https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/6e0fa8d0083e0649e046a118f2aaee9c.pdf b5dae1a9cf3760c86bca882ed07c1d0f PDF Text Text Page 86 • The Dqily Sentinel www .mydailysentinel.com Tuesday, January 9, U.S. all-power joins Baghdad battle that Iraqi officials say killed 50 insurgents, A2 2007 Steelers may stay in-house for coach for frrst time since 1965 BY ALAN ROBINSON ASSOCIATED PRESS PITrSRURGH - Russ Grimm on Monday. Ken Whisenhunt on Tuesday. Does that mean the · Pittsb urgh Steelers might be ready to choose their next head coach by as soon as Wednesday ·> With the two Steelers' assistants being among the most-interviewed candidates for the four current NFL coaching vacancies, they are giving every sign they may not need to go outside their own staff to find Bill Cowher's successor. Grimm, the Steelers' offensive line coach for six seasons and their assistant head coach for three. inter- viewed Mon•Jay afternoo n with owner Dan Rooney. president Art Roone y II and dimotor of football operations Kevin Colbert. To gain mbre privacy, the interview was not held at the Steelers' practice complex where the executives and coac he s have their offices. Whi senhunt , the Steelers' offensive coordinator for three seasons and an assistant coach for six, will interview on Tuesday. This will be his fourth interview in less than a week; he also talked last weekend with the Atlanta Falcons, Arizona Cardinals and Miami Dolphins. Whisenhunt will have interviewed with every NFL team looking for a head coach except for Oakland Raiders. He pulled -his name out of consideration for their job before they rehired Art Shell last year, but Shell was let go again following a 2-14 season. While Whisenhunt 1s meetin g with the Steelers, Urimm is scheduled to talk with the Cardinals on Tuesday. The Steelers have not promoted one of their own assistants to head coach in nearly 42 years, or since Mike Nixon was given the job in 1965. Nixon lasted one year. going 2-12 with seven consecutive losses to end the season. and the next three hires all were assistants from other teams : Bill Austin. Chuck Noll and The Chargers who led the league with 14 wins also had the most players selected to The Associated Press NFL All-Pro team with five. Quarterback Drew Bren • NO Running backs LaDalnlan Tomlinson • SD Larry Johnson • KC Fullback LoNnzo NHI • SO Tight end Antonio Gats& • SO Wide A~CGivera MII'VIn H.-rrt*«HH •IND Chad Johnaon • CIN Tackles Jamaal Brown • NO Willie Anderson • CIN Guards Shlwn Anclrewa • PHI AllnF.neca•PIT ' Center Olin Kreutz • CHI Plaoekicker Robbie Gould • CHI DEFENSE Ends J11on Taylor • MIA Jullua Peppere • CAR Tackles Jamal Williams • SO Kevin Williams • MIN Outside linebackers Inside linebackers Shawne Merrlmen • SD Cornerbacks R..hean Mathia • JAC Adltllua Thomas • SAL Brian Urlacher • CHI Zach Thomas • MIA Champ Bailey • DEN Safeties Brian Dawkins • PHI Ed Reed •BAL Punter Brian Moontru Kick returner Devin Hester • CHI AP Tomlinson, Taylor and Bailey unanimous AU-Pros BY BARRY WILNER ASSOCIATED PRESS LaDainian Tomlinson, Jason Taylor and Champ Bailey capped superb seasons by unanimously making The Associated Press NFL AllPro team announced Monday. Tomlinson, San Diego's record-setting running back, also won the AP Most Valuable Plaver and Offensive Player 'uf the Year awards. Miami end Taylor was the Defensive Player of the Year. Bailey tied for the league lead with I0 interceptions even though opponents tried to avoid throwing to the Broncos cornerback's side of the lield. "My whole idea to go out on a Sunday is to be a pain in the butt for the other team," said Taylor, who had 62 tackles, 13 In sacks, 14 quarterback hurries, two interceptions - both returned for TDs - II passes defensed, I0 fumbles forced and two fumbles recovered. "If I can be a pain in their butt and give somebody a headache. then more times than not, it's goin~ to work out well tor myself ." · It worked out so well for him. Tomlinson - who set NFL records for points with 186, touchdowns with 31 and TDs mshing with 28 - and Bailey that they received all 50 votes from a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NFL. Two others, both Chicago Bears. came close to sweeping the vote. Devin Hester. who set a league mark with six kick returns tor touchdowns, was the onlv rookie on the team, earning 48 1/2 votes. Middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, a repeater from last year, got 48. Asked about the respect he was shown as a rookie, Hester said: "Right, most definitely. I really didn't want to look into this season. I just kind of wanted to establish myself and feel at home. Toward the offseason, that's when I really stan looking at some stuff like that." In all, the Chargers had the most All-Pros with five : Tomlinson. tight end Antonio Gates, fullback Lorenzo Neal, defensive tackle Jamal Williams and linebacker Shawne Merriman. who he could hire, and the Bears wound up going with Smith. Whisenhunt, a former Georgia Tech and Atlanta Falcons tight end, was interested in returning to his old team before the y hired Lotlisville coach Bobby Petrino on Sunday night. But Whi,enhunt appea" intent on landing the Steelers' job, and may have turned down the Raiders a year ago in part because ·he wanted a chance for the Pittsburgh job if it came open. Going with either Grimm or Whisenhunt would require little change in what the Steelers do offensively - a major concern with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger going into on ly his fourth season. Al so. it could result in some or many of the current assistant coaches staying. · The Steelers also met Sunday in Chicago with Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera and will talk Wedne sduy with Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tumlin. They are ex pected to talk to at least one other candidate and possibly more. but almost certain ly won't stretc h the search over near! y a month as they did before hiring Cowher. No matter the Steelers' choice. they are expected to save some money. While Cowher would have made about $4.5 million in 2001: it is likely the new Steelers coach will make about $2 million less than that. • Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio -;oti:\IS•\ol. ;;h.~o . llll North Carolina is No. I in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for the first time in almost six years. The wait has been quite a bit lon~er for Washington State, wh1ch is ranked for the first time in almost 24 years. The Tar Heels ( 14- I ) moved into the top spot Monday after three weeks at No. 2 following UCLA's loss at Oregon last weekend. It is North Carolina's first time at No. I since a twoweek run in February 200 I, and it's the first time the Tar Heels are there in the threeplus seasons, including the 2005 national championship, under coach Roy Williams. "I feel good where we are, but it's so, so early," Willian1s said Monday. "We have 15 more battles to go in the conference. so we' ll see what happens." Williams is no stranger to having a top-ranked team. In seven of 15 seasons at Kansas. the Jay hawks reached No. I, including a 15-week stretch in 1996-97. "I've been No. I before. and if you don't finish that way at the end of the year, it means rou had a good little stretch,' he said. Washington State ( 14-2) is having an unexpected stretch, and the quick start has the Cougars tied for 22nd in the poll, their first ranking since a one-week stint in Febmary 1983. Picked last in the Pac- 1O's preseason media poll. the Cougars have gotten off to an · pressive stan under firstar coach Tony Bennett. eluding wins over GunLaga and last weekend's 77-73 overtime win against Ari1.ona. "We've had different guys step up at difTerent times," Bennett said Monday. "We have mostly sophomores and juniors, and the{re kids who have taken their lumps and have some legitimate game experience with some heartbreaking losses and some bad losses. It's a stan, and that's all it is. We're in the No. !ranked conference in the country, and we have 14 games to go. so we have to keep that same lighting mentality." North Carolina re.:eived 64 first-place votes and I,788 points from the 72-member national media panel to easily outdistance No. 2 Florida ( 142), which had three No. I votes and 1,682 points in moving up one spot from last week. The Gators wer" No. I in the preseason poll and fnr the first two weeks of the regular season. Wisconsin ( 15-1) received NATIONAL one first-place vote and moved from fourth to third, the highest rdllking in school history, while UCLA droppeD from first to fourth. · The Bruins ( 14-1), wqo received four tirst-placc; votes. held the No. I spot for six weeks until the 68-66 lo~s at Oregon on Saturday. Ohio State moved up one place to lifth <md was followed by Kansas, Pittsburgh, Texas A&M, Oklahoma Stale and Arizona. Duke, which dropped six spots after its home loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday, was II th and was followed by Butler. LSU. Alabama, Oregon. Tennessee. Clemson, Air Force, Nevada and Memphis. West Virginia was 21st with Notre Dame and Washington Swte tied for No. 22. while Connecticut and Texas rounded nut the Top 25. This is North Carolina's 82nd poll with a No. I ranking, fourth on the all-time list behind UCLA ( 134), Duk:e ( 110) and Kentucky (98). : The Tar Heels· lone kiss was to Gonzaga in the semifinals of the NIT Season lipOff. They have won I I straight since. including ·the 84-58 victory over Florida State in their Atlantic Coast Conference opener Sunday. Houchins re elected Middleport Connell president • Wahama comes up with two-point victory over Meigs. See Page 81 BY BRIAN J. REED 8REEIJ@MYOAILYSENTINEL.COM · Page AS • Doris Irene Sayre Rogers, 80 • Margaret Phelps, 83 INSIDE • "'P Newsbreak: lawsurt threatened over no-show lawmaker. See Page A2 • Some states say new documentation requirements leave thousands without health coverage. See Page A2 • Elizabeth Schaad accepts limited partnership. See Page A3 • Beha named to Dean's List at Marietta College. SeePageA3 • Findlay will study a fix for flooding. See Page AS • Ohio ban snuffs out smoking rooms at bars, restaurants. See Page AS • Court considering dispute over DUI testing standards. See Page A6 DECF.MSER26TH · JANUARY l.JRD IBEFORI. TAX! WI F. rURCH.O.SE San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson carries the ball during the ir football game against the Denver Broncos. in San Diego, Calif. Sunday, Dec. 10. 2006. Another Bengal, tackle Willie Anderson, is on the offensive line, where he's joined by Philadelphia guard Shawn Andrews and Pittsburgh guard Alan Faneca. Taylor anchors a defense also featuring end Carolina end Julius Peppers, Minnesota tackle Kevin Williams, Baltimore linebacker Adalius Thomas. Miami linebacker Zach Thomas. Jacksonville cornerback Rashean Mathis, Phi !adelphia safety Brian Dawkins and Baltimore safety Ed Reed. "It means a lot," said Adalius Thomas, a first-time All-Pro. "It's a tribute not to myself. but to a lot of the guys up front. I don't think you could have a good linebacking corps without good defensive linemen. That's a tribute to Kelly Gregg, Haloti Ngata, Trevor Pryce and all those guys and the other linebackers, Ray Lewis. Bart Scon and Terrell Suggs." Buffalo's Brian Moorman is the punter. Repeaters from 2005 are Gates. Chad Johnson. Anderson. Faneca, Jamal Williams. Urlacher. Bailey and Moorman. In alL there are 18 AFC players and 10 from the NFC. WEATHER • ~ .-•!rill ~~~quu~ , • ' 1•• , .. SPORTS OBITUARIES WlTHANY made 'it despite serving a four-game suspension for violating the league's steroids policy. Merriman still wound up with a league-best 17 sacks. "When you· ve got five guys on the All-Pro team, that says a lot," said Tomlinson, who did a lot to give San Diego the league's best record. 14-2. ""I think that's signilicant and ... I' m obviously very happy to be named on it." The Bears were next with four All-Pros: Urlacher, Hester, center Olin Kreutz and kicker Robbie Gould. Saints quarterback Drew Brees edged the Colts' . Peyton Manning 25 votes to. 24 tor the quarterback spot. It was the first time since 2002 that Manning was not the first-team quarterback. Brees engineered the tumaround m New Orleans from 3-13 to I0-6 and an NFC South division title. He was joined on the AllPro squad by Saints secondyear tackle Jammal Brown. Kansas City's Larrv Johnson was selected in thi: backfield with Brees. a ,former Charger. and the two San Diego backs. The wideouts are Marvin Harrison of Indianapolis and Chad Johnson of Cincinnati. Style MIDDLEPORT Middleport Village Council re-elected Stephen Houchins as president of council and completed other organizational business at Monday night 's regular meeting. Mayor Sandy lannarelli distributed committee assignments, Council approved fire protection contracts with Cheshire Township and the VIllage of Cheshire. The contracts provide a fee of $2,800 per run, plus $75 per call for calls within Cheshire Village, and a $10,500 annual fee for Cheshire Township. Council also approved rules of council w1th no changes from last year's rules, approved Jennifer Sheets as Village Solicitor and approved Randall Mullins as Building Inspector. Houchins and Council Member Sandy Brown voted against ,Sheets' ·appointment. In other business, Fiscal Officer Susan Baker distributed copies of the 2004 and 2005 state audit reports, and explanations for each of the findings issued against the village. Council Member Jean Craig asked about efforts to recover funds allegedly taken from the water departmen1 by a former village employee. The 2003 audit contained a finding for recovery of the funds, but Mayor Sandy lannarelli said Monday the matter was referred to Prosecuting Attorney Pat S_tory and no action was ever taken. Craig asked lannarelli to contact Sheets or Story about recovering the stolen funds. Council approved a reso- BY ~HciEFuctt HOEFUCH@MYOAILYSENTINB-COM BY BRIAN J. REED BREEIJ@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM MIDDLEPORT Middleport Community Association elected officers for 2007 and began plans for a streamlined schedule of events for the year at a luncheon meeting Tuesday at Peop,les Bank. Brenda Phalin was reelected president of the association, Sue Stone, secretary and •• pick Owen. treasurer. Pooch Brewer was elected vice president, replacing Susan Baker. Phalin will appoint an events committee at the Feb . 6 meeting, to help coordinate 2007 events. The association will concentrate efforts this year, based on the success of the events in years past: July 4, the Pumpkinport Halloween party and Moonlight Madness sales event, and the Christmas season. Some smaller events. such as the Bunny Hop Bake Sak and Pops in the Park Father's Day breakfast will be discontinued due to a lack of participation in the past. A second committee, for fundraising, will also be appointed. The association plans another Bear/Basket Bingo game, feauturing Longaberger baskets and Ohio River Bear Co. products, as an April fundraising event. Other fundraisers are also planned to assist the Association with its promotions and events throughout the year. Plans will begin later this winter for the July 4 celebration. There has been '699 POMEROY - Reports on holiday projects completed and others plarmed highlighted a meeting of the Pomeroy Merchants Association held Thesday morning at Fanners Bank. Brion J. RIHidjphoto Officers of the Middleport Community Association were elected Tuesday: Sue Stone, seated, secretary; Pooch Brewer, vice president; and Brenda Phalin, president. Dick Owen, treasurer. is not pictured. none in Middleport for the after village council refused for the fireworks display. past two years. In 2005, the permission to use an area Ple•s• Me Events. AS celebration was canceled near Riverview Cemetery new president · BY CIWUNE HoEFucH HOEFLICH®MYt:l'oiLYSENTINEl.COM Detail• on Po&e Ae ,, I· INDEX 2 SECTIONS - !>.I,!',:J'I II'\lll!'.ll iHnlf>J!i'OI '\ll·,&, '189 "~' ..• 12 PAGES Calendars A3 Classifieds 83-4 Comics Annie's Mailbox Editorials . • •<' ••• ' ' Obituaries Sports Weather Bs A3 A4 As B Section A6 © •001 Ohio V.tlcy Publishlnol Co. ing inspector. She said building codes should be enforced before buildings in poor condition deteriorate to the point of becoming dangerous. Council also: • Excused Jeff Peckham from the meeting. • Approved the mayor's report of fees and fines collected in December, in the amount of $2,534.96. • Approved monthly reports from the income tax, public works, refuse, and finance departments. Also present were Robert Robinson and Ferman Moore, members of council. Merchants Association reviews past projects; plans new one Save $tOO H!ll~t lution authorizing Janarelli to apply for brownfield redevelopment funds through the Clean Ohio Fund. Melissa Zoeller of Buckeye Hills/Hocking Valley Regional Development District is preparing an application for the first phase of funding , to be used for the demolition of the Park Street School and reclamation of the property. Brown noted the poor condition of a garage building on the comer of Fifth and Palmer Streets, and asked for enforcement of building codes by the build- Accident leaves one injured Pomeroy Council names ,Hid·,·A-Chalse' Wall SaH!~ Recliner ( """ -""'l.<ih-.·nlllu·t,.,,., Hl , :! .w - Association elects officers, plans '07 event schedule $30()-$799 AP photo \\lll,ISII\\ .. 1\'l \It\ ' North Carolina moves to No. 1 San Diego leads the All-Pro charge OFFENSE Cowher. However, the Rooneys appear convinced [hat big changes don't need to be made with a team that is less than a year removed from winning the Super Bow I and has a 34- 14 record over the last three re gular seasons. That 's why the Stcelers' choice cou ld come down to which of their own two assistants they believe is better suited to being an NFL head coach . Grimm, a longtime star offensive lineman with the Washington Redski ns and a Pittsburgh-area native. and Lovie Smith were the finalists for the Bears· job three seasons ago. Grimm apparently had concerns about how many of his assistants Man·with cancer who fled for years on trial on murder charge, A6 · POMEROY Shawn Amott was elected president of Pomeroy Village Council at Monday night's organizational meeting held at Pomeroy Village Hall. Regular meetings were set for 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays. During the regular meeting which following. Council made necessary end-Of-year adjustments to the 2006 approJoy Kocmoud/plloto priations, and also made temPolice and emergency personnel responded to a three porary appropriations for 2007 car accident around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in front of Ohio totaling $115,000 in the funds Valley Bank, 420 Third Ave. A Honda Prelude, Pontiac of general. street, cemetery, Bonneville and Dodge Status were involved and the fire, water. and sewer.The clerk Honda was towed from the scene. One person was trans- was authorized by Council to ported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries . establish appropriations at the Police determined that the crash was caused by a failure legal level necessary for her to to maintam assured clear distance . Complete details on handle trdllsactions. A second reading was given the accident were unavailable before presstime. ..• . on the ordinance increasing courtcostsby$10foreachcase. A third reading will be given at the next meeting with adoption following that allowing the increase to go into effect. Council also approved the insutllation of a new ceiling on the second floor of village hall where seveml offices are locatC\1. This will involve dropping the ceiling to make it look better and also to cover area~ where the pla~ter is coming down.The cost is e)(pected to he less than $2,000. it was reponed. Bills were approved for payment. Anending the meeting were Mayor John Musser, clerk-trea~urer Kathy Hysell . and council members, Amott. Mary McAngus. Jim Sisson. Ruth Spaun, and George Stewmt. John Musser, president, reported on the church tour which attracted nearly 300 people and confinned that 30 percent of the proceeds will go to God'sNEfforworlc there with • disadvantaged youth. Final figures on proceeds from the tour will be de~ and a check presented to Gods' Net. The gift basket used in a Christmas promotion was awarded on the Saturday before Christmas to Linda and Toney Fields of Hartford, W. Va.ltwas noted that Judy Sisson was the winner of the $1 ,000 in Chamber of Conunen.:e bucks in a drawing from shoppers who registered at businesses. As for the success of Santa's visits with children 1111 the parking lot stage, Musser said the sale df photos was considerable less than the cost' involved, although it wa' felt to be successful. About IOOchildren visited Santa on the two December Satunlays. Another drawing for a second hoi iday promotion, a threeday vacation destination wiD take place on Valentine's Day. Merchant' wereencmrragedb)l Musser to put out boxes in therr places of business to be used by shoppers who want to register. The package includes three days and two nights oflodging, a $25 dining gift card, plus a digital camera to capture memories. The winner can choose a destination from over 70 resort locations in Hawaii, Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Shoppers are not required to make a purchase to enter their names for the vacation giveaway. However, each person can sign up only one time during a visit to a store. The purpose of the promotion is the encourage · shopping in local stores. The merchants voted to sponsor . another Easter egg hunt agam this year chaired by' Michelle Noble and setting aside $150 forexpenses.lt will be held on the football field in Pomeroy. The Association voted to purchase an advertisement in the 2007 Visitors Guide at $350. The winners of WYVK Radio's best decorated business in the village were Oarts Jewelry, first; Dan's, second; and Weaving Stitches and Hartwell House. tie for third. Membership dues of $60 are payable now and should be remitted by March I to the Pomeroy . Merchants Association. P 0 . Box 549, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. New officers will be elected at the February meeting. " �The Daily Sentinel NATION • WORLD u.s. PageA2 VVednesday,JanuarytQ,aOO? Some states say new documentation requirements leave thousands without health coverage BY STEVEN R. HURST 8Y KEVIN FREKING AND ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER QASSIM ABDUL·ZAHRA ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS BAGHDAD. Iraq- U.S. jets screamed low over the capital and helicopter gunships swooped in to pound a central Baghdad battleground Tuesday, supporting Iraqi and American troops in a daylong fight that officials said killed 50 insurgents in a militan't Sunni Arab stronghold. The battle raged on Haifa Street about I 1/2 miles north of the heavily fortified Green Zone - home to the U.S. Embassy and other facilities - on the eve of President Bush's expected announcement that he would send 20,000 more soldiers to Iraq despite growing opposition on Capitol Hill. It was the" second major confrontation on Haifa Street in the four days since Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced a new drive to rid Baghdad of sectarian fighters. The U.S. military said about 1.000 Iraqi and U.S. soldiers carried out "targeted raids to capture multiple tarsets. disrupt insurgent activity and restore Iraqi Security Forces control of North Haifa Street." ''This area has been subject to insurgent activity which has repeatedly disrupted Iraqi Security Force operations in central Baghdad," said a statement quoting Lt. Col. S.:ott Bleichwehl, spokesman for Multi-National Division Baghdad. He said the U.S. jets buzzing the city did not conduct any airstrikes, but "attack helicopters were us_ed to enfage targets in support o the ground forces." Bleichwehl said no American or Iraqi soldiers were killed. He did not address the number of militants ki lied, while the Iraqi Defense Ministry re{'orted SO deaths among msurgents. Elsewhere on Tuesday, Iraqi police reponed finding 52 bodies dumrd in three cities. 41 o them in Baghdad, all apparent victims of sectanan reprisal killings. At a Saturday ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Iraqi army, al-Maliki again vowed to strike at the Shiite Muslim and Sunni Arab extremists behind the sectarian warfare that has bloodied the country over the r.ast year. A -Maliki issued the new plan after lengthy consultations with Bush, who has been preparing a new Iraq policy in recent weeks after the Democrats won control of both houses of Congress in the November elections. Bush was to deliver a major policy address to the nation Wednesday night, outlining his new plan widely reported to include the dispatch of thousands more troops 10 the increasingly violent capital. A senior official. speaking AP photo Iraqi policemen march during a ceremony marking the 86th in Baghdad, Iraq , Tuesday. anonymously Tuesday, said forces , increase Baghdad's plan calls for the tlrst sol- security in order to stabilize diers to move into Iraq it and support the governbefore the end of the month. ment in the economic tleld Within hours of al- to improve services." Maliki 's speech Saturday. He did not mention the Iraqi military said 30 Bush's expected setting out suspected militants were of benchmarks for the Iraqi killed in the Haifa Street government to institute area after police discovered measures for the fair shar· 27 bodies dumped there, ing of the country's oil most of them with gunshot wealth among all sects and wounds in the head and . ethnic groups, a restoration signs of torture. U.S. forces of members of Saddam also joined that battle after Hussein's Baath Party to the Iraqi army called for their jobs and constitutional backup. reforms. Al·Maliki - who draws Al-Maliki rejected similar major·support from radical, U.S. demands late last year, anti-U.S. Shiite cleric leading to a serious breach Muqtada ai-Sadr, the leader between Baghdad and of the dangerous Mahdi Washington. The prime Army militia - appeared to minister also has routinely have ordered the stepped-up ignored U.S. calls for him fight with Sunni Arab fight- to outlaw Shiite militias and ers to put an Iraqi face on move against them with his the latest bid to tame the army. capital. So the test of U.S.-Iraqi Several al-Maliki aides agreement on the way farand confidants have told ward could stand or fall on The' Associated Press that al-Maliki's willingness to the prime minister plans to confront his main political focus his tTOOJ?S• with backer- al-Sadr. American backmg, on On other matters, alSunni insurgent-s in western Maliki confinned Tuesday Baghdad at the outset of the he had rejected a request drive. They spoke on condi- from U.S. Ambassador tion of anonymity because Zalmay Khalilzad for a the details of the plan had delay of up to two weeks in not been disclosed. · Sad dam's execution Al-Maliki, the associates because "we did not want to said, then plans to challenge keep a door open for trouai-Sadr to disarm and dis- ble. We did not want the band his militia because families of the victims to go there would no longer be a out and demonstrate." reason for them to roam the The hanging led to a a streets with Sunni Arab global outcry after a video insurgent forces crippled. appeared on the Internet Such a strategy assumes a that showed Saddam being successful operation asainst taunted in his final the insurgents, which 1s not moments. at all assured. That clandestine video The latest plan to curb the showed the former leader sectarian fighting is at least dropping through the jlalthe fourth, all of which have lows floor as he reCited failed or led only to a tern- prayers and ended with his porary easing of violence in body swinging at the end of Baghdad, where Sunni a rope. The Iraqi governinsurgents and Shiite militi- ment said it has formed a amen have been killing committee to investigate each other and civilians at a who took the video and frightening pace . leaked it, saying one person In an interview with had been referred to judicial Dubai-based AI-Arabiya authorities. televi sion Tuesday night. North of Baghdad. meanai-Maliki predicted Bu sh while. a cargo plane carrywould outline measure s ing mostly Turkish workers aimed "to speed up the crashed as it apparently building and arming of Iraqi tried to land at a U.S. air AP Newsbreak: Lawsuit threatened over no-show lawmaker BY LAWRENCE MESSINA ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CHARLESTON A labo'r group intends to sue to block any pay to a longabsent Raleigh County lawmaker if he fails to attend Wednesday's swearing-in for the 78th Legislature. The Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation on Tuesday gave House Clerk Greg Gray and other state ofticials the 30day advance notice required by law that it planned to llled a lawsuit over the status of Delegate Ron Thompson. The Beckley Democrat has missed the 10, three-day interim sessions held since March - including the one • that ended Tuesday. He also did not attend the two special sessions convened last year. News reports had questioned the whereabouts of Thompson, 40, even before voters granted him a seventh two-year term in the HoLise " of Delegates in November. Thompson did not respond to messages requesting ~:om­ ment left at his home and. business phones Tuesday. ACT intends to argue thut Thompson cannot draw his $ 15,000 salary as a pan-time luwmaker for the 2007 ses· sion unless he takes the oath of office. "It \ just a good government issue... sa id Steve White . the foundation\ director. "Our members have to go to work to get paid, and we don't see why this delcg.ue should not at least show up." White also cited last year's prolonged absence of outgoing Delegate Joe C. Ferrell. The Logan County Democrat missed every legislat ive meeting in 2006, including the entire 60-day session. Ferrell. who did not run for re-election. blamed his absence in part on a back problem. But federal prosecutors considered him a coconspirator in an ongoing election fraud probe that resulted in a number of convictions last year. Ferrell has not been charged in the case. • anniversary of the Iraqi police base in bad weather, killing 34 people. Iraqi and Turkish officials said. The Turkish Embassy said one Turk survived but was severely injured . An Iraqi security official at Baghdad airport said an Antonov cargo plane crashed near Balad, 50 miles north of the capital. The official said it was unclear whether the aircraft had mechanical problems or was shot down. A Turkish Forei~n Ministry official said iniual reports indicated the 'plane went down because of bad weather and heavy fo$. The pilot aborted an mitial attempt to land because of heavy fog and crashed while trying again, the offi· cial said. WASHINGTON - For several years, there has been a steady increase in the number of children enrolling in Virginia's health insurance program for the poor. Beginning July I, state officials say, an unprecedented slide began. · Over the following five months, about -12,000 children dropped off the state's Medicaid rolls. "An entire year's growth has been wi!Jed out," said Cynthia Jones, chief deputy director for the state's Department of Medical Assistance Services. The drop-off. Jones points out, began about the ume a new federal law took effect. The law states that U.S. citizens applying for Medicaid or renewmg their participation must present proof of their citizenship and Identity. The law emerged out of concern that illegal immigrants were obtaining access to health insurance coverage sponsored by the government But some officials say that's not who is losing coverage. Besides Virginia, some other states are also reporting declines in children enrolled in Medicaid or a decline in applications. They include Iowa, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. Health researchers say they don't know if the states are representative of a nationwide pattern. The states singled out as experiencing enrollment declines were included in a report issued Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which conducts health research, and by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal think tank. The states experiencing declines are adamant that U.S. citi:wns and certain legal immigrant~ are dropping off the Medicaid rolls, not illegal immigrants. "'There is no evidence that the decline is due to undocumented aliens leaving the program," said Anita Smith of the Iowa Department of Human Services. "Rather, we believe that these new requirements are keeping otherwise eligible citizens from receiving Medicaid because they cannot provide the docume(lts required to prove their citizenship or identity." Medicaid is a health insurance program serving about 55 million people that is financed by the federal government and the states. The declines cited would indicate that just a fraction of the people enrolled in the program have dropped out as a result of the documentation requirements, but they do represent vulnerable populations, such a~ pregnant women and children. "We've delayed coverage for those children, and if those children need medical care, there's going to be ramifieations for them," said Donna Cohen Ross, outreach director for the Center on Budget a)ld Policy Priorities. But the agency that oversees Medicaid questioned claims that would link enrollment declines to the new documentation requirements. "We believe we've given the states tools they need to both implement the law and provide sufficient flexibili~ to assist individuals in establishing their citizenship," said Jeff Nelligan, spokesman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. "We continue to monitor state implementation and are not aware:of any data that shows there are significant barriers to enroll1 ment 1110NIIhll ,.,_, Cll ..,. _...,,_._...,_.....,,.... _ ~ (Niii1Do1111. . . 11 """' (f411.W11'f M '. 1 P ..The Daily Sentinel I I• ,_...._...._.n.c..,w, ''Here's Mv.., Card'' Special advertising supplement found only in the Pomeroy Daily Sentinel_ ~alltpolis iailp lrtbune Jotnt Jleasant l\egtster This is a special sized supplement which will be published January 31. Do you know how many phone calls the Area Chamber of Commerce, as well as the newspapers and other businesses receive asking for the name of a plumber, contractor, carpet cleaner, car repair shop, etc. This special section will be easier to use than a · regular directory and cards will be arranged by category. We will be glad to use the information on your business card or we can create one for you. Think how long it would take you to hand out 14,000 business cards. We can do it in just ONE DAY. All you need to do is call 740-992-2155 Ask for Dave or Brenda. BYTHE ·BEND Community Calendar Clubs and ··· organizations Thursday, Jan. 11 CHESTER Shade River Lodge 453 will meet at 7:30 p.m . at the hall . .. Refreshments. TUPPERS PLAINS · VFW Post 9053 7 p.m. at the Tuppers Plains hall. · Meal at 6:30 p. m. SYRACUSE · Wildwood Garden Club · 6:30 p.m. at the home of . :runie Redovian. Shirley · Hamm w11l present a pro·gram "Flowers <If the Bible." MIDDLEPORT - The Eleanor Circle , United · Methodist women of Heath United Methodist Church, .will meet at 7 p.m. at the · church. Devotions, Donna · 'Byer: program, Beth Stiver; ·hostesses. Jeanne Bradbury · ond Grace Johnson. RACINE - THE Ohio River producers (FFA · ·Alumni) will meet at 7 p.m. · m the Southern High Schol -· Vo-Ag room. Public invited. · For more information call -843-5216. · · RACINE Son shine Circle will meel at 7 p.m. at · the Bethany Church, ·Dorcas. " · POMEROY- Alpha Iota · · Masters will meet at I I :30 t Beha named ·to Deans List at Marietta College . MARIETTA - Marietta - College student Miranda C. · . Beha, daughter of Mary and -Steven Beha of Albany, has · been named to the dean's list forthe Fall 2006 semes·ter. · · Any full-time Marietta College student completing • at least 15 credit hours with ; a grade point average of ~ 3.00 to 3.49 in aJiven :; S~W~ester is recogniz as a :· dean's list student for that -:semester :: Beha, ~ graduate of Meigs ~ High School , is working ~ toward a major in psycholo;,. gy at Marietta. ~ Located in Marietta, Ohio p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Hoste>ses wi II be Carol McCullough, Carolyn Grueser, and Jean Powell. Saturday, Jan. 13 POMEROY - Regular meeting of Meigs County Christian Motorcycle Association Chapter ·'Delivered," I0 a.m ., Common Grounds Coffee Shop (former R&G Feed). Monday, Jan. 15 POMEROY - Pomeroy Eastern Star, 6:30 p.m. potluck with meat anJ dessert furnished . Meeting . 