https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/aea7186ad8cce8b88a3e94515657dca0.pdf 717c09d0905de7b0ea1417cac3c6c715 PDF Text Text Page B6 • The Daily Sentinel Wednesday ,F~bruary 13, 200& www.mydailysentinel.com ©2008 UNIVERSAL MEDIA SYNDICATE• SPECIAL AQYERTISEMENT FEATURE PAID ADVERTISEMENT . FOR THE WORLD RESERVE MONETARY EXCHANGE" 3939 EYERHARD RQ CANTON OH 44709 'Murder Me Always' at Riverside this weekend, B~ U.S. GOVERIMEIR COli MINniG SHUT-oFF fiiOliFICATIOfll Sealed vauH tubes of President coins go to public for s2a Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio ' rill HSI>\Y, 1-"I-:BI<U.\f{\" q. :.woH ;;oCl ·. :";lS • \ol.:;-. :'\o. t-l .i """ ·"')d.uh"·utin.-l.mm ~loan Middleport retires 0 SPORTS • Marauders beat Athens, advance . to sectional final. SeePage 81 BY BRIAN ' J, REED BREED<IIMYDAILVSENTINELCOM MIDDLEPORT -The · Village of Middleport has retired a loan balance of nearly $118,()00 to the Ohio Water Development Authority. . Meeting Monday, the of finance commitee Middleport Village Council discussed the · benefits of Corps proJects • • n;tiring the loan, which was approved by council in Pecember, 2000. The loan was used to pay the village's · former engineering firm, Floyd Browne Associates, for ·engineering plans for a new sewer treatment plant. The plant was never constructed, because funding could not be secured to build it. At Monday's meeting, Fiscal Officer Susan Baker suggested the loan be paid off in full, so the village could save the · costs of interest. Of the $117,792.24 owing, $23,000 was accumulated ititerest, which has been charged during the life of the loan. Members of the finance committee agreed that the village should retire the loan, if pos.sible. Finance Committee Chairman Rae infrastructure improveMoore said it is important ments. ·Baker reported a the village eliminate as $98,747 balance in that fund many loan interest obliga- · as of Monday. tions as possible, and pay off The balance of the loan loans if funds are available. payment was made up from Baker suggested that the the water operation fund. village's water improve- Baker said the final payment fund be used to retire ment on the loan was made the loan. The fund ·origi- · to the OWDA · on nates from a $5 monthly fee Wednesday afternoon. charged to all village water customers to help pay for Please see Loan, AS Chronic wasting disease not in Ohio deer •• e ...............a ........ flooding STAFF REPORT NEWSOMYDAILVSENTINELCOM OFF: Here's some of the last dozen stacks of Presidential Dollars that are no longer being minted and are extreml!y uncommon because they're actuafly carved with edge lettering. • Public gets hoard of last Presidential coins free By SHAWN OYLER UNIYERS.-,l MCDIA SVNOIC-'T€ (UMS) - Starting at precisely 7:46 a.m. today, some of the last Presidential Coins ever to be minted by the U.S. Government are being handed out free to the public. They are getting them free with every · single vault tube they claim. The U.S. Government barely got started minting these new Presidential coins and by law were required to stop production forever. There will never be any more. So, who's to thank for this massive giveaway effort? Well, it's not the government. It's the World Reserve Monetary Exchange. And we'll even give you the direct Hotline to call so you·can be among the ·first to get yours free right now. People everywhere will be trying to get their hands on the last of these magnificent stacks of coins ·with the never-beforeseen edge markings. But only those who get in before the 3-day de11dline are being handed one of the remaining brand new never-circulated Presidential Dollar Coins free with every si!lgle '28 sealed vault tube. Officials at the' World Reserve are coping with the explosion of calls. So, don't give up calling if you don't get through the first · time. Keep trying. "It's a miracle we were able to set up special Hotline.s in three Regional Distribution Zones in an effort to maintain order across the country. We feared the floo9 of calls could bring us to our knees but we are now equipped to handle everyone who Is trying to get through to get our last coins," said Stephen Speakman, Director of Hotline Operations for the World Reserve Monetary Exchange. All this Is happening because the World Reeerve has revealed It .wlll release the laat of Ita ~ecretly located hoard of $13 million worth of nevercirculated Presidential Coins in vault sealed tubes to · prevent them from ever being introduced into commerce. It's the only way to maintain their value as nevercirculated coins. "This is what everyone wants hut so few, will actually have. So many will be left out in the cold or with ordinary circulated coins If they can even find them in their bank.change. That's why we are so widely advertising our plans to give away S!Jme of the last never-circulated Presidential Coins free," said Speakman. Those who do beat the order deadline will get one of the last Presidential Dollar Coins free so they can handle it, show it off and still keep the valuable vault tube sealed and perfectly intact. The U.S. Government ls required to mint each President with a si!lgle Presidential $1 Coin, with a different President appear- ing every ninety days. That's why everyone is still trying to get the last of these Presidential dollar coins now that minting . has been shut off. "To honor each President there will be forty sealed.va11lt tubes in all, each containing twelve never-circulated Presidenthli Coins. That's 480 coins. But with the forty free coins everybody is getting, it becomes a spectacular collection of 520 nevercirculated coins in all, loaded into two separate heavy vault boxes. Only those lucky enough to get in on this now will be among the first to be automatically taken care of with all of the new Presidential Dollars to ever be minted for the next ten years," explained Speakman. The Presidential Dollars may be hard to find because they have not really made their way into the National Banking System. Banks will not honor requesta for the free coins. And Banks will never liave these crystalclear sealed yault tubes of the -nevercirculated coins that show off the rare edge markings. Claims for these free coins which are in never-circulated condition are only being honored by the World Reserve for the next three days and only for those who beat the deadline for the sealed vault tubes. "Just look at that stack of coins. When Americans get their hands on those, they are really going to do a double take," Speakman said. • · OBITUARIES Page A5 . • Thomas Pasquale, 69 INSIDE • JACKPOT: These two massive vault boxes contain the sealed vault tubes for the complete collection of forty Presidential Dollars, 480 coins in a·ll. Values fluctuate, but just think if you had saved 2 vault boxes of uncirculated Eisenhower Dollars from 1973. Tliey would now be worth $6,912.00. It's a real steal at just '28 for these crystal clear sealed vault tubes that show of( the rare edge markings and protect the coin's never-circulated value ." ·• Literary members hear all about food chain. See Page A3 . • Give a special valentine. See Page ~ • History Day set Feb. 21 at cultural center. See Page A3 • Local Briefs. See Page AS • Bush signs economy-rescue bilL See Page AS • Education department slashing $100 million from budget. See Page A7 WEATIIER Detallo on P•• AT INDEX ' 2 Si!CTIONS- 16 PAGES Calendars A3 A3 Classifieds Bs-6 Annie's Mailbox ·'• .' I u.,...., Cllllll . . . , •• I Corpics un.- up.M ' re-lllltlllldoft ZOne .......... Editorials .,_ .... ,_ 0 Clill: 1-I00-7114SMU.open7:45AM-1;41PM ....... ,_ 8 0..: 1-toN21-tl21 Llnlia opelf 8:00AM-8:00PM l,_lwtllllz- 8 Clill: 1-eoo.J3N746 Uneeopen8:15AM-tt11PM I ......... ; Obituaries Places to go Sports Weather .B7 A4 · As BB B Section A7 @aoo8 Ohlo•VaUey Publl8hl11f! Co. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. ,_ After last week's heavy rainfall saturated much of the Ohio River Basin this week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used its system of dams to reduce the poten, tial for flood damage. During heavy rain events, corps projects hold. back water to minimize downstream flooding. Early predictions indicated the Ohio River would crest above flood stage at Ohio, and Marietta, Parkersburg, Point Pleasant and Huntington, W.Va. However, because of how the corps operated its pro. jects, the Ohio River at these cities crested below. flood stage. Cities along the Muskingum . River would have seen much higher water levels without the ' effective operations of corps dams. At New Philadelphia, the Muskingum River would have been three feet higher, while river levels at Coshocton and Zanesville would have been five feet and eight feet higher, respectively. Other Ohio River tributaries saw major reductions as well. River levels for the Little . Sandy RiYer, near Grayson, Ky., were reduced by over eight feet, Burnsville, W.Va., saw reductions of over three feet on the Little Kanawha River, and Circleville and Worthington, Ohio, saw reductions on the Scioto River of over three feet. Water levels are closely monitored at the dams during these flood events. Qver the years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has built 539 miles of levees and more than I00 local flood projects to protect lives, communities and property from , flooding along the Ohio River. To date, these projects have reduced flood damages by over $10 billion. The corps became the federal agency leading flood and storm damage reduc1ion through the 1917 Flood Control Act. Many of the lake projects are better known .for recreation, hydropower and water supply capabilities and were authorized and built as the · ·result of the disaStrous floods of record in 1936 and 1937. Reservoirs are designed to ' hold a large cal'acity of water in order to hmit damage from flooding, but engineering solutions cannot completely prevent flooding . Heavy ramfall downstream from a reservoir runs· directly into the nearest river. For more information, call the corps' Huntington District Public Affairs Office at (304) 399-5353. now day For some, a good winter's snow provides a day or two of fun, while for others, it's just extra work. Evan and Justin Jeffers spent four hours building this impressive snow castle ·in front of the Corner Restaurant on Tuesday, and they exPect It will be standing for a while after all the snow and Ice around It disappear. That's because it was built with firmly-packed Icy bricks -and yes, many of the bricks are colored red and · black. Steve Lane, on the other hand\ was . busy a couple of blocks away, clearing ·snow from the parking lot at the Middleport Church of Christ Family Life Center. 8~111 J. Reed/photoo COLUMBUS - For the sixth straight year, testing of Ohio's 'deer herd has found no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD). a degenerative brain disease that atfects elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources . (ODNR) Division of Wildlife, state officials collected 941 samples last year from hunterharvested deer, primarily during the deer-gun season that ran Nov. 26-Dec. 2. All CWO testing is performed at the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory of the Ohio Pepartment ·o r Agriculture (ODA). In addition to CWD, 97 percent ·of the hunter-harvested deer samples were also tested for bovine tuberculosis. Results found no evidence of this disease in Ohio deer. Additional CWO samples are being taken from roadkilled deer, but those test results are not yet available. Since 2002, the Division · of Wildlife, in conjunction with the ODA's Division of Animal Industry and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, has been conduct: ing surveillance throughout the state for CWO, as well as epizootic hemorrhagic disease and bovine tuberculosis. While CWD has never been found in Ohio's deer herd, it had been diagnosed in wild and/or captive deer or elk in 14 other states and two ,Canadian provinces. Since CWO was discovered in the Western United States Please su Deer, A5 Beegle seeks second term as sheriff . STAFF REPORT NEWSGtMVOAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY - ' Sheriff Robert Beegle will seek re-election as a candidate in the March 4 Republican primary. Beegle is completing his first term as county sheriff. He was born and raised in Meigs County. and is a graduate of Racine High School. Beegle is married to the former Jane Gilmore Taylor, has three children and two grandsons. Beegle holds a master's . degree from . Ohio University, and is a former teacher and principal in the Southern Local School District. While teaching, Beegle also served for 31 1/2 years as a Robert Beegle full -time deputy with the sheriff's department, and also worked as a bailiff, probation officer, community corrections director and courthouse·security officer. He is a member of Sacred Heart Church, where he serves as a lector and Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist. He is a member of the Middleport/Pomeroy Rotary Club. "I have ~njoyed · working for the county and I hope I have made a difference in the operation of the sheriff's office.'' Beegle said . " In 2004. I pledged to make effort& to re-open the Please see Beegle, AS Cline seeks treasurer nomination STAFF REPORT NEWS@MYOAJLVSENTINEL.COM POMEROY - Marty Cline of Pomeroy has filed as a Republican candidate for Meigs County Treasurer in the March 4 primary. Cline is a certified public accountant with over 17 years of financial, accounting and business experience. He graduated salutatorian from Meigs High school in 1987 and received a Bachelor of Business of Administration from Ohio University. ·•. ' He was former! y employed by the . public accounting firm Ernst and Yourrg working closely with large. corporations and small companies providing tax,, audit and financial conMarty Cline suiting. Cline currently provides financial services to various clients a?d non-profit organizations, and is a .:. small "business owner. He served as a United Way Loan Executive, currently serves as a board · member for the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce and Meig' County Park District. and is treasurer of the Meigs Alumni Association and Angela Eason Memorial Park project. Cline has been married to his w~ Tammy, for 16 years and ha' 11-.1 chi ldren, Tyler age 14, and Paige age 12. "I was raised in Meigs County and PIHse see Cline, A5 �. • • . • The Daily Sentinel. ACROSS THE NATION ' PageA2 Thursday,February14,2008 PageA3 · BYTHE ·B E D Thursday, February 14, 2008 ' ANNIE'S MAILBOX Yahoo turns to News Corp. in effort to escape Microsoft takeover bid I Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, right, looks ctn as President Bush makes a statement regarding the . SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc. hopes media conglomerate News Corp. can rescue it from a Microsoft Corp. takeover - or at least prove the slumping Internet pioneer is worth more money than its unsolicited suitor wants to pay. A News Corp. partnership coul<\.provide Yahoo with the escape hatch tha_t the Sunnyvale,based company has been seekmg since Mtcrosoft pounced wtth Its takeover btd two wee.ks ago. · If nothing else , the possibility of Yahoo joining forces Prot~ct with one of the world's largest media empires could prompt America Act, Microsoft to sweeten its bid, which was originally valued at Wednesday, jn $44.6 billion, or $31 per share. the Oval Yahoo is believed to want at least $40 per share, or about ' Office at the" $56 billion. White House The details of the proposed News Corp. alliance were in Washington. still being worked out Wednesday, accordin~ to a person familiar with the situation. The person didn t want to be APphoto identified because the talks are considered confidential. Most analysts believe Microsoft will do whatever necessary to buy Yahoo because the wofld's largest software .. maker views the acquisition as the best way to counteract Google Inc.'s dominance of the online search and ad markets - a battleground that is rapidly reshaping the technol. ogy and media industries . "Buying Yahoo makes tremendous -sense for Microsoft, more sense than any other company in the world," said Ken Marlin , a New York investment banker specializing in media and technology deals. Surveillance Act belied the Americans who are over- of requesting new authorily BY DEB RIECHMANN Both The Wall Street Journal and a prominent blog, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER nearly two months of stops seas. Under current law, the from Congress ... but TechCrunch, reported that News Corp. is interested in foldand starts and bitter political government can wiretap or whether out of conveing its popular online social network, MySpace.com, and WASHINGTON wrangling that preceded it. search the possessions of nience, incompetence, · or other Internet assets into Yahoo - an idea that first came President Bush, at logger. The two sides had battled to anyone outside the United outright disdain for the rule up last year. News Corp. owns The Wall Street Journal. heads with House balance civil liberties with States - even a soldier of law, the administration News Corp. and a private equity firm reportedly would how closeDemocrats over the need to conduct surveil- serving overseas - without chose to ignore Congre'ss buy significant stakes in Yahoo·as part of a complex deal ly the government can ignore the lari~e on potential adver- court permission if it and · designed to push the Sunnyvale-based company's market U.S. citizens, eavesdrop on sanes. Constitution," Reid said . . believe. s the person may be value toward $50 billion. warned Wednesday that terReid .said if the president While giving the . White a foreign agent .. A Yahoo spokesman said the company continues to "carefully and thoroughly" evaluate altemat.ives that will rorists were planning fresh House what it wanted on . ·Senate Majority Leader chooses to veto a short-term Reid, D-Nev., extension, he, not Congress, enrich its long-term shareholders. Yahoo's board reported- assaults that would make immunity for the phone Harry the Sept. II attacks "pale by the Senate also accused the president and will have to take the blame companies, ly is to meet again Thursday or Friday to consider the comcomparison." expanded the power of the Senate Republicans of for any gaps in collectiag pany's next move. · Bush called on the image to oversee governcourt being more interested in intelligence of terrorisfs' · News Corp. spokeswoman Teri Everett declined to comof planes · crashing into the , ment eavesdropping on politicizing · intelligence communications. ment on the Yahoo talks. · of the World twin towers Expiration of the current Americans. An amendment than fesol ving the debate. Yahoo shares climbed 31 cents to $29.88 Wednesday Trade Center in 200 I as he Protect America Act would the FISA court the issue would would give Reid said while Microsoft shares gained 62 cents to $28.96 News pressured lawmakers. to the authority to monitor not even- be before not mean an immediate end Corp. shares slipped 10 c~nts to finish at $19.93: · rewrite the intelligence whether the l;lOvemment is Conl;lress if Bush and Vice to wiretapping. Existing Based on Microsoft's current market value, its cash-andgovemin~ how phone rules complying wtth procedures Prest dent Dick Cheney, "in surveillance could continue stock bid for Yahoo now stands at $29.50 per share, or calls and e-matls are. monito protect ·the pri- . their unyielding efforts to under the law for a year designed about $41 billion. tored for terrorist activity. vacy of innocent Americans expand presidential pow- from when it began - at Yahoo rejected Microsoft'~ offer Monday, saying' it "subDemocrats and others fear whose telephone or comput- ers," had not created a sys- · least until August. Any new stantially unde!'Values" assets that include one of ·the antl his the changes Bush er communications are cap- tein to conduct wiretapping, surveillance the government Internet's biggest audiences and best-~oWII brands. Republican allies . support tured during surveillance of including on U.S. citizens, wants to institute could be Microsoft has held firm so far, calling. its original bid would unduly encroach on a foreign target . outside the bounds of feder- implemented under under"full and fair" while threatening to launch a hostile · · civilliberties. lying FISA rules, which The allaw. Senate bill would takeover attempt. The House is considering FISA court "The president could may require warrants from also require "What's unclear now is whether Yahoo is just trying to Senate version of the the orders to eavesdrop on have taken the simple step the secret court. get a higher offer or if the company really doesn't want to bill that Bush favors, one sell to Microsoft," said Peter Falvey, a technology investthat includes retroactive ment banker with Revolution Partners. Altbough News Corp . Chairman Rupert . Murdoch protection from lawsuits for unequivocally said during a conference call last week· that telecommunications compahis New York-based company isn't interested in an outright nies that cooperated with acquisition of Yahoo, he didn't rule out the possibility of a government eavesdropping following the Se~t. II ·deal involving MySpace. When asked whether he might renew the previolls dis- attacks. The House btll does cussions with Yahoo about a MySpace alliance, Murdoch not provide telecom immureplied: "I think that day has passed, but you never know." nity. Rather than wait for the A News Corp. stake in Yahoo might hinge on whether the and Senate to negotiHouse two sides can agree on how much MySpace is worth. News Corp., which also owns the Fox television and movie ate differences in their ver. r studios in addition to its newspa{'<:r and Internet holdings, sions of the intelligence legbought MySpace for $580 million m 2005. But the social net- islation, Bush wants a rubwork's value has soared as its audience has swelled above ber-stamp of the Senate bill 100 million users, creating a potential advertising gold mine. so he can sign it into law .....,., Ironically, Murdoch and his lieutenants can point to a immediately. The current Jaw expires at midnight recent Microsoft deal to make a case that My Space is worth Saturdar, and Bush s.aid he more than $15 billion. · Facebook Inc., which owns the Internet's second largest wouldn t approve another social network 'behind MySpace, now arguably has a $15 extension. The House either billion market value, based on Microsoft's purchase late · wouldn't ' Republicans led a 229-191 last year of a 1.6 percent stake for $240 million. Despite its popularity, MySpace hasn't established itself vote turning down a 21-day as· an ccffective advertising vehicle. Google last month cited extension. lackluster returns from its ad partnerships with MySpace · ,"At this moment, someand other social networks as one of its few disappointments where in the world, terrorists are planning . new · during the fourth quarter. attacks on our country," the Besides talking with News Corp., Yahoo al~o reportedly has president said. "Their goal explored an advertising partnership with Google~ its biggest rival. Although Google probably could help el~vate Yahoo's ts to bring destruction to our drooping profits, the alliance would likely face antitrust hur- shores that will make dles because the companies operate the Web's two bi~gest ad September the II th pale by - ~ ""' ,.. !~t comparison." networks and eliminating one would reduce competinon .. ..'