https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/393b69d936d6fa348d47f10e903eb589.pdf ee2dbed3bd6cec9effeb6fe0abd002e3 PDF Text Text Page B6 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com - NEW ENGLAND PATRKJTs-Piaced P ' Eastwood 36 Ken Watter 011 injured reserve. Released S Gahanna Christian. 70, Notthside Guss Soon. Released OS Justin Phin1see Christian 53 · ' from !he practice squad. Galloway Westland 62, Lancaster 53 NEW YORK GIANTS-Placed RB Garfield Hts. 73, Panna 47 Dentk Ward on Injured reserve. Signed Garfield Hts Trinity 54, Mentor Lake Cath. , RB James S1ms from the practice squad. 49 Placed DB Gerlic:k McPhearson oo the Georgetown 87, Felicity·Franklin 62 practice squad/injured list. Aelea.sed DT Sif Gibsonburg 66, Hopewei~Loudon 62 • Henry Anderson from the practiCe squad. G06hen 59. Clefmont NE 52 Signed DB A.J. Cobbs to the practice GtancMew 66. M1llerspon 44 Hoclolyl.oiiQuo EASTERN CONFEREilCE Atllntlc OMolon W L OTPts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 18 13 4 40 110 113 New Je""'i 1B 12 3 39 86 83 N.Y. Islanders 17 12 3 37 102 93 Pit1ollurgh . 15 13 5 35 107 111 squad. Gram11lle 67, Hebron Lakewood 49" ~lia 8 21 4 20 78 126 HOCKEY Green 73, Medina Highland 50 -Division NatiOnal Hockey Leegue Greenfield McCia1n 6?, Clarksville ClintonW L OTPts GF GA ANAHEIM DUCK$-Signed G Jean- MaSsie 48 • Butfalo 24 7 2 so 129 98 Philippe Levasseur to a three-year conGrove City 67, Hilliard Davidson 51 Montreal 20 8 5 45 106 91 tract. Hamilton Badin 69, Cin. NW 49 Toronto 16 14 5 37 116 121 NEW JERSEY DEVILS--Sent 0 Alex Hilliard Darby 60, Grove~ 33 17 17 1 35 113 106 Ottawa Brooks and RW Cam Janssen to LoweM of Hillsboro 66, London Madison Plains 58 Booron 16 13 2 1 34 96 109 the AHL Huber Hts. Wayne 66, Sidney 57 • , SOuthout Division · NEW YORK RANGERS-Recalled F Jackson Center 59, Uma Temple W L OTPts GF GA Ryan Callahan 1rom Hartford o1 the AHL Chnslian 55, JOT · Atlanta 19 10 6 44 111 107 Assigned 0 Sandis Ozolinsh to Hartford. ~tterlng FairMont 59, Lebanon 48 carolina 17 14 4 38 107 110 PHILADELPHIA FLYERs-Recalled RW ~ings Mills Kin(lS 86, W. Carrolhon 34 Washlnoto/1 15 .11 7 37 106 n 3 Eric Meloche and RW S1efan RuZicka from Lancaster Fairfield Union 49. Clrdeville 45 Tampa Bey 15 17 2 32 110 111 Philadelphia of the AHL. Assigned AW Leetonia 58, COlumbiana 50 Florida 12 18 6 30 98 119 · Nik'o-Dimilra kos to the Phantoms. Lewis Center Olentangy 59, Worthington WESTJ;RN CONFERENCE PITISBURGH PENGUIN8-Acquired 0 Kilboume 41 Central Dlvlalon Wade Brookbank from Boston for future Lima Bath 49, Bryan 4&· W L OTPts GF GA considerations and assigned him to Lima Perry 74, Marlon Cath. 35 22 8 3 47 110 · 85 Nashville Lockland 83, C1n. Shroder Paideia 51 19 9 4 42 8ll 73 I Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL. De11011 PHOENIX COYOTE&-Ciaimed C Joel London 81 , WashingtOA (.j.H. Miami Trace 14 13 5 33 84 94 Chicaoo Perrault off waivers from St. Louis 79, 20T . 1. 12 17 3 27 84 92 Columbus ~ned D Malt Jones to San Antonio ot Louisv[lle AQulr1as 68, Youngs. Mooney 4.7 8 19 6 22 15 11 3 St. Louis the AHL. Loveland 59, Batavia Amelia 47 Northwest Division SAN JOSE SHARKs-Recalled G Dimitri Lyndhurst Brush 53. Stow 48 W L OTPts GF GA Patzold from Worcester of the AHL. Macedonia Nordonia 55. Hudson 32 17 12 3 37 94 78 catgary ST. LOUIS BLUEs---Recalled RW Davk:J , Madison 72, Eastlake N. 53 17 14 2 36 93 90 Edmonton Backes from Peoria of the AHL. Magnolia Sandy Valley 59, New 17 14 2 36 94 90 Minnesota WASHINGTON CAPITALS-Recalled Philadelphia Tuscarawas Cent. Cath . 49 17 15 2 36 1H 97 Colorado LW Alexandre Giroux from Hershey of the Mansfield Madison 90, ·Tiffin Columbian 17 16 t 35 78 90 Vancouver AHL. ,.. 62 Pacific Division COLLEGE Massillon Jackson 49. Wooster 46· W L OTPts GF GA BENEDICT--Named Stan Conne·r foot- · Mentor 73, Willoughby S. 59 Anaheim 26 4 6 58 130 86 ball coach. Middleburg Hts. Mictpart<, 66. Amherst 54 24 10 0 48 103 73 san Jose BOSTON COLLEGE-Named Jeff · Middletown Christian 87, Day. Christian 21 12 0 42 89 74 Oanes 12 18 5 29 98 121 , Jagodzinski football coach and signed him 76 Los Angeles Middletown Fenwick 50, St. Bemard 12 19 1 25 81 121 ! to a five-year contract Phoenix ' FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL-Named Roger Bacon 45 Two points tor a win, one pomt tor over- Mario Cristobal football coach. • Middletown-Madison 63, Lewisburg Tritime k>ss or shootout loss County N. 56 lhmp Mifford Center Fairbanl<s 107, Ridgeway r .Kr.. Ridgemont 73 · ~'a Games Milfbury Lake 73. Metamora Evergreen 37 Columbus 4, Detroit 3 Ohio High SchOOl Boys Basketball Mineral Ridge 65, N. Jackson JacksonAnaheim ( Calgary 1 Tuesday's Results Minon 49 · T\Jeoday'a Games Akr. Buchtel 68, Akr. E. 56 MO ntpelier 63. Pioneer N. Cent. 48 Montreal 5, EMfalo 2 Akr. Kenmore 65, Akr. Firestone 59 Mt. Gilead 66, Oanv1Ue 47 St. LouiS 4, Pittsburgh 1 Akr. N. 73. Akr. Ellet 61 Navarre Fairless 82, DaHon 57 larl'jlll Bay 5, Washington 4 Amanda-Ciearcreek 79, Ashville Teays New Albany 65. Sunbury Big Walnut 42 Carolina 2, Philadelphia 1 Valley 57 New car11sle Tecumseh 63. Troy 57 · N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 1 Andover Pymatuning Valley 58 , Wa!TE!n New Concord John Glenn 62, New Boston 7, Ottawa 2 JF~ 54 ·. . Le)(ington 44 , Aorida 7, Toronto 3 : AttiCa Seneca E. 73, Monclova Chnst1an New l ebanon Oi)(ie 61, Hillcrest 59 Adama 4. New Jersey 3, so 48 , New Matamoras Frontier 63. Old Minnesota 5. Vancouver 2 B{lmes\lille 100, Beallsville 71 wastun~ton Buckeye Trail 61 COlorado 7, Edmonton 6 Beavercreek 65, Fairborn 62 , New Middletown Spring. 60, Lowellville 48 Calgary 5, los Angeles 3 Bedlord Chanel74, Akr. Hoban 67 Newark 81, Gahanna 63 .. .Wednead8y's GMles Berea 40, ~Olmsted 38 Newark Licking Valley 57, Bexley 55 Columbus at Detroit. 7:30p.m. Berlin Center Western. Reserve 55. N. Ok:l Fort 64. Northwood 48 Nashville at Chicago, 8:30p.m. Uma S. Range 40 . Ottoville 56, Antwerp 36 Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Berlin Hiland 82. W. Lafayette Ridgewood Oxford Talawanda 52, Greellllille 42 Thursday's Games 34 Painesville Riverside 43, Chardon 40 Vancouver at Boston, 7 p.m. · Bethel-Tate 44, Fayetteville 43 Parkersburg (W.Va.) s. 60, Marietta 51 Attsblxgh at Atlanta. 7 p.m. Beverly Ft. Frye 52. Vincent Warren 46 Parma Hts. Holy Name 60. Elyria Cath. 37 Tampa Bay at Ottawa. 7:30p.m. Brecksville 52, Westlake 48 Peebles 78. Chillicothe Huntington Ross PhiladelphiA. at Montreal, 7:30p.m. Broadview 1-tts. Lawrence School 43, Cle. 67 N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 7:30p.m Christian 40 Perrysburg 61 , Bowling Green 49 Los Angeles at St. louis, 8 p.m. _, Brunswick 67, Gratton Midview 47 Pickerington Cent. 70, Mt Vernon 48 Buffalo at Nashville, 8 p.m. Byesville Meadowbrook 65, Uhrichsville Piqua 70. Miamisburg 47 Calgary at Colorado, 9 p.m. Claymont 46 Pitsburg Franklin-Monroe 66, Arcanum 58 Edmonton at Phoenix,'g p.m. Cadiz Harrison Cent. 42. Rayland RiPQevllle Christian 62. Xerna Dmstian 42 Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m: Buckeye Local 41 · Rocky River Lutheran w. 68, Columbia 41 Caledonia Rrver Valley 61 . Johnstown Rossford 53. Maumee 50 Norttlridge 24 S. Chaneston SE 54, Spnng. NW 50 Cambridge 52. New Philadelphia 46 Sebring McKinley 61. Youngs. WOOdrow Can . Heritage Christian 76, Mentor -·w1tson <\fi NaUonarBaaketblllf Association Christian 17 EASTJ;RN CONFERENCE 1 Sh8dyside 59. Hannibal River 52 Canal Winchester 68, Bloom-Carroll 63 Sherwood Fairview 56, Liberty Center 52 AUantlc Division Canfield 58, Youngs. Liberty 57 Sidney Lehman 66, lima Temple I WLPdGB C.hardon NOCL 45, Hunting Valley Ch.riStian 36 Boston 1o 13 435 University 26 . · Solon 93, Cuyahoga Falls 30 . NewJersey 10 14 417 1 Cin. Cieri<. Montessori SO. Gin. · Western Sparta H1ghlanq 54, Howard E. Knox 47 Toronto 10 15 .400 1 • Hills 41 Spring. Emmanuel Christian 65, New Yo"' 10 17 .370 2 Cin. Hills Christian Academy 62. Hamilton Mechanicsburg 30 PhHadelphia 5 18 .217 5 · New Miami 51 Sprlng. Kenton Ridge 76. Spring . Calh. Southeast Division Cin. Norwood 53, Cin. Walnut Hills 48 Cent. 70 • WL Pd GB Cifl,. Woodward 76, Gin. N. College Hill67 Spnng. Shawnee 67, Clayton _Neii1hmont 16 10 .615 Oriando Cle. Cent Cath. 73. Parma Padua 63 62 • 12 12 .500 3 Washington Cle. E. Tech 67, Cle. Collinwood 62 St. Henry 68. Delphos St. John's 39 Miami 11 13 .458 4 1 Strasburg-Franklin Cte. ~s. 821 Bedford 73 75. Bowerston g 14 .391 5', Manta C~. JFK 91, Cle. John Marshall 52 Conotton Valley 71, OT Chartotte 6 17 .261 8'·2 Cle. John Adams 49, Cle. MLK 64 Central Dlvlalon 1 Sugarcreek Garaway 64, Matvem 50 g~: ~~=Y:3. ~~i;~~~: . ·I PS/t~:fre Mohawk 56, Manstield St. De\roit , ';'; ~ ~ GB 68 CQls. Afrlcentric 67, COis. W. 57 TaMmadge 57', Richfield Revere 51 Cleveland 14 9 .609 1 .. Cots. Beechcroh 97, Cols. Whetstone 61 Thomas Worthington 54, Pickerington N. Chicago 15 10 .600 , "Cols. Brookha>.Atn 77·, Cots L1nden- 48 lndana . ,.13 13 -~ 3''11 M::::Kint~ 65 Tal. Start 49, Tol. Woodward 45 Mitwaukee 10 14 .417 5'iil Cots. !:astrnoor 78, Cots. lndependen::e TaL Whitmer 66, Fremont Ross 54 WESTERN CONFERENCE 39 Torah Academy 51, Liberty Christian 50 So\l)hw,at Dlvlsl0<1 Cols. Franklin Hts. 58, Powell Olentangy Trotwood-Madison 11 3, Xenia 55 " WLPC1GB Liberty 46 Twinsbur9 55, Mayfield 41 · San Antonio 19 6 760 Cots. Hamilton Twp. 70. Circleville Logan Upper Arlington 65, Reynoldsburg 48 Dallas 18 7 .720 1 1 Elm 65 Van Wert 69, Paulding 55 Houston 15 9 · .625 3~ , Cots. Harvest Prep 75. Summ11 Station Vanlue 77, McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley New Orleans ,.. 10 13 .435 8 Ucking Hts. 62 61 Memphis 6 19 .240 13 Cots. Marion-Franklin 60, Cots. Briggs 54 W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 47, Union Northwest D+vialon Cols. Mifflin 101 , Cols. Centennial 70 City Mississinewa Valley 38 WL Pd GB Cots. Northland 60, Cots. E. 53 W. Jefferson 62. Sugar Grove Beme Utah 18 7 .720 Cols. S. 73, ~Gals. WalnUt Ridge 67 · Un10n 51 Denver 14 9 .609 3 Cols. Tree ol Life 48, Delaware Christian. w_ Uberty-Salem 58, Lewistown Indian Minnesota 10 11 .476 6 1 34 " l.,ake 53 • . Pontand 11 14 440 7 Conneaut 47, Ashtabula sts. John and Watren Howland 60, Youngs. AustintownSeattle 10 16 .385 8~ Paul 33 Fitch 50. OT Pacific Divlaion Convoy Crestview 57, Fort Jennings 37 Waterford 59, Racine Southern 47 WL PC1 GB Coshocton 50, Gnadenhunen Indian · Waynesfield-Goshen 69, DeGraff Phoenix 18 6 .750 Valley 35 . ' I Riverside 46 L.A. Lakers 16 9 .640 2\. Covington 66, Tipp City Bethel 44 , Wellsville 43, Lisbon David Anderson 36 Gok:Jen State 12 14 462 7 Day. Chaminade·Julienne 48, Day. Westerville Cent. 62, Marysville 58 L.A. Clippers 10 13 -.435 t ~ Meadowda!e 47 Whitehall-Yearling 73, Heath 46 Sacramento 10 13 -~35 t ~ Day. Jefferson 76, Day. Miami Valley 29 WhitehOuse Anthony Wayne 5B. Sylvania Day. Oakwood 48, Jamestown Southview 45 Monday's Games Greene\flew_ 36 1 ·Williamsburg 75, Batavia 61 New Yol1<. 97, Utah 96, OT Day. Stebbins 54, Spring. N. 44 , Wilmot Faith Chr. 66, Mogadore Chr. 35 Miami 101 . NeW Orteans 99 Delaware 69, .Grove City Cent. Crossing Windham 71, Newton Falls 49 New Jersey 105, Golden State 97 61 Woodsfield Monroe Cent. Bellaire St. Memphis 134, Seattle 126. 20T Delta 46, Tontogany Otsego 34 John 18 Denver 117, Washington 108 Dover 47, Warsaw Arver View 24 Worthington Christian 70, Plain City Dallas 109. sacramento 91 1 Dublin Cottman .66. Westerville N. 52 Jonathan Alder 65 ·, · Tueedly'e Games Dublin Scioto 85, Pataskala Watkins Youngs. Boardman 59, Youngs. Rayen 54 ChicaQO 94, LA Lakers 8ll Memorial36 . Youngs. Chaney 57, Salem 52 Phoenix 115, Toronto 98 Elylia 58. N. Royalton 35 Youngs. Christian 57, Cornerstone Wedneadliy's Games El~ria Open Door 67, Cle. Horizon Christian 56 Utah at Manta, 7 p.m. Sc16r1Ce 53 . Youngs. Ursuline 65, Cuyahoga Fals New Or1eans _at Orlando, 7 p.m. Findlay Uberty-Benton 70. Pemberville CVCA 44 Indiana at Philadelphia, :r p.m. Gok:len State at "Boston. 7:30p.m Char1otte at New York, 7:30p.m. Miami at Milwaukee. 8 p.m. Memphis at San Antonio, B p.m. L.A. Lakers at Minnesota. 8 p.m. Cleveland at New Jersey, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Denver. 9 p.m. Houston at Portland, 10 p.m. Dallas a1 Seattle, 10:30 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Thursday's Games Detroit at C~veland. 8 p.m. · Washinyton at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. BASKETBALL PRo BASKETBALL 1 • n. SAN DIEGO (AP.) -The most excitin~ ballcarrier on the field, at limes, was TCU quarterback Jeff Ballard. It certainly wasn't Northern Illinois' Garrett Wolfe. who ended his career looking more like a thirdstringer than the national rushing leader. Penned in by a hunch of tough Horned Frogs, Wolfe was held to 28 yards and No. 25 TCU won a Poinsettia Bowl mismatch against Northern lllinois 37· 7 on tuesday night. "We stopped him .. before he got started," said TCU end Tommy Blake, the lead~r of one of the nation's best defenses. ' The Horn~d Frogs stopped Garrett cold · and TCU 's offense" kept· honing back onto the tield. Ballard ran for three touchdowns and threw for another. Ballard' looked more like a running back as he scored on runs of 10. I and 6 yards. He NIU had terrible field position most of the night, and TCU brought its safeties close to the line to stuff the box against Garrett. "We did what we could but they were all over the place," Garrett said. "It gets frustrating but with the type of mind-set I have, the next play could be a big play. The opportunities came far and .threw a 6·yard TD pass to tight · end Brent Hecht and finished with 258 passing yards. There was a I00-yard rusher TCU's Lonta Hobbs, who had I09 yards and one TD on 18 carries. "You know, Garrett is a great back," NIU coach Joe Novak said. "But I don't care if you're S11perman, if you're nol getting them blocked, you're not going anywhere. We ~idn't block them well enough to give Garrett a chance." . Wolfe, a senior from Chicago, came in leading the nation with an average of 1583 ' yards rushing and 178.9 all·purpose yards. The Horned Frogs, though. were fourth nationally in run defense after allowing only 67.6 yards per game. TCU kept alive its string of not allowing a 100-yard. rusher, one of only feur teams to do so this year. Blake had two of TCU's five sacks. Friday. VINTON COUNTY 81 PatriCk Wright 0 0·0 0, Brandon Clark 0 0·0 0, Enc Henry 4 0·1 11, Andre¥{, Eberts 4 0-0 10, Ryan Stewart 0 o-o 0~ Nate Huff 0 0·0 o, Ben Batey 2 2-2 6, Ouslin Guthrie 7 8-8'23, Jerrod Albright 5 4·4 15, Aaron Jackson 0 0-0 0. Ryan Day 4 0-2 8, Jake Prater 3 2·2 8; Totals -2916·198 1; ' . Three-point goals - Dan Bookman 3. Clay Bolin 1, Eric Henry 3, Andrew Eberts 2, Dustin Guthrie 1.. Jerrod Albright 1. MEIGS 61 Jesse Mullins 1 o-0.2. Austin DUnfee 0 1-2 1, Clay Bolin 6 2·4 15, Den Bookman 3 0·0 9, Eric Tolar ·s 0'1 10, Andy Garnes 0 0·2 0, Dustin Vanlnwagen 0 0·0 0, Casey · Richardson 1 0-0 2, Chris Goode 2 2·2 6. David Poole.a 0-2 16;-Totats- 26 5· 13 61. Three-point goals: 4 Dan Bookman 3, Clay Bolin 1 ' Meigs takes on county rival Eastern, which picked up its first win of the season on Tuesday, this \, margin. Micah Cardwell tal- hardcourt activities 11egill,ilt lied II points and John 5p.m. with the WHS and Wells 10 to pace the Rebel SHS freshmen followed by j·unior varsity and varstjayvee unit to its 36th the ty cashes. str<)ight win and fourth of . the season. \Vahama got an WAHAMA (50) Kevin Wasonga 9 0-1 19, Casey 18 point performance from Harrison 3 1·3 9, Keith Pearson 2 1·3 s. Smith 1 1·2 4, Buddy. F\ose 1 2· Kyle Zerkle with Josh Jordan 2 4, Brandon Flowers 1 o-1 3. Garren Pauley adding nine as the Underwood 1 o-o 3, Steve Peters 1 0-0 2, Kerry Gibbs 0 1--4 1, Totals- 19 6·16 Falcon junior · varsity 50. dropped to 1-1 on the sea- SOUTH GALLI A (81) Duslin McCombs 12 8-8 32, Aaron son. Phillips 5 2-6 12, Steven Call4 4-6 12, The White Falcons will Tyler . ouncan 4 0-0 8, Derrick Beaver 2 4, Dewey Cantrell 2 0-0 4, Justin travel to Southern on Friday 0-2 Triplett 1 2·2 4, Travis McCarty 1 0-0 3, where they will engage in a Ryan Geiger 1 0-0 2, Totals- 32 16·24 triple header of basketball 81. Three point goats - Harri son 2. action against the Wasonga 1, Flowers 1, Smith i. Tornadoes. The evening 's Underweood 1, McCart; 1. Battle from PageBl time edge·. South Gallia secured a 24-16 advantage during third period action to increase its lead to 59-34 before closing out the con. test with a 22-17 scoring blitz to claim the one-sided 81-50 basketball victory. South Gallia made it a clean sweep on the evening after capturing the junior varsity affair by a 47-39 Tueld.ly's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American league CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Named Luis Hemandez director of pubic relations MINNESOTA TWINS- Announced. the retiremem of RHP Brad Radke TEXAS RANGERS-Agreed to terms wrth AHP Enc Gagne on a one-year contract. • National League CHICAGO CUB5-Agreea to terms with · AHP Jason Marquis on a three-year contract. HOUSTON ASTAOS- Named . David Gottfnee1 assistant general manager base· ball operations. · NEW YORK MET$-Agreed to terms wilh RHP Clint Nageone, RHP Jorge Vasquez. RHP L1no Urdaneta. LHP WiMiam Cola.zo and OF Raym::md Ambres on minor league contracts. PHILADELPHIA PH!LLIE$-Agreed to 14\lfTTIS wrth OF Jayson Werth on a one-year cootract. SAN FRANCISCO GIANT&-Agreed to . terms with 1B Ryan Klesko on a one-year contract. BASKETBALL National Baske1ball Association CHARLOTIE BOBCATS- Recalled C Ryan Hollins from FonWonh of the NBOL. PHILADELPHIA 76ER&--T'aded GAllen Iverson and F Ivan McFarlin to the Denver Nuggets lor G.Andre Miller, F Joe Smith and two 200'1 first-round draft picks, FOOTBALL National Football LaaQue NFL-Suspenoed Oetrott aSSIStant coach Joe Cullen for Sunoay s game aga.nst Chicago lor conctJct detnrnental to the league. AR IZONA CARDINALS-Piaceo TE Adam Bergen on Injured reserve. SIQned FB John Bronson from the procbce squad CHICAGO BEARS-Suspended DT Tank Johnson lor Sunday's game against Detrofl for conduct detrimental to the team MINNESOTA VIKING&--S19ned WR Mart1n Nance. Placed OT Spencer Johnson on injured reserve. Stgned OL J1mmy Martn to the practiCe squad Holiday Hours Christmas Eve, December 24 Gailipolis ·Facility Jackson, Athens, Meigs Facilities '1pm-6pm 12pm-6pm SPORTS o Cavaliers' ·comeback falls short in loss to Nets. SeePage81 ' , 0BITUARlFS 1, New Years Day, January 1 Gallipolis Facility Jackson,Athens, Meigs Facilities ' e. ' • Sheriff calls off rescue effort tor climeers·lnissing on Mount Hood; body recovery now the goal. See Page _A2 o O'Bieness offers grief rounseling. See Page A3 o Winners of Rutland lighting contest: See Page AS o U.S. troops tum,over security of Naja! province to Iraqi forces. See Page A& o .Man won't give up computerized Christmas lights and music. SeePage AS • Coin dealer's embezzli_ng conviction is Ohio's top story for 2006.' SeePage AS o First place 'Keep Your Foik' race winners. SeePageA12 . ~oonPapA12 HOLZER CLINIC 24 PAGES • Calendars Classifieds ' Comics :>. I. '""'·"'~tl:til~ -.· nti•wL <'om :! ooh " grew up with family mem- · recent second annual celebrato- Mike ry and friend-raising event. "ll's hers in Nelsonville and spent his our small way of giving back I() childhood one block from his ATHENS - Mike and Pam the area, whether it's through . father's shoe f11ctory. · He Brooks of Nelsonville recently jobs or money," Miko· Brooks believes the generosity of other made a personal donation of said; committed local families can $50,000 to the Foundation for Ron Strickmaker, chairman · help'the region grow by encourAppalachian Ohio, which is of the Foundation's Board of aging young residents to stay or headquartered in Nelsonville. Trustees,.said the generosity of return to the area. Brooks also Mike is the CEO of the_. the Brooks fa,mily enables the commented .on the importance· Nelsonville-based Rocky Foundation .to · invest in 'the ·of attracting new young profesBrands, Inc . ' : region. witli grants, increase sionals to the region. · Foundation · for scholarship·dollars and encour"I see a bright future. It's a The Appalac~ian Ohio is a regLonal age families to make their own wonderful pla"e to bring a famcommuntty foundatwn and , charitable gifts for the causes ily up," Brooks said. "It's our 50 I (c)(3) public ch'arity serving ·and communities ~hey care ,turn. Our future lies in our , ·, . . , the .29 c:ounti~s- of Appalachian about1 ' . ··'young people corning back and Ohto mcludt·ng .Metgs_. an_d ; . tM~keandPamBrookseptto- gtvntgback." . . , . G,allia. , Loc~ted · on · m,ize tlle act of glvirlg back," '_ "Thegifttothi\Foundation·by Nelsonvi,lh;'s l!istofic Pu91ic Strickmaker said. "Everyone in ,Mike and ·Pam is a wonderful Square in the heart of our area has the ability to partie- example of how people who Appalachian·. Ohio, the ipate at' some level of involve. love and care about this special Foundation works . with donors ment to make our Appalachian place are, making a difference and others ·to foster access to home a better place to live. We with their giving right now. opportunity forthe region's cit- all have the responsibility to our when both the need and the izens through the power of char- children and communities to do opportunities fqr postttve itable giving. the right thing." change are great," said Leslie ' The Brooks' gift was The Brooks family has deep ' announced at the Foundation's roots in Appalachian Ohio. Please see ,Donation, AS STAFF REPORT · NEWS@MYDAILYSENTINELCOM A3 Ag-1_0 All SubmtttOd photo Sixth graders from Eastern Elementary who are also in the county's "Talented and Gifted" program recently attended a Model United Nations in Athens Those students were. front row (from left) Dylan Morris, Larrissa Riddle, Breanna Hayman , back row (from left) Marshall Aanestad, Victoria Goble, Rebecca Chadwell, Alex Arms. The students' advisor at Eastern was teacher Jennifer Roush. ' C h - H-lch/photo !3eth Shaver, e)(ecutive director of the Meigs County Council on Aging, tieams as she accepts a check from Dave ·Doerfer, president, of the Meigs County Fish and Game 'Association, which wants "to give back to .the community.· OmiS1MAS GIVING BY CHARLENE HoEFUCH HDEFLICH@MYDAILYSENTINELCDM That every child be wann, that every senior citizen have a hot meal is a concern of the Meigs County Fish and Game Association which annually contributes to People's ·Bank "coats for kids" project and Meigs County Council on Aging's meals-on-wheels. "We distributed 150 coats this year, a 33 percent increase over a year ago," said Diane Lawson who handles the program for Peoples Bank. "Every need was filled this year but already we· re looking forward to next year and this $350 contribution will help us buy the new coats we need for nex.t year.'' School personnel submits li sts of sizes needed for chiiPiease see Cilvlng. AS ... .. A3 Beth Se!llent/ photo Both seventh and etghth graders from Meigs Middle School who are also in the county's "Talented and Gifted" program recently attended a Model United Nations in Athens. Those students were, first row (from left) Steven Mahr, Tanner Tacket, se.cond row, Hannah Cleek, Alaine Arnold , third row, Evelyne Sindle. Blake Crow. Also pictured is the students' advisor and teacher Jennifer Tesar. Eastern, Meigs students attend ·'Model UN' . BY BETH SERGENT BSERGENT@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM ROCKSPRINGS Seven students from E:a,tern Elementary and six student\ from Meigs Middle School who are all in the countv ·, "Talented and Gifted" program recently attended the Southeast Ohio Model United Nations held in CIC for lease by Rio Grande Athens on the campus of Community College. The Ohio University. · expanded facility .will allow Model United Nation> is a Rio Grande to increase simulation of the actual course offerings to 55 per United ~ations <UI'J anJ of semester, add I0 b;IChelor\ the other multilateral boJic' degree course> in three year>. with which the UN \\Ork, , At add five master'> degree the event gro up> of quJcnrcourse' in cla"room teach- ran model session' of UN ing, expand associate degree committee> and every .:omprograms and add a general Ill ittee had predetermined topics on the floor for di>cu''tudies certificate program. ..,ion and re ... nlution . Please see Center, AS In e"ecne the 'tudent' The coats for kids project of Peoples Bank depends on the generosity of others to carry out their mission that every child have a warm coat. Here Dave Doerfer presents a check to Diane Lawson , chairperson. State approves plans for Rio Meigs Center BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYDAILYSENTINELCOM POMEROY ~ Architectural plans 'for the new University of Rio Editorials A4 Grande/Rio Grande Community College Meigs Places to Go A7 Center have been approved Obituaries As by the state, allowing the · Meigs County Community B Section Improvement Corporation to Sports Ai2 award a bid for construction Weather early in 2007. Meigs County Economic @ ooo6 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Annie's Mailbox Medical Excellence. Local Caring: llll ' I{Sil .\ \ . lll ·,{').,l\1 Bl· J( q- INSIDE a SECiloNs - 1pm-6pm 12pm-6pm • .Page AS o Marjorie Wilt o Ryall Ronqillo " • Ralph Thompson 1pm-6pm 12pm-6pm 1pm-9pm 11am-9pm 9am-9pm till Christmas 740-992-7028 -. INDEX New Year's Eve, December 31 Gallipolis Facility Meigs and Jackson Facility Athens Facilities · Hrs: Mon, Tue; Wed, Fri 9-5; Thur 9-noon ; Sat 9- 1 169 N. Second Avenue • Middleport. OH Area Foundation receives·$50·,090 donation ' . Christmas Day, December 25 Gallipolis Facility Jackson,Athens, Meigs Facilities ;;o ('1 ·. '\;TS • \'ol. ,-;6 . No . WEATHER . our~ 4" ,' INGEL'S CARPET Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio Eastern from PageBl "Shop • Wolfe, who carried 20 times, came dangerously close to his career-low of 24 yards set in his tirst game, the 2004 season opener. The Hu~kies had only five first downs and 60 yards of total offense, compared to 23 first downs and 456 yards for TCU. Wolfe was thrown for losses on four of his I0 canies in the tlrst qalf, when accounted he for just 8 yards. TCU ( 11 -2) won 11 games for ttie third time in four years, all under coach Gary ·Patterson. NIU finished 7·6. "Otherthan that one spell rebounds and was ·followed just before the . half, I by Blake Fouts with four thpught our kids pjayed points, Issac Wa[ton with pretty smart," Caldwell Iour points and six from Page Bl . said. "I am pleased and they rebounds, Matthew Young offensive boards to help the are very happy with the win. · with.· four points, three Tomcats close the gap to You go five games into the rebounds and two assists year without a win. we· and Mark Christman with 23-18 lit the half. don't do that very often." · two points and four boards. But once the second half The Eagles were led by Eastern will now gear and got under way, Eastern · Josh Collins, who had II travel to face county rival stepped it.defense to anoth- points and four rebounds in Meigs 6:30 p.m. Thursday er level. The Eagles used the victory. Dalton Jenkins night. full court pressure to disrupt and Kyle Rawson adiled 10 the flow of the game and points each for Eastern. forced numerous Trimble with Jenkins adding two TRIMBLE (27) turnovers while the Eagles boards and Rawson coming Russell 0 o-o 0, Stanley 0 Q-0 0, Fouts 2 0·0 4. Dunlop 0 0·0 0. Christman 1 o-o began to pull away. 2, Ken land 0 Q-0 0, M<ilord 0 0·0· 0, ·down with six rebounds. Clark 6 t -3 13, Walton 1-2-8 4, III;LIIeski Eastern scored 15 points Nathan ·Carroll. had eight 0·0 0, Young 2 0-0 4, Bouidnot 0 0·0 0: in the third quarter and II points and four boards, 0TOTALS 12 3-11 27. • points in 'the fourth. all Tyler Kearns added five EASTJ;RN (49) . 