7:30p.m. Public meetings Wednesday, ian. 10 SYRACUSE - Sutton . Town ship Trustees, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Syracuse Village Hall . Meeting for 2007 appropriations Thursday, Jan. 11 POMEROY Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District special organizational meeting , II :30 a.m. at the district office, 3310 I Hiland Road, Pomeroy. POMEROY - Annual organizational meeting of the Meigs County Library · Board. 3 p.m. Thursday at Pomeroy Library. RUTLAND - Rutland Township Trustees organiLational and January meeting, 5 p.m ., Rutland Fire Station . The POMEROY Meigs Soil an Water Conservation District will hold a special/organizational meeting II :30 <\.m . iu the district offi~:e, 33 10 I Hiland Road. Pomeroy. PORTLAND - Lebanon Township Trustees to hold appropriations meeting, 5 p.m., township building. Church events Friday, Jan. 12 LONG BOTTOM Faith Fuill Gospel Church, located on State RQute 124, Long Bottom, will have a gospel sing beginning at 7 p.m. Special guests will be Dave and Debbie Dailey. Birthdays Friday, Jan. 12 MIDDLEPORT - Adris "Sue" Eblen will celebrate her 86th birthday on Jan. 12. Cards may be sent to her at 208 B. Overbook, 333 Page Stret, Middleport, Ohio 45760. 86-year-old man with reputed Nazi past again appeals deporla1ion CINCINNATI (AP) - A retired Ohio auto worker ordered deported over accusations that he was a Nazi death camp guard during World War II has started another appeal in a federal court, his lawyer said Tuesday. John Demjanjuk, 86, of suburban Cleveland, on Dec. 21 lost his previous attempt to avoid deportation when the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church. Va. , rejected his appeal of an immigration judge's 2005 deportation order. But Demjanjuk still has the right to appeal that ruling in federal courts, so the filing of a petition for review in the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati was expected. The filing Monday starts the next appeal process, defense lawyer John Broadley said. The immigration appeals board said DemjanJuk's Nazi guard past is conclusively established. Demjanjuk's case dates back nearly 30 years. He was cleared in 1993 in Israel of being the notorious "Ivan the Terrible," a sadistic guard at the Treblinka concentration camp in Poland. But the Justice Department said World War II documents prove he was a Nazi guard at various death or forced labor camps. Demjanjuk, a native Ukrainian, has denied he aided the Nazis and came to the United States after the war as a displaced person. .• .. .... MARIETTA - Elizabeth Schaad, an Edward Jones investment -representative in Marietta, has accepted a limited partnership offering in The Jones Financial Cos., the holding company for the St. Louis based linancial services finn. Edward Jones currently employs more than 30,000 associates in all 50 states and through its affiliates in Canada and the United Kingdom. Under the current partnership offering. 12.000 associates received initial limited partnership offerings or were invited to increase their existing ownership in the firm . Schaad, a native -of Marietta , joined Edward Jones in 1999 and has ANNIE'S MAILBOX This lifestyle can't be changed on a whim "- tion that's none of my business . After chatting with "Bob," she told me about his alcoholi sm and recem heart ;: Dear Annie: I have been surgery. ~ dating a gentleman for the I don't know any of these ' past two years. He is very people. and I really don't .: effeminate, and people often need or want to know any of ;: ask me if he is gay. In fact, l : knew from the start that he this stuff. When I told Mom, ., had had homosexual experi- "Enough," she said I was ~ ences in the past and basi- rude and self-centered. l told she was gossip~ cally lived a gay lifestyle for her :• over 20 years. He'd had only obsessed. She then said we ; a few dating experiences obviously have nothing in :: with women. Before me, he common and very little to t had never been in a relation- talk ab,JUt, ..both of which are :::; ship (with a male or female) true. Mom has never had any :- for more than six months. hobbies or interests , and she . After dating and being spends a lot of time on the : intimate with this man for :;: two years, my instincts tell phone yakking with her "' me he indeed may be gay. I friends. Annie, was I wrong :': have asked him point-blank to ask her to please stop :: whether he desires men, and telling me about her friends' personal lives? - Gossip:• he said he was never content Free in Pennsylvania '= with that lifestyle. However, Dear Gossip-~' ree : You ::: I found sites on his compul· were not wrong, but surely :::: er for male porn. Do I trust you must have k11own Mom :· my instincts and break it would react poorly to such a :: off? Confused in request . You disapprove of :: California her and it shows. There must .; Dear Confused: Yes. be something you can dis:; Living as a gay man for 20 cuss that is enjoyable for ~ years is not a "lifestyle " to both of you a favorite ::!-. be changed on a whim . He book. movie or TV show. ~ ~ould be bisexual, but if he Instead of finding fault with -: is still looking at gay porn, her conversation, make an ~· he either hasn't come to effort to find a substitute ;:': terms with his sexuality. or topic . She's your mother. :·: he's using you as wver. It's Work on it. -: time to say goodbye, and Dear Annie: I feel com:~ please get checked for pelled to write to "Down and :- STDs. just in case he's been Out in a New Town ." who :: playing both sides of the was having trouble making ·: fence . friends . That could have :~ Dear Annie: I am writing been me. After nine corpoabout my mother's persistent rate moves in 16 years. I felt "' need to tell me all about the isolated and ended up ~ing :; lives of her friends. l can't treated for depression. I am .. much happier now and ht)pe ' · t·ake .11 anymore . ~: During a recent shopping I can offer some advice : > trip, Mom ran into three First , get out of the :; acq uaiAtances. and after house 1 For,·e yourself if you -~ talking to them. she pro- have to. Then. do at"tivities ;: ceeded to tell me about their where you interact with ~ medical problems. family other adults. Volunteering is ~ problems and other in forma- a great "'ay to mee1 1h, "'' ._• BY KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ' --------------~---- t with the same interests as you Church is a great place to meet people. There are usually many groups to join. Join an exercise class. Don't go to the gym by yourself, but do yoga or Pilates with a group, and then invite some of your classmates out for cotfee afterward. ·· Get to know your neighbors by having a ba1=kyard barbecue. Get a part-time job. even if you don't need the money. It exposes you to people with whom you have something in common. From her letter, "Down and Out " sounds like she's on the right track. I'd love to meet her for coffee so we I "There are so many problems in today \ soci ety and I believe that humor can he key 111 addressing these iss ues," Deltano said. "Humor helps break down people's defenses and opens them up to li sten ." "I want youth to be entertained when I perform, but primarily I want them to know I care . and more importantly, there are alternatives to the negative insanity they >ee and feel every day." Deltano will pre,ent h" workshop for parents, "Fighting Back," at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Meigs High School cafeteria . This presentation will give parents ways they cim help ensure th eir children remain abstinent until marriage. Door prizes will be given away, including gift certificates and merchandise from local businesses. The workshop is free and offered to all parents. It is an adult presentation and children will not be admitted. The ABC program is funded by Meigs County Job and Family Services. Jeffrey B. Shank Shank awarded POMEROY - Jeffrey B. Shank, a unit supervisor at the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation 's Kyger Creek Plant, received his anniversary award for 30 years of service to the company. Ralph E. Amburgey. plant manager, announcecl. Shank joined the companv on Oct. 25, 1976 as a hiborer in the labor department . ln 1978 he transferred to the operations department as a utilit y operator. In 1979 he was promoted to an auxiliary equipment operator; in 1983 to an equipment operator, and in 1990 to a unit supervisor. Shank and his wife, Wanda, reside in Pomeroy. Elizabeth Schaad accepts limited partnership ··. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '... ' ...... ...... '1. Wednesday, January 10, 2007 Plan abstinence program -for students, parents Local POMEROY parents can hear a popular educational speake r through the Abstinence Builds Character program, which operates in the three Meigs County school districts. Keith Deltano, "the Teaching Comedian" will speak Jo middle and high school students and their parents as part of the statemanda.ted emphasis of sexual abstinence until marriage in the health curriculum. Deltano will speak to at Southern student s Middle School and Southern High School at I :30 p.m. on Wednesday, 8:45 a.m. Thursday at Meigs High School, 10 a.m. at Meigs Middle School, and I :30 p.m. on Thursday at Eastern High School, with seventh and eighth graders included. Deltano travels over the United States. Not wanting to be interpreted as a typical stand-up comedian, he combines humor, audience interaction, props·and facts into action-filled performances. Each of his shows deals with issues like racism, judging, sexual abstinence and substance abuse. PageA3 ~ could chat. - Been There and Worse Dear Been There: Your suggestions arc practical and helpful, and we hope any ·lonely readers out there will try them. Thanks . Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, 'lo11gtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmai/box@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, It 60611. 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The battle raged on Haifa Street about I 1/2 miles north of the heavily fortified Green Zone - home to the U.S. Embassy and other facilities - on the eve of President Bush's expected announcement that he would send 20,000 more soldiers to Iraq despite growing opposition on Capitol Hill. It was the" second major confrontation on Haifa Street in the four days since Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced a new drive to rid Baghdad of sectarian fighters. The U.S. military said about 1.000 Iraqi and U.S. soldiers carried out "targeted raids to capture multiple tarsets. disrupt insurgent activity and restore Iraqi Security Forces control of North Haifa Street." ''This area has been subject to insurgent activity which has repeatedly disrupted Iraqi Security Force operations in central Baghdad," said a statement quoting Lt. Col. S.:ott Bleichwehl, spokesman for Multi-National Division Baghdad. He said the U.S. jets buzzing the city did not conduct any airstrikes, but "attack helicopters were us_ed to enfage targets in support o the ground forces." Bleichwehl said no American or Iraqi soldiers were killed. He did not address the number of militants ki lied, while the Iraqi Defense Ministry re{'orted SO deaths among msurgents. Elsewhere on Tuesday, Iraqi police reponed finding 52 bodies dumrd in three cities. 41 o them in Baghdad, all apparent victims of sectanan reprisal killings. At a Saturday ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Iraqi army, al-Maliki again vowed to strike at the Shiite Muslim and Sunni Arab extremists behind the sectarian warfare that has bloodied the country over the r.ast year. A -Maliki issued the new plan after lengthy consultations with Bush, who has been preparing a new Iraq policy in recent weeks after the Democrats won control of both houses of Congress in the November elections. Bush was to deliver a major policy address to the nation Wednesday night, outlining his new plan widely reported to include the dispatch of thousands more troops 10 the increasingly violent capital. A senior official. speaking AP photo Iraqi policemen march during a ceremony marking the 86th in Baghdad, Iraq , Tuesday. anonymously Tuesday, said forces , increase Baghdad's plan calls for the tlrst sol- security in order to stabilize diers to move into Iraq it and support the governbefore the end of the month. ment in the economic tleld Within hours of al- to improve services." Maliki 's speech Saturday. He did not mention the Iraqi military said 30 Bush's expected setting out suspected militants were of benchmarks for the Iraqi killed in the Haifa Street government to institute area after police discovered measures for the fair shar· 27 bodies dumped there, ing of the country's oil most of them with gunshot wealth among all sects and wounds in the head and . ethnic groups, a restoration signs of torture. U.S. forces of members of Saddam also joined that battle after Hussein's Baath Party to the Iraqi army called for their jobs and constitutional backup. reforms. Al·Maliki - who draws Al-Maliki rejected similar major·support from radical, U.S. demands late last year, anti-U.S. Shiite cleric leading to a serious breach Muqtada ai-Sadr, the leader between Baghdad and of the dangerous Mahdi Washington. The prime Army militia - appeared to minister also has routinely have ordered the stepped-up ignored U.S. calls for him fight with Sunni Arab fight- to outlaw Shiite militias and ers to put an Iraqi face on move against them with his the latest bid to tame the army. capital. So the test of U.S.-Iraqi Several al-Maliki aides agreement on the way farand confidants have told ward could stand or fall on The' Associated Press that al-Maliki's willingness to the prime minister plans to confront his main political focus his tTOOJ?S• with backer- al-Sadr. American backmg, on On other matters, alSunni insurgent-s in western Maliki confinned Tuesday Baghdad at the outset of the he had rejected a request drive. They spoke on condi- from U.S. Ambassador tion of anonymity because Zalmay Khalilzad for a the details of the plan had delay of up to two weeks in not been disclosed. · Sad dam's execution Al-Maliki, the associates because "we did not want to said, then plans to challenge keep a door open for trouai-Sadr to disarm and dis- ble. We did not want the band his militia because families of the victims to go there would no longer be a out and demonstrate." reason for them to roam the The hanging led to a a streets with Sunni Arab global outcry after a video insurgent forces crippled. appeared on the Internet Such a strategy assumes a that showed Saddam being successful operation asainst taunted in his final the insurgents, which 1s not moments. at all assured. That clandestine video The latest plan to curb the showed the former leader sectarian fighting is at least dropping through the jlalthe fourth, all of which have lows floor as he reCited failed or led only to a tern- prayers and ended with his porary easing of violence in body swinging at the end of Baghdad, where Sunni a rope. The Iraqi governinsurgents and Shiite militi- ment said it has formed a amen have been killing committee to investigate each other and civilians at a who took the video and frightening pace . leaked it, saying one person In an interview with had been referred to judicial Dubai-based AI-Arabiya authorities. televi sion Tuesday night. North of Baghdad. meanai-Maliki predicted Bu sh while. a cargo plane carrywould outline measure s ing mostly Turkish workers aimed "to speed up the crashed as it apparently building and arming of Iraqi tried to land at a U.S. air AP Newsbreak: Lawsuit threatened over no-show lawmaker BY LAWRENCE MESSINA ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CHARLESTON A labo'r group intends to sue to block any pay to a longabsent Raleigh County lawmaker if he fails to attend Wednesday's swearing-in for the 78th Legislature. The Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation on Tuesday gave House Clerk Greg Gray and other state ofticials the 30day advance notice required by law that it planned to llled a lawsuit over the status of Delegate Ron Thompson. The Beckley Democrat has missed the 10, three-day interim sessions held since March - including the one • that ended Tuesday. He also did not attend the two special sessions convened last year. News reports had questioned the whereabouts of Thompson, 40, even before voters granted him a seventh two-year term in the HoLise " of Delegates in November. Thompson did not respond to messages requesting ~:om­ ment left at his home and. business phones Tuesday. ACT intends to argue thut Thompson cannot draw his $ 15,000 salary as a pan-time luwmaker for the 2007 ses· sion unless he takes the oath of office. "It \ just a good government issue... sa id Steve White . the foundation\ director. "Our members have to go to work to get paid, and we don't see why this delcg.ue should not at least show up." White also cited last year's prolonged absence of outgoing Delegate Joe C. Ferrell. The Logan County Democrat missed every legislat ive meeting in 2006, including the entire 60-day session. Ferrell. who did not run for re-election. blamed his absence in part on a back problem. But federal prosecutors considered him a coconspirator in an ongoing election fraud probe that resulted in a number of convictions last year. Ferrell has not been charged in the case. • anniversary of the Iraqi police base in bad weather, killing 34 people. Iraqi and Turkish officials said. The Turkish Embassy said one Turk survived but was severely injured . An Iraqi security official at Baghdad airport said an Antonov cargo plane crashed near Balad, 50 miles north of the capital. The official said it was unclear whether the aircraft had mechanical problems or was shot down. A Turkish Forei~n Ministry official said iniual reports indicated the 'plane went down because of bad weather and heavy fo$. The pilot aborted an mitial attempt to land because of heavy fog and crashed while trying again, the offi· cial said. WASHINGTON - For several years, there has been a steady increase in the number of children enrolling in Virginia's health insurance program for the poor. Beginning July I, state officials say, an unprecedented slide began. · Over the following five months, about -12,000 children dropped off the state's Medicaid rolls. "An entire year's growth has been wi!Jed out," said Cynthia Jones, chief deputy director for the state's Department of Medical Assistance Services. The drop-off. Jones points out, began about the ume a new federal law took effect. The law states that U.S. citizens applying for Medicaid or renewmg their participation must present proof of their citizenship and Identity. The law emerged out of concern that illegal immigrants were obtaining access to health insurance coverage sponsored by the government But some officials say that's not who is losing coverage. Besides Virginia, some other states are also reporting declines in children enrolled in Medicaid or a decline in applications. They include Iowa, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. Health researchers say they don't know if the states are representative of a nationwide pattern. The states singled out as experiencing enrollment declines were included in a report issued Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which conducts health research, and by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal think tank. The states experiencing declines are adamant that U.S. citi:wns and certain legal immigrant~ are dropping off the Medicaid rolls, not illegal immigrants. "'There is no evidence that the decline is due to undocumented aliens leaving the program," said Anita Smith of the Iowa Department of Human Services. "Rather, we believe that these new requirements are keeping otherwise eligible citizens from receiving Medicaid because they cannot provide the docume(lts required to prove their citizenship or identity." Medicaid is a health insurance program serving about 55 million people that is financed by the federal government and the states. The declines cited would indicate that just a fraction of the people enrolled in the program have dropped out as a result of the documentation requirements, but they do represent vulnerable populations, such a~ pregnant women and children. "We've delayed coverage for those children, and if those children need medical care, there's going to be ramifieations for them," said Donna Cohen Ross, outreach director for the Center on Budget a)ld Policy Priorities. But the agency that oversees Medicaid questioned claims that would link enrollment declines to the new documentation requirements. "We believe we've given the states tools they need to both implement the law and provide sufficient flexibili~ to assist individuals in establishing their citizenship," said Jeff Nelligan, spokesman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. "We continue to monitor state implementation and are not aware:of any data that shows there are significant barriers to enroll1 ment 1110NIIhll ,.,_, Cll ..,. _...,,_._...,_.....,,.... _ ~ (Niii1Do1111. . . 11 """' (f411.W11'f M '. 1 P ..The Daily Sentinel I I• ,_...._...._.n.c..,w, ''Here's Mv.., Card'' Special advertising supplement found only in the Pomeroy Daily Sentinel_ ~alltpolis iailp lrtbune Jotnt Jleasant l\egtster This is a special sized supplement which will be published January 31. Do you know how many phone calls the Area Chamber of Commerce, as well as the newspapers and other businesses receive asking for the name of a plumber, contractor, carpet cleaner, car repair shop, etc. This special section will be easier to use than a · regular directory and cards will be arranged by category. We will be glad to use the information on your business card or we can create one for you. Think how long it would take you to hand out 14,000 business cards. We can do it in just ONE DAY. All you need to do is call 740-992-2155 Ask for Dave or Brenda. BYTHE ·BEND Community Calendar Clubs and ··· organizations Thursday, Jan. 11 CHESTER Shade River Lodge 453 will meet at 7:30 p.m . at the hall . .. Refreshments. TUPPERS PLAINS · VFW Post 9053 7 p.m. at the Tuppers Plains hall. · Meal at 6:30 p. m. SYRACUSE · Wildwood Garden Club · 6:30 p.m. at the home of . :runie Redovian. Shirley · Hamm w11l present a pro·gram "Flowers <If the Bible." MIDDLEPORT - The Eleanor Circle , United · Methodist women of Heath United Methodist Church, .will meet at 7 p.m. at the · church. Devotions, Donna · 'Byer: program, Beth Stiver; ·hostesses. Jeanne Bradbury · ond Grace Johnson. RACINE - THE Ohio River producers (FFA · ·Alumni) will meet at 7 p.m. · m the Southern High Schol -· Vo-Ag room. Public invited. · For more information call -843-5216. · · RACINE Son shine Circle will meel at 7 p.m. at · the Bethany Church, ·Dorcas. " · POMEROY- Alpha Iota · · Masters will meet at I I :30 t Beha named ·to Deans List at Marietta College . MARIETTA - Marietta - College student Miranda C. · . Beha, daughter of Mary and -Steven Beha of Albany, has · been named to the dean's list forthe Fall 2006 semes·ter. · · Any full-time Marietta College student completing • at least 15 credit hours with ; a grade point average of ~ 3.00 to 3.49 in aJiven :; S~W~ester is recogniz as a :· dean's list student for that -:semester :: Beha, ~ graduate of Meigs ~ High School , is working ~ toward a major in psycholo;,. gy at Marietta. ~ Located in Marietta, Ohio p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Hoste>ses wi II be Carol McCullough, Carolyn Grueser, and Jean Powell. Saturday, Jan. 13 POMEROY - Regular meeting of Meigs County Christian Motorcycle Association Chapter ·'Delivered," I0 a.m ., Common Grounds Coffee Shop (former R&G Feed). Monday, Jan. 15 POMEROY - Pomeroy Eastern Star, 6:30 p.m. potluck with meat anJ dessert furnished . Meeting . 7:30p.m. Public meetings Wednesday, ian. 10 SYRACUSE - Sutton . Town ship Trustees, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Syracuse Village Hall . Meeting for 2007 appropriations Thursday, Jan. 11 POMEROY Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District special organizational meeting , II :30 a.m. at the district office, 3310 I Hiland Road, Pomeroy. POMEROY - Annual organizational meeting of the Meigs County Library · Board. 3 p.m. Thursday at Pomeroy Library. RUTLAND - Rutland Township Trustees organiLational and January meeting, 5 p.m ., Rutland Fire Station . The POMEROY Meigs Soil an Water Conservation District will hold a special/organizational meeting II :30 <\.m . iu the district offi~:e, 33 10 I Hiland Road. Pomeroy. PORTLAND - Lebanon Township Trustees to hold appropriations meeting, 5 p.m., township building. Church events Friday, Jan. 12 LONG BOTTOM Faith Fuill Gospel Church, located on State RQute 124, Long Bottom, will have a gospel sing beginning at 7 p.m. Special guests will be Dave and Debbie Dailey. Birthdays Friday, Jan. 12 MIDDLEPORT - Adris "Sue" Eblen will celebrate her 86th birthday on Jan. 12. Cards may be sent to her at 208 B. Overbook, 333 Page Stret, Middleport, Ohio 45760. 86-year-old man with reputed Nazi past again appeals deporla1ion CINCINNATI (AP) - A retired Ohio auto worker ordered deported over accusations that he was a Nazi death camp guard during World War II has started another appeal in a federal court, his lawyer said Tuesday. John Demjanjuk, 86, of suburban Cleveland, on Dec. 21 lost his previous attempt to avoid deportation when the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church. Va. , rejected his appeal of an immigration judge's 2005 deportation order. But Demjanjuk still has the right to appeal that ruling in federal courts, so the filing of a petition for review in the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati was expected. The filing Monday starts the next appeal process, defense lawyer John Broadley said. The immigration appeals board said DemjanJuk's Nazi guard past is conclusively established. Demjanjuk's case dates back nearly 30 years. He was cleared in 1993 in Israel of being the notorious "Ivan the Terrible," a sadistic guard at the Treblinka concentration camp in Poland. But the Justice Department said World War II documents prove he was a Nazi guard at various death or forced labor camps. Demjanjuk, a native Ukrainian, has denied he aided the Nazis and came to the United States after the war as a displaced person. .• .. .... MARIETTA - Elizabeth Schaad, an Edward Jones investment -representative in Marietta, has accepted a limited partnership offering in The Jones Financial Cos., the holding company for the St. Louis based linancial services finn. Edward Jones currently employs more than 30,000 associates in all 50 states and through its affiliates in Canada and the United Kingdom. Under the current partnership offering. 12.000 associates received initial limited partnership offerings or were invited to increase their existing ownership in the firm . Schaad, a native -of Marietta , joined Edward Jones in 1999 and has ANNIE'S MAILBOX This lifestyle can't be changed on a whim "- tion that's none of my business . After chatting with "Bob," she told me about his alcoholi sm and recem heart ;: Dear Annie: I have been surgery. ~ dating a gentleman for the I don't know any of these ' past two years. He is very people. and I really don't .: effeminate, and people often need or want to know any of ;: ask me if he is gay. In fact, l : knew from the start that he this stuff. When I told Mom, ., had had homosexual experi- "Enough," she said I was ~ ences in the past and basi- rude and self-centered. l told she was gossip~ cally lived a gay lifestyle for her :• over 20 years. He'd had only obsessed. She then said we ; a few dating experiences obviously have nothing in :: with women. Before me, he common and very little to t had never been in a relation- talk ab,JUt, ..both of which are :::; ship (with a male or female) true. Mom has never had any :- for more than six months. hobbies or interests , and she . After dating and being spends a lot of time on the : intimate with this man for :;: two years, my instincts tell phone yakking with her "' me he indeed may be gay. I friends. Annie, was I wrong :': have asked him point-blank to ask her to please stop :: whether he desires men, and telling me about her friends' personal lives? - Gossip:• he said he was never content Free in Pennsylvania '= with that lifestyle. However, Dear Gossip-~' ree : You ::: I found sites on his compul· were not wrong, but surely :::: er for male porn. Do I trust you must have k11own Mom :· my instincts and break it would react poorly to such a :: off? Confused in request . You disapprove of :: California her and it shows. There must .; Dear Confused: Yes. be something you can dis:; Living as a gay man for 20 cuss that is enjoyable for ~ years is not a "lifestyle " to both of you a favorite ::!-. be changed on a whim . He book. movie or TV show. ~ ~ould be bisexual, but if he Instead of finding fault with -: is still looking at gay porn, her conversation, make an ~· he either hasn't come to effort to find a substitute ;:': terms with his sexuality. or topic . She's your mother. :·: he's using you as wver. It's Work on it. -: time to say goodbye, and Dear Annie: I feel com:~ please get checked for pelled to write to "Down and :- STDs. just in case he's been Out in a New Town ." who :: playing both sides of the was having trouble making ·: fence . friends . That could have :~ Dear Annie: I am writing been me. After nine corpoabout my mother's persistent rate moves in 16 years. I felt "' need to tell me all about the isolated and ended up ~ing :; lives of her friends. l can't treated for depression. I am .. much happier now and ht)pe ' · t·ake .11 anymore . ~: During a recent shopping I can offer some advice : > trip, Mom ran into three First , get out of the :; acq uaiAtances. and after house 1 For,·e yourself if you -~ talking to them. she pro- have to. Then. do at"tivities ;: ceeded to tell me about their where you interact with ~ medical problems. family other adults. Volunteering is ~ problems and other in forma- a great "'ay to mee1 1h, "'' ._• BY KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ' --------------~---- t with the same interests as you Church is a great place to meet people. There are usually many groups to join. Join an exercise class. Don't go to the gym by yourself, but do yoga or Pilates with a group, and then invite some of your classmates out for cotfee afterward. ·· Get to know your neighbors by having a ba1=kyard barbecue. Get a part-time job. even if you don't need the money. It exposes you to people with whom you have something in common. From her letter, "Down and Out " sounds like she's on the right track. I'd love to meet her for coffee so we I "There are so many problems in today \ soci ety and I believe that humor can he key 111 addressing these iss ues," Deltano said. "Humor helps break down people's defenses and opens them up to li sten ." "I want youth to be entertained when I perform, but primarily I want them to know I care . and more importantly, there are alternatives to the negative insanity they >ee and feel every day." Deltano will pre,ent h" workshop for parents, "Fighting Back," at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Meigs High School cafeteria . This presentation will give parents ways they cim help ensure th eir children remain abstinent until marriage. Door prizes will be given away, including gift certificates and merchandise from local businesses. The workshop is free and offered to all parents. It is an adult presentation and children will not be admitted. The ABC program is funded by Meigs County Job and Family Services. Jeffrey B. Shank Shank awarded POMEROY - Jeffrey B. Shank, a unit supervisor at the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation 's Kyger Creek Plant, received his anniversary award for 30 years of service to the company. Ralph E. Amburgey. plant manager, announcecl. Shank joined the companv on Oct. 25, 1976 as a hiborer in the labor department . ln 1978 he transferred to the operations department as a utilit y operator. In 1979 he was promoted to an auxiliary equipment operator; in 1983 to an equipment operator, and in 1990 to a unit supervisor. Shank and his wife, Wanda, reside in Pomeroy. Elizabeth Schaad accepts limited partnership ··. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '... ' ...... ...... '1. Wednesday, January 10, 2007 Plan abstinence program -for students, parents Local POMEROY parents can hear a popular educational speake r through the Abstinence Builds Character program, which operates in the three Meigs County school districts. Keith Deltano, "the Teaching Comedian" will speak Jo middle and high school students and their parents as part of the statemanda.ted emphasis of sexual abstinence until marriage in the health curriculum. Deltano will speak to at Southern student s Middle School and Southern High School at I :30 p.m. on Wednesday, 8:45 a.m. Thursday at Meigs High School, 10 a.m. at Meigs Middle School, and I :30 p.m. on Thursday at Eastern High School, with seventh and eighth graders included. Deltano travels over the United States. Not wanting to be interpreted as a typical stand-up comedian, he combines humor, audience interaction, props·and facts into action-filled performances. Each of his shows deals with issues like racism, judging, sexual abstinence and substance abuse. PageA3 ~ could chat. - Been There and Worse Dear Been There: Your suggestions arc practical and helpful, and we hope any ·lonely readers out there will try them. Thanks . Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, 'lo11gtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmai/box@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, It 60611. 