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ALEX! ·~ SuturLiuy, Dec. 28. 2002 Bv .' BERNICE BEDE OsoL C i 1·cu mstan ces not o f your mak i n~ may work to your tldvanta gc in the yei.lr uhcad whe re vour financial affairs ill'e concerned. You'll be able to use what happen s to guide thin~ s to he ne fi t you . CAPRI CORN (Dec. 22-Jan . 19) ·-- You won't mind at all if frie nds lean on you a bit more lhan usu al today.. In fa c t. c han ces ar c ym i" ll be · ho no red th:l1 th ey trus t you to ham.llc what thcv can 't. AQ UA RI US '(Jan . 20-Feb . 19) •. Finding yourself caugh1 .,?oM VAV~ ~ 1%·11 up in a l:pmp ctitivc invo lvemen t today s ho uld turn 0ut to be ruth er fu n and satis fying. You r track time is apt to b~ fur swi ft er tha n your oppo- ·· nent 's. THE GRIZZWELLS ~'21, 6lJ\-\l'H~' \NI\ffi SOM( PI SC ES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- 13y bcneflli ng from L£Ho\Jt~ IU'K\\EY vou r pas t experiences. you '01\.\~f\1-\G? Sho u ld bl' ah lt: to turn thi s day in to u pro fi1 ~1 h l e o ne . Y ou' re nol apl' to fa ll back un fault y habits th at have previous ly inhibit ed yo u !'rom ma kin g ga ins . ARI ES (March 21· t\ pril l9) -- It can be a b ig ;u.lvant ag.c ·for you toda y 10 hl! cx. trcmcly - -- ----~-- ,. ' . proficient in your commercial affairs. Larger profil s than · qu ire total atLentiun will be usual Can be atta ined at this Your powers of concentration time if you utilize your insights wisely. .• . TAURUS (Apnl 20-Ma y 20) -- There' s talk going on abotit you today. and it is all good. A dependable and force ful friend will be saying nice tilings on your beilalf that cou ld have quite an Impact o n his or her li steners. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Roll up your sleeves and gef· ~ oing early loday. because you II be murc tlmt a match for the tasks from whi ch you cus10maril y back away. The pride vnu take in your job will make l hin gs easier. CANCER (J une 21-Jul y 22) ~- One of vo ur better assets today is yo.u r abil ity to reor- gani ze what others have goofed up. What lm\ks like a tan g led mess to the m is as easy as rcadinc a book to yo u. LEO (Ju ly '23-Au g. 22) ~­ So mc time.s it i ~ eas ie r to h~m ­ dle things for ot he rs than to sort out our own <lffairs. This may be .tru e o f you todqy, so operate where you knoW you ' can do the most good . VIRGO (A ug. 23-Sept . 22) Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Heating aid program braces for winter Bv KrnN KEuY Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis • Point Pleasant • December 28, 2002 SO CENTS • Vol. 1, No. 18 New club to provide . Pomeroy to . 'high energy' for teens collect some eXtra·revenue BY lAWRENCE J. SMITH Staff writer News editor POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. - Main Street Point Pleasant will have a new business and area teens will have a "dynamic place to mingle" thanks to two enterprising teen-at-heart women. Tired of hearing their teenagers complain about nothing to do on the weekends, Shelli Barnette, of Point Pleasant and Kim Duncan, of Gallipolis Ferry are opening 21 Under, a "high-energy dance venue," at the former Heilig-Meyers Furnit~re store Jan. 3. Barnette and Duncan said they wanted to provide area youth an opportunity to partake in a social activity locally rather than have to travel elsewhere. · "My son has been driving Route 7 to Barboursville to go dancing on a Saturday night," Duncan said. Likewise,. Barnette, who regularly works l 00 hours a week as a registered nurse, said the club is a way to escape the daily grind of a job and begin a family business. "Basically, we have kids of our own," Barnette said. "This. is opponunity to be the budget predictions. But officials expect beyond CHES HIRE, Ohio - The In years past, Ihe village has Home Energy Assistance hard times soon collected more. Program, commonl y known as Hysell, who has been clerkHEAP, has been keeping lowBY J. MILES lAYTON treasurer for 10 years, said the income res idents of Gallia and Times-Sentinel correspondent vi llage collecied more Ihan Meigs counties connected t o $100,000 during the 1995-96 their utilities or heating sources tjscal years. Any overage POM EROY, . Ohio each winter for a number of amount is added to the general Pomeroy will collecl $13,000 fund. Any years. extra money is also more from incoming revenue used to fill in any shortfalls the This heating season, the sources Ihan was otherwise pre- vi llage may experience. demand remains high and offidicted. · cials at Gallia-Meigs This past year. Each year, Ihe Community Actio.n Agency, was one besei with village makes an where HEAP ass istance is availearly financial dif"We ended educaied guess as able, believe the need will ficulties. The vilto · how much up in better increase in the coming months. lage has to operale money it will col"h 's been pretty steady," said shape that · fo r nearly four lect in taxes and Sandra Edwards, emergency months . without we were . fees. The · exaci services director for the agency, any revenue in at the amount can not be which assists the area's needy because none has predicted · with beginning through various programs fund been collected or complete ~e rtainty of the year." ed by state and federal dollars. processed due lo because of unforethe accounting " I also expect it to increase, seen changes in tax -Kathy Hysell, cycle. The vi llage given the mine closi ngs, layoffs revenue or the 'ecoClerk-Treasurer faced expenses at GKN. Sinter Metals and nom ic climate. involving $30.000 unemployment benefits running For instance, th is for demolition . of out, the trickle-down effect will past year several bu sinesses abandoned buildings and a probably hit us in 'February," closed, depriving the village of major liability insurance paysaid Edwards. tax revenue.- When the new ment of $25.000. "We 'll be able to handle it, school is completed, Meigs "We ended up in better shape but it will be pretty bu sy," she Local sc hool administration that we were in at the beginning added. will be moving and laking of the year," Hysell said. "I was · The agency receives its Shelii · Barnette points to the area .of· the forme r Heiligalong with it tax revenue and afraid we were noi going to be HEAP "dollars from the U.S. Meyers Furniture store that will contain the concession mi scellaneous fees the village able to make it because of the Department of · Energy, which stand for the new 21 Under dance club . Barnette along major expenses we incurred." collects. are distribuied by the Ohio with Kim Duncan decided to start the club after hearihg The village relies on the. genClerk-Treasurer Kathy Departmeut of Development. their teenagers complain about nothing to do.on the weekeral fund to gei'it through the Hysell said the $13,000 is an HEAP, often a target for elim' . e nds. (Lawrence J. Smith) Please see Club. A3 average overage amount the inatior!'Trom the federal budget, village will lake ·in each year was approved for thi s year and Please see Revenue, A3 funding has increased slightly, she added. · ~It increased a, little, not enough to make a difference, but the money is available ," Edwards said. Those needing assistance· always very knowledgeable." sergeant when he succeeded Chester "I think the begin the application period Taylor, born in Perry County, moved Leeper as chief in 1966. word that Nov. I. Applications are acceptto the Gallipolis area at an early age. "Police work has changed ," Taylor to mind comes ed until March 31. He had become a probationary city reflected years later. '.' You could have when I think Edwards said Emergency Bv KEVIN KELLY patrolman before his induction into · no training. they gave you a badge and about HEAP provides assistance to News editor World War II service in Dece mber put you to work. You worked a 48John is households that have had utili1942. He found hi s interest in police hour week , if you were lucky. If ·:i£1U respect:• tie s disconnected, face the work led to interesting duty overseas. weren't, there was no telling how 15fag GALLIPOLIS, Ohio - ·John Tay!or threat ·of disconnection or have . · "After three years as an MP, I had a you worked." - Roger 10 days or less supply of bulk was remembered as firm, fair and suppretty good idea of whal police work Following retirement, Taylor was a Brandeberry, lorfuel. ponive by those who worked with him was like," Taylor said in an interview Republican candidate for Gallia mar police chief The program allows a one- and for him in the nearly three decades John Talyor prior to his ret irement . "I spent a lot of Coumy sheriff in 1984. • time payment of up to $ t 75 per he was associated with the Gallipolis time in the Naples, Ual y, area working "He' d been around forever, coming heating season to restore or Police Department. in an 11-man special unit, irrtiestigatup though the ranks and did an excelpolice chief. What he said was gospel retain home heating services. Taylor, who served 16 years as the - he was always firm, but fa i.r," ing the black market, AWOL deserters lent job," said Gallia ·County 911 For propane and fuel oil department's chief before retiring in Brandeberry added. and a lot more. Director Steve Wil son, whom Taylor' clients, the payment was recent- · 1982, died Friday in . Cabell "It was an interesting job," he added. employed as a dispatcher in October Joe Owen , who ·worked under ly increased Io $250 becau se of Huntington Hospi(al, Huntington, Ta~lor during the entire time he was Returning to Gallipolis in late 1945, 1978. "John was very profess ional, a the increase in fuel prices. W.Va. He was 79. · ch1ef, agreed with Brandeberry 's tie helped operate the 205 Cab Co. for stickler for helping the public and Homeowners or renters may "I think the word that comes to mind assessment. three years, then worked several jobs . doing Ihe job right." · qualify if their total household when I think about John is respect," "That was .. I 00 percent true," said and found steady work as a driver for Taylor staned the department's cadet income is at or below 150 per- said Roger Brandeberry, Gallipolis' Owen, a 28-year veieran of the depan- local furniture wholesaler Raymond program in the Gallipolis City Schools cent of federal poverty gutde- current police chief, who was hired by ment who preceded Brandeberry as Hoy and Co. In 1953, he passed a Ci vil in the 1970s, whi~h Wilson joined durlines. Taylor as an officer in 1979. . chief. "He was a g90d person to work service test and returned to police ing his GAHS days. ·Emergency HEAP income eli"I worked for him for nearly three for. He looked oti1 for you. He was work to stay. gibility can be for the past three years and I'll tell you, he was the He rose through the ranks and was a Please see Taylor, Al or 12 months . Those not qualifying on three months' income are asked to·present their full 12 Officers, co-wo.rkers hono·r ·Jo·hn·Taylor Retired Gallipolis police chief dies at 79 0 0 (;!leHileeA~ ~y GARFIELD Purplloh flotiMr 18 P 17 Two.ome • Atol'~ ' Hometown News for Gallia, Mason & Meigs counties 51 " OK!" 52 Old Frencll coin 54 LOCIIIIon Bend .. J 1 • AQ! ifi t K J J .,._ A K l ,llnulh A ~5T..ty _.,. 14 Plnlic - (,f ~ 1 3 w.... ¥aN 43 Vedllon I Tlny opecll 47 Fllnlly of 11 U.S. bo«1tr Ilona -· SO "NIIUIIIus" 13 Hnty ok'-r A K II) 2 It 10 ; Showdown in CharloHe, B1 NEA Crossword Puzzle PHILLIP ALDER • December 27, 2002 nght up you r alley today. could be rather formidable . LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 2,3 ) There mi ght be a couple more presents coming your way today . Adding a few more goodies to your array of coll ectibles looks extremely good. