https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/3b69c118599166fd92df1806d74a5f63.pdf 789c9a25e5d64daec45f8b0db0b90b55 PDF Text Text www.mydallysentlnel.com Page 86 • The Dally Sentinel Monday, March 24, 2003 Gay man outraged by neighbor who brags about sex with boy DEAR ABBY: I am a 32year-<>ld gay man who lives with my partner in a large condominium comf.lex. Another gay man, "Nige ," lives down . the hall. We do not socialize. Nigel is in his late 40s, and I have a strong aversion to him because. he informs anyone who' ll listen about his sexual escapades. I recently ran into Nigel in the elevator, and he staned boasting about a fling he's having with a 16-year- old boy who .lives two floors below. As we stepped into the lobby, Nigel waved to the boy's mother, then laughingly told me under his breath that she ie~ards him as just "a neighbor friend who kindly drives her son to schooL". Abby, please urge your readers to get to know who their children are spending time with. They should make it a point to meet all their children's friends in person, and never permil thetr kids to go out with "friends" they haven't met. Is there anything I can do about Nigel and that boy? Should I call the authorities?! feel this monster is taking advantage of a minor and should be stopped. - NO NAME, CITY OR STATE DEAR NO NAME, CITY OR STATE: What Nigel is doing is child abuse. Tell the Dear Abby ADVICE boy's mother what Nigel told you. She needs to know what's going on. It's up to her to report 11 to the police. DEAR ABBY: Recently, while "under the influence" at a party, ..Ray," a friend of my boyfriend, "Pete," lried to kiss me. I avoided Ray for the rest of" the evening and have not told anyone about the incident. The trouble is, my boyfriend has told me more than once that if he ever found out any of his friends had made a move on me, he'd hurt him badly. I don't know if I should tell Pete what happened and try to explain that Ray was drunk and didn't know what he was doing. I don't think Ray would ever try anything like that while sober, so I'm tempted to keep quiet -so no one gets hurt. However, I have never kept a secret from my boyfriend before, and I'm wonied that if he finds out, he "might think I kissed Ray back. What do you think I should do, Abby? •• NOT A PARTY GIRL IN ONTARIO, CANADA DEAR NOT A PARTY GIRL: Don't tell him. . I am concerned because it ap.JlC?31'S that your boyfriend has a vtolent and/or intimidating streak. You should be able to confide in him without feeling threatened. I wge you to rethink your relationship with both of these young men, and the kind of parties you are attending. DEAR ABBY: Just before Christmas, I found evidence on our computer that my husband was cheating. New proof eontinues to appear, though less frequently. I am fmancially dependent on my.spouse, phystcally unable to work, and my elderly mother live~ with us. She is completely dependent on me for her care. Financially, I cannot afford to leave or ask my husband to leave. I'm afraid to let on that I know about his infidelity, but don't know how much longer I can keep silent. The hurt and anger are eating me alive. What should I do? -mJMILIAT· ED IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS DEAR HUMILIATED: The stress of caring for your mother may have affected both you and your husband. If you continue to suffer in silence, it's only a matter of time until you explode -- which would be counterproductive. Tell your husband calmly that you know what's been going on. Explain that you would like the both of you to fel marriage counseling to hea the breach that has developed in your relationship. Maniages can be saved after an infidelity if both parties are win: ing to work on it. 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Maurice 51 Webaddr. 36 Shallow 52 Green lake ·parrot 38 DA's degree 39 Golf score . Tuesday, March 25, 2003 BY BERNICE BEDE 0soL Your career and work opportunities for the year ahead look exceptionally promising. Things could get so revved up that you might get involved in severa l different kinds of commercial enterprises simultaneously. ARIES (March 21-Apri l 19) - You have everything that is necessary for fuffilling _your ambitious objectives today, _ especially those that have become very personal for you. Fire up the stove and gel things codking. · TAURUS (April 20-May 20)- Don't be afraid to utilize ·in life what you've learned from books. You · could get a perfect opportunity today to put to use some particular knowledge you've acquired through reading. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Allowing more time to lapse in taking care of a business situation over which you've been displeased would be detrimental. Positive changes can be made today if you'll give it a try. CANCER (June 2.1-July 22) - Only a learn effort can offer success today when you're involved in a group endeavor. Be the diplomat in getting everybody to be equally industrious and striving to share the load. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) There are plenty of new ways that can be found today to increase your earning potential. Get creative and develop opportunities from your present Involvements and ctrcumstances. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Plan something of a pleasurable nature to do with friends today that would fit into your hectic schedule. A change of pace now will make you more produCtive for the rest of the week. LIBRA (Seft. 23-0ct. 23) -That critica mauer you've been planning to get around to taking care of sooner or later should not be put off any longer. Today js an excellent day to remove this thorn from your side. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Try to plan your day so that you'll have plenty of freedom and flexibility to move around at will. It'll enable you to take care of what's on the charts as well as what p~s Iup. SAG ARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) -This could be a moneymaking day for you if you concentrate your efforts to matters that can produce · good returns. Don't waste your valuable time on petty, nonproductive activities. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) - If you don't take the time to plan your moves ~003 Unlld Ffll..,.. S)">dlell•, InC. AVERAGE GAME 135-145 3rd DOWN ......2!... 41h DOWN • JUDD'S TOTAL 17 216 Answer to previous Word 1e!DowoTo1al Storm-damage aid may be available Staff report .. J by JUDD HAMBRICK FOUR PLAY TOTAL = TIME LIMIT: 20 MIN DIRECTIONS: Make a 2· to 7-lener word lrom the le"efS on each ~ardllne. Met pointl to eacn 'Mlr<l or letter USklg scoMg directions a1 right. S~Nen -lener Scrimmage · wordl get a 60-pok'll bonus. AI word& can be found In Webster's New Wol1d Col!oge Dlc1ioni11Y. JUDD'S SOLUnON TOMORROW ~ 200l u.-. .d h.u. Srndbl•. -.c. >U~ ~, WI!O'' ORIVING 1~1s 60Si ~ew, t'>l G61'TIIE~E. I JUST IWE A"F6Ii r..ro COOL,,. SToi'STO~e o«11eWAY y STOG~5 L05T. 5AVIN65 BLOW~. PliN510N PLAN5 5QUANOER~O. ' ~RVE~ ~U;T SA~IT& fflll'fliO. Index SOMEDAY WE S~OULD TAKE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND TRY TO FIGUitE OUT JUST IIJI·l'l' THE 60LFIN6 60DS HATE YOU .. I .., ·r '-lE.U. , W..E.Yt.E Ut-I~!!>TIC."? { 0 CLOP ~ ,- 11( ~ ./. !I ~~ ;• '(I CL.OP / I• N<l ' " :>() ... ~ ... I CI.OP \ CLOP / 'l'E.M\ ! N~:·~~:t , ~:~;~~~~~~~~~:. ru~t : ... TI\I'.T':, 1\ I . ' II f' ! as medrcal, denial, funeral, ~r­ sonal property, transportation, m?vrng and storage. 'Those who suffered ho!"e damage because of the tee storm should call the field office at the toll-free n~mber, because we are attempting to gam app~~al for mdtvtdual asststance, Metgs County EMA Drrector Bob Byer satd. F~nds are also avatlable for mttlgatton meas~ destgned to reduce future disaster damages. The Ohio Emergency Management Agency's mitigation branch will hold an informational meeting at I p.m. Wednesday at the Meigs County Courthouse Annex to provide information about additional funding for mitigation projects, and Byer said elected officials are urged to attend tl:le meeting. Byer said those who suffered iamage to buildings and homes .hould also report the damage to the Meigs County auditor, at 992-2698, for a possible reduction in real estate taxes. ON THE HOMEFRONT Best wishes, beef jerky on way to area soldier in Iraq BY BRIAN J. REED Staff writer 0 CLOPCLoPiJ'IM VA"'!> - -- - - .. ---·- Sandra, live just acr.oss the street from the Asbecks, and less than a block away from the storefront school. "It's really brought the war home to me," As beck said. "I worry about him like he 's my own son." Asbeck's students created their own greeting cards with inspiring messages for Rayburn, and will include them in a care package which will include a Bible, and some beef jerky, which Rayburn enjoys and which ships well overseas. "We're praying for him every day," Asbeck said. "There's a Psalm which says, 'God will surround us with favor as a shield,' and tlutt's my prayer for Sgt. Rayburn, as well." MIDDLEPORT "What can you write to cheer up a soldier in the desert?" Patty Asbeck asked her . students Monday. Boys and girls in Asbeck's classroom at Mid- Valley Christian School are sending hometown good wishes - and · some beef jerky - to a soldier, neighbor and friend now fighting in Iraq. The soldier ts Sgt. of Warren Rayburn Middleport, a U.S . Army Reservist who is now fighting in the Middle Briana Smith, a student in Patty Asbeck's class at MidEast . Valley Christian School, shares her "good wishes" card to The students are firstSgt. Warren Rayburn, a school neighbor and friend who is and second-graders grap- Please see Students, 5 now serving in the war. (Brianil. Reed photos) pling with the shocking tmages and the anxiety of a new war, and Rayburn's departure for a war zone is a lesson in courage and encouragement for the students. "He's the type of guy who will help anyone,'' Asbeck said. "He helps his neighbors, and he's helped our school. And he always does it with a smile. Our neighborhood misses him so much" . . . .Ray.b.l,lfJ!, :-¥ho- wiii1.41C~­ ing compleiion of his stud_ies at Ohio University when he was called to Kuwait in December, has lent a helping hand to the school when computers needed work, and is a valued part of the school 's small neighborhood in Middleport where Asbeck and her husband, Morgan Hurtow, Brandon Marcinko and Olivia Smith create cards for Sgt. Warren Rayburn, a school friend serving in the war in Iraq . Students In Patty Asbeck's class at Mid-Valley Christian Bill, live. Rayburn and his wife, School will include their cards in a care package to Rayburn. Energy project lights up young minds J. MILES Staff writer BY lAYTON RUTLAND- Fifth grade siudents learned the secret to economics and international policies earlier this month when the Ohio Energy Project, a non-profit group which teaches school children about energy and resources, came to Rutland Elementary School. The idea behind the pro. ject is for students to teach . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , students while they learn the importance and value of energy as a resource. High school students from Galha Academy were 1 Section - 110 Pllps trained to teach area fifth Classifieds 8-9 grade students "the global 10 Comics trading game ." The elementary students 10 Dear Abby would come together and 4 Editorials form a country. Each country would have a different Movies 3 set of resources, industries, 6 and technologies . Sports For instance, a Middle 2 Weather Eastern country might have Bethany Hope Spaun, 2nd pado Pomeroy Elementary tons of natural wealth like C> 2003 Ohio Volley Publishing Co. EODOEO. TRASHED. MA~6E ~~~~y secure and sanitary, and to help meet serious disaster,related President Bush has signed a federal disaster deflaration for Meigs County and the surrounding 'area, financial assistance may be availhble to individual homeowners and business owners who suffered damage in February's ice storm. If enough residents report damage to personal property, the Federal Emergency Management Agency can offer assistance through the· Individuals and Households program and the Disaster Unemployment Assistance pro~ram, while the Small Busmess Administration will offer home/personal property disaster loans and business disaster loans. Those who suffered property damage and other losses in the President's Day storm are asked to contact a toll-free application number: (800) 621FEMA, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Grants might be available for temporary · rental housing, essential home repairs needed to make a residence safe, +6Polnts AVERAGE GAME 220-230 OPERATION + 20 Po1nts 41h00WN we:~ MULI\1ASI<II'ICJ 6t.fo~£ MU\.1\if..S\\\~G ~ ···~ Jrd DOWN \I'ORD SCRIMMAGE'" SOLUTION BY JUDD HAMBRICK C: tj\j) ~ ~ . IRAQI FREEDOM 0 0000000 ,. o~ ®@®@®@® 0 ~~~~~~~ 0 o~~Q~?.9 1 1LonerT~a1 0 @@@@®C9® \CJ\,:;j~ . Sandstorms slowed U.S. and British forces to a crawl . and thwarted air missions - - - - - - - - - • Tuesday as U.S.-Ied forces planes and helicopters had edged closer to the Iraqi come under heavy fire capital. Baghdad residents, Monday during thetr first hunkered down for an even- attacks on Saddam tual battle, woke to howling Hussein's elite ground winds and the distant crash units. In southern Iraq, tenaof artillery. cious resistance kept the Combat . missions from coalition from securing key two aircraft c.arriers were cities. called back because of bad The helicopter assault on weather. At least a dozen Saddam's ehte Republican planes returned without Guard units Monday was reaching Iraq. Two Army ·the first known engagement divisions were virtually in central Iraq, and many stalled in a vicious sand- U.S. aircraft were hit by storm that reduced visibility Iraqi ground fire. About 10 to a few feet. lraqt tanks were dest(oyed Thousands of Marines in the attack. One U.S. heliwere trekking toward copter went down, and the Baghdad, taking back roads Pentagon said two pilots to avoid civilians, but they had been taken prisoner traveled only about 20 Chief Warrant Officer miles in five hours with vis- Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, of ibility at about I 0 feet. A Lithia Springs, Ga., and traffic jam of military and Chief Warrant Officer supply vehicles was buffet- David S. Williams, 30, of ed by heavy winds and Orlando, Fla. blowing sand. U.S. officials said they The Army's 3rd Infantry believe Iraq is more liltely Division advanced to within to use chemical or biologi50 miles of Baghdad early cal weapons against coaliTuesday and pounded mili- tion troops the closer they tary installations with howitzers and rockets. U.S. warPlease see Iraq, 5 WORD®©®CD@@0®®- ooooooo (.\\fj)~@'i<'@, . BY MEG RICHARDS Associated Press The newspaper is a valuable learning tool for students of all ages. It connects the principles and facts they learn in the classroom with stories and events that are happening here and around the world. in advance, some of your more important involvements could refuse to fly. Keep your engines running smoothly. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)- By bringing something that you've found very disturbing out into the open today, things could get cleared up quickly. However, if you continue to hide it, it' II continue to smolder. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Enthusiasm for a pro· ject or venture in which you've lost interest could be reawakened in you today. The fire might be ignited by a chance remark of an associate or friend. . . ·' San,dstorms slow coalition troops Astrograph I \., wwwmytl.1ily'"''lirl<'l wm TU[SOAY, MARCH 25, 2003 oil, but little technology or industry. A country with technology or industry, but without a lot of natural resources, could trade its expertise for the natural wealth. While this may sound simple or complex, the fifth grade students created empires and built universes out of this game as they traded back and forth . Learning was taking place. "This is a hands-on learning experience for students to learn about energy," said teacher Donna Jenllins . "It will greatly benefit students on proficiency tests ." Mike Stranges, a project coordinator for the Ohio Energy Project, summed it up best. Trisha Smith, a fifth grade student at Bradbury Elementary, said she learned how important energy is as a resource, and noted that she found it easier to learn from other students. Micki Barnes, a fifth grade student at Rutland Area fifth-grade students attend a workshop sponsored by the Ohio Energy Project at Rutland Elementary School to learn about the importance of energy as a resource . These students are playing a global trading game and learning the ropes of economics , or what makes the world go around . (J. Miles Layton) Elementary, agreed . "Yes. it' s fun learning this way,'' she said. Maggie Roach , a ninth grade student from Gallia Academy, was one of the group leaders. She was trained in workshops during and after school in preparation for teaching the elementary school students. "I love helpin g kids and watching th em learn," she said . �Ohio The Daily Sentinel Wednesday, March 26 137'112' I• ·o • •• ••• - S<.lny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Showllra T·atorma Rain Aurriee Showers reenter local forecast WDnER RJI£AST o• BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS : Another mild clay but rain is on ~way for the reg~on. ' Changes are on the way with an alJproaehing cold front that will lfing showers and.a chance for "Qnderstonns later today through !