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Dan Goodrich Publisher Charlene Hoeflich General Manager-News Editor ' - - -- - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - Congress shall make no law re.specting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievance.s. - The Firat Amendment to the U.S. Conatltutlon VIEW Ready or not Here m? gqglobal economy Dear Editor: I elaborate on a Jan. 5 letter in which the writer notes that free trade ''threatens our republic." As I pointed out in my Sept. 13 submission, it is designed exactly for that purpose. The reason Bush won't protect the borders (and neither will the Democrats) is that the power structure which pulls their strings wants a world without borders, and by delinition, this means a world without nations. Several sinister implications are involved with this prospect. The first is forced inter-dependence. No nation will be allowed any measure of self-sufficiency. Most resources and jobs will be shipped abroad. The second is the creation of a global police state involving the extensive use of foreign troops to quell resistance. If you thought Waco and Ruby Ridge a disgrace, trust me, you haven't seen anything yet . Thirdly, intermttional courts will supersede all domestic law. If convicted by a global branch court, you will be deported to serve your sente nce on foreign soil. The global prison is your future. \Vednesday,Januaryto,2007 Rudy in waiting? The Daily Sentinel READER'S PageA4 Abstinence educators and responsible parents teach young people to resist the urge for instant gratification. When it comes to the Republican presidential field. a similar strategy of waiting may prove fruitful for Rudolph Giuliani. Of course, Rudy 2008 would be well advised to avoid the subject of sex an area that highlights his troubled personal past and not-so-conservative positions on reproductive issues. But if Rudy can be patient and practice political abstinence as his rivals engage in hot combat, the former New York City mayor could prove to have a leg up in the 2008 Republican race. Going into 2007, conservatives' best option, former Massachu setts Gov. Mitt Romney, is already a bit wounded. The problem? Some chattering Beltway conservatives with access to wide-reaching e-mail lists simply don 'I believe he is one of them. It's understandable. Massachusett s isn't known for its right· wing leaders. But if conservatives don't hear him out, it will be their (and America's) loss: This Northeastern businessman is a leadership package that has the potential to do social conservatives and their ideas a great service, by presenting conservative posi·tions on cloning, gay marriage and other contentious Kathryn Lopez issues in a worldly, but sincere and principled, way. Alas. the "Mas,achusetts flip-flopper" label he has been pinned with might stick. It's more than a bit unfair. given that John Kerry, the last Massachusetts pol sturk with that moniker, was changing positions even during his presidential campaign . (What was his position on Iraq? I'm sti ll not clear.) Romney, on the other hand, as chief exec utive, has reacted to key events in Massachusetts as a social conservative - opposing efforts to clone human life. and insisting that Bay State citizens, not the state\ high court, should determine the future of marriage there. It's way too soon to count Romney out, but if he does falter, will conservatives go for John McCain" The Arizona senator is the putative frontrunner among Republicans. He's a war hero with an impressive biography of service. But he's also made an earl y gamble, enthusiastically supporting increased U.S. troops in Iraq. Democrat John Edwards has latched onto that early on - knowing it 's an unpopular position about an unpopular war - and denounced what he 's c~lling the "McCain Doctrine." Edwards acknowledging McCain's the man to beat could help McCain . Or it could do further damage if, heaven forbid, a troop surge doesn't help things in Iraq . Conserva1ives ~lso know that McCain isn ' t their bigges1 fan. On the same day Romney was officially joining !he presidentialexploration mix, a "Vanity Fair'· article was released portraying McCain as indifferent to issues like ab011ion and marriage . And then there is his assault on free speech, known as the McCuin-Feingold campaign -finance reform, a source of great angst on the ri~hl. f'<>n :,ervmive misgivings about McCain are a great opening li•r former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who's known as a conservative ideas guy on a whole host of issues. But, among other things, Gingrich hus not put together an exploratory committee, and smart money doesn't have him going all the way. So where do conservatives go from there? Maybe, just maybe, to their least likely nominee: Rudy. Giuliani has th e hard-tobeat ad vantage of being a house hold name, known by his first name. In a shortlived 2000 Senate race, he refused to oppose partialbirth abortion, but in 2006 he campaigned for pro-life stalwart Rick Santorum (exsenator from Pennsylvania). While doing so, he said (possibly with more of an eye on 2008 than 2006 voters) : "You never have a political leader in which you have total agreement, not if they 're being honest." Giuliani, who led New York after 9111 as the world watched , recently said. '"The reality here is that the lslamo-fundamentalist terrorists are at war with our way of life, with our modern world, with rights for women, religious freedom, societies that have religious freedom." That's clarity you don 't always hear from the current president. So is it Rudy 2008 for the GOP? Not by a long shot. But staying low-key for a while and watching the other guys fight it out, inflicting wounds on one another. is not ' an insane strategy. At least for America's mayor. And that is something conservatives might want to keep in mind as some appear to be poised to kill off their most obvious conservative alternative early. ( Kuthry11 Lopez is the editor of National Review Online (www.nationalrel'iew.com). She can be conwcted at klopez@nationalrel•iew.com.) ~AHlER ?IZfl . Leuers to the editor are welcome. They should be less than 300 words. 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Arrangements will be announced later by the Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine. .Local Briefs District elects officers RUTLAND - Fenton Taylor was elected president and ·Charles Barrett, Jr., vice president of the Leading Creek Conservancy District which held its organizational meeting ·Friday. In 2007 the board voted to meet at 4 p.m on the fourth Tuesday of each month . Offices to close POMEROY - The Meigs Conty Health Department offices will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr., Day. Regular hours will resume Thesday. T.B. office closed In observance POMEROY - The Meigs County T.B. office will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The clnic will not be giving TB tests on Friday, Jan . 12. Meeting notice served as Ohio's lieutenant CEDARVILLE (AP) Former U.S. Sen. Mike governor, a U.S. House memDe Wme is taking a teaching ber, an Ohio senator and as post at his hometown college, Greene County prosecutor. At Cedarville, DeWine will where he will share with students the insiR!lts he ~ained in lecture in the upper-level class more than 30 year; m public "Leadership and DecisionMaking in Modem American office. DeWme begins classes this Politics" with Mark Caleb week at Cedarville University, Smith, director of the center, a Baptist college with an the university said Thesday in enrollment of 3,100 in south- a statement. DeWme also will west Ohio. He will serve as a help the university set up its visiting scholar at the school's semester in Washington program, to begin in 2008. Center for Political Studies. "Professors are good at proRe~ublican DeWine, 60, lost his race for a third tenn in viding theories, but Senator the Senate to Democrat DeWme can provide someSberrod Brown. whose elec- thing we can't. Having him tion helped give Brown's close by to help students see party its first majority since how things really work is 1994. De Wine previously invaluable," Smith said. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Correction Policy Doris Irene Sayre Ropn Former senator takes teaching posts Today is Wednesday, Jan. 10, the lOth day of 2007. There are 355 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History : On Jan. I 0. 1776, Thomas Paine published his inlluential pamphlet, "Common Sense." On this date: In 1870, John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil. In 1920, the League of Nations was established as the · Treaty of Versaill~s went into effect. In 1946, the first manmade contact with the moon was made as radar signals were bounced off the lunar surface. In 1947, the musical fantasy "Finian's Rainbow," with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by E. Y. Harburg, opened • ooBro~w~ · : In 1957, Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Britain, following the resignation of Anthony Eden. Thought for Today: "They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse." · · - Emily Dickinson, American poet ( 1830- 1886). (USPS 213-960) Ohio Valley Publlahlng Co. THE VILLAGES, FLA. - Margaret W. Phelps, 83, died on Fnday, Dec. 15, 2007, at The Villages Hospice House, The Villages, Fla. She was born in Pomeroy, and moved to The Villages from Dayton m 2002 . She was retired from General Motors after 25 years service, was a member of the Eastern Star, enjoyed traveling in her Cflf and attended Hope Lutheran Ch~rch in The Villages, Pia. Survtvors mclude her brother and sister-in-law, Paul C. and Constance M. Werry of The Villages, Fla.; two sistersin-law, Jean Werry of Pomeroy, and Estelle Werry of Mason, W.Va.; and numerous nieces and nephews. . Vtsttallon wtll be held from I to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan . I 0, 2007, at the Pomeroy Chapel of Fisher Funeral Home. The famtly requests memorial contributions be made to Ronald McDonald House, 250 I Cherry Street, Kansas City, Mtssoun 64108; or to St. Jude Children's Research .Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105. LETART - Regular meeting of the Letart Townsip 'Trustees will be held at S p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month beginning on Jan. IS. The meet· ings are always subject to change. TODAY IN HISTORY Reader Services .: Obituaries Margaret Phelps Jeff Fields Syracuse The D?ily Sentinel VVedne8day,Januaryto,aoo7 Dance, dance persecution tion to stand in one spot and sway to the music. I just Jim have no feeling for it. When Mullen they do the wave in arenas. I'm always too early or too late. I'm standing when the people around me have already sat down. I'm sit- grace, they have style. No ting when they are standing. wonder no one wants to When people clap along to dance with them. Because songs in concerts, I have to even if you coulp do more watch their hands to know than sway in one spot. what I'm supposed to do. you'd look like a jerk. And it's usually after the But I compensate for not be able to dance by being third drink that Veronica, I mean some woman, decides cranky and unpleasant. I bring this up because that this party is just a little there is always some too boring and nothing woman at a party (I'm talk- would put a little pizzazz in ing about you, Veronica!) it like twisting again - like who after a few drinks we did last summer. "Well, don't let me stop thinks I should dance with her. And no. she doesn't you. Have another drink want to fo~trot around the while you're at it." The funny thing is, I like living room, she wants "Saturday Night Fever" dance music. I like Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers with all the bells on. I enjoyed "Oh, come on, come on. I movies. Riverdance once. I may love this song." "This isn't a song, it's a be the only person my age drum solo." Oh, and did I who actually liked dis<:o mention that the person music even though. in a who wants you to dance is million years. I could never always a great dancer? They learn do the Latin Hustle. have rhythm, they have Slill. Teddy Pendergrass ' singing "Don't Leave Me This Way" with Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes fpr six minutes and nine seconds will always be on my iPnd. But I can't dance to it, except in my head. That's where I dance exceptionally well. So nimble, so fluent, so elegant . I am also thin, rich and good-looking in there. But in our living room, tonight, I am a klutz. Veronica is insistent. She's like a parent telling a 6-year-old how wonderful .peas are and that if he just tries them you 'II like them. A very drunk parent talking to a very willful child. Trust me , Veronica, I know from years of experience that I can't dance. But I've had three glasses of Two Bu.:k Chuck myself and a standin-one-place-and-sway kind of song has started playing, so I give in. There is no way this is going 10 end well. but I'll do anything to get her off my case. "No wonder she "s single," I whispered to Sue as I stnod Ufl. '"Who on Eatth could put up with this whining'?" ·'She\ a widow:· Sue whispered back . "They were married for 25 )ears." Findlay will study a fix for flooding " Boy, I'm glad I didn 't say that out loud." " But you did, Blanche, you just think you didn't. Good thing you've both had a few. This should be interesting." OK, I'm swaying. Why is she stretching out her arm to me? She has got to be kidding. She wants me to spin her around? I can't spin myself around. What is the matter with her? I tell her I can't dance and she wants to enter a jitterbug contest. Look at this, she thinks I'm going to roll her across my back and catch her" with one hand and yoyo her back to me? I'm swaying as fast as I can without falling over. What does she think? We're on "So You Think You Can Dance?" The music changes and Veronica puts her hands on her hips. ·tooks at me with disgu st and says , "Who ever told you that you could dance'" (lim Mullen is the author of ··[t Takes a Villa§e Idiot: Compliccuing the Simple Life ·· and "Babv 's First Tcmoo. ·· Y<m can ret.l< h him ut jim_mullen@mywa.y.cOin.) FINDLAY (AP) - The . city's mayor wants a group to study flooding that swamped neighborhoods · for the second time in five : weeks. The Blanchard River flooded homes and busi. nesses and prompted evacuations last weekend after · 2.3 inches of rain fell in one day. Mayor Tony Jriti said the city in northwest Ohio must . e0me up with some solutions. · "This is not a study · group," Iriti said. "This. is going to be a task force wtth · a deftnite deadline on what we need to do about the flooding." He said that whatever is suggested will take a long time to finish and that it will be costly. "We're going to have to budget for flood mitigation projects indefinitely," he said. The Blanchard River rose about 3.78 feet above flood stage Saturday before beginning to recede Sunday. according to the National Weather Service. The river reached 3.7 feet above flood stage in early December. The rain that fell a month ago left the ground saturated. contributing to the flooding . problems this weekend, said weather service meteorologist Jim Kosarik in Cleveland. Events was to have taken place at General Hartinger Park, with youth events centered around the pool. and an evening of musical entertainment. In other business, Phalin reported that granite markers for the trees purchased for the shopping district as memorials will be ordered through Fisher Funeral Home . She said money has been set aside. but the association has had problems funding a durable marker in the appropriate price range. from PageA1 Last year, a new location for f~reworks was secured, but heavy rains forced the celebration ·s cancelation, although the fireworks display went off as planned. "Because there has been in no celebration Middleport for two years. we need to have the best · ever this year," Phalin · said. Last year's celebration The Daily Sentinel • Page As www.mydallysentinel.com 30 states take side of Enron shareholders seeking damages from Wall Street banks Bv MARCY GORDON AP BUSINESS WRITER WASHINGTON - Thirty states have taken the side of Enron shareholders seeking damages from big investment banks in a federal case over the banks' alleged role in Enron's accounting fraud. The states' move puts them at odds with a legal stance the Securities and Exchange Commission staff had considered taking in support of one of the banks, Merrill Lynch & Co., but appears now to have decided against. .In a brief filed Monday in a federal appeals court, attorneys general from the 30 states use the SEC's legal arguments in 2002 Enron litigation to make the case that Merrill, Credit Suisse and the other investment banks should be held liable as participants in accounting fraud. The SEC pursued Merrill, JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc . over their role in Enron's scheme, winning tens of millions of dollars in settlements with the investment powerhouses in 2003. The states , in the brief written by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, maintain that the Wall Street banks are liable "for directly participating in the Enron securities fraud" and "for manipulative and deceptive devices and contriv11nces." Residents of the · 30 states who were shareholders were injured by Enron 's collapse, "and their rights, and the rights of other innocent citizens in future Enrons should be protected," the filing says. As previously reponed by The Associated Press, attorneys for Merrill recently asked the SEC to file a brief in the Sth U.S. Circuit Coun of Appeals in New Orleans in suppon of the f1rn1's posi· lion that on legal grounds, it should not be helil liable in the case - and the agency staff had considered doing so. The staff Is not expected to recommend to the SEC com· missioners that the agency file such a brief in the case, making it unlikely that it will happen, a person fami liar with the matter s11-id Tuesday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak officially on the matter. The lawsuit on behalf of Enron shareholders seeks billions of dollars in damages from the investment banks. The federal judge presiding over the litigation, U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon in Houston, has granted it status to proceed as a class-action sutt. That decision is being reviewed by the appeals court in New Orleans. If the appeals coun overturned Hannon 's ruling, the suit against the investment banks could be tossed out. Merrill's posttton, as expressed in papers it filed last month, is that in granting class-action status to the shareholders, a federal judge accepted an "expansive" theory put forward by their attorneys that wrongly holds all parties - including those that aided Enron 's scheme but didn't know its true purpose- liable for losses sustained by investors. The attorneys representing Enron shareholders argue that the investment banks played key roles in Enron's "scheme to defraud ." Under a 1995 law, a single defendant can be held liable for paying the entire amount of damages if the judge determines that the defendant knowingly violated the securities laws. The 28-page brief filed by the 30 states cites criteria proposed in 2002 by the SEC in le~al arguments to determine habilil)' of panicipants in a decepttve scheme. The idea expounded by the SEC was that deception in the form of a false picture of a company's revenues can be made by acts as well as words. That means a participant in a scheme would do more than aid and abet it, by engaging in a transaction whose main purpose is to create such a false financial picture - and therefore should be held liable. To accept the investment banks· interpretation of legal precedent "would result in virtual immunity for banks, Jaw firms, accountants and other securities professionals from private liability in many cases," the states' brief says. Contradicting the securities Jaws, it says, is "the view that those crafty enough to benefit from participating in a securities fraud while carefully avoiding the public attribution of a false statement to them can escape liability.. .." Andrew Fastow, Enron's now-i mprisoned former finance··chief pegged as the mastennind behind the complex financial schemes that ultimately doomed the highflying energy company, provided testimony this fall in the shareholder litigation. He answered yes, for example. when asked whether some of the transactions Enron conducted with its investment banks created the false appearance of profits and cash flow. In addition to Texas, the attorneys general signing the brief were from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mnntana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon. Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont and West Virginia. In 2003, Merrill agreed to pay $80 million to settle the SEC's civil charges that it Pat:ticipated in Enron's phony sales of floating ~wer plants, desi~ned to mflatc the company s earnings In 1999. The firm nei· thcr admitted nor denied wrongdoing In the settle· ment. Ohio ban snuffS out smoking rooms at bars, restaurants BY JOHN SEEWER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TOLEDO - Joe· Myler's tavern is split down the middle by a big glass wall. He added it along with a new ventilation system to create a separate room for smokers. "We basically took our bar and cut it in half," he said. Now, the $35,000 addition is es sentially obsolete because of Ohio's ban on smoking inside most public places. "That's an awful lot of money to absorb for a room that's now defunct ." Myler said. "I'm not really pleased about it." He's not alone . A number of restaurant and tavern owners who sunk thousands of dollars imo smoki ng rooms and clean air systems say it could take years to recover the money they spent to accommodate smokers and nonsmokers. "That's a lot of money for little bars," said Dave Grusenmeyer, who runs the Beacon Lounge in Huber Heights, a Dayton suburb. Two years ago, he spent $2,700 un a ventilation system. "I wanted to make it comfortable for everybody," he said, adding that he now wishes he would have spent the money on an outdoor patio where customers could smoke . The Ohio Licensed Beverage Association, which represents tavern owners, has heard concerns from its members , said Jacob Evans, a lobbyist for the organization. "There's frustration that they invested all this money and that it's all for not," he said. "We've heard a Jot of concerns about 'how am I going to survive now."' Ohio voters in November approved the smoking , ban, which Includes bars, bowl· ing alleys and bingo. halls. Some bar and restaurant owners have decided to leave out their ashtrays and allow smoking unul the Ohio Department of Health has finahzed its re~ulations. The agency won't tssue anr. warning letters or fines unul it puts the rules in place. Barbie Gascon, who runs Barbie's Place in Toledo, hasn't stopped her customers from smoking. Once the rules are in place, though, better in about a year. her new smoking room will be nothing more than a party Family Medicine® i.s a room for special gatherings. FAMnY MEDICINE Reader mos.t likely has chronic idiopathic urticaria Question: For nearly a year now, I've been plagued with hives. I have been to a number of doctors and tried a number of treatments including allergy shots, steroids and avoiding many products that I like, such as wheat. I am 68 years old and basically healthy and . have never had anything like this before . Can you tell me anything about htves? Answer: Many of us experience a bout with hives from time to time. Doctors call the condition "urticaria," and it's marked by itchy. · red blotches or welts all .over the body. especially on the face and torso. The condition you are de scribing, however, is chronic urticaria. It is characterized by daily or almost daily hive outbreaks for greater than six weeks' duration. This is a very frustrating condition and a cause can be difficult to run down. Chronic urticaria is more common in women and affects about 25 percent of the population at one time or another. In chronic urticaria a clear cause is usually not found. even with extensive testing . When all known causes of urticaria have been ruled out, it is considered chronic idiopathic urticaria. The word "idiopathic " is insef1: ed because it means that the urticaria has arisen spontaneo usly from unknown cause. In recent years about half of those cases we previously categorized as idiopathic have been discovered to actually have an autoi mmune bitsis - the body is allergic itself. There is·, unfortunately, no easy way to test for this in individual cases. In a minQrity of cases we can identify an underlying factor that's causing a person's chronic unicaria. This can be very difticult detective work for you and your doctor. I can, though, give you a few tips about the kinds of things to be on the lookout for. Medication, even overthe-counter drugs, vitamins and herbal remedies, can cause urticaria. Foods and food additives can be the cause of hives. Food additives can be difficult to eliminate from the diet and difficult to identify as a cause of hives. Some infections can cause chronic hives, like hepatitis B and C. Patients with autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis can also, at times, experience chronic urticaria. Infestations with intestinal parasites can cause hives as well. Substances in the environment like animals, plants and jewelry can cause hives shortly after contact. In these cases, the hives are usually at the site of the contact. There has been speculation about a relationship between H. pylori (a stom· ach bacteria that causes ulcers) and hives. This link, however, has not been definitively established. Finally. let me end with some good news. Since you and your doctor have not been able to identify a cause, it sounds · Jike you have chronic idio~;>athic urticaria. This conditton is se ldom a symptom of a serious underlying medical problem. Also, there are new antihistamines that can be used to control many of the outbreaks of urticaria welts and the itching that goes along with them . More good news is that over 50 percent of J?COple with chronic urticaria are weekly column. To submit questions, write to Martha A. Simpson, D.O.. M.B.A .. Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, P. 0 . Box l/0, Athens, Ohio 45701 , or via e-mail to readerquestions ®familymedicinenews.org. Medical information in this column is provided as an edumtional service only. It does not replace the judgment of your personal physician, who should be relied on to diagnose and recommend treatment for any medical conditions. Past columns are available online at www.familymedic inenew s. o rg. 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Dan Goodrich Publisher Charlene Hoeflich General Manager-News Editor ' - - -- - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - Congress shall make no law re.specting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievance.s. - The Firat Amendment to the U.S. Conatltutlon VIEW Ready or not Here m? gqglobal economy Dear Editor: I elaborate on a Jan. 5 letter in which the writer notes that free trade ''threatens our republic." As I pointed out in my Sept. 13 submission, it is designed exactly for that purpose. The reason Bush won't protect the borders (and neither will the Democrats) is that the power structure which pulls their strings wants a world without borders, and by delinition, this means a world without nations. Several sinister implications are involved with this prospect. The first is forced inter-dependence. No nation will be allowed any measure of self-sufficiency. Most resources and jobs will be shipped abroad. The second is the creation of a global police state involving the extensive use of foreign troops to quell resistance. If you thought Waco and Ruby Ridge a disgrace, trust me, you haven't seen anything yet . Thirdly, intermttional courts will supersede all domestic law. If convicted by a global branch court, you will be deported to serve your sente nce on foreign soil. The global prison is your future. \Vednesday,Januaryto,2007 Rudy in waiting? The Daily Sentinel READER'S PageA4 Abstinence educators and responsible parents teach young people to resist the urge for instant gratification. When it comes to the Republican presidential field. a similar strategy of waiting may prove fruitful for Rudolph Giuliani. Of course, Rudy 2008 would be well advised to avoid the subject of sex an area that highlights his troubled personal past and not-so-conservative positions on reproductive issues. But if Rudy can be patient and practice political abstinence as his rivals engage in hot combat, the former New York City mayor could prove to have a leg up in the 2008 Republican race. Going into 2007, conservatives' best option, former Massachu setts Gov. Mitt Romney, is already a bit wounded. The problem? Some chattering Beltway conservatives with access to wide-reaching e-mail lists simply don 'I believe he is one of them. It's understandable. Massachusett s isn't known for its right· wing leaders. But if conservatives don't hear him out, it will be their (and America's) loss: This Northeastern businessman is a leadership package that has the potential to do social conservatives and their ideas a great service, by presenting conservative posi·tions on cloning, gay marriage and other contentious Kathryn Lopez issues in a worldly, but sincere and principled, way. Alas. the "Mas,achusetts flip-flopper" label he has been pinned with might stick. It's more than a bit unfair. given that John Kerry, the last Massachusetts pol sturk with that moniker, was changing positions even during his presidential campaign . (What was his position on Iraq? I'm sti ll not clear.) Romney, on the other hand, as chief exec utive, has reacted to key events in Massachusetts as a social conservative - opposing efforts to clone human life. and insisting that Bay State citizens, not the state\ high court, should determine the future of marriage there. It's way too soon to count Romney out, but if he does falter, will conservatives go for John McCain" The Arizona senator is the putative frontrunner among Republicans. He's a war hero with an impressive biography of service. But he's also made an earl y gamble, enthusiastically supporting increased U.S. troops in Iraq. Democrat John Edwards has latched onto that early on - knowing it 's an unpopular position about an unpopular war - and denounced what he 's c~lling the "McCain Doctrine." Edwards acknowledging McCain's the man to beat could help McCain . Or it could do further damage if, heaven forbid, a troop surge doesn't help things in Iraq . Conserva1ives ~lso know that McCain isn ' t their bigges1 fan. On the same day Romney was officially joining !he presidentialexploration mix, a "Vanity Fair'· article was released portraying McCain as indifferent to issues like ab011ion and marriage . And then there is his assault on free speech, known as the McCuin-Feingold campaign -finance reform, a source of great angst on the ri~hl. f'<>n :,ervmive misgivings about McCain are a great opening li•r former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who's known as a conservative ideas guy on a whole host of issues. But, among other things, Gingrich hus not put together an exploratory committee, and smart money doesn't have him going all the way. So where do conservatives go from there? Maybe, just maybe, to their least likely nominee: Rudy. Giuliani has th e hard-tobeat ad vantage of being a house hold name, known by his first name. In a shortlived 2000 Senate race, he refused to oppose partialbirth abortion, but in 2006 he campaigned for pro-life stalwart Rick Santorum (exsenator from Pennsylvania). While doing so, he said (possibly with more of an eye on 2008 than 2006 voters) : "You never have a political leader in which you have total agreement, not if they 're being honest." Giuliani, who led New York after 9111 as the world watched , recently said. '"The reality here is that the lslamo-fundamentalist terrorists are at war with our way of life, with our modern world, with rights for women, religious freedom, societies that have religious freedom." That's clarity you don 't always hear from the current president. So is it Rudy 2008 for the GOP? Not by a long shot. But staying low-key for a while and watching the other guys fight it out, inflicting wounds on one another. is not ' an insane strategy. At least for America's mayor. And that is something conservatives might want to keep in mind as some appear to be poised to kill off their most obvious conservative alternative early. ( Kuthry11 Lopez is the editor of National Review Online (www.nationalrel'iew.com). She can be conwcted at klopez@nationalrel•iew.com.) ~AHlER ?IZfl . Leuers to the editor are welcome. They should be less than 300 words. 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At Cedarville, DeWine will where he will share with students the insiR!lts he ~ained in lecture in the upper-level class more than 30 year; m public "Leadership and DecisionMaking in Modem American office. DeWme begins classes this Politics" with Mark Caleb week at Cedarville University, Smith, director of the center, a Baptist college with an the university said Thesday in enrollment of 3,100 in south- a statement. DeWme also will west Ohio. He will serve as a help the university set up its visiting scholar at the school's semester in Washington program, to begin in 2008. Center for Political Studies. "Professors are good at proRe~ublican DeWine, 60, lost his race for a third tenn in viding theories, but Senator the Senate to Democrat DeWme can provide someSberrod Brown. whose elec- thing we can't. Having him tion helped give Brown's close by to help students see party its first majority since how things really work is 1994. De Wine previously invaluable," Smith said. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Correction Policy Doris Irene Sayre Ropn Former senator takes teaching posts Today is Wednesday, Jan. 10, the lOth day of 2007. There are 355 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History : On Jan. I 0. 1776, Thomas Paine published his inlluential pamphlet, "Common Sense." On this date: In 1870, John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil. In 1920, the League of Nations was established as the · Treaty of Versaill~s went into effect. In 1946, the first manmade contact with the moon was made as radar signals were bounced off the lunar surface. In 1947, the musical fantasy "Finian's Rainbow," with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by E. Y. Harburg, opened • ooBro~w~ · : In 1957, Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Britain, following the resignation of Anthony Eden. Thought for Today: "They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse." · · - Emily Dickinson, American poet ( 1830- 1886). (USPS 213-960) Ohio Valley Publlahlng Co. THE VILLAGES, FLA. - Margaret W. Phelps, 83, died on Fnday, Dec. 15, 2007, at The Villages Hospice House, The Villages, Fla. She was born in Pomeroy, and moved to The Villages from Dayton m 2002 . She was retired from General Motors after 25 years service, was a member of the Eastern Star, enjoyed traveling in her Cflf and attended Hope Lutheran Ch~rch in The Villages, Pia. Survtvors mclude her brother and sister-in-law, Paul C. and Constance M. Werry of The Villages, Fla.; two sistersin-law, Jean Werry of Pomeroy, and Estelle Werry of Mason, W.Va.; and numerous nieces and nephews. . Vtsttallon wtll be held from I to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan . I 0, 2007, at the Pomeroy Chapel of Fisher Funeral Home. The famtly requests memorial contributions be made to Ronald McDonald House, 250 I Cherry Street, Kansas City, Mtssoun 64108; or to St. Jude Children's Research .Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105. LETART - Regular meeting of the Letart Townsip 'Trustees will be held at S p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month beginning on Jan. IS. The meet· ings are always subject to change. TODAY IN HISTORY Reader Services .: Obituaries Margaret Phelps Jeff Fields Syracuse The D?ily Sentinel VVedne8day,Januaryto,aoo7 Dance, dance persecution tion to stand in one spot and sway to the music. I just Jim have no feeling for it. When Mullen they do the wave in arenas. I'm always too early or too late. I'm standing when the people around me have already sat down. I'm sit- grace, they have style. No ting when they are standing. wonder no one wants to When people clap along to dance with them. Because songs in concerts, I have to even if you coulp do more watch their hands to know than sway in one spot. what I'm supposed to do. you'd look like a jerk. And it's usually after the But I compensate for not be able to dance by being third drink that Veronica, I mean some woman, decides cranky and unpleasant. I bring this up because that this party is just a little there is always some too boring and nothing woman at a party (I'm talk- would put a little pizzazz in ing about you, Veronica!) it like twisting again - like who after a few drinks we did last summer. "Well, don't let me stop thinks I should dance with her. And no. she doesn't you. Have another drink want to fo~trot around the while you're at it." The funny thing is, I like living room, she wants "Saturday Night Fever" dance music. I like Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers with all the bells on. I enjoyed "Oh, come on, come on. I movies. Riverdance once. I may love this song." "This isn't a song, it's a be the only person my age drum solo." Oh, and did I who actually liked dis<:o mention that the person music even though. in a who wants you to dance is million years. I could never always a great dancer? They learn do the Latin Hustle. have rhythm, they have Slill. Teddy Pendergrass ' singing "Don't Leave Me This Way" with Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes fpr six minutes and nine seconds will always be on my iPnd. But I can't dance to it, except in my head. That's where I dance exceptionally well. So nimble, so fluent, so elegant . I am also thin, rich and good-looking in there. But in our living room, tonight, I am a klutz. Veronica is insistent. She's like a parent telling a 6-year-old how wonderful .peas are and that if he just tries them you 'II like them. A very drunk parent talking to a very willful child. Trust me , Veronica, I know from years of experience that I can't dance. But I've had three glasses of Two Bu.:k Chuck myself and a standin-one-place-and-sway kind of song has started playing, so I give in. There is no way this is going 10 end well. but I'll do anything to get her off my case. "No wonder she "s single," I whispered to Sue as I stnod Ufl. '"Who on Eatth could put up with this whining'?" ·'She\ a widow:· Sue whispered back . "They were married for 25 )ears." Findlay will study a fix for flooding " Boy, I'm glad I didn 't say that out loud." " But you did, Blanche, you just think you didn't. Good thing you've both had a few. This should be interesting." OK, I'm swaying. Why is she stretching out her arm to me? She has got to be kidding. She wants me to spin her around? I can't spin myself around. What is the matter with her? I tell her I can't dance and she wants to enter a jitterbug contest. Look at this, she thinks I'm going to roll her across my back and catch her" with one hand and yoyo her back to me? I'm swaying as fast as I can without falling over. What does she think? We're on "So You Think You Can Dance?" The music changes and Veronica puts her hands on her hips. ·tooks at me with disgu st and says , "Who ever told you that you could dance'" (lim Mullen is the author of ··[t Takes a Villa§e Idiot: Compliccuing the Simple Life ·· and "Babv 's First Tcmoo. ·· Y<m can ret.l< h him ut jim_mullen@mywa.y.cOin.) FINDLAY (AP) - The . city's mayor wants a group to study flooding that swamped neighborhoods · for the second time in five : weeks. The Blanchard River flooded homes and busi. nesses and prompted evacuations last weekend after · 2.3 inches of rain fell in one day. Mayor Tony Jriti said the city in northwest Ohio must . e0me up with some solutions. · "This is not a study · group," Iriti said. "This. is going to be a task force wtth · a deftnite deadline on what we need to do about the flooding." He said that whatever is suggested will take a long time to finish and that it will be costly. "We're going to have to budget for flood mitigation projects indefinitely," he said. The Blanchard River rose about 3.78 feet above flood stage Saturday before beginning to recede Sunday. according to the National Weather Service. The river reached 3.7 feet above flood stage in early December. The rain that fell a month ago left the ground saturated. contributing to the flooding . problems this weekend, said weather service meteorologist Jim Kosarik in Cleveland. Events was to have taken place at General Hartinger Park, with youth events centered around the pool. and an evening of musical entertainment. In other business, Phalin reported that granite markers for the trees purchased for the shopping district as memorials will be ordered through Fisher Funeral Home . She said money has been set aside. but the association has had problems funding a durable marker in the appropriate price range. from PageA1 Last year, a new location for f~reworks was secured, but heavy rains forced the celebration ·s cancelation, although the fireworks display went off as planned. "Because there has been in no celebration Middleport for two years. we need to have the best · ever this year," Phalin · said. Last year's celebration The Daily Sentinel • Page As www.mydallysentinel.com 30 states take side of Enron shareholders seeking damages from Wall Street banks Bv MARCY GORDON AP BUSINESS WRITER WASHINGTON - Thirty states have taken the side of Enron shareholders seeking damages from big investment banks in a federal case over the banks' alleged role in Enron's accounting fraud. The states' move puts them at odds with a legal stance the Securities and Exchange Commission staff had considered taking in support of one of the banks, Merrill Lynch & Co., but appears now to have decided against. .In a brief filed Monday in a federal appeals court, attorneys general from the 30 states use the SEC's legal arguments in 2002 Enron litigation to make the case that Merrill, Credit Suisse and the other investment banks should be held liable as participants in accounting fraud. The SEC pursued Merrill, JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc . over their role in Enron's scheme, winning tens of millions of dollars in settlements with the investment powerhouses in 2003. The states , in the brief written by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, maintain that the Wall Street banks are liable "for directly participating in the Enron securities fraud" and "for manipulative and deceptive devices and contriv11nces." Residents of the · 30 states who were shareholders were injured by Enron 's collapse, "and their rights, and the rights of other innocent citizens in future Enrons should be protected," the filing says. As previously reponed by The Associated Press, attorneys for Merrill recently asked the SEC to file a brief in the Sth U.S. Circuit Coun of Appeals in New Orleans in suppon of the f1rn1's posi· lion that on legal grounds, it should not be helil liable in the case - and the agency staff had considered doing so. The staff Is not expected to recommend to the SEC com· missioners that the agency file such a brief in the case, making it unlikely that it will happen, a person fami liar with the matter s11-id Tuesday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak officially on the matter. The lawsuit on behalf of Enron shareholders seeks billions of dollars in damages from the investment banks. The federal judge presiding over the litigation, U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon in Houston, has granted it status to proceed as a class-action sutt. That decision is being reviewed by the appeals court in New Orleans. If the appeals coun overturned Hannon 's ruling, the suit against the investment banks could be tossed out. Merrill's posttton, as expressed in papers it filed last month, is that in granting class-action status to the shareholders, a federal judge accepted an "expansive" theory put forward by their attorneys that wrongly holds all parties - including those that aided Enron 's scheme but didn't know its true purpose- liable for losses sustained by investors. The attorneys representing Enron shareholders argue that the investment banks played key roles in Enron's "scheme to defraud ." Under a 1995 law, a single defendant can be held liable for paying the entire amount of damages if the judge determines that the defendant knowingly violated the securities laws. The 28-page brief filed by the 30 states cites criteria proposed in 2002 by the SEC in le~al arguments to determine habilil)' of panicipants in a decepttve scheme. The idea expounded by the SEC was that deception in the form of a false picture of a company's revenues can be made by acts as well as words. That means a participant in a scheme would do more than aid and abet it, by engaging in a transaction whose main purpose is to create such a false financial picture - and therefore should be held liable. To accept the investment banks· interpretation of legal precedent "would result in virtual immunity for banks, Jaw firms, accountants and other securities professionals from private liability in many cases," the states' brief says. Contradicting the securities Jaws, it says, is "the view that those crafty enough to benefit from participating in a securities fraud while carefully avoiding the public attribution of a false statement to them can escape liability.. .." Andrew Fastow, Enron's now-i mprisoned former finance··chief pegged as the mastennind behind the complex financial schemes that ultimately doomed the highflying energy company, provided testimony this fall in the shareholder litigation. He answered yes, for example. when asked whether some of the transactions Enron conducted with its investment banks created the false appearance of profits and cash flow. In addition to Texas, the attorneys general signing the brief were from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mnntana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon. Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont and West Virginia. In 2003, Merrill agreed to pay $80 million to settle the SEC's civil charges that it Pat:ticipated in Enron's phony sales of floating ~wer plants, desi~ned to mflatc the company s earnings In 1999. The firm nei· thcr admitted nor denied wrongdoing In the settle· ment. Ohio ban snuffS out smoking rooms at bars, restaurants BY JOHN SEEWER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TOLEDO - Joe· Myler's tavern is split down the middle by a big glass wall. He added it along with a new ventilation system to create a separate room for smokers. "We basically took our bar and cut it in half," he said. Now, the $35,000 addition is es sentially obsolete because of Ohio's ban on smoking inside most public places. "That's an awful lot of money to absorb for a room that's now defunct ." Myler said. "I'm not really pleased about it." He's not alone . A number of restaurant and tavern owners who sunk thousands of dollars imo smoki ng rooms and clean air systems say it could take years to recover the money they spent to accommodate smokers and nonsmokers. "That's a lot of money for little bars," said Dave Grusenmeyer, who runs the Beacon Lounge in Huber Heights, a Dayton suburb. Two years ago, he spent $2,700 un a ventilation system. "I wanted to make it comfortable for everybody," he said, adding that he now wishes he would have spent the money on an outdoor patio where customers could smoke . The Ohio Licensed Beverage Association, which represents tavern owners, has heard concerns from its members , said Jacob Evans, a lobbyist for the organization. "There's frustration that they invested all this money and that it's all for not," he said. "We've heard a Jot of concerns about 'how am I going to survive now."' Ohio voters in November approved the smoking , ban, which Includes bars, bowl· ing alleys and bingo. halls. Some bar and restaurant owners have decided to leave out their ashtrays and allow smoking unul the Ohio Department of Health has finahzed its re~ulations. The agency won't tssue anr. warning letters or fines unul it puts the rules in place. Barbie Gascon, who runs Barbie's Place in Toledo, hasn't stopped her customers from smoking. Once the rules are in place, though, better in about a year. her new smoking room will be nothing more than a party Family Medicine® i.s a room for special gatherings. FAMnY MEDICINE Reader mos.t likely has chronic idiopathic urticaria Question: For nearly a year now, I've been plagued with hives. I have been to a number of doctors and tried a number of treatments including allergy shots, steroids and avoiding many products that I like, such as wheat. I am 68 years old and basically healthy and . have never had anything like this before . Can you tell me anything about htves? Answer: Many of us experience a bout with hives from time to time. Doctors call the condition "urticaria," and it's marked by itchy. · red blotches or welts all .over the body. especially on the face and torso. The condition you are de scribing, however, is chronic urticaria. It is characterized by daily or almost daily hive outbreaks for greater than six weeks' duration. This is a very frustrating condition and a cause can be difficult to run down. Chronic urticaria is more common in women and affects about 25 percent of the population at one time or another. In chronic urticaria a clear cause is usually not found. even with extensive testing . When all known causes of urticaria have been ruled out, it is considered chronic idiopathic urticaria. The word "idiopathic " is insef1: ed because it means that the urticaria has arisen spontaneo usly from unknown cause. In recent years about half of those cases we previously categorized as idiopathic have been discovered to actually have an autoi mmune bitsis - the body is allergic itself. There is·, unfortunately, no easy way to test for this in individual cases. In a minQrity of cases we can identify an underlying factor that's causing a person's chronic unicaria. This can be very difticult detective work for you and your doctor. I can, though, give you a few tips about the kinds of things to be on the lookout for. Medication, even overthe-counter drugs, vitamins and herbal remedies, can cause urticaria. Foods and food additives can be the cause of hives. Food additives can be difficult to eliminate from the diet and difficult to identify as a cause of hives. Some infections can cause chronic hives, like hepatitis B and C. Patients with autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis can also, at times, experience chronic urticaria. Infestations with intestinal parasites can cause hives as well. Substances in the environment like animals, plants and jewelry can cause hives shortly after contact. In these cases, the hives are usually at the site of the contact. There has been speculation about a relationship between H. pylori (a stom· ach bacteria that causes ulcers) and hives. This link, however, has not been definitively established. Finally. let me end with some good news. Since you and your doctor have not been able to identify a cause, it sounds · Jike you have chronic idio~;>athic urticaria. This conditton is se ldom a symptom of a serious underlying medical problem. Also, there are new antihistamines that can be used to control many of the outbreaks of urticaria welts and the itching that goes along with them . More good news is that over 50 percent of J?COple with chronic urticaria are weekly column. To submit questions, write to Martha A. Simpson, D.O.. M.B.A .. Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, P. 0 . Box l/0, Athens, Ohio 45701 , or via e-mail to readerquestions ®familymedicinenews.org. Medical information in this column is provided as an edumtional service only. It does not replace the judgment of your personal physician, who should be relied on to diagnose and recommend treatment for any medical conditions. Past columns are available online at www.familymedic inenew s. o rg. A!!~I· Theatre, Dance, String & More !:1&~ B~1ln ~Ill~ 01/14 2 pm Auditions: •'Badr.stase', 01/15 6 pm Auditions: "'BackstaGe" 01121 2:00PM Britlanfs Prom Fashion Show 01/22 7:30pm Classic Movie Monday Join our classic movie dub today! The Ariel-Dater Hall 428 Sec. Ave. Gallipolis, OH .& VT<: 1 out of 10 Americans have a .hearing loss- Could you be that 1.... Call today for an appointment and complimentary demo. 499 Richland Ave., Athens, OH 45701 �OHIO The Daily Sentinel Man with cancer who fled for years on trial on murder charge CINCINNATI (AP) -· A 79-vear-old man accused of killing hi s girlfri~nLI came home lo s~~ his family after 27 years on the run and becoming terminally ill with prostate cancer, authorities say. Frank Sofer was arrested last year and went on trial this week in the 1978 murder. ·'He wameu to make sure he >aw his family before he died," Hamilton County Assistant Prosecutor Jennifer Deering told a jury on Monday. " Keep in mind that's a luxury Jessie Marie Clark was ne ver afforded." Sofer ts accused of and shooting Clark Jimenez Mitchell . who was left partially paralyzed. Prosecutors say Sofer Iived in five states and assumed two identities. showing his guilt. Deering said the state has five witnesses 10 the shooting. and that Sofer has acknowledged that he was involved romantically with Clark. was there the night she uied, that he was drunk, and that the car seen leaving the scene was hi s. Sofer's lawyer, Steve Goodin, called the· police investigation sloppy and the witnesses biased. 'There 's no DNA , no lingerprinls, no motive," he said. Both sides are dealing with information and memories faded hy almost 29 years. Police say Clar k's mother was hosting a Memorial Day weekend party that Sofer came to and found Clark talking with Mitchell. Mitchell was a family friend who was PageA6 Bv JOHN McCARTHY ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER COLUMBUS The Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether police oflicer- arc alloweu to stray from court ruks when giving roadside sobriety tests.to suspected drunken drivers. The case ' justices heard Tuesday challenges a 2002 Jaw that loosened the standards for when the tests can be used as eviuence at trials. The tests commonly include requiring suspects to prove their abil ity to walk and tum without stumbling, to stand on one leg and to smoothly move the eyes from side to side. The rules. approved by the Ohio Supreme Court, say the officers must adhere to federal standards for giving the tests. which can detem1ine reasonable suspicion of intoKication . Instruction s for breath tests are not involved in the current case before the court . The National Highway Tratlic Safety Administration has one set of commonly used standards for how to administer the tests. which include instructions on how to "score" various tests, such as the eye movement test. The Ohio Supreme court AP photo is considering whether lawFrank Safer, 79, stands in Judge Norbert A. Nadel's courtmakers overstepped their room Monday, in Cincinnati. He is accused of murdering his former girlfriend, Jessie Marie Clark, in May 1978 and wound- authority when saying offiing her friend. A tip led police to the home where Safer was cers only have to be in "substantial compliance" with living under the name Thomas Bettis in March 2006. the rules instead of followgiving Clark an estimate on shuflled into the court- ing them exactly. a construction project at room, his wrists bound by The case testing the her home, police say. hanucuffs . relaxed rules was brought by When Sofer saw them, "It 's really emotional," John Bonar, of Ashtabula he pulled out a gun and said Clark, now 38. "It 's County in northeast Ohio, started shooting. police say, haru to hold in." who lrieu lo keep an ufticer with Clark's brother and Her mother was 35. from testifying ahnut the 10-year-old daughter "Frank finally faces sobriety tests Boczar had to Paulene nearby. long-ove rdue prosecution perform when pulled over. Paulene Clark stared at for his actions in 1978," Boczar's attorneys argued Sofer on Monday as he Deering said. that the officer had not Wednesday, January 10, 2007 strictl y follow ed federal standards on how to conduct the tests. They claim<d Ohio's law allowing officers greater leeway in conducti ng the tests infringed on the ri ghts of courts to dete rmim· rules of evidence. However, a county court allowed the urticer ·, te,timony and Boczar plead~rl no contest to a charge of driving while intoxicated. The court said the new Ohio law gives a judge letway in determining whether an arresting oflicer follnwcd the rules when conduct ing roadside tests. The II th Ohio Distril'l Court of Appeals uphe ld the ruling. Ohio's law gre w out of a 2000 Ohio Supreme Court decision that threw out the conviction of a woman who claimed · arresting offic-ers did not strictly. follow the National Hi ghway Traffic Safety Auministmtion rub for conducti ng roudside sobriety tests. Justice Pau l Pfeifer wa' among the ju, tices w hu vuteu In throw out the 2 1~~1 case because the prosecution wavered from the ' lm·t adherence In te,tin!! guidelinesHe said law mak ers crossed the line in allowing the adherence to he weakened. "The General Assembly crowded in on this court 's rule-making uuty,"' Pfeifer said. Sponsors of the law said it was needed because the standards for the tests were too strict and maue it too easy for the courts to prevent prosecutors from u'in g sobriety tests at trial. For example. the federal standards required the walk and tum test to he condw.:tcd on a flat surface . " If you couldn 'I prove that Inside - the surface w;1' absol ute, mathematically tlat. that was n01 compliance," said John Murphy. executi ve director of the Ohio Prosecuung Attorneys A"nciation. The Ohio law permits judges to allow evidence if the offi cer nmd ucted the te'" in "suh, tantial compliance" with the federal rules nr other r~cognized standards hut th>e' not spell out what .. ,uh,lantial" means. Ju sti c~ Evelyn Lundberg Stranon . who reminded her colleagues that she strongly disse nted in the 2000 case, , aid there wa' nothing in the court's rul e> nf evidence that requires .stri.:t .:omplia nce wi th the federal guidel ines Katherine Reidel , a lawyer rcpre,eming BPa ar. told the court that th~ Ohio Constitution require' offic~rs · actions to follow judicial rules 011 what count' as endcnce, and thai allowing evtdt•nce that dt>e, n'l follow the rule' tn the letter is U \ll'Unsl iIll! innal. "The rules of evidence must 't iII app ly," Reidel ~aid . · Atlnrney Shelley Pratt, repre,enting the slate and Ashl,thula Co unly. argued that th ~ new law doesn't infring e on the courts hecause it gives judges the uiscretion to determine whether th ~ arresting otftcer followed the federal guide· lines d ose ly enough to pre: sent e\idence. Th e Sup reme Court agreed to hear the case to resolve the l;tw"s constitutionality. The issue has got· ten contlkting rulings in '1ppeab courts. In a separate case. another appeals C<'Urt found the law to he utKonstitutional , also say ing th~ Le gislature infringed on the ri ght s of the courts to set their tlw n rules. Wednesday, January 10, 2007 l..ocAL ScHEDULE POMEROV - A &etliKUe of UJlCOII"W'!O coliaoe and 1'11(111Choa1 varsity sporting ..... l"fooCJMng t&amll fn:m aa.. Meigs aod Muon CIIUI1181 lodty'l AlfDII Glrlo llllol<etbo\1 AP STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT Dann and Strickland are Democrats: Harris and Husted are Republicans. Senate Chief of Staff Man Schuler said lawyers there are still considering their legal options, and should have a decision by the end of the week. The Senate clerk's office declined Tuesday to accept Strickland's veto of the bill. because it was passed during the last legislative ses. sion. said spokeswoman Maggie Ostrowski . The lead-pailll bill passed during the lame duck session's final days in December, and a new legislative session opened Jan. COLUMBUS Attorney General Marc Dann has offered to hire independent special counsel for the state Legislature as leaders there decide whether to fl~ht Gov. Ted Strickland's !trst-day veto of a consumer protection bill. Dann, a day into his term. said he is confident hi s office has given sound legal advice to Strickland. who on Monday vetoed a bill that would have placed a $5,000 limit on certain court damages and created new protections for compa"From our conversations nies that once sold leadwith the governor's office. hased paint. they believed that he (Taft ) "We think that. with good an al' tion," Schuler took counsel, they will .:ome to said. "II was a choice he the same conclusion that we came to - which is that made to allow it to become this is within the rights of law without his signature, Gov. Strickland." Dann he sent the bill to the secretary of stale, and (thensaid. Secretary of State) Ken But Dann conceded lawit." · Blackwell signed makers may find gray areas Taft disagreed with· the in hi s interpretation of the .Ohio Constitution - which provtsion in the bill that alloweu Stricklanu to limits a consumer's nonreverse the intentions of economic damages - such outgoing Gov. Bob Taft on as mental pain and suffering the hill - and seek to sue. - to $5,000. The bill would Such a suit could pit the affect consumers who sue Legislature against the gov- companies for unfair or ernor in court. and the auor- deceptive >ales practices. The bill also said paint ney general's oftlce represents both parties. Dann manufacturers can't be sued said. As a result, he said he under public nuisance laws, called both House Speaker which some U.S. cities have Jon Husted and Senate ltsed to try to force compaPresident Bill Harris on 'nies to help pay for the Tuesday to offer them out- removal of lead-based paint side counsel if they want it. in older homes. The federal government banned lead paint in 1978 after studies showed that children who eat or hreathe !laking paint or dust could suffer potentially severe health problems, including brain damage. Cleveland-based Sherwin-Williams Co .. for example. has been sued by Canton and several other Ohio communities over lead paint. The company says it should not he held responsible for practices that were legal at the time. Dann 's office, Strickland legal counsel Kent Markus. and Blackwell 's successor Jennifer Brunner, also a Democrat, all came down on the side that the veto was legal. They said the bill was still in play because it was unsigned by Taft. and a I0day window before which it could become law had not yet passed. They counted that window as expiring Monday, the Jay Strickland vetoed it. Repuhlican Sen . Tim Grendell , a one-time candi date for altorney gene ral. and Republican Rep. Bill Seitz , also an allurncy. issued a statement Tue,day questioning the way ;Ill three counted the I0 uays. ''This is not a matter of differing legal opinion,." they wrote, noting that tile Ohio Constitution speci fi cally says bills automatical ly become law without lhe governor's signature "I 0 days from the day of , .. Local weather Wednesday ... Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. West wmds S to I0 mph Wednesday night...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 20s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Thursday ... Sunny. Not as cool wi th highs in the lower 50s. South wi nds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Thursday night ... Partly cloudy. Not a' cool with lows in the mid 30s. South winds 5 to I0 ·mph . Fri.d ay ... Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon . Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent. f' riday night...Cioud y wit h a 50 p~rcent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Saturday and Saturday night ... Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Lows in the lower 40s. Sunday ... C loudy. A chance of showers in the morning ... Then showers likely in the afternoon . Highs in the lnwer 60s . Chance of ram 60 percent. 'tdjournmcnt " which would mean the I0-Jay window ended Friday. But A>S istan t Attorney General Frank Strigari said a portion nf the Constitution that calls for excluding Sund<IY' arplies. Strigari su id he could find no other case in Ohio history in which ;tn outgoing governor left a hill unsigned ~nd a new governor came in within the I0-Jay window and allempted to veto it. Wahama edges Meigs in final seconds BY lARRY CRUM LCRUM®MVDAILYREGISTER.COM Jackson al Galtia Academy, 5:30p.m . Tbul'l£lg'a gam11 Glrlo llllol<etbo\1 Southern at Trimble , 6 p.m Alexander at Meigs, 6 p.m. Eastern at Federal-HOCking, 6 p.m Svmmes Valley al South Gallia, 6 p.m. Chesapeake at OVCS, 6 p.m. Frklly'c 11'1111' Boys llllok-11 Gallia Academy at Marlena, 6 p.m. Triml:lte at Southern, 6:30p.m . Meigs at Alexander. 6:30p.m. Easlern at Miller, 6:30 p.m South Gallia at Cross Lanes. 6:30 p m Fairtand at Arver Valley, 6 p.m. Grace at OVCS, 7 p.m. Glrlo llllollotbott South Gallia at Cross Lanes, 5 p.m. S.turdlv'• p1m11 Glrlo Bookttboll Meigs at River Valley, 6 p.m. Mariena at Gallia Academy, 6 p.m . W-1\ng River Valley al Co6uf't'bUS Briggs tnvile, 10a.m. COllege Baotcetbo\1 Walsh at Ato Grande. 4 p.m. - · · COI\etO Booutboll Walsh at Rio Grande, 2 p.m. INSIDE MASON, W.Va. - In a game where neither team was able to take command, it was only fitting it would come down to the final shot, or shots, to determine the outcome. Down 45-42 with under a minute to go, the Meigs ( 56) girls basketball team committed to the three in an attempt to tie the game and managed to get three straight tries .at it, but on the one that went in, it was ruled just inside the arc for two, leaving Amber Tully to finish off the game off at the foul line as Waharna (6-4) took a 46-44 victory Tuesday night in Mason. The win gives the Lady Falcons their fifth straight victory after starting the season 1-4. There were five ties and three lead changes as a different team led each quarter of play. but it was the White Falcons who were last to lead, going out front for the final time with 7:14 left in the game. The game also featured a scoring duel between Wahama's Tully and Mei~s sophomore guard Caue Wolfe as the two traded bas- many as seven, but Meigs kets, and the lead, all would not go down without evening long. a fight. After a Wolfe shot with Meigs took the early lead in the contest behind the I :05 left brought the score to shooting of Meghan one at 43-42, Tully again Clelland and Wolfe, leading pulled the Lady Falcons by as many as five, before ahead with two shots at the Waharna closed back in to charity stripe to give the make the score 14-11 after · home squad a 45-42 lead. eight minutes of play. Meigs then got the ball Waharna then .took its tum and made several attempts at out front, tying the score 14- making a three, but on the 14 with six minutes to play one that connected, it was and taking the lead a few ruled a two and the Lady minutes later while it held Marauders still found themthe Lady Marauders score- selves down by one. less through the ftrst four A few moments later Tully and a half minutes of the was sent to the line where quarter. But once- the J_.ady she one of two, giving Marauders scored, it didn't Meigs one final shot with take long for them to close five seconds left, but hesitathe gap once again, as tion by the ballhandler Waharna took a narrow 25- drained the clock without a 22 lead into the half. shot attempt, giving And just like the previous Wahama the two-point victwo quarters, the third was tory. Meigs' time to shine. Although Wolfe won the The Lady Marauders took scoring duel with 22 points, the lead a few minutes into Tully and the Lady Falcons the quarter and held it won the game. In fact, the throughout, until a late win was well deserved for charge by the White Falcons the"five Wahama starters, as knotted the score up once they played the entire first again 32-32 heading mto the half and didn't see the first final frame . substitution of the game Wahama took the lead for until late in the third quarter. the final time with 7:14 left Tully led the Lady Falcons in the game and ruled the fourth quarter, leading by as Please - W•um•, 16 BY Scon WoLFE SPORTS CORRESPONDENT • Pl. Pleasant ooadl retires after 40 ~of coaching. See Page 82 Spartans top Eastern BY lARRY CRuM LCRUM@MYDAILYREGISTER.COM MERCERVILLE A strong Tornado linish turned a sleeper into a barnburner, forcing South Gallia briefly to the mat, before the Rebels escaped to claim a 58-53 non-league victory over the Southern Tornadoes. The boys' varsity basketball contest marked the ninth straight win for Coach Donnie Saunders' club which remained perfect (90) while Southern drops lu 3-9. South Gallia placed eight men in the scoring column, ALBANY - When you can't score points, it is awful hard to win games. With only live points in the first unu third quarters and only six total shots made from the field, the Eastern boys basketball team fell behind early and could not make up the deficit as Alexander rolled to 52-27 victory Tuesday night in Albany. Led by Mall Demosky, who had a game high 16 points and five rebounds, the Spartans made quick work of the Eagles, jumping out to a 14-5 advantage after just one quarter of play. Despite hit\ing only one shot from the tield, Eastern managed to keep up with Alexander in the second guarter with seven points !rom the charity stripe while the Spartans put up only 14, taking a 28- 15 lead into the break. But just like the first quarter. the Eagles struggled from the field once again and could only connect for five points while Alexander put up 14 points for the third straight quarter. The Spartans then closed thin~s out with a I0-7 advantage m the fourth to claim the 25point victory. Following Demosky was Gary Tribe with 10 points, led by Dustin McCombs with 14 points, Travis McCarty eleven, Aaron Phillips eight, Derrick Beaver eight, Steven Call eight, Tyler Duncan five , and two each from Ryan Geiger and Justin Triplen. Southern was led by Patrick Johnson with 17 points, Jacob Hunter added II, Weston Counts five , Jesse McKnight five, Ryan Chapman four, Wes Riffle seven, and two each from Weston Roberts, and Corbin Sellers. South Gallia was ' sharp and impressive in the first quarter. All indications pre- HEALTH SYSTEM You deserve quality medical care in familiar surroundings where you feel at ease close to home. Through the O'Bieness Health System , a regional network of doctors, nurses, tec hnicians. support slaff and modern facilities, you and your family have convenient access to advanced technology and heolthcare services. 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SG led 23-7 in the blitz. Southern came to life • a O'BLENESS Ulrry Crumlphoto Meigs' Brittany Preast battles with Wahama's Airael Derlfleld (13) for a rebound during a girls high school basketball game Tuesday night in Mason, W.Va. Wahama won 46-44. South Gallia survives scare from Tornadoes Atty. general offers lawmakers independent counsel in veto battle BY JULIE CARR SMYTH Bl The Daily Sentinel Rlpken, Gwy1111 elected to Hall, Page 8(j Brad Sherman, Sports Editor t740) 446-2342, ex\. 33 b8herman 0 mydailytribune.com Larry Crum, Sports Writer (740) 446·2342 . .. \. 33 Ierum 0 mydailyreg1ster .com CARRIE LOCKHARf DILLARD. MD . Accepting new patients - Walk-ins welcome �OHIO The Daily Sentinel Man with cancer who fled for years on trial on murder charge CINCINNATI (AP) -· A 79-vear-old man accused of killing hi s girlfri~nLI came home lo s~~ his family after 27 years on the run and becoming terminally ill with prostate cancer, authorities say. Frank Sofer was arrested last year and went on trial this week in the 1978 murder. ·'He wameu to make sure he >aw his family before he died," Hamilton County Assistant Prosecutor Jennifer Deering told a jury on Monday. " Keep in mind that's a luxury Jessie Marie Clark was ne ver afforded." Sofer ts accused of and shooting Clark Jimenez Mitchell . who was left partially paralyzed. Prosecutors say Sofer Iived in five states and assumed two identities. showing his guilt. Deering said the state has five witnesses 10 the shooting. and that Sofer has acknowledged that he was involved romantically with Clark. was there the night she uied, that he was drunk, and that the car seen leaving the scene was hi s. Sofer's lawyer, Steve Goodin, called the· police investigation sloppy and the witnesses biased. 