. opening his raincoat to show scandalous pictures to anyone who mig~t come by. · And everywhere on Capitol Hill. lawyers were sharpening both their talking poi1its and their fangs for the .real fun just .ahead. They couldn' t have set up Wednesday"s showdown before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee any better if television writers had used their down time during the strike to s.cript it. Then . agam. a "De~pcrate bloody gauze. Hou,ewives ·· plot would Or they could have gone pale along,ide the twists this 1o DebbieCiemens.com. ~aga has taken since where they not only could Clemens was cast as the sec the pictures but order unwilling star of the such items as a baseballMitchell 'Report on steroids. stitched purse and pitcherThe only thing missing and-catcher. wine glasses was the sex. ani! we got. that and hear her philosophy on when it was .reported that fitness and life. "Remember you always the Rocket 's scientist told investigators that Roger feel good after a great workClemens ·wasn't . the only out and are so happy you did Clemens family member he it'" she writes. injected. McNamee said he There aren't any new shot up Debbie Clemens entries on Debbie's site; with human growth hor- probably because she has mone five years ago so she been busy· working out and would look better in the doing other things. Her husSports Illustrated swim~uit band doesn't have a job edition . right now but he seems That presumably sent a lot awfully busy, too, in his new · of baseball fans into their role as a congressional lob' basements, fishing for their byist in charge of lobbying stack of swimsuit editions to congressmen about himself: see just· how HGJ-1 might You half expected ·have enhanced Debbie Clemens to be carrying a Clemens. Basements are bag of baseballs signed with good places to store lots of his name and the date of his different things, as hearing as he, two lawyers McNamee would likely and .a public relations type, attest after filling his with spent Thursday and Friday discarded Miller Lite cans, knocking on the door of any empty steroid syringes and congressman who might be in the room this week, when he and McNamee testify with seven Cy Youngs and a spot in the Hall of Fame possibly at stake. If there seemed something sfightly unseemly about going behind closed doors to have a few laughs with people who could be your judge and jury, it ..yas lost on Team Clemen.s. They understood, after all, that one sure way to m;tke sure the questions coming his way are lobbed softballs is to pose for souvenir pictures with awed politicians, slap a few backs and show them what a good ol' boy he really is. Don't forget, though, that these are also the same people who secretly tape conversations, hire ·investigators to find out what McNamee might have done in the parking lot at his senior prom and refuse to conclude a sentence about McNamee unless the words "troubled'' and "liar" have already been used twice. The scorched earth pol icy of Team Clemens knows no bounds, particularly now that they've set aside any thoughts of caution and qecided to risk everything on Clemens' portrayal of himself as a wounded hero who would never do anything to harm either himself or the game he loves. T·he problem wit~ that strategy is that it didn't work on "60 Minutes," didn't work in the bizarre news · conference Clemens held afterward and won't likely work even. before his fans in Congress. Clemens has already been convicted in the court of public opinion by a pub.lic sick of overpaid sports tieroes who cheat, and it doesn't help that every time he opens his mouth he looks like he is lying. Clemens' only hope is that McNamee is either caught on video sticking pins into a voodoo doll of the pitcher or· is so thoroughly discredited that the only conclusion anyone can draw is that he was a bitter former employee out to get even. www.mydailysentlnel.com bune - Sentinel - ' CLASSIFIED It ·this was a one-on-one matchup, Clemens· star power might prevail in the same room where Mark McGwire forgot the past and Sammy Sosa forgot how to speak English a few years ago. But Andy Pettitte will be there, and he has already confirmed .what McNamee said about him. Chuck Knoblauch willlikely .do the same thing, presumably wi.th his 3-year-old son sitting on his lap to learn a lesson about what daddy might have done wrong. Maybe Team Clemens can bring in Debbie Clemens to even things up. Nothing quite like an outraged mother of four to make this theater even more absurd than it already shapes up to be. Clemens no' doubt would like to see her there. Because unlike the others, you can be sure she would stand by her man. · 7im Dahlberg is Q natiana/ sports columnist for The As.wciated Press. Write to him at tdahlbergap.org I Websjtes: . In 011e Week With Us www.mydailytribune.com E-mail www.mydailysentinel.com classified@ mydailytribune.com REACH OVER 285,000 PROSPECTS www.mydailyregister.com PLUS ·YOUR AD NOW ONLINE To Place ~ribune Sentinel l\egi~ter ca~:;:,::; {740) 446-2342 {740) . ~92-2156 {304) 675-1333 ... - - - - - - - -·_ _ _ _o..:._rF,.a.,x To BY KEN RITTER ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS O.J. Simpson told jailers he had been planning to host a poker game at his home in ·Miami before he was brought to Las . Vegas to ·spend several nights behind bars, according to a television program transcript released Monday. "I didn't expect to be back . here so soon,". Simpson lau·ghed as he was greeted by a Las Vegas police jail officer, according . to tile transcript from producers of the MyNetworkTV show "Jail." A crew was already filming at the Clark C-ounty Falcons fromPageBl . trey at the buzzer to close the Falcon deficit to 40-38 with eight minutes remain; in g. In the final quarter Flowers connected again to open the period and even the count at 40-40 before the Crusaders embarked ·on a 9-2 spurt to lead by seven at 49-42 with 4:38 to play. Pearson, Smith and Arnold scored a bucket apiece over · the next minute to pull Wahama to within a basket at 50-48 but the two teams traded goals . down the stretch as the White Falcons fell just short in losing by a narrow 54-52 margin. The Crusaders also captured the junior varsity contest by a 62-46 score despite a 26 point otfensive performance by the Falcons' Rodney Bragg. Quintin Collie notched a game high Heinz from PageBl pounding the field takes each season, that switching to artificial turf would create a more uniform surface. It also would allow more non-football events to be held there each season. But in a postseason inter.view with The Associated Press on Jan. 7, Steeler.s chairman Dan Rooney said the NFL was pleased with .the grass surface for the playoff game. "I think the grass held up really good," Rooney said. Part of the Steelers' turf problems this past season resulted from rain or snow falling before or during each of their final four. games. . . After five high school and college games were played at Heinz Field in a 30-hour period Nov. 23:24, $150,000 worth of new sod was laid atop the permanent grass field within hours before the Dolphins- WASHINGTON (AP) for the Hoyas (20-3, 10-2 thrilling matchup in a rivalDetention Center when the on . charges including kidformer fpotball star was napping and armed robbery Jonathan Wallace. fouled in Big East), who have won ry that has quickly escalatbrought in by his former stemming fro'm a Sept. 13 the backcourt by Corey seven of eight and bounced ed into one of the best in bail bondsman on Jan. ll, confrontation with ·two Stokes with one-tenth of a back from a loss at the Big. l2. said Morgan Langley, an sports memorabilia dealers second remamtng, sank Louisville on Saturday. James missed most of the executive producer. at a Las Vegas casino hotel. both free throws to give the Georgetown blew a 12- first half with foul trouble, "It was not something we He was brought back to No. 8 Georgetown Hoyas a point second-half lead and then provided the muscle were expecting," Langley Las Vegas for allegedly via- 55-5S victory 'Monday scored only two field goals Texas (20-4, 7-2 Big 12 ) said of Simpson's appear- lating terms of his release night, their first home win o.ver the final eight min- needed to counter t.he ance, which Langley said on $I 25,000 bail by trying over the Villanova Wildcats utes. Jayhawks' size and s1rength drew cheers from other peo- ,to contact a co-defendant in in more than a decade . Reynolds led Villanova under the basket. pie in an intake waiting · his .armed robbery case. A Wallace came up with the ( 14-9, 4-7) with 24 points, Jarnes finished with 14 room at the jail. "It was a lit- . judge dou~led his bail. · loose ball - a rarity on a but he went only 1-for-6 points. Connor Atchely led According to V'!e Iran- night when Georgetown tie bit strange." from the field in the second Texas with 16 points and The segment is scheduled script, Simpson satd he was for broadcast Tuesday at 9 having a good day until he was outhustled and outre- half. Still, his night wasn't A.J. Abrams added )4 in a mad nearly as bad as that of points. . · · was brought back to Las . bounded p.m. scramble after Scottie teammate Corey Fisher, Darrell Arthur scored 22 Simpson's lawyers did not . Vegas. Reynolds turned the ball 1-for-16 for the who went to lead the Jayhawks (23-2, immediately respond to "I used to love coming to in traffic while over game. 8-2). 'who lost for just the messages seeking comment Vegas," Simpson tells a jailVillanova was holding for second time in 33 regular er. "Now (I) hate it." Monday. · startthe last shot. Wallace No. 11 Texas 72, No. 3 season games dating back Simpson and two other "I had a poker game Kansas 69 to last season. Ma(io men are due for trial April 7 tonight at my house that I ed to dribble and was by Stokes, slightly bumped AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Chalmers added 13 points was hosting and today I finally foun.d my golf who became the fourth Damian James scored 12 for Kansas but missed a 27 points for .Parkersburg swing," he says. player to foul out in a game points and . grabbed 13 final 3-pointer in the final Catholic. Simpson returned to that was marred by 48 rebounds in the second second that would have Wahama will close out the Miami after posting the new fouls . half, and Texas held off sent the game into overremainder of its regular sea- bail amount. Wallace scored 15 points Kansas in yet another time. son hardwood card at home beginning with a date with Man on Friday followed by a return engagement with Mason County rival Point Pleasant on Saturday. Tip from Page .Bl . off ti!Jles for both nights are 6 p.m. for junior varsity actiOn and 7:30p.m. for the Hedo Turkoglu had 25 varsity tilt. points for Orlando, leading all five starters in double Parkersburg Catholic 54, Wahama 52 figures. Jameer Nelson had Wahama 14 9 15 14 52 ,22 points, Rashard Lewis Pkg Cath. 9 16 15 14 S4 scored 15 and Maurice WAHAMA - JORDAN SMITH 6 0·0 Evans added 'I 0 points' and 14, JUSTIN ARNOLD 4 2·4 12, BRAN· DON FLOWERS 4 1·2 9, CASEY HAR· . eight rebounds. RISON 3 0·0 6, KEITH PEARSON 2 2· The teams were closely 2 6, KYLE ZERKLE 2 0·0 5, KERRY matched through three quar- · GIBBS 0 0-Q 0. JOSH PAULEY 0 O.Q 0. TOTALS 21 5-8 52. ters, and entered the fourth PKG CATHOLIC- JASON WILLIAMS tied at 86. But Cleveland 7 1-4 15, .COLE CWYNER 5 0·0 10, JOHN PADDEN 5 0·0 12, JASON' opened a 98-88 lead, by far HENSLER 2 0· 1 5, DYLAN REIFSTEEK its biggest, as the Magic · 2 1·2 5, BRITI WEST 3 Q.O 7, PAT scored only two points in STEALY 1 0·0 2, JOHN BOELTER 0 1·2 1. TOTALS 25 3·9 54. the first 4:48 of the period. ;rHREE POINT GOALS: WAHAMA 5 "That was one of the most (Smith 2, Arnold 2, Zer,kle) . PKG disappointing games of the CATHOLIC 4 (Padden 2, Hensler, West). year to me, if not the most JUNIOR VARSITY: PKG CATHOLIC 62 disappointing," Van Gundy WAHAMA 46 said. ''I thought we ·were