https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/ecee72720f5f644055d7a850c6941bd1.pdf f8a84e130a429f4b491f0efdc4666de9 PDF Text Text Page 06- The Sunday Times Sentinel ' Pomeroy. Middleport, Gallipolis, OH • Point Pleasant, WV Sunday, March 2, 2008 Obama chides Clinton on foreign policy in Ohio-Texas homestretch, AS Palestinians suspend peace talks as Israel vows to press ahead with G~a offensive, A6 Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio ' ;;o <T:'IITS. \ ol. ;)7, No.1:;- ,\10:-.:() n . :\1.\Rl 'll :1. :!OOX W\\'A .Ill)tlaii)Sl'lllin ..l.cnm MRIDD Board seeks levy renewal in primary . ·SPORTS • Edwards wins again. BY BRIAN J. REED BREED®MVDAILVSENTINEL.COM See Page 81 (>BITUARIES ..' :Page AS SYRACUSE -The Meigs County Board of Mental Retardation · and Developmental Disabilities will seek renewal of a levy for programs. and capital improvements in Thesday's primary election. Carleton School for school-aged children with mental retardation and developmental disabilities and Meigs Indu stries for adult clienls are state-mandated agencies providing services on behalf of county commissioners. ''The two-mill, five-year levy will ensure continued provision of services for children and adults with mental' retardation and developmental disabilities and their families," said Steve Beha, exective director of Carleton School and Meigs Industries. The levy will generate an after the project was " reestimated half. million dol- adjusted." lars. or nearly 25 percent of Beha said I he $235.000 the programs' operating set aside · for a local match budget. Beha said 60 per- for $365,000 in state fund s cent of the board's revenue for the building project is comes from local property already on hand. He said taxes, 30 percent from the ·capilal improvements state's MR/DD department included in the levy's ballot and Ohio Department of language would also go for Education, and 10 percent purchases of buses and from.federal programs, such other permanent improveas Medicaid. ments. "Local dollar~ are used as " It is unfortunate to that a match to draw down federal tax is required to provide dollars to provide services local suppprt, but that is for Meigs County resi how the system is set up," dents," Beha said. Beha said · plans Beha said. "We have been announced' five · years .ago pleased to have access to for a classroom addition and funds generated by the levy space for · the sheltered in the past four years." The levy was approved in workshop for adult clients has been delayed because 2003 by a 56-percent mar· bids have exceeded the gin. The board also receives money set aside for the pro- revenue from two other ject. The first time the pro- levies, one approved in ject wenl oufJ for bid, the I 982 and one passed in low bid was $900,000, and 1992 . That 1992 levy passed the second time, $700,000, by a seven-vote margin. , . Brian J. Reed/photo a Angel Day, a client of Meigs Industries, boards bus after a day at the workshop. Both Ml and Carleton School would continue to benefit from proceeds from a two-mill levy if voters renew it on Tuesday. : ~JimWard · . ~ Homer 'Howard' Banks ; • David Donohue 4-H program expands for upcoming year ' INSIDE . . ' BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MVDAILVSENTINEL.COM • v•a..• .. .._. . . .!._ . c:H .. MSRP ,.,,~._,I $40,520 Taplor DIICOI ... ·$10,52!1 MSIP $39.690 . Taylor DIKOUnf ~ $7,695 Only '31 ,995 Only '29,995 DODGE RAM 1uuu 4X4 QUAD CAB ~ cocu•• : ~ Bush asks Congress to:end prescription drug sales on·the Internet. See Page A2 . • Remembering others, project of Sonshine Circle. . !'OMEROY - Ohio 4-H Week began Sunday, and will .continue through Saturday. Mei~s County Commissioners signed a proclamation at their regular weekly meeting Friday declaring the local observance. Cassie Turner, County 4-H Agent, and three 4H'ers presented the proclamation, and discussed the upcoming 4-H season. See Page A3 • Workshop offered · on safety issues. See Page AS • Clinton launches intense push to key primaries in Ohio, Texas. See Page A8 WEA1HER ' Pl..se see Proaram. AS Submitted plloto· Winners in the high school division were, left to. right, front kneeling, Brad Jones and Brian Rice of Missing In Affection: standing left, Kerri Van Reeth, runner-up; and Dustin Nash, Hannah Cleek, J. T. Evans, other members of Missing in Affection. And"the winners are ••• · ' Pre~ Owned POMEROY- Winners in the Marauder Idol Contest staged by the Meigs High School Drama Club have been announced. . Held at the high school the contest was a fund raiser for expenses of ·the Drama ,~•• • ·("P. " "• •' ;• F•. • •CV' . 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Animal cruelty case settled 'Relay' team captains'.meeting POMEROY - Those wishing to start, build and maintain their Meigs County Relay For Life Teams can get some help Annie's Mailbox. A3 .reaching those goals at this week' s team captains' meeting . · Editorials A4 The meeting takes places at 5:30p.m ., Thursday at Bun's Party Barn. There will Obituaries As be free food and' team materials. The RFL begins at 4 p.m. on May 10 Sports B Section actual and ends at 11 a.m. May II at the Meigs Weather. AB , County Fairgrounds. This year's theme is "Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back." Thursday's team captains' meeting is ©aoo8 Ohio Valley Publlshlnl Co. Comics .\\ A3 Club's planned trip to New · York City in May. It was . open to Meigs Local students in grades kindeq~atten through 12, and the wmners ~~re selected by the audi-~ce through a ballol systern. BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT®MVDAILYSENTINEL.COM meant to assist teams in how to raise funds and organize. "RFL is an excellent opportunity for businesses, community organi zations , churches, families, etc. to tum their con cern' for the heallh and well-being of all Meigs County residents into action," Courtney Sim, RFL team recruitment chairperson said. "Teams can sell candy bars and luminaries , which are fundrai sers coordinated by the Meigs RFL Planning Committee. Otherwi se, teams are free to choose the fufldraising activities in which they engage. Team creativi- Pie.se see Relay, AS POMEROY - An animal cruelty case involving six horses has been settled in Meigs County Coun with restitution ordered to the Meigs County Humane Society as part of a , plea agreement, According to Matthew Donahue, assistant prosecutor with the Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney 's Office, on Feb. 21 Michael R. Marcum, 55, Bidwell, pled no contest to a charge of animal cruelty in Meigs C.ounty Court. Donahue said Meigs County Court Judge Steven L. Story later ruled Marcum was guil,ty of the charge. Under the plea agreement reached, Donahue said Marcum was sentenced to 45 days in jail though it was suspended under the conditions he pay the Meigs County Humane Society restitution . in $1 ,202.03 for · c aring 'for the six horses; · that he give up the six horses ; was prohibited from ow?ing livestock for a peri- . Please see Cruelty. AS $19,995 • '!!':' ' 2001 Chevy 1500 Silverado 54Kmllee. $7,991 CleenTruckl $9,995 $12,995 OWr ZO 11..r f'lwlttlll IIM{II • Chevys· Dodges-Fords-Toyo(a!-Nissm·2 Wheel Drive, 4 Wheel Drive, Regular Cab, Quad Cab, Gaa, Hemi's, ~Mel!! WC'n Get ._II dolllr firm • Co-Founder Big Bend Youth Footbali League for tho~ds of Kids• Retired Bank Examiner • Syracuse Village Councilman· Vote in and ent Paidfor bycandidate �PageA2 NATION • WORLD The Daily Sentinel ..• Monday, March 3, 2oq8 . . BY HOLBROOK MOHR ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER COLUMBIA, Miss. -· · The Columbia· Training School - pleasant on the outside,. austere on the inside - has been home to 37 of the most troubled women in young Mississippi. If some of those girls and their advocates are to be believed, it is also 'a. cruel and frightening place. · The school has been sued twice in the past four years. One suit brought by the U.S. Justice Department, which the state settled in 2005, claimed detainees were thrown naked in to cells and forced to eat their ·own vomit. The second one, brought by eight girls last year, said they were subjected to "horrendous physical and sexual abuse." Several of the detainee'S said they were shackled for 12 hours a day. These are harsh and disturbing charges - and, in the end, they were among the reasons why state officials announced in February that they will close Columbia. But · they aren't uncommon. Across the country, ·in state after state, child advocates have deplored the conditions under which young offenders are housed conditions that include sexual and physical abuse and even deaths in restraints. The U.S. Justice Department has filed lawsuits against facilities in 11 states for supervision (hat is either abusive or harmfully lax and shoddy. Siill, a lack of oversight and nationally accepted standards of tracking abuse make it difficult to know exactly how many youngsters have been assaulted or neglected. · The Associated Press contacted each state agency that oversees juvenile correction centers and asked for information on the number of deaths as well as the number of allegations aild confmned cases of physical, sexual and emotional abuse by staff members since Jan. I, 2004. According to the survey, more than 13,000 claims of abuse were identified in juvenile correction centers around the country from 2004 through 2007 -· a remarkable total, given that the total population of detainees was about 46,000 at the time the states were surveyed in 2007. Just I ,343 of those claims . of abuse identified by the AP were confmned by various authorities. Of I, 140 ·claims of sexual abuse, 143 were confirmed by investigators. Experts say only a fraction of the allegations are ever confirmed. These are some of the most troubled young people in the country and some will make up stories. But in other cases, the youth are pressured not to report abuse; often; nQ one believes them anyway. Undoubtedly, juvenile correction facilities and their programs benefit many of the youth who experience them by offering substance abuse programs, educational courses and mental health counseling. And for many troubled youth, the facilities are the last hope to straighten out problems that could eventually lead them to suicide, prison or other institutions. · Still, advocates for the detainees contend that abuse by guards remains a major problem and that authorities aren't doing enough to address the situation. In 2004, the U.$. Justice Department uncovered 2,821 allegations of sexual . such cases come down to the had said the men were only groped by a male guard. She abuse by juvenile correction word of a guard against that · trying to prevent Simmons said she reported the abuse. staffers. The government of a teenager with a long from · hurting himself or "They, told me I was study included 194 .private . criminal record, the primary someone else. lying," she· said with teats facilities, which likely reason that so few charges A judge dismissed misde- .streaming down her face. accounts for the higher num- of abuse are confirmed and meanor charges against five "They told me that I ~~s bers than the AP found. prosecuted, child advocates counselors; the state has wrong for reporting it, that.I But some experts say the say. appealed. . shouldn't have brought it true number of sexual inciWhile it is likely that · Other restraint-related up." · .. . dents is likely even higher. incarcerated youth make deaths were three boys Columbia sits atop ·a Sonie youth view sexual false allegations of mistreat- 17, 15 and 13 - in facilities 2,200-acre campus with a relationships with staff ment against their guards, in Tennessee, New York and manicured lawn that stretchmembers as consensual, not there are cases of abuse not Georgia, respectively. Ai es out beneath the shade of as adults in positions of being reported because least ' 24 others in juvenile oak trees. From a distance, authori~y abusing their "many children are afraid of correction centers died since the red-brick buildings atid power. what would har,pen if they 2004 from suicide and nat- pastoral grounds could palis Sue Burrell, an attorney snitch on staff,' said Mark ural causes or preexisting for those of a boarding for the Youth Law Center in Soler, executive director of medical q:mditions: school. Indeed, administraSan Francisco, recalls inves- the Center for · Children's Supervision does not have tors pointed proudly to the ligating sexual encounters Law and Policy . in to be abusive (o be problem- fact that 90 percent of the between female staff and ·. Washington D.C. atic. The absence of supervi- girls got their general educamale ·inmates at a juvenile The worst physical con- sion crejltes its own m1sery. lion diploma. ' · Advocates say sex among "We are giving them skills · facility in Florida. "One of frontations can end in death. the boys I interviewed said At least five juveniles died detainees is also a major that they ·will take well into he didn't think it was fair after being forcibly placed problem in some facilities, a adulthood," insisted Richard that his roommate had a in restraints in facilities run claim backed by govern- Harris, a deputy administra, relationship with one of the by state agencies or private ment findings. A U.S. tor with the Mississippi staffers and he didn't." facilities with government Department of Justice report Department of . Human Other abuse is physical, contracts since Jan. I, 2004. . described sex at the Services - a few weeks and often sadistic. The use of restraint tech- Plainfield Juvenile before the state announced 'it For boys at the Hawaii niques and devices and their Correctional Facility in wa5 closing Columbia "dUe' Youth Correctional Facility, too-aggressive ·applicaiion Indiana as "rampant." to issues ranging from ad~­ authority came in the person have long ~en controverAnd sometimes suicidal quate staffing to quality of of 50-year-old Gilbert sial and came under intense youth or those who want to care, and the desire to nio$t Hicks, and he wielded that scrutiny last year after the harm themselves in other efficiently spend taxpayer authority emphatically. death of 14-year-old Martin ways don't get the personal dollars." , Hicks was convicted of Lee Anderson. attention they need. While officials in many sexual assault in October· A grainy video taken at a Mississippi's juvenile cor- states complain that funding 2o"05 after he "grabbed, · Florida boot camp in rection centers have been can be a major challengesqueezed and twisted" a January 2006 shows several under the supervision of a salaries for guards ln boy's testicles, according to guards striking the · teen court-appointed monitor Mississippi's juvenile facilia federal lawsuit. while restraining him. Six · since 2005 as part of the set- · ties start at $18,000 a year When the boy sought guards and a nurse were tlement to end the lawsuit - it will take more than medical attention 10 days acquitted Oct. 12 of filed by the federal govern- · cash to fix the problems. · later because of pain and manslaughter charges after ment. . . "What could be done to swelling, Hicks, who had defense attorneys. argued . But a 15-year-old girl on minimize or reduce these · worked at the facility for 24 that the f!UardS used accept- · suicide watch at Columbia problems?" asked Melissa y~ars, taunted him by ask- able tactics. · Training School used a toe Sickmund, with the mg: "What, you want me to In Maryland, 17-.year-old nail and the sharpened cap Pittsburgh-based Nation11l squeeze· your (genitals) Isaiah Simmons lost. con- off a tube of toothpaste to Center for Juvenile Justice. again?" sciousness and died lifter he carve the words ''HATE ''Training. Oversight." · Hicks allegedly abused was held to the floor face ME" backward in her foreColumbia had about 120 two other boys the same down at a privately owned arm. The girl also said she staff members and a $5.8 way. facility that was contracted was shackled 12 hours a million budget and at timc;s His sentence? Five years by the state. Prosecutors say day, and' forced to wear leg housed only a few dozen probation and 90 days in jail the staff waited 41 minutes · restraints to classes, IDI!als girls. At that rate, it costs to be served on weekends. after the boy was mspon~ and other activities. about $598 a day to house .a What sets the case apart sive to call for help. . . Another 15-year-old girl girl, according to a study by from many others is the sueScott Rolle, an attomey who spent time in Columbia Timothy J. Roche, an expert cessful conviction. Often for one ·of the counselors, told the AP she was twice consultant hired by the state. . . ' Bush asks Congress to._end-prescription .drug sales on the Internet . . WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush on Saturday urged Con~ress to pass legislation a1med at ending illegal sales of highly addiclive prescription drugs on the Internet, citing a growing number of fatal overdoses. · Bush used his · weekly radio address to highlight his administration's 2008 national drug control strategy, which the White House released Saturday. The strategy seeks a I0 percent cut in youth drug use with continued interdiction efforts such as random student drug testing, communi. ty outreach and screenin~ and prevention at doctors offices. The president said that while an estimated 860,000 fewer young people are ·using drugs today than in 2001, the abuse of prescriplion drugs persists. "Unfortunately, many young Americans do not understand how dangerous abusing medication can be, and in recent years, the number of Americans who have died from prescriptipn drug overdoses has increased," Bush said. The White House released the address Saturday while Bush spent the weekend at his Texas ranch. One factor behind the trend is the availability of highly addictive prescription drugs on the Internet, he said. · "The Internet has brought about tremendous benefits for those who cannot easily get to a pharmacy in person," Bush said. "However, it has also created an opportuni"ty for unscrupulous doctors and pharmacists to profit from addiction." Bush's drug policy adviser, John Walters, sailj the j!Overnment is now focusing Its "suppl y, demand , and prevention po~icies witli the goal of seeing the same ' • ~ommunity Calendar . Public meetings ' reductions that we have by more ,than 50 percent; achieved for illegal 'street' and their use .of methamdrugs." · . phetamine has declined by A measure passed by the 64 perceqt. .. . Senate Judiciary Committee Bush also called on enterlast September ·seeks to tainers and professionalathstem the abuse of prescrip- letes to serve as role models lion drugs via the Internet. for young people. ·· It requires· that' doctor meet "People in the entertainwith patients in person ment and sports industries before prescribing medica- serve as role models to miltioli and stiffens penalties lions of young Americans, for those who. violate the and that comes with the rules. The bill' awaits full resl?onsibility to dispel the Senate consideration. notiOn that drug abuse is "The damage can be qone glamorous and free of conon a wide scale by a ri:la- sequences," he ·said. tively small number of "Teachers, pastors and parcrimmal actors here," ents also have an obligation Walters said. He mentioned to help young people develcases of "rogue" Internet op .the character and selfpharmacies .that often do respect to resist drugs." nQt require prescriptions or In the strategy report, the allow prescnpuons to be White House said a recent ,faxed, making it easier for , survey found steroid use customers to forge docu- among 8th, lOth and 12th ments or use it at multiple graders combined was pharmacies. , down from 2001 by 40 per"Our real task is to follow cent for use during lifettme, through," he said of the 42 percent for the past year Senate legislation.. and 22 percent for the past Bush, who is spending the month. It attrib11ted the weekend at his .Texas ranch decreases partly to U.S. with the prime minister of support of the World AntiDenmark, . said that since Doping Agency, which 200 I, the rate of .youth drug coordinates international abuse· has dropped by 24 efforts to stem improper percent. He said young peo- drug use in sports, as well pie's use of marijuana · ·is as continuing efforts by the down by 25 pe.rcent; their Drug Enforcement use of ecstasy has dropped Administration to crack ·down on criminal trafficking of performance-enhancing drugs. . . "The general _public is becoming less tolerant of doping and is more aware of and concerned about its consequences," the report said. "People understand that what happens at the elit~;:.Ievel of sport often has. a trickle-down effect on children, W,ho want to emulate sports stars." Among the other goals outlined in the report: • requced diversion of prescription drugs and methamphetamine precursors. .' o declines in Andean cocaine production and · Afghan opium poppy production. • reduced flow of illegal drugs across the border with Mexico. .o declines in dome&tic production and use of marijuana. · · Clubs and :; ·. organizations ' · ' MeiGS COUNTY . Molur Toblcco Prevention 11sw. on the number of Bingo Cards you can play. Cards in your Sunday, March 2, 2008 paper • '' Church events Sunday, March 9 ALBANY -"Gospe l Jam Session," 6-8 p.m .. Carpenter Baptist Church, 30711. Ohio . 143. Public invited to participate, Scheduled second Sunday of .each month. Questions to Pastor Whitt Akers, 5911236. . Birthdays uus about replacing the ring later, it doesn't matter AND MARCY SUGAR what the original is made Dear Annie: My girl- from. As for hiding the ffiend and 1 have been cost, you can put . aside together for three years. small amount s of cash until Wlien we first started dat, you have enough to puring, "Mary" unexpectedly chase the ring and Mary became pregnant and we will never know what you now have a beautiful child · paid for it. P.S.: Best wishwho is our li fe's joy. es on your upcoming engagement. I would like to ask Mary Dear Annie: I am writto become my wife. Here's the problem : Money is ing on behalf of my elderly · ht ·wit· h a to ddl er, mother. For over SO years, pretty t1g so buying an expensive Mom put up with a husengagement ring will be band who smoked, even difficult. Is cubic zirconi -. though she doesn't smoke urn worth looking into? 1 and never did. My father thought I'd get a nice-loo~ - died six years ago, but my in g .cz ring and, when sister and brother continue things settle down, maybe to smoke in her house. replace it with a real diaMy siblings visit Mom mond. on a daily basis and they My initial thought is to feel it's quite OK to light be upfront with Mary and up one · cigarette after telJ her. Do you think that's another. I know my mother a good idea? W'e have a · doesn't care for the smoke joint checking account, so or the stink it leaves long she'll know all about . my after my bmther and sister purchases. Is there a good leave, but she doesn't want way to mask how much the to say anything for fear ring costs? - Perplexed they will stop visiting. My in the · Midwe~t mother is very lonely and· Dear .Perplexed: Don't won't take the chance of lie to Mary about the value losing th eir company. What of the ring. Women can be can I do? - Losi in the very understanding about Smoke not getting a diamond, but Dear Lost: You might they don't like being tell yo ur siblings th at fooled. And if you are seri- Mom's health is cornprnBY KATHY MITCHELL .