https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/6a9a67b109b2a52aa721887fd6451ab9.pdf c6ccaacd4964462a3999dba2524cb542 PDF Text Text Page 86 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Wednesday, Mareh 7, 11007 Relatives mount, cleanup begins after Indonesian earthquake ki11s 52, A7 Nike unveils fitted unifonns for elite basketball schools PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Players from four elite basketball universities will be hitting the court this week with distinctly dillerent Nikt: uniforms that showcase player's upper bodies but ~ how a little less leg. Nike unveiled the new line of basketball uniforms Tuesday. They are being introduced for the University of Florida. Ohio State University. University of Syracuse Arizona and University. The shoe and apparel giant plans to start introducing personalized uniforms to all its NCAA-Nike partner schools beginning next fall . The new look is decidedly different . The jerseys are tighter and the shorts are longer and bagg ier. And players have an option of "personalizing" their look with aerodynamic underlayer tops and le-ggings. Nike says the look creates a "dramatic new silhouette" and responds to player requests. ''Our guys are really exdted and fired up tu wear them," said Richard Paige. a spokesman for the University of Arizona team. "Nike really went above and beyond, as least as it relates to our guys, to make sure their input was taken very seriously." The lonnfittingjerseys and the baggier shons are made of a lightweight breathable material, Nike said. Beneath the shorts and J·erseys, players will have of a choice of wearing long. short-sleeve or sleeveless Nike compre•sion Lops aml padded mmpression shorts and leggings. The ;leek shape of the underlayer rese mbles the design of Nike\ competitor Under Annour. Nike said players had to'kl the company they were looking l(n way> to personalize their look, which some college players already do with tops under their jerseys. NFL become a free agent. Kansas City also has Brodie Croyle. last year's third-round draft pick, to compete with Huard for the job. , In other moves Tuesday : - Tampa Bay signed offensive tackle Luke Pet itgout. released by the New York Giants after starting 106 games for · them since being drafted in the first mund in 1999. - Kansas City signed linebacker Napoleon Harris. who played two years in Minnesota after being traded there by Oakland in the deal for Randy Moss. - The Chicago Bears and New York Jets finalized their trade for running back Thomas Jones. He joins the Jets and gives Cedric Benson a clear shot at Chicago's starting job. - San Francisco signed former New England linebacker Tully Banta-Cain. the fifth free agent it has signed since the signing period began last Friday. - Baltimore re-signed running back Musa Smith, who has been injured during most of his four seasons with the Ravens. Carolina released backup quarterback Chris Weinke. a former Heisman Trophy winner. New England resigned larry lzzo, who has been to the Pro Bowl three times as a special teams player. from Page Bl due on Wednesday by $1.7 5 million. Curry signed a five-year deal that could be worth up to $20 million and includes $5 million in guaranteed money. Pittsburgh signed restricted free agent punter Andy Lee to an offer sheet. The San Francisco 49ers have a week to match the offer and keep Lee. If they don't, the Steelers must send a sixth-round draft pick to the 49ers as compensation. Trent Green was seeking a trade that could lead to the end of his career in Kansas City. "We're going to look and see what his options are." his agent. Jim Steiner, said Tuesday. A statement issued by the Chiefs said conversations with Green continue to be "amicable and productive." General manager Carl Pethson met with the 37 -year-old Green on Monday. Green, who is signed through 2009, is scheduled to make $7.7 million and $9.2 million in the final two years of his contract. Damon Huard, who fi lied in when Green was hurt last season. recently signed a three-year deal with the Chiefs rather than MAC fromPageBl haven't since, a drought that has included some heartbreaking defeats. In last season's title game, Toledo trailed by 18 points in the second half before mounting a furious comeback that fell short in a 71-66 loss to Kent State. The Rockets, led by se111ors Justin Ingram . Keonta Howell and Florentino Valencia, are hoping that experience will help this ti.me around. "Until you play that third game that third day of the tournament, that 's uncharted waters." said Toldeo's Stan Joplin. the MAC' s coach of the year. " But now we can sell the fact that we ' ve been here before ." has never Akron· advanced to the MAC title game. and falling short this season would be devastating to a rising program . For se nior forward Romeo Travis. the MAC's player of the year, and guard Dru Joyce, this is a final c hance to make the NCAAs an accomplishment good friend and former high school teammate LeBron James will never match. The Zips bring a 24-6 record into the tournev. - with their six losses (including a 73-71 set. back at home to No. 10 Nevada) coming by a combined 20 points. But other than its gripping 6664 win at Kent State in the regular-season finale, Akron doesn't have any quality wins to flaunt for the NCAA tournament selection committee. If they don· l win the MAC. the Zips, who get the Central MichiganBuffalo winner in Thursday's quarterfinals, are going to have a hard time convincing anyone that they should receive one of the coveted atlarge bids to the 65-team field . Although it's among the nation 's most competitive mid-major conferences. the MAC hasn't had two teams make the NCAAs since 1999 when Miami and Kent State got in. Coles was asked about the prospect of the Zips getting zip from the NCAA . " It's criminal." he said. "AkriJn should be in tbe tournament . The one bid should end. People talk about RPls and other teams and I don't even hear Akron ge t mentioned. I don't see the difference between Aklon and some of the others . "I don't see how thev <:an't get in. They're going to have 25 or 26 victories, I mean. gee whiz ." MORE LOCAL NEWS. MORE LOCAL FOLKS. Subscribe today. 992-2155 Nike says the padded com- their past in the design. pression shorts provide supNames of players who port fur hamstrings, hips and went on to the Hall of Fame calves. It is the first time the are on the uniforms. Some company has provided a lettering and insignia are padded base layer for basket- throwbacks to earlier days . ball. The unifonn for Symcuse The .:ompany's last major University, for example, has overhaul lor basketball uni- large color blocking on the forms came in the 1990s for shorts, reminiscent of the the University of Michigan. 1970s Syracuse Orangemen. A group of freshman players The shirt has a " BSB" there known as the "Fab insignia over the heart, borFive" headed to the NCAA rowed from the lirst Syracuse Tournament final with baggy basketball logo created for shorts, black shoes and soon the team in 1900. socks - an unusual look at Other details include an the time that was quickly alligator scale pattern worked . adopted. · h U · · -Fl ·d The new tailored look will mto t e mvers1ty o1 on a be debuted this week by uniforms and a LeBron Arizona, Ohio State and James insignia on Ohio State's. James has said he · Syracuse at their respective wnference tournaments. The would have attended Ohio University of Florida wore State if he hadn't gone directtheirs, minus the underlayers ly to the pros. which weren't ready yet, at a · The company did not disFeb. 27 game against close the cost or value of the Tennessee. launch. Consumer versions All four powerhouse ba'i- of the new line will be availketball programs get a nod to able for fans to purchase. Black Knight Revue set for this weekend,BS •· • at 1ne Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio ,) Ill I:\ IS • \ 11l. ,)h. :\o. t.) l ' SPORTS AP photo l'lll ' H.Sll .\\' , :\1 \IH ' II H. :!uo- " " " ·""d .oillwoolooo.-1 """ County to seek new funding through CHIP • James goes for 41, Cavs beat Pistons. SeePageB1 BY BRIAN J. REED BREEO®MYDAILYSENTINEL .COM POMEROY - Meigs County will seek funding for housing rehabilitation and other activities through another round of funding from the Community Housing Improvement Program. Grflnts Administrator Jean Trussell met with In this undated photo released by Nike, shown is part of a new Ohio State University athletic uniform. PLAY COVERALL BINGO WIN UPTO $1,000 !!! commisioners at Thursday's regular meet ing to conduct a first public hearing on the co unty's application fur fund ing to assist lnw and moderate-income homeowners. Up to $500,000 is available for communities eli gible through tht! program for a number of ac tivities. including rehubilitation of homes , down payment new construction and other repairs. Another S50.000 t' available for rehabilitation of rental unit> . Mei gs County participated in the program last year, as well, but Tw ssell said she is not certain if they county will apply for those funds again this year. Tru sse ll said Meigs assistan~e . Count y has receiYed fund ing through the program every year but one si nee 1991. A second public hearing on the coun ty·, proposed application will be held on March 22. 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Broderick said the TB Clinic maintains contacts with all those who have positive skin tests, whether recent or· in the past, for follow-up evaluations. They receive annual chest x-rays as a way of early detection should the condition turn active. Four times a year March, June, September, Dr. and December - Joseph Freeman, T.B. Clinic: physician, holds clinics for those who have had positive skin tests. Carol Little. office manager. said anyone who has ever had a positive reading is checked annually with an x-ray instead of another skin test. and noted that about 50 people are scheduled in for each of the four clinics. It was pointed out that all testing, x-rays. lab work and medications relating to tuberculosis is paid for with funds generated by a 1/2 mill county-wide levy for tuberculosis control. The levy also provides all fund ing for the office operation and personnel. "We encourage people in the county to use their levy -funded clinic," said Broderick. While Meigs County currently has only one known case of active tuberculosis. Broderick reported that in Ohio last year there were 239 cases of active tuberculosis. "While the incident of TB continues to decline in the United States, large urban areas such as Franklin and Cuyahoga Counties INDEX :i 8EcrJONS - 16 PAGES A3 Calendars Classifieds 14-6 Comics B7 Annie's Mailbox A3 Editorials Places to Go A4 Obituaiies Sports As Weather 88 B Section A6 Julie Proctor of the White lilac tnn presents her membership dues to the Middleport Community Association to Association President Brenda Phalin, She has also made a $100 pledge toward the village's July 4 celebration, which will include a concert by Phil Dirt and the Dozers. The Association is now in the midst of its 2007 membership drive. Dues are $10 for individual memberships and $25 for business memberships. - J. -/(lllato Influenza cases picking up in Meigs BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT®MYOAILYSE><TINEL.COM POMEROY - Type B influenza cases are locally on the rise according to Dr. Steven Taylor. MD and Diana Jeffers. clinic manager at Holzer Meigs Clinic. Taylor said the clinic saw four patients on Monday and three on Tuesday who were diagnosed with Type B influenza. estimating 12 cases t<ital have been recently diagnosed . New cases were found in both adults and children. "Our concern is if people have been exposed they have a short window of time to get treatment." Taylor said about the ability of antiviral mediL·ations to lessen the life span offlu . Antivirals are not effective after 48 hour-; from the time of exposure which Taylor added leave,; him only able to treat flu symptoms as opposed to the flu \ 'lrtiS. Type B intluenza is passed through the air, making it extremely contagious and although not a new strain it is wnsidered unusual for this time of the year. Taylor descrihes it as a serious type of flu with symptoms that include a high fever such as Nancy Broderick. R.N., seated , director of the Meigs County I02-10:1 degrees. intense Tuoerculosis Clinic, gave her annual report at last week's headache. deep joint pains so meeting of the Board of Directors. Broderick's staff con- painful it's difficult to move, sists of Jill Blake , clerk, standing left, and Carol little. intense coughing and some cases of gastric intestinal office manager. sympwms. have rates higher than the Wednesday and Friday. ti Taylor said this flu is so national average presenting a.m. to noon and I to 4 p.m. contagious that is was a" 100 an ongoing challenge in The clinic is open on perrent certainty " if you efforts Hl eliminate tubercu- Thursdays but no testing is haven't had a tlu shot and losis," said the TB nurse done on that day. The otl'ice share the same room with director. is located on the second someone who has the flu To encourage Meigs floor of the Meigs you· II get it and are "guaranBuilding, teed to feel teri·ible with it." Countians to get skin tests. Multipurpose Heights the T.B. Clinic is open for Mulberry in This is why Taylor is stresstesting of walk-ins on Please see TB, AS Please see Flu. A5 Monday. Tuesday, Middleport Community Association membership drive Broyhill- Berkline- 1122 Jackson Pike Gallipolis, Oh 45631 Pleasant Valley Hospital WEATHER IJ' personal ~ADVANCED HEARING CENTER CHARI.ENE HOEFLICH HOEFUCH@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM • TOPS elects new officers. See Page A3 .J\ntlque & Cmft .Mall Meigs has first case of active TB in seven years Department of De\ elopmclll in April. Commi"ioners al'<o ap pruvc·d rckases of mortgage' of Randy and Cand) Lee and Clara Mae Sargeant through the CHIP program. Clerk Glmia Kloes led the Pledge of Allegiance . Con11ni"ioners Mick Davenport and Jim Sheets attended the meeting . Rutland not required to install new water tank BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.CDM RUTLAND - Ttic village of Rutland is not required to install a new water tank according to Debra Prim of ,the Ohio Environmental Protection AgetlL'y tEPA). Prim said she's discussed the project with Rutland ofticials and has consistenth maintained her oflice doe's not require the village inst;111 the tank, adding the Leading Creek Conservancy District ha~ the ability to provide the village with all the W<lter residents will need. "Leading Creek i' L·apable of providing all the water the village will need even if it is an inneased need due ll' a fire:" Prim said. According to Susan Baker. 'illage tiscal officer. sim:e 2006 aroun\1 S I0.000 1 has been 'iJt'lll on entrinc·cr- ing. legal and surveying fees for the water tank. The Ohio Water Development Authority ~as approved a $22.000 loan for planning the project thl'ugh the disbursement hasn 't been made yet. . -Baker said 213 water customc·r, currently pay $ 1 per month towards the water tank prl,jc·l·t ami haYe been paying the fee for a little over a year. t>ringing the fund to a total of ~~.625 . <JJ . Mayor April Burke said after cclnsulting' with Prim >he thinks the water tank projeL·t fee should now be credited otT the ao.:counts of water L'Ustomer' . Burke cannot reverse th1' fee. only o.:ouncil. Burke ;,aid she in herited tht• watcr tank pwje<:t from a prt'\ il'LI' ,-,,u nc·il and mayor and kel' the 'ill age due,n't lll'c'd the· tan!... Please see Rutland. A5 �NATION The Daily Sentinel Bush deflects pardon talk as Libby prepares request for new trial BY MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN AND MATT APUZZO ASSOCI/ITEO PRESS WRITERS WASHINGTON Attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby began crafting a request for a new trial Wednesday as the Bush White House tried to knock down speculation about a pardon for the convicted former aide. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. was found guilty of perjury and obstruction in the investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. He is the highest-ranking White House official convicted in a government scandal since the' Iran-Contra affair two decades ago. His conviction immediately fueled speculation that Libbr. who also served as an atde to President Bush. would be pardoned and spared prison . Top Democrats have called on Bush to pledge not to pardon him. At the White House, Bush was guarded in his comments. "This was a lengthy trial on a serious matter, and a jury of his peers convicted him. And we' ve got to respect that conviction," the president said in an interview with CNN En Espanol. "On a personal note, I was sad. I was sad for a man who had worked in my administration. and P.anicularly sad for his famtly." He said he could not comment further because it was an onjoing legal matter. Press secretary Tony Snow gave the same reason for brushing off pardon questions. PageA2 Thursday, March 8, ao07 Former Navy sailor Senate panel·ponders subpoenaing arrested on terror charge Justice officials over fired prosecutors Bv MATT APUZZO ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON -A former Navy sailor was arrested Wednesday for allegedly releasing classified information that ended up in the hands of a su.spected terrorism tinancier. Hassan Abuj ihaad. 31. of Phoenix , is accused in a case that began in Connecticut and followed a suspected terrorist network across the countrv and into Europe and the Middle East. He was arrested in Phoenix on charges of supporting terrorism with an intent to kill U.S. cititens and transmitting classified information to unauthorized people. Abujihaad. who is also known as Paul R. Hall. is charged in the same case as Babar Ahmad. a British computer specialist arrested in 2004 and accused of running Web sites to raise money for terrorism. Ahmad is scheduled to be extradited to the U.S to face trial. During a search ·of Ahmad's computers. investf'gators discovered files containing classitied information about the positions of U.S. Navy ships and <!iscussing their susceptibility to attack. Abujihaad. a former enlisted man. exchanged emails with Ahmad while on active duty on the USS Benfold. a guided-missile. destroyer, in 2000 and 200 I, m:cording to an affidavit released Wednesday. He allegedly purchased videos promoting violent jihad, or holy war. In those e-mails, Abujihaad discussed naval military briefings and praised those who attacked the USS Cole in 2000. according to the affidavit by FBI Agen! David Dillon. The documents retrieved from Ahmad show drawings of Navy battle groups and discuss upcoming missions. They also say the battle group could be attacked using small weapons such as rocket-propelled grenades. The ships were never attacked. Authorities discovered Abujihaad's military e-mail address among the computer tiles, and he had a secret security dearance that would have allowed him access to that material. according to the aftidavit. The investigation was run out of Connecticut because Ahmad allegedly used an Internet service provider there to host one of his fundraising Web sites. Kevin O'Connor. the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, had no comment Wednesday night. Ahmad was arrested in 2004 but the case against Abujihaad apparently received a boost in December following the arrest of Derrick Shareef. 22. of Genoa. Ill., near Chicago. who was accused of planning to use hand grenades to attack holiday shoppers at a mall. According to the affidavit, Shareef and Abujihaad lived together in 2004 when Ahmad was arrested. After reading news reports of the case. Abujihaad became upset and said, "I think this is about me," Shareef told investigators. Authorities then taped a phone · conversation between Abujihaad and an informant in which Abujihaad appeared nervous. Though Abujihaad didn't say outright that lie was involved in the leak of classified information, the affidavit provided enough evidence for an arrest warrant. Abujihaad received an honorable discharge from the Navy in 2002. according to the affidavit. Bv LARRY MARGASAK ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee will ask several Justice Department officials to testify about the tiring of eight fedem! prosecutors and could issue subpoenas if they refuse, Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday. Schumer. O.N.Y., said the committee will discuss Thursday whether to authorize subpoenas if necessary. Six of eight fired U.S. attorneys told House and Senate committees Tuesday that lawmakers. a high-r.mking congressional aide and a Justice Department official pressured them and interfered with their work. Some of that work involved corruption cases. The Senate Ethics Committee already is conducting a preliminary inquiry into a call last October by Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M.. to David Iglesias, since ftred as the U.S. attorney for New Mexico. Domenici has hired promiaenl Wa'ihington attorney K. Lee Blalack to represent him. The House Ethics Committee has not said whether it plans a similar inquiry into a call to Iglesias that month from Rep. Heather Wilson, R·N.M. Both Domenici and Wtlson have denied lr}'ing. to influ· ence a corruption mvesllgation Iglesias was conducting. Schumer chairs the Senate panel's subcommittee that oversees the court system. He named several Justice Department officials the com· mittee would seek to question: Michael Elston, Kyle Sampson, Monica Goodling, Bill Mercer and Mike Battle. Sampson is Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' chief of staff, Elston is staff chief to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty and Mercer is <L~sociate attorney general. Goodling is Gonzales' senior counsel and White House liaison. and Battle is the departing director of the otlice th~t oversees the 93 U.S. attorneys. ··Now that it's clear that there wa~ a concerted effort to purge an impressive crop of U.S. anomeys. the next step is to identify and question those responsible for hatching this scheme to use U.S. attorneys as pawns in a chess game:· political Schumer said. Tracy Schmaler, spokeswoman for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman P.<ttrick Leahy. [). Vt., said the committee had asked Gonzales earlier Wednesday to voluntarily make the Justice Departmeni oftlcials available. Brian Roehrka~se. a Justice Department spokesman. said its officials for weeks have supplied members of Congress with information sunuunding the ftring of the eight prosecutors. "The department yesterday publicly provided the specific perfonnance-related reasons that led to their recent dismissals," Roehrkasse said. "It is now cle<lr that some members of Congress are no longer interested in those facts but would rather play politics." In a letter to Schumer dated Tuesday, Elston· said he wa> "shoCked and baftled" that a Feb. 20 CO(IVersation he had with Bud Cummins, the former U.S. attorney ill Little Rock. over talking to the media about the firings could be interpreted as threalening. "I do not understand how anything that I said to him in our last conversation in midFebruary could bo construed as a threat of any kind. and I Obama says he didn't know he invested in companies supported by political backers BY NEDRA PICKLER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday he was not aware he had invested in two companies backed by some of his top donors and said he had done nothing to aid their business with the government. The lllinois senator (aced questions about more than $50,000 in investmen~ he made right after taking office in 2005 in two speculative companies, AVI · Biopharma and Skyterra Communications. Obama set up a trust that gave his bro~er authority to trade stocks on his behalf without his input, according to 16 pages of documents he released Wednesday. "At no point did I know what stocks were held. and at no point did I direct how those stoch were invested." Obama told reporters at the end of a news conference called to trumpet an unrelated immigration bill. "What I wanted to make sure is that I didn't want. to invest in companies that potentially would create conflicts with my work here," said Obama. who has campaigned on the need for stronger congressional ethics rules. "Obviously. the thing didn't work the way I wanted it to." Obama purchased $5,000 in shares for AVI. which was developing a drug to treat avian flu. Two weeks after buying the stock. as the disease was spreading in Asia. Obama pushed for more federal funding to fight the disease. but he said he did not discuss the matter with any company officials. Obama also had more than $50,000 in shares of Skyterra. a company that had just received federal permission to create a nationwide wireless network that combined satellite and land-based communica- lions systems. Among the company 's top investors were donors who raised more than $150.000 for Obama •s political committees. the New York Times reported Wednesday. The stock holdings were first examined Monday by the financial Web site. Thestreetcom. The reports found no evidence that anv of his actions ended up linefiting either company during the roughly eight months he owned the sloe ks. Obama lost about $15.000 on Skyterra and earned a profit of about $2,000 on AVI. Skyterra. stocks continued to drop after Obama divested. Obama said he wanted to invest in stocks after signing a $1.9 million deal for his second book. "The Audacity of Hope." He said after buying a home and putting money in the bank and mutual funds, he asked a friend and political donor, investor George Haywood, to recommend a broker so he could invest a portion more aggressively. "I thought about going to . (billionaire investor) Warren Buffett, and I decided it would be embarra~sing that I only had $100.000 to invest," Obama said. Haywood. a major backer of both AVI and Skyterra. recommended a broker at UBS who also bought stock for Obama in those companies. Obama said at some point in fall 2005 he got a stockholder letter from AVI or Skyterra. but he ~ouldn't remember whi~h company. But on Dec 15. 2005. he liquidatetl the "Freedom Trust •." a~ it was titled in the May 15 agreement establishing it, and put his money in mutual funds and money market accounts that would" '! raise such questions. "It's at that point that I became concemed that I might not be able to insulate myself from knowledge of my holdings. that this trust instrument might not be working the way I wanted it to," Obama said. UBS spokeswoman Karina Byrne said the company would not make Obama's broker available for interviews because they do not discuss client investments. Obama said he didn't invest in a qualified blind trust because it wouldn't enable him to limit which companies he invested in. such as those in the tobacco industry and other areas that he did not want to support. Obama attorney Robert F. Bauer added that the senator felt the blind trust left him in an "inadequate ethical position" because it would mean he couldn't respond to media inquires. for example. if questions arose about his investments. But Obama also would have to report the stock holdings each year under Senate rules because they weren't part of a qualitied blind trust. "At this point, I'm only invested in mutual funds or cash or money market accounts. That's my instruction to my <!Ccountant." Obama said. "We are not going to own individual stocks precisely because it raises questions like this." Senate ethics rules do not prohibit lawmakers from owning stocts in companies thai do business with the federal government. Another investor involved in Skyterra was Jared Abbruzzese, (I New York businessman now at the center of a federal inquiry into publtic corruption. Abbruzzese and bis wife had contributed $10,000 to Oba.m.a's political action committee. But normally they back Republican caus· es, such as the Republican National Committee anq the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that dan1aged John Kerry 's presidential campaign. Obama said he ha..~ never met Abbruzzese. cenainly had no intention leaving him with that impression," Elston wrote in the two-page letter. a copy of which was obtained VVednesday by The Associated Press. Cummins tnld the Senate committee there was a "threatening undercurrent" in the c·all from Elston express· ing disple<bure with quotes attributeJ to Cummins in The Washington Post. Domenici 's spokesman, Chris Gallegos, said the senator hired Blalack on Feb. 28. That's when Iglesias publicly said that he believes he was forc·ed out of hi> job lor political r.easons alter. refusing pressure from two memhers of Congress. He did not ick:ntify them at that time. Blalack represented former Senate Majority Leader Bill Prist in investigations surrounding his sale of stock from his Senate blind trusts. He also represented former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham. R-Calif., in a House ethics conviction. Cunninghan1 is now serving an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to taking $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors. Internet · HOLIDAY SPECIAL! Vnlimi.N.\1.!1w.tt fAA rutl:.. 77 0..111111 111)1111 • fRf£ 3417 LM TKM6CII &uptOd ' 'f!St<lfll ~~~ - ~~ P yoa !)tJ~ ~st • 10 "'-ma.l &ddfts.le:l ..~11 Span! Pro~ • CUIWT1 &lil1 ~age · tiiWl WUihlr ,\ rr-ort! c·------~ 1/()~~l,!.t!!!''"'' ) Scm Col_&_ !IIQnUoON...I -~­ RING GUIDE rtrfq~ ~f T~e~ ·. ~efJ Call Dave or Brenda • a.m., Common Grounds Cotlee Shop. POMEROY - The Big Friday, March II Bend Farm Antique' Club ATHENS - Area 14 will Meet at 7:30 pi .m at the Workforce Investment Mlberry Community Center, Board. 9:30 a.m. at the OU God's NET. Inn, Athens. Tuesday, March 13 !'QMEROY - · Meigs Satunlay, March 10 County Chamber of RACINE Meigs Community Action Network, Commerce. business-mindluncheon. noon, 4 p.m.. Racine Library, ed PomeroY. Library. speaker forum to discuss permit processes relating to pro- B.J. Wtlberg, chamber of posed coal mining, power commerce executives of plants proposed for Sutton, Ohio, entertainment by Lebanon, Letart Township.~. Rivers Bend Quartet, lunch guest speaker attorney Rick catered by Crow 's KFC I Long John Silvers. RSVP at Sahli of Columbus. 992-5005 by March 12. Tuesday, March 13 PORTLAND - Portland Community Center Board meeung, 7 p.m., regular Thursday, Marth 8 meeting and accepting letters POMEROY - Lenten of interest for board member worship service will he held positions. at the Forest Run United Methodist Church 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14 Special music. homily by POMEROY Meigs the Rev. Fr. Walter Heinz. County Board of Health, 5 Sponsored by the Meigs p.m.. conference room. County Ministerial Meigs County Health Association. Pastor Bob Department. Robinson, theme of the worship. "Listening, but 11lursday, March 15 Not Hearing." SYRACUSE - Syracuse Village Council. special Friday, March II meeting, 7 p.m .. village hall. LONG BOTTOM - A gospel sing wll be held at the Faith Full Gospel Church, Long Bottom, S.R. 124 at Long Bottom. Special guests will be Dave and Debbie Dailey. Thursday, March 8 CHESTER Shade River Lodge 453, 7:30 p.m. at the hall. Refreshments. SYRACUSE Saturday, March 10 Wildwood Garden Club. I SYRACUSE p.m.. at home of Shirley Syracuse Youth Baseball Harnm. Hal Kneen to pre- League signups. 4 to 6 p.m. sent program on plant propa· Saturday and 2 to 4 p.m. galion methods. Sunday at the Syracuse TUPPERS PLAINS Firehouse. VFW Post 9053 meets at 7:30 p.m. at hall. Meal at 6:30p.m. RACINE - Ohio River Thursday, March 8 Producers (FFA Alumni). POMEROY - Nathan regular meeting. 7 p.m .. Biggs will observe his 87th Southern Vo-Ag room. RACINE Sunshine birthday Thursday. Cards Circle of the Dorca~-Bethany may be sent to him at Church. 7 p.m .. at church. 38960 State Route 124, POMEROY - Alpha Iota Pomeroy. Ohio 45769. Masters, 11:30 a.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church. Sunday, March 11 POMEROY Marie Saturday, March 10 Hauck will observe her POMEROY Meigs 90th birthday on Sunday, County Christian Motorcycle March II . Cards may be Association. "Delivered" sent to her at 644 Osborn Chapter. regular meeting. I0 St .. Pomeroy. Ohio. 45769. Church events . Clubs and ._ organizations Youth events 1 • Thursday, March 8, 2007 There is a right time for confrontation Bv KATHY MITCHEll ,t.ND MARCY SUGAR Dear Annie: During 33 years of marriage. my husband seldom. if ever. removed hi s wedding ring. However, during theJast four months, I've notic it's off a lot more than it's on. I've discovered it in hi s jewelry box. the glove compartment of his car and. one day while doing laundry, it fell out of his shirt pocket . When I questioned him, he gave me vague responses like. "It felt loose," or "I took it off to do yard work ... Like a fool· ish, trusting wife, I believed him. The other day I nm into one of his co-workers. "Denise" is very attractive, and they have worked together for many years. I don't know her well. only enough to make casual conversation. However. when I saw her, she seemed uncomfortable and very ill at ease. Then my whole world collapsed around me. She said. ''I'm sorry to hear you are getting divorced soon... I told her she must be confusing us with another couple and that our marriage is stable and intact. She looked like she was going to be ill and made some excuse TOPS elects new officers COOLVILLE - New officers were elected at Tuesday night's meeting of the TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 2013. Coolville. Elected were Pat Snedden, leader; Dottie Bond. co-leader; Connie Rankin, secretary, and Judy Morgan, treasurer. They will be installed at the April 3 meeting. Sharon Powell was named weekly best weight-loss winner and Doris Buchanan runner-up at the meeting attended by 20 members Contests for the upcomtng Area Recognition Days were discussed. Members were encouraged to take I 0.000 steps daily. Pedometers were distrib· uted to those who wanted to participate and use them for a month to record their daily progress. possess aGED and be able to The group meets every show proof of acceptance at Tuesday at Torch Baptist an accredited two or four Church. Weigh-in is from year institution of higher 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. with a education. meeting from 6:30 to 7:30. Ethical character, academ- For information. call ic performance. extra-curric- Snedden at 662-2633 or ular activities and financial attend a free meeting. need are evaluated as part of the selection process. Candidates who have overcome personal challenges or obstacles to higher education and demonstrate a desire to succeed and achieve educational goals will be carefully considered. Students can use the award for a variety of education-related expenses, including tuition. travel, books and supplies. computer equipment and student fees. Scholarship applications are available on the Foundation's Wet; site. www.appalachianohio.org. Completed applications and all accompanymg materials must be postmarked by April 2, 2007. at the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, PO. Box 456. Nelsonville. OH 45764 . Plea.'ie call the Foundation at (740) 753-1111 for more information. · POMEROY - Jessica The Foundation for Nicole Smith and Cory Appalachian Ohio is a region- Dwayne Dill of Pomeroy al community foundation announce the birth of a serving the 29 counties of daughter. Kyleen Lillian Ohio. The Dill. born on Dec. 30 at Southeast Foundation attracts contribu- the Holzer Medical Center tions for progrdm.s and endow· in Gallipolis. The . infant meot, makes grants for chari- weighted 6 pounds, 2 table and civic purpo5eS and ounces. supports local and regional Maternal grandparents efforts for positive change. For are Carl E. Smith, Jr. and more information or to learn Rebecca L. Smith, and the more about the Foundation's paternal grandparents are I'm a Child Appalacb~nt Ed Dill and Lisa Morris. Network (!CAN!) to promote Great-grandparents are regional access and success Carol and Dol Smith, Jack vi sit and Joyce Handley. and in education, www.appalachianohio.org. Sam and Faye Steiometz. Birthdays Birth announced of PageA3 ANNIE'S MAILBOX Pltilc meetings NELSONVILLE - The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio is now acceptmg appli· cauons from graduattng seniors for the $500 Wayne F. White Scholarship awards. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. (Jewell) Evans made the initial gift of $25,000 to establish the memorial scholarship in honor of White, a regtonal champion of l!igh~r education. Bob Evans, nationally recognized restaurateur and philanthropist. was a longtune friend of White and an early supporter of the Ohio Appalachian Center for Higher Education (OACHE). Before his death, White served for II years as the executive director of OACHE - a consortium of public colleges and universi. ties within Appalachia that work to make higher education accessible for the region's students. As an Appalachian himself, White believed deeply in the academic ability and potential of the region's students to succeed. Under his leadership, OACHE became a national model for success, increas.ing participation of Appalachian students in post-secondary education. Wayne F. White scholarships are awarded oo an annual basis to hi~h school seniors who reside tn and are graduatin$ from schools located wtthin the 29 counties of Appalachian Ohio. The deadline for submission of applications to the Foundation is April 2, 2007. Last year, four SSOO scholarships were awarded to area students. Applicants should be grad· uating high school seniors or ~r;ff. at 992-215.5 Community Calendar Scholarships available for graduating seniors ins h 29.2007 Thursd BY THE BEND The Daily Sentinel about being in a hurry. and off she went. Then it hit me . My husband must be having an affair with this woman. It eKplains everything. I need to confront my cheating husband because this is tearing me to shreds . I don't have a clue how to go about doing this. How do I begin '~ What do I say"' My marriage is over, so please don't advise me to try counseling . The love and trust are gone. I just need to know how to bow out gracefully. Still De~astated Dear Devastated: We know the circumstantial evi· dence seems convincing, but be sure. Schedule a quiet, private _moment with your husband, when you are calm. and say. "I saw Denise the other day, and she told me you want a divorce. When were you going to tell me"" This should open up a conversation, although it may not he the one you want. We still recommend counseling - not necessarily to put your marriage back together. but to help you work through your anger and sense of betrayal so you can mov~ forward. Good luck. Dear Annie: I recently returned from a vacatkm where I visited a close friend whom I've known for a long time . While there . he told me he loved me. I have loved him for a few years. so I told him back. We spent the re't of the time there as a couple. but when I returned home, things changed. I think about him all the time. and he thinks of me, but how can there be a relationship if we are so far apan ·• I have been considering moving to his city and have saved money for it. Is it worth relocating for love'' Is it worth changing everything about life for one person" - Lost Between Places in British Columbia Dear Lost: Well. yes, if you truly love him . and believe you have a future together. This kind of ('Ommitment requires a leap of faith, and either you are willing to risk it for him or you aren't. It might help to plan another vacation soon to make sure you are both on the same page and still feel the same. Dear Annie : My best friend is a Korean War veteran who receives medical care at the VA hospital for his war-related injunes. Last Christmas. he received a handmade greeting card from a youngster. He trea- 'ure; that card. and it holds a place of honor in hi' oflice. Even though he i' a ,ucce,sful bu,ine"man and ha' a family. it made him feel like a million buck> to be remembered for hi' 'ervice and to know that young people are being taught about veteran, . I hope that all those who send cards to our ve t' have a chance to know how much il mea"' to the recipient' · Illinois Friend Dear Illinois: Every year on Valentine's Day. we ask our readers to ,;end valentines to our veterans . Thank you tor letting us know that such cards and good wishes are appreciated. no matter when they arrive. Annie's Mailbox is writ· ten by Kathy Mitchell a11d Marcy Sugar, longtime edi· tors of the Ann Landers col· umn. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmail· box@comcast. net, or write to: Annie's Manbox, P.O. Box ll8190, Chicago, /L 60611. To find out more about Am•ie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page al www.crealors.com. Scouts prepare for regional jamboree HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Tri-State Area Council. BSA is expecting 1,5 00 Scouts and leaders from Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia to attend and camp at the Rivers & Rails Regional Jamboree & Cub Scout Family Camp to be hosted by the City of Barboursville in Barboursville City Park . Scout units are encour· age to complete their reg· istration by March 15. The event is scheduled for April 20 - 22, 2007 but already the volunteer committee of 75 Scout and community leaders led by Tom Wilmink, II is working hard to insure that the Scouts have more activities and events to partici· pate than one person can do on a weekend. The Barboursville Park will be closed on this weekend to everyone except those involved in the event. The Jamboree will be open to the public but everyone attending must register at the entrance and receive an armband. During the day Cub Scouts will have displays and programs provided by the WV Department of Natural Resources including "Snakes m West "Wildlife Virginia, " Terence Medical Open . . . . . Techniques" and they will shock lhe lake to examine aquatic life. The Clay Center will have a display on "Bubble Technology" and a mobile planetarium. Sportsman Alliance of America from Columbus will be operating a BB anJ Archery Range for Cub Scouts and Trap Shooting Range for Boy Scouts and more. Cub Scouts will also have the opportunity to go horseback riding. Boy Scouts will be busy participating in competitive events related to river skills and early pioneer life. They will also plant 500 trees in the park as a thank you to the city for using the park. Displays availa~le to Boy Scouts will include an exhibit by the National Underground Railroad from Cincinnati; military displays from the W.Va. National Guard including helicopters <tnd artillery, Marshall University River Quality Study, U. S. Coast Guard, Heritage Farm Blacksmith display and more. Other activities for Boy . Scout s will include trail bike riding and a rock climbing wall. Boy Scouts will have a Merit Badge Midway with demonstrations on merit badges related to the theme. For instance the woodworking merit badge · demonstration will involve a group making and playing dulcimers. All during Saturday on the stage provided by the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District, there will be acts by dif· ferent musical and performing groups. Saturday will end with an arena show after dinner coordi nated by Debbie Wolfe. Anyone wanting to bring a display on Saturday related to river life, early history in the community or rail history should contact the Scout Service Center at 304523-3408. Those who would like to perform on stage during the day are asked to contact David Lavendar at the Herald· Dispa1ch in Huntington. WY. • not Other displays included above AEP Safety, Operation Life Saver - Railroad Crossing Safety, krry Sutphin on river history. Army Corps of Engineers on lock operations. Cabell County SWAT Team. Barboursville City Fire Department. Smoke house Coal Company displays. along with a performance by National Lumberjack Champion. u,rphy, MD .. �NATION The Daily Sentinel Bush deflects pardon talk as Libby prepares request for new trial BY MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN AND MATT APUZZO ASSOCI/ITEO PRESS WRITERS WASHINGTON Attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby began crafting a request for a new trial Wednesday as the Bush White House tried to knock down speculation about a pardon for the convicted former aide. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. was found guilty of perjury and obstruction in the investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. He is the highest-ranking White House official convicted in a government scandal since the' Iran-Contra affair two decades ago. His conviction immediately fueled speculation that Libbr. who also served as an atde to President Bush. would be pardoned and spared prison . Top Democrats have called on Bush to pledge not to pardon him. At the White House, Bush was guarded in his comments. "This was a lengthy trial on a serious matter, and a jury of his peers convicted him. And we' ve got to respect that conviction," the president said in an interview with CNN En Espanol. "On a personal note, I was sad. I was sad for a man who had worked in my administration. and P.anicularly sad for his famtly." He said he could not comment further because it was an onjoing legal matter. Press secretary Tony Snow gave the same reason for brushing off pardon questions. PageA2 Thursday, March 8, ao07 Former Navy sailor Senate panel·ponders subpoenaing arrested on terror charge Justice officials over fired prosecutors Bv MATT APUZZO ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON -A former Navy sailor was arrested Wednesday for allegedly releasing classified information that ended up in the hands of a su.spected terrorism tinancier. Hassan Abuj ihaad. 