right in a very closely contested game." Steelers game. Drew Gooden ·was back But the new grass because in the lineup after missing inundated when I 112 inch- three games with a straimid es of rain fell before and right groin. He scored six of during the Dolphins game, Cleveland's first eight ' 1 } i and the fteld did not drain as points, but finished with 10. usual because there were The Cavs were still missing two layers of sQd - rather Daniel Gibson (strained than the usual single layer hamstring), Anderson - above the drainage sys- · Varejao (sprained ankle) tem. Pavlovic and Sasha There was heavy rain (sprained foot). · · again the following week Newble also. scored 10 for the Bengals-Steelers forIraCleveland, while Devin game, but the new sod .held. Brown had II off the bench. up much better. The field Van Gundy was careful to was critic.ized again by ~ay Howard didn't disresome Jacksonville players spect him or teammates, after about a half-inch of and didn't feel like the situsnow fell during the ation couldn't resolve. Jaguars' 29-22 regular-sea"We'll get him there - I son win at Heinz Field on t~ink he's a ~igh-character Dec. 16. "That's a lawsuit waiting guy and I thmk he underto happen," Jaguars running stands it," Van Gundy said. "But today that's not where back Fred Taylor said. However, once the field his mind was." Notes: James took an finally dried out during a elbow to the · face from two-week gap without ' ~-~ games, conditions were Brian Cook in the third Orlando M~c center .Dwight Howard, right, talks to his hand after scoring despite being much betfer for quarter trying to get a fouled as Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James watches daring the first half of their Jacksonville's return visit rebound. He got up slowly, NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla. Monday. on Jan. 5. although light but returned apparently rain fell during that playoff unharmed .... Cleveland has ' its most successful. Hughes, Van Gundy corttinues to consecutive start after used II different starting Newble, James, Gooden shake up his guard rotation. Carlos Arroyo took over the game. rotations, and this is one of and llgauskas are 5-l. ... Nelson made his second point for several weeks. Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. · Successful Ads Should Include These Items To Help Get Response... \\\Ill\.! 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Midwest 740·828·2750 Apartments •2&3 bedroom apartments •Central heat & AJC •Washer/dryer hookup ' �Page B2 • The Daily Sentinel ; • www.mydailysentinel.com Tuesday, February 12, 2pcl8 Tuesday,Februaryt2,2oo8 Clemens & Congress: opening act promises- high comedy for Rocket and his scientist BY TIM DAHLBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS As opening ads go. this one belonged center stage in the theater of the absurd. There 11a' Roger Clemens making the rotinds like a veteran pro, tossing milographed baseballs to senetaries. putting congressmen into playful headlocks and inviting everybody down to his place for some teal Texas harbeque. Not far away, Brian McNamee stood nervously in a darkened hallway. opening his raincoat to show scandalous pictures to anyone who mig~t come by. · And everywhere on Capitol Hill. lawyers were sharpening both their talking poi1its and their fangs for the .real fun just .ahead. They couldn' t have set up Wednesday"s showdown before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee any better if television writers had used their down time during the strike to s.cript it. Then . agam. a "De~pcrate bloody gauze. Hou,ewives ·· plot would Or they could have gone pale along,ide the twists this 1o DebbieCiemens.com. ~aga has taken since where they not only could Clemens was cast as the sec the pictures but order unwilling star of the such items as a baseballMitchell 'Report on steroids. stitched purse and pitcherThe only thing missing and-catcher. wine glasses was the sex. ani! we got. that and hear her philosophy on when it was .reported that fitness and life. "Remember you always the Rocket 's scientist told investigators that Roger feel good after a great workClemens ·wasn't . the only out and are so happy you did Clemens family member he it'" she writes. injected. McNamee said he There aren't any new shot up Debbie Clemens entries on Debbie's site; with human growth hor- probably because she has mone five years ago so she been busy· working out and would look better in the doing other things. Her husSports Illustrated swim~uit band doesn't have a job edition . right now but he seems That presumably sent a lot awfully busy, too, in his new · of baseball fans into their role as a congressional lob' basements, fishing for their byist in charge of lobbying stack of swimsuit editions to congressmen about himself: see just· how HGJ-1 might You half expected ·have enhanced Debbie Clemens to be carrying a Clemens. Basements are bag of baseballs signed with good places to store lots of his name and the date of his different things, as hearing as he, two lawyers McNamee would likely and .a public relations type, attest after filling his with spent Thursday and Friday discarded Miller Lite cans, knocking on the door of any empty steroid syringes and congressman who might be in the room this week, when he and McNamee testify with seven Cy Youngs and a spot in the Hall of Fame possibly at stake. If there seemed something sfightly unseemly about going behind closed doors to have a few laughs with people who could be your judge and jury, it ..yas lost on Team Clemen.s. They understood, after all, that one sure way to m;tke sure the questions coming his way are lobbed softballs is to pose for souvenir pictures with awed politicians, slap a few backs and show them what a good ol' boy he really is. Don't forget, though, that these are also the same people who secretly tape conversations, hire ·investigators to find out what McNamee might have done in the parking lot at his senior prom and refuse to conclude a sentence about McNamee unless the words "troubled'' and "liar" have already been used twice. The scorched earth pol icy of Team Clemens knows no bounds, particularly now that they've set aside any thoughts of caution and qecided to risk everything on Clemens' portrayal of himself as a wounded hero who would never do anything to harm either himself or the game he loves. T·he problem wit~ that strategy is that it didn't work on "60 Minutes," didn't work in the bizarre news · conference Clemens held afterward and won't likely work even. before his fans in Congress. Clemens has already been convicted in the court of public opinion by a pub.lic sick of overpaid sports tieroes who cheat, and it doesn't help that every time he opens his mouth he looks like he is lying. Clemens' only hope is that McNamee is either caught on video sticking pins into a voodoo doll of the pitcher or· is so thoroughly discredited that the only conclusion anyone can draw is that he was a bitter former employee out to get even. www.mydailysentlnel.com bune - Sentinel - ' CLASSIFIED It ·this was a one-on-one matchup, Clemens· star power might prevail in the same room where Mark McGwire forgot the past and Sammy Sosa forgot how to speak English a few years ago. But Andy Pettitte will be there, and he has already confirmed .what McNamee said about him. Chuck Knoblauch willlikely .do the same thing, presumably wi.th his 3-year-old son sitting on his lap to learn a lesson about what daddy might have done wrong. Maybe Team Clemens can bring in Debbie Clemens to even things up. Nothing quite like an outraged mother of four to make this theater even more absurd than it already shapes up to be. Clemens no' doubt would like to see her there. Because unlike the others, you can be sure she would stand by her man. · 7im Dahlberg is Q natiana/ sports columnist for The As.wciated Press. Write to him at tdahlbergap.org I Websjtes: . In 011e Week With Us www.mydailytribune.com E-mail www.mydailysentinel.com classified@ mydailytribune.com REACH OVER 285,000 PROSPECTS www.mydailyregister.com PLUS ·YOUR AD NOW ONLINE To Place ~ribune Sentinel l\egi~ter ca~:;:,::; {740) 446-2342 {740) . ~92-2156 {304) 675-1333 ... - - - - - - - -·_ _ _ _o..:._rF,.a.,x To BY KEN RITTER ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS O.J. Simpson told jailers he had been planning to host a poker game at his home in ·Miami before he was brought to Las . Vegas to ·spend several nights behind bars, according to a television program transcript released Monday. "I didn't expect to be back . here so soon,". Simpson lau·ghed as he was greeted by a Las Vegas police jail officer, according . to tile transcript from producers of the MyNetworkTV show "Jail." A crew was already filming at the Clark C-ounty Falcons fromPageBl . trey at the buzzer to close the Falcon deficit to 40-38 with eight minutes remain; in g. In the final quarter Flowers connected again to open the period and even the count at 40-40 before the Crusaders embarked ·on a 9-2 spurt to lead by seven at 49-42 with 4:38 to play. Pearson, Smith and Arnold scored a bucket apiece over · the next minute to pull Wahama to within a basket at 50-48 but the two teams traded goals . down the stretch as the White Falcons fell just short in losing by a narrow 54-52 margin. The Crusaders also captured the junior varsity contest by a 62-46 score despite a 26 point otfensive performance by the Falcons' Rodney Bragg. Quintin Collie notched a game high Heinz from PageBl pounding the field takes each season, that switching to artificial turf would create a more uniform surface. It also would allow more non-football events to be held there each season. But in a postseason inter.view with The Associated Press on Jan. 7, Steeler.s chairman Dan Rooney said the NFL was pleased with .the grass surface for the playoff game. "I think the grass held up really good," Rooney said. Part of the Steelers' turf problems this past season resulted from rain or snow falling before or during each of their final four. games. . . After five high school and college games were played at Heinz Field in a 30-hour period Nov. 23:24, $150,000 worth of new sod was laid atop the permanent grass field within hours before the Dolphins- WASHINGTON (AP) for the Hoyas (20-3, 10-2 thrilling matchup in a rivalDetention Center when the on . charges including kidformer fpotball star was napping and armed robbery Jonathan Wallace. fouled in Big East), who have won ry that has quickly escalatbrought in by his former stemming fro'm a Sept. 13 the backcourt by Corey seven of eight and bounced ed into one of the best in bail bondsman on Jan. ll, confrontation with ·two Stokes with one-tenth of a back from a loss at the Big. l2. said Morgan Langley, an sports memorabilia dealers second remamtng, sank Louisville on Saturday. James missed most of the executive producer. at a Las Vegas casino hotel. both free throws to give the Georgetown blew a 12- first half with foul trouble, "It was not something we He was brought back to No. 8 Georgetown Hoyas a point second-half lead and then provided the muscle were expecting," Langley Las Vegas for allegedly via- 55-5S victory 'Monday scored only two field goals Texas (20-4, 7-2 Big 12 ) said of Simpson's appear- lating terms of his release night, their first home win o.ver the final eight min- needed to counter t.he ance, which Langley said on $I 25,000 bail by trying over the Villanova Wildcats utes. Jayhawks' size and s1rength drew cheers from other peo- ,to contact a co-defendant in in more than a decade . Reynolds led Villanova under the basket. pie in an intake waiting · his .armed robbery case. A Wallace came up with the ( 14-9, 4-7) with 24 points, Jarnes finished with 14 room at the jail. "It was a lit- . judge dou~led his bail. · loose ball - a rarity on a but he went only 1-for-6 points. Connor Atchely led According to V'!e Iran- night when Georgetown tie bit strange." from the field in the second Texas with 16 points and The segment is scheduled script, Simpson satd he was for broadcast Tuesday at 9 having a good day until he was outhustled and outre- half. Still, his night wasn't A.J. Abrams added )4 in a mad nearly as bad as that of points. . · · was brought back to Las . bounded p.m. scramble after Scottie teammate Corey Fisher, Darrell Arthur scored 22 Simpson's lawyers did not . Vegas. Reynolds turned the ball 1-for-16 for the who went to lead the Jayhawks (23-2, immediately respond to "I used to love coming to in traffic while over game. 8-2). 