&night The front was approacltiU the northwest corner of the at sunrise and will push ahoss during the~· ' With a little sunshine befa-e.the area thicken up, temperaiUCeS arm into the mid and upper $,;, and a few lower 70s. The ~nt will bring sho~ in wif!l up to half an inch )lOSSI- r.ts i till' behind the front was not all t!at cold. Lows tonight will drop • the 30s and lower 40s. With clearing Wednesday, skies will sk increasing amounts of sunsbine with high temperab.lreS into tije 50s. i A Icool but quiet period on ~y will be followed by a stong low pressure and cold J;}ntal system. Cold air filtering ~ behind the passage of the lOw will drop into the 30s and low~unday. ~is also the chance for a brief )iltiod of snow on Sunday. Also ~winds in excess of 30 mph alB likely from friday through ~: Tonil1ht~.Showers and thunder- stonns likely through 3 am, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 15 mph becoming north. Chance of rain 60 peroent. Wednesday.. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 peroent Wednesday night...Mostly clear. lows in the mid 30s. ExnraD RlREI:A5I' Th~.. Mostly SUilliY and warmer. Highs in the upper 60s. Thursday night ..Partly cloudy. Lows near 40. Friday...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thundecstonns during the night. Breezy. Highs near 70. Saturday...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstonns in the nxxning, then a chance of showers. Lows in the 40s and highs in the upper r Sunday.. .A chance of showers · dwing the day, otherwise partly cloudy. Cooler. lows in the upper 30s and highs in the upper 40s. Monday...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s and highs in the mid 50s. 10,000 March 24, 2003 Dow Jones 8,214.68 FEB - -· MAR 7,OOO Aecordhlgh: 11 ,722.98 Jan. 14, 2000 Pet. change -3.81 March 24, 2003 1,600 1.368.78 Pet. change March 24, 2003 1,000 Standard& Poor's 500 BOO 884.23 MAR Pet change 700 RKonf high: 1,527,46 March 24 , 2000 - - ·3.52 I 'l l-ocal Stocks 22.64 ch Coal - ' 19.03 o - 20.84 Tech/SBC - 20.93 land Inc. - 29.03 &T - 16.63 k One - 35.60 lt,.t-11 .22 ltlb Evans - 24.20 !JwgWamer - 47.09 ~ampion - 3.18 (Jlarmlng Shops - 3.12 Holding - 27.25 - 18.92 [ - 12.51 nl - 40 I. COLUMBUS (AP) Republicans and Democrats on the Senate transportation committee worked into Monday afternoon to reach agreement on .a $4.7 billion budget that includes a gasoline tax increase. Each of several versions of the bill make changes to the House-passed transportation budget, said Sen. Jeffry Armbruster; chairman of the Senate Highways & Transportation Committee. The House version contains a 6-cent-a-gallon increase in the 22-cent-a-gallon stat~ gasoline tax. Gov. Bob Taft has proposed that it be phased in by 2 cents each year over three years. Fully implemented, it would raise about $400 million annually for highway construction. Armbruster, a Republican from North Ridgeville, said one of the Senate proposals would be ready for a commit· tee vote later Monday. A vote recommending passage would send the bill to the full Senate for a decision on Thesday. Armbruster said his primary goal was to get bipartisan support. Republicans are in the majority on the commit· tee and in the Senate. Senate Democrats released a wish list of amendments, including an exemption from fuel taxes for school districts and a promise that local government assistance would not be cut over the next two years . The Democrats also want to reduce the gas tax. increase ion. by as much as 2 cents if Ohio "Six cents now and we gets back more than the cur- won't have to borrow money re'nt 89 cents it receives from later," he said. the federal gas tax it sends to Gone from the House verWashington. Proposals in the U.S. sion were two provisions: Senate would increase that to exempting vehicles :.l years 95 cents, bringing in an extra old and newer from the E$140 million a year. check emissions test in the 14 The idea was discussed last county-testing area and dropweek but rejected by majori- ping front license plates from ty Republicans after com- all vehicles. · plaints from Taft and The Senate agree~ with Transportation Direct<;>r another House proposal that Gord~n Proctor. Both sa•!.h.I&wers the drunken driving counung ~m more money standard from 0.10 percent from Washmgton was unrealistic and risky. blood alcohol content to 0.08 Armbruster said Monday percent, as mandated by a that idea was in one of the 2000 federal law. The state versions of the bill, although would lose federal highway he said he preferred keeping money if it fails to lower the the increase at 6 cents a gal- standard. ' ' <• •' ~ •• r• ' • WASHINGTON (AP) A longtime Lorain County prosecutor who chaired a state task force on prevent· ing crimes against mentally retarded and disabled people won Senate approval Monday for a federal prose· cutor post. Gregory A. White will be U.S. Attorney in Cleveland, the top federal prosecutor for northern Ohio. The Senate approved his nomination with an unanimous voice vote. · U.S . attorney posts are political appointments that change with the party that wins the White House. White, of Elyria, had been Lorain County prosecutor since 1981. Previously, he practiced law at a private firm in Cleveland. Gov. Bob Taft created the task force that White chaired after a series of newspaper reports on problems with Ohio's $1.85 billion system to protect the mentally retarded. White earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and police administration from Kent State University in 1971. He received his law degree from Cleveland State University in 1976. The northern district includes Cleveland, Akron, Toledo and Youngstown. The rest of the state is part of the southern district, which is handled by U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Lockhart in Dayton. A..:ord hlgk: 5,048.62 March 10,2000 - -· ·3.641 i Political parties face off on $4.7 billion bill Senate approves prosecutor·to be U.S. Attorney •A DAY ON WALL STREET t said. "He's always loved his job." Greg Holden, 30 is a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Sandusky. The Rev. John · Mawhirter announced the news of his wounding to the congrega· tion on Sunday. "He and his family are really in our prayers," Mawhirter said. "It's no longer just a number, but it's a name, it's a face, it's a life that was present in our community," he said. Sgt. Asan Akbar, of the JOist Airborne Division's 326th Engineer Battalion, was in custody, said George Heath, a civilian spokesman at Fort Campbell in U.S. Army Capt. Greg Holden, of Huron. is shown in an undatKentucky. Heath said Akbar ed family handout photo. Holden, a member of the 101st had not been charged with a Airborne Division, was injured in a grenade attack Sunday, in crime but was the only per- Kuwait. The attack killed one and wounded 15, three seriousson being questioned in the ly, according to U.S. military officials. (AP Photo/Family attack. Handout Photo) ·• • • P- HURON (AP) - Carol Holden fell asleep hoping not to get a call about her son in the 101 st Airborne Division whose camp in Kuwait was hit by a grenade attack. The call came at 4:30 a.m. Sunday. Her son, Greg Holden, was seriously injured in t)le attack. "Your heart went down to your toes," she said. "This is every parent's nightmare." The attack at the Kuwait base killed one soldier and wounded 15, three seriously. Holden, a captain in the JOist, was tlown to a hospital in Germany. His mother didn't know many details about his injuries. She said her son has always been faithful to the military and to God. "He's always believed this · was the right thing," she Federal Mogul - .13 USB - 20.34 Gannon - 72.17 General Electric ~ 26.73 GKNLV- 2.77 Harley Davidson - 39.56 Kmart - .11 Kroger - 14 Ltd . - 12.95 NSC - 19.19 08k Hll Financial - 23.70 OVB - 22 BBT - 32.22 Peoples- 22 .31 Pepsico - 40.08 Premier - 9.02 Rocllwell - 21 .56 Rocky Boots - 8.49 AD Shell - 39.83 Sears - 21.17 Wai-Mart - 52.52 Wendy's - 27.10 Worthing10n - 12.58 Cally stock reports are the 4. p.m . closing quotes of 1he previous day's transactions, provided by Smith Partners at Advesl Inc. of Gallipolis. Continental seeks to cut landing fees at Hopkins CLEVELAND CAP) Continental Airlines wants to cut landing fees at cityowned Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to help it survive a crisis that has led other airlines into bankrupt· cy. Officials with the city and the Houston-based airline met Monday to discuss the request but said they would not release details until Tuesday. The landing fees account for about 2 percent of the ,airlines' costs, according t6 the Air Transport Association. The fees pay for roughly a quarter of the city's cost of operating Hopkins. Continental Chairman Gordon Bethune will be in Cleveland on Tuesday to comment "on actions the airline is taking in Cleveland and systemwide to weather the airline industry's worst crisis in history," the airline said. Bethune has said the airline needs to cut landing fees and other airport costs at its hubs in Cleveland, Houston, Newark, N.J., and Guam. "We recognize the airlines are in a ·survival mode," said Cleveland Port Control Director John Mok,. who oversees the city's airports. "Everything is on the table." Continental announced last week that it needs to cut $500 million in annual operating expenses. The airline also plans to cut 1,200 jobs throughout its 50,000-worker system, close some ticket offices and renegotiate contracts with suppliers. The company hopes to cut most of the jobs through attrition, leaves of absences and voluntary buyouts. More layoffs are planned if war with Iraq is prolonged and air travel remains soft. The landing fees that Continental wants to cut are assessed on every plane that lands at an a1rport and are based on the plane's weight. Hopkins' landing fee jumped from $2.65 to $4.20 per 1,000 pounds of aircraft weight thi s year. Most of the increase was needed to make payments on money borrowed to expand the airport, including the construction of a new runway, airport offi· cials said. Two out of three travelers at Hopkins board Continental About 3,50C flights. Continental and Continental Express workers are based a1 the airport. . Since the Sept. II, 200 I, attacks, major airlines have laid off roughly 1OO,OOC employees and industrywide capacity is do..yn about 14 percent from where it was two. years ago. PljssengeJ traffic and ticket prices have also fallen sharply, resulting in bankruptcy filings by US Airways and United Airlines and industrywide lo~ses of $9 billion in 20(12. An alili-war rally was disrupted ~)Jen a man drove his tract4r-trailer rig toward about 4j! protesters who were hOlding signs on the side~41k of a freeway overpass, plvice said. No one was i4jured. •]ames Watters, 49, of diilci nnati, was charged w[lh three counts of aggravioed menaci ng, one count of: inducing panic and <;me cl>Unt of reckless operauon o(:a ve hicle, police said. He remained in the Hamilton County jail Monday night. An officer reported that C. ARMAS Associated Press B Y GENARO WASHINGTON (AP) Increasingly, women are taking seats behind managers' desks and moving into corner executive offices, but they still trail men at the upper end of the salary scale. Almost 46 percent of management positions were I il led by women 1" 2002, the Census Bureau reported Monday, up from only about a third in 198.3 but virtually unc hanged from the record high set in 2001. Women also hold almost 55 percent of the jobs inJlrO· fess ional specialty fields, which include en~ineering , education and med1cine, and ha ve held a majority of those nnsitions for over a decade . · Still, nearly 16 percent of men working full time earned at least $75,000 a year, compared with 6 percent of women. And 20 per· cent of men made between $50,000 and $75,000, compared to 12 eercent of wo men, according to a bureau survey taken in March 2002. "In my lifetime, there will still be a wage gap," said Betty Spence, pres1dent of the National Association of Female Executives. "It's up to women in senior positions BY MARY DALRYMPLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) More than 2 million people have used free tax preparation services offered through the Internal Revenue Service this tax season, surpassing the agency's goal fnr the program's first year. The program encourages ,·l ectronic filing by giving ta xpayers access to the compu ter tools they need to send their returns. The IRS expects about 53 million of the more than 130 million returns that will be filed this year to come in electronically, eclipsing last year 's record 47 million. But despite the ease of filing electronic returns, one in fi ve of all taxpayers will probably wait until the last minute to file . Most of the procrastina1urs owe the IRS . Last year, i• I percent of the tax dollars u wed arrived after the deadli ne. The agency is now encouraging those people to i'ile early electronically, and :hen authori ze electronic P" yme nt of their bill on the <\ pri I 15 deadline. ·' People don't have to wait unt il II :59 on April 14," said Terry Lutes, duector of ! [\ S Electronic Tax · •\ d ministration. To choose that option, taxpc'yers must file electronically through a tax preparer ur a special software pro· gram and then authorize payment by an electronic bank withdrawal or by credit card. away m police cars at an anu-war rally attended by about two dozen people. Police at the protest would not say why they were detained. Other protesters said they were arre sted because they were walking in the street and refused to move to the sidewalk. In Columbus, several dozen people gathered downtown to protest city council 's refusal to sign an anti-war resolution. They chanted and waved signs saying "Bush is the terrorist" and "No blood for oil. " There were no arre sts. For taxpayers who would normally compute their own taxes the old fas hioned penand-paper way, the IRS free filing program may make the job a little easier. The service makes free tax preparation software provided by private companies available through the IRS Web site to qualified users, in a bid to get 80 percent of all returns filed electronically by 2007. The 17 participating com_panies allow qualified taxpayers to prepare their returns using the software free of charge, then transmit the return electronically to the IRS . Most free filing options target low-income taxpayers, including those who may qualify for a refund under the Earned Income Credit (EIC) . Those individuals and families can prepare their return s without paying a tax profess ional and get their refunds faster, said Scott Gulbransen , spokesman for Turbo Ta x software , which is offering free filing services for taxpayers who make less than $27,000 or qualify for the EIC . After an individual prepares the return , the company sends the informati on to sional specialty fields. The next two most p op t~l ar areas fo r wo men we re jobs related to serv ices and manage ment and executive positions. To achieve equ ity, more companies must give women who choose to have children the option of a more fl ex ible work schedule, said Kirsten Ross, founder o,. WomansWork LLC, whi ch helps women fi nd al te rnati ve arrangements to balance job responsibili ties with family. " It's a matter of organizations changing the definition of success at work," Ross said . "The design of work now got its origins when a· man usuall y worked and women stayed at home." A separate Ce nsus Bureau report last week showed that earning levels for women are at ·record hi ghs, with those holding college diplomas especiall y benefiting . The number of women with at least a bachelor 's degree is al so at a record hi gh. Last September, the bureau al so reported that median earnings for women who worked full time rose 3.5 percent to $29,215 , com pared with $38 ,275 for men. Put another way, women earned 76 cents for every dollar a man earned, surpassing the previou s high of 74 cents to the dollar recorded in 1996. the IRS over secure lines. "We take that very seriously," said Cammie Greif, vice president of marketing at 2nd Story Software Inc. , which offers free, Tax ACT preparation services for taxpay ers with more than $50,000 in income . Most taxpayers will quali fy to use one of the free fil . ing services, based on eligi· bility requirements that consider income, age and military service. A quick questionnaire at www.irs.gov points taxpayers to appropri · ate services. Electronic filin g offers other benefits to taxpayers, including a confirmati on that the IRS received their return . Some of the free fil ing software al so can offer . thf7 same advi~: e given by professional tax preparers and can find tax advantages th at might otherwi se be overlooked. Perhaps the biggest advantage of electronic filin g is a faste r check for anyo ne expecting a refund. A taxpayer ·ca n expect a refund within two weeks if filin g electron icall y, but it can tak e up to eight weeks if the IRS receives the return by mail during the last weeks of the filin g season. Reader Services (UsPs 213·960) Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Department extensions are: News Edl1or: Charlene Hoeflich. Ext. 12 Reporter: Brian Reed, Ext. 14 Reporter: J. Miles Layton. Ext. 13 Association. Postmaster: Send address corrections to The Daily Sentinel, 11 1 courl Street Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. 