31. of Phoenix , is accused in a case that began in Connecticut and followed a suspected terrorist network across the countrv and into Europe and the Middle East. He was arrested in Phoenix on charges of supporting terrorism with an intent to kill U.S. cititens and transmitting classified information to unauthorized people. Abujihaad. who is also known as Paul R. Hall. is charged in the same case as Babar Ahmad. a British computer specialist arrested in 2004 and accused of running Web sites to raise money for terrorism. Ahmad is scheduled to be extradited to the U.S to face trial. During a search ·of Ahmad's computers. investf'gators discovered files containing classitied information about the positions of U.S. Navy ships and <!iscussing their susceptibility to attack. Abujihaad. a former enlisted man. exchanged emails with Ahmad while on active duty on the USS Benfold. a guided-missile. destroyer, in 2000 and 200 I, m:cording to an affidavit released Wednesday. He allegedly purchased videos promoting violent jihad, or holy war. In those e-mails, Abujihaad discussed naval military briefings and praised those who attacked the USS Cole in 2000. according to the affidavit by FBI Agen! David Dillon. The documents retrieved from Ahmad show drawings of Navy battle groups and discuss upcoming missions. They also say the battle group could be attacked using small weapons such as rocket-propelled grenades. The ships were never attacked. Authorities discovered Abujihaad's military e-mail address among the computer tiles, and he had a secret security dearance that would have allowed him access to that material. according to the aftidavit. The investigation was run out of Connecticut because Ahmad allegedly used an Internet service provider there to host one of his fundraising Web sites. Kevin O'Connor. the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, had no comment Wednesday night. Ahmad was arrested in 2004 but the case against Abujihaad apparently received a boost in December following the arrest of Derrick Shareef. 22. of Genoa. Ill., near Chicago. who was accused of planning to use hand grenades to attack holiday shoppers at a mall. According to the affidavit, Shareef and Abujihaad lived together in 2004 when Ahmad was arrested. After reading news reports of the case. Abujihaad became upset and said, "I think this is about me," Shareef told investigators. Authorities then taped a phone · conversation between Abujihaad and an informant in which Abujihaad appeared nervous. Though Abujihaad didn't say outright that lie was involved in the leak of classified information, the affidavit provided enough evidence for an arrest warrant. Abujihaad received an honorable discharge from the Navy in 2002. according to the affidavit. Bv LARRY MARGASAK ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee will ask several Justice Department officials to testify about the tiring of eight fedem! prosecutors and could issue subpoenas if they refuse, Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday. Schumer. O.N.Y., said the committee will discuss Thursday whether to authorize subpoenas if necessary. Six of eight fired U.S. attorneys told House and Senate committees Tuesday that lawmakers. a high-r.mking congressional aide and a Justice Department official pressured them and interfered with their work. Some of that work involved corruption cases. The Senate Ethics Committee already is conducting a preliminary inquiry into a call last October by Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M.. to David Iglesias, since ftred as the U.S. attorney for New Mexico. Domenici has hired promiaenl Wa'ihington attorney K. Lee Blalack to represent him. The House Ethics Committee has not said whether it plans a similar inquiry into a call to Iglesias that month from Rep. Heather Wilson, R·N.M. Both Domenici and Wtlson have denied lr}'ing. to influ· ence a corruption mvesllgation Iglesias was conducting. Schumer chairs the Senate panel's subcommittee that oversees the court system. He named several Justice Department officials the com· mittee would seek to question: Michael Elston, Kyle Sampson, Monica Goodling, Bill Mercer and Mike Battle. Sampson is Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' chief of staff, Elston is staff chief to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty and Mercer is <L~sociate attorney general. Goodling is Gonzales' senior counsel and White House liaison. and Battle is the departing director of the otlice th~t oversees the 93 U.S. attorneys. ··Now that it's clear that there wa~ a concerted effort to purge an impressive crop of U.S. anomeys. the next step is to identify and question those responsible for hatching this scheme to use U.S. attorneys as pawns in a chess game:· political Schumer said. Tracy Schmaler, spokeswoman for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman P.<ttrick Leahy. [). Vt., said the committee had asked Gonzales earlier Wednesday to voluntarily make the Justice Departmeni oftlcials available. Brian Roehrka~se. a Justice Department spokesman. said its officials for weeks have supplied members of Congress with information sunuunding the ftring of the eight prosecutors. "The department yesterday publicly provided the specific perfonnance-related reasons that led to their recent dismissals," Roehrkasse said. "It is now cle<lr that some members of Congress are no longer interested in those facts but would rather play politics." In a letter to Schumer dated Tuesday, Elston· said he wa> "shoCked and baftled" that a Feb. 20 CO(IVersation he had with Bud Cummins, the former U.S. attorney ill Little Rock. over talking to the media about the firings could be interpreted as threalening. "I do not understand how anything that I said to him in our last conversation in midFebruary could bo construed as a threat of any kind. and I Obama says he didn't know he invested in companies supported by political backers BY NEDRA PICKLER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday he was not aware he had invested in two companies backed by some of his top donors and said he had done nothing to aid their business with the government. The lllinois senator (aced questions about more than $50,000 in investmen~ he made right after taking office in 2005 in two speculative companies, AVI · Biopharma and Skyterra Communications. Obama set up a trust that gave his bro~er authority to trade stocks on his behalf without his input, according to 16 pages of documents he released Wednesday. "At no point did I know what stocks were held. and at no point did I direct how those stoch were invested." Obama told reporters at the end of a news conference called to trumpet an unrelated immigration bill. "What I wanted to make sure is that I didn't want. to invest in companies that potentially would create conflicts with my work here," said Obama. who has campaigned on the need for stronger congressional ethics rules. "Obviously. the thing didn't work the way I wanted it to." Obama purchased $5,000 in shares for AVI. which was developing a drug to treat avian flu. Two weeks after buying the stock. as the disease was spreading in Asia. Obama pushed for more federal funding to fight the disease. but he said he did not discuss the matter with any company officials. Obama also had more than $50,000 in shares of Skyterra. a company that had just received federal permission to create a nationwide wireless network that combined satellite and land-based communica- lions systems. Among the company 's top investors were donors who raised more than $150.000 for Obama •s political committees. the New York Times reported Wednesday. The stock holdings were first examined Monday by the financial Web site. Thestreetcom. The reports found no evidence that anv of his actions ended up linefiting either company during the roughly eight months he owned the sloe ks. Obama lost about $15.000 on Skyterra and earned a profit of about $2,000 on AVI. Skyterra. stocks continued to drop after Obama divested. Obama said he wanted to invest in stocks after signing a $1.9 million deal for his second book. "The Audacity of Hope." He said after buying a home and putting money in the bank and mutual funds, he asked a friend and political donor, investor George Haywood, to recommend a broker so he could invest a portion more aggressively. "I thought about going to . (billionaire investor) Warren Buffett, and I decided it would be embarra~sing that I only had $100.000 to invest," Obama said. Haywood. a major backer of both AVI and Skyterra. recommended a broker at UBS who also bought stock for Obama in those companies. Obama said at some point in fall 2005 he got a stockholder letter from AVI or Skyterra. but he ~ouldn't remember whi~h company. But on Dec 15. 2005. he liquidatetl the "Freedom Trust •." a~ it was titled in the May 15 agreement establishing it, and put his money in mutual funds and money market accounts that would" '! raise such questions. "It's at that point that I became concemed that I might not be able to insulate myself from knowledge of my holdings. that this trust instrument might not be working the way I wanted it to," Obama said. UBS spokeswoman Karina Byrne said the company would not make Obama's broker available for interviews because they do not discuss client investments. Obama said he didn't invest in a qualified blind trust because it wouldn't enable him to limit which companies he invested in. such as those in the tobacco industry and other areas that he did not want to support. Obama attorney Robert F. Bauer added that the senator felt the blind trust left him in an "inadequate ethical position" because it would mean he couldn't respond to media inquires. for example. if questions arose about his investments. But Obama also would have to report the stock holdings each year under Senate rules because they weren't part of a qualitied blind trust. "At this point, I'm only invested in mutual funds or cash or money market accounts. That's my instruction to my <!Ccountant." Obama said. "We are not going to own individual stocks precisely because it raises questions like this." Senate ethics rules do not prohibit lawmakers from owning stocts in companies thai do business with the federal government. Another investor involved in Skyterra was Jared Abbruzzese, (I New York businessman now at the center of a federal inquiry into publtic corruption. Abbruzzese and bis wife had contributed $10,000 to Oba.m.a's political action committee. But normally they back Republican caus· es, such as the Republican National Committee anq the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that dan1aged John Kerry 's presidential campaign. Obama said he ha..~ never met Abbruzzese. cenainly had no intention leaving him with that impression," Elston wrote in the two-page letter. a copy of which was obtained VVednesday by The Associated Press. Cummins tnld the Senate committee there was a "threatening undercurrent" in the c·all from Elston express· ing disple<bure with quotes attributeJ to Cummins in The Washington Post. Domenici 's spokesman, Chris Gallegos, said the senator hired Blalack on Feb. 28. That's when Iglesias publicly said that he believes he was forc·ed out of hi> job lor political r.easons alter. refusing pressure from two memhers of Congress. He did not ick:ntify them at that time. Blalack represented former Senate Majority Leader Bill Prist in investigations surrounding his sale of stock from his Senate blind trusts. He also represented former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham. R-Calif., in a House ethics conviction. Cunninghan1 is now serving an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to taking $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors. Internet · HOLIDAY SPECIAL! Vnlimi.N.\1.!1w.tt fAA rutl:.. 77 0..111111 111)1111 • fRf£ 3417 LM TKM6CII &uptOd ' 'f!St<lfll ~~~ - ~~ P yoa !)tJ~ ~st • 10 "'-ma.l &ddfts.le:l ..~11 Span! Pro~ • CUIWT1 &lil1 ~age · tiiWl WUihlr ,\ rr-ort! c·------~ 1/()~~l,!.t!!!''"'' ) Scm Col_&_ !IIQnUoON...I -~­ RING GUIDE rtrfq~ ~f T~e~ ·. ~efJ Call Dave or Brenda • a.m., Common Grounds Cotlee Shop. POMEROY - The Big Friday, March II Bend Farm Antique' Club ATHENS - Area 14 will Meet at 7:30 pi .m at the Workforce Investment Mlberry Community Center, Board. 9:30 a.m. at the OU God's NET. Inn, Athens. Tuesday, March 13 !'QMEROY - · Meigs Satunlay, March 10 County Chamber of RACINE Meigs Community Action Network, Commerce. business-mindluncheon. noon, 4 p.m.. Racine Library, ed PomeroY. Library. speaker forum to discuss permit processes relating to pro- B.J. Wtlberg, chamber of posed coal mining, power commerce executives of plants proposed for Sutton, Ohio, entertainment by Lebanon, Letart Township.~. Rivers Bend Quartet, lunch guest speaker attorney Rick catered by Crow 's KFC I Long John Silvers. RSVP at Sahli of Columbus. 992-5005 by March 12. Tuesday, March 13 PORTLAND - Portland Community Center Board meeung, 7 p.m., regular Thursday, Marth 8 meeting and accepting letters POMEROY - Lenten of interest for board member worship service will he held positions. at the Forest Run United Methodist Church 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14 Special music. homily by POMEROY Meigs the Rev. Fr. Walter Heinz. County Board of Health, 5 Sponsored by the Meigs p.m.. conference room. County Ministerial Meigs County Health Association. Pastor Bob Department. Robinson, theme of the worship. "Listening, but 11lursday, March 15 Not Hearing." SYRACUSE - Syracuse Village Council. special Friday, March II meeting, 7 p.m .. village hall. LONG BOTTOM - A gospel sing wll be held at the Faith Full Gospel Church, Long Bottom, S.R. 124 at Long Bottom. Special guests will be Dave and Debbie Dailey. Thursday, March 8 CHESTER Shade River Lodge 453, 7:30 p.m. at the hall. Refreshments. SYRACUSE Saturday, March 10 Wildwood Garden Club. I SYRACUSE p.m.. at home of Shirley Syracuse Youth Baseball Harnm. Hal Kneen to pre- League signups. 4 to 6 p.m. sent program on plant propa· Saturday and 2 to 4 p.m. galion methods. Sunday at the Syracuse TUPPERS PLAINS Firehouse. VFW Post 9053 meets at 7:30 p.m. at hall. Meal at 6:30p.m. RACINE - Ohio River Thursday, March 8 Producers (FFA Alumni). POMEROY - Nathan regular meeting. 7 p.m .. Biggs will observe his 87th Southern Vo-Ag room. RACINE Sunshine birthday Thursday. Cards Circle of the Dorca~-Bethany may be sent to him at Church. 7 p.m .. at church. 38960 State Route 124, POMEROY - Alpha Iota Pomeroy. Ohio 45769. Masters, 11:30 a.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church. Sunday, March 11 POMEROY Marie Saturday, March 10 Hauck will observe her POMEROY Meigs 90th birthday on Sunday, County Christian Motorcycle March II . Cards may be Association. "Delivered" sent to her at 644 Osborn Chapter. regular meeting. I0 St .. Pomeroy. Ohio. 45769. Church events . Clubs and ._ organizations Youth events 1 • Thursday, March 8, 2007 There is a right time for confrontation Bv KATHY MITCHEll ,t.ND MARCY SUGAR Dear Annie: During 33 years of marriage. my husband seldom. if ever. removed hi s wedding ring. However, during theJast four months, I've notic it's off a lot more than it's on. I've discovered it in hi s jewelry box. the glove compartment of his car and. one day while doing laundry, it fell out of his shirt pocket . When I questioned him, he gave me vague responses like. "It felt loose," or "I took it off to do yard work ... Like a fool· ish, trusting wife, I believed him. The other day I nm into one of his co-workers. "Denise" is very attractive, and they have worked together for many years. I don't know her well. only enough to make casual conversation. However. when I saw her, she seemed uncomfortable and very ill at ease. Then my whole world collapsed around me. She said. ''I'm sorry to hear you are getting divorced soon... I told her she must be confusing us with another couple and that our marriage is stable and intact. She looked like she was going to be ill and made some excuse TOPS elects new officers COOLVILLE - New officers were elected at Tuesday night's meeting of the TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 2013. Coolville. Elected were Pat Snedden, leader; Dottie Bond. co-leader; Connie Rankin, secretary, and Judy Morgan, treasurer. They will be installed at the April 3 meeting. Sharon Powell was named weekly best weight-loss winner and Doris Buchanan runner-up at the meeting attended by 20 members Contests for the upcomtng Area Recognition Days were discussed. Members were encouraged to take I 0.000 steps daily. Pedometers were distrib· uted to those who wanted to participate and use them for a month to record their daily progress. possess aGED and be able to The group meets every show proof of acceptance at Tuesday at Torch Baptist an accredited two or four Church. Weigh-in is from year institution of higher 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. with a education. meeting from 6:30 to 7:30. Ethical character, academ- For information. call ic performance. extra-curric- Snedden at 662-2633 or ular activities and financial attend a free meeting. need are evaluated as part of the selection process. Candidates who have overcome personal challenges or obstacles to higher education and demonstrate a desire to succeed and achieve educational goals will be carefully considered. Students can use the award for a variety of education-related expenses, including tuition. travel, books and supplies. computer equipment and student fees. Scholarship applications are available on the Foundation's Wet; site. www.appalachianohio.org. Completed applications and all accompanymg materials must be postmarked by April 2, 2007. at the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, PO. Box 456. Nelsonville. OH 45764 . Plea.'ie call the Foundation at (740) 753-1111 for more information. · POMEROY - Jessica The Foundation for Nicole Smith and Cory Appalachian Ohio is a region- Dwayne Dill of Pomeroy al community foundation announce the birth of a serving the 29 counties of daughter. Kyleen Lillian Ohio. The Dill. born on Dec. 30 at Southeast Foundation attracts contribu- the Holzer Medical Center tions for progrdm.s and endow· in Gallipolis. The . infant meot, makes grants for chari- weighted 6 pounds, 2 table and civic purpo5eS and ounces. supports local and regional Maternal grandparents efforts for positive change. For are Carl E. Smith, Jr. and more information or to learn Rebecca L. Smith, and the more about the Foundation's paternal grandparents are I'm a Child Appalacb~nt Ed Dill and Lisa Morris. Network (!CAN!) to promote Great-grandparents are regional access and success Carol and Dol Smith, Jack vi sit and Joyce Handley. and in education, www.appalachianohio.org. Sam and Faye Steiometz. Birthdays Birth announced of PageA3 ANNIE'S MAILBOX Pltilc meetings NELSONVILLE - The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio is now acceptmg appli· cauons from graduattng seniors for the $500 Wayne F. White Scholarship awards. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. (Jewell) Evans made the initial gift of $25,000 to establish the memorial scholarship in honor of White, a regtonal champion of l!igh~r education. Bob Evans, nationally recognized restaurateur and philanthropist. was a longtune friend of White and an early supporter of the Ohio Appalachian Center for Higher Education (OACHE). Before his death, White served for II years as the executive director of OACHE - a consortium of public colleges and universi. ties within Appalachia that work to make higher education accessible for the region's students. As an Appalachian himself, White believed deeply in the academic ability and potential of the region's students to succeed. Under his leadership, OACHE became a national model for success, increas.ing participation of Appalachian students in post-secondary education. Wayne F. White scholarships are awarded oo an annual basis to hi~h school seniors who reside tn and are graduatin$ from schools located wtthin the 29 counties of Appalachian Ohio. The deadline for submission of applications to the Foundation is April 2, 2007. Last year, four SSOO scholarships were awarded to area students. Applicants should be grad· uating high school seniors or ~r;ff. at 992-215.5 Community Calendar Scholarships available for graduating seniors ins h 29.2007 Thursd BY THE BEND The Daily Sentinel about being in a hurry. and off she went. Then it hit me . My husband must be having an affair with this woman. It eKplains everything. I need to confront my cheating husband because this is tearing me to shreds . I don't have a clue how to go about doing this. How do I begin '~ What do I say"' My marriage is over, so please don't advise me to try counseling . The love and trust are gone. I just need to know how to bow out gracefully. Still De~astated Dear Devastated: We know the circumstantial evi· dence seems convincing, but be sure. Schedule a quiet, private _moment with your husband, when you are calm. and say. "I saw Denise the other day, and she told me you want a divorce. When were you going to tell me"" This should open up a conversation, although it may not he the one you want. We still recommend counseling - not necessarily to put your marriage back together. but to help you work through your anger and sense of betrayal so you can mov~ forward. Good luck. Dear Annie: I recently returned from a vacatkm where I visited a close friend whom I've known for a long time . While there . he told me he loved me. I have loved him for a few years. so I told him back. We spent the re't of the time there as a couple. but when I returned home, things changed. I think about him all the time. and he thinks of me, but how can there be a relationship if we are so far apan ·• I have been considering moving to his city and have saved money for it. Is it worth relocating for love'' Is it worth changing everything about life for one person" - Lost Between Places in British Columbia Dear Lost: Well. yes, if you truly love him . and believe you have a future together. This kind of ('Ommitment requires a leap of faith, and either you are willing to risk it for him or you aren't. It might help to plan another vacation soon to make sure you are both on the same page and still feel the same. Dear Annie : My best friend is a Korean War veteran who receives medical care at the VA hospital for his war-related injunes. Last Christmas. he received a handmade greeting card from a youngster. He trea- 'ure; that card. and it holds a place of honor in hi' oflice. Even though he i' a ,ucce,sful bu,ine"man and ha' a family. it made him feel like a million buck> to be remembered for hi' 'ervice and to know that young people are being taught about veteran, . I hope that all those who send cards to our ve t' have a chance to know how much il mea"' to the recipient' · Illinois Friend Dear Illinois: Every year on Valentine's Day. we ask our readers to ,;end valentines to our veterans . Thank you tor letting us know that such cards and good wishes are appreciated. no matter when they arrive. Annie's Mailbox is writ· ten by Kathy Mitchell a11d Marcy Sugar, longtime edi· tors of the Ann Landers col· umn. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmail· box@comcast. net, or write to: Annie's Manbox, P.O. Box ll8190, Chicago, /L 60611. To find out more about Am•ie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page al www.crealors.com. Scouts prepare for regional jamboree HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Tri-State Area Council. BSA is expecting 1,5 00 Scouts and leaders from Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia to attend and camp at the Rivers & Rails Regional Jamboree & Cub Scout Family Camp to be hosted by the City of Barboursville in Barboursville City Park . Scout units are encour· age to complete their reg· istration by March 15. The event is scheduled for April 20 - 22, 2007 but already the volunteer committee of 75 Scout and community leaders led by Tom Wilmink, II is working hard to insure that the Scouts have more activities and events to partici· pate than one person can do on a weekend. The Barboursville Park will be closed on this weekend to everyone except those involved in the event. The Jamboree will be open to the public but everyone attending must register at the entrance and receive an armband. During the day Cub Scouts will have displays and programs provided by the WV Department of Natural Resources including "Snakes m West "Wildlife Virginia, " Terence Medical Open . . . . . Techniques" and they will shock lhe lake to examine aquatic life. The Clay Center will have a display on "Bubble Technology" and a mobile planetarium. Sportsman Alliance of America from Columbus will be operating a BB anJ Archery Range for Cub Scouts and Trap Shooting Range for Boy Scouts and more. Cub Scouts will also have the opportunity to go horseback riding. Boy Scouts will be busy participating in competitive events related to river skills and early pioneer life. They will also plant 500 trees in the park as a thank you to the city for using the park. Displays availa~le to Boy Scouts will include an exhibit by the National Underground Railroad from Cincinnati; military displays from the W.Va. National Guard including helicopters <tnd artillery, Marshall University River Quality Study, U. S. Coast Guard, Heritage Farm Blacksmith display and more. Other activities for Boy . Scout s will include trail bike riding and a rock climbing wall. Boy Scouts will have a Merit Badge Midway with demonstrations on merit badges related to the theme. For instance the woodworking merit badge · demonstration will involve a group making and playing dulcimers. All during Saturday on the stage provided by the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District, there will be acts by dif· ferent musical and performing groups. Saturday will end with an arena show after dinner coordi nated by Debbie Wolfe. Anyone wanting to bring a display on Saturday related to river life, early history in the community or rail history should contact the Scout Service Center at 304523-3408. Those who would like to perform on stage during the day are asked to contact David Lavendar at the Herald· Dispa1ch in Huntington. WY. • not Other displays included above AEP Safety, Operation Life Saver - Railroad Crossing Safety, krry Sutphin on river history. Army Corps of Engineers on lock operations. Cabell County SWAT Team. Barboursville City Fire Department. Smoke house Coal Company displays. along with a performance by National Lumberjack Champion. u,rphy, MD .. �., The Daily Sentinel OPINION PageA4 Thursday, March 8, 2007 ALL BUSINESS.· Blockbuster's bonus battle The Daily Sentinel gives rare public glimpse of CEQ board fight 111 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio (740) 992-2156 • FAX (740) 992·2157 www.mydallyaentlnel.com BY RACHEL BECK wiggle room in deciding how much they have to dol~ Ohio Valley Publishing Co. out. For instance, even if NEW YORK - No won- earnings growth met expecDan Goodrich der Blockbuster Inc.'s CEO tations, directors might have is upset. Instead of rubber concerns regarding the overPublisher stamping a fat incentive- all health of the company, so based bonus to him, the they can choose to reduce Charlene Hoeflich movie-rental chain's board performance awards as a General Manager-News Editor decided to trim it big time. result. Even though pay for perWhen that happens, they formance is supposed to be exercise something called just that, few boards across "negative discretion," which Congress shall make no law rtSpecting an corpomte America exercise is exactly what theu power to lower bonus Blockbuster's board did· establishment of religion, or prohibiting the comr.ensation when things when they lowered CEO jrte exercise thereof; or a~ridging the freedom of aren t going as well as they Antioco's 2006 bonus. speech, or of the press; or the right of the peo- think they should. Dallas-based Blockbuster But Blockbuster's direcawarded Antioco a $2.28 ple peaceably to assemble, and to petition the tors did - to the turie of million bonus, which is in Go~~ernment for a redreu ofgrievances. more than $5 million - and addition to his 2006 salary CEO John Antioco's fight to and deferred compensation - · The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution get that money back has of about $2.5 million. The thrust this typically behind- bonus came with a condition the-scenes boardroom bick- - if Antioco protests, he is ering into public view. supposed to get nothing. What has been going Ol) at That payout came as Blockbuster may be the first Blockbuster's profits tumToday is Thursday, March 8, the 67th day of 2007. There wave of a changing tide bled by 28 percent in the are 298 days left in the year. regarding executive com- founh quaner due to higher Today's Highlight in History: pensation. CEO paychecks costs for the launch of its On March 8, 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclad are not heading into a free. "Total Access" program to CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) rammed and sank fall, but there cenainly is an combine its online and inthe USS Cumberland and inflicted heavy damage on the increased awareness that store rentals. The company USS Congress, both frigates, off Newpon News, Va. shareholders won't tolerate has been struggling in recent On this date: · excessive amounts being year~ to keep pace with the In 1702, England's Queen Anne ascended the throne given to corporate leaders explosive growth of online upon the death of King William Ill. without reason. movie renter Netflix Inc., In 1782, the Gnadenhutten massacre took place as some A good ponion of execu- which last month delivered 90 Indians were slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation tive ~y is based on meeting its billionth DVD. for raids carried out by other Indians. specified financial targets. But Anlioco claims that he In 1841, Supreme Coun Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes That can include such mel- deserves $7.65 million based Jr., the "Great Dissenter," was born in Boston. rics as earnings per share, on performance targets set In 1854, U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his return on investments or forth at the be~inning of last second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a sales growth. year, and now 1s pressing the treaty with the Japanese. But boards also have some company to give him tha,l In 1874, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore. die<l in Buffalo, N.Y. In 1917, Russia's "February Revolution" (so called because of the Old Style calendar being used by Russians at the time) began with rioting and strikes in Petrograd. In 1917, the U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule. In 1930, the 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft, died in Washington at age 72. In 1965, the United States landed its ftrsl combat troops in South Vietnam, about 3,500 Marines sent to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang. In 1999, New York Yankees baseball star Joe DiMaggio died in Hollywood, Fla., at age 84. · Ten years ago: President Clinton, in keeping with his push for private businesses and churches to hire off welfare rolls, ordered federal agencies to do the same. Five years ago: Kman Corp. announced the closing of 284 stores and elimination of 22,000 jobs. The U.S. Senate passed a bill culling taxes and extending unemployment benefits. One year ago: Iran threatened the United States with "harm and pain" if the U.S. tried to use the U.N. Security Council to punish Tehran for its suspect nuclear program. Six months after Hurricane Katrina, President Bush got a close-up look at the remaining mountains of debris, abandoned homes and boarded-up businesses in New Orleans. The Hornets played their first game at The New Orleans Arena since Katrina; they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, 113-107. NFL owners agreed to the players' union propos.al, extending 'the collective bargainmg agreement for six years. Surprised? Not really. Thought for Today: "If there is any principle of the Shocked and appalled? Constitution that more imperatively calls for allachment Absolutely. After observing than any other it is the principle of free thought- not free the Bush administration's thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the feckless and amoral response thought that we hate."- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841- to the devastation wrought by Gene 1935). Hurricane Katrina. how could Lyons anybody profess amazement LETTERS TO THE at its shabby, negligent treat· ment of wounded American EDITOR soldiers? 1bese are the same soldiers .diers and their families sounds Letters to the editor are welcome. They should be less thwl 300 words. All letters are subjeet to editing, must be it has used a~ symbolic props like classic military boondogsigned, and include address and telephone number. No to ward off criticism of it~ gling. uruigned letters will be published. Letters should be in incoherent "War on Terror" "Life beyond the hospital gOO({ taste, addressing issues, not persooolities. Letters of ·ever since the president's bed is a frustrating mountain thanks to organizations and individuals will not be accept· 2003 "Mission of paperwork," the Post ed for publication. Accomplished" aircraft-carri- reported. "The typical soldier er .stunt in his Village People is required to file 22 docufighter-pilot costwne. Every ments with eight different lime Bush gets in trouble, be command~ - most of them heads to a military base. To off-post - to enter and exit .(USPS 213-!1!611) the conunander in chief, the the medical processing world, Reader Services Ohio Vai'-Y Publishing advantages of mingling with according to government Co. earr.tlon Polley the lrO\JilS are many. Besides investigators. Six.teen differPublished every afternoon, Monday Our main concem in all stories is to excelling at patriotic ent infonnation systems are through Friday. 111 Court Street. pageantry, soldiers can be used to process the fonns, but be accurate. tt you know of an error Pomeroy, Ohio. Second-class ordered to cheer on cue. few of them can communicate in a story, call the newsroom at (740) -!age paid .. Pomeroy. with one another. lbe Army's If that sounds too bitter, 992-2156. lllilmblr: The •ssociated Preaa and allow me to stipulate that the three personnel databases canthe Ohio Ne- -lion. Poltmaallt: Send address correcawful conditions endured by not read each other's files and Our 1111111 number Ia tions to Th<l Odj Sentinel, 111 Court wounded servicemen and can't interact with the separate (740) --2156. Street. Pomeroy. Ohio 45769. women at Walter Reed Army pay system or the medical Deperln~ent extenalciM ..., Medical Center and else- recordkeeping databases." Stlblc:l'lptlon Ra'" wllere aren't what anybody "There was only one By carrier Ol motor ....... News wanted. Speaking to a catch," wrote Joseph Heller in One _ . '10.27 Edlor. Char1ene Hoeflich, Ext 12 Veterans of Foreign Wars his classic satirical WWII One,.. '115.14 o.lly 50' meeting the other day, Vice novel, "and that was CatcbR IS INW: Briall Reed, Ext. 14 President Dick Cheney 22." Senior Clllan F 1; nw: llell1 Sefgenl. Ext. 13 One_. '10.27 vowed "no excuses, only Alas, literary references are One,_ '10110 action" to remedy the terrible no consolation to stricken solSlb9albeos """'*' romil in --..,. Advertising siiUalioo described by diers and their families. No · No sub· 0'1J'F'"- s.tM; Dave Harris, Ext. 15 dlr8ct to llo DliiY Wasbingtoo Post reponers American could read the l'u6t scriplion bv m&t1 permitted in areas Oedr'de SIIIM: Brenda Davis, Ext 16 ~ home carrier service is evan· Dana Priest and Anne HuU. series - and every palriot ct.a.JCin:.: Judy Clark, EX\- 10 able. "These brave men and should - without feeling women deserve the heanfelt shame and anger. Whal 's cruMltil Snbe~ thanks of our country," · cial to understand, however. is General Manager ~ tllelga County . Cheney said "and they that the nightmarish tales told Charlene Hoeflich, Ext. 12 13 Weeks '32.26 deserve the very best medical there. as well as in Salon's 26 Weeks '64.20 52 V'/eeks '127.11 care ·t!Jal our .government can ground~breaking 2005 coverE.possibly provide." age of inadequare treatment rwwsOmydailysentinel.com Outaldr tllelga County I have no doubt that Cheney given soldiers suffering neu13 Weeks '53.55 W&$ being perfectly sincere. rological or psychiatric symp26 Weeks '107.10 (ndred much of the frustra. toms invisible to' the naked 52 Weeks '214.21 www.mydailysenonel.com lion sUlfered by wounded sol- eye, aren't really due to i.txliAP BUSINESS WRITER TODAY IN HISTORY money. Normally, boards and executives work out such issues behind closed doors. But since Antioco is fighting the directors' decision, the company had to include the information on the "disagreement" in a Feb. 27 securities filing where it said it had set aside $4.5 million for this contingency, based on accounting rules. "This happens to many of us in our careers, when you think you earned a certain bonus by hitting all of your j!oals but then you don't get 11," said Bill Coleman, senior vice president and chief compensation officer at Salary.com Inc. "But most of the time we don't see publicly disclosed internal battles of this nature on the CEO level." Now the spotlight is on Antioco's pay - which might have been some directors' intention in the first place, namely billionaire mvestor Carllcahn who now sits on the company's board. Antioco and lcalm tangled two years ago, when lcahn amassed a large stake in the company as it was struggling With a downturn in its business. In 2005, Blockbuster lost $588 million. lcahn had Antioco removed from the board of the company in a proxy fight, and then he srud the CEO was "blackmailing" shareholders b~ trying to collect $50 millton in severance. With lcaht)'s support, the board eventually brought Antioco back, which avoided the payo4t of that severance. This go around, the "board might be trying to show that it finally has a little more backbone than it did in the past," said Paul Hodgson, senior research associate at The Corporate Library, a governance research grou_p. Icahn could also be usmg this as a way to speed up the company's restructuring effort, said Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. Blockbuster has been cutting costs and closing many of its stores, but its online business still only has about two million paying subscribers compared· with 6.3 million at Netflix. "It is our belief that Mr. lcahn is impatient with the pace of Blockbuster's · restructuring, and we can only speculate that Mr. lcahn is using the compensation lever to motivate Mr. Antioco to move more quickly to maximize free cash flow and pay down debt," Pachter said in a recent note to clients. Should that be true, and !calm ultimately gets what he wants, executives across corporate America should beware. Their performance pay could be next on the chopping block. . YOUfAA'Y GROW UP &GET US OUT OF THIS IRAQ M£>5. - vidual command failures. Firing generals and sacking Pentagon bureaucrats won't do much to change things. The bureaucrat most responsible was sacked immediately after · the November election. That would be former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, whose cocksure ineptitude and determination to fight wars on the cheap led directly to the current strategic mess in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rummy's prdCiice of sending machine-signed condolence letters to the families of dead soldiers was perfectly in character. Too bad Bush can't reappoint Rummy and lire him all over again. But it's Bush himself who insisted upon huge tax cuts for his wealthiest supponers in w;utime. Rummy's policy of trinuning funding for military health care just as planeloads of grievously wounded soldiers began to arrive home from the Mi<klle Eao;t, along with the administralion-wide mania for "privatizing" government services, have had the same dire effects on Walter Reed and other military hospitals that similar actions had on FEMA. A September 2006 Army repon cited by Rep. John Tierney, D-Mass., of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, found that "(h)ighly skilled and experienced personnel at Walter Reed" were leaving, "and there wa~ a fear that patientcare services were at risk of . . f~"··~" mtSSlQI1 auw"'. Meanwhile, slashing benefits and denying disability claims has berome Job One among Pentagon bureaucrats recruited by Rummy from the civilian insurance industry to "streamline" military health care. 'The military tried to run military health care on the · cheap - like an HMO," one recently retired official at the Department of Veterans Affairs told Salon's Mark Benjamin. "And the consequences are the medical catastrophe and the bureaucratic nightmare that we see right now.·· The individual stories are hard to bear. Soldiers denied disability pay because Army doctors say they're not wounded, they're retarded; soldiers denied benelits because their heart attacks are ruled "pre-existing conditions": soldiers suffering post· traumatic stress disorder being assessed as merely neu- • rotic. "They staned asking me questions about my mom and my dad getting divorced," one soldier told Salon. "That was the la<it thing on my mind when I'm thinking about people getting fragged and burned bodies being pulled out of vehicles. They asked me if l missed my wife. Well. (bleep) yeah. l missed my wife. That is not the (bleqr ing) problem here. Did you ever put your foot through a 5-year-{)ld's skull?" Every la<it one of these soldiers, remember, volunteered to serve in the fervid belief that they were proteCting you and me. (Arkmlsas Democrat· Gazette columnist Gene Lyons is a national maga;jne award winner and co-author of "The Hunting of tile President" (St. Martin's Press, 2000). You can e-mail Lyons at genelyons2@sbcg/obal.n£t.) For the Record ------------------------------- Badah den Ayres Stubart Civil suits MIDDLEPORT - Beulah Ellen Ayres Stoban. 96, formerly of Antiquity . and Middleport, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2007, m Mmmt, Fla. She was born on Sept. 15, 1910, in Evans, W.Va., daughter of the late Colonel R. and Ruthey Bennett Ayres. She was pre.ceded in death by her husband, Arthur "Runt" Stoban, a son, Anhur "An" Allen, a stepson, Gene, six brothers and two sisters. . · Surviving are a son and his wife, Edward (Edna) Stobart of Miami, Fla.; a daughter-in-law, Lucretia Stobart, Middlepon; .step daughter-in-law, Olive Stobart, Tennessee; grandchildren, Rick (Melba) Stoban of Long Bottom; Tammi (David) Cole of Middleport; Cherie (Richie) Wheeler of Orlando; Karolea (Lee) Snider of Homestead; great gmndchildren, Ryan and Lacey Stoban; Samantha and Amanda Cole; Shaun and Kassandra Coleman; Shawn Wheeler; Angela (Mario) Mejia; great-great-granddaughter, Alysia Rosales; step grandchildren, Kevin Stoban, Edward A. (Eyvonne) Stoban; Lil)da (James) Dunn; David (Trisha) Stoban; Sandy (Victor) Delay and a number of great and great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. · Beulah was a 50-year member of Eastern Star. She was a member of the Antiquity Baptist Church. She later attended .the Middlepon and Miami Churches of Christ. Gmveside services will be held at 4 p.m. on March 9, 2007, at Letan Falls Cemetery. Officiating will be AI Hanson. Arrangements were handled by the Middleport Chapel of Fisher Funeral Home. POMEROY - Actions for judgment were filed in Mei~s County Common Pleas Coun by State of Ohio Medica1d Estate Recovery Program, Columbus, against Marjorie Cremeans, Bucyrus, and others, in the amount of $40,337.70, and by FCI National Lender Services, Anaheim Hills, Calif., against James Milliron, Pomeroy, alleging default in the amount of $26,797.08. CaliA. Bini Sr. GALLIPOLIS - Carl R. ·. Bing Sr., 61, of Gallipolis, ·passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at his residence after a shon battle with cancer. He was born June II, 1945, in Meigs County, son of the late Lee Bing Sr. and Aurelia Brickles Bing. Carl wa~ married to Alice Cox on Dec. 8, 1962, in Gallia County, and she survives him. He wa~ a retired flagman for Windleavs Mobile Homes at Gallipolis. · He is survived by his wife of Carl R. BlEil Sr. 44 years, Alice Bing of . Gallipolis; two children, a son, Carl R. (Sue) Bmg Jr. and a daughter, Betty (Charles) Burris, both of Gallipolis; three grandchildren, Branden (Faye) Bm!? of B.1dwell, Regma Cheney of Fairmont, W.Va., and Austm Bums of Galltpolts; and three great-grandchildren, Nathan, AnnaLeigh and Jamie Marie Bing, all of Bidwell. . He is also survived by three sisters, Darleen (Vernon) Bmg of Pomeroy, Cledith Caldwell of Aiken, S.C., and Dorothy Myers of Pomeroy; four brothers, Dale (Alma) Meyers of Belpre, George (Flora) Binjl of Logan. and Jim Bing and Emerson "Blain" (Bonnie) Bmg, both of Gallipolis; and many nieces and ~phe~s. . .. . Also surviVIng 1s a specmllnend of the fam1ly that has been like a daughter for years, Tern Corbm. Carl was preceded in death by his parents, Aurelia and Lee Bing Sr., and two brothers, Lee Bing Jr. and Clarence Myers. Services will be I p.m. Frida~, March 9, 2007! at the W~llts Funeral Home, with the Rev. W1llard Blankenshtp offic1atmg. Burial will follow in Mina Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday. March 8, 2007, from 6 to S . . . P.dllbearers will be Carl R. Bmg Jr., John Johnson, Lew1s Cox Jr., Charlie Cox, Darrell Cox and Todd Cox. . Honorary pallbearers are Vernon Bing Jr., Duane Bing, Bill Cox Jr. and Chris Cox. The family would like to thank Holzer Medical Center and Holzer Hospice for the care that wa' given to our loved one during this time. Also. a special thanks to his sister,. Darleen Bing of Pomeroy. many other famtly members and fnends for all of the hell', love and suppon. .. . Please vis II www. willisfuneralhome.com to send e-matl condolences. Hany w. Pickens Sr. . RACINE - Harry W. Pickens, Sr., 82, Racine, went to be .with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Monday, March 5. . ~007. at the Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center . in Point Pleasant, W.Va. . Born Aug. 30, 1924, he was the son of the late Marion and ·.f,dna Black Pickens. He was a lifelong resident of Racine, and was a retired carpenter for Local650. He was a veteran of the ·u.s. Navy veteran ofW.W.ll. · On Aug. 22, 1948 he married Erla Marie "Chris" Christopherson in Racine. She preceded him in death Nov. 27, 1971. . Harry is survived by his daughte~, Marie Pickens P~illips, Racine; two sons, Luke (Cathy) Pickens and Nels Pickens, both of Racine; two sisters, Oretha Snider, Racine, and Sue (Kenneth) Imboden of Middlepon; six. grandchildren: Kathy (Bryan) Johnson, Christopher Pickens, Joe Phillips, Grant · Phillips, Shelby Pickens, and· Marcus Pickens; and a great . granddaughter, Mariah Faith Pickens. . · · Besides his parents and wife, he wa~ preceded in death by a son, Harry W. Pickens, Jr., on June 21, 2000 and three sisters: Sara Pickens, Ollie Mae Cozan, and Dorothy Sayre. Service will be at I p.m., Saturday, March 10, 2007 at the Racine Baptist Church with Pastors Ryan Eaton, Danny . Brown and Rmmie Salser offic1atmg. Interment wtll be m the ..Greenwood Cemetery with military ~raveside service conducted by the Racine American Le!1ton Post #602 and the Tuppers Plains VFW Post# 9053. Fnends may c~ from 6-9 p.m. Friday at the Cremeens Funentl Home m Rac1ne Chapel and an hour prior to the service on Saturday. Memorial contributions can be made to the Racine Baptist Church Outreach Center, c/o P.O. Box 323, Racine, Ohio, '45771. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the fanuly by 'visiting www.cremeensfuneralhomes.com. · Rutland from PageA1 "We can't afford another $100,000 bill," Burke said of the project cost. Prim said water in the current I 00,000 gallon tank became stagnant because it wasn't used enough and the ·latest proposal she had from the village was for an even larger 128,000 gallon tank. Prim said water often becomes stagnant especially in summer, losing chlorine The Daily Sentinel • Page As www.mydailysentinel.com Obituaries ~m Walter Reed scandal shocking, not surprising The Daily Sentinel Thursday, March 8, 2007 residuals when there isn't enough water turnover. As for having a water tank for emergencies, Prim said Leading Creek has places for water storage and if the water main were to break along Ohio 124 there wouJd be no water regardless of having a tank or not. Money issues aside, the village does. have the option to move forward with the project, it just doesn' t have to by law. Prim said the old tank is no longer meeting EPA standards and has since been closed off. 1 LOcal Briefs -------------------- :...uncheon planned POMEROY - A spaghetti luncheon will be served on Friday, March 16, by the Meigs County Historical Society in the Museum annex at 144 Butternut Avenue. The eat-in, carry out, or be delivered luncheons will take place between II a.m. and 2 p.m. Orders for carryout or delivered are to be placed by March 15 to 992-3810. Also available will be take home orders which can be picked up at the Museum between 3:30 and 5 p.m. Those orders must also be placed by March 15 . Proceeds from the fund raiser will go into general operating expenses of the Museum. The menu will include POMEROY - The following were sentenced in Meigs spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, cupcake and a can ol pop or County Common Pleas Coun: bottled water. • George E. Stoban, 18 months, suspended, grand theft of a motor vehicle. Term suspended, five years commumly control, SEPTA, Community Corrections upon completion of SEPTA program, alcohol and drug counseling, 500 hours of community service, ordered to find and retail full-time ATHENS - ' The Southeast Ohio Woodland Interest employment, restrained from victim. Group March meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 19. • Brynn Manin, three one-year sentences on char:ges of at the Athens County Extension Office beginning at 7 p.m. The program will be presented by Aaron Boone from the grand theft, breaking and entering and possession of criminal tools. Terms suspended, SEPTA program, alcohol and Ohio State University School of Environment and Natural drug counseling, TASC evaluation, 500 hours of communi- Resources. He will talk about the Ohio Breeding Bird Alia' ty service, $4,800 restitution and restraining order. project, what it involves, and how private woodland own• Ryan J. Jeffers, one year-and six months, on charges of ers mijlht get involved and cooperate with the proJect. The deception to obtain dangerous drugs and theft. Term sus- pubic 1s invited and there is no charge. For more mlormapended, SEPTA ~rogram, community corrections, alcohol tion call 593-8555. and drug counseling, TASC evaluation, 500 hours community service, seek and retain full-time employment, six months operator's license suspension. RACINE - The Meigs Community Action Net work will be meeting from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday at the Racine Library. Rick Sahli, attorney at law, Columbus, will be the guest speaker to discuss citizen rights and help answer questions about the permit processes relating to the multiple mining and power plant proposals possibly commg mto the area. Community members m Racine and the surrounding area will have an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the1r opponumlles for partiClpauon. POMEROY The State Grange in May. Hemlock Quitters announced Kim Romine, lecturer, used they had donated a quilt for shamrocks for the theme of the Meigs County Cancer her program. She said the Society's Relay for Life at term shamrock translates into RACINE- Racine United Methodist Church will have last , week's meeting of little or young c_lover. It was a soup dinner at 3 p.m. on March 12. The public is invited. Hemlock Grange. first used in 1596 by herbalist Rosalie Story conducted John Gerard. There is no true the meeting and reponed that Irish shamrock, she said, notHelen Quivey took first place ing that members of wood ·· in the spiced raisin quick sorrel family (oxalis) are sold bread contest and also noted as shamrocks for St. Patrick's that several members are. Day. BELPRE (AP) -Within installed in that district. working on other contests. weeks, testing for the presThe product is widely Romine said the shamrock Plans were discussed for a ence of a chemical used to used to produce the nonstick yard and bake sale to be held is the unofficial symbol of make Teflon that's been substance Tel1on and a variin June. The Grange banquet Ireland and Boston, Mass., found in the blood of Ohio ety of other products from was announced for April 27 that a four-leaf clover is con- and West Virginia residents flooring to clothing, but does at 7 p.m. at the American sidered good luck, that clover will stan extending' to, hun- not remain in Tellon itself Legion Post and tickets have leaves fermented produce a dreds and perhaps thousands A U.S. Environmental blood thinner that can cause of isolated wells. already gone on sale. Agency science Protection The legislative and deaf hemorrhaging io cows fed it As soon as its plan for the panel has issued a draft conferences will be held in cured hay. A quiz on sham- project is approved, DuPont repon saying C8 is "likely" March 10 at Friendly Hills in rocks was held with the win- Inc. will send letters to about carcinogenic. DuPont claims Zanesville. members were ners receiving potted sham- 3,000 homes in southern the chemical is safe for . reminded to brig i tabs, soup rocks as prizes. Washington County and humans. A pizza pany will be held across the Ohio River outlabels and eye glasses since The testing, outlined by they are to be turned in to at the April meeting side Parkersburg, W.Va., to DuPont and the EPA in ask if they are served by a December, is moving outwell instead of municipal are healthy and haven't had systems, which are , already ward in circles .from · the plant south of Parkersburg. their flu shots should do so being treated. The first sampling. staned though it may take up to two If it's a well, the company five years ago, was of water weeks for it to work. from PageA1 will send trained samplers to This J?<U:!icular strain of collect samples to test for supplies within two miles of the plant. ing early. treatment and said Type B tnl1uenza began m ammonium perfluoroocIf levels are found that Utah in November, moved to if prescribed antiviral medlanoale, also known as exceed 0.5 pans per billion ication before symptoms set Indiana last month and has PFOA and C8. . - equivalent to a few drops in patients who've been now made it here to Meigs "It's a very large undenak- in a railway tanker car exposed may not even devel- County on a likely cross- ing," said Karen Johnson, op flu. Taylor said those who country trip. chief of the ground water another round of testing will and enforcement branch for be conducted as far nonh in clinics for personnel work- Region 3 of the U.S. Washington County as the of Marietta, and ing in dental and physician Environmental Protection city Williamstown, W.Va., across offices, adult care .facilities, Agency. "It's going to take the river. and public and private busi- months." from PageA1 As the result of a classnesses. TB personnel can action lawsuit claiming the also be contacted by any Pomeroy. AI various times group or organization in the DuPont plant contaminated during the year, the staff county to schedule an out- water supplies, DuPont agreed to install permanent conducts clinics in schools side clinic. filters to remove C8 in treatThe Board of Directors and community locations more convenient for resi- for the TB Clinic consists of ment plants in six Ohio and The Diary of dents. Broderick's report representatives of · town- West Virginia municipal Anne Frank showed a total of 2,765 skin shtps and villages of the water districts near its March 9-11 county. Recently appointed Washington Works Plant in tests given last year. ' Little said that in the new members to the Board Parkersburg. Fri & Sat at 8, Sun at 3 Initial results of blood schools, all personnel and are April Burke, Leanne Ohio Valley Symphony children in kindergarten. Cunningham, Shawn Arnott screening found that resi· ••Remembrance~· 4th, 8th, and 12th grades, and Kelly Grueser. Kathy dents near the plant in one of are given skin tests each Cumings is president and the districts, Ohio's Little March 17 at 8 !!!!! year. At least one clinic a Melanie Weese is vice pres- Hocking water system. had Classic Mo~ie Club year is held at every fire ident of the Board. Other about 60 times the level of March 18 at 2 pm department in the county members are Margie Blake, C8 in their blood as the The Ariel-Dater Hall sometime during the year Jim Lawrence, Tom Reed, national average. The comfor firemen and other resi- Chuck Riffle, Dane Weber, pany agreed to supply bot428 Sec. Av\ ~~~i~~~~~7?H .A tled water until filters are dents. Also conducted are and Edna Wood. Sentenced Meeting set Forum set Quilters donates quilt to Relay for Life Plan dinner DuPont to test individual wells for chemical used to make Teflon Flu TB A~~!·\ If you want to make farm life less taxing, talk to your people at H&R Block. Our people can answer questions about things like fuel credit, farm income averaging and casualty losses. Caii1-800-HRBLOCK or visit hrblock.com 618 EB!>I Main St. Pomeroy, OH 45769 Mon-Fri 9 to 6 Sat. 9 to 5 992-6674 O!Mr Hours by Appointr:nent HARBLOCK �., The Daily Sentinel OPINION PageA4 Thursday, March 8, 2007 ALL BUSINESS.· Blockbuster's bonus battle The Daily Sentinel gives rare public glimpse of CEQ board fight 111 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio (740) 992-2156 • FAX (740) 992·2157 www.mydallyaentlnel.com BY RACHEL BECK wiggle room in deciding how much they have to dol~ Ohio Valley Publishing Co. out. For instance, even if NEW YORK - No won- earnings growth met expecDan Goodrich der Blockbuster Inc.'s CEO tations, directors might have is upset. Instead of rubber concerns regarding the overPublisher stamping a fat incentive- all health of the company, so based bonus to him, the they can choose to reduce Charlene Hoeflich movie-rental chain's board performance awards as a General Manager-News Editor decided to trim it big time. result. Even though pay for perWhen that happens, they formance is supposed to be exercise something called just that, few boards across "negative discretion," which Congress shall make no law rtSpecting an corpomte America exercise is exactly what theu power to lower bonus Blockbuster's board did· establishment of religion, or prohibiting the comr.ensation when things when they lowered CEO jrte exercise thereof; or a~ridging the freedom of aren t going as well as they Antioco's 2006 bonus. speech, or of the press; or the right of the peo- think they should. Dallas-based Blockbuster But Blockbuster's direcawarded Antioco a $2.28 ple peaceably to assemble, and to petition the tors did - to the turie of million bonus, which is in Go~~ernment for a redreu ofgrievances. more than $5 million - and addition to his 2006 salary CEO John Antioco's fight to and deferred compensation - · The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution get that money back has of about $2.5 million. The thrust this typically behind- bonus came with a condition the-scenes boardroom bick- - if Antioco protests, he is ering into public view. supposed to get nothing. What has been going Ol) at That payout came as Blockbuster may be the first Blockbuster's profits tumToday is Thursday, March 8, the 67th day of 2007. There wave of a changing tide bled by 28 percent in the are 298 days left in the year. regarding executive com- founh quaner due to higher Today's Highlight in History: pensation. CEO paychecks costs for the launch of its On March 8, 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclad are not heading into a free. "Total Access" program to CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) rammed and sank fall, but there cenainly is an combine its online and inthe USS Cumberland and inflicted heavy damage on the increased awareness that store rentals. The company USS Congress, both frigates, off Newpon News, Va. shareholders won't tolerate has been struggling in recent On this date: · excessive amounts being year~ to keep pace with the In 1702, England's Queen Anne ascended the throne given to corporate leaders explosive growth of online upon the death of King William Ill. without reason. movie renter Netflix Inc., In 1782, the Gnadenhutten massacre took place as some A good ponion of execu- which last month delivered 90 Indians were slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation tive ~y is based on meeting its billionth DVD. for raids carried out by other Indians. specified financial targets. But Anlioco claims that he In 1841, Supreme Coun Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes That can include such mel- deserves $7.65 million based Jr., the "Great Dissenter," was born in Boston. rics as earnings per share, on performance targets set In 1854, U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his return on investments or forth at the be~inning of last second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a sales growth. year, and now 1s pressing the treaty with the Japanese. But boards also have some company to give him tha,l In 1874, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore. die<l in Buffalo, N.Y. In 1917, Russia's "February Revolution" (so called because of the Old Style calendar being used by Russians at the time) began with rioting and strikes in Petrograd. In 1917, the U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule. In 1930, the 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft, died in Washington at age 72. In 1965, the United States landed its ftrsl combat troops in South Vietnam, about 3,500 Marines sent to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang. In 1999, New York Yankees baseball star Joe DiMaggio died in Hollywood, Fla., at age 84. · Ten years ago: President Clinton, in keeping with his push for private businesses and churches to hire off welfare rolls, ordered federal agencies to do the same. Five years ago: Kman Corp. announced the closing of 284 stores and elimination of 22,000 jobs. The U.S. Senate passed a bill culling taxes and extending unemployment benefits. One year ago: Iran threatened the United States with "harm and pain" if the U.S. tried to use the U.N. Security Council to punish Tehran for its suspect nuclear program. Six months after Hurricane Katrina, President Bush got a close-up look at the remaining mountains of debris, abandoned homes and boarded-up businesses in New Orleans. The Hornets played their first game at The New Orleans Arena since Katrina; they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, 113-107. NFL owners agreed to the players' union propos.al, extending 'the collective bargainmg agreement for six years. Surprised? Not really. Thought for Today: "If there is any principle of the Shocked and appalled? Constitution that more imperatively calls for allachment Absolutely. After observing than any other it is the principle of free thought- not free the Bush administration's thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the feckless and amoral response thought that we hate."- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841- to the devastation wrought by Gene 1935). Hurricane Katrina. how could Lyons anybody profess amazement LETTERS TO THE at its shabby, negligent treat· ment of wounded American EDITOR soldiers? 1bese are the same soldiers .diers and their families sounds Letters to the editor are welcome. They should be less thwl 300 words. All letters are subjeet to editing, must be it has used a~ symbolic props like classic military boondogsigned, and include address and telephone number. No to ward off criticism of it~ gling. uruigned letters will be published. Letters should be in incoherent "War on Terror" "Life beyond the hospital gOO({ taste, addressing issues, not persooolities. Letters of ·ever since the president's bed is a frustrating mountain thanks to organizations and individuals will not be accept· 2003 "Mission of paperwork," the Post ed for publication. Accomplished" aircraft-carri- reported. "The typical soldier er .stunt in his Village People is required to file 22 docufighter-pilot costwne. Every ments with eight different lime Bush gets in trouble, be command~ - most of them heads to a military base. To off-post - to enter and exit .(USPS 213-!1!611) the conunander in chief, the the medical processing world, Reader Services Ohio Vai'-Y Publishing advantages of mingling with according to government Co. earr.tlon Polley the lrO\JilS are many. Besides investigators. Six.teen differPublished every afternoon, Monday Our main concem in all stories is to excelling at patriotic ent infonnation systems are through Friday. 111 Court Street. pageantry, soldiers can be used to process the fonns, but be accurate. tt you know of an error Pomeroy, Ohio. Second-class ordered to cheer on cue. few of them can communicate in a story, call the newsroom at (740) -!age paid .. Pomeroy. with one another. lbe Army's If that sounds too bitter, 992-2156. lllilmblr: The •ssociated Preaa and allow me to stipulate that the three personnel databases canthe Ohio Ne- -lion. Poltmaallt: Send address correcawful conditions endured by not read each other's files and Our 1111111 number Ia tions to Th<l Odj Sentinel, 111 Court wounded servicemen and can't interact with the separate (740) --2156. Street. Pomeroy. Ohio 45769. women at Walter Reed Army pay system or the medical Deperln~ent extenalciM ..., Medical Center and else- recordkeeping databases." Stlblc:l'lptlon Ra'" wllere aren't what anybody "There was only one By carrier Ol motor ....... News wanted. Speaking to a catch," wrote Joseph Heller in One _ . '10.27 Edlor. Char1ene Hoeflich, Ext 12 Veterans of Foreign Wars his classic satirical WWII One,.. '115.14 o.lly 50' meeting the other day, Vice novel, "and that was CatcbR IS INW: Briall Reed, Ext. 14 President Dick Cheney 22." Senior Clllan F 1; nw: llell1 Sefgenl. Ext. 13 One_. '10.27 vowed "no excuses, only Alas, literary references are One,_ '10110 action" to remedy the terrible no consolation to stricken solSlb9albeos """'*' romil in --..,. Advertising siiUalioo described by diers and their families. No · No sub· 0'1J'F'"- s.tM; Dave Harris, Ext. 15 dlr8ct to llo DliiY Wasbingtoo Post reponers American could read the l'u6t scriplion bv m&t1 permitted in areas Oedr'de SIIIM: Brenda Davis, Ext 16 ~ home carrier service is evan· Dana Priest and Anne HuU. series - and every palriot ct.a.JCin:.: Judy Clark, EX\- 10 able. "These brave men and should - without feeling women deserve the heanfelt shame and anger. Whal 's cruMltil Snbe~ thanks of our country," · cial to understand, however. is General Manager ~ tllelga County . Cheney said "and they that the nightmarish tales told Charlene Hoeflich, Ext. 12 13 Weeks '32.26 deserve the very best medical there. as well as in Salon's 26 Weeks '64.20 52 V'/eeks '127.11 care ·t!Jal our .government can ground~breaking 2005 coverE.possibly provide." age of inadequare treatment rwwsOmydailysentinel.com Outaldr tllelga County I have no doubt that Cheney given soldiers suffering neu13 Weeks '53.55 W&$ being perfectly sincere. rological or psychiatric symp26 Weeks '107.10 (ndred much of the frustra. toms invisible to' the naked 52 Weeks '214.21 www.mydailysenonel.com lion sUlfered by wounded sol- eye, aren't really due to i.txliAP BUSINESS WRITER TODAY IN HISTORY money. Normally, boards and executives work out such issues behind closed doors. But since Antioco is fighting the directors' decision, the company had to include the information on the "disagreement" in a Feb. 27 securities filing where it said it had set aside $4.5 million for this contingency, based on accounting rules. "This happens to many of us in our careers, when you think you earned a certain bonus by hitting all of your j!oals but then you don't get 11," said Bill Coleman, senior vice president and chief compensation officer at Salary.com Inc. "But most of the time we don't see publicly disclosed internal battles of this nature on the CEO level." Now the spotlight is on Antioco's pay - which might have been some directors' intention in the first place, namely billionaire mvestor Carllcahn who now sits on the company's board. Antioco and lcalm tangled two years ago, when lcahn amassed a large stake in the company as it was struggling With a downturn in its business. In 2005, Blockbuster lost $588 million. lcahn had Antioco removed from the board of the company in a proxy fight, and then he srud the CEO was "blackmailing" shareholders b~ trying to collect $50 millton in severance. With lcaht)'s support, the board eventually brought Antioco back, which avoided the payo4t of that severance. This go around, the "board might be trying to show that it finally has a little more backbone than it did in the past," said Paul Hodgson, senior research associate at The Corporate Library, a governance research grou_p. Icahn could also be usmg this as a way to speed up the company's restructuring effort, said Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. Blockbuster has been cutting costs and closing many of its stores, but its online business still only has about two million paying subscribers compared· with 6.3 million at Netflix. "It is our belief that Mr. lcahn is impatient with the pace of Blockbuster's · restructuring, and we can only speculate that Mr. lcahn is using the compensation lever to motivate Mr. Antioco to move more quickly to maximize free cash flow and pay down debt," Pachter said in a recent note to clients. Should that be true, and !calm ultimately gets what he wants, executives across corporate America should beware. Their performance pay could be next on the chopping block. . YOUfAA'Y GROW UP &GET US OUT OF THIS IRAQ M£>5. - vidual command failures. Firing generals and sacking Pentagon bureaucrats won't do much to change things. The bureaucrat most responsible was sacked immediately after · the November election. That would be former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, whose cocksure ineptitude and determination to fight wars on the cheap led directly to the current strategic mess in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rummy's prdCiice of sending machine-signed condolence letters to the families of dead soldiers was perfectly in character. Too bad Bush can't reappoint Rummy and lire him all over again. But it's Bush himself who insisted upon huge tax cuts for his wealthiest supponers in w;utime. Rummy's policy of trinuning funding for military health care just as planeloads of grievously wounded soldiers began to arrive home from the Mi<klle Eao;t, along with the administralion-wide mania for "privatizing" government services, have had the same dire effects on Walter Reed and other military hospitals that similar actions had on FEMA. A September 2006 Army repon cited by Rep. John Tierney, D-Mass., of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, found that "(h)ighly skilled and experienced personnel at Walter Reed" were leaving, "and there wa~ a fear that patientcare services were at risk of . . f~"··~" mtSSlQI1 auw"'. Meanwhile, slashing benefits and denying disability claims has berome Job One among Pentagon bureaucrats recruited by Rummy from the civilian insurance industry to "streamline" military health care. 'The military tried to run military health care on the · cheap - like an HMO," one recently retired official at the Department of Veterans Affairs told Salon's Mark Benjamin. "And the consequences are the medical catastrophe and the bureaucratic nightmare that we see right now.·· The individual stories are hard to bear. Soldiers denied disability pay because Army doctors say they're not wounded, they're retarded; soldiers denied benelits because their heart attacks are ruled "pre-existing conditions": soldiers suffering post· traumatic stress disorder being assessed as merely neu- • rotic. "They staned asking me questions about my mom and my dad getting divorced," one soldier told Salon. "That was the la<it thing on my mind when I'm thinking about people getting fragged and burned bodies being pulled out of vehicles. They asked me if l missed my wife. Well. (bleep) yeah. l missed my wife. That is not the (bleqr ing) problem here. Did you ever put your foot through a 5-year-{)ld's skull?" Every la<it one of these soldiers, remember, volunteered to serve in the fervid belief that they were proteCting you and me. (Arkmlsas Democrat· Gazette columnist Gene Lyons is a national maga;jne award winner and co-author of "The Hunting of tile President" (St. Martin's Press, 2000). You can e-mail Lyons at genelyons2@sbcg/obal.n£t.) For the Record ------------------------------- Badah den Ayres Stubart Civil suits MIDDLEPORT - Beulah Ellen Ayres Stoban. 96, formerly of Antiquity . and Middleport, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2007, m Mmmt, Fla. She was born on Sept. 15, 1910, in Evans, W.Va., daughter of the late Colonel R. and Ruthey Bennett Ayres. She was pre.ceded in death by her husband, Arthur "Runt" Stoban, a son, Anhur "An" Allen, a stepson, Gene, six brothers and two sisters. . · Surviving are a son and his wife, Edward (Edna) Stobart of Miami, Fla.; a daughter-in-law, Lucretia Stobart, Middlepon; .step daughter-in-law, Olive Stobart, Tennessee; grandchildren, Rick (Melba) Stoban of Long Bottom; Tammi (David) Cole of Middleport; Cherie (Richie) Wheeler of Orlando; Karolea (Lee) Snider of Homestead; great gmndchildren, Ryan and Lacey Stoban; Samantha and Amanda Cole; Shaun and Kassandra Coleman; Shawn Wheeler; Angela (Mario) Mejia; great-great-granddaughter, Alysia Rosales; step grandchildren, Kevin Stoban, Edward A. (Eyvonne) Stoban; Lil)da (James) Dunn; David (Trisha) Stoban; Sandy (Victor) Delay and a number of great and great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. · Beulah was a 50-year member of Eastern Star. She was a member of the Antiquity Baptist Church. She later attended .the Middlepon and Miami Churches of Christ. Gmveside services will be held at 4 p.m. on March 9, 2007, at Letan Falls Cemetery. Officiating will be AI Hanson. Arrangements were handled by the Middleport Chapel of Fisher Funeral Home. POMEROY - Actions for judgment were filed in Mei~s County Common Pleas Coun by State of Ohio Medica1d Estate Recovery Program, Columbus, against Marjorie Cremeans, Bucyrus, and others, in the amount of $40,337.70, and by FCI National Lender Services, Anaheim Hills, Calif., against James Milliron, Pomeroy, alleging default in the amount of $26,797.08. CaliA. Bini Sr. GALLIPOLIS - Carl R. ·. Bing Sr., 61, of Gallipolis, ·passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at his residence after a shon battle with cancer. He was born June II, 1945, in Meigs County, son of the late Lee Bing Sr. and Aurelia Brickles Bing. Carl wa~ married to Alice Cox on Dec. 8, 1962, in Gallia County, and she survives him. He wa~ a retired flagman for Windleavs Mobile Homes at Gallipolis. · He is survived by his wife of Carl R. BlEil Sr. 44 years, Alice Bing of . Gallipolis; two children, a son, Carl R. (Sue) Bmg Jr. and a daughter, Betty (Charles) Burris, both of Gallipolis; three grandchildren, Branden (Faye) Bm!? of B.1dwell, Regma Cheney of Fairmont, W.Va., and Austm Bums of Galltpolts; and three great-grandchildren, Nathan, AnnaLeigh and Jamie Marie Bing, all of Bidwell. . He is also survived by three sisters, Darleen (Vernon) Bmg of Pomeroy, Cledith Caldwell of Aiken, S.C., and Dorothy Myers of Pomeroy; four brothers, Dale (Alma) Meyers of Belpre, George (Flora) Binjl of Logan. and Jim Bing and Emerson "Blain" (Bonnie) Bmg, both of Gallipolis; and many nieces and ~phe~s. . .. . Also surviVIng 1s a specmllnend of the fam1ly that has been like a daughter for years, Tern Corbm. Carl was preceded in death by his parents, Aurelia and Lee Bing Sr., and two brothers, Lee Bing Jr. and Clarence Myers. Services will be I p.m. Frida~, March 9, 2007! at the W~llts Funeral Home, with the Rev. W1llard Blankenshtp offic1atmg. Burial will follow in Mina Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday. March 8, 2007, from 6 to S . . . P.dllbearers will be Carl R. Bmg Jr., John Johnson, Lew1s Cox Jr., Charlie Cox, Darrell Cox and Todd Cox. . Honorary pallbearers are Vernon Bing Jr., Duane Bing, Bill Cox Jr. and Chris Cox. The family would like to thank Holzer Medical Center and Holzer Hospice for the care that wa' given to our loved one during this time. Also. a special thanks to his sister,. Darleen Bing of Pomeroy. many other famtly members and fnends for all of the hell', love and suppon. .. . Please vis II www. willisfuneralhome.com to send e-matl condolences. Hany w. Pickens Sr. . RACINE - Harry W. Pickens, Sr., 82, Racine, went to be .with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Monday, March 5. . ~007. at the Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center . in Point Pleasant, W.Va. . Born Aug. 30, 1924, he was the son of the late Marion and ·.f,dna Black Pickens. He was a lifelong resident of Racine, and was a retired carpenter for Local650. He was a veteran of the ·u.s. Navy veteran ofW.W.ll. · On Aug. 22, 1948 he married Erla Marie "Chris" Christopherson in Racine. She preceded him in death Nov. 27, 1971. . Harry is survived by his daughte~, Marie Pickens P~illips, Racine; two sons, Luke (Cathy) Pickens and Nels Pickens, both of Racine; two sisters, Oretha Snider, Racine, and Sue (Kenneth) Imboden of Middlepon; six. grandchildren: Kathy (Bryan) Johnson, Christopher Pickens, Joe Phillips, Grant · Phillips, Shelby Pickens, and· Marcus Pickens; and a great . granddaughter, Mariah Faith Pickens. . · · Besides his parents and wife, he wa~ preceded in death by a son, Harry W. Pickens, Jr., on June 21, 2000 and three sisters: Sara Pickens, Ollie Mae Cozan, and Dorothy Sayre. Service will be at I p.m., Saturday, March 10, 2007 at the Racine Baptist Church with Pastors Ryan Eaton, Danny . Brown and Rmmie Salser offic1atmg. Interment wtll be m the ..Greenwood Cemetery with military ~raveside service conducted by the Racine American Le!1ton Post #602 and the Tuppers Plains VFW Post# 9053. Fnends may c~ from 6-9 p.m. Friday at the Cremeens Funentl Home m Rac1ne Chapel and an hour prior to the service on Saturday. Memorial contributions can be made to the Racine Baptist Church Outreach Center, c/o P.O. Box 323, Racine, Ohio, '45771. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the fanuly by 'visiting www.cremeensfuneralhomes.com. · Rutland from PageA1 "We can't afford another $100,000 bill," Burke said of the project cost. Prim said water in the current I 00,000 gallon tank became stagnant because it wasn't used enough and the ·latest proposal she had from the village was for an even larger 128,000 gallon tank. Prim said water often becomes stagnant especially in summer, losing chlorine The Daily Sentinel • Page As www.mydailysentinel.com Obituaries ~m Walter Reed scandal shocking, not surprising The Daily Sentinel Thursday, March 8, 2007 residuals when there isn't enough water turnover. As for having a water tank for emergencies, Prim said Leading Creek has places for water storage and if the water main were to break along Ohio 124 there wouJd be no water regardless of having a tank or not. Money issues aside, the village does. have the option to move forward with the project, it just doesn' t have to by law. Prim said the old tank is no longer meeting EPA standards and has since been closed off. 1 LOcal Briefs -------------------- :...uncheon planned POMEROY - A spaghetti luncheon will be served on Friday, March 16, by the Meigs County Historical Society in the Museum annex at 144 Butternut Avenue. The eat-in, carry out, or be delivered luncheons will take place between II a.m. and 2 p.m. Orders for carryout or delivered are to be placed by March 15 to 992-3810. Also available will be take home orders which can be picked up at the Museum between 3:30 and 5 p.m. Those orders must also be placed by March 15 . Proceeds from the fund raiser will go into general operating expenses of the Museum. The menu will include POMEROY - The following were sentenced in Meigs spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, cupcake and a can ol pop or County Common Pleas Coun: bottled water. • George E. Stoban, 18 months, suspended, grand theft of a motor vehicle. Term suspended, five years commumly control, SEPTA, Community Corrections upon completion of SEPTA program, alcohol and drug counseling, 500 hours of community service, ordered to find and retail full-time ATHENS - ' The Southeast Ohio Woodland Interest employment, restrained from victim. Group March meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 19. • Brynn Manin, three one-year sentences on char:ges of at the Athens County Extension Office beginning at 7 p.m. The program will be presented by Aaron Boone from the grand theft, breaking and entering and possession of criminal tools. Terms suspended, SEPTA program, alcohol and Ohio State University School of Environment and Natural drug counseling, TASC evaluation, 500 hours of communi- Resources. He will talk about the Ohio Breeding Bird Alia' ty service, $4,800 restitution and restraining order. project, what it involves, and how private woodland own• Ryan J. Jeffers, one year-and six months, on charges of ers mijlht get involved and cooperate with the proJect. The deception to obtain dangerous drugs and theft. Term sus- pubic 1s invited and there is no charge. For more mlormapended, SEPTA ~rogram, community corrections, alcohol tion call 593-8555. and drug counseling, TASC evaluation, 500 hours community service, seek and retain full-time employment, six months operator's license suspension. RACINE - The Meigs Community Action Net work will be meeting from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday at the Racine Library. Rick Sahli, attorney at law, Columbus, will be the guest speaker to discuss citizen rights and help answer questions about the permit processes relating to the multiple mining and power plant proposals possibly commg mto the area. Community members m Racine and the surrounding area will have an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the1r opponumlles for partiClpauon. POMEROY The State Grange in May. Hemlock Quitters announced Kim Romine, lecturer, used they had donated a quilt for shamrocks for the theme of the Meigs County Cancer her program. She said the Society's Relay for Life at term shamrock translates into RACINE- Racine United Methodist Church will have last , week's meeting of little or young c_lover. It was a soup dinner at 3 p.m. on March 12. The public is invited. Hemlock Grange. first used in 1596 by herbalist Rosalie Story conducted John Gerard. There is no true the meeting and reponed that Irish shamrock, she said, notHelen Quivey took first place ing that members of wood ·· in the spiced raisin quick sorrel family (oxalis) are sold bread contest and also noted as shamrocks for St. Patrick's that several members are. Day. BELPRE (AP) -Within installed in that district. working on other contests. weeks, testing for the presThe product is widely Romine said the shamrock Plans were discussed for a ence of a chemical used to used to produce the nonstick yard and bake sale to be held is the unofficial symbol of make Teflon that's been substance Tel1on and a variin June. The Grange banquet Ireland and Boston, Mass., found in the blood of Ohio ety of other products from was announced for April 27 that a four-leaf clover is con- and West Virginia residents flooring to clothing, but does at 7 p.m. at the American sidered good luck, that clover will stan extending' to, hun- not remain in Tellon itself Legion Post and tickets have leaves fermented produce a dreds and perhaps thousands A U.S. Environmental blood thinner that can cause of isolated wells. already gone on sale. Agency science Protection The legislative and deaf hemorrhaging io cows fed it As soon as its plan for the panel has issued a draft conferences will be held in cured hay. A quiz on sham- project is approved, DuPont repon saying C8 is "likely" March 10 at Friendly Hills in rocks was held with the win- Inc. will send letters to about carcinogenic. DuPont claims Zanesville. members were ners receiving potted sham- 3,000 homes in southern the chemical is safe for . reminded to brig i tabs, soup rocks as prizes. Washington County and humans. A pizza pany will be held across the Ohio River outlabels and eye glasses since The testing, outlined by they are to be turned in to at the April meeting side Parkersburg, W.Va., to DuPont and the EPA in ask if they are served by a December, is moving outwell instead of municipal are healthy and haven't had systems, which are , already ward in circles .from · the plant south of Parkersburg. their flu shots should do so being treated. The first sampling. staned though it may take up to two If it's a well, the company five years ago, was of water weeks for it to work. from PageA1 will send trained samplers to This J?<U:!icular strain of collect samples to test for supplies within two miles of the plant. ing early. treatment and said Type B tnl1uenza began m ammonium perfluoroocIf levels are found that Utah in November, moved to if prescribed antiviral medlanoale, also known as exceed 0.5 pans per billion ication before symptoms set Indiana last month and has PFOA and C8. . - equivalent to a few drops in patients who've been now made it here to Meigs "It's a very large undenak- in a railway tanker car exposed may not even devel- County on a likely cross- ing," said Karen Johnson, op flu. Taylor said those who country trip. chief of the ground water another round of testing will and enforcement branch for be conducted as far nonh in clinics for personnel work- Region 3 of the U.S. Washington County as the of Marietta, and ing in dental and physician Environmental Protection city Williamstown, W.Va., across offices, adult care .facilities, Agency. "It's going to take the river. and public and private busi- months." from PageA1 As the result of a classnesses. TB personnel can action lawsuit claiming the also be contacted by any Pomeroy. AI various times group or organization in the DuPont plant contaminated during the year, the staff county to schedule an out- water supplies, DuPont agreed to install permanent conducts clinics in schools side clinic. filters to remove C8 in treatThe Board of Directors and community locations more convenient for resi- for the TB Clinic consists of ment plants in six Ohio and The Diary of dents. Broderick's report representatives of · town- West Virginia municipal Anne Frank showed a total of 2,765 skin shtps and villages of the water districts near its March 9-11 county. Recently appointed Washington Works Plant in tests given last year. ' Little said that in the new members to the Board Parkersburg. Fri & Sat at 8, Sun at 3 Initial results of blood schools, all personnel and are April Burke, Leanne Ohio Valley Symphony children in kindergarten. Cunningham, Shawn Arnott screening found that resi· ••Remembrance~· 4th, 8th, and 12th grades, and Kelly Grueser. Kathy dents near the plant in one of are given skin tests each Cumings is president and the districts, Ohio's Little March 17 at 8 !!!!! year. At least one clinic a Melanie Weese is vice pres- Hocking water system. had Classic Mo~ie Club year is held at every fire ident of the Board. Other about 60 times the level of March 18 at 2 pm department in the county members are Margie Blake, C8 in their blood as the The Ariel-Dater Hall sometime during the year Jim Lawrence, Tom Reed, national average. The comfor firemen and other resi- Chuck Riffle, Dane Weber, pany agreed to supply bot428 Sec. Av\ ~~~i~~~~~7?H .A tled water until filters are dents. Also conducted are and Edna Wood. Sentenced Meeting set Forum set Quilters donates quilt to Relay for Life Plan dinner DuPont to test individual wells for chemical used to make Teflon Flu TB A~~!·\ If you want to make farm life less taxing, talk to your people at H&R Block. Our people can answer questions about things like fuel credit, farm income averaging and casualty losses. Caii1-800-HRBLOCK or visit hrblock.com 618 EB!>I Main St. Pomeroy, OH 45769 Mon-Fri 9 to 6 Sat. 9 to 5 992-6674 O!Mr Hours by Appointr:nent HARBLOCK �PageA6 COMMUNITY The Daily Sentinel Thursday, March 8, 2007 The Daily Sentinel AROUND THE WORLD PageA7 Thursday, March 8, MEIGS GIRL SCOUT DIARY POM~ROY - Girl Scout cookies will be Jeliwred on Mar•·h 10, so expect your orders any time after that. If vou were not able to uriler. several l)ooths will be happening county wide . ••• Weekend wit h Baby/Baby Think it Over will be held un April 20~ I at the Syrat·use !=omnlllnity Center for ~ir i s II to 17 . For more 111formation . please call Jerrena Ebersbach at 4161934. Cadette-Sen ior Troop 1208 is sponsoring a co mrnunity se rvice project for babies and todd lers throughout the mon.th of March and April. Donations of good used baby items and new items for a baby wi ll be accept ed any time through April 2 1 by calling Ebersbach . More details will be available at a later date. Reedsville Daisy Troop 1334 Troop members attended a tea party hosted by the Meigs County Museum 10. Annex on Feb. Attending were Abbie Ridenour, Hannah Damewood. Emmalea Ouest, Anna Pierce, and Shayla Honaker. They were served refreshments and played games. They all . had a really nice time. On Fe h. I0, Emmalea Durst attended the Girl Scouts Sweetheart ice skating party at ·the Bird Arena in Athtlns and really enjoyed it. On Feb . 12, the Reedsville troops had their Party. The Valentine Dai sies made their boxes for their valentines. they also made a craft by making candy canes and putting them into a shape of a heart. and tied a bow to it. The Daisy troop also worked on some projects that earned some of their petals . Those attending this meeting and Valentine party were Anna Pierce. Shayla Honaker. Abbie Ridenour. Jessica Rees, Hannah Damewood. and Emmalea Durst. On Feb. 25, Emmaleil Durst attended the Mason County/Big Bend Thinking Day. On Feb . 