···' " '- ~ ". " . ... . • About 40 lawsuits !)ave Reports of a possible merger with Time Warner Inc.'s AOL appear to be more rumor than fact, said the person been filed against telecom cempanies by people allegfamiliar with News Corp. negotiations. ing violations of wiretapping and privacy laws . . "In order to be able to · discover .. . the enemy's . t~is plans, we need the coopera- . tion of telecommunication WASHINGTON (AP) :..._ President Bush, stepping up companies," Bush said. "If pressure on Syria, ordered new sanctions Wednesday to these companies are subpunish officials in Damascus for alleged efforts to under- jected to lawsuits that could mine stability in Iraq and meddle in Lebanon's sovereignty cost them billions of dol· · lars, they won't participate. and democracy. Bush, in an executive order, said he was expanding They won't help us . They help protect penalties against senior government officials in Syria and won't their associates deemed to be responsible for - or to have America." Caroline ·Fredrickson, benefited from - public corruption. The order did not Represen[auve~ director o( the American , specifically name any officials . Bush signed the order a day after !mad Mughniyeh, one Civil Liberties Union 's legoffice of the world's most wanted and elusive terrorists, was islative in killed in a car bombing in Syria nearly 15 years after drop- Washington, accused Bush ping from >ight. The one-time Hezbollah security chief was. of "fear mongering," and the suspected mastermind of attacks that killed hundreds of she urged the House not to Americans in Lebanon and of the brutal kidnappings of pass the Senate bill. The Westerners. ACLU is particularly "The world is a better place without this man in it," State opposed to the Senate bill's Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. "One way immunity to phone compaor the other, he was brought io justice." nies . The White House said Wednesday's executive order built "The people whose prion one Bush issued in May 2004 that banned all U.S. vate phone calls and eexports to Syria except for food and medicine. His earlier mails were turned over action followed long-standing complaints that the Middle deserve to have their day in Eastern nation was supporting terrorism and undermining court against the phone U.S . efforts in Iraq . • companies. Let the · The 2004 order also banned flights to and from the American system of justice United States; authorized the Treasury Department to decide case," this freeze assets of Syrian nationals and entities involved in Fredrickson said . ~allipolis119ailr 'QI::ribune Daily Sentinel ~oini ~leasant l\egister terrori sm, weapons of mass destruction , occupation of The 68-29 Senate vote Lebanon or ierrorism in Iraq; and restricted banking rela- Tuesday to update the 1978 740-446-2342 740-992-2156 304-675-1333 tions between U.S. banks and the Syrian national bank . Foreign Intelligence . 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And a special Worried Sibling I didn't have MS, I would thanks to those readers who Dear Sibling: No. It's expect to walk along hand have taken the time to visit always best if the parent can in hand with my boyfriend. the vets and send valentines. - be part of the decision-mak- He says it is "sissy." Bless you. ing, and we don't underI feel neglected and could .. D1:3r Annie: My mom stand why your brothers never go through life this has now reached an age want things kept secret. It's way. Can he change'' where it is diffieult for her possible they feel the con- With Him but Alone to continue living alone. My versation would depress her Dear· With 'Him: brothers and I are all close, or that she might resent sug- ·Someone who would rather although I am the only one gestions of incompetence. let you trip on the sidewalj( living in the area. I spend In order to avoid a rift, con- than hold your hand is more time with Mom in a sider having an impartial putting his needs above few weeks than they do in third party explain the yours. If Mervin truly cares an entire year. necessity of Mom 's partici- for you, he will make an · We recently decided it's pation. Her doctor or cler- effort to work on his inabiltime for Mom to transition . gyperson can talk to your ity to show affection. to assisted living and brothers, and you also can Otherwise, you must decide planned a family conference get help through the Family if he's worth it as is Cl\IL The call was originally Caregiver Alliance . (care- because, unfortunately, jp~t going to be us siblings, giver.org) at 1-800-445- things are . not going to get oot I thought it might be 8106. any easier. · · nice for Mom to join us at Dear Annie: I'm 60 Dear Annie: I read the ·the beginning so they could years old and my letter from "Worried in the speak to her and see how boyfriend, "Mervin," is 68. · South ," the 62-year-old .~he's doing. We have such wonderful bipolar woman who is con. When Mom hung up, one chemistry and can talk on cerned about her family 's 9f my brothers blew up .at the phone for hours and reaction to her illness. I . me for letting her know we never run out of interesting manage . Seasonal Affective ·were having such a call. He topics. Sex is perfect. Disorder (SAD) during the repeatedly shouted at me The problem is, Mervin long, dark winter months, that this was to be a secret. I was raised without affection for which I take medication. ...cannot fathom why Mom and has trouble being There are days w~en I have AND MARCY SUGAR' ·Liter~ry Saturday, Feb. 16 SALEM CENTER . Grange -7789 and Star Star Saturday, Feb. 16 to force myself to get up. Junior Grange 878 will have CHESTER -Chester Arter the birth of my son. I fun night and potluck suphad a severe case of post- Township Board .of Tru>tees aper, 6:30- p.m . followed by partum depression . It took regular monthly meeting, 8 degree and drill team praca.m .. Chester Town HalL over a year to recover. tice. Plans to be made for Tuesday, Feb. 19 The best example she can RUTLAND - Rutland meet · the candidates on be to her loved ones is to tell them about the di'sorder, Village Council. 7 p.m .. Sunday, Feb. 24: Tuesday, Feb. 19 educate them and let them Rutland ' Civic Center. CHESTER - Chester know how they can support rescheduled regular meeting. Council 323, Daughters of her. This illness is not her America, 7 p.m.. Chester fault. Ignoring it will not Academy. make it go away. Friends and family need to rally around and not judge her. Sunny in Vermont Thursday, Feb. 14 . Dear Sunny: It is best if SYRACUSE Thursday, Feb. 14 her family can be a source Wildwood Garden Club, POMEROY - Rev. of support and not add to open house. 6:30p.m. at the Walter Heinz will speak at ·her already stressful life. Syracuse Community community Lenten serVice, We hope she will find the Center. Program: cold 7 p.m., Trinity Church. courage to discuss her iU - · frames, design and use to be Saturday, Feb. 16 . ness openly and educate presented by Gordon Fisher. MIDDLEPORT them. RACINE Sonshine Forgiven 4 to sing, 7 p.m., Annie's Mailbox is writ- Circle, 7 p.m., Bethany Middleport Church of the ten by Kathy Mitchell and United Methodist Church. Nazarene. Refreshments Marcy Sugar: longtime edi- · · Take frutt for baskets. follow. tors of the 'Am1 Landers Lillian Hayman. Ruth Thursday, Feb. 21 column. Please e-mail your S1mpson . and Bernice POMEROY- Rev. Keith questions to anniesmail- Thetss, hostesses. _ Rader will speak at commuc box@comcast./let, or write CHESTER Shade nity Lenten service, 7 p.m., · to: An11ie's Mailbox, P.O. R1ver Lodge 453, 7:30p.m. St. Paul Lutheran Church. Box JJ8190 Chicago IL at the hall. Refreshments . 60611. To flnd out /nore TUPPERS PLAINS about Annie's Mailbox Tuppers Plams Post 9053 , 7 and read features by othe~ p.m. at the hall. Meal at Saturday, Feb. 16 Creators Syndicate writers 6:30p.m.. . RACINE Racine and cartoonists visit the FrJdlly, Feb: 15 Creators Syndicate Web , CHESTER Shade Youth League 2008 'organipage at www.creators.com. River Lodge 453 will be zational meeting to include inspected in the Entered eleotion of officers, 4 p.m., Apprentice Degree. Grand at the ~acine Legion Hall. Master of Ohio Masons will Everyone interested encourbe attending. Dinner at 6:30 aged to attend. For more p.m. lnsp~ction at 7:30p.m. information call 247-2103. Clubs and organizations Youth events inheritance. In conclusion, the reviewer said the book brings a new perspective to the question, "What shall we have for dinner?" Members answered roll call by telling of a manufactured food product found in their pantry o·r freezer that surprisingly contained corn. Hostess Jeanne Bowen 'erved refreshments and Pam O' Brien was welcomed as a new member. The next ineeting will be at The Pomeroy Library on Feb. 20 when Pat Holter wi II review "Whitethorn Woods" by Maeve Binchy. Connie Gilkey will be the hostess. · • GIVE A SPECIAL VALENTINE BY EUZABETH CRUMP SOCIAL SECURITY MANAGER . ATHENS ' · On Valentine's Day. many veople buy flowers, candy and cards for the ones they .Jove .- not just for sweethearts and spouses, but for children, parents and grandparents as well. . This Valentine 's Day, why not take an extra step to show someone you love . how much you care? Tell them about the Medicare . prescription drug plan and· about the extra help :;they may be able to get through Social Security. The high cost of prescription drugs ·can be a burden on older Americans with limited income. What better way to show you :Care than by showing them :how to get extra help. with their Medicare prescripti on drug costs? . Extra help - available through Social Security 'Can pay part of their month·ly premiums, annual <leductibles and prescription :Co-payments. The extra help ·could be worth more than $3,600 per ~ear. To figure out whether they're eligible, Social Security needs · to know their income and the value of th~ir savings, investments and real estate (other than the home they live in). To qualify for the extra help, your loved ones must be receiving Medicare and have: • Income limited to $15,840 for an iodividual or ·$21 ,240 for a married coupie living together. Even if their annual income is high· er, your loved ones still may be able to get some help with monthly premiurns, annual deductibles and prescription co-payments. For example; their income may be higher if they or their spouse: • Support other family members who live with them; • Have earnings from work; or County . . :informed The Daily . Sentinel Medicare prescription dtug · plans and special enrollment . periods, visit www.medicare.gov or call I-BOO-MEDICARE ( 1-800633-4227; TTY 1-877-48/i2048) So this year as you prepare your valentines, give someone you love something special: the peace of mind that comes with knowing extra help is available with Medicare prescription drug costs. Then go one step further·- help. them apply. There is no better way to show how much you .care. History Day set Feb. 21 at cultural center CHARLESTON, W.Va. More than 60 local groups with an interest in history or genealogy will gather for the 12th West Virginia History Day on Thursday, . Feb. 21 from 9 a.m. until3 p.in. at the State Capitol Complex in Charleston during the regular session of the West Virginia Legislature. All activities are free and open to the public. The historical groups will provide displays and reenactments in the Upper Rotunda of the state capitol, between the House and Senate chambers: Historians, genealogists, educators, . preservationists, veterans. fraternal organizations,· librarians, ethnic groups and families with an intere,st in West Virginia's history will provide ex hi bits featuring historical documents. photographs, artifacts and I)ubli" cations. Other attractions include reenactments of events in the state's history. music, storytelling, and a ceremony honoring citizens ·from across the state who have made contributions to the history of West Virginia. At 10 a.m., there will be ' an awards ceremony in the Norman L. Fagan West Virginia State Theater of the Cultural Center. . "History Hero" awards will be presented to people who have made significant grass-roots contributions to the preservation of local or regional history. Local historical. genealogical, preservation. · museum, patriotic and other similar groups made nominations for those receiving awards. Authorized by the Iegislature. West Virginia History Day commemorates local groups efforts to preserve, protect and promote the study of the Mountain State's past. The West Virginia Division of Culture and History joins the Archives and History Commission, West Virginia Historical Society, West Virginia Historical Association, Preservation Alliance of West Virginia, Inc .. West . Virginia Association of Museums. Friends. of West Virginia Culture and History, Mining Your History West Foundation and Virginia Humanities Council as organizers of the event. For more informaiion aboll/ Wes1 Virginia His/ary Day, conlac/ Joe Geiger, acling direc10r of archives and hislory.f(Jr /he division, a1 (304) 558-0230. zoos Make sure you're included in our If you want to make farm life less taxing, talk to your people at H&R Blt;~ck . Our people can answer questions about things like fuel credit, farm income averaging, and casualty losses. Call 1-800-HRBLOCK or visit hrblock.com 618 East Maln St. 740-~2-6674 Mon-Frl 9:00 - 6:00 Sat. 9:00 - 5:00 . Other hours by appointment H&R Block• 992·2155 Cl 2006·H&A BlOck SeMC96 , Inc. DECISION 08 VOTERS GUIDE To be inserted in the The Daily Sentinel on Friday- February 29th Pomeroy, OH 45769 Subscribe. today ' • Live in Alaska or Hawaii ; and • Resources limited to $11,990 for an individual or $23,970 for a married couple li vin~ together. Resources mclude such things as bank accounts, stocks and bonds. We do not count their hou~e and car as resources. Social Security has an easy-to-use online application for the extra help that anyone - family members, friends and caregivers can complete. You can tind it at www.socialsecurity.gov. To apply by phone or get an application, call Social Security at 1-800'772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) and ask for the Application for Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs (SSA-1 020). Or go to the nearest Social Security office. To learn more about the ;. Keeping Meigs (· Church events members hear all about food ·chain POMEROY Olita tasty-looking morsels "·organic" food, and food Heighton presented a . might kill us. At the same people obtain by hunting, review of "Omnivore's time we're realizing that . gathering, or gardening. when the our food choices also have :Dilemma" According to Heighton, Middleport Literary Club profound . implications · for the author in his book .folmet at the Pomeroy Library the health of our environ- lows each food chain liieral recently. ment. Anthropologists call ly from the ground up .to the : Written by Michael this bewilderment the table. He concludes each Pollan, the non-fiction omnivore's dilemma. section by sitting down to a .book explores the ecology Heighton said Pollan is meal-at McDonald's, at of eating and unveils why also the author of; home with his family sharwe consume what we con- "Second Nature," " A ing a dinner from whole sume in the twenty-first Place of My Own ," and foods, and in a " beyond century'. Choosing what we "The Botany of. Desi re." organic" farm in Virgi nia . . eat from the wide choice His writing on food and For each meal the author available to us in the mod- agriculture has won traces everything conern American supermarket numerous awards. Pollan sumed, from start to the fin·and fast-food outlets has has divided "The . ished product, revealing the :thrown us into a landscape Omnivore's Dilemma" hidden compone.nts we of food products so bewil- into three parts; one for unwittingly ingest and dering that, according to each of the food chains· explaining how our taste for the author, we have to that sustain us: industrial- particular foods reflect our 'W\lrry· about which of these ized food, alternative or environment and biological ·• Public meetings AGREAT FORUM TO lfT MEIGS COIJNTY VOTERS KNOW WHERE YOU STil~W ON lOCAl ISSUES Deadline 5 pm ~ February 25th Contact Brenda Davis or Dave Harris for advertising information & assistance For questionnaire info Contact Brian Reed 740-992-2156 or 992-2155 �• .OPINION The Daily Sentinel ·PageA4 Thursday,Februaryt4,2008 Clinton defeats in Virginia., Maryland show The Daily Sentinel margins with whites, women, older voters slipping 111 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio (740) 992-2156 • FAX (740) 992-2157 www.mydallysentlnel.com ln each state, she got 45 Now, virtually all blacks contests and easily outdispercent of veters 65 and over, tancing her in money raising, support Obama, significant TREVOR TOMPSON and just over one-third of ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS she must now endure three since they make up about a Ohio Valley Publishing Co. people earning under weeks until primaries in fifth of Democratic voters $50,000 annually or with WASHINGTON Texas and Ohio that she overall. Dan Goodrich high school degrees or less: Hillary Rodham Clinton's hopes will resurrect her camAnd while last year's polls Publisher At the srune time, Obama crushing losses 'in Maryland prugn. showed Clinton leading tmd Virginia highlight an eroClinton's losses have also among men,- Obama now won huge margins among . Charlene Hoeflich sion in what had been solid enabled Obama to take a leads her among males by II blacks, young voters, higherGeneral Manager-News Ecjitor 11dvantages among women, sliglit lead in their crucial percentage points, according . income and better-educated whites and older and work- fight for convention dele- to exit polls of voters in 20 people, leaving Clinton ing-class voters. gates. With 2,025 needed to competitive Democratic pri- nowhere to tum for support. She had the misfortune of While this week's results clinch the nomin~t ;con at the maries. Democratic primaries in two can be explained by those party's Denver go. ..• ering in Congress shall make no law respecting an Before Tuesday's voting, states in which about onestates' relatively large num- August, Obama has 1,27 5 the two were even among establishment of religion, or prohibiting the third of voters were black and bers of blacks and well-edu- delegates to Clinton's 1,220, free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of cated residents - who tend according to the latest count white males this year. Obama about two-thirds of voting defeated her among that whites were college-educatspeech, or of the press; or tl1e right of the peo- to be Barack Obama support- by The Associated Press. group by 18 percentage ers - her presidential camBefore this year's presiden- points in Virginia - his first ed, exit polls showed. Both ple peaceably to assemble, and to petitioll the paign could be doomed if the tial contests began, Obama are unusually high numbers, Government .fo·r a redress of grievances. trends continue. was running consistently win with white men in a an all-but inevitable recipe Clinton is holding onto behind his rival in the polls. Southern state -· and they for OlYilllla triumphs. divided white men about A closer look shows more - The First Amendment to the u.s: Constitution some of her supporters who The Illinois senator was equally in Maryland. ·obama about the voters Clinton w~s are largely defined by race mostly attracting upper-echeand often by level of educa- lon whites. young people and - has done espectally well with ·fusing and keeping, and men who are college educat- underscores the Importance tion, such as low-income about half of black voters of race and education in t~e white workers and older resembling the coalitions that ed. Tuesday's voting highlight- contest. white women, exit polls of sealed defeat for past nonvoters show She's been los- establishment Democratic ed the ground Clinton has lost While Clinton lost among ing other 'blocs, again candidates such ,as Gary Hart with groups that have been people making less than strongholds of her support. · sta!Jlped by personal charac- and Bill Bradley. $50,000 annually, she got six In both Virginia and in I0 votes from whites in teristics, such as blacks, men Thin~s have chru1ged since ;md young people both black the votmg has started. espe- Maryland. she got the back- both states making that and white. and better-educat- cially after bitter exchanges ing of only about four in 10 amount. The same was true ed whites. during the Clinton-Obama women and three in I0 men. for people . over age 65 and · The latest defeats have. contest in South Carolina Obama narrowly .edged her those with no more than high slowed the ·one-time highlighted their racial differ- among whites in Virginia, school degrees - she lost favorite's political momen- ences and, subsequently, for- while she won among bOth groups overall, but was tum at a bad time. With mer Sen. John Edwards exit- Maryland whites by 10 backed by about six in I0 Obama winning eight straight ed the race. whites in those categories. point~. Dear Editor: I propose creating a new award designating the recipient as ''Honorary Reporter" or another such designation .. Categories: Photojournalism. The recepient happens to be at the scene of a critical incident or important event- with ready camera including cell phone or video capture- that otherwise might be missed. · 5AID NOTT06ET Writing. This category would be of two types. Either a wellcrafted opin,ion letter or guest column that adds clarity or revelation to certain critical local or national issues. Obviously, this STILL YOUN6 ENOUGH includes any investigative journalistic effort. ' To The award would be granted upon majority vote of the staff. In case of deadlock, a staffer !rom the main office would cast LOSSES. · the deciding vote. Decisions regarding the award would be selective (Meigs/Mason area only. Other area papers could develop their own criteria) because awarding the certificate too frequently would cheapen its meaning. Certificate size: Approximately the size of the upper half of page one with paper masthead at top. Because of my own elforts since the mid-1990s, I'm bold enough to claim certificate number one for.the writing category. Jeff Fields Syracuse READER'S BY ALAN FRAM·AND VIEW Proposes .contest MY BROKER WORKED UP. .. I'M MY ' READER'S VIEW afsthe .ISSUe., Dear Editor: We're always reading in the paper concernir' the election just how many votes the candidates have in each category from the blacks, the whites and the women. Is not a vote a vote without breaking it down a> suchry· I don't understand what the big issue is. Diana Zirkle Middleport TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of2008 .. There are 321· days left in the year. This is Valentine's Day. · Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 14, 1929, the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of AI Capone's gang were gunned down. The Daily Sentinel Reader Services Correction Polley (USPS 213-960) Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Our main cOncern in all stories is IO Published every afternoon, Monday through Friday, 111 Court Street, be accurate. If you know of an error Pomeroy, Ohio. Second-class in a story1 call the newsroom at (740} postage paid at Pomeroy. 992·2156. 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General Manager Charlene Hoeflich, Ext. 12 ., E-mail: news@ myda1lysentinel.com Web: www mydailysent1nel .corn RE6A/N Mall Subscription Inside Meigs County 13 Weeks '32.26 26 Weeks '64 .20 52 Weeks ' 127.11 Outside Meigs County 13 Weeks '53.55 26 Weeks '107.10. 