·. Monday, March 3 : POMEROY -The , Meigs County Cancer .Initiative , noon, conference room, Meig·s County Senior ·. Center, new members wel,(;ome, bring your own lunch. , . . POMEROY Meigs High School Band . : E!oosters, 6 p.m. in the ban, droom. Band parents Tuesday, March 4 · encouraged to attend in supRACINE - Margaret K. , port of the band program. Bissell will . celebrate her · RACINE Racme 90th birthday T>n March 4 , b.E.S. · mock initiation. Cards may be sent to her at ·potluck 6:30 p.m. meeting 45310TR. 67 , Racine, Ohio 7:30p.m. 45771. ' .' POMEROY - Gladys Tuesday, March 4 · Riggs will observe her 97th " MIDDLEPORT birthday on March 4. Cards ··Middleport ' Lodge 363, may be sent to her at 4 345 I 'F&AM, 7:30 p.m. at the Morgan Road, Pomeroy, ·Middleport Masonic Ohio 45769. Temple. Refreshments. ' · POMEROY - . Drew Thursday, March 6 ·Webster Post 39, American MIDDLEPORT - Anna ·t:egion, 7 p.m. at the post Rose Fitch will celebrate ··quarters in the former her 90th birthday on March ·Salisbury Elementary 6. Cards may be sent to her '•School. Final plans for the at 776 Grant Street, ' 89th Legion birthday party . Middleport, Ohio 45760. · bri March 18. Those unable · to attend contact Tom Tuesday, March 11 Anderson, commander. POMEROY ~ Marie REEDSVILLE Hauck will observe her 91 st · Eastern Music Boosters, birthday on March II . ti:'30 p.m. at the high school Cards may be sent to her at band room. Discussion on 644 Osborne St., Pomeroy, New York trip and election Ohio 45769. mised by the secondhand smoke and it would be considerate of them to smoke outside when they visit. However, we suspect if they ask Mom directly, she will say it doesn't bother her. If that's the case, there's not much you can do. · Buy her a fan, an air purifier, some smokeless ashtrays and a room deodorizer. Dear Annie: l read the letter from "Craving Intim acy in Indiana," whose hu sband isn't interested in sex. I also read th"e responses. I am ·a 39-yearold male and have gone five years without intimate contact with my wife. Every time I bring up the subject, I get the same old excuses of being too tired. too sick or too exhausted. She blames her lack of interest on he r job and the kids. · I .don't try to force her or shame her into sex because it wouldn't be any fun if she went along when sl1e was not really interested. I can understand her being tired, but five years is way bevond normal. It· makes me feel t1nneeded and undesired. I still find my wife attractive and sexy and tell RACINE Report s were given on the numerous projects of the Sonshine Circle during a meeting held recently at the Bethany United Methodist Church. It was noted that that the monthly donation of $25 was sent in that a donation of $250 had been made to a family who lost their home in a fire. that 35 fruit basket had been prepared and delivered and that leftover fruit and four cakes were taken til God's Net for kids. The group endorses the Senior Citizens levy, and decided to make cakes or cookies· once every .month for the kids at God 's Net. Kathryn Hart conducted .the meeting wi"th devotions being given by Bernice Theiss who read "If God had an Eraser" and prayer. Hubbard noted that she had sent out II cards and 64 more were signed to b sent out making a total of 75 for the months. Several thank you cards were read with some enclos.ing donations. Evelyn Foreman had a prayer. The MotherDaughter banquet was set for May 8. . As part of the program for February, Lillian Hayman talked about Valentine's Day and what it means to us, spoke about Washington and Lincoln's birthdays, and about troops serv ing our country and how we should all support them and show our appreciation. Ruth .Simpson read a poem by Erma Bomback's husband on "Savi ng Leftovers" · and HayQJ an read "A We st Virginia Love Poem." The gro up sang "Happy Birthday" to Mary Ball. It was noted that it was al so Molly Gilmore's birthday. Those having March birthdays are Betty Proffitt, Lillian Hayman, Shirley Beegle, Avis Harrison and Ann Zirkle. Our March meeting will be an Easter Basket lunch exchange, with members to vote on the best basket for the door prize. JU SEcURriY· SWCD taking entries for photo contest ,INCOME·AND OTHER INCOME . ·' ' ' BY El.tZABETH CRUMP SOCIAL SECURITY MANAGER, ATHENS is limited. The IYI,JC and amount of additional.mcome you receive may have an effect on your SSI amount. . Right now, the maxiinu~ monthly payment for SSI 1s $637 for an individual and $956 for -a couple. For SSI purposes, we look at your monthly income. For unearned income, such as Social Security benefits, unemployment, • worker's compensation or insurance payments, we do not count the first $20 you receive each month. So, if you get a check for $200, onl~ $180 would be counted as mcome for SS I purposes. After the $20 exclusion, the remaining money counts dollar-for-dollar against your SSI. So in this example, $180 would be deducted from the base amount of your SSI payment For earned income (like wages or self employment) we exclude an additional $65 pet month. If your only mcome besides SSI is wages or self-employment and there ts no unearned mcome, the additional $20 exclusion is added on. This means your exclusion for earned income would be $85 per month. When your income is from work, as in this case, we only her so. but it falls on deaf ears. I crave to be loved by my wife and to return my fove to her. I. should probably try counseling, but I just can't seem to bring ,myself to do that; plus, my wife would not agree to go. "Craving 's" lett ~ r let me · know there are others sharing the same boat. Craving Intimacy in Pennsylvania Dear Craving: Show this· letter to your wife and · tell her yo u wrote it. Maybe if she sees it iri black and white, she will consider speak ing to her do9tor or going· with you for cou nseling. She needs to understand how much this is hurting you. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Piease e-mail your questions to al!niesmai/box@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box ll8190, Chicago, I L 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, risit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. Rem-embering others, project·of Sonshine Circle '· You ·may be able to receive i Supplemental Security i Iiicome (SSI), even if you i have other income? I ' : SSI is a federal program i that provides monthly pay: ments to people who have .liti tie or no income and who' idon't own many things. SSI : is for elderly people, as well i as blind or disabled people of [llnY age, including children. t}o get SSI, you must be 65 or •older, ·be totally or partially :blind, or have a medical con~ dition that keeps you from ; working and is expected to ; l!lst at least one year or result i in death. : · In addition, to be eligible : for SSI, you also must be a : U.S. resident and have· :resources worth less than : ~.000 for an individual or ' $3,000 for a couple. The l resources usually do not ' include the borne you live in, ' vehicle you drive, funds set : aside for burial, or personal : items. : · Some people believe that if ~ they have other income, they ; cannot apply for SSI. The . i fact is that you can apply, as : long as your current income 6:00pm Don't resort to keeping her in dark of officers . . Thursday, March 6 ROCKSPRINGS - Rev. Mark Morrow to speak at community Lenten service, 7 p.m., Rocksprings United :. ·. Wednesday, March 5 · Methodist Church. Thursday, March 13 "· PAGEVILLE - Scipio FOREST RUN - Rev. : Township Trustees meeting, '6:30 p.m. at the Pageville Kerry Wood to speak at community Lenten service, lown hall. 7 p.m., Forest Run United Methodist Church. ' OLI • Tuesday, March 4 ALFRED Orange 'Township Trustees, 7:30 :p.m. at the home of the fis: •cid pfficer, Osie Follrod. Monday, March 3, zooS ANNIE'S MAILBOX Wednesday, March 5 Monday, March 3 POMEROY SYRACUSE -S utton Township Trustees, 7 p.m., Middleport Literary Club, 2· p.m. at the Library in Syracuse Village Hall. Pomeroy. Pat Holter will :. :. LETART FALLS review "Whitethorn J,etart Township trustees, , regular meeting, 5 p.m., Woods." Norma Torres will be hostess. . office building. POMEROY - Meigs ·: MIDDLEPORT County Board of Health, 5 -~ Special meeting of . Middleport Village, Council, p.m., conference room. County Health of r7 p.m., in chambers. Meigs Department. Executive session to discuss pending. litigation. I ~. : PageA3 BY THE BEND :The Daily Sentinel J NnE DEtENTION CEN'IERS RECORD 13,000 CLAIMS .OF ABUSE IN 4 ' • subtract 50 cents for every dollar you earn out of your SSI check base amount. So in this exampJ.e, even though you worked and earned $200, your SSI payment would only be reduced hy $57.50. It is important to remember that we . use your · gross income, not your net income, to compute the monthly amounts. Also, there are some sorts of income which we do not count at all, such as food stamps, food from churGhes and soup kitchens, and shelter you receive ft:Om most private, non-profit orga'nizations. We .also exclude most home energy assistance. If you believe you might qualify for SSI, call us at 1800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800325-0778) or check out our website at www.socialsecurity,gov. You can also read our online publication, You May Be Able to Get SSI, at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs /11069.html. SSI may be just the thing you need to supple, ment your income. POMEROY-· The Meigs SWCD and the Leading Creek Watershed Group are still accepting. entries for their fourth amateur photo contest. This year's theme is "The Streams of Meigs County." This contest is open to Meigs County residents of all ages, but phoios must be taken within Meigs County and relate to the · theme . There is a limit of two photo submissions per person, and pictures of any format, size, black & white, or color will be accepted. All .pictures are welcome, current or historical and will be displayed at the SWCD office, but only three winners will be chosen for the cash prizes. Photos will be judged by a panel of local experts and residents. Send submis-· sions to the Meigs SWCD office by Monday, March 31. Photos can be delivered to the Meigs SWCD offic-e in Pomeroy or e- mailed to Raina.Fulks@oh.nacdnet.net Winners will be announced at ' the Annual Residents of Syracuse PEGGY YOST Please vote YES for the Police Levy on the March 4th Ballot. This levy replaces the existing levy. "'This Js not an additional levy as Republican Candidate for . . Meigs County Trea~urer Nine years in county gomnment Leading Creek S trearn Sweep, which will take place on Saturday, April 19 a1 9 a.m. at the Jim Vennari Park in Rutland. The top three photos wi Ii al so be displayed at lhe Meigs SWCD booth .during the 2008 Meigs County Fair and at the SWCD's 2008 annual banquet. To obtain the required entry fOrms and detailed contest rules contact the Meigs SWCD office at 9924282. The SWCD looks forward to seeing your photos of the streams of Meigs County. · Hostesses Bernice Theiss, Lillian Hayman and Ruth Simpson, served refreshments to · the 20 members attending, Edie Hubbard. Blondena Rainer. Martha Lou Beegle; Betty Proffitt; ' Letha Proffitt; Avis Harrison; Hazel McKelvey, Kathy McDaniel, Jackie White , Judy Gilmore, Louise Frank. Mabel Brace, Mary Ball , Lillian Hayman, Ruth Simpson, Bemice Theiss, Julie Campbell , Kathryn Hart. Evelyn Foreman and Ann Zirkle. Hostesses for March will be Blondena Rainer and Edie Hubbard. Local briefs .' Date set for cemetery . cleanup LETART Anyone wanting to save flowers on graves from Letart Township cemeteries are to · remove them before March I0. Cemetery caretakers will clean up after that time·. PROUD TO BE A· .PART OF YOUR LIFE. The Daily Sentinel Subscribe today • 992-2.J55 www.mydailysentinel.com • lnqease County Patrl)ls • Respond to all calls\· • Start on investigations unit • Start a K-9 program · Your. Vote is Greatly .. Appreciated ' Pard lor by lhe Commillee To Elect Healer For Sheriff Roger Hawk. Treasurer, 42041 Kaylor Rd., Reedsville, OH 45772 ' i . Chairman '•· ' •• .If> ·~I'W· �' . • • • The Daily Sentinel ______________ PageA4 OPINION · · Monday, March 3, --:... Monday, March 3; 20Q8 ::obituaries ' The Daily Sentinel ·obamas truthiness about Farrakhan Transfixed by the twothis was incredible. Before a · ju~t want to add something 111 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio candidate "horse race," national audience, Obama, here," Hillary Clinton said. (740) 992·2156 • FAX (740) 992·2157 maybe we didn't focus prewhose very candidacy has She explained that under www.mydailysentlnel.com cisely on what happened .in come to symbolize a similar circumstances durthe home stretch of the last promise of "post-racial" ing her first Senate race in Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Democratic debate when "unity" in America, failed to New York she had repudiatBarack Obama tried to pick Diana reject the support of ed the support of a political Dan Goodrich and nuance his way through · West · arguably the most racis~ and party she des.cribed as antiPublisher a straight-ahead .question divisive figure in Amenca. . Semitic. "I rejected it," from· MSNBC's Tim Russert tried another tack, Clinton said in one of lier Russert. . this time raising the ties Charlene Hoeflich Q: Do you accept the sup· between Farrakhan and genuinely better debating General Manager-News Editor "black" neighborhoods. But Obarna's pastor, the Rev. points. "I said that it would Pori of Louis Farrakhan? what is most important here · w · h J f not be anything I would be The question arose is to note Obama's failure to Jeremiah A. ng t r. o comfortable with ... I have because the longtime racist take' a stand on Farrakhan Chicago's Trinity United and anti-Semitic leader of Church. · Russert noted that no doubt that everything Congress shall make no law respecting an support: "I obviously can't Wright, whom Obama has that Barack just said is the racl.st and anti-Semitic censor him:· - whether establishment of religion, or prohibiting the Nation of Islam had deliv- Obama could censor him called his "spiritual mentor" absolutely ~incere. But I just free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom ered· a two-hour speech wasn't the question _ "but and "soundmg board," !)as think, we've got to be .even devoted mainly to praising . it is not support 1 sought." not only , traveled with stronger." of speech, or of the press; or the right of the Obama's candidacy. · ' Kind of tepid, no? Russert Farrakhan to VISit Clearly, Obama had to say people peaceably to assemble, and to petition Here is Obama's answer: tried again . ·_ Moammar Gadhafi in Libya something stronger. So he "You know, I have been Q: Do you reject his sup- - some junket. Wright has did: "Tim, I have to say I the Government for a redress of grievances. very clear .in my denuncia- port.? also said· that Farrakhan don't see a difference lion of Minister Farrakhan's .. Here is Obama's second "epitomized greatness." -The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution anti-Semitic comments. I answer. "Well, Tim, you Just last year, Wright's between denouncing and ' rejecting . ... But if the word think they are unacceptable know, 1 can't say to some- church, known for a creed ' reject' Sen. Clinton feels is and reprehensible. I did not body that he ca(l't say that ap\ly described as black stronger than the word solicit this support. He he thinks I'm a good guy." separatist, bestowed on expressed pride in an (This, of course, was just Farrakhan the Rev. Dr. 'denounce,' then I'm happy Today is Monday, March 3, the 63rd day of 2008. There African-American who another way of saying Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. to concede the point, and I reject and are 303 days left in the year. seems to be bringing the Obama couldn 't censor Lifetime Achievement would denounce." Today's Highlight in History: country together. I obvious- . Farrakhan.) The presidential Trumpeteer award. One could ask, Reject On March 3, 1931, President Hoover signed a measure ly can't censor him, but it is candidate continued: "You Does the Farrakhanmaking "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem not support that I sought. know, I _ you know, 1 _ I Wright relationship explain what? Denounce what? But And we're not doing any- have been very clear in my the reason Obama appeared the more interesting quesof the United States. On this date: . thing, I assure you, formally denunciations of him and unwilling to denounce tion is why was it so hard In' 1845, Florida became the 27th state. or informally, with Minister his past statements, and I Farrakhan altogether- not · for Senator Post-Racial .In 1849, the U.S. Department of the Interior was estab- Farrakhan." · think that indicates to the just his more notorious Unity to reject Minister lished. · "Minister" Farrakhan? American people what my statements? Alas, such a Racism and Divisiveness? In 1887, Anne Sullivan arrived at the Tuscumbia, Ala., The honorific seems unduly stance is on those com- question remained unasked. (Diana West is a columhome of Capt. and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the deferential applied to a ments." Obama launched into · a nist for The Washington Again, Russert hadn't lengthy discussion about teacher for their blind and deaf 6-year-old daughter, Helen. demagogue who, just to In 1894, Briiish Prime Minister William Gladstone sub- recall a few pearls of his asked Obama about "his Israel's security ("sacro- Times. She is the author of mitted his resignation to Queen Victoria, ending his fourth noxiousness, has labeled stance" on "those com- sanct"), the civil rights "The Death of the Grownand final premiership. Judaism a "gutter religion," . ments." The question was movement, even Dr. Martin up: How America's Arrested In 1918, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the said "the white man" is ''the about Farrakhan as a pack- Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Development Is Bringing Western Ottom.an Empire and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest- anti-Christ,'' and suggested a~e deal. Did Obama accept without mentioning Down Civilization. " She can be Litovsk, which ended Russian participation in World War I. the post-Katrina failure of h1s support? Did Obama Farrakhan or Wright again. (The treaty was rendered moot by the November 1918 the New Orleans levees was reje~t his support? None of which escaped contacted . via armistice.) a "white" plot to flood So far, no answer. And· his opponent's notice. "I dianawest@ verizon.net.) In 1945, the Allies fully secured the Philippine capital of ---------~·--------------------....,....~----:--­ Manila from Japanese forces during World War II. · In I 969, Apollo 9 bl.asted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module. WILL THAT BE . In 1974, nearly 350 people died when a Turkish Airlines DC-I 0 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in . TALL, GRANDE OR VENTI? Paris. In 1991, in a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video. In 1991, 25 people were killed when a United Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashed while approaching the Colorado · . Springs airport. Ten years ago: Presidential confidant Vernon Jordan tes- . ti fied before the grand jury investigating the Moriica Lewinsky matter. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates testified • before the Senate Judiciary Committee that his company wasn't a monopoly out to crush rivals in the Internet software market. The Supreme Court ruled that local lawmakers' votes are immune to lawsuits even if they had been based on illegal. or discriminatory motives. Larry Doby,the first black player in the American League, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Former CBS News president Fred'W. Friendly died in New York at age 82. · Five years ago: Israeli troops arrested Hamas co-founder Mohammed Taha in a deadly raid. (Israel released him 14 months later.) President Bush offered a rough blueprint for adding drug benefits to Medicare. Malcolm Kilduff, the White House spqkesman who announced to a shocked world th~ death of President Kennedy, died in Beattyville, Ky., at age 75. Thought for Today: "Nothing is really real unless it happens on television." - Daniel J. Boorstin, educator and one-time Librarian of Congress (1914-2004). · . · POMEROY - Jim Ward of 'Locust Grove Road, :. Pomeroy, died Sunday, March 2, at his home. _Arrangements ~iii be announced by Ewing· Funeral Home, · Pomeroy. Homer ·Howard' Banks . , RACINE - Homer "Howard" Banks: 84,' of Racine, formerly of Charleston Heights, S.C. , died' at the Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis on Sunday, March 2, 2008. ' Services will be held on Thesday, March 4, 2008 at 2 .· :p:m. at the Fisher· Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in -' Pomeroy with Pastor Conard -Belcher officiating. . Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 r·m: on Mo~day, Mar~h ··.t 2008 at the luneral home. A ful obituary wtil appear m , ·'fuesday's paper. ... David Donohue SYRACUSE - David Donohue of Syracuse died on ' ·Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 at The Arbors of .Gallipolis. Mr. : Donohue's wishes are to be cremated. No services are sched, nled. Arrangements were hi!ndled by Fisher Anderson - McDaniel Funeral Home. - · · Online 'registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. TODAY IN HISTORY ing around 1,200 by March. That would be about 12 perLetters to the editor are welcome. They should be less cent below current levels than 300 words. All/etters are subject to editing, must be NEW YORK - Stock and 23 percent below the signed, and. include address and telephone number. No investors in recent weeks record high for the index unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in have beerr more willing to good taste, addressing issues, not personalities. Letters of brush off a drumbeat of reached on Oct. 9. That helps to back the thanks to organizations and individuals will not be accept- negative housing and inflaargument of Wall Street's ed for publication. tion news that has cast a pall pessimists who think modover their credit-market est stock gains seen since comrade~. Who's getting it Jan. 22 are nothing more righi? than a bear-market rally, · Those ownirig equities with investors just catching . have become more upbeat their breath before more (USPS 213-960) Reader Services that monetary and fiscal aggressive selling begins. Ohio Valley Publishing measures will ease the Co. Two aggressive interestCorrection Polley nation's economic woes Our main concem in all stories is to Published eve,ry aftvrnoon, Monday rate cuts by the Federal fairly fast. Debt holders, Reserve . through Friday, 111 Court Street, have helped temper be accurate: If you know of ·an error Pomeroy, Ohio. second-class meanwhile, are betting the In a story, call the newsroom at (740) ' postage paid at Pomeroy: economy is doome~ to fall stock owners' concerns in 992~2156. Member: The Associated Press and, into a recession, as evi- recent weeks. Those actions the Ohio Newspaper Association . denced by the significantly - a surprise move on Jan. Po1tm11ter: Send address correc· widening of spreads 22 and another one at the Our main number Ia tiona to The Dailv Sentinel, 111 Court between corporate bonds central bank's regularly ' (740) 992-2156. Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. scheduled meeting on Jan. and Treasury notes. . Department extensions are: Stockholders often don 't 29- knocked down its fedSubacrlptlon Ratea come out ahead when those eral funds rute by I .25 perBy carrier or motor route views collide. History centage points to 3 percent. News One month '1 0.27 On Wednesday, Fed shows that' when investors Editor: ChaMene Hoeflich, Ext. 12 One year '115.84 · Ben 'Bernanke Chairman depmnd ever-higher yields Dally 50' Reporter: Brian Reed, Ext. 14 signaled that there would Senior Citizen rates for middle-grade corporate Reporter: Beth Sergent, Ext. 13 One month '1 0.27 debt - wiih a rating of Baa likely be more cuts in the One year '103.90 - than they will accept for overnight lending rate for SUbscribers Shouk:l remit in advance Advertising risk-free Treasuries, it usu- banks to steady the teetering direct to the Dally Sentinel. No sub· Outside Sales: Dave Harris, Ext. 15 ally signals bad news for ecbl)omy. "The economic scriptidn by mail permitted in areas stocks four to six months situation has become disOutside Saloa: Brenda Davis, Ext 16 where home carrier service is ''avail~ later, according to Merrill tinctly less favorable" ·since ClaaaJCirc.: Judy Clark, Ext. 10 able. Lynch. Its researchers esti- the summer, the Fed chief mate that every I00 basis told the House Financial Mail Subscription General Manager · ln•lde Melge County poiiu gap in those spreads Services Committee. ChaMene Hoellich, Ext. t 2 13 Weeks '32.26 The government's. $168 eventual! y . translates into a 26 Weeks '64.20 300-point decline for the billion· economic stimulus 52,Weeks '127.11 . E·mall: Standard & Poor's 500 package, which promises stock index . ' , tax rebates to individuals news@mydailysentinel.com Outside Meigs County Based on how far those and businesses later this 13 Weeks '53.55 spreads have widened since year, also has fed stock Web: 26 Weeks '1 07.10 last fall , Merrill Lynch said · investors' optimism. 