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' 200.20 But Sen. Zell Miller, DGa .. has said he will vote yes~ If he is the onl y Democrat to do so. Vice President Dick Cheney would break the 50· 50 tie and the budget would be approved. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said he 'might vote for the budget too because it endors• es some of his priorities, such as aid to states faci ng cash problems of their own. "I'm leaning toward voting for the budget," he said in an interview Monday. The Senate budget asserts that it reaches balance in 201 3, the House plan in 2012. Both are premised on planmid spending cuts that Democrats and many analysts say are so stringent that they are unlikely to ever win congressional approval. · . ...' 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If you know of an error in a Street, Pomeroyf Ohio. Secondstory, call the newsroom at (740) 992- class poslage paid a1 Pomeroy. 2156. Member: · The AssociaJed Press and th e Ohio Newspaper (740) 992·2156. WAS HI NGTON (APJ Republicans appear ready to push a budget through the Senate th is week endorsing most of the $726 billion in tax cuts President Bush wants for prodding the economy, despi te earlier threats of defections by moderate GOP lawmakers. .The two parties ag reed last Friday that each would be allowed up to 40 more amendments before Wednesday 's planned vote on fm al passage of the $2.2 tril lion tiscal blueprint for 2004. P.mticipants from both par· ties, speaki ng on condition of anonymity, agreed that none were likely to be approved that would drastically alter the tax and spending framework. A week ago. moderates o[ both parties were expre ss ing concern about cutting taxes at a time of war and expected record federal deticits . · But an effort by moderates and Democrats to whittle the tax cut's price tag down to $350 billion through 2013 fail ed when several centrists voted against it. The budget's tax cut is now $626 billion for the period, after Democrats last week successfully diverted $100 billion for the expenses of war with Iraq. Several GOP moderates say they will vote to approve the budget because of the spending limits it would clamp on Congress. They say it is also important because it would help the later tax bill by allowing it to pass the Senate with only 51 votes, rather than the 60 often required by controversial legislation. "If we end up with no budget, it would be chaos," mod· erate Sen. Susan Collins, R- Maine, said Monday in an inter· view. Facing a potenti all y embarrassJ n g w'a rt i me setback for Bush on Bush one of the cor n e r stones of his domestic age n ~ da, the White House and Senate GOP leaders lobbied senators to ensure they had enough votes for tina! budget passage. If 60 votes were required for passage of subsequent tax legislati on, as would be true without aQ approved budget, solid Democratic opposition would all but guarantee its defeat. Congress' budget maps tax and spending plans that are put into effect by other bills later in the year. For it to become tina!, the House and Senate will have to approve a compromise measure. The House version, approved last Friday, includes Bush's full $726 billion in tax reductions. but has deeper spending cuts than the Senate's plan. Moderate GOP Sens. George Voinovich of Ohio and Olympia Snowe of Maine signed a letter earlier this month insisting on a tax cut not exceeding $350 billion . But both have also said they believe Congress must have a budget to work with, and both are expected to vote 'yes' on final passage. · Republicans hold a 51-48 Senate majority, plus a Democratic-leaning indepen· dent. GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island are both expected to vote against the budget, arguing now is not the time for tax reductions. AGRICULTURE The Daily Sentinel Our main number Is ' scatter." Protester Larry Schartman , a 50-year-old U.S . Navy veteran who served in Vietnam, said the demonstration had been a peaceful event until the truck appeared . . "It (the semitrailer) stopped about 10 feet from the nearest protester," said Schartman, who was one of about 40 people participat· ing in the "Peace in Iraq" rally. "Thank God nobody got hurt." In downtown Cleveland on Monday evening, at lea,st two protesters were taken to bring other women up, or else it's not goi ng to happen." Some women have scaled back careers to raise children, but .discrimination also is partly to blame for the salary disparities, said Amy Cai azza of the Institute for Women's Policy Research. They also may result from the kind of manage ment position s held by women in the highest income brackets. Men still dominate corporate boardrooms and the jobs that earn six-fi gure salaries, while the inroads in supervisory posts that women are making may be concentrated more in lesser-paying lowerand middle-management positions, Caiazza said. To encourage equity, Caiazza said the government "should be more se rious about enforcing equal opportunity and antidiscrimination laws." Overall, women comprised 51 percent of the country's 282. 1 million people in March 2002 . Men outnumber women in the work force 53 percent to 47 percent. Nearly one-quarter of the 63.6 million employed women age 16 and older worked in administrative or clerical positions in 2002 , larger than any other field . Another 1.9 percent of women worked in profes- Internal Revenue Service's free tax prep program logs 2 million users \ Watters drove his semi onto the sidewalk of the pedestrian walkway toward the protesters, causing them "to run in fear of being hit." The incident occurred about 6 p.m. Monday, police said. Witnesses said the cab of Watters' truck had several patriotic stickers, including one with a U.S. Marine Corp s emblem. "The general prevailing sentiment was that some of us were going to get hit," said protester Mary Ann Reese, 46, of Cinci nnati. "One person was in a wheel· chair, so he really had to • BY ALAN FRAM Associated Press Anti-war rally disrupted with semi truck •• '.k iNCINNATI (AP) - Thesday, March 25, 2003 Gail')ing in executive positions, Senate poised to pass budget · women still trail men at high with most of Bush's tax cuts earnings levels, survey shows I. 'r .. 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They are then returned trict meeting in Licking heavier equipment mobiliza- to the Meigs County Health County. tion in upcoming weeks. We Depanment for evaluation. strongly encourage motori st~ to With the high incidence of recognize and obey posted traf- cancer in Meigs County, 119 fic signs in order to maintain new cases and 288 deaths safety in these construction between 19% and 1999, it is work zones. " imperative that people take Both of the remaining phases charge of their own health, said RACINE - The Ohio of the Ravenswood Connector Depanment of Tmnsportation project are scheduled for com- Carol Jean Adams and Diana Coates, co-chairs of MCCI. requests the attention and assis- pletion in December. Colorectal cancer is the second tance of motorists traveling in most common cause of cancerand around the Ravenswood related death for both genders Connector construction area. combined, they added. Two stop areas are currently The primary goal of MCCI, in effect in conjunction with which is made up of communithis project. One is located near RACINE - Members of the Vinegar Street on the rerouted Meigs County Cancer ty volunteers, is on educating Pine Grove Road (CR 34). The Initiative will be at the Family Meigs County about the imporother is located on Morning Fun Fest to be held from I0 tance of early detection and Star Road (CR 30) near the a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at prevention of all types of canSouthern Elementary School to cer. intersection of Carmel Road. 111 Court Street • Pomeroy, Ohio (740) 992·2156 • FAX (740) 992·2157 www.mydailysentinel.com Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Be aware of construction area stop signs Den Dickerson Publisher Charlene Hoeflich Editor NATIONAL VIEW At risk CAPPS II poses new questions about homeland security • Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal, 011 new airport security measures: When passengers book a flight and check their bags, are they also checking their civil rights? The government 's latest action in the name of national security could be seen that way. Its new risk-detection system, called CAPPS II, assigns a "threat level" to everyone booking . a commercial flight. 1ransportation ollicials have been short on details about the computer prescreening sy stem - how the information will be gathered and how long it will be kept - which in itself attracts concern. Ordered by Congress after the Sept. II attacks, the system will be piloted by Delta Air Lines for three months and could be comprehensively in place by the end of the year. The system carries out instantaneous background checks on passengers, checking credit reports and bank account activity, and compares passenger names with those on government watch lists. A long list of law enforcement and intelligence agencies would have access to the information. But authorities should have this kind of information before the passenger books a flight. When the routine buying habits of Americans become part of a national database, citizens should be concerned. .Citizen concern conceivably could translate into another disincentive for choosing to lly - at the worst financial time in aviation history. United Airlines and US Airways are in bankruptcy; American Airlines appears headed that way. Eastern and Pan Am are already names of the past. Conceivably, the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System could be he Iping to place Delta on that at-risk list. TODAY IN HISTORY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Tuesday, March 25 , the 84th day of 2003. There are 281 days left in the year. Today 's Highlight in History: On March 25 , 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala .• to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks. On this date: In 1634, Maryland was founded by English colonists sent by the second Lord Baltimore. In 1894, JacobS. Coxey began leading an "army" of unemployed from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., to demand help from the federal government. In 1911 . in a tragedy that galvani zed America's labor movement, 146 immigrant workers were killed when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York . . In I 913 , the home of vaudevill e, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City. In 1947 . a coal mine explosion in Centralia, Ill., claimed II I lives. In 1957, the Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community. In 1975, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by a nephew with a history of mental illness. (The nephew was beheaded the following June.) In 1990, 87 people, most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants, were killed when fire raced through an illegal social club in New York City. In 1996, the redesigned $100 bill went into circulation. In 1997 , former President George Bush. at age 73 , parachuted from a plane over the Arizona desert. Ten years ago: The Senate approved an outline of President Clinton's plan to spark the economy and trim the budget deficit by a vote of 54-45 . Five years ago: Shaken by horror stories from the worst genocide since World War II, President Clinton grimly acknowledged during his Africa tour that "we did not act quickly enough'' to stop the slaughter .of up to a million Rwandans four years earlier. The FCC netted $578.6 million at auction for licenses for new wireless technology. One year ago: A powerful earthquake rocked Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. killing up to I ,000 people. Today \ Birthdays: Modeling agency founder Eileen Ford is 81. Former astronaut James Lovell is 75 . Movie reviewer Gene Shalit is 71. Feminist author Gloria Steinem is 69. Singer Anita Bryant is 63 . Singer Aretha Franklin is 6 L. Actor Paul Michae l Glaser is 60. Singer Elton John is 56. Actress Bonnie Bedelia is 55. Singer Nick Lowe is 54. Actress-comedian Mary Gross is 50. Actor James McDaniel is 45 . Actorwriter-director John Stockwell is 42. Actress Lisa Gay Hamilton is 39. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is 38. Singermusician Jeff Healey is 37. Olympic bronze medal figure skater Debi Thomas is 36. Singer Melanie Blatt (All Saints) is 28 . " Thought for Today: "Scratch a pessimist, and you find often a defender of pri ••i/ege. " - Lord Beveridge, British economist ( 1879- 1963). Pomeroy/Middleport, Ohio Free cancer screening 'Compassion' out the window in GOP budgets The stock market took a favorable bump as war with Iraq became a virtual certainty, but the war's effects on the economy are likely to be negative, with the main burden borne by those least able to absorb it. President . Bush refuses to tell Congress how much he expects the war to cost, the Republican Congress refuses to make an estimate on its own and yet the GOP wants to push ahead with $1.4 trillion in tax cuts skewed toward upperincome citizens, inclu\iirrg an immediate $726 billion economic growth package. Meanwhile, the administration proposes to hold down domestic spending for health, education and the environment - to just a 4 percent increase. The administration budget shows no end to deficits, with the Congressional Budget Office estimating a cumulative 10-year addition of $4.4 trillion to tlhe national debt. However, Republicans running the House and Senate Budget committees believe they have to show budgets balancing - in spite of the absence of a war estimate and are using their own version of "fuzzy math" to do it. The Senate budget goes into paper balance by failing to include projections of Bush's defense spending beyond five years. That means balance. is achieved by guesswork that's likely to be pure fiction. The House, on the other hand, achieves alleged balance by cutting both appropriated domestic programs and entitlements by I percent below the Bush administration request. Morton Kondracke In both chambers. Democrats are justifiably howling - at the size of the deticits, at the irresponsibility of cutting taxes in wanime, at the administration's refusal to hand over a war estimate and at the potential bite into domestic programs. Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle (S.D.) was wrong to blame Bush, not Saddam Hussein and French President Jacques Chirac, for the collapse of pre-war diplomacy, but he is on the mark in criticizing Bush for withholding estimates of the war's cost. And House Budget Committee Democrats are on the mark in declaring that "both the House budget resolution and the president's budget agree on the same single-minded purpose: subordinate all other priorities to additional lavish tax cuts as big as those passed two years ago. But, these fiscally irresponsible tax cuts lead either to the skyrocketing debt and harmful program cuts in the president's budget or to somewhat smaller deficits but far more severe program cuts in the House resolution - cuts that even manr, Republicans do not support. • Indeed, a hardy band of moderate Republicans in both chambers is standing up to party leaders. Eleven House Republicans, led by Rep. Mike Castle (Dei.), wrote, "We can not support a budget resolution that reflects funding levels below the Bush administralion's request and that fails to meet the needs of our domestic priorities, while reducing taxes by $1.4 trillion." The Ca~tle group's. refusal to support the original party budget - plus complaints from health care providers- apparently has reversed the GOP pian to impose cuts in Medicare. The budget provided $400 billion for a prescription drug benefit for seniors, but contemplated cuts of $372 billion for existing Medicare services, which would reduce reimbursements to doctors and hospitals or force seniors to pay more for their coverage. GOP leaders hastily decided to exempt Medicare - along with Social Security - from their budget-balancing plans -. but not Medicaid, the health msur._mce program that covers 47 nulhon poor Amencans. In fact, it appears that the GOP plans to stick with its plan to cut so-called "mandatocy programs" by I percent - lifting the burden on politically potent seniors and dumping it onto politically weak poor people. "Our biggest coricem," said one GOP leadership aide, "was the conunercials that the provider groups would run" against the Medicane cuts. When I noted that poor Medicaid recipients were in no position to mount an ad campaign, he responded, "There are a lot of examples of waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program." It's not clear that Medicaid cuts will end up being Congress' chosen means of balancing the budget. But to the extent it is, it's unconscionable - especially in view of the tax cuts the GOP plans to hand over to the wealthy. What Congress ought to be doing - and may, if the Senate passes a proposal by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) - is to help the tiscally strapped states bear their increased Medicaid costs. But if Medicaid cuts are imposed, that will swell the nmks of the uninsured beyond the current, shameful level of 41 million and cause added costshifting that raises insurance rates for employers, forcing them to cut back on coverage. All this adds up to the antithesis of "compassionate conservatism," which increas. ingiy looks like a costume that Bush dons for political purposes and is not his true identity. Republicans want to push through a budget resolution amid a wartime surge of patriotism without accounting for · the costs, pay for the war in a separate supplemental appropriation and then pass Bush's tax cuts when his popularity soars on favorable war news. And, if the tax cuts produce . prosperity, Bush will be on his way to re-election. But if. ali this is done on the backs of the poor, the "compassionate" aspect of his conservatism will be just a ruse. (Morwn Kondracke is . executive editor of Roll Call, . the newspaper of Capitol' Hill.) Teaching why we are Americans I've long admired Lynne Cheney of the American Enterprise Institute for her scorn of political correctness and her insistence that American hi story be more thoroughly taught in our school~ . Knowing how we gained our freedom. she wrote in Education Week last Sept. II, "helps us understand that were we to lose it, liberty might not come our way again." A crucial pan of that history is how our Constitution very much including the Bill of Rights (the tirst 10 amendments)- defines why we are Americans and why a number of nations that have escaped from Communism have created their new constitutions by learning from ours. Yet the compelling story of how we won - and fought to retain - our individual liberties is one of the worsttaught subjects throughout our school s. Having spoken to classes from elementary to graduate level , I have seen. with some excer.tions, a di smaying unfamtliarity with the freedmils we are fighting to preserve during this war against terrorism. "The C ivic Mi ssion of Schools," a revealing study from the Carnegie Corp. of New York and the University of Maryland 's Center for Information and research on Civi c Learning and Engagement , reveal s that "most form al civic edur:ation today comprises only a single course on government," with Nat Hentoff little emphasis on "the rights and responsibilities of citizens and ways that they could work together and relate to government." However, the report cites research that "children stan to develop social responsibility and interest in politics before the age of 9." ·Some of the most astute questions I've had to answer on how the Bill of Rights has evolved throughout our history came from a fifthgrade class in a New York public school. "Why," said one young man , "is God not mentioned in the Constitution?" In Miami, before I spoke to a large audience of mostly black and Hispanic students on wh y we have the First, Fourth and other amendments, teachers cautioned me to expect indifference. By the end, students eagerly wanted to know much more. because they had discovered why they are Americans. Since the war on the tyrant of Iraq has been looming, there have been more class discussions and debates in some schools on the justification for forcibly disarming Saddam Hussein. A number of princi- pals have had to warn teachers to make sure all sides are free to be heard. Despite this, the teaching of our constitutional history has been sorely lacking. As · Dr. Charles Haynes, a senior scholar at the Freedom Forom Firs,! .Amendment Center who '!;(lends much of his time in schools around the country, say s: "this generation is called to defend freedom at home and around the world. Our task is to ensure that they understand what they are defending, and why." Fulfilling that task, there is no more important book for Americans of aU ages- including students throughout the school system - than Linda Monk's "The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution" (Hyperion, 2003). I have never before seen so clear and lively an accot.nt of what's in the Constitution and why. There are also vivid historical vignettes that dramatize some of the pivotal events in our common heritage. For example: "the first written protection of free speech in America wa~ the Ma~sachusetts Body of Liberties in 1641. This document was a great step forward ... because neither the Magna Carta in 1215. nor the English BiU of Rights in 1689 included freedom of speech or th e press." She tells the story of Boston lawyer James Otis, who, in 176 1, resigned a position with the crown to argue for hours in a court against the limitless "writs of assistance" that ' . The Dail y Sent inel• Page 5 2003 The Daily Sentinel Bette Pearce Managing Editor Tuesday, March 25, 2003 allowed British customs officials to search colonists' homes and businesses at will for goods on which import taxes hadn't been paid. Early Americans were infuriated by these crudely dis~p­ tive invasions of their privacy. So powerful was Otis ' closing defense of that basic right that a young lawyer, John Adams, in the audience, later wrote: "then -and there the child. Independence was born." And so was the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. Among the many illustrations, prints and cartqons, there is a photograph of James Otis. Monk, a graduate of Harvard Law School, and winner of two American Bar Association awards for her illumination of the Constitution, has provided a service to the nation that should earn her a presidential Liberty Medal. She has brought our foundation dorument to life. As the delegates were signing the Constitution, she writes, Benjamin Franklin, who "had wondered whether the sun carved on the back of George Washington's chair was rising and setting," said: "Now I have the happiness to know that it is a rising, not setting sun." But now, Attorney General John Ashcroft and his so-called USA Patriot acts are casting·a blotting cloud over that sun. (Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned auth ority on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights.) · For the Record EMS Runs Central Disp<)tch POMEROY - The EMS responded to the following calls Monday. 10:28 a.m . Rachel Reeves, State Route 248 , Holzer Medical Center; II :55 a.m. Lois Barrett. Holzer Medical Clinic , Holzer Medical' Center; 5:'42 p.m. John McCloud, Holzer Medical Clinic, Holzer Medical Center; 8:13 p.m. Lola Harrison , Depot Street, Holzer Me(jical Center. Thomas Schoonover · of Middleport reported that his 2000 Honda 450 4x4 wheeler was stolen from his front yard. POMEROY Several Others reporting incidents incidents reported . to the were Carol Manuel of Racine, Meig s County Sheriff's a damaged mailbox; Trina Department are under investi- Yoiung. her purse taken from gation. her car which was parked outCharles Wolfe of Racine and side the Goodtimes Bar; and Pam Arnott of Racine reported Amy Roush of Racine, a flag their mailboxes had been vandalized; Linda Lewis of off her front porch. It was also reported by the Racine reported she had a license plate stolen; Lewis sheriff that Robert M. Bauer of Hilton of Racine reported that Coolville had been arrested for he had received harassing violating a civil protection order. phone calls. Incidents under investigation Council reviews plans for village hall Jail to include beds for 18 BY BRIAN J. REED Staff writer MIDDLEPORT Middleport Village Council reviewed updated plans for a n~W village hall and jail during Monday's regular meeting. Mayor Sandy lannarelli discussed the latest plans, submitted by the architectural firm King and Durham, and changes suggested· for the new municipal headquarters, to be located in the Middleport Elementary School. The vi II age will assume ownership of the building this summer, after it is vacated by the Meigs Local School District for a new building near Rutland. Earlier plans were revised in order to save on construe- tion costs, lannarelli said. The new village hall will include offices for the mayor. fiscal officer and other administrative personnel , and the water and sewer office, as well as an auditorium-style room , ill the school's current gymnasium, for council meetings and village court proceedings. The jail area will ~include beds for four women and 12 men, a full kitchen and recreational facilities for inmates, and a secure working area for jail personnel. The jail wi II also have one detoxification cell and an eight-hour holding cell to be used for both men and women . lannarelli said the village has received no commitment for funding for construction of the new village headquarters, but said she has been in contact with state and federal officials about the options for funding the new construction. lannarelli said revenue from other villages and counties which would use the jail would serve as revenue for the village. Other business Sonny McClure , owner of McClure 's Family Restaurants, met with council to review his preliminary plans for the construction of a new car wash across General Hartinger Parkway from his restaurant. McClure said construction of the new business would likely require the relocation of a portion of Fourth Avenue, and asked council to consider approval of relocating the street if hi s plans proceed. Council also paid bills in the amount of $16,801 .27. Present. in addition to lannarelli, were council members Stephen Houchins, Roger Man ley, Kathy Scott, Bob Robinson and Linda Haley, and Fiscal Officer Susie French. Health officials say mystery Asian illness appears to be caused by common cold virus ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. and international health officials now believe a flu-like illness from Asia that has sickened hundreds of people may actually be a new, virulent version of an old enemy: the common cold virus. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said tests revealed traces of a form of microbe known as a coronavirus in the tissue of people infected with the mysterious illness called "severe acute respiratory syndrome," or SARS. There are three known varieties of the corona virus, but the CDC said Monday the culprit in the Asian outbreak appears to be genetically different and probably represents a fourth type. . "There's very strong evt dence to support coronavirus" as the cause, said CDC director Dr. Julie Gerberding. "If (coronavirus) is not the entire cause of SARS, it at least contributes to it." . She cautioned that more testing is needed before experts can be certain. No. approved treatment exists either for SARS or what could be the illness' cousin, the common cold. SARS· ftrst gained attention in Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam, where it has spread among health workers. Health authorities say it appears to spread from close contact, primarily through nasal lluids by coughing or sneezing. Nearly 460 people have been sickened worldwide and 17 have died since Feb. 1. In the United States 39 people in 18 states likely have been made ill by SARS. Most of those suspected cases - 32 people - are believed to have acquired it from recent travel to Asia. Seven others were health workers or family members who had close contact with those affected , Gerberding said. The Geneva-based World Health Organization issued a worldwide travel alert March 15 warning people to watch for symptoms after traveling to places where the disease has appeared. The WHO also got its network of II labs around the world working to find the cause and treatment of the disease. David Heymann , head of communicable di seases at WHO, said Tuesday he was satisfied that the containment policy in . Singapore and Vietnam was proving successful. The organization also has sent a five-man team to China with hopes of going to Guangdong, the southern prov ince with an outbreak of atypical pneumonia that has similar symptoms to SARS. Finding a cause could lead to a treatment for the disease and a diagnostic test that could identify it in patients, said Dr. Edward Chapnick. infectious di seases director of Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Last week, the World Health Organization thought a possible cause was paramyxovirus - the family of viruses that causes measles and mumps. CDC officials looked for paramyxovirus during their testiijg, but instead found evidence that a new form of coronavirus was the cause. Those who serve Meigs County soliders Minersville) now serving in the Middle East. • Lcpi. John Hill India Company • PFC Burns, Levi Ray 3-1 2nd PIT 3/2 India Co. DET E UIC 39720 FPO-AP 9661 3-9720 76169 (Son of Pat and Nancy FPD AE 09511 -6169 Hill, Pomeroy. Now serving WPNSPLT in Kuwait.) (Son of Debbie Schuler) 3265 IOOl stQM, 7l st CSB UNIT 27502 APO AE 09372-7502 (Son of Terry and Tammy Pickens, formerly of Rutland and now of Zanesville. and grandson ofThomas and Jean Schoonover, Rutland.) R~bert S~ • SPC. Michael B. Stacy A~~w serving with 2/ I74th • l LT. Russ Fields Operation Enduring Freedom 368th CTC II Trans. BN. 7 Trans. Group APO-AE 09366 (Son-in-law of Henry and Hester Eblin. Husband of Darlene) • Sgt. 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British officials decided Thesday to target pro-Saddam militiamen in Basra; previously coalition commanders had said they would avoid urban combat in Iraq's second-largest city. "These things are never easy," British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday. "There will be some difficult times ahead, but (the' war) is going to plan despite the tragedies." Heavy fighting continued in An Nasiriyah. considered a strategic prize because of its bridges across the Euphrates. Students from PageS Asbeck said her students have shown little anxiety over the war in Iraq , but said they also show great interest in the day 's events. MORE LOCAL NEWS. MORE LOCAL FOLKS. ' Subscribe today. 992-2156 TRAVEL SHOW · Johnson 0 peratlon Enduring TF 1/15 IN Freedom Bravo Main E-Mail Address: 3 r d BCT/3rd 10 michael.b.stacy@us.army.mi I (M~amp New (Son of Jim and Cathy Jersey Stacy, Pomeroy) APO AE • HN julian Swann, USN Johnson 09303 HSB/Charlie Surgical (Son of Company Kathy Van Meter, Mason, W. 