52 Weeks '214.2t , Passions, voter turnout fuel Dems' high Numbers are spurring ·Democrats' optimism about running the table come November, regaining the White House and continuing to contrpl both houses of Congress. On "Super Tuesday," 15.4 million citizens voted in Democratic primaries. On! y 9 .I million participated in Republican contests. The proportions have remained like that since January, with Democrats outpolling Republicans by a 3-to-2 or better margin nationwide. We appear to be headed toward a paradigm-changing election like 1932, with Republicans relegated to reading tea leaves. Many GOP congressmen have announced their retirement, scrambling for K Street lobbying firms ahead of the rush. And this couldn't happen to a more deserving party. Fourteen' years after Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America," we've seen the consequences of conservative dogma in action: disastrous wars, authoritarian lawlessness, staggering corruption in Washington and Baghdad alike, growing budget deficits and repeated , episodes of massive financial fraud. But can Democrats screw up the presidential contest ·anyway? Many are starting to think so. The possibility that neither Sen. · Barack Obama nor Sen. Hillary Clinton will win enough delegates to lock up the nomination ' before the August convention has tensions running high . The p~ospect of so-called "superdelegates," i.e. senators, congressmen and other Democratic officeholders deciding the nominee has led to great anxiety, particularly among Obama supporters. ' · Gene Lyons If party rules aren't interpreted to their satisfaction, some .say they' II quit the game, take their ball and go home. Longtime Democratic operative Donna Brazile, who managed AI Gore's 2000 campaign, has announced that if "superdelegates" settle the contest, she 'II abandon the party. Writing in his influential Open Left Weblog, Chris Bowers warns, "(i)f someone is nominated for POTUS from the Democratic Party despite another candidate receiving more popular support from Democratic primary voters and caucus goers, I will resign as local precinct captain, resign my seat on the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee, immediately cease all fund raising for all Democrats. refuse to endorse the Democratic 'nominee' ... and otherwise from the disengage Democratic Party." Several things must be said. First, everybody making such threats needs to take a deep breath and calm down. This isn't about you, your hurt feelings or your pure, unsullied idealism. ·It's about the future of our country. Any Democrat who can ' t concede that either Clinton or Obama would be an enormous improvement over President Bush or the belli cose, irascible Sen. John McCain (the presumptive GOP nominee) has no liusi- ness participating m politics to begin with. Second, a deadlocked convention ain't likely to happen. History shows that these theoretical trainwrf!cks rarely occur, although the memory of the 2000 Florida debacle can't help but provoke unease. Chances are the voters will decide the issue between now and the April 4 Pennsylv~nia primary, maybe before. Third, and· this is the tricky part, how exactly would one go about deter, mining, assuming neither candidate wins a dear majority during the primaries; which one most Democrats favor? Given the hodgepodge of procedures in place across the country, it won:t be easy. "Who decides what the popular will is anyway?" asks Kevin Drum in his influential Washington Monthly Weblog. "Is it nu!llber of pledged delegates from the state contests? ·Total popular vote? Total number of. states won? What about uncommitted delegates from pri.mary states? Or caucus states, in which there's no popular vote to consult and delegates are selected in a decidedly nondemocratic fashion to begin with? And what about all the independen't and crossover voters?" As I write, Obama has won II caucuses and nine primaries. Caucuses clearly discriminate in favor of wealthier, better-educated voters, not necessarily tho'se with the most at stake or the most critical to 'Democratic chances. A number of his caucus victories have been a.chieved in small states such as North Utah and Dakota, Nebraska , which Democrats have basically zero chance of winning. Several . primary wins (South Carolina, Alabama) have also come in places ' Democrats won't carry come November. With the obvious exception of Illinois, Obama's home state, the .higher the turnout and the bigger the state (California, New York, New Jersey. Massachusetts}. the more likely Clinton is to have won it. This leads many political professionals to see her as the stronger candidate come November, the Woodstock-like zeal of Obama's supporters notwithstanding. An amateur, I see him as the sec' ond-coming of Adlai Stevenson, another highm'inded orator from Illinois who made Democrats feel superior while losing. Then there's the ticklish matter of Florida and . Michigan. Yes, they broke party rules. (In Florida's case, a, GOP legislature niade them.) Together, though, they constitute roughly 10 percent of the nation's population. Is it sensible or fair to disenfranchise them? Both states are crucial to Democratic hopes. With neither candidate campaigning, Clinton prevailed easily in Florida. Likewise, Obama's witl)drawal ffom Michigan may have been tactically clever, given .the demographics . None of these dilemmas have easy or obvious solutions. Anybody who thinks they do may as well go horr.e now. ( Arkcnsas DemocratGazette columnist Gene Lyons is a national magazine award wimzer and coaJ<thor of "The Hunting of the Presidenz" (St. Martin's Press, 2000). You can email Lyons at genelyons2@sbcglobal.net.) Thursday, February 14, 2008 www.mydailysentinel.com :·Deaths The Daily Sentinel• Page As Tax rebate checks will be in the mail by spring; Bush signs econo~y-rescue bill I lhomas E. Pasquale Thomas E. Pasquale, 69, Gallipolis, passed away at II: II p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in the Holzer Medical Center. · He is survived by his wife, Mary Belle Cook Pasquale. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, in the Grace United Methodist Church with Rev. Bob Powell · and Rev. Doug Stockton officiating. Interment will be in the Centenary Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 until 8 p.m. Saturday at the Cremeens Funeral Chapel. Masonic funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday by Centerville Lodge# 371, F & AM in the chapel. The body will also lie in state at the church one hour prior to the .funeral service. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family . by visiting www.cremeensfuneralhomes.com. BY JEANNINE AVERSA AP ECONOMJCS WRITER WASHINGTON - The checks aren't in the mail, but they will be soon. · President Bush signed legislation Wednesday to rush rebates ranging from $300 to $1,200 to millions of people, the centerpiece of government eff!Jrts to brace the wobbly economy. First, though. •you must file your • 2007 tax return. · .· More than 130 million . people are expected to get the rebates, starting around May. . Congress, Bush, the Federal Reserve and Wall Street are hoping the money · POMEROY - ·Meigs CountyTuberculosis Office will will bum such a hole in peobe closed on Feb. 18 for Presidents Day. · · ple's pockets that they won ' t be able to resist spending ft. And the spend- · ing is supposed to give an energizing jolt to a national . MIDDLEPORT- Youth from the Middleport Church of economy that is in dan~~r of , AP photo ·christ, Rejoicing Life Church and the God's NET commu- toppling into a recessiOn if nity youth group will conduct a food drive in connection it hasn' t already. · President Bush, surrounded by members of Congress and Cabinet members. signs the with a 30-Hour Famine the weekend of Feb. 23 and 24. Whether people actually Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 Wednesday, in the East Room of the White House 1n ' The youth, with assistance from the Middleport-Pomeroy spend the money remains to Washington. Standing, front row, (rom left are, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., Senate Rotary Club, will deliver plastic bags to doorsteps in the be seen. A recent Associated Majority Leader Himy Reid of Nev .. House Minority Wl1ip Roy Blunt of Mo .. Treasur y Middleport and Pomeroy communities on Feb. 17, and will Press-Ipsos poll indicates Secretary Henry Paulson, House Speaker .. Jncy Pelosi of Calif .. House Majority Leader · retum-nn Feb. 23 to collect food placed in the bags and left most people have other Ste~y Hoyer of Md., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., and House Minority ·at front doors. The food will be picked up between 10 a.m. plans. Forty-five percent Leader John Boehner of Ohio. and 5 p.m .• according to Don Vaughan, Jr. said they planned to pay off · Food collected through the drive will be donated to the bills, while ' 32 percent said to put the people's interests The IRS will send out . chief ,economist at PNC · food pantry at Rejoicing Life Church in Middleport, the they would save or invest it. first," he said. rebates - by mail. qr by Financial Services Group . . Meigs Cooperative Parish food bank, and New Beginnings Only 19 percent said they Who gets a rebate? Most direct deposit into your bank The National Bureau of food pantry in Langsville, Vaughan said. · would spend their-rebates. people who pay taxes or earn account- through the late Economic Research, a pri - . ·Items may also be donated to the respective food banks. The measure Bush signed at least $3,000, including spring and the summer. The vate ·research organization, - a $168 billion rescue through Social Security or rebates come in addition to looked at what people !lid package passed with light- veterans' disability benefits. any regular tax refund. with their 200 I rebates. Th~ ning speed by Congress last Singles making more than To pay for the rehates study found that "houseweek includes not only $75,000 and couples with are estimated to cost which hold> spent about 20 to 40 POMEROY- The Meigs County Chapter of Ohio Right rebates for individuals but income topping $150,000. about $117 billion over the percent of their rebates on to Life will sponsor a pro-life oratory , contest for high also tax breaks for businesshowever, will get smaller two years the govnext nondurable goods" -which . school juniors and seniors. The contest will be held at 7 p.m. on March 17 at the es to spur investment in new checks, up to the top limits ernment will have to borrow can include things like food plants· and equipment. That, for any rebate: incomes of more money. enlarging the and clotning - in the first Pomeroy Library. too, would help bolster U.S. $87,000 for individuals and · budget deficit. three months. They spent Speeches should be five to seven minutes in length and economic activity. The $17 4,000 for couples. The Bush administt"dtion roughly another third in the address the issues of abortion, infanticide or euthanasia. package also · contains proTo get any rebate, you must and some private economists following three months. S~eeches will be judged by a panel selected by the local visions aimed at helping file a 2007 tax return and are hopeful the rebates. tax . With the current stimulus. ·· Rtght to Life chapter. struggling homeowners · have a valid Social Security breaks and aggressive inter- the . economy · will log The local winner will receive a prize and will be provided clobbered by the housing number. If you already tiled est rate reductions by the . growth in the range of 2.25 travel expenses to the statewide oratory contest to be held collapse and the credit your 2007 return, the IRS Federal Reserve will help the percent · to 2.50 percent in April 26 in Columbus. The winner of the state contest will advance to the national oratory ~ontest to be be held July 5. crunch refinance into more says )IOU don't need to do country narrowly dodge a the second half of thi s year anythmg.extra. recession . An increasing - roughly one full percentHigh school juniors and seniors interested in participat- affordable mortgages. The emergency plan Most taxpayers wi II number of economists, how- age point higher than withing may attend the group's meeting at 7 p.m. on Feb. 25 at marked a rare moment of receive a check of up to $600 ever, believe the country has out the bracing tonic, the library, or contact Rev. Walter Heinz at the Sacred Heart cooperation among political · fo{ individuals and $1.2. 0 0 already fallen into its first Hoffman estimated. That . Church Rectory, at 992-5898. rivals .feart'ul that an ailing f~r couples. with .an .addi- recession .since 200 I, and would be closer to a more economy during an election tional $300 for eacli child. they are simply hopeful the normal rate of around 3 peryear would invite voter People earning too little to rescue package will limit the cent, he said. transferred into the salaries retaliation. pay taxes but at le'ast $3.000 damage. Most people - (i I That in turn should account and we had no layBush , who called the - including elderly people percent - say the ~conomy encourage businesses to offs," Beegle said. measure "a booster shot for whose only income is from is now ·iu a recession, accord- step up hiring. Nervous "Businessmen · gave · our economy," praised the Social Security and veterans ing to the AP-Ipsos poll. from PageA1 employers cut 17,000 jobs $16,000 for repairs to the bipartisan cooperation. "We who live on disability pay"I do think this will give in January, the first nation county jail, and to .restore garage, doors, ramp and have come together on a ments - will' get $300 if the economy a shot of adren- wide loss of jobs in more aline," said Stuart .Hoffman, than four years . . respect and support for the windows, and others gave sin~le mission- and that is single,. or $600 if a couple. $18,000 for two central air office." conditioning units for the "Through hard work and office." herd throughout the year. prayers, and public cash starting to take place anJ "For 2008, r will continue donations of $11,000, the jail to operate the sheriff's For the latest information we need to continue to have was reopened in May, 2006, office and enforce the law in on CWD, visit srrong community and govfrom PageA1 saving the county money. In a fair and efficient manner, from PageA1 wi ldohio.com or the ernn1ent leaders. With the 2005 , the county spent stressing to 'be of service to conllnu'nity 's support, I Chronic Wasting Disease $180,000 on housing prison- the public,"' Beegle said. in the late 1960s, there has Alliance at cwd-info.org. To am raising my family here . would like to put my'expe ers outside of the county. "We still have to work on . been no evidence that the view individual test results because I believe in the rience to work for Meigs After the jail was re-opened, the state jail standards to · disease can be transmitted visit the Ohio Department present and future of our Cqunty and appreciate the the county spent $35,000 for keep our jail open. Money to humans. of Agriculture's Web site at county," Cline said. "Major opportunity to be one or those expenses in 2006." we do not have to pay for The Division of Wildlife ohioagriculture.gov/cwd. economic development is our leaders." "The savings on housing out-of-county housinj: can continues to carefully moniand medical expenses were be transferred to salaries." tor the .health of Ohio's deer . local Briefs Office closed . Food drive Oratory contest Beegle Deer Loan from PageA1 Now that ·the · water improvement fund has been depleted, the village must now rebuild it, so it will be available for other water and sewer infrastructure . projects. Baker said the fund accumulates approximately $5,000 per month from customers. · Debt retirement will be a major financial considera.tion for the village in 2008. The village will owe a final · · balloon payment of $36,000 for a loan from Peoples · . Bank, approved· by council for the demolition of the Mark V building on the corner of Mill Street and North -Second Avenue. The village : ; A,_. t-.1'~'< C.1i{>J: .:-.; · , Q;; ~ ~'(" ( ' 0 (\ r \ ~ > i;i I ' ,/ ...... 'b ------..·········---l'f.JIYORMI\<i (l;."'lHf. 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' Pajd By Cumfjcfme �• • ' AROUND THE WORLD The Daily Sentinel Iran introduces uramumgasm new-generation· centri(uges e I PageA6 Discovery ofspoon-~illed sandpipers offers hope for'thre~tened species · BY MICHAEL CASEY · AP ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER BANGKOK, Thailand Eighty-four spoon-billed sandpipers have been dtsVIENNA, Austria (AP) covered in a coastal stretch Iran's new generation of · advanced centrifuges have of Myanmar, offering hope begun processing small quan- for saving the endangered tities of the gas that can be birds, a conservation group used to make the fissile core said Wednesday. The discovery in early of ·nuclear warheads, diplomats told The Associated February comes only months after Russian researchers Press on Wednesday. . The diplomats emphasized reported that numbers of the that the centrifuges were tiny birds - with speckled working with minute brow feathers and a distincamounts of uranium gas. One tive spoon-shaped bill - had diplomat said Tehran has set dropped 70 percent in the up only 10 of the machines .past few years in their breed- far too few to make ing sites in Siberia and none enriched urani'!Pl in the had been. seen this year ·in quantities needed for an their traditional wintering industrial-scale energy or sites in Bangladesh, Britainbased conservation group weapons program. Still, the information BirdLife International said. The World Conservation . revealed details of the state of Iran's experiments with Union lists the bird as its domestically developed endangered with only 200 IR-2 centrifuges, which can to 300 pairs left in the wild. The discovery of 84 birds churn·out enriched uranium at more than double the rate wintering in Myanmar of the machines that now only one of which appears form the backbone of the to have come from Siberia - raises the prospect of Iranian nuclear project. The existence of the IR-2 breeding . grounds elsewas made known only .last where, BirdLife said. The week by diplomats accredit- birds' migration route takes ed to the Vienna-based · International Atomic Energy Agency, which is investigating Iran's nuclear program for any evidence that it might have been designed to make weapons. Diplomats told AP last BAGHDAD - When week that the new centrifuges twin blasts ravaged crowded appeared to be running empty pet markets earlier this and they could not quantify month, Iraqi authorities the number of machines that offered a ch1lling account: had been set up at the experi- Mentally disabled women mental facility linked to carried the hidden exploIran's growing underground sives perhaps as unwitting enrichment plant at Natanz. bombers for al-Qaida in Iraq. Fleshing out previous The U.S. military on information, a diplomat said . Wednesday brought another Wednesday that the IR-2 stunnin& twist to the plot centrifuges were set up Jan. that the acting director of a 20 and began processing psychiatric hospital could minute amounts of uranium have betrayed his ethics and gas soon afterward as part turned over patient details of testing the .machines. to insurgents blamed for the He and other diplomats attack, which killed nearly who discussed the latest 100 people. · .. details of Iran 's progra!:n The questioning of the hosagreed to do so only 1f pital administrator fits into a granted anonymity because wider campaign to confront they were not supposed to insurgents' changing tactics be releasing the confidential - such as using women as information. , suicide bombers - as they Iran is under two sets of seek to bypass stepped-up U.N. sanctions for ignoring security measures and Security Council demands bounce back from losses in that it suspend uranium recent U.S.-Ied offensives. enrichment, which Tehran But the joint U.S.-Iraqi started developing during raids Sunday on the alnearly two decades of Rashad hospital seek to dig covert nuclear activity built deeper into just one deadly on illicit purchases on the day ~ the Feb. I bombings nuclear black market. and whether a physician Iran insists the program is entrusted to care for the meant only to produce fuel mentally · disabled .could for atomic reactors that will have aided al-Qaida. generate electricity, but the Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, revelation five years ago of a military sfkesman, said the secret work heightened the hospita official was suspicions by the U.S. and detained "in connection with others that the Iranians want the possible exploitation of to develop nuclear arms. mentally impaired women to In rejecting . U.N. al-Qaida." demands that enrichment be It was not immediately halted until suspicions are clear what direct contact cleared up, Iranian leaders occurred between the have argued their country detained hospital adininishas a right to a peaceful trator and the two women nuclear program and insist- who carried the explosives ed they would expand the into the crowded outdoor pet project rather than freeze it. markets with cages of birds Until last week's revela- and other smal) animals. tions that Iran had developed A spokesman for U.S. its own advanced centrifuge, troops in Baghdad, Lt. Col. Tehran had publicly ·focused Steve Stover, said the hospion working with PI cen- tal official was suspected of trifuges, outmoded machines providing names and files acquired on the black market of patients at the hospital to in the I980s. More than 3,000 insurgents - suggesting the of the older centrifuges are probe could be broader than processing uranium gas near the attacks earlier this Natanz, a city about 300 miles month. He said the hospital · south ofTehr;m. director 's computer and . them from Siberia down threugh Japan, North Korea, South Korea, mainland China and Taiwan, to their main wintering grounds in South Asia. "This is an important piece of the jigsaw," Simba Chan, senior conservation manager at BirdLife's Asia Division, said in a state~ ment. "If present trends continue, the spoon-billed sandpiper faces e11tincfion in the next few years. If we are to f save the species, we need to identify and conserve not only its breeding sites. but its migration stopover sites and wintering grounds too." Spoon-billed sandpipers face a myriad of threats because of their complicated migration routes , from expanding shrimp farms and salt pans in Bangladesh to coastal development in China and South Korea. Their el?gs . are often e<lten by foragmg PM~ dogs and foxes in Russia. Armed with historical rccords. satellite data and AP photo reports of . sightings , This photo released by Birdlife International, shows spoon- researchers set out three billed sandpipers at Khok Kham, Samut Sakorn, Thailand in years ago to search for other · Oct. 2007. The discovery of 84 spoon-billed sandpipers in a winter grounds for the coastal stretch in Myanmar earlier this year offers hope of sav- shorebird in South Asia: ing the endangered birds, a conservation group said today. After finding nothing in • • . COLUMBUS (AP) . Money for scfiool buses, professional development for teacl!ers and technology support for districts will be slashed as the state educa. tjon department looks to cut $100 million from its budget. ' Gov. Ted Strickland ordered · state agencies to " trim budgets after economic · forecasts predicted the state would face at least a $733 million shortfall by June . 2009. of supplying patient details to al-Qaida AP photo A guard stands by the entrance ·of the ai-Rashad psychiatric hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Wednesday. The hospital's acting administrator has been detained on suspicion that he played a role in supplying patient information to ai-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Officials said the bombers were two mentally disabled women strapped with remote-control explosives and apparently did not know they were being used. Iraqi officials · put the death toll at 99 in both attacks. • t files were seized in the raid. Stover declined to specu. late on a motive, but said alQaida often uses thre~ h <:ml extortion to gain rect ""' or assistance. The hospital is located in a mostly Shiite district, and Sunnis dominate the insurgents inspired by al-Qaida. The military did not identify the suspect, saying he . was still under questioning. But a hospital official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the the information, said detainee was Dr. Sahi Aboob al-Maliki, who had · been on the job for two months after his predecessor was assassinated. The official said the soldiers y,;ere "very preoccllpied" with the search of aiMaliki 's office. "It was a surprise for us when they detained him," the official said. "He was a professional doctor and we didn't notice anything strange or abnormal about him." The Iraqi claim that mentally disabled women were used in the attacks was ini"The administrator ti ~ lly met with skepticism. remains in coalition force · ·tqi· authorities said they detention and is being <jues.1, 'd the assertion on pho- ti <;m~d to determine what tos _,f the bombers ' heads role, if any, he played in that purportedly showed the supplying al-Qaida with women had Down syn- information regarding drome, and have not offered · patients at the ai-Rashad any other proof. . psychiatric hospital or from The U.S. military later other medical facilities in backed the Iraqi account of Baghdad," he added. the bombings, which led It was the latest allegation Secretary of . State from the U.S. military that Condoleezza Rice to call al- al-Qaida could be looking Qaitla in Iraq "the most brutal to society's most vulnerable and bankrupt of movements." groups as part of shifting Smith said Iraqi and U.S. strategies. soldiers conducted a "thorLast week. the military ough search" of the hospital presented videos seized from in a tree-lined complex in suspected al-Qaida in lmq eastern Baghdad. hide-outs showing militants ' · CLEVELAND (AP)- A ··veterinarian at the · Cleveland zoo says gorillas :·there have heart disease " and will receive treatments used for people. Twenty-year-old Mokolo and 23-year-old Bebac were · examined earlier this month at a hospital at the Cleveland "Metroparks Zoo, which is '·participating in a national · study of gorilla health. Veterinarian Albert · Lewandowski said Monday that Bebac has advanced · heart disease, and Mokolo ·shows signs of early heart • ,. -• Thursday••• Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. South city/Raglan winds 5 to lO mph. Forecast for Thuraday, Feb. 14 High I Low temps Thursday nlght...fv,fostly .clear in the evening ... Then !V)ICH<; becoming mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the Toledo• .