https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/8b339f5b21229659ab471f911c2daed3.pdf 108fcccb065b362eda475410cde79f42 PDF Text Text Saturday, March 1, 2003 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis, Ohio • Point Pleasant, WV Page 86 • i\aturbap QI:imt• -&tnt.intl Mom's nudity around the house more than son can bear ACROSS 1 5 8 12 13 14 15 DEAR ABBY: For the last II years, my ex-wife and I have shared joint custody of our 13-year-old son, "Bmd." He has often complained to me about his mother not respecting his wishes. ·• Recently, Brad told me his mom wai ks around the house in the nude, and it makes him very uncomfortable. Since she and I have an ongoing family law court "disagreement" on what constitutes the best interest of our child, talk· ing directly to her about this is not possible. I am allowed to communicate only through her attorney. Abby, how should I handle this so my son can feel comfortable in his mother's home? - SHE'S NAKED AS A JAY BIRD DEAR S.N.A.AJ.B.: Talk to your lawyer about your son's discomfort with his mother's nudity. He is approaching the age where the courts will allow him more input regarding custody. Ask your son to document where and when this is going on, and let his mother know how her nude lifestyle makes him feel. It's important that he speak up, so she can't claim ignorance. DEAR ABBY: In two months I will be quitting my place of employment and Dear Abby ADVICE moving to the West Coast. Even though I dislike my job, I love the people I work with and feel bad about leaving them. The boss holds regular staff meetings and assigns me duties. My stomach churns each time I accept a project I know I will not be around to comJ?lete. Is tt immoral to keep secret the fact that I will be resigning in two months? I plan on giving three weeks ' notice, which I think is fair- and ali I can afford. If I give more than that, I know my boss would find my replacement right away. What should I do? -CAUGHT IN A BJND IN KNOXVILLE, TENN. DEAR CAUGHT IN A BIND: Make detailed notes at the meetings when future duties are assigned so that your replacement will not be left in the dark. Then follow your pian and submit three weeks' notice when you're ready to leave. Do not feel guilty. You are giving ade· quate notice. Good luck. DEAR ABBY: I am a 12· year-old girl who love s school. I'm an honor roll stu· dent and have been student of the month two years in a row. My problem is, I have a friend ' named "Carly" who is com· petitive with me to the extreme. Not just with grades, but with everything I do. Carly wants to compare our grades the minute they' re handed out. and she feels the need to outdo me in all the after-school acttvtttes we share. We' ve had some embarrassing fights because of this, and I always end up breaking down crying. It's like she's so jealous that it's taking the fun out of school for both of us. My mom keeps saying, "You girls will work it out," but I don't see how. Please help me figure out a way to end this conflict. - SMART GIRL IN ORLANDO DEAR SMART GIRL: Take the high road. Do not allow yourself to be drawn into a cdhflict. Do the best .you can with grades and afterschool activities. Let Cariy have her victories, and enjoy yours without rubbing it in . We all have different 16 strengths, and there's room 18 for both of you to excel. 20 (Dew Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also 21 known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, 22 Pauline Phillips. Write Dear 25 Abby at www.DearAbby.com 28 or P.O. Box 69440, Los 29 33 Angeles, CA 90069.) Do You Feel the Need to Read? 15 36 37 ·39 40 42 43 46 Tempo · Leo's mo. Embraced Hospital Merriment unit 56 Industrialist Baby wear Henry Sensed 58 Famous Declare volcano Actress 59 Huntsville's - Thurman loc. 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You 'II be up to what is required of you. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - An enterprise you take on and initiate at this time has exceptional chances for success. provided you get moving on it today. Be more than a dreamer; be a doer. ARIES (March 21-April 19) - If you put the needs of another above your own to· day, you'll fmd that a stale relationship will take on new life and turn into something you've always wanted. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - This is an excellent day to spend doing something with ,friends. You could meet someone new or an old pal may take on new meaning. In ~ ither case, it' ll enhance your social life. GEMINI (May 2.1-June 20) - Aspire to large achieve· ments today because the as· peels indicate the bigger the aspiration , the more easily success will come to you . Boldness and tenacity are at the core. CANCER (June 21-Juiy 22)- Today's the day to put on that thinking cap if you ' re searching for knowledge and wisdom. You ' re apt to be more imaginative and clever. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Don't take on the world all alone today. especially when you are able to team up with a capable ally . Joint efforts hold much more promise for you today than independent actions . VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Someone w1th whom you are closely affiliated could bring new meaning into your relatiomhip ~ today . This person likes you a lot and wants to make you happy. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23) - You might find a new method for doing a job today that has always been a nuisance for you. With this procedure. you'll be in command of your work . SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)- Now is the time to take on a project that needs organization, which is one of your better skills. Sink your teeth into it today and reconstruct it from the ground up. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) - Your smiling demeanor will cast sunshine over everyone in the house.hold today, putting them in an especially good mood. Now is Ohio Valley Publishing Co. ~-rn"""'T.:~~ Mason County Schools contract with hospital for services DAN POLCYN News editor POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. - A change in drug testing policy should save the Mason County Schools time and money in the future. With a 3-0-1 vote (board member Mic~ael Cottrill ab~t~_inil)g and Jo Hannah • Rorrer no.t voting) at 1'uesday's '. meeting, the Mason County SllhQ<ti Board agreed to . et;\ii!!OY, Pleasant Valley Ho~pl~8.1 :. ·for nonDepartment · .. · of Transportation drui;i, collections and screel)ings after accidents. ' Before the an,•one involved · with a boa!fd·~ was forced at the spot come co ~OW, 1 WORD SCRIMMAGE"' SOLUTION BY JUDD HAMBR~CK Answer to previous Word Scrim- 2"d DOWN =_llL AVERAGE GAME 240·250 3rd DOWN ,_!!_ 4th DOWN "' JUDD'S TOTA L - 85 mag~ 377 AVERAGE GAME 160-170 by JUDD HAMBRICK FOUR PLAY TOTAL = TIME UMIT: 20 MIN DIRECTIONS: Make a 2· to 7·1erter word from the letters on nctl yardline. Add points to eect1 word or 1ette1 using scoring directions al ri(111. Seven·lener words gel a 6Q.point bor1.1s. All words can .be fo!Sld In Websler's New Wol1d Calege llctloNuy. JUOO'S SOLUTION TOMORROW J -:11.01 ~-~! WilD AAE 1\IES. AtiGill',Lfli\.f. I'<OP'E AW~\1/AATA~E TliEV ll011>161N It(( ANNUAL ICei'OIU'? T\IIS IS ~nJNG &lllODIEI< ANO 1UoYll£AHGQ;Y,eur 11/oY'RiALSoClii'E! -y- BI.OOOIE.Il! •" \. Index 4 Sedlans - 24 Pllps A3 CS 04-5 insert C2 A4 C3 D1 A6 AS A2 81 ·6 A2 0 2003 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. UNI..Ee5 MY WATCH 15 FAST ou11E nwe:, ... fo\D1f\UC G~&.£.1 Miles Epling remembered BY KEVIN KELLY News editor terms as a city commissioner in the late 1970s and 1980s. "To sit with him on the Commission, I learned a lot of good thing s from him," City Comm issioner Richard Moore said. Epling, a Gallipolis native, died Thursday night at his residence at age 72. He was the retired general manager. of M.T. Epling Co., and the former president of Mountaineer Materials Corp., in addition to serving on the city commission and the board of trustees of the University of Rio· Grande/Rio Grande Please AS Teacher of the· . ~-t Will be dealt with more quickly and efficiently. Previously, the collecting agent would have to drive froni H~ntington to peg~ the . servtce, even for. incidents, forcing the driver to sit and wait to be tested. Now, the party can be taken by a supervisor to PVH for testing in non-DOT incidents . "What the employees are really pleased about is the savin*s of time saving of time, said Assistant Superintendent Suzanne Dickens. Previously, the wait for an E.M.S.r. agent took at least one hour and sometimes two. Th~ . change will eliminate wattmg for an agent to arrive. The board will still ~use E.M.S.I. of Huntington to perform Department of Tran sportation -reportable accident screenings. A DOT accident occurs when a board-owner vehicle causes damage to other property, it incurs over $500 dollars in damage, a student is injured, or a citation is issued. Please ... PVH,AS Calendars Celebrations Classifieds Comics Cook of the Week Editorials Health & Fitness Home & Garden Local News Obituaries Region Sports Weather $1.25 • Vol. 38, No . l GALLIPOLIS, Ohio Miles T. Epling's impact on his community as a citizen, public official and patron of the arts was remembered by friends and co-workers who witnessed what he helped accomplish for his home· · town of Gallipolis. "He shared with his community, he kept people employed and always had hi s community at heart." said longtime friend William N. Eachu s, the Gallipolis attorney who was city solicitor for several years during Epling's two BY AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - A fresh idea with profitable possibilities might germinate in your mind today, and it could have profitable possi bilities. Jot it down so you ·can try out your new idea the first chance you get. -76 . Pomeroy· Middleport· Gallipolis • Point Pleasant • March 2. 2001 Helping·out iri emergencies PVH ·to handle school drug tests the time to address something you'd like to share with them. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22· Jan. 19) - Although you might be in a bit of a restless mood today , chance s are you'll schedule things that will be productive instead of just doing a lot of senseless runnin)! around. = Ohio celebrates 200th birthday, Al Restored to former glory,.Dl tm Whether your favorite subject is math or music, science or social studies, you'll find something interesting in the newspaper. In fact, the paper is such a reliable source for the information you want, you can even use it as a homework and school research tool. C :l003 Unhd '•llurl Syndlc111. 1... .. Inside _, Astrograph Sunday. March 2. 2003 Home .and Garden ·~A'!ruing tl1l{4·~. ~-~~-~~fe~;'~c~o:uu.~nty~f~A~:Es~~i~'d the recent snow Gibson and Ron and Ice storm emergency were, front, Alan Harris, an original member. Dillon, seated at radios, ;nd standing. left, Bob Byer. Meigs County Emergency M~nagement Agency director, and Travis Gibson. (Charlene Hoeflich) Amateur radio operators a valuable resource 8Y CHARLENE News editor HOEFLICH POMEROY, Ohio - "One of the biggest reasons for our existence is to help out with emergencies, like the one we've just come through," commented Alan Harris, one of the foundirtg members of Meigs County 's Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES). Several members of the volunteer licensed amateur radio operators gathered in the office of Bob Byer, director of the Meigs County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Friday morning to talk about the recent snow and ice storm and review their role in assisting with communications arrlong agencies. · Sirice EMA is sponsor of RACES, Byer put members on alert standby at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16. Starting at 9 a.m. the next morning members began rotating shifts around the clock at shelters. · · Their volunteer service, many times using their own communications equipment, continued through Friday evening at the shelters, with some coordinating continuing after that from their homes. Byer described the amateur radio opera· tors· primary role as being "to track people in the four shelters, 'who was where,' and to relay that information to others who needed to know, as well as to give backup as need., . ed . A total of 97 people stayed in the shelters, according to Byer, and numerous others without electricity in their homes came in to eat their meals. At each of the s helters - '· Veterans "It was the first time that we~ve actually worked in. an emergency situation where our services were needed · around the clock:' - Pai.y W•mer; IIIICI"IIIary Of RACES, commenting an tho graup'a work during the - n t wave af power outages Memorial Hos(lital in Pomeroy. Victory Baptist Church m Middleport, the Syracuse Fire Department and the Tuppers Plains Fire Department - at least one of the 14 RACES volunteers who participated was on hand to provide communications between those in the shelter and other emergency agencies involved. "It was the first time that we 've actually worked in an emergency situation where our services were needed around the clock," commented Patsy Warner, secretary of RACES. She said the members worked in 12-hour shifts. and that some who didn't even have electricity in their own homes came in lo help. · She also noted that one of the amateur radio operators was always with Byer pro· viding him the assistance he needed to keep in touch with everything tha·t was going on in the county. Please see RACES, AS Tom Weaver, the technology coordinator for Southern Local Schools, shows sophomore Cody Lang the benefits of us ing a computer. Weaver was recently named teacher of the year by the Ohio Appalachian Cente r for Higher Education. (J. Miles Layton) Local welder named region's top educator BY J. MILES lAYTON Staff writer vide the information superhighway to Southern took a different route to becoming an educator. RACINE, Ohio After graduati ng Southern Southern High School teacher Tom Weaver was in 1965, Weaver joined the not born an educator, but U.S. Navy. After his tour of recently he was honored by duty was up, he came home held several jobs in the Ohio Appalachian and construct ion including a Center . for Higher long career at AEP in weldEducation as the teacher of ing. In the mid-1990s, the year. Weaver was inspired to get "I never dreamed I would an education degree at Ohio go from a certified welder at University. AEP to a teacher at "Originally. before every· Southern," he said. "I was thing else happened, I want· overwhelmed by this award ed to be a teacher," he said. because I didn't know any· Hi s senior project was thing about it." creating and implementing Weaver is the technology the Jobs for Ohio coordinator for the Southern Graduates. JOG , program Local School District. He for Meigs County. Thi s prohas built computers, written gram still helps retain grad· gram proposals and brought uates in the region and state. the district into the age of In 1998 . Weaver was the Internet . involved in preparing state The man who can take Please see Weaver. A6 apart a computer and pro· �• ' e•~------------~~~ai011~----------~P-ag_e~_ 6URbl!f linlfi ·6mtfnt( Sunday, March 2, 2003 .Celebrations highlight Ohio's 200th birthday West Virginia weather Sunday, March 2 Bv JOHN McCARTHY Associated Press 0 ---~-·~· Sunny Pt. Cloudy Clooay Showers T-storms Rooies Rain Snow Ice :Ohio weather :Sunday, March 2 :o •••.·. · .· .-..~••• ~nny ~ :·~ Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Showers T·I!Omll RU'I * • Aurrlll <>~oo;;~eo ww~ Snow k:e Cold front moving into Mid-Ohio Valley BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Saturday night saw a cold front approach the area along with low pressure. The cold front will usher in a reinforcing shot of Arctic air on Sunday. , Another storm system will · bring another round of accumulating snow Monday night through Tuesday. There is hope at the end of the tunnel. Temperatures are expected to warm well into the 40s by the end of the work week with a chance for some rain. WEATHER fORECAST Sunday... Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers possibly mixing with snow in the afternoon. Highs 40 to 45. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. Sunday night...Brisk and ~unbap colder with scattered snow showers. Lows near 20. Chance of snow 30 percent. Monday... Mostly sunny but cold. Highs ·near 30. Monday night ... Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. · IExTENDID foRECAST Tuesday ... Mostly cloudy. Not quite as cold. Highs m the mid 40s. A chance of showers during the night. Wednesday... A chance of showers dunng the day, otherwise partly cloudy. Morning lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid 40s. Thursday... Partly cloudy. Morning lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 40s. Friday... Partly cloudy. Morning lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the upper 50s. CHILLICOTHE, Ohio .The state's 200th birthday party is the event of the year m this southern Ohio city that served as its capital from 1803 to 1810. • That is until you bring up local hero Ben Hartsock, who helped Ohio State win the national football championship on Jan. 3. "We haven't had anything this big since Ben Hartsock in the Fiesta Bowl," said Andrew Davies, 64, as he ate a bowl of chili Friday at Carl's Townhouse, where you can "Come on in for a good time and a good meal," according to the sign outside. Hartsock, a junior tight end who graduated from Unioto High School, helped the Buckeyes win their first national championship since the 1968 season. He was to take part in the first ringing of the city's new Bicentennial bell Saturday, . That's just one of the eeremonies planned for Ohio's big birthday bash. And Davies doesn't plan to miss much of it. "I'm going to tape everything I can on it and keep it. This is a big deal," Davies said. The festivities were to get under .w ay with a prayer breakfast at Chillicothe Htgh School, and the main events were planned for the city's historic First Capital district. The Ross County Courthouse sits on the site of the first Capitol. The ceremonies there will feature something else 110t around in 1803 Republicans. The party wasn't officially formed until the mid-1800s. Gov. Bob Taft, U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, U.S. Rep .. Bob Ney and Chief 1ustice Thomas Moyer all Republicans were to be the featured speakers at a noontime celebration at the Courthouse. Then the Legislature had a joint session scheduled at the site in the afternoon, just as on March I, 1803. A grand ball was planned for the evening, wtth guests in period costumes. "I'm just · amazed at the expense people are going through, renting costumes. Some are making their own," · said Beth Ragland, 46, a hairdresser who estimated she had fixed up the hair of at least 15 women in the past few days . "It's pretty easy. You just have to make it curly.' .. The History Store, a shop devoted to books, art, miniature soldiers and other memorabilia of Ohio and the Chillicothe area, also was expecting brisk business, said Jo Ann Kunzelman, the wife of the store's owner. "The store scheduled a few artists and writers to drop in at the store for signings. She said the store helps to keep history alive. "A lot of children really are getting interested in this," she said. "As usual, this administration is looking for a scapegoat, and I'm the most popular one around here," Dean said. Lawyer Ted Morgan, representing the city, said a member of Dean's administration told the construction company that it could lower its bid on the project because the administration would waive those taxes. Felinton took office and said he tried to collect the taxes. Company representatives, claiming the statute of limitations on tax collections had expired, refused to pay them. The company settled in July for $25,000. Felinton said his administration has not given any compromises on business and operation taxes. But the report, released ft'hursday, March 6 MASON - Public meeting regarding the new sidewalk for the Town of Mason, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Mason City Building. Clubs & Organizations Monday, March 3 POINT PLEASANT .,...- Mary Kay cosmetics meeting, 6 p.m., every Monday, Point Pleasant Woman's Club. NEW HAVEN Smith Capehart American Legion Auxiliary Unit 140 meeting, 7 p.m., Post Home. Members are encouraged to attend. Ben Hartsock, a member of the 2002 National Champion Ohio State Football Team, takes the first swing to break the casting mold around the Ross County, Ohio, Bicentennial Bell Saturday in Chillicothe, Ohio. Workers drew an "M" on the mold as a target to represent the University of Michigan. Ohio celebrates Statehood Day with various events in Chillicothe. (AP) Thursday by a former federal prosecutor hired by City Council in September, found that Felinton failed· to keep accurate financial records, abused his authority by transferring funds to pay for seven civilian police employees and failed to submit timely payments on the city's sewer bonds. The 15-page report by Wheeling lawyer William Kolibash, who conducted a story, please call one of our newsrooms. 6@eeee VIsit your West Virginia loner I' Retailer and find out how you can be a game show (:ontestant and win up to Ohio Valley Publllhlng Co. · Nlllahed tNery Sunday, 825 Third Avenue, GalllpoUs, OH 45631 . Seconlklasa poBtage paid at Our main numbe!l ere: tl:rtbunr • Gallipolis, OH (740) 446-2342 Sentinel • Pomeroy, OH (740) 992-2155 f.t;illrr • Pt. Pleasant, WV Mernbei: The Associaled Prasa, !he Wesl Virginia Prass Asaoclallon, and !he Ohio Newspaper Association. l'ollmlllr. Send addlliSS c:onec· Ilona 10 !he G~ls Dally Tribune, 825 Third Avonue, Gallipolis, OH 45631 . 