4 3-4 11 , Jenkins 4 2.;4 10, while holding the Tomcats points. Alex McGrath had Collins McGrath 0 3·6 3, Gordon 0 0·0 0, to just nine total second half three · points, seven Burroughs 1 0·0 ·2. Carroll 4 O..Q .8, points . And despite the rebounds and two blocks Rawson 5 0-0 10, Lynch 0 0·0 0, K6arns 1 3-4 5. TOTALS 19 11-18 49. major height difference, and Alex Burro'ughs had Three point goats- none . ReboundsEastern came down with the two points, three rebounds Trimble 23 (Clark, Walton 6), Eastem 27' (McGrath 7} . Assists - Trimble 4 edge in rebounding, crash- and two assists. , (Dunlop 2). Easmm 5 (Burroughs 2). ing the boards after e:kh of David Clark led the ·Steals -Trimble 6 (Clark 2), Eastern 2 Rawson 1). Blocks- Trimble 1 the many Trimble missed Tomcats in the low scoring {Carroll, {Walton 1) , Eastern 3 {McGrath 2). shots. atfair with ·13 points and six Fouls- Trimble 21, Eastern 17. Meigs Sponsored by: few." o zer Cinic Urgent.Care TRANsAcnoNs ·Bush endorses · • • nummumwage increase, with acatch,A2 TCU tops Northern .Diinois Sentinel I SCOREBOARD PRo HOCKEY Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Development Director Perry Varnadoe said the Ohio Department of Commerce approved plans for the college branch earlier this week and issued a building permit, allowing the CIC to advertise for bids for construction. Varnadoe said construction of the new center will begin at the Rockspring> site in late winter. · The I 0,000 square-foot center will be built by the learned the history. mission and basic operation of the UN. the function of the six bodies of the UN and their main function> as well as the purpose oft he UN . The groups of students stayed overnight in Athens at the OU Inn for the two day conferen.:e . Abo attending with the student' '"" MMS ,ocial studi e' teacher. Jennifer Te,ar and Meig:. Educational Service Center TAG Coonlinatnr Kim Allen who ""' "th,tituting for Eaqcrn teacher .let.mifer Ruu'h whn wa' unable to atteml · The 'ttllknt' "ere chosen for their abilil\ to work together"'" ell ,i, cla"room performance. Sixth grader' attending Ple•se see Students. AS ' \ • �... ..... ~- - • NATION. The Daily Ser,ttinel PageA2 . . .' ~- Thursday, December :&i, ' ' 2006 . . -:The Daily Sentinel • Bush.endorses minimum wage increase, w_ith a cat~h -Bush open· to increasing ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON President Bush endorsed one of the Democrats' top priorities for the new Congress, a $2.10-an-hour minimum wage increase and on a faster timetable than they have prdposed. But his support comes· . ·with a catch. Bush said at a Wednesday news conference that . any pay hike. should be accompanied by tax and regulatory relief for smatl businesses, potentially a tough sell for Democrats, who are about to reassume control of the House and Senate. "Minimum wage workers have waited almost I0 long years for. an increa&e," responded ·Democratic Sen. Kennedy of : ... , , . , .. . : , AP plloto Edwar(j M~ssachusett~. who, ·has President · etis.t1~.ie'stJres during a news ~ortere~ce . i(l the India~·- .Treaty Roorn of the . sa~d that boosu_ng the ~eder- . Eisenhower .Executive Office Building.in Washington, Wednesday. . • . . · · : . . · , -al m1mmum wage w1ll be . hls c!Uef goal wh~n he takes' ''T_ljat 'w~s stymied -this year · include tougher labor and • wage' ,frott $5.15 lo $7.25 <;>ver three years is. at the top ove,t ,. as chairman llf tht; primarily 'by conservative environmental standards. Senat~ Con1mi~tee · on Republicans v,:hof.t¥ored a , On. other tppic_s: -· of Democratj~ leader~· early. Healt~;; ~duc~!il'ln, .Labor , get-lmjg)l-only approa~h. -Bush was as)<ed abJJut i.e-tlo lis~ ~or next ye_~- • -_ and Pen~JOns. We ,n.eed t<l' -· Other opet;~mgs Busli saw the pregnancy . of.. Mary--_ GOP' crafted -legislation pass a clean " llill giv,lng ·fQr:;,. · cooperation · were· Cheney, · Vice Pre~i'dent · elirliet thfs year cctmbined them the r~ist: they dese~ve · increased fedeta~l ·~pending Dick Ch~nefs openly gay. an increase · with a . cut as quickly as <pOssibl~." · , .; On alternate energy sources~ daughter, in:tight .of his pre- • if]heritance taxes .oil multi· The president brqugijt' up,o· r~foon of Cqngress' appro- .vibus )aatements that: a_child 'tnjllion-dol)ar 'estates and _ the issue u'rprompte'd dur: ' • piiations proc~ss that pas ideally should b'e rais~d--by' . the resurrection of a number · mg the )Vhtte House new,s .. made tt·, common for law- , in , family headed by · ~ of popular· tax br~aj(s, but conference that was do~f-. makers to shp pet. proJects 'married father aQd mother. ··· that combination did not,get !lated by lra9 : but veered !nto spen~ing bills, and givThe president · sa_id ":we thh,ltigh -the ,Republ_itanmto domesttc Issues as welL •.ns Amencan, ';Yorkers new.. ought to re~iew ·law _to covtroll,ed Congress. Bush said he .supports a Eager to show he. heard sktlls and busmesses help make sure that pe!Jple are the message of voters :-vh.o., mvestm_g , m . ne:v mnova- treated fairly" bu( did!l'i · $2.1.(} raise for minimum• s_tnpped hts pat:(y of maJon· !tons. . · . provide specifi9. NeiTher .- ·wage earners, but over a ties 10 both the .House and '? Desptle:. ~ashmgwn 's · he ··nor. his qu\!stioner -two-year period instead of Sena_te tn the N~v~mb~r cbanged p~l\ttcal realtty, referred to Cheney's .part- three, and atlded tpat "we . · . should do it .in a way that elections, Bush sa1d he II . Bush al_so dtd not shy away ner, Heather-l~oe. ~o,rkhard o~ what he calh:d from 1ssues that_ hav7 less : ~ . - -The pr~sident sajd he _doe? . not punish" ~mall an ~.~terestmg_ new chal- · c!Ja~ce of .bemg well~. first learned from a newspa- busines~es. . · lenge - trytng to fmd rece1ved bY, Demo~(ats, per story Wednesday ' that ·:1 support pair1nk, it with common ground w1th ·. who have felt tgnored for the vice president will .be . target,ed tax and ~latory Democrats who wtll l~d the first, stx ·years of the . called to testify in the CIA relief, to help thel;e small ~on~ress for the first tt~e presld~nt s,tenure. leak case on . behalf his businesses,'stay competitive' m.~ts pres1de~cy. He sa1d he_wa~ts to work former . chief of staff. and to help keep our econo1 ~on t .expect on the loommg msolvency _ Defense attorneys for. 1. my growing," he said. Dem?crattc lea~ers to com- of th~ Soc1al Secunty pro- Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Bush. resisted any attempt promtse on t?e1r pnnctples, gram. But hts one-ttme plan charged with perjury and to judge his presidency two an!! they ~on t expe_ct ~e to to add pnvate accou~ts to obstruction, would not say · years before 11 expires. co~p~m1se on mme,. he the system, o~ce. the htghe~t whether Cheney was being "I'm going to sprint to the satd. But the Amencan dom~s.ttc pnon~y of ~IS subpoenaed _ a potential· finish. And we can get a lot . i · d "h 'd "I' d' people do expect us to com- admmtstratton, 1s cons1done, e sal . m rea mg promise on legislation that ered dead by Democrats. separation-? -powers ~~sue will benefit the country." · Bush is sending Treasury - but sa1d they _do not a~out George . Washt~gto_n He said initial consulta- Secretary Henry M. Paulson expect the vtce prestdent to sull., My ~II! tude tS . 1f tions with incoming Jr. to the Hill to gather ideas re~,ts!. . . . they re still analyzmg Democratic leaders ·on how 10 restructure Social It s an mterest~ng pt~ce Number One, 4~ ought _not . revealed openings for coop- Security. of _news. And that s all I m to worry about. 11, !l"d _JUSt eration in several areas. One Bush also said he wants gom~ to com~ent abo~t an . do what he thmk IS n~ht, was an immigration policy lawmakers to approve new ongo~n.g case; Bus~ s_aJd, and make ,tpe tough ch01ces overhaul, including a way trade deals. But Democrats RaiSing · the m1mmum . necessary. for some illegal workers to have said they. will insist move toward citizenship. bilateral trade agreements a o( Sheriff calls off rescue effort for climbers missing on Mount Hood; body recovery now the goal BY SARAH SKIDMORE AS,SOCIAITD PRESS WRITER HOOD RIVER, Ore. With yet another snowstorm barreling in, search teams gave up any hope of finding two missing climbers alive on wind-whipped Mount Hood and abandoned the rescue effon Wednesday after nine fiustrating days. "We've done everything we can at this point," said Hood River County Sheriff Joe Wampler, choking back tears after returning from one last, fruitless tlyover of the II ,239footpeak. As the weather permits, officials wi II now look for the bodies of Brian Hall and Jerry "Nikko'' Cooke, he said. Some of the climbers' relatives had wanted the ~arch called off, though not all, Wrunpler said, adding that he didn't want to imperil search teams in foul weather. 'This time of year, Mount Hood is a dangerous place to be," he said at a news conference. llie ·men's families had no immediate comment. An autopsy Wednesday showed that climber Kelly James. who had called his relatives from a snow cave on Dec. 10, had been dead for several days when he was found Sunday, said Dr. Larry Lewman of the state 1nedical examiner's office. He died of hypothennia. Three climbers in all were reported missing in the snow on Mount Hood on Dec. II, the day after Dalla; landscape architect James, 48, made the phone call. Volunteers continued scouring the mountains for signs of James' climbing panners. HaJJ. a 37-year-old personal tr'diner fmm Dallas, and Cooke, a 36- . year-old lawyer from New York City. But climbing gear found on the peak suggested the two may have been swept to their deaths over a precipice or buried in an avalanche. The sheriff's announcement ended a dnunatic and beanbreaking search that began Dec. II on the rocky, snowcovered flanks of Oregon's tallest mountain and included, at its height, scores of volunteers, sheriff's deputies and National Guardsmen on foot and in helicopters and a plane. The three men had set out Dec. ~ on what was supposed to be a two-day climb to the peak and back down. On Dec. 10, however, James called his family via cell phone to say that the party was in trouble and that · his two companions had gone downhill tor help. Authorities suspect James suffered a dislocated shoulder, perhaps in a fall. - · ~· Bv TE~NCE HUNT - AP. WHHE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT "iyASHIN'GTON ' A4nowledging.• deepening frustration over Iraq · , President · Bush said Wednesday l)e is considering an .increase in American forces· and warned that next year will bring more painful U.S. losses, New Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in Baghdad that a troop surge was an obviou& op.tion. · · Bush wa~ unusually can. did at a year-end new.s con.fererice 'abour U.S. setbacks ·and dashed ·hopes in the war, which has claimed the lives of more tlian 2;950 U.S. ll]ilitary members': He said "2006 was a difficult yeai' for our troops and th!! Iraqi people. We ~gan the year with optin1isin'; · but that faded as extremists fomented sectarian · " violence between Sunnis and' Shiites. "And -9ver i h ~course of the year they , ~uccess." the preside . , )l'el<nowledged. "Their ~uet:ess hurt our efforts to help the Iraqis rebuild their country, it set back . reconciliation, it kept Iraq's unity government and our coalitilm from estabiishing security and stability throughout the country." Democrats are about to claim control of Congress ·and Americans are overwhelmingly unhappy about Bush's handling of the war, 50 the president is at a turning point as he searches for new · approaches. Administration officials said Bush's remarks were intended to brace a warweary nation for another tough year in Iraq. The heavy cost of the war also came mto focus as the Pentagon ·circulated· a request for an additional $99.7 billion to pay for the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. If embraced by Bush and approved by Congress, the proposal would boost this year's budget for. those wars to about $170 billion. So far, four Y&ars of war in Iraq have cost about $350 billibn. _On just his third day is secretary, Gates made a,t unannounced visit to Baghdad to review options with senior American commanders·. He said no decisions have been made. ' "We discussed' the obvious things," Gates told reporters. "We discusse~ the possibility of a sur~e and the potential for what 11 might accomplish." Gates said he was only beginning to determine hoY' to reshape U.S. war policy. He also said he would confer with top Iraqi officials about what America's role should be in Iraq. Bush is awaiting .Gates' recommendations before making il. speech in January announ~­ ing changes in strategy and tactics. ' The shift in policy is lik~­ ly to be accompanied by ,a shuffle of top American generals in Iraq. Army Gen. John P. Abizatd, comma~­ der of U.S. forc~:s in the Middle East, has submitted plans to go ahead with ;a retirement that. is montl\s overdue. And the top U.~. commander in Iraq, Gel). George Casey, has indicated he may not stay muclt longer than the end of this year. . · ,, Ollt ""''IHrl Olfflljo 11111111 • FOEE WI L... T-laol "-1 • lllSIIr'll MeuagWlg ·keep 'fW buddy list ' • tOt-f'!ll ~ lddrenet with 5plm ~ • • C1111>m Silrt l'lut -r-. wo01i'of I IIICIIII . oil I up lo 6XlrlmH1 ) /IAA 13 ,.. ptK IOOllM S~Vn Up Onlloel www.LOool- ~ ~ 'T'o a{( our patrons, neit](tliors and_frunds, _ we wish a season of minuk anijay witliout end. We tru~ va(ut ~ou_r ICyq[ry and lOok forward to your cmJtitJucl bU5iness in tlie colllil'IJ year. BUN'S PARTY BARN · 636 East Main Street We want to wish you an old fashioned holiday filled with memories you'll treasure always. We will never forget your kind support & look foward to seeing you in tlte New Year.' AND MARCY SUGAR . Dear Annie: I am a 23c y.ear-old woman, finishing my last semester at college. I have made some valuable friendships during these last few years. but I cannot tell my friends eve">' thing. I have Crohn s disease and have had an ileostomy bag since I was 13. In other words, I have no colon and I poop into a bag on my abdomen. I almost died .before this surgery was done, ·r was so ill. To make matters worse, this drastic surgery .was by no means a cure. My Crohn's · can, and has, returned. ' As you can imagine, this is hard to talk about, especially with potential dating partners. I have had long periods of time when I literally could not even look at my waist in a mirror. I have a ~at support group at the Umted Ostomy Association (uoaa.org), but I ·have nbt yet been able to fig' ure out how to tell people ·about my condition without · grossing them out complete· ly. , You would think, after 10 -years, I would know what to ·say, but it's never gotten any easier. Any insight· you can give would be very appreciated.- Nina in New York · · Dear Nina: We sympa, thize with how difficult this ·must be for you. You do not need to give the details of _your illness to friends. You ,.can simply tell them that you -have a chronic illness involv:ing your" digestive tract. :When you meet someone :with whom you may become ; intimate, however, you will · need to talk about the : specifics. Be honest without ' being overly graphic, and , approach the subject wiih as much confidence as you can •muster. ' There are Internet dating : sites for people with Crohn's, : IBS and other such condi: !ions at www.irritatedbeings. : mgle.com; www.meetanos. tomate.com; and www.dat,i.ng.crohnszone.org. (Take lhe same precautions meeting people at these sites as you would any other.) For .Jidditiooal help and informa: tion, try the Crohn's & Colitis •Foundation of America at I:-8 0 0 " 9 3 2 " 2 4 2 3 · (www.ccfa.orj;). :. Dear Anme: Our son, a single, well-employed homeowner in his late 30s, lives about a two-hour drive from us. If we visit him, it is expected that we will get a hotel at our expense; even though he has a three-bedroom home. We alternate paying for meals at restaurants. When he visits us, he expects to get our spare bedroom, plus all meals, either home-cooked or in restaurants. When I tell him his hospitality needs improvement, I get only a blank stare in response. His mother doesn't want to cause a fuss and is content with the status quol Any comment? - Hole Dad Dear . Hotel Dad : Children often consider their parents' home their own, so it doesn't surprise us that your son expects free room and board when he visits. It would be nice if he reciprocated, but you can't force him. You can tum the tables and insist he stay in a hotel, but your wife is not likely tp . go along. Try to be content that he pays for half your meals. Frankly, that's more than a lot of kids do. Dear Annie: I read your response to "Indianapolis" regarding gifts for people who don't really need one. I would like to suggest that givers consider a donation to charity in the _person's honor. At my age, I am regularly invited to 50th wedding celebrations, late second marriages, etc., and find that the honorees are quite pleased to know a donation has been made. Heaven knows, they don't need another set of C. from glassware. Thllahassee, Fla. Dear C.: Thanks for a great suggestion - and just in time for the holidays. Annie's MaUbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Morey Sugar, longtime editors ofthe Ann Landers column. Please e-11Ulil your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, lL 60611. To find out more izbout Annie's Mailbox, and read features . by other Creators Syndicaie writers _a nd cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creaiors.com. . leeway, Co-leader Dottie Bond read tips on natural weight loss and "Chapter Christmas Story." The group meets every· Tuesday at Torch Baptist "'· h · · f Church. nelg -m IS rom 5: f5 to 6: 15 p.m. with a meeting at 6:30. For information, call Pat Snedden at 662-2633 or attend a free meeting. •{ PDK CONSTRUCTION 992-6451 BY KATHY MtTCHW. . COOLVILLE - Billie :Roberts was named weekly best weight-loss winner and : ~heryl Taylor runner-up at :Tuesday's meeting of TOPS : (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) · Chapter #OH 2013, . Coolville. There were 16 -:members present. KOPS members ;'LaChresia Bogardus, Maiy :Cleland, May Frost and :Patricia Richmond were in 1t~ C_ bristmas! 34070 Crew Rd. Pomeroy, OH Don't volunteer everything you know :Losers honored at TOPS balleluja))... ....- Thursday, December 21,2006 ....---------., Public meetings Thursday, Dec. 21 POMEROY - Salisbury Township Trustees, 6:30 p.m., town hall. Church events Saturday, Dec. 23 KANAUGA A Christmas play will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Silver Memorial Free Will Baptist Church m Kaqauga. POMEROY Confessions will be heard at Sacred Heart Church, 4:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, and 8:45 a.m. to 9:15a.m. on Sunday. . Sunday, Dec. 24 RACINE - Christmas MIDDLEPORT Eve service, 6 p.m .• Racine Cantata followed by candle- United Methodist Church. light service Christmas Eve RACINE -Christmas 7 p.m. at the Middleport Eve candlelight 1 service, 5 First Baptist Church, p.m., Racine First Baptist CHESTER Silent Church . communion, 5 to I0 p.m. at SYRACUSE the Chester United Christmas service . and Methodist Church. musical program, I 0:30 MIDDLEPORT a.m., · Syracuse Church of Victory Baptist Church the Nawrene . children's Christmas play POMEROY - St. Paul on the · real meaning of Lutheran Church of Christmas, 5 p.m. Nursery Pomeroy will celebrate the · providrd. coming of the Christ Child, POMEROY- Christmas I0 p.m. with a candlelight Vigil Mass, 5:30 p.m., service. Sacred Heart Church, with RACINE - St. John children·~ participation. Lutheran Church of Pine M~dnight Mass, with choral Grove Road w iII have presentation beginning at Christmas Eve services at 8 11:15 p.m . p.m. with a candlelight ser- vice. RUTLAND- Christmas Eve candlelight service, 6 p.m., Rutland Church of Christ. Moriday, Dec. 25 POMEROY. Christmas Mass, 9:30 'a.m., Sacred Heart Church. Birthdays Sunday, Dec. 24 RACINE - Vinas . Lee will observe her 92nd birthday on Dec. 24. Due to health problems, she is staying with her son Jerry, and cards may be sent to her in care of him at 7434 Wyndle Court, Dublin, Ohio 43016-8243. N_ew business in Meigs County For the past 2D years, Marty O'Bryant and his staff have offered a carpet and upholstery cleaning service as a franchise of a national carpet clean· ing company. As . of Dec. . 31 they will no longer be a part of the franchise busi_· ness but will offer the' same services under a new name - "the Red Carpet Treatment." Service will be provided by the same people and the telephone numbers will remain the same, 740992-7090 pr . 1-877-3166600. Pictured with O'Bryant is his son, Andrew, who works in the· business. Submitted photo DofA CoUncilors elects officers CHESTER - New offi· to the flag in unison, and cers were elected at a roll call response of "what recent meeting ·of the Past we like about Christmas." Councilors club of Chester Reported iII were Council 323, Daughters of Kathryn Baum, the move America, held .at the of Debbie Doddrill to the Arbors in Gallipolis and Masonic hall. Elected were Jean Welsh, . the death of James Folmer. president; Esther Smith, Christmas · readings secretary; Jo Ann Ritchie, included "Legend of the treasurer; Thelma White, · Little Donkey" by Esther sentinel; Mary Holter, Smith, ·:santa's Cake" by reporter; Erma Cleland, Thelma White, and "Why flower committee. The a Robin's Breast is Red" new officers will take by Julie Fleming. There in January. was a gift exchange. office Welcomed into the group Others attending were was Gary Holter. Dor.is Grueser, Goldie A holiday dinner was Frederick, lnzy Newell, served to the group by the Opal Eichinger. Dorothy Eastern Star. · Laura Mae Myers. Opal Hollon. Nice conducted . the meet- Barbara Sargent, Mary Jo ing which opened with Barringer, Charlotte Grant. scripture from Luke, the and guests, Scottie Smith Lord's Prayer and pledge and Everett Grant. www .my dai Iysentinel. com Warm Wishes .u.. Holidays hright at this festive time of Thank you for wanning up our year willl your friendship and suppon. · Merry Christmas, everyone! POWELL'S . 0'Bleness cffers grief counseling ATHENS -O'Bieness Memorial Hospital's grief suppon group, Good Grief, will offer its next session on Tuesday Jan. 2, from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m, in O'Bieness' lower level room 006. The ·free grief support session is open to the public. Anyone who is suuggling to bring order to his or her life during a very stress-filled. difficult period of adjustment or change is encouraged to · attend. The suppoi'l group is designed to provide help. comfon and encouragement. There is no age limit or religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees to participate. For more infonnation. call Paul Van Hom at (740) 592-9383 FOODFAIR 700 East Main St. Pomeroy, OH 992-5252 ·~ · 'Prince . . . . . otrpeace WhereFer you may .wander, VVftcrcFcr you may roam ... Whm it comes to celebrating Christmas, There's jusr II!J place like home! Frie11ds like you are alt11ays welcome. Tha11k )'OJ/ jo1· 11isiti11g us this past year. Pomeroy, OH • 740-992-6121 lf your loved one ti'eeds nursi11g care 'Bakery "Deli 'Party Trays -'Gift Baskets • Pizza "Fine Wine ' 'Coumy's Best Beer Selection !Micro Brew rhiJ /iq/iday seas011, stay close to home at 0J;crbrook Cmter. 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Pendants -1/4ct $199 1/Zct $499 let $999 1/4ct $199 1/lct$499 let $999 I5J2nd Ave. Gallipolis, OH 45631 7:4~-..4~~~4~~ �' • PageA4 OPINION The Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 21,2006 lbunday, December 21, • 2006 ' .-ObHuaries The Daily Sentinel• Pqe As www.mydailysentinel.rom . For the Record ' The·Daily Sentinel 111 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio (740) 992-2156 • FAX (740) 992-2157 www.mydallysentlnel.com More than usual this Christmas, conservative Protestants are buzzing about Mary Bv RICHARD N. OSTLING Caesar and the Herods. McKnight 's book and · blog appear alongside a In the popular imagina- richer theological treatment: tion, Christmas is the season "Mary for Evangelicals: of Mary as much as of the . Toward an Understanding baby Jesus. This year, inter- of the Mother of Our Lord" est in Mary iqcludes "The (lnterVarsity) by Tim Perry Nativity Story," an .earnest of Canada' s Providence Hollywood film greeted College. with respectful reviews, , McKni ght wants respectable box office Protestants to overcome returns and a bit of contro- past neglect by holding an versy. annual "Honor Mary Day." But more important than Perry lays ground for a full"evangelical this one tilm is a revived fledged religious debate about Mary. Mariology," borrowing that Last year, international category from Catholic theAnglican and Roman ology. Catholic negotiators issued Christmas as such is no a new accord on the mother issue (except , for liberals of the .Son of dod. Now who deny the biblical report conservative evangelicals that Mary was a virgin when - those least likely to hail she miraculously conceived Mary's veneration by . and gave bi1th). On other Catholics and the Eastern topics, McKnight says, "the Orthodox - are talking up. Mary of the Bible has been The December issue of hijacked by theological conthe leading evangelical twversies." A rundown: Christianity Protestants . who believe magazine. Today. features an the Bible is Christianity's " Ince ndiary Mary" cover supreme authority, think story. It 's drawn from the some Mary traditions go book "The Real Mary: Why beyond what Scripture says Evangelical Christians Can or violate its teachings. The Embrace the Mother of harshest polemics say popuJesus" (Paraclete) by . Scot lar devotion to Mary over' McKnight of Chicago's shadows Jesus and consti· North Park University. tutes heresy, blasphemy or He uplifts Mary partly by idolatry. stressing the thre~t she and One very troublesome her messianic Son repre- tenet, the Immaculate sented to tyrants such as Conception, means that God FORTHEASSOCIATErlPRESS Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Dan Goodrich Publisher Charlene Hoeflich General Manager-News Editor Congress sllall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the .free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speeclt, or of the press; or the right of the people l'eaceably to assemble, and to petition the Govern'ment for a redress of grievances. -The Flrsi Amendment to the U.S. Constitution READER'S VIEW Answer Weedy letter provokes response Dear Editor: I had decided to cease my submissions because one wearies of dealing with the same conservative arguments repeated ad nauseum. But B9b Weedy 's Dec. 13 letter moves me to enter the arena again. First. the courts. The current Supreme Court is more con'ervative than at any time since the New DeaL And the federal courts are more conservative than they have ever been. Furthermore, the term "secular progressive" is a slur upon the relig ious faith of those who · hold contrary views to those of the religious right. Secondl y. the clergy of Jefferson's day despised him. Jefferson, totally baptizer, in the French Humanist Enlightenment, returned their ill wilL Jefferson, being a Mason. considered all faiths equally valid. that whatever . God (or god in Jefferson's case) one chose to serve was a matter of one's own choice. Jefferson's choice was " nat ure ·s god." Lastl y. Bob worries upon the example set for youth. The people on his side of the fence ·who consider themselves protectors of morality need to sweep their own porch. With all the sordid shenanigans and scandals of the religious and poli tica l right over the past number of years, they have provided a worse example to American youth than any "secular progressive" could ever have done. J eff Fields Syracuse forever freed Mary from persistence in faith. original sin. In 1854, the Is It proper to pray to papacy made this a manda- Mary and other saints in tory "doctrine revealed by heaven? Perry sees some God." The Catholic cate- biblical basis, since in this chism affinns that "Mary life believers ask each other remained free of every per- for prayers. He proposes . sonal sin her whole life thatboththis practiceandits · long. " rejection be recognized as Belief in Mary 's unique "authentic forms of sanctity underlies the papa- Christian witness." cy 's required dogma of the . From early times, Assumption (1950). mean- Christians tau~ht Mary's · ing Mary was taken bodily perpetual virgimty, meaning into .heaven upo,n death. she and Joseph never had Protestant s say marital relations. Catholicism contradicts the Protestants di sagree because Bible's teaching that "all · Ml!tthew I :25 say~ Joseph have sinned" (Romans " knew her not until" Jesus ' 3:23), Mary included, and birth and passages includin~ that Jesus is the lone excep- Mark 6:3 mention Jesus tion, "tempted as we are, yet "brothers" and "sisters." without sinning:• (Hebrews Catholi cs think these 4:15). · weren'tsiblingsbutcousins. Perry says Mary was at· Perry rules that .out but says least misguided bj:cause she they could have be_en joined doubters who tried to · stepchildren from a pnor physically restrain Jesus and marriage of Joseph, as the thou~ht "he is beside him- Orthodox believe . However, self,' that is, crazy (Mark he thinks this belief caused 3:21-35). Yet Mary eventu- " regrettable" den!gration of ally accepted Jesus' voca- sexuality. tion and became one of Fortunately for . interChristianity's 120 founders church relations, (Acts I: 12-15). Catholicism has never offiSpeculations about the ciall_y pr<?claimed M~ry's beginning and end of popular titles of medtator Mary's life are unnecessary and co-redeemer wah when the Bible is "utterly Christ. Perry says that howsilent," Perry thinks. He · ever such terms are used, esteems Mary not as the Jesus' uniqueness as the model of perfection above only ·savior must never be human limitations but of compromised. THE NBA HAS CHANGED. Louise Miller, Reedsville, against Duane Eric Miller, Belpre ; Jessica D. Foster, Racine, against Chad A. Foster, Vienna, W.Va.; and Floyd K. Holliday, Cheshire, against POMEROY - Marriage licenses were issued in Meigs Diana L. Holliday, Langsville. County Probate CoUtt to: Ryan Alan Cozart, 26, Syracuse, A divorce was granted to Thelma Soulsby from William and Kathryn Lee Cozart. 