'who lost for just the messages seeking comment Vegas," Simpson tells a jailVillanova was holding for second time in 33 regular er. "Now (I) hate it." Monday. · startthe last shot. Wallace No. 11 Texas 72, No. 3 season games dating back Simpson and two other "I had a poker game Kansas 69 to last season. Ma(io men are due for trial April 7 tonight at my house that I ed to dribble and was by Stokes, slightly bumped AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Chalmers added 13 points was hosting and today I finally foun.d my golf who became the fourth Damian James scored 12 for Kansas but missed a 27 points for .Parkersburg swing," he says. player to foul out in a game points and . grabbed 13 final 3-pointer in the final Catholic. Simpson returned to that was marred by 48 rebounds in the second second that would have Wahama will close out the Miami after posting the new fouls . half, and Texas held off sent the game into overremainder of its regular sea- bail amount. Wallace scored 15 points Kansas in yet another time. son hardwood card at home beginning with a date with Man on Friday followed by a return engagement with Mason County rival Point Pleasant on Saturday. Tip from Page .Bl . off ti!Jles for both nights are 6 p.m. for junior varsity actiOn and 7:30p.m. for the Hedo Turkoglu had 25 varsity tilt. points for Orlando, leading all five starters in double Parkersburg Catholic 54, Wahama 52 figures. Jameer Nelson had Wahama 14 9 15 14 52 ,22 points, Rashard Lewis Pkg Cath. 9 16 15 14 S4 scored 15 and Maurice WAHAMA - JORDAN SMITH 6 0·0 Evans added 'I 0 points' and 14, JUSTIN ARNOLD 4 2·4 12, BRAN· DON FLOWERS 4 1·2 9, CASEY HAR· . eight rebounds. RISON 3 0·0 6, KEITH PEARSON 2 2· The teams were closely 2 6, KYLE ZERKLE 2 0·0 5, KERRY matched through three quar- · GIBBS 0 0-Q 0. JOSH PAULEY 0 O.Q 0. TOTALS 21 5-8 52. ters, and entered the fourth PKG CATHOLIC- JASON WILLIAMS tied at 86. But Cleveland 7 1-4 15, .COLE CWYNER 5 0·0 10, JOHN PADDEN 5 0·0 12, JASON' opened a 98-88 lead, by far HENSLER 2 0· 1 5, DYLAN REIFSTEEK its biggest, as the Magic · 2 1·2 5, BRITI WEST 3 Q.O 7, PAT scored only two points in STEALY 1 0·0 2, JOHN BOELTER 0 1·2 1. TOTALS 25 3·9 54. the first 4:48 of the period. ;rHREE POINT GOALS: WAHAMA 5 "That was one of the most (Smith 2, Arnold 2, Zer,kle) . PKG disappointing games of the CATHOLIC 4 (Padden 2, Hensler, West). year to me, if not the most JUNIOR VARSITY: PKG CATHOLIC 62 disappointing," Van Gundy WAHAMA 46 said. ''I thought we ·were right in a very closely contested game." Steelers game. Drew Gooden ·was back But the new grass because in the lineup after missing inundated when I 112 inch- three games with a straimid es of rain fell before and right groin. He scored six of during the Dolphins game, Cleveland's first eight ' 1 } i and the fteld did not drain as points, but finished with 10. usual because there were The Cavs were still missing two layers of sQd - rather Daniel Gibson (strained than the usual single layer hamstring), Anderson - above the drainage sys- · Varejao (sprained ankle) tem. Pavlovic and Sasha There was heavy rain (sprained foot). · · again the following week Newble also. scored 10 for the Bengals-Steelers forIraCleveland, while Devin game, but the new sod .held. Brown had II off the bench. up much better. The field Van Gundy was careful to was critic.ized again by ~ay Howard didn't disresome Jacksonville players spect him or teammates, after about a half-inch of and didn't feel like the situsnow fell during the ation couldn't resolve. Jaguars' 29-22 regular-sea"We'll get him there - I son win at Heinz Field on t~ink he's a ~igh-character Dec. 16. "That's a lawsuit waiting guy and I thmk he underto happen," Jaguars running stands it," Van Gundy said. "But today that's not where back Fred Taylor said. However, once the field his mind was." 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Contact Ranch style house with 4 handicap accessible, $635 a the Ohio Division of bedrooms, living room, din· month, (740)949·2303 Financial Institution's ing room, kitchen, large lamOffice of Consumer iiy room, central air, gas heat Gallipolis-Riverview. 3BR , Affairs BEFORE you refi- and 1 fireplace. Addition of a 1BA, Ref. R9q ,. Quiet St. No nan~e your home or large F!orida room com· pets. $575/mos includes obtain a loan. BEWARE pletely cedar opens onto wtrlswrltrsh only. $450 ol requests tor arry large patio & pool area. Healed in deposit. 740·709-1641 advance payments of ·!701Jnd poo!. enclosed by pri MoBILE Bows fees or insurance. Call the vacy fenc1ng and land· Office of Consumer Scaped . Finished 2 car mR RENr Affairs toll free at 1·866· garage attached to house 278·000'3 to learn it the and finished & heated 3 car 2. br., 2 bath, washer & dryer, mortgage broker or garage unaHached. Mulberry Ave ., Pomeroy, lender is properly Excellent co ndition ready to $450 a month, (740)992· licensed. (This is a public move in. $255,000.00, Call: 0031 af1er 6pm service announcement (740)949-221 7 from the . Ohio · Valley 2BR at Johnsons Mobile Publishing company) MOBD.E HOMES Home Park. 740·446-1409 i 112 Border Collie. 1/2? to a Lost Austra~an Shepherd, good honle. very friendly. 1 white w/ tan & dark bro:wn (M') & 1 IF) approx. 6·8 v<ks spots. Sl R1 160 & Holzer , area. 446-4228 or 709-9071 10 Beauliful chocolate Lab ,., puppies. Call 388·9839 1 trlendly & ploytul, good w/ 6 mo old lab/Husky mix, kids. 740-441·0365 Free puppies. call 256·6169 · Jock Russell puppy (M), 8 mos old. Good wtth children. 740.388·8969 0 WANrnD TO Btiv ·------,.1 16 nion1h old Aottweller w/papers, dog house, & chain 740-64&-5605 or 304882·3884 · 2 y.o. rot. very fri endl y, Iewes kids tixedlmale 30.t·882· 2100 Avenue. Gallipolis. 74Q.44B- ® 2008 by NEA, Inc. I'Roi'Th';IONAL SERVIll.S www.comlca.com ~~~=====~;=====~~~=====:, 1110 "~... .nr..u- W:•f\.lur.u l t.10______,.111110 I CLASSIFIED INDEX : =·...,.------- lho : Aplrtmenll ror Aent ................................... 440 •• ·: .- oao no Auction and Flea Market...................., ........ Auto Pli.W & Acceeaortea .......................... 760 Auto Repair .................................................. Autos for Sate ..............................................710 Boato & Motors lor Sole ............................. 750 Building Suppllea ........................................ 550 Bualneaa and Bulldlnga ............................. 340 Buatn111 Opponunlly................................. 210 · Bualneaa Tralnlng ............ ,.......................... 140 Camper• & M~r Homes ........................... 790 Camping Equipment ................................... 760 . , Cardao1Thonka .......................................... 010 : ·. Child/Elderly Core ....................................... 190 Eloctrlcai/Refrtgeratlon ........~ ..................... 840 Equipment lor Ranl. .................................... 480 Excavating ................................................... 830 Farm Equlpment ...................,......................6t0 Fanilo for Rent.............................................430 . ; Farma for Sate ............................................. 330 • For Lease ...............................................;..... 490 . ' For Sale ........................................................585 '·. For Sale or Trade ......................................... 590 : • Fruita & Vegelableo ..................................... 580 , ; Fumlahed Roomo ....... ,................................450 General HM~IIng ...........................................850 Glveaway......................................................040 Happy Ada...................................................050 Hay & Graln ..................................................640 • Help Wanted .................................................110 , Home lmprovernenta ...................................81 0 : ' Homes for Sale ............................................ 310 - • Household Gooda ....................................... 510 - : Houses for Rent ............................:............. 41 • In Mamorlam ................................................ 020 lnourance .. :.................................................. 130 Lewn & Garden Equipment ........................ 660 veatock......................................................830 Loot and Found ........................................... 080 Lola & Acreage ............................................ 350 Mlacellaneous..............................................170 Mloeellaneous Merchandlae ..,....................540 Mobile Home Aepetr ....................................860 • Mobile Homeo for Rent ............................... 420 ' · Mobile Homea for Sale................................320 · Money to Loan .............................................220 · Mot0n:yclaa & 4 Wheelera ..........................740 Mualcallnatruments .................................. ; 570 : Par•onals .....................................................005 • · Peta lor Sillo ................................................ 560 • Plumbing & Haatlng .................................... 820 Proloaalonel Sorvlceo ................................. 230 Radio, TV & CB Repair ............................... 160 Real Eatato Wantad .......................:............. 360 Schoolalnatructlon .. :..................................150 Saecl , Plant & Fertilizer ...........................,.. 650 Situation a Wantad .......................................120 Space lor Rant ............................................. 480 : , Spontng Goods ........................................... 520 • • SUV'o lor Sale .............................................. 720 Trucks lor Sale ............................................ 715 Upholstery ................................................... 870 Vena For Sale ...............................................730 Wanted to BI!Y ............................................. 090 Wantad to·Buy- Farm SuppiiH .................. 620 Wantad To Do .............................................. 160 Wontad to Rent ............................................ 470 Yird Sate- Galllpolla ................................... • Vard Sale-Pomeroy/Middte ......................... 074 Vard Sola-Pl. Pleooant ................................. 076 o on I 100 WORKERS NEEDED Assemble crafts, wood , it&ms. To $480/wk Material& provided. Free Information pkg. 24Hr. 801·426·4649 A CELEBRATION OF LIFE .... OVERBROOK CEN· TER, located at 333 Page Street, Middleport, Ohio is pleased to announce we are accepting applications for Ihe tollowlng lull end port time positions to join our friendly and' dedicated staff: . AN'S, LPN'S. and STNA'S. Applicant's must be depend· able, team players with pos· itive at1iludes' to join us In providing outstanding. quail· ty care to our residents. Slop by and 1111 oul an oppll· cation or contact Hollie Bumgarmer, LPN, Staff Development Coordlnolor0740·992-6472 end come see tor yourself the difference you can make at Overbrooklll! EOE & A Participant of the drug-free workplace program · Merchandisers wanted COS· melic resets and other proj· ~s . Call fl66..249-6128 ext , 33 or apply online at www.convergencemktg.com = Earn up to SI.IOI'hour Now Hiring: Full Time Coy Shllt Full Time Evening S~lft Take lnbwnd customer service calls for Fortune 1DO Companies lnoludlng: Time Wor~ar Cable FEDERAL . POSTAL JOBS $17.89·$28.27/hr.. now hir· iOg. For application and free Folfer P•renta NHded $30·$48 a day with. paid respite, Training beiJins January 26· Albany. Call Oasis Foster Care to regiS· An E11cellent way to earn ter: Toll Free 1·877·325· money. The New Avon. 1558. Call Mariyn So4·B82·2645 Bob Evans in Gallipolis is accepting applications lor all posilions. cOme in and apply. 