52 Weeks '214.21 www.mySjailysentinel.com 'I' the S&P 500 could be tradThe S&P 500 jumped The Daily SeJ;ltinel AP BUSINESS WRITER more than 4 .percent in the last five weeks befqie a pullback on Thursday. Other major market indices are also higher since then the Dow Jones industrial average .I;Jas climbed more than 5 percent, while the Nasdaq composite index has gained more than 2 percent. What's interesting i& how investors have started overlooking news that weeks ago could have sparked a major sell-off. FoP instance, data issued. on Tuesday _showing continued deterioration in housing prices and a surge in foreclosure filings didn't roil the markets, and stocks that have been hard hit by such news in the past staged strong rallies. . Homebuilders, banks and other financial · services companies - the market's . biggest losers last year have been Jeading the recent advance. Among the biggest gainers: Ambac Financial Group Inc.,. which has surged nearly 30 percent to just under $12 a share since last Friday. Before that, the bond insurer h~d lost 64 percent so far this year. Those gains have come despite the distress signal tlashing from the credit markets. Stocks may have performed well lately, but bonds are going the opposite way- big time. The spread between U.S. corporate bonds and comparable Treasury notes is clos- ing in on all-time highs. T)lat spread is now around 240 basis points versus a 272 basis point re!=ord in October 2002, according ,to Bespoke Investment Group. In riskier comers of the credit markets, the situation is even more pronounced. The spread on Merrill Lynch's high-yield corporate bond spread is 717 basis points versus the 446 basis points seen before the Fed began cutting rates in September. That suggests debt investors are fretting over worsening economic conditions, which would lead banks to take more writedowns on their subprime mortgage-related debt and commercial real estate loans, too. Financial companies have taken $150 bilhon in write-downs over the last year, according to a calculation by The Associated · Press. As a result, lending conditions could further tighten .and the corporate sector could struggle to raise fresh cash or refinance existing loans. All that could lead to higher rates of corporate debt defaults. Maybe clebt investors are wrong to be so worried. But maybe stock buyers are too optimistic, too. Those rooting for equities aren't only betting on better times ahead, they are also gambling that history won't repeat itself. ·• Composting 101 Everyone wants to be green these days and what better way to get started than composting to help recycle nutrients! Harriet Collins and Rosemarie Zimmer. • Veggies Galore! -Learn the basics of vegetable ganlerung from new and exciting varieties to preventing disease and co~troling insects and weeds. Eric Barrett ' • Build-Y?ur-Own ~ack:yard Pond- This ~s the sessiOn for all of those senous abou~ a pondLearn ~ of the ~sas this c.lass will be two sesstons long. Erica Wallace & Linda McDou~al. · This LS the nineteenth time the OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers have sponsored .this event for loCal gardening enthusiasts. Each of the past few Garden Party Events has drawn over 100 gardeners to share knowled~e and gain expertise in certain areas of horticulture. Hands-on' breakout sessions make this a favorite event of g~dene!'S from all over the Mid-Ohio Valley. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. with'light refreshmenfS in the Lobby of the Arts & Scieoces Building at Washington State Community College. The OSU Extension Master Gardeners will weicome participants at 6 p.m., followed by three 45-minute breakout sessions. The evening will conclude at 9 p.m. The Garden Party event will be hosted at Washington State Community College 710 Colegate Drive, M'arietta. Padting is available just outside the Arts & Sciences Building. The $17 . registration fee inc! des freshme ts d JXOceedinu. ~ all breaknant .· gs tOr ou sesSlons. . For ~ cop~ of the flyer "':lth the regiStrah?n and map, VISit the Washm~on County Extens1on Horllculture website http://":ashington.osu.edu/hortl ul;'Cormng-hort-events · and click on the Garden Party X~. Or call the OSU ExtensiOn office at 740-376-7431. Send the regtstrabon fonn and check to the OSUE. Washmgton Cou~ty, Attn: Eric Barrett, 202 DaVIs Avenue, Manetta, Ohio · 45750. Relay ~bove: Taking top honors in the· intermediate divi· sian were left to right, Abby Eads, champion, and Kaylee Nelson and Kelsey Hudson, runners-up. offered 0fl . satiety ues ISS. MARIETTA Rural safety issues go beyo11d general farm safety. For that reason OSU Extension and Farm Bureau are teaming up to sponsor morning workshops to help our area better understand rural crime issues in addition to general farm safety. P'resenters and speakers will cover everything from meth labs to skin cancer. Their 2008 Farm Safety Program will be held at Warren High School starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 3. . The main session will be an extraction demonstration put on by the Barlow Volunteer Fire Department. Participants , wi II see rescue and emer- · gency services up-close and learn about a wide. range of safety measures for everyday activities. This will be followed by a program by Kathy Redmond from the Gates McDonald Group Rating Program through the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation · (Ohio BWC). Kathy will discuss ways to keep your prem.iums low. Her program will be followed by a session on Working with the Media in Crisis Situations. Participation in the evening,s programs will count for safety training for Ohio Farm Bureau Members in the Gate McDonald Group through the Ohio Bureau of · Workers Compensation. Others are encouraged to contact their groups about the possibility of getting this session as credit. · The program is also open to any and all emergency responders in Washington and surrounding counties. Local Briefs Left: Champion in the prima-ry division was Brady Young. Election· lunches, dinners Submnted photoo ·winners · from Page A1 musical instruments. The - ehampions were awarded trophies · and $50 in cash, while runners-up receive trophies and $25 m cash. The winners were: primary division, Brady Young, ALL BUSINESS: ·Colliding views on the economy show up in stock and credit markets Bv RACHEL BECK MARIETIA - "Waking Up. Your Garden" w11l be theme for the 19th annual Garden Party to be held Thursday, March 27. from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Arts & Sciences Building at Washington State Communitr Coll~ge. . The everung will feature siX 45-minute classes, of which . participants can choose three in ~hich to ~cipate. The sess1ons willlllCiude: • Growing Herbs - Learning how to plant herbs .as well. as companiOn . planung w1th ~· Growmg hl:tbs ~ be sunple and rewarding wnh an understanding of the needs of herbs. • Startin Plants from SeedsLearning ~w to take a seed and grow a plant using the proper equipment needed .to start the seed and then how to transplant the plant to your garden. John Sims. · • Evergreen. Shrubs For the Home Gan!en - Tired ofboring, deciduous shrubs? Learn about all the evergreen options (included different colors) and how to use them around your home. Mike Ennemoser from Greenleaf Landscapes. those who are or have batFor more information tied cancer or who h'ave or tn form a team, contact lost their lives to the dis- Sim- at 992--1158 (home), ease. 992-6626 ('work), 416from PageA1 Sim added, a cure for , 0064 (cell) or via email at ty makes Relay very if)ter- cancer probably . isn't .csim@odh.ohio.gov. esting and fun." going to be found in JoAnn Crisp is the Meigs Teams are comprised of Meigs County but RFL County RFL chairperson. people from workplaces, dollars support numerous The ACS' RFL attempts families, · friends and services for local cancer to represent the hope that neighbors, all of whom are patients/survivors and those lost to cancer will trying to raise funds and their families; prevention never .be forgotten; that of the awareness and education those who face cancer will awareness American Cancer Society. for local citizens and stu- be supported and that one Team efforts can be in dents; research and advo- day cancer will be elimihonor or in memory of cacy, which benefit all. nated. .. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Daily Sentinel• Page As ..:...._ _;__ _..;. Master Gardeners to host garden party Workshop Jim Ward .. ______ ____ __ www.mydailysentinel.com ...:,__.:,_ 2008 ;.. Cruelty '' champion; intermediate division, Abby Eads, champion, with Kelsey Hudson and Kaylee Nelson, run~ ners-up; and · high school in division, "Missing Affection," champion, and Kerri VanReeth, runner-up. The drama students are now putting together a production of the mus1cal, "Grease" to be presented March 28-29. homes charged for boarding fees, people just did that out of the goodness of their hearts," Bear said. from PageA1 · The Meigs County Humane Society receives .,oo of three years; and was no courity funding and oper, ordered to pay all fines and ates through donations. · court costs. · Those six horses will , . According to the Meigs '·soon be eight, with two of ):;ounty Humane Society, o~ the mares already pregnant --June 28, 2007 of last year tt when Baer took custody of received a call from a con- the animals. Donahue said animal . £emed resident that report. 'ed horses which' appeared to cruelty is a misdemeanor of · be "starving to death" on the second 'degree and he Sanford Davis Road near felt with the way the law is : .D.anville. Meigs County written, his office was able Humane Office Andy Baer to get a "stitl penalty" in 'went to the ~roperty that comparison with other cases ' ·day and descnbed them as in Ohio. Donahue guessed · "thin and starvinf with "a ' his office sees one to two : ·small water hole ' and "no cases . of animal cruelty a ' ·pasture." Baer then fed the . year. "We do take animal erne ···horses and posted notice on eity cases seriously,'' 1he property . for the owner Donahue said, adding, "no . ' 'to can him. · Baer returned to the hors- doubt a lot of those cases go ·es location the next day unrep<>rted." V1cky Baer, treasurer of ' after trying to ·contact the owner and eventually the humane society said, · removed the horses on June "It's (animal cruelty) there. · ·31, 2007 with the animals It · does exist iri Meigs · ·.being placed in foster County but some people turn a blind eye to it. Don't ··homes. . The case included sever- assume someone else is . al continuances and in the going to call and report ani· months since it began, ihe mal cruelty because more cost of feeding the horses often than not, they don't.'.' Vicky acjded the humane · and providing them with ·· medical care has cost the society does not require ··humane society over names and anonymous calls · $3,000. Baer said. boarding are welcome if someone Jees were not part of suspects animal abuse. If .· Marcum's restitution, or you suspect animal · abuse, ·that figure would have been call the Meigs County Humane Officer at 992· high~r. · "None> of the foster 6060 and leave a message. . POMEROY The Syracuse Community Center will once again be serving lunch and dinner beginning at 10 a.m. until the polls close tomorrow. Hqmemade soups, sandBrian J, RMd/photo wiches, . deserts, refreshMeigs County Commissioners Jiin Sheets and Mick Davenport are pictured with 4-H Agent ments, etc. will i::Je served. Cassie Turner, and 4-H'ers Garrett Ritchie, Grace Edwards and Sarah Lawrence as they proclaim this Ohio 4-H Week in Meigs County. Thmer said. While not tradi- Meigs High School. tional 4-H clubs, the afterCommissioners also: school programs introduce • Tabled action on bids for the "life skills" emphasis of new lighting at the Racine from PageA1 4-H to a larger population Ball Field. • Approved a commendaTurner said there are 38 who might not think of join· tion for David Jenkins, who active 4-H clubs in the ing a traditional club. Thrner said the after- is retiring from the county, and over 500 chilAuditions. school participants will !llso Department of Joh and dren are expected to join this year. The 4-H·program be invited to participate in Family Services. Thumbelina • Approved payment of has been expanded to summertime 4-H activities, March 10 & 11 6-8 pm include children in after- such as camp. She was · bills m the amount of school programs in Meigs accompanied by Sarah $156,868.05. and Grace Present were and Southern Elementary Lawrence Charlotte's Webb Edwards, representing the Commissioners Mick schools, Turner said. March14&15@7pm Those after-school pro- Bleeding Green 4-H Club, Davenport. and Jim Sheets March 16@ 3 pm grams include a Cloverbud and Garrett Ritchie of the and Clerk Gloria Kloes, who led the Pledge of program for early elemen- Barnyard Gang 4-H Club. The 4-H program kicked Allegiance to open the Box Olllce: 428 2nd Ave. tary students, and group Galllpoll1, OH (740) 446-ARTS work for older students, off with a Saturday event at nlee~ing. Program **************· Eltd Marty L. Cline, CPA Tom ANDERSON Republlton Condidole Me!gs County Commissioner Repalb CudWate Mei~Councy rutl7yanill1"•''r.wllllluD!flll!immlllluMI'fc.y "AMtyCitd111 lllllplliuttulflliiVCIIIIfJ, I Elect II' C . i]Wr,. . .lltir, .•••u•..,..•••.-••••pe c• MiktBamm 1liANKYOUFORYOURmui« ********** • Life long Meigs Resident • US Air Force Vietnam Veteran Retired from Goodyear and Shell ChemiCal in Company Management • Commander Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion ; • Past President Pomeroy Gun Club ' We must reach ·out in order to create more businesseS, and employment for our county citizens. We need to have pride in what we have to offer and how we are seen. Let's star.t helping ourselves and each other to get the job done. Your SUf1port on March 4th is tlf1f1reciated. �• • • The Daily Sentinel PageA6 NATION • WORLD Monday, March 3; BYIBRAHIMBARZAK . ,- ' AND , During the Putin presidency, Medvedev diligently f<;J\lowed orders, whether as MOSCOW- As Russia's cl)ief of staff or in recent next president, Dmitry . years as first deputy priin¢ Medvedev appears set to minister and chairman of !hi! play good c.op to Vladimir state-controlled gas bell~- . Putin 's bad cop. · ·moth Gazprom. ., Medvedev scored a crushDemonstrating his loyal .t~, ing victory in Russia's pres- Medvedev based his camidential elections Sunday, paign on a pledge to caiTy taking more than 69 percent out "Putin's plan." Most of the vote with ballots from Russians suppiJrt Putlr\, 80 percent of precincts credited with . bringing counted. His victory was steady economic growth ~ np never in serious doubt once expanding Russia's glob'!!_ Putin backed him' in influence, and Medvedeli December. has been eager to reassure The youthful lawyer has them there will he continu'. suggested he will ease some ity. of the repressive measures . But once Medvedev· i's used to roll back democracy installed as president, With under his predecessor, and powers that include the right seems likely to present a to fire his prime minister, friendlier face to the West. · there is no way of knowing But Putin,' the stern former whether one day he m1gHt KGB officer who has ruled turn oil his mentor in a bid to Russia. for the last eig~t concentrate real authority-.in years, 1s expecte to remam liis own hands. · by his side as prime minister Medvedev in rec~rtt - and quite possibly still · weeks has been speaking out calling the shots. in unanticipated way~ ,, Medvedev's main job will Seeming to cringe at wlr.JI be to "rebrand" Russia, he calls the "di sregard (<jr especially for foreign the law" in Russia, he hli'S investors, said Chris Weafer, talked about the need ·ror chief strategist at ·UralSib independeni courts, a free investment baitk. press, protection of private "He will try to change the r.roperty and an end to the perception of Russia from a 'extortionary" bribes paid to corrupt, inefficient country officials by small busmess.' lacking legal protections to a His ·. pnmounceml!nt thllt country more open for busi- "freedom is better than nonness," Weafer said. . freedom" has been grasped The question is how men- at by some Russians di stor and protege will share mayed by Putin 's increaspower and whether ingly authoritarian rule. · '. · Medvedev's rise indicates a · But Medvedev's righteous fundamental shift in th·e indignation over corruptioh .Kremlin game plan, or is and curbs on freedoms simply a ,public relations clashes with his record. He move. worked closely with Putin as Will Medvedev . remain _the Kremlin used cornpliarit subservient to Putin after his courts to silence opponents inauguration in May? Or and take over companies will Putin fade into the shad- whose owners failed 'to . ows once he is confident show sufficient loyalty. Medvedev has established He voiced support for the control'? Putin also has left closing of independent teleopen the option of returning vision networks and other to the presidency when elec- measures that strengthened tions are held in fo.ur y@ars' the Kremlin's political control. . · time. Some believe Putin could At OAO Gazprom ,' i)e serve as the president's he'lped to restore state consenior adviser with strong trol over the gas monopoly, influence over policy the heart of what has reminiscent of the role become k(Jown as Kremlin played by Vice President Inc. Russia · has been Dick Cheney in the adminis- accused of using Gazprom tration of President Bush. to put political pressure ·on Bush has himself neighboring countries that · expressed uncertainty about depend on it for their gllb Medvedev's role, although supplies. , : he says he does not expect Under Putin, the Krenllin him to be Putin's puppet. He was focused on' regaining said it would be interesting the strategic sectors of the to see who represents Russia economy, including its ener- ' at the Group of Eight sum- gy and armaments indusmit in Japan in July. In the tries. Foreign firms have past, it has always been the been forced to relinqu-ish president. ·control over major oil and It is possible that Putin gas projects. himself does not yet know But with ·raw material!; how his' role will evolve. In · still accounting for the bulk the coming months and pos- of Russia's exports, ·Putin . sibly years, how he and has said that Russia needs to Medvedev share power will diyersify its economy and be closely watched for signs modernize its manufactuPof where Russia is heading. ing to maintain . growth. -. Bv LYNN BERRY JOSEF FEDERMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -The Palestinian preside'nt suspended peace talks Sunday as Israel brushed off international criticism and vowed to press ahead with its Gaza offensive until militants halt rocket attacks. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said an even broader Gaza operation was possible, aimed at crusl]ing militant rocket squads but also to "weaken the Hamas rule, in the right circumstances, even to bring it down." : . The Palestinian· death toll rose by 26, bringing the number killed to 114 since the latest bout of fighting erupted on Wednesday, according to Palestinian . medical officials and miliAP photo ·tant groups. At least 54 Palestinian militants run during an Israeli army operation in Jebaliya refugee camp, in the Palestinians and two Israelis northern Gaza Strip, Sunday. Israeli aircraft seht missiles slamming into the office of the were killed on Saturday, the prime minister of Hamas-ruled Gaza before dawn· on Sunday, pressing forward wit~ · an single deadliest day in more offensive that has killed nearly 70 Palestinians in two days of fighting. · than seven years of fightmg. The Gaza· onslaught has offiCials said. Also, aircraft result of new measures excessive force. The U.N. failed to protect · southern attacked two metal work- imposed by Hamas. It told Security -Council urged Israel, where residents have shops in northern Gaza, its fighters to use alleys for Israelis and Palestinians "(o faced repeated rocket attacks wounding 1O, they said. cover and avoid moving in immediately cease all acts of since 2001. Gaza militants The military said two large groups, ordered violence." fired more than 25 rockets at weapons caches were hit and schools closed and set up At the weekly meeting of southern Israel Sunday, the that the troop rotations were ruadblocks to keep civilians his Cabinet, Israeli Prime .military said, s~oring direct routine. out of battle zones. In recent Minister Ehud Olmert hits on houses in the city of On Sunday, II days, schoolchildren had left -rejected the criticism. Ashkelon and the town of Palestinians, including a 21- their studies to watch the· "Nothing will prevent us Sderot. Nine Israelis were month-old girl; were killed, fighting. The order forced from continuing operations injured, rescue services said. and 10 others died of earlier children to stay at home. to protect our citizens," he Palestinian negotiator wounds or were found dead, The unrest spilled over to said. "No one has the moral Saeb Erekat said peace talks Palestinian medical officials the West Bank, where Abbas right to preach to Israel for with Israel had been halted. said. · and his Fatah faction run a taking the elementary step of "For the time being, the. Roughly half of those rival government. self-defense." negotiatio.ns are suspended killed since Wednesday ln .the West Bank town of Olmert. commenting on because we have so many were civilians, medical offi- Hebron, a 14-year-old the suspension 'of talks, said funerals," he said. It was cials said. On Sl\turday, Palestinian boy was fatally "attackuig Hamas strengthunclear when the talks, Palestinian leaders called the shot in the chest during a ens the chance for peace." relaunched last November at killings "genocide" and a protest against Israel, "I'm sure that beyond cer·a U.S.-hosted summit, "holocaust." Palestinian medical officials tain statements, the would resume. "We are following the said. It was the first death ih Palestinian leadership,· the The · \\iolence clouded an aggression against our peo- the West Bank connected to one with whom we want to upcoming visit by Secretary pie in Gaza," Palestinian · the Gaza offensive. achieve peace, also underof State Condoleezza Rice. President Mahmoud Abbas An Israeli military stands_that," he said. . . The Israeli and Palestinian told reporters. He said he spokesman said youths Israel regularly clashes leaders· have .set a December · had contacted the U.N. staged a "violent demonstra- with Gaia rocket squads, but target for ·concluding a final Security Council, the EU tion," throwing firebombs it in!ensified its operations peace deal. But instead of and Arab leaders "to work to and putting soldiers at risk. last week after militants promoting peace, Rice will stop this aggression." Later about 2,000 angry fired salvos into Asl)kelon, a likely spend her visit this Abbas has wielded little Hamas supporters marched city of 120,000 II miles week trying to put out the influence in Gaza since through the city streets, north of Gaza. By targeting a latest fire. Hamas vanquished . his waving copies of the Quran center like Ashkelon, only The Bush administration forces and took over last and green Hamas flags. 