https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/a3f726f3c44f0d1d6e26766215a2c1d8.pdf 9d3295bf2706d3a516d73ca00c42e061 PDF Text Text Friday, November 28, www . mydailysentinel~com Page 812 • The Daily Sentinel 2003 ALONG THE RIVER College Football Everything on the line for MAC East champs. Bowling Green, Toledo BOWLING GREEN, the West, and also it's a Ohio (AP)- Toledo's Tom rival game, that just brin~ s Amstutz has been around some added fuel," satd the rivalry with Bow ling Bow lin g Green coach Gree n for nearly 30 years as Gregg Brandon. a player and coach. "The last couple of years But he's ne ver bee n we've played, it really hasaround it with this much at n' t had that kind of intens i.stake. ty to it, as far as with the It's the first time in 67 championship on the line," meetings that there 's a he said. championship waiting for The schools, separated by the victor. just 20 miles, normally met "Every time T9ledo and in mid-October until fo ur Bowling Gree n play. it years ago. That's when the always seems like there is a conference decided to move lot on the line," Amstutz the game. said. "It's always a lot of f "Movi ng these ri vals to fun , and it 's alway s a game the end of the yea r and that the players will remem- anchoring them in an ber." • important spot just made No. 22 Bowling Green (9- sense," said MAC commis2, 6- 1 MAC ) anct Toledo (8- sioner Rick Chryst. 3, 6- 1) will play Saturday "They still have to play for the Mid-American their way there, but when Conference's West division you can get meaningful championship. games in the end of The winner will host November, it reall y does Miami of Ohio in the con- fini sh the season with ference's title game next enthu siasm and momenweek . The season could be tum," he said. over for the loser. Both teams rely on th eir "The fact that we're play- quarterbacks to make the ing for a championship of offenses go. Bowling Green's Josh Harris has throw n for 2,9 11 yards th is season and he's always a threat to run . He puts up 3 19 yards of offense per game - fifth best in the nation. The Falcons are second in the nation in total oiTense, averagi ng 513 yards per game. Toledo can be just as explosive and scores an average of 33 po ints per game. Sophomore quarterback Bruce Gradkowski has 3,026 passing yards this season. But even more impressive is his accuracy. He has completed 72 percent of his passes and ranks sixth in the nation in passing efficiehcy. Gradkowski called thi s week's game "the biggest of my life." "I think right now we ' re really excited that we can . finally just focus on thi s championship game," Gradkow ski said. 'This is what we looked fo rward to all year." Temple QB a load to bring down BY JOHN RABY Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Temple quarterback Walter Washington is bigger than all of West Virginia's linebackers. The junior-college transfer has given two ranked teams headach_es since coming on as a midseason replacement and has put some excitement in an otherwise sorry season . Washington will try to derail No . 24 West Virginia 's hopes of earni ng a share of the Big East championship when Temple ( II 0, 0-6) plays the Mountaineers (7-4, 5 - l) on Saturday. Since taking over for the injured Mike McGann earlier this month, the 6-foot-2. 246-pound Washington has led Temple in rushing for four straight games. He threw for a career-high 278 yards against Pittsburgh and rushed for an average of 94 yards in losses to S~racuse, Virginia Tech and Pttt. He's thrown for four scores and run for two more in that span. "What he's done in the last -. three weeks, they ' re probably wishing they had ~Otten him in there earlier,' said West Virginia coac h Rich Rodriguez. "He ran through Virginia Tec h. He ran throu gh Pitt. He's one of the most dan ge rous quarterbacks I' ve seen on film . To tackle him is Roing to be a chore in itself.' Temple has lost three overtime ga mes this season, including a missed extrapoint kick in a 24-23 loss to Virginia Tech , and the Owls were within five points of Pittsburgh in the fourth quarter last week before the Panthers scored nine unanswered point s in the final minute. "We're playing as good a football as we have since I've been here ," said sixthyear coach Bobby Wallace . The last time the . Owls came to Morgantown , they broke a I 0-game losin g streak to West Virginia in Rodrigue z's first season in 200 I, when the Mountaineers went 3-8. NoW, the stakes. are much higher. West Virginia needs a win Saturday to share its first conference title si nce 1993 with the winner of the game between No. I 0 Miami and No. 20 Pittsburgh. But "West Virginia' s four early-se ason losses will prevent the Mountaineers from finishing high enough in the BCS ranking s to earn th e league's automatic bid. West Virginia is likely looking at a berth in the Gator Bowl on Jan. I in Jacksonville, Fla., The Gator Bowl , which has the second cho ice among Big East teams, already has selected Maryland from the ACC. The Mountaineers finished second in the Big East las t yea r and felt a Gator -Bowl berth was stolen from them when Notre Dame was selected. West Virginia, winners of six straight, has put a clamp on bowl talk this week in order to focu s on finishing the regular season strong .. "It's very hard not to talk about a bowl ,'' said West Virginia defensive back Lance Frazier. "But we have a very determined Temple team coming in here . It would make their whol.e year to come in here and upset us." Big East asks stay, or dismissal, of Miami lawsuits // 'Attention Hunters Riverway Cafe' MIAMI (AP) - The Big East Conference has requested a stay, or if not a stay a dismissal, of the lawsuit filed by the University of Miami last month claiming that the South Florida school lost money by staying in the league. The request for the stay was filed Tuesday with U.S. Di strict Judge · Ursula Ungaro-Benages. The conference asked that the Miami suit be put off until the conclusion of a Big East lawsuit filed earlier against Miami in Connecticut. The Big East last week moved the Miami lawsuit from Florida Circuit Court to federal court. UngaroBenages scheduled an initial hearing on the civil action for Feb. 27. Bij! East attorneys asked that If the Miami case can't be delayed, it be dismissed as an attempt to "forum shop." "This litigation is merely an opportunistic bid by Miamt to seek refuge in what it perceives . to be a more favorable venue," Ungar_oBenages was told. UM spokesman Mark Pray said he had not seen the request and could offer no comment. In addition to the conference, league members Connecticut, West Virginia, Rutgers and Pittsburgh are named as defendants by Miami. December 1st- December 6th, Join us for great specials and great prices. Youth deer hunt, Cl Miami using high poll ranking as motivation tit ne Hometown News for Gallia & Meigs counties BY MIKE BRANOM Associated Press ORLANDO. Fla. - While many football teams regard the weekly poll s as a threat to their focus, 15th-ranked M iami of Ohio sees a challenge. "We needed to play like a Top 25 team two weeks ago. then like a Top 20 team and now like a Top 15 team ," said coac h Terry Hoeppner, whose RedHawks have ascended the poll s behind a 10-game win ning streak. It's the school's longest unbeaten run si nce 1975. " II either becomes a distrauion or a moti-. vation, and in our case it's a moti vation. The players want to go ou t and show the nation that they're deservi ng of that kind of recognition and, so far, they have." Miami ( 10-1, 6- 1 Mid-American) cl oses out the regttlar season on the road Friday. taking on a battered Ce ntral Florida squad. This would seem to be a perfect scenario for a stumble, as Miami has littl e riding on this game. The RedHawks clinched the MAC's East Divi sion by whipping Marshall Nov. 12. Their opponent in the conference 's title game on Dec. 4 won't be de termined until Saturday, when Toledo visits No. 22 Bow ling Green. Also secure is a postseason bid - the school 's first since the 1986 Californ ia Bowl. Earl ier this week . Miami accepted a bid to play in the OMAC Bowl on Dec. 18 against a Conference USA representative to be an nounced Saturday. Meanwhile, the Golden Kni ghts {3 -I'L 2-5) are in a rush to put a di sas trou s season behind them after starting out wi th d re ~<ms of a MAC champion shi p. UCF is staggering to the fint sh line minus seven players suspended for disc iplinary reasons, inclttding four starters, and its coach. Mike Kruc ze k was fired Nov. 10. But Miami didn 't let do wn last wee k agai nst a weak Ohio team. seizing a 39-point lead after three quarters to win 49-31, and Hoeppner sees no sign that thi s game will he CHECK OUT THE ALL -OH IO DIVISION V AND VI FOOTBALL TEAMS ON B3 · SPORTS • Herd beats Bobcats in Battle of the Bell, 81. any differe nt. ''I' ve been encomaged on a weekly basis by the way the playe rs show up and are ready to work.'' Hoeppner said . "They've convin ced me they're going to . do the ~ a me on Fridav." Hoe ppner also is co nvinced UCF is playing better than it s record indica tes. In the firs t game foll ow in g Kruc zek's firing. interim GJach Alan Gooc h fired up the Knights and got th em to play favored Marshall tough. Howeve r, UCr faltered on a cntc·ial third -down stop in th e fourth qu arter and lost 21-7. "They've put the di strac tions they've had aside and are playing with a lot of emotion ," Hoeppner ·said . "There is speed and · tale nt left. so we're not taki ng them li ghtly ." Although the Kn igh ts have nothing to lose again st Miami , Gooch ha s mu ch to ga in with a win. Gooch, now rn hi s 21st season at UCF, is lobbying to ha ve the int erim statu s remo ved from his Iit le. UCF's adm ini stration. howeve r, is considering other candidates. Co ntenders reportedly include Auburn defensive coordinator Gene Chizik, who held the same title wit h the Go lde n Kni ghts from 1998-2001 : Minnesota Vikings defensive coord inator George O'Leary. ~ ho coac hed Georgia Tech when current UCF at hletic director Steve Orsini also worked there; and Maryland running b;tck s coach Bill 0' Brien, who served as assistant head coac h and later offensive coordinator under O'Leary. "I would love to stay and see the program go furth er: · Gooch sai d. 'The vis ion tha t I have is heyond what we are, and I think we can get tl1ere . I do know what .il takes to get there.'' · I ~ Thank You for Your Support . ~- DANA ~ OBITUARIES Page AS .. Flossie G. Bush, 80 • Emma E. Fox , 94 • John E. McNeal, 71 • Matt Faught, 25 • Mary Geistwhite, 81 • Verna "Dolly" Martin, 91 • Bertha D. Adkins, 83 1 L .. KESSINGER 1:,::: Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center l«~J~t~; ;;;;(( (.. INSIDE • Police link two highway shootings. See Page A2 • U.S. military calls more mobile units See Page A6 WEATHER Warmlne. HI: SOo, Low: 30s Will be opening at 4AM . -. cer rates· in the state. Between 1997 to 2000. there was an average of 16 POMEROY Cancer new cases of lung cancer rates in southeast Ohio have each year in Meigs County climbed in past years accord- and 18 new cases eac h year ing to a report released by the in Gallia County for men . For women , there are I0 new American Cancer Society. cases of lung 9 ncer each And the numbers aren't year in Meigs County and good for Mei!ls and Gallia eight new cases per year in counties, wh1ch recorded some of the highest lung can- Gallia County during the J. MILES lAYTON jlayton@ mydailysentinel.com BY Merchants were full of good cheer Friday as they got a feel for consumers on the official o~ening of the holiday shoppmg season: They're buying as least as much as last year, and many are even paying retail. Early-bird specials on TVs and DVD players and hot toys like Bratz and Barbies wooed many to the nation's malls and stores. But some retail executives said shopper5 also were buying regular-priced goods, a stark difference from last year, when consumers stuck to bargainhunting. , There were scattered outbreaks of holiday-shopping craziness. When the doors of a Wal-Mart store in Marietta, Ga. , opened at 6 a.m., hun- dreds of people jammed inside, some losing their shoes, others running at full speed with their carts to stake a claim to discounted items. " II was an adrenaline rush." said lmbia Barry, who lost her scarf in the crowd. Barry, who arrived at 3:30 a.m., bought two HP Pavilion desktop computers with 17inch . monitors for $498 apiece, one ·for her grandmother and one for her daughter. She said they normally cost about $800. She also picked up a DVD player for her daughter for $29.96. With the economy on the rebound, the labor market improving and consumer confidence on the rise, mer- Please ... Shoppus, AS NICHOLAS V. LA\DRY, D.O. Detallo on Paee A2 4 SECI'IONS - Around Town Celebrations •lights • Artifldal Trees eOsteopathic Manipulatio~ Medicine (Employment. Sports & Other ltyurv Rehabilitation) · • Weight Control & Sinus Allergy Management • Pre-employment, D.O.T., Sports/School & General Physical Exams • Minor Surgeries, Skin Tumors, Mole Suturing & Laceration Care • Cholesterol & Diabetes Management Rlvwl'lazl 24 PAGES yesterday ... we. seem to be off to a good start ... hoping for a postivie Cl1ristmas shopping season. " insert Obituaries Region A2 Sports B1-6 Weather "We were 'extremely busy A:3 C4 A4 As Editorials • Pediatrics & Adolescent Medi~ibe • Gynecology/Pap Smears, Birth Control & Teenage Management e Preventative, .Adult & Geriatric Medicine Local retail~rs re]iort that the official Stan. of the holiday season went welL Scott Polcyn, an assistant manager at Wal-Mart in Gallipolis said the weekend went smoothly. He said electronics and toys seemed to be the hot items so far this year, with the toy department sales up 60 percent on Friday. Other local retailers share.d tiJe· Sl'Ille views: - MI"Y ~manager Karat Patch Dllinollcla-N-Gold, Ohio '• Comics ·Ornaments Pleue see Cancer. AS ahead . so we always prepare for the worst and hope fo r the best." Last year. District I0 used nearlv 73,000 tons of salt and other' trac tion substances, and spent more than $4 million in labor. eq'uipment and materiab. Thi s is a stark contrast to the $1.2 million spent the previous year. Last winter was a chall enge for e'eryone. especially road crews . who were working somew here in the state on I 72 our of IS I pos-i ble snow days, Fil son said . This year. ODOT hoped to get u jump on the winter weather by trying some new approaches. including completing an equipment inspection in October. Pluse see Winter, AS Local . shopping views "We were ixtremelv busv yesterday, we actuatiy had several pepple waiting outside for us to ope11. " INDEX "!believe that my most important focus in patient care is my commitment to · build a relationship with a patient based on trust, confidence and the practice of evidence-based medicine. 1respect my patients and their views and appreciate when they become more illlerested in managing their own health. " "20%0FF pared with 26 percent 'tate ave rage. according tn the Ohio Bcha,·toral Ri 'k r ac tor Surveillance S1 'tem. "The high rate ul lung ca ncer can he attrrhuted to 'moking cigarette,." ' "id Melrnda Hill. an cpJdeminlogi'' with the Ameril'an Cancer Society. "Whe n ) ou 'mo"e cigarette;,. Cou nty. the lung cancer rate is 65 cases per I 00,000 women. In Galli a County, it is 41 cases per I 00,000 women. Across the 29 -count y southeast-Ohio region, the lung cancer rate is IO.R percent higher and the mortality rate is nine percent higher. Among tho'e 18 or older. about 31 percent smoke com- Holiday shoppers storm stores ' .,N11-,.,,1,... 28tf., 2911. II SOtf. sa me time period . Compared with the state \ lung cancer statistics. which averages I03 case;, per I00,000 men. the lung cancer rate for men in Meigs County is 133 cases per I00 .000 men . In Gallia Cou nt y. the rate is 115 cases per I00.000 . The rate of lung cancer for women in the state i' 58 cases per I00.000. In Meigs GALLIPOLIS -'With snow flurrie s already flyin g in our area, nianv local residents are taking' precaut ions to prepare them se lves for the cold winter ahead. but . they are not alone. Stephanie Filson. Ohio Department of Transportation Di strict I 0 spokeswoman: said that ODOT road crew' are also gearing up for the impending snow and ice. and are hoping not to sec a repeat . of last winters devastating weather. "We have put a lot of time and effort into readying our Chris Blethen fill s his arms and shopping cart with gifts while helping his mother shop at a crews and equipment for Toys R Us store in Wichita Falls, Texas, Friday. Holiday shoppers got up before dawn to line winter weather," Fil son said . "We can't predict the year up for first pick among the sale items at local retailers. (AP Photo) (AP) - Syracuse, OH 740-992-2507 '~mt: In & Carryou( '/' Cancer rates in Meigs and Gallia counties top statewide average Bv MtWSSIA RussELL mrussel t@mydailylribune.com 1 The Voters of Eastern local··! School District St .:! .) • \ ol. :1H . :\o. :1K ODOT gears up for winter weather 1.\)))-)))))fJllllM)))))JilllliM)))})JII!IIJM)))))JIIIIIl ~. l'onu·t·o~ • \liddh•pm1• (,allipoli' • '""'"'"'''' :111. " "":I Ohio \ ':til t· \ l'uhli,hing! o. , ' - ROgel' luck, nianailir Kmarf Upper River ROICI Gllltpollt ·For more lnlor~ about .the ahopping Milon In OhiO, - peg~~· A2 A2 Jay and Donna Crisenberry with a couple of the disabled hunters they welcome to the farm each year. Disabled hunters welcomed at local farm ·' Rut h Butler abo helps llnanciall y ' upport the hunt, and we· re ~r" t cfu I to her for that." Jay sZtid. The origins of the hunt stem from an accident a few years ago that left Jay Crisenberry partially paralyzed for several days. The experience led to a epiphany for him and Donna. ··we realiZt.>d that Jay's problems could have been much worse," Donna said, ,"After some soul-searching, we made one of the most rewarding decisions of our lives," So the Crisenberrys began BY AGNES HAPKA ahapka@ mydaitytribune.com CLIPPER MILLS Donna and Jay Crisenberry are again welcomi ng disabled hunters to Butler Hereford Farm this season. In the past two years. the husband and w1fe have opened the farm during hunting season to people with a range of disabilities. The Crisenberrys manage the farm for its owner, Ruth Butler. For this project. they also have the use of Bob Evans' land and their own acreage. PIMH see Hunt. 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Cloudy Cloudy Show ers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Via Associarecl Press Cloudy, warming up THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today:.. Partly cloudy. ~t ghs 111 the lower SOs. Southwes t wtnds 10 to 15 mph . Tonight...Partl y cloudy. Lows around 35. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Monday ... Partly cloudy, A 20 perce nt chance of rai n showers in the afternoo n. Hi ghs around 46. Northwest BY winds around 10 mph. Monday night...Mostly clear. Lows around 26. T d p 1 d . ues ay ... arty c 1ou y. Htghs around 43. We dn e s day ... Mostly cloud y. Highs around 43. Thursday ... Mostl y cloudy. Htghs arou nd 46. Fr iday... Partly cloud y. !-Ji ghs aro und 47." Struggling hospital shuts :its doors : CLEVELAND (AP) - A hospital that recently filed for bankruptcy protection shut l:fown Friday night and began .transferring its patients to :other health care facilities. ·. The closure of Deaconess Hospital came two days alter a bankruptcy judge approved a temporary tinancing agreement for the debt-ridden organization. . The interim plan wou ld have allowed Deaconess to jemain open through at least late December. ·. " It is with great difficu lty :that Deaconess Hospital LLC determined late Nov. 28, 2003. that it will be unable to remain open m this time:· officials :said in a faxed statement. ' By late eve nin ~. para~edics loaded hca~il y bun:dled patients into.ambu lances ·amid blowing snow. "It seems to me that this is an abrupt course of acti on." U.S. Rep. Den ni s Ku cinich .sai d by phone from New :Hampshire. "The sheer sud- ~unbap denness of it raises questions." The 81-year-old hospital said in a court filing on Nov. 21 that it had $14.3 million in debt and $15 million in assets. The hospital filed for protection from creditors last week after two lenders claimed Deaconess defaulted on $8.9 million in loans. Official s with the 212-bed hospital said earlier this week that the number of patients at the hospital ranged from 50 to 60 a day in the last month . Among the provisions in the plan that allowed Deaconess to stay open was a req uirement th at the hospital have at least 50 patients. Slipping below the threshold would give the creditors the right to cut off financing with 48 hours' noti.ce. Officials said in their written statement that the hospital was able to meet its payroll tht s week and didn' t realize unti I Friday that the facility couldn 't continue to operate. m:imes -~enttnel Reader Services Correction Policy Our main concern in anstories IS to be · accurate. If you know of an error in a · story, please call one of our newsrooms. Our main numbers are: [nbunr • Gallipolis, OH (740) 446·2342 Sentinel• Pomeroy, OH (740) 992·2155 i\ru1strr • Pt. 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At the Aurora Premium Outlets southeast of Cleveland. the tumout was up I0 percent at the complex of 70 stores. according to Lisa Kusner, assistant general manager. Still, opinions on the health of the ewnomy were divided. "It's getting a little bit better. I'm optimistic, let rne put it tlmt way," said Irene Fmdley, 54, of StrongsviUe, who filled a shopping cart with toys for her gmndchildren and a few items for herself at a W<~ - Mart in Strongsville in suburt>lm Cleveland. Inside the store, hu11dreds of shoppers were at 16 checkout lanes by 6: 15 a.m., the lines backing up into the merchandise aisles. Outside, cars were lined up at two tractor-trailers as customers picked up Symphonic 20-inch llatscreen television on sale for $99. The consulting linn of Deloitte & Touche said its annual sLUVey showed most holiday shoppers in the CincinnatiDayton-Columbus area planned to spend $500 to $700 on gift,, the most in two years and an increase of6 percent to 7 percent "This weekend is alwaysa barometer for the holiday shopping seaso n," sa id Edward Bentley. a retail analyst with Deloitte & Touche. " If thi s long weekend is good, the holiday shoppi ng season is going to be good." Kenneth May land, presi dent of ClearView Economics .in Pepper Pike in suburban Cleve land, expects a big holiday season. "We' re beginning to see (AP)- The American Red Cross used one of the busiest shopping days in Ohio and the nation to get people to give up more than their cash. "We try to go where there's a lot of people,'' said Brenda Caruso, donor recruitment representative tor the Cleveland branch of the Red Cross, which set up a booth on Friday at the Ashtabula Mall in nonheastem Ohio tor a blood drive. "It's been a good day." And there were plenty of peop le out on Friday across Ohio as ~arl y bird holiday shoppers stood in long, predawn lines and traipsed through mall s across Ohio. Tammy Robinso n. started shopping at 6 a.m. on Friday, picking up a PlayS tati on 2 video mac hine at a Circu it City near Cincinnati. Akro n\ Summ it Ma ll · bega n offe ring free massages Friday and will continue through the hoi iday season, according to Dameka Nickerson, mark~t in g director of the complex of more than I 20 stores. Linda Millman, who runs a restmtrant in Bethel with her husblmd, Tom , estimated there were 500 people in line when she arrived at the Eastgate Wal-Mat1 east of Cincinnati . Economists and retailers are waiting to see whether the early spree holds up. Robinson was among those planning to spend more than last year. Her mother, Sue Hood, of Bethel, spent most of the morning in a fruitless search for a Transformers toy for a grandson. 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'""""""' COLUMBUS (AP) - A fri end was driving Gail Kni sley to the doctor when she made a wrong turn . She turned around, and minutes later a bullet ripped through the driver's door, killing Knisley. Edward Cable was headed home to southern Ohio after helping out at a family busi· ness when he heard a strange noi se in his minivan. He found a bullet hole and shell fragment about 16 inches behind the driver's seat. Trucker William Briggs was hauling two empty trailers back from Roanoke, Va., about II :30 one ni~ht when his dri· ver's side wmdow exploded. The Vietnam veteran sped away based on his training to drive through an ambush. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said on Friday that authorities have been investi gating I I reports of shootings along about a fi ve- mi le stretch of highway circling the city. Authorities say the shooting of Knisley - the only person hit by a bullet - wasn't accidental and is linked to at least one other case. Police won ' t use the word , "sniper" but say more shootings may be connected. · "You just can't belie ve someone would be sick enough to be shooting at cars," Mi ssi Kni sley. Knisley's daughter-in-law, said Friday. " It 's a nightmare·." The shootings on or around a southern section of Interstate 270 began in May. The. shots have been fired at ~ifferent times of day, pierctng trucks, cars, vans and pickups, shattering windows and flatt ening ti res. One vehicle was a UPS delivery truck . Authorities have released few details, saying only that tests on the bullets connected two shootings and declining to speculate on .the type of weapon. Pohce dtd not identify the shooting linked to Knisley's. Authonlles on Friday probably the best pi ckup in holiday sales over yea r-toyear co mparisons since 1999," he said. Sales that r------------, 992-6677 L-----------J LEGAL NOTICE • Business • Group • Health • Auto • Life·; ·Homeowners • Farm We Manage Your Risk. • Kemper • Safeco • St Paul • The Hartford • Progressive • Zurich • Sandy and Beaver ·, However, a full and complete Delinquent list is available for public inspecti.on in the county Auditor's Office, for both the Real Estate And Personal Property. Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church . Guests welcome. GALLIPOLIS Holzer Hospice Gallia County Dtnner with Friends, meets 6 p.m., second Thursday of each month at Golden Corral In Gallipolis. For information , ~46·5074 . Wife fears that credit card debt may cost her marriage CHESHIRE Gallia County Board of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disa bilities meets the thi rd Tuesday of each month, 4 p.m., at Guiding Hand School. THURMAN - ThurmanVega Parish Thrift Store open 10 a.m . to 5 p.m. Thursday · and Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Clothirg and household goods available . CADMUS Walnut Township Crime Watch meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the old Cadmus schoolhouse. CENTERVILLE Raccoon Township Crime Watch meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the old Centerville . ·school. GALLIA Greenfield Township Crime Watch meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the fire station . GALLLIPOLIS - The "Old and New" quilters meet from 1-3 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every month at St. Peter's Episcopal Church . Anyone interested may attend. Regular meetings DEAR ABBY: I am a happily married woman with two wonderful children and a husband 1 adore (I'll call him Keith). My problem: I GALLIPOLIS Gallia have been hidi ng a secret. I County Commissioners meet am a chronic spender. I have every Thursday, 9 a.m ., Gallia racked up thousands of dol County Courthouse. lars on two credi t cards that GALLIPOLIS - The Gallia are in my name . Keith has County Airport Authority no idea the ac<.:ounts exist. Board meets at 6:30 p.m ., on Buying things for Keith the second Thursday of each the chi ldren and things and month at the Airport terminal the house has always for building. made me happy.. I once GALLIPOLIS - Gallipolis thought I could control my TOPS (Take Off Pounds TueS'aay, Dec. 2 spendin g. I'm afraid Keith GALLIPOLIS - The Holzer Sensibly) meets each Monday will di vorce me if he finds Clinic Retirees will meet for at 6 p.m. at the Sycamore out what I've done. He has Branch ol Holzer Glinic with lunch at noon at the Holiday always been fru gal, and even Inn . Dr. Rick Boone will be the weigh-in starting at 5:30 p.m. though I work full-time, he GALLIPOLIS Bold guest speaker. pays the bill s and gives me Directions Inc. social group an allowance. · meets 3 to 7 p.m. each I lie awak6 at night worryTuesday in The Cellar at ing about the day my husGrace United Methodist band discovers we're so Church, 600 Second Ave. in debt. What can I do 0 deep Tuesday, Dec. 16 GALLIPOLIS - Mid-Ohio Please print this because 1 C~ESHIRE Social Valley Radio Club Inc. meets can't take the chance of getStudies Fair, 6 p.m., Kyger 8 a.m. fi rst S~turday of each ting a letter in the mail. - · Creek Middle School. month in basement of Gallia ADDICTED TO SPENDCounty 911 Cente r on Ohio ING Route 160. Licensed amateur DEAR ADDICTED: Your radio operators and interesthusband must be told the GALLIPOLIS - Twelve· ed parties invited . For infortruth because it is going to step Spiritual Support Group mation , call 446·4193. take both of you - working GALLIPOLIS - Gallipollis meets 6:45 n.m. every to climb out of together Tuesday at New Life Lutheran Rotary Club meets 7 a.m. GALLIPOLIS - Bill Hunt this hole . Church, 170 New Life Way oft each Tuesday at Holzer Clinic will be 80-years-old on Dec . First, schedule an appoi ntJackson Pike. For informa- doctor's dining room. 13. Cards may be sent to ment with your physician to GALLIPOLIS Gallia 2488 Kriner Road. Gallipoli s, tion , call 446-4889. be screened for depression . GALLIPOLIS - Grieving County Chamber of Commerce OH 45631. Man y overspenders suffer Parents Support Group coftee and discussion group from an underlying depresmeets 7 p.m. second Monday meets 8 a.m. each Friday at sion. of each month at New Life Holzer Medical Center. Next, .contac t a credit GALLIPOLIS - Toy drive, GALLIPOLIS Gallia Lutheran Church, 170 New cou nseling agency. The Life Way oft Jackson Pike. For County Ri ght to Life meets Nov. 28-Dec 8; drop-off National Foundation for 7:30 p.m., second Thursday points are Wyngate of information, call 446·4889. Credit Counseling has more GALLIPOLIS - Coming of each month at St. Louis Gallipolis, Bidwell Bait and th an I,300 community-based Tackl e and the Auto Trim Together, s upport group for Catholic Church Hall. GALLIPOLIS - New Brew Center. New, unwrapped toys age ncy offices across the those who have lost loved country. They provide conones, meets 6:30 p.m. fourth CoHee Hou r, 10 a.m. each please. All toys to be distrib- sumer coun seling and educaMonday of each month at Tuesday in the community uted to children in the Gallia tion services on budgeting. Met County Help Me Grow pro- credit and debt resolution . at Gallia New · Life Lutheran Church, room gram . Apartments, Buckridge. 170 New Life Way oft GALLIPOLIS Choose to E-mail community calendar Their members can be idenJackson Pike. For informaLose Diet Club meets 9 a.m., items to news@mydallytrl- tified by the NFCC member tion. call 446-4889. seal, which signifies high ATHENS - Survival of each Tuesday at Grace bune.com. Fax announce- standards for agency accredSuicide support group meets United Methodist Church . ments to 446-3008. Mall Items itation, coun selor certificato825ThirdAIIf!., Gallipolis, OH 7 p.m., fourth Thursday of Use Cedar Street entrance. tion, and policies that ensure each month at Athens GALLIPOLIS French 45631. Announcements may free or low-cost, confideinial Church of Christ, 785 W. City Barbershop Chorus also be dropped off at the services. Member offices Union St. , Athens. For infer· practice, 7:30 p.m. every 1Hbune office. can be reached toll - free at: (800) 388-2227, or online at www.nfcc.org. Another established gro up with strict quality standards is the Association of Consumer te rence room of the Meigs Middl eport Community Independent Credit Counseling Agencies County Health Dept .. 11 2 E. Assoc iation, 8:30 a.m ., (A ICCCA). AICCCA has Memorial Dr., Pomeroy. · Peoples Bank. affiliates in all 50 states. To Monday, Dec. l locate the closest AICCCA Friday, Dec. 5 Thursday, Dec. 4 SYRACUSE - Sutton office, call (800) member POMEROY -Me igs POMEROY - Leading Township Trustees, regular 450-1794 or visit www.aiccmeeting, 7:30 p.m ~. Syracuse Creek Watershed meeting, Co unt y PERI Chapter 74 6:30 p.m. at Meigs Soi l and meets at the Meigs County Village Hall. Water Conservation D ~t ri ct Multipurpose Senior Center LETART FALLS- Letart office, with Barb Flowe rs with lunch at noon and the Township Trustees, 5 p.m.. from the Division of Mineral Christmas program with Hal Resources Management as Kneen at 12:30 p.m. office building. speaker, to discuss mine RACIN E Racine reclamation programs and Village Counci l, regular past reclamation projects in Monday, Dec. l meeting . 7 p.. m., counci l the area. Contac t Cynthia cbambers of municipal Bauers at Meigs SWCD, 992-4282. RACINE - The Carmel· building. Sutton United Methodi st Church will be serving Thesday, Dec. 2 homemade soup, hot sandALFRED Orange Township Trustees, 7:30 wiches. homemade pie and p.m ., home of the clerk, drinks the ti rst week of Deer 1\Jesday, Dec. 2 Seaso n Dec. I st through the Osie Follrod. RACINE - Southern 6th . Lunch will be served Athletic Boosters, 7 p.m., between 11 p.m. until 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 hi gh schooL Coaches, par- at the Carmel Building on Carmel Road. The public is POMEROY Meigs en ts urged to attend. invited. Donations wi ll be County Board of Health appreciated. MIDDLEPORT meets at 5 p.m. , Dec. 3, con- Support groups ca.org and click on the " Ftnd a Counseling Agenc y" link And last. but not least. Debtors please call Anonymous for guidance and emotional >upport . The address is P.O. Box 920888, Needham, MA 02492 . The Weh site is www.debtorsanonymous.org . I repeat : You CANNOT do this alone. Because spouse' are responsible for each other's debt, you mu't tell your husband. However. if he knows that you have al ready begun reaching out for help and support, he ma} be more forgiving . Now. get going! DEAR ABBY: My hu~ ­ band and 1 are newlywed;. and I'm having a problem with his family. I was taught never to go empty-handeu to a dinner and to alway' lea ve what I took for the ho s tc~> . I invited my husband \ fami ly to a holiday dinner. After we ate, they packed up all their leftovers and took them home. I was so busy cooking, servi ng and clearing that 1 didn't have time to eat - so I ended up hungry. We re my in- laws rude'' Shou ld 1 say .. someth ing or keep my mou th shut." They are com mg over agam ~oon and I need to know if I should quickly hide the leftovers I want to keep or go with the llow. - HUNGRY HOSTESS IN NY DEAR HUNGRY "Hiding" the leftovers won't work because if you r in-laws are as territorial about food as they appear to be. they won ' t be fooled. The next time you cook them dinner sit down and enjoy it with them. That 's what a good hostess does . Card showers year we re helped hy Y~K­ rel ated shopping lor baileries, food and survi1·al items. he saitl. asked whoever is responsible on his dome light but could- Jimmy was hit on 1-270 west to call the sheriff's office . n' t see what he thought was of 1-7 1. depu ties sa ill . Chief Deputy Steve a rock. A few minutes later, M<utin said the task fi,rce hcLs Martin also advi sed the pub- at the Yellow Transportat ion received more than 150 tips. lic to watch for changes in truck terminal , he found the Depwtment crime an<uysts also the behav ior of friends and bullet after realizing his pas- arc reviewing this ye;u·\ mote relatives and note if some- senge r door wouldn ' t open. tl1a11 I JXXI vw1d<~i sm tepotts to one is mi ss ing work or Hit didn't miss my face but a see if any lit the pattem, police appointments, shows exces- couple of inches at most," said spokesmcUl Sgt. Btent Mull said. stve interest in the shootings Briggs, of suburban Hilliard. Cable, 53, is leery of or changes appearance . "It was really luck on my part returning to Colum bus but It's unclear whether there and ineptness on his part." said he will keep making the is one shooter or more , Knisley, a homemaker · 75-mile drive from his home Martin said. who lived about 40 miles in Lucasv ille. "I'm not in a position The retired prison guard where I can tell you exactly away from Columbu s, didn' t like to drive in the city so travels often to his daughwhat happened, whether she was being chauffeured ter"s suburban home north of someone was stationary or mobile when any of these Nov. 25 by her best friend, Columbus to help her and Mary Cox. After Knisley 's her husband wi th their conshots were fired," he said checkup following minor Thursday. surge ry on skin cancer stru cti on busi ness and see Extra patrols have been lesions on her nose, the two his two grandsons. He was assigned to the section of the had planned to go to lunch heading home from a 1wohighway, also called Jack and Christmas shopping. day vtsi t when his miniva n Nicklaus Highway after the They were talking whe n was shot on Nov. 21. pro ~o lfer from suburban they heard a pop. Cable said Friday that Dubltn. The route runs "What was that? What was news of the linked shootings through a sparsely populated that?" Knisley, 62, said gave him hope a perpetrator area that includes woods fre- before slumping forward , wo uld be found. quented by hunters and people practicing target shoot - according to the recording of Cox's 911 ca ll. ing. Hou rs later, a GMC Indu strial sites line part of the stretch , along with some residential neighborhoods. A Au.t.o- Owners lnsururt.ce shopping mall and public Life HomCCar Business golf course are nearby. Nearby residents 7k "'1!6 ~~ ~~pk ... ex pressed concern but not fear. INSURANCE PLUS Mary Hammond, 46, AGENCIES, INC. whose house sits next to the highway, said Friday th at ll4 Court Pomeroy she and her h~ sba nd are taking bac k roads to get to work now. " I've got two kids to "'' '!i' ALL 6G!"S . All TIMES $4 00 raise," she ex plained. Next door, Helen Speakman said she was not . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . afraid and was not about to change her dai ly routine because of random events. ~~ vou never know what's goi ng to happen, no matter where you live," she said Due to additional 2003 Budget through her storm door. ;<We' re living in a bad time." Briggs, 56, had driven cuts the complete Delinquent Real about a mile on 1-270 after entering from U.S. 23 on Estate tax list and the Delinquent Oct. t 9 when 'the shot was tired. He was in the center of Personal Property tax list will not the three westbound lanes. Dri ving away, he turned be published 'in the newspaper. · ~~un~ers 'Insurance Company mation, call 593-7414 . GALLIPOLIS - Parkinson Support Group meets at 2 p.m., second Wednesday of each month at Grace United Methodist Church , 600 Second Ave. For information, call Juanita Wood at 446· 0808 . Schools Jenni Gaertner, left, and her daughter Jordan of Springboro, Ohio, look over a flie r outside of the KB Toy store in the King of Prussia Mall in King near Philadelphia early Fnday. Black Friday shoppers hit the local ma lls early with some stores opening at 5 am .(AP Photo) Sunday, November 30, 2003 ! Meetinas Police link two highway shootings; can't rule out more ties One year .............•. '119.40 Daily ....... ....... , ..... •t.25 Gallia County Calendar Community events PageA3 AROUND TOWN 6unbap ltmei ·f»tnttnd Sunday, November 30, 2003 Bargai.n hunters flock to Ohio malls Ohio weather Toledo PageA2 Tov drives Dear Abby Either that. or ma' c ,ure vou hav e t:<t tcn ~nuuL!h before thev arr11 c "' t l~at yo u won·t go hun gry l; lh~r. 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Today Only • Sunday 12:00 • 4:00 PM DIAMONDS • RUBIES • SAPPHIRES • EMERAlDS • 14K GOLD ,. ' . , ...• ' -~ ........cn.CIItl 90 DAYS Larry M. Betz Gallia County Auditor :)" 437 Second Ave. Gallipolis ~ Spri119 Valley Plaza • Galllpolls, Ohla ,_ ------· ·r---··-----· --· ---- ·' -·-·' -· - . J ' .. - --l.•'• . ,. �PageA4 OPINION Obituaries Sunday, November 30, 2003 825 Third Avenue • Gallipolis, Ohio (740) 446-2342 • FAX (740) 446-3008 www.mydallytrlbune.com Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Diane Hill Controller· lnterim Publisher Jeremy Schneider Managing Editor Leiters to the editor are ~relrom e. The r should be feH than 300 words. All le tters are subjec/ to ed iting " "" <IIIISt be signed and include address (md ieleplr one 11limbo: No unsigned letters II 'ill be p ublished. Letters should '" ' i 11 good ' taste, addressing iss rtes. not per.w na!irie.'i. The opinions expressed in the coluum belmr are the con sel! sus of the Ohio Va lley Publishi;rg Cu. :, edrto rial b(}(rrd, unless orhendse noteti. GUEST • • VIEW Big Big sisters Organization makes a dijference Reggie ~ay s the most rewarding moment for him was when Alphonso finally 'got it.'. 'He finally put together that challenges equals hard work equals success.' Reggie has been Alphonso's 'big brother' for over two years. He says he wouldn 't trade the experience for anything. One of the reasons Reggie has decided to get involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters: He wanted to give back. 'I had many people who had an innuence in my life while growing up,' he said. ' If I could give a fraction of what I received, I felt I could make a difference. ' _As the new honorary state chair of Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations across Ohio, Reggie 's story makes me proud and gives me hope . Stories like his are why I've been a supponer of BBBS dating back to my days as a prosecutor in Wood County in the 1980s. Matching deserving young people with mentoring adults who act as guides and role models durIng the development years is a formula that has proven successful time and again .. . ' A recent national study shows children enrolled as Little Brothers and Little Sisters who regularly met with their 'bigs' were: • 46 percent Jess likely to begin using illegal drugs • 27 percent less likely to begin using alcohol • 52 percent less likely to skip school • More confident in the class room • And more likely to get along with their families. There are 30 BBBS organizations in Ohi.o. Since 1904, BBflS has served a quarter-million young people nationally. That's just the beginning. 'Nationally, BBBS wants to serve a milli6n youn g people by 2010. It's an ambitious goal, but it 's doable. Many people have two main concerns when asked to consider volunteering for a BBBS program. I want to take a moment to address those myths. Myth I: I don't have the time. In reality, BBBS has a program to fit any situation. Most people are familiar with the tradition community-based program that BBBS has used for 100 years. After re searching and c~refully matching a 'big' and a ' little,' an hour a week is all it; takes to foster a successful relationship. Remember, volunteers are asked to be a friend , not a parent. : In addition. BBBS has developed the site-based approach over the past decade. Through the site-based program. BBBS recruits businesses, service organizations, churches and othBr groups to adopt/support a school or day care center. 'Bigs' can go to the venue at lunch or a convenient time to interact with their ' little.' This program is tailored to accommodate even the busiest of schedules. Myth 2: I' ll wind up being matched with a 'problem child.' In fact, the average child served by BBBS just needs someone to give the time enough to care. The average 'little' is age 5 to 17, primarily from single-parent homes. These children are not typically behavior problems or juvenile delinquents. They are typically referred to BBBS by parents, teachers, clergy, guidance counselors or others. BBBS is also very careful to screen volunteers by conducting background checks and reference checks before making a match. BBBS needs to overcome these myths and other challenges if it is to meet its 2010 goal. First, there is a great need for male volunteers. There are countless boys who need a positive male role model to innuence their lives in the absence of their father. Second, there is a great need for minority volunteers. t;. diverse volunteer base is vital to accomplish the overall objective. Finally, BBBS needs more businesses, organizations, and service clubs to panicipate in its site-based programs ... You can help make a difference. For more information . about the BBBS organization in your area. you can call (888) 412-BJGS. Betty Montgomery is the Ohio state auditor and seT1'es as state honorary chair for Big Broth.ers Big Sisters ·Organizations of Ohio. Flossie G. Bush, 80, Racine. passed away at 10:15 a.m., friday, Nov. 28, 2003, in the Overbrook Center in Middleport. Born Jan. 11, '1923. in Meigs County, she was the daughter or the late Max Manuel Sr. and Effie Flo Beaver Manuel. She was a homemaker and a member of the Fellowship Church of ~.ord Jesus Christ. .. Bush is survived by her hu sband, Ernest L. Bush, whom she married on Aug. 10. 1946, in Meigs County. She is also survived by seve ral nieces and nephews. In add iti on to her parents. she was preceded in death by erothers, Max Manuel Jr., Thomas Manuel, Donald Manuel, Joe Manuel and Charles Manuel and by a sister, lana Hupp. • Fu neral services will be II a.m. Monday in the Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine. Offici ating will be the Rev. Dewayne Stutler. Interment will be in the Letan Falls Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the Cremeens Funeral Home. ' limiting 'freedom of ex pres- have a 'right ' to be an illitersion.' even if that expression ate, unskilled person under demeans and humi liates our Constitution. You have a school teachers and adminis- ·'ri ght ' to be irresponsible tnrtors. and to be lazy. Those atlribTh ink about it. How can utes are strongly defended teachers possiblv kee p order by the ACLU and some _fed<in large schools when stu- era l judges who beheve de nts know there are fe w res ponsible Americans consequences to outrageous should support irresponsible be hav ior'/ Anyt hing said can • ones with their tax dollars. be described as 'satire' or a And anyo ne who dtsagrees 'parouy.' In Houston. a sur- wit h that thesis is immedivey of pu blic school teachers :rtely labeled a dreaded 'confin ds 70% of them ha ve bee n servati ve.' the targets of profane lanI feel bad ly for Alexander guage by students. That's an Smith and for the Principal awful lot of parody. he verbally assaulted. Both We are li ving in ;r hy per- have been poorly served . by competiti ve society where our rapidl y degenerating the kids who can read . th ink. soc ial · system. Many and arc respectful wil l pros- Michigan kids now know per. while the children who they can call just about anydo not learn those thin gs will , body a 'skank' and a 'tramp:' most like.ly, find it difficul t tn But the question is, can they earn a good li ving as auult s. even spell those words? The ACLU and its acolytes (Veta tm TV news anchor are s11 · ·ceding in undcrrn in- Bill O'Reilly is host of the Fox ing '' .dst every tr;rditional News show 'The O'Reilly ins tit ution in the .:o untry. Factor ' and author of the new Patrioti sm, spirituality, book ' Wh o 's Looking O~t For respect fnr authori ty. and Y,m :' ' To find out more about basic moral v;rlucs are all Bill O'Reilly, and read feaunder siege from a we ll -lund- rro ·n hr other Creators ed. secular lobby that erw i- Srndicare writers and carsions a -society j~·cc ol jlrdg- lt-ulllisrs. t•isit the Creators ments about personal beha v- Syndicat e web page at ior. And if that society falls 11'11'11'.creators.com. This colapart in the process. so be it. 1111111 origilwres on the Web It is cert ainly true that you site orH w. billoreilly.com.) Bill O'Reilly Pleasan t. Michigan . a 16year-old hig h school jun ior named Al exa nuer Smit h stood up in the cafeteria of hi s public school and called the Principal, Bett y Kirhy, a. 'skank' and a 'tramp.' Smith w;rs suspended fo r ten days. En ter the American Civ il Li berties Unio n which sued on Smit h's behalf. The ACLU said hi s speed1 was a ' parody,' and therefore rrotectetl . A federal judge agreed and struck down Mich iga n\ ve rbal assault hr w. Wl1ile the judge did rul e that the school had a ri ght to disc ipline Smith. it could not do so simply on hi s abusive statements alone. Thi s kind of nonsense is happening all ove r the USA. The ACLU. which I believe is the most dangerous organization in America. is on the prowl. It will bring li tigation against an ything it sees as Shoppers Emma Elizabeth Fox Emma Elizabeth Fox , 94, Pomeroy, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2003 at O'Bi cnness Memorial Hosptial in Athens. · Born March 3. 1909 in Frankfort, the daughter of the late Frank and Eli zabeth Luzateor Dailey, she was a homemaker and a member of the Laurel Cliff Free Methodi st Church. Surviving are: two daughters lola (Roy) Howell and Ruth Douglas, both of Pomeroy : grandchildren , Roseanna Hines, Nancy Howard. Leonard Lyons, Kaye Walker, Jeffrey "Mick" Howell , Barbara Burke and Patty Hindy; 21 great-grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren ; two sisters, Frances Russell of Mason. W.Va. and Irene Countryman of Greenfield. . She was al so preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Fox ; a dau ghter. Eloise Roush: grandsons, Chester Roush and Michael Douglas: a great- grandson. Michael B,urke; brothers, Harold and Ed Dailey ; sons- in-law, John Douglas and Leonard Lyons. Services will be 2 p.m. Montlay at Fisher Funeral Home in Pomeroy with the Rev. Les Strandt officiating . Burial will fol low in Rocksprings Cemeter in Pomeroy. Friends may call from 3-7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Condolences may . be sent to www.fi sherfuneralhomes.com. John E. ••Jack" McNeal John E. "Jack" McNeal, 71. died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003 , at hi s home in the Centerpoint community, Oak Hill . He was born Sept. I0, llJ32, to the late Thomas and Corrine (Ruppen) McNeal. He was raised in the Centerpoint area with hi s famil y and siblings, where in later years, he raised hi s own famil y. He married the late Mary Jane (McCain) McNeal on Oct. 20, 1951. Jack and hi s wife were original members of "The Good Times Bluegrass Club" in Jackson. Mary went to be with the Lord on Feb. 14, 1998. During the ir 46 years of marriage, they raised six children, who all survives. Sons. John (Kathy) McNeal ; Michaei"Sam" (Linda) McNeal : Paul (Wilma) McNeal all of Oak Hill ; daughters. Penny (Tim) Lewis of Oak Hill ; Lori (Chuck) Cl1arnbers of Patriot ; and Rose (Dan) Congrove of Kingston. He is also survived by two brothers, Robert "Bob" (Connie) McNeal of Columbus: and Bill (Dee) McNeal of Jackson; and a si ster. Evelyn (Raymond) Hutchins of Patriot: fifteen grandchildren and five ~reat grandchildren. In addition to hts wife and parents, he is preceded in death by three brothers, Charles "Bo," Junior (Mack), and Fred McNeal: one sister, Mildred Hampton; and one grandchild. Friends may call from 4-9 p.m. today at Kuhner-Lewis Funeral Home, Oak Hill with the Revs. Stan Howard and Cline Rawlins officiating. Buriel will follow in the Monroe Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the children wish that memorial contributions be made to the "Good Times Bluegrass Club" in memory of both their parents. Contributions may be sent to the club in care of: Benny Adams, 15980 Beaver Pike, Jackson, OH 45640. PlEASE DON'T LEAVEME! BOYFR\~ND? PHONE CoMPANY. • Deaths \ \1\\ t tires in the dining room.' And this is onlv one of the differences bet1veen men's and women's brains. Another difference involves a brain part call ed the 'cingulate gy rus.