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'200.20 Tuesday, March 4 POINT PLEASANT - Quilts 'N' Things, Too, 5:30p.m., Mason County Courthouse Annex. . POINT PLEASANT - Quilts 'N' Things, 9:30 a.m., Mason County Courthouse Annex. National Quilting Day. Lunch will be potluck. POINT PLEASANT American Legion Auxiliary Post 23 meeting, 7 p.m., American Legion. POINT PLEASANT- Point Pleasant Kiwanis Club meeting, 6:t5 p.m., Melinda's Restaurant For information call (304) 6757314. Wednesday, March 5 POINT PLEASANT - F!otary Club, noon, Moo~e Lodge. · Thursday, March 6 POINT PLEASANT - Lions Qll.lb, -•6• p.m,, ·Pleasant Valley Hospital meeting room. POMEROY, Ohio - Holzer Hospice of Meigs County sponsors "Dinner with Friends', 6 p.m., KFC/Crow's Restaurant. Call 446-5074 for additional Information. POINT PLEASANT - Point Pleasant Chapter of the Sons of the American Legion, 7 p.m., Fort Randolph Terrace. NEW HAVEN - JOUAM # 175 meeting, 7 p.m., Lodge Hall. Friday, March 7 POINT PLEASANT- Colonel Charles Lewis DAR meeting, 2 p.m ., Mason County Library. Jack Fowler will be the guest speaker. Lilly Faye Lanham, Harriet Cruickshanks, Ruth Flowers, Ethel Taylor, and Vickie Sayre will serve as hostesses. School & Sports Wat<h Saturdays at 7:JO p.m. $1,000,0001 Monday, March 3 POINT PLEASANT - Point Pleasant girls softball league sign-up, from 6 to 8 p.m., PPHS cafeteria. T·Ball, ages 4 to 6; slow pitch, ages 7 to 9,10-12, 13·18; fast pitch, ages 15 and under. Fast pitch games are played locally and at the Bend Area. Sanctioned USSSA. MASON - Wahama Band Boosters meeting, 7:30 p.m., Band room. NEW HAVEN - Book Fair, the New Haven Elementary ·PTO in conjunction with Scholastic, Inc. , through March 7. Open to students and parents each day until 2:30 p.m. Books for children pre-K through high school will be available for review and purchase. _ LEON Mason Coun1y Schools Kindergarten Registration and Screening for Leon Elementary, noon 10 3 p.m., at the school. Tuesday, March 4 POINT PLEASANT - Signups for Mason County Little League baseball and girls fastpitch softball, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Village Insurance office. NEW HAVEN - Book Fair, sponsored by the New Haven Elementary PTO in conjunction with Scholastic, Inc., through March 7. Open to students and parents each day until 2:30 p.m. Open to the public tonight until 7. Books for children pre-K through high school will be available for review and purchase. Wednesday, March 5 NEW HAVEN - Book Fair, sponsored by the New Haven Elementary PTO in conjunction with Scholastic, Inc., through March 7. Open to students and parents each day until 2:30 p,m. Books for children pre-K through high school will be available for review and purchase. Thursday, March 6 POINT PLEASANT - Signups for Mason County [ittle League baseball and girls fastpitch softball, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Village Insurance office. POINT PLEASANT - Point Pleasant girls softball league sign-up, from 6 to 8 p.m., PPHS cafeteria. T-Ball, ages 4 to 6; slow p"ch, ages 7 to 9,10-12, 13·18; fast pitch, ages 15 and under. Fast pitch games are played locally and at the Bend Area. Sanctioned USSSA. NEW HAVEN - Book Fair, sponsored by the New Haven Elementary PTO in conjunction with Scholastic, Inc., through March 7. Open to students and parents each day until 2:30 p.m . Open to the public tonight until 7. Books fOr children pre-K through . high school will be available for review and purchase. , Friday, March 7 NEW HAVEN - Final day of the Book Fair, sponsored by the New Haven ~lemilntary PTO in conjunction with Scholastic, Inc., through March 7. Open to stu· dents and parents each day until 2:30 p.m. Books for children preK through high school will be available for review and purchase. Fun & Fund-raisers Sunday, March 2 POINT PLEASANT Spaghetti dinner, from noon to 4 p.m., West Virginia State Farm Museum. Sponsored by PPHS girls fastpitch softball league. Eat in or carry out. Cost is $5 per person; 5 and under, free. Monday, March 3 RACINE, Ohio - Western style square dance class and workshop, 7 to 8:30 p.m., every Monday at the Royal Oak Resort. Call (304) 675-3275 for more Information. Tuesday, March 4 FLATROCK - Clothing closet give' away, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., each Tuesday, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church. HENDERSON - Line dance classes every Tuesday, 6 p.m., Henderson Community Building. RIO GRANDE, Ohio Gallery opening for the exhibit of sculptuFes by Remy Hanemann, Gallia County Calendar 5 p.m ., Esther Allen Greer Museum Gallery, University of Rio Grande. Food and refreshments provided. This exhibit will run through April 4, 2003, Tuesday through Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 6 POINT PLEASANT - The Point Pleasant Artist Series pre· sents the Brass Band ·of the TriState, 8 p.m., State Theater. Tickets are $15 each. Saturday, March 8 SOUTHSIDE - Sounds of Bluegrass will perform from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Southside Community Center. Health & Support Tuesday, March 4 MASON Community Cancer Support Group, 7 p.m .. Mason United Methodist Church. All area cancer patients, families, and caregivers invited. LETART- HELP Diet Class, Letart Community Center. Weigh-ins from 5:30 to 6 p.m.. followed by a short meeting. POINT PLEASANT Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, rear of the Prestera Center. RAVENSWOOD - AI Anon meeting, 10:30 a.m., every Tuesday, Praise Cathedral on Edmonds St. Contact Kate at (304) 882-3779 for additional information. POINT PLEASANT - Red Cross Blood Drive, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mason County Career Center. Thursday, March 6 POINT PLEASANT - TOPS, weigh-in at 5 p.m., meeting at 5:30 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church. Call (304) 675-3692 for additional information. POINT PLEASAN;r -Weight Watchers, weigh-ins, 4:30 p.m., meeting at 5 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church. POINT PLEASANT Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Presbyterian Church, corner of 8th and Main streets. Use side entrance. POMEROY, Ohio - AI. Anon meeting, 7 p.m., every Thursday, Sacred heart Catholic Church annex. Friday, MarcW.T · POINT PLEASANT Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m. , Mount Union Church on Jerry's Run Road. Call (304) 576-3124 for information. Saturday, March 8 GALLIPOLIS, Ohio- Second Annual Spring Ethics Symposium, 8:30 to 11:45 a.m., Holzer Medical Cente(s Education and Conference Center. Topics include: Informed Consent, Ethical Considerations in Amish Healthcare, and Symptoms in Palliative Care ··It's Enough to Make You Sick. To register for this free symposium, or to receive more information, please call (740) 446-5057. POINT · PLEASANT Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Presbyterian Church, corner of 8th and Main streets. Use side entrance. Meetings and Events Sunday, March 2 GALLI POLlS - Free preparation for childbirth class from 2 to 6 p.m., at Holzer Medical Center's education and conference room. For more information or to register, call 446-5030. Monday, March 3 VINTON - AFRRI meeting, 6 p.m., Vinton Village Hall. For information, · call Mayor Donna DeWitt at 388-8327, or Village Clerk Beth Kelly at 388-0579. CHESHIRE - Parent-teacher conferences, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., at River Valley High School. GALLIPOLIS- Gallia County Board of Health meeting, 9 a.m., at the Gallia County Health Department, located in the Gallia County Service Center, 499 Jackson Pike. GALLIPOLIS Monthly senior dinner 7 p.m. at Gallia County Senior Resource Center. For reservations, call 446-7000. Tuesday, March 4 GALLIPOLIS - Holzer Clinic Retirees will meet for lunch, noon, at the Golden Corral. Wednesday, March 5 GALLIPOLIS- Gallia County Board of Health, 9 a.m., Gallia County Health Department, 499 Jackson Pike. Sunday, March 8 GALLIPOLIS Ethics Symposium will be held from 8:30·11 :45 a.m.in Holzer Medical Center's Education & Conference Center with topics to include, "Ethical considerations in Amish healthcare: To register, call 446-5057. Sunday, March 9 GALLIPOLIS Safety Sunday Southeast, noon to 4 p.m., McKenzie Agricultural Center, 11 1 Jackson Pike. Food and drinks available at 11 a.m. For information, call Dick Fetty at (740) 742-2840, or Mert Davis at (740) 256-6707. Wednesday, March 12 JACKSON - Breastfeeding classes, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Holzer Medical Center-Jackson. For information, call 446-5030, or (740) 395-8500. Thursday, March 13 GALLIPOLIS Holzer Hospice Gallia County Dinner with Friends, 6 p.m. , at Red Rooster Restaurant. For informa· lion, 446-5074. Sunday, March 16 GALLI POLIS - French City Crusaders 4-H clu b meeting, 1:30 p.m. at Northup Baplist Church. Regular meetings GALLIPOLIS Gallipollis Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. each Tuesday at Holzer Clinic doctor's dining room. GALLIPOLIS- G~lia County Chamber of Commerce coffee and discussion group meets at 8 a.m . each Friday at Holzer Medical Center. GALLIPOLIS- Gallia County Right 1o Life meets the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Louis Catholic Church Hall. GALLIPOLIS - New Brew Coffee Hour, 10 a.m. each Tuesday in the community room at Gallia Met Apartmeri\5, Buckridge. . GALLIPOLIS - Choose to lose Diet Club, 9 a.m., each Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church. Use Cedar Street entrance. GALLIPOLIS - French City Barbershop Chorus practices at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church. Guests welcome. GALLIPOLIS - Gallia Area Ministries Association meeting, 11:30 a.m .. first Wednesday of each month at New Life Lutheran Church, Jackson Pike. ATHENS Survival of Su1cide support group meets 7 p.m., fou rth Thu rsday of each month at Athens Church of Christ, 785 W. Union Street. Athens. For information, call (740) 593-74t4. GALLIPOLIS Holzer Hospice Gallia County Dinner with Friends, meets 6 p.m., second Thursday of each month at Red Rooster Restaurant. FQr information, 446·5074.. Fax community calend41r items to the Gallipolis DaHy Tribune at (740) 446-3008 .. E:mail items to news@myda~ lytribune.com. .: . • BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ~~ lana .ltwtllll Next to Wai-Man - 446-3283 :·· · 1 ~alllpolis; Ohio" · -, Route 2 South • 675-3857 I 7:15a.m. Sunday Card Shower Tuesday, March 4 MASON - Vonada Powell will celebrate her 87th birthday on March 4. Friends may send cards to her at PO Box 556, Mason WV 25260. Fax community calendar Items to the Point Pleasant Register at (304) 675-5234. E· mall ltema to news@ mydal· lyreglster.com. Meigs County Calendar .... On-air WV contestant - March I 2001 Mrs. Smith just couldn't understand it. She had heard her friends and family confess that they sometimes had trouble driving at night. Now, she was having problems herself. Mrs. Smith is not unique. If questioned, most people would admit that they were sometimes not comfortable driving at night. This problem of blur and glare affects people of all ages. To understand this difficulty, you must understand the effect of dim light on the eye. While driving at night, the pupil of your eye opens wider in an attempt to increase the.amount of light reaching the retina. With this "wide eye," light enters the eye at more of an angle. This reduces the depth of vision and blurs it. Glare can be caused by anything from a diny windshield to d~eloping cataracts. Anti-reflective lens coatings can significantly reduce reflections and glare from oncoming headlights. If you do much night driving, a separate prescription may be helpful. Seek the advice of a good optomeuist for further infonnation. -------· - ·-·- --------~-·----- Public meetings Georp Mclnoyro plarfnl for Driving at Night Gallipolis. Our wtl!thu are: tltribunt • Gallipolis, OH five-month investigation of the mayor, showed no evidence of corruption by Felinton and did not suggest legal action. Felinton has called City Council "a joke" and has suggested the council wants to impeach him. Council Chairman Cal Kent has said the investigation's purpose was to discover problems, not find grounds for impeachment. Everybody$ in Las Vegas! Reader Services Correction POlley Monday, March 3 MASON Mason Town Council meeting. 7 p.m., Town Hall. ~ HENDERSON - Town of Henderson Council meeting, 7:30p.m., Town Hall. ~unbav \Eimrs - ~rnllnrl • Page A3 Pomeroy • Middleport o Gallipolis o Point Pleasant Mason County Calendar sponsor~ct tv Government Wednesday, March 5 POINT PLEASANT- Mason County Tourism Committee meeting, 8 a.m., MOVC. tlr:tmes -~enttnel Our main conCern in all stones is to be accufllto. If you !now of an enor·ln a Sunday, March 2, 2003 . Tuesday, March 4 POINT PLEASANT - Point Pleasant Historic Landmark Commission meeting, 7:30p.m., Point Pleasant City Council Chambers. Felinton claims previous mayor provided tax breaks to companies HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) Mayor David Felinton accused his predecessor of giving tax breaks to several companies Friday, one day, after a Ci_t,Y Councilcommissioned report accused him of violating several city ordinances and state laws. Felinton said former Mayor Jean Dean cost the city thousands of dollars. by awarding several companies breaks on their business and occupation taxes, including the company that renovated a building bearing her name , Felinton said Early Construction Co., the contractor which renovated a factory into the Jean Dean P\lblic Safety Building, had been told by a previous administration that it was exempt from business and occupation taxes on a city project. ' .... At-ho~~m~e~~:!!_::,!!l~O~O---------~ Brtnd- Hefner We1ton William W~son , Jr. lnd lan:~polls,I N West Union Jo Ellen Bott Martins Ferry, OH Raymond Balcer Oceana Boyd Robinson Elkview Gary McOanh!ls Mallory Patricia Lel!l Wheeling 01&1 larklr Chapmanville Charles Murnahan Parkenburc Diana Spean. Wilkinson 1\obert Sprina Morpntown Shannon Heuer W.st lopn Mkhael G~athouse .... Next Drawlnc March 13 1 2003 ~ • WertVI!ilnli lottery Headquarters Join tho wlnnln1d11s- _ , . 1.-. Plllonoire Game- !rom l.u'iepJI A Ntw $11nstanc: ticket! • Win ~ to S I 5,000! • Find word ''£NTRY" under wwddl~ Donut lr'ld IYiill if'l for • chine• to bt a tonttnant on pmeshow GoodtNnphoppon-,... ..... Monday, March 3 SYRACUSE Sutton Township Trustees, 7:30 p.m. Syracuse Village Hall. CARPENTER -Columbia Township Trustees, 7:30 p.m., fire station . LETART - Le1art Township Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. at the office building. The annual financial reprt for the township is available for review at the home of the clerk by appoint· ment. Phone 247-3125. RACINE - Racine Village Council , regular meeting, 7 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Racine Municipal Building . RUTLAND - Rutland township trustees, 5 p.m. at the Rutland Fire Station .. Bids for cemetery mowers are due by 4 p.m. and will be opened at the meeting . Wednesday, March 5 RACINE Parent-teacher conferences for the Southern Local school will be held 4 to 7 p.m.• Clubs and Organizations Monday, March 3 RACINE- Aac;ne Chapter 134, Order of the Eastern Star, 7:30p.m. a1 the hall. Mock initiation. Tuesday, March 4 POMEROY - Meigs County Agricultural Society, 7:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds. MIDDLEPORT - Midd~ort Community Association, 8:30 a.m., Peoples Bank. ALFRED- Orange Township Trustees, 7:30 p.m. home of clerk Osie Follrod. Friday, March 7 SALEM CENTER - Meigs County Pomona Grange 46 will meet at 7:30p.m. at Star Grange hall located north of Salem Center. Inspection will be held. Star Grange ·will serve refresh· ments. Other events Saturday, March 8 GALLIPOLIS Holzer Medical Center's second annual spring ethic symposiium, 8:30 a.m. to 11 :45 a.m. in the hospi-tal's Education and Conference Center. Topics include "Informed Consent", "Ethical COnsideration in Amish Healthcare" and "Symptoms in Palliative Care: It's Enough to Make You Sick: To register for the free symposium, call 740·446·5057. Fax community calendar Items to The Dally Sentinel at (740) 992·2157. E·mallltems to news@ mydallysentlnel.com. When ice and snow damage power lines, we know it's vital to work safely and swiftly to restore service to customers. In the recent major storms that left thousands of our customers without power, AEP crews from many communities joined together in a round·the-clock battle against the storm. AEP appreciates the help we received from highway and public safety departments as we worked to repair damaged lines. We also appreciate the outpouring of support from the people in those communities. As always, we thank those affected by the storm for their patience an d understanding . When it comes to restoring power AEP is there, always working for you. ~.AMERICAN" lilifiLECTRIC POWER For more information, visit aep.com �. Q • ·• Sunday, March 2, 2003 PageA4 _ -·--··---•~p_GU__~ __·_6_t_nU_ad __________________~~~»~~~~~~~~~~tC~•~I~I~----------~~------s-u_nd_a~y,_M_a~_h_2_,2_00_3 ; Obituaries • • ,,. Marcella L. Chapman ... ' ~ 825 Third Avenue • Gallipolis, Ohio (740) 446-2342 • FAX (740) 446-3008 www.mydallytrlbune.com ., .·. ' Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Den Dickerson Publisher Bette Pearce Managing Editor Andrew ·carter Asst. Managing Editor SUS\\, Letters to the editor are welcome. Th ey should be less than ]{)() words. A ll letters are subject to editing and must be signed and in clude address and telephone number. No unsigned letters will be published. Letters should be in good taste, addressing issue.'i, nol personalities. ' '' \.\0~~ · Th e op inion., expressed in the column below are the consensus of the Ohio Valley Publishing Co. editorial board, unless otherwise noted. s .... ~! .... ·'.. •• .' REGIONAL VIEW } Too long .' Mountain State attains dubious distinction in busing kids •· The Dominion Post of Morgantown, W.Va.: Finally, West Virginia ranks first in the nation in a category related to education. It's not the greatest of accomplishments; actually. it's an expensive one. This state is No. I in spending on public-education transportation. According to a report from the Washington, D.C.based Rural Education and Community Trust, 6 percent of Mountain State education dollars go to transportation. In a state where voters won't approve school construction bonds and where consolidation is now the rule and not the exception, isn' t that how it has to be? RECT reports that 230,000 West Virgini a children annually travel 42 million miles of roadway on school buses. If you do some math , those numbers will look misleading. Oivide 42 million by 230,000 and you get an average of 182.6 miles per student. With 180 days of school, it looks like our young bus riders aren't going that far daily. . But that's -not what this means. Instead, it su~gests that the average school-bus-riding student in West Vtrginia covers routes through the school year that amount to a trip from here to Cleveland, with some miles left over. And therein lies the reason folks with school kids here shquld be happy to hear that the state is spending the cash necessary to keep them safe. Is that a stretch? It doesn't appear to be. And that statement doesn't-discount the sentiment of callers to this newsroom who, from time to time, suggest that Monongalia County routes call for buses to stop in places that aren't the safest. Maybe some of their complaints are valid. The hope here is that the drivers and lrv Schuetzner of the county school system are doing everything they can to mitigate those kinds of concerns. None of them, however, has anything to do with spending money. That concept ties directly in to the kind of equipment school districts. have, and the caliber of drivers they employ. • RECT notes that West Virginia has increased spending to imfrove bus safety, and that many of the state's drivers are ful -time employees, even though they only work four-or-so hours a day. With an average salary of about $19,000 a year, none of them is getting rich behind the wheels of those yellow behemoths. They are, however, guarding the safety of this state's most precious resource - its children -twice daily. From here, it seems right to spend as much as necessary to keep those buses safe, and to keep the safest drivers on the employment roll. · And when you think about it, this whole idea is especially important in West Virginia, where school consolidation is the rule, not the exception. As time goes on, all of us can expect to see more children spending more time on buses. TODAY IN HISTORY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRES S Today is Sunday, March 2, the 6Ist day of 2003. There are 304 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 2, 1933, the motion picture "King Kong," starring Fay Wray, had its world premiere in New York. On this date: In 1793, the first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, was born near Lexington, Va. In 1943, the World War Two Battle of the Bismarck Sea tegan. In 1949. an American B-50 Superfortress, the Lucky Lady Two, landed at Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop round-the-world fli ght. In 1977, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted a strict code of ethics. Ten years ago: In the third day of a standoff between federal agents and Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas, local radio stations broadcast a taped statement in which the group's leader, Dav id Koresh, promised to surrender; however, the standoff continued. Five years ago: The UN Security Council unanimously endorsed Secretary-General Kofi Annan's deal to open Iraq's presidential palaces to arms inspectors. One year ago: Eleven Israelis were killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox neighborhood. Rioting spread as the death toll in India's religious strife reached 408. Today's Birthdays: Actress Jennifer Jones is 84. Bluegrass si nger-musician Doc Watson is 80. Actor John Cullum is 73. Former Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev is 72. Author Tom Wolfe is 72. Actress Barbara Luna is 64. Actor·Jon Finch is 62. Author John Irving is 6 1. Singer Lou Reed is 61 . Actress Cassie Yates is 52. Actress Larai ne Newman is 51. Sen. Russell Fei ngold, D-Wi s., is 50. Singer Jay Osmond is 48. Pop musician John Cowsill (The Cowsi lls) is 47. Tennis player Kevin Curren is 45. Rock singer Jon Bon Jovi is 41. Rock si nger Chris Martin (Coldplay) is 26. Actress Heather McComb is 26. A<;tor Robert Iter ("The Sopranos") is 18. Thought for Today: "Nothing ever really sets !Iuman nature free, but self-co ntrol." - Phy llis BOitome, English writer ( 1884-1963). ' ", ..' -' ·' . ----------------------------------------------------------------- ·Bridal choices are endless Every year, as we enter wedding season, I go to the book store and pick up a bridal magazine . Then I crumple to the floor with lower-back spasms, because during wedding season, bridal magazines achieve roughly the same