·rower 30s. Southwest winds 34"114' . 5·to 10 mph. Friday...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of · rain showers. Hi~hs in the mid 40s. West wmds around lO mph. Friday night ... Mostly cloudy with a chance of Dayton • h--. *Columbue ~ snow and rain showers. 36" I t 6' t:__:) 36"115° t:__:) Colder with lows in the lower 20s. North winds 5 to I 0 mph. Chance of precipi·\ Cincinnati tation 50 percent. '•42'116" Saturday...Mostly sunny. 'Highs in the mid 30s. .. ' ~ • Portemouth • : Saturaay night ... Partly t:__:) 45• 1'20° cloudy in the evening ... Then . IN VI\ becoming mostly cloudy. ..' CJ) 2008 · tows in the mid 20s. . ·: Sunday...Cloudy with ~ Cloudy· ~ Thunder· ~ Flurries ~ Ice min. Highs in the mid 40s. L.._2) . ~ S10m1S ~ ~~ :chance of rain 80 percent. 6~:y ~::::,s ~ Rain_. e•;) -~~~ ::::: . 'Sunday night... Rain with Weather Underground • AP · snow likely. Light snow accumulation. Lows in .the Monday ' night... Mostly becoming partly sunny. , upper 20s. Chance of prewith a 30 . percent Highs in the mid 20s. cloudy ,Ct(Jitation 90 percent. 1\Jesday night and · . Presidents Day... Cioudy chance of snow showers. Wednesday... Partly cloudy. ~.with a 40 percent chance of Lows around 20. 1\Jesday... Mostly cloudy . Lows 10 to 15 . Highs in the ' snow showers. Highs in the 111 the morning ... Then mid 30s. ' lower 30s. Today's Forecast ,.. • 0 . ., ·-··- --~--·--------- - ,-~·. 0 " . e' e) AEP (NYSE) - 43.88 AkZo (NASDAQ)- 70 , Mhland Inc. 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Professional development funding will be cut by, $4.2 million, and technical education for post-secondary adults is being slashed by $3.8 million. "While the state always tries not to touch foundation money, these other line items also have a direct effect on services and .subsi- ' dies, so if a district wants to maintain these services, the money has to come from somewhere," said David Varda;ex.ecutive director of the Ohio Association of School Business Officials .. The department also will eliminate up to 26 of its 667 full-time jobs. Zelman is trying to avoid layoffs by not filling open jobs and through retirements. Among· cuts at other state agencies, the Department of Taxation will try to trim a total of$5.2 million from its $92.4 million operating budget in the fiscal year beginning in June, It . will drop $2.8 million by not AP photo filling 40 open jobs, reduc- Firefighters talk Wednesday in front of the scene of a fatal house fire near Sidney where three young children perished ing the number of employ- Tuesday n,ight. The Fire Department did.not release speci_fic ages of the children, saying only that all were under 18. ees to 1,330. The department wants to cut the remaining $2.4 mi Ilion by requiring electronic filing of sales tax returns, . which SIDNEY (AP)- A house in flames when firefighters ·back to the l:!urning home, be admitted to a hpspital, · would require legislative fire ki lied three children and arrived, and sections began but the blaze was "sky fire officials said. Her conapproval. their bodies were buried collapsing a short time later, high" and there was no dition was unavailable. inside when part of the officials said. Several way the two could get in, The house is in an area of structure collapsed into the passers-by tried but were Clark said. western Ohio's Shelby basement, a fire official said unable to enter the house, The .aunt, Tracey County, about 35 miles Wednesday. the officials said. Copeland, and four of her north of Dayton, that .has no five other people escaped Neighbor Hulen Clark children escaped the fire. fire ·hydrants, and a tanker when the fire broke out late said a teenager came to his Her husband was at work. shuttle was used to fight the Tuesday, fire Chief Stan door Tuesday night. Two girls, ages I4 and 12, blaze, Sidney fire Lt. Crosley said. disease. "He asked me to help jumped from a second floor · Cameron Haller said. The gorillas will be treatJavaun Griffith, 3, and his him because their house window. Copeland and her Icy conditions hampered ed with beta blockers or 2-year-old twin sisters, was on fire and he couldn't sons, ages 18 and 9. fled efforts by firefighters, and ACE inhibitors, which treat Ellianna Griffith and Jada get back in," Clark said. through a back door, accord- · salt trucks were used in the high blood pressure and Griffith, were killed, "He said there were chil- ing to the fire department. area in front of the house. heart disease inpeople. Crosley said. The house was dren in there." Only 14-year-old Cause of the fire has not Lewandowski says the their aunt and uncle's, and Clark and the teen ran Stephanie Copeland had to been detennined. medication will he! p stem they had been staying there the progression of heart dis- · temporarily with their ease and hopefully improve mother. The mother was on long-term survival. an errand at the time of the The animals came to the fire, Crosley said. · Zoo in 1994 from Lincoln Their bodies were recovPark Zoo in Chicago. ered with the use of heavy The zoo says gorillas at equipment a!ld sent to the zoos aropnd the country Montgomery County corohave received similar treat- ner's office in Dayton. ment. The . house was engulfed Cleveland zoo gorillas to be treated for heart disease '• Happy Valentine 's' Day Barry You'~e the best husband and father in the world. We love you. Jacob, Tyler and Bridget . ' · But per-pupil state aid will not be affected. · "The priority is to protect . ' children and districts from harrn," ·state Superintendent 'Susan Zelman said. · · The cuts include $43 million in program and staffing reductions over the next 16 months, ;tccording to a plan 'released to Ohio superinten-dents Monday. The other $57 million will come from budgeted inoney that is no · fonger needed, said ··Jeannette Oxender, ~ Zelman's chief ofstaff. · The unused money ·includes unspent special education funds, and funds · not spent from the last twoyear budget. . The equcation department would have. faced bigger cuts without Strickland's introduction of Keno gaming into the Ohio Lottery, ~;xpected to generate $73 . million for primary and sec-_ ,.ondary education during the • training children who appear as young as 10 to kidnap and kill. It was viewed as a sign that the terror .network hungry for recruits - may be using younger lmqis in propaganda 10 lure a new crop of fighters. The scenes included boys mimicking the violence and aggl.'ession that have become familiar to Iraqi children since the 2003 U.S.-Ied invasion. The video also appeared to show organized militapt training sessions, suggestil)g an effort by ai-Qaida-inspired insurgenis to train everyounger - and perhaps less conspicuous - militants. In a December raid north of Baghdad, U.S. troops also found an Arabic mov1e script with scenes of terrorists tr;lining children, and children inteiTogating and executing victims, the military said. Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammed aiAskari also said he believed insurgents were kidnapping an increasing number of l~aqi children, though he could not offer details or figures. Women have been used in ever- greater frequency in suicide attacks - six times now since November. It's not the first time health official~ have beeli implicated in violence in Iraq. · Two forn1er officials with the Shiite-dominated Health Ministry were arrested last year, accused of letting death squads use . ambulances and government hospitals to carry out kidnappings and killings and siphoning millions of dollars to militia fighters. Thursday,Februaryt4,2008 'Education deparbnent slashing $100 million from budget . India and only a handful of birds in Bangladesh , they turned to Myanmar, where they found the birds at Arakan in the Bay of Bengal, and Martaban Bay near the Thai border. , "lt was a big relief that we finally have come close to solving the mystery of tl)e wintcrini sandpipers," sa[d Christopher Zockler, part of the international surv.ey team that also included Thai , Japanese and Russian bird experts. . Zockler said spoon-billed sandpipers are just one of. a string of rare birds found recently in Myanmar, putting it on the map of birders. wotldwide. Two years ago, experts found the only other known. population of Gurney's Pitta outside of Thailand in Myanmar: . "Its coastlines have the potential for many more surprises," Zockler said, addll)g that his team talked with ine government about design:iting protected areas whete the spoon-billed sandpipe1:s were found. "It hasn't been surveyed at all before ~rid it 's less developed. It's the last oasis in a very fa,st developing region." US military: Iraqi hospital chief suspected PageA7 OHIO The Daily Sentinel Thursday, February 14, 2008 r::-~~::1:, .s~ Rocky Boots (NA5D4Q)5.81 Royal Dutch Shell - 71.09 Sears Holding (NASDAQ) 101.14 ' Wa~,.,art (NYSE) - 50.88 Wendy's (NYSE) - 24.45 Worthington (NYSE) - 17.31 Dally stock reporttt are the 4 p.m. ET closlnr; quotes of transactions for Feb. 13, 2008, provided by Edward Jones financial advisors Isaac Mills In Gallipolis at ( 140) 441·9441 and Lesley Manero In Point Pleasant at (304) 674-0174. Member StPC. General Electric (NYSE) 34.98 ' Harley-Davidson (NYSE) 39.04 JP Morr;an (NYSE)- 44.10 Kroger (NYSE) - 28.48 Umlted Brands (NYSE) is.03 Norfolk Southern (NYSE) 55.14 Ohio Valley Bane Corp. (NASDAQ)- 25.78 BBT (NYSE) - 33.78 Peoptea (NASDAQ) - 24.54 Pepsico (NYSE) - 71.83 Premier (NASDAQ) - 12.99 Rockwell (NYSE) - 68.92 f ~alllpolis Jlailp mribunr. 446-2342 a tloiut ~leasant 3aegister • 675:-1333 The Daily Sentinel• 992-2156 I �Page A8 • The Dally Sentinel Thur~day, ww w.mydail ysent inel.com February 14, 2008 ' Inside Bl The Daily Sentinel QB Quinn denies altercation, Page 82 GoodeU meets with Specter, Page 83 Big names may miss Dayto'na, Page 83 Blue Jackets drop one to 'Hawks, Page B4 Thursday, February 14, 2008 LocAL SCHEDULE POMEROY- A schedulti ol upcoming high school varsity sporting events Involving teams from Meigs...and Gallia cou nties. Fdd1fab.1S Boy8 lketball , Division 11 (3) Fairfi.eld · Union vs. (6) Gallia AMdemy at Wellston HS, 8:30p.m. Saturday. Feb. 11 Boys Baoketball Division 11 Meigs-Athens winner vs. (2) Warren at Wellston HS, 7 p.m. ' Glrla Basketball Division IV- District ~Is (1) South Webster vs. (5) .Eastern at Jackson HS, noon. (2) South Gallla vs. (3) New Boston at Jackson HS, 1:45 p.m. MQndiV. ftb 18 .,·Fall. I Boyo Batkttball Division IV 8 lat., Feb. I (4) Symmes Valley vs. (5) Eastern at Alhens HS, ~ : 15 p.m. (3,) Southern vs. (6) Trimble at Athens HS, Bp.m . TulldiY. fib. 19 BoyoBaok-11 Division IV Clemens pressed by Congress, denies accusations by Pettitte, McNamee, BY RONALD BWM AND HOWARD fENDRICH ASSOCIATED PRESS . WASHINGTON-. Roger Clemens struggled to find the right words under questioning during a congressional hearing Wednesday and denied new accounts of drug use ·made against him by former teammate and close friend Artdy Pettitte. Using words like "misi'emembered" and mispronouncing the last name of his chief accuser, Brian McNamee, Clemens rambled and stumbled during his early remarks on Capitol Hill. Clemens' reputation and legacy were on the line, and there was the possibility that criminal charges could follow after the seven-time Cy Young Award winner testi· fied. "I have ·never taken steroids or HGH." Clemens said under oath, his voice rising . "No matter what we discuss here today, I am never going to have my name restored." For many, his denials rang hollow. "It's hard to believe you, sir. I hate to say that," said Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland · Democrat. "You're one of my heroes, but it's hard to believe." McNamee's answers were generally quick and concise. His credibility · also c~me under scrutiny. · "You're here under oath, and yet we have lie after lie after lie after lie," said Rep. Dan Burton, an Indiana Republican. It seemed clear near! y from the start of the 4 112hour session tha1 the committee would not treat Clemens with kid gloves, despite all the face-to-face sit-downs he did with representatives in recent days sometimes posing for photos or signing autographs for staff members. In f~ct, after Clemens Interrupted committee chair_. man Henry Waxman at the end, the California Democrat pounded the gavel and said: "Excuse me, but this is not your time to argue with me." When it was over, Clemens avoided report~rs by leaving the hearing room through a back door. Just before exiting, he paused to shake hands wnh Tom Davis, the ranking Republican on the committee. Exactly two months after the Mitchell Report . was released, Clemens and McNamee were separated by on·e seat in the same wood:paneled room where Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro saw their careers tarnished during a hearing in March 2005. In a reference to McGwire's evasions that day, Rep. Mark. Souder, RInd ., admonished Wednesday's witnesses by saying: "It's bener not to talk '!bout the past than to lie about the past." Clemens briefly stared at McNamee, his former employee, during his aceuser's opening statement and later pointed several times at· his former personal Please see Clemens. B:l (10) South Gallla vs. (2) Waterford at Athens HS, 8 p.m. All-District ' i;lominations, stats.needed-. '"· : ' :Varsity boy; and girls basketball coaches are reminded to send us your final regular season statis· tics, as these will be used to .determine the 'Associated Press All· Southeast District teams, ~, Deapline for submitting your slats along with ·nominations is Tuesday, 'feb. 19. . '·:You oan e-mail to:bwal- Doors open at 5:30pm· Di~ner at 6:00pm Show at 7:00pm • ·Lacatlan: Riverside Ball Mason, WV ;~ers@mydailytribune.coin ~ . fax them to 740 446'3()08 or drop them off at pijr Gallipolis or Pomeroy Uffice . .. ftckals: $30 Parter lapar " . Canter . ', . 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ERVICES~ ' AnORNEYS AT LAW ' ' . 196 East Second St. Pomeroy, OH 992-3381 992-6059 • Pomeroy, OH E-mail- sportsOmydallysenlinel.com Sparta StJH &ric Randolph, Sports Writer (1o40) 446·2342, ext. 33 · Sf)Orts@mydallysentlnel.com • Bryan Walters, Spcirta Writer (740) 44~·2342, ext. 33 bWaltersOmydal!~ribune .com Larry Crum, Sports Writer (740) 446·2342, ext. 33 lmumOmydailyregister.com • Marauders beat Bulldogs, advance to sectional final ' BY BRYAN WALTERS BWALTERSCMYDAILYmiBUNE.COM WELLSTON Impressive. ' From stan to finish, only one word could best describe how well the Meigs boys basketball team played Wednesday night during a 75-58 triumph over lOthseeded Athens in a Division II se.ctional semifinal held at Wellston High School. The seventh-seeded Marauders (9-12) shot 50 percent from the field overall, outrebounded the Bulldogs by a 34-31 margin, committed only 12 tum~ers and had four players reach double figures while securing the program's first postseason triumph in three years. After battling through II lead changes and three ties through the opening 12 minutes of the first half, the Maroon and Gold took the advantage for good at the 3:02 mark of the second quarter when Chris Goode made a layup for a 22-20 score. That basket sparked a 10-3 run that lasted the rest of the first half and allowed Meigs to take .a 30-23 edge into the intermission. The Marauders · never looked back and carried that momentum into the second half, connecting on 11-of-17 shot attempts in the third en route to establishing a 56-38 lead headed into the finale. AHS (l-20) went 8-of-16 from the field in the fourth and managed to cut that lead · down to II points (63-52) with 4:28 left in regulation, but never came closer the .. rest of the way. Meigs, fin· ished the game on a 12-6 run to secure the 17-point decision and a date wtth secondseeded Warren on Saturday in the sectional final. For a program that had just seven wins over the last two complete seasons before this one - not to mention two straight one.and-dones in the tournament over that same span, firstyear MHS coach Beh Ewing was very proud that his team was able to outwork Athens and add another accomplishment to their growing season resume. "We talked about how hard work had gotten us the eight wins we have this year . to this point and that we needed to continue to work hard in this game to keer, that going. And we did, ' Ewing commented. "This was a very big step for our program, to get back to winning ways in the tournament. I'm very proud of this team and what they've over. Bryan Walters/photo come so far this year.:· And Ewing thought the Meigs' Clay Bolin attempts a shot as an Athens defender is called for a blocking foul durIng Division II boys sectional semifinal action at Wellston High School in Wellston Pluse see Final. B:l Wednesday. Manu Ginobili scores 46 as Spurs shoot down Cavaliers .112-105 BY TOM WITHERS ASSOCIATED PRESS and 13 rebounds for the Spurs, who completed their annual rodeo road trip at 6. CLEVELAND - Manu 3. Ginobili is pla~ning. a trip to LeBron James scored 39 · Las Vegas dunng thts week· points- 18 in the fourth end's NBA All-Star break. but Cleveland 's superstar Alert the roulette wheels, again came up. a little short blackjack tables and pit against the Spurs, who bosses. swept the Cavaliers in last Watch out. This guy's on a June's finals . James added serious roll. nine assists and six rebounds Ginobili made a career· in 43 minutes, but walke(j · high eight 3-pointers and off the floor shaking his scored a season-high 46 head at Ginobili 's .markspoints as the San Antonio manship. Spurs, back on the floor "It was unbelievable," wbere they won the NBA James said. '!There's noth· title last season, beat the ing you can do when a guy Cleveland Cavaliers 112- get hot like that. He shot 105 on-Wednesday night. step-back 3s. He shot pullKnocking down shots up 3s. It was a great perforfrom every corner of the mance by Manu." floor, Ginobili made 4-of-4 Larry Hughes added 26 3-~ointers and scored 18 · points for the Cavs, who potnts in the fourth quarter went ahead 91 -89 on James' to rally the Spurs, who 3-pointer with 5:57 remainbegan the final period down in g. by four. . That 's whe n Ginobili . "I'm just happy he's on who also had eight ass ists my team," Tim Duncan said. and five rebounds, began "fie's un~lie~able when he taking target practice. gets rolhng hke that. The The Argentinean's second fun~y part i~; I've seen him 3-pointer of the period made . do II before. it 92-91, and after James Following Ginobili's hot gave the Cavaliers their final hand, the Spurs went 7-of-8 lead at 95-94 with a layup. on 3s and shot a blistering San Antonio defensive spe78 percent (14-of-18) in the cialist Bruce Bowen made a final 12 minutes. Even when 3-pointer and Ginohili San Antonio missed, which drained another. , After James mistired on a wasn't too often, the Spurs AP phOto outhustled the Cavaliers to 3, Ginobili · drained hi s San Antonio Spurs' Jacque Vaughn (11) drives to the basket against Cleveland Cavaliers' loose .balls .. Duncan added 23 points Please see Glnoblll. 8:1 Ira Newble (14) in the first quarter of an NBA baliketball game Wednesday in Cleveland. . 1 .' I ' " �, Page B2 • lhe Daily Sentinel www .mydailysentinel.com Thursday, February 14, 200_8 Browns' Brady Quinn denies New Year's altercation outside restaurant BY TOM WITHERS ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND Cleveland Browns quarterba.:k' Brady Quinn on Wednesday denied that he was involved in an altercation on New Year 's Day in which a man claimed on an emergency phone call that Quinn made a slur at him. On a 911 call early on Jan. I. Seth Harris told Columbus, Ohio, police · that Quinn was with a group at La Fogata Grill • Final from PageBl key to Wednesday night's win was something that had served as an Achilles' heel for the Marauders for mflst of the season. "We talked at halftime about ·the fact that we have had a hard time in the third ·quarter this year, for whatever the reason is. We made our adjustments and then I basically ripped them to be ready.to go at the start of the second half," Ewing said. "The . kids came out and took control of the game in that third quarter, and after that it was just that we needed to keep playing hard and not get sloppy." Meigs outscored the Green and Gold 26-15 during that pivotal third frame, including a 12-5 run over the opening two minutes of the period to establish a 4248 edge. The Marauders' biggest lead of the night was 20 points - twice in the fourth quarter. · · MHS was 29-of-58 from the floor, including 4-of-11 from three-point territory and that they were insulting gays outside the restaurant. ''There's a group of football players, Brady Quinn from the Browns .. . and he's trying to cause a fight. " Harris told the operator. " His friends are yelling at all of the gay people that are around here:"' Harris said he had a verbal exchange with Quinn. In a statement. released through the Browns, Quinn said he hail dinner on New Year's Eve with his girl- for 36 percent. Athens went quarter. AHS also commit22-of-57 overall shooting ted 16 turnovers in the confor 39 percent and was 5-of- test. .13 from behind the arc for Next · for the Marauders 39 percent. will be perhaps their tough.Meigs had nine players est task to date in the reach the scoring column, Warren Warriors, who finwith Clay Bolin leading the ished the regular season 14charge with a game-high 24 6 and third overall in the points. Goode was next with Southeastern Ohio Athletic a siouble-double effort of 13 League. Ewing admits it points and 13 rebounds, fol" will be a major obst~cle for lowed by Damian Wise with his troops, but that this is II points and Cameron what the tournament is all about. Bolin with 10 markers. "When you get to the Jacob Well added eight to tournament, that's when the winning cause, while you truly find out what you Austin Dunfee followed with three points. Corey are made of. We have Hutton, Zach Whitlatch and · gressed from the start o the Wily Barcus rounded things season and w~ are peaking out with two points apiece. at the right time, but Warren MHS was 13-of-28 at the is going to be ready for us. Make. no doubt about that," foul line for 46 percent. Ewing said. "We will be The Bulldo~s had eight ready for Warren and we are players score m the season finale, but only Matt Witten going to give them our best cracked double-digits with shot. They are well-coached 23 points. Frank Valentour and very athletic, so we will and Cameron Tope were have to be extra-ready to next with nine markers play hard again." Tip-off Saturday at each, followed by Colin \\:'ellston High School is Pfaff with eight. AHS was · scheduled for 7 p.m. 9-of-14 at the charity stripe for 64 percent. Mtlga 75,' Athtono 58 The gUests' biggest lead Athens 13 10 15 20 58 Meigs 14 16 26 19 75 was four points (20-16) at the 5:26 qu~rk of the second Kidding from Page Bl fourth .3 of the quarter to make 1t I03-95. wtth 3:10 left, a shot that drew gasps from the sellout crowd. "~.anu Ginobili's _a ~ad boy, C~vs coach Mtke Brown s~td. ·., . Gmobth, who was coming off a 34-point ·perfor· mance