· which is the sector where emot io ns are located. The Reuters article does not describe the cingulate gyrus, but presumably in women it is a structure the size of a mature cantaloupe, containing a vast quantity of complex, endlessly recalibrated emotional data involving hundreds. perhaps thousands of human relationships; whereas in men it is basically a cashew fill ed with NFL Dave Barry ----• emerge 25 minutes later. weary but sati sfied with a job well done. · When I wrote about Male Genetic Dirt Blindness. many irate readers complained that I was engaging m sexist stereotyping, as well as making lame excuses for the fact that men are lazy pigs. All of these irate readers belonged to a gender that 1 wrll not identi fy here, other than to say : Guess what, ladies? There is now scientific proof th at I was .ri ght. This proof appears in a new book titled ' What Could He Be Thinking? How a Man's Mind Really Works.' I have not personally read this book, because, as a journalist, I am too busy writing about it. But according to an anicle by Reuters, the book states that a man's brain ' takes in less ~nsory detail than a woman's, so he doesn't see or even feel the dust anti household mess in the same way.' Got that? We can't see or feel the mess! We're like: 'What snow tires in the dining room? Oh, 'those' snow hi ghli~ht s .' In any event, it turns out that women's brains secrete more of the chemical s 'oxytocin ' and 'serotonin,' which, ar.c~1rdin g to biologists, cause humans to feel they have an inadequate supply of shoes. No, seriously. these chemi· cals cause h!lmans to want to bond with other humans. which .is why women like to share their feelings. Some women (and here I am referring to my wife) can share as many as three days' wonh of feelings about an event that took eight seconds to actual~ ly happen. We men. on the other hand , are reluctant to share our feelings, in large part becau se we often don'i have any. Really. Ask any guy: A lot of the time, when we look like we're thinking, ,_. ·Matt Faught ( Matt Faught, 25 , Wilkesville, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2003 as the result of an auto accident in Jackson County. Services will be II a.m. Tuesday at the J.P. Rogers Funeral Home, Wellston with burial to follow m the Mount Carmel Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Insane in the membrane A guy's brain really is dijforent I like to think that I am a modest person. (I also like to think that I look like Brad Pitt naked, but that is not the issue here.) There comes a time, however, when a person must toot his own personal horn , and for me, that time is now. A new book has confirmed a theory that I first proposed in 1987, in a column explaining why men are physically unqualified to do housework. The problem, I argued, is that men - because of a tragic genetic naw - ~annat see dirt until it there is enough of it to support agriculture. This puts men at a huge disadvantage against women , who can detect a single din molecule 20 feet away. This is why a man and a woman can both be looking at the same bathroom commode, and the man - hindered by Male Genetic Dirt Blindness (MGDB) - will perceive the commode surface as being clean enough for heart surgery or even meat slicing, whereas the woman can't even 'see' the commode, only a teeming. commode-shaped swarm of bacteria. A woman can spend two hours cleaning a toothbrush holder and still not be totally satisfied; whereas if you ask a man to clean the entire New York City st,tb~Yay system, he'll go down there with a bottle of Windex and a single paper towel , then from PageA1 Flossie G. Bush Schooling around After a decade of pouring billions into the public school system, the final exams are in: American kids are not readin g much better than they did ten years ago and there's no way to spin it otherwrse. The Nat ional Assessment of Educat ional Progress says that onl y 3 1o/c of fourth graders read at a ' proficient ' level ; for eighth grade rs, the percentage rises to 32%. This, of course. is a disaster and one that will lead to economic deprivation for millions of Ameri cans in the coming decades. Presidents Bu sh and CJ1nton both promised that more money would solve the educational problem, but that has turned out to be false. The reason so ma ny American students can't read very well is two-fold : first, many parents do not encourage reading, allowing thei r kids unfettered access to TV. computers and crude music. And second , discipline in many public schools is woeful. Students simply are nut held accountable for behavior and academic performance. Consider the following as a microcosm of what's going on. In the small town of Mt. Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday, November 30, 2003 we just have this low-level humming. sound in our brains. That's why, in male· female conversations, the male part often . consists entirely of him going ' hmmmm.' Thi s frustrates the woman, who wants to know what he's reall~ thinking. In fact, what he s thinking is, literally, 'hmmmm.' So anyway, according to the Reuters article, when a man, instead of sharing feelings with his mate, chooses to lie on the sofa, holding the remote control and monitoring 750 television programs \ stmullaneously by changing the channel every one-half second (pausing slightly longer for programs that feature ~ouchdowns, fighting, shoottng, ~ar crashes, or bosoms) hts mate should 'not' come to the mistaken conclusion that he is an insensitive jerk. Infact, he is resJ?Onding to scientific biologtcal brain chemicals that require him to ~have this way for scientific reasons, as detailed in the scientific book 'What Could He Be Thinking? How· a Man's Mind Really Works," which I frankly cannot recommend highly enough. . In conclusion; no 'way' was t~at pass interference. (Dave Barry is a humor colum11ist for the Miami Herald. Write to him c/o The Miami Herald, 011e Herald Plazd, Miami, FL33132. ) Mary M. Geistwhite , Mary M. Geistwhite, 81, Racine, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine. I ' ·• ! ' ' " 'I I, Vema Faye ··oolly" Martin Verna Faye "Dolly" Martin, 91, died on Saturday, November 29, 2003 at the Arbors at Gallifolis. Arrangements will be announced later by Willis Funera Home. Bertha Dempsey Adkins _ Benha Dempsey Adkins, 83. of Pliny, W.Va., died Friday, t'lov. 28, 2003, at her residence. Funeral services at I p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003, at Chapman Memorial Church, Hans, W.Va. Burial will be at Adkins Family Cemetery in Harts, W.Va. Visitation from 6-9 p.m. Monday, Dec. I, 2003, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home and starting at II a.m. until time of service on Dec. 2. ----------REE HEARING TESTS chants like Sears. Roebuck and Co ., office suppl ie' retailer Staples. K-B To y~ . and several major mall operators reponed that traffic and bu siness as of Fri day afternoon were at least as healthy as a year ago. The big question is whether consumers will keep spentling throughout the season . Last year's holiday sales were mediocre despite strong Thanksgiving weekend sales. Consumers, spooked by the prospect of war in Iraq and a spate of corporate layoffs. delayed the rest of their buying until the very end of the season to get the best bargains. "Sales and traffic on Fridav are better than last year, and that 's encourag in g," sai d Walter Loeb, an anal yst with Loeb Associates in New York who talked to store executi ves Friday. "There will be a slight slowdown. but in ge neral I think the momentum will be better than a year ago ... Wally Brewster. a at Ge neral spokesman Growth Properties. which owns and manages 166 malls in 39 states. said busine ss Friday was up from a year a~o by a percentage in the hr.gh single digit s. Some retailers - particularly depanment stores and apparel merchants like Bloomingdale's and Bergdorf Goodman - plan to be stingier with markdowns than in the past, a strategy many analysts don 't think will last. Merchants are counting on con sumers to be so pleased with new services and exclusive merchandise that they'll be willing to pay full price. Karen MacDonald , a spokeswoman at Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Taubman Centers, which owns or manages 31 shopping centers in 13 states, said sales and traffic were better than a year ago. a)'ld that there was "plenty of full-price selling ." Still, there's nothing like a sale to draw a crowd. About 500 people stood in line ·early Friday outside a Best Buy in Coralville, Iowa. Bargains included $299 digi- SNOWSHOE, W.Va. (AP) - The season's first major snowfall for parts of West Virginia could move Snowshoe Mountain's opening day up a bit, a reson spokesman says. The Pocahontas County ski resort had a reported six inches of snow early Saturday and expected another two to four inches throughout the day. "Mother nature woke up, rolled over and hit the winter light switch," Joe Stevens said. The winter resort recently announced it has pushed back its traditional Thanksgiving holiday opening date to Dec. 5, due to warm. rainy fall weather. But now Snow shoe might open earlier in the week due to the snowfall and good snowmaking temperatures 1 Will be given in GALLIA COUNTY by 1 I '&h6tterM HEARING AID CENTER I I 1 I i I I Call Toll Free an appointment. I 1The tests will be given by a LlcenHd HMr!ng Aid SJ!!CIIIIII. I ., Anyone who hat trouble helr!ng or uncllfltlndlng .. ·. I : I conversation Ia Invited to have hearing teat to aea If 1this problem can be helped! Bring ttila coupon with you for 1. 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Last year's ski season set a record with more than 800 ,000 lift ticket s sold at Snowshoe and the state 's other three winter resons Winterplace Ski Resort, Canaan Valley Resort and Timberline. On the Net: Snowshoe Mountain : www.snowshoemtn.com Timberline: www.-timberlin ere sort .com Valley : Canaan www.canaanresort .com Winterplace : www.winterplace.com Ohio Valley Memory Gardens announces our annual Christmas observance dedicated to the memory of your loved ones with a candle placed on their grave "on Decemher 7th with a rain date of December 14th . Please come hy Ohio Valley Memory Gardens or fi ll out tht: form llclo"' and -.cllllto us with your donati o11. min imum of S5 per candl~ If you are unable to place the candle. Ohio Valley Memory G arde n ~ ~ ill prO\ 1de thl ~ sef\•ice, with ·a minimu mdonation nf $10 per candle Candles may be picked up at the o ffi~:: e the week before the 1st through tln- e\CIHng of the lightin g serv ice. We wi ll light the candles. hctwccn 5 p.m. & 5:JO p.m. • Page As their own m01e l> onl y if they .:~n afforJ it." Don na >aid. "We abo feed the hunter> for free for the three ~a y >:· Don n~ added. Gallia Coum y Con-.ervatiun · Club help' buy the hunting li ce n~' if nl!\:e"ary. The club abo donated enough money to enable the Cri >enberry' to buy fi ve new woode n blinds with heater; . The experi cn.:e. the Cri ;enberry> ; ay. ha> enriched their l ive ~. " Meetin g and getting to kn ow the'e q rong and l'O Urageou; (people) made Jay ami I re al i ~e how 'mal l his problems were ." Donna sdid . "We pray we will be able to keep th i> project going for many year> and we encourage at hen. to get in vol ved." To help with the progmm or the to donate. contact Cri~ nberry; at 0 -11)) 251>- 1633 a Web site is a vai lahle that prov ides roau surface temperature, wi nd tlrrecti< lll and speed, prec ipi tat ion anti ;1\crfrom PageA1 age speed of traffic. The puh"We would much rathe r lic can acce" the 'i te at deal with potential equipment' www.buckeyetraftic.<Jrg. "Th is system i; in"al uable problems before the equ ipbecause it he lps manage rs ment is criticall v needcu... Filson said . "Takin g these de termine whilh approac h to proact ive measures help, us take when dealing wi th speto serve the tra veling public cific winter w~athcr eve nts." better during dangerou s win- Fi lso n said. " It wi ll help ODOT to ma ke mo re te r tra veling conditions." Another proacti ve mea; ure rnlormed dec i >~ons anti that ODOT ha~ taken is the use · increase ~ur effel'li vcness." Even wi th all of the,e, meaof a salt water solution that is applied to ro;rdways prior to sure; in place. Filson mainsnow stom1s and freezing condi- tai ns th at it is the ind ividual tions, Filson said. The solution crews - not the eq uipment adheres to the roadway and - that dri ve' the ODOT begins to melt snow as it hits the snow and ice operation . "Our highway crews take ground. helping to alle viate compride in protecti ng the salety pacted snow and icy patches. of their frienu > anti neighbors The brine solution proved durin g the regio n's wors t ellective during the severe weather conditions of lt"t winter, winter weathe r. and we take pride in them... she sai<l . it's tlr;t year of u~ in our area. "These people often work ODOT' has al so found a through the ni ght in an effon new weapon in the Roadway make our highway 's safe r. Weather Info rmation System. toThey skip holidays with The computer sy stem renects fam ily so others can safely information gained from senreach theirs." ' he added . sors placed on highway > "Our empl oyee' are o ur throughout the st ate. To access thi s information. greatest asset. " Winter Cancer from Page A1 Snowshoe may • move open1ng day up some COUPON a~ tal camcorders and $<J94J.\I'J high-definiti o n. n at-,c reen TV moni tor>. Ma tt Van Berkum of Nonh Engli >h. Iowa. >a id he had been there si m:e 3 a.m . and planned to buy a ho me theater >ystem for hi > apanment fur about $500. ·-r ve neve r d(ln e this before , but I' m hup ing to get a gootl deal ," he ' aid. Duane Carbi ne of Phoenix also had an eye for a >ale. He said he did mo' t of his ' hopping online Th ur>day nigh t. then kept to a strict .budget to buy a .:art load of toys for his three child ren at Toys " R" Us. " I' ve proba bly j ust saved $400 . Yo u j ust have to." Carbi ne >aid. " By do ing it this way. I' ve savetl a car rayrnent ." Retailers still have plenty to worry about - especial ly an unemploy ment rate that re mains at 6 percent . Sa ll y Sanchez. 47. of Lakewood, Co lo .. said she is cutting back thi s holiday season after being out of work fo r se ven months. "We' re going to have a good Chri stmas. It just won' t extravagant .'' said be Sanchez, who was shopping at a local Kmart . Stores have steeled themselves for a shopping letdown , with inventories that average 7 percent be low last year's levels. No mu st-ha ve ite m has th is season , emerged although the best sellers· in toys include Fi sher-Price 's Hokey Pokey Elmo, Spin Master's Mighty Beanz collectible plastic toys. MGA Entertainment's Bratz dolls and Mattei's Hot Wheels TWrecks playsct. Michael Niemira, vice president of Bank of Tok yoMitsubi shi Ltd .. predi cted a sales gain of 4.5 percent for the November-December period, the best performance since 1999. when the tally rose 5.4 percent. He based the estimate on sal es from stores open at least a year, cons idered the best indicator of a retailer's health . Last holiday season's results were unchanged from 200 I. The · Washington-based National Retail Federation projected total holiday sales to rise 5.7 percent to $217.4 billion. · i!lunbav you are 87 to 98 percent more likely to get lung cancer. Smokers are 30 to 40 percent more likely to die from colon and rectal cancer than nonsmokers." Hill al so attributed the high cancer rates to a combination of things that increase the likelihood of getting lung cancer. For instance. she said smoking combined with working in a coal mine or around asbestos could triple the likelihood of a person getting cancer. While lung cancer is most common . Hill said smoking also contributes or ~au se s other types of cancer like bladd er cancer. Between 1997 to 2000 , there have been se ve n new cases of colon and rec tal cancer fDr men each year in Meig s County and nine in Gallia County each year during the study. The rate of colon and rectal cancer cases is 60 men per I00.000 in Meigs Count y. whi ch is lower than the state average . rate of 68 cases. For women. there have been nine new cases of colon and rectal cancer per year between 1997 and 2000 in Meigs County and II new cases during the same time period in Gallia County. The rate of colon and rectal cancer cases in Meigs County is 58.5 women per I00,000, , which is higher than the state rate of 50.4 cases. The rate of colon and rectal cancer cases in Gallia Count y is 54.8 per I00 ,000 peo pl e. And the Applachian environment may · play a significant role in the higher colo-rectal cancer rates. "Colon and rectal cancer rates are higher in Appalachia because or lifestyle factors that include poor nutrition, lack of phys ical activity. diets hi gh in fat and limited resources for phys ical activi ty," said Leigh Anne Hehr. Cancer Control Di rector for the Southeast Ohrn Cancer Society. Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston Au.•J ,\ ledi<-al Center is the fl agship of C..AMC l lr ,1hh \~'Stem A nonprofit, 919-bed rrgio 11J I referral cen ter w i1 h more th an -&000 ('mployres, CAMC has a di stinct co m mitm ent h 1 th e ~rx·o ple of southern West Vir~in i.1 . 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U.S. military officials are concerned that some attacks on Americans have been coordinated by a few of the numerous Iraqi civilians hired by the U.S. mihtary, who may glean intelligence on troop movements and travels of high-ranking offi cers. Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez told reporters at the Baghdad Convention Center. "Clearly those are concerns we have. We try to do the vetting (of Iraqi employees) as dose as we can," he said. "There have been instances when police were coordinating attacks against the coalition and against the people." He said the insurgency was becoming particularly bloody for Iraqi civilians. Guerrillas launched more than 150 attacks on Iraqi civilian and police targe ts, killing scores during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. which ended last week . Sanchez also said the United States is boosting the number of in fa ntrymen in Iraq and moving from a fo rce based on tanks and heavy armored ve hicles to one speciali zing in urban raids. A new phase in the Iraq war. known as Iraqi Freedom II, would begin as current forces are rotated out of Iraq and replaced by new units, includi ng several thousand U.S. Marines, Sanchez sa1d. "We are going to change th e compos iti on of our forces,'' Sanchez said. "We' ll have more infantrY. We' re moving to a more mobile force , one that has the right blend of light and heavy." Sanchez said he saw no need for an overall increase in U.S..forces in Iraq, and the number of troops would decrease as transportation , logistics and communications personnel are sent home. Woman knocked unconscious, trampled as shopping blitz starts atWai-Mart store ORANGE CITY, Fla. (AP) - A mob of shoppers rushing for a sale on DVD players trampled the first woman in line and knocked her unconscious as they scrambled for the shelves at a Wal-Mart Supercenter. Patricia YanLester had her eye on a $29 DVD player, but when the siren blared at 6 a.m. Friday announcing the start to the postThanksgiving sale, the 4 1year-old was knocked to the ground by the frenzy of shoppers behind her. "She got pushed down, and they walked over her like a herd of elephants ," said VanLeste r's sister, Linda Ellzey. "I told them, 'Stop stepping on my si ster! She's on the ground!'" Ellzey said some shoppers tried to help VanLester, and one employee helped Ellzey reach her sister, but most people just continued their rush for deal s. "All they cared about was a stupid DVD player," she said Saturday. Paramedics called to the store found VanLester unconscious on top of a DVD player, surrounded by shoppers seemingly oblivious to her. said Mark O'Keefe , a spoke sman for EVAC Ambulance. She was flown to Haiifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where doctors told the family Vanlestcr had a seizure after she was knocked down and would likely remain hospitalized through the weekend, Ellzey said. Hospital officials said Saturday they did not have any infonnation on her condition. "She's all black and blue," Ellzey said. "Patty doesn ' t remember anything. She still can't believe it all happened." · Ellzey said Wal-Mart o!Ticials called later Friday to ask about her sister. and the store · apologized and alTered to put a DVD player on hold for her. Wal-Mart Stores spokeswoman Karen Burk said she had never heard of a such a melee during a sale. "We are very disappointed this happened," Burk said. "We want her to come back as a shopper." U.S. Attorney's office drops appeal for death penalty CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The U.S. Attorney's office has ended an attempt to seek the federal death penalty against an Ohio maf1 accused of killing a co-defendant in a drug case. A federal judge earlier this year ruled that federal prosecutors waited too long to announce they would ask for the death penalty against Charles Hatten, 41 , of South Point, Ohio. U.S. Attorney Kasey Warner said hi s office dropped its appeal to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond. Va.. earlier this month because the appeal would have taken too long. Hatten was indicted in March on murder and drug charges in the August 2002 death of Ben Lucas, 35. of Huntington . According to a criminal complaint, Lucas had given a statement that provided the only evidence against Hatten in a pending case involving methamphetamine and theft in Ohio. Warner announced plans to seek the death penalty in July - a month before the scheduled start of Hatten's trial. The trial was then delayed so Warner could appeal the judge's ruling regarding his seeking the death penalty. Now that the appeal has been dropped, Warner's office can put Hatten on trial next month. West Vtrginia abolished its death penalty in 1965. Only federal prosecutors can seek criminal executions in the state. ., ;.: t { :. ; ..PROUD TO BE.A PART OF YOUR LIFE. A,·;.'-'.·, : ' .. '' , .. ~ •.. , '·•.' . Su,Jay Titires-Sentl~lSubscribe today · 992-2155 446-2342 .www.mydailysentinel.com www. mydailytribw1e. com • The general said some support troops are being re[Jlaced by civilian contractors, m the .' case of transportation and logistics. The military also IS starting to use commercwl sources fo r commumcat10ns, he said, thus allowing more soldiers to depart . Washington curre ntly has 130,000 troops in Iraq. The Department of Defense had announced thi s month that the total number of U.S. troops in Iraq would drop to about I05 .000 after troop rotations that start in Jan uary are completed in May. But the add itional marines appear to bump up that total to II 0.000. "There 's no way we' re going to put this mission at ri sk in terms of combat power," Sanche z said. explaining the need for the marines, whose normal tasks tend toward invasions, not A U.S. soldier kisses an Iraqi police ch1ef on the cheek in a typical Iraqi greeti ng as U. S. troops occupation duties. arrive to reinforce Iraqi police in an effort to stop a riot in ce ntral Baghdad. lraq1 pollee, mcreas"What we' re in search of is ingly targeted by anti-coalition ins urgents, are underpaid, poorly armed and lack eq u1pment to a very mobile, very flexible , protect them.s elve s against attack. Altho ugh brand ed by inswge nts as collaborators, ma ny of lethal force that can accom- them deeply resent their American oversee rs and express sym pat hy for thestruggle to dnve forplish its mission . Those terms eign soldiers from their la nd . (AP Photo) are dictated by the enemy." Sunday, November 30, 2003. Computer seized used by slain Red's girlfrend INDI ANAPOLIS (AP) Poli ce seized a computer used by a former girlfriend of slain C inci nnati Reds out fielder Derne ll Stenson in a search of the newspa per office where she once worked. Sheriff's deputies served a search warrant at The Indian apoli s Star 's down town office Wednesday and seized the computer used by form er empl oyee Jennifer Gaddi s. 24. who worked in the human resources depart ment, She riff's Lt. Bob confirm ed Hendri ckson Friday. Police also qu estioned Gaddi s for at least nine hou rs last week and searched her India napolis home. Autho rities remo ved item s from the house but refu sed to pro vide detai Is. Accordin g to poli ce reports. Gaddi s had sent threatening text messages to Ste nson 's ce ll phone two weeks before he was kidnapped and kill ed in the Phoe ni x suburb of Chandler, where he· wa> pl aying in the Ari zona Fall League . "U better pray I never see you U again. I swear Dernell U R worth a murder charge 4 & that is all U R worth," one message said. according to a report filed with Scottsdale , Ariz.. Police Department. Scott sdal e police told Gaddi s to stop contacting Stenso n. According to the poli ce report. Gaddis said she wa> pregnalll with Stenson 's child and that they had an 8month -uld child together Chandl er police have called Gaddi s an investigative lead in Stenson's death but said she is not a suspect. Gaddi s could not be reached for comment Friday. A telephone listing for her Indianapoli s home had been disconnected. For the military, .announcing death of loved one in battle no easy task WASHINGTON (AP) Catherine Perusse remembers the chilling call she and husband Ted got one recent Tue sday. The military phoned to tell them their son, Robert T Benson, of Spokane, Wash. , had been badly wounded in Iraq and transferred to a hospital in Kuwait. Surgery had gone ··as planned." That's the last thing the family heard until 20 hours later when they were told he was dead. "We were just very frustrat ed to have a 20-hour time period with a very brief message about his status," says Perusse, Benson's stepmother. " You would consider five minutes a terrible time to wait to hear about your child." There is no good way to tell someone their husband, wife, son or daughter has been killed in action. Still, as the bodies of U.S. servicemen come home from Iraq, some families are disquieted by the military 's handling of this heartbreaking news. Their grief has been compounded by the slow pace of getting word, or the lack of detail when they dC> find out. Even in this world of rapid communications, some families complain that they hit barriers when trying to get in touch with someone who may have