mass as Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. They have hundreds of/ages of advertisements an articles designed to help the bride, as she gets ready for her Special Day, go completely insane. She can 't help it. .Your modem American wedding is more complex, in tertns of logistics, than the invasion of Iraq. For one thing, the invasion planners don't have to decide on guest favors ; the bride does, and it's not a simple decision. Here is what Modem Bride has to say on this topic in its 312-pound March issue: "Gone are the days of giving guests mixed nuts in little plastic cups as wedding favors ... Brides today have so many options ... Choose unique favor container tiny tins, clear plastic cones, little gossamer bags - and fill them with your favorite treats. Give each guest a silver frame ... Or tie a stack of your favorite cookies together with personalized ribbon. The choices· are truly endless!" And they are! Truly! Endless! Which is why tonight, while you're snoring the snore of the carefree, some stressed-out bride-tobe , who had once hoped (The fool!) to get by with mixed () Dave Barry nuts in a cup, will be s;aring at her bedroom ceiling, asking herself: "Tiny tins? Gossamer bags? Personalized ribbon? Should I maybe personalize the gossamer? What the hell IS gossamer?" At dawn she' s still struggling to make this decision, so she can get on with the other 158,000 critical bridal decisions - decisions she must make by herself, because she stopped talking to her mother weeks ago, following a bitter argument about the cake frosting. The bride, alone, must decide on her dress, shoes, flowers , invitations, place · cards, caterer, photographer, and all the other wedding elements that must be ~rfect or her Special Day wtll be RUINED RUINED RUINED. And don't tell me that the groom can help. Please. The groom is useless. Statistically speaking, something like 92 percent of all grooms are male. If you let males plan weddings you are going to wind up with Skee Ball at the reception. No, the groom dropped out of the picture minutes after he proposed. For all the bride know s, he has been kidnapped by aliens. It does not matter. The bride must plunge grimly ahead, making decision after decision, day after stressful day, night after sleepless night, until she has, at most, two ret1iaining marbles. Unfortunately, the bride reaches this state just when she is turning her attention to the most abused victim group in America: Bridesmaids. If you 've ever wondered why you see so many weddings where the bridesmaids are unrecognizable, the answer is that these poor women were following the fashion orders of a crazed bride who wants all her bridesmaids, regardless of their physical nature, to have exactly the same "look," because otherwise her Special Day would be RUINED RUINED RUINED. A few years ago, my wife was a bridesmaid; the bride was the sweetest, most thoughtful person we know. But she insisted that all her bridesmaids get a certain hairdo, which meant that my wife emerged from the beauty salon with this foot-high THING on her head formed by (I ) her hair; (2) a substance that appeared to be either very .strong hairspray or Super Glue; and (3) 14 million bobby pins. She had enough steel on her head to make a Cadillac Escalade. Her hairdo was interfering with aircraft compasses. She did not look like my wife. '·' 1.!: And she wasn't! She was ... a " bridesmaid! ... Can anything be done to '" halt this craziness? Yes. Alert · reader Lori Rispoli has come , up with a brilliant solution: :·; "Have you ever won- "; dered," she writes, "why it · ~: takes a bride months aod " months to pl an a wedding, .: but a good funeral can be pulled together in two days? ··· The elements are all the same - church, minister, music, '.:: flowers, guests, food. " .( Lori is absolutely right. ' What we need is a law pro- ·, hibiting brides from planning " their weddings more than , " say, a week in advance. A ' ' bride caught violating this ·' law .would be subject to severe punishment, such as f being forced to walk down ' the aisle to the tune of "I Shot the Sheriff." Wouldn ' t that be great'1 --' Brides - and their loved ·. one s - would be spared · ~ months of insanity. Weddings would be simpler, cheaper :'; and more relaxed. Everybody would win ! Except of course the people who put out the , bridal magazines. They 'd ;~ have to find something useful , , to do. But I'm sure they'll , ; have no trouble . The choices .. are truly endless. . ~. ' M \ I~ • Miles T. Epling (Dave Barry is a humor . , columnist f or th e Miami .. Herald. Write to him in care of The Miami Herald, One Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla. 33132.) --------------------------------~--~~----------------------------------------------~ ' Proving your foods been spoiled? Oh, come on I ' Aq item in the Point Pleasant Register a couple of days ago caught my eye. And piqued my curiosity. The · Mason County Department of Health and Human Resources has allotted extra funds for emergency food stamps for people who lost food because of the recent power outages. OK. That's a good thing. The story, however, said applicants must provide proof of loss. Huh? Proof of loss? Just how does one prove they lost food to spoi Iage because of a power outage? I could just see a throng of people carting in plastic bags filled with rotten chuck roasts and shriveled, stinky chicken legs - and dumping them OP someone 's desk. "Here 's your proof!" So, I called John Grass, the agency's community service manager who, after he stopped chuckling, said people should put their rotten food where it belongs - in the garbage. Do not take it to the HER office, he pl eaded. In stead, people who are already receivi ng assistance simply need to bring caseworkers a list of perishable items lost because of the last Thursday. Don't know about you, but that certainly makes me sleep better! Homeland Securi ty Secretary Tom Ridge's colorBette coded terror scale is one of Pearce greatest ideas a government worker ever had. After all , without it we wouldn 't know whether we . should (yawn) be mildly conpower outage, along with the cemed or scared out of our 11stimated price of each item. , wits. ' Don't get the idea, thol!gh, In case you' ve fo rgotten, that a person who recetves the Ridge Rainbow ranges $100 a month in food stamps from "ho-hum" to "uh-oh!" can come in with a $600 • Green The color your clai m, Grass added. That lawn used io be. wo uld rmse a huge red flags • Blue. The color the sky and cause a very btg problem was before the ice stortn . for the pe~so n try mg to make • Yellow. The color of the a false clatm . sun that hasn't shone around Keep in mind, too, that here for what seems to be caseworkers also buy gro- m onth s .~ " ceries and know their • Orange is "high risk," approximate costs. meaning a U.S. intelligence So far, a large number of officer overheard some radipeople have received help, cal nut scream, "Kill the infiGrass said, adding that so far dels!" no one's has tried to pull a And then there 's the top of fast one. the scale - red. "We're trying to help them If orange is "high risk," I in any way we can, and it's suppose red means, "Bend going very well," Grass said. over and ki ss your knee caps ••• good-bye." Nearly three weeks ago, The Bush Administration lowered the national terror when the alert code was alert from orange to yellow ·upped to orange, many anx- ious Americans stocked up on water. food and other sur- ., vi val materials (duck tape '· and Saran Wrap). -' When I stock up, it 's . because Tony Cavalier tell s -~ · me another tee storm is on the way. ••• POMEROY, Ohio Marcella L. Chapman, 88, of Pomeroy, died Friday, , February 28 , 2003, in Holzer Medical Center, following an extended illness. She was born February 12, 1915, in Clifton, West Virginia, daughter of the late Hertnan and Jessie VanMeter Cartwight. She was a homemaker, a 1931 graduate of Waharna High School, and a member of the Full Gospel Lighthouse Church in · Pomeroy. Surviving are her children, Leroy and Alice Chapman of Lowell, Robert and Julia Chapman of Wellston, Joe Chapman of Miamisburg, Linda and Danny Young of Crown City, Brenda Fry of Gallipolis, Stephen and Doreen Chapman of Fredericksburg, Virginia, James Chapman of Pomeroy, Brent Chapman of Pomeroy, Viki Payne of Pomeroy, and Tim Oldaker of Clifton. She is also survived by numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Marguerite Darst of Point Pleasant, West Virginia; and several nieces and nephews. She was prece~ed in death by her parents; her husband, Martin J. Chapman; three brothers, Ralph, Glenn and Roy Cartwright; a sister, Evelyn Nicholso11> a daughter-in-law, Marge Chapman; and a son-in-law, Ronnie Fry. Services will l1e 11 a.m. Monday, March 3, 2003, at the Full Gospel Lighthouse Church in Pomeroy, with Pastor Roger Hunter official·ing. Burial will be follow in the Suncrest Cemetery at Point Pleasant. Friends may call at the Fisher Funeral Home in Pomeroy from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 2, 2003: Memorial contributions may be made to the Full Gospel Lighthouse Church, 33045 Hiland Road, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. GALLIPOLIS, Ohio Miles T. Epling, 72, of Gallipolis, passed away at 10:10 p.m. Thursday, February 27, 2003, at his residence. He was born April 26, 1930, in Gallipolis, son of the late Moses T. and Hortense Arnold Epling. He was the retired general manager of the M.T. Epling Company, and fonner president of the Mountaineer Materials Corporation. ' A 1948 graduate of Gallia Academy High School, Miles later attended the Ohio State University, Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia. He served two tertns as commissioner for the City of Gallipolis, and was a fortner member and past president of the Gallipolis Rotary Club. Miles served 22 years as a member of the Board .of Trustees of tlte University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College, and served many years as the secretary-treasurer of the Board. In 1981 , he was named "Man of the Year" by the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council. An avid scouter, Miles was a member of the Tri-State Council, Boy Scouts of America. He was an Eagle Scout of Troop 200. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis. He was very active in arranging for the American Wind Symphony from Pittsburgh to perfortn on the Gallipolis riverfront. Miles and his wife, Barbara, were very supportive of bringing Arts and Music to Gallipolis. He is survived by his wife, Barbara C. Cardwell Epling, whom he married August 31, 1952, in Gallipolis; a daughter, Ann Harrington, and her husband, Greg, of Milford, . Ohio; and sons, Mark Epling, . and his wife, Diane, of Bidwell; Brett Epling, and his wife, Cindy. of Bidwell, Dean Epling, and his wife, Regina, of Peachtree City, Georgia, Scott Epling, and his wife, Susan, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, and Kent Epling, and his wife, Debbie, of Midwest City, Oklahoma. He is also survived by 12 grandchildren, Law'a Epling, Matthew Epling, Marshall Epling, Tim Epling, Aaron Epling, Holly Epling, Samantha Epling, Meagen Epling, Jared Epling, Levi Harrington, Jacob Harrington and lillian Harrington. Two brothers also survive, John Epling, and his wife, Martha, of Cincinnati, and • Richard Epling, and his wife, Floretta, of Morristown, Tennessee. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 2, 2003, at the Cremeens Funeral Chapel in Gallipolis. A private service will be conducted at the convenience of the family. Interment will be in the Pine Street Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Miles' mem~ ory to the University of Rio Grande Capital Campaign Fund, P.O. Box 500, Rio Grande, Ohio 45674, or to Holzer Hospice, 90 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Cremeens Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements . Gregory Allen 'Bunker' Hart GUYSVILLE , Ohio Gregory Allen "Bunker" Hart, 32, of Guysville, died Friday, February 28, 2003, at his residence. He was born December 2, 1970, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, son of Judith Ashcraft Hart of Belpre, and the late Arman Sam Hart Jr. He was a member of the Carpenters Union Local No. 56 in Marietta, a member of the Redman Lodge No. 174 in Athens, and a member of the Moose Lodge No. 1823 in Marietta. He was an avid Bluegrass musician, and a member of Ri ver the Mountain Bluegrass Band. In addition to his mother, he is survived by a son, Ty Hart; a sister and brother-inlaw, Deanna and Chris Reichardt; two special friends, Jenny Brendez and Paul Richardson; and a niece and a nephew. Graveside services will be conducted at II a.m. Monday, March. 3, 2003, at Carthage Cemetery in Guysville, with Pastor Jay Hubbard officiating. Friends may call at the White Funeral Home in Coolville from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 2, 2003. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the family for a trust fund for his son, Ty. Jill Ryan Neville Starkey GALLIPOLIS FERRY, W.Va. - Jill Ryap Neville Starkey, 24, of Gallipolis Ferry, died Friday, February 28, 2003, in St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia. · She was born May 22, 1978, in Point Pleasant, West Vrrginia, daughter of Donald Joseph Neville and Tonia Lea Thomas Neville·. She was a homemaker, and was a member of the Faith Gospel Church in Gallipolis Ferry. She is survived by her husband, Vance Starkey of Gallipolis Ferry; her father and mother, Donald Joseph Neville of Gallipolis Ferry, and Tonia Lea Thomas Neville of Hartford, West Virginia; maternal grandparents, Ralph E. Thomas Sr. and Virginia Thomas of Gallipolis Ferry; two sisters, Jodilea Lapaige Jones (James Gregory Jones II) of Henderson, West Virginia, and Grace Allison Neville of Gallipolis Ferry; and a nephew, Justice Allen Jones of Henderson. She is also survived by her mother-in-law, Donita Starkey of Gallipolis Ferry; her father-in-law, Earl C. Starkey Jr. of Letart, West Virginia; and grandparentsin-law, Earl Starkey Sr. of Gallipolis Ferry, Helen Rocky of Vinton, Ohio, and Faye Napper of Gallipolis, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, John William Neville and Edna Neville. Services will be I p.m. Tuesday, March 4, 2003, in the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, with the Rev. Sanders Rulen officiating . Burial will be in the Wyoma Cemetery at Gallipolis Ferry. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, March 3, 2003. Patrol issues citations in recent accidents ADDISON, Ohio Dreama A. Sigler, 38, I041 S. Sec ~nd Ave., Middleport, was cited for assured clear distance by the Galtia-Meigs Post of the State Highway Patrol following a two-car accident Friday on Ohio Route 7 at the intersection with County Road l (Addison Pike). Troopers said Sigler was northbound at 5:30 p.m. when she was unable to stop in time and struck the rear of a car driven by Shawn M. Johnson, 22, 2391 Addison Pike, Gallipolis. Johnson was stopped to make a left turn onto Addison Pike at the time of the crash, the report said. Sigler's car had disabling damage, and nonfunctional damage was listed to Johnson's car. ••• REEDSVILLE, Ohio Davd T. Atha, 53, Sugar Grove, was cited for left of center by the patrol following a two-vehicle accident Friday PVH from PageA1 PVH will provide the service at $25 dollars per instance. The bill for having an outside party drive into Mason County RACES ·"' from PageA1 Organized 10 years ago It was I 0 years ago this month when two fortner play-by-play football announcers, Byer and Harris, got reacquainted after 27 years, and started the wheels turning to organize RACES. Since then the group has helped in small and large disasters around the county. To help EMA, they have assisted with communic$- Epling from PageA1 Community College. He was named the ~'Man of the Year" for Gallia County in 1981 by the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council. Moore, who served on the commission with Epling after it converted to a five-member body in the late '70s, said EP.Iing carne on board at a dtfficult time for Gallipolis. The city 's income tax had then been instituted to help resolve financial difficulties. "What they did with the money was to pave the streets, get new · equipment and improve conditions for all," Moore said. "The things he started in 1978 are continuing today because of his leadership. "When the water treatment plant was being built, his being an engineer prompted him to spend a lot of time on CR 50 (Eden Rid~e) at the intersection with Ohto Route 124. Troopers said Atha was westbound on 124 at 3: 15 p.m. when he attempted to make a right turn onto Eden Ridge and struck a minivan driven by Melvin C. Reed, 72, 68111 Ohio Route 124, Reedsville, that was southbound on Eden Ridge. Both vehicles had functional damage, troopers said. CR· 138 (Mudsoc). Troopers said Massie was eastbound, .0 l of a mile west of Walnut Township Road 770 (Townhouse) at 3:30 p.m. when he fe ll asleep, causing the car he drove to go off the right side of the road and strike a phone junction box. His car then turned over onto its right side and struck a tree, the report said. The car had functional damage. BLADEN - Christina M. Green, 17, 17064 Ohio Route 7 North, Crown City, was cited for failure to control by . the patrol following a one-car accident Tuesday on County Road 170 (Bladen). Troopers said Green was eastbound, .06 of a mile east of CR 156 (Victory) at 3:30 p.m. when she lost control of the car she drove, went off the right side of the road, struck a guardrail and continued on·. The car had nonfunctional damage. ••• CADMUS - Donald R. Massie, 37, Willow Wood, was cited for failure to control by the patrol following a one-car accident Tuesday on CENTENARY - Zachery S. Green, 18, 159 Green Tetrace Court, Gallipolis, was cited for unsafe speed for conditions by the patrol following a one-car accident Tuesday on Green TR 290 (Kraus-Beck). Troopers said Green was southbound, .04 of a mile north of CR 10 (Centenary) at 12:30 p.m. when he swerved to avoid a chicken in the road and lost control of the car he drove. The car went off the left side of the road, then traveled off the right side and struck an embankment, where it overturned and came to rest on its top, the report said. The car had disabling darnage. under the ·old plan ran iilto the hundreds of dollars per call. The suggestion to use PVH for the service originated with Cottrill at an earlier board meeting. . "!' m proud to see this baby on here," Cottrill said at Tuesday's meeting. "We should be saving the taxpayers . some money here." · E.M.S.I. will still perform the testing in DOT-reportable accidents until the end of the school year. According to . Dickens, however, the district · will open bids for the service:. starting in the spring. lions, damage assessment, traffic surveys and weather reports. They even assisted the National Guard troops with communications during the heavy flooding in June, 1998 when it was found the National Guard radios were not effective in the hilly terrain of Meigs County. They have also worked with the Red Cross during emergency times . On Sept. II , 200 I , Byer alerted the group to stand by and monitor amateur radio traffic. He said a link was established with other ham operators near the Pentagon as the Meigs County RACES stood by for two days to relay emergency traffic to vital areas across the country. Although no traffic was. · relayed, the Meigs County group was acknowledged by the amateur radio command post at the Pentagon and · asked to stay on the air 10 . relay if necessary, Byer said, · The director stressed the important role which mem; · bers of RACES take in the security and care of Meigs· . County and its people, particularly in times of emergencies. "The amateur radio opera- . tors are a vital link here when ; it comes to communications· · because they can keep every- ' one up to date on what's going on at the time ·they . need to know." watchin~ and evaluating the project,' Moore said. "He had a concern for everything that was being done." "He was part of a ¥roup he went in that had an mtent to improve things," added Eachus. "Miles was very insightful and always had his community at heart. His clearness of thinking went right to the issue." Epling and his wife Barbara were known for their support of arts and music, and Eachus recalled that Epling brought the American Wind Symphony from Pittsburgh to Gallipolis on one of his company 's vessels to perform at the city's riverfront. Moore recalled with a chuckle, that in their commission days, he and Epling had a runnin~ disagreement .·. over ownership of Gallipolis · Island off the upper end of First Avenue. Epling said half the island belonged to him • and the other half to the city. "He always said his half was above the water," said Moore with a laugh. · Eachus said he had known · Epling since his youth and counted him as a friend. "He was a good friend of · mine," he said. "I appreciated my friendship with him, and · he still looked upon the community with care and concerti · right up until the end." Eplin~ is survived by his wife, s1x children and 12 granchildren. Private services will be conducted at the family's convenience, and calling hours are 2 to 4 p.m. today at . Cremeens Funeral Chapel. • •• ••• ON YOUR SIDE We Cover the Front Door, Back Door Everything in Between. To find out more about our homeowners Insurance - Call me... Stop by... - It's your choice! C :! (Bette Pearce is group : managing editor for Ohio : Valley Publishh1g Co.) : • and := N m:i mrli -i>entinrl • Page AS For the Record ..-"" They say it takes atl kinds, ; but there are times you r~a l - ~ ly have to wonder why it ;;J; does. In Thursday's Register, .., Mason County Sheriff Scott Simm s co nfirmed th at a man ·~ living near Thomas Ridge ..,~ outside Point Pleasa nt th reatened to shoot utility . worke rs doi ng subcontract : work for American Electric :: Power if they came onto his property. : Tlie wor kers dec ided : against pressing charges and : re tu rned to foc using on get- • ling power restored, Simms : told us . : What's up with that back- : woods· moron, anyway ? ~ (The guy with the gun, not : Sheriff Simms, of course !) : If the idiot wasn't without : power, the AEP guys staring : down his gun barrel should have pulled out the.wire cutters. :: ~unbap Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis • Point Pleasant 424Second NIIIclllwlde' lnsurora& Finonciol StMcft ,.......a.