26, the troop met for their meeting with five people attending. We worked on our Thinking Day project. Our l'ountr~ we are going to do is Haill . The girls made a craft for this project. Shayla Honaker attended thi s event as weii.Out meetings are every other Monday. Our next meeting is scheduled for March 12. Anyone is welcome to attend. !lowers, as well as a March 13, the girls will be Valentine craft . picking up their cookie Sandwiches and other fin - orders to deliver. If anyone ger foods were served sti ll did not get a chance to alo ng with tea and hot orde r and wishes to purchase more be sure to conchocolate . Our troop met on Feb. 17 tact one of the leaders or for a Valentine party. Girls visit the vanous cookie decorated paper bags to use booths. as mail bo~es for their valent ines. Each girl took turns distributing their Valentine treat. The troop also made bird feeders out of pinecones, peanut buller and bird At our Feb. 5 meeting we seed. Cecilia Harris assisted with this project. had a Valentine card Madison Council was the exchange. Twelve girls were: Jess ica snack Daisy for this meet- prese nt Cook, Hailey Cremeans, mg. Our troop worked on Sierra Cleland, Rae Baker, Gilmore, Kayla Japan fur Thinking Day. Leia Sydney We were not able to attend Lipscomb, the Service Unit Thinking Cleland, Amber Sturgeon, Kali Day activity in Point Mickayla Eblin, Pleasant. We held our Cleland. Jaiden Hood, and Thinking Day activity on Kari Arnold. We finished the second March 3. More details on this event will follow in the half of the "Art to Wear" by decorating March troop report, so stay Try-it, masks. sewing beads on Twned. Our next meeting will be shirts (previously stenciled March 24 at the Pomeroy with fabric paint by the Library . Hannah Tackell girls), and face pamting will be the snack Daisy for Valentine hearts on each this meeting. The time of other 's cheeks. the meeting is 10:30 a.m. We also made chocolate to noon. heart suckers for residents Troop members are of a group home in The KassidX Betzing. Madison Plains, and fur the women Council, Morgan Doczi, and quilters of Forest Run Doczi, U.M. Church. Girls were Billi Renea Madelyn Hill, Drew also reminded to continue Humphreys. Shaylynn to seek information on Mitchell , Kori Robie, Germany for Thinking Taylor Swartz, Hannah Day. Tackett . Alexis TobinAt the Feb. 19th meeting Doczi, Rileigh Ward, and II girls present were: Leia Sydney Zirkle. Gilmore, Sydney Cleland, Please contact troop Kayla Lipscomb. Jessica leader. Heather Humphreys Cook, Sierra Cleland, (992-910 I, 591-0230. Amber Sturgeon, Rae jhhumphreys @earthlink. ne Baker. Jaiden Hood, t) if you have any ques- Brooklynn Miller, tions regarding the troop. Mickayla Eblin, and Kari Arnold. Girls worked on the " Brownie Girl Scouts Around The World" Try-it, in preparation for Thinking Day. G iris learned other Troop 13 16 had a busy month trying to learn about names for Girl Scouts Sri Lanka. The girls are cur- around the world, and . rently working on painting games played in other shirts that they can wear countries. A scrapbook was when they wish. They also started, with pictures of the will be making family mem- girls doing their favorite bers special invitations to a things. Girls also replensit down meal that they will ished bird seed in feeders have to prepare. This is to they had made and discovencourage the girls to talk to ered that the birds are .very their pments and siblings hungry this time of year. about different things that happen in their busy lives. This is the leader's desire to start having a day or time set a'ide just for the family. They also will be working on a special cmft to celebrate St Patrick's day. Troop I061 met twice The next meeting, on during the month of Southern Brownie Troop 1120 (Forest Run) Eastern Brownie Troop 1316 Reedsville Brownie Troop 1061 February. For Valentine's Day we made homemade cleaning items as a gift for our mums. It was part of the The earth Is Our Home Try-it. Earning this Try-it were : Grace Adams, Meg han Short, Abby Causey, Shelena Honaker, and Morgan Barringer. We have been working hard on preparation for our Thinkin~ day country of Austraiha. We meet 6 to 7:30 p.m. every other Monday evening at the Reedsvi lle Church of Christ. Our next re gular meeting will be held on March 12. Reedsville Junior Troop 1042 Reedsville Junior Troop 1042 held their meeting on Feb. 12 . Those present were: Kaylee Golf, Hannah Adams. Shawna Murphy, Lindsey Putman, Haley Bissell and Katie HotTman. The girls started on their Looking Your Best badge. They had a Valentine's party and exchanged valentines with other Reedsville troops and had lots of delicious refreshments. At our Feb. 26 meeting, those present were: Lindsey Putman, Kaylee Goff, and Haley Bissell . Some of the girls fini shed their Looking Your Best badge. We got started working on a new badge called Healthy Relationships. The girls brought some things in for our Thinking Day coming up and our country that we' re going to talk about and share information on is Jamaica. Our next meeting will be March 5. so we can gel all of our things for Thmking Day put together. Southern Jr. Troop 1204 Another busy month has come and gone already. The first meeting of the month, Ms. Phyllis told the girls that we sold 3,065 boxes of cookies this year. Abby Houser was top seller with 1,200 boxes, second was Ashley Deem witn 420 boxes, and Cassie Roush with 300 boxes. Way to go' Brittany Cogar brought · in her report for the two requirements on the "Oil Up" badge . Troop found that not too many words of the same were found fur the $ 1 words. We found ove r 60 words. Pinewoqd Derby cars were handed out to girls wanting to participate in Parkersburg 's Powder Puff Derby . More work Wil' done on Thinking Day and gir ls finished up their valen tine craft. Katie Hill served refreshment s. At the next meeting, parents signed permission slips for the girls to go to the Gem Even t in Charleston on Saturday. Girls voted to wait and do their Thinking Day wi th the two Southern Brownie troqps in March. More work was done for Thinking Day event. They are doing research on Girl Scout Promise and Law. the uniforms worn in Hong Kon ~. different foods, housmg. religion, cu ltures. for the nag. why llsed the colors and what the symbol means. Tori Hoschar served refreshments . On Feb. 19, troop reported un the Gem Event held last Saturday. We had eight girls attending: Whitne y. Cassie, Ashley, Lauren Dunn. Kimmy and Katelynn Ginther, Abbie and Megan McGee. We thank Ms . Lillie for making swaps for the gi rls. We were the only troop to bring swaps so the girls handed theirs out to other girls. Girls were reminded that if they want to go to the Harry Potter event in March they need to get in their registrations. They vo ted that the y want to go to the animal shelter event being held in March. Brittany read her report on her Woman Leader of tlie World. Abbie showed her reports on the "Oil Up" badge. Girls started making their llag for Hong Kong which also is requirement on "Global Awarene"" badge. Abbie Houser se rved refreshments. The last meeting was held on Feb. 26. Girls reported on the fun they had at the Powder Puff event. They want to do it again next year. Going to the event were · Brittany. Ashley. Lauren . Kimmy and Kaidynn , Cassie , and Halley. Whitney Halley and Cassie placed Hoodles •·t/2 Price Due to the weather this _.w inter. our troop has had to ~ cancel some of our scheduled meetings. We met once in January and the girls earned the Respect Authority petal. At thi s meeting, we also did an alphabet hike around the Pomeroy Library. The giris also enjoyed telling stories of their Christmas advenlures . Morgan and Billi Jtenea Doczi were snack paisies for this mee tin~. • In February. many ol our girls participated in a tea ' party that was sponsored by the Meigs County tlistorical Soci'e ty. Girls got to make bonnets with County informed 'llte~Se~l SUI)scribe today 99'.2-2155 February was a slow one for us du e to the bad weather. We were working on our Thinking Day project. We learned about Germany . We learned about the language, the food and about the government. We went to the Mason Thinking Day and enjoyed tasting different foods and learn ing about other coumries. We Sill down with Jerre na Ebersbach and talked abotn our "Weekend with Baby " (" Baby Think It Over") projec t wich we will be doing in April. Re edsv ille Cadette Troop 1254 Troop I ~54 has met twice durin~ the month of Februarv ;u]d chose to do France -for our Thinking Day countr y. We have been bLisy working on our demonstration for this event to be held March 10 at the Reedsvi lle Church of Christ. Darc i Bi ssell has finished the Studio 2B booklet the R'eal Dea l, and Whitney Putman has finished the Take Charge hooklet earnin g their Studio 2B t'harms for these. They each have hegun a new booklet and are also working on steps fo r their silver award. We meet 6 o 7:30 p.m. every other week. Our next s~: h e duled meet ing 1s set for Mard1 19 . Cold PoP 29¢ Russell Russell Stover Stover Cream Eas Jell~ Be,ans Ret49¢ Rea. S3.SQ Onl» ~•c Onl)r S2.3'l Tlmu Wltchu SO% Off Extra SPecial Frida" Onl,.. 50% Off · Women·s Mtlls Cadette/Senior Troop 1208 Sweat Shirts 12oz Can Meigs Daisy Troop 5870 Keeping high 1n the final junior race . Lauren read her report on a world woman leader. She told who , he was, where she was from . and what she did . Thi s J> requirement number 10 on "Global Awareness" badge. Flags were fini shed with painting on the flower~ centers . Next week a mural will be made with facts found about their cou ntry. This will be their back drop for thm display am! will finish their badge . A small Court of Awards was held where g irl s received their two b adge~ that they had earned and event patches . Whitney Ours ~e rved refreshments. ao indi~ quitting. • fir.be on long-term freedofn tobac<:o, including W<)Ved skills for ~agemen~ · assertive GreetIna Cards ComPlete Stock 112 Price Puff's BOM of Coloanes 1r 1oa Tissues· Gift Sets Rea~ $1.3t 20% Qff Onl)t 9'C . 2007 52 BY MARGIE MASON have occurred, as well as land'lides, !lund ' and ' ulcani c erup- ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER SOLOK, Indonesia - Okiardi wept and prayed at his daughter's grave Wednesday, a day after a concrete slab dislodged by an earthquake collapsed on top of the 5-year-old in a school playground . Survivors began cleaning up homes damaged by the temblor, which killed 52 people and was another grim reminder of the powerful seismic forces that lie beneath Indonesia. Okiardi said he identified his daughter by her earri ng because her face was smas hed beyond recognition when he found her at a hospital. "'I could still feel her heart beating," he recalled, crying quietly. "Moments later, she died." The 6J magnitude quake that struck Sumatra island Tuesday was felt as far away as neighboring Malaysia and Singapore, where some tall buildings were evacuated. Two hours later, a 6. 1 aftershock rattled the region. The quake left at least 52 dead, sa id Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi. lowering the death toll a.P photo by nearly 20. He said some vic- Indonesian soldiers remove debris at a destroyed junior school at Sumani village , on the outskirts of Solok in tims had been counted twice. West Sumatra, Indonesia , Wednesday. The 6.3 magnitude quake that struck Sumatra island Tuesday the In Solok. a bustling town close to the epicenter, three members of latest in a stnng of natural disasters to hit Indonesia - left 70 people dead and hundreds injured . one family were killed when their law dug her out of the rubble, but Some houses were flattened, with yards. They spent the night outcollapsed home burst into flames, she refused to go to the hospital only tin roofs left sitting atop the side wrapped in blankets, hoversaid police spokesman Supriadi, saying it was "no use," said her ground, while others had only ing beside lanterns and fires to who like many Indonesians uses daughter, Kento. slight cracks in walls or porches . escape the cool mountain air. only one name. Military and Nursiam, Jaini 's cousin, who Many homes appeared to have Indonesia, which straddles one wo rk-crews scrambled to clean up was sitting with family members escaped damage completely. but of the world's most seismically the charred remains of the house. beside her dead relative before jittery residents were not taking active zones, was hardest hit by Anot her woman, Jaini, 71, died burial, said she had never felt any chances. the 2004 Asian tsunami that early Wednesday after being such a powerful quake. ''This was Many survivors lounged on killed 160,000 people on straw mats under trees and Sumatra's northern tip . Since trapped inside her kitchen when the biggest ever," she said. The damage varied greatly. cooked under plastic canopies in then, two other deadly quakes the wall s caved m. Her son-m- tion !-.. DuLens uf building s were destroyed and hundred s others damaged in the late st quake, according to local police chief Lt. Col. Budi Sarwono. A three-story home was 11anencd. and wide crack s we r~ left in roads . Heavy machinery was used to knock down '"me huildings still standing aft er the quake but too damaged tu · b ~ salvaged. Backhoe' and dump trucks moved mound, ol din and broken concrete. hut many houses rem ain eJ tilted . . iJ e ways or perched prec ari ,)u, !y on cracked support beanh . Patienh poureJ i111u hospitals, many wi th hrok~n bones and cuts. but mo't were treated outside because of kar' more quakes would follow . A military ho,p ital was deserted. and pat ients were treated ~u.: rm. :-. the :-.treel under terlts in a ,occer field . They were given ll.\ygen and intrawnuus drips, and mall) had fresh bandages .:overing their heads " I tell them to keep their spirit alive ." ,aid Dr. Rocky Hcndrawan. who was racing among the cots tu check on patients. Officials said some 250 people were injured . Indonesia , the world 's large st archipelago. is prone to seismic upheaval because of its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. In addition to the 2004 tsunami, an earthquake killed nearly 5,000 on Java island last year. Tuesday's quake was about660 miles west of Jakarta. Suicide attacker kills 30 as Iraqi forces struggle to protect pilgrims; 90 dead throughout Iraq BY ROBERT H. REID ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BAGHDAD. Iraq - A suicide attacker blew him· self up in a cafe northeast of the capital Wednesday, killing 30 people as a wave of violence left 90 Iraqis dead throughout the country. The bloodshed persisted as Iraqi securi-ty forces struggled to protect more than I million Shiite pilgrims streaming toward the holy city of Karbala for annual religious rituals that begin Friday. The filgrims are facing a string o illlacks along the way that have claimed at least 174 lives in two days - among 284 killed across Iraq since Tuesday. They included 22 people - 12 police commandos and 10 CIVilians - who died Wednesday in a car bombing at a checkpoint in southem Baghdad set up to pro· )eel pilgrims, the U.S. military said. An Iraqi TV cameraman working for a Shiite-owned station was among the civilian dead, his station said. Just north of the capital, a powerful bomb killed three American soldiers trying to clear explosives from a major highway, the U.S . military said. One American soldier was wounded in the attack. American troops have stepped up efforts to clear and secure major highways around the capital as part of the Baghdad security crackdown. which began last month. But the operation, which will eventually see an addi tional 17,000 U.S. combat troops in the capital, has so far failed to intimidate Sunni insurgents, who have retaliated with attacks outside the city - including those against Shiite pil· grims. At least 13 U.S. troops have been killed in lra4 since Sunday, all of them in Sunni areas north and l'<"l of Baghdad. Nine Americans died Monday. the deadliest day for the U.S. military here in· nearly a month. Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that in recent days the number of sectarian murders was down slightly and the number of car bombings was up. "So I think you see poten· tially the Iraqi people wanting to take advantage of this opportunity and the enem~ wanting to keep it going, ' Pace told a Pentagon news conference. Still, police repmted tinding I0 bullet-ridden. bodies throughout Baghdad on Wednesday. most showing signs of torture. Another two were found lloating in the Tigris river south of the capilal. Defense Secretary Robert Gate!i cited early indic,ations that the Iraqi government is meeting the commitments it made to bolster security. although he cautioned th~t it was too earl y to reach any ftnn conclusions about the outcome. "We're rigllt at the very beginning," he said at the Pentagon. "But I would say that based in terms of whether the Ira9is are meet· ing the conunttments that they've made to us in the security arena, I think that our view would be so far, so good." He was referring to the movement of additional Iraqi troops into the capital. Wednesday's suicide auack took place near sunset at a popular cafe in Balad Ru z, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, where Sunni extremists have been forc ing Shiites to flee through a campaign of assass inatipn and intimidation. A senior police officer said dozens of people were gathered around the cafe enjoying mild, sunny weather when the attacker struck. killing 30 people and wounding 25. The officer spoke on condition o f atllm ymity, feari ng for hi ~ Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, many of them marching behind banners affirming their reverence for Imam Hussein. On Tuesday, two suicide bombers exploded themselves among pilgrims lining up at a checkpoint in the southern city of Hillah, killing at least 120 people and wounding about 190. More than 30 other pilgrims have been killed in dozens of bombin~s and shootings since the ptlgrimages began this week. In Karbala. 50 miles south t>f Baghdad. Iraqi s~c u rity forces 'et up a six-ring (nrdon around the two main Shiite shrines as the cit v ' welled with hundreds ,;r thousands of pilgrims. Local Gov. Aqeel al Khazalie said I 0,000 policeman were deployed in the city. with pilgrim s undergning multiple searche.s at checkpoints before th ey rt'arh the twn major " hritK~ -... tk fns'lh of the 1\ cckcnd But the attacks have done linle to discourage religious fervor among the Shiites, free to practice their rituals since the collapse of Saddam Hu sse in's Sunniled regime in 2003 . Abbas Ghatie Ali, a 32year-old pilgrim walking from Baghdad to Karbala, tied a list of emergency contacts around his neck in case he was hurt along the way. "I'm wearing this card to iden ti fy me if I'm killed during lhe journey to KarhJla ." Ali sai d. He said h~ 11 " uld ddv threats bv Sunm ~\ t h.· ml-..t s because Shi ite' ii re " th~ majority and will deknd our ideology and dut.:t rinL' ... Ath>tih'J pil ~ rtm. Khadija Ta11 ld ~h • uh , in . Sind his bruther wa' killed last year 011 11 march tu Karbala but he Wll' dct,·i~ mined to make lhc 1ri p him" ·! f. "The terrorist.-. ,g i\\' u-.. thL' c.· hance to go ll l par~ 1d i ... ~..· ... he . , ai d. D 1mn ~ till.' p ~t.., t two years, 1hc \l iillllt Anm mi litia of r. tdi ,·,tl Sh tiie ,·!eric \ ·luql.ldcJ ,ii -Siidr watched rih:.''i. personal safety. ''All til~ cit\\ c nl r~mrc " Iraqi security forces ha ve hal'c hccn scnlrcd . and !.cal l 11\L'r pil _\.! rilll : t ~~,.· .., to Karbala. been braci ng for more troul'hi, 1 <',Jr. tlw 111ilitia bowed ble this weekend ill the eli - upon thC' pilgrim -; II\ follli\\ ' max of Shiite religious rite' the inst ntctiom. of thl' ~L\: u ­ w g , ~·,...:rnt lh..' IH ~,1 \:~~ ure und marking the end of a 40-day rity lorces and let them do pulc"idc thei r arms to avoid mourning period for Imam the necessary searches." <Ill)' confrontat ion with U.S .Hu ssein, grandson \)f the Iraq's minister of state for k d force' during the see he' s getting better and and offered gastric bypass Prophet Muhammad . national security. Sherwan Baghdad ' ccurity crackgelling a lillie sun," Uribe's surgery. down . Hussein's death in a 7th- al-Waili, said in Karbala. But Uribe chose to accept century battle near Karbala With the militia on the neighbor Guadalupe Guerra "Terrorists arc adapting said. " I would go crazy if 1 help from Mexican nutri- cemented the schism and improvising new ways sideli nes . Shiite leaders had to be inside my house tionists working with the bet weep Sunnis and Shiites. of hu rt ing people . haw n prc"''d anger that Zone diet He says he will for so many years." Preparations have been the Sh1itc-lcd govern ment Hundreds of thousands of Uribe was a chubby kid stick to that diet until he Shiite pilgrims were stream- . made in hospitals to receiw securit1 Ioree had failed to and weighed more than 250 reaches his goal of 265 ing by bus, car and foot into emergency cases:· he said. protect the m;1rchers. pounds as an adolescent. In pounds. "My goal is to leave the 1992, he said his weight house on my own but I began ballooning further. Since the summer of know that will be a long 2002, Uribe has been process," he said. Doctors Twin Rivers Marina and bedridden, relying on his say it may take between mother and friends to feed three and four years for K-92 "The Frog" is bringing and clean him. Uribe to reach his goal. a taste of summer to the He drew worldwide Uribe said he plans to attention wben he pleaded start a foundation to help Pomeroy Parking Lot!! for help on national televi- overweight people get medMarch 9th 9-7 pm and sion in January 2006. ical assistance and teach Afterward, an Italian and a them about healthy eating 10th 9-5 pm Spanish doctor both visited habits. Mexican man who once weighed 1, 235 pounds leaves house for first time in 5 years 8Y OLOA R. RODRIGUEZ . ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER · SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico - A man 'who once weighed well !lver a half ton left his house for the first time in five years Wednesday wheeled outside on his bed to greet neighbors and see a mariachi band. · "The sky is beautiful and blue and what I want is to enjoy the sun," said Manuel Uribe, who had once been certified by doctors as weighing 1,235 pounds. : Though still uriable to leave · his bed, Uribe ha' lost 3\15 pounds since he began a high-protein diet a year ago. He now weights about 840 pounds. To celebrate the milestone, six people pushed Uribe's wheel-equipped iron bed out to the street as a mariachi band played and a crowd gathered. Then. a forklift lifted him onto a truck and the 41-year-old rode through the streets of San Nicolas de los Garza. a Monterrey suburb. With dozens of reporters and photographers in tow. Uribe traveled along. passing the town's plaza iuld church and waving at clusters of people eager to get a glimpse of him. 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Cadette-Sen ior Troop 1208 is sponsoring a co mrnunity se rvice project for babies and todd lers throughout the mon.th of March and April. Donations of good used baby items and new items for a baby wi ll be accept ed any time through April 2 1 by calling Ebersbach . More details will be available at a later date. Reedsville Daisy Troop 1334 Troop members attended a tea party hosted by the Meigs County Museum 10. Annex on Feb. Attending were Abbie Ridenour, Hannah Damewood. Emmalea Ouest, Anna Pierce, and Shayla Honaker. They were served refreshments and played games. They all . had a really nice time. On Fe h. I0, Emmalea Durst attended the Girl Scouts Sweetheart ice skating party at ·the Bird Arena in Athtlns and really enjoyed it. On Feb . 12, the Reedsville troops had their Party. The Valentine Dai sies made their boxes for their valentines. they also made a craft by making candy canes and putting them into a shape of a heart. and tied a bow to it. The Daisy troop also worked on some projects that earned some of their petals . Those attending this meeting and Valentine party were Anna Pierce. Shayla Honaker. Abbie Ridenour. Jessica Rees, Hannah Damewood. and Emmalea Durst. On Feb. 25, Emmaleil Durst attended the Mason County/Big Bend Thinking Day. On Feb . 26, the troop met for their meeting with five people attending. We worked on our Thinking Day project. Our l'ountr~ we are going to do is Haill . The girls made a craft for this project. Shayla Honaker attended thi s event as weii.Out meetings are every other Monday. Our next meeting is scheduled for March 12. Anyone is welcome to attend. !lowers, as well as a March 13, the girls will be Valentine craft . picking up their cookie Sandwiches and other fin - orders to deliver. If anyone ger foods were served sti ll did not get a chance to alo ng with tea and hot orde r and wishes to purchase more be sure to conchocolate . Our troop met on Feb. 17 tact one of the leaders or for a Valentine party. Girls visit the vanous cookie decorated paper bags to use booths. as mail bo~es for their valent ines. Each girl took turns distributing their Valentine treat. The troop also made bird feeders out of pinecones, peanut buller and bird At our Feb. 5 meeting we seed. Cecilia Harris assisted with this project. had a Valentine card Madison Council was the exchange. Twelve girls were: Jess ica snack Daisy for this meet- prese nt Cook, Hailey Cremeans, mg. Our troop worked on Sierra Cleland, Rae Baker, Gilmore, Kayla Japan fur Thinking Day. Leia Sydney We were not able to attend Lipscomb, the Service Unit Thinking Cleland, Amber Sturgeon, Kali Day activity in Point Mickayla Eblin, Pleasant. We held our Cleland. Jaiden Hood, and Thinking Day activity on Kari Arnold. We finished the second March 3. More details on this event will follow in the half of the "Art to Wear" by decorating March troop report, so stay Try-it, masks. sewing beads on Twned. Our next meeting will be shirts (previously stenciled March 24 at the Pomeroy with fabric paint by the Library . Hannah Tackell girls), and face pamting will be the snack Daisy for Valentine hearts on each this meeting. The time of other 's cheeks. the meeting is 10:30 a.m. We also made chocolate to noon. heart suckers for residents Troop members are of a group home in The KassidX Betzing. Madison Plains, and fur the women Council, Morgan Doczi, and quilters of Forest Run Doczi, U.M. Church. Girls were Billi Renea Madelyn Hill, Drew also reminded to continue Humphreys. Shaylynn to seek information on Mitchell , Kori Robie, Germany for Thinking Taylor Swartz, Hannah Day. Tackett . Alexis TobinAt the Feb. 19th meeting Doczi, Rileigh Ward, and II girls present were: Leia Sydney Zirkle. Gilmore, Sydney Cleland, Please contact troop Kayla Lipscomb. Jessica leader. Heather Humphreys Cook, Sierra Cleland, (992-910 I, 591-0230. Amber Sturgeon, Rae jhhumphreys @earthlink. ne Baker. Jaiden Hood, t) if you have any ques- Brooklynn Miller, tions regarding the troop. Mickayla Eblin, and Kari Arnold. Girls worked on the " Brownie Girl Scouts Around The World" Try-it, in preparation for Thinking Day. G iris learned other Troop 13 16 had a busy month trying to learn about names for Girl Scouts Sri Lanka. The girls are cur- around the world, and . rently working on painting games played in other shirts that they can wear countries. A scrapbook was when they wish. They also started, with pictures of the will be making family mem- girls doing their favorite bers special invitations to a things. Girls also replensit down meal that they will ished bird seed in feeders have to prepare. This is to they had made and discovencourage the girls to talk to ered that the birds are .very their pments and siblings hungry this time of year. about different things that happen in their busy lives. This is the leader's desire to start having a day or time set a'ide just for the family. They also will be working on a special cmft to celebrate St Patrick's day. Troop I061 met twice The next meeting, on during the month of Southern Brownie Troop 1120 (Forest Run) Eastern Brownie Troop 1316 Reedsville Brownie Troop 1061 February. For Valentine's Day we made homemade cleaning items as a gift for our mums. It was part of the The earth Is Our Home Try-it. Earning this Try-it were : Grace Adams, Meg han Short, Abby Causey, Shelena Honaker, and Morgan Barringer. We have been working hard on preparation for our Thinkin~ day country of Austraiha. We meet 6 to 7:30 p.m. every other Monday evening at the Reedsvi lle Church of Christ. Our next re gular meeting will be held on March 12. Reedsville Junior Troop 1042 Reedsville Junior Troop 1042 held their meeting on Feb. 12 . Those present were: Kaylee Golf, Hannah Adams. Shawna Murphy, Lindsey Putman, Haley Bissell and Katie HotTman. The girls started on their Looking Your Best badge. They had a Valentine's party and exchanged valentines with other Reedsville troops and had lots of delicious refreshments. At our Feb. 26 meeting, those present were: Lindsey Putman, Kaylee Goff, and Haley Bissell . Some of the girls fini shed their Looking Your Best badge. We got started working on a new badge called Healthy Relationships. The girls brought some things in for our Thinking Day coming up and our country that we' re going to talk about and share information on is Jamaica. Our next meeting will be March 5. so we can gel all of our things for Thmking Day put together. Southern Jr. Troop 1204 Another busy month has come and gone already. The first meeting of the month, Ms. Phyllis told the girls that we sold 3,065 boxes of cookies this year. Abby Houser was top seller with 1,200 boxes, second was Ashley Deem witn 420 boxes, and Cassie Roush with 300 boxes. Way to go' Brittany Cogar brought · in her report for the two requirements on the "Oil Up" badge . Troop found that not too many words of the same were found fur the $ 1 words. We found ove r 60 words. Pinewoqd Derby cars were handed out to girls wanting to participate in Parkersburg 's Powder Puff Derby . More work Wil' done on Thinking Day and gir ls finished up their valen tine craft. Katie Hill served refreshment s. At the next meeting, parents signed permission slips for the girls to go to the Gem Even t in Charleston on Saturday. Girls voted to wait and do their Thinking Day wi th the two Southern Brownie troqps in March. More work was done for Thinking Day event. They are doing research on Girl Scout Promise and Law. the uniforms worn in Hong Kon ~. different foods, housmg. religion, cu ltures. for the nag. why llsed the colors and what the symbol means. Tori Hoschar served refreshments . On Feb. 19, troop reported un the Gem Event held last Saturday. We had eight girls attending: Whitne y. Cassie, Ashley, Lauren Dunn. Kimmy and Katelynn Ginther, Abbie and Megan McGee. We thank Ms . Lillie for making swaps for the gi rls. We were the only troop to bring swaps so the girls handed theirs out to other girls. Girls were reminded that if they want to go to the Harry Potter event in March they need to get in their registrations. They vo ted that the y want to go to the animal shelter event being held in March. Brittany read her report on her Woman Leader of tlie World. Abbie showed her reports on the "Oil Up" badge. Girls started making their llag for Hong Kong which also is requirement on "Global Awarene"" badge. Abbie Houser se rved refreshments. The last meeting was held on Feb. 26. Girls reported on the fun they had at the Powder Puff event. They want to do it again next year. Going to the event were · Brittany. Ashley. Lauren . Kimmy and Kaidynn , Cassie , and Halley. Whitney Halley and Cassie placed Hoodles •·t/2 Price Due to the weather this _.w inter. our troop has had to ~ cancel some of our scheduled meetings. We met once in January and the girls earned the Respect Authority petal. At thi s meeting, we also did an alphabet hike around the Pomeroy Library. The giris also enjoyed telling stories of their Christmas advenlures . Morgan and Billi Jtenea Doczi were snack paisies for this mee tin~. • In February. many ol our girls participated in a tea ' party that was sponsored by the Meigs County tlistorical Soci'e ty. Girls got to make bonnets with County informed 'llte~Se~l SUI)scribe today 99'.2-2155 February was a slow one for us du e to the bad weather. We were working on our Thinking Day project. We learned about Germany . We learned about the language, the food and about the government. We went to the Mason Thinking Day and enjoyed tasting different foods and learn ing about other coumries. We Sill down with Jerre na Ebersbach and talked abotn our "Weekend with Baby " (" Baby Think It Over") projec t wich we will be doing in April. Re edsv ille Cadette Troop 1254 Troop I ~54 has met twice durin~ the month of Februarv ;u]d chose to do France -for our Thinking Day countr y. We have been bLisy working on our demonstration for this event to be held March 10 at the Reedsvi lle Church of Christ. Darc i Bi ssell has finished the Studio 2B booklet the R'eal Dea l, and Whitney Putman has finished the Take Charge hooklet earnin g their Studio 2B t'harms for these. They each have hegun a new booklet and are also working on steps fo r their silver award. We meet 6 o 7:30 p.m. every other week. Our next s~: h e duled meet ing 1s set for Mard1 19 . 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Whitney Ours ~e rved refreshments. ao indi~ quitting. • fir.be on long-term freedofn tobac<:o, including W<)Ved skills for ~agemen~ · assertive GreetIna Cards ComPlete Stock 112 Price Puff's BOM of Coloanes 1r 1oa Tissues· Gift Sets Rea~ $1.3t 20% Qff Onl)t 9'C . 2007 52 BY MARGIE MASON have occurred, as well as land'lides, !lund ' and ' ulcani c erup- ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER SOLOK, Indonesia - Okiardi wept and prayed at his daughter's grave Wednesday, a day after a concrete slab dislodged by an earthquake collapsed on top of the 5-year-old in a school playground . Survivors began cleaning up homes damaged by the temblor, which killed 52 people and was another grim reminder of the powerful seismic forces that lie beneath Indonesia. Okiardi said he identified his daughter by her earri ng because her face was smas hed beyond recognition when he found her at a hospital. "'I could still feel her heart beating," he recalled, crying quietly. "Moments later, she died." The 6J magnitude quake that struck Sumatra island Tuesday was felt as far away as neighboring Malaysia and Singapore, where some tall buildings were evacuated. Two hours later, a 6. 1 aftershock rattled the region. The quake left at least 52 dead, sa id Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi. lowering the death toll a.P photo by nearly 20. He said some vic- Indonesian soldiers remove debris at a destroyed junior school at Sumani village , on the outskirts of Solok in tims had been counted twice. West Sumatra, Indonesia , Wednesday. The 6.3 magnitude quake that struck Sumatra island Tuesday the In Solok. a bustling town close to the epicenter, three members of latest in a stnng of natural disasters to hit Indonesia - left 70 people dead and hundreds injured . one family were killed when their law dug her out of the rubble, but Some houses were flattened, with yards. They spent the night outcollapsed home burst into flames, she refused to go to the hospital only tin roofs left sitting atop the side wrapped in blankets, hoversaid police spokesman Supriadi, saying it was "no use," said her ground, while others had only ing beside lanterns and fires to who like many Indonesians uses daughter, Kento. slight cracks in walls or porches . escape the cool mountain air. only one name. Military and Nursiam, Jaini 's cousin, who Many homes appeared to have Indonesia, which straddles one wo rk-crews scrambled to clean up was sitting with family members escaped damage completely. but of the world's most seismically the charred remains of the house. beside her dead relative before jittery residents were not taking active zones, was hardest hit by Anot her woman, Jaini, 71, died burial, said she had never felt any chances. the 2004 Asian tsunami that early Wednesday after being such a powerful quake. ''This was Many survivors lounged on killed 160,000 people on straw mats under trees and Sumatra's northern tip . Since trapped inside her kitchen when the biggest ever," she said. The damage varied greatly. cooked under plastic canopies in then, two other deadly quakes the wall s caved m. Her son-m- tion !-.. DuLens uf building s were destroyed and hundred s others damaged in the late st quake, according to local police chief Lt. Col. Budi Sarwono. A three-story home was 11anencd. and wide crack s we r~ left in roads . Heavy machinery was used to knock down '"me huildings still standing aft er the quake but too damaged tu · b ~ salvaged. Backhoe' and dump trucks moved mound, ol din and broken concrete. hut many houses rem ain eJ tilted . . iJ e ways or perched prec ari ,)u, !y on cracked support beanh . Patienh poureJ i111u hospitals, many wi th hrok~n bones and cuts. but mo't were treated outside because of kar' more quakes would follow . A military ho,p ital was deserted. and pat ients were treated ~u.: rm. :-. the :-.treel under terlts in a ,occer field . They were given ll.\ygen and intrawnuus drips, and mall) had fresh bandages .:overing their heads " I tell them to keep their spirit alive ." ,aid Dr. Rocky Hcndrawan. who was racing among the cots tu check on patients. Officials said some 250 people were injured . Indonesia , the world 's large st archipelago. is prone to seismic upheaval because of its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. In addition to the 2004 tsunami, an earthquake killed nearly 5,000 on Java island last year. Tuesday's quake was about660 miles west of Jakarta. Suicide attacker kills 30 as Iraqi forces struggle to protect pilgrims; 90 dead throughout Iraq BY ROBERT H. REID ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BAGHDAD. Iraq - A suicide attacker blew him· self up in a cafe northeast of the capital Wednesday, killing 30 people as a wave of violence left 90 Iraqis dead throughout the country. The bloodshed persisted as Iraqi securi-ty forces struggled to protect more than I million Shiite pilgrims streaming toward the holy city of Karbala for annual religious rituals that begin Friday. The filgrims are facing a string o illlacks along the way that have claimed at least 174 lives in two days - among 284 killed across Iraq since Tuesday. They included 22 people - 12 police commandos and 10 CIVilians - who died Wednesday in a car bombing at a checkpoint in southem Baghdad set up to pro· )eel pilgrims, the U.S. military said. An Iraqi TV cameraman working for a Shiite-owned station was among the civilian dead, his station said. Just north of the capital, a powerful bomb killed three American soldiers trying to clear explosives from a major highway, the U.S . military said. One American soldier was wounded in the attack. American troops have stepped up efforts to clear and secure major highways around the capital as part of the Baghdad security crackdown. which began last month. But the operation, which will eventually see an addi tional 17,000 U.S. combat troops in the capital, has so far failed to intimidate Sunni insurgents, who have retaliated with attacks outside the city - including those against Shiite pil· grims. At least 13 U.S. troops have been killed in lra4 since Sunday, all of them in Sunni areas north and l'<"l of Baghdad. Nine Americans died Monday. the deadliest day for the U.S. military here in· nearly a month. Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that in recent days the number of sectarian murders was down slightly and the number of car bombings was up. "So I think you see poten· tially the Iraqi people wanting to take advantage of this opportunity and the enem~ wanting to keep it going, ' Pace told a Pentagon news conference. Still, police repmted tinding I0 bullet-ridden. bodies throughout Baghdad on Wednesday. most showing signs of torture. Another two were found lloating in the Tigris river south of the capilal. Defense Secretary Robert Gate!i cited early indic,ations that the Iraqi government is meeting the commitments it made to bolster security. although he cautioned th~t it was too earl y to reach any ftnn conclusions about the outcome. "We're rigllt at the very beginning," he said at the Pentagon. "But I would say that based in terms of whether the Ira9is are meet· ing the conunttments that they've made to us in the security arena, I think that our view would be so far, so good." He was referring to the movement of additional Iraqi troops into the capital. Wednesday's suicide auack took place near sunset at a popular cafe in Balad Ru z, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, where Sunni extremists have been forc ing Shiites to flee through a campaign of assass inatipn and intimidation. A senior police officer said dozens of people were gathered around the cafe enjoying mild, sunny weather when the attacker struck. killing 30 people and wounding 25. The officer spoke on condition o f atllm ymity, feari ng for hi ~ Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, many of them marching behind banners affirming their reverence for Imam Hussein. On Tuesday, two suicide bombers exploded themselves among pilgrims lining up at a checkpoint in the southern city of Hillah, killing at least 120 people and wounding about 190. More than 30 other pilgrims have been killed in dozens of bombin~s and shootings since the ptlgrimages began this week. In Karbala. 50 miles south t>f Baghdad. Iraqi s~c u rity forces 'et up a six-ring (nrdon around the two main Shiite shrines as the cit v ' welled with hundreds ,;r thousands of pilgrims. Local Gov. Aqeel al Khazalie said I 0,000 policeman were deployed in the city. with pilgrim s undergning multiple searche.s at checkpoints before th ey rt'arh the twn major " hritK~ -... tk fns'lh of the 1\ cckcnd But the attacks have done linle to discourage religious fervor among the Shiites, free to practice their rituals since the collapse of Saddam Hu sse in's Sunniled regime in 2003 . Abbas Ghatie Ali, a 32year-old pilgrim walking from Baghdad to Karbala, tied a list of emergency contacts around his neck in case he was hurt along the way. "I'm wearing this card to iden ti fy me if I'm killed during lhe journey to KarhJla ." Ali sai d. He said h~ 11 " uld ddv threats bv Sunm ~\ t h.· ml-..t s because Shi ite' ii re " th~ majority and will deknd our ideology and dut.:t rinL' ... Ath>tih'J pil ~ rtm. Khadija Ta11 ld ~h • uh , in . Sind his bruther wa' killed last year 011 11 march tu Karbala but he Wll' dct,·i~ mined to make lhc 1ri p him" ·! f. "The terrorist.-. ,g i\\' u-.. thL' c.· hance to go ll l par~ 1d i ... ~..· ... he . , ai d. D 1mn ~ till.' p ~t.., t two years, 1hc \l iillllt Anm mi litia of r. tdi ,·,tl Sh tiie ,·!eric \ ·luql.ldcJ ,ii -Siidr watched rih:.''i. personal safety. ''All til~ cit\\ c nl r~mrc " Iraqi security forces ha ve hal'c hccn scnlrcd . and !.cal l 11\L'r pil _\.! rilll : t ~~,.· .., to Karbala. been braci ng for more troul'hi, 1 <',Jr. tlw 111ilitia bowed ble this weekend ill the eli - upon thC' pilgrim -; II\ follli\\ ' max of Shiite religious rite' the inst ntctiom. of thl' ~L\: u ­ w g , ~·,...:rnt lh..' IH ~,1 \:~~ ure und marking the end of a 40-day rity lorces and let them do pulc"idc thei r arms to avoid mourning period for Imam the necessary searches." <Ill)' confrontat ion with U.S .Hu ssein, grandson \)f the Iraq's minister of state for k d force' during the see he' s getting better and and offered gastric bypass Prophet Muhammad . national security. Sherwan Baghdad ' ccurity crackgelling a lillie sun," Uribe's surgery. down . Hussein's death in a 7th- al-Waili, said in Karbala. But Uribe chose to accept century battle near Karbala With the militia on the neighbor Guadalupe Guerra "Terrorists arc adapting said. " I would go crazy if 1 help from Mexican nutri- cemented the schism and improvising new ways sideli nes . Shiite leaders had to be inside my house tionists working with the bet weep Sunnis and Shiites. of hu rt ing people . haw n prc"''d anger that Zone diet He says he will for so many years." Preparations have been the Sh1itc-lcd govern ment Hundreds of thousands of Uribe was a chubby kid stick to that diet until he Shiite pilgrims were stream- . made in hospitals to receiw securit1 Ioree had failed to and weighed more than 250 reaches his goal of 265 ing by bus, car and foot into emergency cases:· he said. protect the m;1rchers. pounds as an adolescent. In pounds. "My goal is to leave the 1992, he said his weight house on my own but I began ballooning further. Since the summer of know that will be a long 2002, Uribe has been process," he said. Doctors Twin Rivers Marina and bedridden, relying on his say it may take between mother and friends to feed three and four years for K-92 "The Frog" is bringing and clean him. Uribe to reach his goal. a taste of summer to the He drew worldwide Uribe said he plans to attention wben he pleaded start a foundation to help Pomeroy Parking Lot!! for help on national televi- overweight people get medMarch 9th 9-7 pm and sion in January 2006. ical assistance and teach Afterward, an Italian and a them about healthy eating 10th 9-5 pm Spanish doctor both visited habits. Mexican man who once weighed 1, 235 pounds leaves house for first time in 5 years 8Y OLOA R. RODRIGUEZ . ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER · SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico - A man 'who once weighed well !lver a half ton left his house for the first time in five years Wednesday wheeled outside on his bed to greet neighbors and see a mariachi band. · "The sky is beautiful and blue and what I want is to enjoy the sun," said Manuel Uribe, who had once been certified by doctors as weighing 1,235 pounds. : Though still uriable to leave · his bed, Uribe ha' lost 3\15 pounds since he began a high-protein diet a year ago. He now weights about 840 pounds. To celebrate the milestone, six people pushed Uribe's wheel-equipped iron bed out to the street as a mariachi band played and a crowd gathered. Then. a forklift lifted him onto a truck and the 41-year-old rode through the streets of San Nicolas de los Garza. a Monterrey suburb. With dozens of reporters and photographers in tow. Uribe traveled along. passing the town's plaza iuld church and waving at clusters of people eager to get a glimpse of him. 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The department led all state agencies in spending on food last year and so far this year, according to Gov. Ted Strickland, who has ordered a freeze on such spending wh ile his office reviews the expenses. The agency had $358.000 in expenses. followed by the Ohio Department of Health with $357,000 and the Ohio Department of transportation with $326,000. according to the govemor's office. For a Dec. 7 event. for example, the Education Department paid Metro Cu1sine of Columbus $1,398 for a lunch, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press. That included I00 lunches of oven-baked chicken with herbs and redskin potatoes at $8.95 each. along with 10 lunches of Florentine stuffed shells with marinara sauce at $10.95 each. The event was a meeting of urban educators in Columbus. Those meal s were paid for at taxpayer expense. Metro Cuisine was the low bidder. . Department spokesman J.C. Benton said the agency will compl) with Strickland's order. The department hosts hundreds of meetings a year to keep Ohio' s 120.000 teachers and 613 school districts up to date on important issues, including changt's in federal and state law, he said. All expenses reviewed by Page AS Stril:kland were previously approved by 'tate budget officials. Benton said. "We are not talking about taking teachers out to fourstar restaurants; we are giving them a sandwich, apple and bag of chips as they work on behalf of Ohio's 1.8 million schoolchildren," Benton said Wednesday. Kathy Bell, a part owner of Metro Cuisine. said no one had called Wednesday to cancel orders. She said the company does significant business with the state and the freeze could have an impact. Strickland ordered the freeze. lasting until April 5, after a review he requested showed $3.9 million in spending on food in less than two years. Agen~ies with signed contracts could continue to provide meals but existing orders without contracts should be canceled, said Keith Dailey. a Strickland spokesman. "We're not laying blame, we're not looking to point fingers, we're simply saying, this is &large <\mO\lnt of money being spent for food and meals and this deserves to be looked at," Dailey said Wednesday. The eTech Ohio agency that helps fund technology for schools had the secondhighest spending last year·at $236.690. Much of that included $194.559 in meals at the agency's annual technology conference at the Columbus Greater Convention Center for 6,300 participants over three days in February. The agency is required to use the convention center 's caterer; registration fees and not taxpayer money covered the meals. said commission spokesman Kevin Potter. Registration fees also many of the cover Department of Health 's · events, which include training seminars and meetings to gai n credentials. said spokesman Jay Carey. About 10 percent of business for Columbus-based Catering by Scott comes from providing meals for Thursday, March 8, Home monitoring questioned after rape suspect accused of shooting CLEVELA'ID (A Pl - A more than 20 swte agencies. teenager was on h01fle detention with an dectmnic ankle said owner Scott Bast. Most of hi s m~ab are 11\onilur ''hen h~ \\' <:1\ arre\ted boxed lunche' or deli plat - in the sh<xlting nf a woman ter' for working lunches. who <ICfUSCd him of mping He hm1n ' t heard ahout the her. police 'aid. Cuyahoga County Ju ve nile freeLe Wednesday. "Losing that revenue Court authOiities did not learn would not be good." Bast until the lhty after the 'hooting that the 17 -year-old boy had said. Other Educmion violated home detehtion Department spending bee<1u'"" the reporting system included 12 sandwich plat- 1' -;ct up that way, the court ters delivered for an Aug. said. The woman WC.ll\ in a coma 24, 2006. urban educmion at MetroHealth Medical meeting at the depm1ment. 