information about their loved ones. Lisa Perez's brother died in July ana she still doesn' t have all her questions answered. An officer notified Perez and her mother thai 24-yearold Pfc. Wilfreda Perez Jr. and two other soldiers were killed in a grenade attack in July while guarding a children's hospital in Iraq. But when the officer came by to tell them the news, he took their Social Security numbers and was out the door in I0 minute9'. "He handled his business and that was it," s.1ys Perez, 25. of Ridgewood, N.Y. The military does its best to get notification out to families as swiftly as possible within 24 hours ideally - on what it does know about the circumstances surrounding death and injury. That's often no easy task in a complex war so far away. "We don't deal in rumors, we deal in the facts as we know them, and we are as honest with family members as we possibly can be," John Molino, deputy undersecre- ' tary of defense for military, community and family policy. Each branch of the armed forces does the notifying when its service member dies or is wounded. A notification officer and a chaplain go to the spouse 's home, or if single, to the parents' home. Sometimes, an organization corrunander will go, too. They bring with them a manila envelope with the casualty report. Additional relatives get a visit if the death was caused by hostile action or by a terrorist attack. Molino says in that first visit, mainly the family wants "just a q~iet moment." Perusse wanted more than that after the initial word her wounded. stepson was Benson was shot in the head at a checkpoint in Baghdad. · She found the lack of communication between the family and the military fru strating - time zone ditlerences seemed to hamper their abili ty to be in the khow faster. · "You 'd think if we could talk to the moon. we should have been able to talk to Kuwait." Despite all that, she and other family members know it is not easy for the military, either. "The Army has been wonderful ," she says, "and treated us and our son with great respect. " Relatives dread nothing more than the unexpected drop-in by a military officer while a family member is on duty overseas. John Johnson, the father of Specialist Darius T Jennings, knew the instant he saw an officer and chaplain's car pull up to his house in Cordova. S.C., that something bad had happened to hi s son. "I knew they wercn 't coming to recruit an yone," he says . Jenn ings , 22, was ki lied when the he licopter he was ridin g in was sh ot dow n in AI Fallujah. Iraq. Johnson was standin g in his uriveway when he saw them. "I know it \ my son , but tell me how it happened ," he recalled telling them. They went into the house. '"Is this the ri ght address''"' they asked, just to be absolutel y sure. ''Th ey grab bed my wife's hand and told her th at her son was ki lied in a helicopter attack." "I feel that th e Army... they did what they could," he said. More than 435 U.S. se rvice members have died since the beginning of mili tary operations in Iraq - abo11t 300 of theni since Pre, ident Bush decl ared May I that major combat operation s had ended. The president has sent a letter to familie s of each fall en soldier, visited some of the injured ones in hos pitals and met with gro11ps of fami lies. Recemly. Bush visited Fort Carson military base in Colorado. Fort Carson ha s lost 32 Sl)ldiers in Iraq , and Bu sh met privately with ne~r- ly I00 re latives of the vic tims. Four of the victims were amo ng the J 6 soldiers killeu Nov. 2 when a helico pter was sho t down in the dangerous Sunni Tri angle near Fallujah . Iraq . A casualt y assistance offi ce r foll ows 11 p at a prearranged time wi th the famil y a day or two after they ' ve been notified of the death. The officer gi ves families details on ClJinpensation to s11rvivors: a death grat11ii y of $ 12.000: l'ei mbursemen t of up to 56.900 fo r burial ex penses : the so ld ier' s unpaid pay and allow ance s; a monthly chec k fm the surviving spou se unti l re marriage and survivin g children until they reach a certain age: and Soda! Sec urit y bcncfih . A letter from the comman der follow s. The cas ualty assi st;mce office r tries 10 cat er to the famil y's immedi ate needs. Burial logisti cs are di sc ussed. Members who die wh ile on acti ve dt1t y are e ligible for bt1r ial at Arlington Nati onal Ce mete ry in Vi rgi nia. where th e nation buri es man y of it s war de ad. · B11 t man y famili es choose to have their loved ones bu ried in their hometown. 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EOE Charleston Area Medical Center ' BOSTON (AP) - The Baston Red Sox have two aces now. and two pitchers who will tight the manager to stay in a big game. "If you ' re going to take me out durin g a game, take me out," said Curt Schilling, the newest member of the ·Red Sox. "Don' t ask me how I feel, because the competitive nature tends to make me believe that, regardless of who you bring in, they're not going to have the stuff that I have." Schilling accepted a trade to Boston on Friday after agreeing to a contract that could keep him with the Red Sox through the end of his career. Having teamed with Ran?y Johnson to win a World Senes in Arizona, Schilling now joins Pedro Martinez in trying to lead the Red Sox to their first title since 1918. Boston was five outs away from making the Series this · season before Martinez persuaded manager Grady Little to leave him on the mound in the eighth inning of Game 7 of the AL championship series against the New York Yankees. Boston lost, Little was let go, and the Red Sox went into the offseason looking to upgrade. They did so with Schilling, a five-time All-Star who shaned the 200 I Series MVP with Johnson after they Jed the Diamondbacks to the championship. Attention winter sports coaches : All winter varsity sports coaches are reminded to send us your game reports this season. You can e-mail us at sports@ mydailytribune.com, or fax them to us at 4463008. You may also call them in during the evening at 4462342, ext. 33. If no one's in, then leave your game information on the voice mail. ,.. Marshall running back Franklin Wallace (24), with a block from Joey Stepp (70) on Ohio 's Demetri Taylor (55). powe rs through the li ne-of-scrimmage and Ohio defender Rob Stover (23) on this 1-yard touchdown run during the Herd 's 28-0 win over Oh 10 Fnday. (Brad Sherm an) Marshall holds on to·bell BY BUTCH COOPER bcooper@ mydailytribune.com HUNTINGTON , W.Va. - There was a second half Friday, but Marshall didn't need it and Ohio couldn't do anything about it. The Thundering Herd bounced on top of the Bobcats 28-0 at halftime and neither team scored in the second half as Marshall won the Battle of the Bell for the third straight year. For the Bobcats (2-1 0, 1-7 Mid-Ameri can Conference East Division). the game was the finale of a season of injury after injury that plagued Brian Knorr's club for the entire season . "This is not certainly the-way that we anticipated to end the season thi s year," said Knorr, who is 7-28 at Ohio in three seasons. Marshall~ " lt (the win over Ohio) gives oursel ves a chance to go to a bowl game." sa id Marshall head coach Bob Pruett . ''Th11t\ all we wan ted, a chance . If it doesn't happen. fme . hut we gave ourse lves an . . opportunity. \ "I think this jump start' us et ther mto a bowl ga me or certainly into next 'eason ." . The Herd used Ohio turn01 ers and poor puntmg in the first half to gain w l1d start mg fie ld pos1t1on and scorin g opportun ities. The lirst came on a fumb le by Ohio quanerback Ryan Haw k th11t was reco vered b~ li nebacker Gl adstone Coke at the Oh1o -tO dun ng the early For the Herd (8 -4. 6-2 MAC East). well that 's a minutes of the first quarter. wait and see. Marshall needs some outside help for Run s of 19 and 12 yards by Franklin Wallace put a remote shot at a bowl game since Miami became the first team. other than the Herd . to win the MAC Please see Marshall. Bl East since Marshall rejoined the MAC. 0 28 bowl chances and the future of the MAC Let' s be honest here, Marshall's chances of going to a bowl game are slim to none. And slim is packing his bags and preparing for the long off-season. While Bob Pruett continues to speak of the good chance his Herd has of being invited to a bowl game, despite not even making it to the Mid-American Conference champiTHE BUTCHMEISTER onship game, Marshall will likely be home for Christmas. For the entire month of December Still, Marshall AD Bob Marcum for that matter, which is something has been on the phones with bowl Marshall hasn 't had happ~n since officials for the past week, trying to Pruett became head coach. plead Marshall's case for one of the Butch Cooper few at-large berths. Or eve n one of ihose left open by a conference that didn ' t have enough bowl ehg1ble teams to till the slot. "I told (Marcum) this was a 50-50 deal and we did our half." said Pruett after hi s team 's 28 -0 win over Ohio Friday. "Now, I want to see what he can do." · But. Pruett has become more of a realist. "Certainly, we've got to have some luck ," Pruett said. The good ne ws was that the Southeastern Conference will be one of those leagues that won't ha ve enough bowl el igi ble teams for the bowls the SEC has commitme nts Then there's the bad ne w> (there 's always bad news when you get gO<X) news after all). Navy accepted an invitation to the Houston Bowl in a slot ori ginally slated for a SEC school. That leaves the Fort Worth Bowl on Dec. 23 or perhaps the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Fla. on Dec. 22. Both bowl s have commitments to the Big 12. but with Colorado's loss to Nebraska Friday. one o f those Please see Cooper, 8:5 At 70, Eskins still pumping· iron and setting reco~s Bv BurcH CoOPER bcooper@ mydailytribune.com GALLIPOLIS Kids might come up to each other in the weight room and as k., " How much can yo11 bench?" You may be surprised by the answer if you asked the same question to Tom Eskins. At 70, you might thin ~ Eskins may have given up weight lifting a long time ago. Not only does he continue to hit the weights, but he does so competiti vely, setting Tom Esklns stands proudly with the trophies he has won national and world records during his welghtllftlng career. The 7().year old continues to alan~ the way. · "I JUSt like it ," said Eskins, bench press competitively and hopes to continue to do so. who resides on a ·farm in Patriot. "I work in a weight room down South I lift when. I'm down there and I go over to Point Pleasant some. I' ve afso got a wei ~ht room in my basement, whtch I don' t use that much.'' In Septembe r, durin g a National · Athlete Strength Association regional tournament, he shaitered the national 70-and-over mark . which was originall y 209. by over 100 pounds. "I knew l could do over 209 ," said Eskins. "We wear a lifting shin and l had to have 298 for the shirt to go on to my chest. So I opened up at 298." • From there. he went to 308 then to 31 9. But, he w as n ·~ fin ished . "You· re allowed a fourth attempt for a record, so l went to 325," said Eskins. who also holds the NASA 60-and-over record at 374 pounds with a body weight of 220. . . He also has a NASA 60and-over world mark with a body weight of 198 by benching 358 pounds. Eskins. though, only began competing 13-years ago. "[ started when I was about 57," he said. "I'd already . retired . I'd been bench pressPIIIH - Elldna, IIJ • �,. I Page 82 • ~unb<w [;nnes -~rntinrl Pomeroy • Middleport 1 Gallipolis .·MAC Football ·eowling Green beats Toledo to win MAC West :BY JOHN 5EEWER MAC Standings AssOCiated Press BOWLI NG GR EEN -J osh Harri s threw for three :to uc hdowns and caught .another one Saturday, lead:ing No. 22 Bow li ng Gree n to ·a 3 1-23 v1c tory ove r To ledo and a spot in the MidAmerican Confere nce tit le game. . The Fal cons scomd on ·their first four possess ions "in the second hal f aft er trail ·ing 14-7 after two quarters . Harris did it all , acco unting for 379 of Bowling Gr~e n " s 433 offensiv e yards. : Bowling Green (I 0-2. 7- 1 ;MAC) will host No. 15 :Miam< of Ohio on Thursday -for the conference title. · It will be the first time the Fal cons have pl ayed for a conf erence "title since the MAC split into two divi sions in 1997 . The :RedH awk s beat Bowling :Green 33 - 10 fou r week s -ago. Harri s flawlessly directed two time-consuming fourth quarter drives that put the game away. He fini shed with :256 yards ·passing, 75 run ;ning and also caught a 48·yard touchdown pass. Hi s third touchdown, thou gh, came with a linle bit of luck. The throw wa s lipped high into the air at the line but ·Charles Sharon grabbed the ball and ran 12 yards into the end zon e, puttm g Bowling Green ahead 24- 17 with \0:40 to pl ay. The Falcon s got the ball back four plays later and Harri s again nwrcheu them down the fi eld. He lofted the ball into the corner of the end zo ne whe re Sharon made a divi ng catch fo r the touchdown wtth 3:29 left. , Toledo (8-4. 6-2 MA C) still had a shot. Bruce Gradkowski threw a 58 -yard touchdown pass to Lan ce Moore that pull ed x·Mtamt (Ohto) Marshall Akron Kent State Central Florida Ohio Buffalo EAST DIVISION MAC Pet. 8-0 6-2 5- 3 4-4 2-6 1-7 1-7 1.000 .750 .6 25 .500 .250 .125 .145 WEST DIVISION MAC Pet.· x-Bowling Green Northern Illi nois Toledo Western Michigan Ball State Eastern Michigan Central Michigan 7-1 6-2 6-2 Overall Pet. 11-1 8-4 7-5 5-7 3-9 2-10 1-11 .917 .667 .583 .417 .250 .167 .083 Overall Pet. 4-4 .875 .750 .750 .500 3-5 .375 4-8 2-6 1-7 .250 .125 3-9 3-9 10-2 10-2 8-4 5-7 .833 833 .667 .417 333 250 .250 x-clinched divtsion title Friday's Results Marshall 28, Oh10 0 . Miam1 (Ohio) 56, Central Florida 21 Saturday's Resu It Bowling Green 31, Toledo 23 Thursday's Game MAC Championship M1am1 (Ohio) at Bowl1ng Green NOTE: Dtv<sion champions based on overall conference record. Head-to-head competition is 1111tial tiebreaker. '. Toledo within 3 1-23 and the Rockets recovered an onsides kick. But the Falcons defense held , giving them the MAC West divi sion title in front of 29,724 - just the fifth sellout in 38 years at Doyt Perry Stadium . It wa s the first time in 68 meetings that there wa s a championship at stake for the two longtime riv als, which are separated by just 20 miles. And it figured to be a high-scoring game - both teams have been averaging 30 pomts per game. But the defenses and a stiff, swirling wind made it difficult for both quarterbacks to pass. Harns attempted only 10 throws in the first half. He scored the game' s first touchdown on a trick play. Harns threw a lateral to Col e Magner who then p1v- Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. - The :wins are piling up for No. 15 Miami of Oh1o and 'o are the points. Ben Roe1hi1sberger completed 24 of 29 passes for five tout.:hdown' and 327 yards, \cadi ng the Red Hawks to their II th straight victory and a conference scoring record with a 56-2 1 win against Central Florida on Friday. M <ami ( I l- l. 8-0 MidAm erican) last won thi s many con secutive games 111 1972-73. and posted its first undefeated conference season since 1977. The last team to win all of its MAC games v. as Marshall m \999 The RedHawks · 504 points broke the MAC"s single-season scorlng mark of 495, _,e t by Toledo last yea r. "Not onl y have we won II in a row. we "ve won them convincmgly," Miami coac h Terry Hoeppner said. "it's a real tribute to the coaches and the players." The RedHawks play for the conference title on Thursday against the winner of Saturday 's game between Toledo and No. 22 Bowling Green . Miami also has accepted a bid to the GMAC Bowl on Dec. 18, in Mobile, Ala. Roethlisberger credited the warm weather for his perfor· munce. It was 80 degrees ut kickoff, with the thermometers back in Ohio registering about half that. "It wus nice coming down from the snow we practiced in before we came here," said Roethlisberger, who tied the school record for scoring passes. "The ball just seemed to feel good in my hand, and !told (Hoeppener) , 'I think I might be able to get 350, 400 yards.' "And he said, 'Do it quick."' Roethlisberger was pulled after his only pass of the sec( ond half, a 27-yard touchdown to Michael Larkin that Miami up 42-0. put Roethli sbergcr and Larkin also had a 3-vard TD connection on the opening play of the second quarter. With a 35 -yard scoring pass to Martin Nance with 31 seconds remaining before halftime, Roethli sberger became the fifth quarterback in MAC history to surpass I0,000 career passmg yards. ""It was a good game because it shows everybody 's involved," Roethlisberger said. ··we had a bunch of guys ( 14) catch balls and a bunch of guys (four) catch touchdowns, and two backs lilll for touchdowns. " It was Miam1 football all around." Added Nance, who caught nine passes for 161 yards: '"When you have a quarterback like Ben. every time you run a route you get excited because you know he can make that throw. If you do your part, he's going to finish it. .. Roethlisberger opened the game with !4 straight completions, a streak ending onfy when Larkin dropped a pass early in the second quarter. In the first half, Roethlisberger had 300 yards on 23-for-28 passing. Miami took a 49-0 lead midway through the third quarter on Cui Murray's 18· yard scoring run. UCF (3-9, 2-6) finished with its worst record since 1984, which also was the last time the · Golden knights tired a coach in midseason. Mike Kruczek was reph1ced by interim coach Alan Gooch on Nov. !0. In addition, the Knights had eight players suspende'd thi s season. · "Football teaches you many life lessons, . and the players have learned you've got to overcome adversity, "Gooch said. "That's one "thing they can take from thi s." ' Joe KAY Associated Press BY Prep Football CINCINNATI - Coach Bobby Petrino had a much easier time explaining thi s one. Stefan LeFors threw a 54-yard touchdo wn pass wi th 70 seconds remaining Friday, giving Louisville a 43-40 victory over Cincinnati that represented a mil estone for its embattl ed coach. Loui svill e (9-3, 5-3 Conferen ce USA) blew a 21-point lead before rallyi ng for a victory I hat enhanced its bid for a sixth consecutive bowl appearance. The win also made Petrino the lirst Loui sville coach to win nine games in his tirst season . Petrino put the school in the national spot light on Wednesday, when he acknowledged a secret meeting with Auburn offi cial s about their head coaching job. He conceded he "probabl y made a mistake" by initially denying that he had contact with Auburn . Petrino, who has four years left on his contract, was delighted to be able to explain the dramatic"comeback instead of his awkward interview with Auburn. "That 's all I' m going to talk al]out, and that's how happy l am to talk about it," Petri no said. Auburn made up its mind to keep coach Tommy Tuberville soon after the talks wi th Petrino were revealed, sparing Louisville players from a prolonged uncertainty. '"A couple of guys talked about it during the week, but it wasn't a big ordeal." LeFors said . "Every time you 'd walk in the locker room and expect there to be talk about it. but there really wasn't. We"re glad he's staying ." LeFors made the biggest play 111 a game full of them . He avoided the rush and threw a long pass to J.R. Russell, who slipped away from cornerback Daven Holly to finish the decj sive 54-yard play. 1 Cincinnati had a last chance , but Gino Guidugli 's desperation pass from midfield went out of bounds as time ran out. Falcons playoff run .comes to end in loss at Moorefield " I thought they were gotng to come uown and pr<t a field goal on the boa rd ,md we were going to overtime:· ><IIU UFors. 1d10 was 16-of-27 for 211 yards and two touch downs. along with a 69:yard touchdown ru n. ' Cinci nnati (5-7. 2-6) ended its fi"t lnsing season in four year> wit h a coat.:h under fire. School offic ials have deci <nt.:d to ubn"s th~ future of Rick Minter. who has been targeted by disg runtl ed fans4A banner fro m the upper deck of th ~ stadium said. ··Minter Please Step Dpwn ." 'Til be here until someone tells me dtlfe<ent ," said Mint er, who has been at Ci ncinnati for I 0 years "'They fire coaches for not winmng. Th ey fire coaches who are winning. That "s how insane this bu .,llleS> . " IS. Only 11.993 fans -. sli ghtly more than one-third of the stadium \ capat.: it y showed up on a cold. snowy afternoon to see the Bearcats rall y fro m a 2 ~ -7 secondquarter defi cit. Chri s Manfredini tied the schon l rewrd with four field goal s. and Kyle Koester s second touchdown run put Cinc in<Mii ahead 40-35 with 2:20 left. Gu idu gil t.:a mp leted 20 of 40 passes for 336 ya rd s. bu t was sacked and threw three in compl etions at the end of the final drive. " It' s been a tough yea r:· saH.I Gu1du gl<. who was unu suall y downcas t One of the nation \ top ol i"e nses needed a series of bi g plays to pull 11 out. In audition lo LeFors' o9-yard run and hiS decisive 54yard pass . Mi ch<1e l Bush ra n 8 1 y <~rd s lor a touchdown off a fake reverse . Linebacker Brandon Joi111 so n also returned a fumble 20 yards for a lnuo:hdown that put Louisville ahead 2S-7 in the seco11d quarter. Louisville rolled up 521i yards nn offe nse. one week after it set a sc hool 1emrd With 779 yards in a o6-45 win over Ho uston. The Cardmal s lost three fum bles. open1ng the way for Cincinnati \ co mebat.:k . BY GARY CLARK Sports correspondent MOOR EFIELD . W.Va. The Wahama White Falcons put forth a courageous effort in its·semifinal playoff with highl y touted Mooret1eld Friday evening, but the cream of Class A football circles prevailed by a 30-6 score to conclude the Bend Area team 's incredible 2003 football season. Wahama trailed by a slim 17-6 margin late in the game before the Yellow Jackets tacked on a couple of late scores to advance to the Class A championship game for the eighth straight season. The outing was much, much closer than the final score might indicate as the Mason County team battled toe-to-toe with five time state champions before closing out the year with a sparkling 12- l record. "We gave up a couple late touchdowns to them because we were playing to win rather than playing to stay close," veteran WHS grid mentor Ed Cromley said following the season ending setback. "Our kids left it ail out there on the fi eld tonight and I'm extremely proud of out performance . "Moorefield is the epitome of Class A football in this state and I feel we showed that we can contend with the best the state has to offer." A strong Falcon following braved the cold and wind after making the long trek to the eastern part of the state to cheer the locals efforts and they didn 't come away disappointed despite the loss. In all accounts, the final count could have been 17-6 and if not for a couple bad breaks, the White Falcons could very well have come away with the victory. ''[ think we gained some respect tonight,'" Cromley commented even in defeat. "Moorefield has a senior domimited club with I 0 starters back on defense· and four of their live linemen returning. and for us to play the way we did against that caliber ol team is just phenomenal. "I think we showed tonight that we deserve our number three ranking." Four turnovers, and the Falcons inabili ty to tlm sh off several deep penetrations into Moorefield territory, proved to be the Bend Area team 's nemesis. The White Falcons sustained drives inside the Yellow Jacket 35-yard line on four occasions. only to come away empty handed each time, which proved to be the difference in Mike Stoops hired at Arizona duties with Brent Ven ,tble '. who lett Kan sas State the same time as Mi ke Stoop' Ill join Okh1homa ·, sta ff. Venab les coaches th e defen se from the bouth . and Stoops is on the li eld . The Wildcats lin i,hed their worst season in 46 year' with a 28-7 loss to Ari zoi1a State on Fnday. Ari zona 12- 10, 1-7 Pac- 10) had a school-record eight-ga me losin g streak . Stoops was a two-time all Bi g Ten defenst ve hac k at Iow a in \lJS3-S4. ..P-,.,r...rw••~--~••••~--~••••n.--~•••~.rwwwn...~wn. .~w•n.. .r.wo. . . . Marshall There was a scary moment midway through the second quarter when UCF linebacker Antoine Poe was taken off the field in an ambulance after injuring hi s spinal cord. Poe was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center and had some movement in his limbs. "He is going to be in the hospital for a bit," Gooch said. it was apparent from the game's opening drive that Miami wo~ld have no difficulty dispatching the hapless Kni ghts . Roethlisberger drove Miami 75 yards in e1ght plays to open the game, capped by an 11-yard TD bullet to R.J . Corbin. After Miami's defense forced a three-and-out, Roethlisberger capped off a 50-yard drive by hitting Ryne Robinson 111 the hack of the end zone from II yards out. The Red Hawks defense put the game away three plays later, when John Busing intercepted Steven Moffett's pass and returned it 24 yards for a 21-0 lead with 6:06 left in the opening quarter. "Stajting fast, it's been a script we've been able tp follow almost throughout the whole year," Hoeppner said. UCF was outscored in the first quarter 119-19 this season. Moffett was benched after that possession, but returned in the second half to throw a pair of touchdowns. His 30yard scoring puss to Darcy Johnson late in the third quarter prevented the shutout, and he added uS-yard TO pass to Luther HUggins with 9:33 left to play. Moffett was 7-of-11 for 63 yards. Jon Rivera completed 16 of 36 attempts . for 292 yards, and his 13-yard pass to Da'Bar Fluellen with 27 seconds to go capped off the game's scoring. Miami's final score came on Josh Betts' 1-yard TO dive with 3:50 remaining. 1004 Intrepid. 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Bowl, which has a commit• THE MAC OF THE ments to both the SEC and FUTURE With Marshall Big 12 in hopes that either of and Central- Florida jumping those leagues have even ship after next season, there fewer bowl eligible teams. are a lot of questions conStill, the only thing cerning the future of the MidMarshall can use as motiva- American Conference. tion for a bowl to bring in the One thing is for certain , Herd is previous fan support there will still be a league at bowl games. game as there "We travel well ," said championship will still be 12 teams in the Pruett. "We do a lot of things MAC. really well. Hopefully we get But after that, nothing is for the opportunity. 