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"We went to their headquarters and engaged in contact with them ... and made it quite clear to them: We, the British forces, are up for this, and you are going to have a very hard time," Burridge told British Broadcasting Corp. radio Tuesday. At least one Baath party ollicial was captured and 20 were killed in the operation. which was over within hours, British spokesman Col. Chris Vernon told the BBC. Troops advancing toward Baghdad said they were prepared for the fight ahead, despite news of fallen comrades. At least 20 U.S. troops have been killed and 14 captured or missing since the ogeration began. "I think the deaths of Americans gives us more incentive to fight." said Lance Cpl. Chad Borgmann, 23, of Sidney, Neb., with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Force. "Freeing Iraq is all tine and dandy ... but this gives us a personal motivation to fight." · Loud explosions were · heard Tuesday near the north- · ern oil center of Kirkuk, but people in the Kurdish-held city of Chamchamal, about 3Q : miles to the west, did not se~ · any planes in the sky. , Coalition warplanes bombed . lmqi military barracks in the area on Monday. In Washington, President · Bush said he would ask · Congress for $75 billion for the Iraq mission and to · upgrade counterterrorism efforts at home. The money · would fund about six months of operations in Iraq, includ-· ing stabilizing the country and sending · troops home, · according to an administra·tion document obtained by . The Associated Press, on Monday. Also Monday, Bush spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, complaining that Russia was selling anti-tank miss iles·, jamming devices and nightvision goggles to Iraq - a violation of U.N. sanctions. Russian officials hotly denied the accusations Tuesday. "We did not send any goods, including military ones, that violated the sane"· tions ," Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said. "No fact supporting the Americans' anxi- · ety has been found ." A newspaper 's front page is prominently displayed on the classroom wall , and Asbeck said she has used a map of Iraq to help acquaint her students with the country and its people. "I think it's a reflection on the prevalence of violence in our society today that the boys and girls ar; n ' t more anxiou s than they are ," As beck said .. "But I make sure I remino them, often, that they should pray for the boy s and girl s who are sitting in school s in Iraq ." "Those kid s are wondering whether they ' ll even be alive a week from . now." REVIVAL First Baptist Church of Racine March 23rd - 26th Evangelist: Bill Pittsenbarger vacation diiv.. r•;., ciJnures. cuisines, people, styles, stories, pursuits, panoramas. Witness the Albuquerque 2003 Balloon Fiesta in all its splendor. Tour presentation at Meigs County Senior Center at :5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Apdl 1. All are welc;ome! Turquoise Trail, Taos, Indian Pueblo, Cultural Center, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Loretto Chapel, Miraculous Staircase, Kit Carson Home plus much more! For more information or a det.lled brochure, conbd Maxine Griffith at 740-991-5781, travel Sunday Morning 10:40 a.m. Evenings 7:00 p.m. informati on call (740) 949-3 131 For more �' The Daily Sentinel Page6 Williams loses to Shaughnessy VIERA. Fla. (AP) - The Montrea l Expos acquired Livan Hernandez from the San Francisco Giants, uniting the former World Series MVP with his half brother. Orlando Hernandez. Montreal also acquired catcher Edwards Guzman and $3.2 million in exchange for pitcher Jim Brower and a player to be named. The money will pay all of Livan Hernandez's salary but the $300.000 minimum. Livan Hernandez, 28, was 12-16 with a 4.38 ERA last year for the Giants, and he has a 69-69 major league record and 4.42 ERA since defecting from Cuba. He won the World Series MYP award with Florida in 1997. Puckett's trial begins MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Puckett's sexual Kirby assault trial began, with the Hall of Famer accused of dragging a woman into a restaurant men's room and groping her. Prosecutors contend the former Minnesota Twins star grabbed the woman's breast before she escaped from the bathroom at the Redstone American Gri ll in suburban Eden Prairie on Sept. 6. Pu~kett is charged with false imprisonment. criminal sexual conduct and assault. ·As proceedings began, he . pleaded innocent to the misdemeanor assault charge , which prosecutors added last week . Vikings sign Claiborne MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Vikings made their biggest free agent acqui' ition of the offseason, signing former Detroit linebacker Chri> Claiborne to a two-year deal. Terms of the deal weren't immediately released. Claiborne. who's started 58 games in the last four seasons. is expected to bolster a linebacker corps led by veteran middle linebacker Greg Biekert. Claiborne has spent n\ost of the past two seasons at the middle linebacker spot but can play both inside and outside. In hi s four NFL seasons, Claiborne has 391 tackles. I0.5 sacks and six interceptions. Last vear, he led the Lions wi th .102 tackles. He also had 4.5 sacks and three intercertions, returning one for a touchdown. 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Associated Press Fans tour the Great American Ballpark during an open house Saturday in Cincinnati. (AP) Rose won't attend season opener . Hit king turns down mayor's invitation CINCINNATI (AP) Pete Rose turned down an . invitation to be Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken's guest when the Reds open their new stadium next week. Luken said Monday that Rose's agent contacted him to say the former Reds star would not be at the March 31 game against the Pittsburgh Pi rates in the new Great · American Ball Park. Rose agreed to a perma- , • BY STEVE WILSTEtN Johnson, D'backs agree to extension Expos aquire Hmnandez 1n Study: Basketball players lag in graduatio~ rates Baseball KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) - Venus Williams lost to fellow American Meghann Shaughnessy 7-6 (2). 6-1 at the Nasdaq-100 Open. The fourth-rou nd upset spoiled a potential quarterfinal showdown between William,, a three-time champion, and No. 6 Jennifer Capriati. Advancing instead was Shaughnessy, who is seeded 23rd and beat Williams for only the second time in their seven meetings. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Randy Johnson and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a $33 million, twoyear contract extension through the 2005 season, when the left-hander turns 42. Johnson\ $16.5 million average annual salary will be the highest ever for a pitcher, topping the $15.45 million Roger Clemens averaged with the New York Yankees in 200 I and 2002. • ill 0 Tuesday, March 25, 2003 nent ban from baseball in August 1989 following an investigation of his. gam bling. He applied for reinstatement in September 1997 and has been in discussions with baseball officials the past year about being reinstated. "I'm not surprised. It was clear Pete wanted to be here, but it was clear he wouldn't do anything that would interfer.e with his attempt to be reinstated into major league baseball," Luken said. "He'll be here in spirit. I'm sure he' II be here sooner or later." Rose's age nt, Warren Rose Greene of Plantation. Fla., did not return messages left Monday. The Reds declined to comment on t h e exchange between Rose and Luken. "This If/US between Mayor Luken and Pete Rose." Reds spokesman Rob Butcher said. "We were not involved in any way, shape or form. " For all the profits and fun of the men•s NCAA basketball tournament, too many players wind up with nothmg more than memories. A study released Monday showed tliat I 0 of the schools in this week's round of 16 have failed to graduate even half of their players in recent years. Black players are 'less likely than whites to finish their careers with degrees, according to the study of NCAA graduation rates. Butler posted the best numbers and Oklahoma had · the worst. They play each other Friday in the East Regional semifinals. Butler. a small private school in Indianapolis, graduated 86 percent of its basketball players and all of its black players over a six-year period starting with the 1995-96 season. Oklahoma had a zero graduation rate , although the school challenged the criteria as misleading. A school is credited with graduating students within six years of their freshman year, and is not credited for transfers or junior college players who may get their degrees. "Our graduation rate is 100 percent," Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said. "That freshman class (199596) was Bobby Joe Evans and Michael Cotton, and they both graduated Bobby Joe from here and Michael from Boston College. "They can stereotype us all they want, but the bottom Nlti()llll hmllfnlll "., line is our kids are graduat-· ing." Calling the results "disturbing," the study by Richard Lapchick of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida found: -F.i ve of the 16 teams had graduation rates a third to a half lower than the school's overall athletic graduation rates. -Six schools had graduation rates for black basketball players a third to threequarters lower than overall athletic rates. -Only three schools Butler, Duke and Kansas graduated at least two-thirds of their black basketball players, while just th'Jse and two others - Marquette and Notre Dame - graduated at least two-thirds of all basketball players. - Only six schools graduated at least 50 percent of all basketball players, and seven graduated at least half of their black players. Men's basketball, where 57 percent of the players are black, has the worst graduation rates of all college· sports, Lapchick said, with 58 of the 328 Division I teams failing to graduate a single black player in six years. "It is a nightmare waiting . to be fixed,"' said Lapchick, · one of the nation's leading . sports sociologists. 27-Mat ,., ..., fi:LOp .m. 8:27 , _.,_ SOUTH'~~-L~~.r-~~~! MIDWEST San Antonio 30-lhr Minneapolis 29-Mar New Orleans April 5 NATIONAL CHAMPION ,._..., 1:10p.ll'l. WEST EAST Anaheim Albany 30·Mar 29-Mor ....... lOmln. h»> . All Times Are Local ""' Defeated Teus Soutllern 1n openins round pme . Thomas :lo it center. Blake is Tribe's Defiant Rijo determined Casey at the bat to complete comeback Reds Notebook {304) 675-4472 - Jose RIJo, Reds pitcher starting the final game at Cinergy Field. a 4-3 loss to Philadelphia. All it did was whet his desire to keep going. He worked out over the winter, got his fas.tball above 90 mph and showed up in training camp with high hopes and another ache in the elbow. After only five innings, he realized he needed another operation to remove the bone chip. It was another crossroads. He had no desire to go through more rehabilitation. but wasn't ready to give in. "My fastball was above 90 mph. which was a surprise," he said. "'My slider was sharp; my control was excellent. That's the reason I had the surgery. If I was throwing the ball like I was last year or the year before, I never would have had the surgery. I would have gone home." · All he wants now is retum home with the big-league club and open Great American Ball Park. Rijo made 60 throws on Monday and felt no pain . Afterward. he had a cigar snugly nestled in the comer of his wide smile. " It was too easy," he said. "''m going to call Dr. (James) Andrews and accelerate it, see if I can throw every day and harder and longer." Rijo will most likely open the season on the disabled list, but wants to a~company the team north to be part of the opener in the new ballpark . The Reds might oblige - he provided some of the biggest moments at the old place, after all. 'That 's the whole goal," Rijo said . "I don't want to stay here. I want to see the new ballpark. If there's no pain in the elbow, I'll be ready to go soon -. hopefully, less than two weeks. if everything goes accordi ng to my plan." www.holzerclinic.coni NOTRE DAME BUTLER '. Mon. , Sat. 8-7 • Sunday ll-5 OKLAHOMA 114 mile north 01 2400 Eastern Avenue Pomeroy -Mason Bridge Mason, West VIrginia Gallipolis, Ohto Phone (304) 773_572 t Phone (740)446·17t1 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK OPEN 7 DAYS A 304-675·4340 Blake was signed in December as a minor league . free agent by the Indians, who needed some insurance at third in case dutierrez couldn 't come back. The 29-year-old had spent the past two seasons playing at Triple A Edmonton in Minnesota's organization. The Twins had no room for Blake because they already have Corey Koskie. When Blake arrived at the ln~ians' training complex last month, someone had taped a baseball card of Koskie on Blake's locker as a good-natured joke. "Corey's actually one of my good friends," Blake said. "He's a great player. What was I going to do?'' Blake had a similar experience with Toronto in 2000. He was possibly in line to win the Blue Jays' starting job at third when the club decided to' switch Tony B!llista from shortstop to third. "It was tough," he said. "It gets to the point where you start to wonder, 'Am I ever going to be the guy?'" The Indians scouted Blake most of last season, thinking he could be a good fit as a starter or backup. He batted .309 with 19 homers and 58 RBis with Edmonton . He also had 24 steals.\ 304-6 7 5-5200 3004 Jackson Ave. • Point Pleasant. WV (304) 675-4472 PITTSBURGH PLEASANT VALLEY HOSPITAL Associated Press WINTER HAYEN, Fla. - Scanning down the list of the American League's top hitters this spring, many of the same names likely to be there during the regular season are already there. It' s the usual suspects: Ramirez , Bos., .553; Sweeney, K.C., .500; E. Martinez, Sea, .471. However, one name jumps out, and so does his batting average: Blake, Cle., .477. '"Something doesn 't look right here."' said Casey Blake, pretending to hold up a newspaper. "Who 's this guy Blake?" Blake, who has spent'' his career stuck behind bigger names elsewhere, came to spring trainii;lg hoping to win a starting job at third base. And in the midst of having a monstrous training camp, the Cleveland Indians had no choice but to give it to him. Blake will open the season as the Indi ans' everyday third baseman. He 'II stay there until Ricky Gutierrez, currently recovering from offseason neck surgery, returns in late April. Blake, though, could make third his permanent home if he keeps hitting like has been. Through Sunday, Blake was batting .477 (21 -of-41) with seven doubles, two triples, two homers and I 0 RBis in 17 games. Casey at the bat, indeed. "Hitting is a lot of luck," he said. "I've been feeling pretty good for a while and hopefully it will continue. I've ne ve r broken camp with a team before so this is pretty cool." Rt. 2 By Pass Point Pleasant, WV r :S004 Jackson Ave. • Point Pleasant. wv BY TOM WITHERS "It's the game. I don't know .what else to do. I've been pitching my .whole life. Why start something else? Having a setback is better than anything else I could do. Whatever else is out there for me to do, I don't know what it is." !0 min. fol . New Orleans April 5 Indians Notebook SARASOTA, Fla. (AP)- Jose Rijo slid on a gray Louisville Slugger T-shirt, then twisted his right ann and inspected the scarred elbow that has brought him joy, fmne and pain. Black surgical threads poked from healedover incisions, stubble that signified his latest trouble. For the sixth time since 1995, the Cincinnati Reds' indefatigable pitcher is making a comeback from surgery. regardless of whether anyone thinks he can. '"Hey, Jose'" tirst base ~oach .lose Cardenal called out playfully as he passed by. "You're quitting'' Why~" Rijo laughed. "Because I'm too old like you," said Rijo, 37. "I'm going to be a first base coach.'' No, he's not. Six elbow operations - two of them to rebuild a torn ligament - and five years away from the game couldn't get Rijo to give up the only thing he loves doing. What's one more comeback '' "I feel awesome." he said Monday. before getting the stitches taken out and playing catch for the lirst time since his March II operation to remove a bone chip. "I can bn1sh my teeth in the morning and open a donr without having any pain ." Pain has been his companion since 1995, when he had the lirst operation to reconstruct the elbow. He came back too fast, tore it up again and needed a second "Tommy John" operation. ' He's had six operations in all. slowing his comeback but never quite extinguishing it. Rijo, the Reds' 1990 World Series MVP, simply refuses to give up. "It's the game," he said. saying the words slowly for emphasis. "I don't know what else to do. I've been pitching my whole life. Why start something else? Having a setback is better than anything else I could do. Whatever else is out there for me to do, I don 't know what it is." He could retire and run his baseball academy in the Dominican Republic. where he got the urge to try one last comeback in 200 I. He made it back to the big leagues for 13 games late in the season, getting by on guile and an average fast ball. Rijo came to camp on a minor league contract last year. made the team in spring training and went 5--I with a 5. 14 ERA in nine starts and 22 relief <~ppeara nces. He had the honor of """" New Orleans April? Scenic Hills Nursing Center TEXAS JIM'S FARM EQUIPMENT, INC. "Helping you get back home" (740) 446-7150 311 Bu~kridge Road • Gallipolis, Ohio (Behind the Spring Valley Cinema) ............. 2150 Eastern Avenue Gallipolis, OH ==:.~" (..- .o..-. 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An Equal O ppo rtunit y Empl oye r 26-28, 10am-4pm, Sat 10- FIMIDN noqn, var1ety new & used NURSES (RNs) bally bed, car seat, clothes, per hour, boOks , toys, pa rk ben ch, $4 7 00 btcYcles new ttems added C olumbus, OH . Al l Units. as sale goes on, 803 S 3rd FULL TIME (800)437-0348 St. ,. Middle ort. ,N utri t1 on Atd/ Meal Tra nsporte r. Ga t11a County Co uncil on Aging/ Senior Resou rce Ce nter is currently Kessel's Produce and Flea acceptmg applicatiO ns l or Atdl Meal Mkt Open Thu rs-Fn-Sat Kitchen Now rentmg spaces. 1354 Transporter. Must have valid Jackson Pike (740}446· d nvers license and msurable nsk. Must be able to read, 7787 write and follow dtrect1ons. WM>lHl N eeds to asstst in foo d m81JY prepa ratt on. clean up and be a subst1tute meal dnver, Be Absolute Top Dollar: US. phystcally 111 to ltft 20- 25 Gold Coi ns, lbs. Pa rt- ti me posi tion. An Silver. Proofsets. Dtamonds. Gold Eq ual Oppor tu nity Rmgs , U.S Currency,- Employer M T S Com Shop. 15 1 Second Avenue. Gallipoli s, Ohto Valley Publlshmg Co., a division of CNHI. has an 740-446-2842 opening for a Copy Ed1tor/ 1\IPI(t,\11'\1 Pagm ator. The pos111on 1s SII~\HIS located in Gatl tpolis. Ohio. a picturesque small town near 110 ma1or Ci ties. OVP publishes HELP WAN"IHJ the Gallipolis Daily Trtbune. Pomeroy Daily Sentinel and Avo n Representative s want- Potnt Pl easant {WV ) ed. (740)446 -3358 Regi ster at its Gallip olis localton. Candidate must be AVON! All Areas! To Buy or · profic tent in Q uark Xpress, Sell Shirley Spears. 304- possess strong design and 675-1 429 headlme wrrti ng skills and knowledge of AP style great Bu sy dental oll tce look1ng Excellent pay and tor muiii-Skt ll ed recepllont st. opportunity for Interest ed persons sen d advan cem e nt w1th large re sume to Office Mana ger, company. E-ma tl res umes FoUNIJ PO Box 704 , Pomeroy, Ohto to· bpearce@mydallytnb uott com 457 69 Snatl-mail wo rk samples to: Pea rce, Group Demo/ Samplers/ Event Bett e Personnel. Exce ll ent pay, Managtng Edttor. Gallipolis highest in area, samplers Datly Tnbu ne, P.O. Box 469, needed tn loca l retail store. Gallipoli s, OH . 