~t~ww ..aoliWicltiiUbilll.,.._ca.np.ny ... AflllillldCcwi4*-HOmtOiftot: Columbul, OH 4121&-mO HOIIIIOG PLEASANT VALLEY HOSPITAL .. �~unba~ Local News· QJ:tmes -~entinel AEP close to restoring full • power serv1ce " BY K£vtN KELLY News editor GALLIPOLIS, Ohio American Electric Power said about 70 customers remained without power in its Mason County, W.Va., ser· vice area as of Saturday morning, but restoration of service was expected later in the day. The· Columbus-based utility said all power is believed to have been restored in southern Ohio, including Portsmouth. Individual customers without power are asked to call AEP at 1-800-277-2 177 or 1800-672-2231 to check on the status oJ their individual service. The utility said crews from many communities joined with highway and public safety departments to restore power following the ice stortnofFeb.l5-16. "We acknowledge the cooperation of all parties, including the media, involved in the restoration efforts," AEP said in a news release, it last storm restoration update. "Most importantly, AEP greatly appreci: ates the customers in these affected areas for their patience, generosity and outpouring of support during these difficult times." Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative reported late in the week that service had been restored to more than 90 percent of its 15,000 members. In Gallia County, outages were still reported in Greenfield and Walnut townships. The cooperative, which operates in parts of nine southern Ohio counties, has called in extra crews to repair broken poles and clear debris throughout its system. Amos Hundley of Cox Road in Gallia County's Ohio Township said he's been without service from Buckeye Rural for two weeks. He and his neighbors want to know why. "I just got out of the hospital Friday and I haven't had service since Feb . . 15," he told the Times-Sentinel Saturday. ' Judge hands down 5-month senten.ce for benefits fraud ...... ... . . <I Staff report I I ' GALLIPOLIS, Ohio - A Gallipolis woman was sentenced to five months in federal custody and must pay more than $26,000 in restitution for claiming welfare benefits from two states at the same time. Shannon N. Johnson, 25, was sentenced in U.S. Districh.-Court's Southern District of Ohio on Jan. 31 following a plea agreement, said Gregory G. Lockhart, U.S. attorney for the district. Lockhart said the case was the latest in a series of convictions stemming from a farranging federal investigation into benefits fraud in Ohio. His office is working with the U.S. Postal Service, Social Security Administration and Office of the Inspector General on the probe. According to the plea agreement, Johnson will make restitution · of $15,687.73 10 the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services and another $617 to the Gallia County Metropolitan Housing Authority. a news release from Lockhart's office said. Weaver PageA6 Sunday, March 2, 200~ GALLIPOLIS - March down to the Ariel Theater in downtown Gallipolis on Saturday, March 8, for night of some of the most familiar tunes in music as the Ohio Valley Symphony celebrates a night of "Unljorgettable Marches." The OVS, under the direction of Music Director Ray Fowler, marches across musical history from to John Mendelssohn Williams. The 8 p.m. concert opens with a suite from Bizet's "Carmen," including the famous toreador march. Relive the milestones of your life: graduation with Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. I; marriage with Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" from "A Midsummer Night's Dream;" July the Fourth with Sousa's Washington Post March; and sununer nights at the movies with the "Colonel Bogey March" and John Williams' title march from "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Classic marches by some of the greatest classical composers round out the concert - Tchaikovsky' s spectacular "Marche Slav " ' Prokofiev's wry march from a Ohio Valley Symphony the comic opera "The Love of Three Oranges," Grieg's "March of the Dwarfs " and ' Chabrier's "Joyous March." The March 8 concert is also the kick-off for the annual subscription drive for next year's OVS season. All those who subscribe to the 2003-04 OVS five concert season will be entered in a drawi~g th~t . night · fot an overntght VIS!l for two at Ravenwood Castle and Medieval Village. The winner will be announced at the close of the concert.' The public is encouraged to attend rehearsals for free from 1 to I 0 p.m "on Friday, March 7, and from I to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 8. OVS Saturday dress rehearsals are an excellent way to introduce young chi!-· dren to symphonic music. Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert are $22, $20 for seniors and . students, and are available at Tawney Jewelers, Purple Turtle and Oak Hill Banks. Ohio Valley The Symphony is sponsored in part by Holzer Medkal Center, the Ann Carsol) Dater rund and the Ohio Arts Council, a state agency 'that supports public prof;rams in the arts. For more mformation call the Ariel Theater at (740) 446-ARTS (2787). Youth sports photos, Page 82 NASCAR Weekend, Page 84 Outdoors Page, Page 86 PageBl Sunday, March 2, 2003 Ring from 19n Orange Bowl recovered Meigs wins share of TVC Ohio IRONTON, Ohio (AP)-A former Ohio State defensive back and his 1977 Orange Bowl ring have been reunited. Max Midlam, who lettered for the Buckeyes during the 1974-76 seasons, lost the ring while at The Laidback tavern along the banks of the Ohio River last May. Midlam, who moved to Tuscon, Ariz., last week from the Cincinnati suburb of Milford, · figured he lost the ring while throwing wood on Bv JtM SouLBBY Sports correspondent . a fi.re. "I'd lost some weight and it slid off my finger," Midlarn said. Last summer, tavern coowner Pat Bo~gs found the ring with the mitials "MM" and,the number "21." Boggs waited to see if anyone would claim the ring and then realized he would have make the first move. A few weeks ago, he and a friend, Rick McKnight, began contacting Ohio State, (ormer players and a coach to narrow down the possibilities. "Max had worn No. 22 at one point in the season and everyone kept telling me it was someone named Johnson, but I know that wasn't right," McKnight said. Finally, the two reached Midlarn on Feb. 17 and gave him the ring this week. Rio baseball · You.th hoops tour".ey·" OUt RIO GRANDE ....,.. The University of 'Rio Grande · · · B ball A ase ssoctal!on IS sponsoring a fifth and sixth grade boys and girls roster basketball tournament from March 1S-16. The cost for the tournament • ""T" ...., raising his daughter, he took a different look at life. He realized the necessity of caring and concerned group from 'Page A1 of educators. As a result, he and his wife have been active and federal grants to provide members of the Carleton a computer server and School Board for more than Internet wiring for the 23 years. Weaver was quick to thank Southern schools. The proposals were a suc- the administration and his cocess and the district was workers for their role in max.awarded more than $90,000. inll his award possible. He Weaver has complemented said that without their sup· this wilh dozens of refur- port, none of the gains that bished and modernized com- have been made for the stupu,ters which students use dents would have been possible. every day. State Rep. Jinuny Stewart "I think students need a presented the prestigious well-rounded education in award to Weaver at the computers," he said. But this is just one side of school board meeting earlier the man. Weaver and his wife this week. Stewart said Jean have a very special Weavet' was a fine example daughter, Lee Ann, who is of the best qualities in educamulti-handicapped . While tion. iunbap ltmtj ·itnttntl Ohio Valley Symphony ready to march; OF Johnson was one of six people convicted of illegally obtaining benefits since 2001 as a result of the investigation. Among them was another Gallia woman, Jill Patricia Combs. 30, Bidwell, who pled guilty to one count of mail fraud as part of a scheme to obtain welfare money from two states at the same time. Combs was sentenced in federal court in August 2002 to 70 days in jail, followed by one year of supervised release. She was ordered to pay $10,535 in restitution. "People who attempt to cheat the system will be investigated and prosecuted for any crime they've committed," said Lockhart. "This crime hurts those who need and deserve benefits and are living by the rules." Lockhart singled out the work of Ernie Meadows, investigator for the Gallia County Department of Jobs and Family Services, for bringing the local cases to a conclusion. The remaining four women brought up on charges and .later sentenced were from the Columbus area. Inside: The gym was packed with fans from both sides the student sections from both sides were loud, ROCK SPRINGS, Ohio _ Much Alexander's! Section 8 and 'The Pit' was at stake when the Alexander for the Marauders headed by the Spartans carne to Larry R. Morrison famous goat. · Gymnasium Friday night 10 face the Aft~r the smoke cleared and all the Meigs Marauders. shoutmg was over the M~auders preThe s artans were unnin for a · v~led 60-54 m a class1c ~arne that piece of the TVC .Jhio division ~til be talked about for qu1te somechampionship, the Marauders were ume. Both teams )Jlayed at an mtensitrving to keep alive their home w·nty level that easily nvaled that of 1 tournament -~ . play. nmg streak and send semors Buzz The competition was not onl on F~ckler and Brooks Johnson out on a the floor but also in the sty d htgh note an s · between the two cheering sections. The game opened on a rather unusual note with Meigs getting two free throws due to a technical foul called on the Spartans in pre game warm ups. Buzz Fackler sank one of the two attempts and Meigs led before the clock had started. Ryan Hannan who would go on to score a game high 21 points scored on a lay-up to give the Marauders a 30 lead that would be short lived. 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"This equal rights stuff has gotten out of hand," said Joseph J. Harper of Cordele, imperial wizard of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. "We're not concerned with whether they want us there or not. We're concerned with their right to choose who they want to choose" as members. see Meigs, BJ Davis lifts Falcons at buzzer BY GARY CLARK Staff report •J ATHENS, Ohio - With the Ohio m~n·s basket· ball team clinging to a one-point lead with under 10 seconds remaining, a Thomas Stephens steal and subsequent free throws, plus two free throws by Brandon Hunter in the closing seconds, propelled the ~obcats to a ·70-65 win over Mar~ hall on Sat.urday at the Convocation Center. Brandon Hunter, the ~ at~ i~on~· .~s~~~~~~~~~~r infonnation oon- - ., is Eior $75 J,llore per team. tach ·C)iris Nelson "ill !<-245; . ' 9885 or Brad Warnirnont at assists · 245-5546. to.set a new schoi>l.record Application deadline is with 1,054, career boards. Thursday. Steve Esterkamp added 19 points for Ohio while Jeff Halbert, on his 19th birthday, chipped in a career-high 17 points, four rebounds and four assists. Ohio had won an 87-85 PORTSMOUTH - The overtime decision in of Touchdown Club Huntington on Feb. I. Portsmouth High School will The Bobcats are now 5host their annual coaches 0 against Marshall at The clinic March 15 at the high Convo since the school. Thundering Herd The cost of the clinic is $30 rejoined the Midper coach or $100 per coach1 merican Conference. mg staff of four or more. It's the third straight Keynote speakers are Stebe win for Ohio at home as Russ, linebackers coach at the Bobcats improved to Ohio University, Eric 8-4 at The Convo. Washington, defensive line Both squads were fight· coach at Ohio University. ing for home court Breakfast will be provided, advantage il'l the first along with a buffet lunch. round of the MAC For more information, conTournament and with tact Curt Clifford at 354only one week remaining 1161. in the regular season seeding is at stake with every game. RVHS banquet scheduled Please Sports correspondent Portsmouth football coaches clinic THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES turnovers . Andy Dounda scored in close and followed that with two free throws to give the S)Jartans a 7-3 lead before Fac.kler nailed a three point bomb to pull Meigs to within one at 7-6. The Fackler goal would be the last points of the quarter for Meigs as the Marauders struggled from the field goingjust2 of 14 from the field in the opening eight minutes. The Spartans behind Tyler Thomas built a 14-6 lead at the end of the first period. T'y Ault banked a lay-up high off Ohio's Brandon Hunter grabbed 16 rebounds to go along with his team"high 20 points and five assists, as Hunter set a new school record with 1,054 career boards against Marshall Saturday. The Bobcats defeated the Thundering Herd , 70-65. MASON, W.Va. -Aaron Davis' short jumper off an inbounds pass with :0 I remaining provided the Wahama White Falcons with a thrilling 50-48 senior night basketball triumph over visiting Hamlin Friday night. The exciting cage win gave the White Falcons a split in the season series with the Bobcats as the Bend Area team closed out the home portion of its 2002-03 hardcourt season. Five Falcon seniors concluded their basketball careers at the Bend Area School with Chris Johnson, Aaron Davis, Stephen Roach, Gabe Lambert and Heath Rickard all performing for the final time on the WHS hardwood. Davis saved his best perfonnance for the home finale with a IS-point effort while Rickard added 13 markers. Lambert and Roach chipped in with six ·points apiece with Johnson nailing an important three~point goal on the night. The win was the second in a row for the White Falcons after the Mason County squad resumed play following the recent weather interruption. The victory also moved the local cagers closer to the .500 mark on the cunrent season as Wahama improved to 9-10 on the year. Coach James Toth 's team will close out the regular sea~on Saturday afternoon when the Falcons visit Calhoun County in a make-up date with the Red Devils. WHS will enter sectional tournament action against Buffalo Putnam on Thesday at Point Pleasant Middle School With the winner taking on Hannan in the sectional finals on Friday. ''This was an emotional game with senior night being a major component in our performance," Waharna coach James Toth stated following the Bend Area teams last second vic' tory. "Aaron Davis had an excep~ tiona! game throughout and we had contributions from .several players which ultimately led to the wm." ·Davis· game winning shot carne after R. T. Roush knotted the score at Please see Dl!Yis, BJ Pirates keep·streak alive with win over WVU Bv ToM CANAVAN . Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Andre Barrett hit a go-ahead 3-pointer from the corner with 57.6 seconds and Seton Hall won its ninth straight game with a 56-53 victory over West Virginia on Saturday. Andre Sweet added II of his 16 points in the second half as the Pirates ( 16-9, I0-4 Big East) inched a little closer to an NCAA tournament berth by extending their longest streak since winning 12 straight in 1992-93. Despite spraining hi s left ankle in the first half, Drew Schifino had 21 points to lead West Virginia ( 13 " 13 , 4-10), which has lost four in a row. The Mountaineers, who are struggling to make the Big East tournament, had chances after Barrett !lave the Pirates a 55-53 lead. Schifino m1 ssed an off-balance tloater in the lane with 37 seconds to play in the game, but the Seton Hall's Andre Barrett, right, collides with West rough-and-tumble the ball right back when Mountaineers got Virginia's Jarmon Durlsseau-Colllns as he goes for the steal there was a tie up on the rebound and the during the first half Saturday. (AP) possession belonged to West Virginia . After a time out , West Virginia worked the ball around the perimeter and Schifino walked after stumbling with 12.1 seconds to play. Sweet made the front end of a one-andone to push the lead to three points with 10 seconds to go . Seton Hall would not let Schifino take the final shot and Kevin Pittsnogle's 3-pointer hit off the front rim. Schifino got the rebound and sent the ball back to Pittsnogle for another 3-pointer, but the final buzzer sounded before he could get the shot off. West Virginia rallied from deficits of I0 and seven points in the second half, the second time coming back from a 50-43 deficit with the aid of a couple of offensive rebounds after missed foul shots. Schifino stared the run with a dnving layup. and Tyrone Sally scored on a layup · after Schifino missed the ensuing free throw. · A Pittsnogle ' s layup got the Mountaineers Please see WVU. Bl Q 1-- - -- - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - --- ..·--· " . ' �. Page 82 • &IUlbap Qtimtf.&iutlnd Sunday, March 2, 2003 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis • Point Pleasant leagues. He made four starts for Class A Lynchburg then eight for Class AA Altoona. While Vogelson~ was disappointed not to get back to the maJOr leagues last season, the 2.78 earned run average he posted in his final four starts with Altoona gave him a positive feeling going into the offseason. "My arm never felt better and I showed I could get hitters out," Vogelsong said. "Then, I didn't pick; up a ball again from Labor Day until Dec. I. I took; some time off and that was really beneficial because it gave my elbow a chance to heal up. "I feel as strong as ever now. I'm ready to go." ..;. Vogelsong pitched two scoreless innings against Philadelphia in the.preseason opener Thursday, the first time he faced majorleague hitters since his injury Sept. 9, 2001, against Cincinnati. "I thought it was a very encouraging outing by Vogelsong," Pirates General Manager Dave Littlefield said. "He threw well and it was something he could build on." Still, Vogelsong will likely have to leapfrog six pitchers this spring to win a maJor-league JOb. That will not be easy since all six have at least 300 innings in the major leagues. Vogelsong has logf;ed only 40 2-3 majorteague innings and 1s 0-5 with a 5.75 ERA. . "I know the competition I'm facing but I'm here to compete for a job on the majorteague staff," Vogelsong said. "If you're not here to complete then you shouldn't be here." Notes: Outfielder Reggie Sanders, signed Tuesdar as a free agent, may see his first game action Sunday when the Pirates host Cincinnati. ... Second baseman Pokey Reese is scheduled to have an X-ray on his bruised left index finger Saturday. If X-rays are negative, the Pirates feel ·he could be ready to play in games by the middle 'of next week. 'I about $1 million a year but, in an effort to trim some costs and focus more on the team, the team has asked Major League Baseball Productions to produce Its radio and TV ads. The New York City-based agency is the inhouse mark;eting arm of Major League BasebalL Two of three TV Sl)9ts that will start airing March 7 focus on the sights and sounds of baseball. Two other spots still being 'produced feature fans talking about Pirates baseball. One commercial, showing Pirates pitching and hitting the ball, has this text: "Every pitch matters. Every hit is a potential run: Every game counts. And every fan makes a difference." But the Pirates are also marketing to future season ticket holders who may not yet appreciate everr nuance of the !lame. The third ready-to-8lr spot targets children under 12, and features tlie team's Parrot mascot suiting up and otherwise preparing for a game. Research showed 25 percent to 35 percent of all fans at the team's Sunday home games were under 12. "That's a big number," said Vic Gregovits, the Pirates' vice president of marketing and broadcasting. "Obviously, that's the next generation of fans." And while baseball is getting top billing this year, promotions like the increasingly popular bobblehead dolls or fireworks nights are touted, too. Each 30-second TV commercial ends with nine seconds devoted to an upcoming promotion. Thirty-five promotions are already planned for the first half of the season. No. 18 Illinois tames Wolverines .. ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP)- Brian Cook scored 26•points and Roger Powell added 18 as No. 18 Illinois grabbed a share of first place in the Big Ten with an 82-79 victory over Michigan on Saturday. It was the fourth straight overall win for the Fighting Illini (20·5, 10-4) and their seventh straight over the Wolverines. . ·Illinois moved into a tie for first with Wisconsin, which plays at Minnesota on Sunday. The Illini play at Wisconsin on wvu from Page 81 } within 50-49 with 5:37 to go and Sally put them ahead seconds later with another layup after Seton Hall missed 'the rebound of Pittsnogle's free throw. · That would be West Virginia's final basket . Johannes Herber extended the Moutaineers' lead to 53-50 with two free tlirows with 2: 18 to play, but Seton Hall scored the final six pomts. : Sweet hit two free throws with I :52 to play to mak;e it a one-point game and Barrett got the game wmner after John Allen grabbed an offensive rebound on a missed 3-pointer by Donald Copeland. : ~arrett finished with II pomts, hitting only two baskets in the second half. : .The game had an ugly moment when Wednesday. Illinois trailed 69-64 midway through the second half before Cook scored eight of its next II points for a 75-70 lead. Freshman Chris Hunter then made consecutive three-point plays to give · the Wolverines (16-11, 9-5) a 76-75 lead with I :58 left. ' Dee Brown hit a 12-foot jumper with 1:20 remaining to give Illinois the lead for good. Michigan missed its next three shots. West Virginia coach Jim Beilein and Seton Hall coach Louis Orr yelled at each other with 5:24 to play as the teams walked to their benches. The two shook hands after the game. While Barrett and Allen have been leading Seton Hall during the streak;, the Pirates got big contributions from senior Desmond Herod and Copeland in ti.king a 26-21 halftime lead. · Herod hit a big 3-pointer, and Copeland hit two tong 3-pointers and assisted on a Sweet layup during a late 10-2 run that gave Seton Hall the lead. The Pirates picked up two e11tra points before the second half started when Barrett hit two free throws that resulted after Beilein said a little too much to the officials after the half- · time buzzer: · Schifino missed the final 3:55 of the first half after spraining his left ankle on a drive to the basket. Baseball Mercer Christian girl plays Rookie Davis' through pain on boys' team bidding for starting spot BY JoEDY McCREARY Associated Press The Gallia Academy seventh grade boys basketball team went 14-0 this season, along with winning the Wellston Tournament. Members of that team are, front row, from left to right, Tyler Adkins. Nathen Stephens. Ell Maher, Luke Watts, Bronson Eutsler, John Paul Annlcun, Thomas cogk. Rusty Ferguson. Back row, left to right, Cole Jones, Aaron Carpenter, Zach Brown, David Rumley, Jeff Golden, Shawn Thompson, Sam Shaver, Nick Gunther. Coach Niday. Pirates selling team, not PNC Park, in new marketing campaign PITTSBURGH (AP)- With PNC Park no longer a novelty to Pittsburgh baseball fans, the Pirates are shifting the focus of this season's marketing campaign back to the team. The Pirates' new slogan: "Come See Us Play." Since it opened in 2001, the Pirates have focused their efforts on getting fans to come see PNC Park. That was understandable, given the allure of the $260 million-dollar facility, .and the team's continued troubles on the field. The Pirates sold a franchise-record 2.4 million tickets in 2001 - and lost 100 games. Last season, the team sold just 1.8 million tickets despite improving to 72-89, a fran· chise-record I Oth consecutive losing season. · This year, the Pirates have added freeagent outfielder Reggie Sanders, and hope improved veteran pitching depth and offense w1ll mean more wms. But the Pirates alienated fans with more than just losses last season. Restrictions on food and drink brought into the park, a ticket price hike, and' other unpopular decisions were a turnoff to fans whose tal( dollars helped foot most of the bill for the park. To coax the fans back, the team has dis· counted season ticket prices and relaxed some rules about what kmds of food may be l;lrought into the park. "The Pirates, I will tell you, to a person, heard the criticism last year that they weren 't about the fans. They took that to heart," said Jeff Mag~s. senior vice president and direc· tor of chent services for Marc USA, the Pirates' advertising firm. The Pirates' advertising budget remains ~unbnv t!rimrs ·ISrntinel • Page B3 Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis • Point Pleasant Battling the Boys Vogelsong hoping Pirates Youth sports won't forget him after season lost to surgery BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) Ryan Vogelsong felt forgotten durin$ the offseason. The right-hander says that 1sn 't going to stop him from trying to win the open spot in the . Pittsburgh Pirates' starting rotation this spnng. . Over the winter, the Pirates signed four veteran free agents to minor-league contracts - left-bander Dennys Reyes and right-banders Rolando Arrojo, Jeff D'Amico and Julian Tavarez - and invited them to compete for the No. 5 starters' job behind Kris Benson, Kip Wells, Josh Fogg and Jeff Suppan. Already in the competition were rightbanders Brian Meadows and Salomon Torres, who finished last season in the Pirates' rotation. That seemed to leave Vollelsong, 25, who spent last season recovenn~ from reconstructive surgery to his pitchmg elbow, out of the Pirates' plans and headed to the minor leagues. "I was a little upset when I saw the Pirates go out and sign so many pitchers over the winter," Vogelsong said. "Meadows and Torres threw the ball well at the end of last season and I k;new it was going to be tough beating those two guys out. . "The competition is even stiffer now with the other guys here but I feellik;e I'm up to the challenge. I've pitched in the major leagues before. I k;now what it tak;es to succeed up here and I'm ready for it." The Pirates hoped Vogelson~ would become a mainstay in their rotat10n when ·they acquired him from San Francisco in a four-player trade on July 30, 2001. Vogelsong went to Class AAA Nashville after the trade and made six ~s before he was called up to the majors. He then tore a ligament in his elbow during his second outing with the . Pirates, prompting surgery. . . Vogelsong spent last season m the mmor Sunday, Mareh 2, 2003 Memb!lrs of the third and fourth grade Rlnky Dink basketball team coached by Leslie Combs (front) are, front row, left to right, Shadow Watson, Natalie Close, Jessica Atkins, Peyton Atkins. Back row, left to right, Ciera Jackson, Heather Caldwell, Alexandria Combs, Elizabeth Lynch, Jessica Beach. MORE LOCAL NEWS. MORE LOCAL FOLKS. PRINCETON, W.Va. - Scarlett Steele lost her father in December. She also lost her basketball team. Her father, Stephen, died of a heart attack at the wheel of his parked car, a month shy of his 50th birthday. That tragedy made the dissolution of Mercer Christian's girls basketball team, with whom she had won two straight Class A championships, an afterthought for Steele. · 1 She needed a catharsis for. her emotions, a way to sublimate the grief of her father's death and the bitterness of her team's implosion. And therapy came from an unlikely source - coach Kevin Shirey, who invited her to play on the school's boys junior varsity team. Steele began practicing with the Cavaliers • reserve team in midJanuary, played her way into the starting lineup and led Mercer Christian to victories in three of its final five , games. Along the way, she found the strength to accept her father's death. "It was a struggle to face every day," Steele said. "Just to get through another day is a check off my list .... (His d~ath) was very unexpected, and .I was trying to deal with that. Then, the team fell apart. I really feel (playing on the boys team) is a blessing from God." Steele, a junior from Newport, Va. who coaches say has received attention from several Division I colleges, is thou$ht to be the only girl on a West Virgmia boys team th1s year. The situation arose when Mercer Christian's girls team folded amid dissent between the six players which forced one coach to quit and his replacement to dissolve the team. She found brotherhood from her new teammates, who initiated her with a healthy dose of tough love. During her first practice, Steele's first five shots were swatted authoritatively into the bleachers. "If she goes in for a layup, we'll swat Mercer Christian's Scarlett Steele (20) fights for a rebound during a junior varsity her awaY. just like anyone else," team- game against Princeton High School in Princeton, W.Va., Tuesday. Steele, who won mate William Wyrick said. "She grew two Class A championships for the since-disbanped Mercer Christian girls' basketup with f~ur brothers. She's toug~. Sh.~ ball team, has found a temporary home on the boys' junior varsity team, and .her can set. picks, and she can take pick~. male teammates insist she's simply one.of the guys. (AP) Phys1cally, she matched up well With . the junior varsity boys, most of whom on the court and the game started flow.- first three games this year, prompting W.'~l'-fu:~b.m~n..and · soph9ffiQres. But_'ingti~s~any• different." . '~" · · · ··fi{St•year coach Maurice Johnson to shtl'lad ~o adJUSt to the qu1cker pace of She scored 10 points in her first quit. Rick Cook, 'who coached the the boys game. game and had 15 points in her first Cavaliers to state titles in 200 1 and She. moved from small forward to start; against Big Creek. Her team- 2002, replaced h1m for three games shooting .guard, be~ame stronger and mates say she has since established beforo; the team folded the week before more. agile, and ditched ~er slower herself as a legitimate player in five Christmas. . shootmg-from-the-h1p style m favor of . · 't E h "There was not a common vision ah. mhore fluh~d m~tion that produces a ~~~~~ e:~~s~ypo~~~:~~n pv::,nm~~~ns t~ It was a big ~ess that obviously co~ld: 1g er-arc mg s,,ot. · · team, wh1ch · was n't be f'1xed" · h d the Cavaliers' varsity • Stee 1~ sa1'd . "We Ia~ ke d a . After three ~ra~llces, s e was awar - 13 . 6 after Tuesday's 76 _69 loss at common goal, wh1ch caused d!sruped,aShsp?t onb t ke JUbn!Iol r lvaTSityPtle~m. d Princeton. tions in team unity." e s a as et a P ayer. am an "M · · .. Sh' Three weeks later• Shirey and ,assis. 1 " Sh' 'd "If h ld y varsity roster IS set, 1rey s1mp e, 1rey sm ·. s e cou 'd "Wh • f tant Lindsey Jones issued Steele an · en you ve . gog1 a g~oup 0 invitation to join the boys team and shoot a shot and make It, (the boys) are sal · goin" to get her the ball If she's going boys who are averagmg 5 pomts per ff d h h j h h to mfss it or throw a bad pass they're game, it's not conceivable for her to be oh ere. efr adcffancle Dto p ayb t roug · . • th 't .. t e pam o a 1 1cu t ecem er. gomf! to be upset at her hke anyone on e varsl Y team. . AI h h d h h I ~ Still she came a long way after the ong t e way,. s e prove t at s e . D 'b d' . · f 1h could compete with qu1cker, stron~er e se. Ten days later, Steele played her first ec~m er . lsmtegratwn . e ."'!ost bo s She roved that she could nse boys game at Montcalm, dressing in dommant ~Irl.s team 10 West VJrgmia. ab~v~ the dlssent of a dissolved former the Jock;er room alone ahead of her After. wmmng four straight Clas~ A championship team. · male teammates. She felt jitters dl!ring champwnsh1ps and a record-tymg And as she proved that she could pre-game warm-ups, but they d1sap- sev~n. ti,tles smce . 1993, . Mercer cope with her father's death, she p~~red as the gam~ develop~d. . Chnsllan s roster splintered mto fac- vowed to draw strength from those It was really wet~d warmm.g UJ> with lions, she sa~ d ..Three ~uls were con- accomplishments in the future. them, because that s ~hen 1t h1t me sumed by wmmng wh1le thr~e others "It's not something that I'm going .to that I was really domg It and that I was approached the sport recreatwnally, put in a file cabinet and never bring actually going to play with them," Steele said. u " Steele said Steele said. "But once I started playing That fractured team lost two of its p, · ° Only 16,000 miles, Factory warranty 1 CD, Ffi]AiO Black 18,995 GMCXCab 'DO Blazer 2Dr '95 Ford F150 Loaded Up, Local Trade sg,90C) 4X4, Sunroof. 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Bobb and FackJer nailed back to back three pointers. Bobb added a layup and Fackler hit one of two free throws to make it a one point game at 39-38 with just 16 seconds showing on the third period clock. Tyler Thomas sank a baseline jumper at the hom giving the Spartans a 41-38 lead heading to the final eight minutes. The last period saw five lead changes and one tie as each team gave an all out effort to grab the victory. With Alexander on top 44-41 Hannan and Bobb hit back to bac~ hoop for Meigs to give t h e Marauders their first lead since 3-0 at the 4:46 mark. Terry Holbert canned a three pointer much to the delight of the Spartan faithful to give his team the advantage at 47-45. Hannan who was sensational down the stretch for Meigs knotted the score at 47 all. Two Lemaster free throws gave Alexander their last lead of the game at 49-48 with 3:43 left. lWo straight drives by Bobb resulting in lay-ups and a great hustle play by Hannan that led to a lay-up by .the junior gave Meigs a 55-49 lead with less than two minutes remaining in the season. Alexander went ice cold from the field and Meigs grabbed every missed Spartan shot off the boards. The Spartans were. force to foul and Meigs converted free throws into points. Johnson canned one fackler added another and Ault hit two with 38 seconds left that gave Meigs a 59-49 advantage . Lemaster scored inside and Dounda added a three from the left corner but it was too little too late for the Spartans as Hannan canned a free throw with :04 left to give the Marauders the 60-54 win touching off a wild on court celebration by the Marauder fans. "Good teams don't quit when they are down," Meigs coach Carl Wolfe said after the game "We were down I 0 and came back." "We were able to stay close and went to a match-up zone and caused them some problems." · Hannan topped all scorers with 21 points; Jon Bobb added 16 with 14 commg in the second half. Buzz Fackler scored 13 and ran the Marauder offense from his point guard position. Brooks Johnson scored 8 points and g_rabbed 13 rebounds for the Marauders. 1)' Ault added 4 points. Meigs Doug Dill, Dave Boyd and Carl Wolfe all played key roles in the Meigs win despite not hitting the scoring column. Lemaster led Alexander with 15 points; Tyler Tomas added 9 and Jake ~ale 8. · The Marauders hit 21 of 56 from the field and 15 of 26 from the foul line. Ale11ander connected on 21 of 54 shots and 8 of 18 at the line. Meigs collected 36 rebounds led by Johnson with 13. Alexander snagged 35 boards. Meigs committed II turnovers and the Spartans committed 20. Meigs finishes the season at 11-9 and the Spartans close at 9-12. Ale11ander won the JV game 36-32 with Ryan Kirkendall scoring I 0 points. Adam Snowden led Meigs with 13 with Jeremy Blackston and Eric VanMeter each scoring II. " WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) - As ion~ as Jason Davis keeps his pitches sinking, there's no telling how far his · career can rise. "Everything has Pone great so far, but I know I have a long way to go,' the 22-year-old right-hander said : Saturday after a workout at the Cleveland Indians' spring · camp. "I can't wait to get out there and really cut it loose . . All the workouts and drills are well and ~ood to build up arm strength. Now let's go out and play.' · That should happen Sunday as Davis is scheduled to follow C.C. Sabathia to the mound in an exhibition game :· against Detroit. · Following the highly touted Sabathia in the starting rotation is a dream, too. Early indications are that the 6· foot-6 Davis is gaining on that quest as quickly as his 96· mr.h fastball gets to the plate. 'Jason and C.C. are right there, velocity-wise, as the · hardest throwers we have," pitching coach Mike Brown said. "He can throw a split-finger and make a batter mishit or just plain miss. He's got exceptional sink on his pitches." While Sabathia was a No. I pick in 1998, Davis didn't. get drafted until the 21st round the next year. "What we saw was an athlete with an extremely strong body and good arm," Indians general manager Mark Shapiro said. "He was very raw, but with a lot of upside. We've seen glimpses of his potential and it is enormous." One glimpse came in his first big-league start last September against Minnesota. Davis held the playoffbound Twins to one run on six hits over 5 2-3 innings , getting 13 of his 17 outs on grou nders or strikeouts. Davis began to emerge as a top prospect in 2001 when he went 14-6 with a 2.70 ERA in Class A. Last July, he was promoted to Double-A, where he went 6·2 and earned a call to the majors by going 5-0 with a 1.17 ERA over his final five starts. . "Good things like that don't happen by mistak;e,'.' · · Shapiro said. In three games and 14 2-3 innings with the Indians, Davis went 1-0 with a 1.84 ERA . "It was a tremendous experience," he said. "I know that pitching for the Cleveland Indians is where I want to be." : That's just fine with new manager Eric Wedge, who· : said Davis is among sever;tl young pitchers being given . the chance.. to join Sabathia and veterans Brian Anderson. : and Jason Here in the starting rotation. · "He's fighting for a starting spot," Wedge said. "We've seen him get it up there at 97, 98 mph, but we're looking al a lot of things in the evaluation process. That includes. how a guy uses his tools.'' .. Brown said Davis's "secondary skills,"- fielding and holding runners on base - are well developed. "He's polished in those areas, but he needs to work on . repeating his delivery and ~aining com.mand of a break, ing pitch," Brown said. "B1g guys can get a little out of sync, but Jason's a heck of an athlete. fie played basket· . ball in college and makes adjustments well." : Davis from Page 81 48-48 after sinking one of two from the line with :03 remaining. Roush's second attempt bounded off the iron and was batted out of bounds by a Bobcat player to set up the Falcons last-second inbounds play to make Davis the hero of the evening. Wahama fell behind early, as has been the custom of late for the White Falcons, as Hamlin took a slim 12-8 edge at the first turn before adding to its lead in the second canto to take a 22-17 halftime advantage. The White Falcons turned up the defensive pressure in the third period to limit the Bobcats to seven points while getting its offense untracked somewhat. TI1e locals scored 14 points during the stanza to erase the Hamlin lead and turn the deficit into a 31-29 advan· tage for the hosts. In the final quarter both teams began to heat up offen· sively but it was the White Falcons who overcame the odds after losing its top two scorers to fouls. Gabe Lambert was regulated to the bench late in the third period after picking up his fifth foul with Heath Rickard joi(h ing him less than two minutes into the fourth quarter. . "After losing Gabe and Heath so early we really need: ed for our bench to step it up a notch and they did exactly thai and that proved to be a major factor in the contest," Toth said. The Falcons stayed with th~ Bobcats bucket for bucket to put themselves in a position to Win at the end and they pulled the game out of the fire with the last second buzzer beater.. Matt Meade led all score(s with 17 pints on the strength 9f four three pointers on the night with Josh Triplett adding 16 tallies for Hamlin . · Wahama shot a poor nine of 24 from the charity stripe whil~ the Bobcats converted eight of 16 from the line. In the preliminary outing Hmnlin ran its record to 20-0 on the year with a 55-45 dec.ision over the White Falcon junior varsity. Carl Flint scored 12 points with Jimmy Gabehart, Will Basham and Ryan Hall adding 10 markers each for the winning Bobcats. Chad Zerkle led Wahamai which fell to 9-8 on the season, with I0 points and Roman Ward with eight. •I �,.( Page B4 • iJiunb<ip mime!i -j,rntind Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis • Point Pleasant ·Sunday, March 2, 2003 · Sunday, March 2, 2003 ..• - u Garage ·eoss running inspection with iron fist . NASCAR TOP 10 .Winstxn Clp Series ,.... Top Polnto 345 Wino 0 So 2 ronk Kurt Busch 2. Dale Jarrett 314 1 1 2 2 3.-Jimmie-.Johnson ·- :.i12··---o -- 1--; - 2 2 ______ ·-········· ·-·---· ··------ ---- --------------·---------------------.4. Mark Martin 306 0 2 2 ·------·----------·--· . !; ___'-!ic;h_a_eL'o'llaltrifl_ 291 1 1 t 2 6. Matt ·Kenseth 278 0 1 1 ·7, Jeff Burton 262 0 0 0 1 255 0 1 1 1 'II. Ricky Craven ~~~~~--~~~---0 ~- 0 1 1. " 2 10 3 ,_, !l. . .... !O..~.Y-~_1_!-"_~rt ___ 10. Kevin Harvick 254 248 0 1 1 2 2 5 1 19 1t 25 6 BY JENNA FRYER Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _ John Darby flings open the doors of the NASCAR hauler, looks around slowly 4 and takes one last drag on his cigarette. Then he steps out into his garage. NASCAR's second-year Las Vegas Motor Speedway Winston Cup director weaves his way through the stalled snake of cars waitin~ in the inspection line, makmg fre· quent stops to explain a rule or listen to a gripe. These days, there are many complaints - new templates and a strict set of guidelines enforced by Darby have made it next to impossible for cheaters to sneak anything through NASCAR inspection. Headed into this week's race at Las Vegas, teams are Race No. 3 of 36 n terrified they' I spend most of Friday in the inspection line, unable to pass and get on the track in time to prac· tice. en Q) ·-E L() StarUFinish In turns Turn 0 Turn ® ' TV schedule (EST) Friday, qualifying (Fox Sports Net, 6 p.m.); Sunday, race (Fox, 2:30 p.m.) Next race - March 9, ~ Atlanta 500 (Hampton, Ga.) UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Site Las Vegas Date Sunday, March 2 2002 winner Sterling Marlin Race length 267 laps, 4JO miles Race record Mark Martin 146.554 mph, March 1, 1998 Qualifying record Todd Bodine 172.850 mph (31.241 seconds), March 2, 2002 SOURCE: Associated Press AP "They should be worried, because the teams that bring cars that aren't correct to Las Vegas stand a great potential of losing part - maybe.even all· of their practice time," zen," crew chief Chad Knaus boasted as he waved his Darby said. clean checklisi in the air after Under the rules, cars that don't practice aren't allowed pushing Jimmie Johnson's to make qualifying runs _ car through the tech line in and therefore, not allowed to one try. race. "It's amazing we got Of Darb h th through because the process Y as e is so strict this year. There is course, power to waive that rule, but almost no tolerance for anyhis point is being made loud and clear: It's his garage, he's thing in the line." Teams won' t have nearly running it with a stern hand, as much time to work with and the days of getting ahead by sneaking something past the inspectors this Friday. NASCAR are coming to ' an Darby isn't allowing any d more flexibility, meaning the enU~der his policies, Darby entire field will be expected has eliminated much of the to P~.s t,!lrough in upder four ,. paranoia teams tiave felt · hours. ' . . . amid suspicions thai another Darby wtll have little tolergroup was receiving favor- ance for cars that fall. able treatment. "The majority of the !nfi·actions are discovered gar~ge. has .worked hard to and followed by swift fines. get m lme With_ what we want Last year, during Darby's and are adapting very well first season as NASCAR's and those are the people we garage boss, the sanctioning ~ave to protect," he said. body began taking points People who still want to away as part of the punish- defy us and test the system, ment process. those are people we don't He treats everyone equal, have any comp~ssion for. ". regardless of the crime or the The days of tmkenng ~tth circumstances. shocks and spnngs, mampuWhen Mark Martin was lating weight or looking for found to have an illegal loopholes in the rule book are spring in November, the team conung to a close: lost 25 points in the middle Darby's office tn the back of a championship race of the NASCAR hauler 1s a despite claims that the part revolvmg door of c~ew was defective when it was ch1efs, all bnngmg parts tnto delivered. the truck while looking for Darby believed Martin's reasons why it was rejected crew was not cheating, just m tech. as he feels Rusty