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Gagnon fini shed his career at the Mason County school with 77 yards in nine carries with junior Jeshua Branch collecting 85 yards in 13 tries for the White Falcons. Wahama came away with 304 yards in total offense with 196 rushing yards, and 108 through the airways. Chad Zerkle completed fi ve of 22 aenals for l 08 yards with senior tight end Aaron Faulk gr;~b­ bing two passes fo r 39 yards and Roman Ward catchmg one for another 39 yards. Senior Anthony Mitchell closed out hi s WHS grid career with one catch for 22 yards. . "Moorefield was simply so big and strong, but I'm al so proud of the way our line played despite giving up several pound s per man," added Cromley. "Seniors R.T. Roush , Jeremy Smith and Jason Young did an outstanding job despite going up against such a huge size disadvantage. ''I'm really proud of our seniors, they really put a lot of effort mto thi s season and I think we came away a better team because of this experience." Mooret1eld got on the board midway through the opening quarter when the Yellow Jackets II pl ay drive stalled at the Wahama 15. P.J. Combs 32-yard lie\d goal. put the host team in frolll•to stay with 6:32 left in the first period. · · The Yellow Jackets capitalized on a 29yard punt return by Jared Dearing to set up the second Moorefield score with Eddie Mongold racmg untouched into the end zone at the 4; 16 mark of the first canto to g<ve the Hard y County eleven a quick 100 advantage. Wahama answered foll owing the ensuing ki ckoff as Gagnon burst around the end on a 31 yard scamper before Zerkle connected w1th Faulk on a key 12-yard pass play. Gagnon then capped off the seven play. R9-yard series to pull the White Falcon s to within four at l 0-6 with a 33-yard excursion into the end zone for the Falcons lirst touchdown with I :42 remaining in the first 4uarter. Moorefield would add another seven point s before the half was over. but not before the Bend Area defense turned the Yellow Jackets away following a Roman Ward interception at the Falcon nine yard line. A mi shandled snap on a punt attempt gave the hosts another chance and they Young fumbled the ball away on a hit by linebacker J.T. Rembert . wh<ch was recovered by defensive end Jonathan Goddard at the Ohio 40, who scooped it from Page 81 up and returned it for the score . 'They' ve got tremendous team speed. the Herd in position for a Graham (From) the linebackers to the sec Gochneaur 3-yard run up the middle and ondary.'" said Knorr. "We were not able score. to run the ball to the perimeter at all. " Wallace and Earl Charles both rushed Bad things continued for the Bobcats for I 00 yards for Marshall as Charles in the opening qu arter as a bad punt carried the ball 23 times for 115 yards, gave Marshall the ball on the Ohio 39. while Wallace had 108 yards on 15 car- setting up a Wallace TD run. ries. In the second quarter, Gochneaur met Gochneaur was 6 of 12 passing for up w1th Josh Davis for another Marshall !14 yards. touchdown. For the Bobcats, who were held to 153 "We 1us1 dominated this football yards of total offense and eight first game ," said Pruett. ··w e were really downs, John Taylor had 28 rushin g physi cal. Our defense was outstanding. yard s, while backup quarterback Austen Our offense was really good " Everson had 44 yards on 3 of 10 passWhile both teams were held scoreless ing, 32 yards coming on a pass play to in the second half, both had equal Chris Jackson in the second quarter. to put points on the board. Moments .later, Ohio fullback Brad opportunities Ohio's best chance came in the third $0 DOWN PAYMENT SALE from Page 81 :INt' ing for a long time . I was just lifting with Jay Burleson and he told me about (competitive) bench pressing, sol started competing." From Pittsburgh to Phoenix, he competed and ~rought home iropbies. \ . "tl '• e unllnP~tnltS -&tnnittt' Page 83 ·P omeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis Sunday, November 30, 2003 Louisville holds off UC oted and tossed the ball back to Harri s. He had five blockers in front of him and sprinted 48 yards into the end zone, giving the Falcons a 7-0 lead with 12:17 left in the second quarter. Harris was 21-of-26 passing. Sharon had three touchdown receptions. Gradkowski finished with three touchdown passes , but he was far from sharp. He came into the game sixth in - TU CSON. Ariz. (AP) - smd in a statement released the nation in pass ing effi - Mike Stoops, the younger before a news conference to ciency. brother of Oklahoma coach announce his hiring. He completed 13 of 23 Bob Stoops, was introduced John Mackovic was !ired as passe s for 184 yards . Moore Saturday as the new head coach in September atier the had 1\3 yards rece1v1ng and coach of Arizona's p<oblem- Wildcats won their opener and two touchdowns. plagued football team. then lost four straigh t. Toledo didn't lead until The younger Stoops, the Defensive coordinator Mike just before the half. top-ranked Sooners' co-defen- Hankwitz took over as interim Gradkowski found Moore sive comdinator, inherits a coach and was 1-6 the rest of streaking over the middle team that went 2-10 and t1n- the way. and he ran 26 yards into the ished last in the Pac-10 for the Stoops. 41 , has coached end zone with 29 second s lirst time . under hi s brother since 199'!. left in the half, putting the ''I'm obviously very exc1ted He is the associate head coach Rockets up 14-7. about the opportunity to for the No. I Sooners and become a head coach,'" Stoops shares defensive coordinator Red Hawks win 11th straight BY MIKE BRANOM Sunday, Nove mber 30, 2003 At 64, he stop~ed competing, but the desrre was still there as he returned to the bench pressing circuit earlier · this year. "The record for 70 wasn ' t but 209 ,' he said. " I knew I could lift that." How long does he plan to continue to lift? "As long as Llive," Eskins said. "I've done it for years and I eujoy it. It's what !like to do." · made the most of it, with Deari ng capping a 29-yard, seven-play dri ve with an eight yard run. WHS threatened before the half concluded by marching to the Moorefield 26 as Faulk hauled in a 27-yard pass from Zerkle, but the drive stalled and the half ended with the Yellow Jackets holding a 17-6 edge. The third period was a defensive struggle with the White Falcons threatening on its opening series of the second half Wahama drove to the Moorefield l 0 yard line, following the second half kickoff, but a fumble thwarted the scoring opportunity and destroyed the momentum gamed during the series. WHS would tum away a sure Yellow Jac ket score late in the period after forcing a Moorelield fumbl~ at the Falcon two, and the two teams would enter the final 12 minutes with the Yellow Jackets clinging to a 17-6lead. WHS again would drive deep into Moorefield territory as fourth quarter action resumed, but a tipped pass was picked off by the hosts at the Yellow Jacket 20 and once again a possible Falcon score was tumed away. Moorefield capitalized on the turnover by marching 80 yards in nine plays with veteran quarterback Tyler Sherman tossing a 22-yard TO pass to Bryce Ritter with 5:47 remaining in the contest. Moorefield went on to tack on another score when Gabriel Brill picked off a Zerkle offering and raced 56 yards with the pick with 2:22 to play to seal the victory and make the final count 30-6. The WHS defensive effort was led by Faulk, who pl ayed an outstanding game , with Roman ward, Jeshua Branch, Justin Bell and Anthony Mitchell coming up with stops at key times for the White Falcons. Six Falcon seniors concluded their careers with an unbelievable season with Brandon Gagnon, Aaron Faulk, R.T. Roush, Jeremy Smith , Anthony Mitchell and Jason Young guiding the 2003 White Falcons to heights that no other Wahama team has been before. "These six seniors have done an incredible job for us all season," Cromley s(ated. "'Not only on the field, but their leadership qualities and work ethics will pay dividends in the coming years for Wahama football. · "They did a tremendous job and I'm really proud of their accomplishments throughout their careers." quarter. A 76-yard drive put the Bobcat s on the Marshall 4. On 4th-and-! , Goddard hit Everson as he pitched the ball. which was recovered at the 15. "We've had a lot of adversity this year," satd Knorr. "The b1ggest thmg we need to take from this is you have to take advantage of every opportunity. "Negative yardage plays and turnovers reallv hurt us." Marshall later had the ball inside the Ohio 5, but the Bobcats' defense held. While Marshall's bowl hopes are still uncertain, Pruett is still happy about how his team ended the regular season. "I'm as excited ri~ht now about our football program as I ve been since I've been here, becau se l think we've got a legitimate chance next year to be a dominate football team nation wide, but especially in the conference," said Pruett . Brian Knorr. "Whither the Mid-American Conference stays in the condition it does right now (or not). l think there's so many uncertainti es." , On the basketball front, it loses nothing. and with foot- ball teams. like Northern Illinois , Bowling Green and Miami being ranked at one potnt this season, the MAC might not be so bad off. Still, losin~ a Marshall doesn' t help tn future bowl considerations. SERIOUS ICID STUFF. I ~rep Scoreboard 85 • Basketball 73 New 37 . Anthony Maramoras Carr 1· 1 22-Q-108 Moorefield - Receiving: Wahama - Faulk 2· Ao Ward 1·39 Mtlchell 1·22 39 Caledonia Rr...er Valley 44. Bucyrus Branch 1·8 Moorefield - Wynfo rd 36 Crn McNIChola& 56 Loveland 40 29 Bryce Ao«e1 2·22 w.va. , lgh KhOOI Cle VASJ 62 . Can1on GtenOak 31 Cols DeSales 62 N Aldgev1Ue Lake Ridge 0 Cols. Hamrlton Townshrp 61 Cots lootbell playoff• Clata AAA Flr11 rounc:l Caoe!l Mrdland 28 Hampshrre 12 West 58 Cortland Maplewooa 51 Mmeral Hun!lngton 55 Nrtro 28 r.tarllnsburQ 53 Robert C Byr1 12 Morgantow n 34 Sprtng vaney 2 1 Pa rlo.ersburg 20 ~ rversrde 18 Pa rM.ersbv rg South J5 Caprtal 0 Unr¥ers rty 54 El!•;ms 1 J Ardge 25 Delaware Hayes 56, Maple His 40 DelphOs JeHerson 65 Warren Charnp10n 56 Dublin Coffman 56, Day-1on ChHshan Wheel rng Park JO George Wash rngtO r'l 5 Second round Cabell Mrdland 13 Parlo.ersourg g Marl!nsburg 1 Huntrngton 7 Morganlown 42 u nr yersrly 21 45 Gahanna lrncoln 50 , Dresc:le n Trr Valley 24 Georgelown 50 Lyncht>urg-Ciay 36 Grafton Mr dvrew 44 , Elyoa Cath 35 G reenf ield McCiarn 47 Washrnglon C H 22 G reen1111le 56 Fl. Recovery 51 z Fridey Hermitage (Pa .) Kennedy 50 Akr Ellet ~ 52 Hrlhard Davrdson Wtnchester 46 Canal Lodr Cloverleaf 62 Wooster Tnway 36 London 46, Hrll:.boro 36 Lorain Cath 49 , Frrelands 46 Madtson 49. Conneaut 48 Ma ssrllon J ackson 59 A-.r SVS M 53 Mtlfo rd Center Farrbanks 50 North Le Wi sburg Trtad 43 MtUe r City 106, Trnora 16 Mo rrow U Hie M tam r 57 Franklin 47 O be rlm 49 , Verm ilion 3EI Ottaw a· Gi and orf 62 . Lew•s Cent e r O lenlangy 2 1 PiCkerington N 68. Mount De Chanter !W.Va ) 43 Pla1n Crty Jonathan Alder 60 , Marron Ple asant 58 , OT Spr. Kenton R idge 90. S Charleston Southea stern 52 Su nb ury Br g W alnu t '39 . Gals C entennial 34 Th omas Worthington 48 , Westervrlle Parlo;ersburg South 14 Morga ntown 13 Saturday No 5 Cabell MtCllano t 10·21 at No 1 MartmsbUJ g ( 12·0 ) late Champlonahlp No S.tur<lll'f . Dec . 6 3 Pa rkersburg Sou1t1 112· 11 v5 Cabe ll M•d land -Mart.nsburg noon Mramr Trace 54 London Madtson Platns 39 Waynesvrll e 41 , Sprrngboro 38 We stern Brown 71 . N Adams 56 Wi ll iamsp ort Westl all 52 Ctrclevtlle Logan El m 38 Wtlloughby S 46 , Gates Mrll s Hawken 37 Wilm1n ~ton 42, Bl anchestE:Ir 39 Wooster 63, Parma Normandy 2 1 Football W.Va. Class AStole Semifinals Moorefield. 30, Wahama 6 Wahama 6 0 0 0 -6 Moorefield 10 7 0 13 - 30 Scoring summary First Quarter M - P.J. Combs 32 lteld goal 6:32. M Eddie Mongold 38 ru n (Combs ktck) 4 16. W - Brandon Gagnon 33 run (run failed) . 1:42 Second Quarter M -Jared Dearr ng 8 ru n (Combs 3:23 Fourth Quarter Cla11AA Bluetre ld 61 Oak Htl 16 Bodgepon 30 Frank fo rt 7 • Mount Vrew 27. Tyler Consolrdated 26 Poca 46 James Monroe 20 AaYenswOOd 8 t<eyser 7 Wayne 20 Scott 19 We rt 17 . Clay County 7 Weststde 28 Uberty Rat&IO" o Second round Bluelield 37 Werr 30. 20T Mount V rew 35 . Brragepon 7 Poca 14 RaYenswood 7 Westsrde 24 . Wayne 16 S.mtflnals Fridoy Btueheld 35 Weststde 8 Saturday No 11 MountVtew (10-2) at No 2 Poca (10·2). late Championah lp Frldav. Dec. 5 No 1 Blueheld ( 11· 1 1 vs Mount Vrew· Poca wtnner 7 30 p m Claas A First round Matewan 20. Notre Dame 14 Moorelreld 48. Cameron 6 Parkersburg Cathohc 31 Pendle1on 0 Tolsta 20 Fayettev tl!e 8 Tuc ker County 31 Greentmer We st 2 1 Waharna 71 Doodrtdge County 6 Wheelr ng Central 44 Van 6 Wt llramstow n 67 Gtll:lert 16 Second round Moorefreld 24, Wheeling Central t4 Totsra 21 Parkersburg Catholrc 0 Wahama 34 . Matewan 20 Wrlharns:ov.n 54 Tucke1 Cou ntv 6 Semtttnala Frldoy Moorelreld 30 Wa hama 6 Wr llramstown 2 1 Tolsra 0 Champlonahlp Saturday, Dec:. 6 No 1 Wrlhamstown (13-0J vs No MoorefreiO 112-11 7 p m honda com 740-446-~240 PIIIIOIIMANCI: PIRST •• 2· Bryce R ttte r 22 pass fro m Ty>er Sherman (Combs ktck) 5 47 Ohio State Football Flnala M - Gabriel Brrll 56 tnterceptton Frtday'l Aesult1 return (run fa1led ) 2·28 w Ol'<llslon II Avon Lake t 0 . Trenton EdgewQOO 7 First Downs 12 Rushes-yards 41 -196 Passing yards 108 Total yards 304 Comp-att-<nl 5·22· 1 Fumbles-lost 3-2 Penalttes-ya rds 1·10 Punts-avg 3·27 6 M 17 39·206 t1 0 31 6 7· 10· 1 2·2 5-50 Dlvlolon Ill Cle Benedicttne 12, Kenton 0 Olvlalon V Columbu s Academ y 1J Ama nd aCiearcreek Saturday·a Reaulls · Division IV Columbus Grove 28 Marron Loca l 26 e 2-24 Individual Statistics Rushing: Wahamit - Branch 13- No te The DrviSIOn 1 and VI state ftnals were held late Sa1urday Resu lts were not ava •lable at press tr me For the best in high school basketball coverage, check out the ~alhpolts11Ballp 'Otribune, The Daily Sentinel and the ~unbap urtntes~entinel . all season long! ... SPIIf'IAL DEIJB*~ Hlf1\r'l71\1t; HtJIJIIS t ». RIVEIFIONT HONDA wtnner Flrtt round N 46 Wa shm g10n C H Park S.mlfln•t• Groveport-M adrson 45, Crrclevrlle 37 38 Whet~ling Parkersburg Sou!h 24 3 Grove Crty 60 Cols ~eady 52 ~- · 436 STATE RT. 7 GALLIPOLIS Reed W1lhams 4-59 Edd1e MonQuld 1. 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Not even Chad PITTSBURGH Despite all that Cincinnati has going for it Johnson is brave enough to guarantee this - a hot quarterback in Jon Kitna. the douone. ble-headed running game led by Rudi No longer the fumbling, bungling Bengals Johnson and Corey Dillon, and a big-play of the last dozen seasons, Cincinnati arri ves receiver in Johnson - the Steelers are.n't in Pittsburgh on Sunday in a totally unimag- conceding the division race . inable position - fiFSt place in the AFC They ' ve already won in Cincinnati, 17-10 North in late November. And with a highly on Sept. 21 behind Tommy Maddox's 240 improbable scenario awaiting it. yards passing and Jerome Bettis' touchNot only can the NFL's lotigtime model down run. And just when they were being for ineptitude and persistent futility run its compared to the worst Steelers teams since winning streak to four games, the Bengals the 1960s, they · ve began to rebound from a (6-5) could all but bury their longtime divi- 2-6 start by winning two of their last three. sion tormentors, the Steelers (4-7), even 'They'll play as though t~ey ' re I 1-0, before the calendar has turned to December. they 're not going to play like whatever their Not even the bold-talking Johnson was record is," Lewis said. 'They're going to be prescient enough to forecast this game confident, they're going to be aggressive. could be the springboard for a franchise that What do you have to lose''" hasn't been to the playoffs since those In division games, the Steelers don 't lose wacky days of Sam Wyche and lckey ohen at all. They ' re 3- 1 in the AFC North Woods in 1990. and 9-1 over the last two seasons, which Yet as startling as it might seem. a provides them some encourageme nt Ben~als team that won only 12. ga~es the because they have games remaining against prevtous three seasons wou ld be at least !Jed Cincinnati and Baltimore. for first _gm!"g mto Balt1more (6:5) next , "The title still has to come through week tf 11 wms for the stxth ttme 111 seven Pittsburgh," wide receiver Hines Ward said. g~~e~ Sunday. . . ., "We know that. Cincinnati is playing with a . Thts game IS as btg .as ~~Y· . Bengals lot of confidence right now, but we' re looklinebacker Kevm Hardy smd. It wtll put us ing forward to the challenge." one step closer and hopefull y dtms the tr For the Steelers to overhaul Cincinnati hopes." , and Baltimore, Maddox needs to regain the Dtm them? For weeks now. the Steele~s groove he had while throwing for 456 yards pl ayoff chances ha~e been as gloomy as a and two touchdowns in his previous two February afternoon m Ptttsburgh. But for all starts against Cincinnati. · thetr Bengals-hke blundermg thts season, Maddox was onl~ 9-of-24 for 73 yards in mcludmg a recent stretch of SIX losses Ill last week 's Bettts-led 13-6 victory at seven g_an:tes, the Stee le~s _could qutetly Cleveland. But he will be facing a Bengals creep wtthm a game of Cmcmnau by wm- secondary that has allowed two 300-yard mng. . · . passing performances and II touchdown May be that s why Beni\i.!ls coach Marvm passes the last five games. Lewts, the former Steele_rs asststant, has Bettis ran for a season-high 93 yards been wavm~ a ye llow caution flag all week. against Cleveland. one of the few signs of He understands that whtle the Bengals are life the Steelers' 31st-ranked rushmg . . s tartmg to turn the corner, they have yet to olfense has shown since gaining 138 yards . : .wm a btg game Ill Ptttsburgh, whtch has in Cincinnati. But while the Steelers have . taken stx of th~ last mne AFC North or AFC only three 100-yard rushing games all sea; -Central champtonshtps. .. . son. the Bengals have nm for at least 200 , · : C mcmnatJ has dropped three strmght m yards in each of their last three games. · Pittsburgh and JS JUSt 3-9 there wtth . Btll With so many contrasting numbers, no . Cowher as Steelers coach, wtth two vtcto- wonder Johnson isn't offering up a predic. n es com1ng aga mst out-of-the-runnm g tion. ... Steelers team s m 1998 and 1999. The "We have to break this trend (against the :, .Sleel_ers also have won stx of seven agmnst Steelers)," Kitn a said. "We' ve been break: : :Cmcmnatt, losm~ only a meamngless late- ing trends all year. We have to go out and : .. December gaGJe,m 200 L . , continue to do that this week." ; : "It's Ptttsburgh," Lewts satd. "If we re ' 8 r ALAN ROBINSON Associated Press KoRTE Associated Press 8Y TIM SEATTLE - The Seattle Seahawks are trying to build momentum for a strong fin ish. For the >econd straight week, though. Matt Hasselbeck and his mates face one of the NFL's top defenses. The Cleveland Browns (47) have the NFL's fifthranked defense and remain in the· race for a pl ayo ff spot despite losing four of their last five games . " It 's up for grabs until you' re totall y mathematicall y eliminated." coach Butch Davis said. " It gives you incentive to continue to play hard." Seattle's offense ranks seventh, averaging 346 yards a game. In last week's 44-4 1 ove rt ime loss at Baltimore. Hasselbeck threw a careerhigh five touchdown passes and the Seaha wks (7-4) fin ished with 426 yards. No disrespect to Raven s li nebacker Ray Lewis. but Sealtle coach Mike Holmgren was more foc used on Seattle's offense last week. And he liked his chances. "M ike talked to us beforehand and said, ' Hey,this is how I want to play th e game,"' Hasselbeck recalled. "He said. ' I want to open it up, and I only care about what we' re doing ."' One big problem. though. The Seahawk s won ' t say it, but they were flat-out robbed by an offi ciating.mistake th at erroneously stopped the clock ' with Jess th an ·one minute to play. The Ravens used the extra time to move downfield and ki ck a field goal to force overtime. Matt Stover made another to win it. "They gave a game away. Let's be honest . · They got some bad calls." Brown s MEDICAL AUTOMOTIVE Norris Northup Dodge '... ASSOCIATED PRESS ..' :: At Massillon. Steven Bun threw for two :10uchdowns and provided a key interception ·to lead Gahanna Columbus Academy to a 138 win over A,. manda-C iearcreek in th~ Div ision V state, championships Fnday. · The unranked Vikings ( 13-2) were .. able to hold off a late rall y by the ·· Aces to preserve their win. :; In the fourth quarter. the · · Columbus Academy defense and :some close c all s kept Amanda-Clearcreek ;((om scoring. On third-and-goal, Amanda's ;Kent Phillips got the handoll and was pushed :rnto the endzone by quarterback Sam Davis. ~. The official C'\lled a penalt y for aiding the :runner and penalized the Aces five yards. · ~fter the call, Amanda -C l earcree~ coach Ron liinton, Di vision V's coach of the year, ran :onto the fi eld to protest and fe ll to his knees. ~ c .On the ensuing fo urth-and-9 with three min:t.ites left to play. Davis passed to Troy Busch, :whose foot appeared to be over the goal line ' ~ut was pushed back by the Columbus :\iefense. The officials ruled there was no ·touchdown . ::· :The Aces ('13-2) jumped to an early lead :when Raymond Sowers scored on a 3-yard ;i-~tn with 5:37 left in the first quarter to cap a ' I0-play, 83-yard dri ve. : : -Tbe Vikings answered with a touchdown :9\'ith just under a minute to play in the quarter. [DiV. V :c1e. Benedictine 12, iKenton 0 ' . ... ; -;At Canton, Raymond Williams ran for 237 ·yards and the game's only touchdowns to lead :cleveland. Benedictine to a 12-0 win over Kenton in the Division ni state high :D ·-· .• school : IV. Friday. football championship on •• Williams. The Ohio Associated Press Mr. Football, averaged 5.5 yards for each of his 43 carries. Williams put the Bengals ( 14-1) on :- · the. board with 6:36 left in the third :ljoarter on a 5-yard run, carrying Kenton defend;er JYier Root across the goal line. •: .'fhe Bengals scored again early in the fourth :guarter, when quarterback Joe Laffey pitched the :l!all to Williams on a second-and-goal from the 6.. ·Williams ran lef~ then cut upfield for ihe score. I !Ill The Bengals' defense was suffocating.· They sacked Kenton quarterback D.J. Underwood six times and hurried him numerous other times while holding the Wildcats ( 11-4) to mtrms~"lO -"" yards rushing on 18 carries. Underwood, moved from quarterback midway through the nished 16 of 37 for 196 yards. Kenton was going for its third consecutive state title. a feat last accomplished in Ohio by Delphos St. John's between 1997 and 1999. 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"If we do those things and the confidence level is good, . there's no reason to think we can' t go on a little bit of a run here ," Holmgren said. That's where the Browns come 111. Cleveland's defense is allowing only 167.2 yards passing a game, ranking second in the NFL. Opposing quarterbacks have thrown 10 interceptions and eight TD passes, and the Browns haven't allowed a TD pass in seven of II games. "We've had a lot of injuries on offense, but defensively , we ' ve been able to have all of our guys every Week," Browns safety Earl Little said . "We've just been going out there , try ing to prove to the league that we 're a tough defen se." The Browns' offense, on th e other hand, has been erratic. A week after scoring 44 points to beat Arizona, Cleveland had five turnovers and fai led to reach the end zo ne on four drives inside the 20 in last weekend's 13-6 Joss to Pittsburgh. "You can' t be happy just getting down there," recetver Quincy Morgan said. "This offense, we make plays sometimes. Sometimes we stink it up. We find ways to mess it up ." WEB SITE DIRECTORY :ohio State Football Championships lColumbus Academy holds :off Aman-da-Ciearcreek linebac ker Kevin Bentley said. "They're ~oing to be hungry and they re going to want to get a victory to ge t that sour taste out of their mouth." Even hefore the officials' mi stake. the Seahawks blew a 41-24 lead midway through the fourth quarter. And that defeat really hurt because Seattle fell one game behind St. Louis in the NFC We st standings. ·'Jt was a tough Joss ," Holmgren said. "But it's happened and you force yourself to (move on) because you don't have any options. We have five really important football games, with the most important one Sunday.·· Nobody in Seattle's locker room has comp lained about the offkials . The Scahawb have focu sed on their mis takes. rather than the referees. "You can 't go back in time. It 's over." linebacker Chad Brown said. " I wish I would have gotten some more pressure on so me of their throws. There are all kinds of things. I wish they wouldn 't have scored 4 1 points." · The good news for Holmgren and Hasselbeck from last weekend was that the Seattle offense took off against a stingy defense. Hasselbeck threw for 333 yards. with Darrell Jacbon catching seven passes for 146 ya rds receiving and two TDs. Koren Robinson. Bobby Engram and tight end ltula Mil i each had fo ur receptions. "I feel it's going to be a trend the rest of the season," Robinson said . " Maybe we'll open it up and let it fly, just like la st year." Hasselbeck was the NFL's top passe r over the final six weeks of 2002. with two 400-yard games and 2,152 yards. This season, he has completed 60 percent of hi s _$ J._ .. ~- . www.charter.com . 