25 miles from the metropolis demanded a halt to the fight- June. In a symbolic move, "Revenge. Revenge. of Tel Aviv, Hamas raised in?,. · · he dorfated blood for Gaza Retaliate in Tel Aviv,'' the the stakes and added pres. 'The violence needs to residents at his West Bank crowd chanted. sure on Israeli leaders to stop and ·the talks need to ·office. . Schools and shops across respond. ., In Sderot, the town nearest resume," Gordon Johndroe, . The normally bustiing the West Bank shut down to a spokesman for the streets of Gaza City were protest the operation in Gaza Gaza . which has suffered National Security Council, eerily empty, The sound of and there were demonstra- most of the rocket attacfl,s said in Texas. verses from the Muslim holy tions at traditional flash- 'over the past seven years, In the early hours of book, the Quran, sounding points like checkpoints, daily life has ~ecome almost Monday, Palestinians count- from mosque· loudspeakers watchtowers and patrol unbearable . The rockets ed nine separate Israeli mingled with the roar of routes. · · have killed 13, wounded airstrikes all over Gaza, and Israeli warplanes and In Ramallah, home to dozens and caused millions five Hamas militants were unmanned drones in the sky. Abbas' government, club- of dollars in damage. killed. One attack was near Hundreds gathered outside wielding Palestinian security Egypt has cooperated with the office of Hamas Prime Gaza hospitals waiting for forces used tear gas and an · Israeli blockade of Minister Ismail Haniyeh, bodies to be brought out of pushed back dozens of Hamas in Gaza, but opened who was not in the area at morgues for burial. Many, women demonstrating in . its · sealed border crossing the time. The Israeli military like schoolieacher Tawfek support of Hamas. Security with the territory Sunday to said aircraft targeted Shahan, a 44-year-old father forces tried to stop TV crews allow. some of the weapons storage and manu- of five, were holding small filming and clubbed protest- Palestinian wounded access facturing facilities. radios,.listening to the new~. ers, said Muhib Barghouthi, to medical care. Before midnight, Israel "Shame on the Arabs. a photographer who was on · Egypt sent 27 ambulances had moved additional shame on the Muslims, scene. to the Rafah crossing to ground forces and armored shame on humanity ... When The Gaza offensive also transfer between ISO to 200 vehicles, into northern Gaza, will they act to stop Israel?" drew a chorus of internation- wou'nded, said Imad widening its area of opera- Shaban asked. a! condemn11tion. The EU Kharboush, a medical offition to about a mile, witnessThe reduced casualty and U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon cia! at a hospital in el-Arish, es and Palestinian security count may have been the accused Israel of using near the Israeli border. ·"'ee' YOST Meigs County Treasurer Reyes expects compromise as early _as this week on eavesdropping law WASHINGTON (AP)The House Intelligence Committee , chairman expects a compromise soon on renewal of an eavesdropping law that could prov1de legal protections for telecommunications companies as President Bush I:tas insisted. Rep . Silvestre Reyes, in a television interview broadcast Sunday, did not specifically say whether the House proposal would mirror the Senate's version .. The Senate measure provides retroactive legal, immunity to the companies that helped the govemment wiretap U.S. com puter and phone lines after the Sept. II attacks with out clearance from a secret court. Bush wants the House to agree to the Senate bill. Reyes, · D-Texas, ;a id he was open to that poss ibili ty after receil.; ing documents frOJn the Bush administnition and speaking to the companies about the inclustry 's role in the government spy program. "We are talking to the representatives from the communications companies becau se if we're going to give them blanket immunity, we want to know and we want to understand what it is that we ' re gi·vi ng immunity for," he said. "I have an open mind about that." Regarding a compromise deal, · Re~es said: "We think we re very· close. probably within the next week we' II be able to h'Opefully bring it to a vote ." Rep. Roy Blunt, the second-ranking Republican in the House, said Sunday he was not "quite that optimistic yet." "I am committed to the idea that we have to work thi s out," said Blunt, RMo . "It 's easy to solve thi s problem i.f the Democrat!!l' decide they want to solve it. The Senate proved it was easy and enough Democrats in the House believe it's easy that it's just up to the leaders to do this." T.he eavesdropping law makes it easier for the government to spy ·on foreign phone calls and emails that pass through -the United States. The law expired Feb. 16 after Congress did not quickly renew it. Bush opposed a temporary extension and. has warned that failure to 200'"8 .Power duos evolving · relationship will determine Russia s future Gaza. renew the law would put the nation at greater risk. ., But House Democrats· worried the legal protections would erode civil liberties protections and accused Bush of fear-mon gering. A quirk in .the•temporary ·eavesdropping law adopted by Congress last August allow s the government to initiate wiretaps for up to one year against a wide range of targets . Reyes, whose i'nterview was · taped Friday, appeared on CNN's "Late Edition," as did Blunt. RE-ELEC'r BY DENA POTTER BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER AP ECONOMICS WRITER would support it. Congress - $533 - and still owe also banned payday lenders, more than $900. car title lenders and tax ' Johnson is paying about ' MONTVALE, Ya. - The refund anticipation loan $40 per month on the princiDodge pickup has rust on the companies from charging pal and about $200 in inter·tailgate and a Harley- members of the military or est. If he stops, he' ll lose the Davidson sticker on its back their families more than 36 car. If .he continues, he'll Windshield. Beside it sits a percent interest. sink more money into the car tillnda ·Accord with a big, The lenders have fought than it's worth. ' white butterfly on the wind- hard against regulations. "I'm' paying $5,000 for a s~ield and American flag · In Virginia alone, four car car ihat cost me $1 ,300, and butterflies on each side of title lenders contributed if I get sick and miss a paythe trunk. more than $280,000 to legis- ment or can't make a pay· There's the minivan sport- . lators in 2007. One compaillg a tattoo parlor bumper ny, Anderson Financial ment they're going to come sticker and a miniature San Services, which does ·busi- take my-car away," Johnson, f(ancisco football jersey ness as LOanMax and sever- a 67-year-old retired carpensuctioned to a window of a al other· lenders, donated ter, said in a telephone interr~ Cougar with a scuffed- more than $185,000, accord- view. Johnson now wishes he\1 up driver's side. ing to the Virginia Public just gotteri a payday loan. At , . They all have one thing in Access Project, an indepencommon: Their owners did- dent, nonprofit tracker of least then, he says, he would .have known what he owed. ,n't pay off a car title loan, money in state politics. ·and now they ' re getting Repeated calls to Either way, he said, legislaready for auction. LoanMax officials were not tors need to protect families For years payday lenders returned. .. like his from predatory have been the bad guy in the Jeff Smith, a lobbyist for lenders. predatory lending debate Community While industry ·opponents Loans of while their close cousin, car America, one of the nation's want caps on the amount car Jitle lenders, have cruised largest car title and payday title lenders can charge, they .along unnoticed -· and per- lenders, said car title loans fear regulating the industry haps more disturbing for aren't as problematic as pay- will legitimize it the way it some - unregulated in sev- day loans because borrowers ha~ payday lenders. eral states. Many efforts to can't gel more than one at a States that have regulated regulate the industry have time unless they have multi- payday lenders have seen a failed as .the lenders pllur ple cars. Many payday bor- proliferation of the storehundreds of thousands of rowers take out numerous front cash advance shops. pollars into legislative cam- . loans, sinking deep into Last year, 24,000 payday paigns. debt. lenders made about $40 bilAdvocates for the poor say "A lot of the consumer lion in loans nationwide, they don't have the resources protection issues that are "according to The. Center for to fight both industries at the debated in regard to payday Responsible Lending. same time. Once the payday lending don't exist m title Republican Delegate lenders are in check, they lending," Smitl) said. Morgan championed vow to go after' car title Here's how the loans usu- Harvey the 2002 law that opened lenders. ally work: A borrower gives Virginia's doors to payday They claim title loans the title to his vehicle and a short-term, high interest copy of its keys to a lender in lenders and now regrets it. loans secured by a car title exchange fpr a loan up to He hopes car title lenders - can be even more disas- about half of the car's will simply go away as legis.!fous than payday loans. wholesale value. The bor- lators pass stricter regula''They can both trap bor- rower · agrees to repay the tions on payday lenders, but rowers in long-term debt, but loan plus triple-digit annual he's not optimistic. "There's always going to with a payday loan the col- interest and other fees and lateral ts a personal check. often must pay back the loan be one more standing in line With a car title loan, it's the in a month or two. If the bor- to come in and separate peofamily's probably most rower falls behind, he could ple from their money," he said. important asset," said Leslie lose his car. Parrish, senior researcher for There is no nationwide the Center for Responsiblt: data on the industry. Because the lenders .are unregulated Lending. Car title lenders operate in in several states, officials nearly half the states, about a have no way of keeping dozen of which have specif- track of the loans. "We know they are ope ratic laY<s regulating how much the lenders can charge, ing in Virginia, I just couldn't tell 'you how many or' Parrish said. Where there are no laws who they . are," said E. specific to the industry title Joseph Face Jr., commislenders operate under regu- sioner of the state's Bureau lations governing pawn shop . of Financial Insiitutions. There also is no way to brokers or other lenders, except in Vrrginia, where car know how many borrowers title lenders have clinched are losing their cars. anto laws that regulate credMany of those repossessed in Virginia wind up at Bryan it cards. . By structuring their loans Buchanan Auto Auction near as open-end credit, the Roanoke. The · auction runs lenders can charge triple- through abOut I00 car title digit interest and whatever loan repos each month. On a chilly February night, terms they wish as long as they don't charge anything about 20 repossessed by for 25 days. In most states, · LoanMax were auctioned, the entire loan is due in one most bringing between $750 month, but can be rolled and $2,500. That's good news ·for o.ver and new fees charged. :.This year, legislation was Lorenzo Gill, 28, and Kisha introduced in at least eight Hunter, 20, both of Roanoke. states, from Aoridno South They were there to find a Dakota. Last year, '16 states reasonabl~ p~ced car, pla~­ ·took on car title lendf :s, and mg the. wmmng $2,200 b1d six of those - · Iowa, on a 2000 Chrysler LHS. "It's sad," Gill said as he Mississippi, Nevada, : ~ontana, Oregon and Utah looked out over the line of :~ passed some son of regu- cars in the gravel lot. "But one man's Joss is another ·Iations. ~- Some have taken on both man's gain., (iayday and car title lenders Bruce Johnson .is trying at once. New Hampshire hard not to lose his 2000 legislators are close to an Dodge Neon. He and his agreement on· a 36 percent wife, Helen, took out an interest rate cap on payday $800 loan from Fast Auto .and car title loans, and the Loans Inc. near Richmond. governor there has said he They've paid three payments WASHINGTON - . The cascading fallout from the subprime loan crisis, barely. a cloud. on the horizon a year ago, is now viewed by experts as the economy's gravest threat. In a survey .being released Monday, 34 percent of the members of the National Association for Business Economics ranked the financia! .market turmoil from those loan defaults as the No. I threat to the economy over the next two years. That compares with 18.percent from an August survey, when the most serious threat was seen by 20 percent of the economists as terrorism and -n the Ml'ddle the Contll.c•·s " 1 East. A year ago, the credit crisis did not even .register as a chief threat. The latest survey found that 18 percent of association members listed excessive debt held by household s an d businesses as the top problem. The questioning of 259 economists took place during the first two weeks of February. Events since then have underscored the credit crisis problems. On Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average plunged by 315.79 point~. The decline resulted from a combination of grim economic news, including a new estimate from UBS Securities analysts that the financial system losses froin securities backed by mortgages and other debt would total $600 billion. That far surpassed the $400 billion that many economists projected until recently. At the heart of financial institutions' problems are securities backed by subprime mongages. They have gone TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) - There have been memorials and funerals and effons to move on in the month since a gunman killed folir shoppers and a store manager at a suburban Chicago strip mall. What there hasn't been is an attest, · Despite 1,400 tips and det,ailed ~ketches.- do~.n to the colored beads irt !he suspect S braided hrur - II S not clear whether Tmley Park police are any closer to catching the man .who shot the women Feb. 2 during a botched robbery at a Lane Bryant clothing store. . · · · The odds of catching him would seem to diminish by the day, and Police C)tief Michael O'Connell has acknowledged Jbe case could take years to solye. . •-Yet he bristles at any suggesuon the tra1l has run cold. . "I'm very comfonable we're going to catch that guy," he said. "We're confident that we're going to get him . ... This is hot a cold case; nowhere near it." The task force handling the investigation devoted 50 detectives 'to it during the first three weeks, but there are now as l'i:w as 20 officers on any given day, Tinley Park Pof the blue, , ttiminologist Gregg McCrary said. T Ho.ward Frank encourages you to VOTE FOR Robert E. As MEIGS COUNTY COMMISSIONER PageA7 Monday, March 3, 2008 Car title lenders under th¢ radar Unfolding credit crisis seen - of predatory lending debate · as top economic threat A nwnth later, deaths of4. . . shoppers, manager in Illinois strip-mall shooting re111llin unsolved .RAY FRANK . Proven Record Ability + Experience + Integrity NATION •·.WORLO ' lbarUf Beegle The Daily Sentinel . '. I' ' . into default at record rates policy, 34 percent felt the ceobecause of the housing mar- tral bank was lowering mtes ket's steep slump. These loans too much; some 13 percent were extended to borrowers felt it was still being too with weak cre9it histories. · restricti ve and not cutting A separate 49-member rates fast enough. NABE forecasting panel The new survey was taken recently raised its expecta- after the Fed's January, cuts in tions of a recession, with the federal funds rate of 1.25 close to half thinking a down- percentage points, the biggest turn will start before year's · one-month reduction in a end: quarter-century. But 55 percent of the foreEllen Hughes-Cromwick. casting panel still thinks a the president. or NABE and downturn can be avoided with the chief economist for Ford the help of an $168 billion Motor Co., noted ·that the 34 economic aid plan and percent who bel.ieve the Fed is aggressive interest rate cuts being roo stiniulative and thus by the Federal Reserve. raising inflation risks had But the policy survey high-' more than tripled from the lighted the bind the Fed finds past survey. . · · itself in. Some 10 g:,rcent of She said this reflected the . d 'd 10 · · concerns many economi sts respon ents Sat atlon was have about the threat inflation the No. I economic problem, . .h d . . a rating that put it behind wor- poses, Wit cru e 01 1 pnces ries about subprime mort- hitting records above $102 gages and debt. per barrel and food costs.risThe Fed has taken on the mg. Both consumer pnccs and wholesale prices jumped credit crisis mu! the acwmpa- sharply in January. nying weak economic growth In his testimony last week, by cutting interest rates. But Bemanke said Fed ofticials to fight inflation, the Fed · · 1 · would have to raise rates.-It were watchmg ml atmn cannot battle both threats at developments closely but still believed that the slowing the same time. econoiny would dampen In congressional testimony intlation in the months ahead. this past week, Fed Chairman On' other topics. the NABE Ben Bernanke signaled that survey found only 35 percent the central bank believes of respondents ranked the weak growth is the biggest government's budget policies threat at the present, boosting as "about right," compared chances of an additional rate with 45 percent in August. cut when the Fed next meets, That probably reflects projecMarch 18: tions that the budget deficit The new NABE policy sur- could hit all-time highs this vey found that only 48 per- year and next. cent of those questioned Economists retained their believed the Fed's policies supp'On for free trade: 79 perwere "about right." That was cent· said they viewed greater the lowest reading in the past flows of goods and capital as two years. It compares with having a net positive impact 72 percent who felt the Fed over the next decade. But 62 was doing a good job in the percent felt that sovereign August survey, t;tken before wealth funds, governmentthe Fed started cutting interest controlled investment vehirat,es. cles, s(10uld be more open Of those unhappy with Fed about their operations. l' I �• The Daily Sentinel Page AS OHIO I~IJ~(~'J,J()N 2()()11 Monday, March 3, 2008 Obama chides Clinton on foreign Clinton launches intense push policy in Ohio-Texas homestretch to key primaries in Ohio, Texas . _, I I , I I BY TOM RAUM BY MIKE GLOVER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRlTER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRI TER WESTERVILLE Democrat Barack Obama worked to fend ·off an intensi tied attack on his foreign policy credentials from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday as their paths crossed two day>ahead of a potentially race-el]ding showdown in Ohio and Texas. "What precise foreign policy experience is she claiming that makes her qualified to answer that telephone call at 3 11.m. in the morning?" Obama asked of the former first lady at a town-hall meeting. It was a reference to dueling television ads over who would exercise superior AP photo judgment in responding to a Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-111., national emergency in the speaks during a town hall meeting Sunday in Westervill!). middle of the night. The Illinois senator also a series of remarks during call for reporters with varisought to ease lingering his 2002 successful Senate . ous Democratic foreignInternet-fed concerns about campaign. policy experts who asserted_ his religion, in particular Obama criticized Clinton his ability to inspire and whether he was a closet, expressly for failing to read lead, his good judgment on . Muslim. the classified National Iraq, and ticked legislative "I ain a devout Christian. Intelligence · Estimate on accomplishments. It was an I have been a member of the Iraq's weapons capabilities, effort to undercut Clinton's same church for 20 years. I a report available at the time claim that Obama foreignpray to Jesus every night," of her October 2002 vote policy experience was shalhe declared at an earlier authorizing the Iraq wa~. low. appearance in the rural "She didn't give diplomacy In addition to foreign polsouthern Ohio town of a chance; And to th1~ day, icy, Obama talked about Nelsonville. He said he she won I even_ admit that economic issues affecting wanted to halt "confusion her vote w~s a mistake- or economically d~pressed that has been deliberately even that 11 was a vote for ·Ohio as had Clinton. perpetrated." w~," Obama said. . Re~ent polls show Unlike Clinton, who has When 1t camt: lime to Clinton retains a lead in been barnstorming Ohio, make the ~ost '~(lOrtant Ohio, although it has been Obama had only two events fore1gn pol!CY dectsJo~. of narrowing. In Texas, her in the state on Sunday and our !lenerauon the decJsJon once fortnidable lead has all was spending the night in to. mvade lr~q Senato;, but vanished and the race is hometown Chicago. He heads to Texas on Monday Clinton )50t II wrong, now seen as a dead heat. s~1d. Most Democratic stratefor final day of campaign- Obama He sa1d that Sen. Jay . . a · fellow g1sts se~ Texas and Ohm ~s ing before awaiting returns Rockefeller, ·on Tuesday in San Antonio. Democrat from neighboring must-wm states 1f Cl_inton ts His aides said privately West Virginia, had read the . t~ contmut; her candidacy, a that they felt they had a intelligence estimate as a v1ew also expressed b~ her good shot at a win in Texas, member of the · Senate _ hll.Sban.d. former frestdent but were Jess certain about Intelligence Committee. Bill Chrlton. .Rockefeller . She has lost II consecuOhio, where they braced for- However, a possible loss. wou.nd up voting for the war live ~ontests to Obama and lags 111 the delete count. The two senators came resolution. , close to running into each Rockefeller, who i$ now ~ut m re~ent · d~ys, other in this Columbus sub- chairman of that committee Chnton campa1gn officials urb, where Clinton spoke at endorsed Obama on Friday have suggested that if one-high school and Obama and campaigned with him Obarna doesn't win all f?ur Tues~ay contests -. wh1ch spoke several hours later at · on Saturday. anothet. Obama supporters Rockefeller called Obama also mclude races m Rhode boasted of a much larger "brilliant" and "well Island and Vermont -. it crowd. grounded" and prepared to would signal "buyers Obama said his opposi- take the reins as commander remm ,;e" · and be reason to tion to the war in 2002 was . in chief. continue the campaign to not a single speech - as The Obama campaign the next major primary, Clinton has asserted - but also lined up a conference Pennsylvania on April 22. a WESTERVILLE · Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton argued Sunday that her campaign is "about solutions," not feelings, as she swept through Ohio on an intense push two days before · the state's presidential primary. . · She told more than 2,000 cheering backers that she · wants to solve the economic troubles facing the industrial Midwest. "For some· people this election is about how you feel, it's about speeches," Clinton .said. "Well, that's not what it's about for me. It's about solutions." The fonner first lady opened an Ohio campaign marathon, sweeping across the state ·oil a series of appearances lasting until the wee hours of Monday. Her first stop, in suburban Columbus, was aimed at firing up canvassers who were manning phone banks and knocking doors for her. "Ohio is once again the center of attention, for a reason," Clinton said. "It truly does represent America, the hopes and aspirations, the challenges and opportuQities, they are all right here in Ohio.. It is a picture of America." Clinton has lost the last 11 nominating contests to rival Barack Obama and was looking to primaries in Ohio and Texas