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-No v. 22) -- It's one of those days where you' re apl lo be no· ti ced wherever you go. so it behooves you today to be ex- .tra consc ious of your personal Please see HEAP, Al Index 1 Sections - 11 P•ps Calendars Classifieds Comics Dear Abby Editorials MoviE:s Obituaries Sports Weather A6 84-5 B7 A6 A4 A3 A3 Bl-3 A2 Cl 2002 Ohio Valley Publ ishing Co. Carnes assumes Meigs Senate post Mason County schools BY BRIAN J. pired term · and Holmes counties will be meet federal standards Staff writer of Bob Ney, dropped from the 20th disREED POMEROY, Ohio Republican James E. Carnes, who will become Meigs County 's new state senator in January, was a 30-year coal mine employee and has been active in promoting rural economic development. Carnes' district will include Meigs County as of Wednesday, due to redistricting of Ohio's senate districts. Carnes, of St. Clairsville, took his Ohio Senate seat in 1995, completing the unex- who was elected to Congress. Ca r nes was elected to hi s first full tenh a year later. His di strict James Camas includes the eastern por' tion of Athens County and all of Bel mont, Coshocton, Holmes, Morgan, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble and Washington counties . As of Wednesday, Bel mont tri ct and Meigs, Guernsey and the remainder of Athens County will be added. Carnes worked for th e Cravat Coal Co. for more than 30 years and has served on the company's board of directors since 1992. He serves as chairman of the powerful Senate Finance and . Financial ln siituti ons Committee , and is a .member of Ihe Highways and Transportali on and Agriculture Committees. He also se rves on the State Controlling Board. BY DAN PoLCYN News editor elementaries - were placed on .watch due to low Stanford Achievement Test9 scores, but all three schools improved enough tO meet federal assessment standards. Factors in the NCLB evaluation include scores on the SAT-9, attendance rate, graduation ra te, and the dropout rate. The three schools were placed on probation afler more than 15 perce nt of POINT PLEASANT, W.Va . - After having three sc hools fa ll short of West Virgi ni a acc reditation siandards last year, Mason County school s have rectified the si tuation well enough to make the grade on the first federall y-mandaied " No Child Lefi Behind" re port card issued rece ntly. The. three sc hools Leon. Ordnance, and Maso n Please see Standards, Al appearance. You' ll want 10 make a good impression . Together··we can.change your body. And your life. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) -- It will be-clever of you to let olhers think that what you hope to ucco mpli sh toda y is reall y thei r idea. By · doin g MJ. yuu' gain th ~ ir full support and more ensily get wllat you wunt. Try ing to patch up a bro- ke n rom a nce ? Th e As tro· Gmph Malch maker con help you undersla nd 1 what. lo do lo make the rclalionsh1p work. Mail $2 .75 w Matchmak'er. c/o lhis new,paper. P.O. Box 1(>7. Wickliffe. OH 44092. j ToLL FREE (866) 821-4541 www.ccwL.INFo -- M en tal uss i ~.wn~c nrs thm rc- - -- - - J· ,, ' . �PageA2 Local • State News Ohio weather Operation Christmas Child Saturday, Dec. 28 • • • •• I\.. ........ Dayton 123'··--··/40'·-·· J1 • - ..,-----~---· ol Columbut 124' /40' I • '·/~~~ -W.VA. C 2002 AccuWaalher, Inc. The sugar Maples 4-H Club P<!fticipated In OPEtratlon' Chrlstmas Child_ Memlie~ fiUed >shOebOxes ~lth IIITTls mrl children in other countries: Pic\ured are Heather ·SulliiE~y;' Quentin Scott, Joseph flowers and Austin Ohlinger. (~ tributed} • · ·.l< '· -. ... Achievement banquet West Virginia weather Saturday, Dec. 28 AccuWeather.com forecast for daytime conditions lowilligh temperatures Sugar Maples 4-H Club members attended the annual Achievement Banquet last month.· Awards consisted of project pins, project knowledge medals , state poster certificates, ribbons and McDonald's coupons_ Shown are members Jolisha Cundiff, Joseph Flowers , Dave Greene, Colin Pierce and Jaron Cundiff. (contributed) O ta.a·~-~~· Sunny Pt. Clcudy Cloudy · Showera T·1torms Aaln Flumes . Snow SIU offers first online class in new MBA program .Dry .Weat.her on tap until Monda _ Y. ' ' Slain man was drug ·eallpark dealer,~ police say . imploders hope for rain Local stocks ·Ladies Golf Association holds annuallucheon Deaths Fred Harlan Haffelt John Taylor • &aturbal' Q:tmH -6tntintl • Page A3 required. The following income levels by household size should be used to determine eligibility. These income guidelines represent the 150 percent calculation and are revised annually. Allowable annual income for a one-person household is $13,290; two persons. $17 ,910; three per-. sons, $22,530; four persons, $27, 150; five persons, $31 ,770; and six persons, $36,390. Households with more than six members should add an additional $4,620 to the yearly income. Both Emergency HEAP and Regular HEAP applications can be completed at the Gallia CAA HEAP office, 420 Silver Bridge Plaza, Gallipolis, or the Meigs CAA HEAP office at 1369 Powell St., Middleport. Applications will be taken by appointment from 8:30 to 11 a.m. and from 12:30 to 3 p.m. , Monday through Thursday. CAA is still operating under the appointment system to apply for Emergency HEAP. Contact 992-6629 (Meigs County) and 4461018 (Gallia County) to schedule your appointment. The toll-free number for Regular HEAP inquiries is 1800-282-0880. For the hearing impaired with a telecol)l.- · munication deVice for the deaf(TDD), 1-800-686-1557. For further information, contact the Cheshire office at 367-7341 or 992-6629. HEAP Obituaries from PageA1 . - GALLIPOLIS, Ohio John Taylor, 79, Gallipolis, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, in Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, W.Va. Services will be II a.m. Monday in McCoy-Moore Funeral Home Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, with the Rev. Archie Conn officiating. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday. .Taylor Standards ' from Page A1 those students taking the tests ranked in the bottom quartile in two out of three years. T h e M a s o n . Parsons Joel John Timothy Shriver notes GCC grad hired . GALLIPOLIS, Ohio Carolyn Jordan was recently hired as a front d e s k reception.ist at HoI z e.r E xt r a Care of Gallipolis. Jordan is a 2002 Jordan · summer quarter graduate of Gallipolis Career College where she received an associate's Of applied business in medical office administration. Jordan resides in Point Pleasant, W_ Va., with daughter Casey and son Caleb. . Winter quarter begins Dec. 30 at GCC. For information, call (740) 4464367 . . had to meet standard> to qualify for ;.tate accredi wtion . To meet that end. school' are required to have unified school improvement plans. Mason County Director of Curriculum Vana Boardman then reports performanc.: to the Office of Ed ucauon Performance Audits to earn accreditation. Every school in Putnam, Cabell. and Jackson countie;. also made the grade , accord- · ing to NCLB standards. . The NCLB act was signed into law in January 2002 by Pres ident Bush to provide nearly $1 billion a .year to strengthen 'public schools in America. A big part of the program is accountability for · money spent, hence the use of repott cards for evaluating schools and di strict s. Unlike previous stat e report cards on a district 's perform ance . the NCLB report breaks down student performance by gender, race , English speaking status. special needs and economic indicators. The West Virginia state report card includes" more information on students who take the American College Test, the Scholastic Aptitude Test, student-to-teacher ratio, , and the number of students in advanced placement classes . . After this school year, West Virginia schools wi ll be scrapping lhe SAT-9 and will use a .state-developed assess- · ment tool as mandated by the act. The complete NCLB report cards for West Virginia schools can be viewed online at wveis.k 12 . wv.us/nclb/. 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PLEASANT . For more information please call, l3041 615-3405 PROUD TO BEA PART OF YOUR LIFE. • County Schools hired Karen Nicholson as an indep e ndent con sultant to help raise scores. Nicholson, who formerly worked with the We st Virginia Department of Education as director of testing, analyzed individual items on the test sheets to find what subject areas students were missing questions in most frequently. Nicholson 's services were paid for out of Step 7 monies, a , tate-funded program designed to help schools with making instructional · Improvements. According to Mason County Superintendent Dr. Larry Parsons, accountability and standards are not new to the Mason County Schools. "We had a philosophy h bf f ere, e ore any ederal legislation . of No Child Left Behind;" said Pa~sons. "We have believed all along that we can raise the bar and better serve children and we have improved here. At one time here, we were 48th in our test scores, and wh~n they quit grading ·we were up to 22nd. "We didn' t need ·to have the federal govern ment tell us that we .should do better. We should have internal pride, self pride that we can do better for our children ," he added. Prior to NCLB standards, West Virginia schools still Club The Happy Hustlers 4-H Club meets News and lea Pomeroy • Middleport • Gallipolis • Point Pleasant months' income to see if eligibility can be met on that GALLIPOLIS, Ohio basis. Fred Harlan Haffelt, 88, of The Regular HEAP proGallipolis, died Wednesday, gram offers heating assisDecember 25, 2002, at Holzer tance once per heating season Senior Care Center. to low income households He was born August II, while defraying the high cost 1914, in Gallia County, son of of home heating. Regular the late John and Rosa Eblin HEAP pays a portion of eligiHaffelt. ble households' winter heatIn addition to his parents, he ing bills. The amount of assiswas preceded in death by his tance is determined by total wife , Mary Elizabeth Steger household income, the numHaffel.t: two sisters, Edna ber of people in the houseWickline and Mildred Haffelt; hold apd the type of heating and by a brother, Marabel fuel used_ Haffelt. . The income 'guidelines for Fred was a graduate of both ·programs are the same. Mercerville High School. He However, Regular HEAP from PageA1 retired from Gallipolis requires the previous 12 Developmental Center in months ' income while the 1975 1 after 36 years of serBrandeberry first met past three months ' income is vtce. Taylor on a tour of the police acceptable for Emergency He is survive<! by a daugh- department during second HEAP. ter, Dorothy Jean (Ervin) grade, and the chief was.chapThe 12-month period or . Crabtree of Gallipolis; a erone of Brandeberry's sixth three-month period for the grandson, Keith (Kay) Mayo grade safety patrol that went . test is .determined from the of Gallipolis; two step-grand- to Washington. date of application, making it daughters, Donna Martin and · Five of Gallipolis' current possible for some with Linda Bortcn, both of 14-officer staff were hired by decreased income during . Gallipolis; five great-grand- Taylor - Brandeberry, Keith these. periods to qualify later children and three great-great- Elliott, Greg Frazier, Mike in the program. grandchildren; and two sis- Fulks and Lonnie McGuire. Examples of these types sitters, Darlene Woodyard and "We always used the stan- uations could occur from layAudrey Altizer, both of dard joke about how tight off, strike, retirement, disabilGallipolis. · John was with the depart- ity or death of a spouse or Services will ,. be I p.m. · ment's money," Brandeberry hou sehold member. Monday, December 30; 2002, said with a smile. "He'd buy Documentation verifying m .the Waugh-Halley-Wood recapped tires for the cruisers income must be provided Funeral Home, with the Rev. from ·Willis Tire's recapping when applying for HJ;:AP. Alfred . Holley officiating. plant, and you'd always have Also, . a copy of the appliBurial will follow in St. Nick one shoulder patch · on one cant's recent electric bill is Cem'etery. Friends may call at side of your uniform and the the funeral home from 6 to 9 American fl ag on the other p.m. Sunday, December 29, because it was cheaper than allow for dancing the week2002. another patch. ends. Condolences can be ~nt to "But he was always respect"We were packed in there the . family at whw@time- ed by the men who worked for like sardines," Duncan said. f"?m Page A1 ·formemory.com. him," he added. "His advice The Jan. 3 opening night - Paid notice to me was, 'Always treat peohome with our children will feature . an opportunity ple how you'd want to be more." for parents from 6-8 p.m. to treated ·if you were in their Both Barnette's and tour the club and ask quesshoes."' . tions about the club's guide"He's going to be .