1n 110n Opportunlly Job Opportuniiy Engineer or Environmental Technk:ia.n Degree or demonstrated knowledge In perm1111ng and regulatory v.ork required tor a surface coal ml"ne. Familiarization wtth Ohto EPA mon1hly reporting. Ability to use Mk;rosoft Word. Excel, Auto CAD, topographicaj maps and ae<lol photogaphy preterred. Send resumes to Sands HHI Mining LLC. P.O. Box 650, Hamden. OH 45634 or call Domino's Pizza Now (740) 384-421110 request an application. Looking to Hire, Motivated Assistant Manager, all Locations App~ In Parson . p!o:::=====iJ looking lor EXPERIENCED · Amer~n Aosoc. ot Labor 1' Mig Welders and Laborers 913·599·9226, 24/hrs. emp. 88_"'_·- - - - - that can operate Industrial _ AVON! AR Areas! To Buy or S8!1. Shirley Spears, 304· 675· 1429. u ........ , .. ,.,vn:T>. JU.U" nn~... •I:U rlw-..iillilliili--,.1 ld JF==f,; CalllnloCiolon todayl 1-&n-483-6247 Ext.2347 www.infocisiOn.com .A Local Manufacturer ·Is goy«neme~t job into. call machinery. Appfy In pet'SOI'I at King Kutter II, 2150 Eastern A\18., Gallipolis. No phone cans-please. 11oJt WANTID TURNED DOWN ON · SOCIAL SECURITY i$51? No Fee Unless We Winl 1·888·582·3345 HI \ I I .., I \I I P.ip;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Buarn••• OfficeiFront Old Log Cablno & Barno, Desk"person lor busy dental practice. Pleasant, efficient, Ul'iT AND t74015113-5882 fast-learning, multi-lasker FOUND Went 10 buy Junk Cars, call needed. Deliver resume In 7~0884 person to Connie at 2922 Found near Clay school. Jackson Ave. Pt. Pleasant. Australia!' ·shepherd. Call Wanting to Buy Junk Cars. No Phone calts Please. · ~75-2176 740·256·,664 COMMERCIAl ! \ 11'1 I ) \ \ " "\ I CLEANERS -.. I I ~\ I' I " IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Mto,WV; FuN·Tlme x4'o For Sale .............................................. 725 Benefits available IIFlP WANml nnouncement............................................030 304-768-6309 ntlquoa .......................................................530 .r I r·------,.1. '2.-J~ ~~ ~~ 2542. Buying junk cars. Paying from $50 • · $200. It no answer leave message.740· 388.()()11 . i roR SALE I I • 3 BR. 1 bath in Bidwell area. 2BR, 1 both Meigs Co. $400 16XBO _3 Bedroom 2 Bath month, $400 Dep. No pets. Vinyl Siding: Shingle Roof. Ref. Req. 740·367·7025 B&B - Tree Trimming. and ' $230 per month. 740 ' 385' Mobile Home for Rent . RemD'.'al. Call740-446·2422 9948 · Three Bedrooms. Call 740· Absolute Top Dollar: u.s. Silver and Gold Coins Proofsets, Gotd. Rings, Pre: 1935 'u.s. Currency, Solitaire Diamonds· M.T.S. COin Shop, 151 Second -------~ r: ' ~~ l~r.~0..~m~"~.s.ME._..I~r.~o...~~~~~~--~ ••NOTICIE** Lost on 1130108 F. German Shepherd. last seen In Carpenter/Oyesvllle area (M) Border Collie epp~e 4yrs wired coll ar & stitches In old. (F) Lab apprx 3yrs old. stomach, $100 for safe 112 Collie ~/2 lab pup to return, It found please call home In Cfluntry. 245-5758 (740)698·2267 old. 245·9710 or 645-7976 -1;. How you con hove borders and graphics ~ added to your classified ads 1m Borders$3.00/perad f! Graphics 50¢ for small $1.00 for Iorge POUCES: Ohio V.lley Publllhlng I'PtrV" the rlghl: to tdlt, rtf«;t, or cancel any ad at any tim.. Errora muat be flponed on lhl rlrtl Trtbc.ln.Sentlnei-Reg•l«' wiU be ruponalb!. for no mOrt than the cat1 of the apaca occupied by the error and or11y the nrat Insertion. not lnY lou or expent.~ thlt r.utll rrom thl publlcMion or omlulon of .. ~vet11sament. Correction will be ~. In tha first avsllable tdltlon. • Boll confldant•l. • Curr.nt rete card applies. • All ~I aatata td¥ertlsam~nts are sub~c:t to the Fedfl"al Fair Housing Act of 1988. • nita .,.,...,... I mtttlng EOE sl.lnd•d•. Wa win nat adver1lllngln violation ol the ••· • Start Yaur Ad• Wttlt A Keyward • lndude Complete • Descrtptlan • Include A 'rice • Avoid Abbrftlatione • Include Phone Number And AddNN Whtn Needed • Ad• Shauld Run 7 Daya rI 992-2157 GJWAWAY Hughes ( Or Fax To Word Ads HOW IQ WRITE Mi AQ TV program to air video of Hoyas saved by late foul call; Simpson's arrival at Vegas jail Jayhawks 1,1pset by Longhorns 446-3008 ' OPEN INTERVIEWS ACCEPTED DAILYI Mon-Frl 9:00olll-3:00pm lntoelaion 242 3rd Avenue Gallpolla, OH 1-888-IMC-PAYU POST OFFICE NOW HIRING Avg. Pay $201hr or $57Kiyr, inoludes Federal Benefits, QT. Offered by Exam Services, not offered w/ USPS who hires. 1-86&542·153, Super 8 Motel nr:ffl hiring for full time desk clerk position. Midnight shift Is required . Reliability and strong custamer service skilled are a must. Super 8 also accep1· ing applications for pan time housekeeper. Must be will· ing to work flexible hours. Apply in person for either position. NO !?HONE CALLS. :::.:=:..._______ Town Of Hartford accepting resumes for Part-time fill in position· for Water .& Sewer Clerk. Must have compu er ' skills Bnd e~eperience work- ing with the public. Send resumes to The Town of Hartford, PO Box 96, Hartford, wy 25247 150 .... ~OCIION· HOM:ES FOR SAu 0 down payment. 4 bed· rooms. Large yard. Covered deck. Attached garage. 740367-7129. 2,600 sq. ft, 4br, 2 acres wlpool, in Hew haven $139,500 304-593-8871 cell af1er Spm _ __:._ _ _ _ __ Attention! · 'NO 2008 sectional home 3 LocaI company offenng ~·v"ENT' pro - Bedroom 2 Bath delivered DOWN r,.. m grams for you to buy your and set up $38,695. 740· home instead of renting. ~38:.:5:.:·9.:.948.:.::..- - - - • 100% linancing 95 ROdmap 2BR, 14x70, • Less than perfect credit New e:TA, Wood laminate accepted lloors in LA&Kit. $11,000. In • Payment could be the Par~ Layne Trailer Court. same as rent. . .0 441 380 Mortgage Locators. __:....:.::.:.:._ _____ 1·740)367-0000 99 Clayton Excel, 16x55 ' • - - - - - - - . 2BR, 1 bath , AJC, Fridge & ~ stove like new. Front porch, rear deck, underpinning incl. G8s furnace. 446·2629 = All reiiHwte adwertlalng In this newspaper ta subject to tM Feder.. 1 Fair Housing Act af 1968 which maketlt Illegal to Galllpolla Ceraor Coltago advertise "eny (Careers Close To Home) · preference, limitation ar Call Todayl740·446-4367, dlacrlmlnatlon based on race, color, religion, sex 1·800·214-0452 famltlalatatus ar national www galipoliscareer~. com Accredited Member · Acc!edillng arlgln, or any lntentlan to Council lor Independent Coll901s make eny such and SCftocls 127•16. preference, limitation or discrlmlnatlan.:· WANIID .ll'DI K Tollo Will Baby sit in My Home 304-674.0Q80 1975 ~4 X 70 Governor 3 ' ' Bd .• 1 112 bsth . 740·247· 0402· · 1995 Ooubklwide on block lounda1ion on 1 acres lot, 3br and 2 ba1h. 24x28 2 car detached garage. Ali appii· ances included. Need to sell! Asking $110,000 obo. Call 740·949·,353 or cell _740· 517·0144 -------2002 16x80 Oakwood, 3 bed. 2 bath, 1999 16K80 Fortune 3 bed, 2 bath. 2000 16~e70 Fleetwood 2 bed, 2 bath. Two t4x70 to choose from. Daytime 740·388-0000 Evening 740·388-8017 & 740·245·9213 irom $199 Month NeW 2008 Singlewida M'd 1 740 828 2750' 1 wes • • ·mymidweslhome.com NEW 2008 4 B'J::t-2BA 1,700+ sq fl $49.989 · !rom $397 Month 1 Midwest 740·828·2750 mymidwesthome.com r .,.99;;;2~·5;858;::.,- - - - - . d __ AI'AKThiEI'o1S FOR RENr 1 and 2 bedroom apart· ments, furnished and unfur· nished, and houses in Pomeroy and Middleport, security deposit required, no pets, 740·992·2218 1BR Apt , WID 11ookups, internet/satellite TV incl. w/rent, close to hospital. Call 740·339·0362 -------2 BR . 1 1/2 bath on Jackson Pike. $450/ma + deposit. Ref. required, no pets. Call _44_6_·40_5_1_ _ _ __ 2BR apt . call441-0194 2br. Apt on 5th Street Pt. Pleasant $375. 2 br. house on 5th St. Pt Pleasant $400.00 a mon. aSk for Don (304)812·4350 :..._.:...__ _ _ _ __ Apt. 3rd St. Racine area $395 plus util. & dep. Call 740-247-4292. • Apt. for Rent. No Pets. 140· 992·5858 ...:.:....:.:.:...__ _ _ __ BeautifUl Apts. at Jackson Eat'atea. 52 Westwood Drive. from $365 to $560. Equal 740.446-2568. Housing Opportunity. This Institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. CONVENIENTLY LOCAT· ED 6. AFFORDABLE! Townhouse apartments. andlor small houses FOR RENT. Call (740) 441·1 11~ New 3 Bedroom homes from for application & inlormat1on $214.36 pia'r month, Includes many upgrades, delivery & Efficienc)' apt. lqcated in Rio set-up. (740)385·2434 Gra nde. walk .to campus. $450/monlh. Dep., Ref.& BG Nice used 3 Bedroom 1 Bath check Aeq. 339-2494 Home $5995 delivered 740385·7671. Ellm View USED HOME SALE Nice 3BR Stnglewides hom $2900 Down Pmt . Midwest 740·828·2750 Apartments •2&3 bedroom apartments •Central heat & AJC •Washer/dryer hookup ' �• . Page 84 • ~he Daily Sentinel r r ~ I iri,ia;;;;~H;;OUSDIO;;;;;;;;w;;;;;;;;l ~ ~~ ~II[[!!r RENr lYu.K~~~ I F FUR • , 1 b ..,...... lmmac~tate 1 b&Oroom apt. Goc:>ai Seasoned firewood, $50 a 2004 Kia Optima $6300, New carpet & cabrnets. plcku_p load. Call alter 7pm. 2003 Hyundai Elanl ra freshly parnted & decorated, Bargatns, selling all f urniture 446-9204 $5300, 2004 Impala $6900. WID hookup. Beaulllul coun- in stock. Mollohan Fu rniture try settrng Only 10 minutes Clark Chapel Ad. Porter Oh from town Must see to 388·0173 lOam_· 3pm apprecrate $325/mo - - - - - - - - Oven,Maytag Atlantis wash- one has. a job, financing can bedroom apt. Eastern Ave, Gallipolis. Oh ::39i:i1F-8- - . : : - - - - , ,--~,--,---,-----& cab1nets. 740·4 46· 7444 . rE -PE'rs 93 Honda Del Sol $1500 as freshly pairted & decorated, M EOliS FOR SALE is FIRM. 44 1..0127, leave e L,------,.1 WID L<;t'El.LAN hookup. Beautiful coun· L,-.:1\ iilliiit:Riitllliiil~iii NiiD~iiiSii E.'_.I try setting. Only 10 minutes from town . Must see to AKC Boxer Rups $350. Call appreciate . S400/mo. 2 lots in Otl1o Valley Memory 740-256·1167 ---::---::-:(6 14)595·7773 or 1,800 . Gardens. $300 tor the pai r. AKC male .Boston Terrier 7°8-4686. 740·645·5953 ' Call4 4 1-0754 - - -- - - - ------~- Great lakes Hot Tub. 2 yrs Nice 2 newly redecorated old Ottawa Model. 5 person Apl. w/large front porch. sealing. 33 jels. Pd $4800 includes all k1tchen aP,pllances & gas heal & AC . asking $4000. 446·6657 or washer & dryer S375 month 339 .9719 + $200/deposit 304·675· JET 6375 ' AERATION MOTORS . Repaired New & Rebuilt In SpaCI'ous second-floor ap1. Stock. Call Aon Evans. 1- overlooktng Gallipolr's City 800·537-9528. Park and river. L.A. den. large kitchen-dining area Marquis .30 ct with alf new appliances & nng. White gold. _m:l:essa....;IIO.;.·-:::.......- - , 1"15 TR lJCKS FOR SALE 00 Ranger, ext cab, 4M4, 4dr. puppy, vet chec ked, shots, wormed, parents on premis· auto, 80,000 mi, AIC. CD, cruise. tilt. P/W, elctra nice. 3 es, WI'!h papers and pedI· mas warranty. $6900 S&S gree. $300 388·9325 AKC Reg . Auto Sales. Vinton, OH 740· Tick 669·4605 Blue Beagles, 3 mon old, shots & wormed . 550 each. 388· 1998 Dodge Dually 24V 9327 Cummins, 5 speed. 2WO, CKC M' 0 h h d 2 12 foot flat bed, $5,000 tn · ac s un s 367-noo or 645-3263 males. 6 female!' long f' h sf haired, lrst s ot worm , 79 AM Jeep, CJ5, 360, 3 diamond Ready to go now. $450 304· 593 3820 speed, AT 4' lift, 12.50 by ==-==---- Size 5.5. ~·----::---c--:- 35's Wench , Nice JeeP CKC registered Toy Poodle $4,500 304·675-1310 area, 2· 1/2 baths. $900 per NEW AND USED STEEL puppies. tails dodced, dew· .;__ _ _ _ _ __ month . Call 446·4425, or. Steel Beams, PiPe Rebar claws removed, shots & vel 99 Dodge dually, white, 446-2325 For Concrete. Angle. checked, color:;; blacK. aprl - tu rbo diesel, 4x4, 157,000 Channel, Flat Bar. Steel cot & cream. males $300 & miles. $10,500 obo. caii446Tara Townho use Grating For· Drains. females $350 , (740)992· 4060 Apartments, Very Spacious, Dnveways & Walkways. L&l '-700=7--,------ - - - , - - - - - - , 2 Bedrooms. CIA. 1 112 Scrap Metals Open Monday, Doberman AKC Register. 