for a campaign boost. Those states, and Rhode Island and Vennont, vote Tuesday. Polls show tight contests in Texas and Ohio. ..... .' COLUMBUS (AP) Families· whose children attend private colleges . in Ohio are watching · tuition increase while those with kids in public colleges won't see an increase until at least the fall of 2009. · It's hitting those privateschool parents in the pocketbook, with tuition and fees at area colleges going up by ·an average of almost 5 per"ent this falL Wealthy schools such as Harvard are helping ease the crunch with financial aid for low- and middle-class families, but Ohio colleges are less able to help. "Harvard has a multibillion e·ndowment," said Beginning next fall, Margaret Drugovich, vice president for university . Harvard families who earn enrollment at Ohio between $60,000 and Wesleyan University in $180,000 will pay tuition Delaware. "We're not them · and fees based on their yet." · a.nnual income. Families Ohio Wesleyan plans to · earning less _than $60,000 raise tuition and fees for the will pay nothmg, as they do fall by nearly 6 percent, to no~. $33,700. However, some of Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland that inoney will be used for and the Legislature last year aid packages, particularly worked out a two-year for the neediest students. tuition freeze among the Ohio Wesleyan distributes state's public universities in $29 million a ,year in finan- exchange for mor~ _governcia! aid to about 95 percent ment fun~1~g. TUJI!on and of its 1,850 students. More fees _a~ Ohio s 14 publicum. than 40 colleges nationwide vers11ies average $8,553. have, pledged to make Ohio's 85 private colleges school more affordable charged an average of since Harvard set off the $19,117 in the 2006-07 wave. school year. .Local weather Monday ... Mostly sunny. upper 50s. South winds 5 to · Highs in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower .70s. I 0 mph. Chance of rain near Thursday . night... Mostly South winds 10 to 15 mph . · 100 percent. cloudy with a chance of Monday night...Mostly 1\tesday nlght...Cloudy snow and rain showers. cloudy. A slight chance of with a chance of ·rain and Lows in · the mid 20s. Jhowers in the snow show_ers. Much cooler Chance of precipitation 40 · evenmg ... Then a chance of w1th lows m the lower 30s. percent showers after midnight. West winds 10 to 15 mph Frid~y and Friday Lows around 50. Southwest wllh gusts up to 25 mph. · ht M tl d winds 10 to 15 Chance of precipitation 50 nHt_g h ... os dy c1ou Y. mph ... Becoming south percent. Jg s aroun 40 . Lows in around 5 mph after mid: Wednesday and the lower 20s. ., night. Chance of rain 50 per- Wednesday night... Mostly .saturday and Saturday cent.. cloudy. Highs in the mid mght...Partly cloudy. ':l1ghs 1\tesday... Showers with a 40s. Lows around 30. m the lower 40s. Lows 111 the chance o( thunderstorms. Thursday ... Most I y mid 20s. Locally heavy rainfall possi- cloudy with a 40 percent Sunday ... Partly sunny. ble. Cooler with highs in the chance of rain showers. Highs in the upper 40s.' AP photo Democratic presidential hopeful , Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y, talks with media on her campaign plane as it sits on the tarmac at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, Sunday. Standing behind are Ted · Danson and Mary Steenbergen. "The last days leading up jobs from the nation's indus; until Tuesday are ones. where trial heartland, including we really need you," Clinton · Ohio. told cheering supporters. · "It's time we looked Clinton focused on her .around and saw what's going promise to provide health · insurance for all, as well as on in the rest of Ohio," she her opposition to trade · said. "We cannot go on like agreements thai sh11 said this., It's morally wrong and have drained thousands of economically stupid." ·:Boys regional :hoops pairings PIV!SIQN I At Cleveland Stlte Unlveralty Lakewood St. Edward (1 ~) vs. Elyria DAVE CAMPBELL (17-6), ~nesday, 6:15 p.m.; Mentor (2Q·4) vs. Warren Harding (22- 1), ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, 8 p1 m. Championship: . - - - - - - - - - Saturday, 7:30p.m. . AI Xavlor Untvorol!y Cin. St. Xavklr (21·2) vs. Cln. Princeton (18-5), Wednesday. 8:15 p.m.: Cin. 11 Wi!ttrow (21-3) vs. Huber His. Wayne (21-2), Wednesday, 8 p.m. Championship: Saturday, 11 a.m. At Untvorolty or Atuon Tot. WhHmer (18-5) vs. PerrySburg (22· 1), Thursday, 5:15p.m.; Akron Firestone !20·3) vs .Canton Tlmken ·(23·0), Thursday, 8 p.m. .Championship: Saturday, 7:30p.m. AI Columbuo Falrgroundo CoN-m . Newark (20-4) vo. Trotwood· Madison (20-4), .Wednesday, 6:15 p.m.; Dublin Scioto (22-1) va. WestervHie S. (17-7), Wedneoday, 8 p.m. Championship: Saturday, 7:30p.m. ,Slide nmHinol )lolringi: Cleveland St. wtnner vs. Xavier winner, March 14, I 5:15 p.m.; Akron winner va. Columbus tvinner, March 14, 8:30 p.m. DMSION II AI Wright Stale Unlvorolty St. Paris Graham (24·0) vs. Canal Winchester (21-2), Thursday, 6:15p.m.; -Kettering AHer (16·7) vs. Day. · Chamlnade-Jutlenne (16-6), Thursday, 8 p.m. Championship: Saturday, 11 a.m. A1 Bowling Gnt~n· State Unlvarolly Vermilion (17-6) vs. Lexlng\011 (19·4), Thursday, 6:15 p.m.: Tol. Libbey (21 ·2) vs. Cols. Eastmoor Acad. (20-2), Th1,.1rsday, 8 p.m. Championship: Saturday, 3 p.m. AI Ohio Unlvorolly McArthur Vin1on County (22·1) vs. Chilll.colhe (21-2). Thursday, 6:15p.m.; Zanesville Maysville (17·6) vs. Byesville Meadowbrook (14-9), Thursday, 8 p.m. Championship: Saturday. 3 p.m. AI canton Memo1111 Civic c.ntar Cleve. Benedictine (17·5) vs. Akron ~oban (20·3), Thursday, 6:15 p.m.; P8rry (20-3) V!l. Pliland Seminary (23-Q), Thursday, 8 p.m. Championship: Saturday, 3 p.m. S181o oem~lnal )lllringo: Wright State ·winner vs. Bowling Green winner, March 13, 10:45 a.m.; Athens winner vs. Canton winner, March 13, 2 p.m. DIVISION Ill P-m Will ·. Prosecute . . Colleen S. Williams has the record and experience · that can give you that security. ~ Over 10 years experience as an ~ assistant prosecuting attorney Responsible for indicting o.ver 200 cases in 2007 . 2007 award for Meritorious Service from Ohio Prosecuting Attorney's Association ~ ·May 2005 awarded Big Brothers/Big ~ Sisters big sist,r of the year . AI Bowling GrHn Stole Unlvorolly CVCA (15-8) vs. O!tawa-Gtandorl (19· 5); Wednesday, 8:15 ·p.m.; Bucyrus Wynford (21·3) vs. Archbold (19-4), Wednesday, 8 p.m. Championship: Saturday, 7:30p.m. AI Wright 81811 Unlvorolly Cols. Academy (20-4) vs. Cln . Shrader Paldeia (8·16), Wednesday, 6:15 p.m.; Anna (23· 1) vs. Cin. North College Hill (.1:6-7). Wednesday. 6 . p.m. Championship: Saturday, 7:30p.m. ~ oom~lnal pol~ngo: Canlon win· O....vs. Athens winner, March 14, 10:45 a:nt.1 Bowling Green winner vs. Wright S~ winner, March 14, 2 p.m. ... . • DIVISION IV :Au semifinals Tuesday, 6:15 and B p.m. • . At Columbus FolrgtOUndo Collooum worthington Christian (33· 1) vs. Wa!&rtord (18-5), Tuesday, 6:15 p.m.; Oak Hill (20-3) vs. Canal Winchester Harvest Prep (23· t ), Tuesday, 8 p.m. Championship: Friday, 7:30p.m. At Cantan FleldhOUII COlumbiana (21-1) V!l. Malvern (24-0), Tuesday, 6:15p.m.; Bodlord Chane\ (15· · 8) ""·Windham (19·4), Tuesday, 8 p.m. Championship: Friday, 7:30p.m. AI Bowling Green State Unlvorolly Plymouth (20·3) vs. Van Buren (19-4), Tuesday, 6:15p.m.; Defiance Ayersvllle (21-2) vs, Haviland Wayne Trace (19-4), Tuesday, 8 p.m. Qha.mplonshlp: Friday, 7:30p.m. AI Unlverolly of Dayton Houston (20-4) vs. New KnoX'Iille (23· O), Tuesday, 6:15p.m.: lockland 123-1) vs. Cln. Seven Hills (22-1), Tuesday, 8 p.m. Championship: Friday, 7:30p.m. Stale oem\1111111 polringo: Columbus Winner vs. Canton winner, MEnch 13, 5:16 p.m.; Bowling Green winner vs. Dayton winner, March 13, 8:30p.m. SPORTS JIRIEFS MYLto hold -baseball-softball sign-ups in March Resident of Meigs County for 5 years .1995 Graduate University of Cincinnati, College of Law 1992 Graduate Butler University I ~ -. . Married to a dedicated police officer, MIDDLEPORT - The Middleport Youth League will be bolding sign-ups for baseball and softball for boys and girls ages five to 18 on Saturday, March 8 f~om 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at t · h e . Middleport Council Chambers. . Al}yone interested in participating should attend. t.Ja and mother of 2 childr.en .. CoNTAcrUs .., · • • 1-i 4D-446-2342 ext. 33 Fi~ - 1-740-446-3008 ' i-mall- sports II mydallytrlbune.com $11Q!11..8lllt jlryen Weltel'l, Sp~rta Writer (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 bwaHeraO mydallytrl b<Jne.com Eric Randolph, Sports Writer (740) 446-2342, ext. 33 · sPorts Cll mydallysentlnel.com Paid lor by tho Commillft to Elod < :o11ron Williams Mel!!s County p,_uting Anomey, 319% Mcl;lnni<Road. Albany, OH 45710 Thed11 P('lruslm. Tl't'lt!iurtr. • • Bl McKenzie's second half leads .Minnesota past Ohio State 71-57 :All semltlnals Wednesday, 6:15 and 6 p.m. At Centon FleldhouM Cleve. VASJ (19·4) vs. Smithville (21· 2), Wednesday. 6:1 5 p.m.; Andover Pymatunlng Valley (22· t) vo. Youngstown Ursuline (11·9), Wednesday, 8 p.m. Championship: Saturday, 7:30p.m. AI Ohio Unlvorolly COis. Roady (15-11) vs. Wheelitl!lburg (~1·2), Wednesday, 6:15 p.m.; Sugarcreek Garaway (21·3) vs. Proctorville Fairland (19·5), Wednesday, 8 p.m. Championship: Saturday, 7:30 APrcisecu.tor Who The Daily Sentinel Monday, March 3, 2008 .BY M•igs County .needs Ill Ill Ill .Browns sign StDJJworth, Page B2 MLB spring training roundup, Page BJ No. 1 Vols hold off Kentucky, Page B4 Fonner Indian lalks about Steroids, Page B8 - • Students at Ohio's private_ . colleges miss out on tuition freeze Inside Larry Crum, Sports Writer (740) 448-2342, ext. 33 fcrum@mydai!yreglater.com MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota's Lawrence McKenzie has had streaky college career, right down to his final regular-sea$on home game. McKenzie scored all 20 of his points in the second hal(, and the Gophers p1cked up their first victory over a team with a winning record, 71-57 over Ohio State' on Saturday afternoon. "When I get hot, I just get hot. That's how would put it," said McKenzie, a little hesitant to accept the streakshooter label. "When I get hot, watch out, because I can put it in from anywhere." That's exactly what happened, as Minnesota stretched a 24-23 halftime lead into its largest nonNorthwestern victory of the -conference ·season. ' McKenzie made three 3- the Big Ten standings. They pointers ·and, most \mpor- just didn 't play with the tantly, went 7-for-7 from the same emotion and cohesion foulline. the Gophers did, even Lawrence Westbrook though their NCAA toumaadded 16 points and six ment application is equally rebounds, Dan Coleman . sketchy. chipped in 13 points, Blake "I'm not thinking about Hoffarber had 10, and the it ,1' Koufos said. "Just learn Gophers (18-10, 8-8) from our mistakes and. get grabbed a 37-24 rebounding better." advantage. ·They kept alive a Ohio State, which has lost slim chance of making the six of eight, has an athletic NCAA tournament after team that's just not working committing only three sec- well together right now. ond-half turnovers. They Barring an improbable run finish with road ~ames to the Big Ten tournament against Indiana and Illinois. title in two weeks, Thad "I was like, 'We can't lose Matta will likely miss the this one. We can't let 'em NCA~ tournament for only come back,"' Westbrook the second time in his eight said. seasons as a head coach. The Kosta Koufos had 17 other time, hls first season points and Jamar Butler with the Buckeyes, was AP photo added 13 points for the because of self-imposed Buckeyes (17-12, 8-8), who probation by the school in Ohio State guard David lightly (23) and forward Matt Terwilliger, right, battle for the rebound against Minnesota lost their ' fourth straight 2004-05. center Spencer Toll<!ckson. (50) during the first half of the game and. fell into a fifthplace tie with Minnesota in Please see Ohio State, Bl basketball game Saturday in Minneapolis. ·· BY JENNA fRYER ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS - .Majdng his second visit in six days to Victory Lane, Carl Edwards triumphantly raised the glittering gold belt he earned at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. · 'In a town known for title fights, Edwards emerged as a heavyweight contender Sl!nday. "We do this to win. Winning these races i~ the greatest," Edwards said. "Winning a championship would be the ultimate. What · we're trying to do is 'win the championship this year. That's our No. 1 goaL" Just t~ree races into this new season, it's far too early to call Edwards the favorite to win the Sprint Cup title. And this win may not be controversy free: NAS(:AR discovered the lid was missing from his oil tank box during postrace inspection and is taking his Ford back to North Carolina for further inspection. . But in winning his second race in six days, he moved to · the top of the points standings for the first .ume in his career - . 21 points ahead of Kyle Busch. Edwards earned it by overcoming an early pit road penaltY, escaping NASCAR punishment on a second pit road mishap, then holding off a rusty Dale Earnhardt Jr. on a pair of ·late restarts Sunday. Edwards, who scored his first win of the season in . Monday's rain-postponed AP photo event in California, celebratCarl Edwards celebrates his victory following the NASCAR Sprint Cup series UAW-Dodge ed win No. 2 with his trade400 auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway In Las Vegas on Sunday. mark backflip. Then he ' gleefully carried around the shiny new belt he was certain good friend John Cena, the WWE champion, would covet. For Edwards, it seemed like a return to his 2005 form, when he finished third in the series standings. "I think we are close to the form we were in 2005 when it seemed 'like a Roush Fenway car would win every week," Edwards said. It was the sixth victory for team owner Jack Roush in II races at Las Vegas, a11d it ended Jimmie Johnson 's string of three straight wins in the desert. Edwards was penalized early in the race when one of his tires rolled away from the team during a pit stop. He then caught a break when it happened a second time, escaping a penalty because NASCAR determined the tire brqke free because a television cameraman shooting from inside the box interfered with the crew members.. ·:when you think you didn't actually break a rule, you have to keep a level head," ·said crew chief Bob Osborne, who immediately climbed off the pit box to make a case against being penalized. "I wanted to go ballis.tic and yell and scream and kick and punch and do whatever· I had to do to get my way. But I kept a level head and NASCAR reviewed it." With the decison to not penalize the team, Edwards remained in contention to run for the win. But two late restarts gave the competiPiease 'see Edwards, Bl . Jam~s scores 37, ~es over down stretch as Cleveland beats Bulls CLEVELAND (AP) Drew Gooden has seen it all before. With the game on the line, LeBron James takes over, . hits key shots and leads the Cleveland Cavaliers to anotller victory. It happened again Sunday, when James scored 37 points, including six in a key stretch late in the game, to lead the Cavaliers over the Chicago Bulls, 93-86. The only problem for Gooden, part of a threeteam, 11-pla,>:er trade on Feb. 21, is be s now/·laying for the Bulls instea of the Cavaliers. . "I know how other teams feel , being on the other end of that stick," he said. "It's always about tryin~ to stop LeBron in the end.' · AP photo Gooden learned what Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James, left,drives past Chicago many other opponents Bulls' Drew Gooden (90) in the first quarter in -an NBA bas- already know. _Trying to stop ketball game Sunday In Cleveland. · James when it counts isn't easy. . · "I just live for .the fourth quarter," James said. "When the games are close, that's when I like to do work. We were just able to talte the life out of them." Cleveland, Chicago and Seattle were invotved in ihe deaL Gooden; Larry Hughes, Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown were sent from the Cavaliers to the Bulls, who dealt center Ben Wallace and forward Joe Smith to Cleveland. James, who went out for a rest late in the third quarter, returned with 9:55 to play in the ~arne and the Cavaliers trailing 76-68. Cleveland outscored the Bulls 27-10 the rest of the way. The Cavs rallied on 3pointer by Stczerbiak, six straight points by Smith and ajumper by James to tie it at 79. With the game tied at 83, a James drove past two defenders and scored on a left-handed flip shot in the lane to give Cleveland the . lead for good with 3:04 to go . . On the Cavaliers' next possession, James drove down the right side of the lane, flew to the basket and scored on a dunk with his right hand that that brought the sellout crowd at Quicken Loans Arena to its feet. The league's leading scorer wasn't fi'nished. James created a turnover on Chicago's next 'possession and passed the ball to a teammate while lyin~ on the floor. With the Cavaliers setting up on the offensive end and the crowd· chanting "MVP!" James buried a 22footer to give Cleveland a six-point lead with 2:01 left. "J'he difficult shots might Pl..•• see ens, Bl • I �Page 82 • The Daily Sentinel Monday, March 3, 2008 www.mydailysentinel.com Monday, March 3, 2008 Jets bolster line with Faneca, Bills add Stroud to defenSive front ' er who had a career-high 71 catches for 951 yards and The New York Jets added five touchdowns for Pro Bowl guard Alan Chicago last year. Faneca to the left side of On Saturday night, linetheir offensive line backer Lance Briggs reSaturday, while the Buffalo signed with the Chicago Bills inserted bi(l-bodied Bears, agreeing to a six-year Marcus Stroud m their deaL The Bears didn't disdefensive front. close financial terms of the The Jets and Faneca deal, but the Chicago Sunagreed to a five-year, $40 Times and Chicago Tribune million contract Saturday, reported that Brig(ls would making the former receive $36 mill10n. The Pittsburgh player the high- three-time Pro Bowl player est-paid offensive lineman became an unrestricted free in the NFL. agent Friday. · The Bills acquired Stroud, Also, Pro Bowl safety a three-time Pro Bowl John Lynch took a pay cut to defensive tackle, in a trade remain with .Denver, agreewith Jacksonville for undis- ing to a one-year deal after closed draft picks. meeting · with owner Pat Detroit also completed a Bowlen and coach Mike trade that sent defensive Shanahan. · tackle Shaun Rogers to Lynch was scheduled tu Cleveland for cornerback make $2 million in 2008 and Leigh Bodden and a third- hesitated about returning to round pick in ApriL The the team after he was asked deal was . announced to take a salary cut, the Saturday, a day after a trade Denver Post and Rocky with Cincinnati fell through Mountain News reported. that would have sent Rogers Lynch was due a $1.12 milto the Bengals for third- and lion roster bonus March 4. fifth-rcund picks. Cleveland added another San Francisco signed free- prime target for newly reagent defensive end Justin signed quarterback Derek Smith, the ·. No. 4 overall Anderson, agreeing with pick by Cincinnati in 2001. Donte' Stallworth on a The deal is. reportedly for seven-year contrac.t. Last six years and $45 million, season with New England, including $20 million in Stallworth had 46 receptions guarantees. He had 43 1/2 ·for 697 yards and three sacks in seven seasons with touchdowns. the Bengals. Faneca;s agent, Rick Meanwhile, Minnesota Smith, told The Associated reached an agreement on a Press on Saturday that the six-year contract with . 31-year-old guard planned Bemar!l Berrian, the receiv- to fly to New York on Sunday, take a physical and sive line that also features officially sign the deal pass-rushing end Aaron Monday. After making near- Schobel ly $4.4 million in salary and The move was completed bonuses last season, Faneca after the Bills began got a huge deal that Smith revamping their defense said includes $21 million in Friday, the first day of NFL guarantees. free agency, by si~ning lineA Jets · spokesman backer Kawika Mttchell to a declined comment on the five-year deal and releasing signing of the seven-time defensive tackle Larry Pro Bowl selection, consid- Tripplett. Also Saturday the ered perhaps · the league's Bills signed former best left guard. Minnesota defensive 'tackle Faneca chose New York Spencer Johnson to a .fiveover San Francisco and St. 'year contract. Louis, all teams that had In other moves: losing records last season -Philadelphia signed and need help on their free-agent defensive end . Chris Clemons to a fiveoffensive lines. "When he examined the year contract, a day after situations, Alan felt this adding All-Pro cornerback team would make the Asante Samuel. Clemons biggest impact," Smith said. had eight sacks in a reserve New York sorely needed a role with Oakland last seastandout left guard after son. trading Pete Kendall .. to -Miami signed freeWashington following a bit- agent linebacker Reggie ter contract dispute before Torbor, agreeing to a fourlast season. year deal with the former Faneca will step m New York Giants player. between left tackle The Dolphins also signed D'Brickashaw Ferguson and linebacker Charlie Anderson center Nick Mangold to !live to a three-year deal, and the Jets a terrific left stde. agreed to five-year deals Ferguson and Mangold with defensive tackle Randy thrived as rookies with Starks and guard Justin Kendall, but struggled at Smiley. times without his veteran -St. Louis replaced retirinfluence last season. ing kicker Jeff Wilkins "Alan can't wait to work almost immediately, signing with those ~uys," Smith former Seattle kicker Josh said. "He hkes to take . Brown to' a five-year, $14.2 young guys under his wing million deal laie Friday and help them develop." night. Wilkins announced Stroud, listed at 6-foot-6 his. retirement Friday after and 310 pounds, immediate- 14 seasons. ly solidifies a Buffalo defen- Atlanta signed free- Quinn still wants to start for Browns Silva wins UFC middleweight battle in Columbus BY ,THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND (AP) threw 29 TO passes last seaCOLUMBUS (AP) . Browns quarterback Brady son and led the Browns to 10 UFC champion Anderson Quinil said he stilf expects to wms. compete for the starting job, Quinn said he understands Silva choked out former despite Derek Anderson's new . the situation and even Pride title-holder Dan three- year, $24 million con- applauded Anderson's sign- Henderson at 4:52 of the tract. ing, but doesn't plan on carry- second round to claim middleweight mixed martial "My whole goal is prepar- .ing a clipboard again. ing myself and ,!letting ready He said his mind-set is 'just arts supremacy at UFC 82 to try to take over the starting competing and try to take this on Saturday night. . job and lead this team," Quinn team to the playoffs, someAfter a cautious opening, said Saturday · during an thing we weren't able to do Henderson took Silva down appearance at an auto show. - last year." two minutes in and conAnderson agreed to his new The Browns traded their trolled him on the ground deal Friday, a move that took first-round pick in 2008 for the rest of the round. He did · him off the restricted free- the chance to draft Quinn No. not do that much damage, other than some hammer agent market. 22 last April. General manager Phil He looked. good in presea- fists, but the champion Savage has said the deal, son after holding out, then looked mortal for the first which includes $14.5 million spent the finall5 weeksofthe time in a while. guaranteed, makes Anderson regular season as Anderson's A more a11gressive Silva the clear-cut starter entering backup and didn't throw a stalked Henderson in the training camp. Anderson pa'IS until the finale. second round and, after a . / Ohio State McKenzie, Coleman and Spencer Tollackson· were taken out in' the final minute to a standing ovation and a · from Page Bl "thank you, seniors!" chant "We emptied out the book from the fans. first half was certaintoday in trying to get guys ly The not a showcase of NCAA to make plays," Matta said. · tournament-caliber teams: "I think we're at that stage The Gophers had II . of 'let somebody else do it.' turnovers, shot only 30.4 "I think we're counting percent from the field - 7. on somebody else to get it for-23 and 2-for-11 from 3for us, and that's not going point range .