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VI • The Sunday morning showdown: orts vs. urch • Kate and Don Rasweiler, top left, are photographed with their family, in their home in Summit, N.J. , Nov. 9. Due to a busy schedule of activities. especially sports, the family must ofteri split up to attend Sunday church services at different times. With weekend s ports leagues growing in popularity in Summit and across the nation, schedules are stretching into Sunday I'TlOming hours that were once the exclusive domain of churches. (AP ) "You run around all week long, commuting to work and coming home. and run and run all . weekend long and by Sunday night, you're asking, ' What the heck just happened'''" Rush su i~ . "Sabbath means there's some structured But "acking games on Saturday i'n't the answer for everyone. Those ga mes inconvenience Jewish families , who wmpathize with the churches · problem- but would prefer their ki(h play un Sunday. "Having games on Satu rday morning is a huge challenge for the Jewish community," said Allyson Gall. New Jersey Director for the American Jewish Committee in nearby Millburn . " I'd try like crazy to get the kids to an X a.m. game, have them change clothes in the car on the way back and rush them to synagogue ." At St. Teresa of Avi la R.C. Church in Summit. it's not uncommon to see youngsters in the pews dressed 111 soccer or football uniform s, ready to be whisked off to the field as soon as the last organ note fades. Don Ra~weiler, a father of five and a football coach. must deal with bl)th sides of the debate . He has to be at the fie ld an hour before the 10:30 a.m. game. which means getting at least some of the kids up early enough for 7:30a.m. Mass. There's also a good chance one or two of hi s other children will have a game later in the day. Rasweiler and his wife Kate frequently handle it by splitting up. atteoding different Masses with Jack. 12. Henry, 10. or Abigai I, X. depending on the week's sports schedule. Rasweiler said his wife isn 't pleased with the solution. "We were discussi ng it a couple weekends ago. and she said. ' I do n't like the etfect this is having on us . We should go to church as a family.· " Tom Brown. a baseball coach and St. Teresa parishioner, noted hi s leag ue worked wi th tile area churches to at least avoid contlicts between team pictu re day and the congregations' First Holy Communion days. "We talked to them. got their dates. and we moved picture day," he said. "They really appreciated it, and we got a big thank you from the churches and the par- rest." ents." 8'1' WAYNE PARRY Associated Press • SUMMIT, N.J . - Sports vs. church: It 's become. the Sunday morning dilemma in homes across the nation. With weekend sports leagues growing in popu larity. schedules have stretched further into those hours that were once the exclusive domain of churches. Now, clergy of many faiths are pushing back. asking coaches and time-starved parents to keep Sunday morning holy, even if it means their children's teams have to· play some other time. " I don't want my kids to grow up with great football memories and no Biblical knowledge," said Rev. Chuck Rush, se nior minister at Christ Church in Summit, a · New York City suburb. "You ' ve got this dramatic pressure between playing sports and going to church. which isn 't good." The Summit Interfaith Council recently i'ssued an appeal to public and private spons leagues to refrain from scheduling games before noon on Sunday. '. Ru sh. who helped write the appeal, sees the ch urch vs. sports conflict in his own home. Hi s 13-year-old daughter, who plays soccer, is sometimes tom between religion and her loyalty to her team. where she stood a good chance of being ~amed most valuable player. ''She was in a tournament recently and she said. ' I could be the MVP, but if I don't play in this Sunday's game, I definitely won't be the MVP," he recalled. It all boils down to time, and the precious lack of it for families. As the growing demands of homework, weekend l'rrands and spm1s compete for families' free time, church often loses. One church in Andover, Mass., recently ~o ndu cted a marketing survey to find out when congregants had time to attend weeke nd services. The most common response: Saturday at 5 p.m., because Sunday was all but booked. _ Far from home Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day, the first direction," he said. "That's kind since the U.S.-led invasion of of the same thing as a platoon Associated Press Iraq, and so many prayers for leader. When you ¥0 out on a ·the soldiers' safety. More than mission, everybody s looking at ~ Quarterback Chad Jenkins 400 American service members you for guidance.' hobbled onto the field with a already have lost their lives in Jenkins raced through Ranger Ibm knee ligament and took Iraq. school last summer and spent ).rmy to victory over Navy two "It's heartbreaking," Jenkins' onlv a week at Fort Drum, N.Y.. · years ago. In football, that's mother said. "A lot of American before he was assijlned to the what passes for courage and families are going through it. lOth Mountain Dt vision, Ist leadership. But as hard as it is for us, I Battalion, 32nd Infantry in lmq. These days, 2nd Lt. Jenkins know it's a lot harder for them One of his two sisters, Ten, commands a 37-man rifle pla- to be over there." had planned her wedding for toon that conducts night patrols, Several of Jenkins' team- Sept. 6, figuring he would be searches tor explosive devices, mates, including right guard able to attend, but he had to cut guards an ammunition dump Josh Gonzalez, receiver Bryan short his leave to meet his and dodges bullets in one of Bowdish, defensive lineman young troops before they venIraq 's hottest danger zones. Gene Palka, and linebacker B.J. lured into a war zone. The That's tak ing bravery to another Wiley, also are in Iraq. groom's best man, a Marine in level. They shared glorious, if not Iraq. also missed the wedding. A rocket-propelled grenade always, winning, weekends at In these uncertain times, all landed I0 yards from his Michie Stadium, gray-uni- plans are ·subject to change. Humvee recently while he was funned cadets in the stands, the Jenkins' resolve was tested sleeping in Fal lujah, a strong- fall foliage resplendent in red, recently when he was told that hold of former Iraqi leader or.mge and yellow. Now they his six-month tour in Iraq had Saddam Hussein, 30 miles west patrol the cities and desert on been extended to a year, of Baghdad in the so-called constant alert. He ' left for Iraq on Sept. 3, Sunni Triangle. "If someone tells you they when the sun was still blazing "Whoa, we just got a prettr, have no fear here, they're in the desert. Temperatures good size explosion over here, ' lying," Jenkins said. were a suffocating 130 degrees, the 24-year-old Jenkins said Anny's 3-8 record in Jenkins' the heat worse for soldiers in Tuesday night as he spoke to senior year, the 26- 17 win over body armor, unifonns and helThe Associated Press by tele- Navy, the 0-12 struggle of this mets. Sandstorms and fleas phone while patrolling an area year's team - all that is very made life miserable. Gunfire two miles east of Fallujah . distant and insignificant at the and explosions made it frightHe paused only a moment to moment, though it surely would ening. . gauge the impact. Explosions be a morale boost for them if Living on a hot breakfast and and mortar rounds at night are Anny beats Navy on Dec. 6. two ready-to-eat packaged common . Jenkins, a starter for two sea· meals a day the first couple of His platoon, attached to the sons and Army's seventh high- months, Jenkins appreciated the 82nd Airborne Division, was est all-time passer, had more care packages his parents and the first on the grisly scene guts than size or talent when he Kiehborth sent - homemade when insurgents shot down a played at West Point Too small, cookies, hi s favorite purple Chinook transport helicopter on some thought. Too slow. Weak Skittles, Gatorade, CDs. Little Nov. 2, killing 16 American sol- arm. Jenkins didn't let any of things that offered a connection diers and injuring 26. that stop him. to the life he left behind. "It was just a honific day," he 'They don't come any better In Fallujah, Jenkins found a said. "We were eating breakfast than Chad Jenkins," Anny deeply conservative and anti· when we got the call that the offensive coordinator John American city of 200,000, all Chinook was down and that Bond said. "He squeezed every members of Islam's mainyictims were receiving fire. We ounce of ability out of that 175- stream Sunni Muslim sect. got over there in 15-20 minutes pound body every day, every Many were offended by the and set up a perimeter, There week. He got more out of him· behavior of American troops as was no small fue, so we sent in self than anybody I've ever they raided homes and detained · kuys to provide first aid and get been around He played hurt men in front of wives and chiJ, IDs. It was something you train an~ he played healthy and all dren. for but hope you never have to pomts m between, and you In early September, U.S. ~o. .· never would know the differ- paratroopers rrustakenly killed • "Then we had to stay an acldi· ence." eight Iraqi police officers and a Donul five days so that no loot· The traits Jenkins showed as Jordanian securit~ guard in i;rs came to take away_pieces of a quanerback - "a dynamic, Fallujah, exacerbating tensions IJle Chinook. Those tlve days. charismatic personnlity, a natur- and violence. . l'eing around the crash sttc, al leader," Bond said - serve Jenkins saw the hatred for the were the worst." him and his troops well in IraQ . Americans - "infidels," as . : In a more peaceful time, '"If you'd just sec these 18- insurgents called .them - but · •David and Lee Jenkins used to ·and 19-year-olds that I'm lead- he also saw something that · ao to West Point every weekend ing · they need me,'" Lee helped him make sense of his pr travel around the country to Je::idns recalled her son saying mission. !>'atch,their son play. Now, 1ike before he left. "'That shoulil "I understand why I am over lhousands of other families and ~ally make you feel better here," Jenkins wrote to his parfriends of soldiers in Iraq and about what I'm doing."' ents in li letter they shared with :1\fghanistan, they and his 23· As he spoke by pl!one with the AP. ''The children do not ar-old girlfriend Emily the AP, Chad Jenkins said there deserve to live the way they are iehborth wait anxiously at were many similarities between now or, even worse, the way. orne in Dublin, Ohio, for his being a quarterback and a rifle they did before .. They are so lporadic I0-minute phone calls platoon leader. . innocent and the only ones to lnd occasionalleners. • "When you step in a huddle wave and smile and cheer as : Tbere are so many missing on a Saturoay, you've got guys we go through Fallujah on places at tables this 'looking right back at you for patrols." 8v Pistons cause Cavs, . James problems AUB URN HILLS. Mic.h . Ri cky Da'i' ' cured 25 ( AP ) When LeBron point' after heing benched Jame' wa\ nut picked off by Cle !land coach Paul by screen' chasi ng Richard Silas in the Cavaliers· preHamilton. the rookie wa' vious game for un,pecified getting be<1t off the dribble. reasons. Cleveland cho'e to take The Cav,Jier,. 0-10 on James off Detroit' s ,tar. but the road thi' seaso n. nobody else had much \UC- haven't won away from cess. either. home since bn . 12 when Hamilton scored a they heat Seattle. The NBA career-high 44 point\ . and re cord is 4) CO n\C<'Ut ive James was held 111 a \Ca- · road Jo"e' set b) son-low six points in the Sacramento from 19\10-92 . Detroit Pi stons· \12-XX win "Guys aren ' t thinkin£ over the Cleveland about that." Da' is 'aid. Cavaliers on Friday night . " But ma ybe we >hould "It didn't fee l Like I >tart think ing abllut it. scored 44.'' Hamilton said . Ma yhe thai v.ould help us. " It wasn ' t one of those lt \ not a good ' treak to be nights where I felt every on. shut was going in . The Leading by fi ve with shots just came in the !low S :0\1 left. Cleveland had a of the offense." ;hot to snap the streak. James, the No. I pick in But the Pistons scored 10 the draft. was limited to 2- waight points lll regain of-8 shooting. He had control of the game. seven as., ists. but also had Detroit didn 't trail until tour turnovers and wa.s a Chris M1hm' s dunk off maJOr rea..,on Hamilton J ame ~ · pa...,, ga\e the scored 14 in the first quar- Cavaliers a 7.i-71 lead ter. early in the fou rth quarter. "He\ one of the most The basket capped a 14-2 underrated players . in the run . league." James sa id . Tay,haun Prince's tip-in Hamilton, who surpaS>ed put the Pistons up X0-79 hi s career-hi gh of 41 with 2:33 left. and they points. scored I:?. points in m..tde the shots and stops the fina l four m1nutes to needed for the win . seal the win. He was 15-of" It 's a good win ... said 23 from the tie ld and 13- • Ben Wallace. who had IS of- 15 at the line . rebounds and three blocks. "I might have stored 69 "But let's face it. against a when I was 13-. 14-years- good team. we Jose ." . old. but since junior high, James was averaging a thi s is my career high." team-high 17.3 points. 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The first time riding .a bicycle , the first kiss, first date, first car, so on and so forth : that tirst time is pretty special, and I'll wager you can easily recal l the se important milestones in your own life . For sportsmen, the closest equivalent to the first ki ss would probably be the first deer. It may not be biggest deer in the world or the largest trophy of your life, but it's the first and although you may forget some of your kills, you'll never forget that first deer. Do you remember your lirst deer'' I'll bet you do. . I killed my first deer at the ripe, old age of IS . I say "ripe, old age," because many kids today are fillin g out their first · deer tag at I0 or even younger, but there are many more deer now than there were then - and I was a late bloomer to the sport of hunting. My first deer came during a deer hunt in Alabama. I went to Alabama with a friend, Loui s Champagne. and . his father, also named Louis, who was a member of a large hunting club. The hunting season had been going on for quite some time, and most of the regulars had headed back home; I think that is why they invited me to go along. I was amazed when Dad said I could go (it was my first extended out-ofstate trip with non-family members) and even more astounded }"hen Dad let me borrow his new Marlin .30-30 rifle. I don 't recall a lot of the details about the hunting camp, I couldn't even tell you exactly where it was, but I'll never forget sitting in that deer stand overlooking an overgrown food plot when I heard leaves and brush cracking in the woods behind me. I lOoked over my shoulder and saw a large spike buck heading my direction. I wiggled around into shooting position and waited until the deer was passing almost directly beneath me before I squeezed the trigger. Bang! And I missed. At the shot, the deer froze, stopped cold in his tracks and PageB6 Jim Freeman IN THE OPEN I killed my first deer at the ripe, old age of 15. I say "ripe, old age;• because many kids today are filling out their first deer tag at 10 or even younger... looked straight up at me in the tree. For the moment it was a standoff: I had a rifle (with a spent cartridge still in the chamber) and the deer knew where I was, what I was, and more importantly had the advantage in speed and agility. So we stared at each other for a moment until I levered a new cartridge into the chamber; the deer started running and I started firing . Blam! Rackety-rack. Blam! Rackety-rack. Blam! And the deer vanished back into the brush along the trail leading into the food plot. On my fourth shot I was sure I saw a fountain of dust erupt from his back, indicating a .hit, and sure enough I could hear some crashing and thrashing coming from the direct,ion the deer had headed. I climbed trembling from the stand and walked. over to where I last heard the deer, and sure enough there it lay, dead from a shot through the lungs and heart. Just a moment later I heard my friend and hi s dad approach. The congratulations were brief, there was work to be done, and Louis and his dad had to hear the story over and over again. It wasn't the perfeCt hunt, or the perfect deer, but it was my first deer. Years later I now know what Louis Champagne Sr. knew : that the most worthwhile endeavor for the experienced 'hunter is to help initiate a youngster to the wonders of nature and to the hunt. It was in that spirit that members of the .Pomeroy Gun Club and the Ohio River Valley Chapter of the National Wild Tu.rkey Federation took advantage of the new Ohio Youth Deer Gun Season last weekend to initiate a new crop of hunters to the marvels of the hunt. The clubs' members took new hunters, some of whom did not ha ve adult mentors to accompany them, under their wings and provided them with meals, orange vests, hats, cushions and experienced guides. Of the 10 young hunters who ul timately participated in the hunt, six of them killed deer, and for many of them it was their first deer. Many of the young hunters had also just recently completed the Ohio Hunter Education Course, so they knew that the hunt brings with it numerous responsibilities; responsibilities to themselves and to other people, and perhaps most importantly, a respon sibility to respect the resource - the deer. They learned about their role in wildlife manage ment, and realized that the logical result of a successful hunt means the death of an animal. . However, they also learned a little about sportsmanship and the camaraderie that permeates the fellowship of sportsmen. They learned when to shoot and when to hold their fire. I hope they learned a little bit about the world out-of-doors and .managed to absorb some of the wisdom from their guides. My ultimate hope is that those same young hunters some day pass along the tradition themselves. Monday is Ohio 's regular Deer Gun Season. Remember to plan your hunt and hunt your plan, and try to take along a youngster. Sunday, November 30, &unba~ 2003 Family hunt Sunda~Novenrnberao,2003 YOuth deer hunt big hit with local youngsters BY r Cousins Megan and Dustin Cremeans harvested their first bucks during the statewide youth gun season last weekend. Nine-yearold Megan, above, (accompan ied by her father, uncle Dean and brother J.T. ) shot her 11-point deer with a .410 gauge shotgun on Saturday. Eight-year-{)ld Dustin, below. bagged his eight-pointer also with a .410 gauge shotgun. (Jim Freeman is wildlife speciali.1t for the Meigs Soil and Water Conservatio11 District. He can be cmrtacted weekdap (except during deer gun season) a/ (740) 992-4282 or at jimjreeman @oh.iwcdnel. org I Eight pointer Ten-year-old Adam Warden of Racine needed just one shot to bring down his eight-point buck last Saturday as part of the Ohio . Youth Hunt. Warden is a graduate of last year's hunter safety course. hunt> are something the Division of Wildlife promotes to get yo ungsters involved in hunting. "The Division of Wildlife has been a leader in provid· in~ youth hunting opportunities in Ohio, having already established special ·youth only days' for upland game. wild turkey. and waterfowl hunters," said Grav. "We know the future of ·wildlife conservation in the \tate rest> with our youn g hunter, ." A film crew for the Wild Ohio televi , ion show wa' also on hand to capture the event for an upcoming show. The youth deer-gun season was open statewide on both private and public land. Young hunters. accompanied by a non -hunting adult. were allowed to take one deer of either sex dt1ring the ' eason using plugged shotguns. muzzleloaders. handguns or bows. JtM FREEMAN 18WS@ mydailysentine\.com POMEROY - Some local youn?sters got a head start on Ohio s deer gun season last weekend , participating in Ohio's first-e ver statewide youth deer gun season . Locally, the Ohio River Valley Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation joined.t'orces with the Pomeroy Gun Club in organizing~ yo uth hunt at the gun club. The youngsters, numbering nine strong. had the benefit of experienced guides hunting on private property local, ed in some ol the best deer habitat sou theastern Ohio has to offer. They al so had the advantage of using firearms during the tai l end of the rut, or whitetail deer breeding season. when deer are usually very active and movin g around. Bill Bu<:kley, a life-long hunter and outdoorsman, member of the Pomeroy Gun Club and superintendent of the Meig s Local School District, headed the event. ".Thi s is one of the things the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Division of Wildlife support . getting youth involved and motivated about hunting. There are also a lot of youth who would like to get involved." he said. "Some of these children are from one-parent homes or homes where they do not have an adult mentor to take them hunting." Guide s selected for the youth hunt we re all local hunters , Buckley said. ''All guides for the youth parti cipants )lave years of experience deer hunting and wish to make the deer hunt an experience for the youth that they will remember the rest of their lives," Buckley sa id. "Our hunt was considered a 'fair chase' hunt." Buckley explained. "Thi s means that our guides do their best to put children where they will see deer and get an opportunity to shoot one." These guides aren't babysitters. Buckley emphasized to parents that deer hunting, unlike fishing, isn 't "catch and release." "Our guides wiil also be aware of the fact that a child can change his mind at any time and they will accept the child's wishe s," Buckley said. "It 's just a bunch of guys that enjoy hunting," Buckley said of the gun club and the NWTF chapter. "We want to For the Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. West Virginia's top wildlife official says the days of record buck k..ills are just about over. "We simply can't keep having record harvests," says Curtis Taylor, chief of the Division of Natural Resources' wildlife section. For that reason, Tay.lor believes hunters who parttctpate in firearm season for bucks will kill plenty of deer but won't break any records. "I think this year's buck kill will be similar to last year's," he·says. .If Taylor's prediction comes mie, hunters will bag approxiiniltely 96,000 bucks between th~ Nov. 24 opening day and the season's conclusimion Dec. 6. . Taylor says the k..ill probably won't go much higher than that because the statewi<!e whitetail population isn't as high as it was a year ago. "We've reduced the overall deer population," he says. "We've made a needed difference there." DNR officials say the past two seasons' record-breaking antlerless-deer harvests have helped the agency realize its goal of downsizing the deer herd in areas where the animals are badly overpopulated. Hunters might not have as many bucks to hunt this year, but the antlers on those remaining should more than make up for any reduction in numbers. Jim Crum, the DNR's principal deer biologist, says bucks are going into the season in tremendous shape. "It's been wet and green all summer, and that has helped the deer from a nutritional standpoint,:' Crum says "Their bodies will be a little healthier than they were last year, and their antlers might be a little better developed, too." One factor that certainly should go in hunters' favor is the number of older-aged bucks in the statewide population. Before the DNR began allowing hunters to kill does as well as bucks 'during the buck season. the harvest of yearling bucks reached up to 90 percent in some areas. Precious few bucks Jived to be old enough to grow trophy antlers. "That's changed considerably now," Crum says. "Last year, only 60 percent of the bucks brought into our ga!llechecking stations were yearlings. That mean that 40 percent of the bucks being checked in were 2 1/2 years and older. When you get that many older animals out there, you're going to see some bucks with larger antlers." In several areas of the state, greatly liberalized doe-hunting regulations resulted in overall reductions in the number of whitetails competing for food. Crum says those areas should produce nicer bucks, as well. "Anytime you reduce competitian for food, you tend to see increases in both body size and antler size," he says. "When the · population is in balance with the food supply, larger bucks are the logical byproduct." . Crum says weather could play an important role in pushmg the predicted k..iU considerably lower. "Warm or wet weather tends to keep a lot of hunters out of the woods," he says. "The lower the hunter participation, the lower the harvest tends to be." · The regular deer gun \Ca son approaches holida y status in southeastern Ohio with mo~t ,chools extending Thanhgiving break an extra day to allow ch ildren the chance to hunt the opening day. however yo uth have only limited hunting opportunities during the one-weeklong season. During Saturdav afternoon's hunt . one ot' the nine young hunters managed to shoot a button buck . hi!