2 99 Green Dodge Spirit P.U. BatH, Adult Pool & Baby Pool , PallO, Start $425/Mo. Tuesday, Wednesday & black (M), 1 black (F), 13 4x4 80.000 w/ new tires & Fr id~'. Sam-4:30pm. Closed banery. 74()-379·2388 No Pets, lease Plus ~, weeks old, ears cropped & - - - - - - - & shots (740) 379·2140 . Security Depo511 Aequ1red. Thursday, Saturday Sunday. (740)446-7300 Restored 1970 Ford F-350 . (740)367.()547. German Shepherds. solid truck. 12ft stake rack, many, Pole Barns 30x50~~:10 black, M&F; shots & wormed many new parts. · 90% Twin Rivers Tower is accept· $6,795 Free Delivery $300 each 304-937-3059 restored. Gall 740-245-0485 ing applications for wa1tmg (937)7 18-1471 list for Hud·subsized , 1· br. - - - - - - - .Lab pups. AKC, quality Labs SUVs the Prom dresses $tOO ea. red, since 1995. Call 740-256apa rtmen t,for fUR SAI.Ji: elderly/disabled call 675· mint green s1ze 6. white .6038 l,~--1iriiiiii;.,• 6679 Equal Housing w/turquo1se sequins size 8. - ' - - - - : - - , - - must see (740)992·6358 Male Vorkie-Poo puppies . 2000 Chevy Blazer, off road Oppo~unlty Female Toy Poodle. 4yrs old. package, 48,000 miles. Call446·3398 $7 000 080, 740 992· 18~1 CtJpboards. 38R, laundry $250. 446·3009 j "M"us"""t:..se:..II:..:A.:.K:..C-:Rcceg-.""s""h_itz_u MoroRCYCWil for sale. Only $350 . 4 WHDJ.ERS Wor me~ and 1st shots. 740·367·7124 · 1990 Harley 1200 Sportsler, - - - - - - - - 'low miles, custom paint, to puppies Valentine 's DaySpeclal . many extras to name. Must Yorkie 2M & 1F, $500 ea. See! $6000. 576-4107 or Senior Discount* when you pay for a 6 or 12 month s-q.bscription on your home delivered subscription! ~------------------------------Subscriber's Name - - - - - - - - - 65.3 10 miles, good condi· tion. needs catalytic convert· er. Asking $2600. CaU 740· 709·6339. 02 HOnda Accord EX, V6, leather. sunroof, 1 -owner, 85000 ml, Exc oond. Black Pearl. $15,400. 446-8064 02 Kla Rio, 87,000 mi, 4dr, AC. .great cond. aompg 0 4605 --~---------------------------- Help Wanted WE ARE LOOKING FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO GROW WITH USI Diesel Technician Immediate Opening Seeking h1ghly mo11voled ~nd~>iduallo work in well-equipped focd,ly w1Jh lolesllools ond equipment. Posthon mcludes ~u b~tantial work w 1th dtesel engmes and other oulomotive techn ician opportunities Some diesel technic1on expenence reqwed. Pot commensuro!e w1!h expe11ence Excellent benelit1 package. Apply to Lorry Porter, Service Director . Don Wood ford, Inc. 830 Ea•f Stole St. Alhen•, Ohio 45701 740·S89·3632 DON WOOD AUTOMOTIVEN( Don • K2 • 6 3 . South • A 72 • KQ 5 t AI • Q J 10 9 8 ~uth West North East I NT Pass 3NT All pass Opening lead: • 6 Today,.my troubles are back again H&H Guttering Fax 740.992·5706 99 Beach Street Mlddl • •rt OH Royer Manley Owner 22 Overshoe 23 Dwarfed tree , 24 Spellbound 25 Runs up a tab 26 Org. for seniors 28 Scan• lind, 29 At!lbie or trot 30 Graase gun targlt 31 Comb producers 36 Looselifting 37 Shaggy flowers 41 PilciHltuck 43 N011oodnfk 44 Sci-11 Doctor 45 Easy victory 46 Wrist bone 48 Grant 49 Curved molding 50 FrMway's .lack 52 Dove's aversion 53 Greet LakH . cargo 54 Wildcatter · otrilui · As a song lyric sort of goes, "Yes1erday, ~ Seamless- Gutters Roofing, Siding, Gutters Insured·& Bonded 740·653·9657 all my troubles seemed so far . away, excep1 a1 lha bridge table, hey, hey, hey. .. g Today, these troubles are here to stay; why can't you send them far away?" I will stick to my day jobl But this deal is Again West leads his tourth-hlg_ hest hear1. And the trltecta is completed when East puts up the jack. How would you plan 1he play? Thal Sou1h hand, with a good fiva·eard suit, two aces and one king, is nearly too ).--;-;;;::;.-~iiC~~;-"-"~'f"T";-:;17;T-:;:;;:~~;0~:;7~~!1 / strong lor a 15·17 no·1rump, Add a lack I. I FfNALLy · and Sou1h suoul~ open one club, plan· CAME· UP WIF A ning lo )ump-rebld in no-trump to show SQl)IRREL- PROOF 18, 19 or a poor 20 poinls. BIRDFEEDER !! Whenever you are in a no·lrump con· tract, start by counting your top tricks, your instant winners. Here, you have six: 2459 St. Rl 160 • Galllpolls 740-591-8044 two spades, one heart (given tridl. one}, two diamonds .and one club. Clearly, you w~l play on clubs to gain the extra tricks YOUNG'S that you need. How CARPENTER SERVICE Room Addition• I RemodtNng New Glrllgel E1ectrtc11 & Plumbing Roofing I GuHert VInyl Siding & P1lntlng P1tlo 1nd Porch O.Cicl WV038725 VC YOUNG Ill qq,.- ' ' 1 'J ' • Hlo ' ,,, "I ( 1'11 I ' I r ' I• you play that suit . depends on vour choice at trick one. · THE BORN LOSER ~ "i ~f..'{E. l::tRIIJI~ TI-llS TIME...,. 1"'1-\0W ~\)I~ IT? ~""me; C~'~ Fll'\l~f\ LOOKS • 01= YEAR.-TI-\\::.I<Of'l.\)"""'::;::v-1 · ~T UK£. TI\E Rltl\ OF ll.JJ\1{1~6 '(-if'l()lt\f"\1 ~ I c.~!· " A1 Cond11ion. (740)379· 2418 -------96 Challenger 5th ..wheel. Very clean, alot of eldras. If you won tridc. one, you should lead your club queen to tempt West to cover, but if he plays low, call for dummy's ace, You are allow!ng for East's havtng a sinlleton king. But when you collect only low cards, pley a second club. If West wins the trick, you are safe. With this lay· oo1, though, East lakes lha trick and returns his second heart, giving West fouf tricks in the su~ and you go down one. The play underwritten by Lloyd's of London is to duck the first trick. Then, when you get into your hand, run the club queen, succeeding whatever the layout CELEBRITY CIPHER . by Luis Campos Ga'el:riy Ctptuw ~ograms are c•eated lrorn quotalions by lamous pecpl11, pail: liJld present Each letter 1n 1M ophw stands lor another Today's elva: Kequals J "RLNTX ZLN NRLXMT , • HCD CJX YMXXPNW PXTXMOX RL XWTXA 0 XT ; SNP, ' PXDI BR DNR RN ' YNM C D P '· G D P X M . C K G T R DNR ANDS MXRCBO BR," ABDHNAD PREVIOU~ SOLUTION - "As you walk down the fairway of life you mus1 smell the roses, lor you only get to play one round.' · Ben Hogan Call740·379·2254 "' I~\ It I " rib CORNER STONE CONSTRUCTION BASEMENT WATERPROOFING Unconditional lifetime guar· Roofing, Siding. Soffit, Decks, Doors, Windows. Elf~Ciric, Plumbing, Drywall, Remodeling, Room Additions Local Contractor 740·367..0544 VJnton OH 740-669- $1,500.00 · PTfFT www.Homelncome4-U.com FreeEatfmatae 740·367-11536 Pleasant Valley Hospital is currently accepting resumes for a temporary Social Worker. Bachelor's degree in social work preferred. WV social worker license required. One year experience in a health care facility dealing with patients, families, children and geriatrics. . Send resumes to: PluYnt Valley HOspital c/o Hulllln Resources 2520 Valley Drive · Point Pleaynt, WV 15550 {304) 675·4340 Orfax: 304-675-6975 Or apply online at: www.pvalley.org M/EOE "=======~=======~ - -======::::;;..=======; Help Wanted Help Wanted r NURSING IIOUSE SUPERVISOR Pleasant Valley Hospital is currently accepting resumes f01 a part-time Nursing House Supervisor. Experience in an acute care setting preferred , Critical care experience preferred, but not reqired. Current WV license. Send resumes to: Pleasant Valley Hospital cjo Human Resources 1520 Valley Drive Point PI-nt. WV 15550 . (304) 675- 4340 Or fax: 304·675·6975 Or apply online at: -.pv•lley.org Wood Momolive " on Equol Cppor~nrty Employer EOE NOTICES Public Notice County: MeiiJII Tho following oppllca· tiona and/or verified complaint• were received, and the lof· lowing draft, proposed, or ftnal actlona were laaued, by The Ohio E n v I r o n men t a I Prolactlon Agencr (c;IEPA) last week. "Actions" Include . the adoption, modification, or rapoaf of orders (other than emergency ofdera); the faauanca, denial, modification or reiiOCIIIfon of llcenaea, permits, leaaea, varl· ·anctla, or certHicatn; and the approval or disapproval of plane and apaclllcatlons. "Draft Actlona•• are written at.-nta ol tho · director of E n v I r o n me n t a f Pr o t ec t Ion ' a (Diractor'e) lnterit with respect to the laauance, denial, ate. of a permit , license, order, ate. ' lntereated persona may submit written permll, llconae, order, ate. Interested persona may aubmft written comments or requaat a public maet· lng regarding draft actlona. Commanta or public mHtfng requeato muat be aubmilled whhfn 30 deya of notice of tile draft action. "Proposed Actlons• are wrlnen ltatementl of the dfrector'a Intent with to the respect fi8U8nca, denial, modi· flcllllon, revocation, or renewal of e permit, l fcenae, or verfance, Wrfttan commenta and requnta tor a public 'leA~. ARTtJR ANt> Construction JENNY ARE I KNOW G01NC:. OUT'! ALL ,O.P;OIJT IT· • VInyl Skiing • Replacement Windows • Rooftng • Deckl •Garages • Pole Buildings • Room AcldHiona Wedneldlly, Feb. 13, 2001 By Bernice Bedl Oeol Although you wl11 have to face some challenging conditions from lime to time in the year ahead. )'OU will be a match tor anything thai confronts you. Even If they should slow you down a bi1, you'll easily regain any momentum you lost. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20· Feb. 19) - ' When you gel things miMed up, like being kind to someone who doesn't deserve it while being hostile to those who do, people 111111 thintt of you as being phony. Get your val· ues straightened out. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -You know it is best to base your evaluations on logic and practlcatity, but you 'll be inclined to ignore them' and follow a hunc;h Instead because you don't want the facts to be what they are. Don't fool 0wn4!f: JamesK11H8811 · 742·2332 Manley'a Recycling Help Wanted SOCIAL WORKER Help Wanted " J 2 •Q1096' 5 • J 72 Dealer: South Vulnerable : Both · •Prompt and Qualily Work *Reasonable Rates *Insured *Experienced References Available! Call Gary Stanley @ 0 M / EOE .A)0863 Stop & Compare ·• Stanley TreeTrimming & Removal 04 Mountaineer by Montana Travel Trailer. 33.5', 2 slides, Help Wanted Pleasa nt Valley Hospital is currently accepting resumes for Medical Receptionist/Med ical Assistants for its physician offices. Associate degree or graduate of an approved program for Medical Assistant or Associates degree in a related field or'S years experience in Physician Offices required. · Send resumes to: Pleasant Valley Hospital c/o Human Resources 2520 Valley Drive Point Pleasant, WV 25550 (304) 675-4340 Orfax:· 304·675·6975 Or apply online at:· www.pvalley.org East • Q J 10 8 • 9 I 3 JU-992-1811 740.446.9200 with a Copy ot your photo ID.to . Ohlo Valley Publlshlng P.o. Box 489, Galllpolla, OH 45831 99 cavalier 4dr, blue, eX1ra 29 Serious People to Work clean inside & out, 3mos trom hOme· using a,comput· warranty. $2700. S&S Auto er. Up to $500.00 to MEDICAL ASSISTANT/ MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST • A 7 5I West • New Homas • Garages • Complete Rem.odeling Mall or drop off thl• coupon along 02 Neon 4dr,256·1652 auto, · air, Waterproofing. S2300 .oao. or - ' - - - ' - -- - 256·1233 Wanted: Sates. 02-12-oa • K 65 • 9 7 I t K 83 •m•mo11 29670 Bashan Road Racine,·Ohio 45771 740-949-2217 llatdllld ·CUIM'y Aid FurnHI!re $3500. 98 Ford Wlndstar, anlee. Local references fur· nished. Estabtlshed 1975. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 161,000 ml, AC, cruise Call 24 Hrs. (740) 446· $2500. 740·696.()358 Help Wanted Help Wanted 0870, Rogers Basement -=======;.======~ r North RIIERT I ISSElL Phone __________________~------ tM~a!s · l I Auras ,_~,__iiUKiiiiiSALEiiiii;.,_.l. • 01 Hyundal . A·ccent Hatchbad<.. 5 speed trans, H1ll\ Soli Storage BARNEY 2003 Honda Recon 250 . Excellent shape. $1700 . Belly mower for Farmall Cub 740-742-2457 or 416·.4862 Ti'aC1or. Complete w/ littlng V10 t City/State/Zip - - - - - ----,---- 740441·0872or709·1523 I\ II II\ Alder Address - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,,-llliiiiiiiiiriioiiooorl I f~ \ '"I'll!