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The votes will be tabulated and submitted to the NFF's Honors Court. whkh selects the da" . Former NCAA pre~idenl and Atlantic Coast Conference commJ V\Inner Gene Corrigan heads the 11 -member NFF Honors Court . The Hall of Fame cia's will be ;mnount·ed May 9 and. inducted Dec. 4 at The National Football Foundation's awards dinner. The memher' wi ll be enshrined at the Hall in South Bend, Ind., in the summer of 2008. Brown. a receiver from Notre Dame. won the Hei,man in 19137. Flutle won it in 19!!4 a' quarterback for Boston (\>liege. Other not ab le name' among the 75 major college football players on lhe ballot include UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman. UNLV quarterback Randall Cunningham. Southern California running ba~k Sam Cunningham and North Carolina lineback er Lawrence Taylor. Taylor and Aikman are already members of the Pro Football Hall or Fame. POMEROY - Pomeroy Youth League will be having baseball and softball sig n-ups at the Pomeroy Fire Department. Sign-ups will take place on Thesday, March 6, and Thursday, March 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign-ups will also be held on Saturday. March 10, between 10 a. m. and I p.m. Anyone , wanting to donate outgrown ball gloves or cleats may drop them off at sign-ups. There will also be a late charge accessed to anyone who wishes to sign-up after these dates. For more information, call Ken McCullouJtb at 992-5322 or Tony Gill':ey at 992-4067. Cavs charge past Pistons in OT BY lARRY UGE Side r.~ Time to express your personal style. Mvch uSprtng Forward Loose Buckeyes prep for Big Ten tourney ASSOCIATED PRESS BY RUSTY PI••••HeC.vL 14 MILLER ASSOC IATED PRESS AUBURN HILLS . Mich. - LeBron James scored a season-high 41 points, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 101 -97 overtime victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night . James almost won the game in regulation with a 27-footer, but a video review negated the dramatic shot. He set the tone early in the overtime, making free throw s and blocking Richard Hamilton's shot with a fantastic block in front of the rim. James had a chance to make it a two-possession game with 17 seconds left. but missed the first of two free throws. Rasheed Wallace - after missing three games with a sprained left foot - missed a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession. Cleveland's Anderson Varejao grabbed the rebound, was fouled and made one of two free throws to seal the win. Cleveland pulled within two games of the Pistons for the top spot in the Central Division and Eastern Conference with its fourth win in five games. Hamilton scored 29 points, Chris Webber had 20 points and II rebounds. Chauncey Billups had 16 points and 14 assists, and Tayshaun Prince added 12 points. The Pistons have lost three of four. James led the way, but his team reached a season-high II games over .500 because t\le star had plenty of help. COLUMBUS The sleek, formfitting uniforms will be new. The att itude will be the same . Top-ranked Ohio State wi ll debut new uniformsclingy, stretch fabric tops, and trunk s that are ultra baggy - at this weekend's Big Ten tournament in Chicago. The- 'ly li sh duds "futuri sti c'' according to point guard Mike Conley Jr. - will only be a small distraction from the task at hand for the Buckeyes. who won the outright conference title and will be gunning thi s week for another Big Ten trophy and to lock up a No. I seed in the NCAA tnurnament. " It 's very important," Jamar Butler said. "If we can go in there and get these three wins, we'll be outright regular -season and Big Ten tournament champs. 1 think that says a lot about our team . And it'll help us going to the NCAA tournament." The Buckeyes have won 27 of their .>0 games. including their last 14 to climb to No. I for the first time in 45 years. But they know all those accolade' and accomplishments can be tainted bv a bad showin2. "E vcryb<~dy's go ing to brin~ their A game and they ' re going to come at us. AP plloto Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) goes to the basket against Detroit Pistons forward Jason Maxiell in the first half of a basketball game Wednesday in Auburn Hills. Mich. just because we are at that top spot.'' center Greg Oden satd. "Now when we play if you lose you've got to go home. And I reallv don't want to go home." · Please sH OSU. BJ Final sign-ups for Racine Youth League 0() 8.m. Professional "~Frt•m • MIDDLEPORT Middleport Youth League will hold baseball and softball sign-ups March 3. 10 and 17 at the Middleport Council Chambers. There will be an extra fee if not signed up on one of the three dates. A copy of your birth certificate, if you have not played before, will be needed. For information, call 5900438 or 992-5481. RACINE Racine Youth League will be havi~g final sign-ups from 3.30-5 Saturday. March I , at the Racine Le_gion Hall back room. 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York's 1- 1. tO~ inmog tie with the Cincinnati · Reds on Wednesday night. Pettine got hit on the ring linger of his pitching hand by 1be barrel of Ch.ris Denorfia·s broken bat in the ftrst. The bat caused a small cut on 'the tingcr. but the ' left-hander remained in the , game. "The) wwned to pull me. but I knew ewntually it would stop throbbing .-· ...... _....... nigrli$.•t~C~~~IIlilllial.a.• Package incfl····~·'lllit '\ingle rooms C311\l!tit...- - · · · 3itJ:;;,tdj" \lu >t be 21 \ear, vladl~ acwpt .:ash. m\lllle)C:~IIl!f.··-~:Wiit,l~ T,, make n::s..'f\'ati,,ns plea."~~: TWO or �• OHIO The Daily Sentinel Education Department leads state agencies in food spending Bv ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS ASSOC IATED PRES S WRI TER -1 COLUMBUS - Week in, week out. the state Education Department spends hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars on meals for meetings and other events, ranging from $68 for several lunthes at a lower-priced Columbus restaurant to $4.400 at a Holiday Inn. In some cases. state taxpayers are billed. In other cases, the department uses federal funds or includes the cost in registration fees. The department led all state agencies in spending on food last year and so far this year, according to Gov. Ted Strickland, who has ordered a freeze on such spending wh ile his office reviews the expenses. The agency had $358.000 in expenses. followed by the Ohio Department of Health with $357,000 and the Ohio Department of transportation with $326,000. according to the govemor's office. For a Dec. 7 event. for example, the Education Department paid Metro Cu1sine of Columbus $1,398 for a lunch, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press. That included I00 lunches of oven-baked chicken with herbs and redskin potatoes at $8.95 each. along with 10 lunches of Florentine stuffed shells with marinara sauce at $10.95 each. The event was a meeting of urban educators in Columbus. Those meal s were paid for at taxpayer expense. Metro Cuisine was the low bidder. . Department spokesman J.C. Benton said the agency will compl) with Strickland's order. The department hosts hundreds of meetings a year to keep Ohio' s 120.000 teachers and 613 school districts up to date on important issues, including changt's in federal and state law, he said. All expenses reviewed by Page AS Stril:kland were previously approved by 'tate budget officials. Benton said. "We are not talking about taking teachers out to fourstar restaurants; we are giving them a sandwich, apple and bag of chips as they work on behalf of Ohio's 1.8 million schoolchildren," Benton said Wednesday. Kathy Bell, a part owner of Metro Cuisine. said no one had called Wednesday to cancel orders. She said the company does significant business with the state and the freeze could have an impact. Strickland ordered the freeze. lasting until April 5, after a review he requested showed $3.9 million in spending on food in less than two years. Agen~ies with signed contracts could continue to provide meals but existing orders without contracts should be canceled, said Keith Dailey. a Strickland spokesman. "We're not laying blame, we're not looking to point fingers, we're simply saying, this is &large <\mO\lnt of money being spent for food and meals and this deserves to be looked at," Dailey said Wednesday. The eTech Ohio agency that helps fund technology for schools had the secondhighest spending last year·at $236.690. Much of that included $194.559 in meals at the agency's annual technology conference at the Columbus Greater Convention Center for 6,300 participants over three days in February. The agency is required to use the convention center 's caterer; registration fees and not taxpayer money covered the meals. said commission spokesman Kevin Potter. Registration fees also many of the cover Department of Health 's · events, which include training seminars and meetings to gai n credentials. said spokesman Jay Carey. About 10 percent of business for Columbus-based Catering by Scott comes from providing meals for Thursday, March 8, Home monitoring questioned after rape suspect accused of shooting CLEVELA'ID (A Pl - A more than 20 swte agencies. teenager was on h01fle detention with an dectmnic ankle said owner Scott Bast. Most of hi s m~ab are 11\onilur ''hen h~ \\' <:1\ arre\ted boxed lunche' or deli plat - in the sh<xlting nf a woman ter' for working lunches. who <ICfUSCd him of mping He hm1n ' t heard ahout the her. police 'aid. Cuyahoga County Ju ve nile freeLe Wednesday. "Losing that revenue Court authOiities did not learn would not be good." Bast until the lhty after the 'hooting that the 17 -year-old boy had said. Other Educmion violated home detehtion Department spending bee<1u'"" the reporting system included 12 sandwich plat- 1' -;ct up that way, the court ters delivered for an Aug. said. The woman WC.ll\ in a coma 24, 2006. urban educmion at MetroHealth Medical meeting at the depm1ment. Thai meal, from Potbelly Center, juvenile court officials Sandwich Works . included said. The hospital said sandwich platters of turkey, Wednesday that no medical roast beef, ham or vegetari- update was available. The shooting shows the sysan, chips and a cookie for $5.47 each plus a $2.75 tem needs to be changed. delivery charge for a total of juvenile court spokeswomtm P-attie Oakar said. "I think it $68.39. Bli Loti (NYSE)- 24.16 Bob Evant (NASDAQ) - 35.65 26.88 Bor&Warner (NYSE) - Pepsico (NYSE) - 62.75 Premier (NASDAQ) - 74.15 PLAY COVERALL BINGO • WIN UPTO $1,000 !!! Employees. 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Walther hit live 3-pointers to beat Bowling Green from the perimeter while Leon Withams attacked inside for 13 points and 12 rebounds. The Bobcats (19-12) advanced past the first round for the third straight 740--U6-000 7 Toll Free 1>77 -669 -0007 Pleasant Valley Hospital 675-4340 Our :1-fom.: '[o ~\Jurs~ 955 Second Avenue • Gallipolis, OH 7 40-446-1171 1-800-664-5462 Store Hours: 9 am to 5 pm Open Monday til 7 pm Mastercard • Discover • Visa•Amex Wf Dfl!VfR FitUJIIcillg .-lvailable Broyhill- Berkli11e- -Joamw Hei sman Trophy winner' Tim Brown and Dnul! Hut ie are among lh n ..,~· lnaki m! their first appea r<~ • . . Other first timers include Northwestern linebacker Pal Fitzgerald, a two-time Bednarik Award winner as national defensive player nf the year. UCLA offensive lineman Randy Cross and Penn State running back Curt Warner. The ballot was mailed this week to the more than 12,000 members of The National Football Foundation. The votes will be tabulated and submitted to the NFF's Honors Court. whkh selects the da" . Former NCAA pre~idenl and Atlantic Coast Conference commJ V\Inner Gene Corrigan heads the 11 -member NFF Honors Court . The Hall of Fame cia's will be ;mnount·ed May 9 and. inducted Dec. 4 at The National Football Foundation's awards dinner. The memher' wi ll be enshrined at the Hall in South Bend, Ind., in the summer of 2008. Brown. a receiver from Notre Dame. won the Hei,man in 19137. Flutle won it in 19!!4 a' quarterback for Boston (\>liege. Other not ab le name' among the 75 major college football players on lhe ballot include UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman. UNLV quarterback Randall Cunningham. Southern California running ba~k Sam Cunningham and North Carolina lineback er Lawrence Taylor. Taylor and Aikman are already members of the Pro Football Hall or Fame. POMEROY - Pomeroy Youth League will be having baseball and softball sig n-ups at the Pomeroy Fire Department. Sign-ups will take place on Thesday, March 6, and Thursday, March 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign-ups will also be held on Saturday. March 10, between 10 a. m. and I p.m. Anyone , wanting to donate outgrown ball gloves or cleats may drop them off at sign-ups. There will also be a late charge accessed to anyone who wishes to sign-up after these dates. For more information, call Ken McCullouJtb at 992-5322 or Tony Gill':ey at 992-4067. Cavs charge past Pistons in OT BY lARRY UGE Side r.~ Time to express your personal style. Mvch uSprtng Forward Loose Buckeyes prep for Big Ten tourney ASSOCIATED PRESS BY RUSTY PI••••HeC.vL 14 MILLER ASSOC IATED PRESS AUBURN HILLS . Mich. - LeBron James scored a season-high 41 points, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 101 -97 overtime victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night . James almost won the game in regulation with a 27-footer, but a video review negated the dramatic shot. He set the tone early in the overtime, making free throw s and blocking Richard Hamilton's shot with a fantastic block in front of the rim. James had a chance to make it a two-possession game with 17 seconds left. but missed the first of two free throws. Rasheed Wallace - after missing three games with a sprained left foot - missed a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession. Cleveland's Anderson Varejao grabbed the rebound, was fouled and made one of two free throws to seal the win. Cleveland pulled within two games of the Pistons for the top spot in the Central Division and Eastern Conference with its fourth win in five games. Hamilton scored 29 points, Chris Webber had 20 points and II rebounds. Chauncey Billups had 16 points and 14 assists, and Tayshaun Prince added 12 points. The Pistons have lost three of four. James led the way, but his team reached a season-high II games over .500 because t\le star had plenty of help. COLUMBUS The sleek, formfitting uniforms will be new. The att itude will be the same . Top-ranked Ohio State wi ll debut new uniformsclingy, stretch fabric tops, and trunk s that are ultra baggy - at this weekend's Big Ten tournament in Chicago. The- 'ly li sh duds "futuri sti c'' according to point guard Mike Conley Jr. - will only be a small distraction from the task at hand for the Buckeyes. who won the outright conference title and will be gunning thi s week for another Big Ten trophy and to lock up a No. I seed in the NCAA tnurnament. " It 's very important," Jamar Butler said. "If we can go in there and get these three wins, we'll be outright regular -season and Big Ten tournament champs. 1 think that says a lot about our team . And it'll help us going to the NCAA tournament." The Buckeyes have won 27 of their .>0 games. including their last 14 to climb to No. I for the first time in 45 years. But they know all those accolade' and accomplishments can be tainted bv a bad showin2. "E vcryb<~dy's go ing to brin~ their A game and they ' re going to come at us. AP plloto Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) goes to the basket against Detroit Pistons forward Jason Maxiell in the first half of a basketball game Wednesday in Auburn Hills. Mich. just because we are at that top spot.'' center Greg Oden satd. "Now when we play if you lose you've got to go home. And I reallv don't want to go home." · Please sH OSU. BJ Final sign-ups for Racine Youth League 0() 8.m. Professional "~Frt•m • MIDDLEPORT Middleport Youth League will hold baseball and softball sign-ups March 3. 10 and 17 at the Middleport Council Chambers. There will be an extra fee if not signed up on one of the three dates. A copy of your birth certificate, if you have not played before, will be needed. For information, call 5900438 or 992-5481. RACINE Racine Youth League will be havi~g final sign-ups from 3.30-5 Saturday. March I , at the Racine Le_gion Hall back room. Contact Allen Tucker at 247-2 103 for more information. Melvin Mocl . BC-HIS Hearing Aid DALLAS (AP) - Former Ohio State coach John Cooper is on this year's bal lot for the College Football Hall of FalJle. Cooper, who won 193 games for Tulsa, Arizona State and Ohio State, is one of eight coaches on the ballot. Among ·the others are Dick MacPherson, who coac hed at Massachuseus and Syracuse, and Darryl Rogers. who had successful stints at Fresno State, San Jose State and Michigan State. Also on the ballot, BY JOE MtUCIA PYLtohold baseball, softball • s1gn-ups soon J\ntlque & Craft .Mall Ht:.JI'-,{1 Sunday ... Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Lows around 40. Sunday night...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening. Lows in the miJ 30s. Chance of ram 30 percent. Monday and Monday nigbt...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper_ 50s. Lows around 40. through Tuesday Wednesday ... Partly cloudy. Highs around 60. Low' around 40. 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The Cleveland teen, charged in juvenile coun last month with rape and kidnapping, wa~ given home detention and electronic monitoring pending trial because he had only one minor prior charge on his record, Dakar has said. Magistrates and justices often are forced to relea'>e suspects on eloctronic monitoriilg because the juvenile detention center is overcrowded, she said. Police said the boy fired a shotgun into a parked car about 5:30 p.m. Mond<~y when a man who was inside the vehicle with the victim got out. The suspect was arrested about 45 minute.' later and officers recovered a shotgun, police said. JrenchCtty Oak Hill Financial ( NASDAQ)- 24.21 Ohio Valley Bane Corp. (NASDAQ) - 25.25 BIT (NYSE) - 41.27 Peoples (NASDAQ)- 62.74 should absolutely be looked at," she said. The wurt received a faxed report Tuesday from Behavioral Interventions in Boulder. Colo.. which receives a signal from an ankle bracelet if a suspect on house arrest loosens or removes it. said Rick Drost of the coun ·s home monitoring office. The l·ompany faxes the coun information on violatol'< each morning. Offlciah then meet with the suspect to review the violation. Drost said. A suspect is placed in the juvenile detention center for a serious violation. "Usually, someone went out with friends when he was not supposed to," Drost said. The reporting system wurked the way it had been Bl The Daily Sentinel WVU dowm Friars, Page 82 ASSOCIATED PRESS Local stocks AEP (NYSE) - 45.17 Aklo (NASDAQ)- 60.36 Alhland Inc. (NYSE) - 2007 Inside CoNrACfUS OVP SconLlne (5 p,m.-1 a.m.) 1,740-446-2342 ext. 33 fax- 1-740-446-3006 E-moH- sportsCimydaHysonbn<>l.com $il<>[\\l_S!-'1 •ad ~$pons Edilor (740) 446-2342' ext. 33 b6herman0mydai lytribune .com IMry Crum, Sports Wlillf (740) 440-2342, ext. 23 lcru m Qm~dal lyregistor. com ~ Wallerl, Sports Writer 1740) 446-2342. ext 33 bwAiters@mydaJiytribune.com 1 AP plloto New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano converts a double play alter getting the force out at second on Cincinnati Reds' Ryan Freel on a hit by Chris Denorfia in the first inning of a spring training baseball game Wednesda) at Legends Field in Tampa, Fla. Reds, Yanks end in tie TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Andy Pettine had a wellknown friend watcb his secoad · spring ' training start. And tbey botb got a scare three pitches into the game. With former Houston and Yankees· teammate Roger Clemens in attendance. Peuiue aJ lowed three h.its over three scoreless innings in New.. York's 1- 1. tO~ inmog tie with the Cincinnati · Reds on Wednesday night. Pettine got hit on the ring linger of his pitching hand by 1be barrel of Ch.ris Denorfia·s broken bat in the ftrst. The bat caused a small cut on 'the tingcr. but the ' left-hander remained in the , game. "The) wwned to pull me. but I knew ewntually it would stop throbbing .-· ...... _....... nigrli$.•t~C~~~IIlilllial.a.• Package incfl····~·'lllit '\ingle rooms C311\l!tit...- - · · · 3itJ:;;,tdj" \lu >t be 21 \ear, vladl~ acwpt .:ash. m\lllle)C:~IIl!f.··-~:Wiit,l~ T,, make n::s..'f\'ati,,ns plea."~~: TWO or �Thursday, March 8, 2oo 7 Page B2 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, March 8, 2007 Big hopes, big agendas for Big Ten Mountaineers down Providence BY RICK 0ANO ASSOC IATED PRESS CHICAGO - Say you' re Ohio State, ranked No. I in the country, all but ·assured a top seed in the NCAA tournament. What's in it for the Buckeyes when the Big Ten tournament stans Thursday·• Time for a funeup, maybe. And hope - make that pray- no one, especially Greg Oden. gets hurt. How about Wisconsin. which also held the No. I spot briefly before faltering a btt in the stretch? Perhaps get ready for the NCAA tournament, tweak your lineup and work on adjustments wtthout injured rebound leader Brian Butch. A mild miracle would be a must for Northwestern, Minnesota and Penn State. They would need to win four in a row over four days as Iowa did in 200 I to be part of Selection Sunday. Indiana figures it's in the NCAA tournament already as the No. 3 team in the league. Michigan State ? Probably, too, after a tough schedule. But Purdue, lllinois, Michigan and Iowa may need to make some noise and win some games at the United Center to make the 65-team field. "I don't think there's a basket difference between about six teams," says Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson, who will get his first look at the tournament. "This year this tournament probably carries more weight than it ever has before." Minnesota coach Jim Molinari said. "I do think a lot ofteams in the Big Tenright or wrong - to be secure have to play well to secure their position in the NCAA." Michigan State coach Tom lzzo, whose Spartans used a Big Ten toumamen\title as a CONFERENCE springboard to a national championship in 2000, said an entire season is the best way to judge who belongs in the NCCA. not necessarily how you fare in a four-day tournament. Teams "should be judged through 30 ~ames and this should be frosting on the cake or get somebody over hump. if that \ what needed." he said. "I don't know how many teams it's benefited .. . or how many it's hurt. I think it benefits the Big Ten just because we at the same time other leagues are .... That's a plus in recruiting." Since the inception of the Big Ten tournament in 1998, seven teams have gone on to the Final Four. The conference tournament, which for next five years is slated for Indianapolis, begins Thursda>' morning with No. 8 Michij:an (20-11) facing No.9 Mmnesota (9-21). No. 7 seed Michigan State (2110) goes against No . 10 Northwestern (13-17); and the f1rst day· wraps up with No. 6 Illinois (21-10) meeting No. 11 Penn State (11lM). In Friday's quarterfinals, Ohio Slllte (27-3), led by standout freshmen Oden and Mike Coole>' Jr., faces the Michigan-Mmnesota winner; No. 4 Iowa (17-13) and top scorer Adam Haluska takes on No. 5 Purdue (20- 10); No. 2 Wisconsin (27 -4) plays the Michigan StateNorthwestern winner; and Indiana (20-9), with 3-point ace Roderick Wilmont; meets the Illinois-Penn State wmner. Despite ending the regular season by squandering the first No. I ranking in school history with two straight road losses - then barely squeaking by Michigan State at home in its regular-season finale - the Badgers expect big things in the NCAA tournament. Alando Tucker. the conference p)ayer of the year, said the goal remains a national title. And his teammates back him up. "We want to win it all, definitely. .. . Anything less, we're not going to be happy," center Jason Chappell said . Michigan has a steady scorer in Dion Harris. The Wolverines will be trying to start some momentum. strengthen their bid for the NCAAs and cool some of the heat on coach Tommy Amaker. Michigan State, in what was considered a rebuilding year, is looking to land a IOth straight NCAA bid . The Spartans are tough on defense and rely on the shooting of Drew Neitzel. Purdue turns to David Teague and Carl Landry and hopes to avenge a 19-point drubbing from Iowa last month. Illinois will be playing in its home-away-from-homo at the United Center. But the lllini have had a tumultuous season dealing with DUI charges against Rich McBride and Jamar Smith. They feature strong inside play with Warren Carter and Shaun Pruitt. All the speculation ends Sunday about who needs to do what to keep playing after the Big Ten tournament. Purdue coach Matt Painter has a simple motto for his team - nothing else really . matters. "Let's not talk our way into the tournament," he· said. "Let's play our way." Ohio fromPageBl year. They will face rival Miami of Ohio on Thursday for the fifth time in seven years. Ohio fell behind early, then went on a 15-0 run in the first half to go up by seven. The Bobcats, who belli Bowling Green twice during the regular season by 18 and 25 points, made some sloppy turnovers and couldn't put Bowling Green away. The Falcons (13-18) regained the lead 36-35 on a score by Nate Miller, who led the Falcons with 16 points. Ohio took over after Williams scored six straight points and Walther hit a deep 3-pointer to fuel an 110 run for a 54-43 lead with 8:22 left. Whitney Davis scored 12 points and Jerome Tillman. a MAC first-team selection, added 11 points and lO rebounds as four Bobcats scored in double figures. Senior Martin Samarco, who entered leading the conference with a 19.6 scoring avetage, was just 6- for20 for 15 points. Joahue Gunter photo/The Platn Dealer Ohio University's Jerome Tillman shoots over Bowling Green's Nate Miller in the first half of the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament Wednesday at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. osu and ''I'm very .proud of the fact that we're in this posilion but as I told the guys, where we are today won't score us a point from here. on in," coach Thad Matta said. "Wins, losses, it has been very good. We have been on a roll here since Jan. 9 or whatever, and realistically we know thai we',ve had some games where we haven't played our best. That's been the driving force: we can play better and we must play betteras we go into the Bi~ Ten tournament this week.' The Buckeyes are anything but tight. Talking to reporters on Wednesday. they were constantly taking jabs at eacb other, giggling . and jolting. Asked who would look best m the new uniforms, f AP phOI!> Providence's Dwain Williams 15) drives past West Virginia's Alex Ruoff during the first half of basketball action in the first round of the Big East conference tournament Wednesday at Madison Square Garden in New York'. 53-38 lead with 14:51 left in the gam'e . The · Mountaineers hit seven 3pointers during the spurt, mcluding three each by Young and Rouff. Providence answered with its own 15-3 run. Hill started and ended the spurt with dunks. Nichols then made a 3pointer to restore a six- point advantage for West Virginia. After trading baskets, West Virginia led 6660 with 9 minutes left. · The Mountaineers then used a I0-3 spurt to take a 76-65 lead . Ntchols capped it with West Virginia's 15th 3-pointer of the game, surpassing Seton Hall's record of 14 set in 1995 against Boston College. · media unit, said 2006 was a· "year of learning" for selling advertisin~ ·during the games. Thts year, CBS has a tighter grasp of how much ad time will be available and how to sell it, Snyder said. Showing the NCAA games online is starting to tu.rn into a real business for CBS. With as many as four dtlferent games being played simultaneously durtng the early rounds of the tournament, offering video streams over the Internet allows CBS another way to make money. In order to keep their affiliated stations happy, however, CBS has to observe local "blackout" rules that prevent Internet users in a given area fro1u watching a game onltne that is already appearing on their local CBS-alftliated station. That prevents users and advertistng dollars from being leeched away. There are a total of 56 such "out-of-market" games during the first three rounds of the tournament. but after accounting for the blackout rules most viewers would have a choice of about 37 games. CBS said. CBS took in about $4 million in online advertising from the games last year. and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves told investors last month that. the company expe..:ts to double those rev' enues and increase profits sixfold. but he didn't provide an exa..:t profit figure . . The Hartford, a tinancial servi~es company, has signed up to buy ads online for the first time this year. though tbc company declined to say how much it's spending. "As consumers change; their media consumption habits , we ' re ..:onstantly looking for ways to get out message in front of them," said Mi..:hael Johnson. vice president of advertising at The Hartford. Only the first three r unds of play are being offered online. with many of tilt: games concentrated during the afternoons of Thursday the 15th and Friday the 16th. Ferreira calls those times a "sweet spot" for video streaming since many fans will still be at work. often with access to the highspeed Internet ~onnections required to watch the video. Borrowing a trick from computer games, CBS will otfer a "Boss" button on the player that viewers can hit if they see their supervisor coming. which causes a fake spreadsheet to pop up ar(d stlences the audio feed. 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Slowed by injuries, Droughns rushed for just 758 yards last season after gaining 1,232 yards in 2005 - the first Cleveland back to eclipse l,<XXl yards since 1985. Crennel recently said that he isn't dissatisfied with Droughns. "He has shown us that he does have the ability, that he can be a productive runner for us," Cre nne I sat'd . "I expect him to get back to that fonn that he had. That 1,200-yard form. That's what I'm looking for." Adding Lewis also gives the Browns more options <ts they plan for April's college draft. The club was believed to be targeting Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson with the No. 3 overall pick, but with Lewis on his roster, Savage may be able to address other needs. In 2003, Lewis rushed for 2,066 yards, the second-highest total in league history. Last season, he ran for 1,132 yard~ and nine touchdowns, but avemged just 3.6 yards per carry. He recently underwent surgery to remove bone spurs from his ankle. Two years 3j:O, Lewis served time in pnson after a guilty plea to using a cell phone to set up a drug buy. A powerful, punishing runner. Lewis· is the type of between-the-tackles back the Browns have desperately needed since returning to the league in 1999. His signing wtll help Cleveland's deplorable running game, which got a boost last week when tbe club signed free agent offensive lineman Eric Steinbach to a seven-year, $49.5 million deal. ' 19-2 12- 0 y·Marietta 9-12 8·5 y·Warren y.-Athens 12- 10 6·7 6- 16 3· 10 y·Logan 5·16 3· 10 At Ohio UnNfHSity Convo Division II (1 ) Greenfield McClain vs Chillicothe . State Toumart"lfH1t Matchups. Ontano vs Barberton: Zanesville 'r'S. Vandaha DIVISION Ill 11 a.m. REGIONAL FINALS At Vandalta ButlfJr H1Qh School (12) Western vs Ports. Clay. 3 p .m . Division J/1 Fairland vs Oak Hill, 5 p.m . (6) Wheelersburg vs Ross Huntington. 7 p.m. North Adams vs Ironton. 9 p.m. WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Cle . Wahama y·OVCS y-Hannan y·Pt 43 Strongsville 85 , N. Olmsted 57 Wadsworth 49, Barberton 46 Massillon Perry 67, N. Can. Hoover 56 DIVISION II Akr. SVSM 54 , Copley 40 4·16 Cle. Benedictine 60, Akr. E. 46 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 59 , Warrensville Hts . 47 Day. Dunbar 56, C1n . Taft 49 3-20 Pleasant GIRLS Dresden Tri -Valley 65, Steubenville 57 Kettering Atter 55, Bellelontaine 44 , Lexington 66, Fostoria 58 Navarre Fairless 42 , Can. S. 35 TVC Ohio Alexander" 23-2 1().0 y-Nelsonvilte-York y-Vinton County y -Meigs y·Wellston y· Belpre 19-4 7·3 Parma Hts . Holy Name 57, Rocky Ai11er 46 18-5 7·3 9-12 3·7 Poland 7-14 2·8 1-20 1-9 TVC Hocking Waterford· 21-2 1().11 13-9 1().13 y-Fed flock y·Eastern y·Trimble 1().0 7-3 y-M~Ier 4-17 2-8 6·15 18-5 8-2 12-10 5·5 Wapakoneta 70, Tol. Cent. Cath . 62, Morral ·Ridgedale 59 Malvern 52, Shadyside 46 Wonhington Christian 68, lancaster Fisher Cath. 39 9-1 5-5 1D-12 3-7 1·20 Cin. DIVISION IV 14-7 y·River Valley Conland Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 72 , . ovc y·Coal Grove .sa . Wooster Triway 61 , Louisville 48 1-9 y-South Point y·Fairland y-Rock HiM y·Chesapeake Seminary Lake11iew 47 Tipp City Tippecanoe 50. Woodward 49 Upper Sandusky 99. Clyde 73 Van Wert 54 , Wauseon 52 OT 6 ... 4-6 y-Southern 9-12 Falls Solon 65 , Cle. Hts . 57 Lakewood St. Edward 75. Cle . RhOdes 16-4 16-6 9-11 y-South Gallia DIVISION I Glenville 50 , Chagri n Kenston 47 Independents ().10 Girls Basketball Tournament SEOAL 5ooft> DIVISION I REGIONAL FINALS y-lronton• 16-7 11·2 y-Chillicolhe 16·6 1().3 y-Jackson 10.11 5-8 '' . At Zanes v1lle High School Cols. Mifflin (20-5) vs Warsa w AlvfH V•ew (23· 1), Friday, 7.30 p .m. Cots . Eastmoor (1 8·4) vs Kettenng Alter (22-2). Frid ay. 7:30 p.m Division IV South Webst~r vs Miller. 1 p.m. Zanesville" C anal Fulton NW (21-4) vs . Shak er Ht s. Hathaway Bro wn (20-4), Fnday, 7:30 p .m . Aeg1onal F1nal - Friday, 7:30p.m At Vandalia Butler H;gh School otatriCt """' Satunllly. ...,.h 10 7-3 SEOAL North AP photo School Wes terv,l/8; Norwalk vs _ Fa1rtJom Boys Basketball Tournament 7-3 5-5 2-ll ().10 H~gh State Toornament Matc;hups: CantOfl vs 6--4 18·4 12-0 17-5 9-4 13-9 . 6-7 7-14 3·10 4·18 2-11 Ironton y·Gallipolis , y-Jado:son 13-9 7-13 7-1.; y-OVCS SEOAL 5ooft> Chlllicolhe" 10.3 y-SoU111 Gallia y-pt Pleasant 15-8 IH 13-7 14-7 1().11 6-15 ().21 1Q..3 15-8 14-7 ovc Fairland" 16-6 y -Wahama 2·19 1-9 y-Roclt Hill y·South Point y-River Valley y-Chesapeake At Norwalk F•ndlay (20.4) vs Tal Cent Cath_(18· 7 ), SaiUiday, 1 p.m At Wnght State W Chester Lakota W (23·2 ) vs Cm Mt Notre Dame (20-4 ), Saturday, 1 p.m lndepsnoonts 1VC Hocking y· Federal Hocking" Miller Dublm Sc10to (2 5-0) vs P1c kermg 1on North (2 1·3) Fnday, 7 30 p m SEOAL Notftl TVC Ohki :2003. •~ Lewis was released last :Week in a salary-cap move'·by :the Ravens, who elected not to ;PI!Y their career rushing leader -1\' $5 million roster bonus. :He '11 now join the Browns :Baltimore's AFC North rival: .who were last in the league in ;rushing in 2006. · "We are pleased to add Jamal Lewis to our team " :Browns generdl manager Phll Sava~e said in a statement. "He ts a proven NFL back who brings a toughness and demeanor to the game that his teammates and our fans will appreciate." Lewis. 27, visited the Browns on Wednesday and decided to sign with the team before leaving town or talking to another team. Financial terms were not immediately available. Lewis' agent, Mitch ·Frankel, did not return several messages seeking comment. . With the Ravens reportedly mterested in acquiril}g Buffalo runnmg back Willis McGahee, Lewis decided to look elsewhere and found a fit with the Browns -one of the teams he ha~ torched while rushing for 7,80 I yards and 45 TDs in seven seasons. Lewis spent the afternoon at lhe Browns' facilities in suburban Berea, meeting with Savage and coach Romeo Crennel. Savage was with the Ravens in 2000 when the club drafted Lewis in the first round out of Tennessee. Lewis, the NFL's Offensive Player of the Year in 2003, is an upgrade at running back for the Browns, who now have to figure out what to do with feature back Reuben Droughns. They owe Droughns a $1.75 mtllton roster bonus later this y-Ga l ~ pol i S PREP STANDINGS : • CLEVELAND The :A.rowns ftnally tackled Jamal ·tewis. '.: Unable to reach adeal to ~main in Baltimore, the free :«gent running back signed a ~-year deal on Wednesday :With Cleveland, the team he ;blistered for an NFL single,game record 295 yard~ in Anticipating demand,.CBS doubles bandwidth for NCAA video streams NEW YORK (AP) While CBS Corp. is doubling the amount of bandwidth available for viewing NCAA tournament games this year, it will still restrict the number of viewers to keep the system running smoothly. The vtdeo streams proved very popular last year. CBS is also beefing up the image quality for the video and making the online video player larger. which will take up some of the added bandwidth. Joe Ferreira, the vice president of pro~ramming at CBS SportsLme, says the site is aiming to accommodate up to 300,<XXl viewers at any given time, up from around 175,000 simultaneous viewers last year. Once that limit is reached, fans will be diverted to online "waiting rooms" until enough other users leave to allow new ones in. CBS has been offering online viewing of the NCAA basketball games smce 2003, but this is only the second year that they will be offered for free and supported with advertising. In previous years, fans had to pay for a subscription to view the games. Steve Snyder, chief operating officer of CBS's digital ASSOC IATED PRESS AI Canton Civic Center Slow-Muriroe Falls (22-3) OJ&. N. Can . Hoover (21-3}, Friday. 7:30p.m . Ham1tton Badin (16-9) vs _Versailles (22· 3) At Cuyahoga Falls Htgh School S. Euclid Regina (23· 1) vs . C l9. Cent. Cath . (23-1) At Le.lfin9ton High School Columbus Grove (22- 2) vs _ Delphos St John's (23· 1) At Lancaster High SchOOl Albany Alexander (23· 2) vs. Sardmia Eastern (23-2) StatfJ Tournament Matchups: Vandalia 'r'S . Cuyahoga falls; Lexmgron vs Lancaster. DIVISION IV REGIONAL SEMIFINALS At Massillon Perry High Schoof Mansfield St. Peter (17-6) vs . E. Can. (2 1-3). COlumbiana (18-6) vs Bedford Chanel (16-7). At Vanda/18 Butler High School Sidney lehman (17·6) vs . Cin . Seven Hills (21 ·3 }; New Knoxville (19-4) vs Covington (21·3) . At Elida High School Ottoville (19·4) vs. liberty Center (18 -5) : Stryker (21 ·2 ) vs. Bascom Hopewellloudon (24.0). At Pickerington North High School Waterford {21-2) vs. Cols. Africentric (23l ): Berlm H1land (2 0·4) vs _ South Webster ( 15· 9) State Toumamenl Matchups: Massillon vs. Vandalia ; Eh"da vs . Pickerington. WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS DIVISION I Cin. Mt. Notre Dame 56, Cin . Winton Woods 53 W. Chester lakota W. 64 , C1n. Oak Hills 59 DIVISION Ill Albany Alexander 76 , Zanesville Maysville 55 Cia . Cent Cath_66 . Atwater Waterloo 59 Colu mbus Grove 57 . Mt. Blanchard Ai11erdale 54 Delphos St. John 's 43, Apple Creek Wayn&dale 39 Hamilton Badin 52 . Cols. Ready 40 S. Euclid Aeg~na 98, Columbiana Crestview 57 Sardinia Eastern Brown 55 , Marion Pleasant 41 Versailles 48 , Anna 42 ' I!IPRO\BIEU 2007 HOME IMPROVEMENT EDITION Ron Lewis said, "Me. I' ll make it look good for you out there." causing his teammates to roll their eyes fromPageBl and laugh. The B k 1 F 'da Sixth-man Daequan Cook · uc eye.s P ay n Y said be was looking forward agamst the wmner of the · first-round matchup to trying on the new ensem- ~:~~~~ta. Michigan NEW YORK (AP) West Virginia made a Big East tournament record 17 3-pointers and the seventhseeded Mountaineers beat Providence 92-79 in the opening round Wednesday mght. The win kept alive West Virginia's chances of an atlarge bid to the NCAA tournament should it not win the conference title. Frank Young and Alex Ruoff each swred 21 points for the Mountaineers, Who moved to the quarterfinals a~ain st second-seeded Louisvtlle. The Friars beat the Mountaineers 64-61 on Feb. 2'0, but West Virginia was just 9-for-41 from behind the arc in that game. Wednesday night was much different as West Virginia hit its ninth 3pointer early in the second half. The Mountaineers finished 17-for-31 on 3s in the game, matching their season high. Ruoff and Young each hit five 3s and Darris Nichols added 16 points for West Virginia (22-8). Dwain Williams scored 21 points, Herbert Hill added 20 and We>'inmi Efejuku had 19 for the Friars ( 18-12). Trailing by two late in the first half. West Virginia went on a 25-8 run to take a 110!11~ The Daily Sentinel • Page 83 www.mydailysentinel.com bl!;i like the fit of them they make me look stronger," he said, prompting the players to crack up. Matta said he has yet to see the uniforms, but he thought the stretchy tops would motivate his players. "It's a great incentive for the new guys to hit the weight room and watch what they eat," he said with a laugh. ' Told that the bottoms w~re extremely long ana loose-fitting, he added, "I don't think they can be much baggier than what we've got now. !' d bate to see those if that 's the case." He also said he hopes tbe tops are so tight that opposing teams c<m 't grab Oden ·s jersey on defense. The players are staring the tournament at a busy time. Their in the midst of final exams. Then there's the speculation about tile NCAA tournament and seedings and whether the 7foot Oden will jump to the, NBA after his freshman season. But the players swear that they won't have any problem focusing on the games. "We've played a lot of close games in the regular season and I think that's why 'teams think they can beat us," Conley said. "Everybody wants to get that next shot at us and the tournarnent is a great opportunity to do that. We just have to be mentally tough and be ready for whatever teams bring at us." Despite the pressures of being No. I. the Buckeyes · wouldn't have it any other way. This is the way they thought the season might go. "We knew going into the season what we had, the weapons we had." Butler said. "We 've got ' 0 much versatility on this team. This is what we talked about at the beginning of the year, where we wanted to be." 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A mild miracle would be a must for Northwestern, Minnesota and Penn State. They would need to win four in a row over four days as Iowa did in 200 I to be part of Selection Sunday. Indiana figures it's in the NCAA tournament already as the No. 3 team in the league. Michigan State ? Probably, too, after a tough schedule. But Purdue, lllinois, Michigan and Iowa may need to make some noise and win some games at the United Center to make the 65-team field. "I don't think there's a basket difference between about six teams," says Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson, who will get his first look at the tournament. "This year this tournament probably carries more weight than it ever has before." Minnesota coach Jim Molinari said. "I do think a lot ofteams in the Big Tenright or wrong - to be secure have to play well to secure their position in the NCAA." Michigan State coach Tom lzzo, whose Spartans used a Big Ten toumamen\title as a CONFERENCE springboard to a national championship in 2000, said an entire season is the best way to judge who belongs in the NCCA. not necessarily how you fare in a four-day tournament. Teams "should be judged through 30 ~ames and this should be frosting on the cake or get somebody over hump. if that \ what needed." he said. "I don't know how many teams it's benefited .. . or how many it's hurt. I think it benefits the Big Ten just because we at the same time other leagues are .... That's a plus in recruiting." Since the inception of the Big Ten tournament in 1998, seven teams have gone on to the Final Four. The conference tournament, which for next five years is slated for Indianapolis, begins Thursda>' morning with No. 8 Michij:an (20-11) facing No.9 Mmnesota (9-21). No. 7 seed Michigan State (2110) goes against No . 