Wallace's Crew chiefs complain their illegal carburetor at Daytona creativity is being stifled by two weeks ago was also a the inspections, and that any edge they used to look for result of human error. But both team& were pun- can't make it this season . Surprisingly, that's OK ished, regardless of how solid their defenses were . with most of them. "You cannot even let that "NASCAR warned us it enter the equation. You look would be strict, and it has at every situation in black been," said Ben Leslie, and white and with tunnel Martin's crew chief. "We vision," Darby said. "You don't have to like it, but as have to do that because the long as NASCAR sticks to only thing everyone really what they are doing and are wants is clearly written rules being consistent and treating that everyone has to abide us all alike, none of .u can by." complain." That's what he's created with an intense inspection process that teams are still 110853, 9000 miles, belonce of feclory warranly, aula, air, lilt, cruise, power windows, poy~er . locl<s, AMIFM/CD, spo~ wheels 1 13,995 2000 CHEVY BLAZER 4X4 LT 110747, Sport wheols, auto, air, tih, cruise, power windows, power locl<s, power seal, AWFM, CD player '16,995 Itt 049, 4•4, ou1o, air, tih, cruise, AMIFWCO, pol'ier lealher seat, power windows, power locks. sport w11eels, power sunroof 1 NASCAR Winston Cup director John Darby, left, and Winston Cup ofticial Buster Auton, right. examine driver Kevin Harvick's race car, while officials (below) use a template to measure driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s race car dur[ng the inspection process : at the North Carolina Speedway near Rockingham. N.C .. Feb . . • 23. New templates and a strict set of guidelines from : NASCAR's second-year Winston Cup director John Darby have : made it next to impossible for cheaters to sneak anything through NASCAR inspection. (AP) '19,995 are a lot of teams out there that think we're vulnerable. I hear that every day. There's a lot of people that want us to lose, but right now we're playing so great." In asking for a dismissal, OHSAA attorney Steven Craig argued that James "cannot maintain the present action due to his failure to exhaust the administrative remedies afforded him." OHSAA commiSSioner Ciair Muscaro decided on Jan. 31 that James had violated an amateur bylaw by accepting two sports l'erseys from a Cleveland c othing store without paying for them. Muscaro also ruled that St. Vincent-St. Mary, ranked No. l by USA Today, had to forfeit a win over Buchtel on Jan. 26 - one day after James received thl!, jerseys valued at $845. James . was temporarily reinstated on Feb. 4 by Summit County Court Judge James Williams, who ordered ~ ~ ' the 6-foot-8 senior to serve a two-game suspension. By granting a temporary restraining. order, Williams allowed James to continue playing. The. judge has postponed an injunction hearing scheduled for March 5 and ordered James' attorneys to respond to the OHSAA . motion by March 10. James was unaware of the OHSAA's latest move. "St. Vincent-St. Mary versus Kenmore," he said after the ~arne, dismissing any questtons about his case. James, who is expected to be the No. I pick in this year's NBA draft, sat out the school's regular-season finale on Monday arid was back on the floor for the first time since Feb. 16. He wasn't rusty. James scored 24 points, including at least 12 on an assortment of dunks in the first half as the Fighting Irish ( 19-1) opened a 55-19 halftime lead. On his most impressive slam, James soared down the lane over a defenseless and stunned Kenmore forward Brett Woodring, who briefly thought about taking a charge. As the sellout crowd of 2,450 cheered during a timeout, James strutted around the court, pointing to his chest and screaming after what was easily one of the best dunks of his celebrated career. James .didn't know how to rate the dunk. "You mean when I dunked on that dude?" James said. "It wasn't his most stylish," guard Dru Joyce III said, interrupting his famous teammate. "It was the most thunderous," James said. "I showed my weight room.;, Woodring was impressed. "What was I thinking?" Woodring said. "I was thinking, 'What am I trying to do taking a charge?' He just sailed right over me." Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary's LeBron James sticks out his tongue after blocking a shot during the second quarter against Kenmore in a state Division II sectional final Friday in Barberton, Ohio. LeBron scored 30 points in three quarters In St. Vincent-St. Mary's 84-30 win. 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The nation's top player lived up to his billing with an awesome display of mind-blowing dunks, no-look passes and shots from every corner of the floor. James' night was over after three quarters. With his team up by 50 points, he spent the fourth on the bench, relaxing and resting for a March 5 tournament game in Canton. "It's March Madness now, no ~risoners," James said. "We re just trying to ' take it to a new degree. It's playoff time. If you lose one, you're out - whether you're the best team in the country or the sorriest team in the country." James didn't appear ready to"sign any shoe deal or drive off to the NBA in his Hul!llller just yet. He and his Fighting Irish teammates are savoring his final days as an amateur. "We want to go out and put the doubters to rest," James said. "Play our game,. 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(AP) - oHumans aren't the only creatures harmed by winter's icy sting. Heavy snows and cold temperatures wreak havoc on white-tailed deer, too. And if the weather so far this winter is any indication, deer in some parts of West Virginia won' t survive until spring. "I would expect that conditions are prime for some winter mortality to occur, particularly in areas that have had continuous snow cover since December," say> Paul Johansen , the agency's assistant wildlife chief. Deer experience winter mortality, or "winterkill," when their ability to generate body heat succumbs to the elements . Poor food conditions and prolonged low temperatures cause deer to expend more energy than they consume. After their fat reserves are gone, they literally die of exposure. This winter's conditions are remarkably similar to those experienced in 1993, the last year winterkill had a significant impact on the state's whitetail population. Deer went into the winter in poor shape because acorns and other preferred foods were scarce. Wintertime temperatures were several degrees colder, on average, than normal. Snow fell regularly throughout the early part of the winter, and a late-winter snowstorm made conditions even worse. The worst of 1993's .winterkill started in Braxton County and followed Interstate 79 north through Lewis, Harrison and Marion not cause as much mortality, counties before sweeping mainly because a thick crust westward into Wetzel. of ice fell on top of it. County. "In the Elkins area where I live, we got 3 inches of crust Whitetail losses were sigon top of all that snow," he nificant. "We estimate that, in says. "If the deer can walk places, we lost 10 to 20 deer on top of that crust without per square mile," says Jim breaking through, this latest Crum, the DNR 's principa) snowfall might not be too bad. It' ll allow the deer to deer biologist. Though Crum says it's browse from branches nearstill a bit early to determine ly 2 feet higher than they whether this winter's cold otherwise would." If the deer break through and snow will c'ause similar mortality, he says winterkill the crust, however, Crum already has been reported in says the snowfall will finish many of them off. "It's all two counties. "We've received reports about food,". he says. "If of dead deer in Greenbrier they can't find food, they're and Hardy counties," he going to have a tough time says. "But that's not too surviving." In the western counties, unusual. In areas of high elevation and sub-optimum .where thick coatings of sleet habitat, we always get at and ice brought tree branchleast some winter mortality." Crum adds, however, that he. expects more reports to come in between now and the beginning of spring gobbier hunting season in April, because turkey hunters will discover the )Carcasses during the pre-season scouting period. "So far, we haven ' t seen any mortality in the western counties, and I doubt if we will," Crum says. "The logical place to expect it is up in the mountains where ternperatures are coldest and the snow cover is deepest." The huge snow and ice . storm that blanketed the state in February might have been the final straw for deer in the state's Eastern highlands. A similar storm , occurred in March of 1993, and it froze and starved many deer to death. Crum says the snowfall from this year's storm might Fishing equipment collector has netted finds in unusual places . . --- keep their numbers artifi. c.jally high," he says. Neither, he adds, should hunters use a winterkill episode as an excuse to lobby the DNR to reduce.. hunting pressure. "That's exactly what we don't want to do," he says; "If deer are dying of win· terkill, we've got too manY, deer in that area. 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The "stuff' turned out to be items that once belonged to this man's grandfather who had been an, attorney and state senator. "He had a Leonard fly rod which was worth $2,000 to $3,000, among other stuff," Petkewitz said. "All of it was in what I would call museum quality." Petkewitz, a retired prosecutor for both Montgomery and Miami counties, has been collecting antique fishing gear for more than 14 years, starting with four wooden lures he bought in a Tipp City store to decorate an antique shelf. "I became intrigued about their history and value, and the more I learned, the more I looked for them," he said. "Now, it's a way ol' life." He now collects vintage antique. baits and some reels. In fact, it has become such a way of life that his wife, Martha, now joins him in the avocation. "She has a good eye for old baits and it is something she and I thoroughly enjoy," he said. The items Petkewitz seeks date from 20 years ago to the pre-1920s. He said some of the plastic baits of the postWorld War II era are becoming highly sought after, with some still being fished . Collecting is not the only way Petkewitz gets to enjoy fishing . He primarily fishes Lake Erie, seeking smallmouth bass and other gamefish - only not with any lures from his collection. "I have an aversion to fishing with collectible baits because I've seen so many great baits scared hy fishing ," he said. Petkewitz also sells lures to help pay for additions to his collection. He exhibits his equipment at up to a dozen shows per year at cities including Dayton, Columbus, Toledo, Indianapolis, Louisville and Ann Arbor, Mich . One of the biggest shows is The National Fishing Lure Collectors Club show July 10-12 in Louisville, Ky. The national organization provides pricing guides and a scoring system for grading the condition of those finds in grandpa's attic or at the garage sale. Recently, online auctions and other Internet sites have s6en a lot of activity in antique fishing equipment and lures. Petkewitz has ventured online to make some buys but says he tries to stay away. "I have been very disappointed in the quality of items purchased and the exaggeration of the conditiOn of the lures," he said. "It does ~rovide a means to obtain some lures one may never find m a lifetime, but be ready to pay big buc~s for the good stuff.:' There are numerous price guides published and available at many bookstores and online . .. ·-· dispersed evenly across the state," he says. "They ' II be in pockets here and there . Will they decimate t~e herd? No. There might be serious impacts in some local areas, but it's nothing to worry about from a statewide point of view." ' Johansen says winterkill is merely nature's way of shrinking deer herds that have become overpopulated. "It's a natural thing that happens from time to time," he says. "Winter mortality is a sign that the land is carrying more deer than it can support." For tbat reason, he says it's a bad idea for people to feed deer, even during a severe winter. "You don't want to artificially support the deer, because that will 6unbap tltimt• -&entintl Regional plan includes: . GREENVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A collector of antique fishing equipment has netted many treasures at the usual places, estate sales, flea markets, garage sales and farm auctions. Yet, Tom Petkewitz says one of his best finds came at a not-so-usual place: a doughnut shop. .Petkewitz, 58, will have an exhibit of lures and other fishing related collectibles at the Darke County Sheriff's Patrol sport show March 7-9 at the county fairgrounds. Some years back, he arranged to meet a fellow collector tq look through a box: of tackle . While they were dunking doughnuts into their coffee, an older man noticed them and asked Petkewitz if he would be interested in looking through some "old fishing stuff' ~~ . es crashing to the ground; Crum says the storm gave the deer a nutritional windfall. "Deer are browsers," he explains. "They like to nibble on fresh growth. In areas where the ice storm knocked down trees and branches, the deer will eat the heck out of the buds on those branches." So, on balance, the- outlook for whitetails might actually be better than it appears at first glance. Wildlife chief Johansen says that even if significant winterkill occurs, it almost certainly won't be widespread and it probably won't cause any long-term harm to the · deer herd. "If we have losses, history has shown us they won't be Inside: ~ • ,, i ,,. . .' ' • ,' l • " �Page C2 Health & Fitness Q Sunday, March l, 1003 Page C3 Sunday, March 2, 2Q03 ... COOK OF THE WEEK Snack-making fascinates budding chef Bv C,\RRIE A. WOOD Staff writer CENTENARY, Ohio "Enjoy your food," says Cat Maynard. . Cat says she has been interested in cooking since slie was 4 years old. She is in Mrs. Howell's class at Green Elementary and is only 9 years old. She enjoys making snacks and helping to prepare meals. Her favorite thing to inake is cake with her mom. When asked what her favorite food was she replied, "Oh that's hard ... all kinds of fruifs." Her favorite meal is chicken noodle soup and her favorite snack is one of her own creations, "Red, White and Blue Tower." Cat says the toughest thing about being a kid and cooking is, "not licking your fingers." Like most students, when she gets home from school, Cat is ready for a snack Yntil dinner. Cat prefers to make her own snacks as opposed to pre-packaged snacks. ·She likes to create new snacks and new ways of eating the same things. She came up with "Ants on a Raft" when she was 7, and fakes every opportunity to inake something new. Here are a few of Cat's favorite snacks that are not only nl,ltritional, but fun to make as well. Ants on a Raft Pretzel sticks Peanut butter Raisins :Take a butter knife and spread peanut butter on pretzel sticks. Stick the pretzels together. (Cat prefers 5 sticks together to make a "raft".) ·. Place raisins ("ants") on the "raft" with a little peanut butter for glue. Enjoy. This is a messy snack, but is also fun. Chocolate Spoons Chocolate chips Plastic spoons For a taste of something sweet and a quick snack, melt a cup of chocolate chips in the microwave. Be careful to watch that the chocolate does not burn and the cup will be very hot'. Stir to make sure it is all melted and then dip plastic spoons in the chocolate. Let the chocolate cool. For something extra wrap in colored wrap, use bows, or just about anything just for fun. Bananas, Oranges and Coconut 1 Orange 2 Bananas I Cup of shredded coconut Cat makes •Ants on a Raft" by using peanut butter, pretzel sticks and raisins. Peel an orange (some adult help may be needed). Squeeze some of the juice onto a saucer. Cut bananas in chunks and roll bananas in orange JUICe. Put shredded coconut in a bowl. Roll bananas in coconut and sprinkle coconut over bananas until · they are covered. Then enjoy with the remainder of the orange. It is fun to arrange the food into silly faces or whatever you can think of. Enjoy it and have fun. Red, White, and Blue Tower Bowl of strawberries Whipped creme Blue sugar Wash bowl of strawberries, cut tops off with a but: ter knife. Using the strawberries as "bricks" and the whipped creme as "mortar", build a tower of strawberries. Sprinkle blue sugar gen- .Cat dlps spoons ln melted chocolate. Some spoons dry on the erously over tower and counter. enjoy. Cat enjoys making fresh snacks and having fun doing it. eat's snacks are quick and easy to make. Above are examples of Red, White and Blue Tower, Ants on a Raft, Chocolate Spoons and Bananas, Oranges and Coconut. Cat makes her favorite, Red, White and Blue Tower with strawberries, whipped Creme and blue sugar. Photos by Carrie A. Wood Athletic trainers Don't put up with ~pousal abus~ at the forefront in March 'Fat Tuesday; Mardi . Gras and Carnival food traditions presage Lent ing," or forgiving of sins. For the British. their crepestyle pancakes were an easy way to help use up butter and eggs before Lent began. Eating pancakes on Shrove TUesday is also a tradition in Russia, where the celebration is called Maslyanitsa (derived from the Russian word for butter), and an entire week is devoted to pancakes. The custom has also been observed in parts of southern and Eastern Europe, includ- · ing Lithuania. The following Americanstyle pancake recipe contains just enough butter, eggs and buttermilk to ensure rich flavor; whole-wheat flour and wheat genn boost nutrition · and dietary fiber, and blueberries add flavor and juiciness, plus health-protective antioxidants. Shrove Thesduy Puncukes ~. cup all-purpose flour ~ cup whole-wheat flout 'l, cup wheat genn 'l, teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder I 'l, teaspoons baking soda 3 tablespoons sugar 2 cups nonfat buttennilk at room temperature 3 large eggs at room temperature 3 tablespoons butter, melted Canola oil spray 2 to 2'lz cups frozen blueber~. thawed and drained 1 bottle (about 10 ounces) sugar-free blueberry preserves .for sauce (optional) In a large bowl, whisk together both flours, wheat genn, salt, baking powder, baking soda and sugar. In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, eggs and butter. Whisk the buttermilk mixture into the dry ingredients, blending just until combined. Spray a griddle or large nonstick skillet with canola pet~li'o(t!!." .. oil. Heat over medium-high Still, with some fme-tun- heat until hot enough to make ing, cooks can make these drops of water scatter on its traditional dishes healthful surface. Working in batches, and enjoyable any day of the pour the batter onto the gridyear, and there are several dle in 'l~cup amounts. ways to adapt recipes for Sprinkle some bluebenies on healthier eating, Polk top of each pancake. explains. CQC>k pancakes about 2 Historically, butter and minutes on each side, or until other animal fats li1ce beef they are golden. Transfer suet and pork lard were the only fats available. Today, cooked pancakes to a heatwith the introduction of proof platter and keel) wann healthier fats li1ce unsaturated m a preheated 200 }I oven canola oil, we can use fats · until all ~s are made. If usmg blueberry prethat won't increase our total ·cholesterol. Nonstick pans serves, place them in a and skillets, too, need fai less microwave-proof container. While pancakes are cooking, oil to cook with. Also, Polk says, sometimes heat in microwave at medium the amount of su$ar can be power, stopping occasionally scaled back; nutrition can be to stir, until jelly is melted and boosted by using whole-grain miXture is wann, about 2 to 3 products m place of refined minutes. If too thick, add a versions; herbs, spices and small amount of water to thin other seasonings, far more mixture to a sauce-like conavailable than in the past, sistency. Transfer sauce to a contribute'flavor and possibly sauceboat. Serve the panhealth benefits, too; and cakes with blueberry sauce. Makes about 20 pancakes, adding vegetables or fruit can add to the flavor and nutri- o~ about 7 servings. Nutrition information per tional content of many dishes. In the British Isles, the day serving: 244 cal., 9 g fat (4 g before Ash Wednesday .is saturated fat), 34 g carbo., 9 g called Shrove Tuesday, pro., 3 g dietary fiber, 681 mg named for the ritual of "shriv- sodium. tus of husbands who don't, in most instances, meet the stereotype. I suggest that you sit down with your husband to negotiDEAR .DR. GOTT: What causes someone to femain in ate a resolution. Don't he a relationship that is mentally judgmental (nor should he), abusive? I've been married but express your concerns several years and love my and frustrations. Perhaps, for husband very much. But the example, if your husband more I try to be a good wife were "allowed" to have his and mother, the more I'm own "free time," he could criticized. My husband give you yours in return. spends more time with his Also, some quality time with male friends in front of the the children would be approTV than he does with the priate. If, on the other hand, family and me. I try to let him he is unsympathetic to you know I am lonely and need and the children's needs, promore, but he doesn' t pay me fessional intervention would any mind. Just sign me "lone- be an option. ly and seeking insight." In my view, you need resoDEAR READER: If we lution by whatever means. are to believe the flood of sit- You are not your husband's uation comedies on TV that servant. And if his attitude portray men as insensitive, constitutes emotional abuse, gross, overweight, . beer- you need relief. Try an adultdrinking clods, there is a cul- to-adult interaction llrst, bui, tural emergency in this coun- if this fails, proceed immeditry today. But I don't believe ately to counseling. that these exaggerations Community resources are accurately reflect the true sta- generally available for such Bv PETER H. Gon, M.D. WASiflNGTON· (AP) "Fat Thesday" feasting need not be literally fat to be festive. That's the message from a varied trio of new recipes for favorite dishes traditionally served around Mardi Gras, the well-fed Thesday before Lent begins (March 4 this year). These special dishes, which cross cultural and national boundaries, can still deliver plenty of flavor without sacrificing