- and stru~­ to happen." gled to complete even baste This was Minnesota's passes against Ohio State's first quality win under full-court zone defense. coach Tubby Smith. The After one of Minnesota's Gophers . came into the miscues, one frustrated fan game 0-9 against teams in near the coun yelled, "This the top I 00 of the Ratings is NOT a hard press!" Percentage Index, ,the forMinnesota warmed up mula that helps the NCAA with the second~half basket determine which teams to switch, and McKenzie was invite for at-large bids-, the catalyst. He led .an II- . minute surge that might have been his team's best such stretch of the season, considering the opponent and the calendar. It's March, remember? McKenzie, a product of Minneapolis Henry High School who first played at Oklahoma before transferring home, hit his first 3pointer to break a 26-all tie early in the secon<l half. That started a 27-14 run by the Gophers, capped by a short jumper from McKenzie that stretched the lead to 56-42 with less than 7 112 minutes.remaining. His best play? That came at the 12-minute mark, with the shot' clock about to expire, when he dribbled around two Buckeyes and threw up an off-balance ' Edwards IIIIII~ ~'il!):l That accident . set up a two-lap sprint to the finish, but the wait time coolc!d Earnhardt's tires and he was fromPageBl 2008 Sprint CliP Standings unable to mount a charge on Name Wins Pts. .. Edwards on the restart. tion a chance to run down 1. Carl Edwards 2 491 Earnhardt's losing streak 2. Kyle Busch 0 -21 his No. 99 Ford. stretched to 64 races. 3. Ryan Newman 1 -41 Kun Busch's wreck with 4. Kasey Kahne 0 -51 "The · red flag just really II laps to go brought out the 5. Kevin Harvlclt •0 -63 killed us," said Earnhardt, 0 -64 caution, and Edwards was 6. Greg BIHia who settled for second. "We 7. Jeff Burton 0 -70 · in front of Earnhardt on the · 8. Martin Truex Jr. 0 ,120 were terrible on cold tires. restart with five to go. But 9. Elliott Sadler 0 -123 It's real frustrating.'' -130 Earnhardt appeared to spin 10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 0 Biffle was third and was 11 . Tony Stewart 0 -138 his tires at the start, and 12. Kurt Buach 0 ' -143 followed by the Richard Matt Kenseth and Jeff Childress Racing cats of 13. Brian Vlcklrt 0 -143 Gordon had to s~,>lit his car 14. Kevin Harvick and Jeff Jlmmlt Johnoon 0 -1"8 to avoid running mto him. .0 -181 15. Bobby Lobonlt Burton. Kasey Kahne was 0 ·-153 "I've been out of the 1e. Mitt ~nHih sixth, followed by David Mlrlc Mlrtln 0 •157 game so long," joked 17. 1e. Rtld lortnoon 0 . 170 Ragan, Travis Kva_pil, Earnhardt. who hasn't con· 18. Oovld !logon 0 -113 Hamlin 1111d Mark o -tee Denny slstently run up front for 110. Donny ~omlln MartJn. · DIYid Gllllllnd 0 .JOt several year•. "I ain't had a 11. II. Jttl Gordon 0 407 Kyle Busch, who was try· whole lot of /ractlce out 13. Cllntlowylr 0 410 lng to become the fim dil· 0 oltl there. I looke like a tool 14. Juon Montoyo ver to win from the pole at II. ~aul Menard 0 ·111 out there." H. Jamla MaMurroy 0 -211 ' Las Vegas, struaaiea with Once · past Earnhardt, 17. Trivia KIIIPII 0 -111 adjustments to his Toyota 0 411 Gordon and Kcnscth raced 11.1Go11 ~~~ the entire race and had to 11. Ja laid 0 -IH side·by·side and Edwards 30.0~a mann o -ase settle for II th on his home· pulled away. · Then Gordon town track. . drifted into the side of flag the race to clean the Johnson, the two·time Kenseth's car, starting a debris. defending series champion, spin that led to Gordon "It's uncharacteristic of was looking for a fourth slamming into the inside Jeff to overdrive or make a straight win in the desert. wall. His Chevrolet broke mistake like that," said Greg But his team struggled the into tons of part and pieces, Biffle, who had to avoid the entire weekend, he fell two and NASCAR had to red- wreckage. laps down in the race and ~ •• 0 ~ •••••••• 0 ..... 0 ....... . f clinch on the fence, the two started swinging. Henderson got the worst of it and went down, eventual-.· ly giving up his back · to Silva after the Brazilian fired a barrage of punches from above. The Brazilian then sank in a rear-naked choke. With the clock counting down to· the end of the round, Henderson tried to hang on · but had to tap. Silva improved to 21-4 (6-0 in .the UFC). Henderson fell to 22-7. "My hat's off to Anderson Silva," Henderson said. The . 37-year-old Henderson lost his bid for the. UFC light-heavyweight floater just inside the arc. Swish. . · Minnesota fell behfud 193 in a 16-point loss at Ohio State in January. The Gophers were determined to avoi!l that kind of start on senior day. "It would be nice if we could play this way e¥ery time," coach Thbby Smith said. "I think we're playing well at the right time. We're getting better." Note: Ohio State football recruit Willie Mobley, a defensive end from Eden Prairie High School in the southwest Twin Cities suburbs, 'sat behind the Buckeyes bench wearing a. scarlet-and-gray T·shirt featuri.ng his future team.... The Gophers are 15-0 this season when leading at halftime. Browns Sb'Jworth to deal, • • ...* • *• • • • • •• * * • .. ••• agent defensive backs Erik Coleman and Von Hutchins. Coleman had seven interceptions and 338 tackles in four years with the Jets. -Carolina agreed to terms with free-agent cornerback and kick returner Ricardo Colclough on a two-year, $4 million deal. -New Orleans re-signed wide receiver Devery Henderson and terminated title last September when he dropped a decision to Quinton · (Rampage) Jackson at UFC 75. In the co-main event, Heath (The Texas Crazy Horse) Herring won a spill decision over France's Cheick Kongo in a roughand-tumble heavyweight bout that was short on sty I~ but still had its moments as the two big men wrestled and tolled. Herring improved to 2813 with one no contest while Kongo, continuing an up-and-down UFC career, fell to 21-4-l. Herring said in the . ting latel he had expected a standup battle and apologized for the Cavs from Page Bl . look difficult, b1,1t they're not to me," James said. "Taking step-back jompets, I've always done that, or ~ettin(l to !he_ lane and makmg fl1p shots with my left hand." And here's some more bad news for the rest of the NBA. "It's just a comfort level I'm in ri}!ht now that's at an all-time liigh," James said. While Gooden was James' teammate for 3 112 seasons, Smith has been with the Cavaliers for less than two weeks. He's learning playing on James' side is a pretty good deal. "I felt that kind of crushed them a little bit," he said of finished 29th. James' spurt. "That dunk · Two-time series champion Tony Stewart bruised his was tremendous. You can foot 108 laps into the mce see that deflated them a litwhen his right front tire tle. And when he hit that failed and he hit the wall for jumper, the wind kind of blew out of them." the second-straight day. "We got a heavy dose of "I was kind of worried, LeBron, es~ecially down my legs, my entire legs from my hir,s down were the stretch, Bulls coach just tingling, ' Stewart said. Jim Boylan said. "And I had pain in my .. Szczerbiak, who . scored lower back.and that kind of 17 points, hit a 3-pointer scared me a little bit. I've from the corner to make it not had my legs tingle like 92-83. Hughes, booed by the that before. "I was kind of worried about, 'What's going on here?'" He slowly climbed from his car and alnaerly walked with the 111i1tance of two emeraency penonnellnto a waltlna car that took him to · the Infield care center. He said the tlnallna sen1adon had lmprovea before he left the care ceriter, and laid he . still planned to participate In the Cup teat scheduled for Monday and Tuesday In Phoenix. "It's going to be a miserable next two days," hi! said. "I was already sore. We'll do what we've ~otto do the next two days.' ~ linebacker Brian Simmons' contract. . -Tilffipa Bay signed freeagent tight end John Gilmore and defensive end Jimmy Wilkerson. -Houston signed former Dallas cornerback J acquas· Reeves. · -Jacksonville signed free-agent cornerbac'k Drayton Florence. ground fighting. Mark (The Hammer) Coleman, a Columbus native, was horiored durit1g ·saturday's show, becoming the fifth fighter to tie inducted into the UFC Hill! of Fame. Coleman, 43, then announced he would take on former WWE star Brock Lesnar in Minnesota later this year in what will be .a matchup of two big, blu.ot .objects. The UFC also confirmed Chuck (The Iceman) Liddell will headline UFC 85 in London on June 7. No opponent was identified, although . reports ha've linked Liddell with Mauricio (Shogun) Rua. ' crowd as he was dunpg much · of his 2 1/2-season stay with the Cavaliers, ted the Bulls with 23 poir1ts, making eight of 20 shots from the field. Gooden had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Smith scored all of his eight points in the' fouith quarter. . : Cleveland built a 65-:S8 lead late in the third quarter, but the Bulls ended the ·period on a run, taking the l~d on lYrus Thomas' dunk ·9ff an alley-oop pass from Hughes. Ben Gordon followed with a jumper to clld the quarter. : · Hughes scored on a layup to start the fourth quarter and hit a jumper to exte11d the run to 18-3, giving 'the Bulls a 76-68 fead. The Cavaliers' only points in tl)at stretch came on a 3-poinJer by Damon Jones. · Zydrunas Center Ilgauskas missed the game because of a strained back. Following the game, the Cavaliers announced the ;7foot-3 center he will be out fora week. · . Notes: Szczerbiak, who missed Friday nigh.t's game, returned Sunday. His wife, Shannon, gave birth to the couple's · third child Saturday ... Besides Hughes and Gooden, the Bulls placed four other players in double figures. ' .With plenty to prove, Pettitte and Hampton look sharp in debuts ' ' : Bv THE AssOCIATED PRESS about steroids and HGH, and pit~hed a scoreless inning ' Pettitte acknowledged he's four day' after being : ; Andy Pettine looked prepared to be · interviewed scratched from a start : fbcused and Mike Hampton again about his longtime because of shoulder soreness. : was healthy. Everything friend. Orioles II, · Nationals (ss) 10 · went just right Sunday for On the field, however, At Fort Lauderdale, Fla. , : two left-handers with plenty Pettitte wants to make sure Nick Markakis hit his first : t~ prove this spring. . he's not distracted. . homer this spring. He is bat: After spending the past "I just can't wait until the ting .571. : f~w months answering ques- day where I don't have to Indians 3, Tigers J , ~tons ~!-bout performance- answer a whole lot of quesAt Winter Haven, Fla., : ~hancmg drugs, Pettitte tions about that," he said. "I Jake Westbrook· and seven : p1tched two scoreless inninss think I've told you all, I can't Cleveland pitchers held other · fqr the New York Yankees m do any more than I've done. Detroit's strong lmeup to four : 11 · 7-7 · tie with the I've apologized. I've got a hits. : Philadelphia Phtllies at job to do now.~ can't waste Nationals (ss) 8, ; 1ampa, Fla. . . any more energy emotionally Astros (ss) 3 r · • He allowed· an infield hit on that whole deal. At Kissimmee, Fla., Ryan :and picked off a runner at "I'm just loo[(ing forward Zimmerman hit a two-run : frrs! base with owner George · to pitchmg and trying to help homer, and Wily Mu Pena · Stembrenner and his son, this team, and trying to J:!elp and Ronnie Belliard added : senior vice president Hank these guys on the staff. I solo shots. : Steinbrenner, watching from don't foresee it being a probDiamondbacks (ss) 7, ' a·suite. !em, really. I don't. No way . White Sox (ss) 6 ! ·- "All in all, I was real possible that's going to be, if. At Hermosillo, Mexico, : happy," Pettine said. "It def- 1 have struggles or whatever, Nick Swisher hit two home ! initely was a good day." going to be an excuse for me runs and a triple for the AP photo : . Pettitte struck out one, because that's no excuse." White Sox. Justin · Upton : walked one and induced an · Jason Giambi had four New York Yankees' Andy Pettitte delivers against the Philadelphia Phillies in the first inning went 3-fur-3 and Stephen · : ,inning-ending double play in RBis for the Yankees. He hit during a spring training baseball game Sunday in Tampa, Fla. Drew hit his tirst home run of · the first. He threw 13 uf 21 a three-run homer off ·Cole Sunday, striking out his first in a violent collision at home the spring for the · Mariners 6, Padres 2 : pitches for strikes in his first Hamels and added an RBI batter, Michael Bourne, ·on plate. At Peoria. Ariz., NL Cy Diamondbacks. : outing. since apolbgizing·last double. four pitches. He allowed only Florida's star shortstop col- Young Award winner Jake Diamondbacks (ss) 12, At Kissimmee , Fla., one single and went to two lided with St. Louis catcher Peavy gave up four hits and . month for using human White Sox (ss) ·growth hormone in 2002 and Hampton pitched two score- balls on just one batter, Yadier Molina while trying to two runs in two innings, and AI Tucson, Ariz., Javier 2004. less innings in his first throwing 15 of his. 22 pain- score from tirst base in the the Padres' ri~ht-hander took Vazquez gave up two homers Pettitte also is in the mid- appearance against major free pitches for strikes. first inning of 'l! 5-4 win over a line drive off the heel of his and five runs in 2 1-3 : die of a dispute between ex- league batters m two years, "I still have a ways to go," the Cardinals. Ramirez glove. The ball caromed hard mnmgs. . -teammate Roger Clemens helping Atlanta beat a Hampton said. "My arm feels remained on the ground for mto Peavy, below the belt. Mexican National Team and Brian McNamee, the Houston Astros split squad 6- great but my legs aren't all several minutes before walkMets 6, Dodgers 5 2, Rockies (ss) 1 4 there yet. I just wanted to stay· ing off the tield with a slight At Vero Beach, Fla., Derek At Tucson, Ariz. ; Jeff · former trainer of the two · .. pitchers. Pettitte told . Hampton has been Side- near the strike zone, and get- limp. He stayed in the game Lowe bianked New York for Francis threw 45 pitches, allowing one earned run in Congressional lawyers that -hned wt ~h . sho11Ider and ting that first hitter to strike and went 2-for-4 in six two innings. out was just great." innmgs. Twins 8, Red Sox 2 three innings. . Clemens informed him near- elbow mJunes. and, most Despite the layoff, In other news , Chicago At Fon Myers, Fla., Ciax , Athletics 3, ''ty a decade ago that he used rc;cently, a leg IDJUI)'. He has'HGH . n t pttched m a btg league Hampton said he wants to be Cubs outfielder Alfonso Buchholz, trying to nat! Rockies (ss) 2 · wd d h game since 2005, but Braves treated like any other Braves Soriano broke his right mid- down the fifth spot in At Phoenix , Oakland's . Last e nes ay, t e manager Bobby Cox said he staner this spnng. He is part dle finger when he was hit Boston's rotation, allowed Bobby Crosby hit his second· House Overstght and still has Hampton penciled in of a five-man rotation that with a fly ball during ftelding hits to his first five batters home run of the spring. . Government Reform for a spot in the rotation. includes John Smoltz, Tom drills in Mesa, Anz. He is and gave up four runs in iwo · Giants 8, Cubs 6 ~otrumttee sent a let~er to "I am not going to down" Glavine, Chuck James and expected to miss three to five innings. Minnesota's Livan At Mesa, Ariz., Matt Cain Attorney General M1ch~el play the importance of Tim Hudson. · days. ·. Hernandez gave up a solo pitched three scoreless Mukasey asking .the J~sllce today," Hampton said. "It's a "He was absolutely outIn other spring training homer to World Series MVP mning' in his spring training : Department to mvestt~ate step-to-step process to get stan~ing," Cox said. "He's games: · Mike Lowell. debut for San Francisco. . ~h~ther Clemens comfr!tlted ready by opening day, but been rusty after more than Brewers .4, Angels 2 Blue .Jays 8, Reds 4 Chicago lefty Ted Lilly : perjury or made knowmgly this was promising." At Phoenix, Prin~e Fielder twn years and he still hit 93 At Dunedin, Fla., Mall allowed one run · in two ; false statement~ to. the c?mHampton won 22 games (m h)" bristled abQUt having his con- Stairs homered off new Reds .innings, and. Felix Pic hit his . flllltee dunng tts mvesttga- for Houston in 1999 and was Wraves third baseman tract renewed for $670,000 closer Francisco .Cordero. second home run. Jion _into performance- the 2000 NL ·championship Chipper Jones was a late before going · 1-for- 1 ami Blue Javs starter AJ. Burnell Rangers !!, Royals 7 ,enhancm~ drugs. series MVP with the New scratch. He tweaked tris right making a circus play at first allowed two runs and three At Surpri,c. Ariz., Jason · Pettine s testimony, among York Mets. He won a total of hamstring and is expected to base in the third inning when hits in two innin~s. Jennings pitched two score:~ther things, was cited in the 27 games for -the Braves in miss a couple of days as a his glove was knocked off his Rays 7, Ptrates 5 less innings in his lirst start Jetter to Mukasey. The FBI 2003 and 2004, but went 5-3 precaution. hand by a sharply hit At Bradenton.• Fla., BJ. for his hometown Texas 'said it opened an investiga- in 2005 ·and hasn't pitched in At Jupiter, Fla., Hanley grounder. Jon Garland Upton tripled in two runs and Rangers. Ryan Roberts hit a : t(on into whether · Clemens the majors since. 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Fla. - This time, ASSOCIATED PRESS Ernie Els could enjoy some-· one else's final -round misSINGAPORE - Lorena fortune. Ochoa . left , Annika Ending nearly a four-year Sorenstam and everyone d,rought between PGA Tour else behind in the HSBC victories, Els shot a 3-under Women's Champions. Then 67 Sunday to win The was at a .loss for words to Honda Classic. He finished explain the blt;Jwout victory. at 6 under, one shot better "Sometimes there is just than Luke Donald (71) and no explanation," Ochoa said . two ahead of Nathan Green Sunday after beating '(67). . ' . Sorenstam by n strokes in "It's been a long time · her first start of the season. coming." Els said. "It just happens and it was a Els · and Mark great wm. for me. Calcavecchia were tied for Ev.erything came together at the lead as the sun began set- . the right place." \ ting . on PGA National. But Competing for the first Calcavecchia hit into a AP photo time si~ce w~n~ing the ADT greenside bunker at the par- England's Ernie Els watches a tei!-shot during the Honda Classic golf tournament in PaJm ChampiO!!Shlp m Nov~mber 3 15th, and his shot from the Beach Gardens, Fla. ·sunday. ,for her e1ghth 2007 VIctory, sand looked fine when it hit midway mark, shot his sec- tender standing. knocked his tee shot into a Ochoa finished at 20-under the green.. "I take absolute positives bunker, and his ·shot from 268 · on Tanah Merah 's Somehow, it never ond straight 73 and finished in a five-way tie for seventh, from this week," said there ran riearly 10 feet past Garden Course. The topstopped rolling. . Mexican star earned "I certainly never dreamed four shots off the winning Donald, who also has a third the cup. The par putt missed, ranked $300,000 for her 18th career this year at the· Northern moving Calcavecchia and • it would run into the water,'' score. . Els hadn't won any of his Trust Open: "It's not a disap- Jones both back into a share LPGA Tour victory. Calcavecchia said. "It just .entered !he fmal Ochoa didn't grab and just kept last 47 appearances on the pointing week ·by any of the lead at 6 under. rolling and rolling and PGA Tour and wasted a means. You never like to fin- The difference was, they round wnh a~ . e1g.ht-sh~t four-shot, final-round lead in ish second, especially when couldn't stay there, and Els lead, and steadily _bUilt on 1t rolling. And.that was it." through three ram delays. The ball came to rest on a a European tour event in you have· a chance to win, did. Jones was tied for the lead She passed the down time rock ledge across the green. Dubai earlier this year, when but these are definitely posiCalcavecchia walked over, Tiger Woods roared past him tive steps in the right direc- entering the final round once by chatting with her brother. "It was more ment~lly i,l last year on the Nationwide tossed the ball into the water for a victory. Els made a tion." tough day thaq phys1cally. never Tour. But the South Georgia and made a double bogey to colossal mistake on the 18th · Calcavecchia You needed to be patient and give Els the outright lead. hole that day, splashing his seemed to recover from the Classic, this is not. Still, the Australian rookie n~t to worry ~oo muc~ •. an?, Els made a cool par on the approach into the water.after disaster at 15, and' Jones hit trying to pull off a spectacuhardly embarrassed himself hn the ball wnh preciSion; his tee ball into the water at par-5 finishing hole, then the par-3 17th to essentially and further enhancing' his Ochoa said. waited to see if · anyone lar finish. Sorenstam won the BBut this time, a smooth, end whatever chance the status as one of the biggest would niatch his score. fl1_ght, shoptmg a 71 for her rookie had of snaring his surprises so far this season. No one did, although steady finish got it done. "Oil a golf course this first tour win. His finish at PGA National th1rd strmght top-four fimsh. Donald had a chance on the When the final ·round was the fifth top-30 in six Slowed by neck and back last. His birdie chip from tough, anything can hapbegan, 25 players were with- starts, and the $227,333 injuries last. year, she won just off the green stopped a pen," Els said. There were 14 changes in five shots of the lead, check from the Honda vault- · the season-opening SBS cou12Ie feet shy of the cup, atop · the leaderboard which Donald, Jones and ed him to 38th on the money Open m Hawau for her 70th seahng Els' win. · ~PGA Tour title and first "To win over here, it's Su,nday, and the winning Calcavecchia all shared after list. smc_ e September 2006, th~n "I can take from the week been really my goal," Els score couldn't have . been three rounds. But no one fimshed fourth last week m said. "So it's a great feel- much of a surprise; Mark made a Sunday charge from that I can compete with guys Wilson won a four-man that massive pack, except out here, whtch is .good," the F1elds Open. ing." "I'm glad it's over now, · And with that, Els got the playoff at PGA National last for Els, who only started the Jones said. ju,st because I'~ worn out. .Oddly enough, Els left the huge shot of confidence that year . after finishing four day three back. It s be:n, tough, Sorenstam Calc a vecchia and Jones Honda thinking the same he's sought for so long, rounds at 5 under, and this sa1d. I ve played really · along with his first PGA year's Honda provided a both reached 8 under early thing. well, just haven't performed similar cluster. · in their rounds, and Els startNotes: Els' last win on Tour win since the 2004 well on the greens." . , Donald got within one ~ quickly ~Nith four birdies U.S. soil was the Memorial American Express Paula ~reamer, the F1elds Championship in Ireland. with a birdie at the par-4 m h1s first seven holes. in June 2004. Boo Plus, he'll jump a spot to 16th, then . took aim at the Then, by making nine Weekley, who missed a .3- Open wmner, shot a 73 to third in the world rankings, par-3 17th flagstick, getting straight pars, Els not only footer on the final hole of fi~ish third at 7 under. Laura passing Steve Stricker. the ball to stop in the fringe did enough to catch the lead- regulation pi'!Y last year to . D1az (71) was another stroke "I really played pretty well after a daring shot over ers, he actually got into the cost himself the Honda title, back in the first-year