45631 Help wanted ca nng for the elderly, Darst Group Home. now paymg mm1mum wage, new shifts 7am -3pm , 7am5pm , 3pm - t 1pm, 11pm7am, can 740-992-5023 Instruc tor needed lor typrng. Send resume to . 11 76 Jackson Ptke. S utte 3 12. Gallipolis , OH 4563 1 (740)446-4367 Local body shop seeks qual· 1f1ed repa1r tech Competitive pay. good workmg enwonment Call to set up tn lervi ew (740)446-4466 Part-tim e help wa nted . Retired or ju st need to get out of the house a couple of days a week? Alcove Books is looking for a mature. responsible person Come tn and see E1leen at 17 Oh10 River Plaza lor detatls St ate Tested Nursmg Assistants needed for 100 bed Sktlled Nursing Facility. Energ etic, enthustasttc and dedicated sta ff to care for ou r Reside nt s In terested candida tes should apply to: Rockspri ngs Rehabilitation Center, 36759 Rocksprtn gs Road , Pomeroy. Ohto 45769 AU : Debbte Stewart , Asststant Director ot Nursmg (740)992-6606 Extendicare Se rvrces, Inc. is an equal opportumty employe r that encou rages workplace d1versity. M/F DN RN'S and LPN's needed tor 100 bed nu rsing facthty with excell ent oppo rtunity for challengmg and rewa rding e~eper t e nce . Great start rates and excellent regulato ry complia nce history. Intere sted candidate s should apply to : Rockspnngs Rehab11t ta hon Center. 36759 Rocksprings O hto Road , Pome roy, 4 5769 , Attention : Debbie Stewa rt. Asststant Dtrector of Nurs1ng, (740)992-6606 Extend1care He alth Services. Inc. ts an equal oppor tunity employer that workplace encou rages dtversity. M/ F ON and interpe rsonal skill s Presentation skill s and the ability to work well under p ressure. Demonstrated planning and o rganizational sktlls. Crlt1cal thinking and probl em solving skills The ability to follow th rough o n given tasks. The ability to work in a fast paced environment. Huma n R esource/Staff expenence Deve lopm en t preferred but not requ1red Please sen d res ume with cover le tte r to Overb rook Rehab Cente r, c/o Michelle Gilmo re. AN , DON , 333 Page Street , Middleport, Ohio 45760 EOE Teac her opentngs at Grace Academy Christtan school tor fall 2003. Call today for application 740.698·5433. Truck d rtver wanted· Class A, Class B COL, call 740· 843- 1249 . Truck Orlvera. lmm'ed iate hi re , class A C OL required , exce ll ent pay, expe rience required. Earn up to $1 ,000 per week.Ca ll 304-675 4005 Wanted care giver for elderly woman. 2 days a week & wee kend s. 9a m-3pm ref. required , pay neg 304-8823640 I~ A fam 1ly I know has three offJ spnng 1n graduate schools . The . . . . . . ~ dad looked at the tuition costs and r-- - -- -- ------., m~.mbled , "I get poore r by. - - - - - I I 17 I ~, - 1 Yesterday 's O HOMK'; HlRSALE (3)FHA & VA homes set up tor immediate possession all Within 15 min . of downtown Gallipol ts. Rales as low as 6%. (740)446-3218 1 acre, nverfront , brick and vinyl, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, 2 f1replaces, hardwood floors, app rox imate ly 2000 sq .ft. Full base ment, $160,000 . (740)446-0538 Comple te the e,hu cJ !e QUOted bv filling 1n the mi&S.ng words you d ewe lop from srep No. 3 below. SCRAM-LETS ANSWERS EJqmg - Holly - Queen - Obtuse - BLIND G al to he r date "Why do men p ay more atte nt ion to a guy ca n be stuptd bu t he IS seld om BLI ND " g~rls beauty th a n her bra1 ns ?" Da te "A Thla newspaper will not knowingly acc-.,t advertlsamenta for reel eatate which Ia In violation of the t•w. Our reader• ere hereb~ Informed that all dwelllns- •dvertleed In thia newapaper are •wallable on an equal opportunity baaea. Debbie Drive. Gallipoli s. 3 bedroom s, 2 baths, $ 129,000 Call (740)2459268 1968 12x60 Tratfer, new windows. good shape, has underpmning, $5000 080. (740)388-8699 t977 Holly Park 14x70, 2 bedroom. asking $7,000. Possible lin anc tng (740)286-2828 or (740)71 01467. Pro perty for sale- close to G ree n School. 2 mobile home lots. Own 1 & rent 1. ApprolC imate ly 112 ac re . Great investment. (4 t 9)991· 0924 HousES r~ New Home, $500 a month, deposit and 1 year lease. re ference req uired (740)446-2801 Call Now taking applications for 1984 14x70 mobile home, s mall t bed room ho use, 7x21 ft. exten ston. deck and $300 p er month , $300 butlding. G reen School deposil, (740)992-6 154 after District. (740)245-9084 5 pm 2001 14x80 Oak wood, 3 BA, 2 bath, all appliances mcluded. We'll make down payment, you take o•er pay2 bedroom, a1r, porch, very ments of $370 month, or buy n1ce , Gallipo lis (740)446for $22, 000. (216)351-7086 2003 (740)446-1409 or (216)257- 1485. Blowout sale an an Single 3 bedroom mobile home tor Section homes save thou· rent in Vi nton area. Call sands goOd until February (740)388·9192 or (740)388B146 29. (740)446-3093 places, new wrndows. Move month. Call Kare ne, 740in Cond ition. (304)675-5353 385-7671 55 acre farm on SA 554. 3 bedroom , 2 bath house with base ment 2 barns, 10 acres pastu re Spnng fed livestock tank. Good hunttng. Stocked pond. Free gas. $ 125,000. Call (740)367-7266 between 9am & 9pm. Bedroom Apartments Starting at $28 9/mo. New 2003 Doublewtde 3 BR Washer/ Dryer Hoo kup, & 2 Bath. O nly $1695 down Stove and Refngerato r. and &295/ mo 1-800-691- (740)441 -15 19. 6777 1br. apt. $300. a month . All utiltt1es included. $ 100 security deposit. (304)675· 3654 Oflice Building/ Apartments lor sale/ re nt. Sec ond Ave nue. Asking $ 102,000 . 1740)286-2828 or (740)7 10· 1467 r Lars& ACREAGE 113 acre lot on 5541 n Po rter. all utilities (including sewe r) Brick Ranch Home. 3br. 2ba. Ready to butld $1 6 ,900 1 car Attached garage, i car 1740)256· 9200 detached garage lnground pool O n t/2 acre lot. 32 acres, ten minutes from Seriou s Inq uires . only. Holzer Medical Center. Off 160 North . Cou nty wate r (304)675-805 1 available . Nice homesite. No New home· 4 bedroom. 2 land contracts . $40 .000. ba th, llvingroom , famtly- (740)446·3228 roo m , dinmg room den , modern kitchen, 2 car Patnot area, 20+ wooded garage . hp, all electric, wtth- acres, co unty water, electric. in wa lking distance Pomeroy good home site . Adjacent Golf Course. 3 acres , Wayne Nation al Forrest $t 18,000, call Susan Eltcellent hunting $32,000. (740)985-4291 . work 740- 1740)379-91 41 446-7267 . New 1200 Sq ft 3 bed room, 2 'bath. heat pump, attached garage, 1 acre lot. To be com pleted m•d April, 4 miles out Sandhtlt Ad $89,000. To many opttons to Its! Call T1m at (304)675-7824 days or (740)446·41 65 evenings. Priced to Sell! $90,000 1998 3 be droom . 2 bath, large kitchen . stone fireplace. On State Route 588 . Immedia te Possession. (7401983-0730 Buy o r sell. Atverme Antiques, 11 24 East Main on SR 124 E. Pomeroy, 740992 -2526. Russ Moore, owner. Very old canning jars, pop bottles, Mmers lunch Pail, Poison, B illers. Inks. Medicine bott les, Gallipolis H1sto ry Items. diffe rent col· ored ft ddles and more. Wtll FORRENr Furnished eff lctency. All utilities patd , share bath, $135 not split up Se ll all $1000. Ca ll (740)441- 1236 tf no 1 -3 Bedrooms Foreclosed month , 919 2nd Avenue. answer. leave message . (7 40)446-3945 Homes From $ 199/Mo., 4% MlscE:uANEOUS Down, 30 Years at 8 .5% G racious living . 1 a nd 2 bedAPR. For Listi ngs, 800-319room apartments at Village MERCHAMJISE 1 _ 3323 E• t 170 9. M anor and Rive rside Apartments in Middleport. 1 old wood full stze bed 2 br. newly remodeled, ref, & Fro m $27 8-$348 . Call 740- f rame. 1 lr eezer cab dep. no pets 304-675-6224 992 -5064. Equal Ho usin g (304)882-2708 leave mess age Opportu nities. 1986 ice cream machine, 2 story house, 3 or 4 bed- N orth Fourth Ave , room, livin g ro om , fam ily Middleport. 2 bedroom fur· model 754, exce llent condi· room , 3 car garage (one nished apartment. deposit & tlon. $3.500. 74 0.742-7405 days, (740)742-2086 eves. year lease). Depostt $5 00, relerences , no pets, Rent $6 50 . Cell (740)388· (74 0)992·0 165 3 modern lighted showcas8699 No w Taking Apptlcatlons- es, 1 upright, 1 cas h regisHouse for rent- 3 BR, 1 bath , 35 2 Bedroom ter (740)38 8-9 770 West lireplace, close Ia town- Townhouse Apartments, 3 Prom Dresses. R ed 2 $550 . Refe rences and Includes Water Sewage, piece, Size 516 , Navy Blue deposit requtred Please call Tra~h . $350/ Mo., 74D-446· size 8, Black Stze small Wiseman Real Estate at 0008. Never Been Worn . $60 (740)446-3644 Tara Townhouse Each. (304) 675-861 2 Hou se for sale o r ren t- Apartments, Very Spactou s, BURN Fat, BLOCK $55 ,000.00, 2 ·3 bedroom. 1 2 Bedrooms, 2 Floors, CA, 1 Cravings, and BOOST 1/2 Ba th , Newly Carpeted . bath , full basement, large Energy Like You Have kttchen. new F.A.F. , new ca r· Adu lt Pool & Baby Pool, Never Expenenced pet, ap prox. 1 acre , 2 ou t Patio, Start $385/ Mo No WEIGHT· LOSS buildings, 1 car garage, ou t Pets, Lease Plus Secunty REVOLUTION of floodplane , 10 mm. from Depost t Req uired, Days. New product launch Octobe r 740-446-348 1; Even tngs: Pom eroy, 20 min. from 23, 2002 . Call Tracy at Athens , 20 min from 740-367-0502. (740)441 - 1982 Gallipolis, shown by appotn tTwin Ri ve rs Tower is accept· ment only, call 1-740· 591 - tng app lications for watttng FOR SALEI Space Saver 4· 3779. Rent $400 per month, list for Hud-subsized, 1- br. whee l Scoo ter. Has turn sig· p lus depos it, references apa rtment. call 675·6679 nal s. Head Light . $800 . required, utilities, no pets. (304)675-7791 EHO r 4 bedroom , 2· l /2 bath Ranch Home on · 2 acres in Jackso n . Vis it www gr e athOme .ll go c o m Call (740)286-8609 Beech St. Middlepo rt, 2 bedroom furnished apartmen t. uti lities paid. d eposit & references, no pets, (740) 992· 0 165 Furn ished efficiency, downstairs , 919 2nd Avenue, 3 rooms & bath. All utilities paid . $2951 mo (740 )4463945 Rl'l\1' Beauliful Atve r View Ideal 2 bedroom, 1 bath, full base- Good used 14x70 , 3 bed- For 1 Or 2 People , ment, Garfiel d Avenue Call room , 2 ba1h. On ly $7995 Refe rences , Deposit, No Includes delivery, Call Nikki, Pets, Foster Tra iler Park, (740)446 -1828 740·385-9948 740-441 -0181 . 3 BEDROOM HOME Only $8 ,000. For listings call Land Home Packages avail· Crlsay Watson able In you r area, {740)446- Congratulati ons! You have 1-800-719-3001 E•t F144 3384. won 2 free tickets to the 3 Bedroom newly remodSpnng Va lley Cinema. eled , in Middleport , call Tom Last 2002 Model Li ncoln Please call for deta il s. Anderson after 5 p.m. Park, 64M28 , 3 bedroo m. 2 (7 40)446-2342 ' 992-3348 bath, total electric, heat pump, delivered & set on Mobile home for re nt, no 3 bedroo m, 1 bath. 2 sto ry your foundation . reduced pe1S, (740)992-5858 home tn Pomeroy, 1 car h om $55 ,365 to only ga rage, fireplace , (740)992APAKIMEN"IS $47,485 , Cole's Mobil e 9492 IURRENf Homes. U.S. 50 East, Athens, Oh, 740-592-1972, 3 bedr oom/3 bath on 1 68 1 and 2 be droo m apart· acres. A 2.-car garage "Where You Get You r ments. furnished and unfuratt ached and a 2-car garage Money's Worth" n tshe d , security depos it detached , plus sto rage requtred , no pets, 740-992buildings. All applia nces New 14 w1de o nly $799 221 8 . down and only $159.96 per stay, new carpet , 2 fire · Beautiful 312 home In private Charolais Lake on 3 acres m/1 Many extras Must See! (740)44 1-038 1 A R 0 /1T 6 '--'- - - '-'----'---'-·- --1 -..J. D&M yard care and han dyman For mo re info call (740)286-0490 lNG CO . recommends that you dO business with people you know, and NOT to send money through the mail unttl you have mvestigated the o11erin . age ment team Must enJoy ~:?~------, working with people, traming PR~ONAL and develop ing staff, SERVI<.Ei responding q uickly to staffin g needs, monito ring TURpjED DOWN ON employee perlormance, inSOCIAL SECURITY /SSI? se rvicin g and counselin g No Fee Unless We Wi nt employees. 1-888·582·3345 Must possess: Rl II I ' I I II Excellent communication S HEAI C j All types of masonry brick. bloc k & stone 20 yr s. Expenence free estimate. 1-304-773-9550 Stall Development Nurse Overbrook Rehab Center is looktng tor a selt-mohvated tea m pl aye r with a high ene rgy level to joi n our man- low ro form lou r simple were's. L ED OM Y To Do All real estate adwrttalng In this newspaper Ia IUbject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 which makes it Illegal to edvertlae "any preference, limitation o r dlacrlmlnallon baaed on race, color, religion , sex familial status or national origin, or any lnlenllon to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." r10 lour scrom b~ words be· _ WAMHJ Ranch style bnck house, 5 th e M&G Polym ers plant on B~ bedrooms, 3 full baths, 2-car State Route 2 . Apple Grove. n.--.D'T'I!a.TITV garage, fi nis hed basement. WV between 6:00AM and L,--vlii.-riiiiun~ouo,;;"",;.:, '_.1 2 frplce, hardwood firs, 2 :00 PM . Mo nday(740)992-5189 INOTICEt Wednesday. OHIO VALLE Y PUBLI SH- r:~~:t:~T S©R&tl~-~"E!fs• GAM I ldHod by CLAY • . ,OLLApj _ ..;__ _ _ __ 0 ~eorrc n ;e leuers of tl1 e I Gallipolis Career College {Ca reers Close To Home) Call Today• 740-446-4367, 1-800-21 4-0452 www.galllpollscareercoltege com Res #90· 05· 1274 8. Experienced careg111er, Li veIn or hourly. Reliable, dedt · cated , tru stworthy, certifi· refere nces on SECU RIT Y O FFICER S: cates/ Guardsmark IS now accept- request . Faye@ (740)256ing applications for part time 1097 Security Officers in Mason Handyma n, ya rd work, County. If you are at least 21 (740)992-2741 ask tor Ttm. years of age. have a clear police record and a h1gh Logans Law n C are Cal l schoo l dtploma or equiva- (740)441 -0720 lent, we would like to talk with you. Start tng pay is Will pressu re was h homes, $7 .0 0 going to $7.60 trailers, decks, metal bu ildCa ll Appli cants must be able to ing s and gutters work any shift and some (740)44 6·0t 51 ask for Ron wee k-ends. All applicants or leave message. wtll be given a drug screen Apply at the Ma1n Gate of won 0 GUEG • I I I 15 $2,500 , ~ ~ " " " ' ( I \II 'IS Flexible weekend wo rk, Sat/ Sun, 6 hours a day Looki ng tor hard work tng . self molt· vated people who will take pride in their work For more In formation ca ll Diana at 188 8-547-3366. extras , 2 bedroom apartment avatl· ab le in Syracuse , $200 depos11, $3 15 per month rent, rent includes- water, sewer, trash, no pets, rental application, references and suHictent. income to qualify, (740)378-81 11 Apartment Avail abl e Now. AlverBen d Piece. New Haven, WV now accepttng applicatiO ns for HUD-subsi· dized, 1 bedroom apartment. Util tties included Call (304)882 -312 1 Apartment available for qualtlled sen· tor/disabled person EHO r L--------.,.1 L.-----,;.-.,J SPACE lb:Nr r BEAUTIFUL APARTAT BUDGET MENTS PR1CES AT JACKSON ESTATES , 52 Westwood Drive from $297 to $383. Wal k to shop & movies Ca ll 740-446-2568. Equal Used htde-a-bed, good con· Housing Opportun1ty. d11ion $ 100 (740)446-3777 For more informatio n. call Gallia Mei~s Community Acl1on Agency WE REPAIR (740) 992-2222 or • Lawn Mowers • Power Mowers • Chain Saws • Snow Blowers • Weed Eaters Tillers • Edgers Go Karls • Mini Bikes (740) 446-1018 Cellular Jeff Warner Ins. 992-5479 '1t4IIJ 'R~ High& Dry SeH-Storage JIM'S SMALL ENGINE REPAIR Pomeroy, OH 33795 Hiland Rd. Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 740·992-2432 Radne, OH • Free Estimates • Lawn Malntolnence, Shrub TrlmmlntJ, Snow Removal & Other Lawn Core Needs Jamie E11ans linda Evans (740)949-21 08 (740) 641·5116 Pager (600) 976-2471p:11 _ 1 Palomtno + saddle & tack, • 1 Arabian Paint. (740)256- ·• 6 t43 • ----· He relord Heifers for sa le, 1 • and 2 yr old. Call (740)256- : 1335 Evenings only. ! ' MANLEYS SElF STORAGE Stud Services· KFR Dancln ' Images APHA Regt stered Pai ny, very calm. C all for " pricing. (740)388-96 55 " ! II{ \ ' "'I'OIU \ IH l \ • FRIEE, Non-profit debt help. Be treated with honesty, understanding & respect. CareOne. ~ OuiSIIN BcoCI•neSI FNO SuJtpllet,.Pottagel Stact 1Citl!1ldllltlj1 G4ctulcte Opporlurtilyt $500 POLICE IMPOUNDS! ' Hon des, Chevys, etcl Cars/ Tr ucks from $500 . For listings 1-800-7 19·30 0 1 ext. ,. 3901 • ! Fot F'"lntormation, CIIToii FCM. 1-1100-357-1110 -:-::------ ! 1988 Buick Park Ave nue. • white. burg undy inte rior 3 8, ; V-6 , runs great Al l power. • (7401 388-9 655 Uttoct$$$ Sp~Prolllll TraO\Ingl Frot lnlol ' _ 1_99_0_Spi-ri-t-G-oo-d-co_n_d-,1-ion. _,_,,_ ! 4cyl, auto , PSJPB/AC , rear r defroster, tilt steer. cru1se. : $ 1100. (304)675-380 1 • r Used Furniture Store 130 Bulaville Pike We sell mattresses. dressers, couches, appliances. bedroo m suites , reclin ers. Grave monumen ts. (740 )44 6-4782 Galltpohs, O H Wa nted to buy- good used couches . mattresses, dresse rs. Thill deadline for proposals is April 18, 200~ at 4 :30 p.m . The CIC reserves the ' right to reject any and all inquiries and to modify the parameters of the project at anytime. ~ help getting bac~ to work LARRY SCHEY #cHiVRO,~T/ 750 East St ate Street Phone (740)593-661'11 Athens, Ohio 740-992·5232 EVANS LAWN CARE ~= 1-800-847-5869 ~:~~!= Eliminale Hi8h One Simple Low M oolhly Feel Good About Your Finances Free Consultation , • Consolldalo your bll~ wltll F1mt Continent/11 12.500.00 to $150,000.00 Bad cretlll welcomed • : ~ ~ •Afi'ORDABLE LEOAL IEIIYIC£r 0-tllll Adop... _ IHCORPOIIATION 11116 Not do h jOUreel K~ LOANSOA.C : Free oonouRation wRh IM! age01 No apptldalion fee o : • (10'K10' 610'K20') [740) 992-3194 992-6635 CALL 1-1110-3~ 1110 www.ntlod.com lor hoeln1ormotion Toll-flw 1 888 805 331'9 740·992·1717 St Rt 7 Coeglein Rd. Pomeroy J&C Lawn Service Mow& + Trim ! 