18. Henderson, W.Va.; Robert T. Soulsby. Lewis Vaughn, 55, Syracuse, and Diane M. Packard. 56, Sarasota, Fla.; Jerry Eugene Fields, Jr., 43, Shade, and Jacqueline Marie Nave, 42, Racine. Michael Lee Conley, Jr., 18, Middleport, and Melia POMEROY -Dissolutions were granted in Meigs Richelle Whan, 19, Middleport ; James K. Meadows, 57, County Common Pleas Court to Tim Hood and Heidi Mason, W.Va. and Sandra Dee Parsons, 45 , Mason, W.Va.; Jameson Henry Johnson, 22, Langsville, and.Amber Dawn Hood and Stephanie Canterbury and Gary Canterbury II. Ackley, 20, Lang svill e; Gary Leon Jasielum, 52, Cambridge, and Jenny Jo Thomas, 42, Syracuse. Robert Dale Ellis, 30, Middleport, and Barbara Ann ' Backus,27, Middleport; Charles Alan Mohr, 47, Albany, POMEROY -Monte Riffie was sentenced in Meigs and Shawn Angela Hostetter, 28, Albany; Calvin L. County Common Pleas Court to 18 months in prison on a Phelps, 28, Dexter, and -Belinda A. Bailey, 34, Dexter; charge of failure of a registered sex offender to register Matthew Shane Evans, 28, Portland, and Misty Dawn change of adilress. VanCooney, 21: Portland. Dissolutions Sentenced POMEROY -A foreclosure action was filed in Meigs _POMEROY - Actions for divorce. were filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court by City National Bank of County Common Pleas Court by Amanda Ramage, West Virginia, Cross Lanes; W.Va., ·against Rhonda Middleport, against Scott Ramage, Rutland; Amanda Milam, Wheelersburg, and others. ' Jury deliberates 2nd Winners of Rutland day in 'caged kids' case Ugbting contest BY THOMAS J. SHEERAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Ryan Ronqullo NORWALK - Jurors who were reminded thaf "love isn't what you say, it's .what you do" deliberated for a second day without a verdict Wednesday in the cao;e of ents charged with forcing some of their II special needs children to sleep in wood and w1re cages. Jurors deliberated about two hours Tuesday, went home for NEW HAVEN -Ralph Thompson, 67, New Haven, the night and returned promptW.Va. died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 at his residence. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. on Friday at Foglesong- ly abOut 9 a.m. Wednesday to lUcker Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at I p.m. on consider the ·charges against Sharen and Michael Gravelle. Saturday. met Wednesday until just They A complete obituary will follow in Friday's newspaper. after 5 p.m. then told the judge they wanted to retum at 7:30 a.m. Thursday to continue. The Gravelles each face eight misdemeanor counts of child abuse, ''eight felony counts of child endangering and eight misdemeanor counts RUTLAND - Leading of child endangering. Huron County Prosecutor Creek Conservancy ~ f()MEROY -Christmas District will close at noon RU6sell Leffler, ending more '!Eve Mass be celebrat- on Friday and re-open for than four hours of summations .:ed at Sacred Heart Church business on Dec. 27. ~at 5:30 p.m. qn Sunday, Emergencies will be han•With children participating. dled by calling 742-2597. Midnight Mass will be celebrated, beginning with a from PageA1 :C~oraJ presentation begin•mng at 11:15 p.m. : Christmas Day Mass will from Eastern were Dy Ian !be celebrated at 9:30 . a.m. Morri s, Larri ssa Riddle, ; Confessions will be heard EASTERN Daniel Breanna Hayman, Marshall from 4:45 to 5:15 p.m. on Buckley was the recipient Aanestad, Victoria Goble, Saturday and 8:45 to 9:15 · of the Don Jackson Rebecca, Chadwell, Alex a.m. on Sunday. Sportsmanship Award at Arms. · Masses will also be cele- the ·recent · Eastern High Attending from MMS brated at 7 p.m. on New School sports banquet. were seventh graders Steven Year:s Eve and 9:30 a.m. His name was uninten- Mahr. Evelyne Sindle. Blake on New Year's Day. Rev. tionally omitted from the Crow and eighth graders Walter E. Heinz is pastor. article. Hannah Cleek , Tanner Ryan Ronqllillo, 25, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died on Monday, Dec. 18, 2006. ·: Funeral will be ehld at II a.m. on Friday, Dec. 22, 2006, .at Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va., with burial in Kirkland Memorial Gardens. · Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday at.the funeral home. · · par- Ralph lbompson . ' Local Briefs Holiday hours Buckley receives award High school corifidential Donation from PageA1 Lilly, President and CEO of the Foundation. "We are very grateful for the trust and support of the Brooks familr 'in making this gift to FAO.' Kevin Dotson, Retail Manager of Rocky Brands, Inc., discussed the low-key ·giving attitude that both Rocky and the Brooks embrace. . "Many times Rocky steps · forward and gives to causes without asking for recognition," Dotson said. "If we :had a CEO that did not have his heart in our region, many ·of the things .we do to help would not be permitted. Through Mike's leadership, Rocky is involved in social and economic issues · throughout the region." · Rocky Brands, Inc. gives to "countless causes" each year through support of health-related issues, such as Relay for Life and cancer awareness groups, donations to area fundraisers and help for families who have experienced tragic losses, Dotson said. Personally, Brooks also spearheaded beautification and revitalization projects in the Nelsonville business di strict and helped make the bike path extension possible. Brooks was 'reco~nized as one of the Foundation's first I'm a Child of AppalachiaTM honorees in 2005 because of his personal heritage, success and longtime commitment to philanthropy in the region. Lilly said celebrating stories like those of the Brooks family is important because they challenge stereotypes of what it means to be "Appalachian" and give recognition to the many ways our region 's community and business leaders are giving bac)c and investing in the future of the region. She noted other I' m a Child of AppalachiaTM honorees include Gallia County native Dr. Nancy Zimpher, president of the University of Cincinnati, and Leona Hughes, a native of Jackson County, whose philanthropy has provided full four-year college sc holarships for high school seniors graduating from her alma mater of Oak Hill . Sincere holiday greetings to you! May Your Days Be Merzy And Bright! . KING HARDWARE 992-5020 405 N. Second Ave. Middleport, OH ' . Foreclosure Divorces · will Today is Thursday. Dec. 2 1. the 355th day of 2006. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives at 7:22 p.m. EST Today's Highlight in Hi story : On Dec. 21 , 1620. Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went .ashore for the fi rst time at present-day Plymouth, Mass. On this date: ' In 1913. the first crossword puzzle was published, in the prurient public curiosity and name is "Hussein" - the Althou gh the U.S. New York World. "the media industrial com- equivalent of "John" in . In 1942. the Supreme Court ruled all states had to recog- Constitution mand~te s a plex." Kenya, where his father was presidenti al election two ,:nizc divorces granted in Nevada. · Then there 's New York born - the pundit pondered years hence, nothing com' "Winter comes but once a year, . Times columnist Maureen the senator 's - clothing. pels citizens to obsess about And whe n it .comes it brings the doctor good cheer." Dowd, Washington's oldest Despite his perception that it until that blessed day. As I Gene -Ogden Nash, American humorist (1902- 1971). hi gh school "Heather." To Obama was, yes, "comfortwrite, exactly 761 day s Lyons her, the 2008 Democratic able in his own skin" and remain in the lamentable will hin ge not "knows who he is," campaign reign of George the upon Iraq, terrorism, health Greenfield couldn't help but · Incompetent, accordin g to care, the runaway federal notice the senator's deep,ly my . electronic ·Bu sh Calendar. stellar of late, and voters budget or any of that tire- · troubling wardrobe. , Letters 10 the editor are welcome. They should be less Countdown "Ask yourself,'' CNN bills as might be in the mood to try some bu siness, but "how Turning what : thu11 300 words. 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Ext 12 13 Weeks ' 32.26 Qhama\ race, the kin d · reporter herself who finds and 1ssues. Lyons is a national magazine 26 Weeks '64.20 ·I of "hot-hutton" cove rage · tl1 esc dopey. unanswerable ' ,,' 52 Weeks ' 127.11 But the most farcical bituf award wi11ner and co-author E-mail: editors lwpe will st imulme quest ions fascinating. commentary emanated from of "The HIJntill g of the news@mydatlysenttnel com . :t Outside Meigs County newss1and saks. As Alta Despite experuJing close to CNN's ostensibly thought- Preside111" (St. Ma'rtin k I t3 Weeks '53.55 observes coge ml y. ''The 2,500 words dredging up ful Jeff Greenfield. What Press, 2000). You can e-mail Web: 26 Weeks ' 107.10 record of wh ite mab in high rLIIllms and playing amateur with GOPoperatives leaking Lyons at genelymts2@sbo52 Weeks '21 4.2 t www mydailysen1tnel.com places ,has not exact ly been psyc hoanalyst, Duke blames word that 'Obama's middle globa /.nel.) · The Daily Sentinel. MIDDLEPORT- Marjorie J. Wilt, 91, Middleport. died Thesday, Dec. 19, 2006, at Holzer Medical Center. She was born Nov. 21, 1915, on Hysell Run, Rutland Township, Meigs County, the daughter of the late Howard and Vema Russell Hysell. She was a former school cook and a homemaker. · Mrs. Wilt graduated from Rutland High School in 1934, was a life member of the Bradford Church of Christ, a mc:mber. of the Meigs County Women's Club and was a avtd Ohto State Buckeyes fan. · .Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard "Tip'! Wilt, in 1989; a daughter Bonnie Sue Pickens; a brother, Gale Hysell and his wife. Bertha 'Mae; a sister, Mildred Hysell, and her husband, Dwight; two grandsons, Troy Alan Wilt and Gary Pickens; and a . brother-in-law, Robert Hoover. Surviving are her two sons, Ronnie Wilt, and wife Marilyn, and Roger Wilt; seven grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, seven great-great grandchildren; brothers, Noel Hysell, and wife Shirley, Nonnan Hysell, and wife Marcella; sisters, Elenor Hoover, and Donna Morgan, and husband Gary; son-in-law, Larry Pickens, and his wife Paula; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral will be ·at II a.m. Friday, Dec. 22, 2006 at the Middleport Chapel of Fisher Funeral Homes with Doug Shamblin offictating. Burial will follow in Bradford Cemetery. . · Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home funeral home and may send memorial contributions to Bradford Church of Christ Building Fund, 38260 Bradbury Rd., Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Online condolences may be sent to www.fisherfuneralbomes.com. Holiday Mass schedule TODAY IN HISTORY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Marriage licenses Wilt Students Rocky Brands. Inc. is headquartered in Nelsonville and is a world leader in rugged outdoor and occupational footw ear. Corporate offices, warehou se and distribution centers now accompany th e original manufacturin g building in Nel sonville that 'dates back to 1932. Nearly 3,000 retail and catalog outlets carry Rocky footwear. For more information or to establish a fund . contact the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio at (740) 753- llll .or visit the Foundation's website www.appalachianohio .org. · The Foundation works with donors and others to foster access to opportunity for the . ~egion 's citizens through the power of charitable giving. All gifts to the Foundation are tax-deductible. ' The Foundation is headquartered on Nelsonville 's historic Public Square in th e heart of Appalachian Ohio. ARIEL ESTABLISHED 1895 12/15 WYBG Big Co untry ~bd~1Wil~ Sbm:s: lUlfi ll»:i&bt ha:obg~' !i:t 12117 RVHS Uglidil:¥ Yad~l:¥ Sb~ux 'Visit Our Scholastic Book Fair"' by himself and two defense attorneys, told jurors Thesday that the cages robbed the chiidren of the chance to run to a mother in fear during a nighttime storm. "That's · what kids do and that is what these kids couldn't do," Leffler said. "Love isn't what you say. it's what you do." Defense attorneys Ken Myers and Richard Drucker, representing Sharen and M1chael respectively, said the enclosed bunks were meant to protect unruly youngsters from their sometimes violent siblings. "They did the best they could under the circumstances," Drucker said. The endangering charges against the Gravelles accuse' the couple of putting some of their children at a substantial risk of hanDing their mental health. The Gravelles face one to five years in prison and a max.imumfineof$\O,OOOforeacb felony count if convicted. Tackett, Alaine Arnold. Tackett and Sindle were both singled out for their work at the Model UN. Tackett was elected as an otficer for next year's event after speaking about resolu tions concerning the constructing of water access and the use of dams with Sindle being signaled out as a "best delegate." "The kids learned how to work with other students outside of our school and learned how · the real UN works," Tesar said oflessons learned at the event. "They also learned how people in other countries live in comparison with our own." RUTI.AND - Winners of window" Jane Wise took first the Christmas lighting contest place, Judy Snowden, second sponsored by the Rutland place, Roger Black, third place. Friendly Gardeners are as folThe Rutland area merchants lows: ' · · fumishe<l.prize money. for the In the category of"non reli- · winners whose lighting disgious" Herb Elliot took first plays were judged by an out of place, Clyde Davis, second town judge. This year the judgplace, Bill Capehart, third ing area was expanded and place. In the category of "reli- included not only horne in the gious" Jeff Tillis took ftrst village's corporation limit but .place, Bruce May, second homes that stretched from Joe place,HenryEblin,thirdplace. Bolin's house on New Lima In the category of "door or Road to Noble Summit Road. Giving ers are the primary sources for raising the $2 a meal cost not funded through state/federal sources or from PageA1 grants. · dren who are coming to "Many of our homebound school without coats and senjor citizens really don't handle the distribution. have that $2 a day to donate While not all of the coats are for the meal, and contribunew they are clean and in tions like this $350 from the Fish and Game Association good condition. As for the meals-on- really helps us in ~r9vidi~g wheels program at the Senior meal s for them,' satd Center 'Beth Shaver, execu- Shaver. "This really makes a tive director, noted that difference in somebody's donations and staff fund rais- life ." Center from PageA1 The new center will be located between Meigs Middle School and Meigs High School on property provided by the Metgs Local Board of Education. The district hopes the new center's proximtty to Meigs High School will afford more Meigs students the opportunity to enroll in the post-secondary education option, which allows high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to enroll in free Meny Christmas From All Of Us To All Of You B& 2ND STREET • SYRACUSE, OH 740..992-4242 At this busy time of year, when everyone is sprucing up for C h~i stmas. goodwill and gratitude would cenainl y come in handy. and we 've got plenty to spread armld! To all those who ' ve passed through our.doors this year, we offer our best wishes and thanks. It's always a pleasure servi ng you. 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The transfer came as Defense Secretary Robert . Gates made a surprise visit to Baghdad on his third day on · the job, and President Bush told reporters in Washington. that "2006 was a difficult year for our troops and the Iraqi people." · Gates asked top U.S. commande(S in Iraq about a proposal to dispatch thousands more troops, bolstering the 140,000 U.S. forces already there. Some top U.S. comAP photo manders have questioned whether such a surge in troop Iraqi army soldiers celebrate and raise their rifies during a security control handover cerelevels would have more than mony in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday. The U.S.-Ied a tempOrary effect on the coalition handed over security responsibilities in Iraq's Najaf province to ·Iraqi forces, a key daily carnage. step in troubled efforts to get the fragile government to stand on its own, though U.S.-Ied "We discussed the possi- forces will remain on standby in case the security situation deteriorates: bility of a surge and the . potential for what it might handed over control to Iraqi control of police and all ser- the animal's heart with a yell, accomplish," Gates said after forces Wednesday, is rela- vices to governors in Iraq's then passed around the meeting with top U.S. gener- tively peaceful. But U.S. 18 provinces, then pull coali-· blood-soaked carcass to his forces will remain on stand- tion forces back to larger comrades, each of whom als. took a bite. The group also Bush, meanwhile, said he by in case security there bases. deteriorates. · "Transferring responsibilibit the heads off frogs. has asked Gates to report to Najaf was the third of ty is an indication of the Elite Iraqi forces have him as quickly as possible on plans to expand the size of Iraq 's 18 provinces to come increased capacity of the demonstrated their toughness the Army and Marine Corps, under local control. British Iraqi police and the Iraqi by chewing on live animals military troops handed over southern army," Maj . Gen. Kurt during military ceremonies acknowledging commanders think U.S. mili- Muthana province in July, Cichowski said at the cere- since the time of Saddam tary forces are spread too and the Italian military trans- mony. Hussein's rule. ferred Dhi Qar province in But Cichowski added that Najaf is a generally peacethin across the globe. U.S. troops .would continue ful area under tight control Early Wednesday, two sui- September.· "If we don't handle the to provide support if called by police and Shiite guards. cide car bombers killed at least 12 people in separate responsibility, history will upon. "We will be quite liter- It is home to the Imam Ali attacks in Iraq's capital. One destroy us," Iraq's national ally just up the road." shrine, where Shiite Muslims About 1,500 police offi- believe the cousin and sonof the bombers slammed into security adviser, Mouwafak a police · checkpoint near al-Rubaie, said at a ceremo- cers and soldiers paraded on in-law . of the Prophet Baghdad University and the ny in a stadium in city of a soccer field, and other ofti- Muhammad is buried. homes of several prominent Najaf, the provincial capital ccrs drove shiny new patrol Millions make pilgrimages south of Baghdad. cars and motorcycles around to the city annually, and Iraqi politicians. The lethal attacks came a He urged former members a dusty track ringing the Shiites from across Iraq day after the Iraqi govern- of Saddam Hussein's army fteld. come to bury their dead in ment sought to make an to join Iraq's new military At one point, a small group Najaf's huge cemetery. example of 13 convicted kid- and said he would do his best of elite Iraqi special forces The city of Najaf saw nappers and killers. It to get better equipment for officers wearing dark green heavy fighting in 2004 hanged the men, then distrib- forces nationwide. T-shirts stepped forward between the U.S. Anny and ' uted video of the execution · U.S. military officials cast with a live rabbit and ripped militiamen loyal to radis;al to Iraqi and foreign media. the move as milestone in it apart with their teeth. anti-U.S. cleric Muqtatfu al. American plans to hand over The leader chomped out Najaf, where U.S. troops Sadr. Part~ of the city still lay in ruins. But Najaf's violence now is aimed at Shiite pilgrims, adding to sectarian tensions that escalated over the last year. After meeting with Bush last month in Jordan, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the. two leaders agreed on the need to speed up the Iraqi takeover· of security responsibilities. But question s . remain about whether [mqi fonces can handle the task,. Even with U.S. troops leading the battle, the Pentagon reponed Monday that attacks on U.S. and Iraqi troops and Iraqi civilians jumped sharply in recent months to the · highest level since Iraq regained its sovereignty in June 2004.· Gates' visit to Imq so soon after taking office underscored the Bush admini stration's effort to be seen as energetically seeking a new path in the conflict. 'The whole purpose is to go out, listen to the commanders, talk to the . Iraqis, and .see what I can leam.'' Gates told reporters as he boarded his aircraft in Washington on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Bush told The Washington Post that he is ready to increase the size of the U.S. military. He acknowledged he agrees with recent complaints by lop generals that· forces are stretched too thin by the worldwide campaign against terrorists . He gave no figures, but said he has asked Gates to produce .a plan for the expansion. The Bush administration under intense pressure from Congress and the American public to son lhrough options for a war that has caused the deaths of ·more than 2,940 U.S. troops and cost more than $300 billion. Bush is considering choices ranging from a >hort-tenn surge of thousands of troops to bring the escalating vio- lence in Baghdad and Anbar province under control, to removing combat U.S . forces and accelerating the· training and equipping of Iraqi security forces. M~ than one-third of the U.S. troops in Iraq are combat forces. At his news confel'el~CC, Bush also said the United States will "ask more of our; 1raq i partners" in 2007, and; he also said he supports a moderate coalition in Iraq, a new effon by the . government to "marginalize the rad~ ical and extremists." Gates' trip to Iraq comes in advance of a long-expected shuffle in commanders of the U.S. military campaign in Iraq. ·· . Army Gen. John P.; Abizaid, commander of all; U.S . forces in the MiddleEast, has submitted plans togo ahead with a retirement that is months overdue, according to the Central Command in Tampa, Fla. The top commander in Iraq; Gen. George Casey. also has, indicated in recent months· that he may not stay much: beyond the end of this year. · The U.S. m1htary, mean-. while, said a senior al-Qaitfu· in Iraq leader was captured: during a raid by coalition: troops on a building in· Mosul. It said the suspect' served as ai-Qaida's military. chief in Mosul in 2005 and; then took up the same job in western Baghdad. "During that time, he coordinated . car vehicle-borne improvised explosives device attacks and kidnap for in · ransom operations Baghdad." the statement said, adding that he had fled the capital to escape a manhunt. The New York Times reponed that another fugitive - former Iraq electricity minister Ayham ai-Samaraie -claimed to have flown out of Baghdad. He escaped from a police jail Sunday, reportedly with the help of private security guards. Al-Qaida deputy criticizes both sides of Palestinian power struggle Bv MAGGIE MICHAEL ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CAIRO, Egypt - . The deputy leader of al-Qaida said the United States was negotiating with the wrong people in Iraq, ·implying in a video broadcast Wednesday on AI-Jazeera that Washington should be talking to his group. "I want to tell the Republicans and the Democmts together ... you are trying to negotiate with some .parties to secure your withdrawal, but these parLies won't lind you an exit (from Iraq) and your attempts will yield nothing but failure," Ayman alZawahri said on the video. "It seems that you will go through a painful journey of failed negotiations until you will be forced to return to negotiate with the real powers," he said, without elaborating. . The video - which bore the logo of al-Qaida's . media production house, ·al- Sahab - · was the 15th time .this year that Egyptian-born . al-Zawahri has sent out a statement. In Wednesday's tape, he appeared ~xactly as in previous videos that have been authenticated by CIA analysts. He wore a black turban and white robe and pointed his finger at the camera for emphasis. As usual, he had a rifle behind his right shoulder that was leaning against a plain brown backdrop. Al-Zawahri appeared to be trying to mobilize sup. pon against a range -of Middle Eastern players Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, his Hamas opponents, Iran and its Shiite allies in Iraq and elsewhere. He attacked Abbas' proposal to hold early elections to resolve the increasrivalry ingly violent between his moderate Fatah party and the. militant. Hamas movement, which dominates the parliament: The situation has degener- ated to daily gunbattles in the streets of Gaza . In the clips broadcast by AI-Jazeera, al-Zawahri ·did not say how the two parties should settle their dispute, but he scoffed at elections, saying: "Any way other than holy war, will lead us only _.to loss and defeat." He did not say whom the Palestinians should fight, but previously he has always recommended "holy war" against Israel and the West. He described Abbas as "America 's man in Palestine," and warned that if Palestinians accepted him as their president , it would be "the end of holy war." In what appeared to be a reference lo Abbas and his Fatah party, ai-Zawahri said: "Those who are trying to liberate the Islamic territories through elections based on secular constitutions, or on decisions to hand over Palestine to the .Jews, wi II not Iiberate one grain of >and of Palestine." Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com --- May .vour faith be renetred and .rou r spirits llfte.t as tl'e celebr•te the blrtb of our Sot•lor. With best tl'isbes to you aJfd vours . for 11 lrt4/)' memorable bolldaJ• Sfason. · Corner of Ge n eral Hartinger Par k wa y and Pear 1 3:., Middleport 0 H 992 - 3471 Thursday, Dec:ember 21,2006 Enrico work on display GALLIPOLIS The French Art Colony is featuring artist Gerry Enrico from Dec. 5 until Jan. 14. . The exhibit ranges from traditional landscapes to abstract surrealism and includes works in pastel, charcoal. watercolor and oil. Gallery admission is free. Enrico· s surrealism and abstract expressionism gain inspiration from great masters like Salvador Dali and Vincent Van Gogh, but Gerry looks toward his daughter for strength of emotions and expressions, which overflow in to his work. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encour~ge ecol)omic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. Local sponsors for this show are Blankenship Rooring and ,Refinishing. and Smith GM Superstore. · Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Thesday through Fli\lay, and from 1 to 5 'p.m. on Sunday. More information about the FAC and its upcoming events can be found by calling (740) 446-3834. Auditions scheduled for River City Players MIDDLEPORT - 'The . Australia, and is based on .River City Players will hold who's who of famous fairy auditions for the River City tale chamcters and includes· Kids production, "Fairy lots of mystery, magic and Tales." mirth. In fact unhappiness Auditions will be held at is everywhere in Fairy Tale the Middleport Church of City. That is until all the Christ on Saturday. Dec . 30 characters decide to swap from 2 to 5 p.m.. and roles. Not forever. of course just for the day•· Sunday, Dec . 31 from 2 to 5. Nicole Fleldsfphotoo An audition workshop Hilarious and dramatic Santa and Mrs. Claus wave a cheerful hello to passers-by at the Holiday Light Festival at the We!