> first deer. The second day was better for the youngsters. wi th five deer being killed for a total of six deer for the weekend. "Nex I year we plan on doing it again. we · ve already made that deci,ion.'' Buckley said. ··we couldn't ask for better weather. we had a great bunch of people to work wit h. Everyone saw deer. lot\ of deer." I \ Josh Lavender, Pomeroy, finds an oak tree to be a convenient backrest while watching over a field for deer during Ohio's Youth Deer Gun Hunt. While his Saturday afternoon hunt was unsuccessful, he bagged a nine-point buck during the second day of the hunt. This .was the first year that youngsters had a chance to bag their deer using a gun in advance of the regular deer gun season, which opens Monday. (Jim Freeman) give something to the kids and the communi!)' and hope they stick with it .' Both of these groups are already working at getting people involved in hunting. The NWTF sponsors youth turkey hunts while the Pomeroy Gun Club regularly uses its facilities for hunter education classes. The youngsters met their guides Saturday morning at the gun club. Before heading out to the woods, the guides inspected the hunters to make sure they were properly outfitted and the youngsters demonstrated their ability to shoot at the club's new shotgun, rifle, and handgun range. Prior to participating in the hunt, the youths had to present evidence of having completed a hunter education class, and have a hunting license and deer permit. To help out with the hunter educatton requirement, several hunter education classes were held throughout the county prior to the special deer season. Other than their firearms and ammunition, the hunt Maxed out DNR says record buck harvest unlikely · BY JoHN McCoY Cl ottmts :&tntintl was held at no expense to the youths or their parents. The two groups even offered to help youngsters purchase their licenses and ·permits, and supplied hunter oran~e vests and hats to those chtldren who needed them. Disposable field dressing gloves and padded, camouflage cushions were also provided, guides were given cameras to take photographs of their hunters ' trophies, and refreshments were served. The event attracted the attention of wildlife officials. Steven Gray, chief of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Wildlife, was on hand along with James Marshall, district wildlife · manager. Horace Karr, local member of the Ohio Wildlife Council, and Keith Wood, Meigs County Wildlife Officer, also attended. Gray said special youth Good marl<,smanship is ,crucial to ·a successful deer hunt. Here, Jeremy Lee of Chester demonstrates his marksman while Bill Buckley, Pomeroy, looks on. Lee was one of the participants in Ohio's first Youth Deer Gun Hunt this past weekend, and p~t his marksmanship to good use, killing a doe . his first deer, during the second day of the hunt. (Jim Freeman) ' l l! !.,..·····. .. ., ' . . ., Will Crow, son of Rick and Cathy Crow of Syracuse, pictured with Bill Buckley of thl'l Pomeroy Ohio Division of Wildlife Chief Steven Gray, left, and OisUict Wildlife Manager Jim Marshall; Gun Club, WI,!S one of. the lucky yo~ng hunters to bag a deer during the local youth deer hunt right, flank this group of youngsters and their guides participating in a youth deer hunt held this sponsored by the club and the National Wild Turkey Federation·. past weekend at the Pomeroy Gun Club. (Jim Freeman) · l<l ' .. �YOUR.HOMETOWN iunbap ~imes -ientinel Page .C2 PageC3 Sunday, November 30, 2003 Sunday,November30,2003 The FBI and the mob: 'Line of Fire' tells two tales of one city ·TheDa Vinci Code Estate Planning Have been fascinated bv 'The Da Vinci Code ' for several days now. There is prob. ably no pseudo-religimiS novel which has upset so many since 'The Last Temptation of Christ.' Thi s novel seems somew hat Iike 'James Bond meets Umberto Eco.' It hit the best-seller list shortly after publication last •spring and has stayed there · ever since. Dan Brown has written a · thriller based on the murder of a curator in the Lou vre in Paris. The victim has several minutes before he died (shot in the stomach) tn leave clues :about a secret society and the reason behind his death. plus the deaths of three others on ·the same night. · · The story jumps rights in a~d hooks you· at the begilimng. There are codes to : break, deceptive characters to ; encounter, and many. many. . stdetracks . The two ·'detectives" are cryptologis ts, Robert Langdon (who first appeared in Brown 's previous novel about the Vatican . "Angels and Demons") and ·the usual beautiful g irl. · Sophie Neveu, who happens . to be the victim's grand. daughter. Both are ex perts at breaking codes and und erstanding symbols. Most of the dues are tied to the mysterious Da Vinci , once a ·member of the Priory of Sion, , . a super- secret organi zatio n which guards information on the personal lives of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. carefully Brown has researc hed hi> subject , the Priory of Sion, the Knights Templar, and Opus Dei - a conservative Catholic organization favored by the current pope - which has built a new headquarters on Lexington Avenue in New York. Brown was a st udent of art history. as is his wife. Sometimes it is ditricu\t to tell what is fact and what is fiction in this book. Brown assures us tha t the places are all accurate. The action moves to Pari s to London to Edin burgh to the Vatican. There is a lot to learn in this book. Sometimes it seems abit pedantic in teac hi ng Christian historv. The magazine "Christianity Today" says Brown has some things all wro ng. He cites the Counci l of Nicea in 325, ca lled by the Roman emperor Constantine. as the theologica l crossroads. It was here the church fathers adop ted creeds (the Niccan Creed, still used in may churches) and decided which gospels and letters to include in the New Testament. Brown savs that up to thi s time, Christ was considered a mortal prophet , not divi ne. Not so, says the magazine. "Early Christians worshipped Jesus Christ as their risen Savior and Lord." I did find out. why we di strust Friday the 13th (King 101 : The Basics Beverly Gettles Philip ordered the Kni ghts Templar captured on , that date) and why gargoyles are called gargoyles (the)! are gargling water in their throats as they serve as spouts on the roofs of cathedrals). The book may cause some real controversy as Brown 'is me reiless in hi s condemnation of what he perceives as · cover-ups by the Catholic Church . I can only say this one is a fast-paced and riveting read, wherever you stand on the religious issues. The recent ABC special . "'Jesus, Mary and Da Vinci," shed little light on the controve rsy. Actually this is a conspiracy story, with one side wanting to reveal the secrets and the other 'equally determined to suppress them. I have done some checking on the Internet on Opu s Dei and The Priory of Sian. Brown is right about those two references, for the most part. He doesn't provide the proof that Jes us was married to Mary Magdalene, but he surely raises some questions. PAGEANT WINNER Louise R. Kughn, a former resident of Gallia Countv, was crowned Ms. Senior Calhoun County 2004 at · Jacksonville State University. Many Gallia Countiaris ·remember Louise <md her hus• band, Willi<un B. Kughn: they worked with the Church of Christ in Gallipolis for many years. •. . Pageant contestants face •:four facets in the competi·tion: interview with the · judges; evening gown; talent: and inner beautv. The theme · of the pageant' competition ••was "There's No Business Like Show Business, " and ties. at the Mrs. Kughn sang Tammy Jannev Wynette's · famous so ng, Furnace . "Stand By Your Man ." Civil War In addition to winning the Re-e nact . competition, Mrs. Kughn also m e n t ~ was named Ms. Congenialty .Ohatch ee. by her fellow contestants aand Alabama. a panel of three pageant M r s . judges. Queen Louise will Kughn wi ll reign for a year, and her sched- be eligible Kughn ule of appearances is fulL She to compete sang for the Calhoun County in the stateCommissioners, receiving a wide pageant. plaque after her performance. The Kughn s have two chilA TV crew taped her appear- dren , four grandchildren, and · ance. She sang for the festivi- two great-grandchildren. · Estate planning, simply defined, is the setting of goals and o.bjectives and the development of strategies for disposing of assets and providing for family members, friends, and charities at death. When many people consider estate planning, they immedi ately think of their will. After all, wills control who receives our assets once we die . However, there are many other means by whi ch your property can pass at your death. Indeed, many of you probably already have one or more "will substitutes" in effect. For instance, one common example of assets passing' outside the. will is property that is owned jointly "with rights of survivorship." Another means by which we can transfer our assets out.side of a will is by the use of a trust. A trust is simply an arrangement by which one person holds legal title to an asset and li1anages it for the benefit of someone else. Tru sts have a wide array of uses in the financial and estate planning arena, but th ey can also be used in the for business setting instance, there are employeebenefit trusts, debtor-creditor trusts, stock voting trusts, and the trust used in connection with sales and financing. However, these are probably beyond the scope of our purposes in this article. But don 't worry ; we' ll be broaching the subject of trusts many times to come during the upcoming weeks. I can alreadv sense your unbridled enth usiasm. Now that we've got a few of the basic "tools" down, let's dive right into the real heart and soul of estate planning- the estate tax. There's both good and bad news about the estate tax. First, the good-for the tax year 2003, there is an exclusion in the amount of one million dollars meaning that any estate total ~ ing under $1 million is not subject to the federal estate iax . The news gets even bet-. ter for the 2004 when the amount goes up to a whop· ping $ 1.5 million. Hold on because the news gets even better. In the year 2006, the exclusion amount is scheduled to rise to $2 million, and in 2009 $3,5 million. And for those of you who've had a rich relative on life support and have been wondering what to do with them, in the year 20 I0 the estate tax is totally repealed so you might want to hold off on pulling the plug until then. But don 't get too · excited because in the year 20 11 bam!-the estate tax comes right back to its C ~)re nt $1 million amount. Kind of makes you wonder what 's going on in Washington. Too many elected offici als running around the Capital with Marion Berry? A few senators giving new meaning to the term "joint subcommittee meeting?" Your guess is as good as mine. As I said earlier, there is also bad news about the estate tax. Here it is.. .for those of you who pay it, it wi ll be whopping-up to a maximum rate of 50%. That means Uncle Sam will have his greedy, little fingers in up to half of everything you own beyond one million dollars. Now I canalready hear many of you, "Boo-hoo, I only get to pass a million dollars! What will I ever do?" Well the fact is that one million dollars is a very realistic total estate for many people especially when you throw in life insurance benefits, which the government does include in determining your net estate. As you do your ·own personal financial inventory in your head (don't forget to carry the two), many of you will realize that you are coming dangerously close to James Henry exceeding the "protected zone." · And if you're realizing that you'll never be in jeopardy of exceeding the $ 1 million amount if vo u had twenty lives to li ve: well be glad-at least you· won't have to worry about the estate tax. If you've got the opposite problem and yo u're realizing that your assets far exceed the $ 1 milli on exclus ion. it's impoitant that you talk with an estate planning professional so that you can devi se a tax-avoidance strategy. Did I mention th at I offer appointments dui'ing weekends and eve nings to accommodate hu sy schedul es? Now that we know th e nature of the beast. I' ll be · going over some method s that ca n be used to she lter your assets from the estate tax durin g upcoming we.eks. But don't quit reading if your assets are we ll below th e exclusion amount because I will also be offerin g you so me helpful hints that can be used to protect for yo ur fam ily if you ha ve even the most modest of assets. · Jam es Henn is o Gallipolis atrome:r who pl·llctices hm· i11 a IL'idi! variety l~/ Attorney D. Dean Evans, left. is shown presenting a check for $2,000 from the Gallia County Charitable Foundation to Executive Director Lewis Shelton of the Gallia County Senior Resource Center. The money is des ignated to make necessary improvements at the center, such as the new wheelchair ramp that has been completed on the building;s east side . Evans. his wife Hermy, William Lloyd, and Thomas Moulton Sr. are board members of the Gall ia County Charitable Foundation, which was established in 1985 by Rio Grande College grad uates John Merrill Weed and his sister, Grace Weed Eubanks . to promote -community and educational projects within the county. Funds from the foundation in 2003 provided over $30,000 in financial support to the Our House, French . Art Colony, Ariel Theatre , University of Rio Grande, all elementarv• school libaries • all local fire departments, high schools, Bossard Lbrary, Animal Welfare League, the City Park, hi storical societies. and senior citizens. ' GALLIPOLIS The elves of the Ohio Valley Sy mphony are ready to deck the hall - the historic Ariel Theater in downtown Gallipolis - with the sounds of the holiday season. Join the orchestra, under the direction of Music Director Ray Fowler, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, for a program of traditional and familiar Christmas and winter favorites. The walk through the winter music wonderland starts with a suite from Tchaikovsky ' s "Nutcracker," the beloved Russian ballet based on the fantastic tale of a young girl and her magical Christmas present by the German poet E.T.A. Hoffmann. Next, head west to England for Benjamin .; ' -., Britten's "Die Natali," an elegant and nostalgic fantasia on traditional carols. , The program continues with arrangements of more carols, including " Hark,the Herald Angles Sing," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "Si lent Night" and the haunting " Carol of the Bells" from the Ukraine. The night is rounded out by three American classics - Irv ing Berlin 's "White Christmas," immortalized on the silver screen by Bing Crosby in 1942's "Holiday Inn"; Mel Torme 's lyri cal reflections on the season, "The Christmas Song"; and Leroy Anderson's jazzy "Sleigh Ride ." The "Christmas Medley" by Roy Harris caps the night. LOS ANGELES (AP) Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie carry a lot of baggage in "The Simple Life," and we're not just ta lking Louis Vuitton. There's Hilton's reputation · as a party girl and her starring - role in a sex tape that went from intimate to Internet. Richie, daughter of pop star Lionel Richie, had a legal run-in involving drugs. "The Simple Life" itself sounds like a bit of mischief. The Fox reality series, debuting 8:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 2, drops longtime pal s Hilton and Richie into the lap of a Southern farm family. CBS generated protests merely by proposing a reality • series aki.n to "The Beverly Hillbillies," with a cou ntry family's adjustment to upscale urban life as a source of amusement. Fox' s twi st on "G reen Acres," the 1965-71 Eva Gabor-Eddie Albert sitcom in which a New York socialite reluctantly moves to the country with her husband, had similar potential for insulting rural America. But the series, unlike its stars, need not worry about its reputation: It's nothing but delicious fun. What could have been a mean-spirited attack on homespun values turns out to be a lighthearted mockery of ning. jiunilr re/(l{ions. und real esfll!e transoctimH. Hl~ can be contacted In· calling 446-7889. His oflict' is lor'1tl ed at 2 1 Locust Street across ji'Oin th e Gaflict Co unt \ Courth ouse in dowmm rit Gallipolis. You ccm also email him at atr)yamesrlrenry@ hormail.com. • The public is encouraged to attend rehearsals for free on Friday, Dec. 5, from 7 to 10 p.m.. and on Saturday, Dec. 6 from I to 4 p.m. OVS Saturday dress rehearsals are an excellent way \o introduce young chiidren to symphonic music. · . The .Ohio Valley Symphcny 1s sponsored in part by the Ohio Ans Council, a state agency that supports public programs in the ans. The Holiday Pops program is flmded in pm1 by Holzer Health Systems and tl1e Ann C. Dater Foundation. Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert are $22, $20 for seniors and students, and are available at Tawney Jewelers, Purple Turtle and Oak Hill Banks. For more information, call the Ariel Theater at (740) 446-2787 (ARTS). Sundayr·1imes·S8ilfln91 _,_ ,. :-,,._ I / ·- ,_, FREE TK\Il\INC .\ND .lOB PLACEI\1ENT Home Health Aide/ Homemaker Training Program Coming Thursday ... ft1 A11a Jlpncy on Jlglng Is B811dng dynamic lntllvltluals wllo arelllllklng to 1ntsr 1111 hatb t:IIIB IIIBna. . "Pf~c~ f@ ~ . f? ,, "' .Your guide to weekend entertainment in the Tri-State part, Jonah Malloy. controls orders th e man's hands the gambling and loan-shark- crushed. Not that he isn't sensitive. ing ac ti o n. As played by David Pay mer - a character When an FBI agent and a Malloy lieutenant kill each actor in a star-is-born role Malloy has a clerkish, busi - other in a shootout. he ness-is- business way of run- mourns like everyone else. "We all know he was a ning things, and an antisept ic way of intlicting retribution. cred it t o us," says Malloy, In his first scene. he pun- eu logizing the fallen thug. "I ishes a football player for just wa nt to tell all you guvs failing to deliver the fix in - [' m sorry, I get down afier that weekend's game. a loss like. this - but I care " You ' re do ne playing about al l of ya. ball," explains Malloy as he _ "Anyway," he sighs. bring- ing the matter to a close. "that's that with that." Meanwhile, the FBI director has come to Richmond to buck up the agents, who are suffering their own loss. "You'll get ovet it. You will," he assures them. "But here 's the thing, ~uys - you have to get over rt now." Life goes on. And now replacing the fallen agent is Paige Van Doren, a rookie straight from the academy. Played by Leslie Bibb ("Popular"), Van Dore'n is slight, soft-voiced but driven . Her sense of urge ncy has already jammed her up, her defiant eagerness almost wrecking her career before it started. But not quite. Van Doren wins another chance from her superiors by telling them she has a promise to keep to her late husband. "He was in the Pentago n on Sept. II ." she says in a near whi sper, "'and as they the rich. What red-blooded, average American with a mortgage cou ld complai n about that? Watch Nicole and Paris jet to Altus, Ark., after a lastditch shoppin g spree that includes a $ 1,500 designer dofo carrier. Watch th eir faces fa\ as they reali ze they're staying in a mode st country home that doesn ' t have room service or private bath . And that's no chocolate mint on the bed - it 's a tick~ (C ue horrified looks from Paris and Nico le.) See the young ladies traipse around the countryside, in wildl y inappropriate outfits. Watch Paris ponder the meaning of the following: Wa\ -Mart ("' Is that where they sell wa ll ,stuff?"); a shopping li st ca lli ng for "generic water" and the phrase "soup kitchen." The rich, it seems, real ly are ditl'erent from the rest of us. Or maybe Hilton and Richie are engaged in-a most contempomry form of noblesse oblige, embarrassing themselves on television to make the rest of us feel better. (And the Emmy for self-abasing rich kid goes to ... ) Speculation aside, in this class warfare skirmish the children of privileg~ don\ · stand a chance. Their hosts, the Leding fami ly, have on their · side common sense , a work ethic and stability. Paris and Nicole are armed Leding family made the cut onl y with winning smiles and for other reasons. Paris' well -dre ssed dog, "We wanted a completely Tinkerbell. But while "The functional family, so much Simple Life" doesn't cut the the contrast of what a lot of pair much slack - it's edited us have here in Los Angeles," to get the most laughs out of Murray said, with a small their gaffes - its producers chuckle. "They measured up insist it's not cruel. in every way." "There's a heart to it," said Besides parents Janet and Jonathan Murray, executive Albert Ledmg, the household producer along with Mary-Ellis includes three boys (a fourth Bunim. The pair are well- is in the military) and grandestablished in the reality genre parents. Watching grandmom with series including "The Real try to coax Hilton and Richie World" and "Road Rules." into plucking a chicken is Their latest show began as worth the price of admission. a suggestion from their agent, The Ledings insisted that Mark Itkin, who asked them they be allowed to maintain to consider a reality twist on control of their home during "Green Acres." Turned out filming but were tolerant Fox had been weighing a toward the high-flying young similar com'ept , and "The women, Murray said. Simple Life" was born. Richie's arrest shortly "Everyone reali zed for Fox before filming was to start (with its young audience) the did not deter the family. She best person to send would be faced charges of drug possesParis Hilton. She seems to be sion and driving with a suseverywhere," Murray said. pended license and was later "She certainly is the 'It Girl,' ordered into a rehab program. ''The Ledings are incredialong wi th her sister, Nicky."' bly fair-minded people," The show was pitched to Murray said. "They wanted Hilton, an heir to the hotel to make judgments on Nicole fortun e, as "Lucy and Ethel for themselves, not .on what go the farm," Murray said, a was in the papers." reference to the antics of The much-discussed Hilton Luci 1\ e Ball and sidekick video (showing her with a Vivian Vance in "'( Love former boyfriend) didn't hit Lucy." until after the series finished Richie was · se lected filming. For Hilton, the hecause of her chemistry with show's debut comes uncomher longtime friend. while the fortably close to the scandal. Paris Hilton, left, and Nicole Rich ie pose w11h Tinkerbelle in this undated publrcity photo. The Fo~ reality series "The Simple Life, .. debuting 8:30 p.m. Dec. 2 drops longtime pals Hi lton and Richie into the lap of a Southern farm family. (AP Photo/ Fox. Sam Jones ) "It's put her a little on edge about the wnole thing," Murray said. But watchin g several episodes reassured ·her. he said. "I think she came away from it feeling that this might be an antidote for taking people's minds off the tape :" Call Now! 740~446.5100 !"":·· HOLZER CLINIC • 4th Avenue & Sycamore Street Gallipolis, Qhio 45631 SYCAMORE .' ,. ...•. ,.________ . , ..:-- .~ --- ~---····- ---~ ___, ...... . And cou ld "The Simple Life" bring the uppe r and lower classes closer together'' Don 't count on it . "'This. is an effort to make America laugh . .There is no pro-social goi!l here." Murray said . "This is entertainment television ." DOT Physicals, Drug Screens, Employment Physicals and Workers Compensation. , ~~ Area Agency on Aging • On the Net: www.abc.com Dr. Stephen Popper, Director of Occupational Medicine at Holzer Clinic is now available at our Sycamore location to perform the following: The AAA is currently !J-Ccepting applications for their Home Health Aide/Homeaker • Training Program. The program is of no cost to the participants. Upon gr:tduating, participant·will be assisted with job placement . . · l'or more !nformation contact the Area Agency on Aging at 740-374-9436. . An Equal Opportunity Employer. .f/tilnyJS f@ ;Jp@.. David Paymer. left. and Kristen Shaw appear in this scene from ABC 's new crime drama "Line of Fire.· in this undated publicity photo. The pilot premieres Tuesday. Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. EST. (AP Photo/ ABC,Mitche\1 Haaseth) Protnoting a healthy workforce is what we are all about. ·~u~ today,¥74~~~2 · ' • lowered his cotrin into the ground, I said to him . I vowed to him. that I was gonna get those bastards and I was gonna make them pay." No doubt, then. what mot ivme; Van Doren. But what keeps other agents going is harder to guess. For instance. Roy Ravelle (played by hunk y Anson Mount). who has spent the last 2 1/2 years in prison. working undercover. Finally sprung from the pen. he ha1 wangled a job as debt collector for Malloy. But during hi s incarceration, he learn; with great annoyance . the FBI neglected to deposit hi s salarv. " I -got 38 buck s in my account! It's unbelievable' " he tells Cohen . · · Jl.nd what's up with Todd Stevens (Jeffrey D. Sams). who graduated with Van Doren? Doesn't he seem a little too approval-seeking and ready to cut corners not to mention really gabby." ' What brought h1m to the agency, instead of merchandi sing or talk radio ? Many intriguing questions linger with ·'Line of Fire." which just might be what the fall season failed to bring sooner: a solid. innovative new drama. Not to mention a reason better than "NY PD Blue" (on hiatus) to break from NBC rival " Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." But that' s al l in the future . For now. make plans to see the "Line of Fire" premiere. There ·s no shortage of .. Law & Order'' airing other times. areos including rstate plan - OVS Pops program kicks off holiday season DONAT' I.ONS ~ NEW YORK (AP) - Any pilot episode is a sales pitch, a prospectus. a pledge for the series it hopes to grow into. Here 's hoping for the future - uncertain as it is for any new series - of ABC's crime drama "Line of Fire." But this much is sure: the "Line of Fire" pilot, premiering Tuesday at 10 p.m. EST, is a splendid piece of filmmaking. Even if it doesn' t hook you on the series to come, this hour of television is a self-contained gem. · Set in Richmond, Va. , "Line of Fire" tracks two coexisting but opposing worlds: the enforcers of the FBI branch office and the enforcers of the local crime syndicate. The show might be counted as the latest variation on a theme: the systematic symmetry of right and wrong. But earlier examples flared out too soon to establ ish any such trend. NBC's "'Kingpin" (drug agents vs. drug dealers), · Showtime 's "S treet Time" (a parole otl'icer vs. his parolee) and Fm's "Skin'' (a district attorney vs. a porn magnate) all were flops. Still, ther.e's nothing amiss with the formula. May be this time is the charm . On one side of "'Li ne of Fire" is the FBI, with Agent Lisa Cohen in charge. Played by the wonderful Leslie · Hope, who excelled as Teri Bauer the first season of "24," Cohen is a tough boss with a tou gh style and a nicotine habit. ("One of the perks," she declares, "of working in Richmond: smoking in restaurants.") Her underworld co unter- , ,, • •• • ' �'' PageC4 CELEBRATIONS :iunbap lim~ -ientinel Sunday, November 30, :1003 wedding Jennifer Alene Lane became the bride of Christian Park Crawford in a private ~eremony held Sunday, September 21, 2003 . The afternoon ceremony was held at the historic Little Chapel of the West in Las Vegas. There were 25 family members and friends who made the trip to Las Vegas to attend the wedding, including the couple's parents, Charles and Tammy Lane of Vinton and Debbie Crawford of Oak Hill. Jennifer Adkins of Lucasville served as maid of honor and Jimmy Williams of Oak Hill served as best man . ' Following the ceremony, the group had a champagne brunch at the MOM Grand Hotel headed to the Venetian for photographs and a serenaded ride in a gon<Jola. Later that evening, the group Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnson celebrattxj with supper overlookBahamas, on Sept. 17, 2003,. 