•missed," Duncan's teen agers have lines. However, Barnette and Brandeberry said. "He was been involved in the opening, Duncan said that after· 8 p.m. GALLIPOLIS, Ohio always a source of good of the club_ Duncan showed the club will be youth only. Joel John Timothy Shriver advice. John may have been some drawings her son A · 1 · · s typlca 1R startmg a died Wednesday, December retired for 20 years, but he sketched for the club's motto business, and money 25, 2002, at Cabell never left the police depart- of "Don't be S.A.D. - smok- have been time the biggest obstaHuntington Hospital m ment. He always had advice ing, alcohol and drugs which cle for Barnette and. Duncan Huntington, West Virginia_ and encouragement whenever will be strictly prohibited in in getting 21 Under started. He was born December 25, we saw him." the club. Barnette said she and Duncan 2002, in Huntington, infant "I do believe he was one of 'They're really excited · have invested $5,000 into the son of Dana Lyn Atha and the finest officers and chiefs about it," Barnette said. vj:nture thus far and are JohnS . Shriver. Gallipolis ever had," added Likewise, Barnette said all "doing it by the skin of our Survivors include his par- Owen. teens as well as parerits with teeth." . ents, Dana Atha and John .. Taylor is survived by his whom she's spoken are and While Barnette · Shriver of Gallipolis; mater- wife of 57 years, Phyllis eagerly anticipating the Duncan said their schedules nal grandmother, Loretta Samples Taylor, and a daugh- club's grand opening. haven't permitted them the · Atha, and friend, Greg, of ter Ellen. "All th~ people v;e' ve time to prepare for the openGallipolis; paternal grandparServices for Taylor are II talked with have said 'we ing as much as they would ents, John and Roberta a.m. Monday at McCoy- can't wait'," Barnette said. 'like, they make no mistakes Sbriver of Gallipolis; mater- Moore Funeral Home Barnette said 21 Under will about their commitment to its . nal great-grandmother, Wilma Wetherholt . Chapel in be a "high-energy dance · success. · Saunders of Patriot; paternal Gallipolis. Calling hours are 4 club" that will feature music, "This is our future ," great-grandmother, Goldie to 8 · p.rn, Sunday at the a DJ, dancing, video games Barnette said. Shriver of Patriot; maternal chapel. and socializing for teens and · 'Barnette and Duncan are aunt, Heather A. Atha of young adults on Friday and confident 21 under will be a Gallipolis; paternal aunts and Saturday nights. · She successful venture. Barnette uncle, Eric (Angie) Shriver of explained high-energy 'dane- said as long as there are · Patriot, and Sasha Shriver of ing to be that which involves teens, there will be need to Gallipolis; . special cousin, the latest trends. provide them a . means of Chase Shnver; special "You alwa~s have to keep . entertainment. from Page A1 friends, Micha and Meghan; things changmg to keep their _· "There are always going to and several great aunts, uncles interest," Barnette said. be teens," Barnette said. lean early months of each new and cousins. · Barnette and Duncan said "You're always going to have He was preceded in death year. high-energy dance clubs have a market" by maternal grandfather, Joel "We like to carry over a large been proven to be popular in Likewise, Barnette said the David Atha; maternal great- figure in the general fund until larger cities and can't see a personal stake they have in • .grandparents, Helen and Cecil the property tax figures come reason for ' it not to be sue- seeing their own teenagers "Abe" Burnette, and Joel I. in," Hysell said. cessful in smaller cities like having a safe and fun enviAtha; and paternal greatHysell said the village gav- Point Pleasant. While the ronment in which to socialize grandparents, Robert and Rita emment faces economic mood was different in her will make the club a success. Kiser, and John L. Shriver. 'The reason why we'll sueuncertainty next year. The day, Duncan remembers how Services will be Sunday, closing of several businesses, teens would turnout to the ceed is we're motivated," December 29, 2002, at Patriot including Veterans Memorial Mason Volunteer Fire Barnette .said. "It's jUst fun to United Methodist Church, Hospital, Southern Ohio Coal Department when they would watch kids have fun ." with Jane Ann Miller officiating. Burial will be in Neal Co. and Midwest Steel will hit the village hard. Cemetery. "I think we will be lower In lieu of flowers. donations should be made to the Gallia next year," Hysell said. "We County Junior Fair, f.O. Box wilfbe losing a lot of revenue." State assistance will not be 931, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631, as forthcoming next year. in memory of Joel Shriver. - Paid notice Hysell said she expects a small percentage decrease in the amount of financial suppott the village receives from the state. "It's not just Pomeroy, it's everywhere that is going .to be hit," she said. · Starting this year, the state has allowed the villages to keep a share of the electric utility fee proceeds. Hysell predicts that this will help offset some revenue shottfalls. Commission of the Nonh Central Association of " -. saem 1 Colleges and Schools SALEM , W.va. th . to offer e new program. International University will launch the first course of its Subsequent courses in the new online International MBA degree include Masters of Business Organizational Behavior & Ad .. · d Management of Hllman mmistrauon egree start· Resource, Accounting for ing January 6; 2003. 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SIU 26426, 1-800-283-4562, received approval this fall www.salemiu.edu or admisfrom The Higher Learning sions@salemi.u.edu. POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. collection to the Point woodworking, year 2; and - The Happy Hustlers 4-H Pleasant Fire Department for Miriam Gordon received a pin · Club met on Dec. 9 for their their food basket program. for "This Is 4-H". Members turned in money annual Christmas dinner and The installation ofnew offiprogram at the Heights United raised from the sale of raffle cers was conducted. Methodist Church; 65 mem- tickets for the Longaberger At the conclusion of the ev THE ASSOCIATED ~RESS winds around 10 mph. bers and guests were in allen- Christmas gasket. Diana Glen Dry weather will remain in Sunday night ... Mostly dance. , of Henderson was the lucky meeting, members proceeded to the sanctuary and partici· place for the weekend as high clear. Lows in the upper '30s. President Donnie "Payne winner. pressure dominates. Extended forecast~ presided over the meeting. Melissa Payne and Angela pated in readings, singing, or However, skies will remain .Monday... Partly c.lou.dy. A Members agreed to take Thomas received their 10- playing musical instruments mostly cloudy on Saturday, slight chanc~ of ~run m ~e Christmas gifts to their adont- year membership pins; Jessica with a Christmas theme. with a chance for snow afternoon. Highs 1.n the m1d ed patients at Lakin Hospital Robinson received a pin for The next meeting is schedacross the northeast Highs 50s. Chance of ram 20 per- on Dec. 15. uled to take place at 7 p.m. Horseless Horse, year 1 and will be in the mid 40s. cent. . Shatina Drain volunteered sportfishing, year 1; Joey Jan ..· 6 at the Courthouse · Overnight, skies will be · Monday, mght. .. Mostly,, tb take the club's canned food Absten received a pin for Annex. mostly cloudy with lows cloudy with a chance of · around 30. As the high pres- showers: Lows in .the upper sure system moves east, tem~ 30s. Chane rain 30 perperatures will begin to warm cent. (' ' . up on Sunday with J?artly Tuesday... l'Y cloudy cloudy skies. Highs Will be with a chance of showers. near 50 over the south. Highs in the upper 40s. · Overnight·Jows will be in the New Year's Day... A chance mid 30s. ofrain during the day, otherWINCHESTER, Va. ing, specifically for distribThe chance of precipitation wise partly cloudy. Lows in (AP) . - A West Virginia ution of crack cocaine," returns on Monday as a low the lower 30s and highs in · man shot to death by police Reynolds said Thursday pressure system and associat- the mid 40s. on Christmas Day was the night. "That investigation ed cold front move toward Thursday... Partly cloudy. A operator of a. crack cocaine is far from over and will the state. Temperatures will . chance of rain or snow show- ring, police said. not stop just because of the A. "Fuzz" death of Mr. Jackson." continue to warm, with highs· ers. Lows in the upper 20s James CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) in the mid 50s. · · and highs in the lower 40s. Jackson, 37, of As a result of the shoot- Explosives experts who Weather forecast: Friday ... Partly cloudy with Martinsburg, W.Va., ran a .ing, three unidentified city will bring down Cinergy Tonight...Partly · cloudy. a chance of snow or rain drug ring that operated in police officers were placed Field on Sunday wouldn't · Lows in the mid 30s. West showers. Lows in the lower Winchester and on administrative leave mi'nd a little rain to help winds 10 to 15 mph. 30s and highs .in the upper Martinsburg, according to a with pay pending a state keep the dust from tons of Sunday ... Mostly sunny. 30s. search warrant filed police investigation that debris in check. Highs in the lower 50s. West Monday in Winchester "That's what we're keepCircuit Court by W.K. Reynolds ordered. ing our fingers crossed for, It is unclear. who shot Stotlemyer, a regional drug light rain and no wind," said and state police Jackson task force .investigator. ·The Jeff Sizemore, project manwarrant dealt with three of would only confirm that ager for O ~ Rourke Jackson was the person I l people arrested in a AEP- 27.41 DuPont - 42.31 Pepsico - 41 .67 Wrecking Co. killed. recent drug raid in Arch Coal - 21.59 Federal Mogul - .23 Premier- 7.42 Only a real quirk in the Jackson was pursued on Winchester. Ak2o - 31.60 USB - 20.88 Rockwell - 20.06 weatheran IS-inch snow foot by police officers . AmTech/SBC- 27.28 Gannett- 70.85 . Rocky Boots - 5.16 Winchester Police Chief or a thunderstorm with Ashland Inc.- 27.86 General Electric- 24.75 AD Shell - 43.41 Gary · W. Reynolds said because he fit the descripAT&T -26.75 GKNLY- 3.15 Sears - 23.1 5 lightning that might set off Jackson was under investi -. tion of a probation violator, Bank One- 36.15 Hanay Davidson- 45.76 Wai-Mart - 49.16 the charges prematurely gation by the state, federal, Reyn.olds said. He said .two BLI-13.07 Kmart- .27 Wendy's - 27.26 . would pose a problem , Bob Evans - 23.59 Kroger- 15.19 Worthington - 15.20 and loc al agents, but there of his officers fired, apparSizemore said. BorgWarner- 49.70 Lid. -13.62 Daily stock reports are were no sealed indictments ently after Jackson choked Champion - 2. 