>t Virginia State Farm will be held both days from events unfold as the fairy Museum. The annual event was set to end its 11-day run Dec. 18, but because of such a great response to this year's I to 1.:45 p.m. before audi- tale tale characters try living show, officials have decided to keep it open through Saturday. · in someone else's fairy· tions. "Fairy Tales" wtll perform tale.The · picture-book set on April 14,15 rnd will be will be spectacular with outdirected by Cath: Erwin and standing visual and so)Jnd Margaret Evans. effects. Roles are available for Those auditioning for the POINT PLEASANT, youth ages 5-18 years old roles ~ hould be prepared to W.Va. -Haven't yet seen with II major roles to be sing and recite and rehearse the illuminating glow 111Ied. There will be many every Sunday beginning in beaming from the farm children in the chorus. early January. museum? The script was written by Please contact (740) 992-· Then you're in the minorCenarth Fox from Victoria, 6759 for more information. ity, as this . year 's install. menl of the. Holiday Light Show has 11roved so popular that. offic1als at the West Virginia State Farm Museum have extended the show through Saturday, Dec. 23. Originally set to end Dec. RIO GRANDE A director of the Madog Center 18, the show already has Welsh Chlistmas celebration for Welsh Studies, said that pulled in some big numwill be held for people of all area residents will enjoy the bers, according to Teresa ages and backgrounds on event. Bailey, who works at the Saturday. Dec. 23 at Tyn "It will be like a traditional facility. Nearly 9,000 peoRhos Church. Welsh Christmas. celebration ple descended on t)le farm The Tyn Rhos Church is at Tyn Rhos," Jin<lra said. museum last year during the holding the event, and the "Santa will be there, and they annual event's 11-day run, Madog Center for Welsh will have singing, poetry and and Bailey said more peoSludie~ at the University of just a good time. " ple already have attended Rio Grande/Rio Grande Southern Ohio has a strong this year's show. She added Community College is help- Welsh heritage, and the Tyn ing to promote it. The Welsh Rhos Church is part of that that people have been more Christmas celebration will heritage. The Tyn Rl10s land generous, as well, and they often . are lined up for the begin at 3 p.m. was named by Welsh senler Dr. Tim Jilg. director of the John Jones atier ·the original drive-through show before Madog Center for Welsh Tyn Rhos land in Wales. He it opens each evening. Work on the show started You can see what they mean when they say everything is covered in lights - this ole! wagon Studies. explained that the owned the land in Wales and the first full week of is a perfect example, and twinkling lights literally are everywhere at the farm museum . The Welsh Christmas service will came 'to America to settle. feature storytelling, songs, The area around Rio Grande, October, and volunteers light show will be open 6 to 9 p.m. daily for the remainder of the week. great food and a lot of fun. Jackson · and Oak Hill is and employees haven ' t dri veAdmission to the the scene at-the farm museeach night, af!d Santa Claus The event is always enter- home to one of the .largest looked back since, hanging will be 'in attendance and through show is free. but taining and adds to the Welsh settlements in more than I million lights urn. The Holiday Light , will be available for pic- donations will be accepted. Christlnas spirii of the region. America. and the current Tyn on the bushes, fences, Area residents are invited Rhos church is built on the. equipment, trees and build- Festival will be open 6 to 9 tures. Betty R1mmey al so and all proceeds will be used to fund the farm musep.lll. daily through . will be at the show to bring their own stories to prope•ty where the original ings located on the , ttell· at the celebration, or they Tyn Rhos Church was built. grounds. The hard work is Saturday. In addition to the Saturday from 7 to 8 p.m. um . For more information. can listen to the others' sto- . Jindra explained that the. worth it, though , and . the lights, there will be cookies and will portray Mary of call (.'l04) 675-573,7. ries. Jilg said. original church still stands on lights literally transform and hot chocolate available Nazareth. Welsh hymns and Welsh the propeny. along Chri,tmas carols will also be with the original church sung during the afternoon. graveyard. Area residents will be invited "The. whole area out there . ' . · to sing along. whether they is just so beautiful,'' Jindra . '1 · L' h Cl't' ' · 1 '11 w the songs or not, and said. 1 ton 1' 1 • ater know 1g ts. COLUMBUS (AP) " anon. whether they are of Welsh Tyn Rhos Church is local-' Third St., Mans fi•eld. Holidays on the Harbor, Here is a list of current and Woodland Halle Days. St.. Clifton. background or not. Jilg ed on Tyn Rhos Road, which Glen Wildli ghts. Columbus Zoo ·is J·ust off of Ohio 325 near upcoming Ohio festivals and Great Lakes Science Center. Penitentiary 1· d Erieside Ave., Cleveland. Reservation, Kirtland- & Aqu·trium Ri\CI·side Dr .. exp ame · events: Whispering Christmas. Chardon Rd ., Kirtland . Powell'· . . Dr. E\cl·lyn .•. Ktirkhtaln RiFooGiralllllOdlee. l.lll.onllatl·on on Through Dec. 27 1 ammges anl cooruma es 1e · Candlelight Nights, Fort St. Clair Park, Eaton. 2006 Holidays aHL tile . Skate 011 ' Statc. \Vcst PLh11 ' 1 Welsfi Chri,lmas service. and the Welsh Christmas event or Winterfest, King's Island, Mansion, Victorian ouse 111 lront 0 1 ll1e 0 10 Jilg said that she does an on the Madog Center for Franklin Park Conservatory, Mason. Museum, Wooster Rd .. . Stat ehouse. High St. exce llent joh with tl. Welsh Studies. call Jilg or E. Broad St., Columbus. Fremolll Holiday Lights, Millersburg. he tween State and Broad Jeanne · Jindra. assistant Jindra at j800) 2X2-7201 . Through Dec. 28 Rodger Young Park, S. Front Festival of Trees. The streets. Columbus. Holiday Break Family Cleveland Play Hm" c. Through .Jan. 2 Programs, . Franklin Park St., Tifftn St., Fremont. Ave., Cleveland. Winter Wonderl and. Victorian White Euclid Conservatory, E. Broad St., Christmas, Promont-Milan Fantasy of Lights. Alum Creebidc Park . Mill St. Columbus . Historical Society Museum, Creek State P;trk. S. Old Galwnna. Through Dec. 29 Stale Rd., Delaware . Da,·ill L. Hostetler ex hi hi Winter Arts Academy : A Main St .. Milford. Medina County Fair Festival of Lights. tion , The Zanesville Art · Taste of Soul. The King Arts Holiday · Fantasy, . Medina Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Center. Milita ry R,l.. Complex. Mt. Vernon Ave., County Fairgrounds, Gardens. Vine St. , Zanesville . Columbus. Medina. Cincinnati. Through .Jan. 6 Through Dec. 30 Light Up Middletown, . Stark County Artist> Hayes Tra'in · Special. Upper's Fantasy of Lights. Massillon Hayes Presidentia l Ccn t,·r. . Harrison .Smith Park, E. Smith Park, Tytus Ave., Exhibition. Museum , Lincoln Way. E.. Fremon t. Wyandot Ave. , Upper Middletown .. Holiday: Science of the Massillon . Through .Jan. 7 Sandusky. Season, COS I Columbus, W. Through .Jan. l An Anti4uc Christmas . 1861 at the Ohio Chi stmas Wonderland . Taft Mu-;eum of An . Pil-.c Statehou se: The first Broad St. , Columbus . Holiday Fest at the Beach , Richland Count y St .. Cincinnat i. Capitol Christmas, Ohio The Beach Waterpark , Fairgrounds. Mansfi eld . Exhihit :. f'a sllllm on the Statehouse, Columbus. · Holidays at the Ohio Fro nt ier 17'!0- 1X-10. Deck the Hall , Stan Hywet Mason. Carroll County Holiday Conservatory. Franklin Park Ohio Arts Counci l's Riffe Hall, Portage Path, Akron . Lights, Kensington Rd . NE .. Conservatory, E. Broad St.. Galie n •. Riffe Ce nte r. S . . Through Dec. 31 Srr1··e Now you w own lhe pteture of rt1at unforgenliDie Columbus. Hi gh St. . Columbu s. Sleigh or Carriage Rides, Carrollton. moment captured 1n the neoHSPaper Photos become bmeless Belpre Holiday Li ghts Holiday Jun ction . Exhihit : Hai r- Th~ Ri,c ,,f Hayes Presidential Center, y..her1 !·omed or prmted on a mug or mouse pad Festival. Belpre city parks . Cincinnati History Museum. Indi viduality. 1790 h> I ~-10. Fremont: Chri stmas by Candlelight, Western Ave., Cincinnati. Decorati ve Art s (\·Iller 11f Portrait Artists of Midy,,~ www. mydailysentinel.com and clocil lhe blue buttoo. Clifton Mill Christmas Ohi9. E. Main St.. Lancasler Ohio, An Cell(\!' Gallery. W. Marion County Fairgrounds, Farm museum extends light shows·run Welsh Christmas obseiVation set for- Tyn Rhos Church ·FESTIVALS · EVENTS AROUND. OHIO Local stocks General Electric (NYSE) -16.98 AEP (NYSE) - 42.79 . Akzo (NASDAQ)- 60.06 -38.15 'sears Holding ( NASHarley-Davidson ( NYSE) A•hland Inc. (NYSE) DAQ)- 170.51 70.02 - 70.46 Wai-Mart ( NYSE) Big Lots (NYSE)- 23.32 JP Morgan (NYSE) -45.87 Bob Evans (NASDAQ) 48.22 Wendy's (NYSE) - 33.55 33.'36 . Kroger (NYSE) - · .23.05 BorgWarner (NYSE)Limited Brands (~'YSE) - Woithlngton ( NYSE) 19.69 58.27 . 30.06 Century Aluminum (NAS- Norfolk Southern ( ilYSE) Dally stoc:k reports are the 4 p.m. ET c:loslng DAQ)- 42.50 -49.28 quotes of transactions Champion (NASDAQ)Oak Hill Financial (NAS· DAQ)- 30.00 for Dec. 20, 2006, pro7.40 Ohio Valley Bane Corp. 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Computer engineer Carson Williams found a way to recreate the light and music extravaganza that made his home a holiday showplace in 2005 and became an Internet sensation, this time without traffic jams. . The 25,000 lights that . winked and blinked to the strains of Christmas music at his house last year landing him interviews on AP plloto NBC's "The Today Show" and the British Carson Williams sits with one of two sets of his light displays at Heritage Oak Park, Friday, Broadcasting Corporation in Mason. Williams' computer-synchronized lights and music show that gained internationand getting his show into a al attention before he pulled the plug on it I<1St year when spectators jammed the .streets Miller Lite beer commer- around his home, is now displayed on the 80 acre city park. cial - have increased to . "It's helped draw atten80,000 this year at a city music synchronized to the through it." Her husband heard about tion 'to the computerized flashing of the lights. park. Williams, who spent two last year's show through process that is starting to The move allows Williams to avoid the safe- months working nights and the Internet when someone catch on," sai.d Chuck ty concerns stemming from weekends around his day from Baltimore sent him a Smith, of Franklin, Tenn. Williams says he's often traffic tie-ups and a fender- job to create last year's link to Williams' Web site. "By the time I found out introduced as "the light bender near his home. The show, began planning this display in the park in this year's display in January. it was practically around guy." The publicity led to Cincinnati suburb is operat- Each minute of the IS- the comer, it had already paid jobs helping design a minute show required about shut down," Vince synchronized light display ed like a drive-in theater. at an outdoor shopping cen"It was a lot of .work, and six hours of work to pro- Centofanti said. i'l really would. have ter in Denver and one at a it took longer than I expect- gram the lights and time liked to have seen his Wheeling, W.Va.. park's . ed," said Williams, 41. them to the musical beat. Williams paid about house, but I'm glad it was- zoo. "But seeing the enjoyment $12~000 for the display, and n't on my street," he added Ironically, tht: man who .it brings to people - espestarted out just wanting a cially kids - makes it all the Festivals of Mason, with a laugh. with the help of, donations, Williams' neighbor Pete memorable decoration for worthwhile." In partnership with the co'vered the additional Vecchio, 38, said the traffic his wife Sherry and their nonprofit Festivals of $192,000 for labor, con- last year didn't bother him. two daughters didn ' t get "Everyone was respect- any home lights up this . Mason Inc. that produces struction, generators, fuel ful, and I thou~ht it was year until he strung some family events for the com- and display employees. A $15 charge per car will fun," Vecchio smd. "I .miss 1cicle lights around the roof munity, Williams designed help defray Williams' and it, but it does give the rest a few days ago. a display on two ·wooden "I just haven't had time," structures resembling the the Festival group's costs, of us a chance to win the facade of his home and fea- with any profits ~ing baclc subdivision's Chrhtmas he -said. light contest." If You Go ... turing aluminum and wire to the group. This year's "Christmas in Christmas in Lights: couple hundred . or A trees and wreaths, corrugated plastic candy canes and Lights" spectacle has been more cars show up at the Carson Williams' show will . park many weeknights, and run through Dec. 31 at a I 6-foor-wide "Happy drawing rave reviews. "It was awesome," said more than 600 came last Heritage Oak Park, 4601 . Holidays" sign. Cars enter the park Cortney Harris, 8, of near- Saturday with the numbers U.S. 42 in Mason, north of www.conthrough an arch with multi- by Goshen, her eyes still increasing as Christmas Cincinnati; colored lights and are lined SJ?arkling after one of the nears. Repeat visitors are sarlights.com, www.festi~ valsofmason.com or (513) common. up side-by-side facing the mghtly shows. . Vince and Chris The creator of 398-4593. Open 6-9:30 facades. Motorists then Sunday-Thursday tune to an FM radio chan- Centofanti, of Mason, PlanetChristmas, a groufl of p.m. nel to hear the Trans- brought their 3-year-old son about 4,000 Christmas hght (Closed Sunday, Dec. 24 enthusiasts around the for Christmas Eve), 6 p.m.Siberian Orchestra's and 2-year-old daughter. "It was fantastic, and my Fridayworld who share disj)lay 10 30 p.m. "Wizards . in Winter," a medley of songs from "The kids loved every minute of ideas on the group's Web Saturday; $15 per cm: Cars Polar Express" soundtrack it," Chris Centofanti said. site, said Williams' work must have an FM radio for the music to be heard. and traditional Christmas "My son danced all the way has helped. Thursday, December 21, BY RACHEL HOAG The conviction of former Republican party fundraiser Tom Noe in a political scandal that broke the GOP's domination of state government ·was voted the state's top news story for 2006. The GOP troubles this year produced other top stories, with the second-place ranking going to the Democmts' capture of a U.S. Senate seat, the governor's office and three other key statewide offices in the November election after ' 12Jears of GOP rule. .S. Rep Bob Ney's guilty plea in the Washington lobbymg scandal wa~ ranked third by Ohio Associated Press newspaper editors and broadcasters. Noe, a rare coin dealer. was convicted in November of embezzling millions from an investment in rare coins that he managed for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation. His defense did not present any witnesses at trial, and his attorneys argued his contract allowed him to uSe the investment funds a~ he saw fit. "You can't steal something from the owner of property if they give you permission to use it," attorney William Wilkinson said. Prm.ecutor John Weglian said Noe used it for busmess debt.\. a lavish lifestyle -and improvements to his Aorida Key; home. "The corrupt activity began t.hc moment he got the money," he 'aid. When he \entenced Noe to I~ yea" u1 prison . Lucas County Common Pleas Judge sage," Strickland told · supThomas Osowik said Noe porters on election night. treated the investment fund 'They want us to abandon the like "a bottomless cup of politics of division." The state's other top stories wealth and luxury at your disposal, when in fact it was at of2006: the state's expense." . (4) Michael and Sharen Noe' s conviction on federal Gravelle stand . trial on charges he illegally funneled charges they forced some of money to President Bush's re- their 11 adopted children with election campaign also made special needs to sleep in the list of most notable sto- cages. ries, coming in sixth. The children, then ages I to Investigators began looking 14, were removed from the at the coin investments in Gravelles' home in rural April 2005. After the state's Wakeman in September probe began, Republican 2005, and a jury is deliberatGov. Bob Taft disclosed that ing their fate on child abuse he failed to report golf outings and child endangering and other gifts, then pleaded charges. no contest to ethics charges. (5) The battle for the Big The Republicans' Ten conference champiheadaches continued when onship, which came ·down to Ney pleaded guilty in • a matchup between two October to conspiracy and unbeaten teams: Top-ranked makipg false statements, Ohio State and No. 2 acknowledging taking trips, Michigan. The Buckeyes tickets, meals and campatgn secured a spot in the Jan. 8 donations from disgraced lob- national championship game, byist Jack Abrarnoff in return as well as outright ownership for official actions on behalf of the Big Ten title with a 4239 win over the Wolverines. of Abramoff clients. House Republicans threat(6) Noe pleaded guilty in ened to expel Ney, but he May to illegally funneling resigned seven weeks after $45,000 into President Bush's his plea. . re-election campaign through In the November election, friends and associates. A fedvoters showed their frustra: eral judge sentenced him to tion with Republican leader- two years and three months in ship by selecting Democratic prison . U.S. Rep Ted Strickland a~ (7) The Rev. Gerald governor by a wide margin Robinson, a Roman Catholic over Repuplican Secretary of priest from Toledo, was senState Ken Blackwell. tenced to 15 years to life in Democratic U.S. . Rep. prison for the 26-ycar-old Sherrod Brown edged out murder of a !'JUn. In 1980. Republican incumbent Mike Sister Margaret Ann Pahl was DeWine in a hotly contested found choked and stabbed in Senate mce. the chapel of the hospital "I believe the people of where she and Rol)insnn Ohio are sending a clear mes- worked. and the priest fiP STATEttOUSE CORRESPoNDENT COLUMBUS Bills limiting orgamzmg and political giving by labor unions were •legislative . Republicans' parting gift to Gov.-elect Ted Strickland on Wednesday, Strickland, whose campaign received labor support, becomes Ohio's first Democratic governor in 16 years when he takes office next month. . House Republicans ended · the two-year legtslattve sesston .Wednesday w1th votes on a minimum-wage bill and a campaign-finance bill that contains language reining in union power. Both bills cleared the divided chamber by razor-thin margins -two and three votes, respectively. The minimum-wage provision adjusted the wording of a November ballot issue that increased the minimum wage and gave ·third-J?artY . groups access to pnvate · payroll ·records to prove the new wage was being paid properly. The final bill clarifies that only the employee or a designated party, such as a lawyer, can get the records. In campaign-finance legislation, the House approved ~ change the _Senate ~a~ mserted ~o restnct the abth.ty <;>f umon Pf\Cs ~o make pohucal contnbuuons by defimng .collecuve bargaming agreements as similar to state ve1_1dor :jgreelllents. .Th~ btll sets pohllcal contrtbl.)llons at $f,OOO from busmesses seekmg government .contracts a!ld reduces contnbuuon hmtts by umons engaged m collecuve bargammg at the state or local level from $10 000 to $2,000. ' Descending from the dais, GOP House Speaker Jon Husted gave a rare floor speech as he ended a twoyear session clouded by state scandal. . He said tougher limits on political giving - especially by those doing business with the state - are a response to a fall election in which ruling Republicans lost much of their power at the state and national levels. He said the new restrictions will help alleviate worries that government is for sale. "That's the problem that was identified in this electir>n cycle, and that's the problem that this bill targets," Husted said . . Catherine Turcer, who studies campaign contributions for Ohio Citizen Action, a watchdog group, said that while the bill limits union PAC contributions to $2,000, it does not apply to donations made by individual union members, unless they are officers. Turcer said she likes much of the bill. "I think it's a very good , h 'd "W. h start, s ~ sat . e ave had a senes of SC8lldals ... and II really _makes sense to start 2007 wtt~. a clean slate and new rule$. Democrats ~e~nly aware that the restnctto_ns y;ould 7ut mto the fundralsmg abthty of theu newly empowe~ party - blasted both btlls · as unlawful. Representatives said the minimum wage ~easure · was not. true to the mtent of voters, and that the campaign-finance bill . violates free-speech protections that unions are provided under federal law. Though it did not come up in floor debate, GOP lawmakers said the language in the minimumwage bill on payroll records likely played a bigger factor in Democratic opp()sition than it appeared. Some surmised that access to the records - which was the focus of an opposition campaign to the minimum-wage issue this fall - would have facilitated union organizing. AFL-CIO lobbyist Tim Burga, a leading backer of the minimum wage cam. 'd h d'd , I'k h pmgn, sat .e 1 n t I e t e . btll's wordt~ on payroll records, but It was not why labor. groups have opposed th~ btlL . Anybody who says that doesn t understand how unions operate and do_e~n 't understand an orgamzmg campaign," he _said. . Burga sa~d umon_s opposed the bill because 1t exempts broad g_roups of workers- mcludmg home health care workers - from rece1 vmg the voterapproved raise from $5.15 to $6.85 an hour slated to begin Jan. I presided over her funeral. Defense attorneys argued that DNA evidence did not link Robinson to the crime. He is appealing his conviction. (8) In an unanimous decision, the Ohio Supreme Court. ruled that the city of Norwood, near Cincinnati, could not use eminent donrain to seize properties to make way for private development. After some homeowners balked at selling, the city justified taking the homes by saying the proposed $125 million complex of oftices, · shops and restaurants would stoke the suburb's economy. · The case was the first challenge of property ri~hts laws heard by a state htgh court since a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision allowed . municipalities to seize homes for use by a private developer. (9) Fonner Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett pleaded guilty in September to charges he held up two pie outside a Columbus har and had a hidden glm in his sport utility vehicle. Clarett, 23, was accused of robbing two people of a cell phone early New Year's Day. AP photo Months later. he was found · Defense attorney Bill Wilkinson. left. talks with Tom Noe with four loaded guns in his after Noe's sentencing in the Lucas County Courthouse ,in SUV after a highway chase Toledo in this Nov. 20 file photo. Noe. a politically con· with police. He was sen- nected coin dealer. was sentenced to 18 years In state tenced to 7 1/2' years in prison prison Monday for embezzling millions from a state Invest· with the possibility of release ment in rare coins. after 3 1/2 yean;. The lesson plans were months after a federal judge ( 10) In February, the state approved a year earlier and ruled that a Pennsylvania school board eliminated science standards that critics encouraged students to seek school system's curriculum argued opened the door for evidence for and a~ainst evo- that taught both intelligent intelligent design, a fom1 of lution without exphcitly man- design and evolution violated creationism. to be taught 111 dating intelligent design be the separation of church and taught. The vote came two . state. schools. p . eo ~ribune Umtts on unions mark RepubUcan lawmakers' last day BY AJUE CARR SMYTH www.mydallyaentfnel.com 2oo6 Coin dealer's embewing conviction is Ohio's .top storyfor 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS 'MliTER Thursday, December 21,2006 - Sentinel - l\egtster CLASSIFIED GallIa County OH Websjtes: In One Week With Us www.mydailytribune.com E·mall www.mydailySllntinel.com classified@ mydailytribune .com REACH OVER 285,000 PROSPECTS www.mydailyregister.com PLUS YOUR AD NOW ONLINE To Place \!tribune Sentinel l\egtster ca~T;:.::;... (7!~~ To446~~!42 (7!~~ To99~;~~ ~6 (304) .675~1333 ' 5 !Jeaa'~irM Word Ads Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 Ohio \'alloy oniiMI r Chrls1mas Wreaths & Grave Blanlels, $5-$25, {7401949· 2115, 740·~9·3151, Sue's Gr"nhOuse. 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Appraised $70 ·000 · 740 " 367·7129 -------- 0 Atttnttonl () 4 bags ot Joys & gin's cloth· LOST: . 6 Month old BoMer, lng, floor modal lV. must wired collar at Point take all. (7401992·7335 · Pleasant McDonald's. B!W Chlhuahua!Terrler mix, Sunday {3041675·7153 or 6wks old. Free to good {3041444-3288 1 0 • Home, Wormed {304)675· To the man who lost his :..74:..7:.. 4 _ _ _ _ _ _ beagle, it has been found In Cheshire. Call {7401367· 7328 r ,,_ ... }., r Perennial Cat S11eHer YARD SME6 m<mthS old L,-...iGiiliALIJI'OUSiiiiiliiilo_.l remale. Loves to be pet, but not held. Call (740)645- Wanda Halley's indoor yard 7275 sale, 27 Henson Ad, ~Laverne" Wom,ens clothes. . (7401367·7216 can ~ 2006 c 9 by NEA, lnc. .IL.1'.'-Hru>--W•.•AMtD--pl~ 0 0 liEu> WANn;n FuAMAioo:r , CLASSIFIED INDEX Antlques .......................................................530 Apllrtmenhl for Rent ..............................:.... 440 Auctton ond Flea Market.............................080 Auto Parta & Ac:ceaoorlel .......................... 760 no Auto Repair .................................................. Autos lor Sate.............................................. 710 Boahl & Motora for Sale ............................. 750 Building Supplleo ........................................ 550 Buelneea and Building a............................. 340 Buetneu Opportunlly ............... ,....... .......... 2tO au...... Training ....................................... 140 Cempera & Motor Homeo ........................... 790 C.mplng Equipment ................................... 780 c.nto of Thonko ................................,......... OIO Child/Elderly Care ....................................... 190 Electrtcai/Refrlgeratlon ...............................840 Equlp~nent lor Rent ..................................... 480 Excavating ................................................... 830 Farm Equtpment .......................................... 6tO Ftrmo for Rent .............................................430 Farma for Sale ............................................. 330 Forl.eloe ..................................................... 490 For Sale ........................................................ 585 For Sale or Trade ......................................... 590 Fnlllo & Vogetablea ..................................... 580 Fumlahed Rooms ........................................450 GeMral Haullng...........................................850 Gl.,..way ..............................................:.......040 HIPPY Ada .......:.......... :.................................050 Hlly & Grtln ..................................................640 Hlllp wanted ................................................. t1 o Home tmprovementa ...................................81 0 Homealor Sale ............................................ 310 Houaehald Gooda ....................................... 510 Houae• for Rent .................................:........ 4tO In ·Memoriam ................................................020 lnaurance ..................................................... 130 Lawn & Garden Equlpment ........................ 660 Uvea1Dck...............................................~ .....630 Loa 1nd Found ........................................... 060 Lots & Acreage ............................................ 350 Mlacellaneoua.............................................. 170 Mlacellaneoua Merchandlae....................... 540 Mobile Home Repair .................................... 860 Mobile Hornell lor Rent ............................... 420 Mobile Hornell lor Sale ................................ 320 Money to Loen ...................................,......... 220 Motorcycle• & 4 Wheelera ......., .................. 740 Muolcallnatrumenls ................................... 570 Peraonala .....................................................005 Pehl for Sale ..................................,............. 560 Plumbing & Helling .................................... 820 Prohoalonal SoJVIcea ..........:...................... 230 Radio, tv & CB Repair ............................... 160 Real Eatate Wanted ..................................... 360 Schoola tnatNctlon ..................................... t so Seed , Plant & Fertilizer .............................. 650 Sltuatlona Wanted ............................,.......... 120 Spece for Rent.. ........................................... 460 Sporting Goodt ........................................... 