~ Phillip 44 Squeezed dry 1 Moonbeam 47 Cravat kin . 4 Sweet rolls 51 Movie 8 Dogma Industry 11 Floor 55 Freud topic 12 French state 56, Old Dodge 13 Jorge model Borges 57 Bone-dry 15 Monastery 58 Tierra dweller Fuego 16 llaze 59 Overly glib 18 fnnabruck 60 Bank on locale 61 Slippery 20 Urgency one 21 Tent holder 23 Buy DOWN at auction · 24 Jungle 1 River floater warning 2 Crooked 27 Erelong 3 Subserip29 Schmooze lion term 32 Oul oflown 4 Girl at a ball 33 Sole 5 Actress 34 Fire, slangily - Hagen 35 Part of mph 6 Seize 36 Foreman 7 Messy place 37 Treadmill 8 Achillea' unit story 38 Cook9 Gets tanned amt, · 10 Catcher's 39 On board glove ship 14 Lauper'o 40 Sporty ·-Bop" trucks 17 North Sea 41 "Yecch!". tributary . 42 HP 19 Nashville compolltor attraction an interesting companion to yesterday's. Again the contract is three no-trump. ,\ I I \ I -. I t H 1.. rrn~--::----, Many extras. $4500 obo. mechanism. Great cond. $350. 245·0485 ACROSS Here's all you need to do ... Fill out the coupon below and drop off or mail it with a copy Of your photo ID. c§allipolis Jllailp Gt:ribune ~oint ttleasant B.egtster The Daily Sentinel &unba!' QCt~es -&entlnel NEA Crossword P.uzzle BRIDGE ' 1998 HO Sportster 1200, Custom .black with chrome. ~ The Daily Sentinel • Page 85 If so, you qualify for a Pomeroy. 740-444-2729. r10 www.mydailysentinel.com or older? Maltese! M,$500.-AII·CKCI 593.6590 I " !\ I ..,l 1'1'1 I I " • Are you6~ - - - - - - - - Cars, trucks, SUV'S, all TV w/OVD & VCR combo prices to sell starting at $75.00 OBO. Roper electlc S2400 with warranty. n any- (6 l4.)s 95 . 7773 or 1_800 _ Sale: Berber Carpet $5.95 er & dryer $300.00 OBO, 2 be arranged. Stop 01 cal 798-46S6. 740 •645 .5953 yd remnants $40.00 & up. months & 3 weeks of Cook Motors, 328 Jacl<son : - - -- - - - - Mollohan Carpet. 2212 Nutrlsystem food 304-882· Pike 740-«6..0103 Immaculate 2 New carpet Tuesday, February 12, 2008 ALLEY OOP ' ............ PI_TIP_ES_ SOMETIMES IT'S NICE TO ~IE IN I.IEP, AND yourself. illiNK OF 50METiliN6 WONDERFUL TllAT'S ~APPENED 10 YOV .. - · IIIJM&Ii . . . l . . . mHtlng regarding a l88uance of tha final • - - · • , •wtnlt • ''II& propoaed action m.y action. ERAC appeala, !$ ........ be submlttad w"hln 30 accompanied by o $70 days of notice of tho filing loa which th propoaed action. An ecommlaalon In ft dla· ad)udlcallon hearing cretlon may reduce II Wise Concrete m.y be hald on a pro- by aftldavH the 'appal· All 1ypes of concrete poaed action H a hear· fant damonatratea that lng raqueet or ob)ec· payment of iha full Owner· Rick Wise tlon Ia received by tho amount of the IH 740-992-5929 OEPA wHhln 30 daya ol would cauae extreme 74().416-1698 Issuance ol tho pro· hardship, muat be posed action. Wrltlon flfod with : commonta, requests Environmental Review for public maetfnga, Appeala Commfufon, and edJudlceUon hoar· 309 South Fourth fng raquesta mull be StrHt, Room 222, aent to: Haering Clerk, Columbua, Ohio 43215. Ohio Environmental A copy of the apr-at Protection Agency, must be served on the P.O. Box 1049, director within 3 days Columbus, Ohio altar filing tho apr-el 4 3 2 1 8 • 1 0 4 9 wllh.the ERAC. (Telephono: 814·844· Final . laauanca of 2128). "Final Actfqna: ParmH to lnatell Are actions of tho American Municipal RICK PRICE director which ero Po- Gen. Station ' Room Additions, Remodeling, Metal & upon Issuance or a State Route124 Shingle Roofs, Siding, Decks, Bathroom alated affective data. Latart Falla, OH Remodeling Licensed & Insured Pursuant to Ohio · Action Date: 21712008 Reviled Code Section Facility Deacrfptlon:Air 3745.04; A final action Identification No. : 06may be apr-efed to tho 08138 Environmental Review Issuance of Final Appeal• Commfatfon .(After Draft) State· (ERAC) (Formerly Federal PTI Power know aa the GeMratfng Facility. Your Carpet and Environmental Board Application tor Parmll Upholstery Cleaning of Review) by a person to Install Solution Who was a party to a Yellow Buah Coal · Marty 0'8rya,nt procledfng before the Preparation Plant Owntr director by filing an Yellow Buah Rd. appeal within 30 deya RAcine, OH www. redcarpetll'Calmenl.org 26 Years Experience of notice of tha final Action Date: P6 Bn•453 action. Purauant to 01/3112008 Pomeroy. OH · Ohio Revfaed code Facility Decrlptlon: Air . Toll Free , 740-992-6971 Section 3745.07, A fdent~lcatlon No,: 06l·flfl8·992·7090 Final Action faaufng, 08389 Free Phone: 748·992·7090 denying, modflylng, Application received revoking, or renewing for permit to lnetafl a permit, llcenae, or belt conveyor and variance which Is not crusher and ecraen preceded by a pro· and wet waah and lllor· poled action , mey be ega silo and atockpl... apr-efed to tha ERAC end perking am. by filing an appeal (2) 12 within 30 days of etas•-. ADVERTISE IN THIS SPACE FOR $60 PER MONTH PSI CONSTRUCTION David Lewis ADVERTISE IN THIS SPACE FOR $60 PER MONTH COW and BOY . NOBODY KNOWS THEIRNfiGHBOIZS ANYMORE ... TO MEETTHOSE · WHO MA-TTER IN Ollfii<EAL ONE. je. ) ,. ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Be kind to 1hers. but not to the point of ptaytng a banker to help out one at your friends.1f he or she can't pay you bactt, the friend· ship will fall when your pal starts to avofd you and you begin to think ilt of him or her. TAURUS (Apri i20~ May 20)- Avoid incll· nations of talking about things a& If they ,.. are a felt accompli. This type of behavior teads to letting down on your efforts and ignoring the very things that need to be accomplished. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)- There are a couple of things that could hold you back from successhtl · pursuits. One is adopting self-defeating thoughts, end the other; is continuing to .do thing!i in the same manner that failed you previously. CANCER (J une 21-July 22)- Don't pry JUST F()()JO OUR deeply in1o another's business, NEIGHBO~S ON MVSP~ , 1oo because you might uncover somethlng 1hat may or may not be fact, but would cause you to· question this person 's THE~ integrity in an unfair manner. . L£T'S BE fRIENDS. "It's not important what others take from you," gramps lectured, "it's wbat you do with .1 EV T R U I lwhatyou--." I :1::::·:1:1=~~~,8~ _......,._ . "'._ Zr ..... :-.. :::. .....~~ ""' ..... • $ @) PRINT NUMBERED LEITERS IN SQUARES 1 ~~;~~fBLE FORI I III I I I I SCRAMIF.fSAN'SWERS 2-11 "'O 8 Island- Award -l'.litto - Lender • WONDER "If you whistle and smile at work," grinned my cohort, "it will make the boss WONDER." ARLO &JANIS LEO (July 23·Aug. 22) - Be extremely cAutious about with who you discuss a difficult decision you need · to make. Regardless of the person's good lnten'· lions, he or she could Influence you with flawed judgment and lead ycu astray. VIRGO (Aug. 23·Sept. 22) - There a're Indications that you will jump 10 concfu · stona about some sketchy information you r.coel\19, ln1tead of helping you get a GARFIELD l'M L.OOKING THROUGrH A VI!'I"IORINARY !UPPI.Y CATAL.CX. fOR A VAL.ISNTINI::'5 r;;,.y ..---1 COIFT FOR L.IZ . GRIZZWELLS '?df, T"f€. 6:>iA 1'HINK !H!!'P APPRI!CIATI! Nl !!L.EC'r~IC PROee WARMI!R1' , . . - - - handle on somethlng Important, It will cause you problems down 1he line. LIBRA (Sep!. '23-0ct. 23} - YoU ar• more or a risk taker than you might admit 10 yourself, so tak• e~re with not onty with your flnanctlt ·dealings but att IIUI· nerable si1Uit!onl. Th• odds do not f1110r you with 1uoce11 at tlklng chances. SCORPIO (Oct. 24·1'11011. 22) - Neither yay nor someone who rM.ke l you 1 promiSe wttl b1 good at lcleping it, ao don't bank on commltm1nta being fYI· tilled . Let ea ch ptrton dO hll or her own thing without help from the other. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-0ec. 21) Avoid par'llctpltlon In goa11ptng. eep•· clally with co-work1111 or clo•• frlendl. Even It you're not the 10urce of It, word will anelk out 1nd you wlllgtt br.med for b1lng the Qulprtt. C APRICORN (Dec. 22-Jin. 19) - Be p~~rtlcul1rty ctlreful with 111 yQur pol. . . . Ilona and reaourc11 at thlt point tn 11m1. lulling' 11lluabl" unsecured or being car1le11 In hand~ng your thl}lg1 will lead to acme k!nd of 10.1. I SOUP,TO NUTZ 61.1~\H.~ QU~71\0H · 1\.IAH mu.Y E:AI\Wi ME UP.. . -...--------- �• . Page 84 • ~he Daily Sentinel r r ~ I iri,ia;;;;~H;;OUSDIO;;;;;;;;w;;;;;;;;l ~ ~~ ~II[[!!r RENr lYu.K~~~ I F FUR • , 1 b ..,...... lmmac~tate 1 b&Oroom apt. Goc:>ai Seasoned firewood, $50 a 2004 Kia Optima $6300, New carpet & cabrnets. plcku_p load. Call alter 7pm. 2003 Hyundai Elanl ra freshly parnted & decorated, Bargatns, selling all f urniture 446-9204 $5300, 2004 Impala $6900. WID hookup. Beaulllul coun- in stock. Mollohan Fu rniture try settrng Only 10 minutes Clark Chapel Ad. Porter Oh from town Must see to 388·0173 lOam_· 3pm apprecrate $325/mo - - - - - - - - Oven,Maytag Atlantis wash- one has. a job, financing can bedroom apt. Eastern Ave, Gallipolis. Oh ::39i:i1F-8- - . : : - - - - , ,--~,--,---,-----& cab1nets. 740·4 46· 7444 . rE -PE'rs 93 Honda Del Sol $1500 as freshly pairted & decorated, M EOliS FOR SALE is FIRM. 44 1..0127, leave e L,------,.1 WID L<;t'El.LAN hookup. Beautiful coun· L,-.:1\ iilliiit:Riitllliiil~iii NiiD~iiiSii E.'_.I try setting. Only 10 minutes from town . Must see to AKC Boxer Rups $350. Call appreciate . S400/mo. 2 lots in Otl1o Valley Memory 740-256·1167 ---::---::-:(6 14)595·7773 or 1,800 . Gardens. $300 tor the pai r. AKC male .Boston Terrier 7°8-4686. 740·645·5953 ' Call4 4 1-0754 - - -- - - - ------~- Great lakes Hot Tub. 2 yrs Nice 2 newly redecorated old Ottawa Model. 5 person Apl. w/large front porch. sealing. 33 jels. Pd $4800 includes all k1tchen aP,pllances & gas heal & AC . asking $4000. 446·6657 or washer & dryer S375 month 339 .9719 + $200/deposit 304·675· JET 6375 ' AERATION MOTORS . Repaired New & Rebuilt In SpaCI'ous second-floor ap1. Stock. Call Aon Evans. 1- overlooktng Gallipolr's City 800·537-9528. Park and river. L.A. den. large kitchen-dining area Marquis .30 ct with alf new appliances & nng. White gold. _m:l:essa....;IIO.;.·-:::.......- - , 1"15 TR lJCKS FOR SALE 00 Ranger, ext cab, 4M4, 4dr. puppy, vet chec ked, shots, wormed, parents on premis· auto, 80,000 mi, AIC. CD, cruise. tilt. P/W, elctra nice. 3 es, WI'!h papers and pedI· mas warranty. $6900 S&S gree. $300 388·9325 AKC Reg . Auto Sales. Vinton, OH 740· Tick 669·4605 Blue Beagles, 3 mon old, shots & wormed . 550 each. 388· 1998 Dodge Dually 24V 9327 Cummins, 5 speed. 2WO, CKC M' 0 h h d 2 12 foot flat bed, $5,000 tn · ac s un s 367-noo or 645-3263 males. 6 female!' long f' h sf haired, lrst s ot worm , 79 AM Jeep, CJ5, 360, 3 diamond Ready to go now. $450 304· 593 3820 speed, AT 4' lift, 12.50 by ==-==---- Size 5.5. ~·----::---c--:- 35's Wench , Nice JeeP CKC registered Toy Poodle $4,500 304·675-1310 area, 2· 1/2 baths. $900 per NEW AND USED STEEL puppies. tails dodced, dew· .;__ _ _ _ _ __ month . Call 446·4425, or. Steel Beams, PiPe Rebar claws removed, shots & vel 99 Dodge dually, white, 446-2325 For Concrete. Angle. checked, color:;; blacK. aprl - tu rbo diesel, 4x4, 157,000 Channel, Flat Bar. Steel cot & cream. males $300 & miles. $10,500 obo. caii446Tara Townho use Grating For· Drains. females $350 , (740)992· 4060 Apartments, Very Spacious, Dnveways & Walkways. L&l '-700=7--,------ - - - , - - - - - - , 2 Bedrooms. CIA. 1 112 Scrap Metals Open Monday, Doberman AKC Register. 2 99 Green Dodge Spirit P.U. BatH, Adult Pool & Baby Pool , PallO, Start $425/Mo. Tuesday, Wednesday & black (M), 1 black (F), 13 4x4 80.000 w/ new tires & Fr id~'. Sam-4:30pm. Closed banery. 74()-379·2388 No Pets, lease Plus ~, weeks old, ears cropped & - - - - - - - & shots (740) 379·2140 . Security Depo511 Aequ1red. Thursday, Saturday Sunday. (740)446-7300 Restored 1970 Ford F-350 . (740)367.()547. German Shepherds. solid truck. 