70 · NSC - 19.32 the 4 p.m. closing for him . "If we have a five-minute and pushed one officer and Charming Shops- 4.47 Oak Hill FlnaOOai- 20.91 quotes of the previous opening, it doesn ' t take " He was under investiga- pointed a gun at another. City Holding - 28.44 OVB- 20.50 day's transactions, prolong - 37 seconds," he Col- 22.92 BBT - 36.86 vided by Smith Partners tion in the city of Jackson was not the probasaid. Peoples- 24.50 Winchester for drug deal- tion violator being sought. DG -11.94 at Advest Inc. Cinergy Fie!(,!. .- known as Riverfront Stadium when it was built in 1970 ·- is scheduled to be · brought POINT PLEASANT, leadership during the year. Officers were elected for remembered during the down at 8. a.m : Sunday, imploding into what was the W.Va. - Members of the · Alice Icard , tournament 2003. Jewell Steele was meeting. playing field for the Hidden Valley Ladies Golf chairman, presented elected as president, Plans were made to have Cincinnati Reds and Assoc iation met Dec. II for WWVGA State Pin · to Shirley Wilson , vice presi- a pizza p~rty earl y in 2003 . Cincinnati Bengals. their ann ual Christmas lun- Shirley Wilson, winner of dent, Topper Forte, trea surIn attendance were : The BengaiS moved into cheon . the Pin Tournament for the er, and Alice Icard, secre- Steele, Wilson , Forte, nearby Paul Brolltin Stadium Topper Forte presented 3rd straight year. Forte was tary. Icard, Peg Thomas , Opal in 2000, and the Reds .move .Preside nt Jewell Steele presented the State Pin as a Members Betty Kinnett Casto, Bessie Wi Ison, next door into Great with a gift on behalf of the close runner-up for the past and Mary Adkin s passed Lillian Hyer, Maxine Antal American Ball Park in ladies in appreciation of her two years. away this year and were and Mary Pullins, March . . I Saturday, December 28, 2002 December 28, lOOl Staff report - I Man-d la1·134· I • Sa~ay, . . VALLEY ' HOSPITAL .I I . I �6aturbap G:imtf ·6tntintl .'· . .. 6aturbap «am~ ·6tntintl Saturday, December 28, 2002 .. .. ,~ . . --i~ . . .· .. ' . :-. . . ·- ·' :o .~ ·' :· · MY '~T£­ JIM .C~~ J , 825 Third Avenue • Gallipolis, Ohio (740) 446-2342 • FAX (740) 446·3008 www.mydallytrlbune.com Ohio Valley Publishing Co. .· . ' ... Andrew Carter Asst. Managing Editor taste, addressing is_wts. not personalitie.v. The opinions expressed in th e columrr below are the cotisensll s of the Ohio Va!lt•r Publishing Co. s editorial board, uHless mlil'nrise nuted. OUR VIEW • Stronger New law puts more bite into · Ohio 5 animal abuse laws Ohio 's archaic animal· cruelty laws are about to get new teeth to bite offenders with. Sitting on Gov. Taft's desk is a bill amending the 125 -year-old animal cmelty laws, which are considered the weakest in the nation by the Humane Society. : If Taft signs the bill into law, the penalties for those sick :individuals convicted of cruelty to animals would be severe. Offenders would face maxim um penalties of up to six months in jail for a first offense and a year in prison and a $2,500 fine for a second offense. Any oven acts of cruelty to ahimals like dogs, cats or other household pets would be considered a felony. There will be more sentencing options for local judges who will hopefully be inclined to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. The bill also includes provisions for reimbursement to agencies who provide care for these animals pending ·the outcome of court cases. Family pets are not the only ones who are being abused in · house hold settings. According to Meigs County Humane Officer Carol Lemley, animal abuse and domestic violence are. incestuou ~ ly related . The bill includes provisions for cross reporting between social agencies and humane societies when cases of cruelty to children or animals are identified. Owni ng an animal is a privilege, not a right. Treating animals with respect and dignity says volumes about who we are. Those misguided individuals who mistreat animals ,are noth4 ing ·more than the basest of creatures who are pnly a slight notch above child molesters in the pecking order of the depraved. . While we think the penalties should be much more severe, this law is a start in the right direction. When the governor signs thi s bill into law, it will stand as a victory for man's best friends . TODAY IN HISTORY BY THE ASSOC IATED PRESS Today is Saturday, Dec. 28, the 362nd day of 2002. There are three days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 28, 1945 , Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance. On thi s date : In 1694. Queen Mary II of England died after five years of joint rule with her husband, King William Ill. . In 1832, John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differ. ences with President Jackson. ~. : In 1846, Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the Union. · In 1856, the 28th president of the United States, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, was born in Staunton, Va. In 1897, the play "Cyrano de Bergerac," by Edmond J{ostan d, premiered in Paris. : In 19 17, the New York Evening Mail published a facetious - as well as fict iti ous -essay by H.L. Mencken on the history of bathtubs in America. : In 1937, composer Maurice Ravel died in Paris. In 1944, the musical "On the Town" opened on Broadway. In 1973, Alexander Solzhenitsyn published ~·G ulag Archipel ago," an expose of the Soviet prison system. : In 1982, Nevel! Johnson Jr., a black man, was mortally :Wounded by a police officer in a Miami video arcade, setling off three days of race-related disturbances that left :mother man dead. - Ten years ago: Somalia's two main warlords; Mohamed Farrah Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohamed, promised an end to their hosti liti es. f' ive years ago : One woman was killed and more than I00 pther people we re hurt whe n a United Airlines jumbo jet en rou te from Tokyo to Honolulu encountered severe tu rbulence over the Pacific. · : · One year ago: The National Guard was called out to help Buffal o, N.Y. , dig out from a paralyzing , five-day storm that had unloaded nearly 7 feet of snow. Lawrence Singleton, a rapist and killer whose most notorious crime was chopping off a teenage hitchhiker's forearms in Californi a in 1978 , tlied at a pri son in Starke, Fla., at age 74. : Today· s Birthdays: Actor Lou Jacobi U; 89. Bandlel\der Johnny Otis is 81 . Former Uni ted Auto Workers union president Owen Bieber is 73. Actress Dame Maggie Smith is 68. Rock si nger-mu sician Charles Neville is 64. Rock si ngermusician Epgar Winter is 56. Rock si nger- musician Alex Chilton (The Box Tops ; Big St;,~r) is 52. Actor Denzel Washi ngton is 48 . Country singer Joe Diffie is 44. Country inu sician Mike McGui re (Shenandoah) .is 44. Actor Chad McQ uee n is -+ 2. Country sin ger-musician Marty Roe !Di amond Rio) is 42. Actor Mauri cio Mendoza is 33. Actres.s Mackenzie Ro.sman is 13 . Th ought for Today : "More .persons., on the whole, are humbu gged by believin g nothin g, than by believing too much." - Phineas T. Barnum, American showman ( 181091 ). .. RUSHER'S VIEW Mat~ the bigger problem: Iraq or North Korea? When President Bush," in his State of the Union address, identified Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "Axis of Evil," many people thought it was an oddly miscellaneous grouping. The three nations were not political or military allies, as Germany, Italy and Japan (the original Axis) had been during World War II. Why single those three out so arbitrarily? What about Libya or Cuba or, for that matter, China? But Bush knew what he -w;as doing, and North Korea's recent announcement that it has broken its 1993 agreement with the Clinton administration and is developing (indeed, may already possess) nuclear weapons makes it clear to all but the willfully blind why it has earned iis membership in the Axis of Evil. Iran, the third member, is also known to be trying to develop weapons of mass destruction, though its efforts · are not so far advanced as those of North Korea or Iraq. China, which of course possesses nuclear weapons, would certainly qualify as a foUrth member if it were not one of the world's major powers and, hence, to be deterred only by the desperate threat of mutual-assured <destruction. But Bush, in singling out Iraq, Iran and North Korea, was identifying the only three small states in the world known to be seeking to acquire weapons of mass destruction - with a view to using them to ·threaten inflicting unacceptable damage on the United States. That cannot be said of either Libya 9r Cuba, or any-other relatively small country, however hostile. This situation is historically unprecedented, and in dealing with it Bush has rightly decided to make an example of , William Rusher COLUMNIST China. Once Iraq is purged of Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong II may well see the wisdom of negotiating an end to his own program of nuclear armaments. So, for that matter, may Iran , But one other question may linger: lf we are deterring China with the threat of mutual-assured destmction, why wouldn't the same threat be even more effective against Iran, Iraq and North Korea? After all, even if all three developed the ability to inflict ''unacceptable" damage .on the United States and ()ne of them actually did so. the United States would nevertheless presumably survive, whereas the miscreant nation would suffer total annihilation. This may be a good argument against one of them actually using a weapon of mass destruction against the United States, but what if one or more of these nations merely threatens to use it? Do we really want to live in a world in which China and the United States are deterred from war by the threat of mutual-assured destruction, while three or more smaller countries, , simili!.rlr. equipped and led by the .likes of Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong II, try to see what they can get away with. by threatening the United States with unacceptable damage? That is the llightmare scenario President Bush is trying desperately to avoid by making an example of · Hussein. If he succeeds, and ends the threat of small nations acquiring weapons of mass destruction, we can hope for a more peaceful 21st century. Iraq - the lesson being that smaller powers with hostile intentions will simply not be allowed to develop such weapons. Nonh Korea's announcement, coming as the buildup for a military attack on Iraq is nearing completion, was no surprise to the Bush administration. American intelligence has known for years that Kim Jong II made fools out"of President . Clinton and his negotiator J.immy Carter in 1993, and probably already possesses one or two nuclear weapons and the missiles to drop them on South Korea or Japan. But the announcement confused a good many Americans. If North Korea is a more immediate danger than Iraq, why are we planning to attack Iraq? The answer is that Bush is determined to prevent Iraq from becoming another North Korea. For the time being, there is nothing we would rather do to North Korea than negotiate with it - partly because we are preoccupied with Iraq, (William Rusher is a Distinguished and partly because North Koreais more Fellow of the Claremont Institute for readily subject than Iraq to diplomatic the Study of Statesmanship and pressures from neighbors Russia and Political Philosophy.) \ WASHINGTON YESTERDAY . . \ .VVho ~ sorry now? Remorse can have mixed results BY CONNIE CASS WASHINGTON- Trent Lott joins a long line of politicians