10 Northwestern (13-17); and the f1rst day· wraps up with No. 6 Illinois (21-10) meeting No. 11 Penn State (11lM). In Friday's quarterfinals, Ohio Slllte (27-3), led by standout freshmen Oden and Mike Coole>' Jr., faces the Michigan-Mmnesota winner; No. 4 Iowa (17-13) and top scorer Adam Haluska takes on No. 5 Purdue (20- 10); No. 2 Wisconsin (27 -4) plays the Michigan StateNorthwestern winner; and Indiana (20-9), with 3-point ace Roderick Wilmont; meets the Illinois-Penn State wmner. Despite ending the regular season by squandering the first No. I ranking in school history with two straight road losses - then barely squeaking by Michigan State at home in its regular-season finale - the Badgers expect big things in the NCAA tournament. Alando Tucker. the conference p)ayer of the year, said the goal remains a national title. And his teammates back him up. "We want to win it all, definitely. .. . Anything less, we're not going to be happy," center Jason Chappell said . Michigan has a steady scorer in Dion Harris. The Wolverines will be trying to start some momentum. strengthen their bid for the NCAAs and cool some of the heat on coach Tommy Amaker. Michigan State, in what was considered a rebuilding year, is looking to land a IOth straight NCAA bid . The Spartans are tough on defense and rely on the shooting of Drew Neitzel. Purdue turns to David Teague and Carl Landry and hopes to avenge a 19-point drubbing from Iowa last month. Illinois will be playing in its home-away-from-homo at the United Center. But the lllini have had a tumultuous season dealing with DUI charges against Rich McBride and Jamar Smith. They feature strong inside play with Warren Carter and Shaun Pruitt. All the speculation ends Sunday about who needs to do what to keep playing after the Big Ten tournament. Purdue coach Matt Painter has a simple motto for his team - nothing else really . matters. "Let's not talk our way into the tournament," he· said. "Let's play our way." Ohio fromPageBl year. They will face rival Miami of Ohio on Thursday for the fifth time in seven years. Ohio fell behind early, then went on a 15-0 run in the first half to go up by seven. The Bobcats, who belli Bowling Green twice during the regular season by 18 and 25 points, made some sloppy turnovers and couldn't put Bowling Green away. The Falcons (13-18) regained the lead 36-35 on a score by Nate Miller, who led the Falcons with 16 points. Ohio took over after Williams scored six straight points and Walther hit a deep 3-pointer to fuel an 110 run for a 54-43 lead with 8:22 left. Whitney Davis scored 12 points and Jerome Tillman. a MAC first-team selection, added 11 points and lO rebounds as four Bobcats scored in double figures. Senior Martin Samarco, who entered leading the conference with a 19.6 scoring avetage, was just 6- for20 for 15 points. Joahue Gunter photo/The Platn Dealer Ohio University's Jerome Tillman shoots over Bowling Green's Nate Miller in the first half of the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament Wednesday at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. osu and ''I'm very .proud of the fact that we're in this posilion but as I told the guys, where we are today won't score us a point from here. on in," coach Thad Matta said. "Wins, losses, it has been very good. We have been on a roll here since Jan. 9 or whatever, and realistically we know thai we',ve had some games where we haven't played our best. That's been the driving force: we can play better and we must play betteras we go into the Bi~ Ten tournament this week.' The Buckeyes are anything but tight. Talking to reporters on Wednesday. they were constantly taking jabs at eacb other, giggling . and jolting. Asked who would look best m the new uniforms, f AP phOI!> Providence's Dwain Williams 15) drives past West Virginia's Alex Ruoff during the first half of basketball action in the first round of the Big East conference tournament Wednesday at Madison Square Garden in New York'. 53-38 lead with 14:51 left in the gam'e . The · Mountaineers hit seven 3pointers during the spurt, mcluding three each by Young and Rouff. Providence answered with its own 15-3 run. Hill started and ended the spurt with dunks. Nichols then made a 3pointer to restore a six- point advantage for West Virginia. After trading baskets, West Virginia led 6660 with 9 minutes left. · The Mountaineers then used a I0-3 spurt to take a 76-65 lead . Ntchols capped it with West Virginia's 15th 3-pointer of the game, surpassing Seton Hall's record of 14 set in 1995 against Boston College. · media unit, said 2006 was a· "year of learning" for selling advertisin~ ·during the games. Thts year, CBS has a tighter grasp of how much ad time will be available and how to sell it, Snyder said. Showing the NCAA games online is starting to tu.rn into a real business for CBS. With as many as four dtlferent games being played simultaneously durtng the early rounds of the tournament, offering video streams over the Internet allows CBS another way to make money. In order to keep their affiliated stations happy, however, CBS has to observe local "blackout" rules that prevent Internet users in a given area fro1u watching a game onltne that is already appearing on their local CBS-alftliated station. That prevents users and advertistng dollars from being leeched away. There are a total of 56 such "out-of-market" games during the first three rounds of the tournament. but after accounting for the blackout rules most viewers would have a choice of about 37 games. CBS said. CBS took in about $4 million in online advertising from the games last year. and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves told investors last month that. the company expe..:ts to double those rev' enues and increase profits sixfold. but he didn't provide an exa..:t profit figure . . The Hartford, a tinancial servi~es company, has signed up to buy ads online for the first time this year. though tbc company declined to say how much it's spending. "As consumers change; their media consumption habits , we ' re ..:onstantly looking for ways to get out message in front of them," said Mi..:hael Johnson. vice president of advertising at The Hartford. Only the first three r unds of play are being offered online. with many of tilt: games concentrated during the afternoons of Thursday the 15th and Friday the 16th. Ferreira calls those times a "sweet spot" for video streaming since many fans will still be at work. often with access to the highspeed Internet ~onnections required to watch the video. Borrowing a trick from computer games, CBS will otfer a "Boss" button on the player that viewers can hit if they see their supervisor coming. which causes a fake spreadsheet to pop up ar(d stlences the audio feed. At Otterbein CoJ/Bf18, WesteNiiJe y-Portsmouth BOYS y-Vinton' Cou n~· y-Mariena· y· Warren• y·Logan· y -Zanesvilkl y·Athens 22·1 1().() 13-7 7·3 y -A~:~~ander y-Belpre y·Nelsonville· York 13-8 7-3 1().11 4-6 3- 18 2-8 5-16 0-10 v·WeUston y-Melgs 1().() 8..j y-Water1ord llt-4 14-8 14·8 y·Soulhem 7· 14 4-ll y·Eastern y-Trimb&e 3-18 3-7 v-Coal Grove y·Portsmouth 1().3 4-.9 3-10 13-8 12· 11 2-15 2-19 y-Hannan DIVISION II REGIONAL FINALS At Ontar10 H~gh School A kr Hoban (20·4) \IS_Sanctusky Per kins (20· 3). Fnday, 7:30 p.m . At Barberton H1gtl SchOol Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis runs past Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Larry Foote, left, during the f1rst half of an NFL football game in Pittsburgh in this Dec. 24, 2006 file photo. Lewis. the NFL's Offensive Player of the Year In 2003, was reportedly signed by the Cleveland Browns on Wednesday. month, but may choose to cut him instead. Slowed by injuries, Droughns rushed for just 758 yards last season after gaining 1,232 yards in 2005 - the first Cleveland back to eclipse l,<XXl yards since 1985. Crennel recently said that he isn't dissatisfied with Droughns. "He has shown us that he does have the ability, that he can be a productive runner for us," Cre nne I sat'd . "I expect him to get back to that fonn that he had. That 1,200-yard form. That's what I'm looking for." Adding Lewis also gives the Browns more options <ts they plan for April's college draft. The club was believed to be targeting Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson with the No. 3 overall pick, but with Lewis on his roster, Savage may be able to address other needs. In 2003, Lewis rushed for 2,066 yards, the second-highest total in league history. Last season, he ran for 1,132 yard~ and nine touchdowns, but avemged just 3.6 yards per carry. He recently underwent surgery to remove bone spurs from his ankle. Two years 3j:O, Lewis served time in pnson after a guilty plea to using a cell phone to set up a drug buy. A powerful, punishing runner. Lewis· is the type of between-the-tackles back the Browns have desperately needed since returning to the league in 1999. His signing wtll help Cleveland's deplorable running game, which got a boost last week when tbe club signed free agent offensive lineman Eric Steinbach to a seven-year, $49.5 million deal. ' 19-2 12- 0 y·Marietta 9-12 8·5 y·Warren y.-Athens 12- 10 6·7 6- 16 3· 10 y·Logan 5·16 3· 10 At Ohio UnNfHSity Convo Division II (1 ) Greenfield McClain vs Chillicothe . State Toumart"lfH1t Matchups. Ontano vs Barberton: Zanesville 'r'S. Vandaha DIVISION Ill 11 a.m. REGIONAL FINALS At Vandalta ButlfJr H1Qh School (12) Western vs Ports. Clay. 3 p .m . Division J/1 Fairland vs Oak Hill, 5 p.m . (6) Wheelersburg vs Ross Huntington. 7 p.m. North Adams vs Ironton. 9 p.m. WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Cle . Wahama y·OVCS y-Hannan y·Pt 43 Strongsville 85 , N. Olmsted 57 Wadsworth 49, Barberton 46 Massillon Perry 67, N. Can. Hoover 56 DIVISION II Akr. SVSM 54 , Copley 40 4·16 Cle. Benedictine 60, Akr. E. 46 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 59 , Warrensville Hts . 47 Day. Dunbar 56, C1n . Taft 49 3-20 Pleasant GIRLS Dresden Tri -Valley 65, Steubenville 57 Kettering Atter 55, Bellelontaine 44 , Lexington 66, Fostoria 58 Navarre Fairless 42 , Can. S. 35 TVC Ohio Alexander" 23-2 1().0 y-Nelsonvilte-York y-Vinton County y -Meigs y·Wellston y· Belpre 19-4 7·3 Parma Hts . Holy Name 57, Rocky Ai11er 46 18-5 7·3 9-12 3·7 Poland 7-14 2·8 1-20 1-9 TVC Hocking Waterford· 21-2 1().11 13-9 1().13 y-Fed flock y·Eastern y·Trimble 1().0 7-3 y-M~Ier 4-17 2-8 6·15 18-5 8-2 12-10 5·5 Wapakoneta 70, Tol. Cent. Cath . 62, Morral ·Ridgedale 59 Malvern 52, Shadyside 46 Wonhington Christian 68, lancaster Fisher Cath. 39 9-1 5-5 1D-12 3-7 1·20 Cin. DIVISION IV 14-7 y·River Valley Conland Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 72 , . ovc y·Coal Grove .sa . Wooster Triway 61 , Louisville 48 1-9 y-South Point y·Fairland y-Rock HiM y·Chesapeake Seminary Lake11iew 47 Tipp City Tippecanoe 50. Woodward 49 Upper Sandusky 99. Clyde 73 Van Wert 54 , Wauseon 52 OT 6 ... 4-6 y-Southern 9-12 Falls Solon 65 , Cle. Hts . 57 Lakewood St. Edward 75. Cle . RhOdes 16-4 16-6 9-11 y-South Gallia DIVISION I Glenville 50 , Chagri n Kenston 47 Independents ().10 Girls Basketball Tournament SEOAL 5ooft> DIVISION I REGIONAL FINALS y-lronton• 16-7 11·2 y-Chillicolhe 16·6 1().3 y-Jackson 10.11 5-8 '' . At Zanes v1lle High School Cols. Mifflin (20-5) vs Warsa w AlvfH V•ew (23· 1), Friday, 7.30 p .m. Cots . Eastmoor (1 8·4) vs Kettenng Alter (22-2). Frid ay. 7:30 p.m Division IV South Webst~r vs Miller. 1 p.m. Zanesville" C anal Fulton NW (21-4) vs . Shak er Ht s. Hathaway Bro wn (20-4), Fnday, 7:30 p .m . Aeg1onal F1nal - Friday, 7:30p.m At Vandalia Butler H;gh School otatriCt """' Satunllly. ...,.h 10 7-3 SEOAL North AP photo School Wes terv,l/8; Norwalk vs _ Fa1rtJom Boys Basketball Tournament 7-3 5-5 2-ll ().10 H~gh State Toornament Matc;hups: CantOfl vs 6--4 18·4 12-0 17-5 9-4 13-9 . 6-7 7-14 3·10 4·18 2-11 Ironton y·Gallipolis , y-Jado:son 13-9 7-13 7-1.; y-OVCS SEOAL 5ooft> Chlllicolhe" 10.3 y-SoU111 Gallia y-pt Pleasant 15-8 IH 13-7 14-7 1().11 6-15 ().21 1Q..3 15-8 14-7 ovc Fairland" 16-6 y -Wahama 2·19 1-9 y-Roclt Hill y·South Point y-River Valley y-Chesapeake At Norwalk F•ndlay (20.4) vs Tal Cent Cath_(18· 7 ), SaiUiday, 1 p.m At Wnght State W Chester Lakota W (23·2 ) vs Cm Mt Notre Dame (20-4 ), Saturday, 1 p.m lndepsnoonts 1VC Hocking y· Federal Hocking" Miller Dublm Sc10to (2 5-0) vs P1c kermg 1on North (2 1·3) Fnday, 7 30 p m SEOAL Notftl TVC Ohki :2003. •~ Lewis was released last :Week in a salary-cap move'·by :the Ravens, who elected not to ;PI!Y their career rushing leader -1\' $5 million roster bonus. :He '11 now join the Browns :Baltimore's AFC North rival: .who were last in the league in ;rushing in 2006. · "We are pleased to add Jamal Lewis to our team " :Browns generdl manager Phll Sava~e said in a statement. "He ts a proven NFL back who brings a toughness and demeanor to the game that his teammates and our fans will appreciate." Lewis. 27, visited the Browns on Wednesday and decided to sign with the team before leaving town or talking to another team. Financial terms were not immediately available. Lewis' agent, Mitch ·Frankel, did not return several messages seeking comment. . With the Ravens reportedly mterested in acquiril}g Buffalo runnmg back Willis McGahee, Lewis decided to look elsewhere and found a fit with the Browns -one of the teams he ha~ torched while rushing for 7,80 I yards and 45 TDs in seven seasons. Lewis spent the afternoon at lhe Browns' facilities in suburban Berea, meeting with Savage and coach Romeo Crennel. Savage was with the Ravens in 2000 when the club drafted Lewis in the first round out of Tennessee. Lewis, the NFL's Offensive Player of the Year in 2003, is an upgrade at running back for the Browns, who now have to figure out what to do with feature back Reuben Droughns. They owe Droughns a $1.75 mtllton roster bonus later this y-Ga l ~ pol i S PREP STANDINGS : • CLEVELAND The :A.rowns ftnally tackled Jamal ·tewis. '.: Unable to reach adeal to ~main in Baltimore, the free :«gent running back signed a ~-year deal on Wednesday :With Cleveland, the team he ;blistered for an NFL single,game record 295 yard~ in Anticipating demand,.CBS doubles bandwidth for NCAA video streams NEW YORK (AP) While CBS Corp. is doubling the amount of bandwidth available for viewing NCAA tournament games this year, it will still restrict the number of viewers to keep the system running smoothly. The vtdeo streams proved very popular last year. CBS is also beefing up the image quality for the video and making the online video player larger. which will take up some of the added bandwidth. Joe Ferreira, the vice president of pro~ramming at CBS SportsLme, says the site is aiming to accommodate up to 300,<XXl viewers at any given time, up from around 175,000 simultaneous viewers last year. Once that limit is reached, fans will be diverted to online "waiting rooms" until enough other users leave to allow new ones in. CBS has been offering online viewing of the NCAA basketball games smce 2003, but this is only the second year that they will be offered for free and supported with advertising. In previous years, fans had to pay for a subscription to view the games. Steve Snyder, chief operating officer of CBS's digital ASSOC IATED PRESS AI Canton Civic Center Slow-Muriroe Falls (22-3) OJ&. N. Can . Hoover (21-3}, Friday. 7:30p.m . Ham1tton Badin (16-9) vs _Versailles (22· 3) At Cuyahoga Falls Htgh School S. Euclid Regina (23· 1) vs . C l9. Cent. Cath . (23-1) At Le.lfin9ton High School Columbus Grove (22- 2) vs _ Delphos St John's (23· 1) At Lancaster High SchOOl Albany Alexander (23· 2) vs. Sardmia Eastern (23-2) StatfJ Tournament Matchups: Vandalia 'r'S . Cuyahoga falls; Lexmgron vs Lancaster. DIVISION IV REGIONAL SEMIFINALS At Massillon Perry High Schoof Mansfield St. Peter (17-6) vs . E. Can. (2 1-3). COlumbiana (18-6) vs Bedford Chanel (16-7). At Vanda/18 Butler High School Sidney lehman (17·6) vs . Cin . Seven Hills (21 ·3 }; New Knoxville (19-4) vs Covington (21·3) . At Elida High School Ottoville (19·4) vs. liberty Center (18 -5) : Stryker (21 ·2 ) vs. Bascom Hopewellloudon (24.0). At Pickerington North High School Waterford {21-2) vs. Cols. Africentric (23l ): Berlm H1land (2 0·4) vs _ South Webster ( 15· 9) State Toumamenl Matchups: Massillon vs. Vandalia ; Eh"da vs . Pickerington. WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS DIVISION I Cin. Mt. Notre Dame 56, Cin . Winton Woods 53 W. Chester lakota W. 64 , C1n. Oak Hills 59 DIVISION Ill Albany Alexander 76 , Zanesville Maysville 55 Cia . Cent Cath_66 . Atwater Waterloo 59 Colu mbus Grove 57 . Mt. Blanchard Ai11erdale 54 Delphos St. John 's 43, Apple Creek Wayn&dale 39 Hamilton Badin 52 . Cols. Ready 40 S. Euclid Aeg~na 98, Columbiana Crestview 57 Sardinia Eastern Brown 55 , Marion Pleasant 41 Versailles 48 , Anna 42 ' I!IPRO\BIEU 2007 HOME IMPROVEMENT EDITION Ron Lewis said, "Me. I' ll make it look good for you out there." causing his teammates to roll their eyes fromPageBl and laugh. The B k 1 F 'da Sixth-man Daequan Cook · uc eye.s P ay n Y said be was looking forward agamst the wmner of the · first-round matchup to trying on the new ensem- ~:~~~~ta. Michigan NEW YORK (AP) West Virginia made a Big East tournament record 17 3-pointers and the seventhseeded Mountaineers beat Providence 92-79 in the opening round Wednesday mght. The win kept alive West Virginia's chances of an atlarge bid to the NCAA tournament should it not win the conference title. Frank Young and Alex Ruoff each swred 21 points for the Mountaineers, Who moved to the quarterfinals a~ain st second-seeded Louisvtlle. The Friars beat the Mountaineers 64-61 on Feb. 2'0, but West Virginia was just 9-for-41 from behind the arc in that game. Wednesday night was much different as West Virginia hit its ninth 3pointer early in the second half. The Mountaineers finished 17-for-31 on 3s in the game, matching their season high. Ruoff and Young each hit five 3s and Darris Nichols added 16 points for West Virginia (22-8). Dwain Williams scored 21 points, Herbert Hill added 20 and We>'inmi Efejuku had 19 for the Friars ( 18-12). Trailing by two late in the first half. West Virginia went on a 25-8 run to take a 110!11~ The Daily Sentinel • Page 83 www.mydailysentinel.com bl!;i like the fit of them they make me look stronger," he said, prompting the players to crack up. Matta said he has yet to see the uniforms, but he thought the stretchy tops would motivate his players. "It's a great incentive for the new guys to hit the weight room and watch what they eat," he said with a laugh. ' Told that the bottoms w~re extremely long ana loose-fitting, he added, "I don't think they can be much baggier than what we've got now. !' d bate to see those if that 's the case." He also said he hopes tbe tops are so tight that opposing teams c<m 't grab Oden ·s jersey on defense. The players are staring the tournament at a busy time. Their in the midst of final exams. Then there's the speculation about tile NCAA tournament and seedings and whether the 7foot Oden will jump to the, NBA after his freshman season. But the players swear that they won't have any problem focusing on the games. "We've played a lot of close games in the regular season and I think that's why 'teams think they can beat us," Conley said. "Everybody wants to get that next shot at us and the tournarnent is a great opportunity to do that. We just have to be mentally tough and be ready for whatever teams bring at us." Despite the pressures of being No. I. the Buckeyes · wouldn't have it any other way. This is the way they thought the season might go. "We knew going into the season what we had, the weapons we had." Butler said. "We 've got ' 0 much versatility on this team. This is what we talked about at the beginning of the year, where we wanted to be." 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But this wasn ' t about taking hi s place with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. Woods was more interested in the dozen children seated to the s ide of a packed lounge in the National Press Club, where Woods and PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem announced plans for the AT&T National that marks the return of golf to the nation 's capital. Still to be determined is where the tournament will be played and the size of the field. Woods made clear, however, that the tournament would pay tribute to the military over the Founh of July, and pay for a new Tiger Woods Learning Center in the Washin~ton,. area as he expands hts foundation' s goal to help children. "The last year or so, we ' ve been looking up and down the Eastern seaboard .for a new learning center," Woods said. "And then this opportunity fell into our laps. It makes sense to build it here, we just haven't had time to find a site yet." The first step is to build a tournament. The AT&T National replaces .the International outside Denver, which shut down last month when tournament founder Jack Vickers couldn't find a sponsor, which he blamed in pan on Woods not playing the event. It will be played July 5-8, and Woods isn't sure if he will be able to play this year because his wife is expecting their .first child. But while Palmer bought the Bay Hill Club and Nicklaus built his own course in his hometown outside Columbus, Ohio, Woods is establishing his tournament roots in Washington. Galli a County OH AP photo Tampa Bay Devil Rays • Carl Crawford, right, safely steals third as Cleveland Indians third baseman Andy Marte looks for the call during a spring training baseball game Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. AP photo Golf champion Tiger Woods, left, meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. "That's our intent, to stay here and have this be our home event, hopefully for perpetuity," he said. The Tiger Woods Foundation will run the tournament, with charitable money going to the foundation toward building a learning center. Woods' first learning center, which cost $25 million, opened a year ago in Anaheim, Calif. Woods becomes the youngest player to host a tournament. Bobby Jones was 32 when the Augusta National Invitation- which later became the Masters was held in 1934. Nicklaus was 36 when the Memorial was played for the first time. Palmer was 44 when he took over at Bay Hill, and Byron Nelson had been long retired when he gave his name to a tournament in Dallas. "Not too many people are fonunate to have an opportunity like this," Woods said. "What Bobby Jones did for golf and starting the Masters, that won't be touched. As far as what Jack has done at the Memorial, or Arnold at Bay Hill or Mr. Nelson in Dallas, those have been true legends of the game. They made a tremendous impact on our sport. "I want to build something along that level," he said. "Obviously, with my competitive nature, I want it to be better." First the tour has to secure a golf course. All signs point toward Congressional Country Club for 2007 and 2008. The club is to vote on the tour's request over the next few weeks, and Woods and Finchem openly lobbied members to approve it. "Right now, the energy at Congressional is very, very positive and very supportIVe," Finchem said. "And we hope that carries over to the response from the overall membership." Finchem said the purse would be at least $6 million, but he hasn't decided the size of the field. He said it likely would be comparable to other invitationals Memorial, Bay Hill , Colonial which have fewer than 156-man fields typical of summer events. Woods always dreamed of being host of a regular PGA Tour event - he just didn't expect it this soon. He started the Target World Challenge, an unofficial event held in California in December, in 1999 and .spoke to his father about finding a way to earning full tour status. "The way the tour is structured, it didn't look like we would have an opponunity until 2010, 'II or '12," Woods said. "But we were lucky enough that this one came up." It came at the expense of the International, played at Castle Pines outside Denver. Woods only played there twice, the last time in 1999, and didn't return because he didn't care for the golf course. AT&T now is title sponsor of five tournaments. The company sponsors PGA Tour events at Pebble Beach and in Atlanta, along with two tournaments on the Champions Tour. Finchem said the deal in Washington would be for at least five years, with an option to sponsor the event through the end of the TV contract in 2012. NFL Notebook Daniel Graham returns home to Denver BY THE AssOCIATED PRESS Daniel Graham became the latest addition to the Denver Broncos, one of the most active teams so far this offsea.~on . The Broncos agreed Wednesday with the former New England tight end on a five-year, $30 million deal that includes $15 million in guaranteed money. A team spokesman said he could not comment. The deal was disclosed by a person familiar with the deal who re'\uested anonymity because 11 had not yet been signed. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Falcons were talking to 35year-old wide receiver Joe Horn, who was cut last week by their NFC South rivals in New Orleans. ESPN.com quoted unnamed team sources as saying the Falcons reached agreement with the outspoken receiver, but the Falcons denied it. It's not done yet," Falcons spokesman Reggie Roberts said Wednesday night. "We haven't signed a contract, so he's not an Atlanta Falcon. We haven 't reached an agreement, so he's not an Atlanta Falcon." Cavs fromPageBl Drew Gooden had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Zydrunas llgauskas had 14 pomts and 10 boards. and Larry Hughes added 12 points. Free throws kept the Pistons in the game, and perhaps . prevented Cleveland from winning in regulation. Detroit was 33-of-42 from the line before overtime while the· Cavs - the NBA's worst free throw sbooting team - were 9-of18 entering overtime . Cleveland was 4-of-6 in . ___, The Daily Sentinel• Page BS ~ribune- Mr. Woods goes to Washington BY DouG www.mydallyaentlnel.com ...• .. .... Graham had been • .,. with New , ~·· * • England since the Patriots drafted him with the 21st overall pick in 2002. He caught 120 passes for I ,393 yards and 17 touchdowns in his time with the Patriots, but is now primarily a blocker. The 6-foot-3, 257-pound Graham grew up in Denver and attended the University of Colorado. His father, Tom Graham, played linebacker for the Broncos from 1972 to 1974. He joins newly signed running back Travis Henry plus two players the Broncos obtained in trades: comerback Ore' Bly and defensive tackle Dan Wilkinson. In Davie, Aa., Joey Poner passed his physical and signed a five-year, $32 million contract with the Miami Dolphins. Poner, a threetime Pro Bowler, spent his first eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who released him last week in a salary-cap move. He ranks fourth in Steelers history with 60 sacks, including seven last year. • • • o{ • o venime at the line. After leading only once - briefly - through three quaners, Detroit opened the founh quaner with a 9-0 run to take a 79-70 lead. ' James made three goahead baskets in the final 2 1/2 minutes and made it 93all on a dunk with 5.7 seconds left. Hamilton missed a 16footer with 2 seconds left and after a timeout, James had the ball a split second too long on his deep shot that was waved off after a review. As they often do. the Pistons dug a big hole in the first quaner and spent the rest of the game trying to Porter joins a defense that ranked founh in the NFL in yards allowed and included defensive player of the year Jason Taylor. "It's great that we were able to acquire a player of Joey 's caliber," Taylor said. "He has been an impact player in this league for many years, and when you add someone who has the ability to make plays like he does, it will help not just the defense, but the entire team." Defensive end Patrick Kerney, meanwhile , made his first official appearance in Seattle after signing a sixyear, $39.5 million deal with the Seahawks. "I feel like I have a full tank, and coming to a new team with a lot of guys who have a passion for foo.tball, that's going to re-energize me even more," said the 30year-old former Falcon, who ts guaranteed $19.5 million in the new deal. "I'm boiling over just thinking about that first game next year. I couldn't be more thrilled." In other moves: - Green Bay released 36year-old fullback William Henderson, leaving Brett Favre as the only member of the 1996 Super Bow I championship team still playing erase it. James scored 14 points in the opening quaner, helping the Cavs go ahead by as much as 12 and lead 34-24 - one point away from the season high allowed by Detroit in the first quaner. Cleveland clung to a 5250 lead at halftime and it was 70-all after three quarters. Notes: James' previous season high was 39 points. ... The Pistons were without reserve point guard Lindsey Hunter. who was suspended Wednesday for I 0 games for taking a banned substance primarily used for weight loss. Seldom-used reserve Flip Murray took for the Packers. - Houston signed journeyman linebacker Danny Clark, who has played with Jacksonville, Oakland and New Orleans. Baltimore released 350-pound guard Edwin Mulitalo, who missed most of last season with a tom triceps. "When you release a player like Edwin, it gives you pause," coach Brian Billick said of the 32-yearold eight-year staner. "Tiiis is the cold side of the business. All he did was everything we asked him to do and more. He was always an example to his teammates as to how a professional should conduct himself." - Washington released kicker John Hall, a 10-year veteran who missed most of last season with a leg injury. Pittsburgh re-signed running back Najeh Davenport, who backed up Willie Parker after being signed last September. The former Packer rushed for 220 yards on 80 carries. - Atlanta signed comerback Lewis Sanders, who started seven games for Houston last season. - Jean-Phillipe Darche, a long snapper who spent seven years in Seattle, signed with Kansas City. his place in the rotation. Cleveland coach Mike Brown was called for a technical with 16 seconds left in the first half. upset about the foul disparity. Detroit shot 29 free throws to the Cavs' 10 in' the lirst half. . .. . Detroit won at Cleveland by an average of 14 points in the previous two meetings this season .... The Pistons begin a seasonhigh five-game road trip Friday at Denver. .. . Kid Rock and Lions linebacker Boss Bailey were among the faces in the crowd. ... The Pistons are 6-5 in the Centrdi Division. and 31-16 against the rest of the league. Indians sink D-Rays ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Although Luis Rivas is a long way from earning a roster spot, he certainly has helped himself. The non-roster invitee had three hits and an RBI Wednesday as Cleveland Indians beat the Tampa Bay Devil Ray s I 0-2. Rivas, who staned at second base, is looking to make the Indians as a utility infielder. He hit his second and third doubles of spring training and is 5-for- 14. When Rivas was with the Devils Rays a year ago, he broke a knuckle in his right hand during spring training and spent the season in the minors. "'He's· really doing a good job," Indians manager Eric Wedge said. " He's had a good camp so far." The Indians had 12 hits off eight pitchers in their third straight win . Franklin Gutierrez, Jason Michaels and Andy Mane had two hits each for Cleveland. Gutierrez drove in a team-high three runs. Indians staner Jeremy Sowers allowed three hits and one earned run in two innings. "He dido ' t command his fastball like he normally does ," Wedge said. "Obviously, he's a competitor. He still did the job." The Devil Rays have lost four straight and scored five runs in 27 innings. Despite the lack of run production Wednesday, Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon was encouraged because numerous Devil Ray s worked their way deep into the count. "I'm really pleased with the quality of the at-bats," Maddon said. "Outside of the score, I was really pleased with our offense." Tampa Bay prospect Joel Guzman homered off Sowers in the second inning. It was the 22-yearold third baseman's first home run of spring training. "That guy," Maddon said, "could be really good." Notes: Tampa Bay LHP Jon Switzer had precautionary X-rays on his right wrist after being hit by a liner off the bat of Andy Mane opening the founh. Initial tests were negative . ... Devil Rays LHP Scott Kazmir, the likely No. I starter, is scheduled to throw three innings Thursday against Pittsburgh . In his only previous spring training appearance, he allowed three earned runs in I 1-3 innings. spring, flashed a big smile after the strikeout. He worked a perfect inning for the second straight time out. fromP8ge81 The 25-year-old Hamilton returned to baseball last Pettitte said. "It was a little summer, when major league numb. About my pitching, it baseball gave him permiswas no where near as sharp sion to play for Hudson as I wanted it to be. It mi~ht Valley in the New Yorkhave had a little sornethmg Penn League. It was a huge to do with it. You're not step for Hamilton, a former always ~oing to throw Devil Rays No. I draft pick great, so tt was good to ... who was suspended in 2004 get through it." for drug use. The Reds loaded the The Reds worked out a bases on two singles and a deal to obtain Hamilton, walk to stan the second. sending cash to the Chicago Petti lie got out of the jam by Cubs after they picked him striking out Javier Valentin from Tampa Bay in the first and inducing a double play round of baseball's winter from Juan Castro. meeting draft. Clemens briefly talked "Expectations weren't with reporters when he very hlgh on me coming in, arrived at Legends Field but I've been practicing and again said he has~'t hard this offseason and decided if he will return for things are goin~ well so a 24th major league season. far," Hamilton srud. The seven-time Cy Young Notes: Yankees LF Award winner said he won't Hideki Matsui, who experimake a decision until early enced left knee stiffness May. after sliding Tuesday, said Should be return, the knee is fine and was in Clemens will choose among the staning lineup. .. . Reds the Yankees, Astros and CF Ken Griffey Jr. (broken Boston. He visited for a left hand) took live batting couple minutes with George practice on Wednesday for Steinbrenner in the the first time this spring. Yankees' owner suite. "Griffey had some soreBronson Sardinha had an ness," manager Jerry RBI single in the ninth for Narron said. "It was his first the Yankees. Cincinnati live batting practice and he staner Bobby Livingston looked like he hasn · t played gave up five hits in three any." ... Cincinnati lB Jeff shutout innings. Joey Votto Conine, slowed by lower homered in the eighth to put back stiffness, played in the the Reds up 1-0. field for the ftrSt time. He Reds outfielder Josh returned after missing five Hamilton, who missed games as the DH Tuesday. Tuesday 's game due to shin ... New York RF Bobby splints, went 0-for-3 with a Abreu (strained right walk as the DH. He has nine oblique) could stan swinghits in 19 at-bats this spring. ing a bat this weekend. The ''I'm swprised, but I'm Yankees expect him to be glad it's going well," ready for opening day. ... Hamilton said. "It delioitely Cincinnati RHP Kyle Lohse makes things easier as far as (mild right hamstring strain) tne confidence coming pitched in a &imulated back . Overall, just being ~arne. ... Livingston, startaround the guys again helps mg in Lopse' s spot, said "I me out." was praying thatl' d be calm Hamilton struck out look- and composed when I faced ing · in the fourth on a these guys," referring to the changeup by Yankees closer experienced Yankee lineup. . .. Yankees C Todd Pratt Mariano Rivera. 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Call (740)379- 304·882·2334 e newspaper ,...... r ,position of held moohanic 9083 between 9-3 Mon·Fri del1 ·1 15hrsweekly. $29refund· and shop mechanic., two -------.n1·1e pIus . s ubm1 resume and salary able start·up cost. 740.441· positions aVailaDie .. .Davls 11!11 ScHoots 1· 2+ acres with 2·3 bedroom, 1982 • · -UCTION ·1·1y room. requirements to: Becon payscale lor 1•• lield ~ 1 ba1h. pan1ry, u111 111 ,.., resume@heartlan~ubti· - - - - - - - - position and a· company car port. large metal out· l!:.,ca.,tion=s.., co.,m====!l Looking tor mature, experi - issued mechanics truck . GIIUpoHa Ca.-..r College building With storage room,. · 1enan<:e person· Shop pay WI.II -. •·-ndenl {C areers Close To enced ma1n uo;IO ._....... '' Home) ConeriU Rd. 2 miles oot o Darst Adu lt Group Home nel to work full time in the on qualifications. Call Today! 74(}446·4367. Harrisonville on hara top 768 2-. has an opening for a day Pomeroy area Duties Fax resumes 10 1·80()..214·0452 _;roa=d=. .;, 17•40o;,l9.,9., _ 1.,.."'11 pos~ion. must be able to do include general and varied 304·548--6900 'Nri.g~~lllpoii!ICareercoii&Q&. com lr t"l eavy titling . Temporary maintenance. housekeeping Attn: Les Putillion Acerldit•d Member Accrediting possibly permanent posi· and on--call coverage. - - - - - - - - Col.rlcil tor lrldepeoOvnl ~ lion. 740.992·5023. Reliable transportation is a Now Hiring Fruth Pharmacy tr'tSChOOI' 1274 8. must. Mileage paid. Corporate Office Temporary MlscF.LlANIXlus Applicant may have to sub- Data Entry Position Must • ---mit to drug test and police have excellent computer record chect. Send resume ski!k;, Typing, fam~iarity with Four Cemetery Lots for sale SENIOR CARE C ENTER and phone I'"II.Jmbers o1 3 Microsoft Office (Word, in Prim e Localion in personal references and for· Excel), phone skills, and Memorial Gardens on Due to internal promotions, mer emp!o~ers to: ability to get along with oth· Chester Ad in, Meigs Col Holzer Senior Care Center Mainlenance, P:O. Box ers in a bus~ work environ· Call 410·573·6885 or has a full time maintenance . bl M be 1492. Parkersburg, WV menl. Please apply at: (740)446·7194, Price 1 26102 EEO FrU1h Pharmacy RR 1 80IC Negotiable. position avat a e. usl self motivated individual. ------,-::::--:-:-:=:--~-----·• . al nd I b. MAKE MORE 332 (ne<l 10 lhe Armory ) have g!ectrtc a P urn •ng Poinl Pleasant wv Seasoned fire wood. Oak experience, and be fami~ar S$$S and Hk.:kory split. You haul I YARoS\u: · IIElrWANilill 1 116 11 riO 11 • 0 Indoor Rummage Sale. 9 week old pups. Half 3719 SA 160. Fri & Sal Cocke' SpanieL 441-0941 Ma«h 9W101h, 9-?. come Big old Freezer "WOrks per- Around house to back door. i4 feet. 41 years old 304-773· 5878 I yi\Rll S\l[PUMUIOYIMUJDU: Part Shepard/Basset Hound. 2 year old Female. Tuppers Plains St. Paul GOOd -.ith kids. ca M 740- U.M.Ch. basement sale, ~~~~~~~~~446: - 1~9:72~;:-:-:---, r Mar. 9th, 9am-7pm, Mar. 10th, 98m-2pm, books, dish:~'~;;~~re do1hing and r CLASSIFIED INDEX 4x4'1 For Sale .............................................. 725 Announcoment ............................................ 030 Anttquu .......................................................530 Ap111't1Mnlo tor Aonl ................................... 440 Auction and FIN Market .............................oao Absolute Top 0 oII ar : U.S. Silver and Gold Coins, Proolsets, Gold Rings, PreCurrency, 1935 U.S So~taire DiamondS· M.T.S Co1n Shop. 151 Second A.venue. GallipoliS. 740·446· 2842. Auto PMII l AcctiiOrloa .......................... 760 Auto A-Ir .................................................. 770 AuiOI for Sale ..............................................710 Boall a _,. for Sale ............................. 750 Building Suppltoa........................................ 550 Bu1IMU ond lulkllngo .............. ............... 340 luoiMU Oppartuntty .................................. 210 · Bu11M11 Tralnlng ....................................... 140 CIIYII*I l Molor HomH ........................... 790 c.tnp1ng Equipment ................................... 780 Came ol Thtnka .......................................... OIO CllttdiEidorly ea......................................... 180 Buying Junk Cars,Trucks & Wrecks, Pay Cash J 0 Saivage (304)773·5343 (304)674-1374 . . k cars. Paymg . 8 uyang jUn from $SO . 2oo. if no answer leave message.74 , •••0011 . Etectrtciii/Aelrltllratlon ...............................l40 Equtpmonl for Jlent..................................... 480 s bcavlllng ................................................... 830 Farm Equlpment ..........................................atO ' Formt for Aent.............................................:tso . Fltrne for Sate .............................................330 ForL-..................................................... 480 _. For Sale ........................................................ 585 For~ or Trode .........................................580 · Fruita l Vegellbtu ............ .............. .. ......... 580 FurnloMd ROOIIII ........................................450 . General Hllullng.... .. .....................................850 .;>UV CASH Paid lor junk cars & vucks, $35·$130. Call Cell 1·304·81 2·1037, after 6pm {740)446·8955 . G-w•y ......................................................040 Hippy Adl. ...................................................oso , Hoy a Graln.................................................MO . Ho1p W.l d................................................. ItO Home lmpro-11 ...................................110 Honwa lor Sale............................................ 310 ' lloullhokl ~ ....................................... 510 - t o r Aent ..........................................410 ln--... ................................ . .. . . ......0211 11\aurwace..................................................... 130 L1wn l O.rcten Equl-1 ........................ 610 Ll-11. .....................................................830 • LOll ond Founci ........................................... OIO Lola • Ac............................................... 350 llloco. ............................... ................ 170 lliKIIIas lOW Mef'chandlu....................... 540 Mobile Home ~~epo~r.................................... eao Mobile - l o r Aenl .......... ..................... 420 Mobile - l o r Sale................................ 320 11onoy to Loan ............................................. 220 -~··-.......................... 740 -lclltnatrumonto ........ .. ......................... 570 ................................................................ 005 Pro--· Polo lor Sale ................................................ 580 Plumbing liiNilng .................................... 820 S«vlctl ................................. 230 A8c11o. TV & CB Repair ........ ..... . ................ 160 AMI E1tole Wlftlld .. ................................... 310 Sc~ -..ct~on..................................... 150 Seod, , _ . Forllllzor .............................. 850 S11u1t1ono Wanted ....................................... l20 ' S,...lor Aenl............................................. 480 Sporting Goodl........................................... 520 SUV'IIor Sale .............................. ................ 720 . lNckalor Sale ............................ ................ 715 Upho1etOry ................................................... 170 -For Sale...............................................730 . W.Udi0Buy ............................................. 080 W.lod 10 Buy- Farm Suppttu .................. 620 WIMod To Do .............................................. teo w. lid 10 Aenl ............................................470 Ylnl Sale- 01111~ ll1le ...................................072 . Ylnl Solo Pomii'OyiMicldlo......................... 074 Ylfd Sale-Pl.-! ................................ 076 o- Gui1ar Case (304)862·2436 0 AT INFOCISION " - - - - - - - · · nursing facility, please slop by and see us at 1 Full time and 1 part time 380 Colonial Drive position in Gallia County Bidwell, 40- Ohio . 45614 7 446 5001 Must have experience in tire instaMatiorl and the ability to Equal Opportunity Employer work unsupervised. Please Elec./Controls Engineer, Ill . email resume with refer- Provide expertise n elec. 1 ences and work history to design . hardware ' specs. mlb 19690 sbc!jobal.nel. ASLogix & FISVtew. high 100 WORKERS NEED£0 speed aata acquisition. elec· Assemble crafts, wood trical test equipment, autoitems.To $480/wk Materials mated control systems. Reg provided. Free information 8+ yrs related exp; BSEE: UScitiZenshlplleligibilitylor pkg. 24Hr. 801 -428-4649 cle arance; AutoCAO exp: An Excellent way to earn strong V8f"bal & written commoney. The New Avon. munication . SuparviSOfy Call Marityn 304·882·2645 experience a plus. •· I T•O 8u~ or UTAON · Inc. ,.'VON I All -eas .;;lUI " ... , ...,.......,.r 23 1· 2567 • -•1 · <- • s· .;JU"P"" on• FAX Ashlon, VW 86E). 675- 1429. www.utroninc.com BENNIGAN'S is Nov. Hiri ng - - - - - - - 1of Hosts and Servers Apply Experienced Operators & in person at Point Pleasant Carpenlers needed lor comLocation. mercial construction. Short dis1ance travel required. pay Now Hiring Fruth Pharmacy based on experience, Mail Warehouse Must ha-ve a resumes to: 13621 SA 554, valid driver's license. Bidwell, OH 4561 4. No Calls Requirements include abilily Pie""''""" to lift 50tbs.. operate a standard transmiss1on veh1c!e , Holiday Inn ot Gallipolis is .........,rate a tork.lift, an some now h1ring lor a lull time ~computer skills. deSk. clerk position. Fr•er!dly a""'lications available at AA anitude and professional """ 1 Box 332. Pt. Pleasant or at appearance a must. Apply in a~ Fruth Pharmacy store perspn only. No phone calls location · please. Make calls for MaP Political Organizations! Sh· l~ I 1110 wi1h HVAC. If you are interested in a I 'tl't 1 n \II \ I nursing home maintenance "I I{ \ It I ' .h ...............!" :::,;;;;;;;;,;;..;,__ _ _., posilion Wll greal ~~ 05 10 8 "1110 and would like be part ot IIE:l.JJ WA:.'lnD a reside nt care orienled I # Attention! local company offering "NN DOWN PAYMENr pro-grams lor you to buy your home instead ol renting. • 100% financing • Less than pertecl credit accepted • Payment could be the same as rent . Mnrtgage lncators. (740)367-0000 Cheaper than rent! Updated 3 Br, 1 bath home wi1h newer fu rnace. wa1er heater. elect r1c plumbing and $27 .500. Call Sandy Col lins. Saki & BlOOm Realtors. · at 740· 59~·9202 to view. No land contracts. i IIIII"'"'_ _ _ _ _., lound please call 304·415· 7 Ina POST OFFICE NOW HIRING Avg. Pay $20/hr or $57K annually Including Federal Benefits and OT.Paid Training, Vacations·FTIPT 1·600·584· 1775 Ext •8923 r Bedlord Chapel Ch\lrch. Any damage to our livestodl: or arr-j other damages thai oocur off thiS property will be your responsibility GIVFAWAY tnt._. Pari St.Bernard. 4 moolh old male. Looks like St.Bernard. Call 740·446·4169 Notlco Erlc Jason ACIQns, Logger 1102714 WV: Regarding fences you destroyed at our property line, behind r Bualn- Daya Prior To Publication sund•y Dlaplay : 1 :00 p .m . Thuraday for Sundaya POLICIEI: OtMo VIIMy Publlhlng ~ tN right to Mit, rt)ect. Of~ any ad-' IIIW tlrnt. Errort must bl rtPOrtH on the flrat dly ol T~lntl Aagl:ltla wtll bl mp 'Oh tor no mcwt thin the cOM 01 ~uphd ttw tht .rr01 lftd only tM first lnaertkln . we I anw lou Of expfii\M that NIIUIIs from the publlcdon Of OINulon of .., actvert!Mnwd. CorrtiCtion *ill be made ln the tlrst awallabl• edi1ion. o IN .twaye Will..,....._ •Cwf.nt qW qnt llppllea. •All r•lestdtlld¥9rtl.....