12ft stake rack, many, Pole Barns 30x50~~:10 black, M&F; shots & wormed many new parts. · 90% Twin Rivers Tower is accept· $6,795 Free Delivery $300 each 304-937-3059 restored. Gall 740-245-0485 ing applications for wa1tmg (937)7 18-1471 list for Hud·subsized , 1· br. - - - - - - - .Lab pups. AKC, quality Labs SUVs the Prom dresses $tOO ea. red, since 1995. Call 740-256apa rtmen t,for fUR SAI.Ji: elderly/disabled call 675· mint green s1ze 6. white .6038 l,~--1iriiiiii;.,• 6679 Equal Housing w/turquo1se sequins size 8. - ' - - - - : - - , - - must see (740)992·6358 Male Vorkie-Poo puppies . 2000 Chevy Blazer, off road Oppo~unlty Female Toy Poodle. 4yrs old. package, 48,000 miles. Call446·3398 $7 000 080, 740 992· 18~1 CtJpboards. 38R, laundry $250. 446·3009 j "M"us"""t:..se:..II:..:A.:.K:..C-:Rcceg-.""s""h_itz_u MoroRCYCWil for sale. Only $350 . 4 WHDJ.ERS Wor me~ and 1st shots. 740·367·7124 · 1990 Harley 1200 Sportsler, - - - - - - - - 'low miles, custom paint, to puppies Valentine 's DaySpeclal . many extras to name. Must Yorkie 2M & 1F, $500 ea. 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Don Wood ford, Inc. 830 Ea•f Stole St. Alhen•, Ohio 45701 740·S89·3632 DON WOOD AUTOMOTIVEN( Don • K2 • 6 3 . South • A 72 • KQ 5 t AI • Q J 10 9 8 ~uth West North East I NT Pass 3NT All pass Opening lead: • 6 Today,.my troubles are back again H&H Guttering Fax 740.992·5706 99 Beach Street Mlddl • •rt OH Royer Manley Owner 22 Overshoe 23 Dwarfed tree , 24 Spellbound 25 Runs up a tab 26 Org. for seniors 28 Scan• lind, 29 At!lbie or trot 30 Graase gun targlt 31 Comb producers 36 Looselifting 37 Shaggy flowers 41 PilciHltuck 43 N011oodnfk 44 Sci-11 Doctor 45 Easy victory 46 Wrist bone 48 Grant 49 Curved molding 50 FrMway's .lack 52 Dove's aversion 53 Greet LakH . cargo 54 Wildcatter · otrilui · As a song lyric sort of goes, "Yes1erday, ~ Seamless- Gutters Roofing, Siding, Gutters Insured·& Bonded 740·653·9657 all my troubles seemed so far . away, excep1 a1 lha bridge table, hey, hey, hey. .. g Today, these troubles are here to stay; why can't you send them far away?" I will stick to my day jobl But this deal is Again West leads his tourth-hlg_ hest hear1. And the trltecta is completed when East puts up the jack. How would you plan 1he play? Thal Sou1h hand, with a good fiva·eard suit, two aces and one king, is nearly too ).--;-;;;::;.-~iiC~~;-"-"~'f"T";-:;17;T-:;:;;:~~;0~:;7~~!1 / strong lor a 15·17 no·1rump, Add a lack I. I FfNALLy · and Sou1h suoul~ open one club, plan· CAME· UP WIF A ning lo )ump-rebld in no-trump to show SQl)IRREL- PROOF 18, 19 or a poor 20 poinls. BIRDFEEDER !! Whenever you are in a no·lrump con· tract, start by counting your top tricks, your instant winners. Here, you have six: 2459 St. Rl 160 • Galllpolls 740-591-8044 two spades, one heart (given tridl. one}, two diamonds .and one club. Clearly, you w~l play on clubs to gain the extra tricks YOUNG'S that you need. 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I SOUP,TO NUTZ 61.1~\H.~ QU~71\0H · 1\.IAH mu.Y E:AI\Wi ME UP.. . -...--------- �Page B6 • The Daily Sentinel • www.mydailysentinel.com Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Obama takes Democratic delegate lead; McCain leads G:OP contests, A2 FERGUSON_ON GOLF: A compelling battle between Mickelson and Singh BY Douo FERGUSON Woods in the field, Mickelson has done that II times. ·PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. The biggest difference in - }'he rivalry began sim- their record is that Singh can menng a couple of years look back on his career one ago, and while it takes place day and say he was No. I in more m the record books the world. He reached the than on fairways and greens, top in 2004 when he won it might be the most com- nine times and captured the pelling on the PGA Tour at money title for the second the moment. straight season, and was a It doesn't invol-,e Tiger runaway· winner as PGA Woods, whose only rivals Tour player of the year. seem to be retired. Mickelson has never been No, this is about the duel No. 1, and the closest he going on between Phil came to winning it money Mickelson and Vijay Sin~h, title was in 1996, Woods' who are linked by victones last year as an amateur. He is and majors, and lately by only 37 and still has time, losing. )\t stake is who' will although his prospects look be regarded as the s'econd- bleak when Woods is winbest player of his generation ning 30 percent of the time on the PGA Tour. and probably won't lose his Mickelson lost in a sud- grasp· on No. · I unless he den-death playoff in the decides to revamp his swing , FBR Open to J.B. Holmes, again. at the lime No. 197 in the That's OK with world. One week 'later, Mickelson, · who said as Singh looked like a lock to much last year at the win the AT&T Pebble Beach Masters. National Pro-Am untll a "If I have a great rest of playoff loss to Steve my career and I go out and Lowery, who checked in at wm 20 more tournament win No. 305 in the world. seven more majors to get to "I let this one slip away," 50 wins and 10 majors, Singh said. which would be an awesome That's something they career, I still won't get to rarely do. . . where he's at today," Mickelson · is second Mickelson said. "So I don't among active players with try to compare my~elf 32 viCtories, one of them against him. What I'd like to while he was still an amateur do is try t6 win as many at Arizona State. Singh is tournaments and as many right behind with 31 victo- majors that I can. And with ries, the majority after he him in the field, it just gives turned 40, and one more will it more credibility, whatever put him atop the career list it is I am able to accomof foreign-born players. plish." . Woods has 62 victories Purposely omitted from and is closer to Sam Snead's this discussion is Ernie Els, record 82 than anyone who doesn't belong to any behind him. Even so, one tour. . Mickelson and Singh are so Els also has three majors far ahead of everyone else and reached No. I in the that next among active play- world on three occasions in ers is 43-year-old Davis the late 1990s. But he only Love III with 19 wins. has 15 victories on the PGA Both have won three Tour, the product of crissmajors - Mickelson has crossing · the globe. No t~o Masters and a PGA, .telling how many more Smgh one Masters _and two times Els would have won in PGAs. Lefty has 21 runner- America had he stayed in up finishes on the PGA Tour, one place. With apologies to Ian while the big Fijian has 24. Singh has won 13 times with .Poulter, odds ar~ it will be ASSOCIATED PRESS Valentine Tea,A:J Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio • • Hearing day is here for Clemens. See Page 81 AP photo oft"" No. 18 in the playoff. "I have to think · and see why the shots went bad," Singh said. ''I'll go back and do that, see what went wrong. Each time you get in a situation like this, you learn more from it. I'm going to learn more from not winning." Most believe Singh hit his peak in 2004. Since then, he has changed caddies and split with his longtime trainer. He has gone 23 starts without winning, his longest drought since 200 I, the last year ·he failed to win on the PGATour. As rivals, Mickelson and Singh are anything. but friends. There was that confrontation in the Champions locker room at the Masters in 2005 when Singh complained Mickelson's metal spikes were too long. Twice last year when they played togethet in the PGA Tour Playoffs, Singh wore dark sunglasses that had ear plugs attached to them, including a cloudy day ·at Westchester. Ultimately, though, they will be.judged by their PGA Tour records in the race to be second-best to Woods. Mickelson .is slightly ahead at the moment, but his best golf might still be ahead of him .. BY BRIAN J. REED BREEOOMYOAILYSENTINEL.COM MIDDLEPORT "- Seven properties in Middleport have been found in violation of flood plain regulations and five of them may have to be raised out of the flood plain. At · Monday evening's re$ular meeting of Middleport Village Council, , Mayor Michael Gerlach discussed communications from the Ohio Department of Nat ural Resoutces concerning the homes and other buildings, Phil Mickelson tees off on the fourth tee during the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Peoole Beach, Calif., in this Feb. 9 file photo. Tiger Woods seems in a league of his own at the moment, which is driving the most compelling rivalry on the PGA Tour: The battle for No. 2. Phil Mickelson has 32. wins, Vijay Singh has 31. . · Mickelson makes big mistakes occasionally, but not does he make big numbers. That was an .anomaly. His swing is fine, and he has few concerns about his progress this early in the year. Singh raised more questions. He retooled. his swing the latter part of the 2007 season and has reached the point where it feels great on the driving range, but trusting it inside the ropes becomes a chore. That much was clear Sunday, when he twice made bogey from short range in the fairway, and barely got the ball out of the bunker on· \ \ lll:\ISII\\ 11 .111<1 \1{\ 1;1 :.! ooS '""' and the role the village will play in bringing the properties into compliance. ODNR, . charged with enforcing flood plain regulations in the state, received reports from Matt Lyons, a rental property owner in Middleport, about the properties in violation. In November, Lyons was denied a flood plain variance for a lot on Ash Street, where he and a tenant have located a mobile home. That new home has been raised several feet in order to com- . ply with. the law. Gerlach said two of the '"'""'I'"'" properties reported·, the dences will be or have Gerlach said the village's . Department of Job and been contacted by the building inspector, Randall Family Services lot on ODNR, and may be Mullins, will be the "point North Second Avenue and required to make structural man" with ODNR in Race Street and the the changes to their homes in enforcing the standards. He Family Dollar store on order to . comply. Gerlach said the first step in the South Second Avenue, may said those homes are locat- process will be determinbe in violation of the flood ed on Beech Street, South ing the age of the buildings plain regulations but will Third Avenue, South in question, and if they are not require any modifica- Second Avenue and not exempt from the existtions. The DJFS building Palmer Street. ing regulations, what must was built prior to the exist"They will be advised as be done in order to make . ing regulations, and an to what must be done in them comply. addition on the Family order to comply with the "What is ultimately done Dollar store, which was · regulations," Gerlach said. will be up lo ODNR, but the· built in the flood plain, "Any modifications village will be required to makes up less than half of ordered must be made at work with the state in the store's total value. the expense <if the homeOwners of five resi- oWner." . Please see Vlolati~ns, AS .. Miller 0BITUARIFS Page AS • June B. Cole, 72 • Dorsey Jordan, 77 · • Lindsey L. Lyons Jr., 90 . • '' fired from Middleport police post BY BRIAN INSIDE Bl' JoE KAY ASSOCIATED PRESS • Cocoa Bean Blessings opens. See Page A3 Beth Sercent/plloto • Family Medicine: Members of the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce take a tour of Carleton S9hool/ Meigs Industries duri ng yesterday's ' , RSV is common business-minded luncheon. childhood infection. See Page A3 ·• Report: Man who BY BETH SERGINT Hocking County. The facility also flas renewal levy that will not raise taxes. ·stabbed wife at school BSERGENTOMYDAILYSENTINELCOM several janitorial and lawn contracts, The Ie.vy dollars are described as supincluding one with the Ohio porting "all services provided through entered via unlocked SYRACUSE ....;..lJlt. services of Department of Transportation where . the Meigs County Board of Mental door. See Page AS Carleton School and Meigs Industries pai~ crews made of adults with devel- Retardation and Developmental were highlighted at yesterday's busi- opmental disabilities