tournawater. But the birdie try outright lead. today," Els said. shot an 80 Sunday and fin- ment, and Karrie Webb (74) " Calcavecchia (73 ), Robert missed, and he wound up ished 12 over. He did, how- and Stacy Prammanasudh Allenby (70) and Matt Jones one shot short of winning his Els was the only player to ever, finish wiih a putt from · (71) followed at 5 under "It was an up-and-down (73) tied for fourth, three second Honda in three years. have a bogey-free round, nearly the same spot where shots back. Brian ·Davis, Even after a quadruple until .he got to the 17th, the he missed last year, and . day with the on-and-offwho was at I 0 under earlier bogey Friday, Donald end of the famed "Bear thrust his arms in the air in again rain, but I never reall~ got any momentum, ' in the week and led at the wound up as the last con- Trap" at PGA J:'/ational. He mock celebration. Creamer said. "But it's ihe same for everybody OUt there and you just kind of have to grind through it,". In an event where only 13 players finished under par, Ochoa opened with roudds of 66, 65 and 69 to take:.an eight-stroke lead over" Sorenstain and Creamer into · the final round.. Ochoa missed a chance to break Cindy Mackey'.s 72-hole record for margin of viet~!) of 14, but topped her own mark of I 0 m the 2006 Tournainent of Champions. "Sometimes you can play your best and someone else does somethin~ better than you, and sometimes you -~<In just play OK and wiR," ·Ochoa · said. "Sometimes you can get away with: a · tournament, but this .week for some reason I was ihe only · one that - I played consistent and some other players struggled a little bit. ."Sometimes it happens that you take a big. Jead and you feel comfortable and you ·keep going, and today that was the case. It was just great because I also had pressure. I wanted to · kc<ep · the pace. I didn't want to make mistakes. I wanted' to win by more than eight, which was my lead yesterday. It was good today." The first rain delay Sunday lasted neatly .an hour just . after Ochpa, Creamer and Sorenstam began play in the filial group. It · then took them about two hours to finish:the par-3 I Ith and par-4 12th, with play stopped for about an hour after they teed pff on 11 and for 20 minutes afier their drives on 12. : After the first delay, Ochoa bifdied the par-3 third and par-5 fourtll to reach 18 under. She also birdied the par-5 ninth ind ended a stnng of six pjlfs with a birdie on the par-4 ·16 that got her to 20 under. . : She hit 9-irons to 20 and 5 feet to set up her birdies on Nos. 3 and 4, then twoputted from 30 feet on No. 5. On the 269-yard 16th, She drove into the greensjpe bunker blasted out to 7 feet and mdde the birdie putt. : · · · No. ·t.Vols survive for 63-60 win over Kentucky Hughes calls tenure ih Cleve1and 'Unhappy ' By The Associated Press Tenne.ssee held a 34-27 quick 11-2 lead, and the Vols showdown with No. 11 halftime advantage after built the advantage to 20-5 Georgetown next weekend KNOXVILLE, .Tenn. - leading the entire first half, on a putback shot by Ramar for the Big East title. Chris Lofton is tired and but Kentucky tied it at 41 Smith with lt:22 left before Jerry Smith added 10 sore. It's been. that kind of when Ramon Harris hit a halftime. points and 10 rebounds to week for him and his fellow jumper while being fouled Tennessee manaPed only lead a balanced offense hv y, 1 b D k c f " o unteers. y u e rews. two ree throws m 3 1/2 the Cardinals (24-6, 14-J . Tennessee hung on to beat Harris hit the free throw to minutes as Kentucky scored Big East), who ·won their Kentucky 63-.60 on Sunday, put the Wildcats up 42-41 nine points. ninth straight and remained in a week that included the with 13:54 left. · Bradley hit a jumper with tied with the Hoyas for first"vo1s • fitrst No. 1 ran ki ng in The teains then tracted the Ihe shot c1oc k expmng · · to cut place in the Big East. The school history on Monday. lead until Ramar Smith · Tennessee's lead to 32-27 two teams meet in and a loss to No. 18 dunked the ball to put with 1:161eft in the half. w h' 1 DC "',ennessee up 58-57 wit ·h as mg on, · beat ·• the on Vanderbilt on Tuesday. The Wildcats were playing Saturday. Louisville "That's college basket- 4;241eft. The Vols held onto without fre~hman phenom Hoyas 59 _51 on Feb. 9. Malcolm Grant Jed the ball," Lofton said. "It's the lead the rest of the gaine. Patrick Patterson, who something we have to d~lll 'JYI~r Smith finished with scored 20 points in their 72- Wildcats 07 _11 , 7 _9 Big with and get over." 15 pmnts for the Vols. 66 win over Tennessee in East) with II points,. but Bradley led January. V'll . h t . t 40 The Vols have ·play· ed · · Ramel three straight games against Kentucky with 17 points. X-rays revealed Friday c~n~nf~;m~' ~hctfield ~:d their biggest rivals, inciU:d- Perry Stevenson added 13 that Patterson, who was . turned the ball over 'l 4 iimes ing a win over then-No. 1 points and grabbed 14 averaging more than 16 in losing their second · Memphis, and needed the rebounds, and Harris fin- points a gal)1e, had a stress straight, damaging their win over Kentucky to stay ished with 12 points. fracture in his left ankle and h , b'd 1 "It's a tough loss. We had will miss the rest of the sea- opes tor an at- arge 1 to atop the Southeastern Conference. . the chance of winning son. the ~;1~NtooturnaDmen_t. "" a very good team on No 19 M1'chi5an State ' re arne 70' agal'nst .. Altogether, I think it was thel·r home court," Kentuckd. • DePaul 9,1 a great week for -us, even 103, No. 12 In iana 74 ROSEMONT 111 (AP) though we lost our No. I coach Bi!dl Gillispie sai . EAST LANSING, Mich. Luke Haran d' · d 24 "We pi~ .extremely hard, Ra~mar Mo ga d go Y score spot," Tennessee forward r n score pol·nts Rob K dd d 21 12 of ·s 20 points early to and N'otre D urzha e t · Tyler Smith said. "We're but we illn't ~et it done." Alwa··ys a t'tter n'valry help M1'ch1'gan State bm'Jd a beat DePa·uJ arne still happy with where we're t 11 ung h on fi t at." between bordering states, big lead and beat Indiana, d b . o.ch ncB. a Etrs' with one more wm, Tennessee added pomp and allowing the Spartans to fin- roun · ye 10 t e lg ast circumstance by honoring ish undefeated at home and . tournament. The Fighting Irish (22-6, Tennessee <26-3 • 12•2) will former All-American Ernie hand Dan Dakkh his first capture the SEC East Grunfeld and retiring his loss as interim coach. 12-4) shook off a 90-85 loss Division and a share of the No. 22 at halftime. Michigan State (23-6 II- at Louisville on Thursday conference t-itle. But the Vols. The rivalry between the 5 Big Ten)' led 59-31 at half- that all but dashed t~eir Big are .trying to earn their first Vols and Wildcats thrived tirne after making 78 percent East tttle hopes, bmldmg a outright SEC regular season when Grunfeld and fellow of its shots, including nine 47-3_1 halfume lead. and startmg the second wtth a championship in 41 years. All-American Bernard King 3-pointers. All of that was put in peril played in the late '70s, durEric Gordon scored 22 and . 13-2 run that made it 60-32. when the Vols squandered a mg the days of the so-called D.J. White had 14 points and Then, things got interestbig early lead against "Ernie~ Bernie Sh.ow." rebounds for the Hoosiers ing. • 12 The Vols also dubbed the ( 24 _5, 13 _3) who had a DePaul (10-! 8, 5_11) Kentucky (16-11, 10-4). Lofton scored 14 points, ·sunday game . Lofton's chance to pull into a three- pulled within seven late in including a jump shot with senior ni~ht, and hung 408 way tie with Big Ten leaders the game, and leading the 1:15 left, as Tennessee hung tiny '3' Signs around the rim · Wisconsin and Purdue. . way was freshman Dar on to avoid consecutive lpss- of the upper deck at Indiana won its first two Tucker, who scored a careeres for the first time this sea- Thompson-Boling Arena to games with Dakich in high 28 points. son. repre.sent' each of his career charge following Kelvin The game was the first of Derrick Jasper hit a 3- 3-pom(ers entermg the Sampson's resignation amid three this week against pointer to cut the Vols' lead game. NCAA allegations of major teams near the bQttom of the to 63-60, but Jasper and Joe Lofton has averaged more rule infractions. conference, with a home Crawford both missed 3- than 19 points against No. 13 Louisville 68, · matchup against St. John's point ''s hots in the final 20 Kentu~ky, who snubbed the Villanova 54 and a trip to South Florida seconds that would have !'v"aysviiie, Ky., nattve comLOUISVILLE, Ky. closing out the' regular seasent the game to overtime. mg out of h1gh school. Juan ~ala~ios scored 13 son. With a favorable sched"1 thought· it was in,." · He htt hts only 3 of the pomts m hts fmal game at ule, Notre Dame 'has a Crawford said of his shot. game on two attempts w1th Freedom Hall to lead chance to build · some "There was no question' m 13:38 left m !he first half. Louisvi lle to a . win over momentum and boost its my mind." , Tennessee JUmped out to a Villapova, ~tting up a NCAA seeding. ° -• The Daily' Sentinel• Page 85 . CLEVELAND (Af) - booed constantly Larry Hughes was unhappy Cleveland fans. in Cleveland, even when the Cavaliers went to the NBA finals. · The veteran guard returned to Cleveland on Sunday for the first time since being dealt to Chicago in an II -player trade on Feb. 21, and said he prefers the Bulls' style of play. Hughes said before Sunday's game the Cavaliers' offensive system "wasn't my style. They wanted me to sacrifice things so we could win.' In this system, there is mor~ movement and draw and kicks." The Cavaliers were 50-32 last season Clevela d "' . . n wun the Eastern Conference title, beating Washington, New Jersey and Detr01't m · the playoffs. The Cavaliers were · m · the swept bY San Antomo finals. Even that success didn't seem to satisfy Hughes. "It was a good run," he ~~~e·;~efi~~~s52;ttt~~~ from it. I was unhappy, though, and wasn't myself. :~~nr!tr~tat~~joy the game Signed as a free agent on Aug. 2, 2005, Hughes strug· gledwithinjuriesandinconsistentplay and was a disap, pointmeill· in Cleveland. He shot 40 percent from the field in each of his first two seasons and was shooting 37 percent this season at the time of the trade . While he struggled at shooting guard, he didn't enjoy playing point guard and was also by ~ "I don't blame anyone !or · " 'd H h h · It, sm ug es, w 0 was booed a!lain in Sundr's pregame mtroductions. " m movingon be and I am trvt'ng ~"' to get Iter." · ·• Cleveland, Chicago and Seattle were involved in the 11-player deal. Hughes, forwards Drew Gooden and Cedric Simmons and guard Shannon Brown were serit to the Bulls, who dealt center Ben Wallace and forward Joe Smith to the Cavaliers. "I was expecting (the trade)," Hughes said. ·:"). needed something different. Now I'm able to be me, in a fresh place that fits my style oflflay.'1 · ughes averaged IZ.3 points for the Cavaliers -in 40 glii'IIes th'ts season. e averaged 15.5 points in 36 · 2005-06 and 14. 9 games m points in 70 gaines last season. Gooden, on the other .H hand, was given a warm reception by Cleveland fans Sunday. "I was a little surprised, but this is a business," he said of the deal. "It's an adjustment, but I've been here before." . Gooden admitted he nearly went to the home locker room instead of the visitors. "I was this close," he said. "I almost walked right past this (room)." · In his first four games with the Bulls, Huj!hes was averaging 18 pomts and shooting 43 percent from the field. Gooden was averaging II points and 9.3 rebounds. , In One Week With Us www.mydailytribune.com classitiecl@~;'d'!:~ribune.com REACH OVER 285,000 PROSPECTS www.mydailysentinel.com www.mydailyregister.com YOUR AD NOW ONLINE To Place . m;rtbune. 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Must be 21 ·~ars both regional and OTR UJDILY Kel'· Dr $66 000 446 2444 • CARE '' · ' ·· ·. ProlaiBional S.rvlcea ................................. 230 old or older. Must 'have opportunities. Qualified Radlo, .TV & CB Repair ............................... 160 Class A COL with Hezmat applicants must be' ar least 77 Haw1horne Ln., Pl. Real Estate Wanlad ..................................... 360 Endorsement and good 23 yrs, have a minimum of 1 Child care done in my hom,, Pleasant. 3br. 1ba, t0151SF Schools lnatructlon..................................... 150 MVR. Local Trips Call 1- years of sate commerical infants welcome, meatS New floor coverings, fresh 800·598-6122 driving experience, Haz Mat included, lots clactivilles tor paint, new heat pump Seed , Plant & Fertilizer .............................. 850 Cerlification, Cl8an MVR ~ur child, days, night and SHulllona Wanted ...................................... 120 Manpower is now hiring for and good lob stabiNty. We weekends. $2.00 per hour. $79,000 304·674·3698 1 Space-lor Rent ............................................. 460 a fuH slate of benefits Call 256-1438 ask lor ---~--c· Sporting Goods ........................................... 520 the following . positions offer plus. 401 {k) and vacation Attention! Automobile Produtlon ' , SUV'olor Sale.................................... :;........ 720 Far information contact local company offering "NO Trucks tor Sale ............................................ 715 Workers in the Buffalo, WV pay. DOWN PAYMENT' pro' ' Upholelery ................................................... 870 Area BenEJfits avagable Call Kent et B00-462-9365 or Today 304-757·3338 visit . our web site at ' i~ BIBNFRi grams lor you to buy your Vans For S.le..............................................730 wwww~rf!:l!r~uc~k!ng~c~!J~m:':E~ .O~.E::_. n.-.. home instead of renting. r W.nlelf lo Buy ............................................. 090 Tender needed, com· ~-vrrv--KiliNflY--_.1. • 100% tmanc1ng_ i Wanted to Buy- Farm Supplle8 .................. 620 Wen petitive wages, medical, Welders needed.1yr. experi- .., • Less 1han perfect credit Wanted To Do .............................................. 180 dental, eye, 401k, stock ence. Good wages & bene- Home Interiors & Gifts accepted Wanted lo Rent ............................................ 470 options. Exp. Preferred. fits. Send resumes to: CLA Contact Rosalie Unrue at • Payment could be the Yard Sale- Galilpoils..................................:.072 Send resume to: PO Box Box 103, c/o Gallipolis Daily (304) 273·2969 Join & get same as rent. Yard S.le-PomeroyiMiddle ......................... 074 1478, Cambridge, Ohio Tribune, PO BoK 469\ $500 in merchandise for$99 Mortg41ge LocatorB. y...e Sale-Pl.. Plellent .......... :...:................. 076 43725 · Gallipolis, OH 45631 runrue@hughss.net (740):167·0000 r I • GIVFAWAY 1110 Thur8dlly for sunday• I ·. ~ . r r'o I i 1w-----_.l linD I I I I. r i I Ii I Iii) I I ~~ V!l'u:.::t I �Page 86 • The D~ily Sentinel r~~~ I Monday, March 3, 2008 www.mydailysentinel.com .. Monday, March 3, 2008 iALLEYOOP www.mydailysentinel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page 87 ~--RENT--· Lo.r..... Phillip Alder Excellent condition. HVAC. Nice 2BR mostly furnished Off street parking. No pets. $375/renl. $600/month plus utilities. S3751deposi1. 740-441.Q829 Security and key depos11 Allum.nMs required. No pets. r FOR RENT North Hill's Self Storage References required. 740· "~--li:iiiiiii:i:ioo.P· 44&4425 or 446-3936 1 and 2 bedroom apartments, furnisnecl and unfur· n!shed, and houses in ~meroy and Middleport, security deposit requ1red, no Bedroom Apts. at Vitlage Manor and Riverside Apts. in Middleport, lrom $327 to pots, 740·992·22 t8. Housing Opportunity. GraciOUI LIVIng 1 and 2 Help Wanted e $592. 740·992·5064. Equal 1BA Apt, W/0 hookups. Tara Townhouse Internet/satellite TV incl. Apartments, Very Spacious, w/rent, close to hospital. Call 2 Bedrooms, CIA, 1 112 740.339-0362 Balh. AduH Pool & Baby ~-....,.,-::----- NURSING HOUSE SUPERVISOR POol. Patio. Slart $425/Mo. 2Br apt, W!O hookup, water No Pets. Lease Plus pel, close to hos~tal & col· "'security Deposit Required, '".9" pets, Pleasant Valley Hospital is currently accepting resumes for . a Full time Nursing Ho"use SupetVisor. Experience in acute care setting preferred . Current WV license. Send resumes to: PIHSIInt Valley Hospital • on Centenary Ad, no {740)367·0547. 446·~2 after Spm Twin Rivers Tower is accept· 2BR apts 6 mi from Holzer. ing applications lor 'waiting Some utilities pd. $4DO+dep. list for Hud·subsized, 1· br, 74().4t8-5288 apartment,tor · the ~ 2BR in Rio Grande. elderly/disabled call 675· Equal Housing $340/rent $340/deposit. Call 6679 Opportunity 740-245·9000 3 BR. $395 and 28 $295 Upstatrs apt. With so many choices, ·it's ·easy to get carried away · vvitb · our · M~rchandise listings · . . in the classifieds! downtown plus utilities & dep. 3rd ST, Gallipolis, clean. 2BR, 2 hookup, $500 dep. ret. {740) 446- · Baths, OW, WID Racine. 740-247-4292 Apartment available now 9209 Riwtrbend Apts. New Haven WV. Now accepting applies , tions for Hud-Subsidized. ooe Bedroom Apts. Utilities included. Ba~ adjusted Income. (304)882·3121 ~r-"""!~--..., j , FOR RENT SPACE on 30% of Retaii/Werehouae/Storege Call Location in Gallipolis 1800 avai lable tor sq . tt bu~ding $400 mo. off Senior and Disabled People. srreet Beautiful Ap'ts.Opportunity at Jackaon Equal ttousing Eatatet. 52 Westwood Dri\10, lrom $365 to $560. 740·446·2568. Eq"al i call Wayne a1 c/o Human Resources rI!~~~~~~~~=======~=~~=:~~ I L r ii!lllol"""~------., Housing Opportunity. Th!S · rt r · E 1 ms 1 u ton. ts a~ qua Mollohan Furniture selling Opportumty Prov1der and off all furniture stock. Save E 1 mpoyer. big. 202 Clark Chapel Ad. . . 388·0173 CONVENIENTLY LOCATED. AFFORDABLE! -S-ai-,:-Ba~rb-er-Ca_r_po_l_$_5.95 Townhouse apartments, yd remnants $40.00 & up. ai'KVor small houses FOR Mollohan Carpet 22 12 u-~. ··~·:' ~~- NEW AND USED STEEL Steel Beams, Pipe Rebar For 'Concrete, Angle, FOR SALE r.;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; 1,~--oi:iiii:iiiii:ii--" r10 FARM · F.QUJPI\1F.NI' I • 02 Eddie 'Explorer, Ba"er IOO~ .il::ii:W..:Itltiilt:iilli r {740)992·4119 . . K>R SAlE r· •Washer/dryer hookup • All electric- averaging 2- •2&3 bedroom apar1ments •Central heat & AJC r 'I r to HoME Baautiful AKC Lab puppies. Hay fpr Salt: 250 sm. sq. 1t00, 1-16 ga"ge & 1·20 $50-$60/month 3 yellow (M) 1st Bales, orchard grass mixed, L-olll.iiiiiiiPROiivtli!ENfS:iiiiiitiii:• •Owner pays water, sewer, gauge $500 each, like new shots/wormed & vet good quality, $4.75 ea.{740) 304-67!Hit32 lrosh BASEMENT 245·0485 aHer 6 p.m. checked. $175 256-6882 WATERPROOFING (304)882·3017 JET AERATION MOTORS CKC Min. Dachshunds 2 Unccnditional lifetime guarRepaired New & RebuiH In males $25f?, 6 females A~ antee. Local references fur• Stock. C~ll Ron Evans, 1_ $275~ long haired, first FOR SALE niGhed. Established 1975.· shots/worm, Reedy to go .,_ _li:iiii:iiiiiii--"· Call 24 Hrs. {7401. 446· 800 .537.9528 _ :.::..::.~=---- now. 304·593-3820 0870, Rogers Basement Vent free fireplace with . - - - - - - - - 01 Hyundai Accent Waterproofing. Nice quiet 2BR apt In charred Oak log set. 20,000 · CKC Reg. Female Hatchback. 5 speed trans, r'l;;u~lJiiruiil Gallipolis. Deposit, no pets. btu's, wireless remote. new. Pomerarilan puppy. $400. 65,310 miles, good oondl44e·127t o009·t657 $400. 740.339·2237 Caii740-44H2t8 lion. needs calalytic cotwert· er. Asking $2600. Call 740· 709-6339. Remington Automatic e I r·o ----=--- on . 01 Suzuki Grand Vltar, 40R, AC, 4WD, 100k mi les. $4000. Cell740·339·2457 ,Are' ~ou .~5: SAVINGS 1990 Honda Accord, air, automatic, 129,000 miles, :··:· or older?:, Su per F·150', Heritage, XL, Cab, 304·593·1336 ~~~ii~~§~;~~~ Here's all you need .to do ... . Fill out,the coupon below and grop off or mail it with a copy of your photo ID: Jaailp Q;riiJunt f)oint tllta~ant 1\egi~ter The Daily Sentinel 6unbap Wlme• ·6enttnd ·---------·-····---------------: Subscriber's Name _______ 1 I I I I 1 I I Address _ __________ I I I I I I : City/State/Zip - - - - - - - - I I 1 · ·with a copy of your photo ID to · Help Wanted : 1" : Ohio Valley Publishing P.O. Box 469, Gallipolis, OH 45631 : ··----·----------------···------· Seeking people interested in the coal yard/equipment operator position(s) as well as personnel inferested in operations department position(s).·40 Hr. workweeks anticipated , rotating shift work required. Two Year Degree preferred. Entry level wage rate @ approx. $12.00 per hr. with moderate benefit package being offered. Interested candidates should mark which interest they prefer and submit resumes to: Human Resources Dept. · P.O. Box 1051 . New Haveni WV 25266-1051 By: March 14, 2008 Opport~nity Employer M/F/DN 140'811-t@i t~RJ~ Fax 740-992-5706 99 Beech Street Middle • • rt OH Roger Man le y· Ow·ner # ..._.. • --~ ' . Your, Carpet and Upholstery Cleonlng · Solutif,Jn \1urty O'Bryonl FRANK & EARNEST *Experi enced References Available! Call Gary Stan ley @ 740-59 1-8044 Owm~r ' PO Kox453 : : Pomero)·, OH .. ~ Toll Fr.. • 1-1188·'191·7090 • : Phone: 740-'191-7090 EARLENE WANTED TO NAME HER BABY AFTER HER 'si~;TER, BUT SHE WUZ AFRAID HER OTHER SISTERS WO\JLD GIT JEALOlJS !! THE BORN LOSER wv 036725 V.C YOUNG Ill losea the opponents ·mighl cash loo many heart tricks. Assuming the club finesse loses, if you are to go down, the opponents will have to take a total of four heart trick$. This means that West must haw started with '"'!>tG.11. ... ~1~E.R e.\1"-nlt>l\'( ~~ fi£.R£ f>.U:..l ~­ I'r-\ &t\llti!G OLt> t~S\ I /1 \'el!'o leo( ill~ ~"( LOOKII-i& ~T IT Till~ W/1-Y_::"" P''IEI>.\.1. ... Mt> fl..'I ~ur-\&xt~ 1:: Sbop ClassiReds 1' ~ML'< REN..Li YOUR (>..(.E I~ ~I Gl-\ Ot-lt ! JU~T 1>. t-IU~! !Ill•) <f!' CELEBRITY CIPHER by Luis Campos JJI'Jl . Ceiebril} Ci!M"avttograrr.s ore creat9CIIrom quotations by famous peo~ e paS1 a"d presenl ' Ea::h lelt81 tn the Cipher sl<roJ tor wther Today's clue: 0 equals U trick . 992·52 1':1 'illi'IO~ 38 Scent finders there is a danger that if the club finesse CARPENTER SERVICE Patio and Porch Dtcke ' · companio.n slreet -- live hearts. And it he did, East has only a doubleton. So, duck the first trick and take your heart ace on the second round. Then run the club queen , and here make your contract with an over- VInyl Siding & PIMnllng' ' Guinness 35 Hot tubs 37 Krueger's 39 Where Asia begins 41 Rigel's cor:st42 Stoolie 43 Jal 44 Sax · mouthpiece 45 Carnegie or Evans 46 Industry, , plus 47 Division word 48 Rollers 51 Broom cl"bs {four it the finesse wins). H.owevet, YOUNG'S Room Addlllont & Remodeling · NewGaragee Electrical & Plumbing Rooting a. Gutter• 25 26 27 28 29 31 Kingdom Brown tint Frog kin Mademoi· selle's date Remnant Cal's plaint Water, In Baja Unlit Galumph Plunder The skinny Consumes Sir- In the auction, North should not show his minor, because he has game-Only high· card strength and no singleton or void. You have seven top .tricKs: four spades, one h9ar1, one diamond and one club. · There ere three more tricks available In MEET .MELISSY ROSE:MAR'r' PAULETTE MIRIAM BETTY NAOMI EMIL'( FLORA MAYBELLE DELPHINE LORRAINE DORIS HESTER ETHEL ' JEAN BARLOW !! Since you have only one lop-card stop· por in the sun led, you could also apply the Rule of Seven, You hava six hearts between your hand and lhe dummy. Six from seven Is one. Hold up the heart ace lor only one round. II yOtJ duel< the second !riel< to West, he should shift to the diamond tO. Then the contract goes down two (II yo" cash otJt) or down four (If you take the club finesse) . "KD K VCJL CGVKLJLE OSELHMRCSEKSX PF ZKDL, CSE K RVCSA CSF RNZLHCSGL KS BCGAKL HNYKSMNS . " - YHNCEGCMRLH HLE YCHYLH PREVIOUS SOLUTION - 'Donl work wrth children, an:mals or Salma Hayek. When she's on screen, I may as well be flosstng my Ieeth .' ·Pierce Brosnan ~Astro- .~!f!, CORNER STONE CONSTRUCTION Roofing, Siding, Soffit, Decks, Doors, Windows, Electric, Plumbing, Drywall, Local Contr nctor 740-367-0.5 44 Free Eetlmatea 740·367-0536 J&L Construction structiw col,.borators willing to team up wiih ~ou in the year Bhead. new endea\1· ars In which you engage may be more lor Vinyl Siding Replacement Window& Roollng Decks • • Garage& • Pole Building• Haem Additions . Owner: •. Jarnee KMHa II 742-2332 .... . , ....... '117 7 &111.. 