520 SUV't for Sale ..............................................720 Trucu for Sale ............................................ 715 Upholotory ................................................... 870 Vana For Sale...............................................730 Wanted to Buy ............................................. 090 Wanted to Buy- Farm Supplies .................. 620 Wtnled To Do .............................................. 180 Wtnted to Rent. ........................................... 470 Yam Sale- Gatllpolle ....................................072 Yam Sate-Pomeroy1Middle ......................... 074 Yam Sale-Pt. Pleaaanl ................................ 076 r~,R~~ We also offer • Weekly Pay + .BonUses •Paid Training •Paid Vacations • Paid Holidays • Full benefrls pad<age •401k roBuv Absolute Top Dollar: U.S. Srlver and Gold Coins, Pro6tsets, GOld Rings, Pre· 1935 . U.S. Currency. Soli1alre DiamondS· M.T.S. Coin St'!<>p, 151 Second Avenue, Gallipolis, 740-446· 2842. Make calls you believe in, earn up to $8.501hour, end start a new career you can be proud of. .. Buying Junk Cars, Trucks & Wrecks. Pay Cash J D Salvage {3041773·5343 {3041674·1374 lnfoCisi~n~ It's Better Huntlnl!:lon, WV aM plary history of pro,·iding advanced technolog i~.:al inno' vations to NASA. BMDO, DoE. NSF, Am1y, Na~y and other org~niz at ion s. The Sr. 1-ln-463~247 ext. 2321 which and pmtrence, llmltltlon or rae., color, r~llglon, nx famltltl tfttu• or national origin, or any lntenllon to make any .uch dl•crlmlnttlon." Thlt newt~r wm not knowingly accept edvertltemtntl lor l'etl etttte which I• In vlollllon ol th1 law. Our rndlll .... hlreby Informed lhat all dwetllngt•dverttted In thl1 rten~plr ere **NOTIC: E*1t Borrow Smart. Conlact Ohio Division of Financial ' Institution's Office ol Consumer Affairs BEFORE you refinance · your home or obtain a loan. BEWARE of requests for any large advance payments of the 10 preference, Plmltatlon or method~ for development of advanced weapon system) for the Dept of Def'cnse a\ U'rRON 's 300 acre tc~t range . related and recent work eJCperience including ht~.rdvra re design and/or proje(·t manazcment de~ired , Clear background e"am and US citizenship required. Send .:over letter and year~ hand~·on r Affairs toll free a1 1-866278·0003 to 1earn if the t n \1! Ohio Valley Home Health, • , \ I Inc . hiring , AN 's, CNA, STN A, CHHA, PCA. Competitive Wagf!s and 1!0 u.. W I Bene11ts · ·rnc Iud'rng hea tth nii.P AN'll]) insurance. and Mileage. 1 . 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Monday-Friday. 3 :oOpm, Reterenc:es. ioiiF~~~--., 4 rental houses QFor S81e~ 190. O!nD'EulfJu:C•nl:" " :\' Gallipolis. Call Wayne 1 ~ t•041456-3802. Iii) I'" r. I ~ • n n.r~ L--·FOR-iiROO'::ii~J-..ol· ::17~40:;.14~46.:.·__:6.:.2·____ t and 2 bedroom apar1· 3 bedroom, 2 bath, Evans mente, furnished and unfur· 11 nlehed, security · deposit required , no pets, 740·992· 2218. -~-----2 bBdroom, - 3rd Street, Racine, $295 per month plus deposit & utilities, no pets (740)247·4292 '--'-----"-3 rooms & bath, stove. relrigerator, utilities paid. Downstairs. 46 Olive St. $450 month, no pets. (7401446·3945. .:__..:__ _ _ _ __ A. Hidden Treasure. La,r~st apartments in the area. Newly renovated. brand new everything, slarting at $425 Call today before they are all _.. g01 1e. Laurel Commons Apartments 13041273·3344 Apartment for rent , 1-2 Bdrm .. remodeled. new car· pet. . stOIJe & !rig., water, sewer, trash pd. Middfeport $425.00 . No pets. Ref. 3BR, 2 bath home- Plants required. 740-843-5264. SubOiv, $850/mo plus sec. deposit. NO PETS. BEAUTIFUL . APART· {7401446·3644 MENTS AT BUDGET 4 bedroom · 2 bath rooms PRICES AT JACKSON house for rent In Mlddleporl ES:TATES, 52 Westwood • DepoSit · No Pels. 740· Drive from $349 to $448. Waik to shop & movies. Call 992·2783. $450 per mo. 740·446-2'568. Equal Attention! Housing Opportunrty. Local company offenng "NO DOWN PAYMENT' pro· CONVENIENTLY LOCAr· grams for you to b\Jy your ED & AFFORDABLE! Townhouse · apartments. home instead of renting . and/or small hooses FOR • 100% financing • less than perfect credit RENT. Call (740)44 t ·1111 tor application & mlorma!IOn accept&d • Paymenl could be the same as rent: locators. Mortgage {7401367·0000 •2&3 bedroom apartments HUD HOMES! 3 bedroom, 2 •Central heat & AJC •Washer/dryer hookup 8%. For listings 800-559· •All electric· averaging 4109 e)(t. Ft44. $50·$60/month •Owner pays water, s~wer , In Pomeroy. 3 Br.. 2 bath. trash newly remodeled. 740-843· (304)882·3017 _5_26_4_ . -----Nice. 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(? 40)367.0000 3 bedroom&, Clifton, $400 ' - - - - - - - - per month plus deposit , BeaUtiful Home on Cedar St.t,7.:..40::17:..4.:;2--190:.;.:.3_ _ _ _ Wrap·around porch. 3BR. 1.5Ba, furnished kitchen, 3-4 bdrm, 2 beth house for DR, LR, Den, FP, out-build· rent, $650/mo plus utilities lng. $118,000 {740)446· and deposit. 1 year lease 4639 . and references required. No Pels. Includes stove, refrlg · e~ator. washer, dryer, pool, and outbuilding. Call 37923171or more Info. SR. MECHANICAL ENG!· NEER Here! Tyler's Used Parts and sal· vage wants to buy junk cars ii;;i;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ,. Local Home Hea~h Agency now accepting applications for all shifts. STNA, CHHA., Cross Creek Auction Buffalo CNA, PCA, W no1 certffied. Auction Saturday Christmas agency will train. can ror FOUND: A bolt action piece tor a high powered Riffle In Sale, 2 Trailer loadS of lnforma~on {7401441 ·1377. Merchandise Toys, Power the Penial Church area . Tools, ApproK. 300 cases of 13041895·3590 Pop. Building Is full as always. Ever 30 minutes free Door Prizes. Seating Start your new career at for 200 · Visa and Master lnfoCision and.earn up 4x4'a For Sale .............................................. 725 Card (304)550·1616 to $8.50/hour. Announcement .................. ,..............., ......... 030 t www.comlc•.com ll,r------., l!,r------., i :,11:r,;~7~; AUCI10N :0~ :;:~:.;~,; 70: ,~.\NO a: ;6H•y••:oo.,. 1'' 180 . It tit (3041675·5162 -------Pretty 3BR House for Rent. Gracious living. 1 and 2 bed· C8dar Str. Central Heat/air, room apartments at Village F.P. $695+Util and dep. Call Manor and Riverside (740)446·4639. Apartments in Mrddleport. From $295-$444 Call 740· r. . MOBFORu.F.RENT . Ho~ I 992-5064 . Equal Housing Opportunities.. -----'----. 14x70 !railer for rent 1 Call In Gallipolis, clean , upstairs, 17401367·7762. 2 t)edrooms,, 2 ba.th, dish· washer, WID hookup, $500, 14x80, 2 bedroom · fur· deposit, references. nished, ·Mason area, in the (740)446·9209 · · 1rom - - - - - - - country 10 m1nutes Power Plant. Water included Middleport Beech Stree1. 2 (304)773· 5332 or (304}674· bedroom furnished apa-rt · 2274_ _ _ _ _ __ ment, deposit & pre-rental -:._ references, no pets. utilit1es tBR wi'th stove, refrigerator, paid , {7401992·0165 Mobile Home Lot for rent dinette, washer/dryer, cov· near Vinton. Call (740)441- ered porch out building, 1/2 Miek:lleport N 3n:l Ave , 1 & 2 11 t 1 acre lot. nicely remodeled , Br. furnished apts., no pets. - - -- - - - - all cherry WOOd flooring. no prev1ous rental re1eience. Trailer tots tor rent. carpel. Includes waler & 740·992·0165. ,(7.;;40;:;;14:;4:::,6·;;,;78:;;34;;;.._ _""1 trash. vou pay electric. Dep, '1M $215 . rent 5385 , oH ,Modern 1BR apt, (740)446· R•:AL F.'iTATE Raccoon Rd., Gallipolis 0390. ~--W-"N-TEl·J-_.1 ;__;_______ {7401256·1106, - - - - -- - .., New 2BR apartments Need to sell your home? 2 bedroom mobile home in Washer/dryer hOokUp. Late on payments, divorce , Middleport, $300 per month. stove/refrigerator included. job transfer or a death? 1 5300 deposil, years lease. Also. units on SA 160. Pets can buy your home. All cash no pets, no calls after 9pm, Welcome! (740)441 -0194 a·• qu•ck closing. 740·416- {740)992-5039 . nv Ne~ one · Bedroom 3130 · 2 bedroom. 1 bath. big yard, Apartment Rent $225 per $300 mo. rent plus utilities mont~">. plus Ut1htres, No Pets ;;:::;::==~ $20Q deposit. No pels Call allowed· Phone (304)6751625 P.! (7401256-6202. l!lr "-------pl r'o HotS!ll •uR RENT 2 bedroom, A!C. porch & awning. No pets. In Will care tor elderly in their 4BA, Home, 2 acres, New area $146,000 Gallipolis. (740)4.46-2003. home . 16 yrs exp., ref. avail. Haven 2 or· 3 Br. house, no pels. (740)446·1409 or (740)446· 93 1304)674·5921 Qr (30415 • . . (7401368·9763 or (7401591 · 740 992 5856 8871 2692 9034 - - - - -- - - Twin Rivers Tower Is accepting applications for waiting · liS! for Hud·subsized. 1· br. apartment, call 675·6679 Equal Housing Opportunity �Page A10 • The Daily Sentinel t ~ In Memory Tara Townhouse Apar1ment&, Very Spacious, In No Pet s. Lease Plus Securi1y Deposit Required. (740)367-7086. SPACE I'OR lill.T Commerctal building "For Mollohan Carpet, 76 Vine Street Gallipolis. Berber. $5.95/yd, Call for free quote. r ML~l:U..Am:otlS MERC~ "' 1~~- . Thompsons Appliance & Rapair-675-7388. For sale, re-conditioned automatic washers & dryers. retrigerators, gas and e19chic ranges, air condrtioners, and wringer washers. Wilt do repairs on majOr brands in Sh9P or at your home. ~,.~ --" r Oak firewood for sale. Oelrvered or pickup. (740)441-0941 . (740)645 5946. CAA HEAP accepted. Bun.ntNG Suri1U ES :DO Precision Phillip Alder I r I Bird dogs English ,Pointer N"ew John Deere Compacts pups. ·Mates & females. and 5000 Series Utility tracReady for Christmas $250. tors 00% Fixed tor 36 (740)446-0080. months through John Deere - - - - - - - - Credit. Carmichael Doberman pups AKC Equ1pment (740)446-241 2 blaCk/rust, 16 wks old, ears Painted steer sides and root, 1-entry. 2-10X8 overhead At<C reg. Beatje pups, an tri doors 12" overhang all insu- colored. wormed, shots. 3 1ndusirial hot water pres- lated 2-windows wlshutters. $100 . Steve Stapleton sure washers. 2 sets blue- seamless gutter. Concrete (740)446 -4172, (740)256· print drawers. landscape floor and tO' approach. 1619. trailer. (740)645·2729 or Erected price $13,889.00. 1740)379-2544. 30'X4D'X10' Painted steer AI<C reg. Blue Tick ·Beagle sides Eind root t -entry, puppies $50. CKC Ba sse\ 32 " 11at screen pa[1. Tv · · w/stand. Excellent con 14'X10' Sliding Door insul. Hound puppies $~50. All $375. (740) 446 _3465 roof seamless gutter erected shots & wormed. Great price: $10,350.00, 74Q-742- Christmas gift . (740)388JET '4011 or 800·369·3026. No 9327. AERATION MOTORS Wva. Calls -------.,---Repaired, New & Rebuilt In JTrs AKC Registered Golden Stock. Call Ron E11ans, 1• Retrievers, Parents have FOR SALE 800-537 -9528. " ' - - - - - - - · had DNAIOFA approved. ' ,:emale. $350. Male, $300. 8 week old Greet Pyrenees (740)388-8965 NEW AND USED STEEL Females. $200 . - - - - - - - Steel Beams. Pipe Rebar pup. AKC Yellow Lab pups. For Concrete. Angle, (740)245-9142 Channel. Flat Bar, Steel AKC Registered chocolate Excellent pedigree. $400. (740)441.()130 or (740)441· Grating For Drains, L b a . puppies. Taking 7251 _ Driveways & Walkways. L&L W~l be ready 1st - - - - - - - - Scrap Metals Open Monday, deposits. week of January $400 price Tuesday, Wednesday & includes 4 weeks of puppy Beautilul AKC Pomeranian Friday, Bam-4:30pm. Closed Kindergarten class. pups, 3 males. 3 female. Thursday, Saturday & (304)67.5·5230 or (3041674-· Ready to go $350.1740)388· 5231 . 8642. Sunday. (740)446-7300 crcipped, MER(lfANDISE housetralnlng r • ---......-~ uv~nJLJ\. s1arted. (740)379-2140. '-------· -------Mini Yorl<shire Terrier. m, 1 · Keifer Suitt- Valley · Bison· ,1 12 vrs. old., AKC reg., $550, Horse and livestock call (740)992-5017 alter lt'llltrl· 5:30pm Gooseneck, LoadmaxDumps, & - - - - - - - - Utility- Aluma Aluminum Miniature Pinschers. 3 Trailers- B&W Goosened< rnales blackllan. Christmas pu ps. $300. Call anytime (740)388-8124. "1-- r FORSAU: . "Middleport's only www.maryKay.comJigruser ~If-Storage" 740~6-3570 Hill's Se lf Storage YOUNG'S Juan ita Grueser 740·949·30~7 Room Additions & Remodeling 29670 Bashan Road Racine, Ohio 45771 740--949-2217 · 992 ti._ll ,' ' l' u~ l , 11 f 'I ' rl ' en Rick Johnson Jr.- 0wntr 20 V.11 E.,.ntnca INSIJRP!:D Hardllld Clltlneiry And FurnHun _....U...beiOIIII!OIIIIIDttq•.o• THEY LIKE TMROWIN' 'EM, BUT TO GIT 'EM !! NOT 2459 St. Rt 160 • Gallipolis JON Sedona. LoW 9,000 CS, runs great. Asking $2,800 or will trade for Colt firearms. Top • Removal • Trim • Stump Grinding • Bucket Truck West Shade Barber Shop Owned & operated by - THE BORN LOSER '\r•s LIKE. Tl--\1:':> f.'JE:Ii!.'I'<EAR~ p-1-\f. OKII--II'S \-\IS t.(,(,f'IOG, n\E~ P" Wf. C.I\LL TAAT f.(,(, 1-\E. ~0\:6 Oft TO SLEtP ,I Chris Parker 17 yrs. experience:'f' Firs,t Barber Shop on off Rome 7 740-985-3616· Texas Road '--.;.;;~;.:.:;.:;:...-t ROBERT BISSEll COIISTRICDIII DAD, HOW A&ot.Jf C.EJTiN(:, We Deliver To You I • Home Oxygen • Portable Oxygen • Homefill System • Helios System $5,000 304 75-3824 . EMPLOYMENT RN UNIT SUPERVISOR··· ;.~;!~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~t~ CHRI!>T· MA!>? Stop & Compare . CI .ASSIFIEDS Pi:lC.FO!t Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center is a leading provider of sub-acute, rehabilitative, short-terni and long term healthcare. Rockspnngs Rehabilitation is currently accepting applications tor experienced AN's to add to our Management Team We are lOOking for talented-Indivi duals whO have good .team-building , strong cli nical am:~ system skills. and a sincere commitment to performance improvement ,and excellent. We are offering an excellent salary and bene!it package to individuals who have. a demonstrated Pleasant Valley Hospital is currently accepting applications for full -time Nursing Assistants. Previous nursing assistance experience preferred. Primarily evening and midnight shifts. . Holiday, ilealtil insurance, single/family plan, dental plan, life insurance, vacation, long term disability and retirement. Send resumes to: Pleasant Valley Hospital · c/o Human Resources 2520 Valley Drive Point Pleasant WV 25550 Or fax: 304·675; 6975 Or ~pply online at: www.pvalley.org AA/ EOE & MEDICAL EQUIPMENT PEANUTS WJ.lERE'S M'< 616 FliRR'< J.lAT? 70 Pine Street • Gallipolis 446-0007 Cornerstone .®. IS !I ~·: Construction Residential • Comm~rdal • General Contracting Painting • DQors • Window s • Decks • Siding • Roofing • Room Additions • Remodeling WV 038882 • Plu mhing • ElecLrkal '740-3e7'.0S44 OH 38244 • Accoustic Ceiling 140--3311-li&12 SUNSHINE CLUB lara. Caastruclloa ud Gla.aiCoalractlag Mike W. Marcum, Owner Additions Roofing Decks Garages Vinyl Siding· Porches Residential & Commercial 740·985-4141 Office 740-416-1834 record ol interestad success .PUBLIC NOTICE 1995 Ford F150 candidates NOTICE: Is hereby 1FTEXI 5NOSKA40596 should apptyto: B2.C.K: Ford F250 SPRINGS REHABILIIA· given that on I Friday, 1995 TION CENTER, 3§lli December 22, 2006 at 2FTHF26F7SCA67716 FORD F150 R k 10 0 1 081d IO:QD a.m., s public 1995 or: •or sale will be held at 21 1 1FTEX14N2SKA46076 pPMEROV OHIO 45769. EMtendicare Health W. Second St. , 1999 Dodge Dakota Services, Inc. is an equal Pomeroy, Ohio. The 1B7GG26YXXS24385t Farmers Bank and The Farmers Bank and opportunity employer that Savings Company Is Savings Company, encourages workplace diversi . MIF ON . selling for cash in Pomeroy1 Ohio, hand or certified check reserves lhe right to tha following collaleral : wl1hdraw the above bid at this sale, and to HOME 1995 Nlssan KXE collateral prior to sale. IMI'IIOVEMEI\1~ P i c k u p Further, The Farmers IN6SD16Y7SC304005 Bank and Savings BASEMENT 1997 Ford ·FISO Company reserves ·the WATERPROOFING 2FTDF1824 VCA44031 right to rajeclany or all Unconditional liletime guar- 2001 Ford Explorer bids submitted. an tee. Locat 1 refe rences fur· 1FMYU70E91 UB04908 The above described mshed. Established 1975 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 collateral wilt be sold Call 24 Hrs. {740) 446· ID7HA16K52J135038 " as Is-where Is", with 0870. Rog ers Basement 2001 Dodge Intrepid no exprlllf&ed or : Waterproollng. 2B3HD76V91H702867 implied warranty 2002 vw Jolla given. 3VWSK69M22M059267 For further InformaADVERTISE 2004 Pontiac Grand tion, or for an appolnl· A M menl to lnspecl coital· YOUR IG2NF52E44M672186 eral, prior to sale date BUSINESS 2000 Ford Explorer con.l act Cyndle, Ken , IFMZU84P9YZB04622 or Randy al 992·2136. IN THE 2000 Chevy Blazer (12) 19, 20, 21 CLASSIFIEDS 1GNDT13W6Y2148949 • Manlev'a Recycling .GARFIELD , BARK! BARK! . . . . . . . . J\IAJI:II•Itl .. . . . . . . . . .12:11 .. PIYIIITIP PIICES . . llasat.....~.... ~-~~~~~~~U~II!a~·l~!li· l;·:1:I~J 3 ·am ... .... ........ ICIIrtrCtli•t.,_. GRIZZWELLS lUCl<E~, E'J~'l AstroGraph <lbur 'lllrlhdltY: By Bernice Bede Oaol You could become chummy with a very enterprising individual whO usually does quite well In his or her ventures. You'll have a good chance to watch how this person opera tes and follow the formula yourself. · CAPRI CO RN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) .Having personal mobility and independ· ·ence could be ot the utmost impor1ance. so avoi d all co mmunicatiol'! with those who have a habit of establishing an agenda for you AQUAR IUS {Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -It won"t be what you do tor yoursell but th e good that you do for others that will afford you the greatest form of gratification. 11 you fall to follow ltlese guidelines, your day will only be so-so. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Being around pretentious people usually makes you feel very uncomfortable . so if yo u're planning to do somath1ng soCJal, go to places where these types usually don"! shOw up. ARIES (March 21-Apnl 19)- Don't be surprised if you receive more than your ·usual share ol attent1on ahd compliments. Your many attractive lea1Ures are at a high JX)int, and you won't have to do anything different TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Your fc.cul · ties of reasoning - which pertain to the potenlial outcome of events - may be more accurate and in focus than those ot your t:J ~ers. Follow your own Insights. GEMINI (M_ay 21-June 20) - Take measures to change something that has been disturbing you. Control the condi tions. Don'tlet them dominate you. CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Thi s co uld be a bener-than -average da~ · regarding the invol\lements you have wit h taking on partners or allies to ach1eve a collective goal. 'We " has far greater strength than '"me .~ LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - You are not likely to feel fulfilled 1f your hours are spent in unproductive ways. Don"! take an early vveekenr:1. Try to w~ rk on something that gives you a sense ot achieve· ment. · VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep!. 22) - In your case . pleasurable diversions won·t be frivolous pursuits . You need a fun change of pace in order to refurbish your outlook LIBRA (Sept: 23-0ct. 23)- There's no need to be overly anN.ious as to how a particular situation is going to work out. You·re on positive roll . and the end1ng should please you greatly. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - This could be an excellent day to ca tch up on many matters that reqUife some form ot communication . Send thOse e-maits or make those phone calls you've been neglecting. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23- 0ec 21 )- Your possibilities- for receiving a bonus or some early Christmas gifts took rather good. HoweVer, some of what you get may come about lh circwtous routes 'Tal< 'f,LJ Cl.AIM 'lbliR. CANai\T - - Ea::h lete! in~ tif·l'tllr r.a rri',!~r a~<lll>ll' . Today"s dw: Pf!I./Uil!s R " CGZSA PZDG . XUUA RI I TRP PZDG , NT " CU - RSYK XRVK OTOUFT FRPMLTPZCT PREVIOUS SOLUTION - "Even a minor event on ihe lole of a child IS an event ol 1hBt Child's world and thus a world event .. -Gaston Bachelard T:~~~~;~ S©~<h)N\- Rt,tr~· WOlD GAM[ ldllod . , CLAY I. IOCLAN - - - - . , . - - 0 ~torro,..gn ltlfers of tilt fo1.1 r wo mb!ed Wt.'dl be· lew to lofr.1 four sim;:!e wo,c"t 'I,\ [J 1:.1' V .I 1\ I' Y '"If ~ ~~tJ 1\,11]1 1. 1 t~.':1Wl!lht.'"t _ip\..~·., ;nd lll;tk;, · p~'l_r r k l;tu .~ll.·· Iill' N '--~-L.....JL...L.J " r--------, ~i ·"\ 111 I \ 1 ,\ ~---m r,....,_..,.--,......,..~ ~1ti l;t d i lt ll'l,l' la! ncd ., \{1\l tllu ,t lion t .Hl · 111 1~l ·· _SCRAM -lETS ANSW ERS 12'2000 <.iunlc I !ani . Wloid o lnliJk .\\'1'-tln l.llo:L '' l.ihc:rt y." our hi \J~~ ;·.r h:ill,." l;p lcctl.lll' d, "ttiH:S vnu thr li"t.-oedom fron_~ lhlllflt \1 ~- u~l !1111 l tkl' !II {lfl,('T lo ill' .t,Jin ~·s it• thin ~' WI. dn 1.11>: 1- ARLO & JANIS OOR U1TlE FAIIIL'1' HM, f!,I;W EVli1YfHfkJ(l. TO 11.> FO~ 50 tOilC. AIJD llli" TIJtiJll i'> LIKE AI'>IC1 O.REtiJ E~C~ AIIo~TIO~ POiiJf! tm& ~• < ' Sl'"'""'' ' ~"l Ill' liLt W Me. Guess ... lfou GoloelhM_eNT COWtJI'l-,oN. IUUP ." NRPGUX SOUP TO NUTZ waon l"le To END ~LD >1ct.tGeR, DiSEqS(: aND , cryptograms aoo! c·eat~·t·-r•r. ~aiO"'S 0y tam<:>.> PW~le pas! ar>O (Usett rather than direct ones . ~ENT ll M't. ~\1\\E.~ lt#IM a~ ~u 'MtAm:l' !-lAS ANI(ONE SEEN Ml( 616 FURR'< 1-lAf "? by luis Campos C@l~tf Cr ~1 OKTHHZSMCUS Friday, Dec. 22, 2006 Ml!' A IMPORTS Athena string Marine bird Sweater sr. Ginnie Swing voleo (abbr.) 54 Mal de - 48 49 51 52 CELEBRITY CIPHER diamond. You will end wi1h plus 90, your G BIG NATE Equipment{740)446-2412. pa~lcte 25 Pound 6 Marino or sound Aykroyd 28 Cybarspace 7 Distinct Junk mail periods 29 Charles 8 - · Lamb spumonta 31 Dlssolu1e 9 Percolate fellow 10 Miscellany 32 Smudged 1I Coaxes 33 Envinln- . 12 Successful mental prefix movies 37 Winter 17 Coas1 aliment 39 Mascara siB Guerd.off. 40 Untold 42 $um up 20 Sweet roll centuries 45 Not just 21 Liver 41 Hugo mine go-with animal 46 Newurtlcle 22 CD· 42 Asse~ 50 Rats 23 Nevlgatlon 43 1920slook 53 H91 waistine aid 44 Took n S1mW 55 Bodlas 24 Rara . 47 Bound with IUUP . " - clubs. 740-992-1611 1 Regoul 2 Usad a loom 3 Pile up, as wealth 4 Compete at' auction 5 Charged then lead a diamond to the dummy. And when you next wi ~ a trick, play another losers being 1wo diamonds and four (740)794-()()88. 1979 Jeep CJ-5, 360 Engine, 3 speed. New 3500 Super Swampak ti res. ~0\) f'1 How abou1 one no-trump? You have t1ve top 1rictc:s: two spades, tWo hearts and one club. If you play on hearts, you will establish two exira tricks when lhe missing ·cards divide 3-2, but the opponents can first take one heart, two diamonds and four dubs for down on8. You must attack diamonds, where you can also establish the two extra tricks 1ha1 you need. Take tho first or second club Irick. • New Homes • Garages • Complete Remodeling DOWN for plus 11 0). Tree Service 740-949-2115 t Cle1n the deck 5 Notions 10 Kind of energy . 12 Hullly-"'*"'< 13 Comstook Lode o1ate I 4 Natural 15 Blows away 16 Fast plane 18 Not guzzle 19 Backer 23 Might 26 Car.p end Jo son 27 Winning margin 30 Loath 32 Not complex :W Oven tights 35 Stainedgtaas art 36 tnducemenl 37 Swamp 38 Former ChineN leader ' patent leather shoes! In bridge we have four suits. In some deals it is critical to play on the ri ght one first - as here. You are South, the declarer in one no-trump . Weslleads a · rourlh-highest club six, and East. puts up his queen.. What woUld you do? If you play a one-no_-trump response as forCing for one round, North would rebid two diamonds, in his three·card minor. South might pass (which · would make exactly for plus 90, 1ou rnam enl or Chicago scoring) , or might rebid two hearts (which would make three tor plus 140), or might give preference w1th two spades (which "WOuld ma~e on the nose 740.446.9200 Christmas Wreaths & Grave Blankets ' $5 - $25 Easl Pass Pass of water 56 Hinge on 57 Got lots of apptouse 58 Took the trolley Perhaps lha1 is because they are loo busy looking at their reflections in their Fr. E...,..., PfMine: (740) 44, -t3J7 FOR SALE 1!rbe \talUpoUst Blilp l:rtbune 1!rbr -'oint -'Iealant ~egiiter ' BARNEY • ~ .·~o!"it'l1~rl"AA!ft:...• Stay Informed••• \ ~ Top •1rlm •Cabll RMioY8I c~ • Hauling • 5t1anp O.lndlng 171 Rind Slrllt • Olitlpolll, OH TRUCKS The Dally Sentinel NEA Cros11word Puzzle Sir Frederick G. Banting, a Canadian who won the 1923 Nobel Prize in medicine as one ol the co-discoverers of insulin with Professor John J.A. Macleod, said, "No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit." A SUIMA/liNE. • 'V , )hi Comoltte TNt 30mpg highway, loolcs great, ~ .1 MU~T le .ON V.C YOUN G Ill f' >Ill! Pass l • Pass Which suit should you attack? WV036725 totO·· ., West North Opening lead: ofo 6 Concrete Ritmovel end Replacement lnsu F,..Eottmo i'- I 1 NT Vlnyl Siding &. Painting Patio end Porch Deck1 1lili5'110' Financing as low as 0%- 36 Mos . on John Deere 7 Series 4x4, 4x5 & 5x4 Round S.lera/500 Series MoCoiiSquere Baltl'l. Also available 5.9% on Used Hay Equipment. All rates thru John Deere Credit. · Carm"ichael ' .~. ' South ( I 1\' I 1\ I 1 I I \ ' \ New Garages Electrical & Plumbing Rooting & Guttera 0% Financing- 36 Mos. available no w on John Deere Z Trek Zero Tuma & 5.19% Fh(ed Rate on John Deere Getol'l Carmichael . Equipment (740)446·24 12. The Daily Sentinel" I"- ( 1 l \ t I~ I ; I David Lewis 74().992-6971 61 . 3 64 Dealer. North Vulnerable: East,West All Ty'pet Of CARPENTER SERVICE r. ,$27. 00 PER MONTH!, 1 1 \\ • K13 • Q 8 5 I "'A 7 26 Years Experience ACETREE SERVICE tK>n. Call Wayne (404)456- 1995 Saab I \In I ..,I 1'1'1 II " ,\ I I\ I "1 t It I' t A 52 •KJ962 South • 1 5 •K8 • J 8 .some nawe, \d. Conc~Wodt 1114/1 mo. pd Commercial building "For mileage. Call (740)446Sate" 1600 square· feet, off 2655 · can be seen 5631 SL street panting. Great loca- _ R_._ t 14_1_· _ _ _ _ _:;_ ' Oakwood Homes 992-3194 or 992·6635 7:00AM • 8:00 PM NY .. Q J 10 8 • Q J 740-446-011117 Tnll Free 877-669-0007 10xiOxiOx20 Hours 1992 Chr East ... 2 • 10 1 5 70 Pine S treet • Ga llipoli s OB0.{740)794-0231. 3802. yov eKist.. I0 S west Middleport, OH puppies tor sale. Call 304- 19n white COfVette with I· 593·3826 tops, less than 28,000 actu- - - - - - - - al miles. For sale best offer. Teacup & Toy Poodles. 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SALE [QuwMENr · lw___ __.,J Parts24'X 32X10 $300.00! 740-696- 1085! 992·2~ ss~ RENTALS I SALES 1 SERVICE • FREE DELIVERY MONTHLY OXYGEN VISITS Cheshire Baptist Church New Year's Eve Services Sunday, Dec. 31 8·12 pm "Praise &, Worship" Guests The Graceman Quartet, The Bluegrass GenHemen Please come & worship with us Pastor Steve LitHe I'OR SALE . North •AK!4 3 I AKC Golden Retriever Puppys. Red or Cream, Vet checked shots. M. and F. $350.00! AKC Doberman Pinscher Puppys 1 M, 1 F. Black and Rust. $400.001 AKC Bichone Fi-ish puppys laking Deposits. Males only. -- ·~~ ~ASlOVfAS- The Daily Sentinel • Page A11 ACROSS P!:rs '... - - - -... I MISCFLIANF..OUS www.mydallysentlnel.com BRIDGE loving hand to touch, to hear yoor voice, to Sfe your face and see your smile, too us that meant so much. This day brings back sad memories. A love one laid at rest and those who think of you each day are the ones who low you best. Sadly missed, Wife Ruth M Smith, Brother & sisters Rent" 1600 square teet. off sheet pr;Hking. Greet location! 749 Thtrd Avenue in li Ren! S4J'"rr•n I {740)446·7444 M~tmory Thursday, December 21, 2006 ALLEYOOP In Memory Lewis J, Smith Passed away December 22, 1978 What we'd give to see your face, yoor 2 Bedrooms, CIA., 1 1.12 Bath. Adult Pool & BabY Pool. Patio S1art S395.'Mo t Thursday, December 21, 2006 www.mydallysentlnel.com InC - '"""" <..., ..,"~1n..t.J<o • ,.. 1\i:Tua CL'i I Wd S JU ~l GcNN(\ () ~ \( \ (•1 Tt• 1-lR'"'G Me <1 p 'Nr H ·("' \' lL\fl 9 �The Daily Sentinel LOCAL ·• ·STATE PageAt2 Thursday, December 21, 2006 First place 'Keep Your Fork' race ~ers Local Weather Submitted photo First plac~ medal winners by age groups, male, in the "Keep Your Fork" 5K race were (from left) Ken Holley, Marc Barr, Chris Dodson. Kody Wolfe, Kyle Goode, Neil Braque. Jon Pernn, Not pictured, Pat Story. Thursday ... Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable. winds ... Becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Thursday night ... Cioudy. A chance of showers in the evcning ...Then rain likely after midnight. Not as cool with lows around 50. · Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Friday ... Rain. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 5 to I 0 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent. Friday night.. .Rain . · Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast winds 5 to IO mph. Chance of rain 80 percent. Saturday ...Cioudy with rain likely in the morn - showers in the morning. ing ...Then partly sunny in Highs in the upper 30s. the afternoon. Highs in Chance of snow 40 perthe lower 50s. Chance of cent. rain 60 percent. Tuesday night ... Mostly Saturday night cloudy in . the through Sunday · eve'ning ... Then becoming night.. .Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. partly ~loudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the mid 40s. Wednesday ... Mostly Monday ... Partly sunny sunny. Highs in the lower with a c hance of rain sh.owers. A chance of 40s. snow in the afternoon. Highs around 40 . Chance of precipitation 40 per· cent. Monday night.. .A chance of rain in the eve ning. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showe rs . Low s in the lo~er JOs. Chance of pre- . cipitatiol) 40 percent. · Tuesday ... Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow Billie L. Briles, deed, Village of Middleport. Jerry L. Bentley, Rhea M. Bentley, ·' to Donna D. Bentley, to Brenda Davidson, deed, Village of Pomeroy. Marcia L. Elliott, Herbert N. Elliott, to Timothy.Ourst, Kristi Durst , deed, Rutland. Jennie Hayman , Lawrence Hayman , to Thelma White , deed, Chester. Hobart Vineyard , deceased , to Mae Vineyard , May the Christmas affidavit, Olive. Helen E. Norris to Bernard · season bring peacE V. Fultz, Bernard V. Fultz and joy to all Family Trust, deed, Village mankind. of Pomeroy. Ch ns · t.me Gru eser , , deceased. to James v. Broderick, Peggy Broderick, STEWART JOHNSOr-. ~ertificate, Salisbury. .. VFW Post 9926 Stacie Forshey, Jim and Latdles Auxllary Mason, w.v. Forshey, to Tuppers Plair)sChester Water Oistrict, right of way, Chester. The Daily Sentinel Palmer back in Pro Bowl, Page B2 Scoreboal;d, Page B3 · College basketball, Page B6 Bl .. . LAND 1RANSFERS POMEROY - Meigs L. Pickett , Anna S . Pickett. Thornton, deed. Letart. County Recorder Judy King deed , Salisbury. Ronald K. Ferguson to reported the following trans- . Charles L. Pickett , Anna· Jason M. king, Jody L King , fers of real estate: S. Pickett , to . John Diehl deed. Chester. ., Susanna Raub to Rocky R. · Pickett, Charles L. Pickett, Edward Daniels to · "Hupp, Carol J. Hupp, deed, Jr., Carl Sargent Pickett,. Farmers Bank and Savings Village of Pomeroy. William F. Pickett, deed . Co.. deed, . Village . ot Tammy K. Hutton, Salisbury. . . Middleport/Salisbury. deceased, to Terry Lee Northem Health Facilities Jo Ann Gillogly , Joan Hutton, affidavit, Rutland. to NHF RE One, LLC. deed , Gillogly. to Charles E. Randy K. Pyles to Janet A. Chester. Casto, Rebecca A. Casto, Krider, deed, Village of Claude Douglas 'Eblin to deed. Columbia. Racine. Howard Eugene Eblin, deed , Earl V. Dillon , Connie V. Dillon , to Columbus Leslie Whittington, Jr. to Salisbury: .Donald Lee Hysell , Jr., deed, Kenneth D. Cooke, Southern Power, easement. Ru.tland. deceased. to E. Jean Cooke, Orange. Syracuse First affidavit, Village of Gary Dale Underhill, Presbyterian Church to R. Middleport . . · Nancy Sue Underhill, to E'. Jean Cooke to Eunice J. Columbus Southern Power, Sean Riffle , deed, Village of Syracuse. Cooke, Jack 1-less, Betty easement, Scipio. . . Julie Ann Wandline, Hess, deed, Village of Michael A. Welsh, Johnm Ml.chael M . ayer, Julie Ann Middleport. Welsh. to Columbus Dinah ·Stewart to Frank Southern Power, easement, Mayer, to John W. Ohlinger, Wendy · J. Ohlinger, deed, Herald , h. , 'deed , Scipio. . · Bedford. Rutland/Village ·of · Dennis ' Bryant, Tonya Jon M. Scott, Grace L. Pomeroy/Village of Shaw. to · Columbus Scott, to Brad Knotts, deed, Syracuse/Chester. Southern Power. easement, Bedford. Addie Cummins, Scipio. Robert L. Strand!, Myra L. deceased ; to Jack Cummins, James E. Roush , Linda L Strand!, to Jorge Cano, deed, Letart. Roush, to Columbus Nancy Cano , deed, Addie Cummins, Southern Power,· easement, Lebanon. deceased, to Evelyn Stewart, Orange . Countrytyme · ALC. Ltd ., deed , Letart. James Fnwk . Huff. to Rosemary J. Prunty. Addie Cummins, deceased , to Jacqueline Dennis Kennon , deed . deceased , to Pauline ·Bostic, Vanover, deed , Chester. Letart. deed , Letart. Billie Jo Sayre. Richard E. Bruner Land Co., Inc., to Addie Cummins. Savre, to First 'National James F. Evans. Debra C. deceased. to George Acceptance; deed, Sutton. Evans, deeu, Bedford. Cummins, deed, Letart. Rose Land and Finance Addie Cummins. Co. to Minia Boggess, Gary John C. Sheets to Jeffrey Stone, Marjorie Stone, deed, deceased , to Russell Boggess. deed, Sutton. Orange. · . . Cummins, deed. Letart. Edna L. Fiber, deceased , . Cummins: to Bobbie G. Smith. certifiNorman E. Hysell , Addie PatriciaAnnHysell , to Brian · deceased , to Larry S . cate, Rutland . D. Houdashelt, deed , Cummins, deed , Letart. Charles .A. Ritchie , Sr. to Chester. Addie Cummins, James Hysell, Kathy A. Brian D. Houdashelt to deceased, to Hazel' Roy. Ritchie , deed . Village of Wells Fargo Bank , affidavit. deed, Letart. Rutland. . .Addie · Cummins , Don· M. Erwin , Cathy G . Chester. . . Mark Markham to Charles deceased , to Florence Erwin, . to Paul L. Briles , to Inside Here's hoping your holiday hits oil the high noles. We thank you kindly for choosing us. Thursday, December 21, 2006 a Unit has Bv RusTY Mr!LER ASSOCIATED PRESS center, T.J. Downing · (6-4, 305) at guard and Kjrk Barton (6-6, 310) at tackle. Datish is the cerebral history major. Downing, who wears a Mohawk haircut, and Barton, who smuggled Cuban . cigars and champagrre into the locker roOm after the 42-39 victory over Michigan. are th~ characters. Sophomores Boone and Rehring are relative youngsters . who have made great contributions after overcoming problems and doubts. "They're a very physical, tough team," said Florida codefensive coordinator Greg Mattison. "Whenever you see offensive linemen going after people downfieli:l, sustaining their blocks, then you know they have that ingredient. I think we're going to face a real test with their offensive line." . The line's calling card is its versatility, handling all kinds of blocking assignments to · help .unleash Ohio State's many offensive weapons. The Buckeyes have rushed for 2,161 yards and 24 touchdowns and have passed lor 2,756 yards and 31 TDs. · The linemen don't lack for confidence. Before squaring off. against No. 2 Michigan's ,daunting defense, · Downing COLUMBUS They average 6-foot-6, have shoutders as wide as a door frame . and a combined weight about half that of a new Corvette. Yet somehow Ohio State'& offensive linemen go about their business · almost undetected. Tol'-ranked · Ohio State's massrve front wall is the base of a 12:0 team that has averaged 36 points heading into · the national r,hampionship game against No.2 Florida on . Jan. 8. Fans don't know their names, but the players who pad their statistics because of the linemen's sweat equity surely do. "The offensive line really won the Heisman," wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. said. Quarterback Troy Smith actually walked off with the bronze statuette, but even he's · quick to pile pmise on the five guys up front who protett and give him freedom to do . Heisman-like things. "Without them, there are no . great plays that can be made," be said. "They do everything up front for me." Everyone knows Smith (a school-record 30 TO passes with only 5 interceptions) and Ginn (59 catches, 9 TDs), along with tailback Antonio holidt;~y. Pittman (1,171 rushing yards) and wideout Anthony Thank you for your loyal patronage. Gonzalez '(49 catches, 8.IDs). But the people who make those numbers possible require an introduction. As Smith walks. up to the line of Scrimmage, from left to right, they ate: Alex Boone (68, 325) at tackle, Steve Rehring (6-8, 329) at guard, ·2nd Str.eet Mason, WV Doug Datish (6-5, 295) at . '-;;;;i;;;ii;;;;i;i;i;;;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;i;;;i;;;;iii;i;iiiiiiiiiiii despite linle said, "We have the best tail- est units. back in the country and in my Datish is the heart of the mind we're the best offensive group for far more reasons line in the country." . than just his location in the He must have been onto middle. He looks hack at the something, · si nce · the regular season and gives the Buckeyes ran for 187 yards · line just a passing grade. · and passed for another 316 "We could have done a loi against one the nation's stingi- better in a lot of situations," he said. "We ended up fourth in the nation in sacks given up, which isn' t entirely · terrible. But we also had Troy Smith back there, the Hersm an Trophy winner, dodging bui' · lets for us, too." Please see Force, Bl ArThE BiRT~Of . OuR SAvioR On this holy night so long ago, our Savior, Prince of Peace was born, bringing His light dlld love to shine upon all the .world for all time, For this, dlld our many blessings, we are deeply grateful dlld wish all our neighbors a truly miraculous holiday season. From our home to yours, have a great Crow & Crow 110W.2nd Pomeroy AUTO · HOME · BUSINESS HEALTH · UFE ·RETIREMENT . 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' At the Birth of our Saviour, we wish you and your loved ones, peace, contentment, joy and a very merry holiday season. • 0 V ·OHIO VALLEY ~ BANK For tfiose wisfzirrg to feant more abo11t AMP-Ohio mtd our yrC!}'osed!JI~Heratill!] statioH,}'(ease visit o11r Hleb site at · WIVW. alt'!f· 0 hio. 0 I'!J. , • AMP American Municipal Power-Ohio �• Page B2 • The Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 21, 2006 www.mydailysentinel.com ·Force Palmer in Pro Bowlll months after surgery BY Sentinel I SCOREBOARD PREP BAsKETBALL ASSOCIA.TED PRESS Smith believes Datish, not himself, deserved to be the team MYP. "Without him making those calls and getting guys in the right direction a lot of the fantastic plays that you see won't happen," Smith said. Heading into the season, Banon, Datish and Downing · were regulars, although Datish was shifting to center after playing left guard in 2004 and left tackle last year. During preseason workouts, Boone admitted that he was fighting an alcohol problem - occasionally drinking 20 or more beers in one night. He pleaded no contest to a drunken driving arrest in · April and said in August that he was lucky he didn't kill someone when he got behind the wheel of his car. He ended up playing well in his first season as a staner, despite an undisclosed injury midway through the season that sidelined him. Downing - big, loud and confident - earned soll'le recognition for the linemen when he was listed as a seCond-team All-America choice. "I've played to the best of my ability. I'm ~oing to continue to do that, ' he said. "! didn't have a lot of hype coming into the season so I don't know what my expectations were, except for in myself. If my name's on the map now, then I guess I have exceeded expectations." , He could have been speaking for all of his fellow linemen. CINCINNATI ~ Carson Palmer didn't bother to watch the Pro Bowl last February. Instead, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback spent the day attending to the knee injury that had ended his playoffs after one pass and prevented him from attending that game ·in Hawaii. Against all odds, he's getting another chance -one year later. Palmer is one · of three Bengals picked again this week for the Pro Bowl, the final touch on a comeback that has surpassed expectations. Less than a year after his knee was rebuilt, Palmer is again ranked among the NFL's best. "It's definitely rewarding, " Palmer said Wednesday. "I'll find it far more rewarding if we get past Denver and Pittsburgh and get to the playoffs. I'm definitely honored. Until I get there and actually get APphoto the Pro Bowl uniform Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer throws a pass ·during the second quarter of an NFL football game against I'll know what it's· like and Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis, in this Dec. 18 file photo. the I'll have a different feeling, I'm sure." on Feb. 12. Auhat point, no Once his teammates saw to coach Marvin Lewis. is, ' My fault,'" Anderson Palmer was still dejected one could say for sure how that he was back, they ..To come back from the said. "Well, we all know it on Wednesday, two days long it would take Palmer expected him to play at a injury he had last year and wasn't his fault. The great after a 34-16 loss in to get back onto the field, Pro Bowl level. return to the Pro Bowl guys .do that. The great Indianapolis knocked the then back into. Pro Bowl "If Carson is healthy, he's level, that's just a great guys take that pressure off Bengals back into the pack form. going to make the Pro Bowl tribute to. him, not only to ·other guys. of wild card contenders. He was ready for the start every year because he's ·his talent but to the work he "That's why we all want Cincinnati is in a four-way of the regular season, but considered one of the best," put in," Lewis said. him to succeed so much, tie at 8-6 heading into a struggled to regain his receiver Anderson also admires because he is that kind of . T.J. make-or-break game at touch. The defending AFC Houshmandzadeh said. the way Palmer has handled guy. That's a guy you go Denver (S- 6 ) followed by a North champions lost five "Once people consider you jlimself throughout his out and play hurt for and game at home against spend extra hours try;ing to Pittsburgh. of six, and a once-fearsome one of the best , just off comeback season. find ways to protect him." Palmer didn't fully par- . offense lost its punch. your.name you'll go if you "When times .have gone in practice Halfway through the ·sea- play halfway decent. If you . bad, the first thing he says ticipate Wednesday because of a son, the old Palmer was play tl:te way he's playing, . you're guaranteed. to go." • sore throwing shoulder, but back. was expected to do all the . Even with his disappointRight tackle Willie passing drills on Thursday. tng show1ng on Monday Anderson and receiver It's the first time he has . night, Palmer ranks fifth in Chad Johnson also were Whe-ever you're dashJns cff to this holiday seasoo, ~ been on the team's injury the NFL with a 96.9 passer picked for the Pro Bowl, hq1e joy and lilug/lreY follow a8 the way. report this season. rating and is two touch- the fourth time for both. Thanks for IncJudliig usln He was sacked four tjmes down passes behind Peyton Given what he'.s been .your tr~ this past year. Ma-ry autstmasJ and hit hard several other Manning for the league through, Palmer's selection times on Monday night. lead with 24. was the one that stood out The Bengals said there was nothing structurally wrong with the shoulder. · 32760 Twp Rd 202 · · Palmer said he was fine, except 'for the leftover feelRacine, OH ing that he hadn't played up With just a star to guide them. to expectations. 992·2067 the holy llocked to visit the infant "I was obviously honored Jesus in the manager where he (by the Pro Bowl seleclay on that very firs! Noel. tion), but felt like I didn't For brightening our year with your deserve it after the way I The list of people we'd like to visits, we are most gmteful played Monday night," tli~nk is long, but y9ur name and wishyou the very mcniest Palmer said. "It was just an Is definitely on it! Christmas season. . awkward feeling. " Best wishes to ull our neighbors, It was· one of the few ·customers and friends for a most awkward moments in his joyous holiday season! season. Palmer tore the anterior cruciate ligament, shredded ·another ligament .and dislocated his kneecap · when 736 E. Main Street • Pomeroy, OH Pittsburgh 's Kimo von Oelhoffen hit the left knee (740) 992-5009 during his first pass in the playoffs . . He was one month into rehabilitation when the Pro Bowl was played in Hawaii Jingle All The Way! Forest Run Ready Mix 992·3345 AT ThE BiRrnOf OuR SAvioR • ( . •. : Cola. DeSalas 73, Colo. Hartley 38 Zaneaville · Coshocton 42, Uhrk:hsvllle Claymont 30 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 55, Shaker Hta. 46 . Dover 50, Byeavllle Meadowbrook 39 · · Elyria 82, Parma Hts. Valley Forge 31 • GaneHsyltto Gartleld 71 , Strestsboro 68 Gates Mills Gilmour 38, Fairview Park Fairview 26 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 41 , New Philadelphia 34 Green 63, Copley 50 Dallas Houston 1'1. 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Geauga 65, Nswbury Phltadatphta at Boston, 8 p.m. tKJ L.A. Clippers at CaNas, 8:30p.m. ' Cle. E. 73, Cle. Lincoln-W. 56 Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m. Cle. His. Lutheran E. 73, C!e. Toronto at Portland, 10 p.m. ~tllnwood 69 Washington a1 Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. Gates Mtlls Hawken 57. Middlefield - Cardinal 30 Kanton 52. Morral Ridgedale 47 Orange 46, Burton Berkshire 35 National Hockey League . Pony 65, Kirtland 49 · EASTERN CONFERENCE R,lctlmancl Hts. 87, Fairport Harbor AU1ntlc Dlvlllon Harding 47 W L OT P1s GF GA Warrensville Hts. 74, Cle. MLK 50 N.Y. Rangers 18 13 4 40 110 113 Now Jersey 18 12 3 . 39 86 83 W.Va. baa-tlocorea N.Y. Islanders 17 12 3 37 102 93 By The Aaaoct- Preao Pittsburgh 15 13 5 35 107 111 ..... WednladiY'I! RIIUttl: Philadelphia 8 21 4 20 78 126 , Gtrle · Northeast Dlvlelon • Alleghany, Va. 63, James Monroe 32 W L OT P1s GF GA "' Chapmanville 58, Man 35 Buffalo 24 7 2 50 129 98 . : Elkins 46, Preston 37 Montreal 208 5 45 1'06 91 .... Frankfort 73, Allegany, Md. 58 Toronto 16 14 5 37 116 121 , Gilmer Coun1y 60. Wlrt Coun1y 33 Ottawa 17 17 1 35 113 106 ,· Hedgesville 59, Mercersburg Academy, Boston 16 13 2 34 96 109 •:Pa .. Pa. 45 Sou!haaat Dtvlalon • Iaeger 43, Williamson 38 W L OT PlaGF GA ~ Lincoln 67, Robert C. Byrd 38 19 10 6 44 111 107 : Nichotu County 52, Liberty Harrison 47 Atlanta Carolina 17 14 4 38 107 110 • Notre Dame 64, Hundred 52 15 11 7 37 106 113 • Petersburg 53, Oakland Southern, Md. Washington Tampa Bay 15 17 2 32 .110 111 Rorida 12 18 6 30 98 119 .. Roane County 46, Braxton County 39 WESTERN CONFERENCE .. Woodrow Wilson 59, South Charleston Centr•l Dlvlllon •s2 W L OT P1sGF GA ·: Boya BMkotbalt . Nashville 23 8 3 49 112 86 . Martinsburg 67. Clarice Coun1y. Va. 51 Ootrott 20 9 4 44 94 73 : Shady Spring 78. Webster County 59 Chicago 14 14 5 33 65 96 . Mltawln Toumement Columbus 12 18 3 27 94 97 • Gilbert 53. Phelps, Ky. 33 St.louis 8 19 6 22 75 113 :: Matl)t'Nan 70, Hurley, Va. 55 Nort-ot Dlvlolon • W L OT Pta GF GA • Calgary 17 12 3 37 94 78 Edmonton • 17 14 2 36 93 90 • · Wod-y'a sj,ona Tranaocttone Minnesota 17 14 2 36 94 90 • BASEBALL · Colorado 17 15 2 38 111 97 Amerfcan l.Mguo Vancouver 17 16 1 35 78 90 • BOSTON REO SOX-Agreed to terms P.cmcDMIIon • with RHP Travis Hughes. C Alberto W L OT P1s GF GA -castillo, INF Jeff Bailey, INF Luis Anaheim 27 4 6 60 134 87 'Jtmsnez. INF Joe McEwlng, INF Ed San Jose 24 10 0 46 103 73 ·Rogars. INF Bobby Scales and OF Kerry Dallas 21 13 0 42 90 78 ....Robinson on minor teague contracts. Las Angeles 12 18 5 29 98 121 Phoenix 12 19 1 25 81 121 PRo HOCKEY • year contract 8nd RHP Zach Day and • RHP Brandon Duckwor1h on minor : league contracts. · Two points for a win, one point for overtime Joss or shootout loss. • MINNESOTA TW1N5-Agreed 1o tenns • with OF Aondetl White on a one·year • IX>"trBct. National t.Mgue ATLANTA BRAVE5-Agreed to tonns with INF-OF Chris WOOdward on a oneyear contract. CHICAGO CUB5-Named Randy Bush , assistant general manager. • PITTSBURGH PIRATE5-Agrood to •· tenns with C Einar Dlaz on a minor ' league contract. ' SAN DIEGO PADRES-Agreed to . terms with INF Marcus Giles and AHP Doug Brocall on one-year contracts. Claimed . INF Craig Stansberry off waivers from PittsbUrgh. WASHINGTON NATtONAL5-Agraod • to terms with C· 1B Robert Flck on a • mlrlor league contract. 1\.leaday'a' Oame1 MOntreal 5, Buffalo 2 St. louis 4, Pittsburgh 1 Tampa. Bay 5, Washington 4 WtTHERS ASSOCIATED PRESS Ignatius will fund scholarships for four students each year. He began the program as a tribute to his mother, Venneda, whom he introduced during halftime of a basketball game. "She's been an inspira- · tion my entire life ," he said. Not being able to help the Browns has been frustrating for Bentley, one of II players the team has had to place on injured reserve thi s season. But Bentley sees his injury as a chance to have a greater effect in Cleveland - now and in the future. "You kind of come to terms with your own mortality as a professional at~ ­ lete ," he said. "When ~ou're young .you think that tt will never end. But then you come to the realization that, you know what, one day this is not going to be around, it's not going to last forever. "So you have to prepare yourself mentally and physically to make that transition for whatever it is you are going to do in life." For Bentley, who spent four seasons with New Orleans before coming home , seeing the Browns go through another losing season has been difficult. "It's been difficult knowing that I'm a part of that family and that tradition and I can't help and do what I do," he said. "Maybe I could have helped. Maybe not. But at least I would have been there g{)ing through it with ' them as opposed to being on the outside." ~reeting~ Friends/ Friends Hke you make it all worthwhile. 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Next: vs. Michigan, Saturday. donated $100,000 for a receiving . antibiotics, 2. North Carolina (9·1) did not play. scholarship named in his reportedly underwent a secNext: at Saint Louis, Friday. 3. Ohio State (10.1) did not ploy. Next: mother 's honor at St. ond operation on his tenat No. 5 Rorida, Saturday. Ignatius High School, his don, compromising his 4. WiliCOnsin (11·1) did not play. Next: vs. Pacific, Saturday. • alma mater, on Wednesday. chances of playing in 2007. 5. Florida (10·2) beat Ste1son 88·67. It was just the latest charHowever, the 27 -year-old Next: vs. No. 3 Ohio State, Saturday. itable act by Bentley, who declined to clarify hi s sta6. Duke (1()..1) did not ptay. Next: vs. No. 22 Gonzaga, Thursday. signed a $36 million fre.e tus. 7. Pittsburgh (10.1) did no1 play. Next: et ''l can't really talk about agent contract in March No. 15 Oklahoma State. Thursday. B. Wichita Stale (9·0) did not play. Next: with Cleveland, the biggest that," he said. "A lot of vs. New Mextco, Friday. · are speculating 9. Arizona (9·1) beat No. 18 Memphis acquisition by the strug- people 78-71 . Next: vs: California, Thursday, gling franchise since 1999. about a lot of different Pee. 28. Last month, he provided things. There are so many 10. Alabama (10-1) beat N.C. State 82Thanksgiving dinners for other important things 75. Next: vs. Coppin State, Saturday. 11. Kansas (9·2) did no• play. Next: vs. 500 needy area residents. In going on in the world. I'm Boston College, Saturday. May, Bentley paid for the getting better. We'll see 12. LSU (6·3) lost to No. 17 Washington funerals of five children · what happens." 88-72 . Next: vs. louisiana Tech. Saturday. killed in a house fire . In Will he play again? 13. Texas A&M (9·2) dtd not play. Next: he is furnishing "Why wouldn't I?'' he addition, et Auburn, Friday. ' 14. Connecticut (10-0) beat Pepperdine the home and paying one said. 88-ee. Next: vs . Coppin State, year's rent for a local Bentley's agent Jonathan Wednesday. 15. Oklahoma State (11-1) did not play. ·woman whose 3-year-old . Feinsod had no comment Next vs. No. 7 Pittsburgh, Thursday. child was abused. on his client's medical con16. Butler (11-1) did not play. Next: vs. On a lighter note, Bentley dition. Evansville, Friday. is picking up the tab for Browns general manager 17. Washlng1on (9-1) beat No. 12 LSU 88-72. NeKt: vs. Weber Sta.te, Friday. two fans to attend Ohio Phil Savage said the club 18. Memphis (8-3} lost to No. 9 Arizona State's Jan. 8 national will Uf!date Bentley's sima78-71 . Next: vs. Middle Tennessee , championship game in tion to late January or Saturday. 19. Marquette ( 11·2) did no1 ploy. Next: Arizona. February. IJS. Margan State, Friday. He plans to do more. To. Bentley called · the 20. Notre Dame (9-1) did not play. Next: IJS . Army, Thursday. Bentley, giving is all that months he has been side21. Oregon (1 0-Q) did not play. Next vs. matters. lined "a humbling experiMercer, Saturday. 22. Gonzaga. (9-3) did not play. Next: vs. "lt always feels good to ence." However, the time No. 6 Duke, Thursday. make other people feel away has given him a 23. Syracuse (9·3) did nat play. Next: vs. good," he said. "I'm just chance to reflect on all his Hofstra, Friday. 24. Air Force (11·1) did not play. Next: a! . happ}' to be able to do blessings and allowed him Northern ColoradO, Satu'rday. something right now." to help those less fortunate. 25. Ne11ada (9-1) did nol ,play. Ne>el: al Akron, Friday. His endowment at St. Bentley's football future 1 1'1. 3 5 .120 National 8aakalbal1 Aoooc:tatlon . .800 .583 .519 .600 PRo BASKETBALL ·~ GB P1ctnc Dtvlelon Hudson 70, Macedonia Nordonla 52 · Lorain Cleaf\'lew 42, Brooklyn 17 Madison 49, Cle. Hts. Beaumont27 . WASHINGTON 36759 Rocksprings Road Pomeroy. Ohio 4$769 ... 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James and teammate Damon Jones, who scored 14 points off the bench, nearly brought Cleveland back in the fourth quarter. But they couldn't dig out of the hole they made for themselves by shooting a combined 11-for45 in the second and third quarters after making II of 18 shots in the first 12 minutes. The loss dropped Cleveland's road record to 3- ASSOCVITED PRESS ASSOCIATEO PRESS 8. The Cavaliers are 11-2 at home. "We're getting very close to figuring it out," James said. "Our last two road games have been pretty good, a lot better than in the past. We 're starting · to find easier ways to score baskets. If we play the defense we've played all season, we'll find a way to win." In contrast ·to Cleveland, New Jersey has struggled .at home. Wednesday's win evened the Nets' home record at 8-8. a considerable downturn for a team that was 29-12 at Continental Airlines Arena a season ago. "We want to . start to become a better team, and to become a better .team you have to play better each time out," coach Lawrence Frank said. "We played better tonight than we did against Golden State, and now we have to play better on Friday against the Laker~ ." CINCINNATI (AP) Pete Rose thinks Mark McGwire should be in base. ball's Hall of Fame, and hasn't given up hope that he'll get there someday, too. Baseball' s banished hits king said Tuesday that McGwire, who is on the ballot for the first time, ought to be voted . in despite his refusal to discuss steroids. Rose isn't eligible for the ballot because of his lifetime ban for gambling. · Rose made the case for McGwire by noting that baseball didn't crack down on steroids until after the 2002 season, when McGwire had retired. · McGwire hit a then-record ·70 homers in 1998, when his race with Sariuny Sosa to top Roger Maris • record drew huge crowds and helped the game reshape its image after a labor strife. "Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, I think they kind of saved the game in (1998) with the home run contest," Rose said. "That home run derby kind of brought baseball back." Rose himself isn't having much luck with Halls of Fame. . Flu prevented him from flying from the West Coast for a news conference at the Cincinnati Reds' Hall of Fame on Tuesday. The hall is putting together a special exhibit honoring Rose 's career. The Cincinnati native helped the Reds win backto-hack World Series in 1975-76 and broke . Tv Cobb's career hit record, finishing with 4,256. He was banned in 1989 for betting on baseball, something he denied for the next 13 years. He acknowledged betting on baseball in 2002 during a meeting with commissioner Meigs 7th grade boys beat Eastern STAFF REPORT TUPPERS PLAINS The Me igs seventh grade bovs bas.ketball team · improved its record to 3-1 with a 42 -25 victory over the Eastern Eagles on . Monday. · Meigs outscored Eastern · 22-6 in the second half to -e xtend a · slim one-point ·halftime edge and put the contest away. Nathan Roberts led the Marauders with 10 points followed by Jesse Smith with eight. Steven Mahr and Cody Mattox each . went for seven, Ryan Taylor and Cole Turner each had four and Austin King and Jeffrey Roush hit free throws. Dijuan Robinson had three steals: Colton Stewart , Dustyn Lee and Nathan Rothgeb had three rebounds apiece. Meigs faces Eastern again 6 p.m. on Dec. 28. In a time when everything changes so quickly, irs good to know we can count on the ~, goiJCW.•rll of our neighbors and friends. For your continued patronage we are undeniably grateful and wish you and your family the best holiday season ever. Cieveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (23) attempts to go up with a shot as New Jersey Nets' Nenad Krstic, of Sertiia, defends during third quarter NBA basketoall Wednesday night in East Rutherford. N.J. The Nets won 113·111. 