'There 's no DNA , no lingerprinls, no motive," he said. Both sides are dealing with information and memories faded hy almost 29 years. Police say Clar k's mother was hosting a Memorial Day weekend party that Sofer came to and found Clark talking with Mitchell. Mitchell was a family friend who was PageA6 Bv JOHN McCARTHY ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER COLUMBUS The Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether police oflicer- arc alloweu to stray from court ruks when giving roadside sobriety tests.to suspected drunken drivers. The case ' justices heard Tuesday challenges a 2002 Jaw that loosened the standards for when the tests can be used as eviuence at trials. The tests commonly include requiring suspects to prove their abil ity to walk and tum without stumbling, to stand on one leg and to smoothly move the eyes from side to side. The rules. approved by the Ohio Supreme Court, say the officers must adhere to federal standards for giving the tests. which can detem1ine reasonable suspicion of intoKication . Instruction s for breath tests are not involved in the current case before the court . The National Highway Tratlic Safety Administration has one set of commonly used standards for how to administer the tests. which include instructions on how to "score" various tests, such as the eye movement test. The Ohio Supreme court AP photo is considering whether lawFrank Safer, 79, stands in Judge Norbert A. Nadel's courtmakers overstepped their room Monday, in Cincinnati. He is accused of murdering his former girlfriend, Jessie Marie Clark, in May 1978 and wound- authority when saying offiing her friend. A tip led police to the home where Safer was cers only have to be in "substantial compliance" with living under the name Thomas Bettis in March 2006. the rules instead of followgiving Clark an estimate on shuflled into the court- ing them exactly. a construction project at room, his wrists bound by The case testing the her home, police say. hanucuffs . relaxed rules was brought by When Sofer saw them, "It 's really emotional," John Bonar, of Ashtabula he pulled out a gun and said Clark, now 38. "It 's County in northeast Ohio, started shooting. police say, haru to hold in." who lrieu lo keep an ufticer with Clark's brother and Her mother was 35. from testifying ahnut the 10-year-old daughter "Frank finally faces sobriety tests Boczar had to Paulene nearby. long-ove rdue prosecution perform when pulled over. Paulene Clark stared at for his actions in 1978," Boczar's attorneys argued Sofer on Monday as he Deering said. that the officer had not Wednesday, January 10, 2007 strictl y follow ed federal standards on how to conduct the tests. They claim<d Ohio's law allowing officers greater leeway in conducti ng the tests infringed on the ri ghts of courts to dete rmim· rules of evidence. However, a county court allowed the urticer ·, te,timony and Boczar plead~rl no contest to a charge of driving while intoxicated. The court said the new Ohio law gives a judge letway in determining whether an arresting oflicer follnwcd the rules when conduct ing roadside tests. The II th Ohio Distril'l Court of Appeals uphe ld the ruling. Ohio's law gre w out of a 2000 Ohio Supreme Court decision that threw out the conviction of a woman who claimed · arresting offic-ers did not strictly. follow the National Hi ghway Traffic Safety Auministmtion rub for conducti ng roudside sobriety tests. Justice Pau l Pfeifer wa' among the ju, tices w hu vuteu In throw out the 2 1~~1 case because the prosecution wavered from the ' lm·t adherence In te,tin!! guidelinesHe said law mak ers crossed the line in allowing the adherence to he weakened. "The General Assembly crowded in on this court 's rule-making uuty,"' Pfeifer said. Sponsors of the law said it was needed because the standards for the tests were too strict and maue it too easy for the courts to prevent prosecutors from u'in g sobriety tests at trial. For example. the federal standards required the walk and tum test to he condw.:tcd on a flat surface . " If you couldn 'I prove that Inside - the surface w;1' absol ute, mathematically tlat. that was n01 compliance," said John Murphy. executi ve director of the Ohio Prosecuung Attorneys A"nciation. The Ohio law permits judges to allow evidence if the offi cer nmd ucted the te'" in "suh, tantial compliance" with the federal rules nr other r~cognized standards hut th>e' not spell out what .. ,uh,lantial" means. Ju sti c~ Evelyn Lundberg Stranon . who reminded her colleagues that she strongly disse nted in the 2000 case, , aid there wa' nothing in the court's rul e> nf evidence that requires .stri.:t .:omplia nce wi th the federal guidel ines Katherine Reidel , a lawyer rcpre,eming BPa ar. told the court that th~ Ohio Constitution require' offic~rs · actions to follow judicial rules 011 what count' as endcnce, and thai allowing evtdt•nce that dt>e, n'l follow the rule' tn the letter is U \ll'Unsl iIll! innal. "The rules of evidence must 't iII app ly," Reidel ~aid . · Atlnrney Shelley Pratt, repre,enting the slate and Ashl,thula Co unly. argued that th ~ new law doesn't infring e on the courts hecause it gives judges the uiscretion to determine whether th ~ arresting otftcer followed the federal guide· lines d ose ly enough to pre: sent e\idence. Th e Sup reme Court agreed to hear the case to resolve the l;tw"s constitutionality. The issue has got· ten contlkting rulings in '1ppeab courts. In a separate case. another appeals C<'Urt found the law to he utKonstitutional , also say ing th~ Le gislature infringed on the ri ght s of the courts to set their tlw n rules. Wednesday, January 10, 2007 l..ocAL ScHEDULE POMEROV - A &etliKUe of UJlCOII"W'!O coliaoe and 1'11(111Choa1 varsity sporting ..... l"fooCJMng t&amll fn:m aa.. Meigs aod Muon CIIUI1181 lodty'l AlfDII Glrlo llllol<etbo\1 AP STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT Dann and Strickland are Democrats: Harris and Husted are Republicans. Senate Chief of Staff Man Schuler said lawyers there are still considering their legal options, and should have a decision by the end of the week. The Senate clerk's office declined Tuesday to accept Strickland's veto of the bill. because it was passed during the last legislative ses. sion. said spokeswoman Maggie Ostrowski . The lead-pailll bill passed during the lame duck session's final days in December, and a new legislative session opened Jan. COLUMBUS Attorney General Marc Dann has offered to hire independent special counsel for the state Legislature as leaders there decide whether to fl~ht Gov. Ted Strickland's !trst-day veto of a consumer protection bill. Dann, a day into his term. said he is confident hi s office has given sound legal advice to Strickland. who on Monday vetoed a bill that would have placed a $5,000 limit on certain court damages and created new protections for compa"From our conversations nies that once sold leadwith the governor's office. hased paint. they believed that he (Taft ) "We think that. with good an al' tion," Schuler took counsel, they will .:ome to said. "II was a choice he the same conclusion that we came to - which is that made to allow it to become this is within the rights of law without his signature, Gov. Strickland." Dann he sent the bill to the secretary of stale, and (thensaid. Secretary of State) Ken But Dann conceded lawit." · Blackwell signed makers may find gray areas Taft disagreed with· the in hi s interpretation of the .Ohio Constitution - which provtsion in the bill that alloweu Stricklanu to limits a consumer's nonreverse the intentions of economic damages - such outgoing Gov. Bob Taft on as mental pain and suffering the hill - and seek to sue. - to $5,000. The bill would Such a suit could pit the affect consumers who sue Legislature against the gov- companies for unfair or ernor in court. and the auor- deceptive >ales practices. The bill also said paint ney general's oftlce represents both parties. Dann manufacturers can't be sued said. As a result, he said he under public nuisance laws, called both House Speaker which some U.S. cities have Jon Husted and Senate ltsed to try to force compaPresident Bill Harris on 'nies to help pay for the Tuesday to offer them out- removal of lead-based paint side counsel if they want it. in older homes. The federal government banned lead paint in 1978 after studies showed that children who eat or hreathe !laking paint or dust could suffer potentially severe health problems, including brain damage. Cleveland-based Sherwin-Williams Co .. for example. has been sued by Canton and several other Ohio communities over lead paint. The company says it should not he held responsible for practices that were legal at the time. Dann 's office, Strickland legal counsel Kent Markus. and Blackwell 's successor Jennifer Brunner, also a Democrat, all came down on the side that the veto was legal. They said the bill was still in play because it was unsigned by Taft. and a I0day window before which it could become law had not yet passed. They counted that window as expiring Monday, the Jay Strickland vetoed it. Repuhlican Sen . Tim Grendell , a one-time candi date for altorney gene ral. and Republican Rep. Bill Seitz , also an allurncy. issued a statement Tue,day questioning the way ;Ill three counted the I0 uays. ''This is not a matter of differing legal opinion,." they wrote, noting that tile Ohio Constitution speci fi cally says bills automatical ly become law without lhe governor's signature "I 0 days from the day of , .. Local weather Wednesday ... Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. West wmds S to I0 mph Wednesday night...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 20s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Thursday ... Sunny. Not as cool wi th highs in the lower 50s. South wi nds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Thursday night ... Partly cloudy. Not a' cool with lows in the mid 30s. South winds 5 to I0 ·mph . Fri.d ay ... Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon . Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent. f' riday night...Cioud y wit h a 50 p~rcent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Saturday and Saturday night ... Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Lows in the lower 40s. Sunday ... C loudy. A chance of showers in the morning ... Then showers likely in the afternoon . Highs in the lnwer 60s . Chance of ram 60 percent. 'tdjournmcnt " which would mean the I0-Jay window ended Friday. But A>S istan t Attorney General Frank Strigari said a portion nf the Constitution that calls for excluding Sund<IY' arplies. Strigari su id he could find no other case in Ohio history in which ;tn outgoing governor left a hill unsigned ~nd a new governor came in within the I0-Jay window and allempted to veto it. Wahama edges Meigs in final seconds BY lARRY CRUM LCRUM®MVDAILYREGISTER.COM Jackson al Galtia Academy, 5:30p.m . Tbul'l£lg'a gam11 Glrlo llllol<etbo\1 Southern at Trimble , 6 p.m Alexander at Meigs, 6 p.m. Eastern at Federal-HOCking, 6 p.m Svmmes Valley al South Gallia, 6 p.m. Chesapeake at OVCS, 6 p.m. Frklly'c 11'1111' Boys llllok-11 Gallia Academy at Marlena, 6 p.m. Triml:lte at Southern, 6:30p.m . Meigs at Alexander. 6:30p.m. Easlern at Miller, 6:30 p.m South Gallia at Cross Lanes. 6:30 p m Fairtand at Arver Valley, 6 p.m. Grace at OVCS, 7 p.m. Glrlo llllollotbott South Gallia at Cross Lanes, 5 p.m. S.turdlv'• p1m11 Glrlo Bookttboll Meigs at River Valley, 6 p.m. Mariena at Gallia Academy, 6 p.m . W-1\ng River Valley al Co6uf't'bUS Briggs tnvile, 10a.m. COllege Baotcetbo\1 Walsh at Ato Grande. 4 p.m. - · · COI\etO Booutboll Walsh at Rio Grande, 2 p.m. INSIDE MASON, W.Va. - In a game where neither team was able to take command, it was only fitting it would come down to the final shot, or shots, to determine the outcome. Down 45-42 with under a minute to go, the Meigs ( 56) girls basketball team committed to the three in an attempt to tie the game and managed to get three straight tries .at it, but on the one that went in, it was ruled just inside the arc for two, leaving Amber Tully to finish off the game off at the foul line as Waharna (6-4) took a 46-44 victory Tuesday night in Mason. The win gives the Lady Falcons their fifth straight victory after starting the season 1-4. There were five ties and three lead changes as a different team led each quarter of play. but it was the White Falcons who were last to lead, going out front for the final time with 7:14 left in the game. The game also featured a scoring duel between Wahama's Tully and Mei~s sophomore guard Caue Wolfe as the two traded bas- many as seven, but Meigs kets, and the lead, all would not go down without evening long. a fight. After a Wolfe shot with Meigs took the early lead in the contest behind the I :05 left brought the score to shooting of Meghan one at 43-42, Tully again Clelland and Wolfe, leading pulled the Lady Falcons by as many as five, before ahead with two shots at the Waharna closed back in to charity stripe to give the make the score 14-11 after · home squad a 45-42 lead. eight minutes of play. Meigs then got the ball Waharna then .took its tum and made several attempts at out front, tying the score 14- making a three, but on the 14 with six minutes to play one that connected, it was and taking the lead a few ruled a two and the Lady minutes later while it held Marauders still found themthe Lady Marauders score- selves down by one. less through the ftrst four A few moments later Tully and a half minutes of the was sent to the line where quarter. But once- the J_.ady she one of two, giving Marauders scored, it didn't Meigs one final shot with take long for them to close five seconds left, but hesitathe gap once again, as tion by the ballhandler Waharna took a narrow 25- drained the clock without a 22 lead into the half. shot attempt, giving And just like the previous Wahama the two-point victwo quarters, the third was tory. Meigs' time to shine. Although Wolfe won the The Lady Marauders took scoring duel with 22 points, the lead a few minutes into Tully and the Lady Falcons the quarter and held it won the game. In fact, the throughout, until a late win was well deserved for charge by the White Falcons the"five Wahama starters, as knotted the score up once they played the entire first again 32-32 heading mto the half and didn't see the first final frame . substitution of the game Wahama took the lead for until late in the third quarter. the final time with 7:14 left Tully led the Lady Falcons in the game and ruled the fourth quarter, leading by as Please - W•um•, 16 BY Scon WoLFE SPORTS CORRESPONDENT • Pl. Pleasant ooadl retires after 40 ~of coaching. See Page 82 Spartans top Eastern BY lARRY CRuM LCRUM@MYDAILYREGISTER.COM MERCERVILLE A strong Tornado linish turned a sleeper into a barnburner, forcing South Gallia briefly to the mat, before the Rebels escaped to claim a 58-53 non-league victory over the Southern Tornadoes. The boys' varsity basketball contest marked the ninth straight win for Coach Donnie Saunders' club which remained perfect (90) while Southern drops lu 3-9. South Gallia placed eight men in the scoring column, ALBANY - When you can't score points, it is awful hard to win games. With only live points in the first unu third quarters and only six total shots made from the field, the Eastern boys basketball team fell behind early and could not make up the deficit as Alexander rolled to 52-27 victory Tuesday night in Albany. Led by Mall Demosky, who had a game high 16 points and five rebounds, the Spartans made quick work of the Eagles, jumping out to a 14-5 advantage after just one quarter of play. Despite hit\ing only one shot from the tield, Eastern managed to keep up with Alexander in the second guarter with seven points !rom the charity stripe while the Spartans put up only 14, taking a 28- 15 lead into the break. But just like the first quarter. the Eagles struggled from the field once again and could only connect for five points while Alexander put up 14 points for the third straight quarter. The Spartans then closed thin~s out with a I0-7 advantage m the fourth to claim the 25point victory. Following Demosky was Gary Tribe with 10 points, led by Dustin McCombs with 14 points, Travis McCarty eleven, Aaron Phillips eight, Derrick Beaver eight, Steven Call eight, Tyler Duncan five , and two each from Ryan Geiger and Justin Triplen. Southern was led by Patrick Johnson with 17 points, Jacob Hunter added II, Weston Counts five , Jesse McKnight five, Ryan Chapman four, Wes Riffle seven, and two each from Weston Roberts, and Corbin Sellers. South Gallia was ' sharp and impressive in the first quarter. All indications pre- HEALTH SYSTEM You deserve quality medical care in familiar surroundings where you feel at ease close to home. Through the O'Bieness Health System , a regional network of doctors, nurses, tec hnicians. support slaff and modern facilities, you and your family have convenient access to advanced technology and heolthcare services. 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Tornado !lashed lightning Southern's Hunter rolled a and roared offensive thunder lucky seven (points) in the to take the lead with just frame, repelling dual three over a minute left in the point efforts from McCarty game. South Gallia weath· and Duncan . erect the storm, however, and The third frame was an good foul shooting from offensive lull , and for .Phillips, McCombs, and Southern was the calm Beaver sealed the win for before the storm. Both teams the hosts, who claimed the posted 12 on the boards in 58-53 win despite the 17-9 the third frame with the scoring otTset. Gallians stretching its . offense across six players. 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SG led 23-7 in the blitz. Southern came to life • a O'BLENESS Ulrry Crumlphoto Meigs' Brittany Preast battles with Wahama's Airael Derlfleld (13) for a rebound during a girls high school basketball game Tuesday night in Mason, W.Va. Wahama won 46-44. South Gallia survives scare from Tornadoes Atty. general offers lawmakers independent counsel in veto battle BY JULIE CARR SMYTH Bl The Daily Sentinel Rlpken, Gwy1111 elected to Hall, Page 8(j Brad Sherman, Sports Editor t740) 446-2342, ex\. 33 b8herman 0 mydailytribune.com Larry Crum, Sports Writer (740) 446·2342 . .. \. 33 Ierum 0 mydailyreg1ster .com CARRIE LOCKHARf DILLARD. MD . Accepting new patients - Walk-ins welcome �Bv • LARRY CRUM LCRUM@MYDAILYREGISTER .COM POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. - First Bill Cowher, now Steve Safford. In just two weeks the game of football ha> seen two greats call it quits. It was a balmy Friday evening in 1975 when Point Pleasant High School got its first glimpse of the new coach who had come from William Henry Hanisun High School in Cincinnati. And although that first game was a loss, 32 years later on November 4, 2006 that same coach led his team across the field for the final time and guided them to a 41 0 upset defeat of Sissonville, Ieavin~ the Big Blacks' coach one wm shy of 200 wins in his storied career. "I have been very blessed. I have had a ¥reat deal of supr.ort here,' Safford said. 'Anytime you can be at a place for 32 years, it wasn't perfect, we made mistakes throughout that time period, but I feel very good about the caliber of young men we have turned out. We gave it our best shot and I think the traditions will carry on here and I am cenainl y sure that they will get it back." Safford fmishes his head coaching career with a combined record of 199-177-1 and had five playoff appearances at Point Pleasant Hi!lh School, although it is certatn that under current playoff rules, with 16 teams making the postseason instead of the four teams when he fLrSt started, be could have had a lot more. "For 40 years I have been Steve Safford FAST FACTS -1975 was sattord's first year as head coach at Point Plea&ant -He finished with a career reoord ol 199-1n-t . one win &hy of 200. - He coached for 40 total years , 37 as a head coach and 32 at Point. - Before taking over at PPHS, he coached at William Henry Harrison High outside of Cincinnati. -1979 was the only undeteateo season during hi5 carrer and only playoH game played at Point Pleasant. - He guided five teams to playoff apperance~. -Safford won his final game at Point, a 41.0 upset of Sissonville in high school football and of those 37 of them were as head coach. It is tough when it has been that big a part of your life for so many years," Safford said. "I know that I will miss Friday nights for sure, but there are a. lot of things that go on in coaching today. It has become more and more a year round job that requires a lot of extra effort and I think it is time for some younger, enthusiastic people to take over." But while he has seen a lot of teams come and go over the years, Safford admit& that he couldn't have done it without the help he has received. . "The other thing is that I had tremendous support from assistant coaches and there haven't been that many," Safford said. "I have always been proud of those guys, that they have wanted to stay and work with this program. They Larry Crumlphoto Point Pleasant's Steve Safford coaches during a high school football game against Sissonville in this Friday, Nov. 4 photo. Safford retired Tuesday night after 40 years of coaching and 32 years as head coach at Point Pleasant High School. gone I0-0 during the regular are a dedicated bunch." In his 32 years of coaching season - the only undefeated in Big Blacks country, there season during Safford's have been hundreds of ath- tenure. That team met George letes to leave it all on the field Washington in the only playat Sanders Stadium, but when off game played at Point asked about a favorite Pleasant. moment in all of those years, "The one I will probably Safford can describe that one never forget was the night day like it was yesterday. that we played George It came during the 1979 Washington. We had beaten season after the team had Huntington High in the last - Wednesday, January 10, 2007 VVednesday,Januaryt0,2007 www .mydailysentinel.com Page 82 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydallyaentlnel.com mrtbune - Sentinel - l\ tster CLASSIFIED . game of the season to go l 0-0 and the following week we played GW here and I can remember when we left the locker room that night and went to the field, we had to wade ·through people three and four deep circling the field just to get on for the pregame," Safford said. "I know that our kids, when they came out of the lockerroom and saw all those people, they grew a foot and we dominated them that night." That team went on to lose in the next round to St. Albans after two of its top players were injured in preparation of the semi-final game, but the team still remains one of the best Safford ever coached at Point Pleasant. "! think that team, with a couple of breaks, could have been a state champion," Safford noted. Safford also mentioned the first team he ever coached during the 1975 season and the 19&5 team, which also made it to the postseason, as memorable teams he coached during his career. "The very first team that I coached here was probably one of the most talented, but we lost three games and I can still remember them like it was J.esterday," Safford recall . The 1975 team lost the opener, Safford's very first game as head coach, to Hurricane 7-6 and two weeks later lost to Dunbar 7-3. The Big Blacks then fired off six wins in a row before losing in the fmal game of the season 6-0 to Parkersbur!l, having the ball three times mside the 10-yard line without scoring. But while Safford saw a lot of success early in his career, the past few years have sceo a lot · of change at Point Pleasant. Over the past f\Ve years the team has dropped from Class AAA to Class AA and made the move from the Southeastern Ohio Athleiic League to the Cardinal Conference, one of the toughest conference's in the state. The Big Blacks also have not had a winning seasOn since 2001 and have had thcee .500 seasons and two los~g seasons since then. And thoS( results may directly relate:tB the shrinking size of ~e school, but still not a problem that can't be fixed accordillg to Safford. · "Must of the kids tod;ly, when you have a smaller school, ~our athletes are involved m other sport~, they don't really have the ume .to spend," Safford said. "It · is going to take the dedicatiOn of the athletes. They need :to know that they need to work year round to do that." : After the acceptance :of Safford's resignation 1\Jes$y night, the school will have a time period for qualif.ed applicants to apply. The school will then screen the candidates and will presint those findings to the superintendent who will then mak~ a recommendation to the board · ofeducation. But although Salford will walk away from Pojnt Pleasant Htgh School and coaching in general at yeArs end to become a spectator; it is certain he will never be fergotten for all he has done for the school and for the corn; munity. Galli a Wei:Jsjtes: In One Week With Us www.mydailytribune.com E·mlll www.mydailysentinel.com classified@ mydailytribune. com REACH OVER 285,000 PROSPECTS www.mydailyregister.com PLUS YOUR AD NOW ONLINE To Place l\egi~ter ~ribune Sentinel ca~r;.::v (74o) 446-2342 (74o) 992-2156 (304) 675-1333 ,. 'I ... ..,._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __:O::r..:.F.;;,ax To .. Monday thru Friday :00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A.D: .,r ' ... lost the first five games of a stops, we'll figure out how to explain another discouraging ASSOCIATED PRESS similarly epic Western road score." effort. : James awed the hostile Cleveland beat the J(itlgs trip in January. Sure, SACRAMENTO, Calif. LeBron's brilliance is a big Sacramento crowd with 102-97 last season at Area - LeBron James ' three reason for this good start- those .three 3-pointers - Arena, with James .scoriflg quick 3-pointers were a dra- but his teammates' defense each longer than the last II of his 30 points in 1M matic flourish on 13 com- seems even more important. in four possessions early in fourth quarter. James was :art manding minutes as the "We know that what we've the fourth to put the Cavs 18-year-old No. I draft pick Cleveland Cavaliers turned a got to take care of is the ahead to stay in their fifth when he made his NBA 17-point deficit into a com- defensive end," James said. straight win. Drew Gooden debut here on Oct. 29, 2003, fortable lead. "We got stops that helped us added 21 points and II scoring 25 points and playWhen one of their best on the offensive end. That's rebounds, and Zydrunas ing splendidly in a loss. stretches in an outstanding the formula that's been llgauskas had 17 pmnts and Cleveland hadn't wpn season was over. the Cavs working for us." nine boards. back-to-hack games in had made a 42-12 run- and Coach Mike Brown has Damon Jones hit four 3- Sacramento since 1997-9&. they were much more proud preached defensive consis- pointers against his former of the 12 than the 42. tency as a way to generate team, gleefully tauntin~ the Bibfiby scored 20 points in James scored 34 points in more offense, and the results crowd that once loved htm as the trst half, and Mi1leT's the arena where he made his were evident in Sacramento. the Cavs won their third perimeter jumper was at its as the center made NBA debut. and Cleveland Most importantly, the Cavs straight road game for the shm:N•st -rmllied for its eighth victory sw itched their defense to first time in nearly a year. eight of his first nine shots, in nine games, 108-98 over attack Mike Bibby's pickBibby scored 26 points - including two straight after the stumbling Sacramento and-roll tendencies, and the 20 in the first half ·- and hall'time as Sacramento went Kings on Tuesday night. point guard 's teammates Brad Miller had 24 for the up 61-44. James started slowly but couldn't answer. Kings, who followed up conJames scored 13 points in AP photo scored 24 points in the sec,;It was mental toughness secutive overtime losses to about 4 minutes early in the Wisconsin's Alando Tucker (42) is fouled by Ohio State's ond half as the Eastern and focus," Brown said. "We the Lakers and Portland with fourth, but Sacramento got Greg Oden (20) during the second half of a basketball game Conference leaders showed decided we wanted to get a dismal second-half effort to within 98-94 on Martin's 3that this seven-game West defensive stops ... We never close a live-game homes- pointer with l: 14 to play. Tuesday in Madison. Wis. Wisconsin won 72-69. Coast road trip probably feel like we re out of any tand. Gooden then completed a Bibby, Miller and Ron three-point play, and Artest won't resemble the difficult game. I don't care how bad odysseys of past Cavs we shoot the basketball. Artest all refused to speak to bricked a 3-pointer to comsquads. Championship teams are reporters after the game, plete' a 4-uf-14 shooting _L_a_s_t_s_·e_a_so_n_._,_h_e_c_a_v_a_Ii_e_rs_·_de_t_·e_n_si_v_e_te_am_s_._I_f_w_e_g_e_t_l_e_a_vt_·n_g_K_ev_t_·n_M_a_rt_i_n_to__n_ig_h_t_.- - - - - - - - Ohio 'IIIIey Publllhlng reHrva the rightlo eel", re(Riorconaela~ lid It any llmt. lluel on the r MADISON, Wis. (AP) Karnrnron Taylor scored 25 points and No. 3 Wisconsin survived a late charge by Greg Oden and No. 5 Ohio State to hold on for a 72-69 victory Tuesday night. The Badgers (16-1, 2-0 Big Ten) used a 14-0 run midway through the second half to apparently take control in an early season matchup of conference favorites. But the Buckeyes rallied to close within 69-64 on a dunk by Oden with 37 seconds remaining. Taylor then made one of two free throws on the other end, and the Buckeyes· Ron Lewis hit' a 3-pointer to cut the lead to three with 25 seconds left. Joe Krabbenhoft hit one of two free throws for Wisconsin, and Oden again scored on a dunk with 8.9 seconds left to cut the lead to 71-69. After Taylor again hit one of two free throws, Jamar Butler missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer. Alando Tucker ackled 17 points for the Badgers. who are 13-2 against ranked teams and 40-2 m conference home games under coach Bo Ryan. Ivan Hanis led Ohio State with 17 points. It was another rough road outi1111. against a highly ranke1r opponent for Ohio State's heialded freshmen . The Buckeyes lost 98-89 at then-No. 7 and current No. l North Carolina on Nov. 29. and fell 86-60 and then No. 5 and current No. 2 Florida on Dec. 23. It was a breakout performance for Wisconsin sophomore forward Marcus Landry. who had 10 points and four blocked shots. The Badgers led 43-41 alter a 3-pointer by Butler, but Krabbenhoft scored inside to start Wisconsin's 14-0 run that featured several key plays by Landry, who sat out part of last season after being ruled academically ineligible. A block by Landry led to an end-to-end layup by Michael Flowers that put Wisconsin ahead 47-41. Landry rebounded his own miss and scored on a putback to put the Badgers up 55-41. Oden blocked Landry on the Badgers' next possession, but he got the baD back and got it to Flowers, who drove the lane and scored to put Wisconsin ahead 57-41 with 9:20 remaining. Landry hit a 3-pointer with 8:04 remaining that made it 60-47. But Ohio. State went on a 17-9 run as Wisconsin's shaky free throw shooting kept the Buckeyes in the game. Lewis scored 14 points and Butler added 12. Oden finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and six blocked shots. The Buckeves were 17-for52 from the tield. Buckeyes need time to _get over humbling loss GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - II 's nut the end of the world or . the end of Buckeyes football. II just seems that way. The Buckeyes were manhandled 41 - 14 by secondranked Florida on Monday night in the BCS national championship game before millions of viewers around the world. It was Ohio State's worst dropped a 17- 16 decision to No. 3 USC in the Rose defeat in a dozen years. The Buckeyes came in averaging . Bowl. They ended up No. 4· In 1975, the Buckeyes 410 yards a game but were led by tailback Archie llmited to 82 - almost half Griffin who won his second the worst previous total by a Heisman Trophy that season team in a BCS championship - went 11-0. During the game. regl!Iar season, the Woody After Ted Ginn Jr.'s 93- Hayes-coached team mauled yard kickoff return to open No. 13 UCLA 41-20 on its the game, the Buckeyes ( 12- home field. The Buckeyes I) went flatter than one of lost to the Bruins 23-10 in the runways at Phoenix Sky the Rose Bowl to fall to Harbor International Airport. fourth. ,;Is that because we Much like this year's weren't as hungry?" coach Buckeyes who had a 19Jim Tressel asked. "I don't game winning · streak ended know for sure if that's the by the Gators, the 1969 team case . I guess that's the had won 22 in a row coach's responsibility to ere- encompassing a l'l:rfect seaate the appetite." son and national tttle the year It was the fourth time that before. But Ohio State was Ohio State was ranked No. I stunned 24-12 by No. 12 by The Associated Press Michigan, coached by forgoing into its final game of mer Hayes lieutenant and the season and lost a shot at best friend Bo Schembechler the national title with a loss. to drop to fourth. The most recent came in In the debacle in the desert 1979 when the Buckeyes on Monday night. Heisman under first -year coach Earle Trophv-winriing quarterback Bruce ran the table but Troy Smith completed fewer passes (4) than times he was sacked (5). Smith bit on just 4 of 14 passes with an interception, and lost one of his two fumbles. "The spread and the score - who would have ever thought it would be like that?" Smith said. "But there's not that much you can really do about it. Life goes on.·· Life will go on for the Buckeyes but it won't be easy to recapture the dominance they dtsplayed in their first 12 games this season. The offensive line will lose its two best blockers in center Doug Datish and guard T.J. Downing. Smith will take his 25-3 record as a s,tarter with him to the pros. Odds are that Ginn and tail..back Antonio Pittman will announce within the next few days that they 'II leave a year early to make themselves eligible for the NFL draft. "It's going to take a while after losing this bunch of seniors. It's tough to even think about right now," said Todd Boeckman. the favorite to take over the quarterback job from Smith. "In the next week or two you start the training for nellt season because it's a battle. It's a year-long process. So we've got to keep going ." Boeckman will have a solid set of receivers to work with - Anthony Gonzalez, if he decides to return as expected, along with Brian Robiskie, Brian Hartline and Roy Small. Backup Chris Wells will step in for Pittman, with a couple of highly regarded recruits backing him up. On defense, Vernon Gholston is the lone lineman back. The secondary lo$eS half of its top players with the graduation of safety Brandon Mitchell and comer Antonio Smith. 'T m very optimistic that we can rebuild with what the seniors left us," said Ross Homan, who'll move into one of the llnebacker spots. :'It's going to be tough; it is every year. We have to work that much harder to replace the seniors that gave so much on the field." The 2007 schedule doesn't do the new Buckeyes any favors. Road games are at Washington, Minnesota, Purdue, Penn State and Michigan. Purdue and Wisconsin return to the schedule, with Indiana and Iowa dropping off in Big . Ten's rotating eight-game slate. Before even thinking about this autumn, however. the Buckeyes will have to heal the wounds of Monday night's embarrcLSsing game. ' ' WM'!Ul ~ D•Uv In-column: t:oo p.m . All Dl•pl•v: 12 Noon 2 Monday-P:rlday for Jn•ertlon In Next D•v '• P•per Sunday In-Column: 1:00 p.m. For Sunday• Paper Bu•lne•• Dav• Prior To Publication Sund•v Diepl•y: 1:00 Thur•d•v far Sund•v• • All ada muat be prepaid' POLICIES: Ohio Valley Publilh1,. r•HrVet tM rtght to Milt, rt~, OJ e~~nu~lany ad Ill any tim.. Errors mual be rtpol1ed oniM tirtt day TrlbUnt·Stntlnti-Rtglattr w111 t.. r"ponllblt t~ no mofe thin lht cott of the IPICI occup6tcl by thl error ancl only thtllrat 1naltl1ion. We I not any lo" or 111pen•• that raautt. from the publloatlon or onUMian ol an advei11Mm•nt. Contetlan will be made In lht llrtl avalleb11 tdiUon. • 8011 art always eonl~nlial. • Curr•nt rate ctrd tppll•. • All rNI ••tale Mln111a•menta ar• autJtect lo the hdtlral Fair Houalng A.cl of 19611. new·•P•I*I aecepta only hllp wanlld Ida atandlrdl. Wt wl11 not knowingly accept lnY aelvtnlalng In violation ot the lew. KIT & CARLYLE wRw kltncarlyi&Ocomcast.net Absolule Top Dollar: U.S. Silver and Gold Coins. Proofi8ts, Gold Rings, Pr.e· 1935 U.S. Currency, Solrtaire Diamonds· M.T.S Coin Shop, 151 Second Avenue. balllpo~s . 740-446· 8 wk Old mixed breed pup- 2842 . pies. 3 males, 1 female . 1740)388·9956. -------Buying Junk Cars,Tnx:ks & Wrecks, Pay Cash J D Salvage (30 4)773-5343 !304)674·1374 3-male blacJc. & white kittens 6wks old. mo1her Is a calico & father is black bob -tail. 13041937-3348 11 \ \\ I I \ I FOKSALE 8USII\Th'> 01'1\111'1\INI I'V Aabbhs to good home. Blue • rL.------.,JI Los1 Reward $20, ye llow male cat purple collar, miss· ing from 330 Mechanic St.. Pomeroy !IInce Jan. 3rd 07 . name Skooter·boy. If lound please call(740)992·3629 www .comica.com pitg 24Hr 801·428·4049 -----An E•cellent way to oarn money. The New A\100 Call Marilyn 304·882·2645 LOST: Small wldog, black ears, Fox Terrier type . Lost Camp Conley area 1·5-7, (3041675·6639 jti6 ustome.r S F•m Equtpment ..........................................810 Farm• tor Aent.,........................................... 430 Farm• tor Bale ............................................. 330 For Llllu ..................................................... 