-..nta ar• aubjllct 1o IM r:.dlral F•Jr Housing Act of 1111. oTI\is 1 Hceoh wentlllladt EOE atMdatOI. WI will notlcnowlngty ~~Cc.pt;any .av.tielngln v~lon ot 1M ln. Description • Include A Price • AvOid Abbrevl•tiou • Include Phone Number And Addreu When Needed • Ada Should ltun 7 D•v• Stevie.L Chapman Tie _____________..._--:--------------'--'--- - - - - - - - - ___._ \ '\\! ll \1 I ' II \ I ' All Dlaplay: 1.2 Noon 2 • All ada muat be prepaid' • start Your Ads Wtth A Keyword • lndude Complete Succeaaful Ads Now you con hove borders and Qraphlcs ~ added to your classified ads {I~ 1m Borders$3.00/perad Graphics SOC for small $1.00 for larQe Display Ads Dally In-Column: l:Oo p . m . Monday .. Prlday tor Jn•ertlon Jn Next Day' • Paper Sunday In -Column: 1:00 p.m. f'rllday Por Sunday• Paper Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. HOW I0 WRUE AM AD Oearll:ir~ Earn up to $8.~r ·--wv weo11er a .............. ~e··-""- paid lralning, [I'Od holidays and weekly bonuses. Call today to see ~ you could start earning more ~~ .........J 1-877-483-6247 Ext. 2301 -------,-----,------,-,Meigs Industries, inc. is hir· ing Pl11 time crewleaders tor Janitorial and ' l awn Maintenance positions. $6.85/hour. experience in All rNI •IIIli advertising In this MWSplpwit subtM;t to the Federal Fair Hou1lng Act ot 18M whl;;h makes it 1\htpl to ldvertiH "any p...te~ , limitation or dlscrlmini.Uon baled on raQt, color, reUgion, HX familial 1tatua or Mllonal origin, or •Y intention to maQ..-ysuch pret.rtnce. limtt.don or discrimiMtion." T~ls n.wapaper will not knowingly .c:capt sdYerlllementslor rNI eStat:e which is in vioitltion or the law. Our readsrl herR .,. Y Informed that au dwtRing1 ad'ltrtlstd In this newsp~~per are ovollab'-·•1 .. on on o__,..tunlty btl"•· ~~~~~-~~~~~ Country setting New Haven area . 4BR , Home. 2,800 sq.fl . 2 acres. Hardwood floors. lnground pool $148,500 Serious inquines only (304)674-5921 or (304)S93-8 871 GALLIPOLIS, lbd 3ba home. Muet Sell Flit! ~ avalltblt. For loca llll:lnga call 800-5584109 xF254 -Cl-re-en-Tw-p-.-1 - 1-, - m _ i_ l,om 2 l~·n. 1 1/2 mi fr."m New .......... ..., OAHS. 3BR Brick Ranch. 5140.000 (740 )446. 8131 .aor. i u~~~ ~ H<»U2i S FOR Al.t: LYI\.IDllL --- I • Ohio Volley Home Health, or I haul- Take CAA& HEAP Inc. PassportfPrivate Care 741).949--2038. c ~ nil,;;.~~ Dept. is hiring N 's, W.~"~ .. ~ STNA's, CHHA's, Personal Care Aides. Competitive wages w~h benefitS inctOO.. ing health insurance and mileage. Appty at 1455 Jackson Pike Suite 3, Gallipolis. or phone 740· 441 ·9263. Patient Advocate- Gallipolis, OH & Point Pleasant. WV. Exceltent Opportunity for self-motivated, energetic professionals with a cleSire ..........-., lliiU t.-.--oiToliiiDoiiii-.-J II Formal """ A.ll TYpes Masonry, Brick , (304)773-9550 · - 304-593· 642 1. - - - - -- - - II Chil·cka•mau•g• George's Pottable 8awmitl, With a split railed ·fence don't haul your Logs to the and a barn with hay loft Mill jusl call 304·675·1957 . ~ard fenced in . 1o pets 1o run/play Wedding and Prom Gowns. r an~ · Made to yo~r order Also Hoi Tub and I praces. 740· - - - - ' - - - -- fits. Hospital based with Will care lof elderly. Male or Female. 16 yrs experience. Will do ligh t housewOtk, laundry ~ ,cook. Will wm 2rn'3rd shift. Ot 24-S's. 740· 388-9783 or 740-591·9034 work J1999!;;;;m;li"!l!OOI:I'I;~ Janitorial/custOdial · preferred. MAine:; Industries pr-"des se.Nices -·- for adults .,.. wilh dev··~~ ~-~> ........,.. .......... ..__... ties. Must have a vahd Ohio ......,.~ drivers license and high schOOl diploma or GEO. £.~~~---..1 Develop vour 4X6 print tor seno resume to: Meigs only $.09. Great gdt IdeaS lnoustries, Inc.. ~0. Box Buckeye Hills Ca~eer Center and more. Free to jom ViSit 307 , S~racuse. Ohio 45n9. is now accepting appitca- www.pMtOmaxplus.net bons for part-lime substitute • - -....~~--. Truck Drivers COl ClasS A custOdians, all shifts. •NOTICI• Requ1re<l, minimum ot 5 Contact the oHIO VALLEY PUBLISH· years drivtng exp. 2 ~rs Superintendents Office at lNG CO. recommends E)(J)erience on 740-245-5334. EOE · •-~..., 1 you do buSiness wittl O\ierdeimens10nal IVDUQ. A · · ~..... ...... pe~le you know, and Must have good driving ecepttOOISI 'Y' ...... sy NOT to send money recot"d. Earn up to $2,000 Internal Medicine practice .~ · Call •·--~• ·mmodialefy. br.mg gh the mail until you weekly. For ........,IC&tion ...-..u 1 •• F to ot.o.. .......... vall have iflll'estigated the 2 2 64 (304)72 • 1 m· resume ,_..._ , ey 8:30am·4pm Hospital Suite 212 liofto;;;;riO inll';g._ _ _ __, ~:~~;~~] ---~ ----- 16x76 Fleetwood. Shingle Roof. CIA. Very Nice 16x80 Home. 1998 Riverside. 3BR. 2 Bath, Vinyl Siding, Shingle Root. CIA, New Carpet & V1nyl Ask about our (3) 14K70 h<imes. oa~lime (740) 388-0000. Even1ngs. (740)388·8017 or (740)245-9213. Bk:ldl;, Stone. Free Estimate. to help the uninsured to Reasonable obtain Meclcaid'SSA ben&-- 446-3502 , gtowttVsupervisory owortu· nilies. Requires communica· lion/computer skills. EJCceltent pay, btn8fits, and tratning. Fax: Erica 877·268- 2003 38A. 2 Bath , Vinyl S.ding, .,.. =ta~::::u , lable "" Ne~~:t Door tor Income (Extra included in price) House. 4.100 sq Rental Home. 1.800 sq ft. Asking $360.000. Call (740)441 - 1605 lor 2007 3/2 Doublewlde $37.970 Midwest (7401828· I 2_7_50_ _ __ _ __ Move m today ! New 2007 3 b~room 2 bath Only $199.86 per month. Set up mmutes tram Athens and ready lor Immediate occu· pancy. Call 740·385·4367 1 NE"'' " "''">IV"I7 \,IV 4 bed D!Widel M<fwes1 (740)626· A.S IS 2 bdrm renta.l proper· $49,179 2750 ty·filler upper 19.500 FlAM- ilr--:-~"':'-""'1 2013 Madison Ave. Lot 1n lois & Hartfotd·1111 acres-3.000 Al."1li!AG! FIRM. 50xl 20 lot 1n West 1,~--ioiiiiiiiiiiiioo_.l Columbia· 1.000 FIRM. acre lot lor sale (304)743-Interested parties only call 4 6323 s. attar ?pm 304 7 191 1 j ..e www.orvb.com -llotingo 4 acres. 4 BFI. 2 Car Garage. Pomeroy, OH. Call{740)992·5667. Code 2197 View photos/Info online . cres Call fter S:30 ll-=""'""'""'""'""'.ll .:::::;..;;:;;:;;..._ _ __ , .. �' Page 84 • The Daily Sentinel ThW'flday, March 8, aoo7 www.mydaUysentinel.com ·Thursday, March 8, 2007 Sentinel- l\e CLASSIFIED FERGUSOit ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Tiger Woods joined elite company Wednesday as one of only three players to host a PGA Tour event during their careers. But this wasn ' t about taking hi s place with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. Woods was more interested in the dozen children seated to the s ide of a packed lounge in the National Press Club, where Woods and PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem announced plans for the AT&T National that marks the return of golf to the nation 's capital. Still to be determined is where the tournament will be played and the size of the field. Woods made clear, however, that the tournament would pay tribute to the military over the Founh of July, and pay for a new Tiger Woods Learning Center in the Washin~ton,. area as he expands hts foundation' s goal to help children. "The last year or so, we ' ve been looking up and down the Eastern seaboard .for a new learning center," Woods said. "And then this opportunity fell into our laps. It makes sense to build it here, we just haven't had time to find a site yet." The first step is to build a tournament. The AT&T National replaces .the International outside Denver, which shut down last month when tournament founder Jack Vickers couldn't find a sponsor, which he blamed in pan on Woods not playing the event. It will be played July 5-8, and Woods isn't sure if he will be able to play this year because his wife is expecting their .first child. But while Palmer bought the Bay Hill Club and Nicklaus built his own course in his hometown outside Columbus, Ohio, Woods is establishing his tournament roots in Washington. Galli a County OH AP photo Tampa Bay Devil Rays • Carl Crawford, right, safely steals third as Cleveland Indians third baseman Andy Marte looks for the call during a spring training baseball game Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. AP photo Golf champion Tiger Woods, left, meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. "That's our intent, to stay here and have this be our home event, hopefully for perpetuity," he said. The Tiger Woods Foundation will run the tournament, with charitable money going to the foundation toward building a learning center. Woods' first learning center, which cost $25 million, opened a year ago in Anaheim, Calif. Woods becomes the youngest player to host a tournament. Bobby Jones was 32 when the Augusta National Invitation- which later became the Masters was held in 1934. Nicklaus was 36 when the Memorial was played for the first time. Palmer was 44 when he took over at Bay Hill, and Byron Nelson had been long retired when he gave his name to a tournament in Dallas. "Not too many people are fonunate to have an opportunity like this," Woods said. "What Bobby Jones did for golf and starting the Masters, that won't be touched. As far as what Jack has done at the Memorial, or Arnold at Bay Hill or Mr. Nelson in Dallas, those have been true legends of the game. They made a tremendous impact on our sport. "I want to build something along that level," he said. "Obviously, with my competitive nature, I want it to be better." First the tour has to secure a golf course. All signs point toward Congressional Country Club for 2007 and 2008. The club is to vote on the tour's request over the next few weeks, and Woods and Finchem openly lobbied members to approve it. "Right now, the energy at Congressional is very, very positive and very supportIVe," Finchem said. "And we hope that carries over to the response from the overall membership." Finchem said the purse would be at least $6 million, but he hasn't decided the size of the field. He said it likely would be comparable to other invitationals Memorial, Bay Hill , Colonial which have fewer than 156-man fields typical of summer events. Woods always dreamed of being host of a regular PGA Tour event - he just didn't expect it this soon. He started the Target World Challenge, an unofficial event held in California in December, in 1999 and .spoke to his father about finding a way to earning full tour status. "The way the tour is structured, it didn't look like we would have an opponunity until 2010, 'II or '12," Woods said. "But we were lucky enough that this one came up." It came at the expense of the International, played at Castle Pines outside Denver. Woods only played there twice, the last time in 1999, and didn't return because he didn't care for the golf course. AT&T now is title sponsor of five tournaments. The company sponsors PGA Tour events at Pebble Beach and in Atlanta, along with two tournaments on the Champions Tour. Finchem said the deal in Washington would be for at least five years, with an option to sponsor the event through the end of the TV contract in 2012. NFL Notebook Daniel Graham returns home to Denver BY THE AssOCIATED PRESS Daniel Graham became the latest addition to the Denver Broncos, one of the most active teams so far this offsea.~on . The Broncos agreed Wednesday with the former New England tight end on a five-year, $30 million deal that includes $15 million in guaranteed money. A team spokesman said he could not comment. The deal was disclosed by a person familiar with the deal who re'\uested anonymity because 11 had not yet been signed. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Falcons were talking to 35year-old wide receiver Joe Horn, who was cut last week by their NFC South rivals in New Orleans. ESPN.com quoted unnamed team sources as saying the Falcons reached agreement with the outspoken receiver, but the Falcons denied it. It's not done yet," Falcons spokesman Reggie Roberts said Wednesday night. "We haven't signed a contract, so he's not an Atlanta Falcon. We haven 't reached an agreement, so he's not an Atlanta Falcon." Cavs fromPageBl Drew Gooden had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Zydrunas llgauskas had 14 pomts and 10 boards. and Larry Hughes added 12 points. Free throws kept the Pistons in the game, and perhaps . prevented Cleveland from winning in regulation. Detroit was 33-of-42 from the line before overtime while the· Cavs - the NBA's worst free throw sbooting team - were 9-of18 entering overtime . Cleveland was 4-of-6 in . ___, The Daily Sentinel• Page BS ~ribune- Mr. Woods goes to Washington BY DouG www.mydallyaentlnel.com ...• .. .... Graham had been • .,. with New , ~·· * • England since the Patriots drafted him with the 21st overall pick in 2002. He caught 120 passes for I ,393 yards and 17 touchdowns in his time with the Patriots, but is now primarily a blocker. The 6-foot-3, 257-pound Graham grew up in Denver and attended the University of Colorado. His father, Tom Graham, played linebacker for the Broncos from 1972 to 1974. He joins newly signed running back Travis Henry plus two players the Broncos obtained in trades: comerback Ore' Bly and defensive tackle Dan Wilkinson. In Davie, Aa., Joey Poner passed his physical and signed a five-year, $32 million contract with the Miami Dolphins. Poner, a threetime Pro Bowler, spent his first eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who released him last week in a salary-cap move. He ranks fourth in Steelers history with 60 sacks, including seven last year. • • • o{ • o venime at the line. After leading only once - briefly - through three quaners, Detroit opened the founh quaner with a 9-0 run to take a 79-70 lead. ' James made three goahead baskets in the final 2 1/2 minutes and made it 93all on a dunk with 5.7 seconds left. Hamilton missed a 16footer with 2 seconds left and after a timeout, James had the ball a split second too long on his deep shot that was waved off after a review. As they often do. the Pistons dug a big hole in the first quaner and spent the rest of the game trying to Porter joins a defense that ranked founh in the NFL in yards allowed and included defensive player of the year Jason Taylor. "It's great that we were able to acquire a player of Joey 's caliber," Taylor said. "He has been an impact player in this league for many years, and when you add someone who has the ability to make plays like he does, it will help not just the defense, but the entire team." Defensive end Patrick Kerney, meanwhile , made his first official appearance in Seattle after signing a sixyear, $39.5 million deal with the Seahawks. "I feel like I have a full tank, and coming to a new team with a lot of guys who have a passion for foo.tball, that's going to re-energize me even more," said the 30year-old former Falcon, who ts guaranteed $19.5 million in the new deal. "I'm boiling over just thinking about that first game next year. I couldn't be more thrilled." In other moves: - Green Bay released 36year-old fullback William Henderson, leaving Brett Favre as the only member of the 1996 Super Bow I championship team still playing erase it. James scored 14 points in the opening quaner, helping the Cavs go ahead by as much as 12 and lead 34-24 - one point away from the season high allowed by Detroit in the first quaner. Cleveland clung to a 5250 lead at halftime and it was 70-all after three quarters. Notes: James' previous season high was 39 points. ... The Pistons were without reserve point guard Lindsey Hunter. who was suspended Wednesday for I 0 games for taking a banned substance primarily used for weight loss. Seldom-used reserve Flip Murray took for the Packers. - Houston signed journeyman linebacker Danny Clark, who has played with Jacksonville, Oakland and New Orleans. Baltimore released 350-pound guard Edwin Mulitalo, who missed most of last season with a tom triceps. "When you release a player like Edwin, it gives you pause," coach Brian Billick said of the 32-yearold eight-year staner. "Tiiis is the cold side of the business. All he did was everything we asked him to do and more. He was always an example to his teammates as to how a professional should conduct himself." - Washington released kicker John Hall, a 10-year veteran who missed most of last season with a leg injury. Pittsburgh re-signed running back Najeh Davenport, who backed up Willie Parker after being signed last September. The former Packer rushed for 220 yards on 80 carries. - Atlanta signed comerback Lewis Sanders, who started seven games for Houston last season. - Jean-Phillipe Darche, a long snapper who spent seven years in Seattle, signed with Kansas City. his place in the rotation. Cleveland coach Mike Brown was called for a technical with 16 seconds left in the first half. upset about the foul disparity. Detroit shot 29 free throws to the Cavs' 10 in' the lirst half. . .. . Detroit won at Cleveland by an average of 14 points in the previous two meetings this season .... The Pistons begin a seasonhigh five-game road trip Friday at Denver. .. . Kid Rock and Lions linebacker Boss Bailey were among the faces in the crowd. ... The Pistons are 6-5 in the Centrdi Division. and 31-16 against the rest of the league. Indians sink D-Rays ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Although Luis Rivas is a long way from earning a roster spot, he certainly has helped himself. The non-roster invitee had three hits and an RBI Wednesday as Cleveland Indians beat the Tampa Bay Devil Ray s I 0-2. Rivas, who staned at second base, is looking to make the Indians as a utility infielder. He hit his second and third doubles of spring training and is 5-for- 14. When Rivas was with the Devils Rays a year ago, he broke a knuckle in his right hand during spring training and spent the season in the minors. "'He's· really doing a good job," Indians manager Eric Wedge said. " He's had a good camp so far." The Indians had 12 hits off eight pitchers in their third straight win . Franklin Gutierrez, Jason Michaels and Andy Mane had two hits each for Cleveland. Gutierrez drove in a team-high three runs. Indians staner Jeremy Sowers allowed three hits and one earned run in two innings. "He dido ' t command his fastball like he normally does ," Wedge said. "Obviously, he's a competitor. He still did the job." The Devil Rays have lost four straight and scored five runs in 27 innings. Despite the lack of run production Wednesday, Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon was encouraged because numerous Devil Ray s worked their way deep into the count. "I'm really pleased with the quality of the at-bats," Maddon said. "Outside of the score, I was really pleased with our offense." Tampa Bay prospect Joel Guzman homered off Sowers in the second inning. It was the 22-yearold third baseman's first home run of spring training. "That guy," Maddon said, "could be really good." Notes: Tampa Bay LHP Jon Switzer had precautionary X-rays on his right wrist after being hit by a liner off the bat of Andy Mane opening the founh. Initial tests were negative . ... Devil Rays LHP Scott Kazmir, the likely No. I starter, is scheduled to throw three innings Thursday against Pittsburgh . In his only previous spring training appearance, he allowed three earned runs in I 1-3 innings. spring, flashed a big smile after the strikeout. He worked a perfect inning for the second straight time out. fromP8ge81 The 25-year-old Hamilton returned to baseball last Pettitte said. "It was a little summer, when major league numb. About my pitching, it baseball gave him permiswas no where near as sharp sion to play for Hudson as I wanted it to be. It mi~ht Valley in the New Yorkhave had a little sornethmg Penn League. It was a huge to do with it. You're not step for Hamilton, a former always ~oing to throw Devil Rays No. I draft pick great, so tt was good to ... who was suspended in 2004 get through it." for drug use. The Reds loaded the The Reds worked out a bases on two singles and a deal to obtain Hamilton, walk to stan the second. sending cash to the Chicago Petti lie got out of the jam by Cubs after they picked him striking out Javier Valentin from Tampa Bay in the first and inducing a double play round of baseball's winter from Juan Castro. meeting draft. Clemens briefly talked "Expectations weren't with reporters when he very hlgh on me coming in, arrived at Legends Field but I've been practicing and again said he has~'t hard this offseason and decided if he will return for things are goin~ well so a 24th major league season. far," Hamilton srud. The seven-time Cy Young Notes: Yankees LF Award winner said he won't Hideki Matsui, who experimake a decision until early enced left knee stiffness May. after sliding Tuesday, said Should be return, the knee is fine and was in Clemens will choose among the staning lineup. .. . Reds the Yankees, Astros and CF Ken Griffey Jr. (broken Boston. He visited for a left hand) took live batting couple minutes with George practice on Wednesday for Steinbrenner in the the first time this spring. Yankees' owner suite. "Griffey had some soreBronson Sardinha had an ness," manager Jerry RBI single in the ninth for Narron said. "It was his first the Yankees. Cincinnati live batting practice and he staner Bobby Livingston looked like he hasn · t played gave up five hits in three any." ... Cincinnati lB Jeff shutout innings. Joey Votto Conine, slowed by lower homered in the eighth to put back stiffness, played in the the Reds up 1-0. field for the ftrSt time. He Reds outfielder Josh returned after missing five Hamilton, who missed games as the DH Tuesday. Tuesday 's game due to shin ... New York RF Bobby splints, went 0-for-3 with a Abreu (strained right walk as the DH. He has nine oblique) could stan swinghits in 19 at-bats this spring. ing a bat this weekend. The ''I'm swprised, but I'm Yankees expect him to be glad it's going well," ready for opening day. ... Hamilton said. "It delioitely Cincinnati RHP Kyle Lohse makes things easier as far as (mild right hamstring strain) tne confidence coming pitched in a &imulated back . Overall, just being ~arne. ... Livingston, startaround the guys again helps mg in Lopse' s spot, said "I me out." was praying thatl' d be calm Hamilton struck out look- and composed when I faced ing · in the fourth on a these guys," referring to the changeup by Yankees closer experienced Yankee lineup. . .. Yankees C Todd Pratt Mariano Rivera. 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Female Black lab Mix. pink 304-743·1507 collar. very well mannered, {304)675·61 16, (304)593· To Whom 11 May Concern, 8615 to claim or take. Rose's Country Home Car~ is NOT going oul of busi· Found: Male. white, Great ness. We are basad m P~renees Call 740·441· Racine. Ohio and service 9824 Meigs, Washington and Lost: Female Yellow lab Athens counties. We accept from the Water!oo Rd. Leon, Passport and private pay Wv area. Family heartbr~ dients lor oor in·home ca re. ~en . She has no colla r. It or a 1 3122 or 304-421-23 11 r Plastic gallon jars wl1ids (304 )882·2436 German Shepherd mix. 740· 446·0661 HNOTICEu !;;' ~ ~pz--yiiAiiRlii>iS\ii ' iiilii.E·. .., 118 GAUJPOUS s week old puppies. Collie· It Borrow Smart. Contact the Ohio Division of Financial Institution's OHice of Consumer Affairs BEFORE you refi(lance your home or usw~ obtain a loan. BEWARE R&J TRUCKING ot.requests for an~ large Leading The Way advance payments nl R&J Tri.JCking now Hiring &I our tees nr insurance. 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HoM~ L _ _ _ _ _ __ , 1 Applicat1ons can be picked FOR SAu: up at the R1o Grande ·--iiiiiiiiiiiio-pl rr==:=~~:=='il Municipal Building Monday· 0 Oown even with less than FEDERAL --Grading Co Frld-. 8:30AM until Controller Seek. lified heavy -, perfect credit is available on POSTAL JOBS . lng qua 4:30PM. Applicalions are his 3 bedroom. 1 balh . equ~t operators for du back 1 1h M · · 1 1 Newspaper publisher ~16. 53-$27.58/h_r., now h1r- work in WV. Operators lor e O e uniCipa home. Corner lot. fireplace. seeks a Regional II'IQ. For appl!cataon. and free excavator, dOzer, drUI both Building by noon on modem kitchen, Jacuzzi tub. Controller to work out ot gover_ nement job •nto. can rotary and hydraulic and Monday, March 13,200 7. Payment around $550 per Portsmouth, OH Amencan Assoc . ot labor 1· rock true* driver. Davis Wanted: Direct Supervision month. 740-367-7129. 913--599-8042. 24/hrs. emp. Bacon Pay scale. Fax employees to oversee male - - - - - - - Responsible lor multiple locations lncludlng serv · · resumes to 304·548-6900. youth in a staff secure resi - 104 Tatum Dr. New financial controls and Attn: James Cooper. dential environment. Must statements, internal . lOCIII buiMu pass physical training HaVen.WV. 3tx:V2ba. Ranch, reports, budgeting and Looking tor 9 p/1 reps MountaiMII Gl'ldl..,. Co. requirement. p ...., based on lg.sunroom, 2 car gar. greEat · 1 · 1 p · Comm., bonuses. car ··• ...J area. D; 304·675·3637 : spec1a protec•ne s. ,. . nor nee a bonuses. No salary. Wk 5- Seeking applicants to fill the experience. 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Harrisonville on hara top 768 2-. has an opening for a day Pomeroy area Duties Fax resumes 10 1·80()..214·0452 _;roa=d=. .;, 17•40o;,l9.,9., _ 1.,.."'11 pos~ion. must be able to do include general and varied 304·548--6900 'Nri.g~~lllpoii!ICareercoii&Q&. com lr t"l eavy titling . Temporary maintenance. housekeeping Attn: Les Putillion Acerldit•d Member Accrediting possibly permanent posi· and on--call coverage. - - - - - - - - Col.rlcil tor lrldepeoOvnl ~ lion. 740.992·5023. Reliable transportation is a Now Hiring Fruth Pharmacy tr'tSChOOI' 1274 8. must. Mileage paid. Corporate Office Temporary MlscF.LlANIXlus Applicant may have to sub- Data Entry Position Must • ---mit to drug test and police have excellent computer record chect. 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Fri & Sal Cocke' SpanieL 441-0941 Ma«h 9W101h, 9-?. come Big old Freezer "WOrks per- Around house to back door. i4 feet. 41 years old 304-773· 5878 I yi\Rll S\l[PUMUIOYIMUJDU: Part Shepard/Basset Hound. 2 year old Female. Tuppers Plains St. Paul GOOd -.ith kids. ca M 740- U.M.Ch. basement sale, ~~~~~~~~~446: - 1~9:72~;:-:-:---, r Mar. 9th, 9am-7pm, Mar. 10th, 98m-2pm, books, dish:~'~;;~~re do1hing and r CLASSIFIED INDEX 4x4'1 For Sale .............................................. 725 Announcoment ............................................ 030 Anttquu .......................................................530 Ap111't1Mnlo tor Aonl ................................... 440 Auction and FIN Market .............................oao Absolute Top 0 oII ar : U.S. Silver and Gold Coins, Proolsets, Gold Rings, PreCurrency, 1935 U.S So~taire DiamondS· M.T.S Co1n Shop. 151 Second A.venue. GallipoliS. 740·446· 2842. Auto PMII l AcctiiOrloa .......................... 760 Auto A-Ir .................................................. 770 AuiOI for Sale ..............................................710 Boall a _,. for Sale ............................. 750 Building Suppltoa........................................ 550 Bu1IMU ond lulkllngo .............. ............... 340 luoiMU Oppartuntty .................................. 210 · Bu11M11 Tralnlng ....................................... 140 CIIYII*I l Molor HomH ........................... 790 c.tnp1ng Equipment ................................... 780 Came ol Thtnka .......................................... OIO CllttdiEidorly ea......................................... 180 Buying Junk Cars,Trucks & Wrecks, Pay Cash J 0 Saivage (304)773·5343 (304)674-1374 . . k cars. Paymg . 8 uyang jUn from $SO . 2oo. if no answer leave message.74 , •••0011 . Etectrtciii/Aelrltllratlon ...............................l40 Equtpmonl for Jlent..................................... 480 s bcavlllng ................................................... 830 Farm Equlpment ..........................................atO ' Formt for Aent.............................................:tso . Fltrne for Sate .............................................330 ForL-..................................................... 480 _. For Sale ........................................................ 585 For~ or Trode .........................................580 · Fruita l Vegellbtu ............ .............. .. ......... 580 FurnloMd ROOIIII ........................................450 . General Hllullng.... .. .....................................850 .;>UV CASH Paid lor junk cars & vucks, $35·$130. Call Cell 1·304·81 2·1037, after 6pm {740)446·8955 . G-w•y ......................................................040 Hippy Adl. ...................................................oso , Hoy a Graln.................................................MO . Ho1p W.l d................................................. ItO Home lmpro-11 ...................................110 Honwa lor Sale............................................ 310 ' lloullhokl ~ ....................................... 510 - t o r Aent ..........................................410 ln--... ................................ . .. . . ......0211 11\aurwace..................................................... 130 L1wn l O.rcten Equl-1 ........................ 610 Ll-11. .....................................................830 • LOll ond Founci ........................................... OIO Lola • Ac............................................... 350 llloco. ............................... ................ 170 lliKIIIas lOW Mef'chandlu....................... 540 Mobile Home ~~epo~r.................................... eao Mobile - l o r Aenl .......... ..................... 420 Mobile - l o r Sale................................ 320 11onoy to Loan ............................................. 220 -~··-.......................... 740 -lclltnatrumonto ........ .. ......................... 570 ................................................................ 005 Pro--· Polo lor Sale ................................................ 580 Plumbing liiNilng .................................... 820 S«vlctl ................................. 230 A8c11o. TV & CB Repair ........ ..... . ................ 160 AMI E1tole Wlftlld .. ................................... 310 Sc~ -..ct~on..................................... 150 Seod, , _ . Forllllzor .............................. 850 S11u1t1ono Wanted ....................................... l20 ' S,...lor Aenl............................................. 480 Sporting Goodl........................................... 520 SUV'IIor Sale .............................. ................ 720 . lNckalor Sale ............................ ................ 715 Upho1etOry ................................................... 170 -For Sale...............................................730 . W.Udi0Buy ............................................. 080 W.lod 10 Buy- Farm Suppttu .................. 620 WIMod To Do .............................................. teo w. lid 10 Aenl ............................................470 Ylnl Sale- 01111~ ll1le ...................................072 . 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Prlday tor Jn•ertlon Jn Next Day' • Paper Sunday In -Column: 1:00 p.m. f'rllday Por Sunday• Paper Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. HOW I0 WRUE AM AD Oearll:ir~ Earn up to $8.~r ·--wv weo11er a .............. ~e··-""- paid lralning, [I'Od holidays and weekly bonuses. Call today to see ~ you could start earning more ~~ .........J 1-877-483-6247 Ext. 2301 -------,-----,------,-,Meigs Industries, inc. is hir· ing Pl11 time crewleaders tor Janitorial and ' l awn Maintenance positions. $6.85/hour. experience in All rNI •IIIli advertising In this MWSplpwit subtM;t to the Federal Fair Hou1lng Act ot 18M whl;;h makes it 1\htpl to ldvertiH "any p...te~ , limitation or dlscrlmini.Uon baled on raQt, color, reUgion, HX familial 1tatua or Mllonal origin, or •Y intention to maQ..-ysuch pret.rtnce. limtt.don or discrimiMtion." T~ls n.wapaper will not knowingly .c:capt sdYerlllementslor rNI eStat:e which is in vioitltion or the law. Our readsrl herR .,. Y Informed that au dwtRing1 ad'ltrtlstd In this newsp~~per are ovollab'-·•1 .. on on o__,..tunlty btl"•· ~~~~~-~~~~~ Country setting New Haven area . 4BR , Home. 2,800 sq.fl . 2 acres. Hardwood floors. lnground pool $148,500 Serious inquines only (304)674-5921 or (304)S93-8 871 GALLIPOLIS, lbd 3ba home. Muet Sell Flit! ~ avalltblt. For loca llll:lnga call 800-5584109 xF254 -Cl-re-en-Tw-p-.-1 - 1-, - m _ i_ l,om 2 l~·n. 1 1/2 mi fr."m New .......... ..., OAHS. 3BR Brick Ranch. 5140.000 (740 )446. 8131 .aor. i u~~~ ~ H<»U2i S FOR Al.t: LYI\.IDllL --- I • Ohio Volley Home Health, or I haul- Take CAA& HEAP Inc. PassportfPrivate Care 741).949--2038. c ~ nil,;;.~~ Dept. is hiring N 's, W.~"~ .. ~ STNA's, CHHA's, Personal Care Aides. Competitive wages w~h benefitS inctOO.. ing health insurance and mileage. Appty at 1455 Jackson Pike Suite 3, Gallipolis. or phone 740· 441 ·9263. Patient Advocate- Gallipolis, OH & Point Pleasant. WV. Exceltent Opportunity for self-motivated, energetic professionals with a cleSire ..........-., lliiU t.-.--oiToliiiDoiiii-.-J II Formal """ A.ll TYpes Masonry, Brick , (304)773-9550 · - 304-593· 642 1. - - - - -- - - II Chil·cka•mau•g• George's Pottable 8awmitl, With a split railed ·fence don't haul your Logs to the and a barn with hay loft Mill jusl call 304·675·1957 . ~ard fenced in . 1o pets 1o run/play Wedding and Prom Gowns. r an~ · Made to yo~r order Also Hoi Tub and I praces. 740· - - - - ' - - - -- fits. Hospital based with Will care lof elderly. Male or Female. 16 yrs experience. Will do ligh t housewOtk, laundry ~ ,cook. Will wm 2rn'3rd shift. Ot 24-S's. 740· 388-9783 or 740-591·9034 work J1999!;;;;m;li"!l!OOI:I'I;~ Janitorial/custOdial · preferred. MAine:; Industries pr-"des se.Nices -·- for adults .,.. wilh dev··~~ ~-~> ........,.. .......... ..__... ties. Must have a vahd Ohio ......,.~ drivers license and high schOOl diploma or GEO. £.~~~---..1 Develop vour 4X6 print tor seno resume to: Meigs only $.09. Great gdt IdeaS lnoustries, Inc.. ~0. Box Buckeye Hills Ca~eer Center and more. Free to jom ViSit 307 , S~racuse. Ohio 45n9. is now accepting appitca- www.pMtOmaxplus.net bons for part-lime substitute • - -....~~--. Truck Drivers COl ClasS A custOdians, all shifts. •NOTICI• Requ1re<l, minimum ot 5 Contact the oHIO VALLEY PUBLISH· years drivtng exp. 2 ~rs Superintendents Office at lNG CO. recommends E)(J)erience on 740-245-5334. EOE · •-~..., 1 you do buSiness wittl O\ierdeimens10nal IVDUQ. A · · ~..... ...... pe~le you know, and Must have good driving ecepttOOISI 'Y' ...... sy NOT to send money recot"d. Earn up to $2,000 Internal Medicine practice .~ · Call •·--~• ·mmodialefy. br.mg gh the mail until you weekly. For ........,IC&tion ...-..u 1 •• F to ot.o.. .......... vall have iflll'estigated the 2 2 64 (304)72 • 1 m· resume ,_..._ , ey 8:30am·4pm Hospital Suite 212 liofto;;;;riO inll';g._ _ _ __, ~:~~;~~] ---~ ----- 16x76 Fleetwood. Shingle Roof. CIA. Very Nice 16x80 Home. 1998 Riverside. 3BR. 2 Bath, Vinyl Siding, Shingle Root. CIA, New Carpet & V1nyl Ask about our (3) 14K70 h<imes. oa~lime (740) 388-0000. Even1ngs. (740)388·8017 or (740)245-9213. Bk:ldl;, Stone. Free Estimate. to help the uninsured to Reasonable obtain Meclcaid'SSA ben&-- 446-3502 , gtowttVsupervisory owortu· nilies. Requires communica· lion/computer skills. EJCceltent pay, btn8fits, and tratning. Fax: Erica 877·268- 2003 38A. 2 Bath , Vinyl S.ding, .,.. =ta~::::u , lable "" Ne~~:t Door tor Income (Extra included in price) House. 4.100 sq Rental Home. 1.800 sq ft. Asking $360.000. Call (740)441 - 1605 lor 2007 3/2 Doublewlde $37.970 Midwest (7401828· I 2_7_50_ _ __ _ __ Move m today ! New 2007 3 b~room 2 bath Only $199.86 per month. Set up mmutes tram Athens and ready lor Immediate occu· pancy. Call 740·385·4367 1 NE"'' " "''">IV"I7 \,IV 4 bed D!Widel M<fwes1 (740)626· A.S IS 2 bdrm renta.l proper· $49,179 2750 ty·filler upper 19.500 FlAM- ilr--:-~"':'-""'1 2013 Madison Ave. Lot 1n lois & Hartfotd·1111 acres-3.000 Al."1li!AG! FIRM. 50xl 20 lot 1n West 1,~--ioiiiiiiiiiiiioo_.l Columbia· 1.000 FIRM. acre lot lor sale (304)743-Interested parties only call 4 6323 s. attar ?pm 304 7 191 1 j ..e www.orvb.com -llotingo 4 acres. 4 BFI. 2 Car Garage. Pomeroy, OH. Call{740)992·5667. Code 2197 View photos/Info online . cres Call fter S:30 ll-=""'""'""'""'""'.ll .:::::;..;;:;;:;;..._ _ __ , .. �www.mydallysentlnel.com Thursday, March 8, 2007 Thursday, March 8, 2007 ALLEYOOP r.oaan. Home Lot for renf 2 BR, Nice Kitchen , LA, Attention! HUD HOMESI 1he IJaily ~entinel • Page 87 www.mydallysentinel.com 2bd 21>11 near V1nton Call ·(740)441 · Professionally Pam ted, l ocal company oHering "NN J1211mo. 3bd 1111 Clean. Ready to move in DOWN PAYM ENT" P'O· S18Sirno. More homes avail· grams k>r you to buy your able! 5% dn, 20yrs 0 8%. 1'11:1"'"-::"- -::"-...- , Call (7401 446-7125 home Instead ot renting. For listings call t -800-559F.~!<\Tt 3 Bedroom 1 112 Bath • tOO% financ1ng 41 09 xF144 W A.VIl·:O E•cellent Loc atron, Close to • Leu men ~ a.Ot ------------- -- Large 3 bedroom house in lrbrary and school No pets. accepted Neeel to sell your home? • Payment could be the Pomeroy, 1 112 bath, ale, .1740)446 - 1162 Late on payments, dr\IOI'ce, basement & 2 car garage, same as rent Job transter or a deatt1? I 3br House At 2 Nor.l h Locators . ve ry clean, pktnty ol room, Mortgage can buy your home All cash S685 p8{ monlh. (740)9491304)895 -3129 (740)367-0000 and quick clostng , 740 -4162303 or 7.tQ..59t -3920 3130. 4br House in Clifton , $425/monlh + Deposrt 304- Duple• 593-48 19 alter 5pm· tO r Middleport. ,.nl 2 in bedroom apartments, both recently HCX.JSI!..~ IUH lo' RE,,,- r M~~ Phillip Alder I garage storage (740)992-5094 Call Minutes and from downtown Re~erences & y - - Bed - - ,-oom--.-Bu - -lavi-'lle--:: P::-i ke -. 2 Trash/Water Pd. No Pe ts. tUII SAJ.E Are you 65 or older? If so, you qualify for Nice 14ll70 2 Bedroom. 1 Bath home. Located between At hens and Pomeroy $365.00 per month includes water, sewer ~ 16' enclosed const ruction trailer, tandem axial, 2drs. work benches/cabinets, some tools/ladders, $3,750, (740)992-()167 ' • 2&3 bedroom apartments • Central heat & AJC •Washef/dryer hOokup •All electric- averaging $50-$60/month JET AERATION MOTORS Repaired, New & Rebuilt In & !rash. Call (740)385-9948. • Owner pays water, sewer. Senior Discount* r AJiumiUNIS I ..__,.FOR_IbNiiirr .__.~ when you pay for a 6 or 12 month subscription on your home delivered subscription! nas h 3 and 4 room furn ished apts. Opportunities. \tallipolt•llailp Grribunt tloint Jlea•ant 1\eut•ter t..------· i p•••··························-~ • Subscriber's Name ________ • •• 1 • Address ________ __ MENTS I I I : Phone,_________________________ I • I , ID to : 4&9, Gallipolis, OH 45631 , with a copy ol your pholo • Ohio Valley Publishing P.O . Box I ' •••••••••••••••••••••• • ••••••••• AT Must see to appreciate. $400/mo. (614 )595·7773 or 1·800-7984686. .:...:_:__:___________ Midd., N_4thAve .. 2 room .ff'·enc". Dep.& previous ' APART- rental references. No pets. BUDGET U1ilitios paid 740-992-0165 . PRICES AT JACKSON ESTAlES, 52 Westwood Second floor apt. overlook· Drive from $365 to $560. ing Gallipolis city park. L.A. , Walk to shop & movies. can 2 B.A .. 1 1/2 balhs. I uIIy : City/State/Zip ________ : I 740-446-2568. Equal equipped kitchen. dinino Housing O ppo rtun~. area. laundry hookups. References and security CONVENIENTLY LOCAT- deposit required. $600 mo. ED & AFFDRDABLEI call 446-2325 o' 446-4425. Townhouse apartments. and/or small houses FOR Taking a pplicati on~ lor RENT. CaU (740)441 - 1111 Modern 1 BR, No pets, lor application & information. $275/mo includes water/sewer. $200 deposit. New 2BR apartments . (74 0)446-3617 Washer/dryer hooloiup, -:.::::.:..:.:.::::.:.~:-----stove/refrigerator included. Tara Townhouse Also, units on SA 160. Pats Apartments, 'Very Spacious, Welcome! (740)441-0194. 2 Bedrooms. C/A, 1 112 :======:::::::::::;;;~~~=~==~~=~.:.., C I AASSIFIEDS - -- - ·- EMPLOYMENT ____ FOR S..u~ , availabl e tor caring parents Schnauze rs, Mini, AKC tuner, thunder header, ultr a shots uld. Sip and black. trunk. lites. 06 compact $350·$300. 740-767- 4875 kamp lrail, t401bs, 19 sq.f1 . 0 1 storage , 29.000 miles. Weimaraner ru ii'V\ie&. 1 male "...,...... Motorcycle & trai ler 4 female. Parents on premis· $ 16,000. 446-7527 es. Born t/8/07 . $300 each ~O·B~O;.;.C;;a;.M~388~9;.3;.;13;..._., I! Mt!SK'.Al. L_..;JI\Sii ·l·i'iillillli 'Mt:N';',;,;,' ii s;;,·,..l ..., Yamaha Black lett handed 4 · string Bass GuitarF wtlh Fender gig bag. ender Rumble 25 amp and digrtec effects pedat All m good condition. $600. Call 304· 675-6937 I \1,\t-..11'1'111' ,\1 1\l'\llllh. Tree Service Top • ReiiiOYOI • Trim • Stump Grindi~ Bucket Truck 30 Yrs. Exp. • Ins- Owner: Ronnie Jones \!I'Ul!1l HardWood cablllttry And Fui'IIHUn www.tlmblr<r.Mlloabbmey.-m T~OfiGA~I-:..;.A,;;.;I~~; BARNEY THAT'S IT V'! L.--...l.Wolo.!:l.II:U MAN GOIN'. TO A CARD GAME, NOT A LI' L ICID GOIN' i. ! 1\. -... YO~ 'BAIL. !I ":" ':" ·• 1h l i. I I l I\. and Replacement A . II '1\,..e• • Y "" · · 01 1 Concrete Work 26 Years Experi ence Hours 7:00AM • 8:00 PM 00 '1'0Ui:. FOR LU~QI,. bllltl\ lnau ~;;;;'~"~"~'~mo~pd~ L _ __:F.:;'" :o: · :.:E::•=tim=•1= - IlBERT BISS Ell CORNER STONE CONSTRUCTION Remooeling 'JJ:>~ AAI:> TO ORt:a.TW..T 00~ David Lewis 74()..992·6971 ,...,. CIISJ1IICDII THE BORN LOSER Roofing, Siding. Soffit. Decks. Doors, Windows. Electric, Plumbing, Drywall. Remodeling. Room Additions 748-992-lm Stop & Compare T WHAT AR.e JI)S.T i'IADE A TEACHER C.R..'{ . '(OU (, IFTED A.T ? quaff J7 Wa1chdog's 9 warning 11 12 )8 Somber 10 Noval oH. 12 Bolh and 13 odd number, 01 start an echo (high-tow) wi1h an even numbo,, Hboth attllude and count are known or irrelevant. you itnd R..nociellng ,_wGwa;ts EIKirical 6. Plumbing Rooting & Gutt.rs VInyl Siding & Painting Patio and Porch Decks WY 038725 V C YOUNG Ill 9':)~ ...THf ti..'l 'l f ·' • ''I,,~ · ' ''l I" ''I ,lho,• t~•"-'"·"'c' !IE CAREFUL .YOU'RE MESSIN6 I)P M'{ PiTC~ER'S MOVN <iJ ~ 1 YNVYEBW Ell HVX • Middllporl's only SeH-Storqe• GARFIELD z z PIIIT w ·a ; llltnsa•a·IINI! ...... GRIZZWELLS 'II-IlS 1\~ Of ~ITS H~ RIR. ~ ~w l> t\1-11:! SOME D~~ . ~ z FIVe MORE MINUTE5 -•. 0 0 0 RECBXVNRXJEC BXHXW .Ell UECIWV . " be made. YJHCJBX F ZWCC EM H RHCHI J HC PREVIOUS SOLUTION - "The joy of his column was nol lhat 11 was side· splitting humm , bullhal i1 made you smile • · Ben Bladlae on Art Buchwald WOII UMI -'llrthdl!l': Friday, U.rch I, 2007 By llafnlce 8ede 0.01 You should be able to look lor some lavorable changes to take place in areas relating to your work or career. AlthOugh t:;ie prepared for more responsibilities than usual to be dumped into your lap al th1s time. Although some of the m attera yo u'll be able to handle 1n slride, others may take e. bil of doing. ARIE S (March 21·Ap ril 19) - This is not a good time to go out on the limb concern ing money issues - w.hothe r It be borrowing or loan1ng. Cond1t10ni are la1 too unstable to be able to withstand the load you 'll be carry tng. 20-May 20 ) TAURUS (April Unexpected res istance to your ambitious plans could thwart your aims. Instead of concentra ting more on your goal, you could lose yo,ur locus by switching it Qnto your adversary. GEMINI (May 21-.kme 20) - It is btil not to voluntee r advice on something about which you truly know little. If your suggestions are put into action and do more harm than good, you 'll b e held accountable CANCER (June 21 -July 22)- Alth ough it is admirab le to be generous to others, do so only with your own possessions and not those that aren't sole ly yours to loan or give. The other pe rson could havtt plans lor it. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22 ) - When 1! comes lo dealing with authority figures. be on your best behavior or things could get a trifle abrasive. Even though you ma)' get ~ou r licks m , you won't have the last 1~ ~~ rtr 1 S IE US ,;The city will never planl a garden in \bat vacant lot," one fellow observed, "beQuse the only thing \bat geu raised on cily proper1y is tbe --." A C""'pltlt 1he chuckle ~IHIIId I I I.. . .1,......1-I""I'"'TI!;-rl-t ~ H 1 z NET V by fillinQ in 1he milling words L....l......I-J.......J....t'--1 yoo devtiol> from 11tp No.3 btlow. A PRINT NUMBERED LlllfiS W THESE SQUARES IN UNSCiAMBlf ABOV£ llli[ I S 10 GET ANSWER SCRAM-LETS ANSWERS I - 7 - o7 Policy - Hound - Kneel - Uncurl - ROLLED UP Granny always said that a man sllould never loso his shirt if he has bis sleeves ROLLED UP. ARLO & JANIS (Aug . 23-Sepl. 22) Unfortunately, yo u're not apt to do anylh1n9 tough that you think can be ~ut o~ unt~ tomorrow. Whatever your ratlonahzation may be, it will be a surefire formula lor a logjam later LI BRA (Sept. 23--0ct. 23) - Under most circumstance you're a pretty levelheaded person in handling your affa1rs, but you could be more of 111 r1sk taker and gamble on th1ngs thai you haven't assessed at all. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov_ 22) - You're brave and all that. but1he one thing you most definitely don't want to do is place you ralilH in the middle between two opposing !actions. Both can tum on you wi1h their wrath. SAGITTA RIUS (Nov. 23-0 ec. 21) Braggadocio can bto just a game to you , oot if you attempt to top anothar guy's story and doo'l have the trophy on tn. wall to Pf'OV. it, it could prove to be embarruainv. CAPAIGORN (Doc. 22-Jan 101 - It might be far mora difficult to mana~ your ,_.oureM In a prudent taah1on. bacauae tor a brlaf spt ll. there may b• many drainl on them coming from •ngl.. you don't .xpect. . AQUARIUS (J•n. 20-Feb. 19) - ~ctl or purault• that .,. of lmportanc• to you might not find fwof' with yoor oo-worQts. ShOuld anybody bacome pu• h~. ·~ uncomfrort.ble ettu.tlon COYid turn ...,. SOUPTONUTZ 1>1~ ~~•al\\1 .. Ci!!efiOS <1/C> f litnltill!orrY a La For an appoinlment to ask Delivered 01' pickup. Power. Great Shape, 4 1,500 · call -2210, (740)441 -094·1 , (740)645· miles, 2nd ownvr. $6.100 lor S heila. 5946. C~ HEAP accepted;.1 neg. (740)208-0495 (3) 7, 8, 9 ' • XDW FENZI 000 eur. ~ US\1-\q 111'0 I"RI Ioi.ITI\ft.IN5Tt~CTS 11~ ruck'S t~:tt~lt. JB ZJMWZECF VIRGO 992· 3194 or991· 6635 I '' XDW wonl. PIYIII11P,_II . . --·59 rooay·s clue: Y equals P r~tWards . ... , , urn c........ D by Luis Campos Celet:ri\y Cipher cryi)WI,IrtWlls are cleated 1rom ~ahons b~ tamous people pl3l and pewll Ew:tt letlsr mlhe c1pllet stanols leu al'(llher PISCE S (Feb. 20-March 20) - 10x10x10xl0 --.....