m a wm over Toronto, has made 19 3pointers in. his p~t three games whtle helpmg the Spurs offset the absence of guard Tony Parker. The finals MVP missed his eighth straight game with a bone spur in his left hc:el. With Ginobili shooting like this and running the point, Parker can take as ·Jong as he needs to get welL It didn't seem to matter where the smooth left-hander's shots came from, they all hit the bottom of the net. "It was a special game," Ginobili said. "I was feeling good from the beginning . I felt like every shot was Quinn's friend s encouraged him to step back from the situation and he did, police spoke swoman Amanda Ford said . She added that police did not hear any comment s made at the scene and couldn't confirm Harri s' statements on the 911 call. "We don ' t know what that argument was about," Ford said .. After Quinn backed off. Thompson turned his aggressio11 on officers and he was arrested and accused of disorderly conduct , Ford said. The Browns issued a 'tatement backing Quinn, their former first-roUtld draft pick who played in ju st one game as a rookie. "We are aware 'of the alleged comments made by Brady Quinn, which the Brown s take seriously," the club's statement said. "After speaking with Brady and !1is representa· tives we find these report- · ed accusations without merit." Meigs Cameron ·Bolin drives past ,an Athens defender during Division II boys sec-· tiona! ·semifinal action at WellstOn High Sc~ool in Wellston Wednesday. rro- James said of the major moves. "It's happening all in the Western Conference, so that's a good thing." fromPageBl James understands that Ferry may not be able to Cavaliers. , pull off a blockbuster deal "No," he said without an before the deadline to help expression before cracking a smile. "Can you see it in the Cavs. "We' II see what hapmy face?" pens," he said.. "I think Last month in Portland, James expressed his desire they've probably been tryto play with Kidd .and said · ing to do something. I general manager Danny think we all know that we Ferry should do whatever need to get better. It's sim-. necessary to acquire the pie. We need to get healthier and we need to get betperennial All-Star. "I wasn't just saying it ter.,. It may .be easier for the just to be saying it," James Cavs to make a big trade said. ·"Of course I wanted him to be a part of our next season when the club team. If we couldn't .get will potentially have severhim, I'm glad he's out of al expiring contiacts. James must be patient, the East." not one of his strengths. James was asked if he "I want to win," he said. felt Ferry had done all he "I'm not a guy who wants could to get Kidd. "That's a question you to sit around and wait. have to ask Danny," he Sometimes you · have to, but I want to win now &o said. "I don't know." Kidd's trade would be I'm preparing myself to go the third involving a super- out there every night no star in recent weeks. Pau matter who is ounhere on Gaso I was dealt from the court with me. "I enjoy having the guys Memphis to the . Los Angeles Lakers, and the I have in this locker room. Miami Heat shipped I would never trash any of Shaquille O'Neal to . my teammates, they know Phoenix for Shawn Marion that. But at some point you want -to get better and last week. "It's been surprising," hopefully we can do that." . obili. Gm friend and other couples but that nothing else happened. . "At no time that night was I involved in a verbal or physical altercation, nor did I have any interaction with the police ," Quinn said in the statement. "I want to be dear that I did not engage in any of the alleged conduct. nor did I make i nappropri'ate comments to anyone. · "Any allegations to the contrary are either untrue or the result of misidentification ." However, Colu,mbus police said when t!Jey arrived Quinn was arguing with 32-year-old Jason Thompson. going to go in, and it did." The Cavaliers had won four straight regular-season games against the Spurs, · who overpowered them \n last year's finals-. . While getting swept in his first trip to the finals by the Spurs was tough it didn't crush James. ' "It definitely hurt to lose and not being able 10 compete the way we had," he said before the game. "But . we got beat by a better · team. They were head and shoulders better than us, so it wasn't a hard pill for me to swallow. If it was a team . we knew we should have beat, it would have been hard." . With Hughes. making his first five shots, the Cavaliers contrqlled the Spurs. for much of the first half. They . opened a 12point lead and were still ahead 47-40 when James ran down Duncan from behind and -appeared to block the center's layup cleanly. ., But James was called for a foul, and he compounded things when he was whis' Bryan Walteralphoto , ATHENS (1-20)- Vinnie Rider 1 0·0 2, Co'lin Pfaff 4 0-0 8, Zach Stickmaker 0 o0 0, Jimmy Harpy 1 1-2 3, StS\Ien Eberts 1 0-0 2, Bob Carpenter 0 0.0 0, Anthony Sylvester 0 0-Q 0, Frank Valentour 2 5-6 9, Ben McAdoo 0 0-Q 0, Matt Witten 8 24 23, Nigel Cambridge 0 0·0 0, Joey Stanley 1 0·0 2. Cory Butcher o o-o o. Cameron Tope 41-2 9. TOTAlS: 22 9-14 58. Three-point goals: 5 {Witten 5). MEIGS (9· 12) - Austin 5ayre 0 0·0 0, trainer. For the most part, · they did not look at each othet. Members of ·congress questioned the credibility of both. Waxman pointed out inconsistencies in Clemens' comments and accused him of possibly attempting to influence statements to the committee by the pitcher's former nanny. Burton repeatedly read rem!ll'ks McNamee had · made, and each time the former trainer was forced to admit they were untrue. . "This is really disgusting. You're here as a sworn witness. You're here to tell the truth," he said. ·"I don't know what to believe. I know one thing I don't believe and that's you." . . The hearing seemed to · split the committee along party lines, with the Democrats reserving their inost pointed queries for Clemens, and the Republicans giving McNamee a rougher time . Chris Shays, a Connecticut Republican, likened the qearing to a "Roman Circus" featuring gladiators. Cummings set the tone within minutes, repeatedly reminding Clemens he was under oath and admonishing the pitcher to "keep your vOice up." McNamee also was asked to pull his microphone closer. The hearing started about an hour after several teams opened spring training. This was far fr9m the sunny settings of Florida and Arizona. Debbie Clemeris, the pitcher's wife, s'at behind her husband and listened as Waxman implicated her in HGH .use, citing statements by Pettitte. Later, Clemens read a statement from his wife and said she "has been broken up over this." IRS Special Agent Jeff Novitzky, a key member of the federal prosecution team against Barry Bonds, watched from a second-row seat. Asked why by a reporter, he declined comment. Bonds, baseball's home run king, was indicted in November on charges of perjury and obstruction of JUStice . stemming from his 2003 testimony to a grand jury in which he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. tied for his first technical !hi's season. Duncan made three free throws, . hit a jumper and Ginobili made a free throw as San Antonio closed the first half with an 8-0 spurt to pull within 4746 at the break. Ginobili scored 18 points in a first half that merely served as a warmup for his second-half shootaround. . "Manu is Manu," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "He's one of the most unbelievable competitors I've been around. That's why he has NBA championships and Olympic championships and European championships. He'.s a pret· ty ~pecial guy." Notes: Popovich wasn't sure how much James had i111proved since the end of last season. "I always thought he was ridiculously amazing," he said. Although he's among the leading candidates to win MVP honors, James feels he's a longshot. After all, Kobe Bryant's waiting for his frrst award. "I know I got no chance if Kobe Bryant has never won it," he said. .. . Cavs 0 Daniel Gibson missed his fourth straight game a strained hamstring. Gibson, though, expects to take part in AllStar festivities. He's in the rookie challenge and 3-· point shootout. Clemens fromPageBl Chester Tire Center ........... TIRESIUI .............111...., !. . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron Bolin 3 34 10, Austin Dunfee 1 D-3 3. Zach Whlllatch 1 o-o 2, Jacob Well4 0-2 8, Cley Bolin 7 8-12 24, Corey Hutton 1 0.0 2, Damian Wise 5 1-2 11, Jon McCarthy 0 0·0 0, Willy Barcus 1 Do 2, Chris GOOde 6 1·3 13. TOTALS: 29 13-28 75. Three-point goals: 4 (CI. Bolin 2. Bolin, Dunfee). . ca. Team etatlatlcellndlvldualleaders Field goals: A 22·57, (.386), M 29·58 (.500); Three·poinl goals: A 5·13 (.385), M 4·1 1 (.364); Free lhrows: A 9·14 (.643), M 13·28 (.464); Tolal rebounds: A 31 (Tope 9). M 34 (Goode 13); Offensive rebounds: A 12 (Herpy 3, Witten 3, Tope 3), M 1 f (GOOde 6); As~sts: A 7 (Pfaff 2). M 14 (Well6); Steels: A 7 (Witten 2). M 9 (CI. Bolin 4); Blocl<s: A 2 (Eberts. Valentour), M 5 (Well 3. Goode 2); Turnovers: A 16, M 12; Personal fouls: A 21,M12. Because of his denials police officer, lied to police under oath, Clemens could seven years ago duripg an be subjected to a similar investigation of a possible criminal probe. rape. He also was tough on Pettitte, who was excused Clemens. from testifying, said in a "We have found conflicts statement to the committee and inconsistencies in. Mr. that Clemens admitted to Clemens' account. During him as long as 10 years ago his deposition, he made that he used HGH. Waxman statements that we know are read from affidavits by untrue," Waxman said. Pettitte and Pettitte's wife, In the affidavit, Pettitte . Laura, supporting the accu- said Clemens backtracked sations. when the subject of HGH "Andy Pettine is my came up again rn conversafriend. He was my friend tion in 2005, before the before this. He will b,e my same House committee held friend after this and again. I the first hearing on steroids think Andy has mislieard," in baseball. Clemens said. "I think he Pettitte said in' the affimisremembers." davit that he asked Clemens McNamee told Mitchell in 2005 what he would do if that he injected Clemens 16 asked about performanceto 2 I times with steroids substances. and human growth hormone enhancing Pettitte · said Clemens -from 1998-0 1, and that responded by saying pettitte Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch used HGH. In misunderstood the previoUs his opemng statement, · exchange iu 1999 or 2000 McNamee said he might and that, in fact, Cleme'ls have injected Clemens and had been talking about HGH use by his wife in the Knoblauch more than that. "I have helped taint our . original conversation. Clemens read a statement national pastime,'' from his wife in which sh'e McNamee said . "Make no mistake: When I told Sen. acknowledged using HGH Mitchell that 1- injected once, without his knowl·· Roger Clemens with perfor- edge. . ·"She has b~en broken up mance-enhancing drugs, I told the truth." . over this for a long time," Waxman said McNamee, Clemens said. 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Arlen S~ter, who said NFL ):Ommtssioner Ro~er · Goodell told him that dunng ·a meeting Wednesday. · :- 'There was confirmation that there has been taping since 2000, when Coach Belichick · took over," Specter said. · Specter said Goodell gave -him that information during the !-hour, 40-minute ·meeting, which was requested by Specter·so the commissioner could explain his.reasons for destroying the Spygate tapes and notes. "There were a great many ' _cluesti~ns . answered b~ Commtsswner Goodell, •Specter, the semor ·Re~u~hcan on the Senate Judictary ·C.ommtttee, told _reporters after the meet_mg. "I found a lot of queshons unanswerable because of the tapes and notes had been ,destroyed." .. . . . GoC!dell sm<J BeJtc!Jtck told htm he beheved the tap- ing was legal ; Goodell said week span. Asked if he he did not concur. thinks there was a coverup, "He said that's always Specter demurred. been his interpretation since "There was an enormous he's been the head coach," amount of haste," Specter the commissioner said. "We said. . are going to agree to disHe scoffed at the reasons agree on the facts.'' Goodell gave for destroying Specter, from the tapes and notes, particuPennsylvania , wants to talk Iarly about trying to keep to other league ·officials them out of con1petitors ' abottt what exactly was hands and becau se taped and which games may Belie hick had admitted to have been compromised. .the tapin~ . · "We have a right to have "What s that got to do honest football games," he with it? There's an admissaid. , sion of g ~ilt, you preserve · Goodell noted that "we the evidence," Specter said. were the ones that dis- As for kt!eping the tapes out closed" the Patriots ' illegal of the hands of others: "All taping of the New York Jets' you have to do is lock up the defensive signals in Week I tapes." · of last season. Further, Belichick was fined Goodell said, they had an . $500,000 and the team was admission by Belichick. , fined $250,000 because of "I have nothing to hide," the Spygate incfdent. The AP photo Goodell said . Patriots also forfeited a first -· National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell after meeting with Sen. Arlen . Goodell also told Specter round draft pick . Specter, R-P.a .. in Washington Wednesday on Capitol Hill. · that that he doesn't regret ·Specter has questioned the ' destroying the Spy,gate tapes quality of the NFL's investi- meeting with Goodell. couldn't talk about allega- and he has to return anyGoodell al so. said he has tions that he taped a walk- · thing he t<iok improperly" in or the notes. gat ion into the matter and "I think it was . the · right raised the possibility of .con- not heard from Matt Walsh, through practice by the St. return for indemnity. thins to do," Goodell said. gressional hearings if he the former Patriots employ- Louis Rams before the 2002 Specter said he .. too, wanted Sttll, Specter wants to wasn't · satisfied with ee who performed some Super Bowl. New England, to talk to Walsh and perhaps· know why penalties were Goodell 's answers. Specter videotaping duties for the a two-touchdown underdog, offer a different deal. imposed on Belichick also raised the threat of team. won that game 20- 17. Goodell also said he Walsh told The Associated Goodell said he has reserves the right to. reopen before the full extent of the Congress canceling the wrongdoing wa:s known and league's antitrust exemption Press last week during the offered Walsh a deal \vhere- the investigation if more the tapes destroyed in a two- and reiterated that in the Pro Bowl in Hawaii that he by "he has to tell the truth information is uncovered. J>uncan leads No. 12 Xavier past Charlotte Ko.ufos leads Ohio CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Josh Duncan scored 25 points, including the clinching 3-pointer with 15.9 seconds left, and No. 12 Xavier survived its third ..straight close call in beat. ing Charlotte 62-60 on Wednesday night. : Overcoming .foul trouble points from and . 31 Charlotte's Lee mire Goldwire, the Musketeers (21-4, 9-1 AtlantiC 10) got their seventh straight win .behind Duncan's careerhigh-matching performance . and clutch shot. · With the shot clock winding down, Duncan drilled a ·3 from the top of the key to put the Musketeers ahead 62,58. After Goldwire's hoop with .7 seconds left, .Goldwire stole the ~ig names, including Dale Jarrett and Sterling ·Marlin,.in danger of missing Daytona 500 Bv JENNA FRYER ASSOCIATED PRESS · . ' ' DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Tucked away in the back corner of the garage, far from the overwhelming .attention surrounding NASCAR's biggest stars, a i.vorld-class group of dri,yers went overlooked in their quest to make the \faytona 500. It was a surreal scene: A former NASCAR champiQn, a two-time Daytona 500 winner arid. a Formula One star. : Dale Jarrett·, Sterling Marlin and Jacques !Villeneuve were fighting to 'rnake the 500 field. None wer.c guaranteed a spot in the season-opening race, and all must race their way ~o the 500 field in one of ·:;Rlursday's two qualifying :tlrl:es. ~ j .: Only four spots are avail•-l!Ple. And for all of them, 11 ;-oould be their last chance :tor the Daytona 500. Jarrett -~ill · retire next month, : Marlin is runrting a partial : schedule and Villeneuve needs' sponsorship to run a :full season. · ; "I haven't really allowed :myself to think in the direc' tion," Jarrett, a three-time . Daytona 500 winner and :· former series champion, :said Wednesday. : "We need to stay in a pos; itive frame of mind in that •we are going to be able to :race our way in. It would be :sli.sappointing to say the ;..;,ery least, because this .is ·ltoing to be rny last oppor:.tttnity at Daytona. So I : want to be involved in it." , Only the two fastest dri: vers in last week's time trials _ two-time defending ·champion Jimmie Johnson :and two-time Daytona 500 :winner Michael Waltrip ·are locked into Sunday's :race. Another 34 positions are decided by the top 35 in ,points from last season. · Four more dnvers - l»'o State to 65-47 win over Northwestern snap a tic midway through foul was called. · the second half. Charlotte C.J. Anderson then made missed nine straight shots one of two free throws with in Xavier's 7-0 run that I :02 left to put Xavier made it 57-50 with 5:20 ahead. left. After Phil Jones missed a Then the Musketeers ' shot in the ·Iane, Duncan biggest problem of the drilled his fifth 3 in as BY ANDREW SELIGMAN Turner had five of his 10 night - tumovers - let many attempts. ASSOCIATED PRESS during that run. Charlotte back, in it. The Duncan finished 7-of-7 "I was more focused Musketeers threw it away . from the field and added EVANSTON, Ill. tonight," said Hunter, who three times and had a shot eight · rebounds . Derrick Othello Hunter heard the . scored six in a loss to blocked on four straight Brown added II points. criticism from · his coach. Indiana on Sunday. possessions. · Goldwire, who was com- This time, there was noth- "Coach got on me in pracCharles Dewhurst's two ing off a 39-point perfor- ing but praise. tice." free throws with 2: lO left mance in a win over St. Kosta Koufos and Jamar And Matta joked he'll tied it at 58. Bonaventure on Saturday, few have to find something to Butler could take a The 49ers thought they matched up against Burrell, pick apart after this outing. had taken the lead OQ one of the league 's top bows, too. Hunter jump~started the It'll be difficult, though. Goldwire's driving layup defenders. decisive run. Koufos "I wasn't real pleased But Burrell had three with 1:30 left. Two officials blew their whistles, and fouls I 0 ·minutes into the scored 16 peints 'and with the way he played on II rebounds, S d · 1 d' " ·after a two-second delay game, and Goldwire took grabbed Butler set the school 's all- un _ay agamst n tana , · where both officials stared advantage by hitting four 3s Matta said. "I sat down time assist record. and and talked with him, just at each other, an offensive with Burrell on the bench. Ohio State beat Northwestern 65-47 . for a trying to figure out why. It goes back to consistency much-needed victory on and getting him to underWednesday night. stand this is the job you've With their NCAA hopes got to do, let's get it done. " in doubt after reaching the Craig Moore scored 15 .finals last year, the· for Northwestern (7-15. 0Buckcycs (17-8, 8-4 Big . Ten) could not afford a let- II). but it wasn 't enough from each of the twin races down after losing two of ~oa~~apc~~~er:~~~ca~~~i~~ on Thursday - race theit their previous three games. way in. The final three The defending Big Ten streak - not counting a ~pots go to the fastest drichampions went on a 19 _4 loss to Michigan State in vers,on speed who are not run in the second half to last year's tournament. otherwise · qualified and give coach Thad Matta his Coming off that 59"53 possibly a past champion. 200th career win and put loss to Indiana on Sunday. . It's a system that irritates away a team that is still a date with the league's Marlin, a two-time Daytona 500 winner who now finds searching for its first con- worst' team seemed like himself on the verge of ference victory. . Just what Ohio State needmis~ing the biggest race of Butler had 12 points and ed. the year. Lti<e Jarrett , six assists, giving him 517 hBut instead of· a blowout, Marlin did not finish in the - one more than former t ere was a battle. Ohio lop 35 in points last season. . record holder Kelvin State's pressure flustered Marlin said the system is · the Wildcats at times, but Ransey. unfair, pointing to former ''I' 111 · just blessed ," they hung in there, their open-wheel drivers Dario Butler said. confidence growing as Franchitti and Sam Hornish Matta added: "You think time wore on. Moore hit a Jr. , who will race Sunday in all !he great players · 3-pointer in the closing about their first Daytona 500s who have played at Ohi.o seconds o.f the half to pull after inheriting top 35 State, and for him 10 break Northwestern within 29points from last season. Kelvin Ransey's record is, 25,. and started the second "You've got a bunch of guys who got into cars that I think, a tremendous half with another to make are locked tnto the top 35 in accomplishment for him . It it a one-point game. points and have never even shows, when you're lookNorthwestern gave Ohio started a Dar.tona 500," · ing at assists, how muny State all it could handle Marlin said. 