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Hall of Farner Mike Schmidt, a close friend, wrote in a book earlier this year that Ro~e understands he probably will never be inducted .and thar he'll almost certainly never be allowed back in the game in any capacity. "There has been no change. in the status of Pete Rose's reinstatement petition," Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating offic . cer, said Tuesday in an email. Rose said he hasn't lost hope . "Sure I'd like to go into the Hall of Fame," he said. "More important to me, I'd like to be back in the ·game. I'm a teacher of the game." Rose thinks that if baseball ever reinstated him, some owner would hire him as manager. · ''I'm sure there are always going to be things about what I did in the past, but I'm not concerned about that," Rose said. · He was the Reds' playermanager from 1984-86, allowing him to catch and pass Cobb's record. He then limited himself to managing until his banishment · in 1989. Thank Ytu For Your Business~----~~ APj>ho'to - Christopher E. 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Except on game there were no significant al)d . troubled by a state days, a North Side casino traces of a common dategammg panel's decision is expected to cause far rape drug in hair samples Wednesday that allows a fewer traffic problems than from two women who have gambling casino to be built would · the casinos pro- accused a former Naval clos~ to their stadiums, posed in the Hill District Academy football player of with each team wondering (Isle of Capri) or South drugging and sexually how the slots parlor will Side (Harrah's). assaulting them. Also. the Pirates have · "We can say with huge affect them on game days. The Steelers, long been su·ccessful in con- accuracy that there was no . opposed to sharing their vinc.ing many fans that exposure" to gammaNorth Side neighborhood they shou'ld park down- hydroxybutyrate. or GHB, with a $450 million glass- town, where there are ·a common date-rape drug, and-steel casino, issued a ample parking 'spots, and said Pascal Kintz, testifying terse statement that didn 't then walk across the disguise their anger that Roberto Clemente Bridge Detroit developer Don to PNC Park. Barden will build the casiMcClatchy, a spo'rts fan ' no only a block away from who . regularly attends Heinz Field. game·s year-round, said he Barden 's Majestic Star is disappointed that the ·casino was chosen over decision threatens the in two other applicants for Penguins' future one Pittsburgh gambling Pittsburgh . Penguins license - Isle of Capri, owner Mario Lemieux, which promised to build a whose group has sought a $290 downtown arena in new arena since acquiring addition to its slots parlor, the team in 1999, is free to . and Harrah's. which would relocate the franchise once have been built on the its Mellon Arena lease city's bustling but crowded expires in June . South Side . "Mario has worked very "We are e)ltremely disap- hard in this community to poirited in the decision . of ensure that the Penguins the Gaming Commission to are successful, and he's award the casino license on probably gone further than should have," the North Shore," Steelers he president Art Rooney II McClatchy said. "The (Isle said. "It seemed it was a of Capri) plan would have process that was designed ensured the Penguins ' to give little weight to security for 3p or 40 years. local interests and the But, to the folks who result is indicative of that. decided this, maybe it was ~ We will have to consider n't that big a priority." .all of our options in deterMcClatchy also wonders JTiining how to respond to whether the rapid North this decision." Side development in recent The ,Pirates ' tone was years will be affected by more conciliatory than that the casino·. Alcoa, Del of the Steelers, perhaps Monte Foods and because their PNC Park is Equitable Resources have four or five blocks away buUt new corporate headfrom the planned casino. quarters in an area that, That doesn't mean that except for the now-demolPirates chairman Kevin ished · Three Rivers McClatchy isn't worried Stadium, was largely about large crowds of base- deserted and in deterioraball and gambling fans tion for decades. Still, /VIcClatchy said, converging simultaneously into a congested area that "We have to try to make 11 keeps losing parking spots work, and we'll work with to development projects. them . But we need to learn "What I worry about is if a lot more about what this it will cause congestion," means." The Pirates' principal McClatchy said. "We do well on weekends, with owners, newspaper pub30,000 fans over here, and lis her G. Ogden Nutting if you add-4,000 cars to the and his family from mix, it's a challenge. Will Wheeling, W.Va ., also our fans have. the ability to sought a slots parlor for get to the ballpark quickly, their Seven Springs ski or will it create congestion resort about an hour away that hurts .everybody?'-' from Pittsburgh. They However, traffic - or . pulled their application the lack of it - is one rea- because of major league son the Barden proposal baseball rules that bar succeeded. owners from being associTwo large parking ated with gambling, only to garages have been built on learn that another parlor the North Side since PNC will be constructed near Park and Heinz Field the Pirates· ballpark . With best wishes and Qratltude for your continued support. Swisher & Lohse Pharmacy . 112 East Main St. • Pomeroy 992-2955 YOUR CAR &TRUCK SUPERSTORE NEXT TO WAL-MART 1900 E.4STER.N .4VE. • G.4LLJPOLIS, 011 7l•// Fm• 1-lli i- l·lfi-22112 446-2282 them against their will in two separate incidents .. 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The Daily Sentinel • Page 87 Steelers, Pirates Lab director rules out date-rape drug in case against former Naval Academy football player disappointed by slots casino decision I ON www .mydailysentinel.com DINGS OF • - -·- Thursday, December 21, N. 2nd Aven1e IH 2&35 Merry Christmas From Our Home To YoursRacine Syracuse 740-949-2210 740-992-6333 ~ i=Dii ~---- ,, �Page B8 • The Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 21, 2006 www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, December 21, 2oo6 Hasek, Red Wings shut out Blue Jackets, 5-0 were playing with a lot of DETROIT (AP) and confidence," momentum Dominik Hasek had 10 NHL seasOns under his belt before Columbus defenseman Adam the Columbus Blue Jackets Foote said. "They really wanted it and we were watchjoined the league. · He wasn't about to let the ing." Maltby made it 3-0 at 6:15 :6-year-old expansion team . send the Detroit Red Wings of the second period when he jumped on a turnover by ·into a losing streak. · Hasek made 27 saves Aaron Johnson at the top of Wednesday for his 73rd NHL the right circle in the ~shutout to lead the Red Wings Columbus zone, skated in and :to a 5-0 victory over the Blue beat Norrena for his f1rst of the season . .Jackets. "Definitely, it's nice to gel . It was a good bounce-back ·effort for Hasek. who was that first one out of the way," :lifted after· allowing three Maltby said: "Over the last :first-period goals in a 4-3 loss probably dozen or so games, '.Qn Monday night in I've had lots of opportunities, to either score or set one up." :columbus. Lidstrom scored a power: "We know we're a better play goal with 8:58left in the :team," he said. "And if you : Wllllt to be a contender, a top frame on a slap shot from the ~teilm in the NHL, you · can't point . .. Columbus had an apparent ' lose two games in a row to a goal waved off 8:52 into the :team like Columbus." : Hasek's league-leading second · period because .' fifth shutout of the season Alexander Svitov kicked the . :moved him into 1Oth place on puck into the net. Williams added a goal at the career list, one spot ahead ·4:38 of the third period, sendof Lome Chabot. Dan Cleary scored twice, ing Norrena to the bench in giving him 13 on the season favor of 1Y Conklin. "They scored on their - his total for the past three seasons combined. Nicklas chances and we dido 't," Blue Lidstrom added a goal ai!d an Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock assist for Detroit, and Kirk said. "We didn't show the Maltby anq Jason Williams energy, some guys, that we've shown in the past." :also scored. Notes: Foote returned after · · Cleary has six goals and seven assists in his last 10 missin~ four games with a games. He passed Henrik hamstnng injury.... Detroit Zetterberg for the team lead RW Mikael Samuelsson in goals and all b~t one of his missed his second game with 24 points have come in a 20- an injured groin .... Schneider stretched his point streak to game span. In his past three NHL sea- 1I games (2 goals, 12 assists). sons, with Phoenix, ... Maltby scored his first regEdmonton , and Detroit, ular-season goal since March · L_..;..._ _.....;..;_;...,:.,_.,__:;....._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~--..;_---------.,....--~ Cleary had 13 goals in 202 27 .... Detroit Tigers president AP photo and general manager Dave games. · "I've just been getting an Dombrowski attended the Columbus Blue Jackets' Ron Hainsey, left, gets squeezed out of the play by Detroit Red Wings• Valtteri Filppula, of Finland, during the third period of their NHL hockey game, Wednesday in Detroit. The Red Wings won 5-0. :unbelievable opportunity, game. ,playing with players like (Robert) Lang, (Jason) Ducks 4, Stars I 14:41. He is 9-3-1 since top goalie Williams, and power play ... ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) The Ducks defeated Dallas Tomas Vokoun underwent being in the right spot at the Corey Perry scored twice and for just the third time iit 11 haod surgery on Nov. 27 . .righl time now," he said. "I've Jean-Sebastien Giguere meetings. Martin Havlat scored for just got to keep my head . stopped 26 shots to . lead North, M»Uth, . . t •hd wnt. .. we·,. Mndlng your our wery bMl the Blackhawks, 7-2-3 since down and work hard. That's Anaheim over Dallas. · . BeciUM one thlt we knOW II true. II we wouldn't be twr. without lt1lndl lice you! Predators 2; Merry Chftttmu and m1ny IMnkl hOm Ill Of Ul. Denis Savard replaced fired all I keep telling myself, go to Anaheim's two Norris Blackhawks I coach Trent Yawney on Nov. the net and try to shoot the Trophy-winning defensemen, CHICAGO (AP) - Paul 27. Havlat has five goals and Chris Pronger and Scott puck as much as you can." Candle Creations Detroit led 2-0 after the f1rst Niedermayer, also scored to Kariya stored twice in the five assists in seven games 636 Brick Street • Rutland, OH ·period on Cleary's two goals. help the Ducks improve their third period, and the since returning from a Nashville Predators beat the His f1rst carne at 5:46 when NHL-best mark to 27-4-6. 74Q-742·2512 sprained right ankle. tirped Mathieu The win was Giguere's Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on he Chicago's Nikolai Schneiders shot past Fredrik 23rd of the season, also a Wednesday n!ght for their Khabibulin, who stopped 17 · Norrena with the teams play- league high, and he's I I -I in fifth slraight wm. shots, lost his bid for his first Kariya's power-play goal ing 4-on-4. Cleary added a his last 12 starts. shutout in the regular season power-play goal with 9:42 After the Ducks jumped out with 7:02 left snapped a 1-1 since March I, 2004, when left in the .period when he to a 2-0 lead on· first-period tie. Chris Mason made 28 Kariya scored at 6:41 of the tipped in a shot by Lidstrom. scores by Pronger and Perry, saves while starting his 13th third. The victory was gone "They ~ot the first two the Stars' Stu Barnes oargoals and 1t ;;eemed like they rowed the gap with a goal at straight start for Nashville. moments later. ·- :Georgia Tech QB ruled out of Gator Bowl BY WALTER PUTNAM ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA - · Georgia Tech quarterback Reggie Ball has been ruled academically ineligible for the Gator Bowl. Cornerback Kenny Scott also is academically ineli·gible, the school said :wednesday. : "You're disappointed for 'the young men and you're ·disappointed for the teani," ·coach Chan Gailey said. "Although this is a very, :very bad ending to the careers of these two young men, we can't forget the contributions they have made to the Georgia Tech program the last four years." Ball, a senior, passed for I ,820 yards this season while starting every game. He threw for 20 touchdowns and was intercepted 14 times, but was criticized for inconsistency, especially after Tech's offense sputtered in a regular season-ending loss to Georgia and a loss to Wake Forest in the Atlantic Coast Conference champion~hip game. Scott was a three-year starter. This season, he had 50 tackles, two interceptions and 10 pass breakups. Georgia Tech plays West Virginia in the Gator Bowl on Jan. I . Gailey said he learned earlier in the day that Ball and Scott would be ineligible . He said backup quarterback Taylor Bennett will start in the bowl game. Bennett completed I 6 of 29 passes durin~ the season, Steelers making another December rush - but is it too late? BY ALAN ROBINSON .ISSOCI~TED PRESS PITTSBURGH The .Pittsburgh Steelers are mak:ing a habit of peaking in :December, a much-desired :trait for a team accustomed :to playing deep into January. What troubles them is that this season may be over by New Year's Day, all because they waited more than two months to begin to resemble ,the team that won its final .eight games in the regular season and playoffs last season. So, if opposing AFC North rivals Baltimore . and Cincinnati the next two weeks are their equivalent of :the postseason , the Steelers (7-7) want to perform like they did a season ago when they swept through the play:offs without playing once at :Heinz Field. : "The way we're playing, :we're as a hot a team as any·body out there," wide receiver Hines Ward said ·Wednesday. "It's unfortunate :what happened early in the :year, but there's nothing we :can do about that. We can't ~turn back the clock. We have •to continue playing , . and ;what better way to redeem . •yourself than playing . ;Baltimore?" . , The Steelers , 2-6 during an :unimaginably bad first half, ;are 5-l since midseason. Their average margin of vic:tory is 17 points over a span ' interrupted only by a dreadfully played 27-0 loss to division champion Baltimore last month. Except for that game, they're playing much like they were a year ago, when they had to will their final four regular~season games merely to reach the playoffs and did exactly that. They've significantly reduced their turnovers, cranked up a running game in which Willie Parker has twice gained more than . 200· yards . and allowed only one touchdown in three games. "If we can finish this season off, and some way get into it (the postseason), that's the best opportunity you want, to finish the season on a roll like we did last year," McAllister said. Hello, January? "It kind of is the same we're clicking on all cylinders, on special teams, on offense and the defense is doing some good things," cornerback Bryant McAllister said. "It's a very close call, and that's a positive thing, Last year, we did some incredible good things and hopefully we can do the same thing this year." . Of course, the Steelers must beat the Ravens (ll-3) · and Bengals (8-6), then hope another half-dozen or so teams lose their final two games. They're the lon~est of long shots to sneak mto the playoffs, but they insist · AP photo Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger (7) throws a pass during the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers in an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C. Sunday. that it won't affect the way they play down the stretch. "We know it's far-fetched, but at the same time, until theY, tell us we're out of it, we ll. keep playing like we know how to play," linebacker Joey Porter said. "Right now, we've got our biggest game of the season, Baltimore coming into our stadium. We have everything so to gain out of this, we're ~oing to go out and play like tt, and save face from what they did to us the frrst time." Porter was unhappy when it was suggested' that the Steelers are winning because they haven't played any quality opponents. Of their five victones since Nov. 12, only a 38-3 I decision at home against New Orleans carne against a club with a winning record. "You say we haven't played anybody? We did all of that for nothmg?Then I'm finished," Porter said. The surprise is that a Steelers season that looked finished in mid-October still hasn't played itself out. "I hope we're peaking, but we've got to win these last two before we say anything," Parker said. Meanwhile, the Steelers placed linebacker Chad Brown (knee) and defensive back Chidi Iwuoma (wrist) on the injured reserve list and signed safety Andre Lott, cut by San Diego last month, and . cornerback Jovon Johnson from their practice squad. ·--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~--~----------------------- lBengals' receiver Johnson butters·up Broncos' Bailey BY PAT GRAHAM ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER - Cincinnati's Chad Johnson refw.ed to utter one word of. smack against Denver's Champ Bailey, the league co-leader in interceptions and fellow Pro Bowler he's facing on Sunday. "Never, never, never, never," Johnson, the league's leading receiver in yards said Wednesday. "He · is the best man to ever wear a uniform, period. I mean, ·besides Deion (Sanders)." · With Johnson having :taunted, trash talked and ·even made lists of corner:backs he's burned, Bailey smelled a trap. '~He's going to hype me "There are two kinds of Bailey has an NFL-best 17 up as much as he can and corners in the NFL," he interceptions since 2005. · make me get my head said. "There are corners The Ben gals won't shy swollen up," said B,ailey, that play not to get beat. away from Bailey, especialwho was named to his sev- That's your regular corners. ly if he'son Johnson, who's enth Pro Bowl on Tuesday. Then you · have Champ leadin~ the league in yards "People compliment me all Bailey, who plays to make a receivmg with 1 ,284. the time, criticize me all the play. Period.He's in. a class Johnson welcomes the time, I can take whatever of his own. Deion played challenge. you say. I know what I am." the game to make a play. . · "I would hope .he would In Johnson ' s. opinion , Everyone else plays the follow me throughout the Bailey's the best in the game not to get beat." whole game," said Johnson, Johnson got the better of who was recently named to business no strings attached, no qualifiers, the Bailey in a game in 2004 . his fourth Pro Bowl. "If I most difficult corner to when he caught seven pass- went to the bench, I hope he beat. es for 149 yards and one went to the bench· with me. "Everybody says. 'Why . score. When asked how. to You've got two of the best is Champ so good?'" torch Bailey, Johnson, not in the game getting ready to Johnson ahead of the usually the modest type, go head-to-head." matchup Sunday between simply said, "Get lucky." And Bailey has somethe Bengals and Broncos Teams are throwing away thing to prove. He gave up that has major playoff from Bailey and yet he's a 50-yard touchdown to implications. 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Seuee • e.~...tUe . tJ~ 740-667-SIIO ' ' --~· ----- ' ·------------:;---- �Page Bto • The Daily Sentinel www.mydailysentinel.com Thursday, December 21, 20~6 Nuggets hope Iverson is answer for missing title BY PAT GRAHAM Blizzard postpones Suns-Nuggets game ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER - They are both closer to the end of . their careers than tbe begin: ning, and neither Allen : Iverson nor George Karl · have any need to mask their ambition anymore. · • "He's only really playing to win a championship," _Karl said. "Probably deep ~down inside, I'm only : coaching to win a champi•onship." :. Winning a championship · is precisely the goal Karl' s team, the Denver Nuggets, :·had in mind when they . · acquired Iverson on : Tuesday, ending weeks of :trade speculation and unit· : ing one of the NBA's "best players to never win a title" with a coach who is also : without a ring. : The Nuggets traded :Andre Miller, Joe Smith · : and two first·round picks in : ~007 to Philly for Iverson and Ivan McFarlin. Now, the Nuggets have : the top two scorers in the : league iverson and · Carme la Anthony . : though Iverson will go it alone while Anthony serves out his 15-game suspension ·for his role in the brawl against New York. In a released statement, ' Iverson said he's excited ·about the trade. · "Denver's style of play . fits my strengths,'' sa id ' Iverson, who'll face his former team on Jan. 2 in : Denver. "I'm looking forward to playing · with Carmela, the rest of the Denver Nuggets, arid for . George Karl, who is a DENVER (AP) - First, a whirlwind. Next, a blii· zard. Less than 24. hours after their blockbuster deal tq . acquire Allen Iverson, the Denver Nuggets postpon~ their game Wednesday night ag<~inst PhoeniJt -bec•ufiO of a snowstonn that snarled traffic, closed the airport and forced the governor to declare a state of emergency. No makeup date had immediately been set. With harsh wind blowing the 12·plus inches of snow expected to hit Denver, it was no night for venlllrina out to the Pepsi Center, and nobody benefited tnon1 than the Nuggets. . . Denver faced the prospect of playing the Suns, who are on a 15-game winning streak, withoUt Cai'nielo Anthony rutd J.~. Smith (suspended), Andre Miller ami Joe Smith (traded), or Iverson, who hadn't yet ttutde lt to town because of weather and,other 'logistics. . · NuggetS spokesman Eric Sebastian said the team atill wasn't sure when "The Answer'' would finally artive, Denver's next game is Friday night at home against S1,1cramento. The storm was expected to last into Thursday, when Denver lnteniational Airport will be trying to play catch-up in the wake of about I ,000 flight cancellations. Those issues aside, the ·NBA and Nuggetll agreed to postpone the · game f(lt safecy reasons. It is, hoWeYet, unusual for the league to call ott a game when both teams and the official$ are all in:town, as wlls the .~ Wednesday nig!u. The Suns arrived early )Ved~~ mom:ing after .a home wlq over Toronto. , · , i~ "It's extremel'y rare;" Nuggets vice president of l:ia$4' ketball operations Mark Warkentien said. 'The league . is very good.at listening. We bad a ,lot of conversations during the day. We b11d people right and left talkina with state agencies. The determination was that to put 1,000 cars on the road would be unsafe and irrespolllible. After all the input, the league made a prudent and proper decision."' While the tifning of Iverson's airlvai was still 'ia limbo, the seven-time All-Stl!r reiterated how excited be was to be with the Nuggets ip an ln!erview on ~PI'J. "I'm hll;PPY the whole process is over,'' he said; the interview wearing ..an old-school Nuggets , cap embroidered with a pickax. "I'm more happy with tl)e situation I was ·put in. l was .put in a situation where t can succeed." Three hours before the scheduled tip•off, wor~ were buzzing around the arena preparing for the g11lne; but a big cheer could be heard in the hallways ' ~hen official word came that the game was off. . Nuggets fans are likely pleased, as well. When word of the Iverson trad\l went dO\f.O tu~~Y!> lines formed outside the ticket office !It the ~eps1 Center. The Nu.ggets reporte4 sellipg}lfO .~~!iSQO ~~ .' · within a half-hour of the announcement and sev~w hund!'ed for the Suns game; though it's probable m.Oy would have had to eat their tickets had the game been played Wednesday night. . Wa~kentien said a decision Qn the rescheduling would be made at a later date. . "It made it a little easier that it was Phoeni!t and not Miami or Philadelphia,'' he said. "It's only a I In-hoot fligbt." · Sebastian said team records sl\ow this was the first Denv~r home ·game postponed since April. 20, 1999, when the Nuggets scrubbed a .gllllle against Portland itt tile aftermath of the Columbine High School slaylngs. . · ' The reschedul\n~ has . the, potential\ to push . bllOk Anthonfs retutn date. He received a IS·game suspension fQI' his wle in. last weekend's bJ:awl against 1he Knick$. He had been scheduled to be back Jan. 20 at. Houston, though this could push that back two da'ys; to a Jan. 22 ganae at home against Memphis. 'l· lh>llii· ·proven winner." Fans in Denver are excit· · ed, too. Before the deal was 30 minutes old, the Nuggets reported that 340 new season . ticket!>. had been .Pur' chased. Th~ team hopes . . AP photo iverson will be in uniform . for Wednesday's home Philadelphia 76ers' Allen Iverson plays the ball during an NBA Live Tour basketball match : g~~e ~gainst Phoenix. against the Phoenix Suns at the Koeln Arena in Cologne, Germany, in this Oct. 10 file ~e re gettmg a super- . photo. The four-time scori,ng champion was traded Tuesday by the Philadelphia 76ers.to the star, . satd . M~rk . Nuggets for Andre Miller, Joe Smith and two .2007 first-round picks. The Nuggets .also get Warkenuen, Denver s v1ce Ivan Mcfarlin. president of basketball " I don't think I've ever Iverson isn't the guy for net for trouble. operations. "An absolute had a problem with a player them anymore. Iverson often arrived late · superstar." As dynamrc as he was for practice or missed them : Asked if two players who who plays hard," Karl said. : average more than 30 "If you come at 7:30 and over his I0 years in entirely. In one infamous and as blowup at the end of the · : points a game could coex- you bring it every day at Philadelphia, 7:30, l'm probably going to thrilling as it can be to 2002 season he repeated the : ist, Karl rolled his eyes. ''Who cares?" he said. be nice to you. I'm proba- watch the 6~foot tattooed word "practice" nearly 20 "The whole thing comes bly going to like you. It's bundle of energy play, only times during a rambling -down to .wins. Allen has the guys that don't bring it once did he lead the Sixers monologue. He now pokes :shown the world he can win that I get frustrated with." out of the second round of fun at the memorable meltAnd down . . Asked about the block- the · playoffs. . :the .scoring championship. :Now he wants to show the buster deal ; Lakers star Philadelphia was only a Iverson is due the rest of ·world ·he wants to win the Kobe Bryant thought it modest 355-342 (.509 .win· his $18 million this season, championship. Whatever made sense. ning · percentage) with and a combined $40 million ''It gives them a big Iverson in the lineup . for that takes, I think he' II do." through the 2008-09 sea· Iverson, a seven·time All- threat, especially come regular-season games. At his best, he was the son, which will put the : Star, wanted out of Philly playoff time," he said. "They've got two guys who ultimate gamer - a hus- Nuggets in a salary cap ;after his relationship . with AP Sports Writer Pat Graham contributed tv this ·coach Maurice Cheeks can take matters into their tling, hard-charging MVP bind. own hands. If either one of who became one of the "We' re most likely a report. , :turned sour. He asked for a • 1 · h (luxury) tax team now," h h 1 : trade two weeks ago, and t em gets ot. you ve got most popu ar payers m t e Warkentien said. "It's league · His No · 3 J·ersey · where you end up at the end : has been sitting at home some serious problems." Stanley Kroenke). Jet's waiting for something to The Sixers, meanwhile, was always one of the top of the season, what your· bring a. championship to :happen. · aren ' t thinking playoffs. sellers.. - numbers are. This deal Denver. It's all of our • "We haven't won a cham- They 're only trying to clear At hts worst, he was a doesn't preclude another goal. There's nobody here : pionship, and I think we room in their salary cap and · malcont~nt who . gave deal. It's clearly stated by that isn't committed to :were a long way from win- start fresh, knowing Brown ftts and was a mag· the boss man (owner E. that." . ning a championship, even with Allen," 76ers chairman Ed Snider said. : The Nuggets feel Iverson may be the missing piece for a franchise with few May Your Days Be In the spirit of the season, high points, and no league Merry And Bright! We lift our glass and you're the reason. titles, since it was founded . · May your holiday be filled with cheer. This marks the team's 0 Plus our best wishes for the upcoming year. biggest trade since it dealt () )/ Kiki Vandeweghe to 0 Portland for Fat Lever, ( I • 992-5020 · Calvin Natt and Wayne 405 N. Second Ave. Middleport, OH 110 East Main Street • Pomeroy • 992-5853 Cooper In 1984 . That move helped the Nuggets make the Western Conference finals the next season. This one. they hope. will take them two steps further. "One thing l hear on a consistent basis is. his 1e<lll1ll1ates love him ." Karl . · All we want for Christmas is said. "I think we need bet· lo give you our best wishes for 1er ch~mi s try on my basket· asparkling holiday seaspn. ball team . I think we need The list of people we'd like to We really appreciate your more leadership. l think we · thank is long, but your name need more e1iH1tional mallltrust in qs. Thanks! is definitely on it! rity, I think we need· some Best wishes to all our neighbors, ,...customers and friends for a most ment al toughnes,, so me 'mtenslly. . joyous holiday season! an every game, every possc,sion mentalit y. I think everything I said BANKS there . Allen Iverson ha., ... CONSTRUCTION Karl has heard the rumors ahout h·er,on. He ·, wlked 736 F:. Main Street • l'mnemy, OH to friend and former Phillv (740) 992-5009 .:oach Larry Brown abm;1 him . Karl ha' rcadled the From: Dr. Kelsey Hemy conclusion that he ~oe , n ' t Heather Edwards • LMT think "The Anw·t•r" v..111 he Diana Nelson· CA ,, headache A TOAST TO Sincere holiday greetings to you! OUR CUSTOMERS GLOECKNER'S CAFE KING HARDWARE \' Smile ... I~s Christmas! Dr. Margie Lawson D.D.S. &Staff ~ ' Racine, Ohio 740-949-2575 '!hursday, D~jcember 21, 2006 www.mydailysentinei.com lhe Uat.ly ~nbnel • Page Bu Iverson-less for frrst time in a decade, Sixers fall to Pacers BY THE ASSOCIATED PREss Duncan was perfect from the field, going 8-of-8, while PHILADELPHIA - Allen Tony Parker had 18 points Iverson is gone. The and 10 assists for the Spurs. Philadelphia 76er~ · losing The Grizzlies' Mike Miller streak isn't over, though. . scored all but two of his 22 Jermaine O'Neal scored 34 points in the second half. points and grabbed 11 The Spurs (20·6) own .the rebounds, and Stephen league's best record. They Jackson had 25 points to lead have won five in a row overthe Indiana Pacers to a 10 J. all and six straight at home . 