480 For llle ........................................................ l85 For Sele or TreCII ......................................... 580 Fruh• & Yltllt.ablll ..................................... sao Furnlehld floome ........................................ 450 Qeneret Hlullng ........................................... aso GlliHWiy ...................................................... 040 Happy Ada .................................................... 050 Hay & Greln ............................................... ... 640 Help wentld ................................................. 110 Hometmprovemenla ................................... 810 · HomH tor Sall ............................................ 310 · HouHhold Goodl ....................................... 510 Ho-lor Aent .......................................... 410 ~ tn Mlmorlam ................................................ 020 tnturtnco ..... ................................................ 130 Lawn l Garden Equlpment ........................ . , LlvHtock ......................................................830 Loatend Found ........................................... 060 AVON! All Areas! To Buy or Sell Shirley Spears, 304· 675·1429 eeo ' LOll l Acruge ............................................ 350 111-llanooua .............................................. 170 ·. MltclllllltoUI Mlrchandlao ....................... 540 . . Mobile Home A~p.~lr .................................. .. Mobile HomH for Rent.,c............. ............... 420 Moblt. HomH for 9111 ................................ 320 Money to Loan ............................................. 220 MOtorcyclea & 4 Whlltera .......................... 740 Muelcellnettumenta ............... ..... ............... 570 - Penonala ............. ........................................ 006 '-lefor Sate ................................................ 510 Plumbing l HHtlng .................... .. ........... ... 820 _ _ lonll .....- ................................. 230 - , T V & Clllepelr ............................... 180 eeo RNII!IIIII Wlllled ..................................... 380 SChoOIIInatruatlon.......................... ...........150 Bled , Pllntl Fertii!Hr .............................. ISO IINitlona Wenlld ....................................... t20 --lor Aont. ............................................ 480 . ' Sporllntl Goodl ...........................................520 SUY'I lor .................................,................720 Truc:ke lor Sate ............................................ 715 UpiiOIIIIrY ....................... ' ........................... 870 . V-forSall. .............................................. 730 W...IICI to luy ............................................. 010 -·lid w.nlld to Buy- Farm Suppllaa .................. 820 To Do .............................................. 180 w.niiCI to Aon\ ............................................ 470 ..... QaillpoHI.................................... on YeniSIIe-l'on*OYIIIIddlo ......................... 074 Yen! Sill-Pl. - 1 ................................•078 numbera. PosUion ott.ra all company benefltllncludlng hNtth and lilt 1n1urance, 401 k, Plld vacadon and peraonal Certified Bu• Driver Appucations are being accepted for Cenlfied Bus Drivers lor a tuiHime 9 month position with full benefit package (p a~ based on a~~e rage of tlve hours per day $12.77 to $15.80 per hOur) and substi1ute poslllons ($55.00 per day) wllh 11'18 Clallla Coun~ Board ot MA/00 transporting enrollees who atlend Guiding Hand School and Gallco Workshop. Qualifications: Current bus driver physical. abstract, COL W11h Class B endorse· ment. background check and School bus certi1ication certificate. Applications are available at the Guiding Hand School, 8323 North SA 7, Cheshire, Ohio 45620. The Gallia County Board of MAIDD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Clayton Homtt of Gllllpoll., OH Now taking applicallons lor salesperson We ollor 5 day work week !Sundays off). and generous benel1t pkg. Needing 9Jlperi enced sales recotd, but will consider right parson to tram Contact Carolyn MurdOCk, Admlnislra1 or (740)446· 3093 to schedule aopoint· ment tor 1nterv1ew or email resume to r760@ctayton.net All inquiries confidential -No Walk -Ins Please· ~rsons needed to work with developmentally diS· atJ{e<l 1nd1V1d\Jals 1n the Pl . Pleasant area A.utfsm Sen1ices Center offers excellent berl9ftts. ·competitive wages and flexible lull or pat! time hours. FOf nlOfe informat ton please call (304)525·801 4 or vts11 www aytlsmsa mc escen: ~ tor deta.JIS Appltealtar deacllire 1S Jai'MJaf) I C. 2007 .. ---··---- .- - crvice We have immediate full-time Customer Service position In our main ottk:e. Succe11tul applleanta muet be people orient~ eel, en1ov using the phone, computer literate and aniov working with CLASSIFIED INDEX l1qevltlng ................................................... 830 lblJ' WANI'Ill =~ C lost: 1 male Sic~n Fnses on HedQ&wood. All white. 11 found 17401441-0712 , (7401441 ·7267 4x4'e For Sate .............................................. 725 Announcement ............................................ 030 Antlquea ....................................................... 530 Ap.arlmenll for Rent ................................... 440 Auction and Flee Merket............................ .oeo Auto Perta & Ac-•orlee .......................... 760 Auto llep.alr .................................................. no Autoa for Beto .............................................. 710 · · loate & llotore tor Sale .............. ............... 750 lulldtno Suppllea ........................................ sso luelneu and lulldlnga ............................. 340 luelnua Opportunlty ................................. 210 luetn••• Tretntng ............................ ........... 140 Campere & Motor Homea ........................... 7t0 · Campln' Equipment ................................... 780 Cllnla o Thanke .......................................... 010 Chlld/!ldlrty Care ....................................... 180 Ellolrloai/Relrtr,retlon ............................... 840 Equlpment~or ent ..................................... 480 f1~1-\ <;foRt~~ Posting Date January 4. 2007 0 CAMPUS POLICE . OFFICER 0 "I I" li I " dlyl. For employmtnt con~Uon,11nd I'MUmt to: Diane Hill c/o Gllllpollo Tribune 125 Third Ave. Gllllpollo, OH 45131 No Phono Colli Plelll Do you want high wage~? Do you want to make your own schedule? Call Taylor'a SlaHing 0 (740)446·3305 tor an appointment. MondayThursday l0am-2pm. We are now hiring State Tes1ed Nursing Ass istants, LPN's and RN'•· EOE. Experienced Waitress want· edl Flexible hours and weekends. Pick up applica· lions in Racine at Krider Kounl~ Kitchen. No phone calls please - - - - - - -FEDERA~ POSTA~ JOSS 516 _53-$27.58/hr.. now hlr· ing. For appllcatloo and free governement job in!Q, call American Assoc. of Labor 1· 9!3-599-8042. 24/hts. emp se•v - - - -- - - Heavy True~!. Mechamc Taking applications musl have elq)trience tn all aspects ot truck repair. Engine & transmission rep81r Drl~ train repair. tire rapa11. uoubte shoollng. Must have good driv1ng record 118rifiable eApenence. EKcellent compensation. For app1tcat1 on call M-F 6·30· 4 13041722·2184 - - - ' ---HOME HEALTH AlOES. StGN ()til BONUS home health care ot SE Ohio IS currently hmng home heallh a•ctes · competittve wages. Call7 40·662·1222 . _______ .. OHIO VALLEV PUBLISH· lNG CO •recommends that you do business with people you know. and NOT to send money th10ugh the mail unttl you have 1nvestigated the ottenng POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT I ~~Hi~ I '11'\ il \ \ ll \I lho HOlliES lbli'WANI'Ell oNOTICE• mini rex buck and bladi · - - - - - - " ' standard re:.r buck. Call 100 WORKERS NEEDED (7 40)794.()425 Assemble crafts , wood LosT Mt> i1ems.To $48Q,wk Ma1er1als FOUND prowjed Free 1nlorma110n ~· 110 . 1 1 Perennial Cat Shelter "Jenny" 2 year old, spayed fema~ . loves Ia be outs1de ca11 !74o)64s·727s van~ Now you can have borders and graphics ~ added to your classified ads (. ~ Borders $3.00/per ad ~ Graphics 50¢ for small SI •00 for large Display Ads I 'tlrt YDUr Ads With A KIVWDrd I Include Comptett DacrlpUon • lndude A Prke • Avoid Abbrevlltlons • Include Phone Number And Addreu When Needed • Ad• 5hauld Run 7 Dayt r L------_.1 GIVEAWAY OetultirM Tyler's Used Parts and sal· vage wants to buy junk ca rs and salvage pay cash 740· 698·4104 740-416·1594 GREG BEACHAM Wisconsin next to knock off Buckeyes Or Fax To (740) 992·2157 Word Ads Cavaliers unseat Kings, 108-98 Bv 448-3008 r r~al estate ad~ertialng In this newtpaper It tubjecl to the Feder1l F1tr Housln; Act of 1868 Ail which makn it IUapl to adwartisa " an~ preference, limitation or discrimination baaed on race, color, religion, 1111 The University Of Rio MoNt:\' familial atalue or national Grande is taking apphca· H) lAJAN origin, or any intention to lions lor full time campus ~~:::::::; make my auch police oHicer I preterenc1, limitation or Aespon~billlies include the diteriminltion." protection ot the university's facilities and property and Thlt new1paper will not the enforcement of pub· Borrow Smart. Contact knowingly 11c:cepl the Ohio DivismO of lished University regulations advertiaementl for rHI Fmancial Institution's and other state and federal · •alate whtch ia in Office of Consumer laws. Qualiticalians tor the violation ol the law. Our Affairs BEFORE you reli· position include htgh school re11ders are hereby nance your home or education or equivalent. informed that all obtain a loan BEWARE Basic law enforcement tratn· dwelling• advertised In of requests tor any large this new1pt1per are tng is required. OPOTA cerli· advance payments of available on an equal licatioo necessary. Must be fees or insurance Call the opportunit~ blsea. available lot evening and/or Otfice of Consumer © 2007 by NEA , Inc. weekend shifts . All candi· AHairs toH free at 1 ~86Gdates should subm~ a .-:ur27B·0003 to learn 11 the Cozy, brick tri-level 3·4bd. rent resume and copy o\ mortgage broker or 2tJa, 2 car anached garage OPOTA certification and 1 16 lendeT ts properly on 1 3 wooded acres. 5769 names of three references licensed. tThis 1S a public SA 588(740)446·7157 . before the deadline ol S8IV1ce announcement January 1~. 2007 MantLE HOM[,l; lrom 11\e Ohio Valley Med1 Home Private Cate Pharm•cy Packaging mRSAt.t: Publishing Company) now accepting applica11ons Phyllis Ma"son, SPHA Technician tor dependable STNA , CNA, 20 hr wk/M-FIShlft: D1tector ot Human 2001 Oakwood Freedom 9:110am-1:00pm CHHA . PCA lor mote inlor· Resources I'Rot'I.."<;.~IONAL Mol)1le Home lor sale 1n matlon please contact laura UniverSity Of Rio Grande Quai! Cre el< . 3 bedroom. 2 SER\1CFS at {740)446-4148. McKeteon Automation PO Box 500. Rio Grande. full balh all new turni1Ure OH 45674 - - - - - - - seeks a motivated individual tncluded. AU appliances TURNED DOWN ON to coordinate all on-site Fa>. 1740)245-4909 SOCIAL SECURITY /SSI? Included. including 1\aShel Ohio Yalley Home Heahh, medication packagmg and Email: pmason@rio.edu and dryer. Storage building No Fee Unless We W1n1 Inc. hi nng AN 's, CNA, bar-coding w~h1n the Holzer 6EOrAA Employer and large deck with roof 1·88B·5a2·3345 STNA, CHHA , PCA. Medical Center inpatient included Tanning bed Competitive Wages and 1~1\11'11\11 pharmacy loca ted in Aepo Agent m;;~;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;; opliOnal (740)245·0054 call Benefits includmg health Gallipolis. OH Firm needs FfT agen1 to f310 HO:\U:S anyttme leave message msura nce and Mileage. Apply at 1480 Jackson Pike. cover multiple southern SALE $20,000 Responstbllities include: counhes Must have good - - - - - - -Gallipolis or 2415 JackSon Pac~ageJ barcode all unit 2007 3/2 Double•1Jide Avenue, Point Pleasant, WV dose medications tor dally driving recatd, clean back· 3 Bedroom. 2 Bath House. $37.970 Mtdwest (740)828· or phone loll free 1·866-441· dispensing, general equip. ground . reliable transpona$40.000: 2.6 acre lot, lull 2750 1393 · -----ment 1roubleshooting & lion. anO helper. Military or hook-up. $l 5 ,000 1740 )446 . _ _ maintain invenlorles. The police background a plus. 7069 GoM used 1989 14x 70 OTR DRIVER 2 yaars expa· successful candidate must Call Katrina 800-752·4581 __ _ _· - - - - - - Front Kitchen 2 bedroom 1 rlence Clean MVR .. be goal orianled, reliable, ext 324. 3BDRM, 2 bath home 1 1/12 ba1h On~ 58.995 00. Will WIHAZMAT, TERMINAL TO and able to work well inde· - - - - - -- - ICrtl, wtll lntulated, low, help with delivery. Call 740· TERMINAL No louch pendently. On tit. trllnlng Retail Manage'rial Personnel low utllltle1 , very llttlt dwn 385-9621. drophl~. further info 74Q- provldld. positions. Send resumes 10 $1,000. Auumeblt loan, - - - - - - - 508·0170. CLA Box ill. C/o Gallipolis owner 11 being relocat.cl Great used 3BR home only To apply on our career web Tribune . PO Bo.< 469, out of area. Mutt Mil ~ $9,995. Will help with deliv· Gallipolis, OH 45631 . Must 1f7/07. Call (740)'41-0811 ery. Call (740)385-7671 . Overbrook Rehabilitation sha: www mckauon cornJcarear have valid drivel'1 license, will tranaflr ownerlhlp of Center Is currently accepting Move In today! New 2007 3 I auto Insurance and drug test title. :tml out on 511. app~calions ror dietary aide. bedroom 2 bath. Only Keyword; (req • 7655) required. Part lime positions available 4 rental houses "For Sale" $199.86 per month . Set up Anyone Interested please To apply by Fox (724)741· AN. Immediate opening tor In Gallipolis. Call Wayne minutes from Athens and pick up an appllca11on at 333 rea~ for immediate occu· 6959 DON, a<porience prelerred. _1 4_04 _1_45_6_·38_0_2_·_ _ Page Stree1. Middleport oancy. Call740·365·4367 . Attn : Aeq 76SS• (Faxed Ohio. E.O.E. & a Participant Call for addliional tnlorma· 4BA. Horne, 2 acres. New reoumes MUST INCLUDE tlon or Interview. Contact · Haven area $148,000 - - - - -- - o1 the Or\.Jg~ Free Workplace Fleq t to be considered) Program. Marjorie Huston C (304)674·5921 or t304)593· NEW 2007 4 bed D!Wtd&l (7 40)384·3485 or (740)384- 997 1 $49 ,179. M1dwest (740) 828· HS !Jplomo req'd. EOE N . 2676 Part time cashier needed al · Huston ursmg :.27~~5~0-"'!"-~-~ But~le Petroleum. Apply 111 7 - - - - - - - - Home, Inc. 38500 St. At. About $3000 down. 812 S. Wrs & & 735 bypass. 17401446• Regia- NvrH (AN) lor 160, Hamden . Ohio 45634. 3rd. Ave . M;ddleporl. Tolally lull Hmo and lemporary 190 - - - - - - - <omodeled. 3 btd<OOITl$, 1 L,~--aliAiiCREA-~~G~~EO._.I 4109 . day) WOlk In a 114 Bed Long Satellite Ttchnklana ba1h . Perfect credit nol Term Care Fsclllty. FuU·time NHdld required Payment $525 4 acre lot tor sale (304 )743· employment offers an ex11n- FT benefits. 401k. compett· Appraised $70,000. 740· 6323 36_7_.7_12_9_· - - - - - - - - - - - - slve benefit package, lnclud- tive wages. drug testing. No _ lng State e~viltervice retire- exp. necessary: will train , MobUe Home lot lor rtf'lt Atttntionl near Vmton. Call (740)441 · msnt , ..rn Up 10 15 """I wkends required. Your truck 0 """' · per year, 18 days wlallowanca or Drive Co Local company offering ' N 1111 vaca11on ,;,,;..._ _ _ _ _.., DOWN PAYMENT" p<o· ~ 0 "·L "·s ~ck leave. and 12 plus paid lruck Call 800·893·1991 grams tor you to bu y your · ~.·~ JUA.. I'..it 1: " a L holidays: heal1M.. I Insur· option a. W ance Is available. Salary 19 home 1nstead of renltng A.'VrEll commensurate wl1h exparl· - -- - - - • 100% tmancmg enoe. Contac1 Kim Bi!lupa. Touch a Life Today. Become • Less than perfect credit Need to sell your home '~ Late on payments. divorce, DON at Lakin Hospital. a Fosler Parent. Contact accepted Lakin, wv at (304) 67S· Shelly 0 Transitions for • Payment could be the 1ob traf'Sier or a dEiath? I 0860, ext 126, Mondav thru Youth. (740)794·0248 tor same as rent. c a~ buy your home. All cash Friday from 8:00 a.m.· 4:00 de1ails. Mortgage Locators. and qu•cli closmg. 740-416· · 3130. p.m. lakin Hospital is an !11111""'-!"""---~ t740\36?-00U · ~ ~.,1•-".•.u_w·A·N·Il·l.l_.ll r16 H.:u• w,wrm nut r r ~~ EEOIAA EmplOyer . ~~ Bea<Jitlul Home 01"1 Cedar St l~nn:Cll()'; Wrap·around porch. 3BA. 1.58a. tur nished kitch~Jn P! DR. LA, Den, FP. ouf.t"Jild- Trud!. Drivers Hiring COl Golllpollo co- CoiiOQt Class A Roqulrtd, (Careers Close To Hone) IOOimum o1 5 yearo driving Clll Today! 740-446·436 7. oxp. 2 Y'l Ellplrionoo on 1-1100·2 \ 4.()452 OYer~ and ewer· ....~ ,__..,. lfllbl 'IIIWW.QIIIi!JOIIacarMfeolftOI.com Ori""" W81vut "-"--• lief I. Acet~ M.mba r Accrlldft1rtg 1304)722·2184 8:30om·4pm M-F POST OFFICE NOW HIRING Avg. Pay $20Jhr or S57K amually Including Federal Beneli1s M<l OT.Pekl Trlln<ng. vacationi-FTIPT 1·800-584·1n5 USWA Rei. •P8923 1196 ' MR:El..Lt:,'EOllS \ I \I " lfot.'SES L~--·FUil-·RI::·:'<·CI-- Must have good drtving Council to, lndaperxlent ColteoN record. e.,-nup1041 ,000to .-cJSchoCltt12148 $4,000 WMkly, Mttlemtnl For application Call :::=====: rlO I~ I I 1.,.- - - - - - · · SMSoned tire wood, Oak and Hidl.ory split You hdul or I haul· Take CAA.& HEAP 740-949-2038 George's Portable Sawmrll don't haul your Logs to the Mtl11us1call .304·67~ '957 IOQ $11 8.000 (74C\446 · 4639. SHt2/mo.1 Buy 4 bedroom Tired 01 rentmg7 Upclatecl 3 2_5 bam HUD' 4% df1 , 30 Sr 1 bath nome w~ newer yrs. 0 ae... For listings 800fur nace. water healtr, 559 _4109 ext 1709 plumbmg. & electnc In - - - - - - -~mEtfoy. Hardwood floors. 2 Dearoom hOUse located 1n r ~led k1 tchen & bath Gallipolis. (740)441 ·0194. 4.dd your own carpet1ng UpstBirS COUIO possibly be 2 or 3 81- . house, '"lO pets . t1 n1snea fOr more hvtng 740-992·5858 soace Cal• ~nov COIItn& So.e&Bioorn Realtors at 2~ 3 Bedroom Duplex , 740-591·92C2 S27 "ClC S420,mo plus depoSit & ut1l1· IIIIlS 1n Downtown Gal~polls Unturntshed house 1n No PelS. (740)448·0332 Clit1on. <&br $425-+ Utllllle S. Sam-Spin Mon·Sal $275 securtty deposit Reference. R e<~utred 3 bedroom House close to , 304 ) 59~ ·8 1 07 PVH •304>675·6269 --- --------- ------ --. -----· .. ' ~ �Bv • LARRY CRUM LCRUM@MYDAILYREGISTER .COM POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. - First Bill Cowher, now Steve Safford. In just two weeks the game of football ha> seen two greats call it quits. It was a balmy Friday evening in 1975 when Point Pleasant High School got its first glimpse of the new coach who had come from William Henry Hanisun High School in Cincinnati. And although that first game was a loss, 32 years later on November 4, 2006 that same coach led his team across the field for the final time and guided them to a 41 0 upset defeat of Sissonville, Ieavin~ the Big Blacks' coach one wm shy of 200 wins in his storied career. "I have been very blessed. I have had a ¥reat deal of supr.ort here,' Safford said. 'Anytime you can be at a place for 32 years, it wasn't perfect, we made mistakes throughout that time period, but I feel very good about the caliber of young men we have turned out. We gave it our best shot and I think the traditions will carry on here and I am cenainl y sure that they will get it back." Safford fmishes his head coaching career with a combined record of 199-177-1 and had five playoff appearances at Point Pleasant Hi!lh School, although it is certatn that under current playoff rules, with 16 teams making the postseason instead of the four teams when he fLrSt started, be could have had a lot more. "For 40 years I have been Steve Safford FAST FACTS -1975 was sattord's first year as head coach at Point Plea&ant -He finished with a career reoord ol 199-1n-t . one win &hy of 200. - He coached for 40 total years , 37 as a head coach and 32 at Point. - Before taking over at PPHS, he coached at William Henry Harrison High outside of Cincinnati. -1979 was the only undeteateo season during hi5 carrer and only playoH game played at Point Pleasant. - He guided five teams to playoff apperance~. -Safford won his final game at Point, a 41.0 upset of Sissonville in high school football and of those 37 of them were as head coach. It is tough when it has been that big a part of your life for so many years," Safford said. "I know that I will miss Friday nights for sure, but there are a. lot of things that go on in coaching today. It has become more and more a year round job that requires a lot of extra effort and I think it is time for some younger, enthusiastic people to take over." But while he has seen a lot of teams come and go over the years, Safford admit& that he couldn't have done it without the help he has received. . "The other thing is that I had tremendous support from assistant coaches and there haven't been that many," Safford said. "I have always been proud of those guys, that they have wanted to stay and work with this program. They Larry Crumlphoto Point Pleasant's Steve Safford coaches during a high school football game against Sissonville in this Friday, Nov. 4 photo. Safford retired Tuesday night after 40 years of coaching and 32 years as head coach at Point Pleasant High School. gone I0-0 during the regular are a dedicated bunch." In his 32 years of coaching season - the only undefeated in Big Blacks country, there season during Safford's have been hundreds of ath- tenure. That team met George letes to leave it all on the field Washington in the only playat Sanders Stadium, but when off game played at Point asked about a favorite Pleasant. moment in all of those years, "The one I will probably Safford can describe that one never forget was the night day like it was yesterday. that we played George It came during the 1979 Washington. We had beaten season after the team had Huntington High in the last - Wednesday, January 10, 2007 VVednesday,Januaryt0,2007 www .mydailysentinel.com Page 82 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydallyaentlnel.com mrtbune - Sentinel - l\ tster CLASSIFIED . game of the season to go l 0-0 and the following week we played GW here and I can remember when we left the locker room that night and went to the field, we had to wade ·through people three and four deep circling the field just to get on for the pregame," Safford said. "I know that our kids, when they came out of the lockerroom and saw all those people, they grew a foot and we dominated them that night." That team went on to lose in the next round to St. Albans after two of its top players were injured in preparation of the semi-final game, but the team still remains one of the best Safford ever coached at Point Pleasant. "! think that team, with a couple of breaks, could have been a state champion," Safford noted. Safford also mentioned the first team he ever coached during the 1975 season and the 19&5 team, which also made it to the postseason, as memorable teams he coached during his career. "The very first team that I coached here was probably one of the most talented, but we lost three games and I can still remember them like it was J.esterday," Safford recall . The 1975 team lost the opener, Safford's very first game as head coach, to Hurricane 7-6 and two weeks later lost to Dunbar 7-3. The Big Blacks then fired off six wins in a row before losing in the fmal game of the season 6-0 to Parkersbur!l, having the ball three times mside the 10-yard line without scoring. But while Safford saw a lot of success early in his career, the past few years have sceo a lot · of change at Point Pleasant. Over the past f\Ve years the team has dropped from Class AAA to Class AA and made the move from the Southeastern Ohio Athleiic League to the Cardinal Conference, one of the toughest conference's in the state. The Big Blacks also have not had a winning seasOn since 2001 and have had thcee .500 seasons and two los~g seasons since then. And thoS( results may directly relate:tB the shrinking size of ~e school, but still not a problem that can't be fixed accordillg to Safford. · "Must of the kids tod;ly, when you have a smaller school, ~our athletes are involved m other sport~, they don't really have the ume .to spend," Safford said. "It · is going to take the dedicatiOn of the athletes. They need :to know that they need to work year round to do that." : After the acceptance :of Safford's resignation 1\Jes$y night, the school will have a time period for qualif.ed applicants to apply. The school will then screen the candidates and will presint those findings to the superintendent who will then mak~ a recommendation to the board · ofeducation. But although Salford will walk away from Pojnt Pleasant Htgh School and coaching in general at yeArs end to become a spectator; it is certain he will never be fergotten for all he has done for the school and for the corn; munity. Galli a Wei:Jsjtes: In One Week With Us www.mydailytribune.com E·mlll www.mydailysentinel.com classified@ mydailytribune. com REACH OVER 285,000 PROSPECTS www.mydailyregister.com PLUS YOUR AD NOW ONLINE To Place l\egi~ter ~ribune Sentinel ca~r;.::v (74o) 446-2342 (74o) 992-2156 (304) 675-1333 ,. 'I ... ..,._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __:O::r..:.F.;;,ax To .. Monday thru Friday :00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A.D: .,r ' ... lost the first five games of a stops, we'll figure out how to explain another discouraging ASSOCIATED PRESS similarly epic Western road score." effort. : James awed the hostile Cleveland beat the J(itlgs trip in January. Sure, SACRAMENTO, Calif. LeBron's brilliance is a big Sacramento crowd with 102-97 last season at Area - LeBron James ' three reason for this good start- those .three 3-pointers - Arena, with James .scoriflg quick 3-pointers were a dra- but his teammates' defense each longer than the last II of his 30 points in 1M matic flourish on 13 com- seems even more important. in four possessions early in fourth quarter. James was :art manding minutes as the "We know that what we've the fourth to put the Cavs 18-year-old No. I draft pick Cleveland Cavaliers turned a got to take care of is the ahead to stay in their fifth when he made his NBA 17-point deficit into a com- defensive end," James said. straight win. Drew Gooden debut here on Oct. 29, 2003, fortable lead. "We got stops that helped us added 21 points and II scoring 25 points and playWhen one of their best on the offensive end. That's rebounds, and Zydrunas ing splendidly in a loss. stretches in an outstanding the formula that's been llgauskas had 17 pmnts and Cleveland hadn't wpn season was over. the Cavs working for us." nine boards. back-to-hack games in had made a 42-12 run- and Coach Mike Brown has Damon Jones hit four 3- Sacramento since 1997-9&. they were much more proud preached defensive consis- pointers against his former of the 12 than the 42. tency as a way to generate team, gleefully tauntin~ the Bibfiby scored 20 points in James scored 34 points in more offense, and the results crowd that once loved htm as the trst half, and Mi1leT's the arena where he made his were evident in Sacramento. the Cavs won their third perimeter jumper was at its as the center made NBA debut. and Cleveland Most importantly, the Cavs straight road game for the shm:N•st -rmllied for its eighth victory sw itched their defense to first time in nearly a year. eight of his first nine shots, in nine games, 108-98 over attack Mike Bibby's pickBibby scored 26 points - including two straight after the stumbling Sacramento and-roll tendencies, and the 20 in the first half ·- and hall'time as Sacramento went Kings on Tuesday night. point guard 's teammates Brad Miller had 24 for the up 61-44. James started slowly but couldn't answer. Kings, who followed up conJames scored 13 points in AP photo scored 24 points in the sec,;It was mental toughness secutive overtime losses to about 4 minutes early in the Wisconsin's Alando Tucker (42) is fouled by Ohio State's ond half as the Eastern and focus," Brown said. "We the Lakers and Portland with fourth, but Sacramento got Greg Oden (20) during the second half of a basketball game Conference leaders showed decided we wanted to get a dismal second-half effort to within 98-94 on Martin's 3that this seven-game West defensive stops ... We never close a live-game homes- pointer with l: 14 to play. Tuesday in Madison. Wis. Wisconsin won 72-69. Coast road trip probably feel like we re out of any tand. Gooden then completed a Bibby, Miller and Ron three-point play, and Artest won't resemble the difficult game. I don't care how bad odysseys of past Cavs we shoot the basketball. Artest all refused to speak to bricked a 3-pointer to comsquads. Championship teams are reporters after the game, plete' a 4-uf-14 shooting _L_a_s_t_s_·e_a_so_n_._,_h_e_c_a_v_a_Ii_e_rs_·_de_t_·e_n_si_v_e_te_am_s_._I_f_w_e_g_e_t_l_e_a_vt_·n_g_K_ev_t_·n_M_a_rt_i_n_to__n_ig_h_t_.- - - - - - - - Ohio 'IIIIey Publllhlng reHrva the rightlo eel", re(Riorconaela~ lid It any llmt. lluel on the r MADISON, Wis. (AP) Karnrnron Taylor scored 25 points and No. 3 Wisconsin survived a late charge by Greg Oden and No. 5 Ohio State to hold on for a 72-69 victory Tuesday night. The Badgers (16-1, 2-0 Big Ten) used a 14-0 run midway through the second half to apparently take control in an early season matchup of conference favorites. But the Buckeyes rallied to close within 69-64 on a dunk by Oden with 37 seconds remaining. Taylor then made one of two free throws on the other end, and the Buckeyes· Ron Lewis hit' a 3-pointer to cut the lead to three with 25 seconds left. Joe Krabbenhoft hit one of two free throws for Wisconsin, and Oden again scored on a dunk with 8.9 seconds left to cut the lead to 71-69. After Taylor again hit one of two free throws, Jamar Butler missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer. Alando Tucker ackled 17 points for the Badgers. who are 13-2 against ranked teams and 40-2 m conference home games under coach Bo Ryan. Ivan Hanis led Ohio State with 17 points. It was another rough road outi1111. against a highly ranke1r opponent for Ohio State's heialded freshmen . The Buckeyes lost 98-89 at then-No. 7 and current No. l North Carolina on Nov. 29. and fell 86-60 and then No. 5 and current No. 2 Florida on Dec. 23. It was a breakout performance for Wisconsin sophomore forward Marcus Landry. who had 10 points and four blocked shots. The Badgers led 43-41 alter a 3-pointer by Butler, but Krabbenhoft scored inside to start Wisconsin's 14-0 run that featured several key plays by Landry, who sat out part of last season after being ruled academically ineligible. A block by Landry led to an end-to-end layup by Michael Flowers that put Wisconsin ahead 47-41. Landry rebounded his own miss and scored on a putback to put the Badgers up 55-41. Oden blocked Landry on the Badgers' next possession, but he got the baD back and got it to Flowers, who drove the lane and scored to put Wisconsin ahead 57-41 with 9:20 remaining. Landry hit a 3-pointer with 8:04 remaining that made it 60-47. But Ohio. State went on a 17-9 run as Wisconsin's shaky free throw shooting kept the Buckeyes in the game. Lewis scored 14 points and Butler added 12. Oden finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and six blocked shots. The Buckeves were 17-for52 from the tield. Buckeyes need time to _get over humbling loss GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - II 's nut the end of the world or . the end of Buckeyes football. II just seems that way. The Buckeyes were manhandled 41 - 14 by secondranked Florida on Monday night in the BCS national championship game before millions of viewers around the world. It was Ohio State's worst dropped a 17- 16 decision to No. 3 USC in the Rose defeat in a dozen years. The Buckeyes came in averaging . Bowl. They ended up No. 4· In 1975, the Buckeyes 410 yards a game but were led by tailback Archie llmited to 82 - almost half Griffin who won his second the worst previous total by a Heisman Trophy that season team in a BCS championship - went 11-0. During the game. regl!Iar season, the Woody After Ted Ginn Jr.'s 93- Hayes-coached team mauled yard kickoff return to open No. 13 UCLA 41-20 on its the game, the Buckeyes ( 12- home field. The Buckeyes I) went flatter than one of lost to the Bruins 23-10 in the runways at Phoenix Sky the Rose Bowl to fall to Harbor International Airport. fourth. ,;Is that because we Much like this year's weren't as hungry?" coach Buckeyes who had a 19Jim Tressel asked. "I don't game winning · streak ended know for sure if that's the by the Gators, the 1969 team case . I guess that's the had won 22 in a row coach's responsibility to ere- encompassing a l'l:rfect seaate the appetite." son and national tttle the year It was the fourth time that before. But Ohio State was Ohio State was ranked No. I stunned 24-12 by No. 12 by The Associated Press Michigan, coached by forgoing into its final game of mer Hayes lieutenant and the season and lost a shot at best friend Bo Schembechler the national title with a loss. to drop to fourth. The most recent came in In the debacle in the desert 1979 when the Buckeyes on Monday night. Heisman under first -year coach Earle Trophv-winriing quarterback Bruce ran the table but Troy Smith completed fewer passes (4) than times he was sacked (5). Smith bit on just 4 of 14 passes with an interception, and lost one of his two fumbles. "The spread and the score - who would have ever thought it would be like that?" Smith said. "But there's not that much you can really do about it. Life goes on.·· Life will go on for the Buckeyes but it won't be easy to recapture the dominance they dtsplayed in their first 12 games this season. The offensive line will lose its two best blockers in center Doug Datish and guard T.J. Downing. Smith will take his 25-3 record as a s,tarter with him to the pros. Odds are that Ginn and tail..back Antonio Pittman will announce within the next few days that they 'II leave a year early to make themselves eligible for the NFL draft. "It's going to take a while after losing this bunch of seniors. It's tough to even think about right now," said Todd Boeckman. the favorite to take over the quarterback job from Smith. "In the next week or two you start the training for nellt season because it's a battle. It's a year-long process. So we've got to keep going ." Boeckman will have a solid set of receivers to work with - Anthony Gonzalez, if he decides to return as expected, along with Brian Robiskie, Brian Hartline and Roy Small. Backup Chris Wells will step in for Pittman, with a couple of highly regarded recruits backing him up. On defense, Vernon Gholston is the lone lineman back. The secondary lo$eS half of its top players with the graduation of safety Brandon Mitchell and comer Antonio Smith. 'T m very optimistic that we can rebuild with what the seniors left us," said Ross Homan, who'll move into one of the llnebacker spots. :'It's going to be tough; it is every year. We have to work that much harder to replace the seniors that gave so much on the field." 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Contact knowingly 11c:cepl the Ohio DivismO of lished University regulations advertiaementl for rHI Fmancial Institution's and other state and federal · •alate whtch ia in Office of Consumer laws. Qualiticalians tor the violation ol the law. Our Affairs BEFORE you reli· position include htgh school re11ders are hereby nance your home or education or equivalent. informed that all obtain a loan BEWARE Basic law enforcement tratn· dwelling• advertised In of requests tor any large this new1pt1per are tng is required. OPOTA cerli· advance payments of available on an equal licatioo necessary. Must be fees or insurance Call the opportunit~ blsea. available lot evening and/or Otfice of Consumer © 2007 by NEA , Inc. weekend shifts . All candi· AHairs toH free at 1 ~86Gdates should subm~ a .-:ur27B·0003 to learn 11 the Cozy, brick tri-level 3·4bd. rent resume and copy o\ mortgage broker or 2tJa, 2 car anached garage OPOTA certification and 1 16 lendeT ts properly on 1 3 wooded acres. 5769 names of three references licensed. tThis 1S a public SA 588(740)446·7157 . before the deadline ol S8IV1ce announcement January 1~. 2007 MantLE HOM[,l; lrom 11\e Ohio Valley Med1 Home Private Cate Pharm•cy Packaging mRSAt.t: Publishing Company) now accepting applica11ons Phyllis Ma"son, SPHA Technician tor dependable STNA , CNA, 20 hr wk/M-FIShlft: D1tector ot Human 2001 Oakwood Freedom 9:110am-1:00pm CHHA . PCA lor mote inlor· Resources I'Rot'I.."<;.