41111 sooiat purposes than lor commercial arrangements. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - You're loner lhan you are a joiner, yet it cOnditions allow you to be an observer rather than a partJclpator. this. could satmore of a is fy an inner need to learn what others are up lo. ARIES 1Ma"'h":18Y2t·April Circumsla,nces unfold in t9) such - a . manner that you lind yourself In the post- lion to be a true friend to someone you now consider merely an acquaintance. .;PEANUTS "'· ONLV IF ~E CAN ASK 't'OUR D06 IF HE WANTS TO COME TAURUS (April 20.May 2Q) - You can accomplish far more if you focus your efforts on mental endeavors Instead of physical ones. Things you were · never able to communicate in the past can be 8RIN6 1-115 OWN DECK .. AND PLA'( CARDS. expressed now. . GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ll's far more important what you think about your Ideas than what associates do. ' ... ft ....... ~~~. . . . . . . . . .12:11. . ' PIYIII8 JlllfiiCIS. :cow and BOY ,YEAH,I DON'T THI~K YOLJI Seamless Gutters Aoofing,·Siding, Gutters TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL THIS YEAR? 'J ~· & 'TI~J SINGI~G 110BOTS TEI1f<IFY ME.. Q4fFZE Insured & Bonded 740·653·9657 u J -~ 1 '' ;t3ARFIELD ' ,...-.,...------:~7\11 WHAT ARE we: GOINC:, w THEY'LL EVE~ HAVE US BACK THERE. COMING UP. WANT H&H Guttering· • TakO advanlage of the opportunity to do Manley's:: Recycling: ... , Tueedlly, March 4, 2008 By Bllmlce Bade 0.01 Although you will fl~ many more oon· e 0 PUBLICNOTitE the . oHice of Cheater Township Litlle,Shoela &Warner, Board of Trustees 211·213 Eaat Second Financial Report lor Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 2007 has been com· or Southern Local plated & filed with the HlghSchooi,Raclne, Auditor or State . Ohio. Tho deadline for Copies may be viewed lillng the application Ia by contacting the fie- not later than April 7th, eel ottlcer at 74().949- 2008. 2432. ' . Those eligible are High Janet A. Life School Graduate& who Cheatar Twp. are lagal realdenq. ol Fiscal Olllc:er Sutton Township, (3) 3 Melgo County, Ohio and lineal grendniecM - - - - - - - and grandnephews Public Notice (and their lineal - - - - - - - - deoce,.denta) of NOTICE Earnest A. end Maxine Appllcatlona. for the S. Wingett, ragardleiS Ern•t A. Wingett and of where they may Maxine L. Wingett reside. Memorial Education 3/3,10 Truat are available at All pass It I2 18 20 , 22 23 24 play? .a lob Bone? East 3 NT Anawer to Previous Puu.le 41 Mouths I Dry, as 42 Grows champagne crops 4 Watch chain 45 Radical 7 Kind 49 "-'cent ollump ending 10 S&L 50 In-box offering contents 11 Croupiers' (hyph.) tools 52 Stop- 13 Landry of dime lootball 53 Lassie's 14 Energy relusal 15 Please 54 Aviators' greatly tests · 16 Happy 55 - ba an sighs honor! 17 Sheer joy 56 Glove 19 Picasso or leather Neruda 57 Ink partner 21 B"!Hight · 58 -Alamos yell 22 Murky DOWN 23 Sir opposite 26 Grassland 1 Shoe-box 30 Gracious! word 31 Pub order 2 Clopton of 32 Santa "Layla" winds 3 Twist.offs 33 Not just my 4 Exam option 34 Lumbe~ack 5 Juslllne commodity 6 Put money 35 Scrutinize on 36 Heard the 7 Wild guess alarm 8 Eyeliner 39 Coifs · 9" 40 Rapper Excited" Inexperienced playerS like rules that simplify play. They can use a rule, not work from first. principles. And wh9n a deal is "textbook; applying a rule can make life easy - as here . This is a ctassic no-trump conundrum. Against ,your contract of three no-trump, West leads the hear1 four, and East puts up his queen. How would you plan the www.R'dr.:arpcttrcatment.ota f' North Pass The Rule of Seven and the anti·rules BARNEY *Reasonable Rates *Insured · We11t 1 NT · Opening lead: • 4 .. *Prompt and Quality Work South Tl•tmur. .- 1P PO TOCIAY? : Phone,______________ Mall or drop ott this coupon along 740-949-2656/740·949-2169 Equal 1 I I 1 Advanced ticket drawing. 3 special games- coverall door prizes, raffles Refreshments at 5 pm by Syracuse Community Center American Electric Power/ Mountalnaer Plant In New Haven, WV seeking temporary personnel. 4.6L, V8, 43,000/miles, 4lr:4 $16,000 when you pay for a 6 or 12 month subscription on your home delivered subscription! I Doors open at 5 pm 20 Games- $20.00 INDUSTRIAL WORKERS . 2004 Chevy Silverado, 4c3 V-6, aulo. AC. CD, 45k miles. ASking $9000. OBO 645·8712 ~ 004 AllWork Guaranteed Remodeling. Ror · . Addif"!H]~ 'I~ •allipoli~ Basket Games by Star Mill Park Board Carleton School March 6-6 pm Help Wanted seats $3,200 304·675·2007 Senior Discount* Hill Am IIPIIR t Stanley TreeTrimming & Removal $1 ,500 Firm. 1.999 Chrysler LHS, 106,000 miles,· leather If so, you qualify for a ··•~· ......... . 2459 St. Rt. 160 • GaiUpotls 2001 1 Honda FourtraK 90. · Uke- new $1400. 740·367· $125 tor the pair {740) 388· AKC German Sh ep herds, HAY & 8926 ~~-------, Pups & Adults 304-937· GRAIN 7025 Mln:LLANEous 3059 MFRCHANDISE ~::-:----:c--::-:-:--- Hay tor sale: 200 round 4-wheeler 300EX. $1 .000 -AKC Golden Retriever pup .. bales. grass and some (740)446-4060 pies $300, shots, 6 females Orchid grass w/ alfalfa. Call 1 Reg. Squirrel dOg pup. ..,I U\ I( I ' & 2 males 304·675·a:l63 245·5t75 betore 9pm. r.ll"""-~---~ Ellm View Apartments ; . ,L ! A6 3 Dealer: South Vulnerable: Neither , Billy Goats. 96- Alot ol extras, saddlebags, 100%, Fair Goars for sale crashbar ai'Kt windshield. call for price 304-675-3643 256·1878 or 304-593·4471 · • 1114/1 mo. pd ,.•"~'~ 6 3 South • AQ 94 • A 10 7 Stop & Compare . .KJ98 74 olt K +QJ 8 740.446.9200 I 2·Reg. Boer PE'I's · Hours 7:00AM - 8:00 PM East 1 • 7 3 • Q2 .KJ '943 • tO 5 J40·112-1m "'""""·dJD-..I«:alloJnetry.OOAI Harley Davidson Custom Sottail $9200 obo. - - - - - - - - Sunday. {740)446-73QO lo'10'd0' . Hardlood CaiMneery And Furnimre Ford MmoRCYcw;/ 4 WHEFLF.AS West • 8 6 5 2 "' 52 AA/EOE mites, r'«> 111Nh18' t 03·03-011 K J tO 8 6; • Q2 oTt AI0974 • New Homes • Garages • (Qmplete Remodeling apply on,line at www.pvalley.org loaded, looks and ru ns Channel, Flat Bar. Steel 4WDM1 05SKubotaTractor. great. 4WO, seats 7.$8500 Grating For Drains, 607 hrs. loader, CHA. 060 Call 740-441 -7233 Driveways & Walkways. L&L $46.000 new. must sell. Scrap Metals ""'-n Monda", $34,000. 740 256-6347 1 .........,. Tuesday, Wednesday & , ROBERT . BISSELL CINmUCDIN. 29670 Bashan Road Racjne, Ohio 45771 740-949-2217 • • ., 304-675-6975 or suvs· ~ ~~~ · 1510 Valley Drive Point Pleasant. WV Or fax: RENT. Call {740)441-1111 Eastern Ave, Galllpolis, Oh Friday, Bam-4:30pm. Closed l..l\rOOOCK for application & information. 740_446•7444 Thursday, Saturday & ' - - - - - - - · 1994 Cute 2 br. apartment, w/d While!Qak Tile Top Kitchen hOOic-up, no pets, $370 a Table, with 6 chairs-good month plus utilities, deposit condition $ 12S; Glass Top & required, . ask for Marge, Iron Coffee & End Tables Tone - ACROSS Nice 2BR mollilo home in Fot Lease: 2nd floor, spa· Johnaons Mobile Home cious, 3 bedroom, unfur· Park. 740-446-1409 or 740- nished apt. in . •victorian ~2003 hOuse on City Park, I NEA Crossword Puzzle BRIDGE 1 THOI,lc;,H r we: WERE POINCf tT ,.,,. The ir goals and yours may be worlds apart, so stick Jo your game plan and don't be swayed away. CANCER (June 2 1-July 22) - llmll your tim8 to ventures or actlviUes that depend upon your talents and expertise, not on cash inVestments. Vour concepts and imagination will have greater value than your financial poslrlon. LEO (July 23--Aug. 22) - In order to gain the support of your associates, you mus t first be willing to look at th)nga from their point of view. Once you're willing to appreciate their ideas, they will, in turn, accept yours. • VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - You have two choices as to what you do with your time. You can waste it foolishly, generate 0 four Reatrange lerters of lito =mbled word1 be- I IMUI L12E II HI I-1-a;-l''lr-'11-"TI:,rlI low tc form lour 1lmple word1. L r. T~r-IT·-T..:.:.r-1 I 1 ' ":::::~~:::;~=~..,J r NE HE S L..-1.-''--'--'.....J Ir-nsrF I J y F , .....,~0: r,ITt--rj-l • 1 1 ._...__._...__..__, - E 0 GE RN I Our labor saving devices are so popular. If someone invents a button pusher we r-.,..,,:-r,-Mjs"j'Tj""'"I 0 ~~.,:··ine cnue<I• quoted I 1 . • • • • . by ftllln~ in 'the missing word! you d..elot> from llep No. 3 below. A PRINT NUMBERED t:J lETTERS IN SQUARES ~ ~~F:~:lR ~ETTERS I IIIIIIII SCRAM-lETS ANSWERS 2- 29-oe Hearth - Perch - Weary - Solace- EACH OTHER · "Kissing," the girl laughed, "is a means of gelling two people so close that they can't see 81lything wrong with EACH OTHER." ARLO& JANIS l'D Lll<t,A !li'Aiii~H 0.!\E.LEl ... " I!UTHOLD 'IH~ CHI'.t.!.E., PEPPER A~DOOIOI<lo.' lessen your feelings of sell· worth, or you can be industrious, produc- . guilt and tive and end up liking yourself. LIBRA (Sept 23-0ct. 23) - Engag ing In a momenlary social diversion will do you a world of good; so don't merely look at it as a waste of time. Taking a little time to reiM and recharge your batteries will get you fu rther feste r. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-NOII. 22) - If It takes shelving your other interests for the moment In order to focus on a serious domestic situation, do so. There is nothIng more important than your fam ily, and you should make them your priority. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec . 2 1) - II there is something new you need or want to learn about, now 11 the time to take ·it on. Chance• are you will be able to abeOrb end ret•ln whet VO'-' ltrarn more ,..adlty lh«n u•uel. ' CAPRICORN (Dec. 22·Jan . 19) Opponunltlee or ldu1 you get far w•v• and meane to ad\lance your tlnartell.l , poeltlon thould be glv.n aerlou• oontld• t!'llflon. Save thtm for Ull later on. even If vou are, unable to get th•m ott the d!'llwlng board now. ~UARIU8 {Jon. 2Htb. t8) - Avoid entanglement• that would Impede vour 1bMit)' ta Dt your·own ptrton. VOu will not ru,MIIM well unltll vou aan thin~ ent:l aat on )lOur own without dlolalet !rom ott:ert. QAIZZWILLB BOUPTO NUTZ CAUT\ON! \fOJ 'R>oi<' II 0:11.1) SHoWell. t;;tllll WHO a Meek' ? ~~~ 1i> 5 M\L~S .•. ' . �Page B8 • The Daily Sentinel Monday, March 3, 2008 www .mydailysentinel.com Dead rebel's laptop shows Venezuela, Ecuadersupporting leftist guerillas, A2 Fom1er Indians catcher Tim Laker talks about steroid past ' BY TOM WITHERS ASSOCIATED PRESS WINTER HAVEN , · Fla. Overwhelmed with regret and pained by a shortsighted decision he wishes he could take back. Tim Laker began moving · away from his tainted past. Laker, a former major league catcher who admitted in the Mitchell Report that he injected himself with steroids to gain an edge, expressed sadness and deep remorse Sunday. as he discussed cheating the game he loves. "I made a poor decision, a mistake," . a contrite and ashamed Laker said. "And all I can do is ask for forgiveness and move on." One of more than 80 current and former players named in the report, Laker played with Montreal, Baltimore, ·Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay and Cleveland from 1992-2005. He managed in the Indians' minor league system last year, but decided not to this season partly because of health concerns. He's cufreritly a roving catching instructor for Cfeveland. The 38-year-old Laker was diagnosed in 1992 with colitis, a digestive disease. and he'd had other serious health issues, nearly dying in 200 I when his pancreas became infected. Laker doesn't think his steroid use · is tied to any of his health problems, including a hospital stay this winter because of another bout with colitis. 'Laker told George Mitchell's investigato~s that he met admitted steroid distributor Kirk Radomski, a former New York Mets . clubhouse employee, when. he was with the Expos. The two were introduced by Laker's teammate, David Segui. In the report, Laker said he purchased Deca. Durabolin and . testosterone during the late 1990s. He had first consiaered using steroids oefore tile 1995 season and did research by reading ma~azines and talking to indtviduals outside the game about the effects. Looking back, he wished he had considered other consequences. "I probably didn't think about it enough and probably didn't think of the ramifications 12 years down the road," he said .. Laker opened his · interview session by discussing the discomfort his link to the Mitchell Report has caused his family. Clearing his throat, he nervously described having to look his 16-year-old stepson. Brando, in the eye after the report was issued. · :He expressed similar dis,tress that his wife and mother have endured questions from outsiders wondering about Laker's sordid history. Laker, who spent the majority of his career in the minors, told Mitchell's investigators that· after purchasing steroids from Radomski that he injected himself in the buttocks cr11ce a week for a few months. "I re~ret that as many good thmgs as baseball bas given me and as many good things it has done for me, I regret that I have to sit here and talk about steroids instead of talking about baseball," he said. During his two-hour session with Mitchell's investi· gators, Laker said he was convinced that using ateroids would "enhance (his) performance." He refused to elaborate on his reasons for taking the drugs, and said he was too uncomfonable to discuss the culture of baseball at the time when steroid abuse was the game's dirty little secret. "I'm not in a position to give my opinion on anybody," he said. "I just have to focus on what I do and my own regrets.': Laker was required to meet with Mitchell's investigators because he 's a Major League Baseball employee. He said he did not consider resigning to avoid having to tell a story " that he's embarrassed about. Laker dido 't offer much of an explanation for why he took performance.enhancing drugs. However. ·he pointed to his difficulty, maintaining weight on his 6-foot-3 frame as a possible reason for being lured into trying them. "A long with weight comes strength," he said. "That's what led me to doing it.'' There wasn 't one main reason why he stopped, and Laker even joked that steroids didn't seem to help him much. "Just look at my stats," the career .226 hitter said with a smile. "It wasn't an illustrious career." Indians manager · Eric Wedge, a close friend, pledged his unwavering support of Laker, who played for him at Triple-A Buffalo and with the Indians. "I feel strong about him as · a person . We' re proud to· have him in the organization." said W~dge, who looks forward to the day steroids are no longer an issue. "As long as the game can come out ahead on the other end, and there's · a inore clear message to kids, that's all I care about." Laker hopes others can learn from his missteps. He stepped down from managing to focus on his health but hopes to ' get back to it someday. "I've been in baseball since I was 18 years old," he ... AP phOICI said. ".It's the only life I know. I hope to be in it for Former Cleveland Indians catcher and current coach, Tim Laker, speaks to the media about his prior steroid use Sunday In Winter Haven, Fla. another 20 years." Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio :;o CI.VI'S • \'ol. :;-.No. t:;H • Sen Roethlisberger signs extension with Stealers. See Page 81 BSERGENI@MYOAILYSENllNEL.COM COLUMBUS - After a year of preparation, public meetings. a month of testimony and more months of legal briefs•. yesterday the Ohio Power Siting Board approved American Municipal PowerOhio's cenificate for environmental compatibility and public need for its coal-fired power plant proposed for Letart Falls. · · "It's excellent news," Perry Varnadoe. Meigs County economic development director ~aid. 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See Page A5 • Youth makes dean's list See Page A5 ·WEATHER lfPIT· . .' ·Detalli on P • AS A One Stop Shop For AU Your Medical Equipment Needs! . s.,,. • s.. o., ,,., SINWIIO•l DIU, ' Acert4lltd lly '"' Joint Co1uttl11ioll INDEX 2 SECTIONS- 12 PAGES Calendars A3 Classifieds B3-4 Comics Bs Annie's Mailbox A3 Editorials A4 As Obituaries Sports Weather B Section A6 © R008 Ohio Vatley Publishing CO. • . . BY BETH SERoENr. Middleport: Tax outsourcing is on schedule Rebecca "'"'·m~<lail)"'"tita·t.w"' 2001! OPSB approves AMP construction . SPORTS .· PLAY COVERALL BINGO IS: Tlii·.SD,\Y, !\1 ·\RCII.t. • . WIN UP TO $1,000 ! ! ! TODAY~s People crowd polling sites to get votes in ahead of bad weather, A6 ly puts an air of certainty the project is going to be built." The application with · the OPSB ' and the recently approved tinal air permit-toinstall from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency were two m[\jor hurdles for AMP-Ohio to climb in building the plant. Kent D. Carson, direction of conimunications for AMP- · Ohio, said the decision w&S an "olivious milestone for the project'' and the company was "very happy." . Carson satd the company still has several permits to · obtain dealing with water guality, landfill, tmnsmission lines, etc. Howe,\ler, despite the pending pennits, AMPOhio is still on, track to go online in 2013 i)lld possibly begin actual construction in 2009. · Through the last several months, environmental groups opposed the plarit because of tts dependency on coal ~nd how that might affect global warming. AMP-Ohio has stated its board of directors · approved the use of Powerspan technology to deal with this issue. In iti official statemenl the OPSB said: "The facility will burn approximately 12,000 tons of coal per <lay when operating at full capacity and utilize Powerspan emissions control technology to regulate sulfur dioxide (S02) and particulate levels." The. statement went on to say: "At a public hearing held in Pomeroy, Ohio, 22 members of the public testified . Testimony was equally divided between those in support of the facility for its impact on local economy and those opposed due to environmental concerns, OPSB staff recommended 34 specific conditions to minimize environ- A taste of spring BY BRIAN J. REED BREEOOMYDAILYSENTINEL.COM MIDDLEPORT -· The process of turning over the collection of village income tax to an outside agency is "getting close," according to Middleport Mayor Michael Gerlach. The village has begun to provide data to Regional Income Tax Administralion, a non-profit agency made up of representatives of 113 · Ohio _villages and cities . Last year, village council cited potential cost savings in a decision to outsource its income tax department to RITA. In July, when council voted 3-2 to make the conversion to RITA, the late Councilman Ferman Moore estimated the annual savings at $40.000. The village ha~ eliminated the full-time position of income tax . administrator, and Fisal Officer Susan Baker has assumed the responsibilities associated with the tax office administration. Baker said an agreement and contract between the village and RITA were exe- . cuted and returned last week. She said she is .now providing electronic tax records to RITA so the transfer of the department can proceed. Baker said RITA plans to hold two public meetings to introduce the agency to local taxpayers and .· employers. She said RITA is scheduled to begin· handling the village's income tax . collections in July. and she expects the public meetings to be held in advance of that date. An ·informational letter will also be mailed to village residents to ewlain the conversion, Baker said. According to Baker, the exact cost of paying RITA.to handle income tax administration is not yet known. RITA is paid a percentage of collections, so the fee paid · to the agency will depend on how much tax is : paid . However, preliminary estimates place the cost at under $15,000 - a considerable savings over what the village has paid to employ an admimstrator, pay benefits and office and mailing el\penses. When a full-time tax adminstrator was on the payroll , the . department operated on a $~0,000 annual budget. Administrator Carol Howe Cantrell, who al.so oversaw the village's workers compensation and insurance progrruns,· was paid a· . salary of $26,500. Costs of health insurance and retire. ment placed the cost of Pl1111 ' " Tu. AS inental. social and cultural impacts to the area: and · AMP-Ohio has agreed to lollow these conditions." The conditions were not elaborated on ih the OPSB 's general statement. · 'This will be the cleanest power plam ever built in Ohio, certainly one of the cleanest in the country," Varnadoe said. . . The OPSB states: ·• The project is expected to create up to 1,600 construction jobs generating $566 million in annual wages and 150 permanent jobs generating $10 million in·annual wages." Board takes personnel action STAFF REPORT NEWS@MYDAiLYSENTINEL.COM Eastern Local Board of Education approved the following substitutes during its regular meeting: • Substitute teachers : Peggy Bailey. Linday Booth. Brian Duffy. Ryan Dunfee, Amanda Nickell, Tyler Thomas, Melanie Tulleu. Elizabeth Wilfong and Mairyann Wrentmore, .. fur · the remainder of the school year 1\n<.l pending proper certification. • Secretary and cook; Jeanette · Radford; Custodian, Joseph Parker; Bus driver, Bobbie Parker; . teacher aides. Keri L. Smith and Julie A. Gillian. The board approved the resignation of Michelle as a casual Sebo ·laborer/cu stodian. David · Weber was approved as a volunt-eer boy's basketball assistant coach. Kim Wolfe was approved . as a student teacher for the remainder of the 2007-08' school year. The board approved the following supplemental contracts for the 2007-08 school year: Sam Thompson, weight room coach, spri ng quarter; Brad Quillen. junior high track coach. The board approved a leave of absence for Joanil Calaway. The board apprmed a resBeth Sergentjphoto olution endor,ing the According to the late American poet Henry Van Dyke: "The first day of spring is one thing, Carleton School/Meigs and· the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as Industries levy and pledges a month." Pictured is Bostic Eason and his best friend Bear as they enjoy one of the first support of the five-year, spring days of 2008 alo[lg the Pomeroy walking path. The first official day of spring does- two-TI)ill, renewal levy. n't officially arrive until March 20 bUt unofficially most folks are ready for a little sunshine Please see BOllril, AS ,and warmer temperatures: · Local Boy .Scout lea.der awar~ed silver beaver POMEROY Local Boy Scout leader Dr. Erik Aanestad has been presented the S.i Iver Beltver Award, the Boy Scout of America's , highest level award given to a volunteer by an area council for distinguished service to youth. The Silver Beaver Award was presented to Aanestad by the TriState Area Council at a recent recognition · program held in Huntington, W.Va. The Tri- state Area Council · is based in Huntington and oversees three scouting districts. Meigs County is part of the M-G-M district. Once every year the Coun<.:it receives nominations from members and selects one scout volunteer from each of the three districts to be presented the awar<.l in recognition of service to youth in the scouting ranks . The award was originally established in 1931 with over 50,000 having been presented nationally since. The two. other recipients of the Silver Beaver in the TSAC this year are Pab Benford of Huntington and Pat Galliher of Ashland. The awards were presented as a part of the council's Eagle Scout and Volunteer Recognition Reception he Ill at the Huntington Museum of Art. Dr. Aanestad has been a scout leader for sill. years mid Troop '235 Scoutmaster for the last three. As a youth Dr. Aanestad was involved in scouting from the age of 7 culminating in achieving the mnk ,of Eagle Scout in 1977 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as part of the largest Eagle Scout Court of Ho)lor to date with fourteen boys receiving their award . After graduating from Iowa State Un iversity with a veterinary degree in 19R9 and settling in Meigs County he met his wife, Jane Ann Karr, an<.l re-entered scouting· as a leader when hi s son, Marshall , entered the.Cub Scout ranks in 200 I. 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