27 at the New' Haven ing the Las Vegas strip at the Top The couple enjoyed a week Community Building. the World restaurant. The couple reside in West ofThe at the Sandals Resort. newlyweds were welA reception was held Sept. Columbia, W.Va. comed home with a reception at the Elks' farm in Gallipolis LETART, W.Va. -Robert "Butch" L. and Brenda · Brown of Letart, W.Va. , · announce the marriage of their daughter, Shirael Marie Richard Keith Johnson. son of Richard Johnson of Racine, and Diana Johnson of Letart. Shimel is the granddaugh: ter of Vera E. Hancock · of : Letart and Rick is the grand. son of Delores Surface of Middleport . The bride is a 1999 graduate of Wahama High School and a 2001 graduate of : Marshall University, where :she majored in business · administration. She is · employed at Farmers Bank 11nd Savings Co. of Pomeroy. . The groom is a 1998 graduate of Wahama High School and a 2001 graduate of : Marshall University, where : he majored in computer pro. gramming. He is employed by PTI.Inc. Rick and Shirael were wed in New Providence Island, to Mr. and Mrs. Christian Crawford on Saturday, September 27 . The couple reside in Orient. Ohio where Jennifer is a r~g i stered nurse at Riverside Medical Center and Chri s is a consultant for Deitri ch Industries. They live there with their two furry children, Max the cat and Erma the dog. ·Gilmore/Berry engagem~nt WALWORTH, WJSC. Shannon "'Lyn Gilmore and Donald Stuart Berry have announced their engagement : The bride-elect is the "daughter of Joe and Linda Gilmore, Walworth, Wisconsin , formerly of Pomeroy, and the granddau~hter of Gardner and Patncia Wehrung of Racine and the late Elza and Evelyn Gilmore. She is a 1992 graduate of Big Foot High School, and a graduate of Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wise., where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. She went on to attend the National University of Health Sciences, Lombard, Ill ., where she earned a _Doctorate in Chiropractic. ·She has since earned a :sachelor of Science in nursj~ from the University of :Miami, Coral Gables, Fla., :and is currently attending .Marquette University where she will receive her Master's Degree in Midwifery in 2004. ·. She is employed at .:Homefirst Health Services .where she practices primary :family health care with a IN THE 'K ITCHEN .&unba~ t!J:tmu -itntinel Sovel anniversary PARMA - Harry, Jr. and Norma Powell Sovel, formerly of Reedsville, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends at the VFW Hall in Parma. The Sovels have four children and seven grandchildren. They were married on Nov. 28, 1953 in Cleveland. : ( AP) - Chill y weather calls :for warm-up food, and here .are a trio of hearty, one-dish •stews, easily made in your :favorite pan on· the stove top. ~ They are nutritious blends :O f wholesome ingredients, lv ith the emphasis on staple ,vegetable s, sparked with lively seasoning. One is :tneatkss but sub stantial ; :;mot her co mbine s beef and .barley, and the th ird chicken ;pnd noodles. • ;·, Golden Rool Vegetable :Stew "' 3 tablespoons olive oil : 3 carrots , peeled and cut jmo 1/2-inch slices. about 1 :.1/2 cups ~ 2 parsnips, peeled and cut · into 1/2-inch sli ces. about 2 cups 2 potatoes, cut into bitesize chunks, about 2 cups I leek, sliced, about 2 cu ps 2 cloves garlic, minced I butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into bile-size chunks, about 2 cups 13 3/4-ounce can vegetable broth 3/4 Clip water 2 teaspoon s hot pepper lightly browned, stirring frequently. Remove to bowl with slotted spoon. Add 1 tablespoon oil to saucepan . Add potatoes; cook, stirring frequently. Add leeks and garlic; cook until lightly browned. Add butternut squash, vegetable broth, I/2 cup water, hot pepper sauce and salt . Heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low ; cover and simmer 25 minute s, stirring occasionally. Stir in broccoli; simmer 5 minutes. · Stir !lour and re-maining 1/4 cup water in a cup until smooth. Stir into stew. Heat to boiling over high heat, stirring until mixture is thickened . Serve stew in a small, hollowed-out squash, such as golden nugget or acorn, if desired. Sprinkle with chopped parsley. Makes 6 servings. Hearty Chicken Vegetable Stew 2 pounds boneless, skinle ss chicken, cut into l-inch pieces 3 tablespoons !lour I 1/2 teaspoons salt Autumn Beef Barley Stew 3 tablespoons vegetable oi'l 1 teaspoon dried tarragon 1 tablespoon butter or mar2 pounds beef, cut into lgarine inch pieces 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 onions, sliced sauce 1 cup chicken broth 4 cups water 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup white wine or dry 112 cup medium barley I cup broccoli tlorets or 1 tablespoon hot pepper vermouth ·jlreen bean s. cut into I 1/22 teaspoons hot pepper sauce mch piece s sauce I tablespoon !lour 2 teaspoons salt 2 cups baby carrots Chopped parsley for garI teaspoon dried oregano ·ni sh 2 cups mu shrooms, halved leaves Cook carrot s in I tableI 0-ounce container 3 cups cooked egg noodles Combine chicken with .spootl oil. in 4-quart Brussels sprouts. halved •sallcepan over medium-high I yellow squash, cut flour. 1 teaspoon salt and tar;heat. stirring frequently. until · lengthw(se in half and sliced ragon in medium bowl; mix 1 cup cherry tomatoes , well. Heat butter and oil in 5li ghtly browned. Remove to quart saucepan over medium'bowl with slotted spoon. Add halved Heat oil in 4-quart high heat. Add chicken and l tablespoon oil to saLOcepan. Add par.snips; cook until saucepan over medium-high cook until well browned on Golden f:<oot Vegetable Stew, front , may be served 1n a small. hollowed"out squ,ash. if des1r~d . Autumn Beef Barley Stew, in bowls at re ar. is another nutritious and tasty one"d1sh meal that'-s ideal for chilly days. (AP Photo/ Tabasco) all sides, stirring frequently. Add chicken broth, wine. hot pepp~r sauce , carrots. 1/2 teamushrooms and spoon salt. Heat tv boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 to 30 minutes or until chicken and vegetables are tender, stirrin g occasionally. Serve stew with cooked egg noodles. Makes 6 servings . :QUICK COOKING: Salmon burgers ;Provencale with tomato relish Carman 50th .·-.·- . ..• ' Bush :anniversary :. " LONG BOTTOM .,..._ Don : and Mary Bush of Racine : recently renewed their wed' ding vows with Pastor Lawrence Bush at Mt. Olive .Community Church in Long "Bottom. ; Pastor Bush and Elder : Evan W. Ervin first married : the couple at the Reorganized : Church of Jesus Christ of ·-Latter Day Saints in Jackson on Oct. II, 1983. Attending the vow renewal ceremony were their daugh: ter, Mary Beth Bush; their ; son, Donald Bush, Jr.; daugh- · -ter, Leanna and husband : Shannon Murphy; and their children: Connor, Bethany and Dylan Murphy, all of Athens. " Family and friends enjoyed : a reception at the church 'fol: lowing the ceremony. · Don is the son of Suzanne · Bush and the late Jake Bush of Racine, and Mary the · daughter of Ernie and Louise Bowling of Jackson. Ed and Sarah Carman of Gallipolis, Ohio, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 27, 2003 with a and Donald Berry family dinner at the Wild Sciences. He is currently Horse Cafe, Middleport. They were married Oct. I, attending Midwestern University-Chicago College 1953, in Greenup, Ky. Ed is a of Osteopathic Medicine, and retired truck driver and Sarah was recently inducted as an is a retired telephone operator. Ensign in the U.S. Navy. The couple has three chilThe wedding will take place ' Dec. 24 at Immanuel dren, Patty Carman of United Church of Christ, Milton, W.Va.; Linda (Mike) Carman of Milton, W.Va. ; Walworth . Wi sconsin. Linda (Mike) Kamman of North Royalton, Ohio; and Tim (Beth) Carman of Gallipolis . They have four grandchildren, Lisa Kamman of North Royalton, Ohio and Annee, Peter and Emily Carman of Gallipolis. Robert and Bonnie Hamilton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 5-8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, at Vinton Baptist Church, I I 818 Ohio 160, Vinton, Ohio 45686. All welcome. Phillips Anniversary s~~~v~ The family of Sopha and Bill Phillips will be holding a surprise 50th wedding anniversary celebration from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, December 13 at the Porter United Methodist Church. AU are welcome to. attend. '. ' ¥ Custom Dresses All nges now available ¥ Ascot Tux • Western Styles ¥ Accessories: Tiaras, Ring Pillows, Veils, Headpieces, Garters UNLIMITED TANNING YOU ASKED FOR IT & WE ARE GIVING IT TO YOU!! $30 for our 32 bulb beds $50 for our 42 bulb - hlg,h intensity bed W. also have 11ft certlflcetes which IIUike 1rul JEWELRY CLASSES OFFERED! Clorlllmes 11tts for family end friends. 5o dan'! look lib Frosty the Snawmon this ~~-iiii son.- Como In end .. n at SUNDAY! • . ., SALE Last Day Today!! Open Areas largest · selection 12:00-4:00 No puyment a use the fatty flesh of salmon, while the tomato relish adds tang, and arugtr Ia provides a peppery note. The recipe is from the new " The Carefree Cook" by Rick Rocgers. (AP Photo/ BruadwayjWilliam Meppem) 1 finely chopped. Rinse your hands under cold water, and form the salmon mixture into 4 patties about 4 inches wide. Heat the oil in a laree nonstick skillet over mediumhigh heat. Add the patties and cook until the underside is lightly browned, about I 1/2 minutes. Turn and cook unti 1 FREE· GIFI- the; other side is lightly browned, about I I /2 minutes for medium-rare salmon burgers; do not overcook. For each sandwich, place a burger on the bottom half of a roll and top with a spoonful of the tomato relish , 3 arugula leaves, .and the top of the roll. Serve immediately. Free Surgical Weight Loss ·. 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Place the salmon, pesto, salt and pepper in a food processor and pulse until the salmon is 01110 VALLE\' HOME IIEAITII Inc. r.Briaes:Save:~ -ij;h;9o ou~ of.~own~ '< . time a'iuf Stop oy ana see our many sty~· af(t. ' MANUFACTURER'S note. Use a soft roll, as these burgers are not nearly as firm as ground beef. Passport Services for November and December!! 675-4600 Rev . . Earl Cremeans in Mercerville, Ol1io. They current\ y reside at I03 Teens Run Rd. , Crown City, OH The family of Charles Lee 45623. They have lived their . and Opal .Barcus recently held entire married life in Clay a 50tti wedding anniversary Township. They have three childten, celebration in honor of their Shirley (Tom) Beaver, parents on Saturday, November Hudson, 29, 2003 at the Elizabeth Bobbi e (Bo b) Kenny (Tammi) Barcus and Chapel Church Fellowship three grandsons: Harry Building outside Gallipolis. The couple was married Hudson, Thomas C. Beaver, November 28, I 953 by the and Matthew Beaver. ~ A "carefree" recipe from .Rick Rodgers - what cou ld .be more welcome for cooks these busy day s'! Rodgers, author of the popular "10 1" cookbooks series :and other cookbooks, focuses ·his new "The Carefree Cook" .(Broadway Books , 2003, $29 .95) on making life easier ,for cooks. It promises "more than ISO hassle-free recipes for cooking every day." However, Rodgers points out ihat the book is nor about "cookjog with less than five ingredi;)!nls, or getting. dinner on the 'pble in fifteen minutes," 'although where feasible he's kept ingredie nt lists short, and has identified some recipes that can be made in less than 30 minutes. TI1ere's a place fo{ "slow food." too. he says, and the benefits of long, slow cooking. His recipes are mostly for weeknight-style dishes, although he points out tl1at some could function a~ dinner paJty courses, too. His introduction, with basic information and tips, is followed by a complete range of recipes, from soups through desserts. ,· Introducing the following -recipe , he explains that the fatty flesh of salmon is perfect for grinding and grilling into seafood burgers . The tornnto reli sh adds tang, and arugula provides a peppery 14XO .larkson Pike (;allipolis, Ohio Showing our appreciation to customers b¥ offering 70t A.llnd SlrHI • Point PIM.. nt. WV Ed and Sarah Carman Barcus anniversary Hamilton anniversary Don and Mary Bush Sunday, November :Jo, 2003 heat. Add beef, half at a time, and cook until browned on all sides, removing pieces to plate as they brown . Cook onions in drippings remaining in pan over medium heat until tender, stirring occasionally. . Add rese rved browned beef, water, barley. Tabasco sauce , salt and oregano . Heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low ; cover and simmer I hour or until . beef is tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in Brussels sprouts, yellow squash and cherry tomatoes. Heat to boiling over high heat. Redu ce heat to low; cover and si mmer 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Makes 8 servings. Harry and Norma Sovel Shannon Gilmore focus in labor and delivery. The groom-elect is the son of Dennis and Marie Thompson of Kissimmee , Fla. He is a 1997 graduate of Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fla., ·and also earned a Doctorate in Chiropractic from the National University of Health PageCs Hearty one-pot stews will weird off the chin Lan~Crawford Brown-Johnson wedding ' December 1 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Holzer Medical Center- Gallipolis Education Conference Room AlB l>l'l'l'mlwr I, 2011.' and will ol'f'l·r · Ptrsonal ( '<ll'l' .\idl' ami lloml·makl·r Sl' 1'\ i l'l'S. You can phone Ohio I. \'alk~ lloml' lll·alth. lnr. 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Sunday afternoon the large The names of 49 students, black. \lranite monument teachers or other personnel erected 111 front of the new died while attending or Meigs Memorial Field who working at a school in Meigs House was dedicated in tribLoca l sometime si nce its ute to students and staff who organization in 1966 were left Meigs Local schools not by graduation or retirement, read and a family member or representative of each one but' untimely death. was presented a si ngle red Scott Walton, presi dent of rose. the Meig s Local Board of Remembered were Education, extended a welcome after whic h Barbara Archer, Matt Ault, hoeflich@ mydailysentinel .com OBITUARIES • OVI6S: Why make a time travel movie without a paradox? Why do it? That's like making a submarine movie without leaks, or a romantic-comedy with no wacky mi sundersta nd ings. In "Timeline." modern-day archaeology students travel brick to the 14th century to rescue a colleague and get stuck in a bow-and-arrow battle between the evil British and the kindly French. Sounds like it 's loaded with paradoxes, ri ght'' Save the life of one soldier, and maybe the course of history changes. Inte rfere with an entire battle and the future-as-they-k newit is obliterated, right? May be they were never born. and what then'? There is no such delicate speculation in "Timeline." Instead o r timequakes and future-ripples, all we get are battl e scenes and stude nts who know who's going to win. This is just an excuse to put a pretty boy (Paul 'W al ker of "The Fast and the Furious'') back in time. There is no mystery or imagination to be fo und in this "fantasy" from "Jurassic Park" writer Michael Crichton. · Walker plays the son of a famous archaeologist (B illy Connolly), who has disappeared in the midst of researching the 600-year-old ruins in the Dordogne Valley of France. Seems he crossed paths with Robert Doniger (David Thewlis) who heads the International Technology Corp. and dresses like he shops at the Scary Nerd store. Doniger is trying to perfect his 3-D fax machine, a huge mirror-filled contraption that can · deconstruct objects into energy and make them appear at a receiver on the other side of the globe. Instead he discovers a wormhole th at leads back in time. The catch is that it onlx leads to that one point: Apnl 2. 1357. The old professor got into the machine and vanished. Now they don' t know how to bring him back, so they ' II send his son. students arid getting in the way of .the oldsome company security to time fighting . . rescue him . Director Richard Donner, This leads to some unan- who made "Superman" and swered questions: "Lethal Weapon," films the If the doctor has gone miss- battle scenes well and keeps ing. what makes them think the story moving, but he has the rescue squad won' t go little story to work with . mi ssing, too? At best, · this feels like a If the machine always pilot for a TV time-travel drops them off at the same series that shows promise but poi nt in time, how come the needs some reworking . security guards - who've "Timeline," a Paramount made the trip many times Pictures release, is rated PGnever meet themselves. That 13 for battle sequences and would have been cool. brief profanity. Runnin g Alas, all we get is a lame · time : 116 minutes. One and a love story between Walker · half stars out of four. and Frances O'Connor (who played the human mom in .. Motion Picture Association <;AI: Artificial Intelligence") of America rating definitions: G - General aud iences. and a lot of modern people All ages admitted . PG - Parental guidance suggested . Some material may not be suitable for cn il dren. PG-13 - Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some materi al may be inappropri ate fo r young children. R - Restricted. Under 17 requires acco mpanyi ng parent or adu lt guardian . NC- 17 - No one under 17 admitted. Among Larry's ideas: He wants to replace the casino's sad-sack heroin addict of a lou nge singer (Paul Sorvino). with a schmaltzy kid named Johnn y Capella (Joey Fatone from 'N Sync - and yes: he gets to sing'). But Bernie 's unlucky streak extends outside the casino 's clock-free, windowless walls to his dreary life in the desert sun . His cat ran away. His plants are dead. And a social life ? He's busted there, too. That is until he meets Natali e (Maria Bello). a who cocktai l waitress befriends him just as he's a few days away from clearing his debt and leaving town. The two fumble toward each other awkwardly, even a little too quickly. The first word out of hi s mouth after they have sex for the first time is, "Sorry." "It's OK, Bernie. I've had worse," Natalie assures him . sort of. But it doesn't take long for them to form a relationship that's sweet and seemingly gen uine, something they both needed more than they realized. Bello, with her blond hair pulled back in a messy ponytail, still looks effortlessly lovely. In Natalie , she creates a character who looks like she's lived a hard life, but with a trace of melancholy that gives her vulnerability. And the sex scenes _ whoa' They 're more graphic than the much-hyped 1\lterludes in "In the Cut," which featured a fully nude Meg Ryan. and they almost landed. the filin with an NC- 17 rating. They' re also more believable. more relevant , and s'eem to spri ng more organic~lly. r J n \\ H m' .Ln I\ .... 111 11 h '! , "111 •Mary Geistwhite •Donald Grimm • Anna Lee Harmon • Bobby King . • Floyd M. Smith INSIDE • Commuters retlim. See Page 2 • Welding lawsuits consolidated. See Page 2 • .Community Calendar. See Page 3 WEATIIER Clear, HI: 40:8, LOW: 20t - ' Above: Santa Claus was in the Pomeroy parade and checking to see if everyone .. was naughty or nice. (J. Miles Layton) Above: While a lot of people marched in the parade. a few had a little more horse sense to hitch a ride . {J. Miles Layton) Right: Tiny presents walk down Main Street. (J. Miles Layton) Details on Page 2 William H. Macy has made a caree r of playing charac ters who are stre ssed-out ("Fargo"), put-upon ("Boogie Nights") or washed-up ("Magnolia"). But no matter what the role, there's always a sadness in his enormous blue eyes ihat makes him stand out. a sweetness that make s you fee l for him. Macy' uses that unlikely likability to lull effect in "The Coo ler," a film that seems tailor-made for his look, his voice and his demeanor. £Director and co-writer Wayne Kramer has crafted a richly textured film with a clever premise: Macy plays the aptl y named Bernie Lootz, a fo rmer gambler who strolls through the cheesy Shangri-La Casino in Las . Vegas and "cools" plaxers when they get too hot. Bernie is so hopelessly unlucky, if he sits down at a blackjack table, the people sitting with him immediately bust. Sometimes all he has to do is walk past a craps table and everyone loses. He·works at the Shangri-La - not that he has much else goi ng on - to pay off his debt to the cas ino's oldschool owner, Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin). Thi s is a guy who spits with disdain at the ~'Disneyland mookfest" he thinks Vegas has become, and who's vehemently resist.am to tile family-friendly upgrades st;Jggested by Larry Sokolov (a perfectl y sm~ rm y Ron pvmgston ), an a mbitious young consultant. (How's this' for irony? In "Office Space," Livingston was on the receivi'ng end of a consultant 's mi cromanagemen!. Now he gets to dish it out. ) . William Barley, Lindsay Bolin, Tikiela Burton. Dallas Castle. Bonnie Fisher. Jennifer Friend. Preston Gibbs. Benny Goodman , Sarah Gree n, Rita Hamm. Rand y Lee Haning, Eric Hart, Penny Hensley, Duane Howell , Todd Johnson, Earl Steven Kauff. Ryan Lemley. Joseph Dean Loftis , Barbara Logan, Bryan Marshall. · Sherri Marshall, Julia McComas. Helen Mi lhoan, John Mora, Robert Morri s, Larry Nora Nitz looks at the name of her son. Rusty, one of 49 inscribed on the large black gran ite monume nt erected in front of the new Meigs Memorial Field House at Meigs High School. Please see Memorial. 5 (C harlene Hoeflich) . Above: The Meigs High School band ente rtains the crowd Christmas music . (J. Miles Layton) · At the Movies: 'The Cooler' ' ' POMEROY CHRISTMAS PARADE . Page 5 ime ine' ) 'I ( ) :\ 1l \' . I )( t I \I B I I{ 1, :..: ' )(, :1 BY CHARLENE HOEFLICH (Left to right) Paul Walker as Chris Johnston and Frances O'Connor as Kate Ericson in Paramount Pictures ' "Timeline." (AP Photo/Philippe Bosse) ' ', J' I -' -I Monument to honor, remember 49 lost students, teachers, and other personnel SPORTS ,_ ' .' LoTI ERIES Ohio Pick 3 day: 0-6-5. Pick 4 day: 0-3-9-5. Pick 3 night: 4-9-o. Pick 4 night: o-8-4-4. Left: State Representative Jimmy Stewart and members of the Drew Webster . American Legion Post march at the front of the parade. (J. Miles Layton) Buckeye 5: 3-9-1 4- 35-36. Superlotto: 7-15- t7-23-29A1 Bonus Ball: 44. Kicker: 0-7-8-0-1-9. Not even the weather can stop this post office veteran from her duty INDEX I SECTION - William H, Macy Everything about the film feels natural: even the way it 's shot, with lots of green and brown, gives it the look and mood of a film from the late '60s or early ' 70s. Shangri-La far is from the shimmery, glittering Vegas depicted in recent movies like "Ocean's II ." No impeccably dressed criminals here, no candlelight dinners. Just harsh fluorescent lighting and guys who take a baseball bat to your kneecaps when you cross them. Just as the character of ' CHRISTMAS . WRAPPING PAPER 1/2 PRICE TIMEX . WATCHES 1/2 PRICE .' Calendars Classifieds Comics Dear Abby Editorials Movies Obituaries Sports Weather 1/2PRICE · J. MILES LAYTON jlayton @mydailysentinel .com BY 3, 7-8 9 3 4 2 5 6 2 © 2003 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Above: The Southern High School marching band invades and conquers Pomeroy by music. (J. Miles Layton ) Limit 2 per customer Christmas- Cards ·in Boxes Bernie Luotz is perfect for Macy, the low-do wn thuggery of Shelly Kaplow is an ideal fit for Baldwm. Here, in. . a role reminiscent of one of his best, in "Gie_ngarry Glen Ross," lie's charismatic and commanding. "The Cooler," a.l:ions Gate IPre1scrhJIIon Ph. 992-2955 112 Eost Moin Street Films release, is rated R for strong sex uality, violence, IPornl'rtlv Ohio language and some drug use. Running time: 103 minutes. Open Weeknights '11119 Three stars out of four. · 10 PAGFS ... !,..,._ ......., •' <J POMEROY - li doesn't matter if it rains , sleets, snows, or shines because if Bonnie Brown has her way, the mail will get there on time. Brown , who is currently the post master at the Syracuse post office. was appointed officer-in-charge or interim post master of the Pomeroy Post ·Office last su mmer and wi ll remain in the position until an official replacement can be found. During the next couple of weeks. the ·volume of mai l filled with holiday greetings and packages will nearly double or triple at post offices across the nation. "The season is upon us and I would like to remind the customers to get their Christinas . packages mailed early es peciall y ' to overseas addresses," she said. "I would ask that people keep their steps and sidewalks clear Pluse see Veter•n, 5 Bonnie Brown. the officer-incharge at the Pomeroy Post Office, advises friends and relatives of servicemen overseas to mail their packages before Dec. 11 to insure its arrival before Christmas. (J. Miles Layton) Love Lights a Tree sponsored by the American Cancer Society and Holzer Medical Center A special holiday event honoring loved ones ond helping aid cancer research Kenneth McCullough, R. Ph. Charles Riffle, R. Ph. • ,,, HOURS . Mon- Frl Bam - 9pm Sat. Bam - Spm OPEN TODAY 10am-4pm No Utility Payments Frlclay, DeceMber 5, 2003 . ·6:30 pn1 • Gallipolis City Park To donale $5 to the American Cancer Society for a personalized Christmos ornament per honoree, _please coli (7401 446-5055 before 4 pm on Thursday, December 4. MEDICAL CENTER Discover the Holzer Difference www.holzer.org For mor~ information about the event, pl~se ~all (7 401 446-5679. -~... .. .. , ' ' ' • t ol � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 11. November Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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