740-992-6694 \ Please leave message if no answer ~ 70% """"'iulon paid Wttldj. ~ 'It ' New - l oorvloo . No t 1Cptrience neotOOOI"( FT/PT. 1-800-3115-7550 nt 18841 ~ .t Pomeroy Eagles BING02171 Every Thursday & Sunday Doors Open 4:30 Early birds start 6:30 1st Thursd ay of every month All pack $5.00 Bring this coupon Buy $5.00 Bonanza Get5FREE Tree Service &I Top • Removal • Trim - Stump Grinding • Bucket Truck We Make House Cella Computers, Repairs, Upgrades, Networks (304) 675-5282 www.wvpcdr.com doctorOwv cdr.com Snapper GRAVELY TRACTOR Dean Hill SALES & SERVICE Pomeroy, New&: Used Ohio 475 South Church St. Ripley, wv 25271 992-2975 Lawn and Garden Equipment is our business, not our sideline BISSEll BUILDERS IDC. New Homes • Vinyl Siding • New Garages • Replacemem Windows • Rooft ng COMMERCIAL and RE SIDENTIAL FREE ESTIMATES Best Service at the Best Price · ' trapped. CANCER CHECK will be there w hen you need it Ca ll now to reserve Open 9anl-~ pm f'~" t'~l!m~r ~<. I n'~ l ~ll >n (740) 446-1812 BOX I 89 MIDDLEPORT, OH 45 760 Ask us abom our St- n ·kt· Plu11S 1 Bashan Road Racine, Ohio 740-843-5264 J&:S Painting J/ l tl 1fn 25 yrs. experience Take the PAIN out of PAINTING! Friendly & Professional Let me do 1t for yout lalerlor, 1>: ~ 1 erl or, Cummfrcild l o r free estimales 740-9g2-5678 45771 74D-949-22t7 dEAMLESS GlmR Ellii che ~k. ROCKY H UPP INSU RANCE & FINANCIAL SERVICES ho ~ lll' p>cl~p u• f"'' all )OUr , omputcr rl<~ 29670 *lOME MAimWCE F inall y ... Money paid to ~ w hen cancer st r ik es Yo u choose the ammintup to $50 ,000! Pa vs in addi ti on to other in "iurance. You- use the m oney ho w ev er yo u li ke. Cance r wi ll strike when you leas1 expect it. Hill 's Self Storage 'dOOFING CANCER CHECK I t w ill l eave you and y o ur fam il y !inam:iall y 740-992·7599 I -HOWARDl. 1-800-822·0417 "W .V's # I Chevy. Pontiac, B u ic k . Olds & Custom Van Dealer"' Mann ing K. Rous h I . WRITESfl " ,. ' ~ JONES' PC DOCTOR Gravely 204 Condor Street HARTWELL STORAGE 10x10 10x20 Again ~ 97 BeechSt middleport, OH (toll-free) •' liNI SPllmNG 1 l740J985-4180 •Frea E1111natea. BLIC NOTICES .. ~: "' .. ., ., <J , I I TRuCKS .. 4-WDs 1996 Ford Bronco . 4x4 . elCcellent condition , $7500 , (740)949-3221 2001 Dodge Durango SLT, 1972 Massey Ferg 135 loaded, 4x4 , 41 .000 miles . $1 8 ,900 OBO. (740)446 Diesel. $6400. fi rm 2 yr old rear tine tiller $600. 6962 fir m 3/4 Ton GMC Wo rk Van, 2 yr old bush hog $400 DO 34 M, Origtnal Owne r, air, firm 304 .882·2099 or alter a uto, tilt, cru tse $ 10,500. 1pm 304-882-2875 (740)446-2957 Save Thoulltllds While Becoming Debt Free Receive Cash Back Evtl)' 6 Mos. Reduce TOUll Monthly Paymenl5 by 113 or More 1-800-438-9179 ext. 207 I \tnt.._, I'PI II S .\11\I ... IO<h. 45769. Makes & Mode ls Free Estimates Fast Turnaround 321 t 9 Welshtown F,ld . - - - - - ----- '' labi a. (740)286· Proposals should be mailed or delivered to 238 West Main Street, Pomeroy, Ohio You could be eligible lor FREE LlvESmcK L~--------.,J Ga teleg 6522 740-992-2952 COngratulatlont l You have won 2 free movie tickets to the Spring Valley 7 Gallipolis. Call the Sentinel fo r detail s (74 0)992·2 155) John Deere 41 0B Backhoe loader. runs excellent. good wor kmg condt tion , $7500 11rm. (740)388- 9327 ro H:w r CharleaM::' closets_. ful ly contamed . awning. Used very little. Call (304) 675-5353 Ford 3000 diesel tractor, t 2 toot stock trailer, 50 1 mowIng machine. 2600 Ford d1esel. (740)288-6522 JET AERATION MOTORS 1996 Exte nded Cab S- t 0 A epa1red, New & Rebuilt In 8Bk $4,395 . 1993 G rand-Am Trail er space fo r re nt in Stock. Call Ron Evans, t 20 68K $2,995. 1995 8 00-537-9528. Mtddlennrt t7 40\992-5858 Be retta 8 3K $2,395. 17 oth · 1470 \VANJED ers tn stock. JbN1• New & Used Heat Pumps· COOK MOTORS 10 Gas Furnaces . Free (740)446-01 03 - - -- - - - -Wanted to ra ni, pasture for Estimates. (740)446-6308 t 996 Saturn SCI, great concattle. Galltpolts, Ro dney or NEW AND USED STEEL dit1on, $3000 . (740)446· Crown City area. (740)256Steel Beams, Pipe Rebar 3783 6071 Co nc rete, Angle, ,-,--,--- - - - - Fo r \II He II \">lSI Ch annel, Fla t Bar, Steel 2000 Mercury Mou ntaineer, G ratin g For Drains. AWD, V-8, 5 .0L, exce llent Driveways & Walkways . L&L conditi on. Loa ded , 32,000 Scrap Metals Open Monday, miles. fac to ry wa rranty Tuesday, Wed nesday & $ 16, 000 . (740)446 -6079 1920s Dinette set. Duncan Frtday, Bam-4:30pm. Close d eve nmgs. Phife China Cab inet, Buffet, Thur sday, Satu rday & 2001 Gra nd Pnx SE, 22,000 tabl e, 6 chairS, Side t8bte Sunday. (740)446 _ 7300 miles, PS, PB, lo aded . (740)44 1- 1824 (740) 949-2009 Fo r Sa le : Aecondlttoned 20 02 Ford Must ang al l washers , drye rs and refrig- --options. mite s. erators. Thompsons Block, bnck, sewe r pipes, S ,000 . .LX 5,000 2001 Ford Escort 12 Ap pliance. 3 407 Jackson windows , linte ls, etc. Claude OH ZX2 with all options 30 ,000 W•nters, Rio Avenue , (304)675-7388. miles. S6.700. (304 )6753354 Goo d Used Ap pltances, Recon ditioned an d 92 Chevy Capnce, pw/pl, ai r, Gu aranteed Washers, 25 mpg, 87,000 miles, very Dryers , Ran ges , and Relngerators, Som e start at 9 month o ld AKC Reg. dependable nice car, asking $95 Skaggs App liances, 76 Pomeranian wet gh s 7 112 $2750, (740) 992-2952 Vine St., (740)446- 739 8 lbs. Ve ry intellige nt wtlh 98 Dod ge Neon 4-doar ~ood disposition Has had Kenmore was he r. $95 , auto/ai r. 78,000 miles excel · Ken more d ryer, $95; GE shots. $250. (304)882·3236 le nt con d. $3500 .304· 675Fridge, white, Frost free, like 6325 new. $350 ; Ran ge . 30" AKC male tr i co lored sho ts, micro· 98 Ford Escor t ZX2, 58,000 white, $95; Queen size bed· Sheltie, $200, 2 AKC miles. Real room suite, blond, $2 00, c hipped clea n, all King size bed. $ 150. D1n1ng Pomerantans. 2 m ales. optto ns, $2850 0 80 room chairs, woode n, $20 s hots, 8 wks. o ld , $350 (740) 44 1-0584 each; Couch $50 Skaggs each, 1 AKC male Collie Appliance, 76 Vtne Street, Blue Merle. 9 mos. old , ce rti- 99 Pontiac Sunfire au to/air. fied. no rm al eyes, shots, CD player exc cond. 80,000 (740) 446-7398 m1c ro chtpped $200 ; P miles $4 ,500 304-675·6325 Late model Whirlpool wash· (7 40 )696- 1085 er and d ryer, $150. ~~~-,---,-,---- SHARP!! 1989 Red Mazda Whirlpool washer, $65, Fu ll Blooded Bloodhound 323, Exce llent 4d r. standard. Maytag dryer, $65 00 , pups, $ t 50 each , 5 females, Runs perfect Body/ pa int Almond. (740)446 -9066 must sale ASAP! Call restored. nea r pertect. New 0J_24_5_-o_3_0_4_ _ _ _ JVC El Kameleo n cdlamlfm _ Mollohan Ca r~ et, 202 Clark (7_4_ . ste reo w/Jensen amp and Chapel Road , Porter, Ohio. Pet Groomtngdogs & cats, subwoofer Deep tint. MUST (740)446-7444 1- 877- 830· pick -up & de liver y. Li nda SEE II Great Price . EXTRAS. 9 162. Free Estimates, Easy Wade, Side H ill Ad., $1800. OBO (304 )674financing, 90 days same as Rutland, (740)7 42-8916 0039. Ask for Debbie cas h. VisaJ Master Ca rd Re g. AKC Lab Puppies. Drive- a· little save alot. Yellow or Black, shots & New sola & Chair, $399 . FUR SALE wormed , $200 . Parents on 9)( 12 carPet, room s•ze $50 Pre mtses. (740)379-2643 Mollohan Carpet & Furni ture 1985 Ford 4-whee l drtve, (740 )44 6-7444 . Clark Registered Tn-color cocker e ~e t en d ed cab , fibergalss Chapel Road, Porter, OH spaniel pups Will be 6 top pe r, $600. Call after 7:00 740 1388-0162 Oa k bedroom sulte, dinette weeks old Ap ril 4th. Daytime (304 )736-83 10 even ings set. dresser, hutch , wing · '~ VANS & back rec c hair $ 125, (304)675- 6526 FOR 2001 lnnsbruck 25 112 feet U te Ca mper. Sleeps 51lC . Queen size bed. Sofa , builtin· microwave, stereo system , A/C, forced atr heat. Farmall model140 cu ltivalor & lertilizer hopper, asking $3, 500, Jatco air blaster, excellent condition, $3,500, 740 ·742 -7405 days , (740)742-2086 eves. ~ Arevou Laid on;. • AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 637 WHEREAS, the Pomeroy Vlllage Council Is daslroua of promoting the aesthetic value of the VIllage as well as tha upkeep or property slluated within the VIllage limits and lurlhar Ia desirous of laking all steps neceaaary tel make all property situated within the VIllage safe and tree from hazards to Ita citizens. WHEREAS, the Pomeroy VIllage Council haa had numerous complaints of struclures that have been burnt to the point of being a danger to surroundIng property owners and children and citizens ol not only the VIllage of Pomeroy but to all people that may frequent near the locations of aatd burnt otructures and lhot this ordinance Is necouary to promo'lha general welfare, safety and public peace of the VIllage of Pomeroy. WHEREAS, the Vlllaga Pomeroy Council therefore deemo II nec11sary to enact on ordinance to promote the health, salaty and general welfare of the citizens of this Vlllaga and mandating thai all structures altuoled within the Village that are burnt to a point or dlsrTtr, be demolllhl and the aile cleaned and for tholl that are to be repaired ~ 949-1405 l'ublic Notices in Ne WS IPOI>er'' · Your Righi to Know, Delivered Right to Your Door. Such transfer of by the owners to be done so in a timely proceeds shall be on and reasonable man- a pro rata basis by all ner not to exceed companies Insuring the building or other ninety days. THEREFORE, BE IT . structure. Polley proORDAIN ED by the ceeds remaining oiler Pomeroy VIllage the transfer to the Council , olthe VIllage municipal corporaol Pomeroy, Stale of tion shall be dlaOhio, by an affirma- buraed In accordance tive vole of all mem- with the policy Ierma. The named Insured bers elected thereto: or Insureds may subt . When the loss agreed to between mit a controctor 's the named Insured or signed estimate of Insureds and the the costs of removing company . or compa- or repairing the buildnies equals or Ing or ·other strucexceeds sixty percenl ture• after the transol the aggregate lim- fer, end the doalgnated oftlcer shall return Its ol liability on ell lira policies covering the amount ol the the building or slruc- fund In excess of lhe to the ture , the Insurance estimate company or compa: named Insured or nles In accordance Insureds, provided with division (F) of that the municipal oectton 715.26 or divi- corporation haa nol commenced to sion (0) of section remove or repair the 505.86 of the Revised Code shall transfer building or other !rom the Insurance structure. This ordinance proc:aeda to the desIgnated officer of tho shall deslgnote lhe municipal corpora- officer aulhorlzed to lion fifteen percent of carry out the duties ol the total claim , or If at this ordinance. Upon receipt of the time of a proof of loaa agreed to proceeds by lhe between lhe named municipal corporalnourad or Insureds lion as authorized by and the Insurance thla ordinance , the company or comps- designated officer nlea the named shall place the proInsured or lnaurada ceeds In a separate have submitted a fund lo be used oolecontractor's signed ly •• security against eatlmate of the coal the . lolaI coat of ol removing or repair- removing or repairing by t he Ing the building or Incurred other structures, municipal corporashall tranofer from tion P-ursuant to secthe Insurance pro- lion 715.261 (715.26. ceed• the amount 1) or 505.88 ol the Revised Coda. opacified In the eotl· When transferring mate. I lhe funds as required in this ordinance , an Insurance company shall provide the municipal corporelion with the name and addreas of the named Insured or Insureds, whereupon the municipal corporation shall contact the named Insured or Insureds, cartlly that the proceeds have been received by the municipal corporalion and nollly them that the following procedure• will be followed: The lund shall be returned to the named Insured or lnaureda when repairs or removal have been completad and the required proof received by the dealgnated officer, II the municipal corporation haa not Incurred any coats lor repairs or removal of the building or other Slructura, such costa ahall be paid from the lund and If exceaa lunda remain, the municipal corporation shall transfer the remaining lunda to the named Insured or Insureds. Nothing In thla ordinance shall be conl trued to limit lhe ability of a municIpal corporation to recover any deficien cy under section 715.261 (71 5.26. 1) or 505.86 of the Revised Codl. Nothing In lh ls ordinance shall be conotrued to make en lnourance company liable for any amou nt ROBERT BISSEll CONSTRUCnON • New Homes • Garages • Complete Remodeling 740·992·1611 Stop & Compare In exceaa ol proceeds payable under Ita Insurance policy or lor any olher act performed pursuant to lhla ordinance or to make a municipal corporation or public offlclal an Insured under a policy ol Insurance or to create an obligation lo pay delinquent properly taxes or unpa id removal IIana or expenses other than as provided In this ordinance. 2.Tha1 lhe Mayor of Village of the Pomeroy sholl be designated as the officer authorized to lulllll !he dulles eel forth In thlo ordl· nance. 3. That this ordinance Ia an emer· gency meaaura and Is necessary for the Immediate preservel ion for the public peace , health and safety of tho VIllage of Pomeroy and shall ba In lull !orcs and effect lmmedlale ly upon Its paaeage by the Pomeroy VIllage Council. (3) 25 (4) 8 2TC Si nce 1979 SUE's GREENHOUSE Vegetable, bedding flats & Aulhom:cd Scii' ICC f'ru ,·1der For $6.60 4 " annuals 94¢ RainSoft hanging baskets W.11c:r T rc alm.:nt EqUi pmc:nl M t. Vernon 740-397-97 51 Custom Building It Remodeling Over I 6 year.; Expe r ience • Room Addit1 o ns • Kitche n & Bath Remode ling • Repl acement W indows • Porches • Decks • Garages But 6 get I FREE Largest self!Ctlon of perennials Er shrubs at the lowest prices In Meigs County 992 - 62 15 1•740•949•2115 G&R Sanitation Fu lly Insured Free Es limal es "Service von can couul on · Gene Anus 740-991·1119 992-3114 33561 Seamless Gutter Services • No Se ams • No l..eaks 3124TFN MYERS PAVING Henderson, WV 87J.2417 or 448-2112 Cell Phone 674-331 1 Fax 304-675-2457 Driveways • Tennis Courts 1 Parking Lots • Playgrounds • Roads • Streets 1 WV Contractors Lie. #003506 • Free Estimates 0\l ner Operated Dc11·rd Rhode5 & Norma Rhodes Office (740) 985-3511 985 -3622 Marcum Building Service • Deck s & Porches • Room Additt on!i • Roofin g . • Vinyl & Wood R.B. TRUCKING HAULING: Own or Certified Art>orlst 'lull Range ol services· FB E£ !S TI\(6 TES (740) 594·87~4 Free Eslimates V. C. YOUNG Ill PomeN:ly, OhiO 2 y, Ill • Co mplete Rehabs Randall L. Shust • Room Additions Remodeling • New Garages • Electric al & Plumbing • Roofing & Gunera • VInyl Siding & Painting • Patio and Porch Deck& Morning Star Road - C.Rd 30 • Racine, OH Bailev nun R1l. Pomerov OH 45169 CARE CARPENTER SERVICE a Time to plant cool weather vegetable plants & pansy's, 4" perennials $1.18 • Siding • Roofi ng Home YOUNG'S • Limestone • Sand • Dirt • Ag Line 740·985·3564 Siding • Interi or Rem ode ling General C arpentry Work Mike Marcum. Owner 740-985-4141 IT CONSTRIJC'llCtl Roofing, Sidi ng, Painting, Electric al, Decks, Etc. Free Estimates 992-11 89 992-2902 ROUSH'S LAWN CARE LAWN MOWING CONTRACTS $ 15 - $25 for small yard $35 per acre Call now to schedule your lawn care service. Insured 740·949·1101 1-888·28ROISH �Page 10 • The Daily Sentinel www.mydall.y sentlnel.com Girl may need hormones to help her stand tall DEAR ABBY: I'm writing in response to the "Anonymous Girl in North Dakota," a fifthgrader who said she is teased because she's ''really short." My lOth-grade daughter was in the same boat, .always the tiniest and suffenng from comments made not only by other kids, but by adults as well. Please let "Anonymous Girl's" parents know they should see a pediatric endocnnologist as quickly as possible. Their daughte't may be a candidate for treatment with HGH (human growth hormone), which many insurance companies have recently allowed as 'a pharmaceutical deduction rather than a medical expense, making treatment much more affordable. Time is of .the essence! Once the growth plates close, the window of opportunity also closes. For children who do not produce enough growth hormone, the treatment is a medical necessity. - JERI IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEAR JERI: Thank you for an important letter. I did not realize that the solution to the girl's problem might be solved by medical intervention. Her letter generated comments from many readers who wanted to help. Read on: DEAR ABBY: Please let that young girl in on a secret. Dear Abby ADVICE The kids who tease her are not making fun of her because she's short. They do it because they're worried someone is going to find a reason to make fun of THEM. They're trying to make themselves look good by making her look bad. When I was in fifth grade, I was made fun of for being tall. By focusing attention on someone else, they deflect criticism from themselves. - MANDY IN COLORADO DEAR MANDY: You've hit the nail on the head. DEAR ABBY: The girl who's teased should give a big laugh and say, "I like to think of myself as perfection in miniature!" It worked for me. -SUZANNE IN SEATTLE DEAR ABBY: The child in North Dakota should know that the Greek philosopher, Aristocles, was very shon, too. His nicknames were "Shorty" or "Fiatty." We know him today as Plato. -FRANCIS A. BURKLE-YOUNG, GETIYSBURG COLLEGE DEAR ABBY: An interviewer asked a short-statured man how he felt being surrounded by people taller than he. His reply was priceless: "Like a dime among pennies." -CATHERINE IN TEXAS DEAR ABBY: Please tell that ~irl to get involved in competiuve cheerleading or gymnastics. In either sport, small size can be an advantage. In cheerleading, the s"mallest girls get to be the "fliers," the ones who are tossed in the air or at the top of the stunts. This is true of my daughter. It has boosted her confidence. She now views her height as an asset rather than a liability. MOTHER IN S.E. TEXAS DEAR ABBY: The plea from the child in North Dakota touched my heart. I. too, have always been short. My defense was to become an achiever in class and in athletics. (I later became a doctor.) The best response to people who tease should be, "That's the way God made me, and I do the best I can with what I was given." Detractors have a difficult time fielding that response. VERO ALBERT IN BEACH, FLA. DEAR ABBY: My daughter had the same problem. Finally she looked at her tormentor Support •those who serve~ Page A& Tuesday, March 25, 2003. and said, "Yes, I am short. I'm also sweet, cute, bright and a good friend . I am also finished talking tolou about things that are out o my control. You're boring me!" And she walked away. The girl never bothered her again. - PROUD MOM IN HONOLULU DEAR PROUD MOM: Which proves there is no defense like a strong offense .. (Thank you to everyone who wrote. "Shortness" of space is a frustrating reality I can't ignore.) . Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P. 0. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. ACROSS 37 Slouch 1 Short flight 4 Comicbook thud 1 Alphabet enders 11 Creeping vine 12 Kind ol squad 14 Outback mineral 15 Pothole filler 16 Love, to Pedro 17 Rome's llddler 18 Squalid· ness 20 Coldest 22 Strive 23 Groaner, maybe 24 Solemn watch 27 Counterfeit 30 Hubbubs 31 Eggnog time 32 Tractor· trailer 34 Recent \ (pre!.) 35 Aomantlc Island 36 Isinglass 39 Used a kiln 40 Chinese dynasty 41 Ariz. neighbor . 42 St. Francis' town 45 Themes 49 Bridge ' 50 Collar site 52 Plastic pipe 53 Scl-fl award 54 Pesky bug 55 Mild brew 56 Bullpen stats . 10 Narrow 57 Paclno and opening Unser 13 Libyan 58 JFK visitor port 19 Ovid's bird DOWN 21 Smoke ham 1 Sellouts 24 Commuter 2 Watermelon vehicle shape 25 -of March 3 Pile of wood 26 Gunk 4 Type of nut 27 Out of room 5 Anouk28 VIking of 11 Lola" name · 6 Dairy sound 29 Chop llnely 7 Urban 31 Bored concern 33 Wander 8 Fencer's about blade 35 Ewes' 9 Snakes plaints lack tHem 36 Dallas · Middleport • Pomeroy; Ohio '>IJ ('I N I ~ • Vul ~, I, Nu I '>1 WI llNI '>lli\Y • Ml\ll( ' ll 39 42 43 44 46 47 48 51 chargers Assalls Sherpa's home Neisler ArthurProd Heroic tale Bldg. units -St. Laurent Vamoost Collection Bv DAVID CRARY Associated Press · A large contingent of Iraq's elite Republican Guard headed south in a 1,000- vehicle convoy Wednesday toward U.S. Marines in central Iraq. In Baghdad, lmqi officials said two cruise missiles hit a residential area, killing 14. Intelligence officers with the I st Marine Expeditionary Force said the Republican Guard units were headed from Baghdad on a route that avoids advancing U.S. Army forces but leads directly to the Marines who have been fighting in recent days around the city of An Nasiriyah. The advance appeared to signal that the Republican Guard, Saddam Hussem's best trained and most loyal force, was still prepared to take the offensive despite days of allied air strikes and missile attacks on its positions. In the far south, British forces fought on the fringes of the beleaguered city of Basra, where Iraqi militiamen also Reading the you in tune what's happening now, whether irs aaoss the globe or in your own backyard. Astrograph Wednesday, March 26. 2003 BY BERNICE BEDE OsoL It won't matter to you if you play a secondary role in the ye~r ahead wh~n parlkipatmg m an enterpnse that mcludes others. The profit you'll garner will be more valuabl~ than any praises being doled out. ARIES (March 21-April 19) - When brainstorming with associates today, stay as open-mmded as possible if you'd like to come up with fresh and innovative ideas . Being biased or prejudiced shuts down the mind. . TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - A major achievement is possible today if you are willing to work shoulder-toshoulder with your peers . Group accomplishments will be the order of I he day when you're involved. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -The fewer limitations you put on your thinking today. the more active it will become. especially if rou're deahng wuh future acttvities. Allow yourself ample room to time. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - You 'll judge your ef· feclfveness today not by how much you do, but how much you're able to finish. Getting things accomplished will do much to elevate your self-esteem. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec . 21) - It's not unusual for you to be more tnentally restless than physically restless and today could be one of those days. Link up with companions who enjoy exchang- maneuver. CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Hitch your wagon to outside innuences and factors that can produce profits thai you can't a<hieve in your in' ner circle. What they offer may cal<h others natfooted, but not you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) If you keep m mind today that there are always two sides to every issue, you won't jump to erroneous conclusions be - fore you have collected all the facts . An open mind is your best ally. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Should what you take on turn out to be a trifle more than you can manage, be sure there are others around to help you handle a complicated matter today before you rev up your ehgines. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23) - It 's a good thing thai you're usually such a great sport about things, because today you might be asked to join mona social event you'd' rather not. Do so anyway and you'll end up having a fun selves today. Once done, you'll be able to gather up all your bricks, trowel and mortar and build a solid foundaAQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Appearance will be everything today if you hope to inspire or direct others, so make certain you conduct yuurself in a positive light at all times. To be a leader, you must first look like a leader. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)- Those intuitive percep· tions you get from time to lime could prove to be valuable assets today. Don't forgel to size up situations logically, but do incorporate the CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) - Lay out a clear blueprint for a future project when the ideas present them~ 2003 BY Fntu.. SyndiGflt. lnG. lSI DOWN =.J.Q!. 2nd DOWN = -346 77 = 74 = 86 JUDO'S TOTAl Answer to previous Word Scrim· mag\! 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However, the E-HEAP and Regular HEAP programs will end on March 31, said Sandra Edwards, Emergency Services director. · Edward~. encouraged .those households who have not yet applied to send their applications in as soon as possible. "It is very imponam that clients respond if they are in an emergency situation," she said. • Emergency HEAP provides assistance to households that have had utilities 'disconnected, face the threat of disconnection or have 10 days or "I.OOK Af G&\JE.I'' HOW CAN 't'OU SAV, '' I GOT IT!" WHEN I HAVEN'T PITCHED IT VET? rll r<' .'\1 ~ / ~ ;J ~ · __, 0 -- ..:I ~ CO.ITIC.ll.l'lw ~EOPLE' ARTUR HAS NO ·C~UE HOW T'O '-IP A T'eACH· eR' HEs uNS<t-~cx:l.ED IN THE FINE AI'.T Of THE PUTPOWN 1. .!;O '(OU'RE GOING> TO 'T'Ol.J'RE TIEKH "RTUR HOW 5UCH TO ~'( INSU\..TING T"'INGS AeK>UT OTHER. 1"--.ro.- P'EOPI..E ""' I blOT. L IKE T"'AI ON L..'( 1 SectiDns - 11 Pllaes Calendar Classifieds Comics Dear Abby Editoiials Movies Obituaries Sports Weather A3 84-5 86 86 A4 A3 AS B 1-3 A2 0 1:003 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. RIGHT, ~iVF'F IF 't'OU HAD PITCHED IT AND SOMEONE HAD HIT I'T. 110 HAVE 60T IT! less supply of bulk fueL The program allows a onetime benefit of up to $175 per heating season to restore or retain home heating services. For propane and fuel oil clients, the benefit will be a maximum of $250 because of the increase in fuel prices. Homeowners or renters may qualify if their total household income is at or below 150 percent of federal poverty guidelines. Emergency HEAP income eligibility can be for the past three or 12 months. Those not qualifying on three months' income are ask to present their full 12 months' mcome to see if eligibility can be met on that basis. Documentation verifying income must be provided when applying for HEAP. Also, a copy of the appliPiease see HEAP, AS Rain, HI: 60., Low: 40s Index -...z< CHARLENE HOEFUCH News editor munnurs of your inner voice. \fORD SCRIMMAGE" SOLUTION BY JUDD HAMBRICK u.-..ed t t I """'._"' II'V• ,II \ ' "' llllltt ' l •t nll OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM faced a local uprising. The flfSt substantial relief convoy reached the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr after weathenng a blinding sandstorm in its trip north from Kuwait. The U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division drew to within SO miles of Baghdad, west of where the Republican Guard was advancing. Other American forces were expected to join soon in squeezmg the capital from several directions. A military source said the U.S. Central Command now had evidence that the Iraqi re~ime had wired many of the bndges around Baghdad for destruction. Iraqi officials said the U.S. missile attack in Baghdad killed 14 and injured 30 in the AlShaab neighborhood, an area crowded with apartment~. auto repair shops and inexpensive restaurants. Associated Press Television News footage showed a large crater in the middle of a street, a child with a head bandage, and bodies wrapped in plastic sheeting in a pickup truck. Hundreds of people stood in front of a damaged building, some shaking fists in · the air and shouting. U.S. Central Command was checking the report of the missile attack. En route to Baghdad, units from the 7th Cavalry Regiment fought a fierce running battle with Iraqi forces near the central city of Najaf. According to preliminary reports from American military officials, U.S troops killed up to 500 Imqi fighters, suffering the loss of two tanks but no casualties. Hoping to cripple the lmqi government's communications, the allies attacked the state-run television headquarters in Baghdad before dawn Wednesday with missiles and air strikes. The station's international satellite signal was knocked off the air for a few hnurs; broadcasts were intermittent after daybreak. Iraq's informatiol) minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, accused the U.S.-British coalition of striking civili<m areas in several cities, notably An Nasiriyah, where he said more than 500 people were injured and 200 homes destroyed. AlSahhaf also contended that the allies did not have full control of Umm Qasr, where the food convoy arrived, and were holding only the dock area. Around Basra, British forces on the edge of the city waged artillery battles with more than 1,000 Iraqi militiamen, who reportedly also faced some sort of insurrection by Shiite Muslim civilians opposed to · Saddam. ''Truthfully, the reports are confused, but we believe there was some limited form of u~ris­ ing," British Prime Mimster Tony Blair told Parliament members Wednesday. "Once people know that Saddam's grip on power is being weakened, then there is no doubt at all that they wish to opt for freedom rather than repression." British officers said the Basra Please see Iraq, AS Meigs Local Board ponders·use of old school tion. ing _viewpoints and ideas. ''(HI ~ Republican Guard heads toward U.S. troops; British brace for push against Basra . cagers 38 Jungle 41 •t ~ . ~ called the Meigs Center for Microenterprise Development, met with the board to advise how the building will be used and to ask what furnishings and equipment might be left there. He noted that management of the building and the pro~ramming to take place there rs in the final planning stages. He said the cost of renovation is a big concern. "Anything that can stay there would be appreciated. Things left there will help in Pomeroy Elementary Howard distributed to the board members, descriptions were given of the programs to be offered - a place where residents can continue their education, receive entrepreneurship training, learn how to start their own business or find a suitable job and become self-sufticient, while ·also being a facility where . historical and cultural enrichments can be enjoyed. No action was taken by the board on the request for furnishings and equipment Pomeroy officials seek update at stat~ conference BY J. MILES Stall writer LAYTON POMEROY Pomeroy Clerk-Treasurer Kathy Hysell and council member Todd Norton will be attending a Local Government Officials Conference this week in Columbus. The annual conference is important to the village because it teaches things necessary for the proper government of any village. Accounting procedures and ethics classes will be highlighted during the three-day conference, which begins Wednesday. Local government officials will learn the basics of how to write a grant or keep current on new legislation like workman's !age's new computer program. compensation issues or fair · She said she has to do the viilabor practices. !age's accounting "by hand" Hysell said she and Norton through the use of ledgers. will be the only officials from Hysell said the classes are the village government attend- important because the state ing and the only ones who have audits municipalities ~very two ever attended the conference. years. Since the laws change, Mayor John Blaettnar has Hysell said it is important to artended different one-day con- keep up on these changes so ference in the past when he was that when the auditors do their a council member, but not the work, the changes will i!lready same in-depth gathering that be made making things easier Hysell and Norton will be for the village and the state. attending this week. Hysell has said in the past that Hysell has attended the same no two auditors are alike. conference or similar confer- Keeping the village current for ences since she was elected II auditors makes things run years ago. smoothly during their semiHysell said the main reason annual visits. she is attending the conference The clerk-treasurer plans to is to learn how to · use the attend some ethics seminars so accounting portion of the vii- that she can be better informed. Hysell said there are questions and· she wants to know the answers. The seminar will prepare her to be informed when village officials ask her questions which pertain to ethical conflicts that could potentially put the village in jeopardy. This will be the second year that Norton has attended the conference. Elected in 2002. Norton said allending the conference is important to him because it gives him ideas on how ro help t11e village.. He plans to attend the seminar on how to apply for tinancial gmnts to improve the infrastructure and services the village offers. Sharon Cottrill, the clerk· treasurer tor Syracuse, will also be attending the conference. Celebration set for Thursday .at Senior Center Stall report Jennifer f:artey, 4111 .,...., getting the programs off to a good start," said Howard He talked about a pannership with Hocking College, which would offer classes there, of plans for establishing a "business incubator" where hands-on management assistance would be offered, of wor'kforce training for those UQempiQyed or underemployed, and I of the financial assistance available through the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. In a proposal booklet prepared by ACEnet which · keynote motiv.ational speaker for the event, which is all about honoring and celebratPOMEROY - A celebration of "Women Making a ing the accomplishments and Difference in Meigs County" contributions that women will be held at 7 p.m. make, not only in this county, Thursday at the Meigs but beyond . There will also be remarks County Multi-purpose Senior by Christi Lynch , Elaine Center. Joy Padgett, director of the Armstrong, Susan Oliver. Dr. Governor's Office of Barry Dorsey and Gina Pines. A feature of the celebration Appalachia, will be the will be honoring nine Meigs County women as "Women Who Make a Difference in Meigs County." Each one selected has demonstrated a life-long commitment to advancing the stalus of women in the county, has served, inspired and giv'en countless hours to the community. The celebration takes place at this time in honor of National Women's History Month. 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