who tried to apologize their way out of tight spots, with mixed·results. Sometimes, it turns out, saying you're sorry isn't enough. President Clinton's nationall>' televised mea culpas for his affa1r with Monica Lewinsky helped him withstand impeachment. And Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., managed to tum his role in the Keating Five influence-ped. dling scandal into a platform for campaign finance reform. But Sen. Bob Packwood's public regret· for "stupid and boorish" behavior toward women didn't save the Oregon Republican's seat. John Sununu lost his job as chief of staff to the first President Bush despite his tepid remorse for "the appearance of impropriety" in his use of government . jets and limousines. Words that sounded nostalgic for segregation cost Lott his post as the Senate's Republican leader despite multipl e attempts to exJ?lain them away. Making matters worse for themselves, politicians as a group are notoriously bad at shouldering blame and v01cmg remorse. Few cah muster a straightforward apology along the lines of "I'm sorry. I was wro ng. I will never do it again ." Instead, it comes out more like "mistakes were made." "There's a tendency to try to use rhetoric to weasel out of the situation," said Un ive rsity of Pennsylvan ia professor Katl1leen Hall Jamieson;· who stud- ies political communication. Confronted with. a repon blaming him for the swapping of arms for hostages in Iran, President Reagan found a fuzzy way to retract his longstanding insistence that no such deals were made. "My heart and my best intentions still tell me that is true," Reagan told the nation in 1987. "But the facts and the evidence tell me it is not." About his violation of House rules on the use of tax-exempt funds, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., offered: ."To whatever degree, in any way that I brou~ht controversy or inap· propriate attentiOn to the Ho11se, I apologize.'' And Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., offered a roundabout explanation for the death of passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, at Chappaquiddick. "The car that I was driving went off a narrow bridge," he said. Then-Rep. Wilbur Mills, D-Ark., blamed a drinking problem as he tried to say why an exotic dancer named Fanne Foxe jumped from his limousine into Washington 's Tidal Basin in October 1974. " I now believe that the fatigue and pressure built up by years of dedicated work for fliY constituents and for the whole nation had an impact on me far beyond what I suspected," Mills said. Bill Benoit , a communications professor at the Univer:.ity of MissouriColumbia, said politi cians seldom take the straight-forward approach. · "We don't want to hear a bunch of excuses, " he said . "We just want to hear 'I'm sorry.· Then ·we want to hear ' I' m going to fix. it.'" Even a sincere apology can't guarantee forgiveness, despite the Washington myth that just the right words can slide a smooth politician out of any predicament. · "Apologies have their limits," said Eric Dezenhall, a Washington damagecontrol consultant. "And some things are unspinnable ." A wrongdoer who is well-liked ·and makes a convincing case that the misdeed was an aberration has the best chance of survival, he said. But, "if the public views the sin in question as part of a larger problem, you 're in trouble.'' . Lott's remarks praising Sen. Strom Thurmond 's 1 1948 pro-segregation presidential campaign would have been more easily forgiven . if Lott had a strong civil rights voting record, Dezenhall said. · Some politician s remain defiantly unapologetic. · Years after resigning in disgrace, President Nixon made clear he would· n't apologize for Watergate, saying: "If they want me to get down and grovel on the floor, no. Never.'' · The senator at the heart of Lott 's remarks, Thurmond, R-S.C., -long ago condemned segregation and endorsed racial equality. Yet, in a 1998 interview .marking the 50th anniversary of his presidential campaign, Thurmond told The Charlotte Observer he wasn't sorry about his past. 1 " I don 't have anything to apologize for," he said. "I don 't have any regrets.'' (Connie Cass has covered events in Washington for The Associated Press for nearly 10 years.) / DROP US ALINE. 825 Third Avo., Golllpolla, Ohio 740.446·2342 Meigs County Mason County Council 4-H club meets 1OOth anniversary Lellers to the editor are welcome. The )' should be less than 300 fronts. All letters are subject to ~diting and must be · siRned and includ•• address and telephone number. No lit/Signed leuers ~rill he p11blished. Letters sho11ld be in good ·. News and notes celebrate~ Den Dickerson Publisher Bette Pearce Managing Editor Local News PageA4 inion 111 Court 51., Pomeroy, Ohio 740-992·2156 200 Main St., Point Pleasant, W.Va. 304-675-, 333 SYRACUSE, Ohio - The 1OOth anniversary of the Guiding Star Council 124, Daughters of America was held Saturday at the Syracuse Presbyterian Church annex. The Council was organized on Dec. 11, 1902, and among the charter members were the family names of Nease, Knapp, Wolf, Vanoy, Jones, Guinther, Holmes, Quillen," McBride, Cowie, Bridgett, Carson, Smith and Mumaw. A review· of events over the past 50 years as related to her by her late mother-in -law, Florence Harden . Potts, was given by Esther Harden, a third generation family member belonging to the D of A. Her late hu sband, Bob Harden, was also a third generation famil y member. Guests at the meeting were members of Chester Council. Refreshments were served. Christmas observed at meeting ·- . POMEROY, Ohio - An ornament exchange was afeature. of the annual Christmas meeting held by Alpha Omicron Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, at Trinity Church last week. The members also brought gifts to be given to needy women and children. Donna Jenkins, music chairman, held a Christmas carol qui z and led the group in singing. Sandra Walker conducted the meetinll at which tiine December birthdays were recognized. She announced that the January meeting will be at the McArthur Methodi st Church on Jan. II. Gallia County GCC grad hired GALLIPOLIS, Ohio Ashli Bevan was recently hired · as a customer service representative at Peoples Bank of Gallipolis. Bevan is a graduate of Gallipolis Career College where she received an associate of al'plied business in business administration. She resides in Crown City, Ohio with husband Brad and children Gavin, Trevor, and Owen. NEW HAVEN , W.Va. The Vernon Stardusters 4-H Club met on Dec. 9 at the New Haven Library. Following songs and pledges, the club leader distributed awards to those members who did mit attend the Achievement Banquet. Members enjoyed a potluck meal , wrapped Christmas gifts for their adopted person and concluded the evenmg by Christmas caroling around New Haven . The next meeting is scheduled for Jan. 13, 2003. Employee of the month POINT PLEASANT. W.Va. - Mary Watson, a pc/network specialist in t h e Information Systems Depanment, was recently n a m e d Employee of the Month by her peers at Pleasant Valley Hospital. An employee · since September 2000, Watson and her husband, Butch, currently reside in POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. . Point Pleasant. - The Mason County Right to Life Chapter held its Christmas party and regular monthly meeting on Dec. 2 at the Wesleyan Holiness Church. The Rev. RiCk Alexander POINT PLEASANT, opened the meeting with W.Va. -· Rebecca L. prayer. He and hi s family · Sallaz , sang and members shared patient c a r ·e several readings with the supervlgroup . s o r , Connie Gibbs announced recently that the January meeting will received be held at the Main Street t h e Baptist Church in Point Employee Pleasant and election of offiof the cers will ·be conducted at the .Month meeting. honor at Members presented Gibbs Plea s ant with a gift for her faithfulness Valley and hard work. Hospital. Sallaz has been In attendance were : Gibbs, employed with the nonMary Gerlach, Sharon profit healthcare facility Coates, Sunny Gibbs, Alice for 22 years. She resides Tripp, Rick, Debbie, Ben, Jay, in Point Pleasant with her Carrie, Missy, Jessica, Sami husband John D. 'Sallaz and Cassie Alexander, Trisha ·Jr., of the Point Pleasant Keyes, Esther, Josephine·, and Police Department. The Merlyn Nandiye, Erewanna couple have two children , Jeffrey, Betty Rowley, Jo Ashley, 19, and lillian , Jones , and elders Jeremy 18. Sims and Chris Tobler. Christmas party held PVH employee of the month ' . Saturday, December 28, 2002 Rainbow Birthdays Warriors conduct meeting GALLIPOLIS FERRY, The · Rainbow W.Va. Warriors 4-H Cl ub conducted their monthly meeting Dec. I at the Gallipolis Ferry Community Center. Members brought canned food for families in need. Items discussed were the Christmas parade and the Christmas party. The club hosted Donuts with Santa for children at the community center Dec. 14. Club members entertained the children with crafts, skits, stories, a snack, and pictures with Santa. The next club meeting takes place Sunday, Jan. 5 at the community center. Raven and Jackllne Hysell Hysell sisters celebrate birthdays RACINE, Ohio - The birthdays of Raven Hysell on Nov. I 0 and Jack.line Hysell on Dec. 9 were observed with a party at the home of their grandparents, Mr: and Mrs. Norman E. Hysell of · Eagle Ridge Road, Racine. Attending were their ·father, Steve Hysell, a brother, Damian Hysell , and Crystal Priddy, all of Rutland; .and Bruce, Terri, and Travis Hysell of Nitro, . W.Va. Raven and Jackline reside · with their mother, Brandy Lynn Hysell in Hartford, W.Va. Their other grandparent is Tammy Clark of Hartford. Mildred E. Arnold of Middleport . and Dora Hysell of Long Bottom are great-grandparents. . Christmas parade • All size extra long lor added comfort soothe your bOdy. FLAIR FURNITURE & DESIGN ~BRAND NAME FURNITURE AT DISCOUNT ·R1. 2, Gallipolis Ferry, WV 675-1371 West ' Virginia State Senator Facemyer was the grand marshal at the Town of Mason . CIJrlstmas parade. Following the parade, Facemyer assisted Santa ·Claus In passing out treats to the children. Mayor Raymond Cundiff and Santa (Scott King) are pictured with Facemyer. (contributed) '---------"-~-' · Karen Birthday Kelsa Mckal Glowver POINT . PLEASANT, W.Va . Kelsa McKai Glover . celebrated her 2nd birthday on Nov. 30 with a Scooby-Doo party at the Christ Episcopal Church. Kelsa is the daughter of Matt Glover and Shelly Clark. · In attendance , in addition to her parents, were: grandparents Jeff and Belinda; Clark and Tom and Mona Glover; great-grandparents Charlotte Knaul, Dorothy Clark and Roberta Umbarger; uncles Jeff Clark and Jason Glover; Janie and Jessica Knaul, C a r o I Jarre-ll, Edie Legg, Miranda Wilkins, Ma r y • Martin, ..__ _ _ __, Monoka Brady, Punky and Emma Buck, Kelly Goodale, Josh Plants, ·,·subsciil,e ~~todqy. · ;·>t~, . Gina and Lacie Mullins, Pam Roush, Amanda and ,/:Glillipoll~ ..,;,; '¥16·2342 . 1 Zack Thompson and Ppti1¢fl)j oMlddltpOrt - 992·2i56 Miranda · and Damon Point Pleasant- 675-1333 Thompson . A ·"·' ,,' ' ·' FROM LAS VEGAS! Watch Edward Chapon of Holbrook, PA Tonight at 7:30p.m. f' Plnse play rt~tpontlbly. Will 'II ro $10,000,. 