'That's, how great players he's played early on, grabbing a '19-18 the rules are, and we knew with in hi s time. It speaks lead after a breakaway that coming down there, I how dunk by Jeremy Nash and volumes . about just think there's a better unselfish he's been . jumper by Moore with way to do it." C:ouldn't be happier for nine minutes left in .the Marlin said · he'd prefer a him ." first half. Even though system that locked in the As for winning 200? Ohio State quickly fastest 40 cars, with the Matta, 200-61 in eight regained the lead on Evan final three spots reserved as seasons as a head coai:h, Turner ' s 3-pointer, the provisionals. "Give away the other shrugged it off. Wild,ats hung in. three. I don't care to who, a "You do this long The Buckeyes' Jon past champion , somebody . AP photo enough , you're 'eventually Diebler drove along· the who had trouble qualify ins. NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett spri,nts through the garage area ,going to get there." s~id left side late in the half, the guy who is eighth m after practice for the Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona Matta. in his fourth s~ason but crashed to the floor as · points , whoever," Marlin International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Wednesday. with the Buckeyes after Nash rejected his layup. said. "Cause the way they · do it now is just aggravat- · found out we didn't. All we had everything ~o wrong stints at Butler and Xavie'r. drawing a roar from , the _ ing, and a lot of big names can do is fix the car the best Wedne,day. Battlin g a bout "Honestly,. you give the crowd. But things fell apart for . are goin9 to go home ·we can, hold it wide ope n of laryngitis, the former F I credit to the kids. I've totnorrow. ' for 150 miles and hope world champion scraped never scored a · bucket or Northwestern in ihe secMarlin is fighting an we're OK." · the wall during the lirst gotten .a rebound ." · ond half. The search for uphill battle. Adding to Marlin's prob- practice and missed consid- · Hunter, who scored 14 thitt fir>~ conference win He was 45th out of 47 !ems was the engine from erable track ·time while his points, started the decisive continues. cars on the speed chart fol- Hendrick · Motors ports that team assessed the. damage. run with a basket down "It 's frustrating, but you lowing Wednesday's final was powering hts car. A Driving an unsponsored low and a dunk that turned can't let it show." Moor,e practice, and needed an problem with the lirters in car. Villeneuve was hoping a one-point lead into a 39- said. "You can't let it outstanding race Thursday the motors forced five of a , strong showing at 34 advantage with 12 :40 affect you. You've got to to make the cut. the nine cars who use Daytona would land him "It will be a~gravating lO Hendrick motors to change the money he needs to run left. Jon Die bier scored six come in every day and miss the race,' Marlin said. the engines. Although the entire season . Now he's of his nine points during work liard. If anything, "We knew in testing we had Marlin wasn't initially one in danger of missing the that stretch, including a 3- this moti vates you to gel a problem with the car, of them, there's concern the 500, a setback that could pointer that made it 54-38 better. You're right there, thought we had it fixed, engine could blow: cripple this. move to with just over five minutes but you've just got to get then got down here and Villeneuve , meanwhile , NASCAR . remaining . And Evan over that little hump." inbounds pass near midcourt, but his desperation shot didn't hit iron. Xavier kept ·its two-game lead in the conference despite 23 turnovers and foul trouble that plagued top · defender Stanley Burrell. The Musketeers also needed big plays in the final minute to beat Saint Louis and Saint Joseph's last week. Goldwire was 7-of-15 from · 3-point range and added eight rebounds in his conference-leading fifth game of 30 or more points .for the 49ers (14-9, 5-4), The rest of the team shot a combined 9-for-38. . A physical game full of fouls, contested shots ·and turnovers, the Musketeers turned to a zone defense to �• Page B4 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com 'lbw~. Pellnary 14. : Thursday, February 14, 2008 aooB Blackhawks tally 4 in first period to steamroll Blue Jackets, 7-2 Bv RusTY MIUER ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS - Dustin Byfuglien scored two goals and the Chicago Blackhawks rolled to a big early lead to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-2 on Wednesday night. ·Robert Lang, Brent Seabrook , James Wisniewski. and Martin Havlat each had a goal and an assist and Brent Sopel had tw o assists for the Blackhaw.ks, who scored on three of their first four shots. Patrick Kane also scored. Fredrik Modin, acti vated off the injured list earlier in . the day, and Dick Tarnstrom had the goals for Columbus, which has lost seve n of eight. . The Blackhawks Jed 4-0 after one period inciting a crowd of almost 15 000 at Nationwide Arena to' loudly boo the home team as they left the ice at the first intermission . Chicago coach Denis Savard had ripped his team after it was shut out 1-0 by Pascal Leclaire in the teams ' previous meeting· on Jan. 24. Referrin g to the· team masAP photo cot, he said that the Chicago Blackhawks' Dustin ·Byfuglien (52) reaches for the puck over Columbus Blue Blackhawks needed to Jackets' Adam Foote (52) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday in "commi't to the Indian ." Columbus. Blackhawks' Brent Seabrook (7) looks on in the background. The Blackhawks were cer- ' tainly committed on this night. Coming in 27th in the NHL on the power play, they scored with a man advantage just 3:55 in. Wisniewski cranked up for a slap shot from the top of the left circle then spotted Kane streaking toward the net and passed to him for an easy tap-in. · With the teams each down a man, Columbus' Michael Peca tried· a shot from the blue line that Seabrook blocked, the puck kicking past Pee a. Seabrook beat him to the puck and then satled m on Frednk Norrena , to net a backh~nd for hts seventh of the season .. There were a smattenng of boos - which grew louder shortly after when Byfughen scored hts first. Blue Jackets rookie defenseman Kri s Ru ssell looked up while makin~ . a pass and ByfugltenJumped m, pokmg the puck away. Norrena came out of the net to try to poke th e puck away but Byfuglien tucked the puck away and then scored into an empty net. Columbus coac h Ken Hitchcock pulled Norrena and replaced him with Leclaire, who had the flu and was expected to be kept out of the action. Not quite. It wasn't all Norrena' s fault, as was evidenced when Byfuglien was at the doorstep for a jam shot of Sopel's shot from the point. Norrena was back to finish up, however. After· the Blue Jackets finally broke ihrough on Tarnstrom:s first goal in a Columbus uniform, Havll!t came right back to get )Jis seventh of the season off a pretty feed from Lang to make it 5.-1. Modin, activated earlier in the day after missing six games with a muscle tear, scored in a serum but tlie Blackhawks answered on Wisniewski's goal trailing the play off a nifty assist from Patrick Sharp. Byfuglien was originally credited with a power-play goal in the final minute before officials ruhid that Modin had inadvertently knocked the puck into the net and awarded the goal to Lang because he was the last Chicago player to touch it. Notes: Columbus al§o sent D Marc Methot to Syracuse of the AHL. ... Chicago was playing its si xth game in a seven-game road trip. The Blackhawks are at Nashvil-le on Thursday night. ... Sharp had his fol!rgame goals streak ended. Sentinel - l\egii\ter · CLASSIFIED Galli a County, OH Websites: In One Week With Us www.mydailytribune .com www.mydailysentinel.com classified@ mydailyt_ribune.coni REACH OVER 285,000 PROSPECTS www.mydailyregister.com PLUS YOUR AD NOW ONLINE To Place ~ribune Sentinel l\egi~ter Your Ad, (740) .446-2342 (740) 992-2156 (304) 675-1333 Call Today••• • ~II r --:---:---------=O..:..r..:..Fa;;;x;.li;;;o Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:09 p.m. HOW IQ WRITE AN AD Successful Ads Should Include These Items To Help Get Response ... *POLICIES* DhloVslley reject or cancel any ad et 1ny time. Taylor promises 12.rounds of pressure in rematch with Pavlik LAS VEGAS - Jermain Taylor stepped straight into bqxing's brig htest li ght s Wednesday a nd calmly revealed every bit of his plan for avenging his knockout loss to Kelly Pavlik last year. "I' m not looking to go in there with a strategy," Taylor said. "It 's going to be a fi ght, all 12 rou.nds. I' m go ing strai ght to him, all 12 round s. He gets knocked out, I get knocked out, it don 't matte r. I' m go ing straight to him." Afte'r his perfect career received a glaring· blemish in Atlantic City 4 112 months ago, Taylor doesn't care who know s his intentions in Saturday night 's rematch at the MGM Grand Garden. He claims he 's going back to the basics that once made him the undisputed middleweight champion, putting hi s former amateur coach back in charge of trainin g for a fi ght he expects to end with one punch. Trouble is, that strategy sounds just about perfect to Pavlik, who soared to stardom with that seventh-round knockout. Promoter Bob Arum is among those who believe the unbeaten pride of Youngstown, Ohio. is the bi ggest middlewei ght punch er since Thomas round knockdown to stop Taylor in a fight widely thought to 'be among 2007's best bouts. Pavlik claimed Tay lor's WBC middleweight title, which won't be at stake in the 166-pound rematch. " I' m no dummy. He took thi s fighr because he wants to prove something," Pavlik said. "He beat (Bernard) Hopkins, he beat all these great lighters, and he's still in shock that-he lost. He says he's coming to bang and slug it out Well, everybody. knows my style." Taylor 's bold, brawling intentions are high in both risks a nd rew ards. He's enjoyed the best success of his career when he boxes patiently and uses his solid jab, yet some experts feel he's responded to past complaints about boring fights by attempting to become a one-punch knockout artist. His undisciplined impatience in recent fights is precisely what's prevented him from ·knocking out any .opponent in the last three years. Another loss to Pavlik would . slide Taylor well down the list of boxing's biggest names, but Taylor immediately exercised the rematch clause in his contract after the loss, ignoring advisers who didn 't want the former champion back in the. lhoo NEW ORLEANS - If the N BA eve r had any doubts about New Orleans' ahility to provide sec urity for the All-Star game this weekend, Mardi Gras took ca re of it. · "The NBA sec urity team has visited the city at least 20 tim es," Mayor Ray Nagin sa id. "The y started gett in g comfortable with o ur abi lit y to handl e crowds pretty' qui ck, but once th ey saw th e crowd at Mardi Gras and the way we d id things, they sa id if any cit y iri the cou ntry ca n give . us a good, safe game, this is it." Secu rity is the league's No. I priority. said Vice ' President Ski Austin , and Mardi Gras certai nl y reassured . th em New Orleans · could provide it. " We had been able to get a behind the sce ne look at pJa·ns for that even t, and the n come back and see it in motion," Austin said. " It was certa inl y an impressive display." Soon after the NBA announced t h ~t the All-Star game would be played in New Orle~ns. some ques- tioned wh e th e r the city, still in the throes of a shaky reco very from Hurricane Katrina, was ready for such a big event. NBA Player 's Uni on he ad ·Billy Hunter had expressed doubts that New Orleans could accommodate the league's show~ase gam e. "That's one man 's opinion." police Superintendent Wart;en Ril ey sai d. "I can't guarantee anything, but we stand here to say this NBA event will be a suc cess. We are re ady for big and small events" Hunte r 's remarks .w ere made months before the c ity successfull y hosted a stri ng of major eve nts, th e New Orleans Bowl , the Sugar Bow l, the Bowl C hampi onship Series title game an d th en the 12 -day Carnival cclcbraton that c ulminated on Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, on Feb. 5. The bow l games drew an estimated 200,000 people, while several · hundred thousand hit the streets for Mardi Gras. 0 1 1· h N ew r eans po Ice ave worked 12-to 16-hourdays for 23 of th e first 45 days of the year covering special event>. said Ril ey, whose depa~tment has long prided ' 1 All Real Eliot dYertlaementa a ubfeet 10 1he Federa 1lr Housing Act 1168. This ccepta only hel anted ads meetln OE a.tandards. We will not knowl accept any actver ltement In vlol•tlo the law. ring with Pavlik so quickly after such a devastating knockout. "I don'-t need a tune11p .fight," T\lylor said. " I believe in lighting the guy who got you." Taylor has since put his longtime confidante and coach, Ozell Nelson, back in charge of his training. Even before Wednesday's disclosures, he had promised a return to the hard-hitting !lair that made him 11 fearsome matchup early in his career, before he says fame and fortune softened him. "If this is what my career is going to be judged on, I'm all for it," Taylor said. "In the last fight, I got too com-fortable, and look what_happened. I got taken out." agreement With State Farm still recovering from the itself on its ability to host 2005 storm, to prevent major eve nts. problems that· would steal CLEVELAND (AP) cially when it comes to True, there were six the focus. LeBron James has signed a improving the lives of peoshootin gs in the city near Security inside the New sponsorship agreement with ple across the country and the sites of Carnival cele- Orleans Arena, home to State Farm insurance, which ··making a real impact in the bration s: A stray bullet most of the events, will be is hoping the popular 23- communities that they live . year.-old can help it attract in," James said. . shattered a hotel window tight, spokesman Bill Curl young adult policy holders. James, a State Farm cusand wounded a tour .guide promised . Terms were not disclosed. · tomer since 2004, has other standing inside. A man was " Anytime there is a "The relationship will be deals with Nike, Coca-Cola, wounded by gunfire near a major event levels of sec u- focused on helping connect Microsoft, Upper Deck and · parade route that skirts the rity ·go up," Curl said. "The our State Farm brand and others. Fortune Magazine crime-plagued Central City thing is the co mmunica- products - particularly our estimated he has about $170 · ne ighborhood. Shortly tions lines are in place. We auto and renters insurance million in endorsements. after the Endymion parade work together with the - to a Joung audience in Forbes Magazine estimathad passe d, five people _police all th e time:" new an relevant ways." ed James ·made $27 million, said Pam El, State 'Farm's were hit by g unfire downThe sec urity plan for the . vice president of marketing. including his $13 million As part of its relationship, from the Cavs, from June tow n. At least one man was . city. away from the arena, • shot in an early morning includes closing off vehic- State Farm will use James m 2006 to June 2007. His shooting on Bourbon Street ular traffic to the French some commercials as well endorsements are handled the day before Mardi Gras . Quarter and makin g sure as at public appearances, El by LRMR Marketing and Branding, a company James Police att ributed the pedestrians are safe. said. ' founded with three friends. shootin gs to · personal " Downtown will look James' deal will be forThe partnership deal with grudges or drug·deals unrc- like Christmas, you'll have mally announced at a play- State Farm comes two lated to the Mardi Gras officers all around the ground ribbon -cutting on weeks after James was Thursday in ·New Orleans, parades and noted that vis- place," Riley said . site .of Sunday's NBA All- ordered to pay $259 in r~nes itors to the city were not He said his major con- Star game. James will dedi- and court costs for driving harmed. . .. cern is private parties dur- cate a new playground at the I 0 I ·mph on his 23rd birthThe A ll , Star game brings ing the event. St. Bernard Recreation day in December. The insurfour days of events to town · "We're going to have Center, which was devastat- ance provider said the and once again gives New thing s going on around the ed b)l Hurricane Katrina and ~peedin~ ticke~ ~ad no bearmg on lis dectston to team Orleans a chance to shine city, celebrities at parties rebuilt in 2006. under an international spot- and people wanting to get State Farm, based in up with James . . "LeBron has . publicly light. i nto them ," Riley said . Bloomington, III., sponsored admitted his mistake," said Th · · h the playground project , the at 111 turn requires t e " I'm a littl e co ncerned first installati on of a nation- El, who ftrst met James at city, which is sti ll rebuild- about parti es we're not al initiative by James' fami- last year's All-Star game. in g from · Hurd qtne aware of going in and may Jy foundation . . "He has· strong principles Katrina , and the po li ce ha ve to provide sec urity. "We share many of the and we decided he would be depa rtment , which is also , for." · same goals and 'lalues, espe- a good match for us." t lhe coot J New Orleans not sweating NBA AU-Star security James enters. sponsorship . BY MARY FOSTER ASSOCIATED PRESS Must B ~~-- on the llro at publlt:ttlon on Errora e Tribune-Sentinel later will eeponalbla ror n AP photo Phil Mickelson and his friend, LPGA Hall of Fame golfer Amy Alcott. chat on the 12th green in the Pro-Am round of th~ Northern Tru's t Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in the Papific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Wednesday. ' 446-3008 r ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS Or Fax To (740)992-2157 . Word Ads tho right to edit, Hearns. and he's more than willing to trade knockout blows with Taylor. " He says he's going to co me out and sl ug, but that could all change after one big right hand," Pavlik said. "As soon as that one punch la nds, I think he might change hi s mind." Despite Taylor's bold rhetoric, there were no overt bad feelings when the fighters met at Wednesday 's ne ws ~o nfere nce. They pointedly ignored each other as they crossed paths on the way throu gh the ballroomand that 's about _the most animosity likely to emerge from two fighters who don ' t take to boxing's usual posturing and outside-the-ring theatrics. And perhaps unfortunate! y for Arum and Taylor promoter Lou. DiBella, there's no villain in this matchup. Taylor and Pavlik are genuinely likable fighters who rose to the sport's pinnacle from unlikely circumstances: Pav lik out of the Rust Belt, and Taylor from the humblest parts of Little Rock. Ark. 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Pleaoant ................................ 076 wanted '/D\) ~1\t'J!OC f,oX 'I.AL.~U~ Cao~S LOST: Female, Tan Boxer/Mix, Green collar.with ladybugs. Last seen on Sl. (M) Border Collie app<4yos old. IF) Lab apprx 3yrs old. At. 2t8(740) 256-1861 1/2 Collie 1/2 Lab pup lo home in country. 245·5758 1/2 Border Collie, 1/2? loa good home. very friendly. 1 (M) & t .(F)'appr011. 6-8 wks old. 245·9710 or 645-7976 6 mo Old Labll-tusky mix, friendly & playful, good w/ ' kids. 740-441·0365 Missing Since 1/25 from Theiss R d on SA160, Pups to caring families, Name: MaQg1e 8wks old, blk&tan w/ btue . Been spoiled in Buckridge eyes, brown&tan, brindle w/ area & on bike trail. white paws & blue eyes. · REWARD $100 Wormed. 441-t 707 386-8084 or 794-1 199 Found 011 Sl At 160 I OJ White Ad .. Male Weimaraner wearing a collar. 446-2212 FOUND: Large yellow female Releiver type dog around At 2 & Rayburn Rd. very friendly 304-675-4149 · Found: Set ol car keys. Rutland Civic Center. 742· 2121 Tribune-Sentinel-Register will "- responaiblefor no mora than the cost or the space occupied by the error and only the flrallneertion. We tl any loaa or expense that r..ults from the pubUcallon or omlulon ot an ad11ertitement. ·correction will be made In the first evallabh1 edition. • Bo1 are 1lwaye conUdentlll. o Current rate card applies. o All real' estate adVfrtisemenll are subject to the Federal Fair Hous ing Act or 1968 accepta onlv help ada EOE atandarCis. We will not 1 accept inv adverliaing In violation of the . GIVIiAWAV r: POLICIES: Ohio Valley Publishing ren~n tne ri ght to edit, rejec:l, or cancel any ad at any l ime. Errors must be reported on 1he flfat dey of I_Kri_T_&_c_A_R_L_Y_L_e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lost on 1/30/06 F. Germ~n Shepherd last seen in Aa ol Feb. 5th, I will no Carpenter/Dyesville area longer be responsible for wired collar & stitches in any ct.bts contracted by stomach. $100 for safe anyone other than myself. return, if found please call ii"l!n~MI;;;<h;;;ool;;;;.;L;;;•.;;wl;:;•_ __, {740)698·2267 ~r:.-...~.F.~.MID._. .,.~I e;.. Now you can have bor,ders and graphics ~ added to your classified ads Jm Borders $3.00/per ad Graphics 50¢ for small S1.00 for large · • All ads must be prepaid' _ • lndude Phone Number And Address When Needed • Ads Should Run 7 Davs ~ou:o GET YOUR CLASSIFIED LINE AD NOTICED Display Ads • Start Your Ads With A Keyword • Include Complete Detcrlptlon • Include A Price • Avoid Abbreviations rI 675-5234 Merchandisers wanted cos· metre resets and other proi· ects. Call 866-249-6128 ext ~33 or . apply online at www.convergencemktg.com Ohio Valley Home Health, Inc. hiring STNA, CNA, Home Health Aides and Personal Care Aides. Full time and Per Diem positions available. Apply at t480 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, phone 441-1393 for Skilled Office or apply at 1465 Jackson Pike, p~ o ne 441· 9263 for Passpori!Private Care Office. Competitive wages and benetils includ· ing health insurance and mileage reimbursement rr=======ii ItO HEI.I' WAA' IHI 1.,------_.J r,:,:--':':"---., 10 HOMI~ Town Of Hartford accepting resumes for Part-time lilt in .,__oif'(iiliiROiSAiiiiiuiio:_,.~ position for Water &Sewer Clerk. Must have computer o down payment· 4 bed· skills and exper~ence work- rooms. Large yard . CO'Jered lng wo'th the pubto·c· Se11d deck. Attached garage. 740· resumes to The Town of 367-7!29. Hartford, PO Box 96. - - - - - - 1 acre in_ country settin•·." Hartford, WV 25247 close to town B. hospital 11'1511 ;:;--~SCH:""'---., 3BR's, LG closets. 2 lull OOLS baths, LA, OR, Ioyer & kit ---IiiNiiiS'iii'RiiiitUCii1ii10iiiN-.,J with eat in bar & ample ' cabinet space. $115,000. Gallipolis Career College Phone740-44t -7842 (Careers Close To Home) - - - - - - - Call Today! 740-446-4367, 2,600 sq. ft. 4br, 2 acres 1-800-214·0452 w/pool, in Hew haven St39,500 304-593-887t call www.ga l~pollscaroorcoll ogo com ft 6 II.CCICdlled Member Accrediting a or pm Coui'ICJI lor lndoparx!enl Collego5 A t' a11<1 sc11oo1s 12748. ttent on! 170 'local company offering 'NO MISl'EU.ANF_..Ol iS DOWN PAYMENT" pro1. . grams for yoJ,J lo buy your home rnstead of rentrng. Wedding gown. srze 12,chif· · 100%financing ton, strapless, beaded with • Less than perfect credit rhinestones, chapel train. accepte,d veil to match, White chilfon · Paymanl could be the flower girl dress. size 5 and same as rent Locators !v9ry flower grrl dress size 4. Mortgage 245-5595 (740)367-0000 .---""':'---, YOU CAN PLEASE EVERYONE! That's because Mary Kay offers products every· -one Wlll lbve. Fromthe latest rooks to advanced skin care. Ask me about all our exerting AU real estate advertising in this newspaper is product lines today. Judy s ubject to the Federal Fields, Mary Kay lndependen! Beauty Fair Housin g Act of 1968 makes It Illegal to Consultant, Vrsit whichadvertise "11ny marykay.com/judyflclds 24n preference, l imilation or or phone 740-645-2422 discrimination based 6n race, color. religion, seJI OF CENTEA, located at 333 Page Street, Middleport, Ohio Is pleased to announce we are accepting applications for the following lull and part Domino's Pizza Now time positions to join our Looking to H1re. Motrvated friendly and dedicated staff: Assistant Manager, all AN'S, LPN'S, and STNA'S. Locations Apply 1nPerson . Applicant's must l:>e depend·. --===-:--able, team,players with P<>s· FEDERAL ;t;ve altitudes to join us in POSTAL JOBS providing outstanding, quality care to our residents. $17.89·$28.27/hr., Aow hirStop by and fill out an appli· ing. For application and free WANTill cation or contact Hollie governemant job info, eau To Do ·oPEN Bumgarmer, LPN, Stall American Assoc. of Labor _1· INTERVIEWS 0 e v e 1 o p m e n t 913-599-8226. 24/hrs. emp. Will help care for loved one Coordlnator@740-992-6472 serv ACCEPTED DAILY! 1!1 the1r home.Verygood refand come see for yourself erences and reasonable. the·difference you .can make Fo1$ter Parents Needed Mon·Frl Phone 740-992·3375 · at bverbrooktll! EOE & A $30-$48 a day with ·paid 9:0081n • 3c00pm respite. Training begins Participant of the drug·tree Will sit with elderly in lhelr January 26· Alban'y. Call workplace program lnfoCisiOn Oasis Foster Care !o regis· homes. 740-985-3601 242 3rd Avenue Toll Free 1-877-325A Lo.cal Manufacturer is ter: Gallipolis, OH looking lor EXPERIENCED t558 CHII.I:VELIIERL\' Mig Welders and laborers Full time maintenance posi· 1-888-IMC-PAYU CARt: tllat can op,erate industrial tion available at Holiday Inn, E<t. 4256 machinery. Apply in person .. Apply in person. www.lnfocislon.com Child cure done in my home, at King Ku!lef It . 2150 Gallipolis Na phone calls please. rnlants welcome. meals Eastern Ave., Gallipolis. No Voted Top Ten places ·to included, lots of ac!ivi11es lor phone calls please. Guitar Player looking tor work rn Ohio your clirtd, days, night and 0 rummer & Bass Player to 1 n 2006 & 2007! weeke~ds. $2.00 per hour. An Excellent way to earn play mostly original Rock l!.=,=C:o;m;•;:se=e:w:;;h~l=:!i Call 256·1438 ask lor money. The New A110n. music. 985·4416 afler-5:00 · _ ann . . Gall Marilyn 304-882-2645 -----,----- Person for live in with elderlY Help wanted 'at Darst Home lady. Call 740·367 ·7129, "i~;;;;;:~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Attn: local Company with Group Home. 740-992'-5023 R' BUSJN~ FT & PT positiOns In our 0 Customer Service Dept., No Super 8Motet now hiring for Pharmacy and Clerk ----I'I'Oiiilll1JNiiiilnii'oi ' _.J Needed CalTech l 740·992·2955 ---. e~ep required. Permanent lull lime desk clerk position. position, Company !raining Midnrght shift is reqUired. ---,-,--,----- r--~~~~-., •NOTICio provided, Must be HS grad· ReliabUity and strong t; US· POSTOFFICE NOW uete. FT position, $585/wk, tomer service skilled are a HIRING OHIO VALLEY PUBLISH· Avg. Pay $20/hr or I~ G CO. recommends rapid advancements+ bene· must. Super 8 also acceptfits. For an Tnler\liew call ingapplications for ,.... rn:~rttime $57Kiyr, includes that you do business with housekeeper. Must be willFederal Benefits, OT. people you knpw, and 17401446-7798. - - - - - - - - lng to work flexible hours. Offered by Exam Services, NOT to send money AVON! All Areesl To Buy or Apply In person for either not offered w/ USPS who through the mail until you Sell. Shirley Spears, 304· position. NO PHONE hires. have rnvestigated the CALLS. ' 1-866·542·1531 ioff.Oer.in,.g._____. 