take care. of rest Disabilities at Carleton School and . • Local Briefs. ness-minded luncheon of the Meigs arell5 and state garilges in Gallia and Meigs Industries." See Page AS County Chamber of Commerce whic.b Meigs Counties. The facility also has a Other Chamber announcements: • February is Wise included a tour of the facility. contract with the Ohio Department of River City Players and the Chamber Health Consumer Month. Faced with a 2 mill, five year renew- Natural Resourc.es to care for boat present "Murder Me Always" dinner allevy on the March ballot, officials at · ~cess areas along the Ohio R:iver. theatre at 6 p.m., Feb. 15-16, See Page A6 Carleton.seiVices highlighted at Chamber luncheon . J. REED BREEDOMYOAILYSENTINEL.COM . Balance, defense help No. 12 Xavier take cont-rhl of Atlantic 10 A year later, the stands the best way to do Musketeers had one of 'that is to be very consistheir best seasons, going tent every · day. We've CINCINNATI The 26-11 and cQming within done that the whole way play epitomi.z ed Xavier's one victory of their first through." season. Final Four appeara·nce. It Xavier leads the conferThe Musketeers were ended with a 66-63 loss to ence in scoring margin, down one · point against Duke in a regional final. field goal percentage and Saint Joseph's with under This team is doing it free throw percentage. a minute to play on without a surefire NBA The Musketeers are sec- · Sunday. Senior guard player. Five players aver- ond in points allowed and Stanley Burrell took mat- age double figures in an hold opponents to the ters into his hands, dri- attack .so b;i'lanced that lowest field goal and 3ving the baseline into a defenses can't latch onto point shooting percentcrowd of defenders. one shooter. The decisive ages in the conference. Instead of forcing a shot basket · against Saint Also, they have the best in a crowd, he passed the Joseph's was a prime rebounding margin in 'the ball to point guard Drew example. conference. Lavender, who had a "That's how unselfish Martelli has seen a lot decent shot from the .top we are," said Lavender, of good Xavier teams durof the key. one of the nation's leaders ing his 13 seasons at Saint Shoot? No way. in assist-to-turnover ratio. Joseph's, and is impressed Lavender . caught . the "Nobody cares who takes with this one's defense, ball and passed it in one the big shot. We just want balance and grit. ·motion to 3-point special- to win . Stan could have "This team has a lot of ist B.J. Raymond , who easily forced up a shot, Sean in them, I think," was unguarded in the left but he kicked it out to me. Miwetli said. "H.e looks corner. · Raymond's 3- I could· have forced a mild;mannered and Clark pointer with 45 seconds shot, but I saw B.J. in the Kent-like, but he's going left put Xavier ahead to corner." to fight you and scrap you stay and showed why the The comeback tightened whether it's recruiting or Musketeers are such a Xavier's hold on first on the sideline. They have tough team to beat. place. The Musketeers are a lot of that in them with This is by far their most 8-1 in Atlantic 10 play, this team." · balanced team since they . two games better than Especially their ·three returned to national Saint Joseph's and Rhode seniors . ' prominence in the 1980s. Island. They have _ games · Lavender runs a patient "That's a team that's left at Rhode Island, at offense that is one of the headed to the Top I 0," Dayton and at Saint nation's most efficient. Saint Joseph's coach Phil Joseph's. J;Jurrell has become the Martelli said, after Xavier " It 's a real big win for team's top perimeter held on for a 76-72 win . us, but we're not going to defender, shutting down . "They ' re not going into look at it like we've got the other team 's top scorthe Top I 0 this week, but breathing room now," er each game. Forward that's where they're head- Lavender said. "We're Josh Duncan has become ed." going to keep it up." an inside threat as Well as The Musketeers (20-4) S i nee I hey faded in the· an outside shooter. are going places they, final minutes of an 82-75 "Their mind is in the haven't been for some loss to Tennessee on Dec. right place, every one of ~allipolts mai(p ~ribune • 446-2342 time. 22, the Musketeers have them," Miller said. "Our They moved up a spot to gone on an Impressive players clearly allow t1oint ,Jleas-ant l\egister • 675-1333 .. No. 12 in Monday 's poiJ, run . They've won 12 of those three guys to lead their highest ranking their last 13 games, 10 of them." The Daily Sentinel• 992-2156 since they also were No. them by double-digits. They've welcoijled the 12 in the final . poll of "The one thing • this chance to set the tone. 2003. That 's the season team has done a good job "This te<J.m i.s so tough, " when David West, of is never really putting Burrell said. "We're Romain Sato and Lionel the cart before the horse," poised , too. We've been Chalmers led the coach Sean Miller said. in situations where we've Musketeers to a 26-6 "Our focus right now is to had our backs against the record and a second- compete for the confer- wall, and what are we roun~ loss ·in the NCAA ence championship. I going to do? We fought · tournament. think everybody under- with eve·r ything we had ." ~~~~::=~~~~~~~~~_:~~:.:~~~~~~::~ ,,,,J ,;. ODNR to·enforce Middleport flood plain violations SPORTS Mickelson who wins best supporting ' role on the PGA Tour. What to make of the last two weeks? Mickelson drew the wrong guy on the wrong course in losing at Phoenix. Holmes hits the ball like a gorilla, and the playo.ff took place on an 18th hole where Holmes could bash it anywhere .and have a flip sand wedge.to the green. Lefty then missed the cut in defense of his title at Pebble Beach, courtesy of an II on the 14th hole when he took two out-of-bounds. It was the hi"ghest score on one hole in his PGA Tour career. ' ,o ( 1·:\ 1'- • \o l. :;- :\o . q~ Carleton School spoke about how the facility contributes back to the community. Steve Beha, a~ministrator of Carleton School I Meigs Industries spoke ·about not only the job training the facility provides but the actual jobs provided to adults with disabilities. Adults with disabilities at Meigs Industries have paying jobs which match their skill levels. Some work at packing jobs just as packing tabs that go into file folders for a company in / WEATHER Beha said Meigs Industries also Riverside Golf Club. Tickets at works with several agencies on a Chamber office or Mark Porter GM referral basis to place individuals with Super Center. developmental disabilities at jobs Meigs County Chamber · of within the local community. In addi- Commerce Spring Dinne~ and tion, Carleton School offers educa- Auction, April 12, Kountry Resort tional programs for students with sr:- · (formerly_Lazy T). cial needs from preschool to htgh The next Chamber meeting is at school age. The school works with stu- . noon, March II at the Wild Horse Cafe dents livin~ in the county's three and will be sponsored by Holzer Clinic. school distncts. . Beha was quick to point out this is a Please see Chamber, AS MIDDLEPORT Lt. Jeff Miller has been fired from his position with the Middleport Police Department. Mayor Michael Gerlach confirmed Tuesday that Miller was dismissed last week after he was suspended from his position by Chief Bruce Swift. Gerlach said he cou,ld not divulge the reason for Miller's suspension and ultimate dismissal. Gerlach said his· decision to dismiss Miller was not related in any way to an investigation into allegations that Miller improperly cashed checks from the of Rutland's Village Furtherance of Justice account, .but related specifically to Miller's action as a Middleport police officer. According to Gerlach , · village procedure calls for . a suspension by the police chief, and a hearing before the mayor within five days of suspension, at which time the mayor can overturn the suspension, impose disciplinary action. or dismiss the officer. The officer then has five more days to apP.eal to village council. Miller did not appear before council at Monday's regular meeting. Last week, two special· prosecutors were appointed to assist the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification in the investigation into allegations that Miller cashed three checks from the Rutland FOJ account without authorization. ' Ohio EPA releases report on Leading Creek watershed conditions February 27, 2008 Detlllll on Pap A8 STAFF REPORT NEWSOMYD~ILYSENTINELCOtd Ad Deadline 2-22-08 POMEROY INDEX 2 SECTIONS- 12 PAGES Call: Annie's Mailbox Calendars Classifieds A3 · A3 B3-4 Comics Bs Editorials A4 Obituaries • Sports __::~~ Weather B Section A6 © ooo8 Ohio Valley PubUshlng Co. Reclaimin~ mine land, implementmg conservation practices and restoring riparian buffers would lead to major improvements in the Leading Creek watershed, according to a finill report on local water quality by· Ohio . Environmental Protection Agency (EPA.) The Ohio EPA worked with the Meigs County Soil and Water Conservation District, specifically Raina Fulks, and accepted public comments about the draft report last summer. The emphasis was on coming up with strategies to help the watershed meet its designated use under Ohio's Wl\ter quality standards. The Leading Creek watershed is comprised of approximately 150 •square miles of drainage area. The headwaters watershed 's begin in Athens County with most of the watershed in Mei~s County and a small portion ill Gallia County. · The report detailing Ohio EPA's proposal to improve water quality in the Leading Creek watershed was approved by U.S. EPA. The report includes the results of a comprehensive study of the chemical, biological and habitat conditions along the river and its tributaries. The _majority of_ sampling areas m the Leadmg Creek watershed are polluted as the result of human activity. Many small streams are impaired because of acid mine drainage and unrestricted livestock access to the waterways. Water quality standards are based on designated uses, which reflect the de~ree to which people potentially will use the water. Ohio is required by the federal Clean Water Act to identify waters that do not meet water quality standards and to develop methods to bring the affected waters into compliance. This is known · as the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program, which general!y determines the maximum amount of pollutants a water body can receive on a daily basis without violating water quality -standards. The TMDL program can improve the quali- ty of a stream by taking a comprehensive look at all pollution sources. This mcludes point sources such as wastewater treatment · plants and industrial facilities, as well as nonpoint sources, including runoff from urban and agricultural areas. While more than 70 percent of the watershed is forested, the area is heavily mined. In 199J, an emer~ency discharge of contammated water from the Meigs #31 Mine destroyed habitat and caused a large fish kill in Parker Run and downstream into segments of Leading Creek. The mine continues to discharge large quantities of water that contllin some high concentra· . lions of certain pollutants. The report proposes several strategies to help the ·watershed meet its desig.nated use under .Ohio's water quality standards. Included are: • limiting dissolved solids at the Meigs #31 Mine discharge, especially during low stream flows; . · • biweekly sampling for chlorides in the water discharged from the Meigs #31 mine; • agricultural conservation practices for abating sediment, including cattle e1lclusion from streams, grazing land protection and conservation tillage ; • restoration of riparian buffers; and • abandoned mine land/barren land/gob pile · reclamation. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 02. February Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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