10 'It h..,.'''"' onlfll POWir&llllnlllnt Ml/lionl/11 G1m1 Show. www wv lo th' ry com Junior Order .of American Mechanics holds a·nnual Christmas dinner NEW HAVEN, W.Va. The Junior Order of American Mechanics # 175 held their annual Christmas dinner Dec. 12 at the United Methodist Church Hall . The Mason Order of Eastern Star catered the dinner. The ladies served over 64 dinners to members and guests . Field's Hardware , City National Bank, Dollar General Store, Health Aid Pharmacy, Harry Picken s, Connie . Goodnite, and Debbie Zuspan donated door prize s. The Rev. Richard Sentinel Harry Pickens and Ogden blessed the meal and wife Vera; State Councilor gave the benediction. Robert Stern and wife In attendance were seven Barbara ; State Vice members who had 50 years Councilor Paul Simmons; of membership :- Mel -clark, State Committee member John Harrah, Chuck Roush, Dewey Nottingham; District Doug Miller, Harry Pickens, Deputy Rich Kikel and wife Peck Zerkle and Donald Roush. Gerry; State Representative Charles zuspan Jr., was Jimmie Goodnite II and wife named Junior of the Year by Connie; State Inside Sentinel · . Jack Hess and wife Betty; Councilor Jack Needs . Also attending were state and State Outside Sentinel and national officers and Charles Zuspan Jr., and wife guests: National Outside Debbie. FFA students hear from special guests ASHTON, W.Va.- Future Farmers of America State President Charlie Bennett, and Jessica Kay, the southwestern region's vice president, visited Hannan High School Dec. 16 and talked with students in each agricultural class. Kay is from Ripley where she ·served as the secretary and president of her chapter. She is currently attending West Virginia University and . plans to transfer to Marshall's MOVC in Point Pleasant. Kay plans to be a radiology technician. Bennett is also from Rirley and served as the sentine for the chapter. . He is. atte~ding West V1rg1ma Umversny · a.t West Virginia's FFA president Charlfe Bennett, and the southwestern region ·s vice presi· dent Jessica Kay, recently paid a visit to Hannan High School where they talked with agricul· tural students about FFA activities and their experi· ences as state offi· cers. (contributed) Parkersburg and is majoring in agricultural education. Kay and Bennett discussed the state's •FFA activities and encouraged all FFA members to get involved in their local chapters. They al so encduraged students to set future goals and " strive to re ach those goals. ____ ! . - I PageA5 • ' 1/2 Ton GMC Rally Van CHIVY WI'U.II 'fHIII. CHEVROLET 7 40-446-3672 �lhf Commun~r--·____ 6aturbap limes-6ttttintl . 11 Dear Abby POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. - The Hill Billies 4-H Club met Dec. I 0 at White Church Building. Community President Sommer McConihay called the meeting to order: Following songs, pledges, and roll call, 2002 achievement winners were announced. Sommer McConihay, Andy Wallbrown and Lurinda Casto received the citizenship award; Julia Hoffman, beef; Anna Jo Morris, Discover Myself I; Matthew Mc<;::onihay and Travis Cullen, camp award; Andy Wallbrown, . Jordan Cullen, Lurinda Casto, and Nikki Lawson, frozen food; Kalee Edmonds, state award and blue ribbon for secretary's book; and the club placed first for their bulletin board display for Nationa14-H Week. The club agreed to deliver Christmas gifts to patients at Lakin for Operation Santa Claus. They decided to go Christmas caroling Dec. 20. A team . leaders meeting was scheduled for Dec. 19. Leader Sharon · Gibbs reminded members to tum. in their enrollment cards as soon as possible. Following the busines~ portion of the meeting, members played games and had ~fresh- . ments. I no longer feel comfortable going outside for fear I' II have to deal with this guy. What can I say to him'l CONFUSED IN MINNESOTA DEAR CONFUSED: Honesty is · .the best policy. Say. "With all respect, I think you're lovely as Kristin, but I'm more comfortable with . my friend, Christopher." that should get you off the hook. DEAR ABBY: One of my co-workers, " Helen," celebrated her· birthday. It's a tradition at our office to "surprise" the birthday person with a cake, so Helen's closest co- ·.worker went out to buy one. When it came time for the ~ urprise , everyone was astoni shed to see Helen's age · written on the icing! None of us here is a kid anymore, ancl that information should not have been included on the cake. The POINT PLEASANT, were presented by Lena woman who planned the party W.Va.- The Camp Conley Mae Cox with Christmas thought it was hilarious, but Community .Educational Giving.as the theme. Helen was not amused. Outreach .Service Cluh Members donned Abby, was it wrong for members completed their Christmas hats and enjoyed Helen's age to be revealed in year long Christmas project pizza and sweets following such a manner? And how during their pecember their annual gift exchange. should she approach her meeting. Members · keep Christmas games were friend to let her know it was a Christmas in their hearts played under the direction bad idea? - CARING CO- throughout the year by mak- of Becky Haer. Those WORKER IN THE GAR· ing monetary donations receiving prizes were Sherry DEN STATE each month to a special. fund Wallbrown·, Darlene Haer, DEAR CARING CO- which is · used in December Sally Smith, and Betty Heib. WORKER: Yes, it was to provide Christmas gifts of Molly Miller·presented each wrong. Helen deserves an . clothes, toys, and games to member with a handmade apology. Mentioning age _in an area family. In addition, closet cedar pillow. the workplace can be discrim~ members bring household With the compll!tion of inatory. And unless you want items and food products to all their 2002 community a prankster doing the same the meetipg and gift wnip all projects, members are lookthing to you, I recommend the items and deliver them ing forward to celebrating that everyone present at the before Christmas. . . their 30th anniversary in "surprise party" tell the D · f h · 2003. offender it was a bad idea. evollons or t e even~ng ., ., Members of the New Haven Junior· Order of United American Mechanics 175 participated in many flagpole installations and · flag dedications throughout 2002. including New Haven United Methodist Church , New Haven First Church of God and Hartford Church of Christian Brethren. They were very proud arid gratB' ful to have dedicated the flag and flagpole at New Haven's Volunteer Fire Department on Veterans Day. Pictured are members of the UA Mechanics 175. They meet at 7 p.m . every Thursday. (contributed) Information farmers Camp Conley members com-plete in W.Va. need to know Christmas project Mason ca1en dar ~ MASON, W.Va. that was manipulated after Participation · in most .farm December 23, 1985, and programs to include the new therefore cannot be planted to Direct and Counter-Cyclical agricultural commodities. Grain Program offered by the Moran says planting areas United States Department of that were drained after this Agriculture requires compli- date by someone else doesn't ance with USDA's Highly excuse a producer from ineliErodible and Wetland Rules. gibility if they plant the conIf farmers want to retain eligi- verted area. If you are a producer on a bility for USDA benefits, FSA official, Allen Moran, says farm in Mason County, they must know before planti- preparing to plant a crop in ng crops, whether the land has fields that you. had never had a highly erodible land or farmed before, not sure of wetland determination made proper crop rotations or just . by the Natural Resources aren't sure of the determmaConservation Service lions on any fields on the (NRCS). farm, stop by the FSA Office Farmers also .need to know at 224 A First Street in Point whether crops to be _planted Pleasant to make certain you on highly erodible lartd are are in compliance with USDA permitted by a signed regulations. Office hours are 8 Conservation Plan and they a.m: to 4:30 p.m., Monday . need to check whether they through Friday, except on fedhave land that was a wet area . era! holidays . ~ Dear Abby is written by ·'' Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips. and · was found~d by her mother, - , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pauline Phillips. Write Dear . Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Publl"c Meetl"ngs Gallia Calendar Socials Card ShOWer Clubs and Organizations Regular meetings ·Meigs Calendar Scout Tea for Two, sponsored by the Cadette Troop 1208, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m ., for five year-old girls and male guests. Games, c.r;;~fts, activities . $2 .50 for registered · scouts, $9 .50 for non-regis· tared girl~ . Information from Jerrena Ebersbach at 992' 7747 or Shirley Cogar at 992•2666 . Saturday, Dec. 28 LETART FALLS ·- Letart PORTLAND - Year end Township Trustees, year-end meeting of the' Lebanon meeting, 7 a.m., office build· Township Trustees , 2 p.m. at irig . Organizational meeting th~ township building . to follow. Monday, Dec. 30 SYRACUSE Sutton Monday, ,Dec. 30 Township Trustees year-end MIDDLEPORT - OH-KAN meeting, 7:30p.m. , Syracuse Coin Club, 7 p.m., at Trolley Village Hall. Organizational mf)eting follows . Saturday, Dec. 28 Station. Meeting , auction , SYRACUSE - Daisy Girl refreshments follow. ..' • Scoreboard, Page 82 Continental Tire Notebook, Page 83 Page Bl Manning leads Ole Miss past Nebraska Hill Billies 4-H club meets . ADVICE Clubs and Organizations iaturbap lim~ -itntintl Saturday, December 28, 2002 The Hill Billies 4-H Club met Dec. 10 for their regular monthly meet· ing. Pictured are: Jeremiah Hoffman , Zack Morris, Jordan Cullen, Summer McConihay and Linda Roush, leader; Anna Jo Morris, Kalee Edmonds, Julia Hoffman , Lurinda Casto, Jessica Hoffman, Andy Wallbrown, Travis Cullen and Curtis McConihay. (contributed) PAGEVILLE Scipio Township Trustees organiza· ttonal meeting, 6:30 p.m., Pageville Town Hall. Inside: Flagpole dedication Monday, Jan. 6 HENDERSON -Town Council meeting, . 7:30 p.m., Henderson Town Hall. MASON ·- Town Council meeting, 7 p.m., Mason Town community room at Gallia Met Apa Hall. rtments, Buckridge. Wednesday, Jan. 8 Saturday, Dec. 28 POINT PLEASANT- Mason VINTON-VintonLoclge#131 w County Tourism Committee, 8 ill be having its annual oyster sup· a.m.,MOVC. per, 6 p.m.at the Lodge Hall. This wt Acard shoWer is being held forM II be Community Ssrvice Award nig agdiline St. Clair, who will cele· ht and Widows Night. Awards will b brate her 90th birthday on Jan. 2, 2 e presented by Master of the lodge 003. Cards may be sent to her at R Mtke McConnel. Those attendtng ar oom 214, Arbors at Gallipolis, 1_70 e ask to bnng a covered dtsh. The lo · Pinecrest Drive Gallipolis Ohio 45 Monday, Dec. 30 dge will have oyster soup and ham 631. ' ' · POINT PLEASANT- ALPHO, along with home made ice cream. (local photography club) 7:30 Tuesday, Jan. 7 Acard shower. is being held for B p.m., Mason County Library. Call GALLIPOLIS - Holzer Clinic Re ecky Crouse-Reynolds, who was re Rod Brand at (304) 675·2977 for tirees will meet for lunch, noon, Do centiY involved in a severe motor ve additional information. wn Under Restaurant. hicle accident. After spending a lit· POINT PLEASANT - Mary tie more than five weeks at Holzer Kay cosmetics meeting, 6 p.m., Medical Center and Ohio State Uni every Monday, Point Pleasant . varsity, she is beginning her recov, Woman's Club. ery at home. The address is 2888 S tate Route 775, Gallipolis, Ohio 456 Thursday, Jan. 2 GALLIPOLIS - Gallipollis Rotar 31 . POINT PLEASANT - Lions y Club meets at 7 a.m. each Tuesda Club, 6 p.m., Valley y at Holzer Clinic clocto(s dining roo The Tribune welcomes items 1 Hospital meetingPleasant room. m. or the community calendar from NEW HAVEN - JOUAM 175 GALLIPOLIS - Gallia County C non-profit organizations. Hems meeting, 7 p.m., Lodge Hall. hamber of Commerce coffee and di must be submitted In writing and POINT PLEASANT- Point scussion group meets at 8 a.m. eac can be mailed to the Tribune, 825 Pleasant Chapter of the Sons of h Friday at Holzer Medical Center. Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631; the American Revolution, 7 p.m., GALLIPOLIS- Gallia County Ri faxed to 740-446-3008; or e-mail Fort Randolph Terrace. ghfto Life meets the second Thursd ed to news@mydallytribune.com POINT PLEASANT - Mason ay of each month at7:30 p.m. at St. . Because of the large volume of Cou~ty Democratic Women, Louis. Catholic Church Hall. community news and to ensure 7:30p.m., Mason County GALLI POLIS - New Brew Colle accuracy, Items can not be taken Library. e Hour, 10 a.m. each Tuesday in the , over the telephone. Public Meetings Page A6 sa_tur.....;day_,o_ecem_be_r28_,2_002 Wife who·sits in the backseat would prefer to be up-front DEAR ABBY: My husband and I spend one weekend a month with his mother, taking her shoppi ng, to dinner, movies. etc. My problem is I always wind up sining .in the backseat whenever she is with us. It's not as though we have a Iinle car and it would be hard for .her to maneuver in and out. We have a nice- sized van, and I think she could get in and out of the back just as easily as she can from the front seat. It has been this way for a couple of years now, and I haven 't sai d anything to my husband because she is hi s mother. But I feel as his wife I should · be honest with my husband. · Please help. We are about to go on vacation with my mother-in-law, and I don't· want to have to spend it in the backseat for a six-hour drive. AFRAID TO SPEAK UP IN PHILLY DEAR AFRAID: If you want to sit in front, you must be up-frontwith your husband about your · feelings. The longer you quietly tolerate the seating . arrangement, the longer it wi II continue. The next time the two of you go to pick up his mother, roll down the window and say, " Hop in the back , Mom; I want to sit next to your wonderful son." And your husband ·should back you up. Bon voyage. and have a nice trip. · • DEAR ABBY: My neighbor of five years, "Christopher," recently confided to me that he is a cross: dresser. At first I gave him credit for being so-open about it, but ever since that conversation. I see him dressed only as ''Kristin. Whenever he sees me outside, Christopher comes over all dolled up. He even walks his dog dressed as Kristin complete with heels and hose . He thinks I don't have a problem with it, but now that I'm actually seeing him dressed in women's clothing, I'm not so sure. He is now asking me to "do lunch" and wants to.accompany me to my all-female gym. Please help me, Abby. I liked him as Christopher, but I'm really uncomfortable with Kristin. It's to the point where ~ p.m., 611 Viand St. Use side caregivers invited .. entrance to Casey Law office. The Register welcomes Monday, Dec. 30 . . Items for the comf!1unlty calendar from non-profit organizaPOINT PLEASANT . Alcoholics Anonymou·s. 7:30 tions. Items must be aubmiHed p.m., 611 Viand St. Use side In writing end can be mailed to the Register, 200 Main St., entrance to ·casey Law office. Point Pleasant, W.Va., 25550; · Tuesday, Dec. 31 taxed to (304) 675-5234; .or eLETART- HELP Diet Class, malled to news@mydallyreglsLetart Community Center. Weigh- ter.com. Because of the large ins from 5:.30 to .6 p.m:, followed volume of. community news by a short meeting. and to ansura accuracy, Items POINT PLEASANT can not be taken over the teleWednesday, Jan. 8 . Alcoholics Anonymous, hoon, phone. Community calendar Ia pubPOINT PLEASANT - Rotary rear of the Prestera Center. Club, noon, Moose Lodge. lished as a free service to nonprofit groups wishing to VVednesda~Jan.1 announce meetings and spePOINT PLEASANT Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 cial events. Calendar Items p.m., 611 Viand St. Use side cannot be guaranteed to run a entrance to Casey Law office. specific number of days. Saturday, Dec. 28 Thursday, Jan. 2 SOUTHSIDE- Dance, 7to 10 POINT - TOPS, p.m. with High Country, communi· weigh-in atPLEASANT 5 p.m., meeting at ty center. 5:30 p.m., Trinity United NEW HAVEN - Pizza party Methodist Church. Call (304) for members and guests, 4 p.m., 675-3692 for additional informaAmerican Legion Post 140. tion. POINT PLEASANT - River POINT PLEASANT - Weight Internet access Valley Opry's iinal bluegrass con- Watchers, weigh-ins, 4:30 p.m., cert of the year, 7 p.m., State meeting at 5 p.m. at Christ Theater. Retrograss and Episcopal Church. Noloquiroll ldletymes will perform. Tuesday, Jan. 7 . POINT PLEASANT - Quilts 'N' Things, 9:30 a.m., Mason County Courthouse. Lunch will be ordered in. . · POINT PLEASANT- Point Pleasant Kiwanis Club meeting, 6:15p.m., Melinda's Restaurant. For information call (304) 6757314. POINT PLEASANT American Legion Auxiliary Post · 23, 7 p;m.. Legion. Social Events and Benefits .95 Monday, Dec. 30 RACINE, Ohio - Western style square dance class and workshop, 7 to 8:$0 p.m., every Monday at the Royal Oak Resort. ·Call (304) 675•3275 for more tnformation. Friday, Jan. 3 POINT PLEASANT Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Mount Union Church on Jerry's Run Road. Call (304) 576-3124 for information. . Tuesday, Jan. 7 MASON -Community Cancer Tuesday,Dec.31 Support Group, 7 p.m., Mason HARTFORD - Potluck sup- United Methodist Church. All area per, 5 p.m., Community Center; cancer patients, families, and Sponsored by Father's House Church . For additional information, call (304) 882·2049. POINT PLEASANT ..,.- New Year's Eve Dance, 8:30 to 12:30 p.m. , Senior Center, -featuring True Country. Square dancing, clogging, and slow-dancing . Concession available. No smok· ing or alcohol allowed. Singles $3. Couples $5. FLATROCK - Clothing closet give-away, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., each Tuesday, Good Shepherd United · Methodist Church. HENDERSON - Line dance classes every Tuesday, 6 p.m .. Henderson Community Building. Your Support Groups Saturday, Dec. 28 POINT' PLEASANT Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 A \ TOTALINTERNET software CD ~ makes connecting fast & easy FIVE emoif boxes, Webmoil, Instant Mess0ging and mo1e! .... 304-675-1 Immediate Access. Sign Up Onl;lnel www.localnet.colli RELIABLE INTERNET ACC ESS SINCE 1994 to WIN SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Eli Manning threw for 313 yards and a touchdown as Mississippi ended Nebraska's 40-year streak of winning seasons with a 27-23 victory. Friday in the Independence Bowl. Nebraska managed just one offensive touchdown on Jammal Lord's pass to Matt Herian in the second quarter. Josh Brown kicked three field goals and DeJuan Groce had a punt return for a score. The Cornhuskers (7-7) had finished above .500 every year since 1961 , when they went 3-6-1 . · Manning was 25-for-44 for Ole Miss (7-6) and became . the school's career passing leader. Nebraska had its option working in the first half with 262 total yards, 207 on the ground. Ole Miss adjusted in the second half and held Nebraska to 97 yards and no touchdowns. Dahrann Diedrick had 92 yards rushing and Lord had I 76 total yards. Cowboys ·ride past Southern Mississippi HOUSTON (AP) Rashaun Woods caught nine passes for 164 yards and· a touchdown, and Tatum Bell 's 22-yard score with 8:07 to play gave Oklahoma State the lead for good in a 33-23 Houston Bowl victory over Southern Mississippi on Friday. Bell had 160 yards on 13 carries, and Luke Phillips kicked two of his four field goals in the decisive fourth quarter for the Cowboys (8· • Gallia Academy 's Zach Shawver '(55) and Point Pleasant's T.. J. Deshuk (30) fight for the ball during the Blue Devils' 60-54 win Friday. (Doug Shipley) Devils 5). Trailing 20-13 at the half, Southern Miss (7 -6) took its only lead of the game on a·2yard touchdown run by James Walley and a 30-yard field goal by Curt Lones, his · third of the game, in the third quarter. The Cowboys pulled even on the first play of the four quarter on Phillips' 28-yard field goal. Josh Fields threw BY JENNA FRYER for 310 yards, and his 33- Associated Press yard pass to Billy Bajema set up Bell's go-ahead touchCHARLOTTE, N.C. Avon down, which put Oklahoma Cobourne didn't want to end his West State back in front 30-23. Virginia career in Charlotte. He still doesn 'I. But the · Big East's all-time rushing leader has accepted his fate and plans to close his career Saturday with a spectacular -finish against Virginia in the Continental Tire Bowl. "My dream game to go out, I've got · •. MONTGOMERY, W.Va. (AP) - Duquesne offensive 300 yards and halftime and am on the coordinator Mauro Monz was sidelines watching West Virginia win," named ·Friday as West Coboume said Friday. "Maybe I won't get the yards, but we' ll get the win. I'm ~ Virginia University Institute · of Technology 's head foot- sure of that." After early complaints over being ball coach. passed over by the Gator BowlNotre Monz replaces Mike . Springston, who left in mid- Dame took the spot West Virginia had . November to help the earned as the second-place team in the University of Charleston resPlease SH Teams; B:S urrect its football program after a 46-year hiatus. Sprin~ston took his entire coachmg staff with him. WVU Tech finished this year's season 6-5 . Monz, 29, was one of five coaches Tech officials talked to, said Reggie Smith, Tech's BY BuTcH CooPER interim athletic director. "We had 45 resumes, and Staff writer he just blew us away," Sniith said. "We· were ·very RIO GRANDE, .Ohio - The mtimpressed with him. There tials that are spelled out on the Ohio was no doubt on the commit- University-Chillicothe pregame tee that he was our,guy." warmup jerseys may more represent Monz was a two-time firw the season so far for Rio Grande. team defensive back with the OUCH . Pittsburgh school from 1992With four players no longer on the 1995. He was an assistant team that were on the season opening coach at Duquesne for two roster, and a season-ending injury to a seasons. fifth, the Redmen have had an up and down season that may be back into the upswing. Rio Grande defeated OU-C Friday during action . in the Newt Oliver Classic, 89-75. Chris Ballenger led all scorers with 23 points for the Redmen (9-6), while GALLIPOLIS, Ohio The Gallia Academy seventh Jerry Barlow had a double-double grade girls basketball team wi.t h 14 points and 10 rebounds. Also for Rio Grande, Reggie fell to Wellston, 36-31. Lindsey Niday led the Blue Willi amson netted II points and Randar Lots scored I 0. . Seth Angels with I0 points. Gallia Academy plays host · Deerfield had nine assists. The Redmen had established a 47to Marietta Jan. 6. Teams over initial 1sappo1n men Point Fans treated to street party, pep rally BY JOHN RABY Associated Press WVUTech names new head football coach CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The country descended on the city in a wave of orange, blue and gold Friday as thousands of football fans from Virginia and West Virginia con verged for a street party and pep rally. Four city blocks below the most impressive ·skyline in the Carolinas were closed off for .the celebration one day before the inaugural , soldout Continental Tire Bowl. Vendors sold funnel cakes, cheesesteaks and Polish sausages at the . base of the 60-story Bank of America Tower. The gentle movement of fountains on several street College Basketball . corners was soon drowned out by the revelry of people and music. "It seems like the city has really embraced this bowl. That 's pretty awesome , being · that it's the first one," said Dan Colebank, who came with three others from Morgantown , W.Va. " I think some fans were a little worried about it since it didn't have a reputation. So it kind of fall s on our shoulders to get a reputation, I guess." That meant partying into the ni ght. David Moore, a firefighter from Parkersburg, W.Va., got an early start, bringing sons Nathan, I 0, and Joey, 5, and Moore's father, Darrell, Please see Fans. B:S . Rio Grande fends off OU-C, 89-75 Wellston tops Angels seventh grade girls s Sunday, Jan 'Y 5th. Prep Basketball . Newt 01._, Classic Frlday',s res~lta NeWport News App, 83, Shawnee St. 71 . Rio Grande ile, OU,;f?hllllcothe 7!1 ,. ' TOdats games . . Shawnee St. liS.