~IONAL Mol)1le Home lor sale 1n matlon please contact laura UniverSity Of Rio Grande Quai! Cre el< . 3 bedroom. 2 SER\1CFS at {740)446-4148. McKeteon Automation PO Box 500. Rio Grande. full balh all new turni1Ure OH 45674 - - - - - - - seeks a motivated individual tncluded. AU appliances TURNED DOWN ON to coordinate all on-site Fa>. 1740)245-4909 SOCIAL SECURITY /SSI? Included. including 1\aShel Ohio Yalley Home Heahh, medication packagmg and Email: pmason@rio.edu and dryer. Storage building No Fee Unless We W1n1 Inc. hi nng AN 's, CNA, bar-coding w~h1n the Holzer 6EOrAA Employer and large deck with roof 1·88B·5a2·3345 STNA, CHHA , PCA. Medical Center inpatient included Tanning bed Competitive Wages and 1~1\11'11\11 pharmacy loca ted in Aepo Agent m;;~;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;; opliOnal (740)245·0054 call Benefits includmg health Gallipolis. OH Firm needs FfT agen1 to f310 HO:\U:S anyttme leave message msura nce and Mileage. Apply at 1480 Jackson Pike. cover multiple southern SALE $20,000 Responstbllities include: counhes Must have good - - - - - - -Gallipolis or 2415 JackSon Pac~ageJ barcode all unit 2007 3/2 Double•1Jide Avenue, Point Pleasant, WV dose medications tor dally driving recatd, clean back· 3 Bedroom. 2 Bath House. $37.970 Mtdwest (740)828· or phone loll free 1·866-441· dispensing, general equip. ground . reliable transpona$40.000: 2.6 acre lot, lull 2750 1393 · -----ment 1roubleshooting & lion. anO helper. Military or hook-up. $l 5 ,000 1740 )446 . _ _ maintain invenlorles. The police background a plus. 7069 GoM used 1989 14x 70 OTR DRIVER 2 yaars expa· successful candidate must Call Katrina 800-752·4581 __ _ _· - - - - - - Front Kitchen 2 bedroom 1 rlence Clean MVR .. be goal orianled, reliable, ext 324. 3BDRM, 2 bath home 1 1/12 ba1h On~ 58.995 00. Will WIHAZMAT, TERMINAL TO and able to work well inde· - - - - - -- - ICrtl, wtll lntulated, low, help with delivery. Call 740· TERMINAL No louch pendently. On tit. trllnlng Retail Manage'rial Personnel low utllltle1 , very llttlt dwn 385-9621. drophl~. further info 74Q- provldld. positions. Send resumes 10 $1,000. Auumeblt loan, - - - - - - - 508·0170. CLA Box ill. C/o Gallipolis owner 11 being relocat.cl Great used 3BR home only To apply on our career web Tribune . PO Bo.< 469, out of area. Mutt Mil ~ $9,995. Will help with deliv· Gallipolis, OH 45631 . Must 1f7/07. Call (740)'41-0811 ery. Call (740)385-7671 . Overbrook Rehabilitation sha: www mckauon cornJcarear have valid drivel'1 license, will tranaflr ownerlhlp of Center Is currently accepting Move In today! New 2007 3 I auto Insurance and drug test title. :tml out on 511. app~calions ror dietary aide. bedroom 2 bath. Only Keyword; (req • 7655) required. Part lime positions available 4 rental houses "For Sale" $199.86 per month . Set up Anyone Interested please To apply by Fox (724)741· AN. Immediate opening tor In Gallipolis. Call Wayne minutes from Athens and pick up an appllca11on at 333 rea~ for immediate occu· 6959 DON, a<porience prelerred. _1 4_04 _1_45_6_·38_0_2_·_ _ Page Stree1. Middleport oancy. Call740·365·4367 . Attn : Aeq 76SS• (Faxed Ohio. E.O.E. & a Participant Call for addliional tnlorma· 4BA. Horne, 2 acres. New reoumes MUST INCLUDE tlon or Interview. Contact · Haven area $148,000 - - - - -- - o1 the Or\.Jg~ Free Workplace Fleq t to be considered) Program. Marjorie Huston C (304)674·5921 or t304)593· NEW 2007 4 bed D!Wtd&l (7 40)384·3485 or (740)384- 997 1 $49 ,179. M1dwest (740) 828· HS !Jplomo req'd. EOE N . 2676 Part time cashier needed al · Huston ursmg :.27~~5~0-"'!"-~-~ But~le Petroleum. Apply 111 7 - - - - - - - - Home, Inc. 38500 St. At. About $3000 down. 812 S. Wrs & & 735 bypass. 17401446• Regia- NvrH (AN) lor 160, Hamden . Ohio 45634. 3rd. Ave . M;ddleporl. Tolally lull Hmo and lemporary 190 - - - - - - - <omodeled. 3 btd<OOITl$, 1 L,~--aliAiiCREA-~~G~~EO._.I 4109 . day) WOlk In a 114 Bed Long Satellite Ttchnklana ba1h . Perfect credit nol Term Care Fsclllty. FuU·time NHdld required Payment $525 4 acre lot tor sale (304 )743· employment offers an ex11n- FT benefits. 401k. compett· Appraised $70,000. 740· 6323 36_7_.7_12_9_· - - - - - - - - - - - - slve benefit package, lnclud- tive wages. drug testing. No _ lng State e~viltervice retire- exp. necessary: will train , MobUe Home lot lor rtf'lt Atttntionl near Vmton. Call (740)441 · msnt , ..rn Up 10 15 """I wkends required. Your truck 0 """' · per year, 18 days wlallowanca or Drive Co Local company offering ' N 1111 vaca11on ,;,,;..._ _ _ _ _.., DOWN PAYMENT" p<o· ~ 0 "·L "·s ~ck leave. and 12 plus paid lruck Call 800·893·1991 grams tor you to bu y your · ~.·~ JUA.. I'..it 1: " a L holidays: heal1M.. I Insur· option a. W ance Is available. Salary 19 home 1nstead of renltng A.'VrEll commensurate wl1h exparl· - -- - - - • 100% tmancmg enoe. Contac1 Kim Bi!lupa. Touch a Life Today. Become • Less than perfect credit Need to sell your home '~ Late on payments. divorce, DON at Lakin Hospital. a Fosler Parent. Contact accepted Lakin, wv at (304) 67S· Shelly 0 Transitions for • Payment could be the 1ob traf'Sier or a dEiath? I 0860, ext 126, Mondav thru Youth. (740)794·0248 tor same as rent. c a~ buy your home. All cash Friday from 8:00 a.m.· 4:00 de1ails. Mortgage Locators. and qu•cli closmg. 740-416· · 3130. p.m. lakin Hospital is an !11111""'-!"""---~ t740\36?-00U · ~ ~.,1•-".•.u_w·A·N·Il·l.l_.ll r16 H.:u• w,wrm nut r r ~~ EEOIAA EmplOyer . ~~ Bea<Jitlul Home 01"1 Cedar St l~nn:Cll()'; Wrap·around porch. 3BA. 1.58a. tur nished kitch~Jn P! DR. LA, Den, FP. ouf.t"Jild- Trud!. Drivers Hiring COl Golllpollo co- CoiiOQt Class A Roqulrtd, (Careers Close To Hone) IOOimum o1 5 yearo driving Clll Today! 740-446·436 7. oxp. 2 Y'l Ellplrionoo on 1-1100·2 \ 4.()452 OYer~ and ewer· ....~ ,__..,. lfllbl 'IIIWW.QIIIi!JOIIacarMfeolftOI.com Ori""" W81vut "-"--• lief I. Acet~ M.mba r Accrlldft1rtg 1304)722·2184 8:30om·4pm M-F POST OFFICE NOW HIRING Avg. Pay $20Jhr or S57K amually Including Federal Beneli1s M<l OT.Pekl Trlln<ng. vacationi-FTIPT 1·800-584·1n5 USWA Rei. •P8923 1196 ' MR:El..Lt:,'EOllS \ I \I " lfot.'SES L~--·FUil-·RI::·:'<·CI-- Must have good drtving Council to, lndaperxlent ColteoN record. e.,-nup1041 ,000to .-cJSchoCltt12148 $4,000 WMkly, Mttlemtnl For application Call :::=====: rlO I~ I I 1.,.- - - - - - · · SMSoned tire wood, Oak and Hidl.ory split You hdul or I haul· Take CAA.& HEAP 740-949-2038 George's Portable Sawmrll don't haul your Logs to the Mtl11us1call .304·67~ '957 IOQ $11 8.000 (74C\446 · 4639. SHt2/mo.1 Buy 4 bedroom Tired 01 rentmg7 Upclatecl 3 2_5 bam HUD' 4% df1 , 30 Sr 1 bath nome w~ newer yrs. 0 ae... For listings 800fur nace. water healtr, 559 _4109 ext 1709 plumbmg. & electnc In - - - - - - -~mEtfoy. Hardwood floors. 2 Dearoom hOUse located 1n r ~led k1 tchen & bath Gallipolis. (740)441 ·0194. 4.dd your own carpet1ng UpstBirS COUIO possibly be 2 or 3 81- . house, '"lO pets . t1 n1snea fOr more hvtng 740-992·5858 soace Cal• ~nov COIItn& So.e&Bioorn Realtors at 2~ 3 Bedroom Duplex , 740-591·92C2 S27 "ClC S420,mo plus depoSit & ut1l1· IIIIlS 1n Downtown Gal~polls Unturntshed house 1n No PelS. (740)448·0332 Clit1on. <&br $425-+ Utllllle S. Sam-Spin Mon·Sal $275 securtty deposit Reference. R e<~utred 3 bedroom House close to , 304 ) 59~ ·8 1 07 PVH •304>675·6269 --- --------- ------ --. -----· .. ' ~ �In Memory Wednesday, January 10, 2007 www.mydally..ntlnel.com Page B4 • The'Daily Sentinel Wadneaday, January 10, 2007 ALLEYOOP www.mydlllysentlnel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page B5 In Memory In Memory of Phillip Alder ., 6111/42 • 1/10/99 Miss me a little· But not to long And not with your head bowed low. Remember the love thai was shared, Miss me-Bullet me go. This is a part from a poem like I was a part of your life. So much has changed some good, some not so good. Hut no one or nothing will ever ftli the void in my heart from losing you my IJear Sweet Mother. Love, Your Daughter Sandy G randchiidren Jennifer, Trish & Rachel, Great Grandchildren Savannah, Kierslen, Billy and soon to he Me an •RENTALS •SALES •SERVICE •FREE DELIVERY •MONTHLY OXYGEN VISITS We>l Shade Barber Shop Owned & operated by Chris Parker 17 yrs. e:(perience . . First Barber Shop on Texas Road off Route 7 r r 3 bedroom on BrentwocKI Dr. Full basement. 2 car garage. $675 month plus deposit. (740}446-4051 . 3 bedrooms, Clifton, $400 per month pl us deposit, :.17_40_:)_74_2--_1_90_3_ _ _ _ 3BA home- SA 554, Bidwell$575/mo- sec. dep. references, all elec. (740)4463644 ;;_ _ -_ _ _ _ _ _ 3BR, 1 bath, LeGrande Blvd, no pels, $625 mo. + sec dep. (740)44&3644. 38R, 2 bath home- Plants SubOiv. $850/mo plus aec. deposit. NO PETS. (740)446-3644 AttenUonl Local company offering •NO DOWN PAYMENT" programs lor you to buy your home Instead of renting. ' 100% financing • Less than perfect credit I ................, Cell c::22:._t8'---. - - - - - : - - - - 1 BR ~~ in Spring Valey, WiD Hookl-I>S- Ask about Nice, clean Economical, 2br. free internet Call (740)441Wlbatiement, of! street park· 9668 or _(740 )339- 0362 . ing. Rei, Oep, No P91& (304)675-5162 2 bedroom apt. Stove, Pretty 3BR House for Rent. relrlg.· was her/dryer Cedar Str. Central Heat/air, hookup, water paid. close to FP. $69S+Uiil and dep. Call Holzer on Centenary Road. (740)446 _4639 _ No pets. (740)446-9442. ERa APARTMENT FOR RENT 2BR FULLY FURNISHED, LINENS SUPPLIED. WJO, FRIG/STOVE, CABLE, TRASH PICKUP ALL UTILITIES PAID MIN 2 OCCUPANTS, $120 EACH, PER INEEK JPAICE 3RD OCCUP''NT , NEGOTIABLEJ .ILl., - ·3._.., .,u an POINT PLEASANT, VIlEST VIRGINIA, 7 MILES FROM KYGER CREEK, 15 MILES FROM MOUNTAINEER, AVAILABLE EARLY JANU· .a.ov ~, - --------c:c--::-::-c- -··ERI CONSTRU c TIONAPARTMENT FOR RENT 2BR fully furnilhed, linent &upptiea, WID, Frig/Stove, cable, trath ptckup, all utilttiet paid, min 2 oocupantl, $120 each, per wen. 3rd ~ nprice l'legotilhAI Point Pleasant WI/. 7-mitn from Kvver Creek, 15-mitea from MountainHr, available ear~ January, 30UtS-3142 n'!~ 740-446-3570 street parking. Great location! 7<49 Third Avenue in Gallipolis. Rent $475fmo. Call Wayne (404)458-JS02 Hill 's Se lf Sto rc1ge Office apace for rant or lease. Pefia<;t tor truck dis· patch office. utilities includ· ad . Large lanced ~ area for tructt parking. located Ill AI. 7 & 735 bypaes. Call (740)446-4109. 29670 Bashan Road Racine, Ohio 45771 11 - - - - - - - - 8621 Deluxe 1 bedroom apt. for - - - - - - - rent $500 month + deposit, Tara Townhouse Apartments, Vary Spacious, 2 Bedrooms, CIA , 1 1/2 Bath. Adult Pool & Baby Pool. Patio, Start $4 251Mo. No Petl, Lean Plus Security "--·" Required (740)J67·70a6:"' , -------Twin Alve11 Tower Ia accepting applications tor walling list for Hud·subelzed, 1· br, apartment. cal l 675-6679 -Equal Hou~ng Opportunity CI~ASSIFIEDS • ' 4 3 • J 10 9 I 5 J MONTY 992-3194 or 992·6635 . "Middleport's only Self-Storace· • New Homes • Garages • Complete Remodeling !.YOUNG'S CARPENUR SERVICE 1411-112-lm Slop & Compere Room AddHiona I R•modellng N.wGar•gn ' t 'l ' lin '' l 41 l.ot8 THE RED CARPET TREATMENT · FRANK & EARNEST Me NOTt41N6 GIVfS A G~fATt~ FtfLIN6 OF ACC.OMPLISttMENT / TttAN NOT AC.COMPLISttiNG ANYTt41N6. ' • •BARNEY HllUiDIOUI NAME ONE WORKPLACE THAT'LL LET YA CALL IN -'"'' NABB&1) II •THE BORN LOSER : ";i€.L.LO, ~IEF?'IHOR!oli~l'l'\.£""' . !::.0~10 'i 1>1!>~-~'i W""'-E: 'lOU, t>ll> t 7"""'l I( &. C-t.U.Ii'lro ... ~ ~ ()..\(. " Quality aff01dable vehicles F•IIJit 'Nith 3 months/3,000 miles r. warranty. We have Cavaliers, Sunlires, Salurns, Grand Ams. vans. trucks and more. 0% Financing- 36 Mos can or stop by Cook available now on John Mo1ora. 328 Jackson Pit<e C.ere z Trak Zero lUrna & (7401446-0103 GoolY; 5.1111% Fi>ed Rate on John Deere Qatora Carmichael Equipment (740)446-2412. " BOWFLEX ULTIMATE Financing as low as 0'1.- 36 XTLU· every option, 0\ler 90 Mos. on John Deere 7 ~ercse, like new $850. Series 4Jt4, 4x5 & 5x4 740 1-1971 M-F. 9-5 Round B.. era/500 Series MoCcaiSquare Baiera. ~IRD.l.ANEOlN MERctlANDiiE Also' available 5.9% on L...liiiiiiiiliiliiiOii.,l Uud Hay Equipment. AH rates thru John Deere 2 Ticket& Allscal Flats, Credit. Carmichael Chas. Civic Center, 2·8-07. Equipment (740)446-24t2_ Left center floor, Row HH - - - - - - - seals 1&2 $150 each, $300 Keller Built- Valley- B~onpair. 2 tickets Row BB aeata Horae and livestock Loadmu· 4&5 oenter lloor $175 Trlllel'leach, SJ50 pair (J04)6J9- (looseneck, Dumps, & 64 _ _7_2 - - - - - - utility- A.luma Aluminum Firewood. seasoned oal< Tratttrl· B&W Gooseneck Hilchea. Carmichael and ash, delivered. Equipment (740)446-2412 (740)448-9204 rl~t 1986 International dump truck, 1 1f2 ton. 1600 series, non COL. snow plow. 19,000 miles, good tires, diesel engine, 5 sp and 2 sp rear, rusty but usable, $4,900, 74o-A16-091B. -------2001 Dodge Dakota. 68.000 miles. V6. 5spd. 4x4, ~200 .OBO. (740)256-1233 - ---'-For_d_:F __- -XLT_S_up _e• 250 2000 Duty. 4WO. ext cab. silver 32,000 miles $21 ,500 4_11.:. 5"_ 0_ _ _ _ :.:1304 .:..:_!6:._7.:. •Home • Portable Oxy·gen • Homefill System • Helios System i":.•. •PEANUTS ~ .~~e~":i"·"Z'!!!ri.. 91 Ford F150 2wd reg. cab, AJC, tilt, cruise ladder rack. tool boll. call 416-4604 - & MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IN A VNIQUE WAV, IF "(OU NEED ZECHARIM IS ONE MOST IMI'ORTANT AN't' HEll, JIJST 0~ TilE BOOKS IN THE OlJI 70 Pine Street • Gallipolis LET ME KNOW 446-0007 •SUNSHINE CLUB Advertise in this space for SlOB per month. 1998 Ford Wlndsta1 Northwood. Great con<lltiofl 94,000 miles. 74D-985·3810 S3800 or best offer . -.1 I{\ ll I -., :: 43_ _ _ _ lion, _1304 _!6_~ __ Female English Bulldog ~c. 12wka. brlngto & whitt. Vet checked.. (740)041-Q712, (740)44t· ...... 72ffl -------Miniature Pinschers, 3 blaoillan males, wormed, e ..... old Jan. 71h, $300. (740)386-8124. r -- ~ 1 YOUR BUSINESS IN THE CLASSifiEDS =a~~~ ~.:04 ======-= Public Notice -, Tile Board 2001 Dodge Stratus, 4 cyl .. Auto, A.ir. 105,000 mtles, $3200 DBQ_ (740)256- 1233 ------2003 Dodge Neon_ 4 0\'1 ., IWto, Air. 40.000 mtles. _$3500 _ _oeo __-_17_ 40_12_5_6- 12_33_ 2 '- . .--·. 1 b · ···l_~-~11~~~· §i~·~~J DBO. (740)794-0231. 1996 Pontiac Grand Am. $1 ,800. Call (740)446-1874. JIM•'-'• •h'l I 1 . . . . . .a.. KBB- $1180. Sell-$700 -----~-­ 9AQ 25 2• Pua Pua 2t Pall s.rt- 2 Give the lllp 3 Humdrum 4 Bulrulll or 2ellotygun blut 21 Got wind of clltlll 5 Join on 8 llontlnd of tltemovlaa 7 Wtlrdtr 34Ditl35 -loboaof 8 SanUtwlnda 311~ i DIM 10 Plgakln 38~ ... 11 Si!thon· Pracond~ 32 Eut ' Pall Pau 6 Another door to be opened Ilona 33~= •.. ..,._ 20 Banlater 44 lncliar11 21 Knowtodge, coger briefly 45 llllliy Way 22 Chocollle pari condy 47 kick out 24 wonr. of 41 sm.·a 1Urpril8 - lllmp -" 2e Shorp tuma 49 Couldron 27 Allce'o 50 lhke a chronicler miatau 28 lnvolcl 51 "Skip to lly 30 Grate upon 52 Erwioft. 31 37 (2 well.) Cotortng - llarahy lnletl ..... 40 Fizzy drink 12 On a orulu 39 Attempt Ac1of John Barry11101e said, 'Happlnes& often sneaks in through a door you did· n1 know you lett opon.' Happiness after yesterday's deal required fi~ng lour Of)8rl doors to the dummy - lour antriae. Today, you need only ooo entry, but how woold you find ~ Ill South's sequence - a strong, artificial and forcing two ctubllollowad by •lump to thlea no-trump - shows a balanced 25-27 potnta_ It Is an awkward auc:tiofl becauaa lhe rosponder, ~he has a weak hand and a lour- or live-card mejor, ctorto no1 know - r to pau or to bid. (Four clubl ~ld be Stayman, and lour ol a red sun • transter.) ibu have ~· top trloka: ooo lj)lldl. two hearts and three club&- ibu would btl in clover ~ you could gel tn1o lhe dummy, gaining accooato 1hoa8 axtro club trlt:lls. but how? ibu could toad a 10w lj)lldl towaro dummy's I"'*• hoping 1hal Wost has tha king, but lhet lalla 11ora. Eaat takal lhe jack wllh his king and returns a heart tnsteacl,teacl lhe SllOd8 QlMn !rom your hand. H Eaat takn tho triCk with Ills king, CELEBRITY CIPHER by Lull Campoa Ctiltdy C1JNr ~ n CJtlllld 1rtrn QUC*rlionl ~ llmiQ; PI'IPI· put and ll"lllll E«:rr . . ~ .. ~'**IOr...xtllf foday't c:Q: L equals M " F TKIP Melga County of Health 2 2 2 ..:.v..::=.. EGIIGKJFAX ; OWTP QYORQHHP OTTH EQPFKV ETJEHT QOOTKOFJK OJ OWTL ." PREVIOUS SOlUTION - "Cautiofl: ~ lhe eldest child ol wisdom ." - Victor Hugo 'I make mistakes; I~ be lhe second to adlnn it' • Jean Kerr AstroGraph -·Utdttr: Tllunclay, Jon. 11, 2007 By llornlco Oool Don't gat discouraged at lhose times when the b'"ka don't come about In the ways 'fOU anticipate. Vour rrospects lor 8\/Eirything going well are good. but In their own time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan_ 19) - II looks Uke ~·11 remain In control of all the events of the day, but at thoae moments when your energy dimin· IShe8 you may display a cranky aide. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-feb. 191- Without paying much heed to your beha"VIor 01" actions, you might be a bn more Insistent that others do thinga your way. Be more tolerant and chal"ltabMt at thll time, not dletalorial. PISCES (Feb. 20-MaR:h 20) -Try not to make an issue ol something tha1. in real· ity, is rather trMal - don't apcMI a fine day. II yoU inaist on infuaing Importance to pelt)' lssuet, It'll create unnecessary problems. ARIES (March 21-Aprll 19)- If you're involllecl in arry type of commercial con· tract or Important agreement with another, pay attention to the small print or details Therein could lay ti"Oli:lle ahead. TAURUS (Apn\ 20-May 20) - The Interests or others might not be completely in accord with vour agenda. but if you 00 along with the will of tne malarlty. it'll keep lhings happy at woril and at home. GEMINI (May 2hlune 20) - Although you might not be able to do tMrything you desire at IIIIo time, by keeping pace with things lt\al really matter, you'll t>a glad vou cldn't cause problems lor your· A RECK N IF U T r r II ,--------,never F L E lH S l 6 I r I I I e I "I iltink a SOUI]lllM," gT41Dps mused, "i• a peeviolh perwn who quite wipes his opioioo ... his --- " . _ _ 8 PRINT • . • Complete •• chuckle quoltd by filling l.n the M [iSit~g word• you develop from ~ep No. 3 bel"". - FOR ANSW!R I • I I' I l lrus 'l l ! NUMBERED LETTERS I IN THESE SQUARES A UNSCRAA\BLE ltTTERS V . l 3 SCU.M.I.E'TS ANSWERS I I li'l107 I.Mger- Haven- Grant - Attack -CHANGED While attending a convention. I sunnisod that a convmalion is border tu stllrt if tht. wealber b.as nN CHANGED ARLO & JANIS CANCER (Jtr~e 21-Juty 22)- II might be wise not to purchase any expensive merchalldlH klr the nouse purely on impulse. By shopping around, you'll tind much nicer things etsewhere and at a better price. LEO (JUy 23-Aug. 22) - It there Is something you, are advocating, don't QV81l81e or overstate that which you are trying to convince oth8ra ot. The stronger you make your pitch, the IMI they're apt to accept it. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 221 - Take care of any errands you've neglected for the past number of weeks. but don't get yourself In a dither o...r them. The only one who Ia apt to haw • 1topwatch oo your completiQn Is you. LIBRA (Sept 23-0ct. 23) - Someone who knows you are a kind and ~rous person might put the bite on you wttan he or she catches you at a weaK moment. Juat be eure to mldch your gen· eroslly will\ prectlcolll)'. • GilT • XRXGIS XJKOGV i8H. 1/11> Recycl ng CKC Cocker pop- 2478 or 740·416-0918. ~es CKC RatSpaniel Terrier pup$2595.00 DBO. 740-992:c <P.. ((.tfll :s 1H£ san., . . . . --.. --anler.•• AKC Mate Lab pupa_ 1986 Jagua, 4 doo• Excoltont pedigree. $300. vanDerPiaus Oetuxo 6 cyl (740)44Hl1JO or (740)<41 - auto very nice sun roof. excellent tires. cirivas and 7251 . rides super. 126K miles. ~~ T~r:eral~,:; ()t'Jll(. ~M ~'s BASEMENT WATERPROOfiNCl Uncondilional lifetime guar-. antee. Local references fur- ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' nished. Established 1975. 1"'~~~-----~ caM 24 Hro. I740l 446· 0870, Rogers Basement a9a Waterproollng. It' n.~ 43 Rellllt tray item ._.I EMPLOYMENT t 18 Worry too much O :BIG NATE i:'l!15~~.... ~·u·~·v··s-..., • K '~~ FOR SAU: JET AERATION MOTORS Repaired, New & RebiJitt In Stock. Call Ron Evans, 1800-537-9528. Yemaha Gas Golf Cart, Horton Crooat>ow, KniQI\l Muzzle loader, Old Barn 5\dng. (740)2411·5747. -Krou.ct, 23 Cllnton'a VP ' wllh "out" clubs. F.g-rer , Sl>olmNG 8oulh • A Q C3 dummy's jack iltha entry lhet will bring • happlnooo to you aod your partner. But let's suppooa Eaat vtsualiZee your plan and lelli your queen hold. Whatlhen? 'lbu shift to <iamondB, driv· ing out lhe .... ~ you two spades, two hearts. two diamonds and th.,. llftr--...,.,.---., riO I ·------,.1 j 94 Taurus $1688 98 Malibu $2388 FOil 5.\u: 94 Grand Am $1650 Rome Auto Sales Over 40 units in stock (740)441 -9544 Commercial bulld1ng ~F01 SaleM1600 sq ft. of! street Ford 2002 Focus, Station parking. Great location. Call wagon. w/aJr. elec. windows & door lock5 $8,995 I Ul\i -.,1 1' 1'111-., (304)675-1731 ,\ I I\ I .., I ( ,_at ......... What next? WUELITZER PIANO 94 Mustang conv $4888 ·$900.00. Call between oo Neon $2688 iL------.....1 DOWN IIIIa n? AgUist your contract olthrea no-trump, West laade his lourtM'lg,ast heart, East pulling up the king. ibu win wi1h your ace and unblocl< your three club honors. GilliN' A JOB .JEST AIN'T PRACTICAL FER FELLERS LII<E US, LUI<EY !! 1:oo& 4:00. ,740·992-5043. lalJric ' 52 luUt0-'1 moybe 53 Third illlvMiu -"· 15 8lariiCI o. . 54 Scu\IJior 18 He loved 55 Confidtnce Lucy 5I Flah_.,.tlng 17 ldyfltc 1po1 mom11111 18 llonutlc I0 8 Opening lead: • Marty O'Bryant 1-888·991-7090 1-740·991·7090 Your carpet and upholstery cleaning solution lor over 20 years llepl lluelcot uy (2 wdl.) 41 IJI)hotatery 41 41 Wes' Nordl by 42 PoplrtJeyo 41 Watch - 1G More dllnttl 8oath 3 NT ol-ey 1 Zoo attrac1lon I BakM'I buy 11 Flew alone 12 City map ttnt 13 HotbltUII8d 14 Ollldalalln 11 QB t Dealer: South Vulnerable: Both \ Ih i • t 'I 9 K tO 7 4 • K H2 •AKQ t. .' I , "~ •Jtl62 t K QJ 2 V.C YOUNG Ill I' Eall .. 7 Roofing I GuH•r• Vinyl Sldlng I P1intlng Patio and Porch Deckl , West • I0 8 5 t A 9 7 5 wv 038725 Office space for rent or lease. Housekeeping and utilities included. Security system, large parking lot. Building is wired for T-1 . Located at At 7 & 735 trypaB&. Call (740)448-4109. rio • •• 70 Pine Street • Gallipolis 740-446-0007 Toll Free 877 -66!1-0007 RDIERT BIIIEil c•IIIICIIII t1 -10-07 • j-7 Electrical & Plumbing 740-9411-2217 N a I Coli Credit Hotline Commercial building •for Aenr 1600 square teet, off Gracious living. 1 and 2 bedGooiJi room apartments at VIMage L,,_ _ _ _ _ _... Manor and Rivet"elde ~artments In Middloport From $295-$444. Cell 74099 2· 5064. Equal Housing OpportunKies. -------Mlddlepon Beech Street, 2 Mollohan Carpet, 76 Vine bedroom furnished apart· ment, deposit & pre-rental Street. Gallipolis. Berber. $5.95/yd, Call for lree quote. references, no pet5, utilities (740)446-7444 paid, 1740)992-<) 165 - - - - - - - - Thompsons Appliance & Mkldleport 3r<l Ave., 1& 2 Aepa~r-675-7368. For sale. Bl. furnished apta, no peta, re-conditioned automatic pravtous ran1a1 reference. washers •~~o dryers, relrl~ra ""'"' 740-992.()165. · tors. gas and electric - - - - - - - - _ran~s. •'r co-"'ll ·oners, and 1 ... ... "" Move-in special! S100 oft wringer washers. Will do 1st mooth's rent 2br apt1 6 repairs on major brands In mi from Holzer. Water, shop or at vour home. sewer, trash paid. 7.0 6829243 or 988·6130 UBselad ,turnPi"tkeure Es,tore, 130 u vii e 1 · ectrtc gas New 2BA apartments. range&, chests, couches. Washer/dryer hOokup, mattreSBea, bunk beds. stoll8/refrigerator Included. dinettes, reclirwr5. (740)448· Alao. units on 'SR 160. Pete 4782, Gallipolis, OH. Hr& 11 · Wek:omoii740)441-Q194. 3N(M;.-S;;l~-----, - - - - - - - - N" 2b '" I nt -ted CONVENIENTLY LOCAT· ICO r ,.ar me ED AFFORIIAIII.EI in Pt Pleasant, with relrld''cook•ng ran~ T nh t t "' ~· ~~:o/~!~ t!:sm~~ri toreed air heat, AJC. washer & dryer hook up $300 RENT. Call (740l 441 -1111 month t $200 deposit lor application & Information. ('"') 875 •• 75 (804)877 ~ ·Uo,J or - utilities paid, no smoking, Small house newly remod- 2 bedroom garage apt. , no pets, quiet sehing. eled. 129 Union. Bidwell, $300 mo., $250 deposll, {740)992-41 19 ask tor OH. Call after 6pm 1.513 • Mason, WV. (304)713-9181 Marge. 300-8226 2 bedrooms all utilities paid - - - - - - - Immaculate 2 bedroom $55 0 mth $550 de MOIIILEFOR :_:_174---0"-)44-'. ---_;_6--'-02'---4-::1._ _.,--:---p-::. apartment New carpet & ~ """"• • cabinets, freshly painted & 2 BR In Rio Grande, S340 decorated, WID hookup. 14x70 Mobile Home, 2 BA, deposit Sl40 month + uti!. Beautiful country attting. Out buildings. very Nice. (304l757 •7389· Muat see to appreciate. Bulaville area. (740)367· Modern 1BR apt. (740)4<66· $399/mo. (614)595·7773 or 0654 or (740)645·3413. 0390 1-800·798-4686. r EllmVIew Apartments fJ :.:_17_ 40.':)36 '-'---7-_702 :.:_ 5- - - Mobile Home Lot in Johnson Mobile Home Park in Gallipolis, OH. Phone (740)446-200~ or (740)4461409. -------Nice 14' 70 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath hornS. Locllted between Athens and accepted Po $365 00 • Payment could be the meroy. · per month. Call (740)385·9948. same as rent Mortgage locators. Nice 2BA. central air, near (740)367-0000 Hwy 160. $J75 month plus HUD HOMES! badrocm, S' lR!!!ll'i deposit & relar3 2 /mo. bedroom, encee (7401379-2923 or 141 4 $ bath' (740)446·6865 $193/mo. 4% dn, 30 yre 0 "111"~:-8%. For listings 800·559· APARIMI!NJS Ft44. 4109 ext FORio.... n-----'----'-'---------- L.._ _ _ iii~-·-,1 In Pomero~, 3 Br., 2 bath. "'""' newly remodeled. 740-843- 1 & 2 Bedroom Apanments 5264. lor Rent, Meigs County, In town, No Pets, Deposit lp~· 3 ,br 12~o8m~ In Ptst· Required, (740)992·5174 or easan ogg · (740)441.01 tO $450/$450, 1yr lease, no - - - - - - - pets Ty (304)675-4030 1 and 2 badroom aparlLike new 3000 sq. ft. home, men1s. furnished and unturhardwood floor&, will be nished, securily deposit reroofed . 2 112 bath, laundry roquked, no pets. 74D-992· room $500/mo. (740)446-7425. 10x10x10x20 Bonkruptcy? We Con Helpl distance lo URG . Private entrance ancl eleele. •2&3 bedroom apartments $400/mo. (614)595-n73 or •Central heat I NC 14x70 trailer lor rent , Call 1-B00 -798-4686. •Washer/dryer hookup (740)367-7762. • All electric-- averaging Apartment tor rent, 1-2 - - - -- - , - - $50-$601monlh 2 bedroom trailer for rent on Bdrm .. remodeled; new car· farm . Call (540)72Q.. 1331 or pel. stove & frig ., wate1, •Owner pays water, aewer, (740)645·5595. trash · sewer, trash pd. Middleport. '-B.' : R---::-Tr ' --ai \er-. _ ;_ -H-ea lp ump, $425.00. No pete. Ref. (304)882-3017 2 fenced back lol, out building, requrred . 74D-843-5264. good neighborhood in BEAUTIFUL AMRT· Gallipolis Ferry $350 mo UENTI AT BUDGET lirm plus $300 deposit. PRICES AT JACKSON 13041675' 7149 ESTATES, 52 Westwood 3 bedroom mobile home In Drive trom $349 to $448. - - - - - - -country. (740)256--657•t Walk to shOp & movies. Call Furnished Gar11ge Apl. In 740-448-2568. Equal Mason, 1br, kitchen, living 3 BA. 2 BA. Doublewide, No Housing Opporturily. room & bath. o11 atreet parkPets, $475/mo, $475 ing pertec1 tor Contractors deposit. Close to RVHS. -C-O-NS_T_R_ U-CT_I_O_N_W_O_R_K _· (304)593-8187 i Ookwood Homea BAD CREDIT? NO CREDIT? 2 BA , Newly Freshly painted,Carpeted, Walking IElFITOUIE 97 Beech Street Middleport. OH Nwt• rJamil1J •·>tNH:• & MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAILErs 740·985·.l616 ~ ~;::=;;:===~=~:;::=::;;=:::~ •10-..,;,Hiiii~iiiiiiio_oll M~~ ~1E'i • t'OR RENT . r'-"' 0 nr,.n~ 1 j • ACROSS Patricia K. Mossman & NBA Cro11word Puzzle BRIDGE SCORPIO (Dot 24-NOY. 221- Show an appreciation fof pareon~ who go out of Mit way to try to dO nice tf'llngl for VQU. ~ you lake them lor grontod, IM!Ingo coukt brt hurt when the'r efbfil go unacknOWtedgodSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Doo. 211- Do not worry eout negative 1/tuatlonl that have yet to happen - and p.-oty ,.....,.r will. If ~ Nmaln I)OtltiYt, optl· miltk: end Mtf-MIUred, tl'leM quallllll will •rw u alhleld. SOUPTONUTZ approvm via omer- vency rule the proposed 2007 Melgo County Health Dlatrlct Fee lor S.rvlca · Schedule and the proposed Meigs County Soptage Regulations durtnv its 01102107 Meeting. Both art en.ctlve as ol • 2004 Mercury Sabl~ Loaded. leatl'ter seats. $900 49.000 mtles. $7.900 080 01103/07. (1)7, 10 1740)256-1 818 --- --- -- -----·--- -· �In Memory Wednesday, January 10, 2007 www.mydally..ntlnel.com Page B4 • The'Daily Sentinel Wadneaday, January 10, 2007 ALLEYOOP www.mydlllysentlnel.com The Daily Sentinel • Page B5 In Memory In Memory of Phillip Alder ., 6111/42 • 1/10/99 Miss me a little· But not to long And not with your head bowed low. Remember the love thai was shared, Miss me-Bullet me go. This is a part from a poem like I was a part of your life. So much has changed some good, some not so good. Hut no one or nothing will ever ftli the void in my heart from losing you my IJear Sweet Mother. Love, Your Daughter Sandy G randchiidren Jennifer, Trish & Rachel, Great Grandchildren Savannah, Kierslen, Billy and soon to he Me an •RENTALS •SALES •SERVICE •FREE DELIVERY •MONTHLY OXYGEN VISITS We>l Shade Barber Shop Owned & operated by Chris Parker 17 yrs. e:(perience . . First Barber Shop on Texas Road off Route 7 r r 3 bedroom on BrentwocKI Dr. Full basement. 2 car garage. $675 month plus deposit. (740}446-4051 . 3 bedrooms, Clifton, $400 per month pl us deposit, :.17_40_:)_74_2--_1_90_3_ _ _ _ 3BA home- SA 554, Bidwell$575/mo- sec. dep. references, all elec. (740)4463644 ;;_ _ -_ _ _ _ _ _ 3BR, 1 bath, LeGrande Blvd, no pels, $625 mo. + sec dep. (740)44&3644. 38R, 2 bath home- Plants SubOiv. $850/mo plus aec. deposit. NO PETS. (740)446-3644 AttenUonl Local company offering •NO DOWN PAYMENT" programs lor you to buy your home Instead of renting. ' 100% financing • Less than perfect credit I ................, Cell c::22:._t8'---. - - - - - : - - - - 1 BR ~~ in Spring Valey, WiD Hookl-I>S- Ask about Nice, clean Economical, 2br. free internet Call (740)441Wlbatiement, of! street park· 9668 or _(740 )339- 0362 . ing. Rei, Oep, No P91& (304)675-5162 2 bedroom apt. Stove, Pretty 3BR House for Rent. relrlg.· was her/dryer Cedar Str. Central Heat/air, hookup, water paid. close to FP. $69S+Uiil and dep. Call Holzer on Centenary Road. (740)446 _4639 _ No pets. (740)446-9442. ERa APARTMENT FOR RENT 2BR FULLY FURNISHED, LINENS SUPPLIED. WJO, FRIG/STOVE, CABLE, TRASH PICKUP ALL UTILITIES PAID MIN 2 OCCUPANTS, $120 EACH, PER INEEK JPAICE 3RD OCCUP''NT , NEGOTIABLEJ .ILl., - ·3._.., .,u an POINT PLEASANT, VIlEST VIRGINIA, 7 MILES FROM KYGER CREEK, 15 MILES FROM MOUNTAINEER, AVAILABLE EARLY JANU· .a.ov ~, - --------c:c--::-::-c- -··ERI CONSTRU c TIONAPARTMENT FOR RENT 2BR fully furnilhed, linent &upptiea, WID, Frig/Stove, cable, trath ptckup, all utilttiet paid, min 2 oocupantl, $120 each, per wen. 3rd ~ nprice l'legotilhAI Point Pleasant WI/. 7-mitn from Kvver Creek, 15-mitea from MountainHr, available ear~ January, 30UtS-3142 n'!~ 740-446-3570 street parking. Great location! 7<49 Third Avenue in Gallipolis. Rent $475fmo. Call Wayne (404)458-JS02 Hill 's Se lf Sto rc1ge Office apace for rant or lease. Pefia<;t tor truck dis· patch office. utilities includ· ad . Large lanced ~ area for tructt parking. located Ill AI. 7 & 735 bypaes. Call (740)446-4109. 29670 Bashan Road Racine, Ohio 45771 11 - - - - - - - - 8621 Deluxe 1 bedroom apt. for - - - - - - - rent $500 month + deposit, Tara Townhouse Apartments, Vary Spacious, 2 Bedrooms, CIA , 1 1/2 Bath. Adult Pool & Baby Pool. Patio, Start $4 251Mo. No Petl, Lean Plus Security "--·" Required (740)J67·70a6:"' , -------Twin Alve11 Tower Ia accepting applications tor walling list for Hud·subelzed, 1· br, apartment. cal l 675-6679 -Equal Hou~ng Opportunity CI~ASSIFIEDS • ' 4 3 • J 10 9 I 5 J MONTY 992-3194 or 992·6635 . "Middleport's only Self-Storace· • New Homes • Garages • Complete Remodeling !.YOUNG'S CARPENUR SERVICE 1411-112-lm Slop & Compere Room AddHiona I R•modellng N.wGar•gn ' t 'l ' lin '' l 41 l.ot8 THE RED CARPET TREATMENT · FRANK & EARNEST Me NOTt41N6 GIVfS A G~fATt~ FtfLIN6 OF ACC.OMPLISttMENT / TttAN NOT AC.COMPLISttiNG ANYTt41N6. ' • •BARNEY HllUiDIOUI NAME ONE WORKPLACE THAT'LL LET YA CALL IN -'"'' NABB&1) II •THE BORN LOSER : ";i€.L.LO, ~IEF?'IHOR!oli~l'l'\.£""' . !::.0~10 'i 1>1!>~-~'i W""'-E: 'lOU, t>ll> t 7"""'l I( &. C-t.U.Ii'lro ... ~ ~ ()..\(. " Quality aff01dable vehicles F•IIJit 'Nith 3 months/3,000 miles r. warranty. We have Cavaliers, Sunlires, Salurns, Grand Ams. vans. trucks and more. 0% Financing- 36 Mos can or stop by Cook available now on John Mo1ora. 328 Jackson Pit<e C.ere z Trak Zero lUrna & (7401446-0103 GoolY; 5.1111% Fi>ed Rate on John Deere Qatora Carmichael Equipment (740)446-2412. " BOWFLEX ULTIMATE Financing as low as 0'1.- 36 XTLU· every option, 0\ler 90 Mos. on John Deere 7 ~ercse, like new $850. Series 4Jt4, 4x5 & 5x4 740 1-1971 M-F. 9-5 Round B.. era/500 Series MoCcaiSquare Baiera. ~IRD.l.ANEOlN MERctlANDiiE Also' available 5.9% on L...liiiiiiiiliiliiiOii.,l Uud Hay Equipment. AH rates thru John Deere 2 Ticket& Allscal Flats, Credit. Carmichael Chas. Civic Center, 2·8-07. Equipment (740)446-24t2_ Left center floor, Row HH - - - - - - - seals 1&2 $150 each, $300 Keller Built- Valley- B~onpair. 2 tickets Row BB aeata Horae and livestock Loadmu· 4&5 oenter lloor $175 Trlllel'leach, SJ50 pair (J04)6J9- (looseneck, Dumps, & 64 _ _7_2 - - - - - - utility- A.luma Aluminum Firewood. seasoned oal< Tratttrl· B&W Gooseneck Hilchea. Carmichael and ash, delivered. Equipment (740)446-2412 (740)448-9204 rl~t 1986 International dump truck, 1 1f2 ton. 1600 series, non COL. snow plow. 19,000 miles, good tires, diesel engine, 5 sp and 2 sp rear, rusty but usable, $4,900, 74o-A16-091B. -------2001 Dodge Dakota. 68.000 miles. V6. 5spd. 4x4, ~200 .OBO. (740)256-1233 - ---'-For_d_:F __- -XLT_S_up _e• 250 2000 Duty. 4WO. ext cab. silver 32,000 miles $21 ,500 4_11.:. 5"_ 0_ _ _ _ :.:1304 .:..:_!6:._7.:. •Home • Portable Oxy·gen • Homefill System • Helios System i":.•. •PEANUTS ~ .~~e~":i"·"Z'!!!ri.. 91 Ford F150 2wd reg. cab, AJC, tilt, cruise ladder rack. tool boll. call 416-4604 - & MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IN A VNIQUE WAV, IF "(OU NEED ZECHARIM IS ONE MOST IMI'ORTANT AN't' HEll, JIJST 0~ TilE BOOKS IN THE OlJI 70 Pine Street • Gallipolis LET ME KNOW 446-0007 •SUNSHINE CLUB Advertise in this space for SlOB per month. 1998 Ford Wlndsta1 Northwood. Great con<lltiofl 94,000 miles. 74D-985·3810 S3800 or best offer . -.1 I{\ ll I -., :: 43_ _ _ _ lion, _1304 _!6_~ __ Female English Bulldog ~c. 12wka. brlngto & whitt. Vet checked.. (740)041-Q712, (740)44t· ...... 72ffl -------Miniature Pinschers, 3 blaoillan males, wormed, e ..... old Jan. 71h, $300. (740)386-8124. r -- ~ 1 YOUR BUSINESS IN THE CLASSifiEDS =a~~~ ~.:04 ======-= Public Notice -, Tile Board 2001 Dodge Stratus, 4 cyl .. Auto, A.ir. 105,000 mtles, $3200 DBQ_ (740)256- 1233 ------2003 Dodge Neon_ 4 0\'1 ., IWto, Air. 40.000 mtles. _$3500 _ _oeo __-_17_ 40_12_5_6- 12_33_ 2 '- . .--·. 1 b · ···l_~-~11~~~· §i~·~~J DBO. (740)794-0231. 1996 Pontiac Grand Am. $1 ,800. Call (740)446-1874. JIM•'-'• •h'l I 1 . . . . . .a.. KBB- $1180. Sell-$700 -----~-­ 9AQ 25 2• Pua Pua 2t Pall s.rt- 2 Give the lllp 3 Humdrum 4 Bulrulll or 2ellotygun blut 21 Got wind of clltlll 5 Join on 8 llontlnd of tltemovlaa 7 Wtlrdtr 34Ditl35 -loboaof 8 SanUtwlnda 311~ i DIM 10 Plgakln 38~ ... 11 Si!thon· Pracond~ 32 Eut ' Pall Pau 6 Another door to be opened Ilona 33~= •.. ..,._ 20 Banlater 44 lncliar11 21 Knowtodge, coger briefly 45 llllliy Way 22 Chocollle pari condy 47 kick out 24 wonr. of 41 sm.·a 1Urpril8 - lllmp -" 2e Shorp tuma 49 Couldron 27 Allce'o 50 lhke a chronicler miatau 28 lnvolcl 51 "Skip to lly 30 Grate upon 52 Erwioft. 31 37 (2 well.) Cotortng - llarahy lnletl ..... 