93 win over Philadelphia on Jazz 112, Hawks 106 Wednesday night, the. last· ATLANTA . (AP) place 76ers · 12th straight Mehmet Okur had 30 points loss. and 10 rebounds to help Utah O.'Neal and Jackson took erase a 21-point fourth-quarturns down the stretch mak· ter deficit and beat Atlanta. ing clutch baskets to hold off A five-point possession a spirited Sixers team playing· with 10:23 remaining turned .their first game in more than the momentum in favor of 10 years without Iverson on Utah, which outscored the the roster. Hawks 40-13 in the final Andre lguodala and Kyle period and rallied from a 21Korver each scored 20 points point deficit for the second for the Sixers, a night after time this season. they traded Iverson to Okur's 3,pointer froni the Denver for Andre Miller, Joe right comer all but sealed ihe ' Smith and two 2007 first· victory with 26.4 seconds round picks. Iverson was remaining, giving Utah a inactive for his final six 110-l 04 lead. Deron games in Philadelphia after a Williams finished with nine bitter split with the franchise assists and 13 points for the that made him the No. 1 Jazz. who won Nov. 22 at . overall draft pick in 1996. Sacramento after trailing by Iverson will probably make the same margin. his Denver debut Friday Joe Johnson scored 27 . night at hoflle against points to lead the Hawks, Sacramento. The Nuggets who have dropped five of six. postponed their game Magic 86, Hornets 83 Wednesday night against . . AP pholp ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) : Phoenix because of a snow- Grant Hill had 21 points and Philadelphia 76ers' Samuel Dalembert of Haiti, back left, and Kevin Ollie (12) defend Indiana Pacers center Jermaine storm. seven rebounds, Dwight O'Neal (7) during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Wednesday in Philadelphia. O'Neal scored· 34 points in No Iverson, and no Chris Howard added 16 points and the Pacers' 101-93 win. Webber again, either: Webber 13 boards, and Orlando held inbounds pass as time Rockets were again without finished in double figures , For · the second straight · missed his third straight on to beat New Orleans. expired in the second over- Tracy McGrady, who has but most of the focus was on game. the Clippers couldn 't game because of a sprained Chris Paul led New time, giving the exhausted missed five games because of the two injured All-Stars. right ankle. beat a team that was missing Orleans with 19 points and New York Knicks a victory back spasms. Houston is l-4 The Sixers, who have lost 10 assists, while ·Jannero Lewis went out first, injur· one of it> leading scorers. 19 of 21 overall, are on their Pargo scored 16. It was the over Charlotte. . without him. McGrady has ing a tendon in his right hand Toronto's reserves outscored Still missing three sus- been shooting again and in the opening minute when their Los Angeles counter· longest losing streak since injury-pla~ued Hornets' · they dropped 13 stniight fourth stratght loss , and sec- pended P.layers after last could be back for Friday's he attel)1pted to block pat1s 56-17 while Chris Bosh from Dec. 28, 1996, to Jan. ond in a row by less than four Saturday s . brawl with game in San Antonio. Dampier"s shot from behind. sat. out his seventh straight Denver and playing without Blazers rookie Brandon About 10 minutes later, contest with a bruised lett 20, 1997. The Sixers also points. injured starters Steve Francis Roy, who missed the previ- Nowitzki collapsed to the knee. · have dropped I0 in a row on . With the Magic leading by and Quentin Richardson, the ' the road. Hou,ton beat the Clippe~·s three, Carlos Arroyo lost the Knicks were forced into ous 20 .games with a heel floor with a sprained left Lakers 111, on Sunday with9ut Trac.y ball on a physical drive to the overtime for the second time injury, scored nine pOints - ankle. Timberwolves 94 including a key hook shot Nowitzki stayed down for McGrady. .. basket with time running in three nights. They played MINNEAPOLIS (AP) with 19.9 seconds remaining. a few minutes before being · Brand had 24 points and 10 · down on their last posses· Vladimir Radmanovic and sion. But New Orleans· only eight players, just as Mavericks 103, carried to the locker room by rebounds and Corey Maurice Evans combined for Ras1,1al Butler missed a 3- they did Monday when they SuperSonics 95 two teammates. X-rays were Maggette added 20 points for 16 points during a 25-2 run in pointer the next trip down, came from 16 points down to SEATTLE (AP) - Erick negative on his ankle. He fin- the Clippers. whose fifth beat Utah 97-96 in overtime. Dumpier matched his season ished with six points. the fourth quaner that rallied ending the game. This time , New York high with 22 points and , Los Angeles past Minnesota. Luke Ridt\our led the straight loss equaled their Trailing by five with 9:51 One night after shooting left, the Magic rattled off a erased a 19-point deficit, grabbed a season-best 16 Sonics with 21 points before longest skid this season. ; just 6-of·19 from the lloor 17-3 run in less than five grinding out the win after rebounds, and Dallas rallied fouling out. Seattle lost its and fouling out for the first minut~s to take an 84-75 managing just three field past Seattle on a night when sixtb straight overall and had goals in the fourth quarter. , time in more than a year in a Mavericks· star Dirk a four·garne home winning lead. Reserve Travis Diener, Cham1ing Frye matched a Nowitzki went down with a streak snapped. loss to Chica~o, Kobe Bryant who rarely plays in close scored 24 pomts on 10-of- 17 ·games, led the way with nine career high with 30 points sprained ankle and the Raptors 98, Clippers 96 shooting. But the Lakers points, including a pair of 3- and Eddy Curry had 29 for SuperSonics lost Rashard At Los Angeles , T.J. Ford the Knicks, who kept all five Lewis to a hand injury. trailed by I0 to start the hit a buzzer-beater from the pointers. starters on the floor for at fourth, and coach Phil The Mavericks won their foul line, reserve guard Fred Warriors 96, Celtics 95 least 47 · minutes. Starting Jackson sat Bryant for the fifth straight behind a stingy Jones scored a season-h igh BOSTON (AP) - Baron guards Stephan Marbury and first 8 l/2 minutes of the second-half defense and 23 points and injury-riddled quarter to remarkable suc- Davis scored 31 points and Jamal Crawford each played strong interior play from Toronto held off a deter· Golden State edged Boston. 54 minutes. · cess. . Dampier. Jason Terry added mined Elton Brand down the Davis was 11 -of- 16 from Trail Blazers 89, Rockets 17 points as five Maverick~ stretch to beat Los Angeles. · Radmanovic hit two 387' pointers and Evans punctuat- the floor and scored nine key fourth-quarter points to help PORTLAND , Ore.(AP) ed the spun against his for' the Warriors snap an. eightmer team with a dunk that game .road losing streak and Zach Randolph had 24 points A. ... • and 13 rebounds as Portland • gave the Lakers a I00-91 win for only 111e second time held off Houston for its fifth lead with 4:39 to go. The Timberwolves. espe- on the road this season. straight win. The Trail Blazers led by as . cially Kevin Garnett, were Mickael Pietrus added 16 points, while Andris Biedrins many as 14 before the stunned. After shooti ng 62 had 12 points and nine Rockets closed to 84-82 with percent and playing nearly rebounds. I: 17 left. Luther Head missed flawless offensive basketball Paul Pierce scored 27 a jumper with 41.9 seconds through three quarters, they points for the Celtics, whose to go that would have tied the were outscored 34-7 in the five -game winning streak game. A. .A lowest -scoring fourth quarter ended. Pierce was held to two Rafer Alston's 3-pointen from tfie !Meigs County Commisssioners: in franchise history. Garnett. who went toe-to- in the fourth and failed to get cut it to 88"87, but Randolph Jim Sfieets 4L toe with Bryant for the first off a potential winning shot was fouled by Yao Ming and .+. in the closing seconds. made one of two free throws three quarters, led Minnesota !Mic((tJJavenpo~t Knicks lll, with .08 seconds left for the with 22 points, 11 rebounds final margin. · Bobcats 109, 20T and eight assists - but the Jeff 'lliornton . · Yao tinished with 34 points ... NEW YORK (AP) .Timberwolves were booed ................................................. .... off the floor after shooting David Lee tipped in a long and nine rebounds. The . just 2-of-19 in the final peri.' od. Bucks 121, Heat 95 MILWAUKEE (AP) Mo Williams had his first career triple-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and Michael Redd . added 28 points as Milwaukee beat Miami to HRs: Sun ·Thurs. 7 am· 9 pm; Fri & Sat 7 am · 10 pm extend its home winning streak to five . . Call ahead· We' II have it ready to go! Redd and Miami's Dwyane ·Wade, who finished with 27 Gallipolis, OH 740-446-4040 points, put on a scoring show early, but Wade became Pt. Pleasant; WV 304-675-5858 20 Mallard Lane • Mason, WV 25260 mired in foul trouble and Pomeroy, OH 740-992-2124 ·began settling for jump shots. With Wade not drivmg and no one else for Miami step· pin~ up, the Bucks extended thetr defense in the second half and went on an 11·0 run early in the third quaner to · take the lead for good. Wade picked up his fourth foul with just more than four minutes to go in the quaner and scored only six more Wlshlns you the gift of faith . points the rest of the way. and the blesslns of heavenly The Heat. who shot 55 per· pe.~ce throughout the ho/lddy se.uon. · cent in the first half, went 13· · for your frlf!lldshlp, , of-37 after halftime. we are deeply grateful. The Bucks also got 17 points from Andrew Bogut. Spurs lOS, Grizzlies 98 423 w. Main SAN ANTONIO (AP) TimDuncan scored 21 points Pomeroy, OH . and Michael Finley added a 992·5600 With sincere best wishes to our neighbors, patrons and friends. seruion-high 20 to. give San Your support means everything to us Thanks I Antonio a victory over Memphis. ..................................... . - - . . . . . . . . . ..,.. .... ~ .... .. •.... .+, ! . ..... . .... ..• .+, ! .A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (304) 773-6122 l\t This Season Of Hope 1 Have Atlappy lioliday! .. ' �Page B12 • The Daily Sentinel Thursday, December 21, 2006 www.mydailysentinel.com ediocre is uood enough to ea a. Bv RALPH D. Russo ASSOCIATED PRESS The big problem with having 32 bowl games is mediocre teams - and that might be a generous description - . are rewarded with postseason bids. Six 6-6 team' will try to avoid finishing the season with a losing record in bowls played before New Year 's Day. Minnesota barely defeated Division-IAA North Dakota State in midOctober, but its .500 record earned the Gophers an Insight Bowl bid. Then again, at least the Gophers finished strong with three straight victories. Iowa lost its final three games, including its finale to Minnesota, and still got invited to the Alamo Bowl. Alabama also ended the · ~eason with a three-game losing streak before getting a bid to the Independence Bowl, where the Crimson Tide will face another 6-6 team, Oklahoma State. New Mexico's 6-6 earned the Lobos a home game .· against San Jose State. New Orleans Bowl At Miami and Florida State, 6-6 records got a Troy (plus 4 1/2) vs. Rice head coach fired and led to Owls in first bowl game the resignation of an offen- since '61 Bluebonnet sive coordinator. Still, the RICE 37-14. Hurricanes and Seminoles are going bowling. Saturday. Dec. 23 Miami's Larry Coker PapaJohn's Bowl coaches his final game in South ' Florida (minus 4 Boise, Idaho, in the MPC 112) vs. East Carolina Computers Bowl. Jeff Pirate s' last bowl was 64Bowden 's last game as 61, double OT loss to offensive coordinator for Marshall in '0 I GMAC ..,. his father. Bobbv, will be in SOUTH FLORIDA 29-21. the Emerald Boivl. · New Mexico Bowl So which is the worst New Mexico (minus 3 team playing in a bowl this 1/2} vs. San Jose State season? last bowl Try Middle Tennessee (7- , Spartans' '90 appearance came in 5}, which finished second California Bowl ... SAN in the Sun Belt Conference and was outscored 179-34 JOSE STATE 26-2 1. Armed Forces Bowl by four teams from BCS Tulsa (plus I ) vs. Utah conferences. Utes have won five The bowl picks for games bowls ... UTAH 28straight played before New Year's 14. Day: Thursday. Dec. 21 Las· Vegas Bowl Sunday. Dec: 24 BYU (minus 3) vs. Hawaii Bowl Oregon Arizona State (plus 7) vs. Cougars have lost four Hawaii consecutive bowls since Warriors are 4-2 in bowls winning '97 Cotton ... BYU - - all played in their home39-24. . state ... HAWAII 50-38 . Thesday. De~. 26 Friday. Dec. 22 thesedavs Motor City Bowl · Central Michigan (plus 9 Friday, Dec;. 29 1/2) vs. Middle Tennessee Music City Bowl Clemson (minus 9 1/2) Middle Tennessee making its bowl debut ... CEN- vs. Kentuck:y Wildcats' last bowl win TRAL MICHIGAN 34-14, was '84 Hall of Fame against Wisconsin Wednesday. Dec. 27 CLEMSON 34-28. Emerald Bowl Sun Bowl Florida State (plus 4 1/2) Missouri (plus 3) vs. vs. UCLA Oregon State Seminoles trying to avoid Beavers have scored 93 first losing season since '76. Bobby Bowden's first points in winning last two bowl games ... OREGON as coach ... UCLA 24-21. STATE 32-2!. · Liberty Bowl Thursday. Dec. 28 South Carolina (minus 6 Independence Bowl 112) vs. Houston Oklahoma State (minus Cougars ' last Liberty 2) vs. Alabama Bowl appearance was '96 Tide's second Indy Bowl loss to Syracuse ... SOUTH si nce 200 I; Cowboys' first CARLONI A 37-34. since '81 . ... OKLAHOMA Insight Bowl STATE 28-17. At Tempe, Ariz. Holiday Bowl . . Minnesota (plus 6 1/2) California (minus 5) vs. vs. Texas Tech Texas A&M First bowl game against Aggies · first bowl game Big 12 opponent for against Pac- 10 team since Minnesota ... TEXAS ' 98 Cotton ... CALIFOR- TECH 41-23. NIA 27-24. Champs Sports Bowl Texas Bowl Maryland (pick) vs . Rutgers (minus 7) vs. Purdue Kansas State Terps have won five of Scarlet Knights are 0-2 in last s1x bowls ... PURDUE bowls ... RUTGERS 27-13. 39-31. Saturday. Dec. 30 Meineke Bowl Navy (plus 6) vs. Boston College Eagles have six-game bowl winning streak, best in nation ... BOSTON COLLEGE 32-17. Alamo Bowl Iowa (plu 9 1/2) vs. Texas In only bowl meeting, Hawkeyes beat 'Horns 5517 in '84 Freedom ... TEXAS 55-17 . Chick-fil-A Bowl . Virginia Tech (plus 2 1/2} vs. Georgia Bulldogs 2-2 in the formerly-know-as-Peach Bowl ... GEORGIA 17-16. Sunday, Dec. 31 MPC Computers Bowl Nevada (plus 3 112) vs. Miami 'Canes trying to avoid first losing season since 1997 ... MIAMI 27-14 Final week of regular season: 5-4 (straight); 5-4 (vs, points). · Season: 204-63 (straight); 132-111-7 (vs·. points). No.·s Ohio State Lady Buckeyes defeat No.3 Oklahoma, 74-61:. ' BY JEFF I.ATZKE ASSOCIATED PRESS NORMAN , Okla. Marscilla Packer scored 15 points and Jessica Davenport added 14 points and I0 rebounds to lead No. 8 Ohio State to a 74-67. victory over No. 3 Oklahoma 011 Wednesday night in a matchup of two of the country's best centers. The Buckeyes (10-1 )' overcame Courtney Paris' 38th consecutive doubledouble to end a 23-game regular-season winning streak for the Sooners (9-1 ) that was the longest in the country. Ohio State, which beat Oklahoma 75-71 in Columbus in · January, also was the last team to beat the Sooners in the regular season. The teams traded the lead before Davenport put Ohio State ahead 61-60 on two free throws with 7:15 left. Brandie Hoskins made a driving layup and Star Allen added another basket inside to give the Buckeyes some breathing 1room at 69-64. Oklahoma had chan~es to close the gap but missed five straight shots. Chelsi Welch ended the drought with a 3-pointer to get Oklahoma within three in the final minute, but Erin Higgins' 3"pointer that would have brought the AP photo Sooners within 72-70 was Oklahoma's Courtney Paris, left, shoots under pressure from Ohio State's Jessica negated when Paris . was Davenport, right, as Marscilla Packer, top, looks on , in the first half of a women's NCAA whistled for her fifth foul basketball game in Norman, Okla. Wednesday. with 14.1 seconds left. To All Our Best Friends At The ttolidays At This Season Of Hope ' Raberta A. Hill Wishing you the gift ol faith and the blessing Of heavslly peac.e thloughout the holday """"'"· For your.frl<nclshlp, we are deeply gra~ul. Attorney at Law Pomeroy, Ohio 7~992-6368 -~ ./ FOREMAN &ABBOTT . HEATING &COOLING make it MERRY! IIIIOn. W• thank you for your valued bualnatl thl1 pa1t year. • The Racine Optometnc Clinic would like to · wish everyone a Merry Chirstmas & Happy New Year FABRIC SHOP 110W. Main .Pomej,~H 992- 109 N. 3rd • Racine, OH 74().992·5321 740-949-2078 3 DA YS TILL CHRISTMAS .P. Mlddlport, Ohio 4f..,t (N,e;~"' 8,. ·~ 740-992-0008 1 tN.ue. ... :>.., ~ 22l Mill Street . t ~~ -~...-:.~~ . "'-: ~.,.r.'• tl~~··• A,,.~, ,} 0 ('!-.'\IS • \ ul. .-,h . '\o . 'I H No Sentinel Christmas Day I I< II I\ i Meigs projects receive $115K in capital appropriation BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@MYDAILYSENTINEL.COM POMEROY -· The Daily Sentinel will not be pubPOMEROY - Three lished Monday, Dec. 25, . Meigs County projects will . and its offices will be closed received $) 15,000 in fund so its employees can ing through . the state capital observe the Christmas holibudget , approved. The proday. jects are designed to Regular publication and enhance local historical business hours resume structures for public use. Tuesday, Dec. 26. State Rep. Jimmy Stewart, R-Aibany, and State Senator Joy Padgett, · R-Coshocton, announced the award of $25.000 SPORTS ·. • Lady Tornadoes sweep up Hannan. See Page B1 """·"')<iaii )M' IIliroo·l.nml Ill ( I \1111 ·. 1{ :!:• :!ooh toward the restoration of the well as improvements to the Chester Academy, $25,000 electrical, heating and air for the Portland Community conditioning and sewage Center's Civil War muse- sys(ems. · The Academy was conurn. and $65,000 for · a skate park ai Star Mill Park. structed in 1839 and first The Chester-Shade housed the Meigs County Historical Association is High School and Teachers now overseeing renovations Institute. Later it became at the academy building, known as the . Chester which sits adjacent to the Academy of Higher restored Chester Learning and then, in the Courthouse, and serves the late 1800's, was the Chester Daughters ·of America as a elementary and high school. meeting facility. Plans call The building, owned by for historical restoration, as . the county, was rapidly deteriorating when the D of A and the historical asociation began plans for restoration. The proj_ect has al so received other grant funding. , . The museum IS to be established as part of the Portland Community Center, which sits adjacent to the Buffington Island Battlefield,Ohio's only Civil . War site. Once completed. the museum will be a part of the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail now being .developed, · according to a joint ·news release from Padgett and Stewart. The budget also includes . $65,000 for .a Star MHI "skate park." · The biennial Capital Budget is the state's "bricks and mortar" 'building and renovation legislation. It allow s for the funding of various building and renovat ion projects throughout the state through the issuing of bonds, rather than tax dollars. PLEASE CHRISTMAS DON'T BE LATE BY BETH SERGENT 6BI1UARIES Page AS • Ralph Thompson INSIDE · • U.S. envoy says no sign of breakthrough at · North Korea nuclear talks. See Page A2 • Islam tops religion . news for 2006, reporters say. See Page A3 . • Housing slump weighs on economic activity. See Page AS • Arizona ends Nevada's 19-year run as fastest-growing state. SeePage AS • S.C. district's policy ruled unconstitutional. SeePage AS WEATIIER Kids everywhere can hardly stand the wait unti'l Christmas now just three days awayl Across the county those same kids no longer have to wai~ for a break from school but before first graders at Southern- Elementary left for their holiday bre9k they performed Christmas favorites for their families, classmates and teachers. Here , some ot Santa's eight reinoeer take a break after telling the story of Rudolph wh ile their classmates perform to "U p on the Housetop." Case of stolen money considered.unsolved t to all our friends wile 11M brought us so moch joy this year. Haue 1 great holiday and we lOOk forward to seeing you In the new year! Detallo on Page A3 ' cq}~S' ·INDEX : Best wishes and hedrtfelt thanks to our customers and friends. Summerfields Olester, Ohio 1-74()-985-.3857 Good Times ~ CR 7A · Pomeroy, Ohio 740-992-7986 BOLZER CLINIC • . ·~ Delay for Nelsonville Bypass Phase 2 and 3 BSERGENT@MYDAI.LVSENTINEL.COM Beth Sergenl/ photoo W~ lllanks ~ Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 391 N. 2nd Avenue Middleport, bH . • . on Packer's. 3'pointer that made it 52-51. It was back-and-forth from there until Davenport's free throws gave the Buckeyes the edge with Paris seated on the bench with four fouls. Ashley Paris had II points while substituting for her foul-plagued twin sister, but the Sooners allowed Ohio State to shoot 45 percent - · the highest total for an opponent this season . . None of Oklahoma's last three opponents had even managed to shoot 30 percent, a record Paris, the Big 12 presea· son player of the year, finished with 22 points and 13 rebounds, and Welch added 14 points as both passed the I ,000 career points. Hoskins also had 14 points for the Buckeyes. Davenport, the preseason Big Ten player of the year, also got the last laugh in last . year's meeting, hitting a turnaround jumper with 3.4 seconds left to put the Buckeyes ahead. A secondteam All-American behind Paris, she again had a less impressive stat line but came away with the victory. Paris and Welch scored all for defensive prowess for the Sooners. of the Sooners' points in a Ohio State moved to 10-0 I 0-0 run to start the ·second half. Paris tied the game by 'while holdiQg opponents rebounding her own point- below 50 percent from the blank miss, and Welch put field. Oklahoma ahead with a 3- _ _ _......_ _ _ __ pointer from the left side. Paris' three-point play off a runout layup made it 46-40. Davenport helped start Ohio State's push back with a three-point play that resulted in Paris' third foul with 14:39 left. · The With a alack or belt Buckeyes reclaimed the lead wlahea to 111 our cuatomera for • cuatom-made holiday ~tiJII'· ..~~~~·· New defense sec1 etary talks to Iraqis about more U.S. military help, A2 ' 2 SEcnONS- 24 PAGfli Calendars· A:3 Classifieds 89-10 .Comics . Bn Annie's Mailbox . A:3 Editorials A4 Faith • Values A6-7 Movies As Obituaries As B Section ~ports Weather © aoo6 Ohio Volley Pubtl..hing Co. BY BRIAN J. REED BREED@t;!VDAILYSENTINEL.COM the sheri ff' s department and a locker in the booking area shortly after Beegle POMEROY - The case took office. Beegle imme of money apparently stol en diately changed the policy from an evidence area in regarding storage of evithe Meigs County Sheriff's dence and turned the case office has been closed and over to the Ohio Bureau of is considered unsolve.d. Criminal Identifi cation for Mee ting Thursday, investigation. Meig s County Beegle asked the major Commissioners encum- crimes unit to investigate bered $2,500 in 2006 the case and interview sus representing a peds because, he said. he funds, deductible for an insurance wanted no appearance of a claim to replace $11.070 co nlli ct of interest in the stolen in 2004. · investigation '. Employee> Twenty thou sa nd dollars of hoth departments subin cash from two separate mitted to polygraph examdrug investigations, one inations relating to the county case and one under case,' but Commissioner investi gat ion by the Jim Sheets said. and Middleport Police · Sheriff Beegle confirmed Department. was removed Friday. that no suspect was from an evidence room at identified in the ~'"c, and the . matter was closed so the insurance claim could be filed. Beegle and Prosecuting Attorney Pat Story met with a BCI investigmor in June to review the BCI's findings. but the BCI's report will not be made public, because it is an investigative tool. B.eeg le 'sa id Thursday afternoon that while the case will be closed, in .c an be re-opened if additional evidence is presented. The matter of recovcrin~ the cash re latin g to' the Middleport case will be the responsibility of the village. It had been stored at the sheriff's department without Beegle's kliowlcdge. he said . . In other business. com - ,, miss ioners: • Approved an appropri -. ation incre ase ol $23.606.73 for the gra nts office. • Approved a Cl11ltract between the Department of Joh and Family Services and The Shipka Group of Columbus , for contract services. negotiations and administration of personal service contracts. staff development and training. in tl1e amount of $56.100. • Tabled action on the closing of proposed Frederick Road (T-61K) in Scipio Township. and referred lhe matter lo the township trustees . Present were Comn1issiuners Sheets and Mick Davenport and Clerk Gloria Kloes. NELSONVILLE -The Ohio Department of . Transportation (ODOT) announced yesterday construction on the Nelsonville Bypass Phase 2 and 3 has been delayed though Phase I is expected to sell on schedule. "The good news is they're going forward with phase one and the project will be bil.ilt, the bad news is the delay but we'll contin1,1e working with Athens County to try and move the . said project forward," Meigs County Economic Development Director Perry Varnadoe. ODOT said the construction schedule was moved back to help offset the effect of "soaring fuel and material prices on a statewide scale.'' The decision about the delay was made by the Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC), the state panel that distributes funding for major new capacity-adding transportation projects across Ohio . The determination was based upon funding availability and statewide priority. According to ODOT. over the past four years it has seen a 43 percent innease in construction costs that include materials such as steel, concrete and asphalts with these numbers jumping 12 percent in 2006 alone. "This unexpected cost increase has created a gap in immediately available statew ide funding." said Acting Di strict I0 Deputy Director T. Steve Williams, P.E . "The TRAC has opted to defer some projects, rather than cut them in an effort · to rebalance its statewide construction . program while continuing to address key salety and congestion ,issues." In addition to the . Nelsonville Bypass, portions of the Cleveland lnnerbelt project and the 175 project to Cincinnati have also been pushed back, According to . ODOT Puhlic Information Officer for District 10 Stephanie Fi !son. the tjrst phase of the Nels(mville Bypass project consistsof primarily earth work in a terrain described as "challenging" in terms of construction with the area's hills and old coal mines . 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