--11:11.. CELEBRITY CIPHER you, he part , they al.a carry with them far larger 97 Beech Street Middleport. OH Manley's Recycling cue-bid two spades. Nom10lly, you would d1op lho oighl to encourage a heart continuation (Of overtake wi1h 1he jack). Ha,o, though, you should see the advantage in par1ner's sl1lfting 10 a diam ond at llick 1W<> Play the heart two, disoouraging. Assuming some may involve tar more input on your Room Additions & ~99.:-=::~:.:dS~Cu~,:.:ass--.L~e-al-:h-.,-. ¥ 10 8 The defensive signals tn bridge are , in lheo'l' al leaSI, no1""'d to g1asp. Top P' l· ority goes to attilude. An unnecessarily high card tells partner that you have useful goodies in that suit. When attitude is known or clearly irrelevant, you signal count. You ptay your lowest card with an O CARPENTER SERVICE r ~~~ I Pa:-.s . SUNSHINE CLUB YOUNG 'S 1G2JD12F127U25S3 Pass will lead lhe dia· mond , 0 next and your side can take six T<acy 's Ap1s 1BR $325 33 14 F<anklin Avo .. Pi. Pleasant, WV 304·675·1537 background check required The Home NaticHIIII · ""'"""1740)446- 97 FOld Mustang. V-6 5 4762 Gallipolis. OH. Hrs 11· speed. $3800. 740-379Bank r . . . . ." llle 3 IM-F) Sat Call flmt 9361 ri9ht lo roject ony and all bids. A ll veh icles 99 Chrysl er Concord LX are sold, as is where rur.ll\. ~ . 93000 Miles $3250 Fir m. is, with no warranties 740·388·8455 exprosaed or implied. Oak firewood lor sale. A : :ll Pass pertne1 trusls BIG NATE Free Eallmlllea ~o~i ~~a~eequ~~ a.m.. :1 • .AstroGraph 740.367 ·0544 1 81 87 Chrysler 4 c vt. 87 2007, • 10:00 llle Blnk"o pll"ttlng lot Mercedes Benz.· 88 Pontiac Grand Prix. Ask lor Jr. 740- 2002 Ponll..: Sun11re G T 256- 1102 I ¥ l'd,;s (but mighl noll Local Contractor Pool. Bath, Patio, AdultStart Pool $425/Mo. & Baby Used furniture store, t30 Bulavllle Pike, Electric Rangoo. Chesls, Couches, Mattresses, bunk beds, l . Pass tricks: one spade, two hearts, two diamonds and one club. If instead West plays a second' heart, the contract can 15 TI-lE WEIRD KID WliO SOLD ME TilE BAT USED 8'1' RO'I' l-l08r!JS__.._ __.. 3 Contours, 4 Vans . 3 The Home National Rangers, 3 41C4 's, 3 Bank Will aUCtion the Cavaliers, & 3 S· IO's. following Item on 17401388-6228 Saturday, March 10; 3 'I 7 )2 Sharp blow l4 Very mild l6 Summer W~h a slronger hand, he would have We Deliver To You! Public Notice 1• 5 6 spades. What ca'd would you play a1 11ick one? West bid three hearts in the modern style. showing tour-card heart suppo rt 001a relatively weak hand (nine losers). 740.367..0536 Thompsons Appliance & Repair-675-7388. FOI' sale , re-conditioned automatic washers & dryers. refrigerators. gas and electric ranges, air conditiOners, and wringer washers. Will do repairs on majol' brands in shoo Of at you r home. Ea st poe1ically 10 Admirer 's sound diag~am. You' pertne ' leads lhe heart 10 against South's contract ot three Concrete Removal 740-949-2211 ,_......... .·.- ·. ·-.1-.10~ ;*,"••'.·.•~o·~~ Complete \I Ill\ 2 3 4 pe1usal ol tho boa'd makes ~ app<ue nl that it is time to do the opposite. LoOk at the North and East hands in the l i 1\. i 29670 Bashan Road Racine, Ohio 4577 1 • Squa re bales of Hay $2 a bale 304-675-4652 or 304675·2484 01' 304-654·1915 North l.aird"ultire Opening B rown remarks Po sse ssed pig ment 47 PeeuUar W onde ' 22 Codge< s 48 Small bird T he lady querres Actress 23 M1x of early 49 Simpson - Laurie wes terns kid 51 Crest Big hammer 25 Hawaii s Dough raisers Mauna 53 Really relax, Boathou se 27 Kelp slangily gear 28 Heats liP Cyc list 31 Domestic 55 C all - - LeMond tow I day " Hawkeye" 33 Be nosy 56 Explorer's sketch Pierce 35 Round Wind up Table 57 C hi cago Cop a knight l rainl Express 39 Cookie grief cooks 'eally tough pert comes wllan YOU' hand suggests making one signal, bu1 a I I \ \ I.., I~ I I I H1ll's Self Storage Garages \lll,l ll\\111,1 1 24 Graceful 1,.. 26 l'ish pros 44 46 the world 20 23 Jaunl y cap Diclll lon The 1 KNOW - - I'VE GOTTA HOLD ON TO TH' ~ST FER TO TH' MOVIES !! • HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU!! DOWN word 41 19 Expo sed 1o ca'd asks fm 1ho fowaNan~ng ol lho other two sKit su~s. your highest card tor the higher-ranking su~. , I ' M A GROWN 1985 Kawasaki 454 LTD. run s great. new tires & brakes. $1 ,500 , call 17401992. o 1sr & Wf's l 17 Brazen movers player's playwri gh1 Sout b D irt re- a suit-preference signal. Vour lowell •Nevy Homes ~~...- 1'.1\.~ -. .l.~'n u,., ,~ 1 ~--"Oiiiuiiil'~ii.i'iii • ••;;;=-~ ~ t:.U 6 21 Chess 29 Moon , To defend well, signal accurately l C.AN'i WAIT UNTit. w~ G~T T'O tMviAII ··· l'\lf 60T LOTS OF FAMit.Y T'ttf~~L').\ 1~11 lli ,CAARLIE MOWN .. THIS 1 1,\''1'1 11~1 .. 10 4 :1 . A 9 7 :l 60 Pesters 61 19 Ci1y • K ,/ 5 Opening lead : PEANUTS Commercial building ~ For Renr 1600 gquare feet, ott street parking. Great loca· lion! 749 Third Avenue in Gallipolis. Rent $400/mo. Call Wayne 1404)456-3802 16 Swirls 18 Schmooze Vulner able: Uoth JONES' --------------= CA•·•IJI.'lk.' digging .0 B ~ I ~=-0'/---:Pood:--:-.-,-. Bdrm,, remodeled, new carpet, stove & frig., water , sewer, trash pd. Middleport $425.00. No pels. Rot. required. 740-843·5264. BEAUliFUL •• Mall or drop off lhls coupon along ..-u;, m....... R SALE maybe 52 Silly talk S4 Punct ual (2 wds .) 58 Cactus hablt81 59 Door ., 6 3 • i 6 2 TRUCKS Channel, Flat Bar, Steel _ _ _ _ l-nt-e,-n-a l-ion _ a_I _4-25--:C-a1 199 1 Grating For Drains . 15 Speed 46,000 rear Suspension Driveways & Walkways. L&L Hendrldo;son Scrap Metals Open Monday, . & E 1 1966 & wet me ..... as1 Tuesday, Wed nesday Dump Tr ailer 34 Ft. Flip Friday, Bam-4:30pm. Closed Tarp&liner. $2 1.000 Will Thursday, Saturday & Se 1 Su,.._,. ~ .... (740)446-7300 _.:.:""' ::._"_•_· - - - -- - - ----: 8 1 Dodge 1/2 too 4wdrive 4 Pole Barns 30x401C 10'_ spd, · rebuilt 3 t8 w138 $6,495. 40x80• 1.2'=S 12 ·995 Sprswampers $3.200 740Fr~ Delivery Call (937)71 8-654 . 256 3 147 1 www .nationwidepo le- ~.~ar;;...;.-":"":-"-..., barns.com 4x4 r I 12 Po,oua gems South .O AQJ761J L---FOIIIiiiiiSAu iii.. - _.1 Immaculate 1 Bedroom Apt, who can take good care ol 610 64 53 Newly Ca<potod, F'esh~ lhem. · 3-88 Painted & Decorated, New _:C_: KC,._:A-e-g::. -:1 02 H.O. Electra Glide app liances. W/0 Hookup, Black, 1 Buff, 1 lighl Classic. Suede lJ'&On and Privacy Fence, Private Chocolate, All Males, $3.50 ~ack. Cruise con trol , lower area! Beautifully renovated77 · :.:73_:::.: , eoo:.:.::._ 798_:_-4686_:__· ____ lh houl ·ncludinn 1 brand roug to Immaculate 2 bed room new kitchen and ba th . $405 Call toda 1 apartment New carpet & S tarting at · 'I · cabonels, f-shl" painted & 13041273 3344 ,., ' ~~~=-='-------:- de"o,a1od, W/0 hookup. " Apartment lor rent . ·1-2 Beautllul countrv setting. • hunter 50 New pet. Dealer :'>Jorth A HIDDEN TREASURE! Parking, 12 min. !rom Ak) each, {740 )446 _1672 or fairing . 2 windstuelds, new Lam el Commons Grande, Must see to appre· tir es. mustang seat. New (740)71Q-6471. Apartments. Largest in the ciate. $325/mo. (6 14)595· :.:_:.::__:___________ 103 HD motor, HD race- The Daily Sentinel 6unbap uti me• -&entintl 47 Nigh1 10 For some time 15 Border lown o1 song ... I 0 II 9 t\K.Ifl2 K 9 'I I IJ95 -I t I () Y 8 Steel Beams. Pipe Rebar E•t. Cab, $1500. Ca lf att ar For Conc rete, Angle, 6pm. (740)742-2457 4109 liF144 ;q • 7 40-446-11007 ' l b ll .,...,. 877-669-0007 dean WID hookup. No pelS. HUD HOMES! 2bd Ref. and deposit required. $1261mo, 3bd 2ba 06 650 KawasakiBrut Force. 740-446-1519. $185/mo.More homesavail- AKC Samoyed puppies am real tree camo plastic. 2500 able·' 5% dn, 20yrs 0 8o/o. available for great parents wench, serious cans only, For listings call 1-800·559· on Mothers Day and also ' beaolo •s Men'• furnishings 14 Keep ·=~~~ ~ Wrsl MONTY NEW AND USED STEEL 98,000 miles, 2.9L, 5 speed, ~ lor Rent , Meigs County, In town, No Pets, Deposit Required, (740)992·5174 or (740)44 1·011 0. - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - furnished eHec_1 person. all 1 and 2 bedroom apart - utilities paid. Shared bath . ments , furnished and unlur- 919 2nd Ave. $175 per nished . security deposit ~mon:.::::l:.:. h · _:446-.::_3:.:94_:5::.______ required, no pets, 740-992· Gracious living. 1 and 2 bed.......,...., .............. 0n1s at Village 2218. ,..,..,. .. _ . "" 2bdr, newly decoruted , W/0 Manor and Riverside hooll.up: range & fridge tur· Apartments in Middleport. nished. new cond: no petii From $327-$592. Call 740Ref & Dep (304~75-51 62 992-5064. Equal Housing o; • 5 l 70 Pine S tre e t • G allipo lis For sale : 2004 Chevy Silverado truck. extended cab. oil changed ~JVery 3000 miles. new tires. 1 owner, never wreCked. 62000 miles. $ 14,500. 2005 Bu ick Lesabre 52000 miles. 1 owner. kept in garage, oil changed every · 3000 miles. ne\ler wrecked $ 14,500. Ca ll 740- 441-8299 or 740-441-5472. Fl5 •H-ull • Q 7 + A Q 0 olo KQ J 65 1987 Ford Ranger, 41C4 , (304)882·3017 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Here's all you need to do ... Fill out the coupon below and drop off or mail it with a copy of your photo ID. Stock. Call Ron Evans, 1· 800-537-9528 North & MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Cook Motors. We have Cavaliers. Grandams. Sunlires. Saturns. S- 10 Trucks and vans. Call Of stop by Cook Motors, 328 Jackson Pike 7 4()..«6-0 103 Deposit & References. (740)388-1100 I rfamihJ (.}3'@4:1 A IJI'O; Saturday, March 10, 2007 8:00pm·?? leave Gallipolis. Oepos1t Aequ1red. Large message. Storage Building & Oedt, No ---------------- PuiS. 1740)441 -1547 House lot rent 3-4 Br Midd. CIA. 740.843•5264 · 740-992·5929 740-416·1698 with Jimmy Joe Hemsley Pomeroy Eagles Club L-------~· Mob'le Ho RENTALS SALES •SERVICE •FREE DELIVERY •MONTHLY OXYGENVISITS I All typos concrete Karaoke house wrth out like new d&ck, sunroom, plus ut,ll111es. Prrvate lol. burtaing. Stove & refrigerator l1281mol B uv 3bd HUD rncluded . Nice corner lot in HOME! 5"to drl, 20yrs@ ao,o. Point Pleasant. 1st month $ For L1stings 800-559-4109 deposrt reqUired. $600/ ~1 709 month. $600 deposit. No ;:.. or 3 Br house. no pets, pets. Available April 1st 740- 992-5858 740-446-9595. 1 Lu ggage fasteners 6 Guru's practk:o 1 Acceptrng applications for 3- remodeled. $450 upstairs 1996 me, 2 · l>edmom. 2-balh & laund'l' and S475 downstairs, Extras Bedr~: .2 Bath .. S4501mo ~--lliiiioiiioi;.._.l room 2 s1ory Jo's1ister 43 Shaggy ACRO SS Rt"\1. I<I '- I \I " NEA Cr ossw o r d Pu:lzle BRIDGE • �www.mydallysentlnel.com Thursday, March 8, 2007 Thursday, March 8, 2007 ALLEYOOP r.oaan. Home Lot for renf 2 BR, Nice Kitchen , LA, Attention! HUD HOMESI 1he IJaily ~entinel • Page 87 www.mydallysentinel.com 2bd 21>11 near V1nton Call ·(740)441 · Professionally Pam ted, l ocal company oHering "NN J1211mo. 3bd 1111 Clean. Ready to move in DOWN PAYM ENT" P'O· S18Sirno. More homes avail· grams k>r you to buy your able! 5% dn, 20yrs 0 8%. 1'11:1"'"-::"- -::"-...- , Call (7401 446-7125 home Instead ot renting. For listings call t -800-559F.~!<\Tt 3 Bedroom 1 112 Bath • tOO% financ1ng 41 09 xF144 W A.VIl·:O E•cellent Loc atron, Close to • Leu men ~ a.Ot ------------- -- Large 3 bedroom house in lrbrary and school No pets. accepted Neeel to sell your home? • Payment could be the Pomeroy, 1 112 bath, ale, .1740)446 - 1162 Late on payments, dr\IOI'ce, basement & 2 car garage, same as rent Job transter or a deatt1? I 3br House At 2 Nor.l h Locators . ve ry clean, pktnty ol room, Mortgage can buy your home All cash S685 p8{ monlh. (740)9491304)895 -3129 (740)367-0000 and quick clostng , 740 -4162303 or 7.tQ..59t -3920 3130. 4br House in Clifton , $425/monlh + Deposrt 304- Duple• 593-48 19 alter 5pm· tO r Middleport. ,.nl 2 in bedroom apartments, both recently HCX.JSI!..~ IUH lo' RE,,,- r M~~ Phillip Alder I garage storage (740)992-5094 Call Minutes and from downtown Re~erences & y - - Bed - - ,-oom--.-Bu - -lavi-'lle--:: P::-i ke -. 2 Trash/Water Pd. No Pe ts. tUII SAJ.E Are you 65 or older? If so, you qualify for Nice 14ll70 2 Bedroom. 1 Bath home. Located between At hens and Pomeroy $365.00 per month includes water, sewer ~ 16' enclosed const ruction trailer, tandem axial, 2drs. work benches/cabinets, some tools/ladders, $3,750, (740)992-()167 ' • 2&3 bedroom apartments • Central heat & AJC •Washef/dryer hOokup •All electric- averaging $50-$60/month JET AERATION MOTORS Repaired, New & Rebuilt In & !rash. Call (740)385-9948. • Owner pays water, sewer. Senior Discount* r AJiumiUNIS I ..__,.FOR_IbNiiirr .__.~ when you pay for a 6 or 12 month subscription on your home delivered subscription! nas h 3 and 4 room furn ished apts. Opportunities. \tallipolt•llailp Grribunt tloint Jlea•ant 1\eut•ter t..------· i p•••··························-~ • Subscriber's Name ________ • •• 1 • Address ________ __ MENTS I I I : Phone,_________________________ I • I , ID to : 4&9, Gallipolis, OH 45631 , with a copy ol your pholo • Ohio Valley Publishing P.O . Box I ' •••••••••••••••••••••• • ••••••••• AT Must see to appreciate. $400/mo. (614 )595·7773 or 1·800-7984686. .:...:_:__:___________ Midd., N_4thAve .. 2 room .ff'·enc". Dep.& previous ' APART- rental references. No pets. BUDGET U1ilitios paid 740-992-0165 . PRICES AT JACKSON ESTAlES, 52 Westwood Second floor apt. overlook· Drive from $365 to $560. ing Gallipolis city park. L.A. , Walk to shop & movies. can 2 B.A .. 1 1/2 balhs. I uIIy : City/State/Zip ________ : I 740-446-2568. Equal equipped kitchen. dinino Housing O ppo rtun~. area. laundry hookups. References and security CONVENIENTLY LOCAT- deposit required. $600 mo. ED & AFFDRDABLEI call 446-2325 o' 446-4425. Townhouse apartments. and/or small houses FOR Taking a pplicati on~ lor RENT. CaU (740)441 - 1111 Modern 1 BR, No pets, lor application & information. $275/mo includes water/sewer. $200 deposit. New 2BR apartments . (74 0)446-3617 Washer/dryer hooloiup, -:.::::.:..:.:.::::.:.~:-----stove/refrigerator included. Tara Townhouse Also, units on SA 160. Pats Apartments, 'Very Spacious, Welcome! (740)441-0194. 2 Bedrooms. C/A, 1 112 :======:::::::::::;;;~~~=~==~~=~.:.., C I AASSIFIEDS - -- - ·- EMPLOYMENT ____ FOR S..u~ , availabl e tor caring parents Schnauze rs, Mini, AKC tuner, thunder header, ultr a shots uld. Sip and black. trunk. lites. 06 compact $350·$300. 740-767- 4875 kamp lrail, t401bs, 19 sq.f1 . 0 1 storage , 29.000 miles. Weimaraner ru ii'V\ie&. 1 male "...,...... Motorcycle & trai ler 4 female. Parents on premis· $ 16,000. 446-7527 es. Born t/8/07 . $300 each ~O·B~O;.;.C;;a;.M~388~9;.3;.;13;..._., I! Mt!SK'.Al. L_..;JI\Sii ·l·i'iillillli 'Mt:N';',;,;,' ii s;;,·,..l ..., Yamaha Black lett handed 4 · string Bass GuitarF wtlh Fender gig bag. ender Rumble 25 amp and digrtec effects pedat All m good condition. $600. Call 304· 675-6937 I \1,\t-..11'1'111' ,\1 1\l'\llllh. Tree Service Top • ReiiiOYOI • Trim • Stump Grindi~ Bucket Truck 30 Yrs. Exp. • Ins- Owner: Ronnie Jones \!I'Ul!1l HardWood cablllttry And Fui'IIHUn www.tlmblr<r.Mlloabbmey.-m T~OfiGA~I-:..;.A,;;.;I~~; BARNEY THAT'S IT V'! L.--...l.Wolo.!:l.II:U MAN GOIN'. TO A CARD GAME, NOT A LI' L ICID GOIN' i. ! 1\. -... YO~ 'BAIL. !I ":" ':" ·• 1h l i. I I l I\. and Replacement A . II '1\,..e• • Y "" · · 01 1 Concrete Work 26 Years Experi ence Hours 7:00AM • 8:00 PM 00 '1'0Ui:. FOR LU~QI,. bllltl\ lnau ~;;;;'~"~"~'~mo~pd~ L _ __:F.:;'" :o: · :.:E::•=tim=•1= - IlBERT BISS Ell CORNER STONE CONSTRUCTION Remooeling 'JJ:>~ AAI:> TO ORt:a.TW..T 00~ David Lewis 74()..992·6971 ,...,. CIISJ1IICDII THE BORN LOSER Roofing, Siding. Soffit. Decks. Doors, Windows. Electric, Plumbing, Drywall. Remodeling. Room Additions 748-992-lm Stop & Compare T WHAT AR.e JI)S.T i'IADE A TEACHER C.R..'{ . '(OU (, IFTED A.T ? quaff J7 Wa1chdog's 9 warning 11 12 )8 Somber 10 Noval oH. 12 Bolh and 13 odd number, 01 start an echo (high-tow) wi1h an even numbo,, Hboth attllude and count are known or irrelevant. you itnd R..nociellng ,_wGwa;ts EIKirical 6. Plumbing Rooting & Gutt.rs VInyl Siding & Painting Patio and Porch Decks WY 038725 V C YOUNG Ill 9':)~ ...THf ti..'l 'l f ·' • ''I,,~ · ' ''l I" ''I ,lho,• t~•"-'"·"'c' !IE CAREFUL .YOU'RE MESSIN6 I)P M'{ PiTC~ER'S MOVN <iJ ~ 1 YNVYEBW Ell HVX • Middllporl's only SeH-Storqe• GARFIELD z z PIIIT w ·a ; llltnsa•a·IINI! ...... GRIZZWELLS 'II-IlS 1\~ Of ~ITS H~ RIR. ~ ~w l> t\1-11:! SOME D~~ . ~ z FIVe MORE MINUTE5 -•. 0 0 0 RECBXVNRXJEC BXHXW .Ell UECIWV . " be made. YJHCJBX F ZWCC EM H RHCHI J HC PREVIOUS SOLUTION - "The joy of his column was nol lhat 11 was side· splitting humm , bullhal i1 made you smile • · Ben Bladlae on Art Buchwald WOII UMI -'llrthdl!l': Friday, U.rch I, 2007 By llafnlce 8ede 0.01 You should be able to look lor some lavorable changes to take place in areas relating to your work or career. AlthOugh t:;ie prepared for more responsibilities than usual to be dumped into your lap al th1s time. Although some of the m attera yo u'll be able to handle 1n slride, others may take e. bil of doing. ARIE S (March 21·Ap ril 19) - This is not a good time to go out on the limb concern ing money issues - w.hothe r It be borrowing or loan1ng. Cond1t10ni are la1 too unstable to be able to withstand the load you 'll be carry tng. 20-May 20 ) TAURUS (April Unexpected res istance to your ambitious plans could thwart your aims. Instead of concentra ting more on your goal, you could lose yo,ur locus by switching it Qnto your adversary. GEMINI (May 21-.kme 20) - It is btil not to voluntee r advice on something about which you truly know little. If your suggestions are put into action and do more harm than good, you 'll b e held accountable CANCER (June 21 -July 22)- Alth ough it is admirab le to be generous to others, do so only with your own possessions and not those that aren't sole ly yours to loan or give. The other pe rson could havtt plans lor it. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22 ) - When 1! comes lo dealing with authority figures. be on your best behavior or things could get a trifle abrasive. Even though you ma)' get ~ou r licks m , you won't have the last 1~ ~~ rtr 1 S IE US ,;The city will never planl a garden in \bat vacant lot," one fellow observed, "beQuse the only thing \bat geu raised on cily proper1y is tbe --." A C""'pltlt 1he chuckle ~IHIIId I I I.. . .1,......1-I""I'"'TI!;-rl-t ~ H 1 z NET V by fillinQ in 1he milling words L....l......I-J.......J....t'--1 yoo devtiol> from 11tp No.3 btlow. A PRINT NUMBERED LlllfiS W THESE SQUARES IN UNSCiAMBlf ABOV£ llli[ I S 10 GET ANSWER SCRAM-LETS ANSWERS I - 7 - o7 Policy - Hound - Kneel - Uncurl - ROLLED UP Granny always said that a man sllould never loso his shirt if he has bis sleeves ROLLED UP. ARLO & JANIS (Aug . 23-Sepl. 22) Unfortunately, yo u're not apt to do anylh1n9 tough that you think can be ~ut o~ unt~ tomorrow. Whatever your ratlonahzation may be, it will be a surefire formula lor a logjam later LI BRA (Sept. 23--0ct. 23) - Under most circumstance you're a pretty levelheaded person in handling your affa1rs, but you could be more of 111 r1sk taker and gamble on th1ngs thai you haven't assessed at all. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov_ 22) - You're brave and all that. but1he one thing you most definitely don't want to do is place you ralilH in the middle between two opposing !actions. Both can tum on you wi1h their wrath. SAGITTA RIUS (Nov. 23-0 ec. 21) Braggadocio can bto just a game to you , oot if you attempt to top anothar guy's story and doo'l have the trophy on tn. wall to Pf'OV. it, it could prove to be embarruainv. CAPAIGORN (Doc. 22-Jan 101 - It might be far mora difficult to mana~ your ,_.oureM In a prudent taah1on. bacauae tor a brlaf spt ll. there may b• many drainl on them coming from •ngl.. you don't .xpect. . AQUARIUS (J•n. 20-Feb. 19) - ~ctl or purault• that .,. of lmportanc• to you might not find fwof' with yoor oo-worQts. ShOuld anybody bacome pu• h~. ·~ uncomfrort.ble ettu.tlon COYid turn ...,. SOUPTONUTZ 1>1~ ~~•al\\1 .. Ci!!efiOS <1/C> f litnltill!orrY a La For an appoinlment to ask Delivered 01' pickup. Power. Great Shape, 4 1,500 · call -2210, (740)441 -094·1 , (740)645· miles, 2nd ownvr. $6.100 lor S heila. 5946. C~ HEAP accepted;.1 neg. (740)208-0495 (3) 7, 8, 9 ' • XDW FENZI 000 eur. ~ US\1-\q 111'0 I"RI Ioi.ITI\ft.IN5Tt~CTS 11~ ruck'S t~:tt~lt. JB ZJMWZECF VIRGO 992· 3194 or991· 6635 I '' XDW wonl. PIYIII11P,_II . . --·59 rooay·s clue: Y equals P r~tWards . ... , , urn c........ D by Luis Campos Celet:ri\y Cipher cryi)WI,IrtWlls are cleated 1rom ~ahons b~ tamous people pl3l and pewll Ew:tt letlsr mlhe c1pllet stanols leu al'(llher PISCE S (Feb. 20-March 20) - 10x10x10xl0 --.....--11:11.. CELEBRITY CIPHER you, he part , they al.a carry with them far larger 97 Beech Street Middleport. OH Manley's Recycling cue-bid two spades. Nom10lly, you would d1op lho oighl to encourage a heart continuation (Of overtake wi1h 1he jack). Ha,o, though, you should see the advantage in par1ner's sl1lfting 10 a diam ond at llick 1W<> Play the heart two, disoouraging. Assuming some may involve tar more input on your Room Additions & ~99.:-=::~:.:dS~Cu~,:.:ass--.L~e-al-:h-.,-. ¥ 10 8 The defensive signals tn bridge are , in lheo'l' al leaSI, no1""'d to g1asp. Top P' l· ority goes to attilude. An unnecessarily high card tells partner that you have useful goodies in that suit. When attitude is known or clearly irrelevant, you signal count. You ptay your lowest card with an O CARPENTER SERVICE r ~~~ I Pa:-.s . SUNSHINE CLUB YOUNG 'S 1G2JD12F127U25S3 Pass will lead lhe dia· mond , 0 next and your side can take six T<acy 's Ap1s 1BR $325 33 14 F<anklin Avo .. Pi. Pleasant, WV 304·675·1537 background check required The Home NaticHIIII · ""'"""1740)446- 97 FOld Mustang. V-6 5 4762 Gallipolis. OH. Hrs 11· speed. $3800. 740-379Bank r . . . . ." llle 3 IM-F) Sat Call flmt 9361 ri9ht lo roject ony and all bids. A ll veh icles 99 Chrysl er Concord LX are sold, as is where rur.ll\. ~ . 93000 Miles $3250 Fir m. is, with no warranties 740·388·8455 exprosaed or implied. Oak firewood lor sale. A : :ll Pass pertne1 trusls BIG NATE Free Eallmlllea ~o~i ~~a~eequ~~ a.m.. :1 • .AstroGraph 740.367 ·0544 1 81 87 Chrysler 4 c vt. 87 2007, • 10:00 llle Blnk"o pll"ttlng lot Mercedes Benz.· 88 Pontiac Grand Prix. Ask lor Jr. 740- 2002 Ponll..: Sun11re G T 256- 1102 I ¥ l'd,;s (but mighl noll Local Contractor Pool. Bath, Patio, AdultStart Pool $425/Mo. & Baby Used furniture store, t30 Bulavllle Pike, Electric Rangoo. Chesls, Couches, Mattresses, bunk beds, l . Pass tricks: one spade, two hearts, two diamonds and one club. If instead West plays a second' heart, the contract can 15 TI-lE WEIRD KID WliO SOLD ME TilE BAT USED 8'1' RO'I' l-l08r!JS__.._ __.. 3 Contours, 4 Vans . 3 The Home National Rangers, 3 41C4 's, 3 Bank Will aUCtion the Cavaliers, & 3 S· IO's. following Item on 17401388-6228 Saturday, March 10; 3 'I 7 )2 Sharp blow l4 Very mild l6 Summer W~h a slronger hand, he would have We Deliver To You! Public Notice 1• 5 6 spades. What ca'd would you play a1 11ick one? West bid three hearts in the modern style. showing tour-card heart suppo rt 001a relatively weak hand (nine losers). 740.367..0536 Thompsons Appliance & Repair-675-7388. FOI' sale , re-conditioned automatic washers & dryers. refrigerators. gas and electric ranges, air conditiOners, and wringer washers. Will do repairs on majol' brands in shoo Of at you r home. Ea st poe1ically 10 Admirer 's sound diag~am. You' pertne ' leads lhe heart 10 against South's contract ot three Concrete Removal 740-949-2211 ,_......... .·.- ·. ·-.1-.10~ ;*,"••'.·.•~o·~~ Complete \I Ill\ 2 3 4 pe1usal ol tho boa'd makes ~ app<ue nl that it is time to do the opposite. LoOk at the North and East hands in the l i 1\. i 29670 Bashan Road Racine, Ohio 4577 1 • Squa re bales of Hay $2 a bale 304-675-4652 or 304675·2484 01' 304-654·1915 North l.aird"ultire Opening B rown remarks Po sse ssed pig ment 47 PeeuUar W onde ' 22 Codge< s 48 Small bird T he lady querres Actress 23 M1x of early 49 Simpson - Laurie wes terns kid 51 Crest Big hammer 25 Hawaii s Dough raisers Mauna 53 Really relax, Boathou se 27 Kelp slangily gear 28 Heats liP Cyc list 31 Domestic 55 C all - - LeMond tow I day " Hawkeye" 33 Be nosy 56 Explorer's sketch Pierce 35 Round Wind up Table 57 C hi cago Cop a knight l rainl Express 39 Cookie grief cooks 'eally tough pert comes wllan YOU' hand suggests making one signal, bu1 a I I \ \ I.., I~ I I I H1ll's Self Storage Garages \lll,l ll\\111,1 1 24 Graceful 1,.. 26 l'ish pros 44 46 the world 20 23 Jaunl y cap Diclll lon The 1 KNOW - - I'VE GOTTA HOLD ON TO TH' ~ST FER TO TH' MOVIES !! • HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU!! DOWN word 41 19 Expo sed 1o ca'd asks fm 1ho fowaNan~ng ol lho other two sKit su~s. your highest card tor the higher-ranking su~. , I ' M A GROWN 1985 Kawasaki 454 LTD. run s great. new tires & brakes. $1 ,500 , call 17401992. o 1sr & Wf's l 17 Brazen movers player's playwri gh1 Sout b D irt re- a suit-preference signal. Vour lowell •Nevy Homes ~~...- 1'.1\.~ -. .l.~'n u,., ,~ 1 ~--"Oiiiuiiil'~ii.i'iii • ••;;;=-~ ~ t:.U 6 21 Chess 29 Moon , To defend well, signal accurately l C.AN'i WAIT UNTit. w~ G~T T'O tMviAII ··· l'\lf 60T LOTS OF FAMit.Y T'ttf~~L').\ 1~11 lli ,CAARLIE MOWN .. THIS 1 1,\''1'1 11~1 .. 10 4 :1 . A 9 7 :l 60 Pesters 61 19 Ci1y • K ,/ 5 Opening lead : PEANUTS Commercial building ~ For Renr 1600 gquare feet, ott street parking. Great loca· lion! 749 Third Avenue in Gallipolis. Rent $400/mo. Call Wayne 1404)456-3802 16 Swirls 18 Schmooze Vulner able: Uoth JONES' --------------= CA•·•IJI.'lk.' digging .0 B ~ I ~=-0'/---:Pood:--:-.-,-. Bdrm,, remodeled, new carpet, stove & frig., water , sewer, trash pd. Middleport $425.00. No pels. Rot. required. 740-843·5264. BEAUliFUL •• Mall or drop off lhls coupon along ..-u;, m....... R SALE maybe 52 Silly talk S4 Punct ual (2 wds .) 58 Cactus hablt81 59 Door ., 6 3 • i 6 2 TRUCKS Channel, Flat Bar, Steel _ _ _ _ l-nt-e,-n-a l-ion _ a_I _4-25--:C-a1 199 1 Grating For Drains . 15 Speed 46,000 rear Suspension Driveways & Walkways. L&L Hendrldo;son Scrap Metals Open Monday, . & E 1 1966 & wet me ..... as1 Tuesday, Wed nesday Dump Tr ailer 34 Ft. Flip Friday, Bam-4:30pm. Closed Tarp&liner. $2 1.000 Will Thursday, Saturday & Se 1 Su,.._,. ~ .... (740)446-7300 _.:.:""' ::._"_•_· - - - -- - - ----: 8 1 Dodge 1/2 too 4wdrive 4 Pole Barns 30x401C 10'_ spd, · rebuilt 3 t8 w138 $6,495. 40x80• 1.2'=S 12 ·995 Sprswampers $3.200 740Fr~ Delivery Call (937)71 8-654 . 256 3 147 1 www .nationwidepo le- ~.~ar;;...;.-":"":-"-..., barns.com 4x4 r I 12 Po,oua gems South .O AQJ761J L---FOIIIiiiiiSAu iii.. - _.1 Immaculate 1 Bedroom Apt, who can take good care ol 610 64 53 Newly Ca<potod, F'esh~ lhem. · 3-88 Painted & Decorated, New _:C_: KC,._:A-e-g::. -:1 02 H.O. Electra Glide app liances. W/0 Hookup, Black, 1 Buff, 1 lighl Classic. Suede lJ'&On and Privacy Fence, Private Chocolate, All Males, $3.50 ~ack. Cruise con trol , lower area! Beautifully renovated77 · :.:73_:::.: , eoo:.:.::._ 798_:_-4686_:__· ____ lh houl ·ncludinn 1 brand roug to Immaculate 2 bed room new kitchen and ba th . $405 Call toda 1 apartment New carpet & S tarting at · 'I · cabonels, f-shl" painted & 13041273 3344 ,., ' ~~~=-='-------:- de"o,a1od, W/0 hookup. 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S4501mo ~--lliiiioiiioi;.._.l room 2 s1ory Jo's1ister 43 Shaggy ACRO SS Rt"\1. I<I '- I \I " NEA Cr ossw o r d Pu:lzle BRIDGE • �House Democrats' measure. would tie Bush to 2008 Iraq troop withdrawal; veto threatened, A2 Page B8 • The Daily Sentinel Thursday, March 8, www.mydailysentinel.com --• Annual Rhythm/Blues festival to host military personnel RIO GRANDE - A new exhibit at the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College features the work. of an outstanding photographer and artist from the region . The display, which features the photographic work of Raymond Lane of Athens , is open to the public through March II. Lane is a talented photographer who took a unique path on his road to becoming an anist. "He taught physics at Ohio University for his whole career," said Jim Allen, chair of the School of · Fine <md Performing Arts at Rio Grande . "He wanted to explore the right side of his brain, so he got into photography and really loved it." Not only did Lane love ppotography, but he found that people enjoy his work. The show currently on display in the Greer Museum is "Maturity Celebrated." Many of the images in the exhibit feature Lane's wife. "They are all black and white and they are all figure studies." Allen explained. The images are very interesting to look at , and they provide depth and meaning . They images show Lane's work and dedication, as well has his artistic talent. "I was really impressed with his work." Allen added. He also is pleased to find an artist of Lane "s caliber living nearby. Rio Grande has a long, positive relationship with Ohio University. and Allen said he was pleased to bring the artistic work of an OU professor to Rio Grande. "Last year he visited a photography class at Rio Grande and spoke with them," Allen said. " ! really enjoy Raymond Lane and his work." Lane's show followed the Rio Grande Faculty Show in the Greer Museum, which featured the work of Allen and Rio Grande faculty members Kevin Lyles and Benjamin Davis. That show .is now being exhibited at Shawnee State University. The next ,exhibit for the · Greer Museum will feature the work of artist Annette Gaspers. Her show, which will open on March 19. will feature print and fabric hangings. Gasper is an OU graduate student studying printmaking aml she also teaches part-time at Rio Grande. After the Gaspers show concludes, the senior art students at Rio Grande will present the annual senior class show. Finally. the last two weeks of the semester will the feature the annual student show in the Greer Museum. This exhibit will showcase the artwork that Rio Grande students complete throughout the year. The Greer Museum is open from I to 5 p.m . Tuesdays through Sundays, and admission· is free. For more information on the Ravmoml Lane exhibit, on upcoming exhibih. or on the Greer Museum. call Allen at (800) 282-720 I. DAVIS , W.Va . - Two rhythm and blues bands will highlight an entertainment filled weekend at Timberline Four Season Resort 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., this Friday and Saturday. Personnel from Patuxent River Naval Air Station, · Marine Quantico Installation and military from the greater Norfolk. area are scheduled to be at the annual event at the sk.i lodge on Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening. Tbe public is invited to the event which is organized by the Navy League. Jubal Kane will share the spotlight with Timberline's JB Tenney and Macho Willy over the two day weekend. The blues group, from North Carolina, is well known for their "Live Roadhouse Blues" version of rhythm and blues. JB Tenney's presentations include classic rhythm and blues revisited in his ori~inal style interspersed wtth some of his many ori~inal infectious compositions. Late afternoon and early evening will feature acoustic music for dining. Jubal Kane has 20 years experience in the blues scene. They share I00 years of musical experience and have produced renditions of rocking blues such as "Other Side of Town," "Mississippi Steamboat," "Willie Brown" as well as their own "Can't Stop the Pain." According to Pat Bowling of the Navy League, "there has been a huge response by personnel frvm the various military installations in Maryland and Virginia. This enthusiasm ·is a result of the very succ·essful first annual Rhythm and Blues Festival at Timberline in the winter of 2006." Housing for the military personnel and their families is being correlated by Rita Haverty, owner of Mountaintop Realty. Tom Blanzy. general manager of Timber! ine, has hosted numerous skiing and recreational events for military personnel at Timberline . Blanzy said that "Timberline is ~rateful to those in the military and I am pleased that we can {>TOvide our facilities for enJoyment of those who serve our country." Timberline has consistently worked with the Navy League to allow various military groups to ski and relax at the West Virginia mount<tin resort. The Fireside Grill and Timbers Pub are open daily all year round. The grill carries a well rounded lunch menu and a full evening dining menu. Patrons can enjoy slopeside dining by a blazing fireplace and an acoustic music prelude to the later evening's rhythm and blues. In accordance with Tucker County regulalions. smoking is prohibited. For more information call (800) SNOWING or visit www.timberlineresort.com. lan McNemar;photoo Students from the "I W~n ·t Dance " routine include, front row from left. Francts Sloan, Liz Finley, Josie Weethee. Lan Do. Liz Somerville and Samantha Hall; middle row, Brittany Sayre, Jessie Wamsley. Winter Jones. Ashlee Gillies. Lauren Sargent ancl Mung-Sze Tsui; and back row, Adam Litchfield, Andy Stepp, W1lson Lamm, Harrison Roach , Dustin Peaytt and Scott Niber t. Not pictured is Zach Morris, Cody Jordan, Derry Osborne . Anne Kunzlemann and Logan Baisden. · Black POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. - The Point Pleasant High School Black Knight Marching Band will present its annual Black Kni ght Revue this weekend at the Point Pleasant Middle School gymnasium. Currently in its 37th year. the Revue is an annual event that got its start when fonner band director Gary Stewart wanted to create a way to raise funds for the band and give members an opportunity to experience aspects of music aside from band music. Under the direction of Jeff Hilben and Ben Loudin. the show will feature singing and dancing along with band instruments, as well as a professional setting with sound. lighting and costumes. The students have been practicing for the show for several months. This year. the 64 band members will perform a mix of popular and classic music to blend with its show, titled "Junk.anoo." which Hilben said is an event similar to Mardi Gras that is Revue set this Students. in the ,"Broadway Boogie" routine are Denae Osborne, left, Heather Loomis. Mung-Sze Tsui, Dustin Peaytt, Lan Anh Do. Aviella Raymore and Ash lee Gillies. hosted in the Caribbean on Dec. 26 and Jan. I each year. The band will be tmveling to the Bahamas next month. This year's Black Knight Revue is March 9-1 I. Student tkkets for the 7JO p.m, performances Friday and Saturday are $4. and adult tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Sunday's perfonnance will tak.e place at 3 p.m. Tickets are available at Fruth's Phannacy and each of the banks in Point Pleasant. photographs by contemporary photojournalist Earl Dotter. The photographs will remain on display through April I. For information. contact the Museum in the Park at (304) 792-7229. Blenko exhibit Entertainment briefs and John Erskine scholarships. A Fulbright Scholarship enabled him to study at the St. Cecilia Academy of Music in Rome. Italy. Tickets are $R adults. $7 IRONTON - . Richard seniors and full-time students, Syracuse will perform a piano and are available at the door. recital Friday, March 9. at 7:30 p.m. in the Riffe Center Mains Rotunda on the campus of Ohio University Southern in Ironton. The concert is sponsored by the lronton LOGAN. W.Va. - The Council for the Ans/Lawrence Museum in the Park at Chief County Concert Series. · Logan State Park has opened Pianist Richard Syracuse is professor of piano at Ohio a new exhibit. "Downtown: Logan-Welch: West Virginia University in Athens. He received the bachelor Urban Coaltied Life 1946and master of science degree 2006." The exhibit wi II feature the from the Juilliard School of Music where he held the Josef work of Russell Lee from the Lhevinne, Frank Damrosch National Archives and recent Pianist performs Friday Coalfield life exhibit Star Lab GREEN BANK, W.Va. Star Lab at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory will be held March 8, 15, 22 and 29 at Green Bank.. Gather at the planetarium balloon W learn about the solar systertl. Admission is $3 per peN>n. Program begins at 2 p.m. For information. call (304) 456-2150. CHARLESTON, W.Va. A new exhibition. ·'Blenko: West Virginia's Gift to the World," opens today at the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. The exhibit will be on display in the Lobby Gallery and the no11h wing of the Balcony Gallery. The exhibit is comprised of more th<m l00 pia:es,from the West Virginia State Museum Collection and the Huntington Museum of Art Collection. For informmion. contact Charles Morris, collections and exhibits manager for the division, at (304) 558-0220. extension 704. · FA C to host City Schools art show 'Diary of Anne Frank' comes to life in Ariel production GALLIPOLIS The Washington Elementary; Terri French An Colony is celebrating Youth Art Month by featuring talent from local elementary, junior high and high school students. The FAC is currently displaying the Gallipolis City School District Art Show. from March 9 through April l. This exhibit is free and open to the . public. The exhibit showcases many local art students and includes paintings. drawings, and 3-D works. Four teachers lead the art program in the school district and helped the students prepate for the exhibit. The teachers are Lolita Casto. ·Green and Rio Grande elementaries: Melissa Cornfeld. Crothers, Gallia Academy Junior High; and Mike Vigue. Gallia Academy High School. The Ohio Ans Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment. Local sponsors for this show are C.C. Caldwell Trucking; Cherrington. Moulton & Evans; and Mane Designers. Gallery hours are from I0 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Tuesday through Friday. and from I to 5 p.m. on Sunday. More information about the FAC and its upcoming events can be timnd by calling 1740) 446.11D4. GALLIPOLIS - History and literature unite on the Ariel stage as the Ariel Players presents the moving drama. 'The Diary of Anne Frank," March 9-11. The journal of young Gennan Jew. Arme Fr.mk is brought to lite through a number of dnnnatic scenes. The pr\)duction is sponsored by Sunny 93. 1. Big Country 99.5. and The Intom1er AM I030. Anne Fr.mk, her f;unily, 'l' well <Ls four other; hid tor ~5 months in an oltkc wmex t<• escape the bnttal temJrs of the .Nazi regime. Anne's diary speaks directly to us. She captures the many c·hullengcs t~tced by the l'-unilics in hiding. including the lack of luxuries. space. privacy and safety. But through all of the challenges. a message of human spirit endures. Anne Fr.mk\ diary has ~n tmnslated into 67 languages. and is widely read throughout the world. The Ariel will present a drdmatization of Anne· s diary. by playwrights Fances Gocxhirh and Alben Harkett. newl y adap ted by Wendy Kesselman . The play was tirst prodt~c·cd on Broadway in 19:'." . wi th the. Kessc',lman adaptation opening llll Bruadway in IW7. Local al·tor; will portmy the ,· hara<:tcrs. including El'an' Smalln. cb Ann<'. Additit~n•~ . actors in the production are J.D. · Mark.ley. Linda Sigismondi. Law-en Black. Greg Shrader. Angela Ttlley, Kegan Parks, Ken Bartlett, Denny Daugheny. Michelle Williams. B.J Rocchi. Dan Polcyn and Colby Caudill. Lindsey Howze and Eric Harrison are assisting production director Joseph Wright with the perfonnances. The devastating elfects of the Holocaust. and World War ll itsdf. will be funher explored through symphonic music. as The Ohin Valley Symphony presents "Remembranl·e Break ing the Chains" on Saturday, Man:h 17 at 8 p.m. Performanl·es of '"The [;)iary of Anne Frank" are scheduled for Friday, March 9 at 8 p.m.• Saturday, March 10 at 8 p.nc. and Sunday, March II al3 p.m. Reserved seats are available. YIP seating is $10. adults sealing is $8, and students/seniors · are $6. Tickets may be purchased by visiting the Ariel Box Office at 428 Sei.'Ond Ave .. Gallipolis, or by calling (740) 446-ARTS (2787). The box office will open 90 minutes prior to performance time for guests wishing to purchase just before the performance. GuestS can also purchase tickets online. and view the Ariel calendar of events by visiting www.arieltheatre.prg. ' ... 2007 Greer Museum at Rio to host work of Raymond ume Cincinnati falls for first tinte this spring, Bt ne Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio .111 l I :\ I S • \ ol. ,; h. :'\ o . • SPORTS • Wahama falls short to Buffalo. See Page 81 l'l·l.lll \\ , l\1. \It(' II <J. :!oo~ 1 ,):! "'"' ·"'~ da1t~ "'"'"'d """ ODNR estimates 2008 for boat ramp launch B~ BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYOAILYSENTINEL.COM RACINE - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) estimates its proposed boat ramp in Racine will open to the public in 2008 with major construction beginning this summer and continuing through the fall. ODNR estimates the boat ramp will cost between $1.5 and $2 million with a pre-bid meeting scheduled on March 21 at the Athens office of the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Currently adverti sing for bids on the project, ODNR has scheduled a bid opening for Apri16 at its central office in Columbus. "We're excited something is tinallv going to happen." Ray 'Petering. ODNR spol;esperson said . "This (project) has been different because of Indian artifacts found on the site. this added a whole extra layer to the process and really slowed things down." Petering said once the artifacts were discovered work began on mapping out the entire site with equipment similar to an ultrasound to locate where the artifacts were buried. This led to talks "M\' Lmdcrswnding is the with both the US Army Corps Items itrcn't anything any difof Engineers and the Ohio ferent from other things Historical Sol'lety about ll•und in the area but the denexcavation which ·can no~ sit\' of artifal·ts makes it one begin this spnng. or'the top sites in the entire Archeological services are l'ounty,.. Petering said. estimated to cost around "Where the site is located $350.000. wmild've been a nice bluff The artifacts tound on the overlooking the river before site are described as pieces of the dams went in. It made a pottery, arrowheads ami variPlease see Ramp. AS ous crude tools. John Tiemyer of Middleport got a jump start on a daylight savings time tradition. by changing the batteries in his smoke detector. 0BITUARIFS Page AS • Beulah Ellen Ayres Stobart • Millard Coe Brian J. Reed/ photo INSIDE • Study: Big-city murders spike by 10 percent since 2004. See Page A2 • ·Martial arts studio named one of Meigs County's 'Extra Grear places. See Page A3 • 50 Ohio U. students asked to pay $3,000 to settle piracy cases. SeePage AS • Holzer Clinic announces new doctor. See Page AS B~ BRIAN J, REED BREE[)@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY - We'll be "springing forward" early this year. Daylight Savings Time will begin on Sunday. The goal is saving energy. but there may be some technical issues with the (,'hange from early April to mid-March: Some computers are programmed to change automatically based on the old time-change schedule. Some newer PC's are programmed for the change, and older ones will be updated with patches available by download - or can be changed manually after the change occurs. Cellular telephones are expected to · automatically update. but just as in the old days, it will up to each of us to update our household clocks and alarms. The time change in the fall has also moved, from the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in Pluse see Dayllcht. AS (Polluting proposals' and permits focus of Meigs CAN BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM · RACINE - The proposed power plants by American Electric Power and American Municipal Power-Ohio as well as the construction of a room and pillar mining operation by Gatling Ohio have all received support but also resistance. Resisting what it calls the "multiple polluting proposals"' for the county is the 'VIeigs Community Action Network (Meigs CAN) organiz~d by Elisa Young of Cannel. The group is holuing a community meeting from 4-6 p.m. tomorrow at the Racine Library where an attorney provided by the Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program for Central Appalachia will be in attendance to answer residents' concerns. "Our ~oal is to create a space i'or a community that's being impacted by multiple polluting propos- Please see CAN. AS Report presented Nancy Broderick, .R.N .. seated, director of the Meigs County Tuberculosrs Clinic. gave her annual report at last week's meeting of the board of directors. Broderick's staff consists of Jill Blake, clerk. standing left, and Carol Little , office manager. Due to a production error. the photo appeared with the wrong cutline in Thursday's Daily Sentinel. WEAmER Charlene Hoeftlchj photo ' Detal'- on Pace AS INDEX 2 SECTIONS - 16 PAGES Calendars A3 Classifieds Bs-6 Comics B7 Annie's Mailbox A3 Editorials A4 NASCAR 82 Faith • Values A6-7 Obituaries As Sport§ B Section Weather © 2007 Ohio Valley Publishl113 Co. Appalachian Dental Clinic in operation this year Funding uncertain for 2008 BY CHARLENE HOEFliCH HOEFLICH@MYDAJLYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY - While the Appalachian Dental Clinic geared toward uninsured, underinsured. low and no income families in Meig s County continues to operate . the future remains in jeopardy. Funding is sel·ure throu gh this year. but Larry Marshall. superinter)dent of the Meigs County Health Department . is already concerned about what sources will be available for next vear. "We're O.K. through ihis year. then it depends on what the Ohio Department Health (ODH) docs ... he said. ' Marshall noted thllt ODH prnvided about 575.000 toward opc raliunal expens- Piease see Clinic, A5 Middleport Community Association membership drive Julie Proctor of the White Lilac Inn presents her membershiP dues to the Middleport Community Association to Assoc1at1on Pres1dent Brenda Phalin . She has also made a $100 pledge toward the vi• !age's July 4 celebration. which will include a concert by Phil D~r t and the Dozers. The associat1on is now in the midst of its 2007 membership drive. Dues are $10 for 1ndiv1dua1 memberships and $25 for bus1ness member· ships. Due to a production error. the photo appeared with the wrong cutline 1n . Thursday·s Da111 Sentinel. Brian J. Reed/ photo � 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 03. March Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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