40 Fizzy drink 12 On a orulu 39 Attempt Ac1of John Barry11101e said, 'Happlnes& often sneaks in through a door you did· n1 know you lett opon.' Happiness after yesterday's deal required fi~ng lour Of)8rl doors to the dummy - lour antriae. Today, you need only ooo entry, but how woold you find ~ Ill South's sequence - a strong, artificial and forcing two ctubllollowad by •lump to thlea no-trump - shows a balanced 25-27 potnta_ It Is an awkward auc:tiofl becauaa lhe rosponder, ~he has a weak hand and a lour- or live-card mejor, ctorto no1 know - r to pau or to bid. (Four clubl ~ld be Stayman, and lour ol a red sun • transter.) ibu have ~· top trloka: ooo lj)lldl. two hearts and three club&- ibu would btl in clover ~ you could gel tn1o lhe dummy, gaining accooato 1hoa8 axtro club trlt:lls. but how? ibu could toad a 10w lj)lldl towaro dummy's I"'*• hoping 1hal Wost has tha king, but lhet lalla 11ora. Eaat takal lhe jack wllh his king and returns a heart tnsteacl,teacl lhe SllOd8 QlMn !rom your hand. H Eaat takn tho triCk with Ills king, CELEBRITY CIPHER by Lull Campoa Ctiltdy C1JNr ~ n CJtlllld 1rtrn QUC*rlionl ~ llmiQ; PI'IPI· put and ll"lllll E«:rr . . ~ .. ~'**IOr...xtllf foday't c:Q: L equals M " F TKIP Melga County of Health 2 2 2 ..:.v..::=.. EGIIGKJFAX ; OWTP QYORQHHP OTTH EQPFKV ETJEHT QOOTKOFJK OJ OWTL ." PREVIOUS SOlUTION - "Cautiofl: ~ lhe eldest child ol wisdom ." - Victor Hugo 'I make mistakes; I~ be lhe second to adlnn it' • Jean Kerr AstroGraph -·Utdttr: Tllunclay, Jon. 11, 2007 By llornlco Oool Don't gat discouraged at lhose times when the b'"ka don't come about In the ways 'fOU anticipate. Vour rrospects lor 8\/Eirything going well are good. but In their own time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan_ 19) - II looks Uke ~·11 remain In control of all the events of the day, but at thoae moments when your energy dimin· IShe8 you may display a cranky aide. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-feb. 191- Without paying much heed to your beha"VIor 01" actions, you might be a bn more Insistent that others do thinga your way. Be more tolerant and chal"ltabMt at thll time, not dletalorial. PISCES (Feb. 20-MaR:h 20) -Try not to make an issue ol something tha1. in real· ity, is rather trMal - don't apcMI a fine day. II yoU inaist on infuaing Importance to pelt)' lssuet, It'll create unnecessary problems. ARIES (March 21-Aprll 19)- If you're involllecl in arry type of commercial con· tract or Important agreement with another, pay attention to the small print or details Therein could lay ti"Oli:lle ahead. TAURUS (Apn\ 20-May 20) - The Interests or others might not be completely in accord with vour agenda. but if you 00 along with the will of tne malarlty. it'll keep lhings happy at woril and at home. GEMINI (May 2hlune 20) - Although you might not be able to do tMrything you desire at IIIIo time, by keeping pace with things lt\al really matter, you'll t>a glad vou cldn't cause problems lor your· A RECK N IF U T r r II ,--------,never F L E lH S l 6 I r I I I e I "I iltink a SOUI]lllM," gT41Dps mused, "i• a peeviolh perwn who quite wipes his opioioo ... his --- " . _ _ 8 PRINT • . • Complete •• chuckle quoltd by filling l.n the M [iSit~g word• you develop from ~ep No. 3 bel"". - FOR ANSW!R I • I I' I l lrus 'l l ! NUMBERED LETTERS I IN THESE SQUARES A UNSCRAA\BLE ltTTERS V . l 3 SCU.M.I.E'TS ANSWERS I I li'l107 I.Mger- Haven- Grant - Attack -CHANGED While attending a convention. I sunnisod that a convmalion is border tu stllrt if tht. wealber b.as nN CHANGED ARLO & JANIS CANCER (Jtr~e 21-Juty 22)- II might be wise not to purchase any expensive merchalldlH klr the nouse purely on impulse. By shopping around, you'll tind much nicer things etsewhere and at a better price. LEO (JUy 23-Aug. 22) - It there Is something you, are advocating, don't QV81l81e or overstate that which you are trying to convince oth8ra ot. The stronger you make your pitch, the IMI they're apt to accept it. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 221 - Take care of any errands you've neglected for the past number of weeks. but don't get yourself In a dither o...r them. The only one who Ia apt to haw • 1topwatch oo your completiQn Is you. LIBRA (Sept 23-0ct. 23) - Someone who knows you are a kind and ~rous person might put the bite on you wttan he or she catches you at a weaK moment. Juat be eure to mldch your gen· eroslly will\ prectlcolll)'. • GilT • XRXGIS XJKOGV i8H. 1/11> Recycl ng CKC Cocker pop- 2478 or 740·416-0918. ~es CKC RatSpaniel Terrier pup$2595.00 DBO. 740-992:c <P.. ((.tfll :s 1H£ san., . . . . --.. --anler.•• AKC Mate Lab pupa_ 1986 Jagua, 4 doo• Excoltont pedigree. $300. vanDerPiaus Oetuxo 6 cyl (740)44Hl1JO or (740)<41 - auto very nice sun roof. excellent tires. cirivas and 7251 . rides super. 126K miles. ~~ T~r:eral~,:; ()t'Jll(. ~M ~'s BASEMENT WATERPROOfiNCl Uncondilional lifetime guar-. antee. Local references fur- ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' nished. Established 1975. 1"'~~~-----~ caM 24 Hro. I740l 446· 0870, Rogers Basement a9a Waterproollng. It' n.~ 43 Rellllt tray item ._.I EMPLOYMENT t 18 Worry too much O :BIG NATE i:'l!15~~.... ~·u·~·v··s-..., • K '~~ FOR SAU: JET AERATION MOTORS Repaired, New & RebiJitt In Stock. Call Ron Evans, 1800-537-9528. Yemaha Gas Golf Cart, Horton Crooat>ow, KniQI\l Muzzle loader, Old Barn 5\dng. (740)2411·5747. -Krou.ct, 23 Cllnton'a VP ' wllh "out" clubs. F.g-rer , Sl>olmNG 8oulh • A Q C3 dummy's jack iltha entry lhet will bring • happlnooo to you aod your partner. But let's suppooa Eaat vtsualiZee your plan and lelli your queen hold. Whatlhen? 'lbu shift to <iamondB, driv· ing out lhe .... ~ you two spades, two hearts. two diamonds and th.,. llftr--...,.,.---., riO I ·------,.1 j 94 Taurus $1688 98 Malibu $2388 FOil 5.\u: 94 Grand Am $1650 Rome Auto Sales Over 40 units in stock (740)441 -9544 Commercial bulld1ng ~F01 SaleM1600 sq ft. of! street Ford 2002 Focus, Station parking. Great location. Call wagon. w/aJr. elec. windows & door lock5 $8,995 I Ul\i -.,1 1' 1'111-., (304)675-1731 ,\ I I\ I .., I ( ,_at ......... What next? WUELITZER PIANO 94 Mustang conv $4888 ·$900.00. Call between oo Neon $2688 iL------.....1 DOWN IIIIa n? AgUist your contract olthrea no-trump, West laade his lourtM'lg,ast heart, East pulling up the king. ibu win wi1h your ace and unblocl< your three club honors. GilliN' A JOB .JEST AIN'T PRACTICAL FER FELLERS LII<E US, LUI<EY !! 1:oo& 4:00. ,740·992-5043. lalJric ' 52 luUt0-'1 moybe 53 Third illlvMiu -"· 15 8lariiCI o. . 54 Scu\IJior 18 He loved 55 Confidtnce Lucy 5I Flah_.,.tlng 17 ldyfltc 1po1 mom11111 18 llonutlc I0 8 Opening lead: • Marty O'Bryant 1-888·991-7090 1-740·991·7090 Your carpet and upholstery cleaning solution lor over 20 years llepl lluelcot uy (2 wdl.) 41 IJI)hotatery 41 41 Wes' Nordl by 42 PoplrtJeyo 41 Watch - 1G More dllnttl 8oath 3 NT ol-ey 1 Zoo attrac1lon I BakM'I buy 11 Flew alone 12 City map ttnt 13 HotbltUII8d 14 Ollldalalln 11 QB t Dealer: South Vulnerable: Both \ Ih i • t 'I 9 K tO 7 4 • K H2 •AKQ t. .' I , "~ •Jtl62 t K QJ 2 V.C YOUNG Ill I' Eall .. 7 Roofing I GuH•r• Vinyl Sldlng I P1intlng Patio and Porch Deckl , West • I0 8 5 t A 9 7 5 wv 038725 Office space for rent or lease. Housekeeping and utilities included. Security system, large parking lot. Building is wired for T-1 . Located at At 7 & 735 trypaB&. Call (740)448-4109. rio • •• 70 Pine Street • Gallipolis 740-446-0007 Toll Free 877 -66!1-0007 RDIERT BIIIEil c•IIIICIIII t1 -10-07 • j-7 Electrical & Plumbing 740-9411-2217 N a I Coli Credit Hotline Commercial building •for Aenr 1600 square teet, off Gracious living. 1 and 2 bedGooiJi room apartments at VIMage L,,_ _ _ _ _ _... Manor and Rivet"elde ~artments In Middloport From $295-$444. Cell 74099 2· 5064. Equal Housing OpportunKies. -------Mlddlepon Beech Street, 2 Mollohan Carpet, 76 Vine bedroom furnished apart· ment, deposit & pre-rental Street. Gallipolis. Berber. $5.95/yd, Call for lree quote. references, no pet5, utilities (740)446-7444 paid, 1740)992-<) 165 - - - - - - - - Thompsons Appliance & Mkldleport 3r<l Ave., 1& 2 Aepa~r-675-7368. For sale. Bl. furnished apta, no peta, re-conditioned automatic pravtous ran1a1 reference. washers •~~o dryers, relrl~ra ""'"' 740-992.()165. · tors. gas and electric - - - - - - - - _ran~s. •'r co-"'ll ·oners, and 1 ... ... "" Move-in special! S100 oft wringer washers. Will do 1st mooth's rent 2br apt1 6 repairs on major brands In mi from Holzer. Water, shop or at vour home. sewer, trash paid. 7.0 6829243 or 988·6130 UBselad ,turnPi"tkeure Es,tore, 130 u vii e 1 · ectrtc gas New 2BA apartments. range&, chests, couches. Washer/dryer hOokup, mattreSBea, bunk beds. stoll8/refrigerator Included. dinettes, reclirwr5. (740)448· Alao. units on 'SR 160. Pete 4782, Gallipolis, OH. Hr& 11 · Wek:omoii740)441-Q194. 3N(M;.-S;;l~-----, - - - - - - - - N" 2b '" I nt -ted CONVENIENTLY LOCAT· ICO r ,.ar me ED AFFORIIAIII.EI in Pt Pleasant, with relrld''cook•ng ran~ T nh t t "' ~· ~~:o/~!~ t!:sm~~ri toreed air heat, AJC. washer & dryer hook up $300 RENT. Call (740l 441 -1111 month t $200 deposit lor application & Information. ('"') 875 •• 75 (804)877 ~ ·Uo,J or - utilities paid, no smoking, Small house newly remod- 2 bedroom garage apt. , no pets, quiet sehing. eled. 129 Union. Bidwell, $300 mo., $250 deposll, {740)992-41 19 ask tor OH. Call after 6pm 1.513 • Mason, WV. (304)713-9181 Marge. 300-8226 2 bedrooms all utilities paid - - - - - - - Immaculate 2 bedroom $55 0 mth $550 de MOIIILEFOR :_:_174---0"-)44-'. ---_;_6--'-02'---4-::1._ _.,--:---p-::. apartment New carpet & ~ """"• • cabinets, freshly painted & 2 BR In Rio Grande, S340 decorated, WID hookup. 14x70 Mobile Home, 2 BA, deposit Sl40 month + uti!. Beautiful country attting. Out buildings. very Nice. (304l757 •7389· Muat see to appreciate. Bulaville area. (740)367· Modern 1BR apt. (740)4<66· $399/mo. (614)595·7773 or 0654 or (740)645·3413. 0390 1-800·798-4686. r EllmVIew Apartments fJ :.:_17_ 40.':)36 '-'---7-_702 :.:_ 5- - - Mobile Home Lot in Johnson Mobile Home Park in Gallipolis, OH. Phone (740)446-200~ or (740)4461409. -------Nice 14' 70 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath hornS. Locllted between Athens and accepted Po $365 00 • Payment could be the meroy. · per month. Call (740)385·9948. same as rent Mortgage locators. Nice 2BA. central air, near (740)367-0000 Hwy 160. $J75 month plus HUD HOMES! badrocm, S' lR!!!ll'i deposit & relar3 2 /mo. bedroom, encee (7401379-2923 or 141 4 $ bath' (740)446·6865 $193/mo. 4% dn, 30 yre 0 "111"~:-8%. For listings 800·559· APARIMI!NJS Ft44. 4109 ext FORio.... n-----'----'-'---------- L.._ _ _ iii~-·-,1 In Pomero~, 3 Br., 2 bath. "'""' newly remodeled. 740-843- 1 & 2 Bedroom Apanments 5264. lor Rent, Meigs County, In town, No Pets, Deposit lp~· 3 ,br 12~o8m~ In Ptst· Required, (740)992·5174 or easan ogg · (740)441.01 tO $450/$450, 1yr lease, no - - - - - - - pets Ty (304)675-4030 1 and 2 badroom aparlLike new 3000 sq. ft. home, men1s. furnished and unturhardwood floor&, will be nished, securily deposit reroofed . 2 112 bath, laundry roquked, no pets. 74D-992· room $500/mo. (740)446-7425. 10x10x10x20 Bonkruptcy? We Con Helpl distance lo URG . Private entrance ancl eleele. •2&3 bedroom apartments $400/mo. (614)595-n73 or •Central heat I NC 14x70 trailer lor rent , Call 1-B00 -798-4686. •Washer/dryer hookup (740)367-7762. • All electric-- averaging Apartment tor rent, 1-2 - - - -- - , - - $50-$601monlh 2 bedroom trailer for rent on Bdrm .. remodeled; new car· farm . Call (540)72Q.. 1331 or pel. stove & frig ., wate1, •Owner pays water, aewer, (740)645·5595. trash · sewer, trash pd. Middleport. '-B.' : R---::-Tr ' --ai \er-. _ ;_ -H-ea lp ump, $425.00. No pete. Ref. (304)882-3017 2 fenced back lol, out building, requrred . 74D-843-5264. good neighborhood in BEAUTIFUL AMRT· Gallipolis Ferry $350 mo UENTI AT BUDGET lirm plus $300 deposit. PRICES AT JACKSON 13041675' 7149 ESTATES, 52 Westwood 3 bedroom mobile home In Drive trom $349 to $448. - - - - - - -country. (740)256--657•t Walk to shOp & movies. Call Furnished Gar11ge Apl. In 740-448-2568. Equal Mason, 1br, kitchen, living 3 BA. 2 BA. Doublewide, No Housing Opporturily. room & bath. o11 atreet parkPets, $475/mo, $475 ing pertec1 tor Contractors deposit. Close to RVHS. -C-O-NS_T_R_ U-CT_I_O_N_W_O_R_K _· (304)593-8187 i Ookwood Homea BAD CREDIT? NO CREDIT? 2 BA , Newly Freshly painted,Carpeted, Walking IElFITOUIE 97 Beech Street Middleport. OH Nwt• rJamil1J •·>tNH:• & MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAILErs 740·985·.l616 ~ ~;::=;;:===~=~:;::=::;;=:::~ •10-..,;,Hiiii~iiiiiiio_oll M~~ ~1E'i • t'OR RENT . r'-"' 0 nr,.n~ 1 j • ACROSS Patricia K. Mossman & NBA Cro11word Puzzle BRIDGE SCORPIO (Dot 24-NOY. 221- Show an appreciation fof pareon~ who go out of Mit way to try to dO nice tf'llngl for VQU. ~ you lake them lor grontod, IM!Ingo coukt brt hurt when the'r efbfil go unacknOWtedgodSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Doo. 211- Do not worry eout negative 1/tuatlonl that have yet to happen - and p.-oty ,.....,.r will. If ~ Nmaln I)OtltiYt, optl· miltk: end Mtf-MIUred, tl'leM quallllll will •rw u alhleld. SOUPTONUTZ approvm via omer- vency rule the proposed 2007 Melgo County Health Dlatrlct Fee lor S.rvlca · Schedule and the proposed Meigs County Soptage Regulations durtnv its 01102107 Meeting. Both art en.ctlve as ol • 2004 Mercury Sabl~ Loaded. leatl'ter seats. $900 49.000 mtles. $7.900 080 01103/07. (1)7, 10 1740)256-1 818 --- --- -- -----·--- -· �Page 86 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Wednesday, January to, :1007 Belarus cancels tax on Russia oil shipments, signaling possible resolution to oil dispute, A2 Hall closed to MeGwire as Ripken and GWynn gain entry. . . BY RONALD BLUM ASSOCIATED PRESS 1!1!"!11!'!!!! NEW YORK Mark McGwire's Hall of Fame bid was met wi th a rejection as emphatic '" his upper-deck home runs. While • the door to Cooperstown swun g open for Cal Ripken . J r. and Tony Gwy nn on Tuesday. McGwire was picked by less than a 4uarter of voters - a result that mise• doubts about whether Barry Bonds. Sammy Sosa or other sluggers from baseball 's Steroids Era will ever gain entry. McGwire. whose 5XJ home runs rank seventh on the career list. appeared on 12R of a record 545 ballots in voting released Tuesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. "I hope that as time goes on, that number will increase," Gwynn said. " I hope that one day he will get into the Hall of Fame, because I reall y believe he deserves it. " The 23 .5 percent vote McGwire received represented the first referendum on how history will judge an age when bulked-up players came under suspiciOn of using perfonnance-enhancing drugs. Baseball didn't ban steroids ' until after the 2002 season. ,.,e k·new," G wynn sa1u. ""' ·.• " Players knew. Owners knew. Everybody knew, and we didn't say anything about it." Gwynn. with an infectious laugh and smile. and Ripken, with cool profess ionalism, .were different on and off the tield. They both said they knew McGwire would take some attention from their elections, but while Gwynn was open with his opinion on Big Mac, Ripken was guarded. Ripken said Goose Gossage and Jim Rice belong in the Hall. but stayed away from whether McGwire should gain the honor. "I don't think it's my place to actually cast judgment." Ripken said. He also rejected Gwynn's assertion that steroid use was common knowledge. ·'J didn't know," Ripken said. "Looking back. maybe I. can be the most naive and ·· AP phatao At left. for mer Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken speaks to reporters during a news conference while at right former San Diego Padre To~y Gwynn laughs during a ceremony and news conference commemorating his election to the Nationa l Baseball Hall Of Fame in San Diego Tuesday. most ignorant person around." As the announcement apprm1ched. fans, players and manage rs voiced their views. Many voters said McGwire was hurt by his 2005 congressional testimony, when he repeatedly evaded questions. 'There's that big black cloud hanging over baseball with steroids," Gossage said. "It 's a shame. There are a lot of great players in that erd. Who knows what 's going to happen'?" Gwynn remembered the way McGwire "was able to really bring a town and u country together" when he hit a record 70 homers in 1998 - a mark Bonds broke when he hit 7J three years later. Gwynn predicted McGwire eventually will be elected. Jim Milner, McGwire's business representative. did not return telephone calls. McGwire, who lives in a gated community in Irvine, Calif.. has made few public comments in recent years. Survives rebounds (Johnson seven, Counts six). 22 turnovers. seven assists, 12 steals (Hunter four), and 18 fouls . from Page81 Sputh Gallia hit 22-for-52 Beaver had four in the overall. hitting 18-for-41 final round for the winners two's. 4-for- 12 three's. and and McCombs added three I 0-14 at the line. The with an important bonus Rebels had 32 rebounds charity toss from Phi llips. (McCarty 6. Call 5 ). 25 I0 assists Johnson .paced Southern's turnovers. comeback with six. Ryan (Beaver 3, Phillips 2). ten Chapman added four. · steals. and 14 fouls. Southern broke the highly Me Kni ght three, and two each from Riftle and touted 3X-game Rebel reserve winning streak with Hunter. Southern hit 19-for-49, a stunning 53-35 win. hitting 17-for-36 two's, 2- Coach Kyle Wickline's club for-l.l three's. and a much established a strong lead at !letter 13-for-14 at the line. the half with a Manuel Southern grabbed 29 (eight points) outburst to Top from Page 81 followed bv Zach Henrick with nine p(•ints, four steals and five assists. Evan Matheny with seven points and Jordan Bobo. Greg Frost, Mike McDonald. Seth Fow fer and Matt Ashcraft with two points ap1ece . For Eastern. Kyle Gordan and Josh Collins paced the team with seven points apiece and were followed in scoring by Kyle Rawson Wahama from Page 81 with 20 point" and three steals and was followed in scoring by Airael Derifield with nine points and three boards. Taylor Hy sell with eight points. fiv e rebounds and three assists. Kayanna • Sayre with five points and three assists and Mary Kehler with four point.\ and three rebounds . Wolt'e had 22 point s, seven rebounds and a pair of steals and assists apiece to pace the Lady Marauders. Clell and added 16 points and three stea ls. Amber with s1x points. Alex McGrath with four poinb, Tyler Kearns with two points and Jake Lynch with one point . Alexander also claimed the reserve game in a much closer 35 -26 victory. Kyl e paced the Barnhouse Spartans with 14 points while Eastern was led by Mike John son with 10 points and Jake Lynch with seve n. Eastern will return to action 6:30 p.m. Friday when it travels to Miller EASTERN (271 Burton had two points and eig ht rebounds, Brittany Preas! had . two points and three rebounds and Cay la Lee had two points. Melissa Grueser did not ~et into the scoring column~ but contributed with a game high nine rebounds. Both teams stru ggled from the fuul line as Meigs hit 54 percent (12-for-22) and Wahama was a bit better wi th 56 percent ( 13-for23). but it 1<a.s the shots made down the stretch which mattered most which helped propel Wahama to the win. Wahama will return to the court Monday when it travels to Poca while Meig> Commissioner Bud Selig seventh-highest ever, also declined comment on trailing Ty Cobb, George MdJwire but readily praised Brett and Hank Aaron. Ripken and Gwynn. If he had been picked by "I have enormous aft'ection two of the eight voters who for both individuals," he said. dido ' t select him, Ripken "They not only obviously would have set the percenthad historic achievements on age record, but he didn 't the field, but they represented mind. Two voters submitted the sport as well as it could blank ballots. be represented." "All I wanted to hear was, Ripken and Gwynn were 'You're in,"' Ripken said. "I rarities in the age of free really didn' t get caught up in agency. each spending his wanting to be unanimous or entire career with one team. wanting to be the most." They will be inducted during Gwynn worried that he ceremonies July 29 at the might get I 00 percent. ''For the last month. I think, Hall along with anyone elected from the Veterans that's all I mulct think about, Committee vote, which will hoping that I didn ' t get near that number," he said. tle announced Feb. 27. Ripken. the Baltimore "We' ve never had one, and Orioles shortstop who set so I sure dido ' t want to be baseball 's ironman record, that guy who was closest." Bill Shannon of Sports was picked by 537 voters and appeared on 98.53 percent of Press Service, who also does ballot s to finish with the freelance writing for The third-highest percentage Associated Press, omitted behind Tom Seaver (98.84) and Nolan Ryan (98.79). Gwynn, who won eight batting titles with the San Diego Padres, received 532 votes for '17.61 percem, the · Ripken and Gwynn because he wanted to vote for 10 other players - the maxi mLtm allowed. "I thought they were such obvious candidates they didn' t need my vote," he said . " I wasn' t thinking in terms of a I 00 percent." Ripken, a 19-time All -Star and two-time AL MVP. played in a major leaguerecord 2.6J2 consecutive games to break Lou Gehrig 's mark of 2.130. He also set a new standard l(>r power-hitting shortstops with 43 I home runs and J, 184 hits . His hot-water heater didn't work Tuesday morning, making him laugh and recall starting his pro career at Bluefield in 197R. "I was sitting there remembering the cold- shower day s," Ripken said. Gwynn. a 15-time All-Star, compiled J,l41 hits and a .338 balling average during his 20-year career with the San Diego Padres. He woke up at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, couldn 't get back to sleep and was fid ge ty and nervous before he received the" call from Jack O'Connell . the BBWAA secretary-treasurer. ··1 broke down rig ht away," Gwynn said. "My wife ca m~ over and put an arm around me." Gwy nn hit on ly I 35 homers matching MeG wir~ \ tolUI in 1998 and l'llJlJ ·-- anJ joketl that he'd be the "Punch and Judy" spokesman fm the next few months. "For me. it's kind of validation bec.1use the type of player that I '""doesn't get a whole lot of credit in today's ~a m e." he said. "I didn' t win any championships. I didn't hit a whole lot nf home runs. I didn't drive in a whole lot of people ... Gossage finished third with JKK votes. falling 2 1 shy of the necessary .J09. Hi s percentage increased from 64.6 to 7 1. 2. putting him in goocl pusition to reach the necessary 75 percent nex t year. The highest percentage for a player who wasn't elected in a later year was 63.4 by Gil Hodges 111 19KJ. his final time 011 the ballot. "It kind of feels weird to be that c·lose ," Gmsage saii:l. "Hopefull y. ne xt year will be the year." R1 ce was foU11h with J46, his percentage dropping to 6J.S trom 64.8 last vear. He was followed by- Andre Dawson (309) , Ben Blyleven (260). Lee Smith (2 17 ) and Jack Morri s (2021. McGwire was ninth, fol lowed by Tommy John ( 125) and Steve Garvey ( 115), who was in his final year of eligibllny. Jose Canseco, who accused McGwire of using qerotd.,, received six vote< in his first appearance and will be dropped from future ballots. Pete Rose. the banned career hits leader who has never appeared on the ballot. received li•ur write-in votes. • Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio ,)c•( .I:\:IS•\ul . .)h,l\u . lll Sou thern hosts Tnmble Frtday. SOUTHERN (531 Weston Counts 2 0·0 5, Weston Roberts 1 0-0 2. Patrick Johnson 6 5·5 17, Wes Rillle 2 3-4 7. Jacob Hunter 4 2-2 11 , Corbn1 Sellers 1 0-0 2. Ryan Chapman 1 2-2 4, Jesse McKnighl 2 1-1 5 Totals· 19 13-1 4 53. SOUTH GAlliA (58) Aaron Phtlhps 2 4-5 8. Dustin McCombs 5 4-b 14 , Demck Beaver 4 0-0 8. Ryan Getger 1 0-0 2, Justtn Tnplett 1 0·0 2. Travis McCa rty 4 0-0 11 , Tyler Duncan 2 0-1 5. Steven Call 3 2-2 B. Totals 22 10.. 14 58 Three-pomt goa ts Southern 2 {Hunter. Counts 1). South Gallia 4 (McCarty 3). Josh Co llins 2 3~ 4 7, Jake lynch 0 1-2 1, Kelly Winebrenner 0 0-0 0. Alex McGrath 0 4-4 4, Kyle Gorda.n 2 1-2 7, Mi Ke Johnson 0 0-0 0. Zach Hendrix 0 0.0 0, Nathan Carroll 0 0-0 0. Kyle Rawson 2 2-6 6. Joel Lynch 0 2-2 2. Tyler Kearns 0 2·2 2. TOTALS: 6 13-20 slight decrease . BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH HOEFUCH@MVDAilVSENTINEL.COM The collection of taxes each year cannot exceed POMEROY - Taxpayers the amount needed to pay in the Meigs Local School the required amount on District will see a minor bond retirement. The figure redu ction in the amount effective this year is down they pay this year toward fractionally from last Jear retirement of bonds issued and now is estimate at by the district for the con- 2.90 mills. according to the struction of the Meigs tax budget. It was pointed Middle and Elementary out that the total amount of reduction to all di strictSchools. At Tuesday night's meet- wide taxpayers will be ing of the Board of approximately $8,000. However, Rhonemu s Education , treasurer Mark Rhonemus presented the pointed out that there is a tax budget showing the potential for a much larger county auditor's estimated reduction if a "bond rates which indicated a refunding" program can be implemented. He said he is hopeful this can be done very soon and indicated he was in touch with the brokerage firm handling the detail s. The treasurer ex plained that while the figure is now at 2 .~0 mills he anticipates wit?· the refunding program it ,.would drop to 2.50 over ttfe life of the bond, resulting in a sizable real estate tax decrease to Meigs Local taxpayers . Rhonemus said the process of refunding mvolves hav ing a broker sell new bonds at a lessor interest rate, and then call in the higher interest old bonds. In an earlier mee ting he had emphasized that the savings reduction would be to the taxpayers and not to the school dtstri ct. The annual tax budget detailing district finances was presented at the meeting, approved by the Board, and will now be filed with the Meigs County Budget Commission . In other business action taken by the Board included: • establishing the hourly rate of pay for Don Karr, custodian, at $1 0 per hour retroactive to Jan . I; BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT®MYDAILVSENTINELCOM Page AS • Marla France, 53 • Luther B. Lemley, 85 • Lloyd 'Dinty' Moore, 90 • Doris Rogers, 80 MIDDLEPORT - Gary G. Rose, 40, of Saluda, S.C., and formerly of Middleport, was killed in a trailer ftre on Monday according to Keith Turner, coroner for Saluda County, S.C. Turner said Rose died during the trailer fire at 140 Nature Way Road in Saluda. An autopsy was. completed on Tuesday morning. "There was no foul play involved and it was accidental," Turner said. "The cause ·of death was carbon monoxide poisoning and thermal INSIDE WEATHER • setting the classified employee substitute rate of pay at $7.50 per hour for all classifications except substitute bus drivers ; and setting that rate at $55 a day, retroactive to Jan . I. Buckley noted that the increase in clas sified employee substitutes was 50 cents an hour, while the increase in substitute bus drivers was $5 day. Attending the meeting were Rhonemus, Buckley, and Board members. Victor Young, Ron Logan. Scott Walton, Roger Abbott, and Norman Humphreys. Middleport man dies in S.C..fire OBITUARIES bums." Rose's sister Lois Shane of Middlepurt said the family was notified of the death around 2:30a.m. on Tuesday morning. Shane added the Cllartene Hoeftlch/photo Superintendent William Buckley presents Certificates of Appreciation to the Meigs Local Board of Education members. Here trailer was her brother's resRon Logan, new Board president, accepts his certificate from Buckley. Others recognized lor leadership were from the left, idence and no one else was Norman Humphreys, immediate past president; Roger Abbott, new vice president; Victor Young and Scott Walton, members. home during the time of the tire. Shane said her brother attended Meigs High School and was later disabled in a All meetings will be held at the trators. with the exception that, effec- car wreck before moving to BY CHARLENE HoEfliCH HOEFLICH@MYDAilYSENTINEL.COM Central Office with the exception of tive thi s year, Rhonemus is to pay 10 South Carolina. He leaves the second meetings of each month in percent employee share of the med- behind several family mem: POMEROY - Ron Logan was September, October and November Ical/prescription portion of the total bers including his mother elected president of the M11igs Local and March, April and May when they insurance premium for the duration of Joyce Perkins of Middleport. Rogers Funeral Horne of Board of Education for 2007 at an will be held at Meigs High, the Middle the contract. Belpre. Ky. is in charge of The Board designated organizational meeting Tuesday night School , and the Elementary School. at the Central Office . The Board members' salaries was Superintendent William Buckley or arrangements. Visiting hours In other action taken by the Board set at $125 , the same as in 2006, and his designee as agent of the Board of · start at 5 p.m. on Saturday Roger Abbott was elected vice presi- Board service fund expenses were set Education to apply for, receive , for the family and at 7 p.ni. dent, Scott Walton was named Ohio at a maximum of $2 per pupil in the expend and account for all federal and for the general public at the funeral home. Funeral serstate grants or funds. School Boards legislative liaison for di strict. Buckley presented certificates of vices are at 2 p.m. on 2007, and Logan was appointed Ohio A four-year contract was granted to School Boards student achievement Mark E. Rhonemus, treasurer/CFO, appreciation for leadership and dedi- Sunday at the funeral home effective January 2007 to January cation to the Board members noting with burial following in liaison for this year. Meetings were set for the second 20 II . The contract also provides for that January is School Board Forest Hill s Cemetery in Kentuck y. and fourth Tuesdays of each month . other benetlts established for adminis- Recognition Month. new Strickland keeps Athens Chief of Staff Pomeroy rent~l fees due o-o • Three point goals- Eastern 2 (Gordan 2), Ale xander 1 (Matheny 1). Rebouncts - \'\\H . In \ tl .llh -. ,· aJiu•• lt• ••'' • Browns won't hold Smith's performance against him. SeePage 81 Malt Ashc ral11 0-0 2. TOTALS: 19 t 1- 12 52. Jt ,:.! OO ~ Meigs Board discusses bond refunding/tax reduction· 27 . AlEXANDER (52) Lealand Bachus 0 0-0 0. Evan Matheny J 0·0 7, Zach Hendrick 3 3- 4 9, Jordan Bobo 1 0-0 2. Gary Tr ibe 5 0-0 10, Ayan Thomas 0 0-0 0. Matt Demosky 5 6·6 16. Greg Frost 1 0-0 2, Mike McDona ld 1 2. Seth Fowler 0 2-2 2. IIIII{Sit\, , .1\'\l \1{\ SPORTS • Latin lEJflist attend former Nicaraguan revolutionary Daniel Ortega's return to power. See Page A2 • TOPS honors losers. See Page A3 • Kessinger reviews mystery series. SeePageA3 • Jones named HMC employee of the month. SeePageA3 • It's about the girls - not the cookies. SeePage AS · • Leahy asks Secret Service for answers about its agreement with White House on visitor logs. SeePage AS • Posts transfers. SeePage AS • Theater group to stage life of Dr. King. SeePage A& lead 24-14. Gabe Hill had a 19 points. game-high Michael Manuel added 14. Brad Brown, seven, and Brett Beegle six. Corey Small. Jacob Jarrell, and Micah Cardwell each had six points for South Galli a. Places to go and things to do, A6 Eastern 17 (McG rath 5), Alexander 31 (Demosky 5) . Steals - Eastern 5 (l ynch 2). Ale11ander 9 (Hendrick 4) Assists - Eastern 3 (Rawson. Keams. Gordon I ), Ale11ander 11 (Hendrick 5) Blocks - Eastern 1 (McGra th 1), Ale11ande r 4 (McDonald 2). Foul s Eastem 15. Alexander 23. Delatto gears up for Alexander to tra ve l to Rock Springs Thursday. on Poce A2 INDEX MEIGSt441 Cayla Lee I D.Q 2, Meghan Clelland 6 46 16, Jenn1ter Sm1th o o-o 0, Catie Wolfe 7 8-14 22. Amber Burton 1 D·O 2. Alell. Culh;ms o o-o 0. Amy Barr o 0-0 0. Adflan Bolin 0 0·0 0, Brittany Preast 1 01 2. Whitney Smith 0 0-0 0, Me11ssa Grueset 0 Q- 1 0. TOTALS: 16 12-22 44. > a SECnoNs - ta PAGES Calendars A3 Classifieds B3-4 Comics Bs Annie's Mailbox A3 Editorials A4 WAHAMA(461 Undsev Deem 0 o..o o. Michaela oa . . ,s 0 0-0 0, Airael Oenf1eld 4 1·2 9, Micah Ohilil'1ger 0 o-o 0, Brooke Gabritsch 0 (). 0 0. Amber Tully 6 7-9 20 . Mary Kabler 2 0-0 4. Taylor Hysell 2 4·1 0 8. Bnffany Curfman 0 o-o O, Kayanna Sayre 2 1-2 5. T1ffiny Sleeth 0 o-o 0 . Cheyenne Wallen 0 D-O 0, Kayla Lan1er 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 16 13-23 46. Three potnt goals - Me1gs (none). Wahama 1 (Tully 1). Rebounds - Meigs 32 (Grueser 9). Wahama 15 (Hysell 5) . Steals - Meigs 5 (Clelland 3). Wahama 6 (Tully 3). Assists - Me1gs :2 (Wolfe 2), Wahama 6 (Hysell . Sayre 3) . BlocksMe1gs 1 (Burton 1). Wahama 1 (Hysell Places to Go Obituaries Sports Weather 1) F'ouls- Metgs :2 1 Wahama 19 -· -.. - - \.. . - A6 As B Section A2 STAFF REPORT as project coordinator in NEWS@MVDAILVSENTINEL.COM the First Lady's office. Jan Allen of Columbus POMEROY John will serve as cabinet secreHas let of Athens, who tary . served as chief of staff in Kent Markus , a native of Ted Strickland's Cleveland, who re ce ntly Congressional office , will work ed as a professor at serve in the same post in the Capital University Law Strickland governor's School and served as coun' office. selor to Attorney General Hasley has served as Janet Reno at the U.S . Strickland's chief of staff Justice Department and as si nce 1995 . Lauren B. chie f of staff to then Goode of Peebles will serv e Attorne y General Lee as chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Fisher, will serve a~ chief legal ~ounsel to the goverLee Fisher. Todd Rensi will serve as nor. Aaron Pickre ll, an Iowa chief of staff for First Lady Frances Strickland. Rensi, native. who formerly of Columbus. was an aide served as campaign managto Frances Strickland er for Strickland's gubernathroughout the guhernator- to rial cam paign and on ial campaign and a long- numerou s political camtime staff member at the paign s - including John Ohio Democratic Party. · Edwards for President Jud y Newman of will serve as the chief opert.-ucasville. who worked in ating officer of the goverStrickland' s Congressional nor's office. office as a field representaWade Rakes. a tive since 1999. will serve Mississippi native and for- • mer executive assistant t.o the chairman of Showtime Networks Inc., will serve as the governor's director of public liaison. Janella King , a native of Waterford , and a long-time le gislative assistant in Strickland 's congressional office, will serve as policy director. Rot-in Harris of Pickeri ngton, who re ce ntly served as the director of public policy and .acting pre sident and l' hief executive officer of the Ohio United Way. will serve as the health and human services policy exec utive assista nt. Kri s Long of Columbus. who served as chief of staff and legal counse l for the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus and in private pra<·tice in Michigan. will serv e as the public safe ty and crim inal justice policy PIIIH see Strlddand, A5 . Tan • 31 penaltzes tofiollow Jl I BY BEnt SERGENT Building where the fee can BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM also be paid. Landlords fill out the application, pay the POMEROY - As of yes- fee and an appointment with terday no landlords in the Pomeroy Compliance Pomeroy had paid rental Police Officer will be set up inspection fees for their to inspect the property. properties though they have The permit fee is $25 per until Jan 31 to do so. property or if there are more The registration period than four units on the properbegan in December for exist- ty the fee is $20 per unit. All ing rental property owners to money generated from rental have their properties ins\'Cct- fees goes back into the viled and receive a permit. If lage's general fund . existing rental properties are Council President George not inspected within this time Stewart who is also on the frame the property owner ordinance committee previcould face a maximum ously said the existing 1998 penalty for noncompliance ordinance had been revised of $ 100 per day. a fee which and reflected inspection criis the same for any noncom- teria similar to criteria used pliance of existing village by the United States Offke of ordinances. Housing and Urban fee The rental inspection Development. is $25 . .Councilman Shawn Rental fee applications are Amott who is also on the available at the Pomeroy ordinance committee said the Water Department Office at PINseseeR....._A5 the Pomeroy Municipal � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 01. 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