675-1429. 1o l famil ial status or national origin, or any intentiOn 10 make a'ly such preference, lrmitatiOn or dl scllminatlo n.'' This newspaper will not kn o wing~ accept advertisements for real estate which in violation of the law. rea.ders are hereby Informed that all adYertlsed In thi 11 newspaper are avail able ol\an equal opportunity bases . is Our dwelling5 Duplex for Sille on Land Contract . 7,. 0_g 92 _5858. ~ For sate by owner. 38A Ranch, ' 1 bath. Family Room. Stove/Fridge. WID Included. Asking $70,000 Call 740.709.6339 Gallipolis walk to everything Lrke new 48r. 2 bath. den. no rnarnl Land contract or take over loAn wrth down payment $1259 per month 740-645-7889 L~;;;;_;_~j . tO ••••P'F"'' 1 HOUSES IURRmf House for .sale rn Racine 2br, House, new Carpet. area. Approx. 4 acres. all Paint & etc . . close to professionally landscaped. Hospital, School. Store's Act Ranch style hou:;e with 4 & Dep. No Pels 304-675· bedrooms. living room. drn" 5162 1ng room, kitchen. large lam· - - - - - - - I~ roorr. central Sir. gas hila! 3 br. hOuse, Pomeroy, 2 full and 1lireplace Addition of a bath, garage. full basement large Florida room com· new carpet, very clean. pletety cedar opens onto handicap accessible. $635 n patio & pool area. Healed in month. (740~949-2303 ground pool enclosed by pn- 3br, 1ba, located rn Ashton vacy fencing and land- 20min., from toyota Plant scaped. Finished 2 car $550/month plus depost1 garage anached to house J04·576-2217 ah~r Spm and iinished & heated 3 car garage unattached. ' Gallipolis-Riverview. 3BR, Excellent condition ready to 1BA, Ret, Req. Quiet St. No move m. $2.55,000.00, Call: pets. $575/mos includes (740)949-2217 wtrlswr/trsh only. $450 l'l'l:i:""':-:---:-:~-., deposit. 740-70g·1641 Monn.F. Hoi\m."i ::\ . ·--FOoiiiiROiSiiAiiLE . __.J ~ Bedroom House in Syracuse S500tmonth + tBXBO 3 !3edroom 2 Bath deposit Hud App. No Pets. Vrnyl Siding. Shingle Root (304)675·5332 weekends S230 per month. 74 0-3BS- 740-591·0265 _99_4_8·______ CoQO~":~":IO.;B..I.;LF.-.:'!H:-O-M-fCS....., 1971 Concord, 2 bedroom FOR RENT Trarler, ask1ng $1.500 AS IS daytime 304·576·2058 2br., 2 bath. washer & dryer. . evenrngs 304·458·1532 Mulberry Ave , PomerOy. 1975, 14 X 70 Governor, 3 $450 a month·. (740)992· Bd., 1 1/2 bath. 740-247- 0031 af1er6pm 0402. ----'----- - - - - - - - 3 BA. 1balh In Bidwell area 1995 Doublewide on block 2BR, 1 bath Meigs Co. $400 foundation on 1 acres lot, month . "..,...oo .Dep. No pets .3br and 2 bath. 2 4 ~~:28 2 car Ae.1 Asq. 740 · 367 · 702 5 detached garage. All appli· Mobile Hqme tor Rent 3nces mcluded. Need to sell! Three Bedrooms. Gall 740sking $11 0.000 abo Call 992 .5858, ,40-949-1353 or cell 740· - - -- - -Ntce.2 . BR, 1 bath, equipped 517-0144 - - - - - - - - wl kitchen. $42 5/mon. Sec. 2002 16x80 Oakwood. 3 Oep. No pets. 446.3994 or bed, 2 bath. 1999 16x80 446_2423 Fortune 3 bed, 2 bath. 2000 1:\'~..;,;,;""':~--....., 16~e70 Fleetwood 2 bed. 2 FARMS bath. Two 14x70 to choose J.tJRib:Nr from Daytime 740-388·0000 Evenong 740-388-8017 & 40 acres farm land for rent. 740'245 '92 t3 reasonable pnce. 740-446· - - - - - - - - 9387 2008 sectional home 3 =~-:-----., Bedroom 2 Bath dehvered r""' APAKI'MI:N'IJ; ana set up S38.695. 740FOR Rt:vr 385-9948. 95 Redman 2BA, 14 x70. 1 and 2 bedroom apart New CIA, wood laminate mems. furnished and unfur lt'oOf'S in LA&Kit. $ 1l .OOO In nished. and houses I'' park Layne ,.rar.1e• C ourt Pcimeroy and Mtddleporl securrty deposit required, n,, 441 _0380 - - - - - - - - pets;740·992-2218 99 Clayton E~ecel. 16>::55 - - - - - - -2BR, 1 bnth. AfC. Fridge & 18A Apt, WID hookup:: ellrte TV incl stove lrke new. Front porch. 1nlernet/sa1 wfrent, close to hosp11a1. Call rear deck. underpmnrng rncl. 740 _339 _0362 Gas furnace. 446·2629 IBA, WID hook-up. stove & from $199 Month trrdge ·turn .. water & trash New 2'ooe Singlt'lwrdo rncluded. No pets. Ref Aeq Midwest 740-828-2750 740·367-7453 or 645-7214 mymidwesthomc.conl 2SR . 11/2 bath on Jacksor' Ptke. $450tmo + depos•l NEW 2008 4 BA-2BA l=lel. requrred. no pels CR• 1.700-t sq ft $49.989 446·4051 from $397 Month Mrdwest 740·828·2750 2BR apt. call 441 -019d mymidwesthome oom 2br. Apt. on 5th S1reet P New 3 Bedroom homes 11om Pleasant 5375. 2 br houso? $214.36 pe1 month. Includes on 5th · St. Pt Pleasanl many upgrades delivery & $400.00 a mon. a~ lo. for Dor. 1304)8 t2-4350 set·up. (740)385-2434 Apt 3rd 51. Racine area Nice Used 3 Bedroom 1 Bath S395 plus utrl. & dep. CAli Home' $5995 delivered 740- 740-247-4292. 365-7671. Apt.for Rent No Pets. 74 C USED HOME SALE 992-5856. Nice 3BR Singlewides trom$2900 Down Pmt Beautiful Apts. at Jackson Midwest .740·8~8-2750 Estates 52 Weslwood Drive. from $365 to $560 740·446·2568. Equ~ l L<Jili & Housrng Opportun,ty Th '· i\CKIAI;t; rnstrtution is an Equ c~l MOBILE HOME LOT FOR Opportur.uty Provider an<1 RENT. 1031 Georges Creek =Em=pto:: y. :.er_.- - - Ad, 441 · 1111 CONVENIENTLY LOCAT. ·------,.1 r: 0 EO & AFFORDABlE! 10 HmJSt<~ l·l. )l{ RENT 2 br. hOuse m Middleport. no 1 no smo k.1ng, $450 a pes, mo , plus s; 450 dep , (740)992-182t ------A 28 house located at tOOJ 3rd Ave. Gallipolis. $375/month + $ 375 dep No pets. Call 256·6661 ~-,------2BR:· d9se to town. $450/month Oep., Ref.&BG check Requ1red. 339·2494 T ownhouse apartments. and/or srnall houses FOR RENT. Call .('740)441-1 111 lor application & information Et!rctency apt. located rn Aru Grande, walk to campus. ,_, 501 month. Dep . Ref,e< BG check Aeq. 339.2494 Immaculate 1 bedroom apt New carpet & cabmets. freshly·prunted & decorated. W/0 hookup. Beautiful coun· try selling. Only 10 minutes from tov.:n. Must see lo appreciate $325/mo " (6141595-7773 or 1·800· 798·4686 740·645·5953 ,;J't �Page 86 • The Daily Sentinel ~Thursday, February 14, 2008 .:ALLEY OOP APAimtENTS FOR RENT Ellm View Apartments Va fe nline 's Da~ S p ec i al. 00 Ranger, ext cab, 4x4, 4dr, Laundry Room , No Pets, overlooking Gallipolis City S1eel Beams. Pipe Rebar Yorkie 2M & 1 F, $500 ea. auto. ao,oad' mi, A/C. CD. $600/month. (Includes gas Park and river. L.R den, For Concrete , Anglo , Malte!$._e1 MI$500.-Ali -CKCt cruise, tilt, Ptw, extra nice. 3 & water) Over Huttons Car large kitchen-dining area Channel , Flat Bar, Steel Pomeroy. 740-444-:2729. mos warranty. $6900 S&S Wash 304-372-0094 or 304- with all new appliances & Gra ting For Drains, Auto Sales, VInton . OH 740675-7255 cuPboards. 3BR, laundry Driveways & Walkways. L&L I \ I{ \I .., t I 'l 't t I .., 669·460S area, 2 1!2 baths. $900 per Scrap Metals Open Monday. ,\ I I\ I .., t I If I\ Immaculate 2 bedroom apt. month. Call 446·4425, or Tuesday, Wednesday & r:i::l:".-;;.;,:~;;;;;;;;;;;;~ 79 AM Jeep, CJS, 360. 3 speed , AT 4' lift, 12.50 by New carpet & cabineli, 446-2325 Friday, Sam-4 :30pm. Closed FARM 35's Wench , Nice Jeep freshly paintei::l & decorated, =------=-~- Thursday, Saturday & F.:QuiPMmr WID hoOkup. Beautrtutcoun- Tara Townhouse Sunday. (740)446-7300 "--•iiiiljjjii,iiii-_.1 S4,500 304-675-1310 •Owner pays water, sewer, trash ' {304)882·3017 rl e try seHing Only 10 minutes Apartments, Very Spacious. - - (61.{)595 -7773 or t -800· Pool, Patio, Start $425/Mo. wtturquoise sequins size 8, 798-4686. 740-645-5953 · No Ni ~;e 2 6375 GraciouS Living 1 and 2 Bedroom Apts . at Village . Manor and Riverside Apts. in Middleport , from $327 to $S92. 740·992·5064. Equal Housing Opportunity. Pets. Lease Plus must see (740)992-6358 Security Deposit ReqUired, (74 0)36l-054l. Seasoned firewood, $50 a ---,--,--, picKup load. Call after lpm. Twin Ai~~ers Tower is accept446 9204 • ing applications for waiting • - - - - - - . . . . . , list for Hud·subsized, 1- br, PETs Bpartment.tor r the I FOR Sm: r 6679 FIND AN APARTMENT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS Equal ·Opportunity I Couple who plans •to move ' - - - - - - - - ' 1nto the Gallipolis area looking to rent a 2-3 bedroom home this spring . 1 year lease or more. Please can 941-330-5721 for info. 740-256-1167 GooDs Thursday, February 21 6pm $60.00 Buy in pays top 4 places shots/worm, 2003 Elanrra r 441-7514 or 256-6926 I _:__:__:__:__:___ _ 86 Jeep CJ7, $4,800. 080 German Shepherds, solid 93 Honda Del So l $1500 as black, M&F, shots & wormed is FIRM. 441-0127, leave a . $300 each 304'937·30S9 message. MERCHANDISE 99 Cavalier 4dr, blue:· eKtra cle&n inside & out. 3mos warranty. $2700. S&S Auto Sales. Vinton OH 740-669'- 4605 SELL Gardens. $300 for the pair. Call446·3398 call44t -o7s4 ----Must sell AKC Reg. Shitzu YOUR AUTO WITH A puppies for sale. Only $3SO. Have these Cast Iron skillets NB Square Griswold with Wormed and 1st shots. glass cover, lfl1 Wagner 74o-367-7t24 with heat ring, 1110 Erie & rare #1 Wagner Cooker. Help Wanted Th ese are nice & scarce, $400 for all; also have a ~Ex tre m e ly Rare" #1 Griswold marked Erie 411 , you won't find this one. · Spaghetti Dinner · E. Letart United Methodist Church Saturday, February 16th 5 pm Spaghetti-Salad· Dessert Rolls & Drink $5.00 Repaired, New & Rebuilt In Stock. Call Ron Evans, 1- 30x50x1 0 Delivery (937)71 8·1471 Help Wanted JOIN OUR TEAM! O'BLENESS O'BLENESS O'BLENESS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL currently hiring PHARMACISTS for the following positions : O'bleness Memorial Hospital : Staff Pharmacist-fulltime . Duties include organizing and providing pharmaceutical services to all hospital patients and departments. Must posses a Bachelor 's Degree in Pharmacy or PhamD. Current Ohio pharmacist license is required. Previou s hospital/institutional pharmacy experience is preferred. Should be familiar with medications and procedures used in an. institutional setting. The Drug Store: Located in The Castop Center. Requirements are the same for the job listed above. The position is a retail pharmaci st. Staff Pharmacist: This position will work both places listed above . We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package. A sk ·a bout our sign on bonus. For more information contact: Help Wanted Help Wanted · Pleasant Valley Hospital is currently accepting resumes for Medical Receptionist/Medical ASsistants for its physician offices. ~ssociate degree or graduate of an approved program for Medicai.Assistant or Associates. degree in a related field or 5 years experience in Physician Offices required. · Send resumes to: Pleasant Valley Hospital c/o Human Resources 1510 Valley Drive Point Pleasant. WV 15550 (304) 675·4340 Orfax: 304-675-6975 Or apply online at: www.pvalley.org O;BLI3NESS A:A/EOE O'BLENESS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL c~rrently has openings in our N ursing D epartment. · Registered Nurses: Full - time opening in our Pediatrics- Med/Surg. Department. Graduate from an approved sc hool of nursing. Must have a cu rrent Ohio li ce n se. One t o two "years experience in nursing preferred. PALS/ACLS i s preferred. Computer experience preferred . We also ha ve a full-time opening in our Surgery Department. This position h as the . sa me r equirem ents· as above mentioned j ob, bu st must live within IS minutes of the hosp ital. W e offer a co mpe titi ve • salary and compre h e n s iv e benefit package . For m ore information COQtact: 0 Help Wanted Help wanted e SOCIAL WORKER Pleasant Valley Hospital is currently accepting resumes for' a temporary SoCial Worker. Bachelor's degree in social w ork preferred. WV socia l worker license required. One year experience in a health care facility dealing with pat ients, families, children and geriatrics. Send resumes to : Pleasant Valley Hospital c/o Human Resources 2520 Valley Drive ·' Point Pleasant. WV 15550 (304) 675·4340 ol fax: 304-675-6975 Or apply online at: www,pvalley.org AA/EOE ,. - --- - ·--- - ----·· ..,..- I .to AQJ107 • A K H • 8 65 3 Pass Pass North t • 3 NT Guttering ' ·'' Seamless GutterS tMV~ ON~ 50M~Wtl~~t PO YOlJ / Rooting. Siding. Guners Insured & Bandod 740·653-9a57 IT'S www.tbabe.......ebablaotry.oom Briw~e:,., AfF~CiiON AI'IP (.OMMITM~NT? Pass All pass J A U'L FER THAT !! is in hand or certHied check the following collateral: 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier 1G1JC1240X7171309 The Farmers Bank and, Savln'gs Company, Pomeroy, Ohio, reserves the right to bid at this sale, and to withdraw 1he above collateral prior to seta. Further, The Farmers Bank and Savings Company reserves the right to reJect any or all bids submlned. The above described collateral will be sold .. as Is-where Is", with no expressed or Implied warranty given. For further Information, or lor an appointment to Inspect colla!· era!, prior to sate date contaC! Cyndle or Ken at992-2136. (2), 13, 14, 15 YOUNG'S II would be sensible (or No~h to try to uncover a 5-3 heart fit. The ~simple" way to do thiS is via some form of checkback like New Minor Fprcing. North would rebid two clubs, ~he unbid minor. South· would continue with two diamonds, denying three hearts, and North would jump to three no-trump. CARPENTER SERVICE Roam Addition• I *Prompt and Quali ty Remodeling NewGaragH El.ctrlcal a Plumbing Rooting & Guttert Vinyl Siding A Painting . Work •ReaSonable Rates *Insured LOSER '(00-~00, (;,L~tri~~ ~ Pallo and Porch Decks *Ex.p~ricnct:d WV036725 Rt!fcrences A\'ailable! Ca ll Gary Stanley @ 740-59 t -8044 V.C P 2'1 )llll'lll\ '!'(',lJ ~ l Ill , II Olllr f 'I" I" II AAI'?'< IJRE.t·mKes~ l>f>.'( ! l J.l.f>.IJt A. P~~T YOUNG Ill You Should see that if partner gains the lead and shifts lo clubs, the contract wilt be defeated. So, when declarer puts up fl\'1 C.UP RUI'-INe. Tf-\ OVE:I'!.! FOIZ. '(OU! 992 62 15 dummy's spade king, you should d is~ · courage with yoUr two, not encourage wilh the eight (or unblock the queen). When West gets in wilh the heart king, with .luck he will lind the club switch. (A o PUBLIC NOTICE The area Agency on Aging at .Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District, P.O. Box 370, PROBATE COURT OF MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO IN RE: CHANGE OF NAME OF Trittany ~arcella Allzabeth See To Trlttany Marcella · Alizabeth Bush Case No. 20086006 NOTICE OF HEARING ON CHANGE OF NAME Applicant hereby gives . Promotion Services. Tille Ill D Disease notice to all interested Prevention end Health persons and to 'Kewin Promotion Services Bush that the appli· proposals are being cant has · flied an requested for Athens, Application lor Hocking, Meigs. Change of Name in the Monroe, Morgan, Probate Court of Meigs Noble . Perry and County, Ohio, request· Washington counties. lng lhe change of Tille 111-D seekslo lniti· name of Trittany ale programs Marcella Alizobeth See designed lo help older to Trlttany Marcella adults preventfmanage Allzabeth Bush. chronic diseases and The hearing on the Increase healthier application will be held lifestyles. Details of on the 17th day of allowable service and March 2008, al 9:00 fund ing available are a.m., in the Probate Included . in the Court of Meigs County, Request for Proposal. located at 100 Easl Small, mlnority·owned Second Street, and women business Courthouse, 2nd Floor, enterprises are Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. encouraged to submit. Cynthia Ann Bush' Request lor Proposer 1262 1/2 Powell St. Packe1s will be . avail· Middleport, OH 45760 able February 19, 2008. (2) 14 To ob1sin a Request CAN . SOMETIMES BE VERY I)IS- ......-."' APPOINTIN6-' . ,.__~..._ • VInyl Siding • Replacement Windows , Roofing • Decks Dry~all, , 22 Tints 23 Mexican Mrs. 24 Cuddled 25 Story· telling 43 Rational 44 What rainbows • Room Additions Owner: 740·367·0544 Free Estimates Jameel(eeaee II 740·367·0536 742-2332 ""''V-Y'-,rt:'l • Manlaifl' • 8 ' Racycl na.: 503-St ••-•rt.OI alii J..a92-318C .,,, .., . . . llllllllffriiiiii:M •I.IIIM •' IIIINIII:II•12:111M · ............. 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AstroGraph CELEBRITY CIPHER by Luis Campos Cetetlnty Cll)her c~og rams are created trom quot a~ ons 00,0 !evnOJS people past ami present · Each lett!!! mthe C,lp\1!!19Einds !or another. Today's clue: Z equals K " RPJ , VHCOD • JTAGY : t:~~~~j-....ll:::t.~~~.l~~ffit~~ ·:aRIZZWELLS ~: J.IMMI'\-\.1 W ~E't-1 6\ll.\.~\~~tl Al:.~ADY ,, . t:UM~ ME ... f\.1£ ~A~~ I. HA~~ A~"~ • - ~------7~----· ln!.ured Free Esfimates ADVERTISE IN THIS SPACE FOR $60 PER MONTH •' KJXHL , CT NJJY? " RCKLH " ZCTTHT GYH ' G VHEEHY RCTLJW ," UGEH EPGO • H . H . ABWWCOOT, PREVIOUS SOLUTION -'' So long and take it easy, because il you start taking things seriously. it is the end of you · · Jack Kemuac III PI If I WUNTOP o ~- ouR imaginative and constructive, what you Ga Remodelmg, Room Additions Public Notice Public Notice YES, SANDWICHES J&L Construction Roofing, Siding, Soffit, Decks, Doors, Windows, Electric, Plumbing. (2) 14 Public Nc tlce for Title 111 D Disease Prevention and Health CORNER STONE CONSTRUCTION -------Public Notice An Ohio School Benefits Cooperative meeting will be held Monday, February 25, 2008, at noon, at the Musklngum Valley Educational Service Center, 205 N 7th ·St., zanesville, OH. ' (2) 14 1 ; Harvest 2 Opens the window 3 Exit ramp sight 4 Yea, 1o a matador silent5 Aloha token 3D Corned beet 6 Coffee W hat are ¥OUr thoughts? Stanley Tree· Trimming & Removal (2) )4 Spring cleanup of Rutland Township eemetertes will begin February 29. All decowill be rations removed prior to the Easter holiday. Anyone who wants to save decorldlons are a~ked to remove them until March 10. Opal Dyer, Clerk 14o-742-2805 DOWN consider the whole deal. You are East, defending against three no-trump. Partner leads the spade jac~. 2459 St Rt. 160 • GaUipolts. shift to diamonds is unattractive given South's one-diamond opening bid.) PUBLIC NOTICE c, lor Proposal please NOTICE: Is hereby contaC! Mindy Cayton, given 1hll1 on Saturday, AA Planner, a1 740February 16, 2008 at . 373·6400. Completed 10:00 a.m., a public proposal submissions sale will be held at 211 are due to the Area W. Second St., Agency on Aging Pomeroy, Ohio. The- March 7, 2008 by 4:00 Farmers Bank and p.m. 15 Basilica part 16 Mag fillers 18 Devious 19 Restricted 23 Sound at the movies 26 Immense 27 The strong trici<s to defeat the contract will probably come from. And II declarer plays instant· ly from the dummy, third hand should pause lor lhoughl, not only lor t>s benefit but also for his partner's. But he should tell declarer that he wants time to EARLY 740.446.9200 . , stopper 56 Constructs 57 Snug retreats 58 Very pale Comedienne Jackie MMoms" Mabley said, ~Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move." On Valentine's Day, we love playing bridge, but haVe 10 know which cards to move. So far this week, we have been studying declarer's trick-one play in three riotrump. Now it's time to give the defenders some column inches. At ttick one, the defenders should work out where 't he necessary number of ·BARNEY Hardwood Cablnecry And Fumimre East The defenders should also think H&H .. lmmediQte Opening West I • Opening lead: • 7~~; Fax 740-992-5706 99 Beech Street Midcllepc1rt, OH Diesel Technician South 55 Remove the are 47 Foot part ·48 Cosmetics dance · brand sandwich .' brewer 49· Naval off. 28 Muni or 32 Slinky dress 7 Pen poinls McCartney 51 .Moppet 34 Charm 8 Touchdown 29 Raison d ' 52 Hosp. areas ' 35 Wavering 9 Guitarist 54 401(k) 35 Limp-watch Duane31 Tulip cousin painter 10 Biologist's source 37 Part eggs 32 Smith or ofTNT 11 Study Jones 38 Law, 10 closely 33 Witch 's , caesar 12 Hey, you! spell 17 Excavate · 37 Woolen cap 39 Come out even 20 Spein's 40 Prowl 42 FICA peninsula 41 Boundaries flrds ~ 21 Cultural 42 Daze ¥ AQ WE ARE LOOKING FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO GROW·WITH USI DON WOOD AUTOMOTIVP.c 92 1 NT Help Wanted Apply to Larry Porter, Servic~ Director • 5 4 2 • 10 5 Dealer: South Vuli1erable : Both 740-992·1<00 "========--======== -=======~======::::::; , Ren.q, Ohio proposals 45773 Is 1 requesting Human Resources 55 H ospi tal Drive ' Bleness Memorial H osp ital Athens, O hio 4570 I www .obleness.orll . Phon'e (740) 592-9227 Fax: (740) 592-9444 EOE C.Aillt ...Sija Seeking highly molivaled individual to work in well..,quipped focillly with laleslloob and equipment. Position includes subslonliol work wilh diesel engines, and olher aulomotive technician opporlunilies .. Some diesel technician ·experience required . Pay com01enwrole with experience. Excellent benefits package . K 8 3 J 9 8 2 1114/1 mo pd FIND A JOB OR A NEW CAREER IN THE CLAS.SIFIEDS Help Wanted · East • Q8 2 J 10 9 7 10 Color1ul songbird 12 Lesson len\}lh 13 Wh>rlpool 14 Mythical sailor j South • 6 4 3 All Work Guaranteed 740-589-3632 JOIN OUR TEAM! O'BUiNESS • ¥ • • Stop & Compare 7:00AM - 8:00 PM OZ·J f-08 West I Don Wood Ford, Inc. 830 East State St. Athens, Ohio 45701 MEDICAL ASSISTANT/ MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST Help Wanted .to K 740-992·1671 . Hours •. . '=======~E:O:E::::::::::~ Company _ . Savings selling lor cesh Human Resources . 55 Hospital Drive O ' Bleness M emorial Hospital · Athens, Ohio 4570 I www .obleness.org Phone (740) 592-9227 Fax : (740) 592-9444" EOE • H.e lp Wanted Help Wanted Pleasant Valley· Hospital is currently accepting resumes for a part-time Nursing House Supe!Visor. Experience in an acute care setting preferred. Critical care experience preferred, but not reqired. Current WV license. 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 80Q·S37·9528. Help Wanted I'OR SALE 5 Charge • A K5 • New Homes • Garages • Complete Remodeling Silea S'x10' ~ . to 10'x~' Basement BISSELL • J t 0976 • Q6 3 45 Ms. 46 Gambler's cubes 50 Ilion! leqlony 53 Filet- Hunter's wear ahead ROBERT CINSTIUCDOi 2967.0 Bashan Road Racine, Ohio " 45771 740-949-2217 24 Hrs. (740) 446· · wanted : r,,......--.. NURSING HOUSE SUPERVISOR JET AEAATjON MOTORS Pole Barns $6,795 Free CLASSIFIED AD e ~40·533·3870 Public Invited Proceeds go toward Building ballery. 740-379-:2388 $S300, 2004 Impala $6900. 593-3820 Cars, trucks, SUV's, all - - - - ,, - - - - prices to sell starting al 2 tots in Ohio Valley Memory Female TO'J Poodle. 4yrs old. r---;o;:;--;--- Middleport, Ohio HalpWanted Hyundai Re.Py to go now. $4SO 364- 18.69 ct. Amethyst , Y.G. Lab pups, AKC, quality Labs $350, t D ct. .K~zite , Y.G . since 1995. Call 740-256$300, Rare Stone Ring s 6038 446-0762 leave message ----~--Male Yorkie-Poo puppie s. Middleport American Legion -- $:2400 with warranty, If anyone has a job, financing can be arranged. Stop or call Cook Motors, 3:28 Jackson Pike 740-446-0103, MlscEUANrous IMPROVEMENIS Call Alder North Restored 1970 Ford F-350 '::=::;;;;;;;;;::;~=~ 29 Serious People to Work r truck. 12ft stske rack , ma ny. many new parts. 90% from home using a comput- · 65 ·310 miles, good condi· restored. Call 740·245-0485 er. Up to $500.00 to lion. needs catalytic conven$ 1,500. 00 PT/FT er. AskinQ $:2600. Call 740SUVs www.Homelncome4-U. com CKC registered Toy Poodle puppies, tails docked, dew· claws removed, shots & vet Sale: Berber Carpet $5.95 checked, colors ~ack, apri· yd remnants $40.00 & up. cot & cream, males $300 & Mollohan Carpet. 2212 lemales $3SO. (740)992· Eastern Ave. Gallipolis, Oh 7007 740-446-7444 4060 $2500. 740·696·0358 . ·1 CKC Min. Dachshunds 2 males. 6 fema,les, long 2004 Kia Optima $6300, haired , fi rst Hill's Self Storage ..,1 IH I! h 99 Green Dodge Sport P.l). 0870, Ro~~rs 4x4 80,000 w/ new t1res & 1 Waterproofmg . Auros - Bargains, se lling all furniture in stock. Mollohan Furniture. Clark Chapel Ad. Porter Oh. 388-0173 1Oam - 3pm Texas Hold 'Em IR \ \ ..,l 'f H<J \I H) \ A',(C male Boston Terrier puppy, vet checked, shots, 02 Kia Rio, 87,000 mi, 4dr, wormed, parents on premis- AC , great cond. 30mpg 2000 Chevy Blazer, off road es, with papers and pedi- $3500. 98 Ford Windstar, package , 48,000 miles, gree. $300 388·932S 161.090 mi, AC, cruise $7,000 080. (7401992·1 82 1 •------pi i HOUSFJIOW Many extra s. $4500 obo. 740-441-0872 or 709-1523 turbo diesel. 4x4, 157,000 antee. Local references furmiles. $10,500 obo. call446. nished. Established 1975 $350. 245-048S 1 ' BASEMENT Belly mower for Farmall Cub 441-7514 or 256·6926 WATERPROOFING Tractor. Complete wl lifting mechan1' sm . Great cond. 99 Dodge dually. wh ite, Unconditional lifetime guar- 709-6339. \ IIIH II \ \1 11 ..,1 Help Wanted Custom black with chrome. 