~, l! p.m. Rio Grande vs. ~ News.App., 4 p.m. l 28 halftime lead again st a Hilltopper team that only trailed by eight with a little over six minutes left in the half. OU-Chillicothe managed to fight back in the second half, trailing by only II with 3:15 left in the game . The Hi II toppers had made it a I 0 point game earlier in the half. Rio Grande, though, was lifted by big play by Ballenger and Williamson to hold off the Hilltoppers .. OU·Chillicothe (5·4) had five players in double-figures, led by Chris Adkins, a transfer from Urbana, with 18 points and Jerimee Lovely with 14. Rio Grande will tak e on Newport News Apprentice today at 4 p.m . Apprentice (5-5) defeated Shawnee State in the early game Friday, 83-71, as Maze Toomer scored 18 points and Rico Walters added 14. Jason Smith tossed in 13 points and Dave Cochenour and Ricky Schultz notched 12 each. Antwain Lavender led the Bears (9· 3) with 19 points, with Jeff Fraley scori ng 16. "'Shawnee State and OU-Chillicothe will meet at 2 p.m . today. Admission to all games is free. Prior to Rio 's game Friday, Barlow was honored for passing the 1,000 point mark with a game ball. Barlow reached the mark during Rio Grande's trip to West Palm Beach, Fla. last week. BY ANDRE TiRADO Staff writer POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. -. It was a game that resembled a battle between David and Goliath. Mighty Gallia Academy (6-0) had ·come across the Ohio River to put in a solid effort and humble a talented but outclassed Point Pleasant (1-2) team. The funny thing was, this didn't · happen. Instead, the Blue Devils had to fight for their lives and comeback from. an eight point deficit to emerge from the fmy with a 60-54 victory over the Point Pleasant Big Blacks. 6oth team took their shots, but in the end it was a I0-0 run by the Blue Devils to start the fourth quarter that made the difference in . the game, and sealed the victory for Galli a Academy. The game was defined by changes m momentum. In the first quarter Gallia Academy had it, but the second and third quarters were dominated by Point Pleasant. The realttjming point came with at the beginning of the fourth quarter with GalliaAcademy down 47-39. At this point, the crowd that gathered at Point Pleasant" High School became an imponant factor in the game. . Big Blacks fans tried their hardest to unnerve Blue Devils shooters by booing and hissing. They also tried to gain influence over the referees if they thought Point Pleasant was being treated unfairly. Thankfully for Gallia Academy, a substantial amount of blue and white faithful had crossed the river to show their support, so the applause wasn't always one-sided. Gallia Academy predictably staned the game strong and muscled the Big Blacli:s to the side on baskets by Cody Caldwell and Tom Bose. Thi s physical play set the tone for the gante and eventually became a big obstacle for Point Pleasant. Please SH Devils. 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Pe ao-f(" CoMpLexion wouldn t You, RoYboY'? NEXM WI WI HNWXPBCD HNDDNAAI PREVIOUS SOLUTION- "Actors are the only kind of merchandise allowed to leave the store at night."- Ava Gardner BIG NATE parlncr lo lead a sec ond round of hearts . But he slopped and thought funhcr . Did Wesl, Larry Cohen. have two hearts or one'! Remember, he had denied three during the auction. Eventually. Berkowitz heroically overtook with the heart ace and rcmrncd a heart. which Cohen ruffed tu ·defeat the slam. That was the only defense. If East The gift If tm Ohio Valley Publishing Co. Pastors _prepare for possible Powerball windfall CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) When Andrew "Jack" Whittaker won ' the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot, he earmarked $17 million of his winnings for . the poor and sparked a storm of speculation. Whittaker Who will get the money? When? How will .it all work? · Though he has yet to announce their names, Whittaker said three Church of God pastors one m · Hurricane, another near Jumping Branch and. a third in California - would administer his fund for the poor and per, haps start a Christian school !)ear Charleston. ·· The two West Virginia pastors ""who might be assigned the task say they are excited but a bit overwhelmed by the possibilities. "The whole world\looking at West Virginia," said Senior Pastor C.:r. Mathews, who leads . the church that Whittakc;r and his Jdam~ly have. · a~t~,p.!lflJ! .!!le past ecade. _· ·1 . "It's just a vision that has become a reality by the grace of God." . ' . ~ ' ..... . ., ·.. . .' ~·;. - Rev. Gene Armstrong ·' a new place to worship 0 Please see Offidals. A5 WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is prepared to dramatically intensify economic pressure on North Korea through that nation's Asian neighbors and the United N~tions unless Pyongyang stops its nuclear weapons programs, U.S. officials said Saturday. The strategies, emerging from severa! days of escalating tensions, are aimed at confronting North Korea·. with the prospect of economic collapse if it continues to seek new atomiv~apons on top of ffle , o·ne or two Kim Jong ll's 1"'1;~::!:~~~~~ already ~' Faith leads to new .church•s ·comp.letion 0 request to turn the probe and transcripts of the· interviews over to . Moses in the summer. , Moses took additional depositions in two visit"s to Gallipolis. Commissioners offer response The investigation arose after Marchi allegedly made a disparaging comment about Skinner at the city maintenance garage on April 3, 2002, with Snowden and city employees present or overhearing the comment. Bush steps up. pressure on North Korea \ ' INHAT - I CAN'T OUT IS HOIN HE GOT THE (OLLAR OFF fi~URE is to have. . George W.' Bullh · Neither that ulti· mate goal nor the . tactics themselves are dramatically different from the administration's approa~;h since the fall. But administration officials, eager to show they're responding to North Korea's defiance, are recasting their poli· cies with an emphasis on the economic impact of U.S . actions. If North Korea does not change course, . the .administration could find it necessary to encoura~e Pyongyang's neighbors to reduce economtc ties with Pyongyang, officials said on condition of anonymity. Thus far reluctant to take such steps, South Korea, Japan and China may be willing to do so if North Korea pursues nuclear weapons, offi- 1 cials said. 0 Court throws out . 1999 non-union construction law . BY KEVIN KELLY -. THAT DAILY S© 1\cU}A -Lf £ ~ S~ PUZZlER - - - - - - Editod by C1AY 0 Raarranga lenar~ of WOAO G~MI ;:---- the fcur scrambled' words be- On Friday the Pentagon ordered the Navy to prepare two aircraft carriers, one being the USS George Washington, and two amphibious assault vessels for possible action in Iraq, accord· ing to defense officials. (AP) · • See story on A6 STOMUT 4 Sectl11ns - 14 Pages Calendars Celebrations • Classifieds Comics Dear Abby Editorials Obituaries Region Sports Weather \\\£ 'N~'{.. YoU R£ C~Pit-16 ~ 8 0 II PRI NT NUMB fRE D t E! HR S . UNSCR AMBLE FORI AN SWE R . I I I I I I .I I I A2 C6 04·5 insert C2 A4 AS A2 e1-6 A2 C 2002 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. · News editor : ' . !It •.. . • faith,-.and· membtrs of Mount Carmel Baptist Church are firm beliC.wers in that sentiment. .. "ft'~ just a vision that has become a reality , by the gmce of God," said the Rev. Qj:ne Armstrong, the church's pas· tor, on !he completion of Mount Carmel's new base off Ohio Route 554, near the church that has served the congregation for almost a century. "Our motto is on the cornerstone 'Looking unto Jesus, the author and fin· isher of our faith,"' Armstrong added. The new church, 8,100 square feet and Hogan containing a chapel, classrooms, pastor's study, kitchen and dining room, was the work of its members, who broke ground in April and wrapped up the project this fall. An open house was held there Saturday. . By building the church themselves, the congregation shaved off a considerable sum from what was .estimated for a new structure of that size. Armstrong ' ' '' .' ': r· ·1f ., ·, . ·'I · • •• · ~IDWELL;:Otl.io- It is said all things are possible with Pluse see Church. AS The Rev. Gene Armstrong stands behind the pulpit in the. chapel of the new Mount Carmel Baptist Church during an open house Saturday. The new church was built by its mem_bers at a significant savings. Revere- Quota- Unfit - Inject- CO VER IT . .. RI&H"f? COME CL05ER ANP A5K fHA'f A G AIN AHLO& JANIS Aforeign corres po ndent is someone who fli es around from count ry to cou ntry a nd thinks tt:tat th e mos t mteresting stbry IS the fact that he has arrived to COVER IT l 'NA~J f fQ VOYAC.~ J 1 :L~.- Is Giving up S111oking Your New Year's Resolution? U ~EAl DtSiAUCE-5, ro~<-ACH The Tobacco Use Prevention Coalition is here to help you accomplish your goal. FAR PC Rf~ . MEDICAL CENTER Discover the Holzer Difference I www.holzer.org (740) 446·5940 ··------- - --------------~ ---- -. ,, ~~ COLUMBUS , Ohio (AP)- The state's unions will keep working with moderate Republicans in the ,Legislature , now that the Ohio Supreme Court has thrown out a 1999 law that made it easier to hire nonuni'on workers, .a state labor · leader said. The justices on Friday stopped the public construction law that would have banned requiring union membership for the projects, saying the law conflicted with ex1sting federal labor law. · · The court, hurrying to clear its docket before Justice Andy Douglas' departure next week, also denie_d a request from the coalition of school districts that sued the state in the DeRolph case to order the state to pay more than $1 million in legal fues. · Gov. Bob Taft allowed the 1999 construction law to become law without his signature. He· said he doubted it would pass con stitutional muster. SCRAM-LETS ANSWERS CAB FIELD OKAY, 50 MAYE!E MOM 15 ! 11'5 1"HE 1Ho'U&H1" fHAf GE"f"T"ING- A LtffLE FOR&E'fFUL I COUN15, RIGHf?.. . But Columbus attorney Michael A. Douglas M. Cowle s,. citing potential Moses also recommended that no conflict of interest. recommen.ded action be taken against commission- turning the investigation over to an ers Bob Marchi and Carol! Snowden. outside source. Moses has yompleted an eightThe investigation , conducted Bv KEVIN KELLY month investigation into allegations mainly through interviews with News editor against Marchi and Snowden and has Marchi, Snowden and city employissued his findings to commission- _ ees, wa• requested by commi ssioners GALLIPOLIS, Ohio - A special ers. Gary Fenderbosch, Richard Moore prosecutor concluded that while two "It is respectfully recommended and Celestine Skinner in April. Gallipolis city commissioners have that no action be taken against comThe probe was initially started by not violated the city charter by con- mission members Marchi and Cowles, who retained retired city versing with city employees , one of Snowden based on the allegations police investigator Michael Tucker them made what he termed an "inap- presented," Moses said. to conduct the interviews soon after propriate" comment about another Moses was retained to complete the request was issued. commissioner. . the probe after City Solicitor Commissioners approved Cowles' . Recommends no action against 2 city officials ,on' hahd for the open Mount Carmel Baptist Church's. new base .In Bidwell were, from left, Elaine Jayana Armstrong, William Henry Jr .. and Corliss Miller. AdedIcation service is set for Jan. 5. 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