health concerns, says the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR). The point is proved in these streamlined recipes AICR has developed, for three dishes, each related to a custom in a different part of the world: the British Isles, New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro. The dishes are Shrove Tuesday pancakes, taking their cue from a traditional British dish; a revamped jambalaya for a New Orleansstyle Mardi Gras; and a rich but light-bodied seafood stew, modeled after a traditional Brazilian dish, in honor · of Rio's Camaval. In many countries, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, is the day families use up foods traditionally avoided during Lent - meat, eggs and dairy products like milk, butter and cheese. Mardi Gras, or "Fat Thesday," is a direct reference to the custom of using up these forbidden, high-fat foods. The word "carnival" · and its variations, like "carnaval," most likely come from the Latin phrase carnem levare, meaning "the removal of meat." As with most holiday foods, says Melanie Polk, AICR's director of nutrition education, "those linked to Mardi Gras and its counterpart in other countries are high in fat and calories and less than ideal from a health March is National Athletic Training Month. Adena SportsCare, a division of Adena Health System . .,;, would like to help promote thi s' event by providing the regional area with sports ~ medicine tips for the compet'" itive athlete, the weekend warrior, and the concerned parent. This year .the National Athletic Trainer's Association (NATA) is pro- mating inJury assessment. If moting injury assessment. you should encounter an The NATA is made up of injury related to being physiCertified · Athletic Trainers' cally active you should conthat are trained to provide sult an athletic trainer in your care to the injuries of the area. ATCs often work as physically active. "physician extenders." Certified athletic trainers This means that they have (ATCs) are educated and cer- direct contact with physicians ti fied to treat the physically that specialize in the area of active population. ATCs will sports medicine. Athletic have a mmimum of a bache- trainers are specialists in lor's degree, hold a national returning athletes to compecertification and also hold a tition in a very quick, but state license in Ohio. ATCs safe time period. Over the next few weeks, have been educated in injury prevention, injury assess- I will be providing articles ment, and injury manage- to help promote National Athletic Training Month. I ment. The education will mainly plan on covering several focus on athletics but the pro- topics in the · area of injury fession has branched out to assessment. I want to provide you cover the "physically active" population. You will find with the basic information ATCs working at , the high that you as competitive athschool, collegiate and profes- letes, weekend warriors and sional levels of athletics, as concerned parents might well as in rehab clinics, hos- need to know regarding pitals and covering the indus- some of the most common injuries that I encounter. trial athlete. (Contact Shane Wells, Athletic trainers are specifically trained to handle A. T.,C., athletic trainer for injuries from the initial Adena Sports Care either by assessment to the rehab and phone at (740) 703-1283 or by email at return to activity. This year the NATA is pro- sportscare@adena.org.) r~~ ··~..· •.· ; , l ("' ·-. * Shane Wells •••• Underage drinkers . account for one-fifth of u.s~ alcohol consumption • Facts about shaken baby syndrome Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is the medical term used to describe the violent shaking of a baby or toddler and the resulting injuries sustained from the shaking. Shaking is especially dangerous to infants and young children because their neck muscles are undeveloped and brain tissue is exceptionally fragile. Some parents may not be aware that playing too rough with your baby or small of physical discipline with child can be harmful as well. small babies is intolerable. Do not toss a small child .. Often, babies cry for a reainto the air or bounce or spin son and a baby is too young them around too hard. to understand that his or her Anything that causes a crying makes you upset. There are some thmgs that baby's head to flop back and a parent or caretaker can do forth can cause damage. The to help comfort their baby injuries that can result from shaking a baby or toddler and ease the baby's crying. include blindness, brain First, check to see if the damage, cerebral palsy or baby's basic needs are met. For example, does his diaper even death. need changed? Is he hungry Most often, SBS " occurs · because a parent or caretak- or thirsty? Is he too warm or er becomes frustrated or angry with a baby or child who is constantly crying. Parents or caretakers have also been known to shake their babies due to problems with toilet training and the complications that come with feeding. In any situation, shaking should not be used to alter a child's behavior. Use of any form Jill Cox CHICAGO (AP) alcohol, a figure based on the Underage drinkers account for 1998 National Household one-fifth of the nation's alco- Survey of Drug Abuse. Critics hol consumption, a study says. questioned the statistics, and Attempting to correct 'Califano's group acknowlbotched statistics they released edged it failed to adjust its figa year ago, researchers from ures to reflect teens' percentColumbia University's age of the nation's population. National Center on Addiction . The new analysis appears in and Substance Abuse analyzed Wednesday's Journal of the Medical three sets of data from 1999 American and said underage drinking Association. It included data from the amounted to 19.7 percent of 1999 version of the household alcohol consumed that year, or survey, which involved more $22.5 billion. The previous than 50,000 people aged 12 estimate - now discredited -· and older questioned at home. was 25 percent. It also included data from two Consumption by adults~ho downed more than two drinks surveys of youngsters 12 and daily defined by the older .who were questioned at researchers as excessive drink- school. Repn:sentatives of the alcoing - amounted to 30.4 perhol mdustry called the new oent, or $34.4 billion. ''These analyses show that it study as faulty as the old one, questioned the is not in the alcohol industry's and researchers' definition of financial interest to voluntarily excessive adult drinking. enact strategies to reduce The government agency that underage or adult excessive conducts the household survey, drinking," the researchers said. the Substance · Abuse and The Columbia center is led by Mental Health Services Joseph Califano Jr., former Administration, has estimated U.S . secretary of health, educa- the percentage of alcohol contion and welfare. sumed by youngsters at 11.4 The group issued a report percent. last year saying that young people ages 12 through 20 conWant to reduce your sume 25 percent of the nation's cancer rlak? res Permanent removal of • Hair • Wrinkles Spider veins • Rosacea • Age spots • Tatto\>s • 0 • • a;rthmarks Sun damage Find out how • All size extra long lor added comfort IOOitMI your body. 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If your baby 's basic needs are met and he continues to cry, try some of the following tips: • Offer a pacifier; • Gently rock, dance or walk with your baby; • Wrap your baby in a soft, warm blanket and hold him close to you; • Take your baby for a ride in a stroller as you walk or in a carseat in the car; • Play soothing music, tum on the vacuum, dishwasher or clothes dryer, or run water in the tub. · If you have exhausted your resources and nothing seems to help stop the crying, place your baby in his crib and ask a friend or neighbor to watch'your baby while you take a break. Coping with a crying baby or just being a parent can be at frustrating and stressful times. Reach out for help. There are organizations in your community that can provide support and help to parents whose patience hav~ been strained by a continually crying infant or the diff)~ cult situations relate\~ to the parenting of babies arid young children or children of any age. Never, never, never shake a baby. . For more information, contact the Gallia County Health Department at 4412950. The Gallia County Health Department offers free immunizations for the residents of Gallia Courity. A prenatal clinic and month: ly well-child. clinic are also available to all Ohio res'i· dents. (Jill Cox, LSW. is : a licensed social worker for the Gallia County Health Department.) - ~ Slllllon8r)' IM!Mr LV~Inllllll~ · Recllollal SoiM. v.lilllt/Ol M J/'I6Kl.'l �Page C4 • 6unba~ 'C!:fmn-6enttnel Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis • Point Pleasant ~~~~~~~~-=~--~------------------------~------~--------~------------~----~------------.-------------~---------~',1~.. /t -·-. COMMUNITY CORNER 6unbap liuu.-6entinrl - Appreciating the kindness of friends, neighbor!).:. . Syracuse. many friends here. In her letter, Mrs. Russell Last weekend she called a referred to hank as the best longtime friend and former neighbor ever. She talked student, Becky Baer, to tell about his enthusiasm, exuher that things are not going Charlene well for her now. She wanted berance and warmth and how he brought such joy to others Hoeflich her friends here to know. including her parents. Martha has recently had a "During Dad 's declining partial amputation of one of years , Frank was compasher legs, the result of an sionate and available. When injury. She's recuperating at he came over they would talk For many years she and her the Gardens Court, Room about everything, vacation , husband, the late Jack 213, Box 38083, PGA Blvd., updates on friends and com- Greenaway, traveled around Palm Beach Gardens, Fla, munity events, even business the world and spent their 33410. doings. After Dad died, Frank winters in sunny Florida. But Cards or a call, (561) 35 8made a daily check on she never forgot her roots in 6258, would raise her spirits. Mom," wrote Mrs. Russell. Meigs County and always ••• She tlescribed him as •• just made it a point to, return to Dreams do come true. the be st neighbor anyone her home here in time to Just ask Guy Hysell, who could ever have." returned last week from attend the PomL. ' AI umni ••• Association ba·,,, Jet and Florida where he joined a grandson, Steven Hysell of Who could forget genial dance. Martha Husted Greenaway It was the place ·vhere she Lake Wells, for the Daytona who taught in the Pomeroy saw so many of b ·r former races. He had saved for many schools and Meigs High students and she never want- months to get enough money School for 25 , years before ed to miss those contacts. together to make the trip. retiring in 1977. Her love of Martha has always been a Family members took care teaching was dwarfed only "people person" and even of his disabled wife so that he by her lessons about living while gallivanting around the could make the trip. He globe kept in touch with her arrived in Orlando on life to tlie fullest. Saturday, the day before the snow and ice storm hit Meigs County. His attempts to call home to find out about his wife and other family members were [utile. The phones were out. He finally contacted the EMS who sent a crew out to check on his wife. After hearing from them that everything was fine, Guy was able to enjoy his Florida vacation and the grandson he hadn't seen for five years. ••• Looking for a new business opportunity? Have you ever thought about growing grapes? of The Association Appalachian Region Grape Growers, which is funded in part with grants from .the USDA, is seeking growers to participate in expanding the grape industry in southeastern Ohio. There is help available to assist individuals who are already producing grapes or ' " .... grape products, as well as .those who plan to start a . '; vineyard or grape-based busi- ;, ness. Interested? just contact , ., Larry Fisher, food ventures :n: director at ACENet, or get ;'; additional information by ·:=; accessing larryf@acenet, ·-' works.org. u . .. ••• ~ Remember Leah Daniels • u who worked at Kroger in 'J Pomeroy for nine years while ·:~ pursuing her education in lin· ·~ guistics at Ohio University? ·;~ Well she's now in Beijing, ·~ China, where she's teaching English in an elementary :;; school. She left here on Feb. :.,~ ' 5 and is just getting settled. ' Leah is the daughter of Mr. .: and Mrs. Lane Daniels who ,; live out near .Rutland. Lane credits his daughter with hav- • ing done it "all on her own ." : "" "' '" ..' · ~ " ·' ~ ., ...... " ') ._ (","j 'il ,.. •• v .. •V Jl,l I) tl} ,, :,~ Harris 50th ~ACINE, Ohio Lori Chapman Hill of Apple Grove and Deati Hill of Racine announce the engagement of their daughter, Harmony Jane, to Scott Brinager, son of Tim Brinager of Racine and Cannen Nease of Racine. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Dallas and Donna Hill of Apple Grove and Robert and Beverly Chapman of Syracuse. Her fiance is the grandson of Cecil and Ruby Brinager of Racine and Betty Carpenter of Racine and the late Jim Carpenter. Hill and Brinager are 1999 graduates of Southern High School. She graduated from Charleston School of Beauty Culture, Charleston, W.Va. and is employed at The Top Notch in Ravenswood, W.Va. _. POINT PLEASANT, W.Va.- Brian S. Miller and Amy L. Collins announce their en~agement. . · Amy IS the daughter of Dale and Janey Collins of Point Pleasant; the granddaughter of Willard and Phyllis Collins of Point Pleasant, and Savannah Duncan of Middleport, Ohio, formerly of Point Pleasant, and the late William S. Duncan. She is a 1998 ~aduate of Point Pleasant High School and holds a certification in bovine artificial insemination. Amy is an employee and student at North Carolina State University, majoring in animal science, agricultural education and agricultural extension. Brian is the son of Mark and Cathy Miller of Point Pleasant, and llrandson of Iva Norrnan of Pomt Pleasant, the late Arnold Norman, and Everett "Bud" and Iona Miller of Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from Point POMEROY, Ohio - Mr. and Mrs . Kenneth Harris of Pomeroy will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at an open reception from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 8, at the Senior Citizens Center in Pomeroy. Mr. and Mrs. Harris were married on March 8, 1953, at the Methodist Church in Perryville, Md., by the Rev. Robert Hodgeori. They are the parents of two sons, Kenneth (Mary) of Gallipolis, and Dav1d of Pomeroy, and the grandparents of Robert Harris of Gallipolis. · . _ IIIIMpr ... H•rmony Hll Brinager attended Hobart Welding School and is employed with Matrix Welding Service. The wedding will take place on June 18 at the Mountain Valley Chapel in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. . .",' ..J Collins-Miller CHESTER, Ohio . Roger and Susie Karr of Chester announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Karr, to Ryan Barnes, son of Bill and Sharon Barnes of Crown City . The bride-elect is a 1996 grac;Iuate of Eastern High School and a 1999 graduate of Marrietta Memorial School of Radiology. She is employed by On Call Medical Associates in Athens, Ohio. Ryan is a 1995 graduate of Ohio University with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He is currently emplo~ as the director of finance for Commercial Movers, Inc.; Columbus. l ';l St. Mary's Regional He~ Center. Hiii·Brinager Karr-Barnes J • Sunday, March 2, 2003 Anniversaries .. (Charlene Hoeflich is general manager of The Daily Sentinel in Pomeroy.) Page C5 Engagements ' · Last week during the power OUtage, many 0!" LIS came to really appreciate the kindness of friends and neighbors. In this busy world sometimes we tend not to take the time to "do unto others" and it takes a storm in life to bring us back to the important things - like knowing when the lights go out, life centers on :relationships. This brings me to a story about a friendship related in a reeent letter from Anna L. Russ(: II of Tyler, Te.xas, about her parents, Charles and Margaret Murray, who lived m~y years in Pomeroy on M~lberry Avenue. She had written about how much the concern and consideration they had received from a neighbor, Frank Ryther, had meant to them and her. Ryther and his wife, Anne, lived just a few houses away from the Murrays until last fall when they moved to Celebrations Sunday, March 2, 2003 • '·· 8don Miller and Amy Cottlno Pleasant High School in 1998, and from Nashville Auto Diesel College in 1999. Brian currently resides in and is Boone, N.C., employed as the lead heavy equipment mechanic for the Vulcan Materials Company. Weddinll plans are mcomplete at th1s time. Births Jeremy Lee Markin Ryan a.- """Jeulca K•rr The private wedding ceremony will take place on May 17 at the Mercerville · · B · M1sswnary ap!lst Church, Mercerville. Thomas-Hutchinson - ·~ ,:. ~ ,-.,, ·~t·-:·r.~ Jeremy Lee Markin II was born at II :45 p.m. on Oct. 28, 2002, at Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus. He is the son of Jeremy L. and Monica Markin of McArthur. He weighed 5 pounds and measured 17.5 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Charles and Monica J. Day of Crown City. Paternal grandparents are George E. Markin of Jackson and Wayne and Rhonda (Markin) Davidson of Riverton, Wyo. · Maternal great-grandparents are Edith Day and the late Carl Day of Crown City and the late Doris Jeffers of Crown City. Paternal great-grandparents are Stanley and Mary Markin of Allensville and the late ... .. !. • Llstyour • No guesswork for friends & family • You rec~ive your Kathryn (Markin) Stone of Jackson and Irma D. Bales of Kyger and the late Mayo R. Bales of Severn, N.C. favorite things. '. Lifestyles' Mid-Winter ',.,., CHARLESTON, W.Va.Keith and Linda Thomas of Charleston announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin, to Chris Hutchinson, son of Jim and Sophia Hutchinson of Ashland, Ky. The couple will exchange vows on June 21 at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston. A reception will follow at the Charleston Moose Lodge. oV Mr. and M,., Kenneth Harrta Pr Suddenly, acolddayln Mld- Wlnter doesn't seem so bad 1EJtn 'l1lomu •nd Chdl Hutchlnoon ~ ...' ..• "' For over two decades, St. Mary's has been recognized for its excellence in heart care. Fitch-Sizemore • - '•; ' ( ,1 " .I ' ~ . '• With the experience of hundreds of open heart surgeries each year, St. Mary's offers patients the most comprehensive cardiac program in the Tri-State region. Heart patients benefit from the latest diagnostic technology, non-invasive and minimally invasive procedures, disease prevention programs and complete cardiac rehabilitation services. 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When I went to pay for my hotel bill that included two meals a day, it came to $97. The manager said, "You don't owe me a thing." The manager introduced me to the mayor of Bali. I sure hit the jackpot. The mayor introduced me to many important people in town. He had me to stay all night at his house and he gave me a tour of the town. We then went to a big funeral for four people. In Bali, when someone dies, they wait for about 10 days and see if anyone else in the community has died. 1 They wrap the bodies in cloth and build a tower where they put the bodies in the tower and burn them up. There were about 300 to 400 people there for the funeral. As they started to burn up ihe first body, I couldn't stand to watch. After the funeral, they had a celebration with a big dinner for everyone to eat. I left Bali on the shth day. When I got on the airplane, J·was the only one to get on board. All the airport people stood outside and waved goodbye to me until l was out of sight. I must say Bali was one of the most interesting countries I have ever been to. I will never forget it. I have had bad luck with my health recently, with my heart. I was rushed to the hospital where I stayed for Page C6 three days and they tried to help me. I mist say they did a good job. There were four nurses who really fook "' good care of me. I was then transferred to Arbors on the hill. The nurses were wonderfu I and I made good friends with them and we got along with each other. After a few days, I was being moved to Holzer Senior Care and those girls came running up lo me and said , "Don't leave, Max." I saw one girl crying for me, but I could not do a thing . I am now at Holzer Senior Care and I really like it there. I am having trouble walkin~ and am very weak. I can t move my body without someone helping me. But I am doing exercises to help me, but this is going to take time. All I can do is what they tell me. I have been very fortunate in my 90 years until now. My mother lived to be 96, my father was killed in a tractor accident when he was 84. My brother lived to be 93. I was the 13th child in my family, but 13 was lucky was for me and now I am 90. · I heard about the terrible ice Storm we had with some people out of electric for eight days. I am going to don;ne $500 to those people who did not have insurance. I think other people should do the same. (Longtime Gallipolis businessman Max · Tawney occasionally submits articles to the Sunday TimesSentinel about his world travels, and memories of Gallipolis and Gallia County.) Sunday, March 2, Atlanta children's museum offers 'pure delight of learning' ATLANTA (AP) lmagtne a place that children enter by crawling through Swiss cheese, skipping betWeen two giant potatoes or gliding down a banana peel. A place with no "Do Not Touch" signs, where kids can get wet with nobody fussing and get a fish's view of a stream. A place with few walls, and one wall you can even paint. Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta exists, as its founders like to say, "for the pure delight of learning." The museum opens Saturday on the ground floor of a new high-rise building across from Centennial Olympic Park. The museum is designed to excite young-sters' senses. Lighting is playful and colorful with spotlights and miniature bulbs. Bathroom floors are designed like puzzles with orange, blue, green and purple pieces. There are benches for grown-ups and aprons to protect clothes. Patrons can dance in a shadow box or plant a garden. Exhibits are aimed at chit- 200~ Victoria's ~ from PageC1 ~ Inside: ' iunbap lim~ -ientinel Classified ads, Pages ~ ome PageD! Sunday, March 2, 2003 and birth~ offering persooalized styles with the rusAnother exhibit called tomer's !Mtl pltotogrdiX1s. · "Fundamentally FOQd" helps Owners Hensley and Jox dren 2 to 8, although toddlers and older kids will find activities of interest. There's children learn about where also a special crawling area food comes from, how it's for babies. grown, gathered and trans"We want the grown-ups ported. Younger children who are here with their kids may simply learn that strawto really be engaged in the berries come from a patch, experience with them," said not a supermarket, or that Pat Turner, president and hamburgers come from executive director. "It's not cows, not drive-through winthe kind of place where you dows. come and drop your kid and "Let Your Creativity then watch your watch until Flow" allows children to it's time to leave." dance, sculpt sand and decoThe museum expects from rate a painting wall. 150,000 to 200,000 visitors a The 30,000-square-foot year. It already has booked museum contains 16,000 1,000 children from school square feet of exhibits. It's field trips during the first six much smaller than the weeks it's open. Chief nation 's largest children 's the 300,000O~rating Officer Kathryn museum, Hill said the museum will square-foot Children's offer children a haven where Museum of Indianapolis, they can use imagination and where Turner is a. former learn by having fun, know- chairwoman of the board of . ing they can touch things and trustees and Ferree worl>ed roam around witbout being for 14 years. told "no." Imagine It! is among ·215 She noted one exhibit children's museums in tlle geared toward toddlers and .United States and Mexico preschoolers called "Leaping that belong to the Into Learning." It includes a Association of Children's forest where kids. can crawl, Museums. Association presia stream in which to splash dent Janet Rice Elman says and a climbing wall. 80 more are in the works. Sam Donaldson staying put at ABC Trosper have been in OOsiness fo1; nire yea'S and tDJe themselves on their excellent CllSI!Jiner SfiVice. 'We go the extra mile to makC the C\1SIDiller happy. I ~ handdelivered a dress to a CliSlilrrer iri Wtnfiekl because it ~ tnXJ1 day and I wanted to re sure that the custorm" had.m dress. We took the dress to the young la:ly's imle and fitted it t1ue roc m," said Hensley. . Custom dyeing sOOes to match the dress is !lore on sire to avoid the delay of having them sent c6 and a tailor is available to aJStom fit the ckim prlealy to the rustomer. . Hensley said that oJStorner -~ vice is a nwnrer one ~at VIctoria's. "We WOJk to please oor rustonus. We want their day tore as special as they do," said Hmsley. Auto- Owner& Insurance INSURANCE PLUS AGENCIES, INC. 114 Court Pomeroy NEW YORK (AP) - . tilities break out, ABC Sam Donaldson is staying News spokesman Jeffrey put. Schneider said. The veteran ABC news"We're delighted that Sam man was in talks with will be staying with the MSNBC about a prime-time ABC family," News talk show, but those negotia- Schneider said. tions have ended without a deal, network representatives said Friday. Struggling MSNBC still has its eyes open for a new prime-time host, following this week's firing of Phil Donahue. Donaldson's ABC radio program will originate from tbe Pe~sii\IJ Oulf in upcoJiling weeks, and the 68-yearold Ylllf'151!'av!lilable to ABC television broadcasts if hos- 992-6677 h~toric Middleport home Judge Clai1Cs home steeped in history, character BY BRIAN FIVE emoil boxes, Webmoil, Instant Messaging ond more! · j.ll!!!l!!!!!t!M! Access • Sign Up Online www.localnet.com ~- (1~m «~4M~ Paul and Laurie Reed's home has been a do-it-yourself project to restore the historic Middleport home. The Joint Implant Center For initial evaluations or follow-up visits for total joint replacement, we offer office hours at: 3554 U.S. Route 60 East, .. Barboursville, WV . PROUD TO BE APART OF YOUR LIFE. '• D4itxt cilnic date is Friday, March 21. Call (614) 461-8174 or 1-800-371-4790 for an appointment. Specializing in total joint replacement SAT & BUN ONLY BOX OFFICE OPENS 6:30 PM MON-FRI i 12:30 PM SAT· SUN CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE (R) 7:20" 9:20 Wid K~ ~ .M!D, g(J£S ~ etinie !lttutk ·s,_,.. . MIDDLEPORT, Ohio Paul and Laurie Reed's first do-it-yourself project has as its result one of Middleport's most beautiful and historically significant homes. Sitting on Middleport's stately, tree-lined South Third Avenue, the 19th-century brick home has an interestmg history, and, as the Reeds are first to admit, "lots of character." The Reeds know their home was built in the mid1800s, as a single-story, tworoom house. Those rooms are now the home's dining room attd kitchen. In a first-floor bathroom, a full-length cupboard is used to disguise what was once the home's main entrance. Both rooms were heated by fireplaces. In the latter part of the 19th century, additions resulted in two second-story extensions and a front porch. Those · additions are evident in an 1884 map-style rendering of Middleport, which shows the house looking much like it does today. The house boasts many signs of sturdy, prideful 19th-century construction, including wide cove and crown molding, a striking staircase with three different types of wood making up its newel post, and fireplace stones bearing a mason's initials, "R.S." It also tells of its experiences during three centuries of Middleport life. When the Reeds began their restoration project, for example, they nottced a waterline on the dining room wall. That line marks the level of Ohio River waters during the 1937 flood- and they know that because the significance was noted on the wall by a · former owner. One of the home's former owners was Common Pleas Court Judge Cedric C. Clark, and it was the home's history - certainly not its condition - that influenced the young Reeds' decision to purchase and restore the house. "When Paul first showed me the house, it was deplorable," Laurie Reed now remembers. "It was a dark, cold, damp evening, and when we came in, there was nothing but one bare light bulb hanging from the ceiling. There were holes in the walls, and there was. only one room that we could have lived in." The Reeds, up to the challenge, bought the house for a song and began their work immediately -- with little was preparation . . That November 1985. "We just jumped right in · and started to work," Paul said. "And we only had one fi ht!" ~ith their first child, Katie, on the way, the Reeds began knocking out walls, creating doors and windows while covering others up, removing plaster, installing molding and tile flooring, and hanging wallpaper. "We finished the upstairs first," Paul said, "and moved in August 1986. It wasn't until February 1987 that we were able to live in the downstairs part of the house." The Reeds decided to host a party for friends and family, not only to unveil their finished product, but to motivate themselves to complete the daunting renovation project. "At least 90 percent of the materials for th1s house came from King's Hardware and Valley Lumber here in Middleport," Paul said. "They called me 'Monday' at Valley Lumber, because every Monday, I would go in and shop for the materials we would need for that week's project," Laurie remembers. Later, witb the Reeds' second child, Ben, due to arrive, Paul and Laurie made the decision to proceed with the addition of a spacious family room on the first floor and a second family room and additional bedrooms on the ·second. The work was completed by Banks Construction of Pomeroy. In 2001, the Reeds constructed a new swimming pool and poolhouse to complement their home's small but beautifully-landscaped lot. "We don't regret a thing," Laurie said. "We never, ever talked about b-building a house . We always wanted an old house, and we're very happy." Just off South Third Avenue, the Reed family's front parlor serves as a den. Here, Ben Reed enjoys a cozy fire on a February evening. /Juun 'WiiJUa · ByObaji ID~~B~~W~~E""Kurt Russell I(C AGE~ REED You and a friend are cordially invited to attend an educational seminar on the latest advancements in breast, body andfacial aesthetics. ~ Slfin AL L J. Staff writer TOTAL lNTERNfT soflwore CD makes connecting lost &eosi Life Home Car Business '7lie "11- .Aslk 7' 1• 1·.., Reeds restore 91utut ll.ugmmtatUm, !&etut flll.auutmctiM ALL fiME:::S S.:l 00 c( eJ.lagerr. Looking for a New Career Opportunity? Byinamed Immediate Opening for you to become an Industrial Maintenance Technician. Thursday, March 6 HoUday J, A new Industrial Maintenance Technician Program will start January 21'' and end June 30,2003. The 600 hour course will inclu(le Electricity, Machine Shop/CNC, and Welding. 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PhOtOS by Brl"an ·Reed I ���Page D6 • 61lMQ G:tad -6tattatl Pomeroy • ""lddleport • Gallipolis • Point Pleasant ' ' ' /. Sunday, March 2, 2000 . . -. i • <, (\ ' '' ·' Jt ' ,' '. Who says you.can't·have.flowers ant;~ frui~~:·noW? . 8v LEI REICH Associated Press writer for a. couple of 1nonths. weeks Qf flowers. You may also have start- Once it bursts' into bloom, .ed some freesia bulbs a single plant fills a whole growing back in room with its intollicating December. Kept c.ool and aroma. . bright, which they like, Gardenias are more diftbey begin ¥fpwth slowly. . ficult to grow but .....:.. some By now, thetr~tems s~o..u,tt. kifi!'~ 1 ,at least :-:.have ~e be loaded With ff!lgrant, ~tenttalto flower all wt.ncolorful sprays of flowers: .ter, Give· this plant bright For fragr11n1 flowers, light, constantly moist but there also are jasmine and not sodden soil, high g.ardenia plants. Jasmine humidity; and even· temlikes to take a ·short rest peratures. 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Just a few ripe ·eties·, or grow both. : These plant~ can also frUits ,go ' a long way · Altl).ough longer days ; spend the early part of · toward pleasing the palate and brightening sun have • winter in a cool, .briglit 'and perfuhiing a whple $purred growth of flowers . wi11c!ow. }1ley e.vet) ~e ,joom: :· • · . . •.. ·. · ~A~ I· f~uits •.. o~ .. Plll!1ts . S cold-~ardy .·. e9.o.q&l:l.,,.,. t~..,,.,·e· .Ojl~ ·.·P. l.aq,t·. .th.a~ < ep. ~ld, m.~.·.?9~, . .cold., .W1 . QIIY\!411,. ,.... •. ex~rt~nce • ·w,tnl~r '.o~t, ' ~t(l.ty ~;t.~o}:~~~ ~!1lh JWlUI~a!ll}i a qute,~ .~tilfu.es~t:t•'; 49Qrs aM be brought !n as . ripe : fl'jllt$ is,; ~.~~tied: o~~r tlie.•lan~sca~ ,)Yoli i"J\'.; needed., HAAd-pptJmate ik.U!rlqua,t.• ~I! <swe¢t•sour .; don't ' hJve to lo.oll. : tao.;! t ·• qte ,flow.ers .· witfl:~ f,;sm.a,Jl &lt)lits· ?s.weet. ~Dd ,Wur,··. clo&e!y. 'to se.e ·that ·eyen>·•·• . . •!. paintbrush, . l,beq;··expect Afnijp)'~~l!re · ~freshltig, b!lt . ~es and ·shrubs pbldooq ~ ,; ripe· frll.its 'a i't\ohth or so ; y,ou q:ught, wapt tl:ien!'lo b,ave ;begun. to stir, thelh ,il later. Most alpine .straw- ~tang 1\ bitlo~ser, to del:o•' b!lds fatten!Dg .with· eacb.,~(' berries yield red fruits, but ' rate· . tbe ~ pllriil. · and ' io" littlQ bit of warmth a, :! ·I .Some varieties yiel4, . white ·· become sweeter. ·Choose ,spqng approache~t. . ,· · ·.I :<; ' ; . . iJ J ~ • Middleport • Pomeroy, Ohio 50 CENTS • Vol. 53, No. 136 '·:.l' 1:. Bv J. MILES LAYTON Staff writer M4 ~ EASTMAN'S POMEROY- The snow and ice storm last week may cost the village several thousand dollars. Investigators from the Fede.ral Emergency Management Agency and the state's Emergency Management Agency visited Pomeroy Wednesday to determine how much money is needed to pay for the storm damage. Clerk-treasurer Kathy Hysell ••• etoje to 9Tome & eommanity - Cll(. 1980- Vetera clerk sharp with money •. Thanks for your patronage . over the past 23 years!! Whole Kemal. Com, Cream " Velvet Super Dip 69 $ Bags submitted a request for approximately $175,000. The request includes $20,000 for debris removal such as tree limbs and $35,000 in ice and snow removal. There are about 30 miles of streets and roads in the village, she said. Hysell added that FEMA is willing to pay $4,000 per mile to repair the streets for a total of $120,000. Council member Larry Wehrung said the storm hit the streets pretty hard . "We do have a lot of damage to the city streets," he said. County engineer Gene Triplett said village streets got hit pretty hard. He said the freezing, the moisture and the salt really affected the streets. · Triplett said if the village is qeclared a disaster zone, FEMA will provide more money for repairs. The investigators are going to several places in at least four counties to gel estimates of the storm damage. Hysell said the investigators would present their findings in Washington and Columbus. The recent wave of ice storms cost the village $3,000 more than it was budgeted for in salt and calciurn. Salt is in short supply in the vii. !age. Despite a barge delivering salt to a distributorship in Marietta, there will be none for the village. Since there is a declared state of emergency still in effect, the state has commandeered all salt and told suppliers not to sell it to anyone else. The village only has enough salt 1 s.ctiOIII - 11 hpl · A2 84-5 86 86 A4 A3 AS B1-3 A2 c 2003 Ollio Volley Publisllins Co. Ct. Soft 'N Gentle DOG FOOD BATH TISSUE .~(.$1 """···~· $3 99 We reMrv• the and •r• not SUGAR EGGS !!Sl for lypopaphlcal or plclor1•1 errore. Prlcee GOOd MA~t8. 2ti03 WASHINGTON (AP) Missouri dentist Charles Sell sees imaginary leopards, believes the FBI is trying to kill him and wants to go into combat. He is locked up in a psychiatric unit while the Supreme Court considers if the 53-yearold can be forced to take antipsychotic drugs to make him well enough to stand trial on insurance fraud charges. His case asks the high court to balance the government's interest in punishing· nonviolent crime with a person's constitutional right to control his or her body. The justices were hearing arguments Monday in a follow-up to a 1992 court ruling that defendants can be forced to take drugs only if it is medically appropriate. Sell's case raises questions that could apply more broadly to, for example, government programs requiring vaccinations against anthrdX or school mandates that children with hyperactivity or attention deficit disorder take drugs to remain in class. No one disputes that Sell, of suburban St. Louis, is mentally ill and too unstable to stand trial. There is disagreement over whether medicines will help him, and whether he is dangerous. The Bush administration argues that hundreds of federal defendants a year are medicated, and that most become competent to stand trial. Most take the drugs willingly. In a recent 12-month period, 59 people were medicated against their wishes and about three-fourths were restored to competency, the administration told the court. Sell and his wife are accused of submitting bogus claims to Medicaid and private insur- ance companies for dental services. Sell was later charged with conspiring and attempting to kill a witness - a fonner worker in his office - and the FBI agent who arrested him. He has spent more than four years in a prison hospital as his lawyers fought over his drugging. more jail time than he would receive if convicted of the fraud crimes. He has been diagnosed with a delusional disorder. The Holzer Medical Cenler Support Group will meet Sunday, March 9 from 2:00 • 4:00 pm in the Hospital's French 500 Room. Guest Speaker: Chris Reeg from lhe Ohio Department of Insurance, who will discu.. the Ohio Senior Sib. bag Foodland Grade A Medium Foodland NICK WADHAMS Supreme Court considers forced medication in.fraud case Index Mini Chunks Nunn Better and front in the war. The uncenainty led the stock Associated Press writer market to fall by 11.3 percent just minutes after it opened Iraq was dismantling seven Monday. The drop accompamore outlawed AI Samoud 2 nied a five percent drop in the missiles Monday and promised Tur!Ush currency, the lira. to hand over a report showing Gul said parliament's failure how it destroyed deadly anthrdX to approve the deployment and VX nerve agent. shouldn't jeopardize the relaBut a top Iraqi official also tionship between Ankara and said Sunday that Iraq may stop Washington, and warned Iraq destroying the missiles, banned not to try to capitalize on the because they fly farther than vote. allowed by the United Nations, In Qatar, a meeting of Gulf if it believes Washington is ministers failed Monday to detennined to go to war any- endorse a proposal by the way. United Arab Emirates calling "If it turns out at an early on Saddam to step down· in a stage during this month that last-ditch effort to avoid a U.S:America is not going to a legal led war on Iraq. way. then why should we con"It is a very important initiatinueT' Saddam Hussein's sci- tive, but we have to discuss it , entific adviser, Lt. Gen. Amer forther. ... This has to be d'ISal-Saadi said Sunday. cussed among all the Arab That statement was likely states to see how this can be only to provide more fodder for implemented," Sheik Hamad U.S. officials who say Iraq's bin Jassim bin Jabor AI Thani, destruction of the banned AI the Qatari foreign minister, told Samoud 2 missiles is just part reporters after the Gulf of a pattern of deception and Cooperation Council meeting. doesn't indicate any real coop"There is a very slim chance eration. this war could be avoided," Still, U.S. war plans were Sheik Hamad added. dealt a new blow Monday when While the Arab world grapTurkey's Prime Minister pled over how to proceed, Odai Abdullah Gul refused to say ai-Taie, an Information whether the country's parlia- Ministry official, said Iraq had ment would quickly reconsider begun destroying more AI its decision to block U.S. troops Samoud 2 missiles at 9 a.m., from deploying there. and expected to destroy "We are analyzing the situa- between seven and nine on tion and we will see what hap- Monday. pens in the next few days," Gul With weapons inspectors said in a news conference. supervising the work. Iraq Turkey's stock market · crushed four missiles on plunged Monday on fears that Saturday and another six on the decision would jeopardize a Sunday. It also destroyed two promised $15 billion aid pack- casting chambers used to make age. engines for another kind of misOn Saturday, parliament sile, the AI Fatah. failed to get an outright majoriThe 10 destroyed AI ty to allow the deployment of Samouds represent about a 62,000 U.S. troops in Turkey, tenth of Iraq's stock of the miswhich borders Iraq to the north. siles, which the United Nations U.S. war planners had hoped to use troops there to open a sec- 8v ; Pail Calendar Classifieds Comics Dear Abby Editorials Movies Obituaries Sports Weather left for either three or four small storms, like the one Wednesday night which dropped approximately an inch of snow on the ground, or one big storm. . Hysell said that during the ice and snow storm, there was more than 60 hours of overtime for the street department. There are seven workers in the street department who worked around the clock ro clear debris from streets and salt roads for vehicle safety. Iraq threatens to stop missile destruction POMEROY What one word would best .· describe Kathl(.ijysell? ·sharp. Hysell · has ser¥ed as · clerk-treasurer for more ' than II years. She has seen it all from random · state audits to educatin~ a Kathy Hysell has 'ser~~d the vlll~ge for more tti~n ll years as clerk-treasurer. A half dozen green cny native of Meigs County, she said she enjoys serving the community she grew up reporters from the Daily ln. (J. Miles Layton) Sentinel on the inner workings of village govAs clerk,. she is respon- Hospital. ernment. tors," she said. Kathy said she had pre During village council Hysell said she learned sible maintaining the meetings, the mayor ·and to adjust to each state financial matters of a $1.5 viously known him from council ·members often auditor who crossed her miUion budget. This high school and had seen ask Hysell for her advice path, looking for some- requires her to write at him around the hospital on financial matters. thing comi?letely different least 75 checks a month because of his father, who "!like the people I work in the vtllage account and to keep the village as was sick at the time. One best as possible in the night while she was workwith," shf. said. "I like books. ing the front desk, her Accounting is some- black ink. doing goo11 for the villa~e and trying to keep it m thing that has always fas- · Outside her role as future husband came in Hysell needing some medical line financially." cinated Hysell. She clerk-treasurer, When Hysell started, became · interested in has two children, Anne attention . Fate intervened she admits that she had a accounting while she was and Lee, seven grandchil- and the two would later lot to learn. Before she a student at Meigs l:ligh dren and a miniature be married Dec. 26. Hysell's favorite color could even put fami Iy School. The lessons she schnauzer named photographs on her desk, learned would prove Dutchie. She has been is yellow because "it is the state decided to con- invaluable when she married to her husband warm" and reminds her of Her favorite duct an audit of the vil- would go onto tax Robert for 20 years. The spring. lage. This proved to be a accounting for Rowena two met when Kathy was movie is "The Money Pit" Hysell . so far, will be blessing in disguise. Vaughn. Later, Hysell working as a receptionist "You learn most of your would work as a teller at in the emergency room at running unopposed for skills from your audi- Bank One. tlie Veteran's Memorial clerk-treasurer this year. Potatq Chips 5 qt. Ice Cream 2/$ www.mydailysentinel.com BY J. MILES LAYTON Staff writer Style Corn, Green Beans & Asst. 12 oz. MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2003 Village needs money to recover from ice storm ~ OX • l'feollh ln5lltDIIC8Inlonnotion Program. She will answer queslions about insurance and Medicare. In Meigs Countv: " t. 2/$3 Thursday, March 20 at 10:30 am - Meigs Senior Center Diabetes March • -, ' 5 from 8:00 am • 5:00 pm in the Fren~h 500 Room I For more informalion, or lo M E D JC A L C E N T E R Discover the Holzer Difference www .holzer.org coli (740, 446·5080 ·' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 03. March Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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