95 1 ton Dodge Dually. 740· L--·liiUiiiR\iSiiiALEiilii'...., Puppies, 2·Males First Shots & Wormed $200 (7401 388- 01 Hyundai Accent 8743 Hatchback. 5 speed trans, •~-lllllitiroliiRENrtii!ti_r . AKC Bo•ar pups $3SO. Call - tO 256-69Z6 Housing AKC & D.N.A Boston Terrier WANrED . . 1998 HD Sporlster 1:200 , riO Puzzle Thurman Phillip - -- - - - - - $28 ,000. OBO 441 ·7S14 or 441-7514 or 256·6926 r.O elderly/disabled call 675- ACROSS Deere 4K4 79 Ford 9000 Truck, Rogers );';lr-'-~--..;..-, low hours. 20 ton Lov.t>oy $5,000 080 ' HoME John from town. Must see to 2 Bedrooms, CIA, 1 1/2 Prom dresses SHlO ea, red, 96 .appreci ate . $40'0/mo. Bath. Adult Pool & Baby mint green size 6, white Backhoe, newly redecorated Apt. w/large front porch, includes all kitchen appliFurnished, 3 rooms and ances & n::~os heat & AC , :rbath , upstairs. clean. no Washer & dryer $375 month pets. Ref & dep. req . 446- + $200/deposit 304 -675- 1S19 ----- Crossword BRIDGE 1990 Harley 1200 Sportster, low miles, custom paint, to many e ~<1ras to name. Must See! $6000. 576-4t07 or 593-6590 rt0 $50·$60/month Page 87 The Daily Sentinel ~ NEA Hugh 3br, 2 baths, Apt. Lg. Spaciou~ second-floor apt. NEW AND USED STEEL 2 • &:3 bedroom apartments •Central heat & AJC •Washer/dryer hookup •Atl electric- averagrng www.mydallysentinel.com 1 I' I I " !"'"------, "° 1--r:.....:r--'l.rf~r-l "There is a moment in childhood," the expert lectured his class, uwhen the door opens and_lets in th.e •~~-, " · ; ~ Nl I a bit slow on getting down to business. it could end up being a case of time costing you money. Trying to play catch up "-"'-'--1-..L...I...._. l$tsr will never make up for the losses · you encountered. ARIES (March 21-Aprll 19) - Having $1randlose plan s are tine and good, but 9.ctually puHing them Into action Is the only thing that really counts. Instead of merely talking about wh~t you want to do, roll up your sleeves and do It TAURUS (April 20- May 20) ~ Ahy new endeavor that you are contemplating getting involved in must be analyzed very carefully before oommittlng yourselt to it financially. Wishful thinking could end up being very costl)l. GEMINI (May- 21-June 20t - Achieving success should always be your goal; but not if you have to do someth1ng that would sully your reputation. Fulfill your ~mb'itlons in ways that won't allenale those who QBt In your way. CANCER (June 21-July 22) - It's never smart to depend only on luck or chance to achieve your goals. Wishful thinking cannot accomplish what takes herd work and consistency to exec ute. Roll up your sleeves 8nd get to work. LEO (July 23-Aug . 22) - It .is qUite tempting to blame others fqr your miStakes, but what that would cos! you in way of losing allies wouldn't be wo rth it. Conversely, 'Iessing up to the error or your ways will win you admirers. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)- Be wary of jumping to conclusions and making hasty judgments before ~u have all the facts in your possession. Unless you have the entire picture, opinions would have to be retracted with an apology in hand. LIBRA (Sept. 2:3-0ct 2:3)- You will have to spend more time than you'd like placating temperamental Co-workera , bul It will be worth It If It gala productive work out of them. Not appaaal"g thalr aenaltlv· Illes would be a mistake. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)'- Taking practical me11urea wlll bring •bout tne detlrabll reeul11 you're eeeklng, while erratic movee would pnly create havoc, ao for the aake of e~eptdlency, don't,allow · youl'l elt to act Impulsively. SAGITTARIUS (Noll. 2S.Oeo . 21) Owing to a cont\101 of lntereatl belwHn you and your mate life could gat a b!t try· lng right rmw If you allow It to . Allfl would take to reeto rt harmony II a t.w minor conoetelont. acoompanttd Dy 1 big hug . CAPRICORN (010. 2:Z-Jan. Hilt - An unpleaeant t..k that you thought would be u almple •• t ·2·3 Ia apt to turn out tO · be much tougher than you r. .ltud. Don't gel fru atrated; regrqup, plan each 1t.p and try 4•et•e. I I I I AV .Cbr ;'111 1 L.....&.....J'-..&.....1-.L...I ~ ~ . -- S Q·G A D E 16 f-""T"""1r-.,......,-,--j. ::c. lhe dlattle •- - - . e PRINT NUMSERED l! TlERS IN THESE SQUARES " ~ ";b ..,_ .:L'ft.....L...~ . -.. 3 1 IIIII • 1-.&. s ~ 6 SCRAMLETS ANSWERS · 2• l l · o8 . . Heave - Yours- Tavern- EVER WAS The modem world has made buying easy, but paying back is as hard·a., it EVER WAS. Eschew - ARLO & JANIS ' SOUP TO NUTZ ' . ~~c:o. Sl~~~~~~,~e4 1'1t ~ """"~:~;~~u:~~ a.n IOUI1),J ~Qau.,., GoRTF · �NASCAR o8 edition inside today's Sentinel Page BS • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com - Thursday, February 14, 2008 - - u MASON, W.Va. - The River City Players and the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce present "Murder Me Always." a murder mystery dinner theatre production this weekend. Murder. suspense, mystery and drama and above all humor will come together in River City Players compelling performa.nce of a play by Lee Mueller.Th05e attending will be treated to a real show brimming with audience interaction, nonstop laughs and to top it off, a chance to win Chamber Bucks for guessing the murderer correctly. · The show will be presented this Friday and Saturday at the Riverside Golf Club in Mason. Doors will open at 5:30p.m. Dinner is at 6 p.m., and the show is at 7 p.m. Cast members, under the direction of Dave Warner, include Frances Gibser, Chad Dodson, Kylen King, Celia McCoy, . Nathan Becker, Mikayla Pasquale, Jerry Harsh, Nathan Argabright, Debbi Buck and Linda Warner. The River City Players and the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce cordially invites you to attend the performance . . Before reserving· your seat, guests should be aware that a cunning and despicable murderer will be in attendance. In the unfortunate event that • Partners in Care group celebrates first year, AS Ohio Valley Opry returns this weekend • PORTSMOUTH - The Wilberforce Choir, under the direction of Dr, Jeremy Winston, will appear in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21 in the main theater of Shawnee State University's Vern Riffe Center for the Arts. "This is a return engagement of sorts," said Carl Daehler, executive director of VRCFA. "The Wil\)erforce . Choir's impromptu serenade of Kathleen Battle in the lobby of the VRCFA following Battle's September 2006 recital was enough to copvince the Southern Ohio Performing Arts Association board members to bring it back for their own main stage concert. We are very excited to have them back in a more fonnal setting." Winston, . the Ray Charles Distinguished Chair of Sacred and Choml Music, directs this amazing gtoup of young people who achieved internation.al recognition for their work on the soundtrack to the . movie "Amazing Grace," a biography of William Wilberforce. Their concerts presented throughout the U.S. have continued to enhance their reputation as one of the best concert and gospel choirs in North America. The program will consist of selections from both a classical and popular reper- McCONNELSVILLE The Ohio Valley Opry will be on stage at the historic McConneslville Opera House this Saturday at 7 p.m. The traditional country, gospel and bluegrass mustc show is held on the third Saturday·of each month; and features the best talent iii the valley. Similar to the Grand Ole Opry format, the OVO is Ohio's best kept secret, and the place to be if you enjoy good family entertainment. · On the ltneup this month will be singer/songwriter Ashley Payton, from Marietta, Ohio. Ashley's past performances include the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Ky, and she has opened up for many artist such as Connie Smith, Neal McCoy, and Johri Conlee, and she was a local winner of the Colegate Country Showdown: Donny Boggs, from ~io Grande, Ohio, will be back on the OVO stage for a repeat performance. A true tradiuonalist, Donny is a super country singer and entertainer. Submitted photo Fourteen-year-old Michaela Nathan Becker, Mikayla Pasquale, Celia McCoy, Chad Dodson and Kylen King rehearse a scene from the River City Players' Williams, from Washington upcoming murder mystery dinner theater, "Murder Me Always," to be performed Friday and Saturday at Riverside Golf Court House, Ohio, will be Course in Mason, W;Va. The Meigs County Chamber of Commerce is a co-sponsor. making her ftrst appearance on the show. Rounding out the night not all participants manage be called upon to help in the Mark Porter SuperCenter, office at 992-5005. will be The Powell Family · (740) 992-6614 and ihe to survive the evening, search for the killer. For more information, some remaining alive will Tickets are available at Meigs County chamber ca/1992-6759 or 992-5005. Bluegrass Band, Bonnie Mayle, Matt Coleman, Beth Sigler, Matt Hansell, JR Stull, Drake King, The Clark Family, and resident comic Uncle Doofus. Tickets are on sale at Ginny's Flower Shoppe in McConnelsville, Aletha's Flower Shop in Marietta, and .at the Video Shack in Beverly. You can also call (740) 5582283 to reserve a ticket. Tickets are $7 for general seating, and $8 for reserved. Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio ;;o CI·:\:TS • \'ul. .)7. Nu. q6 SPORTS • Junior, Hamlin win Daytona qualifiers. See PageB1·. Submitted photo The Wilberforce Choir, under the direction of Dr. Jeremy Winston, will appear in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 in the main theater of Shawnee State University's Vern Riffe Center for. the Arts. · loire. A special gospel se~­ Hilary Rodham Clinton ment including a jazz tno when she r:ec!!ived an honwill be included in the sec- orary doctorate degree from ond half of Jhe program. Wilberforce University. All of the students are The concert is presented enrolled at Wilberforce by SSU and the SOPAA as University located in part of the Performing Arts Wilberforce, Ohio. The Fine Arts Series. choir tours every fall The Portsmouth perforthroughout North America mance of the Wilberforce and has been featured on Choir is made possible by many TV broadcasts and in adonation from Anna state-wide news features. Margaret Stillwell. Additional They have performed for funding for the concert is presidents, foreign digni- made possible by grants from taries and recently for the Ohio Arts Council, the Scioto Foundation and by special family discount packgifts made to SOPAA and to .ages are available. Tickets the SSU Development range from $10 to $31. Foundation. Media sponsors The next concert in the for the Performing Arts Series Performing Arts Series is are Capital City Partners and the national tour r,roduction Capital City Petroleum. of "Ring of Fire,' a review Reserved-Seat tickets are of the music and ·life of available at the McKinley Johnny . Cash, on Monday, Box Office located in the March 31 at VRCFA . This lobby of Shawnee State is a change in date from the University's VRCFA by call- originally announced date ing (740) 351-3600. Box of April I. office hours are 10 a.m. to 5 For more informaTion, p.m., Monday through VRCFA at (740) 351-3622 Friday. Senior, student and or go to www.sopaa.org. Benefit, production Art,·Heritage Acade~y showcase slated Saturday set at Marshall WestCHARLESTON, W.Va.- The . history/culture. literature/creative Blue," which is played before all Virginia Division of Culture writing, dance, museum studies, the games. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. The Marshall University Women's Center and Women's Studies are sponsoring the annual benefit produc\ion of Eve Ensler's "The Vagin<~ Monologues" on Friday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on Marshall 's Huntington campus. The production, presented as part of the 2008 V-Day Campaign, will take place at 8 p.m. each day in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre. "The Vagina Monologues" is part of a campaign to raise awareness about violence against women and girts. "The Vagina Monologues" also will help raise funds for local, nonp'rofit organizations. The proceeds from the local event will be donated to Contact Rape Crisis Center, Branches Domestic Violence Shelter and TEAM for West Virginia Children. Admission is $I 2 for the public and $8 for Marshall students. For more information, contact L~ah Tolliver, · Marshall Univ~;rsity Women's Center coord inator, at (3(}:t) 696-3338. and History will present the African American Art and Heritage Academy Showcase on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m., in the Nonnan L. Fagan West Virginia State Theater in the Cultural Center, State Capitol Complex in Charleston. This free program is part of the Division's celeliration of Black History Month. . The showcase will feature fa~ulty and student presentations in the areas of vocal and instrumental music, theater arts, literature and creative writing, dance, cuiture and history, visual arts and a video/studio recording with highlights of last summer's academy. 'The African American Arts and Heritage Academy (AAAHA) offers students 13 to 18 years of age one week of concentrated study each year in the discipline · of their choice at the West Virginia University campus in Morgantown . Classes focus on audio/video technology, vocal and instrumental music, theater arts and visual arts. In addition, students also are treated to field trips including African American historical aud cultural sites in Morgantown and Pittsburgh. ApprOldmately 50 students attend the Academy each year. At the end of the week, the stude.nts perform in a showcase for faculty and invited guests. The AAAHA was founded in 1993. Nonnan Jordan of Ansted serves as president and chief financial officer and he will participate in the program , discussing Affrilachian African American history. A family affair. his son, Eric will direct the showcase while another son, Lionel, also known as 6'6 240, will present a hip hop performance. Lionel also is known for providing the WVU football team a fight anthem with his song "Gold 'N The primary goal of AAAHA is to provide youth with a positive summer experience and higher artistic endeavors. Many . former students go on to attend college. Program participants have toured Europe with a music 'ensemble, studied · at Rhode Island School of Fashion Design and the Shenandoah Music . Conservatory. · The program also includes the AAAHA awarding "Friends of the Academy Awards" to seven organizations and · individuals who have given generous support to the Academy. For more information about the American Arr and Heritage Academy, cmr~act Norman Jordm1 at (3(}.1) 6585526. For more injn n11o1ion about the AAAHA Sltou'case a/ the Culrurai Cemer, conrac/ Jacqueline Proctor. deputy commissioner for the Division. at (304) 558-0220, exlensinn 120. ., African HUNTINGTON, W.Va. .- ,Book Marks '08, an exhibition featuring established and emerging artists in the field of contemporary book arts, has opened at the Birke Art Gallery on Marshall University's Huntington campus. The exhibition also showcases rare and limited-edition traditional books from Marshall's Morrow Library along with a private collection. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 6-8 p.m. Monday. The exhibition's featured artist is Miriam Schaer from Brooklyn, N.Y. Schaer creates witty sculptural books that push the boundaries of the book, pulling viewers into their narratives with unexpected textures and forms. Schaer will present a public lecture at 7 p.m. today in Smith Hall Room 154 adjacent to the Birke Art Gallery. Both the lecture and the exhibition are free to the public. : Other contemporary book artists exhibiting in Book MlJ,rks '08 are Andrea Deszo, Jim Bailey, Doug Beube, Carrie Lingschelt, Rebecca Gilbert and Maddy Rosenberg. Marshall are faculty members Peter Massing and Byron Clercx also are exhibiting book works. The terms "book arts" and "artist's books" are used more or less interchange• ably in the contemporary visual art world. Artist's books are original or limited-edition works of art that are realized in book form. Book artists often ·interpret the book form loosely, and tht:y may employ a variety of "book" formats, such as scrolls, accordion fold-outs or even individual works on paper contained in a box. ... . """ oll\d .o ih"·"tin..t.,·um Commissioners, judge discuss courthouse space·shortage BY BRIAN J. REED BREEOil>MYOAILYSENTINEL.COM ' POMEROY - Security issues, an increased need for record storage and a shortage of office space in the Meigs County Courthouse could justify an addition to the building, Probate/Juvenile Judge L. Scott Powell' told County Commissioners Thursday. Powell· suggested commissioners and the county's judges begin to develop a five or ten-year plan to address the increasing need for space in t~e 150-year old courthouse. 'The courts need more space·: and I think the county needs a five or ten year plan to address the needs." · Powell said. "When this courthouse was built, security issues were not the concern they are now. New courtrooms are designed with modern security needs in mind ." Powell said constructing an addition between the existing courthouse and the · sheriff's department would owned by the county. He help address the security noted.that he has no judicial . issue by. allowing a secure chamber -· his bench is entrance for conveying pris- also his desk. oners to court appearances. Upstairs, defendants and · "The courts in this court- other parties appearing in house need more space," Meigs County Court wait Powell said. "By begmniitg in the main corridor, cn;atthe planning process now, ing congesiion and placing the county could solve a lot victi·ms, defendants and of future problems." witnesses in the same wait Powell said hi s court now ing area. stores records in the office As with any construction on the second floor, in rent- project, funding would be a ed storage space in the primary issue for the counAnderson's Furniture store. ty. Powell said a committee and on other · locations should determine the needs BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH OBITUARIES . : Page A3 :·• Jerry E. Barber ·:. Ethel F. Bentz :.• Cheryl 'Sue' Greene : ·! 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And last week he was presented a plaque by the Shriners in recognition of his "support and seltles.s dedication to improving the lives of children at Shriners Hospitals." · Members of the Athens County Shrine Club visited Manley, now 93, at the Arcadia Nursing and Rehab Center in Coolville where he is recovering from hip surgery and undergoing therapy. Walt was in his 70s and at a time in his life when many take to a rocking . chair, when he be~an collecting and selling cans to. rmse monex for the Shnners'Hospttal for Chtldren 111 Cincinnati. For nearly 20 years he collected cans from businesses ~nd along roadways, gathered up whatever scrap metal he could find and hauled it in his old truck to Manley's Recycling Center in Middleport. Every penny he made from sales there went into a special bank account. Once a year the money was sent to the hospital. Last year the check· was for $7,996. Over the years Walt visited the Cincinnati hospital several times and each time came away inspired and energized to · do more. · He once described it this way "When !left the hospital there was a lump in my throat and a. tear in my eye, and I knew that in some small way I was making a difference." Manley made his last trip to the recy. cling center with a load of cans and scrap metal on Sept. 24, 2007. He had fallen ·in Parkersburg, was walking for additional judicial office space, the costs to build it,' and then pursue funding means. Commissioners President Jim Sh~ets said the county would have a number of funding options, including loan funds or bonds, or publie funding sources. Other business · a ,Commissioners opened bid from KAL Electric, Inc., Athens. for new lights at the Racine Ball Field, to Please see Sllortage, ~3 OSUto discuss retail marketing findings . HOEFLICH@MYOAILYSENTINELCOM .For more infor11!ation, log onto www. ohiov~iiey­ opry.com. Book Marks '08 exhibition opens · at MU gallery FRlllAY, FEBRUARY t;;, 2ooX STAFF REPORT NEWS@MYDAILYSENTINELGOM Walt Manley with a cane, and had come to a place to the Shriners Hospital for Children where he felt he had to slow down. than he had given the year before. "This is one of the hardest things I've · Walt has been recognized several ever had to ao," he told this reporter times for his dedication, to the prothe day he was making that last trip. He ject of helping disabled children. talked about all the people who had Some years ago he was· named an Ambassador to the Aladdin Temple hclp~d him over the years as he moved from one community to another gath- in recognition of his volunteer wor~. ering up cans to sell. His goal ·was and last year was given a Hometown · always to give a little bit more money Hero award. POMEROY- According to Economic Development Director Per:ry Varnadoe, it's a question asked all the time: "I'd like to start a business in the county. What do you think would be successful?" Using statistical analysis and. hard data, the Mei~s County Economtc · Development Office ·may have·. the answer. Dr. Greg Davis, leader of the Community Economics and Business Programs for Ohio State University Extension, will be in Pomeroy at noon on Feb. 21 at the Pomeroy Library meeting room, to give a presentation on his recently completed retail market analysis . for Meigs County and the region. · The study looks at buying patterns in the region ·and the county and identifies, using sallls figures, where the county does well in retail sales and where there may be opportunities for · improvement and new business growth. It is of. interest to anyone in th~ retail sector or considering starting a business in th.e county, Varadoe said. The study goes in depth into specific retail sectors such as groceries, Please see Findings, A3 ·Parties jockey for congressional control in politiGal .swing state Bv JULIE CARR SMYTH AP STATEHOUSE CO RRE SPONDENT COLUMBUS Congressional candidates are jockeying for position in March 4 primary contests lively, sleepy and brutal as Ohio's once mighty Republicans seek !o retain their power in Washington while Democrats try hard to erode 'it. · . Republicans hold an ll-7 edge in the Ohio delegation they have controlled for I4 years. But three seasoned Republicans- Reps. Ralph Regula, David Hobson and telling fellow Rep. John to seven debates, which she Deborah Pryce - aren 't congressional primary. · running. for re-election, and · One of the most competi- 'Murtha, a decorated has declined, and paints her the bellwether state's poli - tive March contests is Vietnam veteran, "cowards as having a misleading tics waxed Democratic in between three-time con- cut and run" during a debate ·record. · Wulsin almost 2006, when voters delivered gressibnal contender over Iraq war. Later she exclusively directs her the then-powerless party a Victoria Wulsin, a physi- called poor conditions attacks at Schmidt near sweep of statewide ciari, and Steve Black, a uncovered by journalists at Wulsin has $344 315 on offices. · lawyer. Both Democrats Walter Reed Army Medical hand, according to' federal The fight for control takes would like to defeat Jean Center overblown by· the campaign finance filings. shape on primary day. Of . Schmtdt, a· two-term repre- medta. compared with Black's eight Democratic primaries, seittative whose verbal misWulsin lost to Schmidt by $223,535. Their combined six are considered competi- steps have co~1tnbut~d to !ess than l perce~tage. pmnt cotTers qualify the rae€ as tive. Of 10 Republican pri- two weak wt.ns of the m 2006 after an mfuston of the state's most expensive maries, five wtll be mean- R~publican - leamng. 2_nd cash f~om ~~~ party and a· primary. ingful - with two of the Dtstnct .east of C1ncmnau. campatgn vtstt by Murtha. It is followed closely by Republican winners slated Schm.o~t, who faces weak That defeat left her open. to the primary for U;S. Rep. to face a popular, well-fund- competttton from state Rep. the Democratic compct)tton Dennis Kucinich